I didn't blog on the idiocy of this month's anti-war protests, mainly because anything I had to say was already said. Those people were wrong back then and they're STILL wrong. Mark Steyn has his predictions from a year ago, and how they panned out today.
He's also come up with the EU's new slogan, and it fits to a tee - Neville Again.
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Don't Worry Mom! It's Carnival!
Yep, the Carnival of the Vanities is up.
Anyone who can tell me where the title comes from gets brownie points, and maybe a free sticker when they come in.
Anyone who can tell me where the title comes from gets brownie points, and maybe a free sticker when they come in.
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
A few thoughts...
So by now everyone knows that Condi Rice testified before the September 11th committee, right? Good. Personally, I'm of the mind that Bush and Co. were stringing the Donks along, making them whine and seeth as much as possible before finally saying "Fine, have it your way". And then they bring out the nail-studded cluebat and beat the snot out of Clarke, Kerry, and the rest of the foaming-at-the-mouth Donks. But that's only my opinion.
Anyways, what I bet that most people didn't know (and I sure didn't) is that Clarke himself refused to testify in 1999, and used the same reasoning that Condi Rice was giving recently! I don't know how long that link will be active, so I'll cut and paste a few paragraphs from the Congressional Record.
The congressional record; Senator Bennett:
Before the committee comes to order, I have some information to share with you which I'm sure will cause some consternation and disappointment.
We were scheduled -- at the beginning of this gathering we agreed not to call that portion of it a hearing, to have a briefing from Mr. Richard Clarke. And many of you have been notified that he would be here and as recently as yesterday afternoon when I was with him, we were looking forward to his appearance and he was sharing with me some of the areas that he planned to discuss while he was here. Mr. Clarke, as many of you know, is the national coordinator for security and infrastructure protection and counterterrorism on the National Security Council.
Last night, into the evening, we were notified that the legal staff of the National Security Council had determined that it would be inappropriate for Mr. Clarke to appear. I have just spoken to him on the telephone. The rule apparently is that any member of the White House staff who has not been confirmed is not to be allowed to testify before the Congress. They can perform briefings, but they are not to give testimony. And that in response to that rule, Mr. Clarke will not be coming.
He apologized to me for their failure to tell us that in a way that would have prevented our putting out the press notice in advance. I do not, in any sense, attribute any improper motives to Mr. Clarke. We had understood that the briefing could be held as long as there was no record made of it so that it would not be part of the formal hearing. And we were prepared to receive his briefing with the court recorder being instructed not to make any record of it and that that would comply with the rule.
As I say, last evening I received a call at home after the Senate had adjourned telling me that that arrangement would not be acceptable to the legal staff at the National Security Council and that Mr. Clarke, therefore, would not be here.
There shouldn't be any doubt that Richard Clarke is a lying fucknozzle, who's opportunistic and partisan cheap-shots should be disregarded at first notice. This guy is scum. Hat tip to Instapundit.
Anyways, what I bet that most people didn't know (and I sure didn't) is that Clarke himself refused to testify in 1999, and used the same reasoning that Condi Rice was giving recently! I don't know how long that link will be active, so I'll cut and paste a few paragraphs from the Congressional Record.
The congressional record; Senator Bennett:
Before the committee comes to order, I have some information to share with you which I'm sure will cause some consternation and disappointment.
We were scheduled -- at the beginning of this gathering we agreed not to call that portion of it a hearing, to have a briefing from Mr. Richard Clarke. And many of you have been notified that he would be here and as recently as yesterday afternoon when I was with him, we were looking forward to his appearance and he was sharing with me some of the areas that he planned to discuss while he was here. Mr. Clarke, as many of you know, is the national coordinator for security and infrastructure protection and counterterrorism on the National Security Council.
Last night, into the evening, we were notified that the legal staff of the National Security Council had determined that it would be inappropriate for Mr. Clarke to appear. I have just spoken to him on the telephone. The rule apparently is that any member of the White House staff who has not been confirmed is not to be allowed to testify before the Congress. They can perform briefings, but they are not to give testimony. And that in response to that rule, Mr. Clarke will not be coming.
He apologized to me for their failure to tell us that in a way that would have prevented our putting out the press notice in advance. I do not, in any sense, attribute any improper motives to Mr. Clarke. We had understood that the briefing could be held as long as there was no record made of it so that it would not be part of the formal hearing. And we were prepared to receive his briefing with the court recorder being instructed not to make any record of it and that that would comply with the rule.
As I say, last evening I received a call at home after the Senate had adjourned telling me that that arrangement would not be acceptable to the legal staff at the National Security Council and that Mr. Clarke, therefore, would not be here.
There shouldn't be any doubt that Richard Clarke is a lying fucknozzle, who's opportunistic and partisan cheap-shots should be disregarded at first notice. This guy is scum. Hat tip to Instapundit.
But I thought Bush didn't do anything.......
I mean, except stop other terrorist attacks, that is.
LONDON — Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, al Qaeda's purported operations chief, has told U.S. interrogators that the group had been planning attacks on the Library Tower in Los Angeles and the Sears Tower in Chicago on the heels of the September 11, 2001, terror strikes.
Those plans were aborted mainly because of the decisive U.S. response to the New York and Washington attacks, which disrupted the terrorist organization's plans so thoroughly that it could not proceed, according to transcripts of his conversations with interrogators.
Gee, destruction of a terrorist enabling regime causes said terrorist organization to break down? WHO WOULDA THUNK IT??
Or is that too simplistic?
Granted, there is the usual preface - The transcripts are prefaced with a warning that Mohammed, the most senior al Qaeda member yet to be caught, "has been known to withhold information or deliberately mislead." However, this is the number three guy in Al-Queda, and most of his info has been good. One would have to wonder why he would lie and make Al-Queda look BAD.
LONDON — Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, al Qaeda's purported operations chief, has told U.S. interrogators that the group had been planning attacks on the Library Tower in Los Angeles and the Sears Tower in Chicago on the heels of the September 11, 2001, terror strikes.
Those plans were aborted mainly because of the decisive U.S. response to the New York and Washington attacks, which disrupted the terrorist organization's plans so thoroughly that it could not proceed, according to transcripts of his conversations with interrogators.
Gee, destruction of a terrorist enabling regime causes said terrorist organization to break down? WHO WOULDA THUNK IT??
Or is that too simplistic?
Granted, there is the usual preface - The transcripts are prefaced with a warning that Mohammed, the most senior al Qaeda member yet to be caught, "has been known to withhold information or deliberately mislead." However, this is the number three guy in Al-Queda, and most of his info has been good. One would have to wonder why he would lie and make Al-Queda look BAD.
One of those days...
I've barely even touched my coffee at this point - I've been hauling ass at work. Can't post all that much while I'm running, ya know. I'll post a bit more tonight.
"Guess who used to believe in the Iraq/al-Qaida connection?"
This is great stuff from Christopher Hitchens. It speaks to the four theories of 9-11 and the connection that the Clinton Adminstration (and Richard Clarke) saw between Iraq and al-Qaida (the connection which the Left now is certain never existed until the United States unilaterally invaded Iraq).
If I may be so bold: it's a must read.
Clarke's Progress
If I may be so bold: it's a must read.
Clarke's Progress
Monday, March 29, 2004
More of Dickie Grabadollar
Here is audio of Condoleezza Rice talking about Al Qaeda in October 2000, roughly as half year before Richard Clarke told her about Al Qaeda while she sat perpelexed since she had "never heard of the term before".
Going for Trojan Gold
UK Trojan condom ads. Debatably unsafe for work.
The Vaulting Horse
The Pelvic Lift
Judo
Note particularly what the announcer says after the wrestler from France goes "straight for the buttocks".
The Vaulting Horse
The Pelvic Lift
Judo
Note particularly what the announcer says after the wrestler from France goes "straight for the buttocks".
This needs your click!
This is quite likely the most pathetic video I have ever seen. A bunch of peaceniks in California invade a local Caterpillar dealership in protest of Caterpillar's sales to Israel. I suggest, like the good folks at LGF, that you take a peek.
Video
Video
Greedy Washington Politics
So, Washington State politicians, not content with trashing this state's business economy, now want to push to make it harder for internet businesses based in other states to do business with Washington State citizens. How do I know? Well folks, let me introduce you to something called the Jenkin's Act. It requires companies that engage in interstate cigarette sales to provide information on their customers to state tax administrators.
How do I know about this? Well, I heard about it on the morning radio, and did a little search. Guess what I came up with?
Up to 40,000 Washington residents should soon be receiving letters from the state asking them to pay back taxes on millions of dollars worth of cigarettes they bought through a Web site.
A settlement of a lawsuit filed by Washington state against online cigarette seller www.Dirtcheapcig. com Inc. of Missouri paved the way for the letters, which will be sent by the state Department of Revenue.
The settlement, signed Dec. 1 by U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnick in Tacoma, was little-noticed outside legal circles. But it's drawn quite a bit of attention from other cash-strapped states, which see it as helping to clear the way for them to start collecting more than $1 billion annually in taxes from Internet cigarette sales.
Get it? It doesn't matter where the company is based, or where you buy your smokes from, you're going to get taxed! Hmmmmm, do you think this might pave the way for states to start taxing OTHER internet commerce? Why yes, I think so! Why would they start with cigarettes? Because it's one of the easiest groups to shit on, as proven by the myriad anti-smoking legislation, sin-taxes, and outright dismissal of smoker's rights. But, once the smokers get shit on, you've set a legal precedent to shit on everyone else. If they can tax cigarette sales online, why shouldn't they tax clothing sales online? How about book sales online? I used to buy all my leather supplies online, and they would be able to tax that as well! What's stopping them? They've already got a green light to tax online sales, now they're just looking for targets that won't make people scream at first!
The settlement approved by Lasnick required Dirtcheapcig.com to provide information on its sales to customers in Washington dating back to Jan. 1, 2001, and on future sales to state residents. And it reinforced the rights of the states to pursue civil lawsuits against Web sites that violate the Jenkins Act.
So far, Dirtcheapcig.com has supplied Washington state with the names and addresses of between 35,000 and 40,000 residents who bought cigarettes over the past three years, as well as details on how many packs and what brands were purchased.
State officials estimate the outstanding taxes at about $4 million.
I'm forced to buy my cigars online. The main reason for that is that the Washington State tobacco tax has killed all but two real cigar shops in my area. They've more than doubled the price of cigars. I just spent $35.00 on a box of cigars (see my last post!), and it would have cost me $87.50 if I had bought it in Washington. Think about that. There is a 150% tax on all tobacco products in Washington State. Is it any wonder that people are trying to find cheaper smokes? But now the communist bastards in Olympia are going to find those people and give them the financial equivalent of anal rape with a sandpaper condom. And if you think that they're going to stop with just cigarettes, you need to share whatever you've been smoking.
Just don't buy in online. Or you'll pay.
It's long past time to starve the beast of government. It's time to tell those worthless parasites that they already have enough of our money. I think I'll be writing some pretty nasty letters as soon as I can. They need to get their fingers out of our pockets, and they need to stop now. Don't let these money grubbing pukes start taxing internet sales, or you will never see the end of it.
Cigarettes are just the beginning, folks. Count on it.
How do I know about this? Well, I heard about it on the morning radio, and did a little search. Guess what I came up with?
Up to 40,000 Washington residents should soon be receiving letters from the state asking them to pay back taxes on millions of dollars worth of cigarettes they bought through a Web site.
A settlement of a lawsuit filed by Washington state against online cigarette seller www.Dirtcheapcig. com Inc. of Missouri paved the way for the letters, which will be sent by the state Department of Revenue.
The settlement, signed Dec. 1 by U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnick in Tacoma, was little-noticed outside legal circles. But it's drawn quite a bit of attention from other cash-strapped states, which see it as helping to clear the way for them to start collecting more than $1 billion annually in taxes from Internet cigarette sales.
Get it? It doesn't matter where the company is based, or where you buy your smokes from, you're going to get taxed! Hmmmmm, do you think this might pave the way for states to start taxing OTHER internet commerce? Why yes, I think so! Why would they start with cigarettes? Because it's one of the easiest groups to shit on, as proven by the myriad anti-smoking legislation, sin-taxes, and outright dismissal of smoker's rights. But, once the smokers get shit on, you've set a legal precedent to shit on everyone else. If they can tax cigarette sales online, why shouldn't they tax clothing sales online? How about book sales online? I used to buy all my leather supplies online, and they would be able to tax that as well! What's stopping them? They've already got a green light to tax online sales, now they're just looking for targets that won't make people scream at first!
The settlement approved by Lasnick required Dirtcheapcig.com to provide information on its sales to customers in Washington dating back to Jan. 1, 2001, and on future sales to state residents. And it reinforced the rights of the states to pursue civil lawsuits against Web sites that violate the Jenkins Act.
So far, Dirtcheapcig.com has supplied Washington state with the names and addresses of between 35,000 and 40,000 residents who bought cigarettes over the past three years, as well as details on how many packs and what brands were purchased.
State officials estimate the outstanding taxes at about $4 million.
I'm forced to buy my cigars online. The main reason for that is that the Washington State tobacco tax has killed all but two real cigar shops in my area. They've more than doubled the price of cigars. I just spent $35.00 on a box of cigars (see my last post!), and it would have cost me $87.50 if I had bought it in Washington. Think about that. There is a 150% tax on all tobacco products in Washington State. Is it any wonder that people are trying to find cheaper smokes? But now the communist bastards in Olympia are going to find those people and give them the financial equivalent of anal rape with a sandpaper condom. And if you think that they're going to stop with just cigarettes, you need to share whatever you've been smoking.
Just don't buy in online. Or you'll pay.
It's long past time to starve the beast of government. It's time to tell those worthless parasites that they already have enough of our money. I think I'll be writing some pretty nasty letters as soon as I can. They need to get their fingers out of our pockets, and they need to stop now. Don't let these money grubbing pukes start taxing internet sales, or you will never see the end of it.
Cigarettes are just the beginning, folks. Count on it.
Dick Clarke Follies
This was after he had resigned.
Richard Clarke, the country’s first counter-terrorism czar, told me in an interview at his home in Arlington, Virginia, that he wasn’t particularly surprised that the Bush Administration’s efforts to find bin Laden had been stymied by political problems. He had seen such efforts fail before. Clarke, who retired from public service in February and is now a private consultant on security matters, has served every President since Ronald Reagan. He has won a reputation as a tireless advocate for action against Al Qaeda. Clarke emphasized that the C.I.A. director, George Tenet, President Bush, and, before him, President Clinton were all deeply committed to stopping bin Laden; nonetheless, Clarke said, their best efforts had been doomed by bureaucratic clashes, caution, and incessant problems with Pakistan.The New Yorker: Fact
Sunday, March 28, 2004
Soooooooooo Good.
I smoked a cigar last night that was made in November of 1999. How do I know? Because the date was stamped, along with the signatures of the three people involved in making that cigar, on the top of the box that the cigar came in.
Fine cigars get better with age, much like good wine or brandy. So this cigar was four years and four months old. I could probably describe it in flowery prose, but I couldn't do it justice. I have had very few cigars that were as good as this one. In fact, the last time I had a cigar this good was when dad pulled out two Cohibas over Christmas vacation. And I have twenty-four more of these puppies sitting in my humidor, just waiting for me. I'll be sending a few to my dad this week.
I cannot stress this enough - if you like good cigars, jump on this deal right now. They're a short, fat cigar, taking about 15 to 25 minutes to smoke. They might not look like the stogies that Ah-nuld chomps on, but you will not find a better smoke for the price.
I found this company through Captain Jim's recomendation, so if you order any cigars make sure you mention his blog as well. He's also got a whole list of cigar links for people to peruse. Besides, y'all were going to head on over there and welcome Jim back to the internet, right? (For those who don't know, a while back Jim's cat made sure that a can of Dr. Pepper landed on his laptop's keyboard. Ouch. But he's up and running again.)
Fine cigars get better with age, much like good wine or brandy. So this cigar was four years and four months old. I could probably describe it in flowery prose, but I couldn't do it justice. I have had very few cigars that were as good as this one. In fact, the last time I had a cigar this good was when dad pulled out two Cohibas over Christmas vacation. And I have twenty-four more of these puppies sitting in my humidor, just waiting for me. I'll be sending a few to my dad this week.
I cannot stress this enough - if you like good cigars, jump on this deal right now. They're a short, fat cigar, taking about 15 to 25 minutes to smoke. They might not look like the stogies that Ah-nuld chomps on, but you will not find a better smoke for the price.
I found this company through Captain Jim's recomendation, so if you order any cigars make sure you mention his blog as well. He's also got a whole list of cigar links for people to peruse. Besides, y'all were going to head on over there and welcome Jim back to the internet, right? (For those who don't know, a while back Jim's cat made sure that a can of Dr. Pepper landed on his laptop's keyboard. Ouch. But he's up and running again.)
Ouch
Steyn on Clarke.
The latest is a mid-level bureaucrat called Richard Clarke, and by the time you read this his 15 minutes should be just about up. Mr Clarke was Bill Clinton's terrorism guy for eight years and George W Bush's for a somewhat briefer period, and he has now written a book called If Only They'd Listened to Me - whoops, sorry, that should be Against All Enemies: Inside the White House's War on Terror - What Really Happened (Because They Didn't Listen to Me).
Having served both the 42nd and 43rd Presidents, Clarke was supposed to be the most authoritative proponent to advance the Democrats' agreed timeline of the last decade - to whit, from January 1993 to January 2001, Bill Clinton focused like a laser on crafting a brilliant plan to destroy al-Qa'eda, but, alas, just as he had dotted every "i", crossed every "t" and sent the intern to the photocopier, his eight years was up, so Bill gave it to the new guy as he was showing him the Oval Office - "That carpet under the desk could use replacing. Oh, and here's my brilliant plan to destroy al-Qa'eda, which you guys really need to implement right away."
Fookin' brilliant. Fount at Silent Running.
The latest is a mid-level bureaucrat called Richard Clarke, and by the time you read this his 15 minutes should be just about up. Mr Clarke was Bill Clinton's terrorism guy for eight years and George W Bush's for a somewhat briefer period, and he has now written a book called If Only They'd Listened to Me - whoops, sorry, that should be Against All Enemies: Inside the White House's War on Terror - What Really Happened (Because They Didn't Listen to Me).
Having served both the 42nd and 43rd Presidents, Clarke was supposed to be the most authoritative proponent to advance the Democrats' agreed timeline of the last decade - to whit, from January 1993 to January 2001, Bill Clinton focused like a laser on crafting a brilliant plan to destroy al-Qa'eda, but, alas, just as he had dotted every "i", crossed every "t" and sent the intern to the photocopier, his eight years was up, so Bill gave it to the new guy as he was showing him the Oval Office - "That carpet under the desk could use replacing. Oh, and here's my brilliant plan to destroy al-Qa'eda, which you guys really need to implement right away."
Fookin' brilliant. Fount at Silent Running.
More UN meddling
While perusing the Rott, I came across this little lovely news item. I think I need to go to the range....
UNITED NATIONS - Typically, only heads of state and titans of industry get an audience on the 38th floor of the marble-and-glass tower housing the United Nations.
So when the president of a California nonprofit corporation with an unwieldy name — the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers — met Friday with Secretary-General Kofi Annan, it signaled the group's importance in a computer-driven world.
ICANN oversees the Domain Name System — such as ".com," ".net" and ".org" — that allows computers to find each other in cyberspace. It is sanctioned by the United States government, which funded the Internet's early development.
Are you getting that queasy feeling in your stomach yet? I hope you are, because I feel like I want to vomit after reading this.
Some countries and activists argue that ICANN is too close to the United States and want the United Nations to take a greater role in regulating the Internet.
"Some countries"? Gee, what countries would that be? China? North Korea? Iran? Cuba? Why on earth would they want the power to regulate the internet? Maybe because these dictator controlled shitholes hate free speech, and want to SQUASH it?
"The United Nations would be a good platform for that, because it has legitimacy. The countries are all represented," said Izzeldin Mohamed Osman, a computer science professor from the Sudan University of Science and Technology
"United Nations" and "Legitimacy" should NEVER BE USED IN THE SAME SENTANCE, unless the phrase "complete and total lack of" is between them!
I'm not going to post the whole article, but think about this: When at least half of the UN members are dictators, thugs, and theocracies, do you really think that they care about free speech? NO! I am sick and tired of the Left in this country regarding the UN as some sort of great savior group! If you want to live in a UN controlled country, MOVE YOUR TRANZI ASS TO EUROPE!
Giving the UN control of the internet would destroy it. There is no question about that. And any president who simply allows the UN to gain control of the internet should be hung by the nearest lamp-post. Do you hear that, Dubya? If you allow the UN to get their grubby, blood-stained hands on the 'net, your ass will be voted out faster than you can blink.
UNITED NATIONS - Typically, only heads of state and titans of industry get an audience on the 38th floor of the marble-and-glass tower housing the United Nations.
So when the president of a California nonprofit corporation with an unwieldy name — the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers — met Friday with Secretary-General Kofi Annan, it signaled the group's importance in a computer-driven world.
ICANN oversees the Domain Name System — such as ".com," ".net" and ".org" — that allows computers to find each other in cyberspace. It is sanctioned by the United States government, which funded the Internet's early development.
Are you getting that queasy feeling in your stomach yet? I hope you are, because I feel like I want to vomit after reading this.
Some countries and activists argue that ICANN is too close to the United States and want the United Nations to take a greater role in regulating the Internet.
"Some countries"? Gee, what countries would that be? China? North Korea? Iran? Cuba? Why on earth would they want the power to regulate the internet? Maybe because these dictator controlled shitholes hate free speech, and want to SQUASH it?
"The United Nations would be a good platform for that, because it has legitimacy. The countries are all represented," said Izzeldin Mohamed Osman, a computer science professor from the Sudan University of Science and Technology
"United Nations" and "Legitimacy" should NEVER BE USED IN THE SAME SENTANCE, unless the phrase "complete and total lack of" is between them!
I'm not going to post the whole article, but think about this: When at least half of the UN members are dictators, thugs, and theocracies, do you really think that they care about free speech? NO! I am sick and tired of the Left in this country regarding the UN as some sort of great savior group! If you want to live in a UN controlled country, MOVE YOUR TRANZI ASS TO EUROPE!
Giving the UN control of the internet would destroy it. There is no question about that. And any president who simply allows the UN to gain control of the internet should be hung by the nearest lamp-post. Do you hear that, Dubya? If you allow the UN to get their grubby, blood-stained hands on the 'net, your ass will be voted out faster than you can blink.
Saturday, March 27, 2004
Another Parent Who Doesn't Deserve To Be
I was on the couch last night, trying not to die from coughing, and I had the TV on for background noise. Dateline NBC came on, with some special on overweight kids.
Anyways, it's not so much the overweight kids that made me blow my top, it was one of the kid's mother.
The show was following three kids who were trying to lose weight at a "fat camp". You know the deal, make the kids excersize, get them active, lower calorie counts, and all that. But in the middle of the show, one of the kids they were following around gets a call at camp from his mother. Want to guess what dear mommy said?
"I'm leaving for Arizona with my new husband. You're on your own."
One parent is absent from the weekend retreat: TJ's mother. For most of his life, she's been more buddy than parent, but lately, she's been neither. TJ can't understand it. But then, finally, she does call -- and what she says is a bombshell. Over the phone, she tells TJ she is leaving, moving to Arizona with her second husband. TJ will have to fend for himself in California, hopefully living with relatives. And now TJ, a 17-year-old heading to senior year in high school, is an angry and grief-stricken mess.
Red Curtain of Blood. How in god's name can such a worthless sack of shit dare to call herself a parent when she does things like this? As if this poor kid isn't have enough problems in life already, he now gets to deal with the fact that mom F**KING ABANDONED HIM! WHAT THE HELL??
So they hunt down this worthless c**t and ask her what the hell happened. Again, the Red Curtain of Blood decended over my eyes.
Trina says TJ and his step-dad never got along. She was caught in the middle of that, she says. So this summer she decided it would be best to move with her husband and leave TJ behind.
Natalina Guerra: “He's a great kid and I know he'll do good. He just has to find himself and I can't find that for him.”
Morrison: “Even if he feels abandoned?”
Natalina Guerra: “Oh, don't say that.”
If I were the cameraman, I would have stopped filming and beaten this bitch to death with the sound mic. I don't think there are enough foul words in the English language to describe how I feel about this ... thing. I'm not going to consider it as human, because it obviously doesn't have one thing that I think separates humans from animals - compassion. The kid was 17 and this foul blob of shit just dumped him on his ass. Gee, thanks "mom"!
People like that should be shot.
Anyways, it's not so much the overweight kids that made me blow my top, it was one of the kid's mother.
The show was following three kids who were trying to lose weight at a "fat camp". You know the deal, make the kids excersize, get them active, lower calorie counts, and all that. But in the middle of the show, one of the kids they were following around gets a call at camp from his mother. Want to guess what dear mommy said?
"I'm leaving for Arizona with my new husband. You're on your own."
One parent is absent from the weekend retreat: TJ's mother. For most of his life, she's been more buddy than parent, but lately, she's been neither. TJ can't understand it. But then, finally, she does call -- and what she says is a bombshell. Over the phone, she tells TJ she is leaving, moving to Arizona with her second husband. TJ will have to fend for himself in California, hopefully living with relatives. And now TJ, a 17-year-old heading to senior year in high school, is an angry and grief-stricken mess.
Red Curtain of Blood. How in god's name can such a worthless sack of shit dare to call herself a parent when she does things like this? As if this poor kid isn't have enough problems in life already, he now gets to deal with the fact that mom F**KING ABANDONED HIM! WHAT THE HELL??
So they hunt down this worthless c**t and ask her what the hell happened. Again, the Red Curtain of Blood decended over my eyes.
Trina says TJ and his step-dad never got along. She was caught in the middle of that, she says. So this summer she decided it would be best to move with her husband and leave TJ behind.
Natalina Guerra: “He's a great kid and I know he'll do good. He just has to find himself and I can't find that for him.”
Morrison: “Even if he feels abandoned?”
Natalina Guerra: “Oh, don't say that.”
If I were the cameraman, I would have stopped filming and beaten this bitch to death with the sound mic. I don't think there are enough foul words in the English language to describe how I feel about this ... thing. I'm not going to consider it as human, because it obviously doesn't have one thing that I think separates humans from animals - compassion. The kid was 17 and this foul blob of shit just dumped him on his ass. Gee, thanks "mom"!
People like that should be shot.
Still sick
I'm still fighting off this damn virus. Not only did I forget to post last weeks council winners, but I forgot to vote on this weeks entries. Gah!
So, this weeks winners are The Smarter Cop, Twenty Questions I'd Like To Ask John F*** Kerry, and Citizen Smash, Down The Rabbit Hole. You can see all the results here.
So, this weeks winners are The Smarter Cop, Twenty Questions I'd Like To Ask John F*** Kerry, and Citizen Smash, Down The Rabbit Hole. You can see all the results here.
Friday, March 26, 2004
Hindsight is 20/20
This whole Richard Clarke-9/11 commission thing irritates me. Yes, we probably could have done something earlier, yes we should have been more aggressive against Al Qaeda earlier, no we didn't, and no we weren't. Fine. But looking at it now, 3 years after the fact, is neither important nor useful.
The fact of the matter is that everyone makes mistakes. Perhaps the current administration was too lax before 9/11, but they were no worse than the administration before them (something which, interestingly, Richard Clarke has also pointed out, though the media is trying to pin this squarely on Bush). Everyone at every level of government ignored this problem, and as such everyone -- including the commission members themselves -- bears some responsibility for it.
So what's the practical upshot of this? Nothing, really. Conspiracy theories aside, no one really believes that Bush would have let 9/11 happen had he known about it. He wants to be a two-term president, as all presidents want, and that would have been suicide. I'm not sure I'd called Bush the brightest bulb in the pack, but he's not a total dimwit, and he is politically savvy.
So what's the point of this? The only one I can think of is to publically blast Bush for something important during an election year. And in that context, it doesn't surprise me at all that one of the commission members was... John Kerry.
The fact of the matter is that everyone makes mistakes. Perhaps the current administration was too lax before 9/11, but they were no worse than the administration before them (something which, interestingly, Richard Clarke has also pointed out, though the media is trying to pin this squarely on Bush). Everyone at every level of government ignored this problem, and as such everyone -- including the commission members themselves -- bears some responsibility for it.
So what's the practical upshot of this? Nothing, really. Conspiracy theories aside, no one really believes that Bush would have let 9/11 happen had he known about it. He wants to be a two-term president, as all presidents want, and that would have been suicide. I'm not sure I'd called Bush the brightest bulb in the pack, but he's not a total dimwit, and he is politically savvy.
So what's the point of this? The only one I can think of is to publically blast Bush for something important during an election year. And in that context, it doesn't surprise me at all that one of the commission members was... John Kerry.
Well, well, well......
Once again, Analog Kid asks a rather important question regarding a few facts from Richard Clarke's book. As usual, all emphasis is mine.
The media are fascinated with the parts of former White House terrorism czar Richard Clarke's book that trash President Bush as being out to lunch on the al-Qaida threat before 9/11.
But reporters aren't talking about the chapter of "Against All Enemies" that describes how Osama bin Laden cooperated with Iraqi scientists to make weapons of mass destruction - a development that, if true, would more than justify President Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq.
In his book, Clarke describes how the Clinton CIA determined in 1996 that Sudan's Shifa chemical plant, which was allegedly bankrolled by bin Laden, was producing the chemical EMPTA.
"EMPTA is a compound that had been used as a prime ingredient in Iraqi nerve gas," writes Clarke. "It has no other known use, nor had any other nation employed EMPTA to our knowledge for any purpose."
"What was an Iraqi chemical weapons agent doing in Sudan?" the terrorism authority asked.
So, was Clarke lying then, or is he lying now? And more to the point, if the Barking Moonbats are going to take this book at face value, doesn't that automatically prove the Al-Queda/Saddam link? Do we no longer have to listen to ignorant twits scream that Iraq and Al-Queda were separate?
The media are fascinated with the parts of former White House terrorism czar Richard Clarke's book that trash President Bush as being out to lunch on the al-Qaida threat before 9/11.
But reporters aren't talking about the chapter of "Against All Enemies" that describes how Osama bin Laden cooperated with Iraqi scientists to make weapons of mass destruction - a development that, if true, would more than justify President Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq.
In his book, Clarke describes how the Clinton CIA determined in 1996 that Sudan's Shifa chemical plant, which was allegedly bankrolled by bin Laden, was producing the chemical EMPTA.
"EMPTA is a compound that had been used as a prime ingredient in Iraqi nerve gas," writes Clarke. "It has no other known use, nor had any other nation employed EMPTA to our knowledge for any purpose."
"What was an Iraqi chemical weapons agent doing in Sudan?" the terrorism authority asked.
So, was Clarke lying then, or is he lying now? And more to the point, if the Barking Moonbats are going to take this book at face value, doesn't that automatically prove the Al-Queda/Saddam link? Do we no longer have to listen to ignorant twits scream that Iraq and Al-Queda were separate?
Thursday, March 25, 2004
Not Civilized
I don't care what anyone else says. People who make a teenage boy put on a bomb belt and tell him to die for their god are NOT CIVILIZED! Is that understood?
Targeting women and children is not civilized.
Targeting busses, discos and pizza joints is not civilized.
Targeting birthday parties, Passover feasts and Bar Mitzvahs is not civilized.
People scream about Israel committing genocide - let me ask you this. Is there any doubt, given Israel's military capabilities, that if Israel wanted to flatten the Gaza Strip and West bank they could do so?
Why haven't they?
They're civilized. Something that the people sworn to destroy them cannot say about themselves.
Targeting women and children is not civilized.
Targeting busses, discos and pizza joints is not civilized.
Targeting birthday parties, Passover feasts and Bar Mitzvahs is not civilized.
People scream about Israel committing genocide - let me ask you this. Is there any doubt, given Israel's military capabilities, that if Israel wanted to flatten the Gaza Strip and West bank they could do so?
Why haven't they?
They're civilized. Something that the people sworn to destroy them cannot say about themselves.
Job Market
Now, we've all heard about how horrible the job market is, from the Donks to the local rags. Everywhere you look, people on the left are screaming about how horrible the economy is. Granted, they're somewhat insulated from reality, but that's to be expected.
Anyways, Analog Kid has a question for them.
Read and discuss.
Anyways, Analog Kid has a question for them.
Read and discuss.
Spring Cleaning
It's a rainy, miserable day here in Seattle. I had a meeting to go to, I'm stick sick, and I decided to at least get something done around the house. So, dishes are done, and my bathroom smells of bleach. I have a hunch that the mildew which is so prevalent in the Pacific Northwest may be part of the cause of my illness. The crap is damn near impossible to get rid of. So I soaked the corner of the bathroom in bleach. If it doesn't kill it, it will at least keep it at bay for a while. I'll go back and wipe the wall down later.
I got some of those zinc drops that Mollbot suggested. They seem to be working, although rather slowly. I spent a good portion of last night coughing up a lung. Blah. I'm not pleasant company to be around right now. I've had to call in sick to work twice this week, and I hate that. We're short staffed, so if I call in sick, they have to pull someone else in to cover for me. Grrrrrrr. I feel like I'm slacking, but when I'm producing vile crap from my nose and chest, I can't work.
So, now that I've at least done some work around the house, it's blog-hopping time. So, let's see what they have.
The Rott has found an interview from a year and a half in the past, chock full of interesting tidbits of info. Such as:
Q: You're saying that the Bush administration did not stop anything that the Clinton administration was doing while it was making these decisions, and by the end of the summer had increased money for covert action five-fold. Is that correct?
A: All of that's correct.
Uh oh, another Bush bootlicker covering his boss' ass, right?
Q: What is your response to the suggestion in the [Aug. 12, 2002] Time [magazine] article that the Bush administration was unwilling to take on board the suggestions made in the Clinton administration because of animus against the — general animus against the foreign policy?
A: I think if there was a general animus that clouded their vision, they might not have kept the same guy dealing with terrorism issue. This is the one issue where the National Security Council leadership decided continuity was important and kept the same guy around, the same team in place. That doesn't sound like animus against uh the previous team to me.
Yep, just another Bushie bootlicker. It has to be, right?
Q: Now the five-fold increase for the money in covert operations against Al Qaeda — did that actually go into effect when it was decided or was that a decision that happened in the next budget year or something?
A: Well, it was gonna go into effect in October, which was the next budget year, so it was a month away.
Q: That actually got into the intelligence budget?
A: Yes it did.
By the way, the person giving the answers is non other than Richard Clarke. Just so ya know. You wonder why I don't trust this guy any farther than I can throw him? Because he's changed his story almost as much as Kerry, who he's tied to by personal aquaintances and prospects of high level government employment. Not the best guy to have in your corner.
I got some of those zinc drops that Mollbot suggested. They seem to be working, although rather slowly. I spent a good portion of last night coughing up a lung. Blah. I'm not pleasant company to be around right now. I've had to call in sick to work twice this week, and I hate that. We're short staffed, so if I call in sick, they have to pull someone else in to cover for me. Grrrrrrr. I feel like I'm slacking, but when I'm producing vile crap from my nose and chest, I can't work.
So, now that I've at least done some work around the house, it's blog-hopping time. So, let's see what they have.
The Rott has found an interview from a year and a half in the past, chock full of interesting tidbits of info. Such as:
Q: You're saying that the Bush administration did not stop anything that the Clinton administration was doing while it was making these decisions, and by the end of the summer had increased money for covert action five-fold. Is that correct?
A: All of that's correct.
Uh oh, another Bush bootlicker covering his boss' ass, right?
Q: What is your response to the suggestion in the [Aug. 12, 2002] Time [magazine] article that the Bush administration was unwilling to take on board the suggestions made in the Clinton administration because of animus against the — general animus against the foreign policy?
A: I think if there was a general animus that clouded their vision, they might not have kept the same guy dealing with terrorism issue. This is the one issue where the National Security Council leadership decided continuity was important and kept the same guy around, the same team in place. That doesn't sound like animus against uh the previous team to me.
Yep, just another Bushie bootlicker. It has to be, right?
Q: Now the five-fold increase for the money in covert operations against Al Qaeda — did that actually go into effect when it was decided or was that a decision that happened in the next budget year or something?
A: Well, it was gonna go into effect in October, which was the next budget year, so it was a month away.
Q: That actually got into the intelligence budget?
A: Yes it did.
By the way, the person giving the answers is non other than Richard Clarke. Just so ya know. You wonder why I don't trust this guy any farther than I can throw him? Because he's changed his story almost as much as Kerry, who he's tied to by personal aquaintances and prospects of high level government employment. Not the best guy to have in your corner.
Coughing Chronicles
Like Dave, I am sick as a donkey today. Unlike Dave, I find not the energy to post while thus afflicted.
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Gas Prices on the Rise
Democrats Blame Bush. Oh, wait, that's not news, is it? The sun rises in the East, June is warm while January is cold, and Democrats blame Bush for just about everything. Facts that everybody with a room-temp IQ should know about now.
But what are the real reasons for the price of crude oil going up? Let' ask Kim du Toit, shall we?
They get particularly incensed to discover, as Fred Leuffer points out in NRO, that a key reason for the high oil price is that the Bush administration is buying oil to top up the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which was depleted by the Clinton Administration to help depress oil prices. Typical Democrats. Never mind national security: as long as Joe Citizen can afford to drive his minivan to Disneyworld, all's well with the world.
Anyone remember 1999? Oil prices went up, heating oil costs went up, and Bill Clinton/Al Gore opened the faucets to the SPR. While that in itself doesn't cause any kind of rage, the fact that they did not make plans to REFILL the SPR means that it was just one more problem that they kicked along down the road for someone else to clean up.
We still pay less per gallon than almost any other country on Earth. Try filling up your car in Canada. Make sure to take out a loan first.
But what are the real reasons for the price of crude oil going up? Let' ask Kim du Toit, shall we?
They get particularly incensed to discover, as Fred Leuffer points out in NRO, that a key reason for the high oil price is that the Bush administration is buying oil to top up the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which was depleted by the Clinton Administration to help depress oil prices. Typical Democrats. Never mind national security: as long as Joe Citizen can afford to drive his minivan to Disneyworld, all's well with the world.
Anyone remember 1999? Oil prices went up, heating oil costs went up, and Bill Clinton/Al Gore opened the faucets to the SPR. While that in itself doesn't cause any kind of rage, the fact that they did not make plans to REFILL the SPR means that it was just one more problem that they kicked along down the road for someone else to clean up.
We still pay less per gallon than almost any other country on Earth. Try filling up your car in Canada. Make sure to take out a loan first.
Shrieking Socialist Snotballs
Tell me, has the EU put out any kind of software that can compete with Microsoft? I don't think so. Sun Microsystems? American. Real Player? American. QuickTime? American. So far all the software that I've seen competing with MS in the open market is American.
So why are the EUnichs screaming about this?
European antitrust regulators imposed a record $613 million fine on Microsoft today and ordered the company to change the way it does business in Europe.
The penalties came as the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, found that the Redmond-based software giant broke competition laws on the continent, gaining an unfair advantage by failing to give rivals necessary information and by packaging its media player with its Windows operating system.
First of all, I'd tell the EU to take their $613 million fine and shove it straight up their ass. If they didn't like it, tough. Yank all product and support off that continent faster than they can blink, and then watch as they flounder.
"Dominant companies have a special responsibility to ensure that the way they do business doesn't prevent competition on the merits and does not harm consumers and innovation," said Mario Monti, the EU's competition commissioner, in a statement announcing the widely expected decision.
Hey Mario? Microsoft has done more to promote innovation than any other company out there. I know of several groups who create software and form a company FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF BEING NOTICED BY MICROSOFT. These people know that if they put out a good product, and Microsoft notices them, they're almost guaranteed to be millionaires, plus have jobs WITH Microsoft. More to the point, Microsoft isn't stopping anybody from coming out with a new OS. Ever heard of Linux? Many of the people I associate with don't run any kind of Microsoft product on their computers. There are alternatives, you morons. You're just too damn lazy to find them and use them!
The commission also gave Microsoft 120 days to provide more information about Windows to rival companies developing servers, which connect personal computers to a network such as the Internet. These companies have complained that by withholding crucial information about Windows, Microsoft gives its own servers a compatibility advantage.
Monti said in a news conference today that the European Commission was ensuring that companies developing new software have a fair opportunity to compete in the marketplace. Additionally, he said, consumers and computer makers ought to be able to decide which media player they want.
And NOW we get to what this whole thing is about, don't we? Yes, yes we do! Someone with more computer info may correct me if I'm wrong, but what I read here is this: "We can't come up with our own code, so we're going to make you give us YOURS!"
So, the software code that Microsoft produces, spends millions of dollars testing, tweaking, and putting on the market, is what these socialist fuckwits REALLY want. Having stifled their own citizens creativity, they now have to steal what they want from somewhere else. Having regulated themselves into obscurity, they now have to force someone else to give them what they need in order to compete.
Why don't the EUnichs try this: COME UP WITH YOUR OWN OPERATING SYSTEM, YOU NUMBSKULLS! But that would be too hard, wouldn't it? Not to mention the fact that you've already squeezed your best and brightest out of your EUrinal, through over regulation, crippling taxes, and a system that punishes success and rewards mediocrity.
Bah. If I were Bill Gates, I'd pull every last Windows system off of the frigging shelves in EUnuckistan. Let them flounder. Hey, maybe someone might actually come up with an operating system all on their own!
Heh. Who am I kidding?
So why are the EUnichs screaming about this?
European antitrust regulators imposed a record $613 million fine on Microsoft today and ordered the company to change the way it does business in Europe.
The penalties came as the European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, found that the Redmond-based software giant broke competition laws on the continent, gaining an unfair advantage by failing to give rivals necessary information and by packaging its media player with its Windows operating system.
First of all, I'd tell the EU to take their $613 million fine and shove it straight up their ass. If they didn't like it, tough. Yank all product and support off that continent faster than they can blink, and then watch as they flounder.
"Dominant companies have a special responsibility to ensure that the way they do business doesn't prevent competition on the merits and does not harm consumers and innovation," said Mario Monti, the EU's competition commissioner, in a statement announcing the widely expected decision.
Hey Mario? Microsoft has done more to promote innovation than any other company out there. I know of several groups who create software and form a company FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF BEING NOTICED BY MICROSOFT. These people know that if they put out a good product, and Microsoft notices them, they're almost guaranteed to be millionaires, plus have jobs WITH Microsoft. More to the point, Microsoft isn't stopping anybody from coming out with a new OS. Ever heard of Linux? Many of the people I associate with don't run any kind of Microsoft product on their computers. There are alternatives, you morons. You're just too damn lazy to find them and use them!
The commission also gave Microsoft 120 days to provide more information about Windows to rival companies developing servers, which connect personal computers to a network such as the Internet. These companies have complained that by withholding crucial information about Windows, Microsoft gives its own servers a compatibility advantage.
Monti said in a news conference today that the European Commission was ensuring that companies developing new software have a fair opportunity to compete in the marketplace. Additionally, he said, consumers and computer makers ought to be able to decide which media player they want.
And NOW we get to what this whole thing is about, don't we? Yes, yes we do! Someone with more computer info may correct me if I'm wrong, but what I read here is this: "We can't come up with our own code, so we're going to make you give us YOURS!"
So, the software code that Microsoft produces, spends millions of dollars testing, tweaking, and putting on the market, is what these socialist fuckwits REALLY want. Having stifled their own citizens creativity, they now have to steal what they want from somewhere else. Having regulated themselves into obscurity, they now have to force someone else to give them what they need in order to compete.
Why don't the EUnichs try this: COME UP WITH YOUR OWN OPERATING SYSTEM, YOU NUMBSKULLS! But that would be too hard, wouldn't it? Not to mention the fact that you've already squeezed your best and brightest out of your EUrinal, through over regulation, crippling taxes, and a system that punishes success and rewards mediocrity.
Bah. If I were Bill Gates, I'd pull every last Windows system off of the frigging shelves in EUnuckistan. Let them flounder. Hey, maybe someone might actually come up with an operating system all on their own!
Heh. Who am I kidding?
Die, Virus! Die!
I must have been pushing myself a little too hard as of late. I was sneezing and coughing Monday, and trying to convice myself that it was just an allergic reaction to being back in Seattle. No suck luck. I spent yesterday hacking up a lung. Today my body is producing some vile crap. Being that I work in a place that requires a rather high amount of cleanliness and sanitation, I can't go to work like this.
Gah. I hate being sick. And I hate missing work more than I hate being sick.
Gah. I hate being sick. And I hate missing work more than I hate being sick.
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Yay for Capitalism!
The stickers have been ordered. I found a cheaper printer, so the cost will be less as well. If the quality isn't up to snuff, I'll go back to the original printer.
So, now to wait until I get them in my hot little hands.....
So, now to wait until I get them in my hot little hands.....
Whipping Richard Clark
DANEgerus has links to four different NRO articles, all of them the written equivilant of ripping out Richard Clark's intestines and hanging him with them.
The guy is scum.
The guy is scum.
The Next Big Thing?
What appears here is a rather lengthy compendium of John Kerry's involvement with Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
The Scarlet Letter
Back when I was in the Army, I took a DUI detection and deterrence course. Training focused on the signs that someone might be drunk, Field Sobriety Testing, other illegal drug use, and the like. There was also a small segment of the class that focused on other countries and their DUI regulations. I cannot remember which countries they talked about at this moment, but I do remember some of the punishments handed out to drunk drivers.
One country took the drunk driver, drove them 25 miles out of town, and forced them to walk home. One country tossed you in jail for a year automatically, with your spouse. That's right, if you got busted for DUI, not only did you get tossed in the hoosegow, but your spouse got tossed in the SAME JAIL CELL with you. Germany, I believe, has an automatic five-year loss of license, and one year in jail.
The point of all this is that many countries have creative ways to prevent people from driving drunk. There are laws in the USA that are creative as well, and a judge in Ohio is using those laws.
A new state law in Ohio requires judges to brand convicted drunk drivers with special "scarlet letter" license plates, with red numbers on a yellow background so other motorists will know exactly what they've done.
Though the crimson-numbered plates have been a sentencing option for the past 37 years, Ohio Municipal Judge John Adkins was one of the few to use it as punishment for DUI before the state law mandate went into effect.
I love it. I really do! If people know that a DUI arrest gives them a virtual brand that screams "I'M A DRUNK LOSER!" maybe they'll think twice about getting behind the wheel after they've had a few.
Let me clarify a bit, if I may. I have picked up the body parts left by a drunk driver. I have seen the damage that drunk driving causes. If I had the power, I would toss DUI offenders in jail, and not let them see the light of day for a full year. Approximately 15,000 people die every year from drunk driving. And it's not just the drunks who die, folks. It's people on their way home from a movie, or a couple celebrating their wedding anniversary, or some poor schmuck on his way home from work who got nailed by some drunk son-of-a-bitch that crossed the center line and plowed headfirst into a car. 140,000 people are seriously injured from drunk drivers. Not a little whiplash, not a small scratch, SERIOUSLY INJURED. Missing limbs, missing sight, missing the use of their legs because John Doe had one for the road, and one ON the road, and ... you get the point.
And if these were actually "accidents", I wouldn't be so pissed off at the drunks. But these aren't "accidents", folks. These are people to make the choice to drink themselves silly and get behind the wheel of a vehicle. These people make the CHOICE to drink and drive. They make the CHOICE to have one more before they go home. These people make the CHOICE to threaten everyone else's life by driving drunk. And no, that's not hyperbole, that's not an exaggeration. A drunk behind the wheel of a one-ton vehicle is a threat to everyone else's life. Two thousand pounds of metal, rubber and plastic rolling down the road at high speeds carries massive amounts of force with it. And when the driver cannot control that vehicle, that force could go anywhere. Including your car, or your body.
15,000 people dead. Think about that. That's an Army division. If the 4th ID was wiped out in Iraq, would America stand for it? Besides the usual anti-American Leftists and communists, no! 140,000 people seriously injured. Imagine everyone you know in a wheelchair. Or in a cast. Or getting fitted for a prosthetic arm. Then go to work, and imagine everyone THERE in a wheel chair, or a cast, or a prosthetic arm. You're not even getting close to the number of people yet.
So seeing these plates makes my heart warm, just a little bit. I WANT drunk drivers humiliated. I WANT drunk drivers tossed in jail. And if you kill someone because you're drunk, I want you in jail for the rest of your life. I want you ruined. I want to see the pain in your face every damn day, because if you choose to drink and drive, you choose to threaten everybody on the road. Nobody holds a gun to your head and forces you to drink. Nobody makes you get behind the wheel when you're drunk. It is PERSONAL CHOICE.
Hell, let's get all the states to adopt the "scarlet letter" plates. It would be a small step towards removing drunks off the road.
One country took the drunk driver, drove them 25 miles out of town, and forced them to walk home. One country tossed you in jail for a year automatically, with your spouse. That's right, if you got busted for DUI, not only did you get tossed in the hoosegow, but your spouse got tossed in the SAME JAIL CELL with you. Germany, I believe, has an automatic five-year loss of license, and one year in jail.
The point of all this is that many countries have creative ways to prevent people from driving drunk. There are laws in the USA that are creative as well, and a judge in Ohio is using those laws.
A new state law in Ohio requires judges to brand convicted drunk drivers with special "scarlet letter" license plates, with red numbers on a yellow background so other motorists will know exactly what they've done.
Though the crimson-numbered plates have been a sentencing option for the past 37 years, Ohio Municipal Judge John Adkins was one of the few to use it as punishment for DUI before the state law mandate went into effect.
I love it. I really do! If people know that a DUI arrest gives them a virtual brand that screams "I'M A DRUNK LOSER!" maybe they'll think twice about getting behind the wheel after they've had a few.
Let me clarify a bit, if I may. I have picked up the body parts left by a drunk driver. I have seen the damage that drunk driving causes. If I had the power, I would toss DUI offenders in jail, and not let them see the light of day for a full year. Approximately 15,000 people die every year from drunk driving. And it's not just the drunks who die, folks. It's people on their way home from a movie, or a couple celebrating their wedding anniversary, or some poor schmuck on his way home from work who got nailed by some drunk son-of-a-bitch that crossed the center line and plowed headfirst into a car. 140,000 people are seriously injured from drunk drivers. Not a little whiplash, not a small scratch, SERIOUSLY INJURED. Missing limbs, missing sight, missing the use of their legs because John Doe had one for the road, and one ON the road, and ... you get the point.
And if these were actually "accidents", I wouldn't be so pissed off at the drunks. But these aren't "accidents", folks. These are people to make the choice to drink themselves silly and get behind the wheel of a vehicle. These people make the CHOICE to drink and drive. They make the CHOICE to have one more before they go home. These people make the CHOICE to threaten everyone else's life by driving drunk. And no, that's not hyperbole, that's not an exaggeration. A drunk behind the wheel of a one-ton vehicle is a threat to everyone else's life. Two thousand pounds of metal, rubber and plastic rolling down the road at high speeds carries massive amounts of force with it. And when the driver cannot control that vehicle, that force could go anywhere. Including your car, or your body.
15,000 people dead. Think about that. That's an Army division. If the 4th ID was wiped out in Iraq, would America stand for it? Besides the usual anti-American Leftists and communists, no! 140,000 people seriously injured. Imagine everyone you know in a wheelchair. Or in a cast. Or getting fitted for a prosthetic arm. Then go to work, and imagine everyone THERE in a wheel chair, or a cast, or a prosthetic arm. You're not even getting close to the number of people yet.
So seeing these plates makes my heart warm, just a little bit. I WANT drunk drivers humiliated. I WANT drunk drivers tossed in jail. And if you kill someone because you're drunk, I want you in jail for the rest of your life. I want you ruined. I want to see the pain in your face every damn day, because if you choose to drink and drive, you choose to threaten everybody on the road. Nobody holds a gun to your head and forces you to drink. Nobody makes you get behind the wheel when you're drunk. It is PERSONAL CHOICE.
Hell, let's get all the states to adopt the "scarlet letter" plates. It would be a small step towards removing drunks off the road.
Monday, March 22, 2004
The hidden story of Building 7
Did it fall as a result of the WTC towers collapsing around it?
Or was it felled with controlled demolition charges and then carted away before the evidence could be examined?
You Decide
Or was it felled with controlled demolition charges and then carted away before the evidence could be examined?
You Decide
BAM!
Yet another piece of writing that I believe should be printed out and nailed to the head of every blithering idiot and moron who babbles about Isreal's "occupation" of "Palestine".
At this point, I no longer care if people are on one side or the other. That they choose sides is fine with me. I have chosen mine and I expect my enemy to be as forthcoming. But enough with the false pretenses of peace. People are blowing up in cafes and in the streets of Israel on a regular occurrence, and this is not a new euphemism for peace. Dead people, en masse, means war. Regardless of which side you prefer, this situation is untenable as a negotiating point in time. There is no peace, there is no cease-fire, and there is no road map. There is war, and that is the sad reality. When everyone understands this, and when Israel decides to do something about it without restraint, then there will be a victory and perhaps a new dawn shall emerge.
Found at the Rott.
At this point, I no longer care if people are on one side or the other. That they choose sides is fine with me. I have chosen mine and I expect my enemy to be as forthcoming. But enough with the false pretenses of peace. People are blowing up in cafes and in the streets of Israel on a regular occurrence, and this is not a new euphemism for peace. Dead people, en masse, means war. Regardless of which side you prefer, this situation is untenable as a negotiating point in time. There is no peace, there is no cease-fire, and there is no road map. There is war, and that is the sad reality. When everyone understands this, and when Israel decides to do something about it without restraint, then there will be a victory and perhaps a new dawn shall emerge.
Found at the Rott.
One Missed Opportunity
So, for those who don't know, I was in Idaho over the weekend. And several people are now high up on my shit list. Why, you ask?
I was in Idaho. I had my 30-06 and sixty rounds of ammunition. I had my truck with four wheel drive. I had a full tank of gas. I could have been anywhere in that state in less than a day. I had my cell phone.
And nobody.... NOBODY.... bothered to call me and tell me that THIS sack of shit was going to be there!
Not only is that festering pustule daring to foul my great state, where I own land, and where I plan on living as soon as humanly possible, but I had a chance to remove that fucking canker sore on humanity's ass, and NOBODY LET ME KNOW THAT ASSHOLE WAS THERE!!!!
There will be hell to pay.
Gah.... I now regret staying away from the news. My Zags got their ass handed to them on a platter by Nevada this weekend, and now I find out that I missed my one great opportunity to clean out America.
I was in Idaho. I had my 30-06 and sixty rounds of ammunition. I had my truck with four wheel drive. I had a full tank of gas. I could have been anywhere in that state in less than a day. I had my cell phone.
And nobody.... NOBODY.... bothered to call me and tell me that THIS sack of shit was going to be there!
Not only is that festering pustule daring to foul my great state, where I own land, and where I plan on living as soon as humanly possible, but I had a chance to remove that fucking canker sore on humanity's ass, and NOBODY LET ME KNOW THAT ASSHOLE WAS THERE!!!!
There will be hell to pay.
Gah.... I now regret staying away from the news. My Zags got their ass handed to them on a platter by Nevada this weekend, and now I find out that I missed my one great opportunity to clean out America.
More Bullshit from the Biased Media
Why is it that if there's any slight alligation against Bush, the media trumpets it on the front page. But let any of their precious Donks turn up with a smoking gun, bloody clothing, and a missing intern, and it's "a non-story".
Thank god for the internet. We can now find stories like these.
Thank god for the internet. We can now find stories like these.
Back in the Saddle Again.
Well, the trip went well. It wasn't relaxing by any means, but it was productive. Plus, much scotch was consumed, cigars were smoked, and my cousins Cathy and Tim were gracious hosts to the Raging Girlfriend and I. Details of the trip to follow later.
I just tallied the votes for the bumper sticker, and the totals are Six votes for B and Six votes for C. Screw you people. But, since many folks wanted the font from B, that's what I'm going to send to the printers. It'll be sent off tonight, and it'll take anywhere from two - eight weeks to get them back. Once I have them in my hot little hands, I'll let you all know. Any suggestions or complains need to be emailed to me before 6 PM Pacific Time.
I've kept myself out of the political news for a few days, so once I catch up, I'll start raging again. From what I heard on the radio, it won't take long.
I just tallied the votes for the bumper sticker, and the totals are Six votes for B and Six votes for C. Screw you people. But, since many folks wanted the font from B, that's what I'm going to send to the printers. It'll be sent off tonight, and it'll take anywhere from two - eight weeks to get them back. Once I have them in my hot little hands, I'll let you all know. Any suggestions or complains need to be emailed to me before 6 PM Pacific Time.
I've kept myself out of the political news for a few days, so once I catch up, I'll start raging again. From what I heard on the radio, it won't take long.
Saturday, March 20, 2004
Friday, March 19, 2004
Meeting in the sewer
Late fall 2001: A British officer I met during an Army reserve tour was scanning a column of mine from August 2001. The column examined Irish Republican Army (IRA) connections to South American drug cartels and guerrillas, in particular the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The column included this sentence: "... Spanish and British sources connected both the FARC and the IRA with the Basque terrorist ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna)."Al Qaeda, Sewer Rats, and the "Reconquista" - On Point Commentary by Austin Bay StrategyPage.com
How odd is the Free World?
(NSFW - a single bared breast)
There are actually circles of humanity where Courtney Love is considered attractive. And witty, too.
There are actually circles of humanity where Courtney Love is considered attractive. And witty, too.
More Corruption in Major Media
Seven weeks into an examination of former USA TODAY reporter Jack Kelley’s work, a team of journalists has found strong evidence that Kelley fabricated substantial portions of at least eight major stories, lifted nearly two dozen quotes or other material from competing publications, lied in speeches he gave for the newspaper and conspired to mislead those investigating his work.USATODAY.com - Ex-USA TODAY reporter faked major stories
Perhaps Kelley’s most egregious misdeed occurred in 2000, when he used a snapshot he took of a Cuban hotel worker to authenticate a story he made up about a woman who died fleeing Cuba by boat. The woman in the photo neither fled by boat nor died, and a USA TODAY reporter located her this month. If Cuban authorities had learned she was the woman in the picture, she says, she could have lost her job and her chance to emigrate.
Haw.
Speaking of corrupt media, The New York Times has far fewer Pulitzer nominees than usual this year. Meanwhile, it is being reported that NYT first-quarter profit and revenues could fall far below Wall Street expectations
Aw.
What can I do to help?
Thursday, March 18, 2004
Trips and Road Trips
Kim du Toit just got back from a trip to Europe (to finish the Client Project From Hell). He's got some observations that you might like to read. I'm leaving on my road trip for the weekend.
I'll see you Monday.
I'll see you Monday.
Making me scratch my head
So a Methodist Minister comes out and says she's gay.
The Methodists say "Well, OK, you can't be a minister anymore. You know, that whole Bible thing, sinning, all that." The Methodists hold a church trial to determine whether or not she should have her ministry removed.
Protests abound.
Now, Let me pose a scenario for you. Let's say that I joined the "Young Democrats". I know I know, stop laughing. This is hypothetical. So I join the Young Democrats, and I manage to work my way up in the leadership. Once I'm in a leadership position, I suddenly announce "I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT, AND IT IS REPUBLICAN! ALL HAIL THE GOP!"
How fast do you think I'd be kicked out?
Let's keep in mind that the ministry is not something that you're forced to do. It's something that you choose to do. And by choosing of your own volition to do it, you also choose to place yourself UNDER THAT GROUP'S RULES. You decided to play their game, so you have to play by their rules. Got it?
If this woman wants to be gay and proud, more power to her. But she does not have the right to change an entire religion just to suit her needs. And demanding that a church accept a practicing gay minister is a fundamental change. In my mind, this woman just needs to be kicked out on her ass, and leave it at that.
And of course, this happened around the People's Republic of Seattle.
(editor's note = violation, volition, they could both work, although one would detail much more interesting story lines! Thanks, Jason)
The Methodists say "Well, OK, you can't be a minister anymore. You know, that whole Bible thing, sinning, all that." The Methodists hold a church trial to determine whether or not she should have her ministry removed.
Protests abound.
Now, Let me pose a scenario for you. Let's say that I joined the "Young Democrats". I know I know, stop laughing. This is hypothetical. So I join the Young Democrats, and I manage to work my way up in the leadership. Once I'm in a leadership position, I suddenly announce "I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT, AND IT IS REPUBLICAN! ALL HAIL THE GOP!"
How fast do you think I'd be kicked out?
Let's keep in mind that the ministry is not something that you're forced to do. It's something that you choose to do. And by choosing of your own volition to do it, you also choose to place yourself UNDER THAT GROUP'S RULES. You decided to play their game, so you have to play by their rules. Got it?
If this woman wants to be gay and proud, more power to her. But she does not have the right to change an entire religion just to suit her needs. And demanding that a church accept a practicing gay minister is a fundamental change. In my mind, this woman just needs to be kicked out on her ass, and leave it at that.
And of course, this happened around the People's Republic of Seattle.
(editor's note = violation, volition, they could both work, although one would detail much more interesting story lines! Thanks, Jason)
So tell me again...
About the worst economy since Hoover?
Well, of COURSE the Democrats are lying! That's what they do! But I don't know if they've ever been this blatant about it before.
Well, of COURSE the Democrats are lying! That's what they do! But I don't know if they've ever been this blatant about it before.
Gee, the UN is SOOOOO great at "Peacekeeping"
Aren't they?
PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro — NATO sent reinforcements to Kosovo on Thursday after 22 people were killed and hundreds injured in fighting between Serbs and ethnic Albanians in the worst violence since the province's 1998-99 war.
Lest anyone forget, we went into that country in 1995. We bombed the shit out of Milosevek in 1999. The UN has been in control of this entire fiasco for years, and none of the countries involved ARE ANY CLOSER TO THE END OF THIS WAR than they were FIVE F**CKING YEARS AGO!
Is that who you want in charge of Iraq? A group of corrupt thugs, brutal dictators, and genocidal theocrats? Over half of the countries in the UN aren't democratic at all! They keep freedom from their own people, what makes you think they'll give freedom to anyone else?
And to top it off, just who do you think the UN would use for troops? THE FOOKIN' USA! Our troops would STILL be there in ten years, they'd just be wearing blue helmets instead of green! And if you need proof, TAKE A GOOD FUCKING LOOK AT BOSNIA!
Letting the UN get control of Iraq would doom that country.
PRISTINA, Serbia-Montenegro — NATO sent reinforcements to Kosovo on Thursday after 22 people were killed and hundreds injured in fighting between Serbs and ethnic Albanians in the worst violence since the province's 1998-99 war.
Lest anyone forget, we went into that country in 1995. We bombed the shit out of Milosevek in 1999. The UN has been in control of this entire fiasco for years, and none of the countries involved ARE ANY CLOSER TO THE END OF THIS WAR than they were FIVE F**CKING YEARS AGO!
Is that who you want in charge of Iraq? A group of corrupt thugs, brutal dictators, and genocidal theocrats? Over half of the countries in the UN aren't democratic at all! They keep freedom from their own people, what makes you think they'll give freedom to anyone else?
And to top it off, just who do you think the UN would use for troops? THE FOOKIN' USA! Our troops would STILL be there in ten years, they'd just be wearing blue helmets instead of green! And if you need proof, TAKE A GOOD FUCKING LOOK AT BOSNIA!
Letting the UN get control of Iraq would doom that country.
OUt of Town
I'll be heading out of Seattle this afternoon for a little mini-family reunion. Family comes before blogging, so don't expect any posts from me this weekend. I'll probably have some pictures when I return, though. I'll be taking my guns, and I'll be blasting away on Saturday, hopefully teaching my relatives to shoot. Other than that, I'm going to enjoy myself, relax, and just get away from Seattle.
So I'll probably put up a few posts after this on, and then it's "Toodles" until Monday.
So I'll probably put up a few posts after this on, and then it's "Toodles" until Monday.
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Lemme tell you 'bout my hairdresser.
His name is Richard. He has three fetishes; power tools, BDSM, and hair. The latter is what makes him so damn good at his job. I could come in looking like a shit sandwich, and he could make me look good. He's bi, heavy into the S&M scene, currently dating some vegan freak from Olympia, and throws some damn good parties.
Last Saturday, someone tried to kill him.
It was a man that he had helped out in the past. Room and board, get back on their feet, that sort of thing. They hadn't seen each other in a few years, and they met accidentally in passing on Saturday. So, they have coffee. They're sipping lattes when this guy freaks out. Not a little "OhmywhatamIdoinghere" kind of freak out, but "GeeithinkI'llwhipoutmyknifeandkillyou" kind of freak out. Richard suddenly found himself facing a seriously demented asswipe off his pills and waving a pocket knife around. He sustained lacerations to the front of his neck (narrowly missing his jugular), the back of his neck, his ear, and his hands. By the grace of god, it was all superficial. Nothing major damaged, no horrible disfiguring wounds, but the attack itself was traumatic as all hell.
I bring this up for one reason - this entire attack could have been stopped with one well placed bullet. As soon as Richard's hand heals, I'm going to try to convince him to go to the range with me. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY should have to go through what he went through. His attacker is in jail, and if he's smart, he'll stay there. Richard has quite a few friends, many of whom are built like a brick shithouse and have knife fetishes. These friends are now in a "I think this guy looks quite good with his testicals cut off and shoved down his throat" sort of mood.
Guns are like fire extinguishers. You hope to god that you never have to use them. But if you need them, and you don't have them....
You might as well whistle Dixie for all the good it'll do.
Last Saturday, someone tried to kill him.
It was a man that he had helped out in the past. Room and board, get back on their feet, that sort of thing. They hadn't seen each other in a few years, and they met accidentally in passing on Saturday. So, they have coffee. They're sipping lattes when this guy freaks out. Not a little "OhmywhatamIdoinghere" kind of freak out, but "GeeithinkI'llwhipoutmyknifeandkillyou" kind of freak out. Richard suddenly found himself facing a seriously demented asswipe off his pills and waving a pocket knife around. He sustained lacerations to the front of his neck (narrowly missing his jugular), the back of his neck, his ear, and his hands. By the grace of god, it was all superficial. Nothing major damaged, no horrible disfiguring wounds, but the attack itself was traumatic as all hell.
I bring this up for one reason - this entire attack could have been stopped with one well placed bullet. As soon as Richard's hand heals, I'm going to try to convince him to go to the range with me. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY should have to go through what he went through. His attacker is in jail, and if he's smart, he'll stay there. Richard has quite a few friends, many of whom are built like a brick shithouse and have knife fetishes. These friends are now in a "I think this guy looks quite good with his testicals cut off and shoved down his throat" sort of mood.
Guns are like fire extinguishers. You hope to god that you never have to use them. But if you need them, and you don't have them....
You might as well whistle Dixie for all the good it'll do.
John Kerry for President? You Must Be Joking
This blog keeps looking better. Obviously, there's no shortage of material.
John Kerry for President? You Must Be Joking
John Kerry for President? You Must Be Joking
Take the Damn Gloves OFF, already!
You want to know what my response to this would be?
Find out who the terrorists are. We're doing a good job of that, I believe.
Once you know who the terrorists are, find out who their families are.
Once you find out who their families are, find out their location.
And then bomb it flat. Leave nothing but rubble, and then make the rubble bounce, just for good measure. Women, children, dogs, cats, I don't give a shit, they'll all be nothing but dirty red smears. Start with the immediate family, and work your way out. Wife, kids, brothers, sisters, parents, in-laws, second cousins. Kill them all. Take out an entire fucking village of terrorist supporting fucks.
And then move on to the next one.
Find out who the terrorists are. We're doing a good job of that, I believe.
Once you know who the terrorists are, find out who their families are.
Once you find out who their families are, find out their location.
And then bomb it flat. Leave nothing but rubble, and then make the rubble bounce, just for good measure. Women, children, dogs, cats, I don't give a shit, they'll all be nothing but dirty red smears. Start with the immediate family, and work your way out. Wife, kids, brothers, sisters, parents, in-laws, second cousins. Kill them all. Take out an entire fucking village of terrorist supporting fucks.
And then move on to the next one.
Unreal
The Amazing Kallini Brothers had this up on their blog, and I just checked it out.
I think I'm going to be sick.
Behind the white door of a run-down terrace house in the quiet Glasgow suburb of Langside three men are waiting to die.
Faroq Haidari has sunk to the floor in the hallway, the effort of answering the bell apparently too much for him. Thin loops of thread hang from his lips and when he speaks it is in short, hoarse bursts.
"Sometimes you have to do something to save your life," he says. "This is the only option that we had."
In a small bedsit on the ground floor Fariborz Gravindi, 30, and Mokhtar Haydary, 31, lie motionless on mattresses. Faroq says they are sleeping. The air is stale. The curtains, a bright, incongruous floral yellow, are drawn against the daylight.
On February 19 Faroq, 32, and his friends stopped eating and sewed their lips together, crudely, with a needle and thread. Kurdish Iranians who fled to Britain in 2001, they had exhausted all efforts to stay in the UK and were facing deportation. Better to risk their lives here, they said, than face what they claim would be certain death if they were sent home to Iran.
These men ran from the people we're fighting against, folks. These men would rather starve to death than go back. Have you ever seen someone starve to death? Has anyone here actually gone without food for any period of time? I have. It's not pleasant. And it was only two days for me.
These guys sewed their own mouths shut rather than go back to Iran. Does that give you a f**king clue? It should.
I think I'm going to be sick.
Behind the white door of a run-down terrace house in the quiet Glasgow suburb of Langside three men are waiting to die.
Faroq Haidari has sunk to the floor in the hallway, the effort of answering the bell apparently too much for him. Thin loops of thread hang from his lips and when he speaks it is in short, hoarse bursts.
"Sometimes you have to do something to save your life," he says. "This is the only option that we had."
In a small bedsit on the ground floor Fariborz Gravindi, 30, and Mokhtar Haydary, 31, lie motionless on mattresses. Faroq says they are sleeping. The air is stale. The curtains, a bright, incongruous floral yellow, are drawn against the daylight.
On February 19 Faroq, 32, and his friends stopped eating and sewed their lips together, crudely, with a needle and thread. Kurdish Iranians who fled to Britain in 2001, they had exhausted all efforts to stay in the UK and were facing deportation. Better to risk their lives here, they said, than face what they claim would be certain death if they were sent home to Iran.
These men ran from the people we're fighting against, folks. These men would rather starve to death than go back. Have you ever seen someone starve to death? Has anyone here actually gone without food for any period of time? I have. It's not pleasant. And it was only two days for me.
These guys sewed their own mouths shut rather than go back to Iran. Does that give you a f**king clue? It should.
BAG Day Reminder
BAG Day = Buy A Gun Day
Aaron's got the details. Remember, everytime you buy a gun, a liberal cries.
And the Baby Jesus smiles.
Aaron's got the details. Remember, everytime you buy a gun, a liberal cries.
And the Baby Jesus smiles.
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Sticker Vote
OK, so people wanted "Molon Labe" as the bumper sticker. So, I've come up with three different designs. Only one of them is getting printed, so it's your job to choose which one. Since I don't want to make the server crap out, I've cut the images down by 50%, so keep that in mind. The actual sticker will be twice this size. Without further ado -
A, B, or C? I'll be sending the order to the printer on Monday. These are going to be Vinyl stickers, for those who want to know. The actual dimensions for the stickers are as follows: A - 2.75 by 2.75 square. B - 4.25 inch oval. C - 3.5 inch circle.
Voting continues until Monday. You can let me know in the comments, or drop me a line. wraithwulfATyahooDOTcom
A, B, or C? I'll be sending the order to the printer on Monday. These are going to be Vinyl stickers, for those who want to know. The actual dimensions for the stickers are as follows: A - 2.75 by 2.75 square. B - 4.25 inch oval. C - 3.5 inch circle.
Voting continues until Monday. You can let me know in the comments, or drop me a line. wraithwulfATyahooDOTcom
Big Happenings in Iran
I haven't heard one damn peep on the major news networks about this. Luckily, I realize that the major news networks aren't worth two squirts of piss on a windy day, and I look for information in other areas.
Misha is on the Iran revolution watch, as are the Amazing Kallini Brothers. NRO's Corner is watching developments as well, and I imagine that Instapundit is going to be updating his coverage on a regular basis.
This might just be the Iranian revolution that we've been hoping for. Stay tuned.
Misha is on the Iran revolution watch, as are the Amazing Kallini Brothers. NRO's Corner is watching developments as well, and I imagine that Instapundit is going to be updating his coverage on a regular basis.
This might just be the Iranian revolution that we've been hoping for. Stay tuned.
Damn good cigars
Bank account? Check
Phone? Check
Catalogue? Check
Coooooooooome to daddy!
I just ordered a box of these bad boys for myself. They'll arrive sometime next week. (I asked them to hold off shipping till Friday so that I wouldn't miss the delivery) I think I'll get a small bottle of scotch to go with them and enjoy a good smoke on my porch when they come in.
I'm tellin' ya, folks - if you like cigars, get a box of these. They're short and fat, great taste, and you can't beat the price with a stick. You'd pay anywhere from 3-5 bucks a pop for these in a cigar shop judging from my experience, and they're selling a box of 25 for $35. That's $1.40 per cigar. They smoke for about 20-30 minutes, and it's good all the way down.
If you enjoy a good cigar, go check that company out.
Phone? Check
Catalogue? Check
Coooooooooome to daddy!
I just ordered a box of these bad boys for myself. They'll arrive sometime next week. (I asked them to hold off shipping till Friday so that I wouldn't miss the delivery) I think I'll get a small bottle of scotch to go with them and enjoy a good smoke on my porch when they come in.
I'm tellin' ya, folks - if you like cigars, get a box of these. They're short and fat, great taste, and you can't beat the price with a stick. You'd pay anywhere from 3-5 bucks a pop for these in a cigar shop judging from my experience, and they're selling a box of 25 for $35. That's $1.40 per cigar. They smoke for about 20-30 minutes, and it's good all the way down.
If you enjoy a good cigar, go check that company out.
The DU mindset
RWN has a DU thread from October of 2003.
Remove anything breakable or throwable from your computer area first.
Remove anything breakable or throwable from your computer area first.
Trying not to laugh...
And failing miserably!
BERQAYEL, Lebanon (Reuters) - Ahmed Abdel Razzaq went to Iraq to fight the Americans and die a martyr. He ended up in a U.S. prison camp after the Iraqis he went to defend captured and sold him for $100.
Heh. Meheh... HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Motivated by religious zeal or Arab nationalism, busloads of Arab volunteers crossed Syria to go to Iraq before and during the war.
Those who got home alive describe being abandoned by Iraqi minders as U.S. forces reached Baghdad, or escaping Iraqis hostile to interference as the Baath government crumbled into chaos.
Splodydope: I am here to die valiantly with you in jihad!
Iraqis: Piss off. You're our prisoner now!
Splodydope: Aw crap!
I can't think of a better way for Iraqis to treat these terrorist sand fleas. Found at The Rott.
BERQAYEL, Lebanon (Reuters) - Ahmed Abdel Razzaq went to Iraq to fight the Americans and die a martyr. He ended up in a U.S. prison camp after the Iraqis he went to defend captured and sold him for $100.
Heh. Meheh... HAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Motivated by religious zeal or Arab nationalism, busloads of Arab volunteers crossed Syria to go to Iraq before and during the war.
Those who got home alive describe being abandoned by Iraqi minders as U.S. forces reached Baghdad, or escaping Iraqis hostile to interference as the Baath government crumbled into chaos.
Splodydope: I am here to die valiantly with you in jihad!
Iraqis: Piss off. You're our prisoner now!
Splodydope: Aw crap!
I can't think of a better way for Iraqis to treat these terrorist sand fleas. Found at The Rott.
Blogger Blastorama
This one is on March 20th. Same place, same time. Analog Kid has the details.
I won't be there for this one, unfortunately. I'm going to be in Idaho, taking a well deserved little break from Seattle. However, I'm taking my .45, .38, .22, and my 30-06 with me.
I'm gonna be blasting away in spirit, my friends. Twenty-five acres of private land, several relatives who want to learn how to shoot, and a small stockpile of ammo make Dave a happy man.
So head on over if you're from the Seattle Area. AK is more than willing to teach anyone who wants to learn, or who wants to get re-aquainted.
I won't be there for this one, unfortunately. I'm going to be in Idaho, taking a well deserved little break from Seattle. However, I'm taking my .45, .38, .22, and my 30-06 with me.
I'm gonna be blasting away in spirit, my friends. Twenty-five acres of private land, several relatives who want to learn how to shoot, and a small stockpile of ammo make Dave a happy man.
So head on over if you're from the Seattle Area. AK is more than willing to teach anyone who wants to learn, or who wants to get re-aquainted.
A Poetic Tribute to an American Martyr
It's the 1-year anniversay of Rachel Corrie's tragic death. Yes, folks, on March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, the young Leftist flag burner from Evergreen State University proved that Darwin was, indeed correct, by trying to stop a bulldozer from destroying weapons-smuggling tunnels. Now she's one of Mohammad Atta's 72 virgins.
In tribute, I wrote a haiku poem for her today.
Burn the Stars and Stripes
Help protect terrorist thugs
Enjoy your dirt nap.
It's the 1-year anniversay of Rachel Corrie's tragic death. Yes, folks, on March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, the young Leftist flag burner from Evergreen State University proved that Darwin was, indeed correct, by trying to stop a bulldozer from destroying weapons-smuggling tunnels. Now she's one of Mohammad Atta's 72 virgins.
In tribute, I wrote a haiku poem for her today.
Burn the Stars and Stripes
Help protect terrorist thugs
Enjoy your dirt nap.
To Die in Madrid
More powerful stuff.
I think this piece contains some good thoughts for today's American Conservative, whom the Left would like to blame for Madrid.
It cannot be very long now before some slaughter occurs on the streets of London or Rome or Warsaw, as punishment for British and Italian and Polish membership of the anti-Saddam coalition. But perhaps there is still time to avoid the wrath to come. If British and Italian and Polish troops make haste to leave the Iraqis to their own "devices" (of the sort that exploded outside the mosques of Karbala and Najaf last month), their civilian cousins may still hope to escape the stern disapproval of the holy warriors. Don't ask why the holy warriors blow up mosques by the way—it's none of your goddam crusader-Jew business.To Die in Madrid - The nutty logic that says Spain provoked Islamist terrorism. By Christopher Hitchens
I think this piece contains some good thoughts for today's American Conservative, whom the Left would like to blame for Madrid.
Moonbat Mania
Uhhh, this might make me a moonbat, but here goes:
Is anyone else seeing anything fishy about this Al Qaeda / Madrid connection? Looking at the timeline:
- Socialists are running on anti-war-in-Iraq platform.
- Socialists are losing.
- Days before election, bombs kill over 200 in Madrid.
- Within 24 hours, connections to Radical Islamic players are found.
- One is an unexploded cell phone, which leads right to some Moroccans.
- Another is a van full of detonators and "Koranic materials".
- A letter surfaces where Al Qaeda claims responsibility.
- Socialists rally with hundreds of thousands of "Peace" signs.
- Socialists win election despite trailing in polls for entire run up to election.
I know this is the kind of thing most often found at Democratic Underpants, but, ummm, doesn't that all seem nice and convenient? Radical Islamic terror groups certainly aren't the only people who benefitted from the bombings.
Is anyone else seeing anything fishy about this Al Qaeda / Madrid connection? Looking at the timeline:
- Socialists are running on anti-war-in-Iraq platform.
- Socialists are losing.
- Days before election, bombs kill over 200 in Madrid.
- Within 24 hours, connections to Radical Islamic players are found.
- One is an unexploded cell phone, which leads right to some Moroccans.
- Another is a van full of detonators and "Koranic materials".
- A letter surfaces where Al Qaeda claims responsibility.
- Socialists rally with hundreds of thousands of "Peace" signs.
- Socialists win election despite trailing in polls for entire run up to election.
I know this is the kind of thing most often found at Democratic Underpants, but, ummm, doesn't that all seem nice and convenient? Radical Islamic terror groups certainly aren't the only people who benefitted from the bombings.
Monday, March 15, 2004
What Liberal Media?
This is unreal.
Seen on Instapundit
"'I mistranscribed a key word,' explains Patrick Healy, a political reporter for the BOSTON GLOBE who covered the event in a pool capacity.DRUDGE REPORT 2004®
'Listening to the audio recorder now, in the quiet of my house, I hear 'more leaders' and I am certain that 'more leaders' is what Senator Kerry said.'
Healy claims in an e-mail correction: 'Transcribing on the bus in Florida, and again on the plane ride to Tampa, I heard 'foreign leaders' rather than 'more leaders'. I am very sorry for this screw-up, and please feel free to hold me accountable to your editors and higher-ups.'"
Seen on Instapundit
I shoulda gone to college...
Just look at what I could do!
Stanford University scientists have solved another great mystery of the universe with today's announcement of a new study proving that when beer is poured into a glass the bubbles sometimes fall rather than rise.
OK, I admit, this isn't exactly earth shattering news, but it really makes me want to rip my hair out for a number of reasons.
1) If these two goobers had actually enjoyed good beer, instead of drinking whatever watered down horse-piss that passes as "beer" where ever they are, they might have been able to, oh, I don't know, LOOK AT A F**KING GUINNESS THAT'S JUST BEEN POURED! Dear GOD, what's next? "Not to be one-upped, UC Berkeley students discover that water is actually wet!" If I had any doubts that college students are dumber now than they have ever been, this just proved it.
2) What kind of lame brain administrator scratched his head and said "Hey, yeah, checking to see if beer bubbles can fall instead of rise sounds like a GREAT idea to spend money on!" Seriously, I want that guy's number. I have a bridge in New York City that I can sell him for a great price. I'll even toss in the oceanfront property in Arizona for free.
Honestly, I have a mental picture of these guys in my head. Two unshowered guys in lab coats, with three whiskers between them, posters of the latest big-boobed videogame girl on the walls, giggling to themselves. "HEE HEE! Beer bubbles fall! TEE HEE!"
Gah. Thanks for nuttin', Steve.
Stanford University scientists have solved another great mystery of the universe with today's announcement of a new study proving that when beer is poured into a glass the bubbles sometimes fall rather than rise.
OK, I admit, this isn't exactly earth shattering news, but it really makes me want to rip my hair out for a number of reasons.
1) If these two goobers had actually enjoyed good beer, instead of drinking whatever watered down horse-piss that passes as "beer" where ever they are, they might have been able to, oh, I don't know, LOOK AT A F**KING GUINNESS THAT'S JUST BEEN POURED! Dear GOD, what's next? "Not to be one-upped, UC Berkeley students discover that water is actually wet!" If I had any doubts that college students are dumber now than they have ever been, this just proved it.
2) What kind of lame brain administrator scratched his head and said "Hey, yeah, checking to see if beer bubbles can fall instead of rise sounds like a GREAT idea to spend money on!" Seriously, I want that guy's number. I have a bridge in New York City that I can sell him for a great price. I'll even toss in the oceanfront property in Arizona for free.
Honestly, I have a mental picture of these guys in my head. Two unshowered guys in lab coats, with three whiskers between them, posters of the latest big-boobed videogame girl on the walls, giggling to themselves. "HEE HEE! Beer bubbles fall! TEE HEE!"
Gah. Thanks for nuttin', Steve.
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Coalition of the Bribed
Here's a hint: It wasn't the people who actually want to fight terrorism.
A year ago John Kerry described the nations that would liberate Iraq as a "coalition of the bribed, the coerced, the bought and the extorted." It turns out that may be a better description of his own antiwar camp. From Jacques Chirac's and Vladimir Putin's political cronies to Tony Blair's own Labour Party, many of the most vocal opponents of enforcing U.N. resolutions turn out to have been on the take.
The Left sickens me more and more.
Oh, and this just in: John Kerry, Lying Liar. As usual, all emphasis is mine.
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, arguing that voters "are hungry for a real discussion," promoted a health care plan that he said would save consumers $1,000 each as he focused attention Sunday on a pair of important Rust Belt states that have been battered by the steady drain of manufacturing jobs.
Get that? We're hungry for a "real discussion". And as usual, Kerry proves that he's full of shit, because in the VERY SAME MEETING, this happens:
The town meeting was contentious at times, with 52-year-old Cedric Brown repeatedly pressing the candidate to name the foreign leaders whom Kerry has said are backing his campaign.
"I'm not going to betray a private conversation with anybody," Kerry said. As the crowd of several hundred people began to mutter and boo, Kerry said, "That's none of your business."
Oh, gee, those "foreign leaders" that you were bragging about who wanted you in office, John? You're not going to talk about them, John? Could it be because you're a lying sack of shit, John? Yes, I think so! God, this guy is as crooked as they come, and can't even keep his lies straight for a few hours! And as Glenn Reynolds puts it: "If it's none of our business, why did you bring it up in the first place?"
Indeed! And Reynolds exposes even more lying and pandering on the part of John Fonda Kerry here. I'm starting to think that Kerry isn't human, he's the discharge from a septic tank that somehow obtained somewhat coherant thought and mobility.
(links from Instapundit)
Here's a hint: It wasn't the people who actually want to fight terrorism.
A year ago John Kerry described the nations that would liberate Iraq as a "coalition of the bribed, the coerced, the bought and the extorted." It turns out that may be a better description of his own antiwar camp. From Jacques Chirac's and Vladimir Putin's political cronies to Tony Blair's own Labour Party, many of the most vocal opponents of enforcing U.N. resolutions turn out to have been on the take.
The Left sickens me more and more.
Oh, and this just in: John Kerry, Lying Liar. As usual, all emphasis is mine.
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, arguing that voters "are hungry for a real discussion," promoted a health care plan that he said would save consumers $1,000 each as he focused attention Sunday on a pair of important Rust Belt states that have been battered by the steady drain of manufacturing jobs.
Get that? We're hungry for a "real discussion". And as usual, Kerry proves that he's full of shit, because in the VERY SAME MEETING, this happens:
The town meeting was contentious at times, with 52-year-old Cedric Brown repeatedly pressing the candidate to name the foreign leaders whom Kerry has said are backing his campaign.
"I'm not going to betray a private conversation with anybody," Kerry said. As the crowd of several hundred people began to mutter and boo, Kerry said, "That's none of your business."
Oh, gee, those "foreign leaders" that you were bragging about who wanted you in office, John? You're not going to talk about them, John? Could it be because you're a lying sack of shit, John? Yes, I think so! God, this guy is as crooked as they come, and can't even keep his lies straight for a few hours! And as Glenn Reynolds puts it: "If it's none of our business, why did you bring it up in the first place?"
Indeed! And Reynolds exposes even more lying and pandering on the part of John Fonda Kerry here. I'm starting to think that Kerry isn't human, he's the discharge from a septic tank that somehow obtained somewhat coherant thought and mobility.
(links from Instapundit)
The Goblin Effect
Ironbear at Who Tends The Fires has put up an essay that makes me sit back and think on life for a while. I've always joked about "social Darwinism"; stupid people weeding themselves out of a gene pool in one fashion or another. Hell, the Darwin Awards have been around for years, making my laugh my ass off whenever they come out. But Ironbear has a different take on it, from a Civilization point of view -
And there's no longer the social environment that provides external reinforcement for what little internal civilizing factors seep through.
Breeding our own predators, in several varieties, from the lone hunters - the serial killer: equivalent to the big cats - to the pack hunters and the scavengers that feed off of them.
Jeff Cooper terms the result of what we're seeing "Goblins". It fits. A Goblin is a human being with no humanity in it. Intelligence with no intellect, tool using with no discipline, social [sometimes] with no socialization. Predatory. Effectively, feral humans.
It's a long essay, and not too terribly pleasant, but entirely worth reading in any case. I think this is the link I send in to the Watcher's Council this week.
And there's no longer the social environment that provides external reinforcement for what little internal civilizing factors seep through.
Breeding our own predators, in several varieties, from the lone hunters - the serial killer: equivalent to the big cats - to the pack hunters and the scavengers that feed off of them.
Jeff Cooper terms the result of what we're seeing "Goblins". It fits. A Goblin is a human being with no humanity in it. Intelligence with no intellect, tool using with no discipline, social [sometimes] with no socialization. Predatory. Effectively, feral humans.
It's a long essay, and not too terribly pleasant, but entirely worth reading in any case. I think this is the link I send in to the Watcher's Council this week.
Bumper Stickers
How much would you pay to buy one? Bill Hobbs has "I think, there for I Blog" stickers on sale for $5, which is an average price for a good bumper sticker around where I live.
I'm thinking about getting some printed up, but I have to know how much interest there is in them before I do anything, because I have to buy them in lots of 125, 250, 500 or 1000. That's quite a bit of money out of pocket if only one or two people buy them and I'm stuck with the rest of the cost. So here's the deal. I'll put up the two stickers I'm thinking of making, and you tell me what you think of them and if you'd buy any. These are the actual size, by the way.
Sticker one: VRWC.
Pretty simple, gets the point across, and hell, everyone and their brother calls themselves part of the VRWC these days. It's a running joke, almost.
Second sticker: Molon Labe.
Molon Labe (mah-LONE la-VEH). Greek. "Come and get them", the Greek response to Xerxes' demands for the Greek forces weapons. This sticker would be a circle, obviously.
As for the price, if I got 125 of them made, the cost would be $2.00 each. The price drops by about fifty cents per sticker for each larger lot. I'm including postage and envelopes in that price as well, so I'm not making any profit off of these.
So pass the word around, and give me some feedback. Is this something I should do? Could I sell at least 125 of one or the other? Gimme some responses, either in the comments or by email. (wraithwulfATyahooDOTcom)
I'm thinking about getting some printed up, but I have to know how much interest there is in them before I do anything, because I have to buy them in lots of 125, 250, 500 or 1000. That's quite a bit of money out of pocket if only one or two people buy them and I'm stuck with the rest of the cost. So here's the deal. I'll put up the two stickers I'm thinking of making, and you tell me what you think of them and if you'd buy any. These are the actual size, by the way.
Sticker one: VRWC.
Pretty simple, gets the point across, and hell, everyone and their brother calls themselves part of the VRWC these days. It's a running joke, almost.
Second sticker: Molon Labe.
Molon Labe (mah-LONE la-VEH). Greek. "Come and get them", the Greek response to Xerxes' demands for the Greek forces weapons. This sticker would be a circle, obviously.
As for the price, if I got 125 of them made, the cost would be $2.00 each. The price drops by about fifty cents per sticker for each larger lot. I'm including postage and envelopes in that price as well, so I'm not making any profit off of these.
So pass the word around, and give me some feedback. Is this something I should do? Could I sell at least 125 of one or the other? Gimme some responses, either in the comments or by email. (wraithwulfATyahooDOTcom)
Sunday, March 14, 2004
Today was a bad day
Reality is scary.
Factually this may not be the case: the vote may conceivably go against Aznar's party for reasons having nothing to do with today's terror. But to the terrorists, such a doubt will not exist. If Aznar is defeated, they will be convinced that it was their act that produced this result; and, God forbid, they may well be right.
This conclusion is the last conclusion that anyone could possibly want the terrorists to draw, because if they believe that they can alter the outcome of an election in Spain, it will inevitably tempt them to try to alter the outcome of future elections in other nations of Europe by a similar use of catastrophic terror.
Seen on Instapundit
Factually this may not be the case: the vote may conceivably go against Aznar's party for reasons having nothing to do with today's terror. But to the terrorists, such a doubt will not exist. If Aznar is defeated, they will be convinced that it was their act that produced this result; and, God forbid, they may well be right.
This conclusion is the last conclusion that anyone could possibly want the terrorists to draw, because if they believe that they can alter the outcome of an election in Spain, it will inevitably tempt them to try to alter the outcome of future elections in other nations of Europe by a similar use of catastrophic terror.
Seen on Instapundit
Bjorn Lomborg vindicated
Religion of Environmentalism takes another hit.
The Danish Committee on Scientific Dishonesty abetted a vicious ideological environmentalist smear campaign against Bjorn Lomborg by declaring two years ago that his excellent book The Skeptical Environmentalist, was "objectively dishonest." Naturally this accusation hit the headlines. However, in December, 2003, the Danish Ministry of Science and Technology overturned the DCSD kangaroo court's decision and sent it back to them. On futher reflection the DCSD members have now decided that perhaps they'd been a bit hasty and have completely dropped the matter
As if this is a shock to anyone with a room-temp IQ. Nobody ever brought up facts in their assault against Lomborg. They smeared him, insulted him, lied about him, slandered him, and tried to destroy him, but nobody could attack his actual facts and research.
It's their pattern, and it happens over and over and over and over and... Oh hell, you get the point.
Found at Dean's World.
The Danish Committee on Scientific Dishonesty abetted a vicious ideological environmentalist smear campaign against Bjorn Lomborg by declaring two years ago that his excellent book The Skeptical Environmentalist, was "objectively dishonest." Naturally this accusation hit the headlines. However, in December, 2003, the Danish Ministry of Science and Technology overturned the DCSD kangaroo court's decision and sent it back to them. On futher reflection the DCSD members have now decided that perhaps they'd been a bit hasty and have completely dropped the matter
As if this is a shock to anyone with a room-temp IQ. Nobody ever brought up facts in their assault against Lomborg. They smeared him, insulted him, lied about him, slandered him, and tried to destroy him, but nobody could attack his actual facts and research.
It's their pattern, and it happens over and over and over and over and... Oh hell, you get the point.
Found at Dean's World.
It Makes Me Go "Hmmmm"
That's from some Leftist cartoonist in Brazil. It depicts the Aznar party in Spain winning an election by blowing up a train. It implies that Aznar's party did the bombings to win the election.
Turns out, though, that the Socialists won, because of the bombing.
I'll be looking for that cartoon, but I know I shant find it.
Cartoon seen at: A Small Victory.
Socialists Win In Spain
Another country about to head down the tubes.
How long do you think it will take before America has to once again pull Europe's collective testicles out of the fire? WWI, WWII, the Cold War.... how long before we have to go over there again?
How long do you think it will take before America has to once again pull Europe's collective testicles out of the fire? WWI, WWII, the Cold War.... how long before we have to go over there again?
Kerry Challenges Bush to Debates.....
...but when John Edwards challenged Kerry, Ole Cut 'n Run cowered.
Australia to ban kitchen knives and sharp pointy sticks---
I mean, that's what's next, right? Ravenwood has found some of the worst idiocy I could ever imagine.
Swords will become prohibited weapons from July 1, carrying penalties of up to $12,000 or six months in prison for illegal use or possession, the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Andre Haermeyer said today.
Criminals use guns, so they banned guns. Not only did that not stop criminals from using guns (BECAUSE CRIMINALS DON'T FOLLOW THE FOOKIN' LAW, MORONS!) but it caused the law abiding citizens to arm themselves with whatever they could. Like swords. And now swords are being banned.
You know, if banning guns didn't help your crime levels, why in the bloody blue blazes would you think that banning swords would do anything? This is the liberal mantra, folks. If it doesn't work, well, it wasn't tried properly! Let's just do it all over again! England's gun crime is STILL on the rise, even though they have an all out ban on handguns. Auistralia has now banned guns, crossbows, and swords. Will they ban tree limbs if a criminal beats a victim with one? The level of idiocy is staggering, people. Just how dumb to you have to be in order to believe that inanimate objects are the cause for crime, not the people who commit crimes? Just how sand-poundingly stupid do you have to be to think that getting rid of weapons will make the world a happy fuzzy warm place? How bone-headed to you have to be in order to ignore the fact that it is the criminals, not some piece of metal, that causes crime, and violence, and death?
Stupidity, idiocy, ignorance, worthlessness, intercranial fecalstenosis, all embodied in human form, disarming fellow humans. Turning citizens into subjects. It's disgusting and infuriating.
So I echo Ravenwood, and Analog Kid, and Mollbot - If you hear that Raging Dave's guns have been taken, you'll know that Raging Dave is dead.
Swords will become prohibited weapons from July 1, carrying penalties of up to $12,000 or six months in prison for illegal use or possession, the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Andre Haermeyer said today.
Criminals use guns, so they banned guns. Not only did that not stop criminals from using guns (BECAUSE CRIMINALS DON'T FOLLOW THE FOOKIN' LAW, MORONS!) but it caused the law abiding citizens to arm themselves with whatever they could. Like swords. And now swords are being banned.
You know, if banning guns didn't help your crime levels, why in the bloody blue blazes would you think that banning swords would do anything? This is the liberal mantra, folks. If it doesn't work, well, it wasn't tried properly! Let's just do it all over again! England's gun crime is STILL on the rise, even though they have an all out ban on handguns. Auistralia has now banned guns, crossbows, and swords. Will they ban tree limbs if a criminal beats a victim with one? The level of idiocy is staggering, people. Just how dumb to you have to be in order to believe that inanimate objects are the cause for crime, not the people who commit crimes? Just how sand-poundingly stupid do you have to be to think that getting rid of weapons will make the world a happy fuzzy warm place? How bone-headed to you have to be in order to ignore the fact that it is the criminals, not some piece of metal, that causes crime, and violence, and death?
Stupidity, idiocy, ignorance, worthlessness, intercranial fecalstenosis, all embodied in human form, disarming fellow humans. Turning citizens into subjects. It's disgusting and infuriating.
So I echo Ravenwood, and Analog Kid, and Mollbot - If you hear that Raging Dave's guns have been taken, you'll know that Raging Dave is dead.
More Linky Love
I found a comment on this thread at the VodkaPundit's place.
We miss the point of the Bush Administration's gamble. Anyone with an IQ higher than room temperature (in Celsius) knows that the imposition of a successful democracy all through the area is a very long shot.
The point is not that it's going to be difficult. The point is not that it may very well fail. The point is that it's the only way to avoid a slaughter of biblical proportions.
If the dynamic is not changed there will eventually be a huge slaughter. If the splodeydopes succeed in setting off a nuke or biowar or a great big chemical attack our response will be what? Slaughter both here in the US and all through Islam.
Because of my well-known kindly humanitarianism, I would prefer to avoid this wholesale slaughter. If it comes to it, though, the safety of my children is far more important than the lives of every Muslim on Earth.
There's more good articles, comments and writing out there than I can keep up with.
We miss the point of the Bush Administration's gamble. Anyone with an IQ higher than room temperature (in Celsius) knows that the imposition of a successful democracy all through the area is a very long shot.
The point is not that it's going to be difficult. The point is not that it may very well fail. The point is that it's the only way to avoid a slaughter of biblical proportions.
If the dynamic is not changed there will eventually be a huge slaughter. If the splodeydopes succeed in setting off a nuke or biowar or a great big chemical attack our response will be what? Slaughter both here in the US and all through Islam.
Because of my well-known kindly humanitarianism, I would prefer to avoid this wholesale slaughter. If it comes to it, though, the safety of my children is far more important than the lives of every Muslim on Earth.
There's more good articles, comments and writing out there than I can keep up with.
YO! Check it out!
Aaron of Free Will has some new digs!
Make sure you're blogrolls are adjusted accordingly. We wouldn't want any of Aaron's hate mail to get lost, now would we? The New, Shiny, Squeeky-Clean URL is http://www.freewillblog.com/
Make sure you're blogrolls are adjusted accordingly. We wouldn't want any of Aaron's hate mail to get lost, now would we? The New, Shiny, Squeeky-Clean URL is http://www.freewillblog.com/
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Found this piece at Cold Fury, and had to share it.
The drum beat for Kerry, where I live, is constant. I?m on the Metro the other night after work, and a bunch of younger folks ? probably Teach for America kids, or maybe Georgetown students ? were ranting about how awful Bush is, and how they are excited about this upcoming ?Beat Bush Back to Fucking Texas? party that a friend was throwing. I have friends working in the law enforcement and intel agencies around the government, who have gone gray haired since 9/11 ? they always look tired for some reason and when some mutual friend starts going on about the phonied up war on terror, they look ill. Occasionally, it slips out on CNN that some terror suspect was caught coming into the country, and I hear rumors from my reasonably well placed friends that we are only getting the tip of the iceberg ? that we don?t get the 90% that?s below the water line. Meanwhile, a liberal ex-friend of mine keeps sending me Rall cartoons, horrific videos alleging all sorts of wild Bush-led conspiracies to make money on oil, and the whole left side of the political class is going on about how Florida was stolen. And my friends working on the national security side of life get grayer, and grayer, both in the face and the hair. It?s like we aren?t even in the same world.
I think that one single paragraph captures the two sides of the debate almost perfectly. One side worries, and strives to protect America, and works to prevent another attack. The other side attacks the protecters.
If history teaches us anything, it’s that the path they advocate is followed, disaster will be nipping at our heels in an instant. Most of the delusional leftist policies the Dems adhere to as dogma – the goals they hope to achieve if only we stupid-ass proles would go along with it - are failed. They are failed not because some college professor says they stink; especially not because of that because we know that for all practical purposes, no college professors have the bad taste to be conservative enough to say that. They aren’t failed because the left barely holds power anywhere in the world any more. And they aren’t failed just because I say so.
We know instead that the left wing policies worshipped by Kerry and his minions are failed because we have the corpses, the mass graves, the broken economies, and shit bag leftover republics crawling out of the wreckage bequeathed to us by the great left wing ideas of the 20th century to prove that leftism failed. We have the slowly dying Western European democracies, too feeble to defend themselves from internal Islamofascist takeover, to prove that slow creeping leftism is failed too. Hell, we have the sick man of Africa, which doesn’t refer to a country any more but rather to the continent itself, to show you where left wing dreaming gets you, to prove it.
THAT, my friends, is some powerful writing.
You can read the entire thing here.
The drum beat for Kerry, where I live, is constant. I?m on the Metro the other night after work, and a bunch of younger folks ? probably Teach for America kids, or maybe Georgetown students ? were ranting about how awful Bush is, and how they are excited about this upcoming ?Beat Bush Back to Fucking Texas? party that a friend was throwing. I have friends working in the law enforcement and intel agencies around the government, who have gone gray haired since 9/11 ? they always look tired for some reason and when some mutual friend starts going on about the phonied up war on terror, they look ill. Occasionally, it slips out on CNN that some terror suspect was caught coming into the country, and I hear rumors from my reasonably well placed friends that we are only getting the tip of the iceberg ? that we don?t get the 90% that?s below the water line. Meanwhile, a liberal ex-friend of mine keeps sending me Rall cartoons, horrific videos alleging all sorts of wild Bush-led conspiracies to make money on oil, and the whole left side of the political class is going on about how Florida was stolen. And my friends working on the national security side of life get grayer, and grayer, both in the face and the hair. It?s like we aren?t even in the same world.
I think that one single paragraph captures the two sides of the debate almost perfectly. One side worries, and strives to protect America, and works to prevent another attack. The other side attacks the protecters.
If history teaches us anything, it’s that the path they advocate is followed, disaster will be nipping at our heels in an instant. Most of the delusional leftist policies the Dems adhere to as dogma – the goals they hope to achieve if only we stupid-ass proles would go along with it - are failed. They are failed not because some college professor says they stink; especially not because of that because we know that for all practical purposes, no college professors have the bad taste to be conservative enough to say that. They aren’t failed because the left barely holds power anywhere in the world any more. And they aren’t failed just because I say so.
We know instead that the left wing policies worshipped by Kerry and his minions are failed because we have the corpses, the mass graves, the broken economies, and shit bag leftover republics crawling out of the wreckage bequeathed to us by the great left wing ideas of the 20th century to prove that leftism failed. We have the slowly dying Western European democracies, too feeble to defend themselves from internal Islamofascist takeover, to prove that slow creeping leftism is failed too. Hell, we have the sick man of Africa, which doesn’t refer to a country any more but rather to the continent itself, to show you where left wing dreaming gets you, to prove it.
THAT, my friends, is some powerful writing.
You can read the entire thing here.
Who wants John Fonda Kerry to be President?
Well, how about the Mad Mullahs of Iran, Kim Jong Il of North Korea, and of course The French.
LOOK. I know it is shooting French in a barrel. But when yet another insufferable penseur — first Chirac, then de Villepin, now the editor of Le Monde — starts lecturing Americans on how they ought to conduct themselves in the world, the rules of decorum are suspended.
In an article in The Wall Street Journal, Jean-Marie Colombani, who wrote the famous Sept. 12, 2001, Le Monde editorial titled “We are all Americans,” gives us the usual more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger lament about America’s sins: We loved you on Sept. 11. We were all with you in Afghanistan. But, oh, what have you done in Iraq?
This requires some parsing. We loved you on Sept. 11 means: We like Americans when they are victims, on their knees and bleeding. We just don’t like it when they get off the floor — without checking with us first. Colombani glories in Europe’s post-Sept. 11 “solidarity” with America: “Let us remember here the involvement of French and German soldiers, among other European nationalities, in the operations launched in Afghanistan to. . . free the Afghans.”
Come again? The French arrived in Mazar-e Sharif after it fell — or as military analyst Jay Leno put it, “to serve as advisers to the Taliban on how to surrender properly.” Afghanistan was liberated by America acting practically unilaterally, with an even smaller coalition than that in Iraq — Britain and Australia, with the rest of the world holding America’s coat.
Let's look at who REALLY wants John Fonda Kerry elected President, hmmmm? The North Korean media is re-printing some of Kerry's speeches VERBATIM, for g-d's sake! The Turbaned Terrorist Tumblefucks that are currently keeping Iran under their thumb are practically masturbating to the thought of Kerry being president, because they know that once Bush is gone, they can go back to supporting terrorism and building a nuke in peace, instead of being called on their actions. And the French above all want America to fail, so that they can rule supreme and look down their noses at us "simplistic" barbarians.
I think Kerry's supporters show just how godawful he'd be as president.
Hat tip to C&S.
LOOK. I know it is shooting French in a barrel. But when yet another insufferable penseur — first Chirac, then de Villepin, now the editor of Le Monde — starts lecturing Americans on how they ought to conduct themselves in the world, the rules of decorum are suspended.
In an article in The Wall Street Journal, Jean-Marie Colombani, who wrote the famous Sept. 12, 2001, Le Monde editorial titled “We are all Americans,” gives us the usual more-in-sorrow-than-in-anger lament about America’s sins: We loved you on Sept. 11. We were all with you in Afghanistan. But, oh, what have you done in Iraq?
This requires some parsing. We loved you on Sept. 11 means: We like Americans when they are victims, on their knees and bleeding. We just don’t like it when they get off the floor — without checking with us first. Colombani glories in Europe’s post-Sept. 11 “solidarity” with America: “Let us remember here the involvement of French and German soldiers, among other European nationalities, in the operations launched in Afghanistan to. . . free the Afghans.”
Come again? The French arrived in Mazar-e Sharif after it fell — or as military analyst Jay Leno put it, “to serve as advisers to the Taliban on how to surrender properly.” Afghanistan was liberated by America acting practically unilaterally, with an even smaller coalition than that in Iraq — Britain and Australia, with the rest of the world holding America’s coat.
Let's look at who REALLY wants John Fonda Kerry elected President, hmmmm? The North Korean media is re-printing some of Kerry's speeches VERBATIM, for g-d's sake! The Turbaned Terrorist Tumblefucks that are currently keeping Iran under their thumb are practically masturbating to the thought of Kerry being president, because they know that once Bush is gone, they can go back to supporting terrorism and building a nuke in peace, instead of being called on their actions. And the French above all want America to fail, so that they can rule supreme and look down their noses at us "simplistic" barbarians.
I think Kerry's supporters show just how godawful he'd be as president.
Hat tip to C&S.
A Protest! What a Great Idea to Fight Terror!
So here's something I don't understand: did any one of those 2 million people, during their march in Spain to protest that terrorism is bad, ever stop to think that THAT MANY PEOPLE IN ONE PLACE IS A BIG FUCKING TARGET FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT HUMAN LIFE?
Just curious.
Just curious.
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