2003

Mighty Smooth Senator Kerry

And DeLay fell right into it. It is bloody obvious the speech was ready before anyone even bothered to criticize Kerry.

Tom DeLay, hear me loud and clear: I speak out for America, not for politics, and as long as I have air in my lungs I will continue to speak my mind …


And I say to Tom DeLay, one thing I know about America is that in the face of war there are things more important than cutting taxes and it is wrong to reward the wealthiest Americans before we fulfill our solemn obligations to those that have served.

That’s Funny

Dust in the Arts argues that he was reasonable:

Actually, I didn’t mention anything about race in the original post and added a note (based on a comment) about al Fuqra, a black Muslim group, within an hour of making the entry. Whether the "two clowns" were officially terrorists or not is moot to this little (petty) spat. The point is that, had the police been looking for ? even open to looking for ? Muslims, specifically black Muslims, they would have caught the two much sooner.

What he is missing is that he kept pushing the Islamic Terrorism angle. It had nothing to do with terrorism. It had to do with two kooks. The comment wasn’t in regards to his mention of black radicals, indeed it was about his serial efforts to try and blame it on an al Qaeda connection regardless of whether there was evidence for it or not.

He offers no evidence that the police weren’t looking at all leads other than some demented sense of whites being victims of the big bad white society.

His point makes no sense because the crime wasn’t an act of terrorism as he kept positing. Looking for black muslims in particular only makes sense because of the two individuals. It could have been two white fruitcakes in this case given the motivation. The race and religion didn’t play a role in this crime, their mental state did. His obsession on race is irrational. Go figure.

Meigs Feedback

After the initial shock wore off, Steve Neal has reliably come to Da Mayor’s defense. George Ryan doesn’t blame him, but he does blame Fitzgerald.

My view is that while it might have not been done as heavy handed as it was, Meigs is much more useful as a park. Air Traffic Controllers are suggesting that their moving will cause a problem–if that is the case, the FAA can keep some one in the area, but still make it a park.