Israel Striking Gaza

Hamas has been lobbing missiles into Israel nonstop for the last few weeks. Israel kept saying "Knock it off or we will react strongly". Hamas, being arrogant as normal, kept it up. Israel was not bluffing and have been striking Gaza fast and furiously.

The Bush administration is supportive of Israel's self defense, asking that risks to civilians be minimized. That would be much easier if Hamas didn't place their military strong holds smack dab in the middle of town with no shelters for their citizens. Why would they do that? So they can cry "Oh look how many innocent lives the brutes took!". To Hamas, it's people are merely marketing tools to garner sympathy - a concept that has worked markedly well for them.

Of course CAIR is now seething and has chimed in with full support going to the Terrorists that started this violence by stating:

"Despite the public 'green light' given to the Israeli military by theBush administration, American Muslims join our fellow citizens who respectinternational law and the sanctity of human life in repudiating this massacrecarried out using U.S. taxpayer-funded weapons.

"It must be clear by now that the only future offered to the Palestinianpeople by the outgoing administration was one of perpetual subjugation andhumiliation at the hands of the Israeli occupiers. Unfortunately, our nation'stimid response to this tragic episode will only serve to fuel anti-Americansentiments in the Muslim world.

"We therefore call on President-elect Obama to demonstrate his commitmentto change our nation's current one-sided Mideast policy by speaking out now infavor of peace and justice for all parties to this decades-long conflict.

"We also call on world leaders to take direct action to end Israel'scounterproductive and wildly disproportionate attacks and to end thehumanitarian siege of Gaza, which led to the recent breakdown of theceasefire."

CAIR, seriously, get a better editor. The running together words are instant clues that you've cut and pasted your idiotic talking points in order to get this little piece of propaganda out quickly. I'd also like you to visit QassamCount. Instead of being concerned with what President-elect Obama is going to say, hows about you release a statement telling Hamas they are barbarians for using Palestinians as human shields as well as calling them on the carpet for lobbing missiles into Israel. Why don't you say something along the lines of "If you want peace, we suggest you stop waging war against people who can kick your ass as it appears their incredible restraint is now waning."

As for Team Obama, they've had sudden recall and stated there is only one President at a time. Great. That works now, but in a few weeks, this will all be placed in The One's lap. The Super Duper Peace plan was just sent down the tubes and Camp Obama is going to need to respond to this crisis. I predict a lot of disappointed peaceniks in the near future as the world is looking a bit different now that The One has joined the big show.

(Thanks, Yochanan for your link to QassamCount. Also, we keep your son and your family in our prayers as he bravely serves in the I.D.F)

Obama Fans Assualt McCain Supporters

Media could care less. Why is it we get all these news stories about McCain supporters being so angry and violent, yet when the oh so classy dems do this we get the sound of crickets?

I bet I get called racist for this in 3,2,1...

What Can Your Government Do For You?

Clearly I am a masochist. I've been watching the commun…I mean Dem convention. Its mind numbing to be honest. They could have saved a lot of money by just saying “give me a big government hand out” and moving on. But no, we had to listen to Michelle H. Obama drone on in a really, really ugly dress. We were all supposed to be moved because, get this, Barack actually went to the hospital BOTH TIMES Michelle gave birth and THEN HE HELPED BRING THE BABY HOME. What a guy. I mean who else has a husband that would do such things to support his wife? Hasn't accomplished jack taco, but he drove those babies home. Vote for him!

Of note was the spiel on "the world as it is" schtick. As much as Michelle wants us to believe her husband came up with this thought, we know better. Yes, Michelle, you may be used to deceiving the idiots that support your husband, but you won't fool the rest of us. This gem of a statement comes from Marxist Saul Alinsky's book Rules for Radicals: "Unable to come to grips with the world as it is, they retreat in any confrontation with the younger generation with that infuriating cliché, ". Mr. Alinsky was a "community organizer" in Chicago. Sound familiar? He also advocated the actions of the Weathermen in the same book as this was a call for Social Revolution. Interesting that B. Obama has that dirty little connection to William Ayers, isn't it? Oh, and Hillary Clinton's thesis was on who else but Saul Alinsky. This should scare the pants off you if you are somewhat rational.

So tonight I am back at it watching, hoping for some sort of excitement. No dice. I tried to make it a bit more fun by turning the snooze fest into a drinking game. I thought every time someone says “change” I would drink. I soon realized I would be comatose in about 3 minutes and miss all the umm – excitement. So I changed it up to “tax breaks for corporations”, that too proved dangerous. Next was Bush’s America. I couldn't get past just how dumb that really is, it ruined the whole point of the game.

So here I sit watching this Warner guy point his slimy little finger at me while lecturing me on global warming, and how the government should provide me with everything. All together, all for each other he says. Yeah – well, I’ve seen what this party attracts outside the convention center and I am just going to have to say no thanks.

Oh, by the way, they’ve built a Mosque right there on the convention grounds. Any one find that a bit strange? (H/T Zombie via LGF)

Now for Queen Hillary. I thought there would be some fun. How disappointing. We hear Hillary, like Michelle, is a proud mother. Michelle was more convincing. She then forced (seriously) the words that everyone needs to get behind Barack. This explains the Orange Julius pant suit - the better to hide the impending puke.

She zinged Barry O with getting the correct state count AND the territories. Take that 3am text message! Ok, well, a bit of fun happened - Hillary was campaigning up there! She replayed the nameless characters of past, to include the marine. Why don't they have names? Methinks the exist just in her head. Hillary says Michelle is going to be a great first lady. Michelle just looked pissed. Seriously, seriously pissed.

Hillary did jump through the space/time continuum by saying we don't need "four more years of the last eight years". This was followed by a tease where she said they should all keep going. But they didn't. They stayed right there spewing nonsense.

The wrap up included the message the only hope for children is big government. And then she used G-d 80 billion times. Crowd roared. She campaigned waved. The end.

Will I be able to get through Bill tomorrow? Its gonna take a lot of caffeine, believe you me.

Thank You, B. Hussein Obama

Dear Barry O:

Thank you. Sincerely. From the bottom of my heart. You see, voting for McCain causes me great concern, and heartburn even. However each day you do something so moronic (like picking a guy for your VP that is the antithesis of your "change" message) I realize how important it is to ensure my chad is not hanging near the McCain name. You are convincing me that McCain is the right choice so that baby is going to be punched clean and clear. I am feeling better and better about my vote as this campaign rolls along.

You have given a gift not just to me, but to Team McCain. This group has created not one but TWO ads within 24 hours using only quotes from your side of the fence proving you are a nincompoop. The Biden one was ironic and funny, but this one? Priceless. The only thing that could possibly be funnier is if McCain picked Hillary to be his VP. We would have our guy on War and she could work over Congress and the Senate. - I AM KIDDING, TEAM McCAIN! IT IS A JOKE! DO NOT RUN WITH THIS! - ed.

Keep it up, Barry. You are doing a great job.

Yours Truly,

AW

NBC News Refers to Magical Mystery Tour as "Tour of Duty"

Incredible. No doubt someone thought this was "cute". Its not cute. Its morally repugnant. Here is my letter to the Editor of this trash:

Dear Editor:

I am writing to you to express my disappointment in news anchor Lester Holt’s reference to Barack Obama’s visit to Iraq as a “Tour of Duty”. Not only is this inaccurate, but it is an insult to the brave men and women who are on active duty serving in Iraq and in Afghanistan.

Please explain to me how a professional news organization such as yours could find a short visit to Iraq flanked by countless security for political gain equating to a Soldier leaving his or her family for over a year, each day risking their lives for the freedom of the Iraqi people as well as our freedom? By trivializing what a “tour of duty” means, NBC has spoken volumes as to its true feelings for our brave men and women in uniform.

As the proud wife of an active duty soldier who has had three tours of duty in this conflict, let me assure you his time there did not consist of playing basketball and shaking hands in front of a media circus. I sincerely hope you keep this in mind the next time you determine using military terminology in such a flippant manner as a good idea. Perhaps you might consider the effect this particular judgment lapse has had on the military community and react appropriately by issuing an apology.

Sincerely yours,


I'll keep you posted on the response (let's all hold our breath for it....)

The Left's Reaction to Tony Snow's Death

The tolerant and peace loving left are at it again. A man dies - a young man with a family at that. What is the response? Vile, disgusting comments left at the "moderated" board of the LA Times. No, I am not linking to it. Search yourself if you must, but I am not sending traffic that way. HuffPo turned their comments off, they knew what kind of hatred their core membership was getting ready to spew (as it had started). Smart on them. I ran out of lysol so I didn't dare venture over to Kos.

Just google the difference in reaction from the right when Ted Kennedy annouced he had cancer v. the reaction from the left at the news of Mr. Snow's death. Or for apples to apples, look at the left's reaction when it was annouced Mr. Snow was diagnosed with cancer. Is this what the Politics of Change is all about?

New Weapons Technology for Iran

Once again the capitalist in me has taken over. I am in negotiations to team up with an obviously ingenious poster on LGF who goes by the sobriquet “Occasional Reader”. Our project encompasses selling weapons technology to Iran.

Sparked by Iran’s radar-evading torpedoes, we’ve gone to the basement and engineered a non-ferrous subsonic ballistic munitions paired with an environmentally sound bio-fueled launching mechanism to create Iran’s most perfect weapons system to date. I’ll keep everyone posted on our progress.

(Psssstttt! Barry – if you want to keep this technology “in house” so to speak, give me a ring. We can work a discounted rate and you can debut this baby the next time someone questions your abilities to protect this great country of ours)


(Special thanks to OR who came up with the ballistics munitions bit)

Chavez is Helping Hezb'allah

I'm shocked.

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia | The Bush administration is accusing the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of providing cash and refuge to the militant Islamist group Hezbollah of southern Lebanon.

An investigation by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) names Venezuelan diplomat Ghazi Nasr al Din and Venezuelan-Arab businessman Fawzi Kanan as key links between the two.

No doubt Barry O knows just how to deal with a situation such as this. He would most likely sit down with the thug and have some no preconditions fellowship. Possibly bring Chavez a kitten and a picture of a rainbow. Or a waffle.

Black National Anthem (whatever that is) Sung in Denver

In Denver, during Mayor John Hickenlooper's State of the City address, Rene Marie was introduced to sing the National Anthem. But she didn't. She sang "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" which the Denver Post cited as being known as the "black national anthem". Try as I might, I am unable to find the Nation of Black anywhere on the globe, and even if I was able to find this elusive place, why the heck would it's national anthem be sung at a State of the City address here in the United States of America?

Sadly, this person was hired to sing the "Star Spangled Banner". She didn't. No one knew ahead of time she wouldn't sing the right song. Apparently no one on that stage knew how to pull a plug either. Then Ms. Marie states she meant no disrespect, it was her artistic expression and was absolutely not a political statement. This pegs the BS meter, especially when you read this:

"I pulled a switcheroonie on them," Marie said later.

She explained that she decided months ago to switch the lyrics because she will no longer sing the national anthem. She said that she made the decision after a Russian broadcaster interviewed her and asked her what it was like to be an American. At that moment, she said, she realized that as an African-American she at times feels like a foreigner in her home country.

"And I was going to correct her," Marie said. "And I realized I didn't feel like an American, and that bothered me a great deal."

Great. You don't feel like an American. So don't be one. Pick a new place to go. How about Dijibouty? Its fun to say, sounds like a neat place to me! Let me know how you enjoy all the freedoms there that you don't here! In fact, go to ANY African nation and report back to me if you have any more civil liberties or a better standard of living than you do in the USA. I'll just be sitting here waiting...

Let's counter the above craptastic story with this:

Written by U. S. Army Reserve Chaplain Jim Higgins (May, 2007) LSA Anaconda is at the Ballad Airport in Iraq, north of Baghdad:

"I recently attended a showing of 'Superman 3,' here at LSA Anaconda. We have a large auditorium we use for movies, as well as memorial services and other large gatherings. As is the custom back in the States, we stood and snapped to attention when the National Anthem began before the main feature. All was going as planned until about three-quarters of the way through The National Anthem the music stopped. Now, what would happen if this occurred with 1,000 18-22 year-olds back in the States? I imagine there would be hoots, catcalls, laughter, a few rude comments; and everyone would sit down and call for a movie. Of course, that is, if they had stood for the National Anthem in the first place.

Here, the 1,000 Soldiers continued to stand at attention, eyes fixed forward. The music started again. The Soldiers continued to quietly stand at attention. And again, at the same point, the music stopped. What would you expect to happen? Even here I would imagine laughter, as everyone finally sat down and expected the movie to start.

But here, you could have heard a pin drop. Every Soldier continued to stand at attention. Suddenly there was a lone voice , then a dozen, and quickly the room was filled with the voices of a thousand soldiers, finishing where the recording left off:' And the rockets red glare, The bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night That our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free, And the home of the brave.'

It was the most inspiring moment I have had here in Iraq.

I wanted you to know what kind of Soldiers are serving you here. Remember them as they fight for you! Pass this along as a reminder to others to be ever in prayer for all our soldiers serving us here at home and abroad. For many have already paid the ultimate price."

Nothing left to say.

Obama Disowns Another Pastor - Didn't know, Shocked again...

This shock and disappointment shtick is getting a bit old. Mr. Obama, why not try disgusted or pissed or really, really mad even? Nope. All Barak can muster is a wringing of the hands followed by not so plausible deniability. Our change agent once again states he was unaware of this type pf thing coming out of the church he has attended 20 years. Oh, and as an aside, Mr. Obama earmarked $100,000 for this buffoon Father Pfleger.

Time to remove the kid gloves. This guy is frightenly stupid. Or naive. I really don’t care which; the end result is the same. The one who wants to be Commander in Chief with his groundbreaking foreign policy methods has employed none other than Zbignew Brzezinski for advice. Not only is this character another anti-Semite in the Obama camp, but also he was the brilliant foreign policy strategist under Carter that came up with locking himself in his office until Iran freed the hostages. Wow – that must have scared the pants right off those Iranians welding guns.

He did get out of his office about the time the hostages were freed – because President Reagan moved into the Whitehouse.