Congratualtions to Another Country that Doesn't Have it's Head in the ...er, Sand
Yahoo! News - Australia to Upgrade Radar System

The Lord of the Rings as a Saga of Whiteness

Andrew Sullivan unearthed (middle-earthed?) this essay decrying the LOTR as too white, lacking the multicultural aspects, of say, The Matrix. Thsi appeared in a journal published for teachers and families to raise multicultural kids, under the guise of teaching tolerance.
Is the LOTR worthy of a tolerant attitude? I should keep a closer watch on this journal.
Tolerance.org: A 'Return' of the White Patriarchy?

This Just In: Kerry Willing to Debate Vietnam Era
Headline news from Sky News - Witness the event

Democrats pushed hard to talk about Bush and the National Guard during the VN era. Bush supporters then, rightly raised questions about Kerry and VN, i.e. his denigration of other US vets. Now Kerry tryies to turn it around and take on Bush over Vietnam. Hasn't he heard that that was a couple of wars ago?
There's a new war on Kerry, get with the program, Rip van Winkle.

Fidel:Still Delusional After All These Years
Fidel mocks and keeps his hangers-on in stiches making comparisons between the US and Cuban economies and reading Bush malapropisms. Maybe Castro is shielded from the news of Cubans trying to escape from pardise. Perhaps the sycophants who travel to Havana to suck-up to Fidel help his maintain his delusion that somehow he is good for Cuba. This piece of filth pollutes the island and renders meaningless any pretensions of democratic centralism.
Senor Castro, you have stayed toolong! Go!
CBS News | Fidel Mocks Bush, US Economy | February 14, 2004�13:33:53

Kerry and the Intern
DRUDGE REPORT 2004�
Don't think I'd let a chid of mine intern in Washington. The public will not be inclined to believe denials after the Clinton debacle and LIES.

Osama Taunt at US Mexico Game

What would be a suitable response to such a taunt? How about:
Stay Home! or Close the Borders!
Mexico 4, U.S. 0: The U.S. Is Vanquished by Taunts and Mexico

The French Amaze

Is there another country in the world where you can marry a person who is deceased?
Woman marries dead boyfriend - SpecialsStrangeButTrue - www.smh.com.au

Democrats Find an Issue for 2004: Vietnam!
Of course my concerns are over what is happening in the current war.
Telegraph | News | Let battle commence

Mid-flight Bomb Assembly Threat

They keep trying.
The Observer | Special reports | Terrorist bid to build bombs in mid-flight

Bush's Numbers Slide

The big news is that Bush's approval ratings are at a 3 year low, 48%. The real news is that that isn't such news. President's have approval ratings rise and fall on events, the economy, the election year cycle. Bush has not yet begun to run. Consider Clinton. In 1996 his approval rating was at about 51%.
Before summer 1996 — meaning before the recovery hit home — Clinton's job approval rating averaged 51 percent. He, of course was re-elected.

Considering the stakes of this election, I hope we say the same about GWB.

Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide

Clinton-Gore had One Eye on the Election During Kosovo Action

The fear that Kosovo would be a campaign issue in 2000 had the Clinton Admin anxious to end it quickly at any cost.
This according to Wesley Clark. Now Clark is a Dem, with Clinton's backing. Honor is in short supply at the highest levels of US public life.
Clark Papers Talk Politics And War (washingtonpost.com)

Rummy: Press Coverage of War "...absolutely shocking."

I agree with Rumsfeld about the righteousness of the US cause, and about the way the press chose to cover it. I'll say what he didn't: if a Democrat was in the WH, the press would have supported the war in a big way.
Yahoo! News - Rumsfeld makes emotional defense of war on Iraq: "Rumsfeld acknowledged an assertion that the US image in the world had been hurt but blamed it on media coverage, which he called 'shocking, absolutely shocking.'
'To think what was going on in Iraq a year ago with people being tortured, rape rooms, mass graves, gross corruption, a country that had used chemical weapons on its own people, used them on their neighbors, defiant to the United Nations (news - web sites) through 17 security council resolutions,' he said.
'And look at the way it was treated in the press. There were prominent people who represent countries in this room who opined that they didn't think it made a hell of a lot of difference who won,' he said"

US Soccer Team hears "Osama" chant in Mexico

Call me touchy, but if Mexico boos the US anthem and cheers for Osama at a soccer game, why in the name of Sweet Sassafras does GWB want to make it easier for Mexicans to get here and live here. Spending is out of control, immigration policy is blowing in the wind and Dem policy on security, immigation and spending is likely to be worse if they win the WH.
If they hate the US let them stay home.
U.S. soccer team hears Osama chants in Mexico

The Shadow of Sharia SpreadsJanice Shaw Crouse on Sharia & Iraq on National Review Online: "Nigeria is learning this lesson the hard way. Examples abound: 23 Christian women have been brought before Islamic courts, charged with non-compliance with the Muslim dress code, or prostitution (i.e., being unmarried and older than 13 years). At the University of Maiduguri in Borno state, female students have been forced to adhere to the Islamic dress code in order to sit for exams, and some are being expelled from the university for failing to do so. Eleven female nurses were fired in Azare when they refused to exchange their nurse uniforms for Islamic attire. "

Canada Speaks: No One Notices
AxisofLogic/ Canada

Maybe it's their French legacy, maybe it's too many pucks to the head, maybe they prefer Saddam's bluster to W's swagger, and Chretien's cynical smile to W's grin. Maybe Canadian's have something against ordinary Iraquis, who have benefitted mightily from W's intervention on their behalf. regardless, Canada doesn't like W. Most Americans won't notice and Canada has no electoral votes, so it makes no difference at all.
Enough time spent on Canada.

Actress Drew Barrymore Named 'Friend of the U.N.'

And the UN is the Friend of...?

Dictators, terrorists, corrupt politicians.

The friend of my friend is my friend. That would make Drew...?
Firgure it out.

Pressure Cooker
The pressure's on Bush and Blair to explain why WMD are not being found. I maintain they will be, in Syria, or buried, perhaps. Regardless, the war has made the world a safer place, IMHO.

The pressure's also on Osama (or whoever is fronting for him; I still maintain that he is long dead) to strike at the US again. 9/11 is a tough act to follow, since we are on alert; tagets that tempting are no longer so soft. US might has been projected on the Muslim world in a big way since 9/11, and they haven't been able to do much to counter it. The Muslim street which seems to be a pretty gullible lot must be wondering exactly what Osama accomplished with 9/11. Sort of like a mouse off in the corner doing his darndest to emit a mighty squeak only to find a Red Wing construction boot smashing his skull the next instant. He got the attention of the West, and now what? Osama can't even show his face. One might suggest he peaked too early. I'm sure they're trying day and night, nasty little demons gnashing their teeth trying to pull off a stroke, and wondering why Allah isn't helping out.
Pressure's on, Osama.

Sharia Spreads IT's Ugly Shadow
Like Sauron, sharia spreads the shadow of darkness across the earth.
Where's frodo when you need him?

Paul Marshall on Sharia & Nigeria on National Review Online

Hillary for Veep

Dick Morris explains why the dem nominee should give Hillary a chance to run for VP, and why hill should say yes. He makes a convincing case. I wonder how many pollsters the Clintons will employ to help them determine whether a Dem has a real chance against GWB. At this point things look good, but I can't help but believe the election will be determined by events out of control rather than by the reasoned machinations of politicians.
New York Post Online Edition: postopinion

The More I Know about Islam...

The hypocrisy of the Islamic rulers has no limits. It gets easier to understand why women must be covered at all times. Islam breeds men who have no control over their passions, and need have none as long as sex slaves are available. The denial of basic rights to women (such as driving a car) makes it easier to subjugate them and objectivize them. How could profit be made from sex slaves if women had any capacity to object, or resist?
You recall that feast where Satan's temptation of Muhammed? Who says Muhammed didn't succumb?

Read it all:
FrontPage magazine.com