By Dr. Rusty Shackleford from London

Arrived at the hotel only be be swallowed by a sea of blue. Chelsea Blue.

Apparently there is some sort of sport they play here called football. Very similar to soccer, from what I gather.

Anyway this football team from Chelsea won some big match yesterday. The stadium must be near our hotel because this whole section of town is a sea of blue.

The tube was packed, all blue. The neighborhood was filled with swarms of kids--in blue. At least 10% of the cars going by had Chelsea flags.

This town certainly takes its sport seriously.

But why do all the Chelsea fans seem to be drinking Budweiser? Good lord, have these people no sense of decency!?!?

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When he sees this:

In one of the villages in the shadow of Merapi, holy men and hundreds of people lit incense and set rice, fruit and vegetables floating down a river in a ceremony they believed would appease the spirits and prevent an eruption.

"It's bound to help," Parsi, a villager who like many Indonesians using only one name, said after the ceremony. "Everyone around here believes in this. It is in our blood."

Although most Indonesians are Muslim, many also worship ancient spirits, especially in Central Java province.

"All the things we are doing here are to try to make us safe," said Assize Asyhori, an Islamic preacher who took part in the ceremony. "Only Allah knows if Merapi will explode."

Man, do these people sweat hypocrisy from their very pores or what.

Idol worship is a huge no-no in the holly quoran*, and here we have an imam making offerings to a volcano.

I'm thinking of those 2,000 year old Buddha statues that the Taliban blew up as I type this. more...

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Thank you for giving us Rusty.

Thank you for giving us Howie

Thank you for giving us Bluto

Thank you for giving us Mike Pechar, even tho it rhymes with...

Thank you for giving us Chris Short

Thank you for giving us Richard.

Thank you for giving us anyone I've missed, because it's time to move on to:

What on Earth compelled you to give birth to greg?

What on Earth compelled you to give birth to Unashamed Patriot?

What on Earth compelled you to give birth to Actus?

Didn't you check under the hair for the 666?

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Caption this photo of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (sorry, Mahmoud is just a figurehead) being conceived:

Since you dirty rotten bastards didn't email me with your choices in last week's contest, I may petulantly refuse to judge this one on my own, therefore, it's possible that no fatwas may be issued.

But then, it is an election year, and I must pander to my base, even though I'm only running for Employee of the Day.

Alright, you twisted my arm. Fatwas issued Monday.

Entries containing the terms "Dock" "Shack" "Elle" "Russ" "Tea" "Fjord" "Tore" will be given special consideration.

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It's not often that I find myself in agreement with a Washington Post editorial:

On Thursday, USA Today reported that three U.S. telecommunications companies have been voluntarily providing the National Security Agency with anonymized domestic telephone records -- that is, records stripped of individually identifiable data, such as names and place of residence. If true, the architect of this program deserves our thanks and probably a medal. That architect was presumably Gen. Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and President Bush's nominee to become director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Another curious little facet of what CBS chooses to describe as a "scandal" is the lack of information in the mainstream media about the Qwest chief executive who chose to thumb his nose at the NSA's request for anonymous calling data, Joseph Nacchio. While accounts describe Nacchio as the "former" CEO of Qwest, they tend not to mention why he left. This is why:

Washington, D.C., March 15, 2005 - The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Joseph P. Nacchio, former co-chairman and chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International Inc., and eight other former Qwest officers and employees with fraud and other violations of the federal securities laws. In three separate but related civil actions, the Commission alleges that, between 1999 and 2002, the Qwest defendants engaged in a multi-faceted fraudulent scheme designed to mislead the investing public about the company's revenue and growth.

I still think there's a good chance, as I wrote earlier, that the "leak" of the NSA program was deliberate, and designed to force Democrats into the open with their unpopular opposition to lawful surveillance programs.

Cross-posted at The Dread Pundit Bluto, Stop the ACLU, and Vince Aut Morire.

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Zacarias Moussaoui has been moved to the Federal Supermax Prison in Florence Co.

CNN : Moussaoui was removed from the Alexandria, Virginia, detention center on Friday night and flown to Colorado on a service nicknamed "Con Air."

A team of deputy U.S. marshals delivered him early Saturday to the federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado. The prison is sometimes called the "Alcatraz in the Rockies."

"It is a place of extraordinary security, 23 hours a day in cells, one hour of recreation," CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin said at the time of Moussaoui's sentencing earlier this month in U.S. District Court in Alexandria.

"It is as close to permanent solitary confinement as exists in our prison system," Toobin said.

So the rotting has begun. LetÂ’s all send him a note so he really has to dig to find that letter from mommy. Remember be civil (no threats of any kind) and tell him how glad you are that he will never see the light of day. I got his new address here at the FBOP

ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI
51427-054

Inmate Mail/Parcels
FLORENCE ADMAX USP
PO BOX 8500
FLORENCE, CO 81226

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Send me a letter, send it by mail, send it in care of, the Chapel Hill Jail"

Move along, no jihad here, nothing to see.

Just another isolated f***ing da'wa incident.

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Heh, time for some funny:

Police said a paraplegic activist for Southern California's disabled managed to leap from her wheelchair and run.

Of course, this is an AP story, which is why, even after she got up from a wheelchair and ran, they insist on calling her a "paraplegic."

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I'm gone for the next week. I leave this website in your hands.

You've never heard of The Jawa Report? It's the blog that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.

Don't worry, she'll hold together.*

*Hear me baby? Hold together.

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Check it out. This too.

Dear Spammer : Thanks for moving over to my threads. Much easier to handle that way. Saved me some clicks.

Oh a DDOS, you guys are so cute. more...

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Americans said this; the ACLU said this. Thank goodness for these guys. Really the idea that someone looks out for my civil Liberties is a good one. Except for the fact that, when you or I call them for help, we get diddly squat. When an alien terrorist needs defending they are first in line. more...

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1 HA HA, you really dont want to go there Howie. Shall we dredge up ALL the opinions of the American people that we can find in the polls these days? Along the lines of....Bush says this - American people think this... Me think the lefties will make that trade quite happily. The ACLU is one of the finest, most important organizations in American political life. It is the organization that insures that America lives up to the standards that free people are entitled to. Authoritarians, who crave to be slaves (wont mention any names, Howie) and to be utterly subservient to the government, hate the ACLU. Makes me love 'em even more...

Posted by: Observer at May 12, 2006 12:52 PM (lI3TA)

2 I'm not against the idea of the ACLU just it's silly actions. Seems to me it's far more interested in defending the rights of aliens or whatever story makes the news. Thus the name Alien Civil Liberties Union. They have all of two attorneys in my state and all the cases they take are high profile news cases in Chi town. The rest of us are screwed. Not going to make the Tribune they don't give a rats ass. They may have been what you say at one time. they could be in the future.

Posted by: Howie at May 12, 2006 01:02 PM (D3+20)

3 Observer, STFU with your communist propaganda bullshit. You'll hang with the rest when the time comes, so don't make it any worse for yourself than it has to be.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 12, 2006 01:26 PM (0yYS2)

4 The ACLU apeears to be extreme in it's goals. Homosexual marriage, child sex, get rid of the cross everywhere, Christain speech is hate speech, etc... The ACLU seems to have forgotten history, and whats to rewrite it to be very new age. An age of no limits, and what ever feels good is OK. The majority rules, yet the ACLU would like to see judges make law from the bench. That is the America the ACLU would like to have in all 50 states. I want to see the ACLU arrested as a terror group, given a fair trial, and lined up to be shot at dawn.

Posted by: Leatherneck at May 12, 2006 01:45 PM (D2g/j)

5 Hey Max, kiss my ass. (luv this site!!!)

Posted by: Observer at May 12, 2006 01:51 PM (lI3TA)

6 Leatherneck, Thanks for making my point. We need more limits. Imposed by the government. Implemented by jarheads. Thats a fantasy America allright, for authoritarians (I'm being kind and keeping the rhetoric cool). The majority rules - but only within the framework of protected rights. Don't you understand the first thing about our contitutional order? Judges are there to protect individual rights from the potential tyranny of the majority. Thats why we can still have our guns even if 51% of the people vote to take them away. Thats why 90% of the people, or even 99% could never vote to enslave the remaining people. Spending some quality moments with airheads like you makes me want to run out and send the ACLU all my spare change.

Posted by: Observer at May 12, 2006 02:00 PM (lI3TA)

7 >>>Authoritarians, who crave to be slaves (wont mention any names, Howie) and to be utterly subservient to the government, hate the ACLU. Makes me love 'em even more... That's orwellian in the extreme. The ACLU and its ilk believe in outlawing majority rule in favor of tyranny from the bench by small special interest minorities. It's minorities leading the majority by the nose, where elites dictate to the masses, and where elections and the will of the people no longer mean anything. That's the ACLU.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 12, 2006 02:01 PM (8e/V4)

8 >>>constitutional order except for the 2nd amendment! lol! In that case the Founding Fathers couldn't predict assault rifles and 357 magnums! Must grab guns from the masses! We at Jawa all believe in constitutional order-- just not the Left's version of it, i.e., not the ACLU's version of it. When you try to hide behind "the Constitution", we at Jawa recognize that as just more empty rhetoric.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 12, 2006 02:08 PM (8e/V4)

9 gee Jesus, Kinda full of yourself, aintcha? Putting the big J in your name. Speaking for an entire community? Maybe you are right though, maybe nobody here has an independent thought in their head....What would be the use of protecting individual rights for people who don't want them? Lets just all follow you.... It is minorites being protected from tryanny. Might sound familiar to you if you ever learned anything about America, and its history. I know you think that allowing non-majority people to exist is equal to them "leading the majority by the nose", but that is just because you are an idiot.

Posted by: Observer at May 12, 2006 02:25 PM (lI3TA)

10 Observer : Thanks for making my point. They protect minorities and aliens. Fair enough except they forgot the rest of us "Americans". Show me the last case where they defended a WASP. Or WASCatholic against from the Govt. So why the word "American" in the name. How about minority and alien civil liberites union. Yes Virginia there are poor disadvantaged white people too.

Posted by: Howie at May 12, 2006 02:29 PM (D3+20)

11 Observer, you are foolish. I did not make your point. I suppose you feel there should not be any limits. That would be new age, and is not what most Americans want. Why do slander everyone, did your Mother not love you when you were a child? Perhaps, she droped you on your head.

Posted by: Leatherneck at May 12, 2006 02:37 PM (D2g/j)

12 >>>It is minorites being protected from tryanny. Observer, "Jesusland" is what YOU LIBERALS call us Red states! So I fail to see how that makes me full of myself when I play along (except you Libs spit the name Jesus as an insult). You see the ACLU as minorities being protected from tyranny, But I see it as tyranny OF the minority over the majority. It's anti-democracy. In fact, it's AUTHORITARIAN. Kinda like in apartheid South Africa where the minority elites ruled it over the majority. Same thing.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 12, 2006 03:37 PM (8e/V4)

13 Howie, Its just not true that they don't protect white people. Hell, they even went to bat for the neonazis, protecting their right to speech. And they are involved in lots of cases where poor (white) communities are not recieving their fair share of resources for schools or other state distributions. Go check it out, instead of just reading the nutjob websites. Fact is though, majority groups tend not to need protection to the same extent that minorities do, because majorities are ,,,well, they are majorities. They can prevent themselves being oppressed by the government because they control the government, by definition. But the country is so diverse in so many ways, not just racial, or ethnic groups, but diverse in ideas, ideologies, religions etc. that everyone gets to be a minority sometimes, on some issue. If you ever find yourself in the minority, and the majority not only gets its way with you, but tramples on your basic rights, who ya gonna call? Consider yourself lucky that you havent been in that position (I presume) yet, but if you ever are, then you will be damn glad that there are a bunch of people out there who will work to demand that you get a fair shake, under the rules, even though the majority is against you.

Posted by: Observer at May 12, 2006 03:44 PM (lI3TA)

14 Now you are getting warm.

Posted by: Howie at May 12, 2006 03:50 PM (D3+20)

15 Yes poor whites control the government, LOL. Rather than Damn glad overall I'm damn disspointed. I have my reasons the perception is that they prefer to defend those who abuse America over America. That's my perception. No matter how off base you think that is there are a lot of people who share that perception. That perception is real so they have to deal with it. One thing I will fault conservatives on. If they think the the ACLU is too liberal that may be because few young conservative attorneys are willing to put off the big pay day and get involved in the work. Liberals are into that so therefore logic says it would lean left. If conservatives want the ALCU to be better they not only have to share their perceptions but a few may need to get invlolved. I'm not a a lawyer so not me. But protecting the rights of all americans and is an idea I'm OK with but not at the expense of our war effort. Afterward we can talk about it.

Posted by: Howie at May 12, 2006 03:55 PM (D3+20)

16 Oh poor little Jesus, you are being oppressed by the minorities? Gimme a effin break, clown. What are you being prevented from doing in your life by the ACLU? Putting a cross on a government building and pretending that we have a theocracy instead of a democracy? Teaching MY kids YOUR religous dogma in science class? Maybe you think that because you are of the majority opinion on every matter (bet you aint) that that opinion should be the only one allowed - in free America? You are just trying, desparately to find some way to play victim here. And to make a bunch of pro-bono lawyers out to be oppressors, as if they had any power other than what the constitution guarantees us all....It is so laughable -

Posted by: Observer at May 12, 2006 03:58 PM (lI3TA)

17 You did't give me time. Oh and I believe in evolution dip. I'm science geek. You assume I'm a far right Chritsian Conservative. No I'm a middle right fiscal conservative socially liberal.

Posted by: Howie at May 12, 2006 04:06 PM (D3+20)

18 great Howie, Apologies for my assumptions. We may have some common ground. To get back to the issues at hand though, I do think that it is not asking to much for the government to get a warrant before tapping phone lines, especially given how damn easy it is to aquire one. And is the idea of having the government maintain a database of every call ever made by every American completely non-problematical to you? Why not ENCOURAGE some sharp lawyer-types to challange it in court, if, for no other reason, than to force the government to prove to a judge that they are doing it by the book. IF necessary, we could always change the book. But it is a step toward tyranny if the government can just ignore the book. And it doesnt help any of us for the cheerleaders to encourage them to do that.

Posted by: Observer at May 12, 2006 04:32 PM (lI3TA)

19 Observer, what you call "minorities" are just perverts, degenerates, and extremist freaks. Those are the "minorities" the Leftists in the ACLU represent. And when the Leftist ACLU normalizes that freakish degeneracy through force of law, yes, that oppresses me. The fact that they are a "minority" and I'm in the majority makes not the slightest difference if they've got Leftist lawyers at their beck and call, and I don't. Force of numbers are irrelevant in a courtroom.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 12, 2006 06:14 PM (8e/V4)

20 On the way home I thought of a for instance just so we understand. There is a small town in KY that some guy targeted to open a porn shop becuase well that was something they just had not thought would happen so the guy opens the smut show or strip club just because he could. he didn't tell anyone just did it. He put it where it was just because they were unprepared for it and he could "get away with it" Not that I'm against nekkid chicks or anything But the people of the town didn't like it so the local government got together and figured out how to do the needed legal work and zone so that they could make him close or move. He lost in court. Rather than appeal becuase he had no case as the city had done well. He saw a ten commandments display on the courthouse lawn. He gave an interview or made a statement to our local news that he would, "get them back by making them remove the ten commandments". Now see it's their town. And the monument was old and historic and people liked it there because it's part of their home Nothing political about it except you don't like some dickhead porno guy coming into your town and telling you how to run it. Asking you to allow a porn shop and then with open malice sue to make you amputate part of your town. it's their town. Well he shopped around and no lawyer would take it because he's a dickhead but who rides to the rescue???? The ACLU so now you have asshole one and two coming to their town and forcing them to take it down. In another KY case the supreme court ruled they had to take theirs down and set guidelines to how they can be displayed. The town planned to intergrate the old display into a new one to cmply with the court and have files to lift the stay. The ALCU is arguing against lifting the stay saying they can't because the rest of the display is just to "get around/comply" with the court. Saying the other parts of the law are cover for the rest. Well duh they are trying to comply. See how this works? From where we stand it's just a bunch of assholes riding into town making an ass of themselves and leaving a scar as they ride out. How is that good? Also it may be harder to get them to turn up than you imagine.

Posted by: Howie at May 12, 2006 06:59 PM (D3+20)

21 I guess it's not much of an issue for me as I was never under the illusion that phones were not tappable listenable. Let me make a point. Intelligence collection I care nothing about. If you can show me a case where this intelligence was used to militarily to stop terror. That is the intelligence was good enough to act on then that's OK If we have intelligence that billy is going to paint the water tower on up to pretty serious stuff that does not rise to the severity to warrant military action. We then turn that over to law enforcement and then prosecute, using that intelligence. Intelligence that was aquired for a military purpose only, then that would be not OK with me. give me a minute to fix the eye bleeding. (edit this)

Posted by: Howie at May 12, 2006 07:06 PM (D3+20)

22 Carlos, I think you just living in the wrong country. If you don't love America, land of the free, (that means free to be pervy, degenerate and extremist) then get yourself to some nice regulated dictatorship - believe me, you would fit right in. Sorry, but you don't get to play "oppressed" because of the mere presence of people you dont like - even if they have the gall to exercise their constitutional rights. They punch you in the nose, you got a case. Otherwise, you don't. Why not just get off the ol' outrage addiction, and get a life?

Posted by: Observer at May 12, 2006 07:11 PM (lI3TA)

23 So Howie, what are you some commie or something? A businessman opens a legal business (we can assume that he spent some capital setting it up) and a group of the town bigwigs don't like it, even though its legal, and they conspire to shut the guy down - how much money did he lose? Is that right? You want big government - there it is. Doesnt seem so big when we talk about national issues, but for the the one guy trying to make a buck, its big oppressive government. They dont want porn in town - well pass a law. Too late for that? Well, buy the guy out. I would be pissed too. Now the ACLU doesnt know, or care about the whole backstory. Personally, I dont care if Buttfart KY has a monument up, and nobody objects. We cut each other some slack here. But if someone who does live in the town objects, well then we go to the lawbooks. And the law, and the constitution, is pretty clear. Government doesnt take sides on religion. Thats what allows for religious liberty - for once the government gets involved, the government can control. So put your commandments up in the churchyard, but not on government property. Thats fair, thats common sense.

Posted by: Observer at May 12, 2006 07:24 PM (lI3TA)

24 The ACLU doesn't know or care? I bet they freaking know and I bet they care about not talking up the fact that one of the clients they are "helping out" is a porn dealer whod rather than go to the city council first? And if I have a lawyer that doesn't know the case or my clients history well then I have an idiot for a lawyer. A reasonable person might imagine that in a rural community people might be a bit. That seems to be the way most of these things work in cities around here. There are permits for certain businesses like liquor stores, sex shops, yahda yahda. that way you don't end up with your elementary school right between a bunch of bars and stuff. Kind of makes sense. He targeted the place just becuase he could not get a permit elsewhere. If he had went first and got a vote could have saved all the trouble. My point is no one complined about he commandments except one out of town porn dealer.

Posted by: Howie at May 12, 2006 07:59 PM (D3+20)

25 I've not noticed any Judge I've seen taking out he bible to judge. I think they have lawbooks there. oh and GFYS

Posted by: Howie at May 12, 2006 08:02 PM (D3+20)

26 You can always tell when we are winning because he asked carlos to mellow out and then resorted to calling me a commie. Being one of the most liberal posters on the jawa of all the commenters you are the first one to call me commie. Thanks. I just think the feds have no business in the issue except that the ACLU has a cob up their ass. Yep everybody should run around passing laws for problems that have not occured yet. Yep you're liberal. Also so how is the local government acting wrong. Seems the big government is stomping the little one. And why should samll governments have to pass the smae laws that large cities have before problems arrive. That's inefficient you are asking small areas to carry burdens they don't have. Run your big cities how you like. I like to go. We have all that stuff withind driving distance if you want to. I like to have a bar and liquor store within reasonable driving distance. But I don't live there because that's where I want to live. I like my little berg let us run it the way we like. Also he had every chance to argue his case to government before the law was passed.

Posted by: Howie at May 12, 2006 08:08 PM (D3+20)

27 For those of you who have been missing my famous orations; I believe I might be right in naming Carlos, Oyster, JJ, and Rooster, (Where are you Grayrooster?), or if you haven't, here's one anyway... Only someone like Observer could think that just because we hate the ACLU it means we love the government. That's why liberals can never be reasoned with; they only see diametric opposites, and cannot understand that there are many of us who love liberty more than safety and do not tolerate anyone who wants to take away either. I don't care if it's turbaned fanatics, Armani-suited lawyers, or the BATF gestapo trying to kill me, I'm ready to fight. Notice how Observer deviated from the oft-failed liberal tactic of twisting the meaning of the Bill of Rights and creating new rights where none were written, such as special rights for oppressed minority group X; rather he tries to convince us that he understands the meaning of the 2nd Amendment, and that we have nothing to fear since the federal government always upholds the Constitution and can be trusted implicitly to do the right thing. Sure. So, he accuses us of being government sycophants because we oppose a group which seeks to undermine the Constitution by exploiting the flaws in our legal and legislative systems, which only exist because our elected officials, who are supposed to represent us, instead exploit their positions and see to their own best interest because there is nobody to stop them... or so they think. The ACLU, like the government, is made of people. There are no machines making decisions at either place; just people. Idealistic, misguidable people; imperfect, corruptible people; ambitious, power-hungry people; elitist, holier-than-thou people; and just plain crazy people. The only claim to legitimacy the government has is that it is ordered in the Constitution, and is itself governed by We, the People, whereas the ACLU only exists by right of association, (also provided in the Constitution,) but the activites of which may not infringe on any other part of the Constitution, nor foment sedition or rebellion against the nation. Guilty, guilty, and guilty. So does this mean we love the government because we hate the ACLU? Do I really have to answer that? If you think I should answer that, seek help. Now. Now that we've determined that groups are made of people, the questions pertaining to alliances among groups are thus: What is most precious in life; security or liberty? What is the price of each, individually? Can one have both? What is the price of both together? Is it worth the price? Can one avoid making enemies? If not, will one need an ally? With whom does one ally, and at which time? What are the criteria for alliances? What is the price of an alliance? What will be the consequences of an alliance, whether in victory or defeat? Does being the enemy of an enemy make one a friend, or just another enemy? Will an ally of convenience become the next enemy? What if an enemy seeks or proclaims a false allegience? What happens if one chooses to ally with no one, but to stand alone if necessary? The above questions in slightly different form would make an interesting flow chart which would produce a different answer for each combination of answers, and which would be historically verifiable because the results of certain actions by people are almost completely uniform throughout history, but which would follow a general theme; the right allies promise victory, but the wrong allies portend defeat. Liberals, as ever, have chosen to stand with the enemy du jour of Western civilization, with whom they join to attack the principles and institutions which are its foundation. Why do they do this? The answer is multi-faceted, but the question itself is moot. The proper response to this question is not an answer, but a statement: One who stands with my enemy is also my enemy and must turn or be destroyed; one who stands with me is my ally and must be protected. The greater threat must be confronted before the lesser threat; an enemy who is trying to kill me is a greater threat than an enemy who is trying to steal from me. Liberals have proven themselves countless times over to be incapable of exercising good judgment when it comes to allies and enemies, though they occasionally (rarely) get it right, and then usually by accident.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 12, 2006 08:56 PM (0yYS2)

28 Bravo, IM

Posted by: REMF at May 13, 2006 01:21 AM (7RMSi)

29 Go IM now it the rest of the old timers around here show up here or next week that would be cool. Argument city baby.

Posted by: Howie at May 13, 2006 08:30 AM (D3+20)

30 >>>They punch you in the nose, you got a case. Otherwise, you don't. Observer, likewise. I don't see any "minorities" getting "punched in the face" either. So I guess they don't have a case! Your rules, buddy. People who have nothing better to do than get "offended" 24/7 by the most insinificant public displays of religion and seeking to impose themselves on an entire society through the courts (which ultimately means threats of violence if they don't comply) and you're telling ME to get a life? lol! Irony, your name is Observer. It's like when someone comes around and starts smacking you on the back of the head and won't stop, and when you turn around and tell him to fuck off, he responds "get a life." lol! Welcome to the upside down world of Liberalism. Get a life is exactly what I would tell the ACLU and all their "offended" clients. It's so rough being a "minority" these days! The "oppression" is just about more than they can bear! The "oppression" that the Left focuses on these days is a testament to how truly oppression-free this country really is.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 13, 2006 10:23 AM (8e/V4)

31 IM's " A Beautiful Mind " persona again ....

Posted by: Last gasp Larry at May 13, 2006 12:34 PM (FCC6c)

32 "Liberals, as ever, have chosen to stand with the enemy du jour of Western civilization, with whom they join to attack the principles and institutions which are its foundation.... One who stands with my enemy is also my enemy and must turn or be destroyed; one who stands with me is my ally and must be protected. The greater threat must be confronted before the lesser threat; an enemy who is trying to kill me is a greater threat than an enemy who is trying to steal from me." Dude, OBL isnt the only one who wants to kill me - apparently so do you.

Posted by: r4d20 at May 13, 2006 10:09 PM (fN/ah)

33 What was the WP:s exact question that gave those 63% approval ratings? Did they ask if it was OK to check the phone records of ordinary people, or did they actually ask something completely different? "According to the latest NEWSWEEK poll, 53 percent of Americans think the NSA’s surveillance program “goes too far in invading people’s privacy,” while 41 percent see it as a necessary tool to combat terrorism." http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12771821/site/newsweek/

Posted by: wmt at May 14, 2006 02:03 AM (CdtRy)

34 Well R4, if you fit the criteria for an enemy, then yes.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 14, 2006 12:13 PM (0yYS2)

35 Time to send the ACLU to mexico or cuba its nothing more then a leftists bunch of crinmals with its HQ in HANIO ON THE BAY SAN FRANCISCO

Posted by: sandpiper at May 14, 2006 01:15 PM (h6CK1)

36 You're dead right Carlos. I'm an atheist and I don't have a problem with religious displays on public ground in most contexts. The real issue is that Marxists are still trying to destroy Christianity because it is one of the cornerstones in the foundations of Western civilization. If they win, we all lose.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 14, 2006 04:54 PM (0yYS2)

37 "Well R4, if you fit the criteria for an enemy, then yes." If being an "enemy" means disagreeing on issues like School prayer ... well, im willing to kill you over this too.

Posted by: r4d20 at May 14, 2006 07:45 PM (fN/ah)

38 let me know when tickets go on sale ....

Posted by: Last gasp Larry at May 14, 2006 10:50 PM (FCC6c)

39 >>>If being an "enemy" means disagreeing on issues like School prayer ... well, im willing to kill you over this too. I don't see the pro-prayer folks going around killing over their beliefs. Are you Lefties going to kill people when the Court throws out Roe v Wade too? Probably. Just goes to show the secular Taliban are the real fanatics in this country.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at May 14, 2006 11:42 PM (8e/V4)

40 They're not going to kill anyone Carlos, because they're gutless, chickenshit cowards; instead they hope their muslim pets/masters will do all the killing and they'll get all the fat government jobs when it's over. It's not about principles, but power.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 15, 2006 04:43 AM (0yYS2)

41 It's time everyone woke up to the facts of what's going on in the world today. Fourteen hundred years ago, islam burst forth from one of the most backward places on the planet with only one goal; complete global conquest by whatever means necessary, and it hasn't erred from that path. In 1789, leftism conquered the most powerful nation in the world at that time - France, and began to steadily spread outward to the rest of the world also with one goal in mind; complete global conquest by any means necessary. These two ideologies have been at odds with one another from time to time, but have most often been aligned in common cause; the destruction of Western civilization, because as long as traditional Western culture stands strong, leftism and islam can never conquer. Leftism cursed the world two main totalitarian ideologies - fascism and communism, from which all other non-islamic totalitarian ideologies have spread. Many people believe that fascism and communism are ideological opposites, but in reality they only have one point of contention; fascism is ethnic-based nationalism, and communism is ideological-based internationalism. In other words, the difference is moot, because both are virulent and destructive to the individual and society. Both are statist and totalitarian in nature, both are socialist, and both require violent outward expansion in order to fund their massive economic pyramid schemes, which consume more at each level than they produce. The main historical difference between islam and leftism was the point of religion. Islam is a religion, and so is leftism, though leftists would have one believe that they are atheistic or agnostic in nature. The Soviets and Red Chinese did the most complete job of eliminating all non-statist religions from their midst, but even they faild. Now, modern leftists see that the need for religion is as basic in humans as is the need for food and water, though not as urgent, and so they have chosen to align themselves with islam, because despite obvious superficial differences between the two ideologies, islam and leftism have far more in common than not. Both rely on a massive underclass of ignorant, superstitious, fearful peasants who would rather have a full belly than freedom of speech. Both require authoritarian regimes backed by a brutal and omnipresent military and police presence to keep the people suppressed. Both rely on "bread and circuses" to keep the people appeased. Both rely on the absolute absence of dissent in order to operate. As I said; other than minor, superficial differences between the two, there is really not much difference between leftism and islam, but far more important than their differences is what they hold in common; they both seek the destruction of traditional Western civilization by any means necessary.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 15, 2006 05:56 AM (0yYS2)

42 Tell me, r4d20 and Observer, where was the precious ACLU for these parents? Oh, that's right. They were busy climbing all over this. There are a vast many cases the ACLU won't take which, they claim are due to various reasons like "lack of funds". Interestingly, these cases are often against leftist organizations that share the political viewpoint of the collective ACLU. Every one of these cases they win and then collect our tax dollars for is one step closer to the socialistic micro-management of our country and the rights of the vast majority on behalf of a disgruntled extreme minority. While the initial inception of the ACLU was (conceivably) for a noble cause, to keep the big guy (big business, big government, etc.) from running roughshod over the lives of ordinary Americans, the whole concept has gone awry. Now they support NAMBLA and sue the Boy Scouts. They sue schools who allow the Boy Scouts to use an empty auditorium for a weekend meeting or a city who allows them to camp for free at a public park, yet, are strangely silent about schools who set aside rooms for Muslim prayer and allow students to actually leave class for that prayer. They go to bat for those who want to view porn on public library computers and routinely turn down cases for those who are victims of blatant reverse discrimination. They zealously sue for public displays of Christian iconography and ignore Islamic indoctrination in an Arizona school. There are limitless numbers of these hypocrisies. Now they're even paying for full page ads in newspapers comparing George Bush to Richard Nixon. Odd though, that we never heard a peep out of them for all the transgressions of a previous President. Sometimes I wonder if it really has gone awry and isn't just finally picking up steam toward its initial hidden purpose: NB: From the book Twilight of Liberty: The Legacy of the ACLU: "The ACLU founder and executive director from 1920 to 1950, Roger Baldwin, described the Soviet Union as a "great laboratory of social experimentation of incalculable value to the development of the world." He wanted to bring socialism to America, but he knew that to be effective, he had to disguise and mask this goal in terms of individual rights. He wrote: "Do steer away from making it look like a socialist enterprise. We want to look like patriots in everything we do. We want to get a good lot of flags, talk a good deal about the Constitution and what our forefathers wanted to make of the country, and to show that we are really the folks that really stand for the spirit of our institutions."" I could go on, but I need to get to work. You two have fun defending them.

Posted by: Oyster at May 15, 2006 06:29 AM (YudAC)

43 IM: For an athiest, you sure do have a true Catholic perspective on the dangers of leftist idealogies. God Bless, YBP.

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 15, 2006 06:22 PM (42Ghj)

44 YBP, just because I don't believe in the divine doesn't mean I don't recognize the benefits of religion in society. I'm an objectivist, not an ideologue.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 15, 2006 06:40 PM (0yYS2)

45 Hey, so am I! And so is G. K. Chesterton! (Read "Orthodoxy" by if you haven't already. Good read.) How is the construction business treating you? Weren't you doing free-lance photography for a while?

Posted by: Young Bourbon Professional at May 16, 2006 01:47 PM (42Ghj)

46 I'm working about 60 hours a week on construction, and still do the photography from time to time, so I limit my reading to a few minutes a night before bed, and as I already have a nice stack of books on my nightstand, I don't think I'll get around to anything new for a while.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at May 17, 2006 05:48 AM (0yYS2)

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Turns out that Moussaoui missed out on the Death Penalty by one vote. I pretty much agree with Ace's explicative.

WAPO : Only one juror stood between the death penalty and Zacarias Moussaoui and that juror frustrated his colleagues because he never explained his vote, according to the foreman of the jury that sentenced the al-Qaeda operative to life in prison last week.

The foreman, a Northern Virginia math teacher, said in an interview that the panel voted 11 to 1, 10 to 2 and 10 to 2 in favor of the death penalty on three terrorism charges for which Moussaoui was eligible for execution. A unanimous vote on any one of them would have resulted in a death sentence.

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Al-Qaeda operative in Australia were able to live out their fantasy of being teenage chicks while texting. Reports that they purchased and wore ladies underwear to throw off the Aussies were unconfirmed.

Reuters : SYDNEY (Reuters) - Nine Muslim men arrested in Australia's biggest security swoop, and charged with planning a terrorist act, pretended to be women texting girlfriends to secretly communicate, a prosecutor told a court on Friday.

"Hi babes, I'm missing you," one message read, while another said: "How you going love, did Sue want to meet me."

During a bail application for one of the men, Khaled Cheikho, 32, in the New South Wales Supreme Court, a prosecutor said the men used "covert phones" under false names and code to communicate, Australian Associated Press reported from the court.

One message between Cheikho and co-accused Mohammed Elomar referred to the purchase of some insulation tape allegedly used to make explosives, said prosecutor Wendy Abraham.

"Hello darling, could you let me know if you still have rolls of the silver tape," a message from Cheikho read.

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Yesterday a KY grand jury returned a three count misdemeanor indictment of Ernie Fletcher. For those of you not familiar with the story the Courier Journal has a complete time line of the progression of the investigation of KY Governor Ernie Fletcher here. more...

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(Mogadishu, Somalia) After 15 years without a national government, Somalia is a battlefield. Tribal militias and Islamic fundamentalists, allegedly tied to al-Qaeda, are struggling for control and many people are dying.

From KhaleejTimes.com:

Islamic militiamen and secular fighters battled Wednesday for control of Somalia's capital despite promises of a cease-fire, as the death toll rose to at least 90, with nearly 200 others wounded.

The sounds of heavy weapons echoed through the city, but the fighting was not as intense as it had been in the previous three days. The battle between the Islamic Court Union and the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counterterrorism has centered on the northern neighborhood of Sii-Sii, with neither side gaining an advantage.

It's worth noting that every time I read of Somalia, I recall Blackhawk Down. I think of how the media plastered breaking news images of starving Somalians in front of the public, day after day, until the politicians were forced to send help. Food was sent and U.S. military units were there to distribute the food in the lawless country. Fighting started and the American forces soon were overwhelmed. Reinforcements were requested, but too little came, too late.

Some of the finest American fighting men ever to have lived died in Mogadishu. Needlessly, I think. And it all began with media reports of starving Somalians.

From Interested-Participant.

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In the bullpen has the full story.

News.com AU : Muslims avenge your Prophet .... We deeply desire that the small state of Denmark, Norway and France ... are struck hard and destroyed," said Libyan Mohammed Hassan, who escaped from US custody at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan last July.

"Destroy their buildings, make their ground shake and transform them into a sea of blood," said Hassan, dressed in military fatigues and a black turban, and holding an assault rifle.

MEMRI has the video. Hat Tip: Morning coffee who has the link here.

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Just what does the crime of trying to leave North Korea get you? Well they are going to make and example of you by making sure your execution is well attended and hope the audience getÂ’s the Idea. Warning Graphic Images.

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Watch the Mullah both before and after he notices you are watching.

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Lately the American Family Association (AFA) has been putting a full court press against Ford Motor Company to cease and desist their support of homosexual marriages. While, ideologically, I agree with AFA that gay marriage is an immoral and unacceptable practice that should never be legal, I find their campaign a tad bit bothersome from an economic perspective.

I will be upfront and honest, I drive a 2001 Ford F-150; I actually like the truck and go to Ford for service on it. However, I don't like GM products. Right now I think it's overpriced, under-quality products coupled with their poor customer relations (with me specifically) makes GM a poor choice for vehicle purchases. So if you rule out Ford and GM that leaves you with Chrysler. Name one quality car (not truck or minivan) Chrysler has made five years in a row. If you can't, you're not the only one. So when you rule out Ford because of their political motives, GM because of their bad service and products, and Chrysler due to their horrendously bad track record that leaves you with nothing but foreign cars to pick from.

Some people think that's okay because Toyota's most popular car in America, the Toyota Camry, is predominately made in America. Honda has a presence here in the states and even BMW has a plant in Greenville, South Carolina. But, most of the foreign automakers are assembling one or two vehicles here in the United States, not all their vehicles sold here in the US. Walk around a Toyota lot and look at the stickers that tell you what percentage of the car was made in what country. Couple that with the small size of most Japanese cars and you're leaving guys like me with few options.

The one option you're leaving me with is the option I took last summer, Nissan. I bought my wife a surprisingly roomy Nissan Altima and guess where that car was made, 100% overseas. So the real question here is should you side with American workers or American values. In this case it's hard to have your cake and eat it too.

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