Showing posts with label Neda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Neda. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Quote of the Day

As to the person or persons responsible for her death, they will not be forgiven, he said. “When they kill an innocent child, this is not justice. This is not religion. In no way is this acceptable,” he said. “And I’m certain that the one who shot her will not get a pass from God.”


Go here for more of Neda Agha-Soltan’s obituary.

And it’s always a good thing when a band’s usual anarcho-leftist posturing can be wielded for other means.

Rage Against the Machine’s “Freedom”

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Think Green



And here’s the irony of which we were discussing last night over dinner and brews with ‘Dawg: Obama has projected himself as some sort of transcendent figure, a figure that is not to be beheld as merely the President of the United States but a figure that has a world-wide brand – you’ve seen it – it’s the brand of Hope and Change.

This brand is supposed to make a difference, this brand is supposed to transform, this brand is supposed to lead the way to a new and different tomorrow and yet this brand is being found sorely lacking.

What we get instead is a delusional sense of realpolitik that actually believes that a measured response to this crisis will curry us favor with these murderous thugs at the nuclear bargaining table.

The signs are not in Farsi or Arabic, sir. The signs are in English. THE SIGNS ARE IN ENGLISH!

H/T: Hot Air