The Demons of the Modern Rampage Killer

Victor Davis Hanson   "As of now we know little about what conditions drove, or proved useful to, the Aurora suspect to murder and maim . But given the worldwide incidences of so-called “rampage killings,” the culprit was not the particular gun laws of Colorado. His dark counterparts exist in contemporary Norway, Uganda, Russia, and Latin America. I am sure there is a typology of the multifarious conditions that might prompt such demonic killers — workplace anger, spousal revenge, school-related grudges, religious fanaticism, race or ethnic hatred, political extremism, and abject insanity that offers no exegesis at all."....
I think Mr. Hanson refers to points of view such as is expressed  by this cartoon:

Hanson concludes with this: "In other words, I don’t care a whit whether the Aurora killer was a loner. I don’t care if he was unhappy or if he was on medication. Millions share such pathologies without killing a mouse. I don’t even know whether giving him swift justice will deter the next mass shooter. Yes, give the suspect expert legal counsel; call in all the psychiatrists imaginable; sequester the jury; ensure the judge is a pillar of jurisprudence; but if he is found guilty, I would prefer the gallows and quickly so, to remind us that we live in a civilization that prefers to remember the victims and to remember nothing at all of their killer."

Golden oldie of country music: "I'VE GOT TEARS IN MY EARS FROM LYING ON MY BACK IN [MY] BED WHILE I CRY OVER YOU"

Homer and Jethro via Youtube:   Hillbilly bopper novelty from 1949. Nice guitar by George Barnes.

Sorry, but this video is no longer available unless I can find it elsewhere. The Tunnel Dweller.


Here are some more song titles that you probably won't find on any chart. But they are real song titles.

I Just Bought A Car From The Guy That Stole My Girl, But The Car Don't Run So I Figure We Got An Even Deal. I Keep Forgettin' I Forgot About You.I Knew I'd Hit Rock Bottom When I Woke Up On Top Of You.I Like Bananas Because They Have No BonesI Liked You Better Before I Knew You So Well. I May Be Used, But Baby I Ain't Used Up I Meant Every Word That He Said. I Only Miss You On The Days That End In " Y " I Sat Down On A Beartrap (Just This Morning) I Sent Her Artifical Flowers For Her Artificial Love I Still Miss You, Baby, But My Aim's Gettin' Better. 

Many more songs here if you feel you really must know.


Why didn't I think to ask this? Why are country songs so often complete sentences?
"Stylistically, listen to country radio - you can usually understand every word of every song (as opposed to in rock/pop "what did he say"?) Lyrics are very important in country music. In commercial country music, much more so than in pop, there are many examples of jokey type lyrics, double entendres, and crazy rhymes..."


Here's one where you can understand the words, but won't be able to explain it:  I'm my Own Grandpa

Alan Caruba; The "Worst President Ever"

Presidential petulance personified

WARNING SIGNS  "You have to know how poorly Barack Hussein Obama has performed in office when the phrase the "worst President ever” has already become a cliché."
.... Dr. Hans F. Sennholz, the chairman of the department of economics at Grove City College, wrote an analysis of “The Economics of Jimmy Carter”noting that Carter was “unaware of the inexorable economic principles that direct and determine economic life.” 
"Carter, Sennholz wrote, was unaware that, “Consumers determine not only the prices of consumer goods but also those of the factors of production, that is, land, labor, and capital. They determine and pay the wages of every worker” noting also that “Carter never tires of expounding his displeasure and irritability about the income and wealth of many capitalists and about government policies that seem to favor the rich.” Who does that sound like today?"
(Emphasis added)

Obama vs. the Jewish state

Jennifer Rubin  "The conservative Emergency Committee for Israel is out with a new ad:"


"Democrats are upset that other Democrats are coming out to expressdisappointment with Obama. You can only shout “out of context!” and “smear!” so many times. But if you think it is all “lies,” take it up with The Post’s “authoritative report”or decidedly nonconservative voices such asAaron David Miller, Elie Wiesel, Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) or many, many others. (Recall the House and Senate Democrats who spoke out when Obama “condemned” Israel building in its capital, the city Jay Carney dare not name.)
"That’s why the faux pro-Israel group J Street’s chief says, “The people who vote only on Israel didn’t vote for Obama last time and know who they are voting for already.” That speaks volumes, huh?"

Video: O, Jerusalem

Will four words — or two — derail Obama’s re-election?

Hot Air  "For the third time in two months, Obama’s musings on the economy have put him in hot water and given Mitt Romney huge openings to exploit.  Kim Strassel believes that four words in particular have Team Obama in a panic:

What’s the difference between a calm and cool Barack Obama, and a rattled and worried Barack Obama? Four words, it turns out.

“You didn’t build that” is swelling to such heights that it has the president somewhere unprecedented: on defense. Mr. Obama has felt compelled—for the first time in this campaign—to cut an ad in which he directly responds to the criticisms of his now-infamous speech, complaining his opponents took his words “out of context.” …

"It doesn’t stop there, either.  Last week, Obama spoke two words to an Oakland, California audience that may arguably haunt him even more — “it worked”:"

Unions Offer Reward For Romney Event Locations

Sweetness and Light  "So they can organize ‘grassroots’ demonstrations. So their goons can beat up any Romney supporters they can get their clutches on. So they can intimidate people for expressing any opinions they don’t like. Why else?

"Students of history should recognize this kid of behavior. We saw it from Hitler’s ‘Brown Shirts’ in Weimar Germany. We have seen it from the ‘Red Guards’ in the Soviet Union and China. It has a long tradition."

According to a joint statement issued by Unite and the United Steelworkers unions, Romney is planning to attend two ‘highly secretive’ fundraisers while at the Olympics, to be hosted by some of Britain’s most prominent bankers. The events, which the unions say cost up to $75,000 to attend, are supposedly slated for Thursday.

Union officials say they want to know the location of the fundraisers in order “to ‘award’ Romney with two gold medals, one for austerity (for others) and the other for financial secrecy.”

Urban legend or not? Obama's "crotch salute"

Picture of Senator Barack Obama Failing to Salute the Flag While Others on a Platform, Including Senator Hillary Clinton, are Saluting-Truth!

Summary of the eRumor:  "A picture of Senator Barack Obama (below), Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, Senator Hillary Clinton, and one other person all on a platform and backed by an American flag.  The eRumor says that the National Anthem was being played at the time and that all but Senator Obama saluted."

"The picture is authentic.  It was published in Time magazine and was taken 9/16/07 at an event in Indianola, Iowa where six Democratic presidential candidates appeared.  It was Iowa Senator Tom Harkin's annual "meat and greet."   The fourth person in the picture is Senator Harkin's wife, Ruth.  Not seen in the picture are three other candidates who were standing out of view on the right side of the platform, Senator Chris Dodd, Senator John Edwards, Senator Joe Biden.

"At question is what was going on with Senator Obama?   His critics are circulating the picture and saying that he is not respecting the flag or the National Anthem, especially since the protocol, according to the United States Flag code, is that civilians should have their right hands over their hearts and that they should be facing the flag.  His supporters are saying that this little lapse should not be held against him since there have been plenty of other events at which he has saluted the flag---so it did not mean that he would, in principle, avoid doing it.
....
"An ABC News video, however, shows that Senator Obama did not salute at any time during the Anthem and that everybody else on the platform did.

A spokesperson for the Senator told Fox News that it was ridiculous to suggest that Obama was making any kind of a statement and that sometimes "he does and sometimes he doesn't place his hand over his heart during the National Anthem." "

From TruthOrFiction.Com 

Piano designed for rappers

Hat tip to Walt Stier, Santa Maria, Ca

Obama's spectacular failure

Caroline Glick

"...Egypt's new Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Mursi took off his mask of moderation. Before a crowd of scores of thousands, Mursi pledged to work for the release from US federal prison of Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman.
...."Otherwise known as the blind sheikh, Abdel Rahman was the mastermind of the jihadist cell in New Jersey that perpetrated the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. His cell also murdered Rabbi Meir Kahane in New York in 1990. They plotted the assassination of then-president Hosni Mubarak. They intended to bomb New York landmarks including the Lincoln and Holland tunnels and the UN headquarters."
...."And in response to Mursi's supreme act of unfriendliness, US President Barack Obama invited Mursi to visit him at the White House.

Mursi is not the only Abdel Rahman supporter to enjoy the warm hospitality of the White House.

(Emphasis added)

Aw jees, Mitt: Romney's first foreign policy foray a disaster

Rick Moran "I suppose I could spin it and say it really wasn't that bad, and that the British press exaggerates everything. Both points are valid. Romney didn't say anyting fatal, nor does anyone imagine the tabloid editors in England as anything but gutter merchants.
"But face it: Romney stunk. And he made no friends over there despite the opportunity to shine in contrast to the president."

Olympian Carl Lewis spoke to the UK Guardian  "Seriously, some Americans just shouldn't leave the country," the nine-times Olympic gold medal winner told the Independent."


UK Guardian; Mitt Romney's London Olympic 'shambles' seized upon by Democrats
My only consolation is that the Guardian is a paper that carries columns by Noam Chomsky .

Bing

UK Mail; 'London IS ready': Romney completes humiliating u-turn in new UK charm offensive after Olympics gaffe  "He had been branded ‘Mitt the Twit’ and ‘Party Pooper’ by the British press for a string of gaffes in which he said The Games would be a failure.

"The blunder was compounded because he made them whilst on a visit to London, his first foreign trip as a presidential candidate."

Mary Katharine and Krauthammer on Romney’s Olympics comments: What was he thinking?

"You didn't build that!" Just words?

http://terrellaftermath.com/

I said-you didn't build that!

Many more at Patriot Post

http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2012/07/lecturing-the-successful/


Daniel Henninger; With Barack Obama, the competition between the private economy and the public economy is clear
"For a long time, the United States had one economy. Now we have two economies that compete for America's wealth: A private economy and a public economy. The 2012 election will decide which will be subordinate to the other. One economy will lead. The other will follow."

Reason.com; Obama is wrong—entrepreneurs, not bureaucrats, created "this unbelievable American system."  "The crucial point that the president misses is that “this unbelievable American system” thrives chiefly on private enterprise, and that a lot of the government intervention that he favors is hindering rather than helping businesses and entrepreneurs create new jobs and more wealth."

In Defense of Eating at Chick-fil-A

The Atlantic; Do we really want a country where people won't do commerce with those who have beliefs different than their own?
"First of all, Chick-fil-A is not a hate group. In a statement released yesterday, company leaders made their commitment to equal service clear, "The Chick-fil-A culture and service tradition in our restaurants is to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect -- regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender." "
...."I agree: I don't care how my dry cleaner votes. I just want to know if he/she can press my Oxfords without burning my sleeves. I find no compelling reason to treat sandwiches differently than shirts."
                                                                                                 

Beforeitsnews; Drag Queens Mock Anti-Gay Fast Food Chain Chick Fil-A In Song

...".If white meat's not your thing, try the Golden Arches. But if you want a perfectly fried chicken sandwich, Chick-fil-A, will be happy to serve you -- gay or straight. In this case, those who boycott are the ones missing out."

Hat tip to Jeff Hayden; Plano,TX


Chick-fil-A chief spokesman Don Perry dies unexpectedly   "Local news outlets reported that Perry suffered a heart attack."

Bing 

Brent Bozell: Hollywood's War on Chicken  "It's the company's donations through its WinShape Foundation that have launched the intolerant gay left into action. Chick-fil-A has dared to donate their profits to groups like the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (Horrors!) and the Marriage and Family Foundation (No!)."
.... "But few can compare with the undiluted spite of Roseanne Barr, who grabbed all the attention with her death wishes on Twitter: "anyone who eats S--t Fil-A deserves to get the cancer that is sure to come from eating antibiotic filled tortured chickens 4Christ."

"This came after she had called them "chick filet- nazi chicken f---ing pricks.".... 

Pelosi Weighs In On Chick-Fil-A Controversy: “I Prefer Kentucky Fried Chicken”…