Sometimes we forget… I know I do… that Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation on Earth. When something happens there, it is no sideshow. And although CNN is still putting hurricanes at the top of its front page, the real hurricane today is man made.
This is the third catastrophic terror bombing ascribed to Islamofascist Jemaah Islamiah (the BBC still calls them a “militant Islamic group” – I’ll say) in a matter of months, not years. Similar events seem to be happening now on a worldwide basis with such rapidity that we are almost becoming inured to them. We better not be, because this will only encourage the psychopaths to raise the stakes. Like the most notorious serial killers, they are out for attention. But the Islamists put the Ted Bundys to shame when it comes to reach. Their scale is global.
Meanwhile, as Kaus points out, the candidate of my putative party, is running around proposing a “Department of Wellness,” as if we should all be heading off for a shiatzu massage at Esalen. [He's trying to get out the Big Sur vote.--ed.] Never mind that beneath all the brouhaha of a “health care crisis” the life expectancy of the average American is higher than it ever was. There won’t be centers for anything if we don’t take the struggle against Islamism with the utmost seriousness and as by far our number one priority. Nothing is even close.
Am I being unnecessarily apocalyptic? Maybe, but I wouldn’t want to bet on it. Would you?
UPDATE: From the BBC again, an updated profile of Jemaah Islamiah, including some details of their contacts with Al Qaeda. What’s always interested me is the degree different people seek to prove/disprove the precise relationship between groups like JI and AQ when their nearly identical ideologies make close coordination almost unnecessary. They act in concert just by acting.
MORE: For those who still wonder what I mean about the “New Reactionaries”… As of 9:35AM PDT, the Jakarta Bombing is no longer listed among CNN’s Top Stories (there are eight, not including the hurricane), although “Pup shoots man, saves mates litter” is.
A Department of Wellness? What’s next, A Department of Eat Your Vegetables and Sit Up Straight, Young Man/Woman?
Kerry/Edwards has gone from mundane to ridiculous in one glorious step.
Re: Mikey
The next logical step in John Kerry’s expansion of government is the Department of Karma. Afterall, it’s not just this life that’s at stake, but the next one as well. We must insured that the Poor becomes the midele class in the next life, and the Rich becomes destitute for their rotten lot in this life.
Oh, to channel the former Iraqi Minister of Information, there is no War on Terrorism. The image you saw from Jakarta are special effects created by activists.
Roger, I was going to chide you for mixing news of the Jakarta bombing (a serious thing indeed) with news of John Kerry’s proposal for a Dept. of Wellness (20,000 leagues away from serious), but then I remembered you’re much smarter than I. How brilliant of you. Kerry doesn’t get it. He didn’t get it yesterday and he never, ever will.
Now, on to Jakarta . . . I don’t think you’re being too apocalyptic to write as you do. I fear that much of the world will not recognize the dangers we face until something truly catastrophic occurs. The unfortunate part is that the bar for what is truly catastrophic, horriffic, evil is being raised with every terrorist act. Who would have imagined three years ago that the taking of 1200 people hostage, half of them children on their FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!, would fail to galvanize the world! Or that it would result in linguistic gymnastics from the international press (struggling to call them “separatists”, or “hostage-takers”, or “militants”) and not the Islamofascists they are.
Finally, on an unrelated note, I applaud what you wrote yesterday in response to Mr. Carter’s hurt feelings re: Zell Miller. Obviously the pundits didn’t care for what Mr. Miller had to say, nor did the networks. But middle America loved it. Middle America (and Roger) recognize that the truth can transcend party lines. Reflective, rational thinking must always be applauded.
I lived in Malaysia durin 1992 and 1993. I never took the opportunity to visit Indonesia, and now I regret that, since Americans in that country will probably not be safe for a generation.
(Picking an extremely small nit: In the context you’re using, it’s “populous,” not “populace.”)
(And with respect to my previous comment, it’s “during,” not “durin.” Eye kant typ 2day.)
For anyone who didn’t read Kaus’s post, his reaction was:
At this point I desperately want to know exactly how and why the Kerry campaign is unraveling in the way that it is.
I want the Insider Baseball account.
Betsy’s Page reports that Terry McAuliffe has “promised” to attack Bush’s National Guard service for the rest of the campaign.
I almost never believe in conspiracy theories, but I’m having trouble thinking of any explanation for why McAuliffe would make such a statement other than the fact that such a strategy will guarantee Kerry’s defeat.
I’m sure that’s not his reason, but I’d love to know what he thinks his reason is.
The next logical step in John Kerry’s expansion of government is the Department of Karma.
Since it’s quibble morning, may I just point out that “karma” just means “cause and effect”, and a Department of Karma would be like a Department of Gravity?
What’s next, A Department of Eat Your Vegetables and Sit Up Straight, Young Man/Woman?
I guess that’s why they call it a “nanny state”.
Catherine,
I’m not a DNC insider but I believe that Kerry’s job now is to try and prevent a McGovern/Mondale type blowout. It’s fairly obvious that the DNC boys have had a heart to heart with John and given him the “duty to the party” speech. The only energy in the party right now is found in the ABB/anti-war faction and Kerry has obviously been told to make sure that he appeases them. He’s really such a lousy candidate that I don’t think he’ll pull it off. The current fourth-rate funeral director delivery of speeches on ideas that are simple sops to various interest groups is hardly inspirational.
The fact that the Dem’s have gone to ‘protect the downticket’ mode this early indicates that they’re expecting a real thumping. I believe that Dole didn’t go to protection mode until either 4 or 6 weeks out.
What will be increasingly intriguing to watch is how they try to thread the needle with the ABB/anti-war faction. I don’t think it can be done and a fair share of the current Dem GOTV is based upon those twits. Sure hope Mr. Soros is having a really nice day. Mr. Bing, too.
Afterall, it’s not just this life that’s at stake, but the next one as well.
Reminds me of a wonderful novella by H. Beam Piper published in 1950, “Last Enemy.” The premiss was that there was reincarnation, and two political parties developed. One party (socialist standin) held that reincarnation was random, and the other that free will existed in the afterlife, so that souls with will and perserverance could wait and choose to be reincarnated into wealthy or influential families. The plot involved the discovery that the second hypothesis was correct. Civil war resulted.
Catherine, what’s the URL to Betsy’s Page?
Whew! TypeKey is my enemy.
Anyway, while I am appalled at the Kerry campaign’s lack of perspective, I think it’s far more disturbing the way the press has no perspective.
The Russian school atrocity (not tragedy) is nowhere to be found even though Putin has said that he would be striking anywhere in the world he wants in order to fight the terrorists who are attacking Russia. And now explosives have been found hidden in a theater.
I had to find out about the Indonesia bombing by going online.
Hurricanes are important, granted, but please.
Why are they so afraid to report about the attacks and arrests of terrorists? These are the major stories.
I think we know why.
Isn’t JI in the Philippines?
“Meanwhile, as Kaus points out, the candidate of my putative party, is running around proposing a ‘Department of Wellness,’”
I find Mickey Kaus’ comments to be mildly amusing.
However, why is he still supporting John Kerry? Is it because Kaus wants to retain his “Harvard cool” status?
I posted this on another of Roger’s threads, but pertinent here:
From Bill Hobbs:
Roger Abramson thinks the Tennessee wing of John Kerry’s campaign is out-of-touch with voters on what’s important:
A campaign flyer published by the Kerry-Edwards 2004 Tennessee campaign office headquarters lists nine things that John Kerry and John Edwards will focus on if they are elected: 1) education, 2) Social Security and Medicare, 3) job growth, 4) health care, 5) safe communities, 6) civil rights, 7) rural issues,
veterans’ issues and 9) environmental issues.
All of these things are swell, and certainly domestic issues are the Democratic Party’s strong suit, but did it ever occur to anyone that mentioning “terrorism” and “Iraq” somewhere – you know, the two issues that according to last weekend’s Gallup Poll are the most salient of this election for a majority of Americans – might be a good idea?
It ain’t 1992 anymore, guys.
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I wonder if Kaus wants his $300 back?
Seeing this as a contest between John Kerry and George W Bush is no longer a valid perspective. The real opponent we face is not Kerry or the DNC, but the mainstream media.
The recent “Bush AWOL” stories seem to have been based on obvious forgeries.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/007760.php
The Kitty Kelly expose, which is currently being hyped on television, is also based on known falsehoods.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6706-2004Sep8.html?nav=rss_politics
The MSM have gone well beyond “spin” at this point. They have passed beyond simply suppressing stories that would inconvenience them. They are now willing to lie in the pursuit of their goal of defeating Bush.
The question that still remains to be seen is whether or not the blogosphere can effectively counteract them. Sixty Minutes has it’s problems with declining audience share, but I’m sure it still gets seen by far more people than read all the blogs combined. The next month is going to be interesting. Defeat the media and the Kerry candidacy will collapse. If they prevail, they have at least a fighting chance of a victory in November.
Bigfire: Do you mean setting up a Department of Existential Redistribution?
Charlie: Maybe a Department of Tucking In At Night?
Note: Make my tucker-inner young and cute, preferably single… 8^)
A sign of desperation in the Kerry camp is that they have reincarnated attack snake Carville and attack schitzu Begala. I heard Carville in action recently, and I cannot imagine any sentient person being persuaded to vote for a candidate by that awful person. Same for Begala. However, it appears that some sick segments of the population are influenced by that kind of behavior. In a logical world every time one of those jerks speaks it should hurt their candidate, but I am not confident that is the kind of world we’re living in.
OT: This cartoon is a good depiction of the reactions of the Muslim world to a couple of recent events:
Muslim reaction
flenser,
Thanks for the links. I think we will have to wait a while for the evidence of forgery to settle down. Maybe, maybe not. It’s one of those things we need to be *sure* of before pulling out the guns.
Betsy’s Page is at betsyspage.blogspot.com.
Cap’n Billy,
Carville and Begala are base whippers. The base that they are whipping has never involved sentient beings. Guys like Kaus and Kinsley are used to stimulate the sentient base.
OT to Catherine with a “C”:
Yesterday evening I wrote a brief comment to you here…
Jamie Irons
kynna
Your language is too mild. “TypeKey” (or “TypeCast” as I prefer to call it, in honor of Roger’s Hollywood connections) is the creation of a diabolical intelligence, which I fully expect will delete all my carefully constructed prose, and the professionally deployed HTML tags, which took me several minutes to learn, just as I am ready to “Preview” or “Post.”
TypeCast knows exactly what one is thinking, and it knows exactly how to frustrate one.
It hates one. It is that simple.
Jamie Irons
If after flinging the very mud he accuses the Bush camp of flinging *and* proposing things as silly as a Department of Wellness *and* the MSM behaving like and extension of the Democratic Party, Kerry doesn’t win he’ll be so humiliated he’ll have to move to France.
Has he made any statement yet on events in Beslan? Jakarta certainly isn’t on his radar if 150 murdered children doesn’t prompt a statement.
Yesterday, I sent a link to a Daily Telegraph story about Beslan to all my friends and acquaintances, just to do my little bit to keep the truth alive, because I was furious at the media’s treatment of the story. The Internet is viral — if you want a story to connect, just start emailing it around. You can probably reach 100′s of 1000′s of people by the time you are done. (Although I have to admit that when I saw what Roger posted above I immediately went to the “Pup shoots man, saves littermates” story, and enjoyed the cute puppies.)
As for Carville and Begala — they won’t succeed. We aren’t on vacation from history any more. What’s more, on a tactical level their success on behalf of Clinton has actually hurt them in the long term. (Kind of like Clinton’s effect on the Democratic Party generally, as opposed to just himself and his wife. That man really has a reverse Midas touch in some ways.) Back in 1992 and 1996, their instant-response, rapid-smear, parse-the-words tactics had never really been used before, or at least, not at the level they used them at. Older politicians like George HW Bush and Dole didn’t know what hit them, and the American people weren’t familiar enough with such tactics to spot them. After all, we don’t conduct our lives like that. But now the country is used to such tactics, and far more sophisticated about it. I spotted the Clintons’ word games during the 60 minutes interview about Gennifer Flowers, because I am a lawyer (and I get paid to conduct my life like that). But by the time we got to the meaning of “is,” everyone in the country had caught on. I heard a dozen stand-up comedians joke about “My Life” when it came out, and all the jokes revolved around removing the “f” in “Life.” Because you see, now we know.
It hates one.
Why do I hear Gollum here?
Charlie
Jamie Irons
Roger:
The reason the mainstream media downplays the latest outrages of Islamo-Fascism is twofold. One is that it confirms President Bush’s worldview that this is a worldwide phenonmonom that must be atttacked anywhere it raises it’s ugly face and we can’t just limit the war to Afghanistan and Al Queda. Of course anything that might show President Bush to be correct instead of the simple idiot they prefer to portray him as must be avoided at all costs because the MSM is as ABB as Move on and the rest of the the 527′s of this country.
The second reason is because to show all the acts of terror and show that this is the start of the third world war would force them to face reality. They think that this can be handled as a police matter on a case by case basis and that there is no linkage between these acts and groups.This is so damaging to their pipe dream of a UN led world peace movement that they fool themselves that there is no true evil in the world and that everthing can be handled by quit diplomacy and good will towards all. They still live in the “If we would only try to understand them and learn what they really want we could end this nasty stuff. Can’t we all just get along and love each other?
Flieshman:
There is a lot of mythology about the so-called success of Carville’s war room tactics. Clinton did not beat Bush 41… Ross Perot beat Bush 41 (plus the elder Bush’s being conned into breaking his “read my lips pledge.”) In a two man race Clinton would have recieved about the same vote share as Dukakis.
I believe that the reason many people don’t want to face the fact that we are probably in the very early stages of the predicted “clash of civilizations” between the West and militant Islam, don’t want to identify terrorists for what they are, is that to do so would force them to rewite the life that they, in their head, have planned out for themselves. A quiet life, say, with a promotion or two, a house, a couple of kids, then retirement. Acknowledging that there are terrorists who want to kill them, up close and personal, shoots this beautiful vision all to hell. Watching out for packages left on busses, flying with one eye pealed for the oddly behaving passenger, sending their kids off to war doesn’t appeal at all. Realizing that we are all in for a protracted struggle that may take generations is a bitter pill to swallow. Past generations-say the generation that came out of the Depression to fight WWII–raised in much harsher circumstances than we have been, were much better able to cope with this sort of stuff. So, deny, deny, deny.
A sign of desperation in the Kerry camp is that they have reincarnated attack snake Carville and attack schitzu Begala.
As a proud shi-tzu owner I consider the above to be a grievous, offensive insult . . .to shitzus.
Pistols at dawn sir!
A second reason they refuse to accept that we are in a war is more profound: they view such a war as a reflection on themselves, on their basic goodness. Only the truly evil are hated, in this view, and even then hate is an atavistic emotion. (The true “progressive” cannot conceive of hating anyone (even the Beslan terrorists), apart from George Bush.)
So to accept that terrorists profoundly hate them would imply that they (the progressives) must be considered evil by someone, a proposition they reject. Therefore, the premise must be denied – there is no war on terror, there are no terrorists who dream of killing them, that those who warn of dangers are manipulating them. After all, they are good people, they prize diversity, they accept without question that all cultures are equally worthy and above criticism (except their own, which is manifestly reprehensible in innumerable ways), they recycle, they buy fair trade coffee, they support Mumia. How could anyone hate them?
To accept that someone does passionately and murderously hate them, and would happily kill them given the chance, would give the lie to their lifetimes of poses and superficial gestures, and reveal them for the frauds they are. It is incompatible with their views of themselves, and therefore beyond their comprehension.
On a lighter note, am I the only one who thinks James Carville should never, EVER wear a turtleneck?
Politically Correct, To A Fault (and this was written BEFORE the recent atrocities)
To ensure we Americans never offend anyone ñ
particularly fanatics intent on killing us ñ airport
screeners are not allowed to profile people.
They will, however, continue to perform random
searches of 80-year-old women, little kids, airline
pilots with proper identification, Secret Service
agents who are members of the Presidentís security
detail, and 85-year old Congressmen with mental hips
(these all have taken place- with the Congressman
undergoing a strip search!) Letís pause a moment and
take the following test which entails a history of
contemporary terrorism (we Americans have such short
memory spans) in chronological order:
In 1970: American University of Beirut President,
Malcolm Kerr, was murdered in Beirut, Lebanon by:
A. Huey, Dewie and Louie
B. Heckle and Jeckle
C. Sylvester and Tweetie or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages 17 and
40.
In September 1970, TWA Flight #741 and Pan Am Flight
#93 were hijacked by:
A. The Marx Bros.
B. The Smothers Bros.
C. The Franciscan Brothers or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40 (in the case of the so-called Popular Front for
the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) who then flew the
planes to Amman, Jordan).
In 1972, 11 Israeli athletes were killed in the Munich
Olympics by:
A. Grandma Moses
B. The night cleaning crew at Rockefeller Center
C. Invaders from Mars or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40.
In March 1973, U.S. Ambassador Cleo Noel & DCM George
Moose were murdered in Khartoum Sudan by:
A. Tom & Jerry
B. Ben & Jerry
C. Dean & Jerry
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
In June 1976 U.S. Ambassador, Francis Meloy and Two
other Americans were killed in Lebanon by:
A. The Lennon Sisters
B. The Pointer Sisters
C. The Sisters of Mercy
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
In 1979, The U.S. Embassy in Iran was taken over and
embassy officials held hostage for 14 months by:
A. Norwegians from the Lichen Herbarium of the
University of Oslo;
B. Elvis;
C. A tour bus filled with 80-year-old women; or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
In April 1983, U.S. Embassy in Beirut was attacked
with 49 killed and 120 wounded by:
A. The Three Stooges
B. The Three Musketeers
C. The Three Blind Mice or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
In October 1983, the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut
was blown up killing 241 U.S. Marines and injuring
hundreds of others by:
A. A Pizza delivery boy;
B. Crazed Feminists complaining that having to throw a
grenade is the beyond its burst radius in basic
training was an unfair and sexist job requirement;
C. Geraldo Rivera making up for a slow news day; or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
In June 1984, TWA flight #847 to Athens was hijacked
to Beirut and U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem was
brutally murdered by:
A. Alan King;
A. Rodney King;
C. B.B. King; or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
September 1984, William Buckley, CIA station chief in
Beirut, was kidnapped tortured and murdered by:
A. Jerry Lewis
B. Carl Lewis;
C. Shari Lewis; or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
Also in September 1984, The U.S. embassy annex in East
Beirut was bombed and two Americanís were killed by:
A. Hugh Grant
B. Cary Grant;
C. Ulysses S. Grant; or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
In October 1985, the Achille Lauro cruise ship was
hijacked and an elderly American man (Leon
Klinghoffer) in a wheelchair was ruthlessly murdered
by:
A. The Vienna Boys Choir
B. The Harlem Globetrotters
C. The French Foreign Legion; or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
In September 1986 Pam Am Flight #73 was hijacked in
Karachi, Pakistan and 17 people were killed, 150
wounded by:
A. A Polish Polka Band
B. A Spanish flamenco troupe
C. A group of Argentinean gauchos or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
In February 1988: William Higgins kidnapped in Lebanon
and murdered by:
A. Members of the AARP
B. Members of the AAA
C. Members of AA or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
In December 1988, Pan Am flight 103 was bombed and 270
people killed by:
A. Luca Brazzi, for not being given part in ìGod
Father 2î
B. The Tooth Fairy;
C. Butch and Sundance, who had a few sticks of
dynamite left from their train mission; or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
In 1993, the World Trade Center was bombed, six
killed, hundreds injured by:
A. The entire cast of ìCatsî;
B. Martha Stewart
C. Cheese-crazed tourists from Wisconsin; or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
In March 1995, Americans employees of the U.S.
consulate in Karachi, Pakistan were killed in response
to arrest in the World Trade Center bombing suspect
by:
A. Royal Canadian Mounties;
B. Mexican Mariachis
C. Peruvian Indians; or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
In November 1995, U.S. troops were attacked in Riyadh,
Saudi Arabia and five Americans were killed by:
A. A Hassidic Rabbi;
B. A Jesuit Priest
C. An Amish Farmer; or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
In June 1996, U.S. Marine barracks in Dhahran, Saudi
Arabia bombed; 19 Americans were killed by:
A. Sigfried and Roy after having been mistaken for
Liberace impersonators
B. Shannon Dougherty
C. Anna Nicole Smith; or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
In 1998, the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were
bombed by:
A. Mr. Rogers;
B. Hillary, to distract attention from Wild Billís
women problems;
C. The World Wrestling Foundation to promote its next
villain ìMustapha the Mercilessî; or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
On October 12, 2000, the USS Cole was attacked, 17
crew members were killed and 39 others injured by:
A. The little old lady from Pasadena;
B. A coalminer’s daughter;
C. The Swiss Guard
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
09/11/01, four airlines were hijacked and destroyed
by:
A. Bugs Bunny, Wil E. Coyote, Daffy Duck, and Elmer
Fudd.
B. The U.S. Supreme Court,
C. Barney; or
D. Muslim ìextremistsî mostly between the ages of 17
and 40
Hmmm. Nope, ainít no patterns here. Why would we ever
even think about profiling and possibly offending the
sensibilities of ìinnocentî citizens?
And even if you don’t like profiling, why blame the
official just doing his/her job? A more appropriate
target for blame is the person or persons who caused
the profiling to be necessary in the first place!
I actuall have had a growing suspicion for some time that John Kerry’s candidacy is actually a plot by “Shrillary” Clinton.
Just think, if the Dems actually fielded a strong, believable candidate (SBC) who won…
She wouldn’t be able to run against a fellow Democrat in 2008
If said SBC chose a reasonably competent running mate…
It would be dificult for her to run against her own party’s VP/now candidate in 2012.
In fact, her only hope would be to get said SBC’s running mate to chose her as VP in 2012 which would allow her to run in 2020!
With J F’ing K running now, when he crashes miserably in Novenmer, she will be perfectly positioned to rise as the Democrat’s “new hope” for 2008.
The Clintons are certainly devious, canny, slimy enough to concoct such a plan…
Final word for today:
Can ny of you looking at the list of atrocities I just posted and adding in Bali, Madrid, Beslan, Jakarta, etc. deny that unless moderate muslims finally muster enough manhood to stand and denounce their “extremist brothers” this is indeed the start of a religious war?
LJ:
Dan Rather of CBS news is reporting that he has documents that proove that President Bush took your quiz and flunked. In the 70′s when he was in Alabama.60 minutes is going to run with this story next Sunday.
Yeah?
And when JFKerry took it he flip-flopped on the first two answers to every question.
FYI I agree that our man George is not the brightest light on the tree but the thought of Kerry as president scares me. Just as I am sure it would send chills of delight up the back (where the spine would be if they had one) of every pig-shit Islamic activist in the world – It would be back to business like under Slick Willy where they could threaten, blow-up and do whatever they wanted with only a token slap on the wrist to fear from the new, “sensitive” anti-terror policy…
Department Of Wellness?!? Kerry’s campaign is beginning to resemble an episode of Monty Python. How many remember the English comedy troupe’s “Ministry Of Silly Walks” sketch? In it various English Twits vie with each other for government grants to develop and refine “silly walks”. It was all meant of course, to lampoon the growth of big government and the welfare state – at least that’s how I saw it. If a President Kerry has his way, a “Department Of Wellness” could soon create enough real lunacy to make Python pale.
Monty Python – I can see kerry fitting in there perfectly – we could send him off looking for the Holy Grail in Cambodia…
Just watch out for those vicious man-eating rabbits! He could also compare war wounds with the “Black Knight”
Sandy P:
Isn’t JI in the Philippines?
“Jemaah Islamiah” just means “Party of Islam”. Groups with that name (in a variety of different Arabic-to-Roman transliterations) exist in many countries. All are Islamist, but not all are terrorist.
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Cap’n Billy ó The theory behind James Carville is that if you vote for his candidate, we won’t show him on your television for another three years…
Department of Wellness? Is it possible that Kerry knows the game is up, and has decided to produce a punk’d parody of a Democratic campaign for sale as a special to ABC after the election?
Tired of MSM bias? Boycott their advertisers and hit them where it hurts. Roger – are you listening? Please post advertisers for CBS for starters. Thanks.
The reason they try to validate connections between Al Q and JI is to evaluate the threat level. If they are working together, the threat assessment assigns a higher risk value.
Apologies if this was stated before. I don’t have the time at the moment to read all the comments.