The ACLU is planning a “Wear Orange Day” tomorrow across the country (h/t Michele Malkin). I’ll let them explain; (more…)
Author: Jonn Lilyea
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The lights come on for professor
The Miami Herald carries a story about an anthropology professor, Katherine Herschfeld, who believed the hype about the Cuban healthcare system until she had it foisted upon her during a bout with dengue fever; (more…)
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Blackwater rescues US citizens in Kenya
Photos from WOOD TV8
In the Washington Times this morning Jerry Seper writes the story destined to be the most ignored story in the media today;
Three young women have returned home to Michigan after being rescued from an orphanage in a remote village of strife-torn Kenya by Blackwater Worldwide.
Yep, those border-line terrorists (um, sarcasm, folks) of Blackwater acting completely out of character (more sarcasm) stopped murdering innocent civilians (more sarcasm, in case you haven’t noticed a pattern yet) long enough to stage a rescue mission;
“I knew the girls were in incredible danger, and I was calling anyone and everyone I could trying to get help but without success,” Mr. VanderMey said. “Then Erik Prince called, asked about the situation and said he was going to do what he could to get my girls out of harm’s way.
“It wasn’t the image that most people have of Blackwater,” he said. “But I can assure you these are dedicated men, professionals who know how to help people in times like this.’ ”
Blackwater spokeswoman Anne E. Tyrrell said the “best thing” about being a company owned, managed and staffed almost entirely by U.S. military veterans and former law-enforcement agents “is that it puts us in a position to help people who need it most.
“These are three incredible girls who went to Kenya to help and ended up needing help,” she said. “We are delighted they are safe and at home with their families.”
My personal thanks to my fellow veterans in Blackwater for the countless other lives they’ve saved in addition to these. If all of their stories were told, maybe the country would have another opinion of them.
For more information on the situation in Kenya, I always check out Baldilocks first.
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McCain/Lieberman; The Surge Worked (Updated)
Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman, perhaps the Administration’s best allies in the Senate wrote an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal this morning proclaiming the The Surge Worked; (more…)
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Yalies (Heart) Padilla
The Wall Street Journal editorial board this morning publishes a piece entitled “Yale and the Terrorist“. Apparently, the Yale Law School is has filed charges against John Yoo, a Yalie himself, on behalf of Jose Padilla convicted al Qaeda terrorist, wannabe dirty bomber and ungrateful little snot-nosed punk. Yoo, then a Justice Department lawyer, now a Berkeley Law professor, is being sued for doing his job; (more…)
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Washington Post; Iraq success ends (UPDATE)
Ok, it doesn’t exactly say that but you tell me, what does this headline mean;
Six U.S. Soldiers Killed, Four Injured in Baghdad Blast
Loss Amounts to Deadliest Day for Troops in Two Months
This from the same people who’ve ignored the real story in Iraq for the last five months. While the good news was leaking out of Iraq through the blogs back in September and being testified to by the troops’ commanding general to Congress, the Washington Post was running a week long special series on IEDs called “Left of Boom“.
Now all of a sudden, after two months they want to make it seem like Iraq is lost.
Update: I see they changed the title over night.
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Supreme Court to decide voter ID
I picked this up over at Liberty Pundit who has the background on the case from Indiana before the Supreme Court. It’s in regard to voter IDs and here are my thoughts. (more…)
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Chavez the facist
Jewish Venezuelans are worried about the Venezuelan government, according to an article in the Miami Herald this morning;
Venezuelan government intelligence services twice have raided the country’s most important Jewish center in a vague, ultimately unsuccessful search for weapons. Publications of the government’s cultural ministry run articles entitled ”the Jewish Question,” along with a Jewish star superimposed over a swastika.
“The Jewish Question” for Pete’s sake. I guess we can assume that Chavez will begin to blame the Jews for all of the poverty in Venezuela and send his chavistas into the streets for Noche de Cristal, a tropical version of Kristal Nacht.
The government-controlled press even gets in on the fun;
One 2006 article in El Diario de Caracas debates whether it will be necessary to ”expel [the Jews] from the country.” Another article in the Diario, VEA accuses Jews of being involved in the murder of a government prosecutor.
What about the other 12,000 murders in Venezuela last year? Did the Jews commit those, too? I think it’s instructive to see how Chavez shifts blame around to every group without a little introspective look at his own leadership. His cabinet “shake-up” presents no chance for change in Venezuela. According to Daniel, of Venezuela News and Views, “there is nothing “new” in this cabinet“. The Devil’s Excrement writes that Chavez has finally taken notice of his murder rate;
First of all, last Sunday, in his Sunday variety shows, Hugo Chavez mentioned for the first time the crime problem. Yes, after exactly 86,452 homicides since Hugo Chavez took over, he mentioned a problem as important as that for the first time. Here is a guy that has found time to call Bush the devil, spent weeks and resources on rescuing Colombian hostages and has traveled all over the world “solving” the world’s problems, and he finally dared mentioned the problem that is the number one concern of all Venezuelans: Crime.
I’m sure the murder rate will fall now that it’s caught the attention of Chavez, but if I were a Venezuelan Jew, I’d be stretched out on Panama’s Playa Coronado while Chavez cleans up the streets.
Pravda reports on Chevez’ latest interview with airhead Naomi Campbell;
Campbell and Chavez did not talk about politics only. The model asked the Venezuelan president to name the most stylish world leader. Chavez chose Cuba’s Fidel Castro. “Fidel, of course! His uniform is impeccable. His boots are polished, his beard is elegant,” Chavez said.
Well, Castro can afford the best mortician in Cuba to do him up, I suppose. I’ll bet Christina Kirschner is a little jealous. The stubby little mariposa must have all of his mirrors covered in the palace;
Campbell asked if Chavez would appear topless in photos as Russian President Vladimir Putin has done. “Why not ?” he said. ” Touch my muscles !”
And of course, what article about the Hollywood knuckleheads and Chavez would be complete without the knuckleheads’ expert political analysis of Chavez;
“I found him to be fearless, but not threatening or unreasonable,” she wrote. “I hope Venezuela’s relations with America will improve in the immediate future.”
I hope Chavez’ relations with his own people improve in the immediate future.