Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Brantley Continues Assault on Justice


I brought you a story earlier about Max Brantley teaming up with the ACLU to mount an assault on the death penalty.
As usual, liberals and the ACLU are more interested in the "rights" of murderers and criminals than the victims of their heinous crimes.
He's got an update for you on the link.

Socialists Oppose McDonalds in Hillcrest of Berlin


These people are the German version of Americans who oppose everything Wal-Mart does. I mean, how dare a business give you a good product in a quick, convenient manner. You should have to wait at least 10 minutes for your food.

Tangerine Dream/Nightmare


Apparently Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards' chatty wife, is going to stop eating tangerines because she says it's contributing to global warming since they aren't grown in North Carolina.
Talk about crazy.
I don't want her to do without, though, so I'm going to send her a box of tangerines, myself. I don't care about the environment, so she might as well eat 'em. She doesn't want to waste them.
If you'd like to join in, send them to Elizabeth Edwards, c/o John Edwards for President, 410 Market Street, Suite 400, Chapel Hill, NC 27516. I'm sure she'll appreciate it.

Monday, July 30, 2007

Truth and Humor


Do you realize that Nancy Pelosi is 3rd in line for the presidency?
God help us.

Gun Free Zone


Sorry, folks, a Gun Free Zone is not a place to get guns for free.
But watch this video on the link for a little satirical dose of reality.

Sunday, July 29, 2007

El Dorado Man, 93, Shoots Attacker


Willie Lee Hill, age 93, is my hero this week. He shot an intruder after being beaten to the point of unconsciousness.
In England, he'd be in jail, or gaol, as they spell it. Fortunately, for Mr. Hill and the rest of us, he's in America.
No word yet on Mr. Hill's condition, but thank you for reminding criminals that honest Americans shoot back.

Saturday, July 28, 2007

Most Beautiful on Capitol Hill?


Nancy Pelosi is apparently one of the 50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill. I guess they're not counting members of Teddy Kennedy's staff.

Appearing on the list at #4!!!, if you can believe it, Nancy Pelosi proves that some people don't factor personality when they're judging beauty. They also might want to check on getting some new glasses.

http://thehill.com/cover-stories/the-50-most-beautiful-people-on-capitol-hill---top-10-2007-07-24.html

They're Out to Get Me!!!!


John always feels like, somebody's watchin' him...

What was it the Huckster said about how you're not paranoid if they're really out to get you? Apparently, John Edwards really thinks "they" are out to get him. No word on who "they" are.

I doubts he's talking about Hillary or Obama since it would be a waste of their efforts to go after their distant third place competitor. Democrat activists in general might me going after him since he's such a disaster.

I think he's trying to say that we're after him, you know, the vast right wing conspiracy. Honestly, though we may make fun of him, I couldn't ask for a better candidate for the democrats to give us than John Edwards. I hope they do. He's such a complete embarrassment to himself and he doesn't even know it. But he's smart to play the conspiracy card with the democrat base since they're kooky enough to believe it. Keep in mind that 33% of Americans supposedly believe that the president had something to do with 9-11. Who do you think those people are? The democrat base, maybe? The same people who don't know that fire does melt steel. That's how it's made. Edwards keeps talking about they and the people in the audience have this reaction like they know exactly who he's talking about. If you want a good laugh, follow the link and watch the video.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0707/Edwards_They_want_to_shut_me_up.html

Friday, July 27, 2007

Whatever Happened To: "Stretched Too Thin"?


This is a new feature of the Arkansas Journal, the Whatever Happened To...? section. Sort of like the Where Are They Now File from Vh1, the Whatever Happened To...? will serve as a reminder of what used to be the end of the world as we know it complaints by liberals that they no longer complain about.
It's a favorite from the liberal playbook to complain about something like it's the end of the world, then forget about it when it has lost its political usefulness.
In this edition, I look back on the former liberal complaint that our military is "stretched too thin" to succeed in Iraq. Of course, since the Surge began it's been hard to explain how we pulled these extra 20,000 troops out of a hat to bolster our efforst there.
Look forward to future Whatever Happened Tos...? coming soon. Possible topics: terrorism through containers, uparmored humvees, and, in light of the recent military success in Iraq, the we can win in Iraq militarily propaganda, which liberals consider to be patriotic. Go team!!!

Socialism Alive and Well


State Senator Liz Krueger, D-NY, has a novel idea. Why not bail out people who can't afford their mortgages?
Why not?
The rest of us who can afford our mortgages might as well pay for them, too. This is just one more glimpse into the liberal mind.
Heaven help us.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Brantley Silent Again


Max Brantley, venerable editor of our local liberal propaganda paper, the Arkansas Times, is always eager to print stories that show that we're losing in Iraq, so I'm surprised that he didn't quote the Baghdad Diarist, an supposedly anonymous soldier in Iraq who has written exposes of the barbarism of American soldiers for the New Republic, another liberal propaganda rag.
In the face of gathering evidence that the Surge is succeeding, it has also come to light that military sources have demonstrated serious inaccuracies of the Baghdad Diarist, which have led many to suggest that he is indeed a fraud. No word on this from Max, though. That's funny. He's been eager to trumpet every bit of bad news he can get his hands on our struggle against terrorism. He often eagerly decries any good news as propaganda. So when it becomes apparent that liberals have been manufacturing news it's no surprise that Max hasn't said a word about it.

Nationwide Primaries---Bad Idea---Unless You're a Fat Cat


People gripe all the time about the Iowa and New Hampshire and other small state's primaries having so much influence on the nation's choice of presidential candidates.
Well, apparently, there's a new poll from the New York Time and CBS News claiming that a majority of Americans want a national primary. Of course the only way to accomplish this would be through federal legislation, which would violate the 10th Amendment. Regardless of its legal problems, though, this would be a blow grassroots campaigns and the base of both parties.
If there were a national primary, the only states that would matter would be the bigger states, but only well-funded campaigns would be able to compete. Winning a small state wouldn't help at all like it can in the current system.
Update: I see that the ArkTimes blog has a post about this in which Max indicates that he's inclined to agree with the majority conclusion. Just a thought, as the world's biggest fan of the Clintons have you considered that Bill Clinton would be a hasbeen former governor if there had been a national primary in 1992?

Patton on the War on Terror


Here's some common sense from the Hereafter.
Click on the link to see what General Patton has to say about the War on Terror.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Hillary Not a Liberal?


This is a little more believeable than Hillary's claim in the democrat debate that she's not a liberal.
Of course, many liberals have realized that people knowing who they are is detrimental to their electability. When asked if she would describe herself as a liberal she responded that liberal had a connotation of being for big government. She apparently doesn't want to have that image. Maybe she shouldn't advocate government takeover of 1/7th of the economy if that's the case (socialized medicine).
She prefers to call herself a progressive, claiming the mantle of government regulator Teddy Roosevelt and liberals of his era, who didn't go by liberal back then because liberal meant conservative back then.
This is a typical liberal ploy. Change the name to keep people confused. Put lipstick on a pig if you want, and a pink pantsuit, and you've still got a liberal.

"Ihre Papiere, bitte...Ahem...Your Papers, Please"


"Just kidding. We already know everything about you."
That's what they'll be saying after they scan your identification chip. Now get back in line and eat your gruel...

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Democrat Debate


Yawn...

Financial Times Illustrates Ignorance With New Poll


With answers to the questions such as those on the chart to the left the Financial Times, a liberal rag, attempts to affect opinion by showing what a majority of ignorant people apparently think. The simplistic way in which these class warfare laced questions are asked echo the average liberal democrat talking point. These questions and answers illustrate the ignorance of those polled, though I'm sure the average reader of FT thinks they're terribly clever.

The only thing heartening in it all is the disparity in most cases between the opinions of Americans and socialist countries in Europe.

If you wish to wade through this high falutin muck, follow the link down the rabbit hole of effetism. You may have to do so to see a full size version of the graph.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2a735dd0-3873-11dc-bca9-0000779fd2ac.html

This Pretty Much...


...says it all.

Monday, July 23, 2007

Rankings the Possible GOP Opponents for Mark Pryor

1. Steve Stephens, philanthropist
2. Mike Huckabee, former governor
3. Jim Lagrone, retired pastor/former candidate for AR Sec of State
4. Bud Cummins, former U.S. Attorney
5. Steve Womack, mayor of Rogers
Stay tuned this week as I analyse the chances of these guys.
In the meantime, let me know your thoughts.

ACLU/Brantley Take First Step in March Against Death Penalty


Max Brantley, as well as the Arkansas Times itself and the NWA Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, has signed on with the ACLU to sue the Arkansas Department of Corrections in federal court, claiming that their 1st and 14th Amendment rights are being violated by not being allowed to witness all of the steps leading up to the execution of prisoners.
Being somewhat familiar with these amendments, I, nonetheless, felt compelled to reacquaint myself with them. Having reread them, it is clear that this is just one more attempt to cause the U.S. Constitution to be a Living Document. There is nothing in either the 1st or the 14th Amendment that has any bearing on the right to witness the following:
"connecting special monitoring equipment to the prisoner, placing the prisoner in restraints, inserting the shunts that are used to administer the fatal drug combination, and the inmate's ceremonial final steps into the execution chamber."
That was taken directly from Brantley's filing.
More:
"17. On information and belief, the Defendant does not allow the public and media witnesses to view an execution in its entirety. Specifically, witnesses are not allowed to see or hear the condemned take his final steps into the execution chamber..."
I'm not sure when walking to an execution became an actual part of an execution, any more than walking onto a baseball field is part of the actual game. They go on to explain that they should be allowed to witness the set up of various apparatuses to administer the lethal injection to the condemned, claiming, somehow, that they have the right to witness it as part of the execution. Again, is putting on gear part of a baseball game. An execution, strictly speaking, isn't the tying of a noose. It is the fall when the trap door is released. Such is the same in the case of lethal injection.
Why are these esteemed organizations and Max so interested in this? I can only assume that they're looking for a chink in the system of capital punishment to challenge it, eventually, in federal court. Otherwise, this is a pretty silly thing to complain about.
Evidence? Well, in the filing, they go to great length to explain that there is no established procedure for several medical procedures carried out in the setup, such as finding a vein for intravenous injection when the antecubital fossae, corners of the elbows, are not suitable. What they appear to be attempting to establish is that, since this could be painful, if several attempts are required, it could be construed as cruel, and possibly unusual, punishment, especially since medical personnel do not perform the procedure. They even go so far as to describe the executioners as lay executioners, which could be an attempt to establish another end run, requiring that physicians administer executions, something which some physicians have balked at, claiming that it violates the dictum "primum non nocere", first, do no harm, that physicians swear by.
More evidence. Read the comments of Max's usual readers. They sure seem to think it's a step toward ending the death penalty.
Watch this case and see if they don't assert much the same as I have, especially if they pass the first hurdle in the Eastern District federal court. This is a test case for overturning the death penalty on the federal level.

What's Wrong With This Picture?


Apparently, the number one movie over the weekend was about 2 NYC Firefighters who pretend to be gay to get benefits.
The number 2 movie starred John Travolta in drag.
Good grief. Where's John Wayne when we need him?

Run For the Border


At least somebody's doing something about it.
"Sheriff unveils migrant hotline"

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Obama Wants Big O for Kindergarteners---NAMBLA Cheers


Speaking of perverts...
Looks like Dateline: To Catch a Predator will be working overtime when NAMBLA hears about this.
Apparently, Barack Hussein Obama thinks sex education for kindergarten children is the "right thing to do". This guy wants to be president. That's a liberal for ya.
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/07/sex-ed-for-kind.html

Gay Democrats


The big 3 democrats, Hillary, Obama, and Edwards, have agreed to a debate on gay issues on August 9.
As if the democrats weren't gay enough.

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Congress Hits All Time Low


With Harry Reid's latest Night of the Undead stunt in the senate and Nancy Pelosi's pro-surrender stunts in the house the democrat leadership has sucked the life out of congress.
It's kind of funny, while they were trumpeting the president's low approval rating they were flying past him into the depths of low approvals.

Murtha: Abscam II?


John Murtha, the corrupt opponent of American military victory, has sponsored a $ 1 million earmark for an organization that apparently didn't exist. It later turned out that another organization, a non-profit, was the beneficiary of our tax dollars. It turns out that this non-profit has donated $7,000 to Murtha's campaign. Hmmmm....
Kinda reminds me of Abscam.

Friday, July 20, 2007

Muslim Congressman Compares President to Hitler


Keith Ellison, D-MN, this week compared President Bush to Adolf Hitler. Ellison, who is the first muslim member of Congress, is pictured on the left with Nancy Pelosi swearing him in on the Koran.
I guess they didn't teach history in his madrasa. Muslim dictators who actually resemble Hitler's actions get a pass from this kook, though.

Global Warming on Venus


Greedy industrialists, not satisfied just to destroy the Earth, have successfully set Venus on fire.
Just kidding, I'm not exactly sure who caused the global warming on Venus. There aren't any evil capitalists there to do it, but somehow it's being used to suggest that we are destroying the Earth.

Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Policy at CUNY


Charlie Rangel, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, has been pushing for tax increases in a misguided, claimed attempt to curb federal deficits. Meanwhile, he's also proposed a $2 million earmark for Charles B. Rangel Center for Public Policy at City University New York. Hmmm...
He's not the only democrat who has quickly abandoned calls to end earmarks that helped them win elections in 2006. Hillary Clinton has proposed $1 million for a Woodstock rock museum exhibit. California Senator Diane Feinstein wants $750,000 to promote "ocean awareness". Hawaii Senator Daniel Inouye wants $34 million for Hawaiian cultural programs including canoe building and archiving folk tales.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Abortion International


Amnesty International has a new policy that it doesn't want anyone to know about. From the Weekly Standard story that exposes it:
"Hidden on the members-only section of its website was the announcement of a new policy that condemns as a human-rights violator any country that does not allow broad access to abortion or punishes abortion providers."
Wow. So, killing unborn, defenseless babies is a major goal of an organization which claims to protect human rights...

Moore Lies


While fat cat, socialist Michael Moore is free to travel the world, receiving accolades from his acolytes, Cuban doctors sent by their government to Venezuela are defecting left and right. Risking life and limb, these doctors are taking the opportunity to cross into neighboring Colombia where they are petitioning for Visas to America.
Funny, don't they know they have to pay for health care here?
I thought Cuba was a utopia. Why would these doctors want to escape? For that matter, why do so many other Cubans try to escape? I guess Moore doesn't realize, or, more likely, he does, that slave owners have a vested interest in giving their slaves free health care. In reality, these slaves, the Cuban people, pay for it with their blood, sweat, and tears. Moore acts like they should be, and are, grateful, while they really yearn for freedom not supposed freebies.
I hope those docs make it to the U.S., where they can practice their special love on the people of America. Maybe they'd like to tell Moore what life is really like in Cuba. They've already said enough by their actions.

Edwards's Wife Backpeddling on Clinton is a Man Comment


Although she is rather mannish, Elizabeth Edwards has decided that she wishes that she hadn't said so.

Some Real Common Sense


Neil Cavuto responds to one of the ArkTimes' favorite sources, Paul Krugman. Krugman apparently insulted those who don't believe in socialized health care with the same kind of imperious piety we get about global warming. "It's a moral issue." Read, we're immoral because we don't buy into socialism. Good one.
The best question: where would Krugman get his life saving surgery done? The U.S. or Havana? Fidel Castro already answered that when he flew doctors in from Spain for his own surgery. Even he doesn't believe in the superiority of his health care system.
Click on the link for Cavuto's analysis.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Edwards/Obama Promise Universal Abortion Coverage

More Success in Iraq: al Qaeda in Iraq New # 1 Caught


...nothing about this on ArkTimes. I wonder why.
Khaled Abdul-Fattah Dawoud Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, wow that's a mouthful, has been captured in Iraq. No word from Harry Reid or Nancy Pelosi.
Oh, sorry, I forgot. They only talk about negative things.

Night of the Undead


After their anemic political stunt the dems fail to get enough votes. 52-47 was the final count. Way to go, Harry.

NIE: al Qaeda Strengthening---Democrat Response: Surrender


With the National Intelligence Estimate released indicating that al Qaeda is strengthening democrats were jubilant. That's a strange response. Their plan to respond: Surrender.

As the country slept and our troops are fighting half-way around the world democrat senators grandstanded.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Democrats "Honor" Troops By Spitting on Their Sacrifce


In tonight's ongoing political stunt, democrats led by Harry Reid are using our boys in uniform as a political football. Unable to move legislation to force them to surrender they still have to try to satisfy their kook base. So they've organized this all night sit-in, pretending that they have power. They're certainly showing the country with whom they stand on the War on Terror---hint, it's not America and it's certainly not with the troops.

While they're sitting comfortably in Washington questioning the value of our mission our troops are hitting the streets on al Anbar province maintaining the order they've established. Our troops are putting themselves in harm's way for a mission they're willing to sacrifice themselves for while democrat senators back home are puffing themselves up, claiming that they support our troops.

Reid to Serve Up Red Meat for Liberal Kooks


I love this FoxNews.com headline:
Reid Threatens to Keep Senate Up All Night, Republicans Yawn.
Harry Reid, D-NV, has threatened to keep the senate in session all night long in protest of his inability to bring a vote on the floor to force the America to surrender to terrorists in Iraq. It's amazing that he's willing to go to such lengths to defeat his own country, but unwilling to go to any lengths to defend it. This might be an interesting circus to watch, but it surely can't be very heartening to our men in harm's way and shouldn't be to anyone else who isn't a terrorist.

Well, She is Rather Mannish

That's a Myth Alright


Michael Moore, pictured on the right hypnotizing kooks like Max Brantley, has certainly got his followers gulping down the kool-aid lately.
Brantley veered off the highway of reason again, yesterday (if he was ever on it), with his regurtitation of a new myth that Americans wait longer, or at least as long, as countries with socialized health care. What he fails to mention is the same thing Moore mischaracterizes, that the wait is not to see a doctor, which they get to do. The wait is to receive critical treatment.
An example, I had dinner with a friend recently whose grandmother lives in Germany. She was told by her doctor that she needed to have her knee replaced. The government told her she would have to wait. She's been waiting several years now. On the other hand, in that same time frame, my own grandmother, who lives in America, has had both knees and one hip replaced. Remarkable.
In his propaganda piece Moore asks someone in a Canadian waiting room how long they've been waiting, to which they respond, "ten minutes", or something like that. That flippant and misleading interaction is precisely the same thing that Brantley's story does. So, the real myth was perpetrated by Max Brantley and his great svengali Michael Moore.

Brantley Attacks Energy Production, Again


What's new?
Max Brantley has been on a tear lately. Now it's coal he's going after. I guess he took Al Gore's 7 Point Pledge.
The fact is that coal burns cleanly and is very inexpensive. I guess he wants us to pay too much for our utilities.
Seeing a pattern here?

Monday, July 16, 2007

Stock Market Nears 14,000---What Happened to the Recession?


I'm sure the democrats can find some way to show that we're really in the depths of depression. Pay no attention to record low unemployment and continually rising incomes. Now, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average nears its record close, I'm sure there's a dark lining in this silver cloud somewhere for them to find.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=%5EDJI

Steyn Time


Today's column by Mark Steyn. Always a good read.

This is the Modern Democrat Party


Apparently, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, D-CA, very proudly said that impeaching President Bush "should be (kept) on the table" on the radio show hosted by some nobody named Ed Schultz. She went on to say that the Bush administration is the "closest we have ever come to a dictatorship."
Apparently, she doesn't know what actual dictators do to people who insult them. She's still drawing breath, last I heard, so she definitely doesn't know much about dictators.
I noticed that she shied away from Schultz's suggestion that she do something about impeaching him, probably because she thought that nobody but liberal kooks would hear her on this nobody's show. The average American wouldn't buy the flimsy reasons she gave for impeaching the president. The democrat led congress is more unpopular than the president. All they've been able to accomplish since they came into power is raising the minimum wage. They can barely tie their shoe laces, but they're great at getting their base riled up.

Sunday, July 15, 2007

"Sorry, Boys, We Got You Conflict Resolution Dolls, Instead"



New Jersey State Senator Nicolas Scutari, a democrat (surprise), has proposed a law banning selling or giving a realistic toy gun to anyone under the age of 18. I've just about had it up to here with these liberals trying to tell people how live their lives.

When I was a kid boys playing with toy guns and bb guns was a rite of passage. With ASU getting rid of the Indians as its mascot I guess playing cowboys and Indians is out, too.

"I could kill George Bush"---Liberal Audience Chuckles


Nobel Peace Prize recipient Betty Williams, who helped end hostilities between the IRA and Great Britain, said at an event in Dallas this week, "I could kill George Bush", backtracked, then said that if she could kill him non-violently, she would. All this was met with gleeful laughter from her liberal audience. She then babbled on about how the United States Constitution has been destroyed, suggested that it isn't patriotic to love the American flag, and suggested that true patriotism is making sure your neighbor has "a loaf of bread". I've never heard that one, but I don't attend many liberal events. Apparently, she thinks "that's what this country was formed on (sic)." I guess she doesn't know much about America's founding.
If a conservative had said this about Bill Clinton, you can bet that the Arkansas Times would be crying about it. I believe they called us Clinton haters because we wanted to uphold the law. The real hate in this country is coming from liberals.
Check out the link to the Dallas Morning News story and the audio from the event.

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Too Much Money---Cry Me a Pipeline

Too much wealth... That's a real problem.
I came across this glittering jewel of ignorance on the ArkTimes blog the other day and I had to comment about it.
"I spent an evening recently with a farmer who'd leased a substantial chunk of mineral rights (at $4,000 per acre) for gas exploration and has already seen completion of some wells. The family has received a tidy windfall and expects a good revenue stream for 30 years.
"But listen to this. The farmer wasn't particularly happy about it all. He worried about the impact on multi-generation farm families and whether that tradition could be ruined by the new money. (Speaking as a native of the SW La. oil patch, I can answer that question: In many cases, yes.)"
Wow, talk about pulling out all the stops in the his personal propaganda attempt to destroy the free market in oil exploration. Max has really outdone himself. He's stretching credulity with this one. Why didn't he suggest to the farmer that he could set up a trust to give away most of the money to some worthy charity? Why? Because Max is interested in highlighting anything that can help minimize the success of exploring our energy potential in Arkansas, I guess. This is the same kind of ignorant babbling he's written about how drilling for natural gas is raping Arkansas.
"He's seen the relatively minor local economic impact, even during heavy exploration, that the transient production workers have had on the local economy, save royalty owners. "
I guess the farmer is just planning on burning all of his money, as, he apparently assumes, will
all the other royalty owners. Does he not realize that he is part of economic impact? What economic impact would there have been if there hadn't been any drilling? None.
"The farmer is a public school backer and a student of politics, too. He knows the gas industry in 2007 tried to hurry through legislation that would have made it far more difficult to recover damages when exploration companies don't properly restore land on which they drilled. He knows that Arkansas collects a pittance of a severance tax on the finite resource being drawn from our ground and then shipped to other states that do collect a reasonable severance tax. He knows that he pays pennies in property tax on land for which he's received hundreds of thousands of dollars in mineral lease money. He knows that the popular governor of Arkansas has said it will be up to somebody else to lead a campaign to do something about the shameful severance tax."
Is he not aware that he is perfectly free to petition for an increase in his property taxes? I seriously doubt he'll do this though. What would the impact have been on his public schools if there hadn't been any oil drilling? Would they have more money? This is such a vapid, pandering attempt at propaganda. I'm sure most of Max's readers are gulping this ignorant kool-aid down, though.

Interim Report Draws Criticism from Surrendercrats---Surprise, Surprise


While Americans are fighting on foreign soil democrats back home are increasing the drumbeat for surrender, claiming that the way to support the troops is by forcing them to retreat and constantly deny the value of their sacrifice.
The interim report on the Surge in Iraq was released this week. Surprise, surprise, the democrats, and a handful of gutless Republicans, see failure even in victory. The report shows that in the area of security our military's efforts have been overwhelmingly successful. So, what do the pro-American Defeat forces do? They ignore that little bit of information and focus on the goals which haven't been acheived, yet. Of course, they pay no attention to the fact that we had to acheive the security goals before the political situation could stabilize.
A history lesson: I recently watched the History Channel series The Revolution which I Tivoed on Independence Day. It was quite remarkable to be reminded how long our own country struggled to acheive political stability after hostilities had ceased. 9 years... 9 years.
Nowadays, we hear Americans whine and moan about how we can't create instant political stability. But worst of all is the fact that they have no historical perspective on the remarkably low casualties we suffer in this war versus previous conflicts. We've lost around 3,600 Americans in Iraq over the last four years. In most other wars we fought we lost that many in a month or a week or sometimes a day. But liberals, eager to see America lose, quote the number of brave American servicemen who have given their lives as if it is evidence that we are losing. By that standard we almost every other war we've fought by significantly higher margins. In less than 4 years during WWII we lost over 100 times more Americans. Bring that up, though, and you'll treated to the usual statement that this isn't WWII. They're right. In WWII our enemies wanted to conquer territories and rule people. In the War on Terror our enemies want to kill us, all of us, because we exist.
God help us when there are Americans who want to see their own country defeated.