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Charlie Sykes: I’M GOING TO WHITEWATER
I’ve been asked to serve as Master of Ceremonies for the UW-Whitewater College Republican rally before the Ward Churchill speech Tuesday.

Since I never pass up a chance to exercise my right of free speech, I’ve accepted…. details to follow.

Here’s the press release:

Go to Sykes Writes to see the whole thing.

I really wish I could be there, it sounds like Jib and Sean will also be there representing the Wisconsin Blogosphere…Get pictures and audio if you can guys!

McCann has finally charged three cops in the beating of Frank Jude Jr. It sounded like he is still being stonewalled, he even said he was unhappy with the charges. McCann also made it clear that the investigation is still ongoing and charges may change or be added.

Here is the audio of McCann’s Statement.

JS Online: 3 Milwaukee police officers charged in Jude beating
Three Milwaukee police officers were charged today with felonies in the October beating of Frank Jude Jr. outside a party in Bay View.

The criminal complaint names Andrew R. Spengler, 25; Daniel L. Masarik, 25; Jon M. Bartlett, 33. All of them had been previously suspended by Chief Nannette Hegerty pending the investigation.

All three officers are charged with substantial battery, party to a crime. Bartlett and Masarik also are charged with second-degree reckless endangering of safety. Masarik is also charged with perjury. Bartlett is charged separately with using a knife.

Now Police Chief Hagerty is clear to turn loos her dogs on the remaining cops, they can force information in ways the D.A. cant and can result in dispensary action up to firing and charges if anyone was found to commit a crime

Members of Blogs For Terri raised over $10,000 for a full page ad in a Florida paper. I found a copy at MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: Tampa Tribune - BlogsForTerri ad and she got it from Crystal Clear: Blogosphere is Steadfast & Crystal Clear in Presentation of the Facts & Need for Justice Once & For All in Terri Schiavo’s Right to Live.

Here is the ad, I blew it up and enhanced it a bit.

Bin Laden Enlisting Al-Zarqawi for Attacks
New intelligence indicates that Osama bin Laden is enlisting Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, his top operative in Iraq, to plan potential attacks on the United States, federal officials said Monday.

Al-Zarqawi has been involved in attacks in the Middle East. He has not been known to have set his sights on America.

The Homeland Security Department issued a classified bulletin to officials over the weekend about the intelligence, which spokesman Brian Roehrkasse described as “credible but not specific.” The intelligence was obtained over the past several weeks, the officials said.

This is huge folks, this is Really huge! A Muslim nation under the thumb of Syria has risen up and rejected this regime! Do you think this would have happened before Democracy coming to Afghanistan? Do you think this would have happened before Democracy coming to Iraq? Do you think this would have happened before Democracy coming to Palestine?

Freedom is on the move in the Middle East, and it’s rolling faster than even those of us that believed that once freedom was introduced it would spread. People see that their neighbors are getting the chance at self governance and they want it too!

Iran, You’re Next!

CNN.com - Lebanon’s pro-Syrian PM resigns - Feb 28, 2005
The Lebanese government abruptly resigned Monday during a stormy parliamentary debate, prompting a tremendous roar from tens of thousands of anti-government protesters in Beirut’s Martyrs Square.

The demonstrators, awash in a sea of red, white and green Lebanese flags, had demanded the pro-Syrian government’s resignation — and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon — since the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri two weeks ago.

Prime Minister Omar Karami resigned in a speech carried live to the square by the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation.

After the speech, a Lebanese opposition figure called for popular protests in Beirut to continue until Syria leaves.

La Shawn Barber: The Triumph of Ignorance and Vulgarity
What happened to class and civility?

Chris Rock said, “Sit your a**** down!” And people laughed? This passes for comedy these days. Rock is his own man and what he says or does is no reflection on me. But I’m embarrassed by his behavior, his very persona, nonetheless. His antics are the sort that should make a mother bow her head in shame that she’d raised such a fool.

Ignorant and vulgar men are considered funny in some circles. Not mine.

I couldn’t agree more with La Shawn’s comments (as usual). Go read the full article.

Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler has a new, and very fitting name…
Chief Ward “Shitting Bull” Churchill

The article he called him this is on the fraudulent art he used a mirror to copy from real artists.
The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: Chief Ward “Shitting Bull” Churchill Strikes Again

If you don’t use it, you should

Mozilla’s Firefox has just put up a security upgrade, I suggest y’all get it installed.

UPDATE
Just so you know, when you uninstall the browser and reinstall the updated version, you will NOT LOOSE your settings, favorites etc., they are all stored outside of the browser, so update with no worries.

Firefox dusted down with security upgrade | The Register
Mozilla yesterday released an updated version of its popular Firefox browser, version 1.0.1. The release includes several fixes to guard against spoofing and arbitrary code execution and changes designed to boost the stability of the browser.

The update addresses a recent security flaw involving download dialogue boxes and a code injection vulnerability as well as a number of other bugs listed here. The Mozilla Foundation has also changed the way its browser renders international characters in domain names in order to guard against possible phishing risks.

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Although the latest Firefox release is essentially a minor update users moving up to 1.0.1 are advised to uninstall 1.0 first, an installation snag that has been around since the early days of Firefox. Firefox 1.0 has been downloaded 27m times since its December 2004 release. The Mozilla Foundation encourages all users to download the update, which is available now on all platforms at Mozilla.org.

I have been using Skype for over a year and I think it’s great to see this awesome technology growing! I know this article is a little geeky, but it interests me

NewsFactor Network - - Skype Targets Wireless Market
The VoIP Latest News about VoIP software firm Skype has reached an agreement with U.S. telecom firm Motorola Latest News about Motorola that should help it to increase its penetration of the wireless Latest News about wireless market.

The Luxembourg company plans to load Skype software onto some Motorola Wi-Fi Latest News about Wi-Fi or third-generation mobile phones Latest News about mobile phones in the future.

This would enable mobile subscribers to make free national calls and cheap international calls by using the internet to carry calls, rather than standard mobile networks.

I don’t expect to even mention the Oscar’s tonight, unless of course Chris Rock really get’s stupider than expected. I expect that it will be a profanity laced anti-Bush fest. When will these people realize that their job is to entertain us, we don’t look to them for political analysis?

Here is a great blog I found while following links fro Instapundit.com, I really enjoy his view, insight and humor. He proves that many in the Middle East are yearning for Democracy. Here are a few clips from his blog

A group of Lebanese pulled down the statue of the late Syrian president Hafez Assad. The statue was in Lebanon!

This reminded me of another statue that fell in April 9, 2003!

I never imagined what President Mubarak said today. He asked the parliament to amend the Egyptian constitution to allow multiple candidates to run for the presidency. This means that Muabark will have opponents running against him.

Now, I am not stupid nor am I living in la la land. Mubarak’s decision today came after immense pressure from the US and the current earthquakes (the purple revolution in Iraq and the Hariri revolution in Lebanon) that shook the region days ago. However, I credit US pressure as the number one reason. Condoleezza Rice cancelled a trip to Egypt scheduled for next week because of the arrest of Ayman Nour and Mubarak’s failure to “change”. Well, it seems that Bush turned out to be bloody serious about this democracy in the Middle East thing. It also seems that Bushie will in fact make it to the history books that my grandchildren will be reading at school 50 years from today. If Syria or Iran fell, Bush can rest assured that he will add his name to the Lincoln-Wilson-Roosevelt-Reagan quartet.

I have a dream. I am obsessed with this dream. Everyday I search the news for any indication that my dream will ever come true. It is my euphoria, my ecstasy. Ohhhh, how sweet is this dream. If it came true, it will resemble a massive earth quake that will shake the Middle East. I believe it will have greater effects than the purple fingers revolution in Iraq or the Hariri revolution in Lebanon.

Now, for just a couple minutes, let us forget reality and imagine if we actually saw the below sequence of headlines:

Millions march through Tehran demanding freedom

Riots all over Iran

Student protesters occupy Tehran TV station

Government of Iran losing control

His awesome list goes on until Iran lives in peace and freedom.

I have to admit that I never witnessed such unprecedented demonstrations in Egypt. Here the figure of the president is revered and no one dares to cross this red line. The president in Egypt is like the pope to Catholics or the Imam to Shias, he’s infallible and he’s eternal. This is the reason why I am very surprised that the issue of Mubarak’s fifth term is actually being discussed inside and outside Egypt.

I have a lovely habit. Every morning I pick up my Al Ahram paper, the number one paper in Egypt, to see how they prioritize their headlines on the front page. This tends to give me an indication of what the paper wants to convey as “important” and as “not very important”.

The major headline today went to the security conference in Germany! (did anyone hear about it??). Then a headline a little bit underneath announcing the score of a major soccer game yesterday. Underneath was a headline announcing that Israel will withdraw from Jericho during this week. At the bottom of the page I read the headline about Iraq’s election results.

Ummmmm, very interesting. My dear government financed daily newspaper thinks that the security conference in Germany, the soccer game, and Israel’s decision to withdraw from ONE Palestinian town is more important than the results of the elections that rocked the world.

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Terry has another supporter in the Blogosphere, it is David Limbaugh (yes, Rush’s brother), he has spoken eloquently on Terri’s plight in several posts, the most recent is here.
David Limbaugh: More on Terri Schiavo
Go check his entire blog, he is a real breath of fresh air after going through all the MSM news sites.

Saddam’s half brother and 29 other terrorists have been captured and turned over by Syria! Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan has been running an insurgent organization in northern Iraq. al-Hassan was the head of the General Security Directorate, and was responsible for internal security, and keeping political opponents in check and was accused of the widespread torture of political opponents.

I think it’s undeniable that Syria has done this because they are feeling a huge amount of pressure from outside forces after being accused of the assignation of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in Beirut.

Syria Hands Saddam’s Half-Brother to Iraq
Iraqi officials said Sunday that Syria captured and handed over Saddam Hussein’s half-brother, one of the blood-soaked insurgency’s most wanted leaders, ending months of Syrian denials that it was harboring fugitives from the ousted Saddam regime. Iraq authorities said Damascus acted in a gesture of goodwill.

Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan, who shared a mother with Saddam, was nabbed along with 29 other fugitive members of the former dictator’s Baath Party in Hasakah in northeastern Syria, 30 miles from the Iraqi border, the officials said on condition of anonymity. The U.S. military in Iraq had no immediate comment.

Why is it that bigotry towards Christians in general, and Catholics in particular is so acceptable?

Michelle Malkin: NBC: NETWORK BLASPHEMING CATHOLICS
Last week, the NBC-TV sitcom “Committed” decided to use the Holy Eucharist as a cheap comedy prop. (Hat tip to one of my favorite bloggers: The Anchoress.) The Catholic League describes the show:

More if the famous Liberal Tolerance & Compassion…

Thanks to My View reader Dave for passing along this story from the New York Post today. They rain this piece about the vote fraud across the country and we got a mention.

New York Post: WHOSE VOTE FRAUD?
Similar issues are at play in Wisconsin, a state John Kerry “won” by about 11,000 votes. Many Republicans believe that the Bush campaign really won Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes. Questionable — in some cases criminal — behavior has been documented:

* In Milwaukee, five Democratic campaign staffers, including Sowande Omokunde, the son of Rep. Gwen Moore, and Michael Pratt, the son of former acting mayor Marvin Pratt, will stand trial on felony charges of criminal damage to property, for slashing the tires of GOP get-out-the-vote vans.

* The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel found a discrepancy of 7,000 more ballots cast than there were records of people having actually voted. Curiously, the city has refused to let the paper examine questionable same-day voter-registration cards.

* Multiple state and federal official inquiries — including the FBI’s — have been opened to examine Milwaukee’s situation as well as other electoral oddities across the state.