So Many Questions, So Few Answers
Long before and long after little Billy asked, “Why’s the sky blue, daddy?” a question to which I still don’t know the answer, important and inconsequential questions have been posed, sometimes answered with platitudes or misrepresentations or lies and sometimes parried–like the blue sky query.
Though I may be wrong, and I have been wrong once or twice over the course of my many years, never in the history of mankind, or in the history of our Republic, well, in my history, have so many serious questions gone unanswered whether because no one knows the answers, because some people do know and prefer not to share their wisdom, or because the questions are unanswerable.
Without categorizing the questions in any of those 3 classifications in which they sometimes overlap, I offer these head-scratchers in the hope that someone, somewhere, has the answers:
. Why did our leaders announce the “treasure trove” of information on Al-Qaeda and OBL’s contacts and machinations gleaned from the raid on Abbottabad? If the announcements were intended to satisfy the American public with the revelation that the mission was fully accomplished or, more likely, to spike our president’s ball and garner him votes next year, did any of our leaders consider they were also alerting the enemy that we knew who they are and where they may be hiding?
. Why did our VP Oaf in Chief spill the beans on which of our special forces conducted that raid, information which until then was classified? Okay, that was primarily due to Biden’s idiocy and oafishness but in light of news Islamic Osama-lovers have now targeted those Navy SEALs, and possibly their families, who will be held responsible if Muslim fruitcakes succeed?
. Why was a socialist with a girl’s name, Frenchman Domique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the IMF, why wasn’t he dumped after repeated instances of sexual improprieties, why was he staying in a $3,000 a night room at the Sofitel when the standard IMF stipend is $386 per, why was he being paid $500,000 a year tax free, and why is the inept former British PM Gordon Brown in the running to replace him?
. Why are Pakistan and India, where shoes and a decent meal are luxuries for the rabble, nuclear powers spending billions to join and continue in that exclusive club? Shouldn’t head Pakistani and Indian honchos be more concerned with clothing and feeding their people than with blowing up their neighbors and, in the Paki case, why were they unaware OBL was in residence for years? . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=4474)
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Doubting and Handwringing over OBL
Doubting and Handwringing over OBL
The old comedian Jimmy Durante had a stock line, “Everybody wants to get into the act” and now, as Osama bin Laden sleeps with his 72 virgin fishes, it seems everybody wants a piece of the OBL action with many bemoaning the success of America’s elite Navy SEALs.
Reactions from the Muslim world were predictable. Pakistan’s former president Musharraf denounced the American violation of Pakistan’s territorial integrity, as if that country had any true territorial integrity and was anything but a terrorist sanctuary. The government in Islamabad denied any knowledge of the mission, which is probably true since they also had no knowledge that bin Laden was a resident for six years; they called it a “unilateral action,” which is fortunate and all but insured its success.
The Taliban and much of the rest of the Muslim world doubted the 6 foot, 4 inch man who was shot twice and killed in the opulent, million dollar compound and residence then dumped, excuse me, lowered into the Arabian Sea, was actually their hero. They will probably still be doubting Ahmeds even after Osama’s death picture is released; they may contend it is a fake because the Osama they knew and loved had an intact head.
Perhaps the most amusing response came from an unidentified imam at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque who posted an anonymous YouTube threat: “The dogs will not rejoice too much for killing the lions. The dogs will remain dogs and the lion, even if he is dead, will remain a lion. We are a nation of billions, a good nation. We’ll teach you about politics and military ways very soon, with god’s help.”
Big mouth, big nation, and the dead lion sleeps tonight.
The overseas reaction to the successful mission was almost as predictable as the Muslim response.
The UK’s Sky News immediately demanded incontrovertible proof of the identity of the corpse dumped, excuse me, lowered, into the water was indeed the late Osama bin Laden. Germany’s Der Spiegel charged the entire operation was illegal and that, instead of dispatching OBL to the arms of Allah, he should have been captured alive and put on trial before an international tribunal, which would have given him a public platform to spout his venom and instigate his jihadist followers.
At home, the United Nations, not wanting to feel left out, felt compelled to chime in on the issue. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=4314)
The old comedian Jimmy Durante had a stock line, “Everybody wants to get into the act” and now, as Osama bin Laden sleeps with his 72 virgin fishes, it seems everybody wants a piece of the OBL action with many bemoaning the success of America’s elite Navy SEALs.
Reactions from the Muslim world were predictable. Pakistan’s former president Musharraf denounced the American violation of Pakistan’s territorial integrity, as if that country had any true territorial integrity and was anything but a terrorist sanctuary. The government in Islamabad denied any knowledge of the mission, which is probably true since they also had no knowledge that bin Laden was a resident for six years; they called it a “unilateral action,” which is fortunate and all but insured its success.
The Taliban and much of the rest of the Muslim world doubted the 6 foot, 4 inch man who was shot twice and killed in the opulent, million dollar compound and residence then dumped, excuse me, lowered into the Arabian Sea, was actually their hero. They will probably still be doubting Ahmeds even after Osama’s death picture is released; they may contend it is a fake because the Osama they knew and loved had an intact head.
Perhaps the most amusing response came from an unidentified imam at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque who posted an anonymous YouTube threat: “The dogs will not rejoice too much for killing the lions. The dogs will remain dogs and the lion, even if he is dead, will remain a lion. We are a nation of billions, a good nation. We’ll teach you about politics and military ways very soon, with god’s help.”
Big mouth, big nation, and the dead lion sleeps tonight.
The overseas reaction to the successful mission was almost as predictable as the Muslim response.
The UK’s Sky News immediately demanded incontrovertible proof of the identity of the corpse dumped, excuse me, lowered, into the water was indeed the late Osama bin Laden. Germany’s Der Spiegel charged the entire operation was illegal and that, instead of dispatching OBL to the arms of Allah, he should have been captured alive and put on trial before an international tribunal, which would have given him a public platform to spout his venom and instigate his jihadist followers.
At home, the United Nations, not wanting to feel left out, felt compelled to chime in on the issue. . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=4314)
Monday, September 6, 2010
UPDATES: Niggardly Muslims and Cowardly Police
UPDATES: Niggardly Muslims and Cowardly Police
What you see isn’t necessarily what you get.
We all know that things are not always what they appear to be, that reality often differs greatly from posturing claims. Such is the case with Muslim nations and what they say versus what they actually do and the Des Moines Police Department and how it deals with black racism.
A) From “Islamic Insights into Islam,” August 21st, 2010:
“One would think that fellow Islamic nations, a number of which are wealthy beyond imagining, would be lined up to offer financial and humanitarian assistance to the millions of Pakistanis [suffering from recent, record floods].
“If one so thought, one would be miserably wrong. What aid is being sent is predominantly provided by private Muslim groups and charities, not Muslim countries which, for the most part, are practicing a policy of benign neglect toward Islamic Pakistan.”
Ostensibly disproving that contention, comes this claim: “The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) says Muslim countries, organizations and individuals have pledged nearly $1 billion in response to the Pakistan flood emergency, and Pakistan’s prime minister says Saudi Arabia has overtaken the U.S. in responding to the crisis.”
Very generous, indeed, and I would have had to extend an abject apology to Muslim nations for my error–except for the reality: ”But figures made available by the United Nations call both claims into question. With the exception of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Kuwait, none of the OIC’s 56 member states have contributed–or pledged–donations reaching the double-digit millions:” http://tiny.cc/hqrtx
According to the U.N., 15 of the 56 have contributed or pledged . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1884)
What you see isn’t necessarily what you get.
We all know that things are not always what they appear to be, that reality often differs greatly from posturing claims. Such is the case with Muslim nations and what they say versus what they actually do and the Des Moines Police Department and how it deals with black racism.
A) From “Islamic Insights into Islam,” August 21st, 2010:
“One would think that fellow Islamic nations, a number of which are wealthy beyond imagining, would be lined up to offer financial and humanitarian assistance to the millions of Pakistanis [suffering from recent, record floods].
“If one so thought, one would be miserably wrong. What aid is being sent is predominantly provided by private Muslim groups and charities, not Muslim countries which, for the most part, are practicing a policy of benign neglect toward Islamic Pakistan.”
Ostensibly disproving that contention, comes this claim: “The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) says Muslim countries, organizations and individuals have pledged nearly $1 billion in response to the Pakistan flood emergency, and Pakistan’s prime minister says Saudi Arabia has overtaken the U.S. in responding to the crisis.”
Very generous, indeed, and I would have had to extend an abject apology to Muslim nations for my error–except for the reality: ”But figures made available by the United Nations call both claims into question. With the exception of Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Kuwait, none of the OIC’s 56 member states have contributed–or pledged–donations reaching the double-digit millions:” http://tiny.cc/hqrtx
According to the U.N., 15 of the 56 have contributed or pledged . . .
(Read more at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1884)
Thursday, October 29, 2009
The U.N., a Boil on the Arse of America
The U.N., a Boil on the Arse of America
We should have known at the inception of the United Nations when the U.S.S.R. was accorded three separate votes in the General Assembly that the whole idea was a bad deal for the United States.
We should have known but we didn’t, or else we did know and bought into the deal anyway because, ostensibly, it was all in the interests of a lasting world peace, aka, pie in the sky.
Then, too, convicted Soviet spy, Alger Hiss, helped establish the structure of the U.N. However, that was before the Cold War with the Soviet Union so his machinations must have been motivated by the purest and most patriotic intentions.
The fact that the world hasn’t had any real peace since the U.N. entered the geopolitcal picture still hasn’t resonated with many Americans and the fact that nothing the U.N. has ever done has favored American interests. We still pour money and precious military resources into that cesspool.
The U.N. has been and will continue to be the proverbial teats on a bull while posing as mankind’s savior and American suckers will continue to subsidize that sad excuse for a deliberative, international body.
Far worse, the rotting building on New York City’s East River and its thousands of rotten, resident delegates and functionaries represent the most insidious, dangerous force we have ever faced.
Too many books and articles, including any number of articles in this space, have been written on the fraud that is the United Nations to beat that dead horse so let’s just focus on one of its most recent foray into diplomacy.
US Drones May Be Tantamount to Summary Executions: Of all institutions, the U.N. should be the last to speak of drones but this week U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions Philip Alston did just that.
With that ostentatious title, I guess Mr. Alston feels he’s entitled to address any issue he damned well pleases. . . .
(Read the rest at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1293)
We should have known at the inception of the United Nations when the U.S.S.R. was accorded three separate votes in the General Assembly that the whole idea was a bad deal for the United States.
We should have known but we didn’t, or else we did know and bought into the deal anyway because, ostensibly, it was all in the interests of a lasting world peace, aka, pie in the sky.
Then, too, convicted Soviet spy, Alger Hiss, helped establish the structure of the U.N. However, that was before the Cold War with the Soviet Union so his machinations must have been motivated by the purest and most patriotic intentions.
The fact that the world hasn’t had any real peace since the U.N. entered the geopolitcal picture still hasn’t resonated with many Americans and the fact that nothing the U.N. has ever done has favored American interests. We still pour money and precious military resources into that cesspool.
The U.N. has been and will continue to be the proverbial teats on a bull while posing as mankind’s savior and American suckers will continue to subsidize that sad excuse for a deliberative, international body.
Far worse, the rotting building on New York City’s East River and its thousands of rotten, resident delegates and functionaries represent the most insidious, dangerous force we have ever faced.
Too many books and articles, including any number of articles in this space, have been written on the fraud that is the United Nations to beat that dead horse so let’s just focus on one of its most recent foray into diplomacy.
US Drones May Be Tantamount to Summary Executions: Of all institutions, the U.N. should be the last to speak of drones but this week U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions Philip Alston did just that.
With that ostentatious title, I guess Mr. Alston feels he’s entitled to address any issue he damned well pleases. . . .
(Read the rest at http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=1293)
Thursday, April 9, 2009
This Is News?
Ages ago, Pete Seeger and Peter, Paul, and Mary whined about where all the flowers had gone and asked the rhetorical question, “Oh, when will they ever learn?/ Oh, when will they ever learn?” Since it’s still only April in our very un-Gore-ishly cold country, a plenitude of flowers isn’t due for another month or so but their question in 2009 could very well be directed to the print media, news services, and our new president-in-training: When will they ever learn?
As American newspaper after American newspaper folds, succumbing to the powerful force of the internet, they say, while seemingly oblivious to the reality that millions of us neither believe their slanted reporting nor trust them as far as we can throw a newspaper delivery truck, they nevertheless continue to report the inconsequential and, most egregiously, their skewed version of “the news.” At the same time, reality keeps biting Obama on the arse but he too doesn’t seem in learning mode.
Cases in point:
The Associated Press believes that teenaged Bristol Palin’s romantic life constitutes a newsworthy story: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003950844. The highly-respected AP may next report that Bristol, who happens to be the daughter of the much-reviled governor of Alaska, has developed a nasty pimple or that Baby Tripp contracted a mild case of the croup. I can understand the need for variety in AP wires but do the editors there really believe teen romance, or lack thereof, constitutes “news,” per se? Bristol obviously made the mistake of hooking up with a loser who now craves a piece of the publicity pie. That’s as believable as the distinguished Associated Press making an issue of the rare instance of teen sex gone awry. Or could this be yet another effort to further tarnish Sarah Palin and her family?
As we shiver just going out for the paper in the morning on these expectedly balmy April days, our very astute leader, President Barack Hussein Obama has plans to relieve all our chills. His equally astute science adviser, “John Holdren told The Associated Press . . . that the idea of geoengineering the climate is being discussed. One such extreme option includes shooting pollution particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect the sun’s rays:” http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97ECHLG1&show_article=1. The AP dutifully reported that bizarre scheme which was long ago debunked as reported here: http://www.genelalor.com/blog1/?p=701. Since Obama notoriously keeps the Oval Office temperature at hothouse levels, he may not be aware that, Baby, it’s cold outside!
Undismayed by climate reality, Barack moved on to social matters and to demonstrate his commitment to transparency and objectivity nominated homosexual Harry Knox to his “faith-based minority council.” Mr. Knox, “a self-professed Christian who holds that the New Testament’s teaching that homosexual behavior is unnatural and wrong–which is found in St. Paul’s letter to the Romans–’is not true:’ ” http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=46263. Well, go figure! . . .
(Read the rest at http://genelalor.com/)
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