Quote Of The Day: Eric Hoffer

Every device employed to bolster individual freedom must have as its chief purpose the impairment of the absoluteness of power. The indications are that such an impairment is brought about not by strengthening the individual and pitting him against the possessors of power, but by distributing and diversifying power and pitting one category or unit of power against the other. Where power is one, the defeated individual, however strong and resourceful, can have no refuge and no recourse.

–Eric Hoffer

U.S. Troops Could Win Medal For Doing Nothing; It’s Called ‘Courageous Restraint’

From Navytimes.com  (Pics added by B.S. Report)

By William H. McMichael

Don't shoot Marine--we'll give you a medal!

U.S. troops in Afghanistan could soon be awarded a medal for not doing something, a precedent-setting award that would be given for “courageous restraint” for holding fire to save civilian lives.

The proposal is now circulating in the Kabul headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force, a command spokesman confirmed Tuesday.

“The idea is consistent with our approach,” explained Air Force Lt. Col. Tadd Sholtis. “Our young men and women display remarkable courage every day, including situations where they refrain from using lethal force, even at risk to themselves, in order to prevent possible harm to civilians. In some situations our forces face in Afghanistan, that restraint is an act of discipline and courage not much different than those seen in combat actions.”  (Read more.)

B.S.  Report–I understand the reasoning but I hope our troops aren’t so hamstrung by regulations that they hesitate to shoot when they’re unsure of a situation.  Actually, I’m far less worried about the military’s restraint than I am about our politicians.

There should be a medal for political restraint.  I would be happy to give President Obama every medal imaginable if he would show some restraint.  In my opinion, the recipe for being a great president or politician would be to do nothing 99% of the time.  Just think about it–had Obama done nothing since the day he took office would we be worse off or better off?  Silly question, isn’t it?

It's impossible to show restraint when you think you're Superman!

14-Year-Old Autistic Boy Facing Terrorist Charges For Stick-Figure Drawing

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Yeah, this kid's the biggest terrorist threat we face...

SANDY SPRINGS, Ga. – A fourteen-year-old autistic boy is facing terrorist charges after a sketch he made in school.

The sketch shows two stick-figures. One of them is labeled ‘Me’ and is shown shooting a gun at another with a teacher’s name above it.

Karen Finn says that her son, 8th grader Shane Finn, doesn’t understand why he is in trouble. She says the boy is autistic and has the mental capacity of a 3rd grader.

Officials at Ridgeview Charter School say the student will face a tribunal and is being charged with making terrorist threats.

Finn says she plans to fight the charges.

Terrorists can be easy to identify...Now these guys are terrorists!

Wisconsin Geese Dodge Death Sentence…For Now

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"Hey fellas, I still say we should beat it before they change their minds!"

MADISON, Wis., May 13 (UPI) — Officials in Madison, Wis., Thursday reversed a decision to kill about 90 geese living near the Dane County Regional Airport.

Testimony from residents and bird lovers convinced the Madison Park Commission to let the geese of Warner Park stay at least four more months, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.

In the meantime, the commission will assess the risk the geese pose to aircraft while park staff work to manage the goose population, the Journal reported.

Last month, the commission ruled the geese should be rounded up and killed after airport officials argued federal rules require them to eliminate the risk of birds flying into aircraft.

Bird advocates argued too few alternatives to killing the geese had been explored.

“What I think we need is a comprehensive look at what the problem really is,” said Peter Cannon, head of the Madison Audubon Society.

Oops, one goose got the death sentence anyway...

Oops…Bus Driver Forgets He’s Driving Double-Decker; Loses Top Deck To Low Bridge!

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LANGLEY, England, May 13 (UPI) — A British bus driver whose vehicle lost its roof while going under a low bridge said he forgot he was driving a double-decker.

Witnesses said the 49-year-old driver, who wasn’t named, stopped the bus after driving about 100 yards past the bridge Wednesday in Langley, England, and told onlookers he had forgotten he wasn’t driving his usual single-deck bus, the Daily Mail reported Thursday.

The driver was the only person in the bus when he drove under the bridge at about 4:25 p.m., minutes after dropping off a group of schoolchildren, police said. The roof of the vehicle was sheared off.

Thames Valley Police said the man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.  They said the investigation of the crash is ongoing.

...Another great feature: the top deck is easy to remove--it comes right off!

Legend On Hold: Lebron And The Cavs Sent Packing By Boston

From CBS Sports  (Pics added by B.S. Report)

BOSTON — The Boston Celtics sent LeBron James and the Cavaliers back to Cleveland to admire all of their regular-season accomplishments.

It’s the Celtics who are still in the chase for an NBA title.

Kevin Garnett scored 22 points and added 12 rebounds, and Rajon Rondo had 21 points and 12 assists to beat Cleveland 94-85 in Game 6 on Thursday night. Boston advanced to the Eastern Conference finals, which begin Sunday in Orlando against the Magic, who are 8-0 in the playoffs after sweeping the Charlotte Bobcats and the Atlanta Hawks in the opening rounds.

Despite his fifth career playoff triple-double, James is headed for another early offseason after winning a second MVP award and leading the Cavs to an NBA-best 61 wins and a home-court advantage they never got to use.

This one is destined to define the future of the franchise — and the rest of the NBA, too.  (Read more.)

Email ‘Joke’ Of The Night…The Patch

The other day I needed to go to the emergency room.

Not wanting to sit there for 4 hours, I put on my old Army fatigues and stuck a patch onto the front of my shirt that I had downloaded off the Internet.

When I went into the E.R., I noticed that 3/4 of the people got up and left. I guess they decided that they weren’t that sick after all. Cut at least 3 hours off my waiting time.

Here’s the patch. Feel free to use it the next time you’re in need of quicker emergency service.

It also works at DMV. It saved me 5 hours.

At the Laundromat, three minutes after entering, I had my choice of any machine, most still running.

Don’t try it at McDonald’s though…..

The whole crew got up and left and l never got my order…

Several Arrests Made In Conjunction With Times Square Bomb Investigation

From the LATimes.com  (Pics added by B.S. Report)

By Richard A. Serrano, Reporting From Washington

FBI team search a car as part of their investigation... (Photo: Michael Dwyer/AP)

Three people were arrested Thursday morning as FBI agents began executing search warrants at several spots around Boston and other parts of the Northeast as part of a widening investigation into the financial support behind the Times Square bombing attempt earlier this month, according to federal law-enforcement officials.

The people taken into federal custody were being held on alleged immigration violations, but authorities said the FBI raids were not prompted by a fresh terror threat or a new plot currently underway. Rather, a source said, investigators are following up on leads regarding how the suspect, 30-year-old Faisal Shahzad, could have received money to purchase the $1,300 SUV Nissan Pathfinder and build a bomb utilizing fertilizer and a propane tank.

“These searches are the product of evidence that has been gathered in the investigation subsequent to the attempted Times Square bombing,” said Dean Boyd, a Department of Justice spokesman in Washington. He added that the raids and arrests did not “relate to any known immediate threat to the public or active plot against the United States.”  (Read more.)

Ol' Faisal must be singing like a canary...

Columnist Of The Day: Emmett Tyrrell, The Islamists Amuck In America

From Townhall.com  (Pics added by B.S. Report)

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A few days after the failed attempt of a Pakistani-born naturalized American citizen to blow Times Square sky high, I bravely made my way through the returning throng of tourists and street vendors to take a look. By my calculation, had the jackal, Faisal Shahzad, 30, succeeded with his evil project in the early evening of Saturday, May 1 to explode the SUV he left on a Times Square street, he might have killed several hundred utterly innocent civilians, possibly a thousand. Fortunately, he failed.

Despite instructions from highly experienced terrorists back home, he packed his Nissan Pathfinder with the wrong kind of fertilizer — a variety unsuited for bombs. The firecrackers he rigged up as detonators were insufficiently powerful to set his incendiaries off.

Finally, according to my favorite intelligence analyst, Rush Limbaugh, Shahzad’s alarm clocks, which were supposed to serve as timers, were set wrong. He failed to distinguish a.m. from p.m. Oh, yes, and he ran from the SUV leaving on its key ring the keys to his getaway car and to his apartment.  (Read more.)

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