Iran is preparing, they know the showdown is coming. North Korea and the Chinese are both possible suppliers of missles to Iran and there has been talk of some cruise missles acquired from the Ukraine. The Iranians definitely have chemical weapons and the means to deliver them. As you will see from the article below their fanatical human bombs are at the ready.
As the nuclear crisis comes to a head and Israel 's concerns increase, the US will be drawn ever closer toward a larger conflict. The government in Tehran is like the one in P'yongyang. They will never negotiate in good faith but rather lie and deceive to eventually gain the upper hand. That may simply mean making the cost so high that civilized nations will balk at confrontation.
The road ahead is full of foreboding, for the enemy already senses our lack of resolve. The Cindy Sheehans, Dick Durbins, Jane Fondas, Danny Glovers, Russ Feingolds, Howard Deans, Harry Belafontes and the rest of their craven cohorts have placed our nation's security at great risk. The image they have projected is one of cowardice, self indulgence and appeasement. Hopefully, we will not all have to pay the price for their spineless stupidity.
Tehran, Iran, Oct. 17 – Volunteers for suicide bombing operations will be honoured during a ceremony attended by senior Iranian government officials later this month, the spokesman for the “Headquarters for Commemoration of Martyrs of Global Islamic Movement” said on Sunday.
The gathering which will take place in Tehran on October 30 has been entitled “Men of the Sun”, Mohammad-Ali Samadi announced in an interview with the state-owned Mehr news agency.
Samadi said that forms would be provided to attendees to volunteer for suicide operations, adding, “Until now, 40,000 people have signed up for martyrdom-seeking operations and three battalions of volunteers for these operations have been formed and the formation of more battalions will be announced in due course”.
Last week, a top general of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) issued a direct threat to the United States and its allies, warning that the Islamic Republic had identified “all the weak points of our enemies” and has suicide operation volunteers “ready to strike at these sensitive locations” in retaliation to any attack.
“We know all of the enemies’ weak points and what to do against them. Today, we have martyrdom-seeking individuals who are ready to strike at these sensitive points”, Brigadier General Mohammad Kossari, who heads the Security Bureau of Iran’s Armed Forces, told the state-run news agency ILNA.
Last month, Iran’s newly-installed Defence Minister announced that the Islamic Republic had volunteers for suicide bombing that enabled the country to stand up to foreign enemies.
Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar, a veteran Revolutionary Guards commander, told a gathering of Guards commanders in Tehran, “The Iranian nation has martyrdom-seeking Bassij forces, and so there is no need for nuclear weapons”, according to Parto-Sokhan, an ultra-Islamist weekly close to Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The Bassij - affiliated to the IRGC - are hard-line Islamist vigilantes loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
“A nation which has a spirit of devotion, sacrifice, self-forgoing, and martyrdom-seeking does not need nuclear weapons and can use its devoted forces to stand against the enemies and neutralise all their threats”, Defence Minister Mohammad-Najjar said.
“Our martyrs have shown the world powers that Islamic Iran is alive, dynamic, and willing to make the biggest sacrifices to defend its values and dignity”, Mohammad-Najjar said.
In July, Parto-Sokhan conducted a series of interviews with the commander of a military garrison that was opened in Iran to recruit and train volunteers for “martyrdom-seeking operations”.
Mohammad-Reza Jaafari, a general in the IRGC, told the weekly that the new “Lovers of Martyrdom Garrison” (Gharargahe Asheghane Shahadat, in Persian) would recruit individuals willing to carry out suicide operations against Western targets.
From: Iran Focus-News.
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Two Faced Kerry Does 360 On The 180
John Kerry release your records and let us know the truth…what is in those 100 or so missing pages.
Does John Kerry know what truth is?
On the Senate floor, Kerry has said that he was in Cambodia Christmas 1968, that the memory had been "seared – seared in me. Then, he admitted he had not been in Cambodia on Christmas in 1968"but it was a different day", that he had "jumbled the two together, but we were five miles into Cambodia."
John, none of your stories match up, including the one you told the Fulbright Committee in 1971. That's the fabrication about out our military being "war criminals" and committing atrocities that never happened. You besmirched the honor of our fighting men and women including 58,000 who never came home.
John Kerry reporting for treachery.
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Monday, October 17, 2005
Border Murder And Mayhem
These murders happened less than 20 miles from where I live. When fugitives kill people because of their reckless conduct while trying to evade the authorities, we should be able to charge them with homicide.
Instead, we try to blame the police or the border patrol and turn the criminals into victims. This scum has no regard for human life. They traffic in it, they rob and they rape and they kill when it suits their purpose. Where is the justice for the deaths they have caused? When will the government gain control of our borders. Why do we not have recourse with those who have sworn to uphold and protect our constitution? Democrats and Republicans alike have sold us out to foreign powers. We must hold them accountable.
SIERRA VISTA (AP) - Two illegal immigrants facing criminal charges in a wreck that left an elderly couple, three immigrants and an unborn child dead are scheduled for trial early next month.
James Harold Lee and Emilia Guthrie Lee were killed a year ago Sunday when the truck they were in was crushed by a stolen vehicle that was carrying at least 17 illegal immigrants.
The stolen vehicle was traveling more than 100 mph when it flipped and hit nine cars stopped at a turning lane.
The wreck also injured 21 people at the intersection.
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Four men were charged in the wreck.
Jimir Valle Martinez, 22, and Carlos Cortez, 30, are accused of being the driver and ‘‘co-pilot'' in the stolen vehicle.
Both men face charges of conspiracy to bring illegal aliens into the United States for profit, conspiracy to transport illegal aliens for profit and transporting illegal aliens resulting in death. Their trial date was set for Nov. 7 in Tucson.
Two other men - Jose Luis Zepada-Cruz, 25, and Wilbert Garcia, 21 - are awaiting trial on charges related to the wreck.
From: Tri-Sate Online and the Mojave Daily News.
Guard Our Borders Blogburst
This is a reprint of something I posted last month, but I think it is appropriate for the Secure Our Borders rant of the day.
Early in the year, in his State of the Union speech, President Bush hinted at what might be coming to address the border debacle.He said, we "should not be content with laws that punish hardworking people who only want to provide for their families." Thus, began the marketing of his "guest worker" program, the reward to illegals and the selling out of America to buy Latin votes.
The truth is our laws, when they are enforced, are there to protect our citizens' lives and property. They provide an organized, structured means to determine who should be allowed in this country and for how long. To imply that our laws were meant to punish law abiding productive citizens or legal aliens is not only untrue but unworthy of the president of these United States. But the president was not referring to citizens or legal aliens, he meant criminals who had broken our laws and were living in our country without permission. He meant he wants to give them a free pass but refuses to call it amnesty. It's all in the words, illegal becomes undocumented and undocumented becomes "hardworking people who only want to provide for their families"
Now, Karl Rove is at the point, mustering support for Bush's plan to legalize millions of criminals. Of course, there is mention of a "substantial fine", whatever that means, to make this whole fiasco easier to swallow for the vast majority of Americans who oppose rewarding lawbreakers.
Bush has said he wants to allow illegals to apply for a 3 year work visa, with a 3 year extension possible before they have to return to where they came from. This is a potential 6 year add on to all the illegal time they've been here already.
And now, Jeb Bush, Florida's governor and the president's brother, in a speech, calls on the federal government to change immigration policy because it is "stifling" international travel and commerce. What a crock of horse manure. This is just another step in the Bush marketing plan to ram millions of illegal criminals down Uncle Sam's throat.
Watch closely in the coming weeks as this issue becomes increasingly tense and the stakes are raised. Arms will be twisted, deals will be closed and the selling out of America will continue to be launched, I'm afraid, from Pennsylvania avenue.
Remember, John McCain and Teddy Kennedy are in bed together on this agenda. If Bush doesn't get his way, John will run on the immigration issue, claiming his experience as senator of a border state gives him deep undertsanding of the problem on both sides, as if there were more than one side.
Our nation is in deep trouble because we have elected representatives who refuse to honor and enforce the laws they disagree with. They are no better and perhaps worse than the lawbreakers they seek to reward. We must remove them from office or we deserve what we get.
Early in the year, in his State of the Union speech, President Bush hinted at what might be coming to address the border debacle.He said, we "should not be content with laws that punish hardworking people who only want to provide for their families." Thus, began the marketing of his "guest worker" program, the reward to illegals and the selling out of America to buy Latin votes.
The truth is our laws, when they are enforced, are there to protect our citizens' lives and property. They provide an organized, structured means to determine who should be allowed in this country and for how long. To imply that our laws were meant to punish law abiding productive citizens or legal aliens is not only untrue but unworthy of the president of these United States. But the president was not referring to citizens or legal aliens, he meant criminals who had broken our laws and were living in our country without permission. He meant he wants to give them a free pass but refuses to call it amnesty. It's all in the words, illegal becomes undocumented and undocumented becomes "hardworking people who only want to provide for their families"
Now, Karl Rove is at the point, mustering support for Bush's plan to legalize millions of criminals. Of course, there is mention of a "substantial fine", whatever that means, to make this whole fiasco easier to swallow for the vast majority of Americans who oppose rewarding lawbreakers.
Bush has said he wants to allow illegals to apply for a 3 year work visa, with a 3 year extension possible before they have to return to where they came from. This is a potential 6 year add on to all the illegal time they've been here already.
And now, Jeb Bush, Florida's governor and the president's brother, in a speech, calls on the federal government to change immigration policy because it is "stifling" international travel and commerce. What a crock of horse manure. This is just another step in the Bush marketing plan to ram millions of illegal criminals down Uncle Sam's throat.
Watch closely in the coming weeks as this issue becomes increasingly tense and the stakes are raised. Arms will be twisted, deals will be closed and the selling out of America will continue to be launched, I'm afraid, from Pennsylvania avenue.
Remember, John McCain and Teddy Kennedy are in bed together on this agenda. If Bush doesn't get his way, John will run on the immigration issue, claiming his experience as senator of a border state gives him deep undertsanding of the problem on both sides, as if there were more than one side.
Our nation is in deep trouble because we have elected representatives who refuse to honor and enforce the laws they disagree with. They are no better and perhaps worse than the lawbreakers they seek to reward. We must remove them from office or we deserve what we get.
Palestinian Sermon Of Peace And Tolerance
Palestinian Friday Sermon by Sheik Ibrahim Mudeiris: Muslims Will Rule America and Britain, Jews Are a Virus Resembling AIDS. Read more of this venom here.
This is the legacy of Arafat and his coterie of hate mongers. This is the culture of suicide bombers and war on innocents of all sides. The poison that has been injected into the Palestinian psyche will take years to dilute and one must wonder if that culture will ever be 100% healthy.
Still, what manner of people tolerate this kind of hate speech? These are the rantings of a madman.
This is the legacy of Arafat and his coterie of hate mongers. This is the culture of suicide bombers and war on innocents of all sides. The poison that has been injected into the Palestinian psyche will take years to dilute and one must wonder if that culture will ever be 100% healthy.
Still, what manner of people tolerate this kind of hate speech? These are the rantings of a madman.
Allah has tormented us with "the people most hostile to the believers" – the Jews. "Thou shalt find that the people most hostile to the believers to be the Jews and the polytheists." Allah warned His beloved Prophet Muhammad about the Jews, who had killed their prophets, forged their Torah, and sowed corruption throughout their history.With the establishment of the state of Israel, the entire Islamic nation was lost, because Israel is a cancer spreading through the body of the Islamic nation, and because the Jews are a virus resembling AIDS, from which the entire world suffers.
You will find that the Jews were behind all the civil strife in this world. The Jews are behind the suffering of the nations.
Serving Papers On God
It was just a matter of time. The only things missing are an attorney from the ACLU and Michael Newdow.
Romania seems to have the good sense to plan on dismissing the complaint without much ado. I'm not so sure our system is capable of such lucid thinking anymore.
A Romanian prisoner is suing God for failing to save him from the Devil.
The inmate, named as Pavel M in media reports, accused God of "cheating, abuse and traffic of influence".
His complaint reads: "I, the undersigned Pavel M, currently jailed at Timisoara Penitentiary serving a 20 years sentence for murder, request legal action against God, resident in Heaven, and represented here by the Romanian Orthodox Church, for committing the following crimes: cheating, concealment, abuse against people's interest, taking bribe and traffic of influence."
The inmate argued that his baptism was a contract between him and God who was supposed to keep the Devil away and keep him out of trouble.
He added: "God even claimed and received from me various goods and prayers in exchange for forgiveness and the promise that I would be rid of problems and have a better life.
"But on the contrary I was left in Devil's hands."
The complaint was sent to the Timisoara Court of Justice and forwarded to the prosecutor's office.
But prosecutors said it would probably be dropped and they were unable to subpoena God to court.
From: Ananova
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Will Conservatism Soon Be Illegal?
Mark Noonan has an excellent piece at GOP Bloggers called "The Crime of Being Conservative". My take away on this was the phrase "keeping in mind that the left holds actual law in contempt"
This is a statement of great significance. The left picks and chooses what laws it will obey, it believes the end justifies the means and it has no use for the self discipline of personal integrity.
The left is only for majority rule if the majority decision weighs in their favor, if not, then they would subject us to the tyranny of the minority. This, in turn, causes laws to be ignored and unenforced, instilling an undercurrent of disrespect for the law in general.When the rule of law is so abused, we are all in great danger.
Please read Mark's article and check out his link to Jeffrey Bell and William Kristol's piece at The Weekly Standard.
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This is a statement of great significance. The left picks and chooses what laws it will obey, it believes the end justifies the means and it has no use for the self discipline of personal integrity.
The left is only for majority rule if the majority decision weighs in their favor, if not, then they would subject us to the tyranny of the minority. This, in turn, causes laws to be ignored and unenforced, instilling an undercurrent of disrespect for the law in general.When the rule of law is so abused, we are all in great danger.
Please read Mark's article and check out his link to Jeffrey Bell and William Kristol's piece at The Weekly Standard.
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Hillary Preparing For 2008
For once a Clinton actually told the truth, followed, of course, by denying it. Maybe she's taking a lesson from Kerry. I was preparing for 2008 before I decided to prepare for 2006.
The duplicitous duo, Bill and Hillary have their devious minds and treacherous hearts set on a third Clinton presidency and making Hillary the first female president. This has been the plan for a long time. Is it any wonder she couldn't contain herself? However, she must be contained for the good of the Republic.
New York Sen. Hillary Clinton's slip was showing yesterday, when she inadvertently contradicted months of denials that she hasn't made her mind up to run for president.
Asked on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" - "So you are preparing for 2008?" - Clinton responding without thinking: "I am."
Recognizing the mega-gaffe immediately, the former first lady sought to amend her comments.
"No, no, no," she stammered to DeGeneres. "I am preparing for 2006."
From NewsMax.
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Afghanistan And Israel
Here is another positive result from the expulsion of the Taliban. The beginning of normal relations between Israel and the muslim world will go a long way toward establishing peace in the Middle East. Once the fanatics are isolated and labeled as the problem, not the solution then a major victory in the War on Terror will have been achieved.
Karzai certainly needs to be commended for this risky step, but it was a step that someone needed to make.
Afghanistan has decided to formally establish relations with Israel, the Pakistani newspaper the Daily Times reported Saturday.
According to the Web site of the English-language newspaper, Pakistan's ARY news channel quoted Afghani diplomatic sources as saying that the administration of Afghani President Hamid Karzai has decided to serve as a trailblazer for the Muslim world.
According to the report, “The official announcement of the recognition will be made in the next few days.” The government's vital decision, the report said, “will pave the way for other Muslim countries such as Pakistan to follow suit.”
From The Jerusalem Post.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Library Internet Nude Gambling Searches Saved By ACLU
The ACLU was concerned that library patrons in Rhode Island might not have sufficient access to nudity, gambling...and maybe nude gambling on the internet. The librarys had been trying to block inappropriate sites to protect children but the ever vigilant ACLU not giving a rat's butt about kids was going to have none of that. Heaven forbid that some adult might find themselves blocked during a nudity web search, the freedom of all Americans would be in peril.
Of course there is the disclaimer that the ACLU is concerned about the blocking of medical information and more of the horse manure veneer they always paint over their frivolous suits. They want us to believe that blocking words like "gambling" at the library is a serious impediment to free speech.
The following is the ACLU press release.
Following ACLU Action, Rhode Island Public Libraries Agree to Give Patrons Increased Access to Internet'
PROVIDENCE, RI -- Responding to a report released earlier this year by the American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island, the state's library network has revised its Internet blocking procedure to increase access to information for public library patrons, addressing ACLU fears that libraries were "inappropriately discouraging or barring patrons' access to constitutionally protected material."
"We are pleased that the state's public libraries have taken a positive step toward ensuring that library patrons have the freest possible access to the Internet," said Steven Brown, Executive Director of the ACLU.
The revisions come in response to an ACLU report released in April. According to the report, the Cooperating Libraries Automated Network (CLAN), a non-profit consortium of public libraries headed by the state's library directors and a separate staff, was blocking Internet content beyond what is required by a controversial federal law known as the Children's Internet Protection Act. CLAN manages a statewide library blocking program to comply with the law's mandate that all libraries receiving certain federal funds limit Internet access. CLAN determines what basic content categories the software blocks.
The ACLU report found that CLAN's minimum blocking level – configured to block "sex," "adult content," and "nudity," as defined and identified by the software's manufacturers – exceeded the law's required blocking of material deemed obscene or harmful to minors. The report also noted that CLAN failed to facilitate "unblocking," or temporary disarming, of the software during Internet use by adult library patrons, despite the fact that this option is required by both the law and a U.S. Supreme Court decision interpreting the law.
In a recent letter to the ACLU, CLAN President Kathryn Taylor said CLAN had moved quickly to rectify the problems. She said the "nudity" category – which blocked any "nude or semi-nude human forms not overtly sexual in intent or effect" – had been dropped from CLAN's minimum software setting. That category had blocked access to a wide range of medical and other information. In addition, a message was added to the standardized blocking screen telling patrons to ask a librarian if they want the site unblocked. According to the ACLU, Taylor also said that CLAN sent an e-mail with unblocking instructions to the director of each local library.
But the ACLU is concerned that some libraries have independently chosen to block categories beyond CLAN's minimum option. Four libraries reported such additional blocks on the ACLU's most recent survey, while 18 libraries failed to respond to the survey, leaving the extent of over-blocking unclear. ACLU officials say that libraries that block these additional categories, which range from "gambling" to "illegal," are creating a serious impediment to free speech.
According to the Library Journal CLAN (Cooperating Libraries Automated Network)President Kathryn Taylor said, "As the executive director of a library that did not respond to the original questionnaire, I can report that Westerly Public Library blocks the two required categories only. For the ACLU to imply that those libraries not responding to their questions were perhaps blocking extra sites is inappropriate. I have no wish to quarrel with the ACLU. We need to address the real problem: the Children's Internet Protection Act."
Cross posted at Stop the ACLU.
Sunday's Funny Delivered On Saturday
A second grade teacher asked her students what their parents did for a living. "Jimmy, you be first," she said. "What does your mother do all day?"
Jimmy stood up and proudly said, "She's a Mommy and a Wife. She takes care of the home and me and my sister and my daddy too."
"That's wonderful," the teacher said, "and how about you, Jennifer, what does your Dad do all day?" Jennifer proudly stood up and said, "My father works at the Post Office, he is a mailman."
"Thank you, Jennifer. What about your father, Bobby?"
Bobby proudly stood up and announced boldly, "My daddy plays piano in a whorehouse."
The teacher, stunned, promptly changed the subject to spelling. Later that day she called Bobby's house. Bobby's father answered the phone. The teacher explained what his son had said, and asked why he would say such a horrible thing.
Bobby's father explained, "I'm actually an attorney for the ACLU, but how can I explain a thing like that to my seven-year-old?"
Jimmy stood up and proudly said, "She's a Mommy and a Wife. She takes care of the home and me and my sister and my daddy too."
"That's wonderful," the teacher said, "and how about you, Jennifer, what does your Dad do all day?" Jennifer proudly stood up and said, "My father works at the Post Office, he is a mailman."
"Thank you, Jennifer. What about your father, Bobby?"
Bobby proudly stood up and announced boldly, "My daddy plays piano in a whorehouse."
The teacher, stunned, promptly changed the subject to spelling. Later that day she called Bobby's house. Bobby's father answered the phone. The teacher explained what his son had said, and asked why he would say such a horrible thing.
Bobby's father explained, "I'm actually an attorney for the ACLU, but how can I explain a thing like that to my seven-year-old?"
ACLU Abortion Case Put On Hold By Justice Thomas
This could develop into an interesting item although a temporary stay is sometimes issued to allow time for the filing of more arguments. I just found it pleasing to see one of the conservative justices taking the bull by the horns. Clarence Thomas cooling the jets of the ACLU. Bravo! Christmas may be coming early this year. That's right ACLU, I said CHRISTmas!
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The U.S. Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court late Friday temporarily blocked a federal judge‘s ruling that ordered Missouri prison officials to drive a pregnant inmate to a clinic on Saturday for an abortion. Justice Clarence Thomas , acting alone, granted the temporary stay pending a further decision by himself or the full court.
The state estimated it would cost $350 plus fuel for two guards to accompany the woman on the 80-mile trip from her cell in Vandalia to a St. Louis clinic.
"It is not the prison that has imposed the burden, but the prisoner's violation of the law that resulted in her incarceration that has imposed the burden," Attorney General Jay Nixon's office said.
The woman‘s attorney, James Felakos of the American Civil Liberties Union , said in court papers that the woman is running out of time because she is 16 weeks to 17 weeks pregnant, and Missouri bars abortions after 22 weeks.
Justice Thomas handles appeals from the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes Missouri. He could lift the stay over the weekend, after reviewing more legal arguments.
From: Herald News Daily & Yahoo News.
CBS Has Its Eye On MoveOn
Over at CBSNews.com Public Eye, there is a statement about a MoveOn.org "action alert" that was sent out to its members. It was about the “60 Minutes”interview with former FBI Director Louis Freeh last weekend. MoveOn.org seems to think it played an important role in allowing the Clinton clan a rebuttal. There is much unintended comedy here. First, that Clinton would use Sandy "Baggy Pants" Berger to reply for him. The man has lost all credibility along with top secret memos and his security clearance. Second, that the editor of MoveOn.org is a Winer.
So here, without further delay, is the "action memo".
MoveOn Media Action
Friday, October 14th, 2005
Here's a little gem from the posting regarding the alert.
So here, without further delay, is the "action memo".
Dear Media Action member,
Last Friday was a big day for anyone who believes regular people can positively impact media coverage.
MoveOn Media Action found out CBS' 60 Minutes planned to air a one-sided interview with former FBI Director Louis Freeh criticizing the Clinton administration's handling of national security but they refused to let President Clinton's national security team respond. Many of you leapt into action, making nearly 600 calls and emails to the producers of 60 Minutes. Your phone calls and emails helped convince CBS to balance this influential program before it aired.
On Sunday, 60 Minutes added a short rebuttal by Clinton national security adviser Sandy Berger to the program. News reports indicate they didn't decide to include the comments until Friday afternoon, as your comments were pouring in.
The program featured former FBI Director Louis Freeh's allegations about a national security meeting he did not attend. Those allegations were directly refuted by at least five officials who were in the meeting, but CBS initially refused to include them in the segment.
60 Minutes' eventual inclusion of a brief rebuttal still doesn't compare to last year's 60 Minutes interview with ex-counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke criticizing President Bush on national security. At the time, CBS included a full rebuttal interview with a Bush administration official¬ far more time than CBS gave to Clinton's national security adviser.
This double standard raises concerns that CBS is caving to pressure from the right-wing in the wake of the uproar over sloppy reporting in the Bush National Guard story, so we'll continue to watch CBS closely. But last week proved the public can make a difference in promoting good journalism, and that's exactly why we've launched MoveOn Media Action.
Stay tuned, and thank you for all you do.
Noah T. Winer and Adam Green
MoveOn Media Action
Friday, October 14th, 2005
Here's a little gem from the posting regarding the alert.
The alert, which included PE’s e-mail address and urged recipients to contact and within three hours, we had received 38 e-mails doing just that and dozens continue to trickle in. Many of the e-mails parroted lines from the alert. Many apparently never even saw the piece in question, with some e-mailers saying they never watch CBS and one referring to an “upcoming” interview. Glad they were able to make those individual judgments based on an “action alert.”
When it comes down to cBS and MoveOn.org which one do you believe? Probably neither one but the confrontation alone is very amusing.
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Friday, October 14, 2005
Acquitted Dutch Terrorist Arrested Again
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Authorities detained seven suspects in an anti-terrorism operation Friday in three Dutch cities, officials said.
The chief suspect in the raids was Samir Azzouz, a 19-year-old Dutch national of Moroccan descent who was acquitted of terrorism charges earlier this year.
Azzouz was in the process of purchasing automatic weapons and explosives "probably to carry out an attack with others on several politicians and a government building," a prosecution statement said.
From: TwinCities.com
Here's what's interesting about Samir Azzouz. He escaped justice once already in Holland and obviously went right back to his terrorist activities. The clear warning by Pen van der Kooi has proven correct. Will we continue to ignore the warnings like the Dutch government and will we pay a higher price?
Mohammed Bouyeri, was the man who shot Theo Van Gogh then cut his throat and pinned a five-page note to his chest laced with religious ramblings and threats of further attacks on politicians.
Van Gogh was an outspoken critic of the treatment of women under Islam — the subject of his last film "Submission." He wrote a weekly newspaper column and hosted a TV talk show that he sometimes used to provoke and insult religious Muslims, as well as Jews and Christians. He targeted people he viewed as overly religious, arrogant or sensitive.
"I'm deeply religious — I worship a pig," he once said. "I call him Allah."
Prosecutors said Bouyeri belonged to a group of fundamentalists who met with a Jordanian spiritual guide at Bouyeri's house. The guide's whereabouts are now unknown.
Twelve other men accused of belonging to the group were arrested after the killing and are also awaiting trial on terrorism charges. An alleged 13th member, Samir Azzouz, was acquitted.
Mainstream Muslim organizations condemned the killing. But Bouyeri is considered a hero by some in the country's poorest immigrant neighborhoods.
Islamic fundamentalists "started a war on Sept. 11, 2001," said Pen van der Kooi, a self-described right-wing nationalist who attended the hearing. "On March 11, 2004, it came to Europe, and on Nov. 2, 2004, it came to the Netherlands," he said in a reference to the bombing of commuter trains in Madrid in March 2004.
"If the Dutch government doesn't get serious, you're going to have more of these kinds of attacks," he said.
From: FoxNews.com
If you really want to see all the incriminating evidence on Samir, go here. You will truly be amazed that this guy was walking around free.
There is a valuable lesson in what has happened here if we are willing to learn from it.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
By The Company They Keep
I've been walking down dark alleys in the seedy part of town. I dropped in on the Socialist Worker on line and I noticed something very interesting. If you do an ACLU search you come up with all kinds of issues the two groups agree on. Isn't that a shocker?
Here are just a few examples:
From Nov. 2004
"Now, there is reason to believe that Washington is preparing a new round of anti-immigrant attacks. According to the ACLU, in August, agents from the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security conducted heavy-handed sweeps on immigrants in conjunction with police in several cities across Washington state."
From April 2005
"IN A blow against equal marriage rights, the Oregon Supreme Court voided more than 3,000 marriage licenses issued to gay and lesbian couples last spring. The nullification came in the court’s ruling on a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of eight same-sex couples and the gay-rights group Basic Rights Oregon (BRO) that sought full rights for same-sex couples."
Nov. 2001
"George W. Bush signed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act into law.Despite the freedom-loving acronym, the bill is a nightmare of civil rights restrictions and police powers. In short, it’s a dream come true for the Bush gang. "September 11 was the biggest boon federal law enforcement could ask for," said Laura J. Murphy, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)."
Let's see, they're both for gay "marriage", against enforcing what they call our "draconian" immigration laws and against securing our nation from terrorists. The socialists did lecture the ACLU about one thing and I really found it amusing. Here it is.
Here are just a few examples:
From Nov. 2004
"Now, there is reason to believe that Washington is preparing a new round of anti-immigrant attacks. According to the ACLU, in August, agents from the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security conducted heavy-handed sweeps on immigrants in conjunction with police in several cities across Washington state."
From April 2005
"IN A blow against equal marriage rights, the Oregon Supreme Court voided more than 3,000 marriage licenses issued to gay and lesbian couples last spring. The nullification came in the court’s ruling on a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of eight same-sex couples and the gay-rights group Basic Rights Oregon (BRO) that sought full rights for same-sex couples."
Nov. 2001
"George W. Bush signed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act into law.Despite the freedom-loving acronym, the bill is a nightmare of civil rights restrictions and police powers. In short, it’s a dream come true for the Bush gang. "September 11 was the biggest boon federal law enforcement could ask for," said Laura J. Murphy, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)."
Let's see, they're both for gay "marriage", against enforcing what they call our "draconian" immigration laws and against securing our nation from terrorists. The socialists did lecture the ACLU about one thing and I really found it amusing. Here it is.
The lessons of McCarthyism
"In the face of this attack, liberal organizations turned their backs on radicals--and in many cases joined in. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), instead of defending communists, conducted its own witch-hunt to oust radicals from its ranks--such as ACLU founding member Elizabeth Gurley Flynn. It was later discovered that throughout the McCarthy years, the ACLU dutifully reported the names of communists to the FBI."
Founded by communists, advocating socialist causes, champion of atheism, enemy of family values...its time to send the ACLU packing. Let's strip them of their tax exempt status and prohibit them from being awarded attorneys fee in religious establishment cases. You can help, go here and sign the petition.
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Wednesday, October 12, 2005
The Eyes Have It
Sounds like we have a modern day Svengali working the bank circuit.
Moldovan police are hunting a con man who uses hypnotism to steal from unwitting bank tellers, Deutsche Presse-Agentur quoted Infotag news agency as reporting.
Moldovan police are hunting a con man who uses hypnotism to steal from unwitting bank tellers, Deutsche Presse-Agentur quoted Infotag news agency as reporting.
The suspect, identified as Vladimir Kozak, 49, was alleged to have bilked more than $US30,000 ($39,400) from bank employees unable to resist his powers, police said.
One victim told police that Kozak's technique was to start a friendly conversation, establish eye contact, and then put her in a hypnotic state. The teller then agreed to hand over all the cash in her till.
On The Mercy Of The Court
This sounds like something out of an old Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni movie. But, who would leave Sophia no matter how much nagging there might be? Mama mia!
A man sentenced to nine months house arrest begged a judge to jail him instead because he couldn't stand his wife's nagging.
Algerian Ahmed Salhi, 24, was sentenced to a nine month curfew at home with his Italian wife in Ferrara, northern Italy.
But he went back to court after a week and begged the judge to jail him because he could not bear her nagging.
Salhi was sentenced to nine months house arrest after breaching immigration regulations.
But he turned up at his local courtroom and begged to be taken into custody because he said he could no longer stand living with her, and would rather be behind bars, Corriere della Sera reported.
He said: "I need some peace."
A local court agreed to the Salhi's request and he has been jailed for the rest of his sentence.
From Ananova.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
The Grinch Is Green, Radical Green
Thanks to a lawsuit by the Earth Island Institute you may not be seeing a Capitol Christmas Tree this year. A ruling by Judge James K. Singleton, of the Eastern District Court of California (what were the odds?) is causing the Forest Service to suspend 1,500+ permits for activities from Boy Scout meetings to family reunions. The left must be ecstatic, they get to screw Christmas, families and the Boy Scouts with one ruling.
This year New Mexico is to supply the nation's Christmas Tree. Here's a quote by Senator Domenici as given in The Washington Times:
"We need these reindeer games to stop so New Mexico can stay on schedule with its national holiday tree plans," said Sen. Pete V. Domenici, New Mexico Republican.
"This ruling and the Forest Service response to it would be like the Grinch who stole Christmas for the many New Mexicans who have worked well over a year to prepare for the tree's state tour and eventual trip to the nation's capital, and for school kids and groups who are already creating ornaments to festoon the tree," he said.
Mr. Domenici noted the seriousness of the court ruling's implication on the far-reaching impacts and "consequences of some environmental lawsuits," but he and Sen. Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico Democrat, are asking Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to intervene so the holiday conifer can be delivered on schedule.
"We are troubled that the interpretation of a decision made by a Federal District Court in California may adversely affect these plans. We urge you to redouble your efforts to address concerns regarding the procurement of this year's Capitol Holiday Tree in order to resolve this situation in time for the tree's tour around New Mexico," the senators said last week in a letter to the federal officials.
This year New Mexico is to supply the nation's Christmas Tree. Here's a quote by Senator Domenici as given in The Washington Times:
"We need these reindeer games to stop so New Mexico can stay on schedule with its national holiday tree plans," said Sen. Pete V. Domenici, New Mexico Republican.
"This ruling and the Forest Service response to it would be like the Grinch who stole Christmas for the many New Mexicans who have worked well over a year to prepare for the tree's state tour and eventual trip to the nation's capital, and for school kids and groups who are already creating ornaments to festoon the tree," he said.
Mr. Domenici noted the seriousness of the court ruling's implication on the far-reaching impacts and "consequences of some environmental lawsuits," but he and Sen. Jeff Bingaman, New Mexico Democrat, are asking Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to intervene so the holiday conifer can be delivered on schedule.
"We are troubled that the interpretation of a decision made by a Federal District Court in California may adversely affect these plans. We urge you to redouble your efforts to address concerns regarding the procurement of this year's Capitol Holiday Tree in order to resolve this situation in time for the tree's tour around New Mexico," the senators said last week in a letter to the federal officials.
Frisco Slams The Door On The USS Iowa
Back in July I wrote about this travesty in San Francisco
SF Supervisors Disrespect US Military
"This is how much the liberals hate America. They have rejected a WWII memorial because of their gay and anti-war agendas. How sad for us that these people are voted into positions of power and when they act disgracefully are not even held to account.I will never visit this city and I hope it is skipped over by tourists more times than its own crosswalks."
Here is a little update. I should like to point out that when Diane Feinstein thinks you're being petty it might be time to do a little soul searching. Oh... you'd have to have a soul to do that.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The USS Iowa joined in battles from World War II to Korea to the Persian Gulf. It carried President Franklin Roosevelt home from the Teheran conference of allied leaders, and four decades later, suffered one of the nation's most deadly military accidents.
Veterans groups and history buffs had hoped that tourists in San Francisco could walk the same teak decks where sailors dodged Japanese machine-gun fire and fired 16-inch guns that helped win battles across the South Pacific.
Instead, it appears that the retired battleship is headed about 80 miles inland, to Stockton, a gritty agricultural port town on the San Joaquin River and home of California's annual asparagus festival.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a former San Francisco mayor, helped secure $3 million to tow the Iowa from Rhode Island to the Bay Area in 2001 in hopes of making touristy Fisherman's Wharf its new home.
City supervisors voted 8-3 last month to oppose taking in the ship, citing local opposition to the Iraq war and the military's stance on gays, among other things.
”If I was going to commit any kind of money in recognition of war, then it should be toward peace, given what our war is in Iraq right now,“ Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi said.
Feinstein called it a ”very petty decision.“
”This isn't the San Francisco that I've known and loved and grew up in and was born in,“ Feinstein said.
San Francisco's maritime museum already has one military vessel - the USS Pampanito, an attack submarine that sank six Japanese ships during World War II and has about 110,000 visitors a year.
Officials in Stockton couldn't be happier. They've offered a dock on the river, a 90,000-square-foot waterfront building and a parking area, and hope to attract at least 125,000 annual visitors.
After the Korean war, the Iowa was decommissioned and placed in reserve in a Philadelphia shipyard for three decades. In 1988, it was recalled to duty escorting oil supply ships safely in and out danger in the Persian Gulf. In 1989, 47 sailors were killed in an explosion that tore through a gun turret during a training exercise.
The warship, decommissioned by the Navy in 1990, is currently anchored with a mothballed fleet in Suisun Bay, near the mouth of the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta.
San Francisco's rejection of such a storied battleship is a slap in the nation's face, said Douglass Wilhoit, head of Stockton's Chamber of Commerce.
”We're lucky our men and women have sacrificed their lives ... to protect our freedom,“ Wilhoit said. ”Wherever you stand on the war in Iraq ... you shouldn't make a decision based on philosophy.“
Rep. Richard W. Pombo, R-Calif., has sponsored legislation authorizing the ship's permanent move to Stockton. Feinstein has countered with a bill to open bidding to any California city.
The two versions will have to be reconciled by a House-Senate conference committee considering the Pentagon spending bill.
From the Picayune Item
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Brazilian Vision
Why didn't he foresee he wasn't getting this reward and stop sending the letters?
If he sues in the US and can get this to the 9th circuit court he probably has a good chance of success. That group loves the supernatural as long as it doesn't involve Jesus.
A Brazilian court will consider a psychic's claim that the United States Government owes him a $US25 million ($33 million) reward for information he says he provided on the hiding place of the ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Brazil's second-highest court, the Superior Court of Justice, ruled the Brazilian justice system could rule on the matter and told a court in the psychic's home state of Minas Gerais to judge the case.
The lower court had earlier told Jucelino Nobrega da Luz his claim would have to be judged in the US.
A Superior Court of Justice spokesman said: "Jucelino da Luz alleges that the US armed forces only found Saddam based on his letters that provided his exact location, the very hole where he was hiding in Iraq."
The US Government offered the reward in July 2003 after US-led forces occupied the country. He was captured that December.
The court said Mr da Luz sent letters to the US Government from September 2001, describing Saddam's future hiding place - a tiny cellar at a farmhouse near Tikrit. He never received a reply."His lawyers attest that the author has an uncommon gift of having visions of things that will come to pass. Via dreams, he sees situations, facts that will happen in the future," a court statement said.
Monday, October 10, 2005
Are Thousands Of Kentuckians Breaking The Law?
The following is an excerpt from the Lexington Herald-Leader.
"Each day thousands of Kentuckians break the law when they drop their children off at school or drive to work.
They drive without a recognized driver's license not because they are scofflaws, but because state law says they can't have one. That's the case for thousands of undocumented immigrants who work at horse farms, factories and businesses in Lexington and throughout the Bluegrass."
Factual error number one: It is not Kentuckians who are breaking the law it is Mexicans, Guatamalans, Moroccans or whatever other nationality of criminal has illegally entered our country. Breaking our laws, because they are inconvenient for you, does not make you one of us. So, let's set the record straight these are not Americans breaking the law or Kentuckians. Understand , undocumented is 100% law breaking illegal and scofflaw applies since by definition it means a person who flouts the law.
They drive without a license because they are here illegally. They cannot get a license because the rule of law, which they choose to ignore, says they are not entitled to one.
Here's more of the same manure from the same pail.
"It is also difficult, if not nearly impossible, for them to get driver's training or secure a driver's manual in their native language to learn the rules of the road in their new country."
This is not their country, new, old or any other way. If it were they would be citizens. Their country is wherever they came from and where they need to return. There they can read the manual in their native tongue and have the prized drivers license. It will all be LEGAL.
Notice how this article tries to act as if these criminals belong here, as if they have a right to be here and our nasty government is making things difficult for them. It is writers and publishers like the ones who promoted this piece of treachery that are a disgrace to their already tarnished profession. They produce propaganda and call it news. Shame on those who sell out our sovereignty and our security.
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The Enemy Within
Here's a quick peek into the disgusting dung heap where the maggots of the far left feed. What were the odds that we would find such scatalogical fare in Seattle?
They don't like the term "Anti-American" because it is a propaganda tool to stifle dissent. These are the masters of the euphemism, who insist on not calling a spade a spade, but a shovel.
They have a different "vision" of America, one so different that were it to be actualized America, as we now know it, would no longer exist. It is a nightmare rejected by the vast majority of our citizenry and embraced only by the self-depricating iconoclasts of the radical left.
Seattle, Washington - A T-shirt with a Warholian likeness of United States President George Bush sports the incendiary legend "International Terrorist", Another shows the World Trade Centre towers with the words, "What Goes Up Must Come Down".
These are just some of the provocative - some would say anti-American - items for sale at Left Bank Books Collective, in the liberal and frequently outspoken US West Coast city of Seattle. Left Bank Books Collective has dedicated to spread radical ideas from its spot in one of the prime tourist attractions, Pike Place Market, since 1973.
Collin Coyne, 33, has been a member of the bookstore collective for a year. He quit his job writing marketing copy when his company would not give him time off to attend an activist training camp.
He dislikes the term "anti-Americanism", citing one of his heroes, the radical intellectual Noam Chomsky, who argues the very term "anti-Americanism" is a totalitarian propaganda tool used to stifle dissent.He may not embrace the label "anti-American", but Coyne, whose hat is emblazoned with "Solidarity Forever", opposes what he believes is the country's militaristic foreign policy and abusive capitalist system.
Coyne and Americans like him also don't share their fellow citizens' romantic notions of US history.
They take their cues from historian Howard Zinn, whose A People's History Of The United States tells the story of the rich and powerful elite subjugating everyone else - here and abroad.
Paul Hollander is an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts who has written books on anti-Americanism in America.
"There have been few places in the history of the world where people have tried to go and create a new social system," he said.
When grandiloquent visions of justice, freedom and equality are not realised, disappointment sets in, he added.
Cliff Hare, who recently opened a counter-cultural bookstore and art gallery in Seattle called Infohazard, said Hollander's reasoning rings true.
"America could be a strong force for good in the world, but our generosity has been hijacked," he said.
His bookstore's logo features a biohazard symbol connecting two minds, a reference to William S. Burroughs, who once claimed "language is a virus".
Hollander said he isn't sure how many Americans fit the description "anti-American" but thinks the number is small. For the most part, they are not organised, although there are groups such as the North Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists.
Mark Laskey, 29, is a member who lives in Boston, a city well known for its radical intellectuals, Chomsky and Zinn among them. In an email interview, Laskey went so far as to wish ill upon US soldiers in Iraq.
"I believe in the right of self-defence, and support the Iraqi resistance on that basis. I also believe that the United States, as the dominant superpower in the world, needs to be defeated in Iraq," he said.
Chris Pugmire, another collective member, laid out a vision for a different America: "I think people should govern themselves as they see fit in a non-hierarchical way so everyone's needs are taken care of, rather than people being taken advantage of."
From IOL
They don't like the term "Anti-American" because it is a propaganda tool to stifle dissent. These are the masters of the euphemism, who insist on not calling a spade a spade, but a shovel.
They have a different "vision" of America, one so different that were it to be actualized America, as we now know it, would no longer exist. It is a nightmare rejected by the vast majority of our citizenry and embraced only by the self-depricating iconoclasts of the radical left.
Seattle, Washington - A T-shirt with a Warholian likeness of United States President George Bush sports the incendiary legend "International Terrorist", Another shows the World Trade Centre towers with the words, "What Goes Up Must Come Down".
These are just some of the provocative - some would say anti-American - items for sale at Left Bank Books Collective, in the liberal and frequently outspoken US West Coast city of Seattle. Left Bank Books Collective has dedicated to spread radical ideas from its spot in one of the prime tourist attractions, Pike Place Market, since 1973.
Collin Coyne, 33, has been a member of the bookstore collective for a year. He quit his job writing marketing copy when his company would not give him time off to attend an activist training camp.
He dislikes the term "anti-Americanism", citing one of his heroes, the radical intellectual Noam Chomsky, who argues the very term "anti-Americanism" is a totalitarian propaganda tool used to stifle dissent.He may not embrace the label "anti-American", but Coyne, whose hat is emblazoned with "Solidarity Forever", opposes what he believes is the country's militaristic foreign policy and abusive capitalist system.
Coyne and Americans like him also don't share their fellow citizens' romantic notions of US history.
They take their cues from historian Howard Zinn, whose A People's History Of The United States tells the story of the rich and powerful elite subjugating everyone else - here and abroad.
Paul Hollander is an emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts who has written books on anti-Americanism in America.
"There have been few places in the history of the world where people have tried to go and create a new social system," he said.
When grandiloquent visions of justice, freedom and equality are not realised, disappointment sets in, he added.
Cliff Hare, who recently opened a counter-cultural bookstore and art gallery in Seattle called Infohazard, said Hollander's reasoning rings true.
"America could be a strong force for good in the world, but our generosity has been hijacked," he said.
His bookstore's logo features a biohazard symbol connecting two minds, a reference to William S. Burroughs, who once claimed "language is a virus".
Hollander said he isn't sure how many Americans fit the description "anti-American" but thinks the number is small. For the most part, they are not organised, although there are groups such as the North Eastern Federation of Anarchist Communists.
Mark Laskey, 29, is a member who lives in Boston, a city well known for its radical intellectuals, Chomsky and Zinn among them. In an email interview, Laskey went so far as to wish ill upon US soldiers in Iraq.
"I believe in the right of self-defence, and support the Iraqi resistance on that basis. I also believe that the United States, as the dominant superpower in the world, needs to be defeated in Iraq," he said.
Chris Pugmire, another collective member, laid out a vision for a different America: "I think people should govern themselves as they see fit in a non-hierarchical way so everyone's needs are taken care of, rather than people being taken advantage of."
From IOL
Carnival II
Don't forget to visit Carnival of True Liberties II over at Stop the ACLU.
There are several interesting posts. It looks like things are heating up at Raving Conservative and The No God-Religion.
MsUnderestimated has a post on the ACLU and the NO jail.
Lots of posts, plenty of controversy, heated discussion. Go on over and voice your opinions. Have fun!
There are several interesting posts. It looks like things are heating up at Raving Conservative and The No God-Religion.
MsUnderestimated has a post on the ACLU and the NO jail.
Lots of posts, plenty of controversy, heated discussion. Go on over and voice your opinions. Have fun!
Terrorist Earthquake Strikes
So tell us, oh great Islamic thinkers, is this the hand of Allah the Merciful and Compassionate? Why just a month ago we heard from the Palestinian Authority religious leaders, Muhammed Yousef Al-Mlaifi the director of the Kuwaiti Ministry Of Endowment's research center, the UAE Khaleej Times and Al Qaida itself preaching that the death and destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina was Allah's punishment to the United States for fighting Muslims in Afghanistan, Iraq and the PA, and for threatening Iran and Syria. "The terrorist Katrina is one of the soldiers of Allah, it was not mother nature but Allah", they ranted on glorying in the natural disaster.
But now, the slipper is on the other foot, oh worshippers of the crescent. If Allah was behind Katrina, he must likewise be behind the earthquake, unless of course there is another god working at odds with Allah. Could it be Allah is not (gasp) in complete control? Or could it be that Allah's aim is bad and he was shooting for California but hit Pakistan? Perhaps it is Muhammed, the myopic, corrective lenses be upon him, that sent this tragedy.
Pakistan — Scores of activists from an Islamic charity linked to a banned militant group were killed in Saturday's devastating earthquake in northern Pakistan.
But now, the slipper is on the other foot, oh worshippers of the crescent. If Allah was behind Katrina, he must likewise be behind the earthquake, unless of course there is another god working at odds with Allah. Could it be Allah is not (gasp) in complete control? Or could it be that Allah's aim is bad and he was shooting for California but hit Pakistan? Perhaps it is Muhammed, the myopic, corrective lenses be upon him, that sent this tragedy.
Pakistan — Scores of activists from an Islamic charity linked to a banned militant group were killed in Saturday's devastating earthquake in northern Pakistan.
The militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, was outlawed by Pakistan in January 2002, a month after some of its members were accused of having taken part in an attack on India's parliament in New Delhi.
A spokesman for the Jamat-ud-Dawa charity, whose members are drawn from Lashkar's ranks, said the quake had leveled its mosques, hospitals, schools and seminaries.
"Many of our members have been killed," the spokesman said.
From the NewYork Post.
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Sunday, October 09, 2005
Columbus Or Churchill
Ward "the fraud" Churchill and his groupies didn't have much of an impact on the Columbus Day Parade in Denver. Drums and chants, imitation blood, screams of genocide, just more of the usual leftwing apathy inspiring arsenal. At least they didn't flaunt any naked ugliness in public this time. The protestor's street theater can simply be viewed as comic relief presented by the intellectually less fortunate.
DENVER — As drums and chants echoed in the background, demonstrators briefly staged a mock death scene in the street today before a Columbus Day Parade passed by.
DENVER — As drums and chants echoed in the background, demonstrators briefly staged a mock death scene in the street today before a Columbus Day Parade passed by.
About 15 people laid down in an intersection before the parade was in view. Other protesters covered them with blankets and carried them away just before police moved in to make arrests.
Some protesters spilled red liquid to signify blood. Others held banners reading "Genocide," "Columbush" and "1492."
University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill, who caused a nationwide uproar when he likened some Sept. 11 victims to Nazis, was standing along the parade route. He said earlier in the week he wouldn't participate in the protest as he has in the past because he didn't want to be a distraction.
Churchill was among about 240 people arrested last year for disrupting the parade. He and other protest leaders were acquitted and the charges against the rest were dismissed.
Glenn Morris, a member of AIM's Colorado chapter, said protesters avoided arrest this year.
"It served no purpose to tie up our people in the courts," he said. Instead, the police and parade became part of the protesters' street theater, Morris said.
He said the demonstrators who laid on the street represented Indians exterminated since the arrival of Columbus, the people carrying them away on stretchers were the survivors honoring their ancestors and the police cleaning up the red liquid were authorities erasing history.
As the parade rolled by, protesters chanted "Celebrate pride, not genocide" and "Shame, shame." Some held up large mirrors with signs that read "This is what genocide looks like."
Two women in the parade stopped at a lower downtown intersection clotted with protesters and held up a placard with the words "This is what free speech looks like."
From the Rocky Mountain News.
The Devil's In The Details
Satan appeared in the office of the Executive Director of the ACLU.
"I have been watching you and your organization and have been most interested in your work," said the devil.
" And though you have accomplished much, there is still more that could be done. With my direct intervention, you could be successful in all your cases. In no time at all, we could destroy religion completely in America and along with it the family and the social order. Anarchy and chaos would reign and atheism would be the state religion.
As for you, I would see to it that you live well past one hundred in excellent health and your income would grow ten fold. Any earthly pleasure, no matter how perverse, would be yours for the asking. I would strike down your enemies in the must brutal and ruthless means your mind could devise.
Doing this, however, would require you to give me your immortal soul and help me win the souls of your family. You would all burn in hell while worshiping me for eternity. What say you Mr. Director?"
Pale and shaken, the Director, pulled himself together and thought intently while he stared at Satan. Then with a smirk he replied, "So what's the catch?"
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"I have been watching you and your organization and have been most interested in your work," said the devil.
" And though you have accomplished much, there is still more that could be done. With my direct intervention, you could be successful in all your cases. In no time at all, we could destroy religion completely in America and along with it the family and the social order. Anarchy and chaos would reign and atheism would be the state religion.
As for you, I would see to it that you live well past one hundred in excellent health and your income would grow ten fold. Any earthly pleasure, no matter how perverse, would be yours for the asking. I would strike down your enemies in the must brutal and ruthless means your mind could devise.
Doing this, however, would require you to give me your immortal soul and help me win the souls of your family. You would all burn in hell while worshiping me for eternity. What say you Mr. Director?"
Pale and shaken, the Director, pulled himself together and thought intently while he stared at Satan. Then with a smirk he replied, "So what's the catch?"
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Saturday, October 08, 2005
C'est La Guerre, Subway
This ad by the Subway chain depicts a cordon bleu chicken sandwich with the words "France and chicken, somehow it just goes together". Notice the picture of a chicken dressed like Napoleon.
Subway ran the ads in about 10 US states for nearly a month and pulled them in September following an outcry by members of the French community and some other customers who claimed to be offended.
It seems the French also lack a sense of humor about themselves. If there was no truth to the assertion they could simply laugh it off, but noooo! I mean what do they have to be embarassed about, didn't they just kick the snot out of the Ivory Coast?
The sandwich, I understand, came with a complimentary white napkin suitable for waving at the (ahem) appropriate moment.
There are rumors that other Subway ethnic dishes have been shelved; the German-Chinese Salad for instance because an hour after you eat it you're hungry for power.
The possibilities are limitless. Trackbacks at Stop the ACLU and Cao's Blog.
Friday, October 07, 2005
What About The Bulletin Board?
The PC Police are out of control in NYC. Take a look at this blog by a brand new NY school teacher in which she says she's not to use the expression "bullet points" because of the negative connotation.
Soon, spontaneous conversation, extemporaneous speech etc. will be replaced by prepared written statements replete with disclaimers.
Trackback at NY Teacher.
Soon, spontaneous conversation, extemporaneous speech etc. will be replaced by prepared written statements replete with disclaimers.
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Forgers Endanger America
These forgers have endangered the entire population of the United States. Supplying people with false identification should be a major crime and dealt with in the most severe way possible. There is no way of knowing what use the ID will be put to but the potential for terrorist activities is very real. If we need stronger laws to combat this crime then let's get them passed.
Long Island authorities have arrested 41 people suspected of manufacturing or possessing fake drivers' licenses, Social Security cards, passports and other official forms of identification.
Long Island authorities have arrested 41 people suspected of manufacturing or possessing fake drivers' licenses, Social Security cards, passports and other official forms of identification.
"False identities are the cornerstone of terrorists' ability to operate through virtually undetectable and unidentifiable means," Nassau District Attorney Denis Dillon said yesterday. "We are no longer dealing with poor-quality, plastic, laminated photos."
Dillon said Uniondale's Henry Flores, a former employee of the Nassau County Information Technology Department, "on several occasions sold phony New York state drivers' licenses to undercover investigators."
Flores is charged with five counts of possession of a forged instrument.
No suspect has any ties to terrorist organizations, authorities said.
From the New York Post
Can't Get Crazy Over Halloween
The politically correct strike again. Why is trying to scare someone for fun equated to being insensitive to mental illness? What's next the witches complaining because we depict them as physically unattractive? When will the fairies jump on the homophobia boys in the bandwagon? For pity's sake, can't we lighten up even once a year?
BIRMINGHAM -- A popular haunted house altered one of its attractions this year after mental health advocates complained that the name -- "Slag's Insane Asylum" -- was insensitive to people with mental illnesses.
Operators of Sloss Fright Furnace made the change to "Slag's Un-ending Nightmare" after the state chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill asked its local groups to voice their objections to the old name, which had been used for two years.
Cecelia Laurie, president of the Tuscaloosa branch of the alliance, said mental illness often is viewed as being a character defect, so many who need help for mental disorders don't get it. "There always seems to be that confusion with people thinking that because a person has a mental illness, they're a psychopath," she said. "That has nothing to do with mental illness. And a lot of haunted houses have that theme."
Robert Yarbrough, producer of Sloss Fright Furnace, said he changed the area's name to get rid of the reference to insanity after getting e-mails linked to the complaint. He also said he would change artwork that depicted a man bound by a straitjacket. Yarbrough said he had the attraction changed because he wanted to "get rid of any suggestion of making light, or not taking seriously, mental illness." "We have great respect for NAMI," he told The Tuscaloosa News in a story Wednesday. "We're glad to do the things we did to correct the ad artwork and the facade on the attraction."
Jim Hamilton, associate professor of clinical psychology at the University of Alabama, said fear of the mentally ill has historical roots related to the belief that people with mental illness were possessed by demons. "Being taken over by an unseen, untouchable spirit is consistent with the Halloween theme. And the same sorts of ideas historically applied to understanding mental illness," Hamilton said. "It's not surprising that haunted houses have incorporated mentally ill persons in their themes. Nevertheless, it is unacceptable."
BIRMINGHAM -- A popular haunted house altered one of its attractions this year after mental health advocates complained that the name -- "Slag's Insane Asylum" -- was insensitive to people with mental illnesses.
Operators of Sloss Fright Furnace made the change to "Slag's Un-ending Nightmare" after the state chapter of the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill asked its local groups to voice their objections to the old name, which had been used for two years.
Cecelia Laurie, president of the Tuscaloosa branch of the alliance, said mental illness often is viewed as being a character defect, so many who need help for mental disorders don't get it. "There always seems to be that confusion with people thinking that because a person has a mental illness, they're a psychopath," she said. "That has nothing to do with mental illness. And a lot of haunted houses have that theme."
Robert Yarbrough, producer of Sloss Fright Furnace, said he changed the area's name to get rid of the reference to insanity after getting e-mails linked to the complaint. He also said he would change artwork that depicted a man bound by a straitjacket. Yarbrough said he had the attraction changed because he wanted to "get rid of any suggestion of making light, or not taking seriously, mental illness." "We have great respect for NAMI," he told The Tuscaloosa News in a story Wednesday. "We're glad to do the things we did to correct the ad artwork and the facade on the attraction."
Jim Hamilton, associate professor of clinical psychology at the University of Alabama, said fear of the mentally ill has historical roots related to the belief that people with mental illness were possessed by demons. "Being taken over by an unseen, untouchable spirit is consistent with the Halloween theme. And the same sorts of ideas historically applied to understanding mental illness," Hamilton said. "It's not surprising that haunted houses have incorporated mentally ill persons in their themes. Nevertheless, it is unacceptable."
From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Thursday, October 06, 2005
ACLU Loses To Latter-Day Saints
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the controversial sale of Salt Lake City's Main Street to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which turned a section of the former street into a religious park.
Judges said the plaza, as the area between church offices and the faith's temple is known, is private property and the sale was not an endorsement of the church by city leaders.
"Looked at objectively, the ... case is one of neutrality and equal access, in which the city does nothing to advance religion, but merely enables the LDS church to advance itself," the court wrote.
The ruling rejects the claim of the Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union that the street should remain a public sidewalk where free speech is allowed.
The city initially sold the one-block section of Main Street to the Mormon church in 1999 for just over $8 million. In that sale, the city reserved a public-access easement, but gave the church the right to block on-plaza protests, proselytizing and other behaviors.
The ACLU and other plaintiffs sued, contending the church could not curtail free speech or other First Amendment rights in a public easement. In a 2002 ruling, the 10th Circuit upheld the ACLU's claim.
Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson originally supported the ACLU, but later brokered a deal with church leaders to trade the easement for $4.5 million in property on the city's west side to build a community center, which is not yet open.
ACLU attorneys then sued both the church and the city, saying that political pressure from the church forced Anderson into a deal that violates constitutional provisions against government favoring one religion over another.
The city's secular gains of a community center were a "facade" protecting the Mormon church from critics, the lawsuit said.
In its ruling the court said that in giving up the easement, the city gained roughly 10 times its market value and rightfully disengaged itself from a potential constitutional entanglement with the church over control of the plaza.
Judges also said that traditional public forums can, in fact, be sold to private groups and no longer continue to be public forums.
"The fact that the mayor changed his mind by first vocally opposing the sale of the easement and later supporting it, or that this issue was controversial, simply does not support the claim that the transaction was a sham," the judges said. "The city simply does not own the plaza."
From the Jackson Hole Star Tribune.
The ACLU lost this one, but the underlying question is why did they sue in the first place? The city and the church had arrived at what seemed to be a mutually amicable and advantageous settlement for both parties. The city had gained from this transaction, not only financially but also will benefit by the addition of a community center the church intends to build.Not content with that, the ACLU tried to claim that somehow the city government was endorsing the Mormon church by allowing it to procure an easement thus enabling it to make sure that there were no nearby activities that might be offensive to church members.
Now, the ACLU seems to take great pains to sue over what might be offensive to Muslims, witches, satan worshippers and druids but it balks over protecting the sensitivity of Mormons. What is wrong with this picture? Why would the ACLU sue to overturn a deal that is a win-win for the vast majority of city residents?
Is it because the Mormons, like other morally upright faiths don't seem to condone many of the ACLU's agenda items? It would seem to confirm that religions which uphold the principles that keep America free, strong and secure are consistently the targets of ACLU aggression. The ACLU is works to suppress the voice of faith, wanting to expunge its message from the public forum, all under the guise of protecting our liberty.
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Judges said the plaza, as the area between church offices and the faith's temple is known, is private property and the sale was not an endorsement of the church by city leaders.
"Looked at objectively, the ... case is one of neutrality and equal access, in which the city does nothing to advance religion, but merely enables the LDS church to advance itself," the court wrote.
The ruling rejects the claim of the Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union that the street should remain a public sidewalk where free speech is allowed.
The city initially sold the one-block section of Main Street to the Mormon church in 1999 for just over $8 million. In that sale, the city reserved a public-access easement, but gave the church the right to block on-plaza protests, proselytizing and other behaviors.
The ACLU and other plaintiffs sued, contending the church could not curtail free speech or other First Amendment rights in a public easement. In a 2002 ruling, the 10th Circuit upheld the ACLU's claim.
Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson originally supported the ACLU, but later brokered a deal with church leaders to trade the easement for $4.5 million in property on the city's west side to build a community center, which is not yet open.
ACLU attorneys then sued both the church and the city, saying that political pressure from the church forced Anderson into a deal that violates constitutional provisions against government favoring one religion over another.
The city's secular gains of a community center were a "facade" protecting the Mormon church from critics, the lawsuit said.
In its ruling the court said that in giving up the easement, the city gained roughly 10 times its market value and rightfully disengaged itself from a potential constitutional entanglement with the church over control of the plaza.
Judges also said that traditional public forums can, in fact, be sold to private groups and no longer continue to be public forums.
"The fact that the mayor changed his mind by first vocally opposing the sale of the easement and later supporting it, or that this issue was controversial, simply does not support the claim that the transaction was a sham," the judges said. "The city simply does not own the plaza."
From the Jackson Hole Star Tribune.
The ACLU lost this one, but the underlying question is why did they sue in the first place? The city and the church had arrived at what seemed to be a mutually amicable and advantageous settlement for both parties. The city had gained from this transaction, not only financially but also will benefit by the addition of a community center the church intends to build.Not content with that, the ACLU tried to claim that somehow the city government was endorsing the Mormon church by allowing it to procure an easement thus enabling it to make sure that there were no nearby activities that might be offensive to church members.
Now, the ACLU seems to take great pains to sue over what might be offensive to Muslims, witches, satan worshippers and druids but it balks over protecting the sensitivity of Mormons. What is wrong with this picture? Why would the ACLU sue to overturn a deal that is a win-win for the vast majority of city residents?
Is it because the Mormons, like other morally upright faiths don't seem to condone many of the ACLU's agenda items? It would seem to confirm that religions which uphold the principles that keep America free, strong and secure are consistently the targets of ACLU aggression. The ACLU is works to suppress the voice of faith, wanting to expunge its message from the public forum, all under the guise of protecting our liberty.
Do not allow this to happen. Join the battle to stop the ACLU.
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Wednesday, October 05, 2005
I Spy With My Little Eye
What in the world is going on? Have we become so inept, or is our government so uncaring that spys can infiltrate at will. Here are just two examples of our government failing to remain vigilant. Was 9/11 not enough of a wakeup call? Are the Philippines and Indonesia not hotbeds of fanatical Islamic intrigue? Did we not take extra care because of this ridiculous racial profiling nonsense? The fact that there is no evidence of terrorist activity should be of no comfort. How many more of these loose cannons are out there?
Couple incidents like these with our failure to secure our borders, allow millions of illegal immigrants to roam at will and threaten them only with amnesty if caught and one has to wonder what our government has in mind for the future.
There will be no need to worry about social security if a few million of us are killed off by terrorists and our economy gutted by catastrophe of our own making.
Will anyone be held responsible? Probably not and we will all continue to pretend that the emperor of security is not naked.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A former Marine who worked at the White House is under investigation for allegedly misusing his top-secret clearance to steal classified information from computers, multiple U.S. government sources told CNN late Wednesday.
Leandro Aragoncillo, 46, worked in the vice president's office from 1999 to 2001, during both the Clinton-Gore and Bush-Cheney administrations.
Aragoncillo, who worked as an FBI intelligence analyst after working at the White House, was arrested along with a Filipino citizen in September in a separate case on charges that he used an FBI database to download and pass along classified information.
Among the documents that Aragoncillo allegedly downloaded was a dossier on Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, which he passed on to her political opposition in the Philippines, according to CNN's multiple government sources.
From CNN.
FORT BRAGG, N.C. - Three people who taught foreign languages at the Joint Special Operations Command Center at Fort Bragg were arrested on immigration charges, federal officials said.
While workers at U.S. military installations may have access to sensitive work sites, authorities said the three men did not.
"What's important to remember is they did not teach any classified materials, and they were not exposed to any classified materials," JSOC spokeswoman Tina Beller said.
Two Indonesian natives, Nurkis Qadariah, 34, and Sayf Rimal, 37, were arrested Tuesday and charged with possessing and using false documents, U.S. Attorney Frank Whitney said.
Ousmane Moreau, 38, of Senegal, was arrested Monday and charged with being in the United States illegally, Whitney said.
Qadariah and Rimal are accused in a complaint of using counterfeit resident alien cards and falsely saying that they were lawful permanent residents of the United States in order to get a job with Florida-based B.I.B. Consultants Inc. to teach foreign languages at Fort Bragg.
All employees of the company must go through background checks, and checks on the three men "came back clear," Daniel Guillan, director of government and contracting for the company, told WTVD-TV in Durham.
From TwinCities.com
Piglet Under Islamic Attack
Kosher Jews don't eat pork but all the ones I knew when I lived in NYC were never offended by Porky Pig. That's because Jews don't embrace their faith like childish fanatics instilling xenophobia and hate in their members.
If you want to forego the delights of bacon and ribs that's your business, but don't try and give me grief because you're offended by the sight of me consuming a BLT.
And if you're offended by Piglet or Porky Pig , then you truly are an idiot and there's no need for anymore dialogue.
Read about this ridiculous catering to Muslims in England. Tolerance of people's beliefs, Councillor, would mean the Muslims tolerate diversity in the office and not force their ridiculous prohibitions on others.
NOVELTY pig calendars and toys have been banned from a council office — in case they offend Muslim staff.
If you want to forego the delights of bacon and ribs that's your business, but don't try and give me grief because you're offended by the sight of me consuming a BLT.
And if you're offended by Piglet or Porky Pig , then you truly are an idiot and there's no need for anymore dialogue.
Read about this ridiculous catering to Muslims in England. Tolerance of people's beliefs, Councillor, would mean the Muslims tolerate diversity in the office and not force their ridiculous prohibitions on others.
NOVELTY pig calendars and toys have been banned from a council office — in case they offend Muslim staff.
Workers in the benefits department at Dudley Council, West Midlands, were told to remove or cover up all pig-related items, including toys, porcelain figures, calendars and even a tissue box featuring Winnie the Pooh and Piglet.
Bosses acted after a Muslim complained about pig-shaped stress relievers delivered to the council in the run-up to the Islamic festival of Ramadan.
Muslims are barred from eating pork in the Koran and consider pigs unclean.
Councillor Mahbubur Rahman, a practising Muslim, backed the ban. He said: “It’s a tolerance of people’s beliefs.”
From The Sun.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
It's Looney Rooney Time, It's Looney Rooney Time
I was thinking that cBS should get Andy Rooney and Walter Cronkite to put their heads together so they could make a complete ass of themselves. They could call it the "Anus and Andy Show".
The following is taken from a weekly 60 Minutes commentary by Andy Rooney.
The interspersed comments are mine.
"I'm not really clear how much a billion dollars is but the United States — our United States — is spending $5.6 billion a month fighting this war in Iraq that we never should have gotten into."
Let's face it Andy, you're not too clear on anything except maybe the price of prunes and a pack of Depends.
"We still have 139,000 soldiers in Iraq today."
"Almost 2,000 Americans have died there. For what? "
To keep your sorry butt safe, Andy, along with the rest of us.
"Now we have the hurricanes to pay for."
Think hard now Andy, we've had hurricanes before and we've had to pay for those also. That's why you have insurance in case there is storm damage. Did you remember to pay the premium?
One way our government pays for a lot of things is by borrowing from countries like China.
Well, we have to pay the bills yuan way or another!
Another way the government is planning to pay for the war and the hurricane damage is by cutting spending for things like Medicare prescriptions, highway construction, farm payments, AMTRAK, National Public Radio and loans to graduate students. Do these sound like the things you'd like to cut back on to pay for Iraq?
NPR first!
"I'll tell you where we ought to start saving: on our bloated military establishment."
Speaking of bloated, Andy, did you remember to take your milk of magnesia? You wouldn't want to go through that hot Vicks enema thing again would you?
No other Country spends the kind of money we spend on our military. Last year Japan spent $42 billion. Italy spent $28 billion, Russia spent only $19 billion. The United States spent $455 billion.
We have 8,000 tanks for example. One Abrams tank costs 150 times as much as a Ford station wagon.
Most of us want our military well equipped Andy. It's hard to get guys to go over the top in old country Country Squires and Pintos.
"We have more than 10,000 nuclear weapons — enough to destroy all of mankind."
"We're spending $200 million a year on bullets alone. That's a lot of target practice. We have 1,155,000 enlisted men and women and 225,000 officers. One officer to tell every five enlisted soldier what to do. We have 40,000 colonels alone and 870 generals."
'We had a great commander in WWII, Dwight Eisenhower. He became President and on leaving the White House in 1961, he said this: “We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. …"'
"Well, Ike was right. That's just what’s happened."
Rooney, you have no idea what happened an hour ago. You have been out of touch with the real world for decades. CBS seems to think you're cute so they allow you to babble your little rambling commentary. Then, it's wipe off the chin with the bib time and back to the rocking chair until next week.
And by the way, Ike also said, "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid."
The following is taken from a weekly 60 Minutes commentary by Andy Rooney.
The interspersed comments are mine.
"I'm not really clear how much a billion dollars is but the United States — our United States — is spending $5.6 billion a month fighting this war in Iraq that we never should have gotten into."
Let's face it Andy, you're not too clear on anything except maybe the price of prunes and a pack of Depends.
"We still have 139,000 soldiers in Iraq today."
"Almost 2,000 Americans have died there. For what? "
To keep your sorry butt safe, Andy, along with the rest of us.
"Now we have the hurricanes to pay for."
Think hard now Andy, we've had hurricanes before and we've had to pay for those also. That's why you have insurance in case there is storm damage. Did you remember to pay the premium?
One way our government pays for a lot of things is by borrowing from countries like China.
Well, we have to pay the bills yuan way or another!
Another way the government is planning to pay for the war and the hurricane damage is by cutting spending for things like Medicare prescriptions, highway construction, farm payments, AMTRAK, National Public Radio and loans to graduate students. Do these sound like the things you'd like to cut back on to pay for Iraq?
NPR first!
"I'll tell you where we ought to start saving: on our bloated military establishment."
Speaking of bloated, Andy, did you remember to take your milk of magnesia? You wouldn't want to go through that hot Vicks enema thing again would you?
No other Country spends the kind of money we spend on our military. Last year Japan spent $42 billion. Italy spent $28 billion, Russia spent only $19 billion. The United States spent $455 billion.
We have 8,000 tanks for example. One Abrams tank costs 150 times as much as a Ford station wagon.
Most of us want our military well equipped Andy. It's hard to get guys to go over the top in old country Country Squires and Pintos.
"We have more than 10,000 nuclear weapons — enough to destroy all of mankind."
"We're spending $200 million a year on bullets alone. That's a lot of target practice. We have 1,155,000 enlisted men and women and 225,000 officers. One officer to tell every five enlisted soldier what to do. We have 40,000 colonels alone and 870 generals."
'We had a great commander in WWII, Dwight Eisenhower. He became President and on leaving the White House in 1961, he said this: “We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. …"'
"Well, Ike was right. That's just what’s happened."
Rooney, you have no idea what happened an hour ago. You have been out of touch with the real world for decades. CBS seems to think you're cute so they allow you to babble your little rambling commentary. Then, it's wipe off the chin with the bib time and back to the rocking chair until next week.
And by the way, Ike also said, "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid."
Clash Of Cultures
On this day in history in one culture:
1985
Islamic Jihad issued a statement saying it had killed American hostage William Buckley.
1993
Dozens of cheering, dancing Somalis dragged the body of an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu.
2002
Richard Reid pleaded guilty in a federal court in Boston to trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes.
2003
A Palestinian woman blew herself up inside a restaurant in Haifa, Israel, killing 21 bystanders.
This day in history in another culture:
1997
Hundreds of thousands of men attended a Promise Keepers rally on the Mall in Washington, D.C., in one of the largest religious gatherings in U.S. history.
Enough said.
1985
Islamic Jihad issued a statement saying it had killed American hostage William Buckley.
1993
Dozens of cheering, dancing Somalis dragged the body of an American soldier through the streets of Mogadishu.
2002
Richard Reid pleaded guilty in a federal court in Boston to trying to blow up a trans-Atlantic flight with explosives hidden in his shoes.
2003
A Palestinian woman blew herself up inside a restaurant in Haifa, Israel, killing 21 bystanders.
This day in history in another culture:
1997
Hundreds of thousands of men attended a Promise Keepers rally on the Mall in Washington, D.C., in one of the largest religious gatherings in U.S. history.
Enough said.
Monday, October 03, 2005
Clintons Try To Suppress Cisneros Report
Do you all remember Henry Cisneros? He served as Secretary of HUD under Clinton. He was convicted of lying to the FBI about paying $250,000 in hush money to his mistress (birds of a feather, Henry and Bubba). He and his mistress were later pardoned in the get of jail free frenzy initiated by Hillary at the end of the Clinton presidency. Well now, according to this NY Daily News article, Hillary's worried some embarassing details may become news just when she's running for reelection.
WASHINGTON - The independent counsel investigation that led to the conviction of a former Clinton administration housing chief could come back to haunt Sen. Hillary Clinton.
The Daily News has learned that lawyers are fighting to suppress a potentially embarrassing final report from the probe that found Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros lied to the FBI about paying $250,000 in hush money to his ex-mistress.
Cisneros paid a $10,000 fine after he was found guilty in 1999 and was later pardoned by Bill Clinton. And though neither Hillary Clinton nor her husband was targeted by independent counsel David Barrett, his 420-page final report sent to a special court 13 months ago will include alleged abuses of power by his administration, sources told The News.
After Cisneros was convicted, Barrett started looking into allegations that the IRS and Justice Department aides stymied a tax fraud case against the disgraced Housing and Urban Development secretary and audited Clinton critics.
Ex-IRS Commissioner Peggy Richardson, who remains a close friend of the Clintons, is among the officials cited in the report, sources said.
Lawyers at the Washington firm Williams and Connolly who work for Cisnero and both Clintons have argued to judges overseeing the case that allegations of illegal activity, for which no charges were filed, should be snipped before the report is made public.
The court secretly granted another delay last month, a source said.
Barrett refused to comment on the case, but told The News that he's eager to wrap things up.
"The report was filed over a year ago, but there are still matters ... that have to be resolved by the judges before they decide when it can be published," he said. "The decision rests entirely with the court."
In April, Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) tried to ax the probe - which has cost $22 million, including $1 million for the first six months of this year - by cutting Barrett's budget, saying it's a waste of money, but Republicans stopped them.
Williams and Connolly has since tried to quash the report, which probably would be released amid Clinton's 2006 Senate reelection bid.
Clinton lawyer David Kendall declined comment.
Hillary, Afraid To Visit Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Puerto Rican police tightened security at federal buildings and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton canceled a visit to the island amid fears the killing of a Puerto Rican nationalist in an FBI shootout could lead to a resurgence of pro-independence violence.
Clinton was to have addressed the chamber of commerce in the southern city of Ponce on Friday, spokesman Philippe Reines said. He did not return calls and e-mail queries about why the New York Democrat canceled the trip and if it had to do with the protests.
But Chamber of Commerce President Ernesto Cordova cited the "sensitivity of the current political situation."
Read the rest at Seattle Post-Intelligencer.What is Hillary afraid of? These are her friends and supporters. She's the one who pushed her husband to grant pardons to 16 Puerto Rican terrorists who had been responsible for bombings that killed and maimed our fellow citizens. One of the worst took place in Manhattan. The Clintons have never taken terrorism seriously.
Of course, the pardons were done to buy Hillary votes in her run for senator of NY. In fact, former US Attorney Joseph DiGenova stated, "Let me say categorically, the Puerto Rican terrorists were pardoned because they were a political benefit to the president's wife."
The opposition to the pardons came across the spectrum, from Mayor Guiliani to Senator Chuck Schumer. But, that was of no consequence to the Clintons who would canonize Osama himself if that would buy them more power.
Hillary will probably run for the presidency or at the very least take her best shot at the democrat nomination. A woman who would work to obtain undeserved clemency for murderers just to garner votes is not fit for the oval office. In fact, she is not fit for the Senate or any other public office. What a disgrace.
The Premier Of Carnival Of True Liberties
The first edition of the Carnival of True Liberties is up over at Stop the ACLU. Head on over and read some great articles and leave some comments for the writers. There are quite a few contributions and I'm sure you'll find something of interest. You might even find some new sites you'll enjoy. The festivities have begun, so get there soon.
Sunday, October 02, 2005
Donald Sutherland At The Hollywood Asylum
Choking back tears, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF star Donald Sutherland warned this week: President Bush "will destroy our lives!"
Read the rest at the Drudge Report.
I'm done with this nonsense. I will not pay to see another movie, rent or buy another movie until this bs comes to an end. Hollywood prima donnas need to understand that they live fantasy lives at the whim of the public. If all the people who support achieving a victory in the war on terror withdraw their support from this radical leftwing industry we can smack these morons back to reality. Consider it, please.
Malloy Rails While Philadelphia Bails
Pay It Is What It Is a visit and read "Air America Advocates Violence Against Blogger". These guys are getting so desperate they will say or do anything to attract attention to themselves. Is This Life has a post about them getting the boot from the radio in Philadelphia. Read Buh-Bye!
Saturday, October 01, 2005
A Sunday Funny On Saturday
An orthodox Jew, a Hindu and an attorney for the ACLU were traveling together to a conference. While in the car there was intense discussion about keeping God and religion out of government institutions and the lawyer railed on about the abuses of faith based organizations. The Jew and the Hindu argued that religion contributed positively to society and was an important cornerstone of a strong nation.
Night was approaching when suddenly the car sputtered to a halt in the middle of nowhere. None of the three knew anything about the mechanics of an automobile and they became concerned for their welfare. Suddenly, in the last vestiges of light , the Hindu spotted a farmhouse in the distance. The three began the long trek to the building and after an hour's walk they arrived at the front door.
A knock soon brought the owner and the three men excitedly explained their problem to him. The farmer advised them that there would be no way to fix the car until morning but they were welcome to his hospitality. "I have a small guest room with two small beds that you are welcome to use. I'm afraid one of you will have to sleep in the barn but there is plenty of straw and with some pillows and blankets it may well be far more comfortable than the bedroom."
The three looked at each other and without a second thought the Hindu said, "Please take the room, I really don't mind sleeping in the barn at all."
The Jew and the attorney quickly went to their room, turned off the light and got into bed.
Five minutes passed and a knock was heard on the guest room door. The Jew jumped out of bed, opened it and there stood the Hindu. Sheepishly he said, "There is a cow in the barn and I don't feel right sleeping next to a cow."
The Jew said, "Don't worry, my friend, take my bed and I'll sleep in the barn."
The Jew left and the Hindu turned off the light and took his bed.
Five minutes passed and again a knock on the door was heard. This time the attorney leapt from his bed and opened the door. The Jew was back and he said, "I'm sorry there are pigs in the barn and I don't sleep with swine."
The ACLU attorney said, "See, this is what comes of this religious nonsense. Take my bed and I'll sleep in the barn."
The Jew turned off the light and took the lawyer's bed.
Five minutes passed. Again, the knock came to the door once more. The Jew and the Hindu both jumped from their beds and flung open the door. There stood the pigs and the cow!
Night was approaching when suddenly the car sputtered to a halt in the middle of nowhere. None of the three knew anything about the mechanics of an automobile and they became concerned for their welfare. Suddenly, in the last vestiges of light , the Hindu spotted a farmhouse in the distance. The three began the long trek to the building and after an hour's walk they arrived at the front door.
A knock soon brought the owner and the three men excitedly explained their problem to him. The farmer advised them that there would be no way to fix the car until morning but they were welcome to his hospitality. "I have a small guest room with two small beds that you are welcome to use. I'm afraid one of you will have to sleep in the barn but there is plenty of straw and with some pillows and blankets it may well be far more comfortable than the bedroom."
The three looked at each other and without a second thought the Hindu said, "Please take the room, I really don't mind sleeping in the barn at all."
The Jew and the attorney quickly went to their room, turned off the light and got into bed.
Five minutes passed and a knock was heard on the guest room door. The Jew jumped out of bed, opened it and there stood the Hindu. Sheepishly he said, "There is a cow in the barn and I don't feel right sleeping next to a cow."
The Jew said, "Don't worry, my friend, take my bed and I'll sleep in the barn."
The Jew left and the Hindu turned off the light and took his bed.
Five minutes passed and again a knock on the door was heard. This time the attorney leapt from his bed and opened the door. The Jew was back and he said, "I'm sorry there are pigs in the barn and I don't sleep with swine."
The ACLU attorney said, "See, this is what comes of this religious nonsense. Take my bed and I'll sleep in the barn."
The Jew turned off the light and took the lawyer's bed.
Five minutes passed. Again, the knock came to the door once more. The Jew and the Hindu both jumped from their beds and flung open the door. There stood the pigs and the cow!
Repeat After Me, The Primary Is Not The Election
Ok, I don't know what it is about Florida, the heat, the humidity, a combination of both, but there seems to be an abnormal amount of nut cases.
Some extremist black group, called Uhuru, is unable to understand the political process. It seems they are mystified by the fact that you can win a primary but still lose the election. They filed a lawsuit last month in federal court claiming the election process in St. Petersburg makes it too difficult to get black candidates elected because after they nominate them in primary elections, they can still be voted down in the general election when the whole city can vote.
As if that demented misunderstanding of the election process isn't laughable enough, a white woman, Darden Rice, won the primary.
Dwight 'Chimurenga' Waller, a black candidate and president of the Uhuru group, said he was not surprised a white candidate won. No one is surprised you lost, Dwight, if your lawsuit is any indication of your political acumen.
"This lawsuit was a part of an effort to stop this takeover of the black community," Waller said. "It's a takeover by a power elite that happens to be white people."
The International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement believes a white person is unfit to represent District 6, which includes parts of downtown and Midtown and has a predominantly black population. Waller has said, he believes Rice should not represent District 6 because of her race.
Turnout was very low in District 6, less than 15 percent. But Rice said she could not have led her field without the support of all voters, of all races.
The incumbent city council member in District 6 is a black man, Earnest Williams. He finished second in Tuesday's primary. But Waller said he will do nothing to help him get reelected.
It sounds like the biggest stumbling blocks to electing a black candidate in this district are Dwight and his band of mental midgets.
Story at baynews9.
More info at the St. Petersburg Times.
Some extremist black group, called Uhuru, is unable to understand the political process. It seems they are mystified by the fact that you can win a primary but still lose the election. They filed a lawsuit last month in federal court claiming the election process in St. Petersburg makes it too difficult to get black candidates elected because after they nominate them in primary elections, they can still be voted down in the general election when the whole city can vote.
As if that demented misunderstanding of the election process isn't laughable enough, a white woman, Darden Rice, won the primary.
Dwight 'Chimurenga' Waller, a black candidate and president of the Uhuru group, said he was not surprised a white candidate won. No one is surprised you lost, Dwight, if your lawsuit is any indication of your political acumen.
"This lawsuit was a part of an effort to stop this takeover of the black community," Waller said. "It's a takeover by a power elite that happens to be white people."
The International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement believes a white person is unfit to represent District 6, which includes parts of downtown and Midtown and has a predominantly black population. Waller has said, he believes Rice should not represent District 6 because of her race.
"She's part of the attempt to take over the African community," Waller said. "It's the same oppressive politic."
Waller said Rice was helped by a redrawing of district lines several years ago that added white voters to the district. Ironically, Rice said she was helped by Waller's assertions.Turnout was very low in District 6, less than 15 percent. But Rice said she could not have led her field without the support of all voters, of all races.
The incumbent city council member in District 6 is a black man, Earnest Williams. He finished second in Tuesday's primary. But Waller said he will do nothing to help him get reelected.
It sounds like the biggest stumbling blocks to electing a black candidate in this district are Dwight and his band of mental midgets.
Story at baynews9.
More info at the St. Petersburg Times.
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