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September 30, 2006

Isn't Borat Funny?

Sacha Baron Cohen, an English Jew of Persian decent, has made a pretty good living the past few years with a shtick based on lampooning Arabs and Muslims.

Mr. Cohen, (aka "Ali G." and "Borat") the funnyman in question here, gets big laughs here in the West lampooning us with his racist caricatures and stereotypes of how stupid, simpleminded and backward Arabs and Muslims are. Hilarious too in an offensive sort of way, eh? And I suppose it is sort of funny too, albeit in a kind of racist Amos n’ Andy or Memin fashion. Okay, fine. Laugh it up if you find it amusing then, but please, not one more fookin’ word from you guys about how simple-minded and overly sensitive Arabs and Muslims are.

While it is true that tribal-based societies do have more regard for individual dignity and personal reputation than here in the West, how many of you white (Judeo-Christian or secularist) sophisticates out there laughing at Ali G. and Borat would find such ridiculous, racist, and out-right provocative "humor" against you anything less than fighting words?

After all, telling the rest of the world that we enjoy drinking fermented horse piss as a beverage, and incestuously love our own sisters and cousins is just good fun, eh?

Just ask say, Pat Buchanan, Paul Craig Roberts or anyone else who dares to say one fookin’ word about Israel or Jews that isn’t complimentary or fawning, about what happens next? To wit: A mainstream media avalanche of accusations and denouncements for being Anti-Semitic soon ensue.

And you same folks wonder why Arabs and Muslims in the Middle East and Central Asia believe the ridiculous lies that are told in their state-run press and news media about America and Israel, and yet you all persist in believing such stuff about us as purveyed by funnyman Cohen? Go figure?

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September 28, 2006

"Christian" Terrorist Attempts Car-Bombing in Iowa

"Fortunately, no one was hurt because he reconsidered lighting himself on fire for God at the last moment. And laughably, the clinic he attempted to destroy does not even perform abortions.

Schadenfreude aside, this is a terrorist act. He should be tried as a terrorist. (Perhaps we should torture him in a secret prison in case he has friends who are also planning other actions. That is our policy now, right?) Second-degree arson is ridiculous. We lock foreigners (and sometimes Americans) up indefinitely in Guantanamo Bay for the slightest possible connections to Islamic terrorism. Yet, this Christian terrorist is charged with a minor felony? Absurd!"

Full story link here.

Religious kooks of all sorts are a danger to rational living and public safety. And this oaf is about as much a "Christian" as Al-Qaeda based Islamists are actually Muslims too.

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Ashcroft: I Have "Sovereign Immunity!" Judge: No You Don't!

Every dog has his day and ex-Inquistitor-in-Chief Ashcroft is about have his and be forced to explain his actions face-to-face to one of his victims.

"Abdullah al-Kidd, who played football for the University of Idaho, claimed government wrongfully arrested him in the case against a fellow student, Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, in 2003.

U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge rejected [ex-US Attorney General John] Ashcroft's argument to toss out the lawsuit because he was entitled to absolute immunity since his position at the Department of Justice was prosecutorial.

They both worked for the Islamic Assembly of North America, a Michigan-based charitable organization that federal investigators said funneled money to activities supporting terrorism and published material advocating suicide attacks on the United States.

A jury acquitted Al-Hussayen of using his computer skills to foster terrorism and of three immigration violations after an eight-week federal trial. But Al-Hussayen — who was only months from finishing his doctorate study at the University of Idaho — was eventually deported to Saudi Arabia.

Al-Kidd was never called to testify, but he spent two weeks in jail as a material witness and was later released to the custody of his wife with strict limitations on where he could travel.

His lawsuit claimed Ashcroft was personally liable for violating his rights because after the terrorist attacks Ashcroft "created a national policy to improperly seek material witness warrants, oversaw the execution of such warrants, and failed to correct the constitutional violations of conducting such actions," according court documents. Al-Kidd said the investigation and detainment not only caused him to lose a scholarship to study in Saudi Arabia, but that it cost him employment opportunities."

No man is above the law, eh John? See 'ya in court bitch!

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September 26, 2006

Thai Junta to Stay After Appointing P.M.

"One week after seizing power in a coup," reports the NY Times, "the leader of Thailand’s military junta said today that it would not disband after naming a civilian prime minister in the next few days but would stay on in an advisory role." (my emphasis)

As in "do what we 'advise' or we'll have you shot" type of advise? Like the evil Magic Ring in the Tolkein novels, power (over others), corrupts everyone and everything it touches.

Posted by Ali Massoud at 10:35 AM | Comments (0)

September 25, 2006

The Cable New Channel Pundits Have Become A Circular Firing Squad

Keith Olberman hates Bill O'Reilly the top rated prime time cable news channel pundit. And the feeling is mutual apparently too. But it sure doesn't effect the high ratings of the Fox News Channel's top dog. So why then? "Cui bono ", any one?

Well, Olberman for one. Since according to the ratings O'Reilly's audience stats are five times higher than Olberman's it kinda makes sense, in a dim sort of way to snap at the ankles of a big dog running by you and hope you slow 'em down some. And we'll see if it works out for Olberman and MSNBC. I doubt it though. After the food fight between O'Reilly and "liberal" funnyman and political commentator Al Franken raised the later's ratings higher than they were before his efforts and attacks, Bill O. has wisely held his fire, which is a rare display of common sense for him, eh?

It seems now that the dead-last pundit in the cable news channel ratings list, ex-GOP congressman Joe Scarborough, is trying to pick a fight with someone farther up the food chain in hopes of pulling a Franken-style ratings boost. His relentless attacks on cable news sleaze (like he should talk) is made by attacking the sleaziness of CNN's Nancy Grace and her dominatrix-like interrogation style of interviewing. A nasty form which is now blamed for the suicide of a criminal suspect too.

And so it goes. Like the Nike ad used to say: Don't believe the hype. Or watch it either for that matter. Go surf the net, find a good book to read, or take a nap. You'll feel better and be better informed. Sheesh.

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September 23, 2006

No Statute of Limitations on Being A Jerk

The Texas chapter of the NAACP asked comedian and independent gubernatorial candidate Kinky Friedman on Friday to apologize for using a racial slur during a 1980 nightclub act in Houston.

"NAACP President Gary Bledsoe said in a letter that Friedman's remarks 'invoke the worst racial stereotypes about people of color.' "

Yeah whatever Mr.Blesoe. An "apology" for remarks made as part of a stand up comedy routine from twenty six fookin' years ago?

"Civil rights" groups these days are nothing of the sort actually, but really are shills and catspaws for the Democratic Party and purveyors of racial identity politics.

Posted by Ali Massoud at 12:04 PM | Comments (0)

September 16, 2006

'But it's alright, Ma, it's life, and life only'

Speakers are lining up to pay homage to the late Texas mass murderer, Ann “Ma” Richards. They will remind us of her supposed “big heart” and “big deeds” but will conveniently forget how she stood by, watched, and never lifted a finger to prevent 80-some constituents being butchered and barbequed by the U.S. Federal Government near Waco on April 19, 1993.

Thankfully, Richards is in a place where she can longer hurt anyone- giving support to the notion that the best politician is one that is no longer breathing and nothing but a distant memory.

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September 10, 2006

Check Out This Golden Nugget

I haven’t had cable television in twenty years and I doubt I’ve missed much worthwhile programming because of it. Thanks to DVD rentals I now can enjoy some of the rare and worthy shows that have originated from that medium. One in particular is HBO’s “Deadwood,” a western drama with a fantastic screenplay, superb acting and plenty of colorful characters. There are also numerous anti-state references. Here’s one from the second season of the series courtesy of a casino/brothel owner:

“I guess my question is, ‘who didn’t know what government was before we came?’ Wasn’t it half our purpose to get shed of the c***sucker? And here it catches up to us again to do what’s in its nature- to lie to use, and confuse us, and to steal what come to us by toil and being lucky just once in our f***ing lives!”
“ And we’re going to be surprised by that, boys? Government being government? Will we next be shocked by rivers running or trees casting f***ing shadows?”

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