Which points to why it is so dangerous that Democrats are not serious about this struggle against whatever

Well, he’s at least an evil-doer of some kind: Michelle Malkin: WHAT SAY YOU NOW, GROVER NORQUIST? Personally, I think he owes a LOT more than an apology, but that’d be a good start.

According to more thoroughly investigated news reports, the sky marshals were more worried that Annie Jacobsen’s outburst was part of a terrorist plot to expose the sky marshals’ identities so terrorists knew who to take out first. Lesson: just keep an eye on those behaving oddly – odds are there’s a good explanation. Besides, as Brad points out (12:15 above), passengers will now attack hijackers attempting to take over planes, like in Pennsylvania…

As for Grover’s buddy Alamoudi, people offering money and votes aren’t given background checks in our current political system unless and until something embarrassing is publicized. If you supply money and the perception of votes, you’re in the club. This is, alas, true on both sides of the aisle.

Once you’re in the club for any length of time, kicking you out due to illegal behavior puts egg on the face(s) of your buddies – who will to the extent possible defend you as a means of egg-on-face repellent.

The real issue is: how much did Alamoudi’s requests for repealing some anti-terrorist laws affect Pres. Bush’s pre-9/11 actions?

Grover tossed in garbage can with Oscar. It brings tears to your eyes….

Michelle Malkin: WHAT SAY YOU NOW, GROVER NORQUIST?Norquist owes a public apology to fellow Republicans whom he has smeared as bigots for raising fundamental questions…

It goes further than that.

This is an administration that confuses spiritual with moral. Now in the US of A that is probably not a bad confusion.

In the rest of the world it is a disaster.

What you have to watch out for is religions where the in group and out group morality is different. i.e. in Islam infidel testimony has less weight than that of a neliever in the Jewish and Christian base faith (not always well practiced) the same public morality was to be practiced no matter who the person. Making those faiths in truth catholic. The religious advantage of those faiths was in the spiritual and not the materal realm (at least not directly). Thus all could be equal under the law.

And that is it. The greatest gift of the West. Equality before the law. Our whole quest has been to advance that idea into more and more realms. Women. Gays. Blacks/minorities. etc.

Actually the correct charge is malfeasance leading to skullduggery.

Did you read the Annie Jacobson article about the 14 Syrian musicians who moved about a plane in unison? Ignored fasten seat belt signs. Passed cameras & other objects back & forth. Entered bathrooms for long periods. One made a cutting the throat gesture.

The flight crew simply told passengers that authorities were aware. No effort to make the men stop their offensive behavior was made. Sky marshalls on the plane did nothing. Even when about 8 men rose in unison & headed to the front of the plane as the final “fasten seatbelt” for descent orders were given. Nobody did a thing to thwart what appeared to be an orchestrated takeover of the plane. Because the “authorities” on board were in charge & assured the terrified passengers that they were aware of the odd behavior. As if awareness without action would do a damn thing to save the lives of those on board & on the ground if it were indeed a terrorist action!

On the ground, the musicians were released after questionong, despite having 13 expired visas. Despite heading to perform with an Arab singer who has recorded a song praising a suicide bomber fighting for Palestine’s liberation.

I guess the crew felt that telling Syrians to obey flight instructions would be construed as a hate crime.

Where is the pribcipled stand in DOJ profiling guidelines? I’ve flown enough to see that it doesn’t exist. It’s a cowardly, PC whitewash. Pick out kids & octagenarians so we appear to be “fair.” My underwire bra was a huge issue the last time I flew. I know we freckle-faced middle-aged moms traveling with our young kids must send shivers down the spines of our fellow passengers.

Bush set this silly (but dangerous) tone early on. I believe it was a day or two after 911 when he started in on the “Muslim means peace” line he spewed everywhere he went. (It means submission, George.) He was obsessed with the plight of innocent Muslims who might suffer a backlash, warning all Americans to refrain from retribution. How insulting! Meanwhile, the borders are open wide, musicians from a terrorist state fly with expired visas & terrify Americans while the crew cowers, and sleeper cells grow stronger & bolder each day. God help us all if Kerry gets in the White House. But is Bush really fighting this war on terror effectively?

The visas for Syrian musicians really irk me. A fabulous Irish Arts program run out of Boston College was canceled (after running for many years) because the musicians and dancers had their visas denied! The INS couldn’t clear them in time. I guess Europeans get tougher scrutiny than citizens of terrorist states. Makes perfect sense to me.

Two pieces caught my eye this morning: Michelle Malkin has a post up on Alamoudi (who just pleaded guilty to aiding Libya in a plot) and Grover Norquist’s links to him. Jihad Watch links to a Fox News report that Faisal Gill, director of policy for i…