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December 22, 2009
Exclusive: You Can’t Make This Stuff Up! (12/22/09)
Whenever you think general incompetence by those who purport to serve by the consent of the governed can’t get any worse, think again:
“Nearly 60 percent Say President Obama’s Decisions ‘Bad for America’” (CNS News 12/21/09)
A majority of Americans believe an increased government role in health care would lead to more government corruption, while a plurality of Americans think that scientific data supporting man-made global warming is “mostly falsified.” That is what a new poll by Survey USA reveals.
The poll also shows that 58 percent of Americans believe that decisions by the Obama administration have been “bad for America,” as opposed to 37 percent who think Obama’s decisions have been “good for America.”
(read the article here)
Who says the American people don’t know what’s what? Unfortunately, our “betters” in Washington – who work for us, but you wouldn’t know it these days – seem to be ignoring the wishes of the citizenry. They’re boring full steam ahead toward policies that will truly change America – and not for the better. I guess it really is good to be the King.
“The Perfect Place for a New Mosque: Ground Zero?” (Claude Cartaginese, News Real Blog, 12/21/09)
“Allah most merciful, for whose forgiveness there is not a sin too large.”
The above words are those of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf.
The Imam – and an unidentified Muslim group, which he represents – has paid $4.85 million dollars in cash to purchase the site of the old Burlington Coat Factory, located right around the corner from Ground Zero. An historic five-story building at 45 Park Place, it was damaged by wreckage from the landing gear of one of the passenger planes hijacked by jihadist Muslims, who cried “Allahu Akhbar” as they flew those planes into the nearby towers of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
The Imam now plans to turn the site into a complete Islamic cultural center, which will cost upwards of $150 million and will include the mosque, a museum, gift-shops, and room for seminars to “reconcile” religions, to counteract the backlash against Muslims in general and “to extend a hand,” according to the Imam’s wife Daisy Khan, who told the German newspaper Spiegal (sic) that:
“Only in New York City is this possible.”
Indeed.
(read the article here)
Are folks in New York City really so strapped for cash that they would accept nearly $5 million from a group whose goal is to “counteract the backlash against Muslims in general” around the corner from where the World Trade Center towers collapsed on 9/11? Shouldn’t the Muslims involved in this project be bending over backward to prove that they denounce the acts of fellow Muslims that day, who perpetrated a horrendous act of terrorism in the name of their religion, rather than play the victim card? Is it, as some have said, “just another example of political correctness run amok?”
“US reaching out to former foes in Iraq “ (Washington Times, 12/21/09)
BAGHDAD | The U.S. is reaching out to followers of a key Shi'ite cleric, Muqtada al-Sadr, whose militia once battled U.S. troops and who remains a powerful leader, particularly among Iraq's urban poor.
A top Sadrist political leader in Baghdad, Qusay al-Suhail, told The Washington Times that he and his colleagues have been approached five times in the last five months by emissaries seeking to arrange meetings with senior U.S. military and civilian officials at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad.
"Yes, the Americans tried to talk to me and other Sadrists several times," Mr. al-Suhail said. "They try to talk to us as individuals, but we made it clear that there is no use to talking to us when you are an occupying power."
Two U.S. officials familiar with the outreach efforts confirmed that the U.S. Embassy is trying to reach an understanding with the Sadrists, who represent one of the largest factions among Iraq's Shi'ite majority and have legions of followers in a Baghdad slum known as Sadr City.
The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the topic, said that in return for a political understanding, they are willing to release, in coordination with the Iraqi government, thousands of Sadrist prisoners.
(read the article here)
To repeat what we said yesterday: “Our last successful war, WWII, was fought with one goal in mind: victory. War is not pretty. We did what we needed to do to achieve that victory. We ‘made friends’ with our foes after we’d vanquished them on the battlefield.” And to quote Diana West from yesterday’s roundup, the promised “’national reconciliation’ and … the emergence of a U.S. ally” in Iraq did not materialize. So why are we reaching out to the former leader of a militia that once battled U.S. troops? And promising to release dangerous prisoners in a show of “good faith?” ‘Nuff said.
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