Here’s a classic newspaper correction running in today’s Miami Herald (h/t: Lucianne):

A photograph of Bill Clinton and Officer Alan Davis on Page 3B in Monday’s local section did not intend to imply that the former president had involvement in a sexual solicitation case against the officer. Davis and Clinton were photographed together when the officer did bomb checks during a visit by Clinton. Davis was arrested Sunday and charged with solicitation and transportation with the purpose of prostitution.

Heh.

Here’s the pic–

Is it me, or does that dog look like it smells something dangerous in Bill Clinton’s crotch?

Many conservatives have become increasingly disappointed and angry with President Bush in recent months, thanks in large part to his immigration policies and statements. I graded the President harshly on this subject last month, while RickG recently took Bush to task for his insults directed at amnesty opponents.

Now LST readers are making their disgust with the President known to everyone. Reader Scott Huegele has even found a way to be environmentally friendly while making his statement by recycling those old campaign bumper stickers:

Angry Democrat or angry Republican?

We are assuming a “guest worker” was brought in to both install and deface the bumper sticker since this is clearly manual labor that “Americans just won’t do.”

In China, if you’re one in a million, there are still 1,300 of you. That’s the gist of China’s problem with names:

With more than a billion people now sharing just 100 surnames, Chinese authorities are considering a landmark move to try to end the confusion, state media reported Tuesday.

Current Chinese law states that children are only allowed take the surname from either their mother or father, but the lack of variety means there are now 93 million people in China with the family name Wang.

Wow! I haven’t seen so many Wangs since…well, nevermind.

Under a new draft regulation released by the ministry of public security, parents will be able to combine their surnames for their children, a move that could open up 1.28 million new possibilities, the China Daily reported.

For instance, a father named Zhou and mother named Zhu could choose to call their child either Zhou, Zhu, Zhouzhu or Zhuzhou, the report added.

Well, that should clear everything up.

Thank God we didn’t do this for the begathon.

Giving sultry looks and sexy smiles to the camera, 12 Pittsburgh-area women recently posed at Monongahela historical sites, baring it all — or almost all — to create a charity-driven calendar.

Hey, sounds good so far, right? Wrong. So, very, very wrong.

The catch?

The nearly nude ladies are all in their 70s and 80s, driven to adventure by a desire to raise money for a historical society in Monongahela, a small community 17 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.

Gah!

Overcoming fears the priest would walk by during a photo shoot or embarrassing their children and grandchildren, the women — all well-known members of the tight-knit community — are now eagerly awaiting the calendar’s debut next month. The money it generates will go to the Monongahela Area Historical Society.

Yes, they expect people to pay money.

The calendar was the brainchild of 80-year-old Lorys Crisafulli. She came up with the idea when she saw the movie Calendar Girls, a 2003 flick starring Helen Mirren in which a group of British women publish a nude calendar to raise money for cancer research.

“I thought, why don’t we do that in Monongahela?” she told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Um, BECAUSE YOU’RE 80, you crazy old nekkid bat!

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), which likes to give the impression that it speaks for American Muslims, is shrinking rapidly:

Membership in the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has declined more than 90 percent since the 2001 terrorist attacks, according to tax documents obtained by The Washington Times.

The number of reported members spiraled down from more than 29,000 in 2000 to fewer than 1,700 in 2006.

Income from membership dues have dropped from three quarters of a million dollars to just over $50,000 from 2000 to 2006. (Nonetheless, CAIR touts its progress in growing from eight chapters (cells?) in 2001 to 33 today.) To know that this is not a grass roots organization, one must only look at CAIR’s donation records. In 2002, only 26 people contributed $2.6 million to the organization; in 2005, 19 contributors gave $1.3 million. Who are these wealthy benefactors and what are their motives for financing this group?

The fact is that millions of Americans view the motives of this organization as, to say the least, suspect. This might be one of the reasons:

Critics of the organization say they are not surprised that membership is sagging, and that a recent decision by the Justice Department to name CAIR as “unindicted co-conspirators” in a federal case against another foundation charged with providing funds to a terrorist group could discourage new members.

(CAIR called the DOJ’s action “McCarthyite.”)

One critic adds that CAIR’s decline has been hastened because “they have marginalized themselves by their tired exploitation of media attention for victimization issues at the expense of representing the priorities of the American Muslim population.”

And I’m sure CAIR hasn’t gained a lot of fans in its championing of the “six imams,” the suspicious acting Muslims who have now sued a number of fellowpassengers who reported their alarming behavior.

So far has CAIR sunk that even the liberal Democrats have had to take notice:

Sen. Barbara Boxer, California Democrat, rescinded a “certificate of accomplishment” to Sacramento activist Basim Elkarra after learning that he was a CAIR official, according to Newsweek magazine.

Mrs. Boxer “expressed concern” about past statements and actions by the group, as well as assertions by some law-enforcement officials that it “gives aid to international terrorist groups,” the magazine quoted her spokeswoman as saying.

Sometimes, even the blind can be made to see.

The Giuliani campaign has released these 12 commitments Rudy promises to keep:

1. I will keep America on offense in the Terrorists’ War on Us.
2. I will end illegal immigration, secure our borders, and identify every non-citizen in our nation.
3. I will restore fiscal discipline and cut wasteful Washington spending.
4. I will cut taxes and reform the tax code.
5. I will impose accountability on Washington.
6. I will lead America towards energy independence.
7. I will give Americans more control over, and access to, healthcare with affordable and portable free-market solutions.
8. I will increase adoptions, decrease abortions, and protect the quality of life for our children.
9. I will reform the legal system and appoint strict constructionist judges.
10. I will ensure that every community in America is prepared for terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
11. I will provide access to a quality education to every child in America by giving real school choice to parents.
12. I will expand America’s involvement in the global economy and strengthen our reputation around the world.

Questions to ponder and discuss:

• Do you believe he’s sincere on each of these commitments?
• Do you think he’s capable of actually delivering on each of these commitments?
• If “No” to any part of the above two questions, where or how do you think he’s “fudging”?

And finally…

• Would you rather vote for Giuliani or have Hillary become president, even if it meant that a non-Southern, non-Christian Conservative “brand” of Republicanism came to define the GOP in 2008?

Pot stirred; discuss.

Israel (thank God) appears to be doing such a wonderful job keeping Palestinian murderers away from it’s buses and restaurants that the perennially “oppressed” people has been forced to satisfy their blood-lust by turning on themselves.

Rival gunmen exchanged fire at two Gaza hospitals on Monday and Cabinet ministers fled their weekly meeting after the government headquarters was caught in the crossfire of a brutal day of infighting that killed 17 Palestinians.

The battles came a day after two militants from the rival Hamas and Fatah factions were dragged onto high-rise rooftops and thrown to their death in a power struggle that appears to be rapidly descending into all-out confrontation.

[h/t: AP, emphasis in bold added by LST]

Very nice.

Btw, the most comprehensive and insightful “on-the-ground” coverage of this internal fighting can be found on the Elder of Ziyon blog, which maintains an astonishingly up-to-date “PalArab Self-Death” count.

Here’s hoping they both win.

Click the pic to hear and read the speech

(medaloffreedom.com) On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan delivered one of the most famous speeches of his presidency. At the height of the Cold War, Reagan addressed the people of West Berlin next to the barrier that separated them from the communist portion of the city. During the speech, he challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall.” This speech was delivered to the people of West Berlin, yet it was also audible on the East side of the Berlin wall.

 

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