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Demonstrators made it it difficult to get to the Republican Convention Monday.

Freeway off ramps were temporarily blocked by human barricades.

The anarchists chained themselves together with handcuffs covered with tubes then sat down on the ramps.

A couple of weeks ago I asked asked whether the police are ready for anarchy during the RNC.

After watching the police respond Monday, I can answer. Yes the police are ready for the anarchists.

Last Week, the American Issues Project announced a new television advertising campaign examining the relationship between Obama and the unrepentant 1960's domestic terrorist, William Ayers, the former leader of an American terrorist group known as Weather Underground.

The ad -- entitled "Know Enough?" asks a pointed question: "Beyond the speeches, how much do you really know about Barack Obama?"

The ad must be hurting the Democrats' presumptuous nominee because Obama has launched an ad to try and distance himself from Bill Ayers.

The McCain campaign is happy to have a discussion about Obama's relationship with Ayers. McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers responded to the new Obama ad with the following statement:

"The fact that Barack Obama chose to launch his political career at the home of an unrepentant terrorist raises more questions about Senator Obama's judgment than any TV ad ever could. And the fact that he's launching his own Convention by defending his long association with a man who says he didn't bomb enough U.S. targets tells us more about Barack Obama than any of tonight's speeches will."

Obama is making a huge mistake with this ad. The ad will cause the media to focus on the long relationship between Obama and Ayers and dilute, if not drown out, the message trying to be conveyed by the Democrats' National Convention.

Immediately after Obama's appearance with the reverend Rick Warren, the Democrats' presumptuous nominee was interviewed by CBN News Senior National Correspondent, David Brody.

Among other things Brody asked Obama whether the McCain campaign is purposely using imaginary to scare people about him being the anti-Christ. Obama answered yes. You can watch and read a partial transcript of the interview here.

I'm sick and tired of this bovine fecal matter where folks try to refute the McCain campaign ad "The One," by falsely claiming the ad tries to make the Obama out to be the anti-Christ. Watch the ad:

I've watched and watched that ad numerous times. All the ad does is use the Obama's own words to show just how presumptuous and egocentric Obama is. And boy is Obama presumptuous and egocentric.

So lets get this straight. Obama is not the anti-Christ. So says the debunker Snopes. And so say the authors of Left Behind, Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins:

"I've gotten a lot of questions the last few weeks asking if Obama is the antichrist," says novelist Jenkins. "I tell everyone that I don't think the antichrist will come out of politics, especially American politics."

"I can see by the language he uses why people think he could be the antichrist," adds LaHaye, "but from my reading of scripture, he doesn't meet the criteria. There is no indication in the Bible that the antichrist will be an American."

The Obama has no one to blame for folks thinking he might be the anti-Christ, other than Obama.

And don't forget the Obamamessiah theme picked up by the McCain campaign's ad "The One" was started by Hillary. Hillary used the Obamamessiah theme back in February. Then, the Times of London published Gerard Baker's "He ventured forth to bring light to the world -- The anointed one's pilgrimage to the Holy Land is a miracle in action - and a blessing to all his faithful followers."

Now that Obama has finally made his so-called fact-finding trip to Iraq, we find that it was too audacious to expect the antiwar champion of the liberal/progressive left to keep an open mind.

Obama's closed-minded opposition to the surge and support for a firm an arbitrary time table for the withdrawal of troops hasn't changed. When asked if knowing what he knows now, he would support the surge, Obama said no.

On ABC's World News, Obama told Terry Moran that, despite the progress that has occurred in Iraq, he would not have supported the surge:

Moran: "'[T]he surge of U.S. troops, combined with ordinary Iraqis' rejection of both al Qaeda and Shiite extremists have transformed the country. Attacks are down more than 80% nationwide. U.S. combat casualties have plummeted, five this month so far, compared with 78 last July, and Baghdad has a pulse again.' If you had to do it over again, knowing what you know now, would you -- would you support the surge?"

Obama: "No, because -- keep in mind that -"

Moran: "You wouldn't?"

Obama: "Well, no, keep -- these kinds of hypotheticals are very difficult . Hindsight is 20/20. I think what I am absolutely convinced of is that at that time, we had to change the political debate, because the view of the Bush administration at that time was one that I just disagreed with." Moran: "And so, when pressed, Barack Obama says he still would have opposed the surge."

We were warned.

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Earlier today I wrote about the fact that the media is seen as biased, and reporters are trying to help Obama win. Now the New York Times provides more evidence about how the mainstream media makes it difficult for the voters to get information both sides of an issue to make an informed decision about whom to vote for.

Less than a week after the New York Times published an editorial written by Obama -- 'My Plan for Iraq,' the paper rejects McCain's direct rebuttal:

"It would be terrific to have an article from Senator McCain that mirrors Senator Obama's piece," NYT Op-Ed editor David Shipley explained in an email late Friday to McCain's staff. "I'm not going to be able to accept this piece as currently written."

[. . .]

NYT's Shipley advised McCain to try again: 'I'd be pleased, though, to look at another draft.'

[Shipley served in the Clinton Administration from 1995 until 1997 as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Presidential Speechwriter.]

A top McCain source claims the paper simply does not agree with the senator's Iraq policy, and wants him to change it, not "re-work the draft."

[. . .]

Shipley continues: "It would be terrific to have an article from Senator McCain that mirrors Senator Obama's piece. To that end, the article would have to articulate, in concrete terms, how Senator McCain defines victory in Iraq."

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Remembering Tranquility Base.

It's been 39 years since we heard those famous words announcing that humans had finally reached another world:

"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon.

When mission commander Neil Armstrong finally took the "small step," I was watching in the Fillmore West in San Francisco. In a corner of the huge concert hall they had a large screen showing man’s first steps on the moon. The activities at Tranquility Base fit right in with the light show.

Where were you when Armstrong took that the "giant leap for mankind?"

The following video shows the Eagle's descent and landing, Armstrong's first steps on the moon, activities at Tranquility Base, and the Eagle's return to the orbiting Columbia:

Mark Carlson, reports Senator McCain received a warm welcome at the NAACP Convention:

John McCain told the NAACP and some skeptical black voters Wednesday that he will expand education opportunities, partly through vouchers for low-income children to attend private school.

[. . .]

We will pay bonuses to teachers who take on the challenge of working in our most troubled schools -- because we need their fine minds and good hearts to help turn those schools around.

McCain promised to create more internet based learning tools:

I propose to direct 500 million dollars in current federal funds to build new virtual schools, and to support the development of online courses for students. Through competitive grants, we will allocate another 250 million dollars to support state programs expanding online education opportunities

McCain highlighted his support for school choice and vouchers, a major difference with Barack Obama and the teachers' union:

Senator Obama dismissed public support for private school vouchers for low-income Americans as, "tired rhetoric about vouchers and school choice." All of that went over well with the teachers union, but where does it leave families and their children who are stuck in failing school

Unlike Obama, McCain was "not afraid to take questions from the crowd and give answers that weren't popular."

Watch Carlson's report in the following video:

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