A Trip to the "Island of Illusion"

Went back to my once-home town of Austin, Texas this past week. An old sage once called the city "an island of illusion in a sea of reality" That's for sure. Sitting in the beautiful Texas Hill Country and in the shadows of the state government and the University of Texas, craziness has flourished. However in recent years, Michael Dell and the tech boom have finally caused Austin to grow up somewhat. But, Texas' libs are still cornered here. Some observations:

1) My cabbie wanted to know what I thought of the Supreme Court ruling granting terrorists held of U.S. soil to the right to lawyers. I said, "Not much". This guy (who by the way was no friend of conservatives and thinks that the airlines are to blame for 9/11) said that he thought we should have killed all the captured terrorists. I reminded him that we got some pretty good intel from these people (i.e., stopping the shoe bomber and also Jose Padilla), and my cabbie thought that was great but we still ought to kill them. His take on the 9/11 commission: "Just a witch hunt to get Bush."

2) I worked up the courage to buy an American-Statesman. Being still a relatively small town, the Statesman gets a lot of its national stories via other newspapers. Their favorite is the NY Times. The Times' story on the SC ruling boasted in the headline: "Justices reign in Bush on detainess". Great. The Statesman reminds us, unwittingly, that Pres. Bush is fighting the terrorists, and the left is trying to slow him down. Guys like my cabbie are steaming about this.

3) On the op-ed page, a liberal columnist expressed outrage. About what? Vice Pres. Cheney's dropping of an F-Bomb of Sen. Leahy. Great stuff, indeed. When the left goes to the moral indignation card, they often have to pull out their scripts as to how to act. The liberal columnist fretted that the VP's conduct would "harden positions" and "erode decorum". Maybe these people are soft on terrorists because they don't use profanity.

4) The Statesman's MOAB, however, was its editorial praising the Supremes' wise ruling allowing the terrorists to attack the courts. The paper beamed: "On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court scored two major victories in the war on terror." No kidding. This statement only makes sense if one thinks that the terror that is being fought is practiced by the Bush Administration.

None of this makes sense, unless you are back on "the Island". At least we've got 'em surrounded.

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Saddam Has Court TV

Some interesting developments today:

1) Saddam was arraigned, and he disdainfully told the gathered throng: "I am Saddam Hussein, the president of Iraq." To make matters worse, some have reported that he then looked at the judge and in a very upbeat manner said he was "absolutely, positively, 100% not guilty." Saddam's Motion to Transfer Venue to Los Angeles was then immediately denied by the judge, and he was ordered to put panties on his head for making the motion.

2) CNN reported today that, according to the Pentagon, Marine Cpl. Hassoun was UA (unauthorized absence) when he was captured. There are reports that he may have had family problems in his native Lebanon and was trying to reach his family there. As I said before this news was announced, the terrorists' description of "luring" Hassoun from his base is patently false, as has now been confirmed. Now that the jihadis released three Turks "for the sake of these Muslim brothers", the question now is whether our U.S. Marine and Muslim will get the same treatment. The terrorists have kind of painted themselves into a corner, but counting on this crowd to act rationally ... which brings us ...

3) Back to Saddam ... Speculation in Britain is, gasp, that the President of Iraq may be executed as a result of his trial. Remember, though, that his wife has assembled a Muslim dream team of 20 lawyers to defend the case. I mean, these dream-teamers may have prevented some hands getting whacked off in their lifetimes, or saved other deposed dictators with famous arguments such as: "If the chemical weapons can't be found, their not around" ... or "If the bomb didn't hit, you must acquit". At any rate, the Brits are banking that these learned counselors at law may run into the buzz saw that is Iraqi justice. Predictably, the British response thus was: "Well, we are opposed to capital punishment, you know, but ... well, all in the name of self-rule." Here, here.

Ponder this: If you lose your hand in a Muslim country for theft, what do you get for genocide? They may go all the way past the uncomfortable positions to the naked dog pile. Stay tuned.

The Anti-Jihad All Stars

Today we were reminded how fortunate we are some in South Florida practiced parliamentary voting in 2000. This was a good day for the Bush Team and for the War on Jihad. The big news of the day:

1) We short-sheeted the terrorists and the press (the jihadis PR dept.) by turning sovereignty over to Prime Minister Alawi and co. two days early. Coming in the midst of the NATO summit, this was a shrewd move that forced NATO's members to openly praise the new government and again publicly pledge support. More importantly, Ambassador Bremer got on a plane and left Iraq, just like he said he would. The Arab world and for that matter much of the world is not used to seeing people do what they say they are going to do. Love or hate the Bush Administration (I love them, especially Dick "Big Time F-ing, oops, not really" Cheyney) they do what they say they are going to do. So now, the terrorists' attacks will look more desperate as time goes on, and we have proven in the heat of battle that we can be trusted in a part of the world where we have a lot of proving to do. Lots of work to be done for sure, but ... short-sheeting in a part of the world where people know many things to do with sheets, well, that is impressive.

2) The High 9 on the Potomac found, presumably lurking in the penumbra of the Constitution, that foreign terrorists can get access to a lawyer. They may be held indefinitely, but at least they can talk to a lawyer ... of course, this may make them want to go back to Gitmo. We can see what is coming. The Supremes are going to likely say that Jose Padilla, an American citizen and dirty bomber suspect, may be entitled to be charged before he can be held. Padilla will also, of course, get access to a lawyer. So ... as we get farther away from 9/11 and those exquisite images of daisy cutters parachuting down to apply some heat to the bad guys as the smell of death hung over NYC, the reforms and agressive anti-jihad policies of this administration are being assailed all the more by the left. This pattern will continue. Thank God that the Bush team pushed aggressively for the Patriot Act, which Kerry voted against/for/tie/whatever. Thank God that the Bush team shined the lights in the eyes of the cave rats at Gitmo for a while. Maybe they even made these killers put panties on their heads and sit uncomfortably for a while. Who knows? I am betting that a Marine somewhere made a terrorist uncomfortable. Some of us might be alive because of it. You see, Pres. Bush led at a time that it was necessary and politically possible to make things happen in the War on Jihad. Again, he did what he said he would do -- he made this war the focus of his administration. Now, the enemies of America have to weave through the legal maze to see the light of day, rather than the other way around.

3) Some of USMC Cpl. Hassoun's family in Utah, yes Utah, said that they want his captors to know that he is of Middle Eastern origin (Lebanese) and is a Muslim. We'll see if this plea helps. I think it is ill-advised, for a number of reasons, although you certainly can not fault the family for doing all it can at this time to save Hassoun. The situation does put the terrorists in a box, though. If they give special treatment to a Muslim, this would seem to indicate that indeed we have a religious war on our hands. If they do not grant their fellow Muslim mercy (as they have not the thousands of Muslims they have killed in Iraq), then we would seem to have a political struggle masquerading as a religious war.

Before I move on, you may think that I am on this jihad thing, and just won't let go. You are right. They are shooting at us, boys and girls. Rounds down range. You've got to keep your heads down and your eyes up. Ironically, the single-issue types have trouble focusing on this single most important issue of our time -- that would be national survival. But, I don't. In fact, that's what the focus of this site is going to be about until we plant the flag of freedom and the stake of death into the heart of jihad. Let's call this War on Terror what it is .... the War on Jihad. Viva the Bush All Stars!!!

Coming soon .... Bush Democrats .... the perfect church crowd .... and the merging of all hopeless third-party candidates into the one mother of all "Reform" parties, the Futilitarian Party. Stay tuned.

This just in: Teresa Heinz Kerry will have a "prominent" speaking role at the Demo convention. This was a good day.

Out,

Daisy

Houston, We Have Lift Off

Well, here I am. My name is Daisy. Daisy Cutter, that is. Have been wanting to get started, but just could not figure this whole thing out. Started looking at some of them, what do they call them ... "blogs" tonight. Lots of crazies out there. Racists, people who want ideological purity at all costs, people blaming America for people getting their heads lopped off by crazies in the Middle East. They're all crazy. If you want the truth, fair and balanced, you have come to the right place. Let's start with today's news headlines:

1) Michael Moore's movie is wowing the leftist critics at the box office, but no one will ultimately care, and he is mas gordisimo today, I think, than he was yesterday, providing even more evidence for the current existence of biblical curses and of God's sense of humor;

2) Thanks to the exposure of sealed divorce records of the failed Illinois senatorial candidate Jack Ryan, according to Drudge, the same fate may befall the senator from Botox, John Kerry, assuming any of his pals in the media think that Kerry's divorce of 1988 and the resulting psychological damage to his ex-wife are relevant;

3) Practicioners of the Religion of Peace are threatening even more beheadings, seeking to build on the clear PR benefits of such tactics. I mean, that's evangelism, folks. These people are agents of God, as any fair-minded person from the 12th century can see. They now are holding at least three Turks, a Pakastani KBR employee, and apparently a Marine. The purported capture of the Marine is strange. Apparently, he had been missing for a week and some media reports from earlier yesterday indicated that he may have been UA (unauthorized absence) from his unit. Very suspicious indeed. Marines don't get captured. And, by the way, the name of this Marine: Wassef Ali Hassoun. Wonder how the mainstream media will report/spin this one. If, and I repeat if, Hassoun went UA, it surely is because of Abu Ghraib. You know, America's fault, like 9/11; and

4) Any one who would turn over the leadership of the War on Terror, aka the War against Radical Islam, to John Kerry is still nuts.

Note: All former members of the Taliban who may stumble upon this site, please be advised, like its namesake, this Daisy Cutter is not a care package floating down with food in it. So, don't make the same mistake that your brethren made before the first "big boom and burn" ... Take heed and ride for the hills, or be dealt with by the truth.

See you next time. Incidentally, I am working on an exclusive video (we are going to get it to the Fox News Channel via secret courier) where we have some captured jihadis who are exposed to soap for the first time. This will bring them to their knees. You thought Abu Ghraib was bad? First the Marines, now this.

Out,

Daisy