Says it All

Funny How That Works

Jill ignores the threat of radical Islam while bashing Christians. Nicely done. The "moral superiority" of the Left is no different from the pacifism of the 1930's Europeans.

I'll take my chances with the Christians, thanks. I'm not seeing any routine murder of non-Christian missionaries, they don't cut the nose and ears off young women who choose to marry someone other than their "intended" and they don't strap bombs to women and children. Christians don't go out in large numbers and hack to death those of another religion.

Now, Jill will come back I'm sure with examples of Christians committing heinous crimes. That may be fact, but it is not part and parcel of any sect of Christian religion.

But Jill won't let fact that get in her way.

Benevolent Government?

I continue to be amazed by the people on the Left who think the government is the answer and the protector of all things. It reminds me of this:




Yes, the government is something that would never hurt us until it becomes big and powerful and beyond our control.

This is a Win

Guess I'm not going to jail for a principle.

Edit: 1956 08/10/2010

Maybe not. Apparently there is a "Plan B".

Bradley Manning

No, Bradley Manning should be tried for treason and if found guilty, suffer the consequences. The Code Pink gals should be sentenced to live among the Taliban. What are there...10 of these @$$holes? And CNN covers it? But a million on the Capitol Mall....not so much.

Journo-List is still apparently alive and well.

Yup...We're Just Stupid, Backward, Scardy-Cat, Racist Haters

I don't know why I bother with Matthew Iglesias other than to point out what disdain the elistists have for us common folk.

In this editorial, he is in fine form. I mean, we can't possibly have any legitimate concerns, right?

But instead of the familiar silly-season stuff of years past -- made-up scandals and who-cares gossip -- the past two summers have been filled with vitriol. Last year we had town halls gone wild,fueled by the threat of death panels pulling the plug on Grandma. This year, us-vs.-them controversies are proliferating, linked by a surge in xenophobia. This is our summer of fear.

First of all, Matt, the death panels are real. Or maybe you haven't heard.

Xenophobia? No. We love people who come here legally and add to our distinctive culture. And that is the point. There are people who come here illegally, choose not to integrate into our culture and believe, since we are a people who are charitable to a fault, that they can take advantage of our kindness by having "anchor babies". Here's the deal. Have an "anchor baby"? Ok. Kid stays here, you go back. How's that work for ya. Do that a few times and there won't be any more people coming to have "anchor babies". That's not Xenophobia, it's the rule of law.

So far, the summer of fear has featured a charge, led by Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin and former New York congressman Rick Lazio, to block the construction of the Cordoba House Islamic cultural center (which is to include a mosque) a few blocks from the site of the World Trade Center.

Sure Matt, I could go into the whole "synagogue in Mecca thing", but let's get more basic. I want to build a KKK monument in Selma, Alabama. You'd go for that, right? Because, gosh, most of the guys who joined the Klan just thought they were joining something akin to the Rotary Club. That shouldn't be offensive to anyone. There are literally thousands of places to build the Cordoba Center, this ain't one of them. Further, Matt, you need to look into the meaning of Cordoba. Cordoba refers to the consolidation of Muslim power in conquered Spain. This is about conquest, not "building bridges".

However, as unemployment and foreclosures have increased in the years since, so have trivial, race-based controversies, such as those surrounding the New Black Panther Party.....

Move along. Nothing to see here. That voter intimidation thing? Just a right wing fantasy.

At the same time, the number of Americans with doubts about the location of the president's birth appears to be on the rise. An Aug. 4 CNN poll found that only 42 percent of Americans are now sure he was born in the United States, way down from July 2009 polling that showed 77 percent of adults expressing certainty on this score. Despite clear evidence that he was born in Hawaii, Obama too is cast as an outsider.

This is the President's own fault. His failure to release any historical information; birth certificate, school records, the disappearance of his mother's passport files, all lead to suspicion. Not because we are stupid haters, but because they are legitimate sources of information we should be able to access to determine if he is qualified in all ways to be President (he's not, but only because he's incompetent). Can you say "pattern"?

In reality, though, recessions lead to illiberal populist nationalism, not progressive reform.

Or maybe it's because WE DON'T WANT PROGRESSIVE REFORM! WE WANT OUR LIBERTY BACK! Don't assume that we thought Progressive Reform was ok before. We just have had enough of it. Some of us were too busy with our lives to see the incrementalism going on around us. Now it is writ large and we are shouting, "NO!"

A betrayal, even a fleeting one, of America's commitment to religious freedom could do lasting harm to the country's relationship with a billion Muslims around the world.

No one is suggesting limiting religious freedom, but rather limiting a mosque in a location offensive to many. Further, it is the stated purpose of Islam to conquer the infidel. Iglesias is as much infidel as the rest of us and will lose his head if they succeed.

Do I Read This Right?

If I read this correctly and connect it with this, I am not allowed to shill for a candidate on my blog or in email within 60 days of the election?

Yeah...come and get me.

Edit: 0859 on 8/7/2010

Check out the audio from Vicki. Left and Right should be outraged.