The Seattle PI's Raw Nerves

The Seattle PI's Raw Nerves

George Nethercutt refused to turn his milk money over to the playground bully, and the bully is pissed. Last week, Nethercutt criticized the media (read PI ) for focusing on battle casualties and ignoring the progress being made in Iraq.

The Seattle Post-Intelligenser's reporter carved up Nethercutt's quote to make it seem that he was insenstive to the deaths being suffered there. The PI's butchered quote was seized upon the the Patty Murray campaign to tar Nethercutt.

Nethercutt asked for a correction, the PI refused, so he paid for an ad telling the truth, with his full quote in context, which gives very different impression than the butchered PI version.

The PI snapped back today with a childish retort, which included this phrase. "The family of Pfc. Kerry Scott of Concrete, who buried their young hero Tuesday, likely would not share Nethercutt's news judgment."


Would the PI approve if I summarized their attitude as: “The family of Pfc. Kerry Scott…would…share…Nethercutt’s judgement.”

Aside from the disgusting assumption that the PI’s editors know what is on hearts of the family of Pfc Kerry Scott and their arrogance when choosing to put their words in the grieving family’s mouths, I’m sure that the family does not want to believe that their loved one died for nothing. That is exactly the message that PI is conveying when it focuses its full attention on counting bodies and ignoring the cause that these brave young men gave lives for.

Out of Town for a Few Days

Out of Town for a Few Days

I'll be in the windy city for a few days and won't have convenient access to a computer, so blogging will be light at best.

Trust No One Who Thinks It's Simple

Trust No One Who Thinks It's Simple

“It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.” Mark Twain
There must be a certain serenity that comes with the capacity to distill tortuous dilemmas into simple answers. On the other hand, the cost of that serenity must be a moral and spiritual shallowness. As I follow the debate concerning the fate of Terri Shiavo, I cannot help but marvel at the hollow certitude of all those who just know the right answer.
Terri Shiavo is the Florida woman whose husband had petitioned the courts to remove her feeding tube and starve her to death. Fifteen years ago, Terri Shiavo suffered cardiac arrest and much of her brain died before blood flow could be restored. Since then, she has been in a persistent vegetative state. Her brain is not dead, but so little of its higher functions survived the insult that it’s not at all clear that any cognitive function remains.
Her husband wants to withdraw her feeding tube and let her starve to death. Her parents believe that a remnant of their Terri survives and are fighting for her life. Meanwhile, fierce, uncompromising redoubts of opinion have formed on both sides. In all probability the final settlement will likely be produced by either self-promoting politicians or bloodless jurists.
I fear sometimes that we are not far from deciding these issues with fistfights on the Jerry Springer Show.
Deep thinkers insist that we should defer to all-knowing physicians who have deemed that her condition is irreversible and her apparent smiles are not the result of conscious thought. But I am less trusting of physicians. I once read of doctor who strangled nearly full term babies who survived his abortion attempts. That news did not entirely surprise me. I once considered medical school, until I read an article in the UC Davis student newspaper about a human anatomy class. The students were taking a lunch break during the dissection of a human head. I suspect that doctors develop calluses on their hearts just as construction workers develop calluses on their hands.
And it is highly likely that the doctors’ judgments are influenced by the inevitable fatigue evolving from their futile efforts and undoubtedly they would prefer to spend their energy on cases where the might be rewarded for their labors by a recovery.
Undoubtedly, there is more than a bit of fiscal fatigue as well as the hospital, and whomever else is bearing the costs of keeping Terri Shiavo’s heart beating wearies of hemorrhaging cash.
Should the decision be left entirely to her husband? That Terri Shiavo’s death would be convenient for her husband cannot be denied. He has had one child with his new girlfriend and has another on the way. Terri’s husband is her legal guardian. But, there is reason to doubt that his intentions in this case. Upon Terri’s death, he stands to inherit $750,000. There have been disquieting stories that he might have contributed to her current condition. If they are true, does it make sense that he has the legal authority to finish the job?
Do we trust bioethicists? I personally have never trusted bioethicists, whose ruminations have yielded arguments in favor of killing the handicapped or even the healthy when a formula deems that it’s in society’s best interests.
Certainly, there comes a point when feeding tubes and artificial organs crosses over into failing to accept the obvious – keeping the metabolism running is not life in the human sense. From kidney dialysis to artificial hearts, modern medicine manages to keep the whole alive even when essential parts of the body fail. This has created gray areas at both ends of life. Premature babies can survive outside the womb earlier than ever. And our ability to sustain life keeps hearts beating long after insults that would have killed before.
We have all these people telling us what Terri would have wanted. NPR and CNN have characterized the issue as a “right to die” debate. It isn’t. Terri Shiavo’s wishes are unknown.
I don’t know the right answer here. Terri Shiavo’s fate will ultimately be settled in the language of legal mumbo-jumbo. I only know that I don’t trust all those outsiders who, with absolute certainty, claim to know the answer.

Is This Like Those Burning Churches in Arkansas?

Is This Like Those Burning Churches in Arkansas?

Bill Clinton has known all about British Prime Minister Tony Blair's irregular heartbeat. He says that Blair told him about the problem years ago. Except, that the problem occurred for the first time just a few days ago.
It's another of the slippery one's imaginary memories.

The French Are Weasels?

The French Are Weasels?

Apparently, to appease the French, the Polish Foreign minister was forced to resign after noting that his country's troops had discovered illegally sold French weapons. Now, we've found more black market French weapons.

I knew that this was one reason why the French so adamantly opposed our intervention in Iraq.

Getting Off Your Fat Ass is Good For You?

Getting Off Your Fat Ass is Good For You?

Who'da thunk it? Sitting on your bloated butt all day, watching soap operas and Jerry Springer is bad for your health, while getting a job and doing something with your life is good for you.

Healthier lifestyles seems to be a surprise consequence of welfare reform. Should anyone really be surprised?

The Times Reports Good News?

The Times Reports Good News?

The typically cynical press last week put out its first report card on president Bush's "PR offensive" promoting good news in Iraq. The president had added a few points to his job approval ratings they noted, as if that were the goal.

But, the real motives behind the drive to fill in the spaces left blank by the mainstream media seems to be succeeding. Even the New York Times has had to confess that, yes there is reason for optimism in Iraq. We are accomplishing great things there. And, we are welcomed as liberators.

Hey, I Work Hard!

Hey, I Work Hard!

See that electronic tip jar on the left side of the page? How about a donation now and then, so that maybe I can afford one of these.

Or at least on of these.

Genesis Was Right!

Genesis Was Right!

God did form man from clay!

Did Thomas Friedman Play Too Much Football Without a Helmet?

Did Thomas Friedman Play Too Much Football Without a Helmet?

Thomas Friedman wants to expand NATO to include Egypt, Israel and Iraq. The man has his head screwed on wrong. First of all, can anyone imagine anti-Semitic nations like France or Germany coming to Israel's defense? And one of the big problems with the UN is that it makes no distinction between liberal democracies and tryannical dictatorships, like Egypt's.

What a Bullsh*t Headline!

What a Bullsh*t Headline!

Did they have simultaneous heart attacks? The anti-Western news service, Reuters, had this ridiculous headline, "Israel Dynamites Gaza Buildings After Soldiers Die"

The didn't just die. They were ambushed and killed by Palestinian terrorists!

Criminy! What's wrong with those nitwits at Reuters?

This is Where Ted Kennedy Should Live

This is Where Ted Kennedy Should Live

How would you like to live on a street officially name "Butt Hole Road." Well, one couple decided the didn't want to.

" Paul and Lisa Allott sold their $250,000 bungalow in Conisbrough, northern England after living there for just 15 months, fed up with the constant leg-pulling.


Taxis and pizza delivery men would fail to turn up, thinking their order was just a prank, and they grew tired with groups of youths posing for photos by the nearby street sign with their buttocks bared.


"I like a laugh, but it was beyond a joke," Allott told the Sun newspaper."

Where's the ACLU When We Need Them?

Where's the ACLU When We Need Them?

The ACLU probably wouldn't be of much help anyway. They only oppose Christianity. But American soldiers in Iraq are being asked to observe Ramadan. They are even expected to avoid drinking water in public so as not to offend Iraqis.

At Least Chopsticks Don't Cause Sterility

At Least Chopsticks Don't Cause Sterility

Researchers are claiming that chopsticks cause arthritis. I'm sure some sociologist will denounce this as just another attempt at Western cultural hegemony.

The New Terrorism

The New Terrorism

The Bush Administration did something the other day that Democrats don't much like. It enforced immigration law by raiding Wal Mart stores. Wal Mart had hundreds of illegal aliens doing their cleaning.

Nancy Pelosi described the raids as, "terrorizing." She's just mad because Democrats see each illegal alien as a vote fraud opportunity.

Without Firing a Shot

Without Firing a Shot

And, without blowing their own horn afterward, the cowboy foreign policy of George W. Bush forced Iran to back down from its pursuit of nuclear weapons. This was barely noted by the mainstream press of course. And, because this administrations places United States' interests ahead of self-aggrandizement, their not touting it either.

Accomplishments like this deserve a Noble Prize more than bowing before dictators, as Jimmy Carter did.

Once We're Done in Iraq, North Korea Needs to be Next

Once We're Done in Iraq, North Korea Needs to be Next

Psychopaths like this cannot be allowed to have nuclear weapons. Whatever the cost, North Korea's got to be next. And, if we can't afford the men to do it as we did in Iraq, we should nuke'em.

This stain on history must be wiped off the map before they do serious harm outside their own borders.

United States Child Abuse in Iraq

United States Child Abuse in Iraq

Al Jazeera has the goods on us. The United States Army is abusing children in Iraq.
"The picture which shames US army," reads the headline. It's a photo of a soldier frisking a 4-year old child for explosives.

Although, to my eyes, it shames the Arab world, because it has a richly earned reputation for using its own children as weapons.

Couldn't Have Said it Better Myself

Couldn't Have Said it Better Myself

According to the Italian reform minister, the European Union's elites are, "filthy pigs."

Revoke Walter Duranty's Pulitzer

Revoke Walter Duranty's Pulitzer

About 70 years ago, Walter Duranty participated in the cover up of Stalin's Ukrainian genocide. That he did so has been known for a long time. But at the time, he won a Pulitzer Prize for his "reporting," which was basically shilling for communism. He should have it prize revoked.
I doubt that the Times wins anything for its Iraq coverage. Nobody's going to get away with shilling for Saddam or Howard Dean. But if they do, there will be demands for its return as well.

Why Not Say It?

Why Not Say It?

For some reason, news organizations reporting this story are bending over backward to refrain from telling us that it's happening in Islamic neighborhoods.
Here's another example.

Why We Must Succeed in Iraq

Why We Must Succeed in Iraq

I've been saying this all along. But Victor Hansen says it better, and he says it in a more widely read forum.

"So, too, a successful consensual government in Baghdad will serve as a glimpse of what life can be like amid the economic and political stagnation of the surrounding Arab world. More importantly, it will confront radical Islam with a competing ideology that possesses a far more revolutionary message than the Islamists' tired old culture of death that ruined Afghanistan and Iran, wrecked the economy of the West Bank, tore apart Algeria, ended the tourist industry of Egypt, brought international scorn on Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, turned the president of Malaysia into an international laughingstock, nearly made Pakistan an outlaw regime — and led to the reckoning after 9/11. Holdover Soviet-style Baathism didn't work; Islamic fascism was a failure; tribal dictatorship and monarchies are no better; Pan-Arabism was a cruel joke. The Arab world is running out of alternatives to democratic governments and free markets."


I don't care what Ted Kennedy says, opposing our work in Iraq is unpatriotic because success there will pay off for America every bit as much as our triumph over the Soviet Union. I don't believe Kennedy really wanted us to win that one either.

Walking on Eggshells at WSU

Walking on Eggshells at WSU

You know you’re going to have difficulty navigating a minefield when even its creators can’t find their way through without stepping in something. The most politically correct department on the WSU campus, Comparative Ethnic Studies (formerly known as Comparative American Studies), finds itself accused of gender-based discrimination as a consequence of a job interview last spring.
One Devon Mihesuah was interviewed for the position as head of the program and, according to Dr. Mihesuah, "Within 20 minutes of the (interview) on April 6, I was verbally labeled unethical, meddling, untrustworthy, a nationalist, an essentialist and a Nazi.” And it is worth noting with some irony, that she was offered the job. Nevertheless, she decided that her treatment dripped of “gender-bias,” and refused the job. Plus, she believed that as a Native-American, she was entitled to more than the $129,500 per year she was offered.
To get the flavor of her experience, Dr. Mihesuah was asked about her familiarity with Asian cultures and began her answer by noting that she had taken martial arts courses. Interviewer John Streamas jumped in and called her answer “racist.” This is to be expected from a department that is composed in large part of chronically indignant professional offense-takers.
I know the experience personally. I once offended Mr. Streamas myself, and receive a scolding via e-mail. Within his screed (I have the letter right in front of me), could be found this line regarding Asians: “…we're actually quite good in activities other than math.” Now, I have never written, said or even thought that Asians were only good at math. But, I was assumed to hold these prejudices, much as Dr. Mihesuah was assumed to be racist.
Is it racist to assume racism based upon skin color?
I earned my place on Streamas’s fecal roster because I ridiculed a recently passed Washington state law outlawing the word, “oriental.” The word descends from “orient.” The word’s original Latin roots translate into, “where the sun rises.” As a verb, orient means, to face east. It was only natural that the word would come to mean those regions on the map east of wherever one happens to be. From the perspective of Europe, Asia is found in “the orient.”
Modern backpackers use their compass to find magnetic north and orient their maps with the top pointing north. All the words and legends printed upon the map assume this orientation. Before compasses were available, travelers planned their day’s journey by “orienting” their maps with the tops pointing toward the rising sun.
This etymology conflicted with the supposed pejorative origins that Dr. Streamas teaches his students.
It’s instructive that, even after Dr. Mihesuah and the search committee concluded their little politically correct playground fight (My offense is bigger than your offense), she was offered a hefty sum with the expectation that she teach just one class per semester. I wish I could get paid like that. But there simply is not much demand in academia for freckle-faced, Irish surnamed Mexicans. I will just have to content myself with making less than one-third of what Dr. Mihesuah considered an insultingly low offer.
Even though, "It was the best offer I've made to anyone in liberal arts,” according to Dean Barbara Couture, it wasn’t nearly good enough to satisfy Dr. Mihesuah’s appetites.
“One thing Couture doesn't understand is the market value of Native scholars," said Dr. Mihesuah. "She never quite got it straight as to who she had." Mihesuah believes herself to be worth in excess of $200,000 per year.
So, as entertaining as it is to watch what happens when one fills a room with hair triggered hand grenades, not just prone to taking offense, but eager to take offense, it’s also instructive. It shows just how promiscuously such accusations as “unethical,” “racist,” “untrustworthy,” and “Nazi” are hurled about. Clearly those who fling such words about don’t even take themselves seriously. How else could those who utter insults offer the person so accused such a high-paying job?
And how seriously should we take such accusations when they are aimed at someone else? Just a week ago, WSU’s student newspaper was accused of racial insensitivity. If a “Nazi” deserves the highest paycheck in the College of Liberal Arts, then the Daily Evergreen deserves at least a medal for mere insensitivity.

What a Bunch of Bullsh*t!

What a Bunch of Bullsh*t!

The original headlines suggested that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld believed that the United States was losing the war on terror.

MSNBC called it pessimistic, although they've removed that word from the headline.

The Washington Post headline reads, "Rumsfeld Questions Anti-Terrorism Efforts"

Predictably, Senate Minorty Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota gleefully lamented: "I think Secretary Rumsfeld's comments are an illustration of the concern that they have about the failure of their policies in Iraq so far."

But, any clear-minded person who reads the memo sees that Rumsfeld is remarking the obvious, that an military designed to meet a large army face to face on a battlefield lacks the maneuverability to track down and capture or kill small scattered cells of terrorists. And he challenges the military to adapt.

Where is the pessimism? Where is the defeatism? These are the thoughts of a man who believes that the job can be done better and is laying the foundations for doing it better.

If I ever needed any evidence that the mainstream press and the Democrats want us to fail for partisan advantage, it is found in their reaction to this memo.

Krugman Really Steps in It

Krugman Really Steps in It

Originally, I thought Paul Krugman's defense of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad was just his virulent anti-Bushism getting the best of what vestigial good sense he still possessed.
But, I fear that I gave him far too much credit. Look here to learn Krugman's history of anti-Semitism.

Wesley Clark's Narcissism

Wesley Clark's Narcissism

The narcissist does not admire his reflection in a mirror or a pond. Instead, he needs to see himself reflected in other people's approval. Clearly, General Wesley Clark's overachievement is due in large part to his need to see adulation of himself in others.

Kill Them All?

Kill Them All?

This is bad news for all those who argue that the road to Middle East peace requires an independent Palestinian. 59% of all adult Palestinians would favor a continuation of terrorism and suicide bombings, even if they get a state of their own.

Who's Standards are Higher, ESPN's or the New York Times?

Who's Standards are Higher, ESPN's or the New York Times?

Gregg Easterbrook was fired from ESPN for anti-semitism. Now, New York Times darling Paul Krugman excuses the Hitleresque anti-semtism of Malaysia's prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad.

The Europeans killed 6 million Jews out of 12 million. But today the Jews rule this world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them," He declared.

He then went on to criticize Muslims for lacking the weapons to finish the job.

To Paul Krugman, that's all okay, because the Mohamad needs to placate the Muslim majority in his country during its modernization.

So, Hitler would be okay in Krugman's view, because he modernized Germany while blaming Germany's problems on Jews?

Who Can Rescue the Democrats?

Who Can Rescue the Democrats?

David Brooks points out what many of us have known for a long time. The Democrats are an elitist party. And the voters they rely upon are tired of being condescended to.

According to Democrat pollster, Mark Penn, "In terms of the percentage of voters who identify themselves as Democrats, the Democratic Party is currently in its weakest position since the dawn of the New Deal."

It's hard to see any turnaround soon. Only 32% of Americans identify themselves as Democrats. 25% of them favor John Dean for the Democratic nomination. That 25% represents the far left anti-American elite. But, that 25% is enough to make John Dean the front runner, so the other candidates are trying to mimic John Dean's message. So, the Democrats who are trying to win the presidency are competing for the affections of just 8% of the electorate. ( one-quarter of 32%).

Poop into Power

Poop into Power

Maybe Ted Kennedy can be useful after all. The technology exists.

Sex Unplugged?

Sex Unplugged?

Sex with wires in your head? And you have to finish in 7 minutes I don't think this would appeal to me.

Steroids and Home Runs?

Steroids and Home Runs?

This doesn't surprise me. Not that long ago, 35 or 40 home runs would win the home run title. In recent years, 60 or more home runs gets you second. The record of 61 lasted decades. The record of 70 lasted two year. And, who can deny that Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa look much different than they did 10 years ago.
Suddenly a doping scandal is swallowing up our Olympic Team. And the investigators are now looking into baseball's sluggers.

Successor To Jacques Chirac?

Successor To Jacques Chirac?

Jacques Chirac can't be the president of France forever, so the French need to start thinking about his successor. This judge seems to be a worthy replacement.

The Schizophrenic Democratic Party

The Schizophrenia of the Democratic Party

David Brooks nails it. The Democratic Party is splintered over the most important foreign policy issue of this generation, post-war Iraq. And, the root of their dissolution is driven less by the policy than by their dislike of the president.
Is is possible for the Democratic party to pull it together? I don't think so. They've long placed party interests above national interests. This is just another manifestation.

Is NPR Liberal?

Is NPR Liberal?

NPR's own ombudsman seems to agree that reasonable people might infer that National Pinko Radio leans left.

The Most Popular Democrat is Really a Republican

The Most Popular Democrat is Really a Republican

Many Democrats are asserting that Arnold Schwarzenegger is really a Democrats, pointing his liberal opinions regarding abortion, gun control and homosexuality.
He does have a long record of adherane to mainstream Republican philosophies on taxation, immigration, and government regulation.

But, as recently as last year, the Democrats frontrunner for the nomination was championing Republicans as early as last year.
Clearly Clark is a opportunistic chameleon, who is either consumed by ego or is carrying Hillary's water.

An Act of Compassion

An Act of Compassion

The terrorist Animal Liberation Front attacked a mink farm in Sultan, Washington and released 10,000 mink. The mink immediatedly started killing each other. Hundreds more were squashed on highways. The survivors are slaughtering other animals. Very compassionate.

It is Democrats Who Dishonor our War Dead

It is Democrats Who Dishonor our War Dead

As pleasant as it was to read of a Democrat asserting that those who had given their lives in service of this country in Iraq deserve respect, the words of Washington state Democratic Party Chairman Paul Berendt sound like just another attempt to exploit their deaths for partisan political advantage. Benendt and the state Democratic Party accused representative George Nethercutt of serving as "an administration shill who insults the service of the men and women brave enough to serve their country."
That criticism bears the taint of Patty Murray's reelection campaign more than a sincere appreciation of our soldiers' sacrifices. Nethercutt is challenging Murray for her supposedly safe seat in the "World's Greatest Deliberative Body," a distinction that is diluted by her membership.
Nethercutt's offense was that he criticized news outlets for concentrating too much upon reporting casualty counts and giving too little attention to the reconstruction efforts. "The story of what we've done in the postwar period is remarkable. It is a better and more important story than losing a couple of soldiers every day."
Nethercutt made those remarks before a small gathering at the University of Washington. He had just returned from Iraq and was giving a first person account of his observations. He was noting a disconnect between what his own eyes told him and what this country's left-leaning news media was choosing to report.
The state Democratic Party issued its own review of Nethercutt's comments, accusing him of, "insulting the service of hundreds of U.S. service men and women who have made the ultimate sacrifice for their country."
If Nethercutt is a shill, then several Democrats who have also visited Iraq are also shills. Congressmen of both parties who have visited Iraq have returned telling similar stories. The reconstruction is going well. The Iraqis like us. Their lives are getting better. The goal of a stable, prosperous, peaceful, pro-Western, democratic Iraq that will serve as a beacon for the entire Arab world to follow is achievable.
The news media, which is supposed to be our eyes and ears on the world, seems to be blind and deaf and relies upon Ted Kennedy to write their copy for them.
In truth, it is the Democrats who harp on the body counts, and dishonestly complain that things are falling apart in Iraq, who are dishonoring our war dead. Does it really honor our war dead to count their bodies without acknowledging what they died for? Are their sacrifices honored when politicians cast votes and make speeches that undermine what they strived for?
George Nethercutt did not dishonor the memories of the dead. It is people like Senators Ted Kennedy (D-Jim Beam) and John Kerry (D-Theresa Heinz) who spit on their graves when they use those deaths to advance their own corrupt political causes. It is the New York Times, NBC, CBS, ABC, NPR and CNN that belittle their sacrifice and the sacrifices of their families by not telling the world what they and their brothers and sisters in arms are achieving in Iraq.
You have probably heard that more soldiers have died since George W. Bush declared a conclusion to "major combat operations" than died previously. But, have you heard that more Iraqi children are in school now than were before the war? You hear more about suicide bombing attacks than you do that, in spite of Saddamite saboteurs, more electricity is being generated in Iraq now than was before the war.
If any dishonor is being done to the memories of our war dead, it is the work of those who use their deaths to gain political advantage. And it is the dirty work of those who elect to ignore the accomplishments, because acknowledging their good work would serve to bolster the reelection of a president they have come to despise. And what greater dishonor could be done to their memories than to hand Iraq over to the United Nations, which makes no distinction between democracies and despotism?
It will be interesting to watch if Patty Murray follows her leader and votes with Ted Kennedy to defund Iraqi reconstruction and undo all the progress that our war deads' lives have purchased. If she does that, then she will be the only major candidate in the 2004 Senate race who failed to honor their sacrifice.

Wasn't This Outlawed?

Wasn't This Outlawed?

The Chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley has been admitting "people of color" with SAT scores as low as 600, in violation of an initiative that outlawed racial preferences.
And now that he's been caught and reprimanded by the Board of Regents, he's mad.

"You have done the university a great disservice and shown open contempt for reasoned discourse about complex issues," said UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert M. Berdahl.

"Whatever his personal agenda is for writing such a letter ... my concern always has been and continues to be that the admissions policy of the University of California be legal and fair," answered John J. Moores, chairman of the UC Board of Regents.

Jews Rule The World!

Jews Rule The World!

Such originality! Where have we heard this before? Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad believes that he knows why Islamic countries are so backward. It's the Jews fault.

“The Europeans killed 6 million Jews out of 12 million, but today the Jews rule the world by proxy,” Mahathir said, opening the meeting of Islamic leaders from 57 nations. “They get others to fight and die for them.”

DISPUTES OVER DOGMA
He told the audience of sheiks, emirs, kings and presidents that Muslims had the richest civilization in the world during Europe’s Dark Ages, but disputes over dogma — instead of embracing technology and science — had left them weak and divided.
“Because we are discouraged from learning of science and mathematics as giving us no merit for the afterlife, today we have no capacity to produce our own weapons for our defense. We have to buy our weapons from our detractors and enemies,” he said.
The leaders gave Mahathir a standing ovation afterward.

Was he condemned? Well, moderate Arab nation Egypt didn't think so. “I think it was a shrewd and very deep assessment of the situation,” said Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher, without commenting on the remarks about the Jews. “I think he elaborated a program of action that is wide and very important. I hope the Islamic countries will be able to follow this very important road map.”

And how about our supposed hand-puppet in Afghanistan? “It is great to hear Prime Minister Mahathir speak so eloquently on the problems of the ummah (Muslim world) and ways to remedy them,” Mohammed Karzai said. “His speech was an eye-opener to a lot of us and that is what the Islamic world should do.”

What was our reaction to this latest bombast from the religion of peace? According to MSNBC: "U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia Marie Huhtala declined to comment on Mahathir’s speech."

Wesley Clark is Wrong Again

Wesley Clark is Wrong Again

Once again, Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark has been proved wrong. Wesley Clark was claiming that he had debated Einstein's theories with physicists and continued to believe that it was possible to exceed the speed of light. But, it has been proved once again that the light is the fastest thing in the universe.
Poor Wesley.

This Sounds More Like Extortion

This Sounds More Like Extortion

If it were true that poverty causes terrorism, then Bangaladesh would be a hotbed of terrorism.

Phillipine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo claimed yesterday that "There is no denying that poverty provides the breeding grounds for the recruitment of terrorists."

Call me a bigot if you want, but there seems to be a much greater correlation between Islam and terrorism than between poverty and racism. After all, two of the world's biggest terrorists, Saddam Hussein and Usama bin Laden, were quite wealthy.

Rush Was Right, Again

Rush Was Right, Again

John Lott demonstrates statistically that Rush was right about the media's coddling of black quarterbacks. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

"Black quarterbacks' news coverage is 27 percentage points more positive than whites."

Dead on Arrival

Dead on Arrival

Well, consultants have informed Al Gore (who who is well known to rely upon consultants more than his own thoughts) that his dream of a liberal news network is, "dead on arrival."

So now, he's turning his new cable network toward youth oriented programming.

What did he expect? NBC, CBS, ABC, and CNN pretty much have the liberal news network market cornered.

LA Times Carrying Gray Davis's Water

LA Times Carrying Gray Davis's Water

Jill Stewart chronicles the evolution of the LA Times sexual harassment accusations against Arnold Shwarzenegger.

Key quote: "Toward the end, a kind of hysteria gripped the newsroom. I witnessed a deep-seated, irrational need to get something on this guy [Schwarzenegger]. By Wednesday before it was published, I counted not fewer than 24 reporters dispatched on Arnold, and this entire enterprise was directed by John Carroll himself."

"Carroll launched the project with the words: 'I want a full scrub of Arnold.' This was fully and completely and daily driven by Carroll. He's as good as his word on being balanced and trying to make this paper more balanced, he really is. But not when it came to Schwarzenegger. Carroll changed completely. It was visceral, and he made it clear he wanted something bad on Schwarzenegger and he didn't care what it was."

Democrat Introduces Religion Into Politics

Democrat Introduces Religion Into Politics

In his announcement declaring himself a candidate for president, Dennis Kucinich promised to bring his religion to his presidency. ""I am running for president of the United States to enable the goddess of peace to encircle within her arms all the children of this country and all the children of the world."

Update On The Dog With The Nazi Salute

Update On The Dog With The Nazi Salute

You probably heard about the German fellow who was arrested for teaching his dog to give the Nazi salute. Naturally, the man named his poor dog Adolf. The man was charged with, "using symbols of unconstitutional organisations."

Well, the dog charges have been dropped. But the dog's owner still faces three years in prison for saying, "heil Hitler," in public.

Say it ain't so! Bias at NPR

Say it ain't so! Bias at NPR

A blogger has taken the time to assemble all NPR corrections regarding Israelis and Palestinians. There seems to be a pattern. NPR is obviously very quick to go with a story that casts Israel in a bad light.

Ed Asner, Stalin's Useful Idiot

Ed Asner, Stalin's Useful Idiot

Some of you might be surprised to learn that reflexive leftist, Ed Asner, is an admirer of Stalin. I am not.
It's interesting to see how hard it is for the left to face up to the truth. History has passed them by and they refuse to acknowledge it.

Zero Tolerance for PETA

Zero Tolerance for PETA
It must be very liberating to have a bevy of bubble-headed beauties competing with each other to give you money. For one thing, you wouldn’t have to make much sense or provide much accountability. If your donors aren’t smart enough to appreciate your inanity, they’ll keep giving you money.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal certainly must feel that sense of liberation. Hollywood’s vacuous bimbos keep PETA awash with cash that it spends on ridiculous crusades, such as its effort to encourage whale consumption instead of chicken, or their campaign to encourage college students to eschew milk and substitute beer.
And PETA hasn’t gotten any smarter. Just this week, I picked up a copy of the Spokane Spokesman-Review and found an advertisement paid for by PETA that atempts to make the case that high school animal dissection labs give us serial killers. Their advertisement recalls that most schools have “zero tolerance” policies on weapons. It shows a gun and a knife as examples of forbidden weapons. And, it shows a scalpel, because scalpels are used for dissecting preserved frogs in high school biology classes. According to PETA, using a scalpel to probe the anatomy of a formaldehyde-marinated amphibian is the equivalent of turning a gun on a cafeteria full of school kids.
And the advertisement concludes with a reminder that the late serial killer and cannibal, Jeffrey Dahmer, cited his high school biology classes as his inspiration.
Well now, if we are to apply zero tolerance to those things that might ignite a spark that could potentially intensify into a conflagration of violence, then we must start with PETA. PETA provides philosophical guidance, moral and material support to terrorists.
Whatever their faults, I don’t believe that cannibals have ever received one iota of support from the National Association of Biology Teachers.
In the words of PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich, violence in the furtherance of its cause is just fine. “It would be great if all the fast food outlets, slaughter houses, these laboratories and the banks who fund them exploded tomorrow,” he recently declared.
And PETA gets results. PETA has identified Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald’s as enemies. And not long afterwards, bombs exploded.
"I do advocate it [terrorism],” he says, “and I think it's a great way to bring about animal liberation."
And these are not just words. There are terrorists with whom PETA is lovingly affiliated, such as the Animal Liberation Front, or ALF. Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder and president of PETA partially explains the relationship: “… we will always stick up for the ALF, so they call us and we do.”
The FBI calls the ALF, "a true domestic terrorism group."
And PETA puts its money where her mouth is. PETA donated $45,200 to convicted ALF terrorist Rodney Coronado’s legal defense. They also “loaned” Coronado’s father $25,000 dollars, which to my knowledge, has not been repaid.
In 1999, PETA gave $2,000 to David Wilson, a national "ALF spokesperson." In that same year, Wilson declared that: "We started with animal rights, but we've expanded to wildlife actions like the one in Vail (an arson attack). We're the ones bridging the environmental gap."
And sure enough, PETA has contributed to the ALF’s sister organization. According to its own IRS filing, in 2000 PETA openly donated $1500 to the Earth Liberation Front. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) calls ELF “the largest and most active U.S.-based terrorist group.” That group is responsible for many tens of millions of dollars in damage.
So far, the ELF hasn’t killed anyone, but they don’t shrink from the possibility. "While innocent life will never be harmed in any action we undertake, where it is necessary we will no longer hesitate to pick up the gun to implement justice," declared an ELF spokesman after one attack. I infer from this line that those found guilty by the ELF certainly could die. Who else is that gun for?
As PETA points out, serial killers start small, often killing animals, before graduating to the bigger thrills of killing people. Certainly PETA-encouraged terrorists have increased their level of violence and threats lately. Who can doubt that they will soon need fatalities to satisfy their growing appetites?
So, if zero tolerance is to be applied to high schools, PETA is an ideal candidate for intolerance.

Rush Was Right About McNabb and the Press

Rush Was Right About McNabb and the Press

Another bit of evidence has emerged vindicating Rush Limbaugh's declaration that the press overrated Donovan McNabb because it wanted to see black quarterbacks succeed.

"Accounting for these other factors shows a much stronger pattern. Black quarterbacks' news coverage is 27 percentage points more positive than whites. And, that difference was quite statistically significant — the chance of this result simply being random is the same odds as flipping a coin five times and getting heads each time. "

No Balls After All

No Balls After All

I was briefly encouraged when I saw who had won the Nobel Peace Prize this morning - Shirin Ebadi an Iranian woman human rights activist. Wow, honoring somebody who is standing up to the mullahs who grind Iranians under their bootheels.
But then, I read this.
“She sees no contradiction between Islam and fundamental human rights,” the head of the committee Ole Danbold Mjoes said in the prize citations.
I knew there had to be a reason that she wasn't rotting in a Tehran dungeon.

The LA Times Isn't Taking Their Defeat Well

The LA Times Isn't Taking Their Defeat Well

In the same column in which an LA Times columnist denies that his paper tried to destroy Scwharzenegger's campaign, he also calls the governor-elect, "Der Gropenfuhrer."

Poor Losers

Poor Losers

How about this gem from the Davis team: "It was the triumph of the swill," --Gray Davis pollster Paul Maslin, comparing Scwharzenegger's rise to Hiltler's.

TERMINATED!!!!!!!!!!!

TERMINATED!!!!!!!!!!!

Hasta la vista, baby.

The Palestinian Culture of Death

The Palestinian Culture of Death

How can anyone imagine a nation being built from this filth?

I cannot say it better than Mark Steyn:

"You walk down a street named after a suicide bomber to drop your child in a school that celebrates suicide-bombing and then pick up some groceries in a corner store whose walls are plastered with portraits of suicide bombers."

"Old Arafat may shower glory and honor on his youthful martyrs but he's human enough to keep his own kid in Paris, well away from the suicide-bomber belts. "

Clark's Campaign Has a Direction?

Clark's Campaign Has a Direction?

Clark has been for and against the Iraq war. He is for and against, "Don't ask, don't tell." Depending upon his audience, he either loved or loathes the Bush Administration. He'd be a Republican, if only Karl Rove had returned his phone calls. He not even sure of what direction time travels.
And now, his campaign manager is quitting because he's unhappy with the direction that the campaign is taking.

Dog Starts Fire in Idaho

Dog Starts Fire in Idaho

At least this is different from those man bites dog stories. The dog's fur was ignited by automobile's backfire. The dog then rolled in dry grass and leaves, starting the blaze.

Democrats are Measurably Dumber than Republicans

Democrats are Measurably Dumber than Republicans

And, it's predicted that the IQ disparity will affect the election.

It's believed that Democrats are far more likely than Republicans to be confused by the two-part ballot.
It's predicted to be enough to swing the proportion of those voting on Davis's replacement to Republicans.
It's expected that 70% of those who are likely to screw up their ballot will be Democrats, 20% Republican, and 10% independent or third party.

Fair and Balaced, From the Washington Post?

Fair and Balaced, From the Washington Post?

The Washington Post actually published a balanced and informative account of David Kay's interim WMD report on Iraq. And guess what? Iraq did present a threat. Even though no WMD's have been found, Iraq was continuing its research and was developing a "break out" capacity so that, when the opportunity arose, it could threaten it's neighbors, the United States, the civilized world, and even France.

To Be An Honored Citizen of France

To Be An Honored Citizen of France

Convicted cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal has been made an honorary citizen of Paris. Maybe we should send all our criminals to France.
It should raise the average IQ of both countries.

Joseph Wilson's Fiduciary Patriotism

Joseph Wilson's Fiduciary Patriotism

Just the other day, the Washington Post reported that Joseph Wilson was already fantasizing about all the fame and fortune that was about to fall his way after the supposed blowing of his wife's CIA cover.
Now we find that Wilson is shopping a book around. He tried peddling the same book a couple of months ago, but nobody was interested. He's doing better this time.
Do any of you remember when liberals accused Linda Tripp of trying to profit from her celebrity?
Now, MSNBC is trying to make a big deal of Valerie Plame's front company's cover being blown. However, as Bob Novak points out, she blew her own cover long ago. Even the MSNBC story makes it clear that she was awfully careless.

Baathists Still Terrorizing Scientists

Baathists Still Terrorizing Scientists

How will Howard Dean, Ted Kennedy and the French-looking John Kerry spin this. In spite of what the New York Times would have its stupider readers believe, David Kay did turn up a great deal of evidence for a WMD program in Iraq.
He also noted that two scientists whom he interviewed were shot shortly afterwards. He also noted that scientists are still quite afraid to cooperate with US weapons inspectors. No kidding.

I Don't Believe He Waited for it to be Legal

I Don't Believe He Waited for it to be Legal

Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien plans to fire up a fatty as soon as smoking dope is legalized in Canada.

Terry McCauliffe Has No Sense Of Irony

Terry McCauliffe Has No Sense Of Irony

"There's a pattern of inappropriate behavior towards women," McAuliffe told CNN's "Inside Politics."

"Sure, it will have an impact" on the election, the DNC chief predicted. "I think [Schwarzenegger] needs to do more than come out and apologize. [He needs to] explain himself." Democratic National Committee Chairman and staunch Clinton defender, Terry McCauliffe

"The voters of California are going to have to make their mind up if they want someone with this kind of past being their governor."

Apparently, Terry McCauliffe has much higher standards for who should occupy the California governor's mansion than for who should occupy the White House.

I Knew This Would Happen

I Knew This Would Happen

I just knew that France was afraid that we would learn that they had been exporting illegal weapons to Iraq and that was why they were so intransigient. Well, guess what? Polish soldiers found French anti-aircraft missiles in Iraq. Surprise, surprise.

Racism Alert! Racism Alert!

Racism Alert! Racism Alert!

This just in! CBS is a racist organisation. According to CBS reporter, Peter Prisco, Donovan McNabb is the most overrated quarterback in the league.
Will CBS hound itself out of existence?

Limbaugh's Accusers

Limbaugh's Accusers

If the rumors are true, and Rush Limbaugh was buying drugs from people like this, you have to wonder what he was thinking?

How to Celebrate Vegetarianism!

How to Celebrate Vegetarianism!

I can't wait until PETA links to this! Vegetarians in Thailand really know how to have a good time.

"Among the most eye-catching is a street procession in which mediums, in a state of trance, have their cheeks pierced and bodies spiked with hooks, skewers and other sharp objects."

Another Good Reason to eat Meat

Another Good Reason to eat Meat

Vegetarians in Thailand celebrate their dietary choices. You decide for yourself if vegetarianism is right for you.

Susan Estrich Comes the the Defense of Arnold

Susan Estrich Comes the the Defense of Arnold

Susan Estrich gets it right. The LA Times is a shill for California's Democratic establishment.

Anyone of Goodwill is Pulling For Black Quarterbacks

Anyone of Goodwill is Pulling For Black Quarterbacks

From the movie, “Batman.”
Vicki Vale to the Joker: “What do you want?”
The Joker: “A little song, a little dance, Batman’s head on a lance.”

Substitute Rush Limbaugh for Batman and you’d have the attitude of the left-wing and left-intimidated lynch mob that finally got to hang Rush Limbaugh’s head on the wall of its trophy room. His crime? He suggested that sports journalists were rooting for black quarterbacks in the NFL and that their desire to see black quarterbacks succeed was influencing their judgment.

The quarterback in question was Donovan McNabb, of the Philadelphia Eagles. The jockocracy on ESPN’s Sunday morning pre-game show was pondering what was wrong with Donovan McNabb, who had played dreadfully so far this season.
Limbaugh opined that, just possibly, McNabb wasn’t as good as popular opinion believed, and that a sympathetic press was exaggerating McNabb’s talents. This is a reasonable thesis that reasonable people could discuss. But reasonable people do not control the conversation on race.

Personally, I would doubt the goodwill of anyone who could convince me that he was not rooting for black quarterbacks to succeed in the NFL. The NFL does not have a particularly stellar record when it comes to trusting blacks in positions of responsibility, authority and intellect. Both black coaches and black quarterbacks are very recent developments in the league’s history.

Rooting for black quarterbacks is not something to be ashamed of. I do it. I do it for the same reason that sports writers do. We all want to see the prejudices and clichés that hold all black people back demolished. And, our eagerness for that outcome colors our perception. Far too long I waited for quarterback Cordell Stewart, now of the Chicago Bears, to develop into the next Joe Montana. When he did something Montana-like, I believed that he was finally emerging. When he flubbed, I assumed that it was something he would grow out of.

As regards McNabb, even after his first good game of the season last Sunday, he is ranked as the 21st. best quarterback in the NFC. Okay, so he’s off to a slow start this year. But for his career, he has completed just 56% of his passes and has a quarterback rating of only 77. Both of those numbers strike me as pretty ordinary, and certainly not what one would predict after listening to hyperventilating sports journalists lavish praise upon him.
Is there a reason why hype contrasts so sharply with the statistics? Might Rush Limbaugh have proposed a reasonable explanation? Nobody at ESPN had the stones to find out.

Last year, an absolute Niagara of joy poured forth from the sports journalism community after each Notre Dame win. Most abandoned any pretense of objectivity. When the Irish won, their elation was palpable.

The Fighting Irish are a bit like the Dallas Cowboys, people either love them, or love to hate them. The sports journalism community probably breaks on the side of the haters. But last year, a good many Notre Dame haters (including me) were suddenly transformed into fans because they were desperate to see the new head coach, Tyrone Willingham, succeed.
Willingham is the first black coach of any sport in the school’s history, and one of only a very few head coaches in all of NCAA Division I football. If Willingham returns Notre Dame to its former glory, he’ll assist every potential black coach who follows. And I can go back to hating Notre Dame.

There can be no doubt that black quarterbacks were once unwelcome in the NFL. Warren Moon had to prove himself for years in the Canadian Football League before getting an opportunity in the NFL. Former Oklahoma congressman J.C. Watts was an accomplished college quarterback who was told upon reporting to training camp that he was going to be a defensive back. The Jets assumed that he lacked the necessities to play quarterback. Watts took his game to Canada too.

Sports journalism is rife with racial assumptions. A white basketball player’s success is always credited to his high intellect. He has a good head for the game, or he’s a coach’s son. The huffy-puffy sports community needs to examine itself.
The problem is not what Rush Limbaugh said. Rather, it is that he spoke a blasphemy in the church of political correctness.

Two Questions for Joseph Wilson

Two Questions for Joseph Wilson

Joseph Wilson seems awfully sure of what went on in the White House regarding his wife. He originally accused Karl Rove of being the leaker, but then backed off and said that Rove condoned it. Wilson has even put words in Rove's mouth, "fair game."

As yet, not one interviewer has asked the obvious questions: 1) What evidence do you have that Karl Rove leaked, condoned the leak, or declared your wife to be, "fair game."

And, unless he can produce some damned good evidence, then he should be asked if the evidence upon which he based these conclusions is as strong as the evidence upon which he based his conclusions about Saddam's suspected uranium purchase.

Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Democrats seem to be realizing that they've pump a lot of hot air over a coal with no sparks.

"WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 — Sensing a possible backlash over the disclosure of the name of an undercover CIA officer, congressional Democrats on Wednesday canceled a briefing from the officer’s husband, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson."

and, In Congress, House Democratic aides cited scheduling conflicts as the reason for canceling Wilson’s briefing, but acknowledged that the political firestorm had gotten too hot.
“I don’t think Democrats want to fuel the partisan fire,” one aide told NBC’s Norah O’Donnell. “Why undermine his credibility and give the Republicans more fuel for the fodder? Why give them ammunition?”

They may have read this morning's Washington Post in which Wilson makes clear that he's a partisan, left-wing publicity hound, in it for the money and the celebrity.

Money quote: "As the world now knows, Wilson is married to Valerie Wilson, nee Plame. She is his third wife. She is 40, slim, blonde and the mother of their 3-year-old twins. In the photos in his office, she has the looks of a film star.

"She is really quite amazing," Wilson said. "We were just discussing today who would play her in the movie," he cracked."

And, the man whose column sparked all this furor, Robert Novak seems to put the whole conspiracy theory to rest with this column today.


No wonder Democrats are running for cover. As the great one noted, "the Democrats just keep opening doors into the noses."

First Man In Space?

First Man In Space?

It's a myth that gunpowder was first invented in China, but it is true that that Koreans invented the first iron-clad ship and the first printing press with moveable type.
However, the Chinese might have the record for the first man in space - part of a man anyway.

Liberals are Just Wrapped Way Too Tight

Liberals are Just Wrapped Way Too Tight

I always like to say that global warming is my favorite environmental causes. So far as I'm concerned, the earth is too darned cold and I wish everyone would do their part by driving humvees. I drive an enormous, low-mileage van myself.
Russian president Vladimir Putin made a similar joke at a UN environmental conference and was shunned.
"In Russia, you often hear, either as a joke or seriously, that Russia is a northern country and it would not be scary for it to be two or three degrees warmer."

OOOOOOOPS!

"Climate change is the biggest and most serious environmental threat we face," said Norwegian Environment Minister Boerge Brende.

"In Norway, it will lead to much more extreme weather. It could, in the extreme, weaken the Gulf Stream," he said, referring to the warm ocean current that moderates Western Europe's weather.

His Canadian counterpart David Anderson said climate change could melt the ice which covers a swathe of northern Canada.

"The decreased sea ice has made it difficult for the polar bears in the Arctic to find seals," he said. "The iconic emblem of the Canadian north is in danger and at risk."