Monday, August 14, 2006
 THE CEASE FIRE
 Oh yeah. This is going to work. After a month of fighting
which saw a relentless assault on Hezbollah targets -- and just as Israel was
preparing to launch a massive ground offensive, they've bowed to international
pressure. That's right...Israel has agreed to cease-fire, brokered by the
United Nations. It went into effect at 1:00 a.m. Eastern time today. Lebanon
is going to send troops to control the southern part of the country now run by
Hezbollah, the United Nations is actually going to send capable troops to patrol
the area with the Lebanese troops, and Hezbollah is going to be disarmed.
Yeah .. that's right. The cease fire agreement calls
for the disarmament of Hezbollah. The Lebanese cabinet knows that isn't
going to happen .. that's why a meeting to discuss how to go about this task has
been, as they say, "indefinitely postponed." If Israel's goal was to
eliminate Hezbollah, then they have stopped short of this goal. And why did
they do that? Because of pressure....international pressure. Pressure applied
by the United States, pressure applied by the United Nations and the Europeans.
All of this happened
just like the Islamic terrorists in Hezbollah, Iran and
Syria wanted it to. The very fact that the head of Hezbollah agreed with the
ceasefire tells you how bad it is. How long do you think
it will be now before Israel agrees to a prisoner swap? Say ... 1000
Hezbollah for two Israeli soldiers? The goat's milk toasts will be flying
big-time in Hezbollah-land. There is not one ounce of doubt in my mind that Hezbollah
will use this cease fire to re-strengthen and re-arm. Any belief that
Hezbollah will actually disarm is absurd. The goal will remain the same;
to destroy Israel and to continue to build the base in the Middle East for an
Islamic government that will rule the world. Yeah ---I know. The "rule the world" dream might
sound ridiculous to us sitting here at our computer screens in the U.S., but
these Islamic radicals see it as a destiny. Bit by bit they're making
headway. When they do end up getting pounded, as arguably they are in
Lebanon, they will agree to a cease fire, but only as a temporary maneuver to
permit them to regain their strength and build for the next battles. When government schools in this country meet demands that
Muslim holidays be included on the school calendar, we see it as a seemingly
innocent accommodation. Islamic fascists see it as a meaningful victory.
When the European Union seriously considers a regulation
making it illegal to make a disparaging remark about any religion --- including,
of course, the wonderful and peaceful religion of Islam -- another victory.
Sure --- they're all small and, you might think,
insignificant. You might also think that the world bringing immense
pressure on Israel to stop its bombardment of Hezbollah is not really such a big
deal. Well, it's hard to say how long you're going to have to wait ---
perhaps days or weeks, perhaps months or years -- before Hezbollah strikes again
to prove your naivety. MORE
ON THE UK ATTACK PLOTTERS
More is becoming known
about the Islamic terrorists that were planning on blowing up several jetliners
headed to the United States from Great Britain last week. It turns out many of
those involved were Muslim students recruited at British universities. This
exposes a well-known weak link in European immigration policy.
You see, Britain, France
and the like are places where radical Islamic clerics from terrorist regimes can
go set up shop and not be touched. The Euro-weenies, under the guise of
political correctness, won't do anything about the hate that these jihadists
preach. They take impressionable young Muslims and turn them into terrorists.
The same thing is going on at British universities. One of the plotters from
last week attended a school where terrorist literature was found.
And it gets worse. Also
among those arrested for the plot are mothers who were willing to blow up
themselves and their babies in the terrorist attack. The babies would be used
as cover for the attacks, since a mother with a baby doesn't look suspicious or
threatening. This just goes to show you the psychos that we're dealing with
here when it comes to Islamic terrorists. They will kill their own
children to take out an infidel or two.
Britain was about to pay
dearly for their lax immigration policy that allows so many of these hate-filled
Islamic killers into their country. Perhaps now they'll pay a bit more
attention to their politically correct ways, before one of these terrorist
attacks actually succeeds. But then again .... probably not. Remember .. any effort
to fight Islamic fascists must take a back seat to the requirements of political
correctness.
TED
KENNEDY VS. DICK CHENEY
 Ted Kennedy has written an
op-ed (see Reading Assignments below) in which he castigates Vice President Dick
Cheney for some comments he made regarding the victory of Senate candidate and
anti-war leftist Ned Lamont in the Connecticut Democratic primary. Cheney said
that Lamont's victory might encourage the Al-Qaeda types who want to break the
will of the American people. Kennedy somehow sees a problem with this.
What problem? Cheney was exactly right! This is exactly the way
Osama would have written the script for the Connecticut elections.
Lamont wants to cut and
run in Iraq. That is precisely what Al Qaeda wants. Similar goals.
But Ted Kennedy has his panties in a knot, calling Cheney's comments ugly and
frightening and an attack on democracy.  Say what?
Senator Kennedy then
puts on his tinfoil hat and regurgitates his Michael Moore talking points
obediently, saying: "The American people are ready to change an administration
that let Osama Bin Laden escape." Yeah, right. It's too bad the people of
Massachusetts haven't yet screwed up the courage to retire Ted Kennedy. He
has a lot of nerve talking about someone "letting" things happen. What say
you, Mary Jo?
But there is still hope.
The people of Connecticut, who will have the last word, may slowly be wising
up. The latest poll shows that Joe Lieberman, now running as an independent, is
leading Ned Lamont by 5 points. The Republican candidate, who has no chance of
winning, is pulling in just 6% of the vote. For all the headlines and
predictions, the Democrats may wind up losing a seat in Connecticut.
Wouldn't that be
something? PACKING OFF THE KIDS  Here we go again. Across the country on this day
millions of parents who should know better will commit an act of profound child
abuse as they take the most precious things in their lives -- their children --
and send them to the government to be educated.
Each and every one of these parents knows that the
government does few things well, and most things very poorly. These
parents know, or they should know, that education in this country is more
expensive and produces less results than in virtually any other government in
the Western world. Remember ... if you listen to Democrats and teacher's
unions, there is not one single problem with these hideous government schools
that cannot be solved by simply spending more money. Competition won't help.
Accountability won't help. Discipline won't help. Only spending more
money helps. Every single idea to improve the quality of government
education is a non-starter ... except for spending more money. So .. what is your child's first day of school going to be
like? In September of 2002 I wrote a column for Townhall.com covering day
one in your local government school. I'm posting it below. Give it a
read ... it just may tell the story of what your child is going through today. DAY ONE --- HAND OVER
YOUR STUFF First of
all, let's get this out of the way in the first paragraph. They are NOT
"public schools." They are government schools. They are owned and
operated by government. Every employee, from the Superintendent to the
dishwasher in the cafeteria, is a government employee. So, let's call
them what they are. Government schools. Being
government employees, you would expect those who work in government
schools to have the same behavioral characteristics as other
government employees. You would be right. They react to the threat of
privatization with the ferocity of a cornered bobcat and to the threat of
accountability with the evasiveness of cockroaches. The truth, though, is that these are not so much schools as they are
indoctrination centers. If your child is attending a Catholic school you
should expect that your child would be taught that the Catholics pretty
well have this religion thing down cold. Ditto for a Jewish school, or
one operated by a Christian fundamentalist church. Question: Will a
government school to be any different? Why would you expect a government
employee in a government institution to tell your children that government
is not necessarily the answer to every problem or critter that goes bump
in the night? The new school year has been underway for quite a few weeks now. Maybe
it's time to give you a hint of what your child has been through. Do
you remember those weeks before school started for your first grader?
There you were, you and your proud new student walking the aisles of the
local Costco with your list of school supplies in hand. You check off the
pencils, a ruler, a compass, paste, construction paper, a pencil holder,
notebooks and erasers. At home your first grader takes the supplies into
his room and spreads everything out on the bed. Arrange them this way -
then that way. Pencils next to the erasers, glue and construction paper
lined up over here, compass and ruler lined up over there. These are his
supplies. His! Do you hear? And tomorrow he is going to take
them to school. He couldn't be more proud. Finally, the first day of school arrives. The night before all of the
school supplies are packed, repacked, unpacked and repacked again. Then,
that morning, just one more unpacking and repacking to make sure
everything's still there and undamaged. OK! It's off we go to school!
Apprehension mixed with pride. Your young man or woman is taking another
grand step toward adulthood! What could go wrong? Plenty. Remember, it's a government operation. The students are seated, the bill rings. As fast as you can say the Pledge
of Allegiance without the "under God" part, the indoctrination begins.
The government teacher steps in front of her virtual hostages and promptly
delivers the first raw lesson in the power of government. The students
are instructed to bring all of their precious school supplies - their
property -- to the front of the classroom and put them into a huge box.
They are told that the supplies belong to all of the class now, and
the teacher will assume the responsibility of distributing the supplies as
they are needed. "Whoaa! Hold on a minute
here! These are MY supplies. My daddy bought them for me. You can't
have them! They're mine!" Nope. Sorry! They were yours. Now all those supplies belong to -
guess who? The government! There's a method to this madness. Your child is being taught that there
are some severe limits to the concept of private property. It is
perfectly OK, for instance, if the government just steps up and seizes
your property if there are other people who might need some of your
stuff. After all, it's just not right for you to have something that
other people don't have or can't share in, is it? This whole "dump your supplies into this box" is not an innocent
exercise. Your child's teacher might not even be aware of it, but this
lesson in government power is a time-honored method of introducing your
child to the concept that there is something basically wrong with owning
private property, but everything will be OK of you just let your superiors
even things out a bit by taking some stuff from you and giving it to
someone else.
How did Marx present this concept? I think it was something like "From
each according to his ability; to each according to his need." Day number one -- Lesson number one. Your rights to your property exist
only so long as government will allow, and it's just not fair to have more
stuff than someone else. And this is just the first week! More surprises in store! Wait until
you get that call from your child's teacher with vague, dark hints of a
better world for your child if only he was on Ritalin. (c) 2002 Neal Boortz |
REDNECK SCRAP BOOK I have full confidence that the U.S. is safe as long as we have these
anti-terrorist
training camps. More in the Redneck Scrap Book. 
READING ASSIGNMENTS
Professor Mike Adams recently had a hate mailer challenge him to a fistfight
...at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington office where he works. Adams
wrote him back begging him not to come to his work....but his house instead.
That's where the fun began. Don't miss this one.
Here's Ted Kennedy's whining missive about Vice President Dick Cheney, in its
entirety. He
complains that Cheney's recent words were ugly and frightening and that the war
in Iraq is recruiting new terrorists.
This is quite
entertaining.
The president of Iran has started a weblog, available in French, English and
whatever else. But
while Iran may have plenty of oil, they're sure short on bandwidth. His website
is somewhat slow.
New York Governor and
probably presidential candidate
says the GOP needs to get back to the basics.
As for what those basics are, that seems up for grabs. National security and
then what? How about lower taxes and smaller government?
Things may be slow inside
political campaigns right now, but
columnist Jay Cost says if you look at the Federal Election Commission filings,
you'll find out a whole lot more about what the political parties are up to.
Joe Lieberman may have
lost the Democratic primary, but
Robert Novak isn't sure why that's upsetting to so many Republicans.
In fact, he points out that Ned Lamont's voting record wouldn't really differ
that much from Joe Lieberman's.
The anti-war left got
their man into the Senate race in Connecticut, but
Michael Barone points out a connection between Lamont's supporters and the War
On Terror. He says
they simply don't believe there is a terrorist threat in this country.
Jack Kelly takes a look at just who is supporting this Ned Lamont character.
He says Lamont and all of his friends want to take the Democratic Party back to
the ultra-leftist 1960's.
Richard Perle, one of the most hated men by the left, says
the United States and the United Kingdom should not tolerate the jihad being
preached by terrorist clerics in certain mosques. This is how terrorists are
recruited.
If you're looking for a
pro-American, almost conservative film about 9/11, Megan Basham says you need to
go see Oliver Stone's 'World Trade Center.' Yes...that's right. That Oliver
Stone.
Basham says conservatives criticizing the movie are looking a gift horse in the
mouth. | 
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