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"As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man, upon easier terms than I was formerly."
- Dr. Samuel Johnson, Boswell, Life of Johnson, Sept. 1783
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Thursday, September 30, 2004
The Face of Evil How else to explain the following, except to recognize that this is the hand of pure evil, not "freedom fighting", not "militants", not a legitimate "insurgency", but evil incarnate pure and simple? Your retort, Senator Kerry? We await your answer o' great one on how the international commmunity could solve this.... "In the attack at the government-sponsored celebration, the bombers drove their cars into a crowd of children that had gathered for the ceremony, meant to mark the completion of a $400,000 [sewage plant] project sponsored by the Army's First Cavalry Division. Ordinarily, Iraqi children would be attending school, but the chaos in the capital caused by the ongoing war has delayed the opening this year. Dexter Filkins, Pair of Car Bombs in Iraq Kill Dozens, Including Many Children, N.Y. Times, Sept. 30, 2004. Wednesday, September 29, 2004
Despite the never-ending buffonary in New York State politics, NY will be on the back burner tomorrow night while we live-blog the much anticipated first Presidential debate. It should be one for the books. Naturally our hope is that Bush lets Kerry hang himself with the rope Kerry brought to the party. What the hell is going on runoff from rain in the subways!!? Although we've received a record 10+ inches of rain this month, there's no reason such conditions should bring the "great" NYC transit system to a near standstill -- as it did again last night when I my wife needed me to pick her up because Queens subway trains were at a standstill. Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Gen. Tommy Franks today blasted Sen. Kerry's remarks about Iraq and the ongoing conflict there. Kerry, who said the President Bush displayed "arrogance and outright incompetence" in handling Iraq. Gen. Franks retorted that: "Senator Kerry's contradictions on Iraq are the wrong signal to send to our troops on the ground, to our coalition partners, to the Iraqi people and to the terrorists seeking our destruction. On the eve of Prime Minister Allawi's visit to the United States, Senator Kerry today said that America and the world are 'less secure' now that Saddam Hussein is out of power. The BBC Reports: Group 'kills second US hostage' John Kerry campaign is running into more bumps than a pinball in play. His flip-flops are finally catching up with him, and his constant attacks -- without offering any substantive plans in return -- are hurting him. Even New York and New Jersey, democrat stalwarts where my Republican vote often winds up meaning nothing, are nearly in play for Bush now. Kerry's an empty suit that doesn't deserve to be a senator, let alone President. Thursday, September 16, 2004
Time Magazine recent cover story "Who Left the Door Open?" landed like a bombshell on the stands, because the topic of illegal immigration has for too long remained a bastion of P.C. untouchability. No longer. When Time Magazine can depict illegal aliens as "invaders" and conclude: Washington's failure to control the nation's borders has a painful impact on workers at the bottom of the ladder and, increasingly, those further up the income scale. The system holds down the pay of American workers and rewards the illegals and the businesses that hire them. It breeds anger and resentment among citizens who can't understand why illegal aliens often receive government-funded health care, education benefits and subsidized housing. In border communities, the masses of incoming illegals lay waste to the landscape and create costly burdens for agencies trying to keep public order. Moreover, the system makes a mockery of the U.S. tradition of encouraging legal immigration. then we have turned the corner. It's high time to secure our borders and treat illegal aliens (other than those seeking asylum) as the law-breakers they are. Friday, September 10, 2004
September 10, 2004 Tomorrow marks the third anniversary since the day of evil barbarity that killed 3,000 of our mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and friends. As a fourth  year evening student, September 2001
was my first semester in law school, and despite the shock, the sadness, and then burning anger, we pushed on in our studies with the knowledge that what separates barbarism from civilization is the just rule of law forged in a representative accountable government. As we pause this Sept. 11th to mark the toll of that terrible day and to reflect on the U.S.'s ongoing war against fanatic Islamoterrorism, it's perhaps useful to reflect on Winston Churchill's famous speech that "[t]his is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But, it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Sunday, September 05, 2004
Despite all the blatantly partisan political drek on NPR, we've always enjoyed Garrison Keillor and his Praire Home Companion series, so it was a deep disappointed to note Mr. Keillor's August 26th screed published In These Times. (Available at http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article_rss/were_not_in_lake_wobegon_anymore). Mr. Keillor made his name in harkening back to a simpler small-town age populated by laconic Lutherans out on the big-sky praire. Yet, his essay could have been written by a Beverly Hills liberal with such astonishing depications as: "The party of Lincoln and Liberty was transmogrified into the party of Thanks for the pleasant hours of gentle radio fun, Mr. Keillor. We're only sorry that the mid-west spirit you milk weekly hasn't actually had an effect upon you. Friday, September 03, 2004
We're certainly biased here at Angry New Yorker, given we're strong Republicans, but in comparing the just finished GOP Convention to the Democrat Convention in Boston we noticed a focused message and a clear direction. Obviously we'd have liked to hear many other issues addressed. Still, the speeches were excellent, in particular the President's. The left is in hysterics, with statements such as: "The Zell Miller speech was a wakeup call. That wasn't an election speech, that was incitement to a lynch mob. Guess who's the guest of honor? Think about it. Why was the Miller speech so scary? Answer -- you're next. That's what Miller was saying. After this election we put on the brown shirts." Brown shirts? Ironically the "party of peace" is fond of tarring Republicans with the imagery of fascism that in response demanded, surprise, forceful military action to defeat -- just what President Bush is doing now against Islamofascists. As Ron Silver, no right-winger he, eloquently said, "[e]ven though I am a well-recognized liberal on many issues confronting our society today, I find it ironic that many human rights advocates and outspoken members of my own entertainment community are often on the front lines to protest repression, for which I applaud them but they are usually the first ones to oppose any use of force to take care of these horrors that they catalogue repeatedly." That sums it up, in our opinion. (His entire speech is available here: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,130656,00.html). Let's keep the democrats and their failed ideas of appeasement, social control, and political correctness on the run. |
