Arkady's Thoughts

America got very lucky on Christmas, very lucky.  A 23 year old Al-Qaeda Nigerian Muslim jihadist came dangerously close to blowing Northwestern Flight 253 out of the air .  Why did America get lucky?  Was it because Umar Frock AbdulMutallab's father warned the state department?  Was it because our new policy on terrorism prevented a catastrophe?  Was it because Obama's administration crack down of every lead?  No, no and no.  It was because the detonator malfunctioned and instead of puncturing a hole in the side of plane, lit Umar's underwear on fire resulting in third degree burns (yay).  So how do we prevent this from happening in the future?  Very easy, screw the American passenger even further. First of all, let us be very clear as to where the failure happened.  According to the reports, Umar went through regular screening and passed all the regular checkpoints.  Obviously there is only so much you can do when a wo...

This is too difficult to ignore, it appears that the leading Senator in the fight for ObamaCare Mr. Max Baucus got bamboozled into sipping on some spiked eggnog.  While he spends 5 minutes explaining to the American public how he fought for comprehensive health care reform and how the GOP did everything in their power to be obstructionist one cannot ignore the seemingly glaring problem - Max Baucus is wasted.  The Democrats have really lived up to Ted Kennedy's standards now.  Bravo. \