CNN just announced a planned new arrival in Crawford to join Mother Sheehan.
You know, if I were staging a protest event of some kind and Al Sharpton decided to join it, I’d be compelled to rethink my position. But that’s just me.
Clone Wars
One of the perks of being in DC (besides avoiding hurricanes) is that I can attend events like this one. I think I will. Maybe a report on it tomorrow, if I get time.
I probably won’t live blog it, because I don’t know if they’ll have wireless, and even if they do, I don’t have a working battery for my laptop, so it requires a power outlet as well. The latter is a problem that I hope to solve shortly, either with a new battery, or (more likely) a new laptop, since this one is a dinosaur from the last millenium (though just barely–it’s five years old this month).
Commanding The Tide
In yet another display of economic ignorance on the part of politicians, Hawai’i has put a cap on wholesale gas prices. I fearlessly predict shortages on the islands, wiki wiki.
Taking His Name In Vain
At least one of the “four hundred scientists” that the Discovery Institute claims signed their petition against evolution says that he disagrees with it:
Davidson says he was seeking a place where people “believe in a Creator and also believe in science.
“I thought it was refreshing,” he says.
Not anymore. He’s concluded the institute is an affront to both science and religion.
“When I joined I didn’t think they were about bashing evolution. It’s pseudo-science, at best … What they’re doing is instigating a conflict between science and religion.”
In The Crosshairs
Well, there’s an incipient hurricane heading right at my house tonight or tomorrow morning, according to all the track predictions. And I’m feeling guilty, being up here in DC, where the weather is gorgeous, while Patricia has to batten down the hatches at home by herself. It gives me a sense of deja vu about last year, when we got hit twice in two weeks in September.
A coworker up here just asked me what it is with Florida and hurricanes lately. My theory is simple: Florida sucks. That’s just my theory, though…
It Doesn’t Get Much More Cynical Than This
The Muslim extremists (and yes, I don’t need scare quotes around that word) that Britain is threatening to deport are taunting them with lawyers:
Al-Siri, who faces execution in Egypt for the murder of a six-year-old girl in a terror bomb blast, said: ‘I don’t think any British judge can accept any agreement between the UK and any Middle East country like Egypt.’
The 42-year-old, who denies involvement in terrorism, added: ‘Any judge here can take this agreement and throw it in the rubbish basket.
‘I still trust the UK with human rights and, while Tony Blair may want to change the laws, there is still the Magna Carta.’
Saudi dissident Dr Saad Al-Fagih, who has been described as ‘global terrorist’ by the U.S., also said he was not worried by Mr Clarke’s threat.
He said: ‘There is no reason why I should go, none whatsoever. I am doing nothing wrong. If any attempts are made I will contact my lawyer and go through the due process.’
These are people who have utter contempt for human rights (or for that matter, human life) as we understand them, and given the chance, would institute a regime in which they were non-existent. Yet they are sufficiently confident in our own belief in them that they will cheerfully use that against us. They may be misunderestimating the patience of the British people, though:
The Government has also signalled it is prepared to amend the Human Rights Act to achieve its aims.
We’ll see if July 7th had the same impact on Britain as September 11th did on us. Now, perhaps they, like we, now understand that when people say they want to kill us, we should take them seriously.
I do wonder, though, if Cherie Blair will be one of the lawyers fighting their extradition? That would make for some interesting bedroom conversation at 10 Downing Street.
It Doesn’t Get Much More Cynical Than This
The Muslim extremists (and yes, I don’t need scare quotes around that word) that Britain is threatening to deport are taunting them with lawyers:
Al-Siri, who faces execution in Egypt for the murder of a six-year-old girl in a terror bomb blast, said: ‘I don’t think any British judge can accept any agreement between the UK and any Middle East country like Egypt.’
The 42-year-old, who denies involvement in terrorism, added: ‘Any judge here can take this agreement and throw it in the rubbish basket.
‘I still trust the UK with human rights and, while Tony Blair may want to change the laws, there is still the Magna Carta.’
Saudi dissident Dr Saad Al-Fagih, who has been described as ‘global terrorist’ by the U.S., also said he was not worried by Mr Clarke’s threat.
He said: ‘There is no reason why I should go, none whatsoever. I am doing nothing wrong. If any attempts are made I will contact my lawyer and go through the due process.’
These are people who have utter contempt for human rights (or for that matter, human life) as we understand them, and given the chance, would institute a regime in which they were non-existent. Yet they are sufficiently confident in our own belief in them that they will cheerfully use that against us. They may be misunderestimating the patience of the British people, though:
The Government has also signalled it is prepared to amend the Human Rights Act to achieve its aims.
We’ll see if July 7th had the same impact on Britain as September 11th did on us. Now, perhaps they, like we, now understand that when people say they want to kill us, we should take them seriously.
I do wonder, though, if Cherie Blair will be one of the lawyers fighting their extradition? That would make for some interesting bedroom conversation at 10 Downing Street.
It Doesn’t Get Much More Cynical Than This
The Muslim extremists (and yes, I don’t need scare quotes around that word) that Britain is threatening to deport are taunting them with lawyers:
Al-Siri, who faces execution in Egypt for the murder of a six-year-old girl in a terror bomb blast, said: ‘I don’t think any British judge can accept any agreement between the UK and any Middle East country like Egypt.’
The 42-year-old, who denies involvement in terrorism, added: ‘Any judge here can take this agreement and throw it in the rubbish basket.
‘I still trust the UK with human rights and, while Tony Blair may want to change the laws, there is still the Magna Carta.’
Saudi dissident Dr Saad Al-Fagih, who has been described as ‘global terrorist’ by the U.S., also said he was not worried by Mr Clarke’s threat.
He said: ‘There is no reason why I should go, none whatsoever. I am doing nothing wrong. If any attempts are made I will contact my lawyer and go through the due process.’
These are people who have utter contempt for human rights (or for that matter, human life) as we understand them, and given the chance, would institute a regime in which they were non-existent. Yet they are sufficiently confident in our own belief in them that they will cheerfully use that against us. They may be misunderestimating the patience of the British people, though:
The Government has also signalled it is prepared to amend the Human Rights Act to achieve its aims.
We’ll see if July 7th had the same impact on Britain as September 11th did on us. Now, perhaps they, like we, now understand that when people say they want to kill us, we should take them seriously.
I do wonder, though, if Cherie Blair will be one of the lawyers fighting their extradition? That would make for some interesting bedroom conversation at 10 Downing Street.
For The Record
Let it be noted and time stamped that Dwayne Day and Clark Lindsey have proposed an interesting wager. Though Dr. Day may still back down, given Clark’s definition.
The Future Of Bizjets?
The Chair Force Engineer has a photo tour of the Eclipse manufacturing plant. Let’s hope that in a few years, these will be pictures of suborbital vehicles under construction.