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From WaPo this Sunday here:

Democratic leaders, increasingly confident they will seize control
of the House in November, are laying plans for a legislative blitz
during their first week in power that would raise the minimum wage,
roll back parts of the Republican prescription drug law, implement
homeland security measures and reinstate lapsed budget deficit controls.

House
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) said in an interview last week
that a Democratic House would launch a series of investigations of the
Bush administration, beginning with the White House’s first-term energy
task force and probably including the use of intelligence in the run-up
to the invasion of Iraq. Pelosi denied Republican allegations that a
Democratic House would move quickly to impeach President Bush. But, she
said of the planned investigations, "You never know where it leads to."

In
recent days, Democratic confidence has been buoyed by a series of polls
indicating that not only is Bush growing increasingly unpopular, so are
Republicans in Congress.

Hugh Hewitt is Painting the Map Red.  He has 15 simple words (which were 12) how we can win in 2006 and 2008, (note added line to the bottom):

Win the war.
Confirm the judges.
Cut the taxes.
Control the spending.

Secure the border.

Send your dollars to the Minuteman’s Border Fence project here: :
Or snail mail to:
Minuteman Border Fence
Dept. Code 21
P.O. Box 131808
Houston TX, 77219

I was so busy this week I forgot about the National Day of Prayer! Shame on me! I will honor our nation today, as I do every day. I’m am glad to be an American living in a country free to practice my religion. From the President’s comments here:

Prayer is a gift from Almighty God that transforms us, whether we bow
our heads in solitude, or offer swift and silent prayers in times of
trial. Prayer humbles us by reminding us of our place in creation.
Prayer strengthens us by reminding us that God loves and cares for each
and every soul in His creation.  And prayer blesses us by reminding us
that there is a divine plan that stands above all human plans.

In the stillness and peace of prayer we surrender our will to God’s
will, and we learn to serve His eternal purposes.  By opening ourselves
to God’s priorities, our hearts are stirred and we are inspired to
action — to feed the hungry, to reach out to the poor, to bring aid to
a widow or to an orphan or to the less fortunate.

From the OC Register:

Santa Ana Unified had 2,921
absences districtwide, about 5 percent of enrollment. The figures were
typical for a Monday, district spokeswoman Susan Brandt said.

 

Garden
Grove Unified reported absentee rates of nearly 10 percent at a handful
of schools with high concentrations of Latino students, district
spokesman Alan Trudell said.

 

Newport-Mesa Unified reported slightly higher absentee rates at Costa Mesa and Estancia high schools.

 

Anaheim Union had about double the usual number of absentees at all schools.

 

Absenteeism
in Orange Unified was at least double at Orange and El Modena highs and
four times the usual rate at Santiago Middle.

 

Tustin Unified had absences rise from 750 on an average day to 1,712 Monday.

 

Seven schools in Capistrano Unified had higher-than-normal absences.

 

Saddleback Valley Unified reported no discernable differences.

Dreyfuss said media coverage of the September 11 attacks on
the World Trade Center in New York was a pertinent example of
how a non-stop supply of images and spot news shaped people’s
views.

"The falling Twin Towers — pictures that produced anger, a
lot of anger that were sent instantly around the world, they
created a need to react."

"People in Kansas could see the Twin Towers fall at exactly
the same instant as in Nigeria and Cairo. Such an instantaneous
knowledge of a situation leads to an instantaneous reaction
which creates demand for an instantaneous, reflexive response. (read more here)

I know that the anger, rage and clear thinking occurred on Flight 93 on that 9/11 day. And they never did see the TV coverage of the WTC.

"The ‘war on terror’ — objection to using this term is
dead. It’s become part of our vocabulary, but what does it
really mean? You should know more specifically what you are
fighting."

I perfectly know who we are fighting, the Isamic-Fascists who want to obviate our way of life. When the second plane went into the North Tower I knew who did it! OBL and his ilk. And we should not be afraid. The President said,

"We will not waver; we
will not tire; we will not falter; and we will not fail. Peace and freedom will
prevail."- George W. Bush, 2001

We understand our enemy. They want us dead. They want to destroy our culture and way of life. They want to destroy the Jews and the Christians. We can’t let them win.

Legal Citizens reported the freeways were clear yesterday and commute times were very short. Many drivers had licenses and auto insurance! There were no waiting lines in the emergency hospitals. Children reported they actually learned something  at school with the Spanish speakers staying home I’m going to write to the President, My congressman and Senators about how a day without Illegal Immigrants makes us citizens  more  productive, healthy and eager to learn! Let our leaders in Washington know we as Citizens can improve our standard of living! Stop Illegal Immigration!

Check out the Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus here.

We’re getting closer to capturing the bad guy Zarqawi. Check out the map here. SpecOps Unit Task Force 145 has captured and killed Zarqawi’’s followers. They nabbed three suicide bombers with one of the bombs going off. It just killed the suicide guy, no other fatalities.

“Who’s the
biggest threat right now?” the source said. “In military terms, bin
Laden has been neutralized. He’s not going anywhere. He can’t really
move. His communications are shallow. … Zarqawi is a bigger threat.”

 

In
addition, he noted, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf’s refusal to
let U.S. forces operate in Pakistan reduces the utility of keeping a
large JSOC force in Afghanistan awaiting actionable intel on bin
Laden’s location.

 

The
source said Pakistan plays the same role for al-Qaida’s leaders that
Cambodia did for the Viet Cong during the Vietnam War: “safe haven.” (HT Marine Corps Times)

Glad to hear Iraqi forces have killed a local A-Q guy:

Iraqi forces killed a local al-Qaida in Iraq
leader and two other insurgents in a raid north of Baghdad on Friday,
and roadside bombs killed an American soldier and an Iraqi policeman,
officials said.

Iraqi commando forces acting on a tip raided a
house where Hamid al-Takhi and the two other insurgents were hiding in
Samarra, a city 60 miles north of Baghdad, said police Capt. Laith
Mohammed. All three were killed in a gunbattle.

Mohammed said al-Takhi had been responsible for many insurgent attacks against coalition forces and civilians in the area.