Quote of the day
posted at 10:40 pm on November 10, 2008 by Allahpundit
“In a robust and sophisticated democracy, political leaders – and all of us – ought to seek ways to talk with many people who hold dissenting, or even radical, ideas. Lacking that simple and yet essential capacity to question authority, we might still be burning witches and enslaving our fellow human beings today.”
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Now that Obama’s elected, we’ll see who’ll be questioning authority.
Sydney Carton on November 10, 2008 at 10:42 PM
Its a damn good quote. I won’t comment on the man who said it.
muyoso on November 10, 2008 at 10:44 PM
or, the ability to bomb anybody we disagree with, huh, Billy boy?
d1carter on November 10, 2008 at 10:44 PM
Such a noble
terroristradicalpatrioteh…never mind.BryanS on November 10, 2008 at 10:46 PM
STFU.
Saltysam on November 10, 2008 at 10:46 PM
That discredits every word written in the article.
WoosterOh on November 10, 2008 at 10:47 PM
This is the guy who ploted to put 25 million capitalists in concentration camps right?
ninjapirate on November 10, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Oh, you can still question authority.
Not his, mind you.
ThePrez on November 10, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Heavy, dude.
Now I’m off to get my “Obama=Hitler” t-shirt so I can follow the left’s example for a way to break that ice for the healing and the talking.
PattyJ on November 10, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Is “distinguished professor” some sort of official title at the worthless U of I – Chicago, or are the leftists that unified in their talking points that every single reference to this douchebag is identical?
And if that is his “title”, should it be capitalized?
Jaibones on November 10, 2008 at 10:48 PM
Ahhhh, ya beat me to it d1. :)
R D on November 10, 2008 at 10:48 PM
My Radical Ideas: There is a God; There is right and wrong; Socialism doesn’t work; People who work the hardest deserve the biggest rewards; Welfare is slavery. Call me, we’ll talk.
Tommy_G on November 10, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Now we have to listen to that puke for 4 years? B-Ho is going to let a lot of snakes crawl out of their holes.
R D on November 10, 2008 at 10:50 PM
The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers.
carbon_footprint on November 10, 2008 at 10:52 PM
Bill Ayers tried to kill people. How is burning witches any better than what he tried to do?
AbaddonsReign on November 10, 2008 at 10:53 PM
Sounds to me like one of BO’s speeches.
Strange days lie ahead.
swami on November 10, 2008 at 10:54 PM
What a world when the terrorist’s views have become part of the orthodoxy.
moxie_neanderthal on November 10, 2008 at 10:54 PM
When Ayers dies, as he will one day, I hope to take a trip to his grave, drop trough, and crap on his headstone.
john1schn on November 10, 2008 at 10:55 PM
So take some cookies to the child molester on your street. Try to see his viewpoint.
Visit your local prison and say hi to the new rapist. Try to see his reasons for raping that old lady.
Everything can be solved by talking if you just remember to be tolerant of any viewpoint no matter how perverse.
Remember, there is no morality except that which exists in your own mind.
Bob Feeblethorp on November 10, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Hmm, I wonder what Professor Ayers’ views were on the disinvestment movement against South Africa in the 1980s?
To put it otherwise, I know he’s lying.
SteveMG on November 10, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Enslaving fellow human beings?
Isn’t it funny that his candidate is the one flirting with the idea of enslaving free citizens in some sort of flighty service corps? I think it’s funny that our first black president wants to create something that smacks of slavery. Isn’t it funny that a former professor of constitutional law proposes a mandatory service program that violates Article XIII of the U.S. Constitution?
The guy is the biggest flake to ever be elected president.
You have to wonder who Billy wants to bomb now that his man is going to be president. They’ll have a lot of explosives at their disposal in seventy five days.
Ampleforth on November 10, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Don’t get all worked up over Iraq, Bill. Those aren’t bombs; they’re questions. We’re just questioning the hell out of Saddam’s authority.
Ronnie on November 10, 2008 at 11:00 PM
I missed that part where the Weather Underground said they planned to have a talk with people before blowing them up.
SteveMG on November 10, 2008 at 11:01 PM
He blows people up and has no problem with it, but a few people write negative things about him and he whines?
God, what a sniveling, whiny p—y.
thirteen28 on November 10, 2008 at 11:02 PM
“These are not the unrepentant domestic terrorists you are looking for”.
I’m glad to break it to you Ayres, your mind trickery doesn’t work on us. It’s works on the rabble that ObaMcCarthy found under every rock, beat every bush for, and searched every cesspool for to register to vote for him.
You and ChimpyMacFannieMae are cut from the same cloth. A cloth weaved in deceit, immorality, and hatred.
But, we are on to you. We and the millions that rejected you and your ilk, WILL over time, educate the morons that you beguiled with your anodyne elocution.
YOU WILL LOSE and your names will be remembered in history along with Hitler, Stalin, and the anti-Christ.
csdeven on November 10, 2008 at 11:02 PM
They have become the authority..the very thing they hated…. Ah the leftest mind… always a mystery
katy on November 10, 2008 at 11:03 PM
HEY! I like p—y. He’s a c–t.
john1schn on November 10, 2008 at 11:03 PM
When Larry Summers, president of Harvard, suggested the possibility – the mere possibility – that there was a genetic or innate factor that led to males having higher math achievements than women, he was driven out of academia.
I doubt that Ayers would have defended him.
I mean, really, this is absolute nonsense from Ayers. He means not a word of it.
SteveMG on November 10, 2008 at 11:04 PM
There are several people that didn’t get to do all this because he and his wife got them blown up.
Buford on November 10, 2008 at 11:04 PM
These remarks are to funny!!! Is hard to believe that Ayers is walking around scott free. And that he calls the cops when he is trying to duck a news Anchor. What a wuss. I am chuckling over all of the great sense of humor.
sheebe on November 10, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Yes the all the lunatics have now been let out of the asylum- Dorhn, Wright, Farrakhan…will you ever get to see the Khalidi-Ayers-Obama tape I wonder
(Not that people will care; I reckon the standard Obamatron response will now be…who cares…let’s move on…but I notice our jihadi friends like Iran are already calling Obama on the ‘change’ he promised. In fact, given that Obama has change tunes so often, just about every one of America’s enemies has a few choice moments they can share with him …publically)
saint on November 10, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Oh Heck no – you di-int link to a Bill Ayers article. I feel dirty for clicking the link.
HawaiiLwyr on November 10, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Said by someone who aims to kill 25 million Americans who disagree with him.
I love this:
The police lieutenant who came to copy down those threats deadpanned that he hoped the guy who was going to shoot me got there before the guy who was going to waterboard me, since it would be most foul to be tortured and then shot.
Maybe he’s reminding Ayers of the ruling that police aren’t obliged to come rescue his arse.
fireweednectar on November 10, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Real peace and social justice would have been if he had been torn apart, bleeding and disemboweled by one of his own bombs.
Now that’s justice I can support.
john1schn on November 10, 2008 at 11:06 PM
and praised Sirhan Sirhan for killing Bobby Kennedy.
Connie on November 10, 2008 at 11:09 PM
I was just thinking, maybe all the Gitmo detainees will get to be professors in Chicago now, following the example of Ayers and Dohrn.
zmdavid on November 10, 2008 at 11:09 PM
LOL
abinitioadinfinitum on November 10, 2008 at 11:10 PM
GACK! I need to take a shower after reading that, ugh, what a bag of shiite.
“Lacking that simple and yet essential capacity to question authority, we might still be burning witches and enslaving our fellow human beings today.”
Or denying blacks the right to vote, ala the 1960′s DFL.
Bishop on November 10, 2008 at 11:10 PM
I would praise Sirhan Sirhan too, but he hasn’t cut his own throat yet.
john1schn on November 10, 2008 at 11:10 PM
FIFY
I hope you die a slow painful death, alone.
Kini on November 10, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Remember according to the left, dissent is the highest form of patriotism. I expect to be very patriotic during the next four years.
ajackson on November 10, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Let’s all send a copy of ‘Prarie Fire” and “Rules for Radicals” to every member of congress… sort of a grass roots thingy…
katy on November 10, 2008 at 11:14 PM
Another way of saying, “We are the people we’ve been waiting for?” They think alike, they talk alike. Good grief!
Dee2008 on November 10, 2008 at 11:14 PM
In the 70′s there was this little known (/sarc) movie named Smokey and the Bandit. There’s this line Burt Reynolds hands Sheriff Buford T. Justice: “Sheriff, do the letters F.O. mean anything to you?”
In 2008, they do, Burt. Yes, they do.
john1schn on November 10, 2008 at 11:14 PM
The guy is worthless and so is his buddy Barry.
roux on November 10, 2008 at 11:14 PM
Ever thought a scumbag stone cold killer like this would have the ear of the President of the United State of America? Ever thought a piece of human scum like this would sit in the Oval Office or sleep in the Lincoln bedroom. Now tell me again why this country isn’t completely F’ed.
TheBigOldDog on November 10, 2008 at 11:15 PM
Or blowing them up. But why split hairs, eh Bill?
meltenn on November 10, 2008 at 11:15 PM
Wait, where’s the guy that was here the other day saying this POS “is a good man?” Where is he? I can’t remember his handle. Wish he’d chime in on this today!
JAM on November 10, 2008 at 11:16 PM
TheBigOldDog on November 10, 2008 at 11:15 PM
Thought about it just enough to head for Cabela’s tomorrow for my weekly ammo purchase. 223 ammo is surprisingly cheap.
Bishop on November 10, 2008 at 11:17 PM
“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and he carries his banners openly. But the traitor moves among those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.
For the traitor appears not traitor, he speaks in the accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their garments, and he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of a city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist.
A murderer is less to be feared.”
- Cicero, 42 B.C.
Dorvillian on November 10, 2008 at 11:17 PM
Mr. Ayers doesn’t seem to realize that he’s the establishment now.
Should the man who once told young people to kill their parents really brag about being a grand-parent in an internationally read newspaper?
I mean really, does the man have no sense of irony, or hell hypocracy, at all?
billy on November 10, 2008 at 11:17 PM
This guy should have been hanged forty years ago. Why wasn’t he? Instead we allow him to hang around contaminating the minds of the young and gullible, and eventually the mind of one Barack Hussein Obama, who by some fluke has now been elected President of the United States.
Shows how passing up the right thing to do can lead to large and dangerous consequences down the road.
MrLynn on November 10, 2008 at 11:18 PM
And if you disagree with him, he’ll kill you.
Salem, Calling.
profitsbeard on November 10, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Are you kidding me? This guy threatened people and now he’s worried about the threats he got on voicemail?
The man is a washed up pansy with daddy issues. I don’t care about his relationship to The One™. Peaceful dissent is one thing, bombing people because you don’t agree with them is another. Not quite the same thing there Billy.
Lay-Z on November 10, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Well, I wish I could live in his neighborhood. The opportunity for messing with him would be tempting.
I’d start with drawings of pipe bombs left on his windowsill, to bring back the memory of the cop who got killed that way in NY by the WU.
How there aren’t people standing outside yelling at him through a bullhorn-you know, “protesting,” is beyond me.
hippie_chucker on November 10, 2008 at 11:20 PM
A Hot Air first!!
Praise for a Palestinian assassin in the comment section.
billy on November 10, 2008 at 11:20 PM
I wish someone would blow up Bill Ayers. See how he likes it.
Dreadnought223 on November 10, 2008 at 11:20 PM
You can be assured I will question those in authority for their motives in enacting any and all orders pertaining to my country and the people within it.
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the President“. Theodore Roosevelt
canditaylor68 on November 10, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Remember according to the left, dissent is the highest form of patriotism. I expect to be very patriotic during the next four years.
ajackson on November 10, 2008 at 11:12 PM
*sigh*
That kind of thinking is so 2008 and prior (see: Chimpy McHitler NaziBush for additional info).
In Omarxa’s brave new world, “dissent” will be seen as…umm…unconstructive to social harmony…and will be dealt with accordingly.
Any word you say against Dear Leader will of course be a racist attack and you will be judged accordingly. You think JTP had it bad? Take your chances.
Bishop on November 10, 2008 at 11:21 PM
A bit off topic but… is anyone else waking up in the middle of the night with dread lately? I have this fight or flight angst going on but there’s no where to go and not a hell of a lot I can do about this insanity…. hence my Flight ro fight thing is jammed!!!
katy on November 10, 2008 at 11:21 PM
I would love to see a YouTube parody.
Guardian on November 10, 2008 at 11:21 PM
How there aren’t people standing outside yelling at him through a bullhorn-you know, “protesting,” is beyond me.
Because we all have something else to do, something with three letters: J-O-B-S.
Bishop on November 10, 2008 at 11:24 PM
The Old Witch Trial Defense.
But Witches never existed.
Ghouls, however, do.
Ayers for one.
The undead.
profitsbeard on November 10, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Nice!
katy on November 10, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Nah, I sleep great. But then, I’m well armed.
john1schn on November 10, 2008 at 11:29 PM
From the article:
What the hell? This turd sounds like he can pass for Obama’s speech writer.
gumble on November 10, 2008 at 11:30 PM
What the hell? This turd sounds like he can pass for Obama’s speech writer.
gumble on November 10, 2008 at 11:30 PM
Why not, he wrote Odummy’s autobiographies, he should be able to handle a few vapid speeches for the glassy-eyed libs to get all lathered about.
Bishop on November 10, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Im shopping for my first gun Dec 1. Hand gun. semi auto. Ideas?
katy on November 10, 2008 at 11:35 PM
With just a quick read there’s so much to pick apart there. This one struck out, though:
My friends & family are can’t wait for prison aboliton. I’m greatly looking forward to the “multilateral society” where our kids can become buddies with & hug convicted felons…
beancounter on November 10, 2008 at 11:36 PM
katy on November 10, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Get yourself a gun, some traveling chow, a ready bag with the essentials and a plan of where to go and how to get there.
If the economy goes to hell, all bets are off. Even firefighters and cops won’t stay on the job without pay, and without them, well…
Bishop on November 10, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Got it together there. just need the gun.
katy on November 10, 2008 at 11:38 PM
Will sombody please just shoot that piece of shite? lord have mercy cuz I won’t. Slimy worm ridden, poywog piece of walrus dung. FU Ayers, we will have our revenge in this life or the next.
GlocknRoll on November 10, 2008 at 11:38 PM
Springfield Armory XD series, fine handguns and won’t break the bank.
http://www.springfield-armory.com/xd.php
Bishop on November 10, 2008 at 11:39 PM
You can forget going to any other country. But you should seriously consider coming to Texas. Pack one state that’s capable of self-sufficiency.
RushBaby on November 10, 2008 at 11:40 PM
Lay-Z on November 10, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Either I’m not getting your point or you’re not getting mine.
To me, Ayers spent a lifetime justifying anything, including murder, to oppose the dominate political establishment.
Now he’s the dominate political establishment.
And I oppose him.
So what, according to him, is off limits today?
BTW,
This is all theoretical, in that I won’t be striking a blow against the man tommorrow, I’ll be going to a j-o-b.
billy on November 10, 2008 at 11:40 PM
I thought about Texas. not far from home either. Thought about Alaska but the russians may take it.
katy on November 10, 2008 at 11:41 PM
Thanks! Got me some research ta do
katy on November 10, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Allah please do not send me to sites that support Ayers without warning me. Perhaps I was supposed to know the reference but I didn’t and I gave that murdering scumbag my click…that sucks.
I know you find it amusing to send us over to traitors like Parker, Will and others but my gosh have at least some standards eh? How about drawing the line at terrorists?
PierreLegrand on November 10, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Colt or Springfield Armory 1911A1 .45! Best man or Oblama stopper ever created. Recoil is not that bad, super safe in single action, and accurate to boot, you can’t go wrong. Find a friend with an FFL and get them to cut you a deal.
GlocknRoll on November 10, 2008 at 11:44 PM
FFL? I’m heading to a gun show to get one. Good idea?
katy on November 10, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Does anyone wonder why our young adults are so screwed up. This “distinguished professor” sounds like the nutcase he is.
We are on a downward spiral unless we do something about the education system. No wonder Gorbachov and Medvedev are gloating.
eaglesdontflock on November 10, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Or maybe he was thinking of the three police officers who died because of Ayers and his compatriots.
http://cajunbass.blogspot.com/2008/10/weather-underground-honoring-cops-they.html
Glynn on November 10, 2008 at 11:49 PM
OT but I can’t believe Obama is still looking for contributions; talk about audacity.
msmveritas on November 10, 2008 at 11:50 PM
Cheap ($50-100), small, and dependable: an MP.25 caliber Raven semi-auto pistol, for the ankle holster.
Something for the hip, and more expensive ($300-500), either a Glock 18C, or a Walther PPK/S .380.
And then practice practice practice…
profitsbeard on November 10, 2008 at 11:52 PM
Copy that.. How powerful is the Raven?
katy on November 10, 2008 at 11:54 PM
FFL? I’m heading to a gun show to get one. Good idea?
katy on November 10, 2008 at 11:46 PM
Depends on the state and whether the gun sale needs to be registered. No register = good, no way to track it down when the Obarfy Gmen come looking for them.
You could head for Minnesota, we have some seriously remote lake country; fish, deer and places to hide. I have a little cabin up north, if the shiite hits the propeller, I’m gone and you won’t find me unless I want to be found.
Bishop on November 10, 2008 at 11:56 PM
I can only hope that the distinguished professor managed to impress one of his lessons upon his own progeny: “Kill your parents.”
ktrush on November 10, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Spend some time here. Read all, click all.
RushBaby on November 10, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Let me get this straight,the newspaper in my
Country,Toronto,Ontario,Canada printed this
F$#%$^&#$$#%$^*&()()&K piece of sh#t!
Ayers is,and was a Terrorist,allowing a
TERRORIST access to the media,and especially
in Canada makes me sick!!
I thought this kind of talk gets you into
our grey area of Hate Speech!!
Was this done for free,or is this been payed
for and bought by Team Obama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on November 11, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Cheap ($50-100), small, and dependable: an MP.25 caliber Raven semi-auto pistol, for the ankle holster.
Wait. What?
If an ankle gun is needed, you are probably already dead (IMHO) and a .25 will barely make it through a thick leather jacket.
Get a good, reliable thumper such as a Glock, SA, Walther or Sig. Don’t skimp on the price or the caliber, your life is dependant on both.
http://www.sigsauer.com/Products/ShowCatalogCategory.aspx?categoryid=1
http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=13152&storeId=10002&categoryId=43803&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=43326&top_category=43326&training=
http://www.glock.com/english/index_pistols.htm
Bishop on November 11, 2008 at 12:02 AM
Screw handguns…the only use for them is to fight your way to your PTR-91K or Shotgun.
Btw just purchased a Ruger LCP for the wife and it shoots real nice. But again hoping that a hand gun is going to STOP someone is not realistic. Sure eventually they will STOP but if they have a knife or their own gun a lot of bad stuff will happen before they STOP.
Remember what you are trying to accomplish…saving your family and saving yourself to take care of your family. Whatever gets in the way of that gets a .308 to the head…anyone who doesn’t immediately prevent that gets bypassed.
PierreLegrand on November 11, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Is it wrong to ask that Billy die of some agonizing, disfigurative wasting disease?
mojo on November 11, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Just a perfectly ordinary kind of guy who revels in standing on American flags in alleys, who’s hobby as a young guy was blowing up government buildings, killing Cops…
and has no issue with lying his ass off all to promote, “the never-ending effort to build a powerful and irresistible movement for peace and social justice.”
Yeah? even really radical ideas like the ones conservatives espouse that include property rights, the sanctity of life (like not using murder as a political tool) and the right to self determination, keeping the fruits of your labor, the guarantee of a Republican form of government and life liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
Those really radical ideas?
Speakup on November 11, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Don’t know where you live, but go to a Cabella’s or Gander Mountain or some other large sporting goods store and go into their handgun dept and ask to look at and handle some handguns. See what fits your hands. Caliber-wise for you, I would think 9MM would be OK. I’m working on my daughters to get guns. Good luck.
cjs1943 on November 11, 2008 at 12:07 AM
katy at 11:54 PM–
The Raven .25 caliber is not particularly powerful, but, up close (within 15 feet), it’ll get the job done, ~even if you have to pull the trigger more than once to do it. (Which is why a semi- is nice.)
The Glock or Walther are.
(Bishop at 12:02 AM… it’ll go through a 1″ yellow pine board… guaranteed. I’ve plinked a range of items for fun, although a Sig or Glock, etc. is definitely better.)
profitsbeard on November 11, 2008 at 12:12 AM
I’m in Colorado. Not sure of the registration issue. The people taking me are all NRA. Thanks for all the tips!
katy on November 11, 2008 at 12:22 AM
They don’t need to take your guns…..
Read and weep….or Reid and Pelosi, if you prefer….
Encoded Ammunition Law
Limerick on November 11, 2008 at 12:24 AM
Outlawing reloading machines, are they?
mojo on November 11, 2008 at 12:26 AM
The long legal answer is: Yes.
Limerick on November 11, 2008 at 12:27 AM
I know you are a veteran, Limerick, and this is Veteran’s Day. Just wanted to say thanks again, to you and all other veterans here. God Bless.
Glynn on November 11, 2008 at 12:30 AM
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