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May 9th, 2011

Why Obama is still vulnerable

While many of us were pleased to have our plasma TVs filled with the good news the White House offered up eight nights ago – that we’d finally tracked down 9-11 mastermind Osama bin Laden and sent him on his way to meet Alllah – one myth that popped up is that “this makes Barak Obama unbeatable in 2012.”

Wrong.

First of all, that same line of thinking didn’t work for Bush the Elder; he still fell to Bill Clinton after a wildly successful 100-hour Gulf War. And the very same line of thinking might be the key to his defeat.

As Dem strategist James Carville once scrawled on Clinton’s war room wall, “It’s the economy, stupid.”

Obama’s jobless rates, skyrocketing gas prices, attempt to shift health care into an already-bankrupt and overextended public sector portion of the payroll – it all adds up to such a serious economic morass that even capturing and killing Bin Laden won’t be enough to guarantee him a second term.

Sure, there are ways the GOP could mess up by nominating a John McCain clone; but if they nominate someone who’s a half-decent conservative, Barak Obama remains eminently beatable in 2012.

By Craig Hansen • Posted in Election 2012 • No Comment
September 10th, 2007

If you think this isn’t a religious war, listen to the enemy

There are those who would say the war against terrorism has no religious aspects to it, that it is made religious only by virtue of President Bush’s “short-sighted, personal evangelical beliefs.”\

Horse hockey.

If anyone doubts there is a deep religious aspect to the War on Terror, just listen to the words of the enemy.

In his most recent video release – the first in about three years – terrorist leader Osama bin-Laden had this to say:

There are two solutions to stopping it. One is from our side, and it is to escalate the fighting and killing against you. This is our duty, and our brothers are carrying it out. The second solution is from your side. I invite you to embrace Islam. It will also achieve your desire to stop the war as a consequence, because as soon as the warmongering owners of the major corporations realize that you have lost confidence in your democratic system and have begun to look for an alternative, and this alternative is Islam, they will run after you to please you and achieve what you want to steer you away from Islam.”

I doubt anyone but Democrats are going to suddenly convert to Islam, but it wouldn’t surprise me to see one of the Dem contenders, like Dennis Kucinich at least attempt it to draw attention to his never-was candidacy.

Remember, those were not RC airplanes that slammed through the World Trade Center buildings. They were the real thing. The enemy is serious about winning this war, even if the Democrats are not.

By Craig Hansen • Posted in Uncategorized • No Comment
March 28th, 2007

Coughing more of a threat than terrorism?

Is coughing now more of a security concern than being named, “Osama bin Laden?” It would appear so, at least on Continental Airlines, which recently ordered a 16-year-old girl off a flight home with classmates because she had – get this – a coughing spell, according to an online report.

The girl was ordered off the plane at the discretion of the pilot, who told her she was too sick to fly. For a coughing fit? Try giving the poor girl a glass of water first, for heaven’s sake!

Of course, the girl and her family are likely to be receiving loads of business cards from eager lawyers who see a chance to sue over the incident, but really, what threat did a girl coughing in her seat pose? Recent reports have consistently shown that simply having a name like Osama bin Laden isn’t enough to get you on the airlines’ no-fly list, and yet if someone coughs for a bit longer than a pilot deems appropriate, they are removed?

Yeah, priorities are straight there, Continental!

By Craig Hansen • Posted in Uncategorized • No Comment