If (and it really is just an “IF”) the whole WiliLeaks kefluffle is of significant import to national security, and therefore is prosecutable for treasonous acts, are we going to go after the New York Times, the LA times, etc for the same deeds? They too have published classified information leaked by others, in violation of national security protocols.

Why is there no demand to punish the editors, owners, and board of those newspapers?

Not that I would object if they were stood up against a wall and shot for treason. 

Pearl Harbor Day:

Yeah, yeah….”A day which will live in infamy” and all that. Yer gonna hear that a lot today.

You are probably thinking…”who cares?”

I care. I care because that day (well before I was born) brought out the best in our culture (and, sadly, some of the worst). But that day, and the events which unfolded then, brought to the top the best of the American Spirit. People grew angry at the “sneak attack” and wanted to defend their country. Lines formed in the days afterwards at recruitment centers. young men sure….to be expected. Older men too though. 

In the days and months afterwards, people sacrificed to help the war effort. PEOPLE CARED.

And they cared for years.

Today, we have those who felt real patriotic, and cared after 9-11.

For about 6 months…..

if that.

Then they forgot.

Perhaps longer in the midwest, less in the east and left coast. But overall, many forgot.

Not so with the happenings on Dec 7th and the time afterward.

Would that we could muster the drive, determination, and anger that was generated then.

But we can’t.

And that is sad.

I will think about those people than, and then about our citizens today.

And I find us to be lacking.

What would those folks think about us today?

We can be proud of their actions now. Would they be proud of our citizens today?

Seems that the FBI had an informant in a mosque…….He was SO radical, and so “Jihad” oriented that the attendees of the mosque informed the FBI about him….The FBI informant (provocateur).

This is the way things should go. And I am glad to see it. More of this would be a Good Thing.

For too long, the Muslim community has been inclined to protect Muslims first, and worry about things like law and order second. Obviously (at least in this case) things have changed. If enough of this sort of thing happen often enough, the muslims will effectively weed out their bad members (and the FBI informants) and gain legitimacy in the eyes of non-muslim US citizens.

One would hope that this continues, FBI informant or not.

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What he said

One might wonder…..

Poking the bear DOES have consequences.

And he has poked the bear, many times. Quite hard too.

One wonders what other charges may appear if he continues his on his path.

Read Kelly’s words.

If this doesn’t chill your soul, doesn’t make you wonder how people like him do jobs like that, then you must be an automaton.

Some days I think my job is hard (and some days it is), but I don’t think I could do his.

Some people, like soldiers, police ,and EMTs, are underpaid.

With anything in THIS?

I can’t. While I admit it is a bit over the top. I cannot complain about anything in the article.

And I find that disturbing.

Seems that the folks being asked to leave Cabrini Green in Chicago (some after 30 years) are unhappy that they are being moved.

Moved.

Moved by the city.

The city is paying for the move.

After living cheaply (or no payments at all) for years and years and years.

Yet they bitch.

About someone paying for their move from a place where they paid no rent to one where they won’t.

And we wonder why the country is broke. It’s not like they have paid rent for….you know, some of them up to 30 years…..If they don’t like it, I see them as free to choose their own apartment or house AND PAY FOR IT THEMSELVES! Or stop bitching about what is given to you.

I’d throw them out on their ass.