On The Third Hand

Monday, 28 Jan 2002

The Lady Bought a Gun

And she's not afraid to use it I'd like to welcome her to the ever-growing ranks of the Brigade of Bellicose Women. I may be a bit early on this, but I do think the attacks on September 11th will eventually be responsible for turning the vast majority of the nation against the anti-gun groups. The people have realized that it is up to us to provide our own defense. Police can rarely stop a crime in action and, while government may be able to defend us against other nations, it cannot do much to defend us against individual madmen.

I'm a sentimental sort. That article brought both a big grin... and damp eyes.
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Short stuff

• A note to the supercilious Charlotte Raven on her article about Charles Bishop: Heaven help the English misfit.
• We are (kind of) torturing the prisoners in Gitmo: "However, the United States has announced with pride that the prisoners are guarded by military personnel who include women. That is against every aspect of Taliban culture and a humiliation far worse than being denied a prayer mat." I suggest we send more female guards down there, and enthusiastically indulge in this one particular form of torture; I'd dearly love to see the liberals object to that! (So would the author of the article.)
• The US should loudly protest UN human rights violations -- selling people kinda qualifies as a human rights violation, don't you think? [link via Alex Knapp]
• My idea of a very sexy picture. (page down to the picture under "The tools of liberty in use")
• Get rid of the warlords in Afghanistan, this guy says. Easier said then done.
• It is again safe to go to the hospital in Kandahar. All the holed up Al Qaida in the hospital are dead.
• Seems the US government has finally admitted that the Saudis do want us out. I assume they had some overriding "security reasons" for denying that last week....
• Osama bin Laden's alive. No, he's dead. Whatever. I still expect one of our tabloids to announce he's been spotted working at Burger King -- or that he's been picked up by space aliens.
• Even China does pay some attention to world opinion. They've sentenced the bible smuggler to two years in jail. That's better than a death penalty.
• The Captain of the USS Clueless talks about the kidnapping of Daniel Pearl and makes an excellent point: "It is amazing that only five months since thousands of "non-combatants" were slaughtered in NYC that this lesson has already faded: there are no non- combatants in this war. Every American has a target painted on his chest." Remember that, especially if you are in hostile territory.
  
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