"Anyone who wishes may of course advertise his dhimmitude."

However we do not expect candidates to do this.

However, fatwas may be issued in such cases.

Sorry for the early OT - but this looks like it will be a pretty good resource -

Discovering The Network - A guide to the political left

You have to register, but it only takes a second.

I Mo was so rightous, why is it required to constantly wish 'Peace be upon him'? I would think the rightous would have an automatic pass to paradise...

PIMF- That should read 'If Mo was so righteous'

#4 GW

That's because, in the backs of their tiny little minds, they know he wasn't.

Piss Be Upon Him

We at the exam board have no balls, therefore we will prostrate ourselves with many-a 'pbuh'. Candidates are not required to follow suit, but stand warned.

fair enough

Does this mean that students will be asked to include "Our Lord" after referring to Jesus Christ?

I just got the same email from them. I'll post it here in full:

Thank you for your enquiry.

OCR has received several Religious Studies enquiries about whether or not candidates need to be putting 'peace be upon him' after the name Muhammad, due to comments made on a non-OCR website. The OCR response to this follows:

"This is incorrect. OCR will always put 'peace be upon him' after Muhammad, in the form of an Arabic colophon, as a mark of respect. However we do not expect candidates to do this.

An explanation of this can be found on page 13 of the GCSE Religious Studies Notes for Guidance.

The problem arose due to a comment made on a non-OCR website. This comment has now been removed."

Regards,

Scott Hilliard
Customer Service Advisor

OCR (Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations)
OCR Information Bureau
1 Hills Road
Cambridge
CB1 2EU
tel: xxx
fax: xxx
e-mail: helpdesk@ocr.org.uk
web: [Link: www.ocr.org.uk...]

For non-muslim british you have 2 options:
1)beheading
2)be-heading

Choose wisely!

“pbuh” could more accurately stand for 'paedo be upon him'.

Reminds me of when I was in Catholic school as a child and we all had to put under our name on every paper "JMJ" for Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.

@3 RWC

Thanx for the linky. :)

Amazing.

“OCR will always put ‘peace be upon him’ after Muhammad in the form of an Arabic colophon as a mark of respect.

Heh. Didn't do it that time, ya dumbasses!

@11 zombie

So...is this their offical 'crawfishing'? :)

PBUH - source of the term PooBah? :)

Well, that's been cleared up. I feel lot better now knowing that only the British government is obliged to comply with Islamic practices.

Still it is shocking the exam committee has itself to expressly endorse RoP by adding that phrase. Do they add accomodate other religions thus; unlikely. Fortunately in the US the 1st Amendment would probably prohibit such open endorsementof religion by the state; however, the ACLU would not file that lawsuit.

OCR will always put ‘peace be upon him’ after Muhammad in the form of an Arabic colophon as a mark of respect. However we do not expect candidates to do this.

This is still rank dhimmitude. Were I a candidate reading this statement I'd feel pressure to do the same thing. Not that I would do it. My track record proves I don't respond to academic pressure for groupcrapthink.

Starting monday all official documents of the UK will be available in the EU's new cross-border language: Arabic.

English documents will still be available on demand. But it will identify you as an uneducated intolerent infidel.

Here's the email I just sent to David Holford:

Thank you for posting the updated entry about the pbuh controversy.

Because you did not specify exactly what you meant by the term "exam board" in your original posting, people jumped to the conclusion that you were referring to the national exam board OCR. Your new updated posting says this is not the case. Thanks for the clarification.

However, it is now not clear what the status of the story is. You write, "I never based my information on anything from OCR - I only said that was the exam board we used."

What exactly do you mean by "exam board we used"? Is it a group of people who set policy? Is it a textbook of some kind? Or...? And does this imply that the requirement to write "pbuh" is still in place, merely that people had misdirected their outrage toward the wrong "exam board"?

Hopefully you can post an update clarifying, in no uncertain terms:

a. Is there in fact a requirement that the students write "pbuh" in their papers about Islam?
b. If so, who, exactly, sets this requirement?

With such a clarification, you will either quell permanently the unwanted emails (if there is no such requirement) or at least redirect the outrage toward the parties actually responsible (if there is a requirement).

Thank you.

Gee, I don't know what all those people have against Mohammed (MSDMPLUBCTE)*.

*May the Scourge the Dirty Murderous Pedophile Left Us Be Cleansed from This Earth

PBUH?

Was this the inspiration for the title GRAND POOBAH, as in, we welcome his Royal Heinous, His Travesty, the Grand Poobah HIMSELF! ?

OT -- From Portland IndyMedia: Ward Churchill yanked from UO Conference

The University of Oregon has canceled an appearance by University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill, who has come under a McCarthyist-style attack from the right wing for an essay about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

Churchill, an ethnic studies professor, was scheduled to appear at an April 1 conference on race and immigration issues in the post-Sept. 11 era. The UO's Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics yanked him off the schedule, thanks to the braying of right-wing radio and TV personalities such as Bill O'Rielly, Lars Larson, and others.

Say what you will about Churchill -- I take issue with him myself. What is happening here is nothing less than a full-frontal attack on free speech and the right of dissent. The right wing is succeeding at shutting down and marginalising a vocal critic of the Bush administration and the policies of U.S. imperialism. I don't agree with everything Churchill says, and I'd be willing to argue with him myself over the "Eichmann" comment.

Nevertheless, there is a principle to be defended here. At the moment, Ground Zero is the supposedly "liberal" campus of the University of Oregon. Let's take the fight to them, comrades. The director of the Wayne Morse Center is Margaret Hallock. Her work phone number is 541-346-3699, and her email address is hallock@uoregon.edu. A web page listing other contacts with the center is located at:

[Link: www.morsechair.uoregon.edu...]

#17 Thom 2/15/2005 09:25AM PST

NOW THAT IS FUNNY! LOL & PIMP (pissing in my pants)

If I were required to do this, I think my fingers would "slip" and I'd write something like, oh, "c--t." Close enough... they've both got a 'u' in them.

#27 thanks for the imfo on the latest on churchill. i think the line in the piece where the writer calls for "comrades" to band together says it all.

Uh oh ...

U.S. Ambassador in Syria Called Home for Consultation

In the old days, this presaged war.

Gee, if elections have taught us anything, it is that repeated often enough, almost any statement becomes truth for a significant number of people. Thus Iraq was all about oil, and Karl Rove is W's puppetmaster.

So, when the authority figure, test-maker (and grade-giver) OCR alwaps gives the big Mo a PBUH, they are:
- covering their dhimmi arses, and
- leading some exam-takers to believe the proper way to think of Mo is with PBUH rather than with critical thought about the man, his beliefs and accomplishments, and his followers.

Try adding a blessing/valediction to George Bush's name, without expectation that others will do so, and see how long before it becomes a norm. Then phrase exam questions in that manner.

Qur’an 8:12 “I shall terrorize the infidels. So wound their bodies and incapacitate them because they oppose Allah and His Apostle.” ROP my @$$.

OT. USA withdrawing Ambassador to Syria. Source Fox News Alert, just now.

I have just sent an email to the OCR, inquiring if Mo is the only one to be given this type of respect; and whether or not
they also intend to give this kind of respect to other faiths.
If not, why the discrimination?

(If they reply--which I doubt--they're probably exasperated
by the response--but they didn't reckon with the blogosphere!--
I'll post it here. )

#27

At the moment, Ground Zero is the supposedly "liberal" campus of the University of Oregon. Let's take the fight to them, comrades.

Let's take the fight to them, COMRADES! Aux barricades!

Toolhead.

#3 Great link, Thanks

Thom (#17),

Maybe they don't know the meaning of the word "always"?

#33 - re: withdrawal of US Ambassador to Syria.

Sort of like a pardon for the Ambassador. Mark Twain on travel in Syria (from The Innocents Abroad):

"The last twenty-four hours we staid in Damascus I lay prostrate with a violent attack of cholera, or cholera morbus, and therefore had a good chance and a good excuse to lie there on that wide divan and take an honest rest. I had nothing to do but listen to the pattering of the fountains and take medicine and throw it up again. It was dangerous recreation, but it was pleasanter than traveling in Syria. "

# 10

In your dreams.

Don't you love how the Leftists, supporters of the World's Worst Imperialists, always accuse us of imperialist policies?

Back atchya, toolheads.

Meanwhile, in other news, the Senators were grilling Chertoff in the Homeland Sec. hearings, trying to make SURE he'd never, never, never be MEAN to the Jihadis. All sorts of witless blather about applying citizens' rights to enemy combatants.

“OCR will always put ‘peace be upon him’ after Muhammad in the form of an Arabic colophon as a mark of respect...

So what are they doing to indicate respect for Jesus, Abraham,
Confucius, et al? Or do they only respect Muhammad (/respect)

P anties B e U pon H im

Maybe instead of pbuh they should write pbul- please behead us last.

#37 Geepers

LOL.

I'm still trying to understand this. They're actually using an Arabic colophon as an expression of their submission to mohammedanism (when they remember to). Even most moslems just use "pbuh".

But nooo ... OCR has to go the extra mile and proudly proclaim "Look how hard we can suck!"

But if they don't start showing the Tathgata, the Arhat, Samyak Sambuddha, Vidya-carana-sampanna, the Sugata, Lokavit, the Anuttara, the Purusa-damya-sarathi and Sasta deva-manusyanam, Buddha-Bhagavan, Shakyamuni Siddartha Guatama the proper respect, I'm going to go medieval on their asses!

#19 bouzouki

PBUH - source of the term PooBah? :)

Only Gilbert and Sullivan know for sure.

#44

...and don't forget to add ha-kadosh barukh hu after referring to the name of G-d.

Everybody in the whole world knows it was the Syrians who killed this guy except for those unfortunate enough to be stuck reading the mainstream American media. Here's today's NY Sun

Syria Is Blamed in the Slaying in Lebanon

How about this >>>Mohamad A.S.S.

#31 Thom -- "Uh oh ...

U.S. Ambassador in Syria Called Home for Consultation

In the old days, this presaged war. "

In these modern days, she was probably called back for precise instructions from State on how to give all proper assurances to Syria that any Syrian jihadis caught in Iraq will be afforded all US Consitutional rights, as well as prompt investigations of all US Marines, with a view to prosecution, engaged in killing any of them.

U.S. Withdraws Ambassador From Syria

assumed spiritual superbeing,

How about this >>>Mohamad A.S.S

#44 Thom

That's right, Thom -- open up a can of Medieval Whoop-Ass on those Dhimmis!

Yes, they will revive the practice of adding "Our Lord" when referring to Jesus in their printed materials.

Right.

Can you imagine it?
Essay question:

"Various scholars now question whether Our Lord Jesus actually said many of the Gospel quotations attributed to him. Discuss."

It doesn't work. To accept the "Our Lord" renders incongruous the critical reading that follows. And that is the danger with the "pbuh" it amounts to an endorsement of the truth-claims Muslims make about him.

Email to helpdesk@ocr.org.uk

Gentlemen:

I see that you have clarified the position with regard the the OCR policy of placing "(pbuh)" following the name of Muhammad. It is gratifying that you do not expect candidates to do so.

However, this raises the question of what OCR will do to indicate corresponding respect for other religious figures such as Jesus Christ, Mary, Abraham, Confucius? Certainly these figures are due no less respect from you. One would think that in the home of the Church of England at the very least you would indicate your respect for Christian figures.

Do you plan to follow suit for other religions or merely express respect for Islam?

John Steele
Miami, FL

I'm starting a pool on the response. I have $2.00 on "nada".

#42 BabbaZee:

P anties B e U pon H im

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have a winner!

I'm still awaiting the fatwa against me.

What is the fatwa lag time these days...a week, a month?

Here. I'll try again.

Mohemmed was a pedophile and a coward.

I'm waiting for the fatwa...it would be a point of pride for me to have an Islamic fatwa against my head.

Waiting...waiting...

AP story said US ambassador also delivered a "harshly worded letter", which I think they said is called a demarche in diplo-speak.

Of course, the Syrians have been letting jihadis free acess into Iraq, IIRC.

So it wouldn't break my heart if we sent a little token of our displeasure, perhaps destroying all their nice Russian fighter planes.

I'd guess the IAF has given pointers to the USAF during theb years about the capabilities of the Syrian MiG fleet.

#56 doppelganglander

Kvelling!

57 AU

What is the fatwa lag time these days...a week, a month?

Things have gotten worse lately with the advent of conservative blogs. The mullahs are taking cases as fast as they can but they're still backed up into the halls.

#58 Ed Mahmoud abu al Qahool Martyr Brigades ...
I'd guess the IAF has given pointers to the USAF during theb years about the capabilities of the Syrian MiG fleet.

While I'm sure we have had consultations with the IAF about the MiG, the USAF owns a few of our own so our guys have some first hand experience themselves. And no we did not buy them from MiG :-)

#47 luigi -- "Everybody in the whole world knows it was the Syrians who killed this guy except for those unfortunate enough to be stuck reading the mainstream American media."

Interesting article from The NY Sun. The French were typically slow to react with any statement implicating Syrian involvement, but "called for an investigation". I was surprised they did that even that much.

The Sun provides the answer. The victim was a billionaire and a primary financier of one Mr. Jacques Chirac.

Holy Shiite! ! ! !

Look what Miss Trixie unearthed:

Secret weapon--monster Al Qaeda database

Terror database is secret weapon

SLEEPY Charleston, the South Carolina hometown of Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind, seems an unlikely place to be on the front line of the global war on terror.

Yet on the third floor of a glass office building overlooking the Cooper river is a locked room that is straight out of a futuristic thriller.

Inside, a series of control panels with flashing lights and whirring hard drives comprise the master computer of the world's largest free-standing database of intelligence on Islamic terrorism. It could hold the key to dismantling Al-Qaeda.

"It's the best database on Islamic terrorism in the world," said a senior counter-terrorism official at the FBI.

I thought it was poobah - as in grand poobah. That's poor old obsolete bastard arab hick.

The Sun is a welcome addition to the news scene in NYC. We're already graced with the NY Post which used to be considered a rightwing knuckledragger until they turned out to be right about everything.

What if it's not "the" Mohammed?

For example, what if it's Mohammed Jones? Do you have to write "Mohammed, PBUH, just went to the 7-Eleven for a pack of cigs"? Mohammed, PBUH, is taking a bath? Mohammed, PBUH, bought a new suit?

Hi, Mohammed, PBUH?

This is totally silly.

/Emily LaTella

Adding "pbuh" to Mohammad's name isn't a "mark of respect". It's a mark of submission.

Fucking idiots.

"There's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over."
-Frank Zappa

63 Lady of Shalott (ylreveb)

Interesting that AQ story comes from Benador Associates. They represent VDH.

My problem would be that I would be forced to find every fucked up, blood filled, child raping, infidel hating, dog beating, woman demeaning, slavery supporting, lie filled thing the supposed "last" prophet ever said, spell it out and add a big fat fucking PEACE BE UPON HIM after each one.

And then dare these cowardly pansies on the British exam board to not approve me.

#63 Lady,

Boy I am sure glad that the FBI is doing such a great job of helping to keep the location of the facility top secret.

BabaZee:

P anties B e U pon H im

Perfect!

May I propose:

Pedophile who Buggered Underage Hostages

#71 studsup

I'm worried that the [bigoted word]s are going to go after Motley, the man who orchestrated all this.

At the least, they need to have backup copies of EVERYTHING.

It's shocking (but unexpected) that they've linked AQ and the Madrid bombings. To think that the Madrid murderers were in the same Hamburg meeting as the 9/11 murderers! ! !

What's really sickmaking, though, is that the CIA and FBI haven't fargin' done this research. Godalmighty.

#72 Maine's Michael

Pedophile who Buggered Underage Hostages

Oh~ that's good!

#69 Luigi

Benador also reps Charles Krauthammer.

63 Lady of Shalott (ylreveb)

That Ron Motley who is featured in the article is certainly an interesting character.

BabbaZee

P anties B e U pon H im

Maine's Michael

Pedophile who Buggered Underage Hostages

You guys are coming up with some good ones today.

Totally OT, but I was wondering:

Has anyone here heard the assassination of Rafik Hariri in terms of "chickens coming home to roost?"

Just wondering.

I think the first step towards regime change in (or at least some severe difficulties for-) Damascus.

I bet the Imbecile Son is sweating now.

#77 PDM

I must be channeling Bob G LOL!

Slight correction there:

Has anyone here heard the assassination of Rafik Hariri described in terms of "chickens coming home to roost?"

#63 Lady of Shalott -- Not many people know that we have a new weapon in the war on terror. It's an artificial intelligence program called Cyc (product of Cycorp). This program has already predicted some types of terror attacks. It is really fascinating and it's producing real results. Combined with those terror databases it might be very useful. In fact I bet it already is.

Cyc-ing out the terrorists

Video: Cycorp founder' lecture: Computers versus Common Sense An Engineering Approach to AI

#79 BabbaZee,

I just remembered, I have PBUH graphic.

#82 PDM

LOL! Those chicks are too old for him!

Or how 'bout this--Dear World Economic Forum,
Send us the tape of Eason J.rebuking the US Military. We are loyal Dhimmis and use pbuh after Mo's name. We'd like to show it to the class.
Best 'n Pieces to you. OCR Exam Board.

#82 PDM - My first thought, that girl on the left, well, damn, that swimsuit must be chaffing her.

Tankinis are much more comfortable.

Pig Be Upon Him

I posted this at the tail end of yesterday's thread, but it might be worth repeating.

IMHO, the proper acronym for the prophet Mo would be "fhatchcio"

Or "F- him and the camel he came in on."

First mention of Panties Be Upon Him from an insomnia inspired late night rant about how Koran v.2.0 was revealed to the new prophet: the neighbor's barking labrador, 'Max', (Panties Be Upon Him).

How about using CSMD after Mohammed.

I'll let others figure that acronym out, which shouldn't be difficult.

#73 Lady -- "It's shocking (but unexpected) that they've linked AQ and the Madrid bombings. To think that the Madrid murderers were in the same Hamburg meeting as the 9/11 murderers! ! !"

Dear Lady,

Where have you been? If you had been dutifully reading your NYT and listening to CNN and CBS then you would know that Bush was responsible for Madrid because he created more terrorists with his greedy bid to seize Iraqi oil while humiliating Arabs with lies about WMD and being members of an Axis of Evil. Furhtermore, any part of this that wasn't Bush's fault was then the fault of Donald Rumsfeld or Haliburton.

Get with the program!

muhammad (PuuhhhBwwaaaUggHock) *spit*

Aloha Snackbar!

::there now I feel better- sorry hadta clear my throat::

#88 NuclearTinkerbell

Great minds...

So..

They just do it for fun?

Whether individuals are forced to or not is bryond the issue

Rather the issue is that the organizational level has called it upon themselves to respect this diety as a deference and as opposed to others

That in itself is thoroughly disturbing

#83 BabbaZee,

LOL! Those chicks are too old for him!

I know, but unlike Mohammed's, all of my models are 18 years of age or older! :-P
(As I recall, Mohammed liked them about half that age.)

BabbaZee

The phrase, 'Allahu Akbar' needs some upgrade work now...

;)

OT - Drudge reports that Fwench and German families of tsunami victims are suing the US tsunami predictors. Nice.

OT -- The Entertainment Section

The Academy Awards are shaping up to be a large recruiting event for the Republican Party.

PBUH could also be Propaganda By Uncivilized Heathens!

OT- this thread is long enough for this.

The Iraq "Election Map" (from Instapundit)

If they can just get this thing to work for the next few years, and thru the Constitution writing and next couple of elections,

... the Mad Mullahs next door in "Nucular" Iran, may have a revolution on their hands against their thug brownshirt army of "Revolutionary guards"

Allahu Akbar!

change to:

All-A-You Nutbars!

Maine's Michael

Alleluja Aarvark!

Anyone see this?

HITCHENS V. TARIQ ALI (TERRORIST LOVER) ON IRAQ HERE

PBUH = peanut butter underwear hat

What has happened to Britian? What a nightmare...

#98 havoc

Compare that map with the one here of the pre-Iraq Ottoman provinces. (scroll down)

Not an exact matchup, but interesting.

PENOWE

pedophiles not welcome

#98 Havoc

What do you think the odds are that Iraq won't break itself in thirds?

Pre-Gulf II, I thought the logical post-conflict solution would be to divide the country along its ideological lines, but now I wonder if the point isn't just to keep the region unstable, in order to avert the formation of an Arab coalition.

Smit (#85),

My first thought, that girl on the left, well, damn, that swimsuit must be chaffing her.

Tankinis are much more comfortable.

I don't think subsequent chaffing should be the prime motivation in picking a swimsuit. ;-)

103 ontevreden aubergine

I don't know why, but I always get hungry after seeing your posts.

PBUH = purple beef usually hurts

95 Nuclear Tinkerbell

Drudge reports that Fwench and German families of tsunami victims are suing the US tsunami predictors. Nice.

I see. An Asian natural catastrophe to Europeans in a French hotel was the fault of the US.

Since we seem to be the defacto caretaker of the planet to these infantile peoples, maybe we should just accept our fate as the heir apparent to the unworkable UN.

As a slight variation,

"Mohammed (Pedophilic Buggerer of Underage Hostages)"

fits the whole acronym meme slightly better.

cathy :-)

PBUH = please buy ugandan hookers

celebrity death match between ed from ohio and Bob G for the court jester crown !

Doesn't "PbuH" refer to the very core philosophies of the Islam
Religious Heirarchy?

Procreation By Underhand Hegemony?

Punishment By Undisclosed Habits?

OT, from the "How Much Does Allah Really Love Ya?" file:

Woman's veil catches fire, killing 59 in mosque

Tehran- A fire raged through a crowded mosque in Tehran during evening prayers yesterday after a female worshipper's veil caught on fire from a kerosene-heater flame.

At least 59 people died and more than 250 were injured, Iran's official news agency reported.

The Arg (shurely, Aaaarghhh?- ed.) mosque was filled with hundreds of worshippers, more crowded than usual because this is the Islamic Muharam, a holy period for Shiites.

Panicked people raced for the doors and smashed windows to escape the blaze, leaving burned shoes and women's black chadors scattered in the mosque's yard. (Presumably, those women who were caught chador-less were immediately stoned to death for corrupting public morals- ed.)

The mosque's walls were charred, carpets were burned and religious books, including the Koran, were destroyed. AP

Man, you don't want to get caught using these Iranian kerosene heaters- Georgia's president and couple of other recent cases show these things are lethal just. Of course, trying to function whilst wrapped up in a burqa must prove to be a never-ending source of daily inconveniences.

But, of course, it's all the Jews' fault...

Psychotic Beheader of Unnocent Hebrews

(don't worry, these guys can't spell anyways)

#99 Maine's Michael

Naqba Akbar?

115 Earl

But we learned from the tsunami that when Allah kills scads of Muslims he's just punishing the infidels among them. So there must have been one in that mosque.

Psychotic Buddy of Ululating Harpies

#110 Rufus Lee King

Since we seem to be the defacto caretaker of the planet...

I don't even like the rest of the planet. I sure don't like this caretaker crap. Maybe the US can subcontract a global sitter?

OT-

Currently on "Counterpunch" we have Lila Rajiva comparing Churchill to Gandhi in their struggle egainst "empire."

[Link: www.counterpunch.org...]

#107 Geepers

I don't think subsequent chaffing should be the prime motivation in picking a swimsuit. ;-)

Heh, Mmkay, but I have to say, those very high cut, high leg swimsuits are a nightmare if you actually want to swim.

#119 Maine's Michael 2/15/2005 11:13AM PST

Psychotic Buddy of Ululating Harpies

How do I clean Earl Grey out of a keyboard?

Presents Butt for Unusual Hedonism

Poofs from his Butt Unleash Horror

Prefers Buggery, Usually Homo

Prophet? Bull***t! Useless Hellspawn!

Perky Breasts Unfortunately Hidden

Pubescent Boys Under Him?
Pubescent Boys Under Ham?

#124 V the K

you slay me

Smit (#120),

Who said anything about swimming?

You're just supposed to lounge about and be excessively gorgeous. ;-Þ

I sent the following email along as well. About time y'all did something similar!

Dear Sirs and Madams:

I wish to register a respectful complaint at the one-sided policy of "honoring" Mohammed's name with the arabic flouret, and not doing so for the other great religious leaders of history. Simply put, the "peace be upon him" phrase is an sobriquet attached both habitually and rhetorically to Mohammed's name by Muslims among themselves, and needs no repetition in a secular context.

I ask that the OCR simply either raise all other religious entities to the same level of pseudo-respect, or to take Mohammed down to the level of impartiality that I would think is central to the OCR's broad educational programme.

Additionally, if it isn't too much trouble, a one or two line reply would be much appreciated.

Sincerely,
Xxxx X. Xxxx
St. Joseph's Catholic Church Chairperson
United States of America

Don't know if it will do any good, but we can always hope.

GoatGuy

Mohamhead was a mass murderer, pedophile, rapist, terrorist, psychotic thief. Piss be upon him.
I'm Stupid Laugh At Me ™

"OCR will always put 'peace be upon him' after Muhammad, in the form of an Arabic colophon, as a mark of respect."

Mark of respect?

Respect has to be earned. What has Islam done in 1500 years that is worthy of respect?

Pants Bulge = Underwhelming Hose

Panties Bring Unusual Happiness

Pig-Barf-Ugly Homunculus

Pathetic Butthead, Unendingly Hostile

Practices Beheadings, Urges Holocaust

OT- Some Lebanese less than happy with their Syrian overlords.

Reuters - 1 hour ago

The Sunni Muslim billionaire's death in a car bomb blast on Monday has spotlighted Lebanon's troubled ties with its powerful neighbor

Troubled ties? Is that what we're calling it these days?

"This (Lebanese) regime is backed by the Syrians. This is the regime of terrorists and terrorism that was able yesterday to wipe out Rafik al-Hariri," Druze leader Walid Jumblatt

And although we've been accused of a backlash, this is what a real one looks like:

A crowd of mourners assaulted Syrian workers with sticks and stones near Hariri's brother's house in Sidon, injuring five of them. A Syrian lorry was set on fire in north Lebanon.

#128 Goat Guy

Simply put, the "peace be upon him" phrase is an sobriquet attached both habitually and rhetorically to Mohammed's name...

I Always learn something here at LGF. Sobriquet is going to be my vocabulary word of the day. Used in a sentence: 'I'm going to throw the steaks on the grill. The sobriquets are red hot.'

OT

That SCUMBAG Scott Ritter is now working for Al-Jazeera?!?!?

And apparently he totally slams the US and the military, even saying that it makes him sad to actually hope for US military failure in Iraq...

He also said that the insurgents are a legitimate, grass roots rebellion against the "american occupation forces"...

FUCKING BASTARD

120 Nuclear Tinkerbell

Maybe the US can subcontract a global sitter?

We had one. But she got caught getting oiled by the neighbors.

We need someone with a little more integrity. Are the Hells Angels available?

Paleolithic
Bombast
Undermining
Humanity

Pederast,
Bullshitter,
Usurer,
Homonculus

Pestilence
Bestowed
Upon
Humanity

Psychotic
Bombast
Uttering
Hhatespeech

Preffered
Busty
Underage
Hoares

One could write a program to invent these. LOL

GoatGuy

# 134 t

I believe you, but link please ...

Ritter was busted for child porn, correct?

Obviously the joke writes itself from here ...
:-)
:-)

How do I clean Earl Grey out of a keyboard?

Find a keffiyeh!

hey i thought of one, may be really politically incorrect :)

muhammed (Punk Bitchass Unclean Hack)

there how was that?

Prefers Boys Unless Hairy

I think they should always have to hyphenate "G-D" as a sign of respect. Most English teachers appreciate hypens anyway. It should make a lot of people happy.

#140 Maine's Michael

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

ladies and gentlemen we have a winner!

It is really sad, but people like that forever ruined the meanings of the following words for me:

1) Liberal
2)Democracy
3) Humane
4) Tolerant
5) Multi-anything

I am sure there are more that I can't think of right now. These words have lost their original meanings for me, and now they make me cringe. *sigh

Prototype Barbarian Uncorked Hellspawn

Pillow Biter with Untreatable Hemorrhoids

Pathetic Unwashed Boy-loving Homo

#138 Maine's Michael

ewww! LOL

translated in arabic it comes out right

As a selfless and dutiful service to Her Majesty's loyal Muslim subjects, HM Queen Elizabeth II will soon announce that in the spirit of her royal predecessor, King Henry VIII, Her Majesty will assume the British Monarch's God-given right to henceforth exercise authority as Head of the Muslim Church (Ummah), a.k.a., Caliph.

By this gesture Her Majesty ensures the tranquility of the hearts of Her loyal Muslim subjects and restores to them, in Her own Person, the institution of the Caliphate that Her Majesty's subjects have longed to revive since its demise in 1924.

God save the Queen.

and beautiful

#141 mollyshark

I think they should always have to hyphenate "G-D" as a sign of respect. Most English teachers appreciate hypens anyway. It should make a lot of people happy.

:D Too funny, and a good p-o-i-n-t, as well. Will the board be extending their Jewish friends this courtesy?

Parasitic Beetles Under my Hijab

Way OT

Question : does the US still have troops in Saudi Arabia? I am having a heated discussion with a moonbat. (why a moonbat? i dunno, i just am)

Can anyone give me a link with this type of data? Also, the moonbat stated that "the US is the only country in the world with troops in foreign countries". Not sure why I bother...

Thanks so much in advance

ladies and gentlemen we have a winner!

Thank you, thank you.

I've always striven for quality over quantity.

It's something my grandfather taught me.

I know he'd be very proud of me today.

#152 levi from queens

hehehehehe

Pecker Breath Unbearable Halitosis

143 trigger girlie

It is really sad, but people like that forever ruined the meanings of the following words for me

Another recent ruin is "going forward". If I hear another babbling bureaucrat unloading that meaningless cliche I will have to point out the counter-productivity of running the clock backward.

"At the end of the day" is another sure sign of a lack of originality. Get a clue folks, the ones who sounded good saying that aren't saying it anymore.

Any more?

Eagle -- we have substantially withdrawn our troops from Saudi Arabia (not sure if they are 100% gone) -- other countries with foreign troops-- Russian in Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. Canadian and several dozen others in Afghanistan. About 30 countries in Iraq. Syria in Lebanon. China in Tibet. France in Ivory Coast and several other countries in West Africa. Nigeria in Liberia. Turkey in Cyprus. Iran in Lebanon (via Hezbollah), About a dozen countries in Bosnia and Serbia. Cuba in Venezuela. Many countries in Rwanda and Congo.

You know, there's just one thing that keeps popping into my mind everytime I read threads like these. And that is that damned few people have any respect for or appreciation of Charles. I mean, hey - I like a good joke of the non-PC variety as much as the next knuckle-dragging wingnut, but people, there should be limits that we impose upon ourselves. You know, Charles does some seriously good work via this blog, but as we all know, it is cherry-picked to a fair-thee-well to depict Charles as a hate-filled racist. I personally don't see that in Charles' posts, but the comments sure do evoke that from time to time. And we are just handing freighter loads of ammunition to the other side every time we make such a post. I just wish everybody would keep that in mind before hitting that "post" button. It isn't Zombie or zulubaby or Iron Fist or even bigel that is going to be held accountable for any vituperation here, regardless of how well-justified that vituperation may be. Only Charles' name is on the masthead, and everything that's posted here is going to be laid squarely upon him - count on it. We are all guests here in Charles' house, and we should be mindful of that when we post. I'm not saying I disagree with any particular post on this thread, mind you, but I just feel that this is something we should all keep in mind. And no, I don't have any particular limits in mind nor would I approve of any enforcement of limits per se. But I do think it would be great and, more importantly, of a great help to Charles in his conduct of his obviously important work here, if we would all just consider that issue, however briefly, before punching that "post" button. I guess I'm just in a pissy mood this afternoon because I have to leave home tomorrow. Sorry.

Painfully Bottlenecked Urethral Hamsters

#153

Our troops are still in SA but will be withdrawn now that there is no longer an imminent threat of genocide against the Saudis and destruction of the oil fields posed by Sadaam.

Yes, other countries have troops all over the world. Its called "NATO" and they are pretty much everywhere.

The moonbat may not have heard of it, but there are troops in Serbia/Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, Europe, and other foreign type places.

Mike C. (#159)

It isn't Zombie or zulubaby or Iron Fist or even bigel that is going to be held accountable for any vituperation here, regardless of how well-justified that vituperation may be.

I haven't even posted on this thread. What is your problem!? I'm getting really tired of this kind of crap. Worry about yourself and leave me out of it, okay?

I guess I'm just in a pissy mood this afternoon because I have to leave home tomorrow.

Good for you. Go find somebody else to dump on, I'm not interested.

#27 2X4 wielder

That story was actually covered yesterday by World News Daily and posted to LGFers informal repository for all things WardChurchillian about an hour later.

PBUH = Puts Bombs Under Highrises

From the sidebar:AP - 13 minutes ago

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (news - web sites) said Tuesday that Israel is prepared to make "painful compromises for peace," and has begun coordination with Palestinians on Israel's planned pullout from the Gaza Strip

Regardless on which side of the Gaza pullout debate you fall on (and may I add that some of those debates here have, for the most part, shown some of the most intelligent arguments and respectful disagreement that can be found on the web - echo chamber, my aunt fanny), you can't like the word "painful."

Ligthen up, Mike C. I think Charles was seeking some humorous comments. Don't be so sensitive and worry about what others think of you. It's like those nabobs here in America who always fret about what the world thinks of us.

MikeC

Hey with all the shit going on in the world, a little fun at the expense of mohamed (prefers boys unless hairy) is just what the doctor ordered.

Besides, LGF has gotten more popular as time goes on, despite the occasional sophomoric threads ( or perhaps because of them?).

Anyhow, what Z'babe said.

#159, Mike C. Your post sounds like some of the comments that I have heard at a meeting of a faculty committee when someone suggests that the committee should attempt to produce a product more in keeping with what the Department Chairman or Dean wants. Take your PC bullshit somewhere else. If a poster bugs you, address the poster.

Pathetic
Belligerant
Underachieving
Humanoid

Somewhere near Curzon Street there is a rug dealer with a big "90% Off Overstock Prayer Rugs" banner in his window. Maybe demand goes up next year.

Mike C. - That urethral hamster thing... Charles is innocent. I take full responsibility for that, and every other horrible thing that I can think up from here out. Just give me a minute.

Is it just me, or has anyone thought Mike C.'s lamentations in #159 are deserving of an Insta-Fisking?

Someone please have at it. I am, unfortunately, a little busy right now.

Pigshit
Be
Upon
Him

Like I care what the left think of me anyway. I have no respect for them, think they're mostly insane, but now I should worry about how they perceive me? Especially for something I didn't say? Whatever. Grow up, worry about your own behaviour and leave me the hell out of it.

159 John C.

I feel like Gus Grissom after being John Glenned.

Kidding aside, I do worry about Charles taking the heat for all the sacred cows which are run through the grinder hereabouts. Now days, there are real safety issues involved.

Its one of the reasons why I give thanks every day we have this great place to vent and brainstorm, no matter the apoplexy it may cause.

But I do think we have an effect here in breaking new ground in meaningful discussions. I see a lot of the ideas, particular on Islam's barbarity, previously seen only here and a precious few other places, begin to percolate into media streams elsewhere. And for that, I think we should be forgiven our blemishes.

I just want to say that I take full responsibility for the semi-nude women in the graphic I posted. And if I'm requested to take them off of this blog and return home with them then I will do so.

Forgive us our blemishes
as we forgive the flemish against us
and lead us not into inanity
but deliver us from evil
Amen

Maybe the students should insert photos of General Pershing after every reference to Muhommed. He had the real solution to this whole mess.

“However we do not expect candidates to do this.

Candidate, who do do this may have their mark upgraded.

make that phlegmish

#159 Mike C.:
I sorta see your point, but what I wory about much more is the self-censorship it implies. The asshats will hate us no matter what we post here. They don't need a reason. DUers and Kossacks can post unfathomable evil every hour, and they sure as hell don't hold themselves back.

Personally, I'm more concerned with raising the level of the average post regarding its journalistic importance. I'd like to see people spending some more energy tracking down details, and/or stirring the pot by sending emails and contacting people, etc. Jokes, like the ones on this thread, don't bother me in the slightest, however. Jokes are good, but they should be complemented with "citizen-journalism."

#162 zulubaby:
I think Mike C. was just using us as examples of well-known commenters, rather than pointing out what we personally had posted. What he was trying to say was, I think, that Charles and Charles alone would be held responsible for the comments of all his minions, and that no one else -- even well-known posters like us -- would be held responsible for the comments of others.

I think.

PBUH = petty barbaric unscruplous hypocrite

Mike C., remember this post of yours?

You still haven't answered my question from that thread.

#177 PDM, think you can handle that much responsibility?

we been phlegm-phlammed by the Flems again

179, a most excellent solution.

zombie, I don't care what he meant. He can speak for himself and himself only and take care of his own behaviour and that's it. I'm not interested in him being my nanny. I'm an adult. I'll do and say exactly as I please.

Not pissy with you, you understand, just a bit fed up with Mike C.

#175 Rufus Lee King
#184 zombie

both good posts

159 Mike C.

You know, Charles does some seriously good work via this blog, but as we all know, it is cherry-picked to a fair-thee-well to depict Charles as a hate-filled racist. I personally don't see that in Charles' posts, but the comments sure do evoke that from time to time. And we are just handing freighter loads of ammunition to the other side every time we make such a post. I just wish everybody would keep that in mind before hitting that "post" button.

LGF is real life. It's what real people think. It is not ready for prime time. It is the blogosphere's dirty little secret. Now that the blogosphere is finding links from respectable places, it is notable that LGF rarely gets linked. And that is because, I think, of the nearly comically anti-Islamic rhetoric that appears here. Nobody with a job in media wants to be associated with it.

What are our stats here? How many similar sites have 2000 people online at any given time, and 90000 hits a day?

The country is at war with those who have chosen to war on us. The rhetoric here is no worse than anti-German and anti-Japanese rhetoric in WWII. It's probably similar pretty similar. Its just more public and it occurs in a venue where it shocks some people.

LGF is a creature of the times. Charles has provided a sounding board that is profoundly more honest that tv or the press. There are so many people who feel the same way as LGF posters. Remember, there are a lot more people reading than posting. I'm often embarassed by the over the top stuff, but more often I'm liberated by general sentiment.

# 162 zulubaby

I'm sorry - I didn't mean to imply that you had posted on this thread or had ever posted anything objectionable on any thread. I was just using your nic as one of the undoubted "stars" of LGF posters, in an attempt to point out that, regardless of who posts, everything is laid on Charles when all is said and done. In all likelyhood, I should not have used your nic, or anybody else's for that matter, so I hearby extend my apologies to you, Zombie, Iron Fist and even bigel. This is not a great day for me and like everybody else, I do get inconsiderate from time to time. Again, my apologies.

#187 Roger,

think you can handle that much responsibility?

Well, maybe not the one in the mask. :-P

193, your penance is five hours of Kos and five hours of DU.

Yet another OT- (I'm not hat-tip fishing. The thread and real work are slow, so I'm cruising around)

A U.N. team monitoring sanctions on al-Qaida predicted Tuesday there will be an escalation in the brutality of terrorist attacks, saying the network remains determined to strike around the world.

Insert "Well, duh" or "water is wet" joke here.

"Al-Qaida is a phenomenon that observes no borders. It is even harder to track now than it was a year or two ago when it had a more coherent structure and leadership," Barrett said.

Does Mr. Barrett think it would be better if we had left the leadership and structure in place, so that they would be easier to track down, so that when we found them we could destroy their leadership and structure, but that would make them harder to find, so maybe not.

Mike C., apology accepted. I appreciate it.

#192 Luigi:

Good post! With some exceptions (profanity and anti-Semitic remarks) most people can post as they think on LGF. If it's not acceptable the other posters usually jump right on the hapless boob and hit them with the clue by four! So far, unless Charles deletes or a troll is outright banned because they don't figure it out, it's worked out well. LGF is free-wheeling and unrestrained by most posters choose not to use excess profanity since it weakens your argument, in any case!

I want an apology too.

What am I, chopped liver?

Sorry folks: All Sold Out!
Caveman Club t-shirt

Yours truly,
Fred Flintstone
Grand PBUH
Loyal Order of the Water Buffalo's

#196 JammieWearingFool, brutal. Can't he just apologies to chopped liver too?

mildly OT:

I've noticed that DU/DKos take over 400,000 hits a day, while LGF takes about a quarter of that, and I wondered why.

My theory: Lizardoids come here for news, information and debate. Moonbats go there for comfort.

Just a theory.

#200 Maine's Michael

I want an apology too.

Hell, I want a sobriquet. (My vocab word, thanks to Goat Guy.)

196 JammieWearingFool

193, your penance is five hours of Kos and five hours of DU.

Woah. Harsh! How about something easier, like five hours of roofing or five hours of reading tax tables? :)

205 jwpaine

I've noticed that DU/DKos take over 400,000 hits a day, while LGF takes about a quarter of that, and I wondered why.

Where are the stats? How do I learn to find that info?

#200 Maine's Michael,

I want an apology too.

What am I, chopped liver?

Not just chopped liver. The best chopped liver.
That was meant as a compliment, but if you took it as an insult, please accept my apology.

# 196 Jammiewearingfool

Heh. I already do that, by the way - well maybe over a two week period.

To the rest of the thread - Obviously I have hit a wrong note here. I didn't mean to offend zombie, or zulubaby or anybody else, and I most sincerly apologize for doing so. My concerns may not fit everybody else's pistols, and that's fair enough. It was wrong of me to use specific nics in my post even though those folks had not posted (at that time) on this thread or on this subject. As I said previously, I was just using those nics as easily-recognized 'stars' of LGF posters. More credit to them, and I am sorry to have involved them in my concerns.

#205 jwpaine

I've noticed that DU/DKos take over 400,000 hits a day, while LGF takes about a quarter of that, and I wondered why

They lie about everything else, so they probably have something rigged to make their number of site visits look higher...

#192 Luigi

And that is because, I think, of the nearly comically anti-Islamic rhetoric that appears here.

It only appears comical if you don't understand the truth that backs it up. The problem is not with how much LGFers dump on Islam -- the problem is that the general world outside mostly has not yet seen what Islam is truly all about. If the world was accurately educated as to the true nature of Islam, then the comments on LGF would seem mainstream.

It would take a lot of work to enlighten every single drop-by lurker on LGF. And there are PLENTY of sites out there that expose Islam for what it truly is. Our jokey "over-the-top" comments are based on the foundation of already knowing the true realities of Islam. It's not simply ignorant bigoted ranting, as people on the LLLeft want the world to believe. It is they who are ignorant, not us.

LGF continues to grow, in numbers and in importance. The free range of ideas posted here may be harsh to some, but it is refreshing.

FRANK UPDATE!

"Frank is dead!" an elated Tiffini Dingman-Grover said by telephone from her Sterling home as the family prepared to head to a press conference in Washington, D.C.

# 198 zulubaby

Thank you. I appreciate that.

#205 jwpaine

Several other theories about the traffic difference

A)There are just lots more moonbats than sane folk.

(too horrible to think about...next?)

B)Sane folks are spread out over 2 or 3 hundred really good anti-idiotarian blogs, moonbats only have 2 or 3.

but most likely:

C) Moonbats don't have jobs.

When you care enough to cook the very best chopped liver.

# 200 Maine's Michael

OK, OK - I'm sorry I forgot to mention your insignificant self. Heh.

#208 Luigi:

Here.

PBUH= Pabst Beer Umpteen Hangovers

218 jwpaine

Thanks a lot.

"I've noticed that DU/DKos take over 400,000 hits a day, while LGF takes about a quarter of that, and I wondered why"

As I understand it, DK has "journal" sites included in the hit counter--ancilary sites set up by members there. As a result, their "total" isn't comparable to LGF, where 100 percent of the hits are directed to ONE site.

OT -

And, no, it isn't scrappleface

Former Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, who lost to President Bush in an election focused on national security, said Tuesday the country would be "far better off" with his proposals for Iraq and the military.

#153 Eagle

Re:

"the US is the only country in the world with troops in foreign countries".

Ummm... Ivory Coast comes immediately to mind. That's your moonbat specimen's peaceloving French. They ARE not part of the UN peacekeeping force there, but there -- dare I say it? -- unilaterally in order to protect their own interests.

Persuasion based upon houri

#124 VtheK

Prophet? Bull***t! Useless Hellspawn

Love it!

#200 Maine's Michael

Nah-you're the real deal.

Semi-OT

This blogger, who appears to be rather well informed about Lebanon, is rather convinced the chinless opthamologist was involved in the Lebanese PM assasination.

# 222 Renna

True. Oh, look ! Pigs flying by over a frozen Hell !

Prefers
Boeings,
Unarmed
Hostages

#159 Mike C.,

At the end of the day its the combination of what Charles posts and what people on the comment boards post that defines LGF. We are living in a symbiotic relationship here, notwithstanding that Charles is the main player.

There's plenty of people on LGF who've pissed me off, as I am sure that I've pissed people off too. There's also people who have stepped over the boundary, at least, the boundary according to me. Unfortunately, others may define their boundary in a different way. If someone steps over the mark, I'll point that out here if and when I see it. Others are then free to back me up, or disagree, or, for that matter, voice their own complaints about people stepping over the boundary - to which I can then voice my opinion. At the end there's going to be a consensus, and even if I don't agree with it, I'll accept it, or move to another site or whatever.

Yesterday, for instance, there was this idiot "kelly" who threatened someone on this board. To me that is a whole different ball game than calling for Paris to be "nuked" or whatever. Personal threats have no place here, so I voiced my opinion on that. One or two people agreed, others, including the "victim", did not. So fine, I'll have to live with that.

Ultimately, Charles is free to block anyone he feels has overstepped the mark. The only caveat I'd add to that is that Charles is evidently unable to scan all posts, hence, it is in large part up to us, collectively, to point out if and when we think someone has gone too far and point it out to Charles if and where that is possible.

#153 Eagle
Ask your moonbat who's occupying Tibet. He might know.

#221 Crusader 
DK has "journal" sites included in the hit counter--ancilary sites set up by members there. As a result, their "total" isn't comparable to LGF, where 100 percent of the hits are directed to ONE site.

If Charles somehow included all the hits to sites maintained by lizardoids, and added them to his total (as Kos does with Kossacks' sites), then I think his visitor total would be comparable to Kos and the others. The are hundreds of "parasitic" (not meant to be offensive) blogs and sites run by LGFers -- including my own site and plenty of great blogs by other talented minions -- that are somewhat related to or dependent on LGF.

Sheer visitor numbers can be manipulated in various ways, and don't always tell the whole story.

#215 Renna

Yeah, I considered those theories, but they either made me despair for the future of the human race (A); or reminded me that shit spread thin makes fertilizer, while shit piled high makes fires (B) which again made me despair for the future of the human race; or made me glad that they were blogging rather than diddling each other and making more moonbats (C), which actually made me hopeful for the future of the human race.

So, being a cockeyed optimist and after much deliberation, I'll take C. But my "comfort" theory is still appealing...

Puts
Bombs
Under
Hundai

Puts
Bomb
Under
Honda

Pedophiles
Beheading
Unclean
Heathens

# 226 Ed

Hey guy, any bad weather in store for Chicago tomorrow ? All is good here in the DC area, so I only have to worry about Chicago.

Jeez, Kos is getting your tax dollars with ads from PBS.

/ot
Just when you thought that the Fwensh couldn't sink any lower...
French government looted a California insurance company of BILLIONS through a government controled bank:

Executive Life Case About to Go to Trial

The California insurance commissioner's lawsuit alleges fraud and conspiracy by the French companies that bought the crippled insurer in 1991.

By Marc Lifsher, Times Staff Writer

Thirteen years ago, then-California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi boasted that he couldn't think of "a better gift for policyholders" than his sale of Executive Life Insurance Co. to a group of French investors.

The deal with banking giant Credit Lyonnais and MAAF Vie, a small Paris-based insurance company, ensured that Executive Life would be "rehabilitated" and that policyholders' investments were "secure," the commissioner told reporters in December 1991.

These days, Garamendi is singing a different tune. Back in office after an eight-year hiatus, the insurance commissioner is vigorously pushing a lawsuit filed by predecessor Chuck Quackenbush that accuses the French companies — and, by extension, the French government — of fraud and conspiracy. After six years of pretrial maneuvering, and barring a last-minute settlement, jury selection in the case is set to begin Wednesday in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles.

Garamendi claims that he was tricked into selling the crippled insurer and its depressed portfolio of junk bonds to Credit Lyonnais. The lawsuit alleges that the deal deprived Executive Life and its 350,000 policyholders of $2 billion in profit made by the French after the bonds rebounded in value during the 1990s.

"The Credit Lyonnais group profited mightily as a result of its fraud," Garamendi said recently. "This trial is about bringing justice to the policyholders and making sure the defendants are forced to disgorge their ill-gotten gains."

Because Credit Lyonnais was owned by the French government at the time of the Executive Life sale, a win by Garamendi in the courtroom could leave French taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars in damages. And that possibility is aggravating already strained Franco-American relations.

News about the Executive Life case appears regularly on the front pages of major Paris dailies. The trial has attracted a phalanx of French reporters and is expected to rival the Michael Jackson child molestation case being tried in Santa Maria for the attention of French readers.

"It's a big story in France, and every development has been followed consistently and closely for many years," said Marc Levine, Los Angeles bureau chief for Agence France-Presse, the French news service. "But now that we're gearing up for the trial, interest is at an all-time high."

Read the rest -- We have such GREAT "allies"!
PS Tell Charles...

song_and_dance_man (#202)

Let's send zulubaby as LGF ambassador to France to kick Chirac in the ass.

It would be my pleasure, and Maine's Michael as my deputy is a fabulous bonus.

Mike C

I'm in the Chicago area - today: Rain turning into light snow (up to two inches)

Tomorrow - Mostly Sunny 30*F

Next snow expected over the weekend

#231 zombie

As a fellow "parasite" I have to agree. Tho my site is new and single-issued, it could add to LGF's hits, and I'm sure there are other spin-offs out there that could add much more significant numbers if they were included.

OK, OK - I'm sorry I forgot to mention your insignificant self. Heh.

Great, A backhanded apology. Do you not know that you are addressing the originator of the best sobriquet of the day?

Sheesh.

OT

The DUmmies have found identical photos of nuke sites in North Korea and Iran on CNN.com. CNN has since posted a message saying they accidently used the Iran photo in the NK story, but the DU is going apesh@t over conspiracy theories.

I guess the conspiracy would be that North Korea doesn't really have nukes? But CNN felt obliged to lie like a rug to support BusHitler, so we can. . . what? Nuke Korea? All aided by CNN and the rest of the MSM?

That's some serious mental illness there. Maybe somebody should push them a little more over the edge, and post something like this:

"Since the constitution prohibits three consecutive presidential terms, perhaps BusHitler will seize control of the government prior to the `08 elections and declare martial law. Then he'll nuke the middleast, outlaw gays and shoot all the liberals. After that, he'll bring on the apocalypse."

I bet they'd buy that theory in a hearbeat.

zombie

It would be interesting to tally LGF parasitic blog numbers and run those side by side with actual hits. For the MSM who rely on 'numbers only' for blog credibility, it might force them to reckon Kos mathematics with reality.

Palestinians
Bomb
Unless
Hudna

Have the Saudis declared they are 95% sure that Israel was behind the Hariri assassination bombing in Lebanon yet ? What's taking so long ?

Mention of Charles on today's Best of the Web Today

PBUH= Persistent Bloggers Ultimate Headlines

#235 Luigi

I think the Kinsey book publishers are paying for that.

Btw, Kinsey's conclusions are specious at best, so just the right sort of thing for the Kos kids.

My question to OCR: Why do you think this Mohammad character should be respected? Let's take the engineering approach and judge by results: This Mo guy, whoever he was, starts a religion which apparently causes people to hate themselves to the point of going nuts and flying airplanes into buildings. For this he deserves respect? Hello, OCR, what is your reply?

Pigs,
Beer,
Unhelpfully
Haram

Remember when a bully would grab some unfortunate soul in a headlock and force them to say something humiliating just so they could feel good about themselves? Same thing. We're dealing with thugs, bullys who wrap themselves in religious garb, people who can't stand the truth, since they must know deep down how badly it reflects on them. The difference now is there are enough of us here who know how to get out of a headlock, and even many who can reverse it.

I don't think I'm being over-the-top in this statement. Islam, the belief system I am implicating, has always been about thuggery and the intimidation that goes with that, forcing and imposing a servile behavior upon their non-Muslim populations. This is a necessary condition for Islam, and an unconditional demand, if it is to thrive and overcome non-Muslims' ways. Its deeply ingrained in their culture, their laws and their traditions. This needs to get out, this understanding of the character of Islam, especially now that Muslims and various Muslim groups are attempting to take this act to the west, in their new self-imposed garb as the victimized, increasingly persecuted ethnic minority, a role they are learning to adapt since 9/11, which is a position from which they hope to turn the tables on non-Muslim societies, as they seek to construct a basis for their own sharia law. The dhimmi populations of the Middle East, the real oppressed, victimized and discriminated against group remain, after centuries of unending brutality and inhumanity, essentially invisible, still too afraid to speak out for fear of stirring up violence or having to face a life of increased hardship by seeking greater equality.

NuclearTinkerbell (#242),

For the MSM who rely on 'numbers only' for blog credibility,

HA!

The MSM has been lying about their own numbers for years.

And now advertisers are starting to sue over it.

#240 Maine's Michael

Do you not know that you are addressing the originator of the best sobriquet of the day?

Maine's Michael: The Sobriquetor
:)

I guess someone has already used the U for underage? Sorry that is the only letter that stuck out for me.

can we please open up registration for crying out loud?

#251 Geepers

Lets hope they'll start suing Kos as well soon.

Btw, since we talked about this last time, I did dream about fellow lizaroids yesterday, so I am beginning to worry, just a little bit anyway.

The other thing that I keep doing at work is that I use HTML tags while writing stuff in Word. That, I am worried about...

[Link: english.aljazeera.net...]

Read Ritter's article for Al Jazeera where he claims the US started death sqauds, which is why the insurgency started!

And yet more BS from the island nation:

'McLibel' pair win legal aid case

Two activists should have been given legal aid in their long fight against a McDonald's libel action, a court says.

The European Court of Human Rights said the lack of such aid effectively denied the pair the right to a fair trial.

Helen Steel and David Morris, from north London, dubbed the "McLibel Two", were found guilty in a 1990s trial of libelling the
company in a leaflet.

Just having to look at the highlighted words makes me sick.

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

They still put J.M.J. at the top of classwork at my daughter's school. I asked her why, and she said it's for "good luck" I'm thinking it's intended for something more along the lines of keeping J.M.J. in their thoughts and deeds or something. If any Catholics here can give me a better explanation, I'd appreciate it, as we didn't do this when I was in school.

I wonder what Elizabeth I would have thought of all this?

Pig-poking
Bacon-fearing
Ululating
Headchoppers

Way OT but important.

The young Marine who shot the wounded terrorist during the takedown of Fallujah is apparently being brought up on charges. There is a petition online supporting this young man at:

[Link: www.petitiono...]

Please take a moment and sign the petition.

Thanks,

not neo

Occasional Reader,

P-90's
Bring
Ummah
Hardship

#253 S&Dman

This is one of the reasons why Mr Islam "won" the case:

Peace award

They also pointed out that Mr Islam was recently presented with the Man for Peace award by a group of Nobel Peace Laureates.

[Link: news.bbc.co.uk...]

OT:

Does anyone have further information on the Shooting at the upstate N.Y. BestBuy?

What I'd like to know is how/why TWO National Guard Recruiters were shot (and one other civilian) and no followup by any press?

Anyone?

#264 Geepers: You are, like, sooo totally insensitive...!

#258 tats66

WTF was this idiot doing looking for WMD in Iraq?

By the looks of it Ritter probably helped Saddam hide the damned stuff.

266--lsd -- it was a whacko (not a terorist) per this morning's NYPost.

It would be my pleasure, and Maine's Michael as my deputy is a fabulous bonus.

There's no way I'm going all the way to france to see Chirac unless I can bring my baseball bat into the meeting with me, and circle around behind his desk, slowly talking "yes, mR. Chirac, your foereing policy is indeed sans pareil. . . in fact, it is genius . . . THWACK!

/drifts off into reverie

hm

Kelly Bundy, because I had pointed out the obvious (that her rather limited intellect relegates her to jobs generally performed by illegal aliens, such as lawn mowing, or to topless bars) posted a "witty" retort that I must spend all my money on prostitutes, and did my wife know.

Hardly a threat, just a pinhead's idea of a putdown.

THIS IS INSANITY!

I think they should start writing God as the Jews do--- G-d. then they can follow it with Baruch Atah Adonei (sp?)

Maine's Michael, you can do whatever you want. We're going there to kick his ass. Imagine what fun we're going to have!

#270 Maine's Michael:

slowly talking "yes, mR. Chirac, your foereing policy is indeed sans pareil.

Wouldn't a quick lecture about la travaille en equipe be more appropriate for the occasion?

hm (#256),

LOL, you're getting there.

I used to take a lot of martial arts, one of things that became a habit was stopping and bowing before you go into class; cha ryut, kyung yet (come to attention and bow), When I did this rushing to class one day I knew I had become too preconditioned.

I don't think I ever did dream in Korean though.

Chinese on the other hand, ...

#254 jlfintx

I guess someone has already used the U for underage? Sorry that is the only letter that stuck out for me.

B sticks out for me. Belial. Ba'al. Beelzebub.

Or maybe P? Pestilence. Plagiarist. Pedophile. Polygamist. Polytheist. Primordial. Pondscum. Prophet. Pederast.

Probably
Bought
Underoos [for]
Harem

[okay, Charles, it's really time for a new thread]

#271 Ed Mahmoud abu al Qahool Martyr Brigades

The trolls are attacking lizardoids for spending all their money on prostitutes, and also threatening to tell their wives?!

Great Googly=moogly!

/spending all my money on prostitutes