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17 Guantanamo Bay Muslim detainees to become U.S. residents!

It makes no sense to me to bring 17 Muslim Chinese "Uighur" detainees to the United States to live!  My God, send them back to their home country!  These men were picked-up in Pakistan!  It's history in the making for it's the first time "War on Terror" prisoners will be brought to the United States. 

You can thank U.S. District Judge Ricardo M. Urbina in Washington, D.C. for this strange decision.  He was appointed by President Clinton.  But in fairness, the government had ruled they were not enemy combatants and would likely face persecussion in China.

..."The district court's ruling, if allowed to stand, could be used as precedent for other detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, including sworn enemies of the United States suspected of planning the attacks of 9/11, who may also seek release into our country," a (President) spokeswoman said in a statement

"...When the government argued that bringing the men to the United States might result in their apprehension by the Department of Homeland Security, Judge Urbina grew angry and frustrated, saying "these Uighurs will not be touched until I see them in this court… The petitioners must be brought to me on Friday [October 10th] and nothing will happen to these people before then." The government is expected to appeal the ruling, postponing what would be the first time in nearly seven years that prisoners at Guantanamo would appear before a U.S. court of law..."

Update 10/10/08:  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued the emergency stay late Wednesday at the request of the Bush administration to block, at least, temporarily this judge's orders! 

"...In the motion, the DOJ contended that Urbina's order "raises legal questions of the highest magnitude." Urbina had given the government until Friday to transfer the Uighurs, who have been incarcerated at Guantanamo for six years. Although the government has determined that the Uighurs are not unlawful enemy combatants [10 USC 948a text; JURIST news archive], it has linked them with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) [MIPT backgrounder], a militant group that calls for separation from China and has been a US-designated terrorist group since 2002..."   

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Man flips out at work - caught on security camera

An office security camera captured a man as his flips out at work.  At one point, early in the video,  he throws the computer monitor at a woman and nails her.  Mildly disturbing:

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Crazy! 

Kobe Bryant jumps over an Aston Martin!  What?

Is it a fake?  Well, Kobe said himself it was "Hollywood" when asked how he did it.  But is looks so real.

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Shocking picture of the day

Indiana 2nd Congressional District candidate Tony Zirkle addresses a gathering of the Nationalist Socialist Workers Party on Sunday in Chicago. The group was celebrating Adolf Hitler’s birthday while Zirkle spoke of ridding society of prostitution, pornography and the trafficking of “young, white women.”

Shocked?  I was, too.

h/t  Little Green Footballs

The problem is the U.S. and Israel says Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter, the absolute fool that he is, said it's all the fault of the U.S. and Israel for not meeting with terrorists!  The man's clueless.

Carter also said today that Hamas is ready to accept Israel as a neighbor.  You know, Hamas lies.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri in Gaza said Hamas' readiness to put a peace deal to a referendum (of the people) "does not mean that Hamas is going to accept the result of the referendum."

Such a referendum, he said, would have to be voted on by Palestinians living all over the world. They number about 9.3 million, including some 4 million living in the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem.  AP

Washington Post helped Hamas

An American newspaper, the Washington Post, published an article by Mahmoud al-Zagar, co-founder of the terrorist organization, Hamas, on April 17th! 

In the article, this Hamas terrorist blames Israel for all their problems. Even if Israel fires back at them after Hamas sends rockets into Israel, it's Israel's fault.  These terrorists are extremely deceitful, their minds and conscious are corrupted to the core.

Palestinians are fighting a total war waged on us by a nation that mobilizes against our people with every means at its disposal -- from its high-tech military to its economic stranglehold, from its falsified history to its judiciary that "legalizes" the infrastructure of apartheid.

...Now, finally, we have the welcome tonic of Carter saying what any independent, uncorrupted thinker should conclude: that no "peace plan," "road map" or "legacy" can succeed unless we are sitting at the negotiating table and without any preconditions.

...Our movement fights on because we cannot allow the foundational crime at the core of the Jewish state -- Judaism -- has corrupted itself in the detour into Zionism, nationalism and apartheid.

However, Hamas fails to recognize the truth.  Palestine is not mentioned in the Torah, the New Testament or the Quran. Not one time.  The Islamic Ottoman Empire in their quest to expand Islamic rule drove the children of Israel out of THEIR land and settled the area for Muslims to rules over. 

After the collapse of the Islamic empire, the International community restored the land for the expelled people of Israel in 1948.  I've said this before, but its worth repeating, it was the Muslim world who refused to accept Israel at that time and ever since.  The Muslim world also refused to allow the creation of a separate state for Palestine.  They want to rule over all the land and the thus place the Jewish people in Israel under Islamic rule.  This is so major, folks - it is of Biblical purportion.

It's nice to learn there is a website called Arabs for Israel who recognize Israel is a legitimate state and is an asset in the Middle East. 

Hamas always paints themselves as the abused and wrongly attacked victims of actions overwhelmingly caused by their own doing. 

And, no sooner than Carter's peace meeting ended with this terrorist group, an Hamas suicide bomber blew himself up at a crossing point between Gaza and Israel.

There you have it.

Carter-Hamas meeting

What a fool Carter is but it would be to the advantage of Hamas and their image in the world to work something out with Carter in order to make Bush look bad and the Democrats look good.  Nothing would please Islamists more than to get a liberal Democrat in office:

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter set out plans for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel at a meeting with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Friday.

Carter held more than four hours of talks with Meshaal on Friday in one of the highest-profile meetings between the Islamist group that rules Gaza and a Western figure.

His aides planned to return for further talks with Hamas officials on Friday night, senior Hamas figure Mohammad Nazzal said. Carter's willingness to meet Hamas officials has drawn criticism from Israel and the United States.

The second round of talks would discuss details of proposals put forward by Carter and also examine the issue of the release of an Israeli soldier held by Hamas.

Hamas was open to the release of the soldier, Gilad Shalit, "but not without a price", Nazzal said. Hamas has previously demanded Israel free hundreds of jailed Palestinians in return for his release.

We shall see...

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Update 4/21/08:  EXILED Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal was last night hinting at a strategic shift in the militant group's stance towards Israel, which could see the outlawed organisation brought into the imperiled Middle East peace process.

An aide to Mr Meshaal, speaking from the Hamas politburo's base in the Syrian capital, Damascus, said he would tacitly approve a series of proposals aimed at a truce with Israel, put forward by former US president Jimmy Carter during two controversial meetings last week.

The moves stopped short of Hamas dropping its refusal to recognise Israel's existence -- which has in turn led successive Israeli governments to refuse to talk. However, Mr Meshaal was expected to announce significant progress on brokered negotiations about a prisoner exchange.

Hamas was also expected to drop its opposition to troubled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority led by its President, Mahmoud Abbas, who runs the West Bank.

At the same time, Hamas leaders were likely to agree to rein in rocket fire into Israel by militant groups under their influence in Gaza, in return for the lifting of a crippling economic blockade.   theaustralian

See what I mean?

Update 4/21/08:  The former US president Jimmy Carter today said Hamas was prepared to accept Israel's right to "live as a neighbour next door in peace".

Carter was speaking after meeting Khaled Meshal, an influential leader within the militant organisation, in Damascus last week.

"There's no doubt that both the Arab world and Hamas will accept Israel's right to exist in peace within 1967 borders," Carter said.

However, Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, later said Carter's comments "do not mean that Hamas is going to accept the result of the referendum".

The Guardian

Revoke Jimmy Carter's passport!

You go girl.

Rep. Sue Myrick, R-N.C., wants Carter's U.S. passport pulled because he met Thursday with members of Hamas in the Middle East.

...As a House member, Myrick lacks the authority to revoke the passport of a former commander-in-chief.

"That's up to the secretary of state," Myrick said Thursday in an interview on the Fox News Network. "But, frankly, I wanted to send a strong message, because we have a policy in this country about Hamas. And he is just deliberately undermining the policy, and it's wrong."

Carter, author of the controversial book "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," has said diplomacy with Hamas is essential to any effort to broker peace between Israelis and Palestinians.

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Carter embraces Hamas leader as they march in the street

They say a picture is worth a thousand words:

Newly recruited members of the Palestinian Hamas security forces march as part of their training in a street in Gaza city, Tuesday, April 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

On the same day new Hamas recruits march in a street in Hamas-controlled Gaza City, Jimmy Carter infuriated Israel officials by embracing a Hamas leader.  Carter has thumbed his nose at the U.S. with his defiance to meet with the terrorist group Hamas. 

AFP reports White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said that Carter should meet Mashaal "in his own private capacity, as a private citizen, [and] not representing the United States," and that President George W. Bush "is not a supporter of having conversations with Hamas."

In 2006 Carter said "there's a good chance" that Hamas, which has operated a network of successful social and charitable organizations for Palestinians, could become a nonviolent organization.  The 39th U.S. president said he met with Hamas leaders in Ramallah, in the West Bank, after last week's elections. "They told me they want to have a peaceful administration. They want to have a unity government, bring in Fatah members and independent members," Carter said. But he added that "what they say and what they do is two different matters."  (CNN)

Duh, Carter, if anything Hamas has gotten more violent.  Why would you meet with them since you've already acknowledge they lie.

What in the he** is this man thinking?  Disgraceful.

Jimmy Carter angers the Islamic Jihad in Gaza

Well, well, Jimmy Carter was pictured standing next to rockets fired into Israel by Hamas and was quoted as condemning the the actions (see previous post) now another terrorist group (smaller than Hamas) in Gaza is taking great offense to Carter's statement. 

Everyone needs to keep in mind in 1948 when Israel was set up as a state by the UN, a separate state for Palestine was drawn up.  The Islamic world refused it.  The Palestinians have been forced to live as they do by the actions of their fellow Muslims because it was they who refused to accept that Israel had any right to their biblical land.

The Islamic Jihad (Holy War) movement in Gaza has slammed on Tuesday the statements of former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, after he termed the rockets attacks on Israel as "a big crime."

Carter, who is visiting in the region, paid a visit to the southern Israeli town of Sderout, which has been a subject for homemade rockets' attacks carried out by Gaza militants. Carter said rockets "are a crime against humanity."

Dawood Shihab, spokesman for the Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza, said in response that "Carter's statement of describing resistance as a crime against humanity is in itself an overthrow on the morals of humanity."

"Why didn't he (Carter) go to visit the West Bank to see the settlements, the wall and the roadblocks, and why he didn't go to visit Gaza to see how one million and a half Palestinians are slowly killed by the blockade," said Shihab. "Carter should visit the Israeli jails and see how 12,000 Palestinian prisoners are held in prison for no reason and living in miserable conditions, instead of giving the occupation excuses for its crimes," said Shihab.

    He, meanwhile, slammed Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's visit to Qatar and her meeting with Arab leaders, saying that "this visit is condemned and unaccepted as long as the occupation continues its crimes against our people."

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Carter attends "social reception" with Hamas terrorists today

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, right, listens to police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, center, as he looks at home-made rockets that were fired at Israel, at the police station in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Monday, April 14, 2008. Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter deplored Palestinian militants' attacks on Israel as a "despicable crime" as he toured a rocket-battered town on Monday. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

I see by the picture above Carter took his wife with him on his stupid, embarrassing trip to talk to Hamas terrorists.  I guess she will also be at the "social reception" with Hamas terrorist leader Nasser al-Shaer this evening.  How ironic - the picture above is of the terrorists rockets that were fired into Israel by Hamas.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he'll meet with a Hamas leader at a West Bank reception Tuesday, a sign he has not been cowed by criticism of his plans to meet with the violently anti-Israel group.

Nasser al-Shaer has been invited to a reception in the West Bank town of Ramallah along with other prominent Palestinians, officials close to Hamas said Tuesday.

Shaer is a leading Hamas member from the West Bank who once served as the Palestinian government's deputy prime minister and education minister. He was expelled from the internationally recognized government after Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip last summer.

...Carter's popularity hit bottom in Israel since he published a book two years ago drawing comparisons between Israeli policies in the West Bank and Gaza and apartheid in South Africa.

In another break with U.S. policy, Carter placed a wreath Tuesday on the grave of Yasser Arafat.

AP

Jimmy Carter wants to shill for Hamas terrorists to Washington!

Oh, please.  Now Jimmy Carter is trying to spin his stupid decision to meet with Hamas to make it look like he is the go-between person between terrorists and the U.S. government.  Geez. 

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, defending a contentious plan to meet the leader of the violently anti-Israel Hamas, said Monday he hoped to become a conduit between the militant group and Washington and even Israel.

"I think it is absolutely crucial that in the final and dreamed-about and prayed-for peace agreement for this region that Hamas be involved and Syria will be involved," Carter told a business conference outside Tel Aviv.  "I can't say that they will be amenable to any suggestions, but at least after I meet with them I can go back and relay what they say, as just a communicator, to the leaders of the United States," he said.

The U.S., EU and Israel have both blacklisted Hamas for its history of suicide bombings against Israel and its refusal to renounce violence and recognize the Jewish state. Israel's top leaders, in a stinging rebuff, are boycotting Carter during his visit, in part because he plans to meet later in the week in Syria with exiled Hamas supreme leader Khaled Mashaal.

In Washington, U.S. State Department spokesman Tom Casey told reporters Monday that the U.S. has "made clear our views that we did not think now is the moment for him (Carter) or anyone to be talking with Hamas."
The U.S. would be "happy to hear" Carter's reflections on his visit with Hamas, but it would not likely change the administration's views on the militant group, Casey said.

Carter also offered to relay Hamas' views to Israel.

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Jimmy Carter: I've been meeting with Hamas for years

The refusal of the Carter camp to acknowledge the truth about Carter's planned meeting with terrorist organization Hamas, is out-trumped now by Carter's outlandish statement that he feels well about meeting with Hamas.  In fact, Carter said he has been meeting with them for years! 

Carter, your meetings over the years with this terrorist group haven't made a bit of difference, in case you haven't noticed.

This former president is meeting with our enemy behind the back of a sitting U.S. president is beyond insane and disrespectful behavior.  It's a slap in the face to most Americans because of the negative message it sends to the rest of the world.  Unbelievable:

Former President Jimmy Carter said he feels "quite at ease" about meeting Hamas militants over the objections of Washington because the Palestinian group is essential to a future peace with Israel.

Carter, interviewed Saturday for ABC News' "This Week," airing Sunday, also said he would oppose a U.S. Olympic boycott and hopes all countries will join in the Beijing games.

..."I feel quite at ease in doing this," Carter said. "I think there's no doubt in anyone's mind that, if Israel is ever going to find peace with justice concerning the relationship with their next-door neighbors, the Palestinians, that Hamas will have to be included in the process."

Although he said the meeting would not be a negotiation, he outlined distinct goals.

"I think that it's very important that at least someone meet with the Hamas leaders to express their views, to ascertain what flexibility they have, to try to induce them to stop all attacks against innocent civilians in Israel and to cooperate with the Fatah as a group that unites the Palestinians, maybe to get them to agree to a cease-fire _ things of this kind," he said.

The State Department says it advised Carter twice against meeting representatives of Hamas, which Washington considers a terrorist organization.

"I find it hard to understand what is going to be gained by having discussions with Hamas about peace when Hamas is, in fact, the impediment to peace," Rice said Friday, after reports of the planned meeting surfaced.

Pressure to drop the meeting has come from his own party. Democratic Reps. Artur Davis of Alabama, Shelley Berkley of Nevada, Adam Schiff of California and Adam Smith of Washington state wrote a letter to Carter saying the meeting could confer legitimacy on a group that embraces violence.

"I've been meeting with Hamas leaders for years," Carter said.

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Absolut Vodka ad: depicts Mexico's conquest of western America!

There is an ad by Absolut Vodka that Newsbuster brought to our attention today which should rile you up.  This is what absolute stupidity with no common sense looks like:

Taking the Reconquista concept all the way to the end, Absolut Vodka launched an ad campaign that appears on billboards and at least one magazine that features a map of the western U.S. and Mexico with nearly the entire west coast appearing as a part of Mexico. This ad appears in Quien Magazine, which is owned by Time Warner and also appears on billboards in Mexico.

...The map covers what used to be Mexico's claimed borders before our 1846 war with them from which the U.S. took possession of California, Texas, New Mexico, etc. But, the ad shows those states as part of Mexico with the "Estados Unidos De America" situated to the north and east of the "Absolut World" Mexico.

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Feel free to express your disgust:

Keith Cocozza

Vice President

Corporate Communications

Time Warner Inc.

One Time Warner Center

New York, NY10019-8016

212.484.8000

Absolut has this pitiful response on their website/blog about their very poor decision (my words):

In an ABSOLUT World according to Mexico

Posted Friday, April 04, 2008, 5:26:34 PM

The In An Absolut World advertising campaign invites consumers to visualize a world that appeals to them -- one they feel may be more idealized or one that may be a bit "fantastic." As such, the campaign will elicit varying opinions and points of view. We have a variety of executions running in countries worldwide, and each is germane to that country and that population.

This particular ad, which ran in Mexico, was based upon historical perspectives and was created with a Mexican sensibility. In no way was this meant to offend or disparage, nor does it advocate an altering of borders, nor does it lend support to any anti-American sentiment, nor does it reflect immigration issues. Instead, it hearkens to a time which the population of Mexico may feel was more ideal.

As a global company, we recognize that people in different parts of the world may lend different perspectives or interpret our ads in a different way than was intended in that market. Obviously, this ad was run in Mexico, and not the US -- that ad might have been very different.

Other brands:

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Absolut
Rickard
Ballantines
Chivas Regal
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Havana Club
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Jameson (advertised heavily in NYC)
Martell
Glenlivet
Jacobs Creek
Mumm
Perrier-Jouet
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Berkeley's tail is between their legs

It doesn't appear the city of Berkeley, California is going to issue a formal apology to the Marine Corps for the way they were treated but they did decide to not send the letter telling them they were not welcomed.  Below is a picture taken yesterday.  More at Zombietime.  Also below is a video of the burning of the American flag last night. 

City council members who were criticized for telling Marine recruiters they don't belong here have moderated their position, saying they oppose the Iraq war but support the troops.

The Berkeley City Council voted two weeks ago to send a letter to a downtown recruitment station advising the Marines they were not welcome.

After a marathon session that stretched into early Wednesday, the council decided against sending the letter, saying it recognizes recruiters' right to be in Berkeley. The council members say they still strongly oppose the war and the recruitment of young people, but "deeply respect and support" the men and women of the armed forces.

Some on the council had pushed for issuing an apology. Others rejected that, saying they just wanted to clarify their position.

"You owe our military an apology," said Kevin Graves, a San Francisco Bay area resident who said his son died serving in Iraq.

Others applauded the council's stand.

Medea Benjamin, co-founder of the anti-war group Code Pink, said her group supports the troops — "we support them so much that we're desperate to get them back home."

The recruiting office opened in Berkeley in late 2006. It operated quietly until four months ago, when Code Pink began holding regular protests.

Source

They waited until dark to burn the American flag:

Here is a link to the city council meeting - click on the drop down "jump to" menu to Item #25 and this will advance the video.

The Shame of Berkeley continues

Today, in Berkeley, the furor over the decision by the city to tell the Marines they were unwanted guests in their city continues in anticipation of the city council meeting tonight.

The website Move America Forward is coordinating ralleys today and there is a petition you can sign in protest of the attacks against our Marines from Move America Forward here.

Mayor Tom Bates, who says that the City Council didn't mean to offend the Marines,  joined Code Pink in their pickets in front of the Marine Recruiting Center which Code Pink proudly talk about on their website:

Watch how some of our citizens are turning against our finest. 

Code Pink calls marines war criminals

There are more pictures from today at pretestshooter.com

CODEPINK Protestors: Drive out the Bush regime

From Little Green Footballs:

Berkeley Cops: "We're Neutral"

At the CODEPINK demonstration outside the Marine Corps recruiting office in Berkeley, the Marines are getting no help at all from local police. This video shows the thuggish protesters blocking the doorways, as policemen do nothing. One of the cops tells a counter-protester, “We’re trying to remain neutral (zTruth:  while allowing the protestors to block entrance to the Marine Corps)” (Click picture for video.)

This is a must watch:

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Marine Corps office blocked by protestors

Here is a slideshow of anti-war protestors, clad in orange "prison" jumpsuits,  who tried to prevent people from entering a Marine Corps recruiting office in Berkeley, CA. 

Yesterday, I wrote about the action the city council decided to take regarding this Marine Corps office in my post called , "Berkeley City Council to send letter to Marine Corps; they are "uninvited and unwelcome intruders""

View the slide show

"I am no longer a citizen of the United States, but a free and independent member of the global community."

A teacher, Mike Brooks, of Bidwell Junior High School in Chico, California, sent home an assignment with his 8th grade students, which was apparently a letter renouncing citizenship to the parents of his students.  Students were asked to have their parents sign it and return it to class the next day.

"...The letter concluded  with "After careful consideration of the facts of our current situation, I have decided to announce to everyone that I am no longer a citizen of the United States, but a free and independent member of the global community."

Chico resident Michael Hill said he was told by his daughter, Kaytlen Hill, 13, that the assignment was to have parents sign the letter and return it to class Wednesday.

"The lesson being taught in class was that the U.S. kidnaps innocent people and takes them to Cuba, where they are kept indefinitely and tortured," Hill said he learned through his daughter.

When Hill asked her if Brooks mentioned Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the U.S. imprisons terrorist suspects, he said his daughter replied "yes."

He said his daughter broke into tears when she talked about Brooks mentioning illegal wiretaps and other surveillance directed against innocent people.

"I think I was more irritated by the classroom discussion than the letter," he said.

The teacher said the letter led to some "wonderful discussion" on Wednesday.

No discipline action was taken against the so-called teacher.  I'm filing this under my "absolutely insane behavior" category.