Our new site is finally up and running, and we'll be posting there from now on.
posted by thebaldchick @ 7:53 AM
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Of the crazy of course!
American commanders cite al-Qaida's severe brand of Islam, which is so extreme that in Baqouba, al-Qaida has warned street vendors not to place tomatoes beside cucumbers because the vegetables are different genders, Col. David Sutherland said.Heh! But which is sexier? That's what I want to know!
posted by jakejacobsen @ 11:39 AM
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Source: sun journal
“Hate incident’ in city”I crap you negative!
One student has been suspended and more disciplinary action could follow a possible hate crime at Lewiston Middle School, Superintendent Leon Levesque said Wednesday.Yes, I understand that delicious baby back ribs are next on the agenda, shudder, the humanity people, the humanity!
On April 11, a white student placed a ham steak in a bag on a lunch table where Somali students were eating. Muslims consider pork unclean and offensive.
The act reminded students of a man who threw a pig’s head into a Lewiston mosque last summer.
The school incident is being treated seriously as “a hate incident,” Levesque said. Lewiston police are investigating, and the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence is working with the school to create a response plan.
“We’ve got some work to do to turn this around and bring the school community back together again,” Levesque said.
Placing ham where Muslim students were eating was “an awful thing,” said Stephen Wessler, executive director of the Center for Prevention of Hate Violence. “It’s extraordinarily hurtful and degrading” to Muslims, whose religion prohibits them from being around ham. It’s important to respond swiftly, Wessler said.
“Incidents like this that involve degrading language or conduct are often said by the perpetrator as a joke. I know that conduct is never static,” he said. “It’s part of a process of escalation.”
Hitler Kitty sez: Ham steaks do not a pogram make Herr Wessler, in your case though I could make an exception!
posted by jakejacobsen @ 1:15 AM
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As I'm sure you're sick to death of hearing, we are going to DC tomorrow! We will be a proud member of Bloggers Row for the event and we will be providing lots of pictures, video and reporting from the scene!Event Participants
If you signed up but did not receive your lobby team assignment, or didn't pre-register but would like to lobby Monday-Wednesday, please stop by the registration table before or after lobby training on Sunday, which starts at noon at the Phoenix Park Hotel. If you pre-paid for the reception on Tuesday, you will get your tickets when pick up your name badge from the registration table.
Agenda and Event Information
The four day schedule of activities includes a Capitol Hill Lobbying Campaign organizing hundreds of participants who will visit their legislators urging them to oppose illegal alien amnesty and push for stronger border enforcement. Additional press conferences, live interviews with Congressmen and Senators, blogger's row, receptions and special events are planned to put radio hosts, listeners, and hundreds of activists together at the front lines of the illegal alien amnesty debate.
Read the full event agenda.
Sunday Events
The Rally to Demand Secure Borders and Enforcement of Our Immigration Law sponsored by the Dustin Inman Society will start at 3:30 at Lafayette Park, which is between H St. and Pennsylvania Ave., just north of the White House.
Important Rally Rules from the Dustin Inman Society, which is sponsoring the rally.
"To simplify the rules . . . think about it this way: Nothing except your shoes should touch the ground with the single exception of a sign that is within three feet of your person. Please do not bring anything in a box NO TRIPODS, NO BOXES, NO CHAIRS, OR BALLOONS. Please, DO NOT GET MORE THAN THREE FEET AWAY FROM YOUR SIGN IF YOU PUT IT DOWN"
Read the full rules at the Dustin Inman Society site.
Will there be counter-demonstrators?
It is likely that there will be some counter-demonstrators on Sunday. The Park Police and other law enforcement will be on-site regardless of whether illegal immigration supporters show up.
Driving directions - use http://maps.google.com/and type in Lafayette Park, DC Metro (Subway) - http://www.wmata.com/- the McPherson Square stop is close to the White House
Pre-Registration Closed!
If you are planning on joining us in Washington DC for this event, our website registration is closed. At this time, if you are planning on lobbying Congress Mon-Wed, please visit the registration table at the Phoenix Park Hotel to sign up starting Sunday, at 10:00 AM. Also, if you plan on attending the benefit reception for Border Agents Ramos and Compean we have closed on-line registration. There are still spots available at the reception, and you can pay in advance by visiting our registration/information table at the Phoenix Park Hotel.
Transportation
We recommend using the subway here as the best method for getting in and out of the District - public garages in downtown D.C. will typically charge $20 or more per day. Visit the PMI Parking Site for DC to locate a garage. Not all garages are open on a Sunday. One PMI facility that is open is the one at 1325 G. St. 202-785-9191. FAIR is not officially recommending one parking facility for rally participants, however the G. St. location is relatively close to the White House.
How to Help from Home
Read FAIR's suggestions for how to have an impact if you aren't able to attend the events in DC, including calls and visits to your local district office, as well as discussing the event on your personal blog in coordination with Blogger's Row at Feet to the Fire.
I think not! :)
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I feel like a seventies DJ using that term!
H/T Pornstar Mike!
posted by jakejacobsen @ 6:13 PM
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Once upon a time 'The Derb' at NRO compiled a most useful list.
Congress Daily reports today that "A core group of senators that has been meeting almost daily for the last several weeks is close to announcing the outlines of a comprehensive immigration bill that could be the basis for Senate debate in late May." A part of the possible deal would be "a 'trigger' mechanism that would delay implementation of a guestworker program until enforcement mechanisms are in place." There's been talk of this phony "trigger" idea for a while now, but until I spoke with some congressional staffers last night I didn't realize how phony it really is. The idea is that there would be certain enforcement benchmarks that would have to be met before a guestworker/amnesty program kicked in. It sounds plausible enough, but it isn't.So, if you will allow me to work the tote board?
The first problem is one that Mickey Kaus has written about — that having a promise of amnesty in a bill, regardless of conditions, just serves as a magnet for illegals to enter (or stay) and keep their heads down until the amnesty kicks in. But even worse is what the staffers explained to me: any deal including a trigger would actually give illegal aliens legal status (amnesty) immediately, while enforcement efforts were improved — so all that would be "triggered" is the illegals' opportunity to get a green card, not their ability to keep living and working here under some other status, which would continue indefinitely if the trigger conditions were not met.
posted by jakejacobsen @ 5:58 PM
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Source: the state
Another arrested in prostitution caseCan you feel it? How these scumbags strengthen the very fabric of America? I think we can all agree that prostituting a fourteen year old girl certainly qualifies as 'plucky!' I thank god daily that our president has stuck to his guns and made certain that the necessary conditions required for this underage girl to be bought and sold remained unchanged!
Federal authorities have arrested another person in connection with the forced prostitution of a 14-year-old Mexican girl and have indicted three others.
Rafael Hernandez-Gonzalez was indicted Wednesday, court documents said. He is charged with eluding examination and inspection by immigration officials.
Jesus Perez-Laguna, Guadalupe Reyes-Rivera and Ciro Bustos-Rosales were indicted Wednesday on six counts that include immigration and prostitution offenses.
Reyes-Rivera is a fugitive. Anyone with information about her should call the FBI at (803) 551-4200 or Immigration and Customs Enforcement at (803) 765-5430.
The U.S. Government estimates 18,000 to 20,000 victims are trafficked to the United States annually. These victims are typically forced, coerced or lured through fraud into slavery-like conditions.Feel the pride, the American pride as we usher in the new era of slavery!
posted by jakejacobsen @ 4:56 PM
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Source: reuters
US cops grab 9 illegal workers at military baseAnd how many of our "cheerful invaders" have been pinched working at military bases?
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - U.S. police arrested nine illegal immigrants working for a contractor at a California military base on Thursday, in an operation underscoring a threat to national security from fake identity documents, authorities said. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in San Diego said the employees worked for a contractor at Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, and had used fake permanent residency cards obtained on a thriving black market in the city to gain work.
The operation was the latest in an ongoing sweep by ICE that has discovered more than 850 undocumented workers using fake identity cards to work at sensitive military bases and airports in San Diego County.As I've said before, you can talk to me about the war on terrah when we pretend to give a rat's ass about security here. Until then what we have is a group of folks running around cutting off heads and what not, and our gub'mint with its thumb up its ass!
Items have been found by law enforcement officials along the banks of the Rio Grande River and inland that indicate possible ties to a terrorist organization or member of military units of Mexico.106 A jacket with patches from countries where al Qa’ida is known to operate was found in Jim Hogg County, Texas by the Border Patrol. The patches on the jacket show an Arabic military badge with one depicting an airplane flying over a building and heading towards a tower, and another showing an image of a lion’s head with wings and a parachute emanating from the animal. The bottom of one patch read “martyr,” “way to eternal life” or “way to immortality.”107Security? I think not! Gardeners and busboys folks, until they're not!
Aguilar Zinser, reported, that “Spanish and Islamic terrorist groups are using Mexico as a refuge.”114
Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller has confirmed in testimony “that there are individuals from countries with known al-Qa’ida connections who are changing their Islamic surnames to Hispanic-sounding names and obtaining false Hispanic identities, learning to speak Spanish and pretending to be Hispanic immigrants.115
posted by jakejacobsen @ 4:38 PM
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Source: lsj.com
Four arrested at Minutemen co-founder's speech"Our people?" Why, whatever could he mean? Presumably he's an American, right?
EAST LANSING -- Just before Minutemen co-founder Chris Simcox began his speech this evening at MSU, more than 100 protesters were gathered in front of Conrad Hall under a banner that read, "No human being is illegal." Later, about 7:45 p.m., four protesters were arrested when they refused to let the speech go forward. Student activist Jose Villagran said the group had come to "visibly protest someone who promotes terrorism against our people." "Human life is more important than racist laws," Villagran said in a speech to the protesters. The Minutemen are an anti-illegal immigration group and serve as self-appointed guardians of the border with Mexico.
As a limited time offer when you buy the "I can't possibly be racist: I'M BROWN BITCH" kewpie doll we will throw in these delightful "Tan Klan" hand puppets for free! Order now, supplies are limited!
posted by jakejacobsen @ 4:09 PM
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Source: news.com.au
Underworld gangs are linked to most gun violence here, including the death of mayor Iccho Ito, who was attacked by a gang member on Tuesday in the southern Japanese city as he campaigned for re-election this weekend. …I was going to snark on Japan in the title, then realized it would be unfair to single them out as if this were somehow unique. Nope, as far as I can tell it is the default position of all gub'mints to truck in vast amounts of high quality, family sized stupid!
“We want to call on all ministries and agencies concerned to take proactive gun-control measures,” Mr Shiozaki, the top spokesman for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, said. …
Japan already strictly controls guns, with only police and licensed hunters and some sportsmen allowed to own firearms.
Hitler Kitty sez: I smell a pogram, a gub'mint pogram!
posted by jakejacobsen @ 3:52 PM
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Source: New York Times Blog
I understand why the the student turned into a gunman. I knew that something like this was going to happen, and this may be the beginning, unless Americans become more respectful to non-white people (both verbal and nonverbal). Racism is constant, mostly nonverbal. I came from a similar background, although not exactly the same. During the junior high school, I was one of the few Asians at the school. Many students are racists and people called me many names. I also spoke constantly about killing people. I started lifting weights, and at the end of that year, I was the strongest in my school. I played with lots of bb guns and paintball guns. I started playing various sports (fball, wrestling, etc). My parents were also poor. Many immigrants either join gangs or some people play sports to release their anger. Fortunately, I was able to overcome the environmental factors, became very popular in high school, and overcame the adversity. It is a special challenge for immigrants and non-caucasians in America. I have an incredibly strong will power and through the help of God, I overcame adversities and constant racism. Now, I am very successful. Many people will not overcome racial adversities and this shooting could just be the beginning… My advice to all Americans:What the hell, let's just state the obvious here. Kids will always be dicks to kids who are different. The only way to change that would be to eliminate children. Does our deluded commenter here really think a white child would fare much differently in a non-white society?
1. Be respectful to all people (both verbal and nonverbal), all the time.
2. I don’t understand the gunlaw(biggest problem)
3. American media is full of junk (violence(WWF), sex(OC), drugs, and violent music. Get rid of them, now.
4. Understand that many people from other countries that have poor english accents are better educated than many americans here, with masters and PhDs. Be respectful to people in all places, but most Americans will never know what it feels like to be non-white, because white people are nice to white people.
5. The gunman had personal problems, but it is the media, and the americans that influenced the gunman. Again, the gunlaw is also incomprehensible.
posted by jakejacobsen @ 2:33 PM
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Source: The Sun Journal (H/T Hot Air)
One student has been suspended and more disciplinary action could follow a possible hate crime at Lewiston Middle School, Superintendent Leon Levesque said Wednesday.A hate crime? Doesn't there have to be an underlying crime before we can leap to "hate crime" status?
On April 11, a white student placed a ham steak in a bag on a lunch table where Somali students were eating. Muslims consider pork unclean and offensive.
*SNIP*
The school incident is being treated seriously as "a hate incident," Levesque said. Lewiston police are investigating, and the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence is working with the school to create a response plan.
He began to think white students didn't like him, and the act was their way of letting him know.Well, that's apples and oranges, isn't it folks? Apples and oranges.
posted by thebaldchick @ 2:12 PM
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In the latest Blogs For Borders Video Blogburst we told the story of Isidro Pena Soto. Illegal alien scumbag who after repeated violations of the law and a deportation hold killed Kent Boone, a father of five. Now the family is looking for answers and there hard to come by as weak, foolish politicians who allowed Senor Soto free reign to ramp up to this crime hide under their desks, knees knocking...
A convicted felon and drunk driver in Solano County was supposed to be deported in 2005. Two years later, that illegal immigrant faces murder charges, and the victim’s family can’t get answers.H/T immigration watchdog
“Nobody wants to accept responsibility. None. There’s questions that can be answered and nobody wants to answer it,” said April Godin outside a Fairfield courtroom Wednesday, minutes after Isidro Pena Soto, 26, pleaded not guilty to charges of second degree murder, felony drunk driving and possession of methamphetamine.
Pena Soto is charged with killing Kent Boone, 33, in a head-on crash on Highway 12 between Rio Vista and Fairfield March 31. The CHP said he has four prior DUI convictions, is an illegal immigrant, and had two pounds of methamphetamine in his SUV. Investigators estimate Pena Soto was traveling 90 miles per hour at the time of the crash.
A News10 investigation showed in April 2005, Pena Soto pleaded no contest to felony drug possession and misdemeanor DUI. He was only sentenced to 122 days in Solano County jail. As an illegal immigrant with a felony conviction, court documents show he had an immigration hold, meaning he faced deportation after serving his sentence.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, however, told News10 they have no record of being contacted about Pena Soto in 2005 or any other time prior to his latest arrest.
Godin is the mother of two of Boone’s children from an earlier relationship. She attended Pena Soto’s arraignment with Boone’s current wife, Regina Sorioso, and other family members, including Sorioso’s two children. Many of them had heart-shaped lockets around their necks, which Sorioso said contained a pinch of Boone’s ashes……
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Oklahoma recently passed one of the toughest pieces of legislation dealing with illegal immigration. The comments beneath this article are an interesting and instructive snapshot of the current debate over illegal immigration...
57. 4/18/2007 2:49:18 PM, George Washington,Now to the anti-illegal immigration side...
It was once illegal for women to vote. it was illegal for Blacks to be free. It was illegal to help a runaway save. It was illegal for Blacks to marry a White. It was illegal for Blacks to learn to read and write. It was illegal for a Black to testify against a White. It was illegal for Blacks to own property. It was legal for a husband to rape his wife. Illegal is a social construct. No human being is illegal. Immigration policies have been embede with racism. Europeans had easy passage the US.
48. 4/18/2007 1:26:02 PM, chris,
A guy 60 years ago (hitler) used the "laws on the books" to kill 6 million jews. We had slaves in this country for 200 years because of "laws on the books". We conquered and massacred natives indians in this country because of "laws on the books". There are genocides all over the world because of "laws on the books".
I hear that illegal immigrants are criminals because they broke the law. How many of you break the law every day driving on freeways over the speed limit. Are you criminals because you break the law? Of course not.
Laws can be bad or unrealistic. Making criminals out of people that came here for a better life and are hard working individuals is not fair. It is just a screwed up law!
49. 4/18/2007 1:52:07 PM, JESSICA,
I agree with the above poster..not only Hitler, but Saddam Husseim..!! he killed thousand of "invaders"..!!
Besides, deporting million of people is a crime, and it is GENOCIDE, even if they don't kill a single person. As per the new Genocide Law, massive deportations are also a crime, just take a look at Dandurf and Kosovo..1.5 million people deported, and the U.N. had to stop it. Just imagine the USA deporting 20 million..is a horrendous crime.!!
And thanks to the State of Arkansas, they did not approve the Immigration law, similar to the Oklahoma law. Oklahoma is the only retarded state in the region!! Good luck!!
42. 4/18/2007 11:54:29 AM, Aztec Poet,
Racists always try to deflect their racism by yelling "they are playing the race card." Strange irony. This bill is racism at its ugliest. In 100 years, people will hang in shame that grandma and grandpa were so blind to their xenophobic fears. STOP THE HATE!
67. 4/19/2007 9:51:28 AM, adrock, Los AngelesWhen you have eyewitnesses why not believe them? You should read through them all, like I said, interesting and instructive, a true snapshot of the current debate, of course only one side is interested in debating, while the other is quite fond of calling names.
GOOD WORK OKLAHOMA! Illegal aliens need to go back to where they came from. Always bitching that America owes them better treatment. The government they ran away from owes them better treatment...America owes them nothing!
I can't help but laugh at all you clowns defending illegals. Most of you won't realize what's really happening here until it's too late. Just wait until they come to your neighborhood and start pushing you around in your own town. 10 years ago, nobody out here in LA thought illegals were a problem, and today they own the place. Why don't all of you sympathizers move your families out to east LA if want to experience the future of America because this is what you're ultimately fighting for.
And for all you people crying about racism...buckle up. When Latinos take over you'll see racism that you didn't believe possible and it will all be directed at your white, english-speaking ass. Unlike most of you, I live amongst Latinos and they are the most racist culture I have ever come across.
Disagree if you like, but DO NOT forget my warning: Illegal immigrants will be the death knell of America. You people are trying to be friends with people who don't want your friendship, and unless you stop this invasion, you'll see America dissolve into a third world sewer. And when that happens, just remember that you were one of the morons who fought for that outcome.
68. 4/19/2007 1:27:06 PM, kevin,
I couldnt agree more with adrock. I also lived in southern california when latinos were much fewer in numbers, and everyone defended their presence and hard work, but now that they are the majority there, things are much different. They arent the quiet, mind their own business folk who are just hoping to make it here in America (illegally), they are now banding together (remember May 1 2006?) and demanding things they are in no way owed! They now are arrogant in public and will openly argue with you that this (USA) is Mexico!! They have effectively ruined a once prestigious California school system by requiring so many resources go to ESL programs and performing poorly on exams. All this, on top of vicious gangs, smuggling rings, and an extremely anti American attitude, its a wonder more states arent jumping to take the same action as Oklahoma! If youre too ignorant to listen to people like me, who have experienced this, then you have no one to blame but yourself when America is destroyed. Hooray for Oklahoma making a very wise decision.
Maybe they shouldn't have come illegally.. I know that isn't right but you can't help who you fall in love with and asking someone their legal status before you begin a relationship is ludacris.H/T Vdare
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Source: the hill
Presidential candidate and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) said Monday the reason he has not called for the removal of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is that the two both have Hispanic backgrounds.Let's play a little game. Imagine if I was a politician and a fellow politician who was white had gotten himself into trouble and I went on record saying: I'm honest, I want to give him the benefit of the doubt because he's white.
Richardson, in an interview with The Hill, said he is "pretty close" to making such a call, but added that he is reluctant to do so before Gonzales's Senate testimony despite the high-profile involvement of New Mexico in the U.S. attorneys scandal.
[Richardson says] "The only reason I'm not there is because he's Hispanic, and I know him and like him... It's because he's Hispanic. I'm honest... I want to give him the benefit of the doubt."
posted by jakejacobsen @ 11:49 AM
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Source: sunjournal
LEWISTON - One student has been suspended and more disciplinary action could follow a possible hate crime at Lewiston Middle School, Superintendent Leon Levesque said Wednesday.Should students be punished for this? Of course! Should the freaking police be involved? Only if Islam is the state religion.
On April 11, a white student placed a ham steak in a bag on a lunch table where Somali students were eating. Muslims consider pork unclean and offensive.
The act reminded students of a man who threw a pig’s head into a Lewiston mosque last summer.
The school incident is being treated seriously as “a hate incident,” Levesque said. Lewiston police are investigating, and the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence is working with the school to create a response plan.
H/T Hot Air
posted by jakejacobsen @ 11:28 AM
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Found in comments at the Indymedia thread on Hold Their Feet To The Fire...
by Anglo HaterAll I can say is: Please -- Please -- Please keep talking like this!
We are going to swallow Anglo America. We are going to take control and do whatever we want and you can't stop us. We don't care about your democracy or plymouth rock or your laws or your mythical border or your constitution or 'voter rights'-- all that means nothing because we are going to retake what you stole from us and restore Mexico here from the ground up. It's inevitable. You can't stop us. It's not possible. We love the joy of babies and our children too much. Hah hah--and you actually voted for George Bush too! You fools! He's going to make it happen because he fears us! We are laughing at you! You have already lost. Start learning Spanish. HAH HAH! Good morning Aztlan!
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In just two days MJ and I will be hopping a jet to our nations capital. On Sunday we will join with hundreds/thousands of our fellow Americans to say "Hell No!" to the current amnesty debacle at the Hold Their Feet To The Fire rally sponsored by the Dusty Inman Society and a whole host of other organizations like ALIPAC, FAIR and many, many more.
A boy can hope anyway!
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posted by jakejacobsen @ 9:23 PM
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Source: aafaq
Debate on Virginia Tech Muslim Students' Association Mailing List Concerning Permissibility of Praying for Mercy for Non-Muslim VictimsThe only good news, and it's not a lot...
The liberal Arabic-language website Aafaq reports that a Muslim student set off a debate when she sent an email to the mailing list of the Muslim Students' Association at Virginia Tech asking the students to pray that Allah have mercy on those killed and wounded in the shooting attack at the university.
According to Aafaq, the dean of student affairs at American International University, Abu Hamza Hijji, responded, writing that Allah the Most Merciful forbids praying for mercy for the non-Muslim dead, or even for the non-Muslim living, and that it is only permitted to pray that they be rightly guided. He added that what happened was a sad occurrence, but that does not give Muslims the right to transgress the laws of Allah the Most Merciful.
Aafaq reported that a student named Chris, a recent convert, did not agree, and wrote that he usually does not intervene in this kind of discussion, but that this time he had to say "no." He added that his German teacher, who was wounded in the shooting, is a good man, and that he was praying that he would not die. He said that he would pray for him and for his family, whether they are Muslims or not, and would pray for all those who suffered from this calamity. He expressed the view that religion must bring people together, and not drive them apart, and that the brotherhood of humanity takes precedence over brotherhood of religion or of state.
According to Aafaq, Hijji answered Chris, saying that there is no problem with praying that non-Muslims be kept safe and not be killed, if there is hope that they might be guided [to the right path] [DS: conversion to Islam]; but one cannot pray for the non-Muslim dead, since there is no chance of their being guided. He said that the Prophet Muhammad had told the Muslim soldiers at the battle of Badr to not kill some of the nonbelievers, even though they were on the battlefield, as they had treated Muhammad well when he was in Mecca.
Hijji wrote that the students should ask Allah to save Chris' teacher (i.e. the German teacher) from death and turn his heart to the truth. But he said at the same time that the Prophet did not pray for forgiveness for the non-Muslims, and in particular did not ask Allah to have mercy on them, even those whom the Prophet had wanted to be guided when they were alive. Once they died, the Prophet was not permitted to ask for mercy for them. Hijji added that the Prophet behaved this way on Allah's instructions.
Hijji wrote that the relative importance of brotherhood in humanity or religion needs to be evaluated according to Allah's laws, and not according to human reason. He added that he might seem to be a hard-hearted person, but that this is what people throughout the generations said about the prophets and messengers who came with God's message to guide others to the truth.
According to Aafaq, some students expressed their uneasiness with the discussion and asked to be taken off the mailing list, while others tried to justify the seemingly difficult matter.Gosh, may we import more please?
Judgement Bunny is not amused!
posted by jakejacobsen @ 8:38 PM
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By James Kotthoff
posted by jakejacobsen @ 4:34 PM
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Source: timesleader
Register of wills won’t give license for illegal immigrant to marry area woman.Illegal aliens are not "near beer" citizens, and we do them and ourselves no favors by pretending they are. Citizenship is one of the most important commodities in a republic, and actions like this can only serve to weaken the republic, not strengthen it. funny how the ACLU never appears to take the side of the country that spawned it, ain't it?
Wilkes Barre -- The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit against Luzerne County Register of Wills Dorothy Stankovic for refusing to accept a marriage application of an illegal immigrant who wishes to marry a legal resident of the United States.
The suit, filed on behalf of Heather Buck and Jose Guadelupe Arias-Maravilla of West Hazleton, says Stankovic’s policy requires applicants to prove they are legal residents before she will issue a marriage license. The ACLU maintains that policy is not based on any state statute and violates the U.S. and Pennsylvania constitutions.
The suit could potentially have statewide impact as other counties are believed to have similar policies, said lawyer Mary Catherine Roper of the ACLU in Philadelphia, the lead attorney in the case.
“This is a big deal,” Roper said in a phone interview Wednesday. “We’ve been talking to immigration attorneys all over the state and we understand the same thing is happening in practically every county you can name.”
According to the suit filed in federal court in Scranton, Arias-Maravilla, a citizen of Mexico, has admitted he is in the United States illegally and has agreed to be deported by May 12. He and Buck, who is a legal resident, have been living together since October 2005. They have a son, who was born in December. The couple were making arrangements for their marriage when Arias-Maravilla was taken into custody in January.
The suit says Arias-Maravilla was walking to a pay phone after his car broke down when he was approached by police. The officers asked for identification and he presented a Mexican driver’s license. He refused to answer when asked if he was in the country legally and was taken into custody and turned over to immigration officials.
Arias-Maravilla appeared before an immigration judge on March 6 and admitted he had entered the U.S. without permission. He agreed to voluntarily leave the country within 60 days.
The suit says Arias-Maravilla’s will still be deported even if he and Buck are married. The couple want to go through with the ceremony so that their son has the “legal, social, spiritual and psychological benefits of the lawful marriage of his parents.”
Pennsylvania law requires marriage license applicants to produce a birth certificate and provide information regarding their occupation, birthplace, residence and to certify they do not have a transmissible disease. It does not require proof of legal residency status, the suit says.
Buck and Arias-Maravilla say they went to Stankovic’s office on Tuesday. Arias-Maravilla presented a Mexican birth certificate as well as his passport and immigration papers, while Buck presented a birth certificate and photo identification. Deputy Register of Wills Don Williams refused to accept the application because there was no visa in Arias-Maravilla’s passport, which caused Williams to conclude Arias-Maravilla was “illegally in the country,” the suit says.
The suit further says Williams provided the couple a copy of Stankovic’s policy, which directs employees to refuse a marriage license to any foreign citizen who cannot prove legal residence in the United States and to report the applicants to immigration officials.
“The Register of Wills doesn’t get to make up rules. She is supposed to enforce the Pennsylvania marriage law. When you start making up rules that are not on the books, it infringes on people’s rights to be treated equally and you have a constitutional problem,” Roper said.
Stankovic, in a prepared statement, did not directly address the allegation the application was denied because of Arias-Maravilla’s residency status.
The statement says Stankovic’s office requires all applicants for a marriage license to present proof of identity for both applicants. Arias-Maravilla’s application was denied because he did not produce “satisfactory proof of identification,” Stankovic says in the release.
“This has been a long-standing policy of the Clerk of the Orphan’s Court,” Stankovic said. “It is my intention to adamantly oppose any move to have my office modify or change the current policy.”
The suit asks a federal judge to declare the policy void and to issue a preliminary injunction prohibiting Stankovic from enforcing it. It also seeks unspecified monetary damages for violations of the plaintiff’s rights, as well as court costs and attorney fees.
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Source: 11 eyewitnessnews
RALEIGH) - A man who stood with his back to the Eyewitness News camera because he is afraid to show his face or reveal his name, is originally from Mexico City and now a very successful building contractor who lives in the Triangle.How many further laws did this individual break amassing that money? How many corners were cut in the building process and what recourse will those he served have if they have problems in the future? The list of questions is endless, and pointless.
He is also an illegal immigrant filing a federal income tax return, and in 2006, he made more than $577,000.
Through an interpreter he said, “I’ve been long enough in the country, and I know I have to do the right thing. And I know paying taxes is the right thing.”
His wealth may be an exception, but the tax return filed by an illegal immigrant is not.
Across the Triangle and across the nation, undocumented workers are flooding a handful of income tax offices which cater to immigrants.
“Over the past three years, what I have seen is every year there is an increase,” said Blaire Borthayre, tax service consultant.
According to Borthayre more and more illegal immigrants are filing tax returns on the hope of gaining legal residency. Immigration bills now pending in congress would legalize undocumented workers if they can prove a history of tax payment.
Tax preparers say many immigrants are filing returns for multiple years, and they have cash for Uncle Sam.
“The most I’ve seen is $14K and that was in a suitcase this past year,” Borthayre said.
It all must sound puzzling to some but many immigrants are filing returns not with social security numbers but with tax payer ID numbers. The numbers are legally obtained and issued by the government.”
Tax preparers echo a policy of the IRS.
“We don’t care if you are legal or illegal, we just want your money,” Borthayre said. “We want you to pay your taxes.”
The anonymous building contractor among many others is willing to comply.
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There has been an incredible amount of chattering about "backlash" against South Koreans after the rampage at Virginia Tech, and as usual no backlash has emerged though the usual suspects never tire of reminding us, who don't tend to backlash, not to backlash, I think I have whiplash! (of course when the shoe was on the other foot, whaddaya know, there was a backlash!)
In the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings by a South Korean immigrant, the South Korean immigrant community held a church service to pray there wouldn't be a racial backlash against all South Koreans in the United States, and even though there hadn't been a single incident reported anywhere of any such "anti-South Korean backlash" occurring, the South Korean government had the chutzpah to issue a statement warning against an anti-South Korean racial backlash.Damn! Now that's a scathing letter done American proud!
I'm insulted, frankly, at the nerve of this crappy little country.
In 2002, when a U.S. military vehicle accidentally struck and killed two school girls walking on the shoulder of a highway in South Korea, it unleashed months of "racial backlash" against all things American. Americans were attacked. American businesses were attacked. American military installations were attacked. The tightly controlled South Korean press failed to report the American military's apology, it failed to report the handsome monetary gift to the girls' families (paying off a victim's family is a disgusting and widespread Asian tradition), and massive riots were stoked by the Korean government. Never mind that our military, at great expense to the American people, are there to protect that crappy little country from the Korean whack job to the north in the first place.
Oh, did I mention that the deaths of the two schoolgirls was an accident? That the soldiers of the unit involved built a memorial to the two girls and held a candlelight vigil for them?
Compare that to the methodical murder, the intentional murder of 32 Americans by the South Korean killer at Virginia Tech. Did the South Korean community apologize to the families of the victims? Did the South Korean government express its sense of grief at the heartache one of their own had unleashed? No, not a word to that effect. And despite not a single whiff of any anti-South Korean sentiment anywhere, press coverage that took pains to describe the killer as "coming from our area (his immigrant family lived in northern Virginia)", the despicable South Koreans dared warn us against any backlash! It almost makes one want to do a little backlashing.
Here's a proposal. All Americans in South Korea, get out. Come home where you belong.
All Koreans in America, get out and go back to Korea, the crappy little country where you belong. Then you can all engage in all the anti-American demonstrations you please and no one will notice, because no one will care what goes on in your crappy little country. In fact, you can demonstrate right up to the point when WhackJob Ill-in-the-Head Joong takes over and throws you all into NK uniforms and shows you what anti-American demonstrations are supposed to look like.
If we'd thrown all you corrupt ingrates out a year ago, 32 of us would be alive today.
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Source: IBD
Homeland Security: New York City plans to give Brooklyn Arabs and Muslims their own public school where they can speak Arabic. The idea is to promote cultural harmony. But it's Pollyannaish, and potentially dangerous.The American Jihad rolls on unabated. I have a word of advice to our Muslim friends, do not think that our tolerance and forbearance of your plans and schemes is never ending. It has a limit, and you will find at the end of that particular road that pissing off America is a bit like biting down on a piece of tin foil wrapper stuck to a piece of candy.
With this culture, tolerance is not mutual. Putting aside the issue of American taxpayers supporting a school dedicated to the study of a foreign culture hostile to our own, the move raises serious security questions.
Will the school, located not far from Ground Zero, condone or encourage jihad? Will it act like a madrassa? How will authorities know any better, if classes are taught in Arabic?
If the school were opened in any other place, it might raise fewer alarms.
But Brooklyn — home to New York's largest Muslim population — has produced a number of radicals and terrorists. A popular mosque there has been linked to the first World Trade Center bombing and other acts of terrorism. *snip*
The catalyst behind the movement for such public madrassas is a Muslim immigrant from Yemen. Dhabah Almontaser, a veteran of the New York City school system, pitched the idea to officials. She thinks the government should open grade schools aimed at teaching Arabic, tolerance of Islam and cultural diversity.
And she'll be principal of the first of those schools, dubbed the Khalil Gibran International Academy, in Brooklyn. Set to open in September, it will serve grades 6 to 12 and will eventually include up to 600 students.
She wants to enroll Muslims and Arab immigrants to learn about their heritage, while exposing other students to Arab culture. "I see Arab-American students who want the opportunity to learn Arabic, to read it and write it and have a better understanding of where their ancestors have come from," Almontaser said.
Apparently the thousands of Saudi-backed mosques that already do that in this country aren't good enough for her. The public school is opening in partnership with the Arab-American Family Support Center, a Brooklyn advocacy group for Mideast immigrants.
The nonprofit's Web site says it "addresses the countless social and economic barriers that face the growing population of Arab immigrants." It complains that their "needs" — which apparently include promotion of their culture in public schools — "have been largely neglected."
In the age of Islamic and Arab terror, the last thing we need to do is promote a culture of intolerance and violence in New York City, a prime target for attack. School officials instead should insist that American students be taught American culture — in English.
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Source: cbs2
"McIntyre implemented a premeditated scheme to bring down the school at all costs because the school educated predominately ... Latino-indigenous children in a non-Western European format," according to the lawsuit.As Lonewacko notes, let's recall that the only real violence, an attempt to run down a local reporter who was covering the school, the perpetrator faces some hard time.
According to the lawsuit, McIntyre began criticizing several aspects of the school last May, including its funding, curriculum, demographics, administrators and educational statistics, all in order to increase his show's ratings.
McIntyre exploited a combination of anti-immigration sentiment and the nation's fear of Islamic terrorists to "create a racist fury against Latino school children, teachers, administrators and staff at the school," according to the lawsuit.
McIntyre's remarks included, "Is this a reconquista school?," "This school is ranked the lowest of the low in the LAUSD and in the state of California" and "Aztecs butchered and ate Spanish invaders. I wonder if they're teaching that at ASDP," according to the lawsuit.
McIntyre also said Aguilar's job was to "keep his school, his madrasa school, open so they can train the next generation of Aztec revolutionaries," according to the lawsuit.
The radio host also used "code words" aimed at a target audience to rile up listeners and create a backlash against the school and Aguilar, the lawsuit stated.
As a result, the school received many threats of violence, including a bomb threat that caused an evacuation of the school and is currently under investigation by the FBI, the lawsuit stated.
In a March 13 report on Academia Semillas del Pueblo, the staff cited low test scores, unconventional instruction and potentially conflicting school governance. About two weeks later, facing growing political pressure from former City Councilman Richard Alatorre, former Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg and others, the staff changed course.
Under the five-year renewal conditions, Semillas must meet benchmarks that for three years would place it at least at the median of comparable schools in terms of state and national standards. Data show Semillas ranks lowest among similar schools.
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