I disagree with many positions taken by Michelle Malkin (notably I find her views on internment reprehensible). However, the racist and sexist insults hurled at her are totally and completely unjustified, and I urge everyone to condemn this disgustingly unacceptable behavior every time it manifests.

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NOTE: The “left-wing weblogs” category is used because the insults are coming from left-wing nutjobs who apparently have absolutely no training in social norms.

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The war against radical-Islamist fueled psychotics (I refuse to call it the War on Terror, that appellation is idiotic, you cannot wage a war against a tactic) can only be won by removing their support, the monetary and in-kind efforts along with the origins of the guidance systems, a.k.a. people, for the murder/suicide attacks - the bombings and other types of assaults.

How do we do strangle the sources of succor and sustenance of our enemies?

I’ll let the observations of a reluctant former Republican point to one way that is not being used very well at all by those who claim to be defending us.

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…jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you…

I have already written of my disgust at the glee expressed by the left-wing, especially on weblogs, in the anticipation of any indictments that might result from the Fitzgerald investigation.

I have equal loathing for the apologists and minimalists on the right-wing, especially on weblogs, that I have heard and read in the wake of the indictments delivered.

Patrick Fitzgerald made it clear that his investigation and that of the grand jury was actively impeded by Lewis Libby.

So, we are confronted with yet another Rorschach test of political views, because it is far easier to react than it is to think, it is far easier to gloat than it is to mourn the true message of the issues revealed, it is far easier to minimize the offense than to stand up and accept responsibility.

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you…

After seeing the reactions from both sides, I am at a loss for words to express my repugnance for this nauseating behavior.

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In the end this nomination fell apart because of the crushing weight of its own insubstantiality.
   -Josh Marshall

For me, this says it all ( from “Parting Shot” at Loaded Mouth by tas, who apparently is taking a break from blogworld) :

And that’s when I realized that my problem isn’t with Republicans – It’s with fucking assholes. Despicable pieces of trash who exist simply to argue with people. All they care about is appearing right so they beat their chest and pump up their ego a little bit more. It doesn’t matter who they take down in the process. For example, Boyd winning an argument with me is a more pressing concern to him then how his president responds to genocide. It doesn’t matter if I point out Bush’s lack of response and even the fact that I proved my point and I was correct. All that matters to Boyd is two things: I posted it, so that automatically invalidates the post; and that the lives of those hundreds of thousands in Darfur dying aren’t Americans, therefore making their deaths meaningless. He even comes right out and says he supports genocide in his comment: “I’m more concerned about what may affect the US (and by extension, me) than what may affect others. Syria allowing terrorists to come into their country for the express purpose of entering Iraq to kill Americans is more important to me than what may happen in another country that doesn’t affect us here.â€?

Regardless of the profanity, this encapsulates my views.

I will explain more soon. It is 11PM here in France, and I need some sleep. If you are interested in more than simple partisan screeds, you will read my future post explaining the meaning behind my catogory “Amber and Cruelty” that will be up in the next day or so.

…when you are tempted to write some breathless speculation about who might be indicted, or what might happen next:

When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
   -Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930)
    a statement by Sherlock Homes repeated with multiple variations

Do not forget to eliminate the impossible.

To read the excuses I have seen regarding policing comments on weblogs, it is positively amazing the double standards being applied.

Let’s see. If I own a house, I am expected to throw away any trash that may blow into my yard, even if I didn’t throw it there, because I am expected to “keep the neighborhood clean”.

However, if I am the proprietor of a weblog, if someone posts a comment patently offensive, I can write it off as an “inside joke” and not worry about “keeping the neighborhood clean” if the comment is in accord with the political leaning of the weblog, even if by any reasonable standard the comment is offensive.

Fascinating.

The right-wing and the left-wing are both equal in their hypocrisy.

Explain to me again why the human race is worth a damn?

I’m on the verge of giving up hope… I need a reason to believe what anyone does is worthwhile.

Right-wing, left-wing, they are all the same.

Not worth even the electrons used to display the text, much less the glucose molecules needed to read it.

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