Yup. No such thing as radical Islam. At least that’s what Alan Colmes tried to tell Megyn Kelly. And she was just about as dumbfounded by this surprising announcement as you are.
Yup. No such thing as radical Islam. At least that’s what Alan Colmes tried to tell Megyn Kelly. And she was just about as dumbfounded by this surprising announcement as you are.
Kelly: Alan, why not just say it? The man (Eric Holder) would clearly like to stick a hot poker in his eye than admit that “radical Islam” may have been a factor (in the Times Square attempted bombing). Colmes: Why is Congressman Lamar Smith so insistent that you’ve gotta say these words? Why is he so insistent to use the name of a religion? Kelly: Answer my question. Why would he rather stick a hot poker in his eye than say “radical Islam”? Colmes: Because there’s no such a thing as radical Islam. Kelly: What? Colmes: It is not part of the religion. People are not doing this in the name of true Islam.
In other news, Alan Colmes has announced that there’s no such thing as believing your own eyes.
Could Eric Holder be any more of a weasel? In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee about the Times Square bomber, Holder danced around for two minutes, performing astounding Clinton-like feats of verbal gymnastics and contortions in order to avoid answering the simple question “Could radical Islam be to blame.” A simple “yes” or “no” would have sufficed.
Words fail us. They’re also failing our attorney general.
Could Eric Holder be any more of a weasel? In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee about the Times Square bomber, Holder danced around for two minutes, performing astounding Clinton-like feats of verbal gymnastics and contortions in order to avoid answering the simple question “Could radical Islam be to blame?” A simple “yes” or “no” would have sufficed.
Watch Eric “I -don’t-want-to-say-anything-negative-about-a-religion” Holder play deaf and dumb (“what?”) as he can’t bring himself to acknowledge the reason that jihadists (another forbidden word) do what they do.
Obviously this administration is more worried about Tea Parties and Arizona enforcing the federal government’s own laws against illegal aliens than about jihadists waging war on us.
America has already had more domestic jihadist attacks in 15 months under Obama than Bush had in the seven years after 9-11.
It’s awfully hard to fight an enemy you can’t name.
We really hope Newt Gingrich doesn’t run for president. He’s much more valuable – when he’s not hobnobbing with Hilary Clinton and Arianna Huffington – out there speaking.
We really hope Newt Gingrich doesn’t run for president. He’s much more valuable – when he’s not hobnobbing with Hilary Clinton and Arianna Huffington – out there speaking.
“The desperation of the American elite to avoid the reality that we are at war with a religiously inspired group of fanatics that are now connected by the internet and now communicate with each other across national boundaries. This is really dangerous to our survival to have an elite that is so determined to avoid reality.”
How can half the country ignore something so obvious?
Immediately after the Times Square bombing, left wing pundits quickly tried and convicted some unknown, unnamed group of right wing domestic terrorists.
This is not the original video we had up; it was “removed by user.” We’ve replaced it with one that is on the same subject, but sadly, not as good.
Immediately after the Times Square bombing, left wing pundits quickly tried and convicted some unknown, unnamed group of right wing domestic terrorists.
But when it was discovered that the crime was committed by yet another Muslim terrorist, the story immediately flipped to “The poor terrorists will become victims of rightwing racism.”
So which group do you fall into? Right wing domestic terrorist? Right wing racist? Or both?
Eric Holder would like to position last weekend’s narrow escape in Times Square as evidence of his department’s remarkable competence, but Shepard Smith ain’t buying it.
Eric Holder would like to position last weekend’s narrow escape in Times Square as evidence of his department’s remarkable competence, but Shepard Smith ain’t buying it.
In this clip, he repeatedly emphasizes that the narrow escape should be attributed to luck instead of Justice Department skill.
Mediaite has the telling tale of the Times Square dud:
Covering the latest Justice Department press conference with Fox News correspondent Catherine Herridge, Smith repeatedly emphasized that the bomb was faulty, police were notified of the suspicious vehicle only after the bomb’s detonator had failed. In his opinion, Attorney General Eric Holder was giving too much credit to the civilian who notified the authorities as the bomb had already “gone off” when he called the police. Holder had stated that the alert bystander “helped save lives, and thwarted a potentially devastating attack,” to which Smith replied: “this bomb was not thwarted – this bomb failed.”
Smith’s issue was not with the civilian, who he praised, but with the federal authorities, which he speculated wanted to be able to use the instance as proof of their successes in the future:
“I can think of a lot of different reasons that they would want this. For instance, down the road, next time something happens, they can say ‘we thwarted Christmas Day’ and ‘we thwarted Times Square,’ but that wouldn’t be the case. And part of our job, I think, is to not allow revisionist history to take over.”
Revisionist history is bad enough, but this administration is so brazen that we also have to worry about revisionist current events.
Apparently, this terrorist genius didn’t know that the latest technology allows American troops to track incoming mortar rounds back to their source. Bad mistake. The kind you only make once.
Apparently, this terrorist genius didn’t know that the latest technology allows American troops to track incoming mortar rounds back to their source. Bad mistake. The kind you only make once.
Joe Biden is the best talk show guest ever. Because viewers know they can just sit back and wait for that moment when he says something really stupid.
Joe Biden is the best talk show guest ever. Because viewers know they can just sit back and wait for that moment when he says something really stupid.
Here are two examples from Wednesday’s interview with Larry King:
“I’ve been really impressed with the success we’ve had building on the last administration in dealing with these (terrorist attacks).”
What? Say what? What the hell? Did he really say that the Bush administration was successful in combating terrorist attacks? Obama’s going to have to take Joe to the woodshed again.
“Someone just strapping on a backpack of them with explosives that are indigenous.”
What? Say what? What the hell? Indigenous explosives. What the hell are indigenous explosives?
Interview over now? Somebody wake up Larry King and tell him it’s time to go home.
Here’s why terrorists – including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed – need to be tried by military tribunals instead of civilian courts.
Here’s why terrorists – including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed – need to be tried by military tribunals instead of civilian courts.
U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour spoke at a recent meeting of the Open Society Institute that was hosted by George Soros. (That sentence alone should tell you that trouble is coming.) Coughenour makes it clear that people with his philosophy are the reason civilian trials won’t work.
Coughenour: Another set of rules – consistent with our Constitution? It’s kind of hard for me to conceive what those rules would be. If people had problems with the way they gathered evidence…if they gathered evidence through harsh interrogation techniques…you know it may be that there will be some people that can’t be convicted because of the way we conducted ourselves. So be it. The world isn’t at a loss for dangerous people, and the fact that we are unable to convict one or more of these folks, it’s part of the price we pay for being the country we are. And we either live up to our responsibilities as being a leader in human rights, and commitment to our Constitution, or we shouldn’t profess to be what we say we are.
Nice work, Attorney General Holder. Really nice work.
It’s either 13 Taliban fighters up to no good or the weekly meeting of the Helmand, Afghanistan Rotary Club. Let’s go with the former. While a UK Harrier lines up a shot on the first six terrorists, seven more stumble onto the scene. Boom. Thirteen Taliban go to meet their virgins.
It’s either 13 Taliban fighters up to no good or the weekly meeting of the Helmand, Afghanistan Rotary Club. Let’s go with the former.
While a UK Harrier lines up a shot on the first six terrorists, seven more stumble onto the scene.
Here’s former mayor of New York Ed Koch, a Democrat, talking to Fox News’ Neil Cavuto. For a guy who says he supports Obama, Koch doesn’t sound much like a guy who supports Obama.
Here’s former mayor of New York Ed Koch, a Democrat, talking to Fox News’ Neil Cavuto. For a guy who says he supports Obama, Koch doesn’t sound much like a guy who supports Obama.
President Obama tried to look a little more presidential by playing a little fast and loose with the truth about the Christmas Bomber terrorist. And the Allied Pilots Association called him on it.
If you'd been flying on Christmas day, wouldn't you have wanted your pilot to know about the potential danger?
President Obama tried to look a little more presidential by playing a little fast and loose with the truth. And the Allied Pilots Association called him on it.
Here’s what the President said in his comments about the would-be Christmas airline bomber:
First, I directed that we take immediate steps to ensure the safety of the traveling public. We made sure that all flights still in the air were secure and could land safely. We immediately enhanced screening and security procedures for all flights, domestic and international. We added federal air marshals to flights entering and leaving the United States. And we’re working closely in this country, federal, state and local law enforcement, with our international partners.
Not so fast there, buckeroo. Turns out the Allied Pilots Association thinks the president is taking off on, shall we say, flights of fancy. They disputed his comments in an official statement:
The Allied Pilots Association, which represents American Airlines pilots, says most airborne flight crews weren’t notified of the Christmas Day terrorist attack on a Northwest Airlines A330. The group is calling for changes after what it describes as “communications failures” left the majority of airborne flight crews in the dark about the attempted bombing. In a message to members, the APA’s security committee said the Transportation Security Administration specifically told airlines to notify only the crews of airborne westbound trans-Atlantic flights of the attack on the Northwest flight on approach to Detroit. “The TSA should have mandated that information about this security event be passed on to all airborne flights,” says the message, which was passed to AVweb by a reader. The note says American complied with the directive but the APA says the airline should have told all of its in-flight crews of the incident “so that all of our captains would have been aware of the threat and could have made the proper adjustments to their in-flight security procedures.” The APA says it noted other communications failures in the chain of events.
The APA claims the initial notification of the incident came from the FAA and that the first direct contact between the airline and the TSA was about 12 hours after Umar Farouk Abdulmatallab allegedly injected an ignition substance into a package of PETN explosive sewn into his underwear. “Clearly, we have seen a large-scale communications breakdown concerning this terrorist event,” the note says. The APA says it has contacted the House Committee on Homeland Security with an eye toward making it policy that all airborne flight crews be notified immediately when there are serious security threats (Level 3 or Level 4). “It is essential in times like these that we act swiftly to ensure our crews are prepared to thwart any terrorist attack,” the association said.
Bottom line: The TSA only notified flights westbound for the United States, but no flights originating in the Unites States nor elsewhere.
In effect, it left hundreds of pilots flying blind. Because, apparently Janet Napolitano has already forgotten that homegrown terrorists like the Fort Hood shooter are out there.
Consider it more evidence that “the system worked.”
Just days after catching flak for being too nonchalant, too bloodless, during his tardy response to the Christmas underpants bomber, the New York Times reports President Obama’s new, tougher approach to terrorism.
Please play this mood music while you read the following story.
Vladimir Putin threatens to cut off terrorists’ manly parts, but Barack Obama offers to change the mood music.
For god’s sake, man, this President of ours is not only America’s Second Black President, he may be America’s First Woman President.
Just days after catching flak for being too nonchalant, too bloodless, during his tardy response to the Christmas underpants bomber, the New York Times reports the President’s new, tougher approach to terrorism:
“And so perhaps the biggest change Obama has made is what one former adviser calls the “mood music” — choice of language, outreach to Muslims, rhetorical fidelity to the rule of law and a shift in tone from the all-or-nothing days of the Bush administration. He is committed to taking aggressive actions to disrupt terrorist cells, aides said, but he also considers his speech in Cairo to the Islamic world in June central to his efforts to combat terrorism. “If you asked him what are the most important things he’s done to fight terrorism in his first year, he would put Cairo in the top three,” Rahm Emanuel, his chief of staff told me.”
Note to President Obama: Play all the mood music you want for the terrorists. Break out your best bottle of wine and lower the lights while you’re at it. And give ‘em that winning smile of yours.
We have to admit, we never thought that anyone would come along who would make 9/11 truthers look rational. But we never figured Keith Olbermann into the equation.
We have to admit, we never thought that anyone would come along who would make 9/11 truthers look rational. But we never figured Keith Olbermann into the equation..
Fortunately, Olbermannwatch.com was on the case. We all owe this dedicated group of masochists a debt of gratitude. They actually subject themselves to watching Olbermann’s show so you don’t have to.
As Olbermannwatch.com mockingly reports, “First Oralmann tells us the crotch bomber was no big deal, just a schlub who didn’t pose any real threat to anyone. But consistency is not considered a virtue on OlbyPlanet, so Krazy Keith goes on from there to suggest that our spy organizations deliberately buried the intel about the crotch bomber–knowing he could kill 300 people. Why? To embarrass the Obama administration! John Gibson has the details on the latest Krazy Keith Konspiracy … listen to the end as a genius caller takes it to the next level.”
Why stop there, Keith? Any theories on the lone gunman and the grassy knoll?
Former Guantanamo inmates are being “rehabilitated” through a combination of art therapy and intensive recreation at a Saudi facility.
Excellent, Abdullah. Now color in the red arcs and your Obama logo will be complete.
Perhaps this conversation is taking place right now as former Guantanamo inmates are being “rehabilitated” through a combination of art therapy and intensive recreation at a Saudi facility.
According to the New York Post, the program is a cross between a daycare and terrorist training camp.
“In between tasty picnic-style meals of rice and lamb and snacks of Snickers along with dips in the pool, participants practice Arabic calligraphy, produce dizzying Jackson Pollack rip-offs and imagine the aftermath of car bombings in crayon.”
The concept hasn’t been that successful. Well, maybe we just need to re-define what “successful” means.
Graduates of the program have certainly succeeded at reestablishing their terrorist careers. One graduate, Said Ali al Shihri — a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who now heads up al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The same group that tried to blow up an airliner on Christmas.
Maybe al Shihri will be the next commencement speaker.
What have you learned about Yemen, the new nexus of terrorism, on American TV? We assume your answer is “Nothing.” Enter JibJab.
What have you learned about Yemen, the new nexus of terrorism, on American TV? We assume your answer is “Nothing.”
As BigGovernment.com said, “What a sad comment on the state of US/Western media, that “Jihad TV” is a better source of information pertinent to this aspect of the world war we are engaged in.”
The embedded video is a fascinating look at terrorism from the point of view of the terrorists. BigGov continues:
The war in Yemen also reveals at least one massive hypocrisy on the Left. For all of their talk about the problem with America being that we do business with evil dictatorships around the world, Democrat controlled America sure does appear to be working side by side with the Saudis to fight on their behalf against a Sunni-Shia Jihad alliance/insurgency. Or, perhaps that’s why the President of the United States shouldn’t be seen bowing to the Saudi King. It makes it that much harder to argue that America isn’t doing the king’s bidding in Yemen.
In reality, we think this all mostly falls under “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” In this case, Sunni and Shia terrorists operate as friends (al-Qaeda) against their enemies in the Saudi Royal Family and America, while America operates as friends with Saudi royal family against the Sunni-Shia al-Qaeda factions.
And for all of those Lefties out there who insist that the Sunni and Shia can never work together because they hate each other so much, your theory appears to die with al-Qaeda in Yemen.
Let’s just hope that not too many other things have to die because of these lunatics.
Putin lets them know exactly what kind of reception awaits terrorists in Russia. And you have to admire that about him.
Despots normally don’t do much for us. So we’re not big fans of Russian Prime Minister and shadow Premier Vlad Putin.
But while our president kowtows to terrorists and pays for their defense attorneys, Putin lets them know exactly what kind of reception awaits them in Russia. And you have to admire that about him.
This is one seriously cold-hearted son of a bitch.
A French journalist challenged Putin’s approach to terrorism and the Russian’s told him what’s what.
Journalist: …Don’t you think that by trying to eradicate terrorism in Chechnya you are going to eradicate the civilian population of Chechnya? Putin: If you want to become an Islamic fundamentalist and be circumcised, come to Moscow. We are multiconfessional. We have very good specialists. I can recommend one for the operation. He’ll make sure nothing grows back.
Is it just us or does the look in Putin’s eyes reminds you of Dirty Harry staring down at the bleeding bank robber on the street and saying, “You have to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?” Watch them both and see if you don’t agree.
Unfortunately, we know he’s giving our President and our Secretary of State the same steely-eyed glare and scaring the hell out of them.
American voters want to break out the waterboard for Nigerian underpants bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Or worse. Whatever it takes to get him to spill his guts.
We'll volunteer to conduct the waterboard interrogation. So would lots of other Americans.
American voters want to break out the waterboard for Nigerian underpants bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. Or worse. Whatever it takes to get him to spill his guts.
Rasmussen reports the demoralizing details for Democrats:
Fifty-eight percent (58%) of U.S. voters say waterboarding and other aggressive interrogation techniques should be used to gain information from the terrorist who attempted to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 30% oppose the use of such techniques, and another 12% are not sure.
Men and younger voters are more strongly supportive of the aggressive interrogation techniques than women and those who are older. Republicans and voters not affiliated with either major party favor their use more than Democrats.
Seventy-one percent (71%) of all voters think the attempt by the Nigerian Muslim to blow up the airliner as it landed in Detroit should be investigated by military authorities as a terrorist act. Only 22% say it should be handled by civilian authorities as a criminal act, as is currently the case.
We’d say squeeze his nuts in a vise until he coughs up everything he knows. Unfortunately, that won’t be possible because his own pork and beans were the only thing this moron damaged in his attempted attack.
We don’t need Jack Bauer here. We need Oscar Meyer.
President Barack Obama is snuggy safe from any terrorism in his $4,000/day Hawaiian estate. A maritime security zone has even been established around the estate.
Hawaiian estate, $4000. 18 holes of golf, free. Protective fleet of gunboats, priceless.
American citizens, especially travelers, are feeling more uneasy after a near miss by an Islamic terrorist who tried to blow up an airliner on Christmas.
But don’t worry, President Barack Obama is snuggy safe in his $4,000 a day Hawaiian estate. A maritime security zone has even been established around the estate.
“According to the Coast Guard, the maritime security zone includes a portion of Kailua Bay, beginning at Kapoho Point and extending westward to the shoreline at Namala Place, near the Castles surf spot. The zone also includes the adjacent Kawainui Channel beginning at Kapoho Point to a point 85 yards mauka of the North Kalaheo Avenue Bridge.”
By the looks of the gunboats and Coast Guard craft in the area, they mean business, too.
If someone gets caught trying to break that security zone, they’ll be looking at a prison term up to 10 years.
Unless they’re suspected members of Al Qaeda or Taliban. They’ll be released immediately and issued an official presidential apology.
How successful do you think you’d be rehabilitating Muslim fanatics with something called the “art therapy rehabilitation program”? You are correct. Whatever it is, it was obviously an abysmal failure.
The Art Therapy Rehab program changed Muhamad al-Awfi from a cold-blooded killer to a cold-blooded attempted mass murderer
We’d like to pose a question. A hypothetical question, to be sure.
How successful do you think you’d be rehabilitating Muslim fanatics with something called the “art therapy rehabilitation program”?
You are correct. Whatever it is, it was obviously an abysmal failure. ABC News reports the ludicrous details:
Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the Northwest bombing in a Monday statement that vowed more attacks on Americans.
American officials agreed to send the two terrorists from Guantanamo to Saudi Arabia where they entered into an “art therapy rehabilitation program” and were set free, according to U.S. and Saudi officials.
Guantanamo prisoner #333, Muhamad Attik al-Harbi, and prisoner #372, Said Ali Shari, were sent to Saudi Arabia on Nov. 9, 2007, according to the Defense Department log of detainees who were released from American custody. Al-Harbi has since changed his name to Muhamad al-Awfi.
The Art Therapy Rehabilitation Program. Or as it’s known in Waziristan, finger painting for fanatics.
President Obama channeled O.J. Simpson today when he said, “We will not rest until we find all who were involved and hold them accountable.” Then he hit the golf course in Hawaii.
"Ssssssh. I think the al-Qaeda terrorists are hiding in the sand traps surrounding the 14th green."
President Obama channeled O.J. Simpson today when he said, “We will not rest until we find all who were involved and hold them accountable.”
Then, according to Politico, “A half-hour after President Obama vowed to catch the terrorists behind a plot to blow up a plane on Christmas, he arrived at 10:40 a.m. at the Luana Hills Country Club, where a golf course winds through a rain forest, the pool reports. The club is below inland cliffs and the towering Mt. Olomana.”
Apparently, golf courses are now the preferred choice of hideouts for bloodthirsty killers. After erroneously being found not guilty of killing his wife, O.J. Simpson also declared that he would spend the rest of his life searching for the real killers, then went out and played 18 holes.
The president reportedly spent a lot of time in the sand traps looking for the al-Qaeda terrorists in their native habitat.
Remember back when Montel Williams promoted his sleazy TV show the the slogan, “Montel brings people together”? Well, apparently, he’s against bringing them together in internment camps. Especially if they’re Muslim.
Remember back when Montel Williams promoted his sleazy TV show the the slogan, “Montel brings people together?”
Well, apparently, he’s against bringing them together in internment camps. Especially if they’re Muslim.
Here’s an excerpt from his conversation with Frank Farley of Temple University:
Williams: We pulled something like this back in World War II when we decided to round up all Japanese Americans and put them in internment camps…The [anti-Muslim] rhetoric… could get out of hand. What do you think?
Farley: I agree totally… The possibilities of prejudice and racism and so on are incredible here. We should be treating this as a unique incident and look at the factors involved in this very unique and specific incident and not overgeneralize. Unfortunately, we tend to overgeneralize all the time. The idea that all Muslims are the same is ridiculous…
Williams: Even if it comes out… that his frame of reference was his religion and that was what was giving him the power within himself to make his stand, that doesn’t mean that the religion is to blame.
Farley: Absolutely, his interpretation [of Islam] may vary dramatically from [that of] his fellow Muslims.
Let us state very clearly that we are opposed to internment camps for Muslims.
On the other hand, interment camps for Air America hosts isn’t such a bad idea.
