Ninth Stage

I flew from Burbank CA to Nashville TN today. The first leg was Burbank to Phoenix. I sat next to a muslim woman and her son. She sounded like a U.S. native and I asked her were she was from, she said she was born in Iraq. Actually she said “I’m [...]

This:
“Our primary weapons are public awareness, and we’ll be launching a national campaign to shed light on what has happened at Shaw University,” Lukianoff said. (my bold)
Put me in mind of:
“Our two weapons are fear and surprise…and ruthless
efficiency…. Our *three* weapons…”

From Monty Python’s “The Spanish Inquisition”.

I’ve been and am on the road again that’s why posting has been lighter than usual.

Re: below.
Isn’t it great to be a Unilateralist in a Unilateralist’s world!

This article in today’s Telegraph (registration required) suggests that Nato is in it’s death throes. Is the UN next? One down and one to go.
Update:Fixed link and spelling.

This story about banning the WORD “gun” from spelling tests! (Grade 1). Precious quote follows.
“I realize people hunt in this area, but I still don’t think that warrants the teaching of this word to my daughter or any other child,” said Mrs. Sousa.
I say can you spell “F^(K that Sh!t”
(apparently I can’t)

It’s been said that “Heaven helps those that help themselves” but it shouldn’t mean that they should help themselves to my income. I found this unattributed article via via. It’s about President Bush’s proposed $5 billion foreign policy/foreign welfare package.
BRASILIA - One of President Bush’s best foreign-policy initiatives — a $5 billion assistance [...]

“What is it like to go to war without the French?” As you may know one of my favorites is here. No Watermelons points to a contest that The Federalist is holding. To enter click.

More good news. This is the promise of America and why the United States must stand.

I’m not happy with Ashcroft as I noted here. But if this is true I am beginning to be afraid. Also this, this and read it here (.pdf). Heads up via Instapundit.

Here’s some good news from Arizona.

They used to say “Follow the money” to get to the bottom of some shady deal. A corrollary is “who benefits from this?”. We see in the United States, the UK and now the Phillipines that criminals benefit from gun bans. Now the question is: Who passes these laws? The answer [...]

More on what I posted here.
Gun ban empowers criminals
Ya think? Some precious lines from the article
In her speech marking Philippine National Police Day, the President banned licensed gun owners from carrying their weapons outside their homes. But as legal experts point out, Mrs. Arroyo�s dramatic announcement — despite its wide media play — still [...]

Sony was accused by the Culture Minister Kim Howells last night of attempting to profit from Britain’s growing problem of gun crime through a cynical advertising strategy targeted at fans of rap music and glorifying gun violence.
That’s what we need here in the good ol’ US of A, a Culture Minister.

Family fears for Iraqi who sought help from UN. You Think?

The line that is now going around Washington is that of a former undersecretary of defence, who observed, “Going to war without the French is like going deerhunting without an accordion.”
I Love that quote! via Bill Hobbs.

So we need a “smoking gun” before we can regime-change Saddam. let’s see how it goes:
Inspectors find nothing - No smoking gun here.
Inspectors find something - No smoking gun after all the war-heads (peace-heads?) are empty (and besides after that nasty war it was probably just some old stuff that was lying around. [...]

This AP story (found at Salon) has this headline: Bush oil ties cited as fueling Iraq war.
Who cited these ties? Ralph Nader (and Greenpeace). What does he say?
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader led a group of peace activists Tuesday in accusing the Bush administration of letting its ties to the oil industry influence the government’s [...]

Updating this post here is a link to the original story I heard.
From the story:
“Did you make this up? Son of a gun! I don’t believe it. This is incredulous. He hasn’t done enough to this state?� said Jim Barr, Nashville golfer.

Park Rangers stage a mock robbery as a “training excercise” in a restaurant at Montgomery Bell state park in Dickson County TN. Problem was they didn’t tell anyone about it, not the employees they were “robbing”, not the manager, not the patrons. They used real guns and the b*tt-plugs are lucky that they [...]