Category Archives: The War

Follow the wounded, dammit

Posted on April 20, 2013 | Comments Off on Follow the wounded, dammit

It’s a truism of the snooze media’s behavior that, even in the worst of times, they count the severity of a disaster by its number of dead. They tend to ignore the merely injured. Hopefully, not this time:

“All of us at the hospital have been left with an overwhelming sense of sadness. The lives that we touched will never be the same. Many of these victims will never walk. Some may not survive.”

The permanently maimed, crippled, and disfigured, like the handiwork of Jihadis everywhere, deserve their fifteen minutes, if only to underscore what the baby-faced monster terrorist of Boston and his boxer brother did.

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Police frustrated, citizen finds their prey

Posted on April 20, 2013 | Comments Off on Police frustrated, citizen finds their prey

The lesson of the capture of the second Boston bomber couldn’t be clearer: you want to find a fugitive, don’t treat a community like an obstruction. Encourage its initiative.

Shortly after the “authorities” admitted defeat in their day-long imprisonment of an entire city, a homeowner finally released from his “lock down” found their prey for them.

Going outside to check on his trailered boat, he found blood on its ripped cover, peeked inside and discovered the wounded teenage Jihadi. One phone call and the hundreds of police who’d spend the day fruitlessly cruising around clinging to their armored personnel carriers in their SS-black uniforms, body armor and helmets, had “their” victory. “We got him,” the mayor crowed.

But they didn’t. One alert and cooperative citizen did. Just one.

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Win war on terror: focus on the person

Posted on April 19, 2013 | Comments Off on Win war on terror: focus on the person

Wretchard is unusually good today at common sense:

“We focus on things because it is prohibited to focus on people. The TSA looks for things — scissors, liquids, shoes, etc — but it doesn’t stop the underwear bomber. People now want to blame ‘access to guns’ for the Tsarnaevs. But it would be uncouth to ask after what they heard from their imam or their teachers.”

Indeed, and I agree with his conclusion: I won’t hold my breath waiting for our PC strait-jacket to be loosened.

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Benghazi probe hotting up?

Posted on April 19, 2013 | Comments Off on Benghazi probe hotting up?

Could the Stupid Party be actually, truly, you know, “investigating” the Benghazi murders?

There’s a new warning from House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) to the legal offices of CIA, Defense and State to start helping their tattling employees lawyer up for anticipated Democrat revenge in public hearings to come. Remains to be seen whether it’s more than hot air.

Via Instapundit.

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Cop’s right, veteran’s wrong: open carry is restricted in Texas

Posted on April 17, 2013 | Comments Off on Cop’s right, veteran’s wrong: open carry is restricted in Texas

I admire most of what I find in National Review. There aren’t that many good conservative publications in America which is swamped with Leftist newspapers and magazines that only pretend to be impartial.

But National Review is just as capable of screwing up. And such is NR’s championing of a belligerent veteran who lives near Temple, which is just up the road from the rancho: “Texas Soldier Arrested for Rudely Displaying Weapon.”

Seems to me the self-described soldier is the rude one, smarting off to a cop who questioned his presumed right to carry a loaded AR-15 on a hike with his young son out in the countryside. He reportedly told NR: “I was legally exercising a right, especially in Texas where we have a right to carry weapons openly….”

That is not true and it’s really lazy journalism to publish it unquestioned and base much of a story on it. NR ought to know better than to publish any assertion of law without a simple Google verification.

Open carry is not legal in Texas, except when hunting or in a sporting event or on your own property. And arguing with a cop (legally called a “peace officer” in Texas) is pretty stupid behavior anywhere at any time no matter how dumb or venal the officer seems to be. It sets a really bad example for a child.

Via Instapundit.

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Benghazi coverup

Posted on April 11, 2013 | Comments Off on Benghazi coverup

The White House (and snooze media) cover up continues, but now 700 retired special operators (including two Medal of Honor recipients and five   retired lieutenant generals) are urging the Republican House to investigate.

Makes sense to me. I’m only surprised the Stupid Party hasn’t started doing this already. If the sheer size of this group of 700 doesn’t impress them enough to get moving, nothing will.

UPDATE:  This additional campaign for the truth will help:

http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/benghazi-9-11

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Blocking Pamela Geller

Posted on April 9, 2013 | Comments Off on Blocking Pamela Geller

Funny how the “progressives” are always trying to stop their opponents from speaking. Seldom see it the other way around. So progressive, eh?

Pamela Geller is an excellent example of a speaker who gets the “progressive” treatment everytime she’s scheduled to speak somewhere—including by their pals in the snooze media who always try to plan ahead.

For instance….

UPDATE:  Of course, their favorite target is Karl Rove.

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