***WARNING! ***
The images in this link are VERY graphic, and are not suitable for everyone. The emotions you will experience when viewing them will be strong.
The behavior displayed by the participants and the photographers is disgusting, but is expected, given the nature of those involved.
Is there no level of vileness too low for these people to stop taking advantage of tragedy?
Monday, July 31, 2006
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Here's How the "Party of God" Operates
But we really are not surprised to find out about things like this, are we?
Remember:
When civilians are killed because of an Israeli attack, it's by Hezbollah design, or it's by accident.
When civilians are killed by a Hezbollah attack, it's by Hezbollah design, and it's on purpose.
Remember:
When civilians are killed because of an Israeli attack, it's by Hezbollah design, or it's by accident.
When civilians are killed by a Hezbollah attack, it's by Hezbollah design, and it's on purpose.
Saturday, July 29, 2006
Here's the New and Improved Version of the Nashville
The USS New York (LPD-21)
Artist's rendition of the San Antonio (LPD-17) shown, first of the class.
Here's the rest of the story......
With a year to go before it even touches the water, the Navy's amphibious assault ship, USS New York, has already made history. It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center. It is the fifth in a new class of warship - designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists.
It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 combat-ready Marines to be delivered ashore by helicopters and assault craft.
Steel from the World Trade Center was melted down in a foundry in Amite, La., to cast the ship's bow section.
When it was poured into the molds on Sept. 9, 2003, "those big rough steelworkers treated it with total reverence,"
recalled Navy Capt. Kevin Wensing, who was there. "It was a spiritual moment for everybody there." Junior Chavers, foundry operations manager, said that when the trade center steel first arrived, he touched it with his hand and the "hair on my neck stood up." "It had a big meaning to it for all of us," he said. "They knocked us down. They can't keep us down. We're going to be back."
The ship's motto? - 'Never Forget'
Hate Crime in Seattle
Once again, we see the Religion of Peace's legacy.
Noteworthy:
"......the man had told staff members, 'I'm a Muslim American; I'm angry at Israel,' then began shooting."
Noteworthy:
"......the man had told staff members, 'I'm a Muslim American; I'm angry at Israel,' then began shooting."
Friday, July 28, 2006
Slandering Michael Ledeen?
At least it's not undercover of the Rolling Stone. (Pun intended)
Or maybe it is......
Analysis and a response at Roger Simon's.
Here's the RS article in question.
Does anyone actually read RS anymore?
Or maybe it is......
Analysis and a response at Roger Simon's.
Here's the RS article in question.
Does anyone actually read RS anymore?
About The Missing Iraqi WMDs
They're in Syria, as has been thought all along.
Why are we not surprised?
Cue the typical True Believer/Bush Derangement Syndrome Sufferer knee-jerk reactionary response.
Why are we not surprised?
Cue the typical True Believer/Bush Derangement Syndrome Sufferer knee-jerk reactionary response.
Fisking Glenn Greenwald
The Origin of the "Global Warming Scientific Consensus" Myth
Read about it here.
Noteworthy:
"It seemed clear to me that a very dangerous situation was arising, and the danger was not of 'global warming' itself."
This passage is for those who don't like my use of the phrase 'True Believers'. Here's a hint: The phrase didn't originate with me.
"At the same time, political pressures on dissidents from the 'popular vision' increased. Sen. Gore publicly admonished 'skeptics' in a lengthy New York Times op-ed piece. In a perverse example of double-speak he associated the 'true believers' in warming with Galileo. He also referred, in another article, to the summer of 1988 as the Kristallnacht before the warming holocaust."
Noteworthy:
"It seemed clear to me that a very dangerous situation was arising, and the danger was not of 'global warming' itself."
This passage is for those who don't like my use of the phrase 'True Believers'. Here's a hint: The phrase didn't originate with me.
"At the same time, political pressures on dissidents from the 'popular vision' increased. Sen. Gore publicly admonished 'skeptics' in a lengthy New York Times op-ed piece. In a perverse example of double-speak he associated the 'true believers' in warming with Galileo. He also referred, in another article, to the summer of 1988 as the Kristallnacht before the warming holocaust."
We Are All Familiar With Politicians Who Politicize Science
We have only to look to algore and his recent science fiction movie.
But what happens when scientists politicize science?
As has been stated before, there is no such thing as "scientific consensus" on global warming, regardless of what the True Believers would like you to swallow, and despite the desperation of some of the True Believers' attacks on those who point out their folly.
But what happens when scientists politicize science?
As has been stated before, there is no such thing as "scientific consensus" on global warming, regardless of what the True Believers would like you to swallow, and despite the desperation of some of the True Believers' attacks on those who point out their folly.
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ho! Ho! Ho! Hee! Hee! Hee!
This is WAY too funny!
Dizzy calls for "an end to devisiveness", and then proceeds to spew his usual inflammatory garbage!
Here's the other headline juxtaposed with the headline from the linked article, as appearing on Drudge:
"Howard Dean compares Katherine Harris to Stalin during stop in WPB"
Do you think Dean is auditioning for a gig at The Improv as an absurdist comic when the Dems blow him out after finally realizing how he's poisoning the party?
Howard Dean: God's gift to the Republican Party.
Dizzy calls for "an end to devisiveness", and then proceeds to spew his usual inflammatory garbage!
Here's the other headline juxtaposed with the headline from the linked article, as appearing on Drudge:
"Howard Dean compares Katherine Harris to Stalin during stop in WPB"
Do you think Dean is auditioning for a gig at The Improv as an absurdist comic when the Dems blow him out after finally realizing how he's poisoning the party?
Howard Dean: God's gift to the Republican Party.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Billion Dollar Oil Company Profits Are in the News Lately
It's time to read (or re-read) this article again, written after the Katrina devastation last year.
Key point:
"But there is a consistent undercurrent to the mental void that is driving most of this chatter, namely that large oil-company profits are proof that gasoline prices have been too high; that oil companies have been 'price gouging.' "
Key point:
"But there is a consistent undercurrent to the mental void that is driving most of this chatter, namely that large oil-company profits are proof that gasoline prices have been too high; that oil companies have been 'price gouging.' "
The Latest From Pat Michaels on the Global Warming Front
....is found here.
Key point:
"This suggests that humans have the power to turn planetary warming into cooling — a scientific absurdity. We have neither the technology, the means, the money, nor the political will to do this."
You may remember the thread at Ed Cone's blog a while back about Paul Krugman's over-the-top piece of slime attacking Pat Michaels on his Global Warming/Climate change beliefs. Professor Michaels made a contribution to the debate personally, and his detractors on the thread have still not been able to refute his points.
Key point:
"This suggests that humans have the power to turn planetary warming into cooling — a scientific absurdity. We have neither the technology, the means, the money, nor the political will to do this."
You may remember the thread at Ed Cone's blog a while back about Paul Krugman's over-the-top piece of slime attacking Pat Michaels on his Global Warming/Climate change beliefs. Professor Michaels made a contribution to the debate personally, and his detractors on the thread have still not been able to refute his points.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
A Certain Member of The Local Blogging Community "Elite"
....quibbles about my use of the phrase "the Puppetmasters of Jihadistan". Here David Frum descrbes why my phrase is an accurate description.
Noteworthy excerpt:
"To achieve this positive result, however, Israel must be allowed to finish the job. Israel must be allowed to shatter Hezbollah as a military force and put an end to its state-within-a-state in southern Lebanon."
Hezbollah is to Iran as the IRA is to Sinn Fein.
Noteworthy excerpt:
"To achieve this positive result, however, Israel must be allowed to finish the job. Israel must be allowed to shatter Hezbollah as a military force and put an end to its state-within-a-state in southern Lebanon."
Hezbollah is to Iran as the IRA is to Sinn Fein.
Here's Another Example of the "You Can't Get Them Indoctrinated Too Young" Philosophy
(hat tip: Clayton Cramer)
Political Correctness rides again!
Cramer comments:
"One of the defining characteristics of liberalism is the belief that everything that is not prohibited, is required. I guess that we can't trust British nursery teachers to use their best judgment, can we?"
Political Correctness rides again!
Cramer comments:
"One of the defining characteristics of liberalism is the belief that everything that is not prohibited, is required. I guess that we can't trust British nursery teachers to use their best judgment, can we?"
Monday, July 24, 2006
How Many Coaches Get to Keep their Job After Going 2-15?
This guy does. But he also created and owns the Klub.
Not a good start for a political wannabee, is it?
Not a good start for a political wannabee, is it?
At Least The Old Lefties Are Intellectually Honest
...about their opinions regarding the Israeli/Hezbollah fighting. Many of the New Lefties do not share that admirable trait.
Hugh Hewitt reports.
Key point:
"I've known Hayden for a long time, and he's never not been open about the agenda. 'Making values explicit,' has always been an objective for him and the first radicals. The Koskids are not nearly so honest."
Hugh Hewitt reports.
Key point:
"I've known Hayden for a long time, and he's never not been open about the agenda. 'Making values explicit,' has always been an objective for him and the first radicals. The Koskids are not nearly so honest."
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Here's the Nashville story mentioned
...in the comments on the earlier Nashville thread.
One correction: In my earlier comments, I said the photo was taken from the starboard bridge wing. It was actually taken from the starboard bow by a machinist mate who happened to be above deck at the time. The date is January 1972, and the location is somewhere off Panama.
When this shot was taken, I was on the 05 level inside the signal shack, as the watch supervisor, some 70 feet sternward, and some 40 feet above the photographer's position. We were doing an underway replenishment drill with our sister ship, Shreveport (LPD-12) (pictured). The exercise required Shreveport to come alongside at close quarters, so that material could be passed from one ship to the other by carrier lines.
My spotter on our starboard flying bridge was Dale Carmon, whom we called Otto, after Sgt Snorkel's dog in the Beetle Bailey comic strip, because of his tenacity, and Melvin Miller was working the flag bag. We were running flaghoist drills (see the hoist on Shreveport), and the action was fast and furious, with flags going up, down, then strewn on the deck with little or no time to stow them.
We took a lot of pride in our skills and our professionalism, and Otto was calling out the Shreveport's hoists loud and clear, almost as soon as the Shreveport guys broke them out of the bag. I was calling Otto's spots down to the conn, and logging them just as fast as he called them, but my back was turned away from the action.
Otto starts calling a new signal, something like (I don't really remember): "First hoist, Bravo Whiskey One Three, tack One Five. Second hoist: Mike November.....". He falls strangely silent. I yell out from the shack "Well, what the f**k is it, Otto?" His only reply was a very loud "Oh Shhhhh*****tttttt!", and I heard Chief Donovan yell "Brace for collision"!
I turned abruptly, and I was staring down the pointed brow of 20,000 tons of amphibious transport dock aiming straight for me. And, if you know how Navy ships steer, you know that a crash was unavoidable. Literally, there is no turning away at such close quarters.
While listening to the call to GQ ringing out, a lot of things passed through my mind in that second or two I had before the collision. Primary was "This can't be happening. I just beat the odds a few months ago with Dr. Death, only to cash in with this?"
Next, my thoughts turned to the Girl Back Home, and then to my folks, who were still recovering from my last close call. And finally, I wondered what would happen to my beloved MG. After all, the Girl Back Home can't drive a manual transmission.
But heed the Chief's call I did, and here comes Shreveport.
The feel and the sound of the collision was an agonizing jolt, grind and shudder, and then a sound of metal being ripped away by Shreveport's left side anchor as it disentangled from Nashville. And then nothing,as both ships managed to separate. There but for the Grace of God......
No one was hurt. Not even the guy who was sitting on the pot in the head two decks down when Shreveport's anchor made its appearance. It gave new context to the old phrase "scared sh*tless", don't you think?
The end result? A Board of Inquiry for the guy who had the conn on Shreveport, and two days early arrival in Colon for liberty and repairs.
Now THAT little stay in Panama leads to yet ANOTHER story............
All You Need To Know About the Israeli/Hezbollah War
....in seven short paragraphs, by Mark Goldblatt in The American Spectator.
"Suppose, with one hand, I grab my two-year-old daughter and clutch her to my chest, and, with the other hand, I grab an AK47 and go on a shooting rampage in midtown Manhattan. Now suppose, in order to stop the shooting rampage, the police return fire and wind up killing both me and my daughter. Whose fault is the death of my daughter?
If you answered 'the police', congratulations, you've got a future as a terrorist apologist.
After Israel ended its occupation of the Gaza Strip last September, ceding control to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for the prospect of a lasting peace agreement, Hamas terrorists immediately began using the territory to fire Qassam rockets across Israel's southwestern border and into Israel. The terrorists intentionally launched the weapons from between civilian homes in order to make Israeli retaliation more difficult. Then, two weeks ago, the terrorists staged a kidnapping from Gaza, grabbing an Israeli soldier on border patrol, and demanding the release of thousands of terrorists for his safe return.
To retrieve the solider and end the rocket attacks, Israel sent its military forces back into Gaza -- at which point, Hezbollah terrorists, operating out of southern Lebanon, staged their own kidnappings of Israeli soldiers and began firing rockets across Israel's northern border. Israel is now responding with targeted missile strikes and precision bombings of known Hezbollah locations, which, like Hamas strongholds in Gaza, are intentionally embedded among civilian homes. In the course of Israel's actions in Gaza and southern Lebanon, hundreds of terrorists have been killed -- but so have scores of unarmed civilians.
So whose fault is the death of those civilians?
Here, then, is a microcosm of the struggle between Israel and its enemies over the last 50 years: One side conceals itself among local populations, deliberately targets civilians, and seeks to maximize casualties; the other side retaliates with uniformed military personnel, deliberately avoids harming civilians, and seeks to minimize casualties.
Not all stories have two sides. The current crisis in the Middle East is one such story. The Israelis are morally right. Their enemies are morally wrong. If you can't figure that out, you're morally lost."
Indeed.
"Suppose, with one hand, I grab my two-year-old daughter and clutch her to my chest, and, with the other hand, I grab an AK47 and go on a shooting rampage in midtown Manhattan. Now suppose, in order to stop the shooting rampage, the police return fire and wind up killing both me and my daughter. Whose fault is the death of my daughter?
If you answered 'the police', congratulations, you've got a future as a terrorist apologist.
After Israel ended its occupation of the Gaza Strip last September, ceding control to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for the prospect of a lasting peace agreement, Hamas terrorists immediately began using the territory to fire Qassam rockets across Israel's southwestern border and into Israel. The terrorists intentionally launched the weapons from between civilian homes in order to make Israeli retaliation more difficult. Then, two weeks ago, the terrorists staged a kidnapping from Gaza, grabbing an Israeli soldier on border patrol, and demanding the release of thousands of terrorists for his safe return.
To retrieve the solider and end the rocket attacks, Israel sent its military forces back into Gaza -- at which point, Hezbollah terrorists, operating out of southern Lebanon, staged their own kidnappings of Israeli soldiers and began firing rockets across Israel's northern border. Israel is now responding with targeted missile strikes and precision bombings of known Hezbollah locations, which, like Hamas strongholds in Gaza, are intentionally embedded among civilian homes. In the course of Israel's actions in Gaza and southern Lebanon, hundreds of terrorists have been killed -- but so have scores of unarmed civilians.
So whose fault is the death of those civilians?
Here, then, is a microcosm of the struggle between Israel and its enemies over the last 50 years: One side conceals itself among local populations, deliberately targets civilians, and seeks to maximize casualties; the other side retaliates with uniformed military personnel, deliberately avoids harming civilians, and seeks to minimize casualties.
Not all stories have two sides. The current crisis in the Middle East is one such story. The Israelis are morally right. Their enemies are morally wrong. If you can't figure that out, you're morally lost."
Indeed.
The Nonsense at UW-Madison Continues
This guy doesn't even qualify as a flake. It's much worse than that, and the provost is actually backing the guy up.
Excerpt (from the provost):
"I still have every expectation this will be a very positive educational experience for our students," Farrell said Thursday. "Some are upset about Mr. Barrett's viewpoints on 9/11 and don't want to pay much attention to what makes for a quality educational experience."
Since when doea Conspiracy Theory 201, Jihadistan Apologist branch qualify as "a quality educational experience"?
Excerpt (from the provost):
"I still have every expectation this will be a very positive educational experience for our students," Farrell said Thursday. "Some are upset about Mr. Barrett's viewpoints on 9/11 and don't want to pay much attention to what makes for a quality educational experience."
Since when doea Conspiracy Theory 201, Jihadistan Apologist branch qualify as "a quality educational experience"?
Friday, July 21, 2006
Here's the Bubba Boat
The USS Nashville (LPD13)
You may have seen her on the tube the last few nights because of her role in evacuating Americans from Lebanon to Cyprus. Had this event happened in late 1970 through mid 1972, your obedient servant would have been in the thick of co-ordinating that deal.
In case you're interested, SM2 Bubba's home was on the very top two decks, as hotshot signal watch section supervisor, when he wasn't playing super slick beach resident during an amphibious landing.
Good work, guys. We're proud of you.
Technical Note
I've had to enable verification codes for comments in hopes that the spammers will be foiled. Sorry for the inconvenience.
I was skeptical about the movie "World Trade Center"
.....because of it's director, Oliver Stone.
However Brent Bozell thinks the results are pretty good.
Looks like Stone has left politics out of his work.
That's a good thing.
However Brent Bozell thinks the results are pretty good.
Looks like Stone has left politics out of his work.
That's a good thing.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Quote of the Day
"The world is a dangerous place to live---not because of the
people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do
anything about it."
---Albert Einstein
people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do
anything about it."
---Albert Einstein
Odds and Ends
....from the Patriot Post:
Newspulper Headlines:
At Least They Have Chicken Pox to
Look Forward To: "Study Shows Doctors Miss Flu in Children"
---Associated Press
The Family That Preys Together: "Conn. Mom Helped Son Run Hedge
Fund Scam" ---Associated Press
Reuters Journalist Jerks Toward Insulting Headline: "Mexico
Conservative Creeps Toward Slim Victory" ---Reuters
Someone Get a Restraining Order: "Stalker to Lead Ankeny Schools
as Interim Chief" ---Des Moines Register
Already Been Done: "Pope Benedict Writing Book on Jesus" ---Reuters
What Was the First Clue?: "Volcano Found as Etna Erupts" ---Times
(London) (Thanks to The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto)
Newspulper Headlines:
At Least They Have Chicken Pox to
Look Forward To: "Study Shows Doctors Miss Flu in Children"
---Associated Press
The Family That Preys Together: "Conn. Mom Helped Son Run Hedge
Fund Scam" ---Associated Press
Reuters Journalist Jerks Toward Insulting Headline: "Mexico
Conservative Creeps Toward Slim Victory" ---Reuters
Someone Get a Restraining Order: "Stalker to Lead Ankeny Schools
as Interim Chief" ---Des Moines Register
Already Been Done: "Pope Benedict Writing Book on Jesus" ---Reuters
What Was the First Clue?: "Volcano Found as Etna Erupts" ---Times
(London) (Thanks to The Wall Street Journal's James Taranto)
"Cycle of Violence" Babble
As usual, Thomas Sowell has it pegged.
Noteworthy:
"Those who keep calling for an end to the 'cycle of violence' are
what make such violence more likely."
I used the word "enablement" in the previous post. It applies to the apologists for the Jihadistanis too when they talk about "the cycle of violence".
The Quaker/pacifist strategy doesn't work when we're talking about the War on Terror.
Noteworthy:
"Those who keep calling for an end to the 'cycle of violence' are
what make such violence more likely."
I used the word "enablement" in the previous post. It applies to the apologists for the Jihadistanis too when they talk about "the cycle of violence".
The Quaker/pacifist strategy doesn't work when we're talking about the War on Terror.
"One Nation, Under Therapy
With Enablement and Victimhood For all."
This sums it up precisely:
".....One Nation under Therapy demonstrates that 'talking about' problems is no substitute for confronting them."
This sums it up precisely:
".....One Nation under Therapy demonstrates that 'talking about' problems is no substitute for confronting them."
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Quote of the Day
(hat tip: Larry Kudlow)
"You and I have the courage to say to our enemies, 'There is a price we will not pay.' There is a point beyond which they must not advance. This is the meaning in the phrase of Barry Goldwater's 'peace through strength.' Winston Churchill said that 'the destiny of man is not measured by material computation. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits--not animals.' And he said, 'There is something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.' "
-Ronald Reagan's Rendezvous with Destiny speech, October 27, 1964
"You and I have the courage to say to our enemies, 'There is a price we will not pay.' There is a point beyond which they must not advance. This is the meaning in the phrase of Barry Goldwater's 'peace through strength.' Winston Churchill said that 'the destiny of man is not measured by material computation. When great forces are on the move in the world, we learn we are spirits--not animals.' And he said, 'There is something going on in time and space, and beyond time and space, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.' "
-Ronald Reagan's Rendezvous with Destiny speech, October 27, 1964
Your "It's All Bush's Fault" Talking Point of the Week
Is here.
Key point:
"Meanwhile, liberals are downplaying the conflict as a 'crisis' in order to seem impartial and achieve world peace. This is code for 'we must not, under any circumstances, kill Muslim extremists.' "
Key point:
"Meanwhile, liberals are downplaying the conflict as a 'crisis' in order to seem impartial and achieve world peace. This is code for 'we must not, under any circumstances, kill Muslim extremists.' "
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
News Flash To Brangilina
We already know what happened to Daniel Pearl.
Never underestimate the naivete of a pair of True Believers in their quest to make the world a safer, wiser, and kinder place for people like Mr. Pearl's murderers.
Never underestimate the naivete of a pair of True Believers in their quest to make the world a safer, wiser, and kinder place for people like Mr. Pearl's murderers.
Monday, July 17, 2006
Can We Keep the Appeasers and the Apologists From Screwing Everything Up?
If so, we might be able to take advantage of this.
Noteworthy excerpt:
"A large number of Arab countries, particularly in the Gulf, see Iran as a future adversary."
Let's see if they are smart enough to rise above the anti-semitism and the anti Israel agenda that the Puppetmasters of Jihadistan promote.
Noteworthy excerpt:
"A large number of Arab countries, particularly in the Gulf, see Iran as a future adversary."
Let's see if they are smart enough to rise above the anti-semitism and the anti Israel agenda that the Puppetmasters of Jihadistan promote.
The Sarbanes Oxley Burden
I bailed out of a 20 year stint as a corporate operative earlier this year. Perhaps the one most important thing that I do not miss about my previous career is my SOX compliance responsibilities. Lots of corporate folks are still bearing that yoke, and are continuing to suffer as I once did.
It's not just the cost aspect that's so terrible, it's also the lost creativity and productivity time that most managers must spend to feed the beast.
Nobody argues against the intent of the original legislation, but everyone who must comply knows there's GOT to be a better way.
I still have nightmares about complex key control checklists, rapacious internal delta swat teams, and anal-retentive external auditors.
It's not just the cost aspect that's so terrible, it's also the lost creativity and productivity time that most managers must spend to feed the beast.
Nobody argues against the intent of the original legislation, but everyone who must comply knows there's GOT to be a better way.
I still have nightmares about complex key control checklists, rapacious internal delta swat teams, and anal-retentive external auditors.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
This Director of Schools is not too bright, is he?
Otherwise, we wouldn't be reading about this, would we?
Does the guy not understand the law on this subject?
I prefer to think the guy is just ignorant, and not trying to make some political or anti-war statement.
Does the guy not understand the law on this subject?
I prefer to think the guy is just ignorant, and not trying to make some political or anti-war statement.
Saturday, July 15, 2006
The Dem's "New Directions" Marketing Initiative
is accurately vetted here.
Key point:
"And Pelosi's 'New Direction' scheme? As observers here are fond of saying:
'If you don't know where you're going, any direction will get you there.'"
Or, as Firesign Theater put it some 35 years ago: "How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all?"
Key point:
"And Pelosi's 'New Direction' scheme? As observers here are fond of saying:
'If you don't know where you're going, any direction will get you there.'"
Or, as Firesign Theater put it some 35 years ago: "How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all?"
Friday, July 14, 2006
Is There Any Truth to This?
I have not heard anything about this subject except here.
Many commentators have previously written about this coming event, but if it is indeed at hand, it will greatly change the geopolitics of the Western hemisphere at an important time juncture of world affairs.
Many commentators have previously written about this coming event, but if it is indeed at hand, it will greatly change the geopolitics of the Western hemisphere at an important time juncture of world affairs.
A Cruel Hoax
Why is it so hard for some folks to understand that compensation levels need to be related to some measure of productivity?
Key point:
“The effect of ‘one dollar more’ would be to reduce low-skilled workers’ odds of finding employment by 5.5 percent”.
"But it's just a dollar, so it really won't make any difference....." is the erroneous rationalization.
Key point:
“The effect of ‘one dollar more’ would be to reduce low-skilled workers’ odds of finding employment by 5.5 percent”.
"But it's just a dollar, so it really won't make any difference....." is the erroneous rationalization.
The Stakes Are High in the Mid East
As usual, Krauthammer is right.
Excerpt:
"But again, who needs history? As the Palestinian excuses for continuing their war disappear one by one, the rhetoric is becoming more bold and honest. Just last Tuesday, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, writing in The Washington Post, referred to Israel as 'a supposedly "legitimate" state.'"
I am not amazed anymore that the misinformed and the Israeli Derangement Syndrome sufferers always want to blame Israel for "perpetuating the cycle of violence", and are content to let the Jihadists continue their attempts to wipe the state of Israel off the map.
What an uneducated, agendized-driven, unfounded policy position that is!
The Israelis will solve their problem. They always have.
The Jihadists and those that enable them worldwide won't like it.
Too bad.
They will have no one but themselves to blame for the results.
Excerpt:
"But again, who needs history? As the Palestinian excuses for continuing their war disappear one by one, the rhetoric is becoming more bold and honest. Just last Tuesday, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, writing in The Washington Post, referred to Israel as 'a supposedly "legitimate" state.'"
I am not amazed anymore that the misinformed and the Israeli Derangement Syndrome sufferers always want to blame Israel for "perpetuating the cycle of violence", and are content to let the Jihadists continue their attempts to wipe the state of Israel off the map.
What an uneducated, agendized-driven, unfounded policy position that is!
The Israelis will solve their problem. They always have.
The Jihadists and those that enable them worldwide won't like it.
Too bad.
They will have no one but themselves to blame for the results.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
I Wonder how Barry Lynne Knows
that it's a depiction of Jesus?
Is there an inscription beneath the picture that says "Jesus, Messiah, Redeemer,Savior, King of the Jews, Son of God?
Nah, that would be too easy.
Is there an inscription beneath the picture that says "Jesus, Messiah, Redeemer,Savior, King of the Jews, Son of God?
Nah, that would be too easy.
The Israeli Derangement Syndrome at Work
Why are we no longer surprised at nonsense like this?
(hat tip: LGF)
Imagine a world without the blatant anti-Israel bias and anti-semitism that seems to be in vogue among trendy Lefties of all types.
Imagine a world without the Puppetmasters of Jihadistan being able to exploit the world wide political correctness regarding the nature of Israel's existence.
Imagine a world where the longest standing (and until recent times the ONLY) democracy in the middle east gets any respect in its survival struggle against the feudal/oligarchial states that dominate the area, and have sworn to wipe that democracy off the face of the map.
It's a lot like imagining a world without Bush Derangement Syndrome, isn't it?
(hat tip: LGF)
Imagine a world without the blatant anti-Israel bias and anti-semitism that seems to be in vogue among trendy Lefties of all types.
Imagine a world without the Puppetmasters of Jihadistan being able to exploit the world wide political correctness regarding the nature of Israel's existence.
Imagine a world where the longest standing (and until recent times the ONLY) democracy in the middle east gets any respect in its survival struggle against the feudal/oligarchial states that dominate the area, and have sworn to wipe that democracy off the face of the map.
It's a lot like imagining a world without Bush Derangement Syndrome, isn't it?
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
More on the Vast UN Culture of Corruption
This may seem minor, but it's symptomatic of the disease that runs rampant in the organization.
What other nation would put up with flagrant abuse (minor or not) of it's laws like the US does?
What other nation would put up with flagrant abuse (minor or not) of it's laws like the US does?
Monday, July 10, 2006
Another Take on "Global Warming"
Here
Excerpt:
"We could stop all industrial activity and require all cars and trucks off the roads of the world and it would not make a single bit of difference. It is not manmade carbon dioxide that is bringing about these changes. It is active volcanoes, some a mile or more high, yet entirely hidden from view under the oceans."
Interesting.
Excerpt:
"We could stop all industrial activity and require all cars and trucks off the roads of the world and it would not make a single bit of difference. It is not manmade carbon dioxide that is bringing about these changes. It is active volcanoes, some a mile or more high, yet entirely hidden from view under the oceans."
Interesting.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55% of plepoe can
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was
rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch
at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a
wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in
the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it
whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey
lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlo he. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas
tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was
rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch
at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a
wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in
the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it
whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey
lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlo he. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas
tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Lower Taxes Yield Higher Government Revenue
It happens every time.
So WHY are the New York Times and the True Believers surprised?
The real challenge is to STOP THE OUT OF CONTROL SPENDING, for which almost EVERYONE in Washington is responsible.
So WHY are the New York Times and the True Believers surprised?
The real challenge is to STOP THE OUT OF CONTROL SPENDING, for which almost EVERYONE in Washington is responsible.
Saturday, July 08, 2006
Culture, oil, and dissent
The latest from VDH.
Key point:
"Finally, there are a number of influential Americans — let us be frank — who want us to forfeit this effort in Iraq . For some prominent Democrats, like a Sen. Kennedy or Sen. Durbin, who compares our wartime military on occasion to Saddam’s Baathists or Nazis, it is an issue of simple partisanship."
Exactly.
Key point:
"Finally, there are a number of influential Americans — let us be frank — who want us to forfeit this effort in Iraq . For some prominent Democrats, like a Sen. Kennedy or Sen. Durbin, who compares our wartime military on occasion to Saddam’s Baathists or Nazis, it is an issue of simple partisanship."
Exactly.
More information about Saddam's WMDs
that the Lefties would like to keep hidden.
Noteworthy:
"Once again, it looks like Saddam's own documentation makes it clear that he had never stopped working on WMD programs. This time, it also shows that UNMOVIC and the UNSC knew it."
Noteworthy:
"Once again, it looks like Saddam's own documentation makes it clear that he had never stopped working on WMD programs. This time, it also shows that UNMOVIC and the UNSC knew it."
The Left's hyperventiation on Hamdan
is analyzed here.
Key point:
"The hyperbolic reaction of the Left seems particularly ill-advised given that the Hamdan opinion will have little lasting practical effect: Congress has already made clear that it intends to grant the president the authority to utilize some kind of military commission."
Key point:
"The hyperbolic reaction of the Left seems particularly ill-advised given that the Hamdan opinion will have little lasting practical effect: Congress has already made clear that it intends to grant the president the authority to utilize some kind of military commission."
Actually, it was all orchestrated by the guy with the remote control who guided all the planes in from that Grassy Knoll
The one in Pennsylvania got away from him because his batteries wore out. Karl Rove didn't get him any spares.
7/10/06 9:30 PM
The whacko was just on Hannity and Colmes, and couldn't stop running his mouth. Colmes didn't even cut the guy any slack, which is unusual.
All the grief given from all the quarters is well deserved.
Next, expect him to teach a course on how the Holocaust didn't really happen the way history recorded it.
7/10/06 9:30 PM
The whacko was just on Hannity and Colmes, and couldn't stop running his mouth. Colmes didn't even cut the guy any slack, which is unusual.
All the grief given from all the quarters is well deserved.
Next, expect him to teach a course on how the Holocaust didn't really happen the way history recorded it.
Lie of the Day
And the corresponding truth about that lie by one of the sharpest minds in broadcast today.
Friday, July 07, 2006
The highway safety fanatics won't like this story
Going faster saves lives.
You can find out more about the National Motorists Association here.
Read some of the information on the issues,. You may be surprised to learn just how wrong-headed some of road use and motor laws really are.
You can find out more about the National Motorists Association here.
Read some of the information on the issues,. You may be surprised to learn just how wrong-headed some of road use and motor laws really are.
The American Revolution, as reported by the NYT
This is what it would have read like if the Times had been founded a century earlier.
Just think of how the Pledge of Allegiance could have ended up.
"I pledge allegiance to the agenda of the New York Times' version of America....."
Just think of how the Pledge of Allegiance could have ended up.
"I pledge allegiance to the agenda of the New York Times' version of America....."
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Go Cindy, Go!
I hear Venezuela's a great place to live for people like you. How many of your liked-minded minions can you take with you?
Monday, July 03, 2006
Happy Fourth to Patriots Near
And a happy and safe Fourth to all those Patriots Far and who make it possible, like so many others before them.
May God place you in the White Light of His protection on this sacred day.
Be careful with those fireworks that are intended for you.
May God place you in the White Light of His protection on this sacred day.
Be careful with those fireworks that are intended for you.
"Consensus" on Global Warming?
Not if you're paying attention.
Noteworthy:
"First, nonscientists generally do not want to bother with understanding the science. Claims of consensus relieve policy types, environmental advocates and politicians of any need to do so. Such claims also serve to intimidate the public and even scientists--especially those outside the area of climate dynamics. Secondly, given that the question of human attribution largely cannot be resolved, its use in promoting visions of disaster constitutes nothing so much as a bait-and-switch scam. That is an inauspicious beginning to what Mr. Gore claims is not a political issue but a "moral" crusade."
Noteworthy:
"First, nonscientists generally do not want to bother with understanding the science. Claims of consensus relieve policy types, environmental advocates and politicians of any need to do so. Such claims also serve to intimidate the public and even scientists--especially those outside the area of climate dynamics. Secondly, given that the question of human attribution largely cannot be resolved, its use in promoting visions of disaster constitutes nothing so much as a bait-and-switch scam. That is an inauspicious beginning to what Mr. Gore claims is not a political issue but a "moral" crusade."
Sunday, July 02, 2006
Look at what that fun bunch of Middle East "Freedom Fighters" is up to now....
This sounds like a wonderfully progressive plan to resolve the problems, doesn't it?
I can hear the apologists now:
"But we just need to understand them a little better, seek out ways to relieve the poverty and the oppression those agressive Israelis always use to keep them colonialized..."
I can hear the apologists now:
"But we just need to understand them a little better, seek out ways to relieve the poverty and the oppression those agressive Israelis always use to keep them colonialized..."
Saturday, July 01, 2006
The latest from VDH
As always, it's well worth reading.
Noteworthy passages:
"For all the propaganda of al Jazeera, the wounded pride of the Arab Street, or the vitriol of the Western Left, years from now the truth will remain that our soldiers did not come to plunder or colonize, but were willing to die for others’ freedom when few others would. Neither Michael Moore nor Noam Chomsky can change that, because it is not opinion, but truth — something that the Greeks rightly defined as “not forgetting” or “something that cannot be forgotten ” (alêtheia).
Note also that after the hysteria over body armor and unarmored humvees, the Democratic opposition offers no real concrete alternatives to the present policy .
Why not? Because there are none."
"......our problem lies in two more abstract but just as important struggles over Iraq. Either we did not communicate well the noble purposes of sacrifices abroad, or, after Vietnam, an influential elite has made it impossible for any president to do so.
We can correct that first lapse, but I am not so sure about the second."
The Iraqi government is taking intelligent measures to thwart the insurgency. The Left has, so far, chosen not to make significant comment on the progress made militarily and politically against the Sunni insurgents.
Why?
Because the Left is already starting to dread the full weight of the embarrassment and and the political disenfranchisement they will suffer when they are proven totally wrong about the Iraq War, and the greater War on Terror.
Noteworthy passages:
"For all the propaganda of al Jazeera, the wounded pride of the Arab Street, or the vitriol of the Western Left, years from now the truth will remain that our soldiers did not come to plunder or colonize, but were willing to die for others’ freedom when few others would. Neither Michael Moore nor Noam Chomsky can change that, because it is not opinion, but truth — something that the Greeks rightly defined as “not forgetting” or “something that cannot be forgotten ” (alêtheia).
Note also that after the hysteria over body armor and unarmored humvees, the Democratic opposition offers no real concrete alternatives to the present policy .
Why not? Because there are none."
"......our problem lies in two more abstract but just as important struggles over Iraq. Either we did not communicate well the noble purposes of sacrifices abroad, or, after Vietnam, an influential elite has made it impossible for any president to do so.
We can correct that first lapse, but I am not so sure about the second."
The Iraqi government is taking intelligent measures to thwart the insurgency. The Left has, so far, chosen not to make significant comment on the progress made militarily and politically against the Sunni insurgents.
Why?
Because the Left is already starting to dread the full weight of the embarrassment and and the political disenfranchisement they will suffer when they are proven totally wrong about the Iraq War, and the greater War on Terror.
Where's the outrage from the Left?
Byron York wants to know.
Noteworthy excerpts:
"But don’t worry. It won’t happen. Because, as we all know, there is not a snowball’s chance that Democrats will call for a special investigation of this leak. There is not a snowball’s chance that The New York Times will call for a special investigation of this leak. There is not a snowball’s chance that opponents of the Bush administration will denounce the leakers as traitors. And so on.
But there is no doubt the leak did real damage."
"So there you have it. A valuable program was compromised and real damage was done to the war on terrorism. And what have we heard from the people who so loudly demanded an independent investigation of the exposure of CIA employee Valerie Plame Wilson’s identity? Not much."
Just remember the Agenda's basic formula, straight from the Usual Suspects' Talking Points:
Security leaks that can be manipulated into portraying the Bush Admininistration in a bad light: GOOD!
Manufactured "security leak" about a non-covert CIA desk jockey's already publicly established identity: BAD!
Not that we're surprised at ANY of this, are we?
Noteworthy excerpts:
"But don’t worry. It won’t happen. Because, as we all know, there is not a snowball’s chance that Democrats will call for a special investigation of this leak. There is not a snowball’s chance that The New York Times will call for a special investigation of this leak. There is not a snowball’s chance that opponents of the Bush administration will denounce the leakers as traitors. And so on.
But there is no doubt the leak did real damage."
"So there you have it. A valuable program was compromised and real damage was done to the war on terrorism. And what have we heard from the people who so loudly demanded an independent investigation of the exposure of CIA employee Valerie Plame Wilson’s identity? Not much."
Just remember the Agenda's basic formula, straight from the Usual Suspects' Talking Points:
Security leaks that can be manipulated into portraying the Bush Admininistration in a bad light: GOOD!
Manufactured "security leak" about a non-covert CIA desk jockey's already publicly established identity: BAD!
Not that we're surprised at ANY of this, are we?
"(WiFi) Power to the People"
Just a short ride down the road from us.
(hat tip: Jeff Jarvis, buzzmachine.com)
Can we get a deal like this in Guilford County?
Think we might be able to get the N&R to step up?
(hat tip: Jeff Jarvis, buzzmachine.com)
Can we get a deal like this in Guilford County?
Think we might be able to get the N&R to step up?
"We Told The Terrorists Nothing They Didn't Already Know"
Yeah, right.
The story about the story is NOT going away. The blowback on the Times and the Left in their agendized campaign against the administration will cost them dearly.
The story about the story is NOT going away. The blowback on the Times and the Left in their agendized campaign against the administration will cost them dearly.
It's for the pets, right?
I wonder if PETA had any input to this?
Check out the comment from and the name of the city controller.
How ironic!
Check out the comment from and the name of the city controller.
How ironic!
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