Bill's Bites -- 2006.10.01
Contributed by Bill Faith
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Bill's Bites -- 2006.10.02
Stone Cold
From CNN: Oliver Stone: 'I'm ashamed for my country'. Filmmaker Oliver Stone blasted President George W. Bush Thursday, saying he has "set America back 10 years."
Stone added that he is "ashamed for my country" over the war in Iraq and the U.S. policies in response to the attacks of September 11. ...
What's The Difference Between The Mafia And Congress? Scale
Ed Morrrissey
Ever wonder how caucuses in the House choose their leadership? In the Senate, it comes from seniority. In the House, they determine it like a multi-level marketing plan. As the New York Times reports, money talks ... loudly: To move up the ladder in Congress, you must do more than win votes. You are, quite literally, expected to pay your dues.
If you are a rank-and-file member of the House, the amount is up to $100,000. If your ambitions are to preside over a powerful committee, the duty is $300,000. For a top party leader, the tally can climb beyond $600,000.
Make those checks payable to the Republican or Democratic Congressional campaign committees. ...
If this is Sunday, it must be ...
Paul Mirengoff
... another Washington Post front-page hit piece against the Bush administration. Two weeks ago, it was Rajiv Chandrasekaran's false and misleading attack on the Iraqi reconstruction effort. Last week, it was Karen De Young's one-sided report on the National Intelligence Estimate, as fed to her by anti-administration leakers.
This week, it's Bob Woodward claiming that that "secret reports countered Bush optimism" on Iraq. Woodward's piece is a joke from the opening paragraphs. There he juxtaposes President Bush's claim that "years from now people will look back on the formation of a unity government in Iraq as a decisive moment in the story of liberty" and the beginning of a retreat by the foces of terror, with an internal report predicting that 2007 would be a bloody year in Iraq. But there's no contradiction here. ...
Musharraf threatens “ungrateful” West
It might be time for another “tough love” phone call from Richard Armitage. In an interview with BBC radio, Musharraf was asked for his response to the view that Pakistan was not a good ally in the fight against global extremism because of the links between terrorism and his country.
“You will be brought down to your knees if Pakistan doesn’t co-operate with you. That is all that I would like to say. Pakistan is the main ally. If we were not with you, you would not manage anything. Let that be clear,” he said. ...
He also told the Times of London he knows Osama’s in the Kunar province of Afghanistan. “It’s not a hunch,” he insists. ISI told him.
The same ISI that was accused yesterday by India of having masterminded the Mumbai train bombings. ...
Mark Foley Flashback: If I Were One Of Those Sickos (H/T)
[video link]
May all the laws this man helped create to protect children and punish those that prey upon them be applied to him. Of course he will get a slap on the wrist however, being that he is from the Congress elite where the same laws the rest of us are held accountable to do not apply. ...
"Our Rally"
Contributed by Bill Faith
The latest mail from Zero: three pix of the competition, use any you choose. [Two used, tossed an almost-dup -- BF]
Camera is broke, whenever I used the flash the pix was dark, as shown in the 4th , when I didn't use the flash the pix was blurred.
[...]
I have about 100 or so pictures, when I get home I'll go through it more detail, and see if any are worth salvaging.
Also a longer post in more detail about the whole weekend.
Oh yeah, I do believe we had more people than Murtha did yesterday.
zero
I didn't think the "too dark" picture zero sent looked bad like it was but I let my photo editing program do an "autobalance" on it and thought it looked better after I did. If it's too bright now it's my fault, not Zero's. ...
Look Forward For Security
Richard Clarke takes to the pages of the New York Times to deliver a lesson that everyone should have learned after 2004. The controversial former counterterrorism chief reminds Americans that we cannot secure the nation through blame games, and that the time has long since passed for us to exercise hindsight and start looking forward: For most Americans the history is clear and well told in the 9/11 commission report: Almost 3,000 people were killed. In the years before that terrible day, the Clinton administration prevented some attacks and tried to destroy Al Qaeda and its leadership, but was unable to do so, in part because the institutional bureaucracy did not believe the magnitude of the threat.
Turkey Warns Iraqi Kurds On Terrorism
Newsweek's Lally Weymouth conducts an intriguing interview with Abdullah Gul, Turkey's foreign minister, in which he warns Iraq and the US to curb Kurdish terrorists -- or Turkey will do it themselves. Gul has plenty to say on Iraq's internal security troubles, and issues a warning to America about withdrawing from Iraq: Q. So, would Turkey invade northern Iraq to bring the PKK under control?
A. We will do whatever is necessary to fight this organization. I want to give the message that if our friends don't help us, we will do the job ourselves. ...
A Graphical Depiction Of The Challenge In Afghanistan
With Pervez Musharraf appearing to retreat in the war on terror and Hamid Karzai demanding results, the situation in Afghanistan and the Waziristan region appears to be inexplicably troublesome of late. Musharraf and Karzai have more trouble than just borders in this situation, though, and what we are now seeing may be a nationalist movement that has escaped Western attention until now. The Toronto Sun's Eric Margolis explains the problem, and Swaraaj Chauhan at The Moderate Voice produces an interesting map to underscore his point.
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Take a look at Swaraaj's map: ...
Fire Photon Torpedoes
Greyhawk
...or something else.
The NY Times reports that the "$436.6 billion military spending bill passed Friday".
"Spending bill" is a media description, not the actual name of the bill, but it is descriptive. Americans will be shocked, shocked I tell you, to discover that "Lawmakers... found room in the bill to pay for thousands of requests never sought by the Defense Department." [...]
Read/search the bill online here.
Given the recently passed earmark transparency bill (actual name: "Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act") we may see some interesting media or blog coverage of these items.
Or not: [...]
So there.
But whatever follows, I hope no one goes after this project: Among the earmarks identified by Taxpayers for Common Sense were $1.7 million for photon research in upstate New York, care of Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles E. Schumer...
Because we need the photon torpedoes first, damn it.
Bobblehead Rage!
Michelle Malkin
From fresco rage to book rage to film rage to beauty pageant rage to Koran-dropping rage to cartoon rage to Pope rage, it's always something with the Religion of Perpetual Outrage (hat tip-Andrew Bostom via NY Daily News). Introducing...Bobblehead Rage: A ceramic bobblehead doll of the Prophet Muhammed - created to resemble the infamous caricature published by a Danish newspaper - is being hawked online for $22.99 a pop by an ex-Marine.
The unapologetic creator, Timothy Ames, 28, said the bobblehead is similar to "dashboard Jesus" figurines that can be stuck with adhesive to flat surfaces. "I thought, 'If they flipped out over some cartoons what will they do with a dashboard Muhammed?'" Ames said from his home in Hawaii.
But Islamic experts are not amused, saying the bobbleheads could anger Muslims, whose religion strictly prohibits depictions of the prophet. ...
Semper Fi, Marine. You rock!
Liberal Democrats:The Politics of Unintended Consequences?
Contributed by The Gray Dog
In an epiphany as monumental as the discovery of the “Rosetta Stone,” I have stumbled upon the common link within liberal logic (alliterative oxymoron intended) that supports their notion, that fighting terrorism is actually propagating more terrorists. Now, of course, I am not accusing the Democrats of actually fighting terrorism, an enterprise for which they are ill-equipped. It just occurred to me that the Libs are practicing psycho-babble methodologies, such as transference, to superimpose the results of their past and current policies upon the Republicans. Convoluted as it may be ..
Zero at the Flight 93 Memorial
Contributed by Bill Faith
Old War Dog Zero Ponsdorf, who's in Pennsylvania for the Boot Murtha rally, emails: the group picture is various freepers and vets.
the actual crash site is between the flag on the fence and the trees.
more later if the camera cooperates?
zero
Murtha used gov’t Veterans Affairs Office
to promote, bus vets into his political rally
According to an article in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Rep. John Murtha’s campaign contacted and used a government Veterans Affairs Office to promote his campaign's political rally – held Sat., Sept. 30 in Johnstown, PA.
Rally promotional materials for Congressman Murtha’s campaign event list John Panichella as head of the Westmoreland County Veterans Affairs Office and give his courthouse office telephone number for contact purposes. Panichella used his office in the courthouse to arrange bussing veterans to the campaign event.
name dropping?
Contributed by Zero Ponsdorf
[BF note: Zero is in PA for the Boot Murtha rally]
Met some interesting folks this evening, Check out BootMurta.com for many. And heard stories that I really can't share. But Google Ted Sampley for one.
A few pix will follow, but camera may be broke.
There was one poignant moment. ...
Musli on Pakistan's Tribal Area
Contributed by John Werntz
This post concerns an extraordinary young American who blogs under the pseudonym Muslihoon. His friends and followers, of whom there are many [May his tribe increase!] call him Musli for short.
To introduce him to my reader[s] I can do no better than to quote from his "About," omitting a short whimsical passage at the end-- ...
A personal aside
Michelle Malkin
[Just read it.]
*** 16:06 Michelle responds to fauxtography attacks
Ian Schwartz
Michelle, after being attacked vehemently over the past two days, is responding to her unhinged detractors who ironically call her a self-promoter. ...
Bill's Bites -- 2006.09.30
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