Learning to be a Good Muslim.....in School
I got an e-mail from Kendalee Garner who pointed out that her Nyssa, Oregon school is having a six week course on Islam. Six. Weeks.
And to think: they used to teach math.
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Michael B. Mukasey : The Second Coming of Harriet Miers?
Word is that Judge Michael B. Mukasey is Bush's nominee for Attorney General. I don't really know much about Judge Mukasey yet. Apparently, both Chuck Schumer and leftist activist Nan Aron think he's peachy.
Some conservatives objected to the choice and "gave the White House an earful," according to one Republican familiar with the process.
Some of these critics raised the case of Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, who was an enigma when nominated by President George H.W. Bush. He frequently is a liberal vote.
In "some conservative circles," meanwhile, "there is wariness of Mr. Mukasey," and "some compared" his "potential ascendancy with the nomination of Bush confidante Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court."
I'll be honest. I was hoping to see Ted Olson as AG. Ted's a smart, tough-minded lawyer, and his nomination would've sent the lefties into conniptions.
For now, I'm reserving judgment on Mukasey. It's possible, I suppose, that the endorsement of Chuck Schumer and Nan Aron isn't as bad as it looks. Not likely, I think, but possible.
UPDATE : Allah likes him, and Harry Reid is happy that Bush listened to the Democrats on this one.
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Give Islamists an Inch: MSA Harassing Christians
Entirely predictable. The Muslim Student Association at George Mason University harassing non-Muslims in 'ecumenical' prayer space.
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So, I guess that's (according to how they operationalize this) 1 non-fiction book about politics and and 1 sci-fi/fantasy in the last week? Lengthen that time to 3 weeks and you'd get two more OSC books (I'm reading the series), a 'religious text', and at least one more non-fiction politics book.
Here I am a liberal and I just never knew it!
PS-Card is becoming quite the blogger. I wonder if he considers himself one?
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Harvard, USC what's the difference?
I guess my dream of doing nothing (blogging is nothing, right?) will never come true, since I didn't go to Harvard and I'm not exactly what you'd call a 'hard worker'.
I'm sure Berkley was the key to helping Ana Marie Cox's blogging stardom and that ass-sex themed posts had nothing to do with it. The moral, I think, is not that well-educated bloggers are better bloggers (they aren't) but that when MSM types want to hire bloggers, they, like most of the public, are in awe of these stupid and meaningless letters that come after a persons name. Respect my authoriteh!
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Flash Coolness Meets The History of Religion
According to Vinnie, this may have already been posted...
But according to Howie, I should go ahead and post it anyway.
So I am.
Because Howie said so.
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Chickens Come Home to Roost: Churchill Fired!
UPDATE II: Fraudulent academia comes home to roost: CHURCHILL IS OUTTA HERE! 8-1. Not even close. Watch the moonbats squirm - its glorious:
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Ward Churchill has been fired! It couldn't have happened to a more despicable person.....Citizen Link:
Ward Churchill, the leftist history professor famous for offensive and inflammatory remarks, was officially dismissed today from his position at the University of Colorado. After meeting behind closed doors, the CU governing board announced the dismissal for academic misconduct.
Just to set the record straight, Churchill published his famous essay Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens in September of 2001, while the WTC buildings were still smoldering. In it, he called some of the victims of the 9/11 attacks "Little Eichmann's".
UPDATE: Oops. It looks like the report I linked above was wrong. The announcement has not been made yet. In fact, they've yanked the article. I'm guessing they already had an article ready in draft form waiting to go and somebody accidentally pressed the publish button. I found it on Google News so I figured they just had it up first. Nope. But keep fingers crossed......
Just A ReminderClick here to get a limited but generally adequate refresher on the Constitutional Separation of Powers in the United States government. Take a look at the Executive Powers, and see how Congress (using, for example, the US Attorneys non-scandal, or the hundreds of aimless 'investigations') is abusing its power and that the White House is entirely within its Constitutional prerogatives thwarting the radical DemCongress's attempts to run the Executive branch (which is also, libs, a nationally-elected branch, unlike Congressional elections which are local)
Executive power is vested in the President. The principal responsibility of the President is to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed." By using these words, the Constitution does not require the President to personally enforce the law; rather, officers subordinate to the President may perform such duties. It has been held that the Constitution, by empowering him to ensure the faithful execution of laws, permits the President to terminate the appointment of an executive officer. Congress may not itself terminate such appointments, except by impeachment, or restrict the President's power to do the same. Nevertheless, the President's control does not extend to non-executive agencies. It was held that bodies such as the War Claims Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Trade Commission—all quasi-judicial or quasi-legislative entities—were not subject to the President's whims.
Congress may not unilaterally restrain executive officials in the performance of their duties. In INS v. Chadha (1983), the Supreme Court struck down a law which authorized either House of Congress to veto an executive decision made by the Attorney General. Further rulings clarified the case; even both Houses acting together cannot veto executive rulings. Nevertheless, legislation may prescribe regulations governing executive officers. Legislation differs from a unilateral congressional veto in that the latter is not presented to the President for his approval [...]
ADDENDUM: A moonbat in the comments tries to make the argument that "King George" is the greatest threat to our liberty EVUH by citing an Executive Order (gasp). Of course, King BJ (Sexual Assaulter in Chief) issued 364 Executive Orders during his Glorious Reign (increasing the number each year he was in office), compared to Bush's 246. Might wanna check the facts before spouting off, moonbats.
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Synthetic Life Coming Soon?This is both exciting and scary--kinda like a zombie movie:
Scientists in the last couple of years have been trying to create novel forms of life from scratch. They've forged chemicals into synthetic DNA, the DNA into genes, genes into genomes, and built the molecular machinery of completely new organisms in the lab—organisms that are nothing like anything nature has produced.
The people who are defying Nature's monopoly on creation are a loose collection of engineers, computer scientists, physicists and chemists who look at life quite differently than traditional biologists do. Harvard professor George Church wants "to do for biology what Intel does for electronics"—namely, making biological parts that can be assembled into organisms, which in turn can perform any imaginable biological activity.
For some reason, I'm reminded of Jeff Goldblum's quote from Jurassic Park II:
"Oooh! Aahh!... That's how it always starts. Then, later, there's the running and screaming."
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This is really the natural progression of science. Sure there will be problems and hurdles but the benefits will vastly outweigh the negatives.
Posted by: Randman at June 04, 2007 11:52 AM (Sal3J)
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Well I can't say I'm surprised. But yep, this is a bit like a zombie movie coming true. I'm reminded of Dr McCoy on StarTrek when he complained about the transporter beam. Where does a human soul GO if you dissassemble it's body? Even if you re-assemble it somewhere else ... what happened to the soul during the 'inbetween' moments, and did those moments pass in 'normal' time? But then again, hot-air balloons were scary to people hundreds of years ago, so who knows how future generations will look back on all of this?
USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at June 04, 2007 02:49 PM (2OHpj)
I wouldn't trust these twits with tinker toys, much less things that could possibly destroy the human race. I'm not sure how these things might be used, and I can see a potential for misuse that might just dwarf nuclear weapons.
Posted by: templar knight at June 04, 2007 04:52 PM (8dlH8)
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You guys familiar with the Alien movie series' backstory? The "space jockey" - who was an organism at one with his biomechanical spaceship - was ferrying these synthetic organisms when they broke out and killed him. That's how the Nostromo crew found him all those centuries later.
The alien species was created from scratch as a biological terror weapon.
That's creepy enough, but if you get into this bio-mechanical technology far enough, then you're getting into the technology required for the prophesies of Revelation to come true: The living Image of the Beast and the fatal wound that was healed, &c.
Just sayin'.
Posted by: Hucbald at June 04, 2007 05:38 PM (ktfJ2)
8 see a potential for misuse that might just dwarf nuclear weapons.
Actually a nuclear powered dwarf is one of their first projects.
Posted by: Randman at June 04, 2007 06:14 PM (Sal3J)
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"build a time machine" Now if THAT AIN'T a Manhatten project all it's own, I don't know what is! Just for instance, suppose you could go back in time a treat the seizures of a particular historical 'prophet', and cure him before anyone takes him to seriously. Why NOT? Obviously, that is the tip of the iceberg. Plenty of fiction has been based on the idea of timewar. Maybe the timewarriors will use the synthogenetic soldiers as their agents? Anyway, since we got nukes, nerve gas and germs, I don't know if I can work myself up to much over it right now
USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at June 04, 2007 11:35 PM (2OHpj)
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Intresting. We can create DNA sequences by order now. If you can master the cell machinery then it may become possible to create synthetic clone tissue/ synthetic clone stem cells. Limitless applications. Say in 2090 you get new non-rejectable heart, lungs, liver kidney when you need them. Create custom immune cells to attack cancer. No embryo, fetus and/or politcal arguments required..
Posted by: Darth Odie at June 05, 2007 10:23 AM (YHZAl)
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Their already to create the frankenstein monster or do you see a chupacapras on its way to america like in porto rico
Posted by: sandpiper at June 06, 2007 10:41 AM (hm7/x)
Perspective 101 for Defeatists
A couple of weeks ago I posted this chart, from the active-duty service members' petition, the Appeal For Courage. It contrasts monthly deaths in Iraq with those during Vietnam.
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Nowhere near as fucking stupid as you obviously are. Why dont you go back to DKos and defend the poor oppresed muslims some more. Or better yet why dont you go find a muslim suicide bomber and give him a big hug as he is blowing himself you and whoever else is close right to hell.
NYC Public Arabic-Language School
(Brooklyn, New York) The focus will be on Arab language and culture at the Khalil Gibran International Academy, a New York City Public School on Dean Street in Brooklyn. In September, 60 students will start sixth-grade. The goal is to teach half of the classes in Arabic.
School official Debbie Almontaser said the school was planned with a multicultural group and the intent is to promote tolerance and bridge-building. So, American taxpayer dollars will fund the teaching of Arab culture in the Arabic language in New York City.
American taxpayer dollars should be used to teach public school students American culture in the English language in New York City, not Arab culture in Arabic. For that matter, we shouldn't be teaching Dutch culture in Flemish nor Philippine culture in Tagalog nor Persian culture in Farsi nor Brazilian culture in Portuguese.
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"with a multicultural group and the intent is to promote tolerance and bridge-building"
Cair style tolerance?
Posted by: Kamchatka Bear at May 15, 2007 06:05 PM (gtZwa)
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Dutch culture should be taught in Friesan!
(Dutch humor here.)
Posted by: Paul Moore at May 15, 2007 06:26 PM (W7+oD)
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There is no precedent in United States public education for forming an Arabic magnet school... The City of NY has schools that emphasize science, the arts, international relations, etc. But, never a school that concentrates specifically on one culture or language.
When the Poles or the Irish or the Italians flooded into our country did the City of NY set up special schools for them? NO... How about the Vietnamese or Chinese? NO!
Are they out of their minds? I truly feel sorry for the residents of the community affected who will now give up their local school for political correctness. Over riding this is my feeling that this does no one a favor, not even the Arabic speakers or those of the Arabic culture. Bottom line, the dollar speaks English and lives in the USA.
Could the people in the local community flood the registration process and sign their children up for the available classes that do not include Arabic? You know, like science, math and English? Could they make the thing wither on the vine so to speak?
Posted by: Babs at May 15, 2007 06:31 PM (iZZlp)
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Well, hold on. There are two possibilities. If, as is likely, the school will basically teach dhimmitude, then I'm right there with you.
On the other hand, we will desperately need a reserve of people educated in Arabic and other Middle Eastern languages and cultures over the next 50 years. Teaching this need not be any more problematic than teaching Russian was during the Cold War, when that skill was needed.
Posted by: Jeff Medcalf at May 15, 2007 07:00 PM (7Q2cA)
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Because in the "thinking" of Leftards the real problem is OUR ignorance/intolerance of Arab culture, not the other way around.
Muslim Students Invite Terror Supporters, Holocaust Denier to Speak at Holocaust WeekThe University of California Irvine Muslim Student Union has invited terror supporting Imam, Abdel Alim Musa of Washington, D.C., and fraudulent academic Ward Churchill to speak during Holocaust Week.
Musa openly supports Palestinian terrorists and denies that al Qaeda was behind the 9/11 attacks. He is also a holocaust denier and an antisemitic conspiracy theorist (see this, this, or video here).
Ward Churchill is the University of Colorado Professor who called those killed on 9/11 "little Eichmann's" proclaiming, just like Osama bin Laden, that American civilians were legitimate military targets. It was later discovered that Churchill had made up several sources in his "academic" papers, actually citing his own pseudonymn.
The purpose behind inviting the pair seems to be to deflect public attention from the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany, and instead try to focus it on the historical injustices of American slavery and treatment of Native Americans. No speakers seem to have been invited from Darfur, where Arab Muslims are in a continuing genocide against Black Muslims, or other areas of the Sudan, where Muslims have long been engaged in genocide against Christians and animists. Nor will speakers address the very real problem of slavery in its last remaining stronghold---Muslim nations.
The UCI Muslim Student Union invites terror supporters and Holocaust deniers to speak during Holocaust week. I'd like to say un-freaking-believable, but I won't. This is totally believable....and sad...and disgusting.
UPDATE and Related: I just opened an e-mail from Brian at Snapped Shot. Bad things are happening at that long-time bastion of liberty, George Mason University. I'm all for tolerance and accomodation. But at some point there is a line which is crossed in which tolerance for Islamic practices becomes a pretext for the introduction of islands of sharia.
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I was SO hoping we'd heard the last of Wad Churchill.
Posted by: Hucbald at May 08, 2007 10:17 AM (fvz9M)
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I do know some Native American tribes don't see kindly to this. They know they are being used for propoganda and are not to happy about it. Maybe now is the time to scare the sh*t out of Churchill with their "war cry". I think I am going to contact my sources and see what they can come up with...legally of course!
Posted by: allahakchew at May 08, 2007 10:24 AM (BrndJ)
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During WWII the United States opened a shit load of internment camps for individuals of Japanese decent, time to take a page from history and start opening Muslim internment camps.
Kos Kidz: Supporting Terrorists = "Courageous Writing"
Somehow, I missed the fact that the Kos Kidz were supporting a website which openly embraces terrorists. Mike sends this link:
The free-speech afforded by Dr. El-Najjar - to those around the world of all races and political viewpoints - was incredibly valuable. If you have never heard of http://www.aljazeerah.info/ then you missed some of the more courageous writing on the internet.
You know, "courageous writing" like calling those who kill American soldiers "resistance fighters", linking to copies of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion", saying 9/11 was an inside job, calling dead terrorist leaders "martyrs", and claiming that Coalition Soldiers intentionally bomb Iraqis in order to make it appear that there is a civil war.
Courageous. Writing.
Of course, all that is gone now. Purged from the archives of al Jazeerah so that Leftist dupes only read self flattering articles from El-Najjar and his friends about how their speech is being stifled and how they are victims.
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Oh I almost forgot.... Rusty, you really should not call the kos kids leftist dupes. They feel it insults their intelligence. They know perfectly well what they are doing and would rather you just go ahead and say traitors.
maybe you want to live amongst these terrorist arab scum. I do not.
Posted by: Christopher Caywood at May 07, 2007 10:33 PM (Nhfns)
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Christopher Caywood: "why we have not slaughtered every arab man woman and child is beyond me."
As a OEF and OIF disabled Veteran I can understand your anger and frustration. But if we did what you quoted then we would be as bad as the islamists or worse we woulld basically become them.
Yea America needs to "grow our balls" back but not by becoming barbarians like them.
I am sure we would agree that we as a nation need and desperatly need to take the fight to the terrorists. Idiots like that GA professor need to be turned into the FBI SS etc.
Just a few days ago we got a stupid 911 troofer movie pulled from a airline so I can tell our numbers are strong and growing to where we have just as much if not more influence in the world as do these leftist traitors.
Yes I say traitors. When I fight for our country and you root for the enemy to win and to kill me, yea that makes you a traitor. If the KOSites can't handle the truth, well fuck em
Posted by: Legrand at May 07, 2007 10:34 PM (/etUv)
I can truly appreciate your sacrifice. The kos kids and their entire families should be put to death for their TREASON. It just blows my mind and angers me so much.
I had to travel to SF for work recently and it was just full of traitors and subhuman scum it made me sick. People who were upset that filthy illegal mexicans got what they deserved at an immigration rally and protestors yelling about the poor arabs and iraqis out front of my hotel.
DISGUSTING.
DEATH TO TRAITORS GOD BLESS AMERICA
Posted by: Christopher Caywood at May 07, 2007 10:44 PM (Nhfns)
11 To the tards "courage" is defending jihadis and attacking evangelicals.
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Christopher whoever the fuck you are. Never heard of you until today. So if you're not a Leftwing troll, you're not the kind of "patriot" welcome on this blog. Eat shit and die asshole.
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Christopher Asswood. My Mexican is not filthy and will kick your ass. I know that because I will be holding you for him. Have your beliefs. But insulting those that bear you no harm sucks. If you are scared of Mexicans get in my pocket. I ain't. We don't have enough problems with muslims who wish to kill us. What the fuck did a Mexican ever do to you? Take your mop and bucket job? Maybe you want to cut grapes or pick lettuce. Not me. One day in the central valley sun and you will kiss the nearest wetbacks ass. Put your brain in gear and think about it. If Mexicans are a threat to you, you are pretty much the bottom of the barrel. That's the jobs they are taking. Want to be a roofer in September? No thanks. When I need manual labor I call Manuel and damn glad when he answers.
Posted by: greyrooster at May 07, 2007 11:22 PM (AFjd5)
I've got a bad gay fantasy for greyrooster's fence building Mexican.
Posted by: Christopher Caywood at May 07, 2007 11:59 PM (Nhfns)
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Every other "Caywood" has been a troll. Get a new nick if you want to play, cause you've worn out that one. Anti-Arab racism is one of the first stupid tricks leftist trolls try and pull, and it shows them out really quick, so please try and develop a more interesting strategy. Your only fooling other leftards! Everyone else is just trying to be polite ... USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at May 08, 2007 12:49 AM (2OHpj)
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on a more comedic note... All Koslings should be forced to listen to Slayer Decade of Aggression CD for a week straight. It will either toughen them up or at least drive them nuts.
From the south park episode where Cartman rounds up hippies.
Posted by: Legrand at May 08, 2007 06:00 AM (/etUv)
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Christopher Caywood is a sock puppet troll. Uses the same fake email all the time it's rightman2003@yahoo.com. I dumped him yesterday and he went away for a while. Today.....I dunno....might be fun...
Posted by: Howie at May 08, 2007 08:19 AM (YHZAl)
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Ahh radical Muslim is posting from London....Hmmm I wonder if his site has any calls for the death of British citizens.... That's unlawful in Britain. Probably one of Omar the goat humping Bakri Muhammad's supporters.
Oh god, just what I need. One more reason for the entire rest of the world to think California is full of imbeciles........Dear god people please dont judge all Californians by imbeciles like this..........
Posted by: doriangrey at May 08, 2007 10:22 AM (XvkRd)
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Well of course the troll is from L.A. with Hollywood activists out in droves that is to be expected. Doriangrey I understand fully your position as I am a former Native Nevadan of Harry Reid country!
Posted by: allahakchew at May 08, 2007 10:32 AM (BrndJ)
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Dorian, We won't, note the Bear Flag League blogroll on the right sidebar.
Posted by: Howie at May 08, 2007 12:12 PM (YHZAl)
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Nope I was stationed at NAS Lemoore CA and I loved Cali with all my heart. Sure were a lot of freaks but there was also just a peaceful and modern feeling about Cali though. Not to mention there are a lot of good people in Cali like some of you and President Reagan.
Posted by: Legrand at May 08, 2007 12:50 PM (/etUv)
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Southern Cal sucks. It's brown and dry. Even the people. Life begins when you cross the golden gate.
Posted by: greyrooster at May 08, 2007 08:49 PM (l9HRC)
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allahdickchew: You're a former airhead and still are. You and nappy headed Darth fag should get together. You can play with his tootsie roll while he dreams of bigger things.
Posted by: greyrooster at May 08, 2007 08:51 PM (l9HRC)
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I can only assume that it was munitions and ammo that was destroyed, and the sound effects are secondary explosions and bullets going off. Whatever... it's freaking cool how the ring of fire spread out from the center.
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Yes, the secondary ammo cook-offs were nice, with the ricochets being particularly tasty. Makes me hungry.
Posted by: Hucbald at May 01, 2007 03:13 PM (fvz9M)
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comon you guys, check out the vid of the grandma telling a islamist to go f a camel, that was precious. She took the bullhorn and literally made him speachless.
Posted by: allahakchew at May 01, 2007 05:04 PM (BrndJ)
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It is what is on this video that gives me my strength to fight. These are the reasons among others that make me hate muslims. Not their skin or crap like that, but their mindset and culture of violence. This is a example of what made me proud to be part of the invasion of Iraq. USA ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go WARHAWKS
Posted by: Legrand at April 30, 2007 12:57 PM (/etUv)
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I'll agree if you change "Muslims" to "Islamists." There really are some Muslims who are appalled by this, though organizations like CAIR have been pretty good at shutting up the true moderates.
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Bluto on #2 is about where I am with this. I admit I would not weep for Islam if it went away tommorrow, and in fact, I would be happy if it did, as long as it' followers didn't all become Marxists or something. Reality is different. Wishing Islam away won't work, and we are not in the right if we lump the peaceful Muslims in with the hateful ones. We need to fight the violent, with violence, but we should always try to honor our commitment to justice, and fair play. I do not mean we shouldn't fight by dirty means. I do mean we should not target those who do not war against us, and by that I include qualified Muslims. There may come a time when we cannot take the effort to discern a 'good' Muslim from a bad one. Till then, we should try. USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at April 30, 2007 02:44 PM (2OHpj)
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I'll agree if you change "Muslims" to "Islamists." Fair enough, I really don't see or care to see the difference but if it thats the way you want it then cool. Islamists it is
Posted by: Legrand at April 30, 2007 03:39 PM (/etUv)
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Some rattlesnakes don't bite. I'm not going to give them the chance to find out. Sorry to all you moderate non biting rattlers. Get rid of your relatives that bite and I'll trust you. But not until. A muslim is an Islamist or he's not a true muslim.
Posted by: greyrooster at April 30, 2007 09:05 PM (3o7Jc)
If there are 10 million muslims world wide and it's only 10% of them that want to kill us why can't the remaining 90% police their own?
last time I checked 90% was way more than 10% the 90% either won't stop them or agrees with them I see no other possibility of why 90 % of them let this continue.
even if the 10% had every single weapon and the 90% had none the 90% would still stop them by sheer numbers.
I'd ask someone to show me one moderate muslim but I'd rather see 9 million moderate muslims
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Because the 90% pay the bill for the 10%. Being a terrorist is expensive. All that travel and all. No time to work and support yourself. Someone is paying the bill. They are called moderates by some. Asshole muslims by others.
Posted by: greyrooster at May 01, 2007 06:11 AM (MPV+3)
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Yes. The real way to stop terrorism is two-fold. First, follow the money. Just as sympathetic Irish Americans once supported the IRA and bored rich kids from wealthy German families with too much money once made up Baader-Meinhof and the Red Army Faction in West Germany, so too does an Arab or Muslim terrorist need a monetary support network. Shut the banks down and don't allow them to re-open until the accounts have been fully audited and found to be clean. I mean any bank, anywhere, randomly, including electronic transactions. Then, create a new monetary standard for a country suspected to have lots of counterfeit monies, then force everyone to turn in their old money for new money. Of course, the old money is checked to make sure it is clean and not counterfeit. Second, state sponsered terrorism should be rewarded with constant bombings of factories, bridges, railroads and ports; all the things you need to move goods and make money. That's how you shut down terrorism, hit them in the wallet and force the ones who are directly assisting them to lose money in the process of providing such assistance. Once they start losing cash for support terror, the coffers for support will suddenly run dry.
Posted by: DrTheopolis at May 01, 2007 01:29 PM (9ZqGe)
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90 percent of moderate muslims are chicken shit. They do not have the balls to fight the extremists period. This is a ruthless organization and they will do anything to succeed. Shit, they don'tcare if they kill their own children.....
Posted by: allahakchew at May 01, 2007 05:42 PM (BrndJ)
Editorial: El-Najjar "laughable" "unrelenting propagandist"
A sigh of relief as reader "bluetoetag" notices that at least on The Dalton Daily Citizen's editorial page, they are rooting for the good guys. And by the good guys, I mean the United States of America. Seriously, their "story" on El-Najjar that I fisk below was so poorly researched and written, I had some doubts as to just how bad the publication was. But Jim Espy's editorial is about as good as can be expected:
El-Najjar used the site to promote his views on the Middle East, to offer stories by other writers of similar political bent and to link readers to related stories and web sites. He also ran Associated Press wire stories on the Middle East, though not before altering the “terminology†of the wire reports. (I don’t know if the professor bothered to pay AP for the use of its material, but months ago when I asked an AP official in Atlanta about it, he said he didn’t even know the stories were being used).
What Espy may not know is that Muslim fundamentalists agree that there is no copyright under Islamic law. Maybe that is how El-Najjar justified reprinting entire AP articles?
Fair use, as I'm doing now, requires using the material for some sort of editorial value. The editorial continues:
El-Najjar describes Aljazeerah.info as an “Independent forum for promoting peace between the U.S. and the Arab and Muslim worlds and between Israelis and Palestinians... “
That is laughable.
El-Najjar’s site was an unrelenting propaganda outlet designed to attack the Israeli government and anyone supportive of it. If the late Yasser Arafat had pistol whipped an old Jewish grandma at the foot of the Wailing Wall, El-Najjar would have been the first in line to congratulate him for his brave defense of the Palestinian people.
Ha! Indeed. But it's not just a propaganda front for Palestinian terrorists, El-Najjar's website is also unrelenting in its justifications of the killing of American troops in Iraq. Which, in my book, is treason.
His website was very popular within the English speaking terror supporting community. And the reason the jihadis fight in the first place is because they believe the words of people like El-Najjar who insist that America is in the wrong. The military and intelligence community is just now realizing that many terrorists begin their journey on the road to jihad by reading websites like those of El-Najjar. And no, the First Amendment does not cover sedition.
Sir, It should be noted that Dr. El-Najjar's activities are not "new news." We've written about him before, as has the daily newspaper in Chattanooga and some other publications. We first crossed paths with the prof following the destruction of the Twin Towers. His views don't seem to have changed much, but he tries to keep a lower profile. .
Posted by: Jimmy Espy at April 16, 2007 12:41 PM (xU8l8)
Video: Totalitarian Islam's Threat to the West
Longtime readers know that I'm no fan of Ayn Rand. They also know that I'm also no fan of UCLA. But somehow combining Ayn Rand and UCLA seems to cancel the negatives out.
The full high quality video of the UCLA symposium on Totalitarian Islam's Threat to the West, a panel discussion featuring Daniel Pipes, Yaron Brook and Wafa Sultan here.
Also, a reminder that this Monday the USC Objectivist club will be showing the movie, "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West", which features a few personal friends of The Jawa. The public is invited.
On Thursday, over 70 universities nation wide will show the same movie as part of “Islamo Fascism Awareness Day". Full list of universities here.
Thanks to Student of Objectivism for e-mailing me the link. I'm so proud that a UCLA student was able to work this "e-mail" thing and manage not to hurt himself in the process!
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Organized by John Hawkins, who consults for Hunter, the teleconference was quick, lasting from 3:00 to 3:20 ET. Hawkins also suggested the YouTube video appeal to conservative bloggers below.
Duncan Hunter is running as a traditional conservative, strong on defense and border security (he helped write the border fence law), convinced that we need to win in the middle east, and determined to fix the US balance of trade and stop the bleeding of manufacturing jobs to foreign sources and offshore companies.
Hunter notes that the United States was once known as "the arsenal of democracy," and argues that high paying white collar jobs will follow the blue collar ones out of the country, eventually idling much of America's industrial base and weakening national security. He favors mirroring foreign trade laws and holds the GATT, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, pretty much in contempt, as a treaty intentionally designed to weaken the US trade position.
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If he gets into the first tier, he's my man. As of right now, I'm looking toward Thompson, if he enters. If Thompson does jump in and gets the nomination, it would be nice to see Hunter as VP on the ticket.
Posted by: David Marcoe at April 05, 2007 07:28 PM (/NV5+)
Terror Supporting Georgia Professor: Students Speak Out
I'm out for most of the week, but wanted to pass on this e-mail I got in regards to Dr. Hassan A. El-Najjar, who teaches at Dalton State College:
I live in Dalton, GA and went to DSC from 1997-1999. Although I never had a class taught by Prof. El-Najjar I did take an international relations debate class.
One day El-Najjar was a guest to argue the pro-Palestinian side against a Jewish professor who argued the Israeli side. Everything was fairly civil for a few minutes but finally El-Najjar lost it and went off on a rant about how no one in Washington cared about the Palestinian people and how Israel was responsible for most of what is wrong in the world, etc.
It was very tense and the students (myself included) were in shock. The guy went from calm and reasonable to spitting mad like a switch had been flipped.
Also, I don't know if you are aware but he caused a stir just after 9/11 when he self published this book http://www.gulfwar1991.com/. [ed. Yes, we covered that including how the only reviews of the book were by other Dalton State professors]
It's amazing that it has taken this long for anyone outside of Dalton to pick up the story. He's been at this for years....
He mentions to his classes that he runs the website and encourages them to check it out. He tells them there is nothing wrong with it and that is he just presenting information that newspapers and the US media don't have the courage to tell. I know this for a fact because I had a conversation recently with two students who just finished a sociology class with him. Both defended him and had no idea why I didn't feel the same way.
Warren Davis
That seems to refute the argument made by the President of Dalton State, Jim Burran, that El-Najjar, "is careful not to interject his political or religious views in the classroom."
Right. Like, I can't tell you this in class, but you all should visit my website and see what the J-O-Os in the media don't want you to know.
Any other students who would like to go on record, please e-mail me.
Just to review: El-Najjar encourages students to go to his website. That website openly supports terrorists. That website is full of antisemitic statements and conspiracy theories. Like, El-Najjar's own theory that civilians are being killed in Iraq by Coalition forces intentionally so that the world will be misled into thinking there is a Muslim on Muslim violence.
Because if professors can't openly support terrorism, the terrorists have already won!more...
I would like to request permisstion to erect a huge billboard in the center of the campus with a picture of Dr. El-Najjar, the DSC logo&mascot, and WWW.GULFWARE1991.COM.
Of course such a request would be denied.
Why is Dr. El-Najjar's website not linked on school's website?
Posted by: Tommykwikstep at April 02, 2007 06:21 PM (cHlir)
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Why does Greyrooster blame much of America's woes on academia? Because they have had their heads screwed on backward for forty years. For years academic have championed crap like this under the banner of diversity. Bullshit! Once again. Where's Pol Pot when you need him?
Posted by: greyrooster at April 02, 2007 06:30 PM (QJgPi)
4"..The guy went from calm and reasonable to spitting mad like a switch had been flipped..."
No Mo-slime, however crafty, can for very long hide the truly ugly demonic visage that he hides under his fake smiles of Taqiy'yah and Kit'man.
Posted by: Garduneh Mehr at April 02, 2007 06:31 PM (j97MF)
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I'd love to Liberals bum rush this terror-supporting asshole when he takes to the podium the way they do with Ann Coulter, but I won't hold my breath. It's clear academia is protecting these people.
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The real liberals are all on the 'right' where free speech actually matters. It's the 'Liberals' who hate all 'other speech' you have to guard against. You know ... the 'Progressives' (N'yuk n'yuk!).
UA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at April 02, 2007 08:35 PM (2OHpj)
More on Dalton State's Terror Supporting Professor
Alex from Sigmund, Carl and Alfred weighs in:
Dalton State College is not being asked to 'abridge the constitutional rights of any individual, including freedom of expression, even when we do not agree with it,' but rather, to consider whether having Dr. Elnajjar on their staff and as such, representative of Dalton State College is in the best interest of the Dalston State College students and the University System of Georgia. We would ask Dalton State College president Dr. Jim Burran and others who have used similar nonsensical arguments if they would afford similar courtesies to a professor who called for the genocide of blacks or other minorities, or if they thought that having faculty that openly espoused those very beliefs are in the best interests of students. We question whether or not the parents of students who attend Dalton State College and taxpayers in the great state of Georgia would find Dr. Elnajjar's appointment to that college and Dr. Burran's vigorous defense of that appointment an appropriate expenditure of public dollars.
The rest of the post goes on about the pathologies of Arab society in general. These pathologies of self-loathing, he suggests, are the real reason behind the raging antisemitism one finds in the Middle East. I differ from Alex inasmuch as I do not believe it is Arab society that suffers these pathologies as much as it is Muslim societies. Those same pathologies are found in North Africa, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and wherever Islam becomes the dominate cultural force.
The signification attributed to the term Militia appears from the debates in the Convention, the history and legislation of Colonies and States, and the writings of approved commentators. These show plainly enough that the Militia comprised all males physically capable of acting in concert for the common defense.
UNITED STATES v. MILLER et al., 307 U.S. 174 (1939)
Remember those words the next time some ignorant lefty tries to tell you that the Second Amendment only applies to the National Guard.
1http://www.volokh.com/posts/1173703704.shtml ...was a recent post covering the 2nd as applying to individual rights. The post itself doesn't say much, but the comments cover the back and forth pretty well.
Basically, the 2nd Amendment phrase "well-regulated" does not mean what most modern folk think it does. The phrase used to have a much more specific meaning in the context of troops: "properly disciplined."
So the way I see, the 2nd Amendment says (in a reverse structure): if people aren't allowed to own their own firearms,
we will have a really piss poor militia in a crisis, and a piss poor
militia is no good for securing a free state.
I'm no expert on 2nd Amendment law (by any means), but I like my glock.
Posted by: wooga at March 13, 2007 07:17 PM (t9sT5)
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Anyone with a modicum of historical knowledge and common sense can tell you that those who composed the militia of the 18th and 19th century were men who supplied their own arms, thus even if the 2nd Amendment did not say, "the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed," you could make a viable argument that there is an implied right to legal gun ownership, the same way the courts have construed an implied right to privacy from the 4th Amendment. Further, it is a right supported by the long Anglo-American common law tradition. If you want to go even farther, one could quote various founders on the right of citizens to posses arms for self-defense, which may have limited usage in a court room, but then again, it is considered sound legal reasoning by most to use the Federalist papers when determining the meaning of a constitutional provision.
Posted by: David Marcoe at March 13, 2007 08:53 PM (/NV5+)
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This is one of those words that seem to have values reversed when used in Iraq.
Posted by: JOHN RYAN at March 13, 2007 09:39 PM (TcoRJ)
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"The true measure of a people's freedom is whether they are armed or not." - Aristotle
I often point out to leftards that arms ownership is a basic human right (One that comes from God, and therefore one that cannot legitimately be proscribed by the puny law of man). The desciples of Christ were armed, in fact, with small swords of about 14" in blade length (I forget the exact nomenclature to describe them). The middle east was always a dangerous place.
Posted by: Hucbald at March 13, 2007 09:53 PM (/n4Pf)
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I've always been rather partial to the words of the founder of my Alma Mater:
"The liberties of Rome were safe while military infomation was generally diffused and every Roman citizen considered and felt himself a soldier."
'A body of citizens enrolled for military discipline.' And further,
that ordinarily when called for service these men were expected to
appear bearing arms supplied by themselves and of the kind in common
use at the time.
Posted by: Jake at March 13, 2007 11:11 PM (AeRA2)
I've seen you try to make that same arguement before. My gut reaction was to dismiss you as simply trying to distract folks, but I'll actually try to address your point as if you were serious.
Basically, the meaning of militia, is the same everywhere. Pretty much as it says up top, the able bodied men are the militia. If we only had pitchforks and mallets to fight with, we would still be the militia. In Iraq, and especially for Muslim men under Sharia, the meaning is no different.
What is different, is that some of the militia's are in rebellion to the elected government, and/or in alliance with non-state terrorists. Those particular militias are hostile military forces, however scattered and small, and the effort to disarm them is an effort to end the fighting. Whether it is the right thing or not depends on whose side you take.
In the USA, I take a Constitutionalists side, in favor of the rights of the individual Citizens. The Government here is ours, and it belongs to us, and it is suppossed to work for us. If it ever turns against us, and tries to oppress us, we need to sort that out by any means necessary. It is our right, and our obligation under such aberrant conditions. We are allowed to defend ourselves from our own government, and we should be wise to that possibility.
Because my country is at war, those who fight my country need to be defeated. Like any other defeated foe, they can resume thier normal rights after peace has settled in. I do not recognize the rights of those bearing arms against my country. Any mercy they recieve, is an optional courtesy, or perhaps a nod to chivalry as it used to be understood. It is not a requirement. If they are an undefeated enemy, or aiding the enemy, we should disarm them.
So it's not a double standard at all. Sure they have militias, but some of them are in opposition to the Allies. How Iarq deals with it's wayward militias after peace setttles in, will be up to Iraq. In the meantime, disarming the hostiles is all fair.
Does that make sense when filtered through your chosen reality lense? Or is there still some other question?
USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 14, 2007 12:05 AM (2OHpj)
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Jake (who doesn't like me anymore) I'm not trying to be snarky, so I hope you will consider this ... the language has changed. Like the words 'gay' and 'liberal' have evolved away from thier earlier meanings, and we end up using entire threads to debate what the definition of 'fascimt' is. 'Enrolled' used to mean that the local authorities knew the names of men who could answer the call, and would be reliable to follow, and obey orders. Keeping it short, I have to ask, what is your point?
USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 14, 2007 12:13 AM (2OHpj)
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"what the definition of 'fascimt' is" (Oops! "fascist") my bad. USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at March 14, 2007 02:21 AM (2OHpj)
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Ha, Ha. If a total asshole like Jake doesn't like you wear that as a badge of honor. Means you're doing something right.
Posted by: greyrooster at March 14, 2007 11:39 AM (W7E9s)
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Words well put Professor, always a pleasure to hear you articulate. I've always had an admiration for those who are able to create a lucid, rational thought then and put it into contex that's easy to understand. Well said. Be careful that you're not labled an insurgent by pres. hillary would you?
The University of California Irvine Muslim Student Union has invited terror supporting Imam, Abdel Alim Musa of Washington, D.C., and fraudulent academic Ward Churchill to speak during Holocaust Week.
