Would-be bomber's mother angry with those who sent him.

An interesting quote from the mother of the either 14- or 16-year old (it's not clear which is correct) who was stopped at an Israeli checkpoint yesterday and prevented from committing a suicide bombing. His mother's upset with the people who sent him.

His mother, Tamam, was furious at the militants who sent him.

"He is a child and he should not be used for such things," the mother said.

I haven't seen this quote in most of the reports -- but I did see it in the New York Times and the Boston Herald, and it stands in contrast to the oft-seen alleged happiness of parents whose kids go on to be shahids. I've wondered about that a lot. Can these parents truly hate Jews more than they love their kids?

Interestingly enough, this poor kid's brother was angry also, but for a different reason:

Hosni Abdo, the brother, said he was angry with whoever persuaded his brother to become a suicide bomber.

"The ones who sent him are stupid, because the army will give him two slaps and he will tell them who sent him," he said.

He seems to be angry not because they were sending his brother to kill himself, but because his brother will not stand up to questioning and therefore the leadership put themselves at risk. Hmm.

Dr. Seuss vs. Appeasement

Via Little Green Footballs, an indication that Dr. Seuss was always a smart man. Dr. Seuss apparently drew some cartoons expressing his opinion about the appeasers in the U.S. before WWII. One imagines he would have the same feelings vis a vis their modern compatriots.

Lileks on the protest marches...

Once again, Lileks gets right down to the nub of it:

Imagine if you woke from an operation and discovered that your tumor was gone. You’d think: I suppose that’s a good thing. But. You learned that the hospital might profit from the operation. You learned that the doctor who made the diagnosis had decided to ignore all the other doctors who believed the tumor could be discouraged if everyone protested the tumor in the strongest possible terms, and urged the tumor to relent. How would you feel? You’d be mad. You’d look up at the ceiling of your room and nurse your fury until you came to truly hate that butcher. And when he came by to see how you were doing, you’d have only one logical, sensible thing to say: YOU TOOK IT OUT FOR THE WRONG REASONS. PUT IT BACK!

The other day a variety of people gathered in various cities to say, in essence, put it back. The Movement to Reinstall Saddam commemorated the first anniversary of the Iraq campaign by expressing their outrage at the loss of an ally in the war against America. These people are the fringe of the left; yes. They are the Klan with out the sheets. Worse: they don’t have the inbred moonshine-addled mah-pappy-hated-nigras-an-I-hate-‘em-too dense-as-a-neutron-star stupidity of your average Kluxer. They didn’t come to this level of stupidity naturally. They had to work at it. I’m sure you’ll find in these pictures people who have cool jobs in San Francisco, people who get grants, write code, run the coffee-frother at a funky bookstore, and have no problem marching alongside someone who spells Israel with swastika instead of an S.

He's also got a picture, via this link, of a protester who notes that "I [heart] NY even more without the World Trade Center."

I don't say this very much, but (ahem)...

Attention cowardly protester hiding his face behind the sign: Fuck you.

They Don't Get It

Yesterday, the Spanish screwed us all! They capitulated to terrorism, thus encouraging the terrorists to continue their filthy efforts. By electing those who opposed the US war against these murderers, the Spanish have demonstrated that bombing pays off. We will see more of this, not less, as a result of the cowardice of the Spanish. They now join the French in the halls of ignominy. If we in the US elect Kerry, the lesson will be driven home again: killing works!

Well, now he's in real trouble...

Wow. O.J. just can't catch a break. Now, he's being accused of stealing DirectTV service.

I expect that soon we will see a reward being offered for the guy who planted the gizmos in his house.

Why I'm disgusted. Again.

It seems that on December 7, Teresa Heinz-Kerry, the wife of the presumptive Democrat candidate for President, gave out cute little pins at a gathering which "read in the center: “Asses of Evil” with “Bush”, “Cheney”, “Rumsfeld” and “Ashcroft” surrounding it."

Ah. The President of the United States is an evil ass. I see. You know, I never thought it appropriate to call President Clinton "Bubba." It's diminutive and while I think Clinton demeaned the office of the President, I will not do so.

But the wife of the Democrat nominee thinks that's just dandy. "Aren't we funny?"

Jim Lileks has several good points on this and other matters today.