US Response To Failed Christmas Jihad Is So 9/10

BigGovernment "President Bill Clinton should be cut a lot of slack when it comes to 9/11. Sure the attack was planned under his watch, and sure President Clinton cowardly avoided taking custody of Osama bin Laden when Sudan offered him on a platter." ...."Think about it this way, even after the Jihadis have murdered thousands upon thousands of people all around the world, including here in America on 9/11, the American Left still think it’s all America’s fault and that we deserved it, and therefore we have no legitimate right to fight back. Just image how much resistance there would have been toward going into Afghanistan prior to 9/11."...."Evidence that Democrats have returned to the 9/10 mindset of treating Jihadis as nothing more than common criminals, not worthy of the status of warrior, can be found in the Obama administration’s reaction to the failed Christmas Jihad of 2009."

"Xmas bomb bid complicates Gitmo plan"

Politico "Growing evidence that the Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a commercial airliner as it landed in Detroit Friday spent time in Yemen and may have been fitted with customized, explosive-laden clothing there could complicate the U.S. government’s efforts to send home more than 80 Yemeni prisoners currently at Guantanamo Bay."

Kerry of Tehran

WSJ online "If the mullahs had any sense, they'd send him a government plane. Beset by almost daily demonstrations by a democratic opposition that has been growing despite beatings and arrests since the stolen June election, Mr. Kerry would arrive from Washington to show the Iranian people that at least someone still favors the regime. He would be the most senior American to visit Tehran in 30 years and his trip would convey legitimacy that the dictatorship is especially eager to have at the current moment."

Dave Barry's year in review: 2009

Miami Herald "In the Middle East, U.N. nuclear inspectors become suspicious when Iran attempts to ship to Israel, via UPS, a large crate labeled ``HARMLESS ITEMS -- DELIVER BEFORE TIMER REACHES 00:00.'' There are other troubling year-end developments: • In a setback for U.S. interests in Central America, voters in Honduras elect, as their new president, Rod Blagojevich. • The International Space Station is taken over by Somali pirates. • In sports, roughly 40 percent of the U.S. bimbo population announces that it has at one time or another hiked the Appalachian Trail with Tiger Woods."

Terrorism? What terrorism, asks media?

Henry Percy , AT "And the New York Times is mystified as to motivation: "What led a worldly young man, who had studied at an elite British university, to choose suicidal violence?" Islam just never occurs to the erudite reporters and editors at our major news organizations. How long till we are treated to the meme that Abdulmutallab was simply a confused young man in need of psychological evaluation and counseling?" Also here: "What About Holding People Accountable?" And here: A new hero "Saving the plane is due to the bravery of one passenger, Jasper Schuringa, a video director who lives in Amsterdam."

Not one nickel for California

Ralph Alter , AT "There isn't a single compelling reason to provide the girly-man of American gubernatorial fiscal responsibility, Arnold Schwarzenegger, with a nickel from our federal coffers. His failing California remains the poster-child for liberal fiscal insanity and it's time for the free-range chickens to come home to roost."

NCIS Goes PC

David Solway , PJM "Recent episodes of the popular show have inverted reality with Christian terrorists and honor murders." You haven't noticed Law & Order has been doing this all along?

The EPA: They Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Climate Treaty

Dan Miller , PJM "So what if President Obama flopped in Copenhagen? The EPA already has wide-ranging power to enforce its will on the people."...."The earliest likely chance of starting to undo the mess will come after January 2014, when (I hope) President Obama will have been replaced and the Congress may have reverted to something approaching sanity."

Detroit Bomber Failure: His Dad Tried to Warn US Authorities

Pajamas Media "The TSA has a lot of explaining to do, starting with why Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab was not placed on the U.S. no-fly list."

Senator Max Baucus Drunk / Intoxicated on Senate Floor - Shouts Down Wicker

YouTube h/t to Instapundit In the finest Kennedy tradition.

Where Did These Guys Come From?

Victor Davis Hanson "Such a strange scenario we have found ourselves in — a clear majority of Americans is opposed to almost everything Obama has to offer; congressional representatives know they are acting against the will of the people, but know too that they are offered all sorts of borrowed money for their districts to compensate for their unpopular actions."

Another Carter or Kennedy?!

Muhammad Sabrine Al Ahram, Egypt "The gap between vows and capability of achievement is often wide. Regrettably, voters were the ones who made Obama a president, verifying his slogan “Yes We Can," but their hero proved that he "cannot."" h/t to Watching America