THE POINT RIDER REPUBLICAN

Pelosi Going To Hiroshima

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set this week to be the highest-ranking sitting US official to visit the site of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, which bitterly divides opinion six decades later.

No sitting US president or vice president has ever paid respects to the dead of the US nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, a sore point for many survivors in Japan.

Pelosi will travel to Hiroshima for a meeting of parliament speakers from the Group of Eight major industrial nations. Pelosi, who is second in line to the presidency, is a member of Barack Obama's Democratic Party.

On Tuesday, Pelosi and the other speakers will lay flowers at a memorial in Hiroshima, hear testimony from a bomb survivor and hold discussions on disarmament, according to Japanese officials"

All these "House Speaker Trips" Pelosi is taking are a drain on the tax-payers!

Man Hiding By ATM In Salinas Shot By Police

And the creep had an AK47:

"A Salinas Police officer was dispatched to a suspicious person in the parking lot of the Wells Fargo in the strip mall at Boronda and Natividad (the bank is actually at the corner of Arcadia and Natividad).

The report described an Hispanic male with a red 49ers hooded sweater hiding in the shrubs across from the ATM machines."

"The officer turned west onto Arcadia from Natividad and immediately saw the suspect who was across Arcadia standing on the sidewalk on the south side of the road.

The officer stopped his car and got out, directing the suspect to sit on the sidewalk.

The suspect suddenly reached into his waistband and began pulling out a rifle from his pants.

The officer shouted at the suspect to drop the weapon, however the suspect continued his draw.

The officer opened fire with his pistol, striking the suspect several times.

The suspect’s weapon appears to be a loaded AK-47 style rifle."

Tax-payers will be spared the bill of keeping this perp in prison.

He's dead.

Eleven Dead From Listerosis Outbreak In Canada

Six more deaths possibly related to listeria ridden meat products are under investigation:

"OTTAWA-Eleven deaths have now been linked to the outbreak of listeria, Canadian health officials said Sunday.

At a news conference, officials from Public Health Agency Canada said they have now officially attributed 11 deaths - nine in Ontario, one in B.C. and one in Alberta - to the outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes bacterium. The latest death was in Ontario, but no details about the victim were released.

Officials said the bacterium was the underlying or contributing cause in those deaths.

A further six deaths are under investigation to determine whether they are also the same genetic fingerprint as the others. The agency said there are 33 confirmed cases and 25 suspected cases of listeriosis where people have fallen ill.

Maple Leaf Foods began a recall of deli meat products Aug. 17 after listeria, a potentially fatal bacterium, was found in its Toronto plant. Since then, more than 200 products have been recalled after being linked to the outbreak. Dozens of other brands have also been pulled off store shelves and from fast food outlets across the country."

Here's a link to all their products on the pull list.

Yuck!

Obama And Biden Launch Sexist Attack On Palin

Their angle?

Reduce Sarah Palin to eye-candy:

"There’s a gigantic difference between John McCain and Barack Obama and between me and I suspect my vice presidential opponent,” Biden said at an outdoor rally Sunday, getting ready to hit the GOP ticket for their economic policies.

“She’s good-looking,” he quipped."

At the rooftop rally, both Biden and Obama commented on Palin for the first time without prompting from reporters. Obama joked he’s now considering going to Palin’s home state of Alaska – the only state he says he hasn’t visited – but chose to focus his comments on her position on equal pay for women.

“John McCain’s new VP nominee seems like a very engaging person, a nice person. But I’ve got to say, she’s opposed - like John McCain is - to equal pay for equal work. That doesn’t make much sense to me.”

Palin spokeswoman Maria Comella called Obama's comments a disgrace and "an absurd accusation."

Obama later made sure his running mate realizes he's good-looking as well.

“You see, she thinks you’re gorgeous too Joe,” said Obama. “Jill goes back home and look what happens!”

Blah,blah,blah,blah.....

All this mindless banter about "looks" coming from Biden and Obama is bottom-feeding.

Don't Democratic female voters realize what a "sexist" attack is?

It's coming from their male candidates.

Wake up, libbie Ladies!

I think Geraldine Ferraro knows what's going on and she won't say who she's voting for.

New McCain-Palin Add

New McCain-Palin on Y-Tube

Alan Colmes-"Dip-scheisse of the liberal world"

IF liberals had any background at all in genetics, they would know that pre-natal care has nothing to do with the genetic condition called Down's Syndrome.

But hey, the biosciences are not a liberal forte.

Science period....eludes their neuronal capacity.

Gustav And The Animals

Another horrendous hurricane is barrelling down the chute toward Louisiana.

Organizations are in place to assist people, but associations for animals have been busy too establishing places where people can take their pets and farm critters:

"The American Humane Association has deployed a team ofAnimal Emergency Services personnel to Shreveport, La., to assist in sheltering Louisiana residents' pets as evacuees flee their homes ahead of Hurricane Gustav. As of this morning, more than 400 animals had already arrived at the shelter.

American Humane's Red Star Animal Emergency Services(TM) responders arrived Friday at the mega shelter in Shreveport, along with numerous other national and local animal welfare agencies, including ASPCA, Best Friends, Code 3, HSUS, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Noah's Wish and United Animal Nations, among others. As thousands flee the New Orleans area, many are transporting their animals to the mega shelter to ensure that they are cared for throughout the ordeal. In an effort to keep animals close to their owners, the American Red Cross shelter for people is located near the animal shelter.

American Humane's fleet of Animal Emergency Services vehicles, including its 82-foot-long "Rescue Rig," is stationed outside the expected area of hurricane impact until the storm has passed. The Rescue Rig will then be available to support search-and-rescue operations for animals trapped in homes and surrounding areas.

The last time American Humane deployed to Louisiana for a major animal emergency response was following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, in 2005. During that six-week deployment, American Humane played a key role in the largest animal rescue operation in U.S. history, participating in the rescue and sheltering of thousands of animals, as part of a collaboration of animal welfare organizations.

"Knowing the devastation caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, it's critical that we can provide residents a safe place for their animals before the storm hits, so residents don't hesitate to evacuate, and so they can focus on keeping themselves safe," said Debrah Schnackenberg, senior director - Animal Emergency Services for American Humane."

Let's pray that the hurricane starts fizzling out before it hits.

Massive Anti-Narco Rally In Mexico

Mexicans are taking a stand against the violence that has gripped the country.

Narco-terrorists who recently went head-hunting and collected 16 heads last week have resulted in 150,000 people taking to the streets in protest:

"The rallies were held in all of Mexico's 32 states, with more than 150,000 people gathering at Zocalo square in the capital, Mexico City."

"Many carried national flags - a sign that they want a unified country in the fight against crime.

Others carried banners bearing slogans such as "No more impunity" and "No more revoking sentences". Others carried pictures of their children who had been kidnapped.

"The most frustrating thing has been the indolence of many of the authorities, their insensitivity," said the father of Monica Alejandrina Ramirez, who was kidnapped in 2004 and has not been heard of since.

"I have often asked myself, why? Why me? Why my daughter?"

Once everyone had arrived at Zocalo square and the sun had set, they sang the national anthem, and put out their candles together."

I have great respect for these people.

They are protesting in their OWN country against their OWN government.

They are finally demanding that the rich hombre gordos in Mexico's so-called government DO SOMETHING to stop these criminal cartel Narcos who are terrorizing citizens by mass shootings, beheadings and hit-lists written in BLOOD hung in the city squares.

Presidente Calderon and his buddies had better get off their butts and throw the cartel payoff money out of their pockets. The Mexican government is an accomplice to drug cartel savagery.

Feet Of The Winners

One set of feet fought a valiant war and walked out of a POW camp.

The other set of feet grew up in home-town America and walked right into the governor's office in Alaska.

I bet she can relate to those angry people Obama spoke of "who cling to their guns and religion"

Oh, and by the way, the Obama racist angle has now been effectively neutralized.

Voting for a first female V.P. certainly isn't in the "Racist" category.

It's about time that people in the Obama camp realize that skin color is no longer an issue with Americans.

McCain is one smart cookie.

McCain The Mentor

McCain is a maverick and there's no doubt about that, but picking Sarah Palin as his V.P. may not be just play for female votes.

I think there is a larger plan in mind for Gov. Paulin.

"The great threat to the Obama-Biden ticket can be captured in one word: authenticity.

There is something unaffected and "unsophisticated" (in the Columbia, Princeton, Harvard and University of Chicago meanings of the word) about Governor Palin. She really was point guard of a state championship basketball team. She really is a competent hunter. She is a hockey mom. She has one son about to go to Iraq.

She has 13 years in elected office.

By any practical standard she has done far more in the real world with much more spontaneity and practicality than Barack Obama. And there is something deeply real and courageous about John McCain ignoring most of his advisers and all of the "insider wisdom" to reach out to a younger woman whose greatest characteristic is undaunted courage and a willingness to clean out the corruption in her own party.

This is a moment of stunning authenticity versus a sad collapse on the part of the Obama campaign from " change you can count on" to politics as usual, as marked by Obama's choice of a senator first elected when Palin was 9 years old."

Sarah Palin is like a breath of fresh Alaskan air.

She's conservative, yet she has charisma....that beautiful, TOUGH lady in a navy blue suit may one day end up being America's Margaret Thatcher.

If she has a sense of humor like the Gipper.....she's got it made.

That's the Republican party's plan for Palin.

McCain and his cohorts have infused the "grand OLD party" with "real people"!

"The interactive online Zogby survey shows that both Obama and McCain have solidified the support among their own parties - Obama won 86% support of Democrats and McCain 89% of Republicans in a two-way head-to-head poll question not including the running mates. When Biden and Palin are added to the mix, Obama's Democratic support remains at 86%, while McCain's increases to 92%."

LOLLLL!

Do real people like the reality of Gov.Palin?

Yup.

Elderly Man Killed Outside VFW Hall

Three individuals approached a senior standing outside a VFW hall in Philly and shot him in the face:

"Philadelphia police said a 78-year-old veteran was shot and killed while standing outside a Veterans of Foreign Wars post in an apparent robbery attempt.

The shooting happened on the 2000 block of North 33rd Street around 6p.m. Friday.

Enor Williams, a Korean War veteran, had been talking to a friend while attending a party at the VFW in the city's Strawberry Mansion neighborhood, police said.

Three men approached and the gunman pushed Williams against a wall; a struggle ensued and the veteran was shot in the face.

The three young men fled and Williams was later pronounced dead at Temple University Hospital. No arrests had been made as of Saturday, Lt. Mark Deegan said."

No descriptions of the perpetrators?

Police are probably afraid other Vets would go hunt the killers down.

It will come to that one day.

Too many service members, or people in their families,are being killed on American streets in the last year or so.

Makes you wonder.....