marlins | Keyword Feedhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/This is the keyword feed for 'marlins'. At BlogTalkRadio we offer the best in online entertainment and have a show for every niche you can think of. If you find that we don't, consider it an opportunity for you to be the first and make your mark online.en2008 BlogTalkRadio.com. All Rights Reserved.Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:30:00 GMTFri, 03 Jul 2009 14:23:52 GMTEZ Rss 0.1http://www.blogtalkradio.com/img/keyword_itunes.jpgBlog Talk Radio Keyword Feedhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/feeds@blogtalkradio.comBlogTalkRadio.commarlins,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadioThis is the keyword feed for 'marlins'. At BlogTalkRadio we offer the best in online entertainment and have a show for every niche you can think of. If you find that we don't, consider it an opportunity for you to be the first and make your mark online.BlogTalkRadionoStone Axe - S/T - Jul 03,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/The-Ripple-Effect/blog/2009/07/03/Stone-Axe-ST-There's a famous line in a movie that goes, "You had me at hello." That sums up my experience with Stone Axe.

Sometimes it doesn't take much to hook you, to grab you, to reel you in like some thrashing marlin off the coast of Baja. And I'll tell you, it only took 1 (count it, one) second of the first track of Stone Axe's debut album to know that I was hooked. If I was a marlin you could just go ahead and drag me into the good Stone Axe fishing boat, gut me, hang me up by my heels and weigh me. Oh heck, stuff me and stick me on the wall of the Stone Axe pub because I ain't going anywhere.


more . . . http://ripplemusic.blogspot.com/2009/07/stone-axe-st.html

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]]>There's a famous line in a movie that goes, "You had me at hello." That sums up my experience with Stone Axe.

Sometimes it doesn't take much to hook you, to grab you, to reel you in like some thrashing marlin off the coast of Baja. And I'll tell you, it only took 1 (count it, one) second of the first track of Stone Axe's debut album to know that I was hooked. If I was a marlin you could just go ahead and drag me into the good Stone Axe fishing boat, gut me, hang me up by my heels and weigh me. Oh heck, stuff me and stick me on the wall of the Stone Axe pub because I ain't going anywhere.


more . . . http://ripplemusic.blogspot.com/2009/07/stone-axe-st.html

blues rock | brit rock download | CD Review | download | dru blinkerhoff | free mp3 | free podcast | Mos Generator | new album | stone Axe | tony reed

]]>blues rockbrit rock downloadCD Reviewdownloaddru blinkerhofffree mp3free podcastMos Generatornew albumstone Axetony reedhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/The-Ripple-Effect/blog/2009/07/03/Stone-Axe-ST-/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/The-Ripple-Effect/blog/2009/07/03/Stone-Axe-ST-Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:23:52 GMTMet Report: Bigger Fish to Fry than Worrying About Subway Series Sweep - Jun 30,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/The-StatMan/blog/2009/06/30/Met-Report-Bigger-Fish-to-Fry-than-Subway-Series-SweepAfter all of the NHL Draft talk and preview of the start of Hockey Christmas (a.k.a., the start of the free agency signing period) on July 1st, we ran out of time on our show (#13) before we could talk about the end of the Subway Series between the Mets and Yankees this past weekend.  Here are my views on what transpired and why the Mets cannot concern themselves with looking back on this past weekend.

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The Yankees took five of six from the Mets in the 2009 edition of the Subway Series and, the way both teams have played this year, it looks like there is no chance of an October rendezvous.  It could not have been worse for the Mets:


* The biggest gaffe in Subway Series regular-season history (Castillo's dropped pop-up in Game 1)
(Note: the biggest gaffe in Subway Series history is a tie between Timo Perez's bad baserunning in Game 1 of the 2000 World Series and Mike Piazza not doing anything about having a splintered bat thrown at him by Roger Clemens in the 2000 World Series after getting beaned earlier in the year by Clemens)


* The most lopsided game in the series (15-0 against Johan Santana (!) in Game 3)


* A second inning to forget with three errors by the Met infield (David Wright, Alex Cora, Nick Evans) to lead to four runs (9-1 Yankee win in Game 4)


* The best combined pitching performance in the series (one-hitter by A.J. Burnett, Brian Bruney, and David Robertson in Game 5)


* Having the Yankees celebrate Mariano Rivera's 500th save on the Citi Field turf (4-out save in Game 6)


The only win for the Mets came from the improbable pitching of Fernando Nieve, certainly a game most Met fans expected to lose.


Much more has gone wrong for the Mets besides the Subway Series.  First, the injuries have mounted and taken their toll.  It has been well documented and not providing this as the Mets excuse for how they have played in the first 70+ games this year, but the results speak for themselves.


Oliver Perez is rehabilitating in the minor leagues and John Maine was before he felt some shoulder discomfort.  Maine and Jose Reyes should return about the All-Star Break.  Carlos Delgado and J.J. Putz should be back in August.  Alex Cora and Brian Schneider were Opening Day players that have missed time and have come back. 


Carlos Beltran may end up being more costly than Reyes because Beltran may be out for longer.  The glue of the outfield and, along with David Wright, the glue in the middle of the batting order, is consulting a second opinion on his badly bruised knee with the inventor of microfracture surgery.  If surgery is recommended and undertaken, Beltran would be out for three months.  With three months left in the season, do the math, his season would be over.


Now, we are leaping to conclusions here, playing out the worst-case scenario.  But, it could be the ultimate damning headline in a back page of horrors to start the Mets 2009 season.


The least of the Mets worries was the sweep over the weekend at the hands of the Yankees.  As the Mets turn their attention back to the senior circuit, the sheen of their new ballpark, their charismatic manager, and the Subway Series have all gone.  The injuries are becoming insurmountable.  The summer may be longer than we think.


If the Phillies had their act together, the Mets would probably be sellers at the Trading Deadline this year.  Luckily, for the Mets, they are in the National League East and the Phillies are barely treading water.  But, the Phillies will not be this bad forever.  Brad Lidge, Jimmy Rollins, and Cole Hamels will most likely eventually find themselves.  The Florida Marlins are knocking on the door of the NL East penthouse.


Good time for the Mets to go on a road trip.  Counting the loss on Monday night to the Brewers, the Mets are 7-13 since June 9th, which was when I was hoping for Reyes to come back to the lineup to give the Mets some semblance of health.  Reyes is no closer to coming back.  He still has not started a rehab assignment.  Beltran is now out. 


The Mets have six games left on a road trip, with two games left against Milwaukee, a one-game makeup in Pittsburgh, and a weekend series at Philadelphia, the only real question seems to be: "How far will the Mets fall before they return home?"



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]]>After all of the NHL Draft talk and preview of the start of Hockey Christmas (a.k.a., the start of the free agency signing period) on July 1st, we ran out of time on our show (#13) before we could talk about the end of the Subway Series between the Mets and Yankees this past weekend.  Here are my views on what transpired and why the Mets cannot concern themselves with looking back on this past weekend.

***

The Yankees took five of six from the Mets in the 2009 edition of the Subway Series and, the way both teams have played this year, it looks like there is no chance of an October rendezvous.  It could not have been worse for the Mets:


* The biggest gaffe in Subway Series regular-season history (Castillo's dropped pop-up in Game 1)
(Note: the biggest gaffe in Subway Series history is a tie between Timo Perez's bad baserunning in Game 1 of the 2000 World Series and Mike Piazza not doing anything about having a splintered bat thrown at him by Roger Clemens in the 2000 World Series after getting beaned earlier in the year by Clemens)


* The most lopsided game in the series (15-0 against Johan Santana (!) in Game 3)


* A second inning to forget with three errors by the Met infield (David Wright, Alex Cora, Nick Evans) to lead to four runs (9-1 Yankee win in Game 4)


* The best combined pitching performance in the series (one-hitter by A.J. Burnett, Brian Bruney, and David Robertson in Game 5)


* Having the Yankees celebrate Mariano Rivera's 500th save on the Citi Field turf (4-out save in Game 6)


The only win for the Mets came from the improbable pitching of Fernando Nieve, certainly a game most Met fans expected to lose.


Much more has gone wrong for the Mets besides the Subway Series.  First, the injuries have mounted and taken their toll.  It has been well documented and not providing this as the Mets excuse for how they have played in the first 70+ games this year, but the results speak for themselves.


Oliver Perez is rehabilitating in the minor leagues and John Maine was before he felt some shoulder discomfort.  Maine and Jose Reyes should return about the All-Star Break.  Carlos Delgado and J.J. Putz should be back in August.  Alex Cora and Brian Schneider were Opening Day players that have missed time and have come back. 


Carlos Beltran may end up being more costly than Reyes because Beltran may be out for longer.  The glue of the outfield and, along with David Wright, the glue in the middle of the batting order, is consulting a second opinion on his badly bruised knee with the inventor of microfracture surgery.  If surgery is recommended and undertaken, Beltran would be out for three months.  With three months left in the season, do the math, his season would be over.


Now, we are leaping to conclusions here, playing out the worst-case scenario.  But, it could be the ultimate damning headline in a back page of horrors to start the Mets 2009 season.


The least of the Mets worries was the sweep over the weekend at the hands of the Yankees.  As the Mets turn their attention back to the senior circuit, the sheen of their new ballpark, their charismatic manager, and the Subway Series have all gone.  The injuries are becoming insurmountable.  The summer may be longer than we think.


If the Phillies had their act together, the Mets would probably be sellers at the Trading Deadline this year.  Luckily, for the Mets, they are in the National League East and the Phillies are barely treading water.  But, the Phillies will not be this bad forever.  Brad Lidge, Jimmy Rollins, and Cole Hamels will most likely eventually find themselves.  The Florida Marlins are knocking on the door of the NL East penthouse.


Good time for the Mets to go on a road trip.  Counting the loss on Monday night to the Brewers, the Mets are 7-13 since June 9th, which was when I was hoping for Reyes to come back to the lineup to give the Mets some semblance of health.  Reyes is no closer to coming back.  He still has not started a rehab assignment.  Beltran is now out. 


The Mets have six games left on a road trip, with two games left against Milwaukee, a one-game makeup in Pittsburgh, and a weekend series at Philadelphia, the only real question seems to be: "How far will the Mets fall before they return home?"



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]]>MetsBaseballMLBhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/The-StatMan/blog/2009/06/30/Met-Report-Bigger-Fish-to-Fry-than-Subway-Series-Sweep/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/The-StatMan/blog/2009/06/30/Met-Report-Bigger-Fish-to-Fry-than-Subway-Series-SweepTue, 30 Jun 2009 18:08:21 GMTMANTALK With Bill And Brent #745 - Jun 19,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/mantalk/2009/06/19/MANTALK-With-Bill-And-Brent-745
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OPRAH | CAPTAIN DAVID FINGER FISHING | BILL BRENT MANTALK | MARLINS YANKEES | FISHING

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Religion | Sexuality | Church of Christ | Gay | Coming Out

]]>Culturehttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/jaysays/2009/06/18/Closet-Talk-Marlins-Story/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/jaysays/2009/06/18/Closet-Talk-Marlins-StoryThu, 18 Jun 2009 01:00:00 GMTMarlin is a former Church of Christ minister. He left the pulpit to come out of the closet. We will be discussing his religious teachings before and after coming out of the closet and the effect coming out has had on his own spiritual faith.00:29:00jaysaysnoReligion,Sexuality,Church of Christ,Gay,Coming Out,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadioCloset Talk: Marlin's Storyrundown of events for June 9th, 2009 at 2:00 AM - Jun 09,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/John27/blog/2009/06/09/rundown-of-events-for-June-9th-2009-at-200-AM-2Top Stories this hour and the rundown

The Braves outlast the Pirates in 15 innings

the possible deadline for brett Favre maybe befiore training camp althouygh buss cook the agent for favre id denying the rumor whioch was reported on ESPN>

The Vols reviewing another potential minor violation in Tenn

A man pleads guilty in Andenharts death

Josh Hamilton to miss 4-6 weeks

Pac Man Jones denying interest in Pacman Jones

Andy Pettite and antoher barrage of homers by the Yankees beat tje rays 5-3
NL  West, Marlins shut down the Giants 4-0

Tiger Woods returned to the black course at the Bethpage on Monday in his defense of the US Open title

Also a preview into game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals plus game 3 of the NBA finals where the Magic lok to win a game afterbeign down 2-0

We will have preview of game six using cbs sports and associated press





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The Braves outlast the Pirates in 15 innings

the possible deadline for brett Favre maybe befiore training camp althouygh buss cook the agent for favre id denying the rumor whioch was reported on ESPN>

The Vols reviewing another potential minor violation in Tenn

A man pleads guilty in Andenharts death

Josh Hamilton to miss 4-6 weeks

Pac Man Jones denying interest in Pacman Jones

Andy Pettite and antoher barrage of homers by the Yankees beat tje rays 5-3
NL  West, Marlins shut down the Giants 4-0

Tiger Woods returned to the black course at the Bethpage on Monday in his defense of the US Open title

Also a preview into game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals plus game 3 of the NBA finals where the Magic lok to win a game afterbeign down 2-0

We will have preview of game six using cbs sports and associated press





]]>http://www.blogtalkradio.com/John27/blog/2009/06/09/rundown-of-events-for-June-9th-2009-at-200-AM-2/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/John27/blog/2009/06/09/rundown-of-events-for-June-9th-2009-at-200-AM-2Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:00:21 GMTrundown of events for June 9th, 2009 at 2:00 AM - Jun 09,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/John27/blog/2009/06/09/rundown-of-events-for-June-9th-2009-at-200-AM-1Top Stories this hour and the rundown

The Braves outlast the Pirates in 15 innings

the possible deadline for brett Favre maybe befiore training camp althouygh buss cook the agent for favre id denying the rumor whioch was reported on ESPN>

The Vols reviewing another potential minor violation in Tenn

A man pleads guilty in Andenharts death

Josh Hamilton to miss 4-6 weeks

Pac Man Jones denying interest in Pacman Jones

Andy Pettite and antoher barrage of homers by the Yankees beat tje rays 5-3
NL  West, Marlins shut down the Giants 4-0

Tiger Woods returned to the black course at the Bethpage on Monday in his defense of the US Open title

Also a preview into game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals plus game 3 of the NBA finals where the Magic lok to win a game afterbeign down 2-0

We will have preview of game six using cbs sports and associated press





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The Braves outlast the Pirates in 15 innings

the possible deadline for brett Favre maybe befiore training camp althouygh buss cook the agent for favre id denying the rumor whioch was reported on ESPN>

The Vols reviewing another potential minor violation in Tenn

A man pleads guilty in Andenharts death

Josh Hamilton to miss 4-6 weeks

Pac Man Jones denying interest in Pacman Jones

Andy Pettite and antoher barrage of homers by the Yankees beat tje rays 5-3
NL  West, Marlins shut down the Giants 4-0

Tiger Woods returned to the black course at the Bethpage on Monday in his defense of the US Open title

Also a preview into game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals plus game 3 of the NBA finals where the Magic lok to win a game afterbeign down 2-0

We will have preview of game six using cbs sports and associated press





]]>http://www.blogtalkradio.com/John27/blog/2009/06/09/rundown-of-events-for-June-9th-2009-at-200-AM-1/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/John27/blog/2009/06/09/rundown-of-events-for-June-9th-2009-at-200-AM-1Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:57:29 GMTrundown of events for June 9th, 2009 at 2:00 AM - Jun 09,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/John27/blog/2009/06/09/rundown-of-events-for-June-9th-2009-at-200-AMTop Stories this hour and the rundown

The Braves outlast the Pirates in 15 innings

the possible deadline for brett Favre maybe befiore training camp althouygh buss cook the agent for favre id denying the rumor whioch was reported on ESPN>

The Vols reviewing another potential minor violation in Tenn

A man pleads guilty in Andenharts death

Josh Hamilton to miss 4-6 weeks

Pac Man Jones denying interest in Pacman Jones

Andy Pettite and antoher barrage of homers by the Yankees beat tje rays 5-3
NL  West, Marlins shut down the Giants 4-0

Tiger Woods returned to the black course at the Bethpage on Monday in his defense of the US Open title

Also a preview into game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals plus game 3 of the NBA finals where the Magic lok to win a game afterbeign down 2-0

We will have preview of game six using cbs sports and associated press





]]>Top Stories this hour and the rundown

The Braves outlast the Pirates in 15 innings

the possible deadline for brett Favre maybe befiore training camp althouygh buss cook the agent for favre id denying the rumor whioch was reported on ESPN>

The Vols reviewing another potential minor violation in Tenn

A man pleads guilty in Andenharts death

Josh Hamilton to miss 4-6 weeks

Pac Man Jones denying interest in Pacman Jones

Andy Pettite and antoher barrage of homers by the Yankees beat tje rays 5-3
NL  West, Marlins shut down the Giants 4-0

Tiger Woods returned to the black course at the Bethpage on Monday in his defense of the US Open title

Also a preview into game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals plus game 3 of the NBA finals where the Magic lok to win a game afterbeign down 2-0

We will have preview of game six using cbs sports and associated press





]]>http://www.blogtalkradio.com/John27/blog/2009/06/09/rundown-of-events-for-June-9th-2009-at-200-AM/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/John27/blog/2009/06/09/rundown-of-events-for-June-9th-2009-at-200-AMTue, 09 Jun 2009 05:57:28 GMTrundown of events for June 8th, 2009 - Jun 09,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/John27/blog/2009/06/09/rundown-of-events-for-June-8th-2009-Top stories at 11:30 on 6/08/09

The rundown of events for the show

top of the news stories

Possible deadline for Brett Favre if eh wants to play

Vols reviewing minor violation

Man pleads not guilty to nick adenharts death

Hamilton undrgoies surgery tor epai a partial tear in an abdominal muscle

Cowboys deny interest in Pacman Jones

Yankees win 5-3 by the pitching performance of Pettitte  we will have highlights of the game

Tiger Woods returned to the black course at bethpage on monday

NL Marlins win over the giants plus highlights of the game

We will have reaction in preperation for game 6 of the Stanley Cup playoffs which is on Tuesday as well as as look into game 4 oif the nba finals



MLB | NHL | NBA | CBS Sports | NFL

]]>Top stories at 11:30 on 6/08/09

The rundown of events for the show

top of the news stories

Possible deadline for Brett Favre if eh wants to play

Vols reviewing minor violation

Man pleads not guilty to nick adenharts death

Hamilton undrgoies surgery tor epai a partial tear in an abdominal muscle

Cowboys deny interest in Pacman Jones

Yankees win 5-3 by the pitching performance of Pettitte  we will have highlights of the game

Tiger Woods returned to the black course at bethpage on monday

NL Marlins win over the giants plus highlights of the game

We will have reaction in preperation for game 6 of the Stanley Cup playoffs which is on Tuesday as well as as look into game 4 oif the nba finals



MLB | NHL | NBA | CBS Sports | NFL

]]>MLBNHLNBACBS SportsNFLhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/John27/blog/2009/06/09/rundown-of-events-for-June-8th-2009-/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/John27/blog/2009/06/09/rundown-of-events-for-June-8th-2009-Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:27:34 GMTThe Ropolitans - May 31,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/seventraintoshea/2009/05/31/The-Ropolitans
Mets | MLB | The Roplitans | Andrew Vazzano | Fernando Martinez

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Mets | MLB | The Roplitans | Andrew Vazzano | Fernando Martinez

]]>Sportshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/seventraintoshea/2009/05/31/The-Ropolitans/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/seventraintoshea/2009/05/31/The-RopolitansSun, 31 May 2009 23:00:00 GMTAndrew Vazzano of The 'Ropolitans Mets Blog joins us to talk about the latest news and notes surrounding the Mets. The guys will talk about the Mets-Marlins series, Fernando Martinez's first week in the bigs, an injuried filled May, and the hit and miss Mets prospects throughout the years.00:51:00Seven Train To SheanoMets,MLB,The Roplitans,Andrew Vazzano,Fernando Martinez,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadioThe RopolitansPreston Wilson - May 26,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nybaseballtalk/2009/05/26/Preston-Wilson
Preston Wilson | Long Island Ducks | New York Mets | St. Louis Cardinals | Florida Marlins

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Preston Wilson | Long Island Ducks | New York Mets | St. Louis Cardinals | Florida Marlins

]]>Sportshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/nybaseballtalk/2009/05/26/Preston-Wilson/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/nybaseballtalk/2009/05/26/Preston-WilsonTue, 26 May 2009 22:00:00 GMTHear former big league outfielder Preston Wilson chat about rediscovering the love of the game in Long Island with the Ducks. He talks about his early years in New York, hitting in a great Colorado lineup, and winning the World Series in 2006 with St. Louis.00:29:00NY Baseball DigestnoPreston Wilson,Long Island Ducks,New York Mets,St. Louis Cardinals,Florida Marlins,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadioPreston Wilsonmarlin - May 16,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/BakeSquad/2009/05/16/marlin
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]]>Comedyhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/BakeSquad/2009/05/16/marlin/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/BakeSquad/2009/05/16/marlinSat, 16 May 2009 18:30:00 GMTbake00:17:00BakeSquadnom,aR,li,n,t,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadiomarlinMajor League Baseball - Don't let the early season drama alarm you - Apr 21,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/foulballs/blog/2009/04/21/Major-League-Baseball-Dont-let-the-early-season-drama-alarm-you
The fact of the matter is that everyone is still in the race.  No team is out of the pennant race---well let me rephrase that.  The only teams that are out of it are the Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles.  Let's face it, the Nationals are 2-10 in a division where all four teams above them in the standings have a legitimate shot at contending for the title.  The Orioles are in a similar position, even though they have a slight lead on the Tampa Rays, who we all know will turn it around.

We all just need to relax.  The truth is that any team can still win it.  This is what makes baseball great.  If we go back and look at the past teams to win the series, 7 teams have won the past 8 World Series.  In the past 20 yrs, 14 teams have won the World Series, and that takes into account a three year stretch when the Yankees were simply unbeatable.  All this to say- we don't know who can come out of no where this year. 

Do you all remember last year, when we all kept waiting, and waiting for the wheels to fall off of the Tampa Bay Rays?  It seemed like every night Peter Gammons and Buster Olney were debating how long the Rays could keep up the winning.  It took until the World Series for them to finally lose. 

When you think about it, how often do we have a team win that hasnt won in years. The Red Sox won in 2004 for the first time in what, 100 yrs?  The White Sox did the same thing in 2005.  The Phillies hadnt won in 30 yrs or so.  The Angles, Marlins, and Rays had never experienced this kind of success.

So, if your team is in the bottom of the standings in late April, dont sweat it.  They could turn it around.  But, if they dont turn it around, just hang tight, because one of these years they will be crowned World Series Champions.

-cb


Major | League | Baseball | Sports | Foul Balls | Corbin | Boucek

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The fact of the matter is that everyone is still in the race.  No team is out of the pennant race---well let me rephrase that.  The only teams that are out of it are the Washington Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles.  Let's face it, the Nationals are 2-10 in a division where all four teams above them in the standings have a legitimate shot at contending for the title.  The Orioles are in a similar position, even though they have a slight lead on the Tampa Rays, who we all know will turn it around.

We all just need to relax.  The truth is that any team can still win it.  This is what makes baseball great.  If we go back and look at the past teams to win the series, 7 teams have won the past 8 World Series.  In the past 20 yrs, 14 teams have won the World Series, and that takes into account a three year stretch when the Yankees were simply unbeatable.  All this to say- we don't know who can come out of no where this year. 

Do you all remember last year, when we all kept waiting, and waiting for the wheels to fall off of the Tampa Bay Rays?  It seemed like every night Peter Gammons and Buster Olney were debating how long the Rays could keep up the winning.  It took until the World Series for them to finally lose. 

When you think about it, how often do we have a team win that hasnt won in years. The Red Sox won in 2004 for the first time in what, 100 yrs?  The White Sox did the same thing in 2005.  The Phillies hadnt won in 30 yrs or so.  The Angles, Marlins, and Rays had never experienced this kind of success.

So, if your team is in the bottom of the standings in late April, dont sweat it.  They could turn it around.  But, if they dont turn it around, just hang tight, because one of these years they will be crowned World Series Champions.

-cb


Major | League | Baseball | Sports | Foul Balls | Corbin | Boucek

]]>MajorLeagueBaseballSportsFoul BallsCorbinBoucekhttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/foulballs/blog/2009/04/21/Major-League-Baseball-Dont-let-the-early-season-drama-alarm-you/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/foulballs/blog/2009/04/21/Major-League-Baseball-Dont-let-the-early-season-drama-alarm-youTue, 21 Apr 2009 12:38:58 GMT643 Sports - Apr 21,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/643sports/2009/04/21/643-Sports
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sports | MLB | NBA | NFL | NCAA

]]>Sportshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/643sports/2009/04/21/643-Sports/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/643sports/2009/04/21/643-SportsTue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT643 Sports is back with an extended 2 hour show! Our Tournament of Hate comes to an end as we reveal the Hate Champion, Fantasy Baseball Updates (How are your teams doing?), The Surprising Florida Marlins (Are they for real) and has one of the 643 Sports hosts turned to the dark side and began embracing hockey? 02:00:00643 Sportsnosports,MLB,NBA,NFL,NCAA,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk Radio643 SportsDivine LifeStyle with Talein - Wayne Stoddart - Apr 20,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/divinelifestyle/2009/04/20/Divine-LifeStyle-with-Talein-Wayne-Stoddart
Wayne Stoddart | Talein | Holla at the prophet | Trevor Berry | Raggae

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Wayne Stoddart | Talein | Holla at the prophet | Trevor Berry | Raggae

]]>Podcastinghttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/divinelifestyle/2009/04/20/Divine-LifeStyle-with-Talein-Wayne-Stoddart/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/divinelifestyle/2009/04/20/Divine-LifeStyle-with-Talein-Wayne-StoddartMon, 20 Apr 2009 23:00:00 GMT I have always loved the reggae beat in reggae music. Now we can experience the Christian side of reggae. Wayne Stoddart is gospel music reggae phenom. His dedication to authentic musicianship in crafting each and every single track he releases has gained him recognition internationally, including winning the Distinguished Male Vocal award at the 2003 Marlin Gospel Awards as well as a 2002 nomination for Best New Reggae Gospel album at the New York Caribbean Gospel Awards. The title track f00:51:00Divine LifeStyle noWayne Stoddart,Talein,Holla at the prophet,Trevor Berry,Raggae,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadioDivine LifeStyle with Talein - Wayne StoddartFins Radio - Apr 19,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/finsradio/2009/04/19/Fins-Radio
sports | NFL draft | miami dolphins | miami heat | florida marlins

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sports | NFL draft | miami dolphins | miami heat | florida marlins

]]>Sportshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/finsradio/2009/04/19/Fins-Radio/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/finsradio/2009/04/19/Fins-RadioSun, 19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMTTDMMC Saturday Night!! 'Stroke and Lil_B are back, and tonight we're going to be looking at second day players that could be on Miami's radar. We'll also talk about the Heat's trip to the playoffs and the Marlins hot start on the baseball field. Call in and get your sports freak on!01:25:00Fins Radionosports,NFL draft,miami dolphins,miami heat,florida marlins,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadioFins RadioBlue Monday - Apr 13,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Baseball-Digest-Live/2009/04/13/The-Mets-Poet
Baseball Digest | Mark Healey | John Delcos | Tony Cincotta | baseballdigest.com

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Baseball Digest | Mark Healey | John Delcos | Tony Cincotta | baseballdigest.com

]]>Sportshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/Baseball-Digest-Live/2009/04/13/The-Mets-Poet/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/Baseball-Digest-Live/2009/04/13/The-Mets-PoetMon, 13 Apr 2009 15:00:00 GMTFantsayPros911.com's Tony Cincotta talks Fantasy Baseball, John Delcos talks Mets-Marlins. 01:16:00Baseball Digest LivenoBaseball Digest,Mark Healey,John Delcos,Tony Cincotta,baseballdigest.com,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadioBlue Monday4/12: Mets Wrap Up - Apr 12,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/seventraintoshea/2009/04/12/412-Mets-Wrap-Up
Mets | Marlins | MLB | Johan Santana | Oliver Perez

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Mets | Marlins | MLB | Johan Santana | Oliver Perez

]]>Sportshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/seventraintoshea/2009/04/12/412-Mets-Wrap-Up/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/seventraintoshea/2009/04/12/412-Mets-Wrap-UpSun, 12 Apr 2009 20:30:00 GMTMatt, Greg, and Steve talk about the latest Mets news and notes. The guys will about the Santana-Johnson pitching gem, the Mets-Marlins finale, Gary Sheffield's debut on Wednesday, Tim Redding injury update, the upcoming series with the Padres, "Pick-A-Met" picks of the week, and see what is going down on the farm. Listeners can call into the show toll-free by dialing (347) 215-8253. 00:34:00Seven Train To SheanoMets,Marlins,MLB,Johan Santana,Oliver Perez,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk Radio4/12: Mets Wrap UpThe Flying Fish - Apr 10,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Baseball-Digest-Live/2009/04/10/The-Flying-Fish
Mets-Marlins Preview | Baseball Digest Magazine | John Delcos | Bob Kuenster | baseballdigest.com

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Mets-Marlins Preview | Baseball Digest Magazine | John Delcos | Bob Kuenster | baseballdigest.com

]]>Sportshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/Baseball-Digest-Live/2009/04/10/The-Flying-Fish/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/Baseball-Digest-Live/2009/04/10/The-Flying-FishFri, 10 Apr 2009 16:00:00 GMTManaging Editor of Baseball Digest Magazine Bob Kuenster joins the show to recap the first week in MLB. John Delcos of NewYorkMetsReport.com previews the Mets-Marlins series. Tony Cincotta breaks down the Fantasy Standouts for Week 1, and Matt Irby, who covers the Texas Rangers for BaseballDigest.com, also checks in. 01:00:00Baseball Digest LivenoMets-Marlins Preview,Baseball Digest Magazine,John Delcos,Bob Kuenster,baseballdigest.com,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadioThe Flying FishFins Radio -- Weekly recap with Bitchin Dave - Mar 26,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/finsradio/2009/03/26/Fins-Radio
dolphins | parcells | football | miami | marino

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dolphins | parcells | football | miami | marino

]]>Sportshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/finsradio/2009/03/26/Fins-Radio/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/finsradio/2009/03/26/Fins-RadioThu, 26 Mar 2009 00:30:00 GMTBitchin Dave is back! He'll break down a topic and have a fan of the week...The Marlins get a new ballpark....email us - finsradio@yahoo.com00:39:00Fins Radionodolphins,parcells,football,miami,marino,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadioFins Radio -- Weekly recap with Bitchin DaveMinor League Notebook Weekly - Mar 23,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Minor-League-Noteboo/2009/03/23/Minor-League-Notebook-Weekly
New York Mets | Atlanta Braves | Washington Nationals | Philadelphia Phillies | Florida Marlins

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New York Mets | Atlanta Braves | Washington Nationals | Philadelphia Phillies | Florida Marlins

]]>Sportshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/Minor-League-Noteboo/2009/03/23/Minor-League-Notebook-Weekly/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/Minor-League-Noteboo/2009/03/23/Minor-League-Notebook-WeeklyMon, 23 Mar 2009 19:00:00 GMTJoin Tyler Hissey and Doug Gray as they talk Minor League Baseball. Guests will include Tim Dierkes of MLBTraderumors.com who will discuss potential spring training trades and Toby Hyde of metsminorleagueblog.com who will discuss the New York Mets farm system with us. We will also break down the rest of the NL East's Top Prospects01:31:00MinorLeague NotebooknoNew York Mets,Atlanta Braves,Washington Nationals,Philadelphia Phillies,Florida Marlins,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadioMinor League Notebook WeeklyTalking Baseball with Scott Pose - Feb 19,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nybaseballtalk/2009/02/19/Talking-Baseball-with-Scott-Pose
New York Mets | New York Yankees | Scott Pose | Alex Rodriguez | Durham Bulls

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New York Mets | New York Yankees | Scott Pose | Alex Rodriguez | Durham Bulls

]]>Sportshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/nybaseballtalk/2009/02/19/Talking-Baseball-with-Scott-Pose/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/nybaseballtalk/2009/02/19/Talking-Baseball-with-Scott-PoseThu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMTFormer big leaguer and Durham Bulls announcer Scott Pose talks baseball with host Mike Silva. Scott talks about playing for the Yankees, being the first official batter in Marlins history, and starring with Kevin Costner in "For the Love of the Game". Hear Scott's take on the current Yankees, Mets, and baseball.00:58:00NY Baseball DigestnoNew York Mets,New York Yankees,Scott Pose,Alex Rodriguez,Durham Bulls,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadioTalking Baseball with Scott PoseSports From Frankie's Point Of View - Feb 03,2009http://www.blogtalkradio.com/NYBASEBALLSHOW/2009/02/03/Sports-From-Frankies-Point-Of-View
Garrett Berger | Jimmy Scott | Frankie | Sports Talk | Baseball

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Garrett Berger | Jimmy Scott | Frankie | Sports Talk | Baseball

]]>Sportshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/NYBASEBALLSHOW/2009/02/03/Sports-From-Frankies-Point-Of-View/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/NYBASEBALLSHOW/2009/02/03/Sports-From-Frankies-Point-Of-ViewTue, 03 Feb 2009 03:00:00 GMTGarret Berger ( Former Florida Marlins 1st round pick) will be on the show as well as Jimmy Scott from the well known website Jimmy Scott's High and Tight. 01:02:00FrankieTheSportsGuynoGarrett Berger,Jimmy Scott,Frankie,Sports Talk,Baseball,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadioSports From Frankie's Point Of ViewAround The Majors With Teddy and Tyler: N.L. East - Dec 29,2008http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Tyler-Hissey/2008/12/29/Around-The-Majors-With-Teddy-and-Tyler-NL-East
N.L. East | New York Mets | Philadelphia Phillies | Atlanta Braves | Florida Marlins

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N.L. East | New York Mets | Philadelphia Phillies | Atlanta Braves | Florida Marlins

]]>Sportshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/Tyler-Hissey/2008/12/29/Around-The-Majors-With-Teddy-and-Tyler-NL-East/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/Tyler-Hissey/2008/12/29/Around-The-Majors-With-Teddy-and-Tyler-NL-EastMon, 29 Dec 2008 18:00:00 GMTTyler Hissey and Teddy Mitrolisis continue their division-by-division offseason breakdown by focusing on the N.L. East. Sam Page of the popular Mets blog AmazinAvenue.com is scheduled to appear as a guest to discuss the New York Mets' offseason.01:31:00Tyler HisseynoN.L. East,New York Mets,Philadelphia Phillies,Atlanta Braves,Florida Marlins,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadioAround The Majors With Teddy and Tyler: N.L. EastInsider Secrets about the Economy - Dec 09,2008http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Executive-Talk-Radio/2008/12/09/Help-for-being-at-a-CrossRoad
M&A | Economy | Funding | Investment Banking | Economic Trends

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M&A | Economy | Funding | Investment Banking | Economic Trends

]]>Financehttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/Executive-Talk-Radio/2008/12/09/Help-for-being-at-a-CrossRoad/#commentshttp://www.blogtalkradio.com/Executive-Talk-Radio/2008/12/09/Help-for-being-at-a-CrossRoadTue, 09 Dec 2008 14:00:00 GMTMarlin Blackburn, EVP UBG Financial - a well connected investment banker with a M&A focus and VC / International money connections, will discuss his views of the economic impact on businesses and future deals.00:30:00Executive Talk RadionoM&A,Economy,Funding,Investment Banking,Economic Trends,BlogTalkRadio, Blog Talk RadioInsider Secrets about the EconomyLive To See Another Day - Sep 28,2008http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nybaseballtalk/2008/09/28/Mets-Marlins-Post-Game-1
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New York Mets | Florida Marlins |

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'Why You're Wrong About the Right'
Wed. Night 10:30-11:30PM CST
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theGGRNetwork
Grizzly Groundswell Radio Network show.
Join us, call in! (347) 838-8653



Our First Guest 9:30-10:30 PM CST

Ron Godwyne of Total-Deliverance Ministries

Total Deliverance Ministries is all about sharing Christ with our lost and bound world. We will also be adding many incredible testimonies of God's deliverance power. You do NOT have to be a preacher or even really educated to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the lost. Your personal testimony of what God has done for you is greater then learning tons of Biblical truths. Although, we should most certainly study to show ourselves approved. NEVER be afraid to share what God has done for you because it is incredibly powerful and it might change someones life, for ALL ETERNITY! If you have a testimony of something the Lord has done for you and you would like to share with us on the Total Deliverance show, please give me a yell. We want every one to have a chance to share what God has done for them personally. We also plan on doing many different Christian teachings on topics MOST churches refuse to talk about. With that in mind some of you may consider them very controversial. However, our greatest desires are to share Biblical teachings on, repentance, salvation, living for and being true followers of our Lord Jesus Christ in EVERY aspect of our lives. The time has come for all true believers to take an active stand for Christ and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the World. Let's learn together how we can do this more effectively in today's world. Nothing is impossible for God. SIDE NOTE: We just started this radio show and have a great deal of things to learn quickly. So please bare with me/us as we learn how to do this better. God bless you as your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ allows. Please leave us feedback and rate the shows. That will help us to grow and create better and better shows. Simply WE NEED YOUR HELLLLP!!!! LOL PLEASE: Be respectful in the chat area and on the phone. I do NOT like banning people. You wouldn’t go into a church service and start yelling out nasty things, so please do not do it here.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Merry-Hearts-Ministries

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/total-deliverance



Our Second Guests 10:30-11:30 PM CST



Sick and tired of being lampooned and lambasted (and
for all the wrong reasons), authors S.E. Cupp and Brett Joshpe, both
20-something and perhaps unlikely Republicans living in New York City,
examine the careless characterizations of conservatives in their first
book. With chapter titles like "Republicans Are Homophobic,"
"Republicans Are Warmongers" and "Republicans Have No Feelings," the
book is a provocative, probing, and often hilarious catalog of liberal
complaints – and their lack of validity. The book not only proves
these stereotypes false, it proves, more importantly, that all
conservatives are not the same.


With
moderates, libertarians, social conservatives, neo-conservatives,
Christian conservatives and GOP Republicans weighing in, "Why You're
Wrong About the Right" is a compilation of view points that helps to
define the Right better than any 30-second sound bite or Al Franken
quote could.


S.E. Cupp

S.E.
Cupp was born in 1979 in California and raised primarly in Andover,
MA. She was a classically trained dancer and danced for Ellicott City
Ballet, Washington Ballet and Boston Ballet for a period of 10 years.



After high school, she studied art history at Cornell University and
worked for her college paper, the Cornell Daily Sun, as the Arts &
Entertainment editor. During college, she worked for the Vose
Galleries in Boston, the Whistler Museum, and the Johnson Museum as an
intern. She graduated a year early and worked for short periods at an
online magazine and a PR company. In 2002, she was hired by the New
York Times to write and edit for the Index Department.



She is currently pursuing a Masters degree at NYU in religious studies,
and plans to write about American culture, including politics, sports
and religion, in the future.


S.E. follows the Mets, the Packers, and NASCAR, and enjoys fishing, target shooting and travel.



Brett Joshpe


Brett
Joshpe was born in 1980 in Stamford, NY, where he was raised in a
family of four with his father, Glen, mother, Vicki and brother, Chad.


He
graduated from Cornell University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts
degree and from Harvard Law School in 2005 with a Juris Doctor. While
in law school, Brett formed a student organization called Students for
Protecting America, which garnered national media attention for its
support of the war in Iraq. He also served on the Republican National
Committee’s 72 hour task force in Miami, Florida in the days leading up
to the 2004 Presidential election.


After
law school, Brett worked as a corporate and real estate attorney at the
law firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. He now serves as
a corporate counsel at the law firm of Wrobel & Schatz LLP and has
several business pursuits outside of law, including serving as a
principal in the commercial real estate firm, Iconik Enterprises, LLC.


Brett’s passions include playing sports, spending time with his family, discussing politics and following the New York Mets.








LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS





Glenn Beck -


CNN Headline News pundit, radio host, and author of "An Inconvenient Book."



Tucker Carlson -
Former CNN "Crossfire" host and MSNBC pundit and author of
"Politicians, Partisans and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News."



George Will -


Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author.



Laura Ingraham -


Host of talk radio The Laura Ingraham Show and best-selling author of "Power to the People."




Bubba the Love Sponge -


Howard 101 Sirius Satellite radio host.



Newt Gingrich -


Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives (1995-1999), 1995 Time Magazine Person of the Year, and best-selling author.



K.T. McFarland -
Deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs at the
Pentagon from 1982 to 1985 under President Ronald Reagan and speech
writer to Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger.




Pat Toomey -


Former member of the US House of Representatives (Pennsylvania, 1999-2005) and current president of the Club for Growth.



Al Leiter -
Major League Baseball Player for 19 seasons (Yankees, Blue Jays,
Marlins and Mets) and Baseball analyst YES Network, ESPN and FOX
Television.



Tony Stewart -
Two-time NASCAR champion (2002, 2005), 1995 USAC Triple Crown Champion,
1996 IRL Rookie of the Year, 1997 IRL Champion, and 2006 IROC Champion.




Andrew Giangola -


NASCAR director of business communications.




Curt Schilling -
Major League Baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox: 2004-present),
three-time World Series champion (2001, 2004, 2007) and six-time
All-Star.




Patrick Hickey
- University of South Carolina professor, NASCAR fan and rock climber;
Patrick has scaled the tallest peaks on every continent, including Mt
Everest, where he planted a NASCAR flag in honor of his favorite
driver, Jeff Gordon.




Jeff Moorad -


Arizona Diamondbacks CEO and managing partner, and co-owner of Hall of Fame Racing NASCAR team.



Byron York -
White House correspondent for National Review magazine and frequent
contributor to New York Post, Wall Street Journal, Atlantic Monthly and
many others.




Jonah Goldberg -
National Review Online editor-at-large and author of "Liberal Fascism:
The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics
of Meaning."




Jay Nordlinger -


National Review managing editor and former speech-writer for George W Bush.




Deroy Murdock -


Syndicated columnist for Scripps Howard News Service and contributing editor at National Review Online.



Mindy Kramer -


Office Depot Director of Public Relations.





Lisa Kennedy Montgomery -


Political satirist and former MTV VJ.




Ted Nugent -
Detroit-born guitarist and former frontman of The Amboy Dukes; Nugent
has sold more than 35 million albums and was the top-grossing tour in
the world in 1977, 1978 and 1979. He is the author of "God, Guns &
Rock and Roll," "Kill It & Grill It: A Guide to Preparing and
Cooking Wild Game and Fish," and "Blood Trails II: The Truth About
Bowhunting."



Randy Douthit
- Nine-time Emmy nominated executive producer of "Judge Judy," and
former executive producer of "Crossfire" and "Larry King Live."




Jeremy Rabkin
- George Mason University Law School professor, acclaimed international
law scholar and United States Institute of Peace Board Member.




Richard Parker -


Harvard Law School professor on constitutional law and theory.




Naomi Oreskes -


University of California San Diego science professor.




Herb London
- Hudson Institute president, Founder of NYU's Gallatin School of
Individual Study, and one-time candidate for New York City mayor, New
York State Governor and New York State Comptroller.



Jon Zimmerman -


New York University history of education professor and author of "Whose America? Culture Wars in the Public Schools."



Richard Lindzen
- Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at MIT, member of the National
Academy of Sciences, and former lead author of the UN Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change.




David Horowitz -
Founder of David Horowitz Freedom Center and Students for Academic
Freedom; editor of FrontPage Magazine and author of numerous
best-selling books.




Ted Hayes -


Homeless advocate and founder of Dome Village, a homeless community center in Los Angeles, California.



William O'Reilly - New York based political strategist.




Chris Milliken -


Former CEO of OfficeMax and winner of 2003 Anti-Defamation League Torch of Liberty Award.



Patrick Sammon -


President of Log Cabin Republicans.



Brian C Anderson -


Editor of City Journal and best-selling author of "South Park Conservatives: The Revolt Against Liberal Media Bias."



Carrie Lukas
- Vice-President and director of policy for the Independent Women's
Forum and former senior domestic policy analyst for House Republican
Policy Committee.




Shelby Steele
- Hoover Institution research fellow and National Book Critics Circle
Award for "The Content of Our Character." He is an Emmy winner for his
documentary "Seven Days in Bensonhurst," and author of "White Guilt:
How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil
Rights Era."




Michael Zak - Author of "Back to Basics for the Republican Party" and former Foreign Service Officer.



Mark Moran -


President of spectator sports for Ingersoll Rand.



Order your copy today!





CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: "GIVING GOOD
FACE"

"Why You're Wrong About the Right, Inc." is producing a virtual
portrait exhibit that will visually capture many of the themes found in "Why
You're Wrong About the Right," the book by S.E. Cupp and Brett Joshpe. The show
will feature photographs of conservatives and Republicans, and will run on our
websites for a limited time.

Tentatively titled "Giving Good Face," the
project will bring together anthropology and politics, and will look to refute
the well-worn narrative that conservatives can accurately be summed up in sound
bites and stereotypes. This sociological experiment is a commentary on the
reassuring qualities of photo-journalism and the breaking down of
characterological, generation and identity politics. It should also provide a
witty and provocative look at political caricature.

To submit a portrait
for consideration, please adhere to these guidelines, which are intended to
provide uniformity in the presentation:

-- Please only include
self-portraits, and please limit portraits to your face or from waist up.


-- Please submit as color digitial photographs (jpegs, at least 300
pixels/inch) without enhancements or alterations.

-- Please use clean,
white back drops in photos.

-- Please submit by August 15 and include
your full name, age, and city and state where you reside. Your last name will
not be used.

-- Please submit photos to wrongaboutright@yahoo.com.


http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=32291330399

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'Why You're Wrong About the Right'
Wed. Night 10:30-11:30PM CST
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/theGGRNetwork
Grizzly Groundswell Radio Network show.
Join us, call in! (347) 838-8653



Our First Guest 9:30-10:30 PM CST

Ron Godwyne of Total-Deliverance Ministries

Total Deliverance Ministries is all about sharing Christ with our lost and bound world. We will also be adding many incredible testimonies of God's deliverance power. You do NOT have to be a preacher or even really educated to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the lost. Your personal testimony of what God has done for you is greater then learning tons of Biblical truths. Although, we should most certainly study to show ourselves approved. NEVER be afraid to share what God has done for you because it is incredibly powerful and it might change someones life, for ALL ETERNITY! If you have a testimony of something the Lord has done for you and you would like to share with us on the Total Deliverance show, please give me a yell. We want every one to have a chance to share what God has done for them personally. We also plan on doing many different Christian teachings on topics MOST churches refuse to talk about. With that in mind some of you may consider them very controversial. However, our greatest desires are to share Biblical teachings on, repentance, salvation, living for and being true followers of our Lord Jesus Christ in EVERY aspect of our lives. The time has come for all true believers to take an active stand for Christ and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the World. Let's learn together how we can do this more effectively in today's world. Nothing is impossible for God. SIDE NOTE: We just started this radio show and have a great deal of things to learn quickly. So please bare with me/us as we learn how to do this better. God bless you as your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ allows. Please leave us feedback and rate the shows. That will help us to grow and create better and better shows. Simply WE NEED YOUR HELLLLP!!!! LOL PLEASE: Be respectful in the chat area and on the phone. I do NOT like banning people. You wouldn’t go into a church service and start yelling out nasty things, so please do not do it here.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Merry-Hearts-Ministries

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/total-deliverance



Our Second Guests 10:30-11:30 PM CST



Sick and tired of being lampooned and lambasted (and
for all the wrong reasons), authors S.E. Cupp and Brett Joshpe, both
20-something and perhaps unlikely Republicans living in New York City,
examine the careless characterizations of conservatives in their first
book. With chapter titles like "Republicans Are Homophobic,"
"Republicans Are Warmongers" and "Republicans Have No Feelings," the
book is a provocative, probing, and often hilarious catalog of liberal
complaints – and their lack of validity. The book not only proves
these stereotypes false, it proves, more importantly, that all
conservatives are not the same.


With
moderates, libertarians, social conservatives, neo-conservatives,
Christian conservatives and GOP Republicans weighing in, "Why You're
Wrong About the Right" is a compilation of view points that helps to
define the Right better than any 30-second sound bite or Al Franken
quote could.


S.E. Cupp

S.E.
Cupp was born in 1979 in California and raised primarly in Andover,
MA. She was a classically trained dancer and danced for Ellicott City
Ballet, Washington Ballet and Boston Ballet for a period of 10 years.



After high school, she studied art history at Cornell University and
worked for her college paper, the Cornell Daily Sun, as the Arts &
Entertainment editor. During college, she worked for the Vose
Galleries in Boston, the Whistler Museum, and the Johnson Museum as an
intern. She graduated a year early and worked for short periods at an
online magazine and a PR company. In 2002, she was hired by the New
York Times to write and edit for the Index Department.



She is currently pursuing a Masters degree at NYU in religious studies,
and plans to write about American culture, including politics, sports
and religion, in the future.


S.E. follows the Mets, the Packers, and NASCAR, and enjoys fishing, target shooting and travel.



Brett Joshpe


Brett
Joshpe was born in 1980 in Stamford, NY, where he was raised in a
family of four with his father, Glen, mother, Vicki and brother, Chad.


He
graduated from Cornell University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts
degree and from Harvard Law School in 2005 with a Juris Doctor. While
in law school, Brett formed a student organization called Students for
Protecting America, which garnered national media attention for its
support of the war in Iraq. He also served on the Republican National
Committee’s 72 hour task force in Miami, Florida in the days leading up
to the 2004 Presidential election.


After
law school, Brett worked as a corporate and real estate attorney at the
law firm of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP. He now serves as
a corporate counsel at the law firm of Wrobel & Schatz LLP and has
several business pursuits outside of law, including serving as a
principal in the commercial real estate firm, Iconik Enterprises, LLC.


Brett’s passions include playing sports, spending time with his family, discussing politics and following the New York Mets.








LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS





Glenn Beck -


CNN Headline News pundit, radio host, and author of "An Inconvenient Book."



Tucker Carlson -
Former CNN "Crossfire" host and MSNBC pundit and author of
"Politicians, Partisans and Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News."



George Will -


Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author.



Laura Ingraham -


Host of talk radio The Laura Ingraham Show and best-selling author of "Power to the People."




Bubba the Love Sponge -


Howard 101 Sirius Satellite radio host.



Newt Gingrich -


Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives (1995-1999), 1995 Time Magazine Person of the Year, and best-selling author.



K.T. McFarland -
Deputy assistant secretary of defense for public affairs at the
Pentagon from 1982 to 1985 under President Ronald Reagan and speech
writer to Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger.




Pat Toomey -


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Disturbingly, there is an emerging consensus among the Democrat-led United States Congressional leadership that the war in Iraq is "lost." The most recent example that this thesis has worked its way into official party talking points was offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat, who pointedly stated last April that "...this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything...."

Setting the obvious contrarian politics aside, could there be a more defeatist, demoralizing and undermining statement at this time?

With approximately 3,000 lives--some of America's finest men and women--now having been sacrificed for the purpose of this mission in Iraq and another quarter million currently deployed there in harm's way, calling the Iraq War "lost" is about the greatest disservice a public official can offer both those fighting today and the legacy of the 3,000 fallen. Does this Congress really need to be reminded: Their mission is a hugely laudable one, not a lost cause.

Make no mistake: the Iraq War has become the epicenter in the global war against terrorism, and the outcome in Iraq will ultimately be a key factor in determining whether September 11, 2001 was the beginning of the end for Al-Qaeda, or whether, conversely, it was just the beginning of an era of global terror that grows in both scope and duration.

This fact may be lost on the Democratic leadership now conceding defeat and seeking the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, but it is not lost on Al-Qaeda itself. Last weekend, on May 5th, Shaykh Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda's second in command, essentially echoed Reid's sentiment, observing that the Democrat-led legislative effort to establish a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq “reflects American failure and frustration.”

To those Americans who have not yet grasped the extent of Al-Qaeda's stake in the outcome of the Iraq War, and why the Iraq War is a large part of the war on terror, ask yourself why Zawahiri is commenting on Congressional acts in Iraq, not in Afghanistan or Pakistan. The point should be self-evident: Al-Qaeda wishes nothing more than to see Iraq left in a state of chaos, in which they can maintain a presence following an American withdrawal that would surely demonstrate that it is Al-Qaeda, not the U.S. or democratic political systems, that own the future of the Persian Gulf region. It's this simple: a win in Iraq is a significant defeat for Al-Qaeda, establishing a secure, peaceful and democratic nation in the heart of the Persian Gulf. A defeat in Iraq is a significant win for them, Al-Qaeda, likely creating another nation in chaos and ripe, as the Taliban regime once was in Afghanistan, for large levels of Al-Qaeda presence and training.

Clearly, one hopes that is not a message Congressional Democrats want to be sending Al-Qaeda and America's enemies in the region at this juncture, and I think it would be unfair to assign any member of Congress such malicious motives. But it's already becoming very clear that driving the Republicans from the White House will first mean ensuring no 2008 Republican candidate can run on the coattails of a Bush-led victory in that nation. Putting politics ahead of national security, this nation's Democratic leadership knows all too well what the prolonged nature of the Iraq War has done to President Bush's national popularity. It has set the table for the Democrats to reclaim the Presidency in a mere 20 months.

If it is not politics that is driving the Democratic inclination to label the Iraq War "lost", then Senator Reid's course of action should be clear: He owes this nation, its deployed troops and their families an apology because this conflict has been anything but "lost."

Reflect for a moment on the accomplishments of U.S. forces so far in the Iraq War: the U.S. engaged Saddam Hussein diplomatically, only to find him utterly uncompromising to reasonable expectations of the U.S. and the world community. Given ample time to accommodate those expectations, the U.S. reluctantly was drawn into conflict, driving Saddam (who had governed Iraq since 1979) from power in a mere three weeks. Eight months later, in December 2003, U.S. forces captured the former Iraqi dictator--the "most wanted Iraqi"--in an underground mud shack on a ad-Dawr-based sheep farm.

Then, as opposed to ending Saddam's life there, the former dictator was properly tried under Iraq's established legal system. While he was technically charged with just one, fairly clearly established crime--the murder of 148 Iraqi Shiites and the illegal torture and incarceration of 399 others--the charges really reflected just a sampling of Saddam's brutal, 28-year reign. He was properly convicted and sentenced.

In Iraq, while critics of the war alleged that the war was really driven by U.S. aspirations for Iraqi oil, the U.S. sought quickly to transfer governing authority to the Iraqi people and did that in 2004. Since then, a constitution has been written and elections have been held, suggesting the promise of an emerging Iraqi democracy.

Critics respond that these victories aside, insurgents are winning the war. Wrong again. Today, most of Iraq, thanks to U.S. and allied intervention, is secure from terrorist attacks, and some of the most historically active insurgent areas--Fallujah, Mosul, Najaf and others--have become more secure.

These are not the accomplishments of a war that can be easily labeled "lost," and this President deserves credit for continuing to see through the ultimate and achievable objective of establishing a peaceful, stable and democratic Iraq. Can any objective onlooker really believe such a mammoth mission would be accomplished without its trials and tribulations? The entire concept of democracy functioning in the Persian Gulf was once an inconceivable concept; this President, these capable American men and women of our armed forces, combined with many brave Iraqis, are close to making it a reality. A "lost" war?

But, in fairness, the criticism is not exclusively a partisan one. This nation does run the risk of forgetting that warm, sunny morning of September 11, 2001, at least in part because some components of our modern culture seem to want us to forget. How telling, for instance, that American television networks, seemingly all of them, have adopted policies refusing to air the attacks on the World Trade Center because it was unsettling to some Americans. Message to networks: We should be unsettled. We need to be unsettled.

Nor is the criticism exclusively aimed at Democrats and our television media, who seem to be running from the call to action. President George W. Bush has handled this war on terror with extraordinary resolve, and one can only imagine the sense of responsibility that this President must carry as a decent man attempting to bring about a successful conclusion to this war. But even in this administration, the dead seriousness of Al-Qaeda seems periodically lost. Take, for instance, the comment of a "senior administration figure" earlier this week, who reportedly found it "stunning" that Zawahiri was following the U.S. Congress so closely to be able to comment on the Democrat-led timetable legislation. Stunning?

There's nothing at all stunning about this observation by Zawahiri. In fact, if one looks at America's war on terror with some historical perspective, even 30 years worth, the one common denominator in America's engagement in foreign conflicts is that our enemies have closely monitored our metal and tested our political will. In this freest of nations, it's well known that American policy is driven by political temperament. That temperament has sometimes led us to war. That temperament has sometimes ended war. But the temperament of Americans does still guide the vast majority of this nation's foreign policies, and especially those that involve the loss of American life.

It shouldn't be surprising that this fact is not lost on our enemies. Anyone with any political sophistication--and one has to count the Senate Majority Leader among this group--understands that when you undermine American political will by advancing the thesis that what we have, in exchange for the loss of these 3,000 American heroes, is a war we are "losing", you have taken the first step to making that "loss" a self-fulfilling prophesy.

This recognition did not start with A-Qaeda. It was, for instance, well recognized by North Vietnam, whose leadership saw the U.S. anti-war movement of the early 1970s as a key component to eradicating American political will to sustain our important and warranted engagement in defending our important Asian ally, South Vietnam, in the midst of the Cold War. It also was recognized by the Kremlin, who saw U.S. and European-based "peace" movements as the quickest way to undermine former President Ronald Reagan's plan to appropriately counter Soviet global aggression through both a strengthening of American defenses and support for resistance movements opposing Soviet-supported regimes.

In contemporary America, memories can be short, even among those who have lived this history. Take this example: Speaking to a former White House-level Clinton administration official about a year ago--someone I would call a friend, despite our differing partisan alignments--this former Clinton official told me with a straight face that the world was becoming more complex and was not as simple as it was during the Cold War when, this Clinton official told me, "everything was so black and white."

That's interesting, I replied, because every time, during the Cold War, that conservatives like myself made the argument that we needed to be vigorous in opposing Soviet aggression, that the Soviet Union was in fact an "evil empire" and that "winning" the Cold War was both an achievable and laudable geopolitical goal, we were lectured by American liberals that the world was not so black and white, that neither the Soviet Union nor the U.S. could depict themselves as forces for good in the world, and--in their most extreme responses--that we were risking nuclear conflict, maybe even the very end of the world, in our insistence to engage, counter and defeat Soviet aggression abroad.

In fact, to the best of my memory, I cannot recall any liberals or Democrats who described the Cold War era as "black and white" in the heat of those battles. Every Congressional vote over former President Reagan's initiatives--the deployment of space-based defense to guard the nation from nuclear attack (known as the Strategic Defense Initiative), the effort to aid anti-communist resistance movements in Angola, Nicaragua and other nations (known as the Reagan Doctrine), and the initiative to strengthen NATO's defense capabilities (which Reagan correctly labeled "peace through strength")--were opposed every step of the way by some of the same people who now label that time a simple, "black and white" era where, they now contend, we "all" wanted to prevail. But it can never be forgotten that it was resiliency in the face of liberal opposition to Reagan's initiatives that won the Cold War. With due respect to American liberals, whose patriotism I do not question, the Cold War was won over their dead bodies.

In the midst of this 2007 political battle--with American liberals again trying to lead America's retreat, and this principled President appropriately and bravely standing his ground--can anyone doubt that, ten years from now, the war on terror will similarly be viewed as a "black and white" struggle between good and evil? Surely, it will be. But any liberal who intends to take that position cannot now be advocating a cut and run policy in Iraq.

There also is a lesson in this Cold War history that applies to Iraq today, where again--this time as it relates to their historical views on Saddam--American liberals seem to possess a selective memory. During my stint as a White House aide to former President George H. W. Bush, I can well remember periodically leaving the Washington, D.C. area on various weekends, sometimes returning to the hometown of my youth in Pennsylvania. I would arrive proud of the efforts at the time--and most especially the extraordinary, successful effort by former President George H. W. Bush to end the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.

The successful liberation of Kuwait was widely welcomed by the American people, and former President Bush's approval ratings skyrocketed into the low 90s; no President since has come close to enjoying such widespread support from the American people. But in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, there was a different tone than that which existed inside the Bush White House. Beneath the popularity ratings and support for Kuwait's liberation, there was a lingering disappointment by many Americans--conservatives, moderates and liberals--that Bush, after driving Saddam's forces from Kuwait, did not push on to Baghdad and remove Saddam from power completely.

For those of us up close at the time, it was an absurd idea. Saddam was a brutal dictator in a world filled with brutal dictators. Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm were hugely successful because they defined a clear objective and then pursued it relentlessly, strategically and precisely. What sort of chaos would follow Saddam, in a nation so characterized by bitter conflict between Saddam's Baath party, the opposition Shia (which opposed Saddam's decision not to implement traditional Islamic law, known as the Sharia), the Kurdish opposition, and other factions?

To the great credit of former President Bush, Operation Desert Shield and then Operation Desert Storm were both clearly defined missions whose every initiative was consistent with these clearly-defined objectives, starting with Marlin Fitzwater's brilliant and inspirational February 17, 1991 comment that "the liberation of Kuwait has begun" (a statement of raw genius, both reflecting absolute confidence in the outcome of a battle not yet fought, combined with a rigid definition of what we sought to do), and continuing through the air war and the culmination of the ground war, which ended on February 27, 1991 with Kuwait's absolute liberation.

Contrary to some conventional wisdom at the time, there was nothing cowardly about former President Bush's decision not to drive Saddam from power in 1991. Nor did his decision not to do so in any way condone Saddam's obvious disregard for human rights, which ultimately and properly earned him entry into President George W. Bush's "axis of evil."

Rather, Operation Desert Storm was guided by a number of historical lessons, perhaps most prominent being that regime change can be a dangerous business and the U.S. can never seek to initiate, or even encourage, such change without some clear recognition of what follows a government's collapse. This astute geopolitical recognition justified former President Bush's February 1991 decision not to liberate Iraq from Saddam's autocratic reign, even though such an effort would have enjoyed initial support.

Over ten years later and following the September 11, 2001 attacks, regime change became an imperative in Afghanistan and then, ultimately, in Iraq. They question this war now, but it was not in question in 2002, with liberal Senators Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and many other current critics of the war voting to authorize the use of force against Saddam.

To be sure, as some of these leading Democrats now conveniently begin to express their opposition to the Iraq War, they will contend, as most of them have already, that they authorized the use of force only because the Bush administration misled them as it related to Saddam's possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).

But this criticism too is unfair, since the intelligence that led the Bush administration to that conclusion had been widely accepted not just by President Bush, but by his predecessor, Bill Clinton, too. In fact, in justifying former President Clinton's December 1998 air attacks on Baghdad, Sandy Berger, Clinton's National Security Advisor at the time, remarked that "(Saddam) will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983." Then Vice President Gore also recognized the fact that Saddam was harboring WMDs, noting: "We know that (Saddam) has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."

What absolute audacity for Democrats to now forget these remarks and instead allege that this administration misled them into supporting a war they otherwise would have opposed. American intelligence under both Clinton and Bush indicated that WMDs were in Saddam's possession. It's quite clear that Saddam did historically use WMDs in his war against the Kurds and in the Iraqi-Iranian War. And, shocking as it may be to today's opponents of the Iraq War, it is not entirely inconceivable that Saddam was, in fact, possessing WMDs, just as both the Clinton and Bush administrations believed, when the use of force was authorized. It's certainly an extremely reasonable conclusion that Saddam's political maneuvering around United Nations-ordered inspections, which ultimately invited this war, were not designed to hide nothing.

The issue of WMDs is now ancient history. Whether they did or did not exist, it is now very clear that the Iraq War has become a central front in the war on terrorism. This global war has many fronts, and Iraq is one of them, which is why a dangerous man like Zawahiri is paying such close attention. For Al-Qaeda, much is at stake in Iraq's outcome.

Things will not likely get easier as the November 4, 2008 Presidential election, now 18 months away, nears. Iraq will take on a greater and greater domestic political dimension. So be it.

President Bush's legacy, should he succeed in stabilizing a democratic and peaceful Iraq, will be substantially better appreciated years from now than it is today in the heat of this battle. And should this administration remain engaged and succeed in prevailing in Iraq, the Republican candidate in 2008 will be within bounds in asking an important "what if" question: Where would we be now in this global war on terror if we had accepted Senator Reid and the Democratic party's April 2007 declaration that the Iraq War was "lost?"

Calling this war "lost" may now be hugely politically expedient for some, coming as it does at the height of uncertainty in this critical conflict.

But at such a critical moment, Americans should be comforted by this President, reminded that we have been here before. We well know these dark and freightening paths of uncertainty because we have walked them before, not just cursing their darkness but pointing the way to light. Valley Forge, 1777. Normandy, 1944. The Cuban missile crisis, 1962. The Pershing II deployment, 1981. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall," 1987. "The liberation of Kuwait has begun," 1991.

Mr. Reid: The common denominators of over 200 years of American greatness may be alien to you, but they are not rooted in your defeatism.

Yes, we know these paths too well. Facing down terror in Iraq, 2007, in a global conflict that safely may be labeled "World War III," our next step could not be more self-evident: America must prevail.

Michael Johns, a health care executive, served previously as a White House speechwriter to President George H. W. Bush and a policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation.  He can be reached at: michaeldjohns@gmail.com.

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]]>By Michael Johns

Disturbingly, there is an emerging consensus among the Democrat-led United States Congressional leadership that the war in Iraq is "lost." The most recent example that this thesis has worked its way into official party talking points was offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat, who pointedly stated last April that "...this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything...."

Setting the obvious contrarian politics aside, could there be a more defeatist, demoralizing and undermining statement at this time?

With approximately 3,000 lives--some of America's finest men and women--now having been sacrificed for the purpose of this mission in Iraq and another quarter million currently deployed there in harm's way, calling the Iraq War "lost" is about the greatest disservice a public official can offer both those fighting today and the legacy of the 3,000 fallen. Does this Congress really need to be reminded: Their mission is a hugely laudable one, not a lost cause.

Make no mistake: the Iraq War has become the epicenter in the global war against terrorism, and the outcome in Iraq will ultimately be a key factor in determining whether September 11, 2001 was the beginning of the end for Al-Qaeda, or whether, conversely, it was just the beginning of an era of global terror that grows in both scope and duration.

This fact may be lost on the Democratic leadership now conceding defeat and seeking the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, but it is not lost on Al-Qaeda itself. Last weekend, on May 5th, Shaykh Ayman al-Zawahiri, Al-Qaeda's second in command, essentially echoed Reid's sentiment, observing that the Democrat-led legislative effort to establish a timetable for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq “reflects American failure and frustration.”

To those Americans who have not yet grasped the extent of Al-Qaeda's stake in the outcome of the Iraq War, and why the Iraq War is a large part of the war on terror, ask yourself why Zawahiri is commenting on Congressional acts in Iraq, not in Afghanistan or Pakistan. The point should be self-evident: Al-Qaeda wishes nothing more than to see Iraq left in a state of chaos, in which they can maintain a presence following an American withdrawal that would surely demonstrate that it is Al-Qaeda, not the U.S. or democratic political systems, that own the future of the Persian Gulf region. It's this simple: a win in Iraq is a significant defeat for Al-Qaeda, establishing a secure, peaceful and democratic nation in the heart of the Persian Gulf. A defeat in Iraq is a significant win for them, Al-Qaeda, likely creating another nation in chaos and ripe, as the Taliban regime once was in Afghanistan, for large levels of Al-Qaeda presence and training.

Clearly, one hopes that is not a message Congressional Democrats want to be sending Al-Qaeda and America's enemies in the region at this juncture, and I think it would be unfair to assign any member of Congress such malicious motives. But it's already becoming very clear that driving the Republicans from the White House will first mean ensuring no 2008 Republican candidate can run on the coattails of a Bush-led victory in that nation. Putting politics ahead of national security, this nation's Democratic leadership knows all too well what the prolonged nature of the Iraq War has done to President Bush's national popularity. It has set the table for the Democrats to reclaim the Presidency in a mere 20 months.

If it is not politics that is driving the Democratic inclination to label the Iraq War "lost", then Senator Reid's course of action should be clear: He owes this nation, its deployed troops and their families an apology because this conflict has been anything but "lost."

Reflect for a moment on the accomplishments of U.S. forces so far in the Iraq War: the U.S. engaged Saddam Hussein diplomatically, only to find him utterly uncompromising to reasonable expectations of the U.S. and the world community. Given ample time to accommodate those expectations, the U.S. reluctantly was drawn into conflict, driving Saddam (who had governed Iraq since 1979) from power in a mere three weeks. Eight months later, in December 2003, U.S. forces captured the former Iraqi dictator--the "most wanted Iraqi"--in an underground mud shack on a ad-Dawr-based sheep farm.

Then, as opposed to ending Saddam's life there, the former dictator was properly tried under Iraq's established legal system. While he was technically charged with just one, fairly clearly established crime--the murder of 148 Iraqi Shiites and the illegal torture and incarceration of 399 others--the charges really reflected just a sampling of Saddam's brutal, 28-year reign. He was properly convicted and sentenced.

In Iraq, while critics of the war alleged that the war was really driven by U.S. aspirations for Iraqi oil, the U.S. sought quickly to transfer governing authority to the Iraqi people and did that in 2004. Since then, a constitution has been written and elections have been held, suggesting the promise of an emerging Iraqi democracy.

Critics respond that these victories aside, insurgents are winning the war. Wrong again. Today, most of Iraq, thanks to U.S. and allied intervention, is secure from terrorist attacks, and some of the most historically active insurgent areas--Fallujah, Mosul, Najaf and others--have become more secure.

These are not the accomplishments of a war that can be easily labeled "lost," and this President deserves credit for continuing to see through the ultimate and achievable objective of establishing a peaceful, stable and democratic Iraq. Can any objective onlooker really believe such a mammoth mission would be accomplished without its trials and tribulations? The entire concept of democracy functioning in the Persian Gulf was once an inconceivable concept; this President, these capable American men and women of our armed forces, combined with many brave Iraqis, are close to making it a reality. A "lost" war?

But, in fairness, the criticism is not exclusively a partisan one. This nation does run the risk of forgetting that warm, sunny morning of September 11, 2001, at least in part because some components of our modern culture seem to want us to forget. How telling, for instance, that American television networks, seemingly all of them, have adopted policies refusing to air the attacks on the World Trade Center because it was unsettling to some Americans. Message to networks: We should be unsettled. We need to be unsettled.

Nor is the criticism exclusively aimed at Democrats and our television media, who seem to be running from the call to action. President George W. Bush has handled this war on terror with extraordinary resolve, and one can only imagine the sense of responsibility that this President must carry as a decent man attempting to bring about a successful conclusion to this war. But even in this administration, the dead seriousness of Al-Qaeda seems periodically lost. Take, for instance, the comment of a "senior administration figure" earlier this week, who reportedly found it "stunning" that Zawahiri was following the U.S. Congress so closely to be able to comment on the Democrat-led timetable legislation. Stunning?

There's nothing at all stunning about this observation by Zawahiri. In fact, if one looks at America's war on terror with some historical perspective, even 30 years worth, the one common denominator in America's engagement in foreign conflicts is that our enemies have closely monitored our metal and tested our political will. In this freest of nations, it's well known that American policy is driven by political temperament. That temperament has sometimes led us to war. That temperament has sometimes ended war. But the temperament of Americans does still guide the vast majority of this nation's foreign policies, and especially those that involve the loss of American life.

It shouldn't be surprising that this fact is not lost on our enemies. Anyone with any political sophistication--and one has to count the Senate Majority Leader among this group--understands that when you undermine American political will by advancing the thesis that what we have, in exchange for the loss of these 3,000 American heroes, is a war we are "losing", you have taken the first step to making that "loss" a self-fulfilling prophesy.

This recognition did not start with A-Qaeda. It was, for instance, well recognized by North Vietnam, whose leadership saw the U.S. anti-war movement of the early 1970s as a key component to eradicating American political will to sustain our important and warranted engagement in defending our important Asian ally, South Vietnam, in the midst of the Cold War. It also was recognized by the Kremlin, who saw U.S. and European-based "peace" movements as the quickest way to undermine former President Ronald Reagan's plan to appropriately counter Soviet global aggression through both a strengthening of American defenses and support for resistance movements opposing Soviet-supported regimes.

In contemporary America, memories can be short, even among those who have lived this history. Take this example: Speaking to a former White House-level Clinton administration official about a year ago--someone I would call a friend, despite our differing partisan alignments--this former Clinton official told me with a straight face that the world was becoming more complex and was not as simple as it was during the Cold War when, this Clinton official told me, "everything was so black and white."

That's interesting, I replied, because every time, during the Cold War, that conservatives like myself made the argument that we needed to be vigorous in opposing Soviet aggression, that the Soviet Union was in fact an "evil empire" and that "winning" the Cold War was both an achievable and laudable geopolitical goal, we were lectured by American liberals that the world was not so black and white, that neither the Soviet Union nor the U.S. could depict themselves as forces for good in the world, and--in their most extreme responses--that we were risking nuclear conflict, maybe even the very end of the world, in our insistence to engage, counter and defeat Soviet aggression abroad.

In fact, to the best of my memory, I cannot recall any liberals or Democrats who described the Cold War era as "black and white" in the heat of those battles. Every Congressional vote over former President Reagan's initiatives--the deployment of space-based defense to guard the nation from nuclear attack (known as the Strategic Defense Initiative), the effort to aid anti-communist resistance movements in Angola, Nicaragua and other nations (known as the Reagan Doctrine), and the initiative to strengthen NATO's defense capabilities (which Reagan correctly labeled "peace through strength")--were opposed every step of the way by some of the same people who now label that time a simple, "black and white" era where, they now contend, we "all" wanted to prevail. But it can never be forgotten that it was resiliency in the face of liberal opposition to Reagan's initiatives that won the Cold War. With due respect to American liberals, whose patriotism I do not question, the Cold War was won over their dead bodies.

In the midst of this 2007 political battle--with American liberals again trying to lead America's retreat, and this principled President appropriately and bravely standing his ground--can anyone doubt that, ten years from now, the war on terror will similarly be viewed as a "black and white" struggle between good and evil? Surely, it will be. But any liberal who intends to take that position cannot now be advocating a cut and run policy in Iraq.

There also is a lesson in this Cold War history that applies to Iraq today, where again--this time as it relates to their historical views on Saddam--American liberals seem to possess a selective memory. During my stint as a White House aide to former President George H. W. Bush, I can well remember periodically leaving the Washington, D.C. area on various weekends, sometimes returning to the hometown of my youth in Pennsylvania. I would arrive proud of the efforts at the time--and most especially the extraordinary, successful effort by former President George H. W. Bush to end the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.

The successful liberation of Kuwait was widely welcomed by the American people, and former President Bush's approval ratings skyrocketed into the low 90s; no President since has come close to enjoying such widespread support from the American people. But in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, there was a different tone than that which existed inside the Bush White House. Beneath the popularity ratings and support for Kuwait's liberation, there was a lingering disappointment by many Americans--conservatives, moderates and liberals--that Bush, after driving Saddam's forces from Kuwait, did not push on to Baghdad and remove Saddam from power completely.

For those of us up close at the time, it was an absurd idea. Saddam was a brutal dictator in a world filled with brutal dictators. Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm were hugely successful because they defined a clear objective and then pursued it relentlessly, strategically and precisely. What sort of chaos would follow Saddam, in a nation so characterized by bitter conflict between Saddam's Baath party, the opposition Shia (which opposed Saddam's decision not to implement traditional Islamic law, known as the Sharia), the Kurdish opposition, and other factions?

To the great credit of former President Bush, Operation Desert Shield and then Operation Desert Storm were both clearly defined missions whose every initiative was consistent with these clearly-defined objectives, starting with Marlin Fitzwater's brilliant and inspirational February 17, 1991 comment that "the liberation of Kuwait has begun" (a statement of raw genius, both reflecting absolute confidence in the outcome of a battle not yet fought, combined with a rigid definition of what we sought to do), and continuing through the air war and the culmination of the ground war, which ended on February 27, 1991 with Kuwait's absolute liberation.

Contrary to some conventional wisdom at the time, there was nothing cowardly about former President Bush's decision not to drive Saddam from power in 1991. Nor did his decision not to do so in any way condone Saddam's obvious disregard for human rights, which ultimately and properly earned him entry into President George W. Bush's "axis of evil."

Rather, Operation Desert Storm was guided by a number of historical lessons, perhaps most prominent being that regime change can be a dangerous business and the U.S. can never seek to initiate, or even encourage, such change without some clear recognition of what follows a government's collapse. This astute geopolitical recognition justified former President Bush's February 1991 decision not to liberate Iraq from Saddam's autocratic reign, even though such an effort would have enjoyed initial support.

Over ten years later and following the September 11, 2001 attacks, regime change became an imperative in Afghanistan and then, ultimately, in Iraq. They question this war now, but it was not in question in 2002, with liberal Senators Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry and many other current critics of the war voting to authorize the use of force against Saddam.

To be sure, as some of these leading Democrats now conveniently begin to express their opposition to the Iraq War, they will contend, as most of them have already, that they authorized the use of force only because the Bush administration misled them as it related to Saddam's possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs).

But this criticism too is unfair, since the intelligence that led the Bush administration to that conclusion had been widely accepted not just by President Bush, but by his predecessor, Bill Clinton, too. In fact, in justifying former President Clinton's December 1998 air attacks on Baghdad, Sandy Berger, Clinton's National Security Advisor at the time, remarked that "(Saddam) will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983." Then Vice President Gore also recognized the fact that Saddam was harboring WMDs, noting: "We know that (Saddam) has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country."

What absolute audacity for Democrats to now forget these remarks and instead allege that this administration misled them into supporting a war they otherwise would have opposed. American intelligence under both Clinton and Bush indicated that WMDs were in Saddam's possession. It's quite clear that Saddam did historically use WMDs in his war against the Kurds and in the Iraqi-Iranian War. And, shocking as it may be to today's opponents of the Iraq War, it is not entirely inconceivable that Saddam was, in fact, possessing WMDs, just as both the Clinton and Bush administrations believed, when the use of force was authorized. It's certainly an extremely reasonable conclusion that Saddam's political maneuvering around United Nations-ordered inspections, which ultimately invited this war, were not designed to hide nothing.

The issue of WMDs is now ancient history. Whether they did or did not exist, it is now very clear that the Iraq War has become a central front in the war on terrorism. This global war has many fronts, and Iraq is one of them, which is why a dangerous man like Zawahiri is paying such close attention. For Al-Qaeda, much is at stake in Iraq's outcome.

Things will not likely get easier as the November 4, 2008 Presidential election, now 18 months away, nears. Iraq will take on a greater and greater domestic political dimension. So be it.

President Bush's legacy, should he succeed in stabilizing a democratic and peaceful Iraq, will be substantially better appreciated years from now than it is today in the heat of this battle. And should this administration remain engaged and succeed in prevailing in Iraq, the Republican candidate in 2008 will be within bounds in asking an important "what if" question: Where would we be now in this global war on terror if we had accepted Senator Reid and the Democratic party's April 2007 declaration that the Iraq War was "lost?"

Calling this war "lost" may now be hugely politically expedient for some, coming as it does at the height of uncertainty in this critical conflict.

But at such a critical moment, Americans should be comforted by this President, reminded that we have been here before. We well know these dark and freightening paths of uncertainty because we have walked them before, not just cursing their darkness but pointing the way to light. Valley Forge, 1777. Normandy, 1944. The Cuban missile crisis, 1962. The Pershing II deployment, 1981. "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall," 1987. "The liberation of Kuwait has begun," 1991.

Mr. Reid: The common denominators of over 200 years of American greatness may be alien to you, but they are not rooted in your defeatism.

Yes, we know these paths too well. Facing down terror in Iraq, 2007, in a global conflict that safely may be labeled "World War III," our next step could not be more self-evident: America must prevail.

Michael Johns, a health care executive, served previously as a White House speechwriter to President George H. W. Bush and a policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation.  He can be reached at: michaeldjohns@gmail.com.

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