• Cox & Forkum,  Iran,  Iran Nuclear Watch,  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

    Cox & Forkum: Stalker

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    Cox & Forkum: Stalker

    CNN: Iran letter calls on Americans to change Bush policies.

    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a letter to the American people praising them as “truth-loving and justice-seeking” and urging them to “play an instrumental role” in helping to change Bush administration policy in the Middle East. …In his letter, Ahmadinejad explains he is writing the American people because the two countries share similar values, including the desire “to promote and protect freedom and human dignity and integrity.” …

    In his letter, Ahmadinejad — who has called for Israel to be “wiped off the map” — asks what the U.S. government’s “blind support for the Zionists” has “brought for the American people.”

    “Is it not because they have imposed themselves on a substantial portion of the banking, financial, cultural and media sectors?” he said, referring to Jewish people.

    Iran Nuclear Watch: Ahmadinejad Sends ANOTHER Letter – This Time to the American People

    The text of the complete letter is here.

    Ahmadinejad and the Iranian Mullahs are NUTTERS who happen to be ISLAMOFASCISTS.

    How long will President Bush and Israel negotiate with these crazy maniacal NUTS? And help in the Iraq War – Are you kidding me?

    And look at Iranian TV satire of President Bush, Condoleezza Rice, Tony Blair and Arnold.

    And Ahmadinejad’s REAL MESSAGE:

    Media commentators in the U.S. are likely to pick up on the “public relations” side of the letter. Ahmadinejad calls on the U.S. to bring the troops home from Iraq, to cut off support for Israel, and to stop “kidnapping presumed opponents from across the globe” and holding them in secret prisons.

    He even has some advice for the new Democrat majority in Congress: Bend to the Muslim agenda, or you will be tossed out of power.

    Ahmadinejad repeatedly tries to appeal to Americans as people of faith, who share Islamic values. “We, like you, are aggrieved by the ever-worsening pain and misery of the Palestinian people,” he drones. “Persistent aggressions by the Zionists are making life more and more difficult for the rightful owners of the land of Palestine.”

    And he trots out his old anti-Semitic saw, claiming that “the Zionists” control America “because they have imposed themselves on a substantial portion of the banking, financial, cultural, and media sectors.”

    But to focus on these parts of his letter, however silly and objectionable they may be, would be to miss the main point. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not the Hugo Chavez of the Persian Gulf. He knows that soon he will have his finger on the nuclear trigger.

    Citing from the Quran at the close of his letter, he says that if Americans “repent” of their “injustice,” they will be blessed with many gifts. “We should all heed the divine Word of the Holy Qur’an,” he says.

    The context of this particular verse (28:67-28, Sura “Al-Qasas,” or The Narration), is very clear. It follows a graphic description of destruction and devastation that will befall those who fail to repent of their injustice.

    It also sets out the terms of the tradition Muslim warning to the enemies of Allah. “And never will your Lord destroy the towns until He sends to their mother town a Messenger reciting to them Our Verses.” This is is precisely what Ahmadinejad is doing in his letter.

    Dump Bush, allow the Muslims to destroy Israel, and adopt Islam — or else you will be destroyed. This is Ahmadinejad’s message.


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  • Hezbollah,  Israel,  Lebanon,  Syria

    Lebanon Watch: Siniora defiant as Pro-Syria Hezbollah Calls Mass Protest to Force Out the Government

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    Lebanese residents watch Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah during a speech on al-Manar television in a coffee shop in Beirut suburbs Novemebr 30, 2006. Nasrallah called for a peaceful protest and open-ended sit-in in downtown Beirut on Friday to demand a new government in a fresh challenge to U.S.-backed Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.

    Reuters: Siniora defiant as Lebanon opposition calls protest

    A defiant Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said he would not stand down after Pro-Syrian Hezbollah and its allies called for a mass protest in Beirut on Friday to try to force out the government.

    Siniora told the nation the opposition wanted to stage a coup against the democratic system in Lebanon and vowed his anti-Syrian cabinet would not fall.

    “Fellow Lebanese we have ahead of us decisive days for Lebanon and its future…,” Siniora said in a live broadcast on Thursday. “We will not allow the coup against the democratic system, its rules and institutions.

    “There is no way to topple the government except through parliament which has given it its vote of confidence,” he said.

    So, Hezbollah as a client of Iran and Syria now wishes to control the Lebanese government.

    Will they attempt to win majority control in free elections?

    No way – Hezbollah will foster violence in the streets, sectarian violence and attempt a coup.

    If this happens, Flap wants to know what will prevent Israel and the United States from coming to the aid of the Sinora government?

    UNIFIL and the Lebanese Army?

    Hardly………

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    The leader of Lebanon’s anti-Syrian parliamentary majority, Saad Hariri, son of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his house in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Nov. 30, 2006. Hariri warned Thursday that Syria was behind the planned protests to bring down the government, saying its ally Hezbollah would not be able force Prime Minister Fuad Saniora to step down. Hariri also accused Syria of being behind the planned demonstrations to try to stop the international tribunal that will try the suspects in the killing of his father in Feb. 2005.

    Stay tuned……

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    A poster showing Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah along the highway towards Beirut airport, November 19,2006.

    Previous:

    Lebanon Watch: Hezbollah Plans to Bring Down Lebanese Government Within A Month

    Lebanon Watch: Hundreds of Thousands of Lebanese Mourn Pierre Gemayel – Attend Funeral

    Lebanon Watch: Assassinated Lebanese Minister Pierre Gemayel to Be Buried Thursday

    Global War on Terror Watch: Hezbollah and Syria Make a MOVE in Lebanon


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  • Hezbollah,  Iran,  Iraq,  Iraq War

    Iraq War Watch: Iranian Weapons Arming Iraqi Shia Militias

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    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) shakes hands with his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani after reviewing the honour guard in Tehran, November 27. Ahmadinejad has called on American forces to leave Iraq as Talabani wrapped up a three-day visit to neighbouring Iran.

    ABC News (Via Hot Air): Iranian Weapons Arm Iraqi Militia

    Hezbollah Training Also Linked to Iraq Violence

    U.S. officials say they have found smoking-gun evidence of Iranian support for terrorists in Iraq: brand-new weapons fresh from Iranian factories. According to a senior defense official, coalition forces have recently seized Iranian-made weapons and munitions that bear manufacturing dates in 2006.

    This suggests, say the sources, that the material is going directly from Iranian factories to Shia militias, rather than taking a roundabout path through the black market. “There is no way this could be done without (Iranian) government approval,” says a senior official.

    What a surprise?

    NOT

    And when President Ahmadinejad says he wants to help Iraq, is this what he means?

    Come on…..Iran wishes to be the Middle East Hegemon.


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  • ACLU

    Stop the ACLU Blogburst Watch:About Those Christmas Cards For The ACLU

    Beating them with their own Sickle and Hammer!

    Its that time of the year again. The time when the intolerant grinches like the ACLU start trying to fill their stockings with your tax dollars in their attempts to secularize Christmas. The ACLU try their best to deny their attacks on Christmas. They call those defending Christmas the well organized extremists out to make a buck in the guise of defending Christmas. This is of course false. The Alliance Defense Fund, just like last year, are offering their services to defend Christmas completely FREE!

    However, the lies continue again this year as the ACLU denies their attacks on Christmas. However, their actions speak louder than their words.

    Already the ACLU have began their attacks. They have already been successful in bullying the Berkley City Council into moving their Christmas nativity scene off public property. This, despite the fact that the display also included other religious and secular elements including a Star of David, Christmas trees, a Santa Claus figure, a Santa’s Mailbox, and a “Seasons Greetings” sign.

    In their latest attempt to censor Christmas they have sued the Wilson County School System outside of Nashville, TN. because their Christmas program includes “Christian themes and songs.”

    The plaintiffs and the ACLU allege that several kindergarten students role-played a nativity scene of the birth of Jesus—and had the audacity to sing “Away in the Manger” and “Joy to the World.” According to the ACLU, these songs are exclusively Christian in nature because they celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and are, therefore, inappropriate.

    The ACLJ is defending the school in this case.

    The ADF has a long list of attacks on Christmas from the ACLU and its allies dating back from 2002 to the present.

    Yes, its that time of the year again. The season that I get bombarded with emails encouraging people to waste their money on a stamp for a Christmas card wishing the ACLU a merry Christmas. Don’t get me wrong. I understand the sentitment behind the whole thing. I was all on board last year. If you really want them to have a Merry Christmas, or just feel like throwing your money away I won’t discourage it. It will be about as effective as barking at the moon. Your Christmas cheer will be tossed in the mail room shredder and never reach any those you intended to send a message to.

    I propose that your money could be spent in a much more efficient manner. Save the money you would throw away on the stamp for a message destined to fall on deaf ears. There are many organizations out there fighting to protect Christmas and the expression of its true meaning. Why not take the money you would be throwing away on a noble yet ineffective gesture, and put it to real use as a gift to the organization of your choice that is out there fighting the ACLU?

    Sign the ACLJ’s Petition here. Contribute Here.

    See the Alliance Defense Fund’s educational on your rights here. Contribute Here.

    See the Liberty Counsel’s free legal memorandum here (pdf). Contribute Here.

    Contribute to Thomas More Law Center here.

    Buy from the Bulldoze the ACLU store for great Christmas gifts. Contribute to Stop The ACLU’s efforts with the donation button below.




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  • Methamphetamine

    Methamphetamine Watch: Methamphetamine Awareness Day

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    The Oregonian: METHAMPHETAMINE AWARENESS DAY

    Today is National Methamphetamine Awareness Day — the first time a president has designated a day to focus national attention on methamphetamine, an extremely destructive and harmful drug.

    For parents, today is a reminder of the importance of talking to our children about dangerous drugs. For our youth, it is an opportunity to reaffirm a commitment to a drug-free future. For those struggling with addiction, it is an occasion to seek treatment. And for all Americans, it is an opportunity to thank law enforcement officers, treatment counselors and prevention advocates whose efforts have contributed to a nearly 20 percent decline in drug use among American youth over the past four years.

    Today is also an occasion to reflect on the progress our nation has made in attacking methamphetamine. In 2005, the number of methamphetamine laboratory incidents in America declined by 29 percent from the previous year and is continuing to decline this year. And there is more good news: Methamphetamine use among youths is down 36 percent (from 2001 to 2005), and positive tests for meth in the workplace have declined 45 percent since 2004. In short, fewer people are making meth in America, and fewer people are using it.

    This good news is proof that a balanced drug control strategy can yield meaningful results. But our fight against methamphetamine is not over. Earlier this year, the administration released the nation’s first Synthetic Drug Control Strategy, a coordinated effort among government institutions at the federal, state and local levels that sets ambitious goals for America. The strategy calls for an additional 25 percent reduction in domestic methamphetamine laboratories (beyond the 29 percent reduction already seen last year), and a 15 percent reduction in methamphetamine use, both by the end of 2008. Again, the good news is that we are on track to meet these goals, with past year methamphetamine use declining 29 percent over the prior three years, and steady declines in the number of meth labs across our nation.

    Meanwhile, we know that simply reducing the supply of methamphetamine is not enough. We also must reduce the demand for the drug. This means offering treatment opportunities to help heal those who are addicted. It means stopping use of methamphetamine before it starts by supporting the most effective drug-prevention initiatives — especially those aimed at youth. That is why the president has requested that Congress provide historic levels of support for drug programs.

    As our nation reflects on the progress we have made and the challenges that remain in reducing methamphetamine use, all Americans, especially our youth, should reaffirm their commitment to a drug-free future. The devastating effects of using any illicit drug — on the individual, family and community — cannot be overstated.

    John Walters is director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. For more information on methamphetamine, and how to help stop its spread, visit www.methresources.gov or www.usdoj.gov/methawareness/.

    Flap does not normally reprint whole pieces but I am sure The Oregonian will not mind on Methamphetamine Awareness Day.

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    A US Sheriff holds two examples of methamphetamine taken on a bust. The profoundly addictive synthetic drug methamphetamine has become a “global threat”, topping cocaine and heroine use combined, US authorities said.

    The Oregonians excellent investigative series the Unnecessary Epidemic is here.

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    And the dental effects I see on a weekly basis:

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    There is much more work to do.

    Stay tuned……….

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    Previous:

    Methamphetamine Watch: Avoid Dentists in Fact Finding?

    Methamphetamine Watch: Department of Justice and Drug Enforcement Administration Outline New Efforts to Combat Methamphetamine

    Methamphetamine Watch: Montana Meth Project – “Paint the State”

    Methaphetamine Watch: Meth Has Become a “GLOBAL THREAT”

    Methamphetamine Watch: Ads Battle Methamphetamine in Montana


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  • James Webb

    James Webb Watch: The BOOR

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    Democrat James Webb holds an election victory rally in Arlington, Virginia, next to his wife Hong Le Webb, moments after his opponent, incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. George Allen, concedes defeat in his bid for re-election to the U.S. Senate, November 9, 2006. Webb’s victory insures the Democrats will control the U.S. Senate.

    George Will: Webb Offends Bush & the English Language

    That was certainly swift. Washington has a way of quickly acculturating people, especially those who are most susceptible to derangement by the derivative dignity of office. But Jim Webb, Democratic senator-elect from Virginia, has become a pompous poseur and an abuser of the English language before actually becoming a senator.

    Wednesday’s Washington Post reported that at a White House reception for newly elected members of Congress, Webb “tried to avoid President Bush,” refusing to pass through the reception line or have his picture taken with the president. When Bush asked Webb, whose son is a Marine in Iraq, “How’s your boy?” Webb replied, “I’d like to get them (sic) out of Iraq.” When the president again asked, “How’s your boy?” Webb replied, “That’s between me and my boy.” Webb told the Post:

    “I’m not particularly interested in having a picture of me and George W. Bush on my wall. No offense to the institution of the presidency, and I’m certainly looking forward to working with him and his administration. (But) leaders do some symbolic things to try to convey who they are and what the message is.”

    Webb certainly has conveyed what he is: a boor. Never mind the patent disrespect for the presidency. Webb’s more gross offense was calculated rudeness toward another human being — one who, disregarding many hard things Webb had said about him during the campaign, asked a civil and caring question, as one parent to another. When — if ever — Webb grows weary of admiring his new grandeur as a “leader” who carefully calibrates the “symbolic things” he does to convey messages, he might consider this: In a republic, people decline to be led by leaders who are insufferably full of themselves.

    Not an auspicious start for the Senator-elect, James Webb.

    Boorish behavior?

    You bet – like you get over at the NUTROOTS home, Daily Kos.

    Based on Webb’s behavior before being sworn in, one shudders to think what he will be like after that. He already has become what Washington did not need another of, a subtraction from the city’s civility and clear speaking.

    Indeed

    It WILL be a long six years with this character.


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  • Democrats,  Global War on Terror,  GOP,  Nancy Pelosi,  Politics

    Global War on Terror Watch: Democrats Renege on Promise to Implement All 9/11 Commission Recommendations


    Democratic nominee for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) (L) and Democratic House Majority Leader nominee Steny Hoyer (D-Md) (C) raise their arms while Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa) (R) applauds following the House Democratic Caucus Leadership elections on Capitol Hill November 16, 2006.

    Washington Post: Democrats Reject Key 9/11 Panel Suggestion

    It was a solemn pledge, repeated by Democratic leaders and candidates over and over: If elected to the majority in Congress, Democrats would implement all of the recommendations of the bipartisan commission that examined the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

    But with control of Congress now secured, Democratic leaders have decided for now against implementing the one measure that would affect them most directly: a wholesale reorganization of Congress to improve oversight and funding of the nation’s intelligence agencies. Instead, Democratic leaders may create a panel to look at the issue and produce recommendations, according to congressional aides and lawmakers.

    Rep. Pelosi: ‘Democrats have a new direction for the American people — one that will fully implement the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission’ — Press release, June 13, 2006…

    Sen. Reid said if Democrats take power, they would…fully implement the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations — Las Vegas Sun, October 9, 2006…

    Well, it didn’t take the Democrats long.

    First, Pelosi had to weather the loss of Abscam tainted Jack Murtha as Majority Leader.

    Then, Nancy had to withdraw (WIMPED OUT) impeached federal judge Alcee Hastings from consideration as a candidate for Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.

    And finally reneging on a campaign promise to FULLY implement 9/11 Commission recommendations – READ MY LIPS MOMENT?

    Remember the Democrats have a very slim majority in the House of Representatives and when you consider Blue Dog Democrats swings the chamber towards the GOP. And a one person majority in the United States Senate will make Harry Reid Majority Leader but won’t buy you many more majority votes in the filibuster/cloture prone chamber.

    So, what does this mean?

    Look for cautious stalemate in Congress leading up to the full-out Presidential election in 2008.

    A two year term for Speaker Pelosi?

    LIKELY…….

    Blogosphere:

    Captain Ed

    Sister Toldjah

    Crazy Politico’s Rantings

    American Pundit

    Below The Beltway


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