Free Speech -- Unless You're a Christian Vegetable!

From Michelle Malkin's Hot Air vent -- NBC television has announced they will strip any religious references in the recently-licensed for broadcast Veggie Tales. According to Ms. Malkin, the franchise has been around since the early 90's and has built its brand on being explicitly Christian. But no more, thanks to the morons at NBC, the same lefties who are planning to air the 'Madonna crucifies herself' concert sometime in the near future, apparently uncut.

Here's an article posted at Veggie Tales website:

Two weeks ago, VeggieTales made its debut on national television. After 13 years and 50 million videos sold, many people are familiar with Bob & Larry and their brand of "Sunday Morning Values, Saturday Morning Fun!" But putting VeggieTales on TV has got some people asking, "Hey, what's the big idea?"

Some think that because of its teaching of Judeo-Christian values, VeggieTales should not be allowed on TV -- or at least should be restricted to a time slot or channel for religious programming. Others feel that VeggieTales should be on TV and in the exact same format that is familiar to millions of families. Well, VeggieTales is on TV and is not in the same format as the DVDs -- and that's created a bit of a stir! Keep reading to hear how this all happened.

When we were presented with the opportunity to reach a mass television audience, we knew that certain religious references would not be allowed on a children's block under current TV network guidelines. And we recognized that we were not going to change the rules of network television overnight.

Sounds to me like the 'opportunity' to reach a mass television audience equals big dollars for the VT franchise. Sounds like somebody is selling out for those dollars.

Although I applaud their efforts in producing and growing the series, I don't think we can afford to back off any more!

The left has turned broadcast programming into a voice for their cause, they've removed anything decent and clean on television. Whatever happened to "Leave It To Beaver" and "Father Knows Best" or "My Three Sons?" Even the "Brady Bunch" had good wholesome values.

In light of this, "Can Big Idea continue to fulfill its mission of enhancing the spiritual and moral fabric of society through creative media?" became the question we had to answer. Can VeggieTales make a difference on Saturday morning? We think so.

Too many TV programs introduce kids to amoral and cynical behaviors that parents find unsuitable. Big Idea's VeggieTales, LarryBoy and 3-2-1 Penguins! are instead telling kids it's cool to stand by your principles, to tell the truth, to forgive others and a host of other valuable life lessons.

So-called childrens' networks like Disney produce garbage like "That's So Raven," about a teenage girl who frequently lies to her parents and friends to get her way, which usually involves a 'hot' boy. She rarely has any conscience, unless she's busted by someone, and then is forced to confess. I see this theme -- which is, of course, the legacy of lefties like Bill Clinton, lie until you get caught, and then continue to lie -- repeated again and again in children's television.

Recognizing that we are making a difference to Saturday morning TV by bringing programming that is "absent of bad and has a presence of good" to homes across America, would we still prefer to air the un-edited versions of VeggieTales on TV? Absolutely! It's there where we're able to share a Bible verse and encourage kids by telling them God made them special and He loves them very much. For now, we're hoping a new cross section of kids will fall in love with Bob & Larry, go deeper into VeggieTales and eventually fall in love with the God who made them. It's the same "big idea" we've worked on for over 13 years.

We are grateful for the overwhelming support from our fans that have grown up watching VeggieTales. Many of you have written to cheer us on -- we appreciate you! If the television ratings are any indication, we are finding a new audience of children who are enjoying our shows and hearing our message for the first time! Our thanks to NBC for helping bring VeggieTales to this new audience.

We proudly continue to serve the Christian community in many ways, including hundreds of books published, a 52-week Sunday School curriculum, our soon-to-be-released Bible storybook, and a continuing Vacation Bible School program. This November, Gideon: Tuba Warrior, a VeggieTales adventure based on the legendary biblical story of Gideon, releases on DVD. Please know our commitment to introducing kids to God continues.

I'm disappointed in the further selling out of Christianity. We should take a lesson from our fellow 'religion' -- islam -- and stand our ground. We should no longer tolerate the leftist media whittling away at our personal freedom of religion granted by the Constitution.

At least you won't see any Christian Extremists burning down NBC affiliates. Doesn't sound like a bad idea, tho, especially if they air the madonna concert. I might watch it if she crucifies Roseratu.

Islam = Religion of Peace? Riiiggghhhhtttt...

Daniel Pipes has an enlightening article in NY Sun 9/26, also posted on his website, entitled: "Intimidating the West, from Rushdie to Benedict." [NY Sun title: "A Look at Islamic Violence"]

In the article, Mr. Pipes chronicles six major events that have occurred since 1989, where the religion of peace™ has been set off by an incident with the west. Clear evidence that United States involvement in Iraq is not the cause of terrorism, but Islam itself is the cause.

• 1989 – Salman Rushdie's novel, The Satanic Verses prompted Ayatollah Khomeini to issue a death edict against him and his publishers, on the grounds that the book "is against Islam, the Prophet, and the Koran." Subsequent rioting led to over 20 deaths, mostly in India.
• 1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court refused to remove a 1930s frieze showing Muhammad as lawgiver that decorates the main court chamber; the Council on American-Islamic Relations made an issue of this, leading to riots and injuries in India.
• 2002 – The American evangelical leader Jerry Falwell calls Muhammad a "terrorist," leading to church burnings and at least 10 deaths in India.
• 2005 – An incorrect story in Newsweek, reporting that American interrogators at Guantánamo Bay, "in an attempt to rattle suspects, flushed a Qur'an down a toilet," is picked up by the famous Pakistani cricketer, Imran Khan, and prompts protests around the Muslim world, leading to at least 15 deaths.
• February 2006 – The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten publishes twelve cartoons of Muhammad, spurring a Palestinian Arab imam in Copenhagen, Ahmed Abdel Rahman Abu Laban, to excite Muslim opinion against the Danish government. He succeeds so well, hundreds die, mostly in Nigeria.
• September 2006 – Pope Benedict XVI quotes a Byzantine emperor's views that what is new in Islam is "evil and inhuman," prompting the firebombing of churches and the murder of several Christians.

The very people who need to understand what's going on in islam won't read this article. You should read it in its entirety so you can accurately discuss the issue of "islam good, west bad" with the lefty nutjobs.

Religion of peace. Riiggghhhttt.

Robert Spencer: Islamic Congressional Candidate in Minnesota has ties to CAIR, Approved of Hamas

By way of Jihad Watch, Robert Spencer's article at Front Page Magazine examines the connection to CAIR, Hamas and terrorism of Minnesota congressional candidate Keith Ellison.

Keith Ellison (D-MN) is shaping up to be the first-ever Muslim member of Congress, and the mainstream media is treating his candidacy as a huge human-interest story and a triumph of multiculturalism.

Of course, not all is rosy: the Monitor notes that “conservative bloggers” and Ellison’s Republican opponent, Alan Fine, have raised questions about Ellison’s alleged ties to the Nation of Islam, as well as about a number of unpaid parking tickets that led to the suspension of his drivers’ license. But the Monitor doesn’t mention the most troubling aspect of Ellison’s record: the support he has received from the Council on American Islamic Relations.

Journalist Joel Mowbray has been virtually the only journalist who has pursued this connection, exploring in a recent column “Mr. Ellison’s seemingly tight connection with Nihad Awad, co-founder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), whom he met almost two decades ago at the University of Minnesota.” Mowbray reports that “Mr. Awad headlined a fundraiser last month that the campaign estimates netted $15,000 to $20,000, and in July, and it appears that CAIR’s co-founder bundled contributions totaling just over $10,000. (The campaign issued a terse denial on the latter point, though it refused to explain away overwhelming evidence to the contrary.)” Faced with this evidence, Ellison’s backers have “attempted to paint attacks on the candidate as overtly partisan or even bigoted. A Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist, for example, recently suggested that Mr. Ellison is under attack solely for being Muslim.”

More dhimmitude from the liberal media. Sigh. If we could only get them to connect the dots:

What is so troubling about Ellison’s connection with Awad and CAIR? Mowbray quotes the assessments of two leading Democrats: Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois has declared that CAIR “is unusual in its extreme rhetoric and its association with groups that are suspect.” New York Senator Charles Schumer, once said that CAIR “has ties to terrorism” and that Ellison’s supporter Awad has “intimate connections with Hamas.” Mowbray establishes the latter point from Awad’s own mouth, quoting his 1994 statement: “I’m in support of the Hamas movement.”

CIAR has a pattern of support for terrorist groups by not condeming them outright:

When did CAIR stop supporting Hamas? On Monday I searched the CAIR website for “Hamas.” There are three possible searches: News Briefs, Action Alerts, and Press Releases. Only News Briefs turned up anything at all: an old article from Haaretz attacking Ariel Sharon.

So if CAIR now condemns Hamas, where is it saying so? Just in the lower paragraphs of articles about other subjects? We can’t even get one press release about it? Not one Action Alert calling on Muslims everywhere to condemn Hamas?

Before Minnesotans elect Keith Ellison to Congress, they need to know the answers to these questions.

Indeed, Robert, we all need to know before we elect ANY muslim to elective office, unless we want to start the not-so-long march down the road to shar'ia and the new caliphate.

Read the complete article here.

Who Should Apologize? Why, Roserferatu!

In an article published Sept. 26, Kirsten A. Powers at the American Prospect says the Pope is the wrong one apologizing for their remarks:

Rosie’s -- and apparently “The View” audiences’ -- fear of “radical Christians” makes clear they understand neither fundamentalist Christianity nor radical Islam. Whatever criticisms one can make of Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell -- and there are many -- fundamentalist Christians are not flying planes into buildings in the name of God, nor are they plotting to blow up ten airplanes over the Atlantic Ocean. Radical Muslims are threatening and slaughtering “infidels” around the world. They murdered Theo Van Gogh and drove a member of the Dutch government into exile for their perceived slights against Islam. In Iraq, they recently kidnapped a Catholic priest and tortured him. They kidnapped and beheaded Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. It was reported today that Safia Amajan -- a fierce critic of the Taliban's repression of women -- was murdered in the street in Afghanisan. It's believed she was targeted by Taliban militants because of their opposition to women taking part in politics and education.

In just the last few years, Islamic terrorists have targeted and murdered Westerners in the bombing of the Madrid subway; the bombing of the London underground; and the bombing of an Indonesian night club. They murdered almost 3,000 people on 9-11. They killed 240 U.S. Marines in Lebanon in 1983. In 1993, they bombed the World Trade Center, killing 17 and injuring more than a thousand people. In 2000, they bombed the USS Cole, killing 17 Americans.

Rosie’s beef with Christian opponents of gay marriage would presumably pale should she find herself living in many Islamic countries. Perhaps she missed former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami’s speech at Harvard recently saying that, “Homosexuality is a crime in Islam and crimes are punishable. And the fact that a crime could be punished by execution is debatable.” And he’s considered a reformer.

Read the entire article here.

H/T to Texas Hold Em Blogger, who notes:

A side note: according to Allahpundit, the Catholic League requested permission from The American Prospect to republish this piece and was denied.

Guess why?

Kiera McCaffrey, director of communications for the Catholic League, contacted The American Prospect today requesting the right to republish the September 25 article by Kirsten A. Powers, “Who Should Apologize?”, in the November edition of Catalyst, the league’s monthly journal; the Powers piece was printed in the online edition of the magazine. Jahan Salehi, an agent for the publication, spoke to McCaffrey saying he would check out the Catholic League website and get back to her. After perusing our site, he said he would recommend honoring our request, noting, however, that officers at The American Prospect wanted time to consider the matter. Salehi asked if the Catholic League held the same teachings as the Church on issues like abortion, and McCaffrey said yes.

Shortly afterward, Salehi called back to say that our request was denied. He specifically said that it was the Catholic League’s stance on abortion and gay rights that accounted for the rejection.

Nice big tent they have over there at The Prospect. Wonder how this column ever got published in the first place, considering it doesn’t toe the line of dhimmitude.

Amen, brother, a-a-a-a-a-a-men.

WND: 'Suicide bombers follow Quran,' concludes Pentagon briefing

Well, Duh!

Pentagon "Motivations of Muslim Suicide Bombers" briefing reaches the same conclusions as many, many others: They want to kill us because of their religion! Maybe they're finally beginning to connect the dots.

From WorldNetDaily:

With suicide bombings spreading from Iraq to Afghanistan, the Pentagon has tasked intelligence analysts to pinpoint what's driving Muslim after Muslim to do the unthinkable.

Their preliminary finding is politically explosive: it's their "holy book" the Quran after all, according to intelligence briefings obtained by WND.

In public, the U.S. government has made an effort to avoid linking the terrorist threat to Islam and the Quran while dismissing suicide terrorists as crazed heretics who pervert Islamic teachings.

"The terrorists distort the idea of jihad into a call for violence and murder," the White House maintains in its recently released "National Strategy for Combating Terrorism" report.

But internal Pentagon briefings show intelligence analysts have reached a wholly different conclusion after studying Islamic scripture and the backgrounds of suicide terrorists. They've found that most Muslim suicide bombers are in fact students of the Quran who are motivated by its violent commands – making them, as strange as it sounds to the West, "rational actors" on the Islamic stage.

In Islam, it is not how one lives one's life that guarantees spiritual salvation, but how one dies, according to the briefings. There are great advantages to becoming a martyr. Dying while fighting the infidels in the cause of Allah reserves a special place and honor in Paradise. And it earns special favor with Allah.

See the entire article here.

These Pentagon 'experts' could have saved themselves a bunch of time by reading books like "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades)" by Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch. Or follow the blogosphere.

Maybe we can start to make some progress now on this 'clash of civilizations.'

Connect the Dots SCOOP: Here's the Dennis Pontiac "Jihad on Automotive Industry" Script & Photos!

Exclusive: our reporter embedded in the Dennis Automotive Group in Columbus Ohio has leaked photos and the script from the controversial "Jihad on the Auto Industry" ad. The as-yet-to-be-released ads, have drawn complaints from the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the pro-muslim advocate group.

Here it is, the controversial script. Scroll down for the accompanying photos.

ANNOUNCER: Praise be to Allah! In the name of the great Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him) we have captured the great Satan and his unholy confederate.

The auto sales policies of these kaffirs can no longer go unpunished. For too long, the satan has caused great pain to the people of islam, by charging interest. The law of the prophet (peace be upon him) forbids the charging of interest.

We will avenge this wrong by killing all dealers who charge interest.


And, this week only, we have special deal. If you convert to Islam, we will not kill you. Instead, we will make you great deal on our inventory of gently used cars. This beautiful Mercedes was used only on Saturdays by a hateful jew driving to temple.

This lovely BMW is a fresh trade-in from Beirut. Driven only once by Hezbollah hero to kill 200 Zionist occupiers of the holy land.

But you must convert by Friday to attend mosque and save your life. Allaha Akhubar! Allaha Akhubar! Allaha Akhubar!

Slick Willie Shows His True Colors on Fox News Sunday

Just for fun, in the tradition of the islamic photos of the Holy Father and Rosferatu...


Billferatu!

Deabornistan Celebrates Ramadan with Heavy Hearts

Can you hear those violins playing. Boo Hoo. H/T to LGF. From Yahoo News.

DEARBORN, United States (AFP) - During what should be a joyous time of fellowship, worship and reflection, many Muslims streamed into the Islamic Center of America on the first night of Ramadan with heavy hearts.

Sick of the suspicious glances, slurs and false accusations of being terrorists, they feel like second-class citizens in their own country.

Their own country? There's not that much sand in Michigan.

"I feel comfortable at home but once I leave there, and leave my community, I feel like I'm in a whole different atmosphere right now," 18-year-old Zeinab Zahreldin, a freshman at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, told AFP late Saturday. "It's not at all comfortable."

The Detroit area has around 200,000 Muslims and the suburb of Dearborn has one of the highest concentrations of Arab-Americans in the United States. Businesses here post Arabic signs, most restaurants serve Halal meat, and Arabs are prominent in local politics.

But five years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, it seems like a new reason for anxiety and alienation comes every week. Most recently, it was Pope Benedict XVI's remarks linking Islam to violence.

Not to mention shooting Nuns in the back...

Before that was President George W. Bush's use of the term Islamofacists. And then there were the local college students arrested as terrorists because they bought pre-paid cell phones.

...or the plot to blow up airliners bound for the US...

"I have to pray real hard when I come to Ramadan, everything is so different now," said Ali Almuna, an Iraqi immigrant who moved to the United States 11 years ago. "The way the people look at us and treat us. There's a lot of discrimination. I've had bad language used toward me, my wife and kids. One day strangers called us terrorists. I didn't say anything, I just thought that was so sad."

Oh, I don't know why anyone would call them terrorists. Could it be, perhaps, their so-called 'religion' that promotes violence against kaffirs? Why doesn't he take responsbility and work to reform this cult of hate and oppression?

Instead, most continue to unquestioningly follow the hate speak of a 7th century pedophile warlord.

So sad. Perhaps they should welcome a true religion, a religion that celebrates life, that celebrates the son of God, the Prince of Peace, who gave up HIS life so that we may live? The same religion that gives us true commandments to live by, simple rules such as 'thou shalt not kill?'

I pray for their salvation every day. God help them (and us) if we can't reach them with the love of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Another Buried Anti-Islamic protest

Once again, the leftys in the MSM are up to their usual tricks. Similar to the non-coverage of the 25,000 protestors outside the UN whilst President Tom visited from EyeRan, the world media missed another opportunity for fair and balanced reporting (H/T to Little Green Footballs) about an anti-hezbollah rally that attracted 10,000 christians:

Lebanese Christians protest Hezbollah

BEIRUT, Lebanon - An anti-Syrian Christian leader dismissed Hezbollah's claims of victory in its war with Israel as tens of thousands of his supporters rallied Sunday in a show of strength that highlighted Lebanon's sharp divisions.

The rally north of Beirut came just two days after a massive gathering
by the rival Shiite Muslim Hezbollah that attracted hundreds of thousands. The two sides have been at sharp odds over the future of the Lebanese government since this summer's Israeli-Hezbollah war.

Read the entire story at Yahoo News.

TV's Most Repugnant Ladies

H/T to Debbie Schlussel. Maxim magazine (I'm never read it, not even for the articles) has announced TV's most UN appealing ladies. One of my least favorite, a CNN reporter/islamic sympathizer in the Middle East, who was featured recently in the UBL video on that channel, is none other than Christiane Amanpour. (Gag). For obvious reasons, no pix here.

10. Christiane Amanpour, CNN
She was on my bottom feeder list even before I knew about anything going on in islam. She's pretty representative of why women in islam wear burkas. Let's just say she has a face for radio.

9. Sistah Pam Grier
8. Ugly Betty, Ugly Betty (Huh?)
7. Peggy Hill, King of the Hill
6. Fran Drescher, Living with Fran
5. Jerri Blank, Strangers With Candy
4. Tina Yothers, Celebrity Fit Club 4 (yikes, wasn't she Michael J Fox's sister on Family Ties?)
3. Tina Fey, 30 Rock (I disagree with this particular one, but I haven't seen this show. I liked her on SNL and her Mean Girls flick.)
2. Calamity Jane, Deadwood (Never seen this show regularly, but just wondering... did they really drop the f-bomb that much back in the old west?)

And the winnah is...
1. Nancy Grace, CNN Headline News

The best part? they said Roserferatu was too obvious to even make the list. YES!

If you Doubt the Mainstream Media is Biased, Read This

It appears there was a pro-Israel rally in New York during Iran president Ahmahdinejad's presence at the United Nations Sept. 21, to the tune of 25,000 people. Twenty five thousand people. H/T to Little Green Footballs.

Any coverage in the mainstream media? Nope. They were too busy covering their idealogical heroes, President Tom (Ahmadhdinejad) and Hugo Chavez, thug from Venezuala.

LGF reader Scott Silverstein writes:
From an information science perspective it is as clear evidence of world news media collusion and bias as any.

The silence of the lefty media is deafening.

Just in Case: A Survival Plan

From The Patriot Post, a complete "Disaster Preparedness Resources and Guide" to get your family ready in case those wacky islamonazis decide to set off a nuke, dirty bomb, chemical or biological weapon.

This is a special report prepared for The Patriot Post by the United States Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning Committee, a counter-terrorism and non-proliferation research group chaired by a member of The Patriot Post's National Advisory Committee, who is Director of the Center for Public Safety Planning: Recommended Action Plan for Mitigating the Consequences of Natural or Attack Catastrophe on Your Family and Community

Pandemic Threat overview and preparedness.

WMD Overview: Descriptions and Instructions - A detailed overview of what to do in case of a biological, chemical or nuclear terrorist attack.

The following sections give thorough analyses on the various types of WMD that may be used in a terrorist attack.

WMD Detail: Chemical

WMD Detail: Biological

WMD Detail: Radiological

WMD Detail: Electromagnetic Pulse

Emergency Contacts - Everything from the FBI and FEMA to the EPA, right here at your fingertips.

Preparedness Links - A reference guide for other helpful links in preparedness.

Citizens' Preparedness Guide (PDF) - A guide prepared by the Department of Justice, USA Freedom Corps and the National Crime Prevention Council. It includes information on what to do in an evacuation, at the airport, at work, home or place of worship, as well as other generally useful plans. You will need Adobe Acrobat reader to open this PDF file.

Family Preparedness Guide (PDF) - Disaster can strike quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services -- water, gas, electricity or telephones -- were cut off? This guide will give you the tools to deal with fire, flood, winter storm, tornado, hurricane or earthquake.

Personal Preparedness Guide - A general guide including information on detection devices, gas masks, air filters, neighborhood watch groups and prepared traveling.

Shelter-in-Place - Helpful hints for taking immediate shelter wherever you are -- at home, work, school or in the car.

Emergency Preparedness Checklist (PDF) - A checklist for items to have and do in case of emergency.

Emergency Kit (PDF) - Items you'll want in your own emergency kit.

Family Disaster Supplies Kit - A comprehensive listing of basic items you'll need in case of long term confinement in your home.

Food and Water in an Emergency (PDF) - A guide for the storage and use of emergency food and water.

Personal Workplace Disaster Supplies Kit (PDF) - A good list of items you would need if confined at work overnight or longer.

Wallet Personal Information Sheet (PDF) - A blank list for your own emergency contact information to be kept by each member of the family.

Document location: http://PatriotPost.US/useprpc/default.asp

Remember, they want to kill us, any way they can. It's your duty to your family to be prepared.

God help us.

The Legacy of Slick Willie is at stake...

I guess Slick Willie doesn't want us to remember him for his cigar antics with that chunky young intern or his failure to accomplish anything in eight years...

From Michelle Malkin's Hot Air, Clinton to appear on Fox News Sunday.



Hey, Bill, here's a clue: SHUT THE F*CK UP. You rested on your laurels (or rather, Monica's laurels, or whatever c*nt was closest to your tiny little pinpr*ck) for 8 years, you spineless weasel. Stop travelling the globe proving what a real traitor you are to America, get in your Ranchero and ramble on back down to that sh*thole state you're from.

New Progress for America Video Ad

Finally, someone with the cajones to tell it like it is:
"These people want to kill us, because we are Americans. Saddam said it was the duty of Arabs to embark on a holy war, and they should target our interests, whereever they may be. These are cold-blooded murderers, and their work is NOT done."



"They doubt our resolve. But we will not retreat from this war on terror."
Lt. Gen. E.R. "Buck" Beddard, United States Marine Corps, Ret.

THE WAR ON TERROR IS A WAR FOR OUR FREEDOM, SECURITY AND SURVIVAL.

Semper Fi. Do or die. Kill 'em all, let Gawd sort it out.

OOH, I hope we don't insult anyone from CAIR with our bigoted hate speech.

From 767's to 18-wheelers: Terrorists are at it again

From Debbie Schlussel (and other sites), owners of two trucking schools in the midwest have been indicted for allowing immigrants to illegally obtain their commercial driving licenses (CDL) for driving the big rigs. Looks like we got us a convoy:

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The operators of truck driving schools in Kansas City and southern Missouri conspired to help more than 70 Somali and Bosnian nationals illegally obtain commercial driver's licenses, federal prosecutors alleged Thursday.

Many of those students went on to obtain certification to haul hazardous materials on the nation's highways, authorities said in announcing the 62-count grand jury indictment charging 15 defendants with mail fraud, making a false writing and illegally causing identification documents to be produced...

And guess what their names where. Oh, I don't know, could it be... Satan? Not quite, they just work for him:

Information obtained by the Associated Press under Missouri's open records law indicated that more than 300 of about 520 people who did not train at the school but took the test there between May 2004 and December 2005 had names that could be Middle Eastern in origin.

The defendants included Ernest A. "Mustafa" White, 49, of Kansas City, who owned the Muslim Brothers and Sisters trucking company in Kansas City, Kan., and Howard E. Schneider, 39, of Overland Park, owner of H.E. Schneider Trucking Company and co-operator of Muslim Brothers, according to officials.

Prosecutors said the other defendants named in the indictment generally helped in the conspiracy by driving students to West Plains for testing or helping to arrange the fake tests. Those other defendants are:
Hiram C. Oliver, 33, Raytown; Osman Abdullahi, 30, a Somali citizen living in San Diego; Elias Mohamed, 25, Ahmed Muhidin Sharif, 27, Abdulfatah Osman Farah, 24, Abdirizak Abdi Mohamed, age unknown, and Yusuf Kalmole, 34, all citizens of Somalia living in Kansas City; Abdiwahab Mohamud Mohamed, 37, a Somali citizen living in Minneapolis; Adil Majlovic, 19, and Mersud Kajtazovic, 31, both citizens of Bosnia living in Kansas City; and Samir Hasanovic, 22, of Arnold, Mo.

Obviously, a case of ethnic profiling.

Why would Americans do such a thing? Sure, there's the lure of the money: the FBI said White was charging much more than the normal testing fee for his testing, so the program was quite lucrative for him. Here's the REAL reason:

FBI agent Mark Wagoner said White converted to Islam while in prison.

Read the complete story here.

As mentioned by Glenn Beck recently, and in the book "Infiltration: How Muslim Spies and Subversives have Penetrated Washington" by Paul Sperry, our prison system is a breeding ground for US-born muslim terrorists, thanks to the imams that work in our prison system spreading their particular brand (Saudi Wahabbism) of hate.

They're coming for us, whether by land (via the Mexican or Canadian borders), sea (via uninspected cargo vessels), or air (you know). They are relentless and patient.

They want to kill us.

Connect the dots...

e-Coli in Spinach -- the work of Terrorists, or an organic food disaster?

Posted on Yahoo answers, #11 answer to the question of whether the spinach e-coli infections could have been cause by terrorists. Probably the most complete answer I've seen to date:

Nope, not this time. Bioterrorism is a possibility and we should all be vigilant, but the contamination of spinach with pathogenic E. coli was not the work of terrorists. It was basically because people want "organic" raw food.

The rationale for buying organic food is that it is produced without chemical fertilizers. So that means that it is fertilized with manure. Cows, pigs, deer, sheep, horses and chickens may be infected with E. coli O157:H7 and not become ill. The manure may be used to fertilize food that is organically grown. Currently 1 woman died and 109 people have been hospitalized with hemolytic ureic syndrome (HUS) from eating organically grown spinach infected with E. coli O157:H7. E. coli O157:H7 has formerly been found on all types of produce including strawberries, lettuce and bean sprouts. Unpasturized fruit juices were the source of a large E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in 1996.

I personally do not buy organically grown food. If you feel that buying it will protect you from chemical fertilizers, then make sure that you thoroughly scrub, wash and rinse the fruits and vegetables. To be safe you should cook them as well. The bacteria can live not only on the leaves but also inside the leaves, stems and fruit so washing the outside is not sufficient.

The problem with bagged "pre-washed" packaged spinach and salads is that people tend to eat it right out of the bag without washing it again. That is not healthy. Raw food should be thoroughly washed, not just rinsed. Cooking does kill most pathogens.

For some people, especially young children, the elderly, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems, foodborne illness can be very dangerous.

Foodborne illnesses are more common that most people think. Use a brush to scrub produce with firm or rough surfaces, such as oranges, cantaloupes, potatoes and carrots. You should always soak raw fruits and vegetables in chlorinated tap water for a few minutes and rub them to get them clean. Then rinse them under running tap water before you prepare and eat them . Any bacteria left-over will be killed by cooking.

At this time, Natural Selection Foods, LLC, of San Juan Bautista, California, is recalling all of its products that contain spinach in all the brands they pack with “Best if Used by Dates” of August 17, 2006 through October 1, 2006. The products were distributed to about 20 states and Mexico.

Natural Selection Foods, LLC brands include: Natural Selection Foods, Pride of San Juan, Earthbound Farm, Bellissima, Dole, Rave Spinach, Emeril, Sysco, O Organic, Fresh Point, River Ranch, Superior, Nature’s Basket, Pro-Mark, Compliments, Trader Joe’s, Ready Pac, Jansal Valley, Cheney Brothers, Coastline, D’Arrigo Brothers, Green Harvest, Mann, Mills Family Farm, Pro*Act, Premium Fresh, Snoboy, The Farmer’s Market, Tanimura & Antle, President’s Choice, Cross Valley, and Riverside Farms. These products include spinach and any salad with spinach in a blend, both retail and food service products. Products that do not contain spinach are not part of this recall.

Another company, River Ranch, of California, is currently recalling its spring mix containing spinach. River Ranch obtained bulk spring mix containing spinach from Natural Selections. The following brands are involved: Farmers Market, Hy Vee, Fresh and Easy.

In the past, contaminated seeds, irrigation water, runoff from feed lots and flooding have contributed to E. coli outbreaks traced to alfalfa sprouts, lettuce, spinach, parsley, and other fresh produce. E. coli O157:H7 is also found in meat. Meat must be horoughly cooked.

It takes about 2 to 8 days for a person to show signs of infection which include:

• bloody diarrhea
• nausea and vomiting
• severe abdominal cramps
• fever

Healthy adults infected with E. coli O157:H7 may recover within 5 to 10 days without treatment. The higher risk is for those with a compromised immune system, children and older adults. A serious complication is called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). It leads to destruction of the red blood cells and kidney failure. About 2%-7% of infections lead to this complication. Even with the patient receiving intensive care, the death rate from hemolytic uremic syndrome can be about 3%-5%.

The very infectious E. coli -- type O157:H7 may also be antibiotic resistant. During the current epidemic of E.coli O157:H7 found in spinach an 85-year-old woman died in Wisconsin and 109 people have been hospitalized.

The CDC estimates that about 73,000 cases of E.coli related illness occur each year. And 76 million cases of other foodborne illness. As a direct result of pathogenic E. coli infections and its complications, every year 2,100 Americans are hospitalized, and 61 people die. A recent study estimated the annual cost of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses to be $405 million (in 2003 dollars). Those costs that contributed to this estimate included $370 million for premature deaths, $30 million for medical care, and $5 million for lost productivity.

The virulence of E. coli O157:H7 is a result of its ability to produce Shiga-like toxins, or verotoxins. Shiga-like toxins inhibit protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells and play a role in hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome by causing damage to ndothelial cells in the kidneys, pancreas, brain, and other organs, thus inhibiting those organs’ ability to function.

The primary mode of transmission of E. coli at agricultural fairs, petting zoos, and farm visits was previously thought to be fecal-oral – that is, by ingestion of bacteria-laden feces via contaminated food or water, or transfer by hand to mouth following contact with contaminated surfaces or animals. Conclusions reached by investigators in several recent fair-associated outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 suggest that ingestion or perhaps even inhalation of contaminated dust particles may be an additional cause of E. coli infection among fairgoers and visitors to petting zoos.

I reserve the right to withhold judgement... even with this evidence, it's still possible that islamic terrorists infected the water system with e coli bacteria. We'll find out, eventually.

It's war fer god's sake!

From the Bloodletting blog, by way of The White Trash Republican blog:

Mark my words; until we can tell the dead of September 11th there are warm and glassy shores around seas of ash to mark our sorrow for their passing, we shall always be shamed to know that we have not yet responded enough in kind. We will hold our manhood cheap before the images of couples clinging to each other in a final plummet to oblivion until the day comes when we can look serenely upon such images and know that as horrible as these images are, they have been answered. They have been answered with visions of destruction and death so unimagineable that, like the vanquished japanese, the idea of violence will not break the barrier of a man's teeth while living memory remains.

But we do none of these things. Instead, we make memorials, and celebrate victims, and wonder why we didn't kill the bad guys when we had them in our sights. We do these things while our enemies plot our slaughter, and our dead haunt us in mute injury that we have not avenged them, or even earnestly defended ourselves.

It's time to prove to our dead, each other, and ourselves that we are still worth a damn. It's time to sharpen those bayonets, let slip our dogs of war, and give no quarter until the Koran is only quoted in Hell!

Read the entire post here.

Semper Fi, Do or Die. As the jarheads say, kill 'em all and let Gawd sort it out.

I'm an Islamophobic...

H/T to Texas Hold Em Blogger, TALK RADIO, INTERNET BLAMED FOR ANTI-MUSLIM FEELINGS

No kidding.

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a known supporter of jihadism and a front group for financing terrorism, puts the blame squarely on the Internet and talk radio for anti-Islamic sentiment and what it claims are harassment and violence directed at Muslims.

My comments there:

“Hi, my name is Al. I’m an islamophobic. It’s been two days since my last hate crime against an islamic. I asked the flight attendant why all those funny-sounding bearded people were talking on their cells phones all at once…”

“Hi, Al. Welcome to islamaphobics anonymous. Tell us your story.”

“Well, I’m just obsessed with these people because they’re so… different. You know, they go to church or Friday, NOT Sunday, and they talk funny and drive cabs really fast. But that’s not why I’m afraid of them…”

“Why are you afraid, Al?”

“Well, it’s just that they seem so… pushy. They want to be able to pray five times a day, f*ck little girls and boys (and goats), beat all four of their wives, drive over joooos with their SUVs, and buy lots of cell phones to raise money for their charities. And that whole thing about wanting to establish a worldwide government, and make us all join them, that’s got me just a little leery of liking them.”

“And it just seems there’s no talking to them. I mean, our Holy Father quotes somthing from some guy from centuries ago, and they seem to fly off the handle. And God, can’t they take a joke? Those cartoons were hilarious. Ha. Ha. That Mo (PBUH), he’s a real card.”

“And then, I see on that racist Fox News channel that they raided another one of their charities because they’re financing terrorists.”

“And Glenn and Rush and Debbie Schlussel, that hot jooo from Detroit, and Michelle Malkin, that hot oriental chick, just tell us how much we should watch out for these people. And that Robert Spencer, that guy who’s spent his entire life studying islam and arabic, he seems to think that they want to kill us. All of us.”

“Gee, I’m not sure why, but I just believe them, particularly since ALMOST EVERY MAJOR TERRORIST EVENT SINCE THE MID-70′S IS THE RESULT OF ISLAMIC JIHAD.”

“I guess I’m just a racist. Please, help me…”

Never Forget: The Anthrax Attacks Were Performed by the 9/11 Hijackers

Article at Michelle Malkin's website revisits the assertion by other terrorism researchers, suggesting Mohammed Atta and the other hijackers mailed the anthrax letters prior to their deadly flights.

Five years ago today, someone--still unknown--sent letters
laced with anthrax to the NYPost and NBC News. Two more letters, postmarked
October 9, 2001, were sent to Sens. Tom Daschle and Pat Leahy with even more
refined ("weaponized") anthrax:

The CDC mapped the mail flow of anthrax letters, which included several more inferred from infection patterns uncovered by investigators:
In all 22 people were infected. Five were killed:

• Bob Stevens, 63, picture editor of the Sun newspaper, died on 5 October in Boca Raton, Florida. Anthrax spores were found on his computer keyboard


• Thomas Morris Jr, 55, Washington, worked at the Brentwood office which handled an anthrax-laced letter sent to Senator Tom Daschle


• Joseph Curseen, 47, worked at the same office


• Kathy Nguyen, 61, worked in a New York hospital


• Ottilie Lundgren, 94, lived in a rural community in Connecticut. Her case and that of Ms Nguyen are the only ones that have not been traced to tainted mail

Read the entire article at Michelle Malkin's website.

I will not submit. I will not forget.

Mr. President, Here are the Answers to the Moonbats

Unlike the Moonbat Dems who don't have a plan on how to handle the global war on terror, I have a plan on how to handle terrorism within the USA:

1. Build a Fence. We need a secure border, both to the south AND north. Right now, terrorists, drug dealers, and other subversives can easily cross the borders and integrate with our society. Islamic extremists find a welcome home in their local mosques; mexican drug dealers find a welcome home in their local latino gangs.
2. Stop All Immigration Now. Not just illegal immigration, but a temporary moratorum on all immigration, particularly men from the middle east. Their ranks continue to grow, on both the islamic front and the latino front. They come here to organize their fellow 'innocent' non-citizens in protest marches and hate speech. If they're here for school, send 'em home. If they're here illegally, send 'em back.
3. Remove any islamic soliders from active duty. Have them swear an oath to protect the United States (actually they DO, when they join the military), and swear they have no ties to islamic jihad. And park them at a desk where they can't do any damage until this is all over.
4. Remove any islamics from important positions in Washington. This especially includes FBI translators, who are currently subverting our efforts on the GWOT. And it especially includes any islam-lovers, like Carl Rove's buddy Grover Norquist, who's undermining our fight with islamic terrorists by giving them a voice with GW.
5. Post translators in mosques. Many of the Saudi-funded wahabbi mosques in this country preach the Religion of Peace in English, then switch to their anti-US hate rhetoric in arabic. Let's monitor these guys, or shut down their mosques.
6. Suspend teaching of Islam in our prison system. We know this ain't gonna happen, but have muslim clerics monitored, have their messages filtered to remove the hate speech. Prisons are one of the most dangerous breeding grounds for domestic islamic terrorists. [Or, we could just move all of them voluntarily to Gitmo!]
7. Round 'Em Up. Temporarily suspend the civil rights of anyone professing to islam, put them in camps if necessary. Better yet, use them as laborers to build the fence. Cut off their phone privileges, don't allow them any contact outside the country. Make it illegal for them to purchase, use or own cell phones.

These measures may seem a little extreme, but we're fighting for the survival of our very culture.