The Pugnacious Irishman

Michelle Malkin points to an absolutely hilarious news item: seems that “sock puppets“ want in on the bailout action now, too.   True story.  All kidding aside, it does make a good point: when will the madness end? It seems like every 2-3 days, someone new is knocking on Big Bro’s door, prophesying doom and gloom if the government doesn’t bail them out. Malkin has seen this coming for quite some time. At first, I thought she was just being alarmist, but I gotta admit, I’m listening now.

Speaking of Malkin, she’s really on it today: she reports on another resignation due to support of proposition 8. This time it’s L.A. Film Festival Director Richard Raddon. I ask again: when will the madness end? I usually try to avoid using loaded words, but the phrase “witch hunt” is starting to sound like it actually applies. Someone just needs to stand strong and stare the bullies down. They are going to keep doing this until someone refuses to cower.

Here’s something that’ll wrap you around the axle: evidently, the crusade for diversity has now reached diseases. Political correctness has jumped the shark (as if it didn’t actually do that a long, long time ago).

Patterico reports about a hazing incident involving a high school cheerleading squad in Texas. The incident has resulted in criminal charges. A quote from the defense:

“ ‘Do teens sometimes use bad judgment?’ ” asked defense attorney Robert Fickman, who represents Garner, the varsity squad’s former mascot. ‘Sure they do. We all did. But sometimes bad judgment does not equate to a crime.’ “

I cannot judge as to whether or not the accused should be punished with criminal charges. Perhaps suspension of the cheerleading program for the remainder of the year is a fitting punishment. Actually, assuming that all the relevant information is being reported, it sounds fitting. However, here’s one thing that is conspicuously absent from the news report: accepting responsibility.

Well known by now: terror attacks in India.

This is horrifying to watch…for the moment, I can’t add any comments, though, so I’ll leave it at that.

Before I go, here’s a question for discussion: what do you think about Newsweek comparing Obama to Lincoln?