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Title: Hat's Off To Arlen!
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Taki's Magazine
URL Source: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/hats_off_to_arlen/
Published: Apr 29, 2009
Author: Charles A. Coulombe
Post Date: 2009-05-06 12:37:59 by X-15
Keywords: None
Views: 185
Comments: 15
Arlen Specter is a detestable swine. Next to Teddy Kennedy, he, for me, is the most loathsome creature ever to lurk in the Capitol in my lifetime. Even so, at this moment, I feel so grateful to him, I could kiss him. These two seemingly contradictory sentiments require a little explanation. First, as to his swinery. Where can one begin? Arlen first rocketed to public consciousness working for the Warren Commission, investigating the assassination of JFK. He was in fact the inventor of the “magic bullet” theory, whereby a single bullet ricocheted all through John Connolly’s insides, shot out, and killed Kennedy (leading my father to opine that it must have been a CIA plot to snuff the Governor of Texas, carried out with as much aplomb as their hits on Castro). Now, I am not a Kennedy Conspiracy fan by any means, having been inoculated by conversations with General Edwin Walker, a fellow NMMI alum who had been shot at by Oswald earlier in ’63. Whatever one was speaking to the General about, the conversation always ended in his theories about the murder—which having shared an assassin with the President, he was perhaps entitled to. But it is a murky business, and it started Specter’s career. Said career has been one of that most annoying of party insects, the pro-Abortion Republican. Throughout his time in the Senate—into which soon-to-be-Al Franken-haunted body he entered in 1980—he showed his contempt for what “conservatives” consider their core ideals. This was most notably shown in his joining the pack of hounds harrying Judge Bork during the latter’s 1987 Confirmation hearings—which hearings nailed the coffin in the idea of “Original Intent.” Down through the years, he has managed to continually live down to my expectations. Most obnoxious to me personally was his behavior during the Confirmation hearings of Mr. Chief Justice Roberts in 2005, when Specter, then head of the Judiciary Committee, demanded that Roberts promise that his religion would never affect his conduct in office; like a good Uncle Pat, Roberts piously promised, invoking the specter of JFK. A true Catholic would have turned the tables, perhaps asking Specter if he would keep his religion out of his political work. This would have been suicide, of course. At any rate Diane Feinstein, an apostate Catholic herself, returned to the same attack—in vain, of course, because the future Chief Justice had the same facility for cowardice boasted by so many Catholics in public life. At any rate, one must ask—if Arlen’s views were so opposed to those of the Republican party, what was he doing chairing the Judiciary Committee in the first place? Before that, however, we need to know why he was in the Senate at all by that time. The 2004 Pennsylvania primary saw Arlen challenged by Congressman Pat Toomey, a solidly pro-life, fiscal conservative. He had more money in his war-chest than either Specter or Hoeffel, the Democratic candidate. Toomey was in fact on his way to victory. But the Republican establishment, spearheaded by then-Senator Rick Santorum (who paid for this with his own handy defeat two years later) and President Bush weighed in for Specter, winning him the primary. Once re-ensconced in his Senatorial throne, Arlen pontificated about the horrors of nominating Supreme Court Justices who might overturn Roe v. Wade. Since he was a leading candidate to replace Orrin Hatch, outgoing chairman of the Judiciary Committee, this provoked a storm of outrage on the part of the Republican base, that even President Bush was forced to heed. A grassroots movement arose to put the next ranking Republican on the Committee, John Kyl (who boasts a 0% rating from NARAL), into the chair. Of course, Kyl was such a strict constructionist that he collaborated with La Feinstein on rights of the accused matters (one wonders if she will continue this tack under our new masters). At any rate, in return for a mealy-mouthed promise that he would not oppose the administration’s judicial choices, Bush backed Specter for the chair, and in he went. So it was he was able to make his nasty demand of Roberts the following year. Of course, as with all the other Republican Chairs, he was out of a job in 2006. Arlen Specter is indeed, a swine. But now I’ll explain my current enthusiasm for him. This week, airily saying that he would not have his record “judged by the Republican primary electorate of Pennsylvania,” Specter switched parties. Apart from the refreshing frankness with which he dismissed the voters who nurtured him, he outraged the RNC chairman, Michael Steele. This worthy whined that Arlen had not even consulted him! Oh, my! Bravo, Arlen, I say, well done! You have paid the Republican establishment back very well for all the favors they have lavished on you, to the detriment of their supporters. The most charitable thing I can say about the party hacks and apparatchiks who fostered you is that they were useful idiots. Oh, how they deserve the treatment you have given them! After all, they have no more care for their constituents than ever you did for yours. One supposes that Mr. Bush, surely our American Kerensky, will keep a noble silence in his Crawford retreat; but do not let the storm of opprobrium from the Republican establishment that will engulf you deflect you! You are true to your self as they are to theirs! There is no doubt that you will be happy working for your new masters, who are, after all, not so different from your old. They will doubtless reward you well. When, at last, you finish your career by being appointed Whoremaster-General or some such, I hope I can be the first to congratulate you.
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#1. To: X-15 (#0)
That is not the magic bullet claim.
That is not the magic bullet claim. It is in the spirit of the article. I found it one of the funnier sentences.
I found it one of the funnier sentences. I guess the humor was lost on me. What can I say, it's one of "those" days.
Good people die young and arlen sphincter keeps on going. har har
Pop a 'lighten-up and chill' pill. Have yourself a better afternoon out there.
There is no doubt that you will be happy working for your new masters, who are, after all, no different from your old. There. Fixed it. Excellent article but for that one typo. ahaha. I especially liked the last sentence: "When, at last, you finish your career by being appointed Whoremaster-General or some such, I hope I can be the first to congratulate you." Whoremaster-General, pimp daddy Sphincter, lol!
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. That is not the magic bullet claim. Obviously not because Gov. Connolly was in the front passenger seat and Kennedy was in the back with his lovely wife. Had the governor been struck first that would prove that the bullet came from the front of the vehicle (the grassy knoll) and we all know that Oswald fired all of the 9 to 13 shots (including those that hit the curb, the street, signs etc.,) at the motorcade all by himself from the 6th flr of the fmr TX Book Depository. The "magic bullet" actually entered JFK's back (in reality six inches lower than the diagram created by Specter to make the trajectory arguably plausible and to make his fairie tale fly) then exited JFK's throat nicking his necktie, turned right the left in mid air in a space of about 8 inches (with no obstacle to deflect it-magic is the word alright) then angled downward and resumed a straight trajectory and entered Connolly's elbow, ending up in his wrist. But that's not all! When then fragmented projectile in the governor's wrist was weighed the pieces were heavier than a FMJ 6.5mm Carcano bullet could have possibly been. Because military ammo production standards (then and now) were/are easily maintained and very high, and a weight increase of that amount could cause rifles to splinter upon firing, we can only conclude that A) either there were fragments of more than one bullet in Connolly's wrist or, B) at least one rifle firing a heavier projectile than Oswald's crab trap anchor/Carcano was used, probably by a Corsican hit man positioned directly above and behind the limo.
There's more ! Tell'em what they get, Johnny !
Tell'em what they get, Johnny ! Well, I predict that the way things are shaping up we'll soon have a Congressional Zionist Caucus to complement the Congressional Black Caucus, neither of which will welcome the European Caucasian Christian members of our bicameral legislature. (Of course you cannot be a "convert". Only those whose mothers were full blooded Zionists may enjoy the privileges of membership)
Have yourself a better afternoon out there. I do believe some Tequila is in order.
The program I referenced in an earlier post actually showed that the turn mid air didn't happen. They were able to trace a straight line with it using video of body positions etc, the twists happening inside the body. That said, they also had evidence of a possible shooter from another window in the same building. Can't remember what exactly they found. Bullet I think. It was a very interesting and scientific show. I think it was NOVA. While they were able to dispel some of the claims they also raised questions. They did not by any stretch toe the government line nor fall completely on the "conspiracy" side. I wish I had taped it.
Their account was physically impossible because Oswald was at a roughly 60 degree angle to the motorcade With Gov. Connolly on the wrong side of the angle! There was simply no way Oswald could have pierced Kennedy's body in the rear seat and Connolly's in the front from the only angle available to him. (That shot would have had to come from directly behind and slightly to the left, if facing the motorcade with a rifle. Oswald was well to the right, and his over penetration should have struck the driver or passed through the limo behind the driver seat) Also, there were trees and a sign blocking the view from Oswald's angle at the time the acoustic evidence proves that Kennedy was hit in the throat. NOVA is propaganda as is The History Channel. I've visited Dealey Plaza, BTW, and I know that the road does not "quarter away" from the book depository at the required angle to make such a fantasy account possible. And, the only way Oswald could have fired and hit both men with a bullet (that was bound by the physical laws of nature of course) would have been if the motorcade was traveling in and angling away in the opposite direction! Of course the shadow govt by virtue of their control of the education system, TV infotainment and news media believes that the laws of physics are no longer absolute and may be rewritten as needed such as was done to explain 9/11.
Well in the long run it doesn't matter what I believe about the event as long as I understand the over all conspiracy. There are people on this forum who believe in the conspiracy but don't believe AGW is a part of it. Yet it was AGW that brought me to the table in the first place. That and the obvious election manipulations.
Right.
This is good. Regardless of where one stands on the issue of AGW, the way it is being forced on us via the media, government, and academia should raise anyone's awareness. I say this about 9/11. We know that most of the justifications for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars were invalid, such as "we only went into Afghanistan to get the Taliban because they had bin Laden." 9/11 was just an excuse. Regardless of what you think about it, the message of fear impelling action itself is the giveaway. It's in this flu crisis. It's in the hate crimes bill. It's in the banking crisis. The media carries these messages like clock work now. They may have even convinced themselves to believe what they're saying.
He was in fact the inventor of the “magic bullet” theory, whereby a single bullet ricocheted all through John Connolly’s insides, shot out, and killed Kennedy
"Controlling carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. If you control carbon, you control life." — Dr. Richard Lindzen, MIT Professor of Meteorology
#2. To: farmfriend (#1)
He was in fact the inventor of the “magic bullet” theory, whereby a single bullet ricocheted all through John Connolly’s insides, shot out, and killed Kennedy
#3. To: lodwick (#2)
It is in the spirit of the article.
"Controlling carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. If you control carbon, you control life." — Dr. Richard Lindzen, MIT Professor of Meteorology
#4. To: X-15 (#0)
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams 
#5. To: farmfriend (#3)
#6. To: X-15 (#0)
(Edited)
There is no doubt that you will be happy working for your new masters, who are, after all, not so different from your old.
Lord Acton
#7. To: farmfriend, X-15 (#1)
He was in fact the inventor of the “magic bullet” theory, whereby a single bullet ricocheted all through John Connolly’s insides, shot out, and killed Kennedy .
#8. To: HOUNDDAWG (#7)
But that's not all!
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
#9. To: Rotara (#8)
There's more !
#10. To: lodwick (#5)
Pop a 'lighten-up and chill' pill.
"Controlling carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. If you control carbon, you control life." — Dr. Richard Lindzen, MIT Professor of Meteorology
#11. To: HOUNDDAWG (#7)
Because military ammo production standards (then and now) were/are easily maintained and very high, and a weight increase of that amount could cause rifles to splinter upon firing, we can only conclude that A) either there were fragments of more than one bullet in Connolly's wrist or, B) at least one rifle firing a heavier projectile than Oswald's crab trap anchor/Carcano was used, probably by a Corsican hit man positioned directly above and behind the limo.
"Controlling carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. If you control carbon, you control life." — Dr. Richard Lindzen, MIT Professor of Meteorology
#12. To: farmfriend (#11)
#13. To: HOUNDDAWG (#12)
"Controlling carbon is a bureaucrat's dream. If you control carbon, you control life." — Dr. Richard Lindzen, MIT Professor of Meteorology
#14. To: farmfriend (#13)
Well in the long run it doesn't matter what I believe about the event as long as I understand the over all conspiracy.
#15. To: farmfriend (#13)
Yet it was AGW that brought me to the table in the first place. That and the obvious election manipulations.
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