CAIR is nothing more than a fund raising tool for radical Muslims, is being taken to court by Michael Savage. His lawyer; Daniel Horowitz, a devout liberal who understands the importance of free speech for all. CAIR has not been held accountable for their actions, their goal is to create a Muslim America and to funnel money around the world to other Muslims who want to convert all to Islam, either by choice or by force. Go get em' brother Mike!
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/staticarticles/article58970.html
The focal point of the lawsuit is a series of audio clips CAIR has been using in its promotions and fundraising efforts.
Those comments from Savage's show include his criticisms of Islam and Muslims, including:
"I'm not gonna put my wife in a hijab. And I'm not gonna put my daughter in a burqa. And I'm not getting' on my all-fours and braying to Mecca. And you could drop dead if you don't like it. You can shove it up your pipe. I don't wanna hear any more about Islam. I don't wanna hear one more word about Islam. Take your religion and shove it up your behind. I'm sick of you."
But the lawsuit maintains such comments, taken in context, are Savage's verbal expression of the feelings of many Americans.....
"The audience of 'The Savage Nation' expects this type of from-the-heart outrage and when it is directed at a murderer such as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his ilk, the piece is far more understandable and far more American mainstream. While the strength of the outrage is remarkable and a hallmark of 'The Savage Nation,' the sentiment is shared by a huge number of Americans," the lawsuit said.
"The copyright material properly viewed is a scream of outrage on behalf of the American public against beheadings, hangings of homosexuals, mutilation of women, the torture of rape victims and the thought that CAIR and other groups are trying to import these atrocities into American life," the lawsuit said.
May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't.- General George Patton Jr
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Friday, November 09, 2007
Nazis and Islamist
I have been saying this for years that Islamo-facist are they new Nazis. Here is an editorial from the Washington Post that is very well written and thought out.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071107/EDITORIAL/111070001/1013/editorial
The parallels between Nazism and Islamism are overwhelming. Yet the subject is a taboo. When last March the German historian Matthias Kuentzel, author of "Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism, Nazism and the Roots of 9/11," was to give a lecture at the University of Leeds (Britain), the university authorities cancelled the lecture after threats from Muslim students.
There is a war going on between the Jihadists and the West. We are losing the battle because, as so often in man's history, our political leaders think that they are still fighting the previous war. Europeans who warn against the danger of Islamism are considered — and sometimes even prosecuted — as xenophobes, racists, even neo-Nazis.
The European left, in league with the Islamists, is constantly reminding the Europeans of Hitler and the Nazis, accusing Europe's identity, the very core of its being, of being intrinsically evil. Hence, attempts to rob Europe of its identity are seen as "good," even when those eager to eradicate this identity leave no doubt that they will eradicate the Jews first.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20071107/EDITORIAL/111070001/1013/editorial
The parallels between Nazism and Islamism are overwhelming. Yet the subject is a taboo. When last March the German historian Matthias Kuentzel, author of "Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism, Nazism and the Roots of 9/11," was to give a lecture at the University of Leeds (Britain), the university authorities cancelled the lecture after threats from Muslim students.
There is a war going on between the Jihadists and the West. We are losing the battle because, as so often in man's history, our political leaders think that they are still fighting the previous war. Europeans who warn against the danger of Islamism are considered — and sometimes even prosecuted — as xenophobes, racists, even neo-Nazis.
The European left, in league with the Islamists, is constantly reminding the Europeans of Hitler and the Nazis, accusing Europe's identity, the very core of its being, of being intrinsically evil. Hence, attempts to rob Europe of its identity are seen as "good," even when those eager to eradicate this identity leave no doubt that they will eradicate the Jews first.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Blowing Up Blasko
Blasko is just another guy who wants open borders...Period! Just another person who would like to do away with our country's border, language and culture(yes, Dr. Savage says it best) and watch our great nation sprial downward into a third world cess pool. Yes Mr. Blasko, plain and simple terms describe best what you and your ilk would like to do to our nation. By the way, the economic drain created by illegals on our social services far out weigh their so called "contributions. Here is his post on Bmoore's blog.
http://thehive.modbee.com/?q=node/5497
Here is his page of views...
http://www.level4press.com/larryblasko.html
“Stop Playing Politics with People’s Lives, and Face Reality. We have No Border!”
Larry Blasko: Border? What Border?
Item#: AuthorLarryBlasko
Product DescriptionEvery day tens of thousands of illegal immigrants stream north across the border, overtaxing our healthcare and education system and bringing drugs, disease, and potential terrorists across the border with them. In spite of this, in his book Opening the Borders Larry Blasko suggests that the best solution is not a closed border, but an open border policy similar to that enjoyed in the European Union by member countries.After more than three decades with the Associated Press, Larry Blasko speaks out! “ Immigration—and the opposition to it—has been a recurring theme of American life since at least the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, and if you count the understandable distaste of native Americans for the gun-toting folks who showed up uninvited, long before that.” Irreverent, no-holds-barred fighting • One of the greatest fables of our age is that there is a border between Mexico and the United States.• Remember those horrible business folk that exploit illegal day labor? Turns out, according to the study, that 49 percent of the laborers are primarily employed by homeowners or renters. Must give the homeowners or renters enough free time away from their chores to attend anti-immigration rallies.• One of the most entertaining fictions gamboling about in the current debate about illegal, mostly Mexican, immigration is that we should deport these 12 million souls back to their country of origin and make them apply for readmission as “guest workers.”• The American attitude that folk in other countries are really just Americans who talk funny, sets us up to ignore fundamental cultural differences, that generate different outcomes than we expected.• Of the many whacko notions that abound in politics both north and south of the U.S./Mexican border, two enjoy a limited currency among those who write more than they read. First is the notion of La Reconquista, certainly a strong finalist for Dumbest of The Dumb Society’s annual Dum-De-Dum-Dum(D-quad) Cup. Second is the flip side notion, that the U.S. annex Mexico, another strong D-quad contender.
http://thehive.modbee.com/?q=node/5497
Here is his page of views...
http://www.level4press.com/larryblasko.html
“Stop Playing Politics with People’s Lives, and Face Reality. We have No Border!”
Larry Blasko: Border? What Border?
Item#: AuthorLarryBlasko
Product DescriptionEvery day tens of thousands of illegal immigrants stream north across the border, overtaxing our healthcare and education system and bringing drugs, disease, and potential terrorists across the border with them. In spite of this, in his book Opening the Borders Larry Blasko suggests that the best solution is not a closed border, but an open border policy similar to that enjoyed in the European Union by member countries.After more than three decades with the Associated Press, Larry Blasko speaks out! “ Immigration—and the opposition to it—has been a recurring theme of American life since at least the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798, and if you count the understandable distaste of native Americans for the gun-toting folks who showed up uninvited, long before that.” Irreverent, no-holds-barred fighting • One of the greatest fables of our age is that there is a border between Mexico and the United States.• Remember those horrible business folk that exploit illegal day labor? Turns out, according to the study, that 49 percent of the laborers are primarily employed by homeowners or renters. Must give the homeowners or renters enough free time away from their chores to attend anti-immigration rallies.• One of the most entertaining fictions gamboling about in the current debate about illegal, mostly Mexican, immigration is that we should deport these 12 million souls back to their country of origin and make them apply for readmission as “guest workers.”• The American attitude that folk in other countries are really just Americans who talk funny, sets us up to ignore fundamental cultural differences, that generate different outcomes than we expected.• Of the many whacko notions that abound in politics both north and south of the U.S./Mexican border, two enjoy a limited currency among those who write more than they read. First is the notion of La Reconquista, certainly a strong finalist for Dumbest of The Dumb Society’s annual Dum-De-Dum-Dum(D-quad) Cup. Second is the flip side notion, that the U.S. annex Mexico, another strong D-quad contender.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Don't Want the Truth? Don't Ask
My good friend and real estate agent sent me this. A slightly edited a word...
The Waiting Room
This is so true! They always ask at the doctor's office why you are there, and you have to answer in front of others what's wrong and sometimes it is embarrassing.
There's nothing worse than a receptionist who insists you tell her what is wrong with you in a room full of other patients. Many of us have experienced this, and I love the way this old guy handled it.
An 86-year-old man walked into a crowded waiting room and approached the desk. The receptionist said, "Hello, sir. Can you please tell me why you're here to see the doctor today?"
"There's something wrong with my d@#k," he replied.
The receptionist became irritated and said, "You shouldn't come into a crowded waiting room and say things like that."
"Why not? You asked me what was wrong and I told you," he said.
The receptionist replied, "Now you've caused some embarrassment in this room full of people. You should have said there is something wrong with your ear or something and discussed the problem further with the doctor in private."
The man replied, "You shouldn't ask people questions in a room full of strangers, if the answer could embarrass anyone." The man walked out, waited several minutes and then re-entered.
The receptionist smiled smugly and asked, "Yes?"
"There's something wrong with my ear," he stated.
The receptionist nodded approvingly and smiled, knowing he had taken her advice. "And what is wrong with your ear, sir?"
"I can't piss out of it," he replied.
The waiting room erupted in laughter.
Mess with seniors and you're gonna lose!
The Waiting Room
This is so true! They always ask at the doctor's office why you are there, and you have to answer in front of others what's wrong and sometimes it is embarrassing.
There's nothing worse than a receptionist who insists you tell her what is wrong with you in a room full of other patients. Many of us have experienced this, and I love the way this old guy handled it.
An 86-year-old man walked into a crowded waiting room and approached the desk. The receptionist said, "Hello, sir. Can you please tell me why you're here to see the doctor today?"
"There's something wrong with my d@#k," he replied.
The receptionist became irritated and said, "You shouldn't come into a crowded waiting room and say things like that."
"Why not? You asked me what was wrong and I told you," he said.
The receptionist replied, "Now you've caused some embarrassment in this room full of people. You should have said there is something wrong with your ear or something and discussed the problem further with the doctor in private."
The man replied, "You shouldn't ask people questions in a room full of strangers, if the answer could embarrass anyone." The man walked out, waited several minutes and then re-entered.
The receptionist smiled smugly and asked, "Yes?"
"There's something wrong with my ear," he stated.
The receptionist nodded approvingly and smiled, knowing he had taken her advice. "And what is wrong with your ear, sir?"
"I can't piss out of it," he replied.
The waiting room erupted in laughter.
Mess with seniors and you're gonna lose!
Another Chance at Hitler Jr.
Does the president have the stones to capture and the turn over the Iranian president to Israel? I hope he does. For those who are anti war at any cost; they should be on board with this Idea. Here is the link and a few lines..
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3449388,00.html
According to the report, Ahmadinejad will stay in the city for two days and will be accompanied by a high-level delegation. This will be the Iranian president's third visit to the United States since his election in 2005
In addition to delivering a speech at the UN General Assembly, Ahmadinejad is also expected to meet with other heads of states and with official Iranian representatives at the UN headquarters and Iranians living in the US.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3449388,00.html
According to the report, Ahmadinejad will stay in the city for two days and will be accompanied by a high-level delegation. This will be the Iranian president's third visit to the United States since his election in 2005
In addition to delivering a speech at the UN General Assembly, Ahmadinejad is also expected to meet with other heads of states and with official Iranian representatives at the UN headquarters and Iranians living in the US.
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Marine Hung Out To Dry!
This brave marine was a victim of a PC war. Cpl Thomas was following the alleged orders of his Sgt.that had decided to find and kill a known enemy. When they were unable to locate him, they allegedly took Hashim Ibrahim Awad and shot him. It was alleged by Awad's family and the military's prosecutor that the guy was a "friendly." Cpl. Thomas was the only accused not to take a deal. On the word of Awad's family these marines were detained in chains. Tough way for our boys to fight.
Our brave men should not be going door to door, day after day, looking for the enemy. They should instead be walking through ruble looking for a few surviving enemies.
I am surprised that since Cpl. Thomas is black the"2 Rev-Crew" circus must see him as an "Uncle Tom" and also hating G Dubba they were very quiet on this case. The LA Times did not post a picture of the Cpl. either.
Buried in the last two paragraphs is the most telling of this heroes character.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-ex-marines20jul21,0,5484340.story?coll=la-home-local
"Thomas, who is married with two children, served three tours in Iraq. He was wounded during the battle for Fallouja in December 2004 and received the Purple Heart.Master Sgt. Keith Backmann, his voice breaking, told jurors that Thomas refused to be evacuated after being wounded and continued to fight the insurgents. "That tells you a lot about his character," he said."
Our brave men should not be going door to door, day after day, looking for the enemy. They should instead be walking through ruble looking for a few surviving enemies.
I am surprised that since Cpl. Thomas is black the"2 Rev-Crew" circus must see him as an "Uncle Tom" and also hating G Dubba they were very quiet on this case. The LA Times did not post a picture of the Cpl. either.
Buried in the last two paragraphs is the most telling of this heroes character.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-ex-marines20jul21,0,5484340.story?coll=la-home-local
"Thomas, who is married with two children, served three tours in Iraq. He was wounded during the battle for Fallouja in December 2004 and received the Purple Heart.Master Sgt. Keith Backmann, his voice breaking, told jurors that Thomas refused to be evacuated after being wounded and continued to fight the insurgents. "That tells you a lot about his character," he said."
Russia: An A For Effort...And Energy
At least the Russians are willing to explore for new energy sources. Heck, tree huggers and politicians on both sides here in the states refuse to allow new drilling for oil and gas off our coast and in Alaska. It reveals the mixed up priorities of some who would put national security and cheap resources in the back seat behind the misguided notion that by tapping our natural resources we some how damage our environment. Here is the article and a line or two.
http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article2831111.ece
Russia has fired the first diplomatic shot in a really cold war. The new oil rush has been galvanised by the accelerated shrinking of the polar ice cap because of global warming, which has allowed exploration that had been previously unthinkable because of the extreme conditions.
Russia claims that the Lomonosov Ridge, an underwater mountain range crossing the polar region, is an extension of its territory. The UN has rejected Moscow's 2001 claim to the ocean bed, which it says is part of its continental shelf under international law but the Russians are due to resubmit their case to the committee administering the Law of the Sea.
A brains trust of 135 Russian scientists, led by a 68-year-old personal envoy of President Vladimir Putin, the explorer Artur Chilingarov, plan to map out part of the 1,240-mile ridge.
But yesterday's scientific achievement of dropping a titanium capsule containing the Russian flag on to the seabed could not conceal the political advantage gained by Mr Putin. Once again, he has demonstrated to the West Russia's determination to expand its energy empire.
http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article2831111.ece
Russia has fired the first diplomatic shot in a really cold war. The new oil rush has been galvanised by the accelerated shrinking of the polar ice cap because of global warming, which has allowed exploration that had been previously unthinkable because of the extreme conditions.
Russia claims that the Lomonosov Ridge, an underwater mountain range crossing the polar region, is an extension of its territory. The UN has rejected Moscow's 2001 claim to the ocean bed, which it says is part of its continental shelf under international law but the Russians are due to resubmit their case to the committee administering the Law of the Sea.
A brains trust of 135 Russian scientists, led by a 68-year-old personal envoy of President Vladimir Putin, the explorer Artur Chilingarov, plan to map out part of the 1,240-mile ridge.
But yesterday's scientific achievement of dropping a titanium capsule containing the Russian flag on to the seabed could not conceal the political advantage gained by Mr Putin. Once again, he has demonstrated to the West Russia's determination to expand its energy empire.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Lib's Insanity Is Killing England
I recently posted this on The Hive a community blog located at mod.bee.com.
London's mayor sounds a lot like his American Lib bro's and sis's. Notice the sly "It is our fault line.....
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070630/tuk-britain-attacks-mayor-saudi-muslims-a7ad41d_1.html
"At the same time he criticized Britain over its ties with Saudi Arabia, which he said had fuelled intolerance in the past through its Wahhabist form of Islam, creating a "major problem."
"They have played a good and active and growing role in creating a multi-cultural society," he added
"Damn it Jim, I am a doctor not an Islamo-Terrorist!" Well, I guess Bone's line to Kirk was a little different. Check out the new and improved educate islamic thugs....doctors! Here is a link and a line....
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22011906-663,00.html
SIX of the eight people arrested over a suspected al-Qaeda plot to detonate car bombs in London and Scotland are doctors, including one arrested as he tried to leave Australia, British media reported today.
Seven people arrested so far in Great Britain include an Iraqi doctor trained in Baghdad, a Jordanian neurosurgeon, an Indian medic, and a Lebanese man, The Guardian reported today.
It said five of the seven were doctors working and training in the National Health Service, and that all seven were foreign-born nationals.
The neurosurgeon, Mohammed Asha, 26, is currently believed by counter-terrorism investigators to have been the ringleader of the cell, it said.
Here is an article that is very interesting. The EU is telling England and others not to say muslim and islam. What a load of crap. Calling a spade... a spade is exactly what needs to be done. Treating muslim extremist kindly is a huge mistake, but progressives of the world are ignorant fools that will get many a good person killed. As the rise of islam continues the ones that are number one their list to convert and control are "progressives" Everything Progs hold dear will be gone, along with their heads.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/12236
Secret EU guidelines have been drawn up warning governments not to link Islam and terrorism.
The politically correct directives are believed to be behind ministers not using words such as “Muslim’’ about Britain’s terrorism crisis.
Yesterday the Daily Express reported how Gordon Brown’s ministers had been told to avoid inflammatory language when speaking about the attempted car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow.
Neither the Prime Minister in a major interview nor Home Secretary Jacqui Smith in the Commons referred to Muslims or Islam.
Last night critics pointed to a classified EU document sent out to all European governments offering “non-offensive’’ phrases to use when discussing terrorism.
Banned terms were said to include “jihad’’, “Islamic’’ or “fundamentalist”.
London's mayor sounds a lot like his American Lib bro's and sis's. Notice the sly "It is our fault line.....
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070630/tuk-britain-attacks-mayor-saudi-muslims-a7ad41d_1.html
"At the same time he criticized Britain over its ties with Saudi Arabia, which he said had fuelled intolerance in the past through its Wahhabist form of Islam, creating a "major problem."
"They have played a good and active and growing role in creating a multi-cultural society," he added
"Damn it Jim, I am a doctor not an Islamo-Terrorist!" Well, I guess Bone's line to Kirk was a little different. Check out the new and improved educate islamic thugs....doctors! Here is a link and a line....
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22011906-663,00.html
SIX of the eight people arrested over a suspected al-Qaeda plot to detonate car bombs in London and Scotland are doctors, including one arrested as he tried to leave Australia, British media reported today.
Seven people arrested so far in Great Britain include an Iraqi doctor trained in Baghdad, a Jordanian neurosurgeon, an Indian medic, and a Lebanese man, The Guardian reported today.
It said five of the seven were doctors working and training in the National Health Service, and that all seven were foreign-born nationals.
The neurosurgeon, Mohammed Asha, 26, is currently believed by counter-terrorism investigators to have been the ringleader of the cell, it said.
Here is an article that is very interesting. The EU is telling England and others not to say muslim and islam. What a load of crap. Calling a spade... a spade is exactly what needs to be done. Treating muslim extremist kindly is a huge mistake, but progressives of the world are ignorant fools that will get many a good person killed. As the rise of islam continues the ones that are number one their list to convert and control are "progressives" Everything Progs hold dear will be gone, along with their heads.
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/12236
Secret EU guidelines have been drawn up warning governments not to link Islam and terrorism.
The politically correct directives are believed to be behind ministers not using words such as “Muslim’’ about Britain’s terrorism crisis.
Yesterday the Daily Express reported how Gordon Brown’s ministers had been told to avoid inflammatory language when speaking about the attempted car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow.
Neither the Prime Minister in a major interview nor Home Secretary Jacqui Smith in the Commons referred to Muslims or Islam.
Last night critics pointed to a classified EU document sent out to all European governments offering “non-offensive’’ phrases to use when discussing terrorism.
Banned terms were said to include “jihad’’, “Islamic’’ or “fundamentalist”.
Illegal Labor Ain't Cheap
This article from 2005 shows that it cost legal taxpaying Americans a fortune every year to educate and give medical care to those who do not belong here. Of course, there are a few progressive thinkers who believe that rewarding criminals is a good thing, but they are also the ones that think socialism is great.
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/immigrationnaturalizatio/a/caillegals.htm
"A new study from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) examines the costs of education, health care and incarceration of illegal aliens, and concludes that the costs to Californians is $10.5 billion per year.
Among the key finding of the report are that the state's already struggling K-12 education system spends approximately $7.7 billion a year to school the children of illegal aliens who now constitute 15 percent of the student body. Another $1.4 billion of the taxpayers' money goes toward providing health care to illegal aliens and their families, the same amount that is spent incarcerating illegal aliens criminals.
"California's addiction to 'cheap' illegal alien labor is bankrupting the state and posing enormous burdens on the state's shrinking middle class tax base," stated Dan Stein, President of FAIR. "Most Californians, who have seen their taxes increase while public services deteriorate, already know the impact that mass illegal immigration is having on their communities, but even they may be shocked when they learn just how much of a drain illegal immigration has become."...."Nineteen ninety-four was the same year that California voters rebelled and overwhelmingly passed Proposition 187, which sought to limit liability for mass illegal immigration. Since then, state and local governments have blatantly ignored the wishes of the voters and continued to shell out publicly financed benefits on illegal aliens,"
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/immigrationnaturalizatio/a/caillegals.htm
"A new study from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) examines the costs of education, health care and incarceration of illegal aliens, and concludes that the costs to Californians is $10.5 billion per year.
Among the key finding of the report are that the state's already struggling K-12 education system spends approximately $7.7 billion a year to school the children of illegal aliens who now constitute 15 percent of the student body. Another $1.4 billion of the taxpayers' money goes toward providing health care to illegal aliens and their families, the same amount that is spent incarcerating illegal aliens criminals.
"California's addiction to 'cheap' illegal alien labor is bankrupting the state and posing enormous burdens on the state's shrinking middle class tax base," stated Dan Stein, President of FAIR. "Most Californians, who have seen their taxes increase while public services deteriorate, already know the impact that mass illegal immigration is having on their communities, but even they may be shocked when they learn just how much of a drain illegal immigration has become."...."Nineteen ninety-four was the same year that California voters rebelled and overwhelmingly passed Proposition 187, which sought to limit liability for mass illegal immigration. Since then, state and local governments have blatantly ignored the wishes of the voters and continued to shell out publicly financed benefits on illegal aliens,"
Al's Big Sham
Good ol' Al still out there producing his own gas of lies. Here is an article that I am sure he will not even acknowledge. His concerts were also a flop!
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070705191403.gahmdtoi&show_article=1
"Scientists who probed two kilometers (1.2 miles) through a Greenland glacier to recover the oldest plant DNA on record said Thursday the planet was far warmer hundreds of thousands of years ago than is generally believed.
DNA of trees, plants and insects including butterflies and spiders from beneath the southern Greenland glacier was estimated to date to 450,000 to 900,000 years ago, according to the remnants retrieved from this long-vanished boreal forest.
That contrasts sharply with the prevailing view that a lush forest of this kind could only have existed in Greenland as recently as 2.4 million years ago, according to a summary of the study, which is published Thursday in the journal Science.
The samples suggest the temperature probably reached 10 degrees C (50 degrees Fahrenheit) in the summer and -17 C (1 F) in the winter."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=467114&in_page_id=1770
"Live Earth has been branded a foul-mouthed flop.
Organisers of the global music concert - punctuated by swearing from presenters and performers - had predicted massive viewing figures.
But BBC's live afternoon television coverage attracted an average British audience of just 900,000."....
"Critics said however that the public had simply snubbed what they saw as a hypocritical event.
Musicians including Bob Geldof, Roger Daltrey and the Pet Shop Boys pointed out that a concert highlighting climate change had itself generated huge carbon emissions."
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=070705191403.gahmdtoi&show_article=1
"Scientists who probed two kilometers (1.2 miles) through a Greenland glacier to recover the oldest plant DNA on record said Thursday the planet was far warmer hundreds of thousands of years ago than is generally believed.
DNA of trees, plants and insects including butterflies and spiders from beneath the southern Greenland glacier was estimated to date to 450,000 to 900,000 years ago, according to the remnants retrieved from this long-vanished boreal forest.
That contrasts sharply with the prevailing view that a lush forest of this kind could only have existed in Greenland as recently as 2.4 million years ago, according to a summary of the study, which is published Thursday in the journal Science.
The samples suggest the temperature probably reached 10 degrees C (50 degrees Fahrenheit) in the summer and -17 C (1 F) in the winter."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=467114&in_page_id=1770
"Live Earth has been branded a foul-mouthed flop.
Organisers of the global music concert - punctuated by swearing from presenters and performers - had predicted massive viewing figures.
But BBC's live afternoon television coverage attracted an average British audience of just 900,000."....
"Critics said however that the public had simply snubbed what they saw as a hypocritical event.
Musicians including Bob Geldof, Roger Daltrey and the Pet Shop Boys pointed out that a concert highlighting climate change had itself generated huge carbon emissions."
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Illegal Aliens Continue to Kill on the Streets
For those who refuse to deport these criminals..shame on you. Innocent men, women and children are being killed and what is sad it that it is preventable. No illegal alien behind the wheel equals a living breathing American working, playing and loving their family.
www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55440
"If Luciano Melendres had been deported to Mexico following his 2006 arrest for driving drunk – or even if a judge last week hadn't suspended his six-month jail sentence and given him 12 months probation – Dacus Lamont Sims, 32, would be alive today.
As it is, Melendres is back in jail for a second offense, this time charged with DWI, felony hit-and-run, driving with a license revoked, not having insurance and a registration violation, the Charlotte, North Carolina, Observer reported.
Sims, who was hit while crossing a Charlotte street earlier this week, died at the scene".... "If this gentleman is an illegal immigrant, and he was charged with DWI, why did they not deport him?"
www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55440
"If Luciano Melendres had been deported to Mexico following his 2006 arrest for driving drunk – or even if a judge last week hadn't suspended his six-month jail sentence and given him 12 months probation – Dacus Lamont Sims, 32, would be alive today.
As it is, Melendres is back in jail for a second offense, this time charged with DWI, felony hit-and-run, driving with a license revoked, not having insurance and a registration violation, the Charlotte, North Carolina, Observer reported.
Sims, who was hit while crossing a Charlotte street earlier this week, died at the scene".... "If this gentleman is an illegal immigrant, and he was charged with DWI, why did they not deport him?"
Are You A.....
Conservative, Liberal, or Southerner!!!! From an e-mail I received.
Are you a Liberal, Conservative, or Southerner?
Here is a little test that will help you decide.
The answer can be found by posing the following question:
You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children.
Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises Allah, raises the knife,and charges
at you.
You are carrying a Glock cal 40, and you are an expert shot.
You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family. What do you do?
...........
Liberal's Answer
Well, that's not enough information to answer the question!
Does the man look poor! Or oppressed?
Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?
Could we run away?
What does my wife think?
What about the kids?
What does the law say about this situation?
Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway,
and what kind of message does
this send to society and to my children?
Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me?
Should I call 9-1-1?
Why is this street so deserted?
We need to raise taxes, have paint and weed day and make this a happier, healthier street that would discourage such behavior.
...........
Conservative's Answer
BANG!
...........
Southerner's Answer
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Click..... (Sounds of reloading)
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Click
Daughter: "Nice grouping, Daddy! Were those the Winchester Silver Tips or Hollow Points?
Son: Can I shoot the next one!
Wife: And you Ain't Taking That To The taxidermist
Are you a Liberal, Conservative, or Southerner?
Here is a little test that will help you decide.
The answer can be found by posing the following question:
You're walking down a deserted street with your wife and two small children.
Suddenly, an Islamic Terrorist with a huge knife comes around the corner, locks eyes with you, screams obscenities, praises Allah, raises the knife,and charges
at you.
You are carrying a Glock cal 40, and you are an expert shot.
You have mere seconds before he reaches you and your family. What do you do?
...........
Liberal's Answer
Well, that's not enough information to answer the question!
Does the man look poor! Or oppressed?
Have I ever done anything to him that would inspire him to attack?
Could we run away?
What does my wife think?
What about the kids?
What does the law say about this situation?
Why am I carrying a loaded gun anyway,
and what kind of message does
this send to society and to my children?
Does he definitely want to kill me, or would he be content just to wound me?
Should I call 9-1-1?
Why is this street so deserted?
We need to raise taxes, have paint and weed day and make this a happier, healthier street that would discourage such behavior.
...........
Conservative's Answer
BANG!
...........
Southerner's Answer
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Click..... (Sounds of reloading)
BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!
Click
Daughter: "Nice grouping, Daddy! Were those the Winchester Silver Tips or Hollow Points?
Son: Can I shoot the next one!
Wife: And you Ain't Taking That To The taxidermist
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Oklahoma Legislature Trying To Do The Right Thing
As illegal aliens continue to flood our country and suck money from hospitals, schools and social services that should only be available to legal residents and their families, some state governments are finally recognizing the invasion. Oklahoma has intoduced SB 1804 which will deny state illegals state benny's, employment but dicounted college tuition would still be available.BOO! I think a better term for this would be "Self Deportation." It is about time that the feds along with Jorge Bushez realizes that he has failed in protecting American citizens by refusing to secure all borders and ports of entry to all illegal aliens regardless of their country of origin.
http://www.kotv.com/news/topstory/?id=124207
"the bill’s designed to block illegal immigrants from getting work or state benefits, but in this latest step it was changed to keep the current college tuition discount for the children of illegal immigrants. The State House created what it's calling the "Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizenship Act," but critics of Bill 1804 call it mean spirited and discriminatory. A key point of controversy was allowing undocumented students to pay the discounted rate of "in state" tuition. The bills author said it didn't make sense because the students couldn't legally work if they graduated.
"For every one of those college scholarships we award to an illegal alien that's a U.S. citizen, an Oklahoman who will not be getting that financial aid," said Representative Randy Terrill of Moore."
And for your reading enjoyment..."
Misdemeanor vs. Felony
The first time an alien crosses the border illegally, he or she is guilty of a misdemeanor. The second and subsequent times constitute felonies. Both are criminal violations. The only distinction between a misdemeanor and a felony offense is the length of potential jail time; any crime punishable with up to one year’s imprisonment is a misdemeanor, while an offense punishable with more than one year is a felony."
http://www.numbersusa.com/hottopic/ordinances.html#8
http://www.kotv.com/news/topstory/?id=124207
"the bill’s designed to block illegal immigrants from getting work or state benefits, but in this latest step it was changed to keep the current college tuition discount for the children of illegal immigrants. The State House created what it's calling the "Oklahoma Taxpayer and Citizenship Act," but critics of Bill 1804 call it mean spirited and discriminatory. A key point of controversy was allowing undocumented students to pay the discounted rate of "in state" tuition. The bills author said it didn't make sense because the students couldn't legally work if they graduated.
"For every one of those college scholarships we award to an illegal alien that's a U.S. citizen, an Oklahoman who will not be getting that financial aid," said Representative Randy Terrill of Moore."
And for your reading enjoyment..."
Misdemeanor vs. Felony
The first time an alien crosses the border illegally, he or she is guilty of a misdemeanor. The second and subsequent times constitute felonies. Both are criminal violations. The only distinction between a misdemeanor and a felony offense is the length of potential jail time; any crime punishable with up to one year’s imprisonment is a misdemeanor, while an offense punishable with more than one year is a felony."
http://www.numbersusa.com/hottopic/ordinances.html#8
Mexico's Health Czar Tells America What To Do
This is, for a lack of a better term, a load of crap. This arrogant non American is wanting to instruct us how to provide care for criminals that should by law be deported back to the third world country they came from. He needs to be arrested while he is here on charges of allowing and encouraging his citizens to break our laws. He needs to be dealt with as a foreign illegal drug dealer. President Bush also needs to be charged on one count of not upholding the US Constitution..failing to protect the states from foreign invaders. Mexifornia is the first goal..the The United Federation of the North and South American Contries is next. The only way to stop this mess is to enact laws that create self deportation along with enforcing laws that allow for forced deportation...families and all along with the imprisoned population of illegals.
sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/24/BAGA7PE9SB1.DTL
Mexico's new secretary of health visited San Francisco on Monday to learn about the health needs of the millions of Mexican immigrants living in California and to further collaborate with state officials to meet those needs.
"We can build a new model for attention to the health needs of Mexican workers here," said Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos, appointed by Mexico's new president, Felipe Calderon.
The former hospital chief and medical school director from the state of Guanajuato said he plans to meet every six months with U.S. health officials and Mexican immigrant communities to create a basic health care plan to cover Mexicans in the United States and eventually extend to them a system of universal health care that is being developed by the Calderon administration.
sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/24/BAGA7PE9SB1.DTL
Mexico's new secretary of health visited San Francisco on Monday to learn about the health needs of the millions of Mexican immigrants living in California and to further collaborate with state officials to meet those needs.
"We can build a new model for attention to the health needs of Mexican workers here," said Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos, appointed by Mexico's new president, Felipe Calderon.
The former hospital chief and medical school director from the state of Guanajuato said he plans to meet every six months with U.S. health officials and Mexican immigrant communities to create a basic health care plan to cover Mexicans in the United States and eventually extend to them a system of universal health care that is being developed by the Calderon administration.
Doing A Friend A Favor
I am reprinting with permission a letter that was published today by a very good friend,coworker and golfing buddy. I am very happy he is a better writer than golfer. This is for you Burnsy!
Media's selfish agenda in this war
It is not a war, but the battle of Iraq in a worldwide religious war against Islamic terrorism. Moreover, it is not our president's battle, but rather the start of a long and violent struggle for the survival of the American people. The Afghan and Iraq campaigns were endorsed and encouraged by politicians (Democrats and Republicans), the United Nations, the Pentagon and the majority of the American people. Our commander in chief, President Bush, has done everything possible to support our troops and allow the generals to prosecute the battles. The socialists in the media and the electorate have done everything possible to undermine the troops by prosecuting the battles on their own selfish, political terms.
The misinformed media and politicians are blinded by hatred of a moral, family-oriented Christian president who is doing his utmost to keep the American people safe. If the home-grown socialists give the terrorists wins in Iraq and Afghanistan, the next battles will be on our soil with a dreadful number of civilian casualties -- all because of blind, misinformed hatred of our commander in chief.
SCHUYLER BURNS
Oakdale
Media's selfish agenda in this war
It is not a war, but the battle of Iraq in a worldwide religious war against Islamic terrorism. Moreover, it is not our president's battle, but rather the start of a long and violent struggle for the survival of the American people. The Afghan and Iraq campaigns were endorsed and encouraged by politicians (Democrats and Republicans), the United Nations, the Pentagon and the majority of the American people. Our commander in chief, President Bush, has done everything possible to support our troops and allow the generals to prosecute the battles. The socialists in the media and the electorate have done everything possible to undermine the troops by prosecuting the battles on their own selfish, political terms.
The misinformed media and politicians are blinded by hatred of a moral, family-oriented Christian president who is doing his utmost to keep the American people safe. If the home-grown socialists give the terrorists wins in Iraq and Afghanistan, the next battles will be on our soil with a dreadful number of civilian casualties -- all because of blind, misinformed hatred of our commander in chief.
SCHUYLER BURNS
Oakdale
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
the place HE should be
University convocation told of Allah, not Jesus
"Speakers at the Virginia Tech convocation yesterday called on Allah and Buddha in their efforts to minister to the survivors, family and friends of victims of the shooting massacre at the school – but Jesus wasn't mentioned.
It was left up to President Bush to come the closest to offering a biblical message of hope, when he suggested the school community that lost 32 members to the shootings by an out-of-control resident alien student find "comfort in the grace and guidance of a loving God."
"But even he didn't bring Jesus, the only hope of comfort and future life for Christians, into the memorials." http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55252
Read the entire article. This campus is overwhelmingly Christian. And these students deserved a proper convocation and not a multicultral side show.
"Speakers at the Virginia Tech convocation yesterday called on Allah and Buddha in their efforts to minister to the survivors, family and friends of victims of the shooting massacre at the school – but Jesus wasn't mentioned.
It was left up to President Bush to come the closest to offering a biblical message of hope, when he suggested the school community that lost 32 members to the shootings by an out-of-control resident alien student find "comfort in the grace and guidance of a loving God."
"But even he didn't bring Jesus, the only hope of comfort and future life for Christians, into the memorials." http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55252
Read the entire article. This campus is overwhelmingly Christian. And these students deserved a proper convocation and not a multicultral side show.
Hispanic Family Values?
This is some information that has not been debated openly. Here is a link and a line.
http://www.city-journal.org/html/16_4_hispanic_family_values.html
"The government social-services sector has already latched onto this new client base; as the Hispanic population expands, so will the demands for a larger welfare state. Since conservative open-borders advocates have yet to acknowledge the facts of Hispanic family breakdown, there is no way to know what their solution to it is."
"Hispanic women have the highest unmarried birthrate in the country—over three times that of whites and Asians, and nearly one and a half times that of black women, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Every 1,000 unmarried Hispanic women bore 92 children in 2003 (the latest year for which data exist), compared with 28 children for every 1,000 unmarried white women, 22 for every 1,000 unmarried Asian women, and 66 for every 1,000 unmarried black women. Forty-five percent of all Hispanic births occur outside of marriage, compared with 24 percent of white births and 15 percent of Asian births. Only the percentage of black out-of-wedlock births—68 percent—exceeds the Hispanic rate. But the black population is not going to triple over the next few decades."
http://www.city-journal.org/html/16_4_hispanic_family_values.html
"The government social-services sector has already latched onto this new client base; as the Hispanic population expands, so will the demands for a larger welfare state. Since conservative open-borders advocates have yet to acknowledge the facts of Hispanic family breakdown, there is no way to know what their solution to it is."
"Hispanic women have the highest unmarried birthrate in the country—over three times that of whites and Asians, and nearly one and a half times that of black women, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Every 1,000 unmarried Hispanic women bore 92 children in 2003 (the latest year for which data exist), compared with 28 children for every 1,000 unmarried white women, 22 for every 1,000 unmarried Asian women, and 66 for every 1,000 unmarried black women. Forty-five percent of all Hispanic births occur outside of marriage, compared with 24 percent of white births and 15 percent of Asian births. Only the percentage of black out-of-wedlock births—68 percent—exceeds the Hispanic rate. But the black population is not going to triple over the next few decades."
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Where Is The Coverage For Di Fi?
Good ol' Dianne Feinstein is exposed for the dishonest politician that she is. Her hubby was making a fortune off government defense contracts and she was the chairman and ranking member of MILCON for six years. I have known about this for quite sometime. What chaps my hide is the lack of coverage by the alphabet news stations. Oh, but of course, liberal politicians lack morals and ethics so this is just normal behavior...it was making her feel good sharing all kinds of inside info with hubby boy.
http://www.metroactive.com/metro/03.21.07/dianne-feinstein-resigns-0712.html#
SEN. Dianne Feinstein has resigned from the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee. As previously and extensively reviewed in these pages, Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member of MILCON for six years, during which time she had a conflict of interest due to her husband Richard C. Blum's ownership of two major defense contractors, who were awarded billions of dollars for military construction projects approved by Feinstein.
As MILCON leader, Feinstein relished the details of military construction, even micromanaging one project at the level of its sewer design. She regularly took junkets to military bases around the world to inspect construction projects, some of which were contracted to her husband's companies, Perini Corp. and URS Corp.
http://www.metroactive.com/metro/03.21.07/dianne-feinstein-resigns-0712.html#
SEN. Dianne Feinstein has resigned from the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee. As previously and extensively reviewed in these pages, Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member of MILCON for six years, during which time she had a conflict of interest due to her husband Richard C. Blum's ownership of two major defense contractors, who were awarded billions of dollars for military construction projects approved by Feinstein.
As MILCON leader, Feinstein relished the details of military construction, even micromanaging one project at the level of its sewer design. She regularly took junkets to military bases around the world to inspect construction projects, some of which were contracted to her husband's companies, Perini Corp. and URS Corp.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Iran's President Ahmadinejad Plans Trip To New York : Capture Him This Time
Wow, another chance to get a hold of our generation's Hitler. This time Mr. Bush, do the right thing and throw him in the hole and then execute him. It is equal to getting a hold of Hitler himself in 1938. This sub human if he had his way would erase Israel and the US off of the globe. Period. Again, President Bush, allow him to come but never to leave. But I do not think G Dubba has the sack!
Another Gift From Illegal Aliens
It is called Chagas, and it is not a Latin soccer team. Yeah thats right, sneak over the border and say "Hello to my little deadly friend." Hey, we also have missed Mr. Polio, welcome back.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chagas15mar15,0,5645224.story?coll=la-default-underdog
"A little-known but potentially deadly parasite from Latin America has become one of the latest threats to the blood and organ supplies in the United States, especially in Los Angeles, where many donors have traveled to affected countries, health officials say."
"Insect transmission of the parasite in the United States is rare, but public health and blood bank officials have been concerned about its increasing prevalence in the blood supply."
"In Latin America, about 10 million to 12 million people are believed to be infected with the Chagas parasite. As many as 1 million of them are expected to die from the disease unless there are advances in treatment, according to Dr. James Maguire, a University of Maryland expert on the disease."
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-chagas15mar15,0,5645224.story?coll=la-default-underdog
"A little-known but potentially deadly parasite from Latin America has become one of the latest threats to the blood and organ supplies in the United States, especially in Los Angeles, where many donors have traveled to affected countries, health officials say."
"Insect transmission of the parasite in the United States is rare, but public health and blood bank officials have been concerned about its increasing prevalence in the blood supply."
"In Latin America, about 10 million to 12 million people are believed to be infected with the Chagas parasite. As many as 1 million of them are expected to die from the disease unless there are advances in treatment, according to Dr. James Maguire, a University of Maryland expert on the disease."
Good Job Al
Good ol' Al Gonzalez fires 8 attorneys and people from the left and a few so called righties are whinning. But hey, back in 93' Janet "shoot first ask questions later' Reno cleaned out 93 and politics was the reason. But Bubba and the lady known as Hillary get a pass...
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009784
"As everyone once knew but has tried to forget, Mr. Hubbell was a former partner of Mrs. Clinton at the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock who later went to jail for mail fraud and tax evasion. He was also Bill and Hillary Clinton's choice as Associate Attorney General in the Justice Department when Janet Reno, his nominal superior, simultaneously fired all 93 U.S. Attorneys in March 1993. Ms. Reno--or Mr. Hubbell--gave them 10 days to move out of their offices."
"President Clinton presented the move as something perfectly ordinary: "All those people are routinely replaced," he told reporters, "and I have not done anything differently." In fact, the dismissals were unprecedented: Previous Presidents, including Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, had both retained holdovers from the previous Administration and only replaced them gradually as their tenures expired. This allowed continuity of leadership within the U.S. Attorney offices during the transition."
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009784
"As everyone once knew but has tried to forget, Mr. Hubbell was a former partner of Mrs. Clinton at the Rose Law Firm in Little Rock who later went to jail for mail fraud and tax evasion. He was also Bill and Hillary Clinton's choice as Associate Attorney General in the Justice Department when Janet Reno, his nominal superior, simultaneously fired all 93 U.S. Attorneys in March 1993. Ms. Reno--or Mr. Hubbell--gave them 10 days to move out of their offices."
"President Clinton presented the move as something perfectly ordinary: "All those people are routinely replaced," he told reporters, "and I have not done anything differently." In fact, the dismissals were unprecedented: Previous Presidents, including Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, had both retained holdovers from the previous Administration and only replaced them gradually as their tenures expired. This allowed continuity of leadership within the U.S. Attorney offices during the transition."
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
What A Waste
Check out this video of Barney"Ferry" Frank and a couple Repubbycans going at it. Are we not at war? Ain't Islamic nuts looking for our heads?
Infected By Wimps
When did this country become; or better yet, How did this country become one that is being run by wimps? Bush refuses to fight to win, border patrol agents being placed in prison for shooting illegal alien drug dealers, the koran being an option in the courtroom's of America. And Barney Frank being allowed any power any where!!!! Yikes! I know that American wimps are the minority here but they are allowed to rule the majority and undermine the strength of America under the guise of diversity, also refusing to acknowledge that there is a moral absolute...Right vs. Wrong.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
The Enemy Has A Friend in CNN
This story from the LA Times regarding CNN's running of an apparent Muslim sniper killing an American soldier is simply wrong. At no other point in American history would aid, comfort and video broadcast of our enemy be seen by the American public. Wars are fought and won by our soldiers and a vast majority of Americans and politicians backing the cause. As those few who claim to love America and at the same time tear down the moral fabric that has made it so great infects all areas of society it becomes increasingly difficult to keep our nation safe and strong.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-sniper21oct21,1,2127335.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
"CNN has become "the publicist for an enemy propaganda film" by broadcasting a video showing an insurgent sniper in Iraq apparently killing an American soldier, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said here Friday."
"He said one compromise was made: The moment when the bullet hits the soldier's head is blacked out. The soldier's face and unit patches were not clear, so identifying him was impossible, CNN said."
MIGHTY AMERICAN OF YOU CNN!
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-sniper21oct21,1,2127335.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
"CNN has become "the publicist for an enemy propaganda film" by broadcasting a video showing an insurgent sniper in Iraq apparently killing an American soldier, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said here Friday."
"He said one compromise was made: The moment when the bullet hits the soldier's head is blacked out. The soldier's face and unit patches were not clear, so identifying him was impossible, CNN said."
MIGHTY AMERICAN OF YOU CNN!
Monday, August 07, 2006
Jack Murtha: The New Benedict Arnold
I had heard of this op ed piece from a buddy of mine. It sheds light on how corruption infects both parties. Murtha has gained name recognition under cutting our war effort in Iraq. He truly has our troops blood on his hands. Here is a link and a line to the editorial.
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20060620-083859-8753r.htm
Last June, the Los Angeles Times reported how the ranking member on the defense appropriations subcommittee has a brother, Robert Murtha, whose lobbying firm represents 10 companies that received more than $20 million from last year's defense spending bill. "Clients of the lobbying firm KSA Consulting -- whose top officials also include former congressional aide Carmen V. Scialabba, who worked for Rep. Murtha as a congressional aide for 27 years -- received a total of $20.8 million from the bill," the L.A. Times reported.
In early 2004, according to Roll Call, Mr. Murtha "reportedly leaned on U.S. Navy officials to sign a contract to transfer the Hunters Point Shipyard to the city of San Francisco." Laurence Pelosi, nephew of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, at the time was an executive of the company which owned the rights to the land. The same article also reported how Mr. Murtha has been behind millions of dollars worth of earmarks in defense appropriations bills that went to companies owned by the children of fellow Pennsylvania Democrat, Rep. Paul Kanjorski
And here is an additional article found at the American Spectator that shows good ol' Jack hustling for his brother. What a great American!
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9359
"Who is "Kit" Murtha?
He's John Murtha's brother -- a Washington lobbyist whose firm reeled in more than $20 million for its defense contractor clients in the 2004 Defense appropriations bill. And the Pennsylvania congressman is the ranking Democrat on the Defense appropriations subcommittee, which he also chaired for six years before Democrats lost the House in 1994."
http://www.washtimes.com/op-ed/20060620-083859-8753r.htm
Last June, the Los Angeles Times reported how the ranking member on the defense appropriations subcommittee has a brother, Robert Murtha, whose lobbying firm represents 10 companies that received more than $20 million from last year's defense spending bill. "Clients of the lobbying firm KSA Consulting -- whose top officials also include former congressional aide Carmen V. Scialabba, who worked for Rep. Murtha as a congressional aide for 27 years -- received a total of $20.8 million from the bill," the L.A. Times reported.
In early 2004, according to Roll Call, Mr. Murtha "reportedly leaned on U.S. Navy officials to sign a contract to transfer the Hunters Point Shipyard to the city of San Francisco." Laurence Pelosi, nephew of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, at the time was an executive of the company which owned the rights to the land. The same article also reported how Mr. Murtha has been behind millions of dollars worth of earmarks in defense appropriations bills that went to companies owned by the children of fellow Pennsylvania Democrat, Rep. Paul Kanjorski
And here is an additional article found at the American Spectator that shows good ol' Jack hustling for his brother. What a great American!
http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=9359
"Who is "Kit" Murtha?
He's John Murtha's brother -- a Washington lobbyist whose firm reeled in more than $20 million for its defense contractor clients in the 2004 Defense appropriations bill. And the Pennsylvania congressman is the ranking Democrat on the Defense appropriations subcommittee, which he also chaired for six years before Democrats lost the House in 1994."
Friday, July 21, 2006
Hezballah, Coming Soon to Your Neighborhood
This is a must read article for those who do not realize or choose to recognize that the evil in this world, known as radical Islam...Hezballah are targeting America. And sitting at a table playing nice ain't going to cut it. Just ask Israel. Here is the link and line.
Hizballah Activity in North AmericaBy Andrew Cochran
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/07/hizballah_activity_in_north_am.php
U.S.A. v. Mohamad Youssef Hammoud et al., Charlotte, North Carolina: 25 individuals charged in connection with cigarette smuggling, money laundering, credit card fraud, marriage fraud and immigration violations. Four individuals were charged with providing “material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization,” Hizballah, specifically providing “currency, financial services, training, false documentation and identification, communications equipment, explosives, and other physical assets to Hizballah, in order to facilitate its violent attacks.” In 2003, Mohamad Hammoud was sentenced to 155 years in prison, while his brother, Chawki, was sentenced to 51 months.
Hizballah Activity in North AmericaBy Andrew Cochran
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2006/07/hizballah_activity_in_north_am.php
U.S.A. v. Mohamad Youssef Hammoud et al., Charlotte, North Carolina: 25 individuals charged in connection with cigarette smuggling, money laundering, credit card fraud, marriage fraud and immigration violations. Four individuals were charged with providing “material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization,” Hizballah, specifically providing “currency, financial services, training, false documentation and identification, communications equipment, explosives, and other physical assets to Hizballah, in order to facilitate its violent attacks.” In 2003, Mohamad Hammoud was sentenced to 155 years in prison, while his brother, Chawki, was sentenced to 51 months.
Monday, July 10, 2006
Life's Navigator
I had been thinking lately about the twist, turns and detours that Life's road takes a person. The road usually begins out of high school. Everyday things are new. First college semester, first job, first vote and first girlfriend. There are also many first that appear to be negatives. First F, first job lost and first exgirlfriend. And the road continues pulling you along and after awhile the newness of life becomes something called "Wisdom Ave". The old saying "been around the block" or"been down that road before" or "dead end" appear . And when one really hits the cruise control we hear "Taking the high road" "a new path" or "smooth driving ahead." And no matter where we are on the road those pesky speed bumps appear. The secret to navigating this often tough but enjoyable journey is to remember the parts of the road that are under repair and to avoid them. And if we become lost there is ONE who is the ultimate "Navigator" who always knows the right road for us to take. The ultimate life question is not how long is the road? but rather how well did we follow the Navigator's directions? And Atlas is not His name.
It Is A Religous War
Muslim extremist killing Christians. Apparently as long as Christians are the victims there are no major media willing to cover these brutal murders. But let the roles be reveresed and look out. But the interesting fact is, there are very very few incidents were "Christian Extremist" have brutaly murdered Muslims. Actually I can't recall any incidents. The larger question is "Why the free Pass?" Fear of retallation from these Muslims on the journalist? Maybe, but reporters have put themselves in danger before. Or it maybe, as predicted, there would be a time when to be a Christian would be dangerous and even deadly. But for Christians, we know the final outcome of this religous war.
Here is a line and a link to a single incident.
http://www.worthynews.com/christian/philippines-islamic-militants-suspected-of-killing-pastor-and-daughter/
MANILA/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife) -- Suspected Islamic militants shot and killed a 47-year-old pastor and his 22-year-old daughter in Mindanao, the second largest and easternmost island of the Philippines, investigators said Thursday, July 6. Speaking from its headquarters in Ermelo, the Netherlands, human rights group Open Doors said it learned from Christian sources that Pastor Mocsin Hasim, a former Muslim, was shot at least 19 times, while his daughter Mercilyn was five times hit....Local police have reportedly linked the attack to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, described as an "extremist rebel group."
Here is a line and a link to a single incident.
http://www.worthynews.com/christian/philippines-islamic-militants-suspected-of-killing-pastor-and-daughter/
MANILA/AMSTERDAM (BosNewsLife) -- Suspected Islamic militants shot and killed a 47-year-old pastor and his 22-year-old daughter in Mindanao, the second largest and easternmost island of the Philippines, investigators said Thursday, July 6. Speaking from its headquarters in Ermelo, the Netherlands, human rights group Open Doors said it learned from Christian sources that Pastor Mocsin Hasim, a former Muslim, was shot at least 19 times, while his daughter Mercilyn was five times hit....Local police have reportedly linked the attack to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, described as an "extremist rebel group."
Saturday, July 01, 2006
A Must Read For The Chicken Little Club, AKA Global Warming Crew
Back In July of 2000 Prof. S Fred Singer testified before the senate committee on Commerece,Science and Transportation. No matter how one feels about the subject it is a must read. Oh, and here are a few of his credentials....Singer holds a degree in engineering from Ohio State and a Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University. He received a Special Commendation from President Eisenhower for the early design of satellites. In 1962, he was selected as first director of the U.S. Weather Satellite Service and received a Gold Medal award from the Department of Commerce for this contribution. In the late 1980s, he served as Chief Scientist of the Department of Transportation and also provided expert advice to the White House on climate issues.
http://www.sepp.org/NewSEPP/senatetestimony.htm
My name is Fred Singer. I am Professor emeritus of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia and the founder and president of The Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) in Fairfax, Virginia, a non-partisan, non-profit research group of independent scientists. We work without salaries and are not beholden to anyone or any organization. SEPP does not solicit support from either government or industry but relies on contributions from individuals and foundations.
We hold a skeptical view on the climate science that forms the basis of the National Assessment because we see no evidence to back its findings; climate model exercises are NOT evidence. Vice President Al Gore keeps referring to scientific skeptics as a "tiny minority outside the mainstream." This position is hard to maintain when more than 17,000 scientists have signed the Oregon Petition against the Kyoto Protocol because they see "no compelling evidence that humans are causing discernible climate change."
http://www.sepp.org/NewSEPP/senatetestimony.htm
My name is Fred Singer. I am Professor emeritus of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia and the founder and president of The Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) in Fairfax, Virginia, a non-partisan, non-profit research group of independent scientists. We work without salaries and are not beholden to anyone or any organization. SEPP does not solicit support from either government or industry but relies on contributions from individuals and foundations.
We hold a skeptical view on the climate science that forms the basis of the National Assessment because we see no evidence to back its findings; climate model exercises are NOT evidence. Vice President Al Gore keeps referring to scientific skeptics as a "tiny minority outside the mainstream." This position is hard to maintain when more than 17,000 scientists have signed the Oregon Petition against the Kyoto Protocol because they see "no compelling evidence that humans are causing discernible climate change."
WMD'S Found And No Media Coverage?
Straight from the DOD. But the anti war libs and Bush's haters do not care. Here is a link and line.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2006/20060629_5547.htmlMunitions Found in Iraq Meet WMD Criteria, Official SaysBy Samantha L. QuigleyAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, June 29, 2006 – The 500 munitions discovered throughout Iraq since 2003 and discussed in a National Ground Intelligence Center report meet the criteria of weapons of mass destruction, the center's commander said here today.
"These are chemical weapons as defined under the Chemical Weapons Convention, and yes ... they do constitute weapons of mass destruction," Army Col. John Chu told the House Armed Services Committee.
The Chemical Weapons Convention is an arms control agreement which outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons. It was signed in 1993 and entered into force in 1997.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2006/20060629_5547.htmlMunitions Found in Iraq Meet WMD Criteria, Official SaysBy Samantha L. QuigleyAmerican Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON, June 29, 2006 – The 500 munitions discovered throughout Iraq since 2003 and discussed in a National Ground Intelligence Center report meet the criteria of weapons of mass destruction, the center's commander said here today.
"These are chemical weapons as defined under the Chemical Weapons Convention, and yes ... they do constitute weapons of mass destruction," Army Col. John Chu told the House Armed Services Committee.
The Chemical Weapons Convention is an arms control agreement which outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons. It was signed in 1993 and entered into force in 1997.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
Saudi's Visa To The USA Up; Sleeping Better Now?
Ran across this article this morning and still can not believe it. What disturbs me is the "students." I am sure one reason is that these student's parents give big dollars to certain colleges. But to allow a nation who overcharges for oil, who is a hot bed of anti American teachings and where 19 of the 9-11 attackers originated from to send their youth here for an education? One can call it what they want, but it is wrong. The proper way to do this would be to set a limit on how many student visas are to be given. Research the students and their family. Then issue a visa.
Same with all visas in general. There is no reason to allow this many visas to a country or countries that harbor so many Islamic extremist. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure this out. Here is a line and a link
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885867182&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
"In an e-mail to the Post, Amanda D. Rogers-Harper, a spokeswoman for the US State Department, confirmed that as of June 10, a total of 18,683 non-immigrant US visas had been issued to Saudi citizens since the start of the current fiscal year."...US State Department, confirmed that as of June 10, a total of 18,683 non-immigrant US visas had been issued to Saudi citizens since the start of the current fiscal year.
"We are pleased to see an increase in visa applicants at posts around the world, including Saudi Arabia," Rogers-Harper said, adding that this year's increase could be attributed to "a new student scholarship program funded by the government of Saudi Arabia, which encourages students to pursue their studies in the US."
Same with all visas in general. There is no reason to allow this many visas to a country or countries that harbor so many Islamic extremist. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure this out. Here is a line and a link
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885867182&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
"In an e-mail to the Post, Amanda D. Rogers-Harper, a spokeswoman for the US State Department, confirmed that as of June 10, a total of 18,683 non-immigrant US visas had been issued to Saudi citizens since the start of the current fiscal year."...US State Department, confirmed that as of June 10, a total of 18,683 non-immigrant US visas had been issued to Saudi citizens since the start of the current fiscal year.
"We are pleased to see an increase in visa applicants at posts around the world, including Saudi Arabia," Rogers-Harper said, adding that this year's increase could be attributed to "a new student scholarship program funded by the government of Saudi Arabia, which encourages students to pursue their studies in the US."
Friday, June 23, 2006
Their Problem Should Not Be Our Problem
This is an article from Southeast Missouri State University. It seems to me that we should lock up the habitual users for longer periods of time for each meth offense. It is not the goverment's role to provide free treatment to these people. It is not an illness, it is a bad life choice! "Meth, cooks, users and dealers pass on other meth-related to costs to law-abiding taxpayers. For almost forty years, states have been required to provide legal counsel to indigents charged with a felony. Many defendants charged with meth offenses do not have adequate financial resources to hire a private attorney. As a result, hundreds if not thousands of meth-related defendants utilize the services of a public defender or a court-appointed attorney. In either instance, budgets for such representation result from tax revenue and the law-abiding public bears those costs. The costs incurred by taxpayer’s increases with imprisonment. States vary in their reported annual costs of imprisonment but estimates of $30,000 to $40,000 per year are reasonable. Again, most states budget a significant portion of tax revenues to their Department of Corrections and those not related to the meth industry bear the costs of meth use. In some cases, meth users will be mandated to undergo treatment as a condition of probation, incarceration or diversion. The highly addictive nature of the drug requires long-term treatment by professional counselors. As previously mentioned, most meth criminals are legally indigent and the costs for mandated treatment is third-partied to the general public."
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
The Insanity Of An Unsecure Border
The Daily Bulletin.com was first to announce that the US Border Patrol was giving information to Mexican officials of the whereabouts of The Minutemen patrols. The US Border Patrol claims they do this to reassure the Mexican government that their illegally departing brothers and sisters right's are not being violated. How about American's right to spend their tax dollar on legal citizen's needs? How about our right to be protected from a foreign invasion? How about our right not to have an isalmic terrorist cross into the country? I hope there is an investagation to see who contacts the Mexican government and exactly what info is given and to whom. The Mexican government is so corrupt that the info will fall into the hands of criminals at some point.
http://dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3799653
"According to three documents on the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Web site, the U.S. Border Patrol is to notify the Mexican government as to the location of Minutemen and other civilian border patrol groups when they participate in apprehending illegal immigrants -- and if and when violence is used against border crossers."...
"A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman confirmed the notification process, describing it as a standard procedure meant to reassure the Mexican government that migrants' rights are being observed."...
"Last year an internal memo notified all agents not to give credit to Minuteman volunteers or others who call in sightings of illegal aliens," said one agent, who spoke on the condition he not be identified. "We were told to list it as a citizen call and leave it at that. Many times, we were told not to go out to Minuteman calls."
http://dailybulletin.com/news/ci_3799653
"According to three documents on the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Web site, the U.S. Border Patrol is to notify the Mexican government as to the location of Minutemen and other civilian border patrol groups when they participate in apprehending illegal immigrants -- and if and when violence is used against border crossers."...
"A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman confirmed the notification process, describing it as a standard procedure meant to reassure the Mexican government that migrants' rights are being observed."...
"Last year an internal memo notified all agents not to give credit to Minuteman volunteers or others who call in sightings of illegal aliens," said one agent, who spoke on the condition he not be identified. "We were told to list it as a citizen call and leave it at that. Many times, we were told not to go out to Minuteman calls."
Antonin Scalia And Capital Punishment
In May 2002 Mr. Scalia wrote a wonderful article on the morality of capital punishment. In with this article he makes the point that many death penalty opponents are those who like to pick and choose the laws they obey....
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0205/articles/scalia.html
"The mistaken tendency to believe that a democratic government, being nothing more than the composite will of its individual citizens, has no more moral power or authority than they do as individuals has adverse effects in other areas as well. It fosters civil disobedience, for example, which proceeds on the assumption that what the individual citizen considers an unjust law—even if it does not compel him to act unjustly—need not be obeyed."
A person who does not fully understand the value of life hear on Earth, but also the larger value of one's soul will take issue with capital punishment As Scalia say's
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0205/articles/scalia.html
"The mistaken tendency to believe that a democratic government, being nothing more than the composite will of its individual citizens, has no more moral power or authority than they do as individuals has adverse effects in other areas as well. It fosters civil disobedience, for example, which proceeds on the assumption that what the individual citizen considers an unjust law—even if it does not compel him to act unjustly—need not be obeyed."
A person who does not fully understand the value of life hear on Earth, but also the larger value of one's soul will take issue with capital punishment As Scalia say's
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
How Many Guardsmen Does it Take? Not Many!
This is the best news recently on our battle with illegal immigration and I do not remeber seeing this reported anywhere in the news. Just imagine what type of success could be had if these troops were fully armed and on patrol instead of playing a support and unarmed role.
"Total detentions of aliens attempting to sneak across the Mexican border have plummeted an unimaginable 21% in the first 10 days of June compared to the same period last year. This drop occurs at a time when enforcement efforts are at a recent high, due to political concerns, and reflects a precipitous drop in total attempted border crossings. According to an Associated Press report, Jorge Vazquez, a director of “Grupo Beta,” an agency funded by the Mexican government and that works to aid and abet Mexicans seeking to enter the United States illegally, his agents have seen a similar drop in traffic on his side of the border. The shocking drop-off in human smuggling is attributed to one factor: the arrival of the National Guard on the border. That’s quite an accomplishment for just 55 guardsmen, who did not even arrive until June 3 and are working entirely in support roles with the Border Patrol. What has really stemmed the tide is just the idea that troops are coming to the border—a fact that has found widespread exaggeration in the Mexican media"
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=15624
"Total detentions of aliens attempting to sneak across the Mexican border have plummeted an unimaginable 21% in the first 10 days of June compared to the same period last year. This drop occurs at a time when enforcement efforts are at a recent high, due to political concerns, and reflects a precipitous drop in total attempted border crossings. According to an Associated Press report, Jorge Vazquez, a director of “Grupo Beta,” an agency funded by the Mexican government and that works to aid and abet Mexicans seeking to enter the United States illegally, his agents have seen a similar drop in traffic on his side of the border. The shocking drop-off in human smuggling is attributed to one factor: the arrival of the National Guard on the border. That’s quite an accomplishment for just 55 guardsmen, who did not even arrive until June 3 and are working entirely in support roles with the Border Patrol. What has really stemmed the tide is just the idea that troops are coming to the border—a fact that has found widespread exaggeration in the Mexican media"
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=15624
Fight To Win Or Do Not Fight At All
I was asked recently why our current war in Iraq is not being fought like WWII. Wow, where to start. First and foremost, we do not have the political leadership we once had. Presidents once worried about what was best for our nation and our armies, not political polls and legacies. We once had news media that supported a war and its men and did not portray our enimies as victims of a cruel and mean USA. Our servicemen did not have to worry about split second decisions on the battlfield and now they are guilty until proven innocent when they are accused by the enemy's people. We never use to embed news reporters whose sole mission was to undermine our troops. We use to bomb countries into submission in order to protect our troops, now we go door to door so we can appear compassionate.
Our enemy is willing to blow themselves up, fly planes into American buildings, cut off heads and set off chemical bombs. And if we do not fight this religous war on the turf of our enemy, we will fight it here. Our enemy brought the fight here, remember?
"One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda."
"In war there is no substitute for victory."-General Douglas MacArthur
Our enemy is willing to blow themselves up, fly planes into American buildings, cut off heads and set off chemical bombs. And if we do not fight this religous war on the turf of our enemy, we will fight it here. Our enemy brought the fight here, remember?
"One cannot wage war under present conditions without the support of public opinion, which is tremendously molded by the press and other forms of propaganda."
"In war there is no substitute for victory."-General Douglas MacArthur
And The Us Treats Their Prisoners How?
No prayer time or special meals for our captured soldiers. Just a good ol' fashion beheading. I want to hear from the ACLU, International Red Cross, Amnesty Int.... and so on. Tell me again, how many of our brave soldiers are being held as POWS?
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060620/D8IC0A2G2.html
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The bodies of two U.S. soldiers reported captured last week have been recovered, and an Iraqi official said Tuesday the men were "killed in a barbaric way." Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for killing the soldiers, and said the successor to slain terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had "slaughtered" them, according to a Web statement that could not be authenticated.
The language in the statement suggested the men had been beheaded.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060620/D8IC0A2G2.html
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - The bodies of two U.S. soldiers reported captured last week have been recovered, and an Iraqi official said Tuesday the men were "killed in a barbaric way." Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility for killing the soldiers, and said the successor to slain terror leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had "slaughtered" them, according to a Web statement that could not be authenticated.
The language in the statement suggested the men had been beheaded.
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Above The Law
Good ol' Cindy Mckinney has now sent the message that politicians in Washington are better than our heroes in law enforcement. And the slogan these double standard goofs will use to get by with this obvious outrageous behavior will be "Don't you know who I am!?" So the next time I get pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt or speeding I will just bug my eyes out and yell, "Don't you know who I am!?" But I, unlike Cindy, will be laughed at. And do not forget this so called lady admitted to hitting the officer. Since I do not own a bullet proof vest and already have enough holes in my body, I think I will skip that suicide line. And the answer to Cindy's question according to Cindy is, " I am black." No Cindy, you are an elitist, pompus idiot who believes the rules only apply to "others."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060617/ap_on_go_co/mckinney_scuffle
WASHINGTON - A grand jury declined Friday to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney in connection with a confrontation in which she admitted hitting a police officer who tried to stop her from entering a House office building..."I am relieved that this unfortunate incident is behind me," McKinney said in a statement Friday night. "I accept today's grand jury finding of 'no probable cause' as right and just and the proper resolution of this case."...
McKenna did not recognize her as a member of Congress and asked her three times to stop. When she ignored him, he tried to stop her. McKinney then hit him.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060617/ap_on_go_co/mckinney_scuffle
WASHINGTON - A grand jury declined Friday to indict Rep. Cynthia McKinney in connection with a confrontation in which she admitted hitting a police officer who tried to stop her from entering a House office building..."I am relieved that this unfortunate incident is behind me," McKinney said in a statement Friday night. "I accept today's grand jury finding of 'no probable cause' as right and just and the proper resolution of this case."...
McKenna did not recognize her as a member of Congress and asked her three times to stop. When she ignored him, he tried to stop her. McKinney then hit him.
American Troops In Shackles In The USA
These bravemen are being presumed guilty, not innocent. The supposed inncident may or may not be true, but to be in chains and held in a cell 23 hours a day? These are not men that were found on a battlefield killing US soldiers, nor are they men that strap bombs around themselves and walk into a crowd of women and children shouting death to the infidels and praise be to allah and blow away small babies and their mothers who hold them.
Instead these are men that signed on the line because they wanted to protect what some Americans not only take for granted, but have twisted and preverted into pure hatred for all things American. Freedom.
These few believe in freedom of and from everything. It is the "Do whatever makes you feel good" mentality." And it has slowly been killing America for nearly forty years.
There was recently a rally for these eight servicemen who are being held at camp Pendleton. Michael Savage posted pictures on his web site with permission to post. Here is a picture, link to a Michelle Malkin article and a line....http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/michellemalkin/2006/06/14/201116.html
The men are in solitary confinement, locked in 8'x8' cells at San Diego's Camp Pendleton, as investigators probe an April 26 incident involving the 3rd Battalion, 5th Regiment, 1st Marine Division. They are behind bars 23 hours a day; family members can only see them through inch-thick Plexiglas. Military blabbermouths have told the press that the service members are suspected of kidnapping and shooting a man in the Iraqi town of Hamdaniya. The Iraqi man's family reportedly came forward seeking payment for his death as media hysteria set in over the separate alleged atrocity in Haditha.
Super Highway To Destruction
A buddy of mine sent me an e-mail about this massive superhighway that will connect central Mexico to Canada. Trucks would be allowed to pass through our borders being checked electronically. The Non profit group who is organizing this destruction of our national border is NASCO. The have received 2.5million dollars from the USDOT. Here is a line and a link...
http://www.nascocorridor.com/pages/about/about.htm
"North America’s SuperCorridor Coalition, Inc., is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing the world’s first international, integrated and secure, multi-modal transportation system along the International Mid-Continent Trade and Transportation Corridor to improve both the trade competitiveness and quality of life in North America.
The NASCO Corridor encompasses Interstate Highways 35, 29 and 94, and the significant east/west connectors to those highways in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The Corridor directly impacts the continental trade flow of North America. Membership includes public and private sector entities along the Corridor in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
From the largest border crossing in North America (The Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Canada), to the second largest border crossing of Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, extending to the deep water Ports of Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico and to Manitoba, Canada, the impressive, tri-national NASCO membership truly reflects the international scope of the Corridor and the regions it impacts."
Of course El Jorge is silent about this impending disaster,
"As incredible as this plan may seem to some readers, the first Trans-Texas Corridor segment of the NAFTA Super Highway is ready to begin construction next year. Various U.S. government agencies, dozens of state agencies, and scores of private NGOs (non-governmental organizations) have been working behind the scenes to create the NAFTA Super Highway, despite the lack of comment on the plan by President Bush. The American public is largely asleep to this key piece of the coming “North American Union” that government planners in the new trilateral region of United States, Canada and Mexico are about to drive into reality."
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?print=yes&id=15497
This superhighway will further erode our national identity and open up a potential pipe line of terrorism. It is also a sure bet that wages of truck drivers and their supporting labor will be kept low.
This appears to be one more nail in the coffin of what was a fiercly independant and self reliant nation. God help us.
http://www.nascocorridor.com/pages/about/about.htm
"North America’s SuperCorridor Coalition, Inc., is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing the world’s first international, integrated and secure, multi-modal transportation system along the International Mid-Continent Trade and Transportation Corridor to improve both the trade competitiveness and quality of life in North America.
The NASCO Corridor encompasses Interstate Highways 35, 29 and 94, and the significant east/west connectors to those highways in the United States, Canada and Mexico. The Corridor directly impacts the continental trade flow of North America. Membership includes public and private sector entities along the Corridor in Canada, the United States and Mexico.
From the largest border crossing in North America (The Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Canada), to the second largest border crossing of Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, extending to the deep water Ports of Manzanillo and Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico and to Manitoba, Canada, the impressive, tri-national NASCO membership truly reflects the international scope of the Corridor and the regions it impacts."
Of course El Jorge is silent about this impending disaster,
"As incredible as this plan may seem to some readers, the first Trans-Texas Corridor segment of the NAFTA Super Highway is ready to begin construction next year. Various U.S. government agencies, dozens of state agencies, and scores of private NGOs (non-governmental organizations) have been working behind the scenes to create the NAFTA Super Highway, despite the lack of comment on the plan by President Bush. The American public is largely asleep to this key piece of the coming “North American Union” that government planners in the new trilateral region of United States, Canada and Mexico are about to drive into reality."
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?print=yes&id=15497
This superhighway will further erode our national identity and open up a potential pipe line of terrorism. It is also a sure bet that wages of truck drivers and their supporting labor will be kept low.
This appears to be one more nail in the coffin of what was a fiercly independant and self reliant nation. God help us.
The I.C.E. Age
It has been along time coming and it is barely scratching the surface, but the raids today by ICE is a marvelous sight. They are arresting many illegals who have been deported yet returned and many that have been convicted of sex and gang crimes. And I am praying this snowballs into a full blown all out round up of those who have chosen to not only break our laws by coming here without permission, but those who also continued to break laws after arriving. And I do not want to hear from the nay sayers who will cry about rights being violated; How about our rights as Americans to have non law breaking immigrants allowed into our country? Tax dollars spent on illegals are tax dollars stolen. Plain and simple. And there is no right of liberty or the pursuit of happiness if you illegally entered this country. And illegals have the right to life, in their own country and in ours but just so the can be deported. ABC news just released an article and here is the link&line...
http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=2076450
"The operation has caught more than 140 immigrants with convictions for sexual offenses against children; 367 known gang members, including street soldiers in the deadly Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13; and about 640 people who had already been deported once, immigration officials said. The numbers include more than 720 arrests in California alone.
More than 800 people arrested already have been deported.
"This is a massive operation," said Marc Raimondi, a spokesman for immigration enforcement or ICE, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. "We are watching the country's borders from the inside."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=2076450
"The operation has caught more than 140 immigrants with convictions for sexual offenses against children; 367 known gang members, including street soldiers in the deadly Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13; and about 640 people who had already been deported once, immigration officials said. The numbers include more than 720 arrests in California alone.
More than 800 people arrested already have been deported.
"This is a massive operation," said Marc Raimondi, a spokesman for immigration enforcement or ICE, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security. "We are watching the country's borders from the inside."
Friday, June 09, 2006
The ACLJ, The Anti ACLU
This wonderfull organization led by Jay Sekulow is doing a terrific job of protecting our country from the communist founded ACLU. Their web site http://www.aclj.org/ list the many cases that are not only being fought, but that are being won. From partial birth abortion, parental notification, cross removals, Ten Commandmet displays, equal access, land use and zoning....
And I will leave you this quote from Roger Baldwin, founder of the ACLU,
"I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal.”
And I will leave you this quote from Roger Baldwin, founder of the ACLU,
"I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal.”
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Saturday, May 20, 2006
Awesome Performance
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http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=747285741&n=2
Monday, May 15, 2006
No White Straight Men Allowed in California's Public School Curricula
If one reads SB 1437 it isn't hard to imagine were this will lead our public schools. It is an open invation to write out the Founding Fathers, past and current presidents, scientist and so on. And replace them with others that will emphasize their sexual orentation. Or even worse, it will become a fishing expedition that will attempt to identify a historical figures' sexual preference long after death and with out the possibility of defending themselves. If you don't believe this will happen, just ask Honest Abe, he is already under attack. I work for a public school and teachers on both sides of the political spectrum are more than upset. One of my friends spouse teaches 1st grade and she says she will leave the profession before she introduces an innocent 6 year old to homosexual discussions.
Public schools are not a lab for a small, vocal minority. It is a sad day when a few Americans would rather teach that same sex relationships are acceptable and christianity and patriotism are not. And what is interesting is that the Islamic faith understands this.
BILL NUMBER: SB 1437 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Kuehl
FEBRUARY 22, 2006
An act to amend Sections 51500, 51501, and 60044 of the Education
Code, relating to prohibited instruction.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1437, as introduced, Kuehl School instruction: prohibition of
discriminatory content.
Existing law prohibits instruction or school sponsored activities
that reflect adversely upon persons because of their race, sex,
color, creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry. Existing law
prohibits the State Board of Education and the governing board of any
school district from adopting textbooks or other instructional
materials that contain any matter that reflects adversely upon
persons because of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap, national
origin, or ancestry.
This bill would revise the list of characteristics included in
these provisions to include race or ethnicity, gender, disability,
nationality, sexual orientation, and religion.
Existing law prohibits a governing board from adopting
instructional materials that contain any matter reflecting adversely
upon persons because of their race, color, creed, national origin,
ancestry, sex, handicap, or occupation, or that contain any sectarian
or denominational doctrine or propaganda contrary to law.
This bill would revise the list of characteristics included in
this provision to include race or ethnicity, gender, disability,
nationality, sexual orientation, religion, and occupation.
This bill also would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
those provisions of existing law.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 51500 of the Education Code is amended to read:
51500. No teacher shall give instruction nor shall a school
district sponsor any activity which that
reflects adversely upon persons because of their race or
ethnicity , sex, color, creed, handicap, national
origin, or ancestry gender, disability, nationality,
sexual orientation, or religion .
SEC. 2. Section 51501 of the Education Code is amended to read:
51501. No textbook , or other instructional
materials shall be adopted by the state board or by any governing
board for use in the public schools which
that contains any matter reflecting adversely upon persons
because of their race or ethnicity , sex, color,
creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry gender,
disability, nationality, sexual orientation, or religion .
SEC. 3. Section 60044 of the Education Code is amended to read:
60044. No instructional materials shall be adopted by any
governing board for use in the schools which
that , in its determination, contains:
(a) Any matter reflecting adversely upon persons because of their
race or ethnicity , color, creed, national origin,
ancestry, sex, handicap, gender,
disability, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, or
occupation.
(b) Any sectarian or denominational doctrine or propaganda
contrary to law.
Public schools are not a lab for a small, vocal minority. It is a sad day when a few Americans would rather teach that same sex relationships are acceptable and christianity and patriotism are not. And what is interesting is that the Islamic faith understands this.
BILL NUMBER: SB 1437 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Kuehl
FEBRUARY 22, 2006
An act to amend Sections 51500, 51501, and 60044 of the Education
Code, relating to prohibited instruction.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1437, as introduced, Kuehl School instruction: prohibition of
discriminatory content.
Existing law prohibits instruction or school sponsored activities
that reflect adversely upon persons because of their race, sex,
color, creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry. Existing law
prohibits the State Board of Education and the governing board of any
school district from adopting textbooks or other instructional
materials that contain any matter that reflects adversely upon
persons because of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap, national
origin, or ancestry.
This bill would revise the list of characteristics included in
these provisions to include race or ethnicity, gender, disability,
nationality, sexual orientation, and religion.
Existing law prohibits a governing board from adopting
instructional materials that contain any matter reflecting adversely
upon persons because of their race, color, creed, national origin,
ancestry, sex, handicap, or occupation, or that contain any sectarian
or denominational doctrine or propaganda contrary to law.
This bill would revise the list of characteristics included in
this provision to include race or ethnicity, gender, disability,
nationality, sexual orientation, religion, and occupation.
This bill also would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
those provisions of existing law.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 51500 of the Education Code is amended to read:
51500. No teacher shall give instruction nor shall a school
district sponsor any activity which that
reflects adversely upon persons because of their race or
ethnicity , sex, color, creed, handicap, national
origin, or ancestry gender, disability, nationality,
sexual orientation, or religion .
SEC. 2. Section 51501 of the Education Code is amended to read:
51501. No textbook , or other instructional
materials shall be adopted by the state board or by any governing
board for use in the public schools which
that contains any matter reflecting adversely upon persons
because of their race or ethnicity , sex, color,
creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry gender,
disability, nationality, sexual orientation, or religion .
SEC. 3. Section 60044 of the Education Code is amended to read:
60044. No instructional materials shall be adopted by any
governing board for use in the schools which
that , in its determination, contains:
(a) Any matter reflecting adversely upon persons because of their
race or ethnicity , color, creed, national origin,
ancestry, sex, handicap, gender,
disability, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, or
occupation.
(b) Any sectarian or denominational doctrine or propaganda
contrary to law.
Planned Parenthood or Planned Master Race?
I got into a very interesting debate today over the founder of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger. During this discussion I made the claim that she was an elitist who believed that only certain types of babies should be allowed to be concieved and that only certain people should be able to procreate. Well after being told I was a knuckle draggin' cave dweller I calmly asked my coworker to read some of the articles that Maggy wrote. And I remind you that the discussion of abortion being right or wrong was not the point. About two hours later my friend found me and said, "I never realized what the lady believed." While we agreed to disagree on the right vs. wrong of the issue, we did agree this lady was evil. Here is the article from the LOC. Oh, the defenition of Eugenics...The study of improving a species by artificial selection; usually refers to the selective breeding of humans. http://wilde.acs.its.nyu.edu/sanger/documents/show.php?sangerDoc=143449.xml "While I personally believe in the sterilization of the feeble-minded, the insane and syphilitic, I have not been able to discover that these measures are more than superficial deterrents when applied to the constantly growing stream of the unfit. They are excellent means of meeting a certain phase of the situation, but I believe in regard to these, as in regard to other eugenic means, that they do not go to the bottom of the matter. Neither the mating of healthy couples nor the sterilization of certain recognized types of the unfit touches the great problem of unlimited reproduction of those whose housing, clothing, and food are all inadequate to physical and mental health. These measures do not touch those great masses, who through economic pressure populate the slums and there produce in their helplessness other helpless, diseased and incompetent masses, who overwhelm all that eugenics can do among those whose economic condition is better."
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
Time To Blockade Cuba
Looks like it time to place a blockade around Cuba again. China will be searching for oil in and around the island. This is unacceptable. Thanks to Jimmy Chan Carter China has its claws in the Panama Canal. If they are allowed to have a fanancial and natural resource interest in our backyard, then we will have a national security issue in the near future. The chances are slim to none that we will see this blockade from our current president or our congress anytime soon. For the most part our elected officials are against sealing our borders during this time of war. Many of these politicians refuse to allow anyexploration or production of our own natural resources.
And it is time for Castro to go. President Bush to his credit removed a killing and torture machine named Saddam. And Castro isn't any better. Just ask anyone who has lived under his rule. His political opponents occupy a prison cell or a grave. He has a special prison just for gays and HIV infected people. His Hollywood friends do not seem to mind. Here is a link to a very interesting article about the Chinese and Cuba deal.
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/default.aspx
Complaining that energy-hungry China could gain access to oil "within spitting distance" of the United States, Sen. Larry Craig, an Idaho Republican, has introduced legislation that would seek an exception to the trade embargo for U.S. oil companies so they could drill in Cuba.
U.S. companies are barred from exploring for oil in communist Cuba under trade sanctions enforced against President Fidel Castro's revolutionary government since 1962.
Legislators from Florida, where anti-Castro Cuban exiles have political clout, seek to block Cuba drilling near the Florida coastline and penalize executives of foreign companies that help Cuba look for oil and gas.
China's giant oil and gas company Sinopec Corp. signed an agreement last year to produce heavy oil with CUPET in Cuba's westernmost Pinar del Rio province from on-shore wells.
And it is time for Castro to go. President Bush to his credit removed a killing and torture machine named Saddam. And Castro isn't any better. Just ask anyone who has lived under his rule. His political opponents occupy a prison cell or a grave. He has a special prison just for gays and HIV infected people. His Hollywood friends do not seem to mind. Here is a link to a very interesting article about the Chinese and Cuba deal.
http://in.today.reuters.com/news/default.aspx
Complaining that energy-hungry China could gain access to oil "within spitting distance" of the United States, Sen. Larry Craig, an Idaho Republican, has introduced legislation that would seek an exception to the trade embargo for U.S. oil companies so they could drill in Cuba.
U.S. companies are barred from exploring for oil in communist Cuba under trade sanctions enforced against President Fidel Castro's revolutionary government since 1962.
Legislators from Florida, where anti-Castro Cuban exiles have political clout, seek to block Cuba drilling near the Florida coastline and penalize executives of foreign companies that help Cuba look for oil and gas.
China's giant oil and gas company Sinopec Corp. signed an agreement last year to produce heavy oil with CUPET in Cuba's westernmost Pinar del Rio province from on-shore wells.
Saturday, April 29, 2006
An Elvis Moment
This was taken in 1974 I believe. Still one of the classy acts ever in entertainment.
Dear Mr. President....
Dear President Bush:
I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I need to make a few arrangements. I know you can help with this. I plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here. So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Vicente Fox, that I'm on my way over?
Please let him know that I will be expecting the following: 1. Free medical care for my entire family. I don’t plan on paying the hospitals or doctors a dime.2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not. 3. All government forms need to be printed in English. 4. I want my kids to be taught by English-speaking teachers. 5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and history. 6. I want my kids to see the American flag flying on the top of the flag pole at their school with the Mexican flag flying lower down. 7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and lunch. 8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license so I can get easy access to government services. 9. I do not plan to have any car insurance, and I won't make any effort to learn local traffic laws. 10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from Pres. Fox to leave me alone, please be sure that all police officers speak English. 11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my house top, put flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals. 12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, and don’t enforce any labor laws or tax laws. 13. Please tell all the people in the country to be extremely nice and never say a critical word about me, or about the strain I might place on the economy.
14. I will take most of the money that I make in Mexico and forward it to my family in the USA to help the Mexican government shrink their economy by making them print new money, just like the Mexicans here force us to print new food stamps , new currency, etc.
15. If I can’t find a job I am sure that the Mexican welfare system will welcome me with open arms just like the American government does for the Mexicans here.
16. If I get in a car wreck I will simply drive off without stopping so that should ease the burden on the police.
I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all the people who come to the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that Pres. Fox won't mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely. However, if he gives you any trouble, just invite him to go quail hunting with your Vice President. Thank you so much for your kind help.
Yours truly,
AN AMERICAN TAXPAYER
I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I need to make a few arrangements. I know you can help with this. I plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here. So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Vicente Fox, that I'm on my way over?
Please let him know that I will be expecting the following: 1. Free medical care for my entire family. I don’t plan on paying the hospitals or doctors a dime.2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not. 3. All government forms need to be printed in English. 4. I want my kids to be taught by English-speaking teachers. 5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and history. 6. I want my kids to see the American flag flying on the top of the flag pole at their school with the Mexican flag flying lower down. 7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and lunch. 8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license so I can get easy access to government services. 9. I do not plan to have any car insurance, and I won't make any effort to learn local traffic laws. 10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from Pres. Fox to leave me alone, please be sure that all police officers speak English. 11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my house top, put flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals. 12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, and don’t enforce any labor laws or tax laws. 13. Please tell all the people in the country to be extremely nice and never say a critical word about me, or about the strain I might place on the economy.
14. I will take most of the money that I make in Mexico and forward it to my family in the USA to help the Mexican government shrink their economy by making them print new money, just like the Mexicans here force us to print new food stamps , new currency, etc.
15. If I can’t find a job I am sure that the Mexican welfare system will welcome me with open arms just like the American government does for the Mexicans here.
16. If I get in a car wreck I will simply drive off without stopping so that should ease the burden on the police.
I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all the people who come to the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that Pres. Fox won't mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely. However, if he gives you any trouble, just invite him to go quail hunting with your Vice President. Thank you so much for your kind help.
Yours truly,
AN AMERICAN TAXPAYER
Monday, April 24, 2006
World Net Daily ran an article on the group Islamic Thinkers Society that is reminiscent of the pre WWII Nazi party. During the 1930's there was a very active American Nazis party here in the states. So while these 8th century thinkers excercise their right of free speech, bought and paid for with American blood and guts, just be prepared for their actions. Of course our media buried this story faster than a log in the litter box.
http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49865
A New York rally by the Islamic Thinkers Society outside the Israeli consulate yesterday featured chants of "The mushroom cloud is on its way! The real holocaust is on its way!"
The demonstration by the Queens-based group was monitored by the Investigative Project on Terrorism whose members noted signs including "Islam will Dominate" and a picture with an Islamic flag flying over the White House.
The chants were in Arabic and translated by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, headed by Steve Emerson, a former reporter for CNN.
Here are some excerpts from the chants:
Leader (in Arabic): "With our blood and our lives we will liberate al Aqsa!"
[The rest also respond in Arabic:] "With our blood and our lives we will liberate al Aqsa!
Israeli Zionists What do you say? The real Holocaust is on its way"
"Takbeer!"
Response: "Allahu Akbar!"
"Takbeer!"
Response: "Allahu Akbar!"
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
How Is This An Issue?
I can not believe this issue exsist. I realize how large the armed services are, but someone of authority needs to handle these types of cases. If our government can hand out billions for overseas aid, we should certainly take care of our servicemen and women
washingtonpost.com For Injured U.S. Troops, 'Financial Friendly Fire'By Donna St. George His hand had been blown off in Iraq, his body pierced by shrapnel. He could not walk. Robert Loria was flown home for a long recovery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he tried to bear up against intense physical pain and reimagine his life's possibilities.The last thing on his mind, he said, was whether the Army had correctly adjusted his pay rate -- downgrading it because he was out of the war zone -- or whether his combat gear had been accounted for properly: his Kevlar helmet, his suspenders, his rucksack.But nine months after Loria was wounded, the Army garnished his wages and then, as he prepared to leave the service, hit him with a $6,200 debt. That was just before last Christmas, and several lawmakers scrambled to help. This spring, a collection agency started calling. He owed another $646 for military housing."I was shocked," recalled Loria, now 28 and medically retired from the Army. "After everything that went on, they still had the nerve to ask me for money."Although Loria's problems may be striking on their own, the Army has recently identified 331 other soldiers who have been hit with military debt after being wounded at war. The new analysis comes as the United States has more wounded troops than at any time since the Vietnam War, with thousands suffering serious injury in Iraq or Afghanistan."This is a financial friendly fire," charged Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform, which has been looking into the issue. "It's awful." Davis called the failure systemic and said military "pay problems have been an embarrassment all the way through" the war.Army officials said they are in the process of forgiving debts for 99 of the 331 wounded soldiers, all now out of the military. The other cases have not been resolved, said G. Eric Reid, director of the U.S. Army Finance Command. Complex laws and regulations govern the cancellation of debts once soldiers leave the service, he said.Part of the problem is that the government's computerized pay system is designed to "maximize debt collection" and has operated without a way to keep bills from going to the wounded, Reid said. In the past seven months, a database of injured troops has been created to help prevent that. Now, he said, the goal is to make "a conscious decision . . . on the validity of that debt" in every case.Early this year, the Army reported that, in looking at a two-month period, it had identified 129 wounded soldiers -- still active in the military -- who had debts. Those were resolved. But the Army cannot pinpoint the full number of wounded active-duty troops with debts.The House Government Reform Committee has for several years been looking at pay problems among service members. Last spring, the committee asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate debt among the war's wounded and whether troops were being reported to collection and credit agencies. The findings are due early next year.Although efforts are being made to correct such problems, Rep. Todd R. Platts (R-Pa.) said that for some troops, "we've so mismanaged their pay that . . . we've sent debt notices while they're still in combat, in harm's way." Hounding wounded troops is unfathomable, he said. "For even a single soldier, this is unacceptable," he said.At the root of the problem is an outdated Defense Department computer system, which does not automatically link pay and personnel records. This creates numerous pay errors -- and overpayments become debts, said Gregory D. Kutz, the GAO's managing director for forensic audits and special investigations. "They've been trying to modernize it since the mid-1990s," he said. "They have been unsuccessful."No one can say how many troops have pay problems across the military, Kutz said, but the GAO has found that, in certain Army National Guard and Reserve units, more than 90 percent of soldiers have had at least one overpayment or underpayment during deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. Steps have since been taken to improve the system, but the problem will not be eliminated, Kutz said, until the larger computer system is reengineered.Typically, troops get a boost in pay while in combat. When they come home, the system can take extra weeks to catch up with the change, and some people are overpaid. For wounded troops -- still adjusting to their injuries and changed futures -- a debt notice can be another bitter discovery."It was like I was being abandoned. I was no good to the military anymore," recalled Loria, who served more than five years. "They figured the pay glitch was my fault and I was going to pay for it."Loria was a combat engineer in Iraq in February 2004 when he rushed out with other soldiers to rescue a comrade wounded by a roadside bomb near Baqubah. After helping load the soldier onto his Humvee, Loria started to drive away. A second bomb exploded."My whole body hurt," he said, "and I felt like I was on fire." He noticed that his hand and lower arm seemed to be hanging off to the side.A week later, Loria awoke in a hospital bed at Walter Reed, his wife watching over him. He had to learn to walk again, and, worse, he had to accept that "I was never going to do something that required two hands." Still, he said, he tried to remember that others died in Iraq and that "so many people in Walter Reed were 10 times worse off than myself."After he left the hospital, his financial trouble started. First, his wages were garnished. "I was missing car payments and phone bill payments and everything else," he said. Then, when he was leaving the military, shortly before Christmas, his debts were laid out: $2,200 in travel related to follow-up hospital treatment, $2,400 for combat-related pay he should not have collected and several hundred dollars more for military gear that went missing after his injury.The full force of his debt hit as he was trying to get to his family in New York for the holidays. "I had a quarter-tank of gas, three cats in my vehicle and no money whatsoever," he said.His outraged wife, Christine Loria, called the local newspaper in Middletown, N.Y., which published an article, and New York lawmakers became involved: Democratic Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles E. Schumer and Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey (D). Within a matter of days, the debts were cleared, and Yankees owner George Steinbrenner donated $25,000 to Loria.Months later, home with his wife and stepson, Loria was stunned to receive a call from a collection agency. He owed $646 for housing: nine days of rent, damaged window blinds, a broken refrigerator tray."They call and they call and they call," he said. "They're nasty to me." Sometimes, he said, he feels outraged. "I don't know how much you want from me. I already gave you one arm and a part of a leg."As Loria battled with bill collectors, Ryan Kelly, 25, took his problems to the GAO. He did this at the suggestion of a friend and fellow volunteer at the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit program in Roanoke for injured troops.Kelly had been wounded in Iraq in July 2003, when his Humvee was blasted by a roadside bomb. "It blew my leg pretty much clean off," he said.Like Loria, Kelly spent months at Walter Reed, recovering and learning to walk again without his lower leg and foot. The Army staff sergeant struggled with questions about his future. Because he had been injured as a reservist, he was told, there was no guarantee he could deploy to Iraq again. "I didn't want to stay in the Army if I was just going to be a warm body, filling a slot," he said.When Kelly left the military last year, he recalled, "it was an intense, emotional time." He thought little of the final two checks totaling $2,700 because he was owed vacation and travel pay, he said. Later, he was bewildered as pay stubs continued to come in the mail, each blank except for a notation of a $2,230 debt.Frustrated, Kelly called the Disabled Soldier Support System, a unit where a counselor told him the Army had mistakenly paid him for an extra 22 days. But Kelly said he was told it would all work out well because the military owed him for his leave and travel. A few weeks later, he said, "I got a check, and I thought, 'Oh, that's nice.' "But after he and his wife moved to Arizona, he received a bill for $2,230 -- with the threat of a referral to a collection agency. "I was pretty speechless," he said.When Kelly called the GAO, he learned that the debt was already listed on his credit history."What benefit is the Army getting, aggressively going after disabled service members for $500 or $1,000 or whatever? Why not give injured service members a little leeway?"That sentiment is common.Tyson Johnson, 24, of Prichard, Ala., was stunned after being struck by a mortar round in Iraq to find a bill waiting for him when he came home from the hospital. It was for $2,700, the bonus he had been given when he enlisted."I definitely felt betrayed, because I went over there and almost lost my life," said Johnson, a corporal when he was injured. His debt was resolved after his story made news. "I really didn't need more stress."Sgt. Gary Dowd, 28, was caught in an ambush 30 miles north of Tikrit, Iraq, in 2003 and suffered multiple injuries, losing his left hand and forearm.After 13 months of treatment, he retired from the Army early this year. Shortly afterward, he received a letter at his home in Tampa asking him to repay $600 for a survivor-benefit insurance plan he had opted out of when he signed his deployment papers.There was no number on the bill to call -- no way to protest. "I was pretty irked that they thought I owed them something," he said. "I feel like I've given them enough."Although Dowd feels there is no ill intent, he said, "I do wish that once they realized they had an injured service member, they would flag them and say: 'This guy has been in the hospital. He's going through enough already.' "
washingtonpost.com For Injured U.S. Troops, 'Financial Friendly Fire'By Donna St. George His hand had been blown off in Iraq, his body pierced by shrapnel. He could not walk. Robert Loria was flown home for a long recovery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he tried to bear up against intense physical pain and reimagine his life's possibilities.The last thing on his mind, he said, was whether the Army had correctly adjusted his pay rate -- downgrading it because he was out of the war zone -- or whether his combat gear had been accounted for properly: his Kevlar helmet, his suspenders, his rucksack.But nine months after Loria was wounded, the Army garnished his wages and then, as he prepared to leave the service, hit him with a $6,200 debt. That was just before last Christmas, and several lawmakers scrambled to help. This spring, a collection agency started calling. He owed another $646 for military housing."I was shocked," recalled Loria, now 28 and medically retired from the Army. "After everything that went on, they still had the nerve to ask me for money."Although Loria's problems may be striking on their own, the Army has recently identified 331 other soldiers who have been hit with military debt after being wounded at war. The new analysis comes as the United States has more wounded troops than at any time since the Vietnam War, with thousands suffering serious injury in Iraq or Afghanistan."This is a financial friendly fire," charged Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.), chairman of the House Committee on Government Reform, which has been looking into the issue. "It's awful." Davis called the failure systemic and said military "pay problems have been an embarrassment all the way through" the war.Army officials said they are in the process of forgiving debts for 99 of the 331 wounded soldiers, all now out of the military. The other cases have not been resolved, said G. Eric Reid, director of the U.S. Army Finance Command. Complex laws and regulations govern the cancellation of debts once soldiers leave the service, he said.Part of the problem is that the government's computerized pay system is designed to "maximize debt collection" and has operated without a way to keep bills from going to the wounded, Reid said. In the past seven months, a database of injured troops has been created to help prevent that. Now, he said, the goal is to make "a conscious decision . . . on the validity of that debt" in every case.Early this year, the Army reported that, in looking at a two-month period, it had identified 129 wounded soldiers -- still active in the military -- who had debts. Those were resolved. But the Army cannot pinpoint the full number of wounded active-duty troops with debts.The House Government Reform Committee has for several years been looking at pay problems among service members. Last spring, the committee asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate debt among the war's wounded and whether troops were being reported to collection and credit agencies. The findings are due early next year.Although efforts are being made to correct such problems, Rep. Todd R. Platts (R-Pa.) said that for some troops, "we've so mismanaged their pay that . . . we've sent debt notices while they're still in combat, in harm's way." Hounding wounded troops is unfathomable, he said. "For even a single soldier, this is unacceptable," he said.At the root of the problem is an outdated Defense Department computer system, which does not automatically link pay and personnel records. This creates numerous pay errors -- and overpayments become debts, said Gregory D. Kutz, the GAO's managing director for forensic audits and special investigations. "They've been trying to modernize it since the mid-1990s," he said. "They have been unsuccessful."No one can say how many troops have pay problems across the military, Kutz said, but the GAO has found that, in certain Army National Guard and Reserve units, more than 90 percent of soldiers have had at least one overpayment or underpayment during deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. Steps have since been taken to improve the system, but the problem will not be eliminated, Kutz said, until the larger computer system is reengineered.Typically, troops get a boost in pay while in combat. When they come home, the system can take extra weeks to catch up with the change, and some people are overpaid. For wounded troops -- still adjusting to their injuries and changed futures -- a debt notice can be another bitter discovery."It was like I was being abandoned. I was no good to the military anymore," recalled Loria, who served more than five years. "They figured the pay glitch was my fault and I was going to pay for it."Loria was a combat engineer in Iraq in February 2004 when he rushed out with other soldiers to rescue a comrade wounded by a roadside bomb near Baqubah. After helping load the soldier onto his Humvee, Loria started to drive away. A second bomb exploded."My whole body hurt," he said, "and I felt like I was on fire." He noticed that his hand and lower arm seemed to be hanging off to the side.A week later, Loria awoke in a hospital bed at Walter Reed, his wife watching over him. He had to learn to walk again, and, worse, he had to accept that "I was never going to do something that required two hands." Still, he said, he tried to remember that others died in Iraq and that "so many people in Walter Reed were 10 times worse off than myself."After he left the hospital, his financial trouble started. First, his wages were garnished. "I was missing car payments and phone bill payments and everything else," he said. Then, when he was leaving the military, shortly before Christmas, his debts were laid out: $2,200 in travel related to follow-up hospital treatment, $2,400 for combat-related pay he should not have collected and several hundred dollars more for military gear that went missing after his injury.The full force of his debt hit as he was trying to get to his family in New York for the holidays. "I had a quarter-tank of gas, three cats in my vehicle and no money whatsoever," he said.His outraged wife, Christine Loria, called the local newspaper in Middletown, N.Y., which published an article, and New York lawmakers became involved: Democratic Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Charles E. Schumer and Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey (D). Within a matter of days, the debts were cleared, and Yankees owner George Steinbrenner donated $25,000 to Loria.Months later, home with his wife and stepson, Loria was stunned to receive a call from a collection agency. He owed $646 for housing: nine days of rent, damaged window blinds, a broken refrigerator tray."They call and they call and they call," he said. "They're nasty to me." Sometimes, he said, he feels outraged. "I don't know how much you want from me. I already gave you one arm and a part of a leg."As Loria battled with bill collectors, Ryan Kelly, 25, took his problems to the GAO. He did this at the suggestion of a friend and fellow volunteer at the Wounded Warrior Project, a nonprofit program in Roanoke for injured troops.Kelly had been wounded in Iraq in July 2003, when his Humvee was blasted by a roadside bomb. "It blew my leg pretty much clean off," he said.Like Loria, Kelly spent months at Walter Reed, recovering and learning to walk again without his lower leg and foot. The Army staff sergeant struggled with questions about his future. Because he had been injured as a reservist, he was told, there was no guarantee he could deploy to Iraq again. "I didn't want to stay in the Army if I was just going to be a warm body, filling a slot," he said.When Kelly left the military last year, he recalled, "it was an intense, emotional time." He thought little of the final two checks totaling $2,700 because he was owed vacation and travel pay, he said. Later, he was bewildered as pay stubs continued to come in the mail, each blank except for a notation of a $2,230 debt.Frustrated, Kelly called the Disabled Soldier Support System, a unit where a counselor told him the Army had mistakenly paid him for an extra 22 days. But Kelly said he was told it would all work out well because the military owed him for his leave and travel. A few weeks later, he said, "I got a check, and I thought, 'Oh, that's nice.' "But after he and his wife moved to Arizona, he received a bill for $2,230 -- with the threat of a referral to a collection agency. "I was pretty speechless," he said.When Kelly called the GAO, he learned that the debt was already listed on his credit history."What benefit is the Army getting, aggressively going after disabled service members for $500 or $1,000 or whatever? Why not give injured service members a little leeway?"That sentiment is common.Tyson Johnson, 24, of Prichard, Ala., was stunned after being struck by a mortar round in Iraq to find a bill waiting for him when he came home from the hospital. It was for $2,700, the bonus he had been given when he enlisted."I definitely felt betrayed, because I went over there and almost lost my life," said Johnson, a corporal when he was injured. His debt was resolved after his story made news. "I really didn't need more stress."Sgt. Gary Dowd, 28, was caught in an ambush 30 miles north of Tikrit, Iraq, in 2003 and suffered multiple injuries, losing his left hand and forearm.After 13 months of treatment, he retired from the Army early this year. Shortly afterward, he received a letter at his home in Tampa asking him to repay $600 for a survivor-benefit insurance plan he had opted out of when he signed his deployment papers.There was no number on the bill to call -- no way to protest. "I was pretty irked that they thought I owed them something," he said. "I feel like I've given them enough."Although Dowd feels there is no ill intent, he said, "I do wish that once they realized they had an injured service member, they would flag them and say: 'This guy has been in the hospital. He's going through enough already.' "
It WAs OK?
I found this on the American Thinker site. Read and enjoy.
Under Clinton, NY Times called surveillanceJanuary 12th, 2006
The controversy following revelations that U.S. intelligence agencies have monitored suspected terrorist related communications since 9/11 reflects a severe case of selective amnesia by the New York Times and other media opponents of President Bush. They certainly didn’t show the same outrage when a much more invasive and indiscriminate domestic surveillance program came to light during the Clinton administration in the 1990’s. At that time, the Times called the surveillance “a necessity.”
“If you made a phone call today or sent an e-mail to a friend, there’s a good chance what you said or wrote was captured and screened by the country’s largest intelligence agency.” (Steve Kroft, CBS’ 60 Minutes)
Those words were aired on February 27, 2000 to describe the National Security Agency and an electronic surveillance program called Echelon whose mission, according to Kroft,
“is to eavesdrop on enemies of the state: foreign countries, terrorist groups and drug cartels. But in the process, Echelon’s computers capture virtually every electronic conversation around the world.”
Echelon was, or is (its existence has been under-reported in the American media), an electronic eavesdropping program conducted by the United States and a few select allies such as the United Kingdom.
Tellingly, the existence of the program was confirmed not by the New York Times or the Washington Post or by any other American media outlet – these were the Clinton years, after all, and the American media generally treats Democrat administrations far more gently than Republican administrations – but by an Australian government official in a statement made to an Australian television news show.
The Times actually defended the existence of Echelon when it reported on the program following the Australians’ revelations.
“Few dispute the necessity of a system like Echelon to apprehend foreign spies, drug traffickers and terrorists….”
And the Times article quoted an N.S.A. official in assuring readers
“...that all Agency activities are conducted in accordance with the highest constitutional, legal and ethical standards.”
Of course, that was on May 27, 1999 and Bill Clinton, not George W. Bush, was president.
Even so, the article did admit that
“...many are concerned that the system could be abused to collect economic and political information.”
Despite the Times’ reluctance to emphasize those concerns, one of the sources used in that same article, Patrick Poole, a lecturer in government and economics at Bannock Burn College in Franklin, Tenn., had already concluded in a study cited by the Times story that the program had been abused in both ways.
“ECHELON is also being used for purposes well outside its original mission. The regular discovery of domestic surveillance targeted at American civilians for reasons of ‘unpopular’ political affiliation or for no probable cause at all… What was once designed to target a select list of communist countries and terrorist states is now indiscriminately directed against virtually every citizen in the world,” Poole concluded.
The Times article also referenced a European Union report on Echelon. The report was conducted after E.U. members became concerned that their citizens’ rights may have been violated. One of the revelations of that study was that the N.S.A. used partner countries’ intelligence agencies to routinely circumvent legal restrictions against domestic spying.
“For example, [author Nicky] Hager has described how New Zealand officials were instructed to remove the names of identifiable UKUSA citizens or companies from their reports, inserting instead words such as ‘a Canadian citizen’ or ‘a US company’. British Comint [Communications intelligence] staff have described following similar procedures in respect of US citizens following the introduction of legislation to limit NSA’s domestic intelligence activities in 1978.”
Further, the E.U. report concluded that intelligence agencies did not feel particularly constrained by legal restrictions requiring search warrants.
“Comint agencies conduct broad international communications ‘trawling’ activities, and operate under general warrants. Such operations do not require or even suppose that the parties they intercept are criminals.”
The current controversy follows a Times report that, since 9/11, U.S. intelligence agencies are eavesdropping at any time on up to 500 people in the U.S. suspected of conducting international communications with terrorists. Under Echelon, the Clinton administration was spying on just about everyone.
“The US National Security Agency (NSA) has created a global spy system, codename ECHELON, which captures and analyzes virtually every phone call, fax, email and telex message sent anywhere in the world,”
Poole summarized in his study on the program.
According to an April, 2000 article in PC World magazine, experts who studied Echelon concluded that
“Project Echelon’s equipment can process 1 million message inputs every 30 minutes.”
In the February, 2000 60 Minutes story, former spy Mike Frost made clear that Echelon monitored practically every conversation – no matter how seemingly innocent – during the Clinton years.
“A lady had been to a school play the night before, and her son was in the school play and she thought he did a-a lousy job. Next morning, she was talking on the telephone to her friend, and she said to her friend something like this, ‘Oh, Danny really bombed last night,’ just like that. The computer spit that conversation out. The analyst that was looking at it was not too sure about what the conversation w-was referring to, so erring on the side of caution, he listed that lady and her phone number in the database as a possible terrorist.”
“This is not urban legend you’re talking about. This actually happened?” Kroft asked.
“Factual. Absolutely fact. No legend here.”
Even as the Times defended Echelon as “a necessity” in 1999, evidence already existed that electronic surveillance had previously been misused by the Clinton Administration for political purposes. Intelligence officials told Insight Magazine in 1997 that a 1993 conference of Asian and Pacific world leaders hosted by Clinton in Seattle had been spied on by U.S. intelligence agencies. Further, the magazine reported that information obtained by the spying had been passed on to big Democrat corporate donors to use against their competitors. The Insight story added that the mis-use of the surveillance for political reasons caused the intelligence sources to reveal the operation.
“The only reason it has come to light is because of concerns raised by high-level sources within federal law-enforcement and intelligence circles that the operation was compromised by politicians—includingmid- and senior-level White House aides—either on behalf of or in support of President Clinton and major donor-friends who helped him and the Democratic National Committee, or DNC, raise money.”
So, during the Clinton Administration, evidence existed (all of the information used in this article was available at the time) that:
-an invasive, extensive domestic eavesdropping program was aimed at every U.S. citizen;
-intelligence agencies were using allies to circumvent constitutional restrictions;
-and the administration was selling at least some secret intelligence for political donations.
These revelations were met by the New York Times and others in the mainstream media by the sound of one hand clapping. Now, reports that the Bush Administration approved electronic eavesdropping, strictly limited to international communications, of a relative handful of suspected terrorists have created a media frenzy in the Times and elsewhere.
The Times has historically been referred to as “the Grey Lady.” That grey is beginning to look just plain grimy, and many of us can no longer consider her a lady.
William Tate is a writer and researcher and former broadcast journalist. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Under Clinton, NY Times called surveillanceJanuary 12th, 2006
The controversy following revelations that U.S. intelligence agencies have monitored suspected terrorist related communications since 9/11 reflects a severe case of selective amnesia by the New York Times and other media opponents of President Bush. They certainly didn’t show the same outrage when a much more invasive and indiscriminate domestic surveillance program came to light during the Clinton administration in the 1990’s. At that time, the Times called the surveillance “a necessity.”
“If you made a phone call today or sent an e-mail to a friend, there’s a good chance what you said or wrote was captured and screened by the country’s largest intelligence agency.” (Steve Kroft, CBS’ 60 Minutes)
Those words were aired on February 27, 2000 to describe the National Security Agency and an electronic surveillance program called Echelon whose mission, according to Kroft,
“is to eavesdrop on enemies of the state: foreign countries, terrorist groups and drug cartels. But in the process, Echelon’s computers capture virtually every electronic conversation around the world.”
Echelon was, or is (its existence has been under-reported in the American media), an electronic eavesdropping program conducted by the United States and a few select allies such as the United Kingdom.
Tellingly, the existence of the program was confirmed not by the New York Times or the Washington Post or by any other American media outlet – these were the Clinton years, after all, and the American media generally treats Democrat administrations far more gently than Republican administrations – but by an Australian government official in a statement made to an Australian television news show.
The Times actually defended the existence of Echelon when it reported on the program following the Australians’ revelations.
“Few dispute the necessity of a system like Echelon to apprehend foreign spies, drug traffickers and terrorists….”
And the Times article quoted an N.S.A. official in assuring readers
“...that all Agency activities are conducted in accordance with the highest constitutional, legal and ethical standards.”
Of course, that was on May 27, 1999 and Bill Clinton, not George W. Bush, was president.
Even so, the article did admit that
“...many are concerned that the system could be abused to collect economic and political information.”
Despite the Times’ reluctance to emphasize those concerns, one of the sources used in that same article, Patrick Poole, a lecturer in government and economics at Bannock Burn College in Franklin, Tenn., had already concluded in a study cited by the Times story that the program had been abused in both ways.
“ECHELON is also being used for purposes well outside its original mission. The regular discovery of domestic surveillance targeted at American civilians for reasons of ‘unpopular’ political affiliation or for no probable cause at all… What was once designed to target a select list of communist countries and terrorist states is now indiscriminately directed against virtually every citizen in the world,” Poole concluded.
The Times article also referenced a European Union report on Echelon. The report was conducted after E.U. members became concerned that their citizens’ rights may have been violated. One of the revelations of that study was that the N.S.A. used partner countries’ intelligence agencies to routinely circumvent legal restrictions against domestic spying.
“For example, [author Nicky] Hager has described how New Zealand officials were instructed to remove the names of identifiable UKUSA citizens or companies from their reports, inserting instead words such as ‘a Canadian citizen’ or ‘a US company’. British Comint [Communications intelligence] staff have described following similar procedures in respect of US citizens following the introduction of legislation to limit NSA’s domestic intelligence activities in 1978.”
Further, the E.U. report concluded that intelligence agencies did not feel particularly constrained by legal restrictions requiring search warrants.
“Comint agencies conduct broad international communications ‘trawling’ activities, and operate under general warrants. Such operations do not require or even suppose that the parties they intercept are criminals.”
The current controversy follows a Times report that, since 9/11, U.S. intelligence agencies are eavesdropping at any time on up to 500 people in the U.S. suspected of conducting international communications with terrorists. Under Echelon, the Clinton administration was spying on just about everyone.
“The US National Security Agency (NSA) has created a global spy system, codename ECHELON, which captures and analyzes virtually every phone call, fax, email and telex message sent anywhere in the world,”
Poole summarized in his study on the program.
According to an April, 2000 article in PC World magazine, experts who studied Echelon concluded that
“Project Echelon’s equipment can process 1 million message inputs every 30 minutes.”
In the February, 2000 60 Minutes story, former spy Mike Frost made clear that Echelon monitored practically every conversation – no matter how seemingly innocent – during the Clinton years.
“A lady had been to a school play the night before, and her son was in the school play and she thought he did a-a lousy job. Next morning, she was talking on the telephone to her friend, and she said to her friend something like this, ‘Oh, Danny really bombed last night,’ just like that. The computer spit that conversation out. The analyst that was looking at it was not too sure about what the conversation w-was referring to, so erring on the side of caution, he listed that lady and her phone number in the database as a possible terrorist.”
“This is not urban legend you’re talking about. This actually happened?” Kroft asked.
“Factual. Absolutely fact. No legend here.”
Even as the Times defended Echelon as “a necessity” in 1999, evidence already existed that electronic surveillance had previously been misused by the Clinton Administration for political purposes. Intelligence officials told Insight Magazine in 1997 that a 1993 conference of Asian and Pacific world leaders hosted by Clinton in Seattle had been spied on by U.S. intelligence agencies. Further, the magazine reported that information obtained by the spying had been passed on to big Democrat corporate donors to use against their competitors. The Insight story added that the mis-use of the surveillance for political reasons caused the intelligence sources to reveal the operation.
“The only reason it has come to light is because of concerns raised by high-level sources within federal law-enforcement and intelligence circles that the operation was compromised by politicians—includingmid- and senior-level White House aides—either on behalf of or in support of President Clinton and major donor-friends who helped him and the Democratic National Committee, or DNC, raise money.”
So, during the Clinton Administration, evidence existed (all of the information used in this article was available at the time) that:
-an invasive, extensive domestic eavesdropping program was aimed at every U.S. citizen;
-intelligence agencies were using allies to circumvent constitutional restrictions;
-and the administration was selling at least some secret intelligence for political donations.
These revelations were met by the New York Times and others in the mainstream media by the sound of one hand clapping. Now, reports that the Bush Administration approved electronic eavesdropping, strictly limited to international communications, of a relative handful of suspected terrorists have created a media frenzy in the Times and elsewhere.
The Times has historically been referred to as “the Grey Lady.” That grey is beginning to look just plain grimy, and many of us can no longer consider her a lady.
William Tate is a writer and researcher and former broadcast journalist. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
This is an Invasion
This article from www.sbcsun.com/ is proof that our president should seal the borders. Not all people come here to work and many are criminals. If I am not mistaken shots fired from one country and enters another country is an invasion.
2:49 p.m. January 10, 2006
LOS ANGELES – Federal officials have warned U.S. Border Patrol agents that they could be the targets of assassins hired by immigrant smugglers, according to a confidential memo obtained by the San Bernardino County Sun newspaper.
"Unidentified Mexican alien smugglers are angry about the increased security along the U.S./Mexico border and have agreed that the best way to deal with U.S. Border Patrol agents is to hire a group of contract killers," the Department of Homeland Security said in a Dec. 21 Officer Safety Alert. The alert states that the smugglers intend to bring members of the Mara Salvatrucha street gang – known as MS-13 – into the country to perform the killings, The Sun reported Tuesday.
Federal officials consider MS-13, with an estimated 30,000 members in 33 states, to be one of the most dangerous gangs in the country. It was formed in Los Angeles by immigrants from El Salvador.
The safety alert was based on an FBI report. An FBI spokesman in Washington said he could not comment.
Michael Friel, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said he could not comment directly on the confidential memo but recalled that agents' lives have been threatened before.
"It's no surprise that these smugglers, these criminals, would be threatening our agents," Friel said. "And that would be a huge mistake on their part if they try."
On Tuesday, the agency issued a statement saying it takes seriously the risks of securing America's borders.
"Border Patrol agents and CBP officers are prepared to respond appropriately to threats either against the country or themselves," the statement said. "Border Patrol agents and CBP officers have received various types of threats in the past and have worked diligently with their law enforcement partners to address these threats ... The difficult and sometimes hazardous duty of securing our borders is CBPs first and foremost responsibility."
Border Patrol officials say assaults on agents increased significantly during the past year.
On Dec. 30, in an incident that strained U.S.-Mexico relations, an agent shot and killed an 18-year-old man who allegedly threw a large rock at him near the wall separating Tijuana and San Diego.
Last week, agents in Texas reported two separate incidents in which they were shot at from the Mexican side of the border.
T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, a 6,500-member union, said the DHS alert proves agents' lives often are at risk.
"MS-13 has shown that its members have very little regard for human life," he said. "Some of the atrocities they have committed are truly unspeakable, and it worries me to know that our agents on the line are now the targets."
2:49 p.m. January 10, 2006
LOS ANGELES – Federal officials have warned U.S. Border Patrol agents that they could be the targets of assassins hired by immigrant smugglers, according to a confidential memo obtained by the San Bernardino County Sun newspaper.
"Unidentified Mexican alien smugglers are angry about the increased security along the U.S./Mexico border and have agreed that the best way to deal with U.S. Border Patrol agents is to hire a group of contract killers," the Department of Homeland Security said in a Dec. 21 Officer Safety Alert. The alert states that the smugglers intend to bring members of the Mara Salvatrucha street gang – known as MS-13 – into the country to perform the killings, The Sun reported Tuesday.
Federal officials consider MS-13, with an estimated 30,000 members in 33 states, to be one of the most dangerous gangs in the country. It was formed in Los Angeles by immigrants from El Salvador.
The safety alert was based on an FBI report. An FBI spokesman in Washington said he could not comment.
Michael Friel, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said he could not comment directly on the confidential memo but recalled that agents' lives have been threatened before.
"It's no surprise that these smugglers, these criminals, would be threatening our agents," Friel said. "And that would be a huge mistake on their part if they try."
On Tuesday, the agency issued a statement saying it takes seriously the risks of securing America's borders.
"Border Patrol agents and CBP officers are prepared to respond appropriately to threats either against the country or themselves," the statement said. "Border Patrol agents and CBP officers have received various types of threats in the past and have worked diligently with their law enforcement partners to address these threats ... The difficult and sometimes hazardous duty of securing our borders is CBPs first and foremost responsibility."
Border Patrol officials say assaults on agents increased significantly during the past year.
On Dec. 30, in an incident that strained U.S.-Mexico relations, an agent shot and killed an 18-year-old man who allegedly threw a large rock at him near the wall separating Tijuana and San Diego.
Last week, agents in Texas reported two separate incidents in which they were shot at from the Mexican side of the border.
T.J. Bonner, president of the National Border Patrol Council, a 6,500-member union, said the DHS alert proves agents' lives often are at risk.
"MS-13 has shown that its members have very little regard for human life," he said. "Some of the atrocities they have committed are truly unspeakable, and it worries me to know that our agents on the line are now the targets."
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