"It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself."
The Declaration of Arbroath - April 6th, 1320
Egyptian ambassador Mohamed Sotouhi told news agency TT that he and a group of fellow ambassadors had agreed on a list of measures Sweden needed to take if it was to secure a long-term solution to the Muhammad cartoon controversy.
Let's see how can Sweden make the Muslims grow up, how do you make millions of screaming infants stop screaming and mature into responsible adults.
According to Sotouhi, “comprehensive measures” were required if Sweden was to prevent some “amateur artist” from reawakening tensions every other month.
Get over it, Free Speech allows some amateur artist to insult people. Ignore the insult and get a life.
“We want to see action, not just nice words. We have to push for a change in the law,” he said. “Muslims need legal protection against the desecration of the Prophet Muhammad, maybe something similar to the protection enjoyed by Jews and homosexuals.”
We, the free people of the world, want to see Muslims living peacefully, we want the mass murders, the acts of terror, the killing of innocent people to cease.
Mr Ambassador, go back to the Muslims and tell them to stop killing each other, to stop attacking the Jewish state, to stop killing innocent people, to stop demanding we adopt Shari Law.
Before anything else, folks in Washington ought to be asking first and foremost, “Should government be doing this? And if so, then at what level of government?” But they don’t. - Fred Thompson
As Fred Thompson proclaimed his presidential candidacy on NBC's "Tonight Show," the most telling moment came when he sparked wild cheering as he spoke this truth:
America has laid down more of its blood and treasure in the cause of freedom than all other countries combined.
The glorious Clinton machine, do as we say or you die.
You May Not Be Seeing "Path to 9/11" Any Time Soon...
The Emmy-nominated miniseries, which unflatteringly portrayed President Clinton's role in the events prior to 9/11, is still not out for purchase. The mini's writer traces the delay to the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton.
Must hide all the failures of Billy.... Failure to have a plan to catch Bin Laden, failure to allow agents in the field to act, failure to accept a handover of Bin Ladin from another country.
Notice how many leaders of today’s Iran are from the 1979 embassy hostage takers? The latest one is now running the IRGC.
If we have just stormed in and reclaimed our embassy instead of sitting in the White House - scared sh!tless..
Iran would have a different and most likely more moderate set of leaders today.
But Thanks to Jimmy Carter, we have a radical Iran which is threatening the entire world with nuclear terrorism.
First, Jimmy Carter helped overthrow the Shah -- because of human rights abuses, replaced by hard line Islamic leaders, who continued the human rights abuses.
Then, Jimmy sat in the White House - too terrified to act with military force, but allowing our troops to enter Iran, before he chickened out....
If Jimmy had just simply told the military to get them out, NOW, I don't care how much of Tehran is flattened in the process....
The entire world would have been too scared to harm another American..
But no, Jimmy was the laughingstock of the world....
Thanks, Jimmy
Think of all the lives lost because you could not make a decision.
MILFORD, NH -- Labor Day is, to be sure, an artificial dividing point for American politics. It’s not as if voters who were uninterested Friday suddenly become, on Tuesday, voluminous consumers of information. But somehow it’s become a custom to believe that, before Labor Day, it’s “early.” After Labor Day, it’s – real time. Before Labor Day, campaigns test messages; after Labor Day, they’ve settled on one. A message, basically, is a reason. It’s a reason dressed up in the stale language of politics – “change,” “hope,” “meeting challenges” “stand up” – but somewhere in there, an argument about a reason lurks.
Wrong Labor Day -- You are one year, three hundred sixty five (365) days, early!
The 'message' from Democrats will change over the next 14 months, as they sail the political winds.
ST. FRANCISVILLE -- Taking the witness stand Tuesday in the St. Rita's nursing home trial, Gov. Kathleen Blanco said she did everything she could to sound the alarm as Hurricane Katrina bore down on southeast Louisiana two years ago today, but that the government must ultimately rely on the "individual responsibility" of its residents to heed those warnings.
In three hours of testimony, the governor defended her response to Katrina in what amounted to a mini-trial within the trial as attorneys for Sal and Mabel Mangano argued that the government was largely responsible for the deaths of 35 elderly residents who drowned at the couple's nursing home in St. Bernard Parish.
Blanco said she declared a state of emergency three days before Katrina's landfall and held frequent news conferences to alert the public. "My message was very, very simple," the governor said. "I wanted people to understand that this is potentially the biggest storm we will ever deal with, and I urged people over and over to protect themselves and their families by evacuating."
Funny, I don't recall the Dem. Governor calling for/ or even encouraging evacuation until the day before the storm struck...after President Bush called her and told her she needed to evacuate the City of New Orleans.
Gov. Blanco has committed perjury.
Two years ago, Gov Blanco (d) hindered efforts to rescue her people. She was busy blaming the Bush Administration....and now her tune is that it was an "individual responsibility" for the people to fend for themselves.
Gov. Blanco has committed perjury.
And this testimony is in a trial concerning the deaths of nursing home patients. So, according to the Democrat Governor - nursing home patients should have evacuated themselves.
As much as real sailors (Navy) joke about the Coasties; I must salute this milestone:
1 million people saved by the US Coast Guard.
The number one rescue was:
• Hurricane Katrina Search and rescue operations alone saved 24,135 lives from imminent danger, usually off the roofs of the victims’ homes as flood waters lapped at their feet. Coast Guardsmen “evacuated to safety” 9,409 patients from local hospitals. In total, 33,545 souls were saved. Seventy-six Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary aircraft took part in the rescues. They flew 1,817 sorties with a total flight time of 4,291.3 hours in the air. The air crews saved 12,535. A total of 42 cutters and 131 small boats also participated, with their crews rescuing 21,200. Over 5,000 Coast Guardsmen served in Katrina operations.
“This resignation is not the end of the story,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Monday in a statement that forecast Democrats’ intent to continue probing Gonzales’ tenure. “Congress must get to the bottom of this mess and follow the facts where they lead, into the White House.”
If you do not yet have the facts, how does Senator Reid know they lead to the White House? Do the Democrats believe everybody is guilty until proven innocent!?
Will the Democrats stamp out all civil rights if one is elected President?
Suseefan recounted the following item that was posted inside a major Mosque in London :
"If a kafir (non-Muslim) is going into a Muslim country and he is walking by, he is like a cow. Anyone can take him. That is the Islamic rule. If Muslims cannot take them, you know, and sell them in the market, then kill them. It is ok".
Hyderabad, Aug 25: At least 35 people were killed and 50 injured, many seriously, as two powerful bombs went off almost simultaneously at an amusement park and a popular eatery in the heart of Hyderabad Saturday evening in the city's ghastliest terror attack.
Several of the injured were battling for life in a government hospital as police and detectives got into the act of trying to find those responsible for the well-planned terror attacks in the Andhra Pradesh capital.
The first blast went off at the government-run Lumbini Amusement Park at around 7.45 p.m. when some 900 people were watching a laser show just across the road from the state secretariat. At least six people were killed there.
Even before the stunned authorities could react, another explosion, seemingly more powerful, ripped through Gokul Chat Bhandar, a well-known eatery about five km away, killing at least 25 people.
Simultaneous bombings? Sounds familiar.
A large number of people including women and children were present. The park is usually full of people out with their families on evenings, especially on weekends.
Women and children? Islam loves that.
Minutes after the first blast, another powerful explosion ripped apart Gokul Chat Bhandar, which is thronged by huge crowds on evenings. The eatery, famous for its lip-smacking fast food, was littered with body parts, pieces of human flesh, belongings of the victims, plates and other utensils.
Note India is not, repeat not a Muslim country. But that does not stop Muslims from murdering INNOCENT people. Islam is a Death Cult Islam worships Death Allah is Satan.
The current political squabbles in America between the liberal, socialist left and the moral capitalist conservative right are merely a skirmish line on the edge of two colliding civilizations. The combatants are not the free market, individual centric conservatives and libertarians vs. the Nanny State, socialist plantation liberal straw bosses. Not at all!
The Elephant in the room is Islamofascism - and President Bush and his brilliant General Petraeus, at the head of the greatest Army of our lifetime, are decisively engaged. What is at stake dwarfs the '08 elections topics of single payer medical care, unfunded social security, or our billions of dollars held by China and Saudi Arabia, for economic blackmail.
Life as we know it -- the profound blessings of the Age of Enlightenment and the spectacular technological progress in the arts and sciences that resulted -- is, absent a courageous defense, doomed to be devoured in the maws of a barbarian Islamofacism if President Bush's war leadership fails. Militant Islam means to convert, enslave, or exterminate the infidel non-Muslim world, depending on the degree of resistance encountered. The Koran demands it, and militant Islamists are implementing it wherever they have the critical mass to enforce it. Secular pluralism and a democratically established Rule of Law will not survive, absent protectors that exercise lethal force to defend it. This should be the litmus test of who should be our next president, and no other.
Democrats are fearful of any good news from Iraq. Democrats have invested in the US being defeated in Iraq.
"Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), House majority whip, recently said it would be "a real big problem for us" - Democrats - if Petraeus reports substantial progress.
Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-Kan.) recently found reports of progress unendurable. She left a hearing of the Armed Services Committee because retired Gen. Jack Keane was saying things Boyda thinks might "further divide this country," such as that Iraq's "schools are open. The markets are teeming with people."
Boyda explained: "There is only so much you can take until we in fact had to leave the room for a while . . . after so much frustration of having to listen to what we listened to."
"What we still don't understand is why you Americans stopped the bombing of Hanoi. You had us on the ropes. If you had pressed us a little harder, just for another day or two, we were ready to surrender! It was the same at the battles of TET. You defeated us! We knew it, and we thought you knew it. But we were elated to notice your media were definitely helping us. They were causing more disruption in America than we could in the battlefields. We were ready to surrender. You had won!" - General Giap, North Vietnam (memoirs)
The tragedy of Vietnam is too large to be contained in one speech. So I'm going to limit myself to one argument that has particular significance today. Then as now, people argued the real problem was America's presence and that if we would just withdraw, the killing would end.
The argument that America's presence in Indochina was dangerous had a long pedigree. In 1955, long before the United States had entered the war, Graham Greene wrote a novel called, "The Quiet American." It was set in Saigon, and the main character was a young government agent named Alden Pyle. He was a symbol of American purpose and patriotism -- and dangerous naivete. Another character describes Alden this way: "I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused."
After America entered the Vietnam War, the Graham Greene argument gathered some steam. As a matter of fact, many argued that if we pulled out there would be no consequences for the Vietnamese people.
In 1972, one antiwar senator put it this way: "What earthly difference does it make to nomadic tribes or uneducated subsistence farmers in Vietnam or Cambodia or Laos, whether they have a military dictator, a royal prince or a socialist commissar in some distant capital that they've never seen and may never heard of?" A columnist for The New York Times wrote in a similar vein in 1975, just as Cambodia and Vietnam were falling to the communists: "It's difficult to imagine," he said, "how their lives could be anything but better with the Americans gone." A headline on that story, date Phnom Penh, summed up the argument: "Indochina without Americans: For Most a Better Life."
The world would learn just how costly these misimpressions would be. In Cambodia, the Khmer Rouge began a murderous rule in which hundreds of thousands of Cambodians died by starvation and torture and execution. In Vietnam, former allies of the United States and government workers and intellectuals and businessmen were sent off to prison camps, where tens of thousands perished. Hundreds of thousands more fled the country on rickety boats, many of them going to their graves in the South China Sea.
Three decades later, there is a legitimate debate about how we got into the Vietnam War and how we left. There's no debate in my mind that the veterans from Vietnam deserve the high praise of the United States of America. (Applause.) Whatever your position is on that debate, one unmistakable legacy of Vietnam is that the price of America's withdrawal was paid by millions of innocent citizens whose agonies would add to our vocabulary new terms like "boat people," "re-education camps," and "killing fields."
There was another price to our withdrawal from Vietnam, and we can hear it in the words of the enemy we face in today's struggle -- those who came to our soil and killed thousands of citizens on September the 11th, 2001. In an interview with a Pakistani newspaper after the 9/11 attacks, Osama bin Laden declared that "the American people had risen against their government's war in Vietnam. And they must do the same today."
His number two man, Zawahiri, has also invoked Vietnam. In a letter to al Qaeda's chief of operations in Iraq, Zawahiri pointed to "the aftermath of the collapse of the American power in Vietnam and how they ran and left their agents."
Zawahiri later returned to this theme, declaring that the Americans "know better than others that there is no hope in victory. The Vietnam specter is closing every outlet." Here at home, some can argue our withdrawal from Vietnam carried no price to American credibility -- but the terrorists see it differently.
We must remember the words of the enemy. We must listen to what they say. Bin Laden has declared that "the war [in Iraq] is for you or us to win. If we win it, it means your disgrace and defeat forever." Iraq is one of several fronts in the war on terror -- but it's the central front -- it's the central front for the enemy that attacked us and wants to attack us again. And it's the central front for the United States and to withdraw without getting the job done would be devastating. (Applause.)
If we were to abandon the Iraqi people, the terrorists would be emboldened, and use their victory to gain new recruits. As we saw on September the 11th, a terrorist safe haven on the other side of the world can bring death and destruction to the streets of our own cities. Unlike in Vietnam, if we withdraw before the job is done, this enemy will follow us home. And that is why, for the security of the United States of America, we must defeat them overseas so we do not face them in the United States of America. (Applause.)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - New military tactics in Iraq are working but the best way to honor U.S. soldiers is "by beginning to bring them home," Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton told war veterans Monday.
Clinton, seeking the Democratic nomination for president, praised the work that soldiers have done in Iraq but described the government there as "on vacation," leaving American troops in the middle of a sectarian war.
Later the Veterans of Foreign Wars were told by Sen. John McCain, who is seeking the GOP nomination, that withdrawing from Iraq would be a historic mistake — far worse than previous U.S. missteps in the country.
McCain said he understands that Americans are "sick and tired" of the war, which he said hasn't gone well. Still, he said Gen. David Petraeus and other military leaders deserve patience.
Petraeus, the U.S. commander who will report to Congress on progress in Iraq next month, told the group that in some areas, partnerships between coalition forces and Iraqi soldiers are "quite robust." He also said that Iraqi losses have been three times those suffered by the U.S.-led coalition.
Clinton and McCain spoke to hundreds of members of the VFW, which is holding its annual convention in Kansas City. On Tuesday, Democratic candidate Barack Obama and former GOP Sen. Fred Thompson are to speak. President Bush arrives Wednesday.
Let's see, who speaks like a commander in chief and diplomat. Clinton: Troops are doing well, let's bring them home. Clinton: Iraqi government is on vacation Nope, she doesn't sound like a leader
McCain: that withdrawing from Iraq would be a historic mistake.. McCain: Far worse than the mistakes already made. Better, but lacks force.
Blacks, Whites...wait African Americans and Caucasians, Asians, excuse me. Vietnamese, Filipinos, Koreans and Jamaicans or Haitians, waitin' Hispanics y'all.
Please be patient Mexican, Puerto Ricans, Venezuelan, Cuban, Dominican, Panamanian Democrats I beg your pardon, you partied with the late, great Reagan? Republican, Independent, Christian, Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, 7th Day Adventist, 5 Percenters, Hindu, Sunii Muslim, Brothers and Sisters who never seen the New York city skyline when the twin towers still existed. But still She called.
From the bowels of Ground Zero she sent this 911 distress signal. Because She was in desperate need of a hero, and didn't have time to decipher what to call 'em, so she called 'em all Her children. The children of the stars and bars who needed to know nothing more than the fact that she called. The fact that someone attempted to harm us this daughter who covered us all with her loving arms. And now these arms are sprawled across New York City streets. A smoke filled lung, a silt covered faced, and a solitary tear poured out of her cheek. Her singed garments carpets Pennsylvania Avenue and the Pentagon was under her feet. As she began to talk, she began to cough up small particles of debris and said, "I am America, and I'm calling on the land of the free." So they answered.
All personal differences set to the side because right now there was no time to decide which state building the Confederate flag should fly over, and which trimester the embryo is considered alive, or on our monetary units, and which God we should confide. You see, someone attempted to choke the voice of the one who gave us the right for choice, and now she was callin. And somebody had to answer. Who was going to answer?
So they did. Stern faces and chiseled chins. Devoted women and disciplined men, who rose from the ashes like a phoenix and said "don't worry, we'll stand in your defense." They tightened up their bootlaces and said goodbye to loved ones, family and friends. They tried to bombard them with the "hold on", "wait-a-minute's", and "what-if's". And "Daddy, where you goin?". And, "Mommy, why you leavin?". And they merely kissed them on their foreheads and said "Don't worry, I have my reasons. You see, to this country I pledged my allegiance to defend it against all enemies foreign and domestic. So as long as I'm breathin, I'll run though hell-fire, meet the enemy on the front lines, look him directly in his face, stare directly in his eyes and scream, "I AM AMERICA! WE WILL NOT BE TERRORIZED! WE WILL NOT BE TERRORIZED! I REFUSE TO BE AFRAID! I'LL FIGHT YOU ANY COUNTRY, ANY CONTINENT, ANY TERRAIN. I'LL FIGHT TO MY LAST BREATH!"
And if by chance death is my fate, pin my medals upon my chest, and throw Old Glory on my grave. But, don't y'all cry for me. You see, my Father's prepared a place. I'll be a part of his Holy army standing a watch at the Pearly Gates. Because freedom was never free. POW's, and fallen soldiers all paid the ultimate sacrifice along side veterans who put themselves in harms way. Risking their lives and limbs just to hold up democracy's weight, but still standing on them broken appendages anytime the National Anthem was played. You see, these were the brave warriors that gave me the right to say that I'm Black. Or white.
Or
African American or Caucasian, I'm Asian, excuse me. I'm Vietnamese, Filipinos, Korean, or Jamaican. I'm Haitian, Hispanic
Y'all, Please be patient. I'm Mexican, Puerto Rican, Venezuelan, Cuban, Dominican, Panamanian, Democrat I beg your pardon, you see I partied with the late, great Reagan. I'm Republican, Independent, Christian, Catholic, Methodist, Baptist, 7th Day Adventist, 5 Percenters, Hindu, Sunii Muslim,
Brothers and Sisters We're just Americans. So with that I say "Thank You" to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, for preserving my rights to live and die for this life and paying the ultimate price for me to be...FREE!
The summary below is excerpted from a hostile source but I still like what I hear:
Thompson, who is expected to enter the presidential race formally in September, but plans to campaign in Iowa on Friday, was not known as a big-ideas guy and was hardly a heavy-hitter when it came to legislation during his Senate career from 1994 to 2002. Still, he was considered a reliably conservative vote on economic, security and social issues alike. He backed Bush’s tax cuts, a prohibition on a late-term abortion procedure and voted to give the president the authority to invade Iraq.
More prominently, he established a reputation for working to limit the role of the federal government and protect states rights - an issue that remains very important to him and, perhaps, is an indication of what may lie at the root of his candidacy.
Broadly, he favors a strong federalist approach that emphasizes personal liberties and fiscal conservatism. “Centralized government is not the solution to all of our problems and, with too much power, such centralization has a way of compounding our problems,” Thompson wrote in a recent column on his Web site. “This was among the great insights of 1787,” when the Constitution was adopted, “and it is just as vital in 2007.” He adds: “How we draw the line between federal and state roles in this century, and how we stay true to the principles of federalism for the purpose of protecting economic and individual freedom, are questions we must answer.”
Thompson also:
* Splits with Bush on immigration, opposing the president’s comprehensive immigration law overhaul bill and, instead, argues for increased border security as well as full enforcement of current federal immigration laws. The issue has divided the GOP, and Thompson is seeking the support of Republicans who object to illegal immigrants getting a path to U.S. citizenship. In one online column, he says: “Federal law must be enforced, or our neighborhoods will continue to be the scene of chilling and lurid crimes committed by those who broke the law in the first place to come to America.”
* Appears to take a hard-line approach to foreign policy. He criticizes the United Nations, saying the world body “seems to oppose human freedom rather than promote it.” And, in one particularly incendiary commentary for ABC radio in April, he carried on about the perception of the U.S. around the world and its relationships with certain countries. He assails Mexico on immigration, arguing that leaders there “apparently have an economic policy based on exporting their own citizens while complaining about U.S. immigration policies that are far less exclusionary than their own.” He adds: “The French jail perfectly nice people for politically incorrect comments, but scold us for holding terrorists at Guantanamo.” Thompson saves his most aggressive comments for Russia, contending that ex-KGB agents “apparently” run the country, use their oil wealth to engage in blackmail, and dispose of people who cross them. “Oppose the Russian leadership, and you could trip and fall off a tall building or stumble into the path of a bullet.”
* Emphasizes individuals’ right to keep and bear arms, as well as the right to own and keep property. He suggests in one online piece that the Virginia Tech massacre could have been deterred had those who were at least age 21 and met certain criteria been allowed to carry concealed weapons on school grounds. In the Senate, Thompson voted against requiring criminal background checks for purchases at gun shows.
* In a recent commentary, he assailed a 2005 Supreme Court decision giving local governments broad power to seize private property to generate tax revenue.
* Calls Bush’s tax cuts a “success story” that helped grow the economy and says: “Letting them expire would amount to a tax hike of historic proportions.” He also says the president should hold the line on spending.
August 16, 2007 -- TWO days ago, al Qaeda detonated four massive truck bombs in three Iraqi vil lages, killing at least 250 civilians (perhaps as many as 500) and wounding many more. The bombings were a sign of al Qaeda's frustration, desperation and fear.
The victims were ethnic Kurd Yazidis, members of a minor sect with pre-Islamic roots. Muslim extremists condemn them (wrongly) as devil worshippers. The Yazidis live on the fringes of society.
That's one of the two reasons al Qaeda targeted those settlements: The terrorist leaders realize now that the carnage they wrought on fellow Muslims backfired, turning once-sympathetic Sunni Arabs against them. The fanatics calculated that Iraqis wouldn't care much about the Yazidis. [. . .]
But the second reason for those dramatic bombings was that al Qaeda needs to portray Iraq as a continuing failure of U.S. policy. Those dead and maimed Yazidis were just props: The intended audience was Congress.
Al Qaeda has been badly battered. It's lost top leaders and thousands of cadres. Even more painful for the Islamists, they've lost ground among the people of Iraq, including former allies. Iraqis got a good taste of al Qaeda. Now they're spitting it out.
The foreign terrorists slaughtering the innocent recognize that their only remaining hope of pulling off a come-from-way-behind win is to convince your senator and your congressman or -woman that it's politically expedient to hand a default victory to a defeated al Qaeda.
Expect more attempts to generate massive bloodshed in Iraq in the coming weeks. The terrorists are well aware of the exaggerated-by-all-parties importance of Gen. David Petraeus' Sept. 15 progress report to Congress. They'll do all they can to embarrass the general and provide ammunition to the surrender caucus.
Al Qaeda has studied Vietnam, the are seeking their verison of the Tet Offensive, where the US Press only reported the first day of the offensive and willfully did not report the crushing defeat of the North Vietnamese Army that followed.
Al Qaeda needs the support of the US Media..because it has been defeated on the ground. And only the US Media and its allies in the Democratic Party can save these terrorists.
A week or so ago in Arizona, CAIR was crying about a hate crime. A bottle of Mentos and Diet Coke was throw in the general direction of the double-wide trailer used as an unmarked Mosque. This occurred at 1:30 AM, and later that same day, CAIR had a 10-page press release published. Now in California, a Mosque was torched, and CAIR is immediately screaming hate crime.
A couple of months back, FBI reports revealed a very, very low rate of crime against Muslims, CAIR advised Muslims to be more aggressive in reporting crimes against Muslims. Were these incidents in Arizona and California caused by: a) bored thrill seeking teenagers, b) persons attacking Muslims, or c) staged incidents where Muslims are pretending to attack Muslims.
I think the likely answer is A. and the next most likely answer is C.
The Roman Catholic bishop of Breda in the Netherlands wants Christians to start praying to Allah.
To promote healing and tolerance.
There is one major problem with this:
Allah is Satan. That is the only answer for ISLAM's actions. Islam demands submission, Islam endorses the torture/murder of INNOCENT men, women and children, Only SATAN would support that.
God does not support murder. God allows free will.
William J. Bennett, in a lecture to the United States Naval Academy November 24, 1997 said:
"Most of the people in our society are sheep. They are kind, gentle, productive creatures who can only hurt one another by accident. We may well be in the most violent times in history, but violence is still remarkably rare. They are sheep.
Then there are the wolves and the wolves feed on the sheep without mercy. Do you believe there are wolves out there who will feed on the flock without mercy? You better believe it. There are evil men in this world and they are capable of evil deeds. The moment you forget that or pretend it is not so, you become a sheep. There is no safety in denial.
Then there are sheepdogs. I'm a sheepdog. I live to protect the flock and confront the wolf. If you have no capacity for violence then you are a healthy productive citizen, a sheep. If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens, then you have defined an aggressive sociopath, a wolf.
But what if you have a capacity for violence, and a deep love for your fellow citizens? What do you have then? A sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the uncharted path. Someone who can walk into the heart of darkness, into the universal human phobia, and walk out unscathed."
We know that the sheep live in denial; that is what makes them sheep. They do not want to believe that there is evil in the world. They can accept the fact that fires can happen, which is why they want fire extinguishers, fire sprinklers, fire alarms and fire exits throughout their kids schools. But many of them are outraged at the idea of putting an armed police officer in their kid's school. Our children are thousands of times more likely to be killed or seriously injured by school violence than fire, but the sheep's only response to the possibility of violence is denial. The idea of someone coming to kill or harm their child is just too hard, and so they chose the path of denial.
The sheep generally do not like the sheepdog. He looks a lot like the wolf. He has fangs and the capacity for violence. The difference, though, is that the sheepdog must not, can not and will not ever harm the sheep. Any sheep dog who intentionally harms the lowliest little lamb will be punished and removed.
The world can not work any other way, at least not in a representative democracy or a republic such as ours. Still, the sheepdog disturbs the sheep. He is a constant reminder that there are wolves in the land. They would prefer that he didn't tell them where to go, or give them traffic tickets, or stand at the ready in our airports, in camouflage fatigues, holding an M-16. The sheep would much rather have the sheepdog cash in his fangs, spray paint himself white, and go, Baa. Until the wolf shows up; then the entire flock tries desperately to hide behind one lonely sheepdog.
"There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men."... Edmund Burke.
"Only the dead have seen the end of war."... Plato
Here is the point I like to emphasize, especially to the thousands of police officers and soldiers I speak to each year. In nature the sheep, real sheep, are born as sheep. Sheepdogs are born that way, and so are wolves. They didn't have a choice.
But you are not a critter. As a human being, you can be whatever you want to be. It is a conscious, moral decision. If you want to be a sheep, then you can be a sheep and that is okay, but you must understand the price you pay. When the wolf comes, you and your loved ones are going to die if there is not a sheepdog there to protect you.
If you want to be a wolf, you can be one, but the sheepdogs are going to hunt you down and you will never have rest, safety, trust or love.
But if you want to be a sheepdog and walk the warrior's path, then you must make a conscious and moral decision every day to dedicate, equip and prepare yourself to thrive in that toxic, corrosive moment when the wolf comes knocking at the door.
Indeed, the sheep dog may just run a little harder, strive to protect a little better and be fully prepared to pay an ultimate price in battle and spirit with the sheep moving from baa to thanks.
We do not call for gifts or freedoms beyond our lot. We just need a small pat on the head, a smile and a thank you to fill the emotional tank which is drained protecting the sheep. And when our number is called by The Almighty, and day retreats into night, a small prayer before the heavens just may be in order to say thanks for letting you continue to be a sheep. And be grateful for the thousands, millions of American sheepdogs who permit you the freedom to express even bad ideas.
America's "surge" tactic in Iraq - flooding Baghdad with 30,000 extra US troops - is set to fail, a committee of British MPs has concluded.
This from SKY NEWS.
We are doomed according to a group of dhimmi MP's in London.
Why are these MP's aiding and abetting lawless terrorists?
"It is too early to provide a definitive assessment of the US 'surge' but it does not look likely to succeed," the MPs concluded.
"We believe that the success of this strategy will ultimately ride on whether Iraq's politicians are able to reach agreement on a number of key issues."
Why phrase this as American failure? Why not say that the battle is within Iraqi politics and that the surge is aiding the process? Why do these idiot politicians want to surrender to the lawless ISLAMIC HORDES.
The committee also hit out at aspects of the UK and allies' approach to the Palestinian situation and called on former Prime Minister Tony Blair to "urgently consider" engaging with Hamas.
It said the collapse of the unity government had been hastened by the failure to relax a financial boycott imposed after the election victory of Hamas.
So, the West's failure to fund TERRORISTS, who KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE, is why there is no peace in the Mid-East.
Supporters of candidate Ron Paul had sought to block voting, arguing that vote-counting machines had fundamental weaknesses, but a federal judge refused to grant an injunction on Friday. The matter was appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, which on Saturday upheld the ruling, said Matt McDermott, attorney for the Republican Party of Iowa.
I guess the Ron Paul supporters are afraid of an actual not virtual ballot--since stuffing the actual ballot box is much more difficult than stuffing a virtual ballot box.
Not that the Iowa straw poll means a whole lot anyway.
“Lawlessness is lawlessness. Anarchy is anarchy is anarchy. Neither race nor color nor frustration is an excuse for either lawlessness or anarchy.” — Justice Thurgood Marshall
WASHINGTON -- Republicans returning to the House floor on Friday morning Aug. 3 after their walkout the night before were surprised to find as presiding officer the Democrat they call "King Corruption": Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, master of earmarks and backroom deals. Rep. Ed Pastor, a 64-year-old eight-term Democrat from Phoenix, Ariz., who is affable and well-liked by Republicans, had been scheduled to preside. But Speaker Nancy Pelosi, fearing parliamentary tricks by Republicans, put her muscleman Murtha in the chair. Murtha's performance as non-partisan presiding officer ran true to form. On a voice vote, Murtha ruled for Democrats when obviously more Republicans were on the House floor. He subsequently ordered a roll call vote, though members rising in support clearly fell short of the 44 required. After that ruling was challenged, Murtha declared: "The chair's decision is not subject to question."
Comrade Murtha at his finest. Murtha the 'guilty till proven otherwise' ex-marine (one of only two ex-US Marines, the other - Lee Harvey Oswald) strikes another blow for Democratic government; aka My way or the highway.
The Haditha Marines, otherwise known as the Pendleton 8 are being declared innocent of the horrendous charges against them.
Congressmen Murtha declared them guilty, calling them cold-blooded killers. A backstabbing statement to every American Fighting man. Murtha believe they are guilty until proven otherwise.
But now, those very same Marines that Murtha stood up in front of the world and declared to be out of control killers, are being exonerated and cleared of the charges against them.
I wonder if Murhta can be sued for slander. He publicly denounced these young men. Murtha should pay.
President Bush, you need to intervene and praise these Marines and chastise Murtha for his irresponsible actions against our Armed Forces and against our country.
Are you outraged? You should be! Write about this on your blog and spread the story until Murtha can no longer ignore the consequences of his behavior. Write your Senator and Congressmen and demand Justice for our Marines. Write President Bush and let him know that the American people will not stand for our Men at Arms being slandered and mistreated at the hands of our elected officials.
For their votes in favor of the revamped FISA law, these Democrats are worthy of praise. They have stood up and said that protecting America is important.
In the House:
Jason Altmire (4th Pennsylvania) John Barrow (12th Georgia) Melissa Bean (8th Illinois) Dan Boren (2nd Oklahoma) Leonard Boswell (3rd Iowa) Allen Boyd (2nd Florida) Christopher Carney (10th Pennsylvania) Ben Chandler (6th Kentucky) Rep. Jim Cooper (5th Tennessee) Jim Costa (20th California) Bud Cramer (5th Alabama) Henry Cuellar (28th Texas) Artur Davis (7th Alabama) Lincoln Davis (4th Tennessee) Joe Donnelly (2nd Indiana) Chet Edwards (17th Texas) Brad Ellsworth (8th Indiana) Bob Etheridge (North Carolina) Bart Gordon (6th Tennessee) Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (South Dakota) Brian Higgins (27th New York) Baron Hill (9th Indiana) Nick Lampson (23rd Texas) Daniel Lipinski (3rd Illinois) Jim Marshall (8th Georgia) Jim Matheson (2nd Utah) Mike McIntyre (7th North Carolina) Charlie Melancon (3rd Louisiana) Harry Mitchell (5th Arizona) Colin Peterson (7th Minnesota) Earl Pomeroy (North Dakota) Ciro Rodriguez (23rd Texas) Mike Ross (4th Arkansas) John Salazar (3rd Colorado) Heath Shuler (11th North Carolina) Vic Snyder (2nd Arkansas) Zachary Space (18th Ohio) John Tanner (8th Tennessee) Gene Taylor (4th Mississippi) Timothy Walz (1st Minnesota) Charles A. Wilson (6th Ohio)
In the Senate:
Evan Bayh (Indiana) Tom Carper (Delaware) Bob Casey (Pennsylvania) Kent Conrad (North Dakota) Dianne Feinstein (California) Daniel Inouye (Hawai‘i) Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota) Mary Landrieu (Louisiana) Blanche Lincoln (Arkansas) Claire McCaskill (Missouri) Barbara Mikulski (Maryland) Bill Nelson (Florida) Ben Nelson (Nebraska) Mark Pryor (Arkansas) Ken Salazar (Colorado) Jim Webb (Virginia)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On August 2, Democrats fixed a House vote in order to overturn a motion that would prevent undocumented immigrants from receiving federal housing funds. The House voted 215 to 213 to deny housing and employment to illegal immigrants on the annual agriculture spending bill. The votes were counted, but the Speaker closed the vote with his gavel. The Democrats then unilaterally and imperially overturned this result—defying 218 years of precedent. The Speaker reopened the vote to ensure that the motion was then defeated by a vote of 212 to 216, disenfranchising the American people and paving the way for illegal immigrants to receive federal housing and employment benefits.
Democrats - if they don't win fairly, they cheat, lie and steal -- Democrats have no morality. Democrats have no shame.
The Surge is working. The initial success on the field by the American army is splitting the Democratic caucus in the House between those who want to Lose At Any Cost and the Weathervanes Who Follow The Polls.
Rank-and-file Democrats already are worrying about the fate of all incumbents in 2008. They see the shift in public support. 42% now think the war was a good idea, up from 35% in May. These Democrats are tacking back.
"Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not."~ Thomas Jefferson (This is why Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton want gun control so badly!)
FIREARMS REFRESHER COURSE
1. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
2. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.
3. Colt: The original point and click interface.
4. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.
5. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?
6. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.
7. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.
8. If you don't know your rights, you don't have any.
9. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.
10. The United States Constitution (c)1791. All Rights Reserved.
11. What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?
12. The Second Amendment is in place in case the politicians ignore the others.
13. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.
14. Guns only have two enemies; rust and politicians.
15. Know guns, know peace, know safety. No guns, no peace, no safety.
16.. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.
17. 911: Government-ponsored Dial-a-Prayer.
18. Assault is a behavior, not a device.
19. Criminals love gun control; it makes their jobs safer.
20. If guns cause crime, then matches cause arson.
21. Only a government that is afraid of its citizens,tries to control them.
22. You have only the rights you are willing to fight for.
23. Enforce the gun control laws we ALREADY have; don't make more.
24. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.
25. The American Revolution would never have happened with gun control.
Georgia voters will be required to show a photo ID at the polls for a special election in September, following several years of court and legislative battles, the secretary of state said Tuesday. … A lawsuit contended the 2006 law was an undue burden on voters, and a Fulton County judge agreed, ruling the law unconstitutional. The Georgia Supreme Court threw out the case, though, finding the plaintiff lacked legal standing to challenge the law. On Friday, the high court denied a motion to reconsider. Secretary of State Karen Handel said Tuesday that the refusal to reconsider cleared the way for Georgia to implement the law for its Sept. 18 special election. But first, she said, the state will launch an education effort to let voters know about the new requirement.
This is EXCELLENT news. Any action which helps reduce vote is good.
The same organizations who bus folks to the polls; can get the list of the required documents and bus those folks to the DMV to get their free state ID card -- so those honest folks can still vote.
But let us be realistic -- those organizations which continue to bitch and moan about this requirement.
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Monday that a strongly positive report on progress on Iraq by Army Gen. David Petraeus likely would split Democrats in the House and impede his party's efforts to press for a timetable to end the war. Clyburn, in an interview with the washingtonpost.com video program PostTalk, said Democrats might be wise to wait for the Petraeus report, scheduled to be delivered in September, before charting next steps in their year-long struggle with President Bush over the direction of U.S. strategy. Clyburn noted that Petraeus carries significant weight among the 47 members of the Blue Dog caucus in the House, a group of moderate to conservative Democrats. Without their support, he said, Democratic leaders would find it virtually impossible to pass legislation setting a timetable for withdrawal. ... Many Democrats have anticipated that, at best, Petraeus and U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker would present a mixed analysis of the success of the current troop surge strategy, given continued violence in Baghdad. But of late there have been signs that the commander of U.S. forces might be preparing something more generally positive. Clyburn said that would be "a real big problem for us."
Writtten by Michael E. O’Hanlon; who is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Kenneth M. Pollack is the director of research at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings.
VIEWED from Iraq, where we just spent eight days meeting with American and Iraqi military and civilian personnel, the political debate in Washington is surreal. The Bush administration has over four years lost essentially all credibility. Yet now the administration’s critics, in part as a result, seem unaware of the significant changes taking place.
Here is the most important thing Americans need to understand: We are finally getting somewhere in Iraq, at least in military terms. As two analysts who have harshly criticized the Bush administration’s miserable handling of Iraq, we were surprised by the gains we saw and the potential to produce not necessarily “victory” but a sustainable stability that both we and the Iraqis could live with.
After the furnace-like heat, the first thing you notice when you land in Baghdad is the morale of our troops. In previous trips to Iraq we often found American troops angry and frustrated — many sensed they had the wrong strategy, were using the wrong tactics and were risking their lives in pursuit of an approach that could not work.
Today, morale is high. The soldiers and marines told us they feel that they now have a superb commander in Gen. David Petraeus; they are confident in his strategy, they see real results, and they feel now they have the numbers needed to make a real difference.
Everywhere, Army and Marine units were focused on securing the Iraqi population, working with Iraqi security units, creating new political and economic arrangements at the local level and providing basic services — electricity, fuel, clean water and sanitation — to the people. Yet in each place, operations had been appropriately tailored to the specific needs of the community. As a result, civilian fatality rates are down roughly a third since the surge began — though they remain very high, underscoring how much more still needs to be done.
In Ramadi, for example, we talked with an outstanding Marine captain whose company was living in harmony in a complex with a (largely Sunni) Iraqi police company and a (largely Shiite) Iraqi Army unit. He and his men had built an Arab-style living room, where he met with the local Sunni sheiks — all formerly allies of Al Qaeda and other jihadist groups — who were now competing to secure his friendship.
If I see a person acting in a strange manner in an airport, I will make sure that the airport police are aware of that person.
If I see something dangerous as I drive/walk down the street, I will call 911.
If I get sued for reporting what I saw, My Countersuit will include the Democratic Party and each and every Congressperson and Senator who voted against ‘John Doe’ protection.
If I an injured, in a terrorist attack that could have been prevented if another person had said something but didn’t for fear of a lawsuit, I will ask for damages from the Democratic Party and each and every Congressperson and Senator who voted against ‘John Doe’ protection.
At the siege of Vienna in 1683 Islam seemed poised to overrun Christian Europe. We are in a new phase of a very old
Folks: Above is a screen cap of the Gates of Vienna blog - which is not a spam blog, but an important voice against the onrushing dark ages led by the Islamic fanatics.
Blogger, which is operated by Google supports Islamic terror. Please contact blogger and Google to complain about this censorship.
Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq
hmmm...Democrat property?
(i) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of:
(A) threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq; or
(B) undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people;
(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of, such an act or acts of violence or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or
(iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include, but are not limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and (ii) the
receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose
of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 3. For purposes of this order:
(a) the term "person" means an individual or entity;
(b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and
(c) the term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.
Mayor Adrian M. Fenty said: "We have made the determination that this law can and should be defended and we are willing to take our case to the highest court in the land to protect the city's residents. Our handgun law has saved countless lives -- keeping guns out of the hands of those who would hurt others or themselves."
WRONG. The ban on firearms in Washington DC, made the city the MURDER CAPITAL of the world. I am safer on the streets of Baghdad than on the streets of Washington DC.
I am praying that the Supreme Court will agree with the DC Circuit Court on this issue. The D.C. Circuit Court ruled on March 9 that the Second Amendment does guarantee an individual right to possess a gun -- at least within one's own home. The ruling was the first by a federal appeals court to strike down a gun control law based on that view of the Amendment's reach. The case is Parker, et al., v. District of Columbia (Circuit docket 04-7041). On May 8, the Circuit Court refused by a 6-4 vote to rehear the case en banc.
Islamic fanatics have learned from Hitler. They use terror, assassination to push their murderous rule. Islamic fanatics do not yet have a state, but they are working hard to capture one (Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Gaza, Phillipines). Islamic fanatics inspired by Osama Bin Laden are working to take control of the entire world. They want to impose 'Taliban' rule on the world. We, the free people, must defeat them, now. We, the free people, must fight them - anyplace, anytime they show their ugly face. We, the free people, must utterly defeat the Islamic Fanatics.
We must not retreat, redeploy, pull back from this fight. We must continue to apply unrelenting pressure on the Islamic Fanatics.
"Many of you are well enough off that [President Bush's] tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to have to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." (Hillary grandstanding at a fund raising speech in San Francisco; SFGate.com 6/28/2004.)
I finish with a question: we have maintained a presence in Europe for over 50 years. Does the U.S. have a permanent place in Iraq, too?
And a prediction:
We stay permanently, and Iraq becomes my generation's Post-World War Two Europe. We maintain a presence and work hand in hand with the Iraqi government. We patiently wait until they are organized and stable enough to take the lead, and we give them full autonomy while maintaining open-ended leases on a few key military bases.
I agree, that we (the United States Congress) must stop talking about leaving Iraq. The talk of troop withdrawal only encourages the ISLAMIC TERRORISTS, it PROVIDES COMFORT AND SUPPORT to their cause - A WORLDWIDE ISLAMIC STATE.
If Congress would start discussing increases in our level and use of force against ISLAMIC TERRORISTS, If Congress would remove the handcuffs on the military leadership - ie time between deployments. If we loosen the Rules of Engagement (ROE) and support the troops when they aggressively engage the TERRORISTS. Then the ISLAMIC TERRORISTS would be more fearful of us.
Events are going our way: Pakistan is not going to host Bin Laden much longer. Iran is unstable, and democracy could win out.
But we must REMAIN STRONG and be willing to stay as long as it takes.
What happened to the words, 'we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival of liberty"?
Those words were spoken by John F Kennedy.
ISLAM demands SUBMISSION. SUBMISSION is the OPPOSITE of LIBERTY.
The survival of LIBERTY is at STAKE in Iraq. We must STAND and FIGHT in IRAQ, no matter how long it takes to defeat the ISLAMIC TERRORISTS who KILL INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN DAILY in Iraq.
Yes, ISLAMIC TERRORISTS KILL CHILDREN. ISLAMIC TERRORISTS worship BLOOD, they are servants of Satan. And the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA must defeat them.
What happened to the words, 'we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival of liberty"?
Those words were spoken by John F Kennedy.
The DEMOCRATS are so FOCUSED on defeating GEORGE W BUSH. The DEMOCRATS DO NOT CARE HOW MANY PEOPLE MUST DIE to make BUSH look bad. DEMOCRATS DO NOT CARE.
DEMOCRATS have become USEFUL IDIOTS helping to PROMOTE ISLAMIC TERROR throughout the WORLD. DEMOCRATS are supporting the ISLAMIC way of TORTURING and ABUSING WOMEN.
"I always thought it," she said. "I used to beg him to run for president. I used to say, 'If you were in the White House, I would be so safe-feeling. I could go to sleep at night and know that everything was taken care of up there.'"
Lorrie Morgan discussing her ol'boyfriend Fred Thompson
An interesting date - 7/7/07, will it be 'lucky'. Was 6/6/06 unlucky?
My personal favorites were 11/19/1999 - the last date for over a thousand years with all odd numbers. Next all odd date will be 1/1/3111. or 02/02/2000, the first date since 12/28/888 - with all even numbers.
“There’s too much political stuff. They’re making us change 50 years of tradition because of two people,” said Kantaris. “And one of them is a draft dodger who turned the White House into a whorehouse.”
The grand miscarriage of justice has been partially stopped. Scooter Libby will not go to jail over the inconsistencies in the 5 times he testified before the grand jury. A grand jury which did not do what it was convened to do, identify the person (Richard Armitage) who leaked that Mrs Plame worked for the CIA. The runaway US Attorney Fitzpatrick figured out quickly that leaked that she worked at CIA was not a crime, but since he was determined to convicted somebody of something, he attacked Scooter Libby.
Mr Libby was sentenced to 30 months in jail, fined $250,000 and placed on probation. The President commuted the jail time.
"This decision to commute the sentence of a man who compromised our national security cements the legacy of an Administration characterized by a politics of cynicism and division, one that has consistently placed itself and its ideology above the law.
NOTE: Scooter Libby did not compromise our security - Sandy "Pants" Berger did, and Berger committed a felony to protect the Clintons from their crimes and failures.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The number of civilians killed in Iraq fell sharply in June to the lowest monthly total since a U.S.-backed security clampdown was launched in February, Iraqi government figures showed on Sunday.
In South America, football fans shout "Freedom" to protest Chavez.
In London, two car bombs discovered and luckily nobody was injured or killed. Good sense by a passing EMT to call the police, quick thinking by the first cop to remove the cell phone from the car.
In Spain, an airport closed due to a bomb being found, again lucky nobody was hurt.
In Scotland, a car was rammed into the terminal, seems this was yet another car bomb.
Also in Scotland, another airport closed by security.
We need to show more sympathy for these good folks.
They travel miles in the heat. They risk their lives crossing a border. They don't get paid enough wages. They do jobs that others won't do, or are afraid to do.
They live in crowed conditions among a people who speak a different language.
They rarely see their families, and they face adversity all day every day.
No Sir.....I'm NOT talkin about illegal immigrants,
I'm talking about our brave Men and Women of The United States Military.
Doesn't it seem strange that the Democrats are willing to lavish all kinds of social benefits on illegals, but don't support our troops and are continuously threatening to de-fund them?
The Victim, ie The United Kingdom, or The United States.
or
The Terrorist, ie Islamic militants.
The Terrorists and their supporters, both the active supporters and the useful idiots who help protect the terrorists, they are to blame for terror attacks. The mass murders are to blame for the bloodshed.
A mature, intelligent person can find or create ways to peacefully protest government policies.
"this Court does not sit to 'create a society that includes all Americans' or to solve the problems of 'troubled inner city schooling'. We are not social engineers. The United States Constitution dictates that local governments cannot make decisions on the basis of race. Consequently, regardless of the perceived negative effects of racial imbalance, I will not defer to legislative majorities where the Constitution forbids it"
"For schools that never segregated on the basis of race, such as Seattle, or that have removed the vestiges of past segregation, such as Jefferson County, the way to achieve a system of determining admission to the public schools on a nonracial basis ... is to stop assigning students on a racial basis. The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race."
There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100% Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else.
