July 05, 2004

Kidnapped Marine moved to "place of safety"

Al Jazeera is reporting that US Marine Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun has been moved to a "place of safety" by terrorists who held him hostage. The Al Qaeda-connected group that held him threatened last week to behead the Marine if US forces did not withdraw from Iraq.

Details are forthcoming.

This smells. Bad.

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Coach K stays in collegiate waters

Mike Krzyzewski ended talks with the LA Lakers to take over the head coach's slot recently vacated by Phil Jackson.

There was much speculation over the past few days over Coach K, who has led Duke University to 3 NCAA basketball championships, and whether he would take the Tinseltown lure of coaching the Lakers.

Krzyzewski scheduled a 5 p.m. news conference at Duke's Durham campus, with president Richard Brodhead and athletics director Joe Alleva.

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I missed it by a day, but the sentiment's the same

Sorry - I missed it by a day; 7AM church service, and lots of family stuff the rest of the day.

God Bless America.

(Courtesy Day By Day)

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July 04, 2004

Iraqi "militant group" denies murder of US Marine

On its own web site the Army of Ansar al-Sunna said that a claim announcing the beheading of Lebanese-born US Marine Corporal Wassef Ali Hassoun was false.

According to the sources this morning, the fate of Cpl. Hassoun has not been determined.

"The media have published, quoting the Lebanese foreign ministry, that the Ansar al-Sunna Army has killed the American hostage, from Lebanese origin, who was kidnapped in Iraq," the statement said.

"In order to maintain our credibility in all issues we declare that this statement that was attributed to us has no basis of truth," the statement said.

"We have an official Web site for publication, any statement that is not issued through our site, doesn't represent us," it said.

I still want The Few and The Proud to open an industrial sized can of large-scale whoopass on 'em.
(Courtesy Outside the Beltway

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July 03, 2004

Predators claim to behead US Marine

Al Qaeda terrorists claim to have beheaded Lebanese-born US Marine Cpl. Wassef Ali Hassoun.

The claim was made on a website in a statement attributed to the Ansar al-Sunna Army.

"We would like to inform you that the Marine of Lebanese descent has been killed, and you will soon see the movie with your own eyes," said the statement, signed in the name of the group's leader, Abu Abdullah al-Hassan bin Mahmoud.
Hassoun was previously seen on a video released to Arabic television network Al Jazeera blindfolded, and kneeling in front of armed, masked captors. The kidnappers had threatened to decapitate Hassoun if the United States did not withdraw it's troops from Iraq.

US Intelligence sources are attempting to ascertain any truth to the claim.

Hopefully, the powers that be will take the chains off of the Marines. I know that they are chomping at the bit to go and wipe out every last one of these bastards.

(More coverage from Short Family Online, Backcountry Conservative, Dean Esmay, Brain Shavings, Talk Left, Amanda Doerty, Zygote, Outside the Beltway, and others)

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July 02, 2004

Deja vu?

(Courtesy Registered)

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Transcript of my appearance on Hannity & Colmes this week

Fox News Channel released the transcript of my appearance Tuesday night on Hannity & Colmes. No pictures though...

KING: The Democratic Party is not doing that, Alan. The Democratic Party is basically taking the black vote for granted. They're sitting back and saying, "Look, blacks hate George Bush, and they hate him so much that they'll vote for anybody, even the local dog catcher." And John Kerry is the dogcatcher at the moment.
Now if I could get a video copy of the appearance (the picture of me here is from my April appearance on H&C), I'd be happy. I couldn't see a thing from the studio where I was!

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Could Coach K be headed for LA?

ESPN is reporting this morning that Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski has been offered the LA Lakers' coaching spot recently vacated Phil Jackson.

57 year-old Krzyzewski will have the final word on the move, but it's hardly a done deal.

Coach K has written his own ticket at Duke, and is truly the big man on campus. Rumors have swirled around his moving to the NBA before, but those rumors have always been for naught.

Also mentioned with this rumor is that Krzyzewski would be the thing to keep Kobe Bryant with the Lakers. Currently, he's a free agent, and has most recently been talking with that "other" Los Angeles team, the Clippers.

And while Shaquille O'Neal has talked about leaving the Lakers, Coach K at the helm might give the big man reason to stick around as well.

The rumors continue to swirl, and until Krzyzewski makes a decision, they will continue to be so much dust in the wind.

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July 01, 2004

Cos speaks out again and won't back down

Bill Cosby spoke out defiantly this week, reiterating his statements of a month ago when he incensed many attendees at a NAACP gala in Washington.

At a PUSH/Rainbow Coalition event in Chicago, Cosby chided those who criticized him for airing black America's "dirty laundry."

"Let me tell you something, your dirty laundry gets out of school at 2:30 every day, it's cursing and calling each other [racial slur] as they're walking up and down the street," Cosby said during an appearance at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition & Citizenship Education Fund's annual conference.

"They think they're hip," the entertainer said. "They can't read; they can't write. They're laughing and giggling, and they're going nowhere."

"For me there is a time ... when we have to turn the mirror around," he said. "Because for me it is almost analgesic to talk about what the white man is doing against us. And it keeps a person frozen in their seat, it keeps you frozen in your hole you're sitting in."

"You've got to stop beating up your women because you can't find a job, because you didn't want to get an education and now you're (earning) minimum wage," Cosby said. "You should have thought more of yourself when you were in high school, when you had an opportunity."

Many in the crowd at the event nodded their support for what Cosby was saying, and even Jesse Jackson spoke of supporting Cosby's statements during the event.
"Bill is saying let's fight the right fight, let's level the playing field," Jackson said. "Drunk people can't do that. Illiterate people can't do that."
As I mentioned on Fox News Channel this week, personal responsibility plays a huge part in black America getting ahead. I hope Cosby's statements get through to some of those who wouldn't dare listen to someone like me.

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On behalf of all of us, 'You're welcome.'

The Iraq-America Freedom Alliance placed a full page ad in USA Today this morning, as a thank you to the United States for the sacrifices we have made to bring freedom to the streets and homes and lives of Iraq.

The sacrifices your sons and daughters made for our liberation will never be forgotten. Without those brave young men and women, this day might never have come.

Of course you won't hear about it in the mainstream media. It doesn't fit into their collective agenda of dragging down George W. Bush and his Administration. It doesn't fit into their agenda of belittling the fighting men and women who are working day in and day out to ensure that freedom, now planted, can take solid root.

But on behalf of the rest of us -- those of us who understand and believe in what our forces are doing there, I deliver a humble "You're welcome."

(Courtesy The Black Republican)

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Trying to convince everyone?

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Doin' the perp-walk

    

CourtTV watchers are gonna have a field day over the next 12 months or so...

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US plans big show of force in Pacific

Operation Summer Pulse 04 is set commence within the next few weeks, with as many as seven different aircraft carriers and their associated battle groups coming within striking distance of China and Taiwan.

According to the Department of Defense, the exercise is a test of a new Fleet Response Plan aimed at enhancing the Navy's combat power and readiness in a time of crisis. The plan calls for the despatching of six 'forward deployed' or 'ready to surge' carrier groups to a trouble spot within 30 days, and an additional two within 90 days.

Of course exact plans are shrouded in mystery, but according to the Navy's website, the Carl Vinson, Abraham Lincoln, John C Stennis, and Kitty Hawk are all in the Pacific presently, the Harry S Truman and the Enterprise are in the Atlantic, while the George Washington is in the Persian Gulf.

Sources indicate that seven of the battle groups will assemble in the Pacific as a part of this exercise. Never before have that many battle groups been assembled in one place.

ONE aircraft carrier is sent to a trouble spot as a reminder of US presence. This was done several times in the past, when tension was high in the Taiwan Strait.

TWO carriers show serious concern, as was the case when China test-fired missiles over the strait in 1996.

THREE OR FOUR are sent in combat situations - as in the Gulf War in the early 1990s and the recent Iraqi war.

Sending SEVEN carriers in peace time to the same region is unprecedented. The US plan to do this after mid-July, in the Pacific Ocean near China, is a message to Beijing for its threat to use force to stop Taiwanese independence.

As you can imagine, China is pretty much as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

The Chinese government stands behind it's long-standing proclemation that Taiwan would not be permitted to officially declare it's independance.

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Jesse Jackson to NASCAR: 'Negroes Can Drive Cars Fast'

Tuesday, Jesse Jackson put his foot in his mouth once again -- this time by saying that NASCAR should have more black drivers than it does because "negroes can drive cars fast."

The setting was a sports luncheon in Chicago, a part of the PUSH/Rainbow Coalition's 33rd annual conference this week.

"One thing I know, negroes can drive cars fast," Jackson said to laughter. "I mean, we go through red lights, even [drive] at night with our lights off. We can drive cars fast," he asserted from the podium.
NASCAR's support of the conference this week flies in the face of prior indications that the racing circuit had ended fiscal support of Jackson's group in 2003 due to negative public pressure.

George Pyne, NASCAR's vice president of marketing, made clear the relationship between NASCAR and Jackson.

"I would like to thank Reverend Jackson and the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition for being positive catalysts for change. It is an honor to be here today."

Pyne was unequivocal in his defense of NASCAR's decision to support Jackson.

"I would point out that there are a number of Fortune 500 companies that support Rainbow/PUSH and every other major sport America supports, or a number of major sports entities, support Rainbow PUSH," Pyne said.

"We certainly would think that we would want to be in step with the other sports and corporations in America, and it's consistent with how we approach the business," he added.

Jackson's next step? Challenging corporate team-sponsors to get them to finance minority drivers.

My question? How much of that financing will find it's way into Jesse's pocket to help continue is racket...

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