May 2, 2006

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR MARTYRS ARE GUILTY?:

A Judge Stuns Al-Arian With Maximum Time (JOSH GERSTEIN, May 2, 2006, NY Sun)

A federal judge yesterday lambasted a former Florida college professor, Sami Al-Arian, as a liar and "master manipulator," before sentencing him to nearly five years in prison for providing support to a Middle Eastern terrorist group, Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Under a plea deal finalized last month, Al-Arian, 48, agreed to admit guilt and accept a possible sentence of 46 to 57 months and eventual deportation from America. Prosecutors agreed to join defense attorneys in recommending a sentence at the low end of the range, but the judge, James Moody Jr., ignored those suggestions and imposed the maximum sentence allowed by the plea bargain.


Remember how it was an article of faith on the Left that the courts would save us all from John Ashcroft's fascist witch hunts? You'd think they'd have learned their lesson in the 50s when all the accused turned out to be die-hard Stalinists after all.

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 2, 2006 8:03 AM
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I heard Jonathon Turley on NPR ptactically gloating on the day of the plea bargain, interpreting what he assumed would be a slap on the wrist as a defeat for the Justice Dept (and Bush, of course)

wonder what he thinks now.

good for the judge!

Posted by: JonofAtlanta at May 2, 2006 10:48 AM

I think you're off the mark here, Mr. Judd. It's not that the Left's martyrs are guilty, but that they failed to fool anyone. What, exactly, have any of the Left's guilty martyrs been guilty of that was not a tenet of the Left?

Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at May 2, 2006 11:34 AM

The best part of this for me is that Judge Moody was appointed by President Clinton. They can't even whine about those mean judges appointed by President Bush.

Posted by: Jeff at May 2, 2006 12:01 PM

The best part of this for me is that Judge Moody was appointed by President Clinton. They can't even whine about those mean judges appointed by President Bush.

Posted by: Jeff at May 2, 2006 12:01 PM

AOG:

Jihad?

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 1:14 PM

Jon:

Bet he doesn't suddenly think John Ashcroft is the better lawyer.

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 1:28 PM

I don't see any difference between Jihad and the International Communist Cons......

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at May 2, 2006 1:57 PM

Each would exterminate the other.

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 2:00 PM

Well, yes. Civil wars are the ugliest wars. But the tactics, goals, corruption, and contempt for human life are the same. Only the fairy tale differs.

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at May 2, 2006 2:06 PM

The tale is all that matters.

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 2:11 PM

I agree. But the tale for both of them is 'Destroy the world and we will build Utopia on the ashs!'. The fairy tale is just frosting on the cake.

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at May 2, 2006 2:24 PM

No, the tale is the cake.

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 2:26 PM

Are you implying that the Left doesn't support jihad? That's not my view.

Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at May 2, 2006 2:29 PM

Yes, the Left doesn't support Islamic jihad.

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 2:32 PM

I'm sorry if I have not been clear. the tale is 'Destroy the World and we will build Utopia on the ashs!'. That is the Cake. 'There will be no more Greed or Unfairness!' or 'There will be no more Sin!' is the fairy tale, the frosting on the cake.
The cake is the same, their fight would be over the frosting.

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at May 2, 2006 2:33 PM

Nope. It's all cake, they're just two different cakes.

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 2:39 PM

Yes, and the two different cakes are the Cake of the Right:'The world has been given to us, we can do better' and the Cake of the Left:'The world is broken and must be destroyed, and made anew'.

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at May 2, 2006 4:55 PM

The cake most folks have is hardly worth keeping. that's why we destrpoy it and bake them one of ours.

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 4:59 PM

The cakes can't be destroyed while human nature exists. We try to get them to put down the one in their hand and share ours with them.

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at May 2, 2006 5:14 PM

Where's the Third Reich?

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 5:17 PM

Sooo, anyone have a good cake recipe?

Posted by: Genecis at May 2, 2006 5:47 PM

On the Left, of course, which is why he left orders for Germany to be destroyed if the war was lost, and why he was able to form an alliance with Stalin.

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at May 2, 2006 5:52 PM

www.brothersjudd.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/reviews.detail/book_id/1002

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 5:52 PM

I'm sorry, OJ, I don't follow you.

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at May 2, 2006 6:07 PM

The cake is rather easily disposed of. Ask Geronimo, the Kaiser, Tojo, Gorbachev, Saddam, etc.

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 6:10 PM

The cake is not disposed of, that's why we have to keep fighting these wars. Only the frosting changes. Freedom vs. Security. Right vs. Left. Worker's left, Left, New Left, Enviromentalism, as each is discredited, a new story is spun, to advance the same old dream, that we will be as Gods....

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at May 2, 2006 6:27 PM

Yes, all that matters is the story.

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 6:30 PM

Are we talking about cake or frosting? You started this post mocking the Left for not tying the Stalinists to the Jihadists. That makes sense if it's one story, but if the story has changed, why shouldn't the Left think they had a blank slate to write on?

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at May 2, 2006 6:46 PM

Because the writing is the federal government prosecuting subversives. There are lots of different subversives we've persecuted over the years, starting with the witches of Salem.

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 6:56 PM

Sure, and they used the same tactics last time. And the time before. And I'm sure, the time before that. When do we get to look at the hand? How many hand puppets do we have to take as something new?

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at May 2, 2006 7:16 PM

The puppets don't matter, just the show.

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 7:47 PM

I believe that's my point.....

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at May 2, 2006 8:33 PM

There are a lot of shows.

Posted by: oj at May 2, 2006 8:36 PM

Two shows. Only the puppets change.

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at May 2, 2006 8:55 PM

"Someone left the cake out, in the rain … all the sweet green icing, flowing down …" — finally, it all makes sense!

Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at May 2, 2006 11:15 PM

Your're late to the dance AOG, but while we have you, I would love to hear why you think that the PC eviro wackos will be easier to deal with the PC multicultural wackos. Thanks for your time.

Posted by: Robert Mitchell Jr. at May 2, 2006 11:34 PM

Story of my life…

But to be responsive, there's no money in breaking the multi-cultis, but lots of it in breaking the Green Ragers. Plus, the multi-cultis have been far more successful in controlling public opinion than the Green Ragers.

Posted by: Annoying Old Guy at May 3, 2006 11:25 AM
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