So now we have high school teachers showing students how to make explosives...The teacher claimed it was an experiment to show reaction rates. Sorry Teach, there are much safer ways to do that than instructing teenagers how to concoct explosives.

And we wonder why we have to worry about the state of our Public schools indoctrination centers?

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To all the Moonbats out there that continually tout the UN as THE body that should handle cases of international conflict; Here is another example of the not only ineffectiveness of UN "peacekeepers", but indeed, their criminal behaviour.

Were this an isolated case, I would be of a mind to just say, "there were some bad apples, prosecute them and move on".

But to date, I can't seem to find a single example where the UN forces were successful in doing what they were sent to do in any situation, namely keep the peace and/or provide succor to people suffering from disaster whether man-made or natural. And it seems that in almost every case, there have been furthur crimes committed against the people that those forces were sent to help, by the forces themselves.

And the most that Kofi Annon can say is (he is)"afraid there is clear evidence that acts of gross misconduct have taken place."?!?

No word on what steps would be taken to prevent furtur abuses, or prosecution of the offenders....

What else can you expect from an organization that names the worst offenders of human rights to sit on the watchdog committee on human rights? An organization that dealt with under the table oil deals with a dictator in a program that was supposedly to ease the suffering of the people under his rule?

It's time for the US to seriously consider leaving the UN. Let them move the headquarters to Brussels, where perfiditity and double-dealing graft are appreciated as an art form in international politics.

No, I'm not so naive as to believe that our own state department doesn't enage in expiedient measures in dealing with foreign powers, but at least they try to keep a semblence of forthrightness, and when caught in an obvious crime, are disgraced and prosecuted.

UPDATE: UN official "hopes to God that the UN is never called on again to administer such a massive program as the Oil for Food again. EVEN the UN leadership is starting to acknowledge it's incompetentcy!

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Want to know why Johnny can't read? The so called "experts in education" are why.

The NEA has been the single greatest folly foisted on the American people.
Here is yet another example of the "smart" thinking of the Educratic mind...take the most successful reading program in the state, and phase it out, because after all, the Educrats know that reading is a complex activity, and only their methods can be trusted to convey that talent.

Irregardless of the fact that everywhere the educrats hold sway has experienced furthur and furthur declines in the literacy of their children.

The educrats claim it was a lack of funding for schools, but the higher the funding goes, the lower the test scores seem to go. The number of educrats in the $100,000 a year salary range seems to go up at a concurrent pace....Note I don't say teachers are the problem, I say educrats.

These educrats are really nothing more than leeches on the educational system, imposing whatever flavor of new educational theory happens to be availible to get the most money out of the system they can, the children be damned.

The teachers in the trenches are as much victoms as the children, funds that could go to raising their pay to an equitable level are drained off in administration costs and study funding. And items that would really help the kids...you know, like textbooks, pencils, paper; yeah, the mundane stuff, gets the shortest shrift of all. Why be concerned that the students don't have proper supplies?, the educrats need a multi-billion office complex, after all.

How else will they be able to efficiently hand down their edicts from on high?

And they wonder why home schooled children tend to outscore their public schooled bretheran by over a two to one margin.

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Hamas Speaks
I had said in an earlier post that the cease fire declared between Israel and the Palestinian Authority was a sign of hope that maybe the time had come when men of good will from both sides may be able to hammer out a fair compromise leading to an independent Palestinian state living in peace next to Israel. I had but one caveat: that all it would take would be one fanatic to derail the whole process....

Well it seems that the leading group of fanatics, Hamas , are hell bent on not allowing any sort of peace to be brokered, unless it is the peace engendered by the total destruction of the state of Israel, which is, after all, the basic premise of the Palestinian Liberation Organization's charter document.

The Left in this country are always saying that one of the major problems is that the US will not deal fairly with the Palestinian side of Mid-East hostilities, always favoring Israel in any negotiation. I think the story above points out the problem, namely that there is no ONE group that speaks for the Palestinian Misplaced Arab people. The Palestinian Authority was SUPPOSED to be, in effect, an interim government for the Palestinian side, empowered to deal with the Israelis AS a government to try to broker peace.

The FACT is that the P's M-A's HAVE no governing authority that can speak in the interests of their people. They have a loose coalition of gangs of thugs using the PA as a front to mislead the rest of the world into thinking that the people have a legitimate governing body to conduct negotiations. These negotiations are used as "rest periods" in the ongoing war; used to rearm and conduct planning for future (terrorist) operations in relative calm.

If the Misplaced Arabs truly want to become the "Palestinian People", with a self ruled state of their own , they have to make the decision: to have ONE ruling authority that has the power of a government. To allow any group of wannabe armies of the people that can scrape enough money,weapons and fanatics together to have an equal say in the process is only self defeating. Until that happens Israel has every right to take the actions it must do to protect itself. That is after, after all, one of the primary functions of a real government, to protect it's people from military attack. Israel has demonstrated on a number of occasions to be willing to negotiate a just peace. There just hasn't been a corresponding entity on the other side to negotiate with.

Until there is, I'm afraid that there can never be a true peace, at best, there will be an uneasy truce with sporadic acts of violence.

And until the Left in this country realize the true situation in the area, the violence will extend into the political arena in this country too.

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once again, Davids Mediankritik has a spot-on post. WE may have individual political cartoonists villifying foreign leaders....But the good people of Deutchland have a parade to do it.

The old adage holds true, when your going down the toilet (unemployment rate of 12.6%, oppresive Police actions, mandatory National ID etc, etc), blame some other leaders than the ones responsible for it.

It's time to withdraw all U.S. troops from the Fatherland. Think the jobless rate is high now? Just wait!

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Abnormal at the Injustice Department has a link to a chilling prospect....UN control of the Internet.

He, like me, is NOT into big conspiracy theories, but if you read what is being put out by members the UN committee, it's obvious that if we don't keep careful watch on our freedom on the 'Net, we may lose it, and soon.

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I see THIS in a link over at the Rott, and needless to say, I am ashamed that the Dutch have fallen to that low a level. seems there must have been an exchange of policies between our NEA and their equivilent...

One good thing about this though...at least I found a great new blog to add to the roll!

UPDATE: As much as the story above enraged me, at least I was able to find proof that the Idiotarians aren't in total control of the Dutch helm of state yet. Here's a speech by Geert Wilders that demonstrates that Sanity still has at least a chance of regaining the upper hand.

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It was bad enough that the Islamoterrorist slime would use a child to commit one of their heinious bombing operations, it was worse when I learned that the bomb dupe was a victom of Downs Syndrome, but now to learn that the child was KIDNAPPED for the purpose....words fail to express the outrage I feel towards these pieces of slime in human form.

I truly believe that the next time I am in the presence of a left wing apologist for these vermin that I will end up in jail for assault if they DARE to spout any apologist rhetoric within my earshot.

Found this via Right Wing Rocker. And added him to the bloggroll too.

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Daniel Pipes has a post up with links to a study of Saudi Arabian funded literature disseminated to American Mosques and Muslim organizations.

The sturdy was done by a think tank called Freedom House, and what they found was truly disturbing.

Here is a taste of what this literature advises American Muslims:

Reject Christianity as a valid faith: Any Muslim who believes "that churches are houses of God and that God is worshiped therein is an infidel."

Insist that Islamic law be applied: On a range of issues, from women (who must be veiled) to apostates from Islam ("should be killed"), the Saudi publications insist on full enforcement of Shariah in America.

See non-Muslims as the enemy: "Be dissociated from the infidels, hate them for their religion, leave them, never rely on them for support, do not admire them, and always oppose them in every way according to Islamic law."

See America as hostile territory: "It is forbidden for a Muslim to become a citizen of a country governed by infidels because this is a means of acquiescing to their infidelity and accepting all their erroneous ways."

Prepare for war against America: "To be true Muslims, we must prepare and be ready for jihad in Allah's way. It is the duty of the citizen and the government."

Can ANYONE read the above and still believe that Saudi Arabia, with it's hateful creed of Wahabism, is a friend to the US? Or that Islam in it's most prosperous forms is in any way a "Religion of Peace"?

Remember, this is being taught to Muslims in THIS country, we are supporting a nest of vipers on our own shores and it would behoove us to destroy the nest before we are fatally bitten.

I am NOT talking about treating Muslims as if they were blacks under the old Jim Crow era, I am talking about investigating what is truly being fomented in the Mosques and alerting the American public to it.
In those cases where concrete actions have been taken by members of the RoP in undermining the stability of the US; prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law.

hat tip to Kim du Toit

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Many of the left have been continually repeating the meme that President Bush should have spent more time in trying to get the UN to uphold their own sanctions against Saddam Hussein...then they point to some member countries of the EU negotiating with Iran on the their nuclear program as the "way it SHOULD have been done".

Yeah Right. Europe has offered Iran trade and technological, and financial aid "carrots" to try to forstall using a military "stick" in the event that Iran goes ahead with it's troubleing programs. The result? lets just see what the Iranian attitude is:

Iran will never scrap its nuclear program, and talks with Europeans are intended to protect the country's nuclear achievements, not negotiate an end to them."(emphasis mine)

The Iranians seem to be "troubled by the slowness of the pace of the talks", yet they seem to be unwilling to concede anything to move those talks forward. In essence, they are using nuclear blackmail without even having any nuclear weapons. Just imagine the problem that would arise should they ever attain the status of a nuclear power!

The important thing to realize here is that the Iranians themselves are SAYING that they will never give up their nuclear programs, and yet still expect other countries to negotiate the ending of those programs in good faith. Even the Moonbat left should have the sense to realize that such a position is just plain ludricrous.

The Iranis claim that their nuclear programs are only for energy, not for weapons......in one of the most oil rich nations in the world? Only a recent product of our public schools would fall for such an obvious disconnect between rhetoric and reality.

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Kim du Toit has a post up about something that every citizen should be concerned about.

When over a third of high school students feel that newspapers have too much latitude in publishing stories, and a student is expelled from classes for disagreeing with the college on corporal punishment in schools (in a paper that THEY gave him an A- for!), this society is in trouble.

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A lot of blogs decrying the bias of the MSM against anything American. Right wing bloggers especially delight in pointing the bias out; left wing bloggers say that, for the most part, ONLY Fox News is biased, and thats in an "anti-progressive" way, hence it's the bias we should be concerned about. They also point out that the European press is "much better".

The left side of the aisle is fond of accusing President Bush of "going it alone" and "alienating our EU allies". Now we have this report via Davids Mediankritik that has a survey that shows the German media is more critical of US policy than Al Jazira. In fact, they have an anti-US stance about 80% of the time. The survey shows similar albeit lower results in the French, Italian,British,and Spanish press.

So is it any wonder that public opinion in the EU has turned against the US?

When Arab Media is more "fair and balanced" than the EU MSM, there is definately something to be concerned about.

All too many people form their personal opinions from what they read and hear in the MSM, if that media is biased, it can become a situation of Orwellian Newspeak that is far removed from reality. In a nuclear age, this is extremely dangerous. Polititians respond to constituant pressures (at least in an election year), if the public is misinformed and not based in reality, those pressurres can lead to poor decision making, making the world a more dangerous place than it already is.

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Diplomad has a great post up showing the Perfidy that is the *spit* UN *spit*, that august body that seems to specialize in gaining power/graft off of human misery all over the globe?

Tell me again just WHY we are still associated with this conglomeration of tin-pot dictators and self-serving bureaucrats?

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Next to Spammers, those that deliberatly concoct and release viruses onto the internet are among the lowest form of life on Earth.

I'm happy to see that the courts are taking this issue seriously; I do believe that the Judge's reasoning was faulty though..young master Parson should have been given the maximum sentence; the argument that he had not had the "proper upbringing" and was not "properly supervised" is a load of feel-good, P.C. CRAP.

Mr. Parson knowingly and willfully commited an act that he couldn't help but know would hurt a lot of people, if that isn't a definition of a criminal intent, I don't know what is. Having given him a break on the prison term, I hope the Judge hits him with the largest restitution amount allowable by law. Only making the consequences far outweigh the benefits will stop this type of malicious crime.

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Many on the Left claim that Terrorism is a result of US policies in the Mideast, some going so far to claim that US policies are fronts for policies formulated by the Iraeli government, but when you listen to what terrorists such as Musab Al-Zarqawi and Osama bin Ladin himself, have to say about the conflict between radical Islam and the US:

Blockquote>"We have declared a fierce war on this evil principle of democracy and those who follow this wrong idiology" "Democracy is also based on the right to choose your religion, and that is against the rule of God"

and Osama bin Laden himself:

"Anyone who particpates in these (Iraqi) elections...has committed apostasy against Allah." "Those( that aid the elections) are apostates who should not be prayed over upon their deaths. They can not inherit, and they must not be inherited from after their deaths. Their wives are divorced from them, and they must not be buried in Muslim cemeteries".

The intellectual founder of the current radical Islamic movement, Sayyid Qutb, wrote in 1957:

In the world, there is ONLY ONE PARTY, THE PARTY OF ALLAH;ALL OF THE OTHERS ARE PARTIES OF SATAN AND REBELLION. Those who believe FIGHT IN THE CAUSE OF ALLAH;and those who disbelieve fight in the cause of (satan) the rebellion"

Check out Memri.org and you can find any number of statements from Islamic organizations declaring that democracy is an "atheist" heresy, and that anyone participating in it is, Ipso Facto, an "infidel" and/or a "heretic".

Read the Queran to see what is expected to be done by the Faithful to to anyone who is considered to be a member of those hated groups.

Still believe that this is a fight against policies? Or is it something more akin to a war between two totally incompatible idiologies? A war that was brought home to us on our own shore on 9/11?

I believe the latter, because I take the enemy at their word when they come right out and state their agenda; nothing less than the eradication of every priciple I hold dear and replacing it with a tyranical theocracy.

The battleground at present is Iraq, but if you look at the increasing frequency and escalating manner of terrorist actions in Europe, it's obvious that the Islamist's ultimate goal is a world-wide Islamic State.

The citizens of Iraq have a choice to make on Sunday; between starting a (admittedly) long, painfull process towards some form of democratic self rule and a total theocracy ruled by outside Mullahs that brook no dissent from their rigid form of rule.

To those that say that "the US is imposing our will on only two states (Iraq and Afghanistan) and ignoring other theocratic regimes", I would point out that Iraq and Afghanistan are only the first step in our stradegy, with the end goal, that if a democratic rule can be established in those two states, the citizens of the other tyranies in the area will take it upon themselves to gain the same freedom for themselves, and not be forced to it from outside at great cost and blood to us.

OUR ultimate goal is nothing less than the democratization of the whole Middle East. Democracy NOT necessarily in the same form as ours, but in the manner suited to the people and culture of the area. The reason we wish this? Because history shows us that democratic states are much less likely to engage in war/terrorism than dictatorships and theocracies. Boiled down to it's simplest, it's proactive self defense.

And to those that claim Israel is an "aparteid state"....just tell me how it is that those arab citizens of Israel enjoy all the same rights, INCLUDING holding elective office as any other Israeli if it WERE such a state? There are Arab Muslim's ,freely elected, in the Knesset.

The ONLY distinction between Arab and Jewish citizens in Israel is that Arabs are not required to serve in the IDF, while Jewish citizens are required to serve for at least two years.

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I have always been proud of my Dutch heritage. The Dutch have long had a reputation for being the most tolerant society in europe, allowing for the most individual freedom possible, but then I saw this article via Acidman, and I can only conclude that the Idiocy that is the main product of the EU is infecting my beloved homeland.

Just by WHAT twisted logic could someone engaged in illegal activities take business deductions on the tools used in those activities?!?

I'm waiting for something similar to this happening in Kalifornia or Washington state. The way it's going, I may not have to wait long. In the meantime, I can only feel embarrassed for the country of my birth, I sincerly hope that Dutch common sense will reassert itself soon and put an end to lunacy such as this.

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What's wrong with this picture?

If you look closely at the picture above, you will note that all the Marines pictured are bowing their heads. That's because they're praying.

This incident took place at a recent ceremony honoring the birthday of the corps, and it has the ACLU up in arms. "These are federal employees," says Lucius Traveler, a spokesman for the ACLU, "on federal property and on federal time. For them to pray is clearly an establishment of religion, and we must nip this in the bud immediately."

When asked about the ACLU's charges, Colonel Jack Fessender, speaking for the Commandant of the Corps said (cleaned up a bit), "Screw the ACLU." GOD Bless Our Warriors, Send the ACLU to France.

Please send this to people you know so everyone will know how stupid the ACLU is Getting in trying ! to remove GOD from everything and every place in America. May God Bless America, One Nation Under GOD!

What's wrong with the picture? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

GOD BLESS AMERICA,

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS!

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1 When you claim that God blesses your bloodthirsty nation and your murderous, torturing troops, one begins to wonder whether your 'God' is Satanic.

Posted by: truth_doesn't_hurt at January 23, 2005 04:48 PM (mCYFQ)

2 I whole heartedly agree there is nothing wrong with the picture above. In fact if ever a group of people needed prayer it would be those troops. They need not only their own prayers but ours as well. On a less agreeable note, I must tell you delftsman I am sadly disappointed to find that you have such a disparaging opinion of my blog and my opinions. I have respected you and not only appreciated but enjoyed your comments on my blog. I welcome your point of view. While I may not agree with you or be often swayed by you, I admire your willingness to stand up and defend your political stance. But, when you to other blogs and make negative (and borderline erroneous) comments about me, it leads me to believe that you do not return my respect. In fact it leads me to believe that you view me as a fool whom you tolerate only for entertainments value. Besides the fact that you invite trolls to my blog. How ungentlemanly of you. You take my southern hospitality and you shame me. I am wounded sir.

Posted by: wanda at January 23, 2005 05:39 PM (1ivbm)

3 They can pray all they like, wherever they like. I have no problem with prayer, but they must also allow the other religions the same right. Also, they need to not try to force their religion(s) on others. That is what the schools and companies get in trouble for. You must have only one God and that God must be this God. I like the Native American Indians' ideas of Gods. by the way, I really appreciate your comment section. I neglected to put in my E-mail address and since it's required, the software told me I needed to put it in, however, it kept my original comment so I didn't have to RE-TYPE it all. That was truly wonderful

Posted by: oldwhitelady at January 23, 2005 08:06 PM (wyE7H)

4 I guarantee that no one was ordered to bow their heads. Anytime a chaplain prays at any type of event or ceremony he invites people to pray. There is no obligation or requirement to pray to any one particular god or to participate at all for that matter. Each member of the armed forces is entitled to exercise their own views. On a second note, Wanda, I don't think Delfts intention was to draw trolls to your site, but to merely draw some of those with differing opinions. Delfts and I don't always see eye to eye either, but we will always have a good relationship as friends. SlagleRock Out!

Posted by: SlagleRock at January 23, 2005 10:14 PM (fTGYN)

5 Also, if you look closely at the picture it is obvious that there are those that are exercising their rights by not participating. There are several Marines that are simply looking straight ahead. SlagleRock Out!

Posted by: SlagleRock at January 23, 2005 10:16 PM (fTGYN)

6 As with any branch in the military not all are Christians, it is common to respect the beliefs of others whenever a prayer service is held. For non Christians there are non denominational chaplains available to serve their needs. Having attended nearly every denominational service the military has to offer, never have I heard an order to pray, it is always a request. If you ever find yourself paying last respects over poncho draped bodies of fallen comrades what difference does it make which denomination is saying the benediction. The ACLU would like to ban all prayer but until I see the words "In ACLU We Trust" as our national motto Fuck'em , I'll stick with "In God We Trust".

Posted by: Jack at January 24, 2005 06:11 AM (5jtiZ)

7 Don't worry Wanda. From what I can tell Delftsman either had a troubled childhood, or isn't taking his medication. Maybe both. Yours isn't the first blog he has come to and ridiculed. Combine that with his rabid racism, his contempt for anything and anyone non-American, his relgious fanaticism, continous support for militarism, and the number of times the word 'imperial' and 'empire' appear on this blog and I think you'll agree he's a bit of a headcase...

Posted by: anti-imperialist at January 24, 2005 03:14 PM (onRjP)

8 The picture looks fine to me. Oh damn Delftsman, you've upset the moonbats.

Posted by: EC at January 24, 2005 03:46 PM (yYGP5)

9 As someone formerly in the military, I can say that I always found it offensive that the U.S. government assumes that everyone's a Christian and has Christian prayers as part of virtually every military ceremony. If the prayer is voluntary, they should dismiss everyone who isn't a Christian from formation. Isn't it highly hypocritical that the same people who are up in arms about China not allowing religious organizations that don't register with the state are falling over themselves in glee when the U.S. government sanctions religious practice. And the Muslims in the Middle East are supposed to trust us to help them establish a secular democracy. What a joke!

Posted by: Karlo at January 24, 2005 05:41 PM (HoLw7)

10 Combine that with his rabid racism, his contempt for anything and anyone non-American, his relgious fanaticism, continous support for militarism, and the number of times the word 'imperial' and 'empire' appear on this blog and I think you'll agree he's a bit of a headcase... AI; Just WHERE do you find ANYTHING that could be termed "racist" in my blog? OR "religeous fanaticism"? I am not religeous in any of the common sort of definitions. I believe in a God, but I don't believe in a religion. I do believe that religion can be comforting to it's adherants, but it's a personal choice for every individual as to what form that might take, and woe to the person that tries to force me to his practice. I am NOT against anything not American Yes I do decry actions in foreign nations when they warrent it, when those actions are held up by the moonbats as the right path to go here. I was not born American, I chose to become American, but I do hold great esteem for my heritage. As to militarism, if that means that I applaud just action in defense of our national security, I gladly plead guilty. We may honestly disagree as to what is just or not. As for the references to "Imperial" and "Empire", please take note of the rather large button prominantly displayed in my gutter for the Anti-Idiotarion Rottweiler, of which I am a proud "Loyal Citizen"....it's a tongue in cheek group, you twit. Although the humor might be lost on such as you. I never ridicule other blogs, I have ridiculed certain forms of moonbat idiologies. Of which I don't consider of Wanda. We certainly honestly disagree on most things, but I can respect her for her honest opinion. And unlike Trolls, and some libs, I ALWAYS leave my real e-mail addy and URL; so they can respond directly to me should they wish to.

Posted by: delftsman3 at January 25, 2005 05:39 AM (hTrQW)

11 Look out Knewt she's startin' to rear! Go get 'em Delfts!! I got your back and it'd be so far away they'd never even here the crack of the rifle, LOL SlagleRock Out!

Posted by: SlagleRock at January 28, 2005 01:42 AM (fTGYN)

12 This story is an internet hoax. The picture, obviously, is genuine. However, the story is some ignorant idiot’s effort to get people riled up over his own personal opinion of the ACLU. 1. An internet search for ‘Lucius Traveler,’ the alleged ACLU spokesman, and ‘Col. Jack Fessender,’ the alleged Marine Corps PAO, turns up nothing except the text of this story repeated on a dozen or so blogs. Even the US Marine Corps website has nothing about this story or anyone named Fessender. Nothing else at all on the internet. No press releases, no interviews. My guess is that these two individuals are fictitious, or they are the world’s worst spokesmen. 2. The ACLU website has no such press release. The ACLU website does have a statement saying that they have no knowledge of the events described in the e-mail, and that they do not employ nor have they ever employed an individual named Lucius Traveler. http://www.aclu.com/ReligiousLiberty/ReligiousLibertyMain.cfm 3. This e-mail is debunked on several websites which specialize in rumors and urban legends, including Snopes.com (http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/cemetery.asp); TruthorFiction.com (http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/a/aclu-marines.htm); and breakthechain.org (http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/marinepray.html).

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I was going to post about the EU and their latest example of munificence in the Airbus/Indonesia affair, but found that the Emperor had already done it better than I ever could.

It really makes me want to cry when the Moonbats on our shores hold out the EU as the model we should emulate. Lets see:
A. A community that uses coercion to force a tragedy ridden country to help support a state supported industry.
B. A community that makes it illegal to use force to defend one's home.
C. A community that makes it "hate speech" for a minister to preach from the pulpet according to the precepts of his religion.
D. A community that micromanages it's resident populations down to standardized regulations on it's playground equipment.

Yep! THATS the model I want to follow! (that was sarcasm btw, for any moonbats that might have strayed into here off from the "true path").

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I keep hearing the Leftist's crying about how we need to bow down to the "superior wisdom" and greater international relief abilities of the UN in providing for the betterment of victoms of every stripe in the world.

Then I read a report from a "BOOT ON THE GROUND" in Indonesia and had, as Kim du Toit would say, a "RCOB" moment.

I have asked this question a number of times of a Leftist bent reader when they happen to come on here, maybe this time, one will deign to provide an answer?; the question is simply this: Provide me the details of just ONE case where the UN was able to provide adequate and true relief to victoms of any sort in the world, whether victoms of a natural disaster,like Indonesia, or the victoms of a tyrannical regime, such as the genocide occuring in the Sudan, without the US being the major driving force, in terms of supplies,manpower, payor of the bills, etc.

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As most of my old readers know, I became a citizen of this country in 1972. It was not an easy process. There was an extensive testing of my knowledge of American history and the American form of government. I truly believe that most immigrants do know more about their adopted country and the truly unique form of government it posseses than the majority of it's native residents.

It seems that some so-called professors in higher education contribute to this dearth of knowledge with their hate filled personal idiologies.

Yes, many of the fast held beliefs about our founding fathers are myths. These were normal men,with all the flaws and foibles of normal men; with one great exception: they were willing to risk everything on a dream, a dream that every man has the God given right to try to be the best that he could be, free of onerous governmental interference.

Was the original concepts of government envisioned by the founding fathers perfect? NO. have there been some improvements over time? Undoubtedly. I would contend that, in fact, that we are in a period of regression at the moment. And its people like the good professor responsible for this regression. In their zeal to point out the flaws in the early days of the Republic, they ignore the truly great concept that was put forward in 1776: that the individual man had rights that devolved just from being a man, that these rights were granted by God, and the state had no power to abridge these rights except insofar as the individual would allow, in order to form a workable society.

Individuals empowered the State, not the other way around; the rule of law ensured that all men and government was judged by the same standards, with no one held above the law. This was a truly revolutionary concept.

We haven't always lived up to the ideal, but we have come closer than any other society, and we still strive to meet the ideal. For a person charged with educating the next generation to tell a student that he is, in essence, mentally disturbed if he holds to the ideal, demonstrates the decline in the general state of education.

A free society requires an educated populace to survive, and if the perveyors(sic) of knowledge start considering the espousal of individual rights and freedoms as a mental illness, we will not survive for long.

Posted by: Delftsman3 at 01:37 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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