That's right. Forget the French Revolution. Forget the Industrial Revolution. Forget the printing press. And, of course, forget the American Revolution. "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday," the IRNA reports, "that the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran was a turning point in the history of mankind."Ahmadinejad added: “Iran’s Islamic Revolution is a global phenomenon belonging to all mankind.”
Does that mean I get to vote in the next Iranian election?
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Chomsky on Obama
"Noam Chomsky, the renowned professor of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology," has essentially termed President Obama's Middle East policy "Bush 3."
I wonder if guys like Chomsky who see that what they're saying parallels what people such as the leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah, al Qaeda, and Ahmadinejad are saying ever ask themselves: "Why is that?"
Maybe I should start writing about linguistics? I wonder if Chomsky would take me as seriously as he expects others to take him?
I wonder if guys like Chomsky who see that what they're saying parallels what people such as the leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah, al Qaeda, and Ahmadinejad are saying ever ask themselves: "Why is that?"
Maybe I should start writing about linguistics? I wonder if Chomsky would take me as seriously as he expects others to take him?
More Arrests in Turkey
Alleged secular plotters were swept up again this week by the Turkish government. Only time will tell if these actions will head off a real plot or perhaps prompt one if they continue. The view from the secularists appears to be getting grim. The report concludes:
The opposition accuses the government of a witch hunt against secularists who opposed the government's efforts to raise the profile of Islam.
"The trade unions are being silenced, media organizations are being scared off," opposition lawmaker Mustafa Ozyurek told reporters outside the union's headquarters. "Turkey is fast becoming an empire of fear."
The opposition accuses the government of a witch hunt against secularists who opposed the government's efforts to raise the profile of Islam.
"The trade unions are being silenced, media organizations are being scared off," opposition lawmaker Mustafa Ozyurek told reporters outside the union's headquarters. "Turkey is fast becoming an empire of fear."
Foiled Pak Terror Strike in India?
Indian sources report that security police foiled a terrorist attack in a suburb of New Delhi on the eve of Republic Day celebrations in the capital. One of the terrorists was alive (but apaprently later expired) and identified himself and his slain partner as Pakistanis. If the report is accurate, this will do little, obviously, to calm the situation between Indian and its western neighbor.
“Police have found two AK-47s, 4 magazines, 120 bullets, 5 hand grenades, Rs 18,000 cash, detonators, 9 RDX rods and a rucksack from the car,” Brij Lal said.
“Police have found two AK-47s, 4 magazines, 120 bullets, 5 hand grenades, Rs 18,000 cash, detonators, 9 RDX rods and a rucksack from the car,” Brij Lal said.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Obama not Playing Well with Salafists
Hizb ut-Tahrir (UK) is already tearing into Barack Obama much as they did is predecessor. Their website today carried a HuT press release.
London, UK, January 24 2009 – In his inaugural address, President Obama said “to the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect”, yet his opening salvo has been to kill more innocent civilians in yesterday’s missile strikes in Pakistan.
This continuation of the Bush policy shows Obama is more a change of style than a change of substance. Reacting to this latest attacks, Taji Mustafa, media representative of Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain said, “The 21 bodies recovered from the latest US missile strikes are Obama’s idea of a ‘new way forward’ with the Muslim world.
Obama continues Bush’s undeclared war on Pakistan because America is a capitalist state with a colonial foreign policy that seeks to maintain her domination and exploitation of the Muslim world. US Presidents come and go, policies may be amended, but there will be no real change.”
“Despite these and previous US missile strikes, there is now abundant evidence that the Pakistani government continues to allow the transit of US arms and supply oil from its refineries to the US war machine in Afghanistan. The Pakistani government is complicit in the murder of its own citizens, just like the Arab rulers were complicit in Israel’s massacre in Gaza. This is despite the fact that Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain’s delegation warned Pakistan’s London ambassador that the quickest way to stop American attacks is to cut US supply lines and fuel from Pakistan.”
Another article declares that when it comes to change and the Muslim world President Obama is heavy on style but light on substance. The piece ends with a call to Islam as a solution to the problems facing the world.
Obama’s rhetoric and speeches have raised countless hopes of fundamental change among the most desperate and disenfranchised in American society yet Obama knows that he needs the continued backing of the status quo which will in turn constrain his ability to deliver any real change.
Is this not at least ‘mildly’ disingenuous to his core people? There is clearly symbolism in his Presidency but hundreds of millions are longing for a lot more than that and would be quite insulted and angered if that’s all they got!
Capitalism is in intensive care destined for failure like Communism before it. Capitalism’s financial systems have collapsed (bringing the world economy down with it); its societies are in meltdown; and its foreign policy of colonisation whether direct or through sponsoring dictators has been exposed. The world needs to adopt a new ideology one that will do away with colonialism, social decay and the enrichment of a handful of capitalist elites. It will take more than gesture politics to revive faith in democracy.
Islam is such an ideology and the only real alternative for humankind today. The Islamic ideology ensures justice for all its citizens irrespective of race, colour and religion; builds a cohesive society based on the rule of law and representation; promotes real sustainable economic growth while guaranteeing the basic welfare of the weak and vulnerable.
"And We have not sent you (Muhammed ( saw) ) except as a mercy to mankind" Surah Al-Anbiyah 21:107
Right! All you have to do is to look to the Islamic world and it's replete with "real sustainable economic growth." If you take petroleum out of the equation, the five million Finns produce more than the 300 millions of the Arab world. But, you see, that's only because they are being held down by the West. If only they were really free and totally Islamic . . . then everything would be just fine.
The word is "Utopia." And when political movements are able to match Utopian ideals with state power, millions die.
London, UK, January 24 2009 – In his inaugural address, President Obama said “to the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect”, yet his opening salvo has been to kill more innocent civilians in yesterday’s missile strikes in Pakistan.
This continuation of the Bush policy shows Obama is more a change of style than a change of substance. Reacting to this latest attacks, Taji Mustafa, media representative of Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain said, “The 21 bodies recovered from the latest US missile strikes are Obama’s idea of a ‘new way forward’ with the Muslim world.
Obama continues Bush’s undeclared war on Pakistan because America is a capitalist state with a colonial foreign policy that seeks to maintain her domination and exploitation of the Muslim world. US Presidents come and go, policies may be amended, but there will be no real change.”
“Despite these and previous US missile strikes, there is now abundant evidence that the Pakistani government continues to allow the transit of US arms and supply oil from its refineries to the US war machine in Afghanistan. The Pakistani government is complicit in the murder of its own citizens, just like the Arab rulers were complicit in Israel’s massacre in Gaza. This is despite the fact that Hizb ut-Tahrir Britain’s delegation warned Pakistan’s London ambassador that the quickest way to stop American attacks is to cut US supply lines and fuel from Pakistan.”
Another article declares that when it comes to change and the Muslim world President Obama is heavy on style but light on substance. The piece ends with a call to Islam as a solution to the problems facing the world.
Obama’s rhetoric and speeches have raised countless hopes of fundamental change among the most desperate and disenfranchised in American society yet Obama knows that he needs the continued backing of the status quo which will in turn constrain his ability to deliver any real change.
Is this not at least ‘mildly’ disingenuous to his core people? There is clearly symbolism in his Presidency but hundreds of millions are longing for a lot more than that and would be quite insulted and angered if that’s all they got!
Capitalism is in intensive care destined for failure like Communism before it. Capitalism’s financial systems have collapsed (bringing the world economy down with it); its societies are in meltdown; and its foreign policy of colonisation whether direct or through sponsoring dictators has been exposed. The world needs to adopt a new ideology one that will do away with colonialism, social decay and the enrichment of a handful of capitalist elites. It will take more than gesture politics to revive faith in democracy.
Islam is such an ideology and the only real alternative for humankind today. The Islamic ideology ensures justice for all its citizens irrespective of race, colour and religion; builds a cohesive society based on the rule of law and representation; promotes real sustainable economic growth while guaranteeing the basic welfare of the weak and vulnerable.
"And We have not sent you (Muhammed ( saw) ) except as a mercy to mankind" Surah Al-Anbiyah 21:107
Right! All you have to do is to look to the Islamic world and it's replete with "real sustainable economic growth." If you take petroleum out of the equation, the five million Finns produce more than the 300 millions of the Arab world. But, you see, that's only because they are being held down by the West. If only they were really free and totally Islamic . . . then everything would be just fine.
The word is "Utopia." And when political movements are able to match Utopian ideals with state power, millions die.
Pope Reinstates Holocaust and 911 Denier!!!
First, a disclaimer: I am a practicing Roman Catholic. So as I write this I'm debating whether or not I will attend Mass tomorrow.
Second, you may have already seen the reports about the Pope reinstating excommunicated Bishop Richard Williamson. Here's the operative video.
Third, the bishop isn't only a "quote-unquote Holocaust" denier, he's also a 911 denier. And here's the audio evidence for that.
Of course, we can give the bishop his due. He admits that 200k to 300k Jews did die at Nazi hands. Since we've learned during the past month that the death of 700-to-800 Palestinian civilians is a "holocaust" and evidence of "genocide," and that Gaza, in the words of Cardinal Renato Martin, head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, is "like a concentration camp," is Williamson technically denying the "holocaust"?
Here's a bishop who is willing to believe that Jesus Christ was the Messiah based on a handful of texts written decades and centuries after the fact, but he doesn't think there's sufficient evidence for the Holocaust? What in the hell are they drinking, let alone thinking, in the Vatican? Today was a day of shame for my church. Logging off to write my bishop.
Second, you may have already seen the reports about the Pope reinstating excommunicated Bishop Richard Williamson. Here's the operative video.
Third, the bishop isn't only a "quote-unquote Holocaust" denier, he's also a 911 denier. And here's the audio evidence for that.
Of course, we can give the bishop his due. He admits that 200k to 300k Jews did die at Nazi hands. Since we've learned during the past month that the death of 700-to-800 Palestinian civilians is a "holocaust" and evidence of "genocide," and that Gaza, in the words of Cardinal Renato Martin, head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, is "like a concentration camp," is Williamson technically denying the "holocaust"?
Here's a bishop who is willing to believe that Jesus Christ was the Messiah based on a handful of texts written decades and centuries after the fact, but he doesn't think there's sufficient evidence for the Holocaust? What in the hell are they drinking, let alone thinking, in the Vatican? Today was a day of shame for my church. Logging off to write my bishop.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
New Feature: Covering World War II 21st Century Style #1
Protesters marched to the White House today calling for the impeachment of President Franklin Roosevelt because of the on-going Allied strategic bombing campaign against Germany. “This is an aerial holocaust,” protester Anita Jones cried out. “Innocent civilians are being killed!” “Our foreign policy is controlled by the Jews,” Kurt Muller, who carried a sign labeled “I ♥ Hitler” screamed.
I spoke with several protesters during a pause during the march. “People in this country have to understand,” Muller stressed, “that Adolf Hitler was democratically elected. FDR talks all about the four freedoms and democracy, but he’s unwilling to allow the German people to elect their own leaders. Roosevelt is calling for unconditional surrender because he’s determined on regime change. How’s that democratic?”
Ms Jones added: “You know, like, we’re bombing the German people. We’re like blowing up their homes and stuff. But, you know, like that’s only going to make them hate us more and love Hitler more, too, you know. It’s all like counterproductive, you know.”
“Aren’t we leveling their industrial centers, too?” I asked.
“Oh yea,” she replied, “so we can eliminate the competition for American capitalists.”
“And they’re mostly Jews,” Muller added.
“But didn’t the Germans bomb Warsaw, Rotterdam, and Belgrade?” I replied.
“Well, that was self-defense!” came Muller’s response. “The Poles attacked Germany at Gleiwicz. That really happened, but that Jew Roosevelt is withholding the true story.”
“But the Roosevelt family’s heritage is Dutch,” I replied. Muller and Jones looked at each other and laughed.
“Well, what about Rotterdam and Belgrade?” I asked.
Muller and Jones chuckled. “Those weren’t German planes,” Muller explained. “They were all RAF planes painted to look like German aircraft by the British Secret Service. Everyone knows that.”
“Here, look at this,” Ms Jones spoke as she held an out-of-focus picture in front of my face. This is a photo a friend in Germany sent me of like that so-called air raid over Rotterdam. And if you look at this supposed-to-be-German plane, you can see it’s really a British Blenheim bomber.”
"You can?" I queried as she quickly withdrew the picture.
“And Germany was mistreated at Versailles,” Ms Jones then interjected, changing the subject. “You have to go back to 1918, you know, to like put things in perspective.”
The break was over and the march resumed.
I spoke with several protesters during a pause during the march. “People in this country have to understand,” Muller stressed, “that Adolf Hitler was democratically elected. FDR talks all about the four freedoms and democracy, but he’s unwilling to allow the German people to elect their own leaders. Roosevelt is calling for unconditional surrender because he’s determined on regime change. How’s that democratic?”
Ms Jones added: “You know, like, we’re bombing the German people. We’re like blowing up their homes and stuff. But, you know, like that’s only going to make them hate us more and love Hitler more, too, you know. It’s all like counterproductive, you know.”
“Aren’t we leveling their industrial centers, too?” I asked.
“Oh yea,” she replied, “so we can eliminate the competition for American capitalists.”
“And they’re mostly Jews,” Muller added.
“But didn’t the Germans bomb Warsaw, Rotterdam, and Belgrade?” I replied.
“Well, that was self-defense!” came Muller’s response. “The Poles attacked Germany at Gleiwicz. That really happened, but that Jew Roosevelt is withholding the true story.”
“But the Roosevelt family’s heritage is Dutch,” I replied. Muller and Jones looked at each other and laughed.
“Well, what about Rotterdam and Belgrade?” I asked.
Muller and Jones chuckled. “Those weren’t German planes,” Muller explained. “They were all RAF planes painted to look like German aircraft by the British Secret Service. Everyone knows that.”
“Here, look at this,” Ms Jones spoke as she held an out-of-focus picture in front of my face. This is a photo a friend in Germany sent me of like that so-called air raid over Rotterdam. And if you look at this supposed-to-be-German plane, you can see it’s really a British Blenheim bomber.”
"You can?" I queried as she quickly withdrew the picture.
“And Germany was mistreated at Versailles,” Ms Jones then interjected, changing the subject. “You have to go back to 1918, you know, to like put things in perspective.”
The break was over and the march resumed.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Hamas Launches Rocket under Al Arabiya TV Offices
And we wonder why the Israelis hit such targets! I'm sure Hamas was praying that the IDF would target the building housing the Al Arabiya offices. Can you imagine the international stink if they had. And, of course, Hamas would deny any responsibility and the UN would condemn the Israelis.
You can watch the Al Arabiya reporter's discussion in Arabic here, but for You Tube video with English subtitles turn on the CC function on the far right of the control panel or if that fails try the same here.
I came across this video on the web blog of the Elder of Ziyon.
I just had a great idea! When Obama closes Guantanamo he should house the prisoners in the same facilities that serve as homes to the major TV networks and newspapers across the country, most notably The New York Times, CNN, CBS, and MSNBC. Imagine the image of Wolf Blitzer sharing a restroom with Khalid Sheik Muhammad!
You can watch the Al Arabiya reporter's discussion in Arabic here, but for You Tube video with English subtitles turn on the CC function on the far right of the control panel or if that fails try the same here.
I came across this video on the web blog of the Elder of Ziyon.
I just had a great idea! When Obama closes Guantanamo he should house the prisoners in the same facilities that serve as homes to the major TV networks and newspapers across the country, most notably The New York Times, CNN, CBS, and MSNBC. Imagine the image of Wolf Blitzer sharing a restroom with Khalid Sheik Muhammad!
Plague Report Followup
Fox News is reporting that the "plague" outbreak at the Al Qaeda Camp in Algeria was the result of a "mishap." An unnamed intelligence source
said authorities in the first week of January intercepted an urgent communication between the leadership of Al Qaeda in the Land of the Maghreb (AQIM) and Al Qaeda's leadership in the tribal region of Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan. The communication suggested that an area sealed to prevent leakage of a biological or chemical substance had been breached, according to the official.
"We don't know if this is biological or chemical," the official said.
If true, Al Qaeda is readying a biological or chemical weapon for use against its many declared enemies, a listing on which "Crusaders and Jews" figure prominently. It's not a question of if, it's a question of when.
said authorities in the first week of January intercepted an urgent communication between the leadership of Al Qaeda in the Land of the Maghreb (AQIM) and Al Qaeda's leadership in the tribal region of Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan. The communication suggested that an area sealed to prevent leakage of a biological or chemical substance had been breached, according to the official.
"We don't know if this is biological or chemical," the official said.
If true, Al Qaeda is readying a biological or chemical weapon for use against its many declared enemies, a listing on which "Crusaders and Jews" figure prominently. It's not a question of if, it's a question of when.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Holocaust Satire at Its Best
An Iranian press--Martyr Shahbazi Publications--will soon publish Farsi and English-language editions of a book that "deals with the 'big historical distortion' of the Holocaust...."
...English and Arabic editions would be published at a ceremony in Tehran later this month when a message from Ahmadinejad would be read out. It appeared to be translations of a book which official media in September said had been published about the "fiction" of the Holocaust. "The presentation ceremony will be held on January 27 ... with the attendance of a number of government officials," Mohammad Mehdi Hemmati, who is involved in the project, told FNA. The Islamic republic news agency said in September the book had 52 caricatures plus satirical writings over 108 pages. It was published by and the Islamic student movement of the Science and Industry University. Iran staged an international competition and exhibition of cartoons about the Holocaust in 2006. That contest was held in response to cartoons published in Denmark that were deemed anti-Islamic, officials said.
Maybe Iranian TV can develop a Holocaust sitcom--a "Hogan's Heroes" approach to life in Auschwitz? No, that's not right. I'm sorry; it never happened. It wouldn't be a sitcom; it would be fiction.
Ahmadinejad. Hamas. Why would anyone in this country want to associate themselves with these lunatic anti-Semites?
...English and Arabic editions would be published at a ceremony in Tehran later this month when a message from Ahmadinejad would be read out. It appeared to be translations of a book which official media in September said had been published about the "fiction" of the Holocaust. "The presentation ceremony will be held on January 27 ... with the attendance of a number of government officials," Mohammad Mehdi Hemmati, who is involved in the project, told FNA. The Islamic republic news agency said in September the book had 52 caricatures plus satirical writings over 108 pages. It was published by and the Islamic student movement of the Science and Industry University. Iran staged an international competition and exhibition of cartoons about the Holocaust in 2006. That contest was held in response to cartoons published in Denmark that were deemed anti-Islamic, officials said.
Maybe Iranian TV can develop a Holocaust sitcom--a "Hogan's Heroes" approach to life in Auschwitz? No, that's not right. I'm sorry; it never happened. It wouldn't be a sitcom; it would be fiction.
Ahmadinejad. Hamas. Why would anyone in this country want to associate themselves with these lunatic anti-Semites?
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