Think You’re A Sports Fan?

As we near the end of the 2006 World Cup, we have heard much about fans watching the games… countries that nearly shut down, wars that are put on hold. We’ve seen fans assemble in stadiums across the globe to watch on giant television screens and we’ve see tiny villages huddle around a single small black and white tv.

For those of you who think you are fans… of ANY sport, I wanted to share these inspiring stories:

SCOTUS: Military Tribunals

From the “I-survived-Guantanamo-Bay, and-all-I-got-was-this-lousy T-shirt” Department
Well, the Supreme Court has spoken, here endeth the lesson.

Some are calling it a victory for Terrorists.
Others are calling it a defeat for George W. Bush, and a declaration that the War in Iraq is illegal.

I’m not sure what to call it.

Today, the Supreme Court, in a 5-3 decision, ruled that the Military Tribunals held in Guantanamo Bay are a mistep of Presidential Authority, and do not correctly protect the prisoner’s rights, or follow the Geneva conventions.

America: A Metaphor Mashup

There are two kinds of people in the world: people who like to climb mountains and people who like to stand on top of mountains.

I was listening to Jim Rome yesterday morning - something I do about once a month - that’s pretty much all I can take of his egotistical cynicism. Anyway, The US soccer team had just been knocked out of the world cup and he was explaining why he hates soccer. “It makes America look weak” he said. And why would he want to watch that.

It was not so long ago that America was but a seedling in this global forest. Struggling to find our way in a big dangerous world. Our people had next to nothing… except their freedom and a rough idea of what it was to be an “American”. Families would pick up and head west in covered wagons with the sum of their possessions. We took opportunities as they came and made our own when they were scarce. When times were tough and we were at war, the people banded together. EVERYONE contributed in some way to the war effort, be it through rationing or donating metal or their own time, because without it we would surely fail. These struggles, these accomplishments, they forged our national character.

Off Base

From the “Off-the-Reservation” Department
Over at Opinion-Journal-dot-com, Peggy Noonan has a very Two-Headed-Monster-esque article:

Off Base :: Washington Democrats think their core voters are barking mad
Or :: Washington Republicans know more than their core voters, so you should be quiet

The Sliding Scale: There is something wrong…

From the “Where-is-the-outrage?” Department

I know I’m late to this story, but sheesh. I’m glad I’m not the first one to ask the question.
Missing Soldiers’ Bodies Beaten Beyond Recognition (NBC Afflilate) (WaPo)

We have protests about supposed, unproven, and unjustifiably inaccurate reports of torture in Guantanamo Bay. (Where the International Red Cross has an office ON BASE.) We have news reports of Abu Ghraib months and months after the incident. And our stinkin’ White-Guilt is only focusing on heresay of OUR misdeeds.

Meanwhile, our heroes are being mutilated and it seems like this is supposed to be the status quo.

Even the The White House is uncomfortably quiet about this.

Two-Headed-Salutes:

The Pirate-King
Michelle Malkin