the Wednesday Edition

I came across an article by Sheila Musaji titled “Who is behind Relentless, Obsession and The Third Jihad?”, a 5264 word (including links) article, naming names and somewhat dishonestly portraying the films as islomophobic. I truly detest that term because I am in no way afraid of Islam. I don’t even fear islamists because I am well armed and whatever they are selling, I’m not buying.

She is a fine writer but if you scratch below the surface you find that she uses partial quotes and a touch of smoke and mirrors to make you feel that she is just a madder than hell Muslim who is sick of people putting her and her religion down. She is the editor of a site named The American Muslim or TAM for short.

I’ve found that she has no ability to seperate the terms “Muslim” and “Islamist”.  She injects Dr. Robert D. Crane who says there is a Tsunami of Islamiphobia. It looks to me that these two people are basicly backing each other up on Islamist talking points. She doesn’t contradict what is shown in the movies but attempts to disqualify them by pointing out groups that support and show the films. Check out some of these nuggets:

An early review of Obsession posted on the Jewish Virtual Library site includes the statement: ”A film like this would have been difficult to make a few years ago when it was rare to hear Muslims speaking in their own language.” Exactly what language is the Muslim language?  I only speak English and am an American Muslim. 

If anyone actually clicks the link they will find those words but followed up by these:

Usually we heard only the carefully scripted propaganda designed for Western consumption. Those of us who followed the situation closely knew, for example, that people like Yasser Arafat were saying one thing in English and the opposite in Arabic (one clip shows him condemning terror in English and calling for jihad in Arabic), but non-Arabs only heard what they wanted us to hear. Thanks to organizations such as The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI)Palestinian Media Watch, which monitor and translate what is coming out of the Middle East, we now have greater access to what is being said and written in Arabic so we can no longer be fooled.

Why didn’t she quote the rest? I can only assume that she thought people were not smart enough to actually read the info at the link.  She also skipped over this part of the article:

Perhaps the most important contribution of the film is to show that the Islamists are not focused on “Palestine” or Iraq; their goal is to spread Islam globally. In stark contrast to the nonsensical notions put forward in Jimmy Carter’s book and the Iraq Study Group report that Iraq, terrorism and the Palestinian issue are connected, Obsession lets the terrorists themselves explain their motives and goals. In addition, by showing how the terrorists have pursued their goals in places such as London, Madrid and New York City, the film makers have ably illustrated the worldwide threat posed by the jihadists.

When she quoted the paragraph after that one:

The same article also said:  ”Jimmy Carter and the Iraq Study Group members should be required to watch the film so they will be disabused of their delusion that Israeli policy is the obstacle to peace. Obsession makes clear the real obstacles are the Islamists’ refusal to recognize Israel, the outright hatred of the Jews by many Muslims and the unwillingness to accept a Jewish state on “Islamic land” or Jewish rule over Muslims.” Once again making clear the connection in the minds of these individuals that demonizing Muslims has something to do with supporting Israel. 

I can pick it all apart for you, or you can do the work for yourself. Meh, do it yourself.

Read the following for more background:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/06/muhammad_and_the_jews_why_the.html

http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020188.php

 What is up with our allies? they are paying the very people who want to hurt us:

The Algerian-born former aircraft electrical technician, who had escaped three deportation orders since 1990 as an illegal immigrant before being granted permanent residency in 1995 on the ground of his marriage to a Lebanese woman with Australian citizenship, is said to have never worked and received welfare payments during most of the 18 years he has been allowed to live in Australia.

Ironically, one of his reasons for seeking permanent stay was that he loved the lifestyle in Australia.

He loved the hand outs in Australia is more like  Fuck him and his Mama.

Germany nabs 2 more jihad jackoffs:

German officials said that they believe the pair may have been aware of plans by the Islamic Jihad Union to bomb U.S. targets in Germany but that they did not accuse the pair of playing a direct role. Both men were charged with membership in a terrorist group.

Earlier this month, German prosecutors filed an indictment against the three suspected ringleaders of last year’s plot and said they had discussed a number of possible bombing targets, including U.S. military bases in Germany and a dance club in the city of Giessen.

Sort of

They spring into action by circulating a UN draft resolution against Somali Pirates. Last week French commandos freed two French citizens being held by them there pirates. And so close to Talk Like a Pirate Day! Sacre-bleu!

Remember when the fledgling US Government sent our brand spankin new Navy to the coast of Africa to kick the shit out of assholes like these?  Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose

Meanwhile Islamic insurgents battle government forces and Ethiopian troops supporting them over the main airport in Mogadishu.15 dead.

So, researchers in the Yukon find a chunk of permafrost that has been frozen for 700,000 years. It survived much more Global Warmy periods in the earth’s past. No massive escape of carbon, no polar bears were stopped from reproducing in record numbers:

When it melts, some experts fear it will quicken the pace of global warming significantly.

But the discovery of a cone-shaped wedge of subterranean ice near Dawson City, Yukon, that did not melt during balmier times shows that permafrost is more “stubborn” than first believed, researcher Duane Froese of the University of Alberta’s earth and atmospheric science department told AFP.

And so, current climate models that predict “extensive and severe degradation of permafrost in response to global warming, with a potential for release of large volumes of stored carbon” should be revised, the study says.

Commence braying in 3, 2, 1…

Environmental groups immediately lambasted Froese’s conclusions, saying all evidence so far points to a melting permafrost, causing sinkholes to open up, and homes and forests to tilt.

Emphasis mine. It shows that they may need to have their mellons bounced off the permafrost to realize this is called NEW evidence. I swear, for people who claim to be open minded they sure don’t want to open their eyes.

Detroit says farewell to a real sack of crap.

And the sack of crap says:

“Being elected Mayor of Detroit, my hometown, was an honor and a privilege,” he said. “I want to thank everyone who supported me through the years. I am proud of the fact that we, as a community, were able to accomplish so much in such a short period of time.”

No apologies, no regrets.

Kilpatrick, who leaves office at 11:59 p.m. tonight, said transition meetings with incoming Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. concluded Wednesday.

No politician can be trusted completely but they can’t get much worse… can they?

In the short time since John McCain announced his new running mate I have heard some incredibly  intelligent statements from my crew of liberal friends. My favorite comes from a large, goateed man:

“Palin makes me want to choke a bitch!” 

Really man?  What exactly did she do to make you get physically aggressive against her?

Maybe it’s the fact that it’s a woman running for Veep. Nah, you would shit yourself if Hillary ran with the Savior.

Is it her decision to keep her disabled son? It couldn’t be, you are all for womens reproductive rights.

Guns? Oil? Lack of experience? I don’t think you’d choke a woman over things like that. I think in the lefty handbook those are all listed as spittable offences.

The only reason I can think of that would drive you to getting violent with this woman is her crime of playing for the wrong team. She came on the scene and ruined your comrade’s slam dunk win in November. You will once again be on the losing team as we watch the election from the sideline so you’d rather pull a Harding than feel that empty, worthless feeling again.

Good luck with that pal. She’ll have you cleaned and dressed before you could shed your first tear.

And she’ll have a sweet new Bearded Jackass head to mount on the wall in her new office

My head hurts so badly when I see a report like this one. Maybe because i can’t stop banging my head on the desk or maybe because the squirrels have gone feral but it just hurts. With everything else in the world that can really lead to our destruction in the world and all the evidence against the impending doom that is Global Warming Climate Change is it really necessary to crank it up a notch?

PARIS (Reuters) - The world needs tougher action to combat global warming than a plan by President George W. Bush to halt a rise in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions only by 2025, delegates at a climate conference in Paris said on Thursday.

South Africa, one of 17 nations at the two-day global warming talks that started on Thursday, called Bush’s proposals “disappointing” and unambitious when many other industrialized economies are already cutting emissions.

Oh boo-hoo! South Africa’s disappointed. Well guess what… I’m disappointed that South Africa cleared a Chinese ship full of arms bound for Zimbabwe.

“This is disappointing,” one senior European official said in Paris. “But Bush will be leaving office soon. What he says doesn’t matter so much any more.”

Republican presidential candidate John McCain and Democratic hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have all urged tougher caps on emissions than those proposed by Bush.

And here is a senior European official who thinks what he says matters at all.

I’m all about limiting pollution. I love having green spaces and no smog. I don’t like junk science and people telling me the debate is over.

I get the feeling, while reading news articles today, that I’m being sold a bad used car. It looks good at first glance. I walk around it and don’t see any dents so I get interested and kick the tires. Then I open the door and get in and MAN… something stinks!

Associated Press writer Michael J. Sniffen pens a Trojan horse of a yarn that makes me wonder what exactly he is inhaling. In Hate crimes rose 8 percent in 2006 he starts off with some hard hitting facts:

WASHINGTON - Hate crime incidents rose nearly 8 percent last year, the FBI reported Monday, as civil rights advocates increasingly take to the streets to protest what they call official indifference to intimidation and attacks against blacks and other minorities.

Increasingly in what way? More than in the seventies? I Googled the term “official indifference to intimidation” and got seven links that pointed to this article. Thats it. “They” say that but the only person who can be attributed to putting those words together, in the whole wild world of Google, is him. He also writes that it’s attacks against blacks and “other” minorities. If blacks are minorities and the others are minorities then why single them out? I woder if he has an axe to grind?

In the next paragraph he states some facts that I will get back to shortly but want to get to the stink of this article. It’s the old bait and switch I tell ya! He slips in an op-ed about the incidents in Jena. The meat of this article talks about Jena and even quotes the the honorable Rev. Al:

“The FBI report confirms what we have been saying for many months about the severe increase in hate crimes,” said the Rev. Al Sharpton, who organized Friday’s march. “What is not reported, however, is the lack of prosecution and serious investigation by the Justice Department to counter this increase in hate crimes.” Sharpton called for Attorney General Michael Mukasey to meet with members of the Congressional Black Caucus and civil rights leaders to discuss this enforcement.

7 paragraphs of propaganda hidden in the trunk of this rehashed, piece of crap jalopy. He couldn’t have read Craig Franklin’s article in the CSM about what really went on under that tree. As he says:

There’s just one problem: The media got most of the basics wrong. In fact, I have never before witnessed such a disgrace in professional journalism. Myths replaced facts, and journalists abdicated their solemn duty to investigate every claim because they were seduced by a powerfully appealing but false narrative of racial injustice.

Its a must read if you haven’t already been there.

The AP article ends with some cherry picked stats  so you’re better off getting them from the horses mouth. The smell’s a lot better.

I haven’t been too bloggy in recent months as you can tell but I’ve been reading more than writing. I’ve spent the last few months writing music and recording 11 tracks with my band with hopes of getting back to playing out soon. We had to say goodbye to a good friend and bandmate but were able to add another all-around good guy and kick-ass guitarist to the mix, so things are looking up.

There’s a lot of stuff to talk about so let’s get to it!