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Before I get into my commentary this week, I want to play a little game. I call it the 'Whatever Happened to' game. It's simple. Wanna play?

Whatever happened to:

Enron

Algore

General Yassar Arafat

Dick Cheney's health crisis

Terry MacAuliffe's resignation as the DNC chairmanship

Warren Beatty leaving America

Did you ever hear what has become of:

Socks (the cat)

Buddy's (the dog) replacement

Jesse Jackson

The Afghanistan Oil Pipeline

Notice any pattern here? They're all liberals and/or liberal issues that have faded out for one reason or another. Why is that? Simple. There's no truth to any of them and to the stories that surround them. Let's get on with the next to be faded issues.

Fool Number 1

There are so many fools to write about and so little time.

Actor George Clooney Frustrated by U.S. War Drive; Washington Post/Reuters; Feb 23, 2003

This jerk is soon to fade. Hope I can help him along.

Clooney, who in interviews with European newspapers has accused Bush of war-mongering over Iraq, is on a growing list of Hollywood celebrities to speak out against war. Others include Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Dustin Hoffman, Madonna and director Spike Lee.

Shall we number them fools 2, 3, 4 . . .

"You can't beat your enemy anymore through wars; instead you create an entire generation of people revenge-seeking," Clooney said in the ARD television program "Beckmann."

Brilliant George, just brilliant. Can't we just call you George Looney?

"We can't beat anyone anymore," added Clooney, who has called it unfair that Americans opposed to war are being branded unpatriotic.

Brilliant George, just brilliant. Want to do me a favor? Call the Afghani Taleban and tell them we can't beat anyone. They might be interested to know that bit of information. That is if you can find them.

Talk about FOOLS!!!

I didn't say Looney there was the biggest fool, he just happened to be listed first. The biggest fool is this next guy. The man who never did anything right.

Carter: U.S. Mideast Policy to Blame for Anti-Americanism; AP; Feb 21, 2003

The man who never met a dictator he didn't like.

Former President Jimmy Carter blamed U.S. policy in the Middle East for creating animosity abroad, but he stopped short of taking a stand on war with Iraq.

Funny, I thought it was Ronald Reagan who created the animosity. If the truth be known, it was Peanuts Carter here who created this mess back in the late 70s. The useful idiot single-handedly destabilized the entire middle east region by deposing the Shah of Iran. You don't believe me? Look it up!

The former president, who won the Nobel Peace Prize last year, has refused requests for comment since Secretary of State Colin Powell brought the U.S. case against Saddam Hussein to the U.N. Security Council two weeks ago.

What!!!? Refused to comment? When? He hasn't shut his mouth since he won that stupid leftist prize.

"If Iraq does possess concealed weapons, as is quite likely, Saddam would use them only in the most extreme circumstances, in the face of an invasion of Iraq, when all hope of avoiding the destruction of his regime is lost."

What brilliance from these guys this week! Here Peanuts gives us his take on the problem. What is his opinion worth? Gosh, I don't know. Let's ask the ex-Iran embassy employees who were held captive for 444 days. Think ol' Peanuts has a good track record on reading tea leaves?

Not all fools do foolish things. . .

Then there are fools by the hundreds.

Women bare all for peace; February 24, 2003; By MICHAEL COIT; THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

Anyone ever notice which party always fields these types?

Women who only just met on a Sonoma County ridgetop Sunday shared strong opposition to the looming war in Iraq and were ready to literally bare all to demonstrate their feelings. The weather was cool, but the spirits warm as more than 100 women braved rough grass and ticks to form the words TRUTH, COMPASSION and PASSION with their nude bodies.

Looks like 1 out of 3 ain't bad. I'd say 'passion' was well represented.

"I was just going to come and watch. Then I felt like I wanted to do something positive to offset the fear I feel," said Barbara Bochinski of Santa Rosa, who helped form the letter "U" in TRUTH. "When I was lying down there I felt so positive I didn't mind the cold."

Does anyone in their right mind have a doubt as to how California could re-elect Gray Davis? Democrats evidently feel positive about disrobing for peace.

"There was just a vibe. We all had a common intent," Shannon said. "It doesn't have to be violence and war."

Ooooo, how cosmic! The 'vibe' must have been awesome.

"I'm excited to be part of this," said Kim Monser of Healdsburg. "The gathering of women is always very powerful. There is energy there."

Oooo, there is energy there. Now really folks, does anyone really take these democrats seriously after seeing this?

Clutching a folded blanket after dressing, Monser, who helped form the "U" in TRUTH and an "A" in COMPASSION and PASSION, said she heeded warnings to check for ticks and found one on her stomach.

(gasp) I hope you didn't kill that little tick. Why, PETA might be offended! You want to know the pathetic thing in this entire episode. None of the words have a Y in them. Now that might unleash my passion (big grin).

These guys have the temerity of the French!

We all know how brave the French are. They have a history of surrendering without a fight, but let's take a look here.

Inside the Ring; Washington Times; Feb 28, 2003

This story ought to soothe those nay Sayers out there. Or, perhaps not. Those idiots would complain if they were hung with a new rope.

Morale is low in the Iraqi army and many soldiers are preparing white flags of surrender, we are told by someone in northern Iraq who recently interviewed two defectors from Saddam Hussein's army.

Now I've heard of men preparing for battle. These battle plans undoubtedly came from the French book on 'Warfare'.

One was a captain who defected from the 5th Mechanized Division of the 1st Corps, based near the northern city of Kirkuk. The captain told our informant that the heavy division was only 35 percent combat-effective. The captain said morale was so low that younger soldiers are speaking openly about surrendering - before the first shot has been fired.

Need I say more?

A second soldier, a senior noncommissioned officer, defected from the same division's 34th Brigade, based south of the northern city of Mosul. "He said the whole division was at about 25 percent effectiveness and most soldiers were hiding their white flags," said our source, who spoke recently to both defectors.

Gosh, we know more about hidden white flags than we do about the 14,000 missing missiles in Iraq. Let me make a prediction. Within 4 weeks after this war is over, the left will drag out that famous story about how the US sprayed the enemy with hallucinogens which caused the massive troop surrender. (You read it here first now.)

Intelligence sources in northern Iraq, where both CIA Special Operations Group officers and Army Special Forces are active, said there have been dozens of defectors in the past several weeks. There also are reports that Saddam's henchmen have issued orders to commanders to shoot any deserters they can catch.

And you leftists are against violence (sigh)!

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