Wisdom from a .....Chat room?

While arguing with, ok, making fun of, liberals on AOL, I saw this one commenter post this outstanding statement:

Calmal704:The simpleton view of the war on terror: It's all about getting Bin Laden, nothing more. It shouldn't involve changing the culture of chaos and death in the Middle East that breeds terrorism.
What morons


Again, well said.

Shoulda Posted This Earlier

I follow a few vox sites run by military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. The 1st Marine RCT 1 is in Fallajuh. They're doing good work.

This post is about the work they're doing training the women of Iraq to help defend their country.

Sisters of Fallajuh

A patriotic Search Engine

Many citizens use alternative search engines to Google, mostly for political reasons...

Here's a company that doesn't mind being patriotic:

Dogpile

I plan on using it.

Methinks They Doth Protest Too Much

Witin minutes of President Bush's remarks concerning negotiations with terrorists, the gang of usual suspects were on the podiums, the radio shows, and the TV with rants and raves about the President's comments. Well, as my grandmother always said, "It's the scalded dog that yelps first."
The President can say whatever he likes, whenever and wherever he chooses. Thats his job. A country that has battled islamist nutjobs for 60 years and refuses to negotiate with extremists is probably the best place to remind us that the enemy we face views negotiation as a sign of weakness and has stated repeatedly they will lie to further their twisted view of religion and their ultimate goal of world domination. Why negotiate with anyone you know is lying?

The Chinook sabotage in Pennsylvania is a serious matter. Given the propensity of the nutjobs in the anti-war movement in Philadelphia to resort to violence against Americans standing up for our military, as an investigator, the first place I'd be looking is the membership rolls of the Veterans for Peace and the VVAW to see if any of these so called peace protestors work in that plant or have contacts that do. Of course, we can't rule out the isolated islamist nutjob whacko either.

Debbie Lee, mother of Marc Alan Lee, has written a scorching essay on the failure of the dhimmicrat congress to pass the funding bill for Iraq and Afghanistan. The piece is posted here, and wherever else it needs to be posted to get the message out.

Military helicopters vandalized in Pennsylvania, recruiting offices attacked in over 42 cities, funding denied for our troops, Code Pink sending 600,00.00 to the enemy. How many more treasonous acts need to occur before we stand up and say enough is enough? Spineless, gutless, Politicians who are using our troops as pawns in their political power struggle playground repulses and disgusts me. They are willing to jeopardize and put our troops in the crosshairs of the terrorists by there lack in funding our troops. They are more concerned with getting their own way and proving who is in charge of Congress instead of allowing every Senator and representative to be part of the process on the Hill. They by passed the appropriations Committee and didn't allow the Republicans to be part of a serious matter like funding our troops. I'm sure you could hear them loudly singing a very prideful rendition of "I did it my way." I'm sure the troops, including my son who gave up their lives, would love to have done it their way. They knew the attacks on our nation on 9-11 required that the right way was to fight for our freedoms and defend America. In the most unselfish act any American could give they sacrificed their own lives for the freedoms of a nation, for you, for me. They gave their tomorrows, their futures, so that we could have our today. Everyone of our brave men and women serving know that the same price could be required of them too.
What did the leadership on Capitol Hill do with their today? What gratitude did our liberal politicians show them? They yank their funding and play political suicide with the funding bill by attaching the ag amnesty bill to it. What kind of games are they playing with our the lives of our brave men and women serving? Yet they'll be the first to say they "Support our Troops." It's time for us to reclaim America and clean house from the self-centered egotistical politicians who have lost there love for America. Our Founding Father's would rise up from their graves if they could to smack some sense into these politicians to get them to remember the basic principles this nation was founded on. Certain members of Congress are acting like jealous children fighting to get the most attention. I have had it with the traitors in America who continue to do acts that are Anti-American and are destroying our Nation. It's time we hold them accountable and prosecute them for their treasonous acts. We have become a nation that is so tolerant of everything, that we stand for nothing. We have become a spineless nation with no moral compass to direct us to make wise and selfless decisions. We are so myopic and "me" focused that we can't see we are handing this nation to our enemies on a platter. It is time for us as Americans to flood the switchboards of Capitol Hill with our demands to fund our troops. Congress must prepare a clean bill with the involvement of both parties and through the proper channels. We also need to demand that strong measures be taken to arrest and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law those who are committing acts of treason during a time of war by inciting lawless actions. Your today has been paid for by those who gave up their tomorrows. What will you do with your today to honor those who gave it all?

Debbie Lee

Remembering His Sacrific

Marc Alan Lee

First Navy SEAL killed in Iraq
8-2-06

Well, that pretty much covers it, don't you think?

An open letter to Republicans in Virginia

To all the Republicans in Virginia, including Congressman Cantor,

Why are you lying to us?

"John McCain appeals to almost all Republicans. He also appeals to a wide array of independents and conservative Democrats."

What freaking Republicans are those? When you lose 30% of the vote in already decided primaries, you are not a popular guy.

Rep. Tom Cole, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said Democrats have succeeded in running conservatives immune to being tied to the national Democratic Party. He said the solution for Republicans is to work with Mr. McCain to define a new agenda.

A new agenda would be RUNNING AS A CONSERVATIVE, YOU IDIOTS! SEE HOW THE DEMOCRATS DID IT? DO THAT!

"Candidates who hope to succeed must show that they're willing and able to join McCain in a leading movement for reform," House Minority Leader John Boehner, Ohio Republican, said in the wake of Democrat Travis Childer's victory in Mississippi's first congressional district — a seat that had been firmly Republican. In other words, if you don't toe the line, you won't get any help. Guys? What the hell has John McCain ever done for you or the party? If he wants to run as a liberal maverick, let him win it on his own. I'm not sending money or support. He'll be lucky if he gets my vote.

But it is precisely that independent streak that is drawing Republicans to his coattails, hoping he can cleanse them of the stain of gridlocked Washington. Again, what coattails? Cleanse them of a stain of gridlock? Republicans LOVE GRIDLOCK IF IT DEFEATS THE LIBERAL PURPOSES!

Eric Cantor, Republican chief deputy whip in the House of Representatives, told reporters that the McCain brand was healthier than that of his party. Of course its healthier. But, you can consider a leper healthier than the poor bastard dying of the plague. The GOP has shot ITSELF in the head by being LIBERAL, CORRUPT, SPENDTHRIFTS. McCain is popular with the press and "independents." The GOP has NEVER been popular with the press.

"John McCain is a demonstrated vote getter among independents, and his message and what he will be able to do in this election is extremely important." In other words, he can't depend on Republicans to vote for him. What was that about attracting Republicans? C'mon Eric, show some Virginia spine. Stand up for conservatives! You know, the ONES THAT PUT YOU IN OFFICE!

House Republican minority leader John Boehner told Fox News that with McCain at the top of the ticket, his demoralized party might spring a surprise in November. With our luck, he'll pick a Democratic VP.....

"I think that we're going to do a lot better than people think," Boehner said. Better than FUBAR? That's an easy one.

To use a military term that Senator McCain should be familiar with....SNAFU

Look it up.

Oh, and to any actual politicians that want to reply, go ahead and leave a comment

Fred needs to fit actions to his words.

Fred is back!

But, I don't care.

I understand that he is friends with John McCain. I understand that he believes, as many do, that we must unite behind the GOP candidate for the good of the country because the Democratic Party candidates are so horrible. His endorsement of John McCain was, admittedly, weak:

"This is no longer about past preferences or differences. It is about what is best for our country and for me that means that Republican should close ranks behind John McCain," Thompson said in a statement reported by the Associated Press.

He did NOT say that McCain was the best candidate of the the race....

That said, having endorsed McCain, the Republican candidate most despised by the GOP, how can he say this(emphasis mine):

"Our nation has some serious issues to work through for today … and for the next generation. Now isn’t the time for conservatives to be looking for a tailored message or a politically expedient route to victory if the end result is going to be the inevitable slide toward the liberalization and secularization of America, and the growth of government and loss of freedom that inevitably ensues. For us conservatives it must be about principles and policies that are grounded in freedom, free markets and the rule of law."

If McCain is not the embodiment of a tailored, expedient politician, then, who is? (Other than the Dems)
If Fred truly believes his own statement, he needs to get busy, get involved with the campaign, and use whatever influence his supposed friendship gives him to attempt to rein in John McCain.

Happening Rat Now

and I don't mean rat like in mouse;

Thus Spake Ortner from The Sniper, is blogging the IVAW testimony to the Congressional Progressive Caucus. He's listening to the radio and Jonn from This Aint Hell is inside the Hearing Room with Coby from GoE as his bodyguard.

It will be updated almost hourly as the hearing progresses. There's some good stuff already up.

GI Film Festival in DC

I had this earlier this week, lost it, and Michelle jumped on it.
Since we've promoted JD Johannes "Outside the Wire" on this site and other sites, it makes sense to tell you about this.

From Michelle's blog:

An awesome event kicks off in Washington, D.C. today. It’s the GI Film Festival, honoring the successes and sacrifices of the American G.I. They’ve got an excellent line-up of documentaries, debuts, panels, celebrities, and most importantly, military
heroes. If you have a chance, go.
A few highlights:
On Friday, my friends David Chavarria and JD Johannes debut Outside The Wire: Danger Close.

Vets for Freedom Endorses McCain-Graham Bill

Vets for Freedom Supports Revised GI Bill
STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 14, 2008
(Washington DC)

Vets for Freedom urges Senate members to work together to pass a GI Bill that not only addresses the immediate need for increased financial and educational benefits, but that also takes into account the unique dynamics of today’s all-volunteer force. The US military is working hard to increase its ranks in order to meet strategic needs across the globe; and as a result, it is imperative that recruitment and retention are both addressed as part of any GI Bill.

The Webb Bill correctly recognizes the rising costs of secondary education, and the importance of pegging yearly benefit increases to educational inflation indices, rather than the Consumer Price Index, which would require Congress to revisit the issue in a few years. The Webb Bill also allows for the accrual of Active Duty benefits for Reservists and National Guardsmen, many of which have seen repeated deployments.

On the other hand, the McCain-Graham Bill substantially increases monthly educational benefits and could be implemented immediately; while the Webb Bill would take over a year to implement and would require a new layer of Pentagon bureaucracy. The McCain-Graham Bill also rewards troops who remain in the military, providing strong incentives for our best and brightest to continue their service and support a growing force. "Both the Webb and McCain-Graham bills have valuable aspects that address the needs of our military and our men and women in uniform." said Pete Hegseth, Executive Director of Vets for Freedom. "Vets for Freedom trusts that those involved will work toward a compromise to integrate the best aspects of both bills, and ensure its passage and implementation in a timely manner.

"Vets for Freedom is a nonpartisan organization established by combat veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Its mission is to educate the American public about the importance of achieving success in these conflicts by applying our first-hand knowledge to issues of American military strategy. For more information, please visit www.vetsforfreedom.org.

A source of income for the state of Virginia.

The crisis du jour is the transportation "crisis." Gov. Kaine wants to raise taxes for more the transportation fund. Its being said that the lack of funds will cause our road network to fall apart.

Of course, cutting spending in other places is never mentioned. By either party. Apparently we only have one party actually in place in the Capitol. Once they get in office, the politicians seem to join the "tax and spend party."

Well, here's an idea that will solve more than one problem, depending on who has the authority to allow it. If the Governor is the authority, he should allow it. If we need the federal gov't to allow it, the Governor should petition for it.

Open up our coastal waters for oil and gas exploration and development.

Oh, no! The environment will be destroyed!

Nope. Lousiana and Texas allows oil development and those stated are RENOWNED for their fisheries and wildlife.

What brought this to mind was an editorial in the Washington Times (can't find it online) praising the comeback of the Crescent City. In this DEMOCRATIC STATE, even though Gov. Jindal is a Republican, with all of the recovery expenses, they are thinking of phasing out the state income tax. Are we saying that our road MAINTENANCE is more urgent and expensive than the rebuilding of southern Lousiana? And Richmond should keep an eye on New Orleans' tryout of school vouchers.

(emphasis mine)
Mr. Jindal scrapped a business-utilities tax and accelerated the repeal of manufacturing-equipment and business-debt levies. A seemingly sympathetic legislature is weighing a 10-year phaseout of state income taxes. While some fret that revenues will winnow, Mr. Jindal says he would approve such radical tax relief, if lawmakers identify matching spending reductions. Supply-side growth and resulting revenues, of course, could replenish state coffers. Offshore oil royalties also are gushing in, making tax cuts more "affordable."

Meanwhile, Mr. Jindal advocated a $10 million experiment involving 1500 school vouchers. Charter schools are blooming like magnolias.

He meant it, then, and he still means it today.

I was fooling around in our comments when I found this OUTSTANDING comment by Alpheus in reply to a question from our friend Grumpy. I had to post it. This byplay was in reaction to

I Said It, I Meant it, Live With It

(I thought this was relevant with all this talk of race in the air because of the Democratic nomination contest.)

Why does it appear, that you are a minority within black America? I suspect you are not as much a minority as it may seem, but yet very few black Americans stand up and shout like this. My wife does, I have a few friends that do... but by and large it doesn't happen. Why?
Grumpy


I think that it is just a stigmatism that has been put on anything Republican and/or conservative in the black community.

The far left has been in control of politics in the black community for over three decades now, and they have associated anything that is not liberal with racism, sexism, homo-phobia, greed, and "bible-thumping." The last is particularly ironic, since there is no shortage of new churches being built in black communities.

I am seeing more signs that this is ready to change but it takes a high-profile action that garners attention and gets mass media time to bring up the needed conversation. Once that happens, more people will begin to talk honestly about how they feel on social issues and they will begin to see how conservative the black community really is, and will begin to act accordingly (once the liberal guilt-pushing is removed.)

The earliest case of this is what happened when Bill Cosby spoke his mind about issues with hip-hop culture and lax social standards in the black community. He was, at first, slapped down by the black left wing for "airing our dirty laundry" in front of whites, but the MAJORITY of blacks who listened to him APPLAUDED HIM. Soon, his comments got so much momentum (and it was the truth, mind you) even black liberals were forced to acknowledge he was right.

It CAN be done, but it is going to take someone well respected in the community who is not afraid of criticism and is willing to stick to the truth when the left wing comes in to destroy him/her for their viewpoint.

f22strike

The coming war with Iran

Our brother, Concretebob was nice enough to link to an interesting post at the new blog, The Talon: Should Iran Last Another Year?

Well, that got me to think'n...always a dangerous thing. So I went looking, and found some int'rest'n stuff....

A fellow squid, The Yankee Sailor, has a four part series concerning Iran: Building a Case for war in Iran

Over at Counterpunch, Andrew Cockburn shows that at least some Democrats support the war on terror, even though they don't sound like it:
...President Bush signed a secret finding authorizing a covert offensive against the Iranian regime that, according to those familiar with its contents, "unprecedented in its scope."
All this costs money, which in turn must be authorized by Congress, or at least a by few witting members of the intelligence committees. That has not proved a problem. (My problem with this, that I feel I should emphasize, is: If this is a SECRET finding, how does this guy know? There is no source. And his writing history shows a distinct anti-Bush admin lean. But, if true, GREAT!)

Information Dissemination has an OUTSTANDING timeline putting this all together: with a link to theory behind it at Stratfor.

And to top it all off, Iraq is finally confronting Iran about its interference in Iraqi affairs. By Omar Fadhil, PJM Baghdad editor. His own blog is Iraq The Model.

"The message is quite clear and simple. Baghdad sent a delegation last week to ask Iran to stop the flow of weapons and support to Shia militias. When the delegation returned empty-handed, the government immediately announced through spokesman Ali Dabbagh that it will work to collect and display evidence of this support. A day later the conversation escalated with the above statements. The question is: is Iran going to respond reasonably or is it going to keep denying its involvement in the crime? And if it does, I wonder what the next escalation in the conversation is going to look like."

The truth about oil refineries....

"There hasn't been a new oil refinery built for 30 years!" True.....sort of.

A more accurate phrase would be, "There hasn't been a new oil refinery built for 30 years, but we've been expanding the old ones...."

Motiva Port Arthur Refinery to Become Largest Refinery in United States
21 Sep 2007

Final investment decision made on plans to expand refinery to 600,000 barrels per day

Motiva Enterprises LLC announced today that its owners authorized the company to proceed with a 325,000 barrel-per-day (b/d) capacity expansion at its Port Arthur, Texas refinery. The expansion will increase the refinery’s crude oil throughput capacity to 600,000 b/d, making it the largest refinery in the U.S. and one of the largest in the world.

"The expansion is designed to strengthen our nation’s supply of gasoline, diesel, aviation fuels and high quality base oils," said William B. Welte, Motiva President and Chief Executive Officer. "As the demand for a variety of fuels continues to grow, Motiva is committed to being the supplier of choice in the eastern and southern U.S. for conventional fuels as well as biofuels."

The 325,000 b/d expansion at Port Arthur is equivalent to building the first new refinery in the U.S. in more than 30 years. The new production capacity is expected to be online in 2010 and will increase Motiva’s supply of Shell-branded fuels to the company’s wholesale and direct supply markets.

Motiva’s expansion will lower most types of emissions from refinery operations on a per barrel basis by utilizing advanced technology in all new system installations and replacing existing systems. The expansion of the refinery will decrease emissions from present day levels for ozone precursors, specifically nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds.

Did you see that key phrase, "decrease emissions...?" Why won't the environmentalists let us build modern clean facilities? They must secretly hate the earth!

My fellow Louisianan at Mostly Cajun, All American and Opinionated (that could be me....) has this interesting observation:
"To anyone outside the petrochemical world that old “There hasn’t been a new oil refinery built in the US for thirty years” statement is almost laughable, because EVERY refinery I know of (and I know some major players here on the central Gulf Coast) has INCREASED capacity in the past thirty years. YOUR Federal and state governments have made it very difficult to start from scratch. They’re doing a great job of making it difficult to expand existing plants. But people who process oil are in the business to make money and they want to make it processing oil. So when you pay four bucks a gallon at the pumps, think of the refiner’s bills to pay legal and environmental staffs seven figures to fill out paperwork and jump through hoops to build, expand, or just keep on running."

Now, how much expansion do you think will happen when Hillary takes an extra $10 Billion away from those "eeeeevviiil" oil companies.

The best part:

The expansion is projected to generate more than 4,500 construction jobs and about 300 new full-time jobs upon completion. Motiva is working with the Texas Work Force Commission, Southeast Texas Workforce Development Board, Lamar State College – Port Arthur, represented work groups, vocational institutions and local school systems to recruit and train qualified members of the workforce to take full advantage of the job opportunities. Many local sub-contractors have already been hired for the project.

"And those are NOT minimum wage jobs, folks. Thousands of people have lived good lives and raised families, built lives and communities around these facilities. I know. I’m one."

Aren't the Democrats the party of the "working man?" How many jobs will be lost to government taxation under the Democrats energy plan?

McCain: "I voted against the Kyoto Treaty before I wanted to vote for it....

Yet again, McCain opens his mouth and drives away the GOP base......

The United States Senate refused to ratify the Kyoto Treaty. It was dead BEFORE arrival. President Clinton, seeing the writing on the wall, did not submit the treaty. Senator McCain was a member of that august body. So, if the Kyoto treaty was bad for America then, why is it such a good idea now, Senator McCain?

The Kyoto Treaty advocated reduced "greenhouse" gas emissions to a certain level below the 1990 levels. Kyoto is a 'cap and trade' system that imposes national caps on the emissions of Annex I countries. On average, this cap requires countries to reduce their emissions 5.2% below their 1990 baseline over the 2008 to 2012 period. Kyoto created a framework and a set of rules for a global carbon market, there are in practice several distinct schemes or markets in operation today, with varying degrees of linkages among them. (And we know how Al Gore made out from that. There's noooo chance of fraud in this scheme.....)

Now here's McCain's take:(sound familiar?)
"I will not shirk the mantle of leadership that the United States bears. I will not permit eight long years to pass without serious action on serious challenges. I will not accept the same dead-end of failed diplomacy that claimed Kyoto. (Uh, weren't YOU a Senator that refused to ratify? And what's with this "8 years" crap? Clinton is the one that didn't submit it. Still crapping on your own side to look like one of the cool kids, again....)

McCain's major solution is to implement a cap-and-trade program on carbon-fuel emissions, like a similar program in the Clean Air Act that was used to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions that triggered acid rain.
Industries would be given emission targets, and those coming in under their limit could sell their surplus polluting capacity to companies unable to meet their target.
McCain wants the country to return to 2005 emission levels by 2012; 1990 levels by 2020; and to a level sixty percent below that by 2050.

"As never before, the market would reward any person or company that seeks to invent, improve, or acquire alternatives to carbon-based energy," he said. "More likely, however, there will be some companies that need extra emissions rights, and they will be able to buy them. (Al Gore must be insane with glee......)

More McCain Wisdom:
“We have many advantages in the fight against global warming, but time is not one of them. Instead of idly debating the precise extent of global warming, or the precise timeline of global warming, we need to deal with the central facts of rising temperatures, rising waters, and all the endless troubles that global warming will bring.”

“We know that greenhouse gasses are heavily implicated as a cause of climate change. And we know that among all greenhouse gasses, the worst by far is the carbon-dioxide that results from fossil-fuel combustion.” (Apparently he hasn't heard the latest: that the world is entering a cooling period, there is record snow fall and ice coverage, and that CO2 IS NOT the most effective "green house gas", but water vapor is. Idiot)

The worst part is this: McCain has long expressed a belief in global warming, arguing that even if he is wrong, acting as if the planet's temperature were increasing would only benefit the environment if scientists subsequently proved he was mistaken.
(So in other words, "its ok if I destroy the economy on a flawed theory and junk science because I think it will make the environment better."

From Powerline: If McCain is looking for a sensible energy policy, he might start with these recommendations from the Science and Environmental Policy Project:

Our policy recommendation is to phase out natural gas (methane) for electric power generation (now about 20% in US and 40% in UK), replace it with coal/nuclear, and use gas as a clean transportation fuel (in the form of Compressed Natural Gas -- CNG) for buses, trucks, and all fleet vehicles. In the US case it would cut oil imports by 30%. Further cuts would come from the use of plug-in and hybrid-electric cars.

I'm wrong. The worst part is that McCain is STILL the more "conservative" of the three main candidates.......

That's why I bought a shirt with the proper elections message. And I will be wearing it on election day.

We CAN Drill Our Way Out

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The statement today by Senator Dick "The Turban" Durbin that "we can't drill our way out of this..." is partially true. If we don't have the refinery capacity to produce the gasoline from the crude oil, that statement is true. I don't care how much crude oil you pull out of the ground, if you can't refine it into gasoline, you may as well leave it in the ground. We have not seen a new refinery built in 30+ years. You can thank the Turban and his enviro-nazi wackos for that. The propensity for the extreme left to dictate economic policy that puts mainstream Amercians in a budget busting situation by increasing the price of everything we use is well documented. Looking back, you'd think they'd planned it that way.
Dr. Thomas Sowell has a piece today that puts this in perspective. Here are a few observations from one of the smartest men I've ever read:

If corporate "greed" is the explanation for high gasoline prices, why are the government's taxes not an even bigger sign of "greed" on the part of politicians-- since taxes add more to the price of gasoline than oil company profits do?
Whatever the merits or demerits of Senator John McCain's proposal to temporarily suspend the federal taxes on gasoline, it would certainly lower the price more than confiscating all the oil companies' profits. But it would not be as emotionally satisfying.
Senator Barack Obama clearly understands people's emotional needs and how to meet them. He wants to raise taxes on oil companies. How that will get us more oil or lower the price of gasoline is a problem that can be left for economists to puzzle over. A politician's problem is how to get more votes-- and one of the most effective ways of doing that is to be a hero who will save us from the villains.
While economists are talking supply and demand, politicians are talking compassion, "change" and being on the side of the angels-- and against drilling for our own oil.
Has any economist ever attracted the kinds of cheering crowds that Barack Obama has-- or even the crowds attracted by Hillary Clinton or John McCain?
If you want cheering crowds, don't bother to study economics. It will only hold you back. Tell people what they want to hear-- and they don't want to hear about supply and demand.
No, supply and demand is not too "complex." It is just not very emotionally satisfying

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL THE MOTHERS!

Moms are always special, and today is the day that we take time out to make sure that we say thankyou, so...

THANKS MOM!!!

Michelle Says 'No' To Hillary As VP

Not many times do I get to declare a Rush Limbaugh-style "see-I-told-you-so," so I'm going to savor this one. Many moths ago I told you that Hillary will not be taking a VP slot to Obama because of 2 factors:

1. Hillary would never settle for second place, and
2. Michelle Obama is not going to have Hillary around. She is the VP, (continuing a Democrat tradition, maybe, hmm. Wonder who started that?)

Anyway, I am proven right; Robert Novak has an article on Real Clear Politics saying that, not Obama, but Michelle has put the stomp down on any thoughts of Hillary as VP.

"Close-in supporters of Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign are convinced he never will offer the vice presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Clinton for one overriding reason: Michelle Obama."

Sometimes, it's great to be me.

As I said back then -- and took a lot of flack for it -- the primary reason that Hillary as VP would never happen is Michelle Obama. Michelle is a black woman, and no black woman that I know of is going to take the "queen bee" syndrome that Hillary would have as president or VP. Black women are territorial in one of the strongest ways, and Barack is Michelles' territory. Michelle is going to establish herself as Barack's most trusted confidant and will wield the power of Barack's presidency. In a "Michelle-presidency", Hillary's role as VP will be funerals, and "other duties as assigned" and NO CLINTON is going to go for that. And if Mrs Clinton tries one of her tantrums, we will find out just how big of a punch she can take -- and I mean that literally.

Trust me, I have been married to two of them, and dated more than that.
Add that to our current knowledge of Michelle's "black power" streak running through her, and that Mrs. Clinton has already set the precedent for the Presidents' wife holding policy power in the White House, and you have a recipie for World War 3 right here on our own soil.

I pity the true Barack VP, whoever it is. Michelle will be VP/Co-president, and whoever the guy is that will hold the office of VP, he will find himself put in his place real quick.