Restoring my faith in humanity (a little)

I saw this article today entitled “Why Do They CAIR about Jack Bauer?”. It’s written by M. Zuhdi Jasser, an American Muslim who has it exactly right. Please take the time to read this. It’s quite refreshing considering everything we hear on the MSM promoting appeasement of the Islamic Facist movement. Here’s a short segment to pique your interest.

As an American and as a Muslim, I find 24 to be not only a profoundly engaging program, but one whose portrayal of Muslims in quite fair. In the show, the president’s sister works for a “leading” Muslim civil-rights organization in D.C.; she is portrayed as a protector of constitutional freedoms. The head of this Muslim organization, who is in detention, reports to authorities on prisoners’ terrorism-related conversations that have alarmed him.

The show also shows the darker, extremist side of Islam — for example, an Arab-Muslim youth, a previously beloved neighbor in suburban L.A., turns out to be a terrorist thug who provides a key part of the nuclear device while terrorizing his friend’s family. This is another, undeniable part of today’s Muslim reality: While suitcase nuclear devices have yet to be used, the threat is there, and such characters are probably quite true to life in their depiction of members of al Qaeda cells or other jihadist networks in the West.

Wii Got One!!

Which are, of course, the immortal words of Annie Pots in her capacity as the secretary to the Ghost Busters (Janine Melnitz) in the original (and best) movie. So, Wii played it all day yesterday after waking up at 5:30am an getting 1 of the 5 that CC in Athens had. Yes… you may touch Mii.

Some excellent quotes on government

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress….But then I repeat myself.
– Mark Twain

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
– George Bernard Shaw

A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man ….which debt he proposes to pay off with your money.
– G Gordon Liddy

Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
– James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)

Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.
– Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
– P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
– Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)

Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
– Ronald Reagan (1986)

I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
– Will Rogers

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!
– P.J. O’Rourke

Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you!
– Pericles (430 B.C.)

No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
– Mark Twain (1866)

Talk is cheap…except when Congress does it.
– Unknown

The government is like a baby’s alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other.
– Ronald Reagan

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
– Mark Twain

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
– Thomas Jefferson