MARINES 7, MURTHA 0: “Yet another U.S. Marine, Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani, had charges dropped Tuesday in the so-called Haditha massacre — bringing the total number of Marines who’ve been cleared or won case dismissals in the Iraq war incident to seven. ‘Undue command influence’ on the prosecution led to the outcome in Chessani’s case. Bottom line: That’s zero for seven for military prosecutors, with one trial left to go.
“I repeat: Haditha prosecution goes 0-7. But you won’t see that headline in the same Armageddon-sized font The New York Times used repeatedly when the story first broke.
“The Times, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa, and the rest of the anti-war drum-pounders who fueled the smear campaign against the troops two years ago should hang their hands in shame. They won’t, of course. Perpetuating the ‘cold-blooded Marines’ narrative means never having to say you’re sorry.
“It means never having to look Lt. Col. Chessani (charges dismissed), Lt. Andrew Grayson (acquitted), Lance Cpl. Stephen Tatum (charges dismissed), Capt. Lucas McConnell (charges dismissed), Lance Cpl. Justin Sharratt (charges dismissed), Sgt. Sanick Dela Cruz (charges dismissed), Sgt. Frank Wuterich (awaiting trial) and their families in the eyes and apologize for the preemptive character assassination they all faced at the hands of the hyperventilating, noose-hanging press.”
- Columnist Michelle Malkin
THE GRAND DELUSION
“One of John McCain’s top aides said Barack Obama’s position on terrorism was ‘delusional’ and highlighted Obama’s ignorance in security matters in a conference call Tuesday morning. Randy Scheunemann, foreign policy adviser to the McCain campaign, said Obama was ‘practicing the policy of delusion’ when praising the prosecution of the 1993 World Trade Center bombings and the Supreme Court’s recent decision to grant detainees rights to habeas corpus hearings.”
- Columnist Amanda Carpenter
JIMMY CARTER III
“Deflecting attacks that his administration would be a third Bush term, John McCain said Barack Obama is ‘running for Jimmy Carter’s second’ in an interview with Brian Williams on the NBC Nightly News.”
- The Hill, 6/10/08
TO DRILL, OR NOT TO DRILL…THAT IS THE QUESTION
“Republican presidential candidate John McCain is ‘open to the possibility’ of tapping America’s domestic oil and gas reserves, but it is not clear from his voting record whether he would actively push to expand offshore oil recovery efforts.”
- CNS News, 6/10/08
“Quite rightly, I believe, we confer a special status on some areas of our country that are best left undisturbed. When America set aside the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, we called it a ‘refuge’ for a reason.”
- John McCain in speech yesterday opposing opening up ANWR to oil exploration
DRILL HERE, DRILL NOW
If you haven’t signed Newt Gingrich’s “Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less” online petition yet, click HERE. The petition reads: “We, therefore, the undersigned citizens of the United States, petition the U.S. Congress to act immediately to lower gasoline prices (and diesel and other fuel prices) by authorizing the exploration of proven energy reserves to reduce our dependence on foreign energy sources from unstable countries.”
The effort is nearing 1 million signatures. Help put us over the top.
HATING THE TSA
“It’s been at least five years since I’ve flown commercial, and for good reason: I don’t wish to be arrested for questioning actions by often arrogant, rude Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers.”
- Columnist Walter Williams.
THE HIGH COST OF GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE
“The New York Times ran an editorial yesterday praising Massachusetts for its government mandated healthcare program … this is the program implemented by Mitt Romney and will cost the tax payers 85% more than originally intended by 2009. Remember that figure … 85% more in 2009 than they told you it would cost when the program was implemented. And so it is with virtually every government health care program ever devised.”
- Talk-show host Neal Boortz
TIME TO END THE WAR…ON DRUGS
“After years of reporting on the drug war, I’m convinced that this ‘war’ does more harm than any drug. Independent of that harm, adults ought to own our own bodies, so it’s not intellectually honest to argue that “only marijuana” should be legal — and only for certain sick people approved by the state. Every drug should be legal.”
- Columnist John Stossel
VIDEO OF THE DAY
Catch THIS funny video spoof from Jimmy Kimmel’s show of a public service announcement decrying homophobia featuring actor George Takei - Mr. Sulu from the original (and still the best) Star Trek series.
THE UNION LABEL
Right to Work States See Higher Growth Than Forced Unionization States: A fellow named Will Franklin over at Willisms.com has done some number crunching and he has discovered that states which support a right-to-work policy grow at a much higher rate than states that are awash in forced unionization. Read more HERE
FAMOUS LAST WORDS
“The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks, new and unpleasant ordinances, and brutal violations of common sense and common decency.”
- H.L. Mencken
Posted on June 18th, 2008 by chuckmuth
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