Still Crazy

Lawrence Auster thinks it's time for a military junta.

Another Thing the Dutch Do Better

Today's New York Times is saying what should have been obvious. Killing the people you're supposed to be "liberating" isn't going to win their affection. The Dutch approach is common sense and should be pursued more broadly.

I'll Be Very Impressed

If Giuliani wins in the Republican primary after your average Joe Six-Pack Bible Banger here's about this. I'll also be very amused at the idea of Republicans promoting a candidate that the Religious Right absolutely despises.

So far, Rudy's still ahead of the other candidates and the hardcore conservatives are predicting that people are going to catch on to his pro-choice, pro-gay, pro gun control, cross-dressing ways any minute now, and will soon turn away from him. This stuff isn't exactly a secret, however, and hasn't been for some time, yet he's still in the lead. Hopefully this is a sign that the Christofascists are starting to lose their influence.

Chocolate City Vs. Latka Town

Not long after hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and the reconstruction efforts began, the town's mayor, Ray Nagin referred to the place as "Chocolate City" and said that it would be "a majority African American city." What was the MSM's reaction? Well, they, for lack of a better term, went apeshit. And of course all the righties denounced him as a racist, and to be frank, it was a racist thing to believe. It is racist to claim a city for a certain race and think, "Hey wouldn't it be great if this or that race were the majority here?"

The irony, of course, is that most of the people who screamed "racist" at Nagin were The Crazy People on the right who have absolutely no problem with Israel calling itself a "Jewish State." If Israel establishing a Jewish State isn't racist, why is Ray Nagin being favour of a "Chocolate City," racist?

Sarko's in, How Will France Deal?

Sarkozy is not Jean-Marie LePen, but he is "tough on crime" as they say in the states, and generally critical of the current state of France's immigration policies (despite being the son of a Hungarian immigrant). The largely immigrant suburbs have already said how they plan to respond. It's clear that things will likely get worse in France before they get better, but the reason why Sarkozy is not as loved by the right as LePen was has to do with his involvement with the formation of the Conseil français du culte musulman, an organization founded to give French Muslims a political voice.

As I've said before, the level of violence and unrest in France, while the result of deeper causes that need to be addressed, must be dealt with on the surface as well. I'm open minded about Sarkozy, and hopeful that he will bring the hammer down on the riots and violence, but worried that his attitude and inflammatory talk of "racaille" will undermine more cool-headed efforts to deal with the social problems that have caused these riots in the first place. He has made efforts to reach out to the Muslim community, and if there is ever a hope if assimilating Muslims into France, he will need there help.

Clearly My Knowledge of the Legislative Process Is Sorely Lacking

An interesting article in the New York Times, outlines the various proposals Democrats are now mulling over to get the troops out of Iraq. Looks like they have a few interesting options.

Hillary Clinton and Robert Byrd are proposing to "repeal President Bush’s war authorization" that "would require the president to seek new authority from Congress to extend the conflict beyond Oct. 11, 2007." The article doesn't explain, exactly how this could be done. Would they do it in the form of a bill? If so how could they keep bush from vetoing it like he did the last bill, and if not, how could this be done?

Even Horowtiz Is Sick of Auster's Lunacy

Thanks to an article on The Huffington Post, David Horowitz is no longer allowing Lawrence Auster's openly segregationist and sometimes outright racist rants on FrontPage.

This isn't the first time Auster's browbeating has gotten him in trouble with his fellow right-wing crazies. Michelle Malkin used to have him on her list of blogs, but took him off a few months ago and refused to explain why. If you read his stuff, though, it becomes pretty clear.

Now if only people would realize what a creep this guy is.