The 101st Weighs In
And what a bevy of subjects they discuss ...
The first post today touches on some members of the 101st "Keebees," and as I am in charge of the posting while Thomas is busily adding links to the 101st list on the site, I have chosen a few interesting topics being discussed.
First up is The KoolAid Report where Learned Foot has an amusing post regarding the Moussaoui sentencing from yesterday:
OK, so I'm paraphrasing. But really, how else can you interpret this:
Moussaoui, as he was led from the courtroom after the 15-minute hearing, said: “America, you lost. ... I won.” He clapped his hands as he was escorted away.
I mean, here's a guy who's facing either a dispatch to Allah's realm via a peaceful, sleepy death by lethal injection wherein he can be pleased by his 17 virgins for all eternity, or a lifetime role as the submissive Love Meat of some large and ironically nicknamed inmate. (That is until such time that said inmate grows weary of the laundry room escapdes and the broomhandle sodomizations, and buries a shank in Moussaoui's eye-socket.)
And Moussaoui considers the life sentence a "victory". Can you say "latent homosexual"?
Hey, I've seen Oz - I know what goes down in the Supermax.
While slightly vulgar, this did bring a smile to my face this morning. Ah, if only God had the warped sense of humor that some of us int he blogosphere possessed. Seriously speaking, I do hope that a prisoner in the Supermax decides that Moussaoui is worth the shiv in the ribs, or the eyes, or, well, you know.
*****
Next is Shock and Blog where Jason highlights the National Day of Prayer, which is today, and the president's words regarding it:
Throughout our Nation's history, our citizens have prayed and come together before God to offer Him gratitude, reflect on His will, seek His aid, and respond to His grace. On this National Day of Prayer, we thank God for His many blessings and His care of our country.
God has greatly blessed the American people, and in 1789, George Washington proclaimed: "It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and to humbly implore His protection and favor." Americans remain a prayerful and thankful people. We pray for the safety of our troops as they carry out dangerous missions with courage and compassion, and we remember the strength and sacrifice of their families. We pray for the good people of the Gulf Coast region as they work to rebuild their communities after the devastating hurricanes of 2005, and we thank God for the volunteers who have opened their hearts to help their neighbors in a time of need. We pray for the protection of innocent lives and for the expansion of peace and liberty throughout the world.
Through prayer, our faith is strengthened, our hearts are humbled, and our lives are transformed. May our Nation always have the humility to trust in the goodness of God's plans.
The Congress, by Public Law 100-307, as amended, has called on our Nation to reaffirm the role of prayer in our culture and to respect the freedom of religion by recognizing each year a "National Day of Prayer."
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 4, 2006, as a National Day of Prayer. I ask the citizens of our Nation to give thanks, each according to his or her own faith, for the freedoms and blessings we have received and for God's continued guidance and protection. I urge all Americans to join in observing this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.
Some on the Left (Michael Newdow and others) will probably froth at the mouth over this today. But what those poor fools on the Left forget is that this nation was founded on Judeo-Christian beliefs. the recognition of God, and His wisdom is rife within many of the founding documents of this nation. And there is nothing wrong with setting aside one day out of 365 to thanks to Him for the bountiful gifts before us of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Furthermore, it is a day where we should say a prayer for the men and women abroad, fighting this war, and to recognize those who have given the greatest sacrifice in this war. We must never forget how this war started, nor the dearest blood we have shed in it.
*****
The Northern Alliance Wannabe Dan Stover has some thoughts to pass onto us today from Neil Cavuto:
Only in America can thousands of illegal immigrants protest quite legally.
Only in America can they demand things of a system that really doesn't owe them anything.
Only in America can the media go along with their pleas and say nothing of their demands.
Only in America can those who snuck into this country try to threaten this country.
Only in America can they try to stop commerce to force their way into our commerce.
Only in America can the kindness of our hearts blind us to the stupidity of our policies — policies that support those who break the law and make a mockery of those who try to follow the law.
Only in America can we tell those who entered here by the books that there are special allowances made for those who do everything off the books. That it's OK to threaten and coerce, strike and shout, wave flags that aren't this country's and remind us of the great pride they have in other countries.
Some in the media say it's simplistic to say if you don't like it here, get out of here. Let me just say it's insulting that those who enjoy bounty here have the nerve to say they're offended here.
I feel for their ego. I feel more for us.
Bravo, Mr. Cavuto. A toast to you for the wisdom of seeing the marches for what they are, and for noticing how the illegal aliens here in the nation kick us in the teeth when they do not get their way.
It kind of reminds me of temper-tantrum throwing liberals.
*****
And Charles at Little Green Footballs shows us that some French leaders seem to have located their yellow stripes again. This time over Iran.
Military action against Iran over its nuclear programme “is not the solution”, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin told reporters.
“We cannot solve the problems of this complex region only with force,” he told a media conference on Thursday.
But Villepin added that the report last week by the International Atomic Energy Agency showing that Iran had violated a UN order to halt uranium enrichment required a “firm” response by the international community.
While war is never a solid, roundabout answer, it is becoming increasingly obvious that Iran has no intentions of ending this gambit. They are going to continue blowing off the United Nations and the IAEA because they know they can. As long as China and Russia sit on the Security Council, Iran is safe. At least until both are persuaded to abstain in a final vote. The problem now in the mix is France. Based on de Villepin's statement, I now am starting to lose confidence in France. And we should bear this in mind: France was one of the first nations to step up and make the accusation against Iran that they were working on nuclear weapons. Chirac stated it, and even dropped his yellow stripe long enough to make a threat to use nuclear weapons if France was the target of WMD terrorism. Obviously de Villepin was absent that day (his dog ate his homework, he had a tummy-ache, or something to that effect), and failed to note that the leader of his nation was not going to stand for such saber-rattling from Ahmadinejad.
My, how things change in the course of a couple of months. As Charles stated:
One strongly worded letter coming up!
*****
We cannot forget Captain Ed who has an interesting story revolving around the German government paying a ransom for a pair of German engineers kidnapped by terrorists:
Two German hostages kidnapped in Iraq arrived home yesterday as Iraq's ambassador to Germany claimed a "load of money" had been paid to secure their release.
Alaa al-Hashimi, said the German government had handed over a "large amount" to the kidnappers of René Bräunlich and Thomas Nitzschke, who were freed on Tuesday after 99 days in captivity. "Regarding the payment of ransom, I don't know. But I assume it was a large amount of money," the ambassador told Germany's ARD public television station. The Iraqi government had no part in the release, he said. ...
The engineers, from Leipzig in east Germany, were seized on January 24 outside their workplace, an Iraqi-owned detergent factory in the industrial town of Baiji, 110 miles north of Baghdad. German officials swiftly established that their captors were not holding them for political reasons. Instead they wanted to make money, diplomats said.
Asked yesterday whether Germany had paid a ransom, the foreign minister, Franz-Walter Steinmeier, said: "We will of course say nothing about the concrete details regarding their release." He thanked the US, Britain, France and "other partners in the region" for helping to get the men out after three months in "inhuman conditions".
Our coalition partners should be reminded, again, that paying when you continue to pay ransoms to the terrorists, the terrorists will continue to kidnap people. It is a vicious cycle, and they have played this game well. The Italians paid for the release of Giuliani Sgrena. (For those that forgot about the lying Italian bird, check the links. They are the ones I did on her in March of 2005 when the incident occurred.) She is the one who accused our troops of opening fire on her supposedly slow moving Mercedes as it approached a checkpoint on the road to the Baghdad Airport. Needless to say, her story does not match with the photos I posted of her car that was supposedly riddled with hundreds of bullets.
We also covered a story here involving a journalist kidnapped.
Without citing its sources, Focus said officials at the German embassy in Baghdad had found several thousand U.S. dollars in the 43-year-old German archaeologist's clothes when she took a shower at the embassy shortly after being freed.
The serial numbers on the bills matched those used by the government to pay off Osthoff's kidnappers, the magazine said.
That snippet comes from the initial Reuters report. The magazine alluded to in the report is Focus, a German magazine. Ms. Osthoff had some explaining to do about this discovery. But the point of this is simple, adn easily summed up by Captain Ed this morning:
Our allies are not helping the situation. If they can't bring themselves to help -- as in the case of the Germans -- we'd appreciate it if they'd quit actively making the situation worse.
*****
And finally, we come to The Phantom Observer who brings Star Wars Fans good news:
In response to overwhelming demand, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release attractively priced individual two-disc releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Each release includes the 2004 digitally remastered version of the movie and, as bonus material, the theatrical edition of the film. That means you’ll be able to enjoy Star Wars as it first appeared in 1977, Empire in 1980, and Jedi in 1983.
This release will only be available for a limited time: from September 12th to December 31st. International release will follow on or about the same day. Each original theatrical version will feature Dolby 2.0 Surround sound, close-captioning, and subtitles in English, French and Spanish for their U.S. release. International sound and subtitling vary by territory.
“Over the years, a truly countless number of fans have told us that they would love to see and own the original version that they remember experiencing in theaters,” said Jim Ward, President of LucasArts and Senior Vice President of Lucasfilm Ltd. “We returned to the Lucasfilm Archives to search exhaustively for source material that could be presented on DVD. This is something that we’re very excited to be able to give to fans in response to their continuing enthusiasm for Star Wars. Topping it off with a new interactive adventure makes September 12 a red-letter day for Star Wars fans.”
For Star Wars fans (like Thomas, who is an absolute geek when it comes to Star Wars) this is a godsend. At last fans will be able to see the original trilogy as they remember it, and without the "special edition" redux that angered so many fans. While many did not mind the couple of extra things thrown in, the Phantom Observer notes his gripes, which, not surprising, are the same ones Thomas has. (Han Solo is a smuggler, and an antihero in the beginning. He still shoots Greedo without warning, not in self-defense as Lucas envisioned for his special editions.)
And living with a Star wars fan like him is nuts. No one has any idea the collection of Star Wars merchandise he has, or how skilled he is when it comes to trivia of the same sort. I have seen him take on trivia nuts, and as yet, the Dark Side has not prevailed.
The Bunny ;)
And what a bevy of subjects they discuss ...
The first post today touches on some members of the 101st "Keebees," and as I am in charge of the posting while Thomas is busily adding links to the 101st list on the site, I have chosen a few interesting topics being discussed.
First up is The KoolAid Report where Learned Foot has an amusing post regarding the Moussaoui sentencing from yesterday:
OK, so I'm paraphrasing. But really, how else can you interpret this:
Moussaoui, as he was led from the courtroom after the 15-minute hearing, said: “America, you lost. ... I won.” He clapped his hands as he was escorted away.
I mean, here's a guy who's facing either a dispatch to Allah's realm via a peaceful, sleepy death by lethal injection wherein he can be pleased by his 17 virgins for all eternity, or a lifetime role as the submissive Love Meat of some large and ironically nicknamed inmate. (That is until such time that said inmate grows weary of the laundry room escapdes and the broomhandle sodomizations, and buries a shank in Moussaoui's eye-socket.)
And Moussaoui considers the life sentence a "victory". Can you say "latent homosexual"?
Hey, I've seen Oz - I know what goes down in the Supermax.
While slightly vulgar, this did bring a smile to my face this morning. Ah, if only God had the warped sense of humor that some of us int he blogosphere possessed. Seriously speaking, I do hope that a prisoner in the Supermax decides that Moussaoui is worth the shiv in the ribs, or the eyes, or, well, you know.
*****
Next is Shock and Blog where Jason highlights the National Day of Prayer, which is today, and the president's words regarding it:
Throughout our Nation's history, our citizens have prayed and come together before God to offer Him gratitude, reflect on His will, seek His aid, and respond to His grace. On this National Day of Prayer, we thank God for His many blessings and His care of our country.
God has greatly blessed the American people, and in 1789, George Washington proclaimed: "It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and to humbly implore His protection and favor." Americans remain a prayerful and thankful people. We pray for the safety of our troops as they carry out dangerous missions with courage and compassion, and we remember the strength and sacrifice of their families. We pray for the good people of the Gulf Coast region as they work to rebuild their communities after the devastating hurricanes of 2005, and we thank God for the volunteers who have opened their hearts to help their neighbors in a time of need. We pray for the protection of innocent lives and for the expansion of peace and liberty throughout the world.
Through prayer, our faith is strengthened, our hearts are humbled, and our lives are transformed. May our Nation always have the humility to trust in the goodness of God's plans.
The Congress, by Public Law 100-307, as amended, has called on our Nation to reaffirm the role of prayer in our culture and to respect the freedom of religion by recognizing each year a "National Day of Prayer."
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 4, 2006, as a National Day of Prayer. I ask the citizens of our Nation to give thanks, each according to his or her own faith, for the freedoms and blessings we have received and for God's continued guidance and protection. I urge all Americans to join in observing this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand six, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirtieth.
Some on the Left (Michael Newdow and others) will probably froth at the mouth over this today. But what those poor fools on the Left forget is that this nation was founded on Judeo-Christian beliefs. the recognition of God, and His wisdom is rife within many of the founding documents of this nation. And there is nothing wrong with setting aside one day out of 365 to thanks to Him for the bountiful gifts before us of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Furthermore, it is a day where we should say a prayer for the men and women abroad, fighting this war, and to recognize those who have given the greatest sacrifice in this war. We must never forget how this war started, nor the dearest blood we have shed in it.
*****
The Northern Alliance Wannabe Dan Stover has some thoughts to pass onto us today from Neil Cavuto:
Only in America can thousands of illegal immigrants protest quite legally.
Only in America can they demand things of a system that really doesn't owe them anything.
Only in America can the media go along with their pleas and say nothing of their demands.
Only in America can those who snuck into this country try to threaten this country.
Only in America can they try to stop commerce to force their way into our commerce.
Only in America can the kindness of our hearts blind us to the stupidity of our policies — policies that support those who break the law and make a mockery of those who try to follow the law.
Only in America can we tell those who entered here by the books that there are special allowances made for those who do everything off the books. That it's OK to threaten and coerce, strike and shout, wave flags that aren't this country's and remind us of the great pride they have in other countries.
Some in the media say it's simplistic to say if you don't like it here, get out of here. Let me just say it's insulting that those who enjoy bounty here have the nerve to say they're offended here.
I feel for their ego. I feel more for us.
Bravo, Mr. Cavuto. A toast to you for the wisdom of seeing the marches for what they are, and for noticing how the illegal aliens here in the nation kick us in the teeth when they do not get their way.
It kind of reminds me of temper-tantrum throwing liberals.
*****
And Charles at Little Green Footballs shows us that some French leaders seem to have located their yellow stripes again. This time over Iran.
Military action against Iran over its nuclear programme “is not the solution”, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin told reporters.
“We cannot solve the problems of this complex region only with force,” he told a media conference on Thursday.
But Villepin added that the report last week by the International Atomic Energy Agency showing that Iran had violated a UN order to halt uranium enrichment required a “firm” response by the international community.
While war is never a solid, roundabout answer, it is becoming increasingly obvious that Iran has no intentions of ending this gambit. They are going to continue blowing off the United Nations and the IAEA because they know they can. As long as China and Russia sit on the Security Council, Iran is safe. At least until both are persuaded to abstain in a final vote. The problem now in the mix is France. Based on de Villepin's statement, I now am starting to lose confidence in France. And we should bear this in mind: France was one of the first nations to step up and make the accusation against Iran that they were working on nuclear weapons. Chirac stated it, and even dropped his yellow stripe long enough to make a threat to use nuclear weapons if France was the target of WMD terrorism. Obviously de Villepin was absent that day (his dog ate his homework, he had a tummy-ache, or something to that effect), and failed to note that the leader of his nation was not going to stand for such saber-rattling from Ahmadinejad.
My, how things change in the course of a couple of months. As Charles stated:
One strongly worded letter coming up!
*****
We cannot forget Captain Ed who has an interesting story revolving around the German government paying a ransom for a pair of German engineers kidnapped by terrorists:
Two German hostages kidnapped in Iraq arrived home yesterday as Iraq's ambassador to Germany claimed a "load of money" had been paid to secure their release.
Alaa al-Hashimi, said the German government had handed over a "large amount" to the kidnappers of René Bräunlich and Thomas Nitzschke, who were freed on Tuesday after 99 days in captivity. "Regarding the payment of ransom, I don't know. But I assume it was a large amount of money," the ambassador told Germany's ARD public television station. The Iraqi government had no part in the release, he said. ...
The engineers, from Leipzig in east Germany, were seized on January 24 outside their workplace, an Iraqi-owned detergent factory in the industrial town of Baiji, 110 miles north of Baghdad. German officials swiftly established that their captors were not holding them for political reasons. Instead they wanted to make money, diplomats said.
Asked yesterday whether Germany had paid a ransom, the foreign minister, Franz-Walter Steinmeier, said: "We will of course say nothing about the concrete details regarding their release." He thanked the US, Britain, France and "other partners in the region" for helping to get the men out after three months in "inhuman conditions".
Our coalition partners should be reminded, again, that paying when you continue to pay ransoms to the terrorists, the terrorists will continue to kidnap people. It is a vicious cycle, and they have played this game well. The Italians paid for the release of Giuliani Sgrena. (For those that forgot about the lying Italian bird, check the links. They are the ones I did on her in March of 2005 when the incident occurred.) She is the one who accused our troops of opening fire on her supposedly slow moving Mercedes as it approached a checkpoint on the road to the Baghdad Airport. Needless to say, her story does not match with the photos I posted of her car that was supposedly riddled with hundreds of bullets.
We also covered a story here involving a journalist kidnapped.
Without citing its sources, Focus said officials at the German embassy in Baghdad had found several thousand U.S. dollars in the 43-year-old German archaeologist's clothes when she took a shower at the embassy shortly after being freed.
The serial numbers on the bills matched those used by the government to pay off Osthoff's kidnappers, the magazine said.
That snippet comes from the initial Reuters report. The magazine alluded to in the report is Focus, a German magazine. Ms. Osthoff had some explaining to do about this discovery. But the point of this is simple, adn easily summed up by Captain Ed this morning:
Our allies are not helping the situation. If they can't bring themselves to help -- as in the case of the Germans -- we'd appreciate it if they'd quit actively making the situation worse.
*****
And finally, we come to The Phantom Observer who brings Star Wars Fans good news:
In response to overwhelming demand, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release attractively priced individual two-disc releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Each release includes the 2004 digitally remastered version of the movie and, as bonus material, the theatrical edition of the film. That means you’ll be able to enjoy Star Wars as it first appeared in 1977, Empire in 1980, and Jedi in 1983.
This release will only be available for a limited time: from September 12th to December 31st. International release will follow on or about the same day. Each original theatrical version will feature Dolby 2.0 Surround sound, close-captioning, and subtitles in English, French and Spanish for their U.S. release. International sound and subtitling vary by territory.
“Over the years, a truly countless number of fans have told us that they would love to see and own the original version that they remember experiencing in theaters,” said Jim Ward, President of LucasArts and Senior Vice President of Lucasfilm Ltd. “We returned to the Lucasfilm Archives to search exhaustively for source material that could be presented on DVD. This is something that we’re very excited to be able to give to fans in response to their continuing enthusiasm for Star Wars. Topping it off with a new interactive adventure makes September 12 a red-letter day for Star Wars fans.”
For Star Wars fans (like Thomas, who is an absolute geek when it comes to Star Wars) this is a godsend. At last fans will be able to see the original trilogy as they remember it, and without the "special edition" redux that angered so many fans. While many did not mind the couple of extra things thrown in, the Phantom Observer notes his gripes, which, not surprising, are the same ones Thomas has. (Han Solo is a smuggler, and an antihero in the beginning. He still shoots Greedo without warning, not in self-defense as Lucas envisioned for his special editions.)
And living with a Star wars fan like him is nuts. No one has any idea the collection of Star Wars merchandise he has, or how skilled he is when it comes to trivia of the same sort. I have seen him take on trivia nuts, and as yet, the Dark Side has not prevailed.
The Bunny ;)
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