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President Obama from Asia responding to critics of the decision to put Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial in federal court in New York: People will see I'm right when we fry the SOB (paraphrasing). Then quickly adds: I'm not prejudging the outcome. Oh, no? He'd better be sure of this outcome.

Meanwhile, Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., asked a pretty good question during a Judiciary Committee grilling of AG Eric Holder: Mohammed already tried to plead guilty before a military commission, so how are you going to improve on that?

Holder attempts to reassure skeptical relatives of 9/11 victims that the government has still-secret evidence that will make this all turn out right. Um, is that evidence being withheld from the defendant? If the government is taking the civilian court route, doesn't it have to follow the rules of discovery?

Speaking of Islamic terrorists, is Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan still on the Army's payroll? He should have been discharged years ago for substandard job performance. I hope someone has at least initiated those proceedings now.

The administration trotted out Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to say, Don't pay any attention to the recommendation about breast-cancer screening from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. That body doesn't set government policy.

So, exactly what does it do and why does it exist?

(That was a rhetorical question, but here's the official answer.)

On the subject of health-care cost containment, Harry Reid's bill is going to reduce the deficit ... by axing future Medicare spending. Somehow. Same as the House bill. I'll believe that when I see it.

A young woman in the next lane over had one of those pink breast-cancer ribbon decals on the back of her car ... and she was smoking a cigarette.

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Posted by Doug Clark on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 8:21 am

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DonMoore

November 19, 2009 - 9:36 am EST

A good defense lawyer will use the President's words to get KSM off. The jury pool is now tainted.

I always get a kick out of people and their bumper stickers... Nothing like getting blown off the road by a car with the Sign of the Fish. Folks need to realize when they decorate their cars, the are representing their causes by the way they drive. It would be cool if there a "Hows My Driving?" attached to every car sticker.

Doug Johnson

November 19, 2009 - 10:25 am EST

One Muslim terrorist gets civil court!
One Muslin terrorist get military court!
Go figure.
If terrorist Hasan, had been kicked out of the army, liberals would have screamed bloody murder!
If doctors (primary care, are turning down patients on medicare) what happens when they take further hits in pay?
Got a smart child, send the to be a ambulance chasing lawyer! Obama care makes it clear, no cut to lawyer fees!
Do not have a fish on my car, do have a I voted for Palin, do not blame me!
Getting all kinds of thumbs ups!

Andrew Clark

November 19, 2009 - 3:07 pm EST

"One Muslim terrorist gets civil court!
One Muslin terrorist get military court!"

Um, one crime was committed on a U.S. military base by a member of the U.S. military while the other was not. What's hard to understand here?

tonymo

November 19, 2009 - 4:46 pm EST

A terrorist who attacks the United States and murders U.S. citizens should be executed, period. What's hard to understand here?

It looks like Andrew Clark will be the last holdout in making excuses for this inept, dangerous administration. Only the ideologically disabled continue to support this disaster. Come on Andrew please tell how well the "emergency stimulus" has worked out. Please tell us again why Obama deserved the Nobel peace prize. Pleae explain why the far left radical union thug (we'll use the power of persuasion, if that doesn' work there's the persuasion of power!") Andy Stern has been the most frequent White House visitor, 22 sleep overs. Please explain how Obama didn't know a thing about the radical Communist (his words), 9/11 Truther Van Jones when he was made the "Green Jobs" czar. A Communist in charge of creating jobs! Please explaing again how the Cap & Trade scam will only cost the average family $149 a year, and will reduce emissions. Will this work as well as Kyoto did in reducing emissions. Even France who get about 70-80% of its electricity from nuclear power couldn't come close to meet its goal. We get, I believe, about 20% of ours from nuclear.

Hang in there Andrew, the law of averages should give you hope that your Messiah will get something right, but I woudln' bet my last dollar (now worth about $.70) on it!

What's hard to understand here!

brian444

November 19, 2009 - 1:08 pm EST

That Obama is convinced--I mean, not convinced--of the outcome already and that KSM has already tried to plead guilty points to one thing: this is a circus trial whose purpose is primarily display. For Obama, that means displaying American rectitude and "respect for the law." It means graciously extending even to terrorists--I mean, alleged terrorists--Constitutional rights before we fry the SOBs (I mean, alleged SOBs).

For many of us, this just seems pointless and counterproductive.

tonymo

November 19, 2009 - 2:11 pm EST

Obama/ Holder/ and many congressional Demo-Rats are the best friends the terrorists have in this country. They won't even call them what they are, even when they carry business cards advertising who they are (SOA, Soldier of Allah)! To these slugs the only terrorists are the tea party protestors! Hopefully the next administration will put these terrorist sympathyzers on trial for treason!

Doug Johnson

November 19, 2009 - 3:43 pm EST

What's hard to understand, both are enemies of the USA.
The 9/11 bastards should not enjoy the rights of Americans.
What happens if one of this gets off because of a clerk's error.
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I know he could come to NC and run as a liberal and receive the endorsement of the liberal papers.
It would have been nice if the Duke men, had got the same good press, that the terrorist get.

Doug

November 19, 2009 - 5:22 pm EST

"Victimization plays well with the conservative base and that’s a problem. If conservatives don’t rise from the muck of feeling excluded, disrespected, ignored and mocked, they will continue to suffer all of these things" -- Cal Thomas.