Sometimes when I am arguing over this war on terror here on on my TexasSparkle blog, I feel so discouraged that so many people don't get it. They don't see the danger we face. Dan Barnett over at Hugh Hewitt at first made me feel better by reminding me that very few people "got it" just before WWII:
"In 1938, those who accurately perceived Hitler were a tiny minority. Those who understood the aims of Imperial Japan were an even smaller minority. The countries that would win World War II had no idea what was coming.
AT LEAST TODAY, we have a debate. Every time someone mentions 1938 or 1939, it warms the cockles of my heart because it means someone else gets it. And happily, those of us who get it aren't a fringe minority - we may even constitute a thin minority."
He goes on with appreciation that the news finally does seem focused on highlighting the dangers of terrorism around the world. But then he ends it with this:
"The bad news is that the right side may not win it. In America, Europe or Israel."
Which discourages me again, because I know it's true and it doesn't have to be.
Wednesday, August 16, 2006
I get discouraged.
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Not good.
No one has come forward in the kidnapping of Fox News reporter Steve Centanni and his cameraman. Fox is being very quiet about it as it pursues avenues of information. The other news outlets seem to be following suit by request of Fox News I am guessing.
Keep them in your prayers.
Head of the Institute of Islamic Political Thought in London thinks terror plot may be a hoax.
Media Blog at NRO has this:
"Meet A Guy Who Thinks The British Terror Plots Are a Hoax
This post on Hot Air reminded me of a clip I recorded yesterday but never got around to posting. In the clip, Tucker Carlson interviews this guy who thinks the London terror plots are a hoax. Posted here without comment, just check it out:
Video here."
via LGF
So very weird and sick.
So I'm looking around this site Women's voices. Women's vote. (associated with Rock the Vote) geared toward getting young unmarried women to vote and I click on "activist tools" This is where it brings me:
Useful Links
So you want to get involved? Get out on the ground and get people voting! Here are some good pleaces to start:
Visit One Vote - A Short Film About Women and Voting to see a wonderful movie about women and why it is so important that they vote.
Check out SheVotes.org for great info on women and the electoral process.
I decide to check out this short film about women and voting and where does it bring me? A porn site. A very bad porn site. That's right. A site that illustrates EVERYTHING that women should be against, exploitation of women, underaged girls being used, and women being looked upon as nothing but sexual objects. Someone has a very sick sense of humor. Maybe it does tell us how important it is for women to vote so we can get someone in office that gives a flying monkeys butt about this sick porn stuff.
Has the site been hacked? I called and left a message for them.
Geeze.
Ok, this explains so much.
You know, I don't throw around the word "commie" like many do. Every leftist is not a communist, but if the shoe fits, then Ned Lamont should wear it.
"His great-grandfather, Thomas W. Lamont, was chairman of J.P. Morgan. A wealthy progressive pacifist, he was the sugar daddy for the American Communist Party and other extreme left-wing organizations. His wife, Florence, belonged to such subversive groups as the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship and American Committee for Friendship with the Soviet Union.
Their son, Corliss Lamont, was an unapologetic Stalinist and atheist. Congress once declared him "probably the most persistent propagandist for the Soviet Union to be found anywhere in the United States." As national chairman of The Friends of Soviet Russia, he refused to condemn Josef Stalin's show trials in the 1930s. For 22 years, he was director of the American Civil Liberties Union, which has been financed by communists and dedicated to advancing Marxism since its inception and to this day seeks to impose socialism and atheism on America. He also chaired the National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee for 30 years, during which time he fought efforts to root out Soviet spies and sympathizers in the U.S. government and military. He ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate from New York in 1952 with the American Labor Party and in 1958 with the Independent Socialist Party; both parties fronted communist causes. Near the end of his life, he befriended Cuba's Stalinist tyrant, Fidel Castro.
According to one recent commentary, Corliss' nephew, Edward M. "Ted" Lamont Sr., embraced liberal-socialism "and passed his religious devotion to atheistic materialism along to his son." Ned Lamont, in turn, has surrounded himself with people who may be characterized fairly as dedicated socialists and borderline communists."
via Ace.
Politicians can be so dumb.
What was he thinking????
George Allen calls a 20-year-old volunteer for his opponent, who is of Indian descent, a "macaca," which means monkey. I've never heard the term before, but I ain't buying that he didn't know what it meant. Shame on him.
It's ironic though that we demand such polite purity from our politicians when the political landscape is awash with derogatory name calling. Maybe we in the blogosphere shouldn't be so hypocritical and try to adhere to the standard we require of the ones who lead us.
Update: RCP has the video of Allen.
Anti-War Rally.
RWN has more of Zombie's pictures from the latest rally in San Francisco. Check out the Jewish slur in the last shot. It's like it's ok to do that now and I guess all the tolerant lefties there just don't mind. If you click on Zombies site you will see ever more nuttiness.
I think Republicans seem to have prettier mugshots.
CQ Politics rates Ohio's 3rd congressional district as Safe Republican and, according to the AP, it just got safer for Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH). Challenger Stephanie Studebaker (D) was arrested along with her husband on domestic violence charges over the weekend.
Studebaker's mugshot isn't going to make campaigning any easier if she chooses to continue.
Compare and contrast.
Heh.
via Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
Update: I know this seemed kind of harsh considering it dealt with domestic violence. I have worked with women who are victims of domestic violence, so I don't take that lightly, but as the story points out she was the one doing the hitting. Here is the audio of the 9-11 call that sheds more light on her problems.
Here is her 9-11 call. Trust me, that isn't how a victim of domestic abuse calls 9-11.
The Dems try the security angle.
This is the latest from the DSCC. I saw it at Americablog.
It is to laugh.
Monday, August 14, 2006
My "Nothing to Do With Politics" post.
Because, frankly, I am sick of it.
Are you a fat guy? Does you butt crack show when you bend over like a plumber? Well, I have the shirt for you.
Awww...look at this cute wittle itty bitty gun.
Well, thank God the airlines are allowing lipstick. Because if we can't carry our lipstick the terrorists will have won.
If you ever need to fake a serious wound, I have the website for you!
via boing boing
More!
This may give the term "frozen embryo" a whole new meaning.
I must be sexy.
Men, guess what? Size only matters to you.
via Fark
Fox News reporter and camerman kidnapped in Gaza
"We can confirm that two of our people were taken against their will in Gaza," Fox News said in a statement.
ON DEADLINE: Journalists grabbed in Gaza
A Fox employee in Gaza, who declined to give his name because he was not authorized to release information about the incident, said the two kidnapped people were reporter Steve Centanni, a U.S. citizen, and a cameraman from New Zealand.
via Cotillion e-mail
Check out the Democratic Underground's reaction. Ugh. How about the one the says "Who do I root for?" Sick, sick people.
via Hot Air
Some Monday links.
The most excellent writer of all things Cuban, Val Prieto from Babalu blog has been guesting at Michelle Malkins place and today he writes on "Harlem Residents In Support of Slavery." That's right. Go read. It's good.
The ongoing loss of integrity of the New York Times.
A McCain ticket I am most certainly NOT for.
The Captain reminds us Catholics that today is feast day for Saint Maximilian Kolbe (my favorite saint!) and gives us information on how he became a Saint. I wrote a bit about him and other things in this post at TexasSparkle. Steve Janke provides some interesting background on Father Kolbe and why he should also be the Patron saint of bloggers!
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Fighting the war on terror. What the left seems to have forgotten (or ignored).
I just saw Ned Lamont on the news saying "The war in Iraq has nothing to do with the war on terror." Keep in mind this is the left's golden boy. And this is what I hear a lot from my lefty commenters.
Who flew those planes into our WTC? al-Qaeda
Where did we kill the head of al-Qaeda, al-Zarqawi? Iraq.
Where was one of Iraq's most-wanted al-Qaeda terrorists, Kassim aka Qasim Al-Aani, who was a senior aide to the Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader, Al-Zarqawi captured? Iraq.
Where was Salah Hussain Abdul Razak a/k/a Salah Hussein Abdelrazzaq, also a senior aide to al-Zarqawi capatured? Iraq.
During that time another senior al Qaeda in Iraq member was captured by Jordanian Intelligence. Iraqi citizen Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly a/k/a Ziad al-Karbouli and Abu Houthiyfah was arrested after being lured into Jordan.
So can the left just drop this ridiculous talking point? It's just a lie obviously. How can they deny the truth that you have just read?
Update: To just reinforce the truth of this I decided to link to articles that prove the point even more. All these things occurred in Iraq.
Several Terrorists Killed, Captured in Iraq; Weapons Caches Found
4 terrorists killed while planting roadside bombs
Suspected Terrorist Killed, Iraqi Police Nab 152 Others
Terrorist Killed, 16 Detained During Iraq Raids
IRAQ: Terrorist Killed, 16 Detained During Iraq Raids
Post-al-Zarqawi Raids Kill 104 Insurgents
Iraqi Hostage Recovered; Terrorist Cell Leader Captured
Coalition Forces Kill, Detain Terrorists in Iraq
Dozens of Terrorists Captured in Iraq
Ten Terrorists Captured in Iraq
I could go on and on, but I think I made my point. Iraq not being a part of the war on terror is more than a farce, it's lie and a dangerous one at that.
Update: Ok, I have to go and on. Many say and will argue that the terrorists weren't there before we invaded. Let's just drop that too. You all know about my reference to "Operation Viking Hammer" where we defeated a international terrorist training camp the first week of the invasion, but I just had to add some more proof. Because it is just so frustratiing to continue to see this false talking point being repeated over and over because it isn't just moonbats or lefty columnists. It's people like the man who would be President now if the Democrats had gotten their way.
In an interview with Time magazine during the last election, Kerry claimed that the 9/11 Commission found that Iraq had "nothing to do with al Qaeda." But according to numerous press reports, the deputy director of Iraqi Intelligence, Faruq Hijazi, met face-to-face with Osama bin Laden in 1994. Bin Laden asked for anti-ship mines and al Qaeda training camps in Iraq. (although there is no evidence that Iraqi responded to the request) That same year, according to internal Iraqi Intelligence documents authenticated by the U.S. intelligence community and reported in the June 25, 2004, New York Times, a Sudanese government official met with Uday Hussein and the director of Iraqi Intelligence to facilitate the relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda.
check out this article from Telegraph.co.uk has this from April, 2003:
"Papers found yesterday in the bombed headquarters of the Mukhabarat, Iraq's intelligence service, reveal that an al-Qa'eda envoy was invited clandestinely to Baghdad in March 1998.
The documents show that the purpose of the meeting was to establish a relationship between Baghdad and al-Qa'eda based on their mutual hatred of America and Saudi Arabia. The meeting apparently went so well that it was extended by a week and ended with arrangements being discussed for bin Laden to visit Baghdad."
Then there is the 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 2001Al-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."
The Weekly Standard had this in June:
THE FORMER IRAQI REGIME OF Saddam Hussein trained thousands of radical Islamic terrorists from the region at camps in Iraq over the four years immediately preceding the U.S. invasion, according to documents and photographs recovered by the U.S. military in postwar Iraq. The existence and character of these documents has been confirmed to THE WEEKLY STANDARD by eleven U.S. government officials.
Ok, I will stop now.
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Dead Children
The Green Helmet guy identified as PR guy/civil worker. The AP says he is a civil defense worker, not a mortician. Click on the video below and you will see the PR part. It is sick and disturbing though. Be warned.
Let me make a few observations here that I haven't seen elsewhere. Although what this man is doing is unforgivable, using dead children in such a way, we must remember after all, they are still dead children. Something we mustn't gloss over in our attempt to show this PR campaign. Aren't the images taken without direction enough though?
I try to understand this. I can see how one would want the world to see this tragedy. I can understand why he would want the images shot. But you just don't use the dead like that. You just don't.
There is one negative that I have read about George Bush that I completely agree with. I don't think he fully understands the different mentality that exists in the Middle East. Not only are they use to death on a daily basis (enough to be able to carelessly pick up a dead child's face for a better angle for the camera. Can you imagine such at thing here?) but they don't have a clear idea of what living in true peace means. We telling them about Democracy is like explaining to someone what chocolate tastes like. Impossible really. One has to actually taste it to understand. Which is how it will have to be in the Middle East. They will have to experience years of Democracy before they truly understand how wonderful it is. Oppressed is a skin not easily shed.
Liberals seem to think that we on the right imagine that everything is going well in Iraq. We do not. We only pray things go well in Iraq. We know that there is a perilous experiment happening there now. A bloody birth. It's awful. And we are aware that it could fail. The difference between the left and and the right is that we don't want it to.
This life they live in the Middle East has to change. We cannot live in a global economy, and in a world where technology has made us all neighbors, with one side living in the 21st century and the other side living in the middle ages. We just can't. We tried. I think America tried to ignore them for far too long. They cannot be ignored any longer.
Only time will tell if anything we did will make a difference for our children. Many people I talk to say we will never change the barbaric ways of the Middle East. They say we should leave them to kill each other as they have done for ages. But the radical ones made the big mistake of killing some of us. There is simply no going back.
We could leave, as the left wishes us to, but it won't change the faces of dead children there. They will still be blown up in bombs, whether it be in Iraq or Lebanon, or Israel. The dust of the land will still run red.
This is an effort that we should all be behind. Even if we disagree. But I fear we don't have the stomach or will for it. If we leave the beast of hate that attacked us on 9-11, he will wait patiently again to attack us.
Update: More proof of photo staging.
UPDATEII: The green helmet guy is injured:
"Two rescue workers, including the chief of the Lebanese Red Cross in Tyre, Salam Daher, were wounded by shrapnel during raids near the hospital where they had been rushing to help extinguish the fire, police said." via LGF
Friday, August 11, 2006
Good News
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert endorsed an emerging Mideast cease-fire deal late Friday, after a day of dramatic day brinksmanship including a threat to expand the ground war in Lebanon.
The agreement calls for the deployment of 30,000 Lebanese and U.N. troops along the
Israel-Lebanon border. It falls short of some of Israel's demands, including a strong mandate for the U.N. forces to take on Hezbollah guerrillas.
Oh Man. via Ace
"BRITISH police claim to have found a "martyrdom video" in which one of the 24 British Muslims arrested over an alleged plot to destroy up to a dozen passenger aircraft sets out his reasons for joining the planned suicide attack.
British officials said the damning evidence had been found in the home of one of the suspects, who include a 23-year-old biochemistry student and a Heathrow security guard with an all-areas access pass.
The guard was in his airport uniform when he was arrested and led away in handcuffs.
The suspects are mostly of Pakistani origin but two are white converts to Islam. Abdul Waheed, 21, changed his name from Don Stewart-Whyte six months ago after growing up as the son of a Conservative Party official. "
Three Middle Eastern Men Found With 1000 Cell Phones
(TV5) -- Around 1:00am August 11th three men purchased cell phones from the Wal-Mart store on M-81 near the corner of M-24 in Caro. Wal-Mart places a limit on the number of cell phones that can be purchased at once, that number is three. The three men allegedly bought 80 by purchasing them three at time so that an alert wouldn't be triggered by the cash register. They also paid cash.
An alert clerk grew suspicious and called Tuscola County central dispatch. The Caro Police Department sent a unit and stopped the rented van on M-81 just east of Caro. The suspects were headed towards Bad Axe on M-81 where there is another Super Wal-Mart.
The three men were described as being of Pakistani descent but live in Texas. Police say the three, ages 19, 22, and 23 appear to be naturalized citizens. One man was driving while the other two were in the back opening the phone packages with box cutters throwing the phones in one box, batteries in another and the packaging and phone charger in another container. The suspects had 1000 other cell phones in the van. There was also a bag of receipts showing that someone was in Wisconsin the day before.
Good grief.
via LindaSOG from the Cotillion e-mail
Too funny
Remember in the recent post regarding Cynthia McKinney's loss and the Jewish slurs her black panthers group hurled at a Jewish Fox News producer? ( We will miss her just for the comic effect) In one of those ironic moments you can't just make up, I discover at Disturbingly Yellow that the anti-war song that Cynthia was so passionately singing along with in her concession speech is sung by Pink, who is....you guessed it...Jewish.
Heh.
Why we can't afford for the Democrats to win.
The WSJ sums it up:
"British antiterrorism chief Peter Clarke said at a news conference that the plot was foiled because "a large number of people" had been under surveillance, with police monitoring "spending, travel and communications."
Let's emphasize that again: The plot was foiled because a large number of people were under surveillance concerning their spending, travel and communications. Which leads us to wonder if Scotland Yard would have succeeded if the ACLU or the New York Times had first learned the details of such surveillance programs.
How do the Democrats respond to our near miss? With relief? With maybe (God forbid) appreciation?...... of course not:
"Ted Kennedy chimed in that "it is clear that our misguided policies are making America more hated in the world and making the war on terrorism harder to win." Mr. Kennedy somehow overlooked that the foiled plan was nearly identical to the "Bojinka" plot led by Ramzi Yousef and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to blow up airliners over the Pacific Ocean in 1995. Did the Clinton Administration's "misguided policies" invite that plot? And if the Iraq war is a diversion and provocation, just what policies would Senators Reid and Kennedy have us "focus" on?
Surveillance? Hmmm. Democrats and their media allies screamed bloody murder last year when it was leaked that the government was monitoring some communications outside the context of a law known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. FISA wasn't designed for, nor does it forbid, the timely exploitation of what are often anonymous phone numbers, and the calls monitored had at least one overseas connection. But Mr. Reid labeled such surveillance "illegal" and an "NSA domestic spying program." Other Democrats are still saying they will censure, or even impeach, Mr. Bush over the FISA program if they win control of Congress."
The important ending:
"As the time since 9/11 has passed, many of America's elites have begun to portray U.S. government policies as a greater threat than the terrorists themselves. George Soros and others have said this explicitly, and their political allies in Congress and the media have staged a relentless campaign against the very practices that saved innocent lives this week. We doubt that many Americans who will soon board an airplane agree."
And this, my friends, is why the Democrats have no business being in control while we fight this war on terror.
For God's sake, tell your friends.
Uhh...Wow.
Allah has put together all you need to know about the most recent terror plot:
The Guardian has this:
"When the jets were in midair over American cities, they planned to combine the explosives and detonate them using an electric charge from an iPod, the security services believe. [British Airways] flights were among the targets. US officials said the bombers had been seeking to hit New York, Washington, San Francisco, Boston and Los Angeles. Other airlines targeted were thought to be United, American and Continental."
the Independent says different:
"The suicide bombers allegedly intended to carry out three “phased” attacks on nine or 10 jets over a period of several months. The plan, it is understood, was to blow up the aircraft over the sea so that investigators would be unable to discover how the explosive - possibly a peroxide-based liquid explosive - was taken through the airport security without being detected."
the Blotter says the Brits had a man on the inside:
"They had an undercover operative deep inside the group of at least 30 terrorists who had developed a simple, effective and potentially devastating plan to close the world’s busiest airport, Heathrow, by carrying on small but deadly bombs concealed in sports drink containers and detonated by the flash of a disposable camera, intelligence and law enforcement officials told ABC News…
When the arrests were made Thursday morning, the plotters had reached the point of identifying airlines and routes, but had not yet picked flight numbers. An arrest in Pakistan two days ago prompted authorities to begin to their round-up of suspects."
Allah snarks a bit about the NSA implications of this:
"In the two or three days before the arrests, the cell was going operational, and authorities were pressed into action. MI5 and Scotland Yard agents tracked the plotters from the ground, while a knowledgeable American official says U.S. intelligence provided London authorities with intercepts of the group’s communications."
Take that, you "our civil liberties are being eroded" crowd. It's called National Security.
This is chilling:
"A British government source said an intercepted message from Pakistan telling the bombers to “go now” had triggered the arrests."
Allah goes on to ponder this:
"Curious. As is the claim of a senior Pakistani official, who told the Times of London that at least three of the people arrested were linked to AQ. As is the report in the Blotter that “two of those arrested in London came [to Pakistan] in the last few months for explosives training with known al Qaeda commanders.”
Allah also has a partial list of the suspects and their ages.
Allah also links to the TimesOnline article that has this stunning observation:
"Michael Chertoff, the US Homeland Security Secretary, said that the British plot was “getting really quite close to the execution stage”. For British and American crisis planners, the date August 22 looms large. This year it corresponds in the Islamic calendar to the day in 1427 which Muslims commemorate as when Muhammad took flight on the winged horse Buraq to the “furthest mosque”, usually assumed to be Jerusalem. Bernard Lewis, an expert on the Middle East, writes: “This might well be deemed an appropriate date for the apocalyptic ending of Israel and if necessary of the world.”
President Ahmadinejad of Iran has cited August 22 as the date on which he will give his final answer on nuclear development. The suggestion that the foiled British plot involved blowing up aircraft over towns and cities corresponds with a longstanding ambition held by al-Qaeda."
Good God. I think we might have dodged not just a bullet, but a firing squad.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Let's Say Thanks!
Craig sent me this awesome site sponsored by Xerox where you click on a card, sign your name and hometown, write a message (or click one of their pre-written ones) and they send it for free to a soldier overseas.
GO DO IT NOW!
Ouch to Ned Lamont
WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) -- Sen. Joe Lieberman set out on his go-it-alone re-election campaign Thursday and seized on the terror arrests in Britain to argue that his Democratic opponent, Ned Lamont, does not fully understand the danger facing the nation.
More:
He seized on the terror plot in Britain to criticize Lamont's opposition to the war in Iraq.
''I'm worried that too many people, both in politics and out, don't appreciate the seriousness of the threat to American security and the evil of the enemy that faces us -- more evil or as evil as Nazism and probably more dangerous than the Soviet communists we fought during the long Cold War,'' Lieberman said.
''If we just pick up like Ned Lamont wants us to do, get out by a date certain, it will be taken as a tremendous victory by the same people who wanted to blow up these planes in this plot hatched in England. It will strengthen them and they will strike again.''
There is no doubt in my mind that Lieberman will win. Bets anyone?"I'll pray for you, you filthy Jew"
Ok, I'm paraphrasing. Did you catch the anti-semitic slurs hurled at a Jewish Fox News producer after the Cynthia McKinney loss by her gang of black panthers? Geeze. I just love how one of them is saying "I'll pray for you" as the one beside her is slurring him. Next thing ya know she will be referring to New York as "Hymie town."
Hot Air has it here.
Bomb plot.
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I'm just going to link good posts on this:
JunkYardBlog reminds us of a very similar plot.
Congressional reaction.
Good short summary.
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Good to know...
that I was completely wrong about the fake photo scandal not being put out there for the general public to see. Hot Air, LGF, and Ace are on the news shows and still blogging about many other photos. At the very least we can praise our guys for making sure that in the future the MSM guys will be checking their photos very closely. And that is a win for truth and for all of us. (Even the one's on the left whose only response to this seems to have been, "but does it change the story???")
Hizballah
I heard Charles Rangel the other day on the news pretty much comparing our military to the henchmen that controlled the prisons under Saddam. He said that Gitmo was no different. I see this attitude among many on the left. They feel our military, and now Israel's military, as really no different than those we fight.
Time magazine has an excellent article on Hizballah. I think that two photos tell the story though. The first is here. These little boys are members of al-Mahdi scouts. They cannot be more than 10 or 11 yrs old. These scouts train as future leaders in Hizballah. They pledge their commitment to martydom. Notice the hand salute. The picture is chilling.
Click enter to the first photo of the series. A scout leader teaches survival skills to the youth. As you can see in the photo there is a Star of David made of stones on the ground so that anyone entering the tent has to step on it.
I would like to say to Mr. Rangel that his comments are offensive to me as the daughter of a man who not only served in the armed forces, but attained much of his integrity, honor, and character there. He was a man on the road to nowhere and the army changed his life. Our military does not teach hate. It does not denigrate someone else's faith from the time you are a little boy. It teaches a person not to sacrifice for one's own self, but to sacrifice for others, so that they may be free. Most importantly, It teaches to fight against tyranny, not to fight to achieve it.
Mr. Rangel may not see the difference, but I certainly do.
Looking at the faces of those little boys we see the faces of those who will grow up wanting to kill Jews and Americans if given the chance. To me the war in Iraq and the war going on in Israel and Lebanon is all about removing from power those that teach little boys to raise their hands in a Nazi like salutes and to hate those who are different from themselves.
How can so many here in this country be against Israel in this? I understand the concern for civilians. Certainly. But I don't see the left wanting Israel to fight this enemy at all. I don't understand it. It is an enemy that makes their dreaded "religious right" here in this country look like pot smoking Harley riders. Do they not see the radical Muslim as a threat at all? Was 9-11 nothing? Did it teach them nothing?
It would be easy to walk away from all this. To welcome our boys home, pat ourselves on the back for creating a Democracy in the Middle East and keep our fingers crossed that it sticks. But then I look at the faces of those little boys and the countless others like them caught in the web of terrorism dressed up in a "holy war." I look into the eyes of women like the ones in the 8th of the photo essay. I can't look into their faces because they are covered head to toe in a burka that hides their lives. An oppressive place that I can't even imagine being in as a woman. I think to myself that there must be a different future here. There has to be.
All my life I have heard liberals say that we must "effect change." Why is it that in the most oppressive part of the world they have no interest in affecting change at all? Especially when not changing will lead us back to the kind of thinking that brought us 9-11.
The great Michael Moore speaks!
Jeff at PW did such a good job at fisking this that I had to just swipe his whole post:
From Michael Moore’s website, “It’s All About Who You Sleep With ... a Cautionary Note from Michael Moore”:
...by painting you in blackface or calling you a Zionist toady. You hearing us, Jewlovers?Friends,
Let the resounding defeat of Senator Joe Lieberman send a cold shiver down the spine of every Democrat who supported the invasion of Iraq and who continues to support, in any way, this senseless, immoral, unwinnable war. Make no mistake about it: We, the majority of Americans, want this war ended—and we will actively work to defeat each and every one of you who does not support an immediate end to this war.
Sorry, but that’s just how the “moderates” roll!
Nearly every Democrat set to run for president in 2008 is responsible for this war. They voted for it or they supported it. That single, stupid decision has cost us 2,592 American lives and tens of thousands of Iraqi lives. Lieberman and Company made a colossal mistake—and we are going to make sure they pay for that mistake. Payback time started last night.
I realize that there are those like Kerry and Edwards who have now changed their position and are strongly anti-war. Perhaps that switch will be enough for some to support them. For others, like me—while I’m glad they’ve seen the light—their massive error in judgment is, sadly, proof that they are not fit for the job. They sided with Bush, and for that, they may never enter the promised land.
You see, one must must be pure to withstand the purge. The rest of you are on the list.
Sorry, but that’s just the “moderate” way...
To Hillary, our first best hope for a woman to become president, I cannot for the life of me figure out why you continue to support Bush and his war. I’m sure someone has advised you that a woman can’t be elected unless she proves she can kick ass just as crazy as any man. I’m here to tell you that you will never make it through the Democratic primaries unless you start now by strongly opposing the war. It is your only hope. You and Joe have been Bush’s biggest Democratic supporters of the war. Last night’s voter revolt took place just a few miles from your home in Chappaqua. Did you hear the noise? Can you read the writing on the wall?
Uh, we can’t really forgive Kerry and Edwards. But we’re willing to forgive you if you take the proper stance. Because we could really use a chick as a candidate in ‘08.
To show how enlightened we are. And of course, “moderate.” So you see, you’re useful. NOW DO AS WE SAY OR PAYBACK WILL BE SWIFT AND SEVERE!
To every Democratic Senator and Congressman who continues to back Bush’s War, allow me to inform you that your days in elective office are now numbered. Myself and tens of millions of citizens are going to work hard to actively remove you from any position of power.
If you don’t believe us, give Joe a call.
But do it now, please. Because by November he’ll probably be back in the driver’s seat. Whereas Mike will be wading in a kiddie pool filled with custard and chocolate sprinkles.
Though the custard will be of the low fat variety. Because that’s just the “moderate” way.
(via conservative voice; h/t tpeters)
Some jokes just aren't funny.
Who else? Keith Olbermann.
Keith Olbermann
Countdown with Keith Olbermann
MSNBC Friday, July 28, 2006 July 28, 2006
Letters to the Editor
MSNBC
Dear Mr. Olbermann,
We are deeply dismayed by your ongoing use of the Nazi "Sieg Heil" salute, both on your program and in public appearances -- including the recent Television Critics Association press tour -- while holding up a mask of Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly.
While we understand that your aim is to entertain your audience by taking pot shots at Mr. O'Reilly, your repeated use of the Nazi salute has resulted in many complaints from our constituents, including Holocaust survivors and their families who find the use of this gesture offensive and repugnant in any context.
The Nazi salute is more than just a remnant of history, but serves as a calling card for modern-day neo-Nazis and white supremacists. We believe that the use of gestures and imagery associated with the Nazis – even in jest – only serves to trivialize the Holocaust and denigrate the memory of the six million Jews and others who died as a result of Hitler's Final Solution.
As a respected and well-known media personality, your actions have consequences and can set a standard for others to emulate. We are especially concerned that young people viewing your program might take their cues from your free use of the "Sieg Heil" salute.
In light of these concerns, we hope that you will reconsider your use of the Nazi salute in the future.
Sincerely,
The Anti-Defamation League
h/t Cormac
I've said it before and I will say it again. Using the Nazi and Holocaust reference lightly just diminishes the horror we need to teach our children of the history of true hate. And that goes for all sides of political debate.
Why Lieberman lost.
Last week Ron Rubin wrote an article at The Jewish Press called "Why Lieberman will lose" and he was right on the money of why he did in fact lose. The last two paragraphs say it all:
"Politically, it would have been far less costly for Lieberman to join the guilt-ridden “illegitimacy of military power” wing of his party. But to overlook the brutality of hate-filled fanatics would be to betray his bedrock religious principles and expose this country and the Middle East to an even more likely terrorist threat.
The conclusion to be drawn from Lieberman’s pending defeat is that his party’s self-styled “progressive” human-rights base is ideologically bankrupt when it comes to fighting the most bigoted enemy of our time."
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Oh yeah....
The video below is a ITB Graduation Speech by LTC Randolph C. White Jr. As Blackfive says it will be the best 12 minutes and 11 seconds you will spend online.
Here is the text.
Here is my favorite part: (forgive the caps, that is how it was typed) (emphasis mine)
THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST ARE NOT NECESSARILY ON CAMPUS OR IN THE CORPORATE BOARDROOM RIGHT NOW. THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST ARE YOU MEN! …YOU OUT THERE ON THE PARADE FIELD. DON'T EVER THINK THAT THE KIDS RUNNING AROUND ON SOME COLLEGE CAMPUSES PROTESTING AND WHINING HAVE ANYTHING ON YOU. YOU ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE ONE ADVANTAGE THAT ALL COVET... YOU WILL KNOW MANY OF LIFES TRUTHS – YOU'LL KNOW ABOUT THE GOINGS ON IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, DJIBOUTI, THE PHILIPPINES, THE BALKANS AND MANY OTHER PLACES. YOU WON'T HAVE TO GUESS OR BASE AN OPINION ON SOME BESPECTACLED SO CALLED EXPERT, OR HOLLYWOOD “PROFESSIONAL PRETENDER” WHO DEFINES DANGER AS CROSSING THE STREET, LEAVING CAMPUS, OR HAVING A DECAF LATTE INSTEAD OF A REGULAR. YOUR HEAD WILL NOT BE FILLED WITH THE EMPTY THEORY OF THE OLD PATHETIC SLACKERS WHO TEACH ON MANY CAMPUSES... THE ONES WHO RAN TO CANADA, OR HID OUT IN EUROPE, WHILE MANY OF THE VETS WITH US HERE TODAY PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE IN A PLACE CALLED VIETNAM. THE SNIDE ARROGANT CROWD WHO SPEND THE DAY BLAMING AMERICA FOR EVERY WRONG IN THE WORLD BEFORE GOING HOME TO SLEEP AT NIGHT UNDER THE BLANKET OF FREEDOM PROVIDED BY BETTER MEN! ...BETTER MEN SUCH AS YOU STANDING ON THE GRADUATION FIELD.
YOU'LL SEE THE SMILES OF IRAQI'S HAVING THE CHANCE TO VOTE, OR TO MAKE A SIMPLE CHOICE, OF AFGHANI CHILDREN RECEIVING 21 ST CENTURY MEDICAL CARE OR GOING TO SCHOOL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES. YOU'LL SEE MORE IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS THAN MANY WILL IN A LIFETIME, AND BECAUSE OF THIS YOU WILL KNOW SOME OF LIFE'S HARD TRUTHS AND SOME OF ITS PUREST DEVOTIONS. YOU'LL NEVER HAVE TO GUESS.
and this:
I FOR ONE WILL NEVER...EVER... APOLOGIZE FOR BEING AN AMERICAN AND DON'T YOU EVER FEEL THAT YOU HAVE TO. WE'RE NOT PERFECT BUT I CAN THINK OF NO PLACE BETTER. WE DIDN'T BECOME THE GREAT COUNTRY THAT WE ARE BY ACCIDENT....WE EARNED IT! ---- AND WHILE WE WERE AT IT--- WE KEPT AND CONTINUE TO KEEP A LARGE PORTION OF THE WORLD FREE. AMERICAN BLOOD AND SACRIFICE IS THE INDISPUTABLE PART OF THE WORLD EQUATION. MORE PEOPLE IN THIS WORLD ARE TRYING TO COME TO OUR SHORES THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY. WE REMAIN THE BEACON OF HOPE FOR MANY, AND GOD WILLING IT WILL ALWAYS BE SO. WE'RE NUMBER 1...DON'T APOLOGIZE FOR IT – BE DAMN PROUD OF IT!
The left's funniest guy...
Jon Stewart shows us "the other Iraq." He makes fun, but nice to hear about all the same.
Reader Joe Wierzbicki sent this video and has this to say:
"The 3 Iraqi provinces that make up Iraqi Kurdistan have built a peaceful democracy modeled after Western nations. Not one single Coalition soldier has been killed in Iraqi Kurdistan. No westerners have been kidnapped. And just this past week, Iraqi Kurdistan's regional government passed a new investment law designed to encourage investment by Americans in the region - as they seek to embrace free markets and economic growth. It's all part of Iraqi Kurdistan's effort to reach out to Americans and other westerners as part of their "The Other Iraq" campaign.
So what does someone like Stewart do when confronted with such progress - well, there isn't much else to do but poke fun at the success being made by the Iraqi Kurds. Stewart's schtick is funny, and his humor will bring a smile to your face. But the even bigger smile should come from the recognition that at least part of Iraq is moving forward with the potential for a very bright and promising future. Watch the 1 minute and 35 second clip here:"
Staged photo???
I don't know...what do you think?
I honestly don't think I will trust another picture coming out the region.
via Michelle
Bloggers on Fox!
We finally get to see the mysterious Ace, all 10 seconds of him discussing the fake photos scandal.
Charles Johnson of little Green Footballs was on Dayside. (video .wmv) I love Charles and all the hard work he does for the journalists who end up using his stories, but he needs some nice shirts. Ya'll hit the tip jar for him or something...;-)
Michelle has a good roundup on her vent today.
You know it's bad....
when a well known liberal and former counsel to President Clinton Lanny Davis discusses with concern the hate filled left. Here he is on the anti-war lefties running the Ned Lamont campaign:
"My brief and unhappy experience with the hate and vitriol of bloggers on the liberal side of the aisle comes from the last several months I spent campaigning for a longtime friend, Joe Lieberman.
This kind of scary hatred,"
More:
"A friend of mine just returned from Connecticut, where he had spoken on several occasions on behalf of Joe Lieberman. He happens to be a liberal antiwar Democrat, just as I am. He is also a lawyer. He told me that within a day of a Lamont event--where he asked the candidate some critical questions--some of his clients were blitzed with emails attacking him and threatening boycotts of their products if they did not drop him as their attorney. He has actually decided not to return to Connecticut for the primary today; he is fearful for his physical safety."
His safety.
If Lamont wins it will be a win for the worst of the Democratic party.
via Powerline
Update: I wanted to add something Michelle quoted of Mark Levin that I think perfectly illustrates a point I was trying to make in the comments:
"And while Davis correctly condemns the poison flowing from his own side, this is a serious problem for the Left, not the Right. Our nuts are on the fringes; his nuts run the DNC, their PACs, and their think-tanks."
I could not have said it better.
Monday, August 07, 2006
I just closed my eyes after reading......
this and prayed that someone somewhere near Cindy Sheehan will get her the therapy she needs. I do not mean that in a sarcastic way. I mean that sincerely. Everyone here knows that I have great sympathy for this woman. But it is clear to me that she is drowning in her grief to the point where reality is no longer an option she chooses.
Put aside all the "heart" thing. Put aside her "fast." She has made a home where the President lives. (and will live permanently when he is no longer President) Does no one else find this beyond weird? She has left her whole family behind. Divorced. And now purchased land with Casey's insurance money to live next to the President.
This is not a well person.
via LGF
Hillary Clinton
“Lying b**** . . . shrew . . . Machiavellian . . . evil, power-mad witch . . . the ultimate self-serving politician.”
Yeah. Can you believe this horrible namecalling!!? I would be all over my party for resorting to such language, but...hey, it ain't my party.
Heh.
via NRO
I know what you many of you will say. Obviously Hillary won't get the Democratic nomination. WRONG. She will.
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Remember the green helmet guy parading the dead......
at Qana and elsewhere for the past 10 yrs??
He may be identified as this guy:
"Mark MacKinnon of The Globe and Mail reported from nearby Tyre, Lebanon on July 26, describing the many difficulties caused by the rising death toll in that city. "Abu Shadi, the mortician at the government hospital in the city, agrees. He's processed 100 bodies -- many of them grotesquely mangled and burned -- and on his pickup runs has been forced to leave behind many more that he can't recover from cars and destroyed buildings.[...]Based on these descriptions, it seems highly likely that Abu Shadi the mortician and Abu Shadi the green-helmeted "civil defense worker" are one and the same. And, in the double role, Abu Shadi was among the first to arrive, before the media did, with his refrigerated truck that in recent days had been carrying around corpses."
Well now, how convenient is that? It makes one wonder if he was dropping as many off as he was picking up?
via PW
P.S. I'm not back yet, but the photo stories buzzing around the net is just amazing.
Update: Check out this woman who keeps losing her home in the war. via MVRWC
Another debunked photo.
Update: Rueters has pulled all of Adnan Hajj's 920 photos. Allah has the full story and every update you can imagine. Including another proven doctored photo(the one with the fake "missles" you have been seeing.)
Unfreakingbelievable! I predict this is the beginning of the fake photos scandal...
that the general public will probably never hear about . I have been too busy having an actual life to blog, but this fake photo thing just boggles the mind. Who can we really trust here? Geeze. And what other photos have been doctored and sent out by the MSM as real?
Ace has more.
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Blogging break.....
again! I am going out of town tommorrow and won't be back until Monday evening. I may be able to blog some while I travel. I'll see. Anyway, you guys did just fine with an open thread last weekend. You don't even need me. I have to go pack and get ready. In the meantime check out my latest post at my Houston Chronicle blog! Have a great weekend!
McKinney! Shake that thang!
Found this at PlezWorld:
'"Here is Cynthia McKinney (and her well-wishers) shufflin' and grinnin' after her bid to return to Congress was thrown into a run-off election. The only things missing are Cindy Sheehan in blackface and a couple of watermelons!
Shake that thang!
Shake that thang!
You gotta shake that thang!
Before you hit the play button, please swallow whatever you are eating or drinking, or I guarantee that it is going to come shooting out of your nose! Enjoy!"
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
If there wasn't enough reason to party....
if Republicans maintain control of the House in November, this will make it an all night blow out!
"Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) said "he'd resign his seat if Democrats don't take control of the House in November," according to the New York Post. "
While we are at it, let's look at some of those polls the lefties are so fond of:
In Michigan's gubernatorial race, a new Rasmussen Reports poll shows Dick DeVos (R) leading Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D), 48% to 42%.
In Nevada's U.S. Senate race, a new Rasmussen Reports poll finds Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) leading Jack Carter (D) by just seven points, 46% to 39%.
In GA-4, a new Insider Advantage tracking poll shows Hank Johnson (D) leading Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), 49% to 34%, in their runoff election. (yes, a Democrat, I know. But I'll take anything over McKinney)
new Rasmussen Reports survey shows California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) has pulled out ahead of challenger Phil Angelides (D), 47% to 41%.
In the South Dakota gubernatorial race, a new Keloland/Argus Leader poll shows Gov. Mike Rounds (R) leading Jack Billion (D), 56% to 27% with 17% undecided.
via Taegan Goddard's Politcal Wire
“I hope he does die.”
Cuban-American Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell describes how Castro affected his life and the life of his family.
Lowell's story is mild compared to many I have read about. Seriously. How can anyone believe that Castro was anything but a monster? I don't get it.
via Hugh Hewitt
Related: Beautiful poem.
It makes sense now.
I wondered what kind of sick mind would write such a stupid book like "V for Vendetta." And now I see it is a truly twisted perverted mind that takes "Alice from Alice In Wonderland, Wendy from Peter Pan, and Dorothy from The Wizard Of Oz—and re-tells their stories with the fantasy elements stripped away, replaced by real-world sexual experiences. Unsurprisingly, the book has stirred some controversy. Fans of the original characters have attacked Moore for turning them into porn stars, the owners of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan copyright have been contemplating a lawsuit, and some have questioned the way Lost Girls features young teenagers and pre-teens engaged in sexual activity, frequently with family members."
If you would like to stroll this degenerate's mind, read the interview.
Remember how the left gushed over this movie? Like here, here, and of course, Kos.
Great minds and all that.
via Ace
Blackface! Too funny!..... Not.
LGF had this photo up that was featured at Huffington Post: Jane Hamsher: On the Ground with Lamont/Lieberman. Oh, don't bother to go to the link. They have deleted the picture now. I guess they just didn't think that blackface might be offensive. Good Grief. Then Ace points us to an open letter to Huffington from Mark Coffey, which then prompted this justifying kind of an apology.
Update: In a case of irony that only the left can conceive of, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson endorsed Ned Lamont today.
Update2: Hugh Hewitt points out Huffington's hypocrisy.
Cuban thoughts.
Had to share this funny on e-bay.
It is thrilling to see the Cubans get so excited over at Babalu blog. Val posted a comment that I think says it all too:
"It did my heart good to see all those people out there on Bird Road, to feel their joy and happiness along with my own. I was so proud to see my own children, born and raised in the USA take to the streets with me, dance, hold their fists in the air yelling "Libertad". There was a moment when my 13 year sat on her six foot tall cousin's shoulders and I video taped her high above the crowd, fist in the air, yelling, libertad, libertad, libertad * there was a huge Cuban flag being waved right behind her. What an awesome moment * I wondered when did this girl come along and replace my little girl. When did she learn about Cuba, about being Cuban, about the injustices Fidel and his henchmen have committed against their own people. She was really listening. All this time, she was listening and learning and holding Cuba and our plight close to her heart. She can claim to be a rocker all she wants, but when it counts, when it really matters - turns out sheâ's Cuban to the core. There's probably going to be a small window of opportunity for the Cuban people to do something to change the course of their lives, I hope and pray that they will be brave enough to sieze the day."
Redstate has this interesting tidbit:
"Redstate is hearing from congressional sources that it has become apparent that the statement yesterday came after the surgery. This may indicate that Castro is in grave condition or is already dead."
Just speculation of course. How strange it must be to live in a country where no one can be sure when the leader dies.
For lots more background see Cigarenvy.
The AP is reporting that brother Raul says Castro is "stable" after surgery.
Murtha being sued.
"A Marine Corps staff sergeant who led the squad accused of killing two dozen civilians in Haditha, Iraq, will file a lawsuit today in federal court in Washington claiming that Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.) defamed him when the congressman made public comments about the incident earlier this year."
More:
"This case is not about money; it's about clearing Frank Wuterich's name, and part of that is to identify where these leaks are coming from," Zaid (attorney for Wuterich) said in an interview. "Congressman Murtha has created this atmosphere that has already concluded guilt. He's created this environment that really smells, and he's the only one who has done that."
I find this interesting. A Marine like Wuterich, who has been accused of such a heinous crime, does not file a suit to draw more attention to it unless he really believes he is innocent.
via Michelle (who has a new picture up finally, and it looks so much better)
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
The McCain legacy.
John McCain's 18 yr old son, Jimmy, has joined the Marines (although the McCain men have been Navy) Another son Jack, who is 20, just completed his first year at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.
I just thought that was cool enough to mention...;-)
Update: Patrick asked me in the comments why I liked McCain so much. I decided to post my answer so you guys could see too:
Honestly? Politics aside, I don't think we make men like him anymore. Men who are willing to sacrifice so much for their fellow man. He could have left the POW camp. His dad had clout and they offered. But he wouldn't leave his men. I just find that incredible. It says more about him than any issue or any mistake he has made.
Let me add one more thing. McCain and his wife adopted a black child from one of Mother Teresa's orphanges. (She actually looks Indian to me though) That is not a political move. It takes a leap of faith to adopt out of your comfort zone. I worked with adoptive parents for a while and many would not adopt anything but white. They said they just didn't want to have to deal with the questions and stares. How selfish is that???? But McCain didn't care that he was in the public eye. He didn't care about the color of her skin. He saw a child who needed a mom and a dad and he adopted her. Not because he couldn't have kids, he had kids. He just did it anyway when the easiest thing would have been to walk away. He did it anyway. This is a man I could trust as President. That's it.
Were these pictures staged?
The Qana bombings and the photos that followed are under suspicion for many reasons.
See the photos here and some questions as well. Riehl World has a roundup with lots of links.
I haven't blogged on this because I find it a bit distasteful to speculate on what actually caused the deaths of these children. Yes, I understand it is important to know and the only way to have that kind of investigation is to push the story, but when it comes to kids I tend to get a bit protective.
But it is time for us to know the truth. If these are staged then we can no longer trust anything that comes from those news sources. If they are not, then I would think that they would be more than happy to prove it.
Again! h/t BigDog
Hezbollah? What Hezbollah?
MaryKatherine Ham just slices and dices Air America:
"Both Randi and Stephanie can do half-hour segments about the Israel-Hezbollah conflict without ever mentioning Hezbollah. They show awe-inspiring restraint. On Air America, Israel is attacking a Middle-Eastern democracy—Lebanon—without provocation in an attempt to, as far as I could tell, just be really evil.
In fact, being really evil is a motivation ascribed to Bush, Cheney, all neocons, and all conservatives for every action they’ve ever taken.
When Hezbollah is mentioned, it is as a progressive, do-gooding civic organization that could use just a bit of refining of its self-detonation-inclined members."
More:
"In one of the more uplifting moments of the week, Stephanie Miller admitted that there was a moral distinction between Israelis who attack terrorists and accidentally kill civilians in the process, and terrorists who deliberately target Israeli citizens and use Lebanese citizens for cover. It didn’t last long before her co-host reminded her that Israelis, in their zeal for being really, really evil, target ambulances and U.N. posts without remorse.
The conclusion of that conversation was, despite the moral distinction, the result was the same in either case—civilians were dead. So, really, there’s no moral distinction at all. Whew, nice save, guys! That was a close one."
No commentary needed really.
h/t again! BigDog
Check out these cartoons from the Palestinian Media.
via Palestinian Media Watch (go to link and start scrolling. Unbelievable)
h/t BigDog
Caption!
These from the ever funny Caption This!
"Yeah, the terrorists just set off a nuke, and I'm like so, whatever..."
"Can I call you back? Mr Schwarzburger just gave Mel Gibson the wrong change. This should be interesting."
"Don't worry, ma, I'll be home just as quick as I can find a 21 year old to buy for me."
Rightroots.
Very cool.
"Rightroots is a broad coalition of conservatives joining together in support of a solid slate of Republican candidates for the US House and Senate. Properly funded, these candidates represent our best chance to retain control of Congress and to enact a conservative agenda."
Monday, July 31, 2006
The world is changing....
Why not Cuba too???!!!
Babalu Blog has all the updates you need on Castro handing control over to his brother Raul while he has surgery.
It would be interesting to see the insides of Castro. I would like to see what a black heart looks like.
Condi Slurs.
The Palestinian media gives us this:
"Al Hayat featured pictures of ralliers brandishing anti-Rice placards, some reading, “Murderer Rice go to Hell” and “Get out.” One placard had Rice drinking the blood of dead babies and stating, “I need more blood.”
A cartoon last week in the PA controlled Al Quds depicted Rice pregnant with a monkey. A caption read, “Rice speaks about birth of new Middle East.”
In a previous article by Al Hayat, Rice is described three times as the “black woman,” and her father, who was an ordained Presbyterian minister, was called the “black clergyman (who filled Rice’s head with Bible stories).” The article warned, “Beware of this ‘black spinster,’ we don’t want to say ‘the black widow’ out of respect for her femininity and her intelligence.”
Well, imagine what they would say if they didn't respect her feminity and intelligence.
I am awaiting Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton's outrage on this. Oh, and also the ones on the left who got so upset at Mel's slurs.
via Hot Air
Good Grief....!
Even in the tragedy of war, there is a PR man of horror.
The Riehl world wonders why in these photos all the women and children are exposed, but the men are not. The PR of death.
Adam Walsh Remembered
Anne Morse has an excellent article at NRO regarding the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 signed by Pres. Bush on Thursday. (You probably know John Walsh from "America's Most Wanted.")
For those of you not familiar with the story. Adam and his mother Reve' were in a department store in 1981 when Adam was 6 yrs old. Adam went to play video games on a large TV where several kids were while his mom went to the lamp department about 75 feet away. When she returned 10 minutes later, he was gone. His severed head was found 16 days later in a Florida canal. They believe he was abducted by a serial killer, Ottis Toole, who twice confessed to killing Adam only to later recant. He died in prison in 1996 of cirrhosis of the liver while serving a life sentence for other murder.
Like Anne, this story stayed with me as I had my children in the late 80's and the 90's. I was worse about it than Anne. She wouldn't let her kids out of her sight. I never took them to the stores once they were out of the stroller (and even then not many times). Seriously. When my two older kids were around 1o or 11, I took them to the mall and it was like country come to town. They were fascinated by the mannequins. They were so wide eyed and in awe and pointing to everything that it was almost embarrassing. They never went to camp until 5th grade. The idea of what Reve' did, which every mother did at the time, resulting in the horror that occurred to her son was enough for me to be way overprotective. I make no apologies for it though and they all seem to have turned out just fine. I had to pray a lot to get over being so afraid and I have gotten much better over the years.
John Walsh wrote a book, "Tears of Rage: From Grieving Father to Crusader For Justice The Untold Story of the Adam Walsh Case." I saw it at my library and sat down to read it. I was captivated, pouring over the horror and grief that John and his wife experienced. But then, at the end of the book, John publishes the letter written to him from the killer of his son. I cannot fully describe in words the macabre and sick twisted words that I read that day. I only remember being overwhelmed with the aura of evil. I just don't know how else to describe my feeling. The room spun and I had to put my head down on the table in front of me. Someone asked me if I was ok, and I couldn't respond. The evil there was so pervasive I could feel it around me. I know it sounds strange. It felt strange. In a moment it was over and I closed the book and cried. Just kept my head down and cried as quietly as I could.
No parent should ever have to go through what the Walsh family went through. In the NRO article Anne points out some very real causes of this kind of horror. She wonders, as I do, why we allow so much in our society that leads to this.
"We have become so accustomed to terrible things happening to kids that we tend to forget that we diidn't always live in such fear. Until recently, we didn't have child-sex tourism, child prostitution, and pedophiles soliciting our kids online. A few years ago, we would not have accepted a television show like Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, which regularly chronicles, for our viewing pleasure, stories about the torture, rape, and murder of America's children."
Regarding the new law, Ann says this: (emphasis mine)
"This law is a huge leap forward. But unfortunately, it only goes after predators after they have victimized a child. We also need to go after the people who inspire these crimes: pornographers.
According to the National Coalition Against Pornography, no single characteristic of pedophilia is more pervasive than the obsession with child pornography. The vast majority of child molesters admit to the regular use of hard-core porn, and one study found that states with the highest consumption of pornography also have the highest rape rates. "Not everyone who reads porn acts out [against children], but everyone who acts out does read child pornography," Roben Rodriguez of the International Center for Mission and Exploited Children told USA Today.
Porn is a $10-billion-a-year industry, much of it related to organized crime. Some 800 million adult videos and DVDs are rented every month-- many to people who live near our homes.
Why do we put up with this? Why do we put up with porn on the candy aisle of the grocery store, Internet portals that allow child-porn clubs on their websites, and cable contracts that force us to subscribe to sleaze if we want Sesame Street?
You'd think parents, with Adam Walsh and our own children in mind, would do everything they could to rid the world of the child porn that drives pedophiles to commit crimes against children. Last week's bill-signing is a sobering reminder of how many victims are out there-- and, tragically, how many more victims there are to come."
Tar baby?
I was reading that many black leaders were outraged by Mitt Romney using the term "tar baby" in a speech about the troubled Big Dig project.
BOSTON (AP) -- Gov. Mitt Romney has apologized for referring to the troubled Big Dig construction project as a "tar baby" during a fundraiser with Iowa Republicans, saying he didn't know anyone would be offended by the term some consider a racial epithet.
This is what he said:
"The best thing politically would be to stay as far away from that tar baby as I can," he told a crowd of about 100 supporters in Ames, Iowa."
I remember when Tony Snow said it recently as well. I have, of course, heard of the story of the "doll made of tar that traps Br'er Rabbit. It has come to be known as a way of describing a sticky mess." But I have never heard of it being a derogatory term for black people.
I grew up in Mississippi during the 60's and I heard just about every derogatory remark one can possibly make about a black person and that was never one of them.
So where did the "derogatory" part come from? I'd like to know.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Mel's moronic behavior.
I couldn't let this story go by. I suppose you have heard about Mel Gibson's drunken driving incident where he launched into a Jewish slur tirade.
Appalling.
But I have read on other blogs that Gibson is a hypocrite. Excuse me? Gibson has always been a looney type movie star. I don't know why we expect better behavior. Because he made "The Passion of The Christ?" He is an alcoholic. Obviously still struggling with it. Making a beautiful work of art, even if it is about Christ, does not make one perfect. Christians do not claim to be perfect. The only difference between Christians and non-Christians as far as behavior goes, is the awe we have for the compassion and forgiveness we receive. We should make the effort to lead a more virtuous life and those who are truly Christian do, but that doesn't mean we are all Mother Teresa. This
is not to defend Gibson. He should be ashamed and seems to be by his remarks afterwards:
"I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested," he said in a statement issued by his publicist. "I disgraced myself and my family with my behavior and for that I am truly sorry. I have battled with the disease of alcoholism for all of my adult life and profoundly regret my horrific relapse" ... Gibson also apologized Saturday for what he called "my belligerent behavior" when he was taken into custody. "The arresting officer was just doing his job and I feel fortunate that I was apprehended before I caused injury to any other person," he said. "I acted like a person completely out of control when I was arrested and said things that I do not believe to be true and which are despicable."
I read at Captain's Quarters that Abraham Foxman, the director of the Jewish Anti-Defamation League, wants the police to open a criminal probe into Gibson's stupid remarks:
"Calling for a criminal investigation into the Oscar-winning actor and director's remarks, Abraham Foxman, the national director of the US Jewish Anti-Defamation League, said: "We believe there should be consequences to bigots and bigotry."
Now that is just absurd. Bigotry is not criminal. And if it was there are about a dozen people I could think of right off the bat that could be arrested for anti-Christian bigotry. Not to mention racist bigotry on all sides of race in this country. So give me a break there.
I am sickened by Mel Gibson's behavior, but I am certainly not surprised. Hollywood is Hollywood after all.
Update: It seems Andrew Sullivan has linked "this rightwing blog." He says I am "blaming hollywood" for this. Say what??? I think it is quite clear that movie stars are not known for their virtuous behavior. If we aren't reading about rehab or drug addiction or drunk driving, we are reading about their divorces and affairs. I don't think I am blaming anyone but Mel for his behavior. I am just saying I am not surprised that a movie star would do something like this. Just like I am not surprised that Andrew Sullivan would misconstrue what I wrote.
UpdateII: Mel has entered rehab. Another hollywood shocker! Someone contact Sullivan!
McCain vs Hillary
No, not for President.
Uhh...can you believe that Hillary challenged McCain to a drinking game?
It boggles the mind.
I might add here, that given the comments below, you guys don't really need me to blog at all. I could just leave open comments thread.
I feel like Aunt Bea in that Andy Griffith show where she goes out of town and they clean the house so well it makes her feel unnecessary...;-)
