Saturday, September 30, 2006
These folks are crackin' me up
and their logo ain’t half bad, neither
Americans… I love US!
Of Silly Kerfluffles and Important Questions
I’m a member of the coffee-rant generation!
There’s a kerfluffel going on in the blogosphere. “Whaaat?!?” I hear you say, “How singular!” Well, if you’ll quit being snarky for a moment, I’ll tell ya that I’m only mentioning it because it concerns the important question facing Americans and civilized Westerners today. [No need to keep reading TOaD—this ain’t about you—or the Insane Kos Klowns or any of the other DU/BDS/PEST crowd.]
[Disclaimer: I usually don’t get involved with blog squabbles—ick. But Dean was a good acquaintance and helped me out when I began blogging. I even guest-posted for him. So it feels kinda personal. And I know—that kind of post is known as “traffic bait.” But I’m choosing to proceed under the assumption that Dean’s question was an honest one and that he is stating his actual beliefs honestly. Not particularly well, but what the hell—nobody’s perfect. We can all get inflamed to imprecise verbiage by our passions from time to time.
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The first punch:
Dean Esmay making “an open appeal ...to the conscience of conservatives everywhere: shouldn’t you start making a distinction between Muslims who hate us and want to kill us, and Muslims who believe in freedom, democracy, and religious tolerance?
As I consider myself one of the conservatives to whom Dean refers, I respond: Sorry, Dean—that’s not my distinction to make. It rightfully belongs to the individuals you mentioned; the “Muslims who hate us and want to kill us, and Muslims who believe in freedom, democracy, and religious tolerance.” Ain’t my job to tell them what to do, what they “really” believe or how they are. What is my job is to observe their behavior in this conflict and draw my conclusions from what I see.
If you come running at me waving a bloody scimitar, I’m gonna judge you differently than if you stand beside me and fight with me against the lunatic running at us both waving a bloody scimitar. And if you sit on the sidelines pretending there is no shrieking lunatic waving a bloody scimitar, I’m gonna judge you pretty harshly. And judge I will—it’s what humans do. Like you did, Dean; though mis-directedly.
The question at the hear of the kerfluffle is “Moderate Moslems: Do they exist and, if so, whereinhell are they?!?”
It is an important question, which is why I bring it up for discussion here. Mostly because we’re Americans and it is part of the American Cuuuuulture [yanno—the thing the Insane Kos Klowns, the DU’ers and the Soros Machine are trying to convince us is so eeeevil, the one that isn’t allowed a booth at the Multicultural Festivals] that Americans give folks an even break, give a guy the benefit of the doubt, sometimes even giving folks too much credit in our efforts to believe that, at heart, everyone is a good guy and that it’s just sometimes folks get misinformed or misled.
That’s part of what makes US a good neighbor and a good friend. Heck—we’re still speaking to the Fwentch, even now that we have better wine.
I’ve heard tell of one Moderate [aka Civilized] Moslem; that fella who helped uncover the British Airline Bombing Plot a coupla months ago. Perfect example. Though I wouldn’t think that foiling a bombing plot is necessarily the prerequisite for Moderate Moslemitude: joining an anti-terrorism rally instead of a pro-HizbAllah rally would make a nice start.
I know there are many of the Muslim faith in our armed forces, and many others leading normal American lives of business building and family raising who are decent people firmly on the side of Civilization. Here, I’m talking about the level of Movements; the iSlamofascist Movement and the Moderate Muslim Movement. m’kay?
I can see the point of those Moslems reluctant to speak out: they get issued with a death fatwa by the iSlamofascists. But, hey— they’re gonna kill ya anyway: why not go out with your head held high? Or better yet—join up to defeat ‘em and everyone lives happily ever after.
Of late, with me—and I suspect with many others—the tone has become a little tougher. It’s been five years and I have heard much more from CAIR whining than I’ve heard from American Moslems telling their bloodthirsty and brainwashed brethren, “Knock it off, already.” I think that deserves a tougher tone; a challenge to stand the hell up and do The Right Thing for Civilization.
So, count me on the non-PC, non-pussy-footing side of the question, cuz I’m headed away from ‘sensitive’ and toward ‘motivational.’ Moderate Moslems, Imams, preachers, deacons, congregations and what have you: time to stand up and be counted. Time to call loudly and long for a reformation of your own—using your own Book, your own customs and your own cultures. Time to do more than denounce techniques: time to denounce particular ideologies and, if ya know one, particular people who intend harm to Civilization.
There are really only two sides to this question: do ya want to live in the 21st Century with medicines, a middle class, opportunity for all and Freedom? Or do ya want to live in the 7th Century with stoning people in the street, slitting the throat of your disobedient daughters and wearing a damned tablecloth over your head?
Thing is—I don’t really care if you want to live in the 7th Century. You wanna go somewhere and pretend that the last 14 centuries never happened—be my guest. Takes all kinds. And part of Civilized behavior is not poking my nose in where it doesn’t belong. All you’re going to have to give up is trying to make me live in the 7th Century—me or anyone else, including your wives, sons and daughters. Other than that—knock yourself out. Have a ball.
So, what I’m really calling for is tougher talk, more challenges to stand up, pick a side and do something about it, and less making distinctions for people who oughta be making their own positions known, themselves. Enough, already of the PC enabling folks to avoid The Issue by telling the iSlamists what they really believe. It is only respectful of the individual to take his word for what he says about his own religious beliefs. It’s often not so pretty, but at least it isn’t patronizing, Dean.
If Zarkawi and the Iranian Moo-lahs tell you that they believe iSlam is incompatible with democracy or a constitutional republic, accept it. They’re not lying to you about their beliefs. And they’re acting on their beliefs. People distinguish themselves by their actions, showing what side they have chosen.
If there are Moslems who believe that their religion is compatible with democracy or a constitutional republic and freedom of the individual, let them stand up and say so. I will readily and gladly accept it as they act on their beliefs. I think damn near every single American is prepared to do the same.
In fact, I will go so far as to say that this PC enabling approach the primary thing hindering our war effort. iSlamofascism has been out there for 1400 years. Ebbing and flowing, it is an opportunistic infection. We in the US have weakened ourselves/been weakened by all this multi-culti socialist self-criticism nonsense for the past 40 years or so.
Now is the time when we must heal ourselves: quit arguing in the halls of Congress for the rights of those who would deny us the very right to live, and seek our roots—that place where we believe in the validity and rightness of our own beliefs. One of those root beliefs is that we may not agree with what someone else says, but we will lay down our lives for his right to say it. We will also lay down our lives for our own right to disagree vociferously. And, so long as neither one tries to force the other to agreement, tries to work out differences as honorable gentlemen, it all works pretty damned well.
But when someone tries to force us into their beliefs, it’s time to lock ‘n’ load.
Friday, September 29, 2006
I'll kick in $50 right now
can we send Hillary to Gitmo—just to see?
General Washington announced a decision unique in human history, sending the following order for handling prisoners: Treat them with humanity, and Let them have no reason to Complain of our Copying the brutal example of the British army in their Treatment of our unfortunate brethren.
Therefore, George Washington, our commander-in-chief before he was our President, laid down the indelible marker of our nation’s values even as we were struggling as a nation – and his courageous act reminds us that America was born out of faith in certain basic principles. In fact, it is these principles that made and still make our country exceptional and allow us to serve as an example. We are not bound together as a nation by bloodlines. We are not bound by ancient history; our nation is a new nation. Above all, we are bound by our values.
Now these values – George Washington’s values, the values of our founding – are at stake.
No kiddin’ Hillary, Meat Puppet of Soros?
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Just how brown *are* Bubba's eyes?
wha’dya say, Keeth Overblown?
Somebody He'p Me!
Somebody He’p Me!
‘Splain it to me Nancy.
On Tuesday afternoon, House minority leader Nancy Pelosi pushed the White House to release the entire National Intelligence Estimate.
Press secretary Tony Snow said releasing the full report, ... would jeopardize the lives of agents who gathered the information.
It would also risk the nation’s ability to work with foreign governments and to keep secret its U.S. intelligence-gathering methods, Snow said, and “compromise the independence of people doing intelligence analysis."
Plamegate was about what, now?
Dear Dhimmicraps
time to up the bar
When you’re running ideas up the flagpole to see who will salute, tossing stuff at the wall to see what’ll stick, waving red flags to see if the bull chases you: please, one favor.
Use a different criteria for acceptance than, “Yeah—*I’d* buy it.”
Thanks so much,
The Other 98% of America
Ya really wanna know 'why they haaate US?'
hint: it ain’t boobie-blogging
Mike of The Blog Eclectic nailed it down beautifully. A must read.
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Dripping
with irony
Saudi Arabia has said it is pushing ahead with plans to build a 900km fence along its border with Iraq in an attempt to improve security.
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
To Consider
too bad the Insane Kos Klowns kan’t read...
Forwarded from *someone* near DC.
Al Qaeda author Yussuf al–Ayyeri (killed in a gun battle in Riyadh) wrote in his last book, The Future of Iraq and the Arabian Peninsula after the Fall of Baghdad: “It is not the American war machine that should be of the utmost concern to Muslims. What threatens the future of Islam, in fact its very survival, is American Democracy."
Al Qaeda spokesman, Suleiman Abu Gheith, said, “America is the head of heresy in our modern world, and it leads an infidel democratic regime that is based upon separation of religion and state and on ruling the people by the people via legislating laws that contradict the way of Allah and permit what Allah has prohibited.” For radical Islamists, democracy itself is an act of impiety and must be destroyed.
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Oh, My....
Clintons? Insincere?!?
Producer accuses Clintons of ‘looting’ A Hollywood producer who sought to hire President Clinton as a “rainmaker” has told a California court the former president and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, cheated him out of a multimillion-dollar Internet venture and he wants his money back.
In a complaint to be heard today in Superior Court in Los Angeles, Peter F. Paul says the scheme was orchestrated by Mrs. Clinton, who convinced him to spend $1.9 million on campaign fundraisers prior to her November 2000 election to the Senate and then reneged on promises to help him on the Internet deal.
...seeks $30 million in stock losses and $1.9 million in cash.
...Paul produced and underwrote an August 2000 fundraiser called the “Gala Hollywood Farewell Salute to President William Jefferson Clinton,” attended by numerous celebrities, including John Travolta, Brad Pitt, Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Swayze, Michael Bolton, Diana Ross, Patti LaBelle and Melissa Etheridge.
Money raised at the all-star event went to Mrs. Clinton’s successful [Senate] campaign.
Gertcher circus boots ready:
Mrs. Clinton remains as a material witness and co-conspirator in the suit, and Judge Munoz has said she can not avoid testifying.
Peter F. Paul *eye roll* is no choir boy, hissown se’f. Birds of a feather, and all that…
Paul pleaded guilty last year to one count of violating Securities and Exchange Commission regulations in manipulating the price of Stan Lee stock to save the company. In the late 1970s, he pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Cuban government of $8.75 million in a black-market coffee transaction. In the 1980s, he pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine with intent to distribute and spent 40 months in prison.
And let’s not forget those chickens roosting, eh?
I'm cornfuzzed
pick one, Mack
How can the Bush Administration have “had NO PLAN to deal with the insurgency” in Iraq when part if the reason for going was to “fight the terrorists over there instead of over here?”
Monday, September 25, 2006
Rammadamnedadingdongs
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Ramadan Begins
party like it’s 1427
Runs thru October 24.
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Hey, Fatwa Freddy -- grow a sense o humor
or a thicker skin. or a connection to reality.
Londonistan COPS are to tip off Muslim leaders before they stage any anti-terror raids or arrests.
The elders will be asked if they think evidence is too flimsy and how the operation will hit community relations.
Police insist the panel will be security vetted. But they will NOT have to sign the Official Secrets Act.
Well, the Lord Chancellor and fellas running around in funny wigs and robes might just as well go on holiday to Brighton.
A car commercial proclaiming a jihad on the U.S. auto market and offering “Fatwa Fridays” with free swords for the kids is offensive and should not be aired, Muslim leaders said on Sunday ...
...the Council on American-Islamic Relations would likely contact the dealer to “offer some kind of cultural or sensitivity awareness training."
I think it’s ‘bout time we offered some “cuuultural sensitiiiivity awareness” training to some o’ these Cryin’ CAIR Creeps.
ok—I cracked myself up. I hereby invite y’all to put together the “How to be Culturally Sensitive to Americans” Seminar—to be delivered to CAIR members every time they offer one to anyone. By force, if necessary.
raz0r
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Saturday, September 23, 2006
The Perfect Death
how [insh’] Allah wanted it, iddn’t it...
The head of terrorist network al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, has died, according to information from the Saudi police, transmitted by the Directorate-General of External Services (DGSE), and reported on the Lorraine daily newspaper L’Est republicain in its Saturday edition the head of al Qaeda may have fallen victim to a strong case of typhoid fever while in Pakistan, on August 23, 2006,
Typhoid symptoms [Fatalities are less than 1% with antibiotic treatment—ie if yer not forced to live in a cave in the wilds AfPakiCrapistan . . .]
Fwants checks into it
US cannot confirm
more of same
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