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I'm going to be nursing this chest infection instead of blogging but this story just earned Condi 1,000 points:

Rice, in the Iraqi capital to tout security gains and what she calls an emerging political consensus, said al-Sadr is content to issue threats and edicts from the safety of Iran, where he is studying. Al-Sadr heads an unruly militia that was the main target of an Iraqi government assault in the oil-rich city of Basra last month, and his future role as a spoiler is an open question.

"I know he's sitting in Iran," Rice said dismissively, when asked about al-Sadr's latest threat to lift a self-imposed cease-fire with government and U.S. forces. "I guess it's all-out war for anybody but him," Rice said. "I guess that's the message; his followers can go too their deaths and he's in Iran."

Oh, snap! Sadr just got served!

By a woman. A black woman! Tight.

She hasn't been the best Secretary of State but this reminds me she's had a few shining moments.

Irantarctica

Ahmadinejad says the Zionist Entity should be relocated to Alaska or Canada. On first blush, it seems like just another staggeringly racist, hate-filled recommendation broadcasting the stated desire of Iran's leadership to completely destroy Israel and finish what Hitler started.

But let's not jump to conclusions. I think the odious nature of the statement obscures a massive opportunity in this suggestion. Once the Israelis are out, we can really start nuking. I mean, really saturation nuke the bastards. Think about it. We could just hurl missile after fucking missile into the zone without worrying that our allies in Israel would be horribly irradiated.

What? The Saudis are our allies? Iraq too? Well, maybe we can just move them to Canada, too. Hell, why not solve every international problem by relocating the inhabitants to some frigid wasteland half way around the world.

Wait a minute. I think I'm on to something. Instead of moving the Israelis off their tiny, historical homeland, why don't we relocate the rest of the Middle East to Antarctica. There they can frollick and suicide bomb and chant 'Death to America' to their heart's content without being irritated by the presence of a few million jews a thousand miles away. Win freakin' win.

I await my Nobel Peace Prize.

20% Fucktards

So only 20% of the Democrats think the world would be better off if America lost in Iraq. Well, I guess we're all fine and dandy.

I think I need to start commissioning my own polls. Here's one for you. What percentage of Americans think the world would be better off if all of the previously named Democrats were packed up and mailed to Iraq so they could personally explain their position to the people most effected by their retarded world view.

Seriously, in what patchouli-induced fantasy world does it improve anything when America gets sent packing by a bunch of medeivalist homo-murderers? I can only imagine that their belief is somehow rooted in my favorite of all liberal masochism fantasies; that America is constantly overstepping its authority and deserves some comeuppance.

This leads me back to the hands-down most inane political argument of the 21st century. That whole "just because I never do or say anything patriotic and, in fact, often display measurable excitement at the failures of my country doesn't mean you have the right to question my patriotism" argument. As Jeff Goldstein has often discussed, the left's obsession with gray areas has allowed them to muddy the meaning of words so far that they lack any meaning or depth at all. Patriotism's meaning has been dumbed down to imply anything I insist is patriotic instead of some benchmark of behavior. I mean, they somehow manage to claim patriotic motives while simultaneously deriding any statement or behavior that might, maybe, somehow demonstrate a mild preference for the United States over, say, a country that wants do destroy us.

I mean, I've heard the statement, "the American flag should never be worn or displayed as clothing" while simultaneously implying that it is not only acceptable but desirable for Mexicans or Africans to display colors of countries from which they don't even originate!

I'm just so fucking fed up with this pomo, transnational, we are the world view that doesn't allow people to make such basic judgements as deciding a pluralistic, free country is superior to one that routinely executes non-existent gays as a matter of national policy. Has it really gotten so bad in academia that I have to hear people equivocating sheepishly whenever the topic of national pride is broached?

If 20% of any political party in good standing yearns for America's defeat and humiliation, I dare say it has. And if a party comprised of such worthless Quislings can command the support to control both houses of congress and soon the Presidency, I have nothing but dread for the future.

Exit Question: When did it stop being fashionable to be on one's own team?

(Hat Tip: Dan Collins)

Norks and Mullahs

If you're like me, sometimes you get nervous that those commie Norks or those hajji Persians are going to get froggy and blow some shit up. Hell, even the Ivans are getting a little jumpy of late. All I can say is, don't worry. Just love it.

Love the bomb.