In the past week there seems to have been a constant barrage of tales such as these-
A businessman was stunned when he detained a yob for smashing a shop window only to be charged by police with assault.
After he was punched in the face by the burglar who was let off with a caution- while he is facing assault and battery charges.
A man has been stabbed to death in an apparent road rage attack during a bloody 17 hours on London's streets in which four other men were killed in violent stabbings...The four killed in separate incidents yesterday included the 20th teenager to die violently in the capital this year.
And the Prime Minister has apparently not learned from the useless gun control legislation which did nothing but increase gun crime-
'We will continue to make absolutely clear that carrying a knife is unacceptable in our society.'
Interesting emphasis. He apparently is unconcerned with making it clear that murder is unacceptable- nope, he thinks the blame lies in these common, easily obtainable, inanimate objects and not with the violent, predatory thugs who use them.
The daughter of a Second World War RAF pilot who reprimanded a teenager who she accused of vandalising a war memorial has been convicted of assault.
You need to read all of this one yourselves to believe it. The vandalism at the memorial has been going on for eight years. Her lawyer had this to say-
'The authorities have been inundated with complaints from local residents and it is perverse and ironic that the only person arrested, charged and convicted is the one person who has tended the memorial over this period."
And then there's this-
A pensioner who used a piece of wood to chase away a gang of teenagers who had been throwing stones at his home is facing a jail term after being arrested and charged with possessing an offensive weapon.
His home was under attack for two hours- during which time the police failed to show up. Other houses in the area have also been attacked like this too.
Mr Davis, a retired builder, was astonished when police arrested him while allowing the gang to run to safety.
I guess a law-abiding citizen standing outside his own home is a much easier arrest than having to run after actual criminals.
"This is Britain gone mad. Just what in the world is this country coming to when the police arrest people like me for protecting their own property?"
And that, dear, friends, is the state of Britain today.
Labour haven't done a thing about the worsening situation during all their years in power and neither will the Conservatives if they ever get elected, not with their "hug a hoodie" philosophy. The police and courts are clearly stacked in favour of the criminals and not their victims. In addition, the populace as a whole has not only been disarmed but the whole concept of self-defence has been criminalised.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Friday, July 04, 2008
Independence Day
America is an incredible country, an example to the world of individual freedom and an amazing force for good. Without the United States of America the world would be a much darker and less free place. Not only is the USA an amazing powerhouse of ideas and innovation but it has made sacrifices again and again to protect other nations from the evils of Nazism, Communism and now the barbaric practices of jihad. In the process they also liberated millions of people from the viciousn totalitarian states of the Taliban and Saddam Hussein.
On this Independence Day I would like to extend my gratitude to the brave men and women of the American military who risk their lives daily fighting monsters who take delight in the massacre of innocents, and also to the American people whose stalwart belief in freedom makes that military might possible.
Here's an image from the USMC-
Cpl. Jonathan C. Austin, communications chief and convoy commander with Company B, Iraqi Transition Team 8, Regimental Combat Team 1, slaps an Iraqi child "hi-five" during a patrol through Fallujah June 9. Austin, a Lincolnton, N.C. native, took a few minutes with some transition members to play soccer with neighborhood children during the operation.
Not long ago the Marines fought desperate battles to free Fallujah from the totalitarian grip of bloodthirsty terrorists. Now they're playing with the local kids. I don't want to get too political but Barack Obama refers to the military presence in Iraq as an occupation. In his mind the Marine pictured above in an occupier, not a liberator protecting those children from terrorists. And that's a travesty, an insult to the brave men and women serving their nation.
It infuriates me when some Americans disparage the awesome work that their soldiers and Marines do- and even seem filled with hate for their own nation; a nation whose existence enables them to live the lives of freedom and luxury they have. Perhaps on this Independence Day some of them might take the time to recognise that that they live in a nation which has done so much to benefit not just the lives of its own citizens but of people all over the globe.
Happy Birthday America!
On this Independence Day I would like to extend my gratitude to the brave men and women of the American military who risk their lives daily fighting monsters who take delight in the massacre of innocents, and also to the American people whose stalwart belief in freedom makes that military might possible.
Here's an image from the USMC-
Cpl. Jonathan C. Austin, communications chief and convoy commander with Company B, Iraqi Transition Team 8, Regimental Combat Team 1, slaps an Iraqi child "hi-five" during a patrol through Fallujah June 9. Austin, a Lincolnton, N.C. native, took a few minutes with some transition members to play soccer with neighborhood children during the operation.
Not long ago the Marines fought desperate battles to free Fallujah from the totalitarian grip of bloodthirsty terrorists. Now they're playing with the local kids. I don't want to get too political but Barack Obama refers to the military presence in Iraq as an occupation. In his mind the Marine pictured above in an occupier, not a liberator protecting those children from terrorists. And that's a travesty, an insult to the brave men and women serving their nation.
It infuriates me when some Americans disparage the awesome work that their soldiers and Marines do- and even seem filled with hate for their own nation; a nation whose existence enables them to live the lives of freedom and luxury they have. Perhaps on this Independence Day some of them might take the time to recognise that that they live in a nation which has done so much to benefit not just the lives of its own citizens but of people all over the globe.
Happy Birthday America!
School Indoctrination
Two British schoolchildren have been punished for refusing to kneel down and pray to Allah- as part of a school religious education class.
As we've seen before (California of course) it's only when Islam is being taught that students are expected to take on the role of actually being a Muslim as opposed to simply being taught about that faith. No American school would dare to have children perform Christian prayers in class- and I've never heard of any British RE class actually have children engage in prayer before.
Until and unless students role play being Christian, Jewish, Sikh, Hindu and Buddhist this attempt at indoctrination has to be stopped.
Parents were outraged that the two boys from year seven (11 to 12-year-olds) were punished for not wanting to take part in the practical demonstration of how Allah is worshipped.
They said forcing their children to take part in the exercise at Alsager High School, near Stoke-on-Trent - which included wearing Muslim headgear - was a breach of their human rights.
Parents said that their children were made to bend down on their knees on prayer mats which the RE teacher had got out of her cupboard and they were also told to wear Islamic headgear during the lesson on Tuesday afternoon.
I must have missed the howls of outrage from Muslim students and parents about the classes where they had to perform Jewish prayers. Obviously the school isn't being discriminatory and they also have a stock of yarmulkes in the cupboard too. Right?As we've seen before (California of course) it's only when Islam is being taught that students are expected to take on the role of actually being a Muslim as opposed to simply being taught about that faith. No American school would dare to have children perform Christian prayers in class- and I've never heard of any British RE class actually have children engage in prayer before.
Until and unless students role play being Christian, Jewish, Sikh, Hindu and Buddhist this attempt at indoctrination has to be stopped.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Putting It In Perspective
Just a quick post for my American readers.
At the pump, meanwhile, U.S. gas prices continued to climb, reaching a national average of $4.086 a gallon, according to a survey of stations by AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express.
Diesel fuel in the UK is now up to $12 a gallon. Petrol is not far behind. From The Sun in May-
Our diesel costs 48.8p a litre before tax and duty are added. But at the pump, with 58 per cent tax added, it averages 116.6p.
As the Mail notes that price is now around 131.8p a litre. A pretty drastic rise in a little over a month.
The irony is that, before tax, we actually have some of the cheapest fuel in Europe. And despite the effect of the fuel price rise on citizens Labour are planning not only to increase fuel tax again this summer but they're also increasing the cost of taxing your car.
At the pump, meanwhile, U.S. gas prices continued to climb, reaching a national average of $4.086 a gallon, according to a survey of stations by AAA, the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express.
Diesel fuel in the UK is now up to $12 a gallon. Petrol is not far behind. From The Sun in May-
Our diesel costs 48.8p a litre before tax and duty are added. But at the pump, with 58 per cent tax added, it averages 116.6p.
As the Mail notes that price is now around 131.8p a litre. A pretty drastic rise in a little over a month.
The irony is that, before tax, we actually have some of the cheapest fuel in Europe. And despite the effect of the fuel price rise on citizens Labour are planning not only to increase fuel tax again this summer but they're also increasing the cost of taxing your car.
Bulldozer Terror Attack
There's been another terrorist attack in Israel, this one utilising a bulldozer to attack and kill civilians. Israel Matsav is live blogging.
Police were apparently at the scene and struggled with the terrorist driving. They did not shoot, according to those at the scene, because of restrictive "open fire" orders.
It seems that the terrorist, who drove over a Toyota car and flattened it killing the woman inside and also knocked over a bus, was eventually stopped when an off-duty soldier took one of the police officer's guns and shot him. He's related to one of the soldiers involved in stopping the Yeshiva attack some months ago.
At least four people were killed and 44 were wounded - one seriously, one moderately and 42 lightly - on Wednesday afternoon when a bulldozer driver went on a rampage in downtown Jerusalem.
BTW, immediately brings to mind the SUV-driving Mohammed Reva Taheriazar who drove into students at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Police were apparently at the scene and struggled with the terrorist driving. They did not shoot, according to those at the scene, because of restrictive "open fire" orders.
It seems that the terrorist, who drove over a Toyota car and flattened it killing the woman inside and also knocked over a bus, was eventually stopped when an off-duty soldier took one of the police officer's guns and shot him. He's related to one of the soldiers involved in stopping the Yeshiva attack some months ago.
At least four people were killed and 44 were wounded - one seriously, one moderately and 42 lightly - on Wednesday afternoon when a bulldozer driver went on a rampage in downtown Jerusalem.
A soldier on leave took the gun from an elite policeman at the scene and shot the terrorist dead. The soldier, Moshe Klessner, 18, is the brother-in-law of IDF officer David Shapira, who killed the terrorist in the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva attack, Channel 2 reported.
Witnesses said the driver was killed after a struggle with two policemen. One of the elite policemen was lightly wounded, apparently by gunfire, indicating that the terrorist was armed.
The terrorist group which claimed responsibility is Ahrad Al-Jalil- blogger Israel Matsav reports that this same group previously claimed they carried out a terror attack, one that was later attributed to Hamas.BTW, immediately brings to mind the SUV-driving Mohammed Reva Taheriazar who drove into students at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
I Am Legend
Note - I found this review from December in my Blogger drafts folder for some reason. Not quite sure why it didn't publish but there you are. Anyway, here it is now.
Thanks to my brother-in-law I snagged a couple of tickets to the cinema last night to see Will Smith's I Am Legend. It's a worthy addition to the other versions of Matheson's classic story- Vincent Price's Last Man on Earth and Charlton Heston's Omega Man.
Will Smith is superb as the lonely Robert Neville and the scenes of a desolate New York are brilliantly done- from the vegetation clogged streets to old plastic-wrapped quarantined buildings to the Batman-Superman movie poster and the sounds of the post-apocalyptic city; the setting is the co-star of the film. Having said that, Smith is outstanding; he ably carries the film and his portrayal of Neville is incredibly well done. A nod too goes to Emma Thompson; she appears only briefly in the film as a scientist being interviewed on TV and she is brilliantly realistic, seeming uncomfortable and ineloquent.
My criticisms of the movie are few- way too much CGI for the infected and, I think, some poor CGI for the deer. There were rumours that Johnny Depp was to have played the arch-antagonist Cortman and having seen the film I wish now that they had gone that way; CGI has its place in the film certainly, especially with the way the infected move, but it would have been so much better to have a real face on the bad guys. With the CGI characters, there was a sense of unreality to proceedings which took away the feel of danger Neville was in.
I would also have liked it to have been longer; with more detail on Neville's existence and a good deal more on the infected as they become a bigger threat to him. The first scene where Neville encounters them is one of the most tense and nail-biting I've seen on the big screen, it seemed like everyone in the cinema was holding their breath while it was playing out. After that though the story seemed to skip forward and I feel like the movie would have benefited with a bigger build up to the climax. It kind of feels as if the makers just ran out of time or money and the latter part of the film plays out far too quickly. It would certainly have benefited from more cat and mouse between Neville and the mutant zombie vampires.
Some complaint, eh? Make the film longer and give me more!
I hear too that the ending was changed after test audiences didn't like the original; I'm not too pleased with the one that was shown but hopefully the director's concept will appear on the DVD release. Other than that though, it's an excellent film- Smith delivers a great performance, the pace is spot on and the tension is high. A must see movie.
Thanks to my brother-in-law I snagged a couple of tickets to the cinema last night to see Will Smith's I Am Legend. It's a worthy addition to the other versions of Matheson's classic story- Vincent Price's Last Man on Earth and Charlton Heston's Omega Man.
Will Smith is superb as the lonely Robert Neville and the scenes of a desolate New York are brilliantly done- from the vegetation clogged streets to old plastic-wrapped quarantined buildings to the Batman-Superman movie poster and the sounds of the post-apocalyptic city; the setting is the co-star of the film. Having said that, Smith is outstanding; he ably carries the film and his portrayal of Neville is incredibly well done. A nod too goes to Emma Thompson; she appears only briefly in the film as a scientist being interviewed on TV and she is brilliantly realistic, seeming uncomfortable and ineloquent.
My criticisms of the movie are few- way too much CGI for the infected and, I think, some poor CGI for the deer. There were rumours that Johnny Depp was to have played the arch-antagonist Cortman and having seen the film I wish now that they had gone that way; CGI has its place in the film certainly, especially with the way the infected move, but it would have been so much better to have a real face on the bad guys. With the CGI characters, there was a sense of unreality to proceedings which took away the feel of danger Neville was in.
I would also have liked it to have been longer; with more detail on Neville's existence and a good deal more on the infected as they become a bigger threat to him. The first scene where Neville encounters them is one of the most tense and nail-biting I've seen on the big screen, it seemed like everyone in the cinema was holding their breath while it was playing out. After that though the story seemed to skip forward and I feel like the movie would have benefited with a bigger build up to the climax. It kind of feels as if the makers just ran out of time or money and the latter part of the film plays out far too quickly. It would certainly have benefited from more cat and mouse between Neville and the mutant zombie vampires.
Some complaint, eh? Make the film longer and give me more!
I hear too that the ending was changed after test audiences didn't like the original; I'm not too pleased with the one that was shown but hopefully the director's concept will appear on the DVD release. Other than that though, it's an excellent film- Smith delivers a great performance, the pace is spot on and the tension is high. A must see movie.
The Manchurian Supporter
Is Wesley Clark so divorced from reality that he doesn't realise that his comments on John McCain reflect on the candidate he supposedly supports too- or is he some kind of Rovian plant in the Obama organisation, sent to highlight Barack's complete lack of experience?
I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war. He was a hero to me and to hundreds of thousands of millions of others in the armed forces as a prisoner of war. He has been a voice on the Senate Armed Services Committee and he has traveled all over the world. But he hasn’t held executive responsibility. That large squadron in the Navy that he commanded wasn’t a wartime squadron. He hasn’t been there and ordered the bombs to fall. He hasn’t seen what it’s like when diplomats come in and say, `I don’t know whether we’re going to be able to get this point through or not. Do you want to take the risk? What about your reputation? How do we handle it publicly?
And-
John McCain is running his campaign on his experience and how his experience would benefit him and our nation as President. That experience shows courage and commitment to our country - but it doesn’t include executive experience wrestling with national policy or go-to-war decisions.
He is, of course, silent about the astonishing executive and war time experience Barack Obama possesses which would make this criticism of John McCain valid.
Genius, Karl, genius.
PS - I thought AP over at Hot Air was joking but, no, it's true- Barack Obama does actually have the audacity to claim that a holiday he took in Pakistan back in 1981 when he was twenty years old is sufficient foreign policy experience to give him the edge in the campaign to be President of the United States of America.
“Foreign policy is the area where I am probably most confident that I know more and understand the world better than Senator Clinton and Senator McCain,” he said in his remarks in San Francisco.
Wow. I don't know what's worse- that he has the gall to come out with nonsense like this or that the audience didn't erupt into howls of derisive laughter when he said it.
I certainly honor his service as a prisoner of war. He was a hero to me and to hundreds of thousands of millions of others in the armed forces as a prisoner of war. He has been a voice on the Senate Armed Services Committee and he has traveled all over the world. But he hasn’t held executive responsibility. That large squadron in the Navy that he commanded wasn’t a wartime squadron. He hasn’t been there and ordered the bombs to fall. He hasn’t seen what it’s like when diplomats come in and say, `I don’t know whether we’re going to be able to get this point through or not. Do you want to take the risk? What about your reputation? How do we handle it publicly?
And-
John McCain is running his campaign on his experience and how his experience would benefit him and our nation as President. That experience shows courage and commitment to our country - but it doesn’t include executive experience wrestling with national policy or go-to-war decisions.
He is, of course, silent about the astonishing executive and war time experience Barack Obama possesses which would make this criticism of John McCain valid.
Genius, Karl, genius.
PS - I thought AP over at Hot Air was joking but, no, it's true- Barack Obama does actually have the audacity to claim that a holiday he took in Pakistan back in 1981 when he was twenty years old is sufficient foreign policy experience to give him the edge in the campaign to be President of the United States of America.
“Foreign policy is the area where I am probably most confident that I know more and understand the world better than Senator Clinton and Senator McCain,” he said in his remarks in San Francisco.
Wow. I don't know what's worse- that he has the gall to come out with nonsense like this or that the audience didn't erupt into howls of derisive laughter when he said it.
In Their Own Words
The Canadian press got in touch with some former Taliban fighters and asked them why they did it.
Janan says he has always supported the Taliban politically, with its stern interpretation of Islam and iron-fisted grip on security.
And-
Janan says he has always supported the Taliban politically, with its stern interpretation of Islam and iron-fisted grip on security.
And-
Zaher is asked why he joined the Taliban in the first place.
During a 90-minute interview he mentioned the salary, the motorbike, the free house, the harrassment from Afghan officials and even the quality of the curry he was served on a Pakistani military compound.
But why did he join the Taliban in the first place?
"There was a religious component," he says.
"We were fighting for Islam."
Question is, of course, is anybody listening to what they say?Sunday, June 29, 2008
Off the Rails
Reading the news in Britain today reveals something fundamentally wrong with the nation.
Item 1 - American counter-terrorism chiefs are demanding a full explanation from Britain of how radical cleric Abu Hamza was able to smuggle murderous messages from his UK prison cell to Al Qaeda's deputy leader.
Item 2 - A senior MP has received a warning from Downing Street after MI5 discovered that he was holding meetings with a suspected Russian spy....Undeterred, Mr MacKinlay continued to meet Mr Polyakov at locations around London and put down a series of parliamentary questions on Russian matters.
Item 3 - The body of murdered London schoolgirl Arsema Dawit was taken back to her African family last week and buried in a heartbreaking ceremony on an ancient hillside where thousands came to weep and pray...Police had been told she was being stalked by a man obsessed with her, but had taken no action.
Item 4 - Pot-holed roads, crumbling schools, litter-strewn streets – there’s no shortage of problem areas crying out for their attention. But councils believe they have found a better use for their money: reducing the number of holes in chip shop salt shakers.
Great Britain- terrorism, treason and murder seem to be beyond us, but too much salt on your chips is a problem worth facing. On days like this it feels like I'm living in some kind of surreal black comedy.
Item 1 - American counter-terrorism chiefs are demanding a full explanation from Britain of how radical cleric Abu Hamza was able to smuggle murderous messages from his UK prison cell to Al Qaeda's deputy leader.
Item 2 - A senior MP has received a warning from Downing Street after MI5 discovered that he was holding meetings with a suspected Russian spy....Undeterred, Mr MacKinlay continued to meet Mr Polyakov at locations around London and put down a series of parliamentary questions on Russian matters.
Item 3 - The body of murdered London schoolgirl Arsema Dawit was taken back to her African family last week and buried in a heartbreaking ceremony on an ancient hillside where thousands came to weep and pray...Police had been told she was being stalked by a man obsessed with her, but had taken no action.
Item 4 - Pot-holed roads, crumbling schools, litter-strewn streets – there’s no shortage of problem areas crying out for their attention. But councils believe they have found a better use for their money: reducing the number of holes in chip shop salt shakers.
Great Britain- terrorism, treason and murder seem to be beyond us, but too much salt on your chips is a problem worth facing. On days like this it feels like I'm living in some kind of surreal black comedy.
Brit TV Funds Terrorism
It seems that British TV station, Channel 4, has paid the ransom of a reporter taken hostage in Afghanistan. And never mind the consequences for the terrorists' next target.
The Foreign Office warned Channel 4 that caving to the terrorist's demands would only serve to encourage them to do the same thing again. And get this he "was was held hostage for three months after trying to make contact with Al-Qaeda’s second in command."
Channel 4 was trying to make contact with terrorists we're currently at war with. And then comes this-
British intelligence was immediately called in to investigate, but sources claim that Channel 4 executives were loath to cooperate with the Foreign Office because they feared the government would try to stop them paying a ransom.
At one point MI6 officers – acting on the orders of Cobra, the top-level government security committee – raided the hotel room in Kabul where Langan stayed before the fateful assignment. They were searching for clues that they suspected Channel 4 was refusing to share.
Incredible- not only trying to make contact with Al Qaeda to publicise their propaganda but refusing to co-operate with the security services, who might have been able to stop these scum-bags from kidnapping or murdering anyone else.
And some people wonder why we question what side the media's on...
Sean Langan, 43, was held by criminals linked to the Taliban at a terrorist training camp in a lawless border region of Pakistan.
His kidnappers threatened to shoot the journalist and his interpreter if a ransom was not paid.
The two men, who were working for Channel 4’s Dispatches programme, were released after an Afghan go-between hired by the broadcaster delivered a briefcase full of cash to their kidnappers.The Foreign Office warned Channel 4 that caving to the terrorist's demands would only serve to encourage them to do the same thing again. And get this he "was was held hostage for three months after trying to make contact with Al-Qaeda’s second in command."
Channel 4 was trying to make contact with terrorists we're currently at war with. And then comes this-
British intelligence was immediately called in to investigate, but sources claim that Channel 4 executives were loath to cooperate with the Foreign Office because they feared the government would try to stop them paying a ransom.
At one point MI6 officers – acting on the orders of Cobra, the top-level government security committee – raided the hotel room in Kabul where Langan stayed before the fateful assignment. They were searching for clues that they suspected Channel 4 was refusing to share.
Incredible- not only trying to make contact with Al Qaeda to publicise their propaganda but refusing to co-operate with the security services, who might have been able to stop these scum-bags from kidnapping or murdering anyone else.
And some people wonder why we question what side the media's on...
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Running Free
After the disastrous Boumediene decision it looks like the US will soon be producing stories like this one.
A terrorist suspect on bail for charges linked to an alleged major suicide plot involving mass casualties has gone on the run, Scotland Yard has disclosed.
As part of his bail conditions he was allowed to attend mosque- and it was while there that he fled after leaving a suicide note at home.
Scotland Yard has launched a massive manhunt, amid fears for the man's welfare. Detectives are playing down the suggestion the note implied he was on a suicide mission to target others.
Well, of course- he was only linked to a suicide plot himself. Why would police think that he would try to carry it out now after going on the run from the authorities? And get this- he cannot be named for legal reasons.
Some manhunt, eh?
A terrorist suspect on bail for charges linked to an alleged major suicide plot involving mass casualties has gone on the run, Scotland Yard has disclosed.
As part of his bail conditions he was allowed to attend mosque- and it was while there that he fled after leaving a suicide note at home.
Scotland Yard has launched a massive manhunt, amid fears for the man's welfare. Detectives are playing down the suggestion the note implied he was on a suicide mission to target others.
Well, of course- he was only linked to a suicide plot himself. Why would police think that he would try to carry it out now after going on the run from the authorities? And get this- he cannot be named for legal reasons.
Some manhunt, eh?
Lyng Through His Teeth
A Democrat, William Delahunt, made the following comments-
I don't know what's worse- that he said it or that it will most likely be condoned by those with the power to discipline him over these malicious words.
Delahunt asked repeatedly whether the topic of waterboarding, a controversial interrogation technique that simulates drowning, ever came up.
Addington replied that he could not discuss that because “al Qaeda may watch C-SPAN.”
“Right,” Delahunt responded. “Well, I’m sure they are watching, and I’m glad they finally have the chance to see you, Mr. Addington.”
“Yeah, I’m sure you’re pleased,” Addington shot back.
On the Mark Levin show he tried to weasel out of the situation by claiming that he meant to say that he was glad to see Mr Addington, not that Al Qaeda could see him.
Lamest. Excuse. Ever.
I don't know what's worse- that he said it or that it will most likely be condoned by those with the power to discipline him over these malicious words.
Dan Wesson Valor
Announced at the SHOT Show, the newest Dan Wesson 1911 model is the black Valor. The website has remained stubbornly unchanged so here's an image from the excellent 1911 Forum. The grips are VZ's ultra-slim green micarta.
Who We Fight
The enemy we face.
Muslim militants terrorists are crucifying children to terrorize their Christian parents into fleeing Iraq, a parliamentary committee studying the persecution of religious minorities heard yesterday.
Since the war began in 2003, about 12 children, many as young as 10, have been kidnapped and killed, then nailed to makeshift crosses near their homes to terrify and torment their parents.
One infant was snatched, decapitated, burned and left on his mother's doorstep, the committee was told.
So, what's Barack Obama's plan to prevent this ethnic cleansing after he withdraws US combat troops from Iraq in 16 months- or is he completely unaware that this kind of thing is even happening?
Filham Isaac, speaking for the Nineveh Advocacy Committee, told the human rights committee that Iraqi Christian churches were bombed, clergy murdered and unveiled Iraqi women raped or scarred with acid.
If this is what's happening now, just imagine the horrors that might be unleashed if Iraq is handed over to these barbarians.Hollywood Helping
Angie and Brad do their bit for the troops.
In another generous act of philanthropy, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donated $1 million to both U.S. and Iraqi children who have been affected by the Iraqi war.
I wonder if she was influenced to help the kids of US service personnel after her visit to Iraq?
"These educational support programs for children of conflict are the best way to help them heal," said Angelina. Half a million will go to the Armed Service YMCA Operation Hero program, which helps educate and emotionally support children who have parents serving in Iraq (or who've lost parents.)
The other half million will go to helping children in Iraq. Not often you hear about Hollywood celebrities doing good deeds to support the US military and their families.
On a related note I've just been to see Wanted. It's an outlandishly over-the-top film. Just throw your disbelief out the window and sit back and enjoy the awesome spectacle. Very well directed, brilliant action scenes and James McAvoy was superb as he moved from loser to super-assassin.
In another generous act of philanthropy, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt donated $1 million to both U.S. and Iraqi children who have been affected by the Iraqi war.
I wonder if she was influenced to help the kids of US service personnel after her visit to Iraq?
"These educational support programs for children of conflict are the best way to help them heal," said Angelina. Half a million will go to the Armed Service YMCA Operation Hero program, which helps educate and emotionally support children who have parents serving in Iraq (or who've lost parents.)
The other half million will go to helping children in Iraq. Not often you hear about Hollywood celebrities doing good deeds to support the US military and their families.
On a related note I've just been to see Wanted. It's an outlandishly over-the-top film. Just throw your disbelief out the window and sit back and enjoy the awesome spectacle. Very well directed, brilliant action scenes and James McAvoy was superb as he moved from loser to super-assassin.
Heller
I've not had time to read through the decision completely yet but a couple of things need to be commented on.
First of all 4 of the 9 justices failed to recognise the fact that the right of the people to keep and bear arms means that people can keep and bear arms. I am at a loss that a supposedly educated and intelligent person can read the Second Amendment and then conclude that it does not mean that the people's right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
How the hell do you go about firing thesetraitors incompetents who have, I would presume, taken an oath to uphold the Constitution? Anyone? Note too that of the four dissenters two of them were nominated by Republican presidents.
Next of all note how the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed has somehow mutated in the Court to mean this-
Assuming he is not disqualified from exercising Second Amendment rights, the District must permit Heller to register his handgun and must issue him a license to carry it in the home.
So, what part of "shall not be infringed" means you need to have a government approved licence to keep a firearm in your own home?
First of all 4 of the 9 justices failed to recognise the fact that the right of the people to keep and bear arms means that people can keep and bear arms. I am at a loss that a supposedly educated and intelligent person can read the Second Amendment and then conclude that it does not mean that the people's right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
How the hell do you go about firing these
Next of all note how the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed has somehow mutated in the Court to mean this-
Assuming he is not disqualified from exercising Second Amendment rights, the District must permit Heller to register his handgun and must issue him a license to carry it in the home.
So, what part of "shall not be infringed" means you need to have a government approved licence to keep a firearm in your own home?
Friday, June 27, 2008
Israel
A short essay about a recent visit to Israel. These two passages stood out for me. First this one-
At one point we come over a hill, and there are two towns ahead. The one on the left is an Israeli “settlement”—to use the popular phrase in the western press today—and on the right is an Arab town. To the left is a sea of trees among the buildings, and to the right, none. What the press and politicians in America call “illegal settlements” are Israeli towns, with factories, high-tech industries, and homes—built on hills where there was previously nothing but sand—bringing economic life and civilization to the desert.
And this one-
Until the motivations for jihad against Israel are admitted, confronted, and repudiated, the causes of war will remain in place, festering in the minds of each new generation of children. All else—the “settlements,” the check-points that prevent non-Israelis from freely partaking of the Israeli economy, the claims to economic devastation, the “historic connection” to a soil that the Palestinians never planted—is pretense. To see this, all one need ask is why Israel’s return to the 1967 borders would remove a cause of war, given that Israel was attacked when she held those borders. And, of course, for Israel to retreat to those borders now would leave foreign enemies a few miles from Tel Aviv. This would be national suicide for Israel, a new holiday for Hamas, and the end of civilization in the Middle East.
Read it all.
At one point we come over a hill, and there are two towns ahead. The one on the left is an Israeli “settlement”—to use the popular phrase in the western press today—and on the right is an Arab town. To the left is a sea of trees among the buildings, and to the right, none. What the press and politicians in America call “illegal settlements” are Israeli towns, with factories, high-tech industries, and homes—built on hills where there was previously nothing but sand—bringing economic life and civilization to the desert.
And this one-
Until the motivations for jihad against Israel are admitted, confronted, and repudiated, the causes of war will remain in place, festering in the minds of each new generation of children. All else—the “settlements,” the check-points that prevent non-Israelis from freely partaking of the Israeli economy, the claims to economic devastation, the “historic connection” to a soil that the Palestinians never planted—is pretense. To see this, all one need ask is why Israel’s return to the 1967 borders would remove a cause of war, given that Israel was attacked when she held those borders. And, of course, for Israel to retreat to those borders now would leave foreign enemies a few miles from Tel Aviv. This would be national suicide for Israel, a new holiday for Hamas, and the end of civilization in the Middle East.
Read it all.
Obama Pushes Scarlett
Obama really has stolen the mantle of Flip-flopper from John Kerry. NAFTA, Iran, FISA, Public Financing, Rev. Wright, his church, Jim Johnson, Jerusalem- the list goes on. Whenever the political winds blow in the opposite direction, Obama throws previously held positions under the bus.
Now, to add to it all, there's Scarlett Johansson. Once upon a time the pair shared emails but now Barack's cruelly thrown her under the bus too- claiming that the pair didn't correspond at all but that she was only in contact with one of his staff. Yeah, right, Michelle might buy that, but we know better. I wondered why after all this time Ms. Johansson deserved the bus-treatment and I think I've discovered the reason- Barack's heard her single and realised that he has to put as much distance between himself and her as possible. Fast.
I hesitate to inflict this on you but here is the evidence in question- her "song" (I use the term loosely) Falling Down.
Now, to add to it all, there's Scarlett Johansson. Once upon a time the pair shared emails but now Barack's cruelly thrown her under the bus too- claiming that the pair didn't correspond at all but that she was only in contact with one of his staff. Yeah, right, Michelle might buy that, but we know better. I wondered why after all this time Ms. Johansson deserved the bus-treatment and I think I've discovered the reason- Barack's heard her single and realised that he has to put as much distance between himself and her as possible. Fast.
I hesitate to inflict this on you but here is the evidence in question- her "song" (I use the term loosely) Falling Down.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Getting It Wrong
There's something rotten about the way Britain works today.
On the one hand we havoce a Gurkha, Mr Tul Bahadur Pun, who fought for this nation and in the process earned our highest award for bravery, the Victoria Cross.
A London hospital refused to treat him for his heart condition, claiming he owed thousands of pounds in unpaid medical bills.
And while the heroic Gurkha is denied free medical treatment because of the type of visa he was given, Qatada is receiving his benefits despite the way he came here-
He arrived in Britain 14 years ago on a forged passport and was granted asylum the following year.
While Qatada entered the country illegally, Mr. Pun was granted a settlement visa last year after a long fight with the British government. Here legally and denied medical care- and yet the illegally settled Qatada is raking in £50,000 in benefits. So, there we have it- a heroic Gurkha who won the VC serving Britain is treated worse than a convicted terrorist intent on destroying Britain.
On the one hand we havoce a Gurkha, Mr Tul Bahadur Pun, who fought for this nation and in the process earned our highest award for bravery, the Victoria Cross.
A London hospital refused to treat him for his heart condition, claiming he owed thousands of pounds in unpaid medical bills.
He was told he had no right to free care by a revenue enforcer at West Middlesex University Hospital.
Mr Pun, one of just 10 living VC holders in the UK, was close to tears and forced to leave after being told he also owed thousands of pounds because he had 'misled' the hospital over his immigration status.
The Gurkha, who lives on just £135 a week, was ejected this week on the anniversary of winning his VC in Burma on June 23 1944.
He had attended the Isleworth hospital's cardiology department for an urgent follow-up appointment and has been on lifesaving heart drugs for 10 months.
Now, compare his treatment with that of a radical cleric who has been described as Bin Laden's right hand man in Europe.Abu Qatada is to receive almost £8,000 a year in benefits because he has a bad back.
He is now living in an £800,000 four-bedroom Edwardian semi in a tree-lined street in West London.
His incapacity allowance will push the family’s total annual handouts to more than £50,000.
And while the heroic Gurkha is denied free medical treatment because of the type of visa he was given, Qatada is receiving his benefits despite the way he came here-
He arrived in Britain 14 years ago on a forged passport and was granted asylum the following year.
While Qatada entered the country illegally, Mr. Pun was granted a settlement visa last year after a long fight with the British government. Here legally and denied medical care- and yet the illegally settled Qatada is raking in £50,000 in benefits. So, there we have it- a heroic Gurkha who won the VC serving Britain is treated worse than a convicted terrorist intent on destroying Britain.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Divorced From Reality
The wishful thinking that grips many Western politicians when they hear the word "Palestinian" continues unabated.
International donors committed 242 million dollars Tuesday to bolster the Palestinian police and justice system to help pave the way to a viable state, Germany's foreign minister said.
Because all those other millions of dollars given to them has been so successful!
International donors committed 242 million dollars Tuesday to bolster the Palestinian police and justice system to help pave the way to a viable state, Germany's foreign minister said.
Because all those other millions of dollars given to them has been so successful!
The money will be passed to the Palestinian Authority (PA) over the next three years for measures such as putting more police on the beat, rebuilding destroyed courthouses and training judges, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said.
He said the funds would also go towards an expansion of the European Union Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS), set up in 2005 to train the Palestinian police force.
It is hoped that through such measures Palestinians will turn their backs on violence and put more trust in the rule of law so that an eventual Palestinian state will be able to stand on its own two feet.
Marvellous! What a noble effort. And even though the past millions of dollars haven't worked this next batch will certainly change the way things work. Soon, we shall no longer have things like this happen-
The Palestinian Authority has in recent days released at least three Hamas prisoners, as part of an agreement between Fatah and its rival faction to reconcile after a year of fighting.
The decision was made despite the Palestinian Authority's promise to Israel.
Isn't it great the way that free money sent with no strings modifies behaviour?
The cash comes out of 7.4 billion dollars already pledged by donors in Paris in December, a month after peace efforts between Israel and the Palestinians were relaunched in Annapolis in the United States.
Billions of dollars. At this rate the Palestinian Authority will soon be a peacenik paradise of love and goodwill to all men. Right? It must be so, because even Condi Rice says so.
"Every link in what we call the chain of security must be intact and unbreakable. To ... feel invested in a future state the Palestinians must have confidence that their police, courts, penal system are dedicated to upholding the rule of law and respecting human rights," Rice said.
We've already seen how much respect Palestinians have for the human rights of Israeli men, women and children, haven't we? And it's funny that at the same time as Rice is calling on the Palestinians to have better security, she is in favour of Israel reducing its own.
"We have not made the progress that we would like to in terms of movement and access, removal of barriers," Rice said on Sunday at a press conference with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
Funny how the state that needs to protect its own innocent civilians from psychopaths intent on indiscriminate mass murder is the one that's supposed to reduce its security efforts- and the one providing the terrorist murderers is being given massive influxes of foreign aid to improve theirs.
The wonderful world of modern politics.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)