Democrats Threaten ABC's Broadcast License

from http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=262624&&year=2006&
Senator Reid's website, the letter sent to Disney concerning ABC.

The text of the letter, signed by Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin, and Senators Debbie Stabenow, Charles Schumer, and Byron Dorgan, is below.
September 7, 2006
Mr. Robert A. Iger
President and CEO
The Walt Disney Company
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank CA 91521
Dear Mr. Iger,
We write with serious concerns about the planned upcoming broadcast of The Path to 9/11 mini-series on September 10 and 11. Countless reports from experts on 9/11 who have viewed the program indicate numerous and serious inaccuracies that will undoubtedly serve to misinform the American people about the tragic events surrounding the terrible attacks of that day. Furthermore, the manner in which this program has been developed, funded, and advertised suggests a partisan bent unbecoming of a major company like Disney and a major and well respected news organization like ABC. We therefore urge you to cancel this broadcast to cease Disney's plans to use it as a teaching tool in schools across America through Scholastic. Presenting such deeply flawed and factually inaccurate misinformation to the American public and to children would be a gross miscarriage of your corporate and civic responsibility to the law, to your shareholders, and to the nation.
The Communications Act of 1934 provides your network with a free broadcast license predicated on the fundamental understanding of your principle obligation to act as a trustee of the public airwaves in serving the public interest. Nowhere is this public interest obligation more apparent than in the duty of broadcasters to serve the civic needs of a democracy by promoting an open and accurate discussion of political ideas and events.
Disney and ABC claim this program to be based on the 9/11 Commission Report and are using that assertion as part of the promotional campaign for it. The 9/11 Commission is the most respected American authority on the 9/11 attacks, and association with it carries a special responsibility. Indeed, the very events themselves on 9/11, so tragic as they were, demand extreme care by any who attempt to use those events as part of an entertainment or educational program. To quote Steve McPhereson, president of ABC Entertainment, "When you take on the responsibility of telling the story behind such an important event, it is absolutely critical that you get it right."
Unfortunately, it appears Disney and ABC got it totally wrong.
Despite claims by your network's representatives that The Path to 9/11 is based on the report of the 9/11 Commission, 9/11 Commissioners themselves, as well as other experts on the issues, disagree.
Richard Ben-Veniste, speaking for himself and fellow 9/11 Commissioners who recently viewed the program, said, "As we were watching, we were trying to think how they could have misinterpreted the 9/11 Commission's findings the way that they had." ["9/11 Miniseries Is Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased," New York Times, September 6, 2006]
Richard Clarke, the former counter-terrorism czar, and a national security advisor to ABC has described the program as "deeply flawed" and said of the program's depiction of a Clinton official hanging up on an intelligence agent, "It's 180 degrees from what happened." ["9/11 Miniseries Is Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased," New York Times, September 6, 2006]
Reports suggest that an FBI agent who worked on 9/11 and served as a consultant to ABC on this program quit halfway through because, "he thought they were making things up." [MSNBC, September 7, 2006]
Even Thomas Kean, who serves as a paid consultant to the miniseries, has admitted that scenes in the film are fictionalized. ["9/11 Miniseries Is Criticized as Inaccurate and Biased," New York Times, September 6, 2006]
That Disney would seek to broadcast an admittedly and proven false recounting of the events of 9/11 raises serious questions about the motivations of its creators and those who approved the deeply flawed program. Finally, that Disney plans to air commercial-free a program that reportedly cost it $40 million to produce serves to add fuel to these concerns.
These concerns are made all the more pressing by the political leaning of and the public statements made by the writer/producer of this miniseries, Mr. Cyrus Nowrasteh, in promoting this miniseries across conservative blogs and talk shows.
Frankly, that ABC and Disney would consider airing a program that could be construed as right-wing political propaganda on such a grave and important event involving the security of our nation is a discredit both to the Disney brand and to the legacy of honesty built at ABC by honorable individuals from David Brinkley to Peter Jennings. Furthermore, that Disney would seek to use Scholastic to promote this misguided programming to American children as a substitute for factual information is a disgrace.
As 9/11 Commission member Jamie Gorelick said, "It is critically important to the safety of our nation that our citizens, and particularly our school children, understand what actually happened and why - so that we can proceed from a common understanding of what went wrong and act with unity to make our country safer."
Should Disney allow this programming to proceed as planned, the factual record, millions of viewers, countless schoolchildren, and the reputation of Disney as a corporation worthy of the trust of the American people and the United States Congress will be deeply damaged. We urge you, after full consideration of the facts, to uphold your responsibilities as a respected member of American society and as a beneficiary of the free use of the public airwaves to cancel this factually inaccurate and deeply misguided program. We look forward to hearing back from you soon.
Sincerely,
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid
Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin
Senator Debbie Stabenow
Senator Charles Schumer
Senator Byron Dorgan

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Please note the threat.
"The Communications Act of 1934 provides your network with a free broadcast license predicated on the fundamental understanding of your principle obligation to act as a trustee of the public airwaves in serving the public interest. Nowhere is this public interest obligation more apparent than in the duty of broadcasters to serve the civic needs of a democracy by promoting an open and accurate discussion of political ideas and events. "
"That Disney would seek to broadcast an admittedly and proven false recounting of the events of 9/11 raises serious questions about the motivations of its creators and those who approved the deeply flawed program. Finally, that Disney plans to air commercial-free a program that reportedly cost it $40 million to produce serves to add fuel to these concerns.
These concerns are made all the more pressing by the political leaning of and the public statements made by the writer/producer of this miniseries, Mr. Cyrus Nowrasteh, in promoting this miniseries across conservative blogs and talk shows. "

This is a threat - Broadcast only what the Democrats want you to air, or lose your license. This is censorship.
IF YOU VALUE FREE SPEECH -- VOTE REPUBLICAN.

Democrats Demand Censorship

How dare ABC air anything which makes Democrats, especially Bill Clinton and crew look bad? The Democrats cannot allow that.....So they want to censor the program.

Which party is the greatest danger to our liberties as Americans? Read the links below.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/television/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003118782
ABC issued a defense Thursday of its controversial miniseries "The Path to 9/11," which has come under fire from members of the Clinton administration.

The network released a statement saying that the five-hour telefilm, which airs Sunday and Monday nights, is not meant to be a documentary but a "dramatization" of the events leading up to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. .....

http://www.variety.com/VR1117949675.html
Bill Clinton loyalists are demanding wholesale changes to the upcoming miniseries -- and while ABC is making some snips, the alterations, insiders say, may not please the Dems.
But a bombshell decision may happen anyway: Sources close to the project say the network, which has been in a media maelstrom over the pic, is mulling the idea of yanking the mini altogether.
As for specific criticisms -- and changes -- the original mini contained a scene in which then-National Security Adviser Sandy Berger declines to give the CIA authority to capture or kill Osama bin Laden, even when CIA operatives know where the al-Qaeda leader is. ....

http://reuters.myway.com/article/20060908/2006-09-08T003500Z_01_N07260695_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-SEPT11-DEMOCRATS-FILM-DC.html
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Amid an election-year debate over who can best defend America, U.S. congressional Democrats urged ABC on Thursday to cancel a TV miniseries about the September 11 attacks that is critical of former Democratic President Bill Clinton and his top aides.
Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada denounced the five-hour television movie, set to air in two parts on Sunday and Monday nights, as "a work of fiction."
Reid and other leading Senate Democrats wrote to Robert Iger, president and CEO of ABC's corporate parent, the Walt Disney Co., urging him to "cancel this factually inaccurate and deeply misguided program."
Chronicling events leading to the September 11 attacks, the movie suggests the Clinton administration was too distracted by the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal to deal properly with the gathering threat posed by Islamic militants. ....
And From Senator Reid's website:
http://reid.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=262624&&year=2006&
SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP URGES DISNEY CEO TO CANCEL MISLEADING 9/11 MINISERIES
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Washington, DC - Urging him to cancel the grossly inaccurate upcoming miniseries The Path to 9/11, the Senate Democratic Leadership today sent the following letter to Disney President and CEO Robert Iger. Disney's subsidiary ABC erroneously claims the misleading miniseries is based on 9/11 Commission report and is planning to air it on September 10 and 11. Shockingly, the network is also planning to use the program as a teaching tool through Scholastic, potentially misinforming thousands of children about the most important event in recent American history.
The text of the letter, signed by Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, Assistant Democratic Leader Dick Durbin, and Senators Debbie Stabenow, Charles Schumer, and Byron Dorgan, .....

Folks, If you want 'Free Speech' ---Vote Republican.

Path to 9-11

ABC has this 2 night special this weekend, a docudrama of the events leading up to the attack on America 9/11/01.

The liberals are furious that ABC mentions that President Clinton had chances to capture/kill Bin Laden but opted not to. ABC will discuss the missle strikes on the empty terror training camps.

If you doubt the accuracy of this program, Google has your answer. the new Google News Archive. YOu can find the headlines from 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 - How President Clinton was concerned about Bin Laden and the ineffective attempts, including Sudan's offer to hand him over to the US.

The Neo Con Blogger(TM):

Al-Gebra Terrorists

The new threat to our students!

Anyone for Terrorist Profiling?

The Neo Con Blogger(TM): Anyone for Terrorist Profiling?

The links takes you to a multiple choice quiz.
Subject: Acts of Terrorism
Answer: Middle Eastern Islamist Males between the ages of 17 and 40.

Appeasement never works

When will our so-called leaders ever learn, appeasement never works.
Why are so many nations willing to pledge money for [Hezbollah] Lebanon, to appease the Muslims [mass murderers].

And of curse there is the ongoing pity party for the Palestinians [suicide bombers], who encourage their children to commit suicide as they murderer innocent people. But we are to feel sorry for them who freely elected terrorists, Palestinians who routinely attack and kill innocent men, women and children, they don't care who they kill as long as somebody is killed.
But of course, one should never offend a Muslim...how dare an infidel [sub-human] offend a real person [Muslim].

5 years ago

As I pulled into the office parking lot on 9/11/01, the morning DJ said that there was somekind of explosion at the World Trade Center.
I thought, wow, somebody blew-up a restarant. A crime, but not a big deal.
Then, I walked into the office, and the place was totally crazy..everybody asking what had I heard.
I immediately tried to pull up a news site online..took several minutes .. finally able to get BBCnews, they dropped all their graphics from the front page.
Saw that both towers had been hit.
Realized that my mother-in-law took the train under the towers.
Heard/saw a report about something at the State Dept
then the report of the strike on the Pentagon
then the tower fell.
I tried to call my father-in-law.
then the other tower fell.
a report about a plane crash in PA.
Reports that all tall buildings are being evacuated, in Chicago, Atlanta....
Saw the pictures of the fleet putting to sea, with 'live birds' on the rail - (normally US Navy ships have their test missiles (birds) on the luanchers (rails)..but those were 'live birds')
finally got thru to my father-in-law, my mother-in-law was okay, but she is 4 blocks south of the towers, and not sure how she will get home...also learned that my sister-in-law was flying that day, she was okay, finishing her trip home by rental car.
Called the school where my wife teaches, ordered the secretary to go tell my wife that her parents are okay...the secretary did as instructed...
Saw the stacks of unused stretchers
the emergency rooms prepping for the wounded
but the victims were dead.

Our nation had been attacked.
Islamic murderers had done it.

I will not forget.

Prophet Mohammad (Pigs Be Upon Him) 2

Prophet of Satan
Worshipper of Death
An Insult to the pigs that lie with him.

Allah = Satan

False Prophet Mohammad (Pigs be Upon Him)

I will not convert to being an uncivilizated mass murderer, I mean Muslim.

I have no respect for those who preach Death, who worship Death, who encourage and promote murdering innocent children including their own children.

Islam is a Death Cult.

Islam the only religion with the Death Penalty for those who wise-up and leave the faithful.
Islam the only religion who accepts forced conversions.
Islam the only religion which promotes and honors those who commit mass murder.
Islam is the true Path to Hell.

Prophet Mohammad (Pigs Be Upon Him)

US Navy and Katrina

from Op-For

- More than 9,790 Americas were rescued or evacuated by the 50+ Navy aircraft from deployed ships, as well as NAS Pensacola and Atlanta.
- 17 Navy ships on station including Iwo Jima, Bataan and USNS Comfort, which treated 1,000 patients.
More than 3,400 Seabees deployed to the region and helped clearing roads, disposing of debris and building shelters.
- Ship’s small boats performed 380 evacuations, 28 MEDEVACS and six rescues. They delivered 68,900 pound of food and 113,000 pounds of water. Onboard aircraft flew 1,730 sorties.

USS IWO JIMA, pierside at downtown New Orleans, provided such tremendous support as a command center and a base of operations that during a tour of the ship, VADM Thad Allen, the senior federal officer on scene, said to Chief of Naval Operations ADM Mike Mullen: "Mike, you should consider renaming this ship The City of New Orleans.“

Its Miller Time for Miller Brewing

I'm glad I drink Killian's Red when I drink beer, cuz it is unAmerican to drink Miller, sponsors of illegal immigration. See Michelle for more details.

Stock tip - Buy Budweiser.

Of Coors - No law abiding American would support illegal immigration.

Or drink non-French wines.

Islamic Mass Murder - A Global Problem

2 years ago, Breslan, Russia
This is the two-year anniversary of the mass murder of 186 schoolchildren and 158 adults at Beslan's School No. 1 in North Ossetia, Russia.
Jihad Watch has the Islamic roots of this mass murder.

In the name of God, Most Benevolent, Most Merciful! (Bismillah Rahman Rahim!)

Praise Allah, the Lord of the worlds, Who created us Muslims and Who blessed us with Jihad on His Straight Way. Peace and blessing of Almighty Allah be on Prophet Muhammad, his family, his disciples and all of those who follow the Straight Way until the Day of Judgment!

By the Mercy of Allah the past year of 2003 was very successful and very good year for us because for the past year our Mujahideen (fighters) managed to inflict great damages on Kafirs (infidels) and Munafiqs (hypocrites – national traitors) and to deal crushing blows on the enemy.

According to my information, for the year 2003 all Mujahideen in Chechnya and on the enemy soil have conducted over three thousand blasts, destroyed and disabled over 1,000 units of military vehicles including armored vehicles, shot down 31 helicopters, eliminated over 8,000 Kafirs and over 700 Munafiks (national traitors) who cooperated with the invaders’ regime.

Praise Allah, this year was also marked by the expansion of the zone of combat operations and of the territories where the Jihad against aggressors is being conducted, as well as by the creation of new military sectors. For instance, the newly-created sectors are: the Ingush Sector, the Ossetian Sector, the Aukh Sector, the Stavropol Sector, and the Dagestani trend was activated as well. The Kafirs themselves had to admit that over the year 2003 they have suffered much greater casualties than they did in the previous two years.

Even though the Russian leadership is trying to make it look like there is no war, and that only one Brigade of Shaheeds Riyadus Salihiin is actually fighting the war, I am quoting these details in order to report that today there are several thousand of active Mujahideen fighting in Ichkeria and outside of the country. The Jihad is continuing and the attempts that Russia is making to hush it up look like the acts of a child who closed his eyes and thinks he is hiding. . . .

Some are using the terms like 'the first war', 'the second war', 'the 400-year war', but for us it is the everlasting war for our Freedom and Independence. And the main thing – this is the war for our Faith, which came from our fathers and our forefathers, and which we will be waging until we become masters of our own lives and our own destinies.

I am hereby stating that whichever attempts the Kafirs would be making, nothing will stop this Jihad, which is becoming more and more active each day, because the dead and the wounded are being replaced by the new generation. Insha Allah (God Willing!), we have no problems with replenishing our forces. If Russia is degrading and dying out, the Chechen population is increasing in spite of the war, - and this is also a contribution of ordinary Chechens into the cause of Jihad. So, praise God (Alhamdulillah), we have no problems with our fighters.

Besides, many representatives of oppressed nations of Russia are rising to the Jihad. The past year was a graphic example, when many nations of not just Northern Caucasus, but nations of many regions inside Russia took part in Jihad as well.

Today the leadership of Russia is making miserable attempts to discredit the just cause of the fight of the Chechen people by trying to present the Chechen national liberation war as 'international terrorism' and by trying to tie all events in the world to us. In this regard I would like to remind that our people have been conducting their historical fight for Freedom ever since the times when there was no Russia as a state, let alone other fighters against 'international terrorism'. Throughout its entire history the Chechen nation has been fighting for the Faith, Freedom and Independence. Insha Allah (God Willing!), we will keep fighting this war as long as Allah wants us to, until final victory. . . .

Today by the Mercy of Almighty Allah our Resistance is not only continuing, but it is getting even stronger. I would like to remind the words of the Most High, Who says in the Holy Koran that He is with those who are patient. Today the main thing for us is patience and unity. I am calling for even stronger unity, for increasing the discipline and for asking Allah for help by prayer and perseverance.

Almighty Allah says in the Holy Koran that He will not leave the believers without help. I swear by Allah, we can feel His help each day and each hour. . . .

We are all walking under God. And sooner or later we will all die. A death of one of us will change nothing. Because we are seeking a death of a martyr on the way of Allah, while Kafirs (infidels) and Munafiks (national traitors) are trying to extend their good-for-nothing lives. The Jihad will be continuing. Our entire history is the evidence.

There was a time when the Kafirs were hoping that by killing the first President of CRI J. Dudayev they would be able to have something changed. But after President Dudayev became a Shaheed (a martyr), the Jihad only increased and the Mujahideen (fighters) got even stronger. Nothing will change if President Maskhadov, myself or any other leader becomes a Shaheed.

Thank God (Alhamdulillah!), we are not afraid of death and we are not trying to escape it. But if Kafirs want me to die so bad, I can make them an offer: let them give me some more money, about 10-20 million more, and I will give that money to Maskhadov to continue the Jihad, and I myself will buy me a good KAMAZ truck and will drive right up to them.

The term for each one of us has been prescribed by Almighty Allah and no one will ever avoid this term. Almighty Allah says: «Death will befall ye, even if ye hide in the towers that ye have erected». For Muslims it is the Truth.

Praise God (Alhamdulillah!), we are dreaming of dying in Jihad, we are dreaming of dying on the way of Allah, so that we could earn Paradise and Mercy of Allah. Our dead are in Paradise, and your dead are in Hell. And our victors will also be in Paradise, and your losers will be humiliated and aggrieved.

By Mercy of Allah we have gone through another year of the war. I am calling on the Mujahideen to get even more consolidated and unite around our leadership even firmer, to strengthen the discipline, to strengthen the Nizam, to be steadfast and patient.

The victory is near! And may Allah help us on His Straight Way!

Allah Akbar! (God is Great!)

Abdallah Shamil Abu-Idris,
Amir of Brigade of Shaheeds Riyadus Salihiin

U.S. Warns of Islamic Terror Threat in China

Muslim Uighur militants, whom Beijing calls terrorists or separatists, have been struggling for decades to make the remote region, formally established on Oct. 1, 1955, an independent state called East Turkestan.

Malaysia
A state government in Malaysia has approved a bill to bring in Islamic criminal laws, including death by stoning for adultery and cutting off hands and feet for theft.

The bill on hudud law - the Islamic penal code - was proposed by the government of Terengganu, a rural state in the north-east run by Islamic party PAS.

REPEAT AFTER ME

ISLAM IS A DEATH CULT

ALLAH = SATAN

SF Rampage -- UPDATED 8/31/06

P A W S

Mr Popal was suffering from Post Arranged Wedding Stress (PAWS).

Although, I wonder what was in his wedding cake, was it a 'poppy seed cake'?

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According to dependable sources - Michelle Malkin and Allah (the major pundit not the minor diety), Mr Popal was/is a lone wacko. Seems he was 'stressed out' and not a 'jihadist'.

One Dead, 15 Hurt in San Francisco SUV Rampage

Gateway Pundit: Three other people brought in for questioning???

2996 project

I am a proud member of the 2996 project. I will write about one of the victims of the attacks on our nation on 9/11.
There are 2995 other bloggers who are doing likewise.

We remember.

non-Terror attack i n SF

From the San Francisco Chronicle

(08-29) 15:20 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- As many as 14 people were injured this afternoon by a motorist who drove around San Francisco running them down before he was arrested, authorities said.

Seven of those injured were in critical condition, police and firefighters said.

Authorities have identified the man who was arrested as Ohmeed Aziz Popal, who has an address in Ceres.

Authorities said they believe Popal was the same driver who ran over a 55-year-old man walking in a bicycle lane in Fremont, at Fremont Boulevard near Ferry Lane, just after noon. That victim died.

With the name, Ohmeed Aziz Popal, I would guess he prays 5 times a day. Just a guess, he is Islamic. He is certainly a terrorists, even if he attacks in the liberal stronghold of San Francisco.

Deer Blogging

As seen out my front windows, the 2 neighborhood deers.

THE RIGHT SCALE

THE RIGHT SCALE

A pull no punches site.

I like it.

USA! USA! USA!

Columbus, GA wins Little League World Series!!!!!!

The little guys took the big one tonight, now they have to return and catch-up on the missed days at school.

Catch-up

Damn, go work the weekend and what do I miss.

Fox News gets their folks back...good,

but,

there may be more to that story of forced conversion to Islam. What a Prophet (Pigs Be Upon Him), gains 'believers' at gunpoint, and kills those who try to convert to a real religion.

Airliner tries short runway for take-off, some 50 people killed. NBC uses plane crash skit that evening. Very poor taste, NBC.

Poor Pluto

from the artists at Cox and Forkum

How To Negotiate With Terrorists

HH Blowhard

Now, this will work. The son's style of negotiation will stop terrorism.

Missing But NOT FORGOTTEN

From Michelle Malkin (www.michellemalkin.com)

Fox News Channel reporter Steve Centanni and freelance cameraman Olaf Wiig are still missing. It has now been more than a week since their kidnapping at gunpoint in Gaza by unknown terrorists. FNC top management, the journalists' families, and Palestinian journalists continue to press for their release.

It Happenned..

Cox and Forkum 'won' the cartoon contest in February with this entry.

A reminder for those who preach "tolerance"

To CAIR and others who DEMAND that all be respectful towards Islam.

If you want the WEST to TOLERATE Islam, you must tolerate us.

Your Prophet Mohammad (Pigs Be Upon Him) delivers messages from Satan (aka Allah).

Islam is a Death Cult.

This will annoy Muslims....enjoy

Drinking From Home:

Orla Guerin - Busted!

British Broadcasting Cresent (BBC) strikes another blow in support of terrorists, and against democracy (Israel).

Dear Britons,
Your Empire once stretched so far that the "Sun never set upon it", but that was yesterday.
Tomorrow, your dhimmitude awaits.

I read the news today...

It was depressing...

US Govt can't monitor terrorists, according to liberal judge. Gee, I guess we just track them down after they commit mass murder. I guess we won't be helping our allies prevent attacks. I guess we just have to hope for bomb malfunctions.

But I go on

Bambi in the Yard

This young buck distracted my blogging this evening. The youngster was grazing on the weeds in my front yard.

On the Virtues of Killing

at Blackfive, I'm engaged in the debate over Grim's Post.

On the Virtues of Killing Children

You should go and read the whole thing, including the comments.

Too much Work, too little blogging

Heavy workload the last couple of days, and forecast is for more work. Hence the lack of blogging.

Senator Joe (I)

The Senate race in CT. will be 'the race' of these mid-term elections.
Can Senator Lieberman hold onto his seat? I hope so.

Amongst CT registered voters, 30% are Democrats, 25% Republicans, 45% undeclared. (I saw these numbers somewhere today, I just forgot where.)
So that means Mr Ned (Freshmaker) Lamont received support from 52% of the Democrats or 16% of the total voters, and Senator Joe received 48% of Democrats or 14% of the total voters.
So, if Senator Joe can draw half of the undeclareds (22.5% of total) and a fifth of the Republicans (5%). The good Senator would have a total of 41.5% in Nov.
And lets say Ned gets a fourth of the undeclareds and a fifth of the Republicans - thats would be 32% in Nov.
Which leaves 27% for the Republican.

So. this 3 horse race will be very interesting.....

Go JOE Go!!!

McK Blame Game Update & Air Travel

from www.11Alive.com

"We're seeing some Cynthia McKinney supporters are resorting to anti-Semitic and racist language and again blaming the Jews for her loss in this campaign," said ADL southeast Associate Director Shelley Rose.

The remarks were allegedly made just moments after McKinney's entourage passed out of earshot of 11Alive cameras, as the congresswoman left her campaign headquarters on Tuesday night.

Someone reportedly said quote, "You wanna know what led to the loss? Israel. The Zionists. You. put on your yarmulke and celebrate."

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British MI-5 stop attempt to destory many airliners.
The threat is real folks. The Islamofacists want to destory our civilization and replace it with chaos.

Cynthia McKinney: The Next Day

from The Glass Half Spilled:

Highlights Cynthia's bitterness at her defeat.

Ms McKinney blame yourself for your loss.

Israel Matzav

Israel Matzav

The view from Jerusalem.

Dignan's 75 Year Plan

An Atlanta Blogger

Happy with the election results.

McK Blame Game

from www.WSBTV.com
Cynthia McKinney is blaming the media and electronic voting machines for her defeat.
The campaign manager for the state's first black congresswoman blames white voters and Republicans who crossed over to vote in her Democratic runoff.
But once all the votes were counted, it was apparent McKinney also had plenty of fellow Democrats to blame.
They came out by the tens of thousands yesterday to vote for Hank Johnson, the black attorney and former DeKalb County commissioner who is now the general-election favorite in the predominantly Democratic district east of Atlanta.

Elections

UPDATE: 11:15pm

Hanks wins!!! 59% to Cynthia 41%

Cynthia McKinney = loser.

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Bad news in CT.

Senator Lieberman has lost to challenger Ned Lamont.

This is very bad news for Democrats. Joe was a great spokesman for the Democrats. But the Democrats in CT went for the Ned - 52% - 48%

Good news in Georgia

Johnson 58%
McKinney 42%

with 67% of votes counted.

CHEESEHEAD ALERT

Training Camp Updates

Hey, gotta keep track of the 'important' things in life.
My nephew is a PACKER.

Incredible Speech by PM of Israel

Subject: Incredible Speech by PM of Israel

 

July 31, 2006
Ladies and Gentlemen,

    Leaders of the world. I, the Prime Minister of Israel, am speaking to you from Jerusalem in the face of the terrible pictures from Kfar Kana. Any human heart, wherever it is, must sicken and recoil at the sight of such pictures. There are no words of comfort that can mitigate the enormity of this tragedy. Still, I am looking you straight in the eye and telling you that the State of Israel will continue its military campaign in Lebanon.

    The Israel Defense Forces will continue to attack targets from which missiles and Katyusha rockets are fired at hospitals, old age homes and kindergartens in Israel. I have instructed the security forces and the IDF to continue to hunt for the Katyusha stockpiles and launch sites from which these savages are bombarding the State of Israel.

    We will not hesitate, we will not apologize and we will not back off. If they continue to launch missiles into Israel from Kfar Kana, we will continue to bomb Kfar Kana. Today, tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Here, there and everywhere. The children of
        
    Kfar Kana could now be sleeping peacefully in their homes, unmolested, had the agents of the devil not taken over their land and turned the lives of our children into hell.

    Ladies and gentlemen, its time you understood: the Jewish state will no longer be trampled upon. We will no longer allow anyone to exploit population centers in order to bomb our citizens. No one will be able to hide anymore behind women and children in order to kill our women and children. This anarchy is over. You can condemn us, you can boycott us, you can stop visiting us and, if necessary, we will stop visiting you.
        
    Today I am serving as the voice of six million bombarded Israeli citizens who serve as the voice of six million murdered Jews who were melted down to dust and ashes by savages in Europe. In both cases, those responsible for these evil acts were, and are, barbarians devoid of all humanity, who set themselves one simple goal: to wipe the Jewish race off the face of the earth, as Adolph Hitler said, or to wipe the State of Israel off the map, as Mahmoud Ahmedinjad proclaims.

    And you - just as you did not take those words seriously then, you are ignoring them again now. And that, ladies and gentlemen, leaders of the world, will not happen again. Never again will we wait for bombs that never came to hit the gas chambers. Never again will we wait for salvation that never arrives. Now we have our own air force. The Jewish people are now capable of standing up to those who seek their destruction - those people will no longer be able to hide behind women and children. They will no longer be able to evade their responsibility.

    Every place from which a Katyusha is fired into the State of Israel will be a legitimate target for us to attack. This must be stated clearly and publicly, once and for all. You are welcome to judge us, to ostracize us, to boycott us and to vilify us. But to kill us? Absolutely not.

    Four months ago I was elected by hundreds of thousands of citizens to the office of Prime Minister of the government of Israel, on the basis of my plan for unilaterally withdrawing from 90 percent of the areas of Judea and Samaria, the birth place and cradle of the Jewish people; to end most of the occupation and to enable the Palestinian people to turn over a new leaf and to calm things down until conditions are ripe for attaining a permanent settlement between us.

    The Prime Minister who preceded me, Ariel Sharon, made a full withdrawal from the Gaza Strip back to the international border, and gave the Palestinians there a chance to build a new reality for themselves. The Prime Minister who preceded him, Ehud Barak, ended the lengthy Israeli presence in Lebanon and pulled the IDF back to the international border, leaving the land of the cedars to flourish, develop and establish its democracy and its economy.

    What did the State of Israel get in exchange for all of this? Did we win even one minute of quiet? Was our hand, outstretched in peace, met with a handshake of encouragement? Ehud Barak's peace initiative at Camp David let loose on us a wave of suicide bombers who smashed and blew to pieces over 1,000 citizens, men, women and children. I don't remember you being so enraged then. Maybe that happened because we did not allow TV close-ups of the dismembered body parts of the Israeli youngsters at the Dolphinarium? Or of the shattered lives of the people butchered while celebrating the Passover seder at the Park Hotel in Netanya? What can you do - that's the way we are. We don't wave body parts at the camera. We grieve quietly.

    We do not dance on the roofs at the sight of the bodies of our enemy's children - we express genuine sorrow and regret. That is the monstrous behavior of our enemies. Now they have risen up against us. Tomorrow they will rise up against you. You are already familiar with the murderous taste of this terror. And you will taste more.
   
(In a loud and clear voice)
       
    And Ariel Sharon's withdrawal from Gaza. What did it get us? A barrage of Kassem missiles fired at peaceful settlements and the kidnapping of soldiers. Then too, I don't recall you reacting with such alarm. And for six years, the withdrawal from Lebanon has drawn the vituperation and crimes of a dangerous, extremist Iranian agent, who took over an entire country in the name of religious fanaticism and is trying to take Israel hostage on his way to Jerusalem - and from there to Paris and London.

    An enormous terrorist infrastructure has been established by Iran on our border, threatening our citizens, growing stronger before our very eyes, awaiting the moment when the land of the Ayatollahs becomes a nuclear power in order to bring us to our knees. And make no mistake - we won't go down alone. You, the leaders of the free and enlightened world, will go down along with us.

    So today, here and now, I am putting an end to this parade of hypocrisy. I don't recall such a wave of reaction in the face of the 100 citizens killed every single day in Iraq. Sunnis kill Shiites who kill Sunnis, and all of them kill Americans - and the world remains silent. And I am hard pressed to recall a similar reaction when the Russians destroyed entire villages and burned down large cities in order to repress the revolt in Chechnya. And when NATO bombed Kosovo for almost three months and crushed the civilian population - then you also kept silent. What is it about us, the Jews, the minority, the persecuted, that arouses this cosmic sense of justice in you? What do we have that all the others don't?

    In a loud clear voice, looking you straight in the eye, I stand before you openly and I will not apologize. I will not capitulate. I will not whine. This is a battle for our freedom. For our humanity. For the right to lead normal lives within our recognized, legitimate borders. It is also your battle. I pray and I believe that now you will understand that. Because if you don't, you may regret it later, when it's too late.

Goergia Voting tomorrow

In the 4th district, voting is as simple as ABC.

Anybody But Cynthia.

go Hank go!

FREEDOM EDEN: REUTERS' Altered Images

REUTERS' Fake but Accurate pictures of Beriut. Taking a page from the Dan Rather (not use facts) book of Propaganda (Journalism), Reuters sends altered picture.

Note: At least it didn't take two weeks before Reuters admitted to the sham.

The 123 Israeli Children Killed by Palestinian Terrorists

from Daled Amos:

Please take a few minutes...
To know and remember the ones...
Our beautiful children and youth...
Who were slain by the Arab terrorists...

Go read the whole thing, take a tissue with you.
Daled Amos

Prophet Mohammad (Pigs Be Upon Him)

The Question is: When will the World wake-up and decide that for civilization to survive, Islamists must be reduced to rubble.
Yes, this is a war against one religion. The religion of a Prophet of Satan, Prophet Mohammad (Pigs Be Upon Him), must be reduced to rubble. Islam is a religion of death.

Iran can supply weapons to Hezbollah (Army of Satan) - who according to UN Resolution 1559 is to be disarmed, and will the UN do anything...NO.

Iran has promised a response to the UN demand they stop trying to produce nuclear weapons on August 22nd...the anniversary of when Prophet Mohammad (Pigs Be Upon Him) supposedly appeared over the Temple Mount.

Is this the date Iran will try to nuke Israel?

Hezbollah targets civilians all day long, and the media hails them as the good guys. The media accepts Hezbollah control and editing when in Lebanon...

WHY does the media SUPPORT terrorism with PROPAGANDA?
WHY is okay to INSULT any RELIGION except ISLAM (the religion of death)?

When will we wake up and realize that ISLAM the DEATH CULT must be ELIMINATED?

Followers of the (false) Prophet Mohammad (Pigs Be Upon Him) - We will wake up and CIVILIZATION will crush you. Your culture of death will not survive our wrath, yes, our wrath will be unleashed.

The useful idiots will not stop it, in fact they will be the ones who will demand your destruction. Because you will strike and kill those useful idiots. And we will strike back with a combined Russian, Chinese, and American force, and this strike will not be limited by the Geneva Conventions or the UN.

You want all out war....be careful of what you wish for.

News of Afghanistan XVI

from: Miserable Donuts:

Stories of the other war.

Hezbollah - Stealing Ideas from the Jews

The Sulla Institute:

Very interesting..

The Hezbollah (Army of Satan) Flag might be a rip-off of the Exodus movie poster.

'cept for the fact that the movie is from the 60's.

Clash of civilizations?

No, Islam is not civilized.

"This war must stop, or it will radicalize the Muslim world, even those of us
who are moderate today," said Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who leads the world's most populous Muslim country. "From there, it will be just one
step away to that ultimate nightmare: a clash of civilizations."

Hezbollah (Army of [false] God) targets civilians. Muslims celebrate the death of civilians. There can not be a clash of civilizations since Islam is not civilized.

There are no 'moderate Muslims' - there are murdering Muslims and those who support them with silence.

This is a war between Western civilization and Islamic chaos. Blood will flow around the globe. This war will encompass larger areas than WWII.

Israel Strikes Deep

Israeli forces are in the midst of a raid in Baalbek in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. This is about 60 north of the border and near the Syrian border. Baalbek is the headquarters of Hezbollah.

The reports say a fierce battle is occurring near the hospital. The Israelis are reported to be trying to capture a high ranking Hezbollah member who was in the hospital.

This battle between Hezbollah and Israel is a battle to the death. Hezbollah is determined to wipe Israel off the map and kill as many Jews as possible in the process. Israel must be allowed to fight this out. A ceasefire will only aid Hezbollah and encourage more terrorism.

Fidel Castro - Dead Again -

Many sources are reporting that Fidel Castro has handed power to his brother Raul.

Cuba has sufferred for 47 years under Fidel's harsh rule. Maybe, Fidel will stay dead this time. And hopefully, Cuba will be free after Fidel is buried.

EU Referendum

Staged Photos for the benefit of the useful idiots around the globe.

Amazing how this building stood for 8 hours (560 minutes) after the Israeli airstrike on the Hezbollah rocket launcher positioned next to innocent civilians. Amazing.

Comparing Islamists to Fascists

Hitler’s Fascists (Nazi’s) from 1920 – 1945, preached Aryan supremacy. According to them, Aryans were the superior race, all others where sub-human. Jews were considered animals.
Hitler decided that the Aryan race required more living space, so he aggressively attacked his neighbors with words and arms.
Hitler decided to rid Europe of Jews; he slaughtered 6 million Jews plus others (including homosexuals).
The rest of the world decided that Nazi Germany and Hitler must be reduced to rubble. And it was.

Islamists preach that Islam is the only true religion; and that non-Muslims are worth less than Muslims. That all non-Muslims (infidels) must submit to Islam.
Islamist preach that jihad (war) against infidels is a holy calling. Islamists believe that all means of waging war is okay. Islamists will use any woman or child to hide behind. Islamist place no value on human life.
Islamists are trying to rid the world of Jews.
Islamists are trying to impose Islamic Law on the world.
Islamists are using any means available to achieve their goals. They use ‘liberal multiculturalism to mute criticism of Islam’. (By taking ‘offense’ at any slight, real or not)

Think I am just making this up… Think again.

From PaulaSays.com Sept 2005

Today, as I knew they would, crazed Palestinian mobs are desecrating 25 synagogues in Gaza, setting them on fire and destroying what it took years to build….
Unspoken is the silent message that while the Christian world and the Jewish world would respect places of worship, the Moslem world cannot be held to the same level of accountability….
We can’t say that we expected no better, of course, because that would be deemed racist and wrong. It would be insulting to the honorable religion of Islam, even though it is the truth….
Add in a debate going on now in England, civilized England. At first glance it seems like it is a different topic entirely, and yet, it its own way, it is the same debate, albeit in a more civilized environment. Perhaps commemorating Holocaust Day is a little too Jewish; say a team of advisors to Prime Minister Tony Blair. Perhaps it would be more politically correct to call it Genocide Day so as to avoid insulting England’s growing Moslem population….
Not since Nazi Germany have so many synagogues been destroyed. Moslem intolerance is well known and yet the world continues to be silent. Why was the world silent when 2000 Hindi temples were destroyed by Moslems in India? When will the world finally react to Islamic religious intolerance? ….

From PaulaSays.com July 27, 2006

What is happening in the north can be summed up in the words of Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah:
"We have discovered how to hit the Jews where they are the most vulnerable. The Jews love life, so that is what we shall take away from them. We are going to win, because they love life and we love death."
Nasrallah is right - we love live and they love death. But he is wrong - it is not what makes us vulnerable, it is what makes us invincible.

The Question is: When will the World wake-up and decide that for civilization to survive, Islamists must be reduced to rubble.
Yes, this is a war against one religion. The religion of a Prophet of Satan, Prophet Mohammad (Pigs Be Upon Him), must be reduced to rubble. Islam is a religion of death.

Cowards

The artist is mightier than all with keyboards........

Cox and Forkum strike again....

Soldier's Dad: Civilian Iraqi Casualty Density

From Soldier's Dad:

The civilian casualties are only in 5-6 cities. Appears to be a very concentrated problem.

Some Soldier's Mom: Musings from My Livingroom: Love More Than Hate

This is a must read at Some Soldiers Mom

"I also sit stunned at the sheer number of missiles and the weaponry available -- via Syria and Iran -- and the COST. I ponder this with respect to Hamas as well, and it compels me to ask: How many hospitals could have been built with the money? How many schools? Roads? Homes? Clinics? How many infant deaths could have been prevented with a Women-Infants-Children’s nutrition and pre‑natal care program?ow many businesses could have been started with the money? How many factories and manufacturing facilities could have been built -- places to make things and be the linchpins of a sustainable economy? How many Palestinian or Lebanese youth could have been sent to college? How many could now be teachers? Doctors? Lawyers? Statesmen and diplomats?"

The Dread Pundit Bluto: Vive la Difference

A Picture is worth...

Safe for work, unless boss is a liberal.

p.s. This is a case where the truth hurts.

Live from an Israeli bunker: Iran & Hezbollah, Iran is Hezbollah

Iran & Hezbollah, Iran is Hezbollah

A brief history of the Middle East conflict(s). It all started with Alexander....

Hezbollahs Filthy Methods

This is from a Lebanese blog..The Ouwet Front..

Fighting a guerrilla is very hard and knowing that they could shoot from anywhere, we should expect attacks on unusual places.

Innocent people are dying this is true, but I believe the way Hezbollah is operating and its filthy methods in infiltrating villages and using them as launch positions is causing all those casualties.

Of course Israelis have hit bridges recklessly during the day killing innocent civilians trying to cross the bridge, but its war and you always have victims.

On the other hand, the party thats hitting civilians randomly and threatening innocent lives is Hezbollah who is launching rockets with no sense of direction whatsoever. I have seen rockets land on balconies, small cafes, walls… anything but military targets.

There is hope for Lebanon.

Live from an Israeli bunker: Live, Bunker, in a very literal way

Live, Bunker, in a very literal way

Live updates from a bunker in Haifa.

Update: Sirens again, no hits this time. They usually try to have two or more waves to hit those people who take care of the injured.

Hizbollah (Army of Satan) aiming for the rescue personal. That is a barbaric way to attack.
But Hizbollah (Army of Satan) worships the messenger of Satan - Mohammad (Pigs be Upon Him)

Daily Double

Tour de France

Floyd Landis

British Open

Tiger Woods

USA is 2 for 2 today.

8 is Great!

UPDATED WITH VICTORY 7-23-06

Landis had a 'legendary' comeback stage in the mountains, after a almost failing to finish the day before.

Floyd Landis, American, former teammate of Lance Armstrong, American; has the lead in the Tour de France going into the final stage.

1999 Lance Armstrong USA
2000 Lance Armstrong USA
2001 Lance Armstrong USA
2002 Lance Armstrong USA
2003 Lance Armstrong USA
2004 Lance Armstrong USA
2005 Lance Armstrong USA
2006 Floyd Landis USA

These victories plus Greg Lemond's 3 tour wins in 1989 and early 90's.
Mean Americans have won the tour 11 times in the last 17 years.

RED
WHITE
BLUE

"Army of God" is the Lebanese People

LGF has the FoxNews Video of Jennifer Griffin explaining that the people of south Lebanon are the 'Army of God' (hezbollah).

Helter Shelter

Go read the whole article at Cox and Forkum

Hear, O Israel

PM Olmert speech to the Knesset

The plan for the defense of Israel

Israel Matzav: Wahhabi cleric issues fatwa against Hezbullah

Wahhabi cleric issues fatwa against Hezbullah

But will Osama bin Hiding listen to and obey this Fatwa?

Do I Care?

Live from an Israeli bunker: Let loose the dogs of war

Let loose the dogs of war:

The ground war begins, Israeli troops to march north to seek out and destory 'The Army of God' (Hezbollah).

Live from an Israeli bunker: Some very bad news

Some very bad news

Information is coming in that Hezbollah is firing on Lebanese citizens who are trying to flee their towns after being warned by the IDF to leave the area. They want to go, and Hezbollah is now literally using them as a human shield. Some of them have actually been calling friends and family here stating this!

But the Israeli Forces need to stop harming innocent people!

Bummer - McKinney looks to win

from 11Alive.com

District 4

Precincts Reporting: 88 of 167 (53%)

Candidate	Votes	Vote %
Cynthia McKinney (I)[winner]	14224	47%
Hank Johnson	13691	45%
John Coyne	2331	8%

UPDATE: McKinney vs Johnson in runoff election Aug 8th..
Go Hank Go

McKinney is behind in early results

from WSBTV.com

U.S. Congress

Democrat U.S. Congress District 4
Candidate	Votes	Percent	Winner
John Coyne	980	9%
Hank Johnson	5,435	49%
Cynthia McKinney	4,717	42%
Precincts Reporting - 48 out of 167 - 28%

Israel Matzav

Israel Matzav

Another blogger in Israel....He is further south, knows where his shelter is located...but hasn't had to use it ..Yet

Live from an Israeli bunker

Live from an Israeli bunker

Just like WWII - Britons lived in their bomb shelters during the blitz. ('cept the bombs are fewer and smaller).

Go visit the bunker

Where's the Dixie Chicks?

Really, now the VietCong had Hanoi Jane to sing to them.
This sniper aiming at US Soldiers should have the Dixie Chicks there.
What was the NYT thinking? No songs, by Americans to support them.

Hey, Mr Keller, editor NYT...The savages of the VietCong get Jane Fonda
and these Muslim (murders) of the religion of peace get nothing...That is prejudical, Mr Keller, you are not treating these brave murdering Islamic scum with proper respect.

h/t Michelle

Israel's remarks to the United Nations

Below are Israel's UN Ambassador Dan Gillerman's impassioned remarks this morning.(I highlighted the choice comments.)

Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, let me take you back to a warm summer's day in Beirut 32 years ago -- exactly this very significant day for you and your people -- the 14th of July, 1974. I want to describe the scene to you and to my Lebanese colleague. Cafes and bars bustling with young people, beaches filled with happy holiday-makers -- the Switzerland of the Middle East.

How different this scene is from the one on Beirut streets today, 32 years later. But this difference did not start this week or last year. The difference started only one year after the scene I just described, in 1975, when the Lebanese began their long dissent into oppression, depression and terror. This is a country that has been held hostage for more than 32 years by tyrants from the north and terrorists in the south, a country whose fun-loving, business-minded entrepreneurial and liberal population has been tormented by decades of oppression, sectarian strife, fundamentalist violence, religious conflict, Syrian control, political assassinations, terror, and full- fledged civil war...

In May 2000, Israel took the painful and politically difficult decision to fully withdraw from southern Lebanon, having been compelled a few years earlier to establish a security zone there in order to prevent terrorist attacks and rocket-shelling from Lebanon into Israeli towns and villages. This council acknowledged Israel's complete withdrawal from southern Lebanon and its full compliance with Security Council Resolution 425 in a presidential statement on June 18th, 2000.

This was Lebanon's moment of truth. Would its government look inward and free its people from the stranglehold of terror, or would it allow its territory to become a base from which Hezbollah terrorists would launch attacks against Israeli civilians.

Tragically, Mr. President, the Lebanese government chose the latter.

The Lebanese government got a second chance after the partial implementation of Security Council Resolution 1559, which resulted in the withdrawal of most Syrian forces from Lebanese territory. Again, this council and the entire world were waiting to see how Lebanon would respond to this historic opportunity. Yet again, unfortunately, the Lebanese government chose to succumb to terror rather than vanquish it, to let its southern region be occupied by terrorism rather than disarm it, and to relinquish control over its country rather than exercise its full sovereignty.

Seldom before has the description of a people as never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity been so apt. Lebanon sadly did not heed the demands of the international community and did not obey the repeated resolutions of this aghast council. Today, sadly, the Lebanese people are burying the costs of this inaction and ineptitude.

Mr. President, two days ago Hezbollah terrorists, operating with impunity in southern Lebanon, unleashed a sudden and unprovoked attack into Israeli territory. Scores of Katyusha rockets rained down on Israeli towns and villages, causing many civilian casualties. In the midst of this horrific assault, Hezbollah terrorists infiltrated Israel, killing a number of soldiers and kidnapping two more, who were taken deep into the terrorist stronghold of southern Lebanon. Israel had no choice but to react, as would indeed any other responsible, democratic government.

Having shown unparalleled restraint for six years while bearing the brunt of countless attacks, Israel had to respond to this absolutely unprovoked assault, whose scale and depth was unprecedented in recent years.

Let me emphasize this indisputable fact -- Israel's actions were in direct response to an act of war from Lebanon. Although Israel holds the government of Lebanon responsible, it is concentrating its response carefully, mainly on Hezbollah strongholds, positions and infrastructure.

The hundreds of Katyusha rockets fired from Lebanon in the last few days demonstrate the magnitude of the immense arsenal of rockets and weapons that Hezbollah has amassed over the last few years, a danger we have repeatedly warned against. Many of the long-range missiles that have hit Israeli towns, including Nahariya, Safed, Rosh Pina, and the port city of Haifa, were launched from private homes, with families residing inside, where a special room was designated as a launching pad, with a family playing host to the missile. This is yet another example of the cynical and brutal way the Hezbollah organization uses civilians as human shields, with complete disregard for human life.

Mr. President, over the last 48 hours, more than 500 Katyushas and mortar shells were fired into the northern part of Israel, killing two civilians and wounding hundreds more, among them women and children. Israeli civilians and eight soldiers have been killed, hundreds have been wounded.

It is very important for the international community to understand that while Hezbollah executes this vicious terrorism, it is merely the finger on the bloodstained, long-reaching arms of Syria and Iran. Hezbollah, together with Hamas, Syria and Iran, comprise the world's new and ominous axis of terror, an infamous club -- infamous club, the entry fee to which is the blood of innocents and the terrorizing of the entire world.

Membership to this club requires an unfathomable capacity for evil. The president of Iran has repeatedly denied the Holocaust, while gleefully preparing the next one. Many of the long-range missiles fired into Israel in recent days were Iranian missiles, made by the same regime that is now trying to possess nuclear weapons, the same region that is funding Hezbollah to the sum of $100 million a year.

Do we dare to ask ourselves how many families in Lebanon today are being prepared to house dirty bombs and other weapons of mass destruction courtesy of Iran?

Syria, another member of this club, is a well-known protector and financier of terrorist organizations, playing host to them in its capital, Damascus. The Syrian government, which still regards Lebanon as "southern Syria," works ceaselessly to undermine all efforts towards a peaceful future in the region.

Lebanon is today occupied by terror, whether in the south, where it is directed at Israel, or in Beirut, where it kills opponents of Syria and former prime ministers. The real occupying power in Lebanon is terror, terror instigated by Hezbollah, but initiated, funded and perpetrated by Syria and Iran.

The Lebanese government, having missed so many chances in the past, at such a horrendous cost to its people, today has another chance to free itself from the stranglehold of terror, another chance, Mr. President, to release itself from the evil control of Syria and the deadly influence of Iran, and deploy its forces in the south, exercising its sovereignty over a free Lebanon.

Mr. President, there are words that speak far louder and clearer than anything I can voice today. These are voices of Lebanese -- brave, patriotic Lebanese parliamentarians and ministers who, just over the last two days, have cried out to all of us from the brink of the abyss in their beloved country. Let me quote some of these courageous statements to you.

The words of Lebanon's communications minister, Mr. Marwan Hamadeh, only yesterday saying that -- and I quote -- "Damascus gives the orders, Iran supplies the equipment, Israel reacts, and Lebanon is the victim."

Or the words of Alias Attala (sp), a Lebanese politician representing the majority of its parliamentary members, and I quote, "We welcome any Arab and international support, but strongly oppose any enforced involvement of Lebanon by regional players' considerations" -- a reference to Syria and Iran -- "that are not within the interests of the Lebanese people, for the sole attempt to achieve opportunistic benefits at the expense of the Lebanese people. The Syrian regime indulges itself in teaching Lebanon and Palestine lessons according to its own interests through these peoples. Why do those who always protect their regime express understanding of its reasons and preferences and do not express any understanding of Lebanon's reasons and preferences?"

Or the words of an unnamed Lebanese minister who said, again only yesterday, and I quote, "The Hezbollah has not only kidnapped two Israeli soldiers, it has taken the whole of Lebanon hostage," end quote.

Mr. President, with your permission I would like to make a personal appeal to my esteemed Lebanese colleague.

Your Excellency, you know deep down that if you could you would add your own brave voice to those voices of your brave compatriots and colleagues. You know deep in your heart that if you could you would be sitting here right next to me right now because you know that we are doing the right thing, and that if we succeed, Lebanon will be the beneficiary. And I believe that most members around this table, as well as many in this chamber, including our neighbors, realize this reality.

Mr. President, this council and the international community have a duty today to help the Lebanese people achieve the goal of a free, prosperous, democratic Lebanon. The sad and tormented life of this war-torn land has today entered another sad chapter in its history. It is up to every one of us to help right this chapter to ensure that this opportunity is seized not only for the benefit of the Lebanese and Israeli people, but for the sake of generations to come.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Vox's Den: Go to hell Nasrallah

Vox's Den: Go to hell Nasrallah

A Lebanese voice that complains:

The real tragedy is that there’s only one Hezbollah thug killed until now; meanwhile 60 innocent civilians are lying on the ground. These fanatics justified their existence by pretending that they defended Lebanon against Israel. They are now hiding behind (and under) the civilians they claim to defend. Who’s defending whom exactly?

Bad Math

Under the AP headline, "Most Americans Plan to Vote for Democrats"

The first paragraph is misleading, almost to the point of lying.

Republicans are in jeopardy of losing their grip on Congress in November. With
less than four months to the midterm elections, the latest Associated Press-Ipsos poll found that Americans by an almost 3-to-1 margin hold the GOP-controlled Congress in low regard and profess a desire to see Democrats wrest control after a dozen
years of Republican rule.

The poll numbers do not support the 3-1 claim. Yes,

only 27 percent approved of the way Congress is doing its job. Lawmakers get
favorable marks from 36 percent of conservatives, 28 percent of moderates and 17
percent of liberals.

But that 3-1 margin is not how many want to see Democrats control Congress.

The AP-Ipsos survey asked 789 registered voters if the election for the House
were held today, would they vote for the Democratic or Republican candidate in
their district. Democrats were favored 51 percent to 40 percent.

Democrats also held the advantage among persuadable voters _ those who are
undecided or wouldn't say whom they prefer. A total of 51 percent said they
were leaning Democrat, while 41 percent were leaning Republican.

One bright spot for the GOP is that Republicans hold an advantage over
Democrats on issues such as foreign policy and fighting terrorism _ 43
percent to 33 percent _ and a smaller edge on handling Iraq _ 36 percent to
32 percent.

The poll of adults had a margin of error of 3 percentage points and the
survey of registered voters had a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.

Sword in the Sky

Normally, I don't care about decorative cloud formations, but with the Israelis at war..

This morning on my drive into work, I spotted an unusual cloud formation.
A Sword.
Long, pointed blade, with a hilt, a handle, and a knob on the end.

I support Israel

Make no mistake,
I support Israel's right to self-defense.

The Israelis have sufferred terror attacks .
Thousands of innocent men, women, and children have been killed/maimed/wounded.
Their attackers hide behind the innocent Palestinian men,women, and especially children.
These attackers only goal is the total destruction of Israel and the death of all its people.

But the time has come for the Israelis to strike back,
and the rest of the world,
will be better off, if they stay out of it.

Let Israel settle this directly with Hamas and Hizbollah. and with Syria and Iran if need be.


The Civilized world SHOULD support Israel against these barbaric attacks.
The Civilized world SHOULD oppose all assaults on innocent men, women, and children.
The Civilized world SHOULD not support those who use human shields.


But the dhimmis in Europe will soon be out in force supporting the terrorists. Because the dhimmis in Europe are too stupid to realize that they are next, unless the terrorist are stopped now, this war will move to the streets of Europe. The dhimmis are to dumb to realize that these Islamic terrorists hate the Western culture, they intend to replace it with their 7th century culture of human torture.

W A R

Israel is at War with both Hamas and Lebanon.

I pray that the innocents will be safe.

The fear is that this will spread.
Will Syria move in to 'protect' Lebanon?
Was that the plan all along, was this a move so Syria could 'protect' Lebanon by moving back in?


Will Iran make an effort to assist the terrorists?

Will North Korea do something even crazier than testing missiles?

Will the US have to send another division to South Korea and an additional division to Mid-East at the same time?

Will these kidnappings of Israeli Soldiers be the spark that lits open warfare here in WW4?

A Daily Briefing on Iran: Atomic secrets: The man, who knew too much

A Daily Briefing on Iran: Atomic secrets: The man, who knew too much

When Baradei went to Tehran in April for consultations, the chief negotiator of the Shiite theocracy, Ali Larijani gave him an ultimatum to fire Chris Charlier.

He did. Because Mr Charlier thinks Iran is building a bomb, and he should know, he has been inspecting Iran since 2003.

Poem by Audie Murphy

Alone and far removed from earthly care
The noble ruins of men lie buried here.
You were strong men, good men.
Endowed with youth and much the will to live
I hear no protest from the mute lips of the dead.
They rest; there is more to give.
So long my comrades,
Sleep ye where you fell upon the field.
But tread softly please
March o'er my heart with ease
March on and on,
But to G-d alone we kneel.


Audie Murphy

Body Armor

Cox and Forkum strikes again, go read the whole thing.

Over the Line

Jeff at Protein Wisdom has been threatened, correction, his 2 year old child has been threatened by a University of Arizona professor.

Yes, this is old news (2-3 days old)

Blackfive, Michelle Malkin, and others have all the details.

It is okay to disagree, in fact a good healthy, polite debate, would be good for our nation. Ideas politely exchanged..

It is understandable that oftentimes, people don't want to debate, they just want to disagree. okay, keep it polite.

There are folks, who want to argue, who use profanity.....okay, but you will not change minds or win hearts.

Throwing insults at other bloggers, reliving our school yard days...cheap fun, but childish.

Making threats, is against the law.

Threatening innocent children, not only is this against the law, it is sick, disgusting.

I will stand and defend the innocent children, whether I agree with their parents or not.

If you disagree with another blogger, engage them in debate, challenge their words....
DON'T THREATEN THEIR CHILDREN.

Prisoner swap?

Top Israeli official hints at releasing some Palestinians prisoners.

This is not as bad as it sounds.

It was not immediately clear whether public security minister Avi Dichter was speaking for the government or expressing a personal opinion.

If militants release Cpt. Gilad Shalit and stop rocket attacks from Gaza, "Israel will need to, after some time, release prisoners as a reciprocal gesture," Dichter said in a speech to Israeli business people. "Israel knows how to do this. Israel has done this more than once in the past."

Release the Israeli, stop the rockets attacks, Then and only then, we will release some of yours.....okay, the Israeli prisons must be getting crowded anyway.

more good news

Dichter also said Shalit is alive.

Hamas signaled it was prepared to strike a deal.

World Cup Final

Based on their military history, this match is a tough call.

Will the French surrender,
before or after,
the Italians switch sides?

If the Italians switch sides before the French surrender, do both teams lose?
If the Italians switch sides after the French surrender, does that mean the French won?

or more politically incorrectly:

Will the Frogs leap over the Wops?
or
Will the Wops wollop the Frogs?

UPDATE

The Italians won on penalty kicks....do wop wop.....
The French surrendered their captain on stupidity...a head butt well after the play...truly a stupid way to end a career...

152 years ago

A great thing happenned on July 6, 1854, the first official meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Mich.

Tis a great day in history!

Today's the day to Celebrate Freedom

Today is the day to celebrate Freedom..

But Israel is not free from fear of Palestinian attack.

But China does allow free speech, nor does Europe with the many EU restrictions on speech.

Many people of the world are not free from want, they are hungry and suffering while their leaders are bloated and fat.

Islamic nations do not allow freedom of religion, Islam is the only religion with the death penalty for converting from it.

The US Military and the British Military are fighting to extend freedom to Iraq.
NATO is fighting to support the free government of Afganistan.

To volunteer to risk your life,
so that a total stranger,
who doesn't speak the same langauge,
Whose culture is very different,
can be free to choose their own path in life......
That is what our soldiers have done.
G-d bless Them

This Ongoing War: 3-Jul-06: Marketing Suicide to Children

Marketing Suicide to Children

Child abuse Palestinian style.

More Troubles for Hero

from the AJC.com

Thomas Autry who fought off several attackers in May. Is still fighting the this criminal gang.

He testified Monday that he was surrounded recently outside his apartment by as many as eight teens who were upset that Autry fought back Memorial Day and called police after he was allegedly attacked by at least one of their friends.

.........

During the Memorial Day attack, Autry was pummeled in the chest with brass knuckles and threatened with a handgun and a shotgun. Autry said he pulled out a small knife to fight back, killing suspect Amy Elizabeth Martin, 17, and injuring Daniel.

During the scuffle, Autry said he heard one of the guns that was pointed at him misfire.

Stupid Headline

Navy Ordered To Stop Using Radar That May Harm Whales

LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge temporarily barred the Navy on Monday from using a type of sonar that may harm whales and other marine mammals.

Okay, the local tv station does not know the difference between Radar and Sonar.

The AP has it right, sonar may bother whales.

Radar can only affect whales when they are out of water.

The Gettysburg Address

Nov. 19, 1863

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live. This we may, in all propriety do. But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow, this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have hallowed it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here; while it can never forget what they did here.

It is rather for us the living, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us--that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion--that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."

Abraham Lincoln

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I added the emphasis.

"a new nation, conceived in liberty"----America 1776, Iraq 2003

"that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain" ---- These words spoken by a Republican President, determined to preserve this nation, dedicated to freedom for slaves. These words are good advice to the current Republican President for Iraqi Policy.


"that this nation shall have a new birth of freedom"----Iraq has given the Islamic world a birth of freedom.

"and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."-----Democracy has been on the march since 1776..But it is under a serious threat from Islamic Militants who want to impose strict Islamic Law on the entire world.

The Free World must wake up and stop this threat to human freedom and progress.
Do we want the world to return to 7th century law and customs? I don't.

July 4th, 1776

In 1776, the Colonies in America, told a tyrant, King George III of Engalnd, to "leave US alone". After a long war against the most powerful military of the day, The colonies received timely help from the King of France.
A few years later, in 1789, the people of France tossed their King aside, and started the first Republic, today the fifth Republic of France opposes the efforts of the USA to bring freedom from tyrants;
and Queen Elizabeth II of England and her Prime Minister Tony Blair are the strongest allies in bringing freedom to the world.

How the times have changed!

Mark Twain Quote

"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.  But I repeat myself."

On the Road

On the road for family matters, be back Tuesday.