tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89167202024-03-07T09:56:15.970-06:00Thoughts on everything and nothing Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-90733854778545589502009-12-14T16:16:00.002-06:002009-12-14T16:55:21.912-06:00Time to Simplify my LifeAfter taking a good hard look at my life I realize its time to simplify, get rid of things, possession's, and even people...<br /><br />Therefore my resolution for the rest of my life is to do just that.... If I haven't used some thing or missed something for at least the last 2-3 years, time to evaluate and get rid of it if it is no longer of value to me.<br /><br />I am a pack rat, there are still boxes in the attic that haven't been touched since we moved into this house 10 years ago..... I am fairly certain that I can get rid of most of those items. We are constantly getting calls from various organizations asking for donations of items, off it goes to be used by someone else.....<br /><br />The same holds true of people in our lives, I feel that if after a number of years I am the only one that is making an effort, maybe its time to move on. This is even true of family members.... I have half brothers and half sisters that I have been trying my whole life to have relationships with. (I am an only child from my parents marriage, my father remarried and had 5 more kids) I call, try to make an effort to get together with them, send presents to their kids, etc... and after all these years I realize that there is only one brother who does the same. Another brother sometimes will keep in touch , if I call first, the third brother and two sisters do not even attempt to , nor do their kids. <br /><br />My youngest half sister who has never invited me to her kids birthdays etc.... posted a comment on a Facebook picture I had of myself with a friends child about a month ago. Her comment was " I thought you don't like kids", my response was , "I do like the kids that I get to know". So here it is , I'm looking at Facebook this weekend, and there she is, going on about a Christmas party for her two sons and how much fun it was for the family to be there...<br />as usual , I am not family as far as she is concerned....<br /><br />The other sister was in town for 3 weeks earlier this summer, constantly posting about all the get togethers with family, and never responded to a number of calls and emails from myself, so to both of them, I am finally saying , no more ... I am writing them off as apparently they have of myself. Same is true of the nieces and nephews, after all , if I never get a thank you , a call or anything, well, enough is enough...<br /><br />That's a start.... more to come.....one step at a time.....<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://gostats.com/">free hit counter</a><br /><br /><!-- End of Gostats.com web hit code -->Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-42948381804523478392008-08-29T10:16:00.002-05:002008-08-29T10:29:43.639-05:00Could it be....The net is abuzz Palin as VP pick for McCain?Well - the net seems to be <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">abuzzz</span>.... I'm hoping it's true, if it is I will be 100 % behind the ticket... and will even <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">volunteer</span> to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">support</span> the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">candidacy</span>, something I <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">haven't</span> done since I was in collage and I helped get Mayor Washington elected in Chicago!<br /><br />Now if truth be known , as VP choices go , I believe the McCain "dream ticket" would be with him and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Condi</span> Rice as VP, but hey, this would still be good! I'm keeping my fingers crossed! (We won't go into how I am still disapointed that Rudi did not get the nomination... oh well..)<br /><br /><a href="http://gostats.com/">free hit counter</a><br /><br /><!-- End of Gostats.com web hit code -->Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-49551869593577544722008-08-07T13:08:00.005-05:002008-08-07T15:47:46.681-05:00Chinese Islamic Group Threatens Attack at Beijing Olympics -Here we go again! The muslims are at it once more- what else is new!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqCnpHPVnbmYDBdXNK0fy3isBbAhSbQd1S_PFwQmF7fOVZSEcaParA5r9qMnMW_Fa1RLahy_ncXLGJ7nvpzq8biyPgHd-CVDy4Duvccm2ZQbok_pakUb-StGvh0amiXxjcmf13Q/s1600-h/mom_and_shaheed.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231878979470353778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaqCnpHPVnbmYDBdXNK0fy3isBbAhSbQd1S_PFwQmF7fOVZSEcaParA5r9qMnMW_Fa1RLahy_ncXLGJ7nvpzq8biyPgHd-CVDy4Duvccm2ZQbok_pakUb-StGvh0amiXxjcmf13Q/s400/mom_and_shaheed.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkg0CRC536bl-_EgjEnfwj2KM0w-FFqiob0bJaLX8capc15YIfqv9G6mC1XcPX9HFsUm96sjc66_cAVB1v5gkvje69LpEtbzl3AtRuqOR8cipDbw2Ywfp5cbDTyr51Gn8CtOV6SQ/s1600-h/pakistan_(450_x_425).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231878978144040786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkg0CRC536bl-_EgjEnfwj2KM0w-FFqiob0bJaLX8capc15YIfqv9G6mC1XcPX9HFsUm96sjc66_cAVB1v5gkvje69LpEtbzl3AtRuqOR8cipDbw2Ywfp5cbDTyr51Gn8CtOV6SQ/s400/pakistan_%2528450_x_425%2529.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4nQrUKpscqlyOs0Sc7jgQ3N91O5MZMSpIugYXO-WJbOF3-KK7yEjGtPTWmdOaHqf65NXszFp8aC1XGqcmh7meljWL0_jK4gBbrhjsWJU8YDs5M7Clf1WurecwRWK1DxMsVGQimw/s1600-h/OsamasBoy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231878984781664770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4nQrUKpscqlyOs0Sc7jgQ3N91O5MZMSpIugYXO-WJbOF3-KK7yEjGtPTWmdOaHqf65NXszFp8aC1XGqcmh7meljWL0_jK4gBbrhjsWJU8YDs5M7Clf1WurecwRWK1DxMsVGQimw/s400/OsamasBoy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDx4AAmxrCLU9Nw7bE0Fbhg_FM4gPqX6p4PHJpkRXJAU_FEEIa5h8d6g6V9vfBvKsBRjlxiQpuvNFH0rblMU9YHMCRZM-rTkAKatZTuw2v2EIsXyl1fWJS5edJpBOhToP-kDOBA/s1600-h/Bunny.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231878988125069698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCDx4AAmxrCLU9Nw7bE0Fbhg_FM4gPqX6p4PHJpkRXJAU_FEEIa5h8d6g6V9vfBvKsBRjlxiQpuvNFH0rblMU9YHMCRZM-rTkAKatZTuw2v2EIsXyl1fWJS5edJpBOhToP-kDOBA/s400/Bunny.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />.......<br /><br />An up date about this post... from earlier today... Muslims warned to keep their children away from the games....<br /><br />http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080807171647.58r598sd&show_article=1<br /><br />Thanks to Breitbart.com<br /><br /><em>A Muslim separatist group in China has made a new video threat against the Beijing Olympics, <strong>warning Muslims to keep their children away from the games</strong>, a US group that monitors extremists said Thursday.<br />The nearly six-minute video shows flames consuming a Beijing Olympics logo and an explosion over a venue for the competition, and features a masked, turbaned speaker clutching what appears to be an assault rifle.<br /><br />The IntelCenter released a copy of the recording, attributed to the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an ethnic Uighur and Muslim organization seeking to create an independent state out of China's heavily Muslim Xinjiang province.<br /><br />The SITE Intelligence Group, meanwhile, translated some of the message, which was delivered in the language of the Uighurs, and said that the speaker identified himself as a TIP member and issued a threat against the Games.<br /><br /><strong>The speaker urges Muslims to keep their children from the competition, and warns "Do not stay on the same bus, on the same train, on the same plane, in the same buildings, or any place the Chinese are,"</strong> SITE said</em>.<br /><br />Since when to the muslims give a shit about their children? Oh yeah... that's right, gotta keep em alive just long enought to have them blow up others on a mision from their satonic rock god allah.... grrrr.....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Wouldn't it be a nice <strong>fantasy</strong> to NOT HAVE MUSLIMS THREATENING VIOLENCE! No it's not those pesky Episcopalians, or those darn Mormons, it's the religion of pieces muslims again!<br /><br /><em>BEIJING, China — A U.S. group that monitors extremist Web sites says that a Chinese Islamic group has posted a new video that shows a burning Olympics logo and an explosion over a venue for the Beijing Games.<br /><br />The video, reported Thursday by the IntelCenter, follows the posting of a similar video dated July 23. Both are attributed to the Turkistan Islamic Party, which experts say is an offshoot of a secessionist group from China's Central Asian frontier with ties to Al Qaeda.<br /><br />IntelCenter said the latest video was dated Aug. 1 and features "graphics showing a burning Olympics logo and an explosion imposed over one of the venues."<br /><br />Comments on the video were in the language of the Uighurs, a Muslim minority in western China with a long history of tense relations with the central government. No translation was immediately available.</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><noscript><br /><a href="http://c3.gostats.com/gogi/viewstats.pl?mn=balticwaves" target="_top"><br /><img src="http://c3.gostats.com/gogi/count.pl?mn=balticwaves" border="0" alt="Free Hit Counter" /></a><br /></noscript><br /><br /><a href="http://gostats.com/">free hit counter</a>Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-26953490659935199492008-08-04T10:19:00.003-05:002008-08-04T16:46:06.038-05:00Tyson Plant Drops Labor Day For Muslim Holiday for union employees- Time to boycott Tyson Foods!As an update to the earlier post, in addition to sending an e-mail - I called the customer service phone number for Tyson to register a complant. Tyson's customer service was abrupt and kept trying to whitewash the whole thing by stating over and over that they were only doing this with the union employees. When I finally was able to get in a few words I let the rep know that my family was no longer going to buy Tysen products and before I could finish the rep cut me off and stated , that's fine, and hung up! I was calm and profesional through out the mostly one sided conversation, and was very surprised by the hang up! ... For any one else intrested in calling Tyson's customer relations ... the number is 800-643-3410. Call now and register your complaint... If enough people do , they cannot ignore this...... <br /><br />The following is an article in the Nashville News.... (Thanks to the Drudge Report) <br /><br /><em>SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. -- Some workers at a local plant will no longer to be able to take their Labor Day holiday because of religious reasons.Workers at the Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day but will instead be granted the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr.<br /><br />According to a news release from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, a new five-year contract at the plant included the change to accommodate Muslim workers at the plant.Tyson's director of media relations Gary Mickelson said the contract includes eight paid holidays -- the same number as the old contract.<br /><br />Eid al-Fitr -- which falls on Oct. 1 this year -- marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting.<br /><br />Union leaders said implementing the holiday was important for the nearly 700 Muslims, many of them Somalis, who work at the plant that employs a total of 1,200 people.<br /><br />Nineteen-year plant veteran William Pentecost doesn’t agree with the decision.<br /><br />"I don’t think it's right. I really don't think it's right," he said.<br /><br />Tyson company spokeswoman Libby Lawson said by phone that, "This isn't a religious accommodation, this is a contractual agreement. The majority asked for it."<br /><br />The change didn’t bother some workers.<br /><br />"I think it's fine. I don’t have any problem with it. There's a whole bunch of them here, so they've got to do something for them," said worker John Smith.<br /><br />"It shouldn't happen. I mean, I think, we're in America, you're in America, I think that they should go with our holidays," Pentecost said.<br /><br />Channel 4's Cynthia Williams could not reach any of the plant’s Muslim workers, because Channel 4 News' crew was not permitted on the property.<br /><br />Former employee and Shelbyville resident Anthony Proctor said he thinks what's happening is wrong.<br /><br />He said he helped build a special Muslim prayer room that's located inside the plant and that no other Tyson facility has been that accommodating for any other religion.<br /><br />"If we want to go pray, we don’t have one for Christians," he said.<br /><br />Tyson is headquartered in Arkansas.<br /><br />Lawson said they consider religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis. She said that so far, no one has asked for any other type of religious prayer room.<br /><br />No one at the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union’s regional office answered phone calls placed by Williams on Friday.<br /><br />A representative in New York said that no one there knew specifics about the new contract with the workers, but a person in research told Williams that holidays aren't usually replaced and are more likely to be added on.<br /><br />The decision will only apply to workers at the plant who are union members. All other employees at the plant will still have their normal Labor Day holiday.</em><br /><br /><br />My family and I will be boycotting Tyson Foods. I've already contacted their corporate office to voice our objection to this. You too, can contact Tyson at<br /><br />Contact Information <br />Mail: Tyson Foods, Inc. <br />P.O. Box 2020<br />Springdale, AR 72764-6999 Telephone: 1-800-643-3410 <br /> Consumer Relations CP631<br />2210 West Oaklawn Drive<br />Springdale, AR 72764-6999 <br /><br /><br /><noscript><br /><a href="http://c3.gostats.com/gogi/viewstats.pl?mn=balticwaves" target="_top"><br /><img src="http://c3.gostats.com/gogi/count.pl?mn=balticwaves" border=0 alt="Free Hit Counter"></a><br /></noscript><br><br /><a href="http://gostats.com">free hit counter</a><br /><!-- End of Gostats.com web hit code -->Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-29452969239666420582008-07-25T11:08:00.005-05:002008-07-26T07:50:25.948-05:00Muslim day at Great America park in Gurnee IL....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixoC_4UbTpYmMbCOzOTR98XrdF_H7ZzksyaMs1urT-FUkl58jGuhVRcbGETP3n_RsgXyoii9nbEwmm_KB4RUpHz5-v6aK3NzZcT-a6GxQZeRG9VCnjGi_jFPsGcIOwCFneYZLrA/s1600-h/fundaycn9.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixoC_4UbTpYmMbCOzOTR98XrdF_H7ZzksyaMs1urT-FUkl58jGuhVRcbGETP3n_RsgXyoii9nbEwmm_KB4RUpHz5-v6aK3NzZcT-a6GxQZeRG9VCnjGi_jFPsGcIOwCFneYZLrA/s400/fundaycn9.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227303800990163618" /></a><br />I first heard about this muslim day at Great America in Gurnee, this morning as I awoke to WGN Newsradio. I was shocked and made a comment about it to my husband. How the hell is it that the "muslames" always demand these things. ( I know, I know, that is the standard mode of operation...)<br /><br />Then latter this morning I checked the Chicago Tribune, and sure enough, there was this headline on the front page....<br /><br /><em><strong>Muslim Day at Six Flags a time to relax and connect with others</strong></em><br /><em>Gurnee park expects about 1,200 Muslims to attend Saturday<br />By Deborah Horan Chicago Tribune reporter </em><br />12:29 AM CDT, July 25, 2008<br /><br />Well of course I checked the comments section for the article and added mine also, the interesting part was that the general consensus on the comments in the Chicago Tribune was that people were not pleased....<br /><br />Then just now, I was checking the Tribune again on line and it seems that the Trib has decided to close the comments section..... Apparently they do not want to upset the muslims with a show of what regular people are thinking about the demands and concessions that are being made by the likes of Great America, etc....<br /><br />At Dhimmiwatch.org at <a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021944.php">http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/021944.php</a> there is a great article on this....<br /><br /><strong>Magic Mountain to become "Muslim Magic Mountain" for a day</strong><br /><strong><br /></strong><em>Can't help but wonder if on "Muslim Day" the theme park's "six flags" will depict swords with the words "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah" -- you know, to better help foster a sense of Muslim community. </em><br /><br />"Muslim Day at Six Flags a time to relax and connect with others," by Deborah Horan, for the <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/religion/chi-six-flags-muslims-25-jul25,0,2161842.story" target="_blank">Chicago Tribune</a>, July 25:<br /><br />On any other day, Sobia Ahmed would opt to forgo many of the snacks on offer at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. To perform the Islamic prayers she recites five times a day, she likely would slip onto a secluded path at the amusement park or look for solace under a shady tree for a few furtive minutes.<br /><br /><em>"Furtive"? Thought "pious" better characterizes the minutes one spends praying? </em><br /><br />This Saturday Ahmed and her family will eat and pray at their leisure in the park with hundreds of other Muslims from the Chicago area who plan to visit the sprawling entertainment center for a day catered especially to them.<br /><br /><strong>For the fourth time since 2004, Six Flags in Gurnee is sponsoring Muslim Day, bringing in outside caterers to provide halal food and turning an amphitheater into a makeshift mosque to accommodate Muslims who observe dietary laws and strict prayer schedules. Muslims who plan to go say they appreciate the sense of community the event creates as well as the opportunity to talk about Islam with curious non-Muslims at the park.</strong><br /><br />"If you go on regular days, it's kind of tough to find a place to pray," said Ahmed, a stay-at-home mom from Bolingbrook who has attended previous Muslim Days at Six Flags with her husband and five children. "Usually we can't eat the food, but now we can."<br />Started in New Jersey by an interethnic Muslim organization called the <strong>Islamic Circle of North America. </strong><br /><br /><em>This, of course, is the same organization that is "listed in the infamous 1991 Muslim Brotherhood memo as participating in a 'grand Jihad' aimed at 'eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and God's religion is made victorious over all other religions.'" See </em><a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/021898.php" target="_blank"><em>here</em></a><em> for more. </em><br /><em><br /></em>[...]<br /><br />For the Muslims' prayer needs, the park chose an amphitheater near the restrooms so worshipers can perform ablutions beforehand. Two outside caterers will provide food that complies with Islamic standards of preparation.<br /><br /><em>Posted by Raymond at July 25, 2008 10:48 AM</em><br /><p><em>ARRRRGGGGGGGG..........</em></p><p><em></p></em><br /><br /><a href="http://gostats.com/">free hit counter</a>Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-60758184448188773422008-07-22T13:04:00.005-05:002008-07-22T14:14:52.687-05:00Looking Back at a post on Dec 11, 2007....an Alcoholic Friend....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9849VjhHB97noZTCRA595r4T4SJZnFrra3ME46mC55gUbZrr1GaSat3TjIDhSmCzZLNaEiRYRTCj_s2MDMm3NrDGbtuFAvgGxaCShOrpXcUQenVSdy3jf9jc7_CKO85gchzIvbg/s1600-h/1541.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9849VjhHB97noZTCRA595r4T4SJZnFrra3ME46mC55gUbZrr1GaSat3TjIDhSmCzZLNaEiRYRTCj_s2MDMm3NrDGbtuFAvgGxaCShOrpXcUQenVSdy3jf9jc7_CKO85gchzIvbg/s320/1541.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225910696720975394" /></a><br />Looking back to a post I did back in December of 2007 I see that I mentioned then how I hoped that my friend had hit bottom with her drinking. Who knew that breaking her neck was just the beginning. <br /><br />Last night we went over to her house to check on her and her dog. ( We have been taking care of her dog off and on for the last year and a half as her drinking got worse and worse) She was again in a drunken stupor sitting at the kitchen table. We again dumped the vodka she was drinking, and seached for the rest of the bottle. We found another empty 1.75 ltr bottle in a kitchen cabinet.<br /><br />I asked her if she liked doing this to herself, she slurred... nooo..... Then I asked who was supplying her with the vodka? She eventually managed to say a name, Pete, from the local bar. ( Or at least that is what it sounded like) . <br /><br />I had been told by her counselor that being blunt with her was good maybe it would shake her up enough to realize that she needed to stop, get help. I told her that she was an end stag alcoholic. What that meant , and that if she didn't stop drinking and get help she would die. Her response was that she would rather continue drinking and die. <br /><br />So there you have it, if she doesn't want to change her life around , that is what will happen. I'm just disappointed again at her, but it is her choice. Looks like we will have a new dog permanently in a short time. <br /><br />End-stage alcoholism is a horrible way to die. Alcohol is a cumulative poison that damages the skin, brain, liver, heart, and other parts of the body. As the damage to these organs <a href="http://www.egetgoing.com/Drug/5_6.asp">progresses</a> with continued use, the body systems needed for life begin to fail.<br /><br />The heart weakens and becomes enlarged.<br /><br />The liver becomes scarred, shrunken, and hardened (<a class="batcave" onclick="window.open('../glossary/glosindex.asp#cirr','GlossaryPage');" href="http://www.egetgoing.com/Drug/5_9_2_1_2.asp#">cirrhosis</a>). It stops functioning, causing blood dysfunctions and <a class="batcave" onclick="window.open('../glossary/glosindex.asp#esov','GlossaryPage');" href="http://www.egetgoing.com/Drug/5_9_2_1_2.asp#">esophageal varices</a>, and hemorrhoids that can rupture suddenly, causing the person to bleed to death.<br /><br />The brain's internal spaces are enlarged, and the <a class="batcave" onclick="window.open('../glossary/glosindex.asp#fiss','GlossaryPage');" href="http://www.egetgoing.com/Drug/5_9_2_1_2.asp#">fissures</a> in the cortex are widened. This general loss of brain tissue is associated with alcoholic dementia (wet brain), a decline in the capacity for thinking or learning. Other symptoms of organic brain disorders are mental confusion, impaired coordination while walking, impaired vision, and memory loss.<br /><br />The skin's vascular systems are damaged. The skin's ability to retain heat is compromised. Abnormally enlarged capillary groups, with blue and red spider-like capillaries, appear primarily on the upper body. Unexplained bruising, redness of the skin especially on the face, fluid retention under the eyes, and a "<a class="batcave" onclick="window.open('../glossary/glosindex.asp#whis','GlossaryPage');" href="http://www.egetgoing.com/Drug/5_9_2_1_2.asp#">whiskey nose</a>" can develop.<br /><br />Direct tissue irritation and/or induction of enzymes that activate other carcinogens can cause cancers of the mouth, tongue, <a class="batcave" onclick="window.open('../glossary/glosindex.asp#phar','GlossaryPage');" href="http://www.egetgoing.com/Drug/5_9_2_1_2.asp#">pharynx</a>, <a class="batcave" onclick="window.open('../glossary/glosindex.asp#lary','GlossaryPage');" href="http://www.egetgoing.com/Drug/5_9_2_1_2.asp#">larynx</a>, <a class="batcave" onclick="window.open('../glossary/glosindex.asp#esop','GlossaryPage');" href="http://www.egetgoing.com/Drug/5_9_2_1_2.asp#">esophagus</a>, stomach, liver, lung, <a class="batcave" onclick="window.open('../glossary/glosindex.asp#panc','GlossaryPage');" href="http://www.egetgoing.com/Drug/5_9_2_1_2.asp#">pancreas</a>, colon and rectum.<br /><br />In the advanced stage, damage to the liver, heart, brain and other body tissues may be irreversible. Severe physical damage often leads to life-threatening illnesses that result in premature death. Brain damage from years of excessive drinking or drug use may be permanent. As brain cells die from chronic alcohol intake, they are generally not regenerated, and the tissue of the brain itself begins to deteriorate. <br /><br />Even if sobriety is achieved in this advanced state of alcoholism, the quality of life may be significantly impacted and the physical damage may be so great that it becomes difficult to treat. It is however, never too late to start recovery from alcohol addiction. Persons suffering from irreversible damage caused by chronic drinking can still begin and successfully continue recovery. Obviously, the earlier, the better.<br /><br />Shes already showing allot of the signs.... I do not believe that she will be around much longer, either her heart and liver will give out shortly due to the drinking, or she will pass out and drown in her own vomit or die from passing out and hitting her head again on the toilet/sink/tub... etc.... Any way you look at it , it is a horrible way to go.Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-52063932090474346232008-07-21T13:02:00.009-05:002008-07-22T14:09:44.014-05:00End Stage Alcoholism...watching a person slowly kill themselves.....If you have ever know anyone close to you that is or was an alcoholic then you know how frustrating it is to see the person throw their life away.<br /><br />My maid of honor at my wedding used to be an IT genius. To quote another friend of hers that used to work for her, "she could make a computer dance". On all accounts she was bright, sociable and was running a thriving business up until a few years ago. Just like most people I know , she would be a social drinker, and yes , just like allot of the other Scandinavians she could hold her liquor.<br /><br />She did have issues through out the years, as we all do, but one of the things she always struggled with was her weight. I still remember having to tell her when we were looking for dresses for the bridesmaids and her maid of honor dress, that the dress size we had to order for her wasn't the true size as stated on the tag, that all bridesmaid dress are smaller then the size stated.... She needed to hear that as she was devastated in having to order a size 28 and then having the seamstress add fabric to the dress to make it fit. That was over 11 years ago....<br /><br />About 6 years ago , she decided that the only solution to her weight problems was to have gastric bypass surgery. ( The reality is that food can be an addiction , just as much as drugs or alcoholism. If you do not address the root of the problem, you are going to replace the food addiction with something else. ) She did not want to discuss this surgery with her family and friends, we all found out about it a few days before the surgery was to take place. She would not listen to those of us that were concerned about taking such a drastic step. <br /><br />There were complications and the long and short of it was that she almost died 2 times , and was in the hospital, and then a nursing home, for almost a year after the initial surgery.<br /><br />Well she lost the weight , but over the last 4 years she started drinking more and more. Looking back now, the signs were there but we all just kept chalking it up to stress, running her own business, keeping things afloat after her surgery and recovery, etc...<br /><br />There was always an excuse why things were not going right, her losing customers , etc.... in these last two years, she started getting in trouble with the law, was arrested a number of times, but her sales skills kept her from having all but the closest of us friends really see what was happening.<br /><br />It was never her fault, etc... There was the constant denial, finally, she got a DUI ( I'm surprised it took so long) , the first one was 4 months ago, the last one was 2 months ago. Her house is in foreclosure , she has the final sale the first week of August, all her utilities except for the electrical are shut off, and she still refuses to stop drinking!<br /><br />Since mid June, she spent 6 weeks in the county jail , got out 4 weeks ago, had a court date that she blew off because she was drunk, got jailed again over the 4th of July weekend because of the missed court date, got out after 10 days, and then she wasn't out of jail 24 hours before she went on a drinking bender again!<br /><br />She lives just down the street from us so here it is 5 days latter and every day we check on her , and every day she is either passed out or in a drunken stupor. We keep taking away and dumping the vodka, but apparently she has someone in the neighborhood who keeps buying it for her. <br /><br />We've contacted her church and counselor, the counselor confirmed that the reality is that unless she wants to stop drinking, no one can make her! She is an "end stage alcoholic" and there is a good chance we may end up finding her dead one of these days when we check up on her.<br /><br />Our final step is trying to get the police to come out and do a wellness check on her, and hopefully when they find her unresponsive in a drunken stupor , they would take her to a hospital where they could evaluate her and get her into a state run/mandated program.... if that doesn't happen, I know in my heart that I will be attending a funeral soon....<br /><br />Please say a prayer, if your are so inclined for her... and all those like her... they need all the prayers possible....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://gostats.com/">free hit counter</a><br /><br /><br /><!-- End of Gostats.com web hit code -->Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-21871579971350063712008-07-18T09:17:00.005-05:002008-07-18T09:44:42.407-05:00Cartoons political, and so much more......Have a great weekend!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJvJp0T-q05qfonddlDMYt1KC-4mQq9B-jUlUIzf-rSy2CCmPQQg8nmwqbQRfg0uv2Gs7sfpRmIqfV8Zooq3SkZWZKYx4kFu9rtOWpPfsDUZbQlpJdMhrHlseZ67M1aGGUM2M2w/s1600-h/toon071808.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5224364557812279954" style="DISPLAY: block; 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Who says Islam is a religion? Millions do? What is the evidence? The words of masses of brainwashed carriers of the Islamic virus, transmitted to them by their parents, are worthless as evidence. What counts is the irrefutable fact that this creed, claimed to be the one and only religion of Allah, has been and continues to be a source of great suffering for non-Muslims as well as the ignorant masses of Muslims themselves.<br /><br />I will share with you just a few of thousands of horrific things that Muslims do to people of other religions or those without any religion at all. In model Islamic states such as </em><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Saudi_Arabia" target="_blank"><em>Saudi Arabia and Iran</em></a><em>, for instance, women don’t dare complain about their Allah-decreed chattel status. If they protest in the least, they are beaten by their husbands. And if they dare to demonstrate in public for equal family rights with men, they get severe beatings by the police and hauled to jails for additional indignities and violence.<br /><br />One may wonder then why is it that millions of Muslim women meekly submit to their subservient rank and worship and thank Allah for it. These women are virtually imprinted by their parents and the clergy from birth to adopt the gender inequality as well as the entire pathological Islamic ethos.<br /><br />“Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the others and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. They guard their unseen parts because Allah has guarded them. As for those from whom you fear disobedience, admonish them and send them to beds apart and beat them. Then if they obey you take no further action against them. Allah is high, supreme.” Quran 4.34<br /><br />Even Egypt, the crown jewel of Arab-Islamic world is practicing a form of slow genocide against its own Baha’i citizens by depriving them of just about all rights of citizenship. </em><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_identification_card_controversy" target="_blank"><em>Baha’is are still denied the indispensable identity card</em></a><em>, simply because the powerful clergy want to eliminate the peaceful minority. Among other things, Egypt denies education to Baha’i children, taking a page from the “Mein Kampf” of the fascist Islamic Republic of Iran.<br /><br />The record of atrocities performed by the proponents of the “religion of peace” clearly condemns it as an unmitigated cult of the worst kind. The savage Muslims forced their creed of hate and violence at the point of the sword on my people. They did and continue to do everything they could to wipe out any </em><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/06/culturecide_of_the_islamic_rep.html" target="_blank"><em>vestige of our magnificent Iranian culture and heritage</em></a><em>. Now, they are ruling my native land with an iron fist, demeaning everything that we have treasured in our egalitarian-humanistic exemplary culture. They are forcing our women into prostitution by depriving them of means of livelihood, compelling hundreds of thousands of Iran’s best and brightest to leave for other lands, spearheading a vicious campaign of terrorism far and near, and muffling any voice that does not sing their praises.<br /><br />The Bible says “By their fruit shall ye know them.” I said this before and I’ll say it for as long as this vicious cult keeps up with its abominable deeds: Islam is violence. Islam is intolerant of non-Muslims. Islam is a vestige of a barbaric past. Islam must be confronted, shown for what it is and stopped from overtaking the world. Here are just a few examples of what these people of Allah had done recently.<br /><br />A guy stops a car in the city of Shiraz in Iran and asks the driver to give him some gasoline, pretending that his car has run out of fuel. The total stranger siphons gas from his own car and gives it to him. Suddenly some other guys show up from their hiding places, tie the man to a tree, douse him with the gasoline he had generously given to a total stranger, set him on fire and speed away in the sham “out-of-gasoline” car. Why? The target of the torching was a non-Muslim, a Baha’i. The “sin” of not being a Muslim made him a deserving party for being burned alive. These thugs of Allah, the savage torchers, call themselves the Unknown Soldiers of the Lord of the Age, (Imam Zaman) the Shiite’s much revered and expected savior.<br /><br />To make matters worse, all manner of “good Muslims” walked by and didn’t do a lick to help the man. Miraculously the man was able to put the fire out and call the police on his cell phone. It took the police over 30 minutes to respond and take the man to the station for questioning. Now that’s the Islam that is on the march. It has penetrated deeply and spread widely in Europe. It is changing Europe to its ways and holds every promise of doing the same to the United States.<br /><br />Many Europeans are fleeing their ancestral homeland ahead of the Islamic fire which is engulfing their countries. These are the affluent and the ones with foresight. Others are either oblivious to the threat, aim to accommodate it as the holy grail of multiculturalism, or will end up one day seeing themselves in the fight of their life. For Islam does not believe in multiculturalism. Islam is a mono-culturist: the barbarian culture of Islam. As Islam gains more power, it will inevitably impose itself and its ways on all others. And there will be those who will eventually wake up from their stupor; they will either completely capitulate or fight the Muslims back in bloody bock-by-block, street-by-street battles.<br /><br />Truth is not always welcome and can often be greatly disturbing. But truth is the best weapon against evil and falsehood. When I point out the </em><a style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline; text-underline: single" href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3369102968312745410" target="_blank"><em>horrific teachings of the Quran</em></a><em>, I don’t make them up. I cite surahs from their holy book, surahs that exhort the Muslims to carry out all kinds of evil deeds against non-Muslims. This book of Allah is a license to kill. When I point out that Muhammad set terrible examples for his followers by his own deeds, I cite from their own sources to document my assertion.<br /><br />Is there anyone in this messed-up world who doesn’t read, see, or hear about the daily Islamic atrocities performed by these savages, with every act justified on the basis of Allah’s holy book?<br /><br />Qur’an 8:12 "I shall terrorize the infidels. So wound their bodies and incapacitate them because they oppose Allah and His Apostle."<br /><br />Qur’an 33:26 "Allah made the Jews leave their homes by terrorizing them so that you killed some and made many captive. And He made you inherit their lands, their homes, and their wealth. He gave you a country you had not traversed before."<br /> Why is it that these self-righteous Islamist villains don’t bother to prove me wrong? Why don’t they document what I say as being false? Instead, I am showered by all kinds of unspeakable profanity. Some of the more civil of the Muslims don’t stoop as low as their foul co-religionists. These latter types let out a hue and cry that they and their religion are smeared and victimized by people like me. They consider my criticisms of Islam as Islam bashing. They accuse me as a divisive- racist who enjoys Islam bashing. For good measure, they also label me Zionist in the pay of Israel and Israeli lobbies. Who is bashing whom? Please prove any one of my charges to be false or fabricated and I’ll happily repent. If, on the other hand, you fail to do so, you owe it to humanity to abandon your allegiance to the scourge of Islam.</em><br /><em></em><br />Amen Amil, Amen!Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-73096755660601908412008-07-17T09:14:00.003-05:002008-07-17T09:46:53.459-05:00The Dum-o-crate Democrates in Congress do it again! Seven years latter , same old , same old! <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ud7yhT6O1rwsY3LjCHnr6FiBqakFwcRMQNuGZCxTCQQ-XPRkLhf0vnY63WDs8hHF5WvDi_mQcD_Jkw7j2V_f7KAYxn5nwOm1ivLgcv8fRuun_-R6X_m70MJO_Al8osabVLCJJg/s1600-h/pellossi+oil+drilling+cartoon.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223989027700135538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ud7yhT6O1rwsY3LjCHnr6FiBqakFwcRMQNuGZCxTCQQ-XPRkLhf0vnY63WDs8hHF5WvDi_mQcD_Jkw7j2V_f7KAYxn5nwOm1ivLgcv8fRuun_-R6X_m70MJO_Al8osabVLCJJg/s400/pellossi+oil+drilling+cartoon.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br />
<br /><div>Once again congress is refusing to listen to the people of the USA, they do not want to let the US become more energy <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">efficient</span>. </div><br /><br />
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<br /><div><em>Energy Policy: Imagine an energy plan that does it all — from allowing more oil drilling to spending billions on alternative energy sources such as wind, solar and nuclear. Well, guess what? Been there, done that.</em></div><br /><br />
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<br /><div><em>'Energy has enormous implications for our economy, our environment and our national security," President Bush said in proposing the plan. "We cannot let another year go by without addressing these issues together in a comprehensive and balanced package."<br />That was in June 2001 — more than seven years ago.<br />His words came just after he first proposed a comprehensive energy bill that included 105 separate steps the U.S. could take to boost its energy supplies. It was something he promised repeatedly while campaigning for the presidency in 2000. He kept his promise. His first plan included, among many other things:<br />• New drilling for more oil and gas and new refineries.<br />• Building of nuclear power plants.<br />• Revamping the U.S. electricity grid.<br />• $10 billion in tax breaks to help push energy efficiency and alternative energy.<br />The fact is, these are remarkably similar to the plans that economists, oil experts and energy wonks say need to be put in place today in order to end our oil crisis.<br />Yet, those proposals went nowhere — not approved in 2001, not in 2002, not in 2003, not ever. Bush tried repeatedly to get something through Congress. He pleaded. He tried to cut deals with Democrats. It didn't work.<br />A New York Times headline from August 20, 2003, sums it up: "Ambitious Bush Plan Is Undone by Energy Politics."<br />That's an understatement. Instead, Democrats ridiculed Vice President Cheney for meeting with oil industry representatives to craft U.S. energy policy — and for insisting on finding more oil.<br />They had no plan themselves, mind you — apart from massively expensive global warming initiatives that would force Americans to lower their standard of living to Third World levels by spending as much as $800 billion a year to cool Earth.<br />Yet, if Bush's plan had been put in place in 2001, we'd have replaced millions of barrels of oil, billions of tons of coal and untold trillions of acre feet of natural gas with clean, safe nuclear power.<br />We'd be pumping millions of barrels more of oil, creating thousands of American jobs, cutting prices and saving literally hundreds of billions of dollars every year —money that today goes to line the pockets of the Saudi royal family, Venezuelan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">petrotyrant</span> Hugo Chavez, Libyan leader-for-life <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Muammar</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Qadhafi</span> and Vladimir Putin's Russia.<br />When the Democrats took control of Congress in 2007, and oil was $50 a barrel and corn $2 a bushel, House Speaker Nancy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Pelosi</span> and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promised an energy plan. We're still waiting for it. Today, crude oil is $134 and corn is $6.50.<br />It's pretty clear who's to blame: Congress. In fact, House and Senate Democrats have obstructed any progress in America's fight to regain some semblance of energy independence.<br />"Now is the time for Congress to move and get something done," President Bush said all the way back in August 2003. He's still waiting, and so are we.<br />Bush's original energy plan, derided by the Democrats and so-called progressives as a wet-kiss to Big Oil, was in fact a visionary plan. At the time, Reid joked that GOP now stood for "Gas, Oil and Plutonium." Funny, we don't hear anyone laughing now.<br />Such puerile shenanigans, as we've said before, endanger our security and weaken our standard of living.<br />Angry? You should be. Call your political representatives and tell them you want more energy, not less. If they won't do it, tell them you'll vote for someone who will.<br />Then maybe you'll really get change you can believe in.</em></div>
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<br /><div><br /><br /><a href="http://gostats.com/">free hit counter</a><br /></div><!-- End of Gostats.com web hit code --></div>Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-19690161243095674052008-07-15T12:44:00.005-05:002008-07-15T13:08:35.569-05:00Those lazy, hazy , days of summer are here! Contact your congressman or congresswoman and demand that we "Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less."I have to admit that these past 3-4 months have been hectic. With work, friends, family and other commitments I just have not had the time or inclination to post. <br /><br />It seems that as usual, the mad mo-ham-idans are always at it. Europe is still on a downhill trend, Australia seems to sway between getting it and then not getting it, and the US just keeps snoozing away, unaware of the threat of the camels nose under the tent! All you have to do is go to <a href="http://jihadwatch.org/">http://jihadwatch.org</a> to get your daily douse of mad-ham-idan delights!<br /><br />On the home front here in the US, the congress still does not get it! <strong>Drill here in the US and drill now!</strong> President Bush just signed an executive order to allow offshore drilling along our coast. This is a major victory in our effort to reduce gas prices, but Congress still must act before Americans can start searching for oil offshore, and we must keep the pressure on them until they take action to lower our gas prices.<br /><br />We can put the pressure on them and one way to accomplish this is by collecting 3,000,000 "Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less." petition signatures that will be presented to both the Republican and Democrat Conventions in August. You can help reach this goal by signing the petition here: <a href="http://www.americansolutions.com/">http://www.americansolutions.com/</a> and then <a href="http://www.americansolutions.com/TellAFriend.aspx?fsm=dhdnplmsg&fs=drillnowintro" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">inviting your friends and family to sign the petition by clicking here.</a><br /><br />The voices of 1,300,000 Americans who have signed the petition are clearly making a difference. Help keep the momentum going by signing the petition yourself, forwarding it to your friends and family, and calling your Congressman or Senator at 202-224-3121 and urging them to lift the federal ban on offshore drilling.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://gostats.com/">free hit counter</a><br /><br /><!-- End of Gostats.com web hit code -->Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-86793558463183138242008-03-20T08:48:00.002-05:002008-03-20T09:05:36.198-05:00PurimI want to wish all our Jewish friends a festive Purim. Today is the start of Purim this year. Purim is one of the most joyous and fun holidays on the Jewish calendar. It commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination.<br /><br />For a quick reference on Purim the website Judaism 101 has a great primer. <a href="http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm">http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm</a><br /><br />This year Easter and Purim are celebrated on the same weekend. In our house hold we always have a big Easter celebration. This years as usual we will be decorating Easter Eggs the traditional European way , by boiling the eggs in onion skins. Roast lamb and ham will be the main courses, with lots of side dishes, salads and appetizers. This year Easter will as usual be at our house . <br /><br />As of today we are looking at 18 people, but it might be as many as 22. ( we always have extended family and friends over for the holidays)<br /><br />So Happy Easter, a Joyous Purim and Happy 1st day of Spring!<br /><br /><!-- End of Gostats.com web hit code -->Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-19532064686087441132008-03-03T12:27:00.002-06:002008-03-03T13:12:56.317-06:00Feel the Love...Hi there! Happy New Year to all. Ah yes... the elections are coming up quick and on another note, as usual the islamic ones are at it again. And the beat goes on.....<br /><br /> On the international front we have the muslims threatening violence about a film to be released in Holland about ol Mo's life by Gert Wilders. <a href="http://jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/">http://jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/</a> Here in the US we have sharia creep in the form of Harvard kow towing to the muslims regarding separate woman's only hours for the student gym... <a href="http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=C9A33CD4-88D4-4162-A1C1-6777D90821EC">http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=C9A33CD4-88D4-4162-A1C1-6777D90821EC</a> <br /><br />And here on the home front in good ol Illinois, I finally got a reaction from one of our local "feel the love" types as I was on the road yesterday (Sunday) going to a Woodman"s store. (Woodman's is the best stock up store) As you may know from previous posts I and the rest of my family all have the Jihad Watch bumper stickers on our vehicles. <a href="http://www.heavystix.com/main.sc?sourceCode=Jihad_Watch">http://www.heavystix.com/main.sc?sourceCode=Jihad_Watch</a> (You too can order them from the link to the left)<br /><br />Any ways, as I was driving along on Algonquin road , I heard a car horn beeping in back of me, I glanced back and saw a little mini cooper with a male driver in it gesturing wildly. A little strange but , I didn't think too much of it as we live out in the way northwest outreaches of the collar counties and you do get some strange drivers. I checked to see what was going on in back, front and around me, didn't see anything , just other car, nothing unusual, and since I had been obaying all trafic laws and hadn't made any lane changes etc... I continued on. This little mini cooper then speeds up and gets on my bumper, and keeps honking. I ignored him, aperently getting him mad, and then he darts into the left lane to pass me, giving me the finger, honking his horn . As he passes I could see he was of possibly pakistani or other such descent. It started to make sense.<br /><br /> This yahoo was incensed that I knew the truth about islam and had the Jihad bumper stickers on my car! He objected to the "Defeat Jihad" and "Outlaw Sharia" bumper stickers. He passes to the left, gets back into my lane in front of me, and then slowed down, hitting his brakes, all the time giving me the finger.<br /><br /> I always drive defensively and had no problem avoiding hitting him or others. I just smiled, waved at him and laughed as I continued driving. I could tell he was watching me from his rear view mirror , and the fact that I smiled sweetly at him and waved just incensed him more! (After all, to add insult to his ego/honor, I was a woman laughing at him) He finally turned into a store parking lot of off Algonquin road, and I continued on my way to Woodman's. I felt good to get a rise from the islamic idiot, at least he knows that we are waking up to the threat that islam poses. <br /><br />Hope everyone had a great weekend, and blog on!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://gostats.com/">free hit counter</a><br /><br /><!-- End of Gostats.com web hit code -->Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-30861838822598918462007-12-11T07:51:00.000-06:002007-12-11T08:19:16.370-06:00Weather.....Here it is Tuesday morning in the great <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Midwest</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Chicago land</span> area, and it is wet! With all the hupla last night and even this morning about the freezing rain I actually left the house at 5:00 AM <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">thinking</span> it would be the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">commute</span> from hell..... actually, it wasn't all that bad. On a great morning , with little <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">traffic, </span>I can make it into work in about an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">hour</span>, this morning , it was an hour and 20 minutes.<br /><br />So.... I am hopeing that the temps stay around the 30's and that the weather men are wrong,..... we'll see what this afternoon brings.... (Hey, at least I get to take the train home tonight!)<br /><br />On another note, a friend just underwent <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">major</span> surgery yesterday, she broke her neck in a fall last week that she took on her deck. She's been <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">battling</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">alcoholism</span> for the last 18 months or so, and she had been drinking when she took the fall, I'm hopeing and praying that she recovers from this without any <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">paralysis</span> and that maybe this will be the wake up call she needs to get her life back on track. <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Unfortunately</span> even last week she seemed to be in denial about how bad her drinking problem was. I'm keeping her in my prayers, I'm hoping that others will also.<br /><br />Well, please keep warm and safe everyone....<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://gostats.com/">free hit counter</a>Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-59715234488894919222007-12-03T14:23:00.001-06:002007-12-03T15:53:14.707-06:00Porky Pig to be renamed Mohammid/Mohammed - News at 11!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_5Gi4jlJV3bjuG40_LvBf6T3ed4JxNdG-40qIUl0AO0sSwDsJypBVmVBUCkBYoNAVc62kmNsuAbzjcCnjGwuSeoZWdOuKsXYIrZXoUMpaJ-Mcp29wHT2Q6aOPXbwe8XDC0WJHvQ/s1600-r/wiped+teady+bear+by+islam+ol+mo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139849204428224066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu8gK59hgiECO5VvOT1L3SVXue7dJqTNMgw_dVD4y0lJTh6B5t6KP3XZXpDrKJT7M6nJ9Wvavy4_Ypjyr7TCphIwHySLKJhh_41aG9hARdIKsn5DzEqf8fU1bqw1sTuoPIxPRFvw/s400/wiped+teady+bear+by+islam+ol+mo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Bg-bxnzP58QIQVb3jz8_56wmHl0iHQNO-xm7XCv1a7VzY0n-vAZZd14FZGZG_sL98OJ30za8j4TqsTZqpXxsZBnjNuH2ZSbcFTQuTYxJjIxdyq-iLvxF_66m2VD6km-cE4anWw/s1600-r/mohamid+the+pig+kellerspig.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139845772749354546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGRqAV4HaYw3WxGcSgYOFZMM98yW_H-x7n2GXtkcs4-rTjzBIT3ynIl9hXmZM7lHECA7trVXMXy28sh8vIdefeGJB6l4pm32UxaXsZeEPeiuj5Sx2zRAMoWm0FSuKNHdi0ll-3kA/s400/mohamid+the+pig+kellerspig.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>There's been a lot of news about the crazy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">islamist</span></span> and their latest nuttiness, a full scale (what else) riot over a teddy bear named <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Mohammid</span></span>. (personally I wouldn't want to name any thing cute and cuddly after a murdering child rapist, pedophile, such as <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">mohammed</span>, but that just me....</span>) So , how about something more in line with the nature of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Ol</span></span> Mo, lets rename Porky the Pig, ..... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">MOHAMMID</span></span>! </div><br /><div></div><div>Actually , I like Porky , so that would really be an insult to Porky and all Pigs, cartoon, stuffed, or real..... <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Hmmm</span></span>..... I guess I will have to think on this one a bit longer.....</div><div></div><br /><div>Anyways , There's been allot of great articles , comments etc... regarding this latest travesty of the cult called <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">islam</span></span>.... the following are some great links... <a href="http://www.therudenews.com/?p=178">http://www.therudenews.com/?p=178</a> for your latest teddy bears for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">islamists</span></span> and others....</div><br /><div>and of course Robert Spencer at <a href="http://jihadwatch.org/">http://jihadwatch.org/</a> nails it with the following observations....</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><em>"Many have said that we are in is as much an ideological war as a shooting war. In so many ways, words can be as effective as bullets and bombs. So how do we win the war of ideas against the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">jihadists</span></span>? By remembering the Will Rogers Rule.</em></div><br /><div><br /><em>The great Depression-era comedian was a huge political force because he understood that you can do more political damage by hanging a good joke on someone than by calling him names. And that’s what we need to do in the defense against the global jihad and Islamic <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">supremacism</span></span>. Our greatest weapons can be humor and ridicule.</em></div><br /><div><br /><em>Sure, the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">jihadists</span></span> look lethally formidable now, but if they can be undone by a stuffed animal, let’s beam Jackie Mason and Dennis Miller behind the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Qur</span></span>’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">anic</span></span> curtain, and end this thing once and for all. "<br /></em><em></em></div><br /><div>So in that spirit...... I hope you enjoyed the pictures, cartoons , and stuffed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">mohammed</span></span> pig......</div><div></div><div>Make fun of all the crazy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">islamists</span></span> and their <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">pedophile</span> leader at every chance! </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>I just read the following post in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Dhimmi</span> Watch..... </div><div> </div><div> <em>"Everyone should start naming their pets <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Mohammed</span>."<br />I suggested that very thing myself just yesterday when I posted </em><a href="http://phreedom.us/observation/fish-muhammad/" rel="nofollow"><em>"A Fish Named Muhammad"</em></a><em>.</em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em>Posted by: </em><a href="http://phreedom.us/" rel="nofollow"><em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">phlembol</span></em></a><em> </em></div><div> </div><div> What a great name for a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">plecostomus</span> - other wise known by some as an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">algae</span> eater, or a scum sucker, therefor to honor <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">OL</span> MO, we here by re name one of our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">plecostomus's</span> -- Piggy <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Mohammed</span> II! <br /><a href="http://gostats.com/">free hit counter</a> </div></div>Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-61323604144441617492007-11-07T14:27:00.000-06:002007-11-07T15:28:35.534-06:00The self destructive mindset of some ....<a href="http://gostats.com/">free hit counter</a><br /><br /><br />It's been very busy these last few months and time has not allowed me to blog as I would have liked to. I want to share a few conversations I've had over the last few months with different persons....<br /><br />In Madison Wisconsin in September the Pagan community held a Pagan Pride festival, this was a nicely attended outdoor event with vendors , workshops, music etc... I have my DEFEAT JIHAD and OUTLAW SHARIA bumpers stickers on all of our family vehicles, and so of course these were visible as I was unloading for set up at the event.... the following is a conversation that happened that morning...<br /><br />A young man in his early twenties stopped me as I was setting up and proceeded to go on about how Christians are the murderers , etc... I explained that I don't see any christian telling me that I was inferior to men, and that if I didn't agree with their faith and convert to their form of belief I should be killed. I asked if he had actually read the koran? His response was ... ah... yah....ah....I have. I then asked him to explain abrogation... he could not. I asked him about the passages regarding woman and non believers, he didn't have a clue... I tried to explain that in the koran the only ones that would be allowed to keep their beliefs were the people of the book, Christians and Jews, and then only if they agreed to become dhimmi's. As a Pagan his only option would be to convert or be killed. He just kept on and on about how I was a biggit, I was wrong to have those bumper stickers on my car,etc... I finally just shook my head and told him that as a pagan he would have no choice but convert or die under islam, he called me a racist and walked away!<br /><br />Now I have always held the belief that everyone has a right to believe in what ever they whish as long as it does not interfere with my life, and they do not try to impose their views on me. It goes back to what I have said in the past, lets agree to disagree, just don't impose your ideals onto me.<br /><br />islame (and I do mean lame) is a system that tries to impose its beliefs on others and states that unless you convert , as a person that is not of the book, your only other choice is death! Now tell me , how can anyone who calls themselves a Pagan defend this! ARRGH>>>>>>>>>>!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /><br />At another event earlier this summer, at the Chicago Highland Games in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Oakbrook</span>, I got into a conversation with a woman about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">islam</span> and it started out with the usual PC tripe from her about how all <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">religion's</span> are equal, blah, blah, blah,... But the difference was that she was willing to listen, and I explained the passages about beating woman, a woman's word being worth only half of a mans in a court of law. How <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">islam</span> believes that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ol</span> mo was perfect and that is why they follow him as a perfect example of a man. About <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Asha</span>, how mo raped her at age seven, how they believe that the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">koran</span> was the final word of their god, and the concept of abrogation... etc... I gave her a card with the web addresses for <a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/">www.jihadwatch.org</a> and other web sites... and she actually went away from our conversation willing to question what she had been hearing about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">islam</span>.... so there is hope.... some are willing to open up their minds... and then there are others like the young man from Madison who will one day wake up and ask what happened...?Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-53468903350322844002007-08-01T12:47:00.000-05:002007-08-01T13:14:36.296-05:00Flushed Korans and Protected Victims - Great article by Robert Spencer!In today's issue of Front Page Magazine <a href="frontpagemagazine.com"></a> Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch has a wonderful article regarding the Pace University case where, Stanislav Shmulevich, was arrested Friday and charged with two felony counts of Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree as a Hate Crime for "flushing a koran".<br /><br />I wrote about this in my last post.... here is Robert's article....<br /><br /><em>Flushed Korans and Protected Victims <br />By Robert Spencer<br />FrontPageMagazine.com | 8/1/2007 <br /><br />A 23-year-old student at Pace University, Stanislav Shmulevich, was arrested Friday and charged with two felony counts of Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree as a Hate Crime. Numerous analysts have been quick to recognize the cruel irony of these charges. Mark Steyn quipped that instead of flushing the Qur’an, “obviously Mr Shmulevich should have submerged it in his own urine, applied for an NEA grant and offered it to the Whitney Biennial. But to that Michelle Malkin responded with the grim truth: “Actually, no. The NEA would have turned Shmulevich in to the police, too. Now, if he had submerged a Bible in urine or coated a Torah in cow dung and submitted it for a federal grant, he’d be sitting pretty–and facing rave New York Times editorials instead of time behind bars.”<br /><br /><br />And that’s why, as Christopher Hitchens said, “This has to stop, and it has to stop right now. There can be no concession to sharia in the United States. When will we see someone detained, or even cautioned, for advocating the burning of books in the name of God? If the police are honestly interested in this sort of ‘hate crime,’ I can help them identify those who spent much of last year uttering physical threats against the republication in this country of some Danish cartoons.” <br /><br /><br />Indeed, it has to stop. For all the examples of the double standard that he, Malkin and others have brought forth – from Piss Christ to Chris Ofili’s Turner-Prize-winning, elephant-dung and pornography-bedecked Virgin Mary and the rest – emphasize the fact that the real agenda of today’s dominant politically correct culture is certainly not tolerance, or even anything-goes moral relativism. Some things most emphatically don’t go, as Stanislav Shmulevich’s two felony charges indicate. As a cultural movement, political correctness and multiculturalism are emphatically anti-Western and anti-Christian. And they are also suicidal.<br /><br /><br />But it is not going to stop. As mad as the felony charges against him are, Stanislav Shmulevich most likely is not the end of anything, but rather the beginning. We are unlikely as a society to become a place in which disrespect or even hatred of Christianity comes to be regarded as just as dangerous to the social order as disrespect or hatred of Islam, and we are just as unlikely to return to a saner time when one could not be prosecuted for disliking someone else’s beliefs (in which case Shmulevich would have to pay for the books, and for any necessary plumbing work, but that would be all). We have become a society of sacrosanct protected classes whose victim status places them above all criticism. Those individuals and groups who do not enjoy victim status can be shredded with impunity in the public square, and the shredders are hailed as “courageous,” “iconoclastic,” and “irreverent.” But if the protected group is criticized in any way, we are told that the criticism creates a climate of “hostility” and “hate” that can culminate in yet more victimization.<br /><br /><br />The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has worked assiduously for years to claim this protected victim status for Muslims, and its reaction to this incident has allowed them to articulate how they want Muslims in America to be regarded. CAIR-NY Civil Rights Coordinator Aliya Latif said: “We must all be concerned when any actions cross the line from protected free speech to acts designed to intimidate. Just as there is a difference between someone burning a cross in their own backyard and burning that same cross in the yard of an African-American family, there is a difference between desecrating a religious text in a private setting and doing so in a setting that will create a hostile learning environment.” Muslims are the new blacks, and CAIR is the new NAACP; this statement is of a piece with CAIR’s annual hate crimes report, which attempts, often in quite imaginative ways, to project an image of Muslims as bravely going about their daily lives in an American society that is inveterately hostile, racist, and on the verge of breaking out into open violence against them. <br /><br /><br />Yet this is nothing more than a myth. A potent one, to be sure, but a myth. Muslims are not being lynched, or persecuted, or discriminated against in America. Time and time again breathless media-amplified fears of “backlash” against Muslims prove unfounded, and Muslims continue to practice their faith here with more freedom than they enjoy in most of the countries from which they came. That’s why Stanislav Shmulevich and his flushed Qur’ans are a windfall for American Muslim advocacy groups: he has now validated the victim status they so doggedly claim. And until the American public discourse can dare to break away from the protected-victim model and its subtext of white Christian guilt, these groups will experience many more such windfalls, whenever someone acts obnoxiously or boorishly toward any Muslim or Islamic object. The American public square today simply has no apparatus for dealing with the possibility that the protected victims might be perpetrating evil themselves. The cognitive dissonance regarding Muslims since 9/11 is ultimately what has given birth to 9/11 conspiracy theories, Reichstag fire analogies, and the like. Muslims can’t be responsible, because they are non-white, non-Christian, non-Westerners. It must be something we have done.<br /><br /><br />Most ominous of all is the fact that policymakers at the highest levels assume this. Western leaders routinely assume that money will defeat terrorism: that alleviating poverty in the Islamic world will end the jihad. This assumption rests on a further assumption: that the jihad imperative doesn’t arise from anything within the Islamic world that would still be present even if the West somehow began to treat Muslims better. For Muslims are victims, and Westerners are the guilty party.<br /><br /><br />That is the West’s guiding myth. It is why desecration of the Bible will continue to be celebrated as art, and desecration of the Qur’an as a “hate crime.” So also is an objective examination of the elements of Islam that jihadists use today to incite to violence, for that violence is all the fault of the guilty post-Christians of Europe and America.<br /><br /><br />If the West is to survive the challenge of the global jihad, this foundational myth must be brought out into the open, repudiated, and decisively rejected. </em><br /><br />I stand by what i stated in my last post.... everyone request your free koran from cair and do as you will with it.... as other posters in Jihad Watch stated.... we need to stand up for our freedom of speech, we need to stand up to these islamic bullies and say no to sharia law. <br /><br />Each of us has to stand up for our freedoms, stand up for what we cherish. Talk to people about the true islam, tell them how islam is not a religion of peace, cite examples, give out websites etc... Let people know in little ways, put a bumper sticker from Jihad Watch on your car or cars, distribute flyer's and business cards telling the truth about islam. Give away copies of books that might help someone better understand what is happening. (Robert Spencer's books are great for that) We cannot let our lives be taken away from us, our freedoms, our liberties, piece by piece! <br /><br />My own family has both the Defeat Jihad and Outlaw Sharia bumper stickers on each of our vehicles. We always order extra copies of books as they come out and if someone takes an interest in what we are reading we will give them the book.<br /><br />Write letter to the editors of your local newspapers when you see a story that tries to gloss over islam etc..., talk to friends...coworkers, etc.... The word is getting out , although slowly, ....we cannot afford to be PC any longer!Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-60226773602338002552007-07-30T14:42:00.000-05:002007-07-30T14:55:29.709-05:00Insanity is here! - Criminal complaint against Qur'an-flusherMichelle Malkin has the full story on her blog along with some great comments..... <br /><br /><br /><em>Which of these is a crime in America? Update: Criminal complaint added.<br />By Michelle Malkin • July 30, 2007 01:57 PM Bumped–originally posted July 29, 2007 @ 22:07<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />***<br />A pop quiz for you. Which of these is a hate crime in America?<br /><br />A) Submerging a crucifix in a jar of urine.<br /><br /><br /><br />B) Burning the American flag.<br /><br /><br /><br />C) Putting a Koran in a toilet.<br /><br /><br /><br />Each is offensive and tasteless in its own way. But only one is a hate crime in the eyes of the law — C) — and 23-year-old Stanislav Shmulevich of Brooklyn faces jail time for it. He’s a Pace University student arrested on Friday on hate-crime charges after he threw a Koran in a toilet at Pace University on two separate occasions, according to police.<br /><br />Charles Johnson at LGF has been in contact with Shmulevich. He reports that the student has been charged with two felonies, criminal mischief and aggravated harassment. Allahpundit has a thorough legal review.<br /><br />Mark Steyn muses about the flushed Koran: “Obviously Mr Shmulevich should have submerged it in his own urine, applied for an NEA grant and offered it to the Whitney Biennial.”<br /><br />Actually, no. The NEA would have turned Shmulevich in to the police, too. Now, if he had submerged a Bible in urine or coated a Torah in cow dung and submitted it for a federal grant, he’d be sitting pretty–and facing rave New York Times editorials instead of time behind bars.<br /><br />***<br /><br />More reax…<br /><br />Phil Orenstein at The Democracy Project has “been involved over the past year battling the censorship and outrages of the film police at Pace, where the administrators caved in to Muslim Student Association’s pressure and threatened police action against Hillel if they showed the film Obsession.” Orenstein notes the “double standard lurking at Pace, throughout academia and trickling down throughout the body politic where Muslims and certain identity groups get preferential treatment while others are spurned.”<br /><br />There is no right in a democracy not to be offended although the threats and bullying tactics of CAIR and MSA have forced the hand of Pace administrators and New York’s Police Department to do their sinister bidding.<br />Andrew Bostom digs deeper:<br /><br />Western discourse must move well beyond condemnation of clumsy acts of disapproval, such as Koran flushing, and their aggressive prosecution under pressure by Muslim avatars of real hatred, and abettors of murderous jihad terrorism, such as CAIR—to more fundamental and unnerving questions: What role do Koranic injunctions themselves—eternal and beyond criticism (least of all by non-Muslims)—play in inciting “criminal mischief and aggravated mischief”, and much more heinous crimes against humanity, including jihad genocide, and the destruction of non-Muslim religious, cultural, and political institutions?<br />Rick Moran:<br /><br />The Korans Mr. Shmulevich threw in the toilet were school property taken from a “meditation room” on campus. Now I’m not a lawyer and will make no attempt to analyze the legal issues regarding this case. But Allah has the language of the statutes under which Mr. Shmulevich is being charged with a hate crime and to these layman’s eyes, it is perplexing to me why the prosecutor would be charging Mr. Shmulevich under either of these statutes. Instead, it appears to be a case where the prosecutor files more serious charges in hopes the defendant will plead to lesser ones.<br /><br />Charge him with stealing the Korans, yes. Perhaps even charge him with a misdemeanor for vandalizing school property. But charging the man with two felony counts under dubious circumstances smacks of prosecutorial overkill.</em><br /><br />I stand in allegiance with one of the commenter's on her site, I believe we should all, that is every last one of us, make sure to use the quran as toilet paper at every opertunity when we use public toilets, port a podies etc.... Keep in mind folks we can get free copies from our friends at cair. My family has two of them,(compliments of cair) that we use for referencing and highlighting passages etc..., and you can be assured they are in their proper place of respect , on the floor next to the toilet on both the first floor bathroom and the second floor bathrooms. Looks like we will be requesting a third copy for our use in public toilets as tissue!Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-53205781825290333132007-07-27T09:17:00.000-05:002007-07-27T09:56:14.511-05:00Gay Artist Burns Rare $60,000.00 Koran - (In undisclosed place, somewhere in Chicago.....) ROFLLately I've been getting a good laugh, yesterday it was our buds the Iranians and the Zionist plot of Harry Potter.... Today it's the stupidity of this "Gay Artist" equating Christianity and islam"e" as being the same. The artist, <em> Merrill stated, "Both ancient books are terrorist manuals." <br /></em><br /><br />The following article is in Market Watch.... <br />Gay Artist Burns Rare $60,000.00 Koran<br /><br /><br /><br />Last Update: 7:50 AM ET Jul 26, 2007<br /><br /><br /><em>NEW YORK, July 26, 2007 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Charles Merrill, the artist who recently edited the Holy Bible with a black marker and pair of scissors, has lately burned a rare Islamic Holy Book, The Koran, valued at $60,000.00, in an undisclosed Chicago location. "The purpose of editing and burning Abrahamic Holy Books is to eliminate homophobic hate," Merrill stated. "Both ancient books are terrorist manuals." <br />He continues, "I inherited the rare Islamic book from my late wife, Evangeline Johnson Merrill. As the daughter of the founder of the international pharmaceutical giant, Johnson and Johnson, Inc., doors of kings and queens opened to her around the world. Evangeline was given the rare manuscript by the late King of Jordan when she was on a mission for the United Nations in the 1950's." <br />"Airplanes are flown into buildings because of words, and hate crimes against gays," Merrill said. <br />Merrill is a self-made millionaire, artist, fervent atheist and cousin of the co-founder of Merrill Lynch. <br />Broadway Gallery is pleased to present Charles Merrill, artist, gay activist and iconoclast. Merrill's exhibition incorporates themes of LGBT activism and the spiritual customs associated with indigenous cultures in his work. <br />Using boldly colored acrylic and oil paint on large canvases, many are geometric compositions with recurring motifs of triangles, circles, lines, and arrows. The upside-down pink triangles in his work originate from a sinister source -- it was the emblem that gays had to wear in Nazi concentration camps. <br />Notably, another form of Merrill's activism is his altruism. All proceeds from works sold at his show at Broadway Gallery benefit the Williams Institute UCLA Sexual Orientation Legal Think Tank. Merrill wants "to make social change, educate, to leave the world a better place for the next generation of oppressed people." Merrill can be located on the Internet at http://www.merrillcharles.com.</em><br /><br />It's interesting to note he had no death threats on him by Christians, and was very public about the black lineing of the bible text.... yet he burns the quoran in an "undisclosed place" ... hmmm... maybe deep down he does realize the diference, the christians are not going to put a death sentance on his head, the muslims will! .....yea...sure you betcha...the two faiths are the same.... what a hypocritical ass, he needs to call it like it is, islam is a death cult, and while christianity may not aprove of homosexuality it will not call for your death if you practice it or .... gasp..... dare to burn their vile pile of filth known as the quoran......Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-76131644395785901272007-07-26T15:29:00.000-05:002007-07-26T15:50:42.618-05:00Harry Potter is a Zionist Plot! (ROFL)Yes - I am a Harry Potter fan and had pre-ordered it on Amazon.com, and spent the past weekend reading the final book. (By the way, in my humble opinion, this was the best in the series and JKR did a fab job of tying up loose ends!) <br /><br />My nieces and nephews and I have hade a tradition since the first movie of always getting together and seeing each movie on the opening day, and afterwards going out for ice cream etc.. to discuss the movie, compare it against the book etc.. <br /><br />My husband and I have even dressed up for the movies at times, we've found the books and movies to be wonderful! (As have our nieces and nephews) I was very plesently surprised this last time to find that our oldest nephew, who is now 18, actually made a point of calling us to ask if we were going to get together as "tradional" and he wanted to make sure to be included! <br /><br />So .... while the rest of the world marvels at the genius of JKR and her ability to show how evil can and will be defeated by good, our not so friendly muslims , as usual see only that .... , now.... wait for it......, thats right,.... you've guessed it..... <strong>Harry Potter,is a Zionist agent</strong><br /><br />Thanks to Jihad Watch:<br /><br /><em>"Iranian Daily: Harry Potter, Billion-Dollar Zionist Project," from the MEMRI blog (thanks to WriterMom):<br /><br />In an article, the Iranian daily Kayhan, which is identified with Iranian Supreme Leader 'Ali Khamenei, criticized Iran's Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry for approving the distribution of the new book in the "Harry Potter" series. <br />The paper said that "Harry Potter" was a Zionist project in which billions of dollars had been invested in order to disrupt the minds of young people.<br /><br />Source: Kayhan, Iran, July 26, 2007<br /><br /><br />Meanwhile, speaking of crafty Zionists, I was struck by this passage from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that Jihad Watch reader Wallhacker sent me. He says it's on page 437 of the American edition and page 355 in the British/Canadian edition. Of course, J. K. Rowling has never heard of us or our little effort here, but as one of the only ones who tell the truth about what's going on while nearly all the programmes are following You-Know-Who's line, I couldn't help but chuckle:<br /><br />"Potterwatch, didn't I tell that's what it was called? The programme I keep trying to get on the radio, the only one tells the truth about what's going on! Nearly all the programmes are following You-Know-Who's line, all except Potterwatch. I really want to hear it, but it's tricky tuning in..." </em><br /><br />Sigh.............Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-10157051608581549242007-07-17T10:42:00.001-05:002007-07-17T11:09:02.105-05:00More Dhimmi tripe from the US GovtI am again contacting my congress person and the white house to protest my tax dollars going for this! <br /><br />A <a href="http://www.nypost.com/seven/07172007/postopinion/editorials/propping_up_fatah_editorials_.htm" target="_blank">New York Post</a> editorial skewers the Bush Administration's fantasy-based policymaking regarding Fatah, Here, Here! We need to have more of this out there! :<br /><br />July 17, 2007 -- Yet again, the United States, Western Europe and Israel are putting all their diplomatic eggs in the basket of a Palestinian leadership they consider moderate, in a bid to move the Middle East peace process forward.<br /><br />But is there any reason to believe Mahmoud Abbas can succeed - or that he even wants to?<br />President Bush yesterday laid out a series of incentives aimed at propping up Abbas' Fatah-led government, which last month lost control of Gaza to the terrorists of Hamas in a violent confrontation.<br /><br />Bush's goodies include $190 million in direct U.S. assistance, $228 million in loans and $80 million in U.S. aid to bolster the Palestinian security services.<br /><br />He also announced a summit conference this fall among supporters of a two-state solution, bolstered the idea of an eventual Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and called on world leaders to "provide decisive support for Palestinian leaders working for peace."<br /><br />Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert joined in, announcing the release of Palestinian prisoners, agreeing to stop hunting down 200 Abbas-affiliated terrorists and allowing the mastermind of the 1974 Ma'alot school massacre to attend a key political meeting in the West Bank.<br /><br />It's a dramatic show of support - but can Abbas deliver? Or are the U.S. and Israel - under international pressure to jump-start the diplomatic stalemate, and fearful of further Hamas gains in the Palestinian-controlled territories - propping up a paper tiger?<br /><br />Read it all.<br /><br />On another note, Minnesota's congressman Ellis is at it again showing his true colors with his comments on 9/11. my question is ... What the hell was Minnesota thinking when they voted him in? God help the folks in Minnesota!<br /><br /><br />I do like the comments from A_Plague_on_Both_Houses on Jihad Watch today , regarding Ellison's use of Jefferson's koran :<br /><br /><em>Since we have a picture of Rep. Ellison swearing on Jefferson's Qur'an I'd like to forward a history lesson which many of us know already, but could be useful for other jihadwatchers. This hits home with me especially since my family recently took a long trip up the East Coast to visit historic sites among other things. We stood on the deck of the USS Constitution, the oldest commissioned war ship in the world. It was built to address the problem of Islamic piracy in the Mediterranean Sea. That is the same topic of this forwarded note.</em><br /><em><br />==========================================<br /><br />Subject: History Lesson about Muslims in the world & U.S. past<br /><br />Democrat Keith Ellison is now officially the first Muslim United States congressman. True to his pledge, he placed his hand on the Quran, the Muslim book of jihad and pledged his allegiance to the United States during his ceremonial swearing-in.<br /><br />Capitol Hill staff said Ellison's swearing-in photo opportunity drew more media than they had ever seen in the history of the U.S.House. Ellison represents the 5th Congressional District of Minnesota.<br /><br />The Qur'an Ellison used was no ordinary book. It once belonged to Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States and one of America's founding fathers. Ellison borrowed it from the Rare Book Section of the Library of Congress. It was one of the 6,500 Jefferson books archived in the library.<br /><br />Ellison, who was born in Detroit and converted to Islam while in college, said he chose to use Jefferson's Quran because it showed that "a visionary like Jefferson" believed that wisdom could be gleaned from many sources.<br /><br />"And now for the rest of the story"..........<br /><br />There is no doubt Ellison was right about Jefferson believing wisdom could be "gleaned" from the Muslim Quran. At the time Jefferson owned the book, he needed to know everything possible about Muslims because he was about to advocate war against the Islamic "Barbary" states of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Tripoli.<br /><br />Ellison's use of Jefferson's Qur'an as a prop illuminates a subject once well-known in the history of the United States, but, which today, is mostly forgotten - the Muslim pirate slavers who over many centuries enslaved millions of Africans and tens of thousands of Christian Europeans and Americans in the Islamic "Barbary" states.<br /><br />Over the course of 10 centuries, Muslim pirates cruised the African and Mediterranean coastline, pillaging villages and seizing slaves.<br /><br />The taking of slaves in pre-dawn raids on unsuspecting coastal villages had a high casualty rate. It was typical of Muslim raiders to kill off as many of the "non-Muslim" older men and women as possible so the preferred "booty" of only young women and children could be collected.<br /><br />Young non-Muslim women were targeted because of their value as concubines in Islamic markets. Islamic law provides for the sexual interests of Muslim men by allowing them to take as many as four wives at one time and to have as many concubines as their fortunes allow.<br /><br />Boys, as young as 9 or 10 years old, were often mutilated to create eunuchs who would bring higher prices in the slave markets of the Middle East. Muslim slave traders created "eunuch stations" along major African slave routes so the necessary surgery could be performed. It was estimated that only a small number of the boys subjected to the mutilation survived after the surgery.(castration)<br /><br />When American colonists rebelled against British rule in 1776, American merchant ships lost Royal Navy protection. With no American Navy for protection, American ships were attacked and their Christian crews enslaved by Muslim pirates operating under the control of the "Dey of Algiers"--an Islamist warlord ruling Algeria.<br /><br />Because American commerce in the Mediterranean was being destroyed by the pirates, the Continental Congress agreed in 1784 to negotiate treaties with the four Barbary States. Congress appointed a special commission consisting of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, to oversee the negotiations.<br /><br />Lacking the ability to protect its merchant ships in the Mediterranean, the new America government tried to appease the Muslim slavers by agreeing to pay tribute and ransoms in order to retrieve seized American ships and buy the freedom of enslaved sailors.<br /><br />Adams argued in favor of paying tribute as the cheapest way to get American commerce in the Mediterranean moving again. Jefferson was opposed. He believed there would be no end to the demands for tribute and wanted matters settled "through the medium of war." He proposed a league of trading nations to force an end to Muslim piracy.<br /><br />In 1786, Jefferson, then the American ambassador to France, and Adams, then the American ambassador to Britain, met in London with Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja, the "Dey of Algiers" ambassador to Britain.<br /><br />The Americans wanted to negotiate a peace treaty based on Congress' vote to appease.<br />During the meeting Jefferson and Adams asked the Dey's ambassador why Muslims held so much hostility towards America, a nation with which they had no previous contacts.<br />In a later meeting with the American Congress, the two future presidents reported that Ambassador Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja had answered that Islam "was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that it was written in their Quran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman (Muslim) who should be slain in Battle was sure to go to Paradise."<br /><br />For the following 15 years, the American government paid the Muslims millions of dollars for the safe passage of American ships or the return of American hostages. The payments in ransom and tribute amounted to 20 percent of United States government annual revenues in 1800.<br /><br />Not long after Jefferson's inauguration as president in 1801, he dispatched a group of frigates to defend American interests in the Mediterranean, and informed Congress.<br />Declaring that America was going to spend "millions for defense but not one cent for tribute," Jefferson pressed the issue by deploying American Marines and many of America's best warships to the Muslim Barbary Coast.<br /><br />The USS Constitution, USS Constellation, USS Philadelphia, USS Chesapeake, USS Argus, USS Syren and USS Intrepid all saw action.<br /><br />In 1805, American Marines marched across the dessert from Egypt into Tripolitania, forcing the surrender of Tripoli and the freeing of all American slaves.<br /><br />During the Jefferson administration, the Muslim Barbary States, crumbling as a result of intense American naval bombardment and on shore raids by Marines, finally officially agreed to abandon slavery and piracy.<br /><br />Jefferson's victory over the Muslims lives on today in the Marine Hymn, with the line, "From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, we will fight our country's battles on the land as on the sea."<br /><br />It wasn't until 1815 that the problem was fully settled by the total defeat of all the Muslim slave trading pirates.<br /><br />Jefferson had been right. The "medium of war" was the only way to put and end to the Muslim problem. Mr. Ellison was right about Jefferson. He was a "visionary" wise enough to read and learn about the enemy from their own Muslim book of jihad.<br /><br />===================================<br /><br />I've posted a copy of this email since it illustrates how long running the long-running problem our United States have had with Islamic ideology. The United States have fought Islamic jihadism in the past, but we tend to forget things like this since the nation has always been more concerned with future progress rather than past injuries. We're truly 'different' than most nations in this aspect.<br /><br />But we've been here before and we'll be here again and again until we a) name the enemy b) resolve to overcome it.<br /><br />The belief system Islam is the root cause and enemy of our civilization, but it's neither impossible to overcome nor unchangeable. It's an inflexible and limiting belief system and both of these traits make it extremely vulnerable. To beat it, we must recognize it, name it, and face it head on.<br /><br /> We've fought destructive ideologies in the past -- European Fascism and Communism in the last century. Islam is similar to both of these ideologies in its agenda, worldly ambitions and methods of operation.<br /><br /> We've taken on more lethal examples of the Dark Nature of Man and destroyed them as a threat. We need to take the time to do the same with Islam at this point in History.<br /><br /><strong>Millions for Defense but not a Dime for Tribute. </strong><br /><br />Some things should never go out of style.</em><br /></em><em></em><br /><em>read it all at : </em><a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/017414.php#comments"><em>http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/017414.php#comments</em></a><br /><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><em></em><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://gostats.com/">free hit counter</a>Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-1154024032160188972006-07-27T12:45:00.000-05:002006-07-27T13:32:00.493-05:00Summer is here, and war is in the air!Ah yes.... Summer is here, besides it being a time to relax for some, others such those fuzzy little darlings known as the hezbollah and hamas, see it as a time to once again strike at those that they like to blame for all their ills .... Those "evil jooooos" (here we hear in the back ground, boo's and hissss's coming from the peanut gallery , otherwise known as the islamic middle east, and those lovely hellholes outside of the middle east, that never the less, count themselves as islamic paradise's in their own demented minds)<br /><br />And of course let's not forget Iran, with the new kid on the block, the ever scraggly presz, what a darling, always wanting to be the center of attention,..... Can we say 2nd coming of the iman. (Let's watch for Iran to "unleash" (Nuke?) this so called 2nd iman in August, around the 22th maybe?)<br /><br />Yes, Iran seems to be one of the puppetmasters in this little production. But, never wanting to be left out , we have al-quida announcing to the whole world, (or at least those that will listen) that guess what..... islam is at war with the world! (Listen up Europe , the United States , and everyone who wants to keep their heads, not to mention their current way of life! It's being stated clearly , no holds bared!)<br /><br /><em>On Jihad Watch in the comments section today was the following....</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>The question was asked.....What will it take for the West to unite?" winston</em><br /><br />Put aside all other issues that may divide us and unite against a common problem....Islam.<br /><br />I have managed to argue with some success with liberals by ignoring all the other issues I might disagree by getting them to admit that Islam is the problem. Use a plan depending on who you are talking too.<br /><br />(1) Religion: Remember most libs and semi-libs do not like or don't trust religion. Thus use that to motivate them to dislike what Islam is.<br /><br />(2) Women: If talking to a women's rights activist use the many examples of what happens to a women in Islamic nations. Give them examples from the classical Islamic teachings and give them examples of what is said now.<br /><br />(3) If talking to a homosexual use examples of what happens to homosexuals in Egypt or Arabia to motivate them to take up the cause.<br /><br />(4) Bleeding Hearts: If dealing with bleading hearts show them what muslims are doing to minorities in their countries.<br /><br />(5) African-Americans: If dealing with a liberal african-american show what is going on Africa now. Show them the slave trade and slavery in Africa today. Then put that in historical context. Islam started the african slave trade etc.<br /><br />(6) Be positive! Talk about common belief in freedom etc. How we can get along etc. Don't try to convert them to your faith and please don't shove your faith in their face because it will turn them off. Don't even give them you political party.<br /><br />(7) Don't attack them but give them reasons to dislike Islam. The key is to separate our common dislike of Islam from other issues like taxes, abortion, stem cells, religion, etc.<br /><br />(8) when all else fails show them human suffering caused by muslims and point them in the correct direction.<br /><br />These work in the U.S. but different plans will have to developed in other countries.<br /><br />Remember united we stand divided we fall.....<br /><br /><em>This was posted by: greatcometof1577 </em><a class="commenter-profile" href="http://profile.typekey.com/greatcometof1577"></a><em>at </em><a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/012401.php#c248157"><em>July 27, 2006 11:52 AM</em></a><em> </em><br /><br /><br /><br />So summer is here, sorry about the lack of posts these last months but between work, my other work, family and travel for work, I haven't had much free time. I'm hoping to remedy that , and post more often..... in the mean time, you will see my comments here and there as I peruse other blogs of interest.....<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://gostats.com">free hit counter</a>Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-1146582379486614002006-05-02T08:52:00.000-05:002006-05-02T10:06:19.590-05:00Immigration March in Chicago - Muslim is a nationality?As I was getting ready for work this morning I was listening to the radio , WGN 720 (a Chicago news radio station) , They were doing a story on the illegal immigrant march held yesterday in Chicago and were naming some of the groups represented followed by sound bites from each group. First from Mexicans, then from the Irish , Followed by what WGN identified as <strong>Nigerian's</strong>, (all good and well, except that when identified as the speaker for <strong>the "Nigerian's</strong>" the sound bite proceeded to have the persons stating that there were over <strong>400,000 muslims in the chicagoland area and they demanded to be heard! </strong>Note that the person did NOT say Nigerian's, but muslims!<br /><br />Now correct me if I am wrong here but not all persons that are Nigerian are muslim, and there are not 400,000 muslim Nigerian's in Chicagoland? Since when is a religion (or at least the ideology of islam, claiming to be a religion.) an ethnicity? Interesting how this immigration march is being used by the muslims as another deceptive way (can anyone say taqiyya) to get around the legal right of a country to screen who gets in. No one has a divine right to enter into and settle in any other country! I find it appalling that the muslims have used the guise of representing Nigeria, when islam, Nigeria's muslim population, are committing genocide against the Christian and native (non Christian, non muslim) religious peoples of Nigeria!<br /><br />My goddaughter's dad is Ibo, a Catholic, and his family has experienced first hand the atrocities of the muslims in his former homeland.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://gostats.com">free hit counter</a>Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-1146497623405657992006-05-01T09:52:00.000-05:002006-05-02T08:51:21.753-05:00Back from Washington DC, what a weekend!The last few weeks have been very busy with work, my personal life and this weekend was my chance to get away , attend a great symposium sponsored by America's Truth Forum:<em>The Underlying Roots Of Terrorism: Terrorism's Threat to World Peace & National Security<br /></em><br />Mr B and I were not able to attend the Friday evening reception, as our flight came in late that evening. The feedback I heard was great, and the other attendies that were their were very pleased . I did get feed back that one of the speakers , Richard Miniter, author of Losing bin Laden and Shadow War was totally clue less as to the truth of islam being responsible for jihad, the koran being the gamebook quoted by tjhe jihadi's.<br /><br />To quote Robert spencer on <a href="http://www.dhimmiwatch.org">www.dhimmiwatch.org</a> : <em>Richard Miniter, author of Losing bin Laden and Shadow War, demonstrated once again that he doesn't have the first foggiest idea what Islam or the global jihad are all about. Miniter challenged the crowd head-on, saying at the outset of his speech that many of those listening would not like him in four or five minutes. And he was right -- at least in terms of this listener's agreement with his assertions. </em><br /><em><br />To say that the war on terror had anything to do with Islam, he asserted, was to agree with Osama bin Laden and to foreclose any possibility of cultivating allies among Muslims. He said that there were no more than 50,000 or so Salafis worldwide, and that we are at war with them, not with the billion-plus Muslims in the world. We should take note, he said, of </em><a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/008490.php" target="_blank"><em>a Yemeni program that used the Qur'an to turn mujahedin into lambs</em></a><em>. </em><br /></em><em><br />There were, in fact, so many false assumptions and erroneous assertions in his twenty-minute address that I don't have time to unpack them all here. But I am writing this because Miniter's is an influential voice, and his perspective is still mainstream. And because his kind of thinking has led the U.S. into numerous policy blind alleys -- witness the Abdul Rahman case in Afghanistan, which happened because the wonks at State were (and are) insufficiently concerned about the Sharia provision in the Afghan Constitution.<br /><br />The Yemeni program, as you can see from the link above, was a sham. The "rehabilitated" terrorists told the judge what he wanted to hear, got their early release, and went back to the jihad. To agree with Osama bin Laden that Islam is at the core of the global conflict today is not to endorse his jihad, but merely to recognize why his appeal has such power in the Islamic world today. Nor is recognizing the role of the Islamic jihad ideology in inciting violence today tantamount to writing off peaceful Muslims and foreclosing on any alliances with them. Rather, it focuses the hard questions we need to ask them in order to make sure that their moderation is genuine and not feigned. This is being done virtually nowhere in the world today. No one seems to care whether or not a Muslim holds to the overall goals of Osama bin Laden -- to institute Sharia in the Muslim world and ultimately over the non-Muslim world as well -- as long as the Muslim in question doesn't pursue that goal by violent means. Yet the many non-violent, sub-radar, subversive ways in which this goal is being advanced today are ultimately much more important than the violent ones. And it is being advanced by a much larger group than Miniter's 50,000 violent Salafis.<br /><br />If Miniter and those who agree with them don't want to get their intellectual pockets picked, and end up being made into useful idiots of the jihad, they need to make sure that the moderates they are so avid to work with don't share those goals. They need to ask them: do you believe in the indefinite peaceful coexistence of Muslims and non-Muslims as equals? Do you accept Western constitutional pluralism? Would you like to see Sharia someday adopted in the West? They need to examine the actions of these moderates to make sure that the answers given weren't deceptive.<br /><br />There is so much deception among self-proclaimed moderates, and it is only abetted by wishful thinking, fuzzy thinking, and half-truths. To ignore the problem within Islam is only to allow it to grow and metastasize. How can we prevail over a challenge we won't confront?<br />It was disappointing to see dhimmi self-deception even in a conference devoted to speaking realistically about terror issues, but ultimately, given the fog that envelops us, it is not it is not surprising. </em><br /><br />Security was very profesional and tight, in fact the symposium started a little late because of that. I am glad to report that the conference room was full, and there was a general buzz heard through out the room prior to the speakers as people were talking, and exchanging ideas etc....<br /><br />The line up for the day was exceptional. The first speaker up was Brigitte Gabriel, if you have never seen her speak she is a little dinomite. She had us in the palm of her hand , and her life story had many of us in tears. She then proceeded to get everyone back up again, and energized, she trully is remarkable. Please check out her website at: <a href="http://www.ameriocancongressfortruth.com">www.ameriocancongressfortruth.com</a><br /></em><br />More about the symposium to come latter.......</em>Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8916720.post-1144948402927146642006-04-13T11:55:00.000-05:002006-04-13T12:19:06.090-05:00CBS Poll shows Sinking Perceptions Of Islam<em>Well at least people are starting to wake up to the truth about islam......</em><br /><br />CBS) Although Americans believe they are better informed about Islam than they were five years ago, a new CBS News poll finds fewer than one in five say their impression of the religion is favorable.<br /><br />Forty-five percent of respondents queried April 6 - 9 said they have an unfavorable view of Islam, a rise from 36 percent in February. And the publics impression of Islam has diminished even more compared with four years ago. In February 2002 less than six months after the terrorist attacks of September 11 the country was evenly divided in its impression of Islam.<br /><br />FAVORABLE<br />Now 19%<br />2002 30%<br /><br />UNFAVORABLE<br />Now 45%<br />2002 33%<br /><br />Americans today are also more likely than not to believe that Islam encourages violence, at least in comparison to other religions around the world.<br /><br /><em>Well that is encouraging, but I agree with a commentaters post at Jihad Watch , </em><a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/011011.php#comments"><em>http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/011011.php#comments</em></a><em> that while the general public is uneasy with islam, and they recognize that there is something evil about it, most have not taken the time to research why this is so, they still do not understand that all that is being done by the followers of islam is being dictated by the koran and mahamdod.<br /><br />I again encourage everyone to get your free copy of the koran, know your enemy, contact cair at : </em><a href="https://www.cair-net.org/explorethequran/request.asp"><em>https://www.cair-net.org/explorethequran/request.asp</em></a><em><br />Use cair's funds to educate yourself and others.<br /><br />When you get you free copy you may want to go to anther site : </em><a href="http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/index.html"><em>The Skeptic's Annotated Quran</em></a><em> Find out about the korans teachings. Find out what is the inspiration behind the hate and violence in Islamic terrorism.<br /><br />Hardly anyone can write anything more damaging to Islam than the Quran itself. All you need to see that Islam is not a religion from God but a dangerous cult that promotes hate and violence, is read the Quran.<br /><br />Use </em><a href="http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/index.html"><em>The Skeptic's Annotated Quran</em></a><em> site to further educate yourself and others, mark up your free cair koran with the quotes, combat the islamic game of deception with the truth that is in their own hate filled book.<br /><br />The koran is islams own worst enemy. Let the truth be known!</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://gostats.com">counter</a>Baltic Waveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10739829327189398061noreply@blogger.com0