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What Was Cho’s REAL Motive? Part 2

Was VA Tech Massacre A Terrorist Attack?

Picked up the following from a site called Christian Worldview Network. First, some background on the sourcing:

The following is a letter from a Rabbi in Virginia. Several other sources have confirmed aspects of this story. It truly appears the mainstream media is ignoring what looks like what was a terrorist attack. Officials need to release the audio and/or transcripts of the other videos made by this terrorist.

The letter, which is worth reading in itself includes this heavy-duty nugget:

I also spoke this morning…with a peace officer here in Virginia who had access to and has read some of the transcripts of the other ten videos that are not being shown on the news. The shooter (Cho) was quoting verses from the Koran, and had Ishmael written on his arm and as his return address on the package sent to NBC. It appears that he did not randomly pick his targets but rather chose classes that had high concentrations of Christians and Jews in them-he was targeting Christians and Jews!!!!!

This may never come out in the media and some may tend to disregard this but my source is a solid believer and a trustworthy officer who has personally read some of the transcripts. What adds to this is that the press is not mentioning that a very high percentage of the victims were believers.

OK. The whitewash can is open, and the brushes are out. Anything but admit that we just might have a problem with internal Muslim terrorism!

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Power and Cruelty

…an interesting take on the Don Imus affair

Commentary on a David Brooks spiel from Meet the Press reported on Samizdata:

…shock-jock popularity is not about racism. It is about cruelty. Institutionalized culturally based cruelty. Indiscriminate cruelty for its own sake.

Brooks also points out that Imus was very heavily watched and listened to by the power elite. After an appearance on Imus’ show he, Brooks, received a remarkable amount of feedback from the power elite that make made up a disproportionate part of Imus’ audience. So now I ask, what does this say about the souls of those who demand the power and authority to be our masters? What does it mean that the powerful should be so enamoured of deliberate and systematic cruelty that they listen to it for entertainment?
(Emphasis added by the Chief)

What does it say indeed? Nothing very positive!

Something to think about as we move into the election season.

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Can You Say “Schadenfreude”?

O’Donnell Leaving ‘The View’

Other than the snippets excerpted from the program, the Chief has never watched this program, fortunately!

Rosie O’Donnell is leaving “The View.” ABC has been unable to come to a contractual agreement with “The View” co-host. As a result, her duties on the show will come to an end mid-June.

That being said, anything that lessens the possibility of encountering the above named subject on the screen has GOT to be an improvement!

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Donks Lean on a Thin Reid

Sen. Reid is lost

The Chief finds that paying close attention to the mouthings of Nevada Donk Senator Dusty Harry Reid is sort of like swallowing ipecac – the guaranteed result is violent nausea. Nevertheless, it’s worth keeping track every so often of just how feckless his pronouncements are.

This OpEd from the DC Times does a fairly good job of summarizing (and thus lowering the sheer level of nausea) his recent spoutings. It sure doesn’t get any better with time, unfortunately.

My previous evaluation still holds: Copperhead-in-Chief of the Senate, (See my Jargonology page for this usage.) and the most feckless of all feckless weasels. He even makes the unlamented SD Donk Sen. Daschle look like a pillar of rationality…something the Chief formerly would have considered to be impossible.

Defense Matters!, National Insecurity

More NorK Nukes Probable

N. Korea making nukes, will test again, general says

Like the Chief said in an earlier posting when the administration made a ballyhooed announcement of the resumption of talks with the NorKs – We’ve been rope-a-doped again. but at least the generals know it. Now, if someone in Congress would just pay attention….

North Korea is continuing to develop nuclear weapons and will conduct additional underground blasts aimed at regional “intimidation,” the commander of U.S. forces in South Korea said yesterday. “Unless the six-party talks process prevails, we expect North Korea to continue nuclear weapons research and development to perpetuate its strategy of intimidation,” Army Gen. Burwell B. Bell told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

North Korea is continuing to produce plutonium from a reactor at Yongbyon and now has produced up to 110 pounds of the radioactive material, enough for several weapons, Gen. Bell said.

An ugly situation isn’t getting any prettier.

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What Was Cho’s REAL Motive?

Virginia Tech Slaughter Raises Many Questions

Questions about the VT shootings?  You bet!

The Chief has posted on this previously here and here , and this summary piece relates the current state of knowledge about Cho to other incidents where an Islamist connection was ignored and/or downplayed.

In addition to anything noted anywhere else is the matter of Cho’s roomate.  NOT the “suite mate” who has been seen all over the TV…but the actual ROOM-mate, whose name was accidently(?) shown listed on a door tag with Seung Hui as being “Joseph”.  What was/is HIS background?  Could this be an Islamic contact for Cho?  Who knows? (Certainly no one who’s been following the media!)

One MIGHT come to the conclusion that the MSM is working hard to downplay any Islamofascist terrorism in the US at all costs.  If they DIDN’t, people just MIGHT begin to get aroused about the clear and present danger, and demand a more effective and expanded pursuit of Islamofascism…like that of Iran, Libya, Sudan, Pakistan, etc.

The trouble with that is that it would reinforce the administration’s policies and actions to stop the terrs whereever they stand…and they couldn”t allow that!

F.E.T.E.

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“The Young Americans”

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Video Direct from the Front…Untouched by the MSM! 

This is some video stock from an upcoming Iraq war documentary…it’s the REAL deal for sure! Some of it has extremely rough language, and yes, people die.

Remember the bit about “War is hell.”  This is Ramallah…which elsewhere on this site is described as a spot “where Satan moved in and set up his throne”.

This is sure not CNN!  Pass it on.

After seeing this all I can say is that it reinforcews even more (if possible) the Chief’s opinion that Donk Harry Reid & the Queen Bitch Pelosi of the House and their ilk totally have their heads stuck up the rear end of a horse.

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Direct From the Iraq Front!

Marine Corporal From A Bunker In Ramadi: “I Got A Message For That Douche Harry Reid”

This is really good – it doesn’t get any more real than this posting from within a few hours of when I make this posting!

Yeah and I got a quote for that douche harry reid. These families need us here. obviously he has never been in iraq. or at least the area worth seeing, the parts where insurgency is rampant and the buildings are blown to pieces. We need to stay here and help rebuild. If Iraq didn’t want us here then why do we have IP’s voluntering everyday to rebuild their cities. and working directly with us too. same with the IA’s. It sucks that Iraqi’s have more patriotism for a country that has turned to complete shit. More than the people in America who drink Starbucks everyday. We could leave this place and say we are sorry to the terrorists. and then we could wait for 3,000 more American civilians to die before we say “Hey thats not nice” again, and the sad thing is after we WIN this war people like him will say he was there for us the whole time.

This Marine couldn’t have said it any better as far as the Copperhead Senator Reid is concerned.

The Pat Dollard site I found this on is one of the best warblogs I think I’ve seen. Check it out

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Islamoterrs Gearing Up for Big One?

Al-Qaeda ‘planning big British attack’

AL-QAEDA leaders in Iraq are planning the first “large-scale” terrorist attacks on Britain and other western targets with the help of supporters in Iran, according to a leaked intelligence report. Spy chiefs warn that one operative had said he was planning an attack on “a par with Hiroshima and Nagasaki” in an attempt to “shake the Roman throne”, a reference to the West.

A couple of other aspects of this in the article from the London Times are especially interesting. Firstly, there is a strong involvement of the Shiite Iranians with mostly Sunni al Qaeda. OK – there have been many historical cases of strange bedfellows in war – anyone remember Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin? THe other thing is, that if there si enough intel to get this report out, one hopes there is enough to be able to interrupt the plans of the terrs.

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Hokies to MSM: “Get Out of Town & Go Home”

Student Government Asks Reporters to Leave by Monday

Virginia Tech students are showing more good judgment and sense than much of the media coverage of last week’s shooting, and have asked the MSM to pack up and get out of Dodge…well, Blacksburg.

You’ve seen the news coverage from Blacksburg, complete with prominent network anchors reporting from the scene. And now, the student government at Virginia Tech is asking for all of that to end. It’s calling on hundreds of reporters to leave campus by Monday morning, when students are supposed to return to classes. A spokeswoman for the student government says the campus appreciates the reporting on the story, but that students are ready to move forward.

Good for them!

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Serbian War pt. II?

The Inconvenient Serbs

One of the Chief’s favorite commentators is always Spengler, found in the Asia Times.

This piece reminds us of the still simmering and unsettled situation in the Balkans between Serbia and Kosovo. It looks like the Serbs (and the Russians) may well have reached the point of “enough is enough”…and that the UNO proposed Kosovo independence with no recognition of Serbian rights will prove to ultimately be a no-go deal.

There is an alternative proposal for partition of Kosovo, with relatively small areas of Serb occupancy being attached to Serbia, with the Moslem majority doing what they want with the rest. The UNOcrats and our own State Department Foggy Bottom Boys aren’t buying into it, while the Russians do.

A UN veto by Russia could lead to a unilateral Ismalmic declaration of Kosovan independence with the likely outcome an openly Orthodox Christian vs. Moslem war in Europe. Maybe that would get some Euro reason starting regarding their tendency towards appeasement, under the principle stated by Samuel Johnson:

Depend upon it sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates the mind wonderfully.

National Insecurity

Connections of Qaddafi, Hillary, Boxer, and Cho?

The Followers of ISMAIL

This is a fairly detailed article on the current state of Ismaili Islam. Huh? What’s THAT? Not exactly on your radar screen these days? Maybe it should be.

First some background:

In recent weeks we have seen resurgence in the followers of the Ismaili sect of Shia Islam. Libyan leader Mu’ammar Qaddafi called, in a speech in Niger to Tuareg tribal leaders, for the establishment of a second Shi’ite Fatimid state in North Africa, after the model of the 10th-13th century empire that ruled North Africa, Egypt, and parts of the Fertile Crescent. It is worthwhile to review some of the background and origins of this sect and also to see how it may be impacting current events. The Ismailis are the followers of the seventh caliph Ismail and are know as seveners vs. the followers of the twelfth Imam or twelvers as Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Ismaili Students’ Association operates on many campuses.

Next the piece goes into a fairly detailed untangling of the history involved in Ismaili Islam. Relevant today? The Chief thinks so, but check it out for yourself.

In additon to the historical background of the Ismailis, the writer points out more possible inspiration if not actual connection with Cho Seung Hi…hitting on some aspects that have been totally ignored (due to lack of knowledge more than suppression) in the media.

As if that is not enough, there is a real involvement of the L.A. Ismailis with fundraising for both Hillary and Sen. Boxer (Donk- CA), which ultimately proved to be illegal, with the chief Ismaili fund raiser on the lam out of the country at this time, but still actively sought by the FBI.

By 2004, Jinnah had cemented his party ties. He and his family, who had moved to Bel-Air, personally contributed $122,000 to Democratic candidates and causes that year alone. “I’m just recalling how close I’ve been with the Clinton family and those nights, movies, dinners, lunches in the White House,” he said in unsteady English.

“At about the same time, the Justice Department began investigating allegations that Jinnah’s fundraising on behalf of Clinton and others was illegal. He would later be charged with violating federal law by reimbursing employees and associates for contributions made in their names to Clinton’s HillPac and the Friends of Barbara Boxer campaign. Today, having fled the country, Jinnah is on the FBI’s “featured fugitives” list.”

So what is Ismaili Islam up to these day that we shoul have any interest in them?

On March 31, 2007, Libyan leader Mu’ammar Qaddafi called, in a speech in Niger to Tuareg tribal leaders, for the establishment of a second Shi’ite Fatimid state in North Africa, after the model of the 10th-13th century empire that ruled North Africa, Egypt, and parts of the Fertile Crescent. In his speech, Qaddafi denounced the division of Muslims into Sunni and Shi’ite as a colonialist plot, and rebuked the Arab League members for “hating Iran” according to the article In Overture to Iran, Qaddafi Declares North Africa Shi’ite and Calls for Establishment of New Fatimid State by MEMRI Special Dispatch Series — No 1535 of April 6, 2007.

Did you catch that? Even the Iranians haven’t spoken in these terms. He is actually saying that his political ambition is to return to the 1100-1300 AD condition!!!!

There is also a further treatment of the history and religious underpinnings of the Fatimid Caliphate…and it ain’t a pretty picture sports fans. Qaddafi et al, are every bit a dangerous to the US and the west as are the Iranian Ayotollahs and their mouthpiece Ahmadinejad.

Check it out for youself. Forewarned is forearmed.

China Watch

Update: ChiCom Food Not so Hot – part 2

Will China’s poisoned pet food lead next to human food chain?

Pet food is bad enough…this is getting even worse. No progress is being made in figuring out exactly what’s going on. How Come? Read on:

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has hit a dead end in its
ongoing investigation into the pet food scandal: “U.S. senator Dick
Durbin (D-IL) and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) today met with U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner, Andrew von
EschenbachÉ” “In the meeting, Durbin and DeLauro learned that the Chinese
government has blocked requests from the FDA to send personnel to China
to inspect the facilities suspected of producing the contaminated
products.” (Emphasis added.)

Just in case someone in D.C. is REALLY interested in figuring things out with this, the article provides some helpful pointers:

Sherlock Holmes’ hint for FDA: ChemNutra Chinese headquarters, Zuhou
Anying Biologic Technology Development Co. Ltd. and Binzhou Futian
Biology Technology Co. Ltd. are all within the same 300 to 400-mile
region of each other, right there on the East coast of China.

Detective tip two: ChemNutra President Sally Qing Miller is now plain
Sally Miller and according to information retrieved by Canada Free
Press (CFP) from www.thewaybackmachine dropped the Qing after February 2005.

The Chief has a feeling that this story is starting to get a long set of legs…and will…er, SHOULD get more attention form the MSM when the hoo-rah about the gunners dies down a bit. After all:

Earth to mainstream media: The story has deadly potential for bigger game than Fido and Fluffy. We all have to eat.

Yes, there IS that little detail!

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Euros: “Free Speech? We don’t need no free speech!”

Bloggers say EU law will end free speech

British bloggers said yesterday that free speech on the internet is under threat from draconian new laws, which could see them jailed for up to three years….The measures are contained in the European Union’s Racism and Xenophobia Directive and could hit controversial European bloggers, even if their websites are hosted in America.

Chris Mounsey, the 29 year old behind The Devil’s Kitchen blog, said: “There is potential for this to have worldwide application. Free speech is at the centre of blogging. Part of the reason bloggers can tell the truth is because it is difficult to pin them down. This law tries to do it.”

The legislation goes beyond German or Austrian-style bans on denial of the Holocaust to cover those people who question the official history of recent conflicts in Africa and the Balkans.

One might be tempted to think that the Euros can go to hell in their own handcart if that’s what they want to do…but with US Supreme Court justices actually citing foriegn precedents for consideration in their cases…it could well concern all of us, especially if a LibDonk President gets to appoint more of that ilk to the court.

“therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee…” – John Donne

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Hillary Goes Down! (In polls)

HILLARY’S POPULARITY RATINGS GO NEGATIVE

Oh gosh!

A new national poll shows Hillary Rodham Clinton’s favorable ratings sinking like a stone, and her negatives soaring – a terrifying trend for a campaign desperately trying to convince voters she’s not too polarizing to be president.

The new USA Today/Gallup survey shows Clinton’s favorability rating shrunken to 45 percent – down 9 points from a similar poll taken last month, and a 13-point drop from a survey taken shortly after she announced her White House bid.

More troubling for her White House hopes, her unfavorable ratings have climbed 12 points since she entered the race, and now stand at 52 percent – meaning more Americans now dislike her than like her.

Also noted in this article:

Obama is now tight on her tail.

That’s not especially a picture I want to retain in my mind, but there it is.

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HAMAS/Paleswinian Gov’t Sheikh Lets it all Hang Out

In Friday Sermon in Sudan: U.S., Israel Will Be Annihilated

Although this is actually just “more of the same” invective…it’s constructive to review the rants of the enemy, just to remember what’s REALLY at state here in WW-IV.

“America will be annihilated, while Islam will remain. The Muslims ‘will be victorious, if you are believers.’ Oh Muslims, I guarantee you that the power of Allah is greater than America, by whom many are blinded today. Some people are blinded by the power of America. We say to them that with the might of Allah, with the might of His Messenger, and with the power of Allah, we are stronger than America and Israel.”

“Oh Allah, vanquish the Jews and their supporters. Oh Allah, vanquish the Americans and their supporters. Oh Allah, count their numbers, and kill them all, down to the very last one. Oh Allah, show them a day of darkness. Oh Allah, who sent down His Book, the mover of the clouds, who defeated the enemies of the Prophet – defeat the Jews and the Americans, and bring us victory over them.”

F.E.T.E.

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The Story of “Ismail Ax”

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Ismail Ax: The Shooter Was Another ‘Son of Sacrifice”

This post from Tech Central Station is about the best analysis of the V-Tech shooter’s adoption of the Ismail Ax identity(?). For what it’s worth, this pretty much about that the Chief had concluded for himself.

First it was Johnny Muhammad, now it was Cho Sueng Hui aka Ismail Ax. Precisely how many mass shooters have to turn out to have adopted Muslim names before we get it? Islam has become the tribe of choice of those who hate American society. I’m not talking about people who grew up as Muslims, confident and secure in their faith, good fathers, sons and neighbors. I’m talking about the angry, malignant, narcissist loners who want to reject their community utterly, to throw off their ‘slave name’ and represent the downtrodden of the earth by shooting their friends and neighbors.

This morning I read that the Virginia Tech shooter died with the name Ismail Ax written in red ink on his arm. The mainstream press doesn’t seem to have a clue as to what this might mean. To quote Indiana Jones, “Didn’t any of you guys go to Sunday School?”

This is worth a look.

National Insecurity

Donk Copperhead Strikes Again!

Reid Offers Bleak Assessment of Iraq War

One generally thinks of the Nevada desert and rattlesnakes, but Donk Senate majority leader Reid is showing his copperhead tendencies with this move even more solidly into the Murtha(-f’er), MoveOn, Kasich appeasement at any price wing of the Donk party.

“I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and – you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows – (know) this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday,” said Reid, D-Nev.

So much for “supporting the troops”.

China Watch

Chinese Cooking, OK; Chicom Food Not so Hot!

China’s Food Exports Spark Fears

Now the Chief enjoys an occasional meal in a Chinese restaurant as much as anyone, but this article tells a whole different story – the bad wheat germ in pet food is just one instance of a major problem.

The list of Chinese food exports rejected at American ports reads like a chef’s nightmare: pesticide-laden pea pods, drug-laced catfish, filthy plums and crawfish contaminated with salmonella.

But wait…there’s more:

Pesticides and chemical fertilizers are used in excess to boost yields, and harmful antibiotics are widely administered to control disease in seafood and livestock. Rampant industrial pollution risks introducing heavy metals into the food chain.

Farmers have used the cancer-causing industrial dye Sudan Red to boost the value of their eggs and fed an asthma medication to pigs to produce leaner meat. In a case that galvanized the public’s and government’s attention, shoddy infant formula with little or no nutritional value has been blamed for causing severe malnutrition in hundreds of babies and killing at least 12.

Read the label folks. Just this week Mrs. Chief was unpleasantly surprised to discover that chicken jerky strips procured for our Welsh Corgi were from China.

This after we had recalled cat food and dog biscuits from the ChiCom wheat gluten contamination.

They say they’re trying to imoprove it…but general poor practices and the use of virtual slave labor would not make one optimistic on a big improvement any time soon.

H/T to a fellow retired Chief, Seaspook who also posted on this article.

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A BIG Idea!

Russia Plans World’s Longest Tunnel, a Link to Alaska

How cool is THIS? Well, pretty cool since it’s between Siberia and Alaska, but also way cool otherwise too.

Russia plans to build the world’s longest tunnel, a transport and pipeline link under the Bering Strait to Alaska, as part of a $65 billion project to supply the U.S. with oil, natural gas and electricity from Siberia.

The project, which Russia is coordinating with the U.S. and Canada, would take 10 to 15 years to complete, Viktor Razbegin, deputy head of industrial research at the Russian Economy Ministry, told reporters in Moscow today. State organizations and private companies in partnership would build and control the route, known as TKM-World Link, he said.

A 6,000-kilometer (3,700-mile) transport corridor from Siberia into the U.S. will feed into the tunnel, which at 64 miles will be more than twice as long as the underwater section of the Channel Tunnel between the U.K. and France, according to the plan. The tunnel would run in three sections to link the two islands in the Bering Strait between Russia and the U.S.

This would include pipelines for Siberian oil and gas, as well as electrical transmission lines (to feed gigawatts of power from Russian tidal power plants into the US), as well as a high-speed rail and highway connection.

Talk about possibilites for a road trip – DRIVE to Siberia, and then on to Europe, etc? That will be cool! This is only win-win project, and will have economic impact comparable at least to the US transcontinental rail system.

Culture Wars

A Blow Against Baby-killing!

Supreme Court Upholds Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act

In 2000, the Supremes threw out Nebraska’s ban on partial-birth infanticide. Now they affirmed a nation-wide ban. Who says Dubya’s appointments arn’t making a difference?

The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench. The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench. The 5-4 ruling said the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that Congress passed and President Bush signed into law in 2003 does not violate a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion.

This is one guaranteed to drive the feminazi left crazy – but as far as the Chief is concerned this decision marks the end of a hideous practice that never should have been allowed in the first place.

Culture Wars

Something to think about.:

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In the same vein:

Are you a Democrat, Republican or Redneck?

Here is a little test that will help you decide. The answer can be found by posing the following question:

You’re walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children.

Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises Allah, raises the knife, and charges at you. You are carrying a Colt M1911 with 7 shot magazine and you are an expert shot. You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family.

What do you do? …………….

Democrat’s reaction:

“Well, that’s not enough information to answer the question! Does the man look poor or oppressed? Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack? Could we run away? What does my wife think? What about the kids?! Could I possibly swing the gun like a club and knock the knife out of his hand? What does the law say about this situation? Does the Colt have appropriate safety built into it? Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway, and what kind of message does this send to society and to my children?”

“Is it possible he’d be happy with just killing me? Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me? If I were to grab his knees and hold on, could my family get away while he was stabbing me?”

“Should I call 9-1-1? Why is this street so deserted? We need to raise taxes, have paint and weed day and make this happier, healthier street that would discourage such behavior. This is all so confusing! I need to discuss this with some friends for few days and try to come to a consensus.+

Republican’s reaction: BANG!

And the Redneck’s reaction: BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
(Sound of empty magazine being dropped and spare mag being inserted)
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
(A short period of silence………….)
Daughter: “Nice grouping, Daddy! Were those the Winchester Silver Tips or Remington Hollow Points?”
Son: “Can I shoot the next one Pa?!!”
Wife: “No Honey, you ain’t taking that to the Taxidermist!”

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The Chief just might be a redneck!

(All of the above was received via e-mail from a correspondent & neighbor. H/T to you Bill!)

Culture Wars

Random Thought on the Random Shooting

The massacre at Virgina Tech is obviously a horrible event that obviously generates a number of thoughts and questions for the Chief, as I’m sure it does also for a whole lot of other people. My thoughts may or may not run n the same direction as yours do, but these are some things that have struck me.

‘Question Mark’ Killer Quietly Seethed With Rage

He apparently had scrawled the words “ISMAIL AX” on the inside of one arm, according to the Chicago Tribune, which may be a reference to the Islamic account of the Biblical sacrifice of Abraham.

A possible Islamic connection? Ismail is the Arabic version of Ishmael – Abraham’s son by Hagar, who Biblically is considered as being the progenitor of the Arab people, which the Arabs themselves believe. The ax part relates to an Islamic version of the Abrahamic sacrifice where an axe was to be used. Also, of COURSE the Moslems can’t give priority of place to Isaac – THEY claim that Ishmael was the commanded sacrifice. Oh well. The Chief, as a Christian, doesn’t buy their version, but that’s neither here nor there…the question remains as to what a KOREAN is doing with at least SOME involvement with the Islamic version of this?

Other items heard reported from various media sources during the course of the day:
item: serial #’s filed off guns. WTF? That’s really weird, since the perp apparently bought the guns legally and was going to be using them himself.
item: VaTech President noted that there really wasn’t a previous domestic involvement between the perp and the initial victims…in that case it would be a wholly random selection of victims – sort of like last month’s Salt Lake City Trolley Square mall shootings (done by a Bosnian Moslem).
item: who were the other guys photographed being taken down by police:
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and this one too:
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item: It’s probably worth noting that the perp was apparently taking anti-depressant drugs. After Columbine and other incidents of extreme violence with drugged up perps, who can be surprised.

Finally, the real hero is the Lithuanian born holocaust survivor Liviu Librescu who held the door to his classroom closed to give his students a chance to jump out the window and escape while he was shot to death through the door. What to say? I can add nothing to this:
John 15:13 – Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.

Amen.

Culture Wars

A Pathology of Conspiracy Theories

Seeing the Unseen – part 2

Bill Whittle’s latest is out on Eject! Eject! Eject!, and it is definitely in the MUST READ category.

Just a choice taste:

Recently, Rosie O’Donnell said on national television that she believes 9/11 was orchestrated by the US government.

Well, that’s why we went through the steps above. If you believe that the government lied about the moon landing, you can believe they lied about killing JFK. If they lied about JFK, then they can lie about chemtrails. And if they are willing to poison the entire population with aerial spraying, what are a few thousand people in four airliners and a couple of buildings?

Rosie O’ Donnell making such a claim on a major network is a national disgrace. The fact that much of the audience cheered and applauded is nothing less than a national catastrophe.

To her, and to her audience, it is taken as granted that the government is capable of such things. As if “the government” was operated by cyborgs grown in Haliburton vats, rather than by well-meaning and patriotic people that love this country.

“This is the first time in history that fire has ever melted steel,” she said. This is a statement of such pristine and perfect idiocy that it surely must be emblazoned in stone across the entrance to the Physics Imbecile wing of the Moron Museum of Natural History. But mastery of physics and engineering requires some intelligence, some perseverance and some discipline: none of which are in evidence in this buffoon.

Once again, the Chief repeats his humble evaluation of Whittle as being one of the best essayists the Republic has seen since Thomas Paine.

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President Seeks Partial Abdication

3 Generals Spurn the Position of War ‘Czar’

Other than the WaPo, the Chief hasn’t noted this anywhere else in the MSM, although radio talker Michael Savage has taken note.

The White House wants to appoint a high-powered czar to oversee the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with authority to issue directions to the Pentagon, the State Department and other agencies…

This is really mind-boggling when one considers what is really happening here is a (so far) attempted effort of the President to abdicate his Constitutional responsibility to serve as Commander-in-Chief, and apparently be in a position to “take the fall” in a possible “cut-and-run” outcome.

Although the President’s motivations were (contrary to the caterwauling of the Move-on Donk left) laudable, the administrations execution of the war has been more in the order of rendering lip-service to having a war.

What has been avoided is the expressionhardness of attitude necessary to prevail in a difficult war, in favor of maintaining political correctness in a useless attempt to somehow

If you want to win a war, you do NOT have your pree-action plans and post-action reports subject to legal analysis to justify shooting bullets at the enemy. If you want to win a war, you don’t declare that the enemy can freely have certain sections of cities, and certain buildings as untouchable sanctuaries, in the interest of maintaining political correctness.

Meanwhile, the Pres has decided that he doesn’t (a)want to, or (b) know how to, be the actual Commander-in-Chief any more. So much for presidential leadership.

May the spirit of Ronaldus Magnus, the Great Gipper help us in our hour of need!

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Glowbull Warming Alert!

Climate change could bring new U.S. Dust Bowl

Yep, it sure COULD…but then again…if pigs had wings they COULD fly!

The wisdom, or lack thereof to build huge agricultural projects and population centers in the middle of desert areas always seemed to be counter-intuitive. Just ask the Anasazi, who developed towns in the Southwest only to lose them when things dried up around the time of the medieval warming…ooops…whose SUV’s caused THAT one?

Another interesting item in this same piece is this:

Deep waters in the North Atlantic some 125,000 years ago were warmer than they are now and may have helped melt the Antarctic ice sheets, according to researchers led by Jean-Claude Duplessy of the Laboratory of Climate and the Environment of Institute Pierre Simon Laplace outside Paris.

Dang! Sort of seems like some other process than human industrialization must have been at work to melt all that ice back then. Hmmmm. Could it be just possible that the same processes are still in play? Just maybe?