The brothers Tsarnaev

People are being quick to judge the current administration for failures to apprehend the Tsarnaev brothers before they assembled their arsenal and bombs (in a state with strict gun control). I'll wait (surprise!). There are hundreds of plots foiled that we never hear of. It's a huge country; there are big cities; and how watched do we want to be to prevent this?

That said, if our media were more diligent and less worried about offending some ethnic group, and if they they took their eyes off Sarah Palin and the Tea Party once in awhile, they might actually be a help in protecting us. It makes me yearn for the days of the Watergate investigation and the Bush derangement syndrome. With the way the MSM portrays this country, sometimes I wonder if they are a hate group trying to discourage immigrants from coming here so they can hang on to all the good jobs.

And if the Obama Administration had not been so careless about classifying Ft. Hood and the recruitment office killings, it might have been able to send a stronger message about what the U.S. security forces would tolerate.

I really don't think you can learn explosives and bombs just using the internet. It takes some practice and support. Most people can't even light firecracker flares without getting hurt. I hope the FBI, DHS and police don't follow the President's reasoning that this is over. They've found the YouTube videos, and these aren't the only young men flexing their hatred for America.

Movie making and politics

There's always been a bond between film makers and politicians. Both get rich and powerful by preaching; but you feel a little jerked around if you grew up with the films of the 40s and 50s, or watch them on TNT or AMC, and compare them to 21st century garbage. Last week Kyle Smith in the WSJ asked, "What's come over liberals?" He says their Bush-era movies are muddled, condescending, violent, vigilante, with trash talking points and weak plots with the usual predictables. Seeing a pro-American film in a theater today is as likely as seeing a pro-Stalin film in the 1950s, says Smith.

I'd just call it the "Law and Order" template; the little screen leading the way.

Bad guys (gang) are white.
Good cops are black.
Saintly friend (minor role) is black.
Real villan is white business man (if they use the L & O template, could also be clergy or husband of the female victim).
Behind the crime there is never personal responsibility
Give the "hero" or "heroine" amnesia or victimhood so they can become a killing machine but still spout leftist propaganda.
Important talking points:

acceptance or glorification of gays
unprepared military
whimpy or non-existant clergy
blame the Jews or
life in the mean streets of Mega-metropolis