Via Sadly, No! we learn that Dan Riehl is wondering if the very slight possibility one of his ancestors may have spent a portion of his life as an indentured servant doesn’t equate to the same harm done to generations of african slaves whose progeny toiled in institutional and absolute slavery before, after emancipation, enduring another century of systematic legal discrimination and social obloquy.
The first “American” slaves weren’t black, they were white and usually from Europe. Shouldn’t we be given special credit for being first and all that?
The answer, of course, is no. And if Dan’s putative ancestor had the kind of intellectual deficits Dan himself exhibits with regularity, perhaps the reason he was freed from his indenture is because he was too fucking stupid to of any use.
Just 6 months, 28 days, 18 hours and 42 minutes until this kind of embarrassing stupidity is at an end:
PRESIDENT BUSH: Madam President, it is a pleasure to welcome you back to the Oval Office. We have just had a very constructive dialogue. First, I want to tell you how proud I am to be the President of a nation that — in which there’s a lot of Philippine-Americans. They love America and they love their heritage. And I reminded the President that I am reminded of the great talent of the — of our Philippine-Americans when I eat dinner at the White House. (Laughter.)
PRESIDENT ARROYO: Yes.
PRESIDENT BUSH: And the chef is a great person and a really good cook, by the way, Madam President.
PRESIDENT ARROYO: Thank you.
Yes, that’s right. Bush complimented the President of the Phillipines on what terrific domestic servants Filipinos make.
An 18-year old Eagle Scout has been arrested in connection with dozens of vehicle break-ins.
Carter Sudeith was arrested Wednesday morning, just hours after his high school graduation.
Police stopped Sudeith shortly after 1:00 am as he walked past the neighborhood pool in the 3700 block of Hamilton Street, Irvine.
Police say he was dressed all in black and was carrying a black backpack.
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Detectives believe that he gained entry into over 30 vehicles in the area.
Authorities say Sudeith was in possession of property consistent with thefts from vehicles including; Ipods, cash, and cigarettes.
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Sudeith was a student at University High School. He received his Eagle Scout rank in 2005 as a member of Irvine’s Troop 606.
Mere coincidence? Surely not!
What next? Priests molesting children?
UPDATE: The impact of California’s legalized gay marriage expands across the globe.
A mother is accused of partially skinning her caged son and feeding his flesh to relatives.
Kalra Mauerova, 31, of Brno in the Czech Republic, wept in court as she admitted torturing her son Ondrej, and his ten-year-old brother, Jakub, The Sun reported.
Mauerova, a member of the Grail Movement cult, caged Ondrej for months while relatives, also members of the cult, ate his raw flesh, a judge heard yesterday.
Fuming over a perceived lack of objectivity infused in the universally horrible reviews of Douglas (”the stupidest fucking guy on the Planet”) Feith’s book War and Decision by independent journalists, not-Assrocket of the Powerline blog offers what he believes is a more pristine and unbiased review from — get this — Douglas (”the stupidest fucking guy on the Planet”) Feith:
The Washington Post has run two hatchet jobs on the book. Thomas Ricks and Karen DeYoung looked through the book for newsworthy items they were able to find in the few hours after they obtained a leaked copy of the not-fully-edited typescript in which to glance at the book and interview Feith and Paul Bremer. A cynic might accuse them of “cherry-picking” the book to suit an agenda. The Ricks/DeYoung article elicited a brief response from the book’s publisher.
Dana Milbank attended the CSIS discussion of the book last Thursday. It’s clear from his article that Milbank hasn’t cracked the book open. That will have to do for readers of the Post, which has advised Mr. Feith that no review of the book is forthcoming in their pages because Ricks and DeYoung have already written about it.
We invited Mr. Feith to preview the book in his own words for our readers. He has graciously responded.
Naturally, what follows is mostly a monumental pile of bullshit from Feith contradicting years of reports and mountains sworn testimony from officials before Congress about the lack of planning for post-invasion Iraq. Accompanied by some kind words by not-Assrocket about the author of the book yet another critic called a “Creepy Polemic” intended to rationalize the Iraq War:
As the former U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy, Feith was “inside the Pentagon at the dawn of the war on terrorism,” as the subtitle says. His book is billed as the first insider’s account of the decisions taken just after Sept. 11, 2001, and how they resulted in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
How candid is he? Put it this way: If Feith told me it was raining, I’d step outside and get wet before believing him.
From start to finish, this book seeks to revise what the author calls “the now-standard story” that depicts President George W. Bush and his advisers “as militaristic and reckless, closed-minded and ideological, thoughtless at best and even dishonest — and hell-bent on war with Iraq from the Administration’s inception.”
Like the president he served, Feith is arrogantly unwilling to question the wisdom of what the Bush administration has done. There’s no action, no matter how disastrous the consequence, that he isn’t prepared to defend.
We’d expect no less from the pack of clueless assholes who once opined that President Bush was “A man of extraordinary vision and brilliance approaching to genius” and waxed enthusiastically about the excellence of Michael “Brownie” Brown’s disastrous and pathetic appearance before a House subcommittee investigating Brown’s even more disastrous performance as head of FEMA responding to Katrina, explaining that, after all, “Michael Brown didn’t flood New Orleans” and so attempts to hold him accountable for FEMA’s response were absurd. For a witless group which can fluff Bush’s intellect and Brownie’s competence, clearly fluffing Feith’s veracity and integrity poses little challenge.
Via Sadly No, Pat Boone writing for World Nut Daily compares Barrack Obama to the ever-dangerous Pied Piper of Hamelin:
On the citizens then refusing to pay the money, the piper took up his pipe once more and led the way out of the town followed by 130 children [who] vanished forever.
Another very sobering, troubling similarity: This Illinois magician seems to have captured the imagination and adulation of a large segment of America’s young. Where he says he’ll lead, they are lining up to follow – though nobody knows where that is. He hasn’t been there himself, but he paints a mystical, attractive picture of a united, harmonious, progressive land where all needs are magically attended by a loving government. Almost socialistic nirvana, though he doesn’t use those words.
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And to my real dismay, I’ve heard from mature, knowledgeable people, even some Republicans, who are so impressed with the magician’s ability to “involve our young people in the political process” that they’re endorsing his candidacy, all the while confessing that they disagree with him on “many fundamental issues”! What in the heck is going on? Some kind of voodoo?
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And now, defending his staunch support for abortion for any woman or girl who wants it, he has uttered, “I’m going to teach [my daughters] … about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby!” His ideas of morality and right behavior don’t include accepting responsibility for “making mistakes,” apparently. No, let the innocent unborn pay the price, not his daughter.
It’s not entirely clear on whether Pat thinks Obama will make America’s youth mysteriously disappear, is using Unwholesome African Witchcraft to mesmerize good, upstanding White People, and will drown the unborn in a river, or if he figures the Pied Piper was somekind of pinko bastard who led the children of Hamelin into a heretofore unknown form of communist enslavement.
Actual Roger L. Simon, upon “learning” (if that applies to anything gleaned from the NY Sun Myung Moon) that Muslims supposedly constitute 10% of NY City’s public school population:
“Should we now be closing our eyes and looking forward to the imposition of Sharia Law at Zabar’s?
I blush to admit I haven’t read any of Robert Ferrigno’s futuristic thrillers yet, in which the author envisions courageous holdouts battling inside an Islamic US. Maybe I should.”
My advice: if it involves courage, El Raj, it ain’t up your alley.
According to court documents, Isenhour got upset when a red-shouldered hawk began making noise, forcing another take. He began hitting balls at the bird, then 300 yards away, but gave up.
Isenhour started again when the hawk moved within about 75 yards, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer Brian Baine indicated in a report.
Isenhour allegedly said “I’ll get him now,” and aimed for the hawk.
“About the sixth ball came very near the bird’s head, and [Isenhour] was very excited that it was so close,” Baine wrote.
A few shots later, witnesses said he hit the hawk. The bird, protected as a migratory species, fell to the ground bleeding from both nostrils.
I walk on in n see em there
Gonna give them all a thrill
When they see me comin
They all steps aside
They has a fit while I commit
My social suicide, Im a
Dancin fool, Im a
Dancin fool
The beat goes on
And Im so wrong
The beat goes on
And Im so wrong
The beat goes on n Im so wrong
The beat goes on n Im so wrong
The beat goes on n Im so wrong
I may be totally wrong, but Im a
Dancin fool, Im a
Dancin fool
Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon, died Tuesday at his home in Lake Geneva, Wis. He was 69.
Gygax and Dave Arneson developed Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 using medieval characters and mythical creatures. The game known for its oddly shaped dice became a hit, particularly among teenage boys with vivid imaginations, and eventually was turned into video games, books and movies.
This is the man who, other than religious figures, is responsible for more teenage boys not getting laid than any other person in history.
But at least he gave them something to do, while not having a sex life or developed social skills.
Actual Roger L. Simon, upon “learning” (if that applies to anything gleaned from the NY Sun Myung Moon) that Muslims supposedly constitute 10% of NY City’s public school population: 
