As Gen. Casey blatantly underscored it yesterday on Meet the Press: "Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that’s worse." The end of "diversity" as a fetish object is "worse" than the massacre at Ft. Hood? Think about it. The general in charge of the Army is saying that if we, as a people, stop worshipping diversity above all and start protecting our soldiers and ourselves from the teachings and goals of Islam,that's "worse" than the carnage at Ft. Hood. Fire Gen. Casey. His duty is to diversity, not his troops.
How Did We Let Our Culture Slip This Far? Are We Too Weak Now To Save Ourselves?
No people in history have ever survived, who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies. ~ Dean Acheson
Mohammed and the four others -- Waleed bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali -- are accused of orchestrating the attacks that killed 2,973 people on Sept. 11, 2001, and will now be tried in a courtroom down the street from the World Trade Center.
If they can beat the rap there, they can beat it anywhere! Does the administration have any idea what a farce these trials are going to be? Unfortunately they probably do. They just don't care. They're treating monsters who made war on the USA as common criminals. Why not just charge them with jaywalking, slap'em on the wrist, give'em their green cards and sign'em up for that good ol' free health care? Uh! I take that back! I don't want to give Obama any ideas.
Usually the nonsense liberals spout is kind of cute, but in wartime their instinctive idiocy is life-threatening. ~ Ann Coulter
Why is the military politically correct when it comes to discharging Muslim soldiers, but not when it comes to discharging gay soldiers? Isn't it pretty obvious where the real threat lies?
Sources tell FOX25 that when Frank was questioned he told police that he did not live in the house and that he only smoked cigars.
Congressman Frank tells FOX25 that he was surprised and disappointed with what police found. He also tells us that he wouldn’t recognize a marijuana plant if he saw one because he is, “not a great outdoorsman,” and ,”wouldn’t recognize most plants.”
Barney, I was going to say I didn’t believe a word of your explanation… then I remembered that you didn’t know there was whore house operating out of your basement and you thought Fannie and Freddie were solvent and well run, so I concede the point. You must really be that stupid.
In Flanders fields, the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below…
We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields…
Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands, we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields…
~ Lt.-Col. John McCrae (1872-1918)
I have a feeling that these days there's not much slumber in Flander's fields.
Yes they did Bruni… they lost repression, the Stasi, and Soviet domination. You’re welcome.
Freedom and liberty be damned; having been a “more equal” pig, Bruni insists on lamenting the loss of all the goodness she enjoyed under the autocratic, repressive, and murderous GDR dictatorship. She even enjoyed a life free of “existential fears” guaranteed by the generous hand of the State. Wow!
I’d say the people in the photos below disagree that there was no fear for one’s life in Bruni's Holy & Beneficent GDR. I looked for photos of people dashing through minefields & snipers or climbing up to roofs & fourth floor windows to get into East Berlin but I couldn’t find any. Something that Bruni left out of her article? She too got the hell out of the GDR. Of course she left for love (she met and married a Brit) not principle so that’s different.
A defecting East German soldier, Conrad Schuman, leaps over a barbed wire barricade into West Berlin on August 15, 1961.
West Berlin police hold back crowds of Germans coming from East Berlin for food and clothing in 1953.
Peter Fechter was one of the first victims of the Berlin Wall. He famously bled to death in the so-called 'death strip' after being shot by border guards on August 17, 1962.
Here's health to you and to our Corps Which we are proud to serve; In many a strife we've fought for life And never lost our nerve; If the Army and the Navy Ever look on Heaven’s scenes; They will find the streets are guarded By United States Marines.
Hasan’s eyes “lit up” when he mentioned his deep respect for al-Awlaki’s teachings, according to a fellow Muslim officer at the Fort Hood base in Texas, the scene of Thursday’s horrific shooting spree.
As investigators look at Hasan’s motives and mindset, his attendance at the mosque could be an important piece of the jigsaw. Al-Awlaki moved to Dar al-Hijrah as imam in January, 2001, from the west coast, and three months later the September 11 hijackers Nawaf al-Hamzi and Hani Hanjour began attending his services. A third hijacker attended his services in California.
Hasan was praying at Dar al-Hijrah at about the same time, and the FBI will now want to investigate whether he met the two terrorists.
More investigation needed but, no... not really surprised at all.
Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE - News; NYSE:FRE - News), the second largest provider of U.S. residential mortgage funding, on Friday posted a loss of $5 billion in the third quarter and predicted it would need more government support amid a "prolonged deterioration" in housing.
Oh, and you're about to become a landlord. That ought to work out well, right?
...the battle lines have hardened as Democratic leaders predicted passage of the House bill and GOP leaders vowed to derail it.
"We will pass health care reform," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said after Obama's visit to Capitol Hill.
Meanwhile, House Minority Leader John Boehner vowed to do everything he can to "stop this from becoming law."
"The American people do not want this," he said. "We're going to do everything we can to make sure this does not happen."
House Minority Whip Eric Cantor said Democrats are joining their side to vote against the bill.
... the hour of destruction, or manly opposition to the machinations of tyranny, stares you in the face. Every friend to his country, to himself and posterity ... is now called upon ... to make a united and successful resistance to this last, worst, and most destructive measure of administration. ~ Broadsheets printed in the run-up to the Boston Tea Party
People jumped out of fourth floor windows, off of roofs, ran through minefields and past snipers to get out of East Berlin and our President can't be bothered to make a DAY TRIP to commemorate its fall. Pfft...
The UN’s nuclear watchdogkitten has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting that Iranian scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design, the Guardian has learned.
Ooooo! They're gonna get such a letter from ElBaradei. That'll show them!
The Persians make the most beautiful rugs in the world -- not that I play favorites. But on each rug, no matter how intricate and exquisite, the artist makes sure there's some small defect. It's called a Persian Flaw. It's a recognition that perfection exists only in me, an acceptance that life can never really be lived exactly the way you expect. ~ God (from Joan of Arcadia)
25 Things About Kevin
1) I don't like cooked onions. Raw onions... great. Cooked onions... blech.
2) I'm shy. Really, I am. And the peanut gallery can just shut up... But seriously - this tendency makes me seem snobbish at times even though I'm not.
3) I don't consider third world countries to be "vacation" destinations.
4) I can't drive a stick shift.
5) I'm a Republican.
6) I love algebra but hate geometry.
7) My mother died when I was 3.
8) I still use the words "whom" and "whomever" when speaking and writing, and I get aggravated when others do not.
9) In fourth grade I was nominated to represent my class on the student council but I was so shy and insecure I wouldn't do it. I still regret that decision.
10) I hate snakes, but once - while holding one - I threatened to throw it at someone.
11) There are a few friends I have not seen in years that if we met today we could pick up in mid conversation as if no time has passed.
12) I never really knew my father. He reached out to me shortly before he died but I chose to ignore him. I don't regret that.
13) There have been two people in my life that I have truly been in love with.
15) In Mrs. Leighton's third grade class, Desi G. used to always borrow my new crayons and without fail break at least one.
16) I like bad SciFi movies. Really, really bad ones. Like Lorenzo Lamas fighting velociraptors bad.
17) I can't ice skate or roller blade. Weak ankles.
18) I always remember my dreams after I wake up, and they're always in full color.
19) I'm clumsy. (That's also a big factor in #17)
20) I was never a Dallas or Dynasty person. I was all Falcon Crest, baby!
21) My favorite color is green.
22) I worked in the hotel and tradeshow biz for eight years and as a result I've seen Las Vegas more than any person should. As a side note, you might think the gay bars there would be hoppin' - but in reality they are bleak and sad.
23) My favorite season is autumn. Second favorite is winter. Spring is okay. Summer sucks.
24) I love vodka. Passionately.
25) I will not swim in anything other than a crystal clear swimming pool. The ocean has sharks and ponds and rivers have snakes and alligators. I regard swimming in them as akin to walking unarmed across the Serengeti. (As for the Serengeti, see #3)
-Obligatory 26th Thing-
26) The first person I came out to in College ended up being totally unable to deal with it and our friendship ended. I still miss him.