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Wednesday Mixed Bag
Author: BobR    Date: 05/08/2013 11:33:01

Some days there is a dearth of interesting news, and other days there is a plethora. The last couple days has been more of the latter. Several stories are worthy of discussion and possibly a deeper evaluation within the context of other events, but I am not going to do that today. Instead, I present several topics, and leave it to you to continue the discussion in the comments.

As if on cue to reinforce TriSec's blog yesterday are these two little gems. First, the chief of the Air Force's Sexual Assault Prevention unit was unable to prevent himself from sexually assaulting a woman in Arlington (presumably after getting himself all horned up at the one and only strip club in the area). More embarrassing for him - she beat the crap out of him. One wonders if he is the author of the brochure the Air Force put out for female members that says the best approach to a sexual assault may be to just submit. Apparently, the woman Colonel Horny assaulted didn't get the memo. The Air Force wants to handle this as an internal case, but that is unlikely to happen. This was a civilian on a public street.

The huge story of course is the escape of three women, abducted as girls 10 years ago, in Cleveland. Amanda Berry and neighbor Charles Ramsey are the heroes here, Amanda for avoiding the natural fear of being punished for trying to escape, and Ramsey for taking action instead of ignoring it. The story is really a huge shocker: shocking that these three girls were still alive after all these years, shocking that the owner of the house was able to get away with it for 10 years, shocking that Amanda Berry had given birth and had her 6 year old daughter in hand while escaping. Everyone is wondering how no one (including the police) noticed anything amiss over the years. Even the man's uncle is shocked.

What's NOT shocking is that Rush Limbaugh is so desperate that he plumbed the depths of incredulity to try to link this to President Obama:
Limbaugh admitted that he had “no idea” about why Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michele Knight had been kidnapped and then were able to escape after 10 years.

“But as it so happens, I happened last night to watch Hawaii Five-0 on CBS,” he explained. “Hawaii Five-O‘s premise last night was kidnapped girls held until they were 18 and then let go or killed — well, always killed — by a couple doing it for the welfare benefits.”

“Now I don’t know what happened in Cleveland, but I couldn’t help but make the connection. I mean, if everybody else in the low-information crowd is going to use what happens on TV for reality, why can’t I?”

Limbaugh added: “Three brothers, but not related the the three women, have been arrested in Cleveland — which voted Obama. Not that that’s got anything to do with anything!”

Tool.

And finally - there is the sad news that there will be no Colbert in Congress. South Carolina decided that an intelligent trustworthy Democrat was not as worthwhile to represent their state as a lying adulterer who abandoned his office and used state funds to finance a trip to see his mistress. You deserve what you get South Carolina.

That's it for today. Let's see what else comes our way...
 

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