Just curious here

Am I the ONLY person in America who has absolutely NO interest in "American Idol"?
I turned off my morning talk radio today, and even Foxnews is getting stupid with it.

I'm back

in case you noticed I was gone; and I see by my mailbox that I was well missed by each and every one of you.
My modem went south on me last Sun. during the storm, and after getting my trouble report stuck in their computer, I was scheduled to get fixed last Thurs.--except that the order came through too late to have the parts their then. I was then given Mon. as the appointment,,, no part, so now I'm finally online today.


(UPDATE May 24)
I forgot to mention that on top of the computer heading south, my current employer owes me about $16xx for two weeks that theydidn't have the money to cover checks. Gawd, what a week.
BUT Wildblue is looking for installers @$75 per and an average of 3 a day,,,kinda makes you think...
Sorry about griping, just a kinda crappy week. I did get a good start on the loafing shed cum woodshop, though.

A shortlist of "jobs Americans won't do"

Direct from the San Antonio Sunday paper:

Asphalt Laborers, Rakers, Lay Down Machine Operators. Sign on Bonus.
Great Pay. 4310 Jung Rd. 210-654-5576
7359@SAapply.com

Bricklayers $22.00 per hr.
Classified As seen in San Antonio Express-News
Bricklayers $22.00 per hr. exp. mason tenders. Apply at Custom Masonry. 26081
Bulverde Rd. 830-438-3429

CABINET MAKERS, Wood &
Classified As seen in San Antonio Express-News
CABINET MAKERS, Wood & Plastic Laminate exp. req.
Exc Pay. PH: 210-705-4726 or fax 210-495-9467.
7755@SAapply.com

PROFESSIONAL CARPENTERS
Foreman $20-$24 per hour
Must have a minimum of 5 yrs. carpentry exp. and the ability to supervise up to 3 crews.

Builder $16-$20 per hour
Must have a minimum of 3 yrs. carpentry exp. Prefer trim carpentry background.

Apprentice $12-$15 per hour
Must have a minimum of 1 yr. exp. with a framing or trim carpentry crew.

Trainees $7-$10 per hour
If you desire a career, entry level positions will teach you about lumber and allow you to develop thee skills to advance.

These are full time (40 hr. week) employee positions with full benefits including a 401K retirement plan. All applicants must have reliable transportation and tools commensurate with the position you are applying for. We are a drug free environment and all applicants must be willing to submit to a screening.

Foreman and Builder applicants apply in person only
MON-WED. AFTER 10 AM, Apprentice and Trainee Applicants apply in person only WED-FRI AFTER 10 AM.

Carpenters Commercial
Classified As seen in San Antonio Express-News
Carpenters
Commercial experience a must. We offer Competitive Pay, Full Medical/Dental, 401k, Paid Vacation. Call 210-509-3522 for Appt.

CARPENTERS experienced in
Classified As seen in San Antonio Express-News
CARPENTERS experienced in form building and exp. construction Laborers needed for work in Austin. Insurance and 401K plan available. Ceco Concrete Construction LLC Call 210-496-5922 E.O.E.

Commercial Construction
Classified As seen in San Antonio Express-News
Commercial Construction
Immediate Hire for Bricklayers in San Marcos great pay. General Labors Locally. Must have transportation and pass mandatory drug test Call today to start 210-212-6801.
7484@SAapply.com

Pipeline construction
Construction Company looking for Foreman,
laborers, pipelayers, backhoe operators, front end loader operators and trencher operators for Water, Sewer and Storm Drainage work. Benefits available. Apply in person M-F 8:30am - 5pm at 5431 Crestway or call 655-8183. Located on northeast side of town at I-35 north and 410 east (Exit Randolph Blvd and Windcrest. Between Randolph Blvd and Midcrown

CREW LEADER for commercial &
Classified As seen in San Antonio Express-News
CREW LEADER for commercial & residential landscape maintenance now hiring, 2-3 yrs. exp. preferred. Excellent salary. 210-825-9898

DENT LIFTERS looking for 2
Classified As seen in San Antonio Express-News
DENT LIFTERS looking for 2 hardworking prof. indiv. to assist with assembly & disassembly of automobiles. Typical shop duties. Above avg. wage. Call Steve 601-3355

DRYWALL & Acoustical
Classified As seen in San Antonio Express-News
DRYWALL & Acoustical Journeymen & Helpers to hang & frame drywall w/comm. experience. Long term work available with benefits. Please apply in person at 11003 Iota, San Antonio



Had enough? You notice I stopped halfway through the "D's". I know Mr. Bush and the rest of the creatures on the banks of the Potomac consider the pay these jobs give as chump-change, but they'd be paying alot better if LEGAL residents weren't being undercut by his mujados.
In case any of of you feel inclined to find out about these jobs, be advised that you'll need to be at least conversant with the Mexican language (wich is different from Tex-Mex) because they either are too stupid or to lazy to try to learn english.

Is anyone going to listen to Bush's speech tomorrow?

Just curious, I know he'll be bringing up the B.S. about "doing the jobs America won't", and how those same lawbreakers are somekind of "asset" to America. I guess if you look at it the way Bush does- how much money you can p*ss away on nothing, they do a good job.

I know he'll be lying about doing something about strengthening the border, and "getting tough" on enforcing the existing law, and the same tired cant about "tough new initiatives" and the rewarding of lawbreaking with citizenship.

Let me tell you something Mr. Bush, If they WANTED to be citizens, they would have done something about it. Need a visa application with a Mexican postmark? Do it the many times you went back. Call the Embassy? No, too much trouble- we'll wait until they GIVE us citizenship. Learn Anglis? Why, you NortAmericanos have bent over backwards to accommodate us Illegals.
We can get FREE medical care, FREE schooling- in our preferred language, without bothering to study, FREE or reduced housing, FREE meals at school, NO bother with Legal Taxes or SSI taken out of our paycheck.
We don't want to bother becoming citizens- unless you GIVE it to us like we DEMAND our imaginary "rights".

Ok, I won't be able to get away without knowing what was said tomorrow night, but I think I covered it all in my first two paragraphs.

An open letter to Sen. John Cornyn (RINO)

From the e-mail I just sent:


I see that in spite of what us in America think, you people in D.C.land aren't really concerned about doing much- if anything about Illegal immigration, since you don't think it's important enough to be on your list of "hot topics".

I just read a link to the Washington times (I didn't send it- they don't allow attatchments,,,just FYI) saying that you support rewarding illegal immigrants in some form. I'd like to remind you that the vast majority of the 290 million American citizens and LEGAL immigrants oppose rewarding those lawbreakers.

I wish you Republicans would start to remember where you came from, and becoming the party of "Liberal light" won't really help come election time. I don't want the Demopcrats in power, but I certanly hope that they give you a run for your money this November. Maybe then you might start taking an intrest in what the real America thinks- instead of your own little echo chamber along the Potomac.

Sincerely,
An Ex-Republican Conservative

Kurt P

Link via the National Border Patrol Council from a link at Ace in the hole

Re-arranging the blogroll -again

I'm adding American, and proud of it to the roll. Some of the others I don't read that much- besides they're bigger bloggers and won't miss me not visiting.

Go check out Bushwack, he really looks like a guy I knew in the Seabees -could almost be his brother.

Also, Aaron has a message for his hackers from the religion of piss and tolerance.

The P-38

As you might remember, we did a little OT last week. I had to cut the top off a can to make a cover for something, which got me thinking about the other things called a P-38.
I had my P-38 (John Wayne) can opener on the keyring,. I also remembered the plane and the gun, but couldn't think of anything else.

So, what do you do when you want info? Ask a search engine for a p-38! Then you get about what I've listed.

Lets see how this flies

According to a second (or third) hand report from Jenni, the day without illegals resulted in a 4.2% sales reducton for the day. It also resulted in a
62.8% reduction in shoplifting.




Jens' a Lib guys------ mellow out on the link thing.
She'd have the link up if she could find it.

I think I'm starting to see a pattern here

We got sent home early because some people didn't show up when they were supposed to, so guess where I ended up?


Yes, it was a beautiful day to enhance the Ozone hole- and I helped!

Anyway, I wanted to find out how the .44 Navy was shooting (I know it's not a historically accurate pistol)so I just went to shooting and trying to adjust.
I found that both pistols like about 20 grains of Pyrodex, and the muzzle loader is about as quick to load as the revolver.
I guess the revolver just needed to be broken in to settle it's parts. Remember I said it was shooting high and to the left? I did.

Anyway, after about 48- 54 shots (I lost count loading) I'm seeing this pattern. . .


I'm aiming at the 6:30 position on the target- actually the target is about level with the top of the rear site, and the front sight is almost buried at the bottom of the VEE.
Looks like I might have two cylinders that are slightly off. Those shots started at 15YDS and ended up about 25 with about the same results. You always have a few strays with black powder, which is part of the challenge- I guess.

Yo! Dude.

Do you really know what that Chinese tat you have on your bicep says?
Like some relativly unknown blogger would say,

Heh.

And I was always asking those guys (and girls) "do you REALLY know what that says? How do you know it doesn't say "I do horney Sumo Wrestlers for fun" or "gayboy walking?"

The touchy-feely, quasi-spiritual trend of getting Asian-language tattoos became popular in the 1990s. For many youngsters, or for people who wanted to feel young, a tat with the characters for “peace” and “truth” seemed just the thing.

-snip-

But now that the fad-following hipsters of a decade and a half ago have graduated to jobs and families, they are going to tattoo-removal specialists in droves, trying to erase an embarrassing reminder of the mistake they made one drunken night so many years ago: They were permanently inked with an Asian-language word that didn’t say quite what they thought it did.
I guess now, some are starting to wonder just WHAT the tatoo they got really saysNew York City jewelry designer Jane Ko, 30, who is Chinese-American, has been approached countless times by sheepish and somewhat befuddled strangers and acquaintances who have asked her to translate tattoos that they once thought were Chinese characters for attractive concepts like “power” and “love” but now suspect might actually say “General Tso’s Chicken special” or “gullible white boy.



H/T to Rachel

Sorry, connectivity issues

The usual brilliant insights and meticulously constructed and moderate posts should begin again tomorrow.

Or whenever something worthwhile comes up- maybe range pics. I had the afternoon off- too much O.T.

Anybody ready for some 'Ala carte' cable?

I heard some of this on Rush yesterday- when I was moving the truck. Supposedly the goverment- the ones doing so much to stem the flow of illegal immigration and increase the fuel supply- is going to do their best to "fix" the cable industry.

Ala carte is supposed to let you pick and choose what you can watch on TV,,,,,AND lower your rates by forcing cable providers to buy massive new prossesors to identify each house in their system and track their choices. I already have that- I ordered the tier of programs I wanted to watch, and get this ------DON'T watch the ones I don't want to. Every TV since ,,,ummm the 90's has had a V-chip, we have the girls' set which pretty well blocks the objectionable cr@p. Works real well on VH1 and MTV, sucks that they can't watch South Park without our help though.
So you people who "Don't want that filth comming into my house, even though I don't watch it", do you have a radio in your house? Do you mind the filthy, dehumanising, misgygonistic rap lyrics on the airwaves,, where your kids could run across them by changing the dial? Why aren't you demanding that the government do something about it? Same argument goes for the internet.
You're the responsible one (or supposed to be)- you're the one who's supposed to set the example- and enforce them. They make computer filters for porn objectionable material, they make a V-chip for TV turn them on.

And you could start acting like a parent and TRY to produce a productive, polite citizen- instead of some selfish lazy d*ckhead by letting the government raise your kid.

On the horizon, even MORE illegal rights protests

Yes, bouyed by their success in bringing America to her knees on the Communist workers holiday(May 1st), illegal rights activists are going at it again. I'm just wondering how far they think they can push befor the 290 million citizens and LEGAL immigrants finally get the attention of those in the land of D.C.
Now, they want to register 1 million new voters to show their streingth. I'm assuming these "new" voters won't be bothered to show their legal staus, either.

I'm in a hurry and haven't bothered to check but I'd wager that "New American Opportunity Campaign", "the Center for Community Change", "the New York Immigration Coalition" and "the National Capital Immigration Coalition" have pretty strong ties to socialist groups.

Keep going Vatos, you'll see something happening soon- just keep stirring the pot.

I'd always liked Penn and Teller

Now I like them even more because of THIS video.

*Caution NSFW if you work with a bunch of BDR subjects.
** Caution, it's also kinda long

So Porter Goss walked out on the CIA, huh?

Can't say I blame him. Who *really* wants to work in a completely hostile work environment?
Hostile to you.
Hostile to your boss.
Hostile to the Idea that the duly elected head of state is calling the shots.
Hostile to anything that could advance America's ideals (unless it's somekind of Socialistic Liberal ideal).
Hostile to anything that could hinder their getting their Liberal fellow travellers back into power.

From what I'm reading, they'll wish they were a bit more accommodating to their old boss. Somebody needs to remind them that they work for the People of the United States and that their job is to promote the idea of a government that is accountable to the Constitution, and We, the people.

Inspite of the gratuitus insult to the "Religion" of Piss and intolerance

This Porkchop recipe looks GOOD. I found her by checking out my sitemeter. She will probably go into my blogroll, or another link section. I wonder if she knows about the Carnival of recipes?

As an update, the cult of the muHAMmadines are still in a DOS attack on Aaron, he's been fighting them off for the good part of a month now. Guess that's ok- since he is in AMERICA- and he is a Jew. Double bad, that- wot?

The things you find when linking

If you're not a gun-nut this probably won't intrest you.
BUT if you are, here is an interesting history of the dum dum round.

...Eventually the propellant was changed from black powder to the famous Cordite in 1891 or 1892 (references differ as to the exact date of changeover) by means of the “Mark 1 C” cartridge, “C” denoting Cordite smokeless nitro propellant. A few minor changes necessitated by the new propellant resulted in the “Mark II C” cartridge. The same 215 grain bullet now achieved a velocity of 1970 fps, and everyone seemed satisfied.

Everyone that is, aside from those who actually had cause to shoot anyone with this new round and rifle. Good accuracy, yes. Flat trajectory, no doubt about it. Amazing firepower too, from this new magazine fed repeater. This was just as well, as those hit by it frequently failed to acknowledge the fact, and regularly took multiple hits before actually ceasing in the attempt to rearrange one’s internal anatomy with various sharp and unpleasant edged ethnic implements. In the 1890’s the British Army was engaged in a number of operations in the Indian and Afghan theatre, and this lack of effectiveness of the new ammunition was a cause of major concern. The previous Martini-Henry rifle with its 480 grain soft lead bullet had been proven time and time again, but this new rifle just wasn’t up to snuff. When small British detachments found themselves outnumbered ten to one against fanatically courageous opponents who took and gave no quarter, the problem was a serious one. Wound ballistics was a poorly understood science in those days, but even 1970 fps was insufficient for such a smallbore, relatively heavy, round nosed projectile to be effective as a military round. Penetration was fantastic - even up to and including an elephant’s skull - but it was too good on human targets, and energy transmission was virtually nil. Sub - 2000 fps speeds were too low for effective hydrostatic shock and temporary cavitation, all of which the British trooper was finding out the hard way on the field of battle.

As most of this unpleasantness was going on in the Indian theatre, the problem was tackled in situ and was solved at a place whose name must rank as one of the most over-used, misquoted and poorly understood terms in the history of firearms in general and projectiles in particular. The place was Dum-Dum arsenal in India. It was here that the full metal jacketed .303 bullet was changed to one having a small amount of lead core exposed at the tip, creating in effect a soft-nosed bullet which would expand in flesh - as did the previously used Martini-Henry lead bullets - and thus greatly increase its effectiveness. Any hunter having observed the differing terminal effects of solid bullets as compared to soft noses on lighter, thin skinned game will readily appreciate the difference. The .303 and the .450 Martini- Henry rounds were almost identical in their actual muzzle energies, but now the .303 could more effectively deliver that energy to the target. The infamous Dum-Dum bullet was born, and real-life fighting showed it to be far more effective than the old Mark 2 bullet. Troops engaged in savage warfare, but still equipped with the older Mark 2 ammunition, would sometimes file down the tips of the nully jacketed bullets to make them like the “Dum-Dum” projectiles. In those days the Indian contingent of the British army had considerable autonomy in equipment and procurement of same, so while the Indian theatre was equipped with the soft nosed Dum-Dum bullet the same was never adopted by the rest of the British army. The same problem was appreciated, but dealt with in a different way by the adoption of a hollow-nosed bullet called the Mark 3, soon improved and widely manufactured as the Mark 4 in 1897, and the very similar Mark 5 of 1899.

Then we get into all these Liberal whiners about the "Geneva Convention" and the rest of the mis-information peddled by the msm........

Firefox has a pop-up blocker

So does IE, and I guess Macs-too.
When will they develope a pop-under blocker? You know when you discover a page that just appeared in your toolbar when opening a page. When you go to close it, you close the wrong one and end up seeing the ad anyway, AND have to go find where you were just at.

I just HAVE to add this guy to my blogroll

for no better reason than THIS game he linked to.
Just a caution to catbloggers- NSFH(ome).

Ok, and this college guy, too. He's in Oregon, but thinks like a real American.

H/T to Lobo walk

All I'm going to say about the Kennedy car wreck

is that if we'd had two wrecks in three weeks we'd still be in jail, instead of getting a complete pass on any kind of sobriety test.

We'd be under the jail, not making totally useless laws that you don't have to obey.


Just as a debate point- do you think ol' Paddy will get the same Colonoscopy that Rush got from the the Legacy Media and their willing accomplces in the Legal community.

In the spirit of "Multi-culturalism" and ,,,whatever


because, ya know Mexico has no problem rewriting history, and all...


Lifted directly from here


Mayonnaise was invented in 1756 by the French chef of the Duc de Richelieu. After Duc de Richelieu beat the British at Port Mahon, his chef created a victory feast that was to include a sauce made of cream and eggs. Realizing that there was no cream in the kitchen, the chef substituted olive oil for the cream and a new culinary creation was born. The chef named the new sauce "Mahonnaise" in honor of Richelieu's victory.

We, of course, know this today as mayonnaise. Love it or loathe it, it's used for sandwiches, salads, hair conditioning and even lubrication. (of Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby car axles, you pervs! Get your minds out of the gutter!)

Did you know that 'Mahonnaise' was responsible for a holiday? It's true! When the Emperor Maximilian* took power in Mexico, he brought not only the French Foreign Legion into Mexico, but also French culture and cuisine. The Mexican nationals were enchanted by the new food flavors and techniques. They were especially enthusiastic about mayonnaise and hollandaise, the emulsified sauces so different from their salsas and molés.

Alas, when Maximilian was toppled from power, the supply of olive oil for the mayonnaise waned. Soon it became just a treasured memory. In the days before refrigeration, attempts to store mayonnaise in the Central American heat failed, often leaving many ill with food poisoning.

Finally a solution appeared! In 1912, a New York deli owner named Richard Hellman was able to pack mayonnaise in glass jars, allowing it to be safely transported and stored. The Mexican ambassador to the U.S. purchased a large amount, in excess of 12,000 jars, to be distributed across Mexico. Arrangements were made with Huerta, Zapata, Madero and Pancho Villa (in the midst of a civil war!) to honor a cease-fire so the delicacy could be shipped safely.

The mayonnaise was loaded aboard a steamship departing from New York harbor and destined for Veracruz. All Mexico waited in anticipation. Tragically, the ship encountered heavy seas, and foundered off the coast of Jamaica, consigning the entire shipment to the briny deep.

The Mexican people were devastated, and swore to always mark the occasion of the tragedy, which is why to this day the Mexican people still have a day of remembrance...


Sinko De Mayo!

I see the religion of piss and INtolerance has hacked AArons- yet again

I just stopped over to see how he was doing, keeping the American spirit of free speach going, and saw the Islamofascists had gotten him again. Don't you just Loooove these people who want to control everything you say... even if they ARENT American Liberals.

Lack of posting explained

Here are my hours for the four days of this pay period, so far.
52.5 hours.
And about the same for tommorrow.
Not counting travel time.

(UPDATE May 04 10:53 PM)
Add 15 hours plus 2 hours travel time to the week.

Well, it looks like we're getting our comeuppance today

The vocal representatives of our illegal immigrant population will be demanding their "rights" today.
That's right the 11- 12 million lawbreakers who came here illegally will be demanding that the 290 million LEGAL residents reward them for breaking our laws.
Of the 11-12 million foreign national invaders, only about 7.5 million actually "do the work that Americans won't". What do you think the rest of the 5 or so million do?

Too bad the denizens of D.C. only see the potential 11- 12 million new votes, and say screw them to the 290 million legal residents.

Well, at least it's a start

Just a little enforcement goes quite a way.
Mr. Bush- are you reading the same articles I am about these illegals? Oh, that's right- you WANT these mujadoes to keep wages down and taxpayer-funded social welfare agencies bursting.

MIAMI -- Rumors of immigration roundups have prompted thousands of illegal immigrants to stay home this week and are making some afraid to participate in a national immigration protest planned for Monday.

Though federal immigration officials said they were unfounded, rumors of random sweeps were rampant from coast to coast Friday, prompting thousands of immigrants to stay home from work, take their children out of school and avoid church.

The absences caused the rumors to build, as some thought their missing friends and co-workers had been arrested. Construction and agriculture were among the industries most affected.

Waitaminute,,,,,

Construction jobs?????
The kind that used to pay pretty good?
That were AMERICAN jobs that built America before all these illegals came in to undercut wages so that AMERICANS (and LEGAL immigrants) can't afford to wont do them anymore.

Those construction jobs?


Len Mills, executive vice president of the Associated General Contractors of South Florida, said he estimated at least 50 percent of workers on construction jobs in the region hadn't shown up for work. He said he believed even some legal workers were afraid.

Wow, all these illegals aren't showing up for work already and I didn't notice America screeching to a halt.
So, Lenny, you admit that you knowingly hire illegals. Are you doing anything except bitching about your taxes going up to support all those social welfare goodies that your illegal workers are demanding?

And on to this Uno de Mayo intimidation illegal rights rallies that's supposed to bring El Unos Estadas to it's knees tomorrow. Not only are some companies accommodating the strong arm tactics but closing factories instead of firing.
Not to be outdone in bending over for these lawbreakers, the Peoples Republic of Califonia decided to officially support these people.

Just a thought vatos- if it goes well tomorrow, why not extent the boycott until Cinco de Mayo, so you can drive home the patriotism to your third world country true homeland. I wouldn't mind going shopping and not having to work around a bunch of self-centered abrasive foreigners who either can't be bothered, or are too stupid to learn English.

No posting for a while

We're working alot of OT now, plus I blew out my right elbow (again), so there'll be even less posting for a while.

I'll try to dig up things to amuse you- especially since the derth of weekend updates from the bown-eyed bloggers up in Austin.

That's better!




I went home early from work today, and went to the range.
The top is the .50cal muzzleloader that I got the back sight dialed in right (until I knock it again).
The Colt is still shooing high, at 10 yards and at 25 yards. I'll try dropping the powder charge before I do something un-undoable like deepening the rear sight.

I also forgot the loading stand for the revolver, but found a new use for ,,,



DUCT TAPE!

I've been meaning to add him for a while

Ace in the hole is a blog from- you guessed it- Texas. I don't always agree on what he has to say, but if I had to agree with everything everybody said- I'd be a Liberal since if you don't, they kick you out of the club. Us Conservatives can disagree and still be able to see the big picture.

Any bloggers might want to take a look at his Rules
of the blog post about some blogiquette. Seems some in the Legacy Media might benefit from reading them too.

And in the scent of full disclosure, I'm on the laptop now so can't add him untill I get on the big computer, later tonight.
And Fred, sorry in advance about all the spelling and gramatical mistakes, I'm one of those let-it-flow kinda bloggers.

I've gotta get a permanent woodshop

I mocked up a loading stand for both guns today. I had to drag the tablesaw out of storage, and didn't even want to find the rest of the stuff I'd need to make the job easier.

If I had the bandsaw ready to go, I'd have been able to mill the wood for both stands, and display stands, too. As it was, I had to work Mesquite Branches down into planks with a 10" table saw.

Anyway this is what I came up with for the muzzleloader.




It's a 1" thick natural finish Mesquite wood T&G jointed piece that I could probably get $45 for depending on which site you went to.

McCarthyism (partII )

We've all heard about the "secret gulags" the CIA had all over Europe (exept that no-one can find them). Mary McCarthy got fired for exposing them. (I don't need to link the stories, do I?)

McQ- over at Q & A asks where she got her info, and quotes a former CIA guy who worked with her.

. I hasten to add that I do not consider her a friend. She was my immediate boss in 1988-89 and was instrumental in my decision to leave the CIA and take a job at the State Department's Office of Counter Terrorism. Mary, in my experience, was a terrible manager.
--Ok, so he's not a McCarthy appologist--

That said, I take no delight in the news that she was fired. In fact, there are some things about the case that puzzle me. For starters, Mary never worked on the Operations side of the house. In other words, she never worked a job where she would have had first hand operational knowledge about secret prisons. She worked the analytical side of the CIA and served with the National Intelligence Council. According to press reports, she subsequently worked at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) from 2001 thru 2005. That is a type of academic/policy wonk position and, again, would not put her in a position to know anything first hand about secret prisons.

--She didn't have access to what she leaked-

I am struck by the irony that Mary McCarthy may have been fired for blowing the whistle and ensuring that the truth about an abuse was told to the American people. There is something potentially honorable in that action; particularly when you consider that George Bush authorized Scooter Libby to leak misleading information for the purpose of deceiving the American people about the grounds for going to war in Iraq. While I'm neither a fan nor friend of Mary's, she may have done a service for her.......

--Gee, maybe he IS a McCarthyite, in sheeps clothing--

Ok, here's another example of stealth liberalism at work. Disavow any support, then undermine the opposition with the same talking points as the rest of the fifth column.

GEE Larry, if she was LYING about the entire thing to discredit Bush- Why would she need to have access to anything close to the REAL thing? Just throw the mess out to the wolves in the Legacy Media, and they'll howl about it untill the cows come home, weather it's true , or not. Hell, it's even better if it ISN'T true- it's harder to disprove.
Then he goes into the tired old Plame thing yet again.
Why doesn't Bush fire the entire staff of the CIA, State Dept, and every other topheavy beuracracy that's activly fighting him every time he takes a breath?

Gawd I'm getting tired of this "get back into power- no matter how badly the country is f*cked" attitude of these Communistic Liberals.