Just a few things that are on my mind right now.
1. Flu Shots. I was in the living room the other night when Mrs. BiW was watching television, and one of the commercials was about the availability of flu shots at the local pharmacy and how various health authorities were urging them for everyone. I thought about it for a few minutes and reflected on how they seem to be available everywhere here this year. Supermarkets, pharmacies, and special kiosks at the malls. I asked her if she could remember a time in our lives when they have been pushed as hard as they have this year. She responded that she could not.
I went to the Doctor for one of my wonderful pincushion sessions this morning. As I signed in, the receptioninst asked me if I wanted a flu shot. I said “No.” My doctor was behind the counter sending a fax, and said “What do you mean you don’t want a flu shot?” I said “I just had one a few months ago.” He laughed.
In the examination room, he laboriously went through the several reasons he felt I should get a flu shot, and finished with “and you didn’t just get a flu shot. Your last flu shot was in December. The shot I gave you in May was for pneumonia. Just get the damn shot.” I got the shot. I was surprised to discover that my local oil change place wasn’t offering flu shots this afternoon when I spent my lunch hour getting a flush and fill on my radiator. Of course, I suppose that some people have to get it, you know, so that we can have an emergency that won’t go to waste.
2. Justice Steven Breyer. WTF? No. Really. W.T.F.???
I heard part of an interview of Justice Breyer by George Stephanopoulos today on my way home. If my Doctor is correct, I have to stop listening to interviews like this, because the question appeared to be asked with serious intent, and the noodling out loud by Justice Breyer, well, let’s just say he’s demonstrated reason to question his fitness for the job.
From the Washington Post:
Today, Stephanopoulos asked Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer this remarkable question:
When you think about the Internet, and when you think about the fact that a pastor in Florida, with a flock of 30, can threaten to burn the Koran and that leads to riots and killings in Afghanistan, does that pose a challenge to the First Amendment and how you interpret it? Does it change the nature of what we can allow and protect?
Breyer began his answer well enough, with a defense of free speech. “People can express their views in debate, no matter how awful those views are,” he said. “In debate. A conversation. People exchanging ideas — that’s the model. So that we are better informed when we cast that ballot. Those core values remain.”
At this point, Breyer could have concluded, “And whatever we might decide in any individual case, we must never sacrifice our values in the face of threats or intimidation.”
Instead, referring to “those core values,” the justice added, “How they apply can change.” What might that mean?
“The conversation is now global,” Stephanopoulos prompted.
“Indeed,” Breyer agreed:
And you can say — with the Internet, you can say this. You can’t shout fire in a crowded theater. Holmes said it doesn’t mean you can shout ‘fire’ in a crowded theater. Well, what is it? Why? Because people will be trampled to death. And what is the crowded theater today? What is the being trampled to death? It will be answered over time in a series of cases which force people to think carefully.
The question starts from the wrong premise, that being that a religious or political expression’s legality is subject to the Court, and it was wrong for the to Justice’s answer, as it is not for the Courts or Judges to offer advisory opinions. That said, the Judge’s opinion is nothing short of an abject surrender of the sovereignty of our nation and its citizens. Our ability to exercise any one of our rights cannot be subject to how people in other countries will react to that exercise. The minute we make the exercise of our rights subject to international approval, our government no longer fulfills its duty to guarantee those rights to us, and the social contract is broken.
May God save us from these damn Harvard lawyers. They will be our undoing.
But, can you yell-out “FIRE” in a crowded theater, if there really is a fire?
What if the theater is filled with Muslims starting the fire?
Insanity overcomes this nation in the name of “Political Correctness”.
How are we to stop it? Perhaps, this November?
One can only hope…
Thats why you need term limits for the Supreme Court.
Ohh and what Breyer is suggesting is Sharia Law of sorts
Chris P
The answer is yes as Mr Justice Breyer, legendary sophist that he is misquotes Holmes as I believe he said that one cannot falsely shout fire in a theater”. Mr Breyer misquoted him and probably knew better to try and make his point to the uninitiated. He wrote I believe at least one of the opinions regarding battle field detentions and torture from what I read in that decision the only thing that got tortured was the english language in his specious reasoning as to why Geneva didn’t apply to our presence in Afghanistan. But,hey, what can you expect of a guy who one of his main patrons was Ted Kennedy.
The answer is yes you can but you will be denounced on the six o’clock news by CAIR backed up by the Islamist in Chief spouting some drivel about Islam being a “religion of peace” all the while saying how your reporting the violent acts of muslims is inciting muslim violence.
Yep. Nearly jumped out of my chair when I read what Breyer said. Initial split second reaction, but then I said to myself, “Self, why are you surprised by this?”
The Founders aren’t spinning anymore, their actively digging themselves up to smack the shit out of these people.
More than the absolute fallacy of this statement, is what he actually said: If you criticize Islam, then it is a safety issue. This is the part of the story that is really telling. He is one of those folks who will lecture on inclusiveness and will criticize on Islamophobia, but what he just said is that Islam is so violent and volatile, that the US needs to moderate is inalienable right to free speech.
As a leftist, I’m sure this is not what he intended to say, but it is pretty damn telling that he said it…
“Pull up your pants. Son, pull up your pants for Barack Obama.”
http://weaselzippers.us/2010/09/14/rep-john-lewis-d-eluded-conservatives-are-radicalized-because-obamas-black/#comments
God, this nation is so fvcked
It is odd that these leftists assure us that islam is peaceful but we must take extra messures so not to offend muslims.
I have refused flu shots for decades after I made the discovery that I could count on being miserably sick for several days after the injection. I would rather than stick with supplementary Vitamin C and other dietary preventions and utilize over-the-counter products to deal with the discomfort that I may experience once every year or so.
Breyer is the prototype Liberal activist that we can expect to take over the Supreme Court should Obama be elected for a second term and have the opportunity to pack the entire judicial system and cement the expiration of individual freedom under a cloud of tyranny and oppression.
Mass: Six Graders Participate in Islamic Prayers, Bow to Allah During Field Trip to Controversial Mosque…
Sorry I posted it here but I had to make sure the drones saw this so I know they ignored Sharia law being implemented here.
Sharia Transit Authority
Islamic law is here and now. But it is enforced not by the fatwas of ayatollahs or mullahs of the Islamic umma, but by the arbitrary powers of psuedo-ayatollahs and faux-mullahs of the American state — in this case, the New Jersey Transit Authority. Elevating Islam’s law above our Constitution, these government officials have chosen to punish the “blasphemer,” in the process devaluing and, indeed, ceding our constitutional rights to speech and protest. All NJ Transit is missing is a banner saying: “9/11/01, Mission Accomplished.”
http://bigpeace.com/dwest/2010/09/16/sharia-transit-authority/
I think that the drones arent attacking me on islam like they used to tells me deep down they knew I was right all along.
FIRE!
Oh, wait, this isn’t a crowded theater. 🙂
Tell me again why we care what people in other countries think or do when one of US exercises our rights?
Agiledog,
We shouldnt but those in power and their drone followers think that implementing Sharia law here in the US will make us safer.
Bwahahahaha
Look the moron al-Faheed laughing like an idiot.
Hey al-Faheed, your kid pray to allah on the field trip to the mosque?
“Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” cartoonist changes name, goes into hiding
Molly Norris conceived of “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” as a joke, but it went viral in part because it was a gesture of defiance in the face of violent threats and intimidation: if Islamic supremacists were threatening to murder Motoonists Kurt Westergaard and Lars Vilks, and anyone else who dared to draw Muhammad, then if everyone drew him, the thugs couldn’t possibly kill us all, could they?
Well, no, they couldn’t. But Anwar Al-Awlaki, the American-born imam who is linked to so much jihadist activity in the United States, including the Fort Hood jihad assassin, the Christmas underwear jihad bomber, and even 9/11, called for her death. And so now she has disappeared. There is no more Molly Norris: she has changed her name and gone into hiding.
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/09/everybody-draw-mohammed-day-cartoonist-changes-name-goes-into-hiding.html
More Sharia Law
al-Faheed should get a chuckle out of this too. You know, being the moderate, islam loving dope that he is.
I couldn’t resist. You offered up the juicy invite earlier that all the “drones” were not responding because you were right. The truth is nobody responded because they were ignoring you.
#1.Wellesley isn’t the reddest spot in the Bay State that’s for sure.
#2.5 kids did it. Wow what a takeover of mankind. 72 virgins for sure for the imam that day.
#3.The trip is part of program that finds the kids talking to Hindus,going to a synagogue and hitting a Gospel musical performance.
All in all this is a great example of hypocritical liberals who otherwise would have a cow over church and state issues,especially in the town of Wellesley.
This isn’t Shariah,its liberal idiocy that won’t go anywhere.Evidenced by the fact that “allowing” the 5 kids to pray is the big deal for the school district.
Same thing goes with the NJ Transit story. I can’t imagine the guy isn’t union and even if he is NJT lawyers better be damn good cause they’re gonna lose big time.Shariah? More like lib/dem PC morons. Glad I’m not a NJ taxpayer,sad Christy will have to play a role in the inevitable lawsuit.
Local story in the Globe
“Wow what a takeover of mankind”
Did I say that idiot? No
“The trip is part of program that finds the kids talking to Hindus,going to a synagogue and hitting a Gospel musical performance.”
So? A public school took kids to a controversal mosque and the kids submitted to allah. And not the first time a public school has make exceptions for islam.
Nice of you to blow off the NJT story that when it comes to islam, the 1st Amendment takes a back seat. But who cares, right?
Ohh and now the FBI tells you to run away if you “offend” islam. But if you want to burn a koran, that will come knocking.
But then, muslims have priority for this regime.
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2010/09/16/reaching-out-to-arab-and-muslim-americans-a-priority-for-doj/
BTW Sorry your RINO in DE got his ass handed to him. Bwahahahaha
The Shariah Threat to America
By David Yerushalmi
Nine years ago, another in a decades-long assault on the U.S. and Western interests was carried out by mujahideen — Islamic jihad warriors. September 11 didn’t launch this existential threat of jihad, but it certainly exposed the underbelly of American vulnerability like no other previous attack (including the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993 and the bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon a decade before that).
http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/09/the_shariah_threat_to_america.html
Reading for the drones and their moderate allies.
Australia: Non-Muslims must cover up at municipal pool to avoid offending Muslims during Ramadan
When in Muslim countries, non-Muslims should conform their behavior to Islamic sensibilities. When in non-Muslim countries, non-Muslims should conform their behavior to Islamic sensibilities. Once you have grasped this basic principle, all will be well. “Cover up for pool event during next year’s Ramadan,” by Padraic Murphy in the Herald Sun, September 23 (thanks to all who sent this in):
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/09/australia-non-muslims-must-cover-up-at-municipal-pool-to-avoid-offending-muslims-during-ramadan.html
Sharia law in Autralia
Ciarlante said he was having a smoke break outside the Kraft building on Thursday when Hiller, clad in a Muslim headscarf and her Kraft uniform, walked by him, clutching her handgun.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/102684099.html?cmpid=15585797
Funny how the media fails to mention she was a devote muslim. Any idea al-Faheed?
A pro-family organization says it’s hypocritical for high-ranking officials in the Pentagon to condemn a Florida church’s plans to burn Qurans when U.S. military personnel burned Bibles last year in Afghanistan.
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Culture/Default.aspx?id=1160612
People forget our muslim “president” had Bibles burned last year.
White House Science Czar Says He Would Use ‘Free Market’ to ‘De-Develop the United States’
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/75388
You support this drones?
CT approves rate hikes to cover ObamaCare mandates
The big question here will be whether Kathleen Sebelius herself will travel to Connecticut to smite the insurers personally, or the state government that approved rate hikes of up to 20% to cover the new mandates in ObamaCare. These rate hike requests won’t be the last, either:
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/09/18/ct-approves-rate-hikes-to-cover-obamacare-mandates/
Dumbass CT drone. We told you moron.
Remember this the next time the drones cry about al-Thuggy being compared to Hitler.
http://biggovernment.com/sright/2010/09/17/dem-congresswomans-supporters-participate-in-palin-as-hitler-rally/
Obama Would Be A Better President “If He Was Fully White”
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/09/18/bill-maher-obama-would-be-better-president-if-he-was-fully-black
Obama Re-Writes Declaration of Independence to Leave Out “Creator”…
http://weaselzippers.us/2010/09/17/obama-re-writes-declaration-of-independence-to-leave-out-creator/
Only a friggin moron would insist he is a real Christian. Come on al-Faheed try to spin this one if you can. Im sure he will dodge it like his leftist friends would do.
Leftists Holding “Anti-Hate” Rally Call Andrew Breitbart a “Homo,” Spit on Him…
Obama’s Organizing for America (OFA) members were bussed into the parking lot before the Right Nation 2010 Conference in Chicago. They leftist protesters harassed Andrew Breitbart and called him a homo. This is while one of the members was leading the group in prayer.
This should cheer al-Faheed up
That pagan bastard Obama closed the speech as follows:
Thank you. God bless you, and God bless the United States of America. Thank you.
I’m sure you’ll spin that to mean he just left out Allah.
Man you drones are predictable. How did I know you would go to bat for your fellow muslim?
And of course al-Faheed cant explain why al-Thuggy would deliberately edit the Declaration of Independence. Rather just carry water for the POS so he looks “fair”. What a pathetic loser. Probably still pissed that his moderate Castle got his ass kicked.
Oba-Mao: Obama Dressed in Commie Garb Still a Big Seller in Communist China…
http://weaselzippers.us/2010/09/19/oba-mao-obama-dressed-in-commie-garb-still-a-big-seller-in-communist-china/
Well they would know
BiW, it would appear that Breyer has had second thoughts on this whole first amendment thing:
Rasmussen: Voters feel closer to Palin than Obama, 52/40
http://hotair.com/archives/2010/09/20/rasmussen-voters-feel-closer-to-palin-than-obama-5240/
Suck it drones and moderates.
Sharia Law in action
http://weaselzippers.us/2010/09/21/shocking-video-of-a-woman-being-stoned-to-death-by-taliban/#comments
Two Men Charged in Violent Racist Beating of White Teen (Video)
Two men who were questioned and released by Seattle police after a West Seattle teen was beaten in a racially charged attack have been charged in connection with the May 25 assault. One of the men was arrested Tuesday evening.
DNA recently linked Ahmed Mohamed and Jonathan Baquiring to the attack in which a 16-year-old boy was robbed, taunted with racial insults, burned with a lit cigarette and punched repeatedly. Mohamed, 22, and Baquiring, 21, each were charged Monday with first-degree robbery and malicious harassment, the state’s hate-crime statute.
http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/09/two-men-charged-in-violent-racist-attack-on-white-teen/
Welcome to al-Thuggy’s post racial America.
Last Friday’s News: Obama’s Latest Group of US Science Envoys to the Muslim World
http://weaselzippers.us/2010/09/23/science-envoys-muslim-majority-countries/
For a real Christian, he sure reaches out to the muslim world.
So we going to get a post on Coates testimony? I look forward to the comments from the drones and moderates, or the lack of them. 🙂
So, to bring his logic to it’s conclusion, all I have to do to keep people from saying bad things about me is to threaten violence if they do it, and then they have to stop because my violence, as a response to their statements, is then their fault?
Then we can prevent all negative things being said about Christianity from now on by threatening violence if someone utters something offensive.
Sort of a “say only what we approve of, or the puppy gets it!” type situation. And when the puppy gets it, it is their fault, according to Beyer the mental giant.
“Then we can prevent all negative things being said about Christianity from now on by threatening violence if someone utters something offensive.”
No, for 2 reasons. One, Christians wouldnt act like that. And two, muslims are viewed as victims and oppressed so they are allowed to get away with barbarism. Christians are not viewed as victims so it wouldnt be treated the same way.
Obama admin to meet with CAIR, ISNA, OIC leadership in Chicago
Posted on September 27, 2010 by creeping
Obama, CAIR, and the OIC – along with a few other jihad supporting Muslims, meeting in Chi-town. Conference on “Islam and Muslims in America”
Day one, the very first panel features the Obama administration, submitters of the world to sharia law – the OIC, and the infamous unindicted co-conspirators with numerous of its leaders convicted of terrorism-related charges, CAIR:
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2010/09/27/obama-admin-to-meet-with-cair-isna-oic-leadership-in-chicago/
More outreach by the muslim “president”
The Flu kills 30+ thousand people a year in the United States.
Firearms kill LESS than 30 thousand people.
Should we have a firearms vaccination?
Oh, By the way;
Football kills 500,000 people a year.
Guns are on par with Tennis? 30K people die playing tennis each year.
Who dies from playing tennis? It is such a deadly sport!
Hahahahahahaha!