The following is directly from a Facebook post Sarah Palin put up November 13 regarding the Obama Administration’s use of the American Justice System:

“Horrible decision, absolutely horrible. It is devastating for so many of us to hear that the Obama Administration decided that the 9/11 terrorist mastermind, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be given a criminal trial in New York. This is an atrocious decision.

Mohammed and his terrorist co-conspirators are responsible for the deaths of more than 3,000 Americans. Thousands of American families have suffered through the loss of loved ones because of the disgusting attacks launched against the United States, and now this trial venue adds insult to injury, in addition to compromising our efforts in the War on Terror. Heaven forbid our allies see this decision as a reason to become less likely to support our efforts in the future.

Criminal defense attorneys will now enter into delaying tactics and other methods in the hope of securing some kind of win for their “clients.” The trial will afford Mohammed the opportunity to grandstand and make use of his time in front of the world media to rally his disgusting terrorist cohorts. It will also be an insult to the victims of 9/11, as Mohammed will no doubt use the opportunity to spew his hateful rhetoric in the same neighborhood in which he ruthlessly cut down the lives of so many Americans.

It is crucially important that Americans be made aware that the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks may walk away from this trial without receiving just punishment because of a “hung jury” or from any variety of court room technicalities. If we are stuck with this terrible Obama Administration decision, I, like most Americans, hope that Mohammed and his co-conspirators are convicted. Hang ‘em high.”

Sarah Palin’s call to kill individuals without a fair trial, no matter the circumstances, is one with a tragic history in our country – violence without due process of law has given way to lynchings and mob mentality. This trial is a phenomenal step forward for the United States as a nation and as a people with a raised consciousness beyond retributive based justice – even if the outcome of this trial is the death penalty for these individuals, we as a people will have the powerful assertion that comes from following our own laws both fairly and equally in every circumstance.

Just when one would imagine that the comedy pinata, Glenn Beck, had been busted, John Stewart makes a few insightful connections.

11/3 Project

This is a friendly note to keep on searching the internets for interesting and original blogs that will keep your mind off of the grind and wind of exams coming up, not to mention family time. Here’s a sprouting one with both meaty commentary and a few surprises to keep you up to date in the visual arts world: http://www.theredcircle.com.

You might even be able to convince yourself that it is part of your cultural education. There may be hundreds more that are similar, however, there are only a few that are worth the time you could be using to study Finite.

Hi America!

It didn’t take a trip to the real Chinatown for me to realize that our future is now deeply linked to Asia’s success. I found this out all on my own after realizing that my home is so close to Russia, which is close to China, which means that China is close to Alaska, which means you should be interested in my trip to this foreign pagan land. As a service to the American people, I have decided to share my many experiences and disappointments uncovered in Hong Kong with them. Well, here goes!

When I first arrived at my hotel I was disappointed to find that the toilet was broken; the thing was shooting water up my behind! Confucius says: No rain, no rainbow! It’s too bad that there was no Joe the Plumber right down the overcrowded dirty street to fix it.

I have to say, the women here all look like the ones I keep finding Todd watching on the Internets, it’s amazing what technology can do these days.

I decided to go rogue after exploring the streets a little while and eat at a local, real Main Street China, restaurant. I was excited to find that they were interested in saving money just like small-town Americans, their tea was clear, I think cause they wanted to re-use their one teabag for the whole night. The restaurant was covered in bright colors, dragons, and witchcraft, nothing like the good ol’ red, white, and blue American style diner. After a night of talking with the Chinese people about death panels and my higher calling, I decided to call it a night; I had to get some beauty sleep before my big speech.

Don’tcha know it, I wasn’t sure if I’d even go until that morning. Sure I had my speech written and questions pre-arranged, but did I really have to do that whole talking thing? I could tell them that I never got an invitation… Then I remembered that the gotcha media wouldn’t be there, so I went on with it, actually, I think God was calling me to it.

What’d I talk about? Common sense conservatism and freedom. That’s me. Absolutely. Yup. Yup. And after that I was ready to go; those chopping sticks were too hard to use and the fortune cookies tasted like they had paper inside of them.

The liberal media had to show up on the way out. They’re attracted to me like flies to poo. One of ‘em asked me about running in 2012. Well, if God opens the door…

Y’know, some Democrats have said that I am the best thing that could happen to them in 2012. Well, I’m not a Democrat, and I’m telling you right now that running with the baby-killers is out of the question.