Tolerance

... I am truly perplexed that so many of my friends are against a mosque being built at Ground Zero. I think it should be the goal of every American to be tolerant. Thus the Mosque should be allowed, in an effort to promote tolerance.

That is why I also propose that two nightclubs be opened next door to the mosque, thereby promoting tolerance from within the mosque. We could call one of the clubs, which would be gay, "The Turban Cowboy ", and the other a topless bar called "You Mecca Me Hot."

Next door should be a butcher shop that specializes in pork, and adjacent to that an open-pit barbecue pork restaurant, called " Iraq o' Ribs."

Across the street there could be a lingerie store called "Victoria Keeps Nothing Secret", with sexy mannequins in the window modeling the goods.

Next door to the lingerie shop there would be room for an adult sex toy shop, "Koranal Knowledge", its name in flashing neon lights, and on the other side a liquor store called "Morehammered."

All of this would encourage the Muslims to demonstrate the tolerance they demand of us, so the mosque problem would be solved.

Hat tip to Bill T!

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

Yes indeed, waterboarding works

What a beautiful day for chain sawing! Mid 60's. Sunshine. No wind.

And I got about 60% through cutting up, not cutting and disposing mind you, one tree.

I am beat. As I said. If this doesn't kill me it will help me.

In the meantime I am loving watching Obamie's minions stumble around. They are snatching this whole thing from the jaws of victory. Couldn't happen to nicer people.

And watching the Left chasing its collective tail over waterboarding is truly amusing.

You Lefties are always claiming that Bush didn't do this or didn't do that.

Well, we know that the "enhanced" interrogation methods used on KSM gave them the first nugget of information that allowed them to eventually catch OBL. That's per Leon Panetta, who just happens to be Obamie's CIA chief.

So it occurs to me that Bush did what any good executive does. He turned his team loose on it and then didn't worry about it. He had other things to do.

Now. Show me where Obamie made catching OBL a priority or did anything to enhance the efforts started by Bush.

And while you are at it, explain why if Obamie wanted to catch OBL he wanted to close GITMO and prosecute the CIA people who waterboarded KSM??

Face it. He woke up one day and the CIA said, "Hey we got OBL's location!"

Obamie then almost fainted because he knew he had to go after him or be finished as Prez. (Of course he is anyway, but he knew not acting would finish him.) I mean he HAD to make a decision that he couldn't blame on someone else. So he dithered and dithered, just as he did about the additional troops for Afghanistan.

Fortunately for the Seals everything went well. Now Obamie wants to meet with a SELECTED group of 911 victims.. You know. The people who haven't criticized him for his stand on the Mosque (aka Momument to the Radical Muslims Success) and trying KSM in NYC. I mean you can bet your sweet bippy that no one who might criticize The Chosen One or Queenie will get near a TV camera.

What a guy our Prez is.


OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

Waterboarding found Osma bin Ladin

Looks like the issue is settled. Even Panetta, head of the CIA, says that "enhanced interogation" gave us the inital lead that allowed us to capture OBL.

The question remains, however, is waterboarding torture?

The picture below is a shot of man jumping from the WTC towers on 9/11.

Was that torture?

The man had to choose between burning to death or jumping to his death.

And now we find many on the Left crying over OBL being killed.

Tell you what I think.

I wish we could have captured him alive. Then built a tall building, put him in a locked room with one window.

Set the building on fire and then let him choose.

Me being fair minded and all.

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

Bits and pieces 5-3-11

Sunshine this PM. The yard is so wet you can't walk in the rear but I managed to pick up some more small limbs and get the chain saw ready for tomorrow.

The onions, cabbages and bell peppers look fine and, believe it or not, some of the replanted cucumbers and squash are coming up.

Don't ask when the remainder will get done. Maybe a week if we don't get more rain.

More on waterboarding works.

Rep King of NY said last night that waterboarding of KSM yielded the first nugget of information that led us to Osama bin Ladin.

The Left has its jockey's in a wad. They are totally invested in "waterboarding is torture and doesn't work."

Well, the WaPost agreed today with King, except they described it as rough interrogation, or similar words. Tonight O'Reilly said that King was 100% right.

I'm going with King and O'Reilly.

1975 climatologistas blamed tornadoes on global cooling...

Frankly I think it was Nixon's fault.

Speaking of global cooling, can you read this chart??

Link

It shows us getting cooler...

Gasoline is around $4.00 and the economy is going to hell if any GD politician out there gives a damn.

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

Obama and OBL

You know, there is no evidence whatsoever that Obama made the capture/killing of OBL a priority of his administration. Indeed he wanted to close GITMO and prosecute CIA members who had waterboarded some of the prisoners to obtain the information that helped lead to OBL's killing.

Watching the Democrats and many others on the Left celebrate that Obama actually signed off on the killing of OBL reminds me of a Little League player's Mom jump up and down and yell after he has hit his first ball during an actual game.

The following picture, which I have taken from MostlyCajun says it all.

Now, this inning is over with. Can we please get back to focusing on the fact that the high price of oil is hurting us even more than OBL did sitting in his mansion disconnected from the world?

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

Waterboarding works

The proof, as they say, is in the pudding.

The revelation that intelligence gleaned from the CIA's so-called black sites helped kill bin Laden was seen as vindication for many intelligence officials who have been repeatedly investigated and criticized for their involvement in a program that involved the harshest interrogation methods in U.S. history.

"We got beat up for it, but those efforts led to this great day," said Marty Martin, a retired CIA officer who for years led the hunt for bin Laden.

Link

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson

Bad weather and Trump

Well, the boomers continue, and the occasional tornado.

The bad weather has continued all day. About 2:30 I was chatting with an old friend, Dave T, while keeping one eye peeled at the computer screen. The weather kept on getting worse and worse and I hurriedly signed off just as the nasty stuff hit. Major bang bangs and rain like we were in a hurricane.

No damage but a funnel cloud was spotted to the south.

The secondary issue is flooding. Last year we were shut off from the town by a creek flooding and closing the road. Looks like that is happening again. Memphis appears to have some real issues north of the city and the casinos to the south at Tunica are closing due to flooding.

You'd think a riverboat wouldn't be bothered by some water.

But you'd be wrong.

The gaming law in Mississippi allows for riverboat casinos. That means that the actual gaming portions are built on a barge that floats on a inlet that is cut out from the river. The hotel lobby, gift shops, hotel rooms, show rooms, restaurants, etc., are build around on land around the gaming part. Walkways between the two parts rise and fall as the water level changes. But the issue here is that this supposedly is a 100 year flood and the support portion will flood.

Nothing like laws designed for work arounds. But hey! That's what government is for!

While watching the storms develop last night I picked up part of the White House Correspondent Dinner and self congratulatory medicine show. I missed the part where Obama zapped Trump.

No problem. I have never enjoyed midget wrestling.

And of course the Left is all in a stir. They do love insulting people and they haven't had a fresh target with some pizazz since they took to the Internet to destroy Palin. I mean Ryan is just so plain brown shoe that no one cares if Obama attacks him. But Trump, that's different.

And the Repub establishment, just as they were last November, are eager to jump in and help destroy anyone who asks tough questions and rocks the career boat.

But you know, not one of the storied talking heads, be they Repub or Demo, have answered this question. Why are people listening to Trump??

I mean, he is obviously self centered, always outspoken, sometimes vulgar, often simplistic and according to the aforementioned Demos and Repubs, not qualified to be President.

Yet people listen.

People voted for Obama because he promised change. He hasn't delivered. The Repubs have no one with a better resume. All they can do is claim they aren't Obama and talk about the deficit.

Of course no one really cares about the deficit. They do care about the price of gasoline. Yet the Repubs act like they secretly agree with Obama that high energy prices are good.

We live in interesting times.

OnTwitter I am Lesabre1

"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them." - Karl Popper

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.” - William Pitt

"Logic. There is little logic among the cultural elite, maybe because there is little omnipresent fear of job losses or the absence of money, and so arises a rather comfortable margin to indulge in nonsense." - Victor Davis Hanson