Let’s see how long this lasts until some jihadist-friendly idiot demands it be pulled.

This should be watched every single day by every person in Western society.

Fred Thompson was on H&C tonight, and I thought this was one of his best performances ever. Perhaps it was because it was off-the-cuff and not scripted. Whichever it is, I liked it. I’m leaning more towards Fred than I was comfortable doing so before. In this case, Fred is not at a loss for immediate answers, and that’s what we need in a leader in these consequential times.

He’s a plain-spoken man, and I like that. There’s something to be said for laid-back genuineness.

You can either watch the flash video above, or download the .wmv video here. (My apologies, the flash video I had above wasn’t working.)

Yes, you might say this is in poor taste, but do I strike you as someone who gives a damn? Didn’t think so.

Don’t ya just love it? Click here to watch the video.

***UPDATE BELOW***

God love him, that Neal Boortz. Today he was talking about the insanity in the Sudan about the British teacher being prosecuting for *GASP!* offending Islam by allowing a student to name a class teddy bear “Mohammed.” Are you ready for your dose of insensitivity? Get ready for the new CAIR Bears!

Here are just a few of the exciting CAIR Bears featured on the Rude News site:

Jihad Bear - Jihad Bear is at the front lines killing filthy Zionist Bears everywhere. Peace be upon him!

Scare Bear - Scare Bear has many hats. Sympathizer, Talking Head and even Film Producer. Whether its phony protests, fighting cartoons, blaming Israel or filming atrocities for Allah, Scare Bear is ready to indulge the Western media.

Sharia Bear - Sharia Bear is properly clothed, otherwise she will be stoned to death.

Mohammed Bear - Mohammed Bear fools all the other Bears (except Dhimmi Bear who is forced) into believing he is Holy. His followers go on to continually divide and harass the world while claiming to be victims. What a tricksey Bear he is!

Ahhhh… now THAT’S a true Mohammed bear!

Go visit and visit now to see the other bears. I urge you to go there (let’s hope the rabid Islamo-Nazis don’t shut it down) and encourage the owner to start making these bears for sale. Put me in for one of each. Somebody get some marketing mojo going and do this!

Thanks, Neal, for all you do.

***UPDATE***

Today on Neal’s show, he said that after his listeners deluged the CAIR bear site and posted many requests, the owners of the site told Neal that they are going to start producing these bears. They will send Neal the first they make. Isn’t this fantastic? I’m buying the whole clan of bears! INFIDEL FOR LIFE!

The new season of Real Time began tonight, and the opening piece (not the monologue crap) had to be very disappointing to him. He seemed almost heart-broken, much like Hillary’s feelings, that there might actually be good news from Iraq. NYT’s correspondent Damien Cave was on reporting live from Baghdad. Yes, he did have some not-so-good news for Bill, but no matter how much Bill tried to bait him, Damien reported honestly that things are getting better, the locals weren’t 100% against us, and that progress was being made. Yes, the political progress could be better, but hey; it’s a whole different scenario than it was under Saddam.

Bill asks him about the morale of the troops, because even though President Bush says they are “steadfastly” behind him, he has his doubts:

CAVE: You know, it’s actually kind of a mixed deal. I mean I talked to a commander the other day who said that the political debate at home is bizarro-land and something that he doesn’t connect with at all. He’s just here to do his mission. And I think that’s probably the view of most soldiers in Iraq. They’re just here to do their job and they don’t think too much beyond that. Morale, I would say, is probably surprisingly high in some units. And then in other units, there is the sense of ‘well, gosh, is this really working?’ ‘why am I here for the third time?’ But, I have to say that’s probably rare. Most of the units that I spent time with, again are just focused on trying to do the job in front of them. It’s about clearing the neighborhood that they’re in, or trying to get the guys that they know are there. But you don’t hear a whole lot of the chatter that you might hear in Washington when you’re out with the soldiers.

MAHER: But what about the morale of the insurgents? Is there any doubt among these people that we are not going to outlast them? I mean we do have debates on how long the surge will last. It seems to be a debate about a matter of months, sometimes a matter of years. Come on…these guys are gonna wait us out for as long as it takes. Isn’t that the bottom line in Iraq?

Bill, are you kidding me? Do you really dismiss the morale of our troops then feel the need to ask about the morale of the insurgents? You pitiful little bastard. Feel free to go join them any time you deem it necessary to further demoralize our troops’ morale by the Hollyweird leftards.

Watch Maher’s diatribe here.

Burning question: Why and/or would Bill Maher think a NYT’s reporter would know what an insurgent’s morale is?

And here’s another clilp I found today after Rush outed the YouTube clip of an earlier Al Gore ripping George H.W. Bush for not paying attentioni to Iraq.

According to this ABC report:

ABC News (January 14, 1999) - “Saddam Hussein has a long history of harboring terrorists. Carlos the Jackal, Abu Nidal, Abu Abbas, the most notorious terrorists of their era, all found shelter and support at one time in Baghdad. Intelligence sources say bin Laden’s long relationship with the Iraqis began as he helped Sudan’s fundamentalist government in their efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction.”

“ABC News has learned that in December [1998], an Iraqi intelligence chief, named Farouk Hijazi, now Iraq’s ambassador to Turkey, made a secret trip to Afghanistan to meet with bin Laden. Three intelligence agencies tell ABC News they cannot be certain what was discussed, but almost certainly, they say, bin Laden has been told he would be welcome in Baghdad.”

No Iraq connection to UBL, eh?

… on behalf of the appeasement crowd. Nobody can speak the truth like the High Priest of the Church of the Painful Truth, otherwise known to most as Neal Boortz. I can’t do any better than Neal, so I’m just going to share it with you here (emphasis mine).

Dear Al Qaeda:

We know that things in Iraq have been a bit tough for you lately. President Bush’s determination to bring stability to Iraq through an increase in the number of troops has been showing results .. and even more troops are on the way. Because of the troop surge you have seen a decline in the number of American troops you and your Islamic fascist buddies have been able to kill. Because of the increased level of security in Baghdad the Iraqi people were starting to feel better about their future. You know this, even though the American people may not. You’re close to the situation so you can readily see the changing conditions. The American people are insulated from this reality by a media apparatus that is more concerned with the destruction of President Bush than to the success of our efforts in Iraq.

All in all, it was getting to be a pretty depressing picture for you and your terrorist pals.

Well … cheer up. Things are about to change. After a rather close vote in the U.S. Senate today you are one step closer to knowing an exact date upon which all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq. As we’re sure your political analysts will tell you, they’re setting a specific date for withdrawal. We’re sure you realize that you cannot commit yourself to victory and to a date-specific withdrawal at the same time. You select one course of action, or the other.

Take heart, too, in the fact that other nations and regimes in the Middle East have now seen further evidence that the United States does not have the political will to commit itself to victory. Your tactic of waging a war of attrition against American troops has been validated. The American people, having heard a preponderance of negative news from their media, are calling for capitulation. They’ve become complacent after five years have passed since 9/11 with no terrorists attacks in our country. Oh, there have been some isolated incidents of mad Muslims shooting up shopping malls and mowing innocents down with their cars … but nothing major to rekindle their determination. Was this your plan all along? Somehow we think that you are that clever … and if that’s the case, this element of your grand plan has also worked very well.

You now realize that you can advance your radical Islamist goals throughout the Middle East, and perhaps into Europe, without any fear of retaliation or interference from the United States. The will to fight is lost. The desire for victory has died. The American people have become fat, lazy and complacent. They no longer see either their freedom or their culture as something they are willing to fight for. It must be heady days indeed in your caves and tents. Hard to imagine, isn’t it? Al Qaeda actually has more determination to see their cause through than the great United States of America! Perhaps that’s because you’re dedicated to the cause of the spread of Islam, while the American people have lost their dedication to the cause of liberty. Complacency will do that to you.

We do have one word of caution for you. You and your Islamic terrorist buddies have been the beneficiaries of the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election in the United States. That election, and the close vote in our State of Florida, created a sense of hatred and resentment in Democrats against our president such as has never been seen before in our history. From that moment on Democrats and liberals in the U.S. were steadfastly dedicated to the idea of the destruction of the Bush presidency. Oh, to be sure, there were a few weeks of solidarity following your attacks of 9/11, but it didn’t last. When the panic subsided, Democrats suddenly realized that any measure of success in the war against you might actually strengthen the Republican hold on power. It didn’t take Democrats long to decide that their hatred of George Bush, and their desire to see his presidency destroyed, absolutely outweighed any concerns they had about protecting our people from another one of your vicious attacks. Democrats have convinced themselves that, once they have gained full control of our government, a few “we feel your pain” comments directed at your murdering Islamic followers will be all that is needed to put the Western world and the wonderful, peaceful, serene religion of Islam around a desert campfire singing rousing renditions of Kumbaya. You just need to be aware that there is a chance, though slight, that the Democrats might actually decide that our culture is worth fighting for … if they can first rid our country of the Bush pestilence.

At any rate .. the Senate has now set a deadline. If the bill makes it to the president’s desk he says he will veto it. Some feel, however, that when the president realizes that the legislation merely sets a date certain for our capitulation to you in Iraq, and doesn’t open the doors to any additional stem cell research, he will decide that a veto is not warranted. So … just sit tight. Save your energy. Catch your breath. Cool it. You may soon know the exact date that you one day commemorate as the date you chased the infidels out of Iraq. This could well be the date you will remember as the beginning of the final steps toward your 12th Caliphate and the cause of world domination under Islamic law.

You are small but determined to see your dreams of domination come true. America is strong but complacent and unwilling to fight for the cause of liberty. Time to ferment some goat’s milk for a toast!

Yours truly

America the Timid.

Man, Neal has a knack of saying things like I wish I only could. Harsh? Maybe. Truthful? Yes. But as Neal’s new book is titled, “Somebody’s Gotta Say It.” I urge you to go buy it today - it is this year’s must-read.

I’ve not heard nor seen anybody else mention this, so I must in this short post. Do the Democrats and the leftists of this country not see some parallels in Iran’s latest desire that the U.K. leave Iraq, with the recent appeasement, cut-and-run crowd’s votes in the House and the Senate? Come on folks.

Why do you think Iran cares about Iraq? Do they have some stake in Iraq? Damn straight they do! They’ve been in Iraq supplying the insurgents with weapons and training. They’re waiting with baited breath for the Democrats to have their way and for us to vacate Iraq as soon as possible so that they can move in and take over that entire country to create the largest killing fields we’ll probably ever know. And when that’s finished, they’ll just set up shop and use both countries as the largest training camp in the world for global jihadists.

The leftist appeasers are dangerous and must be stopped. No appeasing administration has ever had any respect abroad; just ask Jimmah Carter… and the American hostages that were held for 444 days. We need to grow a pair, folks, and grow a pair fast! So does the rest of the West. Britain needs to ask themselves “What would Churchill do?”

Dhimmitude….coming soon to a country near you.