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"Allahu Akbar": Hasan's Words as He Fired? But Islam had nothing to do with it, RIght?

I pray for the victims and their families. I also pray that there are lessons learned that will prevent this sort of tragedy from ever happening again.

"Allahu Akbar": Hasan's Words as He Fired?

Arabic for "God Is Great"; Base Commander Tells Harry Smith Soldiers Report Alleged Fort Hood Gunman Said It During Rampage

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(CBS/ AP)  Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" as he fired on his fellow soldiers, the base commander said Friday.

Lt. Gen. Robert Cone told "Early Show" co-anchor Harry Smith said officials had not yet confirmed that the suspected shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, made the comment, which is Arabic for "God is great!" during the rampage Thursday, which also left 30 people wounded, including the gunman.

"Did he say anything as he was carrying out this act?" Smith asked Cone.

"There are reports, unconfirmed, that he was saying, 'Allahu Akbar," ' Cone replied.

As he laid out what happened, Cone lauded the soldiers on-scene who struggled mightily to help others. "In talking to many of the soldiers in the hospital last night," Cone said to Smith, "they reported almost a very calm and measured approach by the gunman, who went around and, in some cases, talked to one young man who was shot four times, and by the same shooter. And then when he thought -- he said, 'I made the mistake of moving, and I was shot again.'

Details emerge about Fort Hood suspect background 

Reuters – Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army doctor identified by authorities as the suspect in the shooting …

By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE, Associated Press Writer Brett J. Blackledge, Associated Press Writer – 49 mins ago

WASHINGTON – His name appears on radical Internet postings. A fellow officer says he fought his deployment to Iraq and argued with soldiers who supported U.S. wars. He required counseling as a medical student because of problems with patients.

There are many unknowns about Nidal Malik Hasan, the man authorities say is responsible for the worst mass killing on a U.S. military base. Most of all, his motive.

For six years before reporting for duty at Fort Hood, Texas, in July, the 39-year-old Army major worked at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center pursuing his career in psychiatry, as an intern, a resident and, last year, a fellow in disaster and preventive psychiatry. He received his medical degree from the military's Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md., in 2001.

While an intern at Walter Reed, Hasan had some "difficulties" that required counseling and extra supervision, said Dr. Thomas Grieger, who was the training director at the time.

Actually, he's a boy!

How To Find A Masculine Halloween Costume For Your Effeminate Son

Sarkozy and Besson; Working Hard To Save France from Islamization

France to launch national pride campaign in battle against Islamic fundamentalism

By Peter Allen

France is to adopt a series of measures to 'reaffirm pride' in the country and combat Islamic fundamentalism.

They include everybody receiving lessons in the nation's Christian history and children singing the national anthem.

Using words which infuriated ethnic minority groups and Socialist opponents, immigration minister Eric Besson also said he wanted 'foreigners to speak better French'.

Using words which infuriated ethnic minority groups and Socialist

He called for all recent arrivals to be monitored by 'Republican godfathers', charged with helping immigrants to integrate better.

His proposed measures contrast sharply with the situation in Britain where 'citizenship education' centres on multicultural diversity.

M Besson, who was born in the former French protectorate of Morocco, suggested a debate on national identity' entitled 'What does it mean to be French?'

He also reignited the debate about face and body-covering Muslim veils, saying they should definitely be banned.

As well as providing civic lessons for adults - including classes about the country's Christian history and liberal political institutions - the government will encourage school children to sing the national anthem at least once a year. 

His proposed measures contrast sharply with the situation in Britain where 'citizenship education' centres on multicultural diversity and the European Union, while 'God Save The Queen' is not even taught in schools. 

In an interview broadcast on national TV, Mr Besson said : 'It's necessary to reaffirm the values of national identity and the pride of being French.

'I think, for example, that it would be good for all young French people to have the chance to sing The Marseillaise at least once a year.' 

Making clear that radical Islam was a threat, Mr Besson said: 'In France, the nation and the republic remain the strongest ramparts against ... fundamentalist tendencies. France is diversity, and France is unity.' 

Swing to the Right: Nicolas Sarkozy with his immigration minister, then a political adviser, Eric Besson, left, in 2007

(Could we pleeeeze have Sarkozy be OUR president? Pleeeeze?!?)

Holloween 2009

Barakula Full Latex Mask $34.99 Clinton Vinyl Mask $19.99 Hillary Rodham Clinton Mask $18.99 First Lady Adult Mask $12.99

Obama Adult Mask $16.99 Last year I dressed up as Sarah Palin, to hand out candy. I was really rather fetching, if I may say so myself. This year I think I will go in the opposite direction... Which one of these ugly masks should I get? Update! My favorite blogger, Reasonsjester, came up with a great suggestion, that I suggest we ALL follow;  Trick or Treat this year dressed up like Obama and just take 60% of the bowls of candy as a "tax." If anyone complains, say, "hey, you voted for this."

Tiger Woods' Ignored Speech at Obama's Coronation

The Woods family -- including newborn Charlie (February 17, 2009)  Tiger Woods family, (L-R) Sam, Elin, Tiger, Charlie Woods and their dogs Yogi (L) and Taz

on a tip from my dear friend, Griff                   

AS IF YOU NEED ANOTHER REASON TO ADMIRE "AMERICA'S" TIGER WOODS.

 

Tiger Woods is a Highly Educated Individual who was properly raised and taught to be his own man by an educated Mother and Father.

 You can readily see that Tiger Woods listened to his parents and remains very proud of them both.

 Many citizens are not aware of the following, which is the reason for me sending this e-mail to my friends and I would appreciate you sending it on to your friends. 

A COPY OF HIS SPEECH AT THE 2009 INAUGURATION

 Tiger Woods received a special invitation to speak at the Obama inauguration. His inviters were stunned, shocked when he did not deliver the message they expected. A brief read and you will understand why the media swept Woods' remarks under the rug with no further ado and why the liberal left of our American society was again displeased with Tiger.  His speech was entitled;

 

 "You'll Never Walk Alone"

[text is word-for-word as posted on Tiger's web site]

 "I grew up in a military family - and my role models in life were my Mom and Dad, Lt.  Colonel Earl Woods. 

 My dad was a Special Forces operator and many nights friends would visit our home. 

 They represented every branch of the service, and every rank.

 In my Dad, and in those guests, I saw first hand the dedication and commitment of those who serve. 

 They come from every walk of life; from every part of our country. 

 Time and again, across generations, they have defended our safety in the dark of night and far from home.

 Each day -- and particularly on this historic day --we honor the men and women in uniform who serve our country and protect our freedom.

They travel to the dangerous corners of the world, and we must remember that for every person who is in uniform, there are families who wait for them to come home safely.

 I am honored that the military is such an important part, not just of my personal life, but of my professional one as well. 

 The golf tournament we do each year here in Washington is a testament to those unsung heroes.

 I am the son of a man who dedicated his life to his country, family and the military, and I am a better person for it.

 In the summer of 1864, Abraham Lincoln, the man at whose memorial we stand, spoke to the 164th Ohio Regiment and said 'I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.'

 Just as they have stood tall for our country - we must always stand by and support the men and women in uniform and their families..

 Thank you, and it is now my pleasure to introduce the US Naval Glee Club ..."

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 Tiger Woods' 2-minute, 5-second tribute to the our nation's military was delivered January 18th at the Inaugural Celebration in Washington, DC. He had been subjected to intense pressure to attend and offer remarks.  Especially so by liberals who have demeaned and criticized him for a decade for not joining their ranks. 

 Yet, at the Lincoln Memorial, instead of paying homage to Barack Bbama, Tiger paid tribute to our soldiers.Not once did Tiger mention Obama, the inauguration or the new administration.

Understanding that expressing his love for America and his appreciation for our military men and women would disappoint the national news media and the liberal left, he did what he thought was best for the people of our country. But Tiger, being is his own man, just as his father taught him to be his own man.Somewhere over that cold, gray Washington sky, Colonel Earl Woods was smiling down on his beloved son. 

And there will be one more crying hug waiting for Tiger when the time comes he passes through heaven's gates into God's arms.

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 What's that you say?  You did not previously know what Tiger said? 

 You did not see a video clip of him speaking on any national television network?

You did not see a photo of Tiger at the Lincoln Memorial offering his remarks honoring our military. 

 You did not read a story in the NY Times?

His appearance at the Inaugural Celebration had been widely hailed and promoted in advance by the Obama inaugural organizers ... yet January 18 when he came and spoke ...  afterwards, a black out.

We Will Never Forget

h/t Sondrak and Atlas

Now, we have inscribed a new memory alongside those others. It’s a memory of tragedy and shock, of loss and mourning. But not only of loss and mourning. It’s also a memory of bravery and self-sacrifice, and the love that lays down its life for a friend–even a friend whose name it never knew.
---President George W. Bush

The true horror of 911 has been kept hidden from the American people. I am sick of it. Sick of covering up for an enemy whose goal is to conquer this nation and render us all slaves.

Faces

Choosing their death. And eight years later we are apologizing? Vid hat tip Bare Naked Islam

"The Obama White House is behind a cynical, coldly calculated political effort to erase the meaning of the 9/11 terrorist attacks from the American psyche and convert Sept. 11 into a day of leftist celebration and statist idolatry," Matthew Vadum, senior editor of the Capital Research Center wrote in a recent article posted on The American Spectator's Web site. "They think it needs to be taken back from the right."

8 years later ....... Barack Hussein

Finish your assignment!

Starring Mr. Drone

WAKE UP, AMERICAN JEWS!

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my friend RJ from Point/Counterpoint brought this to my attention and I just have to say that I hold American Jews principally responsible for the election of the Anti-Semite in Chief.  I am surrounded, in my community and at my synagogue by highly educated Jews who believed (and stupidly still do) that Obama was all sweetness and light and would bring those who hate Israel to a new and improved opinion. They believed that Obama had some magic he would perform to bring all the ugliness in the world to light and vanquish it. Instead, Obama is happy to bow to the ugliness and pander those who hate America and Israel. As I said election day, "Obama will be terrible for this country and absolutely ruinous for Israel."

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FROM WND'S JERUSALEM BUREAU

Obama slammed as 'racist' at Jerusalem rally

'This insolence will bring about the downfall of the American leadership'

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Posted: July 27, 2009
3:55 pm Eastern

By Aaron Klein
© 2009 WorldNetDaily

Rally at U.S. consulate in Jerusalem last night (WND photo)

JERUSALEM – President Obama's policies against Jewish construction in eastern Jerusalem and the strategic West Bank were slammed as "racist" today by participants in a rally drawing about 2,000 Israelis in front of the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem.

"George Mitchell go home!" yelled protestors in front of the U.S. government building.

Mitchell, Obama's envoy to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is here discussing the American administration's call for a halt to all Jewish settlement activity, including natural growth or accommodating the needs of existing Jewish populations in the areas in question.

The protest began in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence. Marchers then made their way to the U.S. consulate about one block away.

"Obama should not be pressing Israel to compromise and freeze building in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem," protest organizer Yaacov Steinberg told WND.

"All these steps in the past just brought more Palestinian terror and showed Israeli weakness," said Steinberg, director of a coalition of West Bank Jewish organizations.

Speaking at the rally, Rabbi Eliezer Waldman, who heads the prestigious "Nir" Torah seminary in the West Bank city of Kiryat Arba, called Obama a "racist."

"How dare he tell the Jews where they can or can't live! The era when Jews were banned from living in different places has ended," Waldman exclaimed.

Rally at U.S. consulate in Jerusalem last night (WND photo)

"Obama beware. This insolence will bring about the downfall of the American leadership. Anyone who dares give an order to prevent Israeli life in Jerusalem or anywhere else in the land of Israel is destined to fall," he said.

Pinchas Wallerstein, director of the Yesha council of Jewish communities in the West Bank, told the crowds, "This week the American pressure reached new highs that are a shame to democratic societies."

Wallerstein was referring to the summoning of Israel's ambassador to Washington last week by the State Department to demand a Jewish construction project in eastern Jerusalem be immediately halted.

"It's absolutely an outrageously racist policy," Mort Klein, president of the Zionist Organization of America, told WND. "Especially in light of how Obama should be sensitive when it comes to anything that would remotely constitute discrimination of people based on ethnicity or religion."

Read the rest here...

Anti-Semitism at Trader Joe's

Video: San Fran Joooo-Hating Leftists Raid Trader Joe's to Vandalize Israeli-Made Products....

This would have been a hippy puncher's dream. (Video warning: Rage factor +10)

In this video you will see 30 members of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS), an anti-Israel group which is supported by all three of the organizations involved in the SFJFF "Rachel" event -- the Rachel Corrie Foundation, the Jewish Voice for Peace, and the American Friends Service Committee, descend upon a local Trader Joe's grocery store, vandalize Israeli products, and try to bully customers into boycotting Israeli goods.

Read the rest>>>

BTW: Shame on Trader Joe's for doing nothing to stop them while they vandalize Israeli goods.....

ZIP

Bringing Up The Rear on the Fourth of July

Every year, in my little community, we have a Fourth of July parade. It is led by local firemen in a giant fire truck, complete with flashing lights and the rest of the parade is mostly children on bicycles and families in golf carts, all carefully and painstakingly decorated in red, white, and blue. It is a singularly joyful and heat-warming event that I look forward to every year. Standing outside of the garage, awaiting the parade this year, I noticed my husbands motorcycle (the one I refuse to ride on until my children and grown and independent) and decided we should hop on and join the parade. My mister is nothing if not spontaneous and quickly grabbed a small American flag, taped it to the motorcycle and off we went to join the parade. We caught up with the it just as it was beginning and we made the entire loop through the neighborhood bringing up the rear of the parade, far back enough that we didn't make the children uneasy with the roar of the engine. The fourth of July is my very favorite day of the year in my neighborhood. As corny as it may be, my heart grows full at the sight of the houses decorated with flags and people dressed in red, white, and blue.

Happy Birthday, America!

Los Angeles Lakers Win, Los Angeles Loses

(What is wrong with these people?)

At Least 25 Lakers Fans Arrested After Near-Riot

Monday, June 15, 2009

 AP

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• June 14: Two men throw a trash can at a Los Angeles Metro Rail after the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday.
• June 14: Two men attempt to break an information stand in Los Angeles after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic to win the NBA title.
• June 14: A police officer chases away two men vandalizing a police vehicle in Los Angeles after the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic to win the NBA championship.
• June 14: Los Angeles Lakers fans jump over a small fire as they cheer after the Lakers defeated the Orlando Magic in Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals, in downtown Los Angeles.
• June 14: A group of people attempt to flip over a car outside the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, after the Los Angeles Lakers' won the NBA championship.
• June 14: Los Angeles Lakers fans break the windshield and try to flip a police car while celebrating their teams victory in the NBA Finals over the Orlando Magic in downtown Los Angeles.
• June 14: Los Angeles Lakers fans pose by a burning newspaper stand while celebrating their teams victory in the NBA Finals over the Orlando Magic in downtown Los Angeles.
• (That's how you're supposed to celebrate? Geez, I've been doing it all wrong!)
  

June 14: Los Angeles Lakers fans break the windshield and try to flip a police car while celebrating their team's victory in the NBA Finals.

June 14: Los Angeles Lakers fans break the windshield and try to flip a police car while celebrating their team's victory in the NBA Finals.

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LOS ANGELES —  Hundreds celebrated in the streets outside Staples Center after the Los Angeles Lakers' NBA title win Sunday night, with some revelers damaging police cruisers, throwing rocks and bottles at officers and setting bonfires in the street, authorities said.

About 25 people were arrested, most part of a rowdy crowd that split off on to surrounding streets after police declared the gathering an unlawful assembly, officer Karen Rayner said.

Several police cruisers were damaged and reinforcement officers were called in from throughout the city to help disperse the crowd, Rayner said.

Los Angeles police said five officers were hit by debris and had minor injuries.

Click here for photos.

Aerial television footage showed people jumping on a police car, rocking vehicles attempting to pass through the crowd, setting small trees on fire and throwing fireworks and flares set up by police. No injuries were reported.

A gas station was looted and several cars, buses and a news van were vandalized, police said.

Chief William Bratton commended officers for showing restraint despite "a lot of provocation from a number of knuckleheads," he told KTTV-TV.

"It's not easy to stand there when cowards in the middle of the crowd are throwing rocks and bottles at them," Bratton said.

Police department strike teams pushed people from the immediate area around the Staples Center into surrounding neighborhoods, breaking the crowds into progressively smaller clusters, police spokeswoman Mary Grady said.

The department declared a citywide tactical alert, meaning all officers on duty were to remain on the job until the crowds dispersed, she said.

Read the rest here...

Happy Flag Day and Happy Birthday to our Army

May God bless our heroes in the Army and may he continue to bless this great country.

President Reagan's Speech at Pointe du Hoc, Normandy

Hey Obama, this is how it's done...

Courtesy of the lovely Nuggen...

I'll Bet Obama Wants to be his Friend

Yemen: New Children's Hospital Named After Palestinian Suicide Bomber, Dedicated by Lebanese Terrorist Samir Kuntar.....

Health-Care, Arab Style
The Middle East Media Research Institute describes the latest shocking depravity from the Arab World:

According to the Yemeni news website www.yemenportal.net, a library and conference hall named after Palestinian suicide bomber Wafa Idris have been inaugurated at a children's hospital in the province of Ibb in southern Yemen. The inauguration ceremony was attended by Yemeni officials, and launched by Samir Al-Kuntar, of the Palestinian Liberation Front, who carried out a deadly attack in Nahariyya in 1974, and was recently released from Israeli prison.

At the ceremony, speakers extolled the resistance and the perpetrators of suicide bombings, and little girls read out texts and poems.

Samir Al-Kuntar murdered two little girls and their father in 1979. Their mother, Smadar Haran Kaiser, survived, and Kuntar's name should never be mentioned without quoting Kaiser's description of the attack:

It had been a peaceful Sabbath day. My husband, Danny, and I had picnicked with our little girls, Einat, 4, and Yael, 2, on the beach not far from our home in Nahariya, a city on the northern coast of Israel, about six miles south of the Lebanese border.

Around midnight, we were asleep in our apartment when four terrorists, sent by Abu Abbas from Lebanon, landed in a rubber boat on the beach two blocks away. Gunfire and exploding grenades awakened us as the terrorists burst into our building. They had already killed a police officer.

As they charged up to the floor above ours, I opened the door to our apartment. In the moment before the hall light went off, they turned and saw me. As they moved on, our neighbor from the upper floor came running down the stairs. I grabbed her and pushed her inside our apartment and slammed the door.

Outside, we could hear the men storming about. Desperately, we sought to hide. Danny helped our neighbor climb into a crawl space above our bedroom; I went in behind her with Yael in my arms. Then Danny grabbed Einat and was dashing out the front door to take refuge in an underground shelter when the terrorists came crashing into our flat.

They held Danny and Einat while they searched for me and Yael, knowing there were more people in the apartment. I will never forget the joy and the hatred in their voices as they swaggered about hunting for us, firing their guns and throwing grenades. I knew that if Yael cried out, the terrorists would toss a grenade into the crawl space and we would be killed. So I kept my hand over her mouth, hoping she could breathe. As I lay there, I remembered my mother telling me how she had hidden from the Nazis during the Holocaust. "This is just like what happened to my mother," I thought.

As police began to arrive, the terrorists took Danny and Einat down to the beach. There, according to eyewitnesses, one of them shot Danny in front of Einat so that his death would be the last sight she would ever see. Then he smashed my little girl's skull in against a rock with his rifle butt. That terrorist was Samir Kuntar.

By the time we were rescued from the crawl space, hours later, Yael, too, was dead. In trying to save all our lives, I had smothered her.

Wafa Idris, as we noted in 2002, was a Palestinian Arab paramedic who entered Israel in an ambulance to carry out her attack. If this is the Arab world's approach to health care, perhaps it is fitting that Kuntar would turn up at the dedication for a "children's hospital."

(According to our president, we need to be accepting and understanding of these people. Obama is risking our entire existence with his naivete and recklessness. And most American Jews just yawn because they are getting their news from CNN, PMSNBC and The New York Times and have no idea the evil that awaits.)

Just Do It!

In Honor of the Heroes Who Made The Ultimate Sacrifice

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." -- General George Patton

1. The American Cemetery at Aisne-Marne, France. A total of 2,289 of our military dead.

2. The American Cemetery at Ardennes, Belgium. A total of 5,329 of our dead.

 

3. The American Cemetery at Brittany, France. A total of 4,410 of our military dead.

4. Brookwood, England American Cemetery. A total of 4,680 of our dead.

5. Cambridge, England. 3,812 of our military dead.

6. Epinal, France American Cemetery. A total of 5,525 of our military dead.

7. Flanders Field, Belgium. A total of 3,680 of our military.

8. Florence, Italy. A total of 4,402 of our military dead.

9. Henri-Chapelle, Belgium. A total of 7,992 of our military dead.

10. Lorraine, France. A total of 10,489 of our military dead.

11. Luxembourg, Luxembourg. A total of 5,076 of our military dead.

12. Meuse-Argonne. A total of 1,4246 of our military dead.

13. Netherlands, Netherlands. A total of 8,301 of our military dead.

14. Normandy, France. A total of 9,387 of our military dead.

15. Oise-Aisne, France. A total of 6,012 of our military dead.

16. Rhone, France. A total of 8,61 of our military dead.

17. Sicily, Italy. A total of 7,861 of our military dead.

18. Somme, France. A total of 1,844 of our military dead.

19. St. Mihiel, France. A total of 4,153 of our military dead.

20. Suresnes, France. A total of 1,541 of our military dead.

I thank G-d for every one of those brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives for a cause greater than themselves.

A Saudi Surprise for Yours Truly

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Muslim Demographics

Insightful and interesting comment from my friend, Reasonsjester; The video makes it look like the influx of (Catholic) Mexicans are necessary to sustain "our (Christian) culture." Yet the decline of American culture corresponds to decay in the rule of law, and thus America's plight may not improve with a policy of open, uncurtailed immigration from Mexico with no assimilation into American culture and values. After all, there is a reason that Mexico is Mexico. The numbers in the video do add up though, if one compares them to those of Mark Steyn's "America Alone" (particularly, xvii, 54, 55). Proscriptively, I agree with Mark Levin, whose "Conservative Manifesto" reads ("Liberty and Tyranny" pp. 199-205): "Eliminate chain migration, which grants control over immigration policy to aliens and foreign governments, and which the Statist defends to expand his electoral and administrative state constituency. "Secure the nation's borders and discourage those who violate them -illegal alien and citizen lawbreaker alike - by enforcing the immigration laws. End multiculturalism, diversity, and bilingualism in public institutions, which beget poverty, animosity and ethnic balkanization; promote assimilation and unity of citizenship, allegiance to American culture, and English as the official national language" (202). That being said, I specifically requested international roommates in college, and roomed with a very nice legal immigrant from Mexico (I qualify because apparently 55% of all immigrants from Mexico immigrate illegally). His family seemed very nice and close, and impressively large. He was polite, had a Catholic background, and was an all-around good guy. If Mexican immigrants want to come in through the front door like my roommate, I advocate U.S. policy that allows them. No drug dealers, no criminals. I wonder if you see things differently. RJ

(Apropos of this~I have six cousins in Mexico who are educated and as such, already fluent in English. They want to immigrate to the US but will not do so illegally or without securing employment in their field. Sounds like this is the sort of Mexican RJ was rooming with. I am all for immigration; legal and for people who will contribute to society, not be a parasite on it.)

Happy Earth Day

 

(American Thinker)

ZIP

Thank You Al for Destroying the Childhood of Our Nation by Rorschach

Al Gore is an unrepentant charlatan who has made a fine living fueling the neomarxist fantasy of manmade global warming. He is a Nobel prize winner (for Peace, not science, tellingly enough); Academy Award winner for his mockumentary An Inconvenient Truth; and he continued his self-parodying antics with his book The Assault on Reason.

Our granting of rock-star status to a has-been presidential candidate who washed out of the 2000 election shows that the left loves a loser. His half-cocked theory of CO2 driving the weather has wrought immense damage to the country and looms large over the economy; especially given the international marxist redistribution schemes of the Obama administration. But, as if according to plan, the worst damage has been dealt to the psyche of our youth.

A recent poll shows that one out of every three children ages 6 to 11 believes that the world will cease to exist when they grow up, and more specifically, fifty-six percent believe that it will be a "blasted heath."

As disturbing as those statistics are, we can witness the absurd effect of the left's propaganda, completely unchecked by any truly critical debate, by their most tangible concern: That polar bears and penguins will become extinct! (No mention of mankind anywhere here.)

Read the rest here...

Barack at the Airport

There I was, at the airport, just minding my own business. Shopping in the airport gift shop, looking to spend six or seven dollars for a pack of gum when I notice a brightly colored package on the counter. And there it was, a pack of chocolate bars (CHOCOLATE BARS, PEOPLE!!!) with the name and visage of The One on it, looking all serious and stuff. I asked the cashier (a lovely Moroccan man who calls his mother in Morocco nearly every day, or so he said. Yes, we actually had a brief chat; I'm just a people person, I guess.) if he would mind if I took a photo of this most impressive pack of chocolate bars. My Moroccan friend said, not at all, so here it is. For your viewing pleasure. I regret a few things about this moment. I regret not finding out how much this goes for. I regret not reading the ingredients; as a chocolate lover, I would easily know if the chocolate is any good and I regret that I did not surreptitiously pick up the two packs of chocolates and move them next to the laxatives or perhaps, feminine hygiene products. What on Earth was I thinking?

A Little Gun Control History Lesson

 
In 1929, the  Soviet Union  established gun control. From 1929 to
1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were
rounded up and exterminated.

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In 1911,  Turkey  established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5
million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
exterminated.

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Germany  established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a
total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend
themselves were rounded up and exterminated.

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China  established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, some 20
million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were
rounded up and exterminated.

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Guatemala  established gun control in 1964.  From 1964 to 1981, some
100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up
and exterminated.

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Uganda  established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000
Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and
exterminated.

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Cambodia  established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one
million 'educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded
up and exterminated.

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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century
because of gun control: 56 million.

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It has now been 12 months since gun owners in  Australia were forced
by new law to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by
their own government, a program costing  Australia  taxpayers more
than $500 million dollars. The first year results are now in:

Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent

Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent

Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent)!

In the state of  Victoria  alone, homicides with firearms are now up
300 percent. Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in,
the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!

It will never happen here? I bet the Aussies said that too!

While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in
armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in
the past 12 months, since criminals now are guaranteed that their prey
is unarmed.

There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of
the ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how
public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense
was expended in successfully ridding Australian society of guns. The
Australian experience and the other historical facts above prove it.

You won't see this data on the  US  evening news, or hear politicians
disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes,
gun-control laws adversely a affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Take note my fellow Americans, before it's too late!

The next time someone talks in favor of gun control, please remind him
of this history lesson.

With Guns.............We Are 'Citizens'.
Without Them........We Are 'Subjects'..

During WW II.. II the Japanese decided not to invade  America  because
they knew most Americans were ARMED !

Note: Admiral Yamamoto who crafted the attack on  Pearl Harbor  had
attended Harvard U 1919-1921 & was Naval Attache to the. U.S. .
1925-28. Most of our Navy was destroyed at Pearl Harbor  & our Army
had been deprived of funding & was ill prepared to defend the country.

It was reported that when asked why  Japan  did not follow up the
Pearl Harbor attack with an invasion of the U.S.  Mainland, his reply
was that he had lived in the  U.S. & knew that almost all households
had guns.

If you value your freedom, Please spread this anti-gun control message
to all your friends!

Watch this Brilliant Explanation of what has and is happening in the USA

Disturbing and NOT Photo-shopped

I will never, and I mean never, shop at a Border's Book Store, again!

President's Day

Presidents' Day is celebrated in February to honor two of our greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. The holiday is celebrated in the United States on the third Monday in February.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
George Washington

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
George Washington

Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.
George Washington

 

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Abraham Lincoln

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Abraham Lincoln

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
Abraham Lincoln

I can't help but wonder what these two remarkable, modest, brilliant, dedicated, and accomplished men would have to say about our new president and his 'new direction' for our magnificent country.

'Moderate Muslim' beheads wife - IN NEW YORK!!!

Beheading in Buffalo - at Muslim TV Station

By Douglas J. Hagmann

Muzzammil Hassan, co-founder of Bridges TV

13 February 2009: Muzzammil “Mo” HASSAN, the founder and chief executive officer of Bridges TV, a Buffalo, NY based Islamic television Network he helped pioneer in 2004 amid hopes that it would help portray Muslims in a more positive light, reportedly admitted to police that he beheaded his wife at the television station yesterday afternoon.The victim was identified as Aasiya Z. Hassan, 37, who just last month, filed for and received an order of protection against her husband.

Aasiya Zubair (HASSAN)

According to police, HASSAN walked into the Orchard Park police station shortly after 6:00 PM yesterday and admitted that he murdered his wife earlier in the afternoon. While Erie County, NY District Frank A. Sedita III stated about the murder that “”…this is the worst form of domestic violence possible,” it is more pertinent to understand that the act of beheading in Islam is frequently and closely associated with “honor killings.”

The intentional mainstream media obfuscation of honor killings and the act of beheading as both relate to Islamic fundamentalist practices & beliefs is anticipated, especially in this case. (For a good primer about Islam and honor killings, please read this 2008 article written by Robert Spencer).

HASSAN and Bridges TV of Buffalo has been a focus of investigation by the Northeast Intelligence Network in the past. The Northeast Intelligence Network made several inquiries to HASSAN and Bridges TV about their relationship with al Manar television - inquiries that HASSAN and his station refused to answer.

Meanwhile, HASSAN was charged with second-degree murder and has been arraigned by Orchard Park, NY Village Justice Deborah Chimes. He is currently in custody at the Erie County Holding Center.

Are they kidding? BEHEADING someone is SECOND DEGREE MURDER?

In Our Midst

Hail to the Chiaf

Dear Leader...Now in Chia Pet Form....

Chia Pets is offering a limited edition "Chia Obama".....

Ray Charles Knew What Was Up

A Man of Peace and Wisdom

"When people criticize Zionists, they mean Jews. You're talking anti-Semitism."
-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Why Is The UN Silent On This?

Hamas; In Their Own Words

Which One Are You?

1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country.

2. The Washington Post is read by people who think they run the country.

3. The New York Times is read by people who think they should run the country and who are very good at crossword puzzles.

4. USA Today is read by people who think they ought to run the country but don't really understand The New York Times. They do, however, like their statistics shown in pie charts in color.

5.The Los Angeles Times is read by people who wouldn't mind running the country -- if they could find the time -- and if they didn't have to leave Southern California to do it or take those pesky drug tests.

6. The Boston Globe is read by people whose parents used to run the country and did a poor job of it, thank you very much.

7. The New York Daily News is read by people who aren't too sure who's running the country and don't really care as long as they can get a seat on the train and the Yankees win.

8. The New York Post is read by people who don't care who is running the country as long as they do something really scandalous, preferably while intoxicated and the Mets win.

9. The Miami Herald is read by people who are running another country but need the baseball scores to see how the Mets & Yankees did.

10. The San Francisco Chronicle is read by people who aren't sure if there is a country or that anyone is running it; but if so, they oppose all that it stands for. There are occasional exceptions if the leaders are handicapped minority feminist atheist bisexual dwarfs who also happen to be illegal aliens from any other country or galaxy, provided of course, that they are not Republicans.

11. The National Enquirer is read by people trapped in line at the grocery store.

12. The Seattle Times and The Oregonian are read by people who have recently caught a fish and need something to wrap it in.

If you know the source for this please comment because I'd like to link the source.

I Love You, Jack Bauer!

I don't think I ever even noticed Keifer Sutherland until I watched the best show ever created, 24. I love that show and I love Jack Bauer. I love how tough yet sensitive he is and I love that everything he ever says, he whispers; as if he can barely contain his own power. The great thing about Jack is that he could be anyone. He is average looking and of average size. He embodies the best things about men. Great men are powerful. And secure and tender-hearted. Just like Jack.
Update: If you are a fan of 24, click on Jack's photo.

I Wish You A Lovely Thanksgiving

Of the secular holidays, Thanksgiving is my second favorite; Mother's Day being my very favorite. To me, it is less about the pilgrims and Indians and more about celebrating and honoring our own reasons to be thankful.  Last year on Thanksgiving, I was living in the jungle with my little family, in a country that does not celebrate Thanksgiving. We hooked up with some people we knew from SoCal who were there at the time and we all went to a Gringo spot where they had cooked a traditional Thanksgiving menu. I think that was the day I was most lonely for my country and beloved friends who we typically spend Thanksgiving with. This is a photo of the restaurant in Costa Rica and while it may appear rather rough, it is owned and operated by ex-pats who make very delicious food.  Still and all, it was not like being in the U.S. with our beloved friends.   And so, tomorrow will be particularly sweet for us. It is so true, you don't know what you've got til it's gone. That Joni Mitchell sure knows things! In this photo, I was looking at the sunset and wishing I was watching the sunset from home, here in SoCal. Living in the jungle gave me a fresh perspective and coming home, made me a more grateful person. Thanksgiving is about so much more than turkey and mashed potatoes. As far as I'm concerned, the most important element of Thanksgiving is...pumpkin pie!

Toxic Feminism

 Coming out of the boys' dorm bathroom at my son's college, boys are confronted with this delightful propaganda bulletin board. It is entitled Male Privilege and is designed to make boys feel bad about being male. That's right. That is ALL it is intended to do. It lists things like that when men get married, they don't have to give up their identity by changing their last name and if boys get intoxicated, they don't have to worry about being raped. That sort of thing. I have always believed that being male had it's advantages just as I have benefited plenty from some advantages of being female. I didn't really give any of this much thought until I raised boys. I've seen how it is for my boy to work hard to earn money and spend it on dates, sometimes with a girl who is wholly ungrateful or undeserving. But, he is the man, he should pay for the date. Where was the board that had that information on it? When I saw this board, I was horrified that boys in college, many insecure and impressionable, might believe this tripe and feel that their mere existence was an insult to women! I turned to my boy and asked, "Do you believe this?" He said, "Please. I want to see the board that talks about how my girlfriends who are pretty never get tickets when they're pulled over and how girls get free drinks and into any club or party they want to go to. I want to see that board."  Relieved that my boy was immune to the feminist propaganda, I simply said, "Don't hold your breath."

What's In Your Front Yard?

From the kitchen of my little house in the jungle, this is often what I would see. We'd let our neighbor's cows graze in our yard. It was a win-win for us both. We needed the grass cut and he needed to feed his cows. Cows there are skinnier than any cows I have ever seen here. As I drive down the streets these days, in my very blue state, what I see is Obama signs littering lawns everywhere. I am eager for the election to be over. I am sick of the signs and the elation over 'The One' and the superficial nature of the dishonest media. I am still hopeful that McCain will win but in the event that he doesn't, there's always my little house in the jungle. I don't want to sound all Alec Baldwin about it like I will have to move if Obama wins but I will say that if it looks like Obama will be weak in the face of the dangers the US faces; why stay in the states waiting for the next 9/11? Costa Rica may not have a military but that's because they don't really need one. I don't think that could ever be said about the greatest nation in the world.

Color Me Hopeful

My home-girl Vee, was nice enough to give me this sign. She knew I'd wanted a yard sign though I don't technically have my own yard.  I share my yard with a few hundred neighbors! You'd never know it though. It seems the only day there is a crowd out there is on July 4th when most people invite friends over to engage in nonsense and put the local police officers through their paces trying to get people to stop lighting fireworks on the beach!  I put my sign on the deck and felt proud! I was confident I wouldn't be dealing with too much negativity; my immediate area is decidedly Republican though I know there are plenty of young Obamamaniac hippie-types here, as well. I was heartened when a good friend of my man-child's was over and said, "Hey, I like your sign." This is a 21 year old, surfer/kite-boarder with perpetually messy hair that hangs over one eye and down to his shoulders. I said, "Really?" He said, "Yeah. I am voting McCain. I'm scared of what Obama would do to the country." I was too overwhelmed with happiness to ask where he had heard this (likely, his parents) or why he said it. It was enough that he reminded me that there are MILLIONS of young people who are bright enough to reject the propaganda surrounding the Great One.  Take heart, my friends, there is hope.

In The Bizarro World

 AP

 A Muslim cleric has called for Saudi women to wear a full veil, or nigab, that reveals only one eye, in order to control seduction, the BBC reported Friday.

Sheikh Muhammad al-Habadan said that women in Saudi Arabia are encouraged to use eye makeup and look seductive when allowed to wear a veil that exposes both eyes.

How much of their face Muslim women expose differs from country to country, and is an area of contention. The nigab is more common in Saudi Arabia, but in many Muslim societies women wear a headscarf that covers only their hair.

This is sick beyond measure. Since Muslim men can't control themselves, their answer is to dehumanize women? Where are the feminist groups and their outrage? Oh, that's right; they are too busy tearing Sarah Palin to bits to be bothered with fighting for the rights of women in Arab countries. We all have our priorities, don't we?

You Can't Argue With Genius

If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.

Celebrating Independence Day

It seems to me that the proudest Americans I have ever known were not born American. Those of us who know other countries well and have had to work to become American citizens seem to appreciate the Unites States in a way that is deeper perhaps. It is not unlike the way children take fabulous parents for granted until they see what a nightmare other parents can be! In any event, my lovely friend Esther, whose family is from Latin America, decided to throw an elaborate and impressive Independence Day celebration and we were lucky to have been there. For Esther, she wanted the emphasis to be on the occasion, not the barbecue! She took the time and effort to plan and choreograph a lovely program.  I am seen here with Esther's wonderful husband, Gerry.  Seen above is a Young Marine holding our great flag just prior to the prayer Esther led us in prior to the Pledge of Allegiance which was followed by the singing of the Star Spangled Banner which was then followed by some inspirational readings! I was honored to have been asked to take part and Ivan and I read a lovely set of quotes about our great nation.   Esther's home and garden were completely decked out in American flags and all things red, white, and blue! I know to some such displays of patriotism are quite bourgeois, but to my grateful Mexican Eyes, such displays are symbols that remind me of the profound love and gratitude I have for my adoptive country. May God Bless America, my home sweet home.

Sweet Land of Liberty

QUOTES FROM THE FOUNDING FATHERS

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
George Washington, Farewell Address, September 19, 1796

I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth; that freedom of enquiry will produce liberality of conduct; that mankind will reverse the absurd position that the many were, made for the few; and that they will not continue slaves in one part of the globe, when they can become freemen in another.
George Washington, draft of First Inaugural Address, April 1789

If we desire to insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
George Washington, Annual Message, December 1793

It is yet to be decided whether the Revolution must ultimately be considered as a blessing or a curse: a blessing or a curse, not to the present age alone, for with our fate will the destiny of unborn millions be involved.
George Washington, Circular to the States, 1783

It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great Nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
George Washington, Farewell Address, September 19, 1796

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
George Washington, letter to James Madison, March 2, 1788

May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.
George Washington, letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island, August 17, 1790

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I have been happy... in believing that... whatever follies we may be led into as to foreign nations, we shall never give up our Union, the last anchor of our hope, and that alone which is to prevent this heavenly country from becoming an arena of gladiators.
Thomas Jefferson, letter to Elbridge Gerry, May 13, 1797

I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles.
Thomas Jefferson, letter to Richard M. Johnson, March 10, 1808

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.
Thomas Jefferson, letter to William Ludlow, September 6, 1824

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A popular Government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a Prologue to a Farce or a Tragedy; or, perhaps both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance: And a people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
James Madison, letter to W.T. Barry, August 4, 1822

Happily for America, happily, we trust, for the whole human race, they pursued a new and more noble course. They accomplished a revolution which has no parallel in the annals of human society.
James Madison, Federalist No. 14, November 20, 1787

A universal peace, it is to be feared, is in the catalogue of events, which will never exist but in the imaginations of visionary philosophers, or in the breasts of benevolent enthusiasts.
James Madison, essay in the National Gazette, February 2, 1792

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
James Madison, speech at the Constitutional Convention, July 11, 1787

America united with a handful of troops, or without a single soldier, exhibits a more forbidding posture to foreign ambition than America disunited, with a hundred thousand veterans ready for combat.
James Madison, Federalist No. 14, November 30, 1787

Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm.
James Madison, Federalist No. 10, November 23, 1787

Every man who loves peace, every man who loves his country, every man who loves liberty ought to have it ever before his eyes that he may cherish in his heart a due attachment to the Union of America and be able to set a due value on the means of preserving it.
James Madison, Federalist No. 41, January 1788

Long May She Wave...

"We take the stars from heaven, the red from our mother country,
separating it by white stripes, thus showing that we have separated
from her, and the white stripes shall go down to posterity representing
liberty." -- George Washington

Amen, Ronnie!

Real Change... “We should always remember that our strength still lies in our faith in the good sense of the American people.” -- Ronald Reagan “There’s no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit.” -- Ronald Reagan “Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.” -- Ronald Reagan “To those who are fainthearted and unsure, I have this message: If you’re afraid of the future, then get out of the way, stand aside. The people of this country are ready to move again.” -- Ronald Reagan “We must remove government’s smothering hand from where it does harm.” -- Ronald Reagan “Trust but verify.” -- Ronald Reagan “I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.” -- Ronald Reagan “We’ve long thought there are two things in Washington that are unbalanced—the budget and the liberals.”

Where's GLAAD?

Gateway Pundit reports the stories the MainStreamMedia won't...
 real attrocities by the Islamofascists:

World Ignores Persecution Of Gays In Iran On World Gay Rights Day

In 2007 Iran led the world in executing gays.

In 2005, in a highly publicized case, Iranian gay teens Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni (pictured) were hanged by the regime.

... today's Left does not pay much attention to those suffering from human rights abuses outside of the West. Out of respect for those who are ignored by today's Left I am posting this news in support of the gays in Iran who suffer extreme abuse under the current regime.

When Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke here in America, arrogant College students posed the question of Gays in Iran. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made his famous statement that there were no Gays in Iran and the students tittered like school girls at how "naive" he was as if Ahmadinejad was simply so silly he didn't know how many people are Gay.

But who was naive? Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was smugly implying that all Gay men in Iran are executed, resulting in the fact that there are no Gays in Iran, just as Hitler might have responded that there are no Jews in Germany, and those self-delusional arrogant little pricks in his audience still didn't "get it" refusing to believe the Iranian regime simply Kills.Them.All.

Michael Moore Should Move To Cuba

Disgusting, Troll, Hate-Filled, Unethical, Immoral, Fat Ass, Filmmaker Attacks Cuban Americans for not Supporting Castro....

You must have figured out by now, I'm talking about Michael Moore, who refused to denounce Jeremiah Wright because, "I'm a white guy."  He then proceeds to rip into Cuban Americans who oppose a Stalinist dictator as a "bunch of wimps". Why can't this @#$#@ choke on a chicken wing, why?.....

Last week on "Larry King Live" Michael Moore took the high road. He simply could not bring himself to pronounce judgment on the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's tirades. “I'm a white guy,” explained the rotund film-maker. “And I mean, you have to ask yourself, Larry, what's it like to be black in America? . . . And I do not believe, as a white guy, that I am in any position to judge a black man who has had to live through that."

Michael Moore's non-judgmental scruples apply only to celebrity victims of Jim Crow lite. A much different set of scruples apply to victims of Stalinism.

“Florida’s Cubans” writes Moore in his book, “Downsize This,” are responsible for “sleaze and influence-peddling in American politics. In every incident of national torment that has deflated our country for the past three decades — Cuban exiles are always present and involved.”

Such a blanket trashing of an entire ethnic group straddles the very dictionary definition of bigotry. Normally the entire Democratic Party would work itself into a collective froth against the villain who spouted such hate-speech. Normally every media outlet in the land would promptly and boastfully ban this bigot from its airwaves, broadcasting the decision between film clips of fire-hoses in Selma, cross burnings, and torch-light storm troopers at Nuremberg.

Moore himself denounces Republicans as “people who hate . . . people who get up at 6 in the morning trying to figure out which minority group they’re going to screw today.” (As opposed to waking up and deciding which all-you-can-eat buffet you'll put out of business today -ed.)

But in “Downsize This,” Moore was insulting Cuban-Americans (80 percent Republicans), you see. So all is forgiven. So instead of being pummeled as a bigot by the usual media sniffers and snouters, Moore was feted as the guest of honor at the last Democratic National Convention, squatting his gargantuan gluteus in the very president’s box alongside Jimmy Carter.

Then waddling onto the stage at Boston’s Fleet Center to a whooping, hollering ovation rivaling even the one that deafened Fidel Castro when he addressed Harvard Law School and Washington’s National Press Club in 1959, though it was close.

“These Cuban exiles, for all their chest-thumping and terrorism, are really just a bunch of wimps — that’s right, Wimps!” Moore continues in his book. His smear refers to all Cubans who left Cuba but singles out the Bay of Pigs freedom-fighters for particular scorn. “Ex-Cubans with a yellow stripe down their backs,” he calls them, on top of “crybabies.”

Rest here>>>

ZIP

You must have figured out by now, I'm talking about Michael Moore, who refused to denounce Jeremiah Wright because, "I'm a white guy."  He then proceeds to rip into Cuban Americans who oppose a Stalinist dictator as a "bunch of wimps". Why can't this @#$#@ choke on a chicken wing, why?.....

Last week on "Larry King Live" Michael Moore took the high road. He simply could not bring himself to pronounce judgment on the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's tirades. “I'm a white guy,” explained the rotund film-maker. “And I mean, you have to ask yourself, Larry, what's it like to be black in America? . . . And I do not believe, as a white guy, that I am in any position to judge a black man who has had to live through that."

Michael Moore's non-judgmental scruples apply only to celebrity victims of Jim Crow lite. A much different set of scruples apply to victims of Stalinism.

“Florida’s Cubans” writes Moore in his book, “Downsize This,” are responsible for “sleaze and influence-peddling in American politics. In every incident of national torment that has deflated our country for the past three decades — Cuban exiles are always present and involved.”

Such a blanket trashing of an entire ethnic group straddles the very dictionary definition of bigotry. Normally the entire Democratic Party would work itself into a collective froth against the villain who spouted such hate-speech. Normally every media outlet in the land would promptly and boastfully ban this bigot from its airwaves, broadcasting the decision between film clips of fire-hoses in Selma, cross burnings, and torch-light storm troopers at Nuremberg.

Moore himself denounces Republicans as “people who hate . . . people who get up at 6 in the morning trying to figure out which minority group they’re going to screw today.” (As opposed to waking up and deciding which all-you-can-eat buffet you'll put out of business today -ed.)

But in “Downsize This,” Moore was insulting Cuban-Americans (80 percent Republicans), you see. So all is forgiven. So instead of being pummeled as a bigot by the usual media sniffers and snouters, Moore was feted as the guest of honor at the last Democratic National Convention, squatting his gargantuan gluteus in the very president’s box alongside Jimmy Carter.

Then waddling onto the stage at Boston’s Fleet Center to a whooping, hollering ovation rivaling even the one that deafened Fidel Castro when he addressed Harvard Law School and Washington’s National Press Club in 1959, though it was close.

“These Cuban exiles, for all their chest-thumping and terrorism, are really just a bunch of wimps — that’s right, Wimps!” Moore continues in his book. His smear refers to all Cubans who left Cuba but singles out the Bay of Pigs freedom-fighters for particular scorn. “Ex-Cubans with a yellow stripe down their backs,” he calls them, on top of “crybabies.”

Rest here>>>

ZIP

Par For The Course

Israeli Aid Teams Head to Devastated Myanmar

After a devastating cyclone, Israel will be sending to Myanmar a highly trained search-and-rescue team and a 10-member team of doctors and nurses. The teams will bring with them crucial supplies, including plastic sheeting, food, household appliances and water filters.

Which Muslim nations have volunteered to help?  Anyone know?    *crickets*

Iron Man and Me

This gray and cloudy day we decided to go and see a movie. Since I am outnumbered by men, when we go to movies it is generally an action movie. Fine, I am just delighted to be in the company of my monkeys. So, the monkeys choose Iron Man, the movie.  While I do so love to see movies, there are all kinds of peripheral issues that can make me crazy. Like, get the Lithium, type of crazy. First off, would you mind so very much either getting a sitter or choosing a more appropriate movie for your small children to be exposed to or are you just so unbelievably selfish and stupid that you don't realize that taking small children to movies they are unable to understand or put into context will DAMAGE THEM!!! Iron Man was really fabulous but NOT FOR SMALL CHILDREN! Second, what is with the stinky food? I can't stand the stench of the synthetic butter flavoring they douse the popcorn with and just when I am feeling like I will need to be sedated with one of those tranquilizer guns they use on elephants at the zoo when they go bad, a giant man did me the favor of sitting right in front of me! I say it was a favor because he smelled really good!  Like very expensive soap, not the cheap stuff. The guy wasn't too tall so I could still see the screen and I was just very grateful that thanks to his lovely fresh smell, I no longer could smell the mustard on those disgusting hot dogs and the butter substitute smell. I could relax again! You may be thinking how lucky you are not to have to see a movie with me but I assure you, my men knew nothing of my near nervous breakdown. And the movie? I loved it!  For starters, Robert Downey Jr. was dee.lish.us. with a capital Dee. Now, I know in person he is likely your standard issue narcissistic actor but on screen, like I said, dee.lish.us. And then your have the fantasy technology and lots of action and romantic tension (and who doesn't love romantic tension?) and bad guys getting burned and good guys prevailing in the end and it was just a really good time. As they say, a good time was had by all. All, except for those poor small children who must have been terrified my some of the scenes. If I were in charge, parents who didn't protect their children's innocence would be charged with abuse. It is abusive. But that's just my opinion. And I just happen to be 100% correct!

Happy Passover

I want to wish my Jewish readers a wonderful and safe Pesach. 
Passover celebrates freedom. Freedom from fear.
Freedom to be Jewish.
And the freedom to dream.

And to the brave and beautiful Jewish Soldiers
around the world.......I pray for you everyday.
May G-d bless you and keep you safe.

Chag Kasher V'Sameach!
(Wishing you a Happy and Kosher Holiday!)

I Am A Talk Radio Show Host Groupie!

Thirty years ago I would have wanted to meet Roger Daltrey and Andy Gibb and now it's Michael Medved and Dennis Prager! My home girls and I all listen to the same talk radio shows so when we heard about Dennis Prager being roasted in celebration of his 25 years on radio, we decided to get tickets and check it out. It was so much fun! In the first place, the venue was lovely; The Richard Nixon Library and if you have never been there, drop what you are doing with your day and go. You will thank me, I promise. In the second place, Prager was roasted by some of the most clever and witty people in public life. These people told absolutely hilarious and sometimes embarrassing stories about Prager. Larry Elder, Hugh Hewitt, and Michael Medved (who was the host) were brilliant. Prager's parents were there as were two of his children and the brilliant Rabbi Joseph Telushkin and Prager's agent. Yeah, I know, his agent, like who cares? But, it was sweet. It was a treat to be somewhere out of the ordinary and dressed in something other than sweats or jeans!
As we were talking with these fabulous personalities, it was clear to me that in person they are somewhat different than on their shows. For instance, I often have to ditch the Medved show because I can't listen to him when he is rude to a caller. I realize that most of the time when he's rude it's because the caller is an idiot but it's not nice so I switch it off. In person though, I liked Medved the best. He may be prickly on the radio but he is darling in person. Who knew?