Commentary on Flip-Flopping and the Presidential Race.

Untrustworthy, two-faced, and/or a backstabber. These are some of the words that come to mind when a politician takes a position on an issue and then takes a complete opposite stance on the same issue. This is known as flip-flopping. Saying that flip-flopping on just one topic, let alone a whole laundry list of them, is detrimental to a politician's campaign is an understatement. It is the equivalent of a breaching of trust between a politician and his or her supporters. A flip-flopping politician is on the same level as a general leading his troops into battle and when the those troops are confronted by the enemy troops, the general either surrenders, says "to hell with it I'm going home", or defecting to the enemy army right on the battlefield. In the case of any political race, especially a race for the President of the United States, the general would be the candidate and the troops would be the candidate's supporters and potential voters of that particular candidate. If that candidate flip-flops on an issue, whether it be one issue or one thousand issues regardless of the essence of that issue, it is not a telling, but a screaming to his or her supporters that you lied to them on an issue that they care about.


The flip-flopping that plagued elections past is in abundant supply in this year's Presidential race between Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL). This commentary is not about who flip-flops the most or about who rightfully or wrongfully accuses the other of flip-flopping. This is about holding the candidates accountable for switching their views and stances on the same issue. The trust of the American People should never be breached. Flip-flopping is a breach of said trust. Both Senators McCain and Obama, who have flip-flopped in this election, need to understand that flip-flopping can and possibly will cost them the presidency. The people, regardless of political affiliation, deserve better than a politician who can not keep his or her stance on an issue consistent. The aforementioned sacred trust is never to be violated. Flip-flopping violates that trust. How can the voters trust either Senators McCain or Obama when they both change their positions on Iraq, the economy, global warming, and oil drilling among other issues?

The presidential election this year will be hotly contested. There is no doubt about it. This election will have ramifications on the value of the U.S. dollar. This election will have ramifications on the price of oil, which determines how much we pay at gas stations. This election will have ramifications on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. This election will have ramifications on the economy and our health care. This election will have ramifications on our environment. Senators Obama and McCain understand this well and so do the American People. The presidential candidates know what is at stake and they both know that they can not lose the trust of the American People. Flip-flopping will do just that. It will destroy the credibility of the candidate and cost him the election. The voters will never trust their future to a candidate who has no credibility. Senators McCain and Obama have both flip-flopped in this election. If either one of them hopes to win this election, they need to end the flip-flopping and to be consistent with the promises they make to the people of the United States of America. This election, given what is going on in Iraq and Afghanistan, given the state our economy, given the mortgage and home-owner crises, and given how much we pay at the pump is one of the most crucial in history. We need a president we can trust. We do not need a president that turns out to be untrustworthy, two-faced, and/or a backstabber.

Good night and good luck.

Senator Clinton (D-NY) to Suspend Campaign According to New York Times.

Sources: New York Times/NBC News

Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) will leave the presidential race on friday and endorse the presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) according to the New York Times. The exact motive for the suspension is unclear, but reports insist that her supporters told the New York Senator to end her campaign for the sake of party unity.

UPDATE: Senator Clinton was pressured by Congressional Democrats to leave the race.

UPDATE 2: Senator Clinton will publicly suspend her campaign in Washington D.C. on Saturday.

Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) is the presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee.

Source: NBC News

Barack Obama, the Democratic Senator from Illinois, has finally reached the number of 2118 delegates to clinch the Democratic Presidential nomination. Senator Obama is the first African-American to be nominated by a major political party in the history of the United States of America.

Fox News Contributor Liz Trotta Jokes About the Assassination of Senator Obama (D-IL).

Watch and listen.




EDITOR'S NOTE: This is nothing short of vile, dispicable, and an embarrasment to the profession of journalism. If Fox News wants to separate themselves from these comments, then both Roger Ailles and Rupert Murdoch should apologize for the comments, not because people were offended.

Liz Trotta should be fired. Referring to Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) as Osama was alone disrespectful, but if either he or Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) get shot and killed, then Liz Trotta should be held morally and ethically responsible. There is nothing comical at all about the assasination of any human being, especially a politician running for the highest political office in the United States.

Liz Trotta is a sick, sorry excuse of a human being and this sorry episode is a big, brown stain on the underwear of all of journalism.

Commentary on President Bush's Iran-Appeasement Remark.

*Before I begin, I must apologize for my lengthy hiatus caused by college. Now that I have graduated, I now can return to this blog. Again, I apologize for my prolonged absence.*

If there is one politician who should never be a critic of another politician's foreign policy, that politician would be none other than the 43rd president of the United States, George Walker Bush. Although other politicians and presidents are dubiously known for their bad foreign policies, the foreign policy of our sitting president is nothing short of a disaster. Look at Iraq. Look at Afghanistan. Look at Iran. Hell, look at the Middle East. The fact, the notion, the very thought of President Bush critiquing another politician's foreign policy is not only a sickening irony, it is wrong.

That sickening irony occurred last week when President Bush spoke in front of Israel's Knesset, or legislative assembly, on the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence. During his speech, President Bush equated any diplomacy with Iran to those who appeased Hitler and Nazi Germany. The remark from President Bush was allegedly an attack on Democratic Presidential front runner Senator Barack Obama (IL), who advocates for diplomacy with Iran.

It is obvious that President Bush never went to a civics class. It is obvious that President Bush does not know the difference between diplomacy and appeasement, which are separate terms. Appeasement is giving in to someone to please them. Diplomacy is a stern talk with leaders of other nations. President Bush comparing diplomacy with the appeasement of anything, whether it be the appeasement of a disobedient child or the appeasement of Nazi Germany, is beyond despicable, it is low-class and simply embarrassing to all of the United States. Adding to the embarrassment is the fact that our president got these two different terms confused, as if one is just like the other. Diplomacy does not compare with appeasement. How dare the president compares diplomacy with appeasement. How dare he does this in front of the Knesset on Israel's 60th birthday. This was not an inexperienced freshmen diplomat who said this. This was not the first lady who said this. This was not a civics student who made those remarks. The equation of diplomacy with Iran and appeasement of Iran was from the mouth of President Bush. Our own president made those remarks. The president, who should know better, made that very equation without any shame at all.

Whether this was a direct attack, an indirect attack, or not even an attack against any politician, President Bush is in no position to comment on any foreign policy. This was the same president who waged a war in Iraq that led to the deaths of over four-thousand American soldiers. This was the same president who continued to demand Iran to drop their uranium enrichment program even though they already did so according to the N.I.E. about five years ago. The train-wreck that was President Bush's foreign policy made Al-Qeada stronger, made the Middle East even more of a hell-hole, and gave considerable comfort to Osama Bin-Laden, who is still on the loose nearly seven years after the horrible attacks on September 11, 2001.

Adding to this disgrace is the hypocrisy in President Bush's remarks. This was the same president who practiced diplomacy with North Korea and it's president Kim Jong-Il, which was another enemy of the United States. North Korea had nuclear weapons that had the potency to hit the west coast of America. It was diplomacy that got Kim Jong-Il to disarm. There was no appeasement. Why is practicing diplomacy with Iran appeasement when it was not the same as far as North Korea is concerned? Why won't you clear it up for us Mr. President?

The speech President Bush gave in front of Israel's Knesset last week is nothing short of hypocritical, sickeningly ironic, and uncalled for. Not only is President Bush in no position to comment on another politician's foreign policy, but he compared diplomacy to appeasement, which are two different terms. There is no place for this. There is no place for the leader of the free world to distort facts and to make false comparisons. If President Bush had any shred of dignity as a person, he would sincerely apologize for the speech he gave in front of the Knesset. If he fails to do so, then President Bush no longer deserves what little respect he has left as any politician, much less as President.

Good night...and good luck.

Senator Barack Obama's (D-IL) Passport File Improperly Accessed by State Department Contractors.

Source: MSNBC

Two contractors from the state department were terminated and a third was disciplined for breaching the passport files of presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama (D-IL). The records were allegedly breached on January 9, February 21, and March 14 of this year. The Justice Department has not yet launched a criminal investigation into the breachings and insists there were "no political motivations" into the breachings. The Obama Campaign demands to know who were the three that improperly accessed the passport and has called the breachings "outrageous breach of security and privacy".

UPDATE: The passport files of the other presidential candidates Senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and John McCain (R-AZ) were also improperly accessed.

Commentary on the Iraq War

Mistakes and foolish errors have been made throughout the history of the United States of America. These include slavery, the Great Depression, Isolationism, and reconstruction to name a few. America also had its share of idiot presidents. Buchanan, Harding, Carter, and Garfield are the names that come to mind when it comes to the politicians that never should have been in the oval office. But never in American history has there been a blunder so erroneous and a president too damn stupid and too damn arrogant to realize that it was a mistake. The error I am speaking of is the war in Iraq. The president I am speaking of is George Walker Bush.

The Iraq War got started on the idea that Iraq under Saddam Hussien had weapons of mass destruction. It also got started on the premise that Saddam was linked to Al Qeada and Osama Bin Laden, the world's most wanted man who was behind the horrifying attacks on September 11, 2001. When President Bush announced that a war with Iraq will result if Saddam does not disarm his weapons of mass destruction, most of the country and the world was behind him. Those who were in favor of the war in Iraq were viewed as patriotic while those who were opposed to it were viewed as anti-American. When France objected to the war, they were seen as anti-American and an ally of the enemy. Boycotts on French products were underway. When the country-music trio "The Dixie Chicks" made the infamous statement, the statement that said "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas", their fans burned their CDs or threw them in the trash. Those who backed the war and President Bush were seen as loyal to their nation while dissenters were treated like modern-day Benedict Arnolds. The president told the American People that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. The president told the American People Saddam was linked to Osama and 9/11.

It was all a lie.

No weapons of destruction were ever found. No link was found between Saddam Hussien and Osama Bin Laden. Al Qeada was never in Iraq. President Bush told the American People one lie after another. He and Vice President Cheney lied us into this war. He lied to congress about Iraq and 9/11. He lied to congress about the WMDs.

It has been five years ago yesterday when this war began. Five whole years have now been spent in Iraq. Although Saddam was captured, his sons Uday and Qusay were killed in a fire fight, and Al Zarqary was killed in an airstrike, more bad has been done than good. At least 3,990 American soldiers lost their lives. About 29,000 American Troops were wounded.

All of this for what? There were no weapons of mass destruction. There was no link between Saddam and Bin Laden. There was no link between Saddam and 9/11. There was no Al Qeada in Iraq before American Troops invaded. In fact, Saddam was not even a threat to the United States. However, the president and the vice president do not wish to listen to the critics of this war. When the generals told President Bush that his strategy would not work, they were fired. Valerie Plame's name was leaked when her husband, Joe Wilson, criticized Bush's war plans and she had to leave the CIA.

The actions of this administration are nothing short of irresponsible and alarming. President Bush and Vice President Cheney are responsible for the mess that is Iraq. They are responsible for the loss of nearly 4,000 soldiers. They are responsible for the many lies that got this nation into Iraq. And what did this all do? This war made Al Qeada stronger. This war distracted us from the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, who is still roaming about the planet as a free man instead of being brought to justice. Iraq is a total mess. It is a bottomless pit. Even though the surge may have lowered the violence in Iraq, it has failed its main goal: political reconciliation.

But is this war all Bush's fault? It may sound like it, but it really is not. It is also the fault of the representatives and senators, both Republicans and Democrats, that voted in favor of the use of force. Although they were lied to, it does not change the fact that the politicians who voted for the use of force in Iraq still voted for it. I can not take back my support for the use of force in Iraq. Neither should they. America has been through mistakes and the arrogant presidents who made them. None of them were as bad as the war in Iraq and no president was so stubborn as President Bush. The many errors made by this president and its consequences will be felt for quite some time. Hopefully our next president, whether it be Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Senator Barack Obama (D-IL), or Senator John McCain (R-AZ) will correct the severe errors made by President Bush and .

The war in Iraq was a mistake...and President Bush may go down in American history as the worst president ever.

Good night, and good luck.

Iraq War: Five Years Later

The date was March Nineteenth. The year was 2003. It was on this day five years ago when the beginning of the end of Saddam Hussein's regime began. The Iraq War was started on the belief that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction and was linked to the terrifying 9/11 attacks and Al Qeada. Most of the American people were in favor of the war in the beginning, but are now opposed to it and demand a troop pull-out.

President Bush will deliver a speech on the Iraq War from the Pentagon at 10:00 am eastern time.

EDITOR'S NOTE: I do not like to promote in any of my entries, but I feel it is necessary here. Tomorrow, there will be a commentary on the Iraq War. I apologize that I could not do so today, but I do not have the time for it today.

"Manhunt 2" Given Green Light in U.K.

The video game "Manhunt 2", which was originally banned in the United Kingdom and given the "Adults Only" rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) here in the states, is now finally available in England. The game attracted controversy from its brutal content. "Manhunt 2" was later toned-down content wise and given the "Mature" rating from the ESRB, but was still banned in England. Rockstar and Take-Two Interactive appealed the decision and won, but the British Board of Film and Literature Classification (BBFC), Britain's rating board that refused a rating for the game which led to its banning, appealed the decision to the English High Court. The Video Appeals Committee (VAC) lifted the ban on "Manhunt 2".

Source: GamePolitics

New York Governor Spitzer (D) Involved in Prostitution Ring - New York Times.

According to the New York Times, New York Governor Elliot Spitzer (D), known for his no-nonsense style of law enforcement, told his staff that he was involved in a prostitution ring. His involvement, particularly the criminal involvement, is unknown as of now.

The prostitution ring Spitzer is reportedly linked to is called "The Emperors Club", which according to the NY Times was under investigation from the IRS and the FBI.

UPDATE: NBC News confirms a federal wiretap on February 13th caught Spitzer setting up a meeting with a prostitute and was client 9 in a federal affidavit.

UPDATE 2: New York State's assembly minority leader is calling on Spitzer to resign.

Senator John McCain (R-AZ) wins GOP Nomination; President Bush Endorses McCain for President.

With victories in all of Tuesday night's Republican Primaries (RI, OH, TX, VT), Arizona Senator John McCain is the nominee for the oval office on the GOP side. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee dropped out of the race after the results of the GOP primaries were announced.

President Bush (R) has also endorsed McCain for presidency.

Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) wins Rhode Island, Texas, and Ohio in Tuesday Night's Primaries.

New York Senator Hillary Clinton (D) resurrected her once-thought dead presidential bid last night. She won contests in Rhode Island, Texas, and Ohio. Her rival Barack Obama (D-IL) only won Vermont. Barack Obama still leads the delegate count, but Clinton has the momentum and a new lease on her campaign.

The next big stste contest is in Pennsylvania on April 22nd, where Senator Clinton has a lead. Over 100 pledged delegates are at stake.

Fox News' Bill O'Reilly Makes a Vile Remark on his Radio Show about Michelle Obama.

Listen at the 30-second mark.



EDITOR'S NOTE: These remarks from Bill O'Reilly are nothing short of disturbing, sick, and racist. He should apologize and be suspended or even terminated. This is unacceptable and unprofessional.

New York Times: Senator McCain (R-AZ) had Relationship with Lobbyist.

With the republican presidential nomination unofficially clinched, Arizona Senator John McCain has now found himself in the middle of a scandal. According to the New York Times, John McCain had an improper, romantic relationship with a lobbyist during his presidential run in 2000. Both the senator and the lobbyist are denying any romantic encounter. Senator McCain and his wife have criticised the newspaper for the story and are calling it "gutter politics". The New York Times has endorsed Senator McCain for the republican president nomination.

Fidel Castro, after 49 Years of Rule, Steps Down as President of Cuba.

I know this is a couple of days old. I had other, more essential tasks to do and thus did not have the time to post this.

Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba for nearly half a century, has stepped down as president. He has been in control of Cuba since the Bay of Pigs invasion in 1959. Cuba is one of the last solid communist nations in the world. His older brother, Raul Castro, is supposedly gonig to replace Fidel as leader of Cuba.

Fox News Calls Republican Arizona Senator and Presidential Candidate John McCain a Democrat.

Source: Fox Attacks

When a republican politician questions the policies of this administration or is being investigated for pedophilia, Fox News will more than likely label them a democrat. This happened when disgraced REPUBLICAN Florida congressman Mark Foley was investigated in the Congressional Page scandal. Fox did it again when REPUBLICAN senator Arlen Specter from Pennsylvainia questioned the testimony of former US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales during the lawyer firing scandal. Fox News did it again with REPUBLICAN senator John McCain. McCain, who objects to an immediate end of the Iraq War, something that Senators Obama (D-IL) and Clinton (D-NY) want to do, objected to the use of torture to get information from captured terrorists and backed the immigrant amnesty bill. He was labeled a Democrat by Fox News. This is the third time this (joke of a) news channel. Does this tell you that Fox News is neither fair nor balanced?

Mitt Romney (R) to Suspend Presidential Run.

Mitt Romney has suspended his presidential campaign according to NBC News. He won seven states during his run and was a close second place to Senator John McCain (R-AZ) in the number of delegates. John McCain is the presumed front-runner, but has to stay ahead of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee (R) and congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) to get the party nomination.

Comments on the State of The Union Address.

A war without end. Deceptions about Iran and their nuclear program. An economy that is down and could be heading toward a recession. This is what the administration of our 43rd president George Walker Bush will be remembered for. A disaster that is the Iraq War. Intentional lies about Iran's uranium enrichment program which was once thought to be a horrifying reality, only instead to learn that said program was suspended in 2003 according to the National Intellegence Estimate. A sluggish and weakening economy that cost the jobs of the American people, raised gas prices, and declined the value of the U.S. dollar. This was the work of this current adminisrtation. These topics were highlights in the President's annual State of the Union address. In the address last Monday Night, President Bush addressed the status of Iraq, Iran's uranium enrichment program, and the economy. This State of the Union, however, was not, in my opinion (like all of my commentaries) an actual report on our country. Instead, President Bush spun the status of the Iraq War, Iran's urainium enrichment program that was suspended for almost half a decade, and the economy of the United States. President Bush's speech was a cut and paste from his previous annual addresses. We, regardless of political affiliation, are tired of this. We have heard the same old song and dance year after year.

President Bush's statements about the success of the surge are not truthful. Although the surge did work from a militarily standpoint, thus Al Quieda being driven out of Iraq and an overall drop in violence, the primary goal of the surge was to give security for political reconciliation in Iraq. This has not happened. Iraq continues to be an unstable country. Iraq is still in a state of chaos and dissarry while our brave men and women in uniform are continuosly dying from roadside bombs, suprise attacks, and suicide bombers. President Bush is telling the American people that things in Iraq are better than they once were. I agree that things in Iraq are better, but it is far from good. Our troops are still losing their lives and our military is straining in a war that is growing pointless every single day. A war that made more enemies while we lost allies and our standing in the world. No political progress was made. The surge, while succeding militarilly thanks to our excellent army, is not working politically.

President Bush made comments about Iran's suspended uranium enrichment program in his address Monday Night. He told the many viewers of his speech that if Iran wants to negotiate, they need to end their enrichment program. Did our elected president just all of a sudden forgot about the NIE report that said Iran suspended said program in 2003? That same report that President Bush got back in August, but still brought up a nuclear holocaust and World War 3 if Iran was allowed to continue said program? President Bush got it all wrong. Those who watched the State of the Union and listened to the president make those remarks about Iran could only imagine how most of the American people felt and how the Democrats felt about the insane and utterly false comments President Bush made. The American people do not want and do not need a president that is delusional. We do not need a president that instead of running a country in the real world, rules the country in a fantasy world. GET BACK TO EARTH MR. PRESIDENT. Get back to reality.

The economy, which was also addressed in the State of the Union, is not in a recession...but it is heading in that direction. Although time will tell of the new economic agreement between the White House and congress, time will not be essential to tell of Bush's economic policies. They, just like his presidency, was a flop. The value of the dollar has declined. Jobs went overseas. The housing market is in a mess. President Bush's economic policies were the cause of the aforementioned. His economic policies raised unemployment and foreclocures. His policies are a factor in the rising of gas prices and the devaluing of the dollar. Despite the Dow rising as high as 14,000 points, the economy is in a freefall and possibly heading into a recession, the second one of his presidency. President Bush's economic policy was a disaster.

President Bush's State of the Union address was nothing more than falsehoods. It paints a false reality of this nation. It was not reflective of the actual state of the union. You do not need a pundit to tell you this. You do not need a blog to tell you this. If you saw the State of the Union, you can see just how wrong the president was and how devisive the parties were. When President Bush mentioned the complete success of the surge, the Republican half of the audience applauded while the Democratic half sat still in solid disagreement. When President Bush mentioned about Iran's suspended uranium enrichment program, the Democrats, while calm on the outside, were screaming bloody murder and complete objection on the inside. However, the Democrats were not alone in their objection. You can ask the near seventy (70) percent of the American people that object to Bush's policies. It does not matter whether they are affiliated with any party. You do not need to be a liberal or a Democrat to realize that this nation is on the wrong track.

It is a damn shame President Bush does not recognize this. He does not realize the nation is in the wrong direction and that his policies put this nation on that track. It was his job to put this nation on the right track. He has failed. His State of the Union address is further evidence that President Bush does not know how to run this country. His state of the union was an hour of falsehoods. What is more depressing is that we all heard the same thing year after year. Iraq is getting better. The economy is thriving. Iran is trying to get nuclear weapons. This is sounding like a broken record.

WE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, HAVE HEARD THIS, PRESIDENT BUSH, AGAIN AND AGAIN. LISTEN TO YOUR PEOPLE FOR A CHANGE, WILL YOU?

Good night and good luck.

Comments on Fox News Excluding Presidential Candidate Ron Paul (R-TX) From New Hampshire Republican Forum.

First off, there are videos that I would love to embed into this commentary, but I'm sorry to say that I have not mastered embedding YouTube videos into my blog yet. Now to the commentary.

He has raised as much money as senators Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and Barack Obama (D-IL). He stands for what conservatives stand for. He leads former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson (R) in The Granite State.

He is Congressman and Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul (R-TX).

Ron Paul is in many ways a typical conservative. He never voted in favor of raising taxes. In fact, he even wants to abolish federal taxes and the IRS. Representative Paul also voted against an unbalanced budget. He doesn't partake in congressional pension plans and never took a government paid junket. Representative Paul stands for what the average conservative stands for. However, he is against one thing that all of the opposing Republican candidates stand for...the war in Iraq. Ron Paul voted against the Iraq War, stating that wars that are undelcared against an enemy that is not specified can not be won.

The Fox News Channel hosted a Republican Presidential Forum last Sunday that included former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, senator John McCain (AZ), former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, and former Tennessee senator Fred Thompson. Representative Ron Paul did not attend. Why?

Because Fox News excluded the Texas congressman from the forum.

Why did Fox bar Dr. Paul from the forum? He is ahead of Thompson in New Hampshire and raised almost as much money as Clinton and Obama, which is more than the rest of the Republican candidates. Was it because the studio was too small? Well, if you watched the forum like I did, it looks like there was more than enough room for an extra chair. You can not tell me and those who watched the forum that Fox could not add the Texas Representative. There was no reason for Fox to exclude someone that stands for conservative values, someone that Fox News seems to favor. It is his stance on the war in Iraq that got Dr. Paul booted. Ron Paul supporters were angry at this. They even chased after Fox News commentator Sean Hannity in a furious rage and rightfully so.

Ron Paul is not some liberal that loves to increase taxes. He is not someone who favors big government that wants to spy on its own people. He has voted for lesser government and against excessive spending and government regulation. These are the values of conservatives. They do not want large taxes. They do not want the government to spy on their own people. He is the perfect conservative.

His stance against the Iraq War is the reason why he has many supporters. The massive voter turnout at the Iowa Caucuses is a message to all presidential candidates that the American People are sick of this war. Ron Paul understands this. He understands the needs and wants of the American People. He is against the same thing that cost the Republicans control of capitol hill. Ron Paul is a smart politician, favors conservative values, and understands what the proud citizens of this great country want.

Fox News (I am reluctant to call them a news organization) should be embarrassed and ashamed. If they call themselves fair and balanced, they would let Representative Paul into the forum. This is in no way how a news organization conducts themselves. They owe Ron Paul, his family, his supporters, the New Hampshire voters, and all of their viewers a sincere apology. I am calling on Rupert Murdoch, head of Fox News' parent company News Corporation, to condemn this inexcusable, embarrassing, and childish act. How this joke of a news channel (I am a former viewer) gets higher ratings than MSNBC or CNN is sickening. Why people watch this channel is beyond me. This is the same network that won a case years ago that said that lying to their viewers is their right under the constitution.

I accuse Fox News of deliberately editing Democrats to make them look bad. I accuse Fox News of adding inappropriate images to serious news stories. I accuse Fox News of sensationalizing tragedies and hostage situations. I accuse Fox News of their lies on global warming, even after their parent company decided to go green (I also accuse Al Gore on his hypocrisy of the issue, but that is another story). Most of all, I accuse Fox News of only favoring those who are in favor of the Iraq War, a now-needless attack on Iran, and of the Bush Administration's Iraq policy, which is an utter failure. Everyone at that network owes those involved with the Ron Paul campaign, Ron Paul himself, his family, his supporters, and the voters in the state of New Hampshire an apology. Also, Roger Ailles, the CEO of Fox News, should take this disgrace seriously and make drastic changes. If he fails, he should step down or be fired. In fact, if I were a member of Fox News, I would resign immediately because of this bush league act.

Ron Paul deserves much better than this. Fox News should be ashamed. They embarrassed themselves and the profession of journalism with this controversy.

Good night, and good luck.

Mega Man-Themed Parody of Vancouver Taser Tragedy Sparks Outrage from RCMP.

Look at this story on GamePolitics.com and watch the video.

The RCMP is in no position to be outraged at this. They tasered an innocent Polish immigrant, who could not understand English, to death. Instead of using restraint or getting the help of a translator, one of which was in the airport, the over-zealous airport security and law enforcement simply decided to get trigger-happy with their tasers and killed an innocent man.

The RCMP needs a long look in the mirror.