WITH JOHN McCAIN HAVING WON THE REQUISITE NUMBER OF DELEGATES TO SECURE THE FORMAL NOMINATION @ the GOP's convention in the Twin Cities later this summer, his closest (if you could call it so) rival, Mike Huckabee, has decided to throw in the towel on any hopes for sure victory.

After all, his religiopolitical pronouncements made Huckabee his own worst joke--not to mention showing that America does not need to see the Presidential role become one of a superdivine "Prophet, Seer and Revelator" as could be a dangerous cover for corruption or scandal which "those meddling blogs" could quickly latch on to.

"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."

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ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, HILLARY RODHAM-CLINTON gave Barack Obama's campaign a hard time, winning the Ohio, Rhode Island and Texas primaries (Vermont went to Obama)--and only made the Democratic delegate picture even more confusing because the net results showed, in effect, a close horse race.

Not to mention suggestions that a Clinton-Obama ticket could appease Democratic voters all the more and settle the likelihood of a "smoke-filled room" scenario come the Democrats' convention in Denver.

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RETURNING TO JOHN McCAIN FOR THE NONCE, His Fraudulency is expected to give his Unqualified Endorsement and Approval of McCain's Presidential campaign as that which will "stay the course" towards Complete and Final Victory in the ur-RAHOWA Against International Terrorism.

As if that weren't enough ... you could just imagine the GOP's super-secret PsyOps section studying a BBC report which suggests that the Kenyan Government was directly and yet (un)consciously involved in provoking rioting and civil disorder following the disputed Presidential elections late last year. Studying it for new and innovative ways by which Indecision 2008 could be "disrupted" to buy time and alibis for the McCain campaign through mentally-unstable agents provocateur playing the role of "terrorists" carrying out Notorious and Infamous Acts of Violence which His Fraudulency could then use to impose a State of National Emergency, thereby suspending the elections indefinitely (or until "the proper signs" have been "confirmed") ... and the real "terrorist" is sent into hiding in Canada (Ste. Anne-de-Beaupré's shrine, perhaps?) just as the "hue and cry" goes into full-on "blood lust" mode, with conditional remittances in the bargain.

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GAZPROM, THE RUSSIAN NATURAL GAS COMPANY, COULD EASILY BE UP THERE WITH NAZI GERMANY'S INFAMOUS IG FARBEN CARTEL because of its notorious and potentially dangerous interconnexions with the State and its unhealthy involvement in irrelevant businesses (notably the media in Putinist Russia) to the point of being on a par with RAMJAC.

Especially because of its "bully boy" tactics when it comes to supplying the natural gas requirements of Europe (including former Soviet republics such as Ukraine, which was under threat of a total gas-supply cutoff unless "past due accounts" were timely settled; fortunately, though, the issue has been resolved without serious disruption to business).

(As if that weren't good enough, OPEC has announced that it would "stay the course" with current oil-production quotas, essentially giving the middle-finger salute to His Fraudulency's minions seeing low gas prices as one with National Identity and Cohesion while concurrently preaching of energy self-sufficency based on "Wise Use" models as are really excusing waste and inefficency.)

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THE CRUDEST OF "PATRIOTS" AND "TRUE AMERICANS" ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE DROOLING IN OVERZEALOUS ENVY (AND THEN SOME) on the news that the Federal Reserve System's Board of Governors (one of their more blatant Enemies of the People) may have been indirectly and (un)consciously involved in such acts, deeds and exploits contributing to the ongoing "sub-prime/Alt-A" mortgage meltdown and its knock-on effects of constrained consumer credit.

Which they'll just love to use in "evidence" to challenge the Federal Reserve's Constitutionality and legality towards "the complete and final reinstatement of sound monetary policy" based on a gold-backed dollar and cash economy as would "encourage morality."

But expect the courts to throw a wrench into any such proceedings--as in dismissing the same as "frivolous" and/or "vexatious," followed more than likely by Rule 13 sanctions (i.e., requiring court permission to file any legal action and posting a guarantee bond of $500).

Not to mention the possibility of the plaintiffs' credibility and sanity coming into question.