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Soldier Dad on Monday, August 21, 2006 9:36:28 AM
The Good, Bad, and Ugly from the week of August 14-21
The good: This week, the only things scarier than snakes on a plane are terrorists on a plane. And some red-blooded Americans scored another point for the good guys by subduing a “suspicious” woman who “acted bizarrely for hours, made references to al Qaida and hijack training flights.” Interesting, however, that it took a while for the press to stop referring to her solely as “from Vermont,” and report the truth: that she’s from Pakistan. Shocker.
In related news, the President came out and stated, once again, that we are at war with Islamic fascists. This time it was different though, because it was in a setting that received maximum exposure. Naturally, the cries of backlash came from CAIR and other members of the Bin Laden Youth. But let’s face it: they’re not much more trustworthy than those aforementioned snakes.
The bad: What don’t they understand? A federal court in Detroit ruled the NSA’s surveillance program cannot continue to monitor Americans' phone calls and e-mails to terror suspects overseas without warrants. I’ll paraphrase – they are saying that it’s OK for Americans to converse with foreign terrorists. Let me tell you, if people in our country are talking to Islamist terror suspects, I’m going to bet they’re not calling to wish them a happy Ramadan. It didn’t take long for the courts to forget September 11th. But it only took them a week to forget the evil plot planned for our planes out of London.
The ugly: Baghdad Bob’s posse is growing. Look up “ugly” in the dictionary this week and you’ll see a transcript of former President Jimmy Carter’s interview with Der Spiegel. If his comments weren’t so dangerous, they might actually be humorous. He rails against the “massive bombing of the entire nation of Lebanon.” I was under the impression (as is the rest of the country’s rational thinkers) that Israel was limiting its bombing to Hezbollah strongholds. When Carter can’t advance his radical Left agenda by spinning facts, he just makes “facts” up. He should look into buying a ticket on the same seniors cruise as Mike Wallace. The American people deserve more in a former president than this. Bring Reagan back!