Thursday, September 1, 2011

The best way to understand people is to contrast their words.


George W. Bush speech on December 14, 2003 after capture of Saddam Hussein:

The success of yesterday's mission is a tribute to our men and women now serving in Iraq .
The operation was based on the superb work of intelligence analysts who found the
dictator's footprints in a vast country.  The operation was carried out with skill and precision by
a brave fighting force.  Our servicemen and women and our coalition allies have faced many
dangers in the hunt for members of the fallen regime, and in their effort to bring hope and
freedom to the Iraqi people.  Their work continues, and so do the risks.  Today, on behalf of the
nation, I thank the members of our Armed Forces and I congratulate 'them.



Barack H. Obama speech on May 1, 2011 after Osama bin Laden was slain:

And so shortly after taking office, I directed Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, to make the
killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority of our war against al Qaeda, even as I continued
our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network.
Then, last August, after years of painstaking work by my intelligence community, I was briefed on
a possible lead to bin Laden.  It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread
to ground.  I met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information
about the possibility that we had located bin Laden hiding within a compound deep inside of
Pakistan.  And finally, last week, I determined that I had enough intelligence to take action, and
authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice.
Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in
Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Blog: Kerry spokesman stripped of Silver Star

Blog: Kerry spokesman stripped of Silver Star


Here is the real reason, liberals no longer run around accuse their opponents of "swift boating". Turns out that "swift boating" means to tell the truth in the face of blatant liars. Makes you wonder if a more relevant and factual definition for "tea baggers", maybe on the horizon.

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Hillary: State Dept. ‘Instrumental in Sealing Deal’ For Lady Gaga’s Gay Pride Gig in Rome | CNSnews.com

For those who thought that the State Department spend all their time and energy promoting anti-US and anti-Israel positions around the world. It turns out that those zany, tax payer funded zealots still have enough extra oomph to promote cutting edge, politically correct, social agenda around the world. Makes you proud, doesn't it?


Hillary: State Dept. ‘Instrumental in Sealing Deal’ For Lady Gaga’s Gay Pride Gig in Rome | CNSnews.com

Friday, June 17, 2011

Guantanamo captives ‘weaponize’ bodily fluids | McClatchy

This is unbelievable.  These are religious warriors fighting to impose their views on the entire world.  No wonder the entire Liberal spectrum supports them in their struggle.



When a fiddle player and her band toured the prison camps at Guantanamo recently, guards told of a new devious and disturbing tactic confronting them. A captive on a hunger strike had been jamming something foul up his nose to contaminate the pathway for medical staff who feed him a nutritional shake twice a day.


 Guantanamo captives ‘weaponize’ bodily fluids | McClatchy
Source: mcclatchydc.com


Guantanamo captives ‘weaponize’ bodily fluids | McClatchy

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Flip-Flop, much?

Nancy Pelosi press conference, September 7, 2006:
[E]ven if [Osama bin Laden] is caught tomorrow, it is five years too late. He has done more damage the longer he has been out there. But, in fact, the damage that he has done ... is done. And even to capture him now I don't think makes us any safer.

Nancy Pelosi, earlier today:
The death of Osama bin Laden marks the most significant development in our fight against al-Qaida. ... I salute President Obama, his national security team, Director Panetta, our men and women in the intelligence community and military, and other nations who supported this effort for their leadership in achieving this major accomplishment. ... [T]he death of Osama bin Laden is historic....

Sunday, February 20, 2011

I am a contemporary adult, will someone please help me with this subtle issue?

Like most contemporary adults,  I am the product of today's public schools, faith based institutions, political climate and the Fourth Estate.   Consequently I am very fuzzy on the whole "good" vs. "bad" thing.  Like most of my contemporaries, I don't really have any strong opinions or beliefs, which coupled with filing an annual income tax return makes me a good citizen.  I am proud of being a good citizen. The recent government turmoil in the Middle East and in Wisconsin have made me very concerned.  I am having moral, emotional and intellectual crises that I have no training or experience to deal with let alone resolve.  I am desperate for some authority figure to step forward with the proper attitude.

I know the rioting in Egypt is "good".   I know Egypt must be a "bad" country because they are US allies, which makes us, good citizens obligated to support the democratic uprising in that country aiming at overthrowing  the bad government (ally)  that has denied democracy to their freedom loving people.  I realize when the celebrating Egyptian throng beats and sexually tortures a Western reported because she was suspected of being Jewish, that we good citizens should not condemn their behavior because it shows how intolerant of cultural diversity the US is.  This is just a good mob doing the things a good mob does.

And by the same token,  Iran must be a "good" country because they are the enemy of the US and their leader is revered  by the freedom loving countries of the UN and the EEU.     When uprisings occur by the people in Iran I know that is "bad", because that promotes instability in the Middle East and could lead to US (and Israeli)  hegemony in the Middle East.  I realize when the celebrating Iranian security forces beats and sexually tortures the demonstrators because they suspect that they are being influence by the Jews, that as a good citizen, I should not condemn their behavior because it illustrates how intolerant US citizen's are of cultural diversity.  Another case of a diverse mob doing what a culturally diverse mob does.

So I understand the two general principals: US enemy is "good", US allay is "bad".  And mob violence can never be condemned without being  opposed to cultural diversity, which is not only bad it is also very uncool. 

So that brings us to the Wisconsin, where anti-government demonstrators are trying to overthrow the government.  It is obvious that mob violence in Madison must not be condemned because that would be culturally insensitive.  So that gets me down to the "good" and "bad" thing.  And I admit, years of contemporary culture has kept my moral compass spinning so that  I am woefully inadequate to understands the subtleties of this conundrum.  Are the anti-government mobsters "good" because they are attacking a part of the US? In that case, a state would be similar to a US ally.  But if you call all the states US allies doesn't that insult all the many states like Wisconsin and California and New York that have done so much to undermine and oppose the US government?  States like Wisconsin and many others have worked tirelessly to undermine the US abroad on a wide variety of issues from immigration, to national defense, and internally in opposition to the US on a range of issues from law enforcement to fiscal responsibility.  Therefor states cannot are not  US allies but US enemies.  Or can they?  This is the crux of my moral spinning ; are the protesters in Wisconsin, the "good" Egyptian kind rioting and looting in the name of democracy.  Or are they the "bad" Iranian kind of rioters trying to promoted US global dominance?  Can someone PLEASE tell me what to think before my head explodes, so I can  watch TV WITHOUT a moral headache?