With everything that has been going on lately, I haven't been able to really sit down and craft one single post about any subject, so I'm just going to drop some thoughts on a few different subjects here. Feel free to comment on some, all, or (heaven forbid!) none of them. I'm looking forward to hearing what the readers have to say. So on that note, let's get started!

Scratch One Tango!  That's the phrase that used to be used on my beloved SOCOM US Navy SeALS games when an enemy got greased, and last Sunday Osama bin Laden became Osama bin Deaden after our SeALS put one through his head. Good riddance to bad rubbish I say, and I have not a care how the killing was accomplished. Unlike Alan Dershowitz and his ilk, I don't care if OBL was armed, sleeping, running away, or butt naked screwing his wife when they found him and greased him...just so long as they greased him. The world is now a slightly better and less dangerous place with this character roaming around serving as a living inspiration and bankroll to his terrorist confederates.

Fish Food  Sticking with the OBL story for just a moment, I keep hearing people complaining about the Islamic rites and burial that OBL was given before he became a fish feeder out in the Arabian Sea. Much of the argument boils down to this: The 9/11 victims didn't get proper burials, so why should OBL? Well, my brother and I were talking about that and he pointed out that in fact those bodies that were recovered were handled in such a way that the families were able to say their goodbyes to their loved ones in whatever manner they chose. We understand that many families were never able to have that type of closure, but what does that really have to do with how the military decided to dispose of OBL? As for me, I argue it was a mistake for another reason. As I, and others, have said repeatedly the Arab culture only respects strength and in a fight they are only going to fear those who show no tendency to back down. Knowing that Islam teaches that the body must be buried within 24 hours of death, only after going through certain rituals or the person will be denied entry into Paradise, I would have put his body on display for a few days and then dumped him into the sea like so much waste water. That would have sent a powerful message to the Islamic extremists that this is what happens if you screw with us; not only can you kiss your butt goodbye here on earth, but we will keep your sorry tail away from your 72 virgins and rivers of milk and honey too!

Hypocrisy Thy Name Is Hannity!  I know that I have been taking serious shots at Hannity here lately, but he makes it just so easy that I cannot seem to resist. His latest bit of hypocrisy is his stance on the burial of OBL at sea and the decision to prepare his body and that according to Islamic custom. He's going on on and on about how this was a terrible idea, even though the national security team and the military felt that doing it this way could possibly avoid inciting any more violence than the actual killing did. But Hannity doesn't seem to care abut that, he's just outraged that OBL was treated that way and the US won't release pictures of his dead body to the public. But wait... Wasn't it just a couple of months ago that Mr. Republican was saying that because the military was afraid of inciting violence against the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq that Pastor Terry Jones should not exercise his constitutionally protected right to burn the Koran? Wasn't he in high dudgeon about that, going on day after day about how the military's wishes should be respected if it would keep soldiers safe? So what's different now? If you are so convinced that military wishes should be made manifest in one case why not in the other? I' m just wondering where that particular line gets drawn.

Unlawful Acts in the "Un-War"  Shep Smith at FNC has dubbed our military action in Libya as the "Un-war", and the title fits t to a tee. But what has been troubling to me is the actions that we have been taking in regard to Qadaffi, and the fact that they are patently illegal. Now, this isn't to say that Qadaffi is a good guy or anything, or that it would not be fine with me to see him toppled from power. But in order to do that, the Obama administration has decided to break US law in an effort to get him. When we launched an air strike on the Bab al-Aziziya compound that killed one his sons and three of his grandchildren, the president was breaking the law set down in Executive Order 11905 Section 5(g). That section, originally signed by Gerald Ford in 1976 and subsequently upheld by every president since, states that "No employee of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, political assassination." Now, I don't know about you but it seems like that was a pretty clear attempt at killing Qadaffi. My point is that the rule of law has to be upheld even when dealing with people we don't like, or it ceases to exist.

GOP Debate  I watched part of this last night and I got to like Herman Cain more as the night went on! He was really good and I think Tim Pawlenty helped himself some as well. Let me know what you guys thought about it!