Some Good Decisions

Five members of the United States Supreme Court showed today that the nation is not yet completely in the grip of the Left. Four "justices" (and I use that term advisedly, not descriptively because these four leftists do not dispense justice) voted against the Constitution, religious liberty, and common sense. These four are not judges but political partisans cloaked in judicial robes. Of course, the Left would argue the five on the other side are pawns of the "Right". American jurisprudence can not be based on the whim of a sitting President but must be based on the Constitution as the Founding document of our Republic. The change the rules as you go along mentality because the Constitution is a "living document" was dealt a blow today. The Constitution is to be interpreted, not rewritten according to the caprice of judges or even Presidents. Sanity won in the nation's highest court today.

The Front Line

Is the front line in the war on terror Iraq? Is the front line in Syria? Is the front Israel? If you can not pin down the front line, you are not alone. The front line and all of us are moving targets. Do you recall when the war front was New York City?

A Fool's Errand

For years now, I have spoken of a process with no peace, and no real prospect of ending Muslim and Palestinian determination to wipe the Jewish State from the map. The latest interlocutor to give up the charade is Martin Indyk, who I am sure as a "court Jew" will dutifully blame his coreligionists and absolve the Palestinians for the stagnant "peace process". Arab and Muslim hatred and incitement to perpetrate a genocide against the Jews will never be mentioned in Obama administration and State Department circles. International diplomats and the main stream media will agree with Team Obama and Foggy Bottom that blame lies solely with Netanyahu and Israel's recalcitrant Right Wing. What these meddlers will never admit is the only compromise Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, and the vast majority of Muslims will accept is no two state solution, no one state for two peoples, but the eradication of every breathing Jew wherever they may reside in the Holy Land. Until the last Jew bleeds out, is decapitated, perhaps crucified, or crawls as a subhuman dhimmi, enough fanatic Muslims will remain to perpetuate constant war against Jews. If the Jews are wiped out, then Sunni and Shia fanatics will merrily continue slaughtering one another, meaning the only peace that will ever come to the Middle East will be the quiet embrace of death.

Time for Video?

A video has emerged from New Jersey of a mother being beaten to a pulp by another woman in a McDonald's uniform while only the two year old son of the victim tries to intervene. My questions are: Why did the person taking the video not step in to protect the victim? Why did the witnesses not shout at the perp to stop the attack? Why did those who sat on their hands at least not yell for the attacker to run because "the cops are on the way"? Those observing the assault could easily have stopped it with little personal risk. By not attempting to break up the altercation, those watching and filming it showed that they lack citizenship, decency, and even humanity. When you can stop an attack that could lead to horrible injuries, permanent disability, or even death but opt only to record it, you show yourself to be something less than a human being.

Starting an Avalanche

Voices of "gravitas" have claimed that Barack Hussein Obama has striven for a "managed decline". I would contend that Obama is not that subtle and is content to push us over an economic cliff. Obama wants to damage the US economy so much that it is unrecoverable. He wants to inflict terminal damage on American capitalism. Obama has sapped the strength of main street enterprise, only supporting crony capitalism and corporate welfare at the expense of new competitors, the so called mom and pops, and small business. These start-ups and local stores were formerly the drivers of new employment. With successful rent-seeking by big business and a huge regulatory regime stifling job creation, it is no wonder that ninety million able-bodied, working age Americans are unemployed and that the economy contracted 2.9 percent in the last quarter.

An Acting Legend

Eli Wallach, one of the great character actors, has died. Wallach had acted credibly and incredibly acted in eight decades. He had lived ninety-eight years and been on screen or stage more than many better-known performers. Wallach could play anything and over his long career, he did. Those close to Wallach will miss him, but he will be long remembered. In fact, as long as the screen exists, Eli Wallach's image will be enduring.

Iraq in Two

Iraqi Shiites are fleeing areas coming under ISIS control after reports of massacres. These internal refugees are seeking sanctuary within Iraq itself, but in areas controlled by Kurds, who are extending mercy and protection from the Sunni fanatics. A large swath of Iraq may indeed be incorporated into a rising Sunni caliphate, but perhaps part of that country will be retained as an independent Kurdistan that will be a haven for human rights, even for those who are not Kurdish. Sunni insurgents have also reportedly captured the largest refinery complex in that disintegrating nation, likely meaning world oil prices will skyrocket. I see no way for peace or stability to be rapidly returned to either Iraq or Syria, nor do I see a side between the Sunni al-Qaeda sympathizers and the Shiite extremists that America and the West can support. At least the Kurdish population seems to be somewhat capable of holding back the New Caliphate in areas already in Kurdish hands.