It should be obvious that Hitler is living today...just with a different face, name, and country...Iran. Despite all that however, if the Holocaust were occuring as it did in the 1930/40s would we see the same kinds of headlines we see today? Blaming the Jews for their own extermination?

Groupthink has an excellent graphic that displays the absurdity.

It would be funny if it weren't so true.

 Current headline on Fox News on TV "As many as 10 more suspects "urgently" sought in UK".

Great...so we don't have them all. And now an LAX terror alert press conference. "No confirmed plots on US Soil" ... except for those silly Egyptian 'students' who we can't seem to find. Sure, they're totally innocent.

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I love the photo on FoxNews.com of the cop with a big 'ol gun. Probably won't be there long.

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And this is new to me...no electronic car FOBs (like most new cards have) on flights. How do I get into my car without one? LOL I don't remember the last time I used my actual key to unlock the doors.

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Hubby just asked why the Mayor of LA was giving this press conference...good question. I suppose since LAX is in his 'territory' but I bet there was a struggle for who got to give the press conference. The governor deployed the National Guard to LAX...good for him. I doubt my governor will do anything like that. Wouldn't want to look too threatening or anything. Sheesh.

Chicago's mayor is now giving a press conference. Lots of face time for mayors today. Not sure why they all need to go out and speak but whatever.

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Dennis Praeger was interviewing a spokesman from Homeland Security. I loved his question about not allowing any liquid substance of any kind...except baby formula...so what stops a terrorist from using baby formula? HA! And Dennis thinks we'll end up flying naked pretty soon. I shudder at the thought.

But seriously...you can only ban so many items before there is nothing left to ban. We can still bring keys on the plane and keys could be used as a weapon. It's not working ... we need to PROFILE. *gasp* Did I just say that? What would my teachers who tried so hard to brain wash me think???

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Some Bimbo news "reporter" reporting live from Heathrow Airport on Fox News said that we need to understand what WE are doing wrong and what WE can do to make them understand and accept the freedoms we have. WHAT THE HELL?!?!?! Talk about not getting it.

I get so sick of the "news". I long ago gave up reading the local newspaper rag, which I never did pay for - merely reading their online version. I rarely glance at the Wall Street Journal anymore though at least that one is more well written than most.

TV news I avoid like the plague. Local stations just make me ill...or make me scream. My husband still insists on turning them on every so often. I think he does it just to get me riled up. They're so pathetic. If they can find the negative side and at the same time make America look bad they will. Forget all the so called 'facts' about any story...just find that good soundbite and roll.

Our media today completely warps our perspective. We tend to see war as something neat, clean, and fast or as something too horrible to ever endure because it's never justified. Cal Thomas proposes that if we had live from the field coverage in WWII that we would have lost. Lost support at home; lost our allies; and lost the war. How sad that our media is now helping us to defeat against Islamo-Nazis now.

During World War II, U.S. and German forces fought the battle of Hurtgen Forest. It began Sept. 19, 1944 and ended Feb. 10, 1945. That was one battle in a strategically insignificant corridor of barely 50 square miles east of the Belgium-Germany border. The Germans inflicted more than 24,000 casualties on American forces, while another 9,000 Americans were sidelined due to illness, fatigue and friendly fire. Had live TV beamed this battle to America, there might have been an outcry that the policy was failing and somehow a cease-fire and an accommodation with Hitler should be achieved.

America won that war because the objective wasn't to understand the Nazis, or to reach an accommodation with them; the objective was to win the war. Anything less in this war - against an equally evil and unrelenting enemy - will mean defeat for the United States and for freedom everywhere. That's what Rumsfeld was getting at when he said, "We can persevere in Iraq or we can withdraw prematurely, until they force us to make a stand nearer home. But make no mistake: They are not going to give up, whether we acquiesce in their immediate demands or not."

Nazis then and Nazis now...same song different verse. Cal is right...we can't win this by trying to "understand" their grievances. You can't pander to Jew hatred unless you let them go ahead and wipe Israel off the map. But as the poem goes...

First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
     Pastor Martin Niemöller

Why is it that when a Muslim commits an act of terror, such as the attack on the Jewish Federation building in Seattle, Muslim leaders deny any connection between the act and their faith? It's just a 'disturbing incident' or 'random' event. Nope...no relation to Islam at all.

How can they bury their heads in the sand and deny the obvious? Jeff Siddiqui, a Seattle Muslim leader, seems to do this quite often. And most recently he wrote a letter to a Jewish newspaper kind of apologizing for the horrible act of a Muslim man. But it's not really an apology, at least I don't read it that way.

"...the mindless act of cruelty by a hate-filled man..." Really? Mindless? I don't think so. It was premeditated and planned. He was fully aware of his actions and stated them clearly to all who listened that day. And it seems to me that there's a lot of hate filled men (and probably women, but who'd know since they're just property) in Islam. Now and in the past. How he can not see this?

And it's not just extremists who hate. They are the ones who act on that hate...but it is the 'normal' people walking down the street. Take a look at this post on My Own Side ... scroll down to the 5th photo. Just your average Joe walking down the street with his kid. You won't see that on the news. Just your every day Jew hater taking a walk.

And the photo above that is almost as disturbing. Equating the "random" violence that took the life of a Jewish woman and the blood of five others with the acts of Israel to defend itself against the threat of extermination. Sure...it's the same thing...all violence is the same, right?

It boggles my mind.

Move Along...Nothing To See Here.

Oh My Gosh! I hope this gets more attention. Yet another tidbit I won't see in any local or national papers or news casts.

Sound Politics reporting that Hezbollah using Christians to shield themselves. Not that it's a huge surprise, they're not just using Christians I'm sure. But why bother innocent Muslims when they can use the Christians first? Makes sense to me.

Disgusting. These 'people' are worse than animals. They are scum sucking monsters.

Seriously? Just how dumb does the main stream media think we are? This is not the 1980s. They can't just publish something and expect no alternative analysis. The photo taken by Adnan Haji published by al-Reuters showing amazingly symetrical smoke coming from a bombed Beruit was just the first...there appear to be more cases of doctored photos coming to light.

My Pet Jawa reports on another one that is funny if it weren't so serious. My first thought when I saw it was...well, duh...how can a plane fire a rocket behind itself? My favorite comment by a guest there is this:

"Bombs drop steeply away from the plane, rockets fire forward of the plane, otherwise the plane will shoot itself down." PeterUK

Great minds think alike Peter.

Sites like Little Green Footballs and Michelle Malkin are why I don't watch the news any longer. I can get all the important details from them and talk radio. If I need to know what's going on locally I'll just ask my mom. And even then I can only rely so much on her and have to check out sites like Sound Politics. She still seems to place some credibility with the local rag, Newsweek, and Channel 5.

One of my favorite blogs to visit is Gates of Vienna. Yesterday, a guest blogger posted a Dr. Seusse like poem about the prophet Mohammed (pieces be upon him) that rankled a long time reader, who happens to be Muslim.

I think that today's post, in responding to said reader, is brilliant! It is so hard for me to explain, even to myself, why there is a difference between us fighting in Iraq (and Israel fighting in Lebanon) and Islamo-Nazis coming to the United States and fighting here. I know it stems from my formal education. In the 7th or 8th grade I remember a teacher telling us that NO one culture is ever better than another.

And I struggled with that. If there isn't any difference between my culture, and say a cannibal society, then what stops us from descending down into the depths of anarchy. Of course my thoughts weren't that deep then...but I still struggle with that idea of all societies being 'equal'. They aren't "wrong" they are just different from us. That is what my teacher taught and what I soaked up with my young "skull full of mush."

I know deep down that this is crap. But articulating it logically is another issue altogether. So Barron's post today just made my day because he so well articulates what I know to be truth.

Why do people hate the Jews? I mean, seriously. Why? What is it about Jews that make people draw horrible cartoons or compare them to rats or monkeys? Besides the fact that I think monkeys are cute and my cousins have pet rats.

I have never fully understood a hatred so deep that it caused the hideous murder of 6 million and stokes the anger of Muslims enough to strap explosives to themselves just to kill infidels. What kind of psychosis allows this action?

After the animal Haq went on his 'small' rampage in Seattle, people immediately started saying that he was mentally ill. Well, duh! All terrorists are obviously not fully there mentally. I think they're all nutso. Does that mean we let them get away with their hatred because it's not their fault?

I know...we'll spike the water with Prozac. Maybe that will help. Somehow I doubt it. It seems there isn't enough Prozac in the world to calm the crazies.

But crazy or not, Haq deserves the death penalty. But I doubt he'll get it in "progressive" and "compassionate" Seattle. Forget about the woman who died. Forget that he specifically said that he wanted to kill Jews. Don't think about that. Seattle thinks he's the victim.

Hate is such a weird emotion. And one that I don't particularly understand. I hate onions but I don't go blowing them up.

Am I the only one who finds it very disturbing to see reporters in a war zone, talking about enemy artillery being fired into allied territory? Did we see that sort of thing in Germany?

"And now, from Berlin...we've seen several planes take off and head toward London. We can't show them on the air though and no photographs."

I mean, come on. So, you're willing to shill for the enemy as long as you can get a story? Oh sure, Saddam was a bad guy, but CNN just had to go along with his demands or they'd get kicked out of the country.

Well...duh! So get kicked out...at least you'd have some credibility for standing up for the truth. What a concept.

Maybe it's just me. I can't stand those reports though.

Why did I start this blog? I'm sure that question will pop into my head more often than not as I try to make sense of this crazy world. I long ago stopped writing in my journal. I never had time nor energy to keep it up. And my hand always got tired when I wrote...my thoughts come much faster than my handwriting allowed. I'm a much faster typist. And this is cheaper than therapy.

Mostly, I generally have an opinion about everything and anything. Sometimes I just yell at my radio...but then other drivers just think I'm a nutter (or my coworkers get mad). Perhaps this way I can share some of my nuttiness and of course stop yelling at my radio in the car (and maybe save my job).

A little about me...in case anyone cares...I'm in my upper 20s, went through 12 years of public school and 6 years of secondary education (who says a 4 year degree has to take 4 years?). I finally earned my Bachelors in Political Science and Business Administration in 2002...or was it 2003. Time flies. I worked full time through school, which is why it took me a tad longer than the four years typical of 4 year degrees.

I'm married to a wonderful man. I used to lean toward liberalism and feminism and still find myself with some of those thoughts when hubby wants ME to cook dinner (how dare he?!) but I try to ignore those. I'm probably too opinionated for my family but that's what my family is known for. Arguing is a sport at family functions. But we're also a little too emotional and so fights occur more often than is healthy.

I work full time in the corporate world and run my own small business in my "spare" time. And just because I was able to breath during those few extra seconds I found each day I decided to start this blog.

So we'll see where this leads. But rest assured I will never blog in my pajamas!