Myths of the Jena 6

Few people know the facts of the Jena 6, other than what Jon Stewart tell them, and the MSM has done little resembling journalism to report anything further than recycled rumors and half-truths.

A local tries to clarify many of the myths that are being repeated as facts.

Read here.

Walk It Out: Gwen Verdon and Fosse

The best video on YouTube in my opinion.

Someone had a lot of time on their hands, but I'm glad they did or I never would've known of this amazing dancer.

The video is from an Ed Sullivan TV show that aired sometime in the late '60s. Nope, I wasn't even born yet.

Vietnam vs Iraqi War: A Tutorial

FrontPageMag has a must read. Here's a taste:

And the result of these attitudes can be seen in the way the Democrats and their media allies have conducted themselves throughout. For the Bush administration and the coalition troops in Iraq the battles have been for Baghdad, Fallujah, Mosul and Basra, all engagements with the enemy in the field. For the Democrats and their media allies it has been Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, Haditha and Niger, all behind-the-lines battles against our troops and their commander-in-chief. For the Bush administration the chief prize has been Zarqawi, the beheader himself. For the Democrats it has been Scooter Libby. The Bush administration barely missed getting Osama bin Laden; the Democrats barely missed getting Karl Rove. The Bush administration’s strategy is to defeat the forces of terror. The Democrats are conducting psychological warfare aimed at American morale – the decisive factor in war.

And here are the numbers concerning the reality of underestimating the brutality of your enemy:

In other words -- in Kerry’s view -- when compared to the Vietnamese enemy, Americans were the greater assassins and terrorists to be feared, while the Communists were only resisting a foreign occupation of their country, and were not interested in massacring anyone. History has now shown how wrong Kerry was (and how right John O’Neill and the Americans who opposed him were). The Kerry Democrats in Congress voted to cut off military and economic aid to the South Vietnamese and Cambodian regimes. Within four months of the cut-off, both regimes fell. The victorious Communists in Vietnam and their protégés in Cambodia then proceeded to massacre more than two-and-half million Indo-Chinese peasants, just as Nixon and others had warned they would. A hundred thousand were summarily executed in Vietnam – twenty times what Kerry had assured Americans they would -- while a million fled, half of whom died attempting to escape.

These are the things the anti-war/Pacifist crowd would rather not think about and hope that you don't either.

I can't think of better reason to go and read it.

Denial and Self-Loathing

For all our liberal friends who gaze at Canada as a beacon of hope for Amerikkka - James Lileks has an exercise for you:

You're an enlightened world citizen. Your T-shirt says "9/11 was an inside job." You're pretty sure we're living in a fascist state, that President Bush taps the Dixie Chicks' phones, Christian abortion clinic bombers outnumber jihadis, and the war on "terror" is a distraction from the real threats: carbon emissions and Pat Robertson. Then you learn that 17 people were arrested in a terrorist bomb plot. How do you process the information? Let's take it step by step.

Gosh, that's horrible, you think. But no -- that's what they WANT you to feel. Recall the prime directive: Question Authority (unless he's a college professor). The plotters must have been impoverished olive farmers radicalized by the removal of Saddam Hussein. Why, if someone came in and toppled your president, you'd go to their country and ... well, you'd thank them. Unless they did it for the wrong reasons! Then you'd blow something up. Like an SUV dealership. At night. Anyway, you understand; you care a lot about Iraqis these days. You think about Iraq more than China, to be honest, but it's not as if you'll scrape off your "Free Tibet" bumper sticker -- unless it's to make room for "Free Darfur." Or "Hands Off Darfur," depending.

It must ALL be read. Warning to libs: It's gonna leave a mark.

(Hat tip to Lori at Wizbang!)

Banned in Boston

When I was living in Rhode Island I use to listen to talk radio during the afternoon commute on I-95. It was during my time in RI that Massachusetts's Supreme Court decided that Gay marriage would be legal. The radio host that I listened to everyday - who was not far left or right - made the statement (paraphrased) at the time: "Well folks I woke up this morning and absolutely nothing in my marriage with my wife has changed since gay marriage was made legal. I have yet to hear of a single reason why I should be concerned."

Well Dan, here it is. The only problem, is that no one predicted this consequence, that I ever heard anyway. And it is a million times worse than I ever imagined.

The article "Banned in Boston" is one of the most very important reads that have come along in quite a few months. And without reading it, you will never be able to intelligently argue your point either way.

Get busy.

Claiming ChickenHawk Status

Absolutely priceless.

If you think that unless you or your loved ones are in Iraq fighting the war to have a valid opinion on said war, then you need to read the above link.

Really.

The Biggest Hypocrits

Ted Kennedy has prove himself to possibly be the most hypocritical person on the planet.

Supporters of the offshore grid of 130 wind turbines, standing 400 feet above the water, say it would supply three-quarters of the energy needs of Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. By replacing use of oil, they say, it would sharply reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Kennedy opposes this, explains the buzz on Capitol Hill, because he does not want to despoil the pristine appearance of a natural resource dear to his family and the memory of John F. Kennedy.

Here's the thing though, next election year for Kennedy we'll see all of his Greenpeace, tree-hugging supporters lining up to vote for him once again - Like a bad addiction.

Dixie Dumb

Karl Rove is now officially controlling the minds of all three Dixie Chicks.

Undeniable.

In "Lubbock or Leave It," Natalie Maines, a native of this West Texas city, sings: "I hear they hate me now/Just like they hated you./Maybe when I'm dead and gone/I'm gonna get a statue, too."

Holly, whose statue is in downtown Lubbock, was born here and died in a plane crash along with singers Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson in Iowa in 1959.

Holly's older brother, Larry O. Holley, said he doesn't know of anyone in Lubbock who hated his sibling.

"Older people in town thought rock 'n' roll was for kids," Holley said. "But no one hated Buddy."

What's really funny is Natalie's defensive statement at the end fails to give a single reason for the lyric AND insults her own hometown at the same time!

On the Chicks Web site Maines writes that the song "is not just about Lubbock, but about any small, hypocritical town."

Rove has obviously taken over all of the Dixie Chick's minds and is purposefully running their career into the ground.

That or the Chicks have absolutely no brain cells whatsoever.

UN and Fiction

Well it is way too easy to talk about the United Nations living in a fantasy world. We all know that.

But now they've taken it a ridiculous step further. They've actually given an award to Geena Davis for an acting job - playing the first female U.S. president.

She is just giddy about it, I tell ya:

To the strains of "Hail to the Chief," actress Geena Davis accepted an award night for her television portrayal of the first woman president of the United States from an organization which is seeking to turn fiction into reality.

When the star of the ABC television show "Commander in Chief" got to the podium Tuesday, she was given a red, white and blue sash to put on over her gown, similar to one worn by Chile's first woman president, Michelle Bachelet. "This is the coolest thing I ever got! Wow I love it!," she said.

Yes, yes, yes. It is very courageous to be limo'd in to your job everyday at an overly-air conditioned studio, memorize your lines, hair and makeup, recite in front of camera.

You go girl!!

Of course it is nothing new for actors to get awards for going to work, but don't think the evening ended without the usual "Bush Sucks" rhetoric:

Filmmaker Rod Lurie, the creater of "Commander in Chief" also received an award and called the question of whether the United States is ready for a female president "insulting."

"From now on, my answer is, `Are we ready for more of what we have got?,'" he said.

"Females represent 51 percent of the country and it's absurd that they're not represented in the highest level of power, and not even given that opportunity," Lurie said.(emphasis mine)

Huh? Since when can't a female adult that is an American citizen not run for president? Anyone who meets the basic criteria (sex is not one of them) can run. I learned that around 2nd or 3rd grade I think.

Paging George Clooney...

Sir, you have a nosebleed.

Not only does Clooney get a punch, but you get some great background info on Darfur.

Gay Books and Your Child

Ace has a story about a Massachusetts teacher reading a fairy tale to a group of 20 seven year olds.

Nothing makes me more angry! I recently spent 2 years in Providence, RI - essentially a suburb of Boston - and I came dangerously close to unwittingly placing my child into this very same situation. My story can be read here: Charter School Perversion.

There is an overt push to normalize homosexual lifestyles to all ages of children. My son was 5 when he was nearly placed in the same scenario. My only clue was the use of the word "Multiculturalism" in the school's mission statement. If you think that that word simply means learning about other's cultures and 'getting along' you are way too naive.

It means much, much more.

And to get a bit off topic, it is the number one weapon we hand the terrorists to infiltrate our democracies and communities. We are open and welcoming to them; they take advantage of our freedoms to plot their Jihad.

Please read my story, and know that it can happen to you as well.

PROTECT YOUR CHILD!!