Freedom Of, Not Freedom From

Earlier this month, U.S. Rep. Gresham Barrett, R-S.C. filed legislation that he says will protect elected and appointed officials who want to pray in public.

"All we're doing is trying to clarify what the Constitution of the United States says," Barrett said. "What the Constitution says is 'freedom of religion,' not 'freedom from religion.'"

"Just because I'm a public official doesn't mean I'm not a citizen of the United States and protected under the Constitution of the United States," stated Barrett.

“What the Constitution says is you don’t have to believe as I believe. Any public official can stand up and pray. If he wants to be inclusive, fine. If he wants to be specific, fine,” Barrett said.

This certainly sounds reasonable, why should I have to abdicate my beliefs as a human being, my rights endowed by my creator in order to serve as a public official. Telling me how and where I can pray violates my freedoms of religion and free speech.

But, this is not good enough for the ACLU. One of their minions in South Carolina, Mike Cubello, says,"it's clearly unconstitutional. It disrespects people of other religions."

I'm sure Mike and the rest of the ACLU are deeply concerned about the sensitivities of religious folks. But,I missed the disrespecting of other religions clause in the constitution. When someone put the crucifix in urine and called it art, I assumed we were blessing disrespect of religion as part of our free speech. At that time the ACLU went to court to protect the right to disrespect Christianity. Is this one of those hypocritical stances by the ACLU...again!

According to a biography of Cubelo, he does not attend church and spends Sunday morning with the New York Times. It sounds very much like those who have disdain for organized religion and adore the pseudo-intellectual ramblings of the liberal elite, pushing tyranny by the minority once again.

Where is the disrepect in allowing each person to pray as they deem appropriate? What happened to the concept of displaying polite reverence for someone elses faith? As Barrett said, about those who hold beliefs different than his, "I would hope that they would be tolerant of me because I would certainly be tolerant of them."

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Iranian Clergyman Holds Ballistic Prayer Service

UPDATE: The head of Iraq's border guards denied police reports on Wednesday that a tanker truck stuffed with thousands of forged ballot papers had been seized crossing into Iraq from Iran before Thursday's elections.

Interior Minister Bayan Jabor also denied the reports, which the New York Times ran prominently, quoting a single unnamed Interior Ministry source, and said it was an attempt to discredit the election process.(Reuters)

In a choice between Reuters and the NY Times, which one do you believe if you believe at all. Still, it doesn't absolve Iran from interference in another soveriegn state's affairs.

As predicted, Iran has been caught red-handed interfering in the Iraqi election. Madman Mahmoud continues to deny the Holocaust. "They have fabricated a legend under the name 'Massacre of the Jews', and they hold it higher than God himself, religion itself and the prophets themselves," he said. And now, the ruling Ayatollah has placed his blessing on the nuclear obliteration of a nation. He did this, by the way, at a prayer service. See more details at the end of this post.

Who can still be in denial about the diabolical intentions of this rogue nation? It has been contended by both the US and Britain that sophisticated bombs have been smuggled across the border from Iran. They are more powerful and deadly than the rudimentary ones assembled in Iraq. As I have said before, the lunatic leadership of Syria and Iran live in fear of a democratic Iraq and they will do all they can to prevent it. Like it or not, confrontation with these fanatics is inevitable.

Here is the info on the latest statement of peace and tolerance from the Iranian cretinous clergyman.

Ruling Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani declared Friday that the Muslim world could survive a nuclear exchange with Israel - while accomplishing the goal of obliterating the Jewish state.

"[The] application of an atomic bomb would not leave anything in Israel - but the same thing would just produce damages in the Muslim world," Hashemi-Rafsanjani said, in quotes picked up by the Iran Press Service.

"If a day comes when the world of Islam is duly equipped with the arms Israel has in possession, the strategy of colonialism would face a stalemate," he posited.

More at NewsMax.

Survey Says...

Attitude is 90% of everything. How we interpret circumstances and events and channel our reactions will usually determine if what happens to us is positive or negative. The left seems to always expect and embrace the negative. They flock to failure and eschew success as it suits their agenda. Of course, as usual they give themselves a free pass by referring to their own failures as "deferred success".

I have faith in the ability of America to accomplish great deeds. Guess which poll I believe?

Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.) at a December 7th news conference.

"Eighty percent of the people, according to a British poll reported by the Washington Times, says we want the United States out; 77 percent of the people in Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt say there's a better chance of democracy if the United States is not there because we're considered occupiers; 45 percent of the people in Iraq think that it's justified to kill Americans."

But then there is this from an ABC News poll:

Most Iraqis want U.S. forces to stay until security is better. 52 percent of Iraqis want the U.S. troops to stay. That includes 31 percent who say stay until security is restored, 15 percent who say until Iraqi security forces can operate on their own and 5 percent who say stay even longer. 59 percent of those living in Shiite areas say the United States was right to invade their country and topple Saddam. 64 percent say democracy will be the right government for Iraq in five years' time.

Thanks to the Washington Post and the New York Post.

All We Want For Christmas

Democrat John Kerry blasted the Republican Party for creating a Web video that features a white flag of surrender waving across his face for suggesting U.S. troops are "terrorizing" Iraqis.

Kerry is seen telling CBS newsman Bob Schieffer: "There is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night terrorizing kids and children, you know, women."

Sounds like John has updated his "American atrocities" speech for a new generation.

Yet, one of Kerry's minions, David Wade, administered the ad nauseam reference to Kerry's 1 year tour in Viet Nam that was shortened into a 4 month stint by questionable wounds. Now that the Kerry jackal pack is yipping it up, perhaps they'd like to clarify the lingering questions about the details of his 180. Come on boys, if you're so sure of Kerry's heroics let's lay the whole record out in the light of day. Make the "Cambodian Christmas Kid" deliver this year. Make him report for truth!

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Persons of the Year, ACLU Style

To help select the Person of the Year for 2005, TIME has asked some well known people whom they would choose.

For reasons that I won't argue here, one of the people solicited was Anthony Romero, the executive director of the ACLU. Now, do you think anyone from the ACLU is seriously going to weigh the merits of who should truly be the Person of the Year or will they nominate some self-serving entity that will promote the personal agenda and subjective opinions of their organization?

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the nomination of Anthony Romero and the ACLU, the envelope please:

I nominate "Ghost Detainee X," representing almost 30 prisoners held incommunicado, without legal rights or access to counsel, in a network of secret prisons in Europe and Asia. Their existence raises serious doubts about whether or not we are betraying the best of American values.

I didn't expect him to nominate the American soldier although that would have been an excellent choice. I got what I expected and what TIME knew they would get, a left wing talking point. We have all come to anticipate this kind of America bashing from both the ACLU and TIME but, now they are so bold as to not even attempt to hide that they are working in concert. I cannot decide which organization is more disgusting.

To give you some idea of how ridiculous this nomination is, you need to see the TIME poll where you can vote for your favorite. Although the "Ghost Detainee" is not currently an option, Mother Nature is, right up there with Pope Benedict XVI. Of course, two other options are Bono and Valerie Plame. Andrew Weil who nominated Mother Nature also offered"the unknown Iraqi victim" as an option. I wonder if they checked to see what he was currently medicating himself with while he considered the question. Need I say more?

Sunday Funny Time

A director of the ACLU was in an exclusive hospital for a complicated operation. To assist in his recovery, he made arrangements for a large private room and paid extra for a window looking out on a virgin forest.

The surgery took place early in the morning and several hours later the director awoke in his hospital bed. Standing over him were the doctor, a nurse and a priest. The blinds and curtains were closed hiding the beautiful pastoral view.

"What the hell are you doing here," he said to the priest, "and why are the curtains closed? I'm paying a bundle for that view."

The priest replied, "I am the hospital chaplain. While you were under the knife, a huge forest fire broke out. All you could see from this window were giant flames and clouds of smoke. We were afraid if you awoke to that, you'd think you had died.

Iran Plots Rigging Of Iraqi Election

The emergence of democracy in Iraq is so threatening to Iran and Syria that they will do anything to prevent it. To complicate things even more, both nations are run by leaders out of the mold of Hitler and Stalin. This is one more reason that our success along with the freedom loving people of Iraq and the Middle East is so important.

The following is from Iran-Focus News.

Iran has ordered its “agents” in Iraq to rig the parliamentary elections on Thursday, according to an Iraqi website.

The plan is to be carried out in three stages, the website Iraq al-Qad wrote on Wednesday.

The first stage involves voting multiple times with forged ballots. There will also be widespread propaganda to mislead ordinary Iraqis to vote for the pro-Iran Shiite slate led by the cleric Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim.

During the second stage, Tehran’s agents will attempt to tamper with the records of all the ballot boxes at the end of the polls, the report said.

The third stage is when the final voting slips are delivered to the provincial capitals to be transferred to the United Nations’ tally centre. Tehran has ordered its agents, some of whom have senior official positions, to tamper with the votes in certain provinces.

Law Enforcement Roasts ACLU Report

Here's an interesting piece from CNSNews:

Law enforcement supporters defended the electronic immobilization device known as the "TASER" Thursday, dismissing a claim that it was responsible for nearly 150 deaths since 1999. The Law Enforcement Alliance of America called a report by the American Civil Liberties Union "junk science (that) puts cops' lives at risk."

This is a great rebuttal to the ACLU anti-law enforcement tactics and anti-police propaganda. Please read the article and then take advantage of the link to the rebuttal report itself. The whole package gives much insight into the nefarious workings of the saboteurs known as the ACLU.

Is Sanity Slipping Back Into The Court?

From the New York Daily News:

The Supreme Court appeared ready yesterday to rule against colleges like Columbia and NYU that want to limit military recruiting on campus to protest the Pentagon's policy on gays.

New Chief Justice John Roberts and other court members signaled support for a law that says schools that accept federal money also have to accommodate military recruiters.

The good news is that sanity may slowly be returning to the Supreme Court. Justice Stephen Breyer said that many people disagree with government policies, but they are not allowed to get out of paying taxes or following laws because of that. If all goes well, we will be reading the inane dissenting opinions of ACLU justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her comrades in the near future.

Madman Mahmoud Needs Sedation

The Iranian lunatic Ahmadinejad is ranting again. It is curious to me that everyone condemns his statements, the UN, the EU, Austria, the US, even John Kerry but no one does anything about it. Why don't they save their breath? We all know the man's a nutcase yet the world gives him a stage and treats him as if he's normal. Then when he has one of his fits everyone reacts as if it's uncharacteristic of a madman to say such things. Is this how the world reacted to Hitler initially?

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday expressed doubt that the Holocaust occurred and suggested Israel be moved to Europe.

His comments, reported by Iran's official IRNA news agency from a news conference he gave in the Saudia Arabian city of Mecca, follow his call in October for Israel to be "wiped off the map", which sparked widespread international condemnation.

"Some European countries insist on saying that Hitler killed millions of innocent Jews in furnaces and they insist on it to the extent that if anyone proves something contrary to that they condemn that person and throw them in jail," IRNA quoted Ahmadinejad as saying.

"Although we don't accept this claim, if we suppose it is true, our question for the Europeans is: is the killing of innocent Jewish people by Hitler the reason for their support to the occupiers of Jerusalem?" he said.

"If the Europeans are honest they should give some of their provinces in Europe -- like in Germany, Austria or other countries -- to the Zionists and the Zionists can establish their state in Europe. You offer part of Europe and we will support it."


Thanks to Iran-Focus News.

A House Divided

There's an article in the NY Times regarding internal squabbles at the ACLU. Apparently the jackals are fighting for control of the pack and how the hunt will be conducted. One of the chief bones of contention is the "leadership" style of Anthony Romero. Some of it has to do with the privacy issue I wrote about last week. In that post, I pointed out that last year Romero registered the ACLU for a federal charity drive that required it to certify that it would not knowingly employ people whose names were on government terrorism watch lists.

The day after The New York Times exposed its participation, the organization withdrew from the charity drive and, of course, later filed a lawsuit to contest the watch list requirement.

The data collection practices were implemented without the ACLU board's approval or knowledge, and were in violation of the ACLU's own privacy policy.

The latest article by the Times says:

"Since Mr. Romero stepped into the job just four days before the Sept. 11 attacks, the A.C.L.U. has been transformed. Under his watch, membership and revenues have risen sharply. The use of data to maximize contributions has become more sophisticated. Big donors have been wooed and won. At the group's first membership conference in Washington in 2003, 1,500 members descended on Congressional offices.

But Mr. Romero has also become a lightning rod, with a band of vociferous internal critics saying that civil liberties are not his top concern. They have seized on his failure to inform the board about a settlement with the New York attorney general over privacy breaches on its Web site and his signing of a government fund-raising agreement that the organization later renounced. In both cases, they say, Mr. Romero was not entirely forthcoming even after those controversies came to light.

There have been heated boardroom exchanges and an unusual number of resignations from the board. Dissidents say Mr. Romero is ignoring the A.C.L.U.'s traditions, of encouraging dissent; threatening its core principles, like free speech, and too often acting without the full knowledge and support of the board, which is supposed to guide him.

"I think there is an ideological difference among board members having to do with pure principle versus the pragmatism of money," Ms. Esman said, echoing current and past board members.

The internal friction has roiled the organization, which is unaccustomed to scrutiny of its operations, and prompted members of the executive committee to try to limit access to recordings of board meetings.

Several critics of Mr. Romero's leadership have left the board. Michael Meyers, his fiercest opponent, was voted off the board in September after 24 years of membership."

Michael Meyers had learned about the new research by accident during a committee meeting. He objected to the practices, and the next day the privacy policy on the group's Web site was changed. "They took out all the language that would show that they were violating their own policy," Meyers said. "In doing so, they sanctified their procedure while still keeping it secret."

It sounds like Romero and friends are doing a good job of stifling dissent and eliminating anyone with a different viewpoint from the organization. While membership and revenues may be up right now, the sacrifice of principle for money will eventually take its toll, consuming this beast from the inside out.

Merry Christmas ACLU!

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And Now For Something Completely Different

This almost sounds like a Monty Python routine. "Oh you want robbery? I'm sorry, that's at the next window.

A bank robber fled empty-handed in Austria after being referred to a different counter.

The clerk he approached tolm his she did not "deal with those types of queries".

But there was a big queue for the next cashier at the Landeskbank-Hypothekenbank in Vienna.

So the man, who was holding a silver box that he claimed was a bomb, fled before repeating his request.

Clerk Maria Bertel said: "He came up to me wearing his scarf wrapped high around his face and said he wanted money. I said I didn't deal with money here and told him to go to the next counter.

"It was only afterwards I realised he was trying to rob the bank. We called the police, but by the time they came he had run off."

Thanks to Ananova.

Kerry Demonizes Our Armed Forces, Again

The following quote is from John Kerry on Face the Nation (CBS News) Sunday, December 4th, 2005. Read the entire transcript here.

"And there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraquis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs..."

So, Kerry is, once again, describing our military as terrorists. The fact that a US senator would do this is disgusting enough but, Kerry continues to denigrate our armed forces without making his own military record completely open to public scrutiny. Why is that John? What do you fear?

Please keep your mouth shut until your records are open!

Release your military records like you promised. What type of discharge did you originally receive? Free your 180, the whole thing. Tell the whole truth!

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Students Offended By Freedom Of Speech

Here's a good one from The Record.

Many Muslim students are upset over an artwork in the current show, "My Country, Right or Left: Artists Respond to the State of the Union," at Delta's L.H. Horton art gallery in California.

Called "Kalashnikov Jihad," the work by local artist John Lechner is a life-sized ceramic Kalashnikov assault rifle wrapped in pages of flowing Arabic script from the Quran.

A procession of mostly male, obviously perturbed, Muslim students marching through the gallery doesn't like it, said gallery director William Wilson.

Many demand the artwork be taken down, some loudly, Wilson said. One interrupted Wilson's art talk. Another intruded upon a private business mixer held at the gallery.

Mohammed Al-Otoum, who identified himself to Wilson as a full-time student and an imam, or mosque leader, also complained.

Saying "defacing the Quran" was "unacceptable," Al-Otoum asked that the work be removed from the exhibition; that the Quran pages be separated from the artwork and given to him, "to burn and bury them according to Islamic tradition"; and that officials arrange a private meeting between the artist and a student Muslim leader, according to Wilson, who documented the complaint.

I guess the freedom of speech concept hasn't penetrated theses pea-brained pupils. It would seem to me some diversity training is in order, perhaps along with some anger management and etiquette classes. The religion of peace and tolerance strikes again!

Massachusetts Chief Justice Caught With Impartial Pants Down

Margaret Marshall is the chief justice of the Massachusetts state Supreme Judicial Court. She has, in the past, attacked what she call the "rhetoric" about judges destroying the country. She claims the suggestion that court decisions should conform to public opinion is threatening public trust in the judicial system, a cornerstone of democracy.Yet this widely criticized judicial activist who wrote the court's 2003 decision allowing same-sex marriage, has now had to apologize for her own remarks.

After a citizen complaint was filed with the state's Commission on Judicial Conduct, the chief justice has apologized for a remark she made about "red states" during a commencement speech last spring.

In greeting the audience at the Brandeis University commencement last May, Chief Justice Margaret Marshall commented on the hundreds of blue and white balloons held in nets tied to the rafters.

"No red states here," Marshall told the crowd, using a term used to describe Republican-leaning states.

Here are some interesting facts about this judge.

She married Anthony Lewis, former columnist for the New York Times. The Boston Globe, a big fan of the activist Marshall, is owned by the New York Times Company.

In an opinion where Marshall struck down a Boston ordinance creating domestic partners because it was clearly forbidden by state law the Boston Globe wrote:
"Marshall urged state lawmakers to craft legislation that acknowledges the place of nontraditional families in modern life. 'We recognize that . . . [a] "family" may no longer be constituted simply of a wage-earning father, his dependent wife, and the couple's children,' Marshall wrote. Nonetheless, 'Adjustments in the legislation to reflect these new social and economic realities must come from the Legislature.'"

And the Globe wrote: "When the SJC last August ruled that anyone convicted of a sex crime is entitled to a hearing before being listed on the state's sex-offender registry, Marshall wrote: 'The burden will be on the sex offender board to establish at the hearing that the offender poses a risk to vulnerable populations.'"

Are we seeing conflict of interest yet? That does not seem to bother Marshall. She attends functions that clearly strain any perception of her judicial impartiality. She attended a Gala of the Women's Bar Association where the featured speaker was the former Press Secretary for Bill Clinton, Dee Dee Myers, who warmly acknowledged Marshall and noted that both of them were married to the New York Times, because they both had husbands who worked there. At that political event, a lawyer, Mary Bonauto, who is employed by the homosexual law firm, GLAD, was honored. Bonauto had cases pending in the Massachusetts courts at that time.

She was the honored guest and keynote speaker at the, Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association. That organization reported in its newsletter that Marshall, who was born in South Africa and moved here to attend college, noted "with pride" that her native land was the first country to write sexual orientation protections into the national Constitution. In 1998, South Africa's courts struck down laws banning sodomy between consenting adults. According to MLGBA, "Marshall read excerpts from the stirring decision. The Justice encouraged those lawyers in attendance to pay attention to the growing body of gay-friendly international jurisprudence." She told the audience that lawyers in other countries have been referring to equality jurisprudence in the United States for several hundred years and that perhaps it is the time for lawyers in the United States to seek assistance from courts in other countries like South Africa, where new precedents are now being set. Is that not a frightening statement from an American judge?

In her apology, Marshall said: "I hold sacred my oath to decide every case fairly and impartially and according to law."

But who's law and how does this woman define fair and impartial? Power Mad Margaret is exactly the kind of judge that has helped create the outcry against the abuse of authority by the judiciary in this country. Her actions and statements leave the integrity and independence of the law open to question. She has failed to refrain from the appearance of impropriety which is absolutely vital to maintain people's faith in the justice of our courts.

Marshall is reaping what she herself has sown.

Some analysts accused Marshall of ''muddying the waters" with her suggestion that critics want polls to drive judicial decisions. Judicial activism ''doesn't have anything to do with whether their opinions are popular or unpopular," said Brian Camenker, director of Article 8 Alliance, a Waltham group founded to remove Marshall and the other three justices who ruled for same-sex marriage from the bench.

'' 'Activist judges' is a specific term that refers to judges who rule outside the rule of law," he said. ''It has to do with whether they use objective, legal, constitutional means to base their decisions."

Perhaps Margaret should heed her own words, ''Each new generation must decide, each of you must decide, whether to embrace, to protect the rule of law, or to repudiate it," she said.

Well Margaret, we are asking you to follow the rule of law not write it.

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Sunday Funny

A very successful attorney for the ACLU went duck hunting in rural Tennessee. He shot and dropped a bird, but it fell into a farmer's field on the other side of a fence. As the lawyer climbed over the fence to collect the bird, an elderly farmer drove up on his tractor and asked him what he was doing.

The lawyer replied, "I shot a duck and it fell in this field. Now I'm going in to retrieve it."

The old farmer looked the lawyer in the eyes and stated firmly, "This is my property, and you are not trespassing on it."

The lawyer replied angrily, "I am one of the finest trial attorneys in the ACLU. If you don't let me get my duck, I'll sue your butt and you'll be lucky to keep your overalls by the time I'm done"

The old farmer smiled. "Well now, I guess you don't know how we do things here in Tennessee. We settle small disagreements like this with the Tennessee Three Kick Rule."

The lawyer laughed and asked, "What's the Tennessee Three Kick Rule?"

The farmer answered, "Well, since it's my property I go first. I get to kick you three times and then you kick me three times, and so on, back and forth, until someone gives up. It's quicker and cleaner then going to court."

The attorney thought about the proposed contest and decided that he could easily take the old man. He agreed to settle things by the local custom.

The old farmer slowly climbed down from his tractor and walked up to the lawyer. His first kick to the shin had the lawyer hopping around on one foot when suddenly the farmer planted the toe of his heavy work boot into the lawyer's groin and dropped him to his knees. The attorney was flat on his belly when the farmer's third kick to the tailbone nearly caused him to pass out.

The lawyer summoned every bit of will he could muster, struggled to his feet and said, "Okay, old man, now it's my turn. I'm going to kick your redneck butt to hell and back."

The old farmer smiled and said, "Naw, I give up. You can have the duck."

Atheists Attack Memorials

The atheists should get over being offended by crosses and start being offended by the fact that there is a need for them. What is more of a threat to our way of life, the memorials or the deaths of the state police?

How cold and unfeeling do you have to be to even bring such a suit to court? The names of some of the ungrateful culprits follow. Heaven protect us and our nation from little men such as these.

Plaintiffs Stephen Clark, Michael Rivers and Richard Andrews in conjunction with the American Atheists Inc. also seek to have the UHP symbol removed from the crosses.
"The presence of the UHP logo on a poignant religious symbol is an unconstitutional violation of the United States Constitution. It is government endorsement of religion," said Rivers, Utah director for American Atheists.

What in the world is an "unconstitutional" violation?

A lawsuit filed by the American Atheists in U.S. District Court on Thursday seeks to remove steel crosses that dot roadways throughout Utah and memorialize Utah Highway Patrol troopers who have died in the line of duty.
The suit has drawn harsh reaction from family members of the fallen troopers and promises to be the source of an emotional battle.
"The crosses are used as an international sign of memorial similar to those in Arlington National Cemetery," said Sgt. Todd Royce, of the Utah Highway Patrol Association.

Read more at The Salt Lake Tribune.

Fugeddaboudit

I'm not of Italian extraction but I always loved the Italian festivals when I lived in NYC. There was always a lot of fun and the food was outstanding. I don't think anybody was offended because corned beef and cabbage wasn't represented.

What is this guy's problem? Maybe the Sopranos need to pay him a visit.

The Italian Festival of Angels, attended by dozens of food and crafts vendors and thousands of residents, concerned at least one North Haven resident. The issue was brought to the attention of the Board of Selectman at their last meeting.

Resident Morris Pederson was upset that the festival was held on the town green.

“I had no problem with the festival, I do have a problem with the location,” wrote Pederson. “It doesn't leave a good impression with us taxpayers that are not Italian.”

The letter was given to First Selectman Kevin Kopetz on Oct. 10 and stated that Pederson was concerned with the use of the Green for the festival because it was “bias for a single culture.”

In the letter Pederson suggested an international festival where people can sample foods from all over the world, in hopes of not discriminating all the other nations. He also noted that the line-up of outhouses in front of Town Hall was “disgraceful.”

From Shore Publishing.

It Depends On What You Mean By Privacy

In the past, I have mentioned how the ACLU seems to pick and choose those rights it will defend and in some cases only defend if the aggrieved party and/or right is popular with their supporters. I have written before about their duplicity and prejudice for example here and here. So, I give you one more example of the ACLU's hypocrisy. This incident occurred last year. One has to believe that much of the aggressiveness of this organization would be better spent policing its own internal politics and decision makers rather than making life miserable for innocent bystanders.

If the American Civil Liberties Union is the protector of our privacy and is so critical of government agencies and corporations accumulating data on people then why was it using sophisticated technology to collect a wide variety of information about its members and donors? This was not something that applied to major contributors but donors who gave as little as $20 were ensnared.

Last Year, Anthony Romero, its executive director, registered the ACLU for a federal charity drive that required it to certify that it would not knowingly employ people whose names were on government terrorism watch lists.

The day after The New York Times exposed its participation, the organization withdrew from the charity drive and, of course, later filed a lawsuit to contest the watch list requirement.

The data collection practices were implemented without the ACLU board's approval or knowledge, and were in violation of the ACLU's own privacy policy.

According to Michael Meyers, vice president of the organization, he learned about the new research by accident during a committee meeting. He objected to the practices, and the next day the privacy policy on the group's Web site was changed. "They took out all the language that would show that they were violating their own policy," Meyers said. "In doing so, they sanctified their procedure while still keeping it secret."

Sounds like someone on the inside noticed the emperor had no clothes.

Read more at The New York Times.

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Sarah Peake Piqued By Pilgrims

From the state that gave you Teddy, drunk driving killer, Kennedy, John, reporting for recognition, Kerry and Michael, tanks for the memories, Dukakis comes Sarah Peake.

Here's a woman apparently offended when she realized females did not have the right to vote at the time of the Pilgrims. Where she was during history classes and how she missed that vital segment of her education is anyone's guess. But, now she is going to erase the sins of the past by removing any visual reminder of them.Thanksgiving Day must have been a hideous recalling of past abuses for this woman.

Seriously, this is a powerful display of how the left would rather look for and focus on what they perceive as negative in any given situation. Memoralizing the Mayflower Compact was done to honor many positive human traits, such as faith and courage but, the left opts to see prejudice and inequality instead. How pathetic life must be for them but, of course, it is of their own choosing.

In Provincetown Massachusetts a painting of the Pilgrims voting for the Mayflower Compact will come down soon.
After a motion by Selectwoman Sarah Peake, the board decided Monday to ask the art commission to take it down and replace it with another painting from the town's collection. Peake argued that the painting should be taken down because it does not show a single woman, and "the only one not holding a ballot in the painting is the Native American."

Read more at The Cape Codder.

John Kerry, An Empty Vessel

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Swedish Pastor Free to Preach

Fortunately, there still seems to be a residue of common sense left in the world's halls of justice. Despite the fact that the left desires to relegate freedom of speech to the dungeons of political correctness, it still, somehow, manages to survive. It is very difficult to voice a conservative opinion without some group like the ACLU searching the highways and byways for an offended party to challenge it in court. The tyranny of the minority hopes to intimidate us into submission.

Ake Green, a Swedish pentecostalist pastor who had been sentenced to a month in prison for a sermon in which he condemned homosexuality has been acquitted by the Supreme Court in Stockholm.

Green said he felt “relieved” by the verdict, in which he was cleared of the crime of ‘agitation against minority groups.’

“I was prepared for the fact that I could be acquitted, but also that I could be convicted,” he told news agency TT from his church.

Gay right groups have condemned the verdict, saying that it makes nonsense of the law.

“It is extremely serious when the church is turned into a free zone for agitation,” said Soren Andersson, chairman of gay rights group RFSL.

“We are now going to face increased religious agitation from extreme right-wing Christian groups that use the church as a forum to spread their message of hatred.”

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Finkielkraut Facing Backlash From France

Alain Finkielkraut, the French-Jewish philosopher, gave an interview to Haaretz.

In the course of that interview, Finkielkraut, a former spokesmen of the French left, said some things that he described as"not things he can say in France anymore." In fact, he also said, "It's impossible, perhaps even dangerous, to say these things in France now."

Well, here comes the backlash! "Finkielkraut will be sued for inciting hatred," vowed the chairman of Movement against Racism and for Friendship between People (MRAP), Mouloud Aounit. This is the same group that has been trying through the French Courts to censor Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci and her book "the Rage and the Pride".

The Audio-Visual Council (Le Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel) urged the France Culture radio to sack Finkielkraut and keep his weekly program from the airwaves.

There are others calling for his persecution because the French are in total denial.The Chief of Interior Intelligence Service Pierre de Bousquet told French broadcasting, that Islam should by no way take the blame for the work of angry youths.

However, as Finkielkraut pointed out, "In France, they would like very much to reduce these riots to their social dimension, to see them as a revolt of youths from the suburbs against their situation, against the discrimination they suffer from, against the unemployment. The problem is that most of these youths are blacks or Arabs, with a Muslim identity. Look, in France there are also other immigrants whose situation is difficult - Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese - and they're not taking part in the riots. Therefore, it is clear that this is a revolt with an ethno-religious character."

He states the facts, the truth of the situation. I will give you this last quote and encourage you to read the whole interview. It is criminal that this man's opinion is under attack.

"This problem is the problem of all the countries of Europe. In Holland, they've been confronting it since the murder of Theo van Gogh. The question isn't what is the best model of integration, but just what sort of integration can be achieved with people who hate you."

Sunday Funny

A well known atheist who had helped the ACLU launch suits against displays of the ten commandments, prayer and other religious symbols and activities died and was sent to hell. With glee, the devil informed him, "this is the place you have chosen, a place of unending torment, where you will exist in excruciating despair and agony for all eternity. Now, your personal demon will escort you to your special place in hell, so that you may begin to reap what you have sown."

As the demon led the atheist through hell, they passed a room where he saw the former head of the ACLU being intimate with a beautiful young woman.

"What is this?", cried the atheist to the demon, "Why am I doomed to suffering for eternity when the man who encouraged me and collaborated with me gets to spend it with that beautiful woman?"

Jabbing the man with his pitchfork, the escorting demon snarled, "Who are you to question that woman's punishment?"

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Marlowe Masterpiece Censored In England

The artistic community in Europe is now censoring itself on what Muslims may or may not like. Read the entire piece at TIMESONLINE.

At least there was an outcry from some scholars and theatre people. Why in the world are we protecting Islam more than we would any other religion? Why aren't the actors protesting the violation of their artistic integrity and the bastardization of a classic work of art. Why are there no screams about censorship?

Could it be that they are only brave when denigrating those who defend their right to free speech or those whom they have no reason to fear?

The producers of Tamburlaine the Great have come under fire for censoring Christopher Marlowe’s 1580s masterpiece to avoid upsetting Muslims.

Audiences at the Barbican in London did not see the Koran being burnt, as Marlowe intended, because David Farr, who directed and adapted the classic play, feared that it would inflame passions in the light of the London bombings.

Bill Richardson Gets Fantasy Baseball Draft Award

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson joins John Kerry in the Hall of False Records for fabricated history. He is acknowledging the "error" (the mistake being that he lied about his past) and going with the pretense that he believed he was drafted and this is all news to him. How pathetic can you get?

For nearly four decades, Richardson has maintained he was drafted by baseball's Kansas City Athletics. The claim has appeared in brief biography releases and has been reported by several news agencies.

But an investigation by the Albuquerque Journal turned up no record of Richardson's claim he was drafted in 1966 by the Kansas City A's, who have since moved to Oakland. There's no record of any other team drafting him, either.

The governor acknowledged the error in a story in today's paper.

Details at NewsMax.

Bad News, Good News

Arizona has bad news and good news. First, the bad news found at Breitbart.com.

U.S. Border Patrol agents working the Arizona-Mexico border were victims of twice as many attacks this past fiscal year compared with the previous year, officials say.

Officials say the growing number of attacks reflects the increased influence of criminal gangs and the profits they can make smuggling migrants across the border. There were 45 shooting incidents recorded during the last fiscal year along the Arizona border, up from 15 the previous year.

As usual our government does nothing except talk about the problem while we sit and watch the situation go from bad to worse.

And now the good news found in the Arizona Daily Sun.

Jim Kolbe announced Wednesday it is "time for the people of southern Arizona and me to walk down different paths." Kolbe said he believes he could be re-elected, even with a potentially close Republican primary, but said in his prepared statement that the decision is "best for me" as well as his constituents.

Many of us in southern Arizona have long been on a different path, Jim. That is probably why you have chosen not to run.

Kolbe has been one of the speed bumps in addressing the border problem. It's ok with him if the 11 million or more illegals get to remain in this country. He is no loss to those of us who want our laws enforced and our borders secure.

Innocence By Virtue Of Ineptitude

Last month I posted about Samir Azzouz, the acquitted Dutch terrorist.

There's more to the story.

A Dutch appeals court said on Friday it was convinced of the terrorist intent of a teenager accused of planning to bomb government buildings, a nuclear reactor and perhaps an El Al plane, but upheld his acquittal as he had not gone far enough with his plot.I guess the police should have let him get to the point of being able to actually blow people up so they could make the charges stick!? And we have judges who like to base their decisions on other countries ' laws!?

The arrest last year of Samir Azzouz, 19, sparked a national security alert. Authorities found machine-gun ammunition, a bullet-proof vest, two mock explosive devices, a silencer, maps and sketches of potential target buildings at his home."The defendant tried to make an explosive. In that respect, there is no doubt about the full extent of the terrorist intensions of the accused," the court said in its ruling."But what he had done to prepare an attack ... was in such an early stage and so crude and primitive that it posed no real threat within the foreseeable future
Azzouz, the son of Moroccan immigrants, was acquitted in April of accusations he had planned to attack a Dutch nuclear reactor. His lawyer, Victor Koppe, has said he is also not guilty of the latest allegations reported by the television program Nova. Prosecution spokesmen could not immediately be contacted Friday to confirm the authenticity of the Nova report. Nova said it had seen a police dossier of evidence against Azzouz, including reports from intelligence agencies and a video Azzouz allegedly recorded for his family and friends before an attack in which he expected to die.

Obviously, intent counts for nothing in the Netherlands. I guess if you're too stupid or inept to carry out your crime successfully, that equates to innocence for the Dutch.This is one of the saddest decisions to ever have come out of a pathetic excuse for a court of law. I encourage you to read more at: Ynetnews.

To Whom Do We Give Thanks?

Because of holiday family get togethers and the fact that I am recovering from a head cold, I will be brief today. Happy Thanksgiving to you all and remember it is the Good Lord to whom we are giving thanks. I can't believe the ACLU has not attacked this holiday. I wonder if they think they are supposed to be expressing gratitude to Roger Baldwin?

Can't you see them all sitting around the dining room table, holding hands, while one leads in giving thanks?

"In the spirit of socialism we join today in giving thanks to our founder and inspiration Roger Baldwin. Roger, thanks for all the benefits you have bestowed. Thanks for protecting child porn and no prayer in school. Thanks for destroying the pledge of allegiance and Christian symbols throughout the year but especially at Christmas. Thanks for the removal of the Ten Commandments from institutions of law and justice. Thanks for Michael Newdow and Anthony Romero. Because of you, Roger, we give thanks for the good things you have left us. Thanks, Roger, thanks for.....nothin'."

Happy Thanksgiving all, despite the ACLU we still have much to be grateful for!

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I hope everyone has a safe and blessed holiday. Blogging will be light here for the next few days.

Hot Strip Club Deemed Unsafe

Every so often, I think God gets exasperated with us and just wants us to be still and know that He is God. At those moments justice, is swift.

This from Ananova.

A strip club owner burned his club to the ground while trying to prove it was fire-proof to health and safety inspectors.

Benedict Frank, owner of the Cabaret Club in Kienberg, Switzerland, started the blaze to show how fire-proof it was when he was visited by safety inspectors.

They had questioned whether his decorations were in accordance with fire safety rules, and he used his lighter to set fire to the paper ornaments in a bid to prove there was nothing to worry about.

But the fire quickly took off and spread throughout the club and the neighbouring restaurant - burning both establishments to the ground.

According to local police no one was hurt in the fire, but the damage amounts to more than £300,000.

Terrorist Apprehended Near The Border

The following is from an article in NewsMax.

An al-Qaida operative who was on the FBI's terrorist watch list was recently captured near the Mexican border, housed in a Texas jail and turned over to federal agents, Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, said on Friday.

"A confirmed al-Qaida terrorist, an Iraqi national, was held in the Brewster County jail," Rep. Culberson told ABC Radio host Sean Hannity. "He was captured in Mexico. This was within the last six weeks. He was turned over to the FBI."

Rep. Culberson said the detainee had been living in Mexico for up to a year, where the terrorist "was taking careful notes on the movement of people, police officers, wildlife, etc."

What are we waiting for? Does it require a catastrophic event to get something done? Apparently so, in fact Representative Culberson summed it up quite nicely.

Rep. Culberson said news of al-Qaida's penetration of the U.S.'s southern border has him worried that the next terrorist plot could involve setting off simultaneous truck bombs in major urban centers.

"The day they blow us up," he predicted, "the border will be sealed tighter than the Berlin Wall and you'll have armed United States military forces" enforcing immigration laws.

Why is our government failing to do its job and why are we permitting them to get away with it? I continue to ask this question as incident after incident goes unreported in most of the press, confirming a conspiracy of silence about the severity of our border problem. If the day comes that we are blown up because of our failure to secure the borders, the response of the public should be to demand punishment for those culpable from our own officials to the country through which they entered.

Sunday Funny

A surgeon, an engineer and an ACLU attorney were arguing about whose profession was the oldest. The surgeon said, "Remember how God removed a rib from Adam to create Eve? Obviously, that makes medicine the oldest profession."

The engineer shook his head, "But before that, in less than a week, God created the heavens and the earth from chaos. You have to admit that was a remarkable feat of engineering and it makes engineering an older profession than medicine."

The ACLU lawyer smirked, and said, "And, who do you think created the chaos?"

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Jewish Exodus From France

French Jews are fleeing a wave of anti-Semitism and moving to Israel, the United States, and Canada.

Is it any wonder that the Jewish community in France may be feeling uncomfortable? Incidents of Anti-Semitism have been on the increase and now,with the outbreak of Muslim violence throughout the country, the handwriting is on the wall. In some cases, literally, where acts of desecration of Jewish monuments and temples have occurred.

The French have been in denial about all of this, Jacques Chirac telling a Jewish editor, "stop saying there is anti-Semitism in France. There is no anti-Semitism in France." Just as the recent riots are the result of a “profound malaise” and not the criminal mischief of Muslims, Chirac continues to play the perfect Frenchman in denial. Even the recent burning of churches during the riots has done nothing to slap Jacques back to reality.

First they came for the Jews, then the Catholics and Protestants and soon Chirac, it will be your turn. But don't worry it's only the Muslim malaise. Keep fiddling while Paris burns.

There is an interesting article at Canada.com regarding the French Jews and their latest exodus.

It's "Deppressing" In France Says Johnny

The riots in France have shocked poor Johnny Depp. "It's insane, that setting cars on fire is the new strike," says Johnny. "I went there to live because it seemed so simple. Now it's anything but. I don't know how they'll recover from this."

You are simple Depp, you and your little liberals pals who stir things up and then think because of your money, you can escape the consequences you are so willing to inflict on the rest of us.

Remember when you said the United States was a stupid, aggressive puppy and you wouldn't live here until the political climate changed. Has France become a big nasty poodle that can hurt little Johnny now also?

Don't even think about moving back here you moron. Iran might be a good spot for you and your family. Au Revoir!

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Designer Sneakers For Criminal Activity

NY artist Judi Werthein has designed special high top sneakers for aiding illegal entry ino the US.

A map of the border area around Tijuana, Mexico, and the best routes to San Diego are printed on a removable insole. A compass and tiny flashlight are attached to the shoelaces.

The shoes she doesn't sell, she hands out to wannabe illegals in Tijuana as they prepare to break our nation's laws. Recently, she displayed the insole map to one group, telling them "This blue line is where you want to go. Good luck! You're all very courageous" .

Werthein came here legally from Argentina and this is how she thanks the country that welcomed her and made her successful. What a display of ingratitude by an enabler of criminal activity. There should be some way to deport her back to Argentina, then she can test her sneakers out if she wants to come back.

More at the New York Daily News.

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Christians Petition ACLU

The following is part of a release from the Christian Communication Network:

The Reverends Rob Schenck and Patrick J. Mahoney will visit ACLU headquarters tomorrow to hand-deliver more than 20,000 petitions demanding that the left-leaning liberal attack group back off of terrorizing communities and individuals who seek to affirm America's Judeo-Christian values.

Schenck, who heads up Faith and Action in the Nation's Capital, and Mahoney, director of the Christian Defense Coalition, asked their respective members to sign the statements after the ACLU sued a small rural school district in Adams County, Ohio, over four displays of the Ten Commandments in front of public schools there. The ACLU won an order for the Commandments to be removed, then demanded that the school reimburse them for legal expenses. After Christian ministers in the community stepped forward with a pledge to replace the money taken from the school budget, the ACLU settled for $80,000.

"The ACLU is this generation's Ku Klux Klan," said Rev. Rob Schenck. "They gallop into small towns with legal hoods over their heads and terrorize good people by threatening to harm children by draining the coffers of local schools if they so much as dare to recognize our nation's true heritage. These ACLU bullies are nothing more than psychological terrorists."

I wish these people well but, I don't believe the ACLU will do anything except derive devilish glee from the fact its persecution is working. They despise Judeo-Christian beliefs and values and that is partly the reason for the assault on religion.

I do, however, enjoy the analogy of the Klan and the legal hoods. What an apt portrayal of the legal intimidation used by the ACLU to get its way. No wonder they are so protective of the rights of terrorists, its professional courtesy.

It's time to rise up and strike down the American Civil Liberties Klan.

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Habla Gardening?

From Bakersfield California comes this story about a man who's getting grief for running an ad advertising his gardening business. The ad says, "having problems communicating with your current gardener?--Talk to us, we're English speaking".

Some Hispanics are calling the add racist.“You know, it sounds very racist to me. It just opens up a can of worms,”said Lou Gomez, the President of the Hispanic Chamber of commerce. Now, that is an ill thought out statement in the first place. Opening a can of worms would probably be an excellent gardening tool but, let's get back to the matter at hand.

At the worst, this may not be politically correct but, it certainly isn't racist. If communicating in English is an asset to the service being sold then this man has every right to advertise it. If it isn't, then he's wasted his money which is a punishment in itself.

Every rational person knows this racial and ethnic sensitivity crap has gotten way out of hand.

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Meanwhile, Up North

With the permission of Val over at Babalu Blog. I am crossposting this. It was so outrageous, I wanted to give it coverage because it needs to be read by as many people as possible. At least, all the nuts are not confined to the states.

I received the following letter from George of the Real Cuba sent to him by Canadian reader David M:

George,

This is absolutely unbelievable. The area comprising the City of Vancouver, Canada's third largest metropolitan area, is holding municipal elections on Saturday Nov 19. If you are a Canadian citizen living in Vancouver, and want to help defeat Castroists who help the tyrant humiliate and enslave our Cuban brothers and sisters, please read on.... One of the City's current council members, Tim Louis, is a staunch Castro supporter.

He has a portrait of Ernesto Guevara ("Che", who, as George has shown The Real Cuba's readers, was a mass murderer at the service of Castro) engraved on his wheelchair. He repeatedly appears at meetings in solidarity with Castro's murderous regime. You can see that for yourself by checking this link out:

http://www.workingtv.com/freethecuban5.html

Of the insane policies he's proposed, the most farfetched one must be the latest : to create a brothel, funded by the city's tax payers, to employ the city's dug addicted prostitutes. Did his friends Fidel or Hugo give him this idea? This is absolutely outrageous. More can be read by clicking on the below link:

http://www.proudtobecanadian.ca/blog/index/weblog/
extreme_liberal_left_
vancouver_candidate_wants_city_owned_brothel/

Also, in the latest issue of a Vancouver newsletter called the Westender, he was asked a question, and gave the below answer:

Q: If you were all-powerful for a day and could change one thing about Vancouver, what would it be?

A: After replacing the city's current coat of arms with a portrait of Che Guevara, I would make public transit free... and build one thousand units of social housing per annum.

I don't have a link to show the above Q&A, but I will be happy to provide you with a scanned copy of the newsletter if you or your readers would like to see this.

George, PLEASE help spread the word, no Cuban-friendly Canadian living in Vancouver wants to surrender a council seat to the supporter of jailers and torturers of 11.5 million innocent Cubans living on the island.

Thanks for your help. Regards, David M.

I know Babalú has many Canadian readers that totally agree with David M. Please help spread the word to keep Tim Louis, a sorry excuse for a human being, out of Vancouver's City Council.

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Clinton Advises Israel, Don't Worry, Be Happy

According to NewsMax, Bill Clinton urged Israelis over the weekend not to overreact to comments by newly elected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recommending that Israel be "wiped off the map."

What would Slick Willie consider an overreaction? He thinks we overreacted to turning the oval office into his personal intern proving grounds.

Speaking at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Saturday, Clinton acknowledged that the remark was "outrageous," but he cautioned that the Iranian leader was "not elected because of his hatred for Israel or the West."

"He was elected because of the economic distress of ordinary Iranians, and which he promised to relieve by giving them financial assistance," Clinton explained, according to the Jerusalem Post.

Wait a minute, wasn't economic distress and anti-Semitism what helped launch Hitler into power in Germany?

He warned Israel not to act unilaterally when reacting to terrorist threats, saying that "true peace and security can only come through principled compromise."

I hate to use the same analogy but this sounds a lot like Chamberlain's sellout of Czechoslovakia. In fact to quote Neville," I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep."

Sure, Bubba, that's some fine advice. Your idea of foreign affairs is committing adultery with women from other nations.

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Release your military records like you promised. Free your 180, as you said you would. Tell the whole truth!

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Sticks And Stones Part II

Here's an update on my post from last week regarding Hugo Chavez and Vicente Fox. Things are heating up!

On Wednesday, Chávez accused Fox of acting like a ‘‘puppy” of the United States for supporting the U.S.-backed Free Trade Area of the Americas during the Americas Summit in Argentina last week.

The Mexican government said Friday that Venezuela must give a satisfactory explanation for President Hugo Chávez’ biting criticism of his Mexican counterpart, Vicente Fox,or it will take ‘‘appropriate steps.”

“President Fox left bleeding from his wound,” Mr. Chavez said Sunday during his weekly radio and TV show, where he recalled a folk song from Venezuela's cattle-raising plains about a thorn, saying it seems appropriate for Mr. Fox since “you're a man of horses.” After reciting the lyrics, Mr. Chavez said: “Don't mess with me, sir, because you'll come out pricked.”

Mexico responded by saying a failure to apologize would force it to “ask for the immediate withdrawal of Venezuela's ambassador and a recall of the Mexican ambassador in that country.”

Thanks to MercoPress.

In God We Trust , The Battle Begins

Michael Newdow, favorite godless son of the ACLU, is making trouble again. He spoke to them on Saturday, this from the ACLU Oklahoma website:

The ACLU of Oklahoma Foundation will host its annual Bill of Rights Celebration on Saturday, November 12 at the Clarion Meridian Convention Center, 737 S. Meridian Avenue in Oklahoma City. This year’s keynote speaker will be Michael Newdow, an emergency room physician with a law degree who objected to the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance and took a case against their inclusion in the Pledge to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Then, on Sunday, Newdow announced that he planned to file a federal lawsuit this week asking for the removal of the national motto, "In God We Trust," from U.S. coins and dollar bills. He claims it's an unconstitutional endorsement of religion and "excludes people who don't believe in God."

Newdow says his opponents "want to get their religious views in our government".
How, may I ask is that any different than what he is doing? He is forcing his view of religion on a majority that has a very different opinion. This country has religious roots and the majority of Americans have no problem recognizing them. Once again, tyranny by the minority is on the march.

More info at The Mercury News.

The Crowning Insult

Al-Qaeda has called the Queen of England “one of the severest enemies of Islam” in a video message justifying the July bombings in London.

In the video, Ayman al- Zawahiri, second-in-command to Osama Bin Laden, says the Queen is ultimately responsible for Britain’s “crusader laws” and denounces her as an enemy of Muslims. They also seemed perturbed that Elizabeth is head of the Church of England.

Remember Charles, telling us how we misunderstand Muslims? He scolded the West regarding its "unthinkable prejudices" about Islam and its customs and laws. Well Charles, they want your momma's head now. This is what appeasement gets you.

Thank God for Tony Blair.

Read more at the Times Online.

Ambulance Chasers Of The ACLU

Here is a perfect example of the ACLU trawling the seas looking for legal action fish to put in its basket. There is no plaintiff so they are chumming the waters to find one.

This whole exercise is due to a program that requires drivers, pulled over for crimes such as reckless driving or excessive speeding, to ink their thumbprint on a ticket or face jail.

Director Dawn Wyland contacted anti Sheriff Arpaio groups to find someone who’s been would make a good candidate to sue. In other words, no DUIs.

Is there a shortage of litigation? Have these legal hacks nothing better to do than further clog our courtrooms with their incessant braying about feigned rights abuse?

Obviously, they have it in for Sheriff Arpaio who said, the ACLU "sues me every time I go to the toilet." There is a positive side though. "Every time they go after me," Arpaio said Thursday, "my polls go up."

You have to wonder how many people are in favor of protecting the "right" to drive recklessly and/or at excessive speed. Of course, that is the means by which the ACLU is trying to drive this nation to ruin.

The following quote is from an article in the East Valley Tribune.

"We have drafted a memo on the points of law that show clear constitutional and statutory violations under Joe’s new fingerprint policy," wrote director Dawn Wyland in an e-mail to an anti-Arpaio group. "We are now looking for a plaintiff so we may bring a case and stop the abuse."


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Stealing The Season

Graham Gets Romero's Goat

From the Detroit Free Press.

The Senate voted Thursday to bar terror suspects being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, from challenging their captivity in federal courts, a move that seeks to reverse a landmark Supreme Court decision and heightens the debate about what to do with prisoners captured in the war on terror.

In a 49-42 vote that broke largely along party lines, the Senate adopted an amendment proposed by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on the defense authorization bill that would strip prisoners at Guantanamo of their right to file habeas corpus petitions in federal courts.

"We're going back to a model that's worked for over 200 years -- that prisoners in a war should not be able to go into court and sue the people that are fighting the war," said Graham, a former military judge.

Anthony Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, called the vote "disgraceful."

"The American military indefinitely detains individuals -- and tortures some of them -- and the Senate votes to strip them of their rights," Romero said.

"It's unbelievable."

The ACLU is unhappy because the legislature is making the law instead of their judicial jackals. What's "unbelievable" is the ACLU's efforts to sabotage this nation's war effort by every means they can muster.

You cannot unleash the dogs of war and still keep choke collars about their necks. The enemy needs to realize we will use any and all means to win this conflict and we will not hamstring ourselves with the pathetic protestations of the ACLU. My concerns are only for the safety and security of America, its citizens and their property and for our allies. One must assume from the actions and statements of Romero and the ACLU that their sympathies are elsewhere.

Thanks to Senator Graham and the others who voted some common sense into what often seems to be governing by the Keystone Kops. Now, let's really piss off the ACLU and make this law.

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Sticks And Stones

Hugo and Vicente are not playing nicely together. This should be no shock because Hugo doesn't know how to be nice. Still, the thought of these two little strutting roosters kicking dirt at each other does bring a smile to one's face. I wonder how long this duel of egos will last?

This from Caracas.

The Mexican government said Friday that Venezuela must give a satisfactory explanation for
President Hugo Chávez’ biting criticism of his Mexican counterpart, Vicente Fox,
or it will take ‘‘appropriate steps.”

On Wednesday, Chávez accused Fox of acting like a ‘‘puppy” of the United States for so staunchly supporting the U.S.-backed Free Trade Area of the Americas, or FTAA, during the Americas Summit in Argentina last week.
During two days of diplomatic sparring, the Venezuelan government has refused to apologize. ‘‘We demand a satisfactory explanation,” presidential spokesman Rubén Aguilar told a news conference. ‘‘If this doesn’t happen, we will take appropriate steps.” He did not elaborate.
Aguilar said that Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez was going to discuss the situation with his Venezuelan counterpart, Alí Rodríguez, later Friday.

More at The Daily Journal.