VIDEO: JAY LENO EXPOSES MASS IGNORANCE

During his 'Jay Walking' segment, Leno hits the streets to see just how knowledgable every day American citizens are about the country in which they live. As you might have guessed, they didn't fare well. If I may, there are two observations I had that stuck out to me. If you live in this part of Texas, you're very familiar with the barbs that go back and forth between Longhorns and Aggies. The former has to fight back against accusations of tea-sippin' and the latter has to constantly fight insults to 'Aggie engineering'.

In this video, Jay actually provides Longhorns with fodder on a silver platter when a man wearing a Texas A&M shirt tells Leno that the reason George Washington crossed the Delaware river was to get to the other side.

The other observation had to do with the last group in the video. The fact that Grandpa knew all the answers while children and grand children were lost gives you an idea about when the public schools system really started heading south.



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LOCKERBIE BOMBER NOW IN GREAT HEALTH

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi should be dead by now; in fact, he should have died months ago. His alleged terminal illness - cancer - was the reason given by Scottish authorities for his release last August. Here we are eleven months into a three month prognosis and al-Megrahi is expected to live another ten years. This jihadist dirtbag was convicted of killing 270 in the Pan Am 103 bombing on December 21st, 1988 over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Now, after being released in some twisted show of compassion, it's learned that the gullibility of Scottish authorities is beyond reproach.

Via the AFP:

The Lockerbie bomber could survive for 10 years or longer, according to the cancer specialist who said last year he would be dead within three months of his release.

Professor Karol Sikora, who assessed Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi for the Libyan authorities almost a year ago, told The Sunday Times newspaper it was "embarrassing" that he had outlived his three-month prognosis.

Sikora now claims his prognosis was a bit embarrassing; duh! ya think?

The professor told The Sunday Times that the Libyan authorities made it clear to him that if he concluded Megrahi would die in a matter of months, it would greatly improve his chances of being released from jail in Scotland.

"It was clear that three months was what they were aiming for. Three months was the critical point," Sikora said.

"On the balance of probabilities, I felt I could sort of justify (that)."

Apparently lost on anyone who exercises even a modicum of logic is any illness this dirtbag may have is irrelevant - though now it seems the Scots were played like bagpipes. It shouldn't have mattered if Megrahi only had one day to live. It's more than he deserved. It should be obvious that this wasn't compassion. It was political cowardice.

h/t to Gateway Pundit

VIDEO: WHY JOHN McCAIN MUST LOSE

I am well aware of the concerns surrounding J.D. Hayworth's skeletons with regard to pork barrel spending, Jack Abramoff, etc. The bigger issue here is what happens if John McCain wins the primary in Arizona on August 24th. When it comes to immigration, McCain's flip flops make John Kerry look like a piker. I'm also aware of the concern that Hayworth can't win the general election even if he does beat McCain. Again, my bigger concern is what McCain will do after the primary. If history is any indication, he will tack left almost immediately.

Enter this new video from J.D. for Senate. It starts with a clip of Obama this past week talking about immigration reform (amnesty). In it, Obama mentions McCain specifically as a necessary vote for passing amnesty. It then cuts away to McCain on December 8th, 2007 in which the Arizona Senator is on display in all of his amnesty-loving glory. That's followed by Robert Gibbs, echoing Obama's sentiment about McCain.

In fact, I'm almost to the point of a Hayworth loss in November would be better than a McCain victory in August. If McCain wins back his seat, he'll have six years to show complete and utter disrespect for conservatives in much the same way Lindsey Graham is doing right now - he's not up for re-election until 2014. McCain, with his political clout and leadership could do much more damage than an incoming Democrat Senator with no real stripes. The only exception might be McCain getting the Republicans a majority in the Senate. But with McCain, what does that really mean?

Can anyone say, "Gang of 14"? It would be a ridiculous shame if McCain is able to fool people again.

Powerful video from the Hayworth camp...



h/t to Free Republic