Dopey news Friday

Iran stirring up trouble in Iraq
ABC News is reporting that Iran is shipping weapons to terrorists in Iraq. Whooda thunk it? In other breaking news, the alert staff at ABC has declared George Bush the winner of the 2000 election and informed its viewers that, with the addition of Alaska and Hawaii, there are now 50 states in the union. ABC researchers continue to work on a breaking story that JFK has been shot.

You know arguing over whether or not Syria and Iran are fomenting unrest in Iraq is about as dopey as two people arguing over who passed gas in the car when they are the only two occupants. Everyone knows the truth. The news flash is not that the Syrians and Iranians are stirring up trouble in Iraq, the news flash is that we’re not bombing the crap out of them for doing it.

Too much Christ at the Christmas fest
The mayor of Chicago has deemed nativity themes too Christmasy for the city’s Christmas fest. So he has asked organizers not to use them for fear of offending non-Christians. Wow, the mayor is concerned about the sensibilities of non-Christians who willing go to a Christmas fest and then become queasy with all of the Christmas stuff. Dopey. What’s next? Close all of the steakhouses in the city least some vegan wonder into one and become offended by the dead animal flesh in the place.

Civil war? What civil war?
Is it a civil war? Don’t know. The MSM has been begging for a civil war in Iraq for two years now. After begging for so long, NBC got tired and just declared it a civil war. Even other MSM outlets noted NBC's decision was more a political judgment than a news judgment. The whole discussion to me is like two firemen, uh er, firefighters arguing over whether the fire they just pulled up to was deliberately set or the result of some sort of accident. Just put the damn fire out then we can look for arson.

If you're dead, does it matter how many times you were shot?
Sean Bell was killed in hail of 50 bullets fired by five NY city police officers at four a.m. outside a strip club the day of his wedding. As the circumstances of his shooting might indicate, Bell was not a model citizen, which is no excuse for being gunned down by the police. Apparently he and the two others in thecar with him were in the process of their third attempt to run down an undercover officer when the shooting started. That may be sufficient excuse for the shooting. But the usual race baiting weasels have shown up to condemn the police before the investigation has even started. None of that is the dopey part.

The dopey part is the family, MSM and race baiters whining about the 50 rounds. Had Bell been killed by a single well aimed round everything would be fine I suppose. Say each of the five officers was armed with a Glock model 19, 9mm pistol, the weapon of choice of many officers. That weapon comes with a 15 round magazine but can be equipped with magazines holding 17,19 or up to 33 rounds. A well trained shooter could easily fire 10 aimed rounds in five seconds or less.

So, it seems to me that the NYPD should be investigating, among other things, how two people survived a hail of 50 bullets fired by five trained policemen. Why did firemen get changed to firefighter but it's still OK to say policeman? Shouldn't they be called crimefighters or some other PC term by now?