Dann Todd's 'Dain Bramage'^**

Just In Case....

....anyone doubts why we are in Iraq, read this story by Michael Totten about Saddam's genocidal campaign against the Iraqi Kurds. The good guys put a stop to this sort of thing. [That would be us, the U.S., in case you were wondering.]

by Dann 

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Could You Close Your Eyes?

Mark Steyn presents the following:

In five years' time, how many Jews will be living in France? Two years ago, a 23-year-old Paris disc jockey called Sebastien Selam was heading off to work from his parents' apartment when he was jumped in the parking garage by his Muslim neighbor Adel. Selam's throat was slit twice, to the point of near-decapitation; his face was ripped off with a fork; and his eyes were gouged out. Adel climbed the stairs of the apartment house dripping blood and yelling, "I have killed my Jew. I will go to heaven."

In an article about how the west refuses to recognize, much less deal with, rampant anti-Semitism.

According to the old saw, "first they came for the Jews....."

Well not this time. At least, if I can make that much difference, not this time.

by Dann 

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Live Free Or Die

From John Hindraker:

When I lived in New Hampshire, I enjoyed the perennial battles over the state's motto, "Live Free Or Die." It was on New Hampshire license plates then, and still is. The motto has been around for quite a while. It comes from a quote by New Hampshire's greatest Revolutionary War hero, Gen. John Stark. Stark reportedly gave a toast in 1809, when poor health led him to decline an invitation to a reunion of veterans of the 1777 Battle of Bennington: "Live free or die; death is not the worst of evils."

also...

It seems to me that in today's environment--let's refer specifically to the Danish cartoon controversy as emblematic of the larger struggle--"Live Free Or Die" has more resonance than ever. But liberals still hate it. Someone could write a PhD thesis on why this is so, but our readers will intuitively understand that the sentiment underlying New Hampshire's motto is antithetical to modern liberalism.

Quite.

by Dann 

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