1

The legal wheels have finally turned an Obami and his rule edict on Gun Control is being sued

I fully expected this and what I would like to see is a suit that challenges them on the merits of “rule by decree” so that it will open the gates for all of these Obama “so let be written, so let it be done” executive decrees.

The specifics of the suit are not mentioned in this article only some gripes by dealers and a discussion on the government being the ones who actually did the gun trades with the drug dealers that created the mess to begin with. My feeling on this is that is exactly what they did so that they could get new laws via executive fiat. When they were caught red handed they had to settle for this new obtrusive “reporting” law.  But never fear, this another “camelÂ’s nose in the tent” law. Within a few years every dealer in the country will have to be making the same reports, and it will be on ALL guns, whether they are ugly or not.

IÂ’m sure we will be hearing more about this suit down the road.

2 How am I supposed to comment without a Top Headline quote?  How?

3

In the stupid is as stupid does category

Black Student Sues Minnesota High School for Celebrating 'Wigger Day'

A black student is suing her former Minnesota high school for celebrating "Wednesday Wigger Day," where white students pretended to be black during homecoming week, The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Wednesday.

The idea that a school is so stupid as to make this part of an official school function simply astounds me to death.  And they actually defend the practice. Now imagine this, if this same case had happened in Alabama or Mississippi. It would be on the news cycle 24/7 for weeks and Jesse would be there.

4

Dems going after Amazon for new taxes

5

More WH campaigning on the tax payer dime - note that this is illegal

6

Connie Mack on F&F this morning explaining his debt cut plan. First freeze the budget to the same spending that they have now (note this new “deal” that we have doesn’t do that and he even said it. It only cuts the rate of increase). Once we have frozen the budget then cut actual spending by 1% every year for six years.

7

This is the new fight in Washington, picking the BS super panel

Congressional leaders have until Aug. 16 to name the 12 members of the newly created “supercommittee” to deal with reducing the deficit, but special interest groups are wasting no time in pushing their choices for the panel.

As I said yesterday, the Dems will appoint 6 hardcore commies because they make up probably 95% of their party. All it will take after that is one RINO from the Republicans and we are screwed. HereÂ’s what they say here:

One wrong pick, lobbyists on the right and left said Wednesday, could swing the panel toward a terrible compromise. So they are not taking chances. 

These sources are already urging leaders to pick top lieutenants who will stick to party positions — no entitlement cuts for Democrats and no tax increases for Republicans. 

What I say to McConnell and Boner, pick Tea Party terrorists for our 6 or else because you created this mess of a shit panel.

8

More on the Cell Phone crap. On F&F they reported that this free stuff is in PA and that the decision to make it a “right” was made by the bureaucrats not the legislature.

9

Another story The Judge talked about this morning

Bureaucrats run amuck with imperial power and fine 11 year old girl $535 for saving baby woodpecker from cat. After the media got hold of the story they have backed off.  This illustrates to the American people how little freedom they actually have in todayÂ’s regulatory environment. Everything is regulated and there is a law for everything now.  Bachmann said we needed the “mother of all repeal bills” starting with the EPA. We need some more candidates to take up that cry and we need so-called “mainstream” Republicans to quit calling people like her “fringe”.

10 Chris Hansen: Serial Cheater!

11 And finally some of the Morons may be interested in this get together

Red State gathering in Charleston, SC

Tried to give the agenda for first day but even after stripping everything in it pixy rejected it.

12 There will be some high power conservative politicians at that get together folks. Your chance to meet them.

And no I will not be able to attend.

13

More WH campaigning on the tax payer dime - note that this is illegal

Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 07:23 AM (M9Ie6)

Vic--if the President does it it is not illegal!

14 Borrowing tops 100% GDP

Top of the morning to ya.

15 Vic--if the President does it it is not illegal!

Posted by: Hrothgar at August 04, 2011 07:34 AM (yrGif)

I guess if nobody holds him accountable nothing is illegal.

16

Dems going after Amazon for new taxes

Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 07:22 AM (M9Ie6)

Amazon is a perfect example of what an entrepreneur can do when not burdened with excessive taxes.  The loophole on internet taxation has bugged the lib/progs ever since Jeff Bezos made his first dime.  Expect the locust hordes of politicians to change this soon.  They need more money NOW!

17 Vic,
Saw your Red State post for 12-14 August.
We arrive in IoP on the 12th for a week of vacation.
There might just be time to swing by and spend some time there.

Thanks

18

I guess if nobody holds him accountable nothing is illegal.

Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 07:38 AM (M9Ie6)

Accountability is RAAAACIST!

And unaccountability seems to be working well for him so far!

Mostly due to the RINO complicity in Congress, IMO.

19 Somebody send out an SOS for Europe. They are listing and about to go under.


Calls Grow for Global Effort to Address Debt Crisis

20

 # 1. Put your boots on guys&gals, the bullsh*t is getting deep.

Meanwhile on Wednesday, Holder reiterated his promise to take "appropriate action" if the Justice Department's internal watchdog finds wrongdoing on the part of officials who participated in Operation Fast and Furious.

yeah, right.  I really trust the Justice Department's internal watchdog to find wrongdoing on the part of the Justice Department's officials.  What utter bullsh*t.  Put somebody under oath!  How about Holder?!!!

21 Mostly due to the RINO complicity in Congress, IMO.

Well if there's pie on the table,
don't walk off with an empty plate.

22 More European Doom with pretty Doomsday charts. The economist describes how;

"The medicine that leaders prescribed immediately improved the situation of countries in the emergency room, ie, Greece, Ireland and Portugal, which have all received bail-out loans. But it worsened the condition of those outside hospital who had started to fall ill."

Something about too much liquidity and bailouts. Hmmmmm.

23  

24
"My aim for greater good makes all the evils I have done right."
John Wayne Gacy

25 How about Holder?!!!
Posted by: Case at August 04, 2011 07:47 AM (FD6YW)

Holder is the next to last person that will ever appear under oath to testify before Congress.  Barky is the last.

My only guess as to why Issa has not appointed a special prosecutor is that our vaunted Repub leadership is pressuring him to not rock the boat because it might get bad press and their names might be put on the inside the beltway "B" dinner invite list.

26 2 How am I supposed to comment without a Top Headline quote? How? Quotes? Where we're going, we don't need quotes.

27 16

Dems going after Amazon for new taxes

Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 07:22 AM (M9Ie6)

Amazon is a perfect example of what an entrepreneur can do when not burdened with excessive taxes.  The loophole on internet taxation has bugged the lib/progs ever since Jeff Bezos made his first dime.  Expect the locust hordes of politicians to change this soon.  They need more money NOW!

Posted by: Hrothgar at August 04, 2011 07:38 AM (yrGif)

and when they set this tax rate at any level and Amazon loses market share because tax + shipping = less expensive to purchase locally there will be unexpectedly lower revenues and it will be the evil corporate jet owner's^CM fault

28 19 Somebody send out an SOS for Europe. They are listing and about to go under. Calls Grow for Global Effort to Address Debt Crisis Posted by: Marcus at August 04, 2011 07:46 AM (CHrmZ) Quick, everyone run to the other side of the continent.

29 23  

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 04, 2011 07:52 AM (N1ZjS)

You mock me, sir?

30  #24.  Yes.  But I want them to lie under oath.  I want these sob's in jail.  I want the whole sorted story of Operation Fast and Furious to come out.  Put the DOJ and the ATF on trial, the MFM will not be able to keep a lid on it.

31 I see no one has mentioned what a miserable failure Marxist piece of commietard shit the prez is yet. Consider it done.

32 20

 # 1. Put your boots on guys&gals, the bullsh*t is getting deep.

Meanwhile on Wednesday, Holder reiterated his promise to take "appropriate action" if the Justice Department's internal watchdog finds wrongdoing on the part of officials who participated in Operation Fast and Furious.

yeah, right.  I really trust the Justice Department's internal watchdog to find wrongdoing on the part of the Justice Department's officials.  What utter bullsh*t.  Put somebody under oath!  How about Holder?!!!

Posted by: Case at August 04, 2011 07:47 AM (FD6YW)

It all depends on the Holder definition of "wrongdoing"

I bet wrongdoing == whistle-blowing and preventing the desired outcome there will be a public sacrifice and then several months later retribution for those who dared to stand up and do the right thing.

33 Posted by: StrategicCorporalUSMC at August 04, 2011 07:56 AM (BKcBp)
Jeff Bezos is a corporate jet owner (and even if he isn't he should be), his company makes a consistent profit, provides good service, competes in a free market system, and employs people and suppliers.

Obviously we need to tax his corporate jet, increase his taxes, decrease his profitabity, regulate his suppliers, and ensure that he SHARES in the sacrifice of his business to a Marxist theology.

34 31 Yes. But I want them to lie under oath. I want these sob's in jail. I want the whole sorted story of Operation Fast and Furious to come out. Put the DOJ and the ATF on trial, the MFM will not be able to keep a lid on it. Posted by: Case at August 04, 2011 07:59 AM (FD6YW) We'll do our best!

35 It is SO heartwarming watching MSNBC nowadays, as they whine that America is "ungovernable" and "pathetic" because the Republicans took their credit card away.  (Or more accurately, refused to increase their credit line completely carte blanche, merely 98 percent carte blanche)

And they have the NERVE to do psychobabble analysis of conservatives as "spoiled kids."  Projection, Thy Face is Heroin Barbie Wasserman Schultz!

36 Re: 29 continent tipping over: 

Quick, everyone run to the other side of the continent.

Democratic Rep Hank Johnson is on board with that strategy. 

37 Who's got the bigger butt?  Kim or Debbie?

38 It is the Democratic playbook:

If it moves tax it.  If it stops moving subsidize it.  If it starts to go under, bail it out.

39 This is a MUST READ!


Drunken Ben Bernanke Tells Everyone At Neighborhood Bar How Screwed U.S. Economy Really Is

40 From Vic's link on the woodpecker story:

"On their way home, they stopped at a hardware store and a woman who works for the Fish and Wildlife served told them it's illegal to transport baby woodpeckers. They're protected under the Federal Migratory Bird Act."

So the woman could have helped by telling them who to contact, or even making the contact herself and directing mom and Skylar to a local licensed rehabber. Instead she pretty much ensured that if Skylar sees another bird in need she'll do nothing.

Another great job by nanny government.

I've got debt ceiling fatigue, so I'm focusing on bite sized pieces of government idiocy.

41 @39 The difference is one got peed on to get famous, the other pees all over everyone.

42 From the article;

"SEWARD, NE—Claiming he wasn't afraid to let everyone in attendance know about "the real mess we're in," Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke reportedly got drunk Tuesday and told everyone at Elwood's Corner Tavern about how absolutely fucked the U.S. economy actually is"

43 Well you know how it works, Cool Czech, they used to institutionalize political opponents, in the Eastern Bloc, I  don't know if that was particularly an StB practice.

44 Well you know how it works, Cool Czech, they used to institutionalize political opponents, in the Eastern Bloc, I  don't know if that was particularly an StB practice.

Posted by: Captain Smith at August 04, 2011 08:08 AM (Pjih7)

Comrade, have I got a surprise for you. 

You are aware of the vast amount of land the federal government owns and has declared off limits are you not?

45 We arrive in IoP on the 12th for a week of vacation.
There might just be time to swing by and spend some time there.

Thanks

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 04, 2011 07:41 AM (FWeqz)

As I said earlier I will not be able to attend. For the next two weeks I will be going to Dr/Hospital appointments for some testing.

46 Lying under oath would not deter any of this administrations minions because the end justifies the means.

Lying under oath only has consequences if they get charged with perjury. That will take a Special Proscutor which is why this entire mess should be handed over to one of them now.          

47 The Bernanke tenure smells like....

48 Consumer confidence numbers out.  Essentially no confidence.  Market futures tanking.  Employment numbers tomorrow.  Expect the unexpected.

49 Holy shit!  That Ben Bernanke article in The Onion is fricking hilarious.  My stomach hurts from gaffawing...

50

Blah blah 109 degrees, blah blah hotter today.

What creeped me out was that even after the sun went down it was 100 degrees. I never did go out and get the mail!

51 That Schumer clip pisses me off. He and the army of deadbeat parasites that put thieves in office are the ones that put guns to the heads of productive workers and steal their money.

52

What creeped me out was that even after the sun went down it was 100 degrees. I never did go out and get the mail!

Posted by: Mama AJ at August 04, 2011 08:19 AM (XdlcF)

When I woke up this morning at 5:30 it was 80°F with 100% humidity.

53  36.  I know a story has to attain a critical mass before the MFM would dare say anything negaitive about this administration that they helped elect.  However, if laws were broken or if these "mistakes" that the DOJ/ATF made caused death, then they could and should be dragged into a court and put under oath.  If they lie, so much the better because they would be put in jail where they belong.

54 http://pointsandfigures.com/2011/08/04/ciao/ Bye bye Italy. Economic doom

55 Check out Patterico's site and the new twitter tag: #beforeblackpresidents.

http://tinyurl.com/3co6as2

56

U.S. debt tops 100% of GDP.  

That certainly didnÂ’t take long.  Talk about your multasking!  Barry managed to do this while putting on a $40k a plate fund raiser.

You definitely daÂ…  ehÂ… something.  For sure.

57 You're gonna pay....

58

My only guess as to why Issa has not appointed a special prosecutor is that our vaunted Repub leadership is pressuring him to not rock the boat because it might get bad press and their names might be put on the inside the beltway "B" dinner invite list.

Posted by: Hrothgar at August 04, 2011 07:55 AM

Hey, it's the best deal we can get. This is not the hill to die on.

/Ed "Poppin' Fresh" Morrissey

59 Hey, it's the best deal we can get. This is not the hill to die on.

/Ed "Poppin' Fresh" Morrissey

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 04, 2011 08:27 AM (YjjrR)

Yeah, they'll need to appoint a "super panel" to vote on a prosecutor.

60 I was laughing so hard in my office at the Bernanke story my colleague came in to see what was going on.

He read it and is still laughing.

Now I am waiting for the markets to open so I can start crying again.

61 You know.  I think maybe Barry needs to focus on something else, say macrame.  I say this because everything else he focuses on, like jobs, foreign policy, the economy, etc. goes to shit. 

He would better his chances of winning the election if he took up maybe, knitting for example.

62

" That Schumer clip pisses me off."

Schumer is a piss-off artist.  He is scum.  I loath him.  He is perfect for NY.

63 Over at Big Government there is a story that King Putt's birthday party fundraiser was strictly a non-union event.  Wonder if we'll hear about that from the MFM...

64 I say this because everything else he focuses on, like jobs, foreign policy, the economy, etc. goes to shit.

And he is back to threatening to focus like a laser on jobs, again. Thanks, Barky.

65 With the debt ceiling out of the way, we can merrily resume our breakneck quest to finding the hard limit to our profligacy. Something to think about: If our DOOM is out there, then every day that we do not reach it is another day of redistribution from the post-apocalyptic good guys to the post-apocalyptic bad guys. Even if the bad guys squander all of what is misappropriated on their behalf (after all, "underclass" is more a character defect than a condition), that misappropriation leaves the good guys weaker and less ready.

66 61 You're gonna pay....

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at August 04, 2011 08:27 AM (0fzsA)

Bus tour.  Kinda like Palin's bus tour?  The one that the MFM had a cow moose over?  F--king in your face arrogance. 

Carney has turned out to be a major league ass hat.

67 _{"Watch The Jean Claude Trichet Teleconference Live"}

68

My bet is that Holder will say that this wonÂ’t rise to the level.  You know.  TheÂ… level.  That one.

69 Bus tour.  Kinda like Palin's bus tour?  The one that the MFM had a cow moose over?  F--king in your face arrogance.

Yes, but Palin paid for her bus tour herself. And using federal money for campaigning is illegal. And we said earlier at the top of the thread this is illegal but if nobody holds him accountable its just another ho-hum.

And the MFM will ignore it.

70 You can start crying now, Marcus. DOW futures are down 129 points.

A tiny ray of sunshine: oil is just under $91, but, holy cow, gold is $1673.

71 41 This is a MUST READ!


Drunken Ben Bernanke Tells Everyone At Neighborhood Bar How Screwed U.S. Economy Really Is

Posted by: Marcus at August 04, 2011 08:07 AM (CHrmZ)

Hilarious!  Sadly, that is probably the best economic analysis anywhere nowadays.

72 My prediction is gold will be above $2000 by the end of this month. And when the next round of "borrowing" occurs (i.e. printing money) gold will take off again.

Gold is a measure of real inflation. That and other commodities show the real numbers, not the BS that comes out of the lying shit-weasels in this administration.

73 Don't eat mor chicken!

Scientists Find New Superbug Strain of Salmonella

74

A little OT, but I didn't see this mentioned in the L.B Cooper story:

One of the M&Ms suggested watching Decoded's episode on the hijacking, so I called it up on Netflix last night.  They make a pretty good circumstantial case against their suspect, but there was one niggling (whoops! I denounce myself) thing -

According to the show, the suspect made $500 a month working as a purser for Northwest.  After the hijacking, he had nearly $100,000 in the bank, paid cash for a house and loaned someone $5000.  Pretty interesting, except. . .the FBI copied the serial numbers on every $20 bill they handed over to Cooper, and except for about five grand that turned up in a river in the 1980s, none of that money was ever seen again.

So if Decoded's suspect was D.B. Cooper, how did he manage to launder / find / come up with all of his money if none of it was the marked bills?  Any M&Ms put me some f'n knowledge here?

75  We arrive in IoP on the 12th for a week of vacation.
Odd that. I arrive on the 14th for a week also. And Vic, everyhing ok?

76 A little OT, but I didn't see this mentioned in the L.B Cooper story:

There is no OT in an open thread.

77

“WeÂ’ve really started to turn the economy around.”  DWS.  Now with industrial strength stupidity!

78 brb having my cake and eating it too

79 We arrive in IoP on the 12th for a week of vacation.
Odd that. I arrive on the 14th for a week also. And Vic, everyhing ok?

Posted by: HH at August 04, 2011 08:44 AM (6oDXl)

Just some tests following up on my passing blood episode last week.

80

Carney said, “No, but you implied it in your question. It is absolutely important for the president – whoever that person is, in the past or in the future – to get out and hear from people in different communities."

Giving campaign speeches and taking money = hearing from people.

81 We have become a nation of men and are no longer a nation of laws.
The end is not far off now.

82 Gold is a measure of real inflation. That and other commodities show the real numbers, not the BS that comes out of the lying shit-weasels in this administration.

Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 08:42 AM (M9Ie6)

It would be interesting to track the Dow, budget, etc. in oz/tonnes of gold.

83 Carney has turned out to be a major league ass hat.

I was thinking about that the other day.  The WH Press Secretary has a lot to do with how cynically a President's policy changes will be interpreted.

I always thought Bush was hurt very badly by that doughboy Scott Whateverhisnamewas who followed Ari Fleisher.  Ari was awesome, as was Tony Snow later on.

In Obama's admin, Gibbs was unbearable asswipe, but he at least controlled the room and got O's message out clearly.  Carney physically twists and turns at the podium (he reminds me of Gollum), mewling half-truths and walkbacks so regularly that the press corps is starting to mock him.  Not good.

If I were an incoming GOP president I would ask Brit Hume to be my press secretary.

84 Any Morons who live in the area should go to that Red State link I gave above and check out the agenda and the people who will be there.

Some of the real conservative stars of the Republican Party.

85 "Initial Claims Print At 400K, Last Week's 398K Revised Upward To 401K, ^{18 Straight Weeks Over 400K"}

86 The Dow is not a good measure because they continually add and remove different stocks from the basket.

87

Giving campaign speeches and taking money = hearing from people.

Posted by: Mama AJ at August 04, 2011 08:46 AM (XdlcF)

I notice you did not say "listening" to people.  Quite correctly too!

88

Look.  We talk about collapse as a universally bad thing.  ThatÂ’s just not true in all cases.  Sometimes itÂ’s a moral imperative.

89 Hearing from their money!

90 Everything in the state nothing outside the state nothing against the state.

91 Giving campaign speeches and taking money = hearing from people.

Don't forget I can hear you alot better when you have a wad of cash in your outstretched hand as you talk.

92 Bus tour.  Kinda like Palin's bus tour?  The one that the MFM had a cow moose over?

Is that a flag on that bus?

That's illegal, isn't it?

93 ^{_{BORROWING TOPS 100% OF GDP
via drudge}}

94 Further to @ 87 -

Dana Perino, of course, was also an awesome press secretary.  And I'd like to have sex with her.  A lot.

That is all.

95 Yes, but Palin paid for her bus tour herself.

Taxpayers finance Obama and Perry campaign trail. Ace is fine with the Republican insider Perry spending tax dollars to hype erroneous propaganda painting himself as if anti-establishment. Picture the Perry pig wearing lipstick posing as if supporting the Tea Party agenda to limit government to constructionist constitutionalism. Perry would play the Chief Executive dicktator better than Obama.

Perry and Obama campaign on the taxpayers' dollar, as if Palin was likewise allowed to spend tax dollars traveling during any campaign season while governor. Palin wasn't even allowed campaign funds on the official potus '08 campaign trail. Then her PAC was attacked. Tolerance...

96 The Dow is not a good measure because they continually add and remove different stocks from the basket.

The S&P is a better measure but unfortunately the talking heads keep quoting the DOW, and they should know better.

So just to follow my own advice, S&P futures down 13 points.

97 sometimes, we just cannot help ourselves.

98   #97curious, #14 Shock and Awe

99 18,  Spelling RAAAAACIST with less than 5 A's is also RAAAAACIST.

100 #97curious, #14 Shock and Awe

Posted by: maverick muse at August 04, 2011 08:57 AM (lpWVn)

And a full column by Ace yesterday.

101

I must say, as a part-time amateur climate scientist, this is depressing.  Good thing I didnÂ’t give up cocaine!

102 I bought a cute blonde wig for my iMac, along with a cute little garter belt for the monitor screen.  Am I wrong??

103 19 Somebody send out an SOS for Europe. They are listing and about to go under.

Calls Grow for Global Effort to Address Debt Crisis

Posted by: Marcus at August 04, 2011 07:46 AM (CHrmZ)

This might be a rhetorical question but why are these events called "debt crises" when they are really "overspending crises"? Stop the overspending!

104 Doom Thread up

105 Bus tour.  Kinda like Palin's bus tour?  The one that the MFM had a cow moose over?  F--king in your face arrogance.

Yes, but Palin paid for her bus tour herself. And using federal money for campaigning is illegal. And we said earlier at the top of the thread this is illegal but if nobody holds him accountable its just another ho-hum.

And the MFM will ignore it.

Posted by: Vic at August 04, 2011 08:40 AM (M9Ie6)

 

Barry could be a serial killer and the MFM would ignore it

106 Abraham Lincoln:  Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

107 So Obama is celebrating in Chicago. What about unemployment? Have you noticed that most of the people in conservative blogs have a high school education or less?

108 Don't eat mor chicken!

Scientists Find New Superbug Strain of Salmonella

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 04, 2011 08:43 AM (9hSKh)

 

LOL.  What kind of idiots can't even figure out how to cook chicken adequately??  You'll note that the new strain emerged from the asshole of the world.

109

Nobody cares, and given our current financial situation I can understand that, but the sunspot/flare activity occurring at present is less than boring. What say wes add cooked electronics and dead comm satellites to our current woes!? Yippee! http://tinyurl.com/3kvbmvv

110 "Black Student Sues Minnesota High School for Celebrating 'Wigger Day'" In my experience most wiggers turn out more like wickaninnies...

111 Have you noticed that most of the people trolling conservative blogs have a high school education or less?

112 Have we ever seen a president make a bigger deal about his damn birthday? 

113 narcissistic is as narcissistic does

114 Have you noticed that most of the people in conservative blogs have a high school education or less?

TMI

115 August. Better late than never, not.

The self-made polluted disaster himself, Al Gore wants a Muslim Brotherhood American Spring, not the violent Tea Party type.

Coincidentally, the Air Force dropped its voluntary course regarding moral warfare that quoted Biblical scripture after one complaint. And our entire Military is ordered to publicly observe Ramadan regardless of the majority complaint.

116 And our entire Military is ordered to publicly observe Ramadan regardless of the majority complaint.

Posted by: maverick muse

 

Do you have a source for this? That one is staggering.

117 (326rv)

Tammy Bruce, Laura Ingraham Show

Army

Troops Stars and Stripes

weaselzippers and atlasshrugs

118

From what mm linked...

They are also told to be aware of the limits fasting may put on Afghan police or soldiersÂ’ abilities to conduct operations or train, she said.

So if insurgents/terrorists are following the same restrictions, would not this be the time to hunt them down? 

"You can run, but you can't drink..."

119 As I said last night about the raw milk raid, this amuses me. A bunch of raw milk advocates got busted by the FDA in LA (a swat team raid including FDA, Cali tax board, Ventura Sheriff's Dept, etc.). You can imagine the demographics of the raw milk set. My my my, it seems like the vegan smug set will suddenly learn the joys of being "anti-government." * Oh yeah, what dicks. As Adam Corolla points out, these cali government thugs go after the low lying fruit of small violations by the law abiding instead of real criminals. *note: smashing windows at WTO meetings or putting concrete on railroad tracks to stop weapons shipments is apparently not anti-government.

120 Excellent article by VDH over at "Krauthammer" Review Online.

Sometimes you have to make yourself look. He saw what I didn't see, at first.  You might be surprised how much you missed, too.  It's not that we're stupid, but we stop seeing things; possibly out of disgust at having seen them before.  Now we're getting tired of noticing them.  But sometimes you have to make yourself look.

121 I recently came across your blog and have been reading along.