Sunday - December 11, 2005

Citizen Soldiers

Memo to terrorists: That trick you pulled on 9/11 won’t work again. There are now literally thousands of businessmen like myself flying around the country going from one meeting to another or one consulting assignment to another and they’re just not in any mood to take a rash of s**t from any morons who decide to rock the plane. Got that? We really don’t need air marshals when we have an army of tired, stressed-out businessmen just looking for an excuse to blow off steam. So go ahead. Make our day.

Passengers and crew aboard a Northwest Airlines flight last night from Los Angeles to Honolulu overpowered an unruly passenger who threatened a sleeping baby girl, said passengers and officials yesterday.

“I was scared in the plane,” said the baby’s 30-year-old mother, who would only give her first name of Sheila. “With everything that’s happened since Sept. 11, I was hoping that everything was changed. I’m relieved. But I don’t know how I’ll feel tomorrow. It was a big stress.”

About 10 minutes before Flight 91 was preparing to touch down last night in Honolulu, the unidentified 37-year-old Mexican national burst toward the cockpit of the plane and was subdued by four people in the business-class section, according to passengers and the parents of the baby girl, who live in Montreal, Canada.

The man was put in plastic “tough cuff” restraints aboard the plane and detained for the remainder of the flight, said Scott Ishikawa, state Department of Transportation spokesman.

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Sunday Funnies

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   Saturday - December 10, 2005

Barking Moonbat Award

The current recipient of this prestigious award was a unanimous decision. The winner is Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who in recent weeks has managed to:

• … declare Israel should be “wiped off the map”.


• … promised that Iran would continue to build nuclear plants to make nuclear bombs.


• … stated publicly that George W. Bush is guilty of “war crimes”.


• … denied the Holocaust ever happened.


• … but if it did, then Europeans are to blame and should move the state of Israel to Bavaria.

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Memo To Britain: Keep Her!

To all you chaps reading this in Britain: please be advised that we really wish you would just keep this miserable lady. In fact, we’ll pay you to keep her. Just name your price. She has proven to be a colossal embaressment to all civilized people on this side of the pond.

It also seems she has met your Mad Dog Galloway finally. Could this be a match made in heaven hell? Encourage it. Help these two love-birds come together. Just make sure they don’t reproduce, eh wat? Oh .... and make sure they honeymoon in Fwance (and close the Chunnel after they leave).

Sheehan Joins Peace Activists in Britain
December 10, 2005, 9:42 AM EST
LONDON (AP)

Hundreds of anti-war protesters, including American Cindy Sheehan, attended an international peace conference in London on Saturday to condemn the Iraq conflict. Tony Benn, a veteran leftist politician in the governing Labour Party, opened the one-day meeting by calling the war “illegal, immoral and unwinnable.”

He said the peace movement wants to see coalition troops withdrawn from Iraq, justice for Palestinians and a ban on any Western military attacks on Iran or Syria. Benn said anti-war sentiment was growing in the United States and Britain, whose armed forces dominate the coalition’s military presence in Iraq.

Up to 1,500 anti-war protesters and activists gathered for the 10-hour conference, which was organized by the Stop the War Coalition. The scheduled speakers included Sheehan, who has become a focus of anti-war sentiment in the United States by camping outside the Texas ranch of President George W. Bush; Hasan Zergani Hashim, a spokesperson for Iraq’s radical Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr; and leftist British legislator George Galloway.

In an interview with Sky TV, Galloway urged British forces to leave Iraq. “The only thing the Iraqis want from the British government is to see the backs of their heads as they leave the country,” he said. “If occupation is ugly, then resistance will hardly be pretty,” he said, in an apparent reference to the deadly attacks that are being conducted by insurgent groups in Iraq.

Update: One of our Brit friends gave me a link to a recent post by Melanie Phillips describing the crowds in Britain that these asshats are attracting. You have to read this. It is an eye-opener. Thanks LyndonB, for the tip.

Posted by The Skipper     on 12/10/2005 at 12:37 PM   
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Drone Wars

What has a wingspan of 55 inches, is 34 inches in length, has twin ducted fan jet engines, includes an onboard camera capable of taking 26 pictures from altitudes as high as 1,000 feet and can be had from Wal-Mart for only $143.82? All it needs is a remote-controlled bomb delivery system, a couple of “smart” cherry-bombs and you have the ultimate “Man-Toy” for this Christmas! Get yours today and sign up to join the Conservative Air Command (Motto: “Destroy All Liberal Asshats!")

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Kalifornia Racists

I thought Kalifornia was the most liberal state in the union. I believed the state had a diverse population where all races lived together in harmony and nobody cared about skin color. I was wrong. Go figure. If this story below was about some small town in Mississippi in the 1960’s, I could believe it but Kalifornia in the 21st century? Sorry. Does not compute.

Why is anyone in this country today concerned at all about a person’s skin color anymore. I thought those days were over and done. My children are grown and out of school now but when they were younger and in school all I remember caring about was their grades and whether they were learning to read, write and do math and .... you get the picture. I couldn’t have cared less what the skin color was of the person sitting next to my child (unless he or she was green, in which case I was prepared to fight off the Martian invaders).

Seriously, why is anyone concerned with race in this day and age? Is it all Jesse Jackson’s fault? Are the race-baiters winning the war to keep the “racist” pot stirred up (so they can make millions blackmailing)? Who cares? The fact is that we live in a dynamic society and people change jobs and move around all the time. What are these school districts going to do in five or ten years when the neighborhoods have a completely different “complexion” due to families moving in and out?

Sooner or later this has to stop. It would be better if it ended now rather than drag out an old outdated idea that you can impose “racial diversity” on a society that is constantly in motion and whose members would really prefer to just ignore a person’s race and judge them on their character instead. This kind of forced racial quotas shows a complete lack of character ... or intelligence.

Calif. Suit May Set Integration Precedent
December 10, 2005, 6:01 AM EST
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP)

When Michael Winsten and his wife, Cheryl, moved here four years ago, they expected their young children eventually would attend the high school down the hill, about a 3 1/2-mile bike ride from their home. Since then, relentless growth in this Orange County community has forced a school district building boom, and the Winstens’ five children will have take a bus to a new school farther away.

The Winstens say the real reason for moving their children is to ensure there are enough white students at the new school. They are suing Capistrano Unified School District over the attendance boundaries, claiming the school board put racial balance ahead of safety and neighborhood cohesion.

“I think the stupidest factor is using skin color and test scores,” Michael Winsten said. The case highlights a predicament faced across the country 51 years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that school children cannot be segregated by race: How to create integrated schools without violating anti-discrimination laws.

At issue in the Capistrano case is Proposition 209, a measure California voters approved in 1996 that bars discrimination or preferential treatment based on race or ethnicity. The Winsten’s lawsuit is dividing a community that has long prided itself on its racial harmony. Peter Ditto, a father of three teenage girls who supports the school district’s changes, said he understands why people are upset, but he believes bringing up race is the wrong approach.

“Our kids have to live in a diverse world,” Ditto said. “I think recognizing that people are different, dealing with different cultural issues, are important lessons.” School district attorney David Larsen said race was used only at the end of the boundary-drawing process to ensure that none of the schools would be segregated. “There’s a strong desire for one school not to be known as the school in the hills and one as the school in the valley, so to speak,” he said.

Larsen said parents, administrators and community members spent months working on attendance options. District memos show officials wanted to create high schools with about 2,500 students each and a racial composition as close as possible to 65 percent white and 35 percent minority to resemble the district’s ethnic makeup.

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The Lieberman Conspiracy

The Democratic Party is dying a slow death. It is agonizing to watch. For five years now, the Donks have whined and complained and offered nothing of substance. John Kerry is a prime example of that. All smoke and no cigar. Bush-bashing has become the party’s only agenda. Some Democrats, like Joe Lieberman, are starting to see the light and have realized the party is a runaway train on the fast track to extinction.

A political party in the US has to have a concrete position and alternatives to offer the American people before it can be successful. The Donks and their liberal followers have no solid position on anything anymore and the only alternatives they offer to current policy are completely unacceptable to the majority of Americans. Yet they continue to delude themselves into thinking they are right and everyone should just go along with them.

The greatest political shift in recent years has been occurring within the Democratic Party and they have completely missed it. The Democrats used to be the party of progressives but the lunatic fringe has taken control of the party and pushed the Donks out to the radical Left. Progressives are abandoning the party in droves. The Republican Party is now the party with new ideas on national security, social security, education and health care. The Democratic Party is the party of abortion on demand, homosexual lifestyles, race-baiting, gun bans and most importantly weakening the US military in a time of great struggle.

The really sad part is that the Donks are now expecting all members to march in lock-step with the party’s current “cut and run” strategy for Iraq. Any Democrat who disagrees is going to be slandered, ostracized and demonized. I feel sorry for Joe Lieberman. He is about to learn what happens to Donks who think for themselves and refuse to go along with the propaganda from the Radical Left ...

Lieberman’s Iraq Stance Brings
Widening Split With His Party
December 10, 2005
WASHINGTON (NY TIMES)

Five years after running as the vice-presidential nominee on the Democratic ticket and a year after his own presidential bid, Senator Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut has become an increasingly unwelcome figure within his party, with some Democrats seeing him more as a wayward son than a favorite son.

In the last few days, the senator has riled Democratic activists and politicians here and in his home state with his vigorous defense of President Bush’s handling of the Iraq war at a time some Democrats are pressuring the administration to begin a withdrawal.

Mr. Lieberman particularly infuriated his colleagues when he pointed out at a conference here that President Bush would be commander in chief for three more years and said that “it’s time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that.”

“We undermine the president’s credibility at our nation’s peril,” Mr. Lieberman said. Much of the open criticism has been from liberal groups and House members. But his comments have also rankled Democrats in the Senate. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the minority leader, phoned Mr. Lieberman this week to express concerns with his views, Mr. Reid’s aide said.

“Senator Reid has a lot of respect for Senator Lieberman,” said Jim Manley, a Reid spokesman. “But he feels that Senator Lieberman’s position on Iraq is at odds with many Americans.”

An aide to another leading Democratic senator who insisted on anonymity said the feelings toward Mr. Lieberman could be summed up as, “The American people want to hold George Bush accountable for the failed policy in Iraq, and Senator Lieberman doesn’t.”

Mr. Lieberman, who remains immensely popular in his home state, is aware of the hornet’s nest he has stirred. “Some Democrats said I was being a traitor,” he said in an interview on Friday, adding that he was not surprised by the reaction, “given the depth of feeling about the war.”

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Surgery Needed

_{John Trever, The Albuquerque (NM) Journal}

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   Friday - December 09, 2005

Photo Du Jour

“Donkey Borne”
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Spc. Mike Pryor

The Story Behind The Picture ....
October 12, 2005
MIANASHIN, Afghanistan (Army News Service)

Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division, along with Afghan National Army troops, were conducting an operation in the Mianashin region north of Kandahar in early October when an airdrop of supplies fell short of its mark. Water bottles and boxes of food were strewn for hundreds of yards across the mountain and paratroopers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment spent the afternoon carrying boxes down from the ridgeline, but there were still several large loads that needed to be transported. With daylight rapidly disappearing, A Company seemed to have run out of options.

Luckily, that is when the “Donkey Man” showed up.

Spc. Daniel Boyle spotted the old man as he led a team of donkeys up a hill in the distance. Boyle realized the donkeys might be the solution to A Co’s transportation problem. He beckoned the man over and began to negotiate. They reached an agreement, and soon each donkey was loaded with a bundle of supplies and was ready to move out. Staff Sgt. Matthew Sheppard mounted the lead donkey and with a gentle jab he spurred the animal forward. “On a mission like that, you never know what situation you’re going to find yourself in. That’s why we just try to stay flexible and make the most out of whatever breaks we get,” said Shaw.

The five-day operation resulted in the detainment of three Taliban leaders and the destruction of two enemy safe houses. It began with a pre-dawn air assault into the town of Lwar Kowndalan Oct. 1. Two Chinook helicopters with an Apache gunship for support delivered the paratroopers in a clearing just outside the village. They exited the helicpoters and as the dust settled, the paratroopers could see they had landed in a graveyard.

The paratroopers moved out quickly and encircled the town by squads. Their objective was to capture several high-ranking Taliban operatives known to live in the village. After they searched several houses, three Taliban members were captured. Meanwhile, paratroopers were also on the lookout for a safe-house used by Taliban forces. After several hours, Capt. Michael Shaw, A Co. commander, decided to set up a patrol base from which to continue the search. He chose a high-walled, fortress-like compound. Ironically, soon after occupying the building, the paratroopers realized it was actually the safe-house they were looking for.

- Read the rest of what happened on Operation Donkey Tales here ....

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Fwench Humor

I have to admit, some times the Frogs surprise me. Some of them actually have a sense of humor and are probably quite decent people. I present as evidence The Dissident Frogman and Merde In France (No-Pasaran).

The latest evidence comes from the folks at Geo-Loc who provide us with the nice little “Foreign Spies” feed in the right sidebar. The service is hosted in Paris but they must be good guys (even though they charge me €20 per year and you have to speak Fwench to do business with them). I just renewed our service and received the invoice with this little paragraph at the bottom ....

This payment will appear on your bank statement as FROG PLANETE SAS and will be credited to FROG PLANETE SAS, 4 place Félix Eboué F-75583 Paris Cedex 12 RCS Paris B 419164983 TVA FR56419164983.

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Retreat and Defeat

That’s the Democrat’s latest stance on the WoT.  See the GOP’s latest commercial here.

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Fat-Fingered Cock-Up

Fat fingered typing costs a trader’s bosses £128m
Times UK Online

CLUMSY typing cost a Japanese bank at least £128 million and staff their Christmas bonuses yesterday, after a trader mistakenly sold 600,000 more shares than he should have.

The trader at Mizuho Securities, who has not been named, fell foul of what is known in financial circles as “fat finger syndrome” where a dealer types incorrect details into his computer. He wanted to sell one share in a new telecoms company called J Com, for 600,000 yen (about £3,000).

Unfortunately, the order went through as a sale of 600,000 shares at 1 yen each.

Wooops. 
From a rival firm:

A trader at a rival firm said: “Someone in that office had to pick up the phone to his boss and authorise the use of billions of company dollars to correct a stupendous cock-up. Not a call you want to be making a couple of weeks before Christmas bonuses.”

I’ve made some typos before, but sheesh.

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And The Lights Went Out …

Some idiots just couldn’t leave a good thing alone. Due to bad driving and morons not paying attention to the road as well as large unruly crowds driving by, the greatest Christmas light show ever has been forced to close down. I salute Mr. Williams for being responsible enough to shut it down in the interests of safety. However, I am totally irked at the visitors who couldn’t just watch it without acting stupid. I am totally bummed out now. Bah, HUMBUG! Fetch me Tiny Tim. I need to give him a beating ...

Christmas Show Goes Dark
Concerns over safety lead lightmeister to pull plug
DEERFIELD, Ohio (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER)

Just two days after his computerized Christmas light display gained national attention, Carson Williams shut it down because of safety concerns. The 40-year-old father of two pulled the plug after learning of a fender-bender about 8 p.m. Tuesday in the midst of the bumper-to-bumper traffic trying to get to his Deerfield Township home.

“Our patrol cars had trouble getting to (the crash) because of the crowd,” said Warren County Sheriff’s Maj. John Newsom. Although the accident was minor and no one was injured, authorities informed Williams. Williams has said from the beginning that he would shut down the display if it caused any problems. Most of his neighbors supported the project despite the traffic.

“It (traffic) was clear out to our main road,” Williams said Wednesday. “I’ve compromised the safety of the people who live in our neighborhood. There’s no way fire people could get in, so we’ve shut the show down indefinitely.” The sheriff’s office received no significant complaints about the display, although one anonymous caller did express concern about the traffic, Newsom said.

Williams began working on his display more than two months ago. He strung 25,000 lights on his home and yard, then used software to synchronize them to 12 minutes of Christmas music, including an energetic piece by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Williams transmitted the music from his computer to an FM radio frequency that passers-by could pick up on their car radios.

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Christmas In Paris

I’m sorry but this is over the top. I have watched the liberal fruitcakes shutdown nativity scenes, scream “Happy Winter Festival” at me and chop down “Holiday Trees” but now they’re just going too far when they try to tell me this is “creative” and has anything to do with Christmas. This gentleman needs a long rest in a nice, quiet rest home someplace in the countryside where nice men can adjust his medication and hopefully help him recover some semblance of sanity ....

Man Creates Paris Hilton Christmas Shrine
CRANSTON, R.I. (AP)

See Paris Hilton in all her seductive splendor, striking a provocative pose for passing motorists and spreading hot Christmas cheer in a chilly Rhode Island winter. Blown-up images of Hilton and strings of pink Christmas lights adorn the front lawn of a home in a middle-class neighborhood of this city, part of a head-turning holiday display that pays homage to the famed hotel heiress. The over-the-top pictorial is the work of Joe Moretti, a 38-year-old designer who was arrested last year for trespassing on Martha Stewart’s property in Maine.

Passersby get an eyeful of Hilton sporting a tiny pink top hiding little of her chest, or wearing knee-high boots and a sultry pout or holding a finger to her lips. Even Hilton’s faithful Chihuahua, Tinkerbell, is celebrated in a colorful portrait. “If it’s offending anyone, I apologize,” Moretti said in a telephone interview Thursday. “That’s not the intent. The intent is to be different and to be creative and let them see a little bit of Hollywood or New York — bring it to Cranston,” Moretti explained.

A number of cars slowed or came to a complete stop on the busy road as they passed Moretti’s house Thursday afternoon, the better to ogle a life-sized shot of Hilton with high boots, legs spread and eyes partly closed. Moretti’s display includes a list entitled “How to Be a Hilton,” complete with tips such as: “An entrance is everything,” “NEVER wake before 10 a.m.” and “NEVER spend the summer in NYC.” Neighbors in Cranston, just south of Providence, had mixed reactions.

“It’s nothing more than they could see on TV, on normal stations — or actually at school,” said Stefanie D’Angelos, 28, who has four children. Added Frank DelSanto, who said he was near 80: “People should not be ashamed of their sexuality — male or female.”

But others were bothered. “It has nothing to do with the holiday, and it doesn’t suggest anything that’s appropriate to this time of year,” said Judy Gershman, 57, who said she had hadn’t looked closely at the display. Ron Raffonelli, 65, said he would be upset if his young grandchildren came to associate Christmas with naked woman. He’d prefer the kids to think of Santa Claus instead. After all, Raffonelli said, “He’s been around longer.”

- More on one man’s madness here ...

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