Tuesday, August 14, 2007

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Uncle Frank

Daddy's Phone Call

Perry Bible Fellowship

Instinct

Intelligent Design

The Kerry-MacBeth-Beauchamp phenomenon

Inventing Atrocities

In his National Review article Inventing Atrocities, James S. Robbins takes us from 1944, when a New York Times essay by Arthur Koestler entitled “On Disbelieving Atrocities,” conveyed "his frustration at trying to communicate what he and others had seen taking place in Nazi-dominated Europe," to today where some Americans falsely claim to have personally committed war time atrocities.
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“There has been a spate of these people in this war. Jesse MacBeth claimed to be an Army Ranger, admitted to having executed children while interrogating their parents, shot down rock-throwing protesters, and slaughtered hundreds of worshippers in a mosque. None of that was true. Former Marine Jimmy Massey says he either killed children and civilians personally, witnessed the killings, or heard about them, depending on which story he is telling at the moment. Korean War Veteran Edward Lee Daily came forward in the 1990s claiming to be present at the killings at No Gun Ri, as well as being a lieutenant, a POW, and wounded by shrapnel, all lies. These men are spiritual descendants of the troops interviewed in Mark Lane’s 1970 shocker Conversations with Americans, the book that spurred the “Winter Solider” investigations that brought John Kerry to prominence. It contained a number of confessions by Vietnam veterans who had participated in a variety of gruesome activities, vividly portrayed. The problem was, the confessions were false, and the book was a sham. But it ushered in this new kind of invented atrocity story, aimed not at the enemy but at the United States. The latest entrant is Scott Thomas Beauchamp, whose war stories have been featured in the New Republic. ... ”
Robbins of course can only conjecture about motive, but I am in agreement with one suggestion.
“There appears to be no shame in it. In the “victimization” culture individuals are not responsible for what they do; write it off to the “brutalization of war.” The person committing the atrocity is a casualty of the people who sent him to war in the first place. (This line worked much better in the days when we had a draft.) The reward for this act of bravery is fame, travel, maybe a book contract. There is an antiwar industry and politicians out there ready to help, since telling these kinds of stories serves their interests. ”
The descriptor "filthy" is a tag made for these people.

Oh my, a 'Progressive'

 Americans Who Wish San Francisco was Bombed

Nicholson's Hoffa

 Hoffa



I'm not sure  why I failed to see "Hoffa" when it was released in 1992, but I didn't.  Maybe because I always despised Hoffa and his gangster Teamsters. I didn't see it for another ten years when I finally caught it on HBO.  I was stunned .  I thought then, and still do, that it is one of the best bio-flicks I've ever seen.  Danny De Vito's direction, and acting, are faultless, IMO. The David Mamet screenplay, masterful. 

  I like Jack Nicholson, but face it, He normally plays his puckish self.  In Hoffa, however, he was Jimmy Hoffa, in the same manner that George C. Scott was George S. Patton.  Nicholson's best acting performance, as far as I'm concerned.  It was on again last night,  on the Fox Movie Channel, and I could not turn it off.   I was surprised that the extremely gamy language was allowed to air unbleeped.  I mean, we're talking a plethora of MF's, CS's, and Kennedy's.  Speaking of which, here's a nice scene of Hoffa's appearance before the 1957 Senate "Rackets Committee," with lead counsel Bobby Kennedy.

Incredibly, Nicholson and DeVito were nominated for acting and directing Razzies (worst performance) for Hoffa.  I don't think they're Republicans, are they?

Top 10 Hillary

With today's revelation [Clinton's first lady records locked up] that Her Filthiness has borrowd a page from ex-Gov. Howard Dean, and blocked access to "calendars, appointment logs and memos" from her husband's administration, until  after the 2008 presidential election, I thought it a good idea to begin releasing some of the 10,000 pages from my Filthiness Files.

 Top 10 "Hillary Actually Said This"

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10. "It's been said, and I think it's accurate, that my husband was obsessed by terrorism in general and al-Qaida in particular."

(Hillary telling a post-9/11 world what a great commander in chief her husband was; Dateline, NBC 4/16/2004.)

9. "I have to admit that a good deal of what my husband and I have learned [about Islam] has come from our daughter."

(Circa 1996, at a White House function, Hillary proudly tells some Muslim groups she is gaining a greater appreciation of Islam because Chelsea was then taking a class on the "religion of peace"; TruthInMedia.org 8/8/1999.)

Note: See No. 4. Muslim groups, with ties to Hamas, were welcomed at the Clinton White House. But not Republicans.

8. "Many of you are well enough off that [President Bush's] tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to have to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."

(Hillary to her fellow liberals in a speech in San Francisco; SFGate.com 6/28/2004.)

7. "Why do I have to keep proving to people that I am not a liar?"

(First Lady Hillary in her 2000 Senate campaign; "The Survivor," p. 382, by John Harris.)

6. "A right-wing network was after his presidency...including perverting the Constitution."

(To Barbara Walters about the Republicans who impeached her husband; 20/20, ABC 6/8/2003.)

Note: Even though it is common knowledge what Clinton did with Monica Lewinsky and a cigar, Hillary claims the Republicans are the perverts.

5. "Son of a bitch."

(Hillary's opinion of President George W. Bush when she found out he secretly visited Iraq just days before her highly publicized trip to Iraq; "American Evita," p. 259, by Christopher Anderson.)

4. "What are you doing inviting these people into my home? These people are our enemies! They are trying to destroy us!"

(Hillary's reaction to an aide, when she found out that some Republicans had been invited to the Clinton White House, circa 1993; "The Survivor," p. 99, by John Harris.)

Note: She said this just months after Islamic terrorists bombed the World Trade Center, attempting to kill everyone at the WTC complex.

3. "I mean, you've got a conservative and right-wing press presence with really nothing on the other end of the political spectrum."

(Hillary complains about the mainstream media, which are all conservatives in her opinion; aired on C-Span, 1/19/1997.)

2. "Come on Bill, put your dick up. You can't **** her here."

(Hillary to Gov. Clinton when she spots him talking with an attractive female at an Arkansas political rally; "Inside The White House," p. 243, by Ronald Kessler.)

1. "You sold out, you mother******! You sold out."

(While an intern on Capitol Hill, Hillary Rodham yells at a prominent Democrat lawyer because he was representing someone from a large, profit-driven corporation; "Inside," p. 213, by Joseph Califano.)
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Balance

BALANCE


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God was missing for six days. Eventually, Michael, the archangel, found him, resting on the seventh day.

He inquired, "Where have you been?"

God smiled deeply and proudly pointed downwards through the clouds, "Look, Michael. Look what I've made."

Archangel Michael looked puzzled, and said, "What is it?"

"It's a planet," replied God, "and I've put Life on it. I'm going to call it Earth and it's going to be a place to test Balance."

"Balance?" inquired Michael, "I'm still confused."

God explained, pointing to different parts of earth. "For example, northern Europe will be a place of great opportunity and wealth, while southern Europe is going to be poor. Over here I've placed a continent of white people, and over there is a continent of black people. Balance in all things."

God continued pointing to different countries. "This one will be extremely hot, while this one will be very cold and covered in ice."

The Archangel, impressed by God's work, then pointed to a land area and said, "What's that one?"

"That's Washington State, the most glorious place on earth. There are beautiful mountains, rivers and streams, lakes, forests, hills, and plains.

Michael gasped in wonder and admiration, but then asked, "But what about balance, God? You said there would be balance."

God smiled, "Wait till you see the idiots I put there."

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Jack B

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