NationStates Jolt Archive

Good evening, infidels. Your humble instructor's adventures in capitalism seem to be about to yield a great result. However I won't announce any more until such a time that I can confirm that the result is indeed what I am forecasting. Suffice it to say, if it comes through, this column will go on a month-long sabbatical sometime in the summer.

- I really like this link. It comes from www.mooreexposed.com, and it applies the Michael Moore method to none other than the Michael Moore and his upcoming "documentary." In fact, the entire mooreexposed.com site is a must-see.
http://www.mooreexposed.com/paranoia.html

- Lanny Grant follows the money and explains the basic unfairness of the "progressive" tax system, which is based on "from each according to his ability."
http://mensnewsdaily.com/archive/g/grant/2004/grant040704.htm

- Dick Morris continues to chronicle the crash of the Kerry campaign.
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/22306.htm

- Are we in the US encouraging the scum in Fallujah by our continued restraint? (Even though we did hit a mosque today, eliminating 40+ militants.) John O'Sullivan thinks so.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/osullivan/cst-edt-osul06.html

And Ralph Peters says we (the US) are paying the price to be paid for weakness. And he is right.
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/22307.htm

- As always, Mark Steyn is right on target. Some of you are castigating the Bush administration for "not doing enough to prevent 9/11." Maybe so. However, 10 years ago, someone knew exactly what was going on in Rwanda and chose to do nothing to prevent genocide there.
http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/news/opinion/8361461.htm

That someone admits his failure to prevent the genocide.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53314-2004Apr5.html

- Tax Freedom Day comes on April 11th this year. For those of you who don't know what TFD is, it's the day when you're perceived to have worked enough, and earned enough to pay your tax burden (federal, state, local, etc) for the year. This is the earliest TFD has come since 1967! This is cause for celebration.
http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxfreedomday.html

- Time to break down what was actually understandable from Chappaquiddick Ted's recent speech. Jay Bryant debunks the speech, point by point.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/jaybryant/jb20040407.shtml

- Unlike private business, government rarely, if ever, has to account for the cost of its decisions and policies. Thomas Sowell explains why there is no such thing as a free lunch.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20040407.shtml

- Your dictionary defines magician as "someone who performs tricks of illusion, by sleight of hand." Walter E. Williams applies the definition to the Democrats and their attempts to discredit the Bush administration's handling of the War on Terror.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/walterwilliams/ww20040407.shtml

- Kathleen Parker weighs in on Condi Rice's upcoming testimony before the 9/11 Commission, and wonders, if the commission gets tough with her, will the NOW gang come to her defense? Don't hold your breath.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/kathleenparker/kp20040407.shtml

- Linda Chavez also weighs in on Condi's testimony.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/lindachavez/lc20040407.shtml

- Jonah Goldberg thinks Richard Clarke made a powerful case in his testimony...for GW Bush's re-election. After all, the Bush team has done a powerful job fighting terrorism while having to learn...why turn the fight over to an obvious neophyte, who plans to undo all that has been done since 9/11?
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/jonahgoldberg/jg20040407.shtml

- Could Howard Stern read Richard Clarke's book on-air without picking up another fine? Terrence Jeffrey says no.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/terencejeffrey/tj20040407.shtml

- The situation in Iraq calls for strong leadership. William F. Buckley says George W. Bush is the man for the job.
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/wfbuckley/wfb20040406.shtml

- The Washington Times editorial page questions the wisdom of John Kerry.
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20040406-105543-7597r.htm

- And now for something completely different. I challenge all of you to tell this woman that she isn't, in Isaac Hayes' immortal words about Shaft, "one bad motha..." THIS, my friends, is The Toughest Person Alive Today, bar-none. Ok, maybe the guy who amputated his own arm can challenge her.
http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004040613310002434687&dt=20040406133100&w=RTR&coview=

And now, for tonight's moment of humor:

- Day by Day, by Chris Muir. http://www.daybydaycartoon.com

Hey Pan, you should add the daily Novak Cartoon to it.

http://www.conservativenews.org/cartoon/NOWAKArchive/2004/cart472004120404PM.asp

"The Democratic Party, which gave America the proud legacies of men like Harry Truman and Henry "Scoop" Jackson, is poised to nominate for president a man who either doesn't understand the struggle against radical Islam or blindly went trolling for votes from a radical Islamic organization.
In December, when John Kerry was badly trailing Howard Dean, the Massachusetts senator spoke at the annual convention of the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), an anti-Semitic organization that has defended infamous terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah. Addressing the Long Beach, Calif., audience by phone, Mr. Kerry told the crowd that he "really want to earn support of Muslim leaders across the United States." Mr. Kerry appealed to the crowd by strongly implying that the Bush administration is not protecting the First Amendment rights of Muslims. "I believe this administration is moving our country in a radically wrong direction and is cynically exploiting people in the country and has forgotten some of the heart of the Constitution of the United States of America," he said during his speech.
Mr. Kerry's words, though not justified by facts or any reasonable interpretation of reality, are not the primary problem. His willingness to address the group in the first place is. No presidential candidate should lend legitimacy to a group with MPAC's track record.
On the day of the September 11 attacks, MPAC's executive director and co-founder, Salam Al-Marayati, wasted no time launching into an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, saying on KCRW-FM's "Which Way, L.A.?" program that "we should put the state of Israel on the suspect list." MPAC has also defended the actions of terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah. Mr. Al-Marayati, at a speech at the University of Pennsylvania in 1997, lauded Hamas' "social and educational operations" and downplayed what he called "its quote unquote military operations." In a 1998 speech at the National Press Club, MPAC Senior Adviser Maher Hathout claimed that Hezbollah merely fights for the "American values" of "freedom and liberty."
It's possible, of course, that Mr. Kerry's campaign had no idea about the true nature of MPAC. But given the group's notoriety, particularly among many in Los Angeles, how could the Kerry staff have been so careless?
The other alternative is far worse. We don't suspect that Mr. Kerry shares any of MPAC's repugnant views. But knowing the ugly truth about MPAC and speaking there anyway would not be much better. We hope for Mr. Kerry's sake that his campaign staff were simply completely inept. "


I'm so sorry for posting the entire article above, but I need people to read it, actually read this tripe.

This editorial borders on the obscenely rascist, its certainly ignorant and very offensive. The vile hatred of the Muslim faith in this article is painful to read and I wish to call attention to it. If someone actually thinks this is the right way to think, if this is way to live your life...I recommend some time with a shrink...or a priest. It is not okay to hate people like this. No one should promote the hatred of the entire muslim faith...Is that not obvious? Am I alone in thinking this?

The organization MPAC lauds the Civil record of a group and this person dercies this as anti-american?! That's just sickening. Guilt by association should be left to the McCarthyites and other scum. Don't degrade yourself with this, please. Right-wing, Left-wing or otherwise, no one should be so utterly blinded by hate.

I'm so sorry for posting the entire article above, but I need people to read it, actually read this tripe.

This editorial borders on the obscenely rascist, its certainly ignorant and very offensive. The vile hatred of the Muslim faith in this article is painful to read and I wish to call attention to it. If someone actually thinks this is the right way to think, if this is way to live your life...I recommend some time with a shrink...or a priest. It is not okay to hate people like this. No one should promote the hatred of the entire muslim faith...Is that not obvious? Am I alone in thinking this?

The organization MPAC lauds the Civil record of a group and this person dercies this as anti-american?! That's just sickening. Guilt by association should be left to the McCarthyites and other scum. Don't degrade yourself with this, please. Right-wing, Left-wing or otherwise, no one should be so utterly blinded by hate.

Is it really racist to point out who Kerry associates himself with? MPAC's leader is virulently anti-semitic. MPAC also supports Hamas and Hezbollah, two violently terroristic organizations who have pledged to destroy our ally Israel, and have committed or pledged to commit violence against Americans. The civic record of Hamas and Hezbollah includes sending teenagers and young mothers to blow themselves up, in order to kill Israeli citizens, and recently they shot a young Arab dead, because they thought he was a Jew. Nope, the only racism in the piece is expressed by Mr al-Marayati.

MPAC's leader IS a semite, all arabs are.
So the organization can't be antisemitic either, just anti-Jewish.
Who cares anyway.

MPSC'd leader IS a semite, all arabs are.

This comment sure says a lot about you as well.. "all arabs are".. :roll:

WOW! Where'd all these right-wingers come from? I need to visit the General forum more often, methinks. I suppose it's a good idea to have some balance. That's decent muckraking, Panhandlia. Well, ok, it's pretty damn good muckraking. Good job. :)

MPSC'd leader IS a semite, all arabs are.

This comment sure says a lot about you as well.. "all arabs are".. :roll:

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2003/665/op1.htm

MPSC'd leader IS a semite, all arabs are.

This comment sure says a lot about you as well.. "all arabs are".. :roll:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=semite

Yes all arabs are semites

MPSC'd leader IS a semite, all arabs are.

This comment sure says a lot about you as well.. "all arabs are".. :roll:

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=semite

Yes all arabs are semites

Doh! LOL.. I misunderstood what they were saying.. I stand corrected.. Sorry.. :oops: