Selected News For Week Jan 21 - 27

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1. BillK
   January 21st, 2007 at 7:29 am

   CAIR is at it again:

   A group of Muslim activists who challenged 24 bosses over the show’s portrayal of Islamic terrorists two seasons ago are attacking the program again. Officials at the Council on American-Islamic Relations met with producers back in 2005 when the 24 plot revolved around Muslim fundamentalists, and now they’re upset again because the new season seems to portray members of their religion in the same shady light. Council spokesman Rabiah Ahmed says, “The overwhelming impression you get is fear and hatred for Muslims. After watching the premiere, I was afraid to go to the grocery store because I wasn’t sure the person next to me would be able to differentiate between fiction and reality.” The activists urged the show’s bosses to meet with them again, but this time only succeeded in bringing them around a table for a conference call. Following original meetings in 2005, 24 star Kiefer Sutherland appeared in a TV commercial urging viewers not to assume all Muslims were like the terrorists portrayed in his series.

   Too bad the terrorists are Muslim.

   I think the producers of 24 should offer to produce, for free, an ad for CAIR in which they, in the strongest possible terms, denounce al Qaeda and the insurgents in Iraq (not like there’s a difference) and state al Qaeda and Islamic terrorists in general represent a complete perversion of everything the Koran teaches.

   My guess is it isn’t going to happen.

2. DEZ
   January 21st, 2007 at 10:22 am

   …I was afraid to go to the grocery store because I wasn’t sure the person next to me would be able to differentiate between fiction and reality…

   Does he mean reality as in muslims are nut cases,
   And fiction as in his religion of peace?

3. sheehanjihad
   January 21st, 2007 at 10:24 am

   I saw some news guy interviewing a tornado last night on the news. He represented all funnel clouds and tornados…Tornadoes Under Ruthless Discrimination is the name of his group….but anyway, he was bitching because people were labling tornados as destructive, terrifying, indiscriminate killers and destroyers of everything in their path.

   The tornado was complaining that all clouds were getting a bum rap, especially long funnel shaped ones….and that was profiling. “Ya dont see anyone running from a cirrus cloud do ya?” he whined. (Cirrus clouds denounced being included in the tornado’s speech) The tornado was specifically referring to the Weather Channel, and the Discovery Channel, because as the tornado put it…” both of these media outlets are showing tornadoes and funnel clouds in the worst possible light, only concentrating on the death and destruction they cause, and leaving out the good things tornados do”.

   When the tornado was reminded that every time a funnel cloud appears, people scream and run or hide underground he responded by saying ” See? That is the problem in today’s society. Nobody has ever looked at the good tornadoes, they only see the tornadoes that cause death and destruction…it is profiling, and it is so politically uncorrect as to be against the law!” “Not all tornadoes are like that!!” insisted the funnel. Some clear land for farmers! Others clear entire trailer parks out so developers can rebuild with real houses!! We do our part for society!

   The tornado stated that most clouds are afraid to float above cities now for fear of being mistaken for a funnel cloud. The Cumulus Clouds for Fair Weather group pointed out that liberals are the only ones that could look at a puffy white cloud and insist it is a tornado, and while the tornado agreed, he said that the best way to stop this discrimination against all clouds in general would be to stop running from tornadoes, stop the sirens, stop the alerts…..and “jail those idiots who run willy nilly all over with video cameras filming every move we make”.

   Groups representing the Nimbus, Stratus, Cirrus, and splinter groups like the Alto Cirrus…and the mixed group the Nimbo Stratus Alliance all stated their support for tornadoes publicly, but sources close to the clouds revealed a dark fear of funnels….” they dont care who they kill” was the main complaint….” they destroy everything in their path!” was the other…..and since we are clouds, we get the blame! It aint right, I tell ya.

   Tornadoes have threatened to sue the population of the United States on a case by case basis, stating that the discrimination shown by ill informed people watching the Tornado specials on the Discovery Channel is ruining their chances at a normal life span. ” Just because we appear with that Anvil Cloud group doesnt make us Anvils, does it?” quipped one rather sinister looking F3…..nudging his partner who was “roping out” next to him.

   “Tornados have been ruined by the ignornance and fear of the western world!!” screamed the leader of TURD….and we arent gonna take it anymore. When it was suggested that they allow themselves to morph into gentle rain clouds instead, the cry was heard worldwide that tornadoes were now being hunted and targeted just because they are tornadoes….and not all tornadoes kill, not all tornadoes destroy, and those who insist that they protect themselves from tornadoes that arent even formed yet are attempting to destroy an entire way of life….a cloud culture that has existed for millenia.\

   TURD has launched a media campaign to eliminate storm shelters…weather reporting stations….storm chasers….weathermen…..and is suing the weather channel for liable, slander, and profiling. Democratic lawmakers are urging everyone to “just get along with funnel clouds”, and are introducing legislation that makes it a federal offense to own or operate a storm shelter. Nancy Pelosi said ” the very fact that tornadoes are labeled as destructive 100% of the time is the problem” and she promised an investigation on how tornadoes are being treated under this administration.

   There was legislation introduced in Minnesota to prevent anyone from pointing out funnel clouds and calling them “tornadoes”…..they want themselves to be called” Super Condensed Adventurous Manifestations, or SCAMS. They called on clouds everywhere to unite behind them….where the rest of the clouds said….you are never in one place long enough, but we can tell where you have been by the death and destruction left in your wake. The Nimbo Stratus group that spawns you is responsible for this more than you are…..and representatives of the NSG were not returning phone calls or answering emails at press time.

   The fact remains….are tornadoes discriminated against unfairly? Just because they are a different kind of cloud, does that make them the enemy? Do the rest of the clouds have to suffer because of this one hard line fundamentalist extremism displayed by funnels and their murdering destructive tornadoes?

   Democrats have called for talks with the funnels…..other clouds are invited, but since they pose no threat whatsoever, they will be politely ignored, and tornadoes will be offered anything they want. They want to destroy everything….kill everyone. The democrats are thinking of offering tornadoes Kansas…but the clouds know they own that area already…..Pelosi is breathing a huge sigh of relief because funnels arent a west coast phenomenon…..but there are whispers of an alliance between the funnels and the huge pacific group , the “Low Pressures” from the Arctic…..which are responsible for wide spread destruction themselves, only on a less concentrated area.

   The clouds of TURD, and SCAM are demanding action from our government, and promise to be in Federal Court by next year’s season, “we want to put a stop to this, and let us just be ourselves” said the spokescloud ” We were destroying and killing long before this country was formed” he said…” and we are not going to stand back and watch our funnels and tornadoes be profiled on your televisions!”

   With that, the tornado destroyed the studio, and killed everyone in it, including a group of school children touring the facility. ” they all died as martyrs” said funnel.

4. DEZ
   January 21st, 2007 at 10:33 am

   SJ you just made my morning,
   Bravo.

5. wardmama4
   January 21st, 2007 at 1:18 pm

   SJ - you ought to be in every newspaper in the US - you make sense and with a great sense of humor. . .

   BTW, WIlliam Johnstone who wrote the Ashes series - has the same twisted (and right on) sense of naming the lunatic, lying, twisted and operative groups of the World. . .it is a worthwhile series to read (36 paperbacks) although it’s low point was it’s repetious nature, the high was that he nailed the terrorists right on in 2001.

   Keep it up, it helps when these lunatics rant to see their hypocracy and utter shallow stupidity with the twist of humor it deserves.

   And kucharsk - yes (free ad denouncing terrorism) and that is why all their screeding is nothing more than pc attempts to shut down free speech, an open society and the truth.

6. nuthingbettertodo
   January 21st, 2007 at 2:00 pm

   I see Sopranos is as popular as ever….

7. crosspatch
   January 21st, 2007 at 2:02 pm

   It looks like Greyhawk over at Mudville Gazette has discovered the Fenton Communications links to the anti-war “grassroots” networks that was uncovered here at least a year ago:

   Appeal for Redress: Astroturfing

   Yesterday, a company that does public relations for the liberal activist political action committee MoveOn.org, Fenton Communications, organized a conference call for reporters and three active-duty soldiers to unveil the soldiers’ anti-war group Appeal for Redress.
   …
   That’s from the October 26 New York Sun - kudos to the only reporters in the crowd who had the guts to tell the truth about this. As of this writing, over 200 newspapers have carried the story; The Boston Globe, al-Jazeera, The Washington Post, ABC News, Reuters, The (UK) Guardian… but none of the stories acknowledge the orchestration of the event by Fenton Communications. Instead, virtually all of them detail the “grass roots” effort of the troops.

   Read the entire article. Someone else has discovered the man behind the curtain in the anti-war movement and seems to be quite upset by it. Maybe someone from here can tip Greyhawk off on some of the threads here that uncovered a lot of the astroturfing (fake grass-roots) activities that Fenton clients have been engaged in.

8. nuthingbettertodo
   January 21st, 2007 at 2:31 pm

   Crosspatch - very interesting http://www.discoverthenetworks.....grpid=6958

9. crosspatch
   January 21st, 2007 at 2:39 pm

   Yeah, it was a big topic of discussion here last year. I wrote about it last May on my old blog:

   http://crufty.blogspot.com/200.....media.html

   It is really great to see someone else coming to an independent conclusion that lands in the same spot.

10. DW
    January 21st, 2007 at 11:37 pm

    From the AP:

    Muslim police officer refuses to shake hands with police chief in Britain
    By TARIQ PANJA

    LONDON (AP) - Police said Sunday that a Muslim woman officer had refused to shake hands with London’s police chief during a graduation ceremony last month due to her religious beliefs, fanning a debate in Britain over the assimilation of Muslims into society.

    The woman - whose identity was not revealed - asked to be excused from the customary handshake with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Ian Blair during the ceremony, saying her faith prohibited her from touching a man other than her husband or a close relative…

    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Wo.....55-ap.html
    ***********
    The obvious question: How in the hell is she going to help wrestle some belligerent drunk into the back of whatever passes for a police cruiser over there? Will she be any use at all in a bar brawl? Or will she just stand by and let her (oh-so fortunate) non-Muslim partner do all the fighting while she does nothing to help?

11. DW
    January 22nd, 2007 at 12:00 am

    One tiny bit of good news though, in a sea of lunacy -from the UK’s Telegraph:

    British Airways caves in on cross ban
    By Laura Clout

    British Airways has changed its uniform policy to allow staff to wear a “symbol of faith” in the wake of a row over its decision to ban a Christian worker from displaying a cross.

    The U-turn, which will permit staff to wear a religious symbol on a chain or lapel pin, came after Nadia Eweida, a Christian check-in worker, was told she could not wear a necklace bearing a small cross over her uniform.

    Miss Eweida, 55, had refused to go to work at Heathrow Airport and was offered a non-uniformed job where she could wear the cross. She rejected this and launched an appeal against BA’s decision, which she lost last November…

    …The airline said it had consulted staff and customers on the issue as well as seeking the views of representatives from the Church of England, the Catholic Church and the Muslim Council of Britain…

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new.....nba119.xml
    *************

    Good for her. The question remains though -why consult with the Muslim council but not the Jewish council, the Hindu council, the Buddhist council, the Druid council, the Wiccan council, etc etc…?

12. BillK
    January 22nd, 2007 at 2:43 am

    SJ, that’s absolutely hilarious; good show. I was ROTFL for minutes.

13. BillK
    January 23rd, 2007 at 2:22 am

    From Fox News:

    Web Site Kicks Sand in Faces of GIs in Iraq Asking for Mats to Ease Hardship of Sleeping on Ground

    Army Sgt. Jason Hess, stationed in Taji, Iraq, with the 1st Cavalry Division, said he emailed his request to Discount-mats.com because he and his fellow soldiers sleep on the cold ground, which contains sand mites, sand flies and other disease carriers.

    In his email, dated Jan. 16, 2007, he asked the Web-based company, registered to Faisal Khetani, an American Muslim of Pakistani descent:

    “Do you ship to APO (military) addresses? I’m in the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Iraq and we are trying to order some mats but we are looking for ships to APO first.”

    On the same day, Hess received this reply:

    “SGT Hess,

    We do not ship to APO addresses, and even if we did, we would NEVER ship to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq.

    Bargain Suppliers
    Discount-Mats.com”

    Khetani on Monday told FOX News that the person responsible for the email reply had been fired. The Web site, meanwhile, has been temporarily taken down.

14. BillK
    January 23rd, 2007 at 2:24 am

    Yet another reason to like Australia:

    An airline passenger has threatened legal action against Australia’s flagship carrier Qantas for barring him from an international flight because he was wearing a T-shirt depicting US President George W. Bush as a terrorist.

    Allen Jasson said today he was defending freedom of speech through his insistence on wearing the T-shirt.

    Mr. Jasson, 55, an Australian IT specialist who lives in London, is staying with his daughter in Melbourne after he was refused entry to the flight to London at Melbourne Airport on Friday.

    Airline staff argued that the T-shirt, which bears an image of the US president with the slogan ‘World’s number 1 terrorist’, was a security risk or an item likely to upset passengers.

    The airline earlier had prevented him from flying to Melbourne for Christmas with relatives on December 2 until he removed the shirt.

    Domestic carrier Virgin Blue took the same action when Mr. Jasson tried to catch a connecting flight to Adelaide, but on a return flight to Melbourne with Qantas on Friday, he successfully wore the shirt.

    […]

    When asked whether the stand was worthwhile, Mr. Jasson said: “In Australia today it is very sad that that question has to be asked.

    “It’s very sad that I find that question has to be asked in Australia. It’s a very unhealthy situation and it makes me feel very sad.

    “It’s one of the reasons that I now live in the UK.”

    A Qantas spokesman said: “Whether made verbally or on a T-shirt, comments with the potential to offend other customers or threaten the security of a Qantas group aircraft will not be tolerated”.

15. Warmonger Infidel
    January 23rd, 2007 at 1:43 pm

    kucharsk: I agree. I’m proud of Qantas. Let’s just hope they don’t get successfully sued and have to pay out a large amount of money to this asshat. If it had happened here, he would be assured of becoming wealthy.

16. 1sttofight
    January 23rd, 2007 at 1:57 pm

    Where does this crap end? Who’s fault is it they can’t control their 3 year old, the parents or the airline?

    Girl Kicked Off Plane After Tantrum

    Jan 23 12:06 PM US/Eastern

    By JIM ELLIS
    Associated Press Writer

    ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Flight attendants often deal with obnoxious passengers who won’t listen to instructions by kicking them off the plane. But a Massachusetts couple think AirTran Airways went overboard by treating their crying 3-year-old daughter in much the same way.

    Julie and Gerry Kulesza and daughter Elly were removed from the flight when the girl refused to take her seat before takeoff, airline officials said Tuesday. But her parents said they just needed a little more time to calm her down.

    The Kuleszas planned to fly home to Boston on Jan. 14 from Fort Myers after a four-day visit with the girl’s paternal grandparents. She was removed because “she was climbing under the seat and hitting the parents and wouldn’t get in her seat” during boarding, AirTran spokeswoman Judy Graham-Weaver said.

    AirTran officials say they were only following Federal Aviation Administration rules that children age 2 and above must have their own seat and be wearing a seatbelt upon takeoff.

    “The flight was already delayed 15 minutes and in fairness to the other 112 passengers on the plane, the crew made an operational decision to remove the family,” Graham-Weaver said.

    But Julie Kulesza said: “We weren’t giving an opportunity to hold her, console her or anything.”

    “Elly was sitting in front of our seat crying,” she said in a phone interview. “The attendant motioned to a seat and asked if we purchased it for her.”

    They had paid for the seat. Gerry Kulesza said another attendant then approached the family and told him: “You need to get her in control and in her seat.”

    The couple told the attendants they were trying. Julie Kulesza said she asked the attendants if Elly could sit on her lap, but they said no.

    The family flew home the next day.

    The Orlando-based carrier reimbursed the family $595.80, the cost of the three tickets, and offered them three roundtrip tickets anywhere the airline flies, Graham-Weaver said.

    But that’s too little, too late for the Kuleszas. The father said they would never fly AirTran again.

17. Warmonger Infidel
    January 23rd, 2007 at 2:05 pm

    “The Orlando-based carrier reimbursed the family $595.80, the cost of the three tickets, and offered them three roundtrip tickets anywhere the airline flies, Graham-Weaver said. But that’s too little, too late for the Kuleszas. The father said they would never fly AirTran again.”

    This is crazy. Why the hell did the airline offer them free round trip tickets. That’s just admitting they made a mistake and setting them up for the lawsuit that’s sure to follow. They made no mistake…..they did exactly what they should have done.

    This is just another example of the “I’m more important than everyone else on this _________(fill in the blank)”. The parents actually believe it’s ok to inconvenience the other passengers to accomodate their lack of control over their spoiled-rotten kid. This mentality is pervasive in our society.

    Good for Air Trans…except their offer to pacify. I would have told them they were not welcome to ever fly the airline again.

18. 1sttofight
    January 23rd, 2007 at 2:08 pm

    The father said they would never fly AirTran again.”

    But I bet he did not refuse the free tickets.

19. BillK
    January 24th, 2007 at 2:25 am

    This is a great opportunity to tell a little story.

    Griffith Park Observatory in Los Angeles recently reopened after a lengthy remodel. Because of the crowds, the only way to or from the observatory is to either walk or take a shuttle bus.

    When my wife and I were there, we were on our way back to the shuttle stop at Hollywood & Highland when two people approached the bus driver. A few minutes thereafter, the bus turned around and headed back into Griffith Park.

    It turns out two people on the bus took the wrong shuttle, and the bus driver decided to inconvenience the other 35 people on the bus by turning it around and heading back to the boarding area so the two could get on the correct bus.

    Sigh…

20. BillK
    January 24th, 2007 at 6:10 am

    More from Nation’s Restaurant News on Pizza Patrón, the chain that now accepts pesos as payment:

    The chain’s executives now say the peso acceptance program may be extended if it shows sustained appeal through next month.

    Kelly McDonald, president of Dallas-based McDonald Marketing, a specialist in marketing to Hispanics, called the chain’s promotion “fantastic and brilliant.”

    “It’s revolutionary and 100-percent customer-focused,” McDonald said. “I applaud their efforts in this area. It’s groundbreaking in serving their customer. It’s visionary and fearless.”

    […]

    One e-mail stated: “You are part of the problem why Mexicans do not assimalate [sic] into American culture.”

    Others were supportive, such as: “I want to say, bravo. People can hate on others for no reason, and a lot of the time that’s all people remember at the end of the day, is the negative. I want to say I am proud of your company’s choice.… As a man who has more than half his family as Mexican ancestry—right down to the grandma who stayed in Mexico—I can honestly say that you guys are doing good.”

    Swad, who is of Italian and Lebanese ancestry, said his biggest surprise was “how passionate people feel on this issue on both sides.”

    “I’ve gotten passionate, hate-filled phone calls and e-mails full of anger,” he said. “On the other side of the coin, I’ve gotten the most beautiful, eloquently written messages of encouragement that I’ve ever seen. This thing has exposed the broad spectrum of human emotion to me.”

    He said the five outlets of the chain owned by his Pizza Patrón Inc. have done about 10 percent to 15 percent of their business with customers spending pesos, but he did not estimate the peso volume at the chain’s 54 franchised outlets since the promotion began. Same-store sales for January were already running positive before Jan. 8, so he was unable to say if the Pizza por Pesos program was bringing in new customers.

    The controversy has provided an opportunity to boost Pizza Patrón’s brand profile, Swad admitted. “We huddled early and made some key decisions that worked well for us; the first was to take as many opportunities to do interviews and explain the Pizza por Pesos program as much as possible,” he said.

    […]

    The controversy “is making us a better company, and it’s making us better executives,” Swad said.

    Also, National Public Radio, network television, the British Broadcasting Co., and major Mexican broadcast and print media have interviewed Swad and other Pizza Patrón officials.

    “I’m a businessman who is trying to out-position the company with competitors who have more resources,” Swad said. “We’ve reached out to our core customer and reinforced our brand promise that it’s a Latino brand.”

    […]

    Jud Phillips, who owns six Pizza Patrón stores in El Paso, Texas, said his managers unanimously thought the promotion was a good idea. “They see a lot of people in our stores with pesos in their pockets,” Phillips said. “Anything we can do to be a service to our customers and community, we’re willing to try it.”

21. Warmonger Infidel
    January 24th, 2007 at 7:07 am

    Comment on Pizza Patron:

    As much as I’m against illegals in this country, working in this county and living in this country I have to say chill out folks. This isn’t really a big deal. I live within 15 minutes of the 3rd busiest U. S./Candian crossing on the nothern border, I have Candian loonies, toonies and paper currency in my car all the time. When I go to Canada to play golf, eat at a nice restaurant or just do a little shopping with my wife, most businesses take U. S. currency. Same on our side of the border, most businesses take Canadian currency. In fact, most of the golf courses on our side take their currency at par…meaning even though the Canadian dollar is only worth about $0.85, they take it at face value.

    We have been doing this for years all along the border with Canada, so I would be very hypocrital to slam this businessman for trying to increase his business through innovation.

    Just my .02.

22. englishqueen01
    January 24th, 2007 at 11:19 am

    A follow-up to the Discount Mats story:

    The Army Sergeant at the center of an international controversy surrounding a local company says the issue is not settled.

    Sergeant Jason Hess wants a personal apology from Discount-mats.com, where an employee replied to Hess’ response for mats, saying, “we do not ship to APO addresses, and even if we did, we would NEVER ship to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq.” …

    Newsradio 620 WTMJ’s Jeff Wagner, who first discussed the Discount-mats.com e-mail, appeared on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” with Othman Atta of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee. Wagner diffused the ethnic background of the e-mailer and discussed the content of the e-mail in itself.

    “This is not about ethnicity, this is not about playing the race card,” said Wagner.

    “When this story first broke on my radio program, there was a lot of outrage. Nobody knew what the ethnicity of these individuals were. This is about people who are upset over the fact that you had someone who treated a soldier in this fashion.” http://www.620wtmj.com/_conten.....y_6685.asp

    It’s very interesting that we’ve now learned the emailer in question is Muslim, and that there are conflicting news reports regarding his fate - ranging from him being “disciplined” to “fired”. The company website is still down.

    And someone from the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, and liberals, are playing the perpetually offended card, saying the controversy has to do with the man’s ethnicity rather than the content of his email. A position, as you can see, which was debunked by Jeff Wagner since the ethnicity of the emailer wasn’t known when the story broke.

    [Liberal peace activist] Julie Enslow tells the paper that: “This is a matter of free speech. It is totally irresponsible for radio stations and bloggers to attack a person for his personal political views“. Othman Atta, president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, is also quoted as saying that: “In the United States, everyone is free to speak their opinion” and that the opinion of the ex-employee at Bargain Suppliers “is reflected by a majority of Americans now”. http://www.620wtmj.com/_conten.....ntry=30587

    But apparently, only Muslims and “peace activists” only have the right to free speech. Our troops, the Americans who support the war, and those who think our troops should be treated with respect don’t have the right ot free speech because we’re “attacking” those with dissenting opinions.

    We’ll see if that soldier gets his apology.

23. 1sttofight
    January 24th, 2007 at 3:54 pm

    This just made my day.

    Palestinians beaten at Guilford College

    By SAMUEL SPIES, Associated Press Writer Wed Jan 24, 12:26 AM ET

    RALEIGH, N.C. - Three football players at Guilford College, a school with a Quaker background, face assault and ethnic intimidation charges after an attack on three Palestinian students, authorities said.

    The victims were beaten with fists, feet and brass knuckles early Saturday by attackers who called them “terrorists” and used racial slurs, the News & Record of Greensboro reported Tuesday.

    School officials believe about 12 people were involved in the altercation, Nic Brown, spokesman for the college in Greensboro, told The Associated Press. Administrators were still trying to determine whether some were fighting or trying to break it up, Brown said.

    “We’ve had a very, very unfortunate event, unfortunate conflict among students who actually knew each other, and who had lived and interacted in the same residence hall with no conflict among themselves,” Brown said.

    Sounds to me like the palis ran their mouths and some Good Old Boys shut them up.

    A school statement said the altercation, in a campus courtyard, lasted less than five minutes. The students involved were acquaintances without a history of conflict, and at least some of them were under the influence of alcohol, the school said.

    Two of the students who were attacked, Faris Khader and Osama Sabbah, are students at Guilford. The third, Omar Awartani, is a student at North Carolina State University in Raleigh who was visiting.

    “It was the most horrific experience of my life,” Awartani told the News & Record. “This was a horrible, unprovoked hate crime.”

    Awartani said he was found to have a concussion and had trouble walking on his own for several days after the attack.

    Barnette, a wide receiver, was named one of the top 20 Division III players in the nation by the American Football Coaches Association last month.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200....._assault_4

    Maybe Awartani and his butt buddies finaly learned to keep their mouths shut.

24. BillK
    January 25th, 2007 at 3:36 am

    Well, if it’s “free spech” for the employee at Bargain Suppliers to say what he did, it’s also free speech to tell everyone we know using any means necessary to never, ever do any business with Bargain Suppliers or any of their suppliers.

    Or, feel free to not ship to APOs; we’ll do all we can to make sure you’re not shipping to any other address, either. Why should boycotts and the act of “shaming” businesses be the sole realm of the left?

25. nodems
    January 25th, 2007 at 12:48 pm

    Someone posted at FreeRepublic a lot of background on the family and Bargain Suppliers business owners and other related businesses being run from the home.

    It doubts the employee was fired since the business is run from the house of the 24-year old Muslim owner.

    Also, how many stupid Americans have provided their credit card numbers to these Muslim terrorist-enablers? One reason I never purchase anything over the Web.

26. oki
    January 25th, 2007 at 1:38 pm

    http://www.suntimes.com/news/m.....25.article

    …Despite La Ley’s claims, Alvarez said she was never informed verbally or in print that she had to be U.S. citizen or legal resident to be eligible to win Mexican-American singer Juan Rivera’s old car during the July 4, 2005, contest at the Plaza Garibaldi, 2600 S. California…

    THIS is what happens when we start calling these people “Undocumented Citizens.” They forget they are “ILLEGAL” and should maybe not call attention to themselves.

27. 1sttofight
    January 25th, 2007 at 1:50 pm

    If she had been given the car, she would complain about having to pay taxes on it.

    BTW, from her picture, I doubt she could even squeeze her huge butt into it anyway.

28. oki
    January 25th, 2007 at 1:55 pm

    Hmm. So wait, I wonder how she WOULD pay taxes on it. And how would she obtain her driver’s license?

29. oki
    January 25th, 2007 at 3:14 pm

    http://film.guardian.co.uk/new.....59,00.html
    “Popular films ranging from Hollywood blockbusters to children’s cartoons are depicting “crude and exaggerated” stereotypes of Muslims and perpetuating Islamophobia, according to a study published today.”
    ——
    “The problem with portrayals in film was not the fact that they were negative images, but that they were the only images: “You don’t get a good Muslim guy in a movie.”"

    This much is true, I don’t think I have ever seen a good mooselimb guy in a movie.
    ——
    Oh, one more thing:
    “Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
    Indiana Jones must find the ark of the covenant before the Nazis. The report says: “The cultural stereotypes and scenarios are patently obvious,” pointing to a street scene featuring bazars, veiled women and bearded men in traditional dress, all set to snake-charming music”

    Actually I didn’t get a bad impression of the people in the streets of the bazaars. I didn’t even think of them. I don’t think I ever thought, “Oh look at the mooselimbs.” The DIRTIER people in this movie were followers of some Kali god or other. Is that an alternative name for Mohammed or something?

30. 1sttofight
    January 25th, 2007 at 3:22 pm

    In the movie, the muslims were in kahoots with the nazi;s as they were in real life. nuf said.

    Live with your past.

31. DW
    January 25th, 2007 at 3:58 pm

    “The problem with portrayals in film was not the fact that they were negative images, but that they were the only images: “You don’t get a good Muslim guy in a movie.””

    I guess Robin Hood (the Kevin Costner one) doesn’t count. You know -the one that made the crusaders look like bumbling, irresponsible idiots and Muslims (think of Morgan Freeman’s character) were more advanced, wise, kindly…basically everything they’re not.
    Then there’s the 13th warrior (Antonio Banderas) plays a Muslim who is smarter, cleaner, as tough as the Vikings he travels with.
    Or perhaps the complete butchering of Tom Clancy’s best (IMHO) book “Sum of all Fears” where the Muslims were replaced with Neo-Nazis in the movie version.
    That’s just three I can name right off the top of my head.
    Not to mention “Little Mosque on the Prairie”…

32. 1sttofight
    January 25th, 2007 at 4:04 pm

    “Little Mosque on the Prairie”???

    Yeah I remember that one. I starred as the horny Redneck trapped in the midwest. There were several of my best scenes left on the cutting room floor, but I did enjoy the multiple retakes with the willing females.

33. wardmama4
    January 25th, 2007 at 4:42 pm

    Oh my, oh my - wondered what happen to the ‘De-escalate, investigate, bring the troops home now’ leadership of her ‘absolute moral authority’ to be the anti-war spokesperson de` jour? You did see in this weekends up coming anti-war hatefest - they are running out that old tried and true fav - Hanoi Jane - for guest speaker? My guess is that ‘Mother’ Sheehan (whose [soldier] son was killed in Iraq) can’t risk another arrest to end up in the slammer forever. It would do the anti-war movement a big piece of damage (one arrest is chic, six borders on dangerous).

    http://www.itshinesforall.com/.....n_s_1.html

    January 25, 2007
    Cindy Sheehan Surrenders to President Bush?

    “War protester Cindy Sheehan has dropped her lawsuit challenging county camping and parking bans near President Bush’s Crawford ranch,” the AP

    Now we can only hope that she will finally surrender her ‘greiving’ mother anti-war mantle and we can be rid of her once and for all.

34. SG
    January 25th, 2007 at 9:06 pm

    Please note that thanks to my tireless efforts, the editing function has been updated to work with the latest software. (At least I hope it has.)

    Please let me know if you come across any glitches with it.

35. 1sttofight
    January 25th, 2007 at 9:18 pm

    Thanks SG.

36. rocketman
    January 26th, 2007 at 7:22 pm

    1st - You will love this:

    LTC Ollie North;s commentary is worth reading and saving.
    From our friends at Realclearpolitics

    DOES ANYONE IN CONGRESS CARE

    By Oliver North

    CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — The Marines and their families here at this sprawling base on the Carolina coast didn’t have much to say about the president’s State of the Union address. For many of them, his address the week before had been more important. It was then that they learned many more of them would be heading for Iraq — and that the tour of duty for those already there would be extended. But amazingly enough, not one of them, despite Democrat bombast and mainstream media remonstrations to the contrary, expressed any anger at the commander in chief for the added sacrifice.

    Camp Lejeune is the home base for the 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, the unit our FOX News “War Stories” team was embedded with in Iraq for much of last month. For them, Al Anbar Province, Iraq is the “frontline.” For most of their families, Camp Lejeune is the “homefront.” We returned here to interview them, and several of the wounded, recuperating in the Wounded Warrior Barracks. Their elan and perseverance give new meaning to the president’s words on Tuesday night: “In such courage and compassion … we see the spirit and character of America — and these qualities are not in short supply.”

    Despite having spent most of my life in, and with, the armed forces and their families, it was personally moving to hear these young wives and mothers describe with grace and dignity — devoid of resentment — how they were dealing with the news of their husbands’ delayed return. Equally compelling were the comments of the Marines themselves. None of them expressed anger or frustration with President Bush or their leaders. Several noted that they had volunteered to go back to Iraq — some for a third trip to the war. Two of the wounded warriors baldly stated that despite their injuries, they were looking forward to getting back to “finish the fight.”

    In the aftermath of the president’s State of the Union address, Democrats claimed that “the majority of the nation no longer supports the way this war is being fought, nor does the majority of our military.” Regrettably, no one in the so-called mainstream has bothered to challenge this unsubstantiated allegation about the members of our armed forces. There certainly isn’t a shred of evidence to validate that sentiment here — or with any of the scores of soldiers, sailors, airmen, Guardsmen or Marines with whom I stay in contact from my eight trips to the war. To the extent that there is discontent in our military, it is aimed at the way the war has been misreported by my “colleagues” in the media and how it is being depicted by politicians in Washington.

    In the days since the president’s address it’s clear that the media’s fixation on failure and the politicos’ penchant for posturing on the war is unabated. Though Bush has repeatedly made it clear that “the consequences of failure would be grievous and far reaching,” there is little indication that the potentates on the Potomac really care for anything except reaping political advantage. Nurtured by a media that is unwilling as ever to ignore successes, the solons of the Senate followed up the State of the Union address with a bevy of draft resolutions rebuking the commander in chief for sending additional troops to the war zone.

    The political posturing doesn’t stop with attacks on the White House. When Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, the new U.S. commander in Iraq, was asked by members of the Senate Armed Services Committee if such a non-binding measure would have the effect of aiding and abetting the enemy, he replied, “Yes, sir.” For his straightforward, common sense response, he was admonished by an erstwhile Republican to avoid being “too political.” This “gentleman of the Senate,” fond of referring to himself as his state’s “senior senator,” has of course introduced his own pet resolution disputing the president’s claim to be commander in chief.

    A few hours after this odious exchange, an officer with whom I had spent many months in Iraq called me. “Do these people know what they are doing?” he inquired, clearly agitated.

    “Which people?” I asked.

    “These politicians who think we can win a war by committee. Do they even know that in the last two weeks we have set AQI (Al Qaeda in Iraq) and the Mahdi Army both back on their heels?” he answered. I was silent, so he continued, “Is there anyone in Washington who understands what this means? AQI terrorists are running like rats out of Ramadi. And the Mahdi Army is being cleaned out of Baghdad. Do they know how much harder all this rhetoric makes our job?”

    My response was equivocal. “It’s hard to tell what a member of Congress knows,” I replied. Having just returned from visiting wounded troops anxious to return to their units and the families of those who have been extended in Iraq, I didn’t have the heart to say that the more important question is: “Does anyone in Congress care?”
    http://tinyurl.com/2p6xc3

37. BillK
    January 27th, 2007 at 4:57 am

    I’m shocked, shocked I tell you:

    Sarandon Urges Politicians to End Iraq Occupation

    Actress Susan Sarandon is urging candidates standing in next year’s US presidential election to support a campaign to end the occupation of Iraq. Outspoken anti-war campaigner Sarandon admits she was unimpressed with President George W. Bush’s calls to “give his troops a chance” through his State Of The Union address this week - and instead is speaking out in support of plans to withdraw US forces from Iraq within a six-month time frame. She says, “He (Bush) didn’t talk to me about anything new, (but) we’re hoping to ask all the candidates in the future, everyone that’s hoping to run, to really make this part of their campaigns.” Sarandon will join fellow Hollywood actors Sean Penn and her partner Tim Robbins this weekend at an Iraq war protest in Washington DC.

    Funny, I thought an “occupation” had to be against the wishes of the government placed into power by the citizens of that country, and the Iraqi goverment wants the U.S. troops there. But there I go, using logic again in what should be a strictly emotional argument based on what the left wants. Remember, the Iraqi people don’t know what they wan’t, the Democratic Party will decide what’s good for them, just as they will for all Americans starting in 2009…

38. wardmama4
    January 27th, 2007 at 10:01 am

    Uh, I wish I could take credit for this but alas I can’t - the Dems finally came up with a plan. Read this (if you don’t have the time, visualize Fahrenheit 9/11 and change terrorist attack to killing Iraqis) and yes the dnc was forced to go to that stellar political, military and brillently educated mind - Michael Moore.

    http://www.michaelmoore.com/wo.....php?id=204

    Dear Mr. President: Send Even MORE Troops (and you go, too!) …from Michael Moore

    Dear Mr. President,

    Thanks for your address to the nation. It’s good to know you still want to talk to us after how we behaved in November. . . .

    Does this sound the least bit familiar?
    But you must read how I got there, too. Unlike today’s media and of course, Michael himself - I believe in reading two sides to a story. One, if you haven’t read the story above from Oliver North, that rocketman posted - it is the direct opposite of what the media is reporting (hint, Jim Webb, you just might want to actually talk to someone in the military before you speak for the entire US Armed Forces) and then read this commentor.
    Seems to me, the pro-victory side, uses facts, makes sense and does not claim to speak for the entire World. Maybe it’s MMs size that makes him think, that he can speak for the World.

    http://www.julescrittenden.com.....n-is-here/
    Dem Plan Is Here

    Check out Michael Moore. The hot dog addict has done something the entire Democratic membership of Congress couldn’t manage. He’s come up with a plan. It’s a stupid plan, and appears to be intended as satire. It’s not very good satire, though Moore does an artful job here of mimicking the style of someone who perpetually stuck in the 10th grade. But it is a plan:

39. SG
    January 27th, 2007 at 7:15 pm

    From the UK’s Times:

    Death squad chieftains flee to beat Baghdad surge

    January 28, 2007

    Hala Jaber, Amman and Sarah Baxter, Washington

    DEATH SQUAD leaders have fled Baghdad to evade capture or killing by American and Iraqi forces before the start of the troop “surge” and security crackdown in the capital.

    A former senior Iraqi minister said most of the leaders loyal to Moqtada al-Sadr, the radical anti-American cleric, had gone into hiding in Iran.

    Among those said to have fled is Abu Deraa, the Shi’ite militia leader whose appetite for sectarian savagery has been compared to that of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, who was killed last year…

    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/a.....15,00.html

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