I just got back from a blissful three days without news. Went on retreat at a local monastery. Quiet, calm, prayerful, restful.
And then I come back to see the news. I just want to retreat again.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Morning reading
Does Islam Breed Violence? Uh. Yes. From the article:
Here is the truth, as bitter as it may be: Islam is the culprit. Islam is anything but a religion of peace. Violence is at the very core of Islam. Violence is institutionalized in the Muslims' holy book, the Quran, in many suras:
Quran 9:5 "Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war."
9:112 "The Believers fight in Allah's cause; they slay and are slain, kill and are killed."
8:39 "So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world)."
8:65 "O Prophet, urge the faithful to fight. If there are twenty among you with determination they will vanquish two hundred; if there are a hundred then they will slaughter a thousand unbelievers, for the infidels are a people devoid of understanding."
9:38 "Believers, what is the matter with you, that when you are asked to go forth and fight in Allah's Cause you cling to the earth? Do you prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? Unless you go forth, He will afflict and punish you with a painful doom, and put others in your place."
47:4 "When you clash with the unbelieving Infidels in battle (fighting Jihad in Allah's Cause), smite their necks until you overpower them, killing and wounding many of them. At length, when you have thoroughly subdued them, bind them firmly, making (them) captives. Thereafter either generosity or ransom (them based upon what benefits Islam) until the war lays down its burdens. Thus are you commanded by Allah to continue carrying out Jihad against the unbelieving infidels until they submit to Islam."
And the Quran is considered by Muslims to be the word-for-word literal edicts of their god, Allah.
Anita Dunn -- gone? That's what they're saying, but I suspect she and the other Mao-lovers and leftists will continue to be part of O's shadow government. They aren't going to go that easily.
Don't mess with Texas. Apparently O's administration has been carting illegal aliens picked up in Arizona to Texas where they are dropped off. Like his losing gunfight with FOX News, Obama may be biting off more than he can chew. Really. You don't mess with Texas, or Texans.
And last but not least, Washington D. C. is getting ready to lose the wonderful social services of the Catholic Church. Yeah. It's all about taking away religious freedom in the name of PC. The city is couching the issue in terms of a 'philosophical difference', but it's really about religious freedom. From the article:
The church's influence seems limited. In separate interviews Wednesday, council member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) referred to the church as "somewhat childish." Another council member, David A. Catania (I-At Large), said he would rather end the city's relationship with the church than give in to its demands.
"They don't represent, in my mind, an indispensable component of our social services infrastructure," said Catania, the sponsor of the same-sex marriage bill and the chairman of the Health Committee.
Here is the truth, as bitter as it may be: Islam is the culprit. Islam is anything but a religion of peace. Violence is at the very core of Islam. Violence is institutionalized in the Muslims' holy book, the Quran, in many suras:
Quran 9:5 "Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war."
9:112 "The Believers fight in Allah's cause; they slay and are slain, kill and are killed."
8:39 "So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world)."
8:65 "O Prophet, urge the faithful to fight. If there are twenty among you with determination they will vanquish two hundred; if there are a hundred then they will slaughter a thousand unbelievers, for the infidels are a people devoid of understanding."
9:38 "Believers, what is the matter with you, that when you are asked to go forth and fight in Allah's Cause you cling to the earth? Do you prefer the life of this world to the Hereafter? Unless you go forth, He will afflict and punish you with a painful doom, and put others in your place."
47:4 "When you clash with the unbelieving Infidels in battle (fighting Jihad in Allah's Cause), smite their necks until you overpower them, killing and wounding many of them. At length, when you have thoroughly subdued them, bind them firmly, making (them) captives. Thereafter either generosity or ransom (them based upon what benefits Islam) until the war lays down its burdens. Thus are you commanded by Allah to continue carrying out Jihad against the unbelieving infidels until they submit to Islam."
And the Quran is considered by Muslims to be the word-for-word literal edicts of their god, Allah.
Anita Dunn -- gone? That's what they're saying, but I suspect she and the other Mao-lovers and leftists will continue to be part of O's shadow government. They aren't going to go that easily.
Don't mess with Texas. Apparently O's administration has been carting illegal aliens picked up in Arizona to Texas where they are dropped off. Like his losing gunfight with FOX News, Obama may be biting off more than he can chew. Really. You don't mess with Texas, or Texans.
And last but not least, Washington D. C. is getting ready to lose the wonderful social services of the Catholic Church. Yeah. It's all about taking away religious freedom in the name of PC. The city is couching the issue in terms of a 'philosophical difference', but it's really about religious freedom. From the article:
The church's influence seems limited. In separate interviews Wednesday, council member Mary M. Cheh (D-Ward 3) referred to the church as "somewhat childish." Another council member, David A. Catania (I-At Large), said he would rather end the city's relationship with the church than give in to its demands.
"They don't represent, in my mind, an indispensable component of our social services infrastructure," said Catania, the sponsor of the same-sex marriage bill and the chairman of the Health Committee.
Confusion
From the Wall Street Journal: Why Fort Hood Really Happened. From the article:
The problem is confusion. The combatants at each end of the spectrum in the war over the war on terror know exactly what they think about surveilling suspected terrorists. But if you are an intel officer or FBI agent tasked with providing the protection, what are you supposed to make of all this bitter public argument? What you make of it is that when you get a judgment call, like Maj. Hasan, you hesitate. You blink.
Now everyone thinks the call was obvious. But it wasn't so obvious before the tragedy. Not if for years you have watched a country and its political class in rancorous confusion about the enemy, the legal standing of the enemy, or the legal status and scope of the methods it wants to use to fight the enemy.
In war, uncertainty gets you killed. It just did.
The problem is confusion. The combatants at each end of the spectrum in the war over the war on terror know exactly what they think about surveilling suspected terrorists. But if you are an intel officer or FBI agent tasked with providing the protection, what are you supposed to make of all this bitter public argument? What you make of it is that when you get a judgment call, like Maj. Hasan, you hesitate. You blink.
Now everyone thinks the call was obvious. But it wasn't so obvious before the tragedy. Not if for years you have watched a country and its political class in rancorous confusion about the enemy, the legal standing of the enemy, or the legal status and scope of the methods it wants to use to fight the enemy.
In war, uncertainty gets you killed. It just did.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
My soldier
He was 31 and single and stationed in Egypt with a UN Peacekeeping force. A sergeant in the US Army, it was rare when his mom or sisters wrote him one of those coveted letters that mean so much to a soldier serving overseas. One day, out of the blue, he got a letter.
It began like this:
Dear Sergeant G......,
I am sure your mother has written to you by now, letting you know that I would be writing.
But his mother had not written to him, and the letter from an unknown woman was more than surprising. She explained how his mom had asked her to write him, confessing that she, herself, was a terrible writer and that her son loved getting mail from home. And, being a reporter, it was very simple to write a few lines to a soldier, right?
The reporter described a few scenes from her life, mentioned her young son, described a desert rain storm that was occurring as she wrote. It took three weeks to go from California to Egypt. A month after that, the reporter received a letter back. The sergeant said it would be fun to have a penpal and friend. He told of his work in Egypt as a SCUBA instructor and described the local nomadic tribes to her.
For four months they corresponded. They never exchanged photos. Right around Thanksgiving the sergeant returned stateside and visited his family while on leave. His mom arranged for him to meet the reporter. It was very awkward, for he was shy and she was proud. She left soon after dinner, and he returned the 480 miles to his base the next day. They kept writing, in the same light and noncommittal way as before.
A few days before Christmas, the reporter had a very vivid dream. She dreamt that her sergeant friend was in a jungle. He wore a helmet and sported face paint. He was writing a letter to her. In the dream she could see the letter. It was black and white newsprint, and he had written to her in red ink on the newsprint. He told her that he was fighting, but that he was safe. When she woke up an inexplicable feeling of peace and goodwill had infused her heart.
After Christmas she received a letter from the sergeant. The white stationary letter started out in black ink, but as the words went on the ink began to fade. Finally the writing picked back up in red ink. The sergeant explained to her that he and fellow soldiers had been sent down to Panama to oust Noriega. He described gunfights but said he was safe. He explained that they were not allowed to tell family and friends about the imminent deployment, but now that things were settling down he could be in touch.
The dream came rushing back to the reporter. She had a sudden conviction that she was going to marry this man. Towards the end of January the sergeant came home on leave again. He got in touch with the reporter and they went on a double date with his sister and her husband. Things were still a bit awkward, and since he had only a few days of leave his family claimed most of his time.
In February he invited her to visit Monterey where he was stationed at Planet Ord, as the soldiers called Ft. Ord. She drove up the 480 miles from Palm Springs. They had dinner and walked along the wharf, and for the first time, held hands. Later that evening he asked her to become his wife.
It's been almost 20 years. He is my soldier, and always will be.
It began like this:
Dear Sergeant G......,
I am sure your mother has written to you by now, letting you know that I would be writing.
But his mother had not written to him, and the letter from an unknown woman was more than surprising. She explained how his mom had asked her to write him, confessing that she, herself, was a terrible writer and that her son loved getting mail from home. And, being a reporter, it was very simple to write a few lines to a soldier, right?
The reporter described a few scenes from her life, mentioned her young son, described a desert rain storm that was occurring as she wrote. It took three weeks to go from California to Egypt. A month after that, the reporter received a letter back. The sergeant said it would be fun to have a penpal and friend. He told of his work in Egypt as a SCUBA instructor and described the local nomadic tribes to her.
For four months they corresponded. They never exchanged photos. Right around Thanksgiving the sergeant returned stateside and visited his family while on leave. His mom arranged for him to meet the reporter. It was very awkward, for he was shy and she was proud. She left soon after dinner, and he returned the 480 miles to his base the next day. They kept writing, in the same light and noncommittal way as before.
A few days before Christmas, the reporter had a very vivid dream. She dreamt that her sergeant friend was in a jungle. He wore a helmet and sported face paint. He was writing a letter to her. In the dream she could see the letter. It was black and white newsprint, and he had written to her in red ink on the newsprint. He told her that he was fighting, but that he was safe. When she woke up an inexplicable feeling of peace and goodwill had infused her heart.
After Christmas she received a letter from the sergeant. The white stationary letter started out in black ink, but as the words went on the ink began to fade. Finally the writing picked back up in red ink. The sergeant explained to her that he and fellow soldiers had been sent down to Panama to oust Noriega. He described gunfights but said he was safe. He explained that they were not allowed to tell family and friends about the imminent deployment, but now that things were settling down he could be in touch.
The dream came rushing back to the reporter. She had a sudden conviction that she was going to marry this man. Towards the end of January the sergeant came home on leave again. He got in touch with the reporter and they went on a double date with his sister and her husband. Things were still a bit awkward, and since he had only a few days of leave his family claimed most of his time.
In February he invited her to visit Monterey where he was stationed at Planet Ord, as the soldiers called Ft. Ord. She drove up the 480 miles from Palm Springs. They had dinner and walked along the wharf, and for the first time, held hands. Later that evening he asked her to become his wife.
It's been almost 20 years. He is my soldier, and always will be.
PC = Totalitarianism
The evil of "political correctness" – the totalitarian manipulation of thought, foisted on us by twisted elitist sociopaths who hate America and everything our soldiers have fought and died for over the last two centuries, and continue to fight and die for – has to end. Now. It's over. This nation must rise up and defy the insane thought control that is destroying our country right before our eyes.
In America, a land of precious and unique freedoms, there exists a natural and healthy tension between our cherished First Amendment religious freedom for all Americans – including Muslims – and our paramount need to protect our country from infiltration, subversion and terror attacks by "true-believing" Islamic jihadists. This tension must be resolved by our striking exactly the right balance, but that balance can be achieved only when we first rise above fear and cowardice, and defy the treacherous PC mind-control culture that is poisoning our minds and crippling our national security. (David Kupelian)
Read it: What's behind America's politically correct 'love' of Islam?
Via New Wineskins
In America, a land of precious and unique freedoms, there exists a natural and healthy tension between our cherished First Amendment religious freedom for all Americans – including Muslims – and our paramount need to protect our country from infiltration, subversion and terror attacks by "true-believing" Islamic jihadists. This tension must be resolved by our striking exactly the right balance, but that balance can be achieved only when we first rise above fear and cowardice, and defy the treacherous PC mind-control culture that is poisoning our minds and crippling our national security. (David Kupelian)
Read it: What's behind America's politically correct 'love' of Islam?
Via New Wineskins
A Righteous Bishop
Just when one is about to despair of the Church hierarchy in the USA, something as magnificent and wonderful and holy as this letter to Congressman Patrick Kennedy is released. God bless Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence, RI.The congressman, of course, is not amused. Perhaps he will be convicted and a conversion of heart will follow. If not, this letter will certainly serve to instruct other Catholics who are confused about what it means to be a Catholic:
(Thanks to Tom P. for the heads-up.)
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The Justice Department isn't so just
First they came for the banks. Then they came for the auto industry. Then they came for the housing industry. Then they came for healthcare. Now they're coming for your IP addresses.
From the article: "This is the first time we've seen them try to get the IP address of everyone who visited a particular site," Bankston said. "That it was a news organization was an additional troubling fact that implicates First Amendment rights."
From the article: "This is the first time we've seen them try to get the IP address of everyone who visited a particular site," Bankston said. "That it was a news organization was an additional troubling fact that implicates First Amendment rights."
Signs
Israel and the Church are inextricably linked. From Vivificat. From his post: How and whenever Christians lent themselves to the diabolical task of destroying, terrorizing, forcefully assimilating, banishing, or exterminating Jews, they were by their acts undermining the very foundations of the Church. Destroying Israel would guarantee the destruction of the Church. The devil knows this, hence his unceasing diligence in his quest to destroy Israel by the hands of Christians, when at all possible. The irony is not lost on him, I am sure.
(I believe there’s still much soul-searching to be done among us Christians to understand the meaning and implications that too many from those among us, followers of a Jewish Messiah, have been willing persecutors of the Jews throughout the ages. We need to come to terms with that too, so that we too can heal our “family tree.” But that’s a subject for later.)
Do urge Theo to continue with future promised posts!
(I believe there’s still much soul-searching to be done among us Christians to understand the meaning and implications that too many from those among us, followers of a Jewish Messiah, have been willing persecutors of the Jews throughout the ages. We need to come to terms with that too, so that we too can heal our “family tree.” But that’s a subject for later.)
Do urge Theo to continue with future promised posts!
Bits O' News
An army caught in the vortex of political correctness. From the article: Meanwhile, the media try to turn Hasan into a victim. A sickening (and amateurish) Washington Post article portrayed him as a poor, impoverished minority living in a $320-a-month rathole apartment and driving a down-market car -- as if the squalor made him a terrorist.
Squalor he chose to live in, by the way: As a major drawing added professional pay for his medical credentials, plus his benefits, Hasan made a six-figure income. And he was single, without college loans or medical bills. Has anybody asked where the money went? I'll bet a chunk of it disappeared in cash donations to hard-core Islamist causes. Will a single journalist track the missing bucks?
The number one lesson. From the article: This PC insanity is literally killing us now. We are committing politically correct suicide. If the military is now too PC to protect its own troops from Islamic fanatics on its own soil, how can we be sure it can protect the rest of us?
Ignoring Infiltration. From the article: But why confuse ourselves with facts? The narrative has been set down: the problem involves not killers shooting innocents for pathological reasons, but nonexistent mobs running the streets of America, waving ropes and looking for anyone wearing a dishdash. It's not Islamists who are responsible; it's us, America and the people who inhabit it. The great thing about multiculturalism is that it can be cut down, trimmed, reshaped and refurbished and made to fit anything. Here it has been reworked to serve as the cover for the murder of thirteen servicemen and the maiming of thirty-odd others.
Intimidated Americans: "He snapped in advance."
Jihadists in the Military. From the article: It's one thing to be suckered by others. It's quite another to sucker yourself.
The Siren Call of Shariah. From the article: If the U.S. government cannot come to grips with the reality that authoritative Islam is rooted in Shariah, that Shariah demands its adherents engage in supremacist jihad and that jihad is - pursuant to Shariah - intended to inflict terror on its victims, it will be wholly unable to defeat an enemy bent on its destruction. And official Washington will only further alienate the American people who have the eminent sense to appreciate that although not all Muslims (in or out of uniform) embrace Shariah and its obligation to wage jihad, those who do are our mortal enemies.
And so on. Will anything, anything change? I wonder. More news.
Defeating the Boomer Left -- those loons who are now in charge. From the article: The first lesson is to start telling the truth without fear. Shout it out. Demonstrate. Tell your truth to your relatives that you've been trying to be nice to all these years. Make it pleasant and polite, but firm. Don't yell. Just talk and talk and talk. Yes, you can stand out from the crowd. Half of your listeners will privately agree with you if you state your case well, and over time they will find the courage to speak up, too. . . The election of 2010 will be a major survival test. If Americans fail that test, we will become Britain in its catastrophic decline under fifty years of socialism. A new Ruling Class will arise, just as it has in socialist Europe, and they will not care one bit about the people. They will import hostile voters from Third World countries. They will forge alliances with Islamists, as they are already doing. America will be helpless, and all the hostile forces around the world will know it. They will all be trying to push us under. If we are governed by a domestic Fifth Column, then North Korea, Russia, China, Iran, Hugo Chavez, the Sunni Moslem Brotherhood, all will beat us down. Real democracy is just not their thing
Here's another article on food. The fight over the future of food. It is a propaganda article for Big Agribusiness (Monsanto). The premise, right away, is crap. There is not a food problem. There is a political problem that prevents food from getting to people. Notice the government's talk about needing to invest billions in farming. None of that money will go to small farmers, to those like the farmer in Milan, whose small farm has become profitable by his organic and natural farming methods. You can see how the article pits small farmers versus the large agribusiness farmers. I do most solemnly urge you to begin to cultivate your own gardens, using seeds that are not genetically modified. There is growing speculation that some of the digestive and intestinal problems we have are the result of eating crops that have been genetically modified. The government propagandists disguise the issue by talking about the need to feed the starving millions around the world. The answer is always large-scale farming using genetically modified crops. Not normal. Not natural. Not good.
This is just rich. If you can't pay your mortgage and are in foreclosure, the Company Store (Uncle Sam in Fannie Mae's dress) is proposing to rent your home back to you. The article deals well with the issues. Another insane idea from our masters in Washington.
Eminent domain. Disgusting. Maddening. Government does NOTHING well. Except fail.
O's czars are everywhere, doing God knows what.
Squalor he chose to live in, by the way: As a major drawing added professional pay for his medical credentials, plus his benefits, Hasan made a six-figure income. And he was single, without college loans or medical bills. Has anybody asked where the money went? I'll bet a chunk of it disappeared in cash donations to hard-core Islamist causes. Will a single journalist track the missing bucks?
The number one lesson. From the article: This PC insanity is literally killing us now. We are committing politically correct suicide. If the military is now too PC to protect its own troops from Islamic fanatics on its own soil, how can we be sure it can protect the rest of us?
Ignoring Infiltration. From the article: But why confuse ourselves with facts? The narrative has been set down: the problem involves not killers shooting innocents for pathological reasons, but nonexistent mobs running the streets of America, waving ropes and looking for anyone wearing a dishdash. It's not Islamists who are responsible; it's us, America and the people who inhabit it. The great thing about multiculturalism is that it can be cut down, trimmed, reshaped and refurbished and made to fit anything. Here it has been reworked to serve as the cover for the murder of thirteen servicemen and the maiming of thirty-odd others.
Intimidated Americans: "He snapped in advance."
Jihadists in the Military. From the article: It's one thing to be suckered by others. It's quite another to sucker yourself.
The Siren Call of Shariah. From the article: If the U.S. government cannot come to grips with the reality that authoritative Islam is rooted in Shariah, that Shariah demands its adherents engage in supremacist jihad and that jihad is - pursuant to Shariah - intended to inflict terror on its victims, it will be wholly unable to defeat an enemy bent on its destruction. And official Washington will only further alienate the American people who have the eminent sense to appreciate that although not all Muslims (in or out of uniform) embrace Shariah and its obligation to wage jihad, those who do are our mortal enemies.
And so on. Will anything, anything change? I wonder. More news.
Defeating the Boomer Left -- those loons who are now in charge. From the article: The first lesson is to start telling the truth without fear. Shout it out. Demonstrate. Tell your truth to your relatives that you've been trying to be nice to all these years. Make it pleasant and polite, but firm. Don't yell. Just talk and talk and talk. Yes, you can stand out from the crowd. Half of your listeners will privately agree with you if you state your case well, and over time they will find the courage to speak up, too. . . The election of 2010 will be a major survival test. If Americans fail that test, we will become Britain in its catastrophic decline under fifty years of socialism. A new Ruling Class will arise, just as it has in socialist Europe, and they will not care one bit about the people. They will import hostile voters from Third World countries. They will forge alliances with Islamists, as they are already doing. America will be helpless, and all the hostile forces around the world will know it. They will all be trying to push us under. If we are governed by a domestic Fifth Column, then North Korea, Russia, China, Iran, Hugo Chavez, the Sunni Moslem Brotherhood, all will beat us down. Real democracy is just not their thing
Here's another article on food. The fight over the future of food. It is a propaganda article for Big Agribusiness (Monsanto). The premise, right away, is crap. There is not a food problem. There is a political problem that prevents food from getting to people. Notice the government's talk about needing to invest billions in farming. None of that money will go to small farmers, to those like the farmer in Milan, whose small farm has become profitable by his organic and natural farming methods. You can see how the article pits small farmers versus the large agribusiness farmers. I do most solemnly urge you to begin to cultivate your own gardens, using seeds that are not genetically modified. There is growing speculation that some of the digestive and intestinal problems we have are the result of eating crops that have been genetically modified. The government propagandists disguise the issue by talking about the need to feed the starving millions around the world. The answer is always large-scale farming using genetically modified crops. Not normal. Not natural. Not good.
This is just rich. If you can't pay your mortgage and are in foreclosure, the Company Store (Uncle Sam in Fannie Mae's dress) is proposing to rent your home back to you. The article deals well with the issues. Another insane idea from our masters in Washington.
Eminent domain. Disgusting. Maddening. Government does NOTHING well. Except fail.
O's czars are everywhere, doing God knows what.
Monday, November 9, 2009
"Truth is the new hate speech"
Pamela Geller was on a roll in Texas. Here's part 1 (of 10). This brave woman tells it like it is -- and she knows her stuff.
The warning signs were there
For a classical take on the terrorist act at Ft. Hood, read blogger Bedlam or Parnassus: A Trojan Horse at Ft. Hood.
Jihad and cultural marxism and NY23
Janet Napolitano is over in Jihad land while fervently trying to prevent a backlash against muslims here. Sigh. She sounds like a suckup. It's positively criminal.
The land that cried sheep: I knew that a three-little-monkeys society, blinded, deafened and dumbed-down by political correctness, was allowing this fifth column to operate unfettered. I knew it not because I'm a genius but because I'm willing to profile, otherwise known as seeing reality as it is, not as fashions dictate it must be. . . We have become a sick society where fantasies are favored and reality is called "racist." If there were an officer of Japanese descent in our military during WWII, he wouldn't have lasted till the next day's rising sun if he had expressed pro-Imperial Japanese sentiments. But that was then, when America was America, before she was sacrificed on the altar of the leftist dystopia in utopian clothing.
The land that cried sheep: I knew that a three-little-monkeys society, blinded, deafened and dumbed-down by political correctness, was allowing this fifth column to operate unfettered. I knew it not because I'm a genius but because I'm willing to profile, otherwise known as seeing reality as it is, not as fashions dictate it must be. . . We have become a sick society where fantasies are favored and reality is called "racist." If there were an officer of Japanese descent in our military during WWII, he wouldn't have lasted till the next day's rising sun if he had expressed pro-Imperial Japanese sentiments. But that was then, when America was America, before she was sacrificed on the altar of the leftist dystopia in utopian clothing.
Lt. Col. Allen West on the terrorist attack at Ft. Hood: On Thursday, 5 November 2009 Ft Hood became a part of the battlefield in the war against Islamic totalitarianism and state sponsored terrorism. There may be those who feel threatened by my words and would even recommend they not be uttered. To those individuals I say step aside because now is not the time for cowardice. Our Country has become so paralyzed by political correctness that we have allowed a vile and determined enemy to breach what should be the safest place in America, an Army post.
We have become so politically correct that our media is more concerned about the stress of the shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan. The misplaced benevolence intending to portray him as a victim is despicable.
Daniel Pipes gives an abbreviated timeline of excuses for why terrorists attack. It would be amusing if it weren't so sick. I particularly agree with this statement from the article: And so, a prediction: what Ralph Peters calls the army’s “unforgivable political correctness” will officially ascribe Hasan’s assault to his victimization and will leave jihad unmentioned. And thus will the army blind itself and not prepare for its next jihadi attack.
Until the military gets its act together, I would strenuously recommend that no young person join up. While a leftist holds the White House, soldiers are in more than the usual danger.
Like some other terrorists we know (the 9/11 ones), Hasan apparently frequented strip clubs.
In other news:
As we watch Britain get flushed down the toilet of history, Melanie Phillips gives a blow-by-blow description of how and why. Yeah. Cultural marxism. Read the whole thing. From the article: The 'rights' agenda - commonly known as 'political correctness' - turned morality inside out by excusing any misdeeds by self-designated 'victim' groups on the grounds that such 'victims' could never be held responsible for what they did. Feminism, anti-racism and gay rights thus turned men, white people and Christians into the enemies of decency who were forced to jump through hoops to prove their virtue.
And this:
O is too busy to turn up at festivities marking the fall of the Berlin Wall. Wonder why. I guess he doesn't like to think about the failure of his ideology.
And this about the newly elected Democrat congressman from NY23. Ya gotta laugh. The voters are no doubt gnashing their teeth.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
In His Name . . .
He's just a banker "doing God's work (Goldman Sachs CEO, Lloyd Blankfein)
"I'm going to do good work for God" (Nidal Malik Hasan)
It's amazing what is done in the name of God.
"I'm going to do good work for God" (Nidal Malik Hasan)
It's amazing what is done in the name of God.
More munchings
This is beyond the pale: Army chief: Avoid speculation about Hasan's faith. It is just this type of incredibly insane political correctness that will allow for more of the same.
More on our culture's collective desire for dhimmitude and suicide: Jihadi Denial Syndrome reaches epidemic proporations by the fabulous Melanie Phillips.
And, if you can take it, there's this.
More hand-wringing on the honor killing of Noor Almaleki by her daddy: An act of appalling cowardice. Ya think?
More on our culture's collective desire for dhimmitude and suicide: Jihadi Denial Syndrome reaches epidemic proporations by the fabulous Melanie Phillips.
And, if you can take it, there's this.
More hand-wringing on the honor killing of Noor Almaleki by her daddy: An act of appalling cowardice. Ya think?
Munch on this
The left and terror by J. R. Dunn.
FTA: But we are not at the moment living in a civil epoch. No one reading these words ever has. We know of such a world once -- where decency is honored and nobility is a way of life, only because we have read about it. We are living in a different period now, a period in which our opponents feel completely at home. We cannot allow ourselves to be backed down by thugs such as these. To paraphrase Boccaccio: any tactic against such would-be tyrants is legitimate.
There is a difference between dissent and desertion, criticism and undermining. That difference has been lost amid a fog of relativism in the past few decades. But behind that fog, the hard stone of reality remains. It's no longer a game. People are going to die because of the actions taken by this country's leftists. Recognizing those differences has become a matter of life and death.
FTA: But we are not at the moment living in a civil epoch. No one reading these words ever has. We know of such a world once -- where decency is honored and nobility is a way of life, only because we have read about it. We are living in a different period now, a period in which our opponents feel completely at home. We cannot allow ourselves to be backed down by thugs such as these. To paraphrase Boccaccio: any tactic against such would-be tyrants is legitimate.
There is a difference between dissent and desertion, criticism and undermining. That difference has been lost amid a fog of relativism in the past few decades. But behind that fog, the hard stone of reality remains. It's no longer a game. People are going to die because of the actions taken by this country's leftists. Recognizing those differences has become a matter of life and death.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
News Bits
The European Nanny State wants the crucifixes banned in Italian schools. A harbinger of what's to come for us?
Al Gore, the global warming nutter, advocates civil disobedience against those who use fossil fuels. No kidding.
Buy Obamacare or go to jail: so says Pelosi.
A good reason to leave New York. Yeah, it's the taxes. And I can assure you, even us little people have been hit. The Dems want you to believe it's just the bigwigs, but it's not.
And last, but not least, listen to Mark Levin. He's inspiring and he gives you hope that Americans can turn around this runaway government.
Al Gore, the global warming nutter, advocates civil disobedience against those who use fossil fuels. No kidding.
Buy Obamacare or go to jail: so says Pelosi.
A good reason to leave New York. Yeah, it's the taxes. And I can assure you, even us little people have been hit. The Dems want you to believe it's just the bigwigs, but it's not.
And last, but not least, listen to Mark Levin. He's inspiring and he gives you hope that Americans can turn around this runaway government.
Friday, November 6, 2009
What would you call it?
He is a devout adherent of Islam. It is alleged that he shouted "Allah Akbar" as he commenced shooting his fellow soldiers and civilians. He has never, I repeat, never been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
He commented on the internet: If one suicide bomber can kill 100 enemy soldiers because they were caught off guard that would be considered a strategic victory. Their intention is not to die because of some despair. The same can be said for the Kamikazees in Japan. They died (via crashing their planes into ships) to kill the enemies for the homeland. You can call them crazy i you want but their act was not one of suicide that is despised by Islam. So the scholars main point is that "IT SEEMS AS THOUGH YOUR INTENTION IS THE MAIN ISSUE" and Allah (SWT) knows best.
He is known to have opposed US military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He expressed a sense of satisfaction that a muslim had killed military recruiters in a previous incident, and felt that more of the same was called for.
He was previously counseled by his superiors for proselytizing patients and colleagues. He was looking for a devout muslim wife who would wear the hajib. Yesterday morning he was giving away his possessions and handing out Korans.
What would you call it? I call it Jihad.
He commented on the internet: If one suicide bomber can kill 100 enemy soldiers because they were caught off guard that would be considered a strategic victory. Their intention is not to die because of some despair. The same can be said for the Kamikazees in Japan. They died (via crashing their planes into ships) to kill the enemies for the homeland. You can call them crazy i you want but their act was not one of suicide that is despised by Islam. So the scholars main point is that "IT SEEMS AS THOUGH YOUR INTENTION IS THE MAIN ISSUE" and Allah (SWT) knows best.
He is known to have opposed US military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He expressed a sense of satisfaction that a muslim had killed military recruiters in a previous incident, and felt that more of the same was called for.
He was previously counseled by his superiors for proselytizing patients and colleagues. He was looking for a devout muslim wife who would wear the hajib. Yesterday morning he was giving away his possessions and handing out Korans.
What would you call it? I call it Jihad.
Healthcare -- Fixed
These healthcare fixes from a commenter on the American Spectator site:
(1) Allow sale of policies across state lines;
(2) Allow the underwriting of healthcare insurance policies without minimum coverage requirements; don't require chiropractic or hypnosis, don't make elderly males pay for infant delivery, if you don't want HIV coverage, or alcoholism treatment, you don't have to opt for it or pay for it; let individuals decide what type of coverage they want. Just hospitalization coverage? Fine.
(3) Cap punitve malpractice awards; pick a number, but cap them at some level.
(4) Allow individuals to deduct the cost of their health insurance premiums dollar for dollar like employers do.
(5) File an anti-trust suit against the AMA for limiting the supply of doctors;
(6) Allow doctors to form HMO/Co-ops and sell their services in a bundled package for a flat rate (determined by them)
(7) Encourage doctors and nurses from overseas to emigrate to the U.S. (there are ways to do this through special visa programs)
(8) Convert medicare into a payor of insurance premiums for the private insurance policy of choice for seniors and the indigent; let the private insurers combat waste, fraud and abuse.
The use of the marketplace, boosting the supply, restoring consumer choice, will put downward pressure on costs. Capping punitive malpractice awards will lower malpractice insurance premiums, further lowering costs.
Problem solved.
Sounds good to me!
(1) Allow sale of policies across state lines;
(2) Allow the underwriting of healthcare insurance policies without minimum coverage requirements; don't require chiropractic or hypnosis, don't make elderly males pay for infant delivery, if you don't want HIV coverage, or alcoholism treatment, you don't have to opt for it or pay for it; let individuals decide what type of coverage they want. Just hospitalization coverage? Fine.
(3) Cap punitve malpractice awards; pick a number, but cap them at some level.
(4) Allow individuals to deduct the cost of their health insurance premiums dollar for dollar like employers do.
(5) File an anti-trust suit against the AMA for limiting the supply of doctors;
(6) Allow doctors to form HMO/Co-ops and sell their services in a bundled package for a flat rate (determined by them)
(7) Encourage doctors and nurses from overseas to emigrate to the U.S. (there are ways to do this through special visa programs)
(8) Convert medicare into a payor of insurance premiums for the private insurance policy of choice for seniors and the indigent; let the private insurers combat waste, fraud and abuse.
The use of the marketplace, boosting the supply, restoring consumer choice, will put downward pressure on costs. Capping punitive malpractice awards will lower malpractice insurance premiums, further lowering costs.
Problem solved.
Sounds good to me!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Voluntary dhimmitude
The tap-dancing that goes on around the subject of muslims who kill because of their religious beliefs is a joke. Shepherd Smith and Kay Bailey Hutchison, who earlier on FOX News refused to speak the name of the Army major (Malik Nadal Hassan) who had murdered 11 people and wounded 32, is akin to some of the asinine comments from this post on the honor killing of Noor Felah Almaleki by her father.
Voluntary dhimmitude is execrable in a nation whose cemeteries are filled with those who died to keep us free men.
Voluntary dhimmitude is execrable in a nation whose cemeteries are filled with those who died to keep us free men.
To get it or not to get it, that is the question
If you want the facts, put together in a cogent manner by a physician (who also happens to be a nun), then take the time to listen:
Via Disinformation.
Via Disinformation.
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