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Religion of Peace, Part 666

Pardon me for not seeing how this logically relates to the “Allah” they adore. What it does relate to is the violent, brutal origins of Islam, and the tolerance–and even respect–for brutality among its followers. The Sunni don’t this Ashura ritual, but they, as we all know, have their own violent rituals as well–suicide bombings, beheadings, stonings, murder of “infidels,” crude amputations, and the routine beatings of women and children for “disobedience” or bringing “shame,” if the victims are spared being murdered. There’s a warning for “graphic content” on that video, but that’s nothing compared to unedited reality.

From the accompanying article:

But clearly something about Ashura, in its various forms over the centuries, fulfills a deep, human need. I repeatedly asked Fouad Hussein, the subject of this video, what that was - just what made him beat himself. His answer – “for love” – was baffling at first until I witnessed the ritual.

I began to see Ashura as a test of love and devotion: for the Prophet’s grandson, but also for each other and for the community. Over the course of the morning these young men, who lead remarkably complex lives – often poor, with little job security, and caught between the radical voices in the Islamic world and allure of Western consumerism they see on television or the cinema – manage to resolve their tensions in an act of catharsis.

Give me a break. Love and devotion? For that? NO. It’s love and devotion for aggression, violence, and proving their own “toughness.” There are a million ways to prove “love and devotion” that don’t involve pride, aggression, and violence, but then those ways wouldn’t be 7th Century Islamic. And as far as “fulfilling a deep human need,” yes, humans do have violent primal urges. But you know what? Civilized humans don’t act on every urge, much less try to excuse everything by saying it’s God’s will.

Nice of the writer to be so tolerant and open-minded, but I think his mind’s so open that his brains fell out. Fool.

By the way, this is another illustration of this fraudulent practice–from Wikipedia’s shamelessly pro-Islamic article, no less:

A companion of the prophet, Ibn Abas reports that the prophet went to Medina and found the Jews fasting on the tenth of Muharram. Muhammad inquired of them, “What is the significance of this day on which you fast?” They replied, “This is a righteous day. On this day God saved the Israelites from their enemy. Therefore Moses fasted on this day.” Muhammad said, “I am more worthy of Moses than you.”

From then, Muhammad fasted on the tenth of Muharram.

Just like all the other things lifted from Judaism, Christianity, and paganism to invent a “religion” grounded in violence and insanity.

Don’t worry, be happy. It’s a long way to November

Polls are showing a major butt kicking at the hands of the democrats this year. Everywhere you look, they are telling of peril and republican banishment to the void. I know that some will disagree, but I don’t think that this year you can read a lot into them. For the first time in 80 years, we don’t have an administration member running for president. The closest is Hillary who was there 8 years ago. We don’t really know who the nominees will be. Yeah, we have an idea, but until 2/5 anything can happen. Let’s face it, we have a divided electorate and it’s going to be close no matter who gets the nominations. In the last 2 elections, the polls have bounced like crazy. Remember 2000? Bush lead in the polls in the primaries but, trailed on Labor Day. In fact, Gore led from his convention to the first debate where he acted like a undisciplined teenager. Rolling his eyes, sighing. Doing everything but saying “Whatever, I don’t care” and “You’re not the boss of me”. Bush took a small lead there, extended it after debate 2 and was coasting until the drunk driving charge came out. If not for that, Bush cruises to a win. In 2004 Kerry and Bush traded leads until late August when Bush pulled ahead for good. The Swiftboat Vets helped there but Kerry was a real sucky candidate and Bush probably beats them without the Swiftboat Vets.

Now polls are fun, but the election is not about popular votes. It’s about states. There are going to be states the will be red or blue no matter the nominee. I don’t care who the nominee is, the reps will get Alabama(9), Alaska(3), Georgia(15), Idaho(4), Indiana(11), Kansas(6), Kentucky(8), Louisiana(9), Mississippi(6), Montana(3), North Carolina(15), Nebraska(5), North Dakota(3), Oklahoma(7), South Carolina(8), South Dakota(3), Texas(34), Utah(5), Virginia(13) and Wyoming(3) for a total of 172. With little exception, the dems will get California(55), Connecticut(7), Delaware(3), DC(3), Hawaii(4), Illinois(21), Maryland(10), Massachusetts(12), New Jersey(15), New York(31), Rhode Island(4), Vermont(3) for 168. Those states were won by more than 7% in either 2000 or 2004. I added the Nader votes in 2000 to Gore or states like Colorado would have been in this list.

These states went for the winner by least 4-7% or the winner had 51% in either 2000 or 2004: Reps: Arizona(10), Arkansas(6), Colorado(9), Tennessee(11) for an additional 36 totalling 208. Dems: Maine(4), Michigan(17), Minnesota(10), Oregon(7), Pennsylvania(21), Washington(11), Wisconsin(10) for 85 extra totalling 248.

That leaves 8 states in play: Florida(27), Missouri(11), Nevada(5), Ohio(20), West Virginia(5), Iowa(7), New Hampshire(4), Oregon(7), New Mexico(5)

The question is what would each candidate do to the list of states in play or what states will the candidate put in play that the other party had before.

Hillary: She takes back Iowa which Bush won in 2004. She secures Wisconsin and Minnesota. She may put Arkansas in play, but I find that doubtful. The big one for the everyone is Florida. Her primary voter block is older single women, like widowed retirees. Florida is in play big time and she may take it back depending on who she faces. Yes, there is a good chance at a president Hillary. But there are several issues with her. She is a Clinton. That eliminates a lot of people from your voting block. There are questions on the strength of the black vote after this primary season and the bad blood between her and Obama. The black vote won’t go republican, but it may stay home. I know Dick Morris would disagree, but I think she only puts a few swing states in play. Once the ads start and the debates are completed, she is very beatable. She’s a just as corrupt less likable version of Bill. I think the country is as tired of the Clintons as they are of Bush.

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Loser of the Day

Or should I say, losers. Paultard commenter “Claire” and her sockpuppet, and L. Ron Paul Hubbard himself, for having sockpuppet fanatic supporters. LOL! I guess “Claire” (I doubt that’s her real name) can’t find anyone to agree with her? HAHAHAHAHA!

Deny it, Claire/Lucas/Paultard, and I post the full IP address. You’re a real idiot.

(click to enlarge and laugh)

Weakest sock puppet attempt EVER.

Wednesday Hero - Army SSG Justin Whiting

SSgt. Justin R. Whiting

SSgt. Justing R. Whiting
27 years old from Hancock, New York
3rd Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
January 19, 2008

Staff Sgt. Justin R. Whiting, a Special Forces medical sergeant sustained fatal wounds when his vehicle was struck by an improvised explosive devise 16 kilometers south of Mosul, Iraq.

He is survived by his mother, Estelline, of Colorado Springs, Colo., father, Randall, of Hancock, N.Y., sister, Amanda, of DuPont, Wash., and brother Nathan of Dover, Tenn.

For more information on SSgt. Justin Whiting, you can download this PDF file with his biography.

These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Heroes.

We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived

This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. For more information about Wednesday Hero, or if you would like to post it on your site, you can go here.

McCain wins Florida!

Awww, don’t worry, I won’t gloat. Much.*

Gotta love Rudy Giuliani too.

MIAMI (AP) - Sen. John McCain won a breakthrough triumph in the Florida primary Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in the battle for the Republican presidential nomination ahead of next week’s contests across 21 states and lining up a quick endorsement from soon-to-be dropout Rudy Giuliani.

I do wish he’d have run his campaign the traditional way, much like I wish Fred had. I wish he had done better in the race, even though he wasn’t my pick.

*Any gloating on my part is not and will not be directed at the other GOP candidates–it’s solely directed at those with McCain Derangement Syndrome, because it’s well-deserved.

Live Florida election chat

Not here, but at Rightwingsparkle’s blog. See ya there?

American Idol - Omaha Auditions

Or maybe I should call it “Omaha Audacity.” We’ll see. Hey, maybe Vinnie and Merri will be among the people auditioning?

/runs

All you have to do is stick a name in the little box and start talking, y’know…

pick your AI person for your candidate

Well, another Tuesday, another 2 hours of punishment handed down from His Honor High Lord Judge Rhakmmara Slopudornf from the 18th Galactic Court. Today AI visits the nice town of Omaha Nebraska. Our heartland. Hopefully Ryan didn’t wander off to someones farm where he would look awfully dern purty haw-haw.

I am sure we’ll see freak after freak, lots of missing teeth and a whole lot of interesting people. Today, we have a different exercise. We are going to take each remaining presidential candidate and figure out which person on AI they would be most like. Feel free to argue, but here goes my picks:

Edwards: He is a pretty boy, way too concerned with appearance and all. He also says an awful lot of totally undiscernible banter. He acts like he wants to be your friend, but really couldn’t care less about you. He would be the Paula of the campaign. Minus the great legs of course.

Hillary: Big time ball buster. Nasty, cruel, but to her credit helps run one of the best political machines in the history of this country. Has to be the nasty side of Simon.

Barak: Ok, this may be too obvious, but let’s face it. He is an empty suit. Lots of fluff with little of no stuff. Repeats the same stupid lines over and over. Seemingly nice but there’s just something so annoying beneath the surface. Continually trying to prove he’s black so his community is down with him. Yeah, it’s gotta be Randy.

Huckabee: Very small fanbase. Fans seem to have a pretty small IQ (let’s face it, they fall for the hucksters lines, how smart can they be). Is extremely annoying. Has to be Ryan.

Romney: Groomed professional. Knows the business world very well. Has run successful businesses. Smart as all heck even if he can be annoying. Definitely the good side of Simon.

Rudy: Partier extraordinaire. Can ramble at times. Everyone likes him. Even wears cool dresses sometimes. Gotta go with Paula.

McCain: Lots of pandering and blathering. Seems to contradict himself a lot. Loves to agitate the boss. Unpredictable. Again, Ryan.

Well, that’s it for today. Tune in to the chat and heckle it with us. It’s a pretty fun time.

Important Election Reminder!

Via email from my Bama sis, Nicki:

While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies.

His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. “Welcome to heaven,” says St. Peter. “Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we’re not sure what to do with you.”

“No problem, just let me in,” says the man.

“Well, I’d like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we’ll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity.”

“Really, I’ve made up my mind. I want to be in heaven,” says the senator.

“I’m sorry, but we have our rules.”

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. The doors open and he finds himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.

Everyone is very happy and in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people. They play a friendly game of golf and then dine on lobster, caviar and champagne.

Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly guy who has a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that before he realizes it, it is time to go. Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and waves while the elevator rises…

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens on heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him. “Now it’s time to visit heaven.”

So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.

“Well, then, you’ve spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity.”

The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers: “Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell.”

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell. Now the doors of the elevator open and he’s in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above.

The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. “I don’t understand,” stammers the senator. “Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and danced and had a great time. Now there’s just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened?”

The devil looks at him, smiles, and says, “Yesterday we were campaigning… Today you voted.”

Peace and love and wealth and rainbows and unicorns for everyone!

Yeah, I know this is the same one as the Bill Gates/”beta” hell one, but this one’s pretty appropriate right now.

Mortal Kung Fu Election Kombat!

FINISH THEM!

I’m warning you, the game is not easy. And no, I didn’t get the screenshot from my own playing. I’m not that good…yet.

stein hoist Turk, with a screenshot of Hillary’s trademark move. Heh.

Lay Off My Sister

You know who you are. Those of you accusing Beth of being a liberal because she supports McCain.

I don’t agree with her choice, but it’s her choice. And I know damn well she’s no liberal.

~~Those of you who think you’re supporting Beth’s cause, well, you’re not all that much better.~~

Vinnie, I don’t know about McCain vs. Romney on the 11th Commandment “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.”

~~Nowhere in that thread did I mention Romney. Get your fucking facts straight. As far as I’m concerned, you’ve discredited every other comment you’ve left.~~

The fact is, I don’t support anyone right now. I lean towards Rudy or Romney, but I’ll vote for the nominee when we have one.

Finally, one little last reality slap. Nobody, and I mean nobody, out in the real world gives a flying fuck. They don’t pay attention until 6 weeks before the election, and most of them don’t live their lives according to the 24 hour news cycle.

So, get off my sister’s back. Get your facts straight, and for fuck’s sake get a fucking life.

Let me leave you with this:

Sound off like you’ve got a pair!

Thank you, Jawas. (Yeah, it’s posted there too–I’m just stealing it.)

WARNING: Very sweary. But if you can’t handle it, you’ve got no business watching the awesomeness that is Full Metal Jacket anyway. ;-P

stein hoist Vinnie, ’cause he knew it would suit my mood. ;)

Today’s shameless hypocrite: Rick Santorum

This makes me sick.

After a while I got up to go get something from the café cart, and it turns out the guy sitting behind me was Rick Santorum, which makes it all the more fun and all the more interesting. So pretty much the whole trip this guy is working his cell phone, talking to people about how anyone is better than McCain and Giuliani would be better than McCain because then at least he wouldn’t betray the conservative movement… yeah, Giuliani is bad on some issues like abortion, but at least he would stand with the conservative movement. He was saying that there are people like Susan Collins who vote moderate sometimes, but at least she is a team player who always plays with the team and never plays against the conservative side even if she has to give the liberals a vote because she’s from Maine. But McCain will sometimes go against the team even when he doesn’t have to. Anyway, he’s just calling person after person after person on his list, trying to rally them against McCain to give money against him, be uncommitted to the national convention- apparently he was talking to some committed delegates- and he was thinking the best thing for the conservative movement would be a brokered convention, because then at least the conservatives would still have enough pull to pick the nominee.

Call after call after call, speaking in a relatively loud voice, trashing his party’s likely nominee, he says, I probably shouldn’t talk about that on a train, I’ll call you later on that topic. And it really made me wonder how bad the topic could be. At some point I started feeling a little guilty about hearing all this stuff so I turned around, introduced myself, and said “Hey, I’m in politics, I’m on the other side, I’m a Democrat,” in part to see if he would keep doing the phone calls trashing McCain given that a Democratic activist was sitting in front of him. And he did keep doing them, call after call. Apparently, it didn’t bother him at all that a Democrat was listening in as he kept trashing McCain.

There’s more there, of course.

And why does it make me so sick? As Stephen Hayes points out at The Weekly Standard, it’s probably not McCain who should be called “disloyal.”

Although many others have been as critical of McCain, perhaps no one has been as hypocritical. In 2006, when Santorum was running for reelection, he asked McCain to come to Pennsylvania to campaign on his behalf. When McCain obliged, Santorum put the video on his campaign website, listing it first among “key events” of the year. That’s gratitude, Santorum-style.

You know, I’m really sorry I ever sent a dime to that loser’s failed re-election campaign. Obviously it wasn’t only wasted on a losing candidate, it was wasted on a real asshole.

Oh, and before I forget–Mark Levin is a lying fool.

Mark Levin, a longtime confidant of both Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity who now hosts his own increasingly popular talk show, took the anti-McCain argument a step further on his show last Wednesday. “At this point, anybody who supports John McCain and claims to be a conservative, let me be blunt: You’re not a conservative.”

Which came as a surprise to Jack Kemp, the ardent supply-sider who was the conservative alternative to George H.W. Bush in 1988. “That’s just so preposterous,” said Kemp. “I don’t agree with McCain on several things. He’s gotten right on the economy. He’s right on foreign policy. And he’s right on the war on terror.”

And no doubt a surprise also to Phil Gramm (lifetime ACU rating of 95), whose presidential campaign was endorsed by National Review in 1996. And to Sam Brownback, a stalwart conservative and one of the most outspoken pro-life politicians in America today. And to Tom Coburn from Oklahoma, arguably the most conservative member of the Senate.

“John McCain and I have stood side by side on many issues,” Coburn said in endorsing McCain last week. The most important, he added, are “fiscal responsibility” and the “sanctity of human life.”

It comes as a surprise to me, too. I had no idea that Mark Levin was the arbiter of what being a conservative means! And to think, for all these years I’ve been called a conservative! Oh, wait, maybe I’m not. Maybe I’m supposed to be a dishonest, hysterical, thought-police fool like Mark Levin instead!

And I’m still going to vote for John McCain anyway, whether conservative talk radio hosts and others like Ann freakin’ Coulter like it or not. They don’t speak for all conservatives, no matter how many “no true Scotsman” fallacies they throw out there.

Dark Side of the Death Star

I love b3ta. This is awesome.

Using any tools available - you, your record collection, a camera, photoshop, a scanner, whatever works - show us what happens beyond the borders of classic album sleeves, how the artwork continues.

LOTS of ‘em at the link, but this one is on my desktop now (wallpapers available! woo!).

UPDATE! I saw this after I published the post, and prodded by Coach TC, I give you:

(Hey, don’t blame me, it’s TC’s fault!) ;-P

“You have used weapons of mass destruction before. We are determined to deny you the capacity to use them again.”

Who said this?

Together, we must confront the new hazards of chemical and biological weapons and the outlaw states, terrorists, and organized criminals seeking to acquire them. Saddam Hussein has spent the better part of this decade and much of his nation’s wealth not on providing for the Iraqi people but on developing nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and the missiles to deliver them. The United Nations weapons inspectors have done a truly remarkable job finding and destroying more of Iraq’s arsenal than was destroyed during the entire Gulf war. Now Saddam Hussein wants to stop them from completing their mission.

I know I speak for everyone in this chamber, Republicans and Democrats, when I say to Saddam Hussein, “You cannot defy the will of the world,” and when I say to him, “You have used weapons of mass destruction before. We are determined to deny you the capacity to use them again.”

The answer is here. (See the comments as well.)

Via the Anchoress, who has more.

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