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Newt's apologizing for supporting Scozzafava. Big deal, I still don't trust him after cozing up with Pelosi on global warming. He's going to have to reprove himself to conservatives if he wants to make a serious run at 2012.

The good news is we won in Virginia and New Jersey. The tide is turning. Average Joes are figuring out that Obama is far left and the polls are showing it. 

The Dems are going to paint themselves into a Socialized medicine corner. Denying that the elections mean anything and ramrodding heath care through regardless. If it passes, Obama is going to look like he opposses the will of the people. If it doesn't pass, Obama looks like a failure who goes against the will of the people. Either way could lead to a big win in 2010.

Meanwhile, a couple of new ones for the List: Musical Ringtones, and Gay couples on cabs.

But since hardline al Shabaab insurgents seized the southern Somali port of Kismayu, the 25-year-old's life has changed.

"Al Shabaab wants our ringtones to be only a Muslim cleric reading the Hadith or Koranic verse," she told Reuters.

Check out Atlas' post on the Goldstone Report.

 

Thomas Paine: The Broken Common Bond

THOMAS PAINE argues for a restoration of the common bond over diversity.

Van Jones Resigns

And not a moment too soon. The admited communist and 9/11 "truther" signee had no business in publice service, let alone the White House.

In a letter released just after midnight Saturday,Van Jones, President Obama’s Special Advisor for Green Jobs at the Council on Environmental Quality resigned.

“On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me,” Jones wrote. “They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide.”

Jones said that he had “been inundated with calls - from across the political spectrum - urging me to “stay and fight.

Reeeally? Across the political spectum? Name one conservative who wants you to stay Mr Jones, just one.

Finger Food for an Obamabot

When liberals attack.

Authorities are searching for a healthcare reform activist today who they said bit off the finger of a 65-year-old counter-demonstrator during a fight at a MoveOn.org rally in Thousand Oaks.

“It all started with their difference in philosophy over healthcare reform,” said Senior Deputy Eric Buschow of the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department.

The incident occurred about 7 p.m. Wednesday at a “We Can’t Afford to Wait Vigil” organized by affiliates of the activist group MoveOn.org, which drew supporters of President Obama’s healthcare plan, Buschow said. The rally also attracted several counter-protesters, he said. 

During the rally at Lynn Road and Hillcrest Drive, near the Oaks Mall, the two men got into a heated argument and began fighting.

“At which point, one man bit off the left pinky of the other,” Buschow said.

 
KTLA photo.

The injured demonstrator then drove himself to Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center about a mile away, he said.

Ilyse Hogue, director of political advocacy and communications for MoveOn.org, called the incident “a regrettable act of violence” in a statement released this morning.

“While we do not have any more facts about what happened than what we saw in press accounts, MoveOn condemns violence in all forms,” Hogue said. “We support the Ventura County sheriff’s investigation into the situation. It is in our firm hope that this event does not detract from the tens of thousands who were out peacefully making their voices heard for health care reform and a public option.” 

Authorities said they are looking for a white male in his late 40s or 50s who was last seen wearing black shorts and a black shirt. 

“We’re still trying to figure out who was the aggressor,” Buschow said.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Ventura Sheriff’s Department at (805) 494-8201.

KTLA has more.

The finger-biting incident occurred after a member of the group protesting health care reform, William Rice, 65, of Newbury Park, became involved in a heated discussion with a member of Code Pink, sheriff’s Capt. Ross Bonfiglio said.

After the argument, Rice returned to where his own group was standing.

A man from Moveon.org’s area then walked over to the opponents and verbally confronted Rice, allegedly calling him names and acting aggressively, Bonfiglio said.

Rice later told investigators he felt threatened by the man and punched him in the nose, Bonfiglio said.

The punch set off a fist fight between the two men, during which the tip of Rice’s left pinky finger was bitten off, Bonfiglio said.

I guess you could say that Rice struck first, but only after the biter went well out of his way to target him. The fact that Rice lost part of a finger indicates something very disturbing about the unknown attacker.

Here's a Handy Resource, The ROP Index

I found this while checking my references. It's a pretty handy little resource guide for bloggers. I recommend that you bookmark it.

The Religion of Peace™

Subject Index

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Abrogation
- later violent commands cancel early peaceful ones AB1, AB2,

Allah
- God or ...?   AL1,  AL2 , AL3, AL4

Apostasy
- they'll kill you if you try to leave their death-cult APO1 , AP02, APO3

Appeasement
- giving in to demands makes them more aggressive  AP1, CEJ6 , AP2

Buddhists, attacks on  BU1, BU2, BU3, BU4, BU5 , BU6, BU7, HI5

Cartoons
- Cambridge University cartoon dhimmitude   CA1, CA2
- Danish cartoons CA5
- extremely irreverent cartoons  CA3
- Toonophobia CA4

Censorship jihad
- gagging criticism of Islam CEJ1. CEJ6, CEJ7, CEJ8 , CEJ10,  CEJ11, CEJ12,
- Shooting the messenger:
- - undercover mosque CEJ2
- - Geert Wilders  CEJ3, CEJ4, CEJ5
- United Nations to outlaw criticism of Islam  CEJ9

Christians
- attacks on   CHR1, CHR4, CHR5, CHR6, CHR7
- Christmas market attack CHR3
- torture and mutilation in modern Turkey CHR2

Contamination jihad (contaminating food fed to infidels)
- feces CJ1
- human remains CJ3, CJ4
- urine CJ2

Churchill
- compares Islam to rabies CH1

Corruption Jihad
- immigration CRJ3
- medical profession CRJ2
- police CRJ1

Cult - Islam has all the characteristic of a mind-control cult CU1

Cultural Jihad   HU6
- cultural envy CLJ2,   CLJ3
- destruction of non-Muslim culture CLJ1, CLJ4, CLJ5, CLJ6, CLJ7, CLJ8

Dar al-Harb
- the West as the 'Domain of War' justifies terrorism  DAH1, DAH2, DAH3, DAH4

Deception   an essential method of spreading Islam
- Taqiyya, holy lies TA1, TA2, TA3

Demographic jihad 
- Muslim baby boom time-bomb DJ2, DJ3, DJ5, DJ6
- Muslims urged to outbreed us DJ1
- polygamy legalised in West DJ8   DJ4   DJ7

Dhimmitude   DH1,  DH2,  DH3, DH4, DH5

Economic jihad
- the huge cost of Islamic immigration  EJ1

Education
- Islamic propaganda in schools
- - America EE2
- - England  EE1
- Islamic propaganda in universities
- - abject dhimmitude at Cambridge CC1, CC2

Female Genital Mutilation   FGM1

Golden Rule
- the only religion that ignores the Golden Rule GR1, GR2

Honor/Shame culture  HS1, HS2, HS3, HU7

Hindus
- attacks on HI1, HI2, HI3, HI4, HI5

Human Sacrifice
- a sacred Islamic ritual  HS1 , HS2

Humiliation
- importance of 'humiliation'  HU1,  HU6,
- punish and humiliate the Kuffar  HU2
- ghairat, ghaira, izza, izzat - fragile egos HU7
- humiliation of Islam and Allah by mockery HU3, HU4, HU5

Inbreeding and cousin marriage
- genetic defects  IB1 , IB2,  IB3,  IB4
- corruption of society IB5, IB6

Infiltration and Subversion  IS1 , IS2, IS3, IS4

Islamic Awareness
- know your enemy IA1, IA2,

Islamic Inventions and Innovations
- lack of II1, II2,
- Nobel prize winners, lack of II3

Islamophobia   IP1,

Jews, attacks on JE1, JE2,
- extermination of Jews a religious duty JE3

Jihad
- Multi-pronged attack JI1

Jizya - the tax on infidels  JZ1,  JZ2

Koran
- contradictions KO1
- infidels not allowed to touch KO7
- Mohammed's sadistic fantasies KO9
- origins KO5 ,KO6, KO8
- Rushdie's parody KO3
- Satanic verses and Allah's daughters  KO2
- toilet hate-crime KO4

Litigation jihad
- sue whenever offended  LJ1

Lord Ahmed
- attempts to remove Salman Rushdie's protection LA1
- alleged threats to Parliament LA2

Meme
- Islam as a meme or mind-virus ME1 , ME2

Meteorite worship    MT1,   MT2,  MT3 

Mohammed
- criminality MO3
- necrophile MO2
- perverse sexual habits MO5, MO6, MO7
- the perfect man MO1, MO4

Moderate Islam and Moderate Muslims
- A myth?  MI1, MI2, MI3

Multiculturalism  MC1, MC2
- postmodernism  MC3

Narcotics jihad
- killing the kuffars with heroin NJ1, NJ2a, NJ2b

Obsessive Compulsive Islam 
- weird rituals OC1

Offensive to Islam  
- list of things offensive to Islam  OF1

Paedophilia
- child-rape at Beslan PB1
- institutionalised pedophilia PI5
- Islamic pedophile gangs in Britain PI2, PI3, PI4,   PI6, PI7
- Mohammed's child sex slave Aisha PM1,  PM4
- - Mufa'khathat (Thighing) MUF1,  MUF2,  PM2 (#231 onwards)
- - Muslim Association of Britain PM3

Political Paralysis in the face of Islamic aggression
- committment to the 'Religion of Peace' mantra  PO1
- criticism of Islam's totalitarian ideology prosecuted as 'racism' PO9
- denial of intrinsically terrorist nature of Islam   PO2, PO5,
- inability to clearly identify the enemy PO10
- political parties infiltrated and subverted PO3   PO4 , PO8, PO6, LA1
- threats of riots PO7, LA2

Polygamy in the West  DJ8   DJ4   DJ7

Predators, Plunderers and Parasites  PP1, PP2, PP3, PP4, PP5, PP6, DJ7

Rape
- as a weapon of Jihad  RP2, RP3, RP4, RP5, RP6, RP7
- child-rape at Beslan PB1
- victims stoned to death  RP1

Rationalism
- lack of rationalism in Islam RA1, RA2, RA3
- scientific incompetence II2, II3

Taqiyya - see Deception

Terrorism
- 9/11 victims jumped rather than burn to death TO3
- Mohammed 'victorious with terror' TO4
- terrorism only sure way to Muslim's salvation TO1
- train bombers given heroes' funerals TO2

Totalitarianism
- Islam as a totalitarian power-structure TM1

Tribalism
- primitive tribal aspects of Islam TR1

Security threat and expense SA3
- airports SA1
- intimidation of passengers and security personnel SA2

Sexual perversion (see also paedophilia)
- Islam is sex gone sour SP2, SP3, SP4
- Sexual arousal by watching vidoes of kuffars tortured and killed SP1

Slavery  SL1, SL2, SL3

Street Jihad
- Muslim gangs attack vulnerable kuffars SJ1
- Kriss Donald, castrated, blinded, mutilated and burned alive SJ2, SJ4
- Henry Webster, boy brain-damaged by mob of Muslim men SJ3  

Sudden Jihad Syndrome  SJS1

Supremacism
- belief that Muslims should dominate all non-believers    SU1,  SU2,   SU3
- Mosques as symbols of supremacism SU4,  SU5,   SU6, SU7

Ummah - the Muslim 'tribe'
- every Muslim's primary loyalty UM1 , HU7

Victimhood
- when they can't dominate, they sulk and play the victim  VH1, VH2,  VH3, VH4

Violence, inseparable from Islam VI1, VI2, VI3, VI4, VI5, VI6, VI7,  VI8, VI9

This index is work-in-progress and will be updated from time to time.

Please feel free to copy it and post it on your blog, and edit/update the copies as you see fit.

An Apology

I'm really very sorry.

Capital Building Tagged

Spray painting anarchy symbols is part of the M.O. for far-left protesters, but for the Capital police to just stand there while the Capital Building is tagged is just sickening. What the heck is going on with the Capitol authorities?  Emphysis mine.

The Hill: Anti-war protesters were allowed to spray paint on part of the west front steps of the United States Capitol building after police were ordered to break their security line by their leadership, two sources told The Hill.

According to the sources, police officers were livid when they were told to fall back by U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) Chief Phillip Morse andDeputy Chief Daniel Nichols.  "They were the commanders on the scene," one source said, who requested anonymity. "It was disgusting."

After police ceded the stairs, located on the lower west front of the Capitol, the building was locked down, the source added.

A second source who witnessed the incident said that the police had the crowd stopped at Third Street, but were told to bring the police line in front of the Capitol.

Approximately 300 protesters were allowed to take the steps and began to spray paint "anarchist symbols" and phrase such as "Our capitol building" and "you can’t stop us" around the area, the source said.

Morse responded to these claims in an e-mail Sunday afternoon explaining that the protesters were seeking confrontation with the police.

"While there were minor instances of spray painting of pavement by a splinter group of Anarchists who were seeking a confrontation with the police, their attempts to breach into secure areas and rush the doors of the Capitol were thwarted," Morse said. "The graffiti was easily removed by the dedicated [Architect of the Capitol] staff, some of whom responded on their day off to quickly clean the area."

He added, "It is the USCP's duty and responsibility to protect the Capitol complex, staff and public while allowing the public to exercise their First Amendment rights … at the end of the day, both occurred without injury to protestors or officers."

Yet, the sources who talked to The Hill were furious that protesters were not stopped before reaching the Capitol.

"To get that close to the Capitol building, that is ridiculous," the second source said. "[Police] were told not to arrest anyone."

The second source added that police had to stand by and watch as protesters posed in front of their graffiti.

Tens of thousands of people rallied on the Mall and the Capitol complex Saturday in protest of the increased troop deployments and the war in Iraq.

A Fox News van and (of course) a military recruitment office were attacked. In the spirit of the event, Hanoi Jane Has morphed into Jihad Jane,

Other blogs posting: Stop the ACLU, Michelle Malkin , Church and State , Sister Toljah, Tel-Chai Nation

How Liberal/Conservative are you?

Hat tip, Lord Nazh

Are you more like Jesse Jackson, or Ronald Reagan, or some where between? Take this test and find out! I scored a 29 out of 40, making me a Jack Kemp-type. Let me know your score!

                                                                     

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Richardson: McCain "Dead Wrong" About Troops

Here we go, two potential '08 candidates stake thier claim on the Iraq War. It's no surprize that Mc Cain is in the "Go Big" camp, Richardson is "Go Home".  It's beginning to look as if the outcome of this war may be detrimined by the electorate.

Hotline: In New Hampshire this a.m., Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM) will confront Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Iraq.

The White House is leaning towards adopting McCain's proposal to add tens of thousands of combat troops to U.S. forces in Baghdad in a final effort to secure the city.

Here's what Richardson says:

“The leading advocate for escalating the war is Senator John McCain. I have served with John in Congress and I respect him. But John McCain is wrong, dead wrong to think that we can solve Iraq’s political crisis through military escalation.”

“There are no quick or easy answers to the crisis in Iraq. Our choices are between bad options and worse ones. Some prefer military escalation. Some choose staying the course. These options are illusions. The only realistic choice we have is to stand down militarily and let the Iraqis stand up and face the political crisis which only they can resolve.”

“I’ve been to Iraq and Afghanistan. I worked in this region...we should harbor no illusions. This withdrawal will not be pretty. People will die. But fewer will die than if we stay. There are no guarantees that our departure will end the civil war, but it is sure to continue so long as we stay. The Iraqis might, or might not, resolve their political crisis. It is up to them. They distrust and fear one another, and this makes it very tough. But they share one goal – they don’t want to destroy their own country. To save it, they need to stop killing each other and start compromising. And we need to get out of the way.”

Crisis is mentioned twice, as is illusion. Look for the Democrats to repete these same words over and over 'till November '08. Iraq is a CRISIS, victory is an ILLUSION... oh, and we support the troops too.

Diane West explains why the West may not have the stomach for this fight.

As a culture, however, the West is paralyzed by the specter of civilian casualties, massive or not, that accompanies modern (not high-tech) warfare, and fights accordingly. It may well have been massive civilian casualties in Germany (40,000 dead in Hamburg after one cataclysmic night of "fire-bombing" in 1943, for example) and Japan that helped end World War II in an Allied victory. But this is a price I doubt any Western power would pay for victory today.

It's hard to argue with that, but it's also hard to believe that when we do leave Iraq the violence will stay in Iraq.

Ahmadinejad, Bolton, Gone

Bush is caving in faster than house of cards in a hurricane. I could understand the political expediency of letting Rumsfeld go, but Bolton? Why is it that as soon as the tide turns against the GOP we always knuckle under to the Democrats? The reverse certainly isn't true, even when the Dems lose elections they always act like their in the driver's seat. But not the Republicans, they always seem to need permission from the left in order to govern.

Bush is trying to make peace with with the other side of the Aile while they call us cruelest names and use every advantage, no matter how harmful to the democratic process, to dismantle conservatives . That needs to change.

How many votes do the Republicans get by ridding themselves of Bolton? None. Meanwhile the Democrats gain political and symbolic advantage of a White House that appears to be coming apart at every nail

Stop the ACLU  has a huge round up.

On the other side of the world (both geographical and politically) Iran has let Ahmadinejad go. I'm sure it's a coincidence, but still, how odd that Bolton and Ahmadinejad lose their jobs on the same day.

Is this a sign that the US and Iran are going for more of a "feel good" approach? No more calls for the genocide of Jews from Iran would be a nice

Dare I say it? That Ahmadinejad's political career has been "wiped off the map"?