Author: Greg Saunders

As you may have heard, October 22-26, 2007 is Islamo-“fascism” Awareness week. Apparently conservatives have nothing better to do than raise the “awareness” of a threat so horrible that it’s burned into the brains of everyone on 9/11. As a member of the decadent left, I find it odd that self-righteous, patronizing fools like David Horowitz seem to think that we are the ones who need reminding about the threat of Islamo-“fascists”. After all, when was the last time you heard a Republican ask “Why haven’t we caught Osama Bin Laden yet?”. I hear it asked all the time by my fellow liberals.

Then it dawned on me. Sure, we liberals are perfectly aware of the threat by Islamo-“fascists”, but we just aren’t wearing our frightened, quivering hearts on our sleeves enough for Horowitz and his fellow ass-kickers to notice. To our friends on the other side of the aisle, let me assure you that we hate terrorism in the only way I think you’ll understand :

(Posted with the deepest respect and admiration for Bill Watterson, one of the greatest artists and writers in comic history. )

This week has been like a gourmet, five-course meal of wingnuttery. Naturally, the main course was the stalking and harassment of 12-year-old Graeme Frost. That alone would be a week’s worth of conservative lunacy, but it was complimented by an even more hilarious side dish. When Ezra Klein decided to take Michelle Malkin at her word that she wanted a “a good-faith argument” on the merits of SCHIP expansion met, not did Michelle show her true colors by cravenly turning down his offer to debate, but one of her fans took the absurdity to another level by challenging Ezra to a boxing match.

Adding to the right wing dipshittery, John Gibson’s analysis of yesterday’s school shooting included the observation that “Hip-hoppers do not kill themselves.” Fox News asked viewers if Air America was in a “War on God?” (Does that mean that the all-powerful God is losing?) And, you probably already guessed this, Ann Coulter said some more crazy bullshit that will help her sell more books and get her booked on more cable news shows.

For your digestif, here’s Iain Murray at The Corner suggesting that Al Gore should share his Nobel Prize with Osama Bin Laden.

There’s been a lot of complaining about Democratic leadership (and the lack therof) lately. I could probably find a half dozen examples from this week alone. I’ll spare you a rehash of the standard “what’s wrong with ____?” post and just point to this powerful example of what happens when a politician is put in a position between following his heart and following the polls. Here’s the Republican mayor of San Diego (via waxy):

Sad to think that I can’t remember the last time I saw a politician being this honest.

Atrios says what should obvious to every presidential candidate :

If I were a Democrat running for president I wouldn’t be looking forward to inheriting this mess and would be working to end it sooner, not later.

It’s sad that candidates like Obama and Clinton aren’t willing to lead on withdrawing from Iraq when they’re the two most likely to get stuck cleaning up Bush’s mess. If a Democrat gets stuck having to be the President that pulls out the troops, they’ll be turned into a right-wing caricature of the “cut and run” liberal who’s afraid to finish the job. Stop listening to 2004’s poll numbers and say what everyone’s thinking but the President : “This war needs to end.”

What happens when a grandstanding fool whipped into a patriotic fervor makes a sucker’s bet that George W. Bush would do a good job?

Bob Flournoy swore after 9/11 that he would wear the same patriotic tie until the day Osama bin Laden was captured or killed.

He figured that it would take the USA a couple of weeks to find the notorious terrorist leader. Despite that miscalculation — it’s been almost six years — the city attorney has kept his word. He’s been wearing the same red-white-and-blue necktie since the attacks on America.

“It looks like Francis Scott Key’s Star-Spangled Banner,” Flournoy tells The Lufkin (Texas) Daily News. “It is faded, worn and tattered. It has been reworked, patched and pieced together. Velcro has been added around the neck because it is too fragile to tie and untie. It is smaller and even a little smelly, but it is still a grand old flag. Betsy Ross would be proud.”
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“If Bin Laden is alive, I challenge him to prove it by Sept. 11, 2007,” Flournoy says. “If he does not come forward with some proof, I am personally going to declare him dead, and I will be able to take off my tie and give it a proper burial.”

Poor guy just wants to take off his smelly tie and in a few more days…

Crap. Osama just messed with the wrong Texan.

Flournoy said he has had enough of waiting for proof of bin Laden’s death. He thinks his friends and those around him every day will be very happy once he stops wearing the tie.

“Flies kind of gather around me, and I don’t have quite as many friends,” Flournoy said.
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“If by chance Bin Laden is not dead and proves it by Sept. 11th, I offer to meet him, man to man, at the park at City Hall and fight him to the death of one of us,” Flournoy said. “He just can’t kill Americans and get away with it.”

Flournoy doubts his challenge will reach Tora Bora, but wants a way to put his tattered old flag tie to rest once and for all.

“It’s been fun, but the fun’s about to end,” Flournoy said.

That’s right, Osama. You’re about to get your ass kicked by somebody wearing a disgusting tie. Let’s Roll!