Mongo's Mutterings

Change in Postings

2006-12-31T05:02:00.000-06:00

Mongo is tired of saying "me too"... I'm dating this 12/31/06 since I want it at the top of my blog... If I don't have anything original or I don't have anything which excites me, I'm not going to post. Come here for news on totally idiotic stuff on Global Warming, Political Correctness, and other stupid hubris the elites push out. I'm going to limit my political discussions, since the Democrats, the MSM, and Transnational Socialists are being outed by the second for their treasonous and idiot behavior. Visit often, please.

Swinging Saddam and the NYT

2006-12-30T08:52:00.000-06:00

The New Yawk Times on Saddam's big bye bye

The final stages for Mr. Hussein, 69, came with terrible swiftness after he lost the appeal, five days ago, of his death sentence for the killings of 148 men and boys in the northern town of Dujail in 1982. He had received the sentence less than two months before from a special court set up to judge his reign as the almost unchallenged dictator of Iraq.

Here from Drudge Nice article. Perhaps the Slimes at the Times expected laws like we have in our country to overrule JUSTICE.

Hang him high!

We deserved it!

2006-11-08T05:00:00.000-06:00

Just a note to fellow Republicans.

We got our nose bloody.

The Dems won.

I hope the conservative Democrats can wrest control from the pinhead liberals like Pelosi, but I doubt it.

I also hope we don't pay for this frivolity with blood, like we did in Vietnam.

Mongo out.

Jimmy Carter Runs his Mouth Again

2006-08-19T07:06:00.000-05:00

SPIEGEL INTERVIEW WITH JIMMY CARTER

"The US and Israel Stand Alone"

Former US president Jimmy Carter speaks with DER SPIEGEL about the danger posed to American values by George W. Bush, the difficult situation in the Middle East and Cuba's ailing Fidel Castro.

SPIEGEL: Mr. Carter, in your new book you write that only the American people can ensure that the US government returns to the country's old moral principles. Are you suggesting that the current US administration of George W. Bush of acting immorally?

Carter: There's no doubt that this administration has made a radical and unpressured departure from the basic policies of all previous administrations including those of both Republican and Democratic presidents.

Mongo: Unpressured Jimmy? Ever hear of 9/11/01? 3,000 dead? War?

SPIEGEL: For example?

Carter: Under all of its predecessors there was a commitment to peace instead of preemptive war. Our country always had a policy of not going to war unless our own security was directly threatened and now we have a new policy of going to war on a preemptive basis. Another very serious departure from past policies is the separation of church and state, which I describe in the book. This has been a policy since the time of Thomas Jefferson and my own religious beliefs are compatible with this. The other principle that I described in the book is basic justice. We've never had an administration before that so overtly and clearly and consistently passed tax reform bills that were uniquely targeted to benefit the richest people in our country at the expense or the detriment of the working families of America.

Mongo: Yes, you know a lot about peace Jimmy… Let me see … 444 days of the Iran hostage crisis. Gutting the intelligence community of the US…
Face it Jimmy, you are a condescending, vapid, little appeasing leftist.

SPIEGEL: You also mentioned the hatred for the United States throughout the Arab world which has ensued as a result of the invasion of Iraq. Given this circumstance, does it come as any surprise that Washington's call for democracy in the Middle East has been discredited?

Carter: No, as a matter of fact, the concerns I exposed have gotten even worse now with the United States supporting and encouraging Israel in its unjustified attack on Lebanon.

Mongo: Yes “unjustified”. Hmmm. I suppose you would have done something about Hezbollah grabbing our troops. 444 days later, after someone else was in your office. Someone with a pair of nads, Jimmy.

SPIEGEL: But wasn't Israel the first to get attacked?

Carter: I don't think that Israel has any legal or moral justification for their massive bombing of the entire nation of Lebanon. What happened is that Israel is holding almost 10,000 prisoners, so when the militants in Lebanon or in Gaza take one or two soldiers, Israel looks upon this as a justification for an attack on the civilian population of Lebanon and Gaza. I do not think that's justified, no.

Mongo: What is this “massive bombing of the entire nation” crap James? Do you have anything to back that statement up? And YOU don’t think its justified. Just who the hell do you think you are? You are nothing, an embarrassment, an ugly, oily stain on the roll of great Americans who held your office.

SPIEGEL: Do you think the United States is still an important factor in securing a peaceful solution to the Middle East crisis?

Carter: Yes, as a matter of fact as you know ever since Israel has been a nation the United States has provided the leadership. Every president down to the ages has done this in a fairly balanced way, including George Bush senior, Gerald Ford, and others including myself and Bill Clinton. This administration has not attempted at all in the last six years to negotiate or attempt to negotiate a settlement between Israel and any of its neighbors or the Palestinians.

Mongo: because we were busy KILLING TERRORISTS, you numbskull !! We tried your appeasement, hell, you did. What has happened? How many attacks? Do you think when you showed Iran we were weak during the hostage crisis it helped us? Can’t you envision in your small mind that your spineless inaction encouraged our enemies?

SPIEGEL: What makes you personally so optimistic about the effectiveness of diplomacy? You are, so to speak, the father of Camp David negotiations.

Carter: When I became president we had had four terrible wars between the Arabs and Israelis (behind us). And I under great difficulty, particularly because Menachim Begin was elected, decided to try negotiation and it worked and we have a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt for 27 years that has never been violated. You never can be certain in advance that negotiations on difficult circumstances will be successful, but you can be certain in advance if you don't negotiate that your problem is going to continue and maybe even get worse.

Mongo: Yep you fixed it, didn’t you. Then why have the terrorist organizations flourished? Maybe they thought we didn’t have the courage to come get them if they hit us. Well we did Jimmy. No thanks to you.

SPIEGEL: But negotiations failed to prevent the burning of Beirut and bombardment of Haifa.

Carter: I'm distressed. But I think that the proposals that have been made in the last few days by the (Lebanese) Prime Minister (Fuoad) Siniora are quite reasonable. And I think they should declare an immediate cease-fire on both sides, Hezbollah said they would comply, I hope Israel will comply, and then do the long, slow, tedious negotiation that is necessary to stabilize the northern border of Israel completely. There has to be some exchange of prisoners. There have been successful exchanges of prisoners between Israel and the Palestinians in the past and that's something that can be done right now.

Mongo: yep “long, slow, tedious negotiation”. You certainly are good at tediousness James… No accomplishments, but tediousness.

SPIEGEL: Should there be an international peacekeeping force along the Lebanese-Israeli border?

Carter: Yes.

Mongo: Wasn’t there one there before Jimmy? How did 10,000 missles get delivered under their noses? Oh, I forgot, it was your buddy Kofi’s responsibility. I wonder why there weren’t 100,000.

SPIEGEL: And can you imagine Germans soldiers taking part?

Carter: Yes, I can imagine Germans taking part.
SPIEGEL: ... even with their history?

Carter: Yes. That would be certainly satisfactory to me personally, and I think most people believe that enough time has passed so that historical facts can be ignored.

Mongo: Like the fact that Communism didn’t work Jimmy? Off the subject, just asking. You seem to like Fidel and Hugo Chavez a lot. Even got Hugo elected, after you ignored some “irregularities”. Got to go on vacation in Venezuela the next year, didn’t you?

SPIEGEL: One main points of your book is the rather strange coalition between Christian fundamentalists and the Republican Party. How can such a coalition of the pious lead to moral catastrophes like the Iraqi prison scandal in Abu Ghraib and torture in Guantanamo?

Carter: The fundamentalists believe they have a unique relationship with God, and that they and their ideas are God's ideas and God's premises on the particular issue. Therefore, by definition since they are speaking for God anyone who disagrees with them is inherently wrong. And the next step is: Those who disagree with them are inherently inferior, and in extreme cases -- as is the case with some fundamentalists around the world -- it makes your opponents sub-humans, so that their lives are not significant. Another thing is that a fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality. And so this administration, for instance, has a policy of just refusing to talk to someone who is in strong disagreement with them -- which is also a radical departure from past history. So these are the kinds of things that cause me concern. And, of course, fundamentalists don't believe they can make mistakes, so when we permit the torture of prisoners in Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib, it's just impossible for a fundamentalist to admit that a mistake was made.

Mongo: Jimmy, I’m not a fundamentalist, but I do view you a sub-human, or at least an idiot. Do you really believe this crap you said… “permit the torture”??? You are a sniveling disgrace as a ex president, as you were when you were in office. Remember the double digit interest rates Jimmy? Remember the housing market drying up on your watch? Remember the gas lines? … What did you do Jimmy?

Oh, I remember, you put on a sweater.

SPIEGEL: So how does this proximity to Christian fundamentalism manifest itself politically?

Carter: Unfortunately, after Sept., there was an outburst in America of intense suffering and patriotism, and the Bush administration was very shrewd and effective in painting anyone who disagreed with the policies as unpatriotic or even traitorous. For three years, I'd say, the major news media in our country were complicit in this subservience to the Bush administration out of fear that they would be accused of being disloyal. I think in the last six months or so some of the media have now begun to be critical. But it's a long time coming.

Mongo: How about talking about MUSLIM FUNDEMENTALISTS, the people who are Killing Americans? Oh, “even traitorous”. Yep you are getting closer…

SPIEGEL: Take your fellow Democrat Senator Hillary Clinton. These days she is demanding the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. But she, like many others, allowed President Bush to invade Iraq under a false pretext.

Carter: That's correct.

SPIEGEL: Was the whole country in danger of losing its core values?

Carter: For a while, yes. As you possibly know, historically, our country has had the capability of self-correcting our own mistakes. This applied to slavery in 1865, it applied to legal racial segregation a hundred years later or so. It applied to the Joe McCarthy era when anti-communism was in a fearsome phase in the country like terrorism now. So we have an ability to correct ourselves and I believe that nowadays there is a self-correction taking place. In my opinion the election results in Connecticut (Eds: The primary loss of war supporter Senator Joseph Lieberman) were an indication that Americans realized very clearly that we made a mistake in going into Iraq and staying there too long.

Mongo: Yep we correct our mistakes. Ronald Reagan corrected a big one. .Your presidency!

SPIEGEL: Now even President Bush appears to have learned something from the catastrophe in Iraq. During his second term he has taken a more multilateral approach and has seemed to return to international cooperation.

Carter: I think the administration learned a lesson, but I don't see any indication that the administration would ever admit that it did make a mistake and needed to learn a lesson. I haven't seen much indication, by the way, of your premise that this administration is now reconciling itself to other countries. I think that at this moment the United States and Israel probably stand more alone than our country has in generations.

Mongo: Yes we have to “reconcile ourselves to other countries”. To whom Jimmy? Venezuela? North Korea? Iran? We have always been alone Jimmy. We have allies, but we carry the majority of the load because we can. I know you would try to weaken us, and weaken our resolve, but it hasn’t and it won’t work.

SPIEGEL: You've written about your meeting with Fidel Castro. He appears seriously ill now and Cuban exiles are partying already in the streets of Miami. You are probably not in the mood to join them.

Carter: No, that's true. Just because someone is ill I don't think there should be a celebration of potential death. And my own belief is that Fidel Castro will recover. He is two years younger than I am, so he's not beyond hope.

Mongo: Jimmy, I can’t come near to touching my thoughts on that last statement. I too, have hopes for Fidel.

SPIEGEL: You sought to normalize relations with Castro, but that never happened. Has anything been achieved through Cuba's isolation?

Carter: In my opinion, the embargo strengthens Castro and perpetuates communism in Cuba. A maximum degree of trade, tourism, commerce, visitation between our country and Cuba would bring an earlier end to Castro's regime.

Mongo: We will never know, thank goodness.

SPIEGEL: You've been called the moral conscience of your country. How do you look at it yourself? Are you an outsider in American politics these days or do you represent a political demographic that could maybe elect the next US president?

Carter: I think I represent the vast majority of Democrats in this country. I think there is a substantial portion of American people that completely agree with me. I can't say a majority because we have fragmented portions in our country and divisions concerning gun control and the death penalty and abortion and gay marriage.

Mongo: I hope you represent the Democrats. Just keep talking Jimmy. Just keep talking, keep reminding us of what pathetic losers the Democrats are. You and philandering Bill, what a pair of Presidents … keep talking please…

SPIEGEL: As president, your performance was often criticized. But the work you did after leaving office to promote human rights has been widely praised. Has life been unfair to you?

Carter: I've been lucky in my life. Everything that I've done has brought great pleasure and gratification to me and my wife. I had four years in the White House -- it was not a failure. For someone to serve as president of the United States you can't say it is a political failure. And we have had the best years of our lives since we left the White House. We've had a very full life.

Mongo: good for you, but “it was not a failure”? It was a disaster, not a failure Jimmy.

SPIEGEL: Do you feel you achieved even more out of office than you did as president?

Carter: Well, I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.

Mongo: And you have destroyed some of that prestige by your idiocy. And what is with the “so forth”? You state five commitments and then say “so forth”?

SPIEGEL: Does America need a regime change?

Carter: As I've said before, there is a self-corrective aspect to our country. And I think that the first step is going to be in the November election this year. This year, the Democrats have good chance of capturing one of the houses of Congress. I think the Senate is going to be a very close decision. My oldest son is running for the US Senate in the state of Nevada. And if just he and a few others can be successful then you have the US Senate in Democratic hands and that will make a profound and immediate difference.

Mongo: We’ll see Jimmy. We’ll see. You aren’t going to be supervising our elections, thank goodness.

SPIEGEL: Mr. Carter, thank you for the interview.

Mongo: Jimmy... kiss off you vapid,
condescending,
elitist,
leftist.

slimeball.

The UN Does it Again Oh they will protect you...

2006-08-17T04:37:00.000-05:00

New Zealand news on Stuff.co.nz: NZ officer caught up in massacre

NZ officer caught up in massacre
01 June 2006
By MAGGIE TAIT

A New Zealand army officer caught up in last Thursday's massacre of East Timorese policemen told yesterday of his dash to safety with some of the survivors.

Major Ian Martyn, here with the United Nations teaching border control how to do the job, said police became the target of a faction of the national army, the FFTL, last Thursday.

"There was sustained automatic weapons fire; rocket-propelled grenades being used, there was hand grenades being used. . .

"When it got to that sort of crescendo around about midday then that's when we received a call for assistance – the PNTL (police) national headquarters was under sustained attack and the chief military training advisor made an approach to. . .. to try negotiate some sort of a truce to try and extract the PNTL officers."

A deal was done with an agreement the police would be allowed to leave the headquarters unarmed and have safe passage to the UN barracks.

"These people are told to disarm, they're not happy about that whatsoever, taking away their potential protection. So there's a lot of coaxing and jollying and smiling and soft talking to try and coax the weapons away from these people. We finally do."

The weapons are loaded into the car followed by a delay as people in the building were rounded up.

AdvertisementAdvertisement"Time was ticking along at this stage.

"There are still people in the building, they are still coming, still coming, the weapons pile is getting bigger and bigger, take over 200 weapons, automatic weapons, pistols, handguns. The boss makes a decision these guys are going to be formed up on the road and walked down all the way back to the barracks."

The police wanted to get into vehicles but eventually were convinced to walk, unarmed, between rows of UN police cars.

UN colours were on display and its flag led the way. The men trusted in the international power of the light blue.

They travelled down the road and came to an intersection. Maj Martyn spotted a FFTL soldier standing on a corner with a UN police officer.

"It caught my attention because he was a rather large FFTL soldier and he's holding a weapon.

"It's apparent that the soldier standing with the UNPOL (UN police) officer sees somebody that he particularly identifies, it was just the body language and his head movements so he skirted around the UNPOL officer and raised his weapon."

At that stage a man on the other side of the intersection raised his weapon and started automatic fire into the front of the column.

"This guy with the UNPOL officer on the other side also starts firing. . . so everyone in the column between the cars hits the ground, a lot of the police officers jump out of the cars and hit the ground – yeah it gets a bit blurry from there on."

Maj Martyn was driving the third car from the front.

"I was just trying to register what was going on. The UN police in my car leapt out and hit the road and I'm thinking right I've got to do something, I can't sit here I'm going to be a bloody target.

"So I lay flat on the front seat and tried to get the car into reverse but I've got the gear shift caught in the bottom of my flak jacket. . . just at that stage, because of all of the yelling and screaming that's going on from the PNTL officers, I've got two officers jump into the car on top of the weapons."

Amid the mayhem he eventually gets the car into reverse: "going backwards at a high rate of knots.

He was lucky the cars behind him had moved which allowed him to flee as fast as possible – the two local police in the car WEre crying and suddenly screamed for him to stop. There was a gunner behind them. Some tricky driving and the car makes it back to the police headquarters.

"Of course I've this car full of all of these weapons and ammunition which just make a fantastic target or prize."

Maj Martyn hid the men and stashed the car so the weapons couldn't be stolen. Then it was back to the scene.

Ambulances were on the street and UNCOL vehicles.

"We went up there and at that stage most of the dead or injured had been loaded on to the flatbeds or ambulances so as far as we could see they were only picking up weapons."

The scene he left was one of carnage. Pressed to describe it Maj Martyn said: "There was one particularly bad head wound, fatality, it was possibly the most memorable thing that I saw briefly. A brain on the road. Top of the head gone."

Nine of the police were killed and another was found dead the next day.

The PNTL have blamed the UN for the deaths.

Said Maj Martyn: "If the UN sits back and is riveted to inaction we are not demonstrating the credibility particularly of the UN military in our peacekeeping role.

"You can't stop, you've got to keep doing it. Because you've had a failure this time around through circumstances beyond your control the UN still has to stick by its mandate, its code of ethics and do what is necessary to be done irrespective of the consequences.

"We can only hope and believe things will work out in our favour – there's no guarantees."

But the killings have shaken the public faith in the UN. Sukehiru Hasegawa, special representative of the UN general secretary, wants a full investigation of what he described as a "reprehensible breach" of the agreement to extract the policemen and a serious crime against unarmed police under UN protection.

this story escaped news notice. No wonder.

Sgt Robert Thornton

2006-07-27T19:00:00.000-05:00

God Bless You Sergeant! And God Bless those who allow us to sleep safely in our beds at night...

Treasonable Acts -- Following up the NYT

2006-07-10T04:55:00.000-05:00

The American Spectator:

"'We thought that once the reporters and editors understood that one, these were not warrantless searches, and two, that this was a successful program that had netted real bad guys, and three, that it was a program that was helping us with current, ongoing cases, they would agree to hold off or just not do a story,' says the U.S. Treasury official. 'But it became clear that nothing we said was going sway them. Whomever they were talking to, whoever was leaking the stuff, had them sold on this story.'

To that end, the Justice Department has quietly and unofficially begun looking into possible sources for the leak. 'We don't think it's someone currently employed by the government or involved in law enforcement or the intelligence community,' says another Justice source. 'That stuff about 'current and former' sources just doesn't wash. No one currently working on terrorism investigations that use SWIFT data would want to leak this or see it leaked by others. We think we're looking at fairly high-ranking, former officials who want to make life difficult for us and what we do for whatever reasons.'"

Lets check Mary McCarthy... has she been charged yet? There are enough Klintonistas around...

Rather eyes exit after 44-year CBS run

2006-06-20T05:44:00.000-05:00

Rather eyes exit after 44-year CBS :

"Rather's position with the network had been strained after a September 2004 report he did for '60 Minutes Wednesday' that questioned President Bush's National Guard service during the Vietnam War. The report, which was prepared by producer Mary Mapes and only involved Rather minimally, was based upon documents that failed to live up to intense scrutiny. "

Gee cut ole Dan a BREAK would you. "INTENSE SCRUTINY?" The documents were debunked, and Dan dethroned in less that 1/2 day by the bloggers.

Bye Danny Boy... Socialist Slimeball Propagandist

Al Gore -- Global Warming Bore

2006-06-15T04:57:00.000-05:00

Brer Rabbit and the Briar Patch
Scientists respond to Gore's warnings of climate catastrophe -- Canada Free Press:

"Professor Bob Carter of the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University, in Australia gives what, for many Canadians, is a surprising assessment: 'Gore's circumstantial arguments are so weak that they are pathetic. It is simply incredible that they, and his film, are commanding public attention.'

But surely Carter is merely part of what most people regard as a tiny cadre of 'climate change skeptics' who disagree with the 'vast majority of scientists' Gore cites?

No; Carter is one of hundreds of highly qualified non-governmental, non-industry, non-lobby group climate experts who contest the hypothesis that human emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) are causing significant global climate change. 'Climate experts' is the operative term here.

Why? Because what Gore's 'majority of scientists' think is immaterial when only a very small fraction of them actually work in the climate field. "

Seems like Mr. Carter has no axe to grind, except for his professional expertise in the field. The article concludes with this quote:

Carter does not pull his punches about Gore's activism, "The man is an embarrassment to US science and its many fine practitioners, a lot of whom know (but feel unable to state publicly) that his propaganda crusade is mostly based on junk science."

Thank you Professor.

Quote of the Month

2006-05-16T05:24:00.000-05:00

“The argument that “liberal” conveys no meaningful information is always stated in terms of the great variation among liberals.

There is more variation among dogs than among liberals, but that doesn’t mean the word “dog” has no meaning. … there are tall liberals, short liberals, cowardly liberals, even more cowardly liberals – but there still is an essential dogness to all of them” – Ann Coulter “Slander”

Wow... Just wow!!

Should the CIA be disbanded?

2006-05-09T05:03:00.000-05:00

Jed Babbin in The American Spectator: "The last major success our intelligence community produced was the 1962 appearance before the UN General Assembly in which Adlai Stevenson displayed pictures of Soviet missile sites in Cuba. They were irrefutable, and Stevenson's moment exposed Soviet lies and helped compel the Soviets to back down. That was forty-four years ago. The CIA's record since then is a string of failures unblemished by a single notable success."The latest failures show portions of the CIA managment (Mary McCarthy, et al.) to be strongly politicized, and displaying an unbelievable arrogance. I will be the first to admit that the Church Commission gutted a lot of the power of the CIA, but a once proud agency has been seriously weakened and compromised by bureaucratic hubris and political chicanery.

What really aggravates me is we need this organization. We also need to get SERIOUS about security, and to define what constitutes "political debate" and what constitutes "treason". A few people executed ala Rosenberg will slow down the slimeballs. Rant off.

He's a Kennedy? ... That is probable cause...

2006-05-05T04:53:00.000-05:00

Patrick and the biggest boozer of them all...

Fat Teddy!

Ain't being royalty grand???

ELITIST SCUMBAGS ... ALL OF THEM

For Love & Money & Loyalty

2006-04-25T05:09:00.000-05:00

From Mind in the Qatar via Jim at Gateway Pundit

Well there ARE a lot of lines there, aren't there.

The Mary McCarthy Story -- Andrew McCarthy's view

2006-04-25T05:01:00.000-05:00

The Corner on National Review Online

MCCARTHY’S POLITICAL DONATIONS [Andy McCarthy]

I substantially agree with Jonah’s point that the extraordinary amount of money at issue here is relevant but not dispositive when it comes to divining Mary McCarthy’s motives. But I do think it’s highly relevant – not just another fact in a firmament of facts.

That’s because McCarthy’s situation cannot be considered in a vacuum. Even with McCarthy considered alone, we are not talking about a single leak – the reporting indicates that she may be a serial leaker, the black-sites story being only the most prominent instance. But the broader context here is an intelligence community that was, quite brazenly, leaking in a manner designed to topple a sitting president. A big question here -- maybe not for purposes of guilt under the espionage act, but for the more important policy issue of a politicized CIA -- is whether she was part of a campaign that was grossly inappropriate for the intelligence community to engage in.

Remember Michael Scheuer, aka “Anonymous.” It is simply dumbfounding that, as an intelligence officer heading up the bin Laden team (i.e., the unit targeting the number one, active national security problem facing the country) he was permitted by the CIA to write books about what he was doing. He has indicated, though, that it was fine with the agency as long as he was slamming the Bush administration.

Valerie Plame Wilson thought the whole Bush administration notion that Saddam was trying to arm up with nukes was crazy. She maneuvered to have, not an objective analyst, but her husband – with no WMD expertise but an enemy of the president’s policy – sent to Niger, whence he returned and wrote a highly partisan, misleading and damaging op-ed in the NYTimes about the Bush administration’s case for toppling Saddam … which op-ed he was permitted by the self-same CIA to write notwithstanding that his trip was (and should have been) classified.

All the while, there has been a steady drumbeat from the former intelligence officers – who anonymously fill Seymour Hersh books when they are not venting their spleens on the record – attacking every aspect of the administration’s handling of the war on terror.

This has all been steady since 9/11. But it was especially frenetic in the run-up to the 2004 election (and the flavor of it ran throughout the 9/11 Commission hearings and, to a somewhat more muted extent, in the Commission’s final report). The transparent purpose of it was to get Senator Kerry elected.

Now we find that an intelligence officer who was leaking information very damaging to Bush was a Kerry backer to a degree that was extraordinary for a single person on a government salary, and, even more extraordinarily, gave $5K of her own money to Democrats in the key swing state (Ohio) that, in the end, did actually decide the election.

From where I sit, that’s pretty damn relevant.

Yes, it is relevant. The blogosphere is all atwitter at McCarthy's firing. Righties saying traitor, lefties saying whistle blower. Mongo is saying okay, let's have a TRIAL. Then we will hear the facts. Oh by the way McCarthy already has a lawyer out spinning her dismissal.

There is also some interesting talk that Sens Rockefeller and Turdbin might be involved. Juicy!

Here's to another Dan Rather decapitation... Viva La Revolucion!!!

Oh, Mary, you just might want to look up the name Rosenberg for some historical reference...

The Immigration Protests

2006-04-12T04:55:00.000-05:00

THE INVASION FORCE SHOWS ITSELF -- Neal Boortz

The protestors were holding signs which said

Today we march. Tomorrow we vote! And don't the Democrats know it! Why do you think Ted Kennedy and Hillary were in full pandering mode yesterday? Remember, there are movements in areas of Hispanic population concentration for giving non-citizens the vote in local elections. In New York City there are calls for allowing illegal aliens to vote. After the next amnesty agreement the pressure will be on to get these Hispanics, citizens and non-citizens, to the polls.

Good point. I personally have no problem with ANYONE immigrating to our Nation. Just do it legally. But show up to the polls to vote as a non-citizen?

Legend has it that Lyndon Johnson was elected to his first term in Congress by two dozen dead mexicans, so I guess the Democrats have some precedent for their dispicable actions. Oh, they might be surprised with the Hispanic community, though. Many of the immigrants have religious values and other thoughts which might go against the secular progressives...

Why were guns taken from law-abiding citizens in New Orleans?

2006-04-11T05:01:00.000-05:00

John Lott

Last September 8, a little more than a week after the hurricane, New Orleans’ police superintendent, Eddie Compass announced: “No one will be able to be armed. Guns will be taken. Only law enforcement will be allowed to have guns.” Even legally registered firearms were seized, though exceptions were made for select businesses and for some wealthy individuals to hire guards.

After five months of denial in federal district court, the city last week made an embarrassing admission: in the aftermath of the hurricane, the severely overworked police apparently had the time to confiscate thousands of guns from law-abiding citizens.

If you have any delusions of the police or others from government protecting you and your family, try googling the "DeShaney" decision where the Supreme Court decision in DeShaney states that "Law enforcement has no affirmative obligation to act..." in the defense of an individual citizen. It is your personal responsibility to protect yourself and family.

GREENIE WATCH

2006-03-28T04:31:00.000-06:00

GREENIE WATCH:

"A BRIEF GUIDE TO SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE (Via Benny Peiser)

The following phrases, frequently found in technical writings, are defined below for your enlightenment:

Phrase......................................... Translation

It has been long known............... I haven't bothered to check the references

It is known.................................... I believe

It is believed................................. I think

It is generally believed...................My colleagues and I think

There has been some discussion... Nobody agrees with me

It can be shown........................... Take my word for it

It is proven................................... It agrees with something mathematical

Of great theoretical importance...... I find it interesting

Of great practical importance........ This justifies my employment

Of great historical importance....... This ought to make me famous

Some samples were chosen for study... The others didn't make sense

Typical results are shown............ The best results are shown

Correct within order of magnitude.... Wrong

The values were obtained empirically. The values were obtained by accident

The results are inconclusive......... The results seem to disprove my hypothesis

Additional work is required.......... Someone else can work out the details

It might be argued that.............. I have a good answer to this objection

The investigations proved rewarding.. My grant has been renewed "

There is a renewed push from the Global Warming (read NeoCommunist, Anti Capitalist) crowd, and the propaganda war is starting in earnest. Use the above for reference...

Oh Helen....

2006-03-22T04:26:00.000-06:00

You really believe you are something, don't you?

I've reviewed several stories today about your "questioning" the President, and I've watched the film.

Helen, you were schooled and used by the President. Good for Him!

Helen you remind me of the old crone in the village that people allow to speak even though everyone knows what she is going to say. Now shut up.

You are arrogant, you are rude, and you are an exceedly ugly human being. Just shut up.

Communist Broadcasting Service

2006-03-10T05:33:00.000-06:00

BLOGWONKS: The Same Old Song And Dance:

"This past Monday, CBS, otherwise known as See? BS!, Al-Jazeera West, and the Corrupt Broadcasting System, proved once again that it is nothing but a shameless propaganda tool of the Democrat party, by releasing the results of a poll it rigged... uh... conducted recently showing that President Bush's popularity rating has plummeted to an all-time low of 34 percent.

Of course, when one looks at the internals of the poll, one sees that, of the 1018 people who responded to it, only 28 percent were Republicans. 38 percent, however, were Democrats (big surprise there), and the remaining 34 percent were described as Independents."

Yes it is OLD NEWS, BUT WORTH REPEATING. Democrap Propagandists.

A few questions, if I may;

2006-03-07T06:07:00.000-06:00

A few questions, if I may;

To those who desire the disarming of American Citizens, I would like to pose some questions;

And Among others he asks:

"What superior mode of protection can be employed, to replace the intended one? "

Great read...

The Goleta Postal Shooting: A Case Study For Non-Gun Owners.

2006-02-14T04:53:00.000-06:00

John Longenecker in Men's News Daily

The reportage of the mass shooting in Goleta, California, Monday, January 30th is still coming out, but it’s clear there’s a few lessons to be learned, especially by the non-gun owner community.

This is not an incident requiring more gun laws – obviously, laws did not stop Jennifer San Marco from getting a gun and ammunition. They never do.

And high technology didn’t work either; so much for federal registration databases. The key is not to maintain them; they key is to understand that they don't work. Criminals and the unstable will always be able to get weapons. Hasn’t that always been true?

[San Marco, with a history of being unstable, acquired the 9mm Smith & Wesson model 915 and ammunition in New Mexico. She reportedly completed an application for a background check, which didn't turn up any problems, and picked up the gun after a waiting period. She circumvented California law by shopping elsewhere, then returning to her target area in Goleta.]

Let’s look at it from the victim’s side instead of the coroner’s side.

Why do we summon police?

We summon them for their training, their authority and their force. They act on behalf of the community and they document things. They do a lot more.

They derive their training from experience of others who then pass it down. Whole generations of mistakes, new ideas and tactical judgment. They derive their authority from we the People, who authorize them.

If we direct them to break off Code Three high speed chases, they’re dropped; if we direct them to modify policy to drop choke holds, no more choke holds; the People authorize and direct the police, not the other way around. With me so far?

And then there’s force. Guns.

Let’s look a little deeper.

The People authorize not only Police, but the Postal Service, also, in fact all agencies and all public buildings. What Congress does is on the direction of the People, is it not? The present situation of believing that we the People cannot effect change from here is a combination of over-ambitious officials exceeding the scope of their authority and of a sleepy, uninvolved electorate.

How such a situation as Goleta could happen is a direct result of nonsense policies in connection with our sovereignty, that is, our training, our authority and our willingness to act.

This could be solved if you get involved.

Looking deeper now, we see that weapons are banned [by Congress and by others] in certain locations, such as churches, schools, public buildings and other areas. Notice how San Marco-type shootings don’t occur in gun shops, shooting ranges and other places where people are armed? One bumper sticker says it all: fight crime: shoot back.

[Ah, Congress: Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American... The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state government, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people. — Tench Coxe, Pennsylvania Gazette, Feb. 20, 1788]

First, on the subject of why we call Police, we see that not only Police are trained, but private individuals are often trained, also. Any private citizen can take training from Department of Justice or NRA Certified Instructors on subjects such as close-quarter defense, in-home defense tactics, streetside encounters, well it’s a whole candy shop of instruction, live-fire and evaluation.
A lot of people don’t know that many gun owners are not only trained in how to discharge their weapon, but the when’s, the why’s, the precisely-just-how’s and what-if’s of using their weapon in self-defense in a public place or in defense of another. It's another of the best kept secrets in the anti-gun, anti-liberty movement.

It’s kind of stupid to make it illegal for an honest and trained citizen of self-restraint and good judgment to carry in a public place when criminals of no restraint and of bad judgment don’t obey the law, isn’t it? Goleta is exactly what happens when the perp knows their quarry is unarmed. Or, it could be very smart if you're a politician.

On the subject of authority: Now that’s one of the most misunderstood aspects of the entire scenario. Individuals already have all the authority they need to stop a crime in progress. How many non-gun owners knew this?

And finally, the weapon itself: Often – very often – the victim is the first line of defense in such matters. The targets can instantly become the very force that makes them the first line of defense for the entire community, not to mention those people in line or behind the counter in offices, workplace, school, church, public buildings. . . .

Don’t forget: we give police the authority to act without losing any authority ourselves. We still retain all legal authority to stop a crime in progress, especially acting in self-defense in the face of grave danger.

Finally, there is the practicality of the matter, that all-important response time.

In the Jennifer San Marco shooting, it only took her a minute or so. For all mass shootings, it only takes a minute of your time. That’s less time than it takes to realize the gravity of the situation, to get to the phone, to complete the call for aid, to prioritize the call to dispatch assets, the travel time for assets Code Three, time to go 10-97 (on scene in California) time to size up the situation and perhaps even stop her before she can shoot again.

Ah, but she took care of that: she committed suicide. She was dead before arrival of assets, her act completed. That's illegal: it's shooting yourself for the purpose of evading justice.

Goleta is yet another case study for the disaster that is gun control. Goleta is a case study of just how officials side not with their electorate, but with the thugs and the insane. Keeping crises alive is part of the job of keeping your job in politics.

On the other hand, the American way of life says that an individual is sovereign, and that means being free to protect himself and others should the occasion arise – with the will, the training available and with all the authority one already possesses by law.

Meanwhile, there will be more successful Goletas to come because the Jennifer San Marco’s of the future will strike where they know no one will shoot back to stop them.

It’s at this point that the usual question appears: you’re not the police. No, we’re the People who give the police their training, their authority and their weapons. We still retain our authority to stop a crime in progress, especially in self-defense in the face of grave danger.

As far as we’re concerned, the law is already on scene. Never forget this.

"But that means there might be (gasp) shooting!!"

Then why summon armed officers?

Look at the alternative when no one stops them, not police, not citizens, not anybody, and the criminal and the unstable are permitted to complete everything they set out to do.

Right-to-carry states -- two-thirds of the states of the nation now -- not only permit people to carry concealed weapons, but are expanding the latitude of how their people can carry. Many states are inaugurating their own Castle Doctrine and the extended Castle Doctrine, the idea that a person is sovereign in their home and, now, away from home.

It's amazing: the right-to-carry states don't have more shootings, they have fewer. Armed citizens don't escalate violence; we stop a crime from escalating. Think of it: what do you summon police for when you can have the law already on scene? Disarming citizens is to delay the law, often with fatal results. This is the value of studying all mass shootings.

Decriminalize concealed carry of weapons where it’s needed most; Kalifornia, New York, and Washington. D.C.

Fighting crime is not done by surrendering more rights to ineffectual anti-crime policies and waiting for assets while the criminal kills – fighting crime is done instance by instance, sometimes by individuals who refuse to be a victim.

And this is good for the country.

Right on the money. We delegate our protection to our law enforcement agencies, and we have the right to reserve self-defense as our own.

Iranian "Men" protected from their potential rape victim

2006-02-10T06:21:00.000-06:00

Iran Focus-News

Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, Jan. 07 – An Iranian court has sentenced a teenage rape victim to death by hanging after she weepingly confessed that she had unintentionally killed a man who had tried to rape both her and her niece.

The state-run daily Etemaad reported on Saturday that 18-year-old Nazanin confessed to stabbing one of three men who had attacked the pair along with their boyfriends while they were spending some time in a park west of the Iranian capital in March 2005.

Nazanin, who was 17 years old at the time of the incident, said that after the three men started to throw stones at them, the two girls’ boyfriends quickly escaped on their motorbikes leaving the pair helpless.

She described how the three men pushed her and her 16-year-old niece Somayeh onto the ground and tried to rape them, and said that she took out a knife from her pocket and stabbed one of the men in the hand.

As the girls tried to escape, the men once again attacked them, and at this point, Nazanin said, she stabbed one of the men in the chest. The teenage girl, however, broke down in tears in court as she explained that she had no intention of killing the man but was merely defending herself and her younger niece from rape, the report said.

The court, however, issued on Tuesday a sentence for Nazanin to be hanged to death.

Lovely Government. Lovely Religion. (the Mullaocracy runs Iran.) And we are going to allow these scum to have atomic weapons? Amazing!

I suppose the PC types would want to "embrace their culture". I want to obliterate it. Scum sucking weasels.

2006-01-28T11:33:00.000-06:00

A Human Right

2006-01-26T05:44:00.000-06:00

Lemmee See Di Fi ....

2006-01-14T06:46:00.000-06:00

Was it...

Something Teddy the Drunk Said?

Was it...

The peacock Biden posing again?

or Was it...

The realization that the last bastion of socialist liberalism, the unelected members of the courts, is slip sliding away.

Priceless

Neal Boortz on Socialist inSecurity

2006-01-03T05:07:00.000-06:00

boortz.com January 1, 2006 :

"Social Security reform first. There is no doubt whatsoever that the entire Social Security system is in grave trouble.

With each and every day that passes there are more people receiving benefits and fewer people working to pay those benefits. While it's true that what's done is done, we should never miss an opportunity to explain to people that there is no Social Security Trust Fund. It doesn't exist.

For decades -- for generations -- the Democrat-controlled congress, and then the Republican-controlled congress would take every single penny in Social Security taxes and, after writing the checks for those receiving benefits, would spend every single penny that was left on various vote-buying programs. That phony trust fund is nothing but a bunch of congressional IOUs sitting in a grey file cabinet in West Virginia.

In not-too-many years there won't be enough Social Security taxes coming in to cover the benefits going out. Then it will be time to present the IOUs to congress for payment. Where do you think that money is going to come from? You don't actually think that congress will cut spending somewhere to pay those IOUs off, do you? No, of course you don't So what does that leave?

Tax increases. So, if you make over $100,000 a year, get ready to lube up, bend over and grab your ankles. "

THE GRAY LADY TOYS WITH TREASON - Yahoo! News

2005-12-29T08:23:00.000-06:00

New York Post

"Does The New York Times consider it self a law unto itself, free to subversively undercut basic efforts by any government to protect and defend its citizens?

The Times, it appears, is less concerned with promoting its dubious views on civil liberties than with undercutting the Bush administration. The end result of the paper's flagrant irresponsibility: Lives have been put in danger on the international, national and local levels.

The ability of the nation to perform the most fundamental mission of any government -- protection of its citizens -- has been pointlessly compromised.

The Jayson Blair and Judith Miller fias coes were high-profile embarrass ments for The Times, but at the end of the day mostly damaged the newspaper alone.

The NSA, CIA and NYPD stories are of a different order of magnitude , they place in unnecessary danger the lives of U.S. citizens.

The New York Times, a once-great and still-powerful institution, is badly in need of adult supervision. "

Mongo's emphasis.

One other thing which may take care of the problem. Why has NYT dropped 40% on the NYSE?? Hey Sulzberger, you Commie! Soon you will see the torches and pitchforks of your stockholders .. enjoy.

Bill and Hillary Clinton's Latest Scandal?

2005-12-28T07:54:00.000-06:00

Men's News Daily Columnist Jim Kouri:

"George Bush attempts to save American lives by spying on terrorists and their cohorts who just might be American citizens and he's portrayed as evil and a criminal.

Bill and Hillary Clinton send out the attack dogs of the one government agency that totally disregards constitutional protections in order to silence critics and whistleblowers, and the media establishment and many Americans love them.

Sometimes one wonders if this country is even worth protecting."

Yes it is worth protecting, Jim. We are doing it every day when we point out the garbage from the Socialist Mainstream Media, the toadies of the DNC.

Fred On the Media

2005-12-28T05:04:00.000-06:00

"If you checked the newsroom of the Washington Post, I suspect you would find that the inmates mostly lived in pricey neighborhoods, had degrees from Princeton, drank white wine, and ate salads made from strangely named vegetables. Most of them, I'll bet you, have never baited a hook, changed their oil, or made a raft out of orange crates and old inner tubes.

Nor (I'm continuing to bet) have they ever held a gun, much less fired one, and would regard doing so as highly exotic and probably fascistic. Zero of them would have served in the military. The men likely never got into a fight in high school. The women probably think that peeing in the woods constitutes either grave hardship or high adventure. Few have hitchhiked, boozed in a country bar, done shift work in a gas station, pulled crab pots, or played in a tire swing.

In short, they are privileged little snots. And have the attitudes to go with it. They don't like, among other things, the military, rural people, guns, the South, traditional morality, and Marlboro Man. "Fred Reed

Jefferson on Politics & Government: The Right to Bear Arms

2005-12-27T04:47:00.000-06:00

Jefferson ON Civil Rights:

"The Right to Bear Arms

In a nation governed by the people themselves, the possession of arms to defend their nation against usurpers within and without was deemed absolutely necessary. This right is protected by the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution.

A gun was an everyday implement in early American society, and Jefferson recommended its use.

'A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun, therefore, be the constant companion of your walks.' --Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 1785. ME 5:85, Papers 8:407

'The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed.' --Thomas Jefferson to John Cartwright, 1824. ME 16:45

'One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.' --Thomas Jefferson to George Washington, 1796. ME 9:341

'I learn with great concern that [one] portion of our frontier so interesting, so important, and so exposed, should be so entirely unprovided with common fire-arms. I did not suppose any part of the United States so destitute of what is considered as among the first necessaries of a farm-house.' --Thomas Jefferson to Jacob J. Brown, 1808. ME 11:432

'No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms (within his own lands or tenements).' --Thomas Jefferson: Draft Virginia Constitution (with his note added), 1776. Papers 1:353

'None but an armed nation can dispense with a standing army. To keep ours armed and discip"

2005-12-24T06:18:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas to all...

and to all a good night

and day...

Science on Parade

2005-12-23T04:40:00.000-06:00

Ahem

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korean researcher Hwang Woo-suk faked results of at least nine of 11 stem-cell lines he claimed to have created, a deliberate deception that has undermined the credibility of science, his university said Friday.

The announcement by Seoul National University of results so far in its investigation into Hwang's work were the first confirmation of allegations that have cast a shadow over his entire list of breakthroughs in cloning and stem-cell technology.

"This kind of error is a grave act that damages the foundation of science," the panel said.

Maybe this dude works on global warming, too. I realize that the gross understatement of some of the quotes may be oriental face saving, but "kind of error" when the dude FAKED 82% OF HIS WORK seems a bit mild in describing his actions. BTW Kwang U Suk!

U.K. scientists say 2005 hottest ever

2005-12-22T04:48:00.000-06:00

upi

LONDON, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- British scientists have calculated 2005 was the warmest year on record in the Northern Hemisphere, at least since records began being kept in the 1860s.

The United Kingdom's Met Office and the University of East Anglia say the data indicate more evidence of human-induced global warming, the BBC reported Friday.
The average temperature during 2005 in the Northern Hemisphere was 0.65 C above the average for 1961-90 -- the baseline against which scientists compare temperatures. The Northern Hemisphere Atlantic Ocean has also been the hottest on record.

'The data also show that the sea surface temperature in the northern hemisphere Atlantic is the highest since 1880,' said David Viner, from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia.

Viner says no measurements of average temperature can be completely accurate and the team's calculations are subject to an error of about 0.1 C, however, the long-term trend is clearly upwards.

'It's simple physics; more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, emissions growing on a global basis and consequently increasing temperatures,' Viner told the BBC."

HELLO... Did anyone actually read this article before they breathlessly forced it upon the Sheeple?

OOOH Global Warming! Question... Question... (raises hand breathlessly)

Does anyone see the curiosity in the BOLD statements of the quote ... hmmm, records since the 1860's ... "highest since 1880"

I GUESS IT WAS HIGHER IN 1880??? WERE THERE GREENHOUSE GASSES AND EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRY THEN??? AS MUCH AS TODAY???

WHAT A CROCK! They can't even get their own propaganda right!

Germans release Hizbollah murderer

2005-12-20T14:53:00.000-06:00

International News Article | Reuters.comBEIRUT (Reuters) -

Germany has secretly released a Hizbollah member jailed for life for killing a U.S. Navy diver and returned him to Lebanon despite an extradition request from the United States, Lebanese political sources said on Tuesday.

They said Mohammad Ali Hammadi, convicted of killing Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem during the 1985 hijacking of a TWA flight diverted to Beirut and sentenced to life without parole, was flown back to the Lebanese capital last week.

The reason seems to be that they want a German woman hostage back. They also didn't want to extradite him to the US since we have the evvvilll death penalty.

Enough said, we know who are friends are.

When Germany, like France, becomes a balkanized state with little Muslim caliphates spotted throughout her landscape, we will continue to mourn a once great Nation.

Europe is a loss. Unrestricted immigration, socialism spurring low production, and other "politically correct" dogma are going to destroy her. B Bye!

NY TIMES Shows its Manipulative Bias once again...

2005-12-20T04:17:00.000-06:00

DRUDGE REPORT FLASH 2005

"NYT 'SPYING' SPLASH TIED TO BOOK RELEASE
Fri Dec 16 200 11:27:16 ET

**Exclusive**

Newspaper fails to inform readers 'news break' is tied to book publication

Yes, that is "ethical" reporting. BTW I have never seen a national reporting "standard" or "code of ethics" for reporters. More importantly, I have never seen any disciplinary committee within the industry to clean up their reporting. Well they are the elite, what do you expect?

On the front page of today's NEW YORK TIMES, national security reporter James Risen claims that 'months after the September 11 attacks, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States... without the court approved warrants ordinarily required for domestic spying, according to government officials.'

Risen claims the White House asked the paper not to publish the article, saying that it could jeopardize continuing investigations and alert would-be terrorists that they might be under scrutiny.

I have said this before, when the press betrays a trust they should have their press benefits pulled and they should be punished. In this case, jail might be in order.

Risen claims the TIMES delayed publication of the article for a year to conduct additional reporting.

Okay you arrogant suckweasel. You are the important one! You need the book pimped! You may have put lives at risk but you don't care! Go to HELL boy!

But now comes word James Risen's article is only one of many 'explosive newsbreaking' stories that can be found -- in his upcoming book -- which he turned in 3 months ago!

The paper failed to reveal the urgent story was tied to a book release and sale.

The rest of the story mentions the title of the book, which I am not going to pimp for this news whore. If you saw the President's response to this story, he is PO'd. He said that one, he didn't break the law, and two, the story could put American lives at risk. Thanks Risen. Suck air, you scum.

The Rise of Middle Eastern Crime in Australia

2005-12-19T04:43:00.000-06:00

By an Australian Police Detective 11/12/2004

A VERY interesting speech from an Aussie Cop pointing out the collossal failure of "political correctness", "diversity", and "multi-culturalism" in Sydney.

Want to know why the Aussies rioted a week ago? Read this speech made over a year ago. Hint... It wasn't just the Nazis rioting...

On Left Wing Polling: The American Spectator

2005-12-14T11:49:00.000-06:00

Sliding Down the Polls by Lisa Fabrizio

If the polling data is accurate, why are most Democratic candidates for the presidency in support of the war? Can it be that they know that their precious polls aren't really representative of the people who really count -- that is, those who vote?

Even some left-wing pundits agree. Try this from liberal doyenne Helen Thomas, wringing her hands over Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats who distance themselves from the Murtha mantra:

"Clinton is a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, which might explain why she's busy pandering to conservatives instead of staking out a leadership role on more important issues.

The Democrats' lack of political courage has left voters with the choice of Republicans who call themselves that -- and Republicans who call themselves Democrats. The result: The GOP gets a free ride."

Can Helen read between her own lines to discover why Clinton and others are "pandering to conservatives"? If we are to believe the media polling propaganda that the majority of Americans are in lockstep with liberals in disdaining the president, why then the need for pandering to the enemy?

Because they know deep down that the majority of Americans do not agree with them. And they also know that their current strategy isn't working so it's time to cut and run; from themselves. Howl against the president as they might -- and they do so mightily -- Democrats are having a hard time running away from their own votes and words, especially on Iraq.

Great article..

Hanoi Jane Rides Again

2005-12-14T08:09:00.000-06:00

Boortz.com reports that this simping slut for our enemies opened her mouth once more.

Jane you are one person whom I will go out of the way for...

to spit on your grave you traitorous skank!

Do Mumia

2005-12-14T05:25:00.000-06:00

For those of you who don't know about Mumia Abu-Jamal, he is a POS sitting in a Pennsyvania prison for shooting a police officer named Daniel Faulkner in the face at a range of 12 inches on December 9, 1981.

Our justice system at work, again. Twenty four years later this waste of air is still alive.

Research the case, and google other sites. You will be as disgusted with the likes of Mike Farrell, the two bit Communist actor, and the rest of the anti death penalty, race pimp, and anti establishment crowd worldwide as they support this cop killer.

Tookie said goodbye, now do Mumia...

Oh, and by the way, how come it is only the black brothers who get the support from the lefty fringe? IIRC there was a white mother killer executed in Indiana a month before Tookie got the needle? Where were the pimps? Jesse?? Jesse??

The Second Fall of Rome

2005-12-12T11:01:00.000-06:00

"... the Jihad in the streets of France looks increasingly like the early skirmishes of an impending Eurabian civil war, brought on by massive Muslim immigration and multicultural stupidity. And it is by no means limited to France.

Law and order is slowly breaking down in major and even minor cities across the European continent, and the streets are ruled by aggressive gangs of Muslim youngsters. At the same time, Europeans pay some of the highest tax rates in the world. We should remind our authorities that the most important task of the state - some would even claim it should be the only task of the state - is to uphold the rule of law.

Since it is becoming pretty obvious that this is no longer the case in Eurabia, we have to question whether these taxes are legitimate anymore, or whether they are simply disguised Jizya paid in the form of welfare to Muslims and our new Eurocrat aristocracy. Although not exactly the Boston Tea Party, perhaps the time now has come for a pan-European tax rebellion: We will no longer pay taxes until our authorities restore law and order and close the borders for Muslim immigration."

Fjordman Interesting article from a Norweigan correspondent. Mongo says once more "If you don't study history you are doomed to repeat it!!" and adds to that "if you think you are smarter than your ancestors, you are exponetially dumber. Your put your pants (skirt, whatever) on the same way they did, and you have the same issues of survival (although in most cases LESS severe) as they did."

Friday 2A day!!!

2005-12-09T04:58:00.000-06:00

Oleg Volk at a-human-right.com

Jon Francois Kerry Weighs in

2005-12-08T04:52:00.000-06:00

In case you missed it.

On last Sunday's Face the Nation Kerry had this to say about the actions of American troops in Iraq: " ..... there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women ...."

... in the manner of Ghengis Khan, I suppose. Keep talking Jon Francois... lemmee see OUR TROOPS are the terrorists???

You elitist, horse looking, multi-national gigolo. You should kiss the ass of every male serviceman returning from the War on Terror and you should be kicked in the ass by every servicewoman. If your actions in Paris with Madame Ninh (?) were as some have reported, you may, in fact be a traitor. At worst.

At best you are a manipulative, elitist pig of a person! ESAD Johnny boy!

Remembrance

2005-12-07T04:44:00.000-06:00

And Never Forget ...

San Antonio News - Dean: US Won't Win in Iraq

2005-12-06T04:44:00.000-06:00

WOAI

(SAN ANTONIO) -- Saying the 'idea that we're going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong,' Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean predicted today that the Democratic Party will come together on a proposal to withdraw National Guard and Reserve troops immediately, and all US forces within two years.

Dean made his comments in an interview on WOAI Radio in San Antonio.

'I've seen this before in my life. This is the same situation we had in Vietnam. Everybody then kept saying, 'just another year, just stay the course, we'll have a victory.' Well, we didn't have a victory, and this policy cost the lives of an additional 25,000 troops because we were too stubborn to recognize what was happening.'

Dean says the Democrat position on the war is 'coalescing,' and is likely to include several proposals. "

Yes Howie, the "stay the course" folks were DEMOCRATS ... Johnson, McNamara, etc. They were the ones who put the 25,000 on the wall. Seems like you feel the same -- "idea that we're going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong", but a brief history lesson, you POS...

1. In Vietnam Uncle Ho lost over 2 million people, compared with 58,226 for US. The Communist estimates are undernumbered, and didn't include they "civilians" who they threw into service.

2. Ho wasn't going to stop. He would have wasted all of his population.

3. The problems in Iraq are predominately from "outside" of Iraq. Syrians, Saudis, etc. The majority of Iraqis are taking up their country's fight, and democracy.

4. Howie, have you ever heard the words "aid and comfort" and "adhering to ... enemies"? Any idea what the penalty is???

Why Not Friends?

2005-12-05T05:03:00.000-06:00

Bruce Walker

Nazis hated Christianity and began a campaign against Christianity almost as soon as they took power. The Anatomy of Nazism by Earl Raab and published by the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith in 1961 documents the Nazi campaign to destroy Christianity very well, and this was also well known at the time.

Before HaShoah, many millions died at the hands of the Soviets, probably a greater holocaust than HaShoah. The only vocal voices against this holocaust were serious Christians in democracies, and courageous people were ignored or even attacked by people sympathetic to the Soviet Union, which sadly included many Jews.

Bad people commit these terrible crimes, and the architect of the greatest democide in history was a bad person who happened to be Jewish, Lazar Kaganovich. Another bad person who happened to be Jewish, Genrich Yagoda, was the head of Stalin’s secret police at the time. It is very wrong to blame Jews people for these bad eggs, but it is just as bad to blame Christians for Nazis, many of whom renounced their Christianity.

Friday 2 A

2005-12-02T05:02:00.000-06:00

Oleg Volk at a-human-right.com

The Scandal that Could Sink Hillary

2005-12-01T05:22:00.000-06:00

Accuracy In Media - AIM Report:

"The result of not applying the same standard to far more serious charges of wrongdoing involving Hillary Clinton and various DNC operatives only makes starkly clear the differing standards at play, differing standards that the public believes the press applies when the mood suits it despite the claims of being fair, balanced and ethical.

If the California civil courts, which have overruled numerous attempts by Hillary Clinton's legal team (including her personal attorney David Kendal), think there's merit to Peter Paul's pursuit of claims that he was hoodwinked into giving nearly $2 million under false premises of future support for his now-failed company, shouldn't the press be digging into the background of the charges?

And where are the stories post David Rosen's acquittal concerning who at Hillary Clinton's campaign broke the law if not the former finance chairman? In reporting on the collapse of Enron, WorldCom and other financial debacles, such was the standard in exploring who, what, when, where and how was involved in each scandal."

hmmm How come we don't hear about this in the NY Times.... Bwaaahaaaahaaaa!

List of terrorist incidents

2005-11-30T04:47:00.000-06:00

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For those who have forgotten...

The end of America

2005-11-29T05:42:00.000-06:00

Neal Boortz

"The end of America as we know it could well be on the horizon. ...

Empires have life expectancies. The history of civilization would tell us that a country based on freedom and economic liberty generally last just a bit over 200 years. ...

Our Constitution was ratified on December 15th, 1791. In just a few weeks the United States of America will be 214 years old. That, for those of you who went to government schools, is just a bit over 200 years.

You can trace the decline of American to several different and varied beginning point.

Among them:

The adoption of a graduated and progressive income tax, as envisioned by Karl Marx.

The adoption of a system of government education of our children, again as envisioned by Karl Marx.

The movement away from a rule of law to a rule of the majority (Democracy) which really took hold during the days of Franklin Roosevelt. "

I really don't have much to add to Neal's observation, other than to advise leftist to look to Europe to see what their socialist, secular progressive programs have wrought. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions...

In case you missed it ... three Christian schoolgirls beheaded

2005-11-28T04:41:00.000-06:00

"Jakarta acts swiftly after three Christian schoolgirls beheaded
Sian Powell, Jakarta correspondent
October 31, 2005

THE beheading of three Christian schoolgirls in Indonesia's troubled district of Poso on the weekend appeared to be a deliberate attempt to reignite a sectarian conflict that has claimed thousands of lives, experts say.

The girls, ranging in age from 15 to 17, were on their way to their senior high school in Bukit Bambu, on the outskirts of Poso city in central Sulawesi, when a gang of six masked men attacked them with machetes. "but ... they were Muslims (the religion of peace...) SPIT!

Eject! Eject! Eject! on Tribes

2005-11-25T06:06:00.000-06:00

To those of you who haven't read Bill Whittle -- the Hollyweird ex-liberal who figured out that liberalism doesn't equal nirvana ...

Eject! Eject! Eject!: "The Pink Tribe is all about feeling good: feeling good about yourself! Sexually, emotionally, artistically ... nothing is off limits, nothing is forbidden, convention is fossilized insanity and everybody gets to do their own thing without regard to consequences, reality, or natural law.

We all have our own "reality" one small personal reality is called "science", say and we Make Our Own Luck and we Visualize Good Things and There Are No Coincidences and Everything Happens for a Reason and You Can Be Whatever You Want to Be and we all have Special Psychic Powers and if something Bad should happen it's because Someone Bad Made It Happen. A Spell, perhaps.

The Pink Tribe motto, in fact, is the ultimate Zen Koan, the sound of one hand clapping: EVERYBODY IS SPECIAL.

Hey libtards, does this sound familiar? It must be nice not to accept responsiblity or say that someone or thing is responsible for your failures (not "deferred success", FAILURES)

Then, in the other corner, there is the Grey Tribe -- the grey of reinforced concrete. This is a Tribe where emotion is repressed because Emotion Clouds Judgment.

This is the world of Quadratic Equations and Stress Risers and Loads Torsional, Compressive and Tensile, a place where Reality Can Ruin Your Best Day, the place where Murphy mercilessly picks off the Weak and the Incompetent, where the Speed Limit is 186,282.36 miles per second, where every bridge has a Failure Load and levees come in 50 year, 100 year and 1000 Year Flood Flavors.

The Grey Tribe motto is, near as I can tell, THINGS BREAK SOMETIMES AND PLEASE DON/T LET IT BE MY BRIDGE."

Bill Whittle

Happy Thanksgiving

2005-11-24T06:48:00.000-06:00

And thank you Lord for the bounty and beauty you have given us..

Thanks to those of you in uniform who keep my old wrinkled butt safe in my bed. God Bless.

Desparate for Defeat

2005-11-23T04:36:00.000-06:00

American Prowler

"The Democrats' tendency to hype with great melodrama the evil of their country while remaining clueless about the monstrosities of the enemy is connected to their agnostic foreign policy:

Were they to see the enemy too clearly, they would have to support a more dominant role for America than they wish.

Wanting to put America in its place on the international stage, with 'parity' but not advantage over others, they have to portray threats to America very benignly.

This explains how the Democrats could stumble into the absurd position of saying that Iraq under Saddam Hussein was terrorist-free and that he just wasn't the sort of person to associate with Muslim terrorists.

This whitewash of pre-war Iraq has become essential to the Democrats' assertion that America could have won the war on terrorism while ignoring one of its loci -- an assertion no more persuasive than the Democrats' claim that Marxist expansionism in Central America had nothing to do with the Soviet threat."

Yep. Mongo calls wanting to have your country less strong in a time of war TREASON. That is what the "global test" Kerry was talking about was all about. Am I calling Kerry a traitor for that statement? no. I believe you have to investigate his trip to Paris during Vietnam when he might have spoken with the North Vietnamese during the war. Then you might find a smoking gun...

Chris Matthews -- Zell Miller should have beat down this *****

2005-11-22T17:51:00.000-06:00

"Four years after 9/11 and the 'crazy zeitgeist' that permeated the United States, most Americans have still not learned to know their enemies instead of just hating them, U.S. political journalist Chris Matthews says.

In a speech to political science students at the University of Toronto yesterday, the host of the CNBC current affairs show Hardball had plenty of harsh words for U.S. President George W. Bush, as well as the political climate that has characterized his country for the past few years.

'The period between 9/11 and Iraq was not a good time for America. There wasn't a robust discussion of what we were doing,' Matthews said.
'If we stop trying to figure out the other side, we've given up. The person on the other side is not evil -- they just have a different perspective.'

"Toronto Sun Okay, I'll tell you what ASSHAT LIBTARD. You go over and sing Kumbaya with these butchers. Don't lose your head, you smug bastard...

2A Monday

2005-11-21T05:51:00.000-06:00

2005-11-18T05:36:00.000-06:00

The Tin Ear: Buying Democrat Lies: Time for the American People to Take Stock

2005-11-17T04:46:00.000-06:00

Will Malvin :

"Well I suppose it was inevitable that you the American people would eventually succumb to this constant assault on the truth. The five long years of campaigning to destroy President Bush by impugning his personal integrity, his values, his honesty, and his person, when combined with a few missteps by him or those in his administration, have begun finally to have an effect. The Leftists have again proven that the words of one of their 'great leaders' a socialist among socialists, Adolf Hitler, were true when he explained in Mein Kampf:"The size of the lie is a definite factor in causing it to be believed, because the vast masses of a nation are in the depths of their hearts more easily deceived than they are consciously and intentionally bad.

The primitive simplicity of their minds renders them more easy victims of a big lie than a small one, because they themselves often tell little ones but would be ashamed to tell big lies. Such a form of lying would never enter their heads.

They would never credit others with the possibility of such great impudence as the complete reversal of facts. Even explanations would long leave them in doubt and hesitation, and any trifling reason would dispose them to accept a thing as true..

Something therefore always remains and sticks from the most impudent lies, a fact which all bodies and individuals concerned in the art of lying in this world know only too well, and therefore they will stop at nothing to achieve this end."
The Democrats lie and finally, after years of resisting, the American people are succumbing to their propaganda."

What a magnificent quote...

2005-11-16T04:27:00.000-06:00

The Tin Ear: Buying Democrat Lies: Time for the American People to Take Stock:

"Senator Kennedy, himself a paragon of honesty and forthrightness, stands wobbling from his latest binge, the moisture of Chappaquiddick still running from his brow, making judgments on a man so morally superior to him that he should bow his head in shame for even mentioning his name"

Chirac calls rioting a "profound malaise"

2005-11-15T05:12:00.000-06:00

BREITBART.COM - Just The News:

"President Jacques Chirac said Monday in his first televised address to the nation since rioting erupted more than two weeks ago that the violence reflected a 'profound malaise' in France.

Chirac, speaking with a French tricolor and a European Union flag behind him, said that discrimination _ seen as a factor behind the unrest _ should be fought. "

All Mongo can say is "THANK GOD" my ancestors left France 326 years ago and came to the US. (they were Hugenots so they might not have had a choice, but they came anyway) To my relatives still in the cesspool.. get out!

I can't heard a politician since the Simpering Socialist Suckweasel Jimmy Carter use the word "malaise". Maybe losing all control of interest rates and having our people held for 444 days in Iran caused his malaise. In any event, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the word, here is the definition

mal·aise (mă-lāz', -lĕz') -- A general sense of depression or unease: “One year after the crash, the markets remain mired in a deep malaise”.

Chirac's comments on the rioting is what I would expect from a socialist scrotumless libtard. Mon Dieu! Don't let the blame rest on the RIOTERS! No, it is Society's fault these scum are burning 1000 cars a night...

Jacques finds it is easier to blame a condition than to actually put the blame on the perpetrators. Sick.

Monday 2A Reminder

2005-11-14T04:31:00.000-06:00

Oleg Volk at a-human-right.comThe people of San Francisco have voted in a law to Ban all handguns. While the law will not pass judicial review (by all estimates), and is a waste of time, the net effect will be to disarm the blissninnies of SF. With Oakland across the bay...

Have fun blissninnies... I pity you.

Happy Birthday, USMC Happy Veterans Day

2005-11-10T05:04:00.000-06:00

What Is A Vet? by Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC: "What Is A Vet?

Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity. Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem. You can't tell a vet just by looking.

What is a vet?

He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel.

He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.

She or he -- is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.

He is the POW who went away one person and came back another -- or didn't come back AT ALL.

He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat -- but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs.

He is the parade -- riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand.

He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.

He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.

He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket -- palsied now and aggravatingly slow -- who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to hold him when the nightmares come.

He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being -- a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.

He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known.

So remember, each time you see someone who has served our country, just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people need, and in most cases it will mean more than any medals they could have been awarded or were awarded.

Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU."

Remember November 11th is Veterans Day!

"It is the soldier, not the reporter, Who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, Who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag."

Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, USMC "

Neal Boortz on appeasing the Muslims

2005-11-09T05:09:00.000-06:00

Wonder why the muslim extremests get a pass? Here are the appeasers

"If you consult virtually any serious expert on Islamic radicalism they will tell you that the Arab culture always looks at appeasement as a sign of weakness.

Appeasement is to be exploited, as are negotiated settlements. The only thing the Islamic jihadists completely and fully understand is defeat; complete, overwhelming and absolute defeat.

They will use negotiations to reach a temporary truce .. but it will be a truce that they will use to reassemble their resources and rebuild their strength. Whey they feel they have the advantage they will strike again ... push forward ... and then negotiate another 'settlement' that will be nothing more than a pause for re-staging. You watch --- this will be the road taken in France.

In the meantime, have you caught the news from Australia? They had a mini riot there outside of a courthouse where some Islamic extremists are on trial. One thing for sure, the Aussies won't tolerate this nonsense. There will be no calls for 'calm' and summons for 'talks.'

Meanwhile, in America, we're still lolling around in our lethargic stupor tisk-tisking over what's happening in France while we celebrate our moral superiority and continue down the destructive path of multiculturalism. And for goodness' sake ... no profiling!"

from Neal Boortz

Watching the "negotiations" with the Palestinians over the years should have taught us something. Also watching Yassir Arafat say one thing to the Western world and another to his followers ... over and over and over again. What are we STUPID?

Oh, and don't mention "cultural differences". I can spot a lying SOB a mile away, whether he is wearing a rag on his head or not. Why these scum sucking cellar dwellers have gotten a pass all these years is beyond me.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Mein Kampf, Part Deux

2005-11-08T04:23:00.000-06:00

BLOGWONKS

With regard to those who are not Muslim, he said "In this very grave war, many people are trying to scatter grains of desperation and hopelessness regarding the struggle between the Islamic world and the front of the Infidels." The president of Iran is categorically stating that Muslims are at war with Christians, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, and any other non-Muslim.

When speaking of those Muslim countries which have reach an accord with Israel, Ahmadinejad had this to say: "He is an egoist and his hedonism leads him to recognize the Zionist regime, he should know that he will burn in the fire of the Islamic Ummah (nation)." Egypt, Lebanon, and any other Islamic nation which may agree to peaceful relations with Israel are now threatened with destruction by the president of Iran.

Hello? Is anyone listening? The "Religion of Peace" is speaking?

BLACK & RIGHT: Michael Steele And The Racists Within

2005-11-07T05:10:00.000-06:00

by Bob Parks who is direct, not diplomatic, about how the Democratic party has used the black population. Strong Strong Strong

Mon Dieu! Muslims are Burning Paree...

2005-11-04T17:34:00.000-06:00

Is Paris burning?

"We see that the situation in certain neighborhoods is not getting better at all but degenerating," Socialist Party President Jean-Marc Ayrault told LCI television, who said Chirac's conservatives "did not know how to take control."

Right-wing French lawmaker Philippe de Villiers, who has said he wants to "stop the Islamization of France," told RTL radio that the problem stemmed from the "failure of a policy of massive and uncontrolled immigration."

Minister of Social Cohesion Jean-Louis Borloo said the government had to react "firmly" but added that France must also acknowledge its failure to have dealt with anger simmering in poor suburbs for decades.

"We cannot hide the truth: that for 30 years we have not done enough," he told France-2 television.

I always kind of liked Neal Boortz looter antidote STB ... SHOOT THE BASTARDS! Not PC but damn effective.

Viking Observer: War in France, War in Denmark

2005-11-03T06:28:00.000-06:00

Interesting story It seems the Muslims are rioting in Denmark as well..

Lemmee do the math...

5 days (now 6) in paris

5 days in Århus, Denmark..

They are members of the "religion of peace" (spit!) aren't they?

Let the Battle Begin

2005-11-02T05:08:00.000-06:00

The Democrats need to be drawn out into the open and exposed for who they are. Leftist, liberal, judicial activists who don't want to cede control of their only power center they have left...the Supreme Court.

Neal Boortz hits the nail on the head...

The media and the left will also try and cast this nomination into a debate about abortion. Don't take the bait. Abortion will never be made illegal throughout the United States...ever.

If Roe vs. Wade were overturned tomorrow, all 50 states would immediately take over with their own laws. The vast majority of the American people are pro-choice, so that issue is really settled.

Alito's nomination has nothing to do with abortion.

Both parties prepared for 'Armageddon' fight

2005-11-01T04:46:00.000-06:00

Fat Teddy weighs in

" 'If confirmed, Alito could very well fundamentally alter the balance of the court and push it dangerously to the right,' said Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat.
Republicans pounced on the statement, comparing it with Mr. Kennedy's statement 15 years ago during Judge Alito's confirmation hearing to the 3rd Circuit.
'You have obviously had a very distinguished record, and I certainly commend you for long service in the public interest,' Mr. Kennedy said then. 'I think it is a very commendable career, and I am sure you will have a successful one as a judge.' "

Damn, Teddy, they must have caught you early in the morning. I think you haven't had your Chivas yet, because you actually made sense with this one...

Yes... Congress, the Presidency, and now the Courts you leftist love to force your unelectable agenda upon the American people with ... are gone.

Do the nation a favor and take a LOOOONG DRIVE!

CBS News shows their bias once more ...

2005-10-31T12:31:00.000-06:00

As reported by DRUDGE

"CBSNEWS Chief White House correspondent John Roberts described the President's selection of Judge Samuel Alito as "sloppy seconds" during today's press gaggle with White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan.

John Roberts: "So, Scott, you said that -- or the President said, repeatedly, that Harriet Miers was the best person for the job. So does that mean that Alito is sloppy seconds, or what?"

Scott McClellan: "Not at all, John."

CBS News' White House Press Pass should be PERMANENTLY PULLED TODAY.....

Enough is Enough - Edward Daley

2005-10-31T05:01:00.000-06:00

"If I had my way, the next nominee fight would be the biggest knock-down, drag-out, mother-insulting brawl in Senate history, resulting in a Scalia-type judge declaring victory with only 51 percent support. Enough of this can't-we-all-just-get-along nonsense. Clearly the answer is NO, WE CAN'T ALL JUST GET ALONG, so stop pretending that we can, Mr. President, and do what your constituents elected you to do! " Mens news daily Mongo sez +1

Wife's been threatened?

2005-10-30T05:55:00.000-06:00

"Here comes the Spin from CBS -- Communist BS "Joe Wilson, whose wife's unmasking as a CIA agent is at the center of the special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation, said today that that his wife, Valerie Plame, has been threatened. Wilson talks to Ed Bradley in his first interview since Fitzgerald announced the indictment of I. Lewis Libby. It will be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday Oct. 30 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

'There have been specific threats [against Plame]. Beyond that I just can't go, Wilson tells Bradley. Wilson says he and his wife have discussed security for her with 'several agencies'.

This case has been going on for months and months. Now this guy Wilson is saying his wife has been threatened. Why isn't 60 minutes interviewing the wife? Crock of crap that is why

John Longenecker: Malicious Compassion: I Wish I'd Said That.

2005-10-28T05:13:00.000-05:00

I can wrap my arms around this phrase, also...

I heard it this morning, and it fits perfectly the mindset, motivation, goals and feel-good neurotic outlet of anger – all disguised as compassion.

Make no mistake, it is not. The jig is up, Left. You're not fooling anybody. And you haven't for a long time. You're fooling yourselves a great deal, though, if you think you're compassionate.

every once in a while you get a Great Phrase or description thrown at you, and you have to grab onto it. This is one. Lets see...

Malicious Compassion

It sure fits a lot of Lefty programs. Welfare, AFDC, the UN, and on and on...

My definition is "compassion given so YOU can feel good, not so the person you are focusing on can better themselves or solve their problem" Maybe it should be called "hubris compassion".

Oh, and when it applies to a politician who is buying votes by their supposed compassion I would call it "corrupt compassion".

Quote of the Day

2005-10-27T05:02:00.000-05:00

"The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose." -- James Earl Jones.

Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (Them Mothers Is A Mess)

2005-10-26T04:51:00.000-05:00

Fred Reed, a favorite curmudgeon and Mongo's empahsis

Let’s think about this. After one drink you “are not a hundred percent.” Heather believes that we must keep people from driving who are “not one hundred percent.” OK. I’ll buy it. Let’s get impaired people off the road.

Going to the web site of The Women’s Health Channel, I find the following listed as symptoms of PMS:

"• Mood-related ("affective") symptoms: depression, sadness, anxiety, anger, irritability, frequent and severe mood swings.

• Mental process ("cognitive") symptoms: decreased concentration, indecision."

Does that sound like one hundred percent to you? I figure it’s a pretty good description of an unstable borderline psychotic.

Oh good. I want to drive on the roads with someone who doesn’t pay attention, couldn’t decide what to do it she did, and wants to kill something.

Me, probably.

Neal Boortz on looting

2005-10-25T05:32:00.000-05:00

boortz.com

My sources are telling me that it is believed that some gang members have traveled across the state from Miami to Naples and are waiting there with friends for the passage of Hurricane Wilma.

Why are they so interested in Hurricane Wilma?

Because with many of the residents and business owners gone, and with the chaos that would surely follow a major hit from Wilma, the opportunities for looting will be very tempting. Two years ago Collier County (Naples) Florida was listed as the highest per-capital net wealth county in the nation. There are beachfront homes there that range from 10 million up. The median price for a home in the Naples area is over $500,000. Homes like these will hold many treasures for looters. It's a whole different game when compared to the Ninth Ward in New Orleans. I can see the plan now. Break in while chaos reigns. Stash your loot in your friend's crib in Naples. Recover the stolen goods later when the heat is off.

There are few things lower in life than the scum that would rip off others during an emergency such as a major hurricane. There is a cure, though. It's a new procedure called STB. For those of you who are just a wee-bit slow, that would stand for "Shoot the Bastards" ... and no, I'm not kidding. If the police, business owners or homeowners shoot just a few of these worthless footstools we'll see a huge drop in looting, and the police will be free to spend their time actually saving lives and helping people instead of warding off gangs of thieving thugs.

Would an open, announced policy of STB really help?

Yep, should slow the Bastards down a bit...

Neal Boortz -- SAVE THE RICH

2005-10-24T05:20:00.000-05:00

Well Neal, now you have done it.

This little controversy that is brewing over my remarks last week has been quite instructive, if not entertaining.

As you know, I opined that in a time of disaster it would make sense to try to save those members of society who actually actually contribute to the economy, rather than drain it. Save the makers first, the takers later. Look at it this way.

If you save the takers, and let the makers expire ... just who are the takers going to take from?

good question

Saddam on Trial

2005-10-20T04:38:00.000-05:00

Neal Boortz's take

Now to those of you sitting on the fence about the war in Iraq...ask yourself this. Had George Bush not ordered the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Saddam Hussein would still be in power in Baghdad. The UN sanctions probably would have been lifted by now, since Saddam was doing a pretty thorough job bribing the rest of the UN Security Council. He would still be terrorizing the people of Iraq, and yes, he would still be pursuing weapons of mass destruction.

And...
the Oil for Food Scandal at the UN (which is widely ignored by the Socialist Mainstream Media) would not have been discovered.

a lot of the terrorists who, according to the SMSM have "streamed" (pick a verb) into Iraq, and who are now DEAD, would possibly be alive and looking to get into the US.

it's also a good bet that old Saddam and his two bastard sons would have gotten their hands on to WMD's (if they didn't in 2001 before they shipped them to Syria). They would have given or sold them to the highest bidder IMO.

He would then be looking for buyers for his WMD. One of the first customers would be Al-Qaeda. But Saddam was stopped. Overthrown from power, he was then yanked out of his rat hole almost 2 years ago and thrown in jail. Now he's on trial.

Despite what Democrats and the media in this country say, the majority of Iraqis are glad Saddam is gone. They will be watching this trial with great interest. And all of it is made possible by the United States of America and President George W. Bush.

And yes, libtards, we have lost men and women to do this thing. Believe it or not, Mongo does not like to see our troops under arms being shot at by bad guys. Mongo also had a few doubts of the wisdom used in attacking Iraq. Mongo is now convinced that it was the best thing we could have done.

Rush Limbaugh on "Activist" Judges

2005-10-19T05:23:00.000-05:00

Rush Limbaugh

"The court has conferred due process rights on terrorists detained at Guantanamo Bay and benefits on illegal immigrants. It has ruled that animated cyberspace child pornography is protected speech, but certain broadcast ads aired before elections are illegal; it has held that the Ten Commandments can't be displayed in a public building, but they can be displayed outside a public building; and the court has invented rationales to skirt the Constitution, such as using foreign law to strike down juvenile death penalty statutes in over a dozen states.

For decades conservatives have considered judicial abuse a direct threat to our Constitution and our form of government. The framers didn't create a judicial oligarchy. They created a representative republic. Our opposition to judicial activism runs deep. We've witnessed too many occasions where Republican presidents have nominated the wrong candidates to the court, and we want more assurances this time--some proof. The left, on the other hand, sees the courts as the only way to advance their big-government agenda. They can't win national elections if they're open about their agenda. So, they seek to impose their policies by judicial fiat. It's time to call them on it. And that's what many of us had hoped and expected when the president made his nomination. "

Emphasis Mongo's. As someone who has been SCREWED OVER by a liberal activist judge who ignored the law, and then effectively blocked her decision being appealed, I agree. By the way Liberals, what happens to YOU when the courts are meaningless due to your activism? Food for thought.

Awe

2005-10-18T05:04:00.000-05:00

STLtoday - Sports - CardinalsJoe Strauss says it the best way...

"Down to their last strike, their last chance, their final prayer, the Cardinals were rescued Monday night by a 412-foot bolt that ricocheted off Minute Maid Park's left-field railroad trestle and breathed at least another two days' life into the condemned stadium awaiting their return."

All I can say is if you missed it, sux to be u! No one on, ninth inning two strikes, two outs ... then two on and Albert strokes the ball into the stratosphere.... Magic.

2005-10-17T05:36:00.000-05:00

A human right

2005-10-14T05:23:00.000-05:00

Oleg Volk

A human right

iowahawk: Rainforest Iowa: Right For America, Right For Puppies

2005-10-13T16:36:00.000-05:00

iowahawk, one of Mongo's favorites with a pork barrel project for his state.

"As many of you know, my home state of Iowa has worked for years to promote the "Iowa Child Project" a grassroots effort to restore Iowa's depleted rainforests, which were destroyed some 400 million years ago by unregulated brontosaurus development and careless asteroids.

The centerpiece of this critically needed environmental program is the Iowa Rainforest Project, a planned 85 acre glass-enclosed tropical bio-vegi-dome/ entertainment complex/ factory outlet mall slated for construction next to the I-80 Citgo Truck Haven in Coralville.

This important project has earned the rave reviews of environmentalists, public officials, media, and glass contractors across the Hawkeye State."

Read the whole report... and I'm not paying for any keyboards when you spit your coffee on them as you laugh.

Records Show Miers Owned Gun

2005-10-12T04:53:00.000-05:00

All righty then ... My kind of woman. No wussy .38s or 9mms a .45.

Cool. She's got my support. Tell you what, I'm not really excited about her, there were other choices who were, on the surface, more conservative. But I guess I'll have to trust the President's judgement.

I just hope she is not one of those elitist gun toters like Rosie O'Donnell and Michael Moore. I don't think so.

Islamist way or no way

2005-10-11T04:43:00.000-05:00

The Australian: Mark Steyn

So even Muslims v (your team here) doesn't quite cover it. You don't have to have a team or even be aware that you belong to any side. You can be a hippie-dippy hey-man-I-love-everybody-whatever-your-bag-is-cool backpacking Dutch stoner, and they'll blow you up with as much enthusiasm as if you were Dick Cheney.

As a spokesman for the Islamic Army of Aden put it in 2002, explaining why they bombed a French oil tanker: "We would have preferred to hit a US frigate, but no problem because they are all infidels."

Hello? Hello? Does anybody out there realize that these folks really, really hate us?

In our time, even the most fascistic ideologies have been savvy enough to cover their darker impulses in sappy labels. The Soviet bloc was comprised of wall-to-wall "people's republics", which is the precise opposite of what they were: a stylistic audacity Orwell caught perfectly in 1984, with its Ministry of Truth (that is, official lies).

But the Islamists don't even bother going through the traditional rhetorical feints. They say what thsey mean and they mean what they say

Yep, they don't even cover up their evil intents. But the PC in the US do, since it wouldn't be embracing "diversity" to point out the evil in the Muslim world.

Don Farmer on Florida after the Brady Smears

2005-10-10T04:26:00.000-05:00

"Welcome to our relatively safe state.

Enjoy our beaches and bars, our retailers and restaurants.
Get some sun, have some fun and spend a ton.

We're peaceful folks and intend to make sure you are too.
We love our kids and our seniors. Don't mess with them.
Or anybody else for that matter.

Beware muggers and molesters, rapists, robbers and road ragers, baby snatchers and carjackers --- take your black hearts elsewhere.

We're not all armed in Florida but some of us are and you don't want to find out the hard way." -- Got via Boortz.com Image from Oleg Volk at A-Human-Right.com

Where are the Oil Spills???

2005-10-07T04:50:00.000-05:00

As usual, I got a great observation from Neal Boortz

It's rather amazing, isn't it? Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed well over 100 oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, and there hasn't been one leak that caused any gunk to wash up on any shoreline anywhere.

Yes, where are the treehuggers to wash off the terns? Over 100 platforms! You would expect the entire Gulf of Mexico to be awash in black ooze.

Perhaps the anecdote that comes to mind is real data. I met a fellow who was in the oil industry about two years after the dreaded Exxon Valdez incident. He impressed me as pretty expert about his business. He maintained that there were NO after-effects from that nasty spill. (other than a few dead seagulls and seals, not a good thing, but not tragic). Years later I checked him out with a bit of research. He was, as far as I could tell at that time, correct. No long term problem.

He made a good point to me in that conversation. Crude oil comes from nature, and, if released, will be reabsorbed by nature. California and Florida, grow up. The oil rigs off our favorite place, Dauphin Island, were beautiful in the morning, with their lights off in the distance, and hardly noticeable during the day.

Just a thought.

Town bans seed eaters

2005-10-06T17:06:00.000-05:00

Ananova

A Romanian town council has banned residents from eating pumpkin or sunflower seeds outside their homes.

The local council of Barlad, in Vaslui county, took the measure after road cleaners complained of "carpets of seed shells" on streets and alleyways

The Romanians seem to get in Ananova's "Quirkie" section quite a lot....

No I think our almond and pistachio industry should take note of this event, and see this new market opening up for their goods. Ah, commerce...

ONLY OFF BY 9036 or 91 percent...

2005-10-05T04:47:00.000-05:00

Neal Boortz

The numbers are in, and the official death toll stands at 964. Furthermore, that's the death toll for the entire state of Louisiana, not just New Orleans. Looks like the Mayor was about 9,036 short in his prediction. Not that that's a bad thing. Fewer dead folks is definitely good.

Yes, one death is too many. 984 is a large number, but it isn't 10,000.

But the story here is the media. Will they call New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on the carpet and ask him why he was so wrong? Will there be accountability for those who exaggerated the Katrina disaster for political gain? Imagine if it had been a Republican that made the 10,000 dead prediction. It would be the top story on many newscasts...how could they have been so wrong?

Yep ole Ray gets a pass I bet. Can't expect him to may'r and ciph'r too, ya know. More lefties go free of criticism. Look at the photos above, they pretty well wrap it up..

20% of Seniors Flunk High School Graduation Exam

2005-10-04T05:13:00.000-05:00

Los Angeles Times Got a lead on this story from Neal Boortz.

The exit exam — which has come under criticism by some educators, legislators and civil rights advocates — is geared to an eighth-grade level in math and to ninth- and 10th-grade levels in English.

This is an examination given to High School Seniors. It would appear on the surface that the exam's purpose is to show that the young adults have at least learned SOMETHING during their twelve years of government indoctrination. At least something more than Politically Correct Socialist mind control. (BTW, why are "civil rights advocates" involved? When I see those words, the words "race pimp" come to mind)

But the report by the Virginia-based Human Resources Research Organization showed that tens of thousands of students, particularly those in special education and others who speak English as a second language, may fail the test by the end of their senior year despite remedial classes, after-school tutoring and other academic help.

Okay, these kids have been treated "special". They have been mollycoddled through the school system. (I know, I had two "special" kids.) Now they have to perform. Do you think their prospective employer has a "special" class of employees, who don't have to perform up to the standards of all? (Okay, forget female police tests and government jobs) I'm talking about private employers. The type of businesses which provide goods and services to our nation, not the leeches who pull value from society.

Teachers, according to the report, said that many students arrive unprepared and unmotivated for their high school courses and that their grades often reflect poor attendance and low parental involvement.

Yep, it is NEVER the fault of the TEACHER. They don't have any standards, do they? Oh, they will pass a dumbed down exam now and again. Don't get me wrong, I have known a LOT of good educators. The front line guys and gals are typically pretty good. It is the top heavy administration which should ALL be thrown out of work. (yeah we would throw out some good ones there, but let them reapply)

Florida tourists warned that locals could shoot them

2005-10-03T04:30:00.000-05:00

"The Brady Campaign to Control Gun Violence, based in Washington DC, has pledged to 'educate' tourists by placing adverts in US cities, and in key overseas markets such as Britain.

'Warning: Florida residents can use deadly force,' says one of the adverts. Another reads: 'Thinking about a Florida vacation? Please ensure your family is safe. In Florida, avoid disputes. Use special caution in arguing with motorists on Florida roads.'

The Brady Campaign - named after Jim Brady, the spokesman for Ronald Reagan who was paralysed by a gunshot during the 1981 assassination attempt on the then-president - promises to also run adverts in French, German and Japanese newspapers. The campaign officers also plan to hand out leaflets on roads leading into the state."

Dispicable. Florida should sue the s*** out of Brady for restraint of trade. Scotsman.com

Good Advise from a True Patriot

2005-09-30T04:36:00.000-05:00

'A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun. While this gives moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun, therefore, be the constant companion of your walks.' Thomas Jefferson to Peter Carr, 1785. ME 5:85, Papers 8:407

Photo by Oleg Volk

Cooing at new-born babies banned in England

2005-09-29T04:42:00.000-05:00

BBC NEWS | England | West Yorkshire

Some new mothers have already said they are astonished by the rules which stop people asking questions about their babies or looking at them in maternity wards.

Debbie Lawson, neo-natal manager at the hospital's special care baby unit, said: "Cooing should be a thing of the past because these are little people with the same rights as you or me."

Okay, let's say these Socialist Politically Correct idiotarians have their way. I will wager a LOT of money that in 20 years things like violence and crime are blamed on a "lack of cooing" immediately after birth. "The poor criminal didn't feel wanted..."

Walter E. Williams on Slavery reparations

2005-09-28T04:41:00.000-05:00

Walter E. Williams: Slavery reparationsMongo emphasis ...

The slavery reparations shakedown lobby is gearing up for attacks on American industry. They've failed in the courts and Congress, so they're going after weak-kneed CEOs.

At the NAACP's recent annual convention, Dennis C. Hayes, its interim president, said, 'Absolutely, we will be pursuing reparations from companies that have historical ties to slavery and engaging all parties to come to the table.' According to Mr. Hayes, 'Many of the problems we have now including poverty, disparities in health care and incarceration can be directly tied to slavery.'

Lemmeesee, so historically slavery ended January 1, 1864, and we owe reparations to the poor ancestors of those slaves? I would love to see a CEO of a major corporation have Mr. Hayes arrested and charged with extortion.

The recent phase of the reparations movement contains an interesting twist. Rev. Wayne Perryman, a conservative minister of Mount Calvary Christian Center Church of God in Christ in Seattle, Wash., has filed a lawsuit against the Democratic Party.

His lawsuit, filed in United States District Court in Seattle, charges 'that because of their racist past practices the Democratic Party should be required to pay African Americans Reparations.' Rev. Perryman's brief, citing abundant historical evidence, charges that the past racist policies and practices that were initiated against blacks by the Democratic Party -- were no different than the policies and practices that were initiated by the Nazi Party against the Jews.

Good on you Reverand. The Democratic party has enslaved thousands with their socialist policies. Go get em!

2005-09-27T08:01:00.000-05:00

Oleg Volk

Jimmy Carter's take on elective history.

2005-09-26T05:09:00.000-05:00

."American University 9/19/05 Q and I One answer from the peanut brain from Plains:

"A: Well, I would say that in the year 2000 there's no doubt in my mind that Al Gore was elected president. He received the most votes nationwide and in my opinion he also received the most votes in Florida. and the decision was made by a 5-4 vote on a bipartisan basis by the US Supreme Court.

I would in 2000 there was a failure.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, MR. CARTER? (I would say "President" but you have NEVER earned the respect that title conveys. I remember 35 percent interest rates. I remember Iran. The only good thing you did you diminutive brained psychopathic socialist is give us Ronald Reagan, who almost put your pet governmental type, Communism, in its grave.)

Back on subject, yep there was a FAILURE Jimmy. The failure was the pandering which was done by Democrats in Democratic counties, who were too f'n dumb to count the votes, let alone vote properly.

The year 2004 is hard to grade. I don't have any detailed information as to what went wrong in Ohio. if Ohio had gone one way or the other it would have changed the outcome of the election.

And the other thing that I know about Ohio was that there's general consensus, that the secretary of state of Ohio, who was responsible for the administration of elections was highly partisan in his public approach and perhaps even in his private administration but I don't know about that."

emphasis mine. So if Ohio had gone "one way or the other" it would have changed the outcome? Which way? If both your ways would have elected Kerry, which manner of corruption would you choose?

In the second paragraph you accuse the Ohio secretary of state of being "highly partisan" but then you say "I don't know about that". Which is it? If you don't know, do us all a favor and keep your mouth shut...

Blogaversary!

2005-09-23T15:25:00.000-05:00

Yep Mongo is having a blogaversary! Wish him well or expect a visit....

Nah, It's been fun, a place to vent, and I got an advanced degree from Harvard mailed to me...

A story that hurts guys ...

2005-09-23T06:51:00.000-05:00

Ananova : "Woman, 93, grabbed robber where it hurts

A 93-year-old woman with a 'grip like iron' fought back against a robber by grabbing him by the testicles.

The Lithuanian woman, who says her strong grip is down to years of milking goats, held on to the man until police arrived.

Soja Popova, from Klaipeda, was shoved to the ground when she opened the door to two young men.

But she fought back by grabbing the nearest by the testicles and squeezing 'with all my force as hard as I could'.

She told police: 'He started screaming like an animal and his friend was trying to pull him free, but I have a grip like iron.'

The man's screams of agony and his friend's shouts for the woman to let go alerted neighbours, who called police.

The pair were caught after escaping through a bedroom window and into the street where a police car was waiting to take the injured man to hospital and his friend to a jail cell.

A police spokesman said: 'They would not have got far, one of them could hardly walk and seemed pleased when he saw the police car. He demanded that he be taken to hospital because he was in so much pain.'"

2A Story

2005-09-22T07:24:00.000-05:00

photo from Oleg Volk at http://www.a-human-right.com/

from Neal Boortz

"Now here's another phrase that twists my short hairs.

We had an incident in Atlanta last week where a civilian, Shawn Roberts, saw a crime being committed, and took action. Roberts was driving down a suburban Atlanta street when he saw a black male beating a white woman and trying to force her into a car. Roberts turned around to see the car driving off with the predator behind the wheel and the woman fighting for her life in the passenger seat. Roberts continued to follow the car as the female continued to fight her abductor.

The car swerved into the path of a cement truck. The resulting accident killed the woman, but the bastard who had carjacked and kidnapped her was unhurt.

He jumped out of the car and ran .... Shaw Roberts was right behind him. The perp had a gun and pointed it at Roberts. Roberts had a gun and used it to blow the worthless POS away.

Oh .. and by the way, the perp had raped and beaten a woman in the Atlanta
the week before. He'll never do it again, and the Georgia taxpayers will never have to pay to feed the SOB in jail.

OK .. on with the "taking the law into our own hands" bit. Here's a link to a conversation thread. Warning -- the participants in this thread are car nuts who post pictures of their cars with their comments. If you'll read through these links you will soon run across a character who says that Shawn Roberts should be charged with manslaughter ... that he "took the law into his own hands."

Nonsense.

Those of you who didn't attend government schools may already understand this ... but the law IS in our hands. Law enforcement is not something citizens seize from police officers, it is a function that citizens delegate to police officers.
"

emphasis Mongo's (if you want to link to the idiot conversations, go to the Boortz Link.)

I am not a victim. I am not a subject. I am a citizen. I will defend my status.

WAAZZUP MONGO?

2005-09-20T07:45:00.000-05:00

Welp, my masthead isn't loading too well, no pics of the boy, so I am going to wait a day till blogger gets its act together.

A Modest Proposal

2005-09-19T07:04:00.000-05:00

Burt Prelutsky - MensNewsDaily.com:

"…Unfortunately, life’s never that simple. The Muslims don’t hate us because we’re in Iraq, but because we exist. They hate us because we’re everything they are not -- advanced technologically, democratic, powerful and Judeo-Christian. We don’t subjugate and mutilate our women, we don’t behead our enemies, and our young men don’t blow themselves up in the hope of spending eternity in a celestial brothel. They despise our music, our movies, our tattoos and body-piercing, our TV shows, and even the way we dress. Okay, there’s something to be said for their side, I’ll grant you, but not much.

If all the Muslims around the world would move back to the backwaters from whence they came, back to the good old days of the ninth century, I, for one, would happily bid them adieu But, instead, they’re busy causing misery and havoc all over the place -- butchering civilians in Bali, London, Madrid, the Philippines, South Africa, New York -- all in the name of Allah.

I understand I am tarring people who have never lifted a hand in anger, people who are presumably disgusted by the activities of their co-religionists. But that’s not good enough. By and large, even here in America, their silence is deafening. One doesn’t hear their religious leaders condemning the terrorists; at most, you hear them whining about racial profiling. Odd that the same religion that put a two million dollar price on the head of novelist Salman Rushdie hasn’t seen fit to place a reward of even a plugged nickel on the head of Osama bin Laden. "