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hard to be pro-Serb, except when compared to their enemies
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11/05/2006 10:54 Comments ||
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This is worth the read if you don't understand or are unfamiliar with the history of the Balkans. Again how did BlowJob and his stooge Wesley Clark manage to get everything assbackward and upside down ? Oh yeah, forgot we're dealing with Billy Boy. Didn't know one damn thing about anything going on there. We should have been 100% and the f**king Euros 200% behind the Serbs who were trying to survive another Muzzie rampage. Instead, we did everything to enable them.
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I was in Germany when the Serbs were methodically destroying Split and other places in Croatia, and during the siege of Sarajevo. My Croatian neighbor repeatedly drove over to Bosnia with supplies, and brought back refugee cousins. There are no innocents in the region, at least at the political level -- as far as I could see they were all bad. But the "traditional allies" really made things worse by insisting on a win for their guy, instead of looking at what was best for everyone: France and Russia for Serbia, Germany for Croatia. Truthfully, a lot of problems could have been avoided just by agreeing to break up peacefully, the way Czechoslovakia did. But too many on all sides like the killing and the torture.
#4
Yes things really went to shit after Tito checked out, but painting a swatika on the Croats or the Bosians won't make the Serbs crimes any less than attempted genicide. The Croats were not on any mercy mission when they launched operation "Storm", they were on a land grab pure and simple. Also the treatment of the Bosian muslims under the Croats wasn't much better than under the Serbs. I loathe Billy Jeff but making peace in the Balkans was a good thing.
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I'm pretty familiar with the history of the Balkans, since I'm half Slovenian. The idea that the Serbs are innocents who are unjustly being picked on is laughable.
Sure, they did fight with the mainly Muslim Bosnians and Albanians. But they also were trying to do ethnic cleansing against Roman Catholic Croatians, a small Hungarian minority, and would have done it against the Slovenians had the Croatians allowed them to march across their territory. None of those nationalities are Muslim, so where is the "defense" of Europe from religious predation that they are claiming?
Look, they started WW I. Pardon the rest of the world for not allowing them to start WW III.
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I'll agree that the MSM portrays conflicts as morality tales and picks the good guys and the bad guys, based on little more than ignorant predjudice. It's the Holloywoodization of news.
For the past six months, I've been traveling across the country campaigning for Republican candidates. Conventional wisdom from Washington predicts a tough year for the party. By playing offense, solidifying our ranks and reaching out to Reagan Democrats and Independents, I believe that Republicans have reason to be optimistic. Because on the big issues Americans care about - from national security to the economy to the Supreme Court - Republican leadership has delivered time and again on its promises.
Republicans are united by our belief in going on offense to win the war on terror. Five years ago, our nation learned a painful lesson about the dangers of an inconsistent approach to dealing with the evil of terrorism. In his speech to Congress on September 20th, 2001, President Bush declared that we would go on offense against terrorists, and he has made good on that promise. Terrorists have been destabilized and put on defense around the world - including Afghanistan and Iraq.
Americans should remember the positive impact of tax cuts on our economy. Most Republicans agree with Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush that tax cuts are a powerful stimulus to the economy - that's why I cut taxes 23 times as Mayor of New York. Most Democrats disagree with that philosophy - it's an honest disagreement. But let's look at the results: Today, we have a 4.4% unemployment rate in our country - lower than the average in the 70's, 80's and 90's. The stock market recently hit 12,000 - an all-time high. And the lower tax rate is generating more revenue than the higher rate did before - $250 billion more than last year. Republicans stand for lower taxes; Democrats stand for higher taxes - it's as simple as that.
Finally, let's look at the Republican record on judges. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito are models of what judges should be in this country. They are principled individuals who can be trusted to defend the original intent of the Constitution rather than trying to legislate their own political beliefs from the bench. The successful appointments of Justices Roberts and Alito are signs of promises kept.
But there is still more work to do: more promises that need to be kept.
When I talk to people across America, I hear their frustration with the gridlock and scandals from Washington. As a former U.S. Attorney, I spent much of my career bringing corrupt government officials from both parties to justice. Neither party has a monopoly on virtue or vice - but we do have legitimate differences in terms of our ideas and vision for the future. And those principled differences should guide Americans' decisions on Election Day.
The people I've been talking with on the campaign trail want to see government get serious about fiscal discipline by cutting wasteful spending. American families want to see a revitalized education system with accountability, putting the focus on the students, increased school choice and higher standards, so that the United States can continue to be economically competitive throughout the 21st Century. They want us to do more to secure our borders while working to ensure that the virtues of legal immigration and assimilation are respected. They want us to move more aggressively toward greater energy independence.
But of course, the most important piece of unfinished business facing the nation is winning the war on terror.
In the era of President Truman and President Eisenhower, people used to say that "Partisan politics should end at the waters' edge." But lately some influential political voices seem to have forgotten this American tradition. The war on terror is not about "red" versus "blue" states - it is about right versus wrong; it is about good overcoming evil.
That's why these mid-term elections are so important. That's why we can't turn back. That is why Republicans need to solidify our ranks while reaching out with confidence. Because the issues that unite us as Republicans are the same issues that unite the vast majority of Americans: a commitment to winning the war on terror; a core belief in fiscal conservatism; and a faith in individual freedom. Advancing these principles, while staying on offense, can help keep the GOP a strong majority party in the United States.
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I could vote for him if he reaffirmed individual gun rights. They are a deal breaker for me, either you acknowledge them or get your gun-grabbing ass off the ticket. McCain is not a lot better
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11/05/2006 10:56 Comments ||
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Mr. Guiliani would be an asset in whatever role he chose to play. And let's not forget that he worked in Mexico as a security consultant after he stepped away from politics.
#4
Yes -- and the situation in Mexico is imploding, which (along with the Islamacist activity in Latin America) means the next President will have a huge security issue to deal with from that direction.
#5
An MSNBC poll has the Repubs keeping control of the Senate: In all, these key Senate races show the following:
* Two Republican incumbents in serious trouble: Santorum and DeWine. Democrats could gain two seats.
* Four Republican incumbents essentially tied with their challengers: Allen, Burns, Chafee and Talent. Four toss-ups that could turn into Democratic gains.
* Three Democratic incumbents with leads: Cantwell, Menendez, and Stabenow.
* One Republican incumbent ahead of his challenger: Kyl.
* One Republican open seat with the Republican leading, Tennessee.
* One open Democratic seat virtually tied: Maryland.
In the House, 12 seats are leaning Dem and 16 races are tossups. So the House could go Dem (need 15 seats). The mitigating factor being polls have favored the Dems by a few points more than election totals. Battle for the House of Representatives
For the second time I will vote straight Repub. The Repubs may not want to win the war against islam, but I'll be damned if I ever vote for the Dems who want to outright lose our civilization.
Posted by: ed ||
11/05/2006 11:28 Comments ||
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Compare Giulani's reasoned, optimistic message about America to the inanities coming from the Left.
#7
Giuliani would not be able to turn the gun laws against us. The lobbies are too strong and congress will never allow it. My bet is he will stay silent on gun issues and strong on WOT.
Posted by: 49 Pan ||
11/05/2006 17:45 Comments ||
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Hello from Paris.
I hope all you Rantburgers are going to rally all your friends for those thuesday elections.
If they are not already convinced they have to vote Republican, convince them.
Those elections are very important not only for America but for the rest of the world too.
America and its allies have to win the War on Terror, and that's possible only with Republicans in power.
I hope you will succeed in keeping both the Senate and the House.
#9
Merci beaucoup for your good wishes, Leroidavid. Keep us company on Tuesday as we tear our hair out watching the exit polls during the day (even if hy won't even hint at the numbers of votes mailed in ahead of time) and the returns after the polls close starting around 8 pm Eastern Daylight Time. And if it's any comfort, George W. Bush will still be in the White House for two more years regardless of the result, and in both the House and Senate it will take more than a simple majority to override his vetos.
#10
I will probably come Tuesday to watch with you the results of the elections.
And I hope we will be able to drink some "champagne" over the Atlantic Ocean when the Republicans will be declared winners in both House and Congress !
If Republican voters turn out at Presidential election rates, they will swamp the Dems.
Its all about the turnout. If you care at all which way these things are going, hit the link above, sign up and spend half an hour calling key people in key areas.
Look at what you will prevent:
Pelosi in charge of the House.
Murtha in chage of Defense Spending
Rangel at Ways and Means setting Tax policy
Conyers running Judicial
Alcee Hasting running Intelligence
Waxman, et al in positions of power.
And remember who the senior Dems are in the senate, especially one named Kerry, and one named Kennedy (and another named Clinton).
Is that who you want making laws and budgets and enforcing their policies?
#1
This will be the most important election of the last 100 years and well define the next 100 for the United States of America. Get on it!
Posted by: 49 Pan ||
11/05/2006 9:16 Comments ||
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I don't know... I've gotten five telephone calls in the last two hours from the Republican "get out the vote" message. That's overkill. That won't affect my vote, but it could drive a few people to contrariness. There's such a thing as over-doing it.
Posted by: Old Patriot ||
11/05/2006 22:57 Comments ||
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John Ziegler at KFI AM640 in LA writes a piece about how he and his radio station got the Kerry quote from a local TV station that rolled the tape but otherwise ignored what Kerry was saying (can't say that I blame them). Ziegler recognized the importance of the quote, and he and his team made sure it got out.
The way that the story of John Kerrys comments about education and getting stuck in Iraq became blockbuster news is rather humorous and tells us a lot about the nature of our modern news media. Believe it or not, there was a very excellent chance that Kerrys comments could have been made without creating anything close to even a minor incident. There are many reasons why that rather likely scenario was not allowed to occur. Here is how it really all went down.
My shows standard policy is to be taping at least one local TV newscast in the hours before my program just in case some extraordinary happens. On most nights we tape the local NBC affiliate (Channel 4 in Los Angeles) mostly because they are right across the street from KFIs studios and we know a lot of the performers who work there. On some nights we forget to roll any tape at all or there is a technical problem with the tape itself.
On Monday evening around 6 pm I was prepping for my show when I saw a report on KNBC from Conan Nolan (an excellent reporter who has been on my show before). The taped package focused on a Phil Angelides campaign event that including, among others, Senator John Kerry. I listened to the story with only half interest because Angelides has zero chance of being Governor and is usually so boring I often fall asleep before he is finished speaking. Nolans package was presented in as routine a fashion as possible with absolutely zero indication that anything out of the ordinary had occurred. He stated in his voiceover that Kerry had told the crowd at Pasadena City College that if more Democrats got elected that more kids could go to college. Immediately after that lead in, the packaged piece played the now infamous clip of Kerry appearing to say that if you dont study you could end up being a failure, forced to join the military, and get stuck in Iraq. Nolans report rolled on as if Kerry had said nothing more noteworthy than the sky is blue and the grass is green and no further mention of the remark was made.
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Some schmuck excellent reporter named Conan will never figure out how he missed the story of the election.
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republished here a second time, for the importance of it
... For the sake of our children's future -- and for the sake of all good people in the world who don't get to vote in the only election that matters to their future, too -- vote for no Congressional candidate who even hints at withdrawing from Iraq or opposing Bush's leadership in the war. And vote for no candidate who will hand control of the House of Representatives to those who are sworn to undo Bush's restrained but steadfast foreign policy in this time of war.
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Don't just vote - take arms and fight the D tide.
YOU can be a campaign worker - and change history!
YOU can make a "Dewey Wins" moment happen!
And youc an do that from the comfort of your own home with just a half hour of yout time and a few phone calls.
Help the Republican Get Out The Vote effort from your easy chair while watching football today or this evening:
#2
That reminds me: Does anyone have a copy of that 2004 Demprop piece where the little girl with tears in her eyes, sitting in her father's lap, asks her Dad about what happens if the evil Republicans win the election (or some such thing)?
From South Asia Analysis Group, an article by B. Raman, Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai.
... The Government has decided to expel all foreign students staying in Pakistan without no-objection certificates from their own countries, Interior Secretary Syed Kamal Shah said on August 8, 2006. .... about 700 foreign students were studying in religious schools and universities in the country. About a half of them had not obtained NOCs from their countries and, therefore, they would be repatriated. ....
A top official of the Ittehad Tanzeematul Madaris-e-Deeniya Pakistan (ITMDP), a confederacy of five religious education boards running over 14,000 seminaries across Pakistan, said on August 12,2006, that the Government had agreed it would not pressure madressahs in the aftermath of the great London plot (to blow up US-bound planes) that was foiled by the UK authorities with active help from Islamabad. Seminaries across the country have been worried and pushed the ITMDP leadership to secure assurances from Islamabad that they would not face action as they did after the 7/7 London bombings. .... Despite some clues leading to Pakistani seminaries in last years London bombing investigations, no seminary was involved in the act and time had proved this. ....
A UK-based Islamic charity organisation remitted a huge amount of money to three individuals in three different bank accounts in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, in December last year with the sole purpose of helping its recipients and their organisations carry out the aircraft bombing plan in the UK, insider sources told Daily Times. .... One of these banks is UK based and has its presence in Azad Kashmir because of a huge number of British citizens of Kashmir origin in UK. The money was transferred from UK to banks in Azad Kashmir through Barclays Plc. Two of the recipients of the transaction are British citizens of Kashmir origin while the third is an Islamabad-based builder, also of Kashmir origin. They were arrested in the last two weeks at three different places in the country. ....
about 700 foreign students were studying in religious schools and universities in the country. About a half of them had not obtained NOCs from their countries and, therefore, they would be repatriated. ....
[studying in] over 14,000 seminaries across Pakistan
Thats a whopping 1/20th of a student per madrassah. Big progress on the fight against terrorism there, Pakistan. Can you say window dressing?
Despite some clues leading to Pakistani seminaries in last years London bombing investigations, no seminary was involved in the act and time had proved this. ....
Sure thing. Righto. None of your fucking terrorist madrassahs are churning out any jihadists. Not even the one we rocketed the other day. You know, the one led by a terrorist commander.
A UK-based Islamic charity organisation remitted a huge amount of money to three individuals in three different bank accounts in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, in December last year with the sole purpose of helping its recipients and their organisations carry out the aircraft bombing plan in the UK
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"What raised alarm among British sleuths specialising in finances was the fact that the entire money was remitted to three individuals, not to any organisation or organisations involved in the relief work." ....
Are these charities still in operation? Who are they and why arent they smoking holes in the ground or bulldozed rubbish heaps? Are all of their officers in remand? If not, why not?
Mobile phone operators are still reluctant to render stolen cellphones dysfunctional despite clear instructions from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) in this regard issued on September 30, 2006. The PTA had directed all the Cellular phone companies to start using the mobile phones jamming device from September 30 to render dysfunctional any cellphone reported stolen, snatched or missing in order to help recover the set and effectively curb crime. The PTA has stated that only about 5,000 such phone sets have so far been blocked.
Wouldnt want to interfere with that old revenue stream, even if it means a few terrorist atrocities, eh?
One rocket exploded late on October 4 in the Ayub public park in Rawalpindi, near Musharrafs army residence. Another three were found nearby. Two more rockets were found close to the official presidency building and Parliament in Islamabad on October 5, followed by another two near the Inter Services Intelligence headquarters in the capital two days later. Militants had planned to launch all of them simultaneously, but only the one in Rawalpindi worked .... Security forces traced the suspects by decoding mobile phones attached to shells.
Garsh, youd think Musharraf would be all over these cellular companies like a bad suit. Maybe the ISI is dragging its feet, eh?
During the course of a random check of the records of the cellphone service providers, the authorities found instances where more than 8,000 cellphone connections had been issued in the name of a single applicant. This was in violation of the law which lays down that no individual can have more than 10 connections in his or her name.
And youre going to tell me that this escaped official notice in a land of intense government corruption? These were sold to bomb makers. Whos going to swing for this one?
#2
What annoys me is that British people out of their good hearts helped the earthquake relief in Pakistan and this is how we are repaid!!!!SCUM the lot of them!!!!!!!
#3
Oh, Fleter (you know you can change your tag line) what they did to their women and children is disgusting. They had to stay up in the mountains and freeze and starve instead of allowing the infidels to look upon them.
#4
Harsh as it may sound, they simply managed to clean out their gene pool for us. Finding more wimmen folk who are ready to hightail it off into the boonies and freeze to death during the next disaster might'n be a leetle tough. I'm hoping that Britain has learned its lesson about what happens to aid sent for Muslim relief. Sadly, so many Pakistanis live in Britain that much of it probably is intended for terrorist funding.
Lotsa scientific facts and skullduggery by the Academic grant-parasites By Christopher Monckton
Last week, Gordon Brown and his chief economist both said global warming was the worst "market failure" ever. That loaded soundbite suggests that the "climate-change" scare is less about saving the planet than, in Jacques Chirac's chilling phrase, "creating world government". This week and next, I'll reveal how politicians, scientists and bureaucrats contrived a threat of Biblical floods, droughts, plagues, and extinctions worthier of St John the Divine than of science.
Sir Nicholas Stern's report on the economics of climate change, which was published last week, says that the debate is over. It isn't. There are more greenhouse gases in the air than there were, so the world should warm a bit, but that's as far as the "consensus" goes. After the recent hysteria, you may not find the truth easy to believe. So you can find all my references and detailed calculations here.
The Royal Society says there's a worldwide scientific consensus. It brands Apocalypse-deniers as paid lackeys of coal and oil corporations. I declare my interest: I once took the taxpayer's shilling and advised Margaret Thatcher, FRS, on scientific scams and scares. Alas, not a red cent from Exxon.
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"The bigger the value of lambda, the bigger the temperature increase the UN could predict. Using poor Ludwig Boltzmann's law, lambda's true value is just 0.22-0.3C per watt. In 2001, the UN effectively repealed the law, doubling lambda to 0.5C per watt. A recent paper by James Hansen says lambda should be 0.67, 0.75 or 1C: take your pick. Sir John Houghton, who chaired the UN's scientific assessment working group until recently, tells me it now puts lambda at 0.8C: that's 3C for a 3.7-watt doubling of airborne CO2. Most of the UN's computer models have used 1C. Stern implies 1.9C."
Unbelievable. Criminal even, to the extent that public funds are spent on this deceit.
#3
Actually, the science is even dodgier. Were the feedbacks mentioned, and necessary to get any warming over half a degree, to exist they would certainly been triggered in the past when temperatures were higher than today resulting in the runaway warming the models predict. We know for certain that the earth's temperature has never been more than a couple of degrees warmer than today (going back millions of years).
Ergo, these feedbacks do not exist or if they do exist they are not capable of causing significant additional warming.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
