Monday, September 13, 2010

HOT5 Daily 9/13/2010

1. "Willful Ignorance" Obama and the economy. 

Representative Sample: With 15 million workers unemployed and another 11 million underemployed, President Obama recently decided that the answer was to hit the road and throw some anti-rich red meat to some friendly stadium audiences.

2. "Offend the religious and you may lose your job." And depending on which religion it is, your life. 

Representative Sample: Alex Stewart rolled two fake joints using the pages of a Koran and a Bible and then smoked them – it was a tongue in cheek comment on the furore surrounding the Koran burning affair in the States. It should be noted that both the Koran and the Bible were owned by Alex, oh and Alex was anonymous until someone outed him to the papers.

3. "Spetsnaz Are Born Again" The rebuilding of Russian special forces.  

Representative Sample: After the Beslan incident, Spetsnaz apparently decided to get its act together, and it's shown in recent years. A big part of the current Russian military reforms appears to be a major improvement in the equipment and training of Russian elite forces, primarily paratroopers and special forces. For the foreseeable future, the Russians know that their elites are the most effective, reliable troops they have and can't afford to have them spread thinly across the military different formations.

4. "Koran burning, wrong though it is, is the price we pay for a free society. Let’s move on." Some good points. 

Representative Sample: One of the core principles of Western culture is “criticism.” From the ancient Greeks forward, it’s been the lawful and moral right to criticize that has made our culture progress and improve. And nothing is spared either. Take Christianity. It has passed through centuries of attacks and criticism, especially in the West! Yes, this may seem profane to the holy, but it’s the price you pay for a civilized society. 

5. "Afghanistan: US Trying To Track Missing Weapons Issued To Afghan Police" Good luck.

Representative Sample: Of course these weapons were sold by Afghan government officials. What else could have happened to them? Like they magically disappeared into thin air or Afghan gremlins took them from armories or from sleeping soldiers? Ha! I guarantee that these weapons are in the hands of the Taliban or PSC’s, because we actually trusted that the Afghans could be responsible with this stuff. It also makes me sick to think that US and Coalition forces have probably been killed by these weapons.

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