THE FOUNDATION: WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE

“Happily for America, happily, we trust, for the whole human race, they pursued a new and more noble course. They accomplished a revolution which has no parallel in the annals of human society.” —James Madison

INSIGHT

“By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.” —Lord Acton

“But to manipulate men, to propel them toward goals which you—the social reformers—see, but they may not, is to deny their human essence, to treat them as objects without wills of their own, and therefore to degrade them.” —Isaiah Berlin

“Arms are the only true badges of liberty. The possession of arms is the distinction of a free man from a slave.” —Andrew Fletcher ++ “Pick up a rifle and you change instantly from a subject to a citizen.” —Jeff Cooper

“He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has.” —Epictetus

UPRIGHT

“The biggest battle since the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein’s regime is under way in Iraq. Its outcome could determine whether the war is won or lost… The heart of the offensive is Operation Arrowhead Ripper, in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad, involving some 8,000 American and 2,000 Iraqi troops…[I]f Arrowhead Ripper succeeds, you may not hear much about it. A U.S. victory would be too embarrassing for those in the media who have staked their reputations on defeat.” —Jack Kelly

“These are grim times, but we must resist indulging ourselves in hopeful fantasies. Every piece of our national security calculations must be realistically assessed against the available facts. What is working, what isn’t, what to do?” —Tony Blankley

“Hillary’s candidacy is a conflict between the kind of woman she is and the kind of leader she wants us to believe she would be. Nurture doesn’t fit with nature, and her nature doesn’t reflect a sense of wholeness or trustworthiness as a leader.” —Suzanne Fields

“I find it hard to interpret a drop in Congressional approval when liberals and Democrats take over as an indication that the public is going to want them even stronger in 2008. I think if anything, this bodes ill for Democrats.” —Charles Krauthammer

“Everything that liberalism is, is contained in this [amnesty] legislation. It’s sort of like a big, concentrated dose. That’s what’s so frustrating about it, to see the Republicans just dive headlong into this as though they haven’t the slightest clue what will happen to them and their party and the country…” —Rush Limbaugh

EDITORIAL EXEGESIS

“[Sen. Trent] Lott’s assertion that the immigration bill will enhance our ability to keep tabs on potential security threats only shows that he knows very little about what is in his bill or is desperately spinning…[T]he Senate bill includes provisions that will make it absurdly easy for a potential terrorist to obtain a ‘probationary’ visa and create a fraudulent new identity for himself with the assistance of the U.S. government. Mr. Lott’s comments about the immigration bill are unfortunate in their own right. But his suggestion that talk radio is a problem that someone has to ‘deal with’ because it makes it harder to ram the immigration bill through the Senate is even worse, because it raises the specter of reviving the ‘Fairness Doctrine’ —the Federal Communications Commission policy (repealed in 1987 at President Reagan’s urging) that effectively barred any serious political debate from occurring on the airwaves. The result of the demise of the ‘equal-time rule’ has been the rise of issue-oriented talk radio—perhaps the one area of the media where conservatives dominate. So, liberals who say they believe so strongly in the First Amendment want to revive the doctrine in order to prevent talk radio from doing what is has done on the illegal-immigration issue: educate people about what has been jammed into this massive bill and how it affects their country. … We trust that those Mississippians who are making their opinions on illegal immigration clear to Mr. Lott will let him know that they are watching very carefully what he does regarding the ‘Fairness Doctrine’ and other efforts to shut talk radio up.” —The Washington Times

DEZINFORMATSIA

Ultimate Bush hating: “You could argue that even the world’s worst fascist dictators at least meant well. They honestly thought were doing good things for their countries by suppressing blacks/eliminating Jews/eradicating free enterprise/repressing individual thought/killing off rivals/invading neighbors, etc… Bush set a new precedent. He came into office with the attitude of ‘I’m so tired of the public good. What about my good? What about my rich friends’ good?”’ —Washington Post sports reporter Peter Mehlman ++ “I only feel good, as a citizen, about getting rid of George Bush, who has been the most destructive president in my lifetime. I certainly don’t regret it.” —New Yorker profile writer Mark Singer on giving $250 to “Victory Campaign 2004,” a group opposed to President Bush

Free advertising: “A lot of [Michael Moore’s ‘Sicko’] is about… the insurance companies and the condemnation of them. I just have to say, I don’t usually give opinions, but whatever you’re Republican or Democrat or whatever you are, this is an amazing film… I think everybody should see it.” —ABC’s Barbara Walters

Down with the First Amendment: “The [Supreme] Court weakened a key provision of the campaign-finance-reform law, opening the way for many more groups to run many more political ads.” —ABC’s Charlie Gibson, ruing the victory for free speech

This week’s “Gag Reflex” Award: “[Y]ou have to respect him for sticking to his principles.” —CBS’s Katie Couric on Jimmy Carter

Newspulper Headlines: It’s Almost Down to 100%: “Steep Drop in Death Among Diabetic Men” —WebMD.com

But Only She Would Inhale: “Bernstein: Clintons Would Operate Joint Presidency” —The New York Sun

News You Can Use: “Candidates’ Names Are Tough in Chinese” —Associated Press

Bottom Stories of the Day: “Clinton Courts Liberals, Assails Bush” —Associated Press ++ “Hotter Weather Forecast for Much of US This Summer” —The Boston Globe (Thanks to The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto)

THE DEMO-GOGUES

From the Theo-Lib Department: “Faith got hijacked, partly because of the so-called leaders of the Christian Right, all too eager to exploit what divides us… At every opportunity, they’ve told evangelical Christians that Democrats disrespect their values and dislike their church… There was even a time when the Christian Coalition determined that its number one legislative priority was tax cuts for the rich. I don’t know what Bible they’re reading, but it doesn’t jibe with my version.” —Sen. and presidential aspirant Barack Obama

Who are you?: “[I]t’s frustrating because nobody believes me.” —New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on running for president

Divisive politics: “It’s not enough to talk about the Two Americas. We also need to talk about what we need to do to build One America.” —John Edwards

It’s not fair!: “Well, in my view, talk radio tends to be one-sided. It also tends to be dwelling in hyperbole. It’s explosive. It pushes people to, I think, extreme views without a lot of information… I’m looking at [reviving the Fairness Doctrine]… because I think there ought to be an opportunity to present the other side. And unfortunately, talk radio is overwhelmingly one way.” —Dianne Feinstein *Talk radio IS the other side.

Conspiracy theory: “There’s no question that Karl Rove’s fingerprints are all over this case, from the inception.” —convicted former Democrat Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, blaming Rove for his own conviction for bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud

On the campaign trail: “She’s also the best candidate to beat the Republican machine. You know Hillary will never let a swift boat-style attack go unanswered.” —First Lady hopeful Bill Clinton

From the Bloviator: “We know what they’re against. What are they for?” —Ted Kennedy on those who oppose his third monster immigration bill *We’ve outlined it, Teddy, if you care to read it.

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VILLAGE IDIOTS

In need of medication: “If we had left those fuel economy standards intact—Ronald Reagan rolled them back—we would not have had to import one drop of oil after 1986. Think of what that would have done to our history. The World Trade Center would probably still be standing. We would have avoided two Gulf Wars. We would be a prosperous nation. We wouldn’t be bound down in this Mesopotamian quagmire that has destroyed our reputation and destroyed the reputation of democracy across the globe.” —Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., claiming CAFE rollbacks caused 9/11

Broken Record: “The nature and severity of the climate crisis had seemed painfully obvious to me for quite a long time… I wish that we could have had in the 1990s the deafening scientific consensus that has emerged in more recent years.” —who else? Al Gore

From the Global Village: “Regarding the problematic pages in our history, yes, we do have them, as does any state, but other countries have also known their bleak and terrible moments…[W]e never used nuclear weapons against civilians, and we never dumped chemicals on thousands of kilometers of land or dropped more bombs on a tiny country than were dropped during the entire Second World War, as was the case in Vietnam.” —Russian President Vladimir Putin calling the U.S. worse than the Soviet Union, which killed tens of millions

This week’s “Sociocrat Sycophant” Award: “[People] have profound affection for you, ever since you stood up as a woman and said: Yes, I’m a woman. Phenomenal woman. That’s my mother and all your mothers and my grandmothers and all your grandmothers. And my great-grandmothers and yours. And great-greats and great-greats and all you women here, along with Hillary Rodham Clinton and me!” —Maya Angelou, moonbat “poet,” with a testimonial to Hillary

SHORT CUTS

“[Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards] has become nearly irrelevant. With the exception of Iowa, where he leads by a few points in the poll averages, Edwards is a non-story. He trails Hillary and her sky high unfavorables. He lags behind Obama and his ultra-thin resume. He’s even finds himself looking up at Al Gore, a horse so stale he’s been on the national stage since Britney was sober and in the mouseketeers.” —Jason Wright

“[Dick Cheney] may be more popular than Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, but that’s like saying, ‘This head cheese is tastier than carpet mold’.” —Jonah Goldberg

“According to a new poll, 15 percent of Americans say that Hillary Clinton gives them the creeps. The other 85 percent say she gives them the willies or the heebie jeebies.” —Conan O’Brien

“Stupid and envious is a bad combo platter.” —Ann Coulter

“I have let you down, and I think it’s best to just admit it and move on. ‘Face the Nation’ did not get the big interview with Paris Hilton. I feel terrible about it. I haven’t felt so low since one of our competitors broke into programming to report that the embalming of Anna Nicole Smith’s body had begun… There’s nothing left for me to do but stop making excuses and ‘fess up. The truth is I never asked Paris Hilton to be on ‘Face the Nation’, and for one reason, I couldn’t think of anything I wanted to ask her. Can you?” —CBS’s Bob Schieffer

David Letterman: Top Surprising Facts About Dick Cheney: Every morning eats a case of Slim Jims; Shares three heart attack anniversaries with Larry King; Sent Paris cigarettes and nylons while she was in stir; Went bald at age 12; Banned from D. C. area IHOPs; Spends bulk of his time yelling at White House visitors to “get off the lawn!”

Jay Leno: The New York Times says Ralph Nader is thinking about running for president again. Nader says he rejects the term “spoiler.” Still a lot better than “loser.” … Hillary Clinton has finally picked a theme song for her campaign. Now if she could just pick out a position on Iraq. That would be great. … Hillary has picked “You and I” by Celine Dion as her campaign theme song. And in a related story, John McCain’s campaign song is also by Celine Dion—it’s the theme from “Titanic.” … For his campaign, John Edwards has chosen a theme song from “Hair.” And Giuliani chose “All My Exes Live In Texas.” … In a campaign ad that is a spoof of the big “Sopranos” finale Hillary Clinton plays the part of Tony Soprano in the diner. You know what the difference is between Hillary Clinton and Tony Soprano? Tony Soprano goes to the strip club to get away from his spouse. Hillary goes to the strip club to find her spouse. … Bill Clinton appears in the ad too, along with the actor who played “Johnny Sack.” Johnny Sack, which, coincidentally, was also Clinton’s Secret Service codename. … Congress now has a 14 percent approval rating, the lowest in the history of poll taking. You know what that means? George Bush is now the popular guy.

Veritas vos Liberabit—Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus, et Fidelis! Mark Alexander, Publisher, for The Patriot’s editors and staff. (Please pray for our Patriot Armed Forces standing in harm’s way around the world, and for their families.)