Wajeha Al-Huwaider: When You Are in an Arab Country...

'You Are in an Arab Country'
A Saudi poet’s lament, via MEMRI and Jules Crittenden who has an excellent blog and I encourage all to visit it:

In a satirical poem titled "When," posted on Arabic reformist websites including www.aafaq.org , reformist Saudi author and journalist Wajeha Al-Huwaider lamented what she regards as the conditions in the Arab world. In the introduction to this poem, she wrote: "'When' is an ode to the troubles of the Arab citizen. Both men and women participated in its [writing], and it is still open to additions. This ode will be hung on the walls of the palaces of the Arab rulers, [1] so feel free to add your contributions."

The following are excerpts from the poem:

When you cannot find a single garden in your city,but there is a mosque on every corner - you know that you are in an Arab country...

When you see people living in the past with all the trappings of modernity - do not be surprised, you are in an Arab country.

When religion has control over science - you can be sure that you are in an Arab country.

When clerics are referred to as ’scholars’ - don’t be astonished, you are in an Arab country.

“When you see the ruler transformed into a demigod who never dies or relinquishes his power, and whom nobody is permitted to criticize - do not be too upset, you are in an Arab country.

When you find that the large majority of people oppose freedom and find joy in slavery - do not be too distressed, you are in an Arab country.

When you hear the clerics saying that democracy is heresy, but [see them] seizing every opportunity provided by democracy to grab high positions [in the government] - do not be surprised, you are in an Arab count...

When monarchies turn into theocracies, and republics into hybrids of monarchy and republic - do not be taken aback, you are in an Arab country.

When you find that the members of parliament are nominated [by the ruler], or else that half of them are nominated and the other half have bought their seats through bribe... - you are in an Arab count...

When you discover that a woman is worth half of what a man is worth, or less - do not be surprised, you are in an Arab count...

When you see that the authorities chop off a man’s hand for stealing a loaf of bread or a penny, but praise and glorify those who steal billions - do not be too surprised, you are in an Arab count...

When you are forced to worship the Creator in school and your teachers grade you for it - you can be sure that you are in an Arab country…

When young women students are publicly flogged merely for exposing their eyes - you are in an Arab country...

When a boy learns about menstruation and childbirth but not about his own [body] and [the changes] it undergoes in puberty - roll out your prayer mat and beseech Allah to help you deal with your crisis, for you are in an Arab count...

When land is more important than human beings - you are in an Arab count...

When covering the woman’s head is more important than financial and administrative corruption, embezzlement, and betrayal of the homeland - do not be astonished, you are in an Arab count...

When minorities are persecuted and oppressed, and if they demand their rights, are accused of being a fifth column or a Trojan horse - be upset, you are in an Arab count...

When women are [seen as] house ornaments which can be replaced at any time - bemoan your fate, you are in an Arab country.

When birth control and family planning are perceived as a Western plot - place your trust in Allah, you are in an Arab count...

When at any time, there can be a knock on your door and you will be dragged off and buried in a dark prison - you are in an Arab country...

When fear constantly lives in the eyes of the people - you can be certain that you are in an Arab country.

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A Few Fun Samples from the Fark Photoshop Contest

George Bush caught red-handed creating the Mohammad cartoons that caused all the rioting a while back. This could mean big trouble when the Arab masses discover the ture source of the images.
Participants in The annual pilgrimage to Mecca had the ba-jesus scared out of them as this giant thing suddenly popped out of that big black box that they like to pray to. A Zionist conspiracy is suspected.
Iranian President Ahamadinejad suffered a political setback when it was discovered that he has been moonlighting as Anna Nicole Smith's Attorney, and is the suspected biological father to the baby...

Pakistan: Teacher suspected to be US spy beheaded
Muslim cabbies tell airport they won't bend in alcohol dispute
Plowshares beaten into swords in Gaza

Why do Israelis hate the Western left?

Why do average Israelis generally hate the Western Left? The answer can be articulated in a single paragraph (most of which I have lifted from the linked article from Ha'aretz, one of Israel's more liberal leaning dailies). Anyway, so here is the answer, why do Israelis hate the Western left?:

Because Arab dictatorships, representing hundreds of millions of people, can (and do) murder, rape, starve, maim, torture, behead, deport, excommunicate, honor-kill, abuse, extort, rocket, shell, assassinate, suicide bomb, humiliate, jail without due process, occupy, and enslave other Arabs every day without eliciting peep one from the evolved, hypersensitive consciences of the Western left - unless the silence is broken in order to find tiny and surrounded Israel (a democracy), and its U.S. ally responsible. The Western left are for the most part emotionally immature (malignant narcissism), ignorant of historic and cultural context and shallow to the point of being easily manipulated by images and slogans.

That's it in a nutshell.

The truth? You can't handle the truth!

Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The Gall To Speak Her Mind

I highly recommend this wonderful piece by Anne Applebaum in the Washington Post. It's good to see that main stream media are beginning to take note of key people who have been celebrities in blog world for a good number of years now. A small taste from Anne's article:

For those who haven't encountered her name yet, suffice it to say that Hirsi Ali is a European of African descent with an almost American rags-to-riches life story. As a young woman, she escaped from her Somali family while en route to an arranged marriage in Canada, made her way to Holland, learned Dutch, attended college and eventually won a seat in the Dutch parliament. Along the way, she also made an intellectual journey -- beautifully described in her new book, "Infidel"-- from tribal Somalia, through fundamentalism, and into Western liberalism.

In America, the phenomenon of the flag-waving first-generation immigrant is familiar. In Europe, such a thing is unknown. Maybe once Europeans get used to the idea -- a Muslim immigrant who embraces Western culture with the excitement of the convert! -- they'll like Hirsi Ali better. And if they're lucky, others will follow in her footsteps.

In the meantime, LFG does a great job documenting an all out smear effort by Newsweek Magazine against Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Chaney Bombing Incident in Afghanistan Further Unhinges the Looney Left

What else is there to say, Bush hatred is a certified mental disorder. All one has to do is check out the despair expressed by many on the left that the suicide bomber in Afghanistan did not succeed in hitting our Vice President and you only begin to understand the level of depravity. More samples below: Check out the Wackos at this Patty Murry meeting in Washington demanding that the cop arrest the Senator. Don't these folks know that Murry is one of the most liberal Democrat members of the Senate? You reap what you sow:

Farrakhan pushes conspiracy tracts, Carter book
The Sickness Never Ends: Check out this Disgusting political-conspiracy gangsta rap piece called "TELL THE TRUTH" - Mos Def - Immortal Technique -Eminem. Liberals will love this one:


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Taking Bets on the Student Arrested After Terror Threat At UM-Rolla Campus

Don't you love the euphemisms employed by the media to describe the perpetrators of terror attacks. In Salt Lake it was a "disturbed youth", in North Carolina it was a "depressed student," in San Francisco it was "a bad driver...," this bending over backwards is solid comedic material in an otherwise deadly serious environment.

CNN takes the cake on this one, excusing the actions of the individual by quoting the confused Mayor as saying: "The student had been distraught over his grades, which may have led to the incident... he had problems and was depressed."

Don't we all threaten to destroy the building, contaminate everyone with anthrax and hold everybody off with a knife when we get "distraught"? Now for the big question...how much do we want to bet that the individual in question has a first or last name called "Mohammad"? The name and nationality have not been released. Bets anyone? Of course, as a disclaimer, this could turn out to be a Buddhist student from Hong Kong...or a Christian student from Norway... or an atheist from the Congo...guesses anyone?

Disclaimer for the stupid folks: I will not be taking actual bets, it's a metaphor...good lord.

UPDATE: The individual in question is Mr. Sujithkumar Venkatramolla, 22, Nazambad, India. It is still not determined if the individual is Hindu or Muslim. Stay tuned.


European Islam expert says some parts of Sharia applicable in Europe

Daughter Used to Pay Off Poker Debt in Pakistan...

A teenage girl in southern Pakistan, whose late father lost her in a poker game when she was two years old, has asked authorities to save her from being handed over to a middle-aged relative. Her mother, Nooran said her husband racked up a debt of 10,000 rupees ($190) to Haider playing cards. "My husband didn't have money to pay, and instead he told Lal Haider that he could take Rasheeda when she grows up," she said. Despite being paid his money last year, she said Haider still insisted the girl should be given to him because of tribal customs.


Meanwhile, on a more cheerful note, this is a rare photo of the road to Mecca in Saudi Arabia that I found at LFG. Imagine a road sign like that in the United States and you only begin to scratch the surface of what we are facing.

Muslim girl ejected from soccer game: Now why would a mother put her 11 year old daughter in this kind of situation? The child was unnecessarily humiliated not by the referee, but by a horrible mother who forced an 11 year old to war a hijab for a soccer game. Good lord.


Smoke bomb thrown into Jewish kindergarten in Berlin: "Brave" thugs take on a Jewish kindergarten in Berlin. The picture tells it all, no more words are necessary.

Man hit by cab after Muslim driver made anti-Semitic comments, witnesses say: A Nashville cabbie statements that praised Adolph Hitler’s campaign against Jews just before running over the infidels.

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Michael Jackson Converting to Islam
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Glick: Jihad's Campus Collaborators

Al Gore's Personal Energy Use Is His Own "Inconvenient Truth"

Holy *#&%!, This man is going to single handedly melt the polar ice caps: Al Gore’s mansion, located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES). The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average. Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359. Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006. Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year. In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006.

(Don't expect to learn any of these facts from the New York Times)

Jesus' Tomb? More Interesting Than I Originally Thought

When I first learned that Hollywood Producer James Cameron had "discovered" Jesus' tomb, I dismissed it out of hand with a good laugh, brushing it off as another Hollywood Liberal looking to discredit Christianity and gain some cheep publicity. In other words, another lefty, "brave" in challenging Christianity because he knows nothing will happen to him, and cowardly in challenging Islam because that would require real courage, not pretend courage. That still may turn out to be the case, but having now read the details and having checked into a few more sources, I am now willing to keep an open mind, albeit a skeptical one. I was in Israel in 1980 when that tomb was discovered and I remember some minor discussion and speculation about it, and then...nothing. 27 years later the issue explodes onto the world stage. Readers of this blog know that I am a skeptic by nature and tend to quickly dismiss large claims unless proven beyond a shadow of a doubt. In this case however; if indeed the names on the caskets are accurate, and the time-frame (through carbon-dating I guess) is compatible, and no one is refuting these two critical elements, than it is difficult to dismisses all of this out of hand. The mathematical odds of an entire family structure with the exact same names (as common names as they may have been) would seem to me to be extremely long. The hysterical reaction of some Israeli Archaeologists rushing to dismiss the entire issue without providing a clear and convincing counter explanation other than "these were common names," only raises more questions. I now sense that this matter is going to be with us for some time.


Filmmaker shows relics from disputed Jesus tomb
Scorn poured on James Cameron's 'coffin of Christ' theory
Scholars, Clergy Slam Jesus Documentary
Israel may open 'Jesus tomb' to public
Tomb could be of Jesus, wife and son: directors
Analysis: Christian heresy of the Talpiot tomb?

Israel to hold nationwide nuclear attack drill

Israel will next month stage its first-ever nationwide drill simulating a full-scale nuclear and chemical missile attack on its cities, rescue services said Monday.
The exercise was initiated by the army's homefront corps in the wake of Iran's public calls for the destruction of the state of Israel. Iran is in the process of developing nuclear weapons as the world wallows in "diplomacy", a well-known code word for doing nothing.

Andrew Roberts: A History of the English Speaking Peoples Since 1900

Every so often I get nasty comments about America from all over the world (including from Americans). While America and Americans are not perfect, at least we try, which is more than can be said for most folk who are content to sit on the sidelines of history and take cheep pot-shots. I came across this wonderful interview at Frontpage magazine with British author and historian, Andrew Roberts, who is releasing his new book, 'A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900'. Below is a short description of America from Roberts that should act as a retort to those who love to nit-pick from the sidelines:

"The US liberated huge portions of the world from Spain at the start of the century, protected Europe from being taken over by Wilhelmine Germany in the Great War, called a unilateral moratorium on War Debts under the Dawes Plan, aided the Allies before Pearl Harbor, chose to destroy Hitlerism before Japan, mobilised more men in World War II and spent more money for victory than any other power, liberated North Africa, France, Germany, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Italy and Austria from the Nazis, and the Far East from the Japanese, launched the $14 Billion Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe, saved Berlin from being forced into the Soviet zone of Germany in 1948, protected South Korea and Chile, attempted to her uttermost to protect South Vietnam from the murderous scourges of Communism, it reached the Moon, won more Nobel prizes per capita than any other country, discovered the cures for numerous diseases such as polio, spends more in private philanthropy than any other nation by a significant factor, financed a large part of NATO for over 60 years, masterminded ultimate victory in the Cold War under Ronald Reagan bringing democracy to Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the Baltics, and crushed Milosevic's murderous regime in Kosovo. The US is presently shouldering around 90% of the burden defending Civilisation from the lethal and unappeasable threat of Islamic Fundamentalist terrorism. It's a glorious record, and one that deserves to be lauded more by a nation that all too often deprecated the enormously beneficial world role it has played since 1900."

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More Global Warming: Massive Snowstorm Barrels into East Coast

As Al Gore prepares to accept an Oscar tonight for his "global warming" flick, entire populations of the continental US hunker down for another massive snow and ice storm.

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Barak Hussein Obama: Our Lord and Savior

"I have read plenty of gushing, over the top, brown-nosing suck-up pieces about Barak Hussein Obama in the main stream media, but this one from Robert Kuttner of the Boston Globe takes the cake. Saint Obama is apparently nothing short of Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, FDR, Vaclav Havel and Thomas Jefferson all rolled into one. Good freaking lord! Is there no shame?

"I have followed politics far too long to fall in love, but Obama is like nothing we have seen since Bobby Kennedy and maybe since FDR. If you haven't read his first book, "Dreams from My Father," you owe it to yourself.

Obama wrote the book when he was 33, having spent nearly three years as an organizer on Chicago's South Side, and then three years at Harvard Law School, where he was elected president of the Law Review. No 33-year-old has the right to such uncommon wisdom and humanity. The comparisons that come to mind are the young Martin Luther King Jr., or Václav Havel, or maybe Thomas Jefferson.

If you think Obama is a pretty face with a gift for rhetoric and not an effective politician in the most noble sense of the word, read the chapters about his small victories organizing in the desolate neighborhoods of the South Side, one pastor and one kitchen table at a time.

Columnist Maureen Dowd described Hillary Rodham Clinton's money machine against the innocent Obama as Hillzilla vs. Obambi.

But Obama's mass appeal could well roll over Clinton's money. Obama is the only rock star in the campaign. We are likely to see a tidal wave of Americans under 40 who have never seen such a leader. Obama is young, and the Republican field is nothing so much as old. And this is a generation casually accustomed to revering the likes of Tiger Woods and Oprah Winfrey.

Obama lacks the foreign policy experience of, oh, Dick Cheney or Donald Rumsfeld. But read of his first trip to his ancestral Kenya, and you'll feel quite comfortable that he has an unerring grasp of the complex world beyond these shores."

Yuck!!! I mean serious barf-orama.

Anyway, in the runner-up category for most intense MSM suck-up, goes to William Booth writing for MSNBC-Washington Post. The headline reads, and I kid you not: "Al Gore, international rock star. Oscar hopeful making case as America's coolest ex-vice president." Are you kidding me? I could not make this stuff up if I tried. UPDATE: Secular saint Carter endorses "rock star" Gore!



Secret report: UK Terror threat worst since 9/11
Dutch politician doubts Muslim ministers' loyalty
Former Malaysian PM: "No such thing as a moderate Muslim"
Activists blast Saudi Arabia beheadings
Report: 3 Gulf states agree to IAF overflights en route to Iran
Pak Daily Times: Our clerics favour suicide-bombing!
Imposing Islamic law in the UK
From our friends down-under: Well that's enough to drive a lib stark-raving mad.

Barak Hussein Obama: Our Lord and Savior:

I have read plenty of gushing, over the top, brown-nosing suck-up pieces about Barak Hussein Obama in the main stream media, but this one from Robert Kuttner of the Boston Globe takes the cake. Saint Obama is apparently noting short of Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, FDR, Vaclav Havel and Thomas Jefferson all rolled into one. Good freaking lord! Is there no shame?

I have followed politics far too long to fall in love, but Obama is like nothing we have seen since Bobby Kennedy and maybe since FDR. If you haven't read his first book, "Dreams from My Father," you owe it to yourself.

Obama wrote the book when he was 33, having spent nearly three years as an organizer on Chicago's South Side, and then three years at Harvard Law School, where he was elected president of the Law Review. No 33-year-old has the right to such uncommon wisdom and humanity. The comparisons that come to mind are the young Martin Luther King Jr., or Václav Havel, or maybe Thomas Jefferson.

If you think Obama is a pretty face with a gift for rhetoric and not an effective politician in the most noble sense of the word, read the chapters about his small victories organizing in the desolate neighborhoods of the South Side, one pastor and one kitchen table at a time.

Columnist Maureen Dowd described Hillary Rodham Clinton's money machine against the innocent Obama as Hillzilla vs. Obambi.

But Obama's mass appeal could well roll over Clinton's money. Obama is the only rock star in the campaign. We are likely to see a tidal wave of Americans under 40 who have never seen such a leader. Obama is young, and the Republican field is nothing so much as old. And this is a generation casually accustomed to revering the likes of Tiger Woods and Oprah Winfrey.

Obama lacks the foreign policy experience of, oh, Dick Cheney or Donald Rumsfeld. But read of his first trip to his ancestral Kenya, and you'll feel quite comfortable that he has an unerring grasp of the complex world beyond these shores.

Yuck!!! I mean serious barf-orama.

Anyway, in the runner-up category for most intense MSM suck-up, goes to William Booth writing for MSNBC-Washington Post. The headline reads, and I kid you not: "Al Gore, international rock star. Oscar hopeful making case as America’s coolest ex-vice president." Are you kidding me? I could not make this stuff up if I tried.



Secret report: UK Terror threat worst since 9/11
Dutch politician doubts Muslim ministers' loyalty
Former Malaysian PM: "No such thing as a moderate Muslim"
Activists blast Saudi Arabia beheadings
Report: 3 Gulf states agree to IAF overflights en route to Iran
Pak Daily Times: Our clerics favour suicide-bombing!
Imposing Islamic law in the UK
From our friends down-under: Well that's enough to drive a lib stark-raving mad.

David Bowie: 'I'm Afraid of Americans"

Well, It's nice to know that somebody loves us. Anyway, my experience in life has been that fear is usually the product of ignorance. Bowie says that he was inspired to write the song when he was visiting the Island of Java and came across a McDonald's. 'Java' sounds exotic and all, but it's really the main Island of Indonesia (which I have visited a few times), and is one of the most densely populated pieces of land on earth with gigantic urban centers such as Jakarta, Bandung and Surabaya, places where one would expect to find a McDonald's even if it does violate the cultural-purity expectations of David Bowie. It's also perhaps worth noting that Bowie has made an entire life off of a particularly American-invented cultural genre... called Rock and Roll:

David Bowie I'm Afraid of Americans Lyrics:

Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny's in America
Low techs at the wheel
Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Nobody needs anyone
They don't even just pretend
Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny's in America

I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans

Johnny's in America
Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny wants a brain
Johnny wants to suck on a Coke
Johnny wants a woman
Johnny wants to think of a joke
Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny's in America
Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah

I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans

Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah

Johnny's in America
Johnny looks up at the stars
Johnny combs his hair
And Johnny wants pussy and cars

Johnny's in America, Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny's in America, Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah

I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans

God is an American
God is an American

I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't

Yeah, I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the words
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of Americans

Johnny's an American
Johnny's an American

Johnny's an American, Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny's an American, Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny's an American, Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah
Johnny's an American, Ah-ah-ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah-ah

My Own Inconvenient Truth

Due to popular demand, below are a few of our classic "global warming" posts

Global Warming: A Short History of Nearly Everything. Bryson's Comment

Anyway, a few months ago I finished reading Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything,' a book the New York Times Book Review describes as "destined to become a modern classic of science writing." I found Bryson's observations about climate change on pages 426 and 427, particularly interesting:



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Time, Like Newsweek, Predicted a coming Ice age in the 70's.

Earlier we explored Newsweek Magazine's "global cooling" alarmist article in 1975. Now lets us explore Time Magazine's alarmist "global cooling" article from June of 1974. As it turns out, the press was awash with warnings of a new ice age in the 1970's, a decade known for strange cults. Of course, at the time )just as now) folks thought...



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Basic climate history 101:

Newsweek 1975: Scientists Predict Massive Global Cooling

You have got to love this article from the April 28th 1975 edition of Newsweek Magazine. Please notice the authoritative tone. Please notice that the article states that scientists are "almost unanimous" in their predictions of global cooling. Hmmm, "almost unanimous," ring any bells? What a fun article! Enjoy.



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Person of the Week - Bert Brady - Welcome Home

I found this wonderful video at Atlas Shrugs, what a great clip!

Iran: U.S. Not in Position to Start War

James Cameron: I found Jesus' Tomb

Well, this promises to raise a few eyebrows.

Brace yourself. James Cameron, the man who brought you 'The Titanic' is back with another blockbuster. This time, the ship he's sinking is Christianity.

In a new documentary, Producer Cameron and his director, Simcha Jacobovici, make the starting claim that Jesus wasn't resurrected --the cornerstone of Christian faith-- and that his burial cave was discovered near Jerusalem. And, get this, Jesus sired a son with Mary Magdelene.

No, it's not a re-make of "The Da Vinci Codes'. It's supposed to be true.

Let's go back 27 years, when Israeli construction workers were gouging out the foundations for a new building in the industrial park in the Talpiyot, a Jerusalem suburb. of Jerusalem. The earth gave way, revealing a 2,000 year old cave with 10 stone caskets. Archaeologists were summoned, and the stone caskets carted away for examination. It took 20 years for experts to decipher the names on the ten tombs. They were: Jesua, son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Mathew, Jofa and Judah, son of Jesua.
Israel's prominent archaeologists Professor Amos Kloner didn't associate the crypt with the New Testament Jesus. His father, after all, was a humble carpenter who couldn't afford a luxury crypt for his family. And all were common Jewish names.

There was also this little inconvenience that a few miles away, in the old city of Jerusalem, Christians for centuries had been worshipping the empty tomb of Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Christ's resurrection, after all, is the main foundation of the faith, proof that a boy born to a carpenter's wife in a manger is the Son of God.

But film-makers Cameron and Jacobovici claim to have amassed evidence through DNA tests, archaeological evidence and Biblical studies, that the 10 coffins belong to Jesus and his family.

Ever the showman, (Why does this remind me of the impresario in another movie,"King Kong", whose hubris blinds him to the dangers of an angry and very large ape?) Cameron is holding a New York press conference on Monday at which he will reveal three coffins, supposedly those of Jesus of Nazareth, his mother Mary and Mary Magdalene. News about the film, which will be shown soon on Discovery Channel, Britain's Channel 4, Canada's Vision, and Israel's Channel 8, has been a hot blog topic in the Middle East (check out a personal favorite: Israelity Bites) Here in the Holy Land, Biblical Archeology is a dangerous profession. This 90-minute documentary is bound to outrage Christians and stir up a titanic debate between believers and skeptics. Stay tuned.

Boy, if this was about Mohammad, you can bet your bottom dollar that there would be rioting in the streets and Cameron would have a fatwa on his head faster than you can say 'infidel.' Let's see if 'brave' Mr. Cameron picks on the life and times of Mohammad with the same level of enthusiasm. Don't hold your breath.

Tom and Jerry Cartoons are Part of A Gigantic Jewish Conspiracy

This is not a joke, watch this video and understand the mentality we are facing.

ACLU: US Can't Bar Terrorism Supporters

UK Telegraph: Israel seeks all clear for Iran air strike

A senior Israeli defence official said negotiations were now underway between the two countries for the US-led coalition in Iraq to provide an "air corridor" in the event of the Israeli government deciding on unilateral military action to prevent Teheran developing nuclear weapons. "We are planning for every eventuality, and sorting out issues such as these are crucially important," said the official, who asked not to be named. "The only way to do this is to fly through US-controlled air space. If we don't sort these issues out now we could have a situation where American and Israeli war planes start shooting at each other."
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Wow, check out this site: It's called "Muslims for Christ" with an address "exmuslims.com". That's going to attract a Fatwa.

UK: 'Hindu girls targeted by Muslim extremists'
West Point on Terror War: 'Know Thy Enemy'
Dutch: No Apology to Saudis For Koran Comments

Peter Costello, Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia: Muslims Who Don't Assimilate Should Leave Australia

What I've said is that this is a country, which is founded on a democracy. According to our Constitution, we have a secular state. Our laws are made by the Australian Parliament. If those are not your values, if you want a country which has Sharia law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you. This is not the kind of country where you would feel comfortable if you were opposed to democracy, parliamentary law, independent courts and so I would say to people who don't feel comfortable with those values there might be other countries where they'd feel more comfortable with their own values or beliefs.

This is the kind of clear thinking, straight-talk that is lacking in most Western Countries. Australia seems to be ahead of the curve ball on this issue.

Washington Times: Muslim peril in a new faith

The Neocon congratulates Maverick News Media for creating an excellent new website dealing primarily with the clash of civilizations. I certainly intend to use it as a resource and encourage others to do the same. Good luck!

Glick: Iran and the Diplomatic Fetishists

From SondraK (she's a hottie)- click on image to enlarge
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Girls School gets Al-Qaeda Threat Over Vail
UK Tube bomber left suicide note: 'Be good Muslims'
The Message That Triggered the UK Terror Kidnap Plot

A Must See Segment on Gore's Gigantic Carbon Footprint

Al Gore is clearly a walking, talking treat to the environment and may single handedly melt the polar ice cap.

Democrats Crafting Pre-emptive Surrender Bill

Determined to challenge President Bush, Senate Democrats are drafting legislation to limit the mission of U.S. troops in Iraq, effectively revoking the authority Congress granted in 2002. The plan is to attempt to add the measure to anti-terrorism legislation that is scheduled to be on the Senate floor next week and the week following. This would force the President to veto anti-terrorism legislation. A more cynical plan is hard to imagine, as troops are in harms way.

Frontpage Magazine: Pre-emptive Surrender

PAKISTAN: POLIO EPIDEMIC VICTIMS 'MARTYRS' SAYS CLERIC

Dr. Jona Salk, the inventor of the Polio Vaccine, like Albert Einstein, was indeed a Jew and a Zionist and no doubt some Muslims see the vaccine as a conspiracy to damage Muslims. The sickness, the superstition and conspiratorial paranoia never ends as children pay the heaviest price.

Imagine a World Without America

Personally, I find this video interesting but lacking in spirit. If we truly were to imagine a world without America, we would see a dark, backwards world of warlords with about half the technology and advances in medicine available today. None-the-less, the video makes a strong point.

UK MUSLIMS: 'BAN' UN-ISLAMIC SCHOOLS
RALEIGH, N.C.: CAIR Asks School to Discipline Teacher

Egyptian blogger Sentenced to 4 years for "insulting Islam"

Abdel Karim Suleiman, 22-year-old former law student who has been in custody since November, is the first blogger to stand trial in Egypt for his Internet writings. The Alexandria court sentenced him to four years in jail. One wonders if this sentence is applicable to any person who steps foot in Egypt or any other Arab country for that matter, because if it is, this means that anybody traveling to Egypt and has written something about Islam that they may find "offensive," could end up in an Egyptian jail. In other words, think carefully before traveling to Egypt.

Footnote: I received a comment from "anonymous" pointing out that denying the holocaust can land you in jail in Austria. The Neocon Express is on record as opposing the jailing of crackpots who deny the Holocaust, simply because it creates excuses for others to justify the jailing of innocent people like this blogger in Egypt. However, making the leap from jailing a moderate-Muslim dissident in Egypt to jailing a crackpot Holocaust denier in a place like Austria, the cradle of Nazi ideology, is hardly a moral comparison worth considering and only a confused individual would make that analogy.

Pre-emptive Surrender
Coulter: John Murtha: Caving in to Arabs Since 1980
Iran: Defying another deadline
The Inconvenient Truth

"Paging Passenger Mr. Al Qaida"

PC no-profiling mentality taken to it's extreme in Australia

Baghdad attacks down by 80 percent: Iraqi army
Gallup: 84 Million Muslims: 9/11 was 'Completely Justified'...
UK: Muslim burned family alive for 'being too western'
VDH: Democrats Disingenuous in Their Anti-War Rhetoric
A Lack of Courage In Their Convictions

Cowards Give Up On GI's & Give In To Evil

"PROVIDING aid and comfort to the enemy in wartime is treason. It's not "just politics." It's treason. And signaling our enemies that Congress wants them to win isn't "supporting our troops." The "nonbinding resolution" telling the world that we intend to surrender to terrorism and abandon Iraq may be the most disgraceful congressional action since the Democratic Party united to defend slavery."
Lieutenant Colonel and Military Historian, Ralph Peters

Another take on the "I support the troops but oppose the mission" nonsense.

Polio cases jump in Pakistan as clerics declare vaccination an American plot

Hitchen's: Count me in as an "Islamophob"

"We are supposed to watch what we say about Islam, lest by any chance we be considered 'offensive'. A fair number of authors and academics in the West now have to live under police protection or endure prosecution in the courts for not observing this taboo with sufficient care. A stupid term – Islamophobia - has been put into circulation to try and suggest that a foul prejudice lurks behind any misgivings about Islam's infallible 'message'. Well, this idiotic masochism has to be dropped. There may have been a handful of ugly incidents, provoked by lumpen elements, after certain episodes of Muslim terrorism. But no true secularist or even Christian has been involved in anything like the torching of a mosque....

"But where are the denunciations from centers of Sunni and Shiite authority of the daily murder and torture of Islamic co-religionists? Of the regular desecration of holy sites and holy books? Of the paranoid insults thrown so carelessly and callously by one Muslim group at another? This mounting ghastliness is a bit more worthy of condemnation, surely, than a few Danish cartoons or a false rumor about a profaned copy of the Quran in Guantanamo. The civilized world - yes I do mean to say that - should find its own voice and state firmly to Muslim leaders and citizens that respect is something to be earned and not demanded with menace."

Iran nears industrial N-fuel production

Pakistan: Zilla Huma Usman, the minister for social welfare in Punjab province and an ally of President Pervez Musharraf, was killed today as she was about to deliver a speech to dozens of party activists, by a "fanatic" who believed that she was dressed inappropriately and that women should not be involved in politics. Mrs Usman, 35, was wearing the shalwar kameez worn by many professional women in Pakistan, but did not cover her head.

Security forces prevent suicide bombing in Tel Aviv
GOP donor hit with terror charges
POLL: AMERICANS 'WANT TO WIN IN IRAQ'

Carnival attracts 3 million in Germany - Muslims offended

A Parallel Muslim Universe in Germany: Germany's Muslim population is becoming more religious and more conservative. Islamic associations are fostering the trend, particularly through their work with the young -- accelerating the drift towards a parallel Muslim society in Germany.

Ahmadinejad: Iran Will Stop Nuke Enrichment... if West Does
There is no anti-Zionism, no anti-Israel, just latent anti-Semitism
Gaffney: Khan Job
Intifada at UCI
BBC: US Iran attack plans 'revealed'
Female Pakistani minister killed for 'breaking Islamic dress code'
Peters: COWARDS GIVE UP ON GIS - & GIVE IN TO EVIL
Prosecutors: London Bombing Suspect Fled in Burka

Cool "Global Warming" Links:
Exposing the global warming racket
Scientific consensus - except for those other scientists
National Joke: Gore May Receive "Honorary Degree" in Climatology.

John Edwards: Israel is "the Greatest Short-term threat to World Peace"

You have got to love this little item coming to us from Peter Bart writing for Variety. Bart was describing a recent Hollywood event for Democrat Pretty-boy John Edwards:

There are other emerging fissures, as well. The aggressively photogenic John Edwards was cruising along, detailing his litany of liberal causes last week until, during question time, he invoked the "I" word — Israel. Perhaps the greatest short-term threat to world peace, Edwards remarked, was the possibility that Israel would bomb Iran's nuclear facilities. As a chill descended on the gathering, the Edwards event was brought to a polite close.

National Review responds: Really? Israel is the biggest threat? Not Ahmedinijad? Not al-Qaeda? Not a coup attempt in Pakistan? Not a complete breakdown in Iraq drawing in the Saudis, Turks, and Iranians?

The Neocon's position is that that greatest threat to world Peace will be the failure of the US or Israel to eliminate the Iranian nuclear weapons program.

Embracing Defeat may Prove Politically Disastrous for Democrats. Iran Will Regret Its Nuke Program; Here's How
Europe and the Mullahs

Theodore Roosevelt: "The Man In The Arena"

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt
h/t: Schlussel

The Islamic Funnies

It's interesting how organizations like CAIR lecture us on the values of tolerance and pluralism, when these kinds of cartoons are routine in the Arab world. This particular obnoxious cartoon is brought to us by Al-Ahram: not exactly a fringe publication, but Egypt's largest daily. You make the call:

Title: "Hillary" and "Obama" - A Woman and a Negro are Participating in the Campaign for the American Presidency

The Religious Man: "This is another sign of the collapse of the Western civilization"
h/t: Tom Bevan RCP

Fear of causing offence & blindness will end in Canadian deaths
Mohammed cartoon publisher receives suspect powder
College Republicans in Hot Water for stomping on Hezbollah Flag
Global Warming? Ban Meat Eaters
Socialist Paradise: One in six Europeans live below poverty Level
Malaysia: Spies to snoop on unmarried lovers
Koch: Will Embarrassing the President Make Us Safer?

Video: Al Gore's GIGANTIC Carbon Footprint!

More Sudden Jihad Syndrome: Muslim Cabbie Charged With Running Over Students After Religious Dispute

CAIR, who are in the business of portraying Muslims as victims have not yet found a way to spin this one, but the day is still young. This seems to be another example of Sudden Jihad Syndrome, characterized by a seemingly normal Muslim individual suddenly losing it and engaging in violence in the name of Islam. Ibrahim Ahmed, 37, in the image apparently could not contain his anger at the infidel.

Hitchens: The War Within Islam
Warren: Helping Iran Think
Murtha in Command
Kristol: The Democrats' 'Slow-Bleed' Strategy

Misure President? The Neocon Endorses Sarkozy

Mr. Sarkozy adores America and has declared himself proud that critics call him more American than French. Mr. Chirac courted the Arabs, while Mr. Sarkozy prefers the democracy represented by Israel. These are two powerful indicators that Sarkozy's values are in the right place. But there is more:

In 1993, when Mr. Sarkozy was simultaneously the mayor of the French suburb of Neuilly and France's budget minister, a madman took 21 schoolchildren hostage in Neuilly, threatening to blow them up. While the minister of the interior and the prime minister remained safely in their offices, Mr. Sarkozy drove directly to the school and offered to exchange himself for the children hostages. It is rather hard to imagine Mr. Chirac doing the same thing.

Mr. Sarkozy's career represents the French republican ideal at its best. The son of a Hungarian immigrant, of a Jewish mother and Catholic father, Mr. Sarkozy has in one generation come to dominate French political life. His rise proves that the implied contract between the immigrant and the French nation is not a fiction: Immigrants who agree to respect the universalist values of the republic are given full integration and social standing in return. Those who don't... Unless Mr. Sarkozy blunders catastrophically, he is going all the way to the top. Americans who long for a Franco-American rapprochement should be relieved. (Excerpts from Clair Berlinsky writing in the New York Sun).

For this and much more. Nicolas Sarcozy has earned the official endorsment of the Neocon Express for President of France. (Two Months to go before election day).

French Leftist Candidate's Polls Plummet

Neocons About to Invade Britain!

This is a hilarious and highly paranoid video courtesy of the conspiracy mongering left. Notice how we "neocons" are conspiring to control the world. Notice how at the end it is suggested that we are about to invade Britain. This is truly funny stuff... and a window into a warped mind.

While it is true that America has been involved in a number of wars since the beginning of the last century, let's review the record shall we:

1) The US entered WWI to save Europe from itself and was instrumental in bringing that long war to a quick end.
2) The US entered WWII to save Europe from itself...again, and destroy fascist totalitarianism. Without the US, it is highly likely that the producer of that video would be marching the goose-step and speaking German right about now.
3) As for the Korean and Vietnam wars, these conflicts must be viewed within the context of the global struggle to end Communist totalitarianism, which was ultimately achieved through decades of a cold war, and series of hot wars.
4) Now the United States is engaged in another struggle against a fascist totalitarian force with a fanatical religious component. Like all the struggles before, this war will also be won. Not without setbacks and not without sleazy wackos such as the producers of this video providing aid and comfort to the enemy.
Once again, America is the worlds 911. When the *%&#! hits the fan, who you gonna call? France? Euro-wheenies? Pakistan? No, you're gonna call America, as usual.

More SJS: Muslim Cabbie Runs Down Students in Nashville
Iran fires missiles in new round of war games

Jacoby: Irreconcilable positions: support troops, oppose war
VDH: Newsweek, Casting the First Stone
Iran: US Will Lose in the Middle East (Same position as Dems)

The Sickness in Congress

Saudi wants Dutch MP apology for Islam offence
At least 28 bombs explode in Thailand
Ten Years After Empire State Terror Attack, the Truth Comes Out
'Let men wear chastity belts, instead'
The Cruelest cut - Genital mutilation and forced marriage
Why I could not become a Muslim - a Catholics Journey
UK: Parents protest at school's 'Halal-only' lunch
Brit Hume describing Jack Murtha in the most accurate of terms.

At least there is one righteous man in the Sodom that is the Democratic Party on this issue.

Mark Steyn: Why the Iraq war is turning into America's defeat

In the capital city of the most powerful nation on the planet, the political class spent last week trying to craft a bipartisan defeat strategy, and they might yet pull it off. Consider this extraordinary report from the Washington Post:

"Democratic leaders have rallied around a strategy that would fully fund the president's $100 billion request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan but would limit his ability to use the money. . . . The plan is aimed at tamping down calls from the Democrats' liberal wing for Congress to simply end funding for the war.

"The Murtha plan, based on existing military guidelines, includes a stipulation that Army troops who have already served in Iraq must be granted two years at home before an additional deployment. . . . The idea is to slowly choke off the war by stopping the deployment of troops from units that have been badly degraded by four years of combat."

So "the Murtha plan" is to deny the president the possibility of victory while making sure Democrats don't have to share the blame for the defeat. But of course he's a great American! He's a patriot! He supports the troops! He doesn't support them in the mission, but he'd like them to continue failing at it for a couple more years. As John Kerry wondered during Vietnam, how do you ask a soldier to be the last man to die for a mistake? By nominally "fully funding" a war you don't believe in but "limiting his ability to use the money." Or as the endearingly honest anti-war group MoveCongress.org put it, in an e-mail preview of an exclusive interview with the wise old Murtha:

"Chairman Murtha will describe his strategy for not only limiting the deployment of troops to Iraq but undermining other aspects of the president's foreign and national security policy."

"Undermining"? Why not? To the Slow-Bleed Democrats, it's the Republicans' war. To an increasing number of what my radio pal Hugh Hewitt calls the White-Flag Republicans, it's Bush's war. To everyone else on the planet, it's America's war. And it will be America's defeat

The party of defeat
Sudden Jihad Syndrome in Utah