It certainly looks like it. The boy did everything he could to act armed and hostile toward police.
More Iranian Arms Found In Iraq
Who is going to tell Ron Paul? And, will he believe it?
The quantity of Iranian bomb-making components being found in Iraq is increasing despite a fall in attacks and 20 Iranian-trained agents are still operating south of Baghdad, a top U.S. general said on Sunday.
Reuters link
Chavez At It Again
Hugo Chavez gets something he has been needing for quite some time. A big ‘SHUT UP‘ on his inflammatory rhetoric. Here’s a quote from the hemisphere’s idiot.
Aznar, a conservative who was an ally of Bush as prime minister, “is a fascist,” Chavez said in a speech at the Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile. “Fascists are not human. A snake is more human.”
What’s that sulphur smell?
Spanish King Juan Carlos, seated next to Spain’s prime minister Jose Zapatero, angrily turned to Chavez and said, “Why don’t you shut up?”
Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, responded during his own allotted time by urging Chavez to be more diplomatic in his words and respect other leaders despite political differences.
related: Chavez = Citgo U.S.
Not Skin-heads Or The Klan, Just Different
Did you know that the Sunni – Shiite hatred isn’t just in the Middle East? Try looking in the New York State prison system.
H/T to Ironic Surrealism II: What a Bunch of Shiite
Today’s Special
Here’s one example where no news is good news, but in a malicious (by the media) kind of way. Good news is hard to swallow says, Melanie Morgan.
To the news media, reports concerning accomplishments of our troops in Iraq are about as welcome as a visit by Bill Clinton to a shelter for abused women.
Mukasey is sworn in as the country’s 81st Attorney General. First thing on the to-do list, replace every last federal attorney. 100 percent of them. Then hire/rehire who you want. That isn’t going to happen of course, but I’d pay the cost of admission to see the look on (pick your democrat leader’s name)’s face when he or she got the news.
News about Rep. Keith Ellison’s (D-Minn) attempt to make voting-day voting registration a federal law is beginning to dribble out. Same for his plan to prohibit states from requiring a photo ID to vote in all federal elections. But no where near as far and wide as it needs to be. Mychal Massie and David Almasi, of Project 21, the National Leadership Network of Black Conservatives, have also opined. Voter fraud isn’t a republican or a democrat issue. At least it shouldn’t be. By these Democrat sponsored legislative attempts, it appears that voter fraud is a Democrat issue. That is, they just want to make laws to facilitate it.
Sarkozy’s Visit, Shhh, Keep It Quiet
Looking through the lens of popular thought on the left, which is, since about 2001 ‘the image’ of
the United States throughout the world and Europe, particularly France, has been soiled. That darn George Bush. In that context, the newly elected President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, makes his first official visit to The White House, with a special luncheon at Mt. Vernon. He also spoke before a joint session of Congress.
The NYT version said . . .
In a speech to a joint meeting of Congress — a rare honor for a head of state — Mr. Sarkozy seemed to strike all the right notes. He spoke of his love of the American dream and cultural icons of the 20th century. He expressed admiration for American values. He thanked the United States for saving France in two world wars, rebuilding Europe with the Marshall Plan and fighting Communism during the cold war.
And here is the one and only NYT quote from Sarkozy himself. He said it before the joint session of congress . . .
“Every time, whenever an American soldier falls somewhere in the world, I think of what the American Army did for France,†Mr. Sarkozy said as his audience applauded. “I think of them and I am sad, as one is saddened to lose a member of one’s family.â€
What’s this ‘his audience’ crap? And why do you think they didn’t use his entire statement, like the sentence immediately before what they printed? He wasn’t at convention hall, he was before a joint session of Congress. Wouldn’t you expect mention of this visit to be on the front page? Sorry, it is buried in the ‘Europe’ section.
Then there is the Christian Science Monitor’s version. About which there was nothing Christian, no science, and unfortunately, no monitor either. In this story, ‘monitor’ is all they had to do. The visit ‘symbolizes a return to a more balanced and interdependent relationship.’ That’s one way to look at it, they elaborate . . .
With the new French president visiting a weakened and chastened America post-Iraq invasion, the tour of Mount Vernon symbolizes a return to the more balanced and interdependent relationship at the root of Franco-American ties. Just as Washington needed the France of Marquis de Lafayette to help break the Colonies’ bonds to England, today France prefers an America that needs – and knows it needs – its longstanding Western friends to achieve its goals.
I’m sensing an attitude here . . .
Sarkozy is visiting at the time of a humbler America, its go-it-alone tendencies clipped.
They certainly can have an opinion, but isn’t this a report about his visit? Then the CSM elicit the opinion of two ‘experts’ that speak to this attitude. Eh, the visit is just a bunch of ‘happy talk.’ They mentioned that Sarkozy was going to speak to Congress. NOT ONE quote from Sarkozy. It wasn’t on their ‘front page’ either.
OK fine. Now see what neither of them had the courage to print, let alone tell you about, except through their lens. To quote Rush Limbaugh about the visit, ‘Sarkozy understands American exceptionalism. If only American liberals and Democrats understood what Sarkozy understands. Here is a portion of what he said.’ These are Sarkozy’s words . . .
To the millions of men and women who came from every country of the world and who — with their own hands, their intelligence, and their hearts — built the greatest nation in the world, America did not say, “Come, and everything will be given to you.” Rather, she said, “Come, and the only limits to what you will be able to achieve will be those of your own courage, your boldness, and your talent.”
Wouldn’t you think that that is worth quoting? Does it sound like our image is so horribly soiled?
The America that we love throughout the world impedes this extraordinary ability to grant each and every person a second chance, another chance, because, in America, failure is never the last word. There is always another chance. Here — in your country, on this soil — both the humblest and the most illustrious citizens alike know that nothing is owed to them and that everything has to be earned. That is what constitutes the moral value of America.
Bravo! And this quote, which the NYT parsed by omitting his entire statement. His entire statement was this:
SARKOZY (via translator): America liberated us, and this is an eternal debt we owe America. (applause) Every time, whenever an American soldier falls somewhere in the world, I think of what the American army did for France. I think of them — (applause) — and I am sad as one is saddened to lose a member of one’s family.
Here’s the last quote that never was told, more ‘happy talk’ I suppose.
We need France to be stronger. I am determined to carry through with the reforms that my country has put off for all too long. I will not turn back. I will implement all of them, because France has turned back for all too long. I have come to present to you today a France that comes out to meet America, to renew the covenant of friendship and alliance that Washington and Lafayette sealed in Yorktown. Together, let us be true to their memories. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I say this to you on behalf of the French people: Long live the United States of America. Long live France. Long live French-American friendship!
After reading what Sarkozy actually said, does it look like either of those articles covered his visit accurately?
H/T to Rush Limbaugh for broadcasting Sarkozy’s comments and supplying the transcript. Doing the job the MSM should be doing.
Baghdad Neighborhood ‘Returns To Life’
Here’s the good news that you didn’t see on the nightly or morning news networks.
Just six months ago, this mostly Sunni neighborhood was one of the centers of al-Qaida in Iraq operations. The district in western Baghdad was hit by more than a dozen bombings and shootings some days. Few people dared to venture onto the streets.
On Tuesday, women shopped and men drank tea in sidewalk cafes. Occasionally, U.S. soldiers walking the streets were greeted with salaams and smiles.
What is happening here reflects similar trends across Baghdad and parts of Iraq, where civilian and U.S. military casualties have dropped sharply in the past two months. But the speed of the turnaround in places such as Amariyah has taken almost everyone – including U.S. military forces in the area – by surprise.
AP link
Waterboarding Is Not Torture
Waterboarding is waterboarding.
Torture looks like this, and this .
And it often ends up like this.
For a look at what torture is like, just look at the torture manual used by our enemy.
Waterboarding is a method of interrogation that appeals to the most basic of animal or human instinct, survival. It works. It is the only interrogation technique that a subject can walk to and walk away from with not so much as a mark on their body. The interrogatee can go on to a good nights sleep. Unlike the pictures of what constitutes real torture.
Lawyers Being Rounded Up, In US?
Pakistani President Musharraf has his hands full to say the least. He is rounding up protest
ers who also happen to be lawyers. Or is he rounding up lawyers because they are the protesters? No word yet whether that would be good for global warming.
It’s a tough call.
And on the domestic front, lawyers face another challenge. They are being caught breaking the law. Imagine that? Officers of the court and all. I guess it shows more than anything else that lawyers are not unlike people in other occupations.
But, not everyone thinks that way. Class action attorney, and Host of the Ring of Fire show on Air America Radio, Mike Papantonio thinks there is a conspiracy in this country to single out the BIG LAW attorneys, like himself.
Mike Papantonio, a trial attorney in Florida, believes the recent indictments are part of “a design to dismantle the plaintiffs bar.”
A little tort reform never hurt anybody. I’ll never forget a piece of advice I got from an attorney for free. And that was, don’t break the law and you won’t need me.
Voter Fraud, A Democrat Party Mandate?
It was just two days ago that Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn) was reported here to have come out with a proposal to prevent States from requiring a photo ID to vote in all federal elections. That’s not all he is up to. Try this. H.R. 2457: Same-Day Voter Registration Act of 2007, also sponsored by Keith Ellison.
What? You need 400 votes to win? No problem, send four busloads of ‘votes’ to that precinct. Done deal. This doesn’t sound like democracy in action, but it is within the realm of something Democrat party operatives in the Soros wing would do.
Another likely scenario. Guessing that most of those people who have never voted have the attention span of a gnat in heat when it comes to the U.S. political process, you have a one-week ad blitz, ending on election day. You flood ALL media with ads in the native language of ‘your constituents’, like Spanish or Arabic for example, to go to the polls and vote because the Democrats said that you can. And while you’re there, remember who gave you that vote and who will also, if elected, give you citizenship, a free education, and free health care.
Not one republican signed on as a co-sponsor. Imagine that? I don’t hear any public outcry for such legislation. Do you? Do you suppose Democrats just want to facilitate fraudulent elections?