NOW IT’S OFFICIAL: DPRK PRESS AGENCY ADMITS TO NUKE TESTING

DPRK Successfully Conducts Underground Nuclear Test
Pyongyang, October 9 (KCNA) — The Korean Central News Agency released the following report: The field of scientific research in the DPRK successfully conducted an underground nuclear test under secure conditions on October 9, Juche 95 (2006) at a stirring time when all the people of the country are making a great leap forward in the building of a great prosperous powerful socialist nation.
It has been confirmed that there was no such danger as radioactive emission in the course of the nuclear test as it was carried out under a scientific consideration and careful calculation.
The nuclear test was conducted with indigenous wisdom and technology 100 percent. It marks a historic event as it greatly encouraged and pleased the KPA and people that have wished to have powerful self-reliant defence capability.
It will contribute to defending the peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the area around it.

DAILY KOS: IF ALL ELSE FAILS, CIVIL WAR IS THE ANSWER!

Remember the aftermath of the 2004 presidential election, when all those poor little Democrats and progressives were soooooo depressed because Bush was re-elected? Remember the websites that featured photos of lefties holding signs apologizing to the rest of the world for having lost?

With the mid-term elections coming up in a few weeks, it seems some Dems are already starting to get the jitters about taking a whooping for the third time, but now they’re starting to quake in their tie-dye t-shirts even before the election has begun. So says Jim J, a blogger over at Daily Kos (yes, I know, it seems I always pick on those Kos kids, but hey, they really are one can shy of a twelve pack sometimes quite often):

You can feel it building in the back of your mind, in that gray and desolate place where your darkest thoughts go before they metastize into grim reality: The worst-case, end-of-the-Republic, nascent civil war scenario that polls show is more and more possible — though thank goodness certainly not probable — after the November election.

It goes like this: Dems net 15-17 seats in the House to narrowly win the chamber. Teams of Republican lawyers fan out across the country, challenging all close elections and filing for recounts everywhere. Meanwhile, Rove & Co. work behind the scenes, making proverbial offers-that-can’t-be-refused to Blue Dog Democrats to switch parties — while they still can.

In the Senate, we win 51 seats to control the chamber. However, an Independent senator, one Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut, decides to switch caucuses and throws in with the Republicans. As intended, with Cheney’s vote that effectively hands control back to the GOP despite the wishes of the voters.

What comes next? More below…

This one of those quotes that makes me do my best Scoobydoo impression: nascent civil war scenario? HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH? I actually just had a mental picture of John Lennon singing “All we are saying, is give civil war a chance!”

By the way, if you were wondering what the “more below” in that quote was referring to, it’s a poll:

What should the netroots do if the shit goes down?
- Agitate for a nationwide nonviolent, civil disobedience campaign
- Agitate for a nationwide campaign that is something other than civil
- Suck it up and continue 50-state strategy for ‘08
- Abandon electoral efforts and go underground
- Ain’t gonna happen so point is moot

Sooooo, let’s see…. Out of 5 possible answers, one (the last one) is designed to give you a fake sense of security (ooooh, yes, we will win, there is no other way possible after I spent $15.95 on this voodoo doll!), one (the 3rd one) advocates continuing down a path that was proven to reap miserable defeat, and three (the 1st, 2nd and 4th ones) condone basically tearing the country apart, violently if necessary. Where’s the love, comrades?

As mind frazzling as the original post are some of the comments:

I would endorse all out civil war.
by Delaware Dem on Tue Oct 10, 2006 at 10:31:18 AM PDT

I think it’s high time we finished what was started in 1861– a separation into the two nations we have always been.
But I would much rather see it happen peacefully.
by SensibleShoes on Tue Oct 10, 2006 at 10:38:15 AM PDT

In a nutshellKosshell, be forewarned: the nice little mellow hippies are going to revolt. Civil war. Secession. It’s cool. Now at least, we have a clear, legible transcript of the true meaning of Howard Dean’s meltdown in 2004.

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaa? Shut your pie holes. I have a few guns to clean, just in case you decide to pay me a visit (yeah, right).

WHEN “PEACE AT ALL COSTS” MEANS “KILL THEM ALL”

Here’s a revealing, if short, snippet of how the Daily Kos crowd thinks the war should be handled:

What Congress can do, should the Democrats recover it in November, is (1) withhold funding for the war and other destructive projects; (2)hold hearings on various interesting subjects; (3)prepare the agenda for 2008. (4) prepare the candidate for 2008.

Wow. Don’t fund the war. Simple. Brilliant. Oh, and murderous, too. Make no mistake: witholding funding for Iraq means cutting off everything that the people over there need to fight the war: ammo, spare parts, food, water… It all costs money. So, no more allowance, little GI.

By the way, if you wonder how someone could worship such an ethereal concept of peace so as to want the death of GIs for some sickening idea of moral expediency, let’s not forget that this nugget of what passes for a political platform on the Left was posted on Daily Kos. Yup, the same blog whose founder has this to say about the murder of 4 security contractors in Fallujah:

Let the people see what war is like. This isn’t an Xbox game. There are real repercussions to Bush’s folly.That said, I feel nothing over the death of merceneries. They aren’t in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them.

They are from the same party that produced John Kerry, the famous great white hope who uttered the unforgettable “I actually voted for the 87 billion before I voted against it”, along with the insufferable John Murtha and his frothing at the mouth about the Haditha case. I won’t even mention the steaming bowl of bovine feces that is the whole “we support the troops, bring them home” crowd.

When your idea of how to put an end to a war means starving the troops fighting that war of everything they need to survive in combat, when you formulate an idea that puts your vision of the world before the right of a Soldier or a Marine to come home and hug his family after one year (or often more) of pure hell, you have forfeited the right to be debated, to be taken seriously, even to be made fun of.

You have, however, won the right to be told, in the shameful words of one of your own: ” Screw you”.

ABANDON ALL HOPE, YE WHO READ THESE LINES…

Behold the latest argument dredged up by the Left in their cacophony of shrill protests against the supposed paranoia whipped up by our fearful leaders:

Fact: Over the last five years, automobiles have killed more than sixty times as many Americans as terrorism has. Do we declare a war on cars or roads or drivers? Should we suspend Constitutional rights and invade Detroit?

Fact: averaged over five years, more Americans have drowned each year than have been killed by terrorists here at home. Should we declare a global war on water?

Fact: Nearly as many have died over the last five years from electrocution as have died from terrorism. Should we abandon electricity? Declare a war on it? Abandon our Constitutional freedoms, spy on our citizens and torture utility executives?

Of course not. And yes, there is a difference between accidents and intentional attacks. The point of these statistics is to give the threat of terrorism a sense of proportion. The above risks are threats that are arguably preventable given enough money and draconian laws, but which we’ve chosen to live with.

Just for perspective, cardio-vascular disease kills about 1 million a year, yet many of us smoke, live sedentary lifestyles, and swill down cholesterol laden foods. We willingly and calmly accept a risk that is thousands of times more likely than death from terrorists.

Bottom line: terrorism doesn’t threaten our existence. It threatens us with tragedy, but on a scale that is equal to or much less than many other tragedies we have no trouble accepting.

There is not much to say about this, except one repeatable mantra that should ring in our ears until the upcoming mid-term election: do we really want these putzes in power?

HAMAS IN TROUBLE AGAIN

Hamas is again proving that it has nothing to do in government, even if it is the government of a country that does not really exist:

JERUSALEM Hamas and Fatah gunmen fought running battles in Gaza on Sunday, as Hamas forces tried to disrupt Fatah-organized protests over unpaid government salaries. Five Palestinians were killed and more than 75 were wounded. The clashes were among the most severe between Hamas and Fatah since Hamas won power in legislative elections in January.

After President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah, traveling abroad, ordered the demonstrations to stop, angry Fatah supporters turned their anger on a government building in Ramallah in the West Bank, where Hamas is weaker because of the Israeli occupation there.

Some offices in the empty cabinet building there – many of the Hamas cabinet members from the West Bank have been arrested by the Israelis – were set on fire after protesters marched through the city shouting, “Hamas out!”

Who would have thinked it? I agree with Palestinians!