• From the “Oops” Department – Officials at the Democratic Party are looking into how images of the Russian navy were used as a backdrop in a tribute to veterans at their recent party convention in Charlotte.  Honestly, who can blame them?  The Admiral Kuznetsov looks so much the Enterprise that I’m sure OldNFO has landed there by mistake on more than one occasion.  At least that’s how I had it explained to me by a Democrat I know.  I guess no-one thought to have an actual Navy veteran check out the footage before it was broadcast to millions of homes nationwide.  In related news, an earlier tribute to the Pope featured footage of the Metropolitan of Constantinople, and a slide show on the success of the president’s policy toward the Arab Spring was made up of still shots from Tiananmin Square.  
• From the “Strikes Are For Baseball” Department – The teachers strike in Chicago continues.  Union official Jethro Q. Walrustitty characterized negotiations as ‘silly’.  Parents in Chicago are reportedly scrambling to find alternate plans for the 350,000 schoolchildren who are no longer warehoused in Chicago’s public schools.  Considering how terrible their academic progress has been under the striking teachers, I will be curious to see if they do better if left to their own devices for a few weeks, or at least until the first time the teachers get a check from the union for strike pay and have union dues taken out of it.
• From the “Big Boom” Department – Astronomers are reporting that a large explosion has occurred high in the atmosphere of Jupiter.  They believe that it was caused by a comet slamming into the planet and causing a fireball the size of Earth.  It’s either that or I finally found those illegal fireworks I misplaced a few years ago.
• From the “Cool, But” Department – DARPA has unveiled its new robot for use by frontline troops, dubbed the L3.  It is a four-legged machine that appears to be between waist and shoulder-high on a man.  It is designed to carry heavy loads and save our soldiers from the wear and tear of dragging their equipment up and down mountains.  While I think this might be the neatest thing I’ve seen in a while, I’m pretty sure this is a problem that’s been solved already using actual mules.  At least Francis the Talking Mule didn’t require hours of maintenance and refueling all the time.
• From the “Not Encouraging Self Help” Department – A woman in New York is facing eviction from public housing because city officials object to her installing security cameras at her building.  She says she did it in response to several robberies in the area.  Since she’s prohibited by her mayor and his ilk from owning a better crime deterrent and criminal stopping instrument, I guess a camera is better than harsh language.  At least they’ll be able to produce a grainy picture of the goblin for the 11 o’clock news.

Reports are coming in from Egypt and Libya about attacks against Americans.  One diplomat is dead, another is wounded.  The consulate in Benghazi has been burned, and the embassy in Cairo was stormed, and our flag was ripped down from the pole, torn to shreds, and replaced with the black flag of Islamic terror.  This was all apparently done because of outrage over a movie trailer that’s been shown online and that isn’t exactly complimentary to Islam.

The words you’re looking for are ‘Act of War’.

Where is the joint session of Congress?  Where is the image of the President addressing the country on my TV?  Where are the pictures of Marine guards shooting to defend American soil and the lives of diplomats?

Why in the world are we not leveling portions of both countries as we speak?

My guess as to the reason that significant sections of Cairo and Benghazi aren’t burning brightly enough to be seen from the moon is that our current ‘leader’ doesn’t have the intestinal fortitude necessary to flick these fleas into the fire.  I really shouldn’t be surprised that nothing is happening and that nothing is going to happen.  Obama has made a career out of only being aggressive toward people who didn’t agree with him and who didn’t have the foresight to punch back.  Heaven forfend that he execute one of the duties that is actually spelled out in the Constitution.

I’m sure over the next couple of days we’ll see some “harsh” language from the White House, followed by official condemnation of an American who expressed his God-given right to be an ass, then some bowing and scraping before we’re distracted by the next bright and shining lie.

I’m not looking for another long, drawn out war that acts as a magnet for every psycho with a couple of pounds of dynamite, a box of finishing nails, and a wild look in his eye.  I’m talking about going over there, killing people, breaking stuff, and then bringing Johnny and Janet home  for tea and medals.  Let the Muslim world clean up the mess.  Their inability to bring the man on the street up past the mid 13th century when it comes to manners caused this bloody problem in the first place.

I believe my history professor would have called this “making a desert and calling it peace”.  If they won’t love us for our friendship, let them fear us for our wrath.   Personally, I’ve run out of cheeks to turn.