Must read artcles for today

Below are articles that I feel are important. You can decide. I'm working on a computer that was struck by lightning and running as slow as molasses (that's really slow for you yankees). So here are some highlights of other blogs for your reading pleasure. Go for it!

"Introducing Brandon T. Stanley" from Always On Watch

Enemies Foreign and Domestic

A Step Forward

In one of the most famous, or in recent theological debates rather infamous, events in the Old Testament, Moses is told by Yaweh that Israel will inherit the land of the Canaanites. Yahweh does call for war, he tells the Israelites to show no mercy. Not because Israel is moral, not because it is great, not for Paradise or to avoid Hell, but because the Canaanites were evil. Tradition relates that the Canaanite practiced forms of human sacrifice. Moses died and the scepter passed to Joshua. In a series of brutal campaigns, Joshua subdued and destroyed many of the cities of the Canaanites, depopulating them utterly. Thus was Canaan defeated, and the worship of Baal lessened.

The tale was largely taken as a Jewish Jihad, as an uprovoked attack upon peaceful peoples. The tales of the perverse nature of Canaanite worship were called slanders and tall tales. That is until, like always, Bible skeptics were hit with archaelogical evidence. Ugarit Epics were found which told tales of perverse deities who tortured men for fun, and of gods whoese care was not for men but for themselves. It told tales of deities, the moon-deity Baal foremost among them, who demanded human blood.

The Canaanite deities were strikingly similar to today's Allah, to the reincarnation of the terrible Mesopotamian gods. The mode of sacrifce today has a new name, that of Jihad, and the followers still place their children upon altars, albeit ones of a more explosive type. (go read it all)

"Woman of Pakistan Descent Caught with Liquid Explosives", from Slant Right

"Co-inky Dink?", at Diggers Realm cross posted from Freedom Folks, info you need concerning illegal immigrant criminal invader Elvira Arellano who is staying inside a church so she cannot be deported. Seems the pastor and his wife have a questionable past and questionable connections.

Here's where things started getting a little bit flaky, turns out the pastor of the church might have a history and our dogged media either don't know or don't care to reveal that little detail...

" It's time to go Scott Evil on terrorists", from Don Suber:

My column this week in the Charleston Daily Mail:

No one cared why the Nazis hated the U.S.

REMEMBER "blowback?" The 9/11 attack caught the Blame America crowd unawares. It scrambled for a way to shift the fault back on the United States.

A year-old book by Chalmers Johnson, "Blowback," was dusted off and presented as evidence.

The theory was that 9/11 was payback for the United States for supporting the rebels in Afghanistan, who resisted the Soviet Union after it invaded Kabul, which led to warlords taking over Afghanistan, which led to the Taliban taking the nation back over in a puritanical backlash against warlord excesses, which then paved the way for Osama bin Laden to move to Afghanistan after he was kicked out of the Sudan, which led to 9/11.

Ah, clarity.

Five years later, others still are trying to figure out how to pin the blame on the victim. (Go read it all)

"Throw it back: the wingnut diet continues" from FishKite, shows how the left can't get anything right, um, correct.

"Palestinian or Islamic Nationalism" from In the Bullpen:

Marc Schulman of American Future points to a rather interesting column written in The New Republic by Anne Marie Oliver after her stay in Gaza that predated the taking of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit. Oliver maintains that in Palestine it’s not about nationalism but rather the Islamic identity and the domination of Islam, another phrase to describe the totalitarian movement of the mufsidun. (go read it all)

Women Comprise One Percent of Candidates in Yemen’s Local Elections at Armies of Liberation

Dan in the Desert has amazing pictures from Iraq, Germany, Romania, Czech Republic, Kuwait, UAE, ... go see.

" Dhimmi Bush Bows To His Saudi Masters - No More 'Islamic Fascists'" from Pedestrian Infidel

Can you believe how STUPID Bush is? What does he achieve by doing this? Scorn? What a pathetic excuse for a President? He is just beyond clueless about Islam? What other explanation is there? Saudis put that bitch in her place. Ann Coulter always defends Bush. Wonder how she is going to defend this? It it wasn't so pathetic and dangerous to us all, it would be laughable. (go read it all)

Terror Free Oil Initiative -take their polls here-
Terror Free Oil - Project Objective:

Terror-Free Oil Initiative is dedicated to encouraging Americans to buy gasoline that originated from countries that do not export or finance terrorism.

We educate the public by promoting those companies that acquire their crude oil supply from nations outside the Middle East and by exposing those companies that do not.

We are also looking into creating a healthy debate concerning alternate methods of fuel production and consumption.

Listen to The Right Perspective's radio show tonight.

On The RIGHT Perspective radio show with Frank of Queens and John of Staten Island, opinions that are as subtle as an iceberg in a shipping lane fly fast and furious on all topics.

GOP and the City had their blogiversary yesterday, with all the statistics and the headline, " Scary Drudge Headline of the Day -- Dems Talk of Stripping Lieberman..."

Mac Bro's Place is having open trackbacks. They are new to me, but I like what I see.

From Anti-Dhimmi, " British Home Secretary: Islam Means Peace"

123Beta says " There are 84 Good People in Hollywood" and he names them, go see who they are. Cross posted at the Gentle Cricket with more info at Woman Honor Thyself with a hat tip to Texas Rainmaker who says 'we had to go all the way to Australia to read this'.

"What the media needs to show: Muslim Scholars condemning Terrorism" from Mujahideen Ryder:

There has been a claim from one of my commentors that Americans do not see any Muslim scholars condemning terrorism. Well here you go: (go read it all)

Blue Star Chronicles is heading out for a weekend of relaxing and has open trackbacks and nice pictures.

Stuck on Stupid has one amazing picture and open tracktacks.

The Nose on Your Face has a good article, "Trekkie's Set Sights High With Female Genitalia Initiative". Go read it and also be aware that The Nose on Your Face and another blogger, PotFry, have their own internet radio talk show on Saturday mornings from 8-10 a.m. EST. If you are interested, go to www.wideawakesradio.com and click on the Listen Live button in the top left corner.

Jack Bauer fact for today: 876 students got perfect scores on their SAT. Also, there are exactly 876 people in the country named Jack Bauer. Coincidence or not? You decide. via Bud's Broadcast Network

Comments

[Angel]

Thanks so much for the link...great selection!..:)

[Jane]

Nice round-up. Honored to be included.