PETA's Pamela Wants Colonel's Bust Removed

Pamela Anderson, bimbo extraordinary, is trying to get a bust of KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders removed from the Kentucky state Capitol. It was called "a monument to cruelty" to chickens in a statement issued by PETA. Read more about this at Forbes, if you care.

What makes this woman think anyone would take her seriously? After all, she married Tommy Lee, was engaged to Kid Rock and was involved with Scott Baio. If this is the spokeperson PETA picks to represent them, they are the dumb animals.

French Force Themselves To Say Merci

France is "thanking" us for our help in securing the release of French hostage, Bernard Planche. Expressing his thanks to "all those who mobilized" to help the French hostage regain his freedom, Jacques Chirac strained himself and "thanked the coalition forces that permitted this release". Dominque de Villepin, in an unusual fit of politeness, thanked "the diplomatic services and intelligence services"and, if you can believe it, "the US authorities that lent their assistance to this release". As usual, it is the US that had to pull the French fry out of the fire once again.

France, which chose not to participate in the coalition, gets to benefit from it.

Check out Le Figaro.

Helping Hamas

I ran across an interesting article at the Chicago Tribune.

The Center for National Security Studies and the ACLU have filed legal briefs in support of Abdelhaleem Ashqar, a Virginia man accused of helping to fund Mideast terrorists. It is alleged that Ashqar and two other men, Muhammed Salah and Mousa Abu Marzook, participated in a 15-year conspiracy to finance the group Hamas, laundering millions of dollars, some of which went to buy weapons. Marzook is a fugitive believed to be living in Syria.

The two groups are arguing that federal agents had no right to search Ashqar's home without a warrant in 1993. The search was conducted during the Clinton administration and approved by attorney general, Janet Reno.

"The 4th Amendment does not require the government to obtain court approval for a foreign intelligence search of an agent of a foreign power," prosecutors have stated.

That is the case, in a nutshell. This was not the normal search of a suspect's residence. However, the ACLU will use whatever means it can to stymie the government's efforts to fight terrorism, foreign and domestic. Once again, the organization finds itself on the wrong side of an issue. Protecting our civil liberties means that groups like Hamas must not be able to use our freedom against us. Those who collaborate with them have much explaining to do.

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AARP Now Recognizes Belafonte For What He Is

AARP issued the following statement in response to remarks made by Harry Belafonte.

"Last year, AARP The Magazine recognized Harry Belafonte for his work in serving as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF since 1987.

"To our dismay, Mr. Belafonte has made reckless and irresponsible statements about the President of the United States which we neither support nor condone. Mr. Belafonte is entitled to express his own personal views, but AARP does not condone the manner and tone which he has chosen and finds his comments completely unacceptable."

The AARP has this one right. Not only is he reckless and irresponsible but he cannot disguise his vicious and mean spirited personality. He is a poor excuse of an American and a pathetic excuse of a human being, who is unfit to shine the shoes of a true heroic American, Colin Powell, a man he disparaged unfairly.

Mind Your Own Business

The foreign ministers of Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala,El Salvador, Honduras, Belize and Panama have demanded guest worker programs and the legalization of illegal immigrants in the United States. Well, I guess that's the last word on this subject. Here's a coalition that ought to make us take pause and turn our nation over to lawbreakers inspired and encouraged by these world class diplomats. I think not. Where is the response from our government?

Why is it that every third world country complains about anyone interfering in their "self determination" process but thinks it's ok to tell the most successful country in the world how to run its internal affairs. Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez has "well thought out" opinions of our laws such as "stupid and underhanded." What a political intellect! Can you imagine if we said that about Mexico?

Is it that these people think the concept of sovereignty only applies to them? Someone in Washington should tell them to fix their own houses before they begin criticizing ours. That should give them a few centuries of work.

John Kerry, Shadowboxer

"He's continuing the fight he began in 2004. He wants to make it very clear he's a fighter who is going to continue to fight for his agenda." These are the words of John Kerry spokesman David Wade describing Kerry's wish to be humiliated again in 2008. Do you notice the emphasis on the word fight? One wouldn't think you'd have to be so emphatic about that quality in a decorated veteran. But, then there is so much controversy about self-inflicted wounds and "rice shrapnel" that it's hard to picture Kerry as an heroic figure.

Perhaps John's pugnaciousness would be more believable if we could all just be convinced about his honorable discharge. Fight to get us the whole truth about your 180 form, John.

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Belafonte And The Marx Brothers

I have had enough of Harry Belafonte and Danny Glover. The fact that two men who have been so blessed by the good fortune of living in America can demean their president and their country with juvenile, sophomoric diatribes in front of a foreign audience is worse than disgusting.

See this Yahoo news article and try to keep your stomach from turning over.

Harry wants to be the show opener for the new Marx Brothers act of Hugo, Evo and Castro so let him be judged by the company he keeps.

What Was The Deal?

It has been speculated that the German government may have paid around five million dollars for the release of Susanne Osthoff. Now, it is reported that she worked for Germany's BND foreign intelligence service.

What's interesting is according to the DEBKAfile, Ernst Uhrlau, Angela Merkel’s new head of the BND, is the man behind Berlin’s secret decision to trade Susanne Osthoff kidnapped in Iraq on Nov. 25 for the jailed Hizballah terrorist wanted in America, Mohammad Ali Hammadi.

There seems to be a lot more going on here then we've been told and I hope this topic will be reviewed in depth during Angela Merkel's upcoming visit to Washington. Since she claims she desires to mend relations, this would be a good jumping off point.

It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over

Tongsun Park, a South Korean businessman accused of receiving millions of dollars from Saddam Hussein's regime to bribe top United Nations officials over the controversial oil-for-food program, has been arrested by FBI agents in Houston, Texas. He is expected to cooperate with the US authorities in a deal that could throw fresh light on the rampant corruption that permeated the UN program.

This could spell fresh trouble for Kofi Annan who was hoping the Volcker Report would allow him to escape the scandal unscathed. Park may have likely cut a deal with the feds and the fallout from that may finally net Annan who certainly seems tainted by the whole bribery issue.

More at the telegraph.

Sunday Funny

The local United Way office realized that it had never received a donation from the town's most successful lawyer, an attorney for the ACLU. The volunteer in charge of contributions called on the attorney to persuade him to contribute. "Our research shows that out of a yearly income of more than $750,000 you give not one penny to charity. Wouldn't you like to give back to your community in some way?"

The lawyer mulled this over for a moment and replied, "First, Did your research also show that my mother is dying from a long, lingering illness and she has amassed medical bills that are several times her annual income?" Somewhat taken aback, the United Way representative managed to mumble, "Um... No."

"Second, did you know that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair?" The stricken United Way rep began to stammer out an apology but was put off. "Third, that my sister's husband died in a traffic accident," the lawyer's voice rising in indignation, "leaving her penniless with three small children?"

The embarassed United Way rep, completely humiliated, said simply, "I had no idea..." On a roll, the ACLU attorney cut him off once again, "...And I don't give any money to them, so why should I give any to you?"

Mannequins Manhandled

This guy needs help, big time. He must enjoy unresponsive partners.

A Turkish shop assistant was arrested after he was found lying naked with a mannequin in a store window.

The 30-year-old man was discovered by colleagues opening up the department store in Antalya for the day.

They called police after noticing bite marks on the mannequin. Two other mannequins that showed signs of abuse were also taken in as evidence.

The shop assistant allegedly hid in the toilets while the store was being locked up for the night.

The man has been charged with damaging property.

From Ananova.

More Rantings From Mahmoud

Iran's madman president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced to a mob of "theological" students assembled in Qom that Israeli Prime Minister Sharon “has joined his ancestors and others will soon follow suit”.

“We don’t shy away from declaring that Islam is ready to rule the world”, he added.

Ahmadinejad referred to the return of the Shiite Messiah, the Mahdi, as not far away and that Muslims must prepare for it. He is urging Iranians to prepare for the coming of the Mahdi by turning the country into a strong, advanced Islamic society and avoiding the corruption of the West. The return of the 12th imam will prompt a global battle between good and evil similar to the biblical account of Armageddon.

When is someone going to drop the net on this psychotic and get him on some heavy sedatives? I would really like to know what world leaders are saying about him behind closed doors and is there a plan to make sure this lunatic never gets close to a nuclear weapon?

How Goes The War For America?

As we move into 2006, knowing we will be faced with an onslaught of suits by the ACLU, it is important to remember that there were several victories over them at the end of 2005.

CCN lists several important loses for the ACLU in a recent article. I am posting a short list below.

1. Regarding a Ten Commandments display in Mercer County Kentucky, the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals handed the ACLU a significant defeat when they ruled the display is Constitutional because it included other historical documents and therefore it was more easily determined to have a secular purpose. Perhaps what was most significant was that the the Court said, "Our concern is that of the reasonable person. And the ACLU, an organization whose mission is to ensure that…the government (is kept) out of the religion business, does not embody the reasonable person." The Court's opinion also rejected the ACLU's "repeated reference to the 'separation of church and state.' This extra-constitutional construct has grown tiresome. The First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state," the Court said. Finally, truth resounds through the halls of Justice.

2. A case in the US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals who ruled that the same exact display as the one in the Mercer County Case was Constitutional in Elkhart County, Indiana. Perhaps most significant was after the loss was that the ACLU indicated that they will not appeal this case. Give them credit for knowing when they cannot succeed.

3. The ACLU lost its case against New York City where they were trying to stop random searches of passenger's bags who were boarding the subway system. The ACLU had sued the City of New York after they instituted random bag searches following the bombing of London's transit system. The ACLU's contention was that random searches of passenger's bags were an unconstitutional invasion of privacy. Once again, the ACLU finds itself on the wrong side of the public's welfare issue.

These are a few important battles, but the war is far from being won. If you would like to help turn back the ACLU hordes from the gates of real freedom, please refer to the following.

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Killer Candidate

In a television interview, a Palestinian legislative candidate told why her Islamic faith required her to sacrifice three of her sons to terrorist operations and why she believes there are no prohibitions against killing civilians until the Jews are completely banished from Israel. Read the rest of this article at WorldNetDaily and then contemplate how peace will ever come to Palestine as long as mentally deranged people such as this woman are on the loose.

Gaza gunmen have been taking over government buildings and kidnapping foreigners almost daily. Most recently, about 40 gunmen from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade took over an election building in the Gaza strip.

How will a Palestinian state survive armed gangs in the streets and no rule of law?

Kerry Can't Afford To Talk About Truth

Below, I have posted a fund raising email sent out by John Kerry and the Democrats. Kerry has the gall to discuss skirting the truth, hiding the facts, and disguising failures in reference to his opponents. He has been the poster boy for disingenuous behavior. All this brought to you by the man who lied about his brothers in Viet Nam. It is especially ironic that he even makes mention of Swift Boat-style attacks.

Stop skirting the truth about your military discharge, John and no more hiding the facts about your 180. Clear up the discrepancies between what you claim and the reality of what we see. Speak the truth to the American people! And while you're at it, let's clear up that Christmas in Cambodia.

Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 12:15:46 -0500 [11:15:46 CST]
From: John Kerry <info@johnkerry.com>
To: ___
Subject: Call them out, point them out, and vote them out


Dear ___,

What should your last political act of 2005 be about?

There's only one answer. It should be about fighting back - about laying down a marker that says we've seen enough, heard enough, and seen the Republicans who control Washington try to mislead America more than enough. And, in 2006, we're coming to take our democracy back from the Washington special interests that control it today.

With the pivotal 2006 elections approaching, we won't be blackmailed or denied. We won't stand for Swift Boat-style attacks. We won't be intimidated. And we won't stop working until we win.

Support the Fight Back Fund Now:

Throughout 2005, Keeping America's Promise, the leadership committee I helped launch, has raised over $2 million dollars for dozens of candidates - including our year-end drive under way right now focusing on women candidates locked in tough races.

Just as important, we've organized a vitally important Fight Back Fund. We're ready, willing and able to take on the vicious attacks, deceitful distortions, and truth-defying rhetoric - just the way we did when they tried to savage war hero John Murtha and other Bush administration critics.

When the Bush White House says one thing and does another, we'll call them out. When shadowy Republican front groups show up on the campaign trail, we'll smoke them out. When there are huge discrepancies between the successes they claim and the reality they've created, we'll point them out.

And, most importantly on Election Day 2006, we'll vote them out.

Support the Fight Back Fund Now:

I hope you'll act right now to strengthen Keeping America's Promise's 2006 Fight Back Fund. We need to be ready to respond in force and at a moment's notice.

We know what to expect. With their backs to the wall, the Bush White House, the Republican National Committee, and all their shadowy front groups are counting on skirting the truth, hiding the facts, and disguising their failures for one more election cycle.

Will we let them get away with it? Not a chance.

I urge you to end 2005 and start the crucial election year of 2006 with a generous donation to Keeping America's Promise's Fight Back Fund.

Support the Fight Back Fund Now:

I look forward to working side by side with you every day of 2006 as we stand up for our candidates and fight for our beliefs. Let's refuse to yield an inch to a Republican Party unconcerned about stopping the corruption in its midst . . . unwilling to address the failures in its record . . . and unable to speak the truth to the American people.

Sincerely,

John Kerry

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Year Of The Lunatic?

Continuing his drive to win the "World Leader Lunacy Award", Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has now charged that European countries sought to complete the genocide of the Jews by establishing Israel, in the midst of Muslim countries.

Ahmadinejad has extended his lead over Hugo Chavez, Kim Jong-il, Robert Mugabe and new comer to the race, Evo Morales. While all of these entrants have made significant psychotic contributions to the world political scene, none can compare with the delusional fantasies of madman Mahmoud.

Will 2006 be the year the Persian prince of psychotic episodes acts out his most outrageous performance to date? Stay tuned!

Bolivian Bozo Joins Castro And Chavez

The third stooge is now in place in Latin America. Castro and Chavez are joined by Evo Morales of Bolivia, completing the trio of troublemakers.

Morales immediately called President Bush a terrorist, thereby giving us all a clue to his diplomatic and statesmanship skills. But, what else is to be expected from a puppet of Castro and Chavez and a pal of Libya's Muammar Qaddafi?

Morales will be propped up by the oil money of Chavez but Bolivia, a poor country, will suffer severely from the radical socialism of Morales. In the meantime, we all will have to suffer the intemperate remarks and comedic cavortings of yet a third stooge down south.

Merry Marriage in Massachusetts

Barney Frank hard at work while talking to aspiring politician Mike Evans. Photo courtesy Washington Blade.


Massachusetts could face an "angry, divisive" fight if a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage reaches the 2008 state ballot, Rep. Barney Frank says.

Do you think Barney has a vested interest in a particular side of this issue?

"Basically, they're the disturbers of the civic peace," he said. "We now have social peace in Massachusetts. They're the ones who want to stir it up ... This is a non-issue in Massachusetts."

Frank seems to feel the civic peace is imperiled by exercising the right to petition for the right to vote on an issue. Of course, if it were some group of flaming queens demonstrating for the right to fornicate in public Barney would probably see that as promoting social justice.

Will someone please slip him a poisoned gerbil at the New Year's party?

Murder, Kidnapping, Politics In Germany

Recently our "allies", the Germans, released a Lebanese serving a life sentence for the murder of a U.S. Navy diver during the 1985 hijacking of a TWA airplane.

German Chancellor Merkel has a visit scheduled to Washington in January. One would hope that it would be made painfully clear to her that this is not the way to improve relations with America.

“The United States will make every effort to see that this individual, Mohammad Ali Hamadi, faces justice in a United States court for his role in the murder of Mr. [Robert Dean] Stethem,” said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack during his daily briefing in Washington December 20.

Hamadi, a member of the radical Shiite Muslim terrorist group Hizballah, flew to Lebanon after his release December 15, according to a German government spokesman, who denied Hamadi’s parole had any connection to the subsequent release in Iraq of a kidnapped German archeologist, Susanne Osthoff.

This is the same Susanne Osthoff who said her captors told her not to be afraid as her kidnapping was "politically motivated."

"Do not be afraid. We do not harm women or children and you are a Muslim," she quoted them as saying.

"I was so happy to know that I had not fallen into the hands of criminals," she said. She described her captors as "poor people" and that she "cannot blame them for kidnapping her, as they cannot enter (Baghdad's heavily fortified) Green Zone to kidnap Americans."

I guess the Germans no longer consider kidnapping a crime either. Murder? Kidnapping? It's all just playing politics. Osthoff repeated more than once that she "was sold", without making clear what she meant.

U.S. officials originally sought Hamadi’s extradition to the United States at the time of his arrest in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1987, McCormack said. “Germany, at that time, made the decision to assert jurisdiction over the case, and he was tried and convicted and sentenced in Germany,” McCormack told reporters.

“In the years since his arrest and conviction, the United States has made its views known that Hamadi should face trial in the U.S. for the murder of Mr. Stethem,” McCormack continued. “We have demonstrated over the years that, when … we believe an individual is responsible for the murder of innocent civilians, that we will track them down and that we will bring them to justice in the United States.”

Stethem, a 23-year-old U.S. Navy sailor, was a passenger aboard TWA Flight 847 from Athens, Greece, to Rome in 1985, when hijackers seeking the release of Hizbollah prisoners in Israeli jails singled him out for brutal treatment because of his military service. After beating him and shooting him to death, the hijackers dropped his body onto the Beirut, Lebanon, airport runway. Hamadi’s three accomplices remain at large.

The United States now is talking with the Lebanese government about Hamadi’s extradition, but the issue is complicated because the United States and Lebanon do not have an extradition treaty, McCormack said. “So we are in contact with them on this issue and, as I said, regardless of the timeline, we will make every effort to see that this individual stands trial in a U.S. court for what he has done.”

Asked whether the United States renewed its extradition request with Germany after being notified by the German government that Hamadi would be released, McCormack responded later in the day that the U.S. government did not.

“The U.S. request to Germany for Hamadi's extradition was denied almost 20 years ago,” he said. “Our extradition treaty does not permit Germany to extradite a fugitive to the United States on the same charges for which he has already been tried and convicted in Germany.”

McCormack noted that the U.S. and German legal systems differ in their views of whether Hamadi, in fact, has served a sentence for all the potential crimes he may have committed. “In our view, he has not,” McCormack said during the press briefing. “He could be, in fact, convicted of the murder of Mr. Stethem so that -- again, there's a difference in the interpretations between the legal systems,” McCormack said.

“We made our legal case to the German authorities, and our policy is that we will make every effort now to see that he stands trial in the United States,” McCormack said.

The disappointment of the United States is not due solely to the fact that Hamadi was released before the end of his full sentence, McCormack clarified. In fact, even if Hamadi had served his full 25-year sentence, “we still would have him stand trial in the United States,” McCormack said.

“I think it's clear that from the history of this case that we would have preferred that he stand trial in the United States,” he said. “I think you can see that from the fact that we requested his extradition when he was first arrested and the German government decided that they were going to assert their right to try him and imprison him in Germany,” McCormack said.

“We were certainly disappointed at the time that we didn't get our hands on him then,” he said. “And we are disappointed now that he has been released before the end of his full sentence.”

Thanks to US Dept of State

Suspicious Spirit And The ACLU

Muslim Americans were detained near the Canadian border upon returning from the "Reviving the Islamic Spirit" conference in Canada. However, this conference has featured some attendees who should have drawn the attention of Homeland Security.

Once again the ACLU wanted to outlaw common sense under the pretext of protecting constitutional rights. However, in this case, a federal judge in Buffalo, NY ruled against them. They are, of course, planning to appeal.

The judge correctly noted, "As unfortunate as this incident may have been, I find that it was not unconstitutional," for Customs and Border Protection "had reason to believe that these conferences would serve as meeting points for terrorists to exchange ideas and documents, coordinate operations, and raise funds intended for terrorist activities." The fingerprinting, photographing and vehicle searches were necessary to verify that U.S.-based conferees were not attempting to "use the conference as cover."

Here is the wicked word twisting of the ACLU direct from their own site:

“As this decision demonstrates, we now are reaching a point in this country where the ‘war on terrorism’ has turned into a war on the constitution,” said New York Civil Liberties Union Executive Director Donna Lieberman. “With the recent disclosures about government spying on political activity, we no longer can trust our government to respect our most cherished traditions, including our right to religious freedom.”

Isn't it incredible how the ACLU can feign love of religion when it suits their nefarious purposes.

Homeland Security officials said they had information that potential terrorists might have attended the "Reviving the Islamic Spirit" conference or other similar gatherings. So they ordered customs inspectors to photograph, fingerprint and question everyone who said they attended the conference. Kristi Clemens, spokeswoman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, was quoted as saying, "In this instance, we had credible intelligence that conferences similar to the one from which these individuals were leaving were being used by terrorist organizations to fundraise and to hide the travel of terrorists themselves.

The issue here is not that these people attended a "religious" conference, it is whether or not these conferences may be a method for terrorists and other radical Islamists to cross the American border at will. That seems to be of no concern to the ACLU.

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