Updated: British Cry Babies Cash In On Cowardice

Middle East, Military

Military analyst Jack Jacobs says everything there is to say about the big British cry babies whose names ought to become synonymous with dishonor and disgrace. Okay, perhaps the tyranny of political correctness prevents him from pointing out how repulsive was the specter of the tubby, unfit female sailor, fretfully sucking on a fag, while reporters told of her baby back home. As though being in the military and waging war all over the world entitles one to job security.
If you venture into a tough neighborhood like the Middle East, your best bet is to leave the women behind, and that goes for women with the Y chromosome as well. Her fellow male sailors were no better than she.
Readers will respond, “Don’t speak until you’ve walked in the sailors’ timid shoes.” Tummy rot! I’m not a trained solider, don’t profess to be, am not paid to be.
These Brits developed minute-made Stockholm syndrome.
And now the creeps will be cashing in on their cowardice; the British military has given them the go ahead to sell their snivels to the tabloids.

Update: In response to Mike Gooding’s letter hereunder: I almost always publish polite disagreement. (Letters that distort my positions, however, are never published.) Still, friendship doesn’t imply blind, slavish loyalty. I must say, I thought Americans acted cheaply and spoke atrocious English. After watching the British captives, I realized they take the cake. The American marines and other top-echelon servicemen (even women) are impressive. Of course, one doesn’t wish to generalize. But, this British bunch was especially unimpressive in conduct, carriage, and demeanor. That they’ve been let loose on the public instead of being hidden somewhere is a big mistake.
Over to Jack Jacobs, retired U.S. Army colonel, who knows a thing or two about bravery. This is not IT, he writes in “British Sailors’ Conduct Was A Disgrace.”

In Defense of Hierarchy & the Catholic Church

Christianity, Left-Liberalism And Progressivisim, Psychology & Pop-Psychology, Religion, Sex

In the Comments Section on “the Pope’s Noble-Savage Catechism,” Ms. Grant condemns the Catholic Church for lifting the pope above the flock. I’m not religious, and am certainly no authority on Catholicism, but, in my limited understanding, this is something of a misrepresentation. From the fact that the Church has a hierarchical structure it doesn’t follow that the Church believes the Pope is better than the flock in the eyes of the Almighty. Catholicism simply puts in place a much-needed hierarchy.

In my thinking, the breakdown of boundaries in society is one of the main sources of all the rot we see around us. The Church in its wisdom appeared to recognize that not all people are equal, and that populism is evil.

The rubble seeking to overturn the structure is mainly of the left, in my understanding. My impression is that the movement to change the structure of the Church gained momentum during the child sex abuse witch hunt, where very many innocent priests were targeted. It goes hand-in-hand with females demanding to be priests. This victim movement has done a great deal more than try and bankrupt the Church.

In Defense of Hierarchy & the Catholic Church

Christianity, Conservatism, Left-Liberalism And Progressivisim, Paleoconservatism, Paleolibertarianism, Psychology & Pop-Psychology, Religion, Sex

In the Comments Section on “the Pope’s Noble-Savage Catechism,” Ms. Grant condemns the Catholic Church for lifting the pope above the flock. I’m not religious, and am certainly no authority on Catholicism, but, in my limited understanding, this is something of a misrepresentation. From the fact that the Church has a hierarchical structure it doesn’t follow that the Church believes the Pope is better than the flock in the eyes of the Almighty. Catholicism simply puts in place a much-needed hierarchy.

In my thinking, the breakdown of boundaries in society is one of the main sources of all the rot we see around us. The Church in its wisdom appeared to recognize that not all people are equal, and that populism is evil.

The rubble seeking to overturn the structure is mainly of the left, in my understanding. My impression is that the movement to change the structure of the Church gained momentum during the child sex abuse witch hunt, where very many innocent priests were targeted. It goes hand-in-hand with females demanding to be priests. This victim movement has done a great deal more than try and bankrupt the Church.

Update # II: Thank You, Nancy Pelosi

Democrats, Iraq

“…Then there is the allegation that Pelosi is enabling a rogue regime that is also sabotaging us in Iraq. As soon as these accusations amount to more than a repetition of assumptions not yet in evidence, I’ll gladly believe them. So far, what is incontrovertible is Assad’s role as the US’s pressure relief valve in Iraq.

Millions of Iraqis have been uprooted and displaced in the aftermath of the invasion. That they have failed to graze our consciousness is largely courtesy of the intrepid cable cretins. They are currently preoccupied with the ‘senseless, horrible’ demise by poisoned pellets of the nation’s pets. And before that with Anna Nicole Smith. And generally with nonsense.

In any event, together, Jordan and Syria have taken in 1.6 million fleeing Iraqi refugees. Syria continues to succor new Iraqi arrivals…”

The complete new column is “Thank You, Nancy Pelosi.” An aspect of the column has been debated on BAB. Read on to discover what else you can get riled about.

Update I: Jay Homnick, writer for The American Spectator, blogger for America’s Reform Club, writes:

Ilana Mercer, whether you agree with her or not, stands out as one of the most independent-minded columnists writing today.
Here is her remarkable defense of Pelosi’s Syrian adventure, and I pass it along for your perusal without prejudice.

Update II: In the comments section, Ted Berry missed the part in my column discussing the original intent of the founders to disperse power. (He is also plain wrong about foreign policy being the sole purview of the executive.) Thus he can assert that whatever Genghis Bush says is Bible from Sinai. Someone do a search please to find out how many times in American history have opposition-party members traveled abroad to make nice with friends and foes. That ought to put this tribal hypocrisy to shame.
As for independent thinking being a liability; don’t I know it? (It’s a quality the great Thomas Szasz, the quintessential individualist, prizes.)
But do note that I have clicked my heels and barked “Jawohl” in deference to the writer’s admonitions that I march in lockstep. Does Terry know how fascistic the demand for adherence for the good of the “nation” sounds? Mother! Or rather, Mussolini!