Quotes of the day
posted at 10:37 pm on November 11, 2009 by Allahpundit
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“I never lost consciousness, and I refused to.”
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“The national grief won’t last.
“In our time, nothing was bigger than the nearly 3,000 killed on September 11. But anyone who got involved with the development of public policy then knows that for the next seven years the battle never stopped over the details of the Patriot Act, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, then Guantanamo, then waterboarding, renditions and secret prisons and all the other issues that for some could be summed up in two words: ‘Bush-Cheney.’…
“Now everyone thinks the call was obvious. But it wasn’t so obvious before the tragedy. Not if for years you have watched a country and its political class in rancorous confusion about the enemy, the legal standing of the enemy, or the legal status and scope of the methods it wants to use to fight the enemy.
“In war, uncertainty gets you killed. It just did.”
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“Okay, he’s a Muslim terrorist.”
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When I was a kid there was a Saudi prince that lived my neighborhood. His house was very popular on Halloween because he, (or his servants at any rate), handed out full sized candy bars. He may or may not have had an expensive education, but it didn’t matter because he was one of thousands of Saudi royalty that lived a privileged life funded by the Royal family. If he was a doctor I seriously doubt that he actually spent any time doctoring anybody.
FloatingRock on November 12, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Excellent article on that at jihadwatch.org.
Check out Islam 101 and read the section on abrogation. Basically means if the Koran says one thing in an early sura and the exact opposite in later ones then the later ones overrule the earlier ones.
Allah is a capricious god who changes his mind. A lot.
knivek on November 12, 2009 at 12:30 AM
Dr. Ayman al-Zawahri….anyhoo…
EnochCain on November 12, 2009 at 12:31 AM
Well given that Orwell used the term IngSoc to mean ENGLISH SOCIALISM and elaborated its inherent evils, I say that the Libtards DON’T get it.
Geochelone on November 12, 2009 at 12:31 AM
Folks like Quinn don’t want to accept the fact that people aren’t fundamentally good and the fact that not all cultures are equal.
So if someone does something like this they must be “crazy.” It can’t just be that they’re evil. It can’t be that their culture is evil, it must be that they’re insane.
29Victor on November 12, 2009 at 12:34 AM
Wow! These are probably the middle-class, then, comparatively speaking.
I still was often annoyed when my son was hanging out with them. First of all, they had every toy in the book. They would buy friendships. I decided in the end to let it go. Not my value, but I guess the kids might have had trouble making friends.
But the part that annoyed me most was that the sisters and mothers waited on the boys hand and foot. I looked like some schmuck mom! LOL*
AnninCA on November 12, 2009 at 12:35 AM
Not all muslims are bad. One night, me and a bunch of my Buds ran into these diminutive Arabs in their 20s. They had some serious bank and owned a freaking strip club we found out, er, while, er well never mind.
They actually were a blast but they were like children that had received a huge allowance to go play with in America.
They were wondering if we wanted to go into business with them just for fun and what they should buy next. What a riot.
Geochelone on November 12, 2009 at 12:37 AM
Hear Hasan liked strip clubs.
EnochCain on November 12, 2009 at 12:38 AM
I agree. This might just be the “first world trade center attack”.
Caper29 on November 12, 2009 at 12:39 AM
I wouldn’t be surprised to see some copycat events. Mass murders often trigger other mass murders.
AnninCA on November 12, 2009 at 12:42 AM
In this case, it was the certainty — that any FBI guy who “violated the civil rights” of Hasan would be prosecuted by Eric Holder. That’s what stopped notification to the Army of Hasan’s observed behavior — the same threats that the CIA guys are working under now.
Obama and Holder have made that bed, and now they get to sleep in it.
unclesmrgol on November 12, 2009 at 12:45 AM
Small timer, he had to pay for a lap dance. Glad he will be in prison for life now.
These kids I am talkin about owned the joint and all the girls too. Would not be surprised if they didn’t have a gulf stream just to dick around with. They were like children and actually not sleazy at all, kind of innocent like lambs if you can believe it.
Geochelone on November 12, 2009 at 12:47 AM
It was a middle class neighborhood, although perhaps upper middle class, but the “prince” did have waterfront property with a slip for his cigarette boat in his backyard. The point is that a lot of Muslims that live in this country receive funding from their home countries.
FloatingRock on November 12, 2009 at 12:52 AM
I’m starting to wonder how long before the Left Wing Media start telling us Hasan just had Asburger Syndrom and he didn’t know what he was doing.
They’ll make any excuse for this ass it seems.
Rbastid on November 12, 2009 at 12:56 AM
Lucky little..
EnochCain on November 12, 2009 at 12:57 AM
These kids got involved in the Muslim activism at UCLA, but it was in a sweet way, really. They were idealistic and wanted to start free health clinics in the inner city.
They trooped up to Berkley to join other activists. Well, apparently that group was quite a bit more “activist.” They were far more to the radical Islam side.
The kids got scared. They were out of their league.
Thank goodness, they all went back to UCLA and to their computer/medicine degree paths.
AnninCA on November 12, 2009 at 12:58 AM
Well, well, well. Get on with the program People!
http://www.ehow.com/how_5313375_date-muslim-guy.html
And of course,
Oh, you want more?
http://www.muslima.com/?ovchn=GGL&ovcpn=English+USA+Muslim+Dating&ovcrn=muslim+date&ovtac=PPC&gclid=CLbqy6fkhJ4CFQEhDQod2×7cpw
But wait. Even a level headed person would find something curious about these sites.
None of them is shown with a suicide vest.
Exit question:
Why would a free US citizen subject themselves to involuntary servitude?
OkieDoc on November 12, 2009 at 1:12 AM
Muslim psychologists with a minor interest in the military?
BL@KBIRD on November 12, 2009 at 1:12 AM
Man, thats better than castor oil.
BL@KBIRD on November 12, 2009 at 1:19 AM
Old news here for many of us, but I’m glad to see new readers of Spencer.
Connie on November 12, 2009 at 1:39 AM
Meh…
Barack Hussein Obama just won the “Classiest Piece of Sh%t Award” at the CMAs…
Priceless…
/sarc
Seven Percent Solution on November 12, 2009 at 1:44 AM
Muslim is not the problem. It is anti American Muslims that are the problem. Just like anti American Tim McVeigh was a problem. Only there are a lot more anti American Muslims then there are Tim McVeighs.
Mr. Joe on November 12, 2009 at 1:50 AM
We in the West always want to couch things in therapeutic terms. These Muslims are NOT CRAZY! They are acting in a coherent rational way based on the teachings of the Koran. Hasan wasn’t a crazy man. He was a Muslim who actually believed the Koran and acted out verses like those found in the 9th Sura. Even his recent trips to the strip club (7 hours!) were based on his understanding of the Koran. He thought (thinks) that his act of Jihad would greatly outweigh his sin of going to the strip club so his place in heaven was secure. Going suicidal jihad is like carte blanc to have at any sin of your choosing. After all, all will be forgiven when you kill the infidels.
All this and every Muslim has to spend his life with a knife at his throat that threatens him should he want to follow Jesus or something like that.
I really do believe that we will learn, but thousands will die before we really act. Liberals just aren’t moored in reality.
Mojave Mark on November 12, 2009 at 1:54 AM
Quinn is exactly wrong. Everyone tries to complicate a very simple thing. Hasan was a terrorist. That’s not complicated. Stop the stupid psycho-distract tricks. I’m not buying it and most others aren’t either.
I blame Obama. Yes we can!
petunia on November 12, 2009 at 2:18 AM
Ok I know this is wayyy off topic, but did anyone else notice how great MM looked? The Boss is HOT
HotAirExpert on November 12, 2009 at 2:19 AM
Hasan, 1 minute and a ball peen hammer, that’s ALL I need.
nelsonknows on November 12, 2009 at 2:39 AM
I have to admit that BO’R did a fine job with Sally. I chuckled.
Bob's Kid on November 12, 2009 at 2:58 AM
Did ya hear that Libtards. One victim at Fort Hood was pregnant, so that counts as TWO LIVES LOST.
PC is a gangrenous infection much like what simplesemen gave to grow fins.
Geochelone on November 12, 2009 at 3:13 AM
\ And our troops get to die in it.
Johan Klaus on November 12, 2009 at 3:26 AM
A beautiful lady.
Johan Klaus on November 12, 2009 at 3:28 AM
Hasn’t any of these talking heads ever learn the Duck Test?
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, odds are it’s a duck.
The Major gave lectures as to why Jihad is a good idea.
The Major had some 20 E-mails with a known AQ terrorist recruiter Anwar al Awlaki.
The Major handed out business cards that claim he is a soldier of Allah,
The Major yelled “Allahu Akbar” the Jihads battle cry as he slaughtered our troops.
These 4 clues make me think the Major just might be a Jihadist.
DSchoen on November 12, 2009 at 4:12 AM
Okay lets go through your list!
Check! Murdering 13 people and wounding many more qualifies as
Check! I think you will find Murdering people in the USA is illegal.
“appear to be intended”
I would say Murdering 13 people and wounding many more qualifies as something to
“to affect the conduct of a government”
DSchoen on November 12, 2009 at 4:39 AM
I would bet money on that being true!
DSchoen on November 12, 2009 at 4:52 AM
You know what absolutely astounds little ole me? That so much time and effort is being expended discussing whether or not Hasan’s act was “Terrorism” in some sort of abstract.
Geeze, people. How do you think it felt to be in a room with no escape, with that Jihadist Hasan blocking the door, the only means of escape, armed with two weapons, one a tactical semi-automatic with a 28 round clip, shooting at will, killing your friends before your eyes, screaming “Allah whatever!”, and you are unarmed.
Terrified? Damn straight. Get real morons.
BigAlSouth on November 12, 2009 at 6:35 AM
the media can’t let on that this guy was a terrorist because then someone will connect the dots to all of Bambi’s apologies which are emboldening the terrorists. also, if the media lets on that this guy is a terrorist, then what does that make us Tea Partiers, Bible Clingers, Gun Owners, Health Care Townhallers, military servicemen relatives & flag flyers?
after all, Nancy Pelosi has called us “un-American”. Janet Napolitano has had us put on a HHS watch list.
kelley in virginia on November 12, 2009 at 7:09 AM
Thank god I don’t need the NY Times to tell me whether or not it was “Terrorism.” Or the President.
BigAlSouth on November 12, 2009 at 7:13 AM
Pre-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- The Cat
P.S. The Boss has great hair.
MirCat on November 12, 2009 at 7:15 AM
SEN Webb:
The incident at Fort Hood is terrorism and treason by an officer and physician sworn to protect and defend the Constitution as well as the lives entrusted to his care—he has violated both. The raters and senior raters of MAJ Hasan should be interviewed by Congress and asked as to why the radical, extremist and anti-American positions of this man were not acted upon. This man was responsible for the care of our soldiers and the AMEDD psychiatrists who both trained and rated this officer indicated that they would not want to deploy with him, but were comfortable enough to allow him to medicate and treat Army soldiers? It appears that Army psychiatrists will trust Hasan with someone else’s soldier but not with their own skin.
Where are his Officer Evaluation Reports? Where are his Academic Evaluation Reports? Where are the sworn statements from every person who attended the briefing he gave that clearly warned AMEDD personnel that Muslim soldiers ought to be released from service or “adverse events” would occur? Where are the Criminal Investigative Division statements on this individual? Where are the patient complaints and the corrective actions taken by his rater/senior rater and by the Walter Reed commander? Where are the patients who were treated by this physician? Where are the courses he took during OBC at FSHTX that clearly state that radical views in the Army are not tolerated?
Where are the hearings that should be conducted in Congress with officers in the rank of LTC and above who openly questioned his mental health and either did nothing about it, or shuffled him off to Ft Hood where they, “hoped he had more supervision.” There is no more supervision in the AMEDD than that which exists at WRAMC.
ted c on November 12, 2009 at 7:41 AM
Kind of reminds me of Obama.
galvestonian on November 12, 2009 at 7:41 AM
The biggest problem for this corrupt and morally bankrupt administration is the fact that none of the usual profiles fit (deranged Iraqi war vet, right-wing extremist, mentally unstable substance abuser). Instead we have a Muslim-American who benefited from society, was in a position of trust as both a medical professional and Army officer, and superficially had no reason to become a Jihadist. After the left has invested so heavily in lecturing to us that Muslim-Americans are all peaceful and good citizens, to have somebody like Hasan is embarrassingly close to stereotype for an administration which claims the stereotypes are wrong.
Fact of the matter is that Hasan was on the radar for a year and the filthy lying coward’s administration ignored the obvious for reasons of political correctness. 13/14 people were killed as a result.
highhopes on November 12, 2009 at 7:43 AM
Don’t expect anything from Webb. If he isn’t writing creepy pornography he is out there advocating to keep criminals out of jail.
highhopes on November 12, 2009 at 7:46 AM
Except that the filthy lying coward never makes a decision in the first place.
highhopes on November 12, 2009 at 7:47 AM
Man, she is soooo good looking.
I know I know, I’m some sort of caveman for saying that, but wow, Malkin is a serious babe.
Bishop on November 12, 2009 at 7:50 AM
Of all the pompous, self-righteous, clueless idiots that populate our media culture, the one I find most annoying, by far, is Sally Quinn. She has made a career out of being spectacularly and conspicuously wrong on just about everything. Her know-nothing nostrums have been the salve that eases the conscience of the out-of-control statists who are destroying our society.
Thank you very much for posting this dismantling of Sally Quinn by Bill O’Reilly. I will treasure it always. “OK, He’s a Muslim terrorist…” Priceless!
gridlock2 on November 12, 2009 at 8:00 AM
The seriousness of that video was overpowered by the luxuriousness of Michelles’ hair. In a good way.
Coronagold on November 12, 2009 at 8:07 AM
Michelle was having a Great Hair Day…
gridlock2 on November 12, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Sally Quinn is a Clydesdale with blinders. Pull my teeth before I’ll be clear on anything simple.
“Jihad means many DIFFERENT things.”
“There are many kinds of terrorists.”
OK, Ok, ok…
maverick muse on November 12, 2009 at 8:14 AM
There was an office in the WH basement under Gorelick that was the nexus for national intelligence during Clinton’s term. The FBI reported some nonsense about foreign students taking flight training. That report made it to the WH, but the powers that be decided the CIA, DoD, NSA didn’t need to know. But hey, I’m just a conspiracy theorist. There’s nothing to see here. Move along.
Hey Bill, how’s that snake bite in the a$$ feelin’ now?
Blacksmith8 on November 12, 2009 at 8:21 AM
You may be closer to the truth than you realize. It is the HHS under Sebelius that will administer your healthcare reform personally.
Blacksmith8 on November 12, 2009 at 8:28 AM
Mr. Henninger, WSJ:
What is the “Obama Doctrine”? The PC Diversity Policy: divide and conquer. And what results from PC and it’s promotion of “diversity” that divides one nation into many factions (to destroy the amalgam “E pluribus unum” with equality under the supreme law of the land that is the US Constitution)? CONFUSION.
PC begets Confusion.
Confusion begets Self Destruction.
The Marxist Obama Administration protocol is to enforce Self Destructive Behavior (SDB) upon each American and upon the entire American nation. We see what Obama has done and IS DOING TO ENHANCE the destruction of our nation’s military.
Retain records that Obama’s administration is destroying.
Dismantle the Department of Homeland Security
Prosecute Obama Now
Impeach Corruption
Impeach PC
CLARITY IN THE US CONSTITUTION
maverick muse on November 12, 2009 at 8:34 AM
He knows it’s our responsibility to contact him and his responsibility to listen. I have faith that he does that sometimes.
ted c on November 12, 2009 at 8:36 AM
Four quotes of the day is like having four different threads. It’s not simple ala Quinn…too complicated. (I’d have settled for Sergeant Kimberly Munley’s (thank you Kimberly, get well soon), or Michelle’s. When you have a Michelle vid, don’t need any other QOTD.)
Christian Conservative on November 12, 2009 at 8:37 AM
The word for this Hasan guy is “traitor”.
If this was 40 years ago and a soldier of Russian descent, with known contacts with the Soviets, had walked onto a base and started shooting soldiers on their way to Vietnam…
We wouldn’t be talking about PTSD, we’d call him a traitor.
The media doesn’t even seem to realize how liberal they are compared to the old media (which was also pretty liberal)
Sackett on November 12, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Michelle Malkin never met a tragedy that she couldn’t bend into an anti-liberal rant. The fact that Muslims are involved is like putting ice cream on top. So now, the cause of all this is not apparent incompetence by military and civilian investigators, it’s somehow liberals who have infused the military and the FBI — two rad/lib bureaucracies for sure — with so-called “political correctness.”
So all of us who voted for Obama killed those people.
She is vile.
Bleeds Blue on November 12, 2009 at 8:55 AM
Prosecute Eric Holder for corruption. Eric Holder is unfit and has multiple conflicts of interests and has issued corrupt official orders that prevent him from honorably discharging the duties of the office, US Attorney General, and worse, prevents anyone within the Dept. of Justice from officiating their duties honorably.
Take PC to the Supreme Court. Put our Justices on the line.
Victims of Hasan’s terrorism are NOT limited to those he shot at Ft. Hood.
First, the surviving Ft. Hood victims have legal standing to charge Hasan with torture. As US Citizens, and given the best Constitutional and Military defenders, they could take their torture case against Hasan to the Supreme Court if the military fails them and the nation in the solemn duty to prosecute this Muslim terrorist that the Military Establishment themselves promoted and enabled, carte blanche, to terrorize our soldiers at home.
Next, Hasan tortured and victimized our military members whom he was charged with the responsibility to aid their healing process from the terrific mental stress of their battle fatigue. While they were his patients, stateside under his medical psychiatric care, he intentionally inflicted guilt trips on them in their ill condition, knowing that he was compounding their stress rather than alleviating their stress. He tortured our ill soldiers in his care.
Finally, every member of the military now knows that they are targets of terrorists at home, not simply from liberal terrorists from the general populace of US residents (legal or not), but more specifically from Jihad Muslim terrorists within the military itself. And their Commander in Chief wants them dead or impotent, out of the way for Marxism to trump the US Constitution, and for the US to submit to global governance.
President Obama may not sweep America under his Marxist PC Rug O’ Thugs. Nor can he feign to be Aladdin on a magic Muslim Black Liberation Theology carpet, flitting hither and thither while dithering against our troops and conspiring against our Constitution.
Impeach Obama
maverick muse on November 12, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Owning women comes naturally to Muslims.
Disturb the Universe on November 12, 2009 at 9:07 AM
Self admission of guilt.
Chronology matters. Go figure.
We abstained from PC lunacy, and refuse to support the perpetuation of such gluttonous victimization of logic.
…so-called “political correctness.”
Bestial, the Leftist denial of the very PC plague that the Left induced to metastasize upon America.
maverick muse on November 12, 2009 at 9:20 AM
After 9/11/01, the Left howled incessantly regarding federal national intelligence tagging international calls to/from known Islamic terrorists.
Chris Matthews, eat your own nose. Yes, it is a fact that YOU helped to make so widely known, that it is the Department of Homeland Security, FBI and CIA designated responsibility to trace American calls to/from known Islamic terrorists, to then collectively profile the American contact and PROSECUTE as a domestic enemy of the state.
How is one an enemy of the state if no crime exists?
More to the point, Matthews initiated the furtherance of the Obama PC Doctrine. It is no longer a crime to affiliate with known Islamic terrorists, nor is it a crime to be a known Islamic terrorist, even within the US Military.
maverick muse on November 12, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Michelle Malkin never met a tragedy that she couldn’t bend into an anti-liberal rant. The fact that Muslims are involved is like putting ice cream on top. So now, the cause of all this is not apparent incompetence by military and civilian investigators, it’s somehow liberals who have infused the military and the FBI — two rad/lib bureaucracies for sure — with so-called “political correctness.”
So all of us who voted for Obama killed those people.
She is vile.
Bleeds Blue on November 12, 2009 at 8:55 AM
But, but… I remember hearing all you libs screaming at the top of your little lungs how “THOSE JETS ARE OURS NOW! THOSE JETS ARE OURS NOW” and other shiiite like that after the election.
(and one of my fav’s… “WE’RE FREEEE! WE’RE FINALLY FREEE!” (heard right outside my NYC window where the libs cavorted all night long in hyena gleee at the crowing of their boy-king.
So now you’re saying the army is NOT Yours after all?
Maybe it’s you who are the vile one…
max1 on November 12, 2009 at 9:42 AM
A muslim terrorist killed “those people”.
Liebchen, your mirror gives you your accurate reflection.
Johan Klaus on November 12, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Yep. But that wasn’t MM’s point. Her goal is to use a tragedy to go beyond blaming Islam to smearing every member of this vague but menacing PC crowd which consists of anyone to the left of Glenn Beck, regardless of their actual belief or actions in this or any other manner.
it does. And, a handsome reflection it is.
Anyway, my wife likes it.
Bleeds Blue on November 12, 2009 at 10:11 AM
I like to think of allah as a made-up diety created in the sick mind of a murderous, child-raping extortionist who, in my concept of eternal justice, gets an extra large pineapple shoved up his a$$ by Satan every morning.
SKYFOX on November 12, 2009 at 10:14 AM
The problem is most on the left would rather attack Conservatives that Islamic Terrorist….:lol
Anything MM says cuts to the core of most Libs motivations
and actions….which are usaully extremely vile these days.
dec5 on November 12, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Bleeds Blew…
“yep”
This is your dismissive response to Johan’s true statement that
“A muslim terrorist killed “those people”.” ??
Just a little gilr “yep” … you can’t even bring yourself to make the admission with a real affirmative. Like all your lib-ilk, I suppose you would just like us to move on now, “OK we grudgingly admit that it was a Muslim terror act..” but really means nothing in the grand sceheme, right?
you are truly vile
max1 on November 12, 2009 at 10:23 AM
It’s not only a whitewash it’s a lot of A$$ covering going on after the fact.
I hope Joe Lieberman can get them All in on the carpet to testify. I hope the people involved get disciplined. There are 14 Dead people. That didn’t have to happen.
Dr Evil on November 12, 2009 at 10:46 AM
Hey, Ted C! It sounds as if you just got back an answer to your letter/e-mail. I just got one of those myself this morning. Absolutley maddening. Mine basically said to go to his website to see what he is doing. Uhhhhh, that would be a big NOTHING.
I don’t think going to charm school is going to help my replies to this POS.
BetseyRoss on November 12, 2009 at 10:47 AM
Perhaps now, having, however briefly gotten religion, Sally Quinn will go out and openly ask:
“Why is this officer not being charged as a terrorist? Or, with a treason offense?”
But, don’t hold your breath!
She would much rather spend her time trying to convince everyone that it is the military’s fault for not preventing it — regardless of how utterly hamstrung they have been over the years by the strictures of political correctness that she and like-minded others have demanded of them.
Trochilus on November 12, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Huffpo is calling.
I would gladly be part of the shooters in this guy’s firing squad. It’s treason, no question about it.
Mojave Mark on November 12, 2009 at 8:52 PM
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