Boozman

“There haven’t been gains, Wolf,” the speaker replied. “The gains have not produced the desired effect, which is the reconciliation of Iraq. This is a failure. This is a failure.

Those were the words from Speaker Nancy Pelosi while speaking to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Sunday. While we come to expect such dismal prognostications from her - especially after going 0-60 on trying to change the policy in Iraq, and the public dissing of her masters at MoveOn after the Petraeus ad, her statement stands in stark contrast to another statement released over the weekend:

“There were almost 600 fighters in our sector before the tribes changed course 360 degrees . . . Many of our fighters quit and some of them joined the deserters . . . As a result of that the number of fighters dropped down to 20 or less.”

The author laments a reduction in force, due to an increase in pressure from the enemy.

It was written by a man named Abu-Tariq. Mr. Tariq just happens to be a member of al-Qaeda.

Not sure which opinion to go with here…

The limp corn-based straw and the recycled coffee cup: a legacy of the “New Direction” from Speaker Pelosi.

Notice how you need two cups to not burn your hand, and how the straw doesn’t hold up to the heat.

The response from the powers-that-be:

“We have had a few people observe that [straw] phenomenon and we had to tell them, ‘Sip your coffee like a normal human being,’” Ventura said. “We’re trying to save the planet here.”

From The Washington Times:

Rep. John Boozman was honored Monday with the 2007 Gold Mouse Award for having one of the top Internet sites in Congress.

Click here for the press release.

This is the second Gold Mouse Award for Rep. Boozman - the first coming in 2003.

Congratulations to all the winners!

2007 Gold Mouse Award Winners

From the Washington Times comes an article which predicts an impotent 2nd session of the 110th Congress. Included in the dire analysis is the liberal Brookings Institution:

“The stars are in configuration for this to be the least productive [legislative session] during an eighth year of a [presidential] administration,” said Stephen Hess of the Brookings Institution, a liberal Washington think tank.

An editorial from this morning’s New York Times on porcine spending of taxpayer money which results in deepening campaign coffers.

The new earmark disclosure rules put into effect by Congress confirm the pre-eminence of Representative John Murtha at procuring eye-popping chunks of pork for contractors he helped put in business in Johnstown, Pa. The Pennsylvania Democrat, a power player on defense appropriations, exudes pride, not embarrassment, for delivering hundreds of millions of dollars in largesse to district beneficiaries. They, in turn, requite with hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations.

From Bill Kristol in The New York Times on how a certain candidate for the presidency who had to suspend disbelief to believe General David Petraeus is claiming some success for the improving situation in Iraq:

Yesterday, on “Meet the Press,” Hillary Clinton claimed that the Iraqis are changing their ways in part because of the Democratic candidates’ “commitment to begin withdrawing our troops in January of 2009.” So the Democratic Party, having proclaimed that the war is lost and having sought to withdraw U.S. troops, deserves credit for any progress that may have been achieved in Iraq.

That is truly a fairy tale. And it is driven by a refusal to admit real success because that success has been achieved under the leadership of … George W. Bush. The horror!

Passes.

23 million Americans saved from a tax they have never had to pay before.

352-64.

Rep. John Boozman joined with the Arkansas House delegation in honoring University of Arkansas Athletic Director Frank Broyles.