Superman must not be American anymore. He now says Truth, Justice and ALL THAT STUFF.
He used to say Truth, Justice, and the American way. He must now be ashamed to be an American. There's one more movie that I'm NOT going to see.
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Why is it that you're not allowed to burn leaves, but you can burn the symbol of our country that many have given their lives to defend? I guess I'm just not smart enough to understand.
Here's the link that shows how the Senators voted....
Roll Call
I agree with Cliff Stearns R-Fla.
"If you have the good fortune to be able to vote in the United States, then it is not too much to ask that this be accomplished in English," "I don't think the United States government should be forced to pay for (bilingual) assistance."
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Heard this on Rush's show today, and thought it was great !
Everybody's making immigration proposals these days. Let me add mine to the mix. Call it The Limbaugh Laws:
First: If you immigrate to our country, you have to speak the native language. You have to be a professional or an investor; no unskilled workers allowed. Also, there will be no special bilingual programs in the schools with the Limbaugh Laws. No special ballots for elections. No government business will be conducted in your language. Foreigners will not have the right to vote — or hold political office.
If you’re in our country, you cannot be a burden to taxpayers. You are not entitled to welfare, food stamps, or other government goodies. You can come if you invest here: an amount equal to 40,000 times the daily minimum wage. If not, stay home. But if you want to buy land, it'll be restricted. No waterfront, for instance. As a foreigner, you must relinquish individual rights to the property.
And another thing. You don’t have the right to protest. You're allowed no demonstrations, no foreign flag waving, no political organizing, no bad-mouthing our President or his policies. You’re a foreigner: shut your mouth or get out! And if you come here illegally, you're going to jail.
You think the Limbaugh Laws are harsh? Well, every one of the laws I just mentioned are actual laws of Mexico today! That’s how the Mexican government handles immigrants to their country. Yet Mexicans come here illegally and protest in our streets! How do you say “double standard” in Spanish? How about:
Can you imagine that the greatest Hunk in Hollywood (Hunk = Gay jerk) George Looney errr Clooney says.....
she is "the most polarizing figure in American politics" !!!! That coming from a guy who is 2nd ONLY to 'Barbara' (You remember her - she USED to be a singer!) and holds a lot of weight in the Dem circles.
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That the liberal blogs (democrats) deal with knocking Bush, whereas the conservative blogs deal with the issues that or country faces? I can listen to 'Air America' in the moning, and they will be talking about how Bush lied about WMD, (YAWN)... then tune in in the evening and hear about how Bush lied about WMD. No wonder they're going under...... GET another topic, you fools !!!!!!!
Bill Clinton has called for mandatory testing for HIV/AIDS in nations that have high infection rates.
Just wondering who is going to pay for this? ( I bet I know)
OR is it just for the interns that will be working for him ? Hmmmm?
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The protestors put up the Mexican flag over the American flag flying upside down at Montebello High.
This really got me mad. Is there an American out there (regardless of party) that this doesn't offend?
Thanks Michelle Malkin story...
Shouldn't the ALCU be more concerned about our hero's instead of worried about how a few 'tormented' the terrorists. These same terrorists would slit every one of our throats, (including the ACLU) if given the chance.
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The federal government has agreed to release disputed pictures showing American soldiers tormenting Iraqi detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, the American Civil Liberties Union said Tuesday.
Erica Pelletreau, a spokeswoman for the ACLU, said the pictures would be released within a week if a federal judge approves the deal.
Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein had ordered the release of the pictures from the infamous Baghdad prison over complaints by government lawyers, who complained that doing so would incite violence against U.S. troops in Iraq and provoke terrorists.
Does the ACLU realize that these nuts would kill over a frickin cartoon, and they still want to beat a dead horse over pictures ? Just asking.
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It's called "Doomsday for Islam"
Despite grandiose plans for such an attack on the United States, bin Laden has again failed to understand the nature of the American spirit and the likely vengeance such an attack would unleash from American military strategic nuclear forces. Since the United States entered the era of nuclear weapons technology many decades ago, it has always had detailed contingency plans on how the country would respond in a nuclear crisis.
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I once heard on 'Rush' that Teddy was all for ridding ourselves of dependance of mideastern oil, but didn't want us to drill in Alaska, or create any offshore drilling. He also didn't want to see the windmills anywhere near his summer home, but didn't mind them being somewhere else (do as I say, not as I do). Here's another story.....
Self-proclaimed alternative energy proponent Sen. Ted Kennedy has strongly opposed an environmentally friendly "wind farm" off the coast of Massachusetts - and now it appears Kennedy will have his way.
The Cape Wind Project would erect 130 windmills in Nantucket Sound and could provide three-fourths of the power needed by Cape Cod and nearby islands, which is now largely supplied by coal-fired plants.
But the project had a powerful enemy in Sen. Kennedy, who has voiced strong support for alternative energy projects - as long as they are not in his backyard.
And let me introduce you to Robert Kennedy who wants us all to drive battery operated cars (do as I say, not as I do) but flys around (not on government busniss, but just for fun) in his own jet that would burn enough fuel(in one trip to France) that the average person uses in a lifetime.
"The problem was not aesthetic; the Kennedys wouldn't be able to actually see the turbines from their home. Instead Robert Kennedy Jr., who had been beating the drum for alternative sources of energy for more than a decade, complained that the project would be built in one of the family's favorite sailing and yachting areas."
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My first knee jerk respose to the Dubai debate was 'What the hell are they thinking'. But after hearing auguments from both sides, I'm gonna wait. My gut feeling is I still don't trust ANY Arab nation. They are VERY patient, and can turn on you as the result of one conflict.
Michelle Malkin adds....
The parent company of Dubai Ports World participates in the Arab boycott against Israel, The Jerusalem Post reports in an exclusive today (hat tip Thomas Rosser):
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"Yes, of course the boycott is still in place and is still enforced," Muhammad Rashid a-Din, a staff member of the Dubai Customs Department's Office for the Boycott of Israel, told the Post in a telephone interview.
"If a product contained even some components that were made in Israel, and you wanted to import it to Dubai, it would be a problem," he said.
A-Din noted that while the head office for the anti-Israel boycott sits in Damascus, he and his fellow staff members are paid employees of the Dubai Customs Department, which is a division of the PCZC, the same Dubai government-owned entity that runs Dubai Ports World.
Moreover, the Post found that the website for Dubai's Jebel Ali Free Zone Area, which is also part of the PCZC, advises importers that they will need to comply with the terms of the boycott.
In a section entitled "Frequently Asked Questions", the site lists six documents that are required in order to clear an item through the Dubai Customs Department. One of them, called a "Certificate of Origin," "is used by customs to confirm the country of origin and needs to be seen by the office which ensures any trade boycotts are enforced," according to the website.
A-Din of the Israel boycott office confirmed that his office examines certificates of origin as a means of verifying whether a product originated in the Jewish state.
On at least three separate occasions last year, the Post has learned, companies were fined by the US government's Office of Anti-boycott Compliance, an arm of the Commerce Department, on charges connected to boycott-related requests they had received from the Government of Dubai.
US law bars firms from complying with such requests or cooperating with attempts by Arab governments to boycott Israel.
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And from the capital of the UAE via the Khaleej Times (hat tip: Christopher Flickinger):
Close on the heels of the cartoon controversy raging across the Muslim world, it is the turn of an upscale American school in Abu Dhabi to ruffle Muslim sentiments by teaching lessons that allegedly ''smell of racism.''
Over 100 copies of the social studies text book, 'World Cultures' taught to the sixth grade children were confiscated by the Ministry of Education yesterday, for allegedly presenting Islam and the Muslim countries including Gulf states in a negative light while glorifying Israel on the other hand, Khaleej Times has learnt.
It has been accused that chapter 25 of the book running from page 599 to 614 contains a deluge of derogatory remarks against Islam and the Muslim world, for example, dubbing Middle East as one of the most dangerously explosive areas in the world and the Muslim conquest of India as the most bloodiest in the world history, to mention a few.
The sub chapters clubbed under the title 'North Africa and the Middle East' also elaborate on the religion and life-style of Israel with pictures. "Israel is one of a few democracies in North Africa and the Middle East today. Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Morocco are all kingdoms; the country of Syria has sponsored terrorism by giving aid to radicals in the Palestine Liberation Organisation, known as the PLO," read excerpts from page 610 of the book, copies of which Khaleej Times possess.
Juma Salami, Assistant Undersecretary to Foreign Private Education said that the book published by Silver Burdett Ginn has a racist tone and is insulting to the country's religion and culture. "It is not a community school and a good number of Muslim and Arab children are studying there. By incorporating the book in the syllabus, the schools have failed to show respect to the religious sentiments of the host country."
Forbes magazine notes:
Dubai, in the final analysis, is still very much a part of the Middle East and Islamic world, where it finds itself geographically, politically and culturally. Its remarkable success--steering a delicate middle course between currents of Islamic extremism that are found as near as its much larger, though scarcely as prosperous, neighbor, Saudi Arabia, and the tolerant moderation valued so deeply by the West--has insulated it from terrorism and lets the sheikh's palace sit with its gates all but unguarded deep into the night.
Yet Dubai, the single most prosperous of the seven emirates, is still very much a part of the Arab world.
Go ahead. Yell "Islamophobia!"
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Related:
Les Kinsolving asks the White House about the UAE's denial of Israel's existence. No answer.
Gulf News: UAE flays Danish cartoons
Clinton W. Taylor puts the spotlight on the UAE's catch-and-release policies for narcoterrorists. (Hat tip: Junkyard Blog)Judith Apter Klinghoffer links to the South Asia Analysis Group's assessment of Dubai security concerns.
– The UAE was one of three countries in the world to recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
– The UAE has been a key transfer point for illegal shipments of nuclear components to Iran, North Korea and Lybia.
– According to the FBI, money was transferred to the 9/11 hijackers through the UAE banking system.
– After 9/11, the Treasury Department reported that the UAE was not cooperating in efforts to track down Osama Bin Laden’s bank accounts.
other than that, I don't have an issue
Let me remind you that this guy was on death row for 25 years, and they couldn't find anyone? As coach Ditka would say... Who are you crappin.
US prison can't find doctor willing to execute convict
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A condemned US inmate's execution was cancelled after prison officials in California could not find a doctor or nurse willing to administer the lethal injection.
And of course the ACLU is here to protect the criminal ( must not have any boy scout troops to shut down)
"We are really relieved to see we will now have a careful review of the issues," ACLU attorney Natasha Minsker said while confirming the Morales execution has been cancelled.
Lawyers for Morales petitioned Fogel to stop the execution on the grounds prison officials were hastily improvising an execution that could be unconstitutionally painful for Morales.
unlike his victim
Let me remind you that Morales strangled Winchell with a belt, pounded her head with a hammer, dragged her into a vineyard and raped her, Schwarzenegger recounted while explaining his decision to refuse clemency.
Morales then stabbed Winchell in the chest before leaving her to die, according to the case against him.
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PROOF that Bush is making a mistake ! Carter hasn't gotten anything right yet !
Carter backs Bush's stand on seaport-operations deal
Former President Jimmy Carter downplayed criticism of White House support of an Arab-owned company's purchase of a major seaport-operations firm.
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Attorneys for Michael Morales have filed two appeals with the U.S. Supreme Court in a last ditch attempt to prevent his execution.
His attorney says that the method of execution, lethal injection, is cruel and unusual punishment and therefore his execution should be stopped.
You ask what did he do?.....
The 46-year-old Morales was sentence to die as a result of his conviction for the brutal murder of 17-year-old Terri Winchell of Lodi, California in 1981. After raping Winchell, Morales then tried to strangle her, beat her with a hammer and stabbed her according to police findings.
He's now on this earth ANOTHER day so that they can figure out a way to give him a PAINLESS way to die. Isn't that just great !
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I grew up in the 50's in the middle of Chicago. My dad served in WWII, had a tavern about 8 blocks from Chicago Stadium, and most of his customers were guys who also served. They were not 'arrogant' , but they thought that no one outside of our country should have ANY influence over what we do. I was just a kid, but I knew most of those guys pretty well, and I'll bet that they would say.... If you don't like what we're doing, that's too f'king bad, and if you want to do something about it.... come on over and try to stop it.
To bad we as a country now are bending to terrorists ( I can't blame the younger generation because I know too many kids that are in the military and think the same way I do). but I'll bet that the older generation is spinning in their graves. Here's an example of what I'm talking about.......
Allah Conquers the United Nations
Logos are usually not chosen at random but rather for the message they convey, though sometimes mistakes seem to happen.
Logos can easily offend people, certainly those who have a very broad definition of blasphemy. This is the Arabic script for "Allah." It resembles a flame with five tongues that increase in size:
Six years ago Nike had to recall 800,000 shoes because Muslims took offense at the logo on a certain brand of its models. According to "offended" Muslims the logo could be read as "Allah." Below is the shoe logo:
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