This from Tony Perkins (Family Research Council). Good Heavens!

[thereismore]

This week, FRC's Witherspoon Lecturer was the British-born
writer Christopher Hitchens. Mr. Hitchens spoke of his
book on Thomas Jefferson. In 1801, President Jefferson
refused to pay tribute to North African rulers who preyed
on ships from Western Christian countries. He sent the
U.S. Navy and the Marines "to the shores of Tripoli." To
this day, Marine officers carry the curved Mameluke sword,
a reminder of that war. Jefferson was really fighting
America's first war on terror. We called them Barbary
Pirates then, but they were Muslim hostage-takers and slave
traders. It sounds like Sudan today. Even then, Hitchens
said, America was a nation to be reckoned with. The
arrival of U.S. forces in North Africa showed Europe that
we would fight rather than pay tribute to Arab kidnapers.
In those days, the rulers of Europe preferred to pay off
the pirates. Many of them still do. Today, we thank God
for all those whose sacrifice and valor have kept us free.

[Kagemusha]

1. Did he forget that Tripoli declaration that the US is not a

Christian country and therefore this was not a religious conflict?

Probably.

Other than that, to be quite blunt, the Barbary Pirates were bad dudes and kicking their asses was a legitimate use of the nation's military.

[dorktv]

2. did they mention how we also bargined with them at one point?

[snowbear]

3. Did he say that Karl Rove ate bird-flu chicken at the...

...Federalists Society's big shin-dig they through for his fat ass last night?

Did you see him up on the stage? The porkers with their cuban cigars, fat wallets, glasses of 12-year old scotch, and trophy wives all applauded Karl non-stop as he stepped up on the stage to speak.

MSNBC showed clips of him trying to stop the clapter, but they were just so honored to be in his presence. :puke:



So.. I heard they were served bird-flu chicken cordon blue.. and that it's not "tweetable"