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
Let’s hope he was testing a small batch of his medicine. Glad it worked.
Jamoke.
I *hate* the phrase “white powdery substance”. Just call it “white powder” or “unknown white powder”.
Not your fault Lex, just one of my journalistic pet peeves.
Great, and in my home town no less. Boy, this is going to be fun… Me thnks that during the convention I’ll be staying on my side of town. Got no reason to go downtown… no reason at all.
Jim C
Doesn’t sound like he received a buckwheat…
Well,
If’n a terrorist wanted to gain a LOT of exposure through some act of violence (and, to be honesst, don’t they all?) then staging some sort of attack during the convention, especially during prime time, would seem to be a no-brainer.
Between the delegates, the supporting casts, and all the hippie protesters and anarchist wannabes, they should have a rather target rich environment.
Were I the Denver PD, I’d be WAY past the nervous tic stage and into the “pour me a stiff drink” stage.
respects,
And yet the FBI says there’s no terrorism connection. Huh.
That’s especially interesting since, over to the Jawa Report, it has been noted that this dead guy had recently posted comments in support of killing Christians in Muslim areas of Africa.
Let’s see… enetered the country illegally, a foreign national, in possesion of a pound of potassium cyanide, holed up in a hotel room, makes comments about killing Christians.
Yup… nothing to see here folks, just move along now!
AW1Tim,
Some of us Denver residents are into the poor me a stiff drink stage as well. We’ve been dreading this little fiasco ever since we were conned into hosting it.
Jim C
JimC,
I knew it was going to be something “special” when I read all about the “Recreat ’68″ group’s plans for disrupting the convention. Their website is just so…. well, it’s something.
Those folks REALLY need to get a life, because by the looks of what they have planned, they certainly don’t have anything reality based at the moment.
Well, this would give “Blue on Blue” a whole new meaning, wouldn’t it?
that’s wrong, andrew. funny, but wrong nonetheless.
heh.
I am leaving town during the RNC fest here in St. Paul to avoid the mess. Friends work a few blocks from the Exel center and has been told to not bother showing up for the week.
Anybody remember my joke about the blue Somali?
No?
When you’re dead ? Vote Democrat.
Dave – do they work for Travelers by chance? I do, in Hartford. Our people in our St. Paul office have definitely been told NOT to be at the office that week.
FTA –
“Cyanide … is more harmful to the heart and brain than other organs.”
At least Pelosi was never in danger. Thank goodness.
You guys in Denver are in for a wonderful afternoon and evening when DHS orders the closure of I-25 for the coronation speech.
To quote our friend, Mr. T, I pity the fools!
Marine6,
Like I said… I’m staying on my side of town. No reason to go downtown… no reason at all.
Best,
Jim C
News-Flash:
Potassium Cyanide Poisoning — Minorities, Women, Children, Jidadis Hit Hardest!
It’s all Bush’s fault!