COLLECTIVE MADNESS


“Soft despotism is a term coined by Alexis de Tocqueville describing the state into which a country overrun by "a network of small complicated rules" might degrade. Soft despotism is different from despotism (also called 'hard despotism') in the sense that it is not obvious to the people."

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

"Muslims Killing Muslims. Muslims Destroying Mosques"


Is the West collateral damage in the ongoing war between the various Islamic sects? What is the true face of the "Religion of Peace"?

(EVENING UPDATE)

This is pretty depressing news:

Iraqi police accused of aiding insurgents

The Associated Press

Published: October 4, 2006



"BAGHDAD The Iraq government has suspended a brigade of up to 700 policemen and put members under investigation for suspected "complicity" with death squads in the wake of a mass kidnapping this week in Baghdad.
The kidnapping took place on Sunday, when gunmen stormed into a frozen meats factory in the Amil district and snatched 24 workers, shooting 2 others. The bodies of seven of the workers were found hours later, but the fate of the others remains unknown.
Sunni leaders blamed Shiite militias and suggested that security forces had turned a blind eye to the attack.
The top U.S. military spokesman in Iraq, Major General William Caldwell, said the Iraqi police brigade in the area had been ordered to stand down to undergo retraining and have their backgrounds vetted again."


It has been my contention that simply stated, Islam itself is flawed beyond repair. It is not a religion gone bad. It is a bad religion. The multi-cultural model was so intellectualy dishonest, it provided cover and apology for what ever Islam purveyed. It is a bad design and concept, like using asbestos to fire proof a school. There is no possibility for the West to do anything but call Islam what it is, and isolate it till such a time that the Muslims themselves reject it. There is no other solution. There is no sense in maintaining the pretense that democracy or anything else that the West is prepared to do will work. The only people that can fix this institutional insanity are the inmates of the asylum. It requires "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" on a global scale.

Abul Kassem at FaithFreedom.org has written an amazing scholarly indictment of the cult of Islam. It is a lengthy worthy read. He cites chapter and verse and begins with this:

"Recent events in Iraq and in some other Islamic Paradises, like Darfur, Pakistan, Bangladesh, is unfolding a bizarre picture of Islam—the picture of cannibalization of Islam! Bereft of any sensible reasons, the Muslims are killing Muslims! How is this unthinkable possible?—we might wonder in awe. After all, Islamic killing really means wanton murder of the infidels, as had been amply demonstrated by 9/11, Bali, Madrid, Jakarta, 7/7 and many other episodes of horrendous Islamic genocides.

Having quenched, to some extent, its thirst for infidel blood, it appears that Islam is now turning on itself. After all, now-a-days, it is gradually becoming more difficult to murder infidels in large number—as the kafirs have, slowly, but surely become smarter, and have learnt their bitter lessons vis`-a vis` Islam. They are now fully alert, cautious, stern and decisive in combating Islamic terrorism. We no longer hear President George Bush exhorting, ‘Islam means peace’, neither does Tony Blair say, ‘Islam is tolerant’. Instead, these kafir leaders are now loud and clear—saying without hesitation, ‘Islam is an evil ideology’ used by the terrorists. These infidel lands are now busy enacting tough legislations to call ‘spade a spade’. What we have been writing for many years, is, finally being heeded by these infidels. This is good for them, and is surely good for the entire humanity. But this is not at all good news for Islam.

You see, Islam cannot blissfully thrive without red hot blood—the human blood. As a car cannot run without petrol, so is Islam. The fuel that propels Islam is blood. When infidels’ blood is difficult to shed, Islam spills its own blood. Blood is the life-line of Islam, violence its hallmark, hate its foundation. Therefore, when needed, Islam must cannibalize itself, just to run its own course, set by Muhammad, the last Prophet.

This cannibalism is nothing new in Islam. Islamic history is profusely replete with many such savage anecdotes of cannibalization.

This cannibalism is nothing new in Islam. Islamic history is profusely replete with many such savage anecdotes of cannibalization.

During the last few decades we have witnessed much such Islamic cannibalism. The most recent event was the Iran-Iraq war, in which millions of Muslims were killed, not by the infidels (kafirs) but by Muslims. Undoubtedly, in not-too-distant a future, we are bound to witness many such events of Islamic cannibalism.

Here, I shall illustrate a few such cases of Islamic cannibalism as was perpetrated during the nascent stages of Islam, and ponder if we could learn few a few lessons from those gruesome episodes.

The earliest example of Islamic cannibalism, strangely, is found in the Holy Qur’an, in verses 9:108-110! These verses refer to the gutting of a rival mosque on the instruction of none but Muhammad (pbuh) when he was returning after his expedition to Tabuk, a resorceful town in the Syrian-Byzantine territory. This Islamic incursion story goes like this:

The Destruction of an Opposition Mosque at Dhu Awan by Muhammad--April, 631CE

Proceeding further from Tabuk on his way to Medina, Muhammad halted at Dhu Awan at Quba (about 4 kms. from Medina), an hour’s journey from Medina. There, an opposition Muslim group had built a mosque. Previously, while Muhammad was making preparations for the march to Tabuk, this group of Muslims approached him and said, “O Messenger of God, we have built a mosque for the sick and needy and for rainy and cold nights, and we would like you to visit us and pray for us.” (Tabari, vol.ix, p.61). As Muhammad was too busy with his preparations for Tabuk expedition, he excused himself from visiting this newly-built mosque but assured the dissident group that he would call on their mosque while returning to Medina (from Tabuk).

When Muhammad halted at Dhu Awan, he accused its builders of being unjust and sent a band of jihadists to burn and destroy the freshly constructed mosque. He said to his band of hooligans, “Go to this mosque whose owners are unjust people and destroy and burn it.” (Tabari, vol.ix, p.61). His band of raging arsonists stealthily entered the bustling mosque and set fire to it when it was filled with people assembled for the evening prayer. The worshippers dispersed in utter terror. Allah promptly sent down verse 9:107, 110, justifying the destruction of opposition mosques. To further validate his gutting of this mosque, Muhammad concocted the story that he suspected that the builders of the ‘Mosque of Dissent’ were planning to assassinate him.

Then he extolled the virtue of the first mosque (known as Masjid Takwa) that was built by him at Quba when he migrated to Medina and where he had asked his followers to pray. This instruction is written in the Qur’an in verses 9:108-110 "...


He concludes with this:

"Islamic cannibalism is a non-stop musical chair which continues forever, or at least until Islam is extinguished completely in the manner postulated by none other than Muhammad (see above for the ahadith) himself. The concept of a single Islamic Ummah is simply a myth. When the killing of infidels becomes difficult, Islam kills itself. Isn’t this a little piece of good news for humanity?"

Read the piece in its entirety

119 comments:

  1. In the on going battle of nature v. nurture, nurture took another hit yesterday. Or, as some might say, Larry Sommers was right and the Voodoo Mommas were wrong.

    Breast milk 'does not boost IQ'

    What has this to do with the RoP? Well, smarter moms make for smarter children.

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  3. They're playing the election again, doug. Coordinating with what they see on CNN. The Woodward book is out? Load up the suicide bombs.

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  4. Dinosaurs suffered climate change too

    Indeed, physiologically modern humans (50,000 years) repeatedly have had to cope with continental aridity and glaciations. These stressors have been essential to creating the adaptable species H. sapiens.

    Mr. Gore’s believe that humans can affect climate is not new found wisdom. The Aztecs, for instance, built an entire culture around just such a thought. Integral to climatic influence by human beings, they developed a cycle of ceremonies during which torture, human sacrifice, cannibalism, and sexual acting out brought about the desired end.

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  5. Previous post compliments of The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, which did not link.

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  6. “[T]he suspect must be unstable.” (Or he could just as easily be a typical Muslim.)

    Attack on 9/11 Shrine

    H/T Atlas Shrugs

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  7. “But yes, better we "do no harm" and let Darfur burn, let Saddam kill, let the Gap be the Gap, etc. This is realism and the Powell Doctrine and international legal BS at its best.”

    “Lincoln picked Grant because he could do the awful math required. We live in a world where the equations are all reversed in terms of effort, and still we lack a decent Grant. Instead, we've enshrined our very own McClellan, whose latest hagiographic biography hits the streets today.”

    “Limited regret, limited morals, limited courage, limited caring. We live in an era of great circumspection, where the ass-covering careerist is worshipped and men of any firm action are vilified.”

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  8. ATTACK ON 9/11 SHRINE
    OUTRAGE IN QUEENS
    By JAMIE SCHRAM
    October 3, 2006 -- A man described by police as a Turkish-born Muslim was charged yesterday with destroying a Queens memorial to a fallen 9/11 cop while screaming, "This is political!" The Post has learned.

    Adnan Emre, 26, tore down a portion of Officer Paul Talty's tribute attached to a light post at 50th Avenue and Vernon Boulevard in Long Island City, police sources said.

    It consisted of 5-inch-by-7-inch picture of the late officer, a cross, a plaque and crossed American and Irish flags. The plaque is inscribed, "Rest in Peace, Paul. We miss you. God Bless."

    Emre ripped down the cross at about 7:52 a.m., cops said, and announced his deed by screaming, "This is political!"

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  9. “For Bush to be able to execute the foreign policy he wants, his party must win the midterm elections. For that to happen, Bush must get control of the political situation quickly. To do that, he must change the perception that his own administration is out of control.” Via Stratfor



    “This guy is a Turkey!!”

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  10. Spengler

    “Not what it was, but what it does”

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  11. When the Republicans would not turn on one of their own, an apostate to the cause, it caused a collapse of believe amongst the faithful.
    Sometimes it pays to burn the apostate doen.

    ... But the fact that, according to my best sources in the House Republicans, Mr. Hastert never informed any Democrats of the matter (even on the page oversight board), unambiguously suggests that he knew what was up. Thus began the cover-up. Of course he knew what the Democrats would do with the information. But not only is this not a Democratic Party dirty trick (the facts are real, not made up), but Mr. Hastert had a moral duty to do all in his power to make sure there would not be more victims of Mr. Foley's alleged sexual predation -- or clear potential for such.

    The fact that Democrats might also cover up such facts is just another reason why I am a Republican. Republicans do stand for sound moral values.

    And if it is unfair that Democratic voters often give their politicians a pass on such matters (e.g. former Massachusettes Democratic congressman Gerry Studds got re-elected by his liberal voters after a similar incident was made public), well, that is just the price we have to pay in this wicked world for holding fast to our values and principles. If virtue were profitable, the whole world would be virtuous.

    How in the world will Republicans be able to champion our values in the future if we weasel and excuse the cover-up of such conduct in one of our own? We have more to protect than the next election, we have our historic reputation among more than half the country for our principles. ..."

    Tony Blankley writes "It's Never Too Late to Do the Right Thing".

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  12. It is a good article Rufus. Now we need to keep the import duty high on imported oil to make sure it happens and hurt our enemies at the same time.

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  13. "A social conservative may think, 'Well, Democrats aren't going to represent the legislation I want to see passed, but the Republicans aren't representing me,' " said Tom McClusky, vice president of government affairs at the Family Research Council.
    "They may just decide to stay home," according to Mr. McClusky, who said many conservative voters are rightly "disgusted."
    Bob Bennett, the veteran Ohio state Republican chairman, predicted there would be damaging political fallout from the Foley scandal, and several Republican campaign pollsters and strategists say it may give Democrats the final push they need to capture the House.
    "If you think Foley doesn't have an impact on the electorate, someone is kidding themselves," said Mr. Bennett, whose state was pivotal in the last presidential election and has several hotly contested races, including the re-election bid of Republican Sen. Mike DeWine, which polling shows is statistically tied.
    "First, we had Congressman Duke Cunningham convicted, then Rep. Bob Ney ... and now Foley. And people get very upset about that. People begin to say, 'What's going on down there' [in Washington]."
    Republicans advising some of the top House and Senate campaigns this fall now say privately that their party, barring a political miracle, will suffer a net loss of at least 15 seats -- enough to lose majority control -- and probably will lose as many as 30 seats. Democrats need six seats to win control of the Senate.
    "The GOP has become a walking soap opera," said Craig Shirley, author and Republican Party consultant. "The only scandal that hasn't been visited upon the Republicans is Paris Hilton."

    The Washington Times

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  14. Well, rufus, here is some simple math and priority setting, on a purely dollar to donuts basis

    a $75 million state-of the-art biorefinery and feedlot capable of producing 25 million gallons of ethanol a year. ...

    ... 25 million gallons of ethanol is a drop in the tanker when it comes to our 140 billion-a-year oil habit. ....


    Well lets see, it's $3 USD per Gallon of production. To produce 140 billion gallons would cost
    $420 Billion USD

    About what we've spent or shall we say, invested, in Iraq.
    The Federals are more interested in funding a War, to "secure" the oil, then in ending oil dependency.

    Cut back on the War, increase production of alternates with the same overall level of funding.

    Start now.

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  15. If the "War" is all about oil and energy.

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  16. Why "barely coping."

    “…how the U.S. government has arrived at such a middling, uninspired campaign in Iraq — just enough not to win and just enough not to lose.”

    “We have been barely coping because we have never made a decision to go all-out…”

    “…with the U.S. neither overwhelming our enemies nor letting the Iraqis sink or swim.”

    “The secretary of Defense has a tacit ally in minimizing the U.S. commitment in Iraq in top U.S. military commanders.”

    “So it is that Bush’s stalwartness in the Iraq War never quite seems to be matched by the means he applies on the ground.”

    ___Rich Lowry

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  17. So, instead of the Iraqi War on Terror and it's 25,000 enemy KIA, no more than 5,000 of which were "foreigners", for $420 Bilion USD.
    The US could have become energy independent for the same expenditure or investment.

    Expensive flypaper, in the long run. Failed strategic thinking by US, for sure.

    Should have fought a delaying and containment action while cutting the oil dependency, if all it would have taken was the Iraqi War funding to get it done.

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  18. rufus,

    re: Joe Sixpack

    If nothing else, this may get his attention.

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  19. The road not taken
    A state of denial

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  20. http://geoffreyrobinson.blogspot.com/

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  21. Since at least half of US imported oil needs are covered by Mexico and Canada, the North American Union, only about 70 Billion gallons would be needed, more of less, to end the need for non North American oil.

    We could have spent $210 Billion USD on Energy Production and about $210 Billion USD on attracting Mohammedans to the roach motel of Iraq. Secured the place a little less well, let the "civil war" start sooner, any number of different, less expensive options for killing jihadists.

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  22. All the more reason, rufus, to leave Iraq and the ME.
    Or let the Japanese and the Chinamen secure their own oil.

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  23. “One detainee has almost doubled in weight, to 410 pounds…”

    Well, goodness, get a heavier rope!

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  24. When he dies of a heart attack, it'll have been due to US abusing him, with transfatty acids.

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  25. As long the the infrastructure costs remained in the same range of being actualized in the first year, regardless of the depreciation schedules.

    The refinery equipment has how long a useful life?

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  26. Peanut dough.
    The last approved War request was $70 Billion USD

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  27. He predicted that "truth predictor" software would, within five years, "hold politicians to account." People would be able to use programs to check seemingly factual statements against historical data to see to see if they were correct.

    "One of my messages to them (politicians) is to think about having every one of your voters online all the time, then inputting 'is this true or false.' We (at Google) are not in charge of truth but we might be able to give a probability," he told the newspaper.

    The chairman and chief executive of the world's most popular Internet search engine was speaking during a visit to Britain this week, where he met British Prime Minister Tony Blair and spoke at the opposition Conservative Party's annual conference. ..."


    Google the MSM's ne Player or Flavor of the Year

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  28. ....I think we learned yesterday the value of elephant flatulence.

    If we substituted cow methane with elephant methane we could increase the output of ethanol by many times. I mean you can pick up a cow turd with a shovel, but it would take a CAT front load mining shovel to harvest elephant dung.

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  29. Muslims killing muslims on their own turf...a truly wonderful thing.

    Thats why W wanted the war over there.

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  30. NATO Fights the Jihadists

    NATO

    (not a long article ,here's part)

    A second key recommendation in NATO: An Alliance for Freedom: That NATO invite for full membership countries that are both liberal democracies and able and willing to contribute to the war against Islamic jihadism. The study emphasizes bringing Israel into the Alliance as "an extremely important step," and it endorses Japan and Australia for full membership. I might propose, in addition, Taiwan, South Korea, and Chile. To encourage other, struggling, states, the study suggests an associate membership for countries like Columbia and India. To which I suggest that Mexico and Sri Lanka could join their ranks.

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  31. Well our friend at Westhawk has the skinny, not the spin from the "One Worlders"

    Yesterday’s edition of the Financial Times presented an article titled “Europe urged to cut armed forces”
    Onward!
    Europe needs to start cutting its 2 [million]-strong armed forces to take account of competition to recruit young people as the continent's population ages, according to a report expected to be endorsed by EU defence ministers tomorrow.

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  32. British Shadow Government Calls Russia "Threat to Security" of U.K.

    Bad Bear

    The Beeb reports that British conservatives are beginning to rally against Russian militarism. How long before we hear from today's Churchill about the Iron Curtain, Part II, that is descending across the continent, starting in Georgia....and more

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  33. The "Koran"imint Book: To Serve Man. It's a Cook Book!

    The Best Twilight Zone episode: To Serve Man.
    All they ask in exchange is that the "West"lings trust them without question. Meanwhile, a team of scientists, headed by Dr. Chambers (GWB), work day and night to translate a Kanamint book, the title of which is, of course, "To Serve Man."

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  34. From Biofuels thru NeoCommies thru 9' Spacemen, this is a very much entertaining tread.

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  35. I just took a brief peek at BC...seems the quip,hooliganism, and lack of master degree dissertation length answers has mutated to that site ...I even read the word mascara, twice!

    So far no one has sad flatulence.

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  36. Politics
    Global News
    U.S. News
    Media/Journalism
    Legal News
    Business News
    Technology
    Top Stories...
    •Foley Lawyer Cites Second-Hand Smoke, Trans Fats
    •Child Predation Bill Would Protect Most Vulnerable Parties
    •Bush Fires Rumsfeld, Nominates Bob Woodward
    •Poll: Dems Fear Torture, Wiretaps More Than Terrorists
    •Pelosi Slams Clinton Failure to Protect Detainees


    October 4, 2006
    Foley Lawyer Cites Second-Hand Smoke, Trans Fats
    by Scott Ott

    (2006-10-04) — The attorney for disgraced former Rep. Mark Foley today offered more biographical background about his client who allegedly used his elected position to prey on high school boys sexually.

    Previously, attorney and longtime friend David Roth had confessed that Mr. Foley is a mentally-ill alcoholic who was molested by clergy in his youth, and yet takes full responsibity for the unspecified harm he has caused to others.

    This morning, Mr. Roth said that Mr. Foley had been exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke, and high levels of partially-hydrogenated soybean oil during his childhood.

    “He’s not trying to duck responsibility for his alleged behavior,” said Mr. Roth, “it’s just a fact that these toxins are part of who he has become.”

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  37. I said we should take down Syria while we're there for a number of reasons. Now Russia is using the Haiphong Harbor strategy to handcuff our ME efforts.
    It's still not too late and should be done with the effort to knock out the nuclear sites in Iran.
    We can't invade Iran but we'll bomb the hell out of it. But in Syria we could mount a Spec Ops operation coincidental with the bombing to capture the Syrian goverment and take them out.
    If we don't they'll become even more of a Ho Chi Minh trail into the ME than we want to deal with.
    Putin is on the march, having snookered W.
    At this moment in time we'd better get to bombing.

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  38. THAT WAS HILLARY'S BIG COTTAGE CHEESE THIGHS.

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  39. Mr Reynolds, R,NY has lost his Chief if Staff.

    It's not Mr Reynolds's fault is the plea as he leaves.

    The Dems will now focus of that $100,000 Foley donation to Reynolds's Party Committee, and the $2.7 million in Foley's reelection accounts.

    Blood's in the water, the feeding frenzy has just begun.

    Dick Morris lays it plain it an article in the Hill.
    People understand SEX and Corruption

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  40. Fordham was Mr Reynold's Chief of Staff, prior to that he had been Mr Foley's Chief of Staff.

    "... People familiar with Fordham's side of the story, however, said Fordham was being used as a scapegoat by Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert.

    They said Fordham had repeatedly warned Hastert's staff about Foley's "problem" with pages, but little was done.

    The complaint about Foley was brought to the chairman of the page board, Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL), last spring, and he then consulted with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, Jeff Trandahl.

    At Fordham's urging, according to the sources, the matter was not given to the full board, and instead Congressman Foley was privately approached and told to stop all contact with the page he had been e-mailing.

    "This is something we should have been aware of, and we weren't, and I'm very unhappy about that," said Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), who also serves on the page board.

    The Democrat on the page board, Congressman Dale Kildee (D-MI), said it was "unprecedented" to have handled the matter without informing the board members.


    "GOP poll numbers down double digets in many close races"
    FOX News talking head

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  41. yet the markets are in full, deep, active, rally mode. Of course, it's part oil, part Bernanke this A.M. 9and yes some short-covering). But--impending loss of Congress should be shattering the upward move. Call me "Perplexed in Texas".

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  42. Buddy,
    Move into cash 2 weeks prior to election if you can do so with your assets.

    Many houses have "cash" mutual funds that are considered tax free.
    I've had many former clients with big money do this at the end of the year when MF's unload.

    Personally I keep my money under my bed.

    I don't think Wall Street will react well to a Democratic anything.

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  43. Banks named in slave-reparations case

    Banks

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  44. Priest Who Molested Mark Foley Was Abducted By Space Alien Suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    Priest&Foley

    WOW!

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  45. It must be true, habu.
    Read it on the World Wide Web

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  46. Clintonian Ennui Throughout History

    Throughout the ages the Clinton family has taken a decidedly non-reactionary approach to potentially threatening situations with mixed results.

    Some historical examples include:

    "Yon lions have neither the hunger nor the propensity to attack if left unprovoked." - Clintonus Erectus, Roman Empire era statesman speaking to a group of Christians before they entered the Coliseum.
    "Nahh, Tupac. That whole 'East Coast-West Coast Rap War' junk ain't even no thang. That's just the white man playin' with our heads. Now you go on out and have a good time." - Bill "Pelvis Loco" Clinton to the late rapper Tupac Shakur.
    "Is she seaworthy? My friends not only is she seaworthy this little beauty is the ship that made the Kessell run in less than twelve parsecs!" - Rutger D. Clinton, famed "Travel Agent To The Titanic" to a group of perspective passengers.
    "Your Generals don't know what they're talking about. A land war in Asia is a terrific idea!" - Thierry Clinton, adviser to Napoleon.
    "Those Earp's ain't spolin' for a fight with you. You're the Clanton brothers for God's sake!Besides, it's called the 'OK Corral', what could be more of a good omen? You boys git on down there now. Git I say." - Josiah "The Snake" Clinton, Tombstone, Arizona politician.

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  47. from habu's link, sung to the tune of "These are a Few of My Favorite Things", i think it was written by a Congressman from Florida:

    "General Tso's Chicken that's chock full of kittens

    Pleasuring myself wearing sandpaper mittens

    A nail-gun to the groin and the pain that it brings

    I'm not sure why I'm aroused by these things

    Tasers on high mode and choke chains on poodles

    When Gunther from shipping tries ticklin' my noodle

    Jeff Dahmer's bio and when William Hung sings

    I'm not sure why I'm aroused by these things

    When a drifter fights

    When my pee stings

    Rosie O'Donnell's touch

    I'm getting excited just thinking of these things

    I think I just said... too much."

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  48. Don't forget the 5,000 year old words found chiseled in stone near the ancient city of Ur, Last Words of Oog Clinton, "Hey, y'all, watch this!"

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  49. Not to dispute Dick Morris' eval, but today's markets--even with oil way up (a $2 swing off bottom) on Nigeria strife--were up on high volume, with great internals, around 2% (annualized 600%). A HUGE day.

    So, ht instapundit, is there anything to this?

    Maybe the Pubs ain't dead yet after all?

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  50. Wannabe's and Lurkers Lesson (con't)

    First off we want to thank those of you who made the first few days of our "Participation Nation Drive" a big success. Special thanks go out to "Spanish Moss",
    "Brooklyn Lynn", and "Dr.Nosh" for their contributions.
    Now we find ourselves at midweek, or "Hump Day" as they say in the halls of Congress, so let's fit in a new lesson for those who were just a wee bit shy...
    We're going to a format that many of you can relate to
    "Jeopardy, Blog Style".... so here we go..
    The catagories are "Username" and "Password"

    Lurker in Idaho you're first.
    OK..Username for $20 of Rufus ethanol blend..
    "What is my user name?
    Corrrect..now just fill that in the below space.
    Idaho still your's..
    "I'll take Password for a story from PossumTater"
    ok.
    "What is my password?"
    Correct, Idaho..now fill in your secret password below.

    OK for you new ones you may want to write these down.
    Our next lesson will be a review of "Using templates for treatise's"
    Best to all,
    Habu

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  51. By Lawrence Kudlow

    Not only has Speaker Denny Hastert thoroughly mishandled the Mark Foley incident, he has been an ineffective leader, one who has failed to communicate broad policy and philosophical goals for the House GOP. Thanks to Hastert, there has been no guiding Republican message emanating from the House -- a huge missed opportunity to say the least.

    Step Aside, Speaker Hastert
    Step Aside, they say!
    Step Aside!

    What a political implosion we're in the midst of. The fallout will still be in the atmosphere, 36 days from now.

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  52. habu, you must NEVER use the apostrophe to pluralize.

    It indicates possession. The word "it" is an anomalaly, however, as the possessory declension uses NO apostrophe, since the apostrophic tool is needed for the more important appreviation of "it is".

    So, it's used in both its correct forms in this sentence.

    Meanwhile, rufus, re mkt timing, that's a version of "Buy Rosh, Sell Yom", i think.

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  53. DR,
    Hastert ain't cutt'in it ,never has as speaker.

    That famous day in history the men of the 7th Cavalry went riding on)
    (And from the rear a voice was heard)
    (A brave you man with a trembling word rang loud and clear)
    What am I doin' here??

    Please Mr. Custer, I don't wanna go
    Hey, Mr. Custer, please don't make me go
    I had a dream last night about the comin' fight
    Somebody yelled "attack!"
    And there I stood with a arrow in my back.

    Please Mr. Custer, I don't wanna go (forward Ho!!)--aaww

    SPOKEN: Look at them bushes out there
    They're moving and there's a injun behind every one
    Hey, Mr. Custer-you mind if I be excused the rest of the afternoon?
    HEY CHARLIE, DUCK YER HEAD!!
    Hmm, you're a little bit late on that one, Charlie
    Hooh, I bet that smarts!

    (They were sure of victory, the men of the 7th Cavalry, as they rode on)

    (But then from the rear a voice was heard)
    (That same brave voice with the trembling word rang loud and clear)
    What am I doin' here??

    Please Mr. Custer, I don't wanna go
    Listen, Mr. Custer, please don't make me go
    There's a redskin a'waitin' out there, just fixin to take my hair
    A coward I've been called cuz I don't wanna wind up dead or bald

    Please Mr. Custer, I don't wanna go (forward HO)--aaww

    SPOKEN: I wonder what the injun word for friend is
    Let's see-friend-- kemo sabe, that's it
    KEMO SABE!, HEY OUT THERE-KEMO SABE!
    Nope, that itn't it
    Look at them durned injuns
    They're runnin' around like a bunch of wild Indians-heh, heh, heh
    Nah, this ain't no time for jokin'

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  54. habu, right, too much of this in the GOP.

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  55. Buddy,
    What be an apostrophe?

    iff'in it be a anagrammy then:

    A PREP SHOOT
    PERHAPS TOO
    PHASE TROOP
    PEA SHOT PRO
    SPARE PHOTO

    I be to try harder.

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  56. "Ethics to the right of us! Morals to the left of us! Into the Valley of Death rode the 535!"

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  57. Man, i hope "the company" had you in cryptography--

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  58. Although Bletchley Park tries to take credit, it was actually his work with elephant signals that allowed "habu" to break the Nazi's "Enema Code".

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  59. rufus, maybe--after numbers? "I wrote two 2's"?

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  60. After years of republican control of the entire government it is beginning to confirm fears that Wm. Buckley, Geo. Will, and several other thinkers expressed.
    After 40 years out of Congressional power could they govern? Or are they perpetually psyched on wanting to be embraced and loved and the party in perpetual opposition?
    Many of us lifelong Republicans were hoping it was time to institute the Reagan Agenda that got us the power. But then came Geo. H.W.,Clintonx2, and now W.
    Now W's been bogged down with a wowah so he's given up domestically and spent more money than anyboby ever. His SecDef is a strong personality who apparently brooks no contra position, even in planning sessions.
    All the generals have too much media charm and diplomacy and not enough fight and we continue to work through and with organizations that are hopelessly moribund in execution of their missions.
    I think it sucks and the sucking sound could become deafening in early November. Ugh.

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  61. Kudlow is going to back off his call for Hastert to quit--watch & see! CNBC, right now.

    Dam is already rebuilding itself--?

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  62. Last time we had that Giant Sucking Sound, it gave us B...B...Bill C...Clitnon.

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  63. Buddy,
    Man, i hope "the company" had you in cryptography-- I had a crypto ticket but never did any. Hell some days I couldn't find my car in the parking lot.

    look here for the magic

    Anagram

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  64. ah, crap--i thot we had a bona-fide GENIUS
    ENG I US
    GENUS I
    USE GIN
    SUE GIN

    rufus--i think you're on to something--

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  65. The Elephant Bar

    A BLATHER PEN
    ARAB HELP NET
    ABLE PANTHER
    HALT BARN PEE

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  66. Rufus,
    That is great. Means I can run the lawn mower while try'in to hear the wife yell at me from the front porch.

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  67. Buddy,
    I tried being a genius but found it too burdensome.(Agency had me at 155)
    Spent many years actually developing a speaking vocabulary that exceeded by 4x what the average college grad has. (My recognition vocabulary once caused the Agency to question the test results since vocabulary vs. English grammar and math were so at variance)
    Found out I couldn't communicate with anybody..my wife would look at me like WTF are you say'in, others too. So I decided a blend of plausible bull shit and fact kept people guessing and I could have a ball. I found if people discover you're smart, they want you to work harder and I've ALWAYS subscribed to Aristotle's dictum that the only reason man works is to gain leisure...I'm definitely not a work-a-holic and I live inside my mind with great company. Now I don't care, as long as I can have a few hours of solitude and dreams of how good high school was...and Montana will be.

    Your psychiatric fees aren't excessive are they?

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  68. (widow, at the funeral)
    "Yes, I tried to warn him, but he just stood there grinnin and gunnin the lawnmower until the asteroid landed right on top of him."

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  69. Buddy,
    If she holler's DUCK, means we got good eat'in that night.

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  70. hell, @ 155, you could hire out as a Univac. A Bio-Cray. Don't take up chess--you'll go mad.

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  71. If she be holler'n that Victoria was on the phone....I could hear that..

    Victoria

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  72. Shooting sports now and weights..hiking,birding,longbow.

    I like Vegas gambling....I make it a point to always leave when I'm up. Bulls make money and Bears make money and Pigs get slaughtered.

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  73. I think what's happening now is that the very tiny first stages of
    Alzheimers is creeping. Grandfather and father both had it and they know it is hereditary in some cases.
    I haven't been tested cause I don't want to know, not yet anyway.
    I think what's happening now is that the very tiny first stages of
    Alzheimers is creeping. Grandfather and father both had it and they know it is hereditary in some cases.
    I haven't been tested cause I don't want to know, not yet anyway.
    I think what's happening now is that the very tiny first stages of
    Alzheimers is creeping. Grandfather and father both had it and they know it is hereditary in some cases.
    I haven't been tested cause I don't want to know, not yet anyway.

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  74. look'in back on that Buddy-gram i think I added an extra 5..it was 15.

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  75. hey, Alzheimer's not so bad--you can hide your own Easter eggs.

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  76. And with Alzheimer's every day's a new day..

    but I watched 'em both go down,
    a pro baseball player and a fighter jock, and it just kills those around them..not me brother...there's a better final exit.

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  77. If you get any more cheerful, habu, i'll break out in little assholes and crap all over myself

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  78. women with guns? ooo...frisson...as the Franch say....

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  79. Hope you don't get lost on the way to the gym, old-timer!
    :-D

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  80. "Man in Sweatsuit Found Doing Situps in Local Treetop"

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  81. Fox crawler reporting 600 AQ killed/captured in Iraq in September, and Al Masri's (new AQ chief) driver and personal assistant captured today, with 31 other AQ. 50 of the 600 reported to be "foreigners".

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  82. We're down 21 KIA since Saturday--i guess that's why CentCom released the AQ KIA figures Fox just reported.

    It should be no surprise the tangos are coordinating to the big election here stateside.

    Pelosi'd be worth 30 Divisions, easy.

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  83. It ain't racism, rufus--'cause Condi's not really black. If she *was*, she'd act different. Don't you see?

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  84. lefties have the internal consistency of a bloated corpse.

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  85. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said a North Korean nuclear test would be an "unacceptable threat to peace and stability" and further isolate North Korea from the rest of the world. But Condi won't say its unacceptable because they're about to do it and we're about to accept it.

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  86. If you've been listening to Shinzo Abe, teresita, then you will know that there are many forms that "acceptance" can take--or not take.

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  87. Dunno--but it's too bad Bigmac is a Brit. I want an EU continental to start in on our military/private partnerships. The Brits are fighting. Bigmac just works for Airbust or something.

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  88. The elephant got 1800 plus page views today. You guys are doing a great job.

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  89. ...so there I was in the "Training Garage" doing bench presses.
    Now the part about the weight coming down is easy but the reverse..well it must have been the dementia....

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  90. Ah, yes, the dementia-press. very good way to get things off the chest.

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  91. 2164...those sound like good numbers to me..what are they like in the world where we wanna be?

    I added another Lurker Lesson and I'm thinking that we can offer a can of Vienna Sausage and some Grey Poupon dip to the twenty thousandth person who contributes a post.
    I discovered the dementia thing was in the keyboard and my dirty glasses, a vicious combination that can fool a guy, a vicious combination that can fool a guy, a vicious com....did I ever thell you

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  92. well, if you saw Team America, you'll know that our choices are limited anyway. If you're not a dick, you're either a pussy or an asshole--that's the only three categories. So, like, you got a compliment, rufus.

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  93. P-Tater to the rescue, P-Tater to the rescue, go P-tater go...

    wuz up Miztah Rufus,wees got a ruckus com'in, needs my juices flow'in?

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  94. I have no idea habu about any of this stuff. I have not thought this thing through. I am happy to have a meeting place 24/7, without the sanctimonious bullshit of comment counters, post the subjects that interest me and get the feedback. I am learning from all and enjoy the company of fellow news junkies.

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  95. habu, if your keyboard and glasses are acting out, maybe they were molested by a clergyman back there at the Walmart. put them in rehab, maybe.

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  96. I laughed myself to sleep last night with the back and forth on the assault of the elephant.

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  97. well, you don't have to guess, rufus--you can take the test.

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  98. ...uh, don't *really* take it--lawd knows where them clicks'll take ya.

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  99. you might end up living in a van down by the river, with a russian mail order bride who's twice as big as you

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  100. Well I can't find P-Tater anywhere.
    I wanted him to go down to the Old Goat Inn and get me some JTS Brown.

    Who are we gonna bomb tomorrow...BUT BUT how about that stockmarket and the fundamentals...

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  101. well, looks like Bigmac got the Airbus post he was after--next up. 2164, you is prolific!

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