This Could Be Great, if it's Ever Completed Once It's Started

Or it could become the US Government's version of the Boston Big Dig project, or our very own Chicago Deep Tunnel. Just another multibilliondollar boondoggle that creates lots of jobs and contracts for the well connected and takes a decade to complete. (geez, that sounded like it came out of the mouth of a liberal, I'm just tired of governmental waste in this post 9-11 world as are many others)

Or it could be the answer to the border problem in the long run. In the meantime good old-fashioned border patrol agents and the National Guard troops that were promised and yet not fully delivered will have to be the stopgap measure.

The Seattle Times: Billions at stake in border contract: "WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is expected next month to choose an industry consortium to erect a high-tech security shield along the U.S. borders, launching one of the federal government's most ambitious public-works projects in years.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) calls the proposed Secure Border Initiative Net (SBInet) the 'most comprehensive effort in the nation's history' to gain control of more than 6,000 miles of border with Mexico and Canada, and 2,000 miles of coastline.

SBInet is a centerpiece of President Bush's efforts to fortify the U.S.-Mexico border at a time Congress is locked in a struggle to revise the nation's immigration laws. Administration officials say they intend to proceed with the security net regardless of the outcome of the debate over immigration legislation.

The multibillion-dollar undertaking has ignited a contract battle among industry teams headed by four leading defense companies — Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon — and Ericsson, the Swedish-based telecommunications giant with U.S. headquarters in Plano, Texas." full article

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Some More Thoughts on The Kidnapping Saga

This post below is by a blog I was directed to over the weekend by a friend, who musta' been reading my mind when this was penned by themselves regarding the Wiig-Centanni kidnapping:

HH Blowhard: "We've just received the following, said to be a transcript of a top level meeting held in Gaza

recently between top terrorist leaders.

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Terrorist 1: Ok, people. We've got to find a way to improve our image. Ideas?

Terrorist 2: Well, we could set up a new terror group and have them kidnap two journalists. Then we could arrange for their safe return. The world would see us as peacemakers."

(No response from the other terrorists)

Terrorist 1: Ok, here's what we do. We set up a new terror group, have them kidnap two journalists, then we arrange for their safe return. The world will see us as peacemakers.

(Sounds of approval and excitement from the other terrorists)

Terrorist 2: Wait. You just said the same thing I said, but you did this (moves hands sideways).

Terrorist 1: No, I did this (moves right hand vertically).

(Sounds of approval from the other terrorists)

Terrorist 4: Makes all the difference.

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For those who don't recognize the above, it means that the terrorists are now spending way too much time watching television, AND they pay attention to the commercials. We should be able to find a way to use this to our advantage...go there to read more stuff like this

I commented on their blog for that post above and some others I visit daily regarding the kidnapping and it's aftermath. I as HH Blowhard feel this kidnapping was planned from start to finish by the damn (Hamas or Hezbollah, like it matters) so called government over there to extract the very response that it has. I cannot believe that a bunch of camel riders have learned how to play the Western media like a IED trigger, and in this case to my amazement Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig themselves.

I cannot emphasize my disappointment while watching their interviews (2 minutes into the linked vid) in the aftermath of the release, tripping that they were pleading with other journalists to "keep reporting the story of the beautiful Palestinian people in spite of their ordeal"..etc. I thought to myself Holy Stockholm Syndrome while realizing they were fuc&^%* serious.

I simply cannot believe that they, even as solid professionals of their field, would come out of that ordeal after the outpouring of support that they received from of coarse first and foremost their families, the blogging community, (since they got hardly any from their fellow journalists, blogged by me here & countless others), advocate repeating this mistake that they wandered into for the sake of "the story".

I may sound cold and callous when saying this, but if they or any other reporters wander into that anything goes nutzone again to "tell the story" of the poor boo hoo palestinian peoples, (who in their first stab at democracy voted in a terror organization as their official government, who joyfully danced in the streets during & after 9-11,) they will most likely not get any sympathy from this blogger, whether they work for FOX or anywhere else. There is no more story to be told from Gaza, we know it all from front to back, more than we need. So much so that stuff has to be made up to fill all the papers and videos, no? Let them try to become educated and then civilized so they can tell it themselves.

Once again I am glad they are home, physically unharmed it appears and did not become victims in the sense that other westerners have at the hands of these animals. But please do not encourage others to make the same mistake you men did, unwittingly lending yourself to the arab propaganda machine. They had a plan for you guys and they executed it to a T.

Thank goodness you were pawns instead of the other dreadful alternative.

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Yeah, Right Machmoud......We Hear Ya ;)

NOT. As I said in my post yesterday before the release of Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig, these Mooslime terrorists, and any official from or in the middle East for that matter cannot be believed, trusted to tell or say anything close to the truth ever. They are nearly as bad as liberal democrats... maybe, just maybe a little worse.

This morning these clowns are claiming that they were promised some sort of deal from the US Government to pressure Israel into concessions of some nature by releasing the journalists. Can these people really be as stupid as they seem or at least think that we are as stupid as they? No doubt the similarities in some ways to democrats can sometimes be uncanny, here they hope that the more they repeat untruths the more hopeful they will be believed as truths. That sure sounds familiar.

Any takers that this will be repeated by the left wing on the Kos Playground or The Dummocratic Underground forums throught the upcoming week? None that I could find yet, but they'll catch on to this by daybreak, east coast hit the bath-house time.

WorldNetDaily: Fox News abductors claim concessions from U.S.: "TEL AVIV – The kidnappers of two Fox News journalists who were released earlier today claim they received guarantees from European mediators that American would pressure Israel into concessions, a terror leader in the Gaza Strip told WorldNetDaily.

'European mediators promised that they received pledges from the United States to pressure Israel into ending raids in Gaza, the razing of Palestinian homes and the killings of our leaders. It was on this basis that the reporters were freed,' Abu Mujaheed, a leader and spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees terror group told WND.

Abu Mujaheed claimed his group was not involved in the kidnappings. But he said he was 'certain' of the European pledges." A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Israel said the Jewish state was not involved in any mediation efforts and made "no agreements whatsoever" for the return today of Fox News reporter Steve Centanni and cameraman Olaf Wiig.

A Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity, doubted the terror leader's claims. He speculated the abductors were trying to "save face" by claiming they extracted concessions for the kidnapping. full story

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Lady Half as Old as United States Dies

When you put it that way, this lady sure lived an unusually long life, hopefully it was as good as it was long.

BREITBART.COM - World's Oldest Person Dies at Age 116: "Maria Esther de Capovilla, believed to be the world's oldest person, has died at 116, her granddaughter said.

Catherine Capovilla, 46, a property manager and real estate agent in Miami, said Capovilla died Sunday at 3 a.m. local time in a hospital in the coastal city of Guayaquil. She died two days after coming down with pneumonia. Her funeral was planned for Monday.

Born on Sept. 14, 1889 _ the same year as Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler _ Capovilla was married in 1917 and widowed in 1949.

Robert Young, senior consultant for Gerontology for Guinness World Records, said Elizabeth Bolden of Memphis, Tenn., now appears to be the oldest person alive." more

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The Kids Are Allright.....NOT

Yo dog, wassup? This urban video is part of some sort of CD or DVD about the gang scene in Kansas City I happened across while perusing Free Republic yesterday and then the Kansas City Paper's crime page.(below)

If you want to kill some time seeing what problems our society faces just from within without the extracurricular outside terrorism threat then give it a look . **Sound Warning, loud & harsh)**

Crime Scene KC: "This eight-minute video, posted on YouTube, features a group of gun-toting 12th Street Kansas City gangbangers flashing their dope, their weapons and their views of the world.

It's hard to watch, harder to listen to and not safe for work - lots of bad language. There's an occasional rap-music overlay, and a narrator who I take to be the film-maker, madjohann. This is by far his most popular video, viewed 4,309 times when I saw it yesterday" more commentary

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Kidnapped Fox Journalists Released

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Two FOX News journalists were released by their kidnappers Sunday, nearly two weeks after they were taken hostage in the Gaza Strip.

The freeing of FOX correspondent Steve Centanni, 60, and cameraman Olaf Wiig, 36, ends the longest-running drama involving foreign hostages in Gaza.

Centanni, in a phone interview shortly after his release, said "I'm fine. I'm just so happy to be free."

He said he was so emotional because he was out and alive.

"There were times when I thought 'I'm dead,' and I'm not," Centanni said. "I'm fine. I'm so very happy." full story

Free Republic live thread on the release

* My Original post from earlier is below

Two kidnapped Fox journalists appeared on a new videotape

Thats what is being reported out of Mooslim land this morning. Hopefully this video purporting to show the 2 men converting to Islam is propaganda that they will be denouncing upon their release as the journalist Jill Carroll from Christian Science Monitor did upon her release from her captivity by a similar group of animals.

Then again, we all know how trustworthy anything coming from the mouth-pieces of the collective community in the middle east can be, since even the PA leadership/ government are terrorists for the most part themselves. But hopefully in this case they will keep their word.

Should these men be released unharmed let's hope that all journalists with the exception of Al Jazeera will give a second thought about venturing into these areas in the future to "get out the word of the palestinians", as this is how these pigs treat their guests and they do not deserve the privilege of the western media access after this episode.

GAZA (Reuters) - Two kidnapped Fox journalists appeared on a new videotape released by their captors on Sunday in the Gaza Strip, in which the reporters said they had converted to Islam, the Fox News Channel said.

Palestinian Interior Minister Saeed Seyam said efforts were under way to secure within hours the release of Fox correspondent Steve Centanni, a 60-year-old American, and New Zealand-born cameraman Olaf Wiig, 36.

Both journalists appeared to be in good health in the new video. They were seized on August 14.

They were shown separately sitting cross-legged, reading a statement which Fox said was an announcement that they had converted to Islam. At times in the video they were wearing long Muslim robes. full story

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Hurricane Katrina Wayback Machine

How fitting that on the anniversary of last years hurricane Katrina, (the first hurricane ever propogated and executed by a sitting president and his administration, utilizing the then experimental "super secret racist hurricane machine") that Mayor Nagin shows us what makes him the leader we came to know and love during the tragedy.

Who could ever forget Mayor Nagin proudly leading the city through those tough days and nights while perfecting his communication and administration skills right in front of our very eyes.

Navy Commander /Mayor Nagin has chosen to once again stick his air jordan's into his mouth almost as soon as we almost began to forget how f'n stupid he can be and apparently still is by ridiculing the progress being made or not made at ground zero as we all know by now. In spite of the fact that I myself advocated the swift rebuilding of two new twin towers slightly modified and the political bullchit that has overtaken the project, the Mayor of New Orleans has enough to worry about at home I would say, although his outspoken words do have some truth to them.

Who better to critique and ridicule the somewhat discombobulated backwards moving progress going on at Ground Zero after the terror attacks of 9-11 than Mayor Nagin and his NOLA administrative all stars.

After all, ground zero is there thanks to the actions of 19 radical arab hijackers and millions of Islamists that hate America's freaking guts, of which there is a big difference than what occurred in New Orleans. We all know you and your followers hate the man and the president as much as the next jihadder, but their hate exceeds even Al Sharpton and Spike Lee on a good day.

So how about you and your constituents getting over it and getting to work instead of waiting for the taxpayers of the US to come to the rescue again and again. I mean, it's bad enough we're all gonna foot the bill for this act of God, and as willing as we are to see the chocolate city back to full strength as soon as possible, must the government to do all the work too?

In commemoration of that fateful event 1 year ago, I am breaking out some of the Chicagoray archival photoshops along with an editorial from the New York Post regarding the Mayor's Ground Zero remarks . These parodies were made during the disaster last year to ease the tension per say. By no means am I or was I making fun of the many citizens that were let down during that trying time by their local government in all ways imaginable, causing more death and misery than should have occurred, just the mayor, his administration and their collective ineptitude.

NAGIN THROWS A STONE - New York Post Online Edition: Postopinion: "August 26, 2006 -- Ray Nagin, in his own way almost as much a disaster for New Orleans as was Hurricane Katrina, deigns to crack wise about New York City - about Ground Zero, actually.

Who can forget Mayor Nagin - the fellow who dissolved into hysterical sobs, on national TV no less, at the height of the Katrina crisis a year ago.

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Remember the utterly false claims about how evacuation centers were being overrun by gangs of heavily armed rapists and murderers?

And whose police force was it that virtually deserted its posts in the dark of night? Ray Nagin's."

Indeed, Nagin exacerbated the crisis in the first place by failing to develop realistic evacuation plans. (He's also the fellow who later vowed to make sure that The Big Easy remains "a chocolate city" - but that's a topic for another day.)

Now Nagin tells CBS' "60 Minutes" that "You guys in New York can't get a hole in the ground fixed and it's five years later."

Well, OK.

He's not totally wrong about everything. read full editorial

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Eager Prosecutors & Newsies Cause Unnecessary Uproar

I, like everyone else I'm sure have had enough of this unfortunate Jon Benet murder case over the years past, but this latest fiasco tops it all.

The carelessness and overzealousness of prosecuters wishing to be the next Elliot Spitzer is out of hand, although another possible scenario could be that they did try to bring him back here quietly to obtain the tests and such but were unable to due to the psycho news media sniffing around for their next wall to wall news story to fill the idle hours on Greta, Joe, Nancy Grace along with the rest. I guess bloggers like myself would be down the bottom of that food chain as well.

As for the nut that has confessed if thats what it's called, maybe if they try harder he'll confess to the JFK assasination and blowing up the New Orleans Levies last year.

Anyhow, just think, folks like this guy are walking amongst us day in and day out without any warning as to how nutty and crazy they truly are or can be.

ABC News: Ramsey Suspect's Father, Half Brother Doubt Guilt: "Aug. 25, 2006 — The father and half brother of John Mark Karr defended him against charges that he is responsible for the 1996 slaying of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey in an exclusive interview with 'Good Morning America' today.

Asked if John Karr, who now sits in a Colorado jail awaiting charges in the Ramsey case, could have been involved in the girl's death, the suspect's half brother, Nate Karr. said, 'Absolutely not. Emphatically, absolutely without a doubt impossible.'

About his son's apparent television confession in Thailand, Karr's father, Wexford Karr, added, 'I don't believe a word of it.'"

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9-11 Report In Illustrations

I hate to insult it by referring it to a comic book version, but it kind of is. It's an interesting explanation of the 9-11 attacks and the report through illustrations for those who find the actual report difficult to digest, which would include most folks I would imagine.

I do not recommend it for liberals however, as the pictures are somewhat difficult to understand, they tend to refer to factual information that the left doesn't seem to digest very well.

By Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón - Slate Magazine: Click here to read The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colón, which sets text from The 9/11 Commission Report to images—with striking results. Slate is excerpting a chapter a day through Sept. 7. Don't worry if you've joined in late; click on the launch module, and you'll see that the previous chapters are available using the navigation on the right.."

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Upset With Your Neighbors?

You can always do what this homeowner did if you have some money to waste on fines and construction delays when they all start complaining.

kutv.com - Man Takes Down 'Obscene Gesture' Art From Home: "RIVERTON A homeowner has removed the vent cover that he claimed was abstract art of a cactus and neighbors interpreted as a rude hand gesture pointed their way.

'We're just glad that it's down and over with,' said Sharon Easton, who lives up the hill from Darren Wood's house and had a full view of the covering.

The Eastons and Stan Torgersen's family had been in a yearlong dispute with Wood and considered the image a direct message to them.

Wood sent a statement to The Salt Lake Tribune on Wednesday that said his 'decision to place the controversial cactus would have made sense to only those involved.

'We as a family are looking forward to seeing this chapter of a third-grade spat come to a close,' Wood said, adding that total costs of the construction interruption due to his neighbors' complaints reached $25,000." full story and more pictures

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HELL FREEZES OVER!

France Sets Big Force for Lebanon: "PARIS, Aug. 24 -- French President Jacques Chirac said Thursday that France would commit 2,000 troops to a new international peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon.

The decision breaks a stalemate that has held up the dispatch of soldiers seen by diplomats as crucial to maintaining the 11-day-old cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel.Chirac's announcement in a nationally televised address followed days of intense negotiations with the United Nations, Lebanon and Israel over European concerns that the force would have no clear mandate and inadequate rights to open fire in defense of itself or civilians." full story

UPDATE 1:00pm cdt Look Out Now!

Europe Will Provide Half of Peacekeepers!!

Oh Boy, those terrorists from Hezbollah are shaking in their boots now. First France pats itself on the back for supplying what it originally said it would in the first place, a group smaller than the security forces needed for any Sunday NFL football game. Now the United Nations flexes it's muscles twisting the arms of a few more European nations to squeeze out a few thousand more.

And these are the people that John Kerry and friends wanted to consult with and work with for help in Iraq. The Democrats made endless fun of the coalition of the willing, what do you call this hogan's hero's contigency, the coalition of the unwilling? You can't even get the Europeans to even defend their own backyards against terrorism for goodness sakes.

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Friday that Europe had agreed to provide the "backbone" of a peacekeeping force for Lebanon, providing nearly half of a 15,000-member contingent.

European officials said it would take up to three months to get all the troops on the ground.

Speaking after an emergency meeting of European foreign ministers, Annan also said has "firm commitments" from Malaysia, Indonesia and Bangladesh, and was consulting with Turkey about joining the peacekeeping force.

Israel has said it would oppose the deployment of troops from Muslim nations with which it does not have diplomatic ties, saying their inclusion would make it impossible for Israel to share vital intelligence information with the U.N. force.

"Europe is providing the backbone of the force," Annan said. "We can now begin to put together a credible force."

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This Story Is Pretty Nutty Stuff

It's somethin' that one expects and regularly sees on the front cover of the National Enquirer and the Globe. But this story is apparently true and involves a very rare medical condition, it's sure the first time I've ever seen and heard of it.

ABC News: A Pregnant Man?: "Aug. 23, 2006 — Sanju Bhagat's stomach was once so swollen he looked nine months pregnant and could barely breathe.

Living in the city of Nagpur, India, Bhagat said he'd felt self-conscious his whole life about his big belly. But one night in June 1999, his problem erupted into something much larger than cosmetic worry.

An ambulance rushed the 36-year-old farmer to the hospital. Doctors thought he might have a giant tumor, so they decided to operate and remove the source of the bulge in his belly.

'Basically, the tumor was so big that it was pressing on his diaphragm and that's why he was very breathless,' said Dr. Ajay Mehta of Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai. 'Because of the sheer size of the tumor, it makes it difficult [to operate]. We anticipated a lot of problems.'

Mehta said that he can usually spot a tumor just after he begins an operation. But while operating on Bhagat, Mehta saw something he had never encountered. As he cut deeper into Bhagat's stomach, gallons of fluid spilled out — and then something extraordinary happened.

'To my surprise and horror, I could shake hands with somebody inside,' he said. 'It was a bit shocking for me.'" full story

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9-11 Conspiracy Theorist Emerges in Republican New Hampshire Primary

And here we thought this 9-11 conspiracy nuttiness was limited to just the left side of the aisle. Then along comes RHINO whackjobber Mary Maxwell, challenging incumbent Charles Bass for the 2nd district of New Hampshire's congressional seat.

A long hard look at her donor list and backers will be in order in the next couple of weeks for sure, I mean when your coming out is featured on the front page of Alex Jones' Prison Planet website, your credibility period has to be questioned, even for a politician willing to say and do anything to get elected. The only hoax here looks to be her republican credentials & campaign, and get a load of her website. It's not the normal republican stuff, but then again from the northeast what is normal?

Nashuatelegraph.com: GOP candidate says 9/11 attacks were a hoax: "A Republican candidate for this area’s congressional seat said Wednesday that the U.S. government was complicit in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

In an editorial board interview with The Telegraph on Wednesday, the candidate, Mary Maxwell, said the U.S. government had a role in killing nearly 3,000 people at the World Trade Center and Pentagon, so it could make Americans hate Arabs and allow the military to bomb Muslim nations such as Iraq.
Maxwell, 59, seeks the 2nd District congressional seat. The Concord resident opposes the incumbent, Charles Bass of Peterborough, and Berlin Mayor Bob Danderson in the Republican primary Sept. 12.

Maxwell would not specify if she holds the opinion that the government stood by while terrorists hijacked four domestic airliners and used them as weapons, or if it had a larger role by sanctioning and carrying out the attacks.

But she implicated the government by saying the Sept. 11 attacks were meant “to soften us up . . . to make us more willing to have more stringent laws here, which are totally against the Bill of Rights . . . to make us particularly focus on Arabs and Muslims . . . and those strange persons who spend all their time creating little bombs,” giving Americans a reason “to hate them and fear them and, therefore, bomb them in Iraq for other reasons.”

Maxwell, 59, seeks the 2nd District congressional seat. The Concord resident opposes the incumbent, Charles Bass of Peterborough, and Berlin Mayor Bob Danderson in the Republican primary Sept. 12." full article

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Imagine If We Had This Law Here

We would have to build a few new prisons to hold all the BDS sufferers out there that deride the president by the minute. And that would be just for the suffering and offending members of the minority party of congress.

BBC NEWS | Europe | Polish police hunt 'insult' man: "Poland is searching for a 31-year-old homeless man after he failed to appear in court to answer a charge of insulting President Lech Kaczynski.

The man is accused of slandering Mr Kaczynski during a drunken outburst as police were questioning him at Warsaw's main train station last winter.

In Poland it is a crime to insult the head of state." full story

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WorldNetDaily:Why Fox Journo Targeted for Kidnapping...

Today WorldnetDaily, who supposedly has some mysterious contact to AlQueda's press department, publishes what this source claims is the reason that FOX journalist Steve Centanni and his Cameraman Olaf Wiig were kidnapped last week after a previously unknown terror group finally took responsibility for it yesterday making the usual "AllahAkbar, release Muhammad and Haji from prison" demands.

Below that a commentary from the Boston Globe gives a similar explanation as to why the fellow news community has chosen to basically ignore this kidnapping that seems probably accurate and a sad case of jealousy/penis envy by them if true.

WorldNetDaily: Terror leader: Fox News files 'lying reports': "TEL AVIV -- Fox News is controlled by Jews and Zionists, files 'lying reports' from the Middle East and treats all Muslims as terrorists, the leader of a terror group that claims it represents the interests of al-Qaida in Gaza told WorldNetDaily in an interview today.

'Fox News is one more proof that all the media organizations in America are controlled by the Zionist lobby and the Jews. The journalistic policy of Fox is too pro-Israel. We are all terrorists in the eyes of Fox. It never tries to give an accurate image of what is happening on the ground. They show what is the opposite when it comes to Muslims,' said Abu Mohammed, leader of the Palestine Army of Islam.

The Palestine Army of Islam is one of three terror groups that claimed responsibility in June for the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. The group is a splinter of the Popular Resistance Committees, a coalition of terror organizations operating in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. " full story

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BostonHerald.com - Opinion & Editorial: Asking for it: why terrorism vs. Fox TV is not news: "It’s been over a week since Fox TV newsmen Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig were abducted in Gaza. Until today’s terrorist video by the Holy Jihad Brigade, showing them both alive and demanding the release of Muslim prisoners in America, the news wires and other outlets were largely silent about them. On the right half of the blogosphere, there were suspicions the lack of coverage may be due to Fox’s conservative tilt, much criticized by the left and within the American media in general.

At my own newspaper, a conservative tabloid once owned by Rupert Murdoch and a distant cousin to Fox, we didn’t report much, either. Here’s how the coverage worked:" full story

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How To Neutralize Terrorists on Airliners

Fans of All in the Family may remember an episode where Archie is picked to give a news show commentary on gun control. As his solution to plane hijackings he argues that arming all the passengers with handguns at the start of the flight would end all the hijackings of those times immediately. This was back in 1972, and with those comedic or what people called bigoted words back then and today, Archie Bunker or Carrol O'Connor turns out to be a prophet in 2006 regarding flying.

The commentary below takes that tact as this past week passengers of an airliner walked off in protest due to the presence of 2 individuals to them that appeared somewhat threatening (like terrorists.....judge for yourself) and asks if this will now be the norm considering our government refuses to profile the obvious for terrorism due to pressure from groups like CAIR and the ACLU who have everything but we Americans best interests at heart, that you can believe.

TheRealityCheck.Org - Staff Writer for The New Media Alliance: "As US Democrats and the worldwide leftist power elite continue to push their patently insane message “It’s better to die than to be politically incorrect”, an intrepid group of airline passengers finally decided to take matters into their own hands. In the early morning hours of Wednesday, 150 passengers scheduled to fly Monarch Airlines flight ZB 613 from Malaga to Manchester either refused to board or walked off their plane.

The reason for this unprecedented action? It appears that they didn’t think Wednesday was a particularly good day to die. As legal groups and airlines continue to balk at passenger profiling (in the United States the ACLU-CAIR Alliance calls it “unconstitutional”) and are still failing to check all passengers for newly banned items, these passengers became fed up. Instead, their collective group decided to perform its own profiling." full story

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Why Does Bill Clinton Dread Being 60?

The answer to that question was being bandied about as he turned 60 last week as if it's some kind of big mystery. Most men 60 probably feel the same way. But On today's Drudge report there's a link to a story about a contest to meet Bill Clinton. The picture that accompanied it you see below answers that question without the need for any caption or explanation, but here one is anyway.

Question: WHY DOES SLICK HATE BEING 60? Answer? BELOW

No more intern aged snapper for horny "Grampa" Bill, but look at his eyes undressing his wishful prey anyway.

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Previously Unknown Gaza Slime Still Holding Fox Journalist & Cameraman

UPDATE FURTHER DOWN

Below is the latest from Michelle Malkin via Chrys at Pettifog on missing Steve Centanni & Olaf Wiig, presumably still being held hostage by some gaza based filth for who knows what reason, as that no responsibility nor demands have been made by any groups thus far as a result of their kidnapping.

The story as most of us know is for the most part been ignored by the media, which is incredibly unbelievable considering when other journalists not from FOX are even as much spit upon the broadcasting community can't go 5 minutes without some self centered mention of it. Even FOX has been somewhat restrained in my opinion in regards to their kidnapping.

Update 11:11 am cdt.. Since my intitial post this news has been released

Good news in the sense as we now know which group of scum is now claiming responsibility for the kidnapping but also doesn't provide alot of relief as they are making the usual raghead demands. This is the thanks they get for "trying to report the Palestininan side" of the story according to dimwit Fox reporter Jennifer Griffith or Griffin on Fox News, who sounds more like an arabic apologist than a fox reporter at the moment, as I type she is also reporting that in the video they (captives) seem to be being treated with respect by their captors!

If this is respect, by that standard I guess OJ didn't really murder Nicole, he just show his love in a strange way.

Video of Kidnapped Journalists Released

A previously unknown Palestinian group released video Wednesday of two kidnapped Fox News journalists and demanded that Muslim prisoners in U.S. jails be released within 72 hours in exchange for the men, a Palestinian news agency reported.

The video, which broadcast by Al-Jazeera and also seen by an Associated Press correspondent, was the first sign of American correspondent Steve Centanni, 60, of the San Francisco area, and cameraman Olaf Wiig, 36, of New Zealand, since they were kidnapped Aug. 14 near the Palestinian security services headquarters in Gaza City. full story and video

Unfortunately this is the thanks they get for "presenting the side of the Palestinians" as fox reporters are stating in updates as I type. The reporter also mentioned it appears they are "being treated with a great deal of respect"!!

If this is what they call respect, by that standard I guess OJ didn't really murder Nicole, he just shows his love in a strange way.
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Michelle Malkin: Missing Fox News crew: Blogburst: "Fox News Channel reporter Steve Centanni and freelance cameraman Olaf Wiig are still missing. It has now been more than a week since their kidnapping at gunpoint in Gaza by unknown terrorists. FNC top management, the journalists' families, and Palestinian journalists continue to press for their release.

Following up on my post late Sunday night, some media types are now musing that one possible reason the story is not getting the attention it deserves is that there aren't any 'new' developments to report. Vaughn Ververs, CJR Daily, and Stephen Spruiell at The Media Blog weigh in. TV blogs are covering the story: check TV Newser, Johnny Dollar, and Inside Cable News.

My opinion: No news is news. So is unchecked terrorist thuggery against Western journalists. The disappearance of Centanni and Wiig is at least as newsworthy as--and far more threatening to our national security than--people falling off cruise ships or getting eaten by alligators or attacked by bees.

If you have the time and inclination, please join me in posting a blog post today (doesn't need to be long, even a quick 'Still Missing' will do) in support of our fellow American, Steve Centanni, and New Zealand-based cameraman Olaf Wiig. Let their families know that they are not forgotten."

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Let's Hope Bin Laden & Friends Don't Read the Boston Globe After The NYT Today

Below is the very type of defeatest left wing slobbering wimper the enemies of America love to hear and read day in and day out from journalists who somehow think they speak for all Americans.

It amuses me whenever I hear any liberal on Hannity and Colmes, the O'Reilly factor, or any other television,radio program espouse "the american people want this ...think this ...say this ..." etc etc.

The only people that they seem to speak for when they open their mouths or put their pens to paper are the terrorists or our other enemies, 'cause true americans don't provide fodder and propaganda for the enemy whilst at war as these people do.

One thing they can be sure of is this: YOU DONT SPEAK OR THINK FOR ME! Even my own senators from Illinois are on another planet as far as where I stand on issues.

Bush clings to a lost cause in Iraq - The Boston Globe: "George W. Bush sounds increasingly like your average defiant teenager. The teenager won't clean his room, and the president won't leave Iraq.

The president's latest news conference was another installment of rebel with a cause that a shrinking number of Americans believe in.

''We're not leaving so long as I'm president,'' promised - or threatened - Bush.

Acknowledging that public support for the war continues to wane, the president said, ''These are challenging times, and they're difficult times, and they're straining the psyche of our country.'' But as Senator John Kerry correctly pointed out, ''The American psyche isn't the problem. The problem is this administration's disastrous Iraq policy.''

That is all that one needs to read to see where this flaming liberal's head and heart is. News Flash Lady: senator Kerry isn't president. He was elected to speak for the people of Massachussetts, not America.

Did you ever notice that these left wing senators and congress-persons spend more time worrying and speaking to international/global issues than they do dealing with the day to day problems of their individual states that they only represent. This would be John Kerry, Jack Murtha, Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Dick Durbin, on and on and on.

They all act as if they were sent to Washington by the collective American people when they were not, they were sent there to represent their state and it's individual residents and that is it.

Therefore when they claim to speak for America as a whole as the so often do, they do not. This is a distinction not only they forget but that most foreigners do not make. They all think when Kerry speaks, or Murtha speaks it carries the weight of America's voices behind it which as we know it does not. It's long past the time for these lunatic libs to shut the hell up.

Here's the rest of the Boston columnists anti-Bush rant if you care.

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There are at least 50,000 ways to make one's point about freedom....

But this lazy nimrod teacher decided to choose the most anti-american one he could think of I suppose. What do you think would be happenning if he burned one of these flags to make a point God forbid.?

Stuart Middle School teacher burns U.S. flags in class: "A Stuart Middle School teacher has been removed from the classroom after he burned two American flags in class during a lesson on freedom of speech, Jefferson County Public Schools officials said.

Dan Holden, who teaches seventh-grade social studies, burned small flags in two different classes Friday and asked students to write an opinion paper about it, district spokeswoman Lauren Roberts said." read what's being done about it

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Trendy Suburb in Chicago: No Lane Bryant

This is a story well known to Chicagoans as it has been plastered on the local news stations for a few weeks now. For those not in Chicago, it's kinda interesting as this decision seems to be quite discriminatory, although you won't find Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton or even Oprah protesting this one, no camera's for them to flock to like moths:

National Ledger - Trendy Village in Chicago: No Fat Chicks: "According to reports, a trendy Chicago suburb voted “the sexiest suburb in America” may be on the verge of banishing from its venues of commerce those not conforming to arbitrarily contrived body aesthetics.

I don't know where that study or vote took place 'cause I live nearby and I wouldn't characterize this suburb as anything close to the "sexiest suburb in America",nor do I know anyone else who would either.

Lane Bryant, a retailer known for marketing clothing to full-sized women, has been denied the opportunity to open a store in a development called “The Village Of Oak Park”.

Before the hypercapitalists decide to slit my throat as they are wont to do whenever anyone dares to question a decision made by big business, it must be noted that the decision to deny Lane Bryant the retail space was not made by a private sector firm or entrepreneur but rather by the committee managing the village, an entity quasigovernmental in nature.

The bureaucratic mouthpiece for the community association told the press that, “Lane Bryant is not the kind or quality of shop that is desire for development,” and, “We want a more broad based retailer benefiting the village, rather than a niche market.”

In other words, “Fat chicks, keep out.”" full lengthy story

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Great Family Programming Coming to All This Fall

Courtesy of our arabic friends, get ready to gather the family 'round the tube or Bar B Q at dinner time for the day's news as told from the mideast mouthpiece of terrorist propaganda, Al Jazeera.

Sure, it's true that we already get the terrorist sympathy slant from our own news outlets like the New York Times and the latest radical Islamic spokesman over at SEE BS, Mike Wallace. But this is a 24/7 wall to wall Islamo version of CNN blasting terrorist propaganda right into the living rooms of millions of Americans.

This must be stopped as the right to freedom of speechvia the very 1st freaking amendment in our constitution does not extend itself to foreign news agencies carrying the water of today's terrorists. You can't argue this one, as I'm sure that the founding fathers would not and in fact DID NOT allow the british to sell their newspapers during the revolutionary war on the street corners of the thirteen colonies in fairness to all. How do we know that? Well Ben Franklin basically discovered the idea of distributing public forum type things here in America or what were known then again as the thirteen colonies.

I myself am a subscriber of comcast both internet and cable, and should they decide to add this programming to the menu of available viewing I and my immediate family members will certainly be cancelling our subscriptions, and thats $1160 worth of business per month from just my immediate family members households, basically 4, not including my business connection. As sad as this may sound coming from a supposed conservative, I would rather have my children watching and listening to Howard Stern than allowing them to be polluted by the wacky world view of the Islamic Fascist movement travelling through the American and worldwide countryside like wildfire. Blogger Categories : Religion of peace, War on terror

AL-JAZEERA PLANS FALL U.S. DEBUT By PETER LAURIA T - New York Post Online Edition: Business: "August 20, 2006 -- The Arab world's No. 1 cable news network is finally coming to America.

The much-delayed launch of the English-language version of the controversial Al-Jazeera network is targeting its launch date on these shores in November.

The date, pushed back from its latest September start date, will coincide with the 10th anniversary of the network.

Ahead of the launch, Al-Jazeera International - which has already signed up famed British broadcaster David Frost -has secured carriage agreements with cable, satellite, telecom and broadband video providers, according to spokesman Michael Holtzman.

'We've gotten carriage across the board,' Holtzman said. 'We just can't identify with whom at this stage because they are at different stages.'

Holtzman said the debut will be available in more than just a smattering of American homes.

'There are major players at the table,' Holtzman said. 'This won't be a tiny toehold; we will have significant access.'

AJI previously stated that it hopes to launch with distribution in at least 40 million homes worldwide. full story

Blogger Categories : Religion of peace, War on terror

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When Our American Indians Start Bitching About Illegals, It Must Be A Flipping Problem

The American Indian has taken alot of shit over the past couple hundred years without a doubt here on their homefield, and one doesn't hear alot of complaining from them for the most part, in spite of the fact that they have a list of legitimate greivences stretching from here to kingdome come and back.

So it stands to reason that if they too are getting pissed about illegal immigrants I think we can safely say this is a problem now affecting the quality of life of ALL AMERICANS. And by the way, my use of American Indian doesn't mean Abdul-Rahman or Khayriyyah answering help lines for Vonage or ATT in an India based call center.

Illegal immigration's toll pushes Tohono tribe to plead for money: "EAST OF SELLS - From a remote mountaintop overlooking the vast Tohono O'odham Reservation, the smugglers have created their own sacred spot, a shrine to the Virgin de Guadalupe covered in prayer cards and candles.

Slowly over the years, the Tohono O'odham Nation has tried to take its land back from people-smugglers and drug runners, tribal leaders say, giving the U.S. Border Patrol unprecedented access to their reservation in hopes of stemming the tide of illegal activity.

But tribal leaders are crying out for more help from the Department of Homeland Security, saying they are incurring $3 million annually in costs associated with the federal government's failure to secure their 75-mile stretch of U.S.-Mexican border. The tribe is seeking compensation for costs ranging from migrant autopsies to police overtime. " full story

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