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THE HIROSHIMIC IMPOSTURE

Dr. Jack Wheeler July 14, 2005

So many of you have asked me about an alleged Al Qaeda plan called “American Hiroshima” – the multiple detonation of nukes smuggled in to the US – that I must respond, even though some very good friends of mine for whom I have high regard have been taken in by the fellow who’s making the claim.

That would be Paul L. Williams, who has been peddling this stuff for a long time. His book, Osama’s Revenge , has been out for over a year, since June 2004. He’s a sensationalist writer who wrote an attack on the Catholic Church (more…)

REAL LOCKBOX BECOMING REALITY

Dr. Jack Wheeler July 14, 2005

Four months ago, on March 16, I told you about The Real Lockbox – a real fix of Social Security being devised by Republicans in Congress, superior to President Bush’s and designed to drive Democrats up a defensive tree. I then promised I would update you on its progress – and now I can report it is fast becoming legislative reality.

Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) has introduced a bill – S.1302 – officially entitled The Stop the Raid on Social Security Act of 2005. He has 10 initial co-sponsors: Rick Santorum (R-PA), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Tom (more…)

THE SANDBOX

ttpn July 14, 2005

In a playground there is one spot that is considered a save haven for kids who get bullied. Where is this safe place? It’s the sandbox – which is in direct sight of the parents.

Ever notice that? Playground sandboxes are usually situated right in front of the benches where parents congregate. Park planners apparently believe that kids who play in sandboxes need to be watched.

Maybe that’s how the term ‘sandbox’ came to be applied to a safe haven in a computer – a place where programmers can experiment with techniques and applications without affecting the operating system.

In (more…)

BLAME-AMERICA-FIRST CONSERVATIVES

Dr. Jack Wheeler July 13, 2005

It was Jeane Kirkpatrick at the 1984 Republican Convention in Dallas who identified the Liberal Democrat compulsion to “blame America first.” In any confrontation between America and any other country or disaffected group, liberals could be trusted to say it was their own country’s fault.

This compulsion seems to be a defining characteristic of liberals to this day, from Baghdad Jim McDermott (D-WA) to Dick Turban Durbin (D-IL) to Howard Dean and Teddy Kennedy. What’s not widely recognized is how this compulsion has infected the brains of certain conservatives.

A case in point is how Pat Buchanan and his American (more…)

DEMOCRATIC TERRORISM

Guest Author July 12, 2005

[Just after Rena Cohen wrote this on July 12, she learned of a Moslem terrorist attack in Netanya, Israel, killing two and wounding several others. Her daughter is spending the summer in Netanya and was nearby when the suicide bomber hit. Thankfully she was unhurt.]

Before our horrified eyes, terrorism has just struck again in London, killing and wounding scores of innocent civilians, as terrorism always does. The pictures of bloody carnage are now becoming so familiar, from New York to London, from Jerusalem to Madrid, from Baghdad to Moscow, from Riyadh to Kashmir, from Bali to Manila.

Just a few short days ago on July 4th, the American people celebrated freedom, and honored the courage of the men and women who have given so much to keep it and to protect our country. That same day, a deadly charade was being carried out in (more…)

THE LOST LIBERTY HOTEL

Dr. Jack Wheeler July 8, 2005

Let’s face the meaning of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 Kelo vs. City of New London decision: We have a fascist judicial system in place of a Constitution. We no longer have a Constitution, it has ceased to exist.

In justifying their abolition of private property rights, John Paul Stevens writing for the majority of Anthony Kennedy, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, and himself – the Fascist Five – pronounced that “Local officials, not federal judges, know best in deciding whether a development project will benefit the community.”

Taking him at his word, a New Hampshire businessman named Logan (more…)

THE LEGALITY OF FILE SHARING IS STILL OPEN

ttpn July 8, 2005

Ipods and other hard-drive and flash MP3 music players and storage devices may be getting cheaper every day, but filling them with songs has suddenly got a lot more expensive.

Let’s do some basic math, shall we? If the average three-to-four-minute song “weighs” 5 MB, and your MP3 device holds 20 GB, you can fit in about 4,000 songs. As more companies start producing devices of this type, prices are sure to fall, until iPod-like devices become as common as Walkman-type tape players were a decade ago.

And until now, filling your iPod was not a major problem… if you (more…)

RECRUITMENT: THE ARMY, THE MARINES, AND THE LEFT

Guest Author July 7, 2005

The Army slightly exceeded its recruiting goal for June, ending a four month slide. In February, March, April and May, the Army fell some 7,800 recruits short of its goal. Only the Army has been having serious recruiting difficulties. The Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps are all ahead of their recruiting goals.

Summer typically is the peak recruiting time, so the Army may reduce its shortfall somewhat before the fiscal year ends Sep. 30th. But it is most unlikely to close the gap entirely.

People on the Left assert that the Army’s recruiting woes spell doom for the U.S. (more…)

THE HIJACKING OF THE SEPTEMBER 11 MEMORIAL

Guest Author July 7, 2005

For many families of the 3,000 American citizens murdered on September 11, 2001, the worst that could happen would be for their loved ones’ sacrifice and loss to be forgotten. To ensure that didn’t happen, federal, state and local authorities have put millions of tax dollars toward a memorial on the site of Ground Zero — where the twin towers of the World Trade Center once stood in Lower Manhattan.

Incredible as it may seem, those charged with translating that laudable commitment into reality have come up with plans that could surpass even the September 11 families’ worst fears: A (more…)

BUBBLES OF INSANITY

Dr. Jack Wheeler July 7, 2005

When you’re scuba-diving, you’re in another reality. You’re totally in the moment, absorbed and fascinated by a world utterly removed from that above the surface. But the pressure of this world drives gasses you’re breathing like nitrogen into your tissues, and if you return to the surface too quickly, bubbles of nitrogen come out of solution like an opened champagne bottle, into your bloodstream and can blow up your brain.

Returning to “civilization” from an African safari can have similar effects. Immersed in a world utterly removed from the outside, blissfully unaware of any “news” occurring anywhere as you watch (more…)

FREEDOMS BIRTHDAY

Dr. Jack Wheeler July 4, 2005

[This was originally in To The Point for last year, July 4, 2004. It is just as apt for 2005.]

July 4th is Freedom’s Birthday. My suggestion is, amidst the fireworks and barbeques and flag-waving fun – all of which is great – that you take the time to feel good about America.

Put aside your worries and concerns, your frustrations and fears about what’s wrong with America. For one day, forget the negative – put it all in a zip-lock bag, hide it in the back of the freezer, and pretend it doesn’t exist.

One reason is that for all your worries about America’s culture and morality – you and all your fellow conservatives can feel good about your (more…)

FROM BAD TO WORSE IN IRAN

Guest Author July 1, 2005

"Why would you want to visit that old bastard’s grave?" asked the guard at the subway station in south Tehran when Christopher Hitchens asked for directions to the cemetery where the Ayatollah Khomeini is buried.

The young guard’s attitude, which appears to be shared by about three quarters of his countrymen, illustrates why the recent election was a sham.

According to the Iranian government, former secret policeman Mahmoud Ahmadeinejad defeated former president Ali Hashemi Rafsanjani, 62 percent to 37 percent, in a runoff for the presidency last Friday. Turnout was 60 percent, the government said.

AP reported the government’s figures (more…)

EUROPE’S ISLAMIST FUTURE IS NOW

Guest Author July 1, 2005

The resounding rejection of the EU constitutional project in France and the Netherlands has triggered much frenzied hand-wringing and anxious bickering about the future of Europe, though it appears to tells us more about the pervasive angst of the continent’s elites than about its future.

Completely unnoticed in this noisy brouhaha is a survey in France that tells us more about what Europe’s future will look like than the collective wisdom of its chattering classes. Innocuously entitled “Signs and Manifestations of Religious Affiliation in the Educational Establishments” and headed by the inspector general of French education Jean-Pierre Obin, the study (more…)

THE MOONLIGHT SYMPHONY

Dr. Jack Wheeler July 1, 2005

MORU ROCKS, SERENGETI PLAINS, TANZANIA, AFRICA. It is at night that Africa becomes most alive – especially when there’s a full moon. The most restful night’s sleep one can have, it seems, is when you are lulled by the cackling whine of hyenas, the incessant barking of zebras, the coughing of lions, the grunting of hippos, the bellowing of Cape buffalo, the stomach rumblings of elephants, the flutter of Guinea fowl roosting in the trees, and the soft chirp of the tiny Scopes owl. The Moonlight Symphony of the Serengeti.

It is so soothing, perhaps, because these sounds accompanied our (more…)

HOMELAND SECURITY

ttpn July 1, 2005

Sure we trust our kids. Most of them grow up OK. A large part of the problem for parents is the mystery – the not knowing what really goes on in their kids’ lives. Are the web sites and chat rooms they frequent more or less innocent? We are pretty sure we can trust them, but can we trust the people they are communicating with? What about their email and IM buddies?

Because so many of kids’ potentially dangerous activities and relationships are conducted online, a measure of control is possible. We have to figure out a way to get (more…)

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