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"Thou Shalt Not Kill" = Racism

Fri, Nov 5, 2004 at 8:31:35 am PST

Reacting to the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh by an Islamic terrorist, artist Chris Ripke painted a mural saying, “Thou shalt not kill.”

And when the head of a nearby mosque complained that the mural was “offensive and racist,” local authorities came and sandblasted it: ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’ = racist.

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1 Evil Bill  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:33:02am

Too bad that didn't happen in France.

2 dazoid81  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:33:06am

RIDICULOUS!

Thou Shalt Not Be An Idiot

3 John Schneider  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:33:59am

Can someone with more "nuance" than me tell me how it is "racist and offensive" to recognize the simple truth that "thou shalt not kill" is the correct way to live ones' life?

/just a simple guy

4 Abu Maven  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:35:14am

Who are we to judge? Jihad as part of their culture. All cultures are equal.

/LLL

5 Vortec  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:35:32am

Again, this is why the RoP is the fastest-growing religion in Europe, and in prison.

6 Capt. Queeg  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:35:36am

My head hurts...

7 Nancy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:35:51am

The deranged redefinitions are bordering on insane!

8 alkmyst  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:36:05am

That's funny, I used to see the same thing posted on a billboard in New Orleans...

9 louis  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:36:19am

Time to break out the prayer rugs in Holland. The Dutch have surrendered.

10 maf  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:36:20am

why i'm not surprised, by this behavior.

11 bohman  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:36:47am

omg, they have the shortest memory span ive ever seen.

insanity

12 lawhawk  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:37:45am

Now, if the mural had stated:

"Thou shalt kill the infidel"

- there would have been no outrage whatsoever. Any takers on that wager? Didn't think so.

13 Thom  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:38:14am

I don't see the problem. It's in the Old Testament, and moslems accpet the Old Testament. You know, People of the Book and all that ..... ?

14 Amos (Zionist Minion)  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:39:03am

Well, it offends the people whose religion says "Slaughter the Infidel (and just anyone whose face you don't like)".

15 TMF  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:39:27am

Stupid hash smoking mayonaise eaters

16 Q  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:39:35am

In a backhanded way, both Euroweenies and Muslims admit that "Thou SHALT kill" is a fundamental tenet of Islam. Actually, the Muslims have never made a secret of it.

17 mglazer  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:40:01am

Tolerating Intolerance is NOT tolerant

Not learning from your lessons brings you back to square one

Sad, very sad

Learn then you can live

18 amir  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:40:22am

Thom,
Correct me if I'm wrong, I don't think Islam accepts the old testament per se, but rather their version of things as they appear in the Koran.

19 Teacake!  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:40:33am

Of course its racist to insinuate to [bigoted word]s that their set of values are really fucked up. Killing for allah is holy, how dare anyone disagree with that.

20 hornet  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:41:00am

Thou shalt not kill. period (war excluded) This comes from the ten commandments NOT/NOT the ten suggestions. selah

21 The Keeper  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:41:17am

Why I always say about other places, including my birthplace................I love America, everywhere else is a nice place to visit............
But REAL Freedom reigns in THIS country above all others.

So we're young less than 300 years, big deal...........but we had the advantage of looking at everyone else's mistakes, correct and improve them albeit adjusted for our tastes........
and the world is jealous; insulated in their ancient and inefficient ways, with very little change over time.

I love this place.

*+*

22 MichaelMooreSucks  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:41:54am

What the fuck? How is that racism?

23 Geepers  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:43:45am

John Schneider (#3),

Can someone with more "nuance" than me tell me how it is "racist and offensive" to recognize the simple truth that "thou shalt not kill" is the correct way to live ones' life?

Well, it contravenes a fundamental principal of islam which is the duty to kill infidels.

24 ferris  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:44:18am

And we need more evidence proving the RoP is nothing more than a death cult because?

25 amir  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:44:57am

BTW
The commandment is "lo tirzach"
which means "Thou shalt not murder"
not "Thou shalt not kill"

26 John Schneider  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:44:57am

Well, heck, if they truly want to take off the gloves....

27 Phil.  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:44:58am

This is the real divide between America and Europe right now.

Americans, by and large, believe in moral absolutes - if an Islamic fundamentalist chops off another completely innocent man's head and shouts Allua Akbar continuously, we say that man is committing an evil act, no shades of grey about it.

Europeans, on the other hand, are moral relativists. You can never judge anyone's actions, culture, or values (unless of course it's KKKapitalism or globalization, which are both clearly evil). This post pretty much shows the deep divide between the two sides of the Atlantic.

And I'm afraid it is only going to widen. We really have nothing in common anymore.

28 Doug  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:45:07am

All I can say is, thank you Lord Jesus Christ for.....fixing the election (according to the LLL).....of the only man left on the face of this earth willing to protect us all from this.

And all you LLL's out there....Islam is coming to get you to chop your head off. All you have to do is let them come. Adn you are letting them, no, ENCOURAGING them.

Do you think they're going to ask if you'd like your head chopped off right beside a gay rights activist or a volvo driving social activist professor?

29 rumcrook  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:45:14am

only from the mouths of a muslim can "thou shalt not kill" be offensive

30 cba  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:45:23am

#20 hornet:
Just for the record, the Hebrew (in which it was originally written) is Lo Tirtzakh, which means "Do not murder" (not "Do not kill).

And the Hebrew for the Decalogue is Aseret ha-Dibrot, which means "The Ten Utterances" or "The Ten Statements." (You've noted, I'm sure, that the first one isn't actually a commandment to do or refrain from doing something.)

31 mglazer  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:45:24am

If you continue to tolerate the intolerance of islamists you will not be safer

the only way to peace is to fight for it and not give in to murderers

Safety and Freedom takes hard work and sacrifice that you msut be willing to fight for

Peace is what is at the end at a hard-fought victory against those who don't beleive in living peacefully

Each and everyone of us can do soemthing to help and fight for the cause of true peace by standing up against Islamists in our own way


The sad part of this story is the "local authorities" complied iwth the request thus giving it validity i.e not fighting intoelrance and murder - sad and apthetic as well as exemplary of the problem there and why what happened was allowed to happen

this is a prime example of what is wrong


appeasing evil will not spare your life

Learn this well - FIGHT TERRORISM

32 Owl  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:45:48am

(insert gasp)

yawn.........

33 Sol Roth  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:46:20am

Cheesy, atavistic attempt at collectivist idea control. Surprising in its appearance in old Europe, where it should have been thoroughly discredited after 100 years and 100 million dead by the collectivist hand.

My bible says, "Thou shalt not murder." Big difference and alot more latitude.

34 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:46:24am
35 hornet  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:46:49am

It's not insanity, it's demonic (satan inspired/evil).

36 cba  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:46:51am

#25 amir:

:-)

I take waaaay too long formatting stuff, obviously, LOL. (Yay gotta be fast around these parts.)

37 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:47:13am

UN-Fucking-Believable

38 Blackeyed Pierce  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:48:29am

Amir

That's correct. The word means "Killing in hatered".

39 alkmyst  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:48:40am
#20 hornet 11/5/2004 08:41AM PST
Thou shalt not kill. period (war excluded) This comes from the ten commandments NOT/NOT the ten suggestions. selah

Technically, this is one of the biggest mis-translations in all history, because in Hebrew, it is "Thou shalt not murder. Which is different that "kill".

Maybe it's a nuance. Tricky definitions can be complicated things, you understand...

Some camels need stealin, and some people just need killin'.

Glad we have a cowboy in the House...
hmmmm, how about this for a new reality show,

Walker, Texas Ranger

40 Old Fart 43  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:48:40am

Just more LLLPCBS.

41 LarryW2LJ  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:48:51am

RoP my @$$ !!!

42 amir  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:49:32am

#30 cba

You're making an excellent point there.

43 Belize042  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:49:59am
...the head of a nearby mosque ...

Was it attached to the mosque's body?

44 Phil.  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:51:07am

Actually there's another big divide too.

Americans by and large believe freedom is worth fighting for and defending. We recognize that sometimes it needs to be fought for, as in with guns and bullets.

Europeans no longer believe this. They believe everything can be talked out and debated, even to the last second when their fellow countryman's head has been cut off. No act, no matter how despicable, seems to change their way of thinking. After all, a terrorist act in Spain only got the appeasement Socialist party of Spain elected. In America, George Bush won by nearly 4 million votes.

45 deadmaus  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:51:20am

What the tiny minds of these murdering scum fail to grasp is that the more they jump up and down, seethe and whine about their stoneage religion being 'outed' via writing and movies they are drawing more attention to themselves.

46 justamomof4  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:52:07am

I saw this disturbing yet very useful video posted on another blog yesterday.

I'm pleased to see people are realizing the value of providing witness through video on the web.


Continue to document dhimmi actions and provide links. With any luck, enough video footage can be compiled to use as educational footage that unveils/defines/explains the ramifications of dhimmitude.

47 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:53:11am

The Dutch are soooooooooo screwed.

48 mercadorudy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:53:19am

#4
we are to judge what is evil by what the Word says is evil. There is nothing in this that is equal or fair and when you try to make it equal or fair you are being unequal or unfair to someone else. This equality and fair stuff only works in a vacuum. Only in the Kingdom is there fairness or equality.

49 badmonkey  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:53:21am

And I suppose this quote = "peace and tolerance"

"The Koran places heavy emphasis on using divine revelation as a catalyst for establishing justice in all its forms, and struggling against injustice in all its forms. (See Chapter 16 for more info on relating the Koran to society.) At the center of this teaching is the concept of Jihad" --Isam for Dummies

Uh, what forms of injustice do you mean... being non-muslim and being alive? And just what forms of justice would you be referring to... murdering non-muslims? Or maybe murdering anyone that doesn't agree with you? Maybe murdering women who leave the house without their face covered? How about murdering a woman because her husband divorces her?

Oh, and I really like the title of the book.

50 Weasel Hunter  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:53:39am

Any religion of peace would have asked the artist to do another mural for their own place of warship... er worship.

51 Sir Lurksalot  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:53:45am

OT, On Michael Moore's site:

17 Reasons Not to Slit Your Wrists


A bunch of drivel , but look at #10

10. Five more African Americans were elected as members of Congress, including the return of Cynthia McKinney of Georgia. It's always good to have more blacks in there fighting for us and doing the job our candidates can't.

Cynthia McKinney? What a jackass Moore is. Seems like a shout out to his anti-semitic fans.

52 RedWhiteAndJew  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:54:04am

That islamo-fascists assert that the most benign rebukes are racist does not surprise me. Nor do obsequious Euro-weenie responses to such claims. The phony accusation of racism is a trump card that can be played again and again in the West (assuming your not a Jew, of course).

Until European (and American) hand wringing over racism this and multicultural that, is tempered with a little self-respect and less political correctness, the downward slide will continue.

While not justified, the islamo-fascists are proud of their culture and worldview, and that is one reason why they outstrip the West in birth rate and geographical spread.

53 Carolyn  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:54:13am

Yes, their god requires rivers of "fragrant blood" - such peaceful religion.
Seriously, if people don't wake up, we are going to have to fight these nuts from a position of defense instead of a position of superior strength.

54 deadmaus  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:54:15am

#46 justamomof4

Can you remember the blog or url to that video?

55 rockman  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:54:22am

Seems to me there was one about not worshiping false gods too. Put that on a mural and see who defaces it.

56 THUNDER  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:54:27am

Nazism got its start in Europe in a similar way. I will have to find some of the books and other info I have read about that. All the Islamic fundamentalists need is a figurehead to start pushing the issue in Europe. Not a guy like Osama bin Hidin', but more a guy like Muqtada al Sadr. If and when that happens, Europe will become a battleground state, and we will have WWII all over again. Let's hope it doesn't come to that!

57 grimg  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:54:36am

This is abysmal. Old Europe is dying, succumbing fully . They’ve lost the will to fight, the will to accused, It goes beyond the lost of culture, to the will to survive itself. Te shuddering death throws are occurring, this is a clear symptom.

I think even France knows this. They’ve cast both Israel and the US as the foe in European politics knowing fully that nothing unites like an common enemy. This might work but France wants to lead this unification, and its not in their national character.

58 selpaw  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:55:04am

So HYPOCRITICAL typical of the RoP. We should all lay prayer mats in tribute. You know, as a better way to bridge understanding/

59 Right Wing Nutt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:55:41am

Its not, "thou shalt not KILL", ....that is a BIG misunderstanding. Its "thou shalt not MURDER"

the hebrew word that bible was wrote in for murder and kill is the same and caused confusion with translation, King James version made the mistake. Subsequent versions have corrected this error.

keep in mind, many places in the bible say, "There is a time to Kill" and many similar sayings, like, "time for war", etc.


this stupidity of meaning is what the left constantly try to harp on.

60 Thom  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:55:46am

#18 amir

It varies depending on who they're talking to ...

61 Catracks  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:55:48am

This is how Islam will attempt to take over countries. They will use weaknesses and play on their tendenciy to appease to erode them from the inside.

Remember this next time they demand calls to prayer over a bullhorn in your neighborhood.

This also means that religion to them is nothing but a front if they can tear down a law that Moses brought forth. We already know that murder is perfectly acceptable to them.

Call me racist if you want to, but I've not yet met or even heard of a Muslim that noisely and publicly stands against this worldwide crime. Do they believe that this is right or are they afraid of reprisal?

62 Smug Monkey  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:55:56am

OT:

micheal "manatee" moore offers reasons not to "slit your wrists."

Oh, and atrios is shutting down his lovely little hive of anti-Americanism for a while... a sign of things to come?

We can hope.

63 badmonkey  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:56:19am

Oops, my bad, the title of the book is...

"Koran for Dummies"


Sorry

64 Frank_Mtl  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 6:57:22am

Rather than being against it as "racism", they surely mean they are against it because if forbids the "beheading of innocent human beings for the World to see on video".

65 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:00:28am

#51 Sir Lurksalot

I found his list of servicemen to be particularly offensive

66 Jakester  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:00:36am

Either they believe killing is okay or they want to be killed. All the mosque folks are doing is confirming the stereotype and proving that we are not racists or bigots, just realists!

67 FabioC.  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:00:42am

Another socialist utopian dream ending in nightmare...

Will the LLLs ever learn?

A few will, even if late. Some definitely too late.
And others will never learn.

But there is a large fraction of Europeans who are not LLLs, and will not surrender. What will happen if the Islamic radicals will push them beyond the limit of sopportation?

However, I have something to say about the stupid anti-European comments and "humor" here: STFU.

68 Carolina Girl  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:00:57am

Since they find "Thou Shalt Not Kill" offensive, they'll pretty much be happy when we give Fallujah the leveling it deserves, right?

69 Miggie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:00:57am

The more correct translation is "Thou shall not murder." (Most modern translations have it like this) Killing in just wars is permissible. Murder, what the Muslim fanatics do all the time, is prohibited. In most commandments, there is a way to atone. Forgiveness from the injured party is a crucial element. However, in cases of real murder it is not possible to get forgiveness from the murdered person. Actually, nobody can forgive the murderer on behalf of the victim.

Incidentally, the only commandment where there is no forgiveness is taking the Lord's name "inappropriately". In other words, murdering in God's name, like killing someone while shouting "Allah Akbar" is an unforgiveable sin.

A lot the murdering Islamic bastards care about this. They not only want to murder but they want to justify it in advance by advancing the proposition the rest of the world is wrongly condeming them by singling them out as the only society condoning murder.

Pathetic. The Muslims have GOT to fix their own religion. It would help a whole lot if we could put a real squeeze hold on Saudi Arabia and Egypt and even Iran to change the messages that come out of their state controlled media.

70 Smug Monkey  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:01:16am

#51 Sir Lurksalot

must... read... thread... before... posting...

Sorry all.

71 Doctor Phibes  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:01:24am

Some of the Dutch will certainly fight back, but the authorities will ruthlessly suppress them. The meaning of the word 'Dutch' has been redefined by the socialist masters, and they did it without consulting anyone.

72 John Schneider  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:03:12am

#62 Smug Monkey

micheal "manatee" moore offers reasons not to "slit your wrists."

No! We want the LLL to slit their wrists. Better they do it now, and save us all the trouble of having to bury them one at a time.....

73 andreaSF  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:03:52am

This capitulation to the Islamofacists (removing the mural) is de-facto permission for them to keep killing all who criticize them.

Euroidiots.

74 Sir Lurksalot  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:04:14am

#65 Kragar

I just find his existence offensive.

#70 Smug Monkey

I didn't read either.

Just took my chances.

75 DarthBrooks  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:04:37am

"There are only two things I can't stand in this world: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures...

...and the Dutch."

- Nigel Powers, "Goldmember"

76 Jeeves  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:04:43am

Racist, huh? Who needs to be reminded that the "Phoenix memo," describing OBL-loving [bigoted word]s taking flying lessons, was shelved by the FBI honchos because acting on the information might give the appearance of--horrors!--"racial profiling." Sensitivity comes at a high price.

77 moonsbreath  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:04:53am

I'm sure the Dutch will be outraged for a day and not ride their bikes, then it's back to "business as usual."

78 justamomof4  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:05:10am

#54

Originally found at Faithfreedom.org; takes a while to download but worth the wait.

[Link: www.faithfreedom.org...]
Here is the footage. I hope the bandwidth allows the footage to play.
[Link: www.noord.kw.nl...]

79 Pooh  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:05:13am

OT: EU leaders express solidarity with Palestinians

[Link: www.jpost.com...]

80 Roger  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:05:16am

If the equation is true, I will be a racist the rest of my life.

81 Right Wing Conspirator  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:05:37am

On-topic -

Terrorist hit list 'targets' top Dutch politicians

De Telegraaf said detectives have come across a "death list".

Top of the list was Van Gogh who made the movie Submission which criticised the treatment of women in Islamic communities.

The other five names on the list are Somali-born Liberal VVD MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali, independent conservative MP Geert Wilders; Immigration and Integration Minister Rita Verdonk; and Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen and his deputy Ahmed Aboutaleb.

Those bad, bad, bad racists.

82 Keelie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:05:47am

The actual Hebrew verb is not "kill" - it's "murder".

Of course killing someone who offends ANYTHING to do with Islam is not murder... unless you're the one at the receiving end.

83 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:07:21am
84 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:07:27am

OT

Lovely Article on MSN:

The unteachable ignorance of the red states.

I grew up in Missouri and most of my family voted for Bush, so I am going to be the one to say it: The election results reflect the decision of the right wing to cultivate and exploit ignorance in the citizenry. I suppose the good news is that 55 million Americans have evaded the ignorance-inducing machine. But 58 million have not. (Well, almost 58 million—my relatives are not ignorant, they are just greedy and full of classic Republican feelings of superiority.)
85 Keelie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:08:10am

#25 - Amir

Sorry - you got there first...

86 Dar ul Harb  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:08:35am

Dhimmitude in action.

And thanks to all who pointed out the King James mistranslation. LGF --the site that fact checks your Bible!

87 moonsbreath  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:08:46am

#79 Pooh

OT: EU leaders express solidarity with Palestinians

Not surprised since the money source from Saddam is dried up and Arafish is suppose to have a few billions laying around.

88 Thom  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:09:13am

#67 FabioC.

:)

Most of the negative comments have been about the Dutch in particular and Euroweenies (the Chirac and Schroeder types) in general.

Nobody's dissing Italy or decent Europeans.

Phew! Almost spelled that Europeons ...

</joke!>

89 Daybrother  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:09:27am

Stupid Europussies. I suppose it never occurred to them to sandblast the "...the head of a nearby mosque ..." instead.

90 Keelie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:09:39am

#84 Kragar

Wretchard at the Belmont Club comments on this screed in his own inimitable way...

91 Right Wing Conspirator  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:10:38am

#84 Kragar

Don't worry. They still have not, and will not learn.

ps - did you know that those that voted for Bush absolutely hate gays and that was what we were voting on. At least that is what I have been hearing.

sigh

92 CCR  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:11:33am

They think "thou shalt not kill" is racist? Lets drop it for them then. Hey everyone! It's open season on muslims! What's that? It's only okay to kill infidels? Fuck that, they're the infidels from where I'm standing.

93 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:13:08am
94 Pooh  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:13:16am

#87 moonsbreath

"Not surprised since the money source from Saddam is dried up and Arafish is suppose to have a few billions laying around."

That's not it all all. Whatever they say, and whatever they pretend, their love for the Palestinians is based on their hatred of the Jews.

95 FabioC.  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:14:43am

#88 Thom

Yes, most of the commenters make the distinction clear.

But some others are slipping into unpleasant generalizations.

96 Right Wing Conspirator  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:15:36am

OT - but I don't know if any here listens or even gets Michael Graham (630 AM in the DC area) but he was talking about 'zombies' pics this morning :-)

97 Owl  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:16:21am

Yes, I think we've covered the fact that more than half of america is stooopid.

Now, where did i put my gun...

Owl
Mossberg 12 guage
Marlin 30-30
Glock 9 ( coming soon)

98 thinkingmom  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:16:56am

They're sandblasting away their heritage...Frankly, this is yet another example of the irrelevance of Old Europe in the battle for Western Civilization. Pathetic.

99 GoatGuy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:18:04am

It seems to me that Europe has really taken their liberalism too far...

They are ultralibs when it comes to having everyone fairly and totally free. Yet, their tenets also abjure the freedom to say anything in public that would offend anyone else.

But oddly enough [and this I believe is a disease just as prevalent in the good Ol' United States as it is in Europe], the idea that the complaint given by the plaintiff universally outranks the freedom-of-speech given by the defendant is also offensive. But that has become the heart of European society: bend to all complainers, give more oil to the squeakier wheels. We too in America pander to our squeaky wheels, our 'professionally oppressed', our special interests that insist they are the focus of passive-aggressive social repression. On one level, I understand it ... after all the idea that the Jewish are a special people, uniquely sundered by the holocaust, and that the world should forever remember and atone ... is a bittersweet, but good idea. People get tired of atoning though, and in this modern age, want to move on. The American Indians are at least as numerous, have grievances that could paper the Empire State building, yet are nearly invisible. They also are not pressing for perpetual white-man atonement. Maybe they should. I don't know.

But here in Amsterdam we have the ultimate in plaintiff-rules mentality [to be fair: once the complaint was lodged, the city was required to send a surveyer, a cop, and a scrub-down team. It would hardly be the position of a cop to defend some lofty ideal of 'freedom of expression'; his is the job of getting what his department told him to get done, done. As with polize worldwide, theirs is not an interpretive role, it is an executive rule.] But the plaintiff-rules mentality is absurd, taken to this extreme. Its moral equivalencing to Jewish complaints of swastikas sprayed on headstones, is where the loss lies. There was not a single icon of Catholicism or generic Christianity [including the damned dove of peace] in the thing. I couldn't read the tiny print at the bottom. Maybe it said, "May the bird of peace loose a flying turd on your mosque, turban heads!!!" or something. If so, then the sign DID need to come down.

But to say, in words, what is without any doubt hard-coded into the Laws of the Netherlands, "Don't Kill [your neighbor]", hardly is offensive. It should have bright fucking neon lights and a parade of flugelhorn honkers to boot.

But again ... we must consider: it was but just a pint of paint. It can [and should] be painted again and again, until the city is no longer interested in taking it down.

GoatGuy

100 Albertadude  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:18:06am

Europe has to wake up......it has too.....

I cannot stand the idea of Islam destroying our heritage and the home of our ancestors.....home of such tremendous history and thought and art etc etc...

Islam will turn Europe into a shithole like there own countries...

Lord, please wake up the Europeans!!!

101 Old Fart 43  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:18:32am

All the Micheal Moorons can slit their own thoats for all I care.

102 perchprism  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:18:45am

The Muslim population had a right to kill this dude. He was spreading propaganda that women have to be respected as human beings. Bah!


I think the single driving force of Islam through the ages is that it inculcates a supreme status for the male, and a subserviant status for the female. What self-respecting man wouldn't go for that? Shut up, bitch! Take that, whore! What? Did you dare sass me? Well...I guess I'll have to drag you to the court tomorrow, and see what Sharia Law has to say about it.

Strangely, American Libs appear not to give a damn. It's up to us Republicans to point out the future of Europe, and possibly, this country.

perchprism

103 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:19:31am

#79 Pooh

Translation: Pleeeeeaze don't kill us!

104 Bubbaman  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:19:49am

Hmmm... this sounds strikingly similar to the Democrats.

105 Thom  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:20:03am

#95 FabioC.

Unfortunately, that happens.

The Brits were royally pissed off yesterday by some of the comments on the Daily Mirror thread .... while the Black Watch has our backs in Fallujah. It really is irritating.

106 Blackeyed Pierce  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:20:04am

#83 song_and_dance_man

Hmmm.... Thats what Hitler did twords the end.

#84 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

All my learnin' and I'm still stupid......

107 Keelie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:20:16am

#91 - Right Wing Conspirator

The other night I sat wide-eyed, listening to an intelligent woman tell me the most astounding conspiracy theories re the Bush "dynasty." It was as if she had strung together the usual words and phrases (eg: Haliburton) and offered them to me as if I were a total ignoramus (which she is convinced, poor fellow, I am).

I have a hard time sitting impassively listening to that sh-t without commenting on peoples' sanity, then trying to be chummy and friendly afterward.

I'm now commenting, sometimes quite rudely; let them worry about being chummy and friendly.

108 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:20:31am

#97 Owl

Is that Mossberg a riot gun?

109 dbdukes  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:21:27am

#51 Sir Lurksalot

OT, On Michael Moore's site:

17 Reasons Not to Slit Your Wrists


A bunch of drivel , but look at #10

10. Five more African Americans were elected as members of Congress, including the return of Cynthia McKinney of Georgia. It's always good to have more blacks in there fighting for us and doing the job our candidates can't.

Cynthia McKinney? What a jackass Moore is. Seems like a shout out to his anti-semitic fans.


Just to add to that, McKinney replaced Denise Majette, who ran (unsuccessfully) for Zell Miller's seat in the Senate. Judge Majette, a black woman, had beaten McKinney for the House seat two years earlier.

So, how does one black woman replacing another black woman, equal "more blacks." Maybe he meant "Moore blacks?"

110 thinkingmom  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:22:17am

#99 GoatGuy

But again ... we must consider: it was but just a pint of paint. It can [and should] be painted again and again, until the city is no longer interested in taking it down.

Yes, but are there still enough people there who are willing to fight for their freedom? It would be a glorious rebellion, wouldn't it?

111 Mar  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:22:33am

I don't even know how to respond to this. What is the world becoming?

WHat I do forsee is a big backlash by the Dutch

112 canadianwilderness  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:24:01am

BEND OVER!

113 dy/dx  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:24:52am

About the kill-murder distinction:

From my understanding, the Hebrew word is more akin to "take life unjustly." Not quite murder, but as close as we can get in engrish I suppose.

dy/dx

and the unpublished 11th:

Thou shalt not touch thy neighbors' yardsigns

114 KWH  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:25:51am
ps - did you know that those that voted for Bush absolutely hate gays and that was what we were voting on

I hate the sin, not the person.

115 Roger  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:26:15am

#25 amir, to learn more I ask:

kill ---- lo tirzach -- murder. Is lo tirzach a direct one-to-one translation to murder? Or is there more meaning? I realize the KJV translation needs clarification. kill is inclusive of all ways to 'cause death by an agency in any manner' while murder narrows the definition to: 'implies stealth and motive and premeditation and therefore full moral responsibility'. What about negligence? Battery not intended to kill but does? Most Christians who read the KJV understand the difference in 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' and David slinging a rock into the Philistine's skull because the Philistine wanted him and his people dead. No one came close to thinking David did something wrong; wasn't even brought up.

116 Asylum Aleikum  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:26:45am

Europe is brain dead.

117 Model4  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:27:37am

Is there not one among the Dutch who can stand up and say "Excuse me, but what race does this statement attack?" Of course Europe is so indoctrinated with leftism that they've probably been cowed into accepting that "racism" means "anything the left doesn't like."

I say Mr. Ripke should instead get back out there and do murals of Muhammed's statements. Should drive the leftists and Islamists nuts, as they won't be willing to criticize them directly.

#18 amir:

Correct me if I'm wrong, I don't think Islam accepts the old testament per se, but rather their version of things as they appear in the Koran.

Doesn't matter. When they send their PR spokesdroids out into the West, they deliberately try to give the impression they revere every word in the Bible. It's got to be pointed out that this is not the case.

118 hornet  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:27:42am

By that equation, the whole bible or torah must be hate literature. Kinda goes against if it feels good,,do it, your truth is not my truth etc.

MSM don't understand that anything they say can be corrected as fast as you guy/gals have corrested me re kill/murder, and this will always be their downfall.

Off to work (10hrs.), back tonight.

119 hobgoblin  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:28:10am

in the words of PJ O"Rourke

what the fucking fuck?

120 eXcel  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:28:22am

Will Europe swing back before its too late?

121 Doctor Phibes  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:28:54am

This is exactly the kind of thing that will happen if you allow unlimited immigration from a part of the world where it is quite normal for parents to call their children 'Hitler':

"From 6 to 13 July, Deputy Minister of Supervision Chen Changzhi visited Egypt and met with chairman of the Administrative Control Agency Gen. Hitler Tantawi. The two sides signed cooperation agreement between the two ministries."

122 dbdukes  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:29:07am

So, let me get this straight.

"Thou shalt not kill" is offensive and racist.

And, if the words are offensive and racist to the "head of the nearby mosque," then the actions must be, too.

That's easy: Don't NOT kill them.

123 Quodlibetarian  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:29:26am

OT:

[Link: www.sorryeverybody.com...]

The DemoDhimmis are at it again...

124 Bleeding heart conservative  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:30:08am

Racism: n. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

If you saw the words "Thou Shall Not Kill," with no context beyond a brick wall, how would you react? Would you assume a religious motivation, or anti-terrorism, anti-war, anti-crime?

If you saw it beside a German concentration camp memorial, it would have more context. Or near any scene of terrorism, a church or bus bombing... but would you ever assume the condemnation of violence was an offense against your tribe, clan or ethnos?

If you would, what does that say about you?

125 Cole Slaw  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:31:46am

The Loony Left commandment:

"Thou shalt be EXTRA solicitous of Muslim Sensibilities"

126 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:32:28am

#114 KWH

I hate the sin, not the person.

You are right on target, with that, and with Jesus.

Every human person has intrinsic dignity, but some (like the Islamofascists), don't act in accordance with that dignity.

127 zulubaby  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:32:55am

Don't miss the posts by Peter Verkooijen and tictoc on the previous thread about this. See post #141 on that thread too.

128 KWH  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:32:56am

Quodlibetarian
Looks like a lot of "sorry" people to me.

129 Final Historian  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:33:34am

Has anyone seen the JPost recently?

Arafat has turned into a zombie!

130 Blackeyed Pierce  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:34:02am

What about negligence?
Willfull negligence is wrong.

Battery not intended to kill but does?

Depends if it was in defence. If it wasn't then you are guilty.

131 Beagle  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:34:43am

#102 perchprism

I think the single driving force of Islam through the ages is that it inculcates a supreme status for the male, and a subserviant status for the female. What self-respecting man wouldn't go for that? Shut up, bitch! Take that, whore! What? Did you dare sass me? Well...I guess I'll have to drag you to the court tomorrow, and see what Sharia Law has to say about it.


The superior position of men in Islam is its greatest selling point. When feminsts in the United States waste good bluster on Christians this is the first thing which pops into my mind.

Islam allows polygamy, instant divorce, honor killing, has rules for wife beating, and permits pedophilia. Islam appeals to the most base human drives. That helps explain its success. And it highlights the danger in letting it spread. The Koran is a blueprint for male domination and endless war.

But good luck convincing a modern feminist that Islam is a threat. They save their most venomous attacks for GWB and his denial of their right to have an abortion after the baby is in nursery school.

132 Mark IV  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:34:59am

Holland is a country. Like many other countries, it contains a percentage of morons.

Like some other countries, it has a lefty contingent in the electorate and on the bench.

Like most of those same other countries, it also has a helluva lot of good, solid, reasonably normal people who do not smoke hash, aren't queer, and would just as soon put a round through this latest Koranic murderer as step over his body in the street.

In other words, it's a lot like Kalifornia. Holland also produces the world's very best gin (taught the Brits how to make inferior copies) and should get a break on the basis of that, alone.

133 Sheet o' Glass  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:35:07am

#123 Quod

What worthless people. Send em to Abu Dabai.

134 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:35:27am

#129 Final Historian

Holy crap!

Light of the Living Arafish!

/story idea for george romero

135 Geepers  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:35:51am

Quodlibetarian (#123),

LOL.

What a bunch of pathetic losers.

136 godfrey  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:37:40am

Is it possible for secular Dutch society to assimilate the children of Moslem immigrants?

If it's possible for student democratic movements to grow in an oppressive mullah-nazi police state like Iran...

No flames, please. I'm well aware it's a difficult problem.

137 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:38:29am

#123

My late father used to say, "I'll say you're sorry. Now apologize!"

What a bunch of sorry losers.

138 Kantana  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:38:59am

#77 moonsbreath

I'm sure the Dutch will be outraged for a day and not ride their bikes, then it's back to "business as usual."

LOL !Now you're pushing it here.I know the Dutch and believe me,they won't go that far.A few hours maximum,not a whole day ,no sir..

139 Blackeyed Pierce  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:39:53am

#114 KWH

Agreed. People do have value as given by God. Do to the choices of Adam and Eve, we need to keep ourselves in check.

140 Moses Cleaveland  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:40:09am

I'm surprised the leader of the mosque could even read it.

141 Iron Fist  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:40:38am

Just as the recent election proved beyond any reasonable doubt that the MSM is a tool of the Demonrat Party, this should prove beyond any reasonable doubt that Islam has only a superficial relationship with Judeo/Christian heritage.

That superficial relationship is they worship our G-d's opposite number. Islam is a death-cult.

142 Lerxt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:40:45am

#123 - We're sorry

We should all make ones along the lines of "We're so sorry...the world can't collectively pull it's head out of it's ass and see that a second term for Bush is a good thing for the world."

143 Sheet o' Glass  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:40:54am

#123 Quod

I noticed alot of people had "we still hate bush" on their signs. I suppose "hate" is PC when talking about bush. Do they realize their guy LOST the effin election?????

144 KerryChirac04  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:41:00am

UNBELIEVEABLE!

Given the sandy nature of the countries of origin of many muslims in the Netherlands, there is a certain symbolism in this "Thou Shalt not Kill" message being sandblasted.

145 Dave the.....  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:41:45am

Charles, are you here? This crime is made just for us. Look who may have slashed the tires on the 20 Republican vans Tuesday morning in Milwaukee. From today's Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. There are links to a Democratic Congressman.


Supreme Solar Allah, the son of state Sen. Gwen Moore, who won a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday. Allah's given name is Sowande Omokunde


Police are planning to question the adult children of two prominent Democrats as early as today in the wide-ranging probe into who, early on election day, slashed the tires of 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party.
The investigation has already led to the Tuesday arrest of Opel E. Simmons III, a veteran party activist from Virginia in town to work on John Kerry's presidential campaign. Simmons, 33, was released Thursday afternoon without being charged.
Sources told us that police, who are being assisted by the FBI, plan to speak to Michael Pratt, son of former Acting Mayor Marvin Pratt, and Supreme Solar Allah, the son of state Sen. Gwen Moore, who won a seat in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday. Allah's given name is Sowande Omokunde, and he lives in Moore's north side home, according to her campaign finance reports.
Officials declined to say what role the two sons might have played in the incident or what they might know about it. But numerous police sources made it clear that detectives from the police intelligence division want to quiz them soon.
"They will be talked to," one insider said Thursday evening. "Most likely probably tomorrow."
Even though authorities have not talked to his son, sources said, Marvin Pratt has contacted the Police Department to inquire about the case.
The senior Pratt - the chairman of Kerry's Milwaukee campaign - also popped up on the scene Tuesday night when police arrived to arrest Simmons on a vandalism charge. Also witnessing the arrest, sources said, was someone videotaping the bust.
Neither Marvin nor Michael Pratt returned a call or responded to a message left at Marvin Pratt's house. Moore and her son did not respond to repeated calls.
Because of the sensitive nature of the investigation and the possible involvement of the children of two of the area's best-known politicians, sources said, Police Chief Nannette Hegerty called Mayor Tom Barrett on Wednesday to tell him police would be speaking to Pratt and Allah. Barrett defeated Pratt in April.
A spokesman for the mayor's office confirmed Thursday that "the chief has briefed the mayor on the situation." It's standard for the police chief to keep the mayor in the loop when investigating a politically sensitive case.
[Link: www.jsonline.com...]

146 scaramouche  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:42:11am

An editorial in the Canadian Jewish News quotes the vice-president of the Canadian Islamic Congress as saying the following:

...the Qur'an rejects the Jewish concept of racial superiority, that is, the status of their being the chosen people. The concept is not only racist, bit directly contradicts the Qur'anic worldview of racial equality. Unfortunately, the Jewish idea of being 'chosen' not only institutionalized racism, but also set a terrible precedent for human history in general, where racial superiority claims became the norm, the divisive standard by which all others, those not like us were to be judged and treated.

Got that? If those infernal Jews hadn't gotten on their high camels about being chosen, racism as we know it would never have existed.

147 Weasel Hunter  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:45:23am
But again ... we must consider: it was but just a pint of paint. It can [and should] be painted again and again, until the city is no longer interested in taking it down.

Charles, I think GoatGuy's words are worth highlighting as an update on the growing resistance in the Netherlands.

148 Roger  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:46:15am

#146 scaramouche.

Qur'anic worldview

Hmmmm...Wonder if he could elaborate?

149 Right Brain  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:46:18am

Yes, it is a world gone mad. It will take a few more attacks for the Left-overs to adjust. On the other hand who cares if they do, they haven't the votes.

150 sevoguy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:47:01am

This is going to happen all over Eurabia eventually. The local authorities bending over backwards.

We all need to take a pledge that we will never succumb to islamic pressures. We will never see the Constitution of the US trampled upon by islam.

Poor, Poor Europe. It's just about lost......They are now starting to get it. Hopefully they will wake up in time. But, that time is already past. The Islamists are all armed. Very soon we will see the mass migration of Christian Western Europe trying to come to the United States. Not for freedom of religion, but from islamic servitude, slavery and murder.

Go ahead say this is racist. We either take a stand now, or we lose. Maybe we already have lost. Remember, every gas station is a bomb waiting to blow up in our neighborhoods.

Be united despite the democrats in this country. We will have to come to their rescue one day.

God Bless America. I refer to the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob, not to their God who is know to us as Satan.

151 Right Wing Conspirator  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:47:04am

#107 Keelie
That is why now, with the majority of my LLL friends, I don't bring up the election. Granted, they have asked me not to, but sometimes during lunch they will get a quick little nutty comment in. I just let it slide. They are really going insane. One of my good, good friends at work - who isn't even interested in politics - said "I feel like my whole family has been raped and abused again and again." Ummm, WTF ? and STFU !!! She said she was just voting for Kerry because I despised him so much......don't act all freakin' depressed and emotional when you have no idea what your talking about.

Aaaargh.....sorry, just rambling right now.

152 scaramouche  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:47:38am

A coalition of 40 community groups is sponsoring a rally this Sunday in Toronto to bring attention to the situation in Darfur. Some prominent Jewish and Christian groups are participating; Muslim groups are noticeable in their absence.
[Link: www.cjnews.com...]

153 Pooh  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:47:50am

#132 Mark IV

"Holland is a country. Like many other countries, it contains a percentage of morons."

It also had the highest percentage of foreign recruits to the SS, and one of the worst record of collaboration with the Nazis. As if that weren't bad enough, Holland treated returning Jewish survivors with utter contempt, and even now has returned only a tiny fraction of the property it stole from the Jews who were rounded up by Dutch policeman on Dutch orders. Today, Holland has one of the worst levels of anti-Semitism in Europe. Where but in Holland can one hear chants at soccer matches every week like "the trains to Auschwitz are waiting" and "Hamas, Hamas, all Jews to the gas"? And it's anti-Zionism verges on the pathological, with over 70% of the Dutch believing that Israel is the "greatest danger to world peace". I couldn't give a damn if Holland disappeared back into the sea within the next 24 hours.

154 KWH  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:48:14am
...the Qur'an rejects the Jewish concept of racial superiority, that is, the status of their being the chosen people.

Just because they're chosen, doesn't mean they have not sinned. Humans sin and we pay for it. Anyone care to count the times since their exodous they were punished by God for their sins? God still didn't desert them, even when the MAJORITY were for returning to Egypt all for their leeks, melons and garlic. Maybe there's a powerful message there.....somewhere..... perhaps the world still has a chance...........perhaps....

155 Fuad Al'Razi  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:48:17am

It is quite believable that the Dutch are subjagating themselves and their democracy to Islamist ideology. The levels of appeasement, paralyzing liberalism and socialism have turned their society into quivering blobs of jellyfish protoplasm.

If there is no resistance and opposition to this Islamo-Fascist ideology, then there is no hope for Europe. It is bound to join the many countries that have become colossal and total failures under the control of Islam. 99.99% of Islamic countries are full buckets of shit steaming in the Arabian sun. Sorry for the scatological remark, but as an ex-Muslim, I am completely depressed and shocked with this PC attitude.

That is why I left the country of my birth to live in the freedom of the United States of America.

I need to take my blood pressure meds right now!

Regards,
Fuad.

156 Beagle  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:49:37am

#146 scaramouche

Yet, strangely, I've never had a Jewish person cut in line in front of me and say "I'm chosen, loser." But Muslims whine and seethe for special treatment, every, single, day.

This thread is the penultimate example of the heirarchy of religions. Muslims >>>> everyone else. I'm collecting torches and pitchforks. This will not stand forever.

157 AW  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:49:55am

And the moral of the story is: people who are willing to fight and kill for their convictions get their way.

Or as Putin put it, "the weak get beaten."

158 KWH  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:52:12am
This is going to happen all over Eurabia eventually. The local authorities bending over backwards.

And everyone knows nothing good happens when ya bend over......

159 Blackeyed Pierce  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:53:03am

#154 KWH

Goodness man! Are you my clone?

160 apotheosis  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:53:29am

#145 Dave the.....

"Supreme Solar Allah"? Oh, puh-leeez.

What happened to "Sunbeam", and "Starshine", and "Moon Unit"...good, wholesome hippie names?

161 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:53:41am

#145 Dave the....

I'm glad to see that law enforcement is pursuing this. Pretty damn embarrassing to the Dems in general, and the Kerry-Edwards campaign specifically.

162 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:54:41am

#160 apotheosis

Or "Ganga"?

LOL!

163 KWH  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:54:46am

Blackeyed Pierce
Just live by certain principals, that's all. Not perfect, but I try.

164 Big Dan  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:55:27am

I saw the video and it looks like powerwasher, not sandlbasting. You can see water dripping off.

Not that it makes a difference...still, a horror

165 perchprism  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:56:06am

Here's the deal: Leftism and Islamofascism have discovered common ground. They will attempt to plant these weeds here, just like in Europe.

Anyone who doesn't believe that Islam has a chance to take root in this country is deluding himself. Typically, they have already claimed victory in our prison system.

Next: the radical left.

I'm all for a constitutional Amendment that defines Islam as a political cult, rather than a bona fide religion.


Freedom of religion cannot extent to political cults, no matter how ancient and entrenched.


Perchprism

166 Beagle  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:56:21am

#152 scaramouche

It's going to be too late for many of them. On U.S. election eve the Sudanese government surrounded the refugee camps and it's not clear what happened to the people who were in them. Some were marched off to parts unknown.

There were a few UN statements which threatened further statements. But I'm afraid the genocide has reached assembly line scale at this point.

167 scaramouche  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:58:10am

The BBC story about the arrest of the nine Islamists for van Gogh's murder links to this unintentionally hilarious story from two years ago. It's all about how, in an effort to familiarize Imams with Dutch culture, they were compelled to take a "get-to-know-the-Dutch" course.

Maybe some of them should go back to school.

168 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:58:19am

#145

Charles, I agree with Dave. This deserves a topic.

Spivak & Bice: Tire-slashing questions await Democrats' sons

169 fiery celt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:58:24am

The recent controversy surrounding the various depictions of the Ten Commandments, gave me pause to consider....What religious groups, beyond the Atheists, would find the Ten Commandments offensive?
I began to compare the beliefs and Judeo-Christian philosophy to that of Islam...

I discovered that the foundations and religious teachings are diametrically opposed to each other.

Islam not only does not recognize the Ten Commandments as a foundation for law and civilization...Their 'Holy Prophet' created his own laws to justify his own lusts, and desires, even flaunting anypre-Islamic laws that may have initially had a similarity to the Judeo-Christian law..................... according to ISLAM

The recent controversy surrounding the various depictions of the Ten Commandments, gave me pause to consider....What religious groups, beyond the Atheists, would find the Ten Commandments offensive?
I began to compare the beliefs and Judeo-Christian philosophy to that of Islam...

I discovered that Islam not only does not recognize the Ten Commandments as a foundation for law and civilization...Their 'Holy Prophet' created his own laws to justify his own lusts, and desires, even flaunting ampere-Islamic laws that may have initially had a similarity to the Judeo-Christian law.


I AM THE LORD THY GOD, THOU SHALT NOT HAVE strange gods BEFORE ME.
Muhammad worshiped Allah the Arabian moon god as well as the three pagan Arabian goddesses, Allat, Al-Uzza, and Manat.
[Link: www.bible.ca...]
[Link: www.bible.ca...]
Additionally, Muhammad came to expect worship of himself, because of his role as the "prophet" of Allah.
Islam is also based on Pagan meteorite worship...
[Link: www.bible.ca...]

THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD THY GOD IN VAIN.
Muhammad claimed to be speaking for God, in fact he used supposed dictates and "dreams" from God to justify his own unacceptable behavior and repugnant actions.
[Link: www.letusreason.org...]
Allah and the Biblical G-d are NOT the same. Allah is not the name of G-D.
[Link: www.johnankerberg.org...]
[Link: www.dawateislami.net...]

.REMEMBER THOU KEEP HOLY THE SABBATH DAY..
Remember to face the birthplace of "Muhammad", (Opposite direction from Jerusalem) when you pray.
Think of and pray "Muhammed"the only prophet and his god "Allah" five times a day.


.HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER.
[Link: www.yahoodi.com...]
Remember to kill your Mothers, sisters and daughters if they spend time in the presence of an unrelated male
[Link: www.islamreview.com...]
Deprive your mothers of all rights to their children in cases of separation and divorce

THOU SHALT NOT KILL/MURDER.
"For he who believes in the Trinity, "the Fire will be his abode … a grievous penalty will befall the blasphemer." Qur'an (5:72-73)
[Link: www.faithfreedom.org...]
Assassinate opponents and those who threaten the Power of Islam.
[Link: www.faithfreedom.org...]
Commit acts of genocide on Infidel races and peoples
[Link: www.bible.ca...]
"Fight and slay the pagans [Christians] wherever ye find them and seize them, confine them, and lie in wait for them in every place of ambush" (Surah 9:5)
[Link: www.angelfire.com...]

170 schaffman  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:59:03am

Hate to be contrary, but has it occurred to anybody that the Dutch policemen replacing the sign were actually being ironic or sarcastic.

Maybe this was their way of reacting to ridiculous political correctness. We may have more friends in Holland than we think.

171 KWH  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:59:09am
I'm all for a constitutional Amendment that defines Islam as a political cult, rather than a bona fide religion.

The only problem with this is: Who will define other religions? Our freedom to worship as we choose will surely be in jeopardy. The main reason for our countrys exhistance would now be questioned and perhaps forgotten.

172 fiery celt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:59:30am

THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY..
The Qur'an in Surah 4:3 limits a man to four wives, but Mohammed went well beyond this limit. Mohammed took to himself 16 wives through formal marriage. In addition, he kept two women as slave-concubines, and had four devout Muslim women who "gave" themselves to Mohammed as acts of devotion.
[Link: www.islamreview.com...]
Adultery in Islam is a great sin punishable by stoning and sin. But a Muslim man can commit adultery with his maid or a married woman if he invades her town and captures her in the war.,,,,Hmmmmm sounds a bit like sanctioned rape! and...

Already, when Aisha (the daughter of Abu Bakr, Mohammad's closest friend and unquestioning ally) was about 4-5 years old Muhammad started dreaming of a union with her [Ref: SAHIH BUKHARI, 5:235] and he wasted no time in realizing his dreams, inspite of the fact that object of his dreams was a mere child. Perhaps you want to assume that it is "normal" for a 50+ year old man to dream of marrying a 4-5 old child, and then ACTUALLY ask for her hand at 6?

THOU SHALT NOT STEAL.
Mohammed was a [Link: www.studytoanswer.net...] raider, a thief, a slaver, a rapist, a deceiver, an horse and camel thief, and he encouraged his followers to do the same.

THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST THY NEIGHBOR.
Muhammed encouraged his followers to lie, deceive and cheat if the cause was in his name or that of Islam.
[Link: www.molthagen.de...]
and deceit were a way to lower the guard if the eventual victims of Islamic greed, lust and avarice.
Taqiyya and kitman: The role of Deception in Islamic terrorism
[Link: www.ci-ce-ct.com...]
[Link: www.fact-index.com...]
Lying is wrong, except in Islam three things: the lie of a man to his wife to make her content with him; a lie to an enemy, for war is deception; or a lie to settle trouble between people" (Ahmad, 6.459. H). : in the Koran the lie is allowed in sura 5:89 and sura 16:106 5.86

THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S WIFE.
[Link: www.faithfreedom.org...]
Mohammed bedded and married his adopted son's wife, Zaynab...so to rationalize his abhorrent behavior, against a growing disgust amongst his followers, The "Prophet"reported that during a dream,.... "Allah wishes "to abolish the "heresy" of adoption..

THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBOR'S GOODS.
Mohammed coveted everything that was his neighbors.
[Link: www.faithfreedom.org...] The "Prophet" so coveted the wealth of Medina... that he raided the 2000 year old Jewish communities of Medina, killed their men, confiscated their properties, enslaved their wives and children and banished the unwanted with no provocation on the part of he Jews. The holy Prophet's sole motive was greed for their wealth and lust for their women.

173 AW  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:59:33am

#115 Roger

In Hebrew lirtzoah לרצוח = to murder. laharog להרוג = to kill.

Is lo tirzach a direct one-to-one translation to murder?

Yes, at least in modern Hebrew.

174 Smitty  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:00:29am

How come no-ones put up a replacement poster yet?

I would. And keep putting that poster up, every fucking day and make sure it gets plastered all over the Dutch media! Come on Holland! Do something!

175 Dances With Dhimmis  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:00:35am

I’m not optimistic about a Dutch backlash against this and other incidents of Mohammedan barbarism on their soil. After all, the only thing that the Dutch are really proud of these days is the fact that marijuana is legal in their country, which probably means that they’ll all just get the munchies and fall asleep while their country is slowly being conquered….one artist at a time.

176 Dave the.....  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:02:02am
"Supreme Solar Allah"? Oh, puh-leeez.

It actually sounds like a parody name. Something Eric Cartman would come up with.

I'm thinking this would be a good thread as it combines two of the more common topics on LFG.

Radical left wing Dems
And I assume redical Islam based on the name

177 tom  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:03:53am

Islam != Religion. Islam = death-worshipping cult.

178 goateeki  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:04:09am

I'm praying for the day when America's persuasive and influential Jewish political organizations, which have traditionally been in favor of high levels of immigration from all corners of the globe, reverse this position and start to use their influence to end immigration to the US from Islamic countries.

Events like we have seen in the Netherlands since Pim's murder are not far off in the US.

In what has since proved seed corn for today’s headlong drive toward mandated multiculturalism, Rabbi Stephen Wise urged Congress in 1924 to consider in its immigration policies “the right of every man outside of America to be considered fairly and equitably and without discrimination.”

Since the abolition of a national origins system with the Immigration Act of 1965, America has done just that. The result is that the 20 mosques that existed in the United States through the mid 1960s have multiplied to 1,209 by 2001, according to the Council on Arab-Islamic Relations, with an additional 1,800 prayer centers under construction. The dominant form of Islam preached in those mosques—some 80 percent of them—is Wahhabism, which teaches that the devout Muslim must work to convert the entire world to Islam, even if that means killing non-Muslims in the process.

Our present system of immigration also makes possible the admission of Takfiris, as followers of the North African Islamic doctrine known as Takfir wal Hijra are called. Takfiris are called upon to immigrate to non-Muslim lands, adopt the ways of their host country, and then wage all out armed jihad. As Takfir scholar Abu Basir wrote in 2001, "jihad and immigration go together...the one cannot be achieved without the other."

179 Beagle  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:04:29am

#170 schaffman

Hate to be contrary, but has it occurred to anybody that the Dutch policemen replacing the sign were actually being ironic or sarcastic.

I hate to blast that out of the water with an 18" battleship gun, but they confiscated some of the tape and arrested the guy who was defending the sign - on private property. Moreover, the cop who was doing the arresting seemed very upset he was being filmed. Why don't you watch the tape before commenting further?

180 hunter888  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:05:17am

"The unteachable ignorance of the red states..."


How arrogant.

How insulting.

Much anger....... must maintain control.....

Fucking troll......
[Link: slate.msn.com...]

181 snooze  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:05:17am

#115 Roger

kill ---- lo tirzach -- murder. Is lo tirzach a direct one-to-one translation to murder?

Literal translation from modern Hebrew is: You will not murder. In modern Hebrew there's a clear distinction between 'retzach' - murder, and 'hariga' - killing, but we should remember that today's clearly defined terms have developed along side with the development of modern criminal law. I'm not sure that these terms had quite the same very distinct definitions in ancient Hebrew.

182 dustyroadguy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:05:23am

fox news reporting:

troops staging and loading weapons and vehicles.....

Falujaaaaaaaa.......

TO NITE

183 AW  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:06:20am

New American Standard Bible has the correct translation:

Exodus 20:13
Deuteronomy 5:17

You shall not murder.

184 hunter888  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:06:32am

Sorry.

#180 should have been headed with "OT"

185 Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:07:40am

Looks like Belle Smiley over at Slate is not too happy with us.

Commentary, if you're interested, can be found here

186 Mormon Doc  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:07:57am

My question is - how will they know which areas have been bombed?

[Link: ballousnews.blogspot.com...]

187 Dave the.....  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:08:10am
The recent controversy surrounding the various depictions of the Ten Commandments, gave me pause to consider....What religious groups, beyond the Atheists, would find the Ten Commandments offensive?


This is a point I make when saying that the left/Democrats are trying to make Atheism the state religion.

188 HUSKER  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:08:41am

It offends me to see anything that reminds me that I am lost sinner.

Killing, however, does not!

189 scaramouche  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:09:59am

The Complete Arab Idiot's Guide to Wife Beating.

Very popular in certain quarters.

190 zombie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:10:07am
#96 Right Wing Conspirator
OT - but I don't know if any here listens or even gets Michael Graham (630 AM in the DC area) but he was talking about 'zombies' pics this morning :-)

Whoa!! Who knows on how many other radio shows they're being discussed? Thanks for the heads-up, RWC.

I occasionally glance at my "referrer logs" to find that my pictures are being discussed/linked-to/reposted on all the most bizarre places. My pix from yesterday are already hot topics on the Ted Nugent Forum, The Off-track Motorcycle page, "Glock Talk," and so on -- not to mention Instapundit and LGF, of course.

Back on topic: did anybody notice the symbolic irony of the fact that the two guys in the Rotterdam city grafitti-removal crew that came to destroy the mural looked to be Muslims themselves? Gives me the shudders...

191 Weasel Hunter  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:10:29am

Fiery Celt--The comparative religion analysis of the ten commandments would be worth making into a dedicated web site.

192 AmazonMom  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:10:43am

#44

Americans by and large believe freedom is worth fighting for and defending. We recognize that sometimes it needs to be fought for, as in with guns and bullets.

How much longer do you think until we have to go back over there and save their sorry a$$es? Shades of WWII all over it. History really does repeat itself.

Mom

193 Mormon Doc  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:10:47am

Here is a great new quote from MM:

"The only age group in which the majority voted for Kerry was young adults (Kerry: 54%, Bush: 44%), proving once again that your parents are always wrong and you should never listen to them."

VERY good advice. Why listen to people with more experience, more money and more wisdom.

/sarcasm

194 Poitiers-Lepanto  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:10:59am

#178 Goateeki

Thank you for your post, rich of info.

I had figured by myself that terrorism and immigration are the arms of a two-pronged attack, but you quote the words of the muslims who openly say that...

Pretty convincing.

195 dustyroadguy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:11:05am

Husker

you may be a sinner, however your not lost....

196 Studsup  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:11:18am

An easy one has just been teed up for the Dutch. The silly government takes down an artistic/political statement containing the commandment "Thou shalt not kill." It is a principle (except for abortion and euthanisa) probably enshrined in Dutch law and statues.

Now it is racist and offensive, and the Government appeases the silly muslim whining by destroying the artist's work.

HERE IS THE SOLUTION: Buttons, t-shirts, placards on doors, should be made, distributed and worn or shown by individual Dutch citizens. What' the Dhimmi Dutch government going to do, throw everyone in jail, torch the houses with the placards in the window or doors? What a simple beautiful statement could be made and the appeasniks that rule the Netherlands and their muslims masters would have to sit back and seeth.

197 Thom  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:12:09am

#178 goateeki

I'm praying for the day when America's persuasive and influential Jewish political organizations, which have traditionally been in favor of high levels of immigration from all corners of the globe, reverse this position and start to use their influence to end[s] immigration to the US from Islamic countries.

198 Psion  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:12:41am

Under the new EU policies....the 10 commandments are indeed viewed as "offensive" to the religious sensibilities of the little Mussiwumps!

Muslims do not accept the 10 commandments, in fact, they find them blasphemous as they claim that "God rested"...and according to their paedophile prophet....God doesn't require "rest".

Islam cannot coexist with Judaism, Chritianity, or other beliefs.............now it is your choice, to convert to Islam, or destroy it before it destroys your faith and traditions.

199 Ellen  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:13:14am

It looks like the Dutch are so open minded that their brains have fallen out. I think they may have lost their country.

200 Geepers  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:13:33am

Hi fiery celt. Where ya been hidin'?

201 Poitiers-Lepanto  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:13:44am

#129 AmazonMom

(Nice nic !!!)

Nope, we will not go there and save their sorry asses.
They want, they get it, Eurabia Felix.

202 Blackeyed Pierce  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:14:33am

#171 KWH
Wow the Force is strong in you.

203 Thom  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:14:34am

#192 AmazonMom

Save their sorry asses from whom? Their legislatures? Their citizens?

204 Lerxt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:15:02am

#192 Amazon Mom

20 years max.

205 Mule  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:16:04am

Found another hilarious Fever Swamp
Go and observe the madness!

206 Swede  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:16:44am

I find the head of that nearby mosque to be offensive and racist.

I think the Dutch authorities should sandblast him.

207 andthenblammo!  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:18:14am

Now I know why Austin Power's father Nigel felt this way: "There are two things in this world I really can't stand; people who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the bloody Dutch."

208 glwing  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:18:14am
the 10 commandments are indeed viewed as "offensive"

Wake up America! Same thing is happening here.

Tell your child to take a Christmas card to a friend this year at school or draw a picture of Jesus and watch what happens. But a 'Moooslem' can take their prayer rugs to school, etc.

(Sorry, chewing nails here as I read this thread.)

209 Blackeyed Pierce  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:19:25am
Muslims do not accept the 10 commandments, in fact, they find them blasphemous as they claim that "God rested"...and according to their paedophile prophet....God doesn't require "rest".

God does alot that is not required of Him. Being the Creator of the universe he doesn't have to care about people yet He does.

210 Lerxt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:20:29am

#204 continued -

And we will too. The day is coming when it will be too late for the Euro's to fix it themselves. About 5 years after that day they will wake up and beg for help - which we will provide.

I just hope we write the history of that fight in something very permanent and very large. Then make it a requirement that everyone born in Europe visit it every year or so.

211 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:22:16am

During the early summer, Mr Kerry implored Mr McCain, the maverick Republican who ran against Mr Bush in the 2000 Republican primaries, to become his running-mate, meeting him seven times. He even offered to expand the vice-presidency to include running the Pentagon. “I can’t say this is an offer because I’ve got to be able to deny it,” Mr Kerry told Mr McCain. “But you’ve got to do this.”


Is it just me, or does this scare anyone else. Jaysus, what some people will do for power!

Here's the link to the article:

www.timesonline.co.uk...] target="_blank">

212 KWH  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:22:42am

Blackeyed Pierce
It's that everything has an opposite reaction. Our founding fathers weren't dumb, if you read the constitution and bill of rights, they were quite knowledgeable, they knew what could happen if the constitution was ravaged thoughtlessly. I don't support an amendment to it unless there is 100% just cause. Most of our problems today come from NOT reading this document as it was written, proving anyone can twist words into almost anything to benefit their idealology. Why we need SCJ's that actually rule on what these documents state, not on what they,the world or the un says. Too bad the Constitution Party has no one with clout.

213 moonsbreath  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:23:32am

OT

Arafat's wife left out of will????

[Link: www.worldnetdaily.com...]

This is getting better than a soap.

214 The Pulchritudinous Patriot  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:23:33am

oops... here's the link www.timesonline.co.uk...] target="_blank">

PIMF

215 Lerxt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:24:11am

lmao Patriot. one more try

216 schaffman  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:25:30am

#179, Beagle

I stand corrected. I'd only read the news blurb that Charles linked to. I should have had more information. I just wanted to give an alternative possibilty.

217 Mar  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:26:54am

OT but good news, Barak to speak at COncordia

[Link: www.canada.com...]

218 fiery celt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:28:04am

Geepers,

I was actually working in some pretty remote areas w/o internet access or cell phone reception, for about 3 1/2 months.

Then when I finally returned home, I found a new registration system in place and the new registration disabled because of all the hoopla associated with cBS and Dan BlaTHer Memos.

I may be going to some more remote areas for nursing, some time soon.
How does bush nursing in Alaska sound.?..we'll see...

219 Cuchullain  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:29:22am

I would have liked to hear a comment from the person who actually owns the wall. I would assume that he/she gave the artist permission to paint the mural. If so, did the authorities destroy private property?

What are the laws in Holland say about that?

220 Blackeyed Pierce  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:29:22am

#212 KWH

Agreed. Constitution Party?

221 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:29:28am
222 Elwin  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:29:58am
dustyroadguy: fox news reporting: troops staging and loading weapons and vehicles.....Falujaaaaaaaa.......TO NITE

Yes, a whole lot of people are going to get killed and horribly injured. US troops, civilians including women and children, a handful of 'foreign fighters', a large number of Iraqis fighting an invasion... You know what, dustyroadguy, you could join up! Then you could be there for all that excitment you clearly enjoy.

223 Victor  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:30:00am

"Thou Shalt Not Kill"
-erased by Dutch authorities

Secular atheists in Holland disdain a Christian-tinged opposition to Islam. Okay, so what will the Dutch rally to? What's going to stiffen their spines to resist Islam? Is an instinct for self-preservation enough? Is that enough to prod the tired old men of Europe out of their spas and into battle against the Islamoids?

224 KWH  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:30:40am

Blackeyed Pierce
Yep, there is such a party, I agreed with most of their thinking, not all. Google it.

225 cba  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:30:52am

#213 moonsbreath:

I hope that gets big play in the MSM. Most people aren't aware of how he's skimmed of hundreds of millions of dollars that should have gone to build schools and hospitals and basic services for "his people" {spit}.

226 V the K  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:34:06am

OT: First Post-Election Captions

Warning: Profanity.

227 Dirk Diggler  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:34:10am

Regarding the Daily Mirror controversy, British troops killed yesterday, and the trans-Atlantic alliance:

So three British soldiers died north of Baghdad yesterday? Tough. Welcome to the war, Black Watch boys. No doubt in response to this 'tragedy' the British public will engage in an orgy of ersatz grief mongering. The British people will likely become even more viscerally anti-American. The BBC and Tony Blair's own Labour party will likely fan the flames of this anti-Americanism. How many Americans have been killed or maimed in this conflict thus far? How many Iraqis police and security forces? I learned yesterday that a friend of mine will likely be participating in the upcoming Marine assault on Fallujah. This in addition to the husbands of several of my co-workers who are also serving "over there". The trans-Atlantic alliance is alive, but comatose. Much like like 'President' Arafat. Might as well pull the plug on it.

228 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:35:02am

#222 Elwin

a handful of 'foreign fighters', a large number of Iraqis fighting an invasion

Thanks for pointing that out. Elwin is right. Iraqi National Guard troops will be fighting along side the Marines in Fallujah, to drive out the invading terrorists.

Was there anything else?

229 Keelie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:35:51am

OT!!!

According to Debka, quoting the French Press, Arafat died a few minutes ago!!!!

230 KWH  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:35:53am

This goes to show us how we take our freedoms for granted and how the dems want to take them. By polluting our education system with "free thinkers", we now are turning out kids with this very same kind of thinking that will try to destroy our great country. Thank God we still have most of our freedoms left, let's all fight to keep those we have and regain those we've lost or are losing.

231 Judith  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:36:17am

Keelie, do I ever know what you mean. I was having a conversation with someone who claimed the invasion of Iraq was a plot to allow Haliburton to steal the oil, rape the Iraqi people of all their resources, and then enslave them under corporate servitude to the free market system.

WTF???? Can someone translate that into plain English for a stupid PhD?

232 Weasel Hunter  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:36:30am

219 Cuchullain: I believe it was painted on the artist's own studio on top of another mural. Looking at the video the entire street had graffiti art murals. This is not about murals in general. It is about a mural that contained the highly offensive suggestion "thou shalt not kill."

233 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:37:46am

#229 Keelie

Wait for it

/stuffy English major mode

Lets make sure, I aint busting out the Champagne yet after yesterday.

234 V the K  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:38:54am
The trans-Atlantic alliance is alive, but comatose. Much like like 'President' Arafat.

Has anyone said, of Arafat, "Just like Gerald Ford," yet?

235 moonsbreath  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:38:55am

Elwin = sympathic prick

236 Thom  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:39:37am

#229 Keelie

Le Monde and Figaro are still reporting vegetable status.

He died a day or two ago. They just won't unplug him until they figure out the money problem.

237 Keelie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:40:09am

#231 - Judith

These people should be writing Harry Potter type books... They can slide from one inane sentence to the next without a blink.

I know my own IQ level, but it's based fundamentally (in my case) in the ability to think rationally... I just fold when irrational stuff hits me. (This is different from the "non-rational" stuff one sees in Zen. Don't go there...)

238 rosh  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:40:57am

We drank our champagne last night. I personally feel they've been lying about his lingering. His grave condition was that he should be in the grave.
Now I'll go try to find confirmation.

239 Thom  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:41:33am

#231 Judith

Yes, I think I can help ....

DUUUUH BUSHITLER HALLIBURTON DERRRRRR DUHHHH

Did that help at all?

:)

240 Keelie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:41:48am

#233 - Kragar

[sulk] Oh - OK...

241 Model4  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:41:50am
How does bush nursing in Alaska sound.?..

Like just the kind of scandal the DNC was praying for. Alas, too late.

242 Blackeyed Pierce  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:42:42am

#230 KWH

Indeed. I remember my Kindergarten teacher wondering why I was so concerned with getting the correct answer.

243 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:43:08am

Dont get me wrong, I fully believe the Fish is an Ex-terrorist. I just want to make sure I got some confirmation in full before I go into full gloat mode.

244 Geepers  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:44:59am

fiery celt (#218),

How does bush nursing in Alaska sound.?..we'll see...

Probably pretty cool. :-)

Glad to hear you're well.

245 Keelie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:45:08am

#243 - Kragar

Yup - I understand that. Went to see Naomi Ragen speaking last night and she filled me with energy and fire... Kind of topped me up.

246 Mormon Doc  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:45:44am

"Hezzbolah Times #1 Best Seller"

[Link: ballousnews.blogspot.com...]

247 dustyroadguy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:46:21am

Elwin
Registered lizardoid since: 09/30/04 02:37:45 PM

No. of comments posted (since July 26, 2004): 59

and you should thank G-D for those that came before you and during your lifetime that have given their blood so that you can comfortably sit/stand or in your case kneel before you computer and type your missives.

I will politely suggest that there will be decidedly more jihadists, foreign fighters, terrorists, and Islamofacists dying during the conflict.....

hopefully the good guys will get enough of the bastards so they come INTO YOUR HOME and slit your throat....

have a good day!

248 Aquatic Cadaver Dog  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:46:45am

Europe has tried to purge Christianity and Judaism from their countries, and look at the nastiness they have invited in! The liberals love the muslim influx because it is a slap in the face of Christianity.

Remember the borg? Muslims are the borg.

249 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:46:48am
250 tyrannical  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:47:46am

OT: Libs at it again:

Kerry Won

Kerry won. Here's the facts.

I know you don't want to hear it. You can't face one more hung chad. But I don't have a choice. As a journalist examining that messy sausage called American democracy, it's my job to tell you who got the most votes in the deciding states. Tuesday, in Ohio and New Mexico, it was John Kerry.
blockquote>

[Link: www.tompaine.com...]

251 rosh  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:48:10am

243 Kragar

I just want to make sure I got some confirmation in full before I go into full gloat mode.


Too bad we don't have a blogger at the French military hospital.

252 ctrlL  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:49:07am

OT here..........Here we go AGAIN with advice from the UN! [Link: www.reuters.com...] When will this dufus learn to butt out? Someone send him the results of the election, please.

BTW.... Fox news heard from the AP that it's ok now to call Iowa for Bush. [Link: www.foxnews.com...]

Can we please celebrate some more?

4 MORE YEARS! 4 MORE YEARS! 4 MORE YEARS!
4 MORE YEARS! 4 MORE YEARS! 4 MORE YEARS!
4 MORE YEARS! 4 MORE YEARS! 4 MORE YEARS!
4 MORE YEARS! 4 MORE YEARS! 4 MORE YEARS!

ctrlL

253 fiery celt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:50:37am

We have got a bottle of Dom Perignon: Vintage 1995 awaiting confirmation of Arafat's death.

We purchased it well before Sept. 11th.
This will be the last bottle of French Champagne we will ever drink-

254 Peter Verkooijen  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:50:38am

Probably posted before, but check the video here.

255 Sean II  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:50:38am

OT:

Kofi cake, STFU!

Annan Warns U.S., Britain, Iraq Against Falluja Raid


By Irwin Arieff

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned the United States, Britain and Iraq that an assault on Falluja risked further alienating the Iraqi people and undermining planned January elections.

The warning, contained in letters dated last Sunday and obtained by Reuters on Friday, surfaced as U.S. troops urged civilians to flee the rebel-held city and launched air strikes in preparation for an assault aimed at crippling the insurgency before the elections.

256 Furious J  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:50:47am

Ah, Elwin is back. You want to gloat over those exit poll numbers again, Elwin?

#86 Elwin 11/2/2004 02:42PM PST
Latest from DRUDGE -- KERRY HAS BIG LEAD!!!!

Better get used to PRESIDENT KERRY.
Bush is going back to Crawford.

Tool.

257 Blackeyed Pierce  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:50:50am

Bye all! CRUSH THE TROLLS!!!!

258 Ojoe  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:51:00am

The Dutch are demonstrating suicidal insanity.

259 dustyroadguy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:51:35am

s & d man

when is coffee anus out of the UN?

260 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:52:02am

#250 tyrannical

Saw that yesterday at Indymedia, already getting ripped to shreds and the LLL are still wailing and gnashing teeth about it.

261 Keelie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:52:08am

#222 - Elwin...

How do you know all this? You have a crystal ball? You have any ball?

262 Mormon Doc  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:52:11am

#250 tyrannical

This story seems to be gladly ignoring that spoiled ballots are often discarded on purpose by the voter. For example when a voter makes a mistake and asks for a new ballot. I'm also not clear how they can tell the race of the person who cast the ballot. My ballot didn't ask my race.

263 Ward Cleaver  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:53:46am

OT - Students Won't Leave Until GOP Answers

From the loony city of Boulder, Colorado:

BOULDER, Colo. — About 85 students remained holed up inside the library at Boulder High School (search) early Friday, saying they're concerned about the direction the country is headed and refusing to leave until they've met with leaders from the Republican Party.
264 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:54:11am
265 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:54:40am

262 Mormon Doc

I'm also not clear how they can tell the race of the person who cast the ballot. My ballot didn't ask my race.

Silly, only stupid white men would vote for Bush. Michael Moore taught them that.

266 Mormon Doc  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:54:52am

I think the fact that ELWIN continues to come to this forum is a cry for help or an attempt to reach out.

Elwin, if you want to be a conservative we will accept you gladly. At least I will. I shouldn't speak for others.

It's OK that you have been a liberal. We've all been wrong about stuff before.

This is not sarcasm...seriously. Just acknowledge mistakes of the past and move forward.

267 Keelie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:55:16am

#253 - Fiery Celt

If you're a Glasgow-style Fiery Celt I'm sure it won't be the last drink... Come to think of it, with any kind of Fiery Celt, it's never the last drink.

[I feel as if I've been smoking something. Apologies for veering way OT]

268 Miss Trixie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:55:38am

OT, but Concordia University has relented and has invited Ehud Barak to speak on campus.

However, Concordia's campus building must be 'fortified' first.

I really don't know what to say to that. Brain cramp, I guess.

Concordia will invite Barak

269 Mormon Doc  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:55:51am

#265 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

DANG! I always forget that.

270 zombie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:57:20am

I just checked the French version of Google News -- no change on Arafat "brain-dead" or "comatose" status.

Basically, I think he's just being kept alive mechanically until all his cronies can drain as much as possible of his pilfered $6.5 billion using his secret bank codes. There are probably dozens of Palestinians racing around Switzerland at this very moment.

271 bush's babe  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:59:03am

That is nice; they are begging OBL not to attack their area..... And they are SO SORRY that we are not bowing at the altar off the UN.

They have the French salute down well.

123 Quodlibetarian
OT:

[Link: www.sorryeverybody.com...]

The DemoDhimmis are at it again...

P.S. And they are being inundated with hate mail…. ah…. poor little LLL.

272 Beagle  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:59:22am

#216 schaffman

My anger is not directed at you. I am angry at the dhimmification of Western civilization on a daily basis. This example is particularly egregious. I'm even more concerned about our governments leaving us to the Islamic lions as human sacrifices on the altar of the PC religion of moral equivalence.

If Islam was a religion instead of a socio-political system based on sharia and theocracy I might think the governments have a reason for their actions. Instead I sense a belief that this problem can be wished, educated, spent, and appeased away. That would be nice. But I'm afraid there is much more blood to be spilled. We can spill less now, or more later.

The Dutch appear to be doomed. I seem to be more unhappy about that than their police.

273 Megan  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 8:59:47am

Does this mean that anyone who blames any death on America or Israel (even if it was not deliberate or had nothing to do with the US or Israel) is a racist?/forgetting the double standards, hypocrisy, and absolute lack of reason of the left

274 Cuchullain  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:00:04am

#232 Weasel Hunter

I understand what its all about. I was just curious if the wall's owner had any legal recourse to this nonsense.

I hope that it gets repainted. This time 'Thou shall not Murder'

Since it has been corrected repeatedly... =)

275 Kevin P.  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:00:31am

I am so sick of people of the world being "PC".

Islam=religion of genocide

OT; Very revealing article about Suha Arafart.

Suha: controversial but loyal supporter of husband Arafat

"When I complain of being neglected, he offers me souvenirs and symbols of the Palestinian revolution," she said in a rare interview.
Despite once saying she had "married a myth", Suha never displayed anything less than fierce loyalty to Arafat's dream of a Palestinian state.
For all her Western ways and education, she has said there would have been "no greater honour" than sacrificing any son of hers to the struggle and has backed suicide operations.
Hailing Hillary Clinton as the first lady she most admired, Suha embarrassed the former US president's wife at a West Bank function by launching a tirade against Israel for upping cancer rates in the Palestinian areas. A senior Palestinian official was forced to apologise to Washington.

Can you say moonbat?

276 Megan  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:01:58am
micheal "manatee" moore offers reasons not to "slit your wrists."

Send him a rebuttal!

277 Mentat  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:04:01am

Please find below examples of Sunni Sharia law from the Shafi'i school of Islamic law. There are three other major schools of Sunni Islamic law, the Hanafi, Maliki and Hanbali. About 75 percent of the legal pronouncements of the above-mentioned schools are identical. A Sunni Muslim can choose to follow any one of the schools. They do differ in some major aspects however. For instance, the Shafi'i school mandates female circumcision (The Shafi'i school could be chosen to be followed by a Sunni Muslim anywhere; it is followed by a majority of Muslims in Egypt).

The below-mentioned examples have been excerpted from the Umdat al-Salik (the Reliance of the Traveller)which is a classic manual of Islamic law; a representative of the famous Islamic University of al-Azhar has certified that the "... translation [of the Umdat al-Salik] corresponds to the Arabic original and conforms to the practice and faith of the orthodox Sunni Community (Ahl al-Sunna was al-Jama'a)." (p. xx, The Reliance of the Traveller, Beltsville Maryland: Amana Publications, 1994)

I post these examples only to introduce non-Muslims to the objective facts regarding Islamic law; if any Muslim reading this finds it troubling to have their own legal system publicly revealed then I suggest that they ask themselves why they find it troubling.

The complete legal clauses and references for the Sharia law examples below, together with an explanatory article, are available at the following web address:

[Link: boston.indymedia.org...]

1. Offensive, military jihad against non-Muslims is a communal, religious obligation;
2. A person who is ignorant about Islamic legal opinion must follow the legal opinion of a scholar;
3. The penalty for a Muslim apostate (someone who no longer believes in or no longer follows the tenets of Islam) is death;
4. When slaughtering animals for food, a knife must be used to cut the windpipe and gullet;
5. A woman is only eligible to receive half the inheritance of a man;
6. Marriage may be forced on virgins by their father or father’s father;
7. A non-Arab man may not marry an Arab woman;
8. A woman must seek permission from her husband to leave the house;
9. A Muslim man cannot marry a woman who is a Zoroastrian, an idol worshipper, an apostate from Islam or a woman with one parent who is Jewish or Christian, with the other being Zoroastrian; a Muslim woman cannot marry anyone but a Muslim;
10. A free Muslim man may marry up to four women;
11. Retaliation is obligatory in most cases when someone is deliberately murdered except when a Muslim kills a non-Muslim, a Jew or a Christian kills a Muslim apostate or a father or mother kill their offspring;
12. Non-Muslim subjects (Ahl al-Dhimma) of a Muslim state are subject to a series of discriminatory laws – “dhimmitude”;
13. The penalty for fornication or sodomy is being stoned to death;
14. The penalty for an initial theft is amputation of the right hand. Subsequent thefts are penalized by further amputations of feet and hand;
15. A non-Muslim cannot testify against a Muslim in court; a person who is “without respectability” cannot give legal testimony; a woman’s legal testimony is only given half the legal weight of a man’s (and is only acceptable in cases involving property); to legally prove fornication or sodomy requires 4 male witnesses who actually saw the act;
16. The establishment and continuation of the Islamic Caliphate (by force, if necessary) is a communal obligation;
17. Sodomites and Lesbians must be killed;
18. Laughing too much is forbidden;
19. Musical instruments are unlawful;
20. Creating pictures of animate life is forbidden;
21. Female circumcision, which includes the excision of the clitoris, is obligatory;
22. Slavery is permitted;
23. People may be bribed to convert to Islam;
24. Beating a rebellious wife is permissible; and,
25. Lying is permissible in a time of war (or jihad).

278 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:04:04am

Anyone want a piece of this guy:

BTW, Israel has no right to exist until the coming of their Messiah. It says so in the Torah.

Not up to date on my Torah (considering I'm agnostic), but would dearly love to blow this guy out of the water.

279 Kevin P.  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:04:07am

#276 Megan

Send him a rebuttal!

I have always heard that one slitting one's wrists are a sign of wanting help. I would tell him to use a gun. More effective.

280 Mormon Doc  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:04:46am

Just out of curiousity...how could they tell that Arafat was "brain dead." That must have been a tough call!

281 glwing  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:05:34am

#271 bush's babe

they are begging OBL not to attack their area

There was a woman caller on Cspan Wed. morning from Louisiana stressing over and over that she was a Kerry voter and "to those that need to know" only the north part of the state voted for Bush. Her part of the state always voted for Dems. She kept going on and on nervously about "certain people needing to know that."


Just when I thought I had seen and heard it all from the moonbats, they continue to amaze me.

282 bush's babe  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:06:40am

OT: Moonbat alert

They are going to grab on to this for dear life


Machine Error Gives Bush Extra Ohio Votes


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - An error with an electronic voting system gave President Bush 3,893 extra votes in suburban Columbus, elections officials said.

Franklin County's unofficial results had Bush receiving 4,258 votes to Democrat John Kerry's 260 votes in a precinct in Gahanna. Records show only 638 voters cast ballots in that precinct.

Bush actually received 365 votes in the precinct, Matthew Damschroder, director of the Franklin County Board of Elections, told The Columbus Dispatch.

State and county election officials did not immediately respond to requests by The Associated Press for more details about the voting system and its vendor, and whether the error, if repeated elsewhere in Ohio, could have affected the outcome.


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Bush won the state by more than 136,000 votes, according to unofficial results, and Kerry conceded the election on Wednesday after acknowledging that 155,000 provisional ballots yet to be counted in Ohio would not change the result.

The Secretary of State's Office said Friday it could not revise Bush's total until the county reported the error.

The Ohio glitch is among a handful of computer troubles that have emerged since Tuesday's elections.

In one North Carolina county, more than 4,500 votes were lost because officials mistakenly believed a computer that stored ballots electronically could hold more data than it did. And in San Francisco, a malfunction with custom voting software could delay efforts to declare the winners of four races for county supervisor.

In the Ohio precinct in question, the votes are recorded onto a cartridge. On one of the three machines at that precinct, a malfunction occurred in the recording process, Damschroder said. He could not explain how the malfunction occurred.


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Damschroder said people who had seen poll results on the election board's Web site called to point out the discrepancy. The error would have been discovered when the official count for the election is performed later this month, he said.

The reader also recorded zero votes in a county commissioner race on the machine.

Workers checked the cartridge against memory banks in the voting machine and each showed that 115 people voted for Bush on that machine. With the other machines, the total for Bush in the precinct added up to 365 votes.

Meanwhile, in San Francisco, a glitch occurred with software designed for the city's new "ranked-choice voting," in which voters list their top three choices for municipal offices. If no candidate gets a majority of first-place votes outright, voters' second and third-place preferences are then distributed among candidates who weren't eliminated in the first round.

When the San Francisco Department of Elections tried a test run on Wednesday of the program that does the redistribution, some of the votes didn't get counted and skewed the results, director John Arntz said.

"All the information is there," Arntz said. "It's just not arriving the way it was supposed to."

A technician from the Omaha, Neb. company that designed the software, Election Systems & Software Inc., was working to diagnose and fix the problem.

283 ploome hineni[deleted]  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:06:46am
284 Mormon Doc  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:08:02am

#271 bush's babe

That link is surreal. But is a line up of the usual suspects.

285 Mentat  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:08:03am

Remember when speaking to Muslims that the are obliged by their religious law and teachings to engage in deception when discussing the tenets of their faith. This deliberate deception is called taqiyya in a religious context and kitman in a political context. Please see the link below for a fuller explanation:

[Link: www.ci-ce-ct.com...]

286 Fondu  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:08:11am

Heh, Bush just won Iowa. Sounds like a CBS story. It appears that Iowa was just able to finish all the counting today.

287 Jakester  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:09:16am

to #278 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)
Article was signed by Sheik Urbhuti, (shake your bootie)
as in a Frank Zappa album?
Take it with a grain of salt, at least this el cubo had a sense of humor!

288 Mormon Doc  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:11:12am

#286 Fondu

I question the timing. It seems like a political move to help Bush. Oh, wait, I can't stop saying that.

289 The Other Les  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:13:30am

Murder is the stimulus.

Execution is the response.

Any questions?

290 Lewis  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:15:27am

#117 Model4

I say Mr. Ripke should instead get back out there and do murals of Muhammed's statements.

This is a brilliant idea.

He should paint his wall with verses from the Koran which direct Muslims to kill the infidels.

Let's see those mosque denizens complain about that! (not that I think they wouldn't ...)

291 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:15:51am

287 Jakester

eh, I got no sense of humor when it comes to anti-Israel/pro-terror nonsense.

292 glwing  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:15:52am

I looked up that NC county where the 4,500 votes were lost.

Bush won the county by more than 12,000 votes and I am sure all the Dems think EVERY lost vote is a Kerry vote.

LOL

293 Mentat  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:16:19am

[Link: www.islamicedfoundation.com...]

Building a Better Da'wah Program

By Yahiya Emerick

Excerpts:

Islamic teachings beat Christian hodge-podge doctrines any day of the week. You and I know this. Hinduism, Bahaiism, Buddhism and the new age movement have nothing on us. They can't even touch our coat-tails. So how can we utilize our resources to rival everyone even further and build the size and strength of our community?

Yahiya goes on to list 9 dictates which would constitute a national standard for da'wah (proselytization of the Islamic faith)

Excerpt:

Second, the only topics that will be allowed in any gathering where non-Muslims are addressed will be limited to subjects about life, our purpose, Allah' guidance/forgiveness, the Qur'an and its role in life and the example of the Blessed Prophet. There will be no lectures on fiqh, politics, tassawuf, Unani healing or the psychothematic paradigms found in the writings of obscure Persian or Urdu poets. No exceptions no matter how "big" the money behind the event is.

Third, women will be allowed to address non-Muslim and Muslim audiences on any of the above approved topics with the addition of the role and rights of women in Islam. (Men will not be allowed to speak at length about this topic but can mention it. You figure out why.) Women will be allowed to decide what they wish to speak about and will be given authority in the planning and carrying out of the da'wah program. Women will appear in proper, fashionable hijab. Duppattas and circus tents need not apply.

294 zombie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:16:42am

Not sure if this article has been posted yet, but it actually looks like good news:
Dutch politicians suddenly "get it".

The government vowed tough measures Friday against what a leading politician called "the arrival of jihad in the Netherlands" after a death threat to a Dutch lawmaker was found pinned with a knife to the body of a slain filmmaker by his radical Islamic attacker.

A five-page letter released Thursday night by the justice minister forced political leaders - including Amsterdam's Jewish mayor and members of parliament - to take on bodyguards.
...
Deputy Prime Minister Gerrit Zalm agreed with comments by other politicians who called Van Gogh's murder a declaration of Islamic holy war.

"We are not going to tolerate this. We are going to ratchet up the fight against this sort of terrorism," he said. "The increase in radicalization is worse than we had thought."

Among measures under consideration is an emergency law to enable authorities to revoke the Dutch nationality of dual citizens suspected of terrorist activity so that they can be deported.

Let the backlash begin.

295 cba  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:18:00am

Totally utterly OT to Mormon Doc:

I occasionally watch Jeopardy! and have been enjoying the times I've seen Ken Jennings, who recently broke the all-time record for most money won on a game show. In addition to being very smart, he comes across as a very nice, down-to-earth fellow.

He's also very funny. I happened to be watching a few weeks ago. As usual, he was thousands of dollars ahead of his competitors, so he could afford to have some fun. As I'm sure you know (and I'm sure you realise why I picked you to mention this to), he's a clean-cut Mormon from Utah, which made his response to this clue, in the category Tools, even funnier:

Clue: "This garden tool is also a term for someone who pursues immoral pleasure." [They were looking for "Rake," of course.]

Response [with a totally straight face]: "What is a hoe, Alex?"

296 Mentat  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:19:36am

Look at this website:

[Link: www.dawanet.com...]

Look at this list of Dawa methods:

Dawa Methods

Four step guide to Dawa using Libraries
Adopt a Dawa-By-Zip-Code Program!
Building a better Dawa Program
Religious accommodation in public schools


A 6-step guide to getting religious accommodation in the public school system
A Sample Letter to the Teacher of your child
A Sample Thank You Letter to teacher
Parents of children in public school

Working With Your Children's Public School Teachers
Dawa in public schools
My beliefs in public school: the story of a fifth grade girl
4 tips for parents on dealing with misinformation about Islam in public schools
Teens

Dawa To Muslim Teens
Dawa During Hajj

21 Tips for Parents for a Hajj presentation in Your Child's class
Dawa in College

Conveying Islam In Colleges
Think First!
Social Gathering

Dawa in Wedding

Dawa in Hospital
A Singing Dawa

297 eeevil conservative  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:20:41am

I'm sure theparson is going to kcik me if someone else already mentioned this on the thread, but

Does this mean that "Kill the infedels" is free speech, and the Ten Commandments are HATE SPEECH?

Good Grief!

I do believe the Great Harvest has truly begun.

298 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:21:58am
299 zombie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:22:53am

FINALLY

Bush wins all remaining states.

Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa - President Bush won Iowa on Friday, finishing the 2004 campaign with wins in all three of the states that were still up in the air on election night.
...
With Iowa decided on Friday, Bush finished with 286 electoral votes and Kerry 252.

In 2000, Democrat Al Gore won Iowa and New Mexico. The only Republican-to-Democratic switch this year was New Hampshire.

They were only "too close to call" because the media declared them to be so.

300 Mentat  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:23:15am

Look at this page. It details how Muslims can bamboozle non-muslims:

[Link: www.soundvision.com...]

Sample:

7 tips on how to respond to media madness

Whether it's the anti-Muslim television movie or the newspaper article full of lies about women in Islam, the media is still a challenge for Muslims. Here are seven simple things you can do about it:

1. Watch or read the whole thing

If you caught part of a sitcom or an article mocking Muslims, finish watching the whole show or reading the article first. Get the whole picture before going after a part of it.

2. Take down the precise details

The exact date, time and channel, as well as a general description of the subject matter is important to note down in the case of a radio or television show. For written material, take down the exact date, page number and issue of a newspaper or magazine, as well as the name of the author.

3. Call them first to get information

Before you complain, find out who the right person is to direct complaints to. Get their exact title (i.e. producer, executive producer, etc.) telephone number, fax and e-mail address. Also ask for any particulars: is there a certain time to call or fax; how long should letters be, etc. This way, you can draft an appropriate response and are more likely to have it heard.

4. Tell others to do the same

Once you've gotten this information, call other Muslims and let them know about the incident. Give them the place or person to complain to. Encourage them to do this right away. If more people respond sooner, it is more likely something will be done about the issue, Insha Allah (if Allah wills). Remind people to be firm but polite. Threatening the target of complaint is not Islamic, nor will it serve the cause of Islam or Muslims.

5. Write and send off your own complaint

Once you've got this information, draft your own response. Save a copy on your computer for your own records. If you're calling, note down the day and time of your call.

6. Follow up on the complaint

If over a week has passed and you haven't heard any response, call the media outlet to find out what happened. If they refuse to offer an apology or respond to your complaint, keep your cool, and take the next step.

7. Find out who they're accountable to

Most media have someone they answer to. This can be the body which grants their broadcasting licenses or press councils in the case of the print medium. Call them and find out if and how you can register a complaint.

Also, see if a local human rights body or commission has a section dealing with media prejudice and discrimination. They are also a place you can register a complaint with.

301 Megan  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:23:44am

Whenever I hear about ridiculous stuff like this, when Muslims think they deserve higher standards or can't take a joke, I think of this Krusty line from Simpsons- "So have a Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Kwazy Kwanzaa, Tip Top Tet, and a solemn and dignified Ramadan."

302 C-Low  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:24:05am

Charles you are forgetting the rule of the Secularist.

anything Christian is seen as the biggest threat to the secularist therefore anything Christian is Evil Racist and every other touch nerve word they can say. The Muslims Buddist Jews other religiouns are only tolerated due to the fact the Secularist well understand they cant accomplish thier goals alone. Like during WW2 Stalin was an ally no one in America liked Stalin but we needed him to defeat the greater threat the Germans. The other religions are not accepted rather just tolerated and assisted in the struggle against their main enemy the Christians.

Secularist Believe
Christians == Evil, Ignorant, Backward, Racist, all round stupid, main enemy

Aithiest == Progressive, Intellegent, Enlightened, of higher breading and standard.

303 Cousin Dave  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:25:55am

#109 dbdukes:

So, how does one black woman replacing another black woman, equal "more blacks." Maybe he meant "Moore blacks?

Majette didn't go around making horrendously stupid and crude anti-Semetic statements. So in the eyes of the Moore crowd, that obviously made her a tom.

304 Al di Grandpa  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:26:44am

It looks like we are serious about Fallujah. Marines tell me, once begun an American flag could fly over the center of the place in 4 days. Now that's not going to happen. The new Iraqi flag will fly over the place in 4 days. It would be kinda nice, to see 'ol Glory just below it. I think it's great that Allawi has alrady picked the new mayor..

A

305 Mark IV  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:29:20am

#153 Pooh

I am guess you mean,

highest percentage of foreign recruits to the SS

in western Europe?

Not sure to what that's relevant, but obviously eastern Europe contributed many times the numbers of foreign SS that Holland did. There were also Moslem SS volunteers and units, as you must be aware.

Returning survivors of the Dutch SS were pretty harshly dealt with by the royal government, IIRC.

Those must be some outrageous soccer matches, btw. Has anyone else heard this? You mean, in the middle of a local sporting event, the crowds begin chanting anti-Semitic slogans spontaneously? Hadn't heard of that.

Holland, and other countries where PC idiot lefties achieve local positions of power due to the generally self-destructive tendency of western civilization lately (which would include US), is still a good place with some good people. I hope they get the rest of these murderers and wake up to what's happening in their midst. Remember that we have similar problems here at home.

306 GW  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:31:03am

OT

Is it a Jewish holiday yet?

307 mirrror  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:33:33am

OT

Election update:

Bush Wins Iowa.

308 Blackhorse  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:34:11am

#25 amir

The commandment is "lo tirzach"

Amir, If you are still around, thank you for providing the Hebrew word "lo tirzach". I did a web search on the word and was provided very useful information.

Good Post, I learn something everyday.

Thanks again Amir.

309 Mentat  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:34:59am

How does the cult work:

[Link: www.ifew.com...]

Excerpt:

It is to this end that I would suggest the establishment of a true support-service for converts in Australia, based upon the following criteria:

The establishment should be run by largely converts, on both a paid and voluntary basis. Converts helping converts should keep its services purely devoted to the enhancement of the lives of converts within the sacredness of Islam, and limit infiltration by certain lobby groups in the muslim community who may seek to become involved with converts only to win more members for their party.
The establishment should provide free services for converts and perhaps muslims who have come from a muslim background but have been ignorant, indifferent or rejecting of Islam, and later came to embrace it.
Its aims must be to encourage sabr, patience and consciousness of life, family and Allah, as well as intellectual and emotional empowerment, which may then foster continued growth, peace and happiness.
It must be an active and dynamic group, promoting Islam as a positive and progressive experience, and proving it as being so.
It must help converts mold their lives by Islamic principles willingly, successfully and happily, and encourage ongoing development to become effective role-models and useful members of society.
It should focus on strategies for the advancement of Islamic excellence within Australian culture and society in particular, and
It should be networked with other muslim organisations to strengthen knowledge and ties to the muslim community.
Services such an establishment should offer include:

Introductory courses for those interested in converting - education on the ropes of being muslim.
Da'wah training - vaccination against those who may scrutinise their conversion, and education on the proper approach to conveying their deen to those who are unfamiliar, sceptical or intolerant of it.
Counselling and peer-support teams.
Discussion groups on issues and topics relevant to converts. For example, raised muslims, various schools of thought and divisions within the scholarly community, experiences with family, friends and colleagues, balancing change with stability, difficulties with hijab, learning Arabic, employment, finances, education, etc.
Separate confidential discussion groups for sisters and brothers on issues particular to their sex.
Regular talks/lectures on issues relevant to Islam and society today, which may be open to the public. For example, Man, religions and society, Salvation through repentance, The evolution of Fiqh, Islamic history, The purpose of creation, Dynamics of spirituality, Islam and its challenges, Family life, Applications of faith, and Digesting the Qur'an.
Sufficient stimulation sessions to keep converts active participants in their Islamic life, such as: effective communication and assertiveness skills training, debates, comparative religion classes, usrah circles, reading groups, adequate physical and motivational exercises, and regular outdoor activities.
Workshops on further needs of converts, and strategies for the development of Islam in Australia.
Regular information days/nights for any muslim or nonmuslim wishing to learn about converts' experiences in Islam, and presentations on results from group-workshops.
Good library and audiovisual resources for study purposes, and
Possible accomodation and financial assistance for those in need.

310 godfrey  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:36:41am

# 294 zombie

Among measures under consideration is an emergency law to enable authorities to revoke the Dutch nationality of dual citizens suspected of terrorist activity so that they can be deported.

How likely is this to pass? Do the Dutch have an ACLU? This barely scratches the surface.

311 Mar  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:38:40am

Miss Trixie

i would feel better if the RCMP takes over the security for Barak's visit but I don't see the MUS allowing that.

312 dulce  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:38:47am

Yeah--it's "racist" as in "human race-ist".

I have Dutch friends who report that they and their colleagues are totally fed up. They've had it with Muslim immigrants who lack even a veneer of civilized behavior. I suspect we'll see full scale violence from both sides in the near future.

313 keyword  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:39:07am

TMF "Stupid hash smoking mayonaise eaters":
That's real funny, jackass.

Ward Cleaver "The Dutch are soooooooooo screwed."
Ward, aren't you a little hard on the Beaver here?

Mar " don't even know how to respond to this. What is the world becoming?
WHat I do forsee is a big backlash by the Dutch "

The headline at [Link: www.telegraaf.nl...] , a popular Dutch newspaper reads: "Cabinet declares war" on terrorism. It is too bad there is not more coverage of this in English, although I believe after in the next days there will be.
The Dutch have had enough. Really. This time. If the streets are to turn red, it will be with the help of Muslim blood.

314 dustyroadguy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:39:35am

s & d man

harold ickes is hillary's butt-boy and a REAL piece of work......

I hope they do, the Repugs will have a party,,,,,

315 piglet  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:40:26am

"Dear HBO,

Last night at 2:30 am you showed the movie "Delta Force" starring Chuck Norris.

In it a terrorist group was portrayed as being of both arab and Muslim background, and were shown hijacking an airplane and separating out the zionist passengers.

Later in the film Mr. Norris kills a Muslim man using a rocket that fires out of the back of a Kawasaki 500 Dirt Bike.

This film is bigoted and inaccurate.

The delta force has never been deployed in a hostage rescue situation.

Neither the US government now the Kawasaki corporation makes such a rocket launching bicycle."

If you think I"m off base here. Found this on the net. Won't link so trolls don't show.


In June 1994, we used a modest donation as a starting budget to open the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Washington, D.C. Ibrahim and I were the two first committed but uncertain staff members. As we prepared our bare, two-room office, we heard of the latest in a long line of insulting Hollywood potboilers. The humiliation was familiar to American Muslims and Arabs: "Delta Force," "Rambo," "Terrorist on Trial...". Here came another public degradation for Muslim families. "I've seen a preview for an upcoming Schwarzenegger movie with Arabs in it — as terrorists, of course," someone told us.

We took on the seemingly futile task of contacting 20th Century Fox to object to the negative stereotyping of Muslims suggested by the images in the movie's trailer: sweaty, swarthy, kuffiyeh-clad Arabs firing wildly into the air; enormous bombs wrapped in the American flag.

CAIR's first action alert, explaining the danger of the stereotypes in "True Lies," reached only a couple of dozen fax machines. But it was a start.

When we called 20th Century Fox, our concerns about stereotyping in the movie fell on deaf ears. For the first time, CAIR took its case to the community. At the film's Washington, D.C., premiere, we held an "informational picketing." The dozen people who stood outside the theater handing out information about Muslim objections to the film did not know that they were turning over a new leaf for Muslims in America. They were joined by Muslims in different cities in a coordinated national effort.

The modest but organized effort of Muslims nationwide generated enough media interest that 20th Century Fox felt compelled to call CAIR and offer a disclaimer on the film. This minor victory planted a badly needed seed of hope in Muslim hearts.

316 Shinken  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:41:00am

Democratic Underground poll

Which was worse

9/11/01
or
11/3/04

the latter is winning by a wide margin


[Link: www.democraticunderground.com...]

317 Dave the.....  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:41:39am
BOULDER, Colo. — About 85 students remained holed up inside the library at Boulder High School (search) early Friday, saying they're concerned about the direction the country is headed and refusing to leave until they've met with leaders from the Republican Party.


At least they have books to read while they sit there indefinitely. God, how self-centered are these spoiled little kids. They feel they are the center of the universe and everyone needs to run to them to hear about their petty little loser concerns.

318 Fondu  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:42:46am

#302 C-Low 11/5/2004 11:24AM PST

This might sound corny or might be exagerrated (especially after considering all that has happened to Jews in history) but I believe for the first time, Christians and Jews are living in the "same world". We have Islam fascism, European secularism, and American liberalism all attacking Christian values. Jews have always been attacked, even by Christians. 10 or 20 years ago, most Christians were not attacked openly and venomously for their beliefs. There were scattered issues, but most people shrugged them off as coming from "nuts".

Now it is different and I believe for the first time in the US, Christians are now experiencing, on a constant basis, what many American Jews have encountered for a long time. The only difference I can see is the lack of violence against Christians versus the violence that Jews have seen. In a few years, it won't surprise me when that starts happening. Maybe I am exaggerating things but I am very surprised at the changes that have occurred in the last 10 years.

319 StMaybe  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:42:47am

The dutch have indeed surrendered. Unless they didn't realize that every incident was a test of their limits, and they've completely retreated every time.

320 hepcat  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:46:20am

Does anybody know if Terrorfish is dead stiff yet?

321 EIDE_Interface  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:47:37am

It's pretty clear that Holland has accepted Shari'a law.

322 dustyroadguy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:48:41am

hepcat

If you believe being ventilated because you can't breathe on your own, eyes rolled back in head, and no brain waves being alive.....

I guess he's still alive!?

323 Wicksy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:49:29am

Way OT:

Over at electoral-vote.com there's a map showing the election results for each county.

Apart from the fact that all the blue bits are mostly cities, which is striking in itself, there's another blue stretch in the South that seems to cling exactly to the Mississippi river.

There's another one further North, in Iowa and Wisconsin. Again, it clings to the Mississippi, but its not so clearly defined as the one in the South.

Can anyone explain that for me, particularly the southern stretch?

324 Cousin Dave  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:49:36am

#131 beagle:

But good luck convincing a modern feminist that Islam is a threat. They save their most venomous attacks for GWB and his denial of their right to have an abortion after the baby is in nursery school.

I keep waiting for the feminists to start campaigning for government funding of "post-birth abortions". I would put LOL, except that it really isn't funny.

325 Mar  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:49:38am

StMaybe 319,

The Dutch don't appear to have surrendered at all. Did you read keyboard's 313? Looks like Dutch lawmakers are going to start coming down heavily on the jihadis.

326 WarBicycle  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:50:25am

Typical Muslim mentality, killing Jews and Christian is our duty, making reference to our killing Jews and christians is Offensive and racist.

327 EIDE_Interface  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:50:27am

I don't know. This is so outrageous that it redefines the word "outrage".

328 scaramouche  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:50:41am

According to a hospital spokesman, he's in "stable condition".

I guess that means they still haven't found the numbers to the Swiss accounts.

329 schaffman  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:50:45am

#272, Beagle

No offense taken. I share your anger.

I just pray and believe (perhaps naively) that western civilization will eventually wake up to these threats and do something sooner rather than later.

I've posted elsewhere that I think we're going to lose a city sometime in the next decade, if we don't act decisively now.

Then, we will not only be looking at 300,000 Americans dead in a flash, and decade-long collapse in our economy, but retaliation and death on a scale that will make Desden, Tokyo, and Hiroshima look like kid's stuff.

I don't want that.

330 Mar  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:53:40am

Cousin Dave,

Yes, because all feminists believe in infantcide.

/end sarcasm

Abortion is one of the few topics Charles has kindly asked to NOT be discussed here as it leads to too many flame outs.

331 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:56:58am
332 Cousin Dave  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:58:46am

#323 wicksy: I think what you are seeing in the Southern states is mainly the last vestiges of the old-line Southern Democrats, for whom the idea of voting Republican is simply unthinkable. I know their type well. If you were born in the South prior to about 1970, you know well the attitude that the Republican Party was then associated with the "country-club" Northern elitists, and that the Democrats were the party of the "working man". (Also the party of segregation.) The civil rights question has long since been settled, and the country-club Northern elites are now card-carrying socialist Democrats, but some people have just never caught up with the times. Reflect upon that map and have a little pity for them, because they don't matter anymore and in two more election cycles they will have all died off.

333 dustyroadguy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:59:43am

s & d man

'multipolar' world....is that like sKerry's elsewhere?

334 jwehman  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:00:09am

# 308 and # 25...

From the Blueletterbible ([Link: www.blueletterbible.org...]

the Hebrew word in Exodus 20:13 and Deut 5:17 for "Thou shalt not [kill]" (where the Commandments are listed) is:

ratsach.

Now - I'm not a Hebrew-speaking person, but I though I'd point out what the actual word (in the Tenach) was.

335 Fondu  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:00:40am

#323 Wicksy 11/5/2004 11:49AM PST

In regards to Mississippi, Louisianna, and Arkansas, there are a lot of black voters concentrated along the Mississippi delta region. I am not sure about Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois. The interesting thing is that the Democrat voting counties in these regions have shrunk.

336 Catracks  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:01:49am

Quodlibetarian linked to: [Link: www.sorryever......]

I couldn't help it. I sent them this:

I'm sorry you are all such losers.

I'm sorry that you have no agenda above hating Bush.

I'm sorry that you are now irrelevant.

I'm sorry that you think that New England and the left coasts are all that matter.

I'm sorry that you dumped a perfectly good Joe Lieberman for Flipper.

I'm sorry you moonbats think that the pinnacle of respect for this country is Michael Moore.

I'm sorry that you think conservatives are racist, uneducated bible-thumpers.

I'm sorry that you would have a traitor like Kerry for your President, but know that unlike you I was brought up well and I would have respected him.

I'm sorry that you would bare your throat for Islamic jihadis.

I'm sorry that you hate America so much that it would be okay as long as they didn't blow up New England, South Florida, Southern Texas and the west coast.

I'm sorry that you have pull the democratic party away from it's true roots and sensibilities.

I'm sorry that the democratic party (if it is smart) will distance itself from you who made it loose.

I'm sorry that despite having the mainstream media in your pockets and all of Hollyweird that you still couldn't pull it off.

I'm sorry that you feel disenfranchised, but ...

I will have fries with that.

Actually, I'm not sorry at all. I promised I wouldn't gloat, but I have taken all the foul-mothed abuse I can from the loud, but impotent left.

Buh bye!

337 Lior  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:01:50am

# 305

The soccer stories are true.

Fans of the Dutch team Aiax used to show up to games with Israeli flags showing they're support of Israel. the other teams fans used to call them "The Jews" and sing Nazi songs. of course last year the Dutch police decided to put an end to this...

can you guess what was they're solution?


they just don't allow Aiax fans to bring Israeli flags to the stadium any more, police spokesman said it's because "these flags drive other fans mad".

338 zygazint  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:02:46am

O/T
On the way to my son's school this morning there were 2 college aged kids holding anti war signs. I gave them the 3 finger salute I am getting so fond of these days. I told my son that we are not "for" war we are against terrorism. He's only 10 and understands the distinction perfectly. Why can't/won't the rest of our country???

I've decided that all the posts that Mentat has posted regarding Islam's actual teachings ought to be forwarded to the Whitehouse with a demand for an explanation as to why we are calling it the RoP?! I have not found one iota of 'peace' in my attempt to study Islam. I am on a middle eastern forum where my posts are routinely deleted because I keep asking for proof that it is the RoP.

Political correctness is hurting everyone. It needs to be addressed big time, imo.

339 scaramouche  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:02:59am

OT - Iranian Grand Poobah and Mad Hatter, Ayatollah Khameini, says no way he'd build nuclear weapons because a fatwa declaring them unIslamic was issued by...Ayatollah Khameini.
[Link: www.turkishpress.com...]

What a relief!

340 mad_scientist  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:03:02am

OT: But I have to post this article.

This lib is, once again, blaming the election of Bush on the Red States stupidity, and religious fundamentalism.

Will these guys EVER admit that they are beaten, and that MOST of America just doesnt agree with their "vision" of America??

link

341 lawhawk  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:03:26am

#328 that's impossible.

He cannot be in stable condition because unless he's repealed the laws of physics, he is in perpetual decay. /snarky physicist

Of course he's in stable condition. That's what happens when you're dead. It's quite stable really. Especially when you use embalming fluids to keep the body ready for display. Gotta hand it to the Ruskies, they sure know how to keep their dead leaders in tip top shape. /French doctors

He's not in stable condition, he's resting comfortably. /PLO officials

342 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:05:02am
343 Ringo the Gringo  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:06:16am

#320 hepcat
Arafat is not going to die until they figure out where to bury him. Under Islamic law and tradition, a Muslim must be buried before the next sunset. If they unplug him at the wrong time they may have to plant him in France......So he'll remain "alive" until they've figured out where to dig the

344 Martel-Sobieski  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:06:26am

It's Jihad Stupid.

Jew? HahHAhaHahaHAha, they have been trying to kill you forever.

Hindu? Not finished with you yet.

Buddhist? Just getting started.

Zoroastrians and B'ahai ? They've just about wiped you out.

Christian? So, we were beaten at Tours, the Gates of Vienna and the battle of Lepanto. That was then, this is now. You are weak, socialistic and pussified . The Jihad is coming for you soon.

Athiest Lefty? Thanks for your help, dupes and dhimmis. The alligator will save you for desert. After all there has to be SOMEONE left to pay the Jizya.

What will you do when the Jihad comes?

I know what I'm going to do.

345 Dime IV  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:06:55am

Since when did Islam become a "race"? If you disagree with the tenets of a religion or a philosophy, you're a "racist"? WTF?

Will someone who's really good with nuances please explain that to me? (On second thought, screw it, and screw these truculent worshippers of moon gods.)

Joel T.

346 ted  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:07:14am

299 ..so right ....it was glorious to see ABC CBS NBC panic and get a severe case of the willies at the end..paralysis set in and they absolutely refused to call states for Bush even when 99% of the vote was in and GWB leading by 100,000s of votes

347 Ringo the Gringo  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:07:20am
348 Cousin Dave  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:08:19am

#330 mar: My apologies, but I think my point (and Beagle's) was mistook. What we are getting at is carrying this particular feminist logic to its logical extreme. We aren't even discussing abortion as the term is conventionally understood, but a "right" to kill the child after birth. You may think I'm being ridiculous, but look how feminism comes to the defense of women like the one who drowned her young children in a car a few years ago, dismissing it with pseudo-medical explanations like "post-partum depression". (Note: before you jump on me, yes I know that post-partum depression is real. However, like any other form of depression, it is not excusable as a criminal defense.)

It's our way of pointing out the moral bankruptcy of today's feminists, who whine that they should be able to take five years off from work to raise children, while receiving the same seniority and benefits as the people who worked during those five years, and while simultaneously flirting with the "right" of being able to off said children at any time that they happen to become a nusiance. And this thread started with a discussion of "thou shalt not kill".

349 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:08:36am
350 traveler  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:08:36am

#34 song_and_dance_man

Judaism and Christianity are unacceptable to the LLL, while all others are encouraged.

That's exactly it: the basis of all of the LLLs in the throes of BSD boils down to one thing: they CAN'T STAND Judeo-Christian ANYTHING. All of their pet policies (partial birth abortion, redefining marriage to include gays, Muslim awareness days in schools, blaming America for Islamoterrorism, etc.) are meant to spotlight how "intolerant" Jews & Christians are.

Slate.com has an article that says that very thing -- got it from drudge just now:

Here is how ignorance works: First, they put the fear of God into you—if you don't believe in the literal word of the Bible, you will burn in hell. Of course, the literal word of the Bible is tremendously contradictory, and so you must abdicate all critical thinking, and accept a simple but logical system of belief that is dangerous to question. A corollary to this point is that they make sure you understand that Satan resides in the toils and snares of complex thought and so it is best not try it.

[Link: slate.msn.com...]

I think blessings flow from God, and active hatred of God (which is not the same as atheism) flows from the LLLs. You can tell by the "fruit" their ideology yields: dead babies, Anti-Americanism, Anti-military, Anti-Standing up to murderous dictators, Anti-Family, etc....They worship themselves, so they can't be bothered to join the rest of the country (which is ignorant, according to their tolerant viewpoint). And they mock those of us who choose to believe in God.

I think that's the driving force behind the vicious hatred of President Bush. Believing in God threatens them.

351 Carolina Girl  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:08:54am

#153 Pooh

Holland's Motto -- "France with Tulips."

352 Roger  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:12:10am

#347 Ringo the Gringo, I like your perseverance:-)

353 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:14:29am
354 FrankNH  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:14:56am

316 shinken
On that DU thrrad, one voice of sanity.

Shut up, FREEPER!!!
Just kidding. Obviously, the answer is 9/11. The fact that so many people here see it any different is sickening.
If Bush would have, a week before the election, told people to go and read DU, he could have won 50 states
355 traveler  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:15:15am

#336 Catracks

Good one!

356 Wicksy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:15:59am

#332 Cousin Dave and #335 Fondu
Thanks for your replies!

"there are a lot of black voters concentrated along the Mississippi delta region"

I guess that would explain why the blue bit clings exactly to the river.

My next question then, is why does that particular demographic group's "migration pattern" coincide so precisely with the route of the river? Looking at a regular map, there doesn't seem to be any major population centres along the Mississippi, apart from Memphis, TN.

Sorry to be a pest, I just thought the pattern on that map was quite striking, and I'm real curious as to why.

357 mad_scientist  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:16:48am

from slate article

Cheney is the capitalist arm and Bush is the religious arm. They know no boundaries or rules. They are predatory and resentful, amoral, avaricious, and arrogant.

Hold on a minute.....

This guy rips anyone who voted for Bush as a religious wacko, then in the same article say they are "amoral", having no morality?? Isnt belief in God, a belief in MORALITY??

Is this guy smoking crack or what??

358 Sheet o' Glass  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:17:28am

Supreme Allah was the name of one of the inmates on HBO's Oz.

This prick can't even come up with something original..... oh, wait, he doesn't think for himself anyway. Not surprising.

359 piglet  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:19:29am

If you go to Holland be careful about reading alice in wonderland in a "Koffee shop" You might think you are stuck on a giant chessboard!

[Link: www.wsvkm.nl...]

360 Roger  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:19:49am

#354 FrankNH, and that didn't get deleted?!

#353 song_and_dance_man, Very true. The olive tree with a wild branch grafted in.

361 traveler  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:21:39am
#153 Pooh
Holland's Motto -- "France with Tulips."

LOL! I'm running out of places to vacation in Europe. Guess it's the good ol' U.S. of A. from now on.

362 Ringo the Gringo  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:24:24am

352 Roger
I need a little practice with that LINK button.

363 Ed Moran abu GOMEX aob 26.5C  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:25:10am

NRO's "The Corner" links to further proof that Kofi Annus is an enemy of all that is good.

“UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has warned leaders of the United States, Britain and Iraq that another full-scale assault on the rebel-held city of Falluoja would further alienate Iraqis and disrupt elections planned for January.

Annan's warning, contained in a letter sent Sunday, has angered some officials here.

'This is an issue for the government of Iraq,' said British Ambassador Emyr Jones Parry. 'It's easy for those not in Iraq to underestimate the overwhelming concern the Iraqis have for security. There cannot be an area as big as Fallouja which is allowed to be a base for terrorism."

Some diplomats said Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi was 'furious' when he received the letter. Iraq's new U.N. ambassador immediately sought to meet with Annan to argue that the U.N. was interfering. Allawi recently criticized Annan for not doing enough to help Iraq prepare for elections. The world body's officials say Iraq is not secure enough for more U.N. workers to help organize the nationwide vote….”

I'm not registered with LA Times which is linked, and unregistered clicking is met with a Great Wall of Opposition, keeping me from linking.

Screw Bill Clinton as next UN Prez. How about Bob Dole?

Better yet, Michael Savage. I suspect he'd be proud to go down in history as the last head of the UN.

364 secsailor  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:28:15am

#263

The Peoples Republic of Boulder is such a fun place. Right after 9/11 the Boulder Public Library refused to hang a large American Flag over the entrance because they were afraid of offending someone. But at the same time they allowed a womens group to display their tribute to battered women. This "Art" display consisted of various ceramic penises that had been mutilated and mamed hanging from the ceiling all over the library. That's not offensive, but the American Flag is!

365 Beagle  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:29:05am

#324 Cousin Dave

I should preface this with my opinion that I'm pro-choice for a little while, until I become pro-life. I just think late-term abortion is sick. I don't think the right to choose is infinite, or that it extends into viability. I only say that to prove we don't all think the blastula deserves the same legal protections as every other human. Can you tell I'm sick of the MSM spin on this election?

But when you said this:

I keep waiting for the feminists to start campaigning for government funding of "post-birth abortions". I would put LOL, except that it really isn't funny.


It reminded me of this:
I rarely say scary, but scary. Telegraph UK

You know that rhetorical trick where one takes the opponent's argument, extends it to its own logical conclusion, and asks: "Is that what you really want"? He or she is then supposed to recoil in confusion and respond: "Of course not." Well, I tried it on the BBC's Moral Maze a few months back and it failed completely. The issue was abortion, I was on the panel, and the witness was Dr Ellie Lee, the co-ordinator of the ProChoice Forum and lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Kent.

Dr Lee stated her mantra that "abortion should be available as early as possible and as late as necessary". So, I asked her, suppose a mother gave birth to a baby at full term, and then just as the umbilical cord had been cut, found that the infant repelled her. Should she be allowed to have the baby killed? "I think so, yes," replied Dr Lee. There and then, live on Radio 4, I dried up. I suppose if I had been a lawyer I would have said: "I have no further questions." But fortunately the presenter, Michael Buerk, noticed my inability to continue and smoothly stepped in with a question of his own.


I'm not sure when 'liberal' became totalitarian and callous, but it has. I know Karl Marx was involved in the transformation.

366 EIDE_Interface  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:30:08am

#364 secsailor:

While the Muslims redefine outrage in Holland, the LLL are busy redefining it in our towns. Just remember it's an alliance between LLL & Muslims to destroy Western Civilization.

367 FrankNH  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:31:32am

360 Roger
No, it didn't get banned. And there were a few more like it.
One of the last ones that I read, mentioned that Rush had mentioned that thread on his show today. He was using it to show up the thinking of the Looney Liberel Left Losers. The poster was warning them of not going off the deep end, but I don't think it'll change their attitude any.

368 Fondu  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:34:53am

#356 Wicksy 11/5/2004 12:15PM PST

I am not sure. All over the US, small towns originate on rivers and lakes. Some grow in size and others remain small. In Mississippi, Lousianna, and Arkansas, most of the towns began along the Mississippi river. Some towns were begun by emancipated slaves trying to start fresh while other towns were close to plantations. As with a lot of small towns in any rural area, most residents in these towns can trace their family ancestry back generations inside the same town. You do have some migration but the whole town doesnt pick up and leave. So it is not unusual to find large pockets of black communities in these rural area.

The best analogy that I can come up with is to look at Texas. From the Rio Grande Valley up to San Antonio, the border, and regions around El Paso have large pockets of Hispanics. Many families in small towns can also trace their family history back to the town's founding. There is some migration but the bulk of the population remains in the area originally settled.

369 dustyroadguy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:40:04am

s & d man

meaning of multipolar:

1. Chirac is stupid and makes up words like most leftists

2. An insult to one of LGF's favored comment writers Mr Pol as a result of Mr Pol's recent unfortunate encounter with a sKerry emblazoned automobile in Paris.....

3. envy- - impotence --those without wishing for what they never can have....

The Classic Definition (1) would fit with my definition (3) with the addendum of wishful thinking....

mul·ti·po·lar [ mùlti p?l?r ]

adjective

1. with more than two major powers: having several countries that are centers of power or influence


2. anatomy with many connections: used to describe a nerve cell with more than two of the connecting fibers that carry impulses into the cell body


3. with multiple poles: having several poles

370 Model4  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:51:58am

#325 Mar:

The Dutch don't appear to have surrendered at all. Did you read keyboard's 313? Looks like Dutch lawmakers are going to start coming down heavily on the jihadis.

I remain unconvinced. Doesn't mean they won't, but doesn't prove that they will. Heck, remember Clinton's "war" on terror? After each atrocity, he'd huff about how these acts wouldn't stand and he'd make things right. What did he actually do that mattered? Next to nothing. But saying that something was going to be done was enough to tide the populace over until too many forgot there was something we were supposed to be doing.

America's more conservative than Europe, and we're doing less to face up to problems than I'm comfortable with. What was the proposal, stripping the Dutch half of dual citizenship for "suspected" terrorists? In reality this could well be long arduous fights just to deport those guilty of supporting terror. With plenty in the Dutch government and populace siding with the jihadis. Don't tell me you haven't seen things like this happen time and time again. Certainly the Brits have been waffling about the need to deport illegal economic migrants "asylum seekers," talking tough and sensible yet backing down when the first teardrop falls.

With the lengthy track record of punishing good honest citizens and rewarding the law-breakers and saboteurs, I don't think it wrong to be doubtful of Dutch resolve. However, should they actually decide to to what's right, they'll have me cheering them on. In fact, if any one or two nations in Europe get the ball rolling, we all might be suprised at how quickly the others jump in, roll up their sleeves, and start tackling their problems at home. It's just hard to go against that socialist herd mentality alone.

371 alwyr  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:53:23am

When I was growing up (in England) Mohammed's adherents were referred to as “Mohammedans” - meaning ‘followers of Mohammed’, in pretty much the same sense as “Christian” means ‘follower of Christ’. NOW they wish to be called ‘Islamists’, apparently since Islam means ‘peace’ (???????)

I can only conclude they MUST feel a certain amount of embarrassment in being associated withthe name Mohammed, otherwise why try to change the name of the religion?

372 rosh  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:53:23am

Mentat, Yahiya Emerick wants to see an Islamic state in America -- I have a copy of his essay at home.
Also, he's got his grubby fingers on our kids' history textbooks.
Remember, there is no law against attempting to rewrite our history books to hide the true nature of our enemy.

just had to wait a half hour to post this -- connection refused >: |

373 mrsoc  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:03:01am

Is Michael the Manatee Moore just incapable of telling the truth or is he really that stupid?

Anyone know where we can write to Mrs. Edwards and let her know that elections notwithstanding we will still be praying for her?

374 Free Speech Is Only For über-Libs  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:03:33am

F Islam.
Death cult religon for freaks, misfits, violent hate-filled mental defectives, leftists and morons.

375 Wicksy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:03:45am

#368 Fondu
Very interesting, and a very good explanation... thanks :)

376 HULUGU  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:09:30am

under the sharia statutes of the creator of clouds--"thou shall not kill" means unless you can afford the bloodprice--200 camels for male believers-- 1/10 of a muslim for people of the book--1/2 for women--and zero for polytheists--we need a dutch coalition of the polytheists to fight this pc madness

377 song_and_dance_man[deleted]  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:11:33am
378 Rancher  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:12:26am

#278 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

"Anyone want a piece of this guy:

BTW, Israel has no right to exist until the coming of their Messiah. It says so in the Torah.

Not up to date on my Torah (considering I'm agnostic), but would dearly love to blow this guy out of the water."


I don’t know if it’s in the Torah but that was the position of some Orthodox Jews when the creation of modern day Israel was being discussed after WWII.

379 keyword  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:20:55am

Things are heating up a bit in Holland:
Massive bloccade haround the American Embassy in downtown The Hague because of bomb threat involving a car. Nearby theatre evacuated as well.
A mosque in nearbu Utrecht was set on fire with a lflammable liquid. Damage unfortunately controlled to two areas.
Gentlemen, start your engines!

380 goateeki  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:25:24am

# 197 Thom

Thom, it's just a fact, and it's also a fact that current US immigration policy dooms American Jewry. It's not meant as an aspersion at all, it's a note of my admiration for the hard earned political clout of a disciplined, highly organized group that constitutes only about 2% of the US population. I'm deeply involved with the issue and work closely with the AJC, etc., and I bring this up because I know that there is a growing number of young, politically aware Jews who understand the demographic trends in the US and realize that it's time for Jewish politcal clout - which is a great and marvelous thing and has done some real good for this country - to be used in a different way going forward.

I don't fault Jewish opinionmakers for working for an open immigration policy, it was something manifestly in the best interest of Jews between the world wars and even well after, particularly given their experience in Europe in the 30's and 40's. I would expect nothing less from any group faced with those experiences. Spend some time reading Dr. Steven Steinlight, one of the country's great writers on this issue. We are solidly allied with Israel, and should be. We now face similar risks. Perhaps it's time that U.S. immigration policy adopts some of the features of Israel's immigration policy.

I recommend Dr. Steinlight's April 2004 paper called "High Noon to Midnight: Why Current Immigration Policy Dooms American Jewry," which is available in a number of forms on the Web.

381 fiery celt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:27:43am
alwyr 11/5/2004 12:53PM PST

When I was growing up (in England) Mohammed's adherents were referred to as “Mohammedans” - meaning ‘followers of Mohammed’, in pretty much the same sense as “Christian” means ‘follower of Christ’. NOW they wish to be called ‘Islamists’, apparently since Islam means ‘peace’ (???????)

I can only conclude they MUST feel a certain amount of embarrassment in being associated withthe name Mohammed, otherwise why try to change the name of the religion?

Islam does NOT mean Peace---

Islam Means Submission

Submit to Islam or die

Islam is not only willing to invest years or decades on their goals of ultimate conquest...They are willing to invest centuries-

Islam subverts, undermines and insinuates itself into a culture, until it acchieves a sufficient number of followers to implement continued acts of murder, assassination, mayhem violence, genocide and terror, to further destabilize that culture.
Then it imposes Sharia'h Law on the population to consolidate it's control, until all non-Muslims are subject to Dhimmi status, thus are impoverished, persecuted, enslaved and finally eradicated.

The goal is Submission

The ultimate goal is Dar el-Islam

Mohammed said, “I have been ordered to fight with the people till they say, none has the right to be worshipped but Allah” (Al Bukhari vol. 4:196)

382 dustyroadguy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:28:30am

s & d man

it was a bit verbose......

;~P

383 EE  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:33:48am

It is a sad day when Thou shalt not kill becomes forbidden speech, and Kill the infidel is the focus of radical Islamism. There seems to be a concern among the radical Islamists that the message "Thou shalt not kill" would make their religious warriors too soft; so they get to ban that message. Very sad.

384 andrew2  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:42:02am

I used to play a song by Chris De Burgh, written in 1979 called "Crusader" .

The depressing news of Jihad from everywhere, especially Amsterdam has got me down so I was trying to find a free online version to boost my spirits. No luck, but I found the lyrics.

I don't have to tell you that if "Thou Shalt Not Kill" is hate speech, "Crusader" would be forbidden today.

It should be played everywhere. It is a GREAT song with a GREAT melody and orchestration. We need music like this to remind us who the enemy is and what are Western civilization had to confront.

We were once free to write music like this, something large Islamic immigration has put a stop to.


Crusader by Chris de Burgh

"What do I do next?" said the bishop to the priest,
"I have spent my whole life waiting, preparing for the feast,
And now you say Jerusalem has fallen and is lost,
The king of heathen Saracen has seized the holy cross;"

Then the priest said "Oh my bishop, we must put them to the sword,
For God in all His mercy will find a just reward,
For the noblemen and sinners, and knights of ready hand,
Who will be the Lord's Crusader, send word through all the land,

Jerusalem is lost,
Jerusalem is lost,
Jerusalem is lost;"

"Tell me what to do", said the king upon his throne,
"but speak to me in whispers for we are not alone,
They tell me that Jerusalem has fallen to the hand,
Of some bedevilled eastern Heathen who has seized the Holy Land;"

Then the chamberlain said "Lord, we must call upon our foes
In Spain and France and Germany to end our bitter wars,
All Christian men must be as one and gather for the fight,
You will be their leader, begin the battle cry,

Jerusalem is lost,
Jerusalem is lost,
Jerusalem is lost"...

Ooh, high on a hill, in the town of Jerusalem,
There stood Saladin, the king of the Saracens,
Whoring and drinking and snoring and sinking, around him his army lay,
Secure in the knowledge that he had won the day;

A messenger came, blood on his feet and a wound in his chest,
"The Christians are coming!" he said, "I have seen their cross in the west,"
In a rage Saladin struck him down with his knife,
And he said "I know that this man lies,
They quarrel too much, the Christians could never unite!

I am invincible, I am the king,
I am invincible, and I will win..."

Closer they came, the army of Richard the Lionheart,
Marching by day and night, with soldiers from every part,
And when the Crusaders came over the mountain and they saw Jerusalem,
They fell to their knees and prayed for her release;

They started the battle at dawn, taking the city by storm,
With horsemen and bowmen and engines of war,
They broke through the city walls,
The Heathens were flying and screaming and dying,
And the Christian swords were strong,
And Saladin ran when he heard their victory song;

"We are invincible, God is the king,
We are invincible, and we will win!"

"What do I do now?" said the wise man to the fool,
"I have spent my whole life searching, to find the Golden Rule,
Though centuries have disappeared, the memory still remains,
Of those enemies together, could it be that way again?"

Then the fool said "Oh you wise men, you really make me laugh,
With your talk of vast persuasion and searching through the past,
There is only greed and evil in the men who fight today,
The song of the Crusader has long since gone away,

Jerusalem is lost,
Jerusalem is lost,
Jerusalem is lost...
Jerusalem."

Crusader Amazon Music


PLAY IT AMSTERDAM!!!!!

385 Grandma  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:49:40am

#381, fiery celt:

You’ve got it exactly right. And I for one, with no affiliation to any particular religion, am scared to death about the tolerance that this mohammedan cult receives. The other two religions originating in the Middle East would personify the phenomenon known as Islam as the works of Satan. I hope somehow, non-religious as I am, can be included in, because I do too.

386 AW  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:50:17am

#379 keyword

Very interesting. Keep us posted.

387 Who Watches the Watchmen?  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:52:28am
388 apotheosis  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:53:35am

#302

As a proud Atheist who voted for President Bush, I'll try not to take your dim view of the secular community too personally. After all, I guess can't deny that an awful lot of my philosophical bretheren fit your description.

Just please bear in mind that not all of us have a problem with Christians in particular or religion in general, and not all of us care whether G-d appears in the Pledge of Allegiance or on the currency. Some of us are more than happy just letting you do your thing, and we'll go on sleeping late on Sunday.

I live in the buckle of the Bible Belt and make no secret of my Atheism when the subject comes up, and I've yet to be dragged off to the stocks as a heretic. I wish I could tell my fellow atheists to lighten the f**k up, but unfortunately we tend to be an annoyingly independent lot.

Regards.

389 Keelie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:59:29am

#388 - Apotheosis

Nothing wrong with being a devout atheist. But most of the people who call themselves atheist are just trying to impress. Generally it takes some thinking to become a devout atheist.

These other people - token atheists - have problems thinking at the best of times (as we've seen so many times recently), so they actually are just... well... nothing really. No convictions either way; no morality to speak of (I find most devout atheists are intensely moral).

Let's call them "Postmodern Atheists."

390 simplesuzie  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 12:03:31pm

Only a terrorist would say that one of the Ten Commandments is racists.

Atheists are strange folk. First they have to acknowledge that something exists in order to say they don't believe it exists.

I am a believer and always will be.

391 Rancher  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 12:07:04pm

I'm still waiting for Bush to take NM. Hope I didn't jinx it by calling it early Tuesday evening. BTW our Governor is trying to steal it for Kerry [Link: washingtontimes.com...]

392 abu_garcia  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 12:07:08pm

#323 Wicksy

The area along the Mississippi is the "Delta" region (not the present delta of the Miss., but a paleo delta when the sediments were first being laid down). This area had many cotton plantations in ante-bellum Mississippi and, because of the high slave populations, has a high population of African-Americans today - they voted for Kerry.

A comparable area can be seen in the arc that stretches through Alabama and into north eastern Mississippi. This is the "Black Belt" (named for the soil, not the people) again an area of rich fertile soil where cotton plantations flourished and the population is largely African-American. Many of the towns whose names you would remember from the civil rights struggles of the sixties are in the "Black Belt" including Selma, Montgomery, and Tuskegee.

393 doubledip  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 12:08:35pm

Instead of "thou shalt not kill", maybe Chris Ripke should've painted the Quranic verse ---


...who ever killed a soul, it should be considered as
though he had killed all mankind. -- Sura 5:33

Oops, left out a caveat....should read ---


...who ever killed a soul, except for a soul slain, or for sedition in the earth, it should be considered as
though he had killed all mankind. -- Sura 5:33

394 KWH  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 12:17:14pm
BTW, Israel has no right to exist until the coming of their Messiah. It says so in the Torah.

Came over 2000 years ago.

395 Rancher  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 12:18:53pm

OT As was my last post, forgot to tag it. I just thought this was funny.
[Link: www.columbia.edu...]

396 cba  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 12:19:06pm

#394 KWH:
Oh, pleeeeeeeeeez don't let's start that discussion again.

397 Lerxt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 12:22:13pm

#390

Atheists are strange folk. First they have to acknowledge that something exists in order to say they don't believe it exists.

I'm atheistic and I don't see how I have acknowledged the existence of any deity in the process of denying the existence of such a being. Kinda like saying you have to confirm the existence of Bat Man in order to believe he's a fictional character.

Hmm...in a sense you are right. Perhaps there is an almighty being. He's just the most popular fictional character ever created. I'll acknowledge your god exists but I'll place the caveat that I believe he exists in your mind.

Not trying to flame or upset anyone or start a theology discussion here. Just thinking through it out loud. And we are a strange lot. No argument there.

398 Catttt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 12:24:44pm

Short report from a blue state (Maryland).

Bush got 3 percent more of the total popular vote than he did in 2000, in a yellow-dog Democrat state that is getting pickier (we elected a great Republican gov in 2002, after suffering under a dreadful Dem.).
2000
Bush 40
Gore 57
2004
Bush 43
Kerry 56

OK, it's small, but it's in the right direction (no pun intended).

And - if you look at the county-by-county map, we are pretty red. I still live in blue (Baltimore County). And news flash, MSM - we have lots of smart people and people with common sense in BOTH red and blue areas. ;P

399 Cybrludite  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 12:28:57pm

Ok. I won't be racist, then. (Loads the shotgun & chambers a round) Which of you ROPers wants to be first?

400 synergist  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 12:37:07pm

In the video, I saw other text in the sign. I barely speak Dutch after 30 years, much less Flemish, and had trouble reading it, but it looked something like:

Een Bastaard Zal Niet In De Gemeente des heren komem ein niet de tene Ceslant neal... del terrononimm

It seems to say something roughly like, "terrorists bastards have no place among civilized people".

Anybody got a better translation?

401 levi from queens  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 12:37:15pm

To: Traveler-- that Slate article was by Jane Smiley. Her most famous book 1000 Acres promoted the disastrous idea of recovered memory syndrome, which has resulted in dozens of suicides and the destructions of hundreds of families. In it a therapist convinces a confused 20-something that they were raped by a parent (or other relative) and suppressed the memory. The therapist helps the 20-something recover the memory by repeated suggestive questioning, thereby destroying the patients relationships from their past. linky

Her hatred is pretty amusing.

402 jrdroll  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 12:52:23pm

#397 lexrt

Perhaps there is an almighty being. He's just the most popular fictional character ever created.

Its only fiction if it doesn't exist. You can't prove that the almighty doesn't exist.

403 mich-again  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 1:01:15pm

397 Lerxt

Not an atheist, but I can see how some people who hawk religion actually 'convert' others to atheism. The only way to draw others to a religion is to actually live the example and that is hard. Words alone just tend to push people away.

404 Roger  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 1:08:39pm

Here, here. I don't know of any Scripture where G-d is upset with atheists. G-d is more opposed to the worshippers of idols of wood and stone, the sun, the moon and other dumb-a$$ crap. And depravity. Makes humans so pathetic.

But for those who are looking to know things for sure; well I have posted this many times on LGF, maybe I should find and save a link to the first time:

Romans 3:3 What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God? 3:4 Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being5 shown up as a liar,6 just as it is written: “so that you will be justified7 in your words and will prevail when you are judged.

And the 'human being' there is not just the atheist but every human being who does not have faith in the faithfulness of G-d and applies their own narrowed thinking about matters of faith.

405 traveler  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 1:10:27pm

#401 levi from Queens

that Slate article was by Jane Smiley. Her most famous book 1000 Acres promoted the disastrous idea of recovered memory syndrome

I was wondering who Jane Smiley was -- and that recovered memory crap made for compelling reading years ago. I was a LLL back then, so I probably believed it. While the ashes of those destroyed families were still smoldering, she was probably counting the cash that was rolling in......despicable.

Thanks for the info, levi -- I wasn't familiar with her "work"...just another fantasy-world Looney......

406 fiery celt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 1:11:29pm
Perhaps there is an almighty being. He's just the most popular fictional character ever created.

...hence, the need to be a Creator to create...

Who created the creators...

To admit to the manifestation of corpeal existence is to admit to the existence of a creator and eventually to the Ultimate Creator.

To admit to the manifestation of the unseen and spiritual, is to admit to what can only be sensed and thus be unmeasurable and unknowable in this realm of existence.

All realms are that of G-D.

407 Rose  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 1:19:59pm

Australia like America is a young country and we share many of the same values- We like America lost too many young men saving the French and Europe from the Germans in 2 world wars and Germany from itself and the Russians.

I hope both countries are made to understand that when the Muslims rise up against them, as they will, I for one if I still have breath will oppose any of our military risking their lives for such a callow shallow people.
We support our friends and after 2 attempts to aid a sinking corrupt nation - we aint that stoopid

408 Roger  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 1:20:59pm

#397 Lerxt , well I'm waiting for your reply to 406 fiery celt. Even if you don't find it true as I do, you must admit it is incredibly clever:-)

409 apotheosis  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 1:24:47pm

#389 Keelie

Let's call them "Postmodern Atheists."

I can go along with that. Of course, divisions within the faith will lead to years of internecine warfare a'la Northern Ireland.

"He doesn't exist to us!"

"Yeah? Well He doesn't exist to us even MORE!"

410 IrishOak  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 1:33:52pm

O/T Folks: Humor Injection

This morning from a cave somewhere in Pakistan--Taliban Minister of Migration, Mohammed Omar, warned the United States that if military action against Iraq continues, Taliban authorities will cut off America's supply of convenience store managers. If this action does not yield sufficient results, cab drivers will be next.
~~It's getting ugly Folks.

411 apotheosis  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 1:40:05pm

406 fiery celt

To admit to the manifestation of corpeal existence is to admit to the existence of a creator


...though not necessarily a sentient guiding hand.

I really didn't intend to turn this into a religious flamewar, as I realize a great majority of the regulars are of a religious nature, and it'd be incredibly rude. I just meant to illustrate that not all Atheists are of the strident, whiny, "keep your filthy G-D outta my life!" variety.

My apologies.

412 mich-again  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 1:46:26pm

407 Rose,

G'day. I believe the French and Germans actually think they can outsmart the Islamofascists and feel that our military strategy is only the product of poor "chess playing".

I'm not sure if it is because they think they can manipulate terrorist behavior through persuasion, or by simply opposing our efforts the terrorists will leave their countries alone. But either way, their strategy to just stand on the sidelines will eventually be seen as weakness by the Islamists.

Think of the scene from The Lion King when the hyenas finally wisen up and attack Scar.

413 DP111  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 1:49:54pm

It is the vision of multi-culturalism that posits that all cultures if not equal, are at the least, able to live and co-exist peacefully with each other. In the main this is true, but with the exception of Islam. All the texts of Islam, its practices and its history, past and present, indicate that co-existence in peace, is not Islam's goal.

So to Liberals who may read this, who flinch at the prospect of criticising another's religious beliefs, I post this thought. The whole multi-cultural project, which in the main has many positive attributes, is in danger of collapsing, simply because one of the apples in the basket is a rotten one. Surely this is not what any sane person, liberal or otherwise, likes to see happen.

One is thus forced to consider alternate strategies, particularly when confronted by an increasing Muslim population, with its total rejection of multi-culturalism and the basic tenets of Western civil values. Sooner or later, to save multi-culturalism, one will have to consider the proposition that those who follow Islam cannot by the very nature of their beliefs, co-exist peacefully with others. Force, of one sort or another becomes imperative, if for no reason then to protect the rest of the multi-cultural quilt of many colours.

414 DP111  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 1:55:36pm

381 fiery celt

Coincidentally, I was going to propose that LGFers refer to islam as Mohammedism. For this is what it is, a strategy for pillage and loot of the product of other peoples hard work. It has also has the advantage of reducing this cult from a religion to an 'ism', and hence more susceptible to attack as an ideology.

415 Wicksy  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 2:02:23pm

#392 abu_garcia
Thanks a lot!

The Miss. Delta and the Black Belt are very clearly defined on the political map... its really interesting!

I've just been reading about it on the net, about the geography, cotton plantations, and the slave trade. Somehow I got on to reading about boll weevils. The Internet is great! :)

It's really fascinating stuff - thanks!

416 Doctor Phibes  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 2:17:05pm

#413 DP111

I've said the same thing myself, that multi-culturalism has worked reasonably well so far in the West, and would continue to work if we could remove islam from the equation. But leftists will always cling to the illusion that there's no inherent problem with islam, it's just a 'tiny minority' that causes trouble, and since it's just a tiny minority then of course it's OK to let muslim immigration continue. This seems to be line the Dutch authorities are taking, in their newly-announced 'war on islamic extremism.' Same old story, with no attempt to look at the actual tenets of islam. A more productive approach might be, "What's the most humane strategy for reducing the number of muslims in the West?"

417 fiery celt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 2:37:28pm

DR111

Call it what it is---Islamofascism

418 Mark IV  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 2:42:26pm

#388 apotheosis (et al)

Amen, brother.

I guess I am an atheist/agnostic with "Christian" values.

They didn't invent the values, just codified them and justified 'em according to their own teleology. Morality and moral behaviour were around a long time before the Nativity.

Whatever. I not only bear practising Christians no ill will, I am rather suspicious of those who do.

I would rather live surrounded by the moral-but-superstitious, than by "enlightened" leftists and anarchists. Whenever I feel my personal freedoms threatened, I notice that it is almost never by Christians (despite a helluva lot of press to the contrary).

In fact, considering the real threats to my way of life, OBL himself is a pretty low profile threat, compared to the sKerry's and Hillary's. The so-called Christian right is welcome fire support, and a valuable ally, and good on 'em.

419 goateeki  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 2:56:39pm

Hey Poitiers-Lepanto:
Love your screen name. Wonder how many understand its significance. God bless you for understanding and valuing history. I have no doubt that there will be more Poitiers and Lepantos and that the outcomes will be the same.

Goateeki

420 traveler  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 3:02:29pm

#169 Fiery celt

All I can say is -- WOW. Thanks for pulling it all into one place for us --- I knew a lot of those Qu'ranic concepts, but could never cite where they were.

Well done!

421 DP111  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 3:42:44pm

416 Dr Phibes

I have noted your posts for sometime, and know your position.

"What's the most humane strategy for reducing the number of muslims in the West?"

Ah yes. Now that is a question. Any suggestions? I'm sure you know mine, as I have posted several times over the last two years on this matter. I will respond after you.

Meanwhile, other methods to preserve us from islam, are as you know.

Reformation of mohammedism. Reform of mohammedism is impossible. Its texts are not suitable for reform. Can mohammedans be enticed away from islam? Yes, but by threats of one sort or other, chief among them, deportation back to dar al islam.

Faced with such impossible choices, one of the methods that GWB is trying, is to inflict military defeat and humiliation on muslim nations, one by one. The ostensible reason, to bring about democracy in muslim nations, is a merely a cover, as islam and democracy do not mix, as one or the other has to give way.

Knowing the immense store that muslims put in military victory, as they are helped by allah, the hope is that muslims, after successive defeat at the hands of Infidels, will see that allah is not really so great afterall, and hopefully start to abandon islam. Then and only then, democracy can take start to take root. Once that starts, it is hoped that the process of the end of islam will have started. It is along shot but well worth trying. Other options are far too coercive to be politically acceptable at the moment.

417 fiery celt

Islamofascism is accepted nomenclature within LGF and I'm happy with that. Unfortunately, such a name will not receive any traction outside LGF. It is for this reason that I was thinking of a more appropriate name that will allow the cult to be attacked without being considered as an attack on a religion. Mohammedism simply denotes the followers of a single individual and thus more vulnerable to attack. Note Marxism, Leninism or Maoism etc. All 'isms' are fair game.

422 fiery celt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 4:17:45pm

I would be more than happy to address Islamofascism as "Mohammedism"---however, the MSM, the LLL, and the CAIR propagandists, along with our President has the majority of the populace convinced that the "pedophile prophet" is the more equivalent of budda, Ghandi and Jesus Christ put together.

Until the mainstream become enlightened as to the true nature of Mohammed, the Quran, the Hadiths and the demon god Allah, the appelation of Mohammedism would be meaningless.

423 DP111  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 4:58:56pm

422 fiery celt

I would be more than happy to address Islamofascism as "Mohammedism"---however, the MSM, the LLL, and the CAIR propagandists, along with our President has the majority of the populace convinced that the "pedophile prophet" is the more equivalent of budda, Ghandi and Jesus Christ put together.

That certainly is true. But bit by bit, the mask of islam is being rent. I supose you have heard of Dr Clifford and Patrick Sukhdeo? Both are vicars in Britain and are unmasking islam as never before. Unlike Falwell and others in the US, these two are giving back with interest.

The battle has been joined and we will not lose.

BTW, its nice to see you back on LGF.

It is 3 am and I must be hit the sack. G'night.

424 Ed Moran: Abu GOMEX aoa 28C  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 5:05:51pm

Fiery Celt

Where have you been?

425 fiery celt  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 7:46:12pm

Ed,

I was working out of state in some pretty remote areas, for about three and one half months.

No internet or cell phone access---

An hour and a half to the nearest hospital and near an hour to the nearest doctor.

I worked as a registered nurse for summer camps.

One camp, I was the only nurse for over two hundred people---Staff and children

It was kind of scary--but I liked it.

When I returned, Charles had implemented registration.

During the midst of the cBS/Blather fiasco, Charles disabled new registration , so I was unable to post.

Then I had some problems with my wireless, ...but I am back online now.

I lurked however--- ;)

426 Carridine  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 9:56:24pm

So, the next time you get a 'government oppression and censorship' bee in yr bonnet, recall that the cops FORCED the filmer to erase several minutes of video.

FORCED TO ALTER THE RECORD.

In 'free' nation, Netherlands/Holland.

Thank God for America!

427 Doctor Phibes  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:14:01pm

#421 DP111

At first I would stop muslim immigration, but without actually announcing it, and keep things fairly low-key. No state funding or planning permission for mosques or any other Islamic projects, no special favours, no easy handout of benefits. In general, I'd try to make the atmosphere a bit chillier, so that muslims might hopefully decide to move away of their own accord. (Someone mentioned the possibility of offering a financial incentive for them to move back to muslim countries, but I don't think there would be many takers.)

I would also adopt the French policy of immediately deporting anyone preaching jihad, and I would probably extend that to people who the intelligence services suspect of having terrorist connections, but against whom it would be difficult (and expensive) to build a legal case. Jihadis who are born here obviously pose a greater challenge, but given the nature of the threat they pose, I can't see any alternative but to lock them up, again without a trial.

This is undoubtedly draconian, but I don't see any alternative. What would you do? (Sorry I can't remember your precise position on this, I'm really suffering from information overload at the moment.)

428 Doctor Phibes  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 10:29:04pm

My previous post refers to countries like the UK, where the proportion of muslims is relatively small compared to places like Holland, Denmark, and Sweden. For those countries, I'm not sure what I would do.

429 Carridine  Fri, Nov 5, 2004 11:03:03pm

#278- Israel had no right to exist
"Agree with Sheikh Yr'booti

Israel could not come into existence unless and until
the coming of the Holy One promised by Jesus of
Nazareth (Matt 24:14, Luke 21:24, Matt 24:15) three
times.

When all 3 of Jesus' promises came true in the very year
that the Edict of Toleration was forced on the
Caliphate by Christian nations of the West, it was a
confirmation that the coming of the Holy One, May
23rd, 1844 (1260 AH) was the Holy One from God, to
Whose commands we are all conforming.

How great, that Jesus told the truth, even though
Christians today 'scoff and deny our Lord who redeems
us' has returned, which St Peter warned is a 'damnable
heresy' (II Peter 2:1)

I don't support the 'damnable heresy', and accept
rather that the Holy Gate, promised by Jesus, IS the
One He wants us to obey, and it is historical fact now THAT He has come."

430 hector  Sat, Nov 6, 2004 12:33:45am

These muslim scum have no shame - please let's get them sorted now.

431 Spiritualized  Sat, Nov 6, 2004 1:30:08am

Good article about Pim Fortuyn here, the media painted him as an extreme-right politician but he was nothing of the sort.

The telegenic Fortuyn's media skills ("Imagine a gay Pat Buchanan," says Jones) sometimes slipped into demagogy, but were effective. In a recent televised debate with an imam, Fortuyn baited the Muslim cleric by flaunting his homosexuality. Finally the imam exploded, denouncing Fortuyn in strongly anti-homosexual terms. Fortuyn calmly turned to the camera and, addressing viewers directly, told them that this is the kind of Trojan horse of intolerance the Dutch are inviting into their society in the name of multiculturalism.

"They effect was galvanizing," says Jones. The September 11 attacks in America also made voters more open to Fortuyn's warning about the danger Islam poses to the open society.

"I'm not anti-Muslim, I'm not anti-immigration; I'm saying we've got big problems in our cities," Fortuyn said last month. "It's not very smart to make the problem bigger by letting in millions more immigrants from rural Muslim cultures that don't assimilate."

Europe will eventually regret siding with Islam.

432 Roger  Sat, Nov 6, 2004 3:56:53am

#422 fiery celt, I go by the name they provide; Islam.

#428 Doctor Phibes, I think you have to start by getting rid of the ACLU, the MSM and all the left wing bloggers who support Islam for being intolerant but accuse us of being intolerant to the intolerant.

433 Doctor Phibes  Sat, Nov 6, 2004 9:00:23am

#432 Roger

Yes you're right, those kind of people are a deadly liability, but I have no clue how to get rid of them. That's why I'd start with a low-key approach, to try and reduce both the terrorist and demographic threats, but without making it look too obviously like a campaign against islam, the leftist's favourite pet pit-bull.

434 royaloakdad13  Sat, Nov 6, 2004 2:53:18pm

I guess it's a good thing all ten commandments weren't on the wall--they'd still be sandblasting. Just ask judge Roy.


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