Wednesday - September 10, 2008

Barack Obama preferred over John McCain in world poll.

Must mean America will be on the right track when we elect Palin/McCain ticket to the White House.

Barack Obama preferred over John McCain in world poll
Barack Obama, the Democratic presidential nominee, is the world’s choice for the next American president, according to an international poll.

By Tom Peterkin
Last Updated: 10:57AM BST 10 Sep 2008

A Barack Obama presidency would improve America’s relations with the world, according to more than half of people surveyed in a BBC poll Photo: AFP

The 47-year-old Illinois senator was preferred by an average margin of four-to-one across the 22,000 people who took part in the survey of 22 countries conducted by the BBC World Service.

More than half of those surveyed in the United Kingdom (54 per cent) thought an Obama presidency would improve America’s relations with the world.

Doug Miller, chairman of GlobeScan which carried out the survey for the BBC World Service, said: “Large numbers of people around the world clearly like what Barack Obama represents.

“Given how negative America’s international image is at present, it is quite striking that only one in five think a McCain presidency would improve on the Bush Administration’s relations with the world.”

On average, 49 per cent of those surveyed preferred Mr Obama, compared with 12 per cent for Mr McCain, in the race to the White House.

The survey also found that an average of 46 per cent thought US relations with the world would get better under Mr Obama. Twenty-two per cent thought that relations would stay the same, and seven per cent thought that they would get worse.

Only 20 per cent thought relations would get better under Mr McCain. A total of 37 per cent of those surveyed thought a victory for the 72-year-old Arizona senator would keep US relations with the rest of the world the same as they are now and 16 per cent thought they would get worse.

Those most optimistic about an Obama presidency included America’s Nato allies - Canada, France, Germany, United Kingdom and Italy as well as Australia and the African countries Kenya and Nigeria.

(yeah and Americans really need to give a damn about what Kenya and Nigeria think.  Or any of the others come to that.)

• The results were drawn from a survey of 22,531 adult citizens across 22 countries conducted for the BBC World Service by the international polling firm GlobeScan, together with the Programme on International Policy Attitudes (Pipa) at the University of Maryland.

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   Tuesday - September 09, 2008

POOR SARKO OF FRANCE,IN THE FUNNIES AGAIN.  IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T READ ABOUT IT,,,,

So, president (France) tries to make nice and make peace over the Georgia/Russia thing which isn’t so funny because ppl are being killed.
Well it turns out that the French translation was faulty, don’t know who did what or what if any the side effects were.
But this toon does tickle.

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   Monday - September 08, 2008

NEWS FROM FRANCE, NEWS FROM FRANCE, NEWS FROM FRANCE.  THEY LOVE OBAMA, COLD ON SARAH.

oh boy ... wait till Drew sees this one.  Should be funny. Or maybe not. We’ll see.  Drew?

By Anne-Elisabeth Moutet

Paris Notebook
The Telegraph

Mrs Palin is getting no credit in France for being a successful, savvy woman and an exciting new face in politics. If the US elections were held in France, Barack Obama would poll a Mugabe-esque 83 per cent of the vote. Palin is painted here as an ignorant religious fanatic, a gun nut, and proof positive that the American heartland is a more dangerous place than Anbar province.

She is also seen as irrelevant, and one more reason why John McCain’s bid is doomed. Even the usually sharp-antennaed Sarkozy tilts towards Obama, whom, unlike McCain, he greeted on the Élysée steps and favoured with a high-profile joint press conference during the American’s whirlwind French visit. It will be interesting to watch reassessments should the Republican ticket win.

Long defined as a country of farmers, France is slowly seeing wimpy townie manners take over. The inhabitants of the Alpine village of Villaz (pop 3,000) are suing a local farmer, Michel Déronzier, because they don’t like being kept awake by his herd of Pie Rouges’ cowbells at night.

“It’s only seven cows out of 70 who have a bell!” Déronzier protests. “It’s necessary, because it helps the dogs locate them faster. And at any rate, there have always been cowbells in the country. If people don’t like it, they should move to the city; they won’t like the noise of cars there.” So far, it’s a standoff.

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Says somethin’ not nice about French politics. But then I’m biased I admit it.

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   Monday - September 01, 2008

Dutch withdraw spy from Iran because of ‘impending US attack’ .  Say What?  USA is gonna do what?

uh huh. Right. America is gonna bomb Iran. Sure we are.  I wish we would and leave nothin alive.  But we know that won’t happen so what the heck are the Dutch talking about?
These are the same folks that gave the world PC so I tend not to pay much attention to them. 

Dutch withdraw spy from Iran because of ‘impending US attack’ . 

Dutch withdraw spy from Iran because of ‘impending US attack’
The Dutch intelligence service has pulled an agent out of an “ultra-secret operation” spying on Iran’s military industry because spymasters in Netherlands believe a United States air attack was imminent.
By Bruno Waterfield in Brussels
Last Updated: 9:24AM BST 01 Sep 2008

According to reports in the newspaper De Telegraaf, the country’s intelligence service, the AIVD, has stopped an espionage operation aimed at infiltration and sabotage of the weapons industry in Iran.

“The operation, described as extremely successful, was halted recently in connection with plans for an impending US air attack on Iran,” said the report.

“Targets would also be bombed which were connected with the Dutch espionage action.”

“Well placed” sources told the paper that a top agent had been recalled recently “because the US was thought to be making a decision within weeks to attack Iran with unmanned aircraft”.

“Information from the AIVD operation has in recent years been shared with the American CIA secret service.”

Brig Gen Seyyed Massoud Jazayeri, deputy chief of the Iranian armed forces, warned at the weekend that military attacks against Iran would trigger a Third World War.

“The exorbitant demands of the US leaders and the global Zionism which have created the current situation in Iraq, Afghanistan, Sudan and Caucasus are gradually directing the world to the edge of the cliff,” he said.

The US has refused to rule out a military attack against Iran if its government continues to enrich uranium as part of its civilian nuclear programme, which the West suspects has the clandestine objective of developing atomic weapons.

Iran has warned it would close the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the entrance to the Gulf and a major oil shipping route, if it is attacked.

On Friday, the Israel newspaper Ma’ariv reported that Israel has stepped up preparations for a contingency plan to attack Iran, should diplomatic efforts, via the United Nations, fail to derail Tehran’s suspected nuclear weapons programme.

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Apologises to Libya for colonial rule. Italy says we’re sorry please forgive us and take a billion.

Ok, this is fine. If the Italian conscience is soothed that’s ok.
Now, I want immediate reparations from France for the Germans in payment for the hundreds of years that France kept Germany isolated and refused the making of a united country.  All the wars fought in Europe by France on German soil causing the loss of life and property.  I concede the point that it was also hundreds of years ago but hey, with Italy setting the stage.....

Then the black lobby that wants reperations can sue the tribal chiefs in Afrika , pay out probably in what?  What do those folks use for money in the deepest heart of the black continent?  Lets see, who else might be entitled?

Hey, why not set up something like a world body, not as bureaucratic as the UN but leaders from around the world can meet once a year in some huge stadium
and all can apologize to one another for all sorts of slights both real and imagined.  Even bring in muslims to show diversity and inclusiveness.
And if they want to, they can even slap the hell out of each other as long as they leave the rest of us out of it.  Oh yeah, no taxpayer money involved.
They pay their own way.  Well it’s the thought that counts.

Silvio Berlusconi apologises to Libya for colonial rule
Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi has apologised to Libya for 30 years of colonial rule and agreed to pay £2.5 billion in reparations.

By Nick Pisa in Rome
Last Updated: 8:24AM BST 01 Sep 2008

As part of the deal Italy will also help build a 1,500 mile pan Libyan motorway across the north of the country linking it with neighbouring Egypt and Tunisia.

In return Libyan leader colonel Muammar Gaddafi has promised to crack down on thousands of illegal immigrants who leave his country every year and cross the Mediterranean to Italy.

The compensation deal, which was signed by both leaders in the Libyan city of Benghazi, is to be spread over 25 years and also involves train, technology and other infrastructure projects.

Berlusconi said: ‘“This payment goes towards the tragic and dramatic moments of Italian occupation and for the deep wounds that have affected many Libyan families.

“It is a complete and moral compensation for the damage inflicted on Libya by Italian during the colonial occupation and we can now look forward to working together.’’

Italy conquered Libya in 1911 following a war with Turkey and during the 30 year occupation 20,000 Libyans were killed in battle and in camps while thousands were deported.

In 1969 when Gaddafi took over following a military coup thousands of Italians who had made Libya their home were expelled and there have been sporadic incidents of tension during the last few years.

During the height of Libyan-US tension a Scud missile was fired at the Italian island of Lampedusa in 1986.

While two years ago Italian cabinet minister Roberto Calderoli wore a T-shirt of a cartoon poking fun at the prophet Mohammed and eleven people were killed in rioting in Benghazi.

The deal was signed in a tent and gifts were also exchanged with Berlusconi giving Gaddafi a silver lion and two pens while in return he received a white linen suit and a green shirt, symbolising the colours of the Libyan flag.

During the signing media tycoon Berlusconi also whipped out a copy of one of his glossy magazines and showed Gaddafi a photo shoot which featured him and his family taken at his Sardinian villa.

Berlusconi added: “We have signed a historic agreement and now we will have fewer illegal immigrants from the Libyan coast and more gas and oil from them which is the best.’’

As part of the deal Berlusconi also returned via the hold of his private jet - a Roman marble statute of the Venus of Cyrene taken during the Italian invasion 95 years ago.

(Wait a minute. A Roman statute?  Did the proof reader get it wrong or did I?  Statue Anyway, what’s with that return?  What. Like most Libyans will know and appreciate the art? Doubt it, really I do.)

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   Tuesday - August 05, 2008

ENGLAND IS OVER RULED BY EURO COURT ON EXTRIDITION TO USA OF TERRORIST.

Headline actually reads,

HAMZA EXTRIDITION HALTED BY EURO COURT

But the bottom line is that unless it goes through, it very much looks as tho a court in weeneyland (or is it weeny?) has the authority to overrule an English court.

So, assuming a euro court can actually overule Brits, about the last Brit home I’d wanna be in this morning would be Bulldog’s and Lyndon’s. I know there’s a lot of Brits want to see the last of this Hamza monster and won’t be too happy.

UK really needs to get out of the EU ASAP!  Not just for this travesty. For their very own survival as an independent and soverign nation.

extradition to US postponed

The British Government has been told to postpone extradition of Abu Hamza until a ruling on whether sending him to a maximum security US jail would breach his human rights.By Jessica Salter
Last Updated: 12:08AM BST 05 Aug 2008

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg gave the order as the 48-year-old’s lawyers claimed he would be kept in inhuman conditions.
US authorities want to jail Hamza in America’s most secure jail, the Supermax ADX Florence in Colorado, which houses 38 convicted international terrorists.
His lawyers claim that prisoners live in boxes, there is only two hours exercise per week, there are no family visits and every correspondence is intercepted.

The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has already approved Hamza’s extradition and last month Hamza was refused leave to appeal to the Law Lords, the highest court in England and Wales.

A Home Office spokesperson said: “The decision is a matter for the European Court. We shall seek to have his case expedited so it is heard as soon as possible.”

Hamza is currently serving seven years in Britain for soliciting murder and stirring up racial hatred.
The former imam at London’s Finsbury Park Mosque is accused in the United States of trying to set up an al-Qaeda training camp in Oregon.
He faces 11 charges in total, including sending cash and recruits to al-Qaeda and the Taliban and one relating to the kidnap of 16 tourists in the Yemen in 1998. Four hostages, including three Britons, died in a rescue attempt.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2501037/Radical-Islamic-cleric-Abu-Hamza-has-extradition-to-US-postponed.html

Sorry about the looooongish link but there were some problems using tiny this morning. Anyway, I only put a link here to show it’s from another source, as I don’t want anyone thinking it was made up. 

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   Friday - August 01, 2008

The Mayor of London, has backed Barack Obama to become President of the United States.

This bothers me and I’ll just have to leave it to ppl like Grumps and Drew and Wardmom to articulate for me.  What the hell is it with oh this will be good for black around the world?  Why the hell should I care about that?  Are they paying American taxes in darkest Afrika? Are they voting in my country?
Oh wait,,, for all I know ....
But why the heck a very public man like Boris who really is somewhat a conservative (using the term loosely of course) why he should insert himself into our elections is beyond my understanding.  Far as I can tell, and okay I might be wrong here, I can’t think think of any American pol. who publicly backs any foreign office seeker for fear of being accused I suppose of interfering.

Boris Johnson backs Barack Obama as US President
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has backed Barack Obama to become President of the United States.

By Rosa Prince, Political Correspondent
Last Updated: 2:34PM BST 01 Aug 2008

His endorsement of the Democratic candidate, against John McCain, his Republican rival, would usually be considered unusual for a Conservative.

But during his recent European tour, Mr Obama proved successful at winning over politicians of all persuasions, charming David Cameron, the Conservative leader, who he met for talks in his House of Commons office.

A survey carried out last month found that a third of Tory MPs want the Democrat to emerge triumphant.

But the Mayor of London is the most high profile Conservative publicly to throw his weight behind Mr Obama.

He told this month’s Square Mile magazine: “I was looking at him on the news and just thinking what an amazing moment this is, watching his speech in Berlin and thinking what a critical moment this is for America and for attitudes towards what they can achieve amongst the black community.

“If Barack Obama can do it, it will be the most fantastic boost, I think, for black people everywhere around the world.”

Asked for his views on the Republican candidate, Mr Johnson said: “Well, OK, I think John McCain has many, many wonderful qualities, but I think a Barack Obama victory would do fantastic things for the confidence and the feelings of black people around the world - that they can win.”

Asked if his words amounted to an endorsement of the Democrat, he said: “Yes.”

Mr Cameron has also spoken of his admiration for Mr Obama, backing his controversial call for black fathers to take greater responsibility for their children, but has stopped short of endorsing him over Mr McCain.

In the interview, Mr Johnson, who was elected Mayor in May after toppling Labour’s Ken Livingstone, also told how much he was enjoying the new job, despite the long hours involved.

He said: “Exhausted? I am full of fire. I am like a greased bounding panther. My legs are steel springs and every day I get out of bed and I beat my chest.

“Every morning I am full of wonderment that the people of London have done the honour of making me their Mayor, I really am. It’s an absolutely wonderful feeling. I think many other people are full of wonderment too. “It’s a joy and easily the best job I’ve ever had - a very, very difficult job and a very, very big job - but the best job.

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   Friday - July 25, 2008

Barack Obama makes a lot of Germans happy.  Report from the fatherland

I guess you’ve seen the news on TV or read it in paper back home.  But maybe not exactly this version or opinion.
Things really are getting scary. Maybe that should read, scarier?

From early afternoon it became evident that a religious event was taking place in Berlin. Pilgrims streamed into the Tiergarten, determined to see and hear the man they have come to believe in as their saviour.

By Andrew Gimson in Berlin
Last Updated: 3:33AM BST 25 Jul 2008

The saviour himself was nowhere to be seen: Senator Barack Obama was said to be inside the Hotel Adlon, next to the Brandenburg Gate and just round the corner from the British Embassy, and a crowd duly formed outside in the hope of catching a glimpse of him.

Not every member of this crowd was gripped by religious fervour: quite a number of the people there were tourists who had arrived purely by chance, but who realised without being told that a star must be inside the Adlon.

But the true believers, of whom there are many, actually volunteer that they are gripped by “euphoria”. Being modern Germans, they express this emotion in quite an undercooled way, but also with great seriousness. Nicolas Geiger, a politics student who had travelled with seven friends from Magdeburg to hear Mr Obama, said: “I don’t know a single person who’s against Obama in my age group. He’s young, fresh, completely different. He’s just such an impressive person, especially compared to the war criminal Bush.”

Mr Obama’s devotees streamed on foot and by bicycle towards the Victory Column, which commemorates the Prussian defeat of the French in 1870 and was moved to its present position by the Nazis, who also made it taller.

As the rays of the setting sun glinted on the golden statue of victory, Mr Obama strode out from the pillar along the raised platform leading to his podium.

It soon became clear that he and his assistants had prepared a masterly text: Berlin, and especially the fortitude of Berliners during the airlift which saved the city after the Communists blockaded it in 1948, became an example to the whole world.

Here was a moral seriousness very much to the German taste. With perfect intonation, for on his lips it sounds better than it reads, Mr Obama described how “all free people - everywhere - became citizens of Berlin”, and reminded us that “retreat would have allowed communism to march across Europe”. What an astute message, calculated to appeal as much to ferocious cold war warriors as to liberal pacifists.

For all the morality, it was hard to detect a single moment when Mr Obama exposed himself to the charge of being a wet and weedy liberal.

The fall of the Berlin Wall became a second metaphor, as Mr Obama spoke of “the walls between Christians and Muslims and Jews” and declared that “these are the walls we must tear down.” He made himself the rhetorical heir of Ronald Reagan.

Mr Obama touched too on the environment, and here the language of salvation became explicit: “This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet.” The time had come for others to “act with the same seriousness as has your nation” when it comes to environmental measures.

The audience loved it: the great orator had not disappointed the high expectations placed in him and German euphoria was no longer undercooled.

To put all this into perspective, we turned to a German intellectual who got his political education in the Left-wing student movement of the Sixties. “The Germans want to get a leader and they are not allowed to get a leader, but a black leader might be allowed. They are in a deep identity crisis and want to be absolved from all their sins. They want to be able to say, ‘Yesterday I met God and he told me the German people are wonderful people’.”

Mr Obama has made a lot of Germans very happy, while making it very difficult for the Republicans in America to denounce what he said.

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   Thursday - July 17, 2008

NOT SATISFIED WITH IRISH VOTE, FRENCH PRES. SAYS VOTE AGAIN.

I wrote this with some frustration more then a year ago.  Therre’s a reason for me posting something almost out of date.  Yeah I know. ‘07.
Well apparently the same sort of thinking exists still.
You’ll see what I mean after this rant.

PEIPER RANT FOR APRIL 29, 2007

Authorities here arrested a couple of terrorists from Libya. Police have proof positive what they were up to and what they were planning. AND, they weren’t here legally anyway.
Also, it’s beyond doubt they are a danger to the public if not now then they will be if given half a chance.  BUT ....

THEY CAN’T BE DEPORTED.  Why?  Because there’s a danger that if sent back to their home country, they could face torture or death.
AHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who gives a flip?  I want em graveyard dead.  Oh .... can’t do that. Against the Euro-pee-on convention on human rights. And England is a member of the EU. And 69 percent of the population would like to disengage. But this democracy won’t allow that. 

Just to show you how things are.  Pay attention cause this is real. Not makin’ it up.  The EU has been pushing (with very strong support from the Germans) for a European constitution that would legally bind member states.  Even now, there are rules and regs in place that bind the Brits to laws passed in Brussels.  (a constitution along the lines of USA but stronger because there would hardly be any states rights) has been pushed again and again.

Well, the politicians who want it thought they had a winning hand and decided to put the idea to the voters of member countries thru a referendum. They were totally convinced the people were behind em. Big mistake. 

So there were gonna be these referendums last year and Europe got the biggest shock it’s had since the Hitler-Stalin pact of 1939. 

French voters, of all people, voted NO! Now the govt. in France was all for this constitution and wanted a recount.  Then, another huge surprise. Holland also voted NO!

It was England’s turn next to hold the referendum here and put it before the voters.  But guess what?  Mr Blair and the Labour (left) party knew exactly how Brits would vote, and so CANCELLED the referendum!  The Germans (the big guns, no pun, behind a strong EU) suggested that the constitution be put in place anyway.

Well that didn’t go anywhere.  Then the Germans said, lets give these voters a second chance to see their mistake (they actually said that) and have them vote again to correct their first mistake.  That was greeted with some angry voices and everything died down. For awhile.  Till this week.

The new German leader, Angela Merkle, (I might not have spelled her name right but who cares) sent out an email meant to be private.  You would think that with the lessons of history with regard to things Germans write down and pass to others, she might have avoided so public a medium for something meant to be very PRIVATE!
But no.  She’s a daughter of the Fatherland after all. No slur intended as we Americans haven’t always been too swift keeping things under wraps either.

What her email said was that the EU must have a constitution and that the way to get it, was by stealth.  Alright, she didn’t use that last word. I did. But her suggestion amounted to the same. She wanted to substitute another word in place of constitution and smooth the path for it’s passing without a referendum.

Every single thing that Hitler predicted (except for a war between the USA and the Soviets) with regard to who would be calling the shots in Europe within a few years of German defeat in war, has pretty much come to pass.  He also wanted a united Europe, under German rule of course. 

Seems some Germans still do.
Stay Tuned

FAST FORWARD TO PRESENT DATE. JULY 2008 SEE BELOW.

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   Wednesday - July 09, 2008

SOME PATRIOTIC SWISS IN MOVE TO PROTECT THEIR COUNTRY FROM islam

Swiss to vote on minaret building ban
By Daily Telegraph reporter
Last Updated: 12:44PM BST 09/07/2008

Swiss nationalists have forced a nationwide referendum on whether to ban the construction of minarets where Muslims issue the call to prayer.

If approved the proposal would clash with Switzerland’s constitutionally protected right to freedom of religion.

(No,no it does not clash with anything. This is all about Noise Abatement)

The Interior Ministry said it received a proposal on Tuesday with more than the required 100,000 signatures.

It was submitted by members of the nationalist Swiss People’s Party and the fringe Federal Democratic Union, who say they are acting to fight the political spread of Islam. They argue that the minaret is a symbol of political and religious claim to power rather than a mere religious sign.

People’s party lawmaker Walter Wobmann defended the move, saying the authorization for constructing a minaret in Winterthur near Zurich and pending requests in three other Swiss towns have exceeded the limits of many Swiss people’s tolerance.

“Many recognize in this a further step in the creeping Islamization of Switzerland,” he said.

(creeping Islamization of Europe in general.)

It’s not the first time the People’s Party has ignited a provocative campaign. Recently they embarked on an anti-immigrant initiative, complete with posters showing a black sheep being kicked off a Swiss flag and dark hands grabbing at a pile of Swiss passports.

Swiss voters last month, however, overwhelmingly rejected their proposal to make it harder for foreigners to gain citizenship.

(more fools they then, as their country will surely be stolen from them. That part the liberals don’t just give away)

Still, construction of traditional mosques and minarets in European countries has rarely been a trouble-free affair. Sweden, France, Italy, Austria, Greece, Germany and Slovenia are among the countries which have experienced opposition or protests against such projects.

In Cologne, Germany, plans to expand the city’s Ditib Mosque and complete it with dome and two 54-meter-tall (177-feet-tall) minarets, have triggered an angry response from right-wing groups and the city’s Roman Catholic Archbishop.

Slovenia’s Constitutional Court in 2004 banned a move to hold a referendum on the building of a mosque.

Switzerland’s unique system of grass roots democracy allows political hard-liners to take the issue further than in other European countries, where constitutional courts or governments have blocked moves against mosques and minarets. Any Swiss citizen who collects 100,000 signatures within 18 months can put a popular initiative to a nationwide vote.

No date has been set for the referendum. If it is approved, the Swiss parliament must pass a law enshrining a construction ban in the constitution.

Minarets are tall spires typically built next to mosques where religious leaders call the faithful to prayer. There are currently only two minarets in the country, attached to mosques in Zurich and Geneva. Neither is used for calls to prayer.

Opponents of a construction ban say it would violate religious freedom. More than 310,000 of Switzerland’s 7.5 million people are Muslims, according to the Federal Statistical Office.

A United Nations expert on racism, Doudou Diene, says the campaign is evidence of an “ever-increasing trend” toward anti-Islamic actions in Europe.

(Well duh, we wonder why that is. Of course, it couldn’t possibly be anything they bring on themselves.)

The Swiss government is concerned about the impact the referendum will have on its international image. Swiss President Pascal Couchepin said the government will recommend that voters reject the proposed ban. Other members of Switzerland’s cross-party government have also spoken out against the ban.

(OK, lets see.  What do we want.  Hmmm, choices,choices. Save our country or have a happy feel good image among foreigners? Gee, that’s a hard one to decide huh?  Country? Image? Can we vote on it?)

Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey has warned that the anti-minaret initiative would lead to a security risk for Switzerland because it could spark Muslim’s anger.

(oh well then hell.  Lets turn turn the country over to an alien breed who don’t fit and never will.  Lets by all means surrender now and pray for good terms.)

Henri-Maxime Khedoud, spokesman for the Swiss Association of Muslims for Secularism, said that although the Swiss mosques don’t really need minarets, the initiative was an attack against Muslims and contrary to the freedom of everyone to practice his faith.

(Oh bull S#*!. They can practice their damn faith without being noisy about it and disturbing the more civilized citizens of the country. What. They can’t practice their faith without minarets? Heaven help the Swiss cause only a few patriots are on hand to do so.  )

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   Sunday - June 08, 2008

Meanwhile in Fwance

French army falling apart, documents show
Most of France’s tanks, helicopters and jet fighters are unusable and its defence apparatus is on the verge of “falling apart”, it has emerged.  According to confidential defence documents leaked to the French press, less than half of France’s Leclerc tanks – 142 out of 346 – are operational and even these regularly break down.  Less than half of its Puma helicopters, 37 per cent of its Lynx choppers and 33 per cent of its Super Frelon models – built 40 years ago – are in a fit state to fly, according to documents seen by Le Parisien newspaper.  Two thirds of France’s Mirage F1 reconnaissance jets are unusable at present.

According to army officials, the precarious state of France’s defence equipment almost led to catastrophe in April, when French special forces rescued the passengers and crew of a luxury yacht held by pirates off the Somali coast.  Although ultimately a success, the rescue operation nearly foundered at an early stage, when two of the frigates carrying troops suffered engine failure, and a launch laden with special forces’ equipment sunk under its weight.  Later, an Atlantic 2 jet tracking the pirates above Somali territory suffered engine failure and had to make an emergency landing in Yemen.

“External operations, in the Ivory Coast and Lebanon are a fig leaf: we are able to keep up the pretence but in ten years our defence apparatus will fall apart,” one high-ranking official said.  The disclosure comes just ten days before President Nicolas Sarkozy announces a major reform of the armed forces, with a defence white paper outlining France’s military priorities for the next 15 years.  He is expected to argue that the situation can only improve by reducing the number of France’s operational troops from 50,000 to 30,000, and its fighter aircraft, as well as closing military bases.

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   Wednesday - June 04, 2008

Brigitte Bardot fined for inciting racial hatred.  (Again)

Damn it I feel sorry for her and am so pissed off (again) at the French for their ... for their ... ??
Help me here guys.  This is the fuckin pits and sorry about the bad language but ... the woman hasn’t said a damn thing that I can see is inciting anything other then total disrespect and revulsion for the French legal system for making her a victim of their damn multi-cultural pol.correctness.

By Peter Allen in Paris
Last Updated: 9:43PM BST 03/06/2008

Legendary sex symbol Brigitte Bardot has been fined £12,000 for inciting racial hatred against Muslims.

In December 2006 the retired French film star-turned-animal rights activist wrote a letter to France’s then interior minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, arguing that Muslims should stun animals before slaughtering them during the Aid al-Kabir holiday.

She outraged anti-racist groups by saying: “I’ve had enough of being led by the nose by this whole population which is destroying us, and destroying our country by imposing their ways.”

(Hey, that’s another thing the French soviet doesn’t want. The truth and woe to those who tell it.)

Miss Bardot, now 73, made it clear that she was referring to Muslims in the letter.

She was absent from today’s court hearing in Paris, but wrote to prosecutors saying: “I’m sickened by how anti-racist groups are harassing me.

“I won’t shut up until stunning is carried out” on animals before their ritual slaughter.

Miss Bardot, who shot to wordwide fame in the 50s in the lead role in And God Created Woman, already has four convictions on similar charges.

In 2004 she was fined £4000 for inciting racial hatred in her book “A Cry in the Silence”.

(apparently one must not write and publish a book in France unless it’s approved by the local soviet)

France is home to Europe’s largest Muslim community, estimated at five million people.

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Posted by Drew458     on 06/04/2008 at 12:18 PM   
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   Saturday - November 10, 2007

“Why don’t you just shut up?”

Spanish King Tells Chavez to “Shut Up”

There’s video of it HERE (Yeah it’s all in Spanish but you get the idea) GREAT stuff. Even if the King of Spain is but a figurehead, it’s great to see someone stick it to Chavez. 

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   Tuesday - August 28, 2007

If I Were a Texan, He’d Get My Vote

Via Wizbang.

You remember last week when the EU tried to stop Texas from executing its 400th “victim”?

The statement from the Portuguese presidency of the 27-nation bloc said: “The European Union strongly urges Governor Rick Perry to exercise all powers vested in his office to halt all upcoming executions and to consider the introduction of a moratorium in the state of Texas.”

Texas Governor Rick Perry responded

“230 years ago, our forefathers fought a war to throw off the yoke of a European monarch and gain the freedom of self-determination. Texans long ago decided that the death penalty is a just and appropriate punishment for the most horrible crimes committed against our citizens. While we respect our friends in Europe, welcome their investment in our state and appreciate their interest in our laws, Texans are doing just fine governing Texas.”

Hot Damn.  Now that’s an stand more of our politicians should be taking

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