Period of Consequences

The era of Procrastination, of half measures, of soothing and baffling expedients, of delays, is coming to a close.

In its place we are entering a Period of Consequences.

- Sir Winston Churchill

We Cause Our Own Problems

Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda these people want to see our Country fail. But why? The reason is our unconditional support of Israels disproportionate use of force against the palestinians and other Arabs around them. Until we stop our support of Israel and their force against their neighbors, until we force Israel to give the land back that they have taken from the Palestinians we will be targets to Palestinian sympathizers around the world. The majority of the terror groups that hate us, hate us because of our unwavering support of Israel whether they are in the right or not.

Until we take Israel off their high horse and broker an arrangement that gives back Palestinians their rightful land, we will be targets of terrorism. Its sad we are supporting the wrong side and all because America's guilt at doing nothing to help the Jews during WW2 while Hitler slaughtered them. We let it happen because Hitler was moving on Russia a natural enemy. So we figured why stop, he's going to take out Russia. Besides we had so much money invested in Nazi Germany. Our guilt for not helping the Jews more during WW2 is driving this it drove us to help Jews steal Palestinian land by Force during the formation of Israel. It has drove us to support all their unfair land grabs since. It drives us to ignore their disproportionate use of force against their neighbors. It is also going to drag us down the drain with Israel sooner or later. You can't use that kind of force against people who have by no means the same abilities as you before more and more of the world take notice. More of the world is watching how Israel responds and terror groups spring up because of it.

We are causing our own problems. Our support of Israel is not only wrong but causing the world to despise us as much as most of the world has come to despise Israel and their use of force against its neighbors. We have only ourselves and our policies to blame for the people that want to do us harm. We could and can stop this at any time, but yet the Countries collective guilt has paralyzed us.

So far today 0 israelis have died due to Rockets. Israeli bombs have killed over 200. That is what we support and that support will ultimately cause us much more trouble...

U.S. blames Hamas for cease-fire break

http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CWOR/nworldNews_uUSTRE4BQ1MR20081227?p=1

Of course we do, we would never blame Israel, the true cause of this problem. Why? Because we encouraged Israel to cause this problem by helping them take land that was not theirs. Like we did to the Indians. Until we stop Israels disproportionate use of force, they will not stop until all the Palestinians are dead and they have populated all of palestinian land. Israel is out of control and will not stop until we intervene and stop supporting Israels murderous campaign against the Palestinians...

And no I am not anti-semitic, but I am for fairness of which Israel has not been...

RNC chairman candidate defends 'Barack the Magic Negro' song

http://m.cnn.com/cnn/lt_ne/lt_ne/detail/218716;jsessionid=18E188029A0BB3B3870C48BE4123A299.live23i

Are you fucking kidding me?? He's trying to defend that? Like I've said before Republicans are the lowest forms of life in this Country bar none. And yes I put them below rapists child molesters etc. Why you might ask? Because Republicans actually think their 'solutions' are good for humanity and this Country. When in reality they only help the rich and their interests. Not to say Democrats are great, but at least their policies help more than they leave out. If this Country is ever going to improve the Republican state of mind needs to be eradicated. Republican policies will only destroy this Country. Mark my words...

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thats right every South Park episode brought to you in FireFox via this extension...

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Mayor Taps Wolfson For Campaign

http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=278726&f=77

Makes sense, he did such a great job for Hillary.....

Woman buried in snow for 3 days found alive

http://m.cnn.com/cnn/lt_ne/lt_ne/detail/217980;jsessionid=5B9BE7455DC2BDA49CEF8980E9ACFB67.live4i

Amazing...
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Saudi judge refuses to annul marriage of 8 year old girl

http://m.cnn.com/cnn/ne/world/detail/217702;jsessionid=B1CCD759144513D485E237DED726809F.live4i

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Blind Man See's With Brain Through Obstacle Course

http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=278317&f=25

I think these guys need to get together with the guys that have already proven that we have our own internal sonar, like bats. They say they walked in silence and it wasn't echo location, But if they walked down a hall there would be footsteps. Our ears are able to gauge the echo of our movement. Our brain in turn is able to calculate (by the sound of your footsteps let's say and the echo they give off of solid objects) how close you are to that object.

For instance, if you closed your eyes or blindfolded yourself and walked down a solid floor towards a wall. As you walked, by listening to the echo of your footsteps and the change in the sound of them as you got closer to the wall, you would be able to tell when you were to close to the wall. I tried it and its pretty cool.

But, there has to be a sound. You have to be making noise for it to work. Sonar is using echo location and if your not making any noise there's no echo and it doesn't work so well. Like carpet its harder to tell and it becomes more of just like a 'feeling' before you hit the wall. I would be interested to see if this plays a part in their studies or what would happen if they combined. Interesting stuff anyway. And anyone reading this should try what I described. It works you can definitely hear a change in the sound of your footsteps as you get closer to the object. You could train your brain to concentrate on that better, put on some tap shoes and walk around town. Although still doesn't give you a direction. Just tells you if your too close to something.

So yeah, you - me we all have built in echo location. So if your ever walking in the dark, listen to the sound of your footsteps and it might help you not hit your shin on that coffee table.

Son shot and father held in 'messy' killing

WTF...

Son shot and father held in 'messy' killing


Surprised neighbors say family members seemed to be happy


WAILUKU - When six or seven gunshots shattered the late-evening peace of a Kahului suburb Tuesday, the neighbors reacted with alarm.

But the news that a father had killed his son proved no more shocking than the apparent motive: The teenager was untidy.

'It was an ongoing housekeeping issue,' said police Lt. John Jakubszak.

Joe D. Antonio, who works in the press department at The Maui News, was being held on suspicion of second-degree murder in the killing of his son Jose, 19, a 2007 Maui High School graduate. Police said he admitted to the shooting. A .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun was found at the scene.

Antonio's initial court appearance was scheduled for this afternoon."

One Wise Man

From ‘Mission Accomplished’ to ‘So What?’

Eugene Robinson has some good points here...

From ‘Mission Accomplished’ to ‘So What?’

By Eugene Robinson

Understanding isn’t the same as forgiving. The history-be-my-judge interviews that President Bush and Vice President Cheney have been giving recently help me understand why they acted with such contempt for our Constitution and our values—but also reinforce my confident belief, and my fervent hope, that history will throw the book at them.

The basic argument that they’re making deserves to be taken seriously. I don’t think either man would object to my summing it up in one sentence: We did what we did to keep America safe.

That terse formulation of the Bush-Cheney apologia leaves out important details. Cheney came into office with preconceived ideas about restoring executive branch powers and prerogatives that he believed had been lost after Vietnam and Watergate; Bush either shared Cheney’s views or was willing to go along. But the main narrative of the Bush presidency began with the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by al-Qaida terrorists—the worst such assault on American soil.

In a not-for-attribution chat with a member of the Bush Cabinet a couple of years ago, conversation turned to 9/11. I said something like, “I can imagine what that day must have felt like for you.” The response was immediate: “No, you can’t.”

The official went on to describe the chaos and anguish—the shock of seeing the 110-story World Trade Center towers collapse into rubble, the fear that other hijacked planes might still be in the air, the gut feeling that the president and those around him were personally under attack. The official talked of how administration officials racked their memories to think of anything they might have done differently to prevent the 9/11 attacks. I doubt that anyone in the Situation Room actually quoted Malcolm X, but essentially a vow was taken to protect the country from another assault “by any means necessary.”

These were human reactions, understandable and appropriate at the time. The truth is that the administration had missed signs that an attack was brewing—most famously, the president’s daily brief titled “Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.” But these portents were lost amid the avalanche of information that buries every president every single day. Anyone in Bush’s position would have been filled with grief, anger and resolve.

Initial reactions are supposed to give way to reasoned analysis, however. For Bush and most of his top aides, this didn’t happen until far too late.

For Cheney, apparently it never happened at all. In an interview broadcast Sunday, he invited Fox News’ Chris Wallace to “go back and look at how eager the country was to have us work in the aftermath of 9/11 to make certain that that never happened again.” People have since become “complacent,” he said, but the administration’s actions have “produced a safe 7.5 years, and I think the record speaks for itself.”

That record, admirably, includes the overthrow of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, the dismantling of al-Qaida’s infrastructure and the killing or capture of some of the terrorist organization’s most important operatives. Shamefully, however, it also includes the violation of international and U.S. legal norms by subjecting terrorist suspects to indefinite detention and cruel, painful interrogation; the creation of a mini-gulag of secret CIA-run prisons abroad; and unprecedented domestic surveillance without court supervision—all justified, Cheney maintains, by a state of “war” that has no foreseeable end.

The Bush-Cheney record also includes the invasion of a country—Iraq—that had nothing whatsoever to do with 9/11. This misadventure has claimed more than 4,000 American lives, wasted hundreds of billions of dollars and grievously damaged our strategic position in the Middle East. In an interview with Martha Raddatz of ABC News earlier this month, Bush claimed credit for vanquishing al-Qaida’s forces in Iraq. When Raddatz pointed out that there were no al-Qaida forces in Iraq until after the U.S. invasion, the president answered, “Yeah, that’s right. So what?”

Here’s so what: Bush and Cheney, understandably shaken by an unprecedented act of terrorism, declared and prosecuted a “war” without specifying who the enemy is. Rather than focus on the architect and sponsor of the 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden, they turned away to lash out at others in pre-emptive blows that dishonored our nation’s most precious ideals.

History will note that the point of the Constitution is that the ends don’t always justify the means—and that nowhere in the document can be found the phrase “so what?”

1 in 5 say Cheney worst vice president ever

http://m.cnn.com/cnn/ne/politics/detail/217132;jsessionid=1D45C8D99659801619ACEEF455AD972E.live4i

I can't believe it was only 1 out of 5. I'd say not only is he the worst VP ever but he makes Spiro Agnew look like a boy scout when it comes to criminal involvement. Oh and he shot someone in the face...

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This commercial makes me laugh...

Four Top Science Advisers Are Named By Obama

http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=277929&f=21

"It's time we once again put science at the top of our agenda and worked to restore America's place as the world leader in science and technology," Mr. Obama said in a radio address on Saturday, when he announced the appointments.

That is like music to my ears. After 8 years of science being kicked to the curb for politics, true science might actually have a voice in our Government once again. Good science leads to good policy if done correctly. I think we will be seeing good scientific input pushing US policy on multiple issues in the coming years and I could not be happier.

When you have some of the smartest people in the country helping to shape important issues we all benefit. I hope this will be the beginning of a new technology revolution across the board. Like the Moon Race in the 60's, the Green Race will define our next big leap.

I hope...

Proposition 8 moves Christian couple to action

http://mobile.latimes.com/news.jsp?key=196671&rc=local

Yeah these hate mongers should really be proud of themselves. These people make me sick, these people are exactly what is wrong with this Country and what is wrong with their so called loving religion. What if we started taking the rights of Christians away. How would they like that. Just like the jews they have gone from the persecuted to the persecutors.