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Archive for November 2009
Another Jaw Dropper!
What’s wrong with this picture?
The First Lady, a woman widely acclaimed for her fashion sense in the courtier media, has no common sense at all when it comes to respecting a solemn occasion. Apparently, nobody among her score of personal aides in the White House had the gumption to tell her she was about to make a fool of herself at the Veterans Day memorial.
What is it with this woman? Does she have NO sense of decorum? Or even style? Who picks out her clothes? A 2 year old? I’m not real sure who these ‘courtier’ experts are, but remind me NEVER to buy anything recommended by them! I guess they believe that wearing granny’s old slip covers is ‘style’. Throw in a shower curtain or two, and you have fashion? Perhaps someone up there in the swamp should remember the common sense of Coco Chanel: ‘Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance’.
H/T: The American Thinker
Ft Hood Terrorist Is NOT a Victim!
Fourteen human beings murdered by this excrement, and he’s being turned into the ‘victim’? I don’t bloody well think so!
When the shooter becomes the victim
Victimology gives Maj. Hasan a pass
Washington Times
A disturbing story line is taking shape in the wake of the Fort Hood massacre. Some are trying to explain suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s motives for reportedly gunning down 13 people in cold blood by ignoring the ideology of hate that sanctified the killings. Instead, we’re supposed to seek out the “real reasons.”
It’s the typical victimology: Bemoan the perpetrator’s troubles and then sprinkle liberally with pop psychology. Maj. Hasan supposedly felt alienated and oppressed because people did not understand his faith. They discriminated against and taunted him, then they keyed his car. Hearing the horrors of war from the wounded at Walter Reed Army Medical Center disturbed him. Orders to deploy overseas added to the psychological pressure – we might call it pre-traumatic stress disorder. These and other factors reportedly drove Maj. Hasan to do what he is accused of doing. Yes, he is guilty, the argument goes, but doesn’t society also share part of the blame? Aren’t we all a little guilty?
Ann on the Muslim Terrorist – Hasan
Muslim Suffers Bruised Ego in Fort Hood Tragedy
by Ann Coulter
The massacre at Fort Hood last week is the perfect apotheosis of the liberal victimology described in my book “Guilty: Liberal ‘Victims’ and Their Assault on America.”
According to witnesses, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan entered a medical facility at Fort Hood, prayed briefly, then shouted “Allahu akbar” before he began gunning down American troops. Now I don’t know which to be more afraid of: Muslims or government-run health care systems.
President Obama honored the victims by immediately warning Americans not to “jump to conclusions” — namely, the obvious conclusion that the attack was an act of Islamic terrorism. As conclusions go, it wasn’t much of a jump.
But the mainstream media waited for no information — indeed actively avoided learning any information — before leaping to the far less obvious conclusion that the suspect’s mass murder was set off by “stress.”
Dear Hilton Hotel Corp:
Do you know what your guests, or perhaps an employees, are doing while on the internet? No? Well, I’d like to clue you in. This evening I had the occasion to check for comments to be moderated, and needless to say, I was extremely surprised.
How do I know your connection was being used? You see, the IP address was included in the comment. I was able to look it up:
I also use Statcounter, which gives me a little more information, like what this commenter was originally looking for, which seems to have been a “tiny house”.
But that’s neither here nor there. It does concern me that your guests, or employees, use such language while on your dime. Very classy. Very classy indeed.
(WARNING: Language alert!)
Face It!
The Politically Correct Will Kill Us
Free Speech Rights Prevented Probe Into Hasan E-Mails, Investigators Say
The claim comes as officials in different branches of law enforcement and the military squabble over who knew what when about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s leanings toward faith-inspired violence, and as charges fly that ‘political correctness’ prevented officials from taking action and is still being used as a crutch in explaining the rampage after the fact.
Investigators would have been “crucified” over First Amendment rights if they had launched a full-scale probe into e-mails Fort Hood massacre suspect Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly sent to a radical imam, a government investigator told Fox News.
The claim comes as the squabble grows among officials in different branches of law enforcement and the military over who knew what, and when, about Hasan’s leanings toward faith-inspired violence, and amid charges that “political correctness” prevented officials from taking pre-emptive action.
I’m having some serious problems with the idea that the 1st Amendment protects threats of violence. I’m also more than just a bit confused. It’s a ‘hate crime’ if my pastor, reading from the Bible, says homosexuality is a sin, and that won’t be protected by the 1st Amendment. But this murderous piece of crap can state repeatedly that it is the duty of Muslims to slaughter innocent men, women and children? Excuse me, but did I miss something here?
You can take the PC steaming pile of male bovine excrement, mix it with the Quran, and shove it where the sun don’t shine! I’m getting pretty sick of all the “religion of peace’ crapola, when anyone with half a brain, and the ability to read, knows otherwise! Islam and freedom are not compatible. Isn’t it past time we call a spade a spade???
Feline Heathens
Mzzzzzzzzzzz Chris wanted to see the newest additions to our four legged children. So, after much chasing around, finding many things knocked over, many attempts to get a clear shot, I was finally able to get the little heathens pics.
This would be Rowdy, so named because he’s….well…..rowdy! Big time!
Now, he may not look it right now, but this little guy was properly named Chubs. He’s got a serious belly on him. I’m thinking he was a consumer of many kegs of beer before he made his appearance on our porch.
Then we have the ‘patriarch’ of the house, Mr Spot. He’s spent the majority of the last 2 weeks in the kitty hospital with an ‘unspecified’ infection. Was not a lot of fun! But he’s back home now, none too thrilled they shaved his leg for the IV. Thankfully, he’s almost back to his ol’ self again.
Putting The U.S. In A Dangerous Place
Keeping Up Our End of the Bargain With Those Who Serve
The Foundry
Today, we at The Heritage Foundation will honor Veterans Day by pausing to remember those who sacrifice in defense of freedom for our country. Heritage honors all who serve past and present in the United States Armed Forces, their families, and all military retirees and veterans. We solemnly remember those fallen men and women who gave the last full measure of devotion and will also not forget those who have yet to come home and remain missing in action.
This national holiday warrants a diversion from discussing domestic priorities to take a closer look at what Congress and the White House are doing about many pressing defense issues.
Some policymakers seem want to keep defense and military issues out of the headlines, choosing instead to continue cutting the defense budget to fund domestic programs. This observation is based on actual outcomes from this year’s defense budget debate.
May God Bless Them All
THE THINGS THAT MAKE A SOLDIER GREAT
by Edgar Guest
The things that make a soldier great and send him out to die,
To face the flaming cannon’s mouth nor ever question why,
Are lilacs by a little porch, the row of tulips red,
The peonies and pansies, too, the old petunia bed,
The grass plot where his children play, the roses on the wall:
‘Tis these that make a soldier great.
He’s fighting for them all.
‘Tis not the pomp and pride of kings that make a soldier brave;
‘Tis not allegiance to the flag that over him may wave;
For soldiers never fight so well on land or on the foam
As when behind the cause they see the little place called home.
Endanger but that humble street whereon his children run,
You make a soldier of the man who never bore a gun.
What is it through the battle smoke the valiant soldier sees?
The little garden far away, the budding apple trees,
The little patch of ground back there, the children at their play,
Perhaps a tiny mound behind the simple church of gray.
The golden thread of courage isn’t linked to castle dome
But to the spot, where’er it be — the humblest spot called home.
And now the lilacs bud again and all is lovely there
And homesick soldiers far away know spring is in the air;
The tulips come to bloom again, the grass once more is green,
And every man can see the spot where all his joys have been.
He sees his children smile at him, he hears the bugle call,
And only death can stop him now — he’s fighting for them all.
H/T: J.D. Longstreet
11/11/2009
Buh Bye
In Honor
To those who lost their lives in the terrorist attack at Ft Hood, and all the heroes we have lost.
In Case You Were Wondering….
…..and even if ya weren’t! My favorite all time artist, although I could have really done without the Chopin. I’m more the Vivaldi type.
Hell Awaits
Virginia Governor Denies Clemency, D.C. Sniper Will Be Executed Tuesday
Virginia’s governor has denied clemency for sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad, clearing the way for his Tuesday execution.
Muhammad was sentenced to death for killing Dean Harold Meyers in 2002 at a Manassas, Virginia, gas station during a spree that left 10 dead across Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Muhammad is set to die by injection at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. His attorneys have asked Kaine to commute his sentence to life in prison because they say he is mentally ill. The U.S. Supreme Court turned down Muhammad’s final appeal Monday.
At the risk of sounding insensitive, IT’S ABOUT FREAKIN’ TIME! To be perfectly honest, I’m disappointed executions are not totally public, and in a more brutal manner, as in the type of murder the scum committed. I want people like this to suffer in the manner they made others suffer. Perhaps I’m sounding a bit Old Testament here, but seriously, perhaps if other saw exactly how it is, then maybe they’d rethink their plans to carry out some act of evil. And that’s what it is you know….evil. Not a crime of passion, no act of retribution, just plain evil. Then again, some people are just evil, period.
Cool!
Vanished Persian Army Said Found in Desert
The remains of a mighty Persian army said to have drowned in the sands of the western Egyptian desert 2,500 years ago might have been finally located, solving one of archaeology’s biggest outstanding mysteries, according to Italian researchers.
Bronze weapons, a silver bracelet, an earring and hundreds of human bones found in the vast desolate wilderness of the Sahara desert have raised hopes of finally finding the lost army of Persian King Cambyses II. The 50,000 warriors were said to be buried by a cataclysmic sandstorm in 525 B.C.
Video and slide show.
Whut? You thought the only thing I have an interest in is politics? Pfft! My interests are quite varied, and ancient history is just one of the many. 
