May 4^th

I have a virtual plethora of targets today; enough so that I can leave one target from old reliable Patrick J. Buchanan to comment on tomorrow.

We begin today with an illuminating piece by Jack Lessenberry. Jack calls our attention to the Michigan catastrophic insurance law that is in danger. This law provides care for people who are grievously injured in an automobile accident. It costs motorists just over 150 dollars a year and if you need it you’ll be happy that Michigan has it.

Now enter State Senator Joe Hune. He chairs the senate’s insurance committee and he is also the happy recipient of about one hundred thousand dollars of insurance company contributions toward his campaigns. Naturally the insurance industry expects nothing in return for their generous support of Senator Hune. This catastrophic insurance program has a substantial reserve kitty and the insurance companies see an opportunity to slip in there and get some of that cash. Good old Joe thinks that is a great idea although he hasn’t reckoned with L. Brooks Patterson a republican firebrand who favors the law because he himself was in a horrific accident and knows how important these benefits are. Stay tuned on this one.

 

Then we have a cartoon contest in Texas. Just not any cartoon contest; this one was to picture the Prophet Mohammed in the most unflattering of poses. The originators were the American Federation Defense Initiative headed by Pamela Geller. This is a standard hate group whose members have a problem with all Muslims everywhere. They offered a 10 thousand dollar prize for the best (read most offensive) cartoon. Of course what happened was just what they wanted to happen. Two Muslims wanting to avenge these insults to their Prophet drove up and came out of their car shooting. Naturally this hate group, expecting trouble, surrounded the place with police and other armed personnel. The result was one wounded guard and two dead Muslims along, I suppose, with one delighted Pamela Geller.

I wonder what would happen if we had a cartoon contest where the cartoonist had to show Christ in the most humiliating and ridiculous situations. Then perhaps offering a 10 thousand dollar prize for the best effort and all this arranged for by a Muslim group. I’ll bet Ms. Geller and her wish to “defend free speech” would stumble around deciding what to do about that one. But then I think the Muslims, unlike Ms. Geller, are too smart to try something like that.