France - anti-warriors

I was not one to jump on the anti-French bandwagon with all the renaming of french fries or french kissing. I thought it was weak. However, I did question their commitment to pro-American interests. I've known for a while the French were overtly francophiles (surprise!!), but I didn't think they would actively try to sabotage American actions. It's one thing to be neutral, but quite another to support whomever opposes us.

No doubt France's actions were to buttress their weakening station in the world, but way too much credit has been given to France and their power. Ever since the outbreak in Ivory Coast, I've been pondering French power...

What is the legacy of France when it comes to warfare???

Pretty sad. . . Pretty sad when the highlight of their warfare history points back to Charlemagne in the 8th Century. Other than Charlemagne, their only sustained victory can be considered the Hundred Years War which decimated the population and served to kick the English out of France.

Other than these two occasions, all of France's endeavors have ended in defeat. They lost both the Italian Wars during the 16th Century and the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 as well as the colonial wars of Indochina (especially the humiliating defeat at Dien Bien Phu) and Algeria. It seems their only 'victories' occur when they ally themselves with others. Starting with the Thirty Years' War (in which they entered the war in year twenty of the thirty years!!), the French have need to rely upon others to succeed. There's no need to delve into their ineptness during both WWI and WWII. Yet their hubris holds no bounds...

Their inaction in Rwanda was due to francophone pride and not wanting to lose status. One can only imagine how their inaction (or is that 'action') in Ivory Coast will be played in the future.

If France wants to oppose us in our fight, so be it. Please, just don't call them our 'ally' anymore.
(thanks to Belmont Club)

Racism from the Tolerant - part deux

As from my previous rant, I found it the height of hypocrisy for some white dude from Wisconsin to call Condi Rice an 'Aunt Jemima' after all of her accomplishments. Now he's issued an apology....Well kinda (tip: Michael King):

I'm concerned that I have offended many African-Americans by using a crass term to describe an incompetent, dishonest political appointee of the Bush administration. I apologize. I know the term "Aunt Jemima" is not complimentary to African-American women who have worked so hard and yet receive so little from our great country.

I will not, however, apologize for pointing out that while Rice has clearly enjoyed the American dream, she has allowed herself to be used as a black trophy by an administration that is working hard to deny that dream to other African-American omen.

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The Bush administration has created what I call the "illusion of inclusion." They've appointed Colin Powell and now Rice to prominent positions, but in Powell's case, they ignored his advice, stabbed him in the back and ran him out of town. Rice's situation is more complicated. She appears to be close to the president personally, but takes her marching orders from Rumsfeld and Cheney.

How insulting...Who is this chump? Does he really speak for the African American community in Wisconsin? If that's true, man are they lost.

At least he brings up the issue of Mark Belling's suspension:

Some compare my remarks to Milwaukee radio host Mark Belling's comments referring to Hispanics as "wetbacks." Nothing could be further from the truth. While I support Belling's right to say what he did, his remarks were meant to spread resentment against an entire group of people who happened to be Hispanics living on the south side of Milwaukee.

What? Isn't Sly's comments meant to sow resentment through the state (and beyond) of Wisconsin??? What CRAP!

Sport Brawls

Have you had enough with the NBA brawl from Friday? Well, David Stern showed once again why he's the best commish in all the land. While the NBA is my least fav of the majors, Stern has always been top notch. However, he had to come down hard on the players and boy did he!! The fans were obnoxious and should be charge with assault, but so should the players. Here's a sampling of sports writers around the league. It's good to see them place the blame where it belongs...on the players!!!

We also had some fun in the realm of South Carolina football. A hell of a brawl broke out between Univ of South Carolina and Clemson. The article does not do justice to the action. It was as nasty a fight as I've ever seen. Once again the powers-that-be saw fit to exact the right punishment!!! They will not be able to go bowing!! Right on!!

Enough of the thuggery!!

Clinton Pathos

Wow, did anyone see the preview of Peter Jennings interview of Bill Clinton? Talk about hubris!!! Such anger and falderal!!!

(Ok, Ok... stop me now!!! First pathos and hubris and then falderal ?!?!?! See what happens when you read, children!!!!)

I was not a fan of the Impeachment proceedings and thought it was a waste of my money and capital, but I also understood that Kenneth Starr was hung out to dry since his 'mandate' came from the Attorney General (remember the wonderful Janet Reno!!!!). The Prosecutor was not a self-driven position. In fact. I seem to remember he had to turn down a position at Pepperdine Univ. because he had to fulfill his mandate.

I thought Clinton was a rather good POTUS, but if he's going to be Nixonian about this...screw `em!!

Bill Cosby - Voice of Reason

Man, ya gotta love Bill Cosby!!! For the past year or so, he's been on a lecture tour chastising the African-American youth and their parents. I love it!! Where have Rev. Jackson, 'Rev'. Sharpton or ANYBODY else been!!!! I don't believe it's a racial issue, I believe it's a social one. But I do believe the ONLY people who can address it are the African-American leaders.

Here's an article addressing the unwed mothers issue:

Indeed, the birth rate among unmarried non-Hispanic whites (22.9 percent in 202, up from 22.5 percent the previous year) is higher than that 22 percent black rate of four decades ago. By way of contrast, the white birth rate among unmarried women was 16.9 percent in 1990, and 1.9 percent in 1956.

That's from an UPI (are they even still around?) article on Unwed Mothers. This is a clear example of this being a social issue rather than a racial one.

Being from a single parent home for much of my youth, I can relate to much of that environment. However, I did have a supporting cast which was there for me when I strayed. But today, most young unwed mothers either rely upon their mothers to help raise the children or they struggle to do it themselves. Either way it's tough.

As a parent, sometimes you have to be firm and tell the truth. This is one of those times.

Racism from the Tolerant

What to make of the ranting left and the gloating right? Not much really. I've lost my zeal for the full course meal. I just light quick and feel my blood pressure rise, then I'm off to the next site when something like this comes up... let's see what Sly said:

"I did call her the Aunt Jemima of the administration because I think not only have they used her race as a trophy, but I think her price of admission to the White House has been complete obedience to the white power structure in the White House," Sylvester said. "(And) I called (Powell) Uncle Tom. Frankly I think they bought his silence."

How much do you think the left would be ratcheting up the pressure if someone in the Right Media would have made such outlandish comments such as 'Aunt Jemima' or 'Uncle Tom'? Do you think it would be all over the MSM? Oh, that's right. It's already happened when that pompous windbag Rush made some comments about a NFL quarterback. Wasn't that something about how Rush felt the media was playing up or inflating McNabb's abilities or that the media was "very desirous that a black quarterback do well."? I also remember most sports fans just laughed at him realizing he didn't know jack about football...I believe it cost him his job!

And what did Sly's program manager say or do? Oh, that's right he IS the program manager!!!

What bullshit and hypocrisy!!!

Arafat - The Evil

Did anyone else feel the yuckiness of honoring our veterans the same day the 'world' honored such evil??? It just gave me the willies.

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Alan Dershowitz pens an excellent column on Bin Laden's inspiration:

Yasser Arafat was the godfather of international terrorism who dashed his people's hope for statehood, stole billions of dollars intended for the relief of their suffering, and indoctrinated their children with so much hatred that they willingly turned themselves into human bombs.

He did manage to leapfrog the Palestinian cause over equally or more deserving causes – such as Tibetan freedom, Kurdish independence, and Basque statehood – by wielding three immoral weapons: first, international terrorism on a scale previously unknown to the world; second, an alliance with oil-rich states willing to extort support for his cause by energy blackmail; and third, exploitation of international anti-Semitism against the Jewish state.

And this truism:

Arafat was the inspiration for Osama bin Laden, because he proved to his eager student that terrorism works and that terrorists can be praised and rewarded by a craven world, as Arafat was by so many for so long.

It is just sickening when you hear of BBC talking heads weep openly for this evil man, but that is to be expected for a continent soon to be assimilated...BBC's Barbara Plett, who burst into tears on the day he was airlifted out of the West Bank. "When the helicopter carrying the frail old man rose above his ruined compound," Plett reported from Ramallah, "I started to cry." This quote was pulled from Jeff Jacoby's fine piece that called Arafat for what he was, a monster!

In a better world, the PLO chief would have met his end on a gallows, hanged for mass murder much as the Nazi chiefs were hanged at Nuremberg. In a better world, the French president would not have paid a visit to the bedside of such a monster. In a better world, George Bush would not have said, on hearing the first reports that Arafat had died, "God bless his soul."

God bless his soul? What a grotesque idea! Bless the soul of the man who brought modern terrorism to the world? Who sent his agents to slaughter athletes at the Olympics, blow airliners out of the sky, bomb schools and pizzerias, machine-gun passengers in airline terminals? Who lied, cheated, and stole without compunction? Who inculcated the vilest culture of Jew-hatred since the Third Reich? Human beings might stoop to bless a creature so evil -- as indeed Arafat was blessed, with money, deference, even a Nobel Prize -- but God, I am quite sure, will damn him for eternity.

I quite agree.

Arafat Dead

Finally . . . after two weeks, this man is dead. Thanks be to God!

I can only imagine the feast to be held in his 'honor' in Israel. This man was evil, pure evil. What else explains his action? He kept his 'people' in subjugation for personal gain. Kept them in 'camps' by encouraging neighboring countries to not accept the Palestinians, keeping them in 'refugee' status.

Arafat should not be buried in his Ramallah compound, but in his family plot in Gaza as fitting a man of his stature! (hat tip: LGF)

Arafat

As I've mentioned before, I'm all for Israel and have NO tolerance for the Palestinian 'cause' nor the PA and their bleeding dry the people they are said to serve. I feel Arafat is the embodiment of Evil. He has purposefully subjugated his 'people' for political and monetary reasons. He was also afraid of peace. He was afraid if he accepted ANY peace plan in which the Israelis were acknowledged, he would be assassinated. On top of all that, he stole, at best count, over a billion dollars marked for his 'people'!!!

Here's part of his 'legacy', how best to present Shahada to the youth of the West Bank:

Arafat explains that dead Palestinian children- Shahids - are “the greatest
message to the world”. [PA TV Jan. 15, 2002]

Or even better from Uri Dromi:

A few days after the signing ceremony of the Cairo Accords in May 1994 handing over Gaza andJericho to the Palestinians, Arafat gave a speech in Johannesburg at a local mosque. Believing he was among friends only, he talked about the agreement he had just signed: "This agreement, I am not considering it more than the agreement which had been signed between our prophet Muhammad and Qureish."

For those not versed in Islamic history, the agreement, also known as the al-Khudaibiya agreement, was a 10-year peace treaty between Mohammad and the tribe of Qureish. After two years, when Mohammad had improved his military position, he tore up the agreement and slaughtered the Qureishites. Now that Arafat seems to be on the way out, the big question is whether he has been the sole obstacle to peace between Israelis and Palestinians, or whether he simply has been representing a phenomenon common to all Palestinian leaders. Can we at last sit down with people who, instead of double-talking, will for once keep their word?

Personally, I'm not holding my breath.

And of course Suha Arafat is keeping him on life-support until she and others can find the loot:

Over the past 40 years, Mr Arafat's PLO has built up a global empire of investments, worth an estimated $4.2 billion to $6.5 billion. (£2.3-£3.5 billion). Meanwhile the Palestinian Authority, which administers the territories, is virtually bankrupt.

Let the power struggle begin!!!

It's a Wrap!!

Red v. Blue 2004

OK, this is about it. I've not been as diligent as a Blogger should be with the aftermath of the `04 election. There was so much to comprehend by the time I got a round to it, it was passe'. I'm not about to re-hash this yet again. I'll leave that to the MSM who are STILL having a hard time accepting the outcome even one week after . . . The NYTimes is a cut above as a platform for the moonbats; Dowd, Herbert et al are besides themselves!!!

It's in Bush's court now to solve Iraq. He has no one to blame and will be judged solely on Iraq and only slightly on WoT.

Can't Say It Any Clearer!!

Man, I can not say it any clearer that Michael Totten!!! His column on Why Kerry Lost is spot on. It's not a diatribe of Right-wing drivel, since he is not a Republican.

And though I don’t think of myself as conservative (I did just vote for a Democratic Congress), my alienation from the liberal party is total. A political party that thinks crying Halliburton! is a grown-up response to anti-totalitarian war just isn’t serious.

As I, Michael voted for Bush strickly on Terror issues. I, too, have NEVER voted for a Republican President candidate. And depending on who the Dems throw out there next time, I'm not sure I can repeat the vote.

I'll wrap up the election real soon, then let's put it behind us and focus on the futrue.

WOW! ! ! !

That pretty much says it all, eh? Did anyone really think Bush was going to win by such a margin??? Certainly not me!! I thought it was an up hill battle all the way. I figured the Iraq war and the incumbent factor was going to be enough to topple Bush. Man, am I surprised!!!

Where to start . . .

Is there any doubt now the MSM had a vested interest in the Exit Polls? How can Zogby, who was a reputable pollster, be taken seriously anymore? I know Exit Polls serve a purpose in Third World countries to monitor Government controlled media, but this isn't Venezuela. The egg is everywhere!!! But it's truly telling when MSM tries to direct the masses. What was it, 3:00pm ET when the MSM began trumpeting Kerry? Shame . . .

Bush's margin of victory, 3,500,000, is impressive!!! Now, as all four of you out there know, I'm not a kool-aid drinker for Bush. In fact, I was more concerned with what Kerry was going to do in the future than what Bush has done in the past. But 3 1/2 million?!?!?! Plus, the most votes in by a candidate in history!! 58 million? Wow! BUT pls don't think this is a mandate to run amok. . .

Several weeks ago, I blogged my experience of finding Air America in Oregon. I'd wondered why I had not found it in the Puget Sound area. Well, I stumbled on it in Seattle. It's like listening to Savage-on-the-Left. I listen to it and am amazed. Today was an entire day of diatribes on how Republicans "stole" the election and how we are now a 'fascist' nation. It was no different than listening to Savage or Rush, just as ignorant.

Then there were the Bloggers who are now on tilt. DU was off the chart, Lean Left was amazing and off the chart ridiculous!! Josh Marshall was about the most introspective of the bunch, but there still was the incredulous belief system that is strickly one dimensional.

There are those of us who see this election for it's entire ugliness and not a one sided 'woe, is me, how could we be treated like this!!!' Both sides pushed the envelope of acceptability. But then again, we're now waiting for `06 and Hillary ! !

Vote!!!

OK, the time has come . . .

I've been avoiding blogging due to all the crap surrounding this year's election. I've been in tune with our wonderful political system since the `70s. And each year, we hear of the increase in acrimony and 'dirty' politics we, as the electorate, are disgusted with, yet each cycle brings us closer to the Hatfields and McCoys or Southsides v. Northsides or (and I like this one!!) Valleys v. Locals (get off my wave, punk . . . thanks to the Surf Punks of old!!)

What's going to happen if Kerry wins ? ? ? Does our country cease to exist as we know it? Do we de-evolve into a society of pantywastes? I don't think so, but we'll probably trend towards the Wilsonian utopia envisioned for the League of Nations. But how do we contain Iran?

Until our next election! ! !

If Bush wins ? ? ? Do we subject the world to our military domination? What of Iran? Screw North Korea, did I mention I was concerned with the mullahs???

Either way, this will not be the Fall of the Roman Empire, but it may be a defining moment in US politics on what direction we as a nation will trend towards in the next 20 yrs.

So, my vote is for . . . . Bush (surprised???), but let's sit back and enjoy the show brought to us by all the lawyers and sore losers (on either side!!)