Wednesday, November 24, 2004
File this one…
under “Reasons that the Geneva Conventions don’t apply in Fallujah”.
Look at this map.
There are 100 mosques in Fallujah. 60 of them - that’s three out of five - were used by the “insurgents” to either stage, mount, re-supply, or conduct attacks and the occasional sniper operations. (Why are we treating their “holy” sites with more reverence than they are?)
The insurgents were using three hospitals for resupply and assembly points, in direct defiance of the Geneva Conventions. If our troops returned fire, our own embedded reporters would have reported - entirely truthfully - that we were shooting at wounded civilians, and made our Marines look like barbarians by not explaining the context. (Don’t think that our reporters would try to make our soldiers look bad by telling the literal truth but neglecting the context? Think again.)
And at least two verifiable sources of evidence that proves that “foreign insurgents” (an oxymoron, just like “Holy War") were assisting in the resistance.
And all those wonderful torture/slaughter rooms, complete with blood-stained knives and black hoods (because these twerps are fighting for such a noble cause they have to hide their identities, like all Muslim women).
Wrong war? Name any war that was “right”.
Wrong place? Name any place more in need.
Wrong time? I guess we should have waited for another 12 years.
Thanksgiving isn’t a religious Holiday?
There are some people that are claiming that Thanksgiving is not a religious Holiday.
I have one question. “Thanksgiving” is a one-word way to phrase an activity - that of giving thanks, whether it is giving thanks for family and friends, good food, another year without tragedy, your team is winning the football game, whatever you feel like giving thanks for.
Now, my question: Precisely Who are you thanking?
{chirp, chirp, chirp}
Thought so…
Sorry I haven’t been around….
...but I’ve been ‘blogged out’. Anyone else that blogs knows the feeling.....
I’ve been trying to buy a piece of property (investment), and that’s been a nightmare, since the individual financing it made mistakes twice in the process, keeping us from closing twice, and forcing the bank’s to move the deadlines back.
That, and I guess my name was brought up at a City Council Meeting here in Columbus.....so now I’m famous. At least, according to a friend of mine....
Well, I should be ship-shape after the turn of the week-end. Everyone have a great Thanksgiving!!
The Lonely Left
If this weren’t so sad, it would be hilarious. Well, maybe it’s still hilarious.
Seriously, you LOST. Deal with it.
A new website
for those people that are looking to help others carry out promises that were made. If it weren’t the Holiday season and I didn’t have grandkids to buy for, I’d chip in…
Sponsored by MoveThemOn.org, and found at Four Right-Wing Whackos.
Count me in
Bill, over at INDCJournal, has begun ringing the clarion bells of alarm about the delay in Rathergate, and wants to start spreading the word. Dan is “stepping down”, but CBS has yet to even float ideas as to who would be replacing him, and Dan will still be reporting.
Mary Mapes, the producer who put together the original story (and one of the people that was directly warned that the documents were questionable at best) has yet to be fired over this, although CBS canned the producer that cut into CSI:NY (to announce Arafat’s latest death announcement) in less than 72 hours.
It’s been two months, you lousy bastards.
Since we are Official Members of the Pajamahideen, how can we ignore this?
“Gentlemen, start your keyboards...”
I love technology
It takes a society as free as ours to even start asking the question, but these smart fellows have found some really nifty (IMHO) answers.
No, I don’t know how easily it would be converted from this small beginning to that reality, but can you imagine being able to wear clothing that is as light as silk that would be able to stop a bullet? Me, neither, but it’s certainly a very real possibility in the next few years.
A fabric that is six times stronger than steel? I can’t even count the number of languages it would need to be translated into in order to express how nifty that idea is…
Or in how many ways that would reshape the fashion industry…