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Rioting and threats of violence from Muslim extremists have apparently triumphed once again over the First Amendment.

According to psychoanalyst Dr. Nancy Kobrin and noted feminist Phyllis Chesler, who wrote the introduction, Kobrin's new book, "The Sheikh's New Cloth: The Naked Truth about Islamic Suicide Terrorism", was to be published in November by Looseleaf Law Publications, Inc., but Dr. Kobrin's contract was suddenly cancelled over concerns for their staff's safety. more...

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A real shocker here. The hotbed of 1960's leftist radicalism bequeaths a legacy of empty-headed, ignorant liberal know-nothings onto the country:

The nonpartisan group that contracted the study, the Delaware-based Intercollegiate Studies Institute, said the results indicate that colleges aren't doing enough to teach their students about civics and the basic principles on which America was founded. The country faces a "crisis in citizenship" unless colleges rededicate themselves to instruction in the core principles, the group said.

"We were flabbergasted" by the results, said Josiah Bunting, who chairs the institute's National Civic Literacy Board. The study looked at campuses along the entire spectrum, he said, from the most elite — such as Harvard and Princeton — to liberal arts colleges and small religious schools.

"Almost all of these universities talk in their catalogs about a mission of educating people who will be citizens and citizen leaders," Bunting said. "That really was what prompted the study."

Here's more of the hilariously ironic findings of the study:

-53 percent of seniors could not identify the correct century when the first American colony was established at Jamestown.

-More than 75 percent of seniors could not identify that the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine was to prevent foreign expansion into the Western Hemisphere.

-Only 45 percent of seniors identified the Baath party as the main source of Saddam Hussein's political support.

Cross-posted at Mein BlogoVault.

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In the civil rights battles of 20th Century, the NAACP found few better friends or more tireless champions than those it found within America's Jewish community. Given that history, I was particularly disappointed to learn that the NAACP has filed a formal civil rights complaint to force a Jewish-owned and operated medical clinic to stay open on the Jewish Sabbath:

The complaint, filed Sept. 6 with the state's Division of Human Rights, alleges that the clinic's practice of remaining closed Saturdays in observance of operators' Jewish Sabbath, unlawfully imposes their religious beliefs on others....

Willie Trotman, president of the Spring Valley branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said the purpose of the complaint was to have the clinic open on Saturdays.

Those who work -- more than 80 percent of the clinic's clientele are Hispanic or black, according to a letter the clinic sent to the Human Rights Commission earlier this year -- would find it convenient to visit their doctors on a Saturday when they had the day off, Trotman said yesterday.

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It always amazes me when some people become concerned or alarmed when the Pope says anything critical of another religion. It's almost as if they expect religious leaders to not really believe that they have the truth and that the other guys are wrong.

We'll see how much flack the Pope gets for this statement, even if he was quoting another source. NY Times:

He began his speech, which ran over half an hour, by quoting a 14th-century Byzantine emperor, Manuel II Paleologus, in a conversation with a “learned Persian” on Christianity and Islam — “and the truth of both.”

“Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread the sword by the faith he preached,” the pope quoted the emperor, in a speech to 1,500 students and faculty.

He went on to say that violent conversion to Islam was contrary to reason and thus “contrary to God’s nature.”

Several experts on the Catholic Church and Islam agreed that the speech — in which Benedict made clear he was quoting other sources on Islam — did not appear to be a major statement on, or condemnation of, Islam.

Still, they said that the strong words he used in describing Islam, even that of the 14th century, ran the risk of offense.

“Certainly he closes the door to an idea which was very dear to John Paul II — the idea that Christians, Jews and Muslims have the same God and have to pray together to the same God,” [Marco Politi, the Vatican expert for the Italian newspaper La Repubblica ] said.

At the end of that summer, he devoted an annual weekend of study with former graduate students to Islam. In that meeting, and since, he has reportedly expressed skepticism about Islam’s openness to change, given its view of the Koran as the unchangeable word of God.

Hat tip: Alex

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United 93 came out on DVD Tuesday.

Just sayin'.

Me? I'm putting the finishing touches on that bunker I started before August 22nd, because Ahmagonnameetallah proclaimed that bad things happen to people who don't debate him at the U.N.

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The Maximum Leader reminds me that today is the feast day of St. Augustine of Hippo. To help our Catholic/Anglican/Episcipalian friends celebrate, some words of wisdom from Augustine, The City of God, Book XIX, Ch. 12.

Augustine reminds us that everyone wants peace. To say you want peace is like saying you want air. Yes, Morrissey was wrong on this one. And John Lennon? A retard for stating the obvious. The real question is, on whose terms should that peace be founded? Hitler and Hamas both want peace. Iran too. But peace at what cost? more...

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Roger L. Simon thinks Rudy may just be the right man for the job in '08, despite expected objections of the moral majority folks:

If today's events have taught us anything - and I think most of us already knew it - we are, alas, only at the beginning of the Global War Against Islamofascism. More than ever we need a wartime leader capable of uniting as much of the country behind him as possible. For whatever his pluses and minuses, Bush has been weak in that regard. Giuliani seems to have more abilities in that direction, although that is not to say it will be remotely easy for him. But as of this moment, there is no one else but Rudy with the vitae and the charisma to do it.

And as we also all know, all those other issues that people clutch to their bosoms like so many sacred icons - from the economy to stem cell research - pale by comparison to the victorious resolution of this war. In fact, if we don't succeed, they are all completely and forever irrelevant.

As of today, the abortion debate seems to have largely been subsumed into the battle over the Supreme Court. After Bush's Harriet Miers debacle, no future Republican president with half a brain should find any good reason to pick a fight with the GOP's conservative wing on Supreme Court nominations. If there was ever any question over whether it's a good idea for a Republican president to pick a fight with the base over the Supreme Court, I think that question's been conclusively answered in the negative. I imagine Giuliani would have to make some fairly solid commitments on future judicial nominations to get the conservatives' blessing, and I predict he'll be willing to do so. Would he be willing to promise Janice Rogers Brown a Supreme Court slot? Maybe not, but I doubt that'd be a requirement.

(BTW, if the name "Janice Rogers Brown" doesn't ring a bell, this is what her worst enemies have to say about her.)

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Not that you'd expect much more from one of the most corrupt, inept Democrat-controlled governments in the nation.

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Turkey actually has a law providing exactly that:

Recently, Turkish courts upheld a prison sentence against a Turkish editor, Hrant Dink. The Turkish citizen, Elif Shafak – author of Father and Bastard – also faces renewed charges of “insulting Turkishness” under the notorious Article 301 of the Turkish Criminal Code, despite the earlier dismissal of the case.

Shafak’s case has already been fraught with complications. The original trial in June of Elif Shafak and her publisher (Semih Sokmen of Metis Publishing House) declared that, after the publication of her bestseller Father and Bastard, there was no evidence to prosecute her on the charges of “publicly insulting Turkishness.”

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So Christopher Hitchens says fellatio is the signature sex act for America. I was thinking, what exactly is the signature sex act of Islamists?

Pedophilia?
Pedophilia?
Pedophilia?
Sodomy with horses, mules or donkeys?
Sodomizing young boys?
Sex slaves?

Maybe we should take a vote.

Update: or maybe pedophilia.
Or maybe lightbulbs in their anus?

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If you thought the cartoon jihad was a big deal, wait 'til Ayaan Hirsi Ali releases her next political bombshell. Predictably, European leaders are trembling:

The Dutch authorities fear that “Submission 2,” Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s soon to be released new movie, might make the Netherlands a target of angry Muslims worldwide. The movie criticizes Muslims for their intolerance of gays. In a report published last Wednesday the country’s National Anti-Terrorism Coordinator (Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding, NCTb) warns that one must seriously take into account the possibility of an international Muslim boycott of the Netherlands, similar to the boycott of Denmark by the Islamic world earlier this year over the Muhammad cartoons.

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Now, this will sound like blasphemy to my fellow NFL fans, but, having watched nearly five minutes of the World Cup soccer match between Sweden and Trinidad and Tobago...the world has a point. It makes much more sense to use the word "football" for "soccer" than it does to apply it to...American football. After all, the wimpiest NFL players are the ones who specialize in kicking the ball, and they are increasingly drawn from the ranks of soccer players - Europeans.

That said, soccer continues to prosper in America about as well as the metric system; that is to say, it has approximately the popularity of a fart in an elevator. What can be done? Must "futball" forever abandon the world's most profitable market and fanatical fan base?

No! A few simple changes should suffice to bring soccer up to at least the popularity of ice hockey. more...

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If we build it, will they come?
Everyone assumes that the millions of illegal immigrants living in the United States will jump at the chance to accept whatever amnesty program is offered to them. No one is asking what happens if they choose to remain in the shadow economy. But why shouldn't they?

Why should an illegal alien who has for years successfully flaunted immigration, employment, and tax laws be eager to join the new Peculiar Institution of the "Guest Worker" program? Will they be enticed by the opportunity to pay a $2000 fine and back taxes? Maybe the chance of being registered and tracked by the US government will seem attractive to them after all those years off the grid. Certainly being ordered to learn a foreign language, English, must have illegals all excited and eager to begin night classes.

Why would people who have fled the corrupt Mexican system, where la mordida rules every encounter with government officials, suddenly decide that ICE is their friend and savior? Especially since virtually the entire US government has declared that they are beyond the reach of law enforcement?

And what will we do when they, in their millions, don't come?

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

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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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Mulims in Sweden have no respect for Swedish law, in fact they would like a separate set of laws to govern themselves.

Via The Local :Sweden's largest Muslim organisation has demanded that Sweden introduce separate laws for Muslims, according to Swedish television. Sweden's equality minister Jens Orback called the proposals "completely unacceptable".

The Swedish Muslim Association, which represents around 70,000 Muslims in Sweden, has sent a letter to all Sweden's main political parties suggesting a number of reforms, SVT's Rapport programme reported.

The proposals include allowing imams into state (public) schools to give Muslim children separate lessons in Islam and their parents' native languages. The letter also said that boys and girls should have separate swimming lessons and that divorces between Muslims should be approved by an imam.

The letter provoked an instant, and damning, response from integration and equality minister Jens Orback.

"We will not have separate laws in Sweden. In Sweden, we are all equal before the law. In Sweden, we have fought for a long time to achieve gender-neutral laws, and to propose that certain groups should not be treated like others is completely unacceptable."

Orback said he had spoken to representatives of the Swedish Muslim Council, and they did not support the association's position.

"We have freedom of speech, we have the right to opinions and we have the right to make proposals - but if a law is going to be changed, it must be the same for everyone."

Asked whether the proposal plays into the hands of racists, Orback said that it did.

"I think it is very problematic and unfortunate that people who have been in Sweden for so long make proposals such as this that are so opposed to our intentions, when we are fighting for women's rights and the right to divorce," Orback replied.

Liberal Party leader Lars Leijonborg also slammed the idea of separate laws.

"Sweden has equality between men and women. To introduce exceptions for Muslims so that women can be oppressed with the support of the law is completely unacceptable to me," Liberal leader Lars Leijonborg wrote in a statement.

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I guess one shouldn't expect much from Andrew Sullivan these days, but this second-hand swipe at Robbie George by way of Max Blumenthal just struck me as unfair:

But I was struck by this quote from George about the killing of abortionists. It was the first time I'd read it:

"I am personally opposed to killing abortionists. However, inasmuch as my personal opposition to this practice is rooted in a sectarian (Catholic) religious belief in the sanctity of human life, I am unwilling to impose it on others who may, as a matter of conscience, take a different view."

George is being funny, of course. But he sees no moral difference between an abortion and the murder of an abortionist.

What got to me about Andrew's comment was that he, himself, starts by observing that Robbie is making a joke (about the pat responses of liberal Catholics like John Kerry and Mario Cuoma), but then proceeds to analyze both George and the "theocons" as though they were seriously proposing the murder of abortionists. Just for the record, Robert George is opposed to capital punishment and would probably be willing to impose that constraint on those who disagree with him if it were legislatively feasible to do so. The real motivation behind Sullivan's attack is today's article in the NYT: "A Religious Push Against Gay Unions"

Just who is being morally inconsistent here?

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From The Palladium Times:

ALBANY, N.Y. - A federal judge has ordered the Mexico school district to return bricks inscribed with evangelical Christian messages to a high school walkway, concluding their removal violated the free speech rights of the people who paid for them.

U.S. District Judge Norman Mordue ruled the bricks, with engravings like “Jesus Saves” and “Jesus Christ The Only Way!” didn't constitute a Mexico Academy endorsement of that religious view. The bricks containing such engravings were the only ones removed, while others also referred to God and some commemorated Methodist, Episcopal and Catholic churches.

“The undisputed evidence demonstrates that Mexico Academy engaged in viewpoint discrimination when it removed plaintiffs' bricks from the walkway,” Mordue wrote. “Further, the bricks at issue, which number 9 among 1,736, literally constitute an insignificant part of the walkway.”

Via Stop the ACLU

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

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MEchA = Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán = Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan. MEchA chapters exist on college and high school campuses across America. Their goal is the liberation of Aztlan:

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1 They are the hispanic equivalent of white supremacists. The difference is that the Left has convinced the country that minorities are allowed to be racist. Something about minorities being historically victimized.

And as we already know and have discussed on this blog at length, the only morality the Left recognizes is the morality of weak vs strong, poor vs rich. In other words, racism is actually moral when practiced by the "weak."

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 05, 2006 10:45 AM (8e/V4)

2 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.

Posted by: MiB at April 05, 2006 11:22 AM (2hPsb)

3 Mib (aka Santiago),

read the rest of Bluto's post about how Mecha and the Aztlanists are in the high schools and colleges organizing these marches. What are your comments about that? And do you think that sheds new light on all the Mexican flags being waved.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 05, 2006 11:26 AM (8e/V4)

4 The map makes me wonder just how many activists they have in Central American countries that they consider part of Aztlan. Or are they just sitting in the US claiming all of Central America as theirs?

Posted by: Anachronda at April 05, 2006 11:46 AM (Y7t14)

5 Geez, MiB, you could at least come up with new text. After all, I posted your "Santiago Valenzuela" email to the other thread.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 05, 2006 12:02 PM (RHG+K)

6 Hey, did I miss something in history class? I thought that whole region, actually, the entire North American region, was populated prior to the Spanish conquestadors, and other motley europeans.

So, wouldn't Azatlan be just as bad to the native americans as the US is to the chicana/os?

I mean, it's obvious that these folks are full of shit, I just was curious how high they are planning to pile the overflow.

Posted by: yo at April 05, 2006 12:30 PM (Stkxb)

7 yo, they claim spiritual and genetic solidarity with the Aztecs.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 05, 2006 12:51 PM (RHG+K)

8 Are there any Aztecs left?

What about the "indians"?

I'm just so terirbly confused by all of this.

Posted by: yo at April 05, 2006 12:58 PM (Stkxb)

9 You won't be confused once a high Aztec priest is ripping your heart out on the altar of Qetzalcoatl.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 05, 2006 01:32 PM (RHG+K)

10 Ok, is that something I have to sign up for, in advance - or can you just show up and get in line?

Posted by: yo at April 05, 2006 01:56 PM (Stkxb)

11 Sadly, too many high school students don’t know the difference between legal and illegal immigration. But it’s not surprising, because their teachers and the news media call illegal aliens ‘immigrants’ and ‘undocumented workers’. Legal immigration means Americans are making conscious choices about who they admit for citizenship, illegal immigration is simply an invasion.

The students who are walking out of school and protesting today should really be asking themselves why their cities and states encourage illegal immigration by offering benefits to illegal aliens. That’s a slap in the face to every legal immigrant who waited in line for their chance to come to America.

My name is Michael Class. I live in the Seattle area with my wife and two children. I am a retired "dot-com" executive who just couldn't sit by and let the mis-education of our youth go unchallenged anymore.

I wrote, photographed, and published a book designed to set the record straight, to properly prepare our children for the future. My book is called Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame.

In the book, my real-life son, twelve-year-old Anthony, time-travels to 1907 and meets his immigrant great-grandfather at Ellis Island. Anthony listens as officials question the new arrivals and document their intentions in the United States. Anthony witnesses the personal impact of immigration policy: He sees some people turned away at America’s door, causing families to split up.

It's a harsh lesson: The purpose of immigration policy is to discriminate, to make choices about the people we want to admit to the United States.

Even when admitted to the United States, Anthony learns that life in the new land is anything but certain. Anthony’s great-grandfather masters the language of America - English - and works his way through school, only to end up in the trenches of World War I, and then back in America during the Great Depression. Eventually, he starts a business, rises from poverty, and raises a family.

To tell the story of America's earlier immigration experience, I used advanced digital photography to insert Anthony into historical photographs. And I didn’t stop with family history: Anthony meets famous American heroes and witnesses pivotal events of the 20th century. Anthony is pictured in the cockpit of the Spirit of St. Louis with Charles Lindbergh, on the moon with Neil Armstrong, in the laboratories of Thomas Edison and Jonas Salk, and on Normandy beach on D-Day (see photos at: www.MagicPictureFrame.com). Throughout the book, historical accuracy rules: Even Anthony’s conversations with America’s heroes are based on things they really said.

While writing and photographing the book, I spoke with relatives of famous scientists and inventors, Holocaust survivors, award-winning biographers, and others who could help me ensure that the facts of the book were both accurate and vivid. The book includes more than 500 footnotes.

But the book goes beyond a simple recitation of historical facts: the book presents the moral lessons of American history. The chapter about Lindbergh’s flight is really about choosing one’s destiny. The story of Lou Gehrig is one of a virtuous life. The chapter about Thomas Edison is really about business. The story of Apollo 11 is about wonder, taking risks, and courage. The story of Dr. Jonas Salk and the cure for polio is really about dedicating one’s life to a higher purpose. Anthony’s observation of D-Day and the liberation of the death camps during the Holocaust is a testament to the reality of evil and the need to fight it.

Back to the immigration issue:

When Anthony meets his immigrant great-grandfather at Ellis Island, it’s really a story about what it means to be an American. Anthony’s great-grandfather says: “I became an American because I believe in America, and it’s my belief in America that makes me an American.” Anthony comes to realize the simple truth of the statement, and remarks: “America is an idea as much as it is a place. I am no different than my great-grandfather and all the immigrants who came to this land: I can only be an American by choice.”

It's not an easy book. The book challenges the reader to see the modern world in the light of the lessons of the past.

We can't afford to raise a generation of Americans who do not value their country, their heritage, and their place in the world. As Abraham Lincoln said: America is the "last best hope of earth."

Thank you.

Michael S. Class
Father / Author / Photographer / Publisher

Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame: An American History Book for Right-Thinking Americans and Their Children

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E-Mail: class@MagicPictureFrame.com
Web site: www.MagicPictureFrame.com

Posted by: michael class at April 05, 2006 02:47 PM (SfWc1)

12 This raises a couple of questions for me..
1) Will they reject Spainish as their language? that was introduces by the Spainards WAYYY back in the 1500 and 1600s or so..

2) Will they reject Christianity as well and revert back to human sacrifice like that Aztecs did? Okay, so maybe not the human sacrifice.. (insert your own virgin joke here)


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1) We are Chicanas and Chicanos of Aztlán reclaiming the land of our birth (Chicana/Chicano Nation);

2) Aztlán belongs to indigenous people, who are sovereign and not subject to a foreign culture

Posted by: The Other Dave at April 05, 2006 03:25 PM (o03mE)

13 http://www.l*times.com/news/printedition/la-na-bush2apr02,0,3846108.story?page=3

Four years later, Sosa produced a variation of that video for the 2004 campaign that was mailed to Latino voters across the country.

The video includes images that would probably rile those who today are calling for the most restrictive immigration laws. At one point, Bush is shown waving a Mexican flag. The footage was shot, Sosa said, during a Mexican Independence Day parade in San Antonio in 1998, when Bush was running for reelection as governor.

The five-minute video, narrated by Bush, opens with an image of him fishing on his property near Crawford, Texas, as he essentially described millions of Americans who populate his home state as the true foreigners in someone else's native land.

"About 15 years before the Civil War, much of the American West was northern Mexico," Bush says in the video. "The people who lived there weren't called Latinos or Hispanics. They were Mexican citizens, until all that land became part of the United States.

"After that, many of them were treated as foreigners in their own land," Bush adds.

He says the "Latino spirit" was fueled by "strong conservative values" of family, a strong work ethic, faith in God, patriotism and personal responsibility. "These values are my values," Bush says. "I live by them, and I lead by them."

Posted by: Andre at April 05, 2006 03:41 PM (/u+1F)

14 The Aztecs never ventured as far north as the Mexican border. Like Rome, in the day, they ran operations from their capital and extracted rents from tribes as many and distant as possible. Unlike the Romans, they weren't that big into road building: Cortez found nothing but trails. Not surprisingly, they didn't establish garrisons like the Romans, either. Bottom line: they didn't have that big of an empire.... It did not ever extend up into the dry deserts up north. It took the Spanish crown to provide any political linkage. It took the missionaries to provide ANY cultural linkage.

Like the Aryan cultural history this one is totally fabricated. It's appeal to blood and land does come from Nazism.

Reconquista needs to be slapped down all the way.

Posted by: blert at April 05, 2006 04:06 PM (MKbty)

15 >>>Reconquista needs to be slapped down all the way.

The problem is that the Reconquista is not an armed movement that we can blow up with some bombs. It's a demographic explosion in slow motion that by the time we realize it's a problem it's too late. I worry that too many will come too fast for them to assimilate to OUR ways-- instead they'll just bring Mexico with them and turn us into a third world country. But I am grateful that Mexicans aren't violent religious fanatics of the variety currently overwhelming Europe from the middle east. That's the one thing we have going for us that the Euros don't. Latin Americans are not violent fanatics. They are good christians inculcated in Western values. They're a fairly passive people too, of good values and good work ethic when given the chance. So it's not all doom and gloom. It's the Leftists who want to use them that I want dead.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 05, 2006 06:45 PM (8e/V4)

16 Be careful what you ask for. What do they think southern California will turn into if they turn it into Mexico?

Come to think of it, perhaps the easiest way to deport most of the illegals is to just build a new fence with them on the other side of it. In that case, everyone wins. They get 'their' land back, and we reassert our authority over our borders.

Maybe not. One the US left that land, everyone would be very eager to get the hell out of there just like they are from the rest of Mexico.

Posted by: Fred Fry at April 05, 2006 08:24 PM (HJnrm)

17 They are terrorists. Brown supremacists.

The Aztecs made their capitol in Mexico City, not even close to Texas. They are F.O.S.

Posted by: RepJ at April 05, 2006 09:41 PM (Ffvoi)

18 You should all do some research before you make fools of yourselves making comments about issues you don't know anything about. Also, making vague, racist statements that are unsupported by actual facts is a cheap way of making yourself feel like you are worth more than others. Either way, in the end, you lose.

Posted by: memyselfandI at April 06, 2006 12:11 AM (SEZGy)

19 Yeah, that's right!

Posted by: memyselfandI at April 06, 2006 12:13 AM (SEZGy)

20 Oh yeah, one more thing: VALLANSE AL DIABLO PINCHES CABRONES!!!

Posted by: memyselfandI at April 06, 2006 12:15 AM (SEZGy)

21 memysefl,

speaking of actual facts, Cesar Chavez was against illegal aliens because they made it harder for him to unionize the farm workers. In fact, Mr. Chavez used to report them to la migra. What do you think about that you fool.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 06, 2006 12:15 AM (8e/V4)

22 Nuke Mexico.

Posted by: Andre at April 06, 2006 05:37 AM (/u+1F)

23 No, Andre, we shouldn't nuke Mexico, but rather just take it. I'm sure most Mexicans wouldn't mind since they pretty much all here now anyway, and then they wouldn't have to sneak back and forth at the risk of their lives, and they would actually get a less corrupt government. Well, somewhat less corrupt.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at April 06, 2006 01:32 PM (0yYS2)

24 IM,

I agree. We could take over Mexico, change their corrupt system, and then Mexicans would no longer have to leave their country. These Leftwing immigration activistas are actually enabling Mexican corruption and the exploitation of their "indigena" brethren south of the border.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at April 06, 2006 01:53 PM (8e/V4)

25 Lets celebrate the 4th of JULY and to hell the CINO DEMAYO and KWANZAA

Posted by: sandpiper at April 08, 2006 07:42 AM (bzZNq)

26 Talk about racist, look at the site www.aztlan.net. It is very anti-American and anti-semitic and very racist and very evil.

Posted by: Go Home at April 09, 2006 05:07 PM (IBaij)

27 Hey guys, i found this site via google news! I actually think its great that everyone is discussing this... because the truth only comes out when enough people question what has been stated as fact right?

As far as "Mexicans taking over the land" i think its a joke, it'll most likely never happen. (You can never say never and never say always). But, what has been outlined in that aztlan (where did that come from anyways?) more or less actually depicts what used to be considered "mexican territory."

Someone also stated that the capital is in Mexico City, far from "the border" (with the US). That is correct, but it is a little known fact that the "Aztecs" which were the predominent society, did rule that far. It is also sad to say that they didn't treat "native americans" (those we call indians in the US) very well either. But, because of their "advanced civilization" they did pick on them.

For those of you who question what an advnaced society is, compare the aztecs to the romans in that they were HUGE because of their civil engineering and agriculture areas as well as in other areas.

Now, to clarify, many look at mexico like its a country on the same level as one in africa. Mexico is really a different world that is most definitly not comparable to a "real 3rd world country." If you want to play the angle of "technically, yes it is" then i can say, The united states is not one of the largest economies in the world (as a whole), that is soley the west coast of the US, and more exclusively, California (which at least a few years back it was the 3rd largest individual economy in the world). And that is fact. Treat "those people like crap" and you can only imagine what'll happen to the rest of the US.

Anyhow, Everything would be so much better if people kept asking questions and actually knew their history... "history is written by those who win." Many don't know what really happened when mexico "sold their territory to the US." I don't think it matters now. But what does is this, someone said "Do they even speak aztec?" Well, maybe not the actual aztec language, but there are still MANY 'native languages' spoken in mexico. As there were many different types of peoples living in its land.

So if these people causing an uproar to "take the power back" are 2nd-3rd......10th generation "mexicans" i don't think they have any basis to claim anything. I myself am 1st generation "mexican american." Once your family has been in the country more than 1 gen you intigrate much better. Almost ALL 2nd gen and down that i've come across don't even speak spanish anymore! My father was a chemicle engineer sent to new york, and then relocated to Los Angeles. We 'migrated' legally. And to be honest, i've had racist teachers who left me with physical life long disabilities. I'm not crying about it, but i do know for a FACT that this 'stuff' still exists. So i say, "don't try to take back what is lost" but do say, "we have to learn to live with eachother or else everyone loses."

Its that simple! And for those who claim "what racisim? i'm white, i get discriminated more than whoever else..." All i have to say is, when did the signs come down from public businesses that said "No dogs or niggers allowed"... and these are facts backed up by PICTURES.

Can't we all get a long? - Rodney king

I've moved on, i'm sure these others who want to be proud of something can too. That doesn't mean shut up and sit down, like a teacher used to tell us!

Posted by: Xavier at April 09, 2006 08:47 PM (9n7+q)

28 Just so you know, Aztlan was the land the Mexica people had before they were called Aztecs and before they founded Tenochtitlan on what it is now Mexico City.

Aztec means "People from Aztlan" in Nahuatl, their native language.

Aztlan was located, according to their legends, somewhere at the north of what later on would be Mexico, where now is California, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico.

They left Aztlan searching for the "promised land", which would be revealed to them by an omen from their gods. That omen turned out to be an eagle eating up a serpent standing over a nopal tree. The legend was recovered during the independence and is still on the mexican flag.

So Aztlan was really on the north, just before Tenochtitlan was even there.

That being said, let me say I was born in the US from mexican parents and I think this whole "chicano" thing is just bad. If "chicanos" want to have their mexican ways they can very well return to Mexico. If they want to be in the US they better start working and adapting themselves to the society they want to belong.

I am no chicano, I don't undestand that word and I don't share their views. I am a Mexican-American. And I will work and obey the law wherever I am and feeling proud of what I am. I am not a land-less person, I am a child of both worlds and I feel comfortable calling both home. I've been called "gringo" by my mexican relatives and "beaner" by my american friends and it doesn't bother me. I am both.

So please stop the nonsense and let's get to work together. Taking sides it's just stupid and divides us.

Posted by: MexicanAmerican at April 18, 2006 10:21 AM (Mt0hc)

29 you guys either need to get a life or informed, if this is what you think MEChA is about you guys have seriously been misguided by whoever told you this is what mecha was because you obviously didnt make the opinion by yourselves, and no they dont want Aztlan back they want their rights as human beings back!!!!!

Posted by: Claudia at April 21, 2006 09:10 AM (vY8W7)

30 Claudia, follow the links. This what MEchA says they are all about. Go argue with them if you disagree with what they're saying.

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at April 21, 2006 10:18 AM (RHG+K)

31 Chicanos make me laugh!
This is THEIR HOMELAND?
Then I suppose my family of American Natives known as Apaches and Navaho never existed in the American southwest?

Mecha Chicano's and Chicana's
YOU SURE ARE DUMB! Go home to Mexico and fix your REAL HOMELAND.
Aztlan is no more than a fantasy in their heads.
But then anyone would wish to make the United States their homeland even if they have to make it up!

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anything from the illegals from now
on. We do not need their products or
services and we do not have to go into
their stores or restaurants anymore!
Do not go into a business that hires
illegals from any country!

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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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George Clooney is holding forth at The Huffington Post. Here's a helpful translation from the original La-La-land dialect:

I Am a Liberal. There, I Said It!

I am a liberal. And I make no apologies for it. Hell, I'm proud of it.

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1 It's easy for actors like George Looney to be a Lib. He just has to memorize the talking points. That's basically what they already do for a living.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at March 13, 2006 01:21 PM (8e/V4)

2 I think his PR person just sent out a bunch of releases to various media outlets - his DVD comes out tomorrow and he's looking for some attention.
In the mathematics of Hollywood, attention = sales.

Also, how can he even seriously vocalize that he's afraid of criticism (wahh....).
What planet does he currently live on? Has he not heard of the fatwa?

Posted by: Heroic Dreamer at March 13, 2006 01:37 PM (aH6Zf)

3 He used to have a blog at journalspace just before the elections and couldn't take the heat so he stopped comments and then the day after Bush won, he stopped posting. We had hoped his disappearance was more serious.

There were a few very important things he neglected to highlight in his movie about Murrow. Things that would have, how should I say, completely debunked every single virtue Clooney tried to portray Murrow as having.

Clooney's a hack. And a bad one at that.

Posted by: Oyster at March 13, 2006 01:53 PM (g9UJq)

4 Whose George Clooney?

Posted by: hondo at March 13, 2006 03:54 PM (fyKFC)

5
On Oscar night, Hollywood, that well-known enemy of oppression, tyranny, intimidation and fascism, was silent (even though Al-Quaeda asserts that their mutual enemy, President Bush, did a "Bring it on" for the Cartoon Jihad.) George Clooney proved again why many ladies and neo-coms consider him a mind too, and not just a Fortunate Hunk. One of his movies showed the socially redeeming side of Islamic terror, and the other bravely raked over Joe McCarthy, the most raked-over Senator in U.S. history. Gorgeous Georgie proclaimed that Hollywood is ahead of the curve, and he doesn't mind being "out of touch" in the right way. Possibly the closest they came to a cartoon statement was in not naming "Brokeback Mountain" as Best Movie. Were they fearing the evangelicals, or dreading the Koranics calling them 'Homosexual Crusaders'? Everyone agreed that the liveliest (meaning most honest?) moment was the award to rappers Three 6 Mafia for Best Song, another example of black entertainment success in Liberalized America. But unlike most previous winners, like "Secret Love," "The Shadow of Your Smile," "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head," "Call Me Irresponsible' etc. it's unlikely that Hollywood's 2006 selection can be played in the Middle East except where they need another example of the Great Satan: "It's Hard Out There For a Pimp........"

from 'The Dane That Roared' at gringoman.com

Posted by: gringoman at March 13, 2006 04:06 PM (8pPui)

6 You know, just for giggles I think I'll go on over and see just how the commentary goes since he's inviting dissent. What really cracks me up is his "question authority" mantra these days. Sure, it's a good and noble concept. I think we can all agree on that. But two things come to mind since he started that a couple years back. 1) George is particularly fond of questioning authoritative figures which don't follow the liberal agenda (okay, mostly just GWB) and 2) once you've "questioned authority" enough times to get the attention you want, shouldn't you have been right at least often enough to expect others to continue to take you seriously?

Now cover me - I'm going in.

Posted by: Oyster at March 13, 2006 05:10 PM (YudAC)

7 I'm embarrassed to say that I'm related to this asshat.

Posted by: Princess Kimberley at March 13, 2006 05:50 PM (9xjdU)

8 Not one measure of value can be given to any liberal's remarks, and doubly so for actors, because they live pampered lives in a fantasy world where everyone else is responsible for their well-being, and they are neve held accountable for their actions, or expected to contribute to the good of humanity in any way.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at March 13, 2006 06:01 PM (0yYS2)

9 .. riiiiight, George.

No coincidence, whatsover, that you come out with this enciteful rant right when the ad campaign kicks in for the DVD release of your politcally charged movie about overzealous politicians, ... which is next week.

None.

Whatsoever.

... yeah ...

k.



dick.

Posted by: Yo at March 13, 2006 07:31 PM (6DvwA)

10 Whose George Clooney?

Posted by: hondo at March 13, 2006 08:51 PM (fyKFC)

11 Translation: Jawa the Hut is a moron who can't even come up with any sensible rebuttals to George's well-thought-out blog entry.

Oh, and Oyster, maybe you should try naming some "authority figures" that "follow the Liberal agenda" whom George - or anyone else - should question.

And btw - nice debating technique - "There were a few very important things he neglected to highlight in his movie about Murrow. Things that would have, how should I say, completely debunked every single virtue Clooney tried to portray Murrow as having.", but conveniently you don't mention what they were. Nice one - kinda like Dum(b)ya saying there was evidence for WMD's but never saying what it was.

And last but not least, we've got Princess Kimberley, authoress of such enlightened bits of ignorant prose as "Let's nuke Iran, enslave the survivors, and put them to work in the irradiated oil fields!" and "Go AIDS!". And here I thought the Neaderthals had gone extinct ...

Posted by: Riot Nrrrdâ„¢ at March 13, 2006 10:35 PM (jkjNi)

12 >>>"Let's nuke Iran, enslave the survivors, and put them to work in the irradiated oil fields!" and "Go AIDS!".

lmao! The funniest part is watching the Leftards go absolutely apeshit about stuff like that.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at March 13, 2006 10:38 PM (8e/V4)

13 "Leftards"? Oh, that's creative. Labels are for cans.

Yeah, nuking people and AIDS are real funny, huh.

Posted by: Riot Nrrrdâ„¢ at March 13, 2006 11:02 PM (jkjNi)

14 "Labels are for cans."

They say the empty can rattles the most.

Your name is accurate. You are a riot.

As in hilarity.

Posted by: Vinnie at March 13, 2006 11:25 PM (f289O)

15 So is "Nrrrrrrrd" like "Grrl"? Awesome dude, I feel your ripe, existential angst. Good thing you trademarked it, lots of folks like to call themselves Nerds.

Maybe Café Press can whip up some nerdpacks with "Riot Nrrrrrrrrrrd" on them. We're talking hotcakes baby! Hotcakes!

Jesus Vinnie, who lets these bozos in here?

Posted by: The Dread Pundit Bluto at March 13, 2006 11:47 PM (RHG+K)

16 shorter George Clooney: waaaaa!!!

little bitch crybaby. I hope he slips another disk.

Posted by: Jesusland Carlos at March 14, 2006 12:32 AM (8e/V4)

17 I just can't get worked up over the pretentious ravings of the hollyweird set. I mean really, Clooney has all the intellectual capacity of pocket lint.

Posted by: nuthin2seehere at March 14, 2006 04:02 AM (blNMI)

18 Isn't it cute when kids have a tantrum and everyone just laughs at them, then they stomp off, infuriated, to break their own toys so as to avenge their dignity? Then they grow up to become liberals, (without maturing), and vote dhimmicratic. More tantrums and self-inflicted punishment, only now, it's considered a Constitutional right, and they want to break all other kids' toys too.

You know kiddies, it won't stop hurting until you stop hitting yourselves.

Posted by: Improbulus Maximus at March 14, 2006 05:57 AM (0yYS2)

19 Okay Mr. Nrrrd,

I didn't go into detail because to comment on Clooney's version of Murrow would take up quite a bit of space and this isn't my blog. But in order to please the one person here who either doesn't know what particular non-virtues I speak of or thinks everyone here is too ignorant to already know what I'm talking about, I'll give you one point. Now bear in mind this includes but is not limited to this one point in Clooney's attempt at rewriting history because there are a lot more things wrong with this movie than are right:

Overall, Murrow took a weekly show dedicated to reporting actual news which traditionally saved the last few minutes of the show for actual commentary and opinion and turned the whole show into an expose' of opinion during the time he was seeking to discredit and vilify McCarthy. He blurred the lines between opinion and actual news in doing this. Several shows as a matter of fact. In "real history" Murrow was roundly criticized at the time for it not only by the "witch hunting" conservatives, but by their liberal counterparts as well. Clooney never alluded to that in his movie and continues to ignore it in real life as he's too busy deifying Murrow undeservedly.

And to this day, the Murrow award is routinely awarded to agenda driven journalists in the same mold as Murrow himself.

If you want more specifics, just let me know.

Posted by: Oyster at March 14, 2006 06:25 AM (YudAC)

20 Also, Mr. Nrrrd, you couldn't simply ask me what points I was referring to, you had to snidely put me down implying I didn't know what I was talking about. There was nothing "convenient" nor tactical in my brevity. I wasn't debating anyone at the time, but now I am.

Ignoring the vitriol in your assessment of me I've responded to your implied challenge and if you're really thinking, you'll see I've partially answered both your questions. So on second thought, if you want more specifics, do your own reading.

Posted by: Oyster at March 14, 2006 07:11 AM (YudAC)

21 Also, Mr. Nrrrd, you couldn't simply ask me what points I was referring to, you had to snidely put me down implying I didn't know what I was talking about. There was nothing "convenient" nor tactical in my brevity. I wasn't debating anyone at the time, but now I am.

Ignoring the vitriol in your assessment of me I've responded to your implied challenge and if you're really thinking, you'll see I've partially answered both your questions. So on second thought, if you want more specifics, do your own research.

(I hope this doesn't post twice. I got an error)

Posted by: Oyster at March 14, 2006 07:13 AM (YudAC)

22 TRANSLATED its just GEORGE CLOONEY telling the whole world he is a big time supporter of tyrany,oppession,biggotry, and terrorists throught outt he world in other words clooney is saying IM STUPID

Posted by: sandpiper at March 14, 2006 09:14 AM (b1Fi6)

23 I don't think we should take Clooney's words very seriously - he's a handsome (to some) opportunist with a DVD coming out and he and his staff are promoting it in order to increase sales. His activism is a pose - activism is popular in Hollywood - that is, "safe" activism about non-issues - I don't think Clooney thinks a whole lot about what "truth to power" might actually mean - he might have a wrinkled brow if he did too much thinking, and then he would need botox. The wierd thing is that this activism posing is not even very entertaining - expect in the case of Sean Penn - that was hilarious when he got in a boat after Katrina and the photo op showed him rowing in ankle deep water....but I digress.

Posted by: Heroic Dreamer at March 14, 2006 10:04 AM (aH6Zf)

24 Mr. Nrrrd? You there? Or was that just another drive-by that your type is so fond of?

Posted by: Oyster at March 14, 2006 02:01 PM (g9UJq)

25 Hey Rio Trrrdâ„¢: "...but conveniently you don't mention what they were."

OK, let's call BS on the ClooneyTunes version of history right here: Annie Lee Moss really WAS a Soviet agent. You know -- like Alger Hiss?

Any more questions?

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See the Western Resistance Blog who asks why and article was pulled from the UK Telegraph. The article points out the strategy for creating an Islamic mini-state inside Britain.

UK Telegraph Via Western Resistance : "They think they have won the debate," he says with a sigh. "They believe that the British Government has capitulated to them, because it feared the consequences if it did not.
"The cartoons, you see, have not been published in this country, and the Government has been very critical of those countries in which they were published. To many of the Islamic clerics, that's a clear victory.
"It's confirmation of what they believe to be a familiar pattern: if spokesmen for British Muslims threaten what they call 'adverse consequences' - violence to the rest of us - then the British Government will cave in. I think it is a very dangerous precedent."
Dr Sookhdeo adds that he believes that "in a decade, you will see parts of English cities which are controlled by Muslim clerics and which follow, not the common law, but aspects of Muslim sharia law.
"It is already starting to happen - and unless the Government changes the way it treats the so-called leaders of the Islamic community, it will continue."
For someone with such strong and uncompromising views, Dr Sookhdeo is a surprisingly gentle and easy-going man. He speaks with authority on Islam, as it was his first faith: he was brought up as a Muslim in Guyana, the only English colony in South America, and attended a madrassa there.
"But Islamic instruction was very different in the 1950s, when I was at school," he says. "There was no talk of suicide bombing or indeed of violence of any kind. Islam was very peaceful."

"That is why they do not believe in integration. In 1980, the Islamic Council of Europe laid out their strategy for the future - and the fundamental rule was never dilute your presence. That is to say, do not integrate.
"Rather, concentrate Muslim presence in a particular area until you are a majority in that area, so that the institutions of the local community come to reflect Islamic structures. The education system will be Islamic, the shops will serve only halal food, there will be no advertisements showing naked or semi-naked women, and so on."
That plan, says Dr Sookhdeo, is being followed in Britain. "That is why you are seeing areas which are now almost totally Muslim. The next step will be pushing the Government to recognise sharia law for Muslim communities - which will be backed up by the claim that it is "racist" or "Islamophobic" or "violating the rights of Muslims" to deny them sharia law

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In a previous post I rated the GAY, STRAIGHT, or METROSEXUAL aspects of selected Winter Olympic sports. Hilarity ensued, with the bonus that we were able to mortally offend a fullblown moonbat who shall remain nameless so as not to offend her life partner, Boris.

Commenter slug has requested an open thread for the sports we'd like to see introduced.

Please keep your posts at the customary PG-13 level. Unless they're really funny.

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The Freedom's Zone international blogging community is encouraging all bloggers to help 'Stand Up For Denmark' by immediately writing a post on Christopher Hitchens' call for a demonstration at the Embassy of Denmark, between noon and 1 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 24.

Please be outside the Embassy of Denmark, 3200 Whitehaven Street (off Massachusetts Avenue) between noon and 1 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 24. Quietness and calm are the necessities, plus cheerful conversation. Danish flags are good, or posters reading "Stand By Denmark" and any variation on this theme (such as "Buy Carlsberg/ Havarti/ Lego") The response has been astonishing and I know that the Danes are appreciative. But they are an embassy and thus do not of course endorse or comment on any demonstration. Let us hope, however, to set a precedent for other cities and countries. Please pass on this message to friends and colleagues.

Embassy of Denmark
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More information and updates are available at Freedom's Zone.

Freedom's Zone was founded by a coalition of American and Italian bloggers, and is owned by the international blogging community that supports it through posting and sharing the message and it's mission.

A new "Stand Up For Denmark" Freedom's Zone logo will be available at the site tomorow. Just link back to FZ from your blog.

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Rantings Of A Sandmonkey has a couple of interesting posts up that I'd go so far as to say offer important insight to non-Muslims on some prevalent opinions and the world view of many Arab/Muslims - from the advantage point of a moderate Arab/Muslim's perspective. In one of his previous posts a reader (Jeffrey) had left a comment describing a phenomenon that he had noticed over the past 3 years of viewing middle-eastern news, something he referred to as the A.P.U., (Arab Parallel Universe).

Sandmonkey writes that the A.P.U. was created by Arabs to explain to themselves why they are in the rut they have been for so long, while also glorifying their personal victories against a world that is always conspiring against them. In the A.P.U., events that happen in our real universe also occur, except that the fashion of their occurrence and their outcome are very different then what we- in the real universe-know them to be. In referring to the commenter he writes:

It amazed me that he came to that conclusion, since it brilliantly summed up something that I have been trying to describe for years. I immediately told all my family and friends about it and upon their realization that we are all citizens of the A.P.U., they started giving me examples and evidence of that geographic phenomenon. In this post I will try to explain some of the rules of the A.P.U., and list examples of them for the sake of explaining to the rest of the world the rules of our very fun parallel Universe.

1) Arabs never make mistakes, and they rarely lose wars.
2) The Zionists and the Americans are always to blame for everything that is wrong in the APU.
3) If there is any credit at all that can be contributed to Arabs in any way, they will take it.
4) Good leadership is inversely related to how US-friendly a leader is!
5) Any media that is not the official state-owned media is filled with Zionist, Jewish, American, Christian, imperialist, anti-arab influences and they LIE ALL THE TIME!
6) There is really no need for elections in the APU, because Presidents and rulers are presidents and rulers for life.
7) The only viable alternative candidate to the current leader or president is this current leader or president’s son.

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