So much for the death of the permanent campaign.
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1/17/2009
1/16/2009
The Daily Pander's Daily Read
This letter, from Bob Arya, former senior adviser to Gov. Rod Sociopathojevich, to the Illinois General Assembly's Impeachment Committee is utterly remarkable. Without giving away too much, Gov. Disgustingojevich comes across as:
- Lazy
- Profane (actually, that doesn't bother me)
- Greedy
- Remorseless
- Callous
- Narcissistic
- Delusional
- Juvenile
- Breathtakingly unintelligent
- Desperately in need of professional talk therapy and anti-psychotic medication
1/14/2009
Good News/Bad News
Good News
Encouraging signs of intelligent life on planet Earth: New York State poll shows support for Caroline Kennedy to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate falling.
Bad News
The U.S. Senate is delaying hearings into Tim Geithner's nomination as Treasury Secretary because he allegedly missed self-employment tax payments while working at the IMF. Maybe he's a good choice, maybe he isn't. Giving serious people a hard time over nickel and dime crap is why serious people don't go into public service.
Encouraging signs of intelligent life on planet Earth: New York State poll shows support for Caroline Kennedy to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate falling.
Bad News
The U.S. Senate is delaying hearings into Tim Geithner's nomination as Treasury Secretary because he allegedly missed self-employment tax payments while working at the IMF. Maybe he's a good choice, maybe he isn't. Giving serious people a hard time over nickel and dime crap is why serious people don't go into public service.
Human Shields
It now appears that we have visual evidence of Hamas using children as human shields. This comes from Israel Channel 2. The fact is that whether or not this short video is, in fact, a Hamas terrorist abducting a young child for the purpose of turning him into a human shield, as our friends on the left often say, the narrative is correct.
There is plenty of evidence that Hamas engages in the coerced use of women and children as human shields. The Daily Pander has mentioned it here and Charles Krauthammer often discusses it in his columns and on Fox News. How does it happen that whenever an Israeli bomb supposedly hits a "civilian" target, the Hamas news cameras just happen to be Johnny on the spot and the photographers seem to come away without so much as a scratch?
It is time that the Western World announces a policy that clearly states that those who use civilians as human shields are 100% responsible for all casualties that result. I cannot understand why our European allies, our own press and those on the left cannot understand this very basic principal.
Israel and the United States go far beyond what is necessary to reduce civilian casualties when engaging in military operations. In many instances, the rules of engagement are such that the soldiers themselves are endangered. This is because we are the ones who value life.
The true war criminals are those who do not value human life and sacrifice the weakest among them for their political goals. There should be war crimes tribunals at The Hague for those that perpetrate this type of crime. Maybe the UN prosecutors should spend their time on Jihidists like this instead of bothering US and Israeli government officials like Henry Kissinger, Ariel Sharon, and Dick Chaney.
There is plenty of evidence that Hamas engages in the coerced use of women and children as human shields. The Daily Pander has mentioned it here and Charles Krauthammer often discusses it in his columns and on Fox News. How does it happen that whenever an Israeli bomb supposedly hits a "civilian" target, the Hamas news cameras just happen to be Johnny on the spot and the photographers seem to come away without so much as a scratch?
It is time that the Western World announces a policy that clearly states that those who use civilians as human shields are 100% responsible for all casualties that result. I cannot understand why our European allies, our own press and those on the left cannot understand this very basic principal.
Israel and the United States go far beyond what is necessary to reduce civilian casualties when engaging in military operations. In many instances, the rules of engagement are such that the soldiers themselves are endangered. This is because we are the ones who value life.
The true war criminals are those who do not value human life and sacrifice the weakest among them for their political goals. There should be war crimes tribunals at The Hague for those that perpetrate this type of crime. Maybe the UN prosecutors should spend their time on Jihidists like this instead of bothering US and Israeli government officials like Henry Kissinger, Ariel Sharon, and Dick Chaney.
1/12/2009
Contracts? We Don't Need No Stinking Contracts!
Question
When is a binding contract not a binding contract?
Answer
When Congress is politically vested in one of the participants.
- Congressional majority thinks allowing bankruptcy judges to modify mortgage terms for individuals is a good thing.
- Congressional majority thinks allowing bankruptcy judges to modify contract terms for automotive workers is a bad thing.
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