August 02, 2005

FROM ALPHAPATRIOT:

It was just the end of last month that a federal judge said the Pentagon can no longer host Boy Scout events in response to a 1999 lawsuit by the ACLU.

By 21 July Senator Frist proposed legislation that clearly states that the Pentagon can spend millions in support of youth programs, including the Boy Scouts.

Frist said it "removes any doubt that federal agencies may welcome Scouts to hold meetings, go camping on federal property or hold scouting events and public forums" on government property.

Just five days later there were 53 cosponsors and the measure passed with a vote of 98 to 0. Boxer, Kennedy, Kerry, Clinton, Feinstein — they all voted to poke a finger in the ACLU's eye.

When the judiciary seeks to make the laws as well as to rule on them, it throws the whole balance of powers out of whack. It's significant to see Congress moving to counter efforts made by the judiciary to legislate from the bench.

A Smart Move Against Islamofascists by Pakistani President Musharraf

One story we've been following here recently is the status of terrorism in Pakistan. A recent post noted,  "So that's what's up: Pakistan is a hotbed of Islamofascism, and Musharraf hasn't yet found a way to shut that down." The BBC reports on an effort by Musharraf to make some advances against support for Islamofascists:

Madrassa expulsions spark anger
 
Hardline Islamist politicians, students and religious schools in Pakistan have reacted angrily to the latest move of a government crackdown on extremism.
On Friday, President Pervez Musharraf said 1,400 foreign students at madrassas, or religious schools, must leave the country.

Pupils have insisted their studies are peaceful while a hardline Islamic leader called the move "inhuman".

It's a good move. Musharraf may be able to carry it out politically, and it would cut back on exporting terror from Pakistan to other countries.

Predictable, Insular DNC Isolates Itself. When Was the Last Time the Dems Cheered For America?

The Dems are becoming so predictable, that even some jokes about them are coming true. Roger L. Simon anticipated:

According to a new report from his doctors, Bush's fitness has been judged 'superior' for a man his age. Does this mean we are going to have to endure another column from Jonathan Chait? Heaven help us!

Chait had criticized Bush for working out. Now, sure enough, the DNC has issued a statement that attempts to use his good health to criticise him.

I think many people will read that DNC statement and roll their eyes in disbelief at how insular the DNC has become. It's not a crime to be in good physical health. It's absurd for the Dems to slam the President with regard to his being in good health. The Dems are talking to themselves. And the more they do this sort of thing, the more apparent it is that you never hear them cheering for America. In the statement, the DNC attacks GWB by referring to things like childhood obesity and phys-ed programs, but when was the last time the Dems made a very public reference to these things outside of a slam on GWB? Have the Dems made a big public push to actually improve these things? Is there any indication at all the Dems care about these things enough to try to improve them? On the contrary, there is little indication that the Dems have an interest in improving these things.

Slamming GWB for not improving something that they themselves have shown little interest in improving, makes the Dems appear insincere. 

The Dems need to lead, follow, or get out of the way.

THIS GEM TURNED UP TODAY ON FACES FROM THE FRONT:

Al Jazeera has been kicked out of Iraq indefinitely by the Iraqi government.

Possibly the reporting of Al Jazeera was not considered conducive to the creation of a democracy. 

An Easy Way to Demonstrate that U.S. Actions in Iraq Aren’t Making the Islamofascists Kill People

From Youssef M. Ibrahim, formerly of the NY Times and Wall St Journal, writing in the Middle East Times:

Indeed, jihadis have been killing for a decade in the name of Islam. They killed innocent tourists and natives in Morocco and Egypt, in Africa, in Indonesia and in Yemen, all done in the name of Islam by Muslims who say that they are better than all other Muslims. They killed in India, in Thailand and are now talking of killing in Germany and Denmark and so on. There were attacks with bombs that killed scores inside Shia and Sunni mosques, inside churches and inside synagogues in Turkey and Tunisia, with Muslim preachers saying that it is okay to kill Jews and Christians - the so called infidels.

The Islamofascists have been active for many years predating Iraq, Afghanistan, and even 9-11, killing people in both Islamic and non-Islamic countries, all over the world.

(Via Austin Bay).