RCI Award Nominee - Jacques Chirac

So Chirac isn't worried about Iran's nuclear program, at least not enough to support international sanctions. And why would he, since his buddies in France are making lots of money supplying the Iranians with nuclear technology. So what if they want to wipe Israel off the map.
For Rectal Cranial Inversion above and beyond the call of duty, Chirac receives a nomination for the RCI award.

Thoughts on 9-11

Now that the fifth anniversary of the 9-11 attacks has come and gone, it brings about an opportunity to reflect where we were, where we are now, and where we are going. Firstly, I think Americans cannot bear the thought of a prolonged fight. That was true before 9-11-01 and I think it's still true. We want it all wrapped up nice and clean by the end of the hour show, so that we don't have to dwell on the details or stew too much on hard choices. This is a weakness the terrorists know about and have tried to exploit. Politicians are aware of it too, and unfortunately for us, try to use it for political advantage. We have to rely on our leadership to be adult, and it has been, many times, lacking.
So a short attention span and a lack of politicians with spine is a real handicap. Fortunately, we have tremendous resources and smarts to combat the bad guys and drive them into hiding. Since 9-11, we have gotten much better at "connecting the dots" and thus have prevented many attempts at terrorist acts. I think it's realistic to expect, however, that it's only a matter of time before someone else succeeds in attacking us. After all, when you are willing to die you become a much tougher opponent. The sooner we can get out of Iraq, or at least reduce our large numbers there, the sooner we can get more assets back into Afghanistan, where the fight never really stopped. Time is working against us because the Iraq situation has dragged on for so long, and the remnants of the Taliban continue to reorganize and get stronger.
But if we relent on that front then the terrorists will come here again.
Perhaps it will take another and yet another major attack on us, maybe a dirty bomb or anthrax attack, to get us to focus hard on this problem. We talk a lot about 9-11, but then elect people with weak records on defense and security. I don't want to hear any more about how America is at fault; evil ideology is at fault and evil people. And when it comes to standing up to those who would kill us, we must be just as ferocious. Our military is up to the task; the real question remains, are the rest of us?

Not much blogging lately, football's almost here!

This week was busy, jammed-packed with fantasy football drafts, and Carson Palmer back in the fold on Monday.
Thank God for football because the other news is too bad to even contemplate. The saddest is Marcus Fiesel and the demons who were put in charge of his care.

Still missing

We got to hear all about Jill Carroll, her book is coming out soon. So what about Steve Centanni? And what is reason to hold him? He's probably being ransomed, but to whom? If Fox News paid, wouldn't just be asking for more of the same? Maybe the family is wealthy enough to warrant interest from the kidnappers, but I'm sure he isn't making Katic Couric-type money.
As for the Bush Derangement Syndrome people who hate Bush above else, and by extension, anyone or any organization not from the left, and who therefore glad that something bad happened to Fox News, well, you deserve a thorough butt-kicking. Report to Big Daddy to receive your just due.

JonBenet's killer found?

Lets hope so. Anybody who does this should fry. And I am against the death penalty. Even so, anyone that would dare do this kind of thing to a kid of mine better never hope I find out who he/she is, because I'd be all about an eye for an eye.

Wild Card Lead Keeps Baseball Exciting

The Reds unexpected strong showing this year have got Cincinnati fans, normally used to gearing up for football by this time in the summer, glued to the TV to see if they can actually pull off an improbable playoff run. Once again, last night Ross provided a bottom of the ninth, come-from-behind win with a walk-off two-run homer against the division-leading Cardinals.

Not that we are not gearing up for football, go Bengals!

Don't forget our troops in harm's way and kudos to the law-enforcement types that foiled the terrorist airplane plot in London. Take that, Ned Lamont.

We are in trouble

Why say this? Why be such a pessimist? History.
We live in a country where we can forget we are at war. We watch baseball instead. And basketball. And football. And American Idol.

Whole segments of the population totally avoid military service. Because its dangerous. This is nothing new, by the way -- just ask all the politicians that received deferments back in the days of Vietnam.

We choose not to face these things in the face of day-to-day living. Because reality can be brutal. And we don't like brutal. Abortion is brutal reality; let's not deal with it and instead hide behind words like "choice."

But eventually events catch up with us that shatter our perfect little world. Just ask those metro New Yorkers that worked in the World Trade Center. Evil is a part of man; it is a part of our world. We can deal with it or we can ignore it until it is too late. And we really like to ignore it.

Israel wakes up and smells the coffee; what about us?

Israel is finally figuring out that there can be no peace with people who are committed to seeing the end of the Jewish nation. All the hand-ringing and kumbaya-singing of those in the West who just want to get along just emboldens Hamas, Hezbollah, and the various other would-be Zaqarwis out there. These people have to be dealt with, because they won't just go away. Meanwhile, a very dangerous situation is unfolding before our eyes, and its easy to see how we could get drawn in to the conflict. Morally, we should but its questionable if there is sufficient political will to do so in an election year. And we haven't even talked about North Korea or Iran yet.

New blog!

I have a new blog at townhall.com, called Pocket Rockets Cracked Again. I'll keep more personal stuff here and do more standing on a soapbox there. I'll put a link to it so you can see what I have got there.

It's July, the Reds are in first!

Here's something that we haven't seen in many years in these parts. The Reds are in first in July! Last night I saw something I've never seen with my own eyes -- bottom of the ninth, two outs, down three runs -- walk-off grand slam game winner! If you can't get excited about that you're probably already dead. They may not be baseball's best team, but they have done far better than anyone expected (Sports Illustrated picked 'em dead last.) Two good teams in Cincinnati in the same year? Say it is so, Joe.

Zarqawi Dead; A Great Day for Humanity

Great news today as Zarqawi is dead. Burn, baby burn.

Now this is the way to work the immigration problem

One at a time, methodically. You don't have to get them all, just enough to get the word out that we are serious about our laws. Come here and work, rebuild your life. Just be legal. When a city councilman is a neighbor and he doesn't know about all the illegals in his own backyard, it shows just how much work there is to do. See this story in today's Cincinnati Enquirer.

In case you weren't paying attention

In case you haven't been watching what's going on in the middle east, perhaps you should. Iran is proposing a new law to force Christians and Jews to dress conspicuously in public, so they could be identified on sight. One official in Isreal has already said that those who would make Jews wear the star would find themselves in a coffin.

Who's running the CIA anyway?

From the looks of things, it wasn't the Director, Porter Goss. One analyst fired for leaking to the press, and suddenly he's gone. I guess the bureaucrats are still running things at CIA, bureaucrats that don't like Bush. Let's hope Hayden will clean house, but getting rid of entrenched bureaucracy is the hardest thing in government to do.

One of the best American sports stories ever

It happened thirty years ago this week.
It wasn't about who won the game.
It was about respect.
See the details here.

Is Cincinnati going to blow up again?

Five years after the riots from the Timothy thomas shooting, now another shooting. This one right outside city council, of a well known local black activist calling himself Kabaka. Thank God it wasn't the police who shot him, or the hell would have broken loose already. Look for the same people who did the boycott of Cincinnati to find some reason to blame the police. Downtown Cincinnati is becoming nearly as dangerous as Bagdhad.

Nuke Iran?

We might have to. I have been saying for months that we will be shooting in Iran soon, because Isreal won't allow Iran to go forward and we will be stuck in the middle. If we tactically nuke weapons facilities, we may set them back and minimize civilian deaths. But it's going to get ugly, and gas is going to be a whole lot more expensive. If you don't yet own some gold, now is a good time to get some.

Check this out

Check out this gem, it's a beaut.
Too bad DeLay threw in the towel, that will only embolden the Ronnie Earles of the world, who is the one who really should be indicted for prosecutorial misconduct.

Cha-ching

Way to go Bruins!
By the way, if you get an invitationto a zombie party, I would respectfully decline.

Today's the day

Back from Florida, tanned and rested, today will be the day I find out if I money in the basketball pool. Go Bruins!
Say, how about the protests right here in America, by illegals demanding their "rights" and waving flags from other countries? I say go back from whenceforth ye came and protest there. If you are here you should be here legally. Of course, we will always have illegals as long as we have people willing to pay them under the table.