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Liberal Fascism: PELOSI SUPPORTS CONTROLLED SPEECH

Speaker Pelosi made some stunning comments to a group of journalists yesterday regarding her support for the Fairness Doctrine:

“Do you personally support revival of the ‘Fairness Doctrine?’” I asked.

“Yes,” the speaker replied, without hesitation

Of course if this meant that the right would get equal time in and on the mainstream media, then the choke hold the media has in the big message and the national dialogue would forever change. And perhaps America would stay true to her fundamental values. NC, ABC, CBS, New York Times having to give eual time to every leftist position and slant would be the greatest thing that could happen to America. This sadly is not the case. The fairness doctrine would usher in a dark age. The American people have no clue what is going down.

The name itself is Randian "fairness doctrine". It is so Ellsworth Toohey. These folks are frightening, really scary.

 

Pelosi on 'Hush Rush,' and Filibustering FISA

by John Gizzi (more by this author)

The speaker of the House made it clear to me and more than forty of my colleagues yesterday that a bill by Rep. Mike Pence (R.-Ind.) to outlaw the “Fairness Doctrine” (which a liberal administration could use to silence Rush Limbaugh, other radio talk show hosts and much of the new alternative media) would not see the light of day in Congress during ’08.  In ruling out a vote on Pence’s proposed Broadcaster's Freedom Act, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-CA.) also signaled her strong support for revival of the “Fairness Doctrine” -- which would require radio station owners to provide equal time to radio commentary when it is requested.

Experts say that the “Fairness Doctrine,” which was ended under the Reagan Administration, would put a major burden on small radio stations in providing equal time to Rush Limbaugh and other conservative broadcasters, who are a potent political force.  Rather than engage in the costly practice of providing that time, the experts conclude, many stations would simply not carry Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and other talk show hosts who are likely to generate demands for equal time.

At a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor yesterday, I asked Pelosi if Pence failed to get the required signatures on a discharge petition to get his anti-Fairness Doctrine bill out of committee, would she permit the Pence measure to get a floor vote this year.

“No,” the Speaker replied, without hesitation.  She added that “the interest in my caucus is the reverse” and that New York Democratic Rep. “Louise Slaughter has been active behind this [revival of the Fairness Doctrine] for a while now.”

Pelosi pointed out that, after it returns from its Fourth of July recess, the House will only meet for another three weeks in July and three weeks in the fall.  There are a lot of bills it has to deal with before adjournment, she said, such as FISA and an energy bill.

“So I don’t see it [the Pence bill] coming to the floor,” Pelosi said.

“Do you personally support revival of the ‘Fairness Doctrine?’” I asked.

“Yes,” the speaker replied, without hesitation

Police storm Warsaw hotel room, free three hostaged Jewish teens

The world spins out of control while we're contemplating our navels but find the time to look up and ban the use of the word Jihad, Jihadist, Islamic terror. In this case the Muslim who kidnapped the Jews was not in the act of jihad, just tipsy. Makes sense to me.

Bottom line? Jews are not safe anywhere. They are fair game ..... big time.

Police storm Warsaw hotel room, free three captive Jewish teens hat tip Michael

By Haaretz Service and News Agencies

Police stormed a hotel room in Warsaw Monday, after a Kuwaiti [Muslim]  man identified as Mohammad A. and claiming he had a bomb, briefly held captive three Jewish teenagers, who were staying there for Holocaust commemoration ceremonies, police said. The three Brazilians - originally identified as Israelis - were pulled into a sixth-floor room of Warsaw's Holiday Inn after 9 A.M. by the 23-year-old suspect, said police spokesman Mariusz Sokolowski.

Police broke into the room just before 10 A.M. and took the suspect into custody without incident, Sokolowski said. None of the captives was harmed, and police found no explosives.

It was not immediately clear what the suspect sought, but David Peleg, Israel's ambassador to Poland, said he had been informed the man was intoxicated.

"As far as we know at this stage ... a man was behaving wildly on the ground floor of the Holiday Inn hotel in central Warsaw, he was apparently drunk," Peleg told Israel Radio.

He took refuge in one of the rooms where there were three Brazilian Jewish youths, who were taking part in The March of The Living commemoration at the former Auschwitz death camp.

In Warsaw, Israeli Embassy spokesman Michal Sobelman confirmed the Jewish youths were from Brazil. He could give no further details.

A bartender at the Holiday Inn said the suspect had a beer in the bar in the morning but had no money to pay for the drink, and someone else covered the 15 zlotys (US$7) cost. The man said he was from Kuwait, the bartender told The Associated Press.

Sokolowski confirmed that the suspect was not from Poland, but did not have any other details.

Warsaw police spokesman Marcin Szyndler said the Jewish teenagers did not need medical care and were taken to a police station for questioning about the incident.

"It all did not take long, probably only minutes," Szyndler told The Associated Press. "Luckily, it ended only with threats."

The hotel was evacuated for a routine search. The area around the hotel was sealed off and police vans, ambulances and firefighters' trucks were at the scene.

Around 10,000 people from around the world, mostly Jewish, took part in the March of the Living on Thursday, an annual event at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau that honors the memory of some 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust.

At least 1.1 million people, including Jews, Poles and Roma, perished in the camp's gas chambers or from starvation, disease and forced labor. The camp was liberated in January 1945 by Soviet troops.

Hasbro Explains Capitulation to Islam: Jerusalem, Israel

Ann over at Boker Tov Boulder happily wrote me that Hasbro was running a  favorite city contest for its Monopoly game. We of course joyfully voted for Jerusalem, Israel (New York a close second for me of course).

She then woefully reported that Hasbro changed the option from "Jerusalem, Israel" to just  Jerusalem. Huh?

#1 Istanbul, Turkey 4.4%

#2 Montreal, Canada 4.3%

#3 Cape Town, South Africa 3.7%

#4 Jerusalem 3.5%

#5 Riga, Latvia 3.5%

#6 London, United Kingdom 3.5%

#7 Rome, Italy 3.4%

#8 New York, United States 3.3%

#9 Paris, France 3.3%

#10 Belgrade, Serbia 3.2%

#11 Sydney, Australia 3.0%

#12 Athens, Greece 2.1%

#13 Vancouver, Canada 2.1%

#14 Cairo, Egypt 2.1% 

#15 Tokyo, Japan 2.0%

#16 Madrid, Spain 2.0%

#17 Dubai, United Arab Emirates

#18 Kyiv, Ukraine 1.9%

#19 Dublin, Ireland 1.9%

#20 Toronto, Canada 1.8%

No country.  Whyw ould Hasbro change things in such a  significant way? The option to vote for "Jerusalem, Israel" now  reads simply "Jerusalem" -- no country.

It removed the joie from the game. Very disturbing indeed. Anne advised us to inquire here.

Dave over at One Jerusalem. org just got this explanation from Hasbro.
This is Hasbro's final public response:

Parker Brothers, the makers of board game Monopoly has embarked upon an exercise to find the world's most popular cities as voted for by the public.  It was never our intention to print any countries on the final boards and any online tags were merely used as a geographic reference to help with city selection.  This is clearly stated in the terms and conditions of our campaign.

We would never want to enter into any political debate.

What debate? Jerusalem is in Israel, asshat.

We apologise for any upset this has caused our Monopoly fans and hope that they continue to support their favourite cities, all of which are deserving of a place on our final board - Monopoly Here and Now: The World Edition which will be released in Autumn 2008.  The 20 pre-selected cities with the highest worldwide votes on February 29 2008 will make it onto the board. Plus voters will have from February 29 to March 9 2008 to vote on the most nominated Wildcard cities. Only the top two will make it on the board.

What a giant pussy.

In addition, we got this from the pr rep:

All country tags are currently being removed from the websites – cities will only be represented by their common name as they will appear on the board.  I hope this does not stop you from supporting Jerusalem a very worthy and wonderful city.

 

Goder continues, " while this may not be the result we are looking for, we did have an impact.  KEEP VOTING.  When we get Jerusalem to Number 1 we will declare defiantly that Jerusalem, ISRAEL won the vote".

Who will photoshop the little man with a kefiyyah?

VOTE ANYWAY!

Vote Jerusalem on the Monopoly Board!

• UPDATE (Feb 20): Keep Voting! Thanks to you, Jerusalem is now #4!
• We're aiming for #1! VOTE EVERY DAY! Hasbro encourages it.
• The makers of Monopoly are inviting fans worldwide to vote in an on-line contest to determine which 22 cities will be etched in the collective memory for a new global edition of the 75-year-old game.
• The contest, which got under way this week and will continue through February 28, will allow Monopoly fans the world over to cast their ballots for the 10 best cities out of a pre-selected list of 68, including Jerusalem, Israel.
• The 20 cities with the highest number of votes will make it onto the new board.
• Please ONLY vote for Jerusalem. Voting for other cities will reduce Jerusalem’s relative scoring.
• You can vote EVERY DAY up to Feb. 28.
• Here are step-by-step instructions. Please VOTE NOW!

VOTING INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Go to Hasbro's site.
2. In the right-pane, click ‘Sort By: Cities’ (see our diagram)
3. Scroll down to ‘Jerusalem, Israel’ > Click it.
4. A pop-up appears, click ‘Add to My Cities’
5. A small picture of Jerusalem should appear in lower section of the screen. (Please do not select any other cities. This would reduce Jerusalem’s scoring.)
6. Click Vote.
7. Click ‘Create your login now.’
8. Enter a desired Username and Password > Click Save.
9. You will receive a confirmation email at the entered address.
10. Click the link in the email.
11. Once a day until Feb. 28, repeat Steps 1 through 6.
12. Forward this message to others.

UPDATE: Thanks KGS! That was fast! Transatlantic fast! The blogosphere rocks my infidel world!

UPDATE: And this from super talented Edward Cropper. Made me laugh out loud!

 

If it Rains Bad News, It Bloody Pours

Deep deep into the rabbit hole. The question is will Bush go so far as to call it  anti-Islamic Islamic activity as is the current vogue in the subjugated motherland.

Do you think Bush is clicking his heels together and chanting, "it's not Islamic activity, it's not Islamic activity!" Sorry Pres, we're not in Kansas anymore. Hummunah hummunah .............

So Now President Bush Won't Call It "Islamic" Terrorism or Extremism?

By Andrew Cochran

I noticed something unusual [...] during President Bush's State of the Union speech - he never used the words "Islamic" or "Islamist" to describe the most dangerous forms of terrorism and extremism which the U.S. and the West face in the Middle East and around the world. Contrast that to his 2007 SOTU speech (emphases mine):

"Al Qaeda and its followers are Sunni extremists, possessed by hatred and commanded by a harsh and narrow ideology. Take almost any principle of civilization, and their goal is the opposite. They preach with threats ... instruct with bullets and bombs ... and promise paradise for the murder of the innocent... These men are not given to idle words, and they are just one camp in the Islamist radical movement. In recent times, it has also become clear that we face an escalating danger from Shia extremists who are just as hostile to America, and are also determined to dominate the Middle East. Many are known to take direction from the regime in Iran, which is funding and arming terrorists like Hezbollah - a group second only to al Qaeda in the American lives it has taken... The Shia and Sunni extremists are different faces of the same totalitarian threat. But whatever slogans they chant, when they slaughter the innocent, they have the same wicked purposes. They want to kill Americans ... kill democracy in the Middle East ... and gain the weapons to kill on an even more horrific scale."

And take a look at a segment in his 2006 SOTU:

"No one can deny the success of freedom, but some men rage and fight against it. And one of the main sources of reaction and opposition is radical Islam -- the perversion by a few of a noble faith into an ideology of terror and death. Terrorists like bin Laden are serious about mass murder -- and all of us must take their declared intentions seriously... By allowing radical Islam to work its will -- by leaving an assaulted world to fend for itself -- we would signal to all that we no longer believe in our own ideals, or even in our own courage."

Why did President Bush retreat from the obvious? Who imposed upon him, employing what logic, to depart from his past clear and accurate statements on the nature of Islamic-based terrorism and extremism?

On Sunday, Walid Phares suggested (or hoped) that the President would "Define the enemy, clearly and strategically. For the changes in definitions over the past seven years have left the public in quest for a definitive knowledge about who are we fighting and why." I guess Walid - and the rest of us - will have to wait for the next State of the Union message.

TEACHERS ORDERED TO DRESS MUSLIM

Harder and harder to believe. Imagine, if you will, if they were forced to dress Christian or heaven forbid Jooooooowish. oy carumba.

School ordered to dress muslim for the day - in Britain.

A SCHOOL was yesterday accused of MAKING teachers dress up as Asians for a day – to celebrate a Muslim festival.

There's that word again. "Asian". Important to keep track of the euphemism for Muslim in each country. Let's see we have "immigrant" in Belgium, "Asian" in the UK, "youths" in France ...

Kids at the 257-pupil primary have also been told to don ethnic garb even though most are Christians.

The morning assembly will be open to all parents – but dads are BARRED from a women-only party in the afternoon because Muslim husbands object to wives mixing with other men.

Just two members of staff – a part-time teacher and a teaching assistant – are Muslim.

Embrace

Yesterday a relative of one of the 39 others said: “Staff have got to go along with it – or let’s face it, they would be branded racist.

"Racist" another word with no meaning anymore.

“Who would put their job on the line? They have been told they have to embrace the day to show their diversity. But they are not all happy.”

The day aims to belatedly mark Eid, the end of Ramadan.

Sally Bloomer, head of Rufford primary school in Lye, West Midlands, insisted: “I have not heard of any complaints.

“It’s all part of a diversity project to promote multi-culturalism.”

Diversity! Multiculturalism! Duck!

Proving A Negative

Diana West weighs in on the campaign to wrongfully destroy the reputation of Vlaams Belang:

VLAAMS BELANG: FREEDOM FIGHTERS Diana West

   One of the epic successes of the Communist and fellow-travelling Left in this country was its suppression of the Cold War in the popular culture. I refer to to near-total blackout on movies and TV that chronicle the primary struggle of the last century between Freedom and totalitarian Communism.
     In its stead, the Left engraved onto our collective consciousness its demonology of American capitalism, the CIA and suburbia. When that wasn't enough, there was always the Sieg-heiling, boot-clicking Nazi. And not just in World War II dramas, where he belongs. Whenever a hero in a plot needs a villain, there always seems to be a Nazi lurking. Where German Nazis don't work, there are South American Nazis. Where South American Nazis won't do, there are South African Nazis. Where South African Nazis stretch our credulity there are Religious Right Nazis. From Tom Clancy to Indiana Jones, Nazis are forever.
    And now, even as our liberties are no longer threatened by Communism and we face a new threat from Islam, we still seem to have Nazis on the brain.  Our liberties are contracting every day in the face of expansionist Islam, but it is still the specter of Nazism that distracts us--some of us, anyway.
    I refer to the very upsetting and undeserved Internet attacks--mainly being lent credence by the blog Little Green Footballs--on Vlaams Belang, the Flemish secessionist party in Belgium. The attacks allege that Vlaams Belang has ties and allegiance to Nazi-type ideologies and organizations. I find these attacks both sloppy and unconvincing. Vlaams Belang is not only the most stalwart, resolutely anti-jihad party in Europe that I know of, but also--and, not at all incidentally--the most pro-Israel party in Europe that I know of. In other words, it is ridiculous to suggest that they are Nazis--neo-, South American, Religious Right, or Other.
    Indeed, it is crucial to understand that Vlaams Belang's political opponents in Europe are the Islamo-Socialist Left, which is where vicious anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism now finds its ideological home. Vlaams Belang is fighting, virtually alone, the Islamization of Europe. For that they deserve both our gratitude and our support.
    You can catch up with the story here and here.          

There are more thin attacks today. Today's  stale offering, the Celtic  cross on a shelf ( video date unknown.)

It is regrettable that the White power movement adopted the ancient symbol of the Celtic Cross as their symbol, but that does not mean that every occurrence of the Celtic Cross means that someone is involved with the White power movement?

More info on the Celtic Cross. Oh and the Celtic cross is  also identified sometimes as the "Solar Cross" - see here. Or here at Wikipedia (not the controversies section.)

At the Celtic Cross Presbyterian Church, a small parish in California....

Or this dangerous group (Note - the building is white - doesn't that tell you something....) at the Celtic Cross Presbyterian Church in Michigan

Geez. they're everywhere - it's a Vlaams Belang/Presbyterian global conspiracy!! Look here...Hawai!! - and now it's the Anglicans too.....

Check out  this website. The Nazi threat is not just at our door, but in our beds....

The Celtic Cross Quilt Square - the horror, the horror...

I hear Dewinter has a menorah on his shelves. And he has the Israeli flag in his office. BTW, Vlaams Belang is pro Israel. That's a mighty big deal.

As for 20 year old videos?  That's pretty weak, wouldn't you say? It’s almost like faulting Mitterand for what he said when he got his Vichy award in 1942 or 43. Belang has long since.

Most Nazis are frank with their message. Positively vocal. Neo's and oldos. Hitler's Mein Kampf and  Osama's fatwa on America are pretty clear documents. No need to search for itty bitty clues. Hitler would be turning over in his grave if Andrew Bostom was invited to speak out about Islamic Jew hatred under the flag of the Third Reich. I mean really.

"Anti-Arab racism is another form of anti-semitism"

In the parallel universe where 'good' is viewed as  'evil' and 'evil'  'good, the development of the parallel language continues to distort, confound, confuse, obfuscate, and abet in murder. The language of the absurd.

Anti-semite now means anti-Arab. BTW, you'll notice I rarely use the word antisemite. I use Jew hate. Antisemitism is a bullshit term for an ugly, fatal hate.

What's next? Are they going top start calling Islamazis Jews, and and Jews Islamazis?

At a Jew bashing conference of Islamic nations, aptly named the UN Anti-Racism Conference, groundwork continued apace for the coming of the second holocaust.

Islamic group alleges 'smear campaign' against conference; Libya elected chair, Iran and Cuba as vice-chairs UN Watch.org

Syria today said that 9/11 opened the door to new forms of racism and associated intolerance against “Semitic” people. This brings us right back to the pernicious subversion of language that surrounded Durban I, where the word antisemitism -- the term for hatred or persecution of Jews -- was gutted of all meaning. Recall article 46 of Durban's NGO Declaration: "...Anti-Arab racism is another form of anti-semitism and Islamaphobia." And article 79: "Arabs as a Semitic people have also suffered from alternative forms of anti semitism, manifesting itself as anti-Arab discrimination and for those Arabs who are Muslim, also as Islamophobia."

Read the whole exercise in anti-humanity here.

Ishcabibble, ishcabobble now kill the Jew.  Next!