Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
No problem with him being dead, but it’s sort of like stomping ants, isn’t it?
when what we need to do is kick over the anthill, douse ‘em with gas, and strike a match.
Re “Yes, but the violenceis going to continue”, Jay Leno last night: That’s OK, we’ve got more bombs.
In the short term, the violence will escalate as AQ tries to prove that this scum bag c**ksucker’s death doesn’t affect things, and that they’re still a potent force. The reality is that this will likely speed things up in Iraq for the long haul, and for the better.
By the way, the amount of intelligence gathered from this event has allowed for something on the order of 40 raids, so the stuff we got must have been good.
Do I read the NY Times? Yes, but only for the sports section.
OT but check out this flying video…
http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/ajc/swf/blueangels/blueangels_lite.swf
Babs, great video.
Nose
Video is gone or dead do you have a replacement link?