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