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Sunday, September 12, 2010

HOW “ISLAMOPHOBIC” IS THE UNITED STATES….REALLY?

Well, NOT VERY....that is, if you can trust that notorious right-wing cable network, CNN.

Two young Muslim men drove 13,000 miles across the U.S. and back during the 30 days of Ramadan, visiting a different mosque every day, and interacting with all kinds of Americans. At the end, they said:

““After 13,000 miles, I think that America still exists, and I’m happy to know that it does,” said Tariq, a 23-year-old American of Pakistani descent. “It’s really made America feel like home to me in a way that I’ve never felt before. The America that we think about [as immigrants] is still actually there. I’ve seen it! And I’m seeing it still….

“It was really cool and refreshing to see people who genuinely love the communities they’re in and they’re there to stay,” Ali said. “They’re involved in the community, not just the mosque.”

It was also remarkable to have people, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, “just bend over backwards and be friendly to us,” he said.”

In fact, the worst experience they report occurred in a mosque…although there was a rational explanation for the reception they got.

God Bless America, and keep her safe.

Posted by Earl on 09/12 at 11:19 PM
Miscellany • Religion • Politics • International • Comments •

Sunday, December 06, 2009

WHAT UNDER THE SUN IS “CLIMATEGATE”? UPDATED, UPDATED AGAIN!

I’ve posted several times about Global Warming (click on Environment in the list to the left), and will do so again. But a major development occurred a couple of weeks ago, and the major news outlets in the United States are not doing a very good job of informing the public about it (surprise, suprise!)

Some background: I have long been a skeptic of Al Gore’s campaign to scare us into doing economically damaging things in order to avoid the CLIMATE CATASTROPHE that he INSISTS IS IMMINENT.
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Part of my skepticism is that the actual source of heat for our earth, the sun, is pretty much being ignored….while great emphasis is placed on a minor fraction of the gases known to be trapping heat, a service that is preventing us from turning into a giant ice-ball. And that fraction is carbon dioxide, a gas essential to plant growth, that just happens(?) to be produced by automobiles, power plants, and other things that Al has been preaching against for decades. The fact that Mr. Gore is getting immensely wealthy off his campaign doesn’t increase my tendency to trust him.

HERE IS THE BEST SUMMARY currently available of what has happened, and what it may mean. Just to whet your appetite, I’ll give you some samples:

...And now the climate campaign is having its Emperor’s New Clothes moment.

In mid-November a large cache of emails and technical documents from the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia in Britain were made available on a number of Internet file-servers for download by the public—either the work of a hacker or a leak from a whistleblower on the inside. The emails—more than 1,000 of them—reveal a small cabal of scientists who, in the words of MIT’s Michael Schrage, engaged in “malice, mischief and Machiavellian maneuverings.” In an ironic twist, one of the frequent correspondents in this long e‑trail (University of Arizona scientist Jonathan Overpeck) warned several of his colleagues in September, “Please write all emails as though they will be made public.” Small wonder why. It’s being called Climategate, but more than one wit is calling them “the CRUtape Letters.”

Posted by Earl on 12/06 at 02:22 AM
Science • Environment • News • Politics • International • Comments •

Monday, November 09, 2009

TWENTY YEARS AGO…..NEVER (EVER) FORGET!

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I don’t think it’s possible to overestimate how much I miss that man!
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Hat Tip: POWERLINE BLOG

Posted by Earl on 11/09 at 10:31 PM
Miscellany • COURAGE AWARDS • HEROES • Politics • International • Comments •

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

MORAL COURAGE SOMETIMES INVOLVES REFUSING EVEN TO ASSOCIATE WITH EVIL…..

...and isn’t it wonderful when it shows up?

This is the newest Courage Award….a mathematician (from Canada, yet) cancels his gig at a sister institution because RYERSON UNIVERSITY hosted a branch of ISRAEL APARTHEID WEEK (or IAW), one of more than 25 (in 2008) around Canada. The week is intended to help people understand that the locus of evil in the Middle East is its only multiparty democracy….the country where Jews and Arabs serve side-by-side in a freely-elected legislature.

During the week,

Lectures, films, and actions will make the point that these latest massacres further confirm the true nature of Israeli Apartheid. IAW 2009 will continue to build and strengthen the growing Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement at a global level.

Sounds to me as if Waterloo College might be a good school to attent—provided there is at least one professor of Dr. Vrscay’s quality and discernment…..

Posted by Earl on 03/04 at 11:09 PM
Miscellany • COURAGE AWARDS • Politics • International • Comments •

Saturday, February 14, 2009

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS PROPOSING TO “NEGOTIATE” WITH PEOPLE WHO THINK LIKE THIS…...

Listen to these two ladies explain their purpose in life, and what they see as the highest aspiration for their sons, their brothers, and their husbands…...
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And then ask yourself where she learned it…... Clearly from the leaders of her country - the very people that Jimmy Carter wants us to sit down and negotiate with, and that President Obama has promised to sit down and negotiate with. The very people who continue to say publicly that they desire the destruction of our government, our society, and our way of life….to be replaced by the restoration of the Islamic caliphate.
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And the reason that some folks refuse to believe them is….....?
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Posted by Earl on 02/14 at 06:46 PM
Politics • International • Iraq • Comments •

Monday, February 02, 2009

ARE YOU FEELING SAFE, HERE IN “FORTRESS AMERICA”?

Well….have a look at THIS TRAILER, and then tell your political leaders you want them to invest in protection, rather than in the “porkapalooza” they’re calling a “stimulus package”!
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MORE HERE….

Posted by Earl on 02/02 at 10:06 PM
Politics • Domestic • International • Iraq • Comments •

Thursday, January 29, 2009

ARE YOU FEELING OPTIMISTIC ABOUT AFGHANISTAN, NOW THAT OUR PRESIDENT IS GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON IT?

Not to burst your bubble - well, actually…YES, to burst your bubble - but listen to Michael Yon, who has been in both Iraq and Afghanistan for months and months and months, and recently, too. He spends his time with the people and the troops, rather than with the press in the “safe areas”, and he BLOGS RIGHT HERE about it all.

When he heard about Senator Lieberman’s recent RATHER OPTIMISTIC SPEECH, he e-mailed the following:

Posted by Earl on 01/29 at 08:46 PM
Politics • International • Iraq • Comments •

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