Author: TSO

Michael Kinsley:

The melody is lifted from an old English drinking song. The lyrics are all about bombs and war and bloodshed — and not in a good way. By the penultimate verse, the song has turned really nasty: “No refuge could save the hireling and slave/From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.” In the first verse — the one we generally sing — there is only one reference to any value commonly associated with America: “land of the free.” By contrast, “home of the brave” is empty bravado. There is nothing in the American myth (let alone reality) to suggest that we are braver than anyone else.

No, “The Star-Spangled Banner” has got to go. The only question is, What should replace it?

Yes, by all means, yeah though you be just some assclown columnist and the National Anthem is law (By a law signed on March 3, 1931 by President Herbert Hoover) let’s have an American Idol-esque competition to pick a new one.
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Dude, what in the hell is wrong with you?

SCHULTZ: So I guess Hugh Hewitt has never taken out a loan in his life. He’s never had to depend on anybody else. He’s probably the worst neighbor in the neighborhood. That’s just a guess, I don’t know that.

But I’d bring him over for a cocktail party. Sure, then I’d urinate on him, ’cause that’s all he’s worth.

Dude is seriously unhinged.

Chris Matthews has tossed down the Gauntlet, and TSO, with legs a tingling, is happy to oblige.

Well let me ask you Sue, we live in a country where it’s easier to get your hands on a gun than to get somebody to make you a waffle. It’s easy! It is totally easy in this country.

I graciously accept Sir! You set the time and place. I think we should do it from my house, what with my not currently having an operating vehicle. What is more, is I shall walk. Yea though I have 3 herniated discs and degenerative disc disease, I am betting I can have a waffle made within walking distance before your chauferred ass can be driven somewhere that you can get a gun.

I could go to Elsie’s Magic Skillet which is about a 1/2 mile away. But, when I walk in Elsie always gets me the cholesterol clogging dish with the sausage and bacon bits, and I’d rather not confuse her.

IHOP makes a Belgian Waffle. According to their website it is a light and crispy delight, and I have no reason to challenge them on this assertion.

I could, of course, walk further to Bob Evans, but their skillets also kick ass, and I’ve never had their waffles.

Maybe I will walk a bit further though and go to Crackerbarrel and get an Audiobook while there. I listened to your book Chris, once in a guard tower, heard all about how you love America and that is why you joined the Peace Corps. Glad I threw it away.

Anyway, what say you we meet at 9am at my place on Saturday? Your limo will probably fit in the driveway, don’t hit the motorcycle.

For the lame brained, this is not meant to be funny, but rather to make a point.  Hope you get the point. Also, the incomparable Ms Malkin links to Greyhawk who lays it out more straightforward than I did.

(U//LES) The DHS/Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A) has no specific information that domestic rightwing* terrorists are currently planning acts of violence, but rightwing extremists may be gaining new recruits by playing on their fears about several emergent issues. The economic downturn and the election of the first African American president present unique drivers for rightwing radicalization and recruitment.

BH: [A researcher] Hey man
ME: Wassup dude?
BH: You tracking the Holocaust Memorial shooting?
ME: Yeah, horrible.
BH: Yeah. Did you see on _____ and hear where FoxNews said this was a vindication of the DHS report?
ME: Nah, I was listening to the radio mostly.
BH: Well, it really pissed me off, hope someone blasts them for that crap.
ME: Blasts them?
BH: Yeah, online, points out that this doesn’t vindicate the report at all, since it doesn’t address any portion of the report that anyone disagreed with. It comes as no surprise that there are racist assholes out there who do racist asshole things. The problems with the report had nothing to do with anti-semitic retards.
Me: How’s that?
BH: Let’s say I put a post up on my blog yesterday that said based on my research that last night there was a heightened chance that police would apprehend you performing fellatio on a Panda, that Josh Beckett would get shelled for 15 runs by the Yankees, and that serious storms would hit Virginia. What would you have said?
ME: I would have kicked your ass. Beckett hasn’t given up any runs in three games, and I don’t a) live near a zoo, nor b) do I like pandas, and c) I don’t perform fellatio.
BH: But it did storm last night.
ME: So what?
BH: Vindicated.
ME: That shit makes no sense.

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Whups, did I say Disgruntled Veteran?  I meant Student of undetermined religious background…

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — A federal judge found former Georgia Tech student Syed Haris Ahmed guilty Wednesday of conspiring to provide material support to terrorism in the United States and abroad.

The Pentagon was one of the sites videotaped by Syed Haris Ahmed, the FBI says.

Ahmed, 24, could face 15 years in prison. Sentencing has been deferred until after the August 3 trial of Ahmed’s alleged co-conspirator, Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, who is expected to face the same charges.

Actually, it looks like his religion may be known as well.

Ahmed, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Pakistan, waived his right to a jury trial so he could deliver his own closing argument Thursday.

He talked about his Muslim faith instead of addressing the evidence against him.

“I just want to convey the message of God,” Ahmed said.

He cited verses and prayers from the Quran and spent a great deal of time comparing his religion to the Christian faith, noting that both worship the same God….

Martin had called just two witnesses: Ahmed’s older sister and his father. Both testified that Ahmed was searching for his Muslim identity.

I took a Facebook thing the other day that said my Spirit Guide was a Bear. I didn’t start eating honey pots and hanging out with a donkey named Eeyore. If you search for your identity, and it is “crazy bomb building lunatic” maybe you should just walk away.

Not a sermon, just a thought.

Teaches mi yur ekonomics bitte!

From a dude who actually bothered to look, just for you Vienna School.

Has anyone else noted that our recent troll(s) always have 2 names?  And interestingly, all of the comments come through an anonymizer….it kind of makes you wonder, no?

Chart via DrewM at AoSHQ, my new email bud.