Friday, August 31, 2012
Rachel Maddow Claims Nobody Has Criticized Romney's Faith!
johnnydollar01 - Needless to say, the record shows that Rachel is not telling the truth. Archival msnbc clips from the video 'MSNBC Attacks Mormons' by youtube user msnbcattacks.
How Andrew Breitbart Stopped Occupy
Crank your tolerance level to 11, and prepare to watch some crazies, including a pony-tailed SEIU “minder” who followed Mr. Breitbart around, and a grad-school socialist whose inspiration was a friend in prison for robbery.
Where is Occupy Wall Street today? Where are the thousands of demonstrators they promised to bring to the Republican National Convention? If Occupy Wall Street was ever a movement--and not just a mainstream media-created, union-mustered, Barack Obama-endorsed Astroturf community organizing scam--then it was the first movement in history to be stopped by one man with a website. That man was Andrew Breitbart.
Read more at www.breitbart.com.
Tags: Breitbart, Occupy, Wall Street
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We've Had It With Obama's Socialism ... J. D. Longstreet
We've Had It With Obama's Socialism
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
*************
I marvel at the MSM's spinning of the polls and Obama's obvious glide to oblivion in order to paper over what will be a devastating Democratic Party loss of the Oval Office and, very likely, the US Senate, as well, in less than seventy days.
Look, the denizens of the Mainstream Media already KNOW the Obama team is in serious trouble. They just don't want democratic party voters to know it.
The Prez? Well, most normal folk have concluded that he is delusional and THAT explains his surety of demeanor. Delusional people rarely ever live in the real world.
I sense a slow but consistent swing toward the republican candidate across the country today.
In my state of North Carolina, we have gone from being an Obama state to a battleground state, to a Romney state. Obama can mark The Old North State off his list. It ain't gonna happen for him here.
The thing is -- it's happening across the country, this slow turning away from Obama. The pendulum is swinging from left back to right. That's a good thing.
So -- what happened?
Obama happened.
To be a bit more specific, it was/is Obama's socialism, his obvious love for Marxism, and his burning desire to -- as he said --"fundamentally transform" this country.
Here's the thing: Americans don't want fundamental change. Oh, we will allow you to fiddle around the edges, a bit, but when you begin fooling around with the basic fundamentals of what America means, what America stands for, and you begin to demean America in the eyes of Americans -- you are finished. Obama is finished.
I think America was willing to give the first black President of America a chance. The electorate did that in 2008 -- and many now rue the day. His first two years in office he had control of two branches of the three-branch US government made up of his team players -- democrats. He blew it -- pushing the largest socialist program to come down the American pike in the history of the country --socialized medicine known as Obamacare.
By the time he had completed that task he had so angered Americans that the dye was cast. His days in office were numbered.
In 2010 the electorate deliberately sent a new team of conservatives to Congress with the mission to block, obfuscate, or plainly put, do whatever was necessary to stop Obama and see to it that he could do no more harm to the country until we could get back to the polls in November of 2012 to rid ourselves of the Obama menace to America and to America's capitalist society. Yes, it was self-imposed gridlock. Obama and his minions HAD to be restrained for the sake of the country -- and, for the most part, they were.
For nearly four years now Americans have had a taste of what a socialist system would look like in America. It finally became clear that if Obama and his fellow socialists had their way -- America's middle class would cease to exist.
It took a while for this lesson to sink in. But it did, and now Americans are fighting mad.
So, they are turning to Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, the GOP candidates for President and Vice-President, to use their skills at business and economics to stop America's slow collapse and begin the restoration process so at least SOME of the damage done by Obama can be repaired. It will, we know, take many years to right our ship of state and our economy.
There is a poll I'd like to suggest to the various polling companies. How about asking how many voted for Obama and are now ashamed of their vote. I think, there is a huge swath of the electorate who did, in fact, vote for Obama, believing he could do all those things he touted and promised. They are now embarrassed by that vote -- but they are not going to openly admit it. They will make a conscious effort to atone for that mistaken vote in the voting booth in a few days.
Look. America is NOT just another country -- no matter what the political left says. American exceptionalism is a fact. Evidence of American exceptionalism is the fact that Americans are not in open revolt at this moment!
We Americans ARE different. We ARE unique. That which works for Europe will not work for the USA. Most of us hail from families that left Europe generations ago to come to America PRECISELY BECAUSE America was/is different. Opportunity in America was limited only by a man's ambition and ability. The individual American built this country -- not the government. In fact, it was the individual Americans from the thirteen colonies that built the US government.
The task is clear. Our government is in trouble. It has grown so huge and become so intrusive that IT has now become the primary obstruction in the path to the continued success of individual Americans. That must change. It must change NOW. Four years from now will be too late.
Obama's socialism has no place in America. It is a policy of personal defeat practiced by the defeated people of a defeated nation who live in constant fear. Obama's agenda to foist his brand of socialism off on America has enraged the populace in a manner I have not experienced in my (well over) seven decades of life. It is palpable. Obama's agenda is not to build America up and help her claim the high ground again. No! His agenda is to manage America's decline! How totally un-American is that?!
"Live free or die" is not just a state motto, or a nice sounding slogan. It is the TRUTH. A nation cannot truly live unless it is free.
We Americans must reclaim our birthright of freedom in November and get our country restored, set right, and moving upwards again. Else -- we die.
J. D. Longstreet
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
*************
I marvel at the MSM's spinning of the polls and Obama's obvious glide to oblivion in order to paper over what will be a devastating Democratic Party loss of the Oval Office and, very likely, the US Senate, as well, in less than seventy days.
Look, the denizens of the Mainstream Media already KNOW the Obama team is in serious trouble. They just don't want democratic party voters to know it.
The Prez? Well, most normal folk have concluded that he is delusional and THAT explains his surety of demeanor. Delusional people rarely ever live in the real world.
I sense a slow but consistent swing toward the republican candidate across the country today.
In my state of North Carolina, we have gone from being an Obama state to a battleground state, to a Romney state. Obama can mark The Old North State off his list. It ain't gonna happen for him here.
The thing is -- it's happening across the country, this slow turning away from Obama. The pendulum is swinging from left back to right. That's a good thing.
So -- what happened?
Obama happened.
To be a bit more specific, it was/is Obama's socialism, his obvious love for Marxism, and his burning desire to -- as he said --"fundamentally transform" this country.
Here's the thing: Americans don't want fundamental change. Oh, we will allow you to fiddle around the edges, a bit, but when you begin fooling around with the basic fundamentals of what America means, what America stands for, and you begin to demean America in the eyes of Americans -- you are finished. Obama is finished.
I think America was willing to give the first black President of America a chance. The electorate did that in 2008 -- and many now rue the day. His first two years in office he had control of two branches of the three-branch US government made up of his team players -- democrats. He blew it -- pushing the largest socialist program to come down the American pike in the history of the country --socialized medicine known as Obamacare.
By the time he had completed that task he had so angered Americans that the dye was cast. His days in office were numbered.
In 2010 the electorate deliberately sent a new team of conservatives to Congress with the mission to block, obfuscate, or plainly put, do whatever was necessary to stop Obama and see to it that he could do no more harm to the country until we could get back to the polls in November of 2012 to rid ourselves of the Obama menace to America and to America's capitalist society. Yes, it was self-imposed gridlock. Obama and his minions HAD to be restrained for the sake of the country -- and, for the most part, they were.
For nearly four years now Americans have had a taste of what a socialist system would look like in America. It finally became clear that if Obama and his fellow socialists had their way -- America's middle class would cease to exist.
It took a while for this lesson to sink in. But it did, and now Americans are fighting mad.
So, they are turning to Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, the GOP candidates for President and Vice-President, to use their skills at business and economics to stop America's slow collapse and begin the restoration process so at least SOME of the damage done by Obama can be repaired. It will, we know, take many years to right our ship of state and our economy.
There is a poll I'd like to suggest to the various polling companies. How about asking how many voted for Obama and are now ashamed of their vote. I think, there is a huge swath of the electorate who did, in fact, vote for Obama, believing he could do all those things he touted and promised. They are now embarrassed by that vote -- but they are not going to openly admit it. They will make a conscious effort to atone for that mistaken vote in the voting booth in a few days.
Look. America is NOT just another country -- no matter what the political left says. American exceptionalism is a fact. Evidence of American exceptionalism is the fact that Americans are not in open revolt at this moment!
We Americans ARE different. We ARE unique. That which works for Europe will not work for the USA. Most of us hail from families that left Europe generations ago to come to America PRECISELY BECAUSE America was/is different. Opportunity in America was limited only by a man's ambition and ability. The individual American built this country -- not the government. In fact, it was the individual Americans from the thirteen colonies that built the US government.
The task is clear. Our government is in trouble. It has grown so huge and become so intrusive that IT has now become the primary obstruction in the path to the continued success of individual Americans. That must change. It must change NOW. Four years from now will be too late.
Obama's socialism has no place in America. It is a policy of personal defeat practiced by the defeated people of a defeated nation who live in constant fear. Obama's agenda to foist his brand of socialism off on America has enraged the populace in a manner I have not experienced in my (well over) seven decades of life. It is palpable. Obama's agenda is not to build America up and help her claim the high ground again. No! His agenda is to manage America's decline! How totally un-American is that?!
"Live free or die" is not just a state motto, or a nice sounding slogan. It is the TRUTH. A nation cannot truly live unless it is free.
We Americans must reclaim our birthright of freedom in November and get our country restored, set right, and moving upwards again. Else -- we die.
J. D. Longstreet
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Matthews Battles With MSNBC Co-Hosts Over Whether GOP Is 'Attacking Teac...
NewsPoliticsLeaks - Following Jeb Bush's largely education-focused speech at the Republican National Convention tonight, Chris Matthews got into a heated argument with his fellow MSNBC co-hosts over teachers' unions and how much the GOP cares about taking care of teachers. Ed Schultz and Al Sharpton clashed with Matthews over Republican policies on education and privatization of education.
Clint Eastwood Rips Joe Biden: Kind of a Grin With a Body Behind It
Clint Eastwood ripped on Joe Biden tonight at the RNC 2012 Convention. "Joe Biden is kinda line a grin with a body behind it."
Mark Levin - MSNBC's Liberal Racists
Shoobie Doobie - Mark Levin discusses several of MSNBC's (he likes to call it MSLSD) liberal idiots. MSNBC, like NBC and ABC, is part of the Liberal propoganda machine masquerading as a serious news source. It's the sorriest excuse for a news network you could ever find.
Clint Eastwood - Republican National Convention (Video)
Clint Eastwood speaks at the RNC national convention on August 30, 2012
Clint Eastwood Rips on Joe Biden at RNC Convention: Kind of a Grin With a Body Behind It (Video)
Jim Hoft:
Clint Eastwood Rips on Joe Biden at RNC Convention: Kind of a Grin With a Body Behind It (Video):
Clint Eastwood ripped on Joe Biden tonight at the RNC 2012 Convention.
“Joe Biden is kinda line a grin with a body behind it.”
Clint Eastwood Rips on Joe Biden at RNC Convention: Kind of a Grin With a Body Behind It (Video):
Clint Eastwood ripped on Joe Biden tonight at the RNC 2012 Convention.
“Joe Biden is kinda line a grin with a body behind it.”
#FUCKROMNEY: Hate and death threats greet Romney’s RNC speech
Twitchy:
#FUCKROMNEY: Hate and death threats greet Romney’s RNC speech:
Yikes. The hate was strong on Twitter tonight. While author Terry McMillan was seething about Marco
#FUCKROMNEY: Hate and death threats greet Romney’s RNC speech:
Yikes. The hate was strong on Twitter tonight. While author Terry McMillan was seething about Marco
Mitt Romney at RNC: ‘President Obama Has Promised to Slow the Rise of the Oceans…My Promise Is to Help You and Your Family’
The Blaze:
Mitt Romney at RNC: ‘President Obama Has Promised to Slow the Rise of the Oceans…My Promise Is to Help You and Your Family’:
Stay up-to-date on all the convention news by visiting TheBlaze’s dedicated RNC page. Also find out how you can watch exclusive, live reports and analysis on TheBlaze TV here.
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Mitt Romney at RNC: ‘President Obama Has Promised to Slow the Rise of the Oceans…My Promise Is to Help You and Your Family’:
Stay up-to-date on all the convention news by visiting TheBlaze’s dedicated RNC page. Also find out how you can watch exclusive, live reports and analysis on TheBlaze TV here.
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Strip clubs & strippers do bigger business with Republicans than Democrats
Mark Levin and Morton Blackwell discuss the GOP rules change
Courts work against voter ID laws in Texas and Florida
Must watch video: Occupy marxtard, The rich need to be destroyed
This moron cannot define what he is against or really hates. He claims to be a 'classicist' and in my book that makes him an elitist. That fact that he is wearing a shirt like this should not be lost on any of us.
The true hate, racism, lives on the left with Obama morons like this example. Is he OK with the progressive agenda of butchering Babies, especially all those poor black babies? Somalia, Afghanistan, a part of Copenhagen are what he deems a success?
"We need housing and food." Duh, don't we all and most of us are willing to work for these two necessities.
Of course, just given to everyone and no, we don't need no stinking jobs.
From Patriot's Corner.
The true hate, racism, lives on the left with Obama morons like this example. Is he OK with the progressive agenda of butchering Babies, especially all those poor black babies? Somalia, Afghanistan, a part of Copenhagen are what he deems a success?
"We need housing and food." Duh, don't we all and most of us are willing to work for these two necessities.
Of course, just given to everyone and no, we don't need no stinking jobs.
From Patriot's Corner.
Rush Slams MSNBC's Race-Baiting: It's Now Racist To Say Birth Certificat...
Rush Slams MSNBC's Race-Baiting: It's Now Racist To Say Birth Certificate, Chicago, Obama - http://www.BirtherReport.com
South African Airways Not Accepting White Pilots
Moonbattery:
South African Airways Not Accepting White Pilots:
Now that moonbattery reigns supreme in South Africa, racism has at last been relegated to the dustbin of history — unless you’re a white who wants to become a pilot:
South African Airways Not Accepting White Pilots:
Now that moonbattery reigns supreme in South Africa, racism has at last been relegated to the dustbin of history — unless you’re a white who wants to become a pilot:
It’s Come to This: ‘Black and Tan’ and ‘Hold Down the Fort’ Now Racist
Jammie Wearing Fools:
It’s Come to This: ‘Black and Tan’ and ‘Hold Down the Fort’ Now Racist:
No, this isn’t from The Onion.
It’s Come to This: ‘Black and Tan’ and ‘Hold Down the Fort’ Now Racist:
No, this isn’t from The Onion.
Erica's 2016 Obama’s America Review
“But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.”The above quote is taken from Obama’s Dreams From My Father. The book he published in 1995 as he began his political career. Five years prior he had been elected the first African-American President of Harvard’s Law review, the book was re-published in 2004 two weeks after Obama gave the keynote address at the DNC convention which launched him to where he sits today.
When 2016 Obama’s America opened I knew I had take my parents to see Dinesh D’Souza’s eye opening documentary 2016 Obama’s America, a movie that every person who is considering voting in the up coming Presidential election should see. On the outside the premise appears to be anti-Obama but because it gives a clear insight as to who the man really is and from where he is from and the people that helped mode the man who now resides as our 44th President. D’Souza has managed to delve into his past and do the job that the media has failed to do.
We see Barack Obama as a man who is still seeking approval from a father he barely knew, a pain that was evident by seeing the reenactment of Barack at the grave of his father. We get a glimpse into how he was raised and shipped from continent to continent and a glimpse of the men who filled the void of an absentee father. Men like Frank Davis, Bill Ayers, Edward Said, Jeremiah Wright and Roberto Unger. All controversial men in their own right. Each of them shaping and molding Obama’s Marxist ideologies.
If reelected to another four years it is likely that Obama will only continue to dismantle America that he views as “too rich” and “too powerful” in the world today. It is evident by his refusing the Keystone pipe line which would have created jobs that are so desperately needed. His desire to weaken our military and reduce the number of arms we have have to protect ourselves. Obama Sr. had the mindset that we should be taxed at 100% and that it was the government who would give us what “they” deemed necessary for us to live and get by.
For America to survive it is imperative that we reign in those bent on her destruction and elect those who vow to govern by the principles set forth by our Founding Father’s and not of those of Obama’s. As Dinesh so poignantly stated near the end of the documentary that it is up to …YOU…
You can follow Erica at @Ericatwitts Erica also blogs at PatrioticNurse.com
Cross Posted From im41.com via A Patrotic Nurse
It’s damn near treason for Christi to be fat
I don’t want to hear anymore speeches from Chris Christi. I have had it with him and his kind taking up airspace from true conservatives. I have had it with the GOP establishment bullying the American people – they are worse than liberals.
At least with liberals you know what you have. They are not saying what we want to hear, and then trotting back to Washington and voting liberal like Krispy Kreme. He talks a good game, but he is a freaking liberal! What did he do to stop Obama Care? How did he vote on the illegal alien issue?
This has got to stop. Conservatives are going to have to rise up this November, and put real constitutional conservatives in the house in senate, or the liberals are going to win.
Move that fat ass out of the way Christie! And, “don’t swing your balls or you’ll swamp the boat!” – George Washington
“In an army that hasn’t eaten in three months, it’s damn near treason to be fat.”
Cross Posted From im41.com
At least with liberals you know what you have. They are not saying what we want to hear, and then trotting back to Washington and voting liberal like Krispy Kreme. He talks a good game, but he is a freaking liberal! What did he do to stop Obama Care? How did he vote on the illegal alien issue?
This has got to stop. Conservatives are going to have to rise up this November, and put real constitutional conservatives in the house in senate, or the liberals are going to win.
Move that fat ass out of the way Christie! And, “don’t swing your balls or you’ll swamp the boat!” – George Washington
“In an army that hasn’t eaten in three months, it’s damn near treason to be fat.”
Cross Posted From im41.com
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
This IS A Religious War! ... J. D. Longstreet
This IS A Religious War!
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
**********
It never fails to amuse me -- and fill me with wonder -- at how we mortals will work so diligently and go to such great lengths to deny the obvious.
Example: "undocumented immigrant" = illegal alien.
We have adopted (and adapted) the language of political correctness to camouflage our cowardice.
Heck, I am so old I can remember when a "plain spoken person" was considered a valued member of society. You could count on that person, at least, to "call 'em as he saw 'em." You never had to wonder where he stood nor how he felt about a given subject. He'd tell you -- and you could take it to the bank.
No longer. Speaking plainly in public today may cause gasping, feinting, the vapors, or bring on a light stroke.
Politically correct speak is insidious! It is, as I said above, the language of cowardice. It is the vocal equivalent of rose colored glasses for the eyes. Its results are the same. Both deliver false information to both the seer and the hearer.
And it is dangerous.
I doubt there is a single adult person on the planet who does not know that Islam is at war with all the other religions of the world. But NOBODY will say it ... publicly!
The adherents of Islam practice proselytizing, or convincing others to convert to Islam, by the sword. They've been doing it for centuries with qualified success.
There are those who argue that the God of Islam and the God of the Judeo-Christian faiths are one and the same. I beg to differ. In fact, I dare say, my Judeo-Christian God has more in common with the Native American "Great Spirit" than the God of Islam.
Look, if the God I worship insisted that I do the things the God of Islam (apparently) tells his follows to do, by way of their Holy Book, I'd be a convert to atheism before the sun went down.
In the Christian New Testament, more specifically, in the book of 1st John, the 4th chapter and the eighth verse it is said: "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." (New International Version) See, right there we have run, smack dab, into a solid wall that separates Christianity from Islam. Christianity converts with LOVE -- not by the sword.
Islam has one single goal, it seems to me. That is to conquer all the people of earth by any means necessary and rule the world with an Islamic theocracy referred to as a Caliphate. With the exception of two nations the world cowers before the sword of Islam.
Those two nations, already hip deep in a religious war with Islam, are Israel and, of course, America, more specifically, the United States of America. That's why all the Islamic shouts of "Death to America," "Death to Israel," etc. .
The plain truth is: We are at war with Islam, whether we want war, or not. We are up to our necks in what is, in truth, a religious war. If we lose, we will all become Muslims or -- DEAD.
If you would like to explore the difference between Yahweh and Allah there is an interesting article at:
http://oncedelivered.net/2007/12/20/yahweh-the-god-of-the-bible-vs-allah-the-god-of-the-koran/
Here in America, we are about to run headlong into a constitutional crises. The constitution grants freedom of religion to all citizens. BUT -- what if the practice of a particular religion presents a threat to the national security of the United States. What then?
I predict that at some point in the fairly near future we will find that an amendment will be necessary to make clear that everyone is free to practice their religion -- so long as that religion presents no threat to the security of the country.
If you think my prediction above is a stretch, remember where you heard it first -- because I am convinced that it is but a matter of time before the Islamofascists REALLY begin to create havoc within the borders of the US. I'm talking IED's, car bombs, suicide bombers, the whole 27 feet.
Look. We MUST get past this Kabuki Theatre dance with Islam and shine the light of truth on it, and see it for what it really is before we can effectively defend against it and move offensively against it with any degree of success.
The practitioners of Islam already KNOW it is a religious war. Heck, they call it "Jihad" or "Holy War."
We are in a war about religion, dear reader. History teaches us there are few things as deadly and vicious as a war about religion. And let's be clear about something -- THIS war predates The Crusades. Yes, I know that is not the politically correct thing to say, these days -- because we might upset our enemy -- but, hey, some of us are a bit upset ourselves, about, you know, them trying to kill us!
So, what we have here is Islam versus everybody else. And since, somehow, they have managed to convince themselves that the JEWS run the world, including America, it makes sense, in a weird sort of way, that they would direct their hate at both Israel and America. Heck, they've already practically taken over Europe. And they have made deep inroads into South America. Frighteningly, their numbers are increasing exponentially here in America, as well. They are simply taking advantage of our law, the First Amendment. Pretty slick, huh?
Maybe we ought to consider changing the name of the War on Terror to "The War to Save Infidels." I mean, my suggested title is a bit shorter than oh, say: "Islam versus Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baha'i, Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Rodnoveri, Celtic pagan, Heathenism, Semitic pagan, Wicca, Kemetism, Hellenic pagan, Roman pagan, etc.," don't you think? Besides, the list is incomplete. But you get the picture, right?
The point, dear reader, is that all non-Muslims are targets in a war we did not want, did not seek, and, for the most part, don't even understand. But don't worry. It's going to get a whole lot worse -- and soon. Seems to me we'd have a better chance at defending ourselves if we knew who we are actually fighting and why. In my case, I've always had better luck fighting the devil I know.
J. D. Longstreet
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
**********
It never fails to amuse me -- and fill me with wonder -- at how we mortals will work so diligently and go to such great lengths to deny the obvious.
Example: "undocumented immigrant" = illegal alien.
We have adopted (and adapted) the language of political correctness to camouflage our cowardice.
Heck, I am so old I can remember when a "plain spoken person" was considered a valued member of society. You could count on that person, at least, to "call 'em as he saw 'em." You never had to wonder where he stood nor how he felt about a given subject. He'd tell you -- and you could take it to the bank.
No longer. Speaking plainly in public today may cause gasping, feinting, the vapors, or bring on a light stroke.
Politically correct speak is insidious! It is, as I said above, the language of cowardice. It is the vocal equivalent of rose colored glasses for the eyes. Its results are the same. Both deliver false information to both the seer and the hearer.
And it is dangerous.
I doubt there is a single adult person on the planet who does not know that Islam is at war with all the other religions of the world. But NOBODY will say it ... publicly!
The adherents of Islam practice proselytizing, or convincing others to convert to Islam, by the sword. They've been doing it for centuries with qualified success.
There are those who argue that the God of Islam and the God of the Judeo-Christian faiths are one and the same. I beg to differ. In fact, I dare say, my Judeo-Christian God has more in common with the Native American "Great Spirit" than the God of Islam.
Look, if the God I worship insisted that I do the things the God of Islam (apparently) tells his follows to do, by way of their Holy Book, I'd be a convert to atheism before the sun went down.
In the Christian New Testament, more specifically, in the book of 1st John, the 4th chapter and the eighth verse it is said: "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." (New International Version) See, right there we have run, smack dab, into a solid wall that separates Christianity from Islam. Christianity converts with LOVE -- not by the sword.
Islam has one single goal, it seems to me. That is to conquer all the people of earth by any means necessary and rule the world with an Islamic theocracy referred to as a Caliphate. With the exception of two nations the world cowers before the sword of Islam.
Those two nations, already hip deep in a religious war with Islam, are Israel and, of course, America, more specifically, the United States of America. That's why all the Islamic shouts of "Death to America," "Death to Israel," etc. .
The plain truth is: We are at war with Islam, whether we want war, or not. We are up to our necks in what is, in truth, a religious war. If we lose, we will all become Muslims or -- DEAD.
If you would like to explore the difference between Yahweh and Allah there is an interesting article at:
http://oncedelivered.net/2007/12/20/yahweh-the-god-of-the-bible-vs-allah-the-god-of-the-koran/
Here in America, we are about to run headlong into a constitutional crises. The constitution grants freedom of religion to all citizens. BUT -- what if the practice of a particular religion presents a threat to the national security of the United States. What then?
I predict that at some point in the fairly near future we will find that an amendment will be necessary to make clear that everyone is free to practice their religion -- so long as that religion presents no threat to the security of the country.
If you think my prediction above is a stretch, remember where you heard it first -- because I am convinced that it is but a matter of time before the Islamofascists REALLY begin to create havoc within the borders of the US. I'm talking IED's, car bombs, suicide bombers, the whole 27 feet.
Look. We MUST get past this Kabuki Theatre dance with Islam and shine the light of truth on it, and see it for what it really is before we can effectively defend against it and move offensively against it with any degree of success.
The practitioners of Islam already KNOW it is a religious war. Heck, they call it "Jihad" or "Holy War."
We are in a war about religion, dear reader. History teaches us there are few things as deadly and vicious as a war about religion. And let's be clear about something -- THIS war predates The Crusades. Yes, I know that is not the politically correct thing to say, these days -- because we might upset our enemy -- but, hey, some of us are a bit upset ourselves, about, you know, them trying to kill us!
So, what we have here is Islam versus everybody else. And since, somehow, they have managed to convince themselves that the JEWS run the world, including America, it makes sense, in a weird sort of way, that they would direct their hate at both Israel and America. Heck, they've already practically taken over Europe. And they have made deep inroads into South America. Frighteningly, their numbers are increasing exponentially here in America, as well. They are simply taking advantage of our law, the First Amendment. Pretty slick, huh?
Maybe we ought to consider changing the name of the War on Terror to "The War to Save Infidels." I mean, my suggested title is a bit shorter than oh, say: "Islam versus Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Baha'i, Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Rodnoveri, Celtic pagan, Heathenism, Semitic pagan, Wicca, Kemetism, Hellenic pagan, Roman pagan, etc.," don't you think? Besides, the list is incomplete. But you get the picture, right?
The point, dear reader, is that all non-Muslims are targets in a war we did not want, did not seek, and, for the most part, don't even understand. But don't worry. It's going to get a whole lot worse -- and soon. Seems to me we'd have a better chance at defending ourselves if we knew who we are actually fighting and why. In my case, I've always had better luck fighting the devil I know.
J. D. Longstreet
What If ... ? ... J. D. Longstreet
What If ... ?
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
*************
For weeks now there have been all sorts of stories of various government agencies buying up millions of rounds of ammunition. Try as they might, those agencies/the US government have/has not been able to present a plausible story to convince American citizens that they are NOT up to something nefarious.
Sad to say, we just don't trust our government anymore ... not that we've trusted them a great deal for a very long time, you understand. But the level of trust that we had -- previous to the Obama Administration -- has plummeted right through the floor.
We have been pummeled with lie after lie from Washington until we have become saturated with their prevarications and like a "soaked" sponge, we simply cannot hold any more.
DC's perversions of the truth just leave us laughing these days -- and not a little worried.
I mean -- using hollow point rounds for target practice is, well, laughable. Did you know that even the military is banned from using hollow point ammo by international agreement? Yep. It's a fact. It is horrible what those rounds can do to the human body. Upon impact the leading edge of the round "mushrooms." Think of a dime suddenly becoming a fifty-cent piece. It will often fragment with small metal pieces ripping and tearing away at the body's vital organs -- all the while that fifty-cent piece size slug is blowing a ragged hole along its trajectory.
As I said: It's horrible what a hollow point round can do to the human body.
Now, allow me to be clear: I have no idea what the government has planned for those millions of rounds of ammo they have ordered. It's for darn sure the US military cannot use them -- on the battlefield. But, I know of no law precluding them from using that ammo within the borders of the US. (At least one state has certain restrictions on the sale and use of hollow point ammo.) They just can't shoot America's enemies with it on a foreign battlefield.
Just thinking out loud here: What if a second term Obama has plans to regulate the sale of ammunition by way of a Presidential Executive Order. Seems to me that it would be much simpler to regulate ammunition sales by EO than regulating the sale of guns by EO. I mean, there IS the Second Amendment to get around for that. But -- the Second Amendment does not mention ammo.
Suppose the various departments of the government are ordered to purchase millions of rounds of ammunition to reduce the supply available to the market. In other words, an attempt to create an artificial shortage of ammunition available to the American marketplace today. We know that ammo sales are going through the roof as gun owners, fearing the worse in a second term Obama Administration, are stocking up. Gun sales, too, are at record levels.
OK. I want to be sure I am understood here. I have no inside information reference those ammo purchases by the government. NONE! The same is true reference Obama's plans for an Executive Order (somehow) controlling ammunition sales. Like practically every other American gun owner, I am concerned for my 2nd Amendment rights and, frankly, the security of my family -- and my fellow countrymen -- should our government go rogue on us.
About a week ago, I sat in my office with a fellow conservative talking about this very thing. His business carries him all over the state and he tells me this is a topic of conversation at the various "coffee klatches" in which he often takes part.
And why not? People are worried and concerned about the direction the Obama Administration has taken America in the past almost 4 years. Added to the worry and concern is an underlying layer of rage.
I must tell you that I suspect the government is well aware of this pent-up rage and they are concerned that the tinniest crack will result in the collapse of the dam holding back that anger instantly unleashing a flood of anarchy across the country -- especially in America's large metropolitan areas.
Allow me to point out something else, too. When the mainstream media cannot be counted upon to do its job, believe me, "alternative media" WILL step up and fill that void. I think that is what has happened with the "government ammo purchases" story.
What we know for sure is -- basically -- NOTHING. A number of gun owner organizations are pressing for a congressional investigation of these massive purchases of ammunition by (and reportedly for) government agencies that, at first glance, seem to have no use for this type of man stopping/killing ammo.
That we are even having THIS conversation only adds to the feeling of unease permeating America today. We wait with bated breath to see how vicious the anarchist's shenanigans will be in Tampa and in Charlotte as the two political parties endeavor to celebrate the official coronation of their respective candidates for President.
It just doesn't FEEL like America, anymore. In fact, America has begun to favor a banana republic, especially at our air terminals. Law enforcement officers dressed in black -- and some in military fatigue-type uniforms -- toting semi-automatic long guns, lends to the feeling that America's citizens are more hostage than free.
Eventually, Americans are going to reject the "it's for your own safety," propaganda and the backlash will begin. One must wonder if that's what the government's humongous purchase of hollow point ammo is about. Could it be the government EXPECTS a backlash? If so, does their expectations of a backlash mean they are set on a course, which will diminish the freedom and liberty of American citizens even more?
J. D. Longstreet
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
*************
For weeks now there have been all sorts of stories of various government agencies buying up millions of rounds of ammunition. Try as they might, those agencies/the US government have/has not been able to present a plausible story to convince American citizens that they are NOT up to something nefarious.
Sad to say, we just don't trust our government anymore ... not that we've trusted them a great deal for a very long time, you understand. But the level of trust that we had -- previous to the Obama Administration -- has plummeted right through the floor.
We have been pummeled with lie after lie from Washington until we have become saturated with their prevarications and like a "soaked" sponge, we simply cannot hold any more.
DC's perversions of the truth just leave us laughing these days -- and not a little worried.
I mean -- using hollow point rounds for target practice is, well, laughable. Did you know that even the military is banned from using hollow point ammo by international agreement? Yep. It's a fact. It is horrible what those rounds can do to the human body. Upon impact the leading edge of the round "mushrooms." Think of a dime suddenly becoming a fifty-cent piece. It will often fragment with small metal pieces ripping and tearing away at the body's vital organs -- all the while that fifty-cent piece size slug is blowing a ragged hole along its trajectory.
As I said: It's horrible what a hollow point round can do to the human body.
Now, allow me to be clear: I have no idea what the government has planned for those millions of rounds of ammo they have ordered. It's for darn sure the US military cannot use them -- on the battlefield. But, I know of no law precluding them from using that ammo within the borders of the US. (At least one state has certain restrictions on the sale and use of hollow point ammo.) They just can't shoot America's enemies with it on a foreign battlefield.
Just thinking out loud here: What if a second term Obama has plans to regulate the sale of ammunition by way of a Presidential Executive Order. Seems to me that it would be much simpler to regulate ammunition sales by EO than regulating the sale of guns by EO. I mean, there IS the Second Amendment to get around for that. But -- the Second Amendment does not mention ammo.
Suppose the various departments of the government are ordered to purchase millions of rounds of ammunition to reduce the supply available to the market. In other words, an attempt to create an artificial shortage of ammunition available to the American marketplace today. We know that ammo sales are going through the roof as gun owners, fearing the worse in a second term Obama Administration, are stocking up. Gun sales, too, are at record levels.
OK. I want to be sure I am understood here. I have no inside information reference those ammo purchases by the government. NONE! The same is true reference Obama's plans for an Executive Order (somehow) controlling ammunition sales. Like practically every other American gun owner, I am concerned for my 2nd Amendment rights and, frankly, the security of my family -- and my fellow countrymen -- should our government go rogue on us.
About a week ago, I sat in my office with a fellow conservative talking about this very thing. His business carries him all over the state and he tells me this is a topic of conversation at the various "coffee klatches" in which he often takes part.
And why not? People are worried and concerned about the direction the Obama Administration has taken America in the past almost 4 years. Added to the worry and concern is an underlying layer of rage.
I must tell you that I suspect the government is well aware of this pent-up rage and they are concerned that the tinniest crack will result in the collapse of the dam holding back that anger instantly unleashing a flood of anarchy across the country -- especially in America's large metropolitan areas.
Allow me to point out something else, too. When the mainstream media cannot be counted upon to do its job, believe me, "alternative media" WILL step up and fill that void. I think that is what has happened with the "government ammo purchases" story.
What we know for sure is -- basically -- NOTHING. A number of gun owner organizations are pressing for a congressional investigation of these massive purchases of ammunition by (and reportedly for) government agencies that, at first glance, seem to have no use for this type of man stopping/killing ammo.
That we are even having THIS conversation only adds to the feeling of unease permeating America today. We wait with bated breath to see how vicious the anarchist's shenanigans will be in Tampa and in Charlotte as the two political parties endeavor to celebrate the official coronation of their respective candidates for President.
It just doesn't FEEL like America, anymore. In fact, America has begun to favor a banana republic, especially at our air terminals. Law enforcement officers dressed in black -- and some in military fatigue-type uniforms -- toting semi-automatic long guns, lends to the feeling that America's citizens are more hostage than free.
Eventually, Americans are going to reject the "it's for your own safety," propaganda and the backlash will begin. One must wonder if that's what the government's humongous purchase of hollow point ammo is about. Could it be the government EXPECTS a backlash? If so, does their expectations of a backlash mean they are set on a course, which will diminish the freedom and liberty of American citizens even more?
What if ... ?
J. D. Longstreet
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Where are the feminists? Bulletin of the Oppression of Women
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Bulletin of the Oppression of Women
July 4 - August 27, 2012
July 4, 2012
Egypt
A student's boyfriend was stabbed to death when Islamists found them in a public park together.
Egypt
A student's boyfriend was stabbed to death when Islamists found them in a public park together.
July 5, 2012
Egypt
The first Egyptian satellite channel completely operated by women wearing the full face veil (niqab) is set to be launched 20 July, which will coincide with the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.
Egypt
The first Egyptian satellite channel completely operated by women wearing the full face veil (niqab) is set to be launched 20 July, which will coincide with the first day of the holy month of Ramadan.
Egypt (h/t to RaymondIbrahim)
What is being dubbed as Egypt's "first sex-slave marriage" took place mere days after the Muslim Brotherhood's Muhammad Morsi was made president. Before making the woman, who had a non-Egyptian accent, repeat the Koran's Surat al-Ikhlas after him, instead of saying the customary "I marry myself to you," the woman said "I enslave myself to you," and kissed him in front of an applauding audience.
What is being dubbed as Egypt's "first sex-slave marriage" took place mere days after the Muslim Brotherhood's Muhammad Morsi was made president. Before making the woman, who had a non-Egyptian accent, repeat the Koran's Surat al-Ikhlas after him, instead of saying the customary "I marry myself to you," the woman said "I enslave myself to you," and kissed him in front of an applauding audience.
July 7, 2012
Afghanistan (ht/ to JihadWatch)
A member of the Taliban shot dead a woman accused of adultery in front of a cheering crowd of men near Kabul.
Afghanistan (ht/ to JihadWatch)
A member of the Taliban shot dead a woman accused of adultery in front of a cheering crowd of men near Kabul.
July 13, 2012
India
A predominantly Muslim village in India has banned "love marriages" in addition barring women under 40 from shopping alone and using cell phones in public
July 14, 2012
Britain
A Sudanese asylum seeker who raped a 12-year-old girl has been allowed to remain in Britain - after a judge ruled it would breach his human rights to deport him.
India
A predominantly Muslim village in India has banned "love marriages" in addition barring women under 40 from shopping alone and using cell phones in public
July 14, 2012
Britain
A Sudanese asylum seeker who raped a 12-year-old girl has been allowed to remain in Britain - after a judge ruled it would breach his human rights to deport him.
July 16, 2012
Canada
Canadian laws should be changed to require women to "cover themselves" to prevent sexual assaults, says an Islamic street preacher in Toronto.
Canada
Canadian laws should be changed to require women to "cover themselves" to prevent sexual assaults, says an Islamic street preacher in Toronto.
July 18, 2012
Pakistan
Farida Afridi, a 25-year-old women's rights activist, left her parents' home early on the morning of July 4, as she typically did. She was walking to her nonprofit organization's office when two men with Kalashnikovs pulled alongside her on a motorcycle and shot her multiple times, killing her.
Pakistan
Farida Afridi, a 25-year-old women's rights activist, left her parents' home early on the morning of July 4, as she typically did. She was walking to her nonprofit organization's office when two men with Kalashnikovs pulled alongside her on a motorcycle and shot her multiple times, killing her.
July 24, 2012
Sudan (hat tip to AtlasShrugs)
Earlier this month a Sudanese woman was found guilty of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning by a court in the capital Khartoum, a regional women's rights group said Monday.
Sudan (hat tip to AtlasShrugs)
Earlier this month a Sudanese woman was found guilty of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning by a court in the capital Khartoum, a regional women's rights group said Monday.
July 25, 2012
Britain
Laws against Female Genital Mutilation have been on the books for 80 years but there but there have been no prosecutions despite significant evidence that thousands of girls every year in the UK are at risk of this abusive practice.
Britain
Laws against Female Genital Mutilation have been on the books for 80 years but there but there have been no prosecutions despite significant evidence that thousands of girls every year in the UK are at risk of this abusive practice.
Balochistan (h/t to Grendel)
The militant Lashkar-i-Jhangvi has threatened to throw acid on the faces of women who venture to the bazaars in Mekran's largest town of Turbat, according to a radio report.
The militant Lashkar-i-Jhangvi has threatened to throw acid on the faces of women who venture to the bazaars in Mekran's largest town of Turbat, according to a radio report.
Jordan (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
A Jordanian man was charged on Wednesday with killing his divorced sister after stabbing her and driving his truck over her body several times because of her alleged "suspicious behavior," police said.
A Jordanian man was charged on Wednesday with killing his divorced sister after stabbing her and driving his truck over her body several times because of her alleged "suspicious behavior," police said.
July 26, 2012
Italy (h/t islamversuseurope )
Italian hotel agreed that a Muslim porter won't have to take orders from a woman.
Italy (h/t islamversuseurope )
Italian hotel agreed that a Muslim porter won't have to take orders from a woman.
Pakistan (h/t thereligionofpeace)
A woman was shot dead by her brother, a police constable, for not withdrawing a case registered against him in April for assault. He and her brothers had told her not to wear pants or ride a motorcycle.
A woman was shot dead by her brother, a police constable, for not withdrawing a case registered against him in April for assault. He and her brothers had told her not to wear pants or ride a motorcycle.
July 27, 2012
UK
A devout Muslim grandmother has been jailed for four years for kidnapping and drugging her own daughter after she refused to marry the man her family wanted her to.
UK
A devout Muslim grandmother has been jailed for four years for kidnapping and drugging her own daughter after she refused to marry the man her family wanted her to.
Egypt (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
A new report from George Washington University professor Michele Clark and Coptic rights activist Nada Ghaly has argued that thousands of young Coptic Christian girls in Egypt are the victim of kidnapping and forced servitude by Muslims in the North African country
A new report from George Washington University professor Michele Clark and Coptic rights activist Nada Ghaly has argued that thousands of young Coptic Christian girls in Egypt are the victim of kidnapping and forced servitude by Muslims in the North African country
July 29, 2012
India (h/t to AtlasShrugs)
The failure to give birth to a son and the inability to fulfill her husband and in-laws' demand for money cost a woman her life. She was burnt alive allegedly by her husband and in-laws in front of her minor daughters on Friday night.
India (h/t to AtlasShrugs)
The failure to give birth to a son and the inability to fulfill her husband and in-laws' demand for money cost a woman her life. She was burnt alive allegedly by her husband and in-laws in front of her minor daughters on Friday night.
Iran
An Iranian Islamic cleric says, women should only ride bikes in their own backyards, where no stranger men can see them cycling!
An Iranian Islamic cleric says, women should only ride bikes in their own backyards, where no stranger men can see them cycling!
August 6, 2012
Tanzania
Police in Zanzibar have launched an investigation after a woman claimed she was beaten up by a group of men at Mwanakwerekwe Market for leaving her head uncovered during Ramadhan.
Tanzania
Police in Zanzibar have launched an investigation after a woman claimed she was beaten up by a group of men at Mwanakwerekwe Market for leaving her head uncovered during Ramadhan.
Pakistan (h/t to JihadWatch)
A father along with his two sons axed his wife and daughters among four people to death in the name of honour and injured three others in Bahawalnagar, police said.
A father along with his two sons axed his wife and daughters among four people to death in the name of honour and injured three others in Bahawalnagar, police said.
August 7, 2012
Pakistan
Six armed militants bullied shopkeepers selling women garments and cosmetics in the Singair Bazaar in Hangu on Monday threatening them to remove curtains from the doors of the shops or face action.
Sources said certain shopkeepers were whipped by the militants with the lashes they were holding in their hands and they also vandalized the cosmetics shops.Eyewitness reports said the militants remained in the market for more than 20 minutes and then left on their motorbikes hurling threats at the merchants.
August 8, 2012
U.S. (h/t to AtlasShrugs)
A Florida Muslim man was sentenced to life imprisonment for setting his wife on fire. Prosecutors played the recording at Wednesday's sentencing for Khalid Mohd, 41, who was convicted in June of setting his wife on fire because she wanted his help staying in the United States. He was sentenced to life in prison.
Pakistan
Six armed militants bullied shopkeepers selling women garments and cosmetics in the Singair Bazaar in Hangu on Monday threatening them to remove curtains from the doors of the shops or face action.
Sources said certain shopkeepers were whipped by the militants with the lashes they were holding in their hands and they also vandalized the cosmetics shops.Eyewitness reports said the militants remained in the market for more than 20 minutes and then left on their motorbikes hurling threats at the merchants.
August 8, 2012
U.S. (h/t to AtlasShrugs)
A Florida Muslim man was sentenced to life imprisonment for setting his wife on fire. Prosecutors played the recording at Wednesday's sentencing for Khalid Mohd, 41, who was convicted in June of setting his wife on fire because she wanted his help staying in the United States. He was sentenced to life in prison.
August 9, 2012
Nepal (h/t to AtlasShrugs)
Nepal has banned women under the age of 30 from going to work in Middle Eastern countries amid growing concerns that they are being exploited. Common complaints include physical and sexual abuse, poor conditions and non-payment of salaries.
Nepal (h/t to AtlasShrugs)
Nepal has banned women under the age of 30 from going to work in Middle Eastern countries amid growing concerns that they are being exploited. Common complaints include physical and sexual abuse, poor conditions and non-payment of salaries.
August 12, 2012
Tunsia
Tunsian women are worried that changes to the nations's constitution defining women's place in society in terms of their relationship to men will bring back an inequality in gender.
Tunsia
Tunsian women are worried that changes to the nations's constitution defining women's place in society in terms of their relationship to men will bring back an inequality in gender.
August 13, 2012
Kashmir
The women of Kashmir, renowned for their grace and beauty, have been warned by groups affiliated with al Qaeda to cover their faces or risk disfigurement and even death from acid attacks.
The warning also extended to women using mobile phones in public.
Kashmir
The women of Kashmir, renowned for their grace and beauty, have been warned by groups affiliated with al Qaeda to cover their faces or risk disfigurement and even death from acid attacks.
The warning also extended to women using mobile phones in public.
August 14, 2012
U.S. (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
Colorado Springs police arrested five Iraqi men Tuesday in connection with what they called a "rare" and "horrific" sexual assault on a woman early July 22. The arrests included one man who was a central character in an Army's sergeant's memoir of an Iraq deployment.
Sarmad Fadhi Mohammed and Jasim Mohammed Hasin Ramadon were taken into custody on suspicion of sexual assault. Mustafa Sataar Al Feraji, Ali Mohammed Hasan Al Juboori and Yasir Jabbar Jasim were arrested on suspicion of accessory to sexual assault. All are in their 20s. Police said the severity of the attack made it rare in the city, adding that the woman's injuries could have been life-threatening.
U.S. (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
Colorado Springs police arrested five Iraqi men Tuesday in connection with what they called a "rare" and "horrific" sexual assault on a woman early July 22. The arrests included one man who was a central character in an Army's sergeant's memoir of an Iraq deployment.
Sarmad Fadhi Mohammed and Jasim Mohammed Hasin Ramadon were taken into custody on suspicion of sexual assault. Mustafa Sataar Al Feraji, Ali Mohammed Hasan Al Juboori and Yasir Jabbar Jasim were arrested on suspicion of accessory to sexual assault. All are in their 20s. Police said the severity of the attack made it rare in the city, adding that the woman's injuries could have been life-threatening.
August 16, 2012
Scandinavia
Statistics on the numbers of rapes committed in Scandinavian countries, including Sweden, by 'minority' men.
UK (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
A judge has said the forced marriage of a Muslim woman with learning difficulties should be annulled and condemned the "insulated" families who arrange them.
Scandinavia
Statistics on the numbers of rapes committed in Scandinavian countries, including Sweden, by 'minority' men.
UK (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
A judge has said the forced marriage of a Muslim woman with learning difficulties should be annulled and condemned the "insulated" families who arrange them.
August 18, 2012
Sweden
A man and a woman have been remanded into custody by Attunda district court in Sollentuna on suspicion of having subjected their daughter to female genital mutilation (FGM).
August 19, 2012
Sweden
A man and a woman have been remanded into custody by Attunda district court in Sollentuna on suspicion of having subjected their daughter to female genital mutilation (FGM).
August 19, 2012
Egypt
Muslim women are worried about sexual attacks as the Eid holiday arrives.
Muslim women are worried about sexual attacks as the Eid holiday arrives.
August 20, 2012
Iran (h/t to Jaye)
Female students in Iran have been barred from more than 70 university degree courses in an officially-approved act of sex-discrimination which critics say is aimed at defeating the fight for equal women's rights.
August 24, 2012
Iran (h/t to Jaye)
Female students in Iran have been barred from more than 70 university degree courses in an officially-approved act of sex-discrimination which critics say is aimed at defeating the fight for equal women's rights.
August 24, 2012
Egypt
Volunteer patrols of men are trying to help the rising tide of sexual harassment to women in public spaces.
Volunteer patrols of men are trying to help the rising tide of sexual harassment to women in public spaces.
Iran
A new report from Iran has revealed a striking rise in the number of child brides under the age of 10-years-old. The Union for the Protection of Children's Rights said that in 2010, at least 713 marriages of girls under 10-years-old were registered in the country, more than twice as many as registered in the three years before.
A new report from Iran has revealed a striking rise in the number of child brides under the age of 10-years-old. The Union for the Protection of Children's Rights said that in 2010, at least 713 marriages of girls under 10-years-old were registered in the country, more than twice as many as registered in the three years before.
August 25, 2012
Egypt, Tunisia, Libya
This summer, as the dust of the Arab Spring revolutions begins to settle, women - who stood shoulder to shoulder with men in defying tyranny - are finding themselves marginalised and excluded from decision-making.
This summer, as the dust of the Arab Spring revolutions begins to settle, women - who stood shoulder to shoulder with men in defying tyranny - are finding themselves marginalised and excluded from decision-making.
UK
Muslim woman in the UK was attacked by her siblings for kissing a white man during her 18th birthday celebrations. Shamima Akhtar, now a 19-yr-old, suffered a sickening assault which culminated in her sisters slapping and punching her and hacking off her waist-length hair.
Muslim woman in the UK was attacked by her siblings for kissing a white man during her 18th birthday celebrations. Shamima Akhtar, now a 19-yr-old, suffered a sickening assault which culminated in her sisters slapping and punching her and hacking off her waist-length hair.
August 26, 2012
The World
The Taliban misogynist mentality is alive and well, and in fact it is thriving and mushrooming globally.
The Taliban misogynist mentality is alive and well, and in fact it is thriving and mushrooming globally.
Australia (ht/t to Tundra Tabloids)
Rape victim Alicia Gali is still traumatised three years after she was raped and jailed for adultery in United Arab Emirates.
Rape victim Alicia Gali is still traumatised three years after she was raped and jailed for adultery in United Arab Emirates.
Pakistan (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
Rimsha, a fifteen year old girl, was picked up by two men on motorcycles and taken to an unknown location. She was kept in a room and subjected to rape for five consecutive days, the victim said in an FIR registered at the Gomel police station.
Rimsha, a fifteen year old girl, was picked up by two men on motorcycles and taken to an unknown location. She was kept in a room and subjected to rape for five consecutive days, the victim said in an FIR registered at the Gomel police station.
August 27, 2012
Pakistan (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
A Christian girl was gang raped by five Muslim men.
Pakistan (h/t to thereligionofpeace)
A Christian girl was gang raped by five Muslim men.
India
A girl was critically injured when a two youths threw acid on her face and body.
A girl was critically injured when a two youths threw acid on her face and body.
Germany (h/t to IslaminEurope for translation of German article)
A Somali broke his wife's fingers because she wanted to give food to their children during Ramadan.
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The Propaganda Schools Teach Our Children
As part of my current teaching gig, I get the opportunity to review high school textbooks that are currently in use across the US. Most of the books used today can be categorized as follows: 1) useful but seriously flawed; 2) useless and seriously flawed; 3) useless and seriously propagandistic.
English texts almost universally fall into the seriously propagandistic category. Those who put together English textbooks are among the worst offenders to the cause of modern liberalism. Much of English textbooks is devoted to the concept of "critical thinking." While I would normally agree with teaching critical thinking in, say, a philosophy class, English teachers insist on foisting a purely politically-correct worldview upon our unsuspecting children. These texts never bother teaching the crux of critical thinking - namely teaching how to think. Instead, these texts focus on the antithesis of critical thought - telling students what to think.
In short, the texts I've reviewed (and I suspect there are no worthy texts available) all focus on indoctrinating our students into the fecal slurry of muddled, modern liberalism.
Worse, the American Literature texts I reviewed ventured into the realm of rewriting history to suit the liberal narrative. Having devoted the better portion of 25 years studying and writing history, reading a chapter in an English text attempting to narrate history was a particularly painful experience.
As an example of a seriously propagandistic text, take a chapter about the US Constitution from a popular American Literature text (APEX Learning).
First of all, most modern texts do not understand the differences between the concepts of "freedom," "liberty," "rights," and "equality." Most modern liberals tend to lump all four of these concepts together, ignoring the foundation of liberty in the US. Liberty is the state of freedom from government interference. While muddling these four concepts is not a serious error (except, perhaps in thinking that rights and freedom mean the same thing), by misusing the concept of liberty to mean freedom, modern texts neglect to teach children the fundamental principle of limited government. Indeed, how can we enjoy freedom if the government infringes on our liberty?
Nowhere in the chapter on the US Constitution does the American Literature textbook mention the term "republic," as in the Pledge of Allegiance's, "and to the republic, for which it stands." Instead, the book opts for the descriptive term "representational democracy." While this term is accurate, I wondered why the book would avoid using the term "republic" until I realized that the writers make no mention of Rome, nor of Greece.
Accordingly, the book devotes a page to the "roots" of democracy pointing back to the Iroquois Confederacy. If the roots of the US supposedly stem from the Iroquois, then the Latin term "republic" only serves as a reminder that the text is perpetrating a historical lie.
Now I'm sure the Iroquois (the Haudenosaunee, as the book identifies them) are a wonderful people who created a great confederacy back in the day. But to say that American democracy was borrowed from the Iroquois is poor history at best, propagandistic at worst.
Of course, the textbook doesn't stop with only one inaccuracy. It then goes on to claim that, not only did democracy come from the Iroquois, but that the US Constitution derived from the Iroquois as well. As the text says: "This process of influence is something you'll see repeatedly as you study literature, as groups or people - or individuals - influence and are influenced by others around them."
Let me reiterate that nowhere in the text is there any mention of the "influence" of the Roman Republic, or of Athenian Democracy. From a historical point of view, the idea that the Iroquois influenced the US Constitution is a tenuous argument at best. Even if the influence is there, we cannot simply ignore the very real, and very traceable influences of Western Civilization on a government based on the Roman model.
If the textbook merely tried to point out the literary similarities between the Iroquois Confederacy and the US Constitution, I might be able to forgive the authors their particular views. But to imply and teach what is plainly inaccurate for the sake of advancing an anti-Western Civilization agenda is unconscionable.
That's just the first example. The textbook goes on to explain that Shays' rebellion was a class struggle (rather than a protest against taxes and government debt). Presenting the rebellion this way, of course, casts early US history as a validation of Marxist thought and a need for socialist "equality," as opposed to the rebellion as a result of Western thought that would like to do away with government interference.
In line with modern liberal dogma, the text also presents the Constitution as a "living" document. This inculcates the concept that the Constitution can mean anything liberals want it to mean. Considering this is the only interpretation of the Constitution taught in this text, ignoring the majority view of constitutional originalism, today's students will have no critical thinking values on which to interpret the Constitution.
The text makes the blatant fallacy, stating: "Just as the English language is a living language, the U.S. Constitution is a living document." The implication is clear. Modern liberalism would like to push for a "living" constitution in order to change the law to fit the politically-correct belief du jour.
Lastly, and typically, when the text talks about the first amendment to the Constitution, it ignores any discussion of the two clauses dealing with religion. I presume that modern liberalism has so many anti-religious ideals that it cannot fathom any reason that religion needs to be protected from government interference. Then again, since the liberal "living" Constitution interprets religious freedom as a "separation of church and state," this should not surprise anyone who has had his or her religious rights stepped on by the liberal establishment.
All of this comes from one chapter in a typical American Literature textbook. Considering the lack of historical accuracy, the blatant disregard for Constitutional originalism, and the dogmatic preaching, today's students are growing up in a world without critical thinking.
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Homesick for West Texas...Great photography!
I posted this up a few months back at PC and darn it, I am homesick For West Texas.
Wyman Meinzer is know as the Texas State Photographer and for good reason.
I was born in Texas and the good Lord willing, that is where I will die, under a West Texas sky.
I am going home, if only for a few minutes.
Wyman Meinzer's West Texas from Wyman Meinzer on Vimeo.
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Poverty with a view: Two more reasons why NOT to vote for Obama
Commentary, opinions pulled from the local daily fish wrapper, other sources from around the Pacific Northwest and beyond. With additional commentary from yours truly, one who has the affliction known hereabouts as 'permagrump', PatriotUSA.
Call this an opinion from the RIGHT side of the Cascades.
Where great jobs are scarce but taxes and government overreach, are high.
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As so many people say these days, "you just cannot make this stuff up. So it goes here in the hinterlands of Central Pooregon. The slow slide into fall has already started here and we have already dipped down to freezing here at night, last week. Seasons can switch quickly here in the high desert. The idiocy of those who continue to ride the Unicorn of hope and change and slide down the rainbow to fiscal Armageddon never changes. The horrific thing is that these brainwashed progressive, regressive dolts want to take all of us with them on their ride into 'everyone is equal' stupid, utopia land.
How well has this ever worked out for other countries like Spain, Greece, France? Even Finland and Switzerland are moving away from the socialist models that ensure massive government failure.
Not that most of us need any more reasons NOT to vote for Obama but just in case you are on the fence, here are two more. Both of these letters come from Bend, which used to be a really nice place say like in 1985, before these type of moon bat, leftarded loons really started ruining Oregon and turning it into POORegon. Read on for more.....
Budweiser Tap Handler....
No, not the awesome 'Cuda' picture!
Did not think there would be any complaints!
Monday, August 27, 2012
Learning To Live With A Nuclear Iran ... J. D. Lngstreet
Learning To Live With A Nuclear Iran
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
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If the window of opportunity has not already closed for a preemptive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, it is ALMOST closed and closing rapidly.
If that turns out to be the case, then isn't it time Israel drags it's nuclear arsenal, out into to full view of the Iranians and the remainder of the "terror community?"
One of the fundamentals of a nuclear armed military is the ability to survive a first strike by your enemy and offer, in reprisal, a second strike -- from your own arsenal -- that will deal a killing blow to your attacker. Israel has such a capability. Maybe it is time to show it.
Not much is said about Israel's seaborne nuclear arsenal. But it is there ... cruising out there above and/or below the surface of the oceans.
Before the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan there was a discussion amongst US leaders and a suggestion that maybe we ought to demonstrate the power of the bomb to the Japanese BEFORE we dropped it on them.
The thought was that the fear generated by such an awesome spectacle would cause Japan to rush to the surrender table -- and actually dropping the bomb on them would be unnecessary. It was eventually decided that nothing short of atomic destruction would cause Japan to sue for peace. Even then it took TWO atomic bombs, dropped just days apart, to get a surrender from Japan.
I mention this because there is some suggestion that Israel should demonstrate to Iran that it has the capability of nuking them, even now, and also has a second strike capability that would instantly set Iranian society back to the stone age in a flash (no pun intended.)
All this is predicated upon the possibility that Israel might be dealing with sane people within the Iranian government. After all, this is a government where sanity always seems to be in scant measure.
Now -- all this talk about an Israeli second strike capability is worrisome because it bespeaks what I fear is reality. A preemptive strike is no longer possible and the world is going to have a terrorist nation armed to the teeth with nukes.
Frankly, Israel should have stuck Iran YEARS ago. Nothing less than an early preemptive strike would have deterred Iran. No amount of diplomatic entreaties, discussions, UN inspections, pleading, begging -- NOTHING was going to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb. Sometimes you simply have to kill your enemy, in great numbers, to get his attention. Been there-done that. ( Nuclear bombing of Japan by the US in WWII)
Maybe an effective demonstration of Israel's nuclear arsenal would include the nuking of the facilities in Iran where the so-called "Islam Bomb" is being made. For darn sure, Iran would be denied the use of whatever was left of those labs for centuries into the future. And it might serve to introduce the Iranian government and their proxy terrorist gangs exactly what "nuking" means.
The other troublesome aspect of a nuclear Iran is the certainty of their passing along nuclear capability to their terrorist proxies.
Let me be clear here: All the nations of the world cowering in the shadows -- frightened of a nuclear Iran -- NOW you REALLY have something to worry about. Even though you might be geographically outside the nuclear missile range of Iranian ballistic missiles, you are well within range of Iran's terrorists who will not think twice about setting off nuclear devices in your cities. You, too, had the opportunity to stop Iran and you chose to stand back and HOPE the US and Israel would do your job for you. You have no one to blame but yourselves when the inevitable happens and you have thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of your countrymen dead or dying from a terrorist nuclear attack on your territory.
Of COURSE, the same applies to America. WE COULD HAVE STOPPED IRAN!
Look. America makes mistakes. We are not infallible. And yes, we made a humongous mistake in electing as President a man who many American suspect is a closet Muslim, himself. He bears a Muslim name. His father was Muslim and he was partly reared in a Muslim country and educated in Muslim schools. There has been ample evidence during his nearly four years as our President that Obama has chosen the Muslim nations of the Middle East over America's only friend in that region -- Israel.
Many Americans, myself included, feel that Obama's goal from the early days of his presidency was to run interference for Iran until Iran could successfully build a nuclear bomb. All one has to do is look objectively at Obama's policies -- as per Iran and Israel -- and the pattern becomes crystal clear.
To the question: "Are you better off today than you were four years ago," the Republican Party ought to add: "Are you safer today than you were four years ago?"
As soon as Iran has an operable bomb, they're certainly going to "demonstrate" it to the world. They have told us they have two prime targets: Israel and America. When the Islam Bomb explodes in America -- remember which administration is responsible for bringing it to the shores of America. Not that there is anything we can do about it. Not now.
J. D. Longstreet
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
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If the window of opportunity has not already closed for a preemptive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, it is ALMOST closed and closing rapidly.
If that turns out to be the case, then isn't it time Israel drags it's nuclear arsenal, out into to full view of the Iranians and the remainder of the "terror community?"
One of the fundamentals of a nuclear armed military is the ability to survive a first strike by your enemy and offer, in reprisal, a second strike -- from your own arsenal -- that will deal a killing blow to your attacker. Israel has such a capability. Maybe it is time to show it.
Not much is said about Israel's seaborne nuclear arsenal. But it is there ... cruising out there above and/or below the surface of the oceans.
Before the US dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan there was a discussion amongst US leaders and a suggestion that maybe we ought to demonstrate the power of the bomb to the Japanese BEFORE we dropped it on them.
The thought was that the fear generated by such an awesome spectacle would cause Japan to rush to the surrender table -- and actually dropping the bomb on them would be unnecessary. It was eventually decided that nothing short of atomic destruction would cause Japan to sue for peace. Even then it took TWO atomic bombs, dropped just days apart, to get a surrender from Japan.
I mention this because there is some suggestion that Israel should demonstrate to Iran that it has the capability of nuking them, even now, and also has a second strike capability that would instantly set Iranian society back to the stone age in a flash (no pun intended.)
All this is predicated upon the possibility that Israel might be dealing with sane people within the Iranian government. After all, this is a government where sanity always seems to be in scant measure.
Now -- all this talk about an Israeli second strike capability is worrisome because it bespeaks what I fear is reality. A preemptive strike is no longer possible and the world is going to have a terrorist nation armed to the teeth with nukes.
Frankly, Israel should have stuck Iran YEARS ago. Nothing less than an early preemptive strike would have deterred Iran. No amount of diplomatic entreaties, discussions, UN inspections, pleading, begging -- NOTHING was going to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb. Sometimes you simply have to kill your enemy, in great numbers, to get his attention. Been there-done that. ( Nuclear bombing of Japan by the US in WWII)
Maybe an effective demonstration of Israel's nuclear arsenal would include the nuking of the facilities in Iran where the so-called "Islam Bomb" is being made. For darn sure, Iran would be denied the use of whatever was left of those labs for centuries into the future. And it might serve to introduce the Iranian government and their proxy terrorist gangs exactly what "nuking" means.
The other troublesome aspect of a nuclear Iran is the certainty of their passing along nuclear capability to their terrorist proxies.
Let me be clear here: All the nations of the world cowering in the shadows -- frightened of a nuclear Iran -- NOW you REALLY have something to worry about. Even though you might be geographically outside the nuclear missile range of Iranian ballistic missiles, you are well within range of Iran's terrorists who will not think twice about setting off nuclear devices in your cities. You, too, had the opportunity to stop Iran and you chose to stand back and HOPE the US and Israel would do your job for you. You have no one to blame but yourselves when the inevitable happens and you have thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of your countrymen dead or dying from a terrorist nuclear attack on your territory.
Of COURSE, the same applies to America. WE COULD HAVE STOPPED IRAN!
Look. America makes mistakes. We are not infallible. And yes, we made a humongous mistake in electing as President a man who many American suspect is a closet Muslim, himself. He bears a Muslim name. His father was Muslim and he was partly reared in a Muslim country and educated in Muslim schools. There has been ample evidence during his nearly four years as our President that Obama has chosen the Muslim nations of the Middle East over America's only friend in that region -- Israel.
Many Americans, myself included, feel that Obama's goal from the early days of his presidency was to run interference for Iran until Iran could successfully build a nuclear bomb. All one has to do is look objectively at Obama's policies -- as per Iran and Israel -- and the pattern becomes crystal clear.
To the question: "Are you better off today than you were four years ago," the Republican Party ought to add: "Are you safer today than you were four years ago?"
As soon as Iran has an operable bomb, they're certainly going to "demonstrate" it to the world. They have told us they have two prime targets: Israel and America. When the Islam Bomb explodes in America -- remember which administration is responsible for bringing it to the shores of America. Not that there is anything we can do about it. Not now.
J. D. Longstreet
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Neil Armstrong: Trail-Blazer To The Future ... J. D. Longstreet
Neil Armstrong: Trail-Blazer To The Future
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
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Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor and United States Naval Aviator. He was the first person to walk on the Moon.
I grew up a reader. I fell in love with words and especially the printed word even before I began first grade. I, basically, taught myself to read with the Charlotte News, which (in those days) was an afternoon edition newspaper. It had every thing a young scholar needed. There were photographs with captions -- and there were the "funny papers," or, as we called them, "the funnies." Somewhere, along about the second or third grade, my aunt presented me with a gift that changed my life. It was a worn, torn, smudged, dog-eared, Webster's Collegiate "abridged" dictionary, which had been her sister's when she (the sister) had been a college student.
As difficult as it might be to understand, especially today with all the electronic instruments we have for communicating, I was in love with a book! I read that dictionary -- from cover to cover -- and used it for most of the remainder of my formal education.
Soon afterwards, she gave me a copy of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." It was my introduction to reading for the pure fun of it. It did not take long before the county library was my second home.
I do not recall how, exactly, I became addicted to Science Fiction, but -- did I ever! In a fairly short time I had read my way through the "Science Fiction" section at the library.
Science fiction allowed the reader's (my) mind to wander, to explore realms that were not explorable -- but -- held the promise of exploration in the future. It erased the horizon.
I recall that on one summer break my teacher offered special credit for any books we read over vacation time. I read 26 books that summer.
My love for science fiction continued into adulthood and, honestly, continues even today.
I was absolutely crushed when Sputnik flew successfully into orbit around the earth I was elated and crushed at the same time. For, you see, I KNEW that when the door to space was opened, it would be the USA that kicked it open and colonized the planets of Sol and the worlds of those, oh, so distant stars.
In those days, America was a "can-do" country with a people who simply did not believe there was anything they could not do.
The race to the stars was ON!
The US decided the moon was to be our first stop. It offered a "way station," if you will. It was a place where man could learn to live and work in an alien "biosphere." It was to be the jumping-off place for expeditions to our neighboring planets. Then, from the moon, it was onwards and outwards to worlds we did not even know existed but hoped to find on our gypsy-like wandering through the universe(s).
Neil Armstrong was the first human being to set foot on the surface of the moon. He opened the door for all mankind. And Neil Armstrong was an AMERICAN! The photo of Armstrong standing beside that American flag planted firmly in the lunar surface still brings a lump to my throat every time I see it. The door to space HAD been kicked open by America -- and there was no turning back.
... Except -- we DID turn back.
The scriptures tell us in Proverbs 29:18, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” It is a truth that is playing out all around us today as America is obviously a nation in decline. Not only have we restored our horizons, we have dragged them in even closer suffocating the yearning to learn what's over the next hill or around the next corner -- let alone the next universe or the next galaxy.
Someday, if America survives, and there is a huge "if" concerning our survival as a nation today, we will have to go back to the moon. It is still the stepping stone to the discovery of man's future and some say -- to man's past. There are those who believe it is the doorway to man's ancestral home.
When we DO go back -- and beyond -- it will be as the result of the courage, the work, and the risk, of a man by the name of Neil Armstrong who inspired all mankind by taking "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Yes, I know we have robots on Mars. But to me, until a human being steps onto the surface of Mars, as Neil Armstrong did to Luna, it doesn't count.
Sorry NASA.
NASA and the government must understand. They have lost the interest of the public simply because the human element has been ejected from America's space exploration program.
It is impossible to place a price on dreams. As Robert Browning, the Victorian English poet said: “Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?” Browning understood that man must continue to reach for those things beyond those he already has within his grasp. It is an inherent part of the human animal to reach for, to seek, and hopefully to discover, that which he knows is there, and that which he only suspects is there. In doing so, we grow and flourish -- and -- we expand those horizons I so often write about. In NOT doing so we perish -- just as the proverb from the Bible so wisely states.
Neil Armstrong knew that. He was at the vanguard of man's quest in reaching for the stars. His place in the history of human beings is well secured.
Browning also said: “The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life ... "
Neil Armstrong blazed the trail into a future of untold discovery. He showed us the way. How sad it is that we can no longer find enough "vision" in ourselves -- or our leaders -- to follow.
I am very afraid there is but a residue of vision left in America today as we lay to rest a trail-blazing visionary who risked everything to mark the way for all mankind to follow.
Alas, Armstrong's countrymen may no longer be in the vanguard of space exploration, but mankind WILL go to the planets -- and beyond. That is a given. When one nation falters, another steps up. When one nation's vision diminishes, another's expands. As in a game of leap frog, progress is slow and laborious. But in the end, it is sure. Neil Armstrong proved that.
We salute Neil Armstrong with the words of John Gillespie Magee, Jr :
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
J. D. Longstreet
A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet
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Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor and United States Naval Aviator. He was the first person to walk on the Moon.
I grew up a reader. I fell in love with words and especially the printed word even before I began first grade. I, basically, taught myself to read with the Charlotte News, which (in those days) was an afternoon edition newspaper. It had every thing a young scholar needed. There were photographs with captions -- and there were the "funny papers," or, as we called them, "the funnies." Somewhere, along about the second or third grade, my aunt presented me with a gift that changed my life. It was a worn, torn, smudged, dog-eared, Webster's Collegiate "abridged" dictionary, which had been her sister's when she (the sister) had been a college student.
As difficult as it might be to understand, especially today with all the electronic instruments we have for communicating, I was in love with a book! I read that dictionary -- from cover to cover -- and used it for most of the remainder of my formal education.
Soon afterwards, she gave me a copy of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." It was my introduction to reading for the pure fun of it. It did not take long before the county library was my second home.
I do not recall how, exactly, I became addicted to Science Fiction, but -- did I ever! In a fairly short time I had read my way through the "Science Fiction" section at the library.
Science fiction allowed the reader's (my) mind to wander, to explore realms that were not explorable -- but -- held the promise of exploration in the future. It erased the horizon.
I recall that on one summer break my teacher offered special credit for any books we read over vacation time. I read 26 books that summer.
My love for science fiction continued into adulthood and, honestly, continues even today.
I was absolutely crushed when Sputnik flew successfully into orbit around the earth I was elated and crushed at the same time. For, you see, I KNEW that when the door to space was opened, it would be the USA that kicked it open and colonized the planets of Sol and the worlds of those, oh, so distant stars.
In those days, America was a "can-do" country with a people who simply did not believe there was anything they could not do.
The race to the stars was ON!
The US decided the moon was to be our first stop. It offered a "way station," if you will. It was a place where man could learn to live and work in an alien "biosphere." It was to be the jumping-off place for expeditions to our neighboring planets. Then, from the moon, it was onwards and outwards to worlds we did not even know existed but hoped to find on our gypsy-like wandering through the universe(s).
Neil Armstrong was the first human being to set foot on the surface of the moon. He opened the door for all mankind. And Neil Armstrong was an AMERICAN! The photo of Armstrong standing beside that American flag planted firmly in the lunar surface still brings a lump to my throat every time I see it. The door to space HAD been kicked open by America -- and there was no turning back.
... Except -- we DID turn back.
The scriptures tell us in Proverbs 29:18, “Where there is no vision, the people perish.” It is a truth that is playing out all around us today as America is obviously a nation in decline. Not only have we restored our horizons, we have dragged them in even closer suffocating the yearning to learn what's over the next hill or around the next corner -- let alone the next universe or the next galaxy.
Someday, if America survives, and there is a huge "if" concerning our survival as a nation today, we will have to go back to the moon. It is still the stepping stone to the discovery of man's future and some say -- to man's past. There are those who believe it is the doorway to man's ancestral home.
When we DO go back -- and beyond -- it will be as the result of the courage, the work, and the risk, of a man by the name of Neil Armstrong who inspired all mankind by taking "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Yes, I know we have robots on Mars. But to me, until a human being steps onto the surface of Mars, as Neil Armstrong did to Luna, it doesn't count.
Sorry NASA.
NASA and the government must understand. They have lost the interest of the public simply because the human element has been ejected from America's space exploration program.
It is impossible to place a price on dreams. As Robert Browning, the Victorian English poet said: “Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?” Browning understood that man must continue to reach for those things beyond those he already has within his grasp. It is an inherent part of the human animal to reach for, to seek, and hopefully to discover, that which he knows is there, and that which he only suspects is there. In doing so, we grow and flourish -- and -- we expand those horizons I so often write about. In NOT doing so we perish -- just as the proverb from the Bible so wisely states.
Neil Armstrong knew that. He was at the vanguard of man's quest in reaching for the stars. His place in the history of human beings is well secured.
Browning also said: “The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life ... "
Neil Armstrong blazed the trail into a future of untold discovery. He showed us the way. How sad it is that we can no longer find enough "vision" in ourselves -- or our leaders -- to follow.
I am very afraid there is but a residue of vision left in America today as we lay to rest a trail-blazing visionary who risked everything to mark the way for all mankind to follow.
Alas, Armstrong's countrymen may no longer be in the vanguard of space exploration, but mankind WILL go to the planets -- and beyond. That is a given. When one nation falters, another steps up. When one nation's vision diminishes, another's expands. As in a game of leap frog, progress is slow and laborious. But in the end, it is sure. Neil Armstrong proved that.
We salute Neil Armstrong with the words of John Gillespie Magee, Jr :
Up, up the long, delirious burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or ever eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.
J. D. Longstreet
Democracy or Freedom?
This was a Rule 5 Saturday post from The Classical Liberal blog and is worth your time.
Democracy leads to slavery, and I can see how this may be a very valid point.
When a country's population rebels and overthrows the government that was in power, 'free elections' are one of the desired results. What we perceive as free elections here is not the same as it is in most other countries. The Arab Spring or winter in my opinion, has resulted in a domino effect of radical Islam and sharia law spreading across the Middle East. The Muslim Brotherhood is NOT an organization that brings 'freedom' that is compatible or works with our Constitution or Western civilization.
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Democracy with Erica Durance
"All the freedoms that modern Americans enjoy (or used to enjoy) – private property, freedom of movement, freedom of speech, independent courts, limited powers of the rulers – were established by the Founding Fathers after the American revolution (in part building on British classical-liberal traditions). This was before the advent of democracy as we know it today. And this is the same in other western countries. First came individual freedom, only later came the national democratic state."
People around the world are fighting autocratic regimes in the name of freedom and democracy. They are right to fight for freedom, but wrong to fight for democracy. Libertarians should try to make it clear to them that the democratic path will not lead to freedom, but to slavery.
Most libertarians no doubt sympathize with the courageous protests against authoritarian regimes by ordinary people all over the world. Unlike neoconservatives or liberals, libertarians are not worried when protesters threaten the "stability" of some US-backed client state. They have always warned that supporting dictatorships leads to unwelcome "blowback", since oppressed people who revolt usually turn not only against their oppressors, but against their western backers as well. Post World War Two history is full of examples of this.
Majority of Obama Twitter Friends are Fake
(USATODAY) President Obama's Twitter account has 18.8 million followers -- but more than half of them really don't exist, according to reports.
A new Web tool has determined that 70% of Obama's crowd includes "fake followers," The New York Times reports in a story about how Twitter followers can be purchased.
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Persecution Update 26 August 2012 (narrated)
Eleven-year-old girl arrested for blasphemy in Pakistan Syrian Christians fleeing by thousands Missing Christian children found in radical madrasas in Bangladesh Pastor and his wife assaulted by mob in Sri Lanka
Persecution Update keeps you informed of what is going on in our world concerning persecuted Christians. (Info from Voice of the Martyrs Canada.) Download entire Quicktime movies for showing to your group or church from swordandspirit.com, the Human Rights page.
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Neil Armstrong – One of the Rare Interviews He’s Given
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Neil Armstrong’s prediction of a manned space station on the moon in his lifetime has sadly not come to fruition.
As a small business owner, am pledging to create a new job the day Romney swears in
I believe I can help Romney get elected. I call it the “Nevins Small Business Pledge”. I,as a small business owner,am pledging to create a new job the day Romney swears in. I can do this from my taxes I won’t have to pay if Obama is elected again.
I believe we can get 100,000 plus other small businesses to do the same in the next 60 days. My website to make the same pledge is up and can now be seen but won’t be running until Monday or Tuesday. Please,Please help me make this proactive way of showing liberals that trickle-down economics works. In addition,100,000 plus new private sector jobs may sway undecided independents. Please see my website (google won’t be able to get you there until it is running) Thank you! —http://nevinssmallbusinesspledge.com
Guest Post
Friday, August 24, 2012
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Shooting in NY City not exactly a 'rampage' as Drudge reported
Brandon Raub's release: Is this really a Tea Party & patriotic hero?
Todd Akin's 5 minute press conference: He's not dropping out
Under Obama Every Group of Americans Have Less Income
(Bloomberg) American incomes declined more in the three-year expansion that started in June 2009 than during the longest recession since the Great Depression, according an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by Sentier Research LLC.
Median household income fell 4.8 percent on an inflation- adjusted basis since the recession ended in June 2009, more than the 2.6 percent drop during the 18-month contraction, the research firm’s Gordon Green and John Coder wrote in a report today. Household income is 7.2 percent below the December 2007 level, the former Census Bureau economic statisticians wrote.
“Almost every group is worse off than it was three years ago, and some groups had very large declines in income,” Green, who previously directed work on the Census Bureau’s income and poverty statistics program, said in a phone interview today. “We’re in an unprecedented period of economic stagnation.”
Govt waste: Will a $16 million hangar ever get finished?
Govt waste: Will a $16 million hangar ever get finished?
I am posting this exclusive post by Dr. Eowyn from Fellowship Of The Minds.
A true story of massive government waste to the tune of $16 million of our tax dollars to finish a hangar. Yes a hangar and one way over budget, way overdue past the deadline for completion.
All I ask is that you help Dr.Eowyn get this story out.
It needs to be exposed for what it truly is. Massive government waste and mismanagement.
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Govt waste: Will a $16 million hangar ever get finished?
The following article is a FOTM exclusive, published nowhere else, on a mismanaged military construction project that is shaping to be a $16 million boondoggle — at a time when America, with a national debt of $16 trillion, can ill afford it.Please help FOTM to publicize this, by linking this post to your Facebook and Twitter accounts and by sending this to your email list, especially your representatives in Congress!
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We’ve all read or heard about notorious wasteful government spending such as the $16 muffin or the $436 hammer or the $15.3 million bridge-to-nowhere in Alaska. (For more on the U.S. government’s wasteful spending, go to Project on Government Oversight.)Here’s a story about a fighter aircraft hangar that was supposed to be renovated but instead will be abandoned, boarded up, and never used, sending $16 million of hardworking taxpayers’ money down the drain.
The story begins in the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, North Carolina.
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The contract was to undertake the renovation and facilities upgrades to a hangar (Hangar 130) on the Marine Corps Air Station in Cherry Point, to accommodate two F/A-18 E/F squadrons. This would involve, among others, the reconfiguration of hangar space to house maintenance, training, and administrative functions.
According to NAVFAC’s solicitation document, the government’s estimated cost for the project was $10 million to $15 million. (See the 59-page “Solicitation No. N40085-08-R-1424″ here or from FOTM’s media library.) But a NAVFAC presentation at the 11th Annual NC Defense Trade Show had the cost for the project when the contract was awarded to be $16.2 million; and a PDF document on the Department of the Navy’s Budget Estimates for FY 2008 had the cost of the project to be $16.5 million.
The solicitation form specifies that the contractor with the winning bid must “begin performance within 15 calendar days and complete it within 651 calendar days after receiving the notice to proceed.” In other words, the project construction period was not to exceed 651 calendar days, which is to be conducted in 2 phases. This time limit is “mandatory” and “non-negotiable.”
Certain conditions were attached to the Solicitation, including:
1. The Base Bid includes work in accordance with the drawings and specifications by the architectural-engineering firm, Dills Ainscough Duff, P.C., of Virginia Beach, VA, which had been commissioned by NAVFAC, except for two options items:
- The construction of a single-story operational trainer building
- The construction of a single-story pre-engineered metal building for storing and testing special ordnance devices using the “1760 Cable” to attach to F18 aircraft.
3. The wining Contractor must abide by the government’s Affirmative Action goals of 31% minority and 6.9% female participation in each trade on all construction work in the covered area.
4. If the Contractor fails to complete the work within the time specified in the contract (651 calendar days), the Contractor shall pay liquidated damages to the Government in the amount of $7,161.57 for each calendar day of delay until the work is completed or accepted.
5. If the Government terminates the Contractor’s right to proceed, liquidated damages will continue to accrue until the work is completed. These liquidated damages are in addition to excess costs of repurchase under the Termination clause.
This hangar renovation project is a MILCON (Military Construction) project.
MILCON involves the construction of facilities that cost in excess of $750K. MILCON appropriations are separate from all other appropriations approved by Congress in that once funding is approved by Congress, construction must begin within three years and be completed within five years. Further, each MILCON project requires individual approval by Congress. A project cannot be funded until it is designed, which was why before NAVFAC issued its solicitation for contractors to bid on the hangar renovation project, NAVFAC commissioned the architectural-engineering firm Dills Ainscough Duff, P.C. to draw up the designs for the renovation. Using those designs, NAVFAC produced an estimated cost of the hangar renovation and then applied for funding from Congress.
MILCON projects requested by lawmakers are subjected to a stringent vetting process before either the House or Senate appropriations committees include them as earmarks in an annual spending bill. Once a MILCON project has been earmarked and approved for the specified estimated cost, the project is “capped” — which means no additional money can be added to or subtracted from that construction project.
What this means in the case of MILCON P809 is that if the Congress-approved funds are exhausted before the hangar-renovation project is completed, further work on the project must be discontinued because, simply put, there is no more money.
According to the defense.gov web site dated March 25, 2009, Blue Rock Structures, Inc., won the bid for the hangar project, with an expected date-of-completion of January 2011.
However, this is what Blue Rock’s web page “Ongoing Projects: P809 Facilities Upgrades for FA-18E” says:
Contract Number: N40085-09-C-3204
Location (of project): MCAS, Cherry Point, NC
Description: Renovation of an existing Hangar 130 to accommodate two F/A18 E/F squadrons to include building upgrades and re-configuration of spaces to house maintenance, training and administrative functions. The renovations will include: fire sprinkler system, fire suppression installation, fire main water distribution, compressed air upgrades, hanger door upgrades and motorization, floor resurfacing and recoating, recoating of roof, site improvements and replacement of adjacent aircraft pavement.
Completion Date: Feb. 3, 2012
Project Duration: 1046 days
Did you get that?Blue Rock Structures now says the hangar project is supposed to be completed on Feb. 3, 2012, but the project is listed under the contractor’s “Ongoing Projects” and the project had already taken 1,046 days — 395 days more than the prescribed 651 days! Since the project is still listed under Blue Rock Structures’ “Ongoing Projects,” and since we are now in August 2012, this means the completion of the project is now more than 1½ years overdue!
A delay of more than 1½ years is suggestive of the contractor encountering unforeseen problems, as well as cost overruns. Certain questions must be asked:
- Did the problems arise as a result of flaws in the designs by the architectural engineering firm Dills Ainscough Duff — designs which NAVFAC had approved? If so, was anything done to correct the flaws?
- Is Blue Rock Structures delaying the project to procure more money from the government? If so, why didn’t NAVFAC fire the contractor?
- What are the cost over-runs in light of the fact that the project is still listed as ongoing, more than 1½ years over the allowed “mandatory” time of 651 days?
- Are all the funds earmarked for this project spent?
- Has this problem been brought to the attention of Congress?
- And the BIG question, WHO IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE for this costly delay?
What does all this mean for the 49% of Americans who still pay federal income taxes?
Answer: $16.5 million of our money may have been wasted — down the drain of the sinkhole called Government Waste, Incompetence, and Unaccountability.
Original source is here.