Monday, May 26, 2008

Carter: Iran a 'rational' nation; U.S. should establish friendly ties


Iran's FNA is reporting that former US President Jimmy Carter is urging Washington to resume friendly ties with Iran, a country he calls "rational."

Speaking at the Hay Festival yesterday, Carter suggested that the US should also provide nuclear power technology and fuel to Iran "as a show of goodwill."

"What happens if, in three years' time, Iran has a nuclear weapon? I'm not sure that is going to happen, but if it does, what do we do? They are rational people like all of us in this room. Do they want to commit suicide? I would guess not. So what we have to do is talk with them now and say to them we want to be their friends..."

"The United States must let Iran know that we want to give them fuel and everything they need for a non-military nuclear program. Twenty-five years ago we cut off trading with Iran. We've got to resume trading to show Iran we are friends..."

Carter also criticized President George Bush, saying it was a "serious mistake and terrible departure" from the actions of previous US presidents not to engage with countries with which they differed.

"The president of the administration in Washington is the first one to have ever done this and I think we close off ourselves from any sort of rational accommodation of the views of other parties in order to reach out on major goals..."

Carter makes Neville Chamberlain look like Genghis Kahn.

Update: Carl has two interesting stories involving related coverage of Carter's speech: "George Bush might even face prosecution on war crimes charges once he left office" and "Israel has 150 nukes. Israel's security is my prime concern."

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Obama: the movie trailer


It's a must-see.



Hat tips: Atlas and Larwyn

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Mon Dieu! It's unmitigated France-bashing!


Selected a choice few from Denny's large collection.





Reclaim Conservatism!


GM Roper posts a call to action for conservatives.

Don't miss it.

Why I Continue to Run -- by Hillary Rodham Clinton


Based on a true story.

  This past Friday, during a meeting with a newspaper editorial board, I was asked about whether I was going to continue in the presidential race. I made clear that I was... and I pointed out (as I have before), that both Bubba's primary campaign, and Sen. Robert Kennedy's, had continued into June.

  Almost immediately, some took my comments entirely out of context and interpreted them to mean something completely different.

  I, for one, do not want an assassin to pop a cap at Obama, and would strenuously disagree with anyone advocating such an action.

  And I certainly do not want a former Arkansas State Trooper to accidentally ram a helicopter into his motorcade, tragically killing the young senator.

  Or have a chef inadvertently use a mislabeled bottle of Polonium to poison one of his dinners.

  I want to set the record straight: I was making the simple point that any of these things could happen and that America must prepare ahead of time for such a tragic day.

  But I was deeply dismayed and annoyed that my comment was so deeply misconstrued, especially when I represent the crime-free, scandal-free eight years of the first Clinton administration; and everything I stand for.

  Today, I would like to answer the question I was asked: Why do I continue to run, even in the face of calls from pundits, analysts, lobbyists, columnists, politicians, union officials, zookeepers and untipped waitresses for me to leave this race?

  I am running because I still believe I can win on the merits. With our unemployment hovering around 15%, the stock market at 1,000, and an ongoing civil war in Iraq, the stakes have never been higher.

  I am aware that -- mathematically speaking, it is imppossible for me to win. But mathematics is still a young science and certain arithmetic anomalies may yet be discovered that could secure a solid lead in delegates for my campaign.

  I am running because I believe that tearing the Democratic Party apart will help reunite the Democratic Party. In the end, if I can drive a huge racial wedge between the two major factions of the party, we'll all be better off.

  I am running because my parents did not raise me to be a quitter - they named me after Sir Edmund Hillary, after all, and living up to that name is simply who I am.

  Too many people still come up to me from behind at events, slap me on my ample, yet firm, derriere and urge me not to butt out of the race.

  I am running for all the men and women who have received billions of dollars of my earmarks; knowing that I can do so much more as president.

  People who deserve a shot at the American Dream - the chance to receive $5,000 baby bonds for every child they raise; government-subsidized healthcare like Cuba and the UK; and to fill their gas-tank with fuel made from some future break-through like the magic solar energy beans that Al Gore talks about.

  I believe I won a 40-point victory two weeks ago in West Virginia and a 35-point victory in Kentucky this past week because hard-working white voters prefer me, not my distinguished, but formerly drug-addled and preacher-challenged, opponent.

  But no matter what happens in this primary, I am committed to unifying this party by first tearing it apart. Ultimately, what Sen. Obama and I share is so much greater than our differences. Namely, socialism and the belief that government can do it better. This is our dream and -- together -- we will succeed in making America a third-rate economy.

  Thank you.

Jordanian professor hopes for nuclear suicide bombers


Jordanian university lecturer Dr. Ibrahim 'Alloush (Al-Jazeera TV, May 13, 2008 via MEMRI):

Whoever managed to get a martyrdom-seeker into Dimona armed with conventional explosives should consider...

how to get martyrdom-seekers into Dimona and elsewhere armed with non-conventional explosives and perhaps even small nuclear bombs. We should think in this direction.

The 'revisionist' history site IHR (featuring such luminary crackpots as David Irving) offers the following biography of "Doctor" Alloush.

Ibrahim Alloush is a journalist and university lecturer in Amman, Jordan. A regular columnist for the weekly Jordanian newspaper Assabeel, he is active in the Jordanian Writers and in the Association against Zionism and Racism (AZAR). He is also editor of the Free Arab Voice web site. Dr. Alloush lived for thirteen years in the United States. He earned graduate degrees at Ohio University and Oklahoma State University, where he earned a doctorate in economics. In his student days in America, he supported himself partly by "flipping burgers, mopping floors, and delivering pizza."

These days, Alloush appears to support himself by teaching alternative history:

It should be made clear then that several hundred thousand Jews did die in the Second World War, along with tens of millions of others; that there was no Nazi policy to exterminate the Jews, but rather one of deportation, including deportation to Palestine; and that there were no gas chambers, but instead crematoria, used to incinerate the bodies of those, of all nationalities and religions, who died from all causes, but chiefly disease.

In addition, Alloush appears to be affiliated with "The Adelaide Institute," a revisionist organization that, among other things, helped facilitate Iran's 2006 'Holocaust Conference'.

Featured on the marketing page for the conference: none other than useful idiot Diane Sawyer interviewing a modern-day Hitler.

It all neatly ties together: prayers for a nuclear holocaust in Israel, unchecked immigration, holocaust revisionism, a modern-day Hitler, and a complicit mainstream media.

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Ministry of Progressive Propaganda (the AP) strikes again


An AP report on Thursday stated that Iraqi religious leader Ayatollah Ali Sistani was "quietly issuing religious edicts declaring that armed resistance against U.S.-led foreign troops was permissible." The story struck many observers as exceedingly odd and utterly out of character with the moderate cleric's prior statements.

Nibras Kazimi has met Sistani and doubted the AP's claims. Then he found an Iraqi article that completely shreds the AP's bogus report:

...Mr. Ali al-Sistani in Najaf today, Friday, blasted some news sites and denied that op-Sistani "is preparing to issue a fatwa calling for armed resistance against occupation".

The source, who asked to remain anonymous, in an interview with "Newsmatik", "There is no truth to this irresponsible rumors in whole or even in part... Iraq is not ready for jihad or a military confrontation for the time being, after the devastation left by the great wars of the former regime."

Iraq's mainstream press also picked up the gauntlet:

A close source to grand ayatollah Ali Sistani's office on Friday denied news agencies' reports the Shiite cleric issued a fatwa permiting taking up weapons to drive the foreign occupation forces out of Iraq.

"The reports of issuing fatwa by the Shiite cleric Sistani permiting taking up arms to drive foreign troops out of Iraq were baseless".

Gateway Pundit, who originally reported this story, surmised the AP's agenda.

The AP published this story based on anonymous sources in Iraq... They did manage to divert attention away from the good news that General Petraeus shared with Congress yesterday.

Actually, it's hard to discern whether the AP's tactics were diversionary... or simply another of its daily propaganda reports that help prop up anti-American terrorists.

That's why I've helpfully created the AP's new logo.

Hat tips: Gateway Pundit and Larwyn.

Friday, May 23, 2008

The UN's most important mission


LGF:

United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Doudou Diène has another mission on his visit to the United States, in addition to investigating contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the US Presidential election.

...Diène will also be looking into the dreaded scourge of “Islamophobia.” And he’ll have plenty of help from the usual merchants of victimhood.

The UN could have chosen from several missions:

The slaughter, rape and starvation of hundreds of thousands of innocents in Darfur.

Ongoing plagues, unrest and starvation in Somalia.

A spate of chaos, violence, radical extremism and rocket attacks against innocents in Hamas-controlled Gaza as Egypt keeps its border sealed to keep its Palestinian brothers out.

A continued humanitarian disaster in Myanmar as its fascist government prevents widespread aid operations from entering the country.

Thousands of displaced refugees in South Africa as immigrants flee ongoing violence due to rampant unemployment.

But those are trivial concerns when compared to the continued racism, discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance related to the U.S. Presidential election.

I think we can all give thanks that the United Nations and its Special Rapporteur -- Doudou Diène -- are on the case.

Dunkin Donuts hearts terror!


Nothing says marketing like the universal appeal of a suicide bomber!

Dunkin Donuts' latest campaign targets its core demographic of religious extremists. With their models wearing kaffiyehs -- the symbol of Palestinian terrorism -- these guys aren't afraid to strap on a suicide belt and detonate in it a Sbarro Pizzeria (or Dunkin Donuts) filled with kids!





Now that's marketing!

Contact Dunkin Donuts: Click here. Hat tip: LGF.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Home Security Ad


  *Creak!*

  Did you hear that?

  It's our first night in the new house... do you want me to check?

  Are you f*****g kidding me? Hell yes, I want you to check, you lazy SOB!

  What the...?

  KA-BLAM!! KA-BLAM!! ............ *** Thump! ***

  Problem solved, babe!

  Nice double-tap, dear! I'm so happy we invested in a Glockk Home Security System™!