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Islam Watch is now There's Someting About Islam.
Warning: The True Islamic Enemy is presented in Graphic Pictures and Videos. I would suggest only those who seek truth follow the above link, anyone wishing to remain ignorant of the nature of our enemies stay can find a convenient sandbox on any playground and join the children.
I heard about this flash animation on Ken Bagwell's Radio Show, First Up during an Other Than Sports segment.
The animation is part of a Libertarian Party campaign to drum up support in the fall elections. I can't support them due to their view on drug use...
Normally, I would consider this stuff Moonbat Territory.
Excerpts below:
by Jerome R. Corsi
Posted May 22, 2006
The idea to form the North American Union as a super-NAFTA knitting together Canada, the United States and Mexico into a super-regional political and economic entity was a key agreement resulting from the March 2005 meeting held at Baylor University in Waco, Tex., between President Bush, President Fox and Prime Minister Martin...
Commentary
I had previously thought this whacko stuff belonged on Coast to Coast AM or on Alex Jones websites (I won't link...Google it yourself), now I find myself on the otherside of the looking glass, and I don't like it.
If true, this has implications.
Here is a citizen activist running for a seat in the NC Sate House District 115 against Bruce Goforth.
A snippet from his website:
When I am your State Representative, I will fight to hold down taxes by supporting zero-based budgeting and a taxpayer’s bill of rights. This will hold the House accountable for spending; allow us to start cutting the waste in our state departments, and limit spending increases to inflation and population growth. We are now the highest taxed state in the southeast. In the past 10 years, state spending has increased by 130%; inflation and population have increased by only 27%. Our taxes were raised by over $600,000,000 last year alone! The state budget is riddled with frivolous expenditures, slush funds, and overlapping services. It doesn’t have to be this way!
Victor Davis Hanson asks, "How does the United States deal with a corrupt world in which we are blamed even for the good we do, while others are praised when they do wrong or remain indifferent to suffering" And he provides us with an answer I feel we, as a nation, should pursue.
Click on the post title to see the page, I've copied the NC Delegation below:
State Delegation Average Score: 15.77 State Rank: 44
Senate:
Name Rank in State Score Rank in Senate
Sen. Dole (R-NC) 1 30.31 56
Sen. Burr (R-NC) 2 14.00 94
House:
Name Rank in State Score Rank in House
Rep. Taylor (R-NC-11) 1 31.88 23
Rep. Jones (R-NC-3) 2 25.12 44
Rep. Hayes (R-NC-8) 3 22.25 67
Rep. Coble (R-NC-6) 4 20.63 94
Rep. McHenry (R-NC-10) 5 17.12 153
Rep. Watt (D-NC-12) 6 15.38 197
Rep. Price (D-NC-4) 7 12.87 256
Rep. Myrick (R-NC-9) 8 11.13 280
Rep. Foxx (R-NC-5) 9 10.75 292
Rep. Etheridge (D-NC-2) 10 8.25 341
Rep. McIntyre (D-NC-7) 11 7.50 357
Rep. Miller (D-NC-13) 12 4.75 415
Rep. Butterfield (D-NC-1) 13 4.62 422
My old camera mysteriously crapped out on me after being left at work, outside, and in the rain. Oh well, it was a $40 camera. So, I upgraded to a Kodak CD-33 for a little over a hundred bucks last week. I wish I had done it sooner. The only complaint I have is I can't point and shoot to catch those fleeting moments when a C-130 flies overhead or a herd of deer nearly run me over as they stampede away from rock-throwing Mexicans!
The President has tried to seek the fabled Middle Ground in this debate on the problem of people entering this country illegally.
Personally, I thought he sounded very good and the first part sounded okay. He is offering a Reactive Solution, not a Proactive Solution. All we are doing is reacting to the internal Mexican problems. They have enough Natural Resources to make them a First World Nation instead of the Third World Nation they currently are.
Why?
These people need to be liberated just as much as any of the other oppressed souls on this planet. I am starting to think that Lou Dobbs and Phyliss Schlafley may be on to something, all I can offer as alternatives to our inaction is power politics by the Democrats, who see Illegal Aliens as the new victim class to replace the former victim class.
The Time To Act Is Now
To all you people who've been sitting on the sidelines, come on in and help save our country! Register to vote with a party, don't dilute your voice and be "Unaffiliated", your holier than thou attitudes are wearing thin, with sufficient numbers we can change the political parties from within.
Sorry, Mr. President. You don't put a Bandaid on a gaping hole.
I hope you are making babysteps in preparation of bigger and better things, because I believe we are at the point where militarization of the border is required should we wish to continue as a great nation. H.R. 4437 should be the place to start.
If you really want to fix the problem, you should invade Mexico, and help them establish a real Constitution with safeguards against rampant corruption throughout the Mexican government from top to bottom. This would be very costly, but easier than Iraq, and create a nation that Mexicans could earn an honest living inside, rather than leaving it for a better place.
Here is what other people are saying about the President's Address:
I just realized that Thunder Pig Blog is a year old today. Yay!
It is also the 58th Birthday of Israel.
A lot of people just need a catastrophe--any catastrophe--to make their lives feel worthwhile. If the catastrophe fits their political proclivities and prejudices, so much the better.
Most people are tired of this dependence on fossil fuels, and want society to move to renewables as soon as economically and technologically possible. The world will not end during this transition, much to the disappointment of the doomseekers.
I promise this is the last in my over-the-top, caustic series berating Bush 43 (for now). >=^)
Mr. President:
SOLUTIONS
Here are some of what I feel are the best options to deal with this problem short of sending the National Guard to the borders, which is asking for an International Incident.
CLOSING STATEMENT(Yay!)
Mr. President:
Here is the situation so far, we have between 11 and 20 million (maybe more) people in this country who have broken the law in order to get here, let alone remain.
How many of these people file 1040's or 1099's?
How many use fraudulently obtained Social Security numbers?
How many get free medical care?
How much money is it costing us to provide "free" bilingual education in public schools?
How many are serving time in our prisons?
Mr. President,
Stop the invasion of the United sates of America, or We, The People, WILL !!!
It is your Constiutional Duty to do so, or you will have FAILED to uphold your oath of office.
Notice to all Elected Critters of The Congress... It is also your Duty to make sure The President upholds his oath of office. I am going on the record in support of Impeachment of the president should he fail in this regard.
I have had enough.
Ever wonder what the Star Trek Prime Directive would look like in action?
Can you say United Nations? Wretchard has belled the cat for us.
Robert Spencer of Jihad watch will appear on The Michael Reagan Show Tonight.
Michael Reagan is on XM166 on XM Satellite Radio. Follow the links if you can listen online.
Better late than never.
US President George W. Bush said the September 11 revolt of passengers against their hijackers on board Flight 93 had struck the first blow of "World War III."
In an interview with the financial news network CNBC, Bush said he had yet to see the recently released film of the uprising, a dramatic portrayal of events on the United Airlines plane before it crashed in a Pennsylvania field.
But he said he agreed with the description of David Beamer, whose son Todd died in the crash, who in a Wall Street Journal commentary last month called it "our first successful counter-attack in our homeland in this new global war -- World War III".
We all know that WW I was fought from 1914 to 1918, with our participation only in 1917 and 1918.
WW II was fought from 1931 to 1945, with our participation (courtesy of Japan) being from 1941 to 1945. FYI: Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931.
WW III was fought from 1947 to 1989. It began with the Soviet closure of Berlin and the Allied airlift to save the city. Korea, Indochina, Vietnam, The Arab-Israeli Wars, Cuba, Nicaragua, The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, Panama; all were some of the battles fought in a war spanning a couple of generations.
WW IV began sometime in the late 20th century, most place it with the Iranian revolution of 1978. I don't know. I think we are too close in time to be able to pin point it. We finally accepted the invitation to get involved in 2001.
When will it end? I don't know. I am afraid that we may wait for another invitation before sinking our teeth into the problem posed by Islam. I am not politically correct. I assert that Islam is the problem. A problem that grows larger every day we ignore it, appease it, or antagonize it with girlie slaps.
This is one of the best places to start understanding Islam, and it has an excellent commenting community, and links that will take weeks to explore. I dare you to read the posts of Robert Spencer and Hugh FitzGerald, follow the links on the sidebar; then tell me Islam is not a problem. Fools need not apply.
I don't always agree with the people at WoC, some are RINOs and a couple or so are Liberals. Ignore their analysis at your own peril. My favorites are the Winds of War briefings and anything by Joe Katzman, Donald Sensing, and The Armed Liberal. All the rest are worth reading. And, of course, the links.
This is an excellent place to find another view of the war, and its participants. Guest Bloggers appear from time to time for some extra spice. The commenters and links are well worth clicking on.
This guy was the best of the essayists, and has retired from current event blogging. Reading his material ought to count for college credit.
I own this guy's book, and you should, too. He is semi-retired. His essays are among the best I've read.
I hope our enemies aren't reading John Robb. Some of them know what he knows, and that scares me. That is the nature of open source warfare and distributed networks.
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