I try to keep things lighter on Fridays, but, well, sometimes some crap just shows up. I read this article that claims, "Leaders from more than 50 Muslim countries promised Thursday to fight extremist ideology."

Now, if you think of the Muslim leaders like you do Democrat leaders, then this makes sense.

Democrat leaders want people to "compromise." Of course, in their world, "compromise" means agreeing with them.

Mulsim leaders claim they're going to fight "extremist ideology." In their world, "extremist ideology" is Muslims who do NOT attack and murder any innocent person who refuses to convert to Islam, as their holy book directs them to.

Democrat leaders scream of "massive cuts that will starve people and force the elderly to eat dog food." Once again, in their world, this means that spending has increased $14 billion, not $50 billion.

Muslim leaders now claim that fatwas can only be issued by "those authorized" to issue them. Note that they didn't say they were actually going to NOT issue fatwas against any non-Islamic person, just that only the "right" person was going to be able to issue them.

So if you read this story and thought that now people will be satisfied, that now the religion of murder really was trying to be a religion of peace -- sorry to burst your bubble.

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Just listening to the old Police song, "Spirits in the Material" this morning. The words just seem so appropriate today.

There is no political solution
To our troubled evolution
Have no faith in constitution
There is no bloody revolution

There is no faith in the US Constitution -- judges, lawyers, and politicians routinely ignore the Constitution and other laws that are passed because they're not convenient.

There is no bloody revolution -- there don't seem to be enough people in America who really care about freedom and rights -- as long as they get to buy what they want to buy, when they want to buy it.

Our so-called leaders speak
With words they try to jail you
The subjugate the meek
But itÂ’s the rhetoric of failure

They certainly try to jail you -- by passing more laws making more things illegal, encouraging selective enforcement. Go ahead, try and make it through an entire day without breaking ANY laws. I can't.

The rhetoric of failure? Hello, can you name ANY successes that government has had ANY part in -- in the last decade?

Where does the answer lie?
Living from day to day
If itÂ’s something we canÂ’t buy
There must be another way

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1 I think Sting would be quite amused to have his old song used as a rally cry for a conservative blog. good on you. (*)>

Posted by: birdwoman at December 09, 2005 05:56 PM (Sc2Wh)

2 Seemed to fit, doncha think?

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A super-ultra liberal group, NC Women United, praised those who agreed with their massively liberal agenda this week.

Of course, that's not how the news story spins it. Instead, the news article says, "A state womenÂ’s coalition praised female legislators Monday for their efforts." Yes, that's some serious liberal spin.

"The coalition is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization whose strength lies in its grassroots contact with N.C. women." Lie. They only praised, invited, and rewarded Democrats -- because their agenda is socialist, NOT nonpartisan in any way, shape, or form.

What are their issues?

1. Increasing the minimum wage.

There's no word on their support or opposition to the only logical conclusion -- a maxium wage.

2. Increasing affordable housing funding.

No mention of exactly how much they want to raise taxes to do this, but whatever the figure, I'm sure it's not quite enough just yet.

3. health care as an essential right for state residents.

Right out of the socialist/communist handbook. Anything that REQUIRES provisions of labor from someone else IS NOT a right -- unless you're in a communist country.

NICK ANDERSON, writer for the Daily Tar Heel, is utterly incompetent to proclaim this group is "nonpartisan."

I know it's just another example of media bias, but there you go.

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Always on Watch sends along a very nice poem for Christmastime that was left in her comments by Papa Ray. It's awesome. I think I've got some dust in my eye... more...

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Last night Bou sent me an email telling me that Fox News' show Hannity and Colmes was live in Riviera Beach, FL, talking about the eminent domain case there.

What a damn nightmare. As many as 6,000 people may become homeless, directly because of direct government action. Why? So some politicians can line their pockets with cash -- I kid you not.

The situation, if you're not aware of it, is that the mayor and government of the "city" of Riviera Beach wants to use eminent domain to kick 6,000 people out of their homes (where most have been for OVER 40 years) so he can give the land to other private individuals -- developers who will build an aquarium, condos, a mall, and a yacht club.

While watching, I took some notes. Hannity, when speaking to the mayor, said at least 10 times, "So, you're going to kick people out of their homes to increase your tax base?" The mayor would not respond. The mayor FINALLY said, in response to that statement, "We will rescue them." Why? "For the good of the community." more...

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The only proper response to this murder of a non-combatant is superior firepower. More terrorists homes need to be turned into rubble. They do not understand peace, only violence.

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Every year we watch as the secularization of the birth of Christ happens around us. This year people are being preemptive, and its been quite successful. Kevin McCullough has started a campaign to send the ACLU Merry Christmas cards. Another effort is out there as well called Operation Nativity: more...

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Ok, that headline was rather weak, wasn't it? That's pretty much all the ACLU does is attempt to reduce freedom in any way possible. Well, in this case, they're really making a big push to crush freedom.

The ACLU is suing private companies that are suspected of providing airplanes that the CIA used to allegedly violate rights granted to non-citizens by the U.S. Constitution.

If you're confused by that statement, that only helps explain why there's over 1,000,000 lawyers in this country, 99% of which are useless (present company excepted, of course).

In the case, a German citizen claims he was abducted from the Serbian-Macedonian border by CIA agents, then imprisoned and tortured, and he was innocent the whole time. As usual in these lawsuits, he claims that all he wants is "...to know why they did this to me."

Oh, and "unspecificed monetary damages in excess of $75,000" because of course a pile of money always makes all the pain go away. And of course, if he wins the lawsuit, all "damages" will be paid BY YOU, THE TAXPAYER, and will go primarily to FUND FURTHER ACLU activity.

Will anyone ever shut these damn anti-americans up? I know Stop the ACLU is at least trying.

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Hey, I don't make this stuff up, I just find it and correctly interpret it.

Patricia Thompson said, "No one is going to tell me this wasn't a race issue."

New Orleans resident Doreen Keeler said, "If it was not poor African-Americans who would be most affected by this, there would have been a plan in place."

Community activist Leah Hodges said, "They died from abject neglect."

Rep. Cynthia McKinney, D-Ga., a member of the massively blatantly racist Congressional Black Caucus said, "the world saw the effects of American-style racism in the drama as it was outplayed by the Katrina survivors."

All this at the Congressional "investigation" into hurricane Katrina responses. Of course, all the government agencies in New Orleans and Louisiana are Democrats, so according to all these black people, the DEMOCRATS are the ones who are racist.

Next time you're voting for someone based on their race, remember the Democrats are the people who see people based on their skin color -- it's the Democrats who have a caucus on the house floor that's membership based on skin color.

It's Democrats who didn't plan for problems in LA. If there was a racist response, the Democrats were the ones running the show...

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The Charlotte Observer has an editorial a news story with the following headline:

Keeping N.C. teachers will take more than pay, licensing efforts

Instead, the article focuses on the lack of teachers, the various school districts that cannot hire enough, and the various cash incentives and bonuses that are being used to attempt to attract teachers.

The easy solution is the one that's overlooked -- if the state can't find enough teachers, stop trying. Seriously. There's no reason that the state should be the only provider of education. The state should simply give up, perhaps starting at the high school level -- just stop providing high school, let the market take over, and give tax credits to anyone with school-age children.

Of course, the politicians are way too entrenched to ever give up any power, so that's not going to happen.

If you cannot attract employees with cash, try another option -- give the damn teachers some authority. Change their working conditions so THEY are in charge of the classroom, not the children.

Allow teachers to dictate what will happen in the classroom. Allow teachers to throw children out of the classroom when they are disruptive. Don't send convicted felonious sex offenders into the classrooms with the teachers. Allow teachers to arm themselves against the gangs and violence. EXPEL students who are involved in felonious assaults and gang wars on school grounds.

But then, you'd have to get rid of students who won't learn -- and that would reduce the federal funding -- so that's not going to happen, either.

So what's the solution? Take your own children and get them out of the government school system and let it collapse under it's own weight.

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Earlier this week I started investigating a mysterious group associated with a "Free Dome." I even managed to located the emblem used by this group, and their stated goals of putting a dancing tent in a dome.

More has been revealed. Harvey has discovered an apparently related campaign using Free Rabbits. In addition, Stop the ACLU covertly reveals that they have organized into a militia calling themselves the "Free Dome Fighters" (see the 4th paragraph).

Where will this end? Where are these Free Dome fighters going? Do they have plans to invade the U.S.? Are they the reason Bush made his historic trip to Mongolia? I'm not sure, but I've heard rumors that it may have something to do with ArmyWifeToddlerMom's plastic trees...

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Funny...but not so funny:

The PC version of the original Christmas via Tigerhawk by way of Harvey.

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Quite often it is very hard to tell the difference between Republican and Democrats. On many issues, like government spending, there is no difference at all. However, every now and then, an issue shows up that draws a line. Illegal immigration has become the new "third rail" of politics -- but Republicans in Mecklenburg County actually touched it last night.

At the Mecklenburg County Commissioners meeting, the Republicans put forth a proposal. At it's heart, the proposal, introduced by Jim Puckett (R) and supported by the few Republicans on the board, requested that the county follow federal law. The Democrats (a majority) opposed obeying the law and voted down the proposal. more...

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Today I'd like to introduce two new advertisers that have shown their confidence in Ogre's Politics and Views and are advertising here in hopes of obtaining a few new readers.

Don't let them down -- take a quick look at these folks and see what they've got -- even if you've already seen their blogs, why not head back one more time and see if there's something new, different, or just something you missed last time.

First up, at the top of the left column, you'll find the "Rent My Blog" space occupied once again by Scooter McGavin's 9th Green. This is Scooter's second time renting space on this little blog, so that should tell you he either really likes the folks that visited from here or he's just plain nuts.

Besides, you sort of have to go visit there because his tag line says:

Your one-stop place for music, TV, sports, politics and anything else I deem worthy. So make sure you come back everyday or you'll pay, listen to what I say.

And remember, if you want to rent that space (and get this nifty little plug), you'll have to have a free BlogExplosion account.

Next up, just below that is the BlogAds section. You can add one of these yourself if you like, just like Stop the ACLU did. It's really cheap inexpensive, and once again, you get some "above the fold" advertising and exposure.

Stop the ACLU is a nice place to go when you want some news about the ACLU and what they're doing wrong. And yes, if the ACLU is involved, it probably is wrong. Head on over and see what the latest is -- breaking stories often show up there before many other places in the news or on the web.

And if you're interested in adding your own blogAd, they are only $10 -- just head over there (link also at the bottom of the ad strip) and add your own ad.

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Why do we even give this guy a stage?

Sometimes I think the world would have been better off if a Marine had just tossed a grenade down the spider hole before checking it...

The "man" (and I use that term loosely) is an evil murderer. He is scum. If you deny that, you are really, really clueless. Toss him in a jail cell for life or kill him. Just stop giving him center stage for the world to watch.

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Today is Pearl Harbor Day. View more pictures.

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2005
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

On National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, we pray for those lost on December 7, 1941, and we honor the courage of a generation of Americans who devoted themselves to one of the great missions in our country's history. After the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor took more than 2,400 American lives, millions of our citizens answered the call to defend our liberty, and the world witnessed the power of freedom to overcome tyranny.

Liberty's ultimate triumph was far from clear in the early days of World War II. When our country was attacked at Pearl Harbor, America was emerging from the Great Depression, and several nations had larger armies than the United States. In Asia and Europe, country after country had fallen before the armies of militaristic tyrants. However, the brave and determined men and women of our Nation maintained their faith in the power of freedom and democracy. They fought and won a world war against two of the most ruthless regimes the world has ever known. In the years since those victories, the power of freedom and democracy has transformed America's enemies in World War II into close friends.

Today, our goal is to continue to spread freedom and democracy and to secure a more peaceful world for our children and grandchildren. We are grateful to the men and women who are defending our flag and our freedom in the first war of the 21st century. These patriots are protecting our country and our way of life by upholding the tradition of honor, bravery, and integrity demonstrated by those who fought for our Nation in World War II. The service and sacrifice of our World War II veterans continue to inspire people across our country, and we remain deeply grateful for all that these heroes have done for the cause of freedom.

-- President G.W. Bush

(Linked to TMH's Open Trackbacks.)

And Peter Porcupine has much more!

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Word is that Greg Dority will challenge alleged Republican Walter Jones in the 3rd Congressional district of North Carolina.

The 3rd district is out in the eastern part of the state, so I'm not familiar with these names. You can be sure that the way the slanted, biased, scum-sucking Democrat NC Legislature draws the districts, that there will be no competition from Democrats in a Republican district, so this race will likely be settled in the primary.

The current occupant of the seat, Walter Jones, helped sponsor the resolution that demanded Bush set an exact date for troop withdrawal from Iraq. Dority, quite clearly, would never suggest such a thing. So, if this turns out to be a race between conservative and RINO, it should be very interesting to watch.

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Via Oddy:

You Passed the US Citizenship Test

Congratulations - you got 10 out of 10 correct!

No problem here. I'm not sure about today's high school "graduates..."

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A couple nice, shiny carnivals for you to check out this week (look, something shiny!)

First up, the always popular (at least in my mind) Showcase Carnival. This week it appears at Dave's Not Here. This one shows the latest and newest in blogs. See what all the new people are doing!

Next, the growing Carnival of Liberty. This is a carnival of, well, Liberty. If you're not sure what liberty is (and if you learned in the gub'mint schools, you weren't taught it), be sure to head over to Below the Beltway and read all about it. This one really shows where and how government destroys liberty.

Finally, don't forget this week's Tarheel Tavern. This week it's at Colonel Corn's Camera. What? That's some craaazy alliteration there. Anyway, Colonel Corn hosts the Tavern and adds a couple really cool pictures that show how I imagine the Tarheel Tavern Carnival to be! Go read for the latest from the Turpentine State (that's NC).

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In case you've forgotten who the good guys are and who the bad guys are (since no one is wearing white and black hats any more), read what Rob B. has to say. He's talking about alleged "secret prisons" and torture by the CIA. Good stuff there, I couldn't have said it better myself.

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1 I agree with him on just about everything. The only thing I fear is that it might escalate into secret police or random searches like in Germany and Russia. The leaders were paranoid of revolts, foreign invasions, and terrorists like in our country now.

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2 That's why I don't have much to complain about -- he was addressing secret prisons and torture in other countries. But yes, a police state in the US is a valid fear -- in fact, we're really there now, we just don't want to admit it.

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