Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor Casualty List. There are 2402 names on this list.

USS Arizona

First the sneak attack.

Then some talk -- sans teleprompter.

Later some action.

Pearl Harbor

USS Arizona

First the sneak attack.

Then some talk -- sans teleprompter.

Later some action.

Congrats To Contento

Memorable Moments in Blogsville
This is old hat to all of you, but Contento received his first hostile-hostile comment today.
Couldn't be happier.

The little post Obama Supports Shinto Shrine at Pearl Harbor upset reader Terri:

Terri said...

Oh for Gods [sic] sake - stop with the lies. George Bush, Jeb Bush and Poppy Bush would defend the right of the mosque in NYC.

August 16, 2010 7:19 AM

Heh. For Allah's sake indeed.

My yellow flags start flapping whenever "rights" are invoked. I'm more interested in responsibilites -- though these days I'm pretty much satisfied with simple good manners.

And if the Bush trinity were to defend Cordoba On The Hudson, well, I'll lie about them too.

To borrow from el Presidente: "This is America, Miss, and our commitment to lies must be unshakable."

Thanks, Terri, and don't stop stopping by.

Obama Supports Shinto Shrine at Pearl Harbor

Emperor Self-Worship

As part of his general antagonism toward most things American, and toward all things Arizonan in particular, Obama offered his usual platitudinous, preachy and clueless reasoning for supporting the building of a Shinto shrine on the sacred ground of Pearl Harbor, in his home state of Hawaii:

Mr Obama expressed his support for the shrine, which will replace a building damaged by the attacks, at a White House meal celebrating the annual Shinto Autumn or Harvest Festival (Aki Matsuri, or Niiname-sai).

He said: ‘Let me be clear: As a citizen and as President I believe that Shintists have the same right to practise their religion as everyone else in this country.

‘That includes the right to build a place of worship and a community centre on private property in Pearl Harbor, in accordance with local laws and ordinances. This is America, and our commitment to religious freedom must be unshakable.’

Obama said it is important to honor those Kamikaze pilots spiritual devotees who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country and those Nipponese haunted by the memories of their friends who didn’t come home from the war.

Shinto, the original Religion of Peace

Mayor Bloomberg and Fareed Zakaria would undoubted agree with pResident Obama on the Cordobaesque Shinto Shrine slated for Pearl Harbor.