Hat tip Daily Surge and Frontpage Magazine
Jason Mattera of Daily Surge asked Hillary Clinton to autograph a copy of her book, "Hard Choices". She balked, however, at Mattera's request to make it out to Christopher Stevens, at which point Jason asks, "What difference does it make?" That's when Hillary's security detail moved in
Too bad, Stevens didn't have even that kind of security at Benghazi.
Friday, June 20, 2014
University of Wyoming Prohibits Pledge of Allegiance Because It Would Offend Foreign Students
Hat tip Campus Reform
It is getting to the point where we may ban the American flag because it offends non-citizens who happen to be in the country. Such is the craziness that infects even the University of Wyoming, where the student government will not recite the Pledge of Allegiance because two of its members are foreign students.
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=5691
Here is the way I see it. Should foreign students who are on the student government be forced to recite the pledge? No.
However, every country has its customs pertaining to their flag, national anthem, or other national signs of respect. Let's examine a few examples.
At international sporting competitions, when various national anthems are played, each contestant is expected to stand in respect. That is all. Accordingly, if you are a foreign visitor to the US and our national anthem is played, you are expected (not required by law) to stand. You don't have to place your hand over your heart or sing the lyrics-just stand with the others in respect.
When I was living in Thailand, every time we went to the movies, the event opened with the Royal Anthem (to the King and Royal family). We stood along with the Thais in respect. Had we not stood, we might not have gotten out of that theatre in one piece-as other ignorant foreigners learned the hard way. Any time I have been in another country, I have stood for their national anthem. It was a simple sign of respect for the country I was in-not a sign of allegiance and none was expected.
As for the case at the University of Wyoming, nobody should expect non-American students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, but it is a part of our custom in many venues. A procedure could have been worked out before-hand whereby the concerned students could enter the room after the pledge. If they are in the room, I think it would be appropriate for them to simply stand in silence with their hands at their side. An appropriate announcement could be made to the audience beforehand in order to avoid misunderstandings.
But we should not do away with our national customs for the benefit of non-citizens.
It is getting to the point where we may ban the American flag because it offends non-citizens who happen to be in the country. Such is the craziness that infects even the University of Wyoming, where the student government will not recite the Pledge of Allegiance because two of its members are foreign students.
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=5691
Here is the way I see it. Should foreign students who are on the student government be forced to recite the pledge? No.
However, every country has its customs pertaining to their flag, national anthem, or other national signs of respect. Let's examine a few examples.
At international sporting competitions, when various national anthems are played, each contestant is expected to stand in respect. That is all. Accordingly, if you are a foreign visitor to the US and our national anthem is played, you are expected (not required by law) to stand. You don't have to place your hand over your heart or sing the lyrics-just stand with the others in respect.
When I was living in Thailand, every time we went to the movies, the event opened with the Royal Anthem (to the King and Royal family). We stood along with the Thais in respect. Had we not stood, we might not have gotten out of that theatre in one piece-as other ignorant foreigners learned the hard way. Any time I have been in another country, I have stood for their national anthem. It was a simple sign of respect for the country I was in-not a sign of allegiance and none was expected.
As for the case at the University of Wyoming, nobody should expect non-American students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, but it is a part of our custom in many venues. A procedure could have been worked out before-hand whereby the concerned students could enter the room after the pledge. If they are in the room, I think it would be appropriate for them to simply stand in silence with their hands at their side. An appropriate announcement could be made to the audience beforehand in order to avoid misunderstandings.
But we should not do away with our national customs for the benefit of non-citizens.
Australia's Common Sense on Jihadists
Hat tip Jihad Watch and Japan Today
It appears that unlike the US and most of Europe, Australia has a leader with a common sense attitude about jihadists from Australia who have gone to fight the wars in Syria and Iraq. Prime Minisiter Tony Abbot says they should not be allowed to return or be put into custody.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/australia-to-stop-killer-jihadists-returning
Makes sense to me. If these people from the US who leave are not citizens. block their return and cancel their visas. If they are naturalized citizens, they obviously lied on their naturalization papers about their loyalty to this country. Take away that citizenship and kick them out. If they have broken our laws, prosecute them. If they have broken the laws of any other country, extradite them.
If there are any laws that need passing to achieve this, get to work, Congress.
It appears that unlike the US and most of Europe, Australia has a leader with a common sense attitude about jihadists from Australia who have gone to fight the wars in Syria and Iraq. Prime Minisiter Tony Abbot says they should not be allowed to return or be put into custody.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/australia-to-stop-killer-jihadists-returning
Makes sense to me. If these people from the US who leave are not citizens. block their return and cancel their visas. If they are naturalized citizens, they obviously lied on their naturalization papers about their loyalty to this country. Take away that citizenship and kick them out. If they have broken our laws, prosecute them. If they have broken the laws of any other country, extradite them.
If there are any laws that need passing to achieve this, get to work, Congress.
John Heinz Kerry En Route to Middle East-Again
As part of President Obama's plan to rescue Iraq, John Heinz Kerry is (once again) winging his way to the Middle East and Europe (on a wing and a prayer).
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/20/kerry-heads-to-mideast-for-iraq-talks/
One can only wonder what he will achieve. He's been there almost 20 times since he became SecState. And what does he have to show for it? He has alienated the Israelis and as for "Middle East peace" (an oxymoron) all we see is...
-Fox News
Mr Kerry, while you are in the Middle East, would you please address this issue?
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/06/20/religious-cleansing-iraq-christians/
I won't hold my breath.
Meanwhile, I will leave you with another one of Joe Biden's immortal statements:
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2014/01/06/Biden-Flashback-Iraq-Will-Be-One-of-Obama-Greatest-Achievements
"It's going to be one of the greatest achievements of this administration...."
"That's a big f-------' deal."
Canadian English Continues to Evolve
Hat tip College Insurrection
At least in Vancouver, anyway. The Vancouver school board, apparently with much time on their hands, has invented new pronouns to use when referring to gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender, transsexual, questioning, and one I never heard of- two spirit.
http://collegeinsurrection.com/2014/06/vancouver-school-board-adds-three-pronouns-to-address-transgender-students/
“We’re standing up for kids and making our schools safer and more inclusive,” board member Mike Lombardi said in an interview just before the policy was voted in.
No word as yet from Quebec on what the French translations of xe, xem and xyr will be. (Remember, everything has to be bi-lingual.)
At least in Vancouver, anyway. The Vancouver school board, apparently with much time on their hands, has invented new pronouns to use when referring to gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, transgender, transsexual, questioning, and one I never heard of- two spirit.
http://collegeinsurrection.com/2014/06/vancouver-school-board-adds-three-pronouns-to-address-transgender-students/
“We’re standing up for kids and making our schools safer and more inclusive,” board member Mike Lombardi said in an interview just before the policy was voted in.
No word as yet from Quebec on what the French translations of xe, xem and xyr will be. (Remember, everything has to be bi-lingual.)
Arrogant IRS Commissioner Gives Finger to Public in Testimony
Hat tip WND and Squid
"Apology? Here's your apology."
The new IRS Commissioner, John Koskinen, literally oozes arrogance as he smiles and shrugs off any suggestion of wrongdoing by his agency even in the face of incontrovertible evidence. In his testimony before Congress, when asked if the IRS owed the American people an apology, he said that no apology was owed.
The below report by WND has two excerpts of Koskinen under questioning by Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Dave Camp (R-MI) respectively.
http://www.wnd.com/2014/06/irs-chief-no-apology-owed/#O38gwcZMsOtuxIV6.03
And as for the missing e-mails, the hard drives have apparently been recycled, melted down and destroyed.
"Why didn't I think of that?"
"Apology? Here's your apology."
The new IRS Commissioner, John Koskinen, literally oozes arrogance as he smiles and shrugs off any suggestion of wrongdoing by his agency even in the face of incontrovertible evidence. In his testimony before Congress, when asked if the IRS owed the American people an apology, he said that no apology was owed.
The below report by WND has two excerpts of Koskinen under questioning by Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Dave Camp (R-MI) respectively.
http://www.wnd.com/2014/06/irs-chief-no-apology-owed/#O38gwcZMsOtuxIV6.03
And as for the missing e-mails, the hard drives have apparently been recycled, melted down and destroyed.
"Why didn't I think of that?"
Shura Council of Southern California Condemns Sectarian Violence
Below is the text of an e-mail sent out by the Shura Council of Southern California. Seems they are upset by the Sunni vs Shia violence going on in Iraq. It contains a statement by Muzammil Siddiqi, former president of the Islamic Society of North America and head imam of the Islamic Center of Orange County in Garden Grove, California.
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From: Islamic Shura Council of Southern California Sender: Islamic Shura Council of Southern California To: (deleted) ReplyTo: info@shuracouncil.org Subject: Shura Council Condemns Sectarian Barbarism Sent: Jun 19, 2014 19:02 In the Name of God, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful Islam Calls for the Sanctity of all Life (Garden Grove, June 20, 2014): The Islamic Shura Council of Southern California is appalled by the ongoing sectarian barbarism in Iraq and its neighboring countries.
"Islam calls for the sanctity of all life and safety of every person. Actions that contradict this principle are a sin and a crime in Islam," said Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi, Chairman of the Islamic Shura Council. Military might or political maneuvering cannot repair the colossal failure of human conscience but a changed heart that feels for a fellow human being can. The blessed month of Ramadan offers that opportunity for Muslims of all persuasions to reflect, heal and restore themselves and their environments. The Islamic Shura Council calls upon the Masajid and Imams to play an active role in helping their respective congregations and communities in reaffirming mutual respect as best expressed in this Muslim Code of Honor. Among the code's guidelines are banning the practice of takfir, judging other Muslims as nonbelievers, and forbidding hateful speech about the beliefs and revered figures of all branches of Islam. We call on all communities to embrace this model of working together for mutual respect and harmony and we ask God, the Most Merciful, to grant us the wisdom to work for it.
Islamic Shura Council of Southern California
The Islamic Shura Council is an umbrella organization of Mosques & Muslim organizations serving the Muslims of Southern California. Since 1995, the Council continues to foster the spirit and culture of "working together" at all levels in one of the most diverse and largest Muslim populations in the country. Council of Southern California | 7231 Garden Grove Blvd., Ste H | Suite H | Garden Grove | CA | 92841
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Comments:
1 First of all, Siddiqi is a little late to the game since Sunnis and Shia have been fighting and killing each other ever since the death of the Prophet
Muhammad in the 7th century. It is a sectarian war over who should have been Muhammad's rightful successor. This is hardly anything new.
2 Not one word about the on-going persecution, killing, rape, torture and arrests of Christians from one end of the Islamic world to the other. Not a
word about all the Christian churches being burned.
Not a word about the on-going sectarian persecution of the Baha'i in Iran.
3 Siddiqi's Garden Grove mosque has spawned at least two Jihadists, the fugitive terrorist Adam Gadahn
and Sinh Vinh Ngo Nguyen. The latter was arrested by FBI agents as he was in the process of leaving the
country to join overseas terrorists. A Garden Grove resident, He was a frequent visitor to the Garden Grove mosque.
Let's stop the hypocrisy, shall we?
Portland State University Funding Scandal
Portland State University
Your tax dollars at work
After it was discovered that a UC Irvine sponsored Olive Tree Initiative trip to the West Bank resulted in students meeting with a known Hamas official, Aziz Dweik in 2009, a state freedom of information request was filed with UCI. Part of that request was for all expenditures by the OTI specifically as to funds paid to known Palestinians associated with the International Solidarity Movement. These individuals were providing tours for the students and faculty as they toured the West Bank. Their companies are part of what is known as alternative tours of the Holy land designed to indoctrinate young Westerners against Israel.
To this date, those OTI expenditure records have never been released. The reasoning? Can't be found.
Sound familiar (IRS)?
Likewise, San Francisco State is also embroiled in a controversy over Professor Rabab Abdulhadi, who traveled to the West Bank on university dime and met with two people with known terrorist ties/background.
There is also a freedom of information request on-going at Portland State University that request financial records for an event that featured speakers with very radical backgrounds in which university money was paid. Dan Sandini of the blog Daylight Disinfectant, is also running into plenty of roadblocks from PSU. Here is the latest from DD:
http://daylightdisinfectant.com/psu-scandal-widens-details-of-payments-to-domestic-terrorists/
That's not all. PSU is trying to charge over $1,300 to comply with the records request.
http://daylightdisinfectant.com/psu-stalls-in-defense-of-funding-for-terrorists-anti-semites/
Public universities receive tax-payer money from the government. They should be open and transparent as to how that money is spent. I don't know Oregon state law in this instance, but it seems strange that PSU is charging Sandini (and quite a bit) to copy the records for him. After all, they should have employees whose job it is to answer and respond to these legal requests.
Hillary Clinton : A Ghost From Her Past Speaks Out
Just days ago, an old audiotape surfaced of an interview Hillary Clinton did back in her days in Arkansas in which she laughingly describes how she got the rapist of a 12-year-old girl off lightly.
http://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2014/06/it-takes-village-and-attorney.html
Today, that now-52-year-old woman, having heard that tape, is speaking out.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/20/alleged-child-rape-victim-reportedly-says-hillary-clinton-lied-about-her-in-75/
And in case you don't want to accept it from Fox News, the Daily Beast is hardly a conservative site.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/20/exclusive-hillary-clinton-took-me-through-hell-rape-victim-says.html
So there you go all you liberal, feminist Hillary-supporting women. What do you think about your champion of women and children now?
http://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2014/06/it-takes-village-and-attorney.html
Today, that now-52-year-old woman, having heard that tape, is speaking out.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/20/alleged-child-rape-victim-reportedly-says-hillary-clinton-lied-about-her-in-75/
And in case you don't want to accept it from Fox News, the Daily Beast is hardly a conservative site.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/06/20/exclusive-hillary-clinton-took-me-through-hell-rape-victim-says.html
So there you go all you liberal, feminist Hillary-supporting women. What do you think about your champion of women and children now?
Thursday, June 19, 2014
It's Not Just Children Being Admitted-Gang Members Too
Hat tip Squid
With all the fuss about families and children crossing the border into the arms of the Border Patrol and being admitted, it seems to be even worse. Even people with known gang tattoos are getting in.
http://www.krgv.com/news/official-gang-members-among-immigrants-surrendering-to-border-patrol/
Don't think for a minute that the Border Patrol is happy about this at the agent level. Morale is low.
With all the fuss about families and children crossing the border into the arms of the Border Patrol and being admitted, it seems to be even worse. Even people with known gang tattoos are getting in.
http://www.krgv.com/news/official-gang-members-among-immigrants-surrendering-to-border-patrol/
Don't think for a minute that the Border Patrol is happy about this at the agent level. Morale is low.
"We're getting the inside look at what agents really see in the masses. They say they are overwhelmed and morale is low.
"We all know that if you arrest and release, then the arrest is meaningless," said Cabrera. Cabrera says some of his men are already looking for other jobs."
All I can say is thank God I am retired. The truth is that federal law enforcement professionals are having to work for a lawless administration, a lawless DHS, and a lawless Department of Justice. I don't envy them.
Palestinians Celebrate Kidnappings
Hat tip Times of Israel
Here is more on how Palestinians have celebrating the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers. Even an Arab member of the Knesset is cheering.
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hamas-for-dummies/?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=23e7d27683-2014_06_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-23e7d27683-54468365
Here is more on how Palestinians have celebrating the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers. Even an Arab member of the Knesset is cheering.
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hamas-for-dummies/?utm_source=The+Times+of+Israel+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=23e7d27683-2014_06_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adb46cec92-23e7d27683-54468365
Pat Condell on BDS, Israel and Her Enemies
Our friend, Irish commentator, Pat Condell, explains why he supports Israel. It makes perfect sense-if you are an intelligent, civilized human being.
https://plus.google.com/app/basic/stream/z12fivlxinqasnh0u22odhuzcrzsh3zaa04
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