Bad Deeds for 7-2-2007

U.S. Law Enforcement Received Intelligence Two Weeks Ago Warning of Terror Attacks Against the Glasgow Airport, But Did Not Pass It to Scotland – U.S. law enforcement officials received intelligence reports two weeks ago warning of terror attacks in Glasgow and Prague, the Czech Republic, against “airport infrastructure and aircraft.” The warnings apparently never reached officials in Scotland, who said this weekend they had received “no advance intelligence” that Glasgow might be a target.

Compare How the UK Responds to a Terror Attempt vs. How it Portrayed in the US – Let’s call it the UK department of calm heads vs. the US department of headless chickens. First of all, notice that they treat it as a criminal act, with police making arrests. Further, no doomsday hype.

Compare These Stories: Democratic Debate – Few errors, lots of dreaming Republican Debate – Candidates Miscast Some Facts and Get Others Flat Wrong Fact – Check checks the facts on the third round of Democratic and Republican debates and finds most of the factual claims from Democratic candidates were accurate, or reasonably close; but as for Republicans – “All we can do is remind you not to believe everything you hear.”

Conservative Bloggers Try to Link Michael Moore to UK Terror Attempts – In reaction to the terrorist attack on the Glasgow airport in Scotland and seemingly related attempts in London, several conservative bloggers attempted to draw a connection between filmmaker Michael Moore and his film Sicko with the bombers, two of whom appeared to be doctors. One writer, Mark Steyn, who contributes to the National Review Online’s Corner blog, posted an e-mail he received in order to identify the connection between Moore’s Sicko and the British terrorists.

“‘Would these be Doctors who work for the U.K. health care system so lavishly praised by Michael Moore? …Perhaps they are not Jihadists at all but simply men driven insane by their employer? Maybe Michael Moore has spawned an entirely new breed of suicide bomber — the alienated UK health care worker'” Steyn quotes from one e-mail, after noting “I’ve been getting more than a few letters along these lines.” Other conservative bloggers used similar non-logic.

Glenn Beck Suggests Fuel Made From the Bodies of Illegal Immigrants From Mexico – On the June 28 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Glenn Beck commented on a mock ad — produced by subscribers to his website known as “Insiders” — depicting a “giant refinery” that produces “Mexinol,” which, according to the ad, is a fuel made from the bodies of illegal immigrants from Mexico. Beck read from the ad: “At Evil Conservative Industries, we know four things for certain. The country needs cheap, alternative fuel source. Two, the human body is 18 percent carbon. Three, carbons can be turned into hydrocarbons. Four, we have a buttload of illegal aliens in our country.” Beck continued to read from the ad: “Evil Conservative Industries is proud to present the fuel of the future, Mexinol. A clean-burning, cheap alternative to gasoline, Mexinol’s future seems unlimited in its potential. There are other gasoline alternatives available such as ethanol. However, Mexinol has certain advantages from corn. Corn has to be grown, harvested, and processed. With Mexinol, raw materials come to you in a seemingly never-ending stream. Go ahead and purchase that boat-sized SUV. There’s plenty of Mexinol for everyone.”

Bill O’Reilly Says People Without Health Insurance are Irresponsible and If You Like Universal Health Care Then You’re into Socialism

Pentagon Hides Piles of IED-Shredded Humvees From Public -On American military bases all across Iraq, the shredded wreckage of scores of humvees damaged by IEDs and other explosive devices lie under tarps, hidden from public view. Much like the coffins of soldiers killed in the line of duty, the Pentagon refuses to allow images of the physical toll of battle to be seen by the public.

Bad Deeds in Cartoon Form

And then there is me.

I don’t see a problem

Distruction of human life

Regards,

Jim