This is just beyond the realm of insanity. Recently, an 80-year-old Chicago resident, who is a Korean War veteran, shot back at a home intruder. The robber missed, but the homeowner did not, and apparently Mayor Daley is still not saying whether or not the homeowner will face charges for killing the intruder.
Daley seems to be the one whose understanding is a bit foggy. Perhaps he was confused about the question, but when asked “with what can 80-year-old man who walks with a cane best protect himself and his family from a young, fit, armed home invader (and career criminal), who has already illustrated his ruthlessness by firing twice?” a gun most certainly is the answer.
No wonder the idiots who moved to Washington D.C. have contaminated an already filthy, toxic gene pool there with all the slime from the Chicago political machine.
This is CLASSIC Krauthammer. Last week on the Special Report panel, they discussed a recent very odd rambling statement by the White House Counterterrorism Advisor, John Brennan.
During a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, John Brennan described violent extremists as victims of “political, economic and social forces,” but said that those plotting attacks on the United States should not be described in “religious terms.”
He repeated the administration argument that the enemy is not “terrorism,” because terrorism is a “tactic,” and not terror, because terror is a “state of mind” — though Brennan’s title, deputy national security adviser for counterterrorism and homeland security, includes the word “terrorism” in it. But then Brennan said that the word “jihad” should not be applied either.
“Nor do we describe our enemy as ‘jihadists’ or ‘Islamists’ because jihad is a holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam, meaning to purify oneself or one’s community, and there is nothing holy or legitimate or Islamic about murdering innocent men, women and children,” Brennan said.
The technical, broadest definition of jihad is a “struggle” in the name of Islam and the term does not connote “holy war” for all Muslims. However, jihad frequently connotes images of military combat or warfare, and some of the world’s most wanted terrorists including Usama bin Laden commonly use the word to call for war against the West.
Like Krauthammer, I have no clue whose side this man is on. And why is he advising the President on terrorism if he won’t even call “it” what “it” is? No wonder the world is laughing at us right now. What a stooge.
Last week, the RedEye crew poked fun at the video of a Bay Area ABC reporter who was trying to interview a teacher at a school, when apparently the Communications/PR dude for the school kept advancing the reporter, doing a “pat, pat” on his left or right shoulder, whichever was closer. This was obviously space-invading, and you KNOW this guy knew it was getting the reporter’s goat.
However I must say, if this little pip-squeak kept doing this “pat, pat” to me, I’d have hauled off and socked him a good one! That was just too creepy the way he was acting…know what I mean? He deserved it, really, and I’d have been happy to oblige.
All I could think about (besides smacking the idiot around) was “DON’T TOUCH ME BRO!” LOL
Oh, and if you don’t get the Paul Provenza jab, you really missed out on a GREAT RedEye episode where the jerk almost got smacked by Ann Coulter for damn-near drooling on her while blabbing lib talking points like “NO WMDs!” Greg wasn’t hosting that night, though, or Provenza wouldn’t have even gotten CLOSE to what he did to Ann! Google it if you want to see it. It’s a HOOT!
Mike Huckabee had return guest, Josh Revak, on the show this weekend to play his tribute song for the Shane Woods Memorial Purple Heart Hunts, which take wounded warriors on big game hunts in Alaska. The fund was named after his close friend, Shane Woods, who was killed in the Iraq war. Shane grew up in Alaska, and these hunts help wounded vets transition back to civilian life, letting them feel once more like warriors.
The song he performed this weekend was one called “Sandcastles,” which he and his friend 1st Sgt. Aaron D. Jagger wrote together for a memorial service in Iraq. Before they could write another song together, Aaron was killed in an attack which also injured Josh, but Josh survived – Aaron didn’t.
100% of the proceeds for the music at JoshRevak will go to the Shane Woods Memorial Purple Heart Hunts. Please go listen to the songs there and download one or two.
Troy Yocum, an Iraqi war veteran, is on a trek to walk 7,000 miles across America to raise money for military veterans. He has a goal of $5M to raise, and he’s making his mark with his “Never Walk Alone” cause. From the supporting website, Drum Hike, here’s a bit about Troy’s mission:
We are proud to join forces with the Heroes of the Diamond to help Troy raise funds and awareness for our military families during their historic “Red, White and Blue Tour” delivering unique patriotic events designed to entertain fans and honor America.
They conduct a choreographed pre-game and half-time performance at sporting events that include: “Passing the Flag” – “Taps” – “Walk of Honor” – “9-11 Tribute” and other ceremonies. Troy will take part in a number of these unique events in addition to having the Heroes of the Diamond hike alongside him when possible.
May your travels keep you safe, and you will stay in our prayers along the way.
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Listen…I’m no fan of Obama, and like Mark Levin, I’d vote for a can of orange juice before I’d vote for Obama in 2012. Somewhere along the way, just because our president is black, videos like this are becoming more mainstream and more acceptable on YouTube and other sites, and it should not be.
This is tastleless to the n’th degree, but if it’s okay for black people to do this, how is anything ANY of the Republican candidates do remotely deemed racist at all?
If this country ever truly wants to progress and become a more civilized nation, why is trash like this even tolerated? I’m not asking for this garbage to be censored, but I’d love to see at least SOME condemnation of things like this to be more prevalent. Can we please all agree this is unacceptable in a civilized world? You cannot condemn one group of people for being allegedly “racist” while simultaneously approving of another group of people for creating videos such as this, villifying a single race of people in the process of glorifying the creators of these videos? One need only search certain terms on YouTube to find thousands of videos like this one. And they’re all equally disgusting.
What say you, Eugene Robinson, Goldie Taylor, Donna Brazile, Marc Lamont Hill, etc., etc.? I’m waiting for you all to openly condemn videos like this on YouTube. If you don’t, then I have no reason to listen to your small and petty complaints of racism from Fox News, Republicans as a whole, and GOP candidates in the 2012 primary. Your silence about videos like this are tacit approval of them.
As is said in many places, “hilarity ensues” (h/t Mediaite):
Frances Martel does a fabulous write-up about it, and I couldn’t have said it any better, so here it is direct from the Mediaite post:
“Are you offended?” O’Reilly asked Harpootlian, who replied that he was not, but that he found the fact that Republicans had “no outreach to African Americans” a problem “in a state where we have an African-American Republican Congressman.” “Adding insult to injury, this debate ignoring Martin Luther King’s birthday!” he added, which made O’Reilly ask who was ignoring the debate and why. The Republicans, Harpootlian replied, because “no one has raised any issue with Fox about it being appropriate or inappropriate.”
O’Reilly then asked whether there was a reason for this– namely, something that happened in 2008. Harpootlian did not remember what happened in 2008 (a Democratic primary debate on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) and who sponsored it (the Congressional Black Caucus), which prompted several awkward seconds where Harpootlian was obviously caught flat-footed. With this development, O’Reilly then told him that, “by injecting race into this, you do a disservice.” Harpootlian finally replied, blaming Republicans for injecting race into the matter by calling this “the most important election since 1860.” “We in the South have a little different version of that election,” he noted, suggesting that talking to Southerners in such a way was a sort of dog whistle. O’Reilly disagreed and just asked Harpootlian to give it up, adding, “you’re getting killed here!”
Today on Neil Cavuto, radio talk show host and constitutional scholar, Mark Levin was on to discuss his new book, “Ameritopia.”
Levin’s previous book, “Liberty and Tyranny” was a best-seller, as was another book before that titled, “Men in Black.” “Liberty and Tyranny” is a must-read for anybody who wants to know how we got to the point where we are in America today.
I’ve been stewing on this and stewing on this figuring out the right way to convey how I feel about it, and I’ve been struggling with just the right words to describe my sentiment. I read a fabulous screed by Deebow over at BlackFive, but it wasn’t until I saw the headline in a Weekly Standard piece today that quoted Lt. Col. Allen West (R-FL) on this matter. I couldn’t have said it better myself:
‘Shut Your Mouth, War Is Hell’
Yes, you got that right. Congressman West has weighed in on this flap over the Marines taking a piss on dead Taliban terrorists, sending an email to the Weekly Standard, who got his permission to print what he said. Here’s a portion of his commentary:
“All these over-emotional pundits and armchair quarterbacks need to chill. Does anyone remember the two Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who were beheaded and gutted in Iraq?
“The Marines were wrong. Give them a maximum punishment under field grade level Article 15 (non-judicial punishment), place a General Officer level letter of reprimand in their personnel file, and have them in full dress uniform stand before their Battalion, each personally apologize to God, Country, and Corps videotaped and conclude by singing the full US Marine Corps Hymn without a teleprompter.
“As for everyone else, unless you have been shot at by the Taliban, shut your mouth, war is hell.”
I’m not even quite sure that what the Marines did was wrong, but since when in the hell did we become so indignant and self-righteously outraged about treating killers like they deserve to be treated? Sure, they probably shouldn’t have videotaped what they did, but who the hell cares? And don’t give me this “don’t stoop to their level” B.S. either. Until you have been in the shoes of our warriors, or our first responders (cops, firefighters, etc.), or, heck, even ever been a crime victim yourself, you have no idea what you would do, given the same circumstances.
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