Charles Johnson Thu Apr 17, 2008 at 10:22 am PDT • Views: 247
After Starplex Cinemas canceled their fundraising screening for jailed Islamic Jihad leader Sami Al-Arian, the UC Irvine Muslim Student Union and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) found another theater: New Venue for Al-Arian Fundraiser.
In every language, the first word after "Mama!" that every kid learns to say is "Mine!" A system that doesn't allow ownership, that doesn't allow you to say "Mine!" when you grow up, has -- to put it mildly -- a fatal design flaw. From the time Mr. Developing Nation was forced to read "The Little Red Book" in exchange for a blob of rice, till the time he figured out that waiting in line for a loaf of pumpernickel was boring as f*ck, took about three generations. ... Decades of indoctrination, manipulation, censorship and KGB excursions haven't altered this fact: People want a piece of their own little Something-or-Other, and, if they don't get it, have a tendency to initiate counterrevolution.