. . . . with the moronic Munich/Ossetia babble.
But World O’ Crap finds an even stoopiderer wingnut: some clown named Warner Todd Huston.
Huston’s Dissertation in Teh Stoopid — Georgia/Russian war: blame Obama.
Simply stunning.
Cornerite Charlotte Hays siezes upon a variant of the flypaper theory, as if it were some kind of brilliant new insight instead of a pathetic and long-discredited excuse.
Even Rudyard Kipling thought Afghanistan was a hellish place to fight. So why is Obama itching to fight al-Qaeda there rather than Iraq? Yes, we did draw the bloody monsters to Iraq, but, as it turns out, it was a better place to fight them. But the Left dogmatically insists that it is better to confront al-Qaeda in Afghanistan’s fastness, a terrain that gives al-Qaeda a huge advantage. Such is their antipathy to George Bush and (as is now more certain than ever after Obama’s Berlin rally) the use of American power.
It’s not antipathy to Bush as this simpleton suggests, but rather the fact that our presence in Iraq has enabled al Qaeda to recruit more and different sources and recruit native Iraqis to fight in Iraq without impairing in the slightest their ability to recruit from their untouched bases in Afghanistan. Iraq is more accessible than Afghanistan or Waziristan to potential jihadist recruits, and as our national intelligence estimates stated, the occupation of Iraq has provided al Qaeda affiliated groups with a cause and motivation for jihadist recruits. A larger recruiting bases and more fodder for al Qaeda recruiters is not a good thing.
An analogy would be a patient with an infected lung deliberately causing another infection in his arm, so he could fight the infection there since it is, after all, easier to reach. Just like Iraq.
McCain was so busy criticizing Obama for giving a speech outside the United States (ironically after his own challenge to go to Iraq and Afghanistan spurred Obama’s trip) . . .
“I would rather speak at a rally or a political gathering any place outside of the country after I am president of the United States,” McCain told O’Donnell. “But that’s a judgment that Sen. Obama and the American people will make.”
. . . that he forgot that he himself gave a speech paid for by his campaign “outside of the country” just last month:
However, on June 20, McCain himself gave a speech in Canada — to the Economic Club of Canada — in which he applauded NAFTA’s successes. An implicit message behind that speech was that Obama had been critical of the trade accord. Also, McCain’s trip to Canada was paid for by the campaign.
One gets the impression that McCain is so desperate to fling whatever monkey shit he can lay hands on at Obama, that he is failing to notice he’s mostly succeeding in spreading a thick layer primate crap all over himself.
It would almost be worth it to the Obama camp to schedule a quick trip to Prague to see if he could elicit yet another reference from John-boy to the non-existent country of Czechoslovakia.
And another one: per atrios, Andrea Mitchell is reporting that McCain is criticizing Obama for being overseas while voters are struggling at home. Which, Duncan points out, means McCain forgot not only that he personally challenged Obama to go overseas to Iraq, but also that he flew to Columbia and Mexico earlier this month to showcase his mad foreign policy skilz.
Muskrats brought down a levee:
Residents and flood fighters were saddened after a burrowing muskrat brought down the saturated Pin Oak levee shortly before dawn. But within hours, a new defense was in the works — a quickly constructed 4-foot-tall sandbag levee to protect 100 homes in the floodwaters’ path.
“We’re not quitting — the Army doesn’t quit,” said National Guard Col. Michele Melton, who was coordinating the sandbagging effort. “That’s why we’re here — to try and save these people.”
Many of the 720 residents of Winfield and people from surrounding communities have spent the last several days helping the National Guard patch one trouble spot after another.
In the end, their efforts were undone by an animal that weighs no more than 5 pounds. Officials said holes bore by a muskrat that was either seeking food or building a den led brought the levee down.
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.
In a matter of hours after Mr. Sulu leads an avalanche of gay marriage in the state of California, we see this:
Eagle Scout Arrested in String of Car Break-ins
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.
You won’t even need the ipecac with this fabulous product. Slightly sour milk, or even fresh water will be enough to induce the mother of all purges:
Many thanks for these wonderful memories:
The courageous way you froze and read a childrens’ story after being told “the nation is under attack.”
The way you gently held hands and canoodled with the despot oil monarch while gas soared to $4-$5 a gallon.
The leadership you showed by keeping your spirits up pretending to play guitar, while New Orleans, and hundreds of its citizens, drowned.
And of course, no “thank you, President Bush” would be complete without this image:
All the beautiful flags you are responsible for giving away to the families of our servicemen and women.
Yes, Mr. President, thank you for all you gave us, the last 7 and 1/2 years.
(h/t to Blue Texan, at Instaputz)
