Mutilation Musings

According to what I heard on the radio, over one fourth of the entire population of Spain has been holding vigil for the victims of the terror attacks of yesterday. Is it true? Yes, it is. One fourth of the whole nation is out in force; in nearly unendurable grief, pissed to the hilt and--heartening to watch—seemingly unafraid. Likely, most of the other three-fourths had unavoidable obligations, are invalid or were injured in the blasts.

Could you imagine what would have happened had one fourth of the population of the US held similar vigils across the country in the immediate wake of *our* greatest enemy attack?

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ETA maintains that they didn’t do the deed and the fax purported to be from Al Qaeda, taking responsibility for the attacks and sent to a London-based Arabic language newspaper has been judged to be fraudulent.

Okay, varied flavors of scum of the Earth; which one of you did it? You butcher-the-innocent types are usually so proud of your work. ‘Fess up. Scared somebody will ‘bring it on’ and be far less restrained than the "white" American military? Good.

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As I mentioned to Michele, I know firsthand that some on the left are calculating that this latest mountain of bodies of non-combatants will “help Bush.” The fact that this idea could actually form, take hold and be verbalized without shame gives me an idea of the mindset of some.

Sheesh! Let John Kerry dispense with the BS and come up with a plan to keep terrorists out of our collective backyard that works better than President Bush’s does and I might vote for him! You know why I would? Because not one bit of this Democrat/Republican/Liberal/Conservative conundrum matters if we’re all dead. Go on and on about Vietnam, AWOL, chickenhawks, homosexual marriage, etc. Do you know what it means when you’re talking about all of these controversies, yelling about them, shouting others down about them and slinging ad hominem arguments galore?

It means that you are breathing. It also means that you’re living in one of those freaky things called a democratic-republic. Enjoy it and come up with better ways to defend it or stop whining about the way others do it. Someone smarter, older and six feet deeper than yours truly said it this way (kinda): lead, follow or stfu. Okay, you don't have to stfu, but please get out of the way.

Comments

[Sortelli]

Hey Baldilocks, I was stumbling around links in the blogosphere and found yours, and I think it's great. Keep up the good work. :)

[Russell]

"It means that you are breathing. It also means that you’re living in one of those freaky things called a democratic-republic."

Hear Hear!

And that is the BIGGEST reason I'll be voting for President Bush instead Kerry. Not the only, but the biggest by far.

I much rather have the ability to string ad hominem arguments against those gay marriage idiots (who are so low that they never rewind the videos before returning them) than not have that because we are all a) dead b) trying to survive in a bleak war-torn nation c) under the sharia

Kerry doesn't offer anything that would lead me to believe he can defend this nation one bit. And his voting record really shows, to me, that he hasn't the first clue on how to do it.

President Bush has proven otherwise. And despite my grave misgivings about certain domestic policies, I am voting for him again.

[Prince C.]

I too was moved by the 8 million people in Spain who came out in honor of the dead. But let's make one thing clear.

Terrorism is not the biggest threat to freedom. No terrorist can can take away one right we have in this country. Terrorists are only thugs and criminals and should be treated as such. They are no different than any other murderers. One of my problems with the Bush administration is that they glorify these thugs so that can get more recruits and give them the appearance of being more powerful than they actually are. And that does the world a disservice.

[Russell]

Huh? This is mental disconnect for me. Terrorism is being used by the Islamofacists to bring every other country under it's heel.

The 'thugs' are working for higher goverments actively seeking to destory all that we hold dear and sacred. I have no recollection of a plain jane murderer killing 3,000 of my countrymen and women at once by crashing planes into the WTC, or blowing up, in a concerted effort, a major transportation hub. These terorists are beyond the term 'thug'.

They should be stopped, and rooted out, and tracked back to their suppliers and their suppliers forced in one way or another to cease their support.

They are bigger than common thugs and criminals because of their backers. No two-bit thug will ever get his hands on WMDs, but that is a real possibilty with terrorists.

President Bush has shown he and his administration gets this and are doing what we need to do to fight these terrorists.

He has, in my opinion, rightly painted these dealers of death and fear as the threat they are, not because they kill, but because of how and why they kill. And because of who is bankrolling their activites.

We are at war. Not with a nation or a Axis of nations, but a war involving the very concepts of Western civilation vs those that would crush the world under their heel in the attempt for total control.

[teal marie]

Oh, Go to Haiti, Prince. Ya royal pain, ya.

[Prince C.]

This is where you are disconnected Russell.

We happen to live inn an age where one person can kill 1000s. Never before has there been a time where one person can do so much damage. You, personally, can poison your cities water supply or make a fertalizer bomb and blow up a federal building. But that does not make you any different than any of the other thugs and criminals in history who didn't have the means that are available today. You are not special. You have different weapons.

Anyone with half a brain knows that the 'War Against Terrorism' is not a war we can win. How will we even know we have won? It's as much a waste of time as the 'War on Drugs'. It sounds good but is not realistic.

Unless Bush plans on getting in the head of everyone who may be pissed off enough to do a Terrorist act around the worldmhe is wasting our time and money and creating unneccesary fear. They are thugs. Treat them no better than the thugs on the street. Do not glorify them and make them stronger than they deserve to be.

True indeed...If we are unable to defend ourselves, many of us will die and the rest of us will be living under one evil empire or another.

Defence come first in the list of priorities.

[Shawn]

re: Prince.

I have more than half a brain, and I'm fairly certain we're going to win the war on terror. I guess that proves that last statement of yours wrong.

[Eric]

..wonderful post, Juliette... and, as usual, right on the money...

[Steve Edge]

Prince,
My first instinct is to call you an F***ing idiot. You use the "anyone with half a brain" lead like Chomsky uses "everyone knows" to posit a position that most assuradly not " everyone knows" and "anyone with half a brain" knows is false. In the process you manage to imply that the "evil" Bush is responsible for the terrorist attacks. Whatever Bush's failings, and they are many and he would probably admit to most of them, he didn't start this conflict. He is doing his darndest to bring it to an end that is good for the US. What do you and your kind on the left have to offer? Understanding and appeasement? When all is said and done you will still have your freedoms and terrorism will be defeated. This will happen in spite of the silliness of you on the left. In the end, we will survive and your kind will be oblivious to how this was brought about.

[og]

Prince: Put the shiny side of the tinfoil OUT. If that doesn't help, try two layers.

[Prince C.]

How will we know when we have won the war on terrorism?

Bush has yet to answer that question but since many of you think it can be done I'm sure you have an answer...

I did not mean to imply, nor do I think Bush is responsible for the terrorist attacks. That's ludicrus. I do think he is responsible for making martyrs out of thugs and raising the fear level in this country unnessarily.

And thank you for the tinfoil advice...

[OdysseusInRTP]

Prince C,

It's true that it is very difficult to protect ourselves from terrorists.

But only the Islamic terrorists have risen up to attempt a somewhat united attack against civilization. It can be crushed.

A few signs that we will know we have won.

Democratic countries don't attack other democratic countries.

Democracies don't breed terrorist.

I am not saying that there will not be your lunatics (Mail bomber and poison gas attack in Tokyo... just for examples.)

But they are different form the Islamic terrorist.

[Russell]

Prince C.

What the heck? No, indeed, my disconect is where you see the same thug in a terrorist and a non-terrorist baddie.

They are not the same.

Have you ever heard of a robber poisioning the water supply in order to rob a couple in a dark alley? No?

Have you heard of a terrorist blowing up a bus of children for his cause? Yes would be the correct answer.

"Never before has there been a time where one person can do so much damage."

Which was probably said about the rock, the sling, the bow and arrow, the sword and so forth.

The ability to kill more people at once has always increased over the ages. Nothing new there.

The difference is who will and for what reasons.

Terrorists are not common thugs. They have an agenda and are being bankrolled by people who want us either dead, dead, or dead. They might take under the sharia but after enough of us are dead.

The common thug only wants my property.

See the difference? No? Ah well, we'll keep trying.

As to know when we have won this war?

When there are no more terrorists of any significance. When our intel isn't lit up with plots against us. When the last Islamofacist murdering swine has ceased to function. I'll take dead or dead, but rotting in a cell somewhere is doable.

The war on terror can and must be won.

Will this end terror forever? No. Just like World War I wasn't the end of all wars. As long as there is someone willing to kill someone else for any reason, there will be conflict.

But we can and must eliminate the threat to us now. Drive these swine from their nest and kill funding. And kill them.

"In the end, we will survive and your kind will be oblivious to how this was brought about."

Too true, Steve. WWII happened much the same way.

[Jim]

First, Russel....

< / i > free, gratis! *heh*

Okay, now Prince.

Just a simple question, based on your own

WHAT,WHEN and HOW will it take for you to acknowledge that our present course as navigated by President Bush is the right one?

Is it even remotely possible for you to accept the premise that we're at war with a sub-nation of agents who do intend for their sponsor nations acendancy?

Or, are you truly believing in the fallacy that islamic terrorists are merely "thugs", frustrated by the stagnation of their societies, while resenting the success and prosperity of the West?

The seventh-century mullah mentality of those so-called "islamic republics" (like they even have the faintest concept of republic!, is the root cause.

They disdain democracy. They squash freedom of every sort. They seek only power.

Not the development of their countries, culture or society. In fact, they fear such, as enlightenment leads to freedom, or, at least the quest for freedom.

And freedom is a dagger to the heart of those stone-age tyrants.

So, Prince. Back to you. Tell us just how we'll know that we've won the argument, just how we'll know that you've a provably open mind, and not just a repository of repeated DNC talking points.

We'll wait while you check in with Terry McAullife to download your reply.

Jim
Sloop New Dawn
Galveston, TX

[Dave P]

Yeah, Prince. We shouldn't frighten teh people of America, we should admit tha we can never win the war on Terror, and just close our eyes and make it go away.
After all, that method worked SO WELL ON SEPTEMBER 10, DIDN'T IT.

[Russell]

Ack! I broke the comments section!

I thought I had a end tag.

Preview! Preview!

[The Grouchy Old Yorkie Lady]

I agree with you: it's incredibly moving that so many people stood vigil for their fallen countrymen and -women. But a better testament to their convictions would have been an election unswayed by the terrorist's actions. I fear for what Spain, and all of Europe, will reap as a result.