Hell no, we won't go
by JohnHuang2
Our splendid allies France and Germany have this wonderful plan. Iraq is in the clutches of Saddam, right? Well, France and Germany aim to keep it that way. How? Thwart Iraq's liberation by waging an unprecedented diplomatic offensive to undermine America at the U.N. The idea is to run interference for Saddam by blocking any new U.N. resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq. Anything that threatens Saddam's murderous regime, you see, these brave French and Germans will be there to wrestle it
The French, in fact, vowed to take their battle against the U.S. even further -- rally the European Union to resist any U.S. military action against Saddam.
French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, in Brussels, this week said that "we see no justification today for an intervention, since the inspectors are able to do their work." The gasbag added that "we could not support unilateral action."
'Hell no, we won't go!' huffed and puffed the mighty French.
Ah, only one itsy-bitsy problemo, amigo: There's this President, his name is George W. Bush, and the thing is, he doesn't take crap from the French nor the Germans nor anybody.
Besides, who the heck is Germany to dictate American foreign policy, anyway? The Germans, last time I checked, gave us Hitler and the death camps, remember? And the French? Gee, whoopdeedoo! Now there's a profile in courage, eh? Can't you see Bush quaking in his Texas boots?
When it comes to cowardice, French leaders not only coined the word, they wrote the book.
"Surely our friends have learned the lessons of the past," Bush said Tuesday, a not-so-oblique reference even the French and Germans will understand.
If diplomacy fails, "we must have the guts to draw that conclusion, and take another course," declared deputy Secretary of State, Richard Armitage.
Basically, the problem of Iraq, as Bush sees it, boils down to this: Blix and the boys say inspections should go on as long as Iraq is cooperating even if Iraq isn't cooperating because at least while Blix and the boys are there we can pretend Iraq is cooperating even if we know it's only make-believe and, besides, if the U.N. is there Saddam is contained even if 1441 says nothing about containment and Blix and the boys after two months still can't find the restroom with a map and a flashlight and ten tour guides let alone know all the goings-on in a country the size of California. Whew! *Catching my breath*
Containment? Blix and the boys got it exactly backwards. If anyone is being contained, well, I got news for you -- it isn't Saddam. Blix ain't containing Saddam -- Saddam is containing Blix. The Butcher of Baghdad daily plays Blix like a fiddle.
This whole process, in fact, appears aimed more at containing the U.S. -- not Saddam.
France and Germany say leave Iraq alone, Saddam's behaving.
But Bush, who sees the world clearly, says that's not the purpose the U.N. is there. We ain't there to baby-sit -- the whole idea is for Iraq to disarm, completely. Want a Baby-sitter? Talk to Michael Jackson.
Or, what part of disarmament don't you get, O France, O Germany? No comprende?
"It seems clear to me now that he is not disarming," Bush observed, speaking of Saddam, adding that "he's been given ample time to disarm. Time is running out."
"This business about more time -- how much more time do we need to be sure he is not disarming? This looks like a rerun of a bad movie and I'm not interested in watching it."
Clarity of purpose and unflinching resolve -- that's Bush's forte, and why the smart money is on him.
 Oops, More Bad News For Democrats
U.S. housing starts for December posted a sizzling 5% gain, said the U.S. Commerce Dept Tuesday.
Boosted by the lowest mortgage rates in 16 years, and flying in the face of analysts' expectations, new home construction jumped from November's upwardly revised annual rate of 1.747 million units to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.835 million units for December.
For Democrats, the disappointing news was, well, just downright disappointing -- across-the-board.
Building permits, a bellwether of confidence, were also posting 16-year highs, catapulting a whopping 8% to 1.88 million last month, while permits for single-family homes surged a record-setting 1.4 million.
What? A knock 'em-sock 'em housing boom -- don't these buyers know we're in the middle a horrible depression? Don't they watch the CBS "Evening News" with Dan Rather? Or read DNC press releases? What in Sam Hill's going on here? To hear the Democrats and their gleeful media parrots, America's in the grips of the worst economy since hunter-gatherers batted around Northwest Europe during the Stone Age. No, worse than that even.
Democrats want a depression so bad they can taste it.
Fireworks in the housing industry belie their claims -- and dash their hopes. Then again, when have facts or honesty or just plain ol' commonsense ever deterred the Dems?
Scott Ritter, we hardly knew ye -- or did we?
In a case of the 'higher-they-climb, the-harder-fall', looks as if Mr. 'trust Saddam, no-need-to-verify' Scott Ritter, world renown geopolitical strategist, master tactician, mind-reader, defense expert, prophet etc. won't be doing many TV interviews anymore.
The 'soft-spoken' big-mouth media darling golden boy and Baghdad stalking-horse, it turns out, had a weakness for more than just Third-World tyrants and despots: The media idol is, we now know, a raging pedophile. Pee-wee Herman, Michael Jackson -- meet Scott Ritter.
Was Ritter a David Westerfield in the making? Not that we know of, but the plot thickens with each new daily drip-drip-drip.
The former U.N. weapons inspector, when not smooching dictators inside presidential compounds, was busy indulging his insatiable sexual appetite for little girls. New Jersey's NewsChannel 13 reports that in June 2001 the perp was arrested as part of an internet sting operation. After initially denying the arrest -- case of mistaken identity, you see! -- his lawyer, Norah Murphy, later confirmed it.
Ritter attempted to lure a 16-year old girl he met online into a local Burger King for a lewd encounter. Little did the sicko know the 16-year-old girl of his perverted dreams was actually an undercover agent. Murphy refuses to go into details, claiming the records are so sealed, even weapons inspectors can't get to them.
But alas! there's more. (There's always more -- we're dealing with a serial child sexual predator here).
The Albany Times Union reports of Ritter's previous attempted encounter with a minor, this time a 14-year old girl, two months before the first arrest. (I'm not making this up, folks.) The newspaper says Ritter met police officers instead and later, not being a repeat offender at the time, allowed back in the streets.
Ritter accuses the White House of building a framework of lies regarding Iraq and the threat of Weapons of Mass Destruction, and has called for Bush's impeachment.
Memo to Ritter: Before hurling stones from your glass house, sickos like you would be well-advised to take a long, hard look in the mirror first. Now crawl back in your scummy hole, you filthy child molester.
Kennedy Blows his Cork
Speaking of scummy moral lepers, Sen. Chappaquiddick Tuesday blasted the Bush Administration for doing what Democrats do -- fostering policies that "divide us at home by race and riches."
Speaking at the National Press Club in between hiccups, Mr. boozer complained that Donkey Democrats, by failing to face up to America's real enemy, bully Bush, have only themselves to blame for getting their butts kicked last November.
"The lesson of 2002 is clear," belched the boozehound, staggering somewhat, "we will not succeed (hiccup!) if we fail to stand up and speak out (hiccup!) Let me (hiccup!) say plainly to my fellow (hiccup!) Democrats -- if we cannot (hiccup!) achieve a fair and fiscally (hiccup!) responsible compromise, there is no (hiccup!) assured polit...(unintelligible)..."
From Kennedy's demeanor -- hiccups, sluggish, blank expression, droopy eyes, fuzzy speech, fuzzy math, impaired perception -- you might assume he's had a tad more than usual, right? Then again, that's how most Democrats look and talk anyway.
Kennedy, geostrategic genius, wondered why Bush is trying to prevent Saddam from procuring nukes (thereby saving Manhattan, Chicago, Los Angeles from nuclear 9/11s) rather than doing the sensible thing -- going after Kimmy Jong-il now and risking nuclear holocaust/mass carnage on the Korean peninsula. So, while America gets bogged down in Korea, possibly igniting nuclear war, Saddam could go on his merry way pecuring nukes. In the end, you'll be facing mass slaughter in east Asia, and a nuclear-armed Saddam Hussein. Wonderful Kennedy plan, eh? (Ain't you glad this nutjob is nowhere near the button?)
On domestic issues, the Kennedy solution was, I must admit, new and innovative (something I'm sure no-one in Washington ever thought of before): Spend more!
On primary education? Spend more!
On college education? Spend more!
On Medicare? Spend more!
On lack of insurance coverage? Spend more!
Spend, spend, spend, eh? Any wonder why these guys don't like to cut taxes?
There are laws against drunking driving, all well and good (though they weren't much help for Mary Jo Kopechne). Doesn't Kennedy make the case there should be laws against drunk speaking?
Anyway, that's...
My two cents..
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