Holder's Circus

Back to the Future SCOTUS bitch slapped Obama and Holder

From a commenter at HotAir about the  Circus of the Century -- Starring KSM “ In 1950, the Supreme Court, in Johnson v. Eisentrager, had this to say about granting our enemies access to U.S. civilian courts:     Such trials would hamper the war effort and bring aid and comfort to the enemy. They would diminish the prestige of our commanders, not only with enemies but with wavering neutrals. It would be difficult to devise more effective fettering of a field commander than to allow the very enemies he is ordered to reduce to submission to call him to account in his own civil courts and divert his efforts and attention from the military offensive abroad to the legal defensive at home. Nor is it unlikely that the result of such enemy litigiousness would be a conflict between judicial and military opinion highly comforting to enemies of the United States. They had it right then. As years pass by, apparently so does our common sense. Erich66 on November 13, 2009 at 6:47 PM  (Sherry at the O Club) ” Then these guys did a set ... and Badavov bought beer for everyone, except me.  I got a Bourbon Manhattan with a twist.  Sherry's hot.

Buh-Bye Oper

Buh-Ba Oper

Grades for sale, and Newt

In Passing ...

How to buy that A .. and so much more

“ N.C. school sells grades to students middle school in North Carolina is selling test scores to students in a bid to raise money - 20 test points to students for $20. Cristo video:  We can't trust Rubio because he's Cuban Yikes -  a real conservative who speaks Spanish in the Senate?  Palin on 9/11 Defendants: 'Hang 'Em High' "Horrible decision, absolutely horrible. It is devastating for so many of us ... Gingrich Chooses Power over Principle  should know better by now not to use “right-wing” as an adjective to describe the GOP.  [Or ride in a posse with Al Sharpton] Man  caught telling a 13-year-old girl during an online chat that he would pay her $300 to defecate in a diaper and have sex with him .. is remorseful. US to seize mosques, skyscraper tied to Iran ... four U.S. mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a Muslim organization suspected of being controlled by the Iranian government. ”

Ever

Cruelest Street Artist

Afraid of Sarah

Great Moments In Journalism: Sarah Palin Marginalization Starts Early At MSNBC

There are journalists at MSNBC?

This screen cap pretty much says it all.  For people who've been accusing me most of my adult life of being afraid of strong Liberal women like Geraldine Ferraro, Pat Schroeder, and Hillary Clinton, you'd think these guys would   ... you know. Buck-up a little.  Read the rest here.  Journalists indeed.

Bafroom GHACK!

What I was doing 5 years ago today

damned near finished too.

TERP HOOP TIME

What Time Is It? It's HOOPS Time!

Terps tip off the 09-10 season tonight at 8, against Charleston Southern, and unlike Maryland football, theirs will be shown on television, and not that ESPN 360 computer deal.  Why?  Because the Terps are exciting!  And everyone who's not a Commie loves them!  Sing AMEN! Hoorah! To add to your enjoyment  A-MEN  A-MEN - 70's We Will Rock You 80's

PUMAs thank Bush

USA-UAS-USA

During the 2008 campaign I mentioned several times how taken I was by a group of Hillary supporters who broke with the Democrat Party, if not Hillary, after Mr. Zero hijacked the nomination.  Prominent amongst these PUMAs were the TD Blog (since defuncted), and Larry Johnson's No Quarter.  They attacked the Obama machine with a vengeance, and since that machine was the same apparatus that the Clintons used, they knew where to look.  It was encouraging to watch the shades cloaking the democrat corruption (that we knew so well), drawn higher and higher.  *cue Sprach Zarathustra *  By Gar! What we had here was the uniting of the Hatfields and the McCoys, facing off against the larger evil.  Merrily tipped me to this remarkable "Thank You President Bush" piece from HillBuzz.  It says that we are still one people at the core, and Obamunists really have no chance of succeeding in the face of this resistance.  Join up, or be trampled. USA-UAS-USA

“ November 10, 2009 Thank you former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush Posted by hillbuzz under Uncategorized | Tags: George and Laura Bush visit Ft. Hood, Thank you George W. Bush | [912] Comments  We know absolutely no one in Bush family circles and have never met former President George W. Bush or his wife Laura. If you have been reading us for any length of time, you know that we used to make fun of “Dubya” nearly every day…parroting the same comedic bits we heard in our Democrat circles, where Bush is still, to this day, lampooned as a chimp, a bumbling idiot, and a poor, clumsy public speaker. Oh, how we RAILED against Bush in 2000…and how we RAILED against the surge in support Bush received post-9/11 when he went to Ground Zero and stood there with his bullhorn in the ruins on that hideous day. We were convinced that ANYONE who was president would have done what Bush did, and would have set that right tone of leadership in the wake of that disaster. President Gore, President Perot, President Nader, you name it. ANYONE, we assumed, would have filled that role perfectly. Well, we told you before how much the current president, Dr. Utopia, made us realize just how wrong we were about Bush. We shudder to think what Dr. Utopia would have done post-9/11. He would have not gone there with a bullhorn and struck that right tone. More likely than not, he would have been his usual fey, apologetic self and waxed professorially about how evil America is and how justified Muslims are for attacking us, with a sidebar on how good the attacks were because they would humble us. Honestly, we don’t think President Gore would have been much better that day. The world needed George W. Bush, his bullhorn, and his indominable spirit that day…and we will forever be grateful to this man for that.  [Continued] ”

The "Leonard Jeffries" Cancer

Cleansed at CUNY

Wow, how could this happen?

“ Once upon a time, as “elite” universities have always done, CUNY routinely hired its own alumni. In 1970, fearing race riots, CUNY’s Board of Trustees changed policy to “open admissions,” guaranteeing admission to every New York City high school graduate. The trustees threw in the towel. Today, CCNY is best known for black supremacist Leonard Jeffries. Hired in 1970 to run the Black Studies Department, Jeffries has never published anything. Reportedly, he teaches that the world is composed of virtuous “sun people” (non-whites) and evil “ice people” (whites). He never prepares for class, and routinely engages in professional misconduct. And yet, no colleagues have ever rebuked him. Meanwhile, CUNY’s thousands of cushy, patronage staff and administrative jobs all are “full-time,” with some paying over $100,000. The patronage is doled out apartheid-style, based on race, sex, and ethnicity. On pain of “whitelisting,” adjuncts must slavishly support the racist, sexist, heterophobic status quo, the First Amendment be damned. Meanwhile, the apartheidchiks harass adjuncts, and encourage students to do the same. [www.academia.org/campus_reports/1999/may_1999_4.html - Cached] ”  That was hard.

Media anti--christs

In passing

Wacko church ladies and some other stuff

“ Dodd, At It Again Dodd's proposes replacing  the Fed "super regulator." Will it work? Consider the source. Along with fellow Democrat Barney Frank, now chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Dodd, who heads the Senate Banking Committee, has done as much to damage this nation's financial system as anyone — and that includes all the CEOs and subprime scoundrels as well as former Fed chief Alan Greenspan ... Thank you, Washington, for Requesting a Demonstrably Good Idea Sarah then attempts to point Obama in the right direction.  The girl has spunk. Former clinic director: Church chilly to my pro-life turn WaTimes rank humbuggery.  A few leftist baby killers do not an Episcopal  Church make But how about the Catholic Church? "Inexplicably Evil Organization Most Disconnected From Real People" - HuffPost MSNBC's Nancy Snyderman Lobbies IRS: Go After Catholic Bishops for Opposing Abortion in Health Care Bill ” “ ‘Cowardly’ Pro-Life Stupak ‘Targeting Women’ Who ‘Can’t Fight Back’ Keith Olbermann's tranny twin cites internecine  Donk warfare Glenn Beck Parody "KILL SMURFS" (Keywords, Integrated, Leftist, Liberal, Socialist, Modern, Utopian, Reformed, Farce, School.) Eric Cartman exposes Wendy Testaburger (Clip at right, Full episode here) ”

Now we know what change means

Rick Beckham

Highway Sign near Durham, NC

World Poker Champ

$8.5 Mil

Look for hoops to fall off in the inner city

Unplugged “ Joe Cada, a poker professional, became the ultimate winner of the WSOP Main Event on November 10th. He became the youngest champion in history, beating last year's achievement of Peter Eastgate. Cada defeated Darvin Moon and won $8.5 million. ”

Fact or Fiction?

Stuff you won't be tricked by

“ ACORN Sues Over 'Unconstitutional' Funding Cuts By Congress    TRUE This was written by Sherry Hackett, Buddy Hackett's widow........          Undetermined Obama's Likely Anti-Semitism Chief Was Criticized by the ADL                TRUE      Teacher says comment about shape of Florida got him fired drawing on a map was out of proportion. "Florida got excited," the teacher explained.        TRUE Hoffman ally: Owens victory still looks inevitable                                    Huh? ”

We're not racists

Texas New Mexico Cuzzin Ricky (C/R)

Donks are exempt

Lord of the Cockroaches

2 minutes of Mark Levin fun - Mark Miller

the Pet Care Perk

Ruh-Roh

Wait until Democrats from Manhattan to Marin hear about this "fairness" issue.

I was looking for the recent post where I, not so tongue in cheek, suggested that we'll soon be getting free gummint pet care.  That camel's nose is sniffing under the tent. “ Employers offer pet health care as perk Even as the human health care debate rages in Congress, businesses are showing support for the animal kingdom by providing heath insurance for their employees' four-legged friends. Hundreds of companies including Google Inc. and Blockbuster Inc. offer pet health insurance as a supplementary benefit to attract and retain employees, said David Lummis, a senior pet market analyst for Packaged Facts, a market research firm. ” If memory serves, it was during a Dick Nixon anti-inflation wage freeze that employers began offering, on a wide scale, comprehensive medical insurance as a way around it.   I'm sure they never imagined that Democrats would turn that gambit into a mandated responsibility.   By the by, I never did find that quote, but I did find this, and it made me laugh.

Hodge-podge

In passing ...

I found stuff you prolly didn't know

An insane world, wot? “ Glenn Beck Knocks Lou Dobbs Off CNN A tenuous explanation.  Occam says CNN can't afford to pay his salary. Gen. Powell to President Obama on Af-Pak Strategy: "Take Your Time" Barry talks to a mirror Sarah Palin’s new book has no index.  ...  if true, that is probably the funniest thing that I’ve read all day*. But what Going Rogue: An American Life will have is this:    She settles scores with some of those brave McCain folks who as genuine teammates in battle anonymously leaked unhelpful things about her to journalists during the campaign. Ms. P helpfully provides their names. Perry County Alabama: a perfect Democrat plantation celebrates Obama Election Day with voter fraud Happy Days Are Here Again, Doo-dah Doo-dah Absentee ballots being sold for $40.00 each. Treachery as Lifestyle Choice While Obama was rescinding George Bush's protection of the conscience rights of Christian doctors and nurses, the Defense Department fretted over the freedoms of an open jihadist. Procrastination I know you well ”

Woof

Life Without a Dog Quandary #9

Who eats the chicken neck and other guts?

One Nation Under God

Merrily

McNaughton's response to liberal criticisms of "One Nation Under God."

Tres Interesting, and well done.

Gore,Willy, and Barry

God and the three piss ants A Fable

“ Al Gore, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama go to heaven... God addresses Al first. ''Al, what do you believe in?'' Al replies: "Well, I believe that I won that election, but that it was your will that I did not serve.  And I've come to understand that now.'' God thinks for a second and says: "Very good. Come and sit at my left.'' God then addresses Bill. "Bill, what do you believe in?'' Bill replies: "I believe in forgiveness.  I've sinned, but I've never held a grudge against my fellow man, and I hope no grudges are held against me.'' God thinks for a second and says: "You are forgiven, my son. Come and sit at my right.'' Then God addresses Barack. "Barack, what do you believe in?'' Barry replies: "I believe you're in my chair" ” Marc Miller

Commie Teams

Corruption as a way of life

Nobody who watched  will ever forget it. The U.S. basketball team had never lost an Olympic game in 36 years, but the Soviet Union’s team surprised the Americans in the 1972 Munich Games. With just six seconds left, the USSR was clinging to a one-point lead when American Doug Collins was deliberately fouled.  Collins sank both of his free throws, giving the US. its first lead, 50-49, with three seconds left. The Soviets inbounded,  but Rooskie coaches walked out onto the floor - a technical foul.   One second showed on the clock. But, what's this?  The clock was set back to 3 seconds? Soviet ball! Once again they inbound, and take a desperate shot that falls short as time expires.  But, what's this?  Officials yet again reset the clock to three seconds?!?  A length of the court pass goes to Soviet star Sasha Belov, who charges  past two defenders to score at the buzzer.  This time, it's over. You can watch the final three minutes here, if you can stand it. It was for me a practical demonstration of how a predatory power can and will, if it controls the right officials, practice prestidigitation of that transparency at will. Here's a scene from what I will suggest are spawn of that bankrupt system, today's Democrat party. Not as dramatic as their recent Al Franken miracle shot perhaps, but an example of  pervasive decay and stench from this ... this  Obamacy. “ Spitzer to Deliver Harvard Lecture on Ethics? The former New York governor will be giving a lecture tomorrow at Harvard's Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics. The talk is titled "From Ayn Rand to Ken Feinberg – How Quickly the Paradigm Shifts. What Should be the Rationale for Government Participation in the Market?" It's unclear whether Spitzer will be paid by the hour or simply given a flat fee for services rendered. [Weekly Standard Blog] ” Sheesh.

The Warrior Song

Warriors in Cinerama

Juice

Horry Clap - This is cosmic

Here's yur hate speech

This guy is the N Word

I get to do this rant every four years, which is prolly how long it's been.  Anyone who's been around C&S for very long knows how much I despise political correctness.  D-E-S-P-I-S-E.  That goes for its practitioners. Numb nutted pussies, all. But to the quick.  I don't often utter the word nigger for these reasons only. I would be immediately branded as being from the uneducated lower classes, an insult to my parents who did everything possible to see me educated. It's offensive to many people, thus impolite. Actually the term is a derivative of the Southern drawled  "nigra" for Negro., which soon became "nigger."  So that's a whole different thing from calling a Jew, "kike," or "sheeney," both of which were meant to disparage.  My Chicago blue collar neighborhood upbringing left me entirely comfortable using the words dago, spick, wop, mick, and Polack ("so two Dagos walk into a bar").  My kids were not raised in that environment, and are not comfortable with those epithets. Fine.  Of course use of any word, with the wrong inflection, is a fighting word. "So, Dougy, is your mommy letting you go to the game? [Whack!] "So, Dougy, is your mommy letting you go to the game? [No, I wet the bed again] .I hope that explains how I feel, because if it is ever appropriate to call someone a nigger, it would be this guy.  To his face. Because he is a racist MFCS, and I mean to offend and infuriate him.  .

Harry Reid - waxed

Ghack! of the day.

"Senator Beau Biden"

TPM's 2010 Senate Low-Down: Who's In Trouble And Who's Not  appears to do a bit of whistling past the graveyard, but gets caught up in reality. “ Looking ahead to the 2010 Senate races, when Democrats hope to expand their 60-seat supermajority and Republicans want to chip away at it, there are a whole bunch of competitive races on each side -- and with no immediately obvious sure bets for which seats might flip, a whole lot could happen. A lot will depend on the national environment. In marginal cases, whether it's a Democratic or Republican year, and the extent of this, can make the difference for the candidates involved, and likely made the difference in some of those close races in 2004, 2006 and 2008. ” See if you can find any way Obamacrats gain of even one seat.  Near certain dead ducks include, Harry Reid, Arlen Specter, & Chris Dodd.  Blanche Lincoln ain't looking so good either.  There are no for certain Republican losses. Plus, unfortunately for Democrats (and us!), the outlook on every front for 2010 is at best dire.  I think Republicans should  "nationalize" these elections under the umbrella, "We promise to impeach and convict Barack Obama if elected, and follow immediately with Biden."  America is verging on wanting these guys strung up.

Gangster Gummint

Meet Your Gummint

Today: Valerie Jarret

Veteran's Day Thank You

A card pour vous

Chrissie sent me this HallMark E-card, and I'm passing it on to you.

Our crappy times

In Passing

Living Large In Obamaland

“ Another Good Reason to Use a Mac. Sloppy PC security leads to people being framed as downloading child porn. Of course, if you are a pedophile, you want to use a Windows machine so you have the handy, “a hacker did it!” excuse. The UN vs. Anne Bayefsky Anne Bayefsky stepped to the open microphone. After a short two minutes, four UN security guards surrounded her, confiscated her UN pass, and accompanied her to the UN security office. Challenge To GlennBeck​RapedAnd​Murdered​AYoungGirl​In1990.com Loses WIPO Dispute It looks like BarryObamaNotOnlyGotABlowjobFromLarrySinclairHeReturnedInKind.com is a go. How close are we to a foreign missile attack? For those whom the words "President Obama" is not an answer, it looks like 33 minutes. Clue to Obama - Today is not Memorial Day 'Antarctica's Ice Loss Helps Offset Global Warming' You can't make this stuff up ”  The Obama economy is so bad...that Saturday Night Live is thinking about telling an Obama joke.

Grouchy Old Men, Ole!

shitmydadsays

In a comment Jack said Rodger, You'll love these quotes, then: http://twitter.com/shitmydadsays Indeed I do Jack. “ "You look just like Stephen Hawking...Relax, I meant like a non-paralyzed version of him. Feel better?... Fine. Forget I said it." "You worry too much. Eat some bacon... What? No, I got no idea if it'll make you feel better, I just made too much bacon." "Son, no one gives a shit about all the things your cell phone does. You didn't invent it, you just bought it. Anybody can do that." "Oh please, you practically invented lazy. People should have to call you and ask for the rights to lazy before they use it." "I need to change clothes? Wow. That's big talk coming from someone who looks like they robbed a Mervyn's." "The baby will talk when he talks, relax. It ain't like he knows the cure for cancer and he just ain't spitting it out." "You sure do like to tailgate people... Right, because it's real important you show up to the nothing you have to do on time." "Just pay the parking ticket. Don't be so outraged. You're not a freedom fighter in the civil rights movement. You double parked." "Son, people will always try and f__k you. Don't waste your life planning for a f___ing, just be alert when your pants are down." "I wouldn't worry about money...No, it has a lot to do with happiness, I just meant YOU shouldn't worry, cause you'd just piss it away." "Don't listen to the pussy side of you when you make a decision. People gravitate towards being a pussy. Remove the pussy, son." "I'm having a Makers Mark, you want one? What? 7up? I ain't mixing f___ing makers with 7up. Might as well put a lil' f___ing umbrella in it" ”

In his own words

duh

THor

Tell my cell-mate I said, Baaaaa-baaaaaaaaa

Kaine Denies Clemency, Muhammad Set to Be Executed

Below, some memorable last words.  Any suggestions for John Muhammad?  “ Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel. Executed in electric chair in New York. ~~ George Appel, d. 1928 You sons of bitches. Give my love to Mother. Executed in electric chair. ~~ Francis "Two Gun" Crowley, d. 1931 How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? French fries. Executed in electric chair in Oklahoma. ~~ James French, d. 1966 I'd rather be fishing. Executed in electric chair, Louisiana. ~~ Jimmy Glass, d. June 12, 1987 I did not get my Spaghetti-O's, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this. Executed by injection, Oklahoma. ~~ Thomas J. Grasso, d. March 20, 1995 Hurry it up you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you're screwing around. Executed by hanging Leavenworth, Kansas. ~~ Carl Panzram, d. September 5, 1930 ”

I like this picture

Girl Signs

It means "we're straight."

From the people who want to own you

FWIW

Hmmmm.  What could possibly explain this discrepancy?

Columbo would ask, "who had a motive, the opportunity, and something to gain by causing a panic and supplying the cure?"

hood account

911 rerun

I cannot vouch for the validity of this.  Was sent to me by a friend.  I do believe that this is  a true Eye Witness account of what a JAG Officer saw outside. Wayne Here's a snippet.  View the whole thimg here. “ g I hadn't run away and stayed because I had thought about the consequences or anything like that. I wasn't thinking anything through. Please understand, there was no intention. I was just staying there because I didn't think about running. It never occurred to me that he might shoot me. Until he started shooting in my direction and I realized I was unarmed. Then the female cop comes around the corner. He shoots her. (according to the news accounts she got a round into him. I believe it, I just didn't see it. he didn't go down.) She goes down. He starts reloading. He's fiddling with his mags. Weirdly he hasn't dropped the one that was in his weapon. He's holding the fresh one and the old one (you do that on the range when time is not of the essence but in combat you would just let the old mag go). I see the male cop around the left corner of the building. (I'm about 15-20 meters from the shooter.) I yell at the cop, "He's reloading, he's reloading. Shoot him! Shoot him!) You have to understand, everything was quiet at this point. The cop appears to hear me and comes around the corner and shoots the shooter. He goes down. The cop kicks his weapon further away. I sprint up to the downed female cop. Another captain (I think he was with me behind the cars) comes up as well. She's bleeding profusely out of her thigh. We take our belts off and tourniquet her just like we've been trained (I hope we did it right...we didn't have any CLS (combat lifesaver) bags with their awesome tourniquets on us, so we worked with what we had). Meanwhile, in the most bizarre moment of the day, a photographer was standing over us taking pictures. I suppose I'll be seeing those tomorrow. Then a soldier came up and identified himself as a medic. I then realized her weapon was lying there unsecured (and on "fire"). I stood over it and when I saw a cop yelled for him to come over and secure her weapon (I would have done so but I was worried someone would mistake me for a bad guy). I then went over to the shooter. He was unconscious. A Lt Colonel was there and had secured his primary weapon for the time being. He also had a revolver. I couldn't believe he was one of ours. I didn't want to believe it. Then I saw his name and rank and realized this wasn't just some specialist with mental issues. At this point there was a guy there from CID and I asked him if he knew he was the shooter and had him secured. He said he did. I then went over the slaughter house. the medical SRP building. No human should ever have to see what that looked like. and I won't tell you. Just believe me. Please. there was nothing to be done there. g ”

Twister

More like an unbridgeable gulf

The Constitutional Divide Defining the split in America's values

--easy to print on one page and circulate--   America's "LEFT" Collectivist Values America's "CENTRIST" Moderate Values

There's lots of this type thing out there; this is pretty good.  I found myself thinking, or trying to think, like a modern Liberal going through the list of comparisons.  My sense is that they will agree with everything in the right column, but find the appropriate rationale to end up in the left. <libthink> "Small Government needs to be just Big enough to address the needs and wants those less fortunate than the fortunate. </libthink> It's close to impossible to challenge ideology.  When change does occur, it's probably seconds before they fall victim to it themselves.  I think it's Obama's goal to destroy our  free market so we'll be eager to grab some some socialist bread.  Actually, I'm certain of it. Mile66

But wait ...

Guaranteed Smile

A Beyoncing Baby Boy

Hucker

Inspirational message

Inspiring to many of us ...

As we get older we sometimes begin to doubt our ability to "make a difference" in the world.  It is at these times that our hopes are boosted by the remarkable achievements of other "seniors" who have found the courage to take on challenges that would make many of us wither. Meet Harold Sclum

“ I've often been asked, 'What do you old folks do now that you're retired'?  Well. I'm fortunate to have a chemical engineering background, and one of the things I enjoy most is turning beer, wine, Scotch, and Margaritas into urine. ” Merrily

I'm in total self defense mode - that includes you Girl Scout cookie girl

GHACK!!

Flags and flowers are shown in front of the apartment, upper right, where Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan lived outside of Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, Monday, Nov. 9, 2009. Hasan is suspected of opening fire on fellow soldiers during a rampage that left 13 people dead on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009.

I like the Korean Boat one

In Passing

Nothing really surprises me anymore UPDATE!  Okay,   that did.

“ Obamanomics' Backlash Stimulus And it didn't help to have one after another of those commie czars pop up in the West Wing. Each time a new pinko was unearthed, I couldn't help thinking of that Wack-a-Mole game on the boardwalk where you try to smash mechanical moles as hard and quickly as possible with oversized mallets as they pop up from their hole [How delicious] More Wack-a-Mole With just days to go before Levi Johnston's photo spread for Playgirl hits the stands, the most famous 19-year-old single dad from Alaska is keeping in the headlines with news to today that the teen will be suing to obtain joint custody of his son, Tripp Palin. Chris Matthews 'That's Not a Crime to Call al Qaeda, Is It?' Newsweek rejects "insane." Goes other way. Cites Marxist for fave quote Today's Fun Australian Air Force bombs North Korean Drug Ship. ”

Dorothy Rabinowitz

Dr. Phil and the Fort Hood Killer His terrorist motive is obvious to everyone but the press and the Army brass.

Down with Escapism - Caleb Weintraub For years I maintained a subscription to the WSJ for, as much as anything, Dorothy Rabinowitz columns.  I will describe her as someone with common sense (a none too common attribute today) who writes good. Tenacious too. Her 1995 story [A Darkness in Massachusetts] about the insane prosecution of the Amirault family in the Fells Acre Day Care case, sparked a nine-year crusade to win their freedom.   To read that saga today will help us understand how, if not why, a national hysteria can lead to an Obama. Here's a snippet of the bitch slap she lays on the Dr. Phils who've Oprah-nized a whole society. “ A shocked Dr. Phil, appalled that the guest had publicly mentioned Maj. Hasan's Islamic identity, went on to present what was, in essence, the case for Maj. Hasan as victim. Victim of deployment, of the Army, of the stresses of a new kind of terrible war unlike any other we have known. Unlike, can he have meant, the kind endured by those lucky Americans who fought and died at Iwo Jima, say, or the Ardennes? The quality and thrust of this argument was best captured by the impassioned Dr. Phil, who asked us to consider, "how far out of touch with reality do you have to be to kill your fellow Americans . . . this is not a well act." And how far out of touch with reality is such a question, one asks in return—not only of Dr. Phil, but of the legions of commentators like him immersed in the labyrinths of motive hunting even as the details of Maj. Hasan's proclivities became ever clearer and more ominous. [Article] ”

Rush asks the rehtorical question

WHY DID HE DO IT?