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The Earned Income Tax Credit: Obama's Stimulus Welfare Scam?

Obama promises to triple the earned income tax credit.

In Defense of Geert Wilders

The Dutch government is attempting to silence Wilders in retaliation for the movie Fitna.

This Wednesday the Dutch Court of Appeals in Amsterdam ordered a criminal prosecution of Wilders on charges of “incitement and hatred and discrimination.” His specific crime: statements that he has made about “Muslims and their belief.” Citing Wilders’s comparisons of Islam with Nazism, the Court of Appeals claims that criminal prosecution is the “obvious” response to this allegedly intolerable insult.

You can stand up for free speech by signing the petition.

To:  The Dutch Government

WHEREAS Geert Wilders has exercised his fundamental human right of freedom of expression and spoken out, with facts and evidence, of the threat posed by radical Islam;

WHEREAS certain elements within Islamic communities have threatened a boycott of Dutch goods if Geert Wilders is not punished by the Dutch government for exercising his freedom of expression; and

WHEREAS certain elements in Dutch industry and the Dutch government are suggesting that Geert Wilders be prosecuted civilly or criminally, in order to prevent such a boycott;

IT IS RESOLVED that, in the event that the Dutch government attempts, in any way, to punish or prosecute Geert Wilders, civilly or criminally, for exercising his freedom of expression, the undersigned will initiate a boycott of any and all Dutch goods. Sign here.

Read more about Wilders' situation in an interview with Robert Spencer.

Other voices, Woman Honor Thyself.

72 Virgins

Do Muslim suicide bombers actually believe that they will get 72 virgins or is this just western propaganda to make them look stupid?

Palin on Glen Beck's show

If you missed it like I did, here's the youtube.

Happy MLK Day

Today we honor and celebrate Dr Martin Luther King Jr. His famous "I have a dream" speech of August 28, 1963 is included below in it's entirety.

"Let freedom ring. And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring—when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children—black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics—will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

Fast Links

I've decided to try something new. It's just a list of interesting articles over the last few days.
Enjoy!

So, what makes you fat and rots your teeth out?



Tastes sweet, but it gives me gas.

Retro-active Islam

"J" is for JIhad

The most charitable nation

90 years ago today: Nanny State



Hero: Over 150 saved



Glenn Beck's First Guest: Sarah Palin

How Sad...the BNP was here

I've been getting a lot of unwanted traffic from the BNP website. My references show that the List of Things that Offend Muslims has been linked there. I have refuted the BNP on this blog before and will continue to do so. Anyone who thinks that the list is racially motivated has no understanding of what I am doing. So, if you are visiting here from a neo-Nazi website then please go elsewhere, or better yet change your way of thinking.

Letting the counter-jihad movement be guided by the BNP is just substituting one form of oppression with another. In short, Euro-fascism is no alternative.

The List is about religious extremists who's totalitarian view is all too similar to what Nick Griffin and his toadies would like to accomplish. Thus the term, Islamo-fascist. This blog will never support the BNP because the face of the real counter-Jihad is of every color and demands freedom without prejudice. 

For inspiration, the List looks to...

Robert Spencer

Father Zakariah

Rev Masih

 

Walid Shoebat

Ayaan Hirsi-Ali

Dr Wafa Sultan

 and Michelle Malkin.

Now there's a group I can be proud of.

Radio Minister fired for Offending Muslims

So what did the bad Minister do offend Muslims, did he talk like Prince Harry? No, he was just preaching the Bible. Therefore, the offending Minister is fired and apologies are issued. This is exactly what the List of things that offend Muslims is all about, a running tally of the the rights of ordinary Western citizens trampled upon in the name of Islam.

The Rev Mahboob Masih, a Church minister, claims he was unfairly dismissed and that the action taken against him was a case of religious discrimination.

He had been host of a regular Saturday morning show on Awaz FM, a community radio show in Glasgow, for six years before the row with the station's management blew up.

After a lively religious debate, the radio station management took exception to the content of the discussion. The Rev Masih was accused of not being balanced enough on air. However, Awaz FM refuses to detail anything specific he said that might have offended its listeners.

The Rev Masih and his co-presenter Afzal Umeed were discussing the views of a prominent Muslim speaker, Zakir Naik, who the Rev Masih accuses of belittling the Christian faith on Peace TV, a digital channel.

The Rev Masih says that Mr Umeed asked Asif Mall, a Christian on-air guest, about Mr Naik's remarks. Mr Mall said Mr Naik's comments showed a lack of knowledge of the Bible and of the Koran.

In particular, Mr Mall disputed a claim by Mr Naik that Jesus Christ was not the only prophet to be "the way, the truth and the life".

The Rev Masih, 37, who is the minister in West Kirk, East Kilbride, says that he reluctantly made an on-air apology in an attempt to defuse the row. However, he says he refused a request from a senior station official to deliver an apology in person at the Central Mosque in Glasgow because he felt intimidated and his safety could have been endangered. He also insists he had nothing to apologise for to Muslims.

Initially, he and his co-presenter were temporarily suspended for breaching the station's code of conduct. The Rev Masih, who is married with two children, was later dismissed after sending a letter criticising his treatment to the station's management committee.

In the letter, he demanded "our immediate reinstatement to our radio show and a full apology".

He added: "Our comments were directed to 'insulting' and/or 'controversial' remarks made by Mr. Naik in relation to Christianity. This was no more than religious debate under the general principles of British law and within the Ofcom Code. No intemperate language was used on our show."

In a reply, Javaid Ullah, the director of the radio station, terminated the Rev Masih and his co-presenter's "voluntary agreement... with immediate effect". He said that they had "failed to remain neutral and as such allowed the guest to make comments which led in [to] offending various members of the community."

He added: "The comments made in your letter were inaccurate and not true. The tone of the letter was deemed offensive to the management of Awaz FM."

The Rev Masih told The Sunday Telegraph: "I am very distressed at the way I have been treated. I presented the show for six years and am sad to have been forced to give it up."

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The Rev Masih says the station, which is operated by volunteers, is predominantly run by Muslims and concentrates on targeting Muslim listeners.

The Rev Masih has now instructed Paul Diamond, a barrister specialising in religious discrimination cases. As a result, the Rev Masih is taking the radio station to an employment tribunal over the dispute which led to his dismissal.

He has also lodged a complaint with Ofcom, the radio regulator, claiming that Awaz FM is in breach of the terms of its licence. It alleges "discrimination against members of Asian Christian Community by [the] Muslim management of Awaz FM."

Awaz FM is contesting the Rev Masih's claims – and it denies that he was asked to go to a mosque to apologise for his actions.

Awaz FM asked for question about the dispute to be put in writing, but then failed to answer any of the 14 points put to them.

This Day in Islamic Terrorism: The Sidi Hamed Massacre

The Jan 11 edition of the This Day in Islamic Terror series.

Sidi-Hamed massacre took place on the night of January 11, 1998 (the last day of Ramadan), in the town of Sidi-Hamed (or Sidi-Hammad), 30 km south of Algiers. An estimated 50 gunmen poured in, attacking children and adults alike; they bombed a cafe where films were being watched and a mosque in nearby Haouche Sahraoui, slaughtering those who fled, and stormed houses to slaughter those within. According to official figures, 103 were killed and 70 injured, including 2 pro-government fighters and 5 of the attackers. Other sources indicate a higher toll; AFP supposedly counted over 120 corpses, and some Algerian newspapers claimed 400. 30 girls were reportedly kidnapped. The massacre was generally blamed on the GIA. One newspaper claimed that survivors blamed it on the AIS.

This Day in Islamic Terrorism: Kizlyar

As part of the This Day in Islamic Terrorism series, we remember the Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis, Jan 9-18 1996.

The Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis, known in Russia as the terrorist act in Kizylar was a guerrilla raid conducted by the Chechen separatists in January 1996 during the First Chechen War, which soon turned into a massive hostage crisis involving thousands of civilians.

The crisis culminated in a days-long fierce battle for the Dagestani border village of Pervomayskoye, resulting in the village of 1,200 people being completely destroyed by the Russian bombardment, while the rebels escaped with some of their hostages including captured servicemen. More than 100 people died during the crisis, including at least 41 civilians.

Kizlyar airbase raid

On January 9, 1996, "Lone Wolf" unit led by the Chechen separetist commander Salman Raduyev, allegedly acting on Dzhokhar Dudayev's order, launched a copycat raid in the style of the Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis against the helicopter military airfield and later a civilian hospital in the city of Kizlyar located in neighbouring republic of Dagestan.

A field commander Khunkar-Pasha Israpilov later said that he took over command of the operation from Raduyev after the latter failed in his mission to destroy the federal airbase, ammunition factory and other military and police installations in and around the city.[4] Only two or three helicopters were blown up at the airbase, but at least 33 people were killed in the assault and scores were injured.

Kizlyar hospital hostage crisis

Rebel fighters led by Raduyev then entered the town itself, where they took at least 2,000 to 3,400 hostages and held them at a local hospital and a nearby high-rise building and a bridge. (According to the Russian officials, there were "no more than 1,200" hostages taken.) At least 13 people were killed in street fighting and 19 in the following siege (including 24 civilians.

All but about 120 of captives were released the next day, after Russian authorities said they rebels must first release the hostages to get granted a safe passage back to Chechnya. About 160 hostages, some of them reportedly volunteers, were carried along by the guerrillas to act as human shields in order to deter Russian ambush along the route.

Siege of Pervomayskoye

The rebels then headed in the direction of Chechnya in the column of 11 buses and two trucks, but they were halted when a Russian attack helicopter suddenly opened fire on their convoy as it approached the border between the two republics. A group of 37 Novosibirsk OMON policemen, who escorted the convoy and were caught in a crossfire, surrendered to the Chechens. The rebels rushed for cover to the nearby village of Pervomayskoye , where they put the hostages into a local school and a mosque and put the captured policemen to build trenches.[8] According to Itar-Tass, the Chechens seized an additional 100 hostages from among the population of the village. Some of the civilians were reportedly given weapons while some captive policemen joined the by the gunmen.

Read more about the long and bloody history of Chechen 'rebels' habit of hostage taking.

Also read, Russia: A Timeline Of Terrorism Since 1995.