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Our Fox Friends Are Still Missing (VIDEO)

August 20th, 2006 at 05:56 by MsUnderestimated

***UPDATE 8/22/06 - BLOGBURST INFO BELOW***

I’m very, very worried about Steve and Olaf. I’m nervous, and I’m scared. There’s a lot going around about August 22nd. I’ve also heard that Muslims don’t adhere to or care about “anniversary” dates like Americans do, but it doesn’t make me less nervous. Honestly I’m very scared for Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig, who were abducted at gunpoint on Monday, August 14th, by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza City - allegedly “lone” gunmen, not affiliated with any terrorist organization.

Uh-huh. Like that makes me feel any more comfortable. Steve’s family is speaking out:

GINA CENTANNI — “We deeply believe that all human beings share a common longing for peace. Even when we are driven by desperation or fear or rage, the most authentic part of any human being is our ability to access our humanity. Remember how to love and how to tolerate and understand.

Nobody believes this more than Steve. So, in that sense, he’s our brother but he is your brother too. And to Steve we want to say that we love you and that we’re thinking about you every minute of every day. We’re feeling lots of emotions right now but the one thing we’re not feeling is despair. You are a man of courage, compassion, integrity and hope. We’ve taken comfort in the absolute knowledge that if anybody can hang in there in a situation like this, you can. We feel sure that you’re going to be OK. See you soon.”

KEN CENTANNI — “Our brother, Steve Centanni, was kidnapped on August 14th, last Monday. I would like his captors to know that Steve is an honorable man who always tries to do what is right. Steve has strong respect for the Palestinian people and their culture. Steve was in Gaza with Olaf Wiig to report the truth. He is far more valuable to the Palestinian people free as a journalist than as a captive. We love Steve very much and now his health, his safety and his life is your responsibility. Please, contact our family. Let us know that he is alive and unharmed.”

Today Fox News is reporting that Palestinian journalists are protesting , demanding the release of Steve and Olaf, and both families have put out video pleas to release both hostages unharmed. Jennifer Griffen, Fox’s chief correspondent in Israel, is working in the country to secure their release:

About 30 members of the Palestinian Journalists’ Union gathered outside the parliamentary building in Gaza, holding up signs demanding the men be freed. Other signs called for security in Gaza, where armed men wander the streets freely.

Jennifer Griffen, chief FOX News correspondent for the Middle East, called the kidnapping a “test for the Palestinian people.”

“We don’t care who kidnapped them, we want them returned unharmed. This is a very serious case for the Palestinians, for the Palestinian Authority,” Griffen said.

It just gets more heartbreaking:

Wiig’s wife, Anita McNaught, appealed to the kidnappers to free her husband and Centanni.

“The bottom line is, there is no good reason for these two men to be held,” said McNaught, a freelance television journalist. “They are friends of the Palestinians. They are here telling the Palestinian story for weeks now, when the rest of the world’s media has not been here.”

Directing her words to her husband in the on-camera interview and choking back tears, McNaught said: “It’s going to be all right. You are going to come home to me.”

My heart aches so very badly about next Tuesday the 22nd. Images & videos of Pfcs. Tucker & Menchaca come to mind, and I hate it very much. Please, dear God, free these men from the hell they must be in right now. Please don’t let that maniac in Iran rule that day. All of the leading terror groups in Gaza (Islamic Jihad, Hamas, and others) say they don’t have them - that’s why it scares me so bad. I have a sick feeling this is going to be some symbolic, sadistic thing for some Islamofascist beast - and that we’ll see it on the 23rd. This time span is not good. It normally doesn’t take this long when they take journalists. Dear Lord, protect both of these men, and bring them home to their families - and back to us.

Watch the update from Greta & Shep from Friday night here.

And watch a very fitting tribute and moment of silence with Julie Banderas in an update from the Big Story on Saturday night here.

Michelle Malkin & AllahPundit at HotAir are, as usual, on this case, too.

***UPDATE 8/22/06*** Michelle Malkin is making a plea for us to make sure Steve and Olaf stay strong in our minds, as much of the rest of the media (maybe for their reasons) seem to think no news is good news. I, like Michelle, believe that IS news! Michelle’s started a blogburst today for just such a reason. May God protect these men, and I pray for their release unharmed soon. Blogburst here.

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John Karr Leaves Thailand For U.S. - Breaking News (VIDEO)

August 20th, 2006 at 04:50 by MsUnderestimated

I know, I know, I haven’t posted anything about John Mark Karr’s confession of raping and killing JonBenet Ramsey here. It’s not that I think he’s innocent, and it’s not that I don’t care about justice for JonBenet, but something about this jagoff just doesn’t square with me. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but this loser-in-life is just not telling the world the truth. Yes, he’s a freakish man-boy to look at; and yes, his history and criminal record are horrific, but something about this cretin just doesn’t set right with me. Not having been a part of the investigation, I can’t say for sure, but from what I’ve seen on TV (yes, I know that’s not really a qualifier), I am not convinced he is guilty of the things to which he’s “admitted” about JonBenet’s murder.

You see, there’s this little thing called “toxicology” involved here. He says he drugged her before he raped her, but from what I’ve heard and read, she had no drugs in her system. Call me crazy, but I’d call that a non-starter. This effeminate Ken-doll who probably does love little children, judging by his freakish appearance and his emails to the Rocky Mountain News reporter, claiming an understanding of Michael Jackson, doesn’t necessarily have a credible “I did it” for investigators. This is one of his emails to University of Colorado professor Michael Tracey:

What a sick f***!

My thoughts are the same as some of the forensic authorities here in the U.S. - he didn’t do it. I personally think he went to Bangkok to be a 2nd grade teacher and be around young children, but when he got caught doing whatever the Thai authorities deemed to be illegal there, I think he got weary of the third-world-country penal system and moreso desired to be put in the U.S. prisons for three hots and a cot. But then again, that’s just me.

Yes, he may have been in Thailand for a bountiful herd of victims to poach, yet eventually the morality police will catch up to you (unless, of course, you are in Denmark or Aruba) and you get your ass put into a Thai production of “Midnight Express.” He wanted out of Thai prison and into America’s Gitmo for pedophiles. Well, due to the world-wide interest, he’s going to get his wish. Only time will tell if he truly is the one who killed JonBenet. But, I think that it will eventually come to pass that he is not the one. Don’t get me wrong… this guy is a freak and needs to be put away, but his admission of this crime is less than credible to the average lay-person.

My heart goes out to the Ramsey family. I’m sorry that Patsy passed without seeing justice for her daughter, but I am just not sure that we’ll ever truly know who killed JonBenet.

Your thoughts? Let me know ‘em in comments below.

One last “huh?” The Bangkok airport is called the ‘Don Juan International Airport.’

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“A New Willy” - Poetry by Russ Vaughn

August 20th, 2006 at 01:27 by MsUnderestimated

An ode and birthday present to Slick Willy from Russ Vaughn, from Old War Dogs:

A New Willy

(Willy, British slang for the male sexual appendage; also a diminutive form of William, e.g. Slick Willy)

Now don’t think me foolish, or just being silly,
When I say that the Democrats need a new Willy.
Their Willy’s gone soft amid fortune and fame,
He’s no longer up, standing tall for the game.
This Willy’s content with the new life he’s found,
Able now to engage in full time fooling ‘round.
Book deals and speech fees have made life so frilly
He’s lost his hard edge, their once potent Willy.

The Left wants a Willy to take on the Right;
A Willy they know will be up for the fight.
They thought theirs was bigger in 2004,
Their John had a Willy with scars from the war;
But the soccer moms voted for ol’ Georgie boy,
Turned on not at all by Teresa’s sex toy.
So again I must say and insist it’s not silly,
If Dems wanna win, they need a new Willy.

Yep Willy’s turned sixty, for Dems a sad day,
With no new young Willies yet ready to play.
Al Gore’s such a bore, so petty and prissy;
Their pretty boy Edwards comes off as a sissy;
And Kerry proved last time he’s just a big wimp;
Yep, for Dems it appears all their Willies are limp.
Their butt’s in a barrel headed straight for Niagara,
Doctor Dean should prescribe pre-election Viagra.

Dems need a firm Willy for the coming election,
One sticking out front, pointing out their direction;
But the Mooresoros Moonbats will take a hard stand,
Demanding a Willy they can squeeze in their hand.
Right now they are thinking a hard-as-nails Hillie,
May be all they have to replace their old Willy;
Not quite the real deal, but hey, what’s the harm?
Like a dildo she’ll do, just lacking the charm.

But who wants our country run by such sillies,
As folks who can’t tell their Hill’s from their Willies?

Russ Vaughn

Happy Birthday, Mr. Lewinski… happy birthday to you….

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