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A Tennessee man became irritated with problems associated with the neighborhood cat lady feeding about 10 stray cats, so he threatened a ‘feline jihad’ to stop it. He wrote in a local newspaper: “I’ve officially become a trapper and it’s time to take a walk to the river.” Apparently the local Humane Society had been unwilling or unable to stop the cat problems. The ‘Humane Education Society’ (whatever that is) wants to talk with the cat jihadist. The police said they were investigating as well. I guess you are better off threatening jihad against people than against cats. No word yet whether the ACLU is going to represent the threatened cats. If any of the cats turn out to be gay this guy could be in a shitload of trouble.

The moral of the story is: Do not kill cats. Do not even threaten to kill cats. Do what I do. Bring them over to the Chinese restaurant. At 2 bucks a tail, it’s the easiest money you’ll ever make. Plus 10% off the sesame chicken. It’s a really sweet deal. If it tastes like chicken it could be chicken…

The ‘United 93′ and ‘World Trade Center’ movies did well at the box office, but they were not blockbusters by any means. Why is that? First of all, It’s hard to get excited about seeing movies with such painful events. Violent movies are of course very popular, but not so much when they bring back painful memories of innocent people being butchered. Especially when they don’t conclude with an overall triumph. Individual acts of heroism, but not a decisive response which shows the victims did not die in vain. The terrorists received such a response, both in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Taliban was crushed. Saddam Hussein is behind bars. While terrorists are still a major threat, they now know what it is to live in fear. This needs to be captured in a quality motion picture.

I think if someone in Hollywood with a lot of clout does a major film showing Bin Laden and the terrorists twisted and evil path to 9/11, ending with Bin Laden cowering in a cave or buried under a ton of rubble, it would be a huge hit. After all, Bin Laden is either dead or spending every day of his life hiding and looking over his shoulder.

If you want an old fashioned Hollywood hit, it needs to be done without liberal/terrorist propoganda or undertones. One which realistically puts the pieces together. Not something meant to deceive such as a Michael Moore home movie. A movie written with common sense, not something far fetched like the ‘Da Vinci Code.’ American soldiers should be portrayed for the heroes they are, not stereotyped because of a tiny percentage of bad apples or mistakes.

So far, no one in Hollywood has had the guts to really portray the terrorists for the twisted, barbaric and cowardly murderers they are. Nor have they really shown the righteous wrath of a Godly nation. Doesn’t seem like it should take any courage, but it would take the focus off of their liberal, blame America agenda. I guess it shows Hollywood is more anti-American than it is greedy.

‘I Just Called to Say I Love You’ is a real tearjerker column from Peggy Noonan. It’s primarily about last minute phone calls from those who knew they were going to die and shines a light on the bravery, love and spirit of America.

These kinds of things have received miniscule coverage in comparison to all the negativity cranked out of the news media. It doesn’t seem to jive with the anti-American tone the major media has preferred to take since those horrible events took place.

I always wondered why they came up with the phrases “Remember the Alamo” and “Remember Pearl Harbor.” I always wondered how anyone could possibly forget. I still wonder, but now I know they can.