In the News 5/28 - 6/03

As I was casually browsing the news giant CNN today I noticed something with a ring of "Ha Ha Ha you dumb-ass liberals" in it.

Wednesday May 30th 2007
Poor Joan...

CNN: TV station chief: We are not afraid of Chavez

It seems like our Gas Giant neighbor, no not Jupiter, Hugo Chavez is dealing with a little issue called: CENSORSHIP. While not as bad as China is, (who uses ultimate censorship, even by having contracts with Google to censor searches) Venezuela is beginning to look a lot like our Red friend Cuba (yet not as extreme as Iran or Saudi Arabia, or for that matter, ANY Islamic government). The communist Venezuelan government was faced with a student protest (ever hear of Tiananmen Square protests of 1989?? click the link and watch) over accusations that a TV station had incited violence against the government. The station in question is Globovision. Chavez, among other things had this to say, "They don't know, the poor things, that they are the ones being manipulated." I must say, that freaking quote is AWESOME!!!!! There is not a better quote to sum up the irony that is dictator led Communism. The government ALWAYS knows what's best and the people are poor sheep. It's laughable at best. Chavez is a filthy dictator who deserves to have his heart fed to him. His oil programs for poor black neighborhodds are an incredible example of how HE has manipulated those in need. And unfortunately, Black leaders allow it to happen, as they always have...but that's off topic. Nonetheless, read the article, it's pretty good.

CNN: Iran rejects key demand in nuclear talks

Also on CNN was a little literary device I like to call foreshadowing. It seems that again Iran isn't giving in to the U.N. (wow, they're really useful). Iran has also refused to heed U.N. Resolutions and demands. Does this ring a bell for anyone? I'll give you a hint: This nation and leader denied 17 straight U.N. Resolutions. Not to mention Saddam's Secrets, written by a Saddam Iraqi Regime General Georges Sada....

Also watch this little video...

One more thing...

I would like Gay Activists, who claim their treatment and rights are so damnable here in the United States, to move to Russia and see what it's like...Make sure to watch the video!!

May 31st 2007
Way to go Big Ben!!!

CNN: Suicide bomber in police recruit line kills 25

I have said almost all there is to say about Islam and the way I feel about it. From the Hadiths to the Ninth Surah, I have criticized the actions of Traditionalist Muslims (a Muslim who practices his religion). This story is another example of the simplistic disregard for human life that plagues the terror sticken Middle East (not to mention the Muslim African Nations too). Twenty Five men who were standing in line to better their country, to make a sacrifice for the goodwill of their nation were destroyed by a coward following the rule of the Qur'an. It is a true shame that people live like this, but something interesting is brought up. After all of the times this has happened, after the many men who have died standing in line to become police officers for their country, the Iraqi men continue to stand in line. They have refused to let the Terrorists from Iran, Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia kill their hope and their pride.

For our Congress to suggest that this war is not worth fighting is an offence against every Iraqi man who has died standing in line to better his country.

Quick Gun Control Stats

I have much more to say on this topic....but for now, here are some proven factual statistics on Gun Control from this site:

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
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China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million 'educated' people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.

It has now been 12 months since gun owners in Australia were forced by new laws to surrender 640,381 personal firearms to be destroyed by their own government, a program costing Australian taxpayers more than $500 million dollars. The first year results are now in: Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent!) In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent. (Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not, and criminals still possess their guns!) While figures over the previous 25 years showed a steady decrease in armed robbery with firearms, this has changed drastically upward in the past 12 months, since the criminals now are guaranteed that their prey is unarmed. There has also been a dramatic increase in break-ins and assaults of the ELDERLY. Australian politicians are at a loss to explain how public safety has decreased, after such monumental effort and expense was expended in "successfully ridding Australian society of guns."

Fleet Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the officer responsible for planning and executing the militarily-brilliant and very tragic Pearl Harbor attack, was also asked to plan an invasion of the US West Coast.

When asked, he advised the military junta that ruled Japan that the task was impossible, because when landing in America, "there would be a rifleman behind every blade of grass."

I think those statistics speak for themselves. And now, not learning from history, Australian leaders are punishing their civilians...

News May 07 - May 13

While I am sure there was something interesting happening this past week, I totally forgot I made the claim that I was going to write a weekly "News Opinion" report. For that I am sorry...to the 3 people that read this...

As for this week, I want to start off with a story that quite frankly has me wondering what my stance on Capital Punishment really is.

Wednesday May 9th

CNN Article on Workman's "Last Meal"

CNN has been intermittently reporting, for the last week or so, about a death row inmate named Philip Workman. His story is an interesting one, to me at least because I couldn't figure out how in the hell he was on death row. He had killed a cop, or at least that's what is said about him. He had just robbed a Wendy's to get some drug money and while outside of the restaurant a scuffle ensued and an officer was killed. When I asked my brother how the hell Workman ended up on death row he said it might have had something to do with the fact that you can be charged with first degree murder if someone dies when you are committing a felony...like armed robbery. Even if the person just randomly has a heart attack, if there is any inkling that it had to do with the felony, you can be charged with first degree. I didn't look that up but it seems like the reason he is on death row. Either that or the whole "cop killer" stigma. Nonetheless, I could not help but think that his case was sort of ridiculous. Here we have a case with some interesting facts surrounding the actual shooting. I am not going to go into any detail because it would have to be exhaustive to be worth anything. However, I can't help but think that killing Mr. Workman is a useless and ridiculous act. And a perversion of the justice system. Those who know me already know my thoughts on the justice system and the government in general. I don't think they work even 50% of the time. And this is just another case that proves that, in my opinion.

Be sure you read some of the earlier articles on him, and make sure you absolutely watch the video on the left hand side of the article. The one that is 9:35 is especially good.

I'll be back for more....

Ok, back.......

I watched part one of a two part series on Mormons yesterday. To be honest, I never knew too much about their faith, which wasn't on purpose. I tend to pride myself on my knowledge of religion and history, but for whatever reason the Mormon religion/faith/history never fell into my head. However, yesterday when I watched the special, appropriately called The Mormons, on (one of my favorite sites) PBS' Frontline, I saw an incredibly rich American history that most likely never gets taught outside of the Mormon circle. Theirs is a story of evangelism, pure faith, American ingenuity and more often than not, misery and death. After Joseph Smith amassed a worthy amount of people that followed him (which is starting later than I should in the history of the Mormons) the pre 1900 American people, faced with something they didn't know, punished the Mormon's with death. It was almost a recreation of what originally happened tot he Jews over 3500 years ago. There were Mormon exodus', diaspora and mass killings. The Latter Day Saints (Joseph Smith named his followers the "Latter Day Saints") were hated and feared. Even when they were accepted, they eventually were cast out again, a cycle that seems to be stirring up again.

Never were the Mormons actually accepted in our society, but eventually they were tolerated. Persecution of Mormons has never ceased and now a Presidential candidate is being shouted down because of his faith.

Al Sharpton is a Bigoted Asshole

I have been saying for the longest time that Al Sharpton does more to hurt the Black Community than he has EVER done to help it. He makes the Black Community look foolish and weak. He is a true showman for personal gains and is one of my least favorite political/social figures of the last 250 years (I rank Hitler lower on my hate list because he was at least smart and honest). Sharpton calmly and comically remarked, "As for the one Mormon running for office, those that really believe in God will defeat him anyway, so don't worry about that." Who does this prick think he is? He must think and really believe that he has truly pulled the wool over the eyes of Americans with his frequent lashing out at anyone who speaks their mind. The fact is, with these remarks, Sharpton is just as guilty as Imus was. Yet he won't get fired for what he said because as this society thinks, "He was just making fun of another crazy Christian." I honestly despise everything that Sharpton stands for and every tactic he uses on anyone who is willing to exercise their right to free speech. He is a terrible person and an even WORSE CHRISTIAN. I feel truly bad for whatever church has taken him in as a Reverend, cause in my eyes he is one of the farthest models of a man from it. He is a smear on the face of every aspoect of what being a Christian means. I hope something really terrible happens from this and he is finally put in his place.

This should be a wake-up call for anyone who ever had any stock in Sharpton. Those who thought he stood for what was right and generally fair. He is no better than the Sanhedrin who spit in the face of Christ as he humbly stood before them. What an asshole.

Read about Sharpton's Christian-like Deeds

And for the record:

I am in no way a Mormon Apologist, but at the same time I do not think that their persecution is in any way warranted or honorable. I do not agree with what they believe in, but their's is a story of why America is so controversial. Even though we have freedom of Religion, freedom of thought is sometimes not always recognized.