We Need Real Leadership to Put American Interests First

Real Clear Politics ^ | May 10, 2010 | Diana West

[2ndDivisionVet]

There were some big losers in the national guessing game over the identity of the failed Times Square bomber this week. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg took the booby prize for picking "someone who doesn't like the health care bill or something."

That was before Pakistani-born, 2009-naturalized Faisal Shahzad was apprehended Sunday night trying to flee to Dubai. Even after that point, Democratic strategist Bob Beckel was holding out for "a right-wing militia man," while an array of mainstream media commentators, tracked by Newsbusters.com, seized on jihad-alternate theories as the trigger.

One favorite: foreclosure rage. It seems, as the AP noted, Shahzad ran out on his home mortgage when he abandoned "the path to respectability." Of course, that was when he also chose the path to jihad, not that the media would go there.

Instead, the early narrative dwelled on the "suburban" family man who had lost his home -- a two-story, grayish brown Colonial, we gratuitously learned. "One would have to imagine that that brought a lot of pressure and a lot of heartache on that family," said CNN's Jim Acosta.

One sure would, but only if "one" had remained blind to advancing global Islamization, eight-plus years and 15,247 acts of Islamic terrorism (as tallied by thereligionofpeace.com) since 9/11, and therefore to the possibility that Shahzad, who received five months of weapons training in Pakistan before assembling his car bomb, might be part of it.

But no. Indeed, "there was a part of me that was hoping [the Times Square bomber] was not going to be anybody with ties to any kind of Islamic country," said MSNBC host Contessa Brewer. Of course, she inadvertently revealed there was a part of her that strongly suspected otherwise.(continued)

[2ndDivisionVet]

Helen Thomas and 98% of the other female jourbalists could do with a burqua, IMO.

[jla]

We Need Real Leadership to Put American Interests First

In other words We Need a President Palin.

[mlocher]

Post-Shahzad, Agence France-Presse reports, New York City officials plan to expand a "controversial security blanket of cameras, sensors and analytical software" into midtown Manhattan. The New York Times notes cutting-edge research in pixel conversion that promises to enhance the readability of security cameras.

Inviting terrorist into the country creates the crisis where cameras-everywhere are needed. Camera-everywhere, however, are the means for the Feds to track whoever they want. Today a terrorist, tomorrow a Tea Party member. And the populace approves because they think the leaders are doing something to protect America's interests.

Yes, big brother is here.