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April 05, 2006

Howie Blegs

Rusty is still attending to his friendÂ’s arrangements and IÂ’ve run out of time for the most part. Help me Co-Bloggers you are my only hope. more...

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Congratulations Captain Ed Morrissey

The good Captain was named Â“Blogger of the YearÂ” by The Week magazine. In typical humble Morrissey style he says.

Ed Morrissey: It's wonderful to be recognized alongside Nick Kristof and Mike Luckovich, but now the nose must get back to the grindstone.

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WTW Missed the Rig But

I promised Jesusland Joe I would get us a pic of the rig for WTW. But I missed it. This is good because first of all the hole was a hit. Second because they got the rig moved before the roads went soft and got posted. So the flare was not as good as I hoped for a new well I did get a pic of the new pump jack and tank batteries. I reckon I should have been at bit closer to the pump jack looking at the pics now.

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1 Great, thanks Howie. Nothing like the smell of crude oil to get you going in the morning. We just completed a well last week(it's making 67bpd @4 strokes @minute), so we are so happy. This is the third well in a row for us. We're doing our part to solve the oil crises. Hooray!

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 05, 2006 09:19 AM (rUyw4)

2 Congratulations on your successful hit!!!

Posted by: Veritas Regina at April 05, 2006 10:12 AM (jXE2n)

3 Seen any deer, or turkey?

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 05, 2006 05:27 PM (D2g/j)

4 You betcha, Leatherneck. Just about every day.

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 05, 2006 06:18 PM (rUyw4)

5 Deer are a problem here too many so yes. And turkeys i've hears some. Not seen any the last week or two but it's not uncommon. Last time one field north of me I think I saw about 6 or 8 turkeys picking.

Posted by: Howie at April 05, 2006 09:19 PM (D3+20)

6 funny I said that and this morning about 7:20 I saw a turkey getting ready to cross the road. I was running too late to stop & get pic.

Posted by: Howie at April 06, 2006 09:29 AM (D3+20)

7 You fellows might want to be careful in them there woods. I hear tell around them parts, more than a few old timers might be starting a fire under their sour mash. A little white lighting might go gooooood with turkey hunting.

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 06, 2006 02:17 PM (D2g/j)

8 Leatherneck, I 'm working in Arkansas right now, and the county I'm living in does not allow any liquor sales. It's what the locals call a dry county. No white lightning, or even white wine for that matter, even though there are two wineries about 60 miles west of here. Go figure.

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 06, 2006 06:56 PM (rUyw4)

9 I knew you were in Arkansas. Around Rogers? But anyway, I thought I would get a laugh. When I was little, I saw what they call white lighting. I was to young to want to try any, but I wish I had gotten to keep the two big glass jugs. So much has gone crazy in this world, I wish for a more calm, and down to earth period. I wish I was on a farm now, instead of working at this Hospital doing ultrasound exams. Not much money on the farm, but a lot more fun. Soon, Soon.

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 06, 2006 07:07 PM (D2g/j)

10 Hye you guys I tried to get closer to the turkeys but they see really good. Added a link to my toy blog. clicky I'm going mushroom hunting.

Posted by: Howie at April 07, 2006 09:20 AM (D3+20)

11 I could help hold the mushrooms. I promise not to hide any, or by chance eat any.

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 07, 2006 02:01 PM (D2g/j)

12 Found a few more. Almost enough to get at least a snack for us. May not giving up though. There will be more still holding out for the big mess as long as my legs hold out. Whew!

Posted by: Howie at April 07, 2006 10:00 PM (D3+20)

13 Nice try leatherneck. Some years the things are all over most of the time not. At least I have enought for a taste so far. I'll probably have to go ahead and fry these as they don't keep too long. About 24 pieces(halves) now.

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April 04, 2006

Aztlan: What the Illegals Really Want

Wormed into the very heart of the illegal immigrant "civil rights" movement is the concept of Aztlan, and people like Hector Carreon. Carreon's La Voz de Aztlan (The Voice of Aztlan) is one of the network of subversive websites that helped organize the recent marches in several US cities.

What is Aztlan?
The dateline from this article by Carreon about an "Immigrant Sanctuary" voted in by useful idiots on the city council of Coachella, CA reads [emphasis added]: "Los Angeles, Alta California - March 24, 2006" more...

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1 It's about time Jawa blogged Aztlan. Aztlanists are right up there with islamic terrorists on my shit list. What they want would lead to nothing short of bloody ethnic violence and civil war. And to them, patriotic hispanics like me are "vendidos"-- we are sold out to whitey. So I'm right up there on their shit list too if they ever take over.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 05, 2006 12:44 AM (8e/V4)

2 As an 8th generation Californian(Family sailed around the horn almost 200 years ago) I think someone should give these guys a history lesson. Russia took California away from France (yes France, Mexico and its states were a French colony for several hundred years!) in the 18th century. James K Polk sent Captain Freemont to San Francisco ( The Othodox Catholic name given the city by the Russians in the 18th century, the Mexican name for SF was Yerba Buena)to tell the Russians not to interfere with our plebiscite in 1848 (We actually had an effective intelligence agency back then and Knox Polk knew about the gold 2 years before the rest of the world) The Russians and the Bolsheviks hated America for 150 years becaus of this. It is also why the French gave Jefferson the Louisiana territory for such a low price; they knew they could not defend it and something was better than nothing. Of course many of the people who believe "America" took California away from "Mexico" also believe 911 was a Mossad operation and all the Jews stayed home from work that day! They make up history to suit their agendum.

Posted by: Rod Stanton at April 05, 2006 03:45 AM (HpV+N)

3 Can you imagine the nightmare if the Mexican-American border didn't just run along the southern states and instead ran all the way up through Arizona, Utah and north of there? By now they would be demanding Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa. And if anyone thinks they were any kinder to native indians, they've got another thing coming.

Posted by: Oyster at April 05, 2006 04:53 AM (YudAC)

4 Yesterday I saw a truck with a decal that read Viva Mi Raza. Nobody will ever speak one word in protest of this, but if I get a WHITE POWER bumpersticker, I'll be arrested. It's about time to start the shooting.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 05, 2006 05:54 AM (0yYS2)

5 Subject: What will the future "Populist Vote" be like??? The problem is that years of government inaction on enforcing our laws and of having virtually open borders, have bred a "false sense of security," and an attitude of "arrogance" in most of these illegal Mexicans and Central Americans, such as that of the man interviewed on the Spanish speaking TV network, Univision, who has already been deported "eight" times back to El Salvador, and yet says "he will keep coming back," nonchalantly with a snicker of indifference on his face; or that of Jorge Ramos the Univision TV anchor, and Jaime Rodriguez, self proclaimed "organizer" of the LA demonstrations and the forthcoming May 1st protests, who have repeatedly retorted in TV interviews to critics of the "Amnesty" Legislation so many are trying to shove down our collective throats in Washington, "defiantly" and with a smirk of "in your face" smugness on their faces: "So, we are here now America, and we are going nowhere. What are you going to do about it ???" confident in their "hubris" that we will either find it too controversial, or inhumane, or politically incorrect, won't have the rersolve, or just won't have "the balls," to simply begin to enforce our laws, actively crackdown on illegal immigrants, and systematically deport them, as well we should!!! From what we have witnessed over the last two weeks with American flags being flown upside-down beneath Mexican flags, and Mexican flags being hoisted in our schools, the "this is our land" posters, and the "Che Guevara," "It's time for revolution" T-shirts worn by all the "La Raza" and "Aztlan" sympathizers whose professed goal is to symply overrun us demographically to in effect take back the American Southwest, and indeed the rest of the US, by fiat of their sheer numbers reflected in the "populist vote"; any person not blinded by "saccharine idealism," or "political ideology" can discern that many of these people have the least desire to "integrate" and or "assimilate" into our society, which they hate in principle as having "exploited" them and robbed them (Mexico) of their land, and which in their minds many have come to equate to their former "Spanish Overlords," whom they have been taught to despise for generations, but rather on asserting their "national identities and customs," and imposing their "culture" on us!!! As I have stated before in other posts, in a chilling analogy, viruses infect a Â“hostÂ” cell, by destroying its DNA and supplanting it with their own, which then goes on to turn out more copies of the invading virus. In a similar manner, if the shade of the things to come does not change...that may very well be the fate of America, and we will become just another "Mestizo" (those of mixed indian-spanish descent comprising 98% of the population of these countries) "Banana Republic," or an "extension of Mexico" as in the "Republica del Norte" Aztlan dreams.... God only knows that even today, standing on a street corner of many of our major cities, one would think he was in "Michoacan" or "Tegucigalpa," instead of on a street in America!!! Althor

Posted by: Althor at April 05, 2006 07:05 AM (wZLWV)

6 Q. Just say for a minute that we gave them aztlan........what would they do with it? A. Turn it into a total ghetto (all be it with latino style), spray painted everywhere with macho anarchist slogans and bullet riddled bodies amid the massive rubble. soundslike agreat idea to me. WAKE UP AMERICA

Posted by: n.a. palm at April 05, 2006 07:09 AM (uO8TL)

7 What they want is to take our part of the USA to make it part of mexico again lets just build a wall

Posted by: sandpiper at April 05, 2006 08:34 AM (O2c+K)

8 From : Santiago Valenzuela sanjavalen@gmail.com Sent : Wednesday, April 5, 2006 9:51 AM To : dreadpundit@hotmail.com, "rusty shackleford" mypetjawa@gmail.com Subject : Re: "What Illegals Really Want" Since the comments roll on the Jawa report is broken... That is a disgusting post. Of course you did not do any research into exactly how popular those racist, idiotic organizations are - or else you'd have not made the insulting claim that such is what the illegals "really want." These organizations are emancipated skeletons staffed by retards, not some big power player in the hispanic community, as you seem to wish to imply. They're practically nonexistant as a power in Texas and back in Los Angeles the only time I saw Mecha was a local campus club - which had a half dozen people in it total. Frankly its disgusting even by blogger standards to see such ignorance tossed out as fact. I know you'd like to knee-jerk against any illegal immigrant and stereotype them as some sort of evil terrorist/communist/traitor, but the facts of reality do not bear you out - at all. In the future, I would request you do not talk out of your ass and claim you know whats the illegal immigrants in America "really want." I'd expect this kind of thing from Kos, maybe, but I'm severely annoyed that Rusty has some joker on his website posting such nonsense. Santiago

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 05, 2006 08:47 AM (RHG+K)

9 Santiago is correct. Most hispanics have probably never even heard of Aztlan or Mecha. It's the equivalent of the marxist International Answer organizing a march and 10,000 useful idiot Liberals showing up. Two separate groups, yes. But they are like two separates hands that wash each other. I think it's valid to know what role Aztlanists have in ORGANIZING these rallies. Blog that, Bluto.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 05, 2006 09:11 AM (8e/V4)

10 Annexation of Mexico ItÂ’s time has come, Annexation may be to strong a word, but, as with Puerto Rico, A commonwealth may be the answer. Think of it, if Mexico were to become a commonwealth of the United States, the questions concerning our borders would be eliminated (or at least moved further south). We could then Utilize their resources creating a state that is self-sufficient and a productive partner of the United States

Posted by: Vegas Vic at April 05, 2006 09:14 AM (Ej1c6)

11 I consider every Mexican flag raised at an illegal immigrant rally in America to be a vote for Aztlan.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 05, 2006 09:54 AM (RHG+K)

12 >>>>I consider every Mexican flag raised at an illegal immigrant rally in America to be a vote for Aztlan. Your comments, Santiago?

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 05, 2006 10:03 AM (8e/V4)

13 Rod - You do not understand. If big government liberals can not rewrite history to support their cause they would ban teaching it in school.

Posted by: Jo macDougal at April 05, 2006 10:09 AM (HpV+N)

14 OK Bluto here is something else to worry about. Saint Brendan discovered America, in 530 and claimed it. Every Irish flag you see raised MEANS WE ARE REASSERTING OUR SOVEREIGNTY !!!

Posted by: john Ryan at April 05, 2006 10:18 AM (TcoRJ)

15 For my own part, I don't have anything against Hispanics in general; in fact I like the hell out of them, because they're generally honest, decent, hardworking people and make good friends and neighbors, but I won't have any sonofabitch from here or anywhere else telling me they're going to take part of my country. We're going to have to hang a lot of muslims and liberals pretty soon, and if there's any La Raza assholes want it too, rope is plentiful and cheap.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 05, 2006 10:22 AM (0yYS2)

16 john ryan, if 500,000 illegal alien Irishmen show up waving their Irish flags, we'll have a problem with them too. Show some fucking respect in other people's country. Funny how Libtards like john ryan, who apologize for illegal alien disgustingly rude behaviour, are the first to criticize Americans overseas because they are "loud and obnoxious". John ryan, but not nearly as loud and obnoxious as people coming to our country and waving their foreign flags.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 05, 2006 10:35 AM (8e/V4)

17 Not to mention having the arrogance and audacity to take advantage of our lax enforcement of our immigration laws to go rally, half a million of them ("two million" acording to Javier Rodriguez, one of the organizers...yeah, right!), "demanding" that we naturalize them, flaunting their "illegal" status, and their Mexican flags, with impunity in our faces, chanting anti-American slogans, and basically telling us by their brazen actions, as did Jorge Ramos, the news anchor from the spanish speaking channel Univision, on the Lou Dobb interview: "They are here, they're not leaving, and what are you going to do about it?" with a cynical smirk of "hubris" on his face, confident in his view that the American people are too "politically correct," "effeminate," and "skittish," to have the "cojones" to just round them all up and send them packing back to Mexico where they belong!!! Politicians in Washington have a "vested" interest in keeping these influx of illegal aliens flowing into the country. We the People should take note of every politician, be it Senator Mc Cain (who perhaps it would have been better for us all, had he and his huge "ego" stayed back in the Hanoi Hilton,rather than all the mischief he keeps causing here in America in the Senate), or Senator Kennedy (you know if he supports something, it must be "bad" for America!), Republican, or Democrat, and "Vote Out of Office" all those who want to sell us out again, and are voting to shove down our throats this illegal invasion "AMNESTY" under whatever guise or name, such as "Guest Worker Program," they may push it or call it! It is about time in Congress, that they DO REFLECT the will of the people they "ostensibly" represent in Washington, and REALLY secure our border, enforce our Laws to begin with, and send these illegal aliens back as most Americans want. Period!!! We need more workers??? Overturn "Roe v. Wade," and start "making" Americans, here in the USA for a change, instead of "aborting them"! And in twenty years time we'll have all the workers we need!!! It is appalling that we've gotten to the point where we are even "outsourcing" that most basic function for the survival of any species or organism...."reproduction"!!!! We are getting ours from Mexico now to replenish our aging population!!! Althor

Posted by: Althor at April 05, 2006 12:41 PM (wZLWV)

18 Jesusland Carlos, The only problem I can think of with 500,000 Irishmen would be drunk in public..

Posted by: The Other Dave at April 05, 2006 03:15 PM (o03mE)

19 There is an "Aztlan Apartments" on the beachside here in Florida. So this movement is a lot larger than you think.

Posted by: Andre at April 05, 2006 03:33 PM (/u+1F)

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Iran Unveils Seagoing Magic Carpet

Via We report, you deride (stein hoist to LGF):

TEHRAN, Iran Â— Iran said Tuesday it had tested what it called a "super-modern flying boat" capable of evading radar. State TV showed a brief clip of the boat's launch.
"Due to its advanced design, no radar at sea or in the air can detect it. It can lift out of the water," the television said. It said the boat was "all Iranian-made and can launch missiles with precise targeting while moving."

Lessee, in the past week we've had stealth missiles, super-duper speedy torpedoes (sure, they could have bought some from the Russians, but my guess is they just bought stock footage of the Russians testing one and edited it.), and now this.

I'm almost afraid to guess what might come next. I may rupture something laughing about it.

In the interest of the hard hitting citizen journalism you've come to expect, I have actually obtained an authentic photo of the mullah's new toy: more...

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1 All these new weapons systems coming from the Well of the Last Imam are about to overwhelm the World. Oh, woe is me, what shall we do? Ah, I know, ask the Kiwi killer, Sonic(PBUH). He is sure to advocate a capitulation to the magic carpet, the torqued torpedo, and the hide and seek missles. Yeah, that will save us.

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 04, 2006 10:49 PM (rUyw4)

2 Joe, do not offend Sonic (PBUH), the mighty Hedgehog of Doom!

Posted by: Vinnie at April 04, 2006 11:02 PM (/qy9A)

3 In Iraq you are losing to a bunch of guys with AK 47s and IEDs. Just like in South East Asia 30 years ago, no-one really needs super-weapons to beat the US Army.

Posted by: Sonic at April 04, 2006 11:06 PM (Gsn6c)

4 Dammit, I still want to know why that guy's sitting on top of the Flying Doomboat in a lawnchair.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 04, 2006 11:06 PM (RHG+K)

5 On cue, Sonic to demonstrate his complete ignorance of history and current events. Dude, Vietnam was lost in the halls of Congress. And yeah, we're losing in Iraq, just like Arthur lost to the Black Knight in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Stupid effing kiwi.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 04, 2006 11:10 PM (RHG+K)

6 In Iraq you are losing to a bunch of guys with AK 47s and IEDs. Ah, asymmetric warfare -- history has shown it can bring any mighty army to it's knee's, with attacks against supply lines, and it's daily kill rate, it's an excepted fact that guerilla warfare is military kryptonite. Well except by people like Sonic, but then he is hypnotized by twinkling lights, and the hologram on his state issued Gyro check.

Posted by: davec at April 04, 2006 11:13 PM (CcXvt)

7 Remindsme of the Germans in WWII who had some wishfull thingking about their "Wunderwaffen". Hey! Sonic! If we shut down media and Kessel Bagdad we have the power to clean it out completly of everything we want. So, dream on!

Posted by: Dan at April 05, 2006 12:41 AM (Z2OsI)

8 Sonic, our GIs never lost a single engagement in Vietnam, nor in Iraq. The only people our military has ever lost to is the public relations war against the Liberal-controlled media.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 05, 2006 12:48 AM (8e/V4)

9 One of the things that sucks about Vietnam is that just as we were figuring out how to effectively fight the VC and beat them at their own game Congress said it was time to turn everything over to ARVN, who screwed things up royally. I have trouble being afraid of the airboat. It looks like a kit-built personal seaplane to me. Even if it wasn't supposed to be stealth, that engine on top would still probably have a bigger radar profile than the entire rest of the aircraft. With all these Iranian weapons announcements I sense something like Saddam's 'perfect' GPS jammers that were supposed to stop us from dropping our GPS bombs...which we destroyed with GPS guided bombs

Posted by: Ranba Ral at April 05, 2006 12:55 AM (GyNTD)

10 Iranian old civilization has survived thousands of years in middle east battle ground and will survive for thousands more to come!!! Baby americans should be carefull before any stupid act of aggresion if they dont want to see an early dooms day...

Posted by: jesus at April 05, 2006 02:18 AM (40Soi)

11 The rag heads are playing up their toys for their people. These things are so useless that it's funny. What happens when the lawn chair comes loose, you just switch to the rug. Looks to me like it would make a nice target for a CWIS. Yehaw, go get them. When the JASAMs start arriving, even the camels will run.

Posted by: bill at April 05, 2006 02:39 AM (7evkT)

12 To idiot posing as Jesus, "Iranian old civilization" is dying, pal. Adapt or get out of the way.

Posted by: Oyster at April 05, 2006 05:01 AM (YudAC)

13 >>>and can launch missiles with precise targeting while moving So launching missiles while moving is new and revolutionary? It makes you wonder what they had to do before to before.

Posted by: Graeme at April 05, 2006 05:48 AM (vns1s)

14 Iranian is to civilization as pig is to riding mount. You can actually saddle and ride a pig, but it's not a horse, and you shouldn't call it one.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 05, 2006 05:58 AM (0yYS2)

15 If we were really losing in Iraq, then there would be no need for Sonic to keep informing us, would there? And to the guy calling himself Jesus. I'm highly offended, I'm going to torch an embassy now.

Posted by: Vinnie at April 05, 2006 06:02 AM (/qy9A)

16 That thing is slower than a Sopwith Camel. And exactly where does it carry these precision missles?

Posted by: CUS at April 05, 2006 08:09 AM (bbXZq)

17 What the naysayers like Sonic fail to realise is that if the US (and other Western nations) fails in the Middle East, the ramifications will be global. It won't matter if your home is in a non-threatening country whose only claim to fame is an over-population of sheep and mediocre dairy products.

Posted by: Graeme at April 05, 2006 09:26 AM (VOCa6)

18 It's funny how Iran is suddenly claiming to have all sorts of neat weapons that wouldn't make a difference even if they really existed and worked well. We can crush them like a bug regardless, and the sooner the better I say.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 05, 2006 10:27 AM (0yYS2)

19 Something about this picture was nagging at the back of my mind and finally surfaced when someone said "kit plane", I remember seeing this as project in Popular Mechanics or something years ago. I need to search the back issues for their torpedo and missile projects.

Posted by: Kyle at April 05, 2006 12:44 PM (h3Jtw)

20 Hah, now that you mention it Kyle, I remember that issue of popular mechanics with the seaplane too.

Posted by: Ranba Ral at April 05, 2006 03:23 PM (GyNTD)

21 Forget about the military effectiveness of these vengence weapons. Pay attention to the mentality of throwing money at these schemes. There are many other projects beyond these. Iran is in a hot-war spending mode. Never forget that. Their war has long been started. It's what's hanging up Baghdad politics. BTW that super-cativating torpedo is designed for a snap shot nuclear warhead. That's why a straight course is quite acceptable. It would be placed at a choke point. Upon command, it would race to target with a weapon so powerful that manuever or counter action is meaningless. Iran is not going to be able to bring it to sea, but she doesn't have to. A sea-skimming profile is in fact very hard to detect. Just because a plane is slow does not mean that it can't penetrate. During the Korean War we had to bring back a prop plane to get rid of a night raiding all-wood BIPLANE that did not ping the radar. Hiding the engines under the wing root creates a VERY stealthy machine. With a little Russian technical assistance, they could have a real 'sleeper'. Pairing up a nuclear, ultra-high speed torpedo with flying boat would create a viable threat to a carrier. Our close in defenses can't stop the torpedo once launched. Catching a blacked out stealth plane riding just above the water is quite a challenge. Even the 'crackpot' German late-war schemes had technical merit. The ME-163 did shoot down our bombers. Given just a little more time to perfect it, it would have been unstoppable. Practically a piloted bullet, it was. You have to be concerned about a fanatic fatalistic cult that so prizes martial suicide. What if the Iranians just start ramming our pilots? Ramming tactics were used in WWII by Japan, Russia and Germany against bombers. Figure F-4 Phantom II's to be a serious threat in this way. Running on after-burners that baby can really go. The mullahs have played their cards very well until now. I have to respect them. We're absolutely NOT dealing with idiot-retards. Nothing is certain in war, especially nuclear war. Let's not get overconfident. They already have the bomb. The questions are: how many and where?

Posted by: blert at April 05, 2006 04:39 PM (MKbty)

22 I hate to see these future contracts for oil climbing, but if we are going to take care of Iran, I hope we do so soon, and do it so well they can not be a problem for twenty years. We have been at war for thirty years with these guys, and the MSM has not reported it. I.M., that first post of yours was great. It was very funny.

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 05, 2006 06:56 PM (D2g/j)

23 Iran's fancy boat is a rip-off of Flarecraft Corp (Westport, CT) vehicle and about as useless... not at all high-tech and certianly not original.

Posted by: Dave at April 05, 2006 07:24 PM (kuem/)

24 You have got used to killing innocent, unarmed civilians with extra sophisticated WMDs but world will see how arrogant american babies will shit in their pants when facing a real fight.

Posted by: jesus at April 06, 2006 05:28 AM (40Soi)

25 Now you may ask yourself, why in the world is Bush planning war against Iran when the war against Iraq is going so badly? The answer is, the Bush folks are so deluded that they think Bush's reelection was a vote not only for the Iraq War but for the neoconservatives who hatched it. And those neoconservatives are in a hurry to accomplish their goals before Bush's four years are up. "This is the last hurrah," , Delusion plus recklessness plus enormous power is going to equal disaster in Iran, even more so than in Iraq.

Posted by: tito at April 06, 2006 06:23 AM (zqsRN)

26 tito, I thought you died a few years ago in Yugoslavia. Well, you left there anyway, and look what a mess you made. Islamists everywhere, chopping off heads, and then the US had to come in there and rescue the sorry bastards. Hell, I knew we were bombing the wrong side all along.

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 06, 2006 09:47 AM (rUyw4)

27 look all you dickheads america has no chance agianst iran. and if they attack it will start a world war 3 witch will start with russians attacking america unexpectedly so don't get your hopes up america isn't that stupid. or are they????

Posted by: Enzo at April 06, 2006 04:43 PM (zqsRN)

28 I am a patriotic person. If the US decides to go to Iran, we will be crippling ourselves. I served in the Armed Forces and am an ex-serviceman. IranÂ’s national capabilities in the region are up to par with ours. TYhey have the best military force in the region, are modernized, and an educated nation. They possess weapons made to take down our battle ships for which we have no defense. They have an intrnational intellegence and spy network. Military consultants and experts all over the world, including in America and NATO, predict catastrophy for the US military and economy. The world will stop for this war and both the Mid-East and the rest of the world will be destabilized and in up roar. Not only will we be demoralized by the Iranians military capabilities but we will not have enough oil because the Iranian military can close the Persian Gulf. We will lose pace throughout the world and will not have popular support. Bush and the Republicans have already helped spread anti-Americanism world wide. Our interests are facing stronger opposition and resistance worldwide from the Europeans, the Russians, the Chinese, India, Canada, and Latin America. The CIA, the Pentagon, and other dometic and international intelligence agencies have studied different war sceneros and all point to a marginial draw and the destruction of both Israel and the United StatesÂ’ superpower status. Iran is no where near Iraq and Afganistan and we can not just walk in. The have surface to air missiles, anti-aircract missiles, sub-marines, ballisitic missiles, and high tech nuclear technology and know how. If we go to war we will have to re-institute the national draft, just like Vietnam, except the fact that more Americans will die and we will be fighting a multi-theatered battle with an enemy that has the capabilities to damage us at home. For who ever reads this. Listen to me, Â“War with Iran spells doom for eveyone.Â”

Posted by: Robert Fraser at April 06, 2006 05:05 PM (zqsRN)

29 So what's your suggestion, Robert the Iranian posing as an American, just surrender to the bastards. And who says to invade Iran? We don't need to invade Iran to snuff out its nuclear capability. I would in no way favor an invasion of Iran along the lines of Iraq. There is no reason for an invasion of Iran. We just want to knock out their nuclear capability. Do you understand now, you master of disinformation posing as an American? You know Iran's ass is grass, that's why you posted that stupid disinformation. Go stick your head in a commode, you idiot.

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 06, 2006 07:03 PM (rUyw4)

30 Bring it on; all the US does is bitch. Iran has repeatedly said, "BRNG IT ON" and all the US does is bitch about this and that. The fact of the matter is the US is bogged down in Iraq and has only been able to operate and facilitate it's "military operations" against these "Insurgents" (US and British employed mercenaries imported from north Africa) with the grace of Iran and its expansive Shia population in the greater Mid-East. If the US could have taken down Iran as these retards claim then it would have, why prounce around and beat around the bush? The fact of the matter is that the US will never attack Iran and or Invade it in any way. You got nukes, we got nukes, and Russia and China are our natural allies. The only way you can advance your cause in the region (ME) is through Iranian good graces. Best, The Persian

Posted by: Persian Beast at April 13, 2006 06:57 AM (UDfDn)

31 Persian : Yeah except we have enough nukes to level your entire nation and can get em there you have none or maybe a few can would be lucky to get one over the horizon. Good luck with that Iran is not in a postion to be MAD just OAD ur assured destruction.

Posted by: Howie at April 13, 2006 07:38 AM (D3+20)

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Seattle Ballot Measure Bans Military Recruiters

(Seattle, Washington) The Garfield High School PTSA (Parent Teacher Student Association) has collected enough signatures to put an anti-war measure on the city-wide November ballot. Called the College Not Combat Initiative, I-86, the initiative will decide whether military recruiters should be allowed on Seattle city property and in schools.

In the past, the Garfield PTSA has spearheaded anti-military measures with most people believing them to be symbolic. However, supporters disagree.

From Seattle Times:

Amy Hagopian, president of Garfield's PTSA, is a lead organizer of the initiative effort. She bristles at the word "symbolic" and compares the initiative to effective historical protests such as civil-rights sit-ins.

In my opinion, the comparison to civil rights protests is inappropriate. Nonetheless, although it's ostensibly symbolic, the proposal, if passed, would establish a committee to report on "whether the public schools and the city were inadvertently encouraging recruiting."

It's not clear exactly what comprises 'inadvertent encouragement.' It is clear, however, that the parent-teacher association seems to pay more attention to promoting a liberal political agenda than educating students in reading, writing, and arithmetic.

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1 Do some more research on this one Jawa. Amy Hagopian use to be a member of the Garfield PTSA, but was asked to step down after the PTSA tried to pass a similar measure and the Federal Government stepped in and said "Fine, but we will take all our money away from Seattle School district" Upon which caused a minor scandal in Seattle since the board ask Mrs. Hagopian to step down and pulled back from passing the measure. It has also been reported in Seattle media that she has verbally harrassed military recuriters when they have shown up to Garfield High School. Mrs. Hagopian is primarly intrested not in the student of her school nor of Seattle, but of protesting what she calls "the illegal war in Iraq and Afghanistan" and of President Bush in general. It is a shame, going to use the kids of a city as part of a power play.

Posted by: Charles at April 04, 2006 11:55 PM (s3V7c)

2 This quote is a chestnut for me: "She bristles at the word "symbolic" and compares the initiative to effective historical protests such as civil-rights sit-ins." It says something about this person that she resents being seen as making a symbolic statement and would rather be compared to a person who sits on the floor until she is hauled away like a stubborn child. As to the initiative, being a Seattle citizen I would vote for it so long as they made it content-neutral and charged their committee with reporting on "whether the public schools and the city were inadvertently encouraging pacifism." Amateurs. Don't these people know anything about building a coalition?

Posted by: ShannonKW at April 05, 2006 02:32 AM (dT1MB)

3 Gee -- didn't the Supreme Court more or less settle this issue a couple of weeks ago when it dealt with law schools refusing access to recruiters. How much more would the logic of the decision apply to public schools, which receive large amounts of government funding?

Posted by: Rhymes With Right at April 05, 2006 04:06 AM (zrfbY)

4 Hey! No problem. We need a few military re-deployments. ... If this passes, in addition to cutting off Federal Money to Seattle schools, we can close Ft. Lewis and cancel all those nasty military contracts at Boeing and Microsoft. You know, we don't want to corrupt the children of Seattle with all this militaristic jingoism.

Posted by: Charlie at April 05, 2006 06:03 AM (DwY9A)

5 I hope they reject this stupid measure and vote to oust these PTA leftists

Posted by: sandpiper at April 05, 2006 08:36 AM (O2c+K)

6 No, no, let's all agree that it's not symbolic. It's purposefully refusing to do their share to contribute to the defense of the country. The only real question is what is the rest of the country going to do about it?

Posted by: TM Lutas at April 05, 2006 04:23 PM (z/jms)

7 You can try to dismiss it by saying that it's just some wacky PTA leftists, but what about the 60% of San Francisco voters who voted yes on a similar initiative last year? Or the 24 out of 30 Wisconsin cities that just voted against the War in Iraq? Are all of these people just "PTA leftists"?

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Malkin Exposes NBC Plot to Stigmatize NASCAR Fans

One of Michelle Malkin's readers has forwarded emails to her detailing an NBC Dateline scheme to provoke anti-Muslim/anti-Arab behavior at a NASCAR event. According to the email, sent out to members of a Knoxville Muslim organization in response to queries from Dateline producers, NBC wants:

...a guy with no foreign accent whatsoever, a good thick beard, an outgoing personality, and someone willing to wear a kufi/skullcap during the filming.
They also want someone who is fairly well accomplished and has contributed to American society at large in some meaningful way.
That said, I'm urgently looking for someone who can be filmed this April 1st weekend at a Nascar event (and other smaller events) in Virginia. NBC is willing to fly in someone and cover their weekend expenses. The filming would take place all day on Saturday and Sunday.

Quick, somebody set up a sting to gauge the elitist prejudices of NBC Dateline executives who think that all NASCAR fans are inbred hicks who don't vote Democrat often enough.

Note to NASCAR fans: NBC apparently wants to film their stunt at a NASCAR event this coming weekend (April - a follow-up email, also posted by Malkin notes the change in plan.

Also posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto and Vince Aut Morire.

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1 There they go again, trying to create news instead of reporting it. Doing this at sports events is blatant profiling. Someone quick - call them up an tell them they forgot country music festivals. What a bunch of putzes.

Posted by: Oyster at April 04, 2006 01:51 PM (uZPWy)

2 What a bunch of crap. NBC is stupid and anyone that watches it is stupid.

Posted by: Jim at April 04, 2006 02:15 PM (DxLwq)

3 The fact is, if you place one or two people in a crowd and purposely make them look different to everyone else, they'll get some looks - but it doesn't necessarily mean hatred. So this'll be another lame piece of "investigative journalism" where the video shows nothing of interest happening, but the "victims" stating how tense the situation was and how uncomfortable they were. If NBC wants some really interesting footage, put two Orthodox Jews to stand outside a mosque.

Posted by: Graeme at April 04, 2006 02:34 PM (yPRZ1)

4 Wasn't it NBC back in the 80s that got caught staging 'news' with gas tank explosions on Ford pickups?

Posted by: Mike at April 04, 2006 02:49 PM (KR+0J)

5 Wonder what Sprint-Nextel would think about this. I hope they pull every advertising $ they spend at NBC including Races!

Posted by: Cindy at April 04, 2006 02:52 PM (hUZ4U)

6 Knoxville eh? Maybe I should drop by the local Middle Eastern market and put out the word that such an even might be a bad idea.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 04, 2006 03:41 PM (0yYS2)

7 I.M., if you get close to some of those Muslims, please take some small piglets with you to let go. I bet they run faster than you can say NASCAR.

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 04, 2006 03:47 PM (D2g/j)

8 Oh I get close to them all the time, and I let them think I'm a good dhimmi. Hell, they may even try to recruit me to their cause, and then I'll be all over them like a cheap suit.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 04, 2006 04:33 PM (0yYS2)

9 If I'm not mistaken, NBC SPORTS presently has a contract to televise the second half of each (this) seasons NASCAR race schedule.... I would think that Bill France Jr. who runs NASCAR, and who also issued the contract, might have something to say about NBC News trying to 'sting' what is essentially a sport entirely run by the France family. If I were Bill France I would put some heat on NBC to find some other sport to trick

Posted by: n.a.palm at April 04, 2006 04:49 PM (uO8TL)

10 Rathergate may be gone but it is a news fabrication routine the MSM/DNC learned well the last 55 years. They will continue to do the "Ugly America" news lie because it seemd to work so well for Brinkley and Cronkite 55 years ago. Of course there was no Talk Radio then. And then they wonder why their market share has shrunk the last 26 years?!

Posted by: Jo macDougal at April 04, 2006 05:49 PM (adQET)

11 Someone write him a letter and tell him what NBC is doing: Bill France Jr. Chairman of NASCAR and International Speedway Corp. NASCAR P.O. Box 2875 Daytona Beach, FL 32120

Posted by: Oyster at April 04, 2006 05:54 PM (YudAC)

12 If NASCAR wanted to get even, they should stage a mock beatdown by some Middle-Eastern looking men on some innocent bystander, screaming "allahu akbar" the whole time.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 04, 2006 06:40 PM (wZLWV)

13 Thank God for Talk Radio (27 years)and blogs (7 years). When Uncle Walter would smear America with his Ugly America lies 60 years ago there was no source to give the truth to the public. Now when another Rathergate hapens there are people like Michelle to get us the truth; and do it in real time. Uncle Walt would have lost his job by 1965 had there been Talk Radio and blogs 50 years ago.

Posted by: Rod Stanton at April 04, 2006 07:00 PM (adQET)

14 Apparently reporting on animosity against Muslims isn't enough for ol Tarek....now he's trying to manufacture some for the TV cameras. Read below taken from google link. Tarek El-Messidi says Muslims have experienced "a lot of backlash against us as a community, even though we are very diverse and a peace loving people. http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:vlQgtahLJ0gJ:www.wate.com/Global/story.asp%3FS%3D1193074+Tarek+El-Messidi&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=8&client=firefox-a

Posted by: mrclark at April 04, 2006 07:27 PM (Na6eO)

15 I don't understand why NBC has to be so sneaky about it. If you they would ask me, or any of my NASCAR loving friends, we would be happy to explain why we hate islam, and the brain dead followers of the mass murdering, drug addicted, baby raping, pedophile "prophet" mohammed. We might even quote a few passages from th unholy qu'ran, to prove our point, if they asked nice. Quit with all the sneaking around, and act like you have caught us with our in the racist cookie jar! Islam's an ideology, not a race, so suck it, NBC! Sheesh! BTW, that YALE taliban guy... I think his home addy is listed in the white pages. Dumbass.

Posted by: Princess Kimberley at April 04, 2006 07:54 PM (bMVL0)

16 Rathergate was awesome. The MSM lost almost all credibilty after that little incident. As for Yale, who lets in anyone with a 4th grade education? Not to mention a terrorist.

Posted by: Craig at April 04, 2006 08:18 PM (b3fZv)

17 Now that I've had time to think about it, I hope they do provoke an incident and cause a lot of domestic muslims to go on the rampage, because that might prove to be the turning point, and a good excuse to hang a few.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 04, 2006 08:19 PM (0yYS2)

18 Time to wring the peacocks neck

Posted by: sandpiper at April 04, 2006 08:24 PM (PObDu)

19 The improbable man strikes again! the only thing he could hang would be a washing line, and that would probably fall down. Wouldn't it be funny to drop him into Fallujah, just for the laughs you understand.

Posted by: Sonic at April 04, 2006 08:42 PM (Gsn6c)

20 This is ridiculous. It's so frustrating to read things like that!

Posted by: sports crazy at April 04, 2006 08:44 PM (rjg51)

21 Sonic, how about we drop a nice 50 MT hydrogen bomb on fallujah instead of 'ol maximus? You can never have too much glass, ya know. Then, I encourage you to visit there. Stay as long as you like.

Posted by: jamsler at April 04, 2006 08:56 PM (VqA/E)

22 Sonic, at least I.M. would go down fighting, you would just cry for your mommie. Mommie! Mommie!

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 04, 2006 08:57 PM (D2g/j)

23 He would go down, thats the point. people who talk like that don't have any guts when the sh*t really hits the fan, and thats a fact.

Posted by: Sonic at April 04, 2006 09:45 PM (Gsn6c)

24 I don't know, Sonic, IM let loose a few bursts back in Gulf War I, and I think he might have been a cannon cocker, too, but it doesn't matter. He's seen the elephant! I wonder if you have, because I kinda doubt it. I haven't met very many people from New Zealand, I only know two personally, but both of them I would list as sissies in the dictionary of life. I figure you fit in that category as well, but perhaps not. Again, I doubt you have seen any combat. But we are all just dying to know!

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 04, 2006 09:54 PM (rUyw4)

25 Sure Jesusland, thats us Kiwis, all sissies. IM is a liar, you only need to read a few of his posts to work out he was a REMF at best. Fact.

Posted by: Sonic at April 04, 2006 10:29 PM (Gsn6c)

26 How do you know that it is a fact? I've read a few of your posts and you are just plain stupid. FACT!

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 04, 2006 10:36 PM (rUyw4)

27 Everybody knows that the Aussies threw all the pansies out of OZ and sent them to New Zealand.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 04, 2006 11:16 PM (RHG+K)

28 Thanks for the heads up over at my place Don. I noted Michelle's story earlier but have not had time to post anything at Full Throttle. I may get to that this morning. I'm also going to post notices at many of the racing blogs I visit.

Posted by: Marc at April 05, 2006 05:28 AM (3l5dJ)

29 I like the Fallujah idea myself. Everyone dies, so that's no big deal. To me, that'd be like dying in a candy store. I could probably get a couple hundred before they got me, but my dead-man switch with a timer on a 20lb satchel charge would get a few more when they came to dance on my corpse. Barring that event though, I still plan on getting a few when they get uppity here.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 05, 2006 06:15 AM (0yYS2)

30 Well 24 hours later let's try to get back to the original post. Not one MSM including Fox has had anything to say about this. I think this whole story was a spoof. There just does not seem to be any CREDIBLE tie in to NBC. Why would NBC be asking some muslim student leader in arranging help to do this ? Why would he be sending this out as part of a mass mailing ? Until someone can show me more I am putting this in with the "we never really landed on the moon" news items.

Posted by: john Ryan at April 05, 2006 10:38 AM (TcoRJ)

31 I think John may be right. NBC carries the 2nd half of the NASCAR season along with TNT. IÂ’m sure itÂ’s a pretty big investment for them. Why would they spit in their own soup?

Posted by: Brad at April 05, 2006 11:14 AM (3OPZt)

32 Why bother with getting a real middle eastern physical type when Hollywood makeup/prosthetics can replicate the look just fine? Heck, let's gear up an ultra-orthodox black coat, a hari krishna, and a sari wearing buddhist to complete the set. What would be even funnier? If they all enjoy the race without a single comment or ugly incident. Maybe, just maybe, NASCAR fans aren't the US' version of soccer hooligans.

Posted by: TM Lutas at April 05, 2006 04:30 PM (z/jms)

33 As I said, blowhard.

Posted by: Sonic at April 05, 2006 04:44 PM (Gsn6c)

34 No, as bad as I hate to say it, I believe this story is true. NBC is definitely working on a story that will purport to show the discrimination the poor Muslims are receiving in the US, none of it caused by the Dark Ages cult religion they profess. No, this is the playing of the race card, even though Muslims are not a race. NBC and the MSM are worthy of .........Well, you fill in the blank. I'll leave it to your imagination.

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 05, 2006 06:58 PM (rUyw4)

35 There is now a story on MSNBC that reports the attempted plot to create news. It happened this past weekend at Martinsville, as a Muslim man and two women dressed in Muslim garb attempted to get a negative reaction from NASCAR fans, but were unsuccessful. NASCAR has confronted NBC about this, and Dateline has admitted doing the story. They may also be at the Texas Motor Speedway this weekend to attempt another sting. The ones who should have their asses kicked are the producers of this fake news.

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 05, 2006 07:47 PM (rUyw4)

36 provoke?

Posted by: actus at April 05, 2006 08:11 PM (nnhSu)

37 What's your take on this, actus? Is this how news is done?

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 05, 2006 09:00 PM (rUyw4)

38 "What's your take on this, actus? Is this how news is done?" Its how undercover work is done. I have no idea if news is done this way. It doesn't seem very provocative to have a muslim at a NASCAR event.

Posted by: actus at April 05, 2006 11:49 PM (nnhSu)

39 No, apparently it wasn't provocative to NASCAR fans, either. So there, the rednecks didn't take the bait. Good on them. But NBC should lose NASCAR, because this is an attempt to create news, not report news. And you call it undercover work, now who woulda guessed that?

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 06, 2006 05:59 AM (rUyw4)

40 Rectus, being a typical liberal and so not quite as smart as he gives himself credit for being, has once again exposed his true thoughts on the matter. Why would someone need to go undercover to stage and provoke an incident at a public event, if not to further a secret agenda? Why not just ask people what they think? We all know the answers, but liberals will still try to tell you that black is white. It's like they use 1984 and Brave New World as operations manuals without realizing that we've read them too.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 06, 2006 01:38 PM (0yYS2)

41 "Why would someone need to go undercover to stage and provoke an incident at a public event, if not to further a secret agenda? " I don't see why people are talking about provocation. Is this provocative?

Posted by: actus at April 06, 2006 01:41 PM (CqheE)

42 Is it provocative for skinheads to march in a black or Jewish neighborhood? Liberals are so stupid.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 07, 2006 06:19 AM (0yYS2)

43 "Is it provocative for skinheads to march in a black or Jewish neighborhood? Liberals are so stupid." I had a shaved head when I lived in a predominantly black neighborhood.

Posted by: actus at April 08, 2006 07:29 PM (nnhSu)

44 I'm sorry rectus, I didn't mean to express concepts that were so far over your head. I'll keep all my future posts on shiny things where you're concerned.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 09, 2006 09:42 AM (0yYS2)

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Women Vote in Kuwait

So I spend a lot of time pointing out the not so good things. Today itÂ’s my pleasure to report that women have voted for the first time in Kuwait.

BBC : The 28,000 eligible voters, 60% of whom are women, are voting in segregated polling booths, a condition demanded by Islamist and tribal MPs.
Women were granted equal political rights last year and will vote in full legislative polls in 2007.
Kuwait's first women candidates are 32-year-old Jenan Boushehri, a chemical engineer at the Kuwait Municipality, and 48-year-old Khalida Khader, a US-educated physician and a mother of eight.
"I am so pleased that I have become one of the first Kuwaiti women candidates to run in elections," Dr Khader said in an interview with AFP news agency.
"I have broken the ice and hope this will benefit the cause of women."

You bet you have Dr. Khader and congratulations to you and to Kuwait.

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1 They are voting for members of a parliment that has no real powers at all. The country is ruled by the Emir He appoints the Prime Minister. So this election is like a practice election. Which is actually probably a good thing as there are 7 times as many Islamists as liberals in the Parliment. Here is awikipedia link about Kuwait. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait/Government

Posted by: john Ryan at April 04, 2006 12:37 PM (TcoRJ)

2 3 gets you 5 that the majority of them are pro-isalmofascism, anyway.

Posted by: MiB at April 04, 2006 01:22 PM (2hPsb)

3 In other news - about two weeks ago they hung a man in the sports arena for possession of alcohol. A case of beer in Kuwait City is sold on the black market for $150.00 USD. But don't get caught with it.

Posted by: Oyster at April 04, 2006 01:54 PM (uZPWy)

4 Freedom marches on!

Posted by: pka at April 04, 2006 02:28 PM (qFl/s)

5 Does anyone remember Christian Amanpour's interview in Kuwait after its liberation during the first Gulf War? She was trying to make a point that now finally Kuwait can embrace democracy and women's rights. Spoke with a man who was walking on the beach in KC with a gaggle of his wives. Christian was waxing poetic about how in the pre-war days the women would've been tagging along behind the man dutifully, but how now post-war they were empowered and the man had left them walk ahead of him. She was somewhat chagrined when the man pointed out that the wives were actually walking ahead of him to look for mines that might still be strewn about on the beach...

Posted by: RangerRuss at April 05, 2006 04:33 AM (cbhJK)

6 Kuwait ends sufferage women can now vote great news

Posted by: sandpiper at April 05, 2006 08:39 AM (O2c+K)

7 Turns out none of the female candidates run and I saw a comment pointing out some shortcomings in the election adn that's OK. But it's at least some progress.

Posted by: Howie at April 05, 2006 09:11 AM (D3+20)

8 Progress? There's still not a pub to be found in the country, mate. How does that equate to progress?

Posted by: RangerRuss at April 05, 2006 06:05 PM (cbhJK)

9 Hard to argue with logic like that!

Posted by: Howie at April 05, 2006 09:12 PM (D3+20)

10 witch NEWS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT CONCERNING HUNGING THAT GUY ? COULD YOU GIVE US A LINK OR Reference. THANX SEBASTIAN.

Posted by: oyster at April 06, 2006 06:49 AM (zqsRN)

11 Islam and Muslims have long been accused of mistreating women. Whether it is by Orientalists, or the "average Joe" or Josephine relying on the media barrage of awful stereotypes to formulate his or her opinion. Muslim men are perceived as violent, cruel and barbaric towards women in general, but especially towards their own wives, daughters and sisters. The fact is that such disgusting behavior does occur in the Muslim world, for many of the same reasons it occurs in the United States: a cycle of abuse in the family, socio-economic factors and jealousy. However, what could be said to distinguish women's mistreatment in the Muslim world is the general lack of Islamic education amongst men and women about day-to-day matters, including the roles and rights of women. Mistreatment and abuse of women, and wives in particular is condemned by Islam. Consider the following Hadith narrated by Abu Huraira in Tirmidhi: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said,"The one most perfect in his faith is he whose conduct is best and the best amongst you is he who behaves best towards his wife." Now consider the following the statistics about how many women are treated in the United States, taken from the 1995 National Crime Victimization Survey of the U.S. Department of Justice and the National Domestic Violence Hotline Fact Sheet and Statistics HOW MANY ABUSED WOMEN ARE THERE IN THE U.S.? Women age 12 or older annually sustained almost 5 million violent victimizations in 1992 and 1993. Women and girls ages 12 and up annually reported about 500,000 rapes and sexual assaults, almost 500,000 robberies, and about 3.8 million assaults. WHO ARE THE ABUSERS In 29% of all violence against women by a lone offender, the perpetrator was an intimate (husband,ex-husband, boyfriend or ex-boyfriend). Women annually reported about 500,000 rapes and sexual assaults Friends or acquaintances of the victims committed over half of these rapes or sexual assaults. Strangers were responsible for about 1 in 5. HONOR KILLINGS IN AMERICA? Of the 5328 women murdered in 1990, FBI data indicate that about half or more of them by a husband or boyfriend. VIOLENCE AMONG COUPLES A minimum of 16 % of American couples experienced an assault during the year they were asked about it, and about 40% of these involved severely violent acts, such as kicking, biting, punching, choking, and attacks with weapons. A 1993 national poll found that 34% of adults in the United States report having witnessed a man beating his wife or girlfriend and that 14% of women report that a husband or boyfriend has been violent with them. THE PHYSICAL DAMAGE CAUSED TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN BY ABUSE During the last decade, domestic violence has been identified as one of the major causes of emergency room visits by women. From 20% to 30% of the women who are seen by emergency room physicians exhibit at least one or more symptoms of physical abuse. 10% of the victims were pregnant at the time of abuse. 10% reported that their children had also been abused by the batterer. THE ECONOMIC FACTOR IN WOMEN'S ABUSE *Women aged 19 to 29 and women in families with incomes below $10,000 were more likely than other women to be victims of violence by an intimate. Sources: 1995 National Crime Victimization Survey of the U.S. Department of Justice. You can order this Special Report (NCJ-15434

"Violence Against Women: Estimates from the Redesigned Survey August 1995" by calling the Bureau of Justice Statistics Clearinghouse, 800-732-3277and the National Domestic Violence Hotline Fact Sheet and Statistics.

Posted by: all these women vote in the us at April 06, 2006 08:49 AM (zqsRN)

12 So that's all the same as when in Pakistan some "leader of the community" hands some girl off to be raped to achive "justice". Note that all your data comes from us prosecuting those who violate womens rights. Show me the same prosecution statistics for say Egypt or Yemen or Pakistan. Dream on alisssssssssssssssssss

Posted by: Howie at April 06, 2006 08:56 AM (D3+20)

13 JohnRyan The elections referred to were for seats in the Kuwait Municipality ( not Parliament ) that were vacated due to recent changes in ministerial positions ( when the new Amir took his position). These are first steps towards women entering the political arena and as a Kuwaiti, I'm pleased that this is finally happening. Oyster I would like to see a reference to that bit of news; it sounds pretty far fetched to me. Kuwait is formally a dry country, yes. But I have never heard of anyone being hung in a sports stadium for possession of alcohol. There is a fair amount of law and order in this country

RangerRuss That reference to women walking ahead of men in the aftermath of the first Gulf War was a joke that circulated here. I did not know that Christiane Amanpour was the originator of that joke. Gaggle of wives? Please people. Educate yourselves about the Middle East and read. Polygamy is allowed in Islam but not every man is married to several women in Kuwait. And they certainly don't trail behind them.

Posted by: Jewaira at April 09, 2006 05:29 AM (nsdwr)

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Iranian Generals Hold Bongathon

In fact they got so baked they now believe they are invincible. You got that invincible!

Via localnewsleader : A top Iranian military official said Tuesday the country can now defend itself against any invasion originating from outside the region.

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1 Sounds like a replay of the Cold War. The USSR bragged up their weapons and what was going to happen to us, so we built weapons. That scared the USSR and they blustered and bragged some more, and we built more weapons. Those ruling Iran might not think we will take them seriously. We would not have, before.

Posted by: Phillep at April 04, 2006 02:02 PM (OpGpa)

2 All this talk about Iran, and bombing them back to the stone age, (they do not have far to go), is causing future contracts for oil to rise. Look at what is happening at the pump. I hate this. Maybe, more people should have a little of what that General is smoking, take a movie break, and be at peace with everyone. Of course, I did not write that.

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 04, 2006 03:54 PM (D2g/j)

3 IF ONLY they would have a bong-a-thon, they would then be too stoned to get off the couch. Somebody PLEASE pust the big red button and turn IRAN to glass, something Carter should have done in '79

Posted by: memphis761 at April 04, 2006 03:57 PM (D3+20)

4 that should have been "push" the big red button. These idiots are itching to start shit, we should finish it before it begins. Peace through superior fire power.

Posted by: memphis761 at April 04, 2006 04:00 PM (D3+20)

5 You would think that after the way you have managed to win in Iraq and crush the resistance that they would know better. Oh hold on..

Posted by: Sonic at April 04, 2006 05:43 PM (Gsn6c)

6 Sonic, what's your problem, eh? You just hop around doing drive bys with your one liners? We got your message - days ago.

Posted by: Oyster at April 04, 2006 05:58 PM (YudAC)

7 Nice to see you are getting the point!

Posted by: Sonic at April 04, 2006 06:21 PM (Gsn6c)

8 Sonic, why the drive by. Do you have anything to say about Generals, and bongs, or are you mad you have a small penis?

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 04, 2006 07:21 PM (D2g/j)

9 Sorry, I thought you were talking about Iran and the inevitable victory American arms are sure to secure there!

Posted by: Sonic at April 04, 2006 07:53 PM (Gsn6c)

10 Sonic, the Iranian army would be destroyed in a couple of weeks just like the Iraqi army was. The only reason we had to fight an insurgency in Iraq was because we didn't send all the troops we would need to occupy from the start. Also, U.S. involvement in Iraq should be done soon. Only 4 provinces are still resisting and when the Iraqi army has enough men they will take over those areas and we will leave having accomplished our mission.

Posted by: Craig at April 04, 2006 08:14 PM (b3fZv)

11 Can I have some of what Craig has been smoking?

Posted by: Sonic at April 04, 2006 08:30 PM (Gsn6c)

12 That is a start Sonic. Just state what you think a bit more. Your reasons for not thinking a war with Iran would go as everyone thinks. You do not have to agree with Craig. I hope Craig is correct. Write why you think he is wrong.

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 04, 2006 09:11 PM (D2g/j)

13 Leatherneck, I'm not sure who this "everyone" you speak of is. Most military analysis I have read thinks a war with Iran would be a seriously tough prospect, one that with your army bogged down in Iraq the US military could not win. The Iranians are well armed, have the ability to close the gulf to oil ($200 a barrel anyone) and also allies all over the region, including Iraq. Even a conventional victory would still leave you the problem of occupying a country twice as big as Iraq and with plans in place to conduct a guerrilla war that would make Fallujah look like a cakewalk. Think it over. As for Chris and his "we are winning in Iraq" fantasy, how many times are have we seen that disproved?

Posted by: Sonic at April 04, 2006 09:43 PM (Gsn6c)

14 Yeah, Sonic, those heavy casualties of 29 a month have just about done the whole United States military in. What shall we do? What if Iran notices how weak we are and invades New Zealand. What would you do, Sonic? Heres Sonic right after the walk through by the powerful(or so Sonic says, so I know it is right) Iranian Army: "Sir, please sir, I'll suck your dick and be a good little dhimmi. Do you want me to show you where the women are hiding? Sir, yes, sir, I'm reading the koran as we speak. Look, sir, there's those female bitches just awaiting your wonderful soldiers. Do you want me to help give them clitorectomies? Because, I will, sir, I will." What a little bitch you are, Sonic. Pathetic!

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 04, 2006 10:06 PM (rUyw4)

15 Jesusland, funnily enough no-one has any plans to invade us, you know why? Because we dont have many ignorant f*ckers like you who think the best way to relate to the world is to stomp around pissing everyone off. Behaviour like that has consequences.

Posted by: Sonic at April 04, 2006 10:32 PM (Gsn6c)

16 Please inform me who has plans to invade the US. What a dumb ass you are!

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 04, 2006 10:40 PM (rUyw4)

17 And I wouldn't count on your country acting peacably having anything to do with someone invading you. Look what happened to that peaceful nation of Iraq. You never know, Uncle Sam might get pissed at you. Katy bar the door then, Kiwi.

Posted by: jesusland joe at April 04, 2006 10:52 PM (rUyw4)

18 Where did anyone say you were about to be invaded? Consequences is what I said, consequences.

Posted by: Sonic at April 04, 2006 11:08 PM (Gsn6c)

19 "Because we dont have many ignorant f*ckers like you who think the best way to relate to the world is to stomp around pissing everyone off." That's odd, because you appear to be the very embodiment of an "ignorant f*cker". Here we go again with how ignorant the Americans are. It's ignorant, snobby little jerks like you who think it's better if these radical Imams are just left alone to run roughshod over the Middle East people, keeping them in the dark ages, killing them with impugnity and abusing anyone who happens to get too close. You think it's okay that they willfully emigrate to other countries in droves with the purpose of taking over. You think it's okay whatever they do as long as it's against the evil USA. As long as they leave YOU alone, right? Those like you would rather stomp around blogs showing your arse and pissing everyone off with your inane little comments. You don't know anything about us over here. Nothing. All you do is read your rags over there and listen to negative news taking everything at face value because you're a hateful little twit and you need someone to project it onto rather than think for yourself. I never could understand why some people get their jollies making snide and insulting remarks to others over and over. Got nothing constructive to do with your time? Nothing constructive to say or offer? You don't have the balls to say such things to people to their faces. Isn't the keyboard a wonderful thing?

Posted by: Oyster at April 05, 2006 05:41 AM (YudAC)

20 Privately the Iranian military is scared to death of the American military. And the have put it in writing. Sun Tzu preached that in war, the weak must appear strong and the strong ought to appear weak. That's a pretty straight assesment of Iran and America.

Posted by: blert at April 05, 2006 04:47 PM (MKbty)

21 I am a patriotic person. If the US decides to go to Iran, we will be crippling ourselves. I served in the Armed Forces and am an ex-serviceman. IranÂ’s national capabilities in the region are up to par with ours. TYhey have the best military force in the region, are modernized, and an educated nation. They possess weapons made to take down our battle ships for which we have no defense. They have an intrnational intellegence and spy network. Military consultants and experts all over the world, including in America and NATO, predict catastrophy for the US military and economy. The world will stop for this war and both the Mid-East and the rest of the world will be destabilized and in up roar. Not only will we be demoralized by the Iranians military capabilities but we will not have enough oil because the Iranian military can close the Persian Gulf. We will lose pace throughout the world and will not have popular support. Bush and the Republicans have already helped spread anti-Americanism world wide. Our interests are facing stronger opposition and resistance worldwide from the Europeans, the Russians, the Chinese, India, Canada, and Latin America. The CIA, the Pentagon, and other dometic and international intelligence agencies have studied different war sceneros and all point to a marginial draw and the destruction of both Israel and the United StatesÂ’ superpower status. Iran is no where near Iraq and Afganistan and we can not just walk in. The have surface to air missiles, anti-aircract missiles, sub-marines, ballisitic missiles, and high tech nuclear technology and know how. If we go to war we will have to re-institute the national draft, just like Vietnam, except the fact that more Americans will die and we will be fighting a multi-theatered battle with an enemy that has the capabilities to damage us at home. For who ever reads this. Listen to me, Â“War with Iran spells doom for eveyone.Â”

Posted by: Robert Fraser at April 06, 2006 05:01 PM (zqsRN)

22 Robert, you do know you're not supposed to actually take Iranian propaganda at face value, don't you? I recall hearing people say roughly the same things about Iraq when we invaded the first time.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 07, 2006 06:13 AM (0yYS2)

23 I don't understand why everyone thinks we need to hold Iran. Slash and burn, destroy what we need to and, and leave them to make mud and camel dung huts. We sustain casualties in Iraq because we've committed to make long term changes there. I don't see that we need to do the same in Iran, not at this point anyway. I'm still waiting to hear what Sonic's military creds are, he's quick to ask. I'm sure he was probably in the SAS like all the other heroes.

Posted by: brett at April 07, 2006 12:22 PM (jPT3W)

24 bla blab bla bla ,what you loosers ,the hole time talking we,we,we,we , you dont do shit just bark and masturbate behind your pcs jurk offs ,if you can do anything go and fight too fucking pussys,come on ,chicken shits bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla get a girl and shut the fuck up....

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New Carnival of Liberated

Dave has the new Carnival of the Liberated up today over at Dean E\smay's blog.

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Belated Congratulations

To California Conservative on their one year blogiversary yesterday.

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Imperial Islam

We are always being accused of being in some conspiracy to establish an empire. You know maybe all those suspicions of us in the Middle East is due to the fact that their culture conspiracy and deception is pervasive. They see us that way because thatÂ’s how they think.

Opinionjournal : Khaled Mash'al, the leader of Hamas, fresh from the Islamist group's sweeping victory in the Palestinian elections:
This is because our nation is progressing and is victorious. . . . By Allah, you will be defeated. . . . Tomorrow, our nation will sit on the throne of the world. This is not a figment of the imagination but a fact. Tomorrow we will lead the world, Allah willing. Apologize today, before remorse will do you no good.

See we should respect Islam out of fear not because itÂ’s earned it.

Among Islamic radicals, such gloating about the prowess and imminent triumph of their "nation" is as commonplace as recitals of the long and bitter catalog of grievances related to the loss of historical Muslim dominion. Osama bin Laden has repeatedly alluded to the collapse of Ottoman power at the end of World War I and, with it, the abolition of the Ottoman caliphate. "What America is tasting now," he declared in the immediate wake of 9/11, "is only a copy of what we have tasted. Our Islamic nation has been tasting the same for more than 80 years, of humiliation and disgrace, its sons killed and their blood spilled, its sanctities desecrated." Ayman al-Zawahiri, bin Laden's top deputy, has pointed still farther into the past, lamenting "the tragedy of al-Andalus"--that is, the end of Islamic rule in Spain in 1492.
These historical claims are in turn frequently dismissed by Westerners as delusional, a species of mere self-aggrandizement or propaganda. But the Islamists are perfectly serious, and know what they are doing.

Yes all your suffering is our fault we have a lot more control over your nations than you do. Just like some Arab guy comes by and mows my yard. Or at least I wish he would. And where do they get these silly ideas. Muhammed of course.

"I was ordered to fight all men until they say, 'There is no god but Allah.' " With these farewell words, the prophet Muhammad summed up the international vision of the faith he brought to the world. As a universal religion, Islam envisages a global political order in which all humankind will live under Muslim rule as either believers or subject communities. In order to achieve this goal, it is incumbent on all free, male, adult Muslims to carry out an uncompromising "struggle in the path of Allah," or jihad.

I for one am not too keen on being the subject of Muslim rule. How about you?

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1 After 9-11, I wondered when the next shoe would drop. Over the last few years we have seen charities closed down, and a great many American Muslims arrested for terrorist type actions against our nation. According to Mr. Bush, quite a few have been stopped that we have not heard of. I am confident most of us read the Gunny's remarks in the past. Which were well written, but I believe the Gunny does not fully see the Muslim hate for those who stand in their way. When we see many locations being attacked at once across America I will consider it the other shoe being droped. I don't think I will get a shot off, because there are several fast companys waiting to move should an event occur. However, if I do get a chance, every third round will be 00 buck. One can hope you know.

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 04, 2006 02:50 PM (D2g/j)

2 I personally prefer the range and punch of my vintage Mosin Nagant 91/30, which is wickedly accurate with upgraded sights, but I still keep a shotgun handy too, for special occasions. I predict that both will get well-blooded within five years the way things are going, and my K-Bar will get used too if I have anything to do with it; I like to work up close, it's more personal that way. The 'slamotards are bound to get uppity within that time frame, and I'm going to make them pay when they do.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 04, 2006 04:31 PM (0yYS2)

3 I.M., I hope it takes longer than five years. I want to see my orchard produce a lot of fruit, so I can make some peach, pear, and plum wine. If what they say about grapevines is true, mine will not produce enough well grown grapes until about five years from now. The Frogs say anything less than ten years on a grapevine will not produce great wine. However, I do not like the Frogs.

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 04, 2006 07:30 PM (D2g/j)

4 Well, it's best not to let your vines bear fruit until they're mature, because the fruit impedes the development of the vine. A good plant should look more like a bonsai tree than a vine, because it should be pruned ruthlessly until the trunk is thick and the limbs are few and stout. Such a plant will bear good, broad leaves and heavy bunches of grapes, ideally one or two bunches per branch. It's pretty much the same principle for any fruit tree; a stout tree with few fruit per limb makes better fruit.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 04, 2006 08:15 PM (0yYS2)

5 You would think that with all that pent-up bloodlust Improbulus would be down at the army recruiting station tout suit for a quick tour of the triangle. Perhaps he dislikes targets that can shoot back?

Posted by: Sonic at April 04, 2006 08:32 PM (Gsn6c)

6 I.M., ignore Sonic. Sonic is just a little kid somewhere. I do cut my vines back, and trim my fruit trees. This will be their fifth year of life, and I am hopeing to allow them to grow some grapes, and fruit. About a third of what I see they are trying to produce. Last year they wanted to bear fruit, but, I took all the fruit off to help the root system grow. I should be able to make some wine this year.

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 04, 2006 09:22 PM (D2g/j)

7 Yeah, he's an idiot. He has no idea I was in the Army when he was still shitting in diapers. But then, he probably still is, so it's a moot point. The worst part is that he represents the brain trust of the liberals worldwide.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 05, 2006 06:10 AM (0yYS2)

8 I state publicly that I hate you and the guy that lives next door to you. I tell everybody in the bar tomorrow IÂ’m going to kick both your asses. (Both you and your neighbor heard me say it.) The next day you come home from work and IÂ’m kicking ass on your neighbor I look at you and sayÂ… YouÂ’re next!

Posted by: I.M you filthy athiest =ANIMAL at April 06, 2006 05:14 PM (zqsRN)

9 Well, that's nice, but it's too bad the Ritalin didn't work.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 07, 2006 06:18 AM (0yYS2)

10 =Animal, I'm I.M.'s neighbor. I suggest you get in the gym, and get to where you can do a set of eight with 315lbs. Otherwise, I's going to rip your eyeballs out, and skull fuck you to death!

Posted by: Leatherneck at April 07, 2006 07:58 PM (D2g/j)

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Zarqawi 'Firing' May Be Ploy by Terrorist Insurgency

Al Jazeera reported on Sunday that Abu Musab al Zarqawi, the brutal Jordanian head of al Qaeda in Iraq, has been "sacked" by the "Iraqi resistance's high command" and replaced with an Iraqi national. Zarqawi is said to be relegated to a military role.

From the article:

Iraq's resistance has replaced Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as political head of the rebels, the son of Osama bin Laden's mentor has said in Jordan.
Hudayf Azzam, 35, who claims close contacts with the fighters, said on Sunday: "The Iraqi resistance's high command asked Zarqawi to give up his political role and replaced him with an Iraqi, because of several mistakes he made.
"Zarqawi's role has been limited to military action. Zarqawi bowed to the orders two weeks ago and was replaced by Iraqi national Abdullah bin Rashed al-Baghdadi."

This is an indication that the Iraqi Terrorist Insurgency realizes that targeting civilians has cost them support. Perhaps they feel that they can tag Zarqawi with all the "bad" terrorist acts and regain some support. It's even possible they want to disavow Zarqawi in order eventually to pursue legitimate political goals, a lÃƒÂ Sinn Fein.

However, the story's credibility is somewhat sketchy because both Hudayf Azzam and Abdullah bin Rashed al-Baghdadi were virtually unknown until Sunday.

Also posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto.

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Delay to Resign

CanÂ’t say IÂ’ll miss him too much either. He did a lot for the Republican Party but now the costs may outweigh the gains. I dunno.

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Sudan Blocks UN Again.

If Sudan does not support the Muslim Arab Genocide against non-Muslim Africans, why is it they do so much to, you know, kind of help it along?

Reuters :Sudanese authorities have already prevented Egeland from visiting Darfur and the capital Khartoum.
Egeland told reporters the bans reflect deteriorating relations between the United Nations and the government over the deployment of a possible U.N. peace force in Darfur.
"One of the biggest and most effective humanitarian operations on earth ... is in Darfur. In 2006 it is changing dramatically for the worse and I think that is the background for why I was blocked again this year from going," he said.
He said the government did not want him in Darfur because the situation there was as bad as it was in 2004, at the height of conflict between mainly non-Arab Darfuri rebels and government forces backed by militia auxiliaries.
Two million Darfuris have abandoned their homes and tens of thousands have been killed in the conflict. Egeland is in charge of U.N. humanitarian relief for the displaced, many of whom have been living in squalid camps for the past two years.
He said that in the rebel-held Darfur district of Gereida in recent months 90 villages have been attacked and more than 200,000 people have had to leave their homes.

Surely not, they have got to be kidding. Muslim Arabs massacre civilians? Hey that's not in the Koran is it?

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1 >>>>Hey that's not in the Koran is it? lol! The classic "it's not in the Koran" defense. It may not be in the Q'uran (look how culturally sensitive I am), but it does appear to be in islam. In every hotspot around the globe, there you will find islam. Why?

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 04, 2006 09:43 AM (WCwrR)

2 ah, frak. Howie, can you delete my first post? Thanks.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 04, 2006 09:54 AM (WCwrR)

3 Well, the problem is rather that it IS all over the Koran. There are precious few surahs that DON'T incite to hate non believers, or not-that-good believers.

Posted by: ajm at April 04, 2006 10:01 AM (adsbJ)

4 Comment gone and I fixed the link too. Sorry about that.

Posted by: Howie at April 04, 2006 10:07 AM (RJ2uS)

5 During the recent Arab conference in Sudan not a word was mentioned about Darfur. I tried to bring this up on: http://secretarabian.blogspot.com/ and was met with derision... Something like "if you haven't been there, you are not qualified to comment." Yeah, right... In fact, the comments became profane against me. I would suggest you all take a stroll over to this site and learn what our "strong Arab Allies" think of the west. Want a better idea about why the U.A.E. shouldn't be given contracts to run our ports? Go on over...

Posted by: Babs at April 04, 2006 02:06 PM (iZZlp)

6 Wow, Babs. That Ali Medhi guy was spectacularly rude. If they just want to sit around and massage each other then why don't they just start a bulletin board with members only? Even when you said you weren't sure of something, someone took it as another chance to kick you. If you think I'm going in there you're crazy. No matter what I'd say I'd be wrong - and I'd be called every name in the book while they're at it. What's the use?

Posted by: Oyster at April 04, 2006 05:47 PM (YudAC)

7 What is the most important information I should know about Clonazepam? Ã¢Â€Â¢ Use caution when driving, operating machinery, or performing other hazardous activities. Clonazepam will cause drowsiness and may cause dizziness. If you experience drowsiness or dizziness, avoid these activities. Ã¢Â€Â¢ Use alcohol cautiously. Alcohol may increase drowsiness and dizziness while you are taking Clonazepam. Alcohol may also increase your risk of having a seizure. Ã¢Â€Â¢ Do not stop taking Clonazepam suddenly. This could cause seizures and withdrawal symptoms. Talk to your doctor if you need to stop treatment with Clonazepam. What is Clonazepam? Ã¢Â€Â¢ Clonazepam is in a class of drugs called benzodiazepines. Clonazepam affects chemicals in your brain that may become unbalanced and cause seizures. Ã¢Â€Â¢ Clonazepam is used to treat seizures. Ã¢Â€Â¢ Clonazepam may also be used for purposes other than those listed in this medication guide.

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Blogger First?

Ace accidentally posts good gay link but then removes it. For the love of all that is right and good gay put it back. IÂ’ve not seen it yet.

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Yemen, the new Â“FloridaÂ” for semi-retired Al-Qaeda.

This story from Jane at Armies of Liberation about OBL's former bodyguard kicking back in Yemen.

Â“The Yemeni government made a deal with him: donÂ’t plot against Yemen, donÂ’t try to leave the country and weÂ’ll leave you alone
Abu Jandal was the name by which he was known in al Qaeda. He is 33 years old and was with bin Laden in Afghanistan for four years, from 1996 to 2000. He did not speak to 60 Minutes to confess the errors of his ways. Abu Jandal is not a reformed terrorist. He believes today, as he did a decade ago, that al Qaeda is the way and Osama bin Laden is the man.

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April 03, 2006

Experimental Cultured Organs Function Well in Patients For Years

And they were grown without using stem cells.

From the Washington Post:

Researchers said yesterday that they have grown complete urinary bladders in a laboratory and transplanted them into patients, improving their health and achieving a Holy Grail of medicine: the first cultivation of working replacements for failing solid organs in people.
The "neo-bladders," each one grown in a small laboratory container from a pinch of a patient's own cells, have been working in seven young patients for an average of almost four years, according to a report released yesterday by the British journal the Lancet. The organs have remained free of the many complications that bedevil the conventional practice of surgically constructing bladders from other tissues.

I recall reading about the tiny, bio-degradable "scaffolds" used for early forming of the organs in Scientific American some time ago - read the Post story for details of the "neo-bladders'" construction. This is a triumph of engineering, as well as medical research.

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Aqsa Martyrs Commander Killed

(Gaza City) Sources report that the top al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades Commander, Raed Abayat, has been killed by Israeli Defense Forces. Very good news, in my estimation, because any time the heart of a terrorist stops beating, the world is a better place.

From ArabNews.com:

Witnesses said that the Israeli troops backed by tanks stormed into Beit Sahour town early yesterday morning and surrounded a building in the town where the top commander and his assistant were hiding. They added that a short exchange of fire between the commander and the Israeli soldiers resulted in the killing of Aqsa commander and the arrest of his assistant who was injured in the exchange of fire.
Medical sources confirmed the death of the commander and identified him as Raed Abayat, 31.
Israeli security sources said that the troops noticed two Palestinians hiding in a house in the town and called on them to surrender but when they spotted Abayat toting a rifle, they opened fire at him. The sources added that Abayat was wanted by Israel for five years for his involvement in the murder of Israelis.

A BBC report indicates that the Israeli troops tried to arrest Abayat but he refused and provoked a gunfight. And lost.

From Interested-Participant.

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1 Go IDF! They do a great service to humanity everytime they kill one of those scumbags.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 03, 2006 09:50 PM (8e/V4)

2 hmm. kind of like a reverse of the "left" rhedoric. omg! they're killing them faster than they're creating them!!!

Posted by: davec at April 03, 2006 10:20 PM (CcXvt)

3 Alas, another grievous blow to the libtard cause. Da JOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOOoooooozzz got 'im!

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 03, 2006 10:26 PM (0yYS2)

4 And what a great job all these targeted killings have done in stopping terrorism... Hold on.

Posted by: Sonic at April 03, 2006 10:30 PM (Gsn6c)

5 Boy are those "Top Commanders" getting young in age when they die. Maybe their counterparts in the West Bank & Gaza Areas are ratting them out. They should be very afraid of each other more then the IDF.

Posted by: ALL MY LOVE at April 03, 2006 11:01 PM (HJbYT)

6 Sonic, you seem to think that there's some empirical way to determine how many terrorist attacks didn't occur because some of the terrorist ended up dead before they planned on it. Can you prove that there wouldn't have been 4 times as many attacks if the leaders were left unmolested? 5 times? 6... Stupid effing kiwi.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 03, 2006 11:05 PM (RHG+K)

7 >>>And what a great job all these targeted killings have done in stopping terrorism... No, what a great job the peace process did in stopping terrorism! Right??? But in fact targeted killings have done a great job, you silly Libtard! Hold on: "The number of Israelis murdered by terrorists declined 60% over 2004. 45 Israelis were murdered in bombings in 2005. 117 were murdered in 2004. Successful terrorist bombings went down from 15 in 2004 to 7 in 2005. Many people are pointing to the separation barrier as a major reason. I have, in the past, credited the barrier with cutting the number of suicide attacks. While I still think it is a major factor in preventing suicide attacks, it is not the only factor. The hard work of the Israeli intelligence agencies, security services, police force, and the IDF are what has lowered terror attacks. 160 would-be suicide bombers were arrested last year." http://www.yourish.com/2006/01/12/601 But who cares! Either way, killing terrorists is NEVER a bad thing.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 03, 2006 11:07 PM (8e/V4)

8 [sarcasm]But no JC, you're just creating more terrorists by killing the terrorists! Eeek! Eeek! Look at all the Nazis we have today because of the brutal invasion and occupation of the German homeland! [/sarcasm]

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 03, 2006 11:25 PM (RHG+K)

9 JC - But, but ... Hamas says the reduction in deaths is due to their own "restraint" in '05. And now they want a dinky badge for it. I did a whole breakdown of it in a previous post here. Terror related deaths have been decreasing steadily since the start of '03. Oh wait! You coudn't be right, could you? Dang straight, you are. Construction of the wall start in the middle '02. But, Hamas wants credit for their "benevolence". [coughbullsh*tcough] On another note, Sonic thinks a good strategy is to buy stock in a French white flag factory. If I were him, I'd sell that stock and then exchange those Euros for Ryals. He might need 'em.

Posted by: Oyster at April 04, 2006 04:11 AM (YudAC)

10 Even most libtards have given up on that stupid assertion that we're making more by killing more. I don't know whether it's their idiotic blackwhite logic, a la 1984, or just a propaganda tool to try to demoralize us, or both. In any even, it's just more evidence that we need to hang every liberal until they stop kicking.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 04, 2006 06:12 AM (0yYS2)

11 all you can do is gut-shoot 'em, step over their convulsing bodies and keep moving forward engaging the bastards where they can be found.

Posted by: goesh at April 04, 2006 06:25 AM (vX0fY)

12 I'll take some trophies after I drop 'em, I guarantee that.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 05, 2006 10:36 AM (0yYS2)

13 War Crimes In Israel By now most everyone in the world knows that the Israeli Jews are a nothing but a renegade band of vicious murderers. If there was any previous doubt in anyone's mind, the events of recent years have served as irrefutable proof that they are a Satanic coterie of blood thirsty homicidal maniacs. The Jews always seek to portray themselves as the great humble philanthropists of all humanity, but with even a cursory examination of the facts, this is easily exposed as a shoddy facade. The Jews feel they are a law unto themselves. They believe they owe the world nothing, and that it is exclusively their playground in which to perpetrate violence and create disorder. All the peoples of the earth are merely potential victims to be abused and exploited in the quest of world Zionism. Children are ripped apart by Israeli machine gun fire. The elderly become homeless, as their houses are needlessly destroyed by various munitions or pushed down by bulldozers. The infirm are withheld life saving drugs. The injured are denied medical treatment. The personal liberty of travel is prohibited. Helpless Palestinians, men and women, young and old, are being brutalized by those barbarous desperados known as "the Jews". World Jewry is without any doubt responsible for the most reprehensible forms of war crimes, as well as the fact that they are most definitely guilty of heinous crimes against humanity. What is worse, these crimes are being perpetrated with American money and approval. It is especially upsetting to decent Americans when Judeo preachers such as Jerry Falwell get on TV and actively solicit funds for Israel for duped Americans who believe it is their "Christian" duty. People are starting to ask questions, even among the Protestant circles that commonly support the Jews. Many people who are perplexed by the injustice of these atrocities can express their apprehension in a single word - Why? Much of the American public want to know why a great portion of their tax dollars go to fund these baby butchers of the Middle East. Instead of rewarding assassins with blood money, how come these funds couldn't be used for more constructive purposes like education, social rehabilitation programs for the needy, energy shortages in California, or what about paying down the national debt? Why are pirate Israelis sanctioned in maintaining an illegal occupation? Why are psychopathic, deranged Israelis permitted to carry machine guns? How are the Jews able to get away with such gross human rights' violations? And why specifically are they allowed to shoot defenseless, peaceable citizenry in the back? Indeed, numerous human rights groups have acknowledged that the Israelis are blameworthy in their use of excessive force against so many inoffensive Palestinians. Chief Marauder Ariel Sharon, in his characteristic presumptuousness, articulately summed up the position of the cruel and oppressive Neozionists on March 26 in The Washington Times: "No one in this world has the right to put Israel on trial. No one. On the contrary, Israel may have the right to put others on trial, but certainly no one has the right to put the Jewish people and the state of Israel on trial."

Posted by: CHRIST Hating jewooooooooos at April 06, 2006 09:28 AM (zqsRN)

14 I.M YOU ARE A VERY SIMPLE MINDED DIRTY ANIMAL ,WITH NO SOUL,SPIRITUALY EMPTY, FRUSTRATED VIRUS.

Posted by: ATHIEST WATCH at April 06, 2006 05:29 PM (zqsRN)

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