Someone who loves Cindy Sheehan needs to get through to her. Do a leftwing intervention or something. In an article today Cindy explains why she is going back to Crawford, which is fine, but she has to cross the line. She has to insult all those soldiers and parents who have lost a child in the war: (emphasis mine)
"What is the noble cause that he says my son died for? The answer to that question will not bring my son back. But it may stop more meaningless deaths. Because every death is now a meaningless one."
OMG! If I had a child in the military I think I would be making a trip to Crawford myself and have a little talk with Mrs. Sheehan. I understand she is lost in her grief, but that does not mean she gets to insult others who have suffered the same loss, but feel very differently about the meaning of their child's death.
If all I wanted was the left to look bad then I would encourage Cindy in her quest to insult all Americans who support the war. But this is too painful to watch. If Democrats care about their party, then they need to make it clear that they don't agree that our soldier's sacrifices are meaningless.
Because if you don't make your voice heard, then Cindy's painful remarks will be all that is heard.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
No. No. NO.
Gearing Up.
Leftwing groups are gearing up for a fight against John Roberts. You may be aware that they have requested and received 250 trillion notes and opinions from Robert's past work, but you may not know that they have also requested notes that he passed to girls in 7th grade.
Ok, not really. But even that wouldn't surprise me. The attitude now is to keep digging until proper dirt can be found. It is a wonder we get any decent people appointed in government given the witch hunts that occur now.
Who needs it? Roberts can make a very comfortable living in private life. I don't know why any one would want to go through the smear campaign of being appointed to high government positions.
Dear Abby,
My husband is a liar and a cheat. He has cheated on me from the beginning, and when I confront him, he denies everything. What's worse, everyone knows he cheats on me. It is so humiliating. Also, since he lost his job three years ago he hasn't even looked for a new one. All he does is buy cigars and cruise around and jokes with his pals, while I have to work to pay the bills. Since our daughter went away to college he doesn't even pretend to like me and hints that I am a lesbian. What should I do?
Signed,
Clueless
Dear Clueless:
Grow up and dump him. For Pete's sake, you don't need him anymore, you're a United States Senator from New York, act like it.
Stolen from Atlas Shugs (because it was too funny not to)
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
No! Wait! Stop! Your In The Right Place!
Yes! I changed my look. I got so many comments about the pink and I never thought about the workplace. Anyway, please keep commenting on the "Tell Me About Yourself" post. When I changed, it deleted my comments, but I copied and pasted those on one comment there. I am trying to do the rest. (at least the most recent)
Hope you like it!!
One more thing. I am trying to decide whether to go back to Haloscan comments or not. Tell me which one you like best.
Bizarre.
I don't keep up with Pat Robertson much. I have never seen The 700 Club, but you would have had to have been asleep all day to miss his bizarre statements regarding assassinating Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
Truly strange.
Got a few days to read? Well, it doesn't get more fascinating than this. These are the interviews with the firefighters that survived 9-11 after the fact. Here is a gripping one I picked at random to read. I am sure they are all riveting. I'm reading them now and I can't stop. Now I can't remember where I got this link from. Sorry.
God. I just get so emotional reading or hearing about 9-11.
Tell me a little about yourself.
Comments From Left Field had this survey on his blog and I thought it was a great idea. If I can know a bit more about you and why you read this blog, maybe I can do better here. Feel free to post with a different name if you don't want even your online identity known. No need for an e-mail either.
Some suggested questions:
What is your gender?
What is your age?
What is your ethnicity?
Where are you located (eg. Pittsburgh, PA)?
What is your political affiliation if any?
What issues are most important to you?
Why do you read this blog?
Where did you find out about this blog?
What would you like to see more of? Less of?
Do you have a blog? URL?
Never Again.
I was surprised at how emotional I got watching the last half of "Inside 9-11" last night on the Discovery Channel. I can only imagine the memories it brought back for those who lived in NYC and Washington D.C. I truly do not see how anyone watching this documentary can be against this war.
One can argue all day about specifically going into Iraq. Fine. But it important to remember that a country didn't attack us, a belief did. And that belief is blowing itself up almost daily in Iraq. Whether those are men from Iraq or other Arab nations, they are the terrorists and we are killing them by the thousands over there. In February, an unnamed senior military official told CNN that the US military believes it killed between 10,000 and 15,000 guerrillas in combat last year. Dead terrorists. Lots and lots of them. Sounds good to me.
In my comments section there is a soldier who served with Casey Sheehan. He says that 5 other servicemen where killed the day Casey died, but for every one of them, they killed anywhere from 100-200 terrorists. And that was just one day. No one has convinced me yet that killing those monsters that seek to destroy our way of life is making this world a more dangerous place. No one can convince me that these men were just average citizens until we came along and then decided to blow themselves up along with fellow Arabs, including children. No. This mindset was made long ago.
Say what you will about the reasons we went into Iraq, but the fact is that our Special Ops discovered and destroyed a international terrorist camp in Iraq the first week of our invasion. Radical Muslims, such as the ones who flew those planes into our buildings, are spread throughout the region. Right now they are going into Iraq so they can be "martyrs." So I will ask you this. Where else would we have gone to fight the terrorists? We had destroyed and killed them in Afghanistan. Should we have let them stew and plot against our nation again????
"Inside 9-11" convinced me more than ever that we are doing what has to be done. It isn't pretty and I hate it, but terrorism cannot be ignored, it must be destroyed.
We ignored it before and paid the price.
Never again.
Monday, August 22, 2005
No One Wins This One.
Yahoo News has this:
CRAWFORD, Texas - A patriotic camp with a "God Bless Our President!" banner sprung up downtown Saturday, countering the anti-war demonstration started by a fallen soldier's mother two weeks ago near President Bush's ranch.
The camp is named "Fort Qualls," in memory of Marine Lance Cpl. Louis Wayne Qualls, 20, who died in Iraq last fall.
Now isn't this special? The war of the dead children. That is just great, isn't it?? Is this what Cindy Sheehan wants? Parents of fallen soldiers fighting with each other?? One infuriating the other? Adding to an uspeakable grief?
Let's stop this now. For God's sake, everyone pack up and go home. We don't need vigils , we know your against the war and we know why. We don't need "Support Our Troop" rallies to turn into yelling fests between parents of soldiers and those who oppose the war.
This isn't changing anyone's mind. This isn't helping. This isn't going to bring the troops home any sooner. This isn't going to get your guy elected. This is only going to cause hurt and pain, not the least of which will be on Cindy herself. This hurts our troops. This hurts the parents. This hurts our country.
Put down your signs, your candles, and your banners and go home. This isn't Vietnam. The people who support our troops are going to be out there too. It will always be one opinion against another. No one is going to win this.
No one.
chickenhawk, chickenhawk, chickenhawk....oh shutup.
You know that "chickenhawk" argument the left is spewing all over the blogs? Well one commenter over at Protein Wisdom got a wee bit ticked off. He was exactly the right guy to put it the way we would all like too (except I don't allow that kind of language here) So enjoy.
The Right Meets The Left.
Andi's world gives us a detailed report of a "Support Our Troops" rally to counter the "Cindy Sheehan candlelight vigil" in front of the White House Wednesday night. Along with this Freep account, you get a big picture idea of how each looks at this war and our troops. Both links have great photos too. It is, as they say, a must read.
via Mudville
More incredible reporting from Michael Yon.
If you have been reading the incredible blog of Michael Yon in Iraq, Lone Star Times has this horrifying post of his from yesterday:
"The operation has begun. The Commander of Deuce Four, LTC Erik Kurilla, was shot three times in combat yesterday in front of my eyes. Despite being seriously wounded, LTC Kurilla immediately rejoined the intense and close-quarter fight that ended in hand-to-hand combat. LTC Kurilla continued to direct his men until a medic gave him morphine and the men took him away. I was right there. When I returned to base, I was actually "ordered" not to write about the fighting until given clearance, and was told that my phones could be confiscated. I will ignore such "orders" at my own discretion. I am preparing a dispatch now."
Kurilla is a well known soldier in Michael's blog. His bravery is well documented.
Say a prayer for him today if you can.
Powerline has this "must read" piece. So go read it.
Now this is energy from a natural source.
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Watching TV.
Wow. That is my main reaction to the first part "Inside 9-11" on the Discovery Channel tonight. It was fascinating to see the path Osama and the rest took to 9-11. Thank goodness the Discovery Channel took pains to not get political with it. I think they tried to stick with just the facts as they happened.
It seems clear that the Clinton administration dropped the ball many many times in not catching Osama or taking the threat seriously. But the early Bush administration didn't take it seriously enough either. The thing is, I'm not sure that taking it seriously could have prevented 9-11. The elaborate scheme was so far beyond anyone's imagination.
The only comfort I can take from it is that we now know how real and dangerous this threat is. We now know how easily it is to recruit Muslim fanatics to do the unspeakable. Not knowing this was our greatest weakness.
After watching "Inside 9-11," I watched another episode of "Over There." I have read the reviews from soldiers on other milblogs and they weren't happy with it overall. But I have to say (and I am speaking as a BIG supporter of the military as anyone who reads this blog knows) that I kind of like the show. It has a lot of soap opera drama, but it doesn't seem to make the soldiers look bad in my opinion. They just seem human and venerable. I am no military expert though, so I can't speak to the details that seem to be bothering the milblogs.
In watching the show, I felt a great tenderness for those who serve so far away from those they love. I also felt a great appreciation for the sacrifice they make and the bravery it takes to make it. I am under no illusion that all soldiers are some kind super hero. Soldiers make mistakes. Some bad people become soldiers. Nothing is perfect. Certainly not in war. But it is my heartfelt belief that most soldiers believe in the same values that I do. And they feel those values are worth fighting for.
I am looking forward to seeing next Sunday's episode. It is about an inbred reporter that the soldiers get pretty ticked at. The only thing that concerns me is having a drama on TV about a war that is happening in real time. Could terrorists watch the show and get ideas or learn something about our military they didn't know before?
I hear that the ratings aren't too good for the show. So it may not last long. But if the goal of the producers were to somehow show our military in a bad light, it just doesn't come off that way. If anything, it should generate sympathy for the families of the soldiers at home and the needs that they have.
At least I hope so.
Iraq Unplugged
Mudville tells us about "Iraq Unplugged" Songs written and recorded by American soldiers in Iraq. They actually recorded it there.
Click on "I am a Patriot." It is awesome. It will give you goosebumps. I heard Luke Stricklin sing "An American By God's Amazing Grace" on Fox and Friends about 2 weeks ago. It is awesome. You can buy the CD straight from their website.
John Roberts obviously hates it when celebrities get accolades they don't deserve. I love it.
via Dean's World
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Girls just want to have fun. But they rarely do.
Every single girl in the world should read this opinion piece. I could have written this when I was single. The key sentence in the column that describes how I thought and was highly motivating for me was this:
I never want to be "her."
Who Cares What The World Thinks About America? I Care.
Have I mentioned that I think this Pope rocks?
I can't imagine loving a Pope the way I did Pope John Paul, but Pope Benedict is coming close. Here is what he said to a gathering of Germany's Muslim officials:
"Terrorist activity is continually recurring in various parts of the world, sowing death and destruction, and plunging many of our brothers and sisters into grief and despair.
"Those who instigate and plan these attacks evidently wish to poison our relations, making use of all means, including religion, to oppose every attempt to build a peaceful, fair and serene life together."
This comes after a visit Friday to Cologne's synagogue, where Benedict was warmly received by Jewish officials for his remarks urging better Jewish-Christian relations and warning of rising anti-Semitism.
This is what I like. I like people with different views getting along. I like us agreeing on certain basic widely held moral beliefs and then trying to understand and live with each other as best we can beyond that.
The word 'catholic' means universal. We now have a global economy and, like it or not, the United States citizens can no longer ignore the rest of the world. We like our way of life here. We don't like to talk about politics. (not the bloggers of course, but everyone else) We like our sports, our movies, our cars, and our homes. It is easy to become so busy in our lives we forget that our government leaders make profound decisions every day that affect how other people on this earth see us. And we need to care how they see us, whether we want to or not.
There is another source of information that affect how others see us as well. Our media. And I don't mean just the news. In fact, I believe that it is our celebrity media that affects the world view as much as just about anything else. Millions across the world saw Fahrenheit 9-11. They also believed the distortion and lies that were crafted in the movie. I saw on a special on VH1 that the show "The Jerry Springer Show" was translated and shown all over the world and other countries could not get enough of it. When I heard that, I thought that if I got my impression of what Americans are like from The Jerry Springer Show then I too would hate Americans.
From international popular shows like "Baywatch" and "Friends," and all our R rated movies, the impression given is that all Americans are hedonistic and immoral. I can certainly see why Muslim countries would think so. In America we just find these shows funny or entertaining. We know they don't represent who we are or what we care about.
The rest of the world must have really been shaking their head when we elected a Christian, down to earth, conservative President twice. At least Bill Clinton fit in with the stereotype that has been put out there by the media about Americans. But George Bush? How could that happen?
There are many ways to poison relations with others. The Pope points out the most egregious and brutal- terrorism, but there are many other ways we do it as well. When the media allows people like Cindy Sheehan to say thinly veiled anti-Semitic remarks and not condemn her because they sympathize with her. When any of us blame entire cultures or religions for the problems in the world.
We seem to have forgotten a simple gesture that I was taught as a child....kindness. We need to be kind to those we disagree with. We cannot reach out and change anyone's mind without kindness. Pope John Paul knew that. When he died I was shocked at how the liberal media gushed over him. I mean he was conservative as they come. He would never back down on any strongly held moral belief and no one in the liberal media agreed with one thing he believed in, yet they liked him.
Why? Because he was kind. Because he showed no ill will toward anyone. Because he clearly loved people, even those who disagreed with him. He proved that you don't have to compromise or back down from your values to reach out to those who don't share them.
Let's get back to a little kindness here. Let the soldiers fight. Let the protestors protest. Let the angry rant. But let us show compassion.
After all, it is love that saves us.
Friday, August 19, 2005
via Dr. Sanity
Say a Prayer Today.
I want to offer a prayer for Coretta Scott King, who is in the hospital after suffering from a stroke.
I have always had a lot of respect for her. She showed great grace after Dr. Martin Luther King's death. She never used her fame or her husband's fame to put herself in the limelight. She never let the left use her as campaign tool. She has always seemed to be in complete control of what she wanted to do.
Going to the GOP and DNC conventions showed that she wanted the black community to be involved in the political process in both parties. This could not have made the Democrats happy. But she never seemed to care about that.
In all these years I don't remember her saying anything negative. It would have been easy for her to be bitter. It would have been easy to lash out and become a loud self involved camera hound like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have. It would have been easy for her to blame white America for her husband's death, but she didn't do any of those things.
She has always carried herself with dignity and grace. She has honored her husband and his memory as only a true lady can. She is a shining example of how to handle being a part of history and the fame that comes with that.
Get well Mrs. King. This generation needs your example.
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An example of why I don't like to elect Southpark Republicans.
Will Blog For Money.
It's just a matter of time. They want us.
The crazy blog money is right around the corner. I just know it.
This sign was posted by a neighbor of Bush's in Crawford living closest to where the small white crosses are lined up. via Powerline
"Cindy Sealed The Deal."
I can't get over the reaction to this guy's decision to become a Republican. (via LGF) Check out the post and the comments. (read the comments on LGF too) It pretty much illustrates the left and right's differences.
Welcome Scott Randolph to our happy family. Here is his crucial excerpt:
"I actually felt myself become a republican today. It was around 10am, when I read the latest update of the Cindy Sheehan saga in CNN.com. I then shot over to read some blogs about it, and perused the comments in some of them, which was nothing but a long series of petty (albeit entertaining) partisan bickering.
Then it happend. The good little democrat in me tied the little noose around his neck and jumped off the stool. He just couldn’t take it anymore.
Take what? The whining. The constant whining by the extreme left about the reasons for war, the incompetence of this administration, and how we’ve all been lied to, and how we should pull out of Iraq immediately, because, *gulp* our soldiers were in danger.
Guess what folks….they signed up to join the Army, not the boy scouts. Anytime your orientation to a new job involves an automatic weapon, you should be smart enough to figure out there’s danger involved. I actually read some people’s comments about many of the soldiers over there being naive….they weren’t expecting to go to war, so, they should be allowed to go home. Wow."
Makes you feel better about the whole protest thing, doesn't it?
Children can just make you so proud sometimes.
I'm sooo glad stem cell research is bringing us such important advancements in medicine.
via Grouchy Old Cripple.
What Air America Scandal?
When Rush had his drug problem, we never heard the end of it.
When O'Reilly had his phone sex embarrassment, we heard every detail.
But when Air America takes $875,000 from a children's charity as a "loan" that it hasn't paid back and an Air America executive that also served as development director for the Gloria Wise Boys and Girls Club of the Bronx made a "diversion" of funds for the struggling leftists, we hear nothing but crickets from the MSM.
Want details of the glorious coverage when Air America started up and the silence as it dives into scandal? Go here.
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Cindy Sheehan Leaves.
Sheehan left Crawford today after getting a phone call that her mother had had a stroke.
For the love of God, please bloggers do not make jokes about her mother.
I am wondering if her family will try and talk her into not returning to Crawford while they have her away from the leftwing goups.
No. No way. Not true. Really?
Just when I think I have seen it all. The Japanese have come up with a children's beverage called Kidsbeer, a nonalcoholic brew. And it seems to be selling well. It looks just like beer and is bottled like beer.
"Even kids cannot stand life unless they have a drink," reads the product's advertising slogan.
Wow. What an upbeat message!!!
Good Lord, are the Japanese that unhappy? They think kids need a drink?? I mean who can stand this life??? *shakes head*
Dead Al-Qaida Leader. Always good to hear.
Captain Ed gives us this spectacular news from the AP:
" Al-Qaida's leader in Saudi Arabia was killed Thursday during clashes with police in the western city of Medina, the Interior Ministry said.
Saleh Mohammed al-Aoofi was among six al-Qaida militants reported killed during police raids on numerous locations in the holy city and the capital, Riyadh, security officials told The Associated Press.
Al-Aoofi, a Saudi in his late 30s, and another militant were killed during one of seven police raids in Medina, the Interior Ministry said."
As Captain Ed points out:
" The Saudis have done a remarkable job in cleaning up al-Qaeda leadership since AQ attacked foreigners in Riyadh in May 2003. Shortly after that attack, the Saudis listed 26 known terrorist leaders wanted by their security services. With the death of Aoofi, 25 of 26 have either been captured or killed by the Saudis. They also captured 10 Islamist "militants" in Medina, and killed another in a separate raid in Riyadh. The Riyadh operation also turned up a number of weapons, bombs, and documentation."
I'm wondering, as Jeff at Protein Wisdom is, whether this news will carry the weight of a certain Crawford protest.
Thanks to Matt.
Why we have no respect for the ACLU.
School Board Compared to Terrorists?
"It's in the choice of words, but you decide.. is American Civil Liberties Union chief Joe Cook calling the Tangipahoa Parish School Board members a bunch of terrorists?
Cook was asked about a meeting Monday, during which the school board spoke to all teachers and workers about policy for this year, and had been asked by the ACLU to remind teachers to be extra careful not to allow prayer at school functions. This is what the ACLU chief had to say:
"They believe that they answer to a higher power, in my opinion. Which is the kind of thinking that you had with the people who flew the airplanes into the buildings in this country, and the people who did the kind of things in London."
Tangipahoa school officials tell reporters it's ludicrous to compare the Tangipahoa school board's "fight for religious freedom and freedom of expression in schools" with terrorist motivated attacks."
Need I say more?
via Lone Star Times
Thanks to Jill for pointing out another idiotic pursuit of the ACLU. Have you noticed that the only thing the ACLU sees as wrong is anything having to do with religion.
I Wonder.
The images of the Gaza pullout are painful to watch. After reading the following from Mahmoud Zahar, Hamas’s overall leader in the Gaza Strip in The Jerusalem Post, I wonder if it will all be for nothing.
Zahar said: “Neither the liberation of the Gaza Strip, nor the liberation of the West Bank or even Jerusalem will suffice us. Hamas will pursue the armed struggle until the liberation of all our lands. We don’t recognize the state of Israel or its right to hold onto one inch of Palestine. Palestine is an Islamic land belonging to all the Muslims.”
via LoneStarTimes
Off To College.
I got my son off to college yesterday. I actually did it without crying. I know he was ready to go. My last minute "do's and dont's" was enough to send him screaming away I am sure. He is a very laid back kid, so he just kept nodding thoughtfully, but I am sure he wanted to tape my mouth shut. Heck, I wanted to tape my mouth shut, but I just couldn't stop myself. After several warnings and tips I remind him to change his sheets every week or so and keep his dorm room locked at all times, he looks at me patiently and says, "Mom, do you think I am retarded?"
I think moms say things like "don't let anyone talk you into taking any kind of pills" so that if anything like that actually happens, we can always say, "well, I warned him of just that!"
Our conscience is clear.
I started cleaning out his room today. Not a good idea. I find reminders of his childhood everywhere. Goofy pictures that make me laugh, Halloween candy that was never eaten, shirts I bought that were never worn (too dweeby, I guess). I take a deep breath and decide to do this later.
I still haven't cried. I am always strong until the storm is over. I wait until everything is settled and right, and then I let go. Getting the other three off to a new school year has kept me busy.
Tonight could be the night.
Why we don't trust the media.
I have read 4 stories this morning about the "peace protest" of Cindy Sheehan. And none of them even mention the parents of fallen soldiers who went to Crawford to take their son or daughter's cross down from the protest saying "you don't speak for us." to Cindy.
And according to Google news there are 1,666 related stories. I wonder how many of them mention the parents of those fallen soldiers who support the war?? I wonder how many of them mention that Cindy Sheehan is tearing her family apart over this? They don't mention the husband who filed for divorce over this. They don't mention the brother of Casey who is angry at his mom over this. They don't mention the protest warriors, the pro-troop group that is also in Crawford.
The anti war media have found their mascot and they are doing everything they can to paint a sympathic picture of her.
Truth be damned.
That is why we don't trust the media.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Very Cool.
This is called "working together." Iraqis help our soldiers find bombs and our soldiers recover a kidnapped Iraqi 2yr old and return the toddler safely to the parents.
A Question.
Victor Hanson gives us this excellent commentary:
"The same people who castigate us for allowing the slaughter in Rwanda and Sudan and a dozen other venues now chide us for insuring that such brutality stops in Iraq. They chafe at the unforeseen consequences, mistakes, and inadvertent death that always and everywhere has accompanied the use of force. How many tens of thousands died unnecessarily in World War II, the “good war,” because of such contingencies? The tragic truth of action is that we have to accept those risks and accept that to achieve a future good we often have to risk a present evil. The only alternative is never to use force, and pacifism is a juvenile ideal refuted on every page of history."
Maybe one of my leftwing commenters can answer that question for me. Because I have always wondered it as well. Why is the suffering in Rwanda and Sudan so much more important to stop than the suffering of the Iraqi people?
via BigDog
Silly, but hilarious. Even funnier.
via Ace
Monday, August 15, 2005
Iraqi Women. Let the Iraqi govt. finally have some respect for them.
A Soldier's Mom said it perfectly about the Iraqi constitution and the role of women:
"Wishing the draft Iraqi constitution had been done on time because every delay heightens the danger our troops and the Iraqis face from the terrorists… but was also glad to hear that the extension was a unanimous vote. I hope the drafters do not abandon the Iraqi women who are the strength and honor and spirit of Iraq… these women who must raise and protect their families under the direst of circumstances and are the hope with their children of the new Iraq and the Middle East – women who went to the polls in parity with Iraqi men. It would be distressing to me and many others I’m sure, if their legal standing was LESS under the new government than Saddam.However, despite the assertions of the MSM and the liberals – this is IRAQIS driving this – not Americans. While our ambassador and consultants can exert some pressure, it is up to the Iraqis themselves to assure that they HONOR their women and their role in Iraqi society and history. You cannot hope to join the 21st century of your women are forced to return to the 5th century."
Check out her blog too. She has a son in a dangerous area in Iraq and her attitude is awesome! Read her amazing experience at a Toby Keith concert. Too cool.
UPDATE: Good news! The news this morning is reporting that Iraqi women will have equal rights under the law. That issue has been settled.
The Media Should Be Ashamed.
Xenophon has this:
"...when 14 more 3/25 Marines were killed on August 3rd the media, both local and national, paid much more attention than any of the other incidents involving 3/25. Here in Ohio you could not escape talk of the fourteen Marines killed, and that is all the information the media had. They broke this story so fast that the Marines could not even notify the families before hand. This led to absolute panic among the 3/25 families. I was able to find out pretty early that the casualties came from Lima Company (based in Columbus, OH), and so began contacting as many family members from Weapons Company and Headquarters Company (based in Akron, OH and Brookpark, near Cleveland, OH, respectively) as I could to mitigate the damage. But the damage had been done. My phone calls were answered by crying wives and mothers, sitting in front of the TV hoping for any information, horrified that I was calling with the worst of news. This was media irresponsibility at its worst."
He continues:
"The media has every right to do this. We’re a country that enjoys the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press. But does that mean that we cannot expect that the media will have the simple courtesy and consideration to allow the military to take care of our family before they announce tragedies of this kind? Especially when it comes to consideration for the families of those that serve." via Mudville
Amen to that.
The Rantings of The Left.
Mike Malloy of Air America wonders:
"Maybe the Unionists had it wrong in the late 1850s. Maybe there should have been a separation, a legal breaking apart of a society in which one half was moving toward progressive, liberal, scientific thought and the belief that justice had to be universal, and the other half drifting into racism, ignorance and a fundamentalist Christianity that demanded, among other perversions, subservience and silence from women"
Do reasonable people really believe this crap? All conservative Christians are racist, ignorant, and want women be subservant. It's such an absurd belief I can hardly believe even a leftwinger would say it. I expect this kind of ranting from Kos readers or at DU, but here is a "spokesman" for the left spouting this nonsense.
I use to hate it when Rush Limbaugh would always sarcastically joke about how lefties saw us. Using words like bigot, racist, and homophobe. But every day they seem to prove him right!
These over the top sterotypes (on both sides really) are starting to really get on my nerves.
Able Danger explained simply.
John Podhoretz from the Corner explains:
"It behaved disgracefully and in a nakedly partisan fashion, with former officials of the Clinton administration attempting to use the platform to damage the president's reelection chances. Then, after months of ludicrous conduct, out of nowhere came the brilliantly conceived and written report that set a new standard of eloquence and coherence for government documents, became a major bestseller and redeemed the commission's reputation.
Well, that didn't last long.
In a story filed at 7:10 PM, the Associated Press is now confirming all the particulars of what will now forever be called the Able Danger disaster. The 9/11 Commission staff did hear about intelligence-gathering efforts that hit pay dirt on the whereabouts of Mohammed Atta -- in 1999 -- and deliberately chose to omit word of those efforts.
And why? Because to do so might upset the timeline the Commission had established on Atta.
And why is that significant? Because the Mohammed Atta timeline established by the Commission pointedly insisted Atta did not meet with an Iraqi intelligence agent in Prague.
And why is that significant? Because debunking the Atta-Iraq connection was of vital importance to Democrats, who had become focused almost obsessively on the preposterous notion that there was no relation whatever between Al Qaeda and Iraq -- that Al Qaeda and Iraq might even have been enemies."
via Small Dead Animals.
McCain, 2008.
Just wanted to comment a bit more about McCain and 2008. I saw McCain on Fox News Sunday, and all I can say is this guy is saying the right things. He knows his way around the media, he knows how to win, and I still think he is our only hope of beating Hillary. I know a lot can change before then, but we conservatives have to face the fact that the majority of the public does not care about politics and will vote on emotion and star power. That is just the way it is. And if we want to win, we have to choose someone who can deliver those things.
You can disagree with McCain on many things, but the fact remains that he is a TRUE military hero. He not only survived the 5 yrs in a POW camp, but he refused to leave when given the opportunity by the power of his dad. He would not leave his men behind. Who has that kind of courage today??? Compare his service and sacrifice to the Democrat's next best thing, John Kerry. It doesn't even come close. McCain is not only a hero, but he dismisses that word when it is spoken of him.
He not only has the star power we desperately need ( he had a TV movie made about him!! Which I guarantee will be replayed if he runs) but in the this war on terror he has the military background we need as well.
We have awhile, but something to think about any way.
Enough Already.
I have tried hard to give Cindy Sheehan latitude for all that she is saying because of the heartache she has experienced, but it is obvious now that she is being used by fringe groups to get the media to pay attention to leftwing talking points. I could take her barbs at Bush. I understood her reflecting her anger at her son for re-enlisting to Bush. But now she is spouting things about Israel and talking about not paying her taxes and even demeaning the people of Texas. Referring to a man living on the street where they are protesting who shot a gun in the air:
"Sheehan, 48, said she was not concerned with her own safety but has told others to be aware that "this could get physical, even though we are peaceful."
"I think we knew of the risks when we came down here," said Sheehan, of Vacaville, Calif. "I'm surprised we haven't had more of that since we're in Bush country." via My Way News
Parents in Texas have lost sons too. I heard a man on the radio this morning who drove to Crawford this past weekend to talk to Cindy. He had lost his son in Iraq in November. Even though she had told the press she would meet with the parents of fallen soldiers only, he said she would not meet with him. He seemed very nice. He told the radio host that he wanted to throw his arms around her and tell her he understood her pain. Although he believes that his son died fighting for a noble cause, he didn't want to argue that, he only wanted to comfort her.
So how can she criticize Bush for not meeting with her a second time when she won't even do what she said she would do and meet with the parents of other fallen soldiers who don't feel the way she does?
I think she made her point well. The truth is that to the general public she is now starting to look like a crackpot. Stopping now would at least give her the sympathy from the public she so clearly feels she needs, but continuing saying things that are ugly and untrue will only hurt her cause.
It's time to go home Cindy. Stop letting these people use you and your grief and fill your mouth with their talking points.
Sunday, August 14, 2005
The Hillary Attack Machine Starts Up.
The New York Daily News gives us this:
"Democrats are in stitches over Jeanine Pirro's glitches - and they're spreading their mirth online.
Pirro's struggle to find a missing page of her speech during her campaign kickoff Wednesday against Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton became the fodder for a 45-second clip on the state Democratic Committee's Web site (www.nydems.org). The clip shows a confused Pirro saying "Hillary Clinton ..." and then falling silent as she struggles to find the next sheet.
The Democratic wags filled in the 32 seconds of silence that followed with the theme music to the game show "Jeopardy." At the end, the words "Without a Script, She is Speechless" fill the screen.
State Republican Chairman Stephen Minarik said it showed the Democrats were "resorting to the politics of personal destruction."
And so it begins. The Hillary attack machine. But since Pirro is pro-choice, pro-gay rights, anti-gun, and pro-affirmative action, I don't know what else they will be able to attack other than gaffs like these.
I Do. Do I know you?
Get this. It is now possible to meet someone, get to know them, flirt with them, and marry them without ever having to actually meet them.
I give you the first blogwedding.
If you work for CNN, you better not date a conservative, much less be one.
This from Mediabistro:
"What's happening at CNN reports rumors that Daryn Kagan has been passed over "for any and all promotion[s]" due to her relationship with Rush Limbaugh.TVNewser heard similar rumblings last week, and received this anonymous tip: "Daryn Kagan is very upset that because of her relationship with Rush she is being overlooked for any and all openings at CNN. Her current time slot is constantly being preempted by the O'Brien's on breaking news days. She is just gathering her paycheck now as she thinks she will not be there by the end of summer."
Saturday, August 13, 2005
Ponderings on 2008.
One thing I am looking forward to is the catfight between Hillary and John Kerry over the Democratic nomination. Theresa's offerings on the subject of Hillary alone will be worth it all to watch. Hillary will get the nomination, no doubt. She hasn't come this far to let some moderate wussie beat her out of the chance to become the first woman president. She wants this so bad she can taste it.
On the Republican side. Newt Gingrich is getting all primed to go. He is wasting his time. Any Republican like me vetos Newt and here are a few more vetos:
Rudy Giuliani
Bill Frist
Rick Santorum
Either they are wrong on the issues or they can't win. Anyone who beats Hillary has to have star power. And there is only one guy and one girl who can do it. McCain or Rice. A McCain/Rice ticket might just be unbeatable.
Now, I know that tons of Republicans HATE McCain for being a tad too compromising and his finance reform stuff just drives them insane, BUT sometime we just have to steel ourselves and put the person out there who can actually beat Hillary. And he is the only one I can see doing it. I can see Condi beating Hillary as well, but let's have 8 yrs of McCain/Rice and then settle in for another eight with Rice. Imagine!! 24 straight years of Republican bliss! Why, we might could actually get some things done! And having the first woman President and the first black President in our history being Republican is just too SWEET.
Just Ponder it.
A Tragic Figure.
Cindy Sheehan has now become a minor celebrity. The news is all over it and the blogs are buzzing. The right seems disgusted with the lack of respect she is showing for her son's sacrifice and the left is disgusted by the right being disgusted by it.
I don't blame the press for spreading the story. Mrs. Sheehan is a tragic figure. I don't even blame Mrs. Sheehan for her protest and her vicious jabs at President Bush. As I have said before, I am more than willing to give latitude to any mother who is grieving over a lost child, but must everyone take advantage of it???
The Michael Moore crowd saw an opportunity to take a sympathetic character and have her be their poster child. The press saw an opportunity to blow a story out of proportion. And the right just got ticked off by them all.
Why? Because we feel so strongly about our soldiers. We know what our guys go through (thanks to the milblogs!) and we know that it isn't an easy decision to go into the military, and I would think an ever harder on to re-enlist during a war. But Cindy's son made those choices on his own. He obviously believed in the fight. No one made him enlist. If he felt he had made a mistake, he certainly wouldn't have re-enlisted.
Cindy Sheehan has every right to be angry. My heart goes out to her. But in her grief she is insulting everyone who serves in Iraq. She is implying that they are there for nothing. She has a right to think that, but she has to understand how upsetting that is to so many people. She can't expect everyone to ignore what she is saying if it hurts them as well.
She keeps asking for what purpose her son died.
The answer is here. (if you haven't read this post yet, you must)
It's time for the press to let go of this story. It is hurting everyone. The mother, her son's memory, and all of us who get caught up in throwing barbs at each other.
Sorry this is so small, I tried to get it bigger. If you want to see it better go to Chris's site.
Divine Evolution
Divine Evolution
By Frederick Turner
Go read an excellent ariticle on evolution. It seems his basic argument had been mine. That one can certainly believe in evolution and see the handiwork of God in it.
"I am the true vine," said Jesus, "and you are the branches." The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that grows and branches into a tree; it's like a sower whose seeds have differential rates of reproduction; it's like the yeast that leavens the whole lump. These images are entirely consistent with the theory of evolution."
There has never been a part of evolution that has made me doubt God. Not one time. It may be different for some, but for me, it helps explain his grand plan. It helps explain his great wonders.
We are only scratching at the surface though. God has much more for us to discover and reveal.
So much more.
Friday, August 12, 2005
Horrifying TV.
Michael Fumento , a former paratrooper who was embedded with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Force in Iraq, has his opinion of the new FX series "Over There." at Tech Central.
I have watched "Over There" and I didn't like the way they portrayed soldiers, but I didn't have the experience to know what other things they were getting wrong. Fumento does. Boots On The Ground gives his take on it as well.
Several years ago I stopped going to R rated movies. It just seemed I was always offended by them and had images in my brain I didn't want there afterward. Some things I just felt were wrong to watch. Since watching "Over There" I have caught a few more of the FX channel's series. I watched "Nip and Tuck" and "Starving."
"Nip and Tuck" follows 2 plastic surgeons around. One had obviously had a relationship with a porn star and at the end of the show they show her "performing." I thought it was extremely graphic. Yeah. These are the images I was trying to avoid getting into my brain from not watching R rated movies. "Starving." which follows around a bunch of bulmics whose problems go far beyond them being bulimic. It also had a graphic sex scene that totally dehumanized the woman. It also shows these people throwing up every 10 minutes. Totally disgusting. Who watches this crap? It horrifies me that my kids could happen to flip to this channel. We have the V chip on all our TV's and we have the channels we might not want them watching not programmed in. But since these shows are on basic cable, they could see them in anyone else's home. Has there been any controversy over these shows? Just the episodes I watched made me sick.
I'm starting to think they should call it the FXXX channel. "Over There" may be bad, but the other FX shows are even worse.
Able Danger and the 9-11 Commission.
My girl Michelle Malkin brings all the dirt we have so far on Able Danger. She has all the good links and you need to read them ALL.
via Ace
Iraq wasn't a threat at all. Nah. No connection to Bin laden either. Just move along.
The Captain rocks it once again with excellent reporting!! Is anyone paying this guy??? They should be!
"With all of these references to Germany and Hamburg, the 9/11 Commission oddly failed to include a published report from March 2001 in a Parisian Arabic newspaper, Al-Watan Al-Arabi, about the arrest of two suspected Iraqi spies -- based on a tip from the CIA (boldface mine):
Iraqi Spies Reportedly Arrested in Germany 16 March 2001
Al-Watan al-Arabi (Paris) reports that two Iraqis were arrested in Germany, charged with spying for Baghdad. The arrests came in the wake of reports that Iraq was reorganizing the external branches of its intelligence service and that it had drawn up a plan to strike at US interests around the world through a network of alliances with extremist fundamentalist parties.
The most serious report contained information that Iraq and Osama bin Ladin were working together. German authorities were surprised by the arrest of the two Iraqi agents and the discovery of Iraqi intelligence activities in several German cities. German authorities, acting on CIA recommendations, had been focused on monitoring the activities of Islamic groups linked to bin Ladin. They discovered the two Iraqi agents by chance and uncovered what they considered to be serious indications of cooperation between Iraq and bin Ladin. The matter was considered so important that a special team of CIA and FBI agents was sent to Germany to interrogate the two Iraqi spies."
Unfreakinbelievable. via Ace.
Pundit Review Radio will be having Michael Yon , the EXCELLENT blogger out of Iraq, on his program again.
Michael will be on live from Mosul, Iraq this Sunday evening at 9pm EST. You can stream the show live at WRKO and you can call toll-free with questions at 877-469-4322.
Don't miss it!
Posting will be slow this next week. 3 of my kids will be starting school. And I am getting my oldest ready to leave for college on Wednesday. Color me stressed.
I keep thinking about my baby not being in the house and being so far from me. I keep thinking about the things I probably forgot to tell him that he needs to know.
I keep thinking that the dynamics of the family will be different. I keep thinking that my job with him is over. Another chapter closed. All those sleepness nights, all those little boy escapades, all those sporting events, all those milestones, Baptism, first Holy Communion, Confirmation, High School graduation. All over.
I keep thinking I will miss him, but I have to let go. I keep thinking...... I just keep thinking.
Thursday, August 11, 2005
The Shuttle takeoff and our own lean mean fighting guardian angel. Check out Mudville for more pictures. They are awesome.
The lust for dirt from the left.
Looks like NARAL ad is getting the criticism it deserves from all sides. First the adoption investigation of the NY Times fails, and now this. It's not looking good for the left.
I'm thinking NARAL should have used those millions to "help women" (yeah, right) instead of on misleading commercials.
A partial story gains momentum.
Another story about the mother protesting at President Bush's ranch and no mention of the earlier interview she had with him where she praises him. Here they even mention the first meeting, but no mention of what she first said about it.
It seems Drudge is the only one quoting her. If you missed it in my previous post, here is one of her quotes from her first meeting with President Bush.
"I now know he's sincere about wanting freedom for the Iraqis," Cindy said after their meeting. "I know he's sorry and feels some pain for our loss. And I know he's a man of faith."
Now, one can say she changed her mind if they wish, but to just ignore that part of the story and not report both sides is why news organizations like Fox News are so popular. One also has to wonder why she is getting so much attention. This double standard of the MSM is demonstrated here in Brent Bozell's recent article:
"On Monday morning, the Sheehan publicity continued, but still no one reported how radical she is. CNN’s graphic throughout their story on "American Morning" read "Peace Mom." In a "Good Morning America" devoted almost entirely to mourning the death of Peter Jennings, ABC made room for the "angry and determined mother" on her "peace vigil." NBC’s "Today" began their show by promoting "a mother’s vigil" in the first seconds of the program.
Can you imagine the networks ruining the Clinton vacation on Martha’s Vineyard by making a big story out of a conservative protester there? I can’t, because they didn’t. In 1998, a few weeks after Clinton admitted sex with Monica Lewinsky, he went to his first partisan pep rally in Worcester, Massachusetts. ABC and CBS did full stories, and the streets outside the hall were filled with protesters demanding Clinton resign, but ABC and CBS failed to interview them. Only Fox News brought up how a local Democratic city council member, Konstantina Lukes, refused to attend."
We don't want "censored" news that doesn't give us the whole picture. Give us the whole picture and let us decide for ourselves.
Update: This story filed only an hour and 1/2 ago STILL fails to mention Mrs. Sheehan's first meeting with President Bush.
She has also backed out of agreeing to be on The Bill O'Reilly show this evening. He says she claims that he has lied about her. O"Reilly pointed out yesterday that Sheehan had blogged on Michael Moore's site. Is that not true? Or is she afraid of someone actually asking her about her positive comments regarding the first meeting with Bush?
I think it is time for Protest Warriors to get out to Crawford and get some publicity as well. I e-mailed them about that today and haven't heard back.
Wednesday, August 10, 2005
Chris Muir is asking every reader to hit this link as often as you can for the next 10 days.
Why? To raise the Yahoo rating of a small clinic that's keeping his sister Cathy alive and well-- but that could use some PR. A high listing is vital to the clinic's visibility with a timed ad on a local CNN cancer special August 14th and 20th. It's a tiny ad, but what helps them, helps Chris's sister.
There were terrorists among us and we knew.
The AP brings us the following:
WASHINGTON - The Sept. 11 commission will investigate a claim that U.S. defense intelligence officials identified ringleader Mohammed Atta and three other hijackers as a likely part of an al-Qaida cell more than a year before the hijackings but didn’t forward the information to law enforcement.
Although this is a interesting development and illustrates why the Patriot Act is so important, I hope that we don't jump on the bandwagon of "It was Clinton's fault because he was President at that time." It might seem like an easy swipe to take, but I believe that there was simply no way for us to know the evil the Al Qaida cell was planning.
It is only important to use this information to move forward and keep our country safe NOW.
Distortion on Abortion.
You have probably heard by now that CNN has agreed to run the bloody abortion ad by NARAL. The ad suggests that John Roberts supported those involved in abortion clinic bombings. John Roberts filed a friend of the court brief in 1993 for some protestors in Operation Rescue. The bombing shown in the ad happened in 1998.
I posted on my experience with Operation Rescue here. To connect these people in any way to anything violent is laughable.
I keep thinking what an impeccable record John Roberts must have for NARAL to take such untrue measures to vilify him.
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Steven Vincent RIP or maybe not.
Steven Vincent was a wonderful journalist who died recently in Iraq. If you don't know who he is, here is a good discription at Mudville.
But leave it to the left to try to smear him because he wrote in support of our soldiers. Here is what Juan Cole had to say about Steve Vincent's death:
"He was romantically involved with his Iraqi interpreter, who was shot 4 times. If her clan thought she was shaming them by appearing to be having an affair outside wedlock with an American male, they might well have decided to end it. In Mediterranean culture, a man’s honor tends to be wrought up with his ability to protect his womenfolk from seduction by strange men…. Vincent did not know anything serious about Middle Eastern culture and was aggressive about criticizing what he could see of it on the surface, and if he was behaving in the way the Telegraph article describes, he was acting in an extremely dangerous manner."
As Jeff Jarvis of Buzz Machine puts it:
"Well, how about his murderers didn’t know anything serious about civilized culture and they were behaving in a way that should bring your condemnation?"
Why is when someone like this dies in Iraq it is never the fault of the insanity of the terrorist in these people's mind???
A mother's sorrow exploited.
You probably have all heard of the grieving mother ,who lost her son in Iraq, protesting at President Bush's Crawford Ranch. It seems her story has changed quite a bit since the first time she met with Bush.
I didn't really want to comment on it because anyone who has to sustain the horror of losing a child should be given all the lattitude they need to get through it. But Jeff at Protein Wisdom manages to understand that and still make the point that many of us wanted to make without being too hard on the mother:
"Thank Patton grieving parents and spouses of WWII soldiers killed in battle weren’t subjected to the kind of crass exploitation by anti-war opportunists Cindy Sheehan is being exposed to; the thought of some seersucker-suited aide wheeling Roosevelt door-to-door across America, hat in hand, so that he could answer to the wives and parents of 400,000 dead soldiers—the majority of whom were drafted ...well, that’s just too ridiculous and depressing even to contemplate.
Listen → I feel for this woman, I honestly do. But somebody close to her needs to take her aside and convince her that it’s time to grieve in private and to honor her son’s memory. Instead, this poor grieving woman is taking solace—solace I believe she’ll later come to regret—from the worst type of hyperpartisan frauds, professional Bush-bashers and wannabe-Vietnam-era protestors whose hatred for the President and his foreign policy runs so deep that they’re willing to adopt Ms. Sheehan like some sort of morbid mascot of convenience and exploit her pain—and her son’s death—in the most cynical and public way imaginable.
The whole business makes me sick. "
Monday, August 08, 2005
BigDog has a good post and links about the myth of Islam.
There will be a test on this later.
Ok, I just can't shutup about this evolution/ID debate!! Someone stop me!!
Here is a scientist who says that intelligent design, as a theory of origins, is no more religious, and no less scientific, than evolutionism.
And here is an author of several popular science books and writes for National Geographic, Science, Newsweek, Popular Science, and Discover, where he is a contributing editor who writes how Darwinism is tested.
h/t BigDog and Monty
Reason #2976 to not get drunk, especially with idiot friends.
via Lone Star Times
Just Repeat the Lie.
As you might have seen on Drudge, CNS News brings us ridiculous rants from the left and this from Nancy Pelosi once again perpetuating a myth about black voter suppression during the elections of 2000/2004 during Saturday's civil rights march in Atlanta:
"Some changes have to be made so we don't have a repeat of 2000 and 2004 where there was intimidation and discrepancies at the polls," Pelosi told Cybercast News Service during the voting rights march."
Back in October I did some extensive research on this because it was important to me that if it were true, we should do something about it. What I learned is that it simply wasn't true. Here is my post from Oct. 19th.
Is Black Voting Being Suppressed?
John Kerry in a recent speech for the NAACP said, "that a million disenfranchised African-Americans and the most tainted election in American history is the best we can do?" How did Kerry come up with one million? The number came from a natural extrapolation of the 57,000 Floridians who according to the August 2001 report of the Commission on Civil Rights (which used some statistical extrapolation, hypothetical scenarios, and so on)--were denied the right to vote. The commission didn't repeat that number in their final April 2003 report, instead conceding that "it is impossible to determine the extent of the disenfranchisement." In fact out of the six-month investigation by the U.S. Commission of Civil Rights and also an investigation by the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Dept. They found there was absolutely no truth to any of those allegations, not one person who was intimidated or had their vote stolen. There was no disenfranchisement, no truth to any of those allegations. You didn't know that??? Well that's exactly what the democrats wanted. Better for them to spread dishonest rumors than to be happy that no suppression was found. (Source: Peter Kirsanow, an attorney and black Republican who sits on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.)
I went searching for examples of this "disenfranchisement" because after growing up in the middle of the civil rights movement, if I thought for one second that black voters were really being disenfranchised, I would be the first one protesting and demanding fairness. Here are the examples I found:
From The Guardian: A former employee of a company hired by the Republican party to register voters in Nevada said that he was told to throw Democrats' registration forms away.
If true, absolutely wrong. But it did say "democrat" registration, not "black." So now blacks are automatically considered democrat? Sorry, some are actually Republican. But if you don't think organizations like MoveOn.org, Rock the Vote, and Vote or Die and many other left leaning voter registration drives don't toss the forms that denote Republican, your living in a fantasy world.
Florida Gov.Jeb Bush introduced a rule that registration forms should be rejected if a citizenship check box is not complete. Ohio's Republican Sec. of State attempted to enforce a rule by which only registration cards printed on heavy, 80lb paper stock would be accepted. (Claiming that lighter cards might be shredded by postal equipment) The CEO of Diebold, which makes many of the voting machines, said he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes" to Bush.
How do the first 2 examples suppress black voting? I have no idea. Unless one thinks blacks are completely stupid. (I'll get back to who might think that in a minute). Since when is it suppression of any kind to require that forms are filled out correctly? And what the heck does the paper weight have to do with anything? And finally, Just because you are a CEO of a company that makes voting machines you can't come out for a candidate? And since when is being for Bush automatically means suppressing black votes?? I would think it would be about getting MORE black votes for Bush so that he can win the state. Can you believe this so far?? Stick with me.
John Pappageorge, Michigan's Republican state legislator, told a Republican meeting: "If we do not suppress the Detroit vote, we are going to have a tough time in this election cycle."
I read this quote over and over in my search. Detroit is 83% black, so the the word Detroit=Black, right? Anyone stop to think that Detroit=Democrat???? Yeah. Now should he have said "suppress?" for a any voting bloc? No. But again, if you don't think democrats talk about suppressing the evangelical vote ( as in "mention Cheney's lesbian daughter") then once again, your living in a fantasy world.
According to the Washington Post, in 2000, 42% of ballots rejected by Duval county in Florida came from mainly black areas.
Someone correct me if I am wrong, but there is NO WAY to tell on a ballot if someone is black or not, am I right? The ballots were not filled out properly. Which happens all the time all over the country by all kinds of people. What is an election board suppose to do? Ballots MUST be filled out correctly. To insinuate that black people can't seem to do that is such an insult to them. But more about that later. The next two are the doozies--
In Ohio the election board was set to rule that anyone who turned up at the wrong polling station would not be able to cast a provisional ballot (to be verified later). The democrats sued successfully saying that the ruling would disadvantage minority and poor voters who move more often.
So the democrats think that black people are so stupid they can't figure out which polling place to go to when they move. It seems obvious to me that this is a consistent theme of the democrats and very insulting to blacks.
The Washington Post reports that depriving prisoners and those on parole the right to vote has become a key issue.". An estimated 5 million Americans are affected by felony voting restrictions. Black males account for about 8% of the U.S. population and 40% of the prison population."
I have touched on this before. So we are "suppressing" the black vote by not allowing those who commit crimes such as rape and murder to vote?? When someone commits a felony they lose certain rights. Anyone who argues this is just sad. These are horrible crimes against society and NO they should not be allowed to vote- Black, White, Asian, or Hispanic. My God, how many times will they insult the black community and feed the fire of racism by implying that in order for black men to vote we have to open it up to the prison population?????? Do they not realize how this sounds?? What message it sends?? Bush has put blacks in his most trusted positions in his administration. Laura Bush's best friend is a black woman. Does Kerry have some personal connections to the black community other than spreading these lies in the black churches by standing at the pulpit and preaching at those who he hopes will vote for him? I don't see any.
Finally, this is what black people went through in the 60's in order to vote. To throw out silly allegations with no merit diminishes the memory of those who truly had something to protest against and what they did in order to be able to vote. Shame on the democrats for this and shame on Republicans for not reaching out to the black community with the truth.
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Recruiting Terrorists, a reporter's inside look.
TimesOnline/UK had a reporter infiltrating a Muslim hate group three weeks before the 7/7 bombings. The paper’s summary:
An undercover investigation has caught leaders of a radical Islamic group inciting young British Muslims to become terrorists and praising the Tube bombers as “the fantastic four”.
A Sunday Times reporter spent two months as a recruit inside the Saviour Sect to reveal for the first time how the extremist group promotes hatred of “non-believers” and encourages its followers to commit acts of violence including suicide bombings.
The reporter witnessed one of the sect’s leading figures, Sheikh Omar Brooks, telling a young audience, including children, that it was the duty of Muslims to be terrorists and boasting, just days before the July 7 attacks, that he wanted to die as a suicide bomber.
After the attacks that claimed 52 lives, another key figure, Zachariah, justified them by saying that the victims were not “innocent” people because they did not abide by strict Islamic laws. In the immediate aftermath the sect’s leader, Omar Bakri Mohammed, said: “For the past 48 hours I’m very happy.” Two weeks later he referred to the bombers as the “fantastic four”….
The Saviour Sect was established 10 months ago when its predecessor group Al-Muhajiroun was disbanded after coming under close scrutiny by the authorities. Its members meet in secret in halls, followers’ homes and parks. They are so opposed to the British state that they see it as their duty to make no economic contribution to the nation. One member warned our undercover reporter against getting a job because it would be contributing to the kuffar (non-Muslim) system.
Instead, the young follower, Nasser, who receives £44 job seekers’ allowance a week, said it was permissible to “live off benefits”, just as the prophet Mohammed had lived off the state while attacking it at the same time. Even paying car insurance was seen as supporting the system. “All the (Saviour Sect) brothers drive without insurance,” he said.
via BuzzMachine
At one point the reporter is asked if he would be willing to wear a "strap" which is slang for suicide bomb belt. He laughs it off nervously.
Could this be any creepier?
Who are these sick disgusting people???? Where do they come from?? I'll tell you what God hates. God hates you intruding on someone's grief and making a mockery of Christianity.
via Patriot Voices and A Sailor In The Desert.
Same sex marriage or gay marriage?
And the first thing that flys out of the Pandora's box is this. Not the first thing I expected from Canada's new same-sex marriage legislation, but I am never surprised when it comes to sexual politics.
It seems two guys want to marry. Only they aren't gay. They just want the tax benefits.
Heh.
via Outside The Beltway.
Must. Be. Shallow.
I am so sick of arguing with people this week I am actually going to do one of those silly surveys that people are always sending me. I found this one over at Lovex5, a conservative chick blog I just found through the comments and I think I love her!
A - Age you lost your virginity? - 21 (and married)
B - Band listening to right now? - Big and Rich
C - Dream Car? - Lincoln Navigator
D - Dads name? - Bill
E - Easiest person to make you laugh? - Teresita, my best friend who can make me laugh even when I am in a bad mood.
F - Food you miss most? - Why would I miss any food???
G - Any encounters with ghosts?- No and no aliens either.
I - Interesting unknown fact about yourself? - I only want to be filthy rich so I will never have to cook again.
J- The first letter of the last person who broke your heart? -S
K - Kissing with eyes opened or closed? - Closed. Who opens them?? All you would see is skin pores!
L - Last time you did LSD? - Uhhh.. never even seen it.
M - Most memorable moment you can think of in a minute?- Other than the birth of my children, it would have to be standing near St. Peter's bones beneath St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
N - Nicknames? - Sugarpill (that is what my dad called me)
O - What’s your most valued possession?- Materially? I suppose it would be my home. I decorated it the way I always wanted a home to be. I love it.
P - Poison of choice?- A very very expensive red wine. Once you have had a good one, cheap wines will not do. There is simply no going back.
Q - The last quote you heard: "Never disbelieve what you don't understand."
R - What are you allergic to?- Rude people
S - Song you sang last? - "All My Loving" by the Beatles. I sing it all the time at night to get my youngest asleep.
T - Time you woke up?- 7:30am when I have to.
U - Fav. pair of underwear? - whichever fit.
V - Vegetable you hate most? -Okra
W - What are you the most afraid of? - My children dying before I do.
X - X-rated love life?- Shouldn't everyone's be?
Y - Year you were born? - 1962
Z - Zodiac sign? - I have no idea and don't care.
