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| Crying Lone Wolf - Mark Steyn |
| 2010-05-04 |
| Whenever something goofy happens — bomb in Times Square, mass shootings at a US military base, etc. — there seem to be two kinds of reactions: a) Some people go, "Hmm. I wonder if this involves some guy with a name like Mohammed who has e-mails from Yemen." b) Other people go, "Don't worry, there's no connection to terrorism, and anyway, even if there is, it's all very amateurish, and besides he's most likely an isolated extremist or lone wolf." Unfortunately, everyone in category (b) seems to work for the government. To the traditional who-ya-gonna-believe-me-or-your-lyin'-eyes cliches, Mayor Bloomberg has now added the inspired line that the amateurish loner with no connection to terrorism "didn't like the health care bill". I do hope they ask Faisal Shahzad his views on the individual mandate. Any moment now, Janet Napolitano will announce that effective immediately it will be illegal to remove your sweat shirt in a public place. By the way, there are so many of these isolated extremists and lone wolves, they surely belong to the United Amalgamated Union of Lone Wolves and Isolated Extremists. So their cadillac health care plan probably has an Obamacare opt-out anyway. Very odd. Why do public officials so reflexively dissemble and misdirect every time? In the end, all they're doing is undermining confidence in the integrity of their own institutions. That doesn't seem a smart move. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #8 amazingly this site was updated on 04 may 10 -wonder who's running it now..;) |
| Posted by: linker 2010-05-04 22:26 |
| #7 Not sure if this is his website. *shudder* I imagine the FBI or someone is following home anyone who drops by. (Hi, guys! Welcome to Rantburg!) You may want to think more carefully than I did about checking it out. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-05-04 22:11 |
| #6 I would think the lessons of Spain would e followed by politicians. Blame the wrong guys for political reasons and it burns you at the polls. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-05-04 20:38 |
| #5 Just posted this above before I saw Mark's post. Not sure if this is his website. If it is, it's a handy tutorial on setting up websites. Also his full name is.. wait for it...Muhammad Faisal Shahzd. Mark Steyn will be delighted as he will be able to recycle his usual line: These days, whenever something goofy turns up on the news, chances are it involves a fellow called Mohammed. |
| Posted by: tipper 2010-05-04 19:23 |
| #4 I heard Keith Olbermann interview Richard Clarke last night or the night before. Olbermann tried to slant the questioning in every way he could to support his "white-guy" right-wing extremist militia agenda. Clarke didn't go for it. For the life of me, I don't know why NBC wastes its money on this clown who tries to pass himself off as a news anchor. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-04 18:40 |
| #3 Other people go, "Don't worry, there's no connection to terrorism, and anyway, even if there is, it's all very amateurish, and besides he's most likely an isolated extremist or lone wolf." Unfortunately, everyone in category (b) seems to work for the government. Category c also works for the government. People who often refuse to use the word terrorism and never use the word islamic and terrorism in the same sentence. In fact, they try to redefine terrorism as "man-made disasters." |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-04 18:35 |
| #2 Lex, did you by chance catch Geraldo's antics on Fox Sunday? The midget was all but saying/praying that this was probably the work of some white guy from the midwest, cause it couldn't be anyone else obviously. |
| Posted by: Jefferson 2010-05-04 18:07 |
| #1 In the end, all they're doing is undermining confidence in the integrity of their own institutions. It seems to be an article of political faith that calling problems by their proper names-- islamist terror, importation of a Mexican underclass, etc-- runs the risk of a "racist backlash." And that that risk trumps everything: national security, border security, avoiding government bankruptcy, whatever. Bush was almost as guilty of this as Barry. No difference between 'em. What neither party realizes is that there is a growing movement of Americans who trust neither party, and increasingly few government agencies, and that this movement is only awaiting a set of leaders for it to start realigning our politics for good. |
| Posted by: lex 2010-05-04 14:02 |