Don't fall for things this Sunday.

It's April Fool's Day after all. While most people concentrate on the pranks and a few are wise to the history of the day, it's a fun, harmless day all the way around. Just be on guard. :)

Oh, and as pranks go, until someone tops this, I remain unimpressed.

Nixon to China, Pelosi to Syria

In her continued stewardship of the 'most ethical Congress in history', Liberal earmark-king Nancy "Porkbarrel" Pelosi (D-Tehran) decided to pay a visit to an openly hostile regime. Wonder how she'll spin that to the Israelis she's visiting now ("Sure, they're arming Hezbollah, but they're so cuddly when they do it."?) or our the families of slain soldiers whose murderers were supplied via Syria (Maybe the Syrians offered her $20 billion in earmarks?).

Either way, the trip stinks and it shows the rot endemic to her leadership.

Locals reject UN.

This article in the LA Times talks about how our local community rejected World Heritage designation from the UN for a section of the county. World Heritage designation can mean quite an influx of tourism and popularity for the site. Which is often one of the selling points.

Now having been through that region, the Carrizo Plain is a very beautiful region and I can see why it was nominated. What struck me though is the politics revealed in the article. Take, for example, the following passage:

"I'm disappointed," [Geary] Hund said Friday. "I've talked to World Heritage site managers across the U.S. and none of them could think of any drawbacks. What a site gets is recognition and prestige, and those that aren't well-known stand to get increased agency attention and the possibility of attracting more money through grants."

Hund is listing fame, prestige, and money as the reasons San Luis Obispo county should have approved it. How is that the right selling point for a natural preserve? This turns it from the supposedly special designation into nothing different than normal business transaction, which isn't the point.

Reading on further we get to a more central argument, and that's summed up by Alberta Lewis (a member of the Carrizo Plain ranch family):

"I can see no intelligent reason to tie up any of America with the United Nations. Please, supervisors, don't give away any more of our country."

The UN is genuinely hated by large swaths of this country, and rightly so. As the UN exists to empower genocide and dictators and restrain the US and freedom, there's no respect left for it in major swaths of this country. I'm a little surprised it manifested itself here, but only in the locale not in the manifestation.

[Supervisor James Patterson] said the plan was derailed by "an almost-hysteria about the U.N. coming to San Luis Obispo County.

Again, it's not a hysteria in that the UN has done nothing to earn the respect of Americans. When a genocidal regime like Sudan is placed on a human right commission, a commission that cites America for violations, then why should we give a whit about it?

So, some of my local countrymen rejected it, which is a bit sad in that the plain is a great eco-tourism spot, but is also quite encouraging in that they stood up for what is right. And, face it, the UN (from corruption to supporting dictators to encouraging genocide) is on the wrong side of history.

Congrats to the people of SLO.

Rudy must be scaring them.

Based on the smear pieces released, curiously on the same day, by al-Qaeda propaganda wing the AP and Democrat party apparatus the NY Times, Rudy must be doing better in their internal polls than I realized. If organizations allied against secular, Western civilization don't like you...you've got my vote.

Rosie O'Donnell

Perusing Instapundit this morning I came across this clip of Liberal pundit Rosie (D-ABC) just going berserk. It not only illustrates what a buffoon she is, but how the Left's whole way of thinking is self-parody.

Countering her is simple, just use facts. But for a screamingly vocal minority of the West, facts don't mean a thing.

That and, along with Liberal pundit Al Franken (D-Air America), I've noticed that a 'comedian' is something very different on the Left than what I grew up understanding. See, I thought a comedian was funny. Maybe Rosie and Al missed the message.

UPDATE: Courtesy of Instapundit, Popular Mechanics explains the paranoid ravings of Rosie.

Iranian Hostages, the Sequel

Reading about Iran's hostage gambit, and it's a deja vu bit all over again. Now while it's obvious Iran has coerced propaganda from these 15 in clear violation of the Third Geneva Convention, it's pretty pathetic that they resorted to this. Old Jack Tar asks the pertinent question of what this PC force was doing out there anyway. Those captives are now hurting their fellow soldiers...where is their training?

I mean, baby killing is more their style, or having Hezbollah or Hamas do their fighting for them.

My question for the blogosphere, we know the Brits were in Iraqi water, the GPS equipment proves that. What if Iran's claimed locations (they're at two now) are accurate. If the seizure took place as originally claimed (more likely than the second), then this is also Iran illegally claiming Iraqi sovereign territory. An angle that, while unneeded, can be thrown in really mess up the whole affair.

Feinstein Follies

Having followed her career for years, I'm not surprised to see what's hopefully the end of her career. I'm not hopeful, as her allies won't report it, but Liberal porkbarreler Feinstein (D-Perini Corp) finally got caught with her hand in the cookie jar.

What's the jar? The fact that she's been a ranking member or chair of military appropriations and her husband owns two defense contractors. If she's lucky, she'll get to resign her office. I'm personally hoping for a "perp walk" myself.

Dianne, if anyone in your camp reads this, take one for California and resign. There's really no recovering from this kind of corruption scandal.

Video Definition.

Talent, N, This.

76% Find Gore Unqualified to Talk on Global Warming

This Rasmussen poll finds that only 24% consider socialist activist Al Gore (D-Washington, DC) an expert on Global Warming. Of course, that might be because he's unwilling to sacrifice himself, or perhaps it's because he's not practicing what he preaches, and using 'parlor tricks' to make himself feel better.

Americans know a hypocrit when they see one...and they see one clearly in Gore. And while he's wrong on man-made climate change, the damage he's doing to the legitimate environmental issues is disheartening.

New Hero for me.

Saw this video today, and wow. Evan Sayet gives definitely one of the most inspiring lectures I've heard in some time. Now I wish my party would speak this clearly.

Evan Sayet for Prez in '08? He's got my nomination. :)

Munich II, A Sequel 69 Years in the making.

With Pelosi (D-Tehran) desperate to sell out the US and its soldiers, Don Surber follows up my theme from earlier, $130 million / vote. Certainly undermines the meme that war is too expensive.

Hat tip to Instapundit.

Video games and public policy.

So I was playing Paradox's Hearts of Iron 2 and while playing Germany I was able to conquer Britain and throw the allies out of Europe. So, naturally, the Germans need to be given control over Europe...I did it in a simulation, so it must be true.

What? Don't think they'll go for it?

Yeah, probably not. Which is why I see the game-style simulations being used to scare children about 'Man Made Global Warming' so infuriating. Sadly, MMGW is perhaps the greatest con-job of modern times, a modern Piltdown Man.

The rallying cry from Gore's hypeumentary was about a concensus of scientists agree on man being the cause to climate change. There's a problem though, the data says no, we're not.

An ideologue like Gore doesn't want you to understand that. After all, the concensus of scientists felt the space between planets was filled with luminiferous aether, that women couldn't handle tasks like men, and that there was no continent at the south pole. And those are just in the past 200 years.

Data killed them all, as it killed Gore's hypeumentary long before his handlers started forcing it down the throats of innocent kids.

If you care about the environment, the BBC documentary Great Global Warming Swindle is a must watch. And the comments are a hoot, as for the most part they show the failure of science education.

That's the best they can do?

218-212 is the final vote for surrending, no shock my local rep Capps went with that majority.

But what I find very amusing is the 3 vote margin of victory. With all the media behind them, $20 of pork bribes in the bill, and a shrill minority crying for our soldiers blood...they could only muster a win by 3 votes.

So much for that 'mandate' they've falsely claimed. No wonder my Democrat friends are annoyed at these people.

Democrats Vote to Surrender

The leadership of the Democrat Party actually followed through on their pledge to surrender to Al Qaeda. I'm very impressed. They won in November because the American people were sick of the corruption and pork of the Republicans...so the 'cleanest congress in history' Democrats needed $21 billion in bribes to get the $103 spending bill passed.

Way to go. Of course, it's an egocentric lie, but that's what Pelosi, Murtha, and the rest need to loot the general coffers with their pork-barrel theft.

"The American people have lost faith in the president's conduct of this war," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Tehran. "The American people see the reality of the war, the president does not."

This canard is based on the President's 34% approval rating. That rationale means that Congress, at 30% approval, has no grounds to lecture. Pelosi, honey, the American people have no faith in your ability to conduct war, conduct business, or do the work of the American people.

You're there for the money and there to sell out our nation.

And innocent Arab children, men, and women...Afghani, Pushtan, and the rest will keep being the targets of bombings until the terrorists stop having you as their sole means of victory.

Take a stand...for our soliders, our way of life, and the people being killed because of your Code Pink and MoveOn allies! Pelosi, lead the Democrat party to a position of actually supporting the troops.

Not supporting their murderers.

Code Pink - An enemy's ally is...

So, I was noticing that the nuts in Code Pink plan to take over Pelosi's office. As someone vehemently opposed to Code Pink's treachery, I applaud their working to link themselves to Pelosi. I've always appreciated when morons self-align themselves for easier sorting.

What really gets me is this bit: "the Democratic leadership’s inaction of ending the war in Iraq." All sides act to end the Global Civil War (of which Iraq is just a part).

The problem is Code Pink favors appeasement and surrender. No winning, no victory, no helping oppressed people thrive...just surrender to 12th century barbarians.

It's one thing to end a war by winning, it's another by surrender. Makes you wonder how much hate these people have that they'd prefer to surrender than win against groups dedicated to exterminate Code Pink members and their supporters.

If I were a psychologist...just one Pinky as a client would leave me set for life.

Wonder if they'd be this way if they met a real Army unit.

It's easy to behave like the barbarians we're fighting when we are a society that won't let the soliders 'talk back.'

On the positive side...it's a nice collection of cowards, bigots, and haters. Don't often see them outside a museum. Put white robes on them and hoods and they'd be just like their spiritual predecessors.

Whom the servant serves.

What finally got me back into this was this article which ledes with the fascinating quote "All irrelevant. Rush Limbaugh is irrelevant. I am not his servant." - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

It's good our governor doesn't serve a talk show host. He governs while someone like Rush is there to entertain.

But, based on policies and hubris coming from Sacramento it's obvious that our governor doesn't serve Californians or California. In fact the only people he seems to serve are celebrities and their pet causes. Almost as if he's turned Sacramento into a continual 'after-party' for some big movie wrap.

Take, for example, his desire to impoverish Californians to pick up the chic cause of 'climate change.' Is climate changing? Yes, it always changes. Is man causing it? There's no science to show that. None. And no 'majority opinion' of scientists can overcome this lack of research.

If Gov. Porkenegger was truly concerned about it he'd divert funds into our world-class research institutions so the matter could be actually looked into. Not divert funds into the causes of his Hollywood pals. The former, funding research, is what a people's servant would do. The latter, funding over-hyped frauds, is what a self servant would do.

Which means I guess I have the answer to my question of who the Porkenegger serves.

*cough* Dutsy in here

I'd meant to be good blogging, but it's amazing what happens when life intervenes. Well, this is SBViking 2.0, lets see where it gets us.