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September 30, 2005
In Search of Jesse Jackson
Its amazing what Google will come up with!
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H/T to the Mighty Righty.
Posted by LindaSoG at 04:22 AM
September 29, 2005
I Miss Brooklyn
In this Sept. 12, 2005, photo released by the Brooklyn borough president's office, a sign on the Brooklyn side of the Williamsburg Bridge proclaims 'Leaving Brooklyn: Oy Vey!' The sign, bearing the Jewish expression of dismay or hurt, is intended as a way of acknowledging Brooklyn's large Jewish population. Borough President Marty Markowitz says motorists seeing it know it means 'Dear me, I'm so sad you're leaving.' (AP Photo/Brooklyn Borough President's Office, Kathryn Kirk)
Posted by LindaSoG at 11:58 AM
September 27, 2005
Wounded Warrior
Gosh but I do so love the Marines.
Marine Gunnery Sgt. Michael Burghardt signals defiance at his Iraqi attackers after being injured by an improvised explosive device near Ramadi. Attending to the Marine were Nebraska 167th Cavalry members Spc. John Adams (far left, in front) of Hastings, Neb., and Pfc. Darin Nelson of Fremont, Neb.
They don't call 'em Devil Dogs for nothing. Captain Jimmy Bones would be proud!
'Twas winter time in Quantico in nineteen-twenty-two,
The slum was pretty rough that night, and all the men felt blue;
The hail and sleet, with ghostly feet beat on the bunkhouse dome,
Some men doped out their time to do, while others thought of home.
Then from the starless night, there slipped in through the bunkhouse door,
An old top sergeant that no man had ever seen before;
The hoar frost glistened in his hair, his eyes like star shells shone,
A gnarled mustache hid half his face, and he was skin and bone.
He sat down near the glowing stove and warmed his fleshless hands,
The chill of death was in his breath, like thunder his commands;
His voice was hollow, like the tone of one who’d long been dead,
And when he spoke, the silence broke, and this is what he said:
“Pipe down, all you devil-whelps, and snap out of your dreams,
And a tale I’ll tell of heaven and hell, and the Devil-Dog Marines;
Just Captain Jimmy Bones, M.C., their skipper wrote his name,
He was a fiend for fighting, he had no care for fame.”
“Have never seen so fierce a man on land, nor sky , nor sea,
He had a scar for every war, and fought in ninety-three;
When he was riled, he had an eye that drilled a hole through men,
He spoke but once, and no man asked him how, nor why, nor when.”
“Now Jimmy was the headpiece of a hundred brave Gyrenes,
He used to have a whole lot more who died from eating beans;
But them what ate the chow and lived, they sure were hard-boiled guys,
They flicked the bullets off their coats just like so many flies.”
The old top sergeant’s voice grew low, and at its ghostly gloom,
Men shivered, and the vermin crawled upon the bunkhouse broom;
He stuffed a live coal in his pipe, and deeply did inhale,
He blew the smoke clean through the roof, and then resumed his tale.
And filled them all so full of hell it shone out through their eyes;
Then old St. Peter found the bunch, and gave them souls of white,
But hell still boiled up in them, and they couldn’t else but fight.”
“So Peter had to can old Nick, and when to earth he fell,
He got himself a steady job recruiting souls for hell;
Well, Peter stamped Marines ‘OK,’ and marked them all first class,
‘Cause all that ever scared ‘em was to see a looking-glass.”
“Now some they come from Texas sand, so they was full of grit,
And some was from Montana plains where they’d been roughing it;
Some more they come from old New York, and wore a Bowery frown,
Then some which was the toughest came from good old Frisco town.”
"Old Jimmy Bones shoved off for France in nineteen-seventeen,
And shipped across the toughest crew the world had ever seen;
Each man had ‘First to Fight,’ tattooed across his chest, in black,
And right betwixt his shoulder blades, ‘Watch out, we’re coming back!’”
“Them hundred Devil Dogs sure was a bold and daring crew,
They bit the soles right off their shoes whenever they’d want a chew;
There wasn’t one among that bunch of those U.S. Marines
Who couldn’t spit three fathoms deep, and sink three submarines.”
“And when it came to shooting guns, why, say, them men were there,
They’d shave a man a mile away, and never miss a hair;
They’d trim the eyebrows off a lark, a- soarin’ in the sky,
Or shoot the points off shooting stars, as long as they had an eye.”
“They cruised on all the seven seas and rationed on hard tack,
They fought their way around the world and half to hell and back;
They fought in every war there was, clean up to Vera Cruz,
The only things they hadn’t fought was huns, and too much booze.”
“Now Jimmie Bones reached France OK with that all-furious crew,
And everyone turned round to say, ‘No savvy parley-vous;’
The French girls grabbed them by their hands, and washed their necks with tears,
The French men slapped them on their backs, and yelled them deaf with cheers.”
"Then Jimmy made a speech, and said, ‘I hear you got a war,
Around here somewheres hereabout, and that’s what we’re here for;
But all I got to say is this. Enjoy it while you can,
I’m going to clean up Germany If I lose every man."
“The Germans learned that Jimmie Bones had crossed the sea to fight,
And when they got that awful news, their feet turned cold with fright;
And when they lamped that roughneck crew from off an aeroplane,
It nearly knocked ‘em for a goal, and some went plumb insane.”
“Said they, ‘What is this thing, Marines? If they had said before,
They had such Devil Dogs as these, there wouldn’t be no war;’
So that is how they got their name of ‘Devil Dog’ Marines,
And ever since, they’ve chased the Dutch dachshund clean off the scenes.”
The old top sergeant rolled his eyes, as if to recollect,
And where he let his fierce glance fall, it scorched six feet of deck;
Said he, “No man has ever lived that crossed old Jimmy Bones,
He had the power that lifted men, Or dragged kings down from thrones.”
"A general of the allies looked out through his periscope,
And seen ten million German huns a-coming on the lope;
He bit his short mustache and said, ‘We’re in an awful stew,
We’ve only got a million men. It looks like they’ll break through.’”
“Then, Jimmy Bones piped up and said, ‘You didn’t count Marines,
I’ve got some hell-dogs that’ll chew the spikes right off their beans;
‘Cause numbers don’t mean nothing to my well-behaving crew,
Why, they ain’t been to school enough to count the men they slew.’”
“The general said, ‘You win, my man. Go take your wild Marines,
And form a scouting party just to double up the scenes;’
Then Jimmy Bones saluted stiff, and to the general said,
‘We’ll break through to Berlin, sir, If we don’t, we’ll come back dead.’”
“With that, he yelled, ‘Outside, Marines, and snap out of your hop,
We’re going out to gather up that German lemon crop;
And if I see one of you men so much as leave a rind,
You’ll rate the brig ‘till kingdom come, and sixty dollars fine.’”
“The hundred Devil Dogs fell out, and then they all fell in,
And each one closed a gap in ranks by shaving up his chin;
The chief cook turned up missing when the time for counting come,
But he was cooking shrapnel up to make the crew some slum.”
“Then Jimmy Bones, he gave a talk, to all his men, he said,
‘We’re shipping out on heavy seas with reefs and shoals ahead;
But all I got to say is this, remember you’re Marines,
Cause water settles everything, and that’s what our name means.”
"He marched ‘em up on company front, in quick and double-time,
He marched ‘em in a riot squad and in a skirmish line;
He ran ‘em in a platoon rush, and then by single squad;
And each advance ten thousand huns stretched out and hit the sod.”
"He mowed ‘em down with Browning guns, and with their Springfield gats,
And them they couldn’t get that way they stuck with bayonets;
And when it came to trenches they just shoved the banks all in,
And tons of huns were swallowed up, and never lived again.”
“The Germans shot a bunch of bombs of dead limburger cheese,
But all it did to Jimmy’s men was make them cough and sneeze;
Then Jimmy lit a strong cigar from off a passing shell,
Three million huns got one good whiff, and died of that vile smell.”
“The hundred Devil Dogs shoved on, their eyes flashed liquid fire,
Which melted guns and cannons up just like they were lead wire;
They kicked about a million huns into the River Marne,
And if they drowned, or sunk, or swam, they didn’t give a darn.”
“The Germans thought that judgment day had come to take its tolls,
They got the jula in their knees, and trembled in their souls;
And when they saw those Devil Dogs, and heard their awful yell,
They knew their judgment day had come, and they were picked for hell.”
“So, what was left threw up their mitts, and hollered ‘kamerad,’
But Jimmy’s men thought that was Dutch for talk profaning God;
So they stuck their bayonets right through them anyhow,
And buzzards came down from the sky and ate ‘em up for chow.”
“Now Kaiser bill and Hindenburg was in a game of craps,
He staked his royal crown against a box of ginger snaps;
Old Hindy won the crown and said, ‘This ain’t no good to me,
I’d sooner have a bite to eat than all of Germany’”
“Said Kaiser Bill, ‘I’ll tell you what. You lend ten marks to me,
I’ll pay you back in a month or two with French indemnity.’
Said Hindy, ‘Where’d you get that stuff. Do you see any green on me?
I bought myself some Liberty Bonds from Mrs. Liberty.’”
“Just then the crown prince busted in and said, ‘Oh papa dear;
I see some wild men coming who will wreck this joint, I fear;
I’ll shoot a long-range shot at them, and if they still persist,
Then I’ll take about a million men and slap them on the wrist.’”
“The Kaiser took a peek out from a half-raised window blind,
And seen a hundred Devil Dogs a-swimming across the Rhine;
The river was a-running blood, From all the men they slew,
And every time they’d duck their heads, they’d drink a quart or two.”
“The Kaiser’s hair stood up on end and turned from black to white,
And when he spied old Jimmy Bones, his blood ran cold with fright;
He grabbed the prince’s hand and said, ‘Don’t fool with that wild Yank,
He’ll fill you full of bullet holes where Papa used to spank.’”
“‘What ho the guard!’ Cried Kaiser Bill. ‘There ain't no guard no more,’
Said Hindenburg, ‘The guard was shot out there by the palace door;’
‘Where is my ally Gott?’ yelled Bill. 'Von Gott, he ain’t at home,’
Said Hindenburg, ‘The Gott you had was in your crazy dome.’”
“The Kaiser’s eyes stuck out a mile. ‘What shall I do?’ said he,
‘I’ll save myself and my six brave sons. To hell with Germany;’
Said Hindenburg, ‘It went to hell long time before this thing,
Ten million huns that you sent there are waiting for their king.’”
“The outside palace door crashed in. There was a mighty roar,
‘Thank gott,” said Hindenburg, ‘I’ll see that mush of yours no more;’
With that he grabbed his gat and blew the brains out of his head,
And Kaiser Bill knowed then and there he meant just what he said.”
“The Kaiser beat it for the door and flung it open wide,
And there he met Jimmy Bones a’coming just outside;
Behind him were his Devil Dogs with gleaming bayonets,
And Kaiser Bill knowed they had come to get a whole world’s bets.”
“Then Jimmy gave him just one look that turned his gizzard pale,
And made him wish that he had spent his life in some nice jail;
Said Jimmie Bones, ‘So you’re the cur that kicked up all this row,
You’ve got about an hour to live, so don’t give us no gow!’”
“The Kaiser’s nerve went over the hill. His brow dripped bloody sweat,
He got down on his knees and cried and got the carpet wet;
His teeth, they rattled, just like dice do in a game of craps,
And every word that Jimmy spoke was like a note of taps.”
“Then Jimmy Bones drawed out his gat, and then he tossed it by,
Said, ‘you ain’t fit enough to live, and not that fit to die;
You’ve served the devil all your life, but now you’ll work for me,’
And then he thought of things to do. Jim Bones can think of three.”
“‘You’ll stand a guard of twenty hours around the Arctic zones,
With fifteen minutes out to thaw the marrow in your bones;
And every hour throughout the night you’ll answer reveille,
And every twenty years or so, you’ll rate a liberty.’”
“‘And all you’ll have to drink is German blood you’ve shed,
And when you’re hungry, you will gnaw the bones of German dead;
You’ll do a jolt in eighty-four for ten or twenty years,
And under a hard-boiled non-com you’ll shed your dying tears.’”
“Then Jimmy stopped, and silence filled the gloomy castle hall,
The Kaiser rose and tried to speak, then fell against the wall;
Said he, ‘I thought the devil was a mean and ugly guy,
But you’ve got Satan cheated with one look out of your eye.’”
“Said Jimmy Bones, ‘Now that ain’t all I’m gonna leave you do,
Them things is just light duty, but there’s heavy duty too!’
The Kaiser throwed up both his mitts. ‘You win!’ That’s all he said,
He gave a yell that was heard in hell, and then fell over dead.”
The old top sergeant paused awhile to see if some would doubt,
He sneezed a sneeze, the stoves grew cold, the window panes fell out;
He rolled himself a cigarette from sweepings off the floor,
And lit it with his flaming eye, and then resumed once more.
“Now German spies sent work to France that Jimmy Bones was dead,
And all his hundred Devil Dogs was slaughtered too, they said;
The women weeped a lot of weeps. The men felt pretty bad,
And all of them were mourning cause the shock it hit ‘em bad.”
“The cook was boiling coffee up from a piece of dried-out meat,
Said he, ‘If they is dead or not they’ll be back here to eat;
The world has never seen the time Marines have met defeat,
They would have gone to hell to cut off Kaiser Bill’s retreat.’”
“A sentry sighted Jimmy’s men a’coming over the hill,
And dragging on behind them what was left of Kaiser Bill;
And when they reached old Paris, they were met with yells and cheers,
And showers of gold enough to last ‘em all a thousand years.”
“They hung a million medals on old Jimmy and his crew,
And when they took ‘em off they had a barrel full or two;
And ever after that each lived just like a millionaire,
They never answered reveille, or heard a bugle blare.”
“And all they did was bunk fatigue from then, forever more,
And when they died, they went above and knocked on heaven’s door;
Old Peter came down to the porch and hollered, ‘Halt! Who’s there?’
“United States Marines,” said Jim. First here, and everywhere’”
"So Peter let the whole bunch in along with Captain Jim,
And each one grabbed himself a harp, and sung the Marine hymn;
And ever after that each stood his guard on heaven’s green,
And nary a German has got past the brave U.S. Marine.”
The old top sergeant heaved a sigh that raised the bunkhouse roof,
And those who sat too close to him were blown ten feet aloof;
He cut the sling from off a gun and took a three-foot chew,
And where he spat, the floor gave way, and hell came boiling through.
Then from the fiery pit there rose a corporal of the guard,
His face was sunk, his flesh was iron, his look was twice as hard;
Said he, “The detail’s still intact around the brimstone floods,
The devil’s peeling onions and the Kaiser’s peeling spuds.”
The old top kicker knit his brow, said he, “All right, that’s well!
But when you’ve finished with that job they’ll start to coal up hell;
And if them billion tons ain’t in before they shut an eye,
I’ll run ‘em up ‘fore Jimmy Bones, and let them tell him why.”
The corporal turned and leaped head on down through that fiery mass,
The floor closed up, the bunkhouse swayed with clouds of molten mass.
The top arose, the lights went out, Taps sounded, came the rain,
A chill swept through the room and he was never seen again.
A true Marine Corps classic, “Captain Jimmy Bones And His Devil-Dog Marines” originally appeared in an early forties edition of “Leatherneck Magazine."
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:28 AM
September 26, 2005
Name that President!
I read a little something over at Delftsman's site, Emigre with a Digital Cluebat. It concerns Presidential Legacies.
So. How many clues before you can "Name that President?"
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad
- Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
- Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
- First president to establish a legal defense fund.
- Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
- Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
- First president sued for sexual harassment.
- First president accused of rape.
- First first lady to come under criminal investigation
- Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
- First president to be held in contempt of court
- The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
I'll give you a hint... it ain't George Bush.
Speaking of the Clintons, Delftsman also notes that in the wake of her challenge to Hillary Clinton to go public with opposition to the war in Iraq, and her demand for a meeting with a meeting with her, Mother Sheehan best not take any walks in Ft. Marcy Park. After all, we remember what happened to Vince Foster.
Grieving Mother Cindy Sheehan
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:15 AM
September 24, 2005
Oh. D'uh
Abbas: Hamas to blame for Gaza blast
In unusually scathing attack, Palestinian leader openly criticizes terror group after explosion during Friday rally kills 19 people.
Yeah. So. What do you expect?
Following the blast, Hamas fired rockets on Israeli communities in the south.
And then...
On Saturday, the IDF killed four Hamas members in a Gaza air strike.
So, nothing much has changed since we gave up Gaza, unless you count all the Jews now living in tents after having given up their homes, and their livelihood to these same pathetic murdering little bastards.
Oh excuse me. I guess I should have said militants.
Posted by LindaSoG at 11:31 PM
September 23, 2005
Ooops
A Palestinian pickup truck carrying rockets exploded today at a large Hamas rally as the terrorists paraded their weapons through a densely packed refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.
At least 19 Palestinians were killed, many of whom were children, and more than 80 were injured.
Witnesses said the truck carried homemade weapons, and Palestinian security officials said the blast apparently was caused by the mishandling of weapons.
Hamas denied involvement and blamed Israel for the explosion, no surprise. That's how its done in...
Click to watch Pallywood, "According to Palestinian Sources..." a film by Richard Landes.
Posted by LindaSoG at 08:58 PM | Comments (1)
Public Record
So. After 20 years of working with lawyers here in good old SoFla, I made a career change into the amazing and wonderful world of finance. Lo and behold, what happens?
From Strange Women Lying in Ponds, we have this:
Motion for continuance because of dick surgery? D'oh.
Text:
Plaintiff moves the court for a continuance of the trial for the reason that counsel for the plaintiff is recovering from dick surgery and because of continuing pain is unable to properly represent the plaintiff in a trial. Counsel is unable to sit for long periods of time.
There was a doctor's note attached. Counsel was recovering from disk surgery. Heh.
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:51 AM
September 20, 2005
Its almost over
At least for me its almost over...
AT 5 PM EDT...2100Z...THE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS NORTH OF FLORIDA
CITY AND FOR LAKE OKEECHOBEE HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED.
SoFla dodges yet another storm. Whew.
Posted by LindaSoG at 04:54 PM | Comments (2)
He did not forget.
Simon Wiesenthal, the famous Nazi Hunter, has died in Vienna at the age of 96.
Said Rabbi Marvin Hier, dean and founder of the International Human Rights NGO named in Mr. Wiesenthal’s honor:
"Simon Wiesenthal was the conscience of the Holocaust.When the Holocaust ended in 1945 and the whole world went home to forget, he alone remained behind to remember. He did not forget.
He became the permanent representative of the victims, determined to bring the perpetrators of the history’s greatest crime to justice. There was no press conference, and no president, prime minister, or world leader announced his appointment. He just took the job. It was a job no one else wanted.
The task was overwhelming. The cause had few friends. The Allies were already focused on the Cold War, the survivors were rebuilding their shattered lives and Simon Wiesenthal was all alone, combining the role of both prosecutor and detective at the same time.
Overcoming the world’s indifference and apathy, Simon Wiesenthal helped bring over 1,100 Nazi War Criminals before the bar of Justice."
Posted by LindaSoG at 08:16 AM
September 19, 2005
The Classic Dames Test
Okay, I took the test...
You scored 19% grit, 14% wit, 33% flair, and 47% class!
You are class itself, the calm, confident "perfect woman." Men turn
and look at you admiringly as you walk down the street, and even your rivals have a grudging respect for you. You always know the right thing to say, do and, of course, wear. You can take charge of a situation when things get out of hand, and you're a great help to your partner even if they don't immediately see or know it. You are one classy dame. Your screen partners include William Powell and Cary Grant, you little simmerpot, you.
Find out what kind of classic leading man you'd make by taking the Classic Leading Man Test.
Posted by LindaSoG at 08:16 PM | Comments (4)
Darn!
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:00 PM
How much does this suck?
It sucks plenty.
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:00 PM
September 16, 2005
Vacation!
Ya'll stay out of trouble while I'm away..
Posted by LindaSoG at 04:57 PM
September 15, 2005
Tancredo is my Hero!
"An Islamic advocacy group is blasting a U.S. lawmaker for his "Islamophic" comments on the design of a memorial to the 40 people who died when Flight 93 crashed in a Pennsylvania farm field on Sept. 11, 2001."
and... Just what did Tancredo say?
"The invocation of a Muslim symbol is unsuitable for paying appropriate tribute to the heroes of Flight 93 or the ensuing American struggle against radical Islam."
Damn right! The people have spoken and the design has been scrapped.
"Crescent of Embrace" my ass!
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:40 AM
September 14, 2005
Imagine!
Rather than allow the National Guard to rescue people in such dire circumstances, Louisiana's democrat Congressman made them go rescue his "stuff."
Amid the chaos and confusion that engulfed New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck, a local congressman used National Guard troops to check on his property and rescue his personal belongings — even while New Orleans residents were trying to get rescued from rooftops, ABC News has learned.
Who would do such a thing? Why none other than... Rep. William Jefferson, an eight-term Democratic congressman.
Although Jefferson claims "I did not seek the use of military assets to help me get around my city," reality is that Jefferson put the safety and well-being of his people behind the rescue of "a laptop computer, three suitcases, and a box about the size of a small refrigerator," all of which the enlisted men loaded up into the truck.
But wait... there's more!
You see, the truck got stuck, and more military assets were required to rescue the Jefferson rescue team. A Coast Guard helicoper was signaled, and circled for 45 minutes, using up precious fuel, before Jefferson decided to stay with the truck.
"Forty-five minutes can be an eternity to somebody that is drowning, to somebody that is sitting in a roof, and it needs to be used its primary purpose during an emergency," said Homeland Security Expert Jerry Hauer.
Why would Jefferson do such a thing? Well... one can speculate that it might have had something to do with evidence...
... authorities recently searched Jefferson's property as part of a federal investigation into the finances of a high-tech firm. Last month FBI officials raided Jefferson's house as well as his home in Washington, D.C., his car and his accountant's house.
The "authorities" are, of course, the FBI, and Jefferson has recently set up a special trust fund for contributions to his legal defense in light of the investigation.
A senior federal law enforcement source tells ABC News that investigators are interested in learning if Jefferson moved any materials relevant to the investigation. Jefferson says he did not.
Yeah. Right. That's democrats for ya! CYA, always, first and foremost! Okay kiddies, let's all say it together... "Jefferson lied and people died."
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:53 AM | Comments (2)
September 13, 2005
Give 'em what they deserve
James Taranto of the WSJ's Best of the Web nails it with a piece he calls Ship of Fools.
Ship of Fools features an "on the street" interview with this New Orleans resident, now displaced to Houston by Hurricane Katrina:
During the interview, he declined to give his name, said he's from New Orleans, and he says he is for the people. He complained that the ATM card given to him only had $700, not the full $2,000 he was expecting, and when asked what he would like to happen and what he wants, he had this to say:
"What I would like to happen? I would like for them to give us at least $20,000 apiece so we can, you know, get our life together. You know, we didn't ask to come on that bus, slave. It's like a slave ship. It's just like, you know, back in history, you know, they put us on a slave ship. They separated us from our family. They did it--you know, just modern-day slavery, you know? Just give us what the f--- we deserve."
Fo snizzle dude, you gots one of these:
What else could you want? I don't suppose you want a job or nothing like that, working for a living is too much like being a slave.
Would it make me a racist if I said I hope this "man for the people" gets exactly what he deserves? Surely not! and I mean it from the bottom of my heart. Oh yes I do, and in fact, I'd like to give him what he deserves personally. Yes I would.
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:43 AM | Comments (5)
September 12, 2005
The Eve of Appeasement
Gaza has been "turned over" to Abu Mazen and his peace loving terrorists.
Israeli soldiers take down an Israeli flag at the end of a ceremony in an army base in Gush Katif, Gaza Strip, September 11, 2005. (Nir Elias/Reuters)
Speaking about the withdrawal from Gaza, former Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned: "Like at the time of the Oslo agreements, we are witnessing a general euphoria and the internaitonal community hastens to praise a Prime Minister who makes territorial concessions that go beyond imagination. And like Oslo, we will regain consciousness and we will pay a very heavy price."
Excited Palestinian children run to the fence around the Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim, from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip September 11, 2005.
Excited Palestinian children throw stones at Israeli soldiers on the other side of the fence around the Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim, from Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip September 11, 2005.
Abu Mazen is expected to enforce order and rein in militant groups which refuse to disarm.
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom told UN Secretary General Kofi Annan that the preservation of the Gaza Strip synagogues was a moral and ethical test for the Palestinian Authority.
And so... it begins...
Supporters of the terrorist group Hamas wave flags in celebration, as the synagogue of the former Jewish settlement of Netzarim burns, in the Gaza Strip, September 12, 2005. (AFP/Thomas Coex)
Palestinian terrorists armed with rocket-propelled grenades burn the former Jewish settlement of Netzarim in the northern Gaza strip September 12, 2005.
Terrorists celebrate the burning of Jewish holy places in former Jewish settlement of Netzarim, south of Gaza City, early Monday, Sept. 12, 2005
Terrorists wave flags atop the burning synagogue in the former Jewish settlement of Netzarim in northern Gaza strip September 12, 2005.
Terrorists burn and destroy a synagogue in the evacuated Jewish settlement of Netzarim near Gaza City early Monday, Sept. 12, 2005.
Dawn comes to Gaza on the first day of Palestinian occupation, and the light of day shows the world what we can expect in the days to come:
Armed Palestinian terrorists are reflected on a mirror on the ceiling as they survey the destruction of a synagogue in the former Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim, Gaza Strip, September 12, 2005.
Hamas vowed to continue its armed struggle until all Palestinian land was freed from occupation, despite Israel's historic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
Obviously, Hamas is not doing battle alone...
A Palestinian Islamic Jihahd terrorist, holding a rocket propelled grenade launcher, stands in triumph on top of a synagogue in the former Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday Sept. 12, 2005.
One of Abu Mazen's Palestinian policemen runs with a national flag behind the smashed doors of an Israeli synagogue in the former Israeli settlement of Neve Dekalim in the southern Gaza Strip.
Peace loving Palestinians today, in Gaza.
"This is the ultimate proof of the terrible future we can expect from the terrorists of Gaza." -- Knesset Member Shaul Yahalom
Posted by LindaSoG at 06:32 AM | Comments (3)
September 11, 2005
Never Forget
Posted by LindaSoG at 08:10 AM
September 10, 2005
Red Crescent of Death
Suggested revision to the original design:
Posted by LindaSoG at 08:23 PM
Honoring Islam
Four years after United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a reclaimed strip mine near Shanksville, Somerset County, on Sept. 11, 2001, the design that will serve as the national memorial has been unveiled in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hall of Flags.
Called the "Crescent of Embrace," the Memorial is designed to honor the Religion of Islam and features one of its primary symbols, the red crescent moon.
The red crescent moon is the symbol of The Red Crescent Society, the arm of the International Federation of The Red Cross dedicated to serving Islamic countries and the crescent moon with a star is the internationally-recognized symbol of the faith of Islam. It is featured prominently in some variation on the flags of most Islamic states.
The memorial honors the Islamic murderers rather than the those murdered in the name of Islam.
This atrocity was commissioned by the National Park Service Memorial Project under the direction of Ms Joanne Hanley.
Ms Joanne Hanley
Superintendent - Flight 93 National Memorial
National Park Service
109 West Main Street, Suite 104
Somerset, PA 15501-2035
Email: Joanne_Hanley@nps.gov
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Posted by LindaSoG at 09:48 AM | Comments (2)
September 09, 2005
Investigate This Hillary
Turns out, Nagin turned his nose up at the yellow buses, demanding more comfortable Greyhound coaches instead.
"I need 500 buses, man," he told WWL. "One of the briefings we had they were talking about getting, you know, public school bus drivers to come down here and bus people out of here."
Nagin described his response:
"I'm like - you've got to be kidding me. This is a natural disaster. Get every doggone Greyhound bus line in the country and get their asses moving to New Orleans."
While Nagin was waiting for his Greyhound fleet, Katrina's floodwaters swamped his school buses, rendering them unusable. --
From the mind of the one and only Curmudgeonly & Skeptical. The graphic is his too. You all know I'm just not that funny.
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:30 AM | Comments (2)
September 07, 2005
Jihad Jane
Word on the streets is that Jihad Jane's all vegetable anti-war tour has been canceled.
"Why the change of plans? Certainly, Fonda is still very much against the war in Iraq and in favor of helping our troops there. But she said that she didn't want to distract people from Cindy Sheehan's bus trip, already under way and gathering support."
Um... Cindy who?
Posted by LindaSoG at 08:28 AM | Comments (1)
September 06, 2005
Cheer Up Chuck Part II
When I made this post in July, my goal was to Cheer Up Chuck as he recovered from wounds he received while defending our freedom in Iraq. Many of you sent cards and letters to Chuck during his stay at Walter Reed and you will be happy to know that Chuck is home, and on his way to recovery.
So. Chuck was at Walter Reed Hospital and yes, that means that he is one America's Heroes who was subjected to the Code Pinko protest. Chuck had this to say:
Some of y'all have asked me to weigh in on what I think of the protesters outside Walter Reed. Now. I don't know if I'm letting the tail wag the dog here. As far as blogging on topics that my readers ask about, I don't know if that's pandering to my audience or is just having the same thoughts. I've seen them outside the gates many times. And I've had several thoughts on what to do about them.
First, the Captain Chuck Ziegenfuss response to protesters outside the gate:
I think it's wonderful the people in this country are allowed to express themselves any way they feel, I think it's wonderful that they are willing to go out and hold up signs and demonstrate for what they believe in what they believe to be a true and just cause. I have fought for their right to do this and I believe that their First Amendment rights should not be in any way imposed upon.
Now, as for their selection of a place to demonstrate against the war, I think it is abhorrent that they would choose to do that outside of the hospital that treats soldiers who were wounded in the war. It can only serve to discourage the soldiers who are trying to heal. As the soldiers come in the gates they see these asshats holding up their signs and banners and they see how much these people hate what they do and what they're doing. I would much rather they went and demonstrated in front of the Congress or in front of the White House, and even more so if the simply demonstrated with their ballot, when it comes time to vote.
OK, put all in your tinfoil hats and try and hold on, because his is the to be a fun ride. They're now that my tinfoil hat is firmly affixed and the mind control beams can no longer hurt me, this is what I would like to see people do. I would like to see people show up and join their demonstration. By the tens or by the hundreds it would please me greatly. I would like to see them holding up signs. Great big signs. The signs that say: “We are asshats!” Signs that say: “We are idiots!” And other signs of that ilk. That would serve to discount with the protesters are doing. Smother them with signs that make them look foolish. Exercise your freedom of speech and your freedom to demonstrate and your freedom to express yourself. Don't do it across the street do it right where they're standing set up such a confusing message that their words are lost.
Wait a minute, I think if there's a hole in my tinfoil helmet, I gotta reach for the duct tape. Uncle Bobby stopped by and gave me the ultimate men's toolkit, everything you need: a bottle of liquor (but my wife won't let me touch because all my meds they do not use of alcohol) and a roll of duct tape. That's it, that's all you need. Anyway...
now to the tinfoil helmet is to completely sealed, I would much rather that people showed up there with baseball bats and beat them to a bloody pulp, and then showed up the next day and beat any survivors to a bloody pulp. On the third day, collect up anyone that still shows up, and give them a hug for their dedication to their beliefs. Then club them like a baby harp seal on coat-making day. These shitbags are little more than the people who protested as men came home from Vietnam after serving their country.
As I remove the tinfoil helmet I can't believe what I just wrote. I would never, ever advocate violence against my fellow American who is simply trying to demonstrate what he believes in and who is exercising his right.
Thank you Chuck. That put a big old smile on my face. Ya know, one of the signs we frequently use when we counter-protest the local asshats here in Miami says: "Help! I'm surrounded by America Hating Idiots." The asshats hate that sign. Another says: "This Fiasco is Brought to You by Your Local Communist Party." They hate that one too.
Indeed, a baseball bat would be highly satisfying, but I'd settle for a cluebat. Alas and alas, it seems that these asshats couldn't find a clue if we doused them in clue musk and set them to dancing the clue mating dance in a field of horny clues.
So. Glad you're on the mend Chuck. Thank you for serving this great Country, and for protecting my personal freedom.
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:26 AM | Comments (1)
September 05, 2005
Reality Check - Part II
As I was sayin'...
They were this close.
H/T: SondraK
Posted by LindaSoG at 08:06 AM | Comments (1)
Your Attention... Your Attention Please!
Bush Slashed the Tires on These Buses so the Mayor
of New Orleans Couldn't Use Them to Evacuate Black People
Ah, the stupidity of the left. I've said it before, here, and other places on the internet: If George Bush woke up tomorrow, and took a walk across the Potamac, the liberals would be screaming... "The President can't swim." It says a lot about the sad state of this country, yet... in light of recent events, in describing the left, it leaves much to be desired. We need more.
So... here's more:
If George Bush crapped gold bars and handed one to every single hurricane victim, and then he raised the dead and parted the flood waters and turned the power back on and resurrected the Beatles and got them back together and lowered the price of oil to two cents per barrel and invented a cure for cancer while farting Chopin nocturnes and turning the oceans into chilled Dom Perignon and the beaches into caviar, liberals would STILL find reason to bitch.
There. Now that's fairly satisfying but if you want even more, you can get your fill here at Hog On Ice.
Posted by LindaSoG at 03:45 AM | Comments (1)
September 04, 2005
No one is safe in Palestine
What happens when a palestinian woman falls in love with a Christian? Well. First, her family kills her to restore their honor, and then...
At least 14 houses belonging to Christian residents of Taybeh, a West Bank village northeast of Ramallah, were torched by Muslims from neighboring Dir Jarir on Sunday, to avenge what they termed the dishonor of a Muslim woman.
According to Taybeh residents, several dozen young men from Dir Jarir descended on their village before dawn, torched the homes and destroyed a great deal of other property.
"The young men, who were holding Molotov cocktails, threw them at the houses, which began to go up in flames, one after another," said Buthaina Sha'aban, a Taybeh resident and the sister of the town's mayor. "They vandalized parked cars and beat village residents who went out into the streets. Entire families were thrown into the street after their homes were torched. Not much remains of their property."
The Mayor's sister went on to say, "We urge all international, Israeli and Palestinian actors to intervene and protect village residents from the Muslim rage."
Yeah. Right. Good luck with that.
Cross-posted at IsraPundit.
Posted by LindaSoG at 09:52 PM
The Last Blogger
I found a link to what might be the last blogger in New Orleans at the Ranting Right Wing Howler.
I'm reading back now and found this...
To Jesse Jackson
Dear Sir:
Respectfully, I submit that you should shut the hell up. Looting and lawlessness IS the problem. The National Guard choppers are BEING SHOT AT. The NOPD are BEING SHOT AT. You want to focus on the levee? So do they, but check this out: THEY CAN'T UNTIL THE MOB STOPS ATTACKING THE RESCUE OPERATION.
I know you're looking at this situation with concern for the racial implications of the deterioration of civilization out here, but this is bigger than whether people are going to be racists after this is over. This is about rescuing the masses i.e. life and death.
I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and blame your stupid comments on your lack of knowledge of the situation. Don't prove me a fool for doing so.
Regards,
Michael Barnett
From Thursday, September 1, 2005:
It is a zoo out there though, make no mistake. It's the wild kingdom. It's Lord of the Flies. That doesn't mean there's murder on every street corner. But what it does mean is that the rule of law has collapsed, that there is no order, and that property rights cannot and are not being enforced. Anyone who is on the streets is in immediate danger of being robbed and killed. It's that bad.
In the midst of all that tragedy, it is shocking what people will do to one another. Vilmar is right... it is difficult to maintain your faith in humanity.
Posted by LindaSoG at 09:52 AM
Katrina Reality Check
Louisiana disaster plan, pg 13, para 5 , dated 01/00
'The primary means of hurricane evacuation will be personal vehicles. School and municipal buses, government-owned vehicles and vehicles provided by volunteer agencies may be used to provide transportation for individuals who lack transportation and require assistance in evacuating'...
Reality is that hurricane preparations rests on the shoulders of the legal government of Louisiana, including the Mayor of New Orleans.
Reality is that they should have and could have bused people out of the city, but chose not to. Why?
Reality is that the last hurricane that threatened Louisiana fizzled out and people were "annoyed" that they evacuated for nothing.
Reality is that the government of Louisiana was too worried about what might happen if they appeared to overreact and so they chose to under react.
Reality is that this tragedy has everything to do with politics, but not the President's politics.
Reality is that this tragedy has everything to do with the leftist politics of the government of Louisiana, which chose to do nothing rather than do something.
Reality is that even now, many of the residents of New Orleans refuse to leave, despite the lack of food, water, medicine and even basic means of survival.
Reality is that this tragedy has nothing to do with race and everything to do with stupidity.
Posted by LindaSoG at 08:22 AM | Comments (1)
Troops Battle Insurgents
in... New Orleans.
Combat operations are underway on the streets "to take this city back" in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
"This place is going to look like Little Somalia," Brig. Gen. Gary Jones, commander of the Louisiana National Guard’s Joint Task Force told Army Times Friday as hundreds of armed troops under his charge prepared to launch a massive citywide security mission from a staging area outside the Louisiana Superdome. "We’re going to go out and take this city back. This will be a combat operation to get this city under control."
Hard to believe that we are talking about America, but we are.
"We’re here to do whatever they need us to do," Sgt. 1st Class Ron Dixon, of the Oklahoma National Guard’s 1345th Transportation Company. "We packed to stay as long as it takes."
While some fight the insurgency in the city, other carry on with rescue and evacuation operations.
That's right folks, our troops are fighting "insurgents" on American soil in the midst of hurricane rescue operations.
According to Petty Officer 3rd Class Jeremy Grishamn, a spokesman for the amphibious assault ship Bataan, the vessel kept its helicopters at sea Thursday night after several military helicopters reported being shot at from the ground.
Numerous soldiers also told Army Times that they have been shot at by armed civilians in New Orleans. Spokesmen for the Joint Task Force Headquarters at the Superdome were unaware of any servicemen being wounded in the streets, although one soldier is recovering from a gunshot wound sustained during a struggle with a civilian in the dome Wednesday night.
"I never thought that as a National Guardsman I would be shot at by other Americans," said Spc. Philip Baccus of the 527th Engineer Battalion. "And I never thought I’d have to carry a rifle when on a hurricane relief mission. This is a disgrace."
Your damn right, it is a disgrace. There can be no rationalization or justification for what is happening in New Orleans right now.
And what about morale?
Spc. Cliff Ferguson of the 527th Engineer Battalion pointed out that he knows there are plenty of decent people in New Orleans, but he said it is hard to stay motivated considering the circumstances.
"This is making a lot of us think about not reenlisting." Ferguson said. "You have to think about whether it is worth risking your neck for someone who will turn around and shoot at you. We didn’t come here to fight a war. We came here to help."
And the good people of New Orleans, what do they say?
"The New Orleans I knew ain't no more," Michael Davis
To hell with the New Orleans "insurgency," I hope they get eaten by an alligator. In the battle for New Orleans, I'm pulling for the troops.
Posted by LindaSoG at 04:13 AM
September 03, 2005
God Punished New Orleans for Voting for Kerry
That makes about much sense as the nonsense coming from the left.
Apparently the left is simply telling a bunch of lies.
First, even while people are still dying, the left is making unsupported allegations about "cuts" in flood control spending for the Corps of Engineers.
Flood control funding: FY2004 and FY2005. $320 million for both years.
Another one of their lies is that President Bush somehow held a gun to the head of people in Louisiana and forced them to stop working on the levees.
Levee Failures: Another Leftist Lie.
It looks like we'll have to go over this again and again because the liberals are refusing to admit they lied about funding for the Corps of Engineers.
Corps of Engineer Funding (because liberals refuse to admit they lied).
And oh boy, wait till the left gets wind of this...
The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Posted by LindaSoG at 07:55 AM
September 02, 2005
Nuff Said
Posted by LindaSoG at 06:12 PM
Where's Help?
From the State Department:
I can run through a list, thus far. It's a list that's being constantly updated and growing really by the hour. We've received general offers of assistance, as well as some more specific offers of assistance from a number of different countries and organizations and includes: Russia, Japan, Canada, France, Honduras, Germany, Venezuela, the Organization of American States, Jamaica, NATO, Australia, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, China, South Korea, Israel and the United Arab Emirates. I'll try to keep you updated as best we can on those lists. Like I said, it's growing literally by the hour.
H/T: You Big Mouth You
Posted by LindaSoG at 09:31 AM
September 01, 2005
Wow. It's my Anniversary
One Year of blogging.
Woo Hoo and Whoopie do!
Posted by LindaSoG at 08:25 AM | Comments (4)
