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April 08, 2005

Woman Alleges Herpes Infection From Vick's Rub

(Flowery Branch, Georgia) A geriatric health worker filed a civil suit against Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick for knowingly giving her genital herpes. Sonya Elliott, 26, who says she is a former girlfriend of Vick, alleges "negligence by Vick, unwanted physical contact, pain, suffering, and potential future medical complications." Vick has not commented on the lawsuit nor has he been seen riding a bicycle.

Companion post at Interested-Participant.

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Why I blog anonymously #234

Goldstein is just dead on right about how faculty are hired and retained. But it's worse than that.

The peer review process, for instance, is just that--it is review by peers, e.g., by other academics. And academics are human. As humans they have biases, and it is much easier to see the flaws in research that do not coincide with your own preconceived notions than it is to see the flaws in research of those that give further evidence that what you already believe is correct.

And the culture of academia is one in which conservatives are openly mocked and leftists (not even liberals, I'm talking true leftists of the most anti-American ilk) are embraced.

For instance, I had a lunch today with three colleagues to discuss a project we are collaborating on. As one of the professors and I joked about the need to reinstitute literacy tests for voters (inspired by some stupid comments by our students and the poor quality of their writing) the Social Work professor quipped without missing a beat or batting an eye, "Yeah, we don't want those illiterate Republicans to vote."

She then went on to pontificate how she hates to register any one to vote who even looks like a Republican. White, male, driving an SUV--you know, illiterate hate-mongers.

The key to surviving academia for some one other than a liberal or leftists is this: Berkenstocks. Oh, and hemp shirts. And and Amnesty International poster on the wall. It also helps to quote Chomsky. Lots and lots of Chomsky.

That way they just assume you're on their side.

And BTW, I've met Susan Estrich on several occasions. Not only is she not a good scholar, she's also not a scholar. Period. She's a law professor. With a big mouth. And an ego to match. You know, jsut in case you were wondering my opinion of her.

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1 Definitely the birkenstocks. Mine even have a Jerry Garcia design.

Posted by: caltechgirl at April 08, 2005 05:10 PM (iCaDI)

2 Academia is a zone where all opinions are heard. Tenure is required to permit scholars to remain free of government pressure to conform to the party line. As a great example, Dr. John Makombe of the University of Zimbabwe is able to speak out against the Mugabe regime when others are jailed.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 08, 2005 05:52 PM (fufbw)

3 "Academia is a zone where all opinions are heard." Collin, come back to earth. We miss you.

Posted by: See-Dubya at April 08, 2005 06:20 PM (Ak3sk)

4 UGH...Susan Estrich. Tell me how such an annoying, fatuous person get to be teaching law after driving Mike Dukakis' presidential campaign onto the rocks. Oh wait...Never mind.

Posted by: wavemaker at April 08, 2005 07:28 PM (2GyMB)

5 That's exactly why I prefer to call it "academentia".

Posted by: NOTR at April 08, 2005 09:19 PM (Djm/j)

6 "Academia is a zone where all opinions are heard." Ahh......another Baber-ism. Every time I read one of your scintillating posts I feel like I've walked through the cow pasture bare foot. Oh the simple joys of life!

Posted by: Dan at April 08, 2005 11:03 PM (ra7KA)

7 "She then went on to pontificate how she hates to register any one to vote who even looks like a Republican. White, male, driving an SUV--you know, illiterate hate-mongers." Maybe you didn't get the joke about how stupid you sounded for promoting a literacy test to vote, and were getting your just desserts.

Posted by: actus at April 09, 2005 09:16 AM (EQbuu)

8 Isn't it a hoot the way one's fellow academics always assume that everyone agrees with them? Actually, I've heard so many (unwitting) jokes about what an idiot I am that it has long ago ceased to be funny.

Posted by: gail at April 09, 2005 10:25 AM (47cun)

9 http://roomforrant.blogspot.com/2005/04/liberal-professor-nabbed-stealing.html

Posted by: Mr. K at April 09, 2005 10:48 AM (Kucaj)

10 >>>"Academia is a zone where all opinions are heard." That was a joke right? He's just trying to get our goat.

Posted by: Carlos at April 09, 2005 11:47 AM (UWO6N)

11 Get our goat, Carlos? But he has so many already ...

Posted by: Robin Roberts at April 09, 2005 03:48 PM (xauGB)

12 I feel bad for the goats...

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 09, 2005 05:07 PM (YTaaE)

13 My favorite leftists aren't the hippies (so predictable) but the ones dress in black with steel-toed boots, like the ones who kicked the ass of some Protest Weiners during the inauguration. http://hq.protestwarrior.com/?page=/featured/HTTC/HTTC.php PS- I think blogging anonymously is pretty courageous. Long live the armchair know-nothing pundit.

Posted by: Mike at April 09, 2005 08:10 PM (WPQyo)

14 I know of another law professor that isn't much of a scholar. I think he has a blog or something. "Ready-pundit" or "Instant-Pundit" or something along those lines.

Posted by: Jack "Redcorn" M. at April 09, 2005 09:38 PM (1W1ap)

15 Why yes, Mike, it's perfectly acceptable to assault (verbally and physically) those whose opinions you hold in contempt...as long as that illegitimate opinion is pro-American. Otherwise, even criticism of anti-American, pro-terrorism opinion is verbotten. :::sigh::: It's going to be an interesting freshman year for my #4 daughter at San Francisco SU. We were up there this weekend for their "sneak preview days" and we all got a good giggle from some of the bumper stickers in the parking structure... still a handful of Kedwards ones and the usual "friends don't let friends vote Republican." Yeah...there's diversity for ya! Good little acolyte, good little acolyte..now give the bad apostate a bloody nose ...

Posted by: Darleen at April 10, 2005 10:29 AM (FgfaV)

16 Good job Mike, celebrate the thugs - its all you got left.

Posted by: Robin Roberts at April 10, 2005 04:11 PM (xauGB)

17 Â“We canÂ’t expect the American People to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of Social-ism, until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism.Â” --Nikita Khrushchev ++ Â“The American people will never knowingly adopt Social-ism. But under the name of Â‘liberalismÂ’ they will adopt every fragment of the Social-ist program, until one day America will be a Social-ist nation, without knowing how it happened.Â” --Norman Thomas Here on Long Island the President of Stony Brook University, Shirley Strum Kenny has this to say. Â“ I can speak up for evolution, but thatÂ’s because IÂ’m the grateful resident of a blue state.Â” Newsday, Wed. April 6, 2005. I guess we are destroying ourselves to make room for a new species. Note: Had to hyphenate a couple of the ists and isms. The content blocker kept finding the name of a pharmaceutical.

Posted by: Dennis at April 10, 2005 05:12 PM (QDNVv)

18 '"White, male, driving an SUV--you know, illiterate hate-mongers."' Of course... people like William F. Buckley or John Leo. Personally, I see nothing wrong with literacy tests as a condition for the sufferage. Democracy only works when the the electorate is literate and politically engaged; else it is nothing but mob rule. Making the feat of avoiding death for 18 years the sole qualification for full citizenship is ludicrous on its face. Otherwise, one may as well extend the sufferage to geriatric cats and dogs, as well as the goats mentioned above. However, it is not difficult to see the Social Democrats, would not prefer to have things remain as they are; it is manifest that a truly literate and objectively informed electorate would do little to help advance their agenda.

Posted by: LUCIUS SEVERUS PERTINAX at April 10, 2005 05:16 PM (u3Qln)

19 A Communist is a Social-ist with a machine gun.

Posted by: LUCIUS SEVERUS PERTINAX at April 10, 2005 05:19 PM (u3Qln)

20 " Democracy only works when the the electorate is literate and politically engaged; else it is nothing but mob rule." the literate are perfectly capable of acting like a mob.

Posted by: actus at April 10, 2005 05:58 PM (EQbuu)

21 actus, agreed. Education has NOTHING to do with a people's decency and humanity. Pre-war Germany was the most educated and sophisticated nation in the world, and look what it got us. I'll take a god-fearing redneck over an art-loving Liberal any day of the week.

Posted by: Carlos at April 10, 2005 06:53 PM (8e/V4)

22 Carlos, Sharp intelligentsia, members of the "Rational Technician Class", amorally subordinated to a paranoid Hubris-Nemesis leader is a very dangerous mix, indeed.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 10, 2005 07:29 PM (FV4oJ)

23 That was silliness, Collin.r

Posted by: Robin Roberts at April 10, 2005 10:23 PM (xauGB)

24 Dear Robin, Actually, there are precedents for rational technicians acting as efficient producers under a Hubris-Nemesis leader. Have a read of MR461 and you'll see.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 10, 2005 11:07 PM (FV4oJ)

25 Rusty: I've decided that joining academia on my own terms is the only way I want to get there, but I don't fault others for doing something different. Once you get tenure, screw 'em. But on the up side, I think academia has to level out because parents are now going to take greater care in choosing a school, which will hit universities in the wallet. They'll also start to lose endowments, etc. So there's going to be a big market correction. And the sooner schools can convert to acquire a reputation for excellent conservative scholarship the more market share they'll be able to command. That's where all the opportunities lie.

Posted by: Demosophist at April 11, 2005 12:33 AM (Dfdj0)

26 Hmmm, let's start our own university. Untapped market-share....

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at April 11, 2005 11:17 AM (JQjhA)

27 Great idea. You could call it, "The George W. Bush University Of Reeducation". Surround it with concertina wire and fill it with dissidents and have "professors" like David Horowitz and Daniel Pipes. You could start the day by pledging allegiance to Israel and then spend the rest of the day teaching Creationism.

Posted by: greg at April 11, 2005 11:50 AM (/+dAV)

28 greg, your "conservative university" is a caricature that can only exist in your mind. But today's Liberal universities are real life cartoons. They really exist.

Posted by: Carlos at April 11, 2005 12:44 PM (8e/V4)

29 Maybe the problem is that there aren't enough intelligent conservatives in the world to staff an entire University.

Posted by: greg at April 11, 2005 01:25 PM (/+dAV)

30 greg, do you really think "intelligence" is what separates Liberals from conservatives? I've been to DU and Daily Kos, so I know for a fact otherwise.

Posted by: Carlos at April 11, 2005 02:03 PM (8e/V4)

31 Conservatives just aren't geared to academia. They say stupid things like, "those who can do and those who can't teach". So I think the problem is that conservatives don't enter the arena becuase their parents don't encourage them to. Having been in academia myself I know for a fact that one's politics never even enters the discussion in University hiring committees.

Posted by: greg at April 11, 2005 02:11 PM (/+dAV)

32 "Hmmm, let's start our own university. Untapped market-share...." Its called Bob Jones. Turns out some great minds.

Posted by: actus at April 11, 2005 02:26 PM (CqheE)

33 I believe inter-racial dating is against the policy at Bob Jones U. What a fine institution that is!

Posted by: greg at April 11, 2005 02:32 PM (/+dAV)

34 greg, you may be right that most conservatives would rather DO than teach, thus it's possible fewer conservatives will choose academia. But I'm afraid you've reached the wrong conclusion based on that. A conservative's choice to DO is separate and distinct from his ability teach. Don't get "choice" and "ability" mixed up. They're different. Nor does their choice to DO rather than teach reflect on the validity of their ideas. For example, just because a fool and a con artist chooses to teach doesn't mean his ideas are better than a wiser man who's instead chosen to build furniture for a living. Now, given that fewer conservatives end up in academia (for whatever reason), like fewer ethnic minorities do, where is the affirmative action for conservative thinkers? Is "diversity" merely a function of skin color? What about diversity of thought, and why do universities go out of their way to avoid diversity of thought.

Posted by: Carlos at April 11, 2005 02:57 PM (8e/V4)

35 "Now, given that fewer conservatives end up in academia (for whatever reason), like fewer ethnic minorities do, where is the affirmative action for conservative thinkers?" My Ph.D. is in Molecular Biology. As a scientist I could care less whether one is a Â“conservativeÂ” thinker or a Â“liberalÂ” thinker so no Â“affirmative actionÂ” is required. All I care about is the quality of ones science. Now you might address your question to a Political Scientist or a Sociologist and get a different answer. It may be that in the humanities the conservative/liberal paradigm has some meaning. But not in science and engineering.

Posted by: greg at April 11, 2005 03:16 PM (/+dAV)

36 hey greg, the Federal Reserve pays back to the Treasury all the interest it earns from it's loans to the government. So it makes no money from those loans. That puts a big hole in your paranoid conspiracy theory and I thought you should know. Cheers

Posted by: Carlos at April 11, 2005 04:27 PM (8e/V4)

37 "hey greg, the Federal Reserve pays back to the Treasury all the interest it earns from it's loans to the government. So it makes no money from those loans." We the American people are paying interest on our national debt. There's no need for this since we could just as easily print money to service the debt and pay no interest at all.

Posted by: greg at April 11, 2005 04:48 PM (/+dAV)

38 True, but then we'd have hyperinflation.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at April 11, 2005 05:16 PM (JQjhA)

39 Rusty's right, and that's the whole purpose of the Fed, to keep politicians from ruining the economy by doing exactly what greg suggested.

Posted by: Carlos at April 11, 2005 06:25 PM (8e/V4)

40 Shit: I'm white, male and have two SUV's.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 12, 2005 12:02 AM (CBNGy)

41 "True, but then we'd have hyperinflation." WRONG! Instead of paying interest, we could be making payments on principal so there would actually be less inflation. Kennedy tried to do this with the Silver Certificate dollars. He was assassinated 6 months later.

Posted by: greg at April 12, 2005 08:11 AM (/+dAV)

42 May I suggest a couple of books on the subject: 1) "The Creature from Jekyll Island : A Second Look at the Federal Reserve" by G. Edward Griffin Â– right winger or 2) "Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country" -- by William Greider If I had to pick one I'd pick Griffin's book.

Posted by: greg at April 12, 2005 08:45 AM (/+dAV)

43 The problem is the US Government, which has built up so much debt that it taxes people and businesses to the point of being unable to compete in a global marketplace. As a result, American products are too costly, and are value-engineered (built as cheap as possible) to the point of being inferior to foreign-made products. The so-called "service economy" (the laughable notion that you can prosper a nation by doing each others' laundry for a fee) is starting to collapse as modern technology allows even service jobs, such as call centers and data processing, to be outsourced to other countries. Look around. What does America make that anyone wants in enough quantity to support a country on? Is this why we have adopted "home invasion" as a way of propping up our economy?

Posted by: greg at April 12, 2005 10:06 AM (/+dAV)

44 greg, I own Secrets of the Temple, written by an insider, and have read most of it. There's nothing conspiratorial about it, so no offense but I think you're blowing hot air.

Posted by: Carlos at April 12, 2005 02:07 PM (8e/V4)

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Washington Times, Like Every One Else, Is Looking At the Wrong Pulitzer Prize Photo

The Washington Times does a half-ass job of questioning the Pulitzer Prize in this editorial. The article raises important questions, but like most of the blogosphere and those in conservative circles, they examine a single photo.

But there were 20 photos in the series. As we have been arguing from the beginning, what is troubling is the totality of the story those photos show. The story those photos tell is of an empowered insurgency, demoralized U.S. troops, and American brutality.

Several of the photos are disgusting, such as the one in question which shows the execution of Iraqi election officials and another which shows the residents of Fallujah celebrating the murder of American civilians as their charred bodies hang from a bridge, but it may be the case that these photos were taken by Iraqi photojournalists who were anonymously tipped off or who just happened to be at the right place at the right time.

We have also noted in the past that the photo in question is not nearly as damning as two others which clearly indicate something like 'embedding' with the isurgency is (or was) going on with AP stringers in Iraq.

Here are the two photos. One of insurgents in Fallujah with ties to Abu Musab al Zarqawi's al Qaeda network firing on U.S. Marines and another of al Sadr's Mahdi Army which was then fighting against U.S. troops. more...

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1 Remember that notorious conversation among TV anchors when they were asked a hypothetical about whether or not they would warn US soldiers that they were walking into an ambush? Canadian Peter Jennings said that of course he would warn them. Citizen of the World Dan Rather corrected Jennings, who meekly submitted to the Dan, saying that their duty was to report the news, not make it, and tough f'ing sh't for the GIs. That's the attitude that rules in modern journalism. Except that most of them probably WOULD warn "insurgents" if they were walking into an American ambush.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 08, 2005 04:29 PM (RHG+K)

2 Effective media seeks imagery without bias or coercion to self-censor. As embeds with U.S. forces took part in a naked aggression, cheerleading the "awesome synchronized killing machine", I doubt their objectivity.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 08, 2005 05:55 PM (fufbw)

3 There's medication that can quiet the voices, Colin.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 08, 2005 06:01 PM (RHG+K)

4 There was once a time when reporters tried to get the facts and report them clearly, tell the public what happened. That was called being a news reporter, you know, the guy with the card in his hat that said PRESS. But then that wasn't fun ... Soooo -- News reporting shifted to 'making a difference in the world' and the rest is what we have today. Today we have news reporters reporting what they would have liked to have seen, instead what they did see.

Posted by: bill at April 08, 2005 06:42 PM (7evkT)

5 Perhaps it is time to become combat photojournalists and head to Baghdad?

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 08, 2005 07:37 PM (fufbw)

6 Perhaps it is time to become combat photojournalists and head to Baghdad?Also, perhaps it is time to become judges and head to Florida. Perhaps it is time to become President and head to Washington. Perhaps it is time to become Military Police and head to Abu Ghraib. Perhaps it is time to become Colon Babbler and head to lalaland. Perhaps it is time to...stop skipping on that same groove, Colin. I'll say one thing for you, though. You got a purty mouth, boy.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 09, 2005 10:04 AM (RHG+K)

7 "Several of the photos are disgusting" maybe they should have given the award to some of the videos you put on your site?

Posted by: actus at April 09, 2005 01:09 PM (CqheE)

8 The picture of the Blackwater employees' smashed up and burnt corpses hanging from the bridge in Fallujah was macabre. The question that comes to mind is quite simple: What did America do over there that provoked such intense criminal rage?

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 10, 2005 02:26 AM (fufbw)

9 Collin, rage? The children playing with the corpses were laughing. THAT was macabre. It was a game, not "rage".

Posted by: Carlos at April 10, 2005 10:23 AM (8e/V4)

10 and ps., Collin, next time some black man mentions how black folks were lynched in the bad ol days, are you going to ask him what that black man did to provoke all that "rage"?

Posted by: Carlos at April 10, 2005 10:37 AM (8e/V4)

11 "next time some black man mentions how black folks were lynched in the bad ol days, are you going to ask him what that black man did to provoke all that "rage"?" Kick redneck ass in the war of northern aggression?

Posted by: actus at April 10, 2005 06:32 PM (EQbuu)

12 Easy answer, Collin, we dared to reverse the oppression of the shiite and kurds by the sunni arab population. An oppression you evidently approved of.

Posted by: Robin Roberts at April 10, 2005 10:26 PM (xauGB)

13 Robin wins.

Posted by: Carlos at April 10, 2005 10:56 PM (8e/V4)

14 Dear Robin, Please explain your theory.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 10, 2005 10:58 PM (FV4oJ)

15 Collin, it isn't a theory that the sunni minority in Iraq was dominant over the Kurds and Shiites thanks to Saddam. When he was toppled, they lost their favored status. It's a fact. Thus the insurgency is centered in the sunni triangle, while Kurd and Shiite sections of the country are peaceful. If they're "enraged", that's the reason.

Posted by: Carlos at April 11, 2005 12:36 AM (8e/V4)

16 Perhaps the previously pro-American town of Fallujah witnessed the killing of 15 people during a street march?

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 11, 2005 01:15 AM (FV4oJ)

17 Great post, Rusty.

Posted by: GaijinBiker at April 11, 2005 09:23 AM (moROy)

18 Its not a theory, Collin. Its a fact. You approve of terrorists. You are their ally. Its becoming increasingly difficult to separate your bizarre posts from the local KKK candidate, greg.

Posted by: Robin Roberts at April 11, 2005 10:41 AM (xauGB)

19 I'm not a KKK candidate. I had to turn down Rooster's gennerous offer. I can't afford the $49.95 membership fee. I'm saving up to be Jewish.

Posted by: greg at April 11, 2005 10:58 AM (/+dAV)

20 Dear Robin, Any terrorist alliance you perceive me as being part of is merely a projection of your unhealthy self-object fantasy.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 11, 2005 06:32 PM (FV4oJ)

21 THE DREAD PUNDIT BLUTO: You've go a purty mouth boy! Well said and fits the situation. Watch a lot of Burt Reynolds movies?

Posted by: greyrooster at April 11, 2005 11:52 PM (CBNGy)

22 This black lynching thing in the old days is so pityful. The truth is there are far more whites killed today in America by blacks than ever was by whites lynching blacks. All pure liberal bullshit. Merely, means to a sorry end.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 11, 2005 11:58 PM (CBNGy)

23 Rooster, The whole KKK thing is so archaic. IÂ’ll bet you miss the glory days when you folks were taken seriously. What with the lynching and the cross burnings and all. Do tell, are the robes 100% cotton or polyester? My friend says polyester but I say cotton is the way to go in Mississippi. Who''s right?

Posted by: greg at April 12, 2005 09:00 AM (/+dAV)

24 Ah, yes. The good ole days. Cotton is the way to go. Polyester catches fire to easy. Sparks from the cross you know. The good ole days when we had a few rednecks in sheets terrorizing a few blacks in a few states. Now we have black muggers, killing, raping and robbing on a daily basis is every major city in America. Instead of sheets they dress in sports regalia and wear their pants below their asses. We've come so far.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 12, 2005 09:14 AM (CBNGy)

25 Yeah, that pants below their asses thing is in poor taste. The wierd thing is that young white kids try to emulate the gangstas by wearing their pants low and hip-hopping to rap music.

Posted by: greg at April 12, 2005 09:53 AM (/+dAV)

26 Some. Not mine. I know this is racist. However, I firmly believe much of the distaste for American Culture shown by religious muslims is directly tied to language, behavior and dress that came from the black American culture. Mother Fu-- this, Mother Fu-- that. Movies, Sitcoms, Sporting events, So called music. All full of vile language. This culture did not come from my neighborhood. Can you blame a muslim for not wishing his children to emulate such crap? I don't want my children to be influenced by it. Saying they should accept it would be hypocritcal. On this issue the muslims have my ear. This degrading behavior came from a certain group from the getto. Therefore: I am a racist. A racist whose children don't talk or act like they do. Better to call those that protest, racist, than address the problem.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 12, 2005 06:35 PM (CBNGy)

27 i was in new york last month and it has turned into the biggest fucking shit hole (apart from brixton) i have ever seen. nothing but blacks and pakis running about trying to sell drugs and sell stolen goods. these people are a plague on western society and need to be fucking shot. fucking hell,what a hole. up the chelsea.

Posted by: chelseaboy27 at July 16, 2005 09:01 AM (kvrEm)

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Muslims 'Stigmitized' by Anti-Terrorism Laws

That's just tragic. Cause, you know, we wouldn't want to make any one feel uncomfortable. Reuters:

British Muslims feel victimized by the "war on terrorism" and community relations have worsened since the Sept 11 2001 attacks on the United States, lawmakers said in a report on Wednesday. The report comes a day after Prime Minister Tony Blair called an election in which the parties will fight hard for Muslim votes. "Muslims in Britain are more likely than other groups to feel they are suffering as a result of the response to international terrorism," said a report by parliament's Home Affairs Select Committee.
Many of Britain's 1.8 million Muslims say they feel stigmatised by anti-terrorism laws and complain of a rise in the number of police security checks carried out on them as Britons fear an attack by radical Islamists.

In related news the Irish feel laws on drunk-driving really government plot to villify the sons of Eire, hippies say anti-hemp laws dampening relations with squares, and rednecks claim anti-cousin marrying ordinances in 7 states violate civil-rights of the Scotch-Irish.

Hat tip: Spencer

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Terrorists Kill American Citizen in Cairo

Must be those radical Mennonites, once again. Kerela Next:

A US citizen has died from wounds sustained in Thursday's bomb blast in Cairo, the US in Egypt announced.
According to the BBC, a French woman and another person were killed in the blast from a bomb attack in the historic heart of Cairo.
French, American and Italian tourists were among 18 people wounded when the bomb was thrown into a crowded market in the Egyptian capital.
The attack, in a part of Cairo popular with tourists, is the first in the city for seven years.
There is no indication yet of who might have been behind the bombing.

No indication? Right. Might I go way out on a limb and name a few likely suspects??

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Jawapalooza, D.C. Day 1: Muslims Rally Against Terrorism

I will be in Washington, D.C. with a group of students from May 14th-22nd. I should make it to the Capital just in time to join the last hour of The Free Muslims Against Terrorism rally. Any one who would like to join me there is welcome. (Hat tip: Dean Esmay)

Also a whole bunch of us will be getting together some time that week. E-mail me and let me know if you want to get together for some grub or whatever and what is the best time for you.

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1 "reject radical Islam" Non-muslims will certainly be able to live more safely with a watered-down, "friendly" version.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 08, 2005 02:51 PM (x+5JB)

2 It looks like these guys are the real deal. When they say 'radical' you can bet they mean 'basically 90% of mainstream Islam' as well. These guys have the nads to not only reject terrorism but to one up the 'moderates' and reject sharia as well.

Posted by: Rusty at April 08, 2005 03:12 PM (ywZa8)

3 bout time.

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 03:15 PM (8e/V4)

4 I wonder what groups will come protest this... I'll be there!

Posted by: The Babaganoosh at April 08, 2005 03:48 PM (2Sfuq)

5 "When they say 'radical' you can bet they mean 'basically 90% of mainstream Islam' as well." Rusty: Maybe I'm tired, but I'm not following you here...

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 08, 2005 03:55 PM (x+5JB)

6 Go home. Have some bourbon. Wnat I mean is that these guys are actually (at least according to their literature) far more progressive than mainstream Muslim organizations and reject 'moderate' theology in favor of one that does not, you know, advocate sharia.

Posted by: Rusty at April 08, 2005 04:24 PM (ywZa8)

7 Not so fast. I know their president, Kamal Nawash, and have known him for some time (went to law school together, in fact). This is more than likely a front group, either for his own political ambitions (nothing wrong with that, I suppose, though Kamal is close to functionally illiterate) or something more sinister. If you check up on Daniel Pipes' website, you'll see that Kamal had some dealings with rather unsavory fellows that he took money from during his Virginia state senate run. Also, he was a mouthpiece for various Arab "civil rights" groups, and openly decried the government for screening Arab passengers on airplanes. Before 9/11. Look it up.

Posted by: anonymous at April 08, 2005 08:35 PM (hr05P)

8 Rusty, LetÂ’s get something straight here. These "progressives" you speak DO represent views of the majority of Muslims living in Europe and the United States. If you go to a Mosque in your town, you are not going to hear about terrorist recruitment or learn about the advancements of beheading techniques. I would go as far as saying that they represent the views of the majority of Islam in the entire world. The only problem is that the Muslims who don't live in the US or Europe live under suppressive dictatorships ran by Islamic fundamentalists who choose to interpret the religion without reform; and at the expense of human rights and liberties. If they speak out against them then they are severely punished as you well know. So when they say "radical", they do not mean 90% of mainstream Islam. They mean the 10% that represent extremists and fundamentalists that govern Islamic countries and use their "faith" as an excuse to murder innocents. With that said, I wonder if you think that the religion is still as worthless as you did before. If it is possible for people to "reject radical Islam", then isn't it possible to salvage something from the "evil" religion?

Posted by: Jim at April 08, 2005 08:48 PM (jcSwY)

9 Dude! Have your people call my people, and let's get together for some beverages....

Posted by: Steve TLB at April 08, 2005 10:40 PM (eVpBU)

10 It is commendable that any group of people renounce violence and embrace tolerance.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 09, 2005 12:03 AM (fufbw)

11 Thanks for the clarification, Rusty. "...the religion is still as worthless as you did before. If it is possible for people to "reject radical Islam", then isn't it possible to salvage something from the "evil" religion?" I tnink everyone knows what I think about it...

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 09, 2005 08:37 AM (gMCAD)

12 I also think I need to proofread.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 09, 2005 08:39 AM (gMCAD)

13 Jim, You completely misunderstand. Even moderate Muslims (usually) will agree that Sharia law is required. In my book, such a belief is every bit as dangerous as Marxism ever was.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at April 11, 2005 11:46 AM (JQjhA)

14 Amen:

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CBS News Reporter Arrested for Working with Insurgents in Iraq, Shot

OpiniPundit is watching CNN and says a CBS cameraman has been arrested for allegedly working with insurgents. The man, apparently, looks like he has been shot....

Developing.....

Let me clarify my position. If the man was really was 'embedded' with insurgents then he deserves to be under arrest.

This is a war zone, not the floor of the 1976 Republican National Convention. There is no such thing as a neutral observer in a war-zone. If a reporter has any knowledge or contact with insurgent forces then it is both his moral and patriotic duty to turn any helpful information over to our troops.

UPDATE: Ok, this is not a new story. I reported on it several days ago here. Unless, of course, CBS employs an army of stringers with terrorist contacts. That wouldn't exactly shock me, though.......

UPDATE II: It looks like it just takes that long for the MSM to start reporting stuff like this. Same incident. What is new information is that the man has been arrested. Good.

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Elizabethan Curse Generator Goes After Wonkette!!!

Elizabethan Curse Generator here, via Bill's Comments.

Thou surly dog-hearted coxcomb!
Thou mangled iron-witted malkin!
Thou puny onion-eyed bum-bailey!
Thou waggish crook-pated wagtail!
Thou infectious sour-faced flirt-gill!

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Gay Outing: The New Black

*Hide the kleenex! Greg Beato, Wonkette's gay-bitch intern goes after Malkin. Trust me, no three ways for this guy!!

Two questions you might be wondering.

1) How do you know Mr. Beato is gay? COME ON! BEATO!! THE NAME SCREAMS HAND JOB.

2) How can a guy be Anna Marie Cox's bitch? Two words: STRAP ON!!!!!

UPDATE: ***Must Cite Jawa Report****

A very married Wonkette seen with a very single Ben Affleck.

Jawa readers dying to know if Ben asked for sex in an uncomfortable place? How big? Cut?

Developing..... more...

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Hi, I'm the Anti-Reynolds

One of the reasons that I hate Glenn Reynolds so much is that he ignores me. Vanity? Absolutely. I understand he gets a bajillion e-mails a day asking for links, but he shouldn't ignore my e-mails.

So I have vowed never to ignore an e-mail or a bleg for a link. If you have a link you want put up, just e-mail me. Immediate traffic may not be so great as an Instalance but think Google and residual traffic. In that spirit, I present the following links:

Terrorist Bombers Get Probation for Targetting Jews in Germany. Hmmm, makes sense....

Hard Left strategery on stopping the war: Make Iraq look like Vietnam.

GM Spanks LA Times. Spanking costs extra.

Jane Fonda, still traitor.

The impeccable logic of Cousin Ollie.

Cookie Monster to Give up Sweets? That's kind of like pimps giving up hoes.

Yeah, I know. I'm like a one man Alliance.......

More entries from Rusty's stalkers. I don't have e-mail access right now. For some reason, gmail won't work at home. That's why I'm after the big blog money. Ultimately, I'd like to be able to afford a new laptop and DSL. Right now I'm pimping the blog on my 5 year old Sony VAIO and dial up. Oh, in rural Red State America 'dial-up' means an on again off again 28k connection. So help a brotha out and check out my advertisors!

Hector Vex is sticking to the man by giving away free music!

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Glenn Reynolds Quits TCS!

Glenn Reynolds' farewell TCS piece. Scandalous!

UPDATE: Don't tell the Alliance.

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It's Not That We're Against the Troops, We Just Want them to Lose

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1 Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Posted by: John at April 07, 2005 05:14 PM (2Tir2)

2 I think its amazing to assign to a national, travelling exhibit that wihch we find spraypainted on a local sidewalk.

Posted by: actus at April 07, 2005 05:23 PM (CqheE)

3 Question their patriotism? Never!

Posted by: Carlos at April 07, 2005 05:25 PM (8e/V4)

4 Where's the local Chamber of Commerce when you need them? Not only is this traitorous, it's a f-cking eye-sore. Sweep those boots of the street. The soldiers who died are no-doubt ashamed that their ultimate sacrifice is seen as some kind of stupid mistake. So reminiscent of the crap that serves as "art" these days. The reprehensible organizers of events like these need a life.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 07, 2005 06:01 PM (SENte)

5 Yes, a spray painted sign in San Francisco means EVERY ONE in San Francisco agrees with it.

Posted by: Jim at April 07, 2005 06:13 PM (jcSwY)

6 San Franfreako, a haven of patriotism.

Posted by: Carlos at April 07, 2005 06:26 PM (8e/V4)

7 Define victory when the objectives keep shifting according to George W. Bush's personal damage control.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 07, 2005 06:32 PM (FV4oJ)

8 "Define victory when the objectives keep shifting according to George W. Bush's personal damage control" R2D2--TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER!

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 07, 2005 06:37 PM (SENte)

9 Honestly Colin, WTF?

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at April 07, 2005 07:07 PM (JQjhA)

10 As no one entity has achieved monopoly-of-force there, a brutal insurgency rages on.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 07, 2005 07:53 PM (FV4oJ)

11 Guided by God Almighty, our Dear Leader has raised the exit bar so high that U.S. troops will be required to stay until the Iraqis force them out.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 07, 2005 07:59 PM (FV4oJ)

12 Which our nation must bear in immense sums of blood and treasure.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 07, 2005 08:00 PM (FV4oJ)

13 R2D2 is getting sicker and sicker.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 07, 2005 08:53 PM (CBNGy)

14 Dear Greyrooster, Did George W. Bush not claim that God had instructed him not only to become President, but to strike Saddam Hussein?

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 07, 2005 09:17 PM (FV4oJ)

15 What, pray tell, would you have us do without reliving history?

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at April 07, 2005 09:17 PM (JQjhA)

16 >>>"Did George W. Bush not claim that God had instructed him not only to become President, but to strike Saddam Hussein?" Collin, did he really say that? No. Show me.

Posted by: David at April 07, 2005 10:16 PM (8e/V4)

17 Dear David, Search the Frontline site, then search the net for the conversation George had with Mahmood Abbas.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 07, 2005 11:15 PM (FV4oJ)

18 Klan hood... swastika... keffiyeh. Until humanity recoils at the checkered keffiyeh made popular in the second half of the 20th century as they do at the swastika, it is proof that too many "don't get it".

Posted by: Aaron's cc: at April 07, 2005 11:33 PM (UxMXb)

19 AFSC is an organization that seeks peace. They have done a wonderful job at enlightening people about the truth of what is going on over there.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 08, 2005 12:21 AM (FV4oJ)

20 >>>"Search the Frontline site, then search the net for the conversation George had with Mahmood Abbas." oh, right. According to Mahmoud Abbas. I remember now.

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 12:30 AM (8e/V4)

21 Why am I not surprised that Collin credits the word of a terrorist?

Posted by: SPQR at April 08, 2005 12:40 AM (xauGB)

22 Dear SPQR, You're right, I quote George W. Bush often

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 08, 2005 01:03 AM (FV4oJ)

23 Collin, my unhappy little undercooked prawn friend, we* still have troops in Korea, 50 years later, and Germany, 60 years later. And the Germans have lately been kicking up a fuss at the suggestions that the troops might leave. President Bush always said that we'd leave when the job was done. The job ain't done, so as long as the Iraqis want us around, we'll be there. Meanwhile, Collin, less of the yellow pills and more of the pink ones and you'll be right in no time. * We as in America. I'm Australian, part of the Global Hegemony of Good Guys Including America, Australia and Sometimes Britain. P.S. Rusty, you need to enable (strike) or (s) tags in your comments.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at April 08, 2005 02:45 AM (AIaDY)

24 Dear Pixy Misa, Take the red pill, it's the truth.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 08, 2005 03:53 AM (FV4oJ)

25 Collin: Its just not true that God told Bush to strike Saddam Hussein. Gold told me he wanted Bush to use neutron bombs to obliterate the entire Islamic world, but Bush, being a peace loving man, said no, I just want to remove the worst dictator since Hitler, and start a beacon of freedom in the middle east. God said you are wasting your time on those lying Arabs. Just nuke em. Bush won't listen to God. That's why Abbas lied about what God said. So you stop lying too...now go take one of your red truth pills.

Posted by: Mr. K at April 08, 2005 06:37 AM (cu0H9)

26 Dear Mr. K, As we are not privy to the unique and complex inner workings of George W. Bush's mind, we will never know to whether he has truly broken through some kryptos-encoded teleological barrier to have received such clear commands from God. What we do know is that he has repeatedly stated that he believes God has given him guidance to take action on several issues, including the drive to become President. According to one who has spoken quite often on God, Mr. Pat Robertson, Mr. Bush told him that he has believed that there would not be casualties in the Iraq invasion. Over 1500 U.S. KIA, 30,000 WIA later, it appears that Bush's real-world Hubris has brought in the wrath of the Greek goddess, Nemesis. For more information on the "Hubris-Nemesis Complex," please consult http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR461/MR461.pdf .

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 08, 2005 07:41 AM (fufbw)

27 Find who is doing this, and beat their asses with piano wire in the middle of the street.

Posted by: Filthy Allah at April 08, 2005 07:46 AM (yBHNA)

28 I am with Filthy. It is about time this Anti American scum was brought to justice. Deny them jobs. Fire the ones that work for you. Find out where they work and boycott whatever products they make. Treat them like the filth that they are when you come across them in public. Bail Filthy out of jail after he administers his vicious ass beatings.

Posted by: obsnooks at April 08, 2005 07:51 AM (yBHNA)

29 Dear Filthy, Are you advising that the readers violate the Government's monopoly-of-force?

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 08, 2005 07:52 AM (fufbw)

30 Dear Obsnooks, Why not call the police?

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 08, 2005 07:53 AM (fufbw)

31 Collin, go smoke some more weeeeeed you degenerate hippy.

Posted by: Filthy Allah at April 08, 2005 07:57 AM (yBHNA)

32 The only thing I can say about San Fran is, thank god for large earthquakes. Maybe, just maybe... the next one that hits San Fran will be the big one.

Posted by: obsnooks at April 08, 2005 07:58 AM (yBHNA)

33 God punished the Muslims with the tsunami, he will punish the liberal by destroying San Fran with an earthquake. Earl Dittman has spoken. You may all be seated.

Posted by: Earl Dittman at April 08, 2005 07:59 AM (yBHNA)

34 "Collin, my unhappy little undercooked prawn friend, we* still have troops in Korea, 50 years later, and Germany, 60 years later." I don't think those are occupations. "* We as in America. I'm Australian" Converts make the best catholics.

Posted by: actus at April 08, 2005 08:17 AM (EQbuu)

35 >>>"What we do know is that he has repeatedly stated that he believes God has given him guidance to take action on several issues, including the drive to become President." Collin, Bush said he prays for guidance, like all men of faith do. That gives all men of faith some measure of reassurance. Stalin had no faith, and sought no guidance, and that didn't work out so well.

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 08:22 AM (8e/V4)

36 Collin: Relatively speaking, there are few casualties in the Iraq war. Don't write to me again until you read history, the Quran, the Hadiths, the Sunnah, and have taken your red truth pill and talked directly to God. Earl: You forgot to mention that San Fran will first be afflicted with AIDS before the earthquake. Should it surprise anyone that Sodomites are also Saddamites?

Posted by: Mr. K at April 08, 2005 09:10 AM (Nfw9q)

37 Bush is a lifetime memberof Skull and Bones. He and his cousin John Kerry worship Satan not God. And we will never leave Iraq. WE'VE NEVER LEFT ANY COUNTRY EXCEPT THE ONES THAT KICKED OUR ASSSES like Vietnam, Lebanon and Somalia.

Posted by: GREG at April 08, 2005 09:36 AM (/+dAV)

38 You know, they drink alot of Coca Cola in Saigon.

Posted by: Filthy Allah at April 08, 2005 09:52 AM (yBHNA)

39 Greg, that's because they don't want us to leave. It hurts their economy when we leave.

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 09:56 AM (8e/V4)

40 Why doesn't every country in the world ask us to invade them? Please "shock and awe" us too. Our economy will benefit if we are bombed to smitherenes! I wonder when the Chinese will request us to occupy them. "You know, they drink alot of Coca Cola in Saigon." I guess we showed them whose boss!

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 10:19 AM (/+dAV)

41 >>>"Why doesn't every country in the world ask us to invade them? Please "shock and awe" us too." Because the countries we've invaded have always been despotic, and the elites in charge there have no desire to lose their gig. That's why they don't beg to be invaded. But once they've ousted and time enough has passed, all have plainly seen the benefits of receiving our attention.

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 10:27 AM (8e/V4)

42 Don't mind Greg you fellows, he has a soft patch on his head, like an old peach. It makes him stupid.

Posted by: Greg's Mother at April 08, 2005 10:30 AM (yBHNA)

43 Greg will never be happy until he lives under a Stalinist Regime. Work Camps...re-education schools... Greg feels the need to have a boot on his neck. Perhaps he should move to Cuba or France. Guilty until proven innocent in France you know-

Posted by: OB SNOOKS at April 08, 2005 10:32 AM (yBHNA)

44 Collin: Just because you do not believe in God does not mean that everyone else who does is Stuuupid. I am happy you are smarter than everyone else. Please put the gun to your head and pull the trigger.

Posted by: Filthy Allah at April 08, 2005 10:33 AM (yBHNA)

45 http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1454998,00.html We got it wrong on Iraq WMD, intelligence chiefs finally admit. The word is "Lied". The people who claimed Iraq was a threat to the United States justifying invasion LIED. Yes, that is the word. "LIED." LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. LIED. Deal with it. Because in order to make the claim that the US Government was simply fooled or mistaken is to admit that down to a man, they are stupid dumb jerks unable to figure out what every single blogger in the world knew; that there were no WMDs. Because that's what this latest "error" excuse comes down to, a claim that the smartest person in the US Government cannot compete intellectually with the bloggers who knew that Iraq did not have WMDs. Stupid, idiotic, dumb-as-a-post US Government officials and agents, every single one of them, all were fooled into thinking there were weapons of mass destruction. Not one of them had the tiniest glimmer of intellectual process that suggested that there might be a problem with the claims about WMDs. And all those network news talking heads at ABCNNBBCBS, you know, the men and women making millions of dollars every single year supposedly reporting news to you, well, golly shuckies, but I guess they must be dumber-n-shit too, because not one of them ever suspected that the claims about WMDs they were passing on to you were suspect. Yesirreebob, that's the choice. Either the entire US Government and mainstream media are all dumber than the bloggers ... or they got caught lying and are trying to save face by calling it an innocent mistake. Either way, there isn't much point in listening to them anymore, is there?

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 10:35 AM (/+dAV)

46 Greg, we invade and oust evil undemocratic despotic elites, from Nazi Germany to Imperial Japan, from Panama to Grenada to Iraq. I like that very much, and so do the people of those countries.

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 10:53 AM (8e/V4)

47 Germany is no longer a Nazi country nor is Japan imperial and yet we stay.You suggest they don't want to lose the economic stimulus. If that's the case, why wouldn't a country like Israel just invite us in to build bases there? It would be good for their economy and good for us too - the more bases the merrier especially in the ME. Your arguement doesn't stand on two legs. The reason we stay is because we are colonialists.

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 11:02 AM (/+dAV)

48 We did close a base or two in Saudi Arabia. Why didn't they beg us to stay?

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 11:04 AM (/+dAV)

49 Bush booed at Pope's funeral. http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,350388,00.html (In German) Yeah, they really really love us and want us to stay forever!

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 11:15 AM (/+dAV)

50 >>>"We did close a base or two in Saudi Arabia. Why didn't they beg us to stay?" Greg, Saudi asked us to leave because they don't need the cash, and they're trying to please the religious fanatics amongst them. It's that simple. So you see, when countries ask us to leave, we leave. As we left Saudi Arabia, as we left the Phillipines, Turkey, Vieces, etc. When they ask us to stay, we stay, as in Germany, Japan, Spain, Italy, etc. I see nothing alarming about that. Re Israel, we don't have a base there because we haven't invaded them and ousted their elite, because Israel's elite is a good elite, a democratic elite. Though I know many Israelis would love to see us set up shop there.

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 11:38 AM (8e/V4)

51 >>>"Bush booed at Pope's funeral." yes, but he's booed by the right kind of people.

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 11:41 AM (8e/V4)

52 no he's booed by the left sort of people. these people boo because they are morons. dead beat morons, to be exact.

Posted by: Mr. K at April 08, 2005 11:46 AM (6vcEq)

53 YEAH!! IRAQ was no threat to us! Saddam only butchered his own people! Yeahhhh ! No tie to terrorists in IRAQ. Abu Nida was retired as was Abbu Abbas! Leon Klinghoffer was an old Jew so, what does that matter! Saddam should be back in Power! Yeaaaahhhhhhhhhh!

Posted by: Filthy Allah at April 08, 2005 12:19 PM (yBHNA)

54 Hey Greg, want to come over and smoke some weeeeeeeed? We can talk about how evil bush is and how he is the reason we don't have jobs and live in our parents basement! Then, we can take a bath.

Posted by: Gregs Prostate at April 08, 2005 12:21 PM (yBHNA)

55 No thanks Filthy, I don't want to take a bath with you. Besides,, you only have eyes for Scott Biao, remember?

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 01:20 PM (/+dAV)

56 Ohhhhhhhh.... (wackwackwackwackwackwack) ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Rusty(gasp).......drool....(pant)....(gulp) Thanks Dude. Posted by: Happy FIlthy Allah at April 5, 2005 07:16 PM

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 01:22 PM (/+dAV)

57 Now run along and go molest yourself some more Filthy. And do clean the gooop off your keyboard every now and then.

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 01:25 PM (/+dAV)

58 "Re Israel, we don't have a base there because we haven't invaded them and ousted their elite, because Israel's elite is a good elite, a democratic elite." Well if our military presense is such a windfall to everyone why wouldn't the great democratic nation of Israel invite us to set up bases there?

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 01:27 PM (/+dAV)

59 Greg, Madagascar hasn't asked for a U.S. base either, so what's your point. Are you saying those bases aren't a source of revenue? Regardless, some people say we already do have military bases in Israel: "According to Haaretz, U.S. intelligence official William Arkin asserts that since September 2001, the U.S. has set up five secret bases in Israel. The American military is present at Â“Ben-Gurion International Airport, in the Tel Aviv suburb of Herzliya Pituach and in three other sites." http://www.citizinemag.com/politics/politics_0503_israel_iran_twhite.htm

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 01:52 PM (8e/V4)

60 "Madagascar hasn't asked for a U.S. base either, so what's your point. Are you saying those bases aren't a source of revenue?" If there such an economic windfall why don't all countries not led by a despot invite us to set up camp?

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 02:32 PM (/+dAV)

61 Actually, Greg, you are the liar. Several intelligence reviews have not found any evidence that any western intel agency lied about WMD ( if you exclude the faked Niger yellowcake documents probably forged by the French intel service ). But then we've found you lying here often.

Posted by: SPQR at April 08, 2005 02:59 PM (xauGB)

62 >>>"If there such an economic windfall why don't all countries not led by a despot invite us to set up camp?" greg, Ok, I'll try to respond logically to an illogical question, and I'll do it because I like you enough not to ignore you. Here goes. I haven't asked my bank to pay off my car either, yet it would be a windfall if they did, right? Therefore, not asking has nothing to do with whether something is a windfall or not. Got it? I haven't asked my bank because I know they'll say no, just as other countries don't ask because of any number of reasons including the U.S. saying no, or any number of other reasons not to ask. There, I've given this topic way way WAY more time than it ever deserved, because I like you.

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 03:11 PM (8e/V4)

63 Fair enough. Have a great weekend.

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 03:23 PM (/+dAV)

64 Well, I've read enough on this site to know that a number of you are an embarrassment to this Country and have absolutely "ZERO" knowledge of any history. Those of you who know what is actually going on -- please do not encourage the idiotic behavior of the others, it's insulting to the people who have sacrificed their lives and limbs to defend the freedom of speech that some people truly do not deserve, however, the "good" has never required or desired any credit.

Posted by: Kristie at April 09, 2005 04:51 AM (/jxp0)

65 Dear Kristie, Idiotic behavior is the very foundation of what passes for American Foreign Policy today. The true insult to those who are sacrificing themselves and the foreign populations they occupy are the ravenous Bushian Cult opportunists who have followed the advice of PNAC, Chalabi, "Curveball" and other persuaders. They have shamelessly whipped up national fear, beat the skull-drums of raw militarism and let loose a heinous war.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 09, 2005 08:10 AM (fufbw)

66 Okay, you were exactly the embarrassement I was referring too. No need to further reply as I will not be engaging in any sort of dialogue with you as it would be futile. Just Thank God for the people who make it possible for you to be an outspoken moron. Have a great day...

Posted by: Kristie at April 09, 2005 02:29 PM (/jxp0)

67 Kristie: Please don't mind Colon (The Stepford Blogger). We all just ignore him here. Still lots of good stuff to read. Pax.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 09, 2005 03:19 PM (YTaaE)

68 Yes, Kristie some of us got our history from this reality ... rather than the Spock-with-a-goatee alternate reality of Collin or the cheap whiskey induced hallucinations of Greg.

Posted by: Robin Roberts at April 09, 2005 07:04 PM (xauGB)

69 Dear Robin, As a firm believer in reality, I refuse to follow the Bushian War Cult's attempts to redefine it in their image. As one of George W. Bush's top advisors said, "We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality – judiciously, as you will – we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do." That, my good friend, is a trip into a twisted hubristic cuckoo-clock land with hundreds of billions of our tax dollars, 1550 U.S. KIA, 30,000 U.S. WIA, and the sordid belief that bombing the disobedient will bring forth gushing feelings of peace and love for us in the Arab world.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 09, 2005 08:30 PM (fufbw)

70 Collin, terrorists will hate us as long as we stand in the way of their Caliphate. If we get out of the way, they'll like us. But Collin, we don't WANT to be liked by them, anymore than we wanted to be liked by the Nazis. We want to kill them, that's all.

Posted by: Carlos at April 09, 2005 10:09 PM (8e/V4)

71 No, Collin, you are not dealing with our reality at all. You are in an alternate universe. And citing to an unsourced "quote" just confirms it.

Posted by: Robin Roberts at April 10, 2005 04:20 PM (xauGB)

72 Dear Robin, Ron Suskind.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 10, 2005 06:28 PM (FV4oJ)

73 KRISTIE: I love you. You are my dream woman. Care to have an affair with a 63 year old racist?

Posted by: greyrooster at April 12, 2005 12:18 AM (CBNGy)

74 I stumbled onto this blog accidentally. If I knew I would be subjected to such blind hatred and stupidity I would Have avoided it. After reading this strand I've been subjected to just about every psalm from the Loser's Lexicon of Left-wing Lunacy extant. Collin and the rest of her delusional fellow patients in the psych ward of leftist dogma have absolutely nothing to add to the arena of intellectual dialogue. Just one effete, bile-spewing, moonbat canard after another. If any of you logic impaired mutants ever woke from your self induced hazes of politically correct antipathy of all things rational and decent, you'd realize that the real world has passed you by. You're all irrelevant, inconsequential and inept. The hate mongers on the left continue to be marginalized and exposed for what you are. The more we humans learn of your true, rabidly sociopathic motives and actions, the more we'll shun and disregard you. Maybe you protozoans think it's a "fluke" that responsible citizens keep gaining ground. The self destruction of your beloved Democratic party is the result of the triumph of reason over nihilism and vicious self interest. We outnumber you. We're growing increasingly weary of your petulant attacks on all things different. The majority of writers in this forum have made the mistake of reasoning with you imbeciles. They did so because they're decent people. Politically correct fanatics cant be reasoned with. You're impervious to reality. All we can do is prevent you from spreading your filth. The wild eyed, teeth-gnashing, mouth-frothing left will never accept reason. Facts are spurned whenever it's convenient and majority opinion is always scorned. Refuting your sophomoric rants may be cathartic but it will never enlighten you savages. You brain diseased, syphilitic cretins on the left will always blame others for your own shortcomings. You're all averse to reason or logic, much less facts. The left is characterized by its anti-intellectual hatemongering, dangerous sociopathy, politically correct fanaticism and rigid facism. The adults of the world are busy making the world a better place. That's why we tolerate your pubescent carping against authority. When it comes down to it, THAT'S ALL LEFTIE PHILOSOPHY EXPRESSES.

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New Video of al Qaeda Offensive Against Abu Ghraib (Images)

Abu Musab al Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq has released a new video of the two day assault on the Abu Ghraib prison. A short version of the video may be downloaded here. The entire video may be downloaded here (see April 6th). Images from the video are posted below.

What is so interesting about the video is it reveals just how ineffective the terrorist organization was at penetrating Abu Ghraib. Abu Ghraib is a sprawling complex, and the terrorist fire at it from a very far distance. It's a wonder that 2 of the 7 suicide bombers were able to get any where near the walls of the prison.

For instance, as far as I can tell, this is as close as the film maker ever got to the prison. You can see the lights of Abu Ghraib in the distance. (Click images to enlarge) more...

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1 They are posting this video, afteir their mission failed miserably? What kind of propaganda is that? lol

Posted by: efuseakay at April 07, 2005 05:17 PM (crRNX)

2 Idiots simply idiots. They must like losing.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 07, 2005 06:01 PM (CBNGy)

3 Morons--killing their fellow morons.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 07, 2005 06:04 PM (SENte)

4 Where were these brave warriors during the Sadaam years? Surely they must have had some practice assaulting that vile prison. No?

Posted by: slickdpdx at April 07, 2005 06:17 PM (MjGRu)

5 Perhaps they were motivated to avenge the raping of young boys in Abu Ghraib?

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 07, 2005 06:33 PM (FV4oJ)

6 Collin, they've already stated that their attacks on Abu Graib is to avenge the holding of female prisoners.

Posted by: Carlos at April 07, 2005 06:35 PM (8e/V4)

7 "Perhaps they were motivated to avenge the raping of young boys in Abu Ghraib?" Wrong, R2D2. Just another fantasy.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 07, 2005 06:39 PM (SENte)

8 Why did I know the traitor collin baber was going to make that post. Truth. I knew in advance exactly what that idiot commie was going to say. Stood here and waited for it. This sick little shit is totally predictable.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 07, 2005 06:41 PM (CBNGy)

9 Dear Greyrooster, At least this person is able to back up his quotes with reality.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 07, 2005 08:01 PM (FV4oJ)

10 Dear Greyrooster, Are you denying boys were sodomized with lightsticks at Abu Ghraib?

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 07, 2005 08:03 PM (FV4oJ)

11 Collin, Were you ever at abu ghraib? Ever been to a Turkish prison? What's your fetish here?

Posted by: Whiff at April 07, 2005 09:09 PM (O9R4n)

12 Collin, I will grant that. The facts seem to indicate it. However, there is little evidence to suggest that that was a widespread practice. And it's disgusting. However, most of the claims of abuse are much more vague. Like, "I was humiliated when a female saw me naked" or "I was scared by the sound of dogs." Further, such abuse happens every day most prisons in the world. Which is terrible. But we didn't see them attacking Saddam's prisons which were thousands of times worse and where torture, REAL TORTURE, was a matter of policy.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at April 07, 2005 09:22 PM (JQjhA)

13 By leaving such heinous acts unpunished, the United States is unwittingly dragging itself down into a sordid quagmire of violence and retribution over there in Iraq.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 07, 2005 09:38 PM (FV4oJ)

14 Collin, Without defending what actually did happen at Abu Graib, there is no evidence of sodomy having occurred.

Posted by: David at April 07, 2005 10:19 PM (8e/V4)

15 Dear David, Come to my blog and you'll see.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 07, 2005 11:15 PM (FV4oJ)

16 Kofi Annan has urged the UN to agree on a universal definition of terrorism...This raises an academic problem: wasn't the centuries-old definition of terrorism available in dictionaries universally accepted? Has not, for the first time, the UN taken over responsibilty of defining a phenomenon? What if not all states agree to incorporate the UN definition in their books? Even if terrorists are bracketed into a definition, won't they remain lawless and engaged in their activities? The UN approach appears to be dealing with punishment - a narrow approach for the big problem.

Posted by: Otocon. at April 08, 2005 12:28 AM (PM/BC)

17 Otocon, we already know what terrorism is, we know what treason is, we know what war crimes really are, we know zionism isn't racism, etc., and we don't need no unelected Third world bureaucrats at the UN to tell us otherwise.

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 08:25 AM (8e/V4)

18 'we already know what terrorism is, we know what treason is, we know what war crimes really are, we know zionism isn't racism, etc., and we don't need no unelected Third world bureaucrats at the UN to tell us otherwise.' We're in a war and because the enemy fights back they're called terrorists. What should they do, blow kisses? We sure do know what war crimes are and we've exempted ourselves from any punitive repercussions.

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 09:24 AM (/+dAV)

19 >>>"We're in a war and because the enemy fights back they're called terrorists. What should they do, blow kisses?" "figting back" against all the little Eichmans.

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 09:58 AM (8e/V4)

20 Yup. Little Eichmans. When I was growing up I thought that there was something inherently wrong with German people. They caused 2 world wars after all. But it is becoming obvious that Americans are no better.

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 11:11 AM (/+dAV)

21 >>>"They caused 2 world wars after all. But it is becoming obvious that Americans are no better." Greg, if that's what you think of America and its people, why would you think we'd want to change to please you and your type? It's no better a reason to change than pleasing Al-Qaida is a reason to change. On the contrary, it only serves to confirm our position. Pissing off the right people is usually a good sign we're doing something right.

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 11:45 AM (8e/V4)

22 Sadly, it may take a humiliating defeat to change America. That is what happens to every aggressor in the end. But there may be hope yet. The peace movement in America is way ahead of schedule compared to the peace movement during the Vietnam war. We know we were lied into a war so when the Bushies go after Iran the peaceniks will be out in full force. I attended protests prior to the Iraq invasion. I girl was shot with a rubber bullet in the face in Oakland CA. It's likely there will be another Kent State like incident when we go to war against Iran. That will be the turning point and the people will turn against the government just as they did in Vietnam.

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 11:57 AM (/+dAV)

23 >>>"That is what happens to every aggressor in the end." Greg, And if in the end we are not defeated, will you admit that everything you ever believed was wrong? I don't believe we will be defeated, because we are not agressors in the traditional sense of the word. Yes, we do remake the world in our image, but it's a good image, and the people over there like it (the people that count, that is).

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 12:40 PM (8e/V4)

24 I'd ban Greg, but his posts often are so revelatory.....

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at April 08, 2005 01:02 PM (JQjhA)

25 Please don't ban Greg. He's a great foil, and polite for the most part.

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 01:22 PM (8e/V4)

26 Let's quit pretending that we are acting for the benefit of the world's down trodden. We are acting in our own selfish interests. A recent CIA assesment forcasts that the economies of China and India will be as large as that of the USA in the year 2025. They're already siphoning off "our" oil. We are trying to position are selves so we control resources for which we will be competing with India and China. If you look over the hill, a war with China is inevitable and we are in the process of posturing ourselves for this eventuality. Now if you want to admit to that you might convince me that we are the right track. But your insistance that we are out to help others is just baby talk. Thanks for not banning me Rusty, that's mighty white of you.

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 01:39 PM (/+dAV)

27 >>>"Let's quit pretending that we are acting for the benefit of the world's down trodden. We are acting in our own selfish interests." Greg, Of course. But our own self-interests often coincide with the iterests of the downtrodden. Iraq is a perfect example. And that's a good thing, and I celebrate it. You Leftists should too if you really care about "the pooooor".

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 01:55 PM (8e/V4)

28 I'm a liberterian Catholic. Hardly a leftist. This 2 party system is killing us. Both spend us into oblivion. Between the 2 of them our 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th amendment rights are under fire. The American people are being beaten by a "2 man tag team of wrestlers" and with every new presidency we have more and more government intrusion. I'm guessing you're a loyal Republican. We need to get out of debt. Maybe a war with China should come sooner rather than later. Why wait until they''re fully industrialized? And for God's sake why help them industrialize? That's what "multiinnational" coorporations are doing. They have no alliiegance to America. We should tell the Chinese, Japanese and the South Koreans to shove the US debt they hold where the sun don't shine and give the American taxpayers some relief. Then we abolish the Federal Reserve and print our own Fucking money like Kennedy wanted to so we don't have to pay interest on fiat money. It costs the Fed 10 cents to print a $1000 bill and then we pay interest on it. Bulllshit. Americans shouldn't be the chattle of international bankers.

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 02:13 PM (/+dAV)

29 >>>"I'm a liberterian Catholic. Hardly a leftist." greg, I'm glad to hear that. That is far better than being a Leftist. But the Federal Reserve in turn repays that interest back to the U.S. Treasury. That simple fact is something the conspiracy theorists conveniently leave out. The Federal Reserve rebates its net earnings to the Treasury every year. Consequently, the interest the Treasury pays to the Fed is returned, so the money borrowed from the Fed has no net interest obligation for the Treasury. The government could print its own currency independent of the Fed, but there would be no effective safeguards against abuse of this power for political gain. And the purpose of the Fed is primarily to serve as a safeguard against abuse by politicians bent on political gain.

Posted by: Carlos at April 08, 2005 03:21 PM (8e/V4)

30 Collin, One thing is sure: Iraq has been set on the road to democracy. This is going to be a bumpy road with many zig-zags. But, provided theUS-led coalition does not lose its nerve, but stays committed until the new Iraq can defend itself against its domestic and foreign foes, the Iraqi experience could inspire democratic change in other Muslim countries in the Middle East. It would not be easy for Syria to orchestrate another fake election in Lebanon in May. The Khomeinists in Iran would find it hard to present another fixed election in June as a genuine reflection of the popular will. The Egyptians would have a hard time producing another 99.99 per cent majority for President Hosni Mubarak, or his son Gamal, in yet another single-candidate election next year. The Saudis would not be able to indefinitely postpone demands for at least half the seats in the majlis, their parliament, to go to elected members. In Libya Colonel Gaddafi might find it harder to appoint his son as prime minister with a mere acclamation from his henchmen. The Arab despots and their friends in the West make a meal of the cliche that democracy cannot be imposed by force. But what happened in Iraq was not imposing democracy by force. The US-led alliance used force to remove impediments to democracy. The people of Iraq became the co-liberators of their country, first by not opposing the US-led coalition and then by risking their lives to set their nation on a new path in the face of vicious terrorism. It is time to see what is happening in Iraq on its own merits, not in the context of an irrational hatred of the United States and George W.Bush. Like it or not, President Bush has got one thing right: give any nation a chance to choose democracy and it will.

Posted by: Otocon. at April 08, 2005 04:01 PM (PM/BC)

31 "A recent CIA assesment forcasts that the economies of China and India will be as large as that of the USA in the year 2025." Obviously Greg has never read all of those CIA assessments for the Soviet Union! That kind of batting average would maybe get you a job as a bench-warmer on a AA team.

Posted by: Don Miguel at April 08, 2005 05:19 PM (+KixN)

32 Actually, Collin's ravings and willful ignorance not withstanding, many people have been punished for their acts at Abu Ghraib.

Posted by: Robin Roberts at April 09, 2005 07:07 PM (xauGB)

33 Dear Robin, Have you heard of the killing of a baby in front of his mother in Abu Ghraib prison?

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 10, 2005 08:13 AM (fufbw)

34 Collin: Have you heard of the tooth fairy?

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 10, 2005 10:02 AM (YTaaE)

35 Collin, that is how you deal with getting caught making up stuff? Dude, you need help.

Posted by: Robin Roberts at April 10, 2005 04:21 PM (xauGB)

36 Dear Robin, "Al-Furat publishes on the front page a 120-word "exclusive" report citing a Saudi national, a former detainee at Abu Ghurayb Prison, describing the killing of a baby in front of his mother in the prison . ."

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 10, 2005 06:29 PM (FV4oJ)

37 Collin, People who try to cover up the atrocities committed in Saddam's Iraq by emphasizing propaganda stories told by terrorists are in fact complicit with what happens in all prisons run by Saddam-like dictators. You, personally, are aiding and abetting them. I have no doubt you are doing so because you are still being paid with money stolen from executed citizens of Iraq in the same way the Nazi's financed operations after WWII with money stolen from executed jews.

Posted by: Bruce at April 10, 2005 08:20 PM (Bg9ft)

38 Dear Bruce, Is Seymour Hersh complicit in atrocities he reports?

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 10, 2005 11:00 PM (FV4oJ)

39 Collin, Yes, he is. He says he lies. I believe him. You believe whatever you want. I'll not change your mind. I'll also not lift a finger to keep the Islamists from cutting your head off to stop that rattling you call speaking. Good luck keeping yourself alive when the Intifada comes to get you because you ain't Muslim. Subsunk

Posted by: Subsunk at April 11, 2005 07:37 PM (adHXR)

40 Dear Subsunk and Bruce, It is my recommendation that both of you seek a licensed mental health professional.

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 11, 2005 09:19 PM (FV4oJ)

41 Bruce wins. Some good thinking. But mostly due to a lack of competition.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 11, 2005 10:57 PM (CBNGy)

42 Collin, Looked at your blog what a load of crap. It is obvious that you need to join up and get yourself killed in a prompt manner. Prove that you believe your own bullshit. Yes war is hell, there will never be a war without death and atrocity. That is what war is. the difference is what happens afterward. Soldiers make mistakes. You might not think too clearly either after putting your life on the line every day for a year. You forget that atrocity was part of Sadam's policy not just an occasional mistake made by an angry soldier. Sadam might give awards for such acts while we punish those who step over the line.

Posted by: Howie at April 12, 2005 09:59 AM (D3+20)

43 I was at Abu Ghraib during this last attack. Our soldiers performed superbly, we suffered no deaths and only a few casualties..that says alot with the amount of rockets, RPG's, and small arms fire they threw at us. You should have seen the many body parts that the terrorists left scattered outside the walls of Abu Ghraib.

Posted by: anonymous at April 23, 2005 02:08 PM (A822D)

44 we all should fight terrorism

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Pulitzer Judge (update: NOT) Embedded With North Vietnamese

Think this photo is bad?

I got my ass fact checked!!!

It turns out the photos in question were not taken by Baughman, instead, this is from a book reviewed by Baughman. So, where was the confusion? Google. I did a Google image search and the bulk of photos that came back for 'J. Ross Baughman' were these.

My apologies. One of the advantages this site has that we can try to repair the damage, right here, in the text of the original post. As opposed to, say, footnote on page A2.

But from that review we learn of Baughman's 'nuanced' vision of war and the media's role in it:

It is these pictures of Jane Fonda or Fidel Castro squired around by smiling NVA, or else the captured, wounded and dead ARVN or U.S. troops that will boil the blood of many American viewers. For them, it will still be too soon to see such pictures.
"The trick here is see beyond the propaganda of the pictures into a different culture," writes Pulitzer-Prize-winning photo critic Henry Allen in the foreword.

Right, let's look beyond acts of treason which demoralized our troops.

Given enough time and distance, old warriors can't help but want to know their enemies better. The anger and fear of battle mature into a clear-eyed, grudging respect, no matter which side happened to win that day long ago.

See how nuance works? You mature to respect your enemy.

What Baughman dismisses in this article is the role of media images in demoralizing troops and support for those troops back home.

He suggests, in his review, that the reason the Vietnamese won that war was that they were simply more prepared to persevere.

Indeed.

But why were Americans not willing to persevere? Why were Americans not willing to commit to total war against North Vietnam, as they had in WWII? Why were we not willing to fight the war to win?

Certainly, the images brought to the American public by the media played some part. In WWII the media played the role of cheerleader. Helping to keep morale up both at home and with the troops. From the time of Vietnam forward, however, the media played no such role.

The next time we go to war the American public must realize this simple fact: the American media does not really care if our side wins.

They do not necessarily wish us to lose, they do not necessarily want our soldiers to die, but they also could care less if we win. It seems to me that the greatest sacrifice one can ask of a fellow citizen is to die in war. If the state can legitimately ask a fellow citizen to do this, then certainly it can ask the media to refrain from publishing photos which might demoralize our troops.

Oh, it gets worse. Much worse. It turns out J. Ross Baughman, one of the judges of the Pulitzer also was embedded with the North Vietnamese. He wanted to show, you know, the 'other side of the war'. You know, the side that was busy killing Baughman's friends from back home.

Photo above takes you to a few more images of the Vietnam war as seen through the eyes of an American working with the North Vietnamese in order to humanize their efforts of killing Americans toward their final goal of communist oppression.

On a related note, did you know that as a boy Ho Chi Minh is reported to have a pet dog and was a keen outdoorsman?

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Jawalanche

Here are some things I'm reading right now. It's like The Puppy Blender, only we do in one post what it takes him to do in 20!

-More. Dead. Terrorists.
-Tiny little spy planes. No word from Islamic Army in Iraq on tiny little RPG. (via Blogs of War)
-Jurors picked for trial of Islamist traitor in U.S. military. Texas justice, please.
-First the Pulitzers, and now the Peabodys. Not surprising.
-Art Buchwald. Idito.
-U.N. Corruption. Can you use those two words in the same sentence?
-Government sponsored Enron not getting headlines. *shocked*
-Bill Clinton for SC? *Chortle* Right. (via Jeff)
-Commissar is right on the Schiavo meme.
-Government acting like the mafia. Or, why Rusty is a domestic libertarian.
-Gun meet criminal. Nice.
-Sheriff gets tasered on live TV. Beavis moment.
-Another Terri Schiavo?
-La Shawn on MSNBC, while Joyner tells me he's been cancelled. I'm available!
-Jenna Bush bumping and grinding. Please send video!
-Star Wars nerds line up in front of wrong theatre. This explains why the light posting.......
-Domines to charge for delievery? Say it isn't so! (I was a driver for Dominos in college)
-Glenn Reynolds interviews John from Wuzzadem. (via Itsapundit)
-Censorship of the bad kind. Dumbass.
-Blogger smackdown! or troll smackdown. I just love a good fight.
-Support single mothers, visit a strip club. (via Beth)
-Welcome to the strange and growing superpower that is mu.nu.
-Hot. Young. Coeds. I've no idea what Stotch means.
-You live in a zoo....photos.
-Excuse me while I whip this out. Dumbasses.
-EU's "Little USSR", France. Heh.
-Ace is back. Long live Ace.

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Terrorists Plan May 9th Attack in Russia

Chad has the report. Let me just remind our readers that my position on Russia is clear. Despite the fact that Russia has endlessly meddled in the affairs of its proximate neighbors, they are our natural ally in the GWOT in the region.

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1 I agree. Since they are not muslim and they have many muslim neighbors they will naturally be our partners in the GWOT. Not because they cheer for America but because it's in their best interest. Putin is still a little shit head.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 07, 2005 11:47 AM (CBNGy)

2 Dog gone it Greyroster. How do you get in so fast? I agree with all you said. How about letting me get a word in first once? You are not my wife you know!

Posted by: Rod Stanton at April 07, 2005 12:05 PM (GQcHQ)

3 Ha, it's good to see that all of us are getting along. I'm starting to feel a real sense of community among the Jawa readers.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at April 07, 2005 03:34 PM (JQjhA)

4 Rusty: Rod Stanton and the Greyrooster not getting along? Do you read your own blog? I got his back. Semper Fi til I die. Rod its raining and nothing good on television. Wife has me on a diet so can't go eat crawfish and drink beer with the boys. No will power when it comes to beer and crawfish. So what else to do.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 07, 2005 06:21 PM (CBNGy)

5 Rusty, Yep, I'm with you on this one. Though they make it hard to love them as much as you want to, when push comes to shove - we have to stand with them. Their forces you run into now and then are solid professionals. Glad they are on our side.....most of the time. Anyway, they usually bring their own booze, so what's not to like?

Posted by: CDR Salamander at April 07, 2005 09:16 PM (MrU41)

6 Dude, plus, have you ever seen Russian chicks? Hubba-hubba.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at April 07, 2005 09:26 PM (JQjhA)

7 How can Russian chicks look so good and the men so yuk. I think and big hooters gives them a certain glow. Who cares who wins. I watch women tennis solely for the Russian girls. I play tennis. Anna pleas play with me.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 07, 2005 10:09 PM (CBNGy)

8 Lol you guys sound like real losers,hahahah. Fucking geeks ,u guys r defenitly americans,hahaha such a bunch of ugly losers,lol.

Posted by: Russian guy!! at May 09, 2005 06:19 PM (AYnNm)

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Mmmm, Pie

Knowing that David Horowitz had a pie thrown at him by the tolerant Left is one thing. But ask the important questions! What kind of pie was it? Mmmmm, boysenberry pie.............

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1 More "tolerance" and "diversity" at our institutions of higher indoctrination. They should be caned.

Posted by: Carlos at April 07, 2005 11:16 AM (8e/V4)

2 Gotta go with Kershaw pie, myself... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Posted by: Confederate Yankee at April 07, 2005 11:19 AM (Qjm7D)

3 Ah! The left at its best. The right are the violent ones. Ya Right! Any blackberry pies?

Posted by: greyrooster at April 07, 2005 11:50 AM (CBNGy)

4 Was it from the same bakery that made the ones Ann Coulter got while speaking against JFK last Oct? May be a conspiracy behind this. Someone else got one last week, forget who.

Posted by: Rod Stanton at April 07, 2005 12:10 PM (GQcHQ)

5 That would be Bill Krystol. Not to mention the shaving creme with Pat Buchanan. Is this what happens when you ban KEGS from college campuses? "Liberal tolerance. CATCH IT."

Posted by: Red at April 07, 2005 01:24 PM (gU2pl)

6 Too bad it wasn't big ole steaming shit pie. Horowitz is a filthy likudnik Zionazi. I don't know why the SOB just doesn't move to Israel. Maybe he can't swim.

Posted by: greg at April 07, 2005 01:46 PM (/+dAV)

7 Greg, the way you people use 'Likud' someone might think it's a bad thing.

Posted by: Carlos at April 07, 2005 02:10 PM (8e/V4)

8 It is a bad thing. Can you imagine trying to negotiate with a whole country of Juice? There's no chance for peace with the Likudniks.

Posted by: greg at April 07, 2005 02:24 PM (/+dAV)

9 Pat Buchanan got salad dressing. (More appropriate for Paul Newwman.)

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 07, 2005 02:26 PM (x+5JB)

10 >>>"There's no chance for peace with the Likudniks." Greg, You're wrong. Only Nixon could go to China, and only a Likudnik will negotiate a settlement. Mark my words and don't ever forget, because the peace treaty WILL be signed by a LIKUDNIK.

Posted by: Carlos at April 07, 2005 02:28 PM (8e/V4)

11 I hope you're right but I doubt it. Only a traitor to the Palestinians would except the shity offer likely to come from the Likudniks. Now Rabin was an honest peace broker. Of course he got shot for it.

Posted by: greg at April 07, 2005 02:32 PM (/+dAV)

12 The only chance the palestinians have is to keep up the bombing until these old Jew farts like Sharon die from eating too many babies.

Posted by: greg at April 07, 2005 02:36 PM (/+dAV)

13 >>>"Only a traitor to the Palestinians would except the shity offer likely to come from the Likudniks." Which pretty much explains why the paleostinians won't sign a peace treaty. Only a "traitor" will sign a treaty with Israel. You said more than you intended to, Greg. But I agree with you entirely, it's the paleos who won't sign lest they be accused of treason. It's why Arafat didn't sign, and it's why the paleos won't let Abbas sign.

Posted by: Carlos at April 07, 2005 03:24 PM (8e/V4)

14 I wonder what kind of pie they eat in Finland?

Posted by: Brad at April 07, 2005 03:28 PM (NzgK/)

15 No way should Abbas sign. Much of the west bank is now off the table as is the idea of east jerusalem as a capitol. Despite Bush's whisper of a road map, the Juice have been building new settlements as quickly as they can. If America really wanted peace in the middle east they'd invade Israel and enforce a peace once and for all. But that's not possible since Jewish penetrance into the Pentagon runs too deep. If we ever attacked them their nukes would work but our woudn't.

Posted by: greg at April 07, 2005 03:35 PM (/+dAV)

16 "What kind of pie was it?" Chocolate cream pie.

Posted by: Darth Apathy at April 07, 2005 03:39 PM (y+kpp)

17 Greg, if we invaded and killed all the paleos that would pretty much solve the problem too.

Posted by: Carlos at April 07, 2005 03:39 PM (8e/V4)

18 Sounds like a good plan. I say we go for it and stop this nonsense once and for all. Count me in. In fact I'll even join the friggin' army for that fight if they'll take me with my flat feet.

Posted by: greg at April 07, 2005 03:43 PM (/+dAV)

19 Brad: Yak pie?

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 07, 2005 03:49 PM (x+5JB)

20 Actually it's all kinds of pie. As you know, Pie was invented in Finland by Miko Mannerheim(Yes ,Great,Great,Great,Great, Grandfather of the man himself), in 1329.

Posted by: Brad at April 07, 2005 03:55 PM (NzgK/)

21 Brad: You are a scholar and a gentleman.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 07, 2005 04:10 PM (x+5JB)

22 I see the good Catholic Greg is at it with the Jew thing again. Down here in South Mississippi we don't attack Israel. We just beat up the local ones. But we don't support the paleos. Need a KKK application? Only $49.95. For the background check. Refundable on payment of membership fee. Then you can come down and make hate the Jews speeches and have a live audience. If, you by the beer.

Posted by: greyrooster at April 07, 2005 06:37 PM (CBNGy)

23 Dear Greyrooster, Do you mean Picayune?

Posted by: Collin Baber at April 07, 2005 08:08 PM (FV4oJ)

24 Mmmmmmm, chocolate pie......thanks Darth!

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at April 07, 2005 09:27 PM (JQjhA)

25 Rooster, I''m going to pass on your very generous offer to sponsor my membership in the Klan. As a Catholic I don't think I qualify. Dressing up like it was Halloween every night sounds like fun though. Do you wear high heals? I'm thinking about joining the local militia though. When the government starts rounding up dissenters and relocating them to FEMA prison camps there will be a fight. I hope they send me to the one in Bastrop County Texas. I like the climate here.

Posted by: greg at April 08, 2005 09:45 AM (/+dAV)

26 Its a shame to hear, Greg, that the only reason you think you don't qualify for the KKK is that you are catholic.

Posted by: Robin Roberts at April 09, 2005 07:09 PM (xauGB)

27 Robin wins:

Posted by: greyrooster at April 10, 2005 02:31 AM (CBNGy)

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Super Hot Protest Babes Watch (Give 'til it hurts)

I implored, no begged, Michael Totten to snap some super-hot-protester babe photos while raising money for democracy in Lebanon.

You know, you've got to have your priorities.

He tells me via e-mail that he's working on it. Keep. Fingers. Crossed.

In the meantime why not give 'til it hurts to The Spirit of America?

Expect any of the good photos to be posted at Totten's place.

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1 YES - FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH! The Mad Mullahs of Iran Are Next . . . Dr. Shackleford, I'm with you. We need babes to spur us red blooded males on to crush the enemy and these repressive regimes of Evil that aid them in the GWOT. I suggested using Iranian-Armericans women of fame and success to demonstrate our society does not treat women as chattel and or hold them back in the 12th Century. I even suggested using Catherine Bell - The JAG Babe. She speaks fluent Farsi. Dr. Michael Ledeen took strong exception with this idea. He said the Iranian women already know what they want. They don't need any role models from us. My thought was we need to mobilize all of our resources to win the GWOT. This includes bringing the marketing "gurus" online. After all this is a war of ideology, religion, and culture. We have been short on message - the ideology of Islamofascisim is a failed relic of the 12th Century that has no place in our time. These repressive regimes use this ideology of hate and evil to control and subjugate the people. We need to bring the atrocities that Islamic women have suffered under these male dominated theocratic hegemonies to the world's attention. The MSM is failing to cover these stories. The regime of the Mad Mullahs of Iran will implode under the light of free world. The Internet and the Blogos now have the power to do this independently of the MSM. There are two projects now underway worthy of our funds and support. They are the Lebanese Liberation Project by the Spirit of America as you mentioned and Regime Change Iran by Dr. Zin. Perhaps we could appeal to Ms. Bell to assist in domestic fundraising efforts for these projects. I hear her FHM appearances adorn many a dusty hut in Iraq. PICS - Here, Here, Here, and Here For further info go HERE and follow the links.

Posted by: Ron Wright at April 07, 2005 05:17 PM (5+TmF)

2 OH SO SORRY - DEAD PHOTO LINKS FIXED r. Shackleford, Sorry to disappoint but the 1st and 4th photo link were DOA. Here's another try for those in a panic. Your content screener was balking on the links. Photo 1 and Photo 4

Posted by: Ron Wright at April 07, 2005 05:31 PM (5+TmF)

3 "the ideology of Islamofascisim is a failed relic of the 12th Century that has no place in our time." Or ANY form of Islam, in ANY time. Ron: Have your Holy Water ready for anwar....

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 07, 2005 06:16 PM (SENte)

4 Bourbon the more you talk the stronger I think of you as an ignorant racist bastard.

Posted by: Anwar at April 07, 2005 08:53 PM (prIwV)

5 Anwar, Islam is not a 'race'.

Posted by: Rusty Shackleford at April 07, 2005 09:28 PM (JQjhA)

6 Would that be Charlie Sheen in the April 6th-parts picture?

Posted by: A Finn at April 08, 2005 04:35 AM (cWMi4)

7 Rusty: Don't even try to reason with "666." The email address alone tells us all something about what a holy religion Islam is. Or are those three numbers just a coincidence???

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 08, 2005 12:04 PM (x+5JB)

8 Sigh.. What can i say? U c my email adress that I made in sixth grade and u jump on it as if it means something. Pathetic bullshit. Come up with something a little better.

Posted by: Anwar at April 09, 2005 12:24 PM (bItO/)

9 Anwar: 6th grade? And have you made it to 7th???

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at April 09, 2005 05:10 PM (YTaaE)

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Illegal Alien Teenage Girls' Suicide Bomb Plot in NY City

Perhaps they've been watching too many Prince videos? Via the Blogfather Charles Johnson this story:

Two 16-year-old girls from New York City have been arrested on immigration charges after federal authorities said they planned to become suicide bombers, according to a published report.
The teenagers were arrested March 24 and were being held in a detention center in Leesport, Pa., The New York Times reported Thursday, citing a government document provided by a federal agent.
According to the document, the FBI found that the girls posed "an imminent threat to the security of the United States based upon evidence that they plan to be suicide bombers," the Times said.

I might just have to rethink my position on The Minuteman Project...

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