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Jimenez Family Stalked By Eagle Tribune Reporter

From Tom Duggan at The Valley Patriot: 

Slain soldier, Army Pfc. Alex Jimenez was captured by Al Qaeda and had been missing for 15 months before his remains were finally found in Iraq. 

“As hard as it was for the Jimenez family,” said Jim Wareing spokesman for the Jimenez and Duran Family “someone tipped off the Eagle Tribune that Alex had been found before the family was notified.”

“And when we arrived to deliver the devastating news to Andy (Alex’s father who lives in Lawrence), the Tribune was already in the house, snapping pictures as the family was told, breaking down in tears. It was total exploitation of this family who had been through so much. We were horrified by the picture they ran on the front page the next day. It was such an invasion of privacy,” he said in a somber tone.

The mother of Alex Jimenez, Maria Del Rosario Duran, told the Valley Patriot in an exclusive interview that she was very hurt by the disrespect she and her family endured at the hands of the Eagle Tribune.

“First, what happened to Andy (Alex’s father) was not right. They came to the house and took [a] picture during private time for the family. I wasn’t there, so you should talk to him,” she said, “but I know he was very sad about that and it should not have happened.”

“We were crying together and trying to grieve,” said Andy, Jr., Alex’s brother. “I don’t know why they were there, just to get a picture of us crying and embarrass us in their newspaper? It was such disrespect [sic]’” he said.

But, Wareing, who runs New England Caring for our Military, a volunteer organization to help soldiers and their families, said that the invasion of privacy the Jimenez family endured at the hands of the Eagle Tribune was just beginning.

Just getting started indeed.  The Jimenez family made it clear, they did not want this reporter anywhere near them, near their family, near their son's casket, or anywhere.  The Eagle Tribune Reporter Yadira was told personally not to come to the base, not to come to the funeral, the mass or anything.

Yet somehow Yadira found out where the body was to be flown, she found her way into the church early, she even got on the military base.  How could that happen?

 Wareing said that he was puzzled as to how a reporter from the Eagle Tribune could have snuck onto a secure military base to either snap pictures or take notes, so he began to ask those in the motorcade. “One of the auxiliary police officers finally admitted that Chief Romero had ordered him to take her in his police cruiser before the motorcade began. I didn’t think I had to search all the police cars before we left, but apparently Chief Romero is in bed with them and I suspect, though I can’t prove it yet, that Romero was the one who tipped them off about Alex’s body being found before the family even knew. That does explain why Trib reporters were in the Jimenez house before the notification was made.”

Thrown out of Wake and Funeral

But Wareing [Jim Wareing spokesman for the Jimenez and Duran Family] said the harassment of the Jimenez family didn’t end there.

You MUST go read the entire article here at The Valley Patriot, or pdf here.

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Time for a rant ... from you.

It's time for a rant, but I'm going to let you readers do the ranting.  Here's the article emailed to me this afternoon.  Read it then have your say ...

We Don't Need a War on Terrorism

by Ivan Eland

Many opponents of the Bush administration's invasion and occupation of Iraq have always argued that this conflict is an irrelevant and even counterproductive sideshow to the real "war on terrorism" in Afghanistan. In fact, Barack Obama led the parade to initiate a troop surge in Afghanistan after having opposed it in Iraq. The more hawkish John McCain, not to be outdone by a weak-kneed Democrat, proposed that even more troops be sent to Afghanistan. In American politics after 9/11, it seems that candidates have to support some sort of war or they will be perceived as being too wimpy to get elected.

Only a small minority of foreign policy gadflies has doubted whether any war on terrorism is needed in either Iraq or Afghanistan. Now a new report by RAND, the government's own captive think tank, supports this small band of renegades. The study, "How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al-Qaeda," written by terrorism experts Seth Jones and Martin Libicki, followed more than 600 terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda, over the long-term. The report concluded that the administration's war on terrorism has not significantly degraded al-Qaeda and that the group has morphed into a more formidable enemy. In fact, al-Qaeda has perpetrated more attacks after September 11, 2001 than before it.

RAND deduced that the best way to kill a terrorist group is to capture or kill its leaders. This task is best carried out, according to the study, by law enforcement, intelligence, and, if needed, troops from the local country. Instead of giving terrorists the exalted status of warriors, they should be deemed criminals. In other words, the authors conclude that in most past cases in which terrorist groups have been defeated by getting their leaders, local law enforcement did the job. They say that when troops are needed, local troops have a better understanding of the culture and terrain and thus have more legitimacy than do U.S. forces. In fact, the study says that the presence of U.S. forces on Muslim soil can create more terrorists to fight; thus the authors argue that the U.S. military should confine itself to training the locals.

It is nice when government-paid researchers can provide empirical data to confirm what should have been obvious to any informed citizen years ago! After a major terrorist crime, such as the one on 9/11, the objective should be to get the perpetrators. The U.S. government should not militarily invade countries and try to change their form of government, economic system or money-making activities (for example, growing opium). This applies to both Afghanistan and Iraq.

It might be nice to have free market economies and democratic governments in these remote places, but it is a diversion from the main show: getting the terrorist leaders. The niggling fact is that Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri and their merry band of followers are not likely to be in Afghanistan or Iraq, but in Pakistan.

So the United States must convince the local government in Pakistan to apprehend them. Right now, some in the Pakistani intelligence service, with close ties to Islamist militants in the Taliban, probably know where they are hiding. But as long as these outlaws are on the loose, the government of Pakistan pockets billions per year in U.S. military and economic aid. So the Pakistanis have no incentive to get the al-Qaeda leaders.

The United States should give up the losing nation-building distraction in Afghanistan (as well as in Iraq) and offer to withdraw NATO forces from that country, thus letting the resurgent Pashtun allies of Pakistani intelligence services—the Taliban—take over the eastern and southern parts of the Afghan landscape. Pakistan has long wanted influence in neighboring Afghanistan and wholeheartedly supported the Taliban rulers of that country before 9/11. In return, for increased influence in Afghanistan through its Taliban proxy, Pakistan would have to find the al-Qaeda leadership and turn it over to the United States. (If a stick is needed, the U.S. could threaten to cut off the billions in military and economic aid Pakistan receives if the Pakistanis do not produce the al-Qaeda chieftains.)

Although the Taliban were harsh rulers of Afghanistan, the U.S. has few other options to motivate the Pakistani government to fork over the al-Qaeda kingpins, which still threaten the U.S. homeland. As harsh as they are, the Taliban don't so threaten the United States. The counterproductive war on terrorism must end and we must motivate the local Pakistani government to catch the criminals that are harbored in its midst.

Ivan Eland is a Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute and the author of The Empire Has No Clothes: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed.

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Survey Says: 37% of all Muslims aged 16-24 would prefer to live under sharia

The idea that lack of education and poverty are what cause Muslims to become 'radical', is a pile of crap. When a large number of practitioners of a particular religion believe it is okay to kill in the name of that religion , it proves that "the solution is to stop talking about celebrating diversity and focus on integration and assimilation."

The report of this finding, based on a poll of 600 Muslim and 800 non-Muslim students at 12 universities in the UK, and conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Center for Social Cohesion, will be released tomorrow as "Islam on Campus."

Among its findings of Muslim beliefs:

• 40 per cent support introduction of sharia into British law for Muslims
• One-third back the idea of a worldwide Islamic caliphate based on sharia law
• 40 per believe it is unacceptable for Muslim men and women to associate freely
• 24 per cent do not think men and women are equal in the eyes of Allah
• 25 percent have little or no respect for homosexuals.
• 53 per cent believe killing in the name of religion is never justified (compared with 94 per cent of non-Muslims), while 32 per cent say it is
• 57 percent believe Muslim soldiers serving in the UK military should be able to refuse duty in Muslim countries
• More than half favor an Islamic political party to support their views in parliament
• One-third don't think or don't know if Islam is compatible with Western views of democracy

"Significant numbers appear to hold beliefs which contravene democratic values," Hannah Stuart, one of the report's authors, told the London Times. "These results are deeply embarrassing for those who have said there is no extremism in British universities."

The report echoes one released last year by the Policy Exchange which found 37% of all Muslims aged 16-24 would prefer to live under a sharia system.  (continue reading at WND)

Today, according to the FBI, America is teeming with 20,000 terrorists.

It's not something headquarters wanted to publicize. Officials had downplayed the threat so as not to spook the public. The spin had been that Britain has the homegrown problem, not us.

But that was before the ACLU launched a campaign with the Democrat Congress to demonize the watch list as a Gestapo-like tool. The FBI had no choice but to knock down their myths.   [snip]

In fact, the list has saved countless lives, according to the head of the FBI's terrorism screening center — an assertion backed up by a recent independent review by the GAO.  (Investors Business Daily, hat tip Steve T at Common Cents and Internet Radio Network,)

That is staggering information, especially in light of the Loony Left who are in favor of sanctuary cities, open borders, jobs, social services, education, health care, driver licenses, etc. for illegals inside America.  "The theory is that by providing sanctuary to those who've entered the U.S. illegally and not notifying federal authorities, the police get cooperation and intelligence from the illegal alien community in fighting crime."  (Investors Business Daily)

Well that theory doesn't stand up any better than a wet noodle. Putting aside the "crimes that would be prevented if those who shouldn't be in this country had their immigration status checked in encounters with police, and those found to be illegal were sent home", how many fewer terrorists would be here or at least be identified?  As IBD says, how about some sanctuary for our legal citizens and their families???

We are not the UK yet, but if you look at places like New York, Dearbornistan, and others ... the times they are a changin' my fellow citizens.  Multiculturalism does NOT work.  We need a president and politicians who understand this.

Other reading:

Call Congress Back To Vote On Drilling

Obama Campaign Posters At Western Wall Plaza In Jerusalem Called “Hurtful,” “Disgusting” To Jews, Peace and Freedom II

U.S.S. Hypocrisy, Flagship of the ACLU, Stop the ACLU

What happened to our Constitutional right?

"I am pretty confident that the people of the District of Columbia want me to err in the direction of trying to restrict guns," D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty told Washington Post columnist Marc Fisher.-- How about erring, just this once, in the direction of respecting civil liberties? (Reason OnLine, hat tip Michael)

It's a sad state of affairs in the United States when a Mayor boldly goes against a Supreme Court decision.  Yet, here we are. 

Last month the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the District of Columbia had violated the Second Amendment by making armed self-defense in the home impractical and banning the most popular weapons used for that purpose. Last week the D.C. Council responded by unanimously approving a law that makes armed self-defense in the home impractical and bans the most popular weapons used for that purpose.

D.C.'s political leaders know they are inviting another Second Amendment lawsuit, but they are determined to defy the Supreme Court and the Constitution for as long as possible.

The new law "clarifies that no carry license is required inside the home" to move a gun from one room to another. It also "clarifies" the District's firearm storage requirements, saying a gun may be unlocked and loaded "while it is being used to protect against a reasonably perceived threat of immediate harm to a person" in the home.

Much hinges on what counts as a "reasonably perceived threat." If you're awakened in the middle of the night by a crash, may you carry a loaded gun with you as you investigate? Evidently not. The Washington Post reports that D.C.'s acting attorney general, Peter Nickles, "said residents could neither keep their guns loaded in anticipation of a problem nor search for an intruder on their property." According to Nickles, if you see an armed criminal charging your home, or in the event of "an actual threat by somebody you believe is out to hurt you," you're allowed to get your gun, unlock it, and load it.  (continue reading)

Any idiot should know that if someone is going to attack you or your family, you don't have TIME to unlock the gun case, unlock the trigger lock, load the gun, and then shoot.  You would be dead first.

Idiots.  Does the Constitution mean nothing any more?

Wesley Clark gets it wrong again, and again,...

As Anti-Mullah points out in his article, the Democrat talking points are out and the party line is "the surge must be discredited at all cost."

John McCormack catches Wes Clark in a couple of egregious errors on the surge today on Morning Joe.

The lesser mistake is Clark’s insistence that the surge didn’t involve Anbar at all, when as McCormack notes the Marines sent two extra battalions to the hotbed of terrorist activity as part of the increased deployment.

Worse, though, Clark tries to tell Scarborough that the surge had nothing to do with the Marines, and everything to do with the Saudis paying off the Sunni tribes:

This isn’t exactly a lost history.

Actually, 4,000 extra Marines went to Anbar. The extra Marine battalions got a lot of attention in the beginning of the surge, especially since they had the toughest job in clearing Anbar, while the Army focused more on Baghdad.

Despicable partisan idiot, trampling on the graves of our heroes. How dare he. He really thinks he earning his cabinet post .. made his deal with the devil.

Wesley Clark is the Marshall Applewhite of retired generals. Got himself forced to retire with his amibitious, arrogant and ignorant actions overseas.

He’s not called Weasel for nothing and he’s also a liar.

Several years ago Chrissy Matthews asked him why he was relieved of command and Weasel about had a heart attack. He said he wasn’t relieved but just decided to retire early, that was an out and out lie.

This little narcicisstic, political skunk is palpable proof that our military is top heavy with generals in name only.

SCUMBAG!!!!!!! Weasely Clark pisses all over US Marines in order to try to propagandize for his candidate.

The talking points are out - the Surge must be discredited at all costs so the Boy King Obama cannot be said ever to be wrong about anything. What a load of crap.

Hat Tip Freepers

And here is a look at the Obama and Clark support crowd

Be sure to visit all the Anti-Mullah sites:

TERROR NEWS (nearly daily posts)  http://terrornewsbriefs.blogspot.com/

WORLD VIEWS  http://alanpetersworld.blogspot.com/

NEWS VIEWS   http://alanpetersnewsbriefs.blogspot.com/

RUTHLESS ROUNDUP  http://alanpetersroundup.blogspot.com/

MULTILINGUAL  http://farsiposts.blogspot.com/

VIDEOS   http://alanpetersvideos.blogspot.com/

GRAPHICS   http://alanpetersgraphics.blogspot.com/

Obama news:

Obama And Europe: A Love That Fades

Exclusive: Like Sitting in a Classroom: Obama’s CNN Interview

Exclusive: Change? Looks Like More of the Same

Other reading:

Senate Vote on More Money for UN

To Domestic Drilling and Congress Doing The Right Thing...

Emergency Petition to Congress:  Lift the Offshore Drilling Ban Before Congress' Summer Recess

Sign the petition here

CFTC Report on High Oil Prices - "Speculation My A$$"Posted by Nate Hagens at The Oil Drum: (click images to enlarge)

With a pending Senate vote on the "Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act", it seems that we (not the TOD 'we', but the collective society 'we') continue the ongoing witch hunt to pinpoint any 'explanation' for our high oil and gas prices that is not related to finite geologic flow limits or Malthusian themes (i.e. benign). Greedy oil companies, dastardly OPEC plots, and off-limits drilling of the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve and Outer Continental Shelf are among the reasons oft floated in the conventional media for why oil has risen in price over 10 fold in the last decade. Yesterday, a report from a credible institution was released detailing why at least one of the high oil price bogeymen, 'the speculators', are not to blame. In this report, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), threw cold water on the recent rhetoric in Congressional testimonies and television commentary that high oil prices are caused by investment speculators.

Excerpt from Figure 1 from CFTC Interim Report on Crude Oil - Click to Enlarge

This is a long and detailed report, with many graphs and data supportive of a)the tightness in global supply and demand for oil and b)the lack of correlation between speculative positioning and price increase. It is worth a complete read for those interested in this issue (which has seemed front and center in many CNBC debates on oil speculation). Below are some excerpts of the main findings of the report (italics/bold added).

From the Executive Summary:

The Task Force’s preliminary assessment is that current oil prices and the increase in oil prices between January 2003 and June 2008 are largely due to fundamental supply and demand factors. During this same period, activity on the crude oil futures market – as measured by the number of contracts outstanding, trading activity, and the number of traders – has increased significantly. While these increases broadly coincided with the run-up in crude oil prices, the Task Force’s preliminary analysis to date does not support the proposition that speculative activity has systematically driven changes in oil prices.

Figure 2 - Oil Intensity and Use by Country Click to Enlarge

The world economy has expanded at its fastest pace in decades, and that strong growth has translated into substantial increases in the demand for oil, particularly from emerging market countries. On the supply side, the production of oil has responded sluggishly, compounded by production shortfalls associated with geopolitical unrest in countries with large oil reserves. As it is very difficult to rely on substitutes for oil in the short term, very large price increases have occurred as the market balances supply and demand.

If a group of market participants has systematically driven prices, detailed daily position data should show that that group’s position changes preceded price changes. The Task Force’s preliminary analysis, based on the evidence available to date, suggests that changes in futures market participation by speculators have not systematically preceded price changes. On the contrary, most speculative traders typically alter their positions following price changes, suggesting that they are responding to new information – just as one would expect in an efficiently operating market.  (continue reading at The Oil Drum)

The Ball in in Congress Court now, let's see if they do the right thing for America.

The president finally stepped up to the plate and removed the second-to-the-last obstacle in the way of allowing oil companies to recover the oil from the massive fields that line our shores and elsewhere. The last obstacle is the political will of the Democrats in Congress. They seem hell-bent on obstructing the development of our natural gas and oil resources to reduce our dependency on foreign oil. They insist that conservation and the development of alternate forms of energy is the only way to be energy-independent. That’s a noble goal, but as usual, liberals are incredibly short-sighted.  [snip]this country must continue to use oil to fuel our vehicles, allow our economy to expand and maintain our standard of living. Naïve Democrats never consider that there must be a transition period of when America is weaned off oil while these new technologies take root, rather than being cut off like an addict from his heroin supply.  [snip]

 

Wind power would be great, if wind blew all the time, and windmills didn’t kill endangered birds and weren’t such an eyesore. Just ask Sen. Ted Kennedy.

 

Solar energy sounds good too, except that the sun doesn’t shine 24 hours a day and solar panels don’t look good on an English Tudor style house. Not to mention that they’re expensive.

 

Hydrogen is promising, but with few refueling stations, these cars are limited as to where they can operate.

 

Battery operated vehicles work well - if you can afford the higher price and the electricity costs, and don’t mind the limited miles you can drive in between charges.  (continue reading)

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We'll Ruin Alaska... (No we won't)

That's what my dear, sweet, retired neighbor lady said to me today when we were discussing the energy 'crisis'.  She had been perusing T. Boone Pickins' website, and was thrilled with what she saw.  I told her that I was in favor of investigating all forms of energy, but I believe we need to be drilling offshore and in ANWR.  She cut me off, in her sweet way, saying, "OH, NO!  WE'LL RUIN ALASKA!"

No, my dear neighbor, we will NOT ruin Alaska, nor will we ruin ANWR, nor will we ruin the tiny spot where drilling would occur.  Yes, my neighbor is a Democrat, a Liberal, and she has been brainwashed by CNN.  See the following images (click to enlarge).

The problem is, you cannot reason with people who are already brainwashed. 

Now, in other Liberal news, Lawmakers Could Consider Gas Tax Hike, After Gas Tax Holiday Fails, according to Fox News.

Despite calls from the presidential campaign trail for a Memorial Day-to-Labor Day tax freeze, lawmakers quickly concluded — with a prod from the construction industry — that having $9 billion less to spend on highways could create a pre-election specter of thousands of lost jobs.

Now, lawmakers quietly are talking about raising fuel taxes by a dime from the current 18.4 cents a gallon on gasoline and 24.3 cents on diesel fuel.

The politicians whine (yes I said whine) about the high cost of gas for the American people, but they are UNWILLING TO DO SQUAT to help, they are not willing to cut back on their spending one red cent.  On the contrary, they are willing to INCREASE THE BURDEN ON AMERICANS, so that they can GO ON SPENDING.  Send the bums home.

The Democrats created the victim class, they continue to support the victim class, ... but not if is hurts their pot of gold in Washington. 

From Tom's Place, Where’s the Energy?

Frankly, I’m not counting government to do anything for us.  Just look at the political idiocy going on over what to do about the price of gas, and you’ll understand how moronic & how out of touch with their constituents our elected Congresscritters really are. For instance:

Congress has its own ban on offshore energy exploration, and the Democrats who run Congress have shown no sign that they are willing to follow Bush’s example. They have preferred to make excuses–about why the price of oil is rising, who is to blame for its rise, and why increasing domestic supply won’t do anything to ameliorate the problem

From Conservative Common Man, do not miss this: Digital TV: Another Excuse For A Subsidized Victim Class 

THE CONCEPTION OF FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY (Right Truth Exclusive)

THE CONCEPTION OF FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY

By R.J. Godlewski

© July 18, 2008, All Rights Reserved

I currently live in one of those disconcerting small townships that need to borrow mailing addresses from a neighbor with perhaps one or two more buildings to its credit. It is because of this residing within a quaint little town that events – particularly tragedies – engulf all residents with such fervor that few can go another day without learning a thing or two about the crisis. I am no different. Yesterday, tragedy hit this hamlet with such confusing disbelief that I hardly know where to begin – a young infant was left in a car to slowly suffocate to death for two hours until the mother returned home to discover the absolute horror and desperately tried to revive the baby. The father was inside the home. I cannot judge and therefore I shall not. Nor will I continue discussion on this singularly terrible misfortune.

I am quite certain that we would all agree that this is a deep and troubling tragedy and I know that all of our hearts and prayers will go out to this family. Yet, if this could be construed as an egregious example of neglect, then I cannot comprehend how the deaths of 35,000,000+ babies still residing within the womb could be any less of an absolute tragedy. Perhaps even more threatening because the unborn should be safely tucked away within the most secure vestibule between Creation and human nature. Can parents who abort their own children be any less guilty of neglect than the unfortunate parent who was inside his house when his very child was slowly dying from suffocation in the outside heat?

Readers of my military writings understand how people are allowed to dispense with the most innocent of our species. People tend to dehumanize the babies – calling them fetuses, ‘inconveniences’ and the like; anything but what they really are. This makes killing babies as simple as removing an ingrown toenail. The second action involves removing one physically from the infant. If the baby is not seen, then we don’t see it as murder or even killing itself. The ‘doctor’ comes in, yanks the baby out – sometimes going so far as to suck out the baby’s brain just to get what’s left of the kid past the mother’s vagina. The third action does little more than give the neglecting parent an ease of mind – we shower collaborated pronouncements of “Constitutional Rights” upon them almost as if they were to be ‘unpatriotic’ if they did not brutally butcher the child that God had given them through their own actions.

We humans are a fickle bunch – we try to play God when the matter suits us and come running to Him as soon as we screw up. Perhaps that’s the way that He intends for it to be, but sometimes I’m left wondering how much we owe it to ourselves to face our own charges of neglect and irresponsibility. Too often today, we absolve ourselves from any discipline whatsoever by passing the buck or expecting too much from others. Consider the Muslims, particularly the Arabs. No, I don’t despise them out of hand but I cannot help but wonder if their own system of beliefs sets them up for failure in life. It is my understanding of my own Catholicism that God granted us all certain gifts and, as taught by Jesus, we are to use these treasures to benefit the world at large. If we don’t use these particular talents and resources wisely, then we will be held accountable once we die and enter Paradise. It’s called free will – we’re allowed to do whatever we please but must hold ourselves accountable for those actions which we have undertaken. Sometimes circumstances prevent us from acting out faithfully to our consciousness; say, for example, our sins may be alleviated through addiction, or abuse, or other illness or hardship.

Where the Muslims lose my respect is that they believe that Muhammad taught them that people must spread the wealth of the world. That, for instance, the “rich oil nations” literally have to share their wealth with Muslims from all over the world. This is simply not religious jurisprudence at work; it is socialism and serves no purpose but to extinguish free will. It absolves us from accomplishing our mission in life with what resources God decided was adequate for us personally and prepares us to play the blame game to reduce our misfortunes. In my opinion, if the Muslims are in such sorry shape globally then there must either be something fundamentally wrong with their Qur’ân or with their people. Otherwise the entire planet would’ve become Muslim a very long time ago. I also note this same problem within non-Muslim Westerners; if the liberal media and politicians seem to be making ‘friends’ more with the Muslims then it can only be because we haven’t adequately endorsed our own beliefs. If we fear Muslim expansion, it is only because we misunderstand our own ability to “go forth and make disciples of all nations.”

Personal responsibility must take into account personal effort; for without due diligence on our part we cannot succeed no matter the level of effort bestowed us from others. Conditions are simply barriers built to corral human initiative and innovation. You see this widely today – we aren’t allowed to drill for oil offshore either coast, in ANWR, or in Colorado but we must reduce our dependency upon foreign oil. Or, we are to reduce crime within our communities but aren’t allowed to protect ourselves; instead we are forced to rely upon ever-expanding “jack-booted thugs.” If we only protected ourselves then there would be no need to hire such people to do it for us.

Millions of people try to enter my great nation illegally every year. Whatever the reason, they have decided that it is better to circumvent our laws and established regulations. They don’t seem to care about legislation until after they are here and then they will pull out every scrap of paper to prove their legality. I don’t know about you, but anyone who can’t come here properly isn’t worth inviting and therefore all must be sent back to whatever hellhole they came from. There are plenty of honest people out there waiting in vain for a chance to immigrate here. If you break one law, you’ll break others. Never fails.

America’s decline into irresponsibility began in 1973 when we allowed our Supreme Court to decide that women somehow had a right to murder the innocent. Once we allowed this to happen, we allowed the greedily irresponsible to seek more. Mere infanticide no longer satisfied their hunger. They wanted to destroy the family. They started this through sacrificing the marriage and now they don’t want anything that calls for responsibility. As long as the desire is there, it should be legal. What they believe is ‘individualism’ is actually subjugation of the most individualistic.

There isn’t an individual on this planet today that doesn’t possess the ability to extinguish the rest of the planet with mere thought alone. This may sound like a singularly audacious statement to make but only for those who haven’t read their Bible adequately. My point, however, is not to set six billion people on the road towards global annihilation. I merely defer to the thought of our capabilities and the responsibilities required therein. If we hold the power to lift up mountains and toss them into the sea; if we’ve been told that “all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours” (Mark 11:24); then we have the potential to transform our very lives into something that would exceed even our wildest expectations. Yet, are we responsible enough to handle this infinite power? Or are we simply pathetic enough to judge and blame others for our own weakness?

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This article is posted at Real Clear Politics.

PATIENT EVIL - An R.J. Godlewski / Right Truth Blog Exclusive - Chapter Twenty-Seven

PATIENT EVIL

An R.J. Godlewski and Right Truth Blog Exclusive eBook

Chapter Twenty-Seven

July, 20xx

Bagerovo Air Base, Ukraine

Mahmoud sat slumped in the yellow plastic chair, panting and quivering like a constipated Chihuahua. His hair snarled like a malignant tumor of black worms. “Damn Muhammad! Damn Muhammad! Damn Muhammad!” he kept repeating without cessation.

Jonas Prinkler mopped the folds of his wide forehead with a handkerchief. His green nylon flight suit was peeled down to his waist and secured with a loose knot tied from its sleeves. “Damn, Carmassi. You snapped his mind…”

“No I didn’t.” Seth Carmassi watched the prisoner through the window, scrutinizing every vibration of the Arab like a professional baseball pitcher examining a batter before delivering a throw. “He now just hates his master with a passion.”

“Look at him mumbling. How are you going to retrieve any information from someone in his condition?”

“It was not my intention to extract any information from him.”

“Oh?” Jonas crumbled the handkerchief into his fist, shoving the cloth aggressively into his pocket.

“Oh, we’ll get some Intel from him…” offered Carmassi. “Right now, though, he’s thinking of ways in which to pay the Sorcerer back for what we’ve put him through.”

Jonas nodded hesitantly. “And what of us? Will our little escapade defeat justice once the world learns of what we did put him through?”

“Screw the frickin’ world!” Carmassi yanked another Cuban out of his pocket and lit the cigar, puffing heavily until a cloud of smoke erupted from his mouth like Krakatoa. “That prick in there was working for the United Nations. Do you think that I care much about the rest of the world thinks of us?”

“So that gives us reason to torture the guy?”

Carmassi poked his cigar at the glass, deforming the end into a burning mushroom. “Torture? Did we not use the same quality lifeline that Air Force people use to protect their lives? Did we not haul him back in well before his sorry-assed carcass would’ve hit the ground? Don’t blame me if the bastard is afraid of heights! Anyone brave enough to murder innocent women and children shouldn’t be scared of something like being toss out of an airplane.”

“Yeah, I suppose that we really didn’t harm him…physically, leastways.” Jonas tried to match his friend’s sarcasm. “And I suppose he would’ve done different with us if the tables were turned…”

“Damn right, he would’ve.” snapped Carmassi. “His specialty is ripping your head off with a dull blade while his cronies film the whole frickin’ thing.”

Jonas felt decidedly uncomfortable. “So what do we do with him?”

“We make him believe that the Sorcerer is using him. That shouldn’t be too terribly difficult. People like our prisoner here are basically cowards at heart; nothin’ but bullies. They use the real fanatics to do their dirty work – things that they wouldn’t do for themselves.

“Mahmoud’s Achilles’ heel was his absolute fear of heights. It became our force-multiplier and we hit this vulnerability hard. Now, look at him; he’s sitting there trying to figure out how Allah and Muhammad left him to endure his most primal fear…and he’s angry.”

Jonas nodded softly. “Angry at whom, though?”

“At everyone; but he knows now how we’ll deal with him so he’ll want to get as far away from us as possible. Undoubtedly back to his clan.”

Jonas smiled, straightening out his posture. “That’s how we’ll find his people. He’ll lead us to them!”

Carmassi slid the cigar out of his mouth again and tapped the oral end gently against his right temple. “You’re learning my friend …”

“But suppose we loose him?”

The cigar retreated towards its home. “Well, so much for learning.” A billowing cloud of smoke rose from Carmassi’s lips. “You don’t suppose for a moment that ol’ Mahmoud here would go back to his people alone do you?”

“No, not really.” Jonas flushed his handkerchief out of his pocket and wiped it sporadically across his brow; his voice etching an octave higher with every passing syllable. “Who is going with him?”

“We are.”

Jonas nearly hit the floor, catching himself against the wall and dropping the cloth wipe in the process. “Who?” His voice was nearly silent and needed to be coaxed. “We?” “Yep.” Carmassi dodged any further inquires and leaned forward against the glass panes so that he could resume scrutinizing the Arab’s posture and mannerism. “Yes Mahmoud, my friend, you’re going to be our Trojan horse, you sick bastard…”

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Global warming may increase kidney stones, and Al Gore surfaces again

Here we go again, "More Americans are likely to suffer from kidney stones in the coming years as a result of global warming, according to researchers at the University of Texas."  I've seen researchers STRETCH before, but this takes the cake:

 Kidney stones, which are formed from dissolved minerals in the urine and can be extremely painful, are often caused by caused by dehydration, either by not drinking enough liquid or losing too much due to high heat conditions.

If global warming trends continue as projected by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007, the United States can expect as much as a 30 percent growth in kidney stone disease in some of its driest areas, said the findings published in Monday's Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.  (Breitbart)

Al Gore sets "moonshot" goal on fuels, climate change:  Al Gore is challenging the nation to produce every kilowatt of electricity through wind, sun and other globe-friendly energy sources within 10 years.  (WBTV)   

Hey Al, how about starting at HOME???  Gore's house in Tennessee uses MORE THAN 20 TIMES THE ENERGY OF THE  AVERAGE HOUSE  (Snopes)  You can compare George W. Bush's eco-friendly home with Al Gore's energy guzzling home here.