Now they are trying to tax plastic surgery. I for one am strongly opposed to any new tax that reduces the average bust size of the American electorate.

I am going to ignite a firestorm I fear, but I have to tell you this, because it must be said. Al-Qaeda does not hate us “for our freedom”. That is simply not true. They don’t say it, they don’t insinuate it, and they could care less what 300 million infidels across the ocean do with their own government. The reason they fight us is quite simple, they cannot restore a united Islamic Caliphate across the Middle East with the United States supporting the totalitarian governments in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the UAE, Oman, Yemen, and Egypt among others. To a vast majority of Muslims there is no separation of church and state, there is only God and His law. For this reason they find it impossible for the Ummah and a democratic government to co-exist. What if the people sinned and voted against God’s laws? To many a devout Muslim this cannot be allowed. This does not mean that Islam and freedom cannot stand side-by-side, but it would take a redefining of faith for many in the Islamic world.

I am going to ignite an even worse firestorm by urging you to read Imperial Hubris by Michael Scheuer. The misleading title aside the only reason this book has been seized upon by the left is because it criticizes the government and the Bush administration (in some cases rightly so). For the most part this man is a war hawk who wants us to mercilessly hunt down and slaughter our enemies. His analysis of the situation is not perfect, he is wrong about Iraq being a diversion, but his commentary on the nature of our foes is not flawed. They are human beings like us, they love their God and believe that they are serving him by killing his enemies. If we fail to understand what motivates these people our ability to slaughter them will be greatly reduced.

I am starting a new feature for the blog called the Daily Kos Stupidity of The Day, that will highlight the most innane and stupid thing said by the uber-liberal blog the Daily Kos. For our first entry we have their talk concerning the “breasts of the lady of justice.”

Will the boobs come back?
by kos
Wed Jan 26th, 2005 at 22:37:16 PST

Okay. Quick question. Now that Ashcroft is gone, will the boobs still be covered up?

Well Daily Kos, in its usual rage of politically insane advice for the Democratic party, wants Joe Lieberman’s head on a platter. Some comparing this possible primary from a leftist as akin to the Toomey challenge of Specter, though they forget several key points.
1. Joe Lieberman is loved by his constiuents his Republican approval rating is at 73% and Democratic approval at 72%, which makes him one of the most popular Senators among his constiuency in the country. Arlen Specter’s approval ratings hovered in the mid-to-low fifties.
2. The Democratic Party just got schlacked across the country for looking too weak on defense, so is throwing out their best defense advocate going to solve anything? Wheras, Specter offered no such real national benefit to any party constiuency.

Republicans love him for the same reason that Democrats love McCain — because they both spend a great deal of the time beating up publicly on their own party.

But for that reason, especially given our minority status (when the party needs to stick together for survival), Lieberman must go. I don’t want another six years of him bashing Democrats on Fox News next to a fawning Sean Hannity.
-Daily Kos

Well I for one wish the Democratic Party would listen to him about the need for unity during war, and I know this is an obvious one as I am close to Lieberman in my views than Kos is, but still. I, unlike many Republicans, would like a vibrant Democratic Party, because one-party rule leads to nepotism and poor policy (ie, major cities in America).

Carthago delenda est!

I have to admit, I have an addiction to NRO and NRODT. Jonah Goldberg wrote a pretty schnazzy piece yesterday about the fact that the Osamaphiles DO in fact hate democracy. And here is the invaluable, eternal, and highly addictive Victor Davis Hanson. Gary, this is specifically up here for you. I think if you read a “neocon” (ugghh i hate these words) like Victor Davis Hanson, you’ll see more of the cautious optimism that we should be thinking with rather than having our minds drunk on democracy. Mark can we get a link to VDH on the side?

After today’s announcment by Jordan’s King Abdullah II that democratic reforms will take place in his own country, Syria will be surrounded by democratic or reforming governments (excluding Lebanon) as Iran is now surrounded by democratic or reforming governments (excluding Pakistan). Can we be optimistic?

Here is the 2005-2006 fiscal year budget for the greaaaaaaaaat state of Indiana. Click to continue »

The gov. of Indiana is forgetting where he came from. Check out this depressing story courtesy of Foxnews. Mitch Daniels wants to raise taxes of those who make over $100,000 per year, 1% for one year only. He says that is reasonable. When the federal income tax began it was also 1% for a brief time period on only the wealthiest citizens.

I am going to explain to Mitch “the Blade” Daniels what he needs to do instead of taking money from the most productive people in his state. CUT SPENDING. That’s right, cut spending. It’s not only the rich who will be hammered by this, but the middle class guy who is trying to start his own business or the fellow who just broke into the tax bracket with a good year at his C store. I bet I can go through the state budget and find enough pork to give half the state of Indiana a heart attack. In fact I might just do that, if I can find it online I am going to post the proposed budget for the state of Indiana and we are going to see if raising taxes is the only option left to ‘ole Mitch.