lgf: Radical Front Groups Seething Over NYPD Terror Report:
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Council on American- Islamic Relations (CAIR) said today that a new NYPD report on “radicalization” may result in all U.S. Muslims being viewed with suspicion. CAIR says the 90-page report purports to outline a four-step process of radicalization, but in fact describes ordinary activities, associations and behaviors as indicators of a potential terror threat. In a statement, CAIR Board Chairman Parvez Ahmed said: “Whatever one thinks of the analysis contained in the report, its sweeping generalizations and mixing of unrelated elements may serve to cast a pall of suspicion over the entire American Muslim community."
I got two sides to this.
One is that it is hard to determine if a group of people are getting together to plan a football game or a wedding, even a vacation - or an attack. The report goes on to say that there is nothing that they could find common amongst all attackers. What that means for law enforcement is that it should not assume that every meeting is a terrorist meeting.
Two, for those who claim that this is going to make people suspicious of Arabs. I got news for you, right or wrong, what makes people suspicious of Arabs is 9/11, and other attacks that have been carried out by Arabs. Most Americans understand that not all Arabs are bad people, but for those with doubts, the seeds were planted not by Americans or the police but by other Arabs and Muslims.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
lgf: Giuliani's Foreign Policy Statement:
lgf: Giuliani's Foreign Policy Statement:
I have posted this before, but I wanted to re-post it because I focused on the last half of it last time. I think he makes some solid points in the first paragraph. Democracy is about more than voting, it is a cultural attitude, and a change that takes time. It makes me wonder if Iraq needs more time before it can be a democracy. I am not suggesting that they can't ever be democratic, but that they need to learn how to understand it. Democracy is not voting for the person who shares your beliefs, it is not voting for the person your spouse votes for, it is not voting for a fellow member of your extended clan or tribe. It is voting for the person with the best ideas. I think that sometimes this is lost, this is lost even in America sometimes, and we have a long history of elections.
"America has a clear interest in helping to establish good governance throughout
the world. Democracy is a noble ideal, and promoting it abroad is the right
long-term goal of U.S. policy. But democracy cannot be achieved rapidly or
sustained unless it is built on sound legal, institutional, and cultural
foundations. It can only work if people have a reasonable degree of safety and
security. Elections are necessary but not sufficient to establish genuine
democracy. Aspiring dictators sometimes win elections, and elected leaders
sometimes govern badly and threaten their neighbors. History demonstrates that
democracy usually follows good governance, not the reverse. U.S. assistance can
do much to set nations on the road to democracy, but we must be realistic about
how much we can accomplish alone and how long it will take to achieve lasting
progress.
The election of Hamas in the Palestinian-controlled
territories is a case in point. The problem there is not the lack of statehood
but corrupt and unaccountable governance. The Palestinian people need decent
governance first, as a prerequisite for statehood. Too much emphasis has been
placed on brokering negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians —
negotiations that bring up the same issues again and again. It is not in the
interest of the United States, at a time when it is being threatened by Islamist
terrorists, to assist the creation of another state that will support terrorism.
Palestinian statehood will have to be earned through sustained good governance,
a clear commitment to fighting terrorism, and a willingness to live in peace
with Israel. America’s commitment to Israel’s security is a permanent feature of
our foreign policy."
I have posted this before, but I wanted to re-post it because I focused on the last half of it last time. I think he makes some solid points in the first paragraph. Democracy is about more than voting, it is a cultural attitude, and a change that takes time. It makes me wonder if Iraq needs more time before it can be a democracy. I am not suggesting that they can't ever be democratic, but that they need to learn how to understand it. Democracy is not voting for the person who shares your beliefs, it is not voting for the person your spouse votes for, it is not voting for a fellow member of your extended clan or tribe. It is voting for the person with the best ideas. I think that sometimes this is lost, this is lost even in America sometimes, and we have a long history of elections.
lgf: Mass Murder in Iraq:
lgf: Mass Murder in Iraq:
Violence like this might be blamed on Americans, but it should be blamed on Islam. I am beginning to wonder if Iraq is headed for a blood bath of biblical proportions no matter what the outcome with American troops is. When the violence is about the terrorists, then you can root out the terrorists. When the violence is about Sunni versus Shia, maybe you can settle the peace, and they will stop fighting when they form a government. An event like this is a window into a violent nature that doesn't want peace, unless it is the peace of submission. America has a lot to lose in Iraq, and it just may be facing a battle that it can't win.
"The U.S. military blamed al-Qaida in Iraq, and an American commander called the
assault an “act of ethnic cleansing.” The victims of Tuesday night’s coordinated
attack by four suicide bombers were Yazidis, a small Kurdish-speaking sect that
has been targeted by Muslim extremists who consider its members to be
blasphemers. The blasts in two villages near the Syrian border crumbled
buildings, trapping entire families beneath mud bricks and other wreckage.
Entire neighborhoods were flattened."
Violence like this might be blamed on Americans, but it should be blamed on Islam. I am beginning to wonder if Iraq is headed for a blood bath of biblical proportions no matter what the outcome with American troops is. When the violence is about the terrorists, then you can root out the terrorists. When the violence is about Sunni versus Shia, maybe you can settle the peace, and they will stop fighting when they form a government. An event like this is a window into a violent nature that doesn't want peace, unless it is the peace of submission. America has a lot to lose in Iraq, and it just may be facing a battle that it can't win.
List anonymous wikipedia edits from interesting organizations
List anonymous wikipedia edits from interesting organizations
A couple days ago I posted about how Fox News had changed some entries in Wikipedia. Well it turns out that it isn't the only one that likes to play that game. For a site that tracks changes to Wikipedia click above.
There is some fun stuff, like someone at the Repubican party subtracted this from the Harry Potter entry.
"Snape is the half-blood prince and kills Dumbledore." Harry Potter
They also thought they should re-write the page on Christopher McCandless
This is how someone in the Democratic camp feels about Rush Limbaugh
'''Rush Hudson Limbaugh III''' (born [[January 12]], [[1951]] in [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]]) is an idiotic[[United StatesAmerican]] [[entertainer]] and [[radio]] [[talk show]] host. A commentator with a [[conservatismridiculous]] point of view, he discusses [[politics]] and [[current events]] on his show, ''[[The Rush Limbaugh Show]]''. For over 17 years (and continuing [[as of 2005]]), Rush Limbaugh has an audience estimated between 13.75 and 20 million listeners weekly according to the [[Arbitron]] ratings surveys, the largest radio talk show audience in the United States. Most of them are legally retarded. [http://www.talkers.com/talkhosts.htm][http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-28-2005/0004199479&EDATE=] Rush Limbaugh
While someone at Wal-Mart seems concerned about Ann Coulter's personal life Ann Coulter
For the most fun go here.... Wired's list of salacious edits
-PS THE SITE HAS BEEN FLOODED SO IT MIGHT BE DOWN OR IT MIGHT BE SLOW
A couple days ago I posted about how Fox News had changed some entries in Wikipedia. Well it turns out that it isn't the only one that likes to play that game. For a site that tracks changes to Wikipedia click above.
There is some fun stuff, like someone at the Repubican party subtracted this from the Harry Potter entry.
"Snape is the half-blood prince and kills Dumbledore." Harry Potter
They also thought they should re-write the page on Christopher McCandless
This is how someone in the Democratic camp feels about Rush Limbaugh
'''Rush Hudson Limbaugh III''' (born [[January 12]], [[1951]] in [[Cape Girardeau, Missouri]]) is an idiotic[[United StatesAmerican]] [[entertainer]] and [[radio]] [[talk show]] host. A commentator with a [[conservatismridiculous]] point of view, he discusses [[politics]] and [[current events]] on his show, ''[[The Rush Limbaugh Show]]''. For over 17 years (and continuing [[as of 2005]]), Rush Limbaugh has an audience estimated between 13.75 and 20 million listeners weekly according to the [[Arbitron]] ratings surveys, the largest radio talk show audience in the United States. Most of them are legally retarded. [http://www.talkers.com/talkhosts.htm][http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-28-2005/0004199479&EDATE=] Rush Limbaugh
While someone at Wal-Mart seems concerned about Ann Coulter's personal life Ann Coulter
For the most fun go here.... Wired's list of salacious edits
-PS THE SITE HAS BEEN FLOODED SO IT MIGHT BE DOWN OR IT MIGHT BE SLOW
lgf: Hamas Child Star: 'Every Palestinian Hopes to Be a Martyr':
lgf: Hamas Child Star: 'Every Palestinian Hopes to Be a Martyr':
"GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Saraa Barhoum picked at the buttons on her pink bellbottom jeans as she twisted on a chair inside the bustling new Hamas television headquarters. The afternoon light bounced off the sparkly outlines of butterflies on her frilly top, and a colorful hijab framed her 11-year-old face. Saraa wants to be a doctor. If she can’t, the young star of Hamas television’s best-known children’s show said, she’d be proud to become a martyr. Saraa says little Jewish girls should be forced from their homes in Israel so that Palestinians can return to their land."
If this is the enemy we face, how do you win a war against 11 year old girls that want to die, that wants to be a martyr. What kind of sickness encourages her to be a martyr and not a doctor.
"GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Saraa Barhoum picked at the buttons on her pink bellbottom jeans as she twisted on a chair inside the bustling new Hamas television headquarters. The afternoon light bounced off the sparkly outlines of butterflies on her frilly top, and a colorful hijab framed her 11-year-old face. Saraa wants to be a doctor. If she can’t, the young star of Hamas television’s best-known children’s show said, she’d be proud to become a martyr. Saraa says little Jewish girls should be forced from their homes in Israel so that Palestinians can return to their land."
If this is the enemy we face, how do you win a war against 11 year old girls that want to die, that wants to be a martyr. What kind of sickness encourages her to be a martyr and not a doctor.
lgf: Taxi Jihad in Vancouver
lgf: Taxi Jihad in Vancouver:
I want to be clear, this is upsetting to me, even before I begin to read the details. A blind person with a dog should be able to use the same services as the rest of us. In my opinion blind people are one of the few groups that have the right to service animals. To discriminate against a blind person because they have a dog with them is wrong. It is doubtful to me that it had anything to do with the dog.
Then I read the excuse he gave about religion. I am not a scholar but I have never heard of this in my experience of studying religion. It sounds to me like a lie that was invented to cover the truth, that he did not want to service a disabled person. Even if that is the case, I have little respect for a religion that cannot allow its followers to look with grace and mercy on those who have greater struggles and to help them. Even when that means doing something you otherwise should not.
"A blind Vancouver man who was shunned by a taxi driver who didn’t want a guide
dog in his cab has reached a $2,500 settlement with North Shore Taxi. Bruce
Gilmour, 49, had called a cab from a West Vancouver coffee shop after a day of
skiing in November 2006. But North Shore Taxi driver Behzad Saidy, a Muslim,
refused to transport Gilmour and his golden retriever Arden, saying his religion
prevents him from associating with dogs."
I want to be clear, this is upsetting to me, even before I begin to read the details. A blind person with a dog should be able to use the same services as the rest of us. In my opinion blind people are one of the few groups that have the right to service animals. To discriminate against a blind person because they have a dog with them is wrong. It is doubtful to me that it had anything to do with the dog.
Then I read the excuse he gave about religion. I am not a scholar but I have never heard of this in my experience of studying religion. It sounds to me like a lie that was invented to cover the truth, that he did not want to service a disabled person. Even if that is the case, I have little respect for a religion that cannot allow its followers to look with grace and mercy on those who have greater struggles and to help them. Even when that means doing something you otherwise should not.
lgf: Poland Will Boycott UN Anti-Israel Conference
lgf: Poland Will Boycott UN Anti-Israel Conference:
There is going to be no peace in that land until the rights of both the Israeli's and the Palestinians are respected. Israel is not going to be destroyed as a nation, and Palestine has the right to exist as a nation, once all parties agree to those simple facts, peace is not far away. There are many on both sides that can't accept those facts, and discussions like this one only stir the pot, without bringing peace.
"A conference of UN NGOs (non-governmental organizations) on the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to be hosted at the European Parliament this
month, will be boycotted by Polish Members of the European Parliament (MEPs)
from across the political spectrum, who say that the conference is biased
against Israel. The meeting, set to take place at the European Parliament on
August 30 - 31, has been organized by the UN’s Committee on the Exercise of the
Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.“ "
There is going to be no peace in that land until the rights of both the Israeli's and the Palestinians are respected. Israel is not going to be destroyed as a nation, and Palestine has the right to exist as a nation, once all parties agree to those simple facts, peace is not far away. There are many on both sides that can't accept those facts, and discussions like this one only stir the pot, without bringing peace.
Are The Wheels Coming Off For Obama?
Captain's Quarters: Are The Wheels Coming Off For Obama?
More boots on the ground means that the enemy will draw them into street battles, taking aim from houses or mosques. Forcing the troops to return fire in a situation where innocent people will be caught in the cross fire. It also means more target for suicide bombers. The reality is that we cannot win this war as long as they are able to hide among the civilians.
"Obama defended his push to prosecute a tougher military effort to root out
al-Qaida on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, which drew criticism from primary
rivals for sounding too bellicose. “Now you have narco drug lords who are
helping to finance the Taliban, so we’ve got to get the job done there, and that
requires us to have enough troops that we are not just air raiding villages and
killing civilians, which is causing enormous problems there,’’ Obama said.
Campaign spokesman Reid Cherlin said Obama was not endorsing the current Bush
policy, which consists solely of air raids and bombing of civilians."
More boots on the ground means that the enemy will draw them into street battles, taking aim from houses or mosques. Forcing the troops to return fire in a situation where innocent people will be caught in the cross fire. It also means more target for suicide bombers. The reality is that we cannot win this war as long as they are able to hide among the civilians.
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Illegal alien hit-and-run kills 2 Maryland men Updated
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Illegal alien hit-and-run kills 2 Maryland men Updated:
He turned himself in!!!! Ok, I am not saying that makes up for the fact that he fled the scene, but give the person a little credit. He knew when he walked back into that Police Station that it would mean the end of his freedom, even if there were not charges he would be sent back to Mexico. A crime was committed here, there is no question, and the justice system is taking care of it.
On the right people will come out of the wood work and talk about how this is a crime that is about him being an illegal. That is not the case, this is a crime about a man who had an accident and fled the scene. The fear that people on the right are trying to put into people is wrong. The implication being that if these people were not here we would be so much safer. American's committ these very same crimes as well, so that just isn't true.
"Police say the driver of the van, 31-year-old Manuel De Jesus
Gonzalez-Geronimo, turned himself in at around 12:30 a.m.
Tuesday.Gonzalez-Geronimo, of Hyattsville, was charged with failure to
immediately return and remain at the scene of a collision involving death,
failure to immediately stop a vehicle at the scene of a collision involving
bodily injury, and driving without a license."
He turned himself in!!!! Ok, I am not saying that makes up for the fact that he fled the scene, but give the person a little credit. He knew when he walked back into that Police Station that it would mean the end of his freedom, even if there were not charges he would be sent back to Mexico. A crime was committed here, there is no question, and the justice system is taking care of it.
On the right people will come out of the wood work and talk about how this is a crime that is about him being an illegal. That is not the case, this is a crime about a man who had an accident and fled the scene. The fear that people on the right are trying to put into people is wrong. The implication being that if these people were not here we would be so much safer. American's committ these very same crimes as well, so that just isn't true.
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Rutgers player to sue Imus for libel, slander, defamation, double secret defamation, etc
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Rutgers player to sue Imus for libel, slander, defamation, double secret defamation, etc:
If you ask me it is Al Sharpton this young lady should be suing. Imus made a mistake and said it once on the air. Sharpton took advantage of that mistake and that young girl for his political advantage, making a single comment the most repreat phrase of the year on television news (ok I don't know that). The point is, that Sharpton, in order to push his own political agenda forward took steps that harmed this girls career and her life. If Imus should be sued, so should Sharpton.
"Kia Vaughn, star center for the Rutgers Women’s Basketball team, has filed a
lawsuit against Imus for libel, slander and defamation — the first civil suit to
be filed against the former radio host. Vaughn is asking for monetary damages of
an unspecified amount…Today’s suit refers to terms used by Imus April 4 —
including referring to women on the team as “nappy headed” — as “debasing,
demeaning, humiliating, and denigrating” to Vaughn and her fellow players.
“There’s no way these bigoted remarks should have seen the light of day,”
Ancowitz told ABC News.“Don Imus referred to my client as an unchaste woman.
That was and is a lie.”"
If you ask me it is Al Sharpton this young lady should be suing. Imus made a mistake and said it once on the air. Sharpton took advantage of that mistake and that young girl for his political advantage, making a single comment the most repreat phrase of the year on television news (ok I don't know that). The point is, that Sharpton, in order to push his own political agenda forward took steps that harmed this girls career and her life. If Imus should be sued, so should Sharpton.
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