Morning Update, 8/06/2007

'08 Presidential Candidates
Jihad Spence: Fred Thompson's pan-Islamist campaign manager (Debbie Schlussel) - Former Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham has been named as Thompson's campaign manager. During his tenure in the Bush cabinet, and before that as a U.S. senator from Michigan, Abraham did all he could to support radical Islam, despite being of Lebanese Christian descent. In fact, there is ample evidence to prove the man committed high treason against the United States. Why would any 'conservative' support this imposter Thompson when he hires a man in favor of Islamic jihad as his campaign manager? This is so transparent as to be laughable. The GOP is practically handing Hillary Clinton the White House on a silver platter!

Clinton takes over $20,000 in Fox News donations (AP) - Speaking of the devil, she is under fire from her rival, John Edwards, for taking campaign contributions from Rupert Murdoch and other top News Corp. executives.

ABC reset Republican debate tally after Ron Paul win? (Free Market News)

Ron Paul: 'We achieved much more in peace than ... unconstitutional, undeclared wars' (breitbart.tv)

Rudolph Giuliani would be 'terrible' president, says his former emergency management director (Telegraph)

Civil Liberties Under Assault
Senate votes to extend wiretapping power (AP) - George W. Bush demanded Congress stay in session until they gave him extended powers to listen in on the communications of anyone deemed to be a suspected terrorist. Democrats caved in on their demand that American citizens would be exempted from government wiretapping.

Economic Unrest
The end of cheap food (Counter Currents) - Ethanol is not the cure-all its trumped up to be.

Illegal Alien Invasion of America
New Haven and Hazelton: A tale of two cities (News With Views) - Devvy Kidd shares her thoughts of two very different approaches to handling the illegal alien crisis in two Northeastern towns.

Billboards erected protesting Oklahoma's new immigration law (Tulsa World)