ANTI-MILITARY COLLEGES

The Supreme Court is considering the question of whether or not the U.S. Government can withhold federal funds from colleges and universities that bar military recruiters from campuses.  The campuses say that they bar the military recruiters because the military discriminates against homosexuals. I'm not buying it.  These campuses aren't barring the military because of any discrimination issue.  They're trying to bar military recruiters because of an overwhelming hatred of those in uniform .. a hatred shared by many institutions on the left.  If they're private colleges, let them bar who they will ... but not with taxpayers' dollars.

THOSE EVIL AMERICAN TROOPS FRIGHTENING THOSE POOR IRAQIS

Yesterday we noted that John Kerry was resorting to his old ways; bashing our men and women in uniform.  On last Sunday's Face the Nation Kerry had this to say about the actions of American troops in Iraq:  " ..... there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women ...."

Well, there you go.  Now we have the Democratic Presidential candidate, The Poodle, applying the "T" word to our own troops in Iraq.  Our men and women in uniform are "terrorizing kids and children, you know, women ...."  This was a stark reminder of Kerry testifying before the congress decades ago telling his lies about the actions of American troops in Vietnam.  On April 12, 1971 this same John Kerry told the congress that American soldiers in Vietnam had  "raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned on the power, cut off limbs, blew up bodies, randomly shot at civilians, razed villages in a fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan."  In Iraq, our troops terrorize.  In Vietnam, they cut off heads and randomly shot at civilians.  Kerry being Kerry ... slamming and denigrating American soldiers.

Yesterday on the show a caller reminded me of a time when American "troops" did, in fact, knock down a door in the middle of the night and terrorized a child.  It happened almost six years ago.  Does anybody remember?  A Democrat was in the White House, and the "Commander in Chief" of these particular "troops" was a female Democrat.  The date was April 22, 2000.  The terrorized child was Elian Gonzalez. 

Side note:  It's interesting to note that as soon as Kerry demeans the American troops, his handlers start trotting out that "decorated combat veteran" stuff.  The question of Kerry's combat medals is still very much open ... including those band-aid Purple Hearts of his.  You've heard of cut-and-run?  Kerry in Vietnam was a story of scratch-and-run.  He bailed out with a few scratches .... and left men of stronger moral character  than he to stay and do the fighting. 

OK .. LET'S SEE HIM THEN!

The only top Al Qaeda leader we've heard form in some time, Ayman al-Zawahri, appeared on another video on an Islamic jihadist website yesterday.  al-Zawahiri sent words of encouragement to his terrorist colleagues and America-haters:  "I bring a message of joy to all Muslims and mujahideen that al Qaeda, thanks to God, is spreading and expanding and strengthening,  Al Qaeda for holy war is still, thanks to God, a base for jihad (holy war). Its prince Sheikh Osama bin Laden, may God protect him, is still leading its jihad,"

OK, fine.  A little shoe-pounding and chest-beating from al-Zawahiri.  I have a question though.  If bin Laden is still leading the terrorist jihad, why haven't we seen a video of him for over three years?  Come on, al-Zawahiri ... produce the man!  Slap a copy of bin Laden's favorite newspaper, The New York Times, into his gnarly hands and snap a picture!  Put that picture on your favorite terrorist websites!  Show us the bastard is already dead, killed by American action in Afghanistan or Pakistan. 

Me?  I think the SOB is dead.  I hope  it was painful.

AND THIS PERSON MAY WELL VOTE

As you know, I make it a habit to peruse the "Vent" feature of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution every day. Here is a reader comment that appeared in today's edition:

There needs to be a "wealth" filter for civil service. Anybody worth more than $500,000 cannot serve in any government post.

Oh yeah, that's just brilliant.  Our governments are multi-billion dollar operations, and we need to restrict those who we entrust with spending and managing these sums to people who can't manage to acquire over $500,000 in net worth.  Let us know how that works for you.

Spotted in Florida by Chedrick

SEND IN THE CLOWNS

The Hurricane Katrina blame game has officially begun.  You didn't think this one was going to be swept under the rug, did you?  Yesterday hearings began and residents of New Orleans were invited to testify in front of the House....and oh what a spectacle it was.  Among the complaints of the victims of Hurricane Katrina:

• Racism was to blame for the slow response to Hurricane Katrina.
• They compared themselves to victims of genocide and victims of the Holocaust.  One congressman pointed out the lack of gas chambers in New Orleans, to no avail.
• "Community Activist" Leah Hodges said that victims of the flood died of "abject neglect."  I thought they died from the flood?  And if they did perish from neglect, whose fault is that?
• In what has to be one of the more telling statements, 53-year-old New Orleans resident Patricia Thompson said she knew it was racism.  Her proof?  "Yes, it was an issue of race. Because of one thing: when the city had pretty much been evacuated, the people that were left there mostly was black."

Par for the course.  It's always someone else's fault.  Perhaps the people who followed the evacuation order and left town didn't have to worry about being left behind, because they actually left.  With a few exceptions, those who stayed behind did so because they were waiting for the welfare state to take care of them, just as they have all their lives.  Once again, the Great Society kills, sucking the individualism and self-sufficiency right out of the human spirit.

The nonsense continued...one clown testified that the levees were bombed, repeating the Louis Farrakhan lie.  To their credit, a few Congressmen said they simply did not believe those testifying.  But that caused our favorite little jihadist in Congress, Georgia's embarrassment Cynthia Al-McKinney to speak up.  Speaking of the non-existent racism, she said "Racism is something we don't like to talk about, but we have to acknowledge it.  And the world saw the effects of American-style racism in the drama as it was outplayed by the Katrina survivors."  People living in the 4th district should be so proud.

The facts are the facts: the main reason the Katrina response was botched was because the Mayor of New Orleans and the Governor of Louisiana botched it.  This was a Democratic operation, and they screwed it up.  Did FEMA come up short?  Absolutely!  But by and large, this one lies squarely at the feet of the state and local officials.