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Just not much time and way too much pain

A quick update to let all know that I am buried at work and getting anything done after work is a horrid battle of getting my chores done at home with wrestling through, what seems to be ever increasing pain. Not whining, sniveling or complaining here but I am just extremely frustrated. I do have an couple of posts I am working on a little each day. I am waiting for a spinal stimulator to be approved to see if this helps get control on the back pain and leg symptoms that are dogging me 24/7. Work will be like this until the end of the fiscal year, then I will just have to see if I even have a job come July. If not, then the Lord will handle it and open the doors that He will open.

Thanks for standing by and if any of you are open to prayers for me and my family, those will be greatly appreciated.

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Hate Week-Ben White at UC Irvine

Gary Fouse
fousesquawk. http://garyfouse.blogspot.com

On  March 7,  the UC Irvine Muslim Student Union initiated their week-long Israel Apartheid week.  The first speaker was British freelance journalist Ben White. White has written a couple of books condemning  Israel  for its “maltreatment “ of  Palestinians (which get rave reviews from Iran’s Press TV), and Israel is pretty much the only issue in his life  as he travels around giving anti-Israel   speeches.  On this occasion, he pretty much gave his “off-the-shelf” speech  about  the  “injustices”  Israel commits against the  Palestinians. He spoke of the restrictions  on movement of the Palestinians . However, he did not  dwell  on the reasons for those controls. Naturally, it was not his wont to discuss minor little issues like Palestinian terrorism, suicide bombers,   rockets  being  lobbed  into Southern Israel from Gaza-just Israel controlling what kinds of goods could be allowed into Gaza.  White also spoke of the “illegal settlements “  in the West Bank  but never, of course, mentioned the murders of Israeli settlers by Palestinians.  There was, of course, no mention of the slaughter of the Fogel family in 2011.

In the question and answer session,  I reminded White of his previous speaking appearance at UCI in 2010, when an audience member questioned him about the then recent murder of an Israeli family living in one of the West Bank settlements.  In White's response, he had dismissed them as "illegal settlers.” The woman responded that they were “Jewish human beings”, at which point, White said, “OK. They were illegal Jewish human being settlers”.  (A real wide guy.) I then told him that since that last appearnce at UCI,  there had been another murder of an Israeli family, this time the Fogel family in Itimar.  I described the murder of the five family members including three children-also including a months-old infant in its crib who had its throat slashed.  I also mentioned that the reaction of many Palestinians was to hand out candy in the streets in celebration. I asked why he never condemned those things.

In his answer, White gave the standard “I condemn all murder of innocents” response then compared it to the civilians killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrikes. Of course, I could have come back with the fact that Hamas and Hezbollah use civilians as human shields, but the ground rules for questions was to ask your question then return to your seat before the question would be answered. (The obvious reason for that is to eliminate follow-up responses to bad answers.)
White is typical of the anti-Israel crowd. They will talk forever about Israel’s so–called “crimes”, but never mention the atrocities by Palestinians or other Arab states.  It is only when bothersome questioners bring them out that they will of course “condemn all acts of violence against innocents” and immediately change the  subject to those who get killed in the cross-fire between the Israeli army and the terrorists who hide behind human shields.

There wasn’t that much of crowd to hear White-perhaps 50 people.  Even his supporters in the audience looked bored.  He lost them early on in the speak because he is a pedantic and boring speaker. He speaks again Monday evening. That’s double punishment for the MSU members who feel  obligated  to come out and support the event.  In contrast, on Tuesday, we will have the fiery Amir Abdel  Malik Ali.

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The Dis-Integration of America ― Part III

“A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family.” – Saul Alinsky
Pix via Wikipedia: Saul Alynski

Enter Cultural Marxism
Obama’s mentor, Saul Alinsky, obviously intended his definition of a “racially integrated community” to be harsh condemnation of White segregationist behavior. Yet, his words possess an unintended irony that was probably not at all apparent to this otherwise confirmed Marxist and staunch advocate of modern Multiculturalism. Alinsky’s vehicle of choice was Cultural Marxism. It is a finely tuned and devastatingly subversive strategy of which Political Correctness is but a small part. Another component of this seditious agenda is Multiculturalism, which is used to legitimize de jure desegregation (i.e., legally enforced integration), despite its patently unconstitutional aspects. Passages in earlier parts of this essay have already made clear that almost all other races accept and apply segregation on a far wider scale than has ever been practiced in Europe, America or Australia.

Moreover, Multiculturalism is also used to excuse modern immigrants from the onerous task of assimilation. Minority groups that eschew integration are said to be maintaining “cultural identity”. This not only drives the “enclave mentality” but condones an atmosphere of “separate but equal” which is entirely denied to Whites. The hypocrisy of Liberal multiculturalists goes much deeper, to the point where even such ghastly practices like FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) are being excused by supposedly staunch feminists.

Multiculturalism = Soft Racism
According to Liberal doctrine, minority enclaves are justified by the need of “fragile” or “vulnerable” (i.e., intrinsically less competent), Third World people to preserve their “cultural identity” when confronted with the pervasiveness of White Culture. Were they not less able to retain their sense of identity, there would be no problem with loss of culture even if they lived in an all-White neighborhood. It is as if minorities (to Liberals), are so weak-minded that they have no hope of resisting the siren song of White civilization’s standard of living. Who would want to resist it? More importantly, what alternatives are on offer from those who purport to shelter these minorities from such “Whiteness”? Hovering over this there lingers a strong whiff of that favorite Liberal canard, the Noble Savage. That, somehow, placed in America and protected from insidious White society ― but given full access to its infrastructure and social benefits ― these minorities will magically establish vibrant, productive communities of their own, despite how no such thing typically exists in their countries of origin.

A prime example of this is the “Unfair” campaign in Duluth, Minnesota. It puts forth an implicit assumption that just being White makes you a racist. This notion of “White Privilege” is a staple of the so called anti-racists and is used to bash all things White and Western. It is, perhaps, even sadder to note that rational Whites do not come forward and point out the 12.3X over-representation (pdf) by Blacks in Minnesota prisons, second in America only to Delaware (12.6X). It’s not racism when there are legitimate reasons to criticize or avoid a certain group.

Declaring that Whites have no need to strengthen their “cultural identity” is a tacit, if not frank, admission that White culture is so clearly superior that it needs no reinforcement. One may as well declare it to be America’s default culture. None of this explains the contradictory requirement that so many Multiculturalists insist upon when it comes to how White Western culture is also responsible for so many, if not all, of this world’s ills. Strong but incorrectly structured, superior yet in need of diversity; so which is it, floor wax or dessert topping?

The Zero Sum Game
The principal of ”Segregation for minority me but not for White thee” , isn’t just a local trend. Worldwide, the vast majority of non-White cultures allocate zero priority towards establishing anything that remotely resembles a diverse population. Why then, is this racial diversity not just demanded but, literally, extorted out of Whites? What justifies such unreasonable and lopsided expectations on the part of minorities?

One explanation is a persistent remnant of Marxist revolutionary propaganda known as the “Zero Sum Equation” (or Zero Sum Game).
Zero-sum assumptions have led inevitably to conflict. If wealth cannot expand, the nation must. Countries must choose between famine and decline, or aggression and war. It was only capitalism that overcame this immemorial predicament. As Walter Lippmann put it, capitalism "for the first time in human history," gave men "a way of producing wealth in which the good fortune of others multiplied their own." At long last "the golden rule was economically sound.” [emphasis added]
This Zero Sum meme states that in order for one person to win, another must lose in equal and opposite measure. It is a fabrication that has been used to stoke anti-White resentment amongst unsuccessful cultures and races by attributing America’s indisputable success to its supposedly large-scale theft of Third World resources.

This Marxist cant plays upon a notion more commonly found in less developed countries. It is based upon the concept of Absolute Scarcity, which a Middle Eastern proverb best sums up as: "It is not enough for me to succeed ― others must also fail." Such a retrogressive mindset is predisposed to believe that “The (White) System” keeps people of color “down”. This image serves to implant a false sense of entitlement in unproductive people. With sufficient agitation, such smoldering antipathy can be fanned into the flames of violence and terrorism.

A classic example of this is the still popular notion that Western countries have stolen Middle East oil. Not only have countless billions or even trillions of dollars been paid to Muslim governments for this commodity but, in fact, without advanced extraction and refining technology provided by the West, most of that petroleum would still be in the ground. Besides, the Zero Sum Equation is actually a reflection of Communism’s inability to create wealth instead of merely redistributing it. Truly productive cultures more often employ a win-win strategy that builds social cohesion and creates common cause.

Reconquista
A modern variant of this same entitlement theme has manifested as the “Nation of Aztlan” movement which seeks to re-annex much of the Southwestern United States back onto Mexico. It glorifies Mexico’s Aztec roots while studiously ignoring how that precolonial culture was not only quite elitist but exceptionally brutal to the point of torturing children prior to using them for human sacrifice.

The Aztecs believed that a child’s tears were the best way to supplicate Tlaloc, the deity of rain, fertility and water. Sobbing young sacrificial candidates were tortured in extremis just prior to having their still beating hearts cut out. Watch the Mel Gibson film “Apocalypto” for an accurate portrayal of early Meso-American life. In reality, the Aztlan movement is just old entitlement wine in a new Mexican bottle.

Reprisal
Few Americans are familiar with Black Liberation Theology. The first real glimpse most people had of it involved Barack Obama’s longtime pastor, Jeremiah “God Damn America” Wright. This doctrine is not about racial conciliation but of revenge and reciprocal (if not greater), racism. It centers upon the suffering of (a Black) Jesus as a model for minority oppression and encourages the usual victim mentality that automatically clings to a sense of entitlement.

As noted earlier, American Blacks ― even those who are below the official poverty line ― enjoy a standard of living which exceeds, almost without exception, that of their race anywhere else in the entire world.

The Poverty Cycle and Black Consumerism
Previous mention has been made of the poor long term planning skills that Blacks so frequently display. A standing 36 percent unemployment rate for Black males between 18-34 years of age can only translate into feeble retail purchasing power. How then to explain the recent Air Jordan riots that were almost unanimously Black? With their roughly $200 price tag, these athletic shoes are a pluperfect example of how Black poverty is almost entirely self-inflicted.

When combined with typically poor impulse control, this nearly congenital lack of forward planning renders Blacks uniquely vulnerable regarding an appearance of being superficially successful even while their long term earning prospects are often quite grim. As will be shown in Part IV of this essay, Black men ― especially those who have been previously incarcerated ― remain strongly inclined towards having casual consensual sex and are unlikely to marry or demonstrate even minimal parenting skills. It stands to reason that a superficial appearance of being successful will improve their odds of obtaining a female sex partner who is just as often more focused upon a man’s ability to provide.

Conspicuous Consumption assists in driving voluntary Black poverty. This ultimately destructive behavior obliges over-consuming Blacks to remain firmly rooted in their ghettoes. Suburban displacement of Blacks via Section 8 housing redistribution is one of the only causal factors in any escape from their traditional slum environment. As a corollary, this is driving the formation of “exurbs” which the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines as “a region or settlement that lies outside a city and usually beyond its suburbs and that often is inhabited chiefly by well-to-do families.” It requires very little imagination to guess that these exurbs are largely White enclaves seeking refuge from the criminality of Black Undertow.

What remains curious is how other ethnic groups that are susceptible to Conspicuous Consumption do not experience the same degree of impoverishment. The entire “knock-off” industry is a comprehensive testimonial regarding Asia’s thorough addiction to flaunting brand name apparel and goods. Yet, to a much greater degree, Asian ethnic groups manage to avoid being financially crippled by this character defect. Even more disturbing is how the most prolific conspicuous consumers are typically those who can least afford it.
To examine spending by racial groups, Roussanov and his colleagues studied data collected from 1986 to 2002 for the Consumer Expenditure Survey conducted by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. Blacks and Hispanics spend up to 30% more than whites of comparable income on visible goods like clothing, cars and jewelry, the researchers found. This meant that, compared to white households of similar income, the typical black and Hispanic household spent $2,300 more per year on visible items. To do that, they spent less on almost all other categories (except housing), and they saved less.
Over and over again, Blacks have proven themselves to be the exact opposite of a “market dominant minority”. This over-expenditure on superficial appearances ― think: “bling”, hair weaves, wheel rims and Air Jordans ― directly impact savings for more important things such as vocational training or higher education that could break the poverty cycle. It is in this manner that much of Black impoverishment is both entrenched and self-inflicted.

Food Deserts
The phenomenon known as a “food desert” is both curiously and relatively unique to America. Most of this world’s large metropolitan cities ― if not its smaller municipalities ― always have many well-distributed or, at least, a few centralized grocery shopping centers; districts that do not have several of these still contain at least one open-air marketplace, souk or bazaar where locals can shop for their food.

Are food deserts a product of Black Undertow in the form of shoplifting, meager patronage, poor purchasing power and lack of employable workers? Or do they devolve from being the epicenter of neighborhoods where occupants feel so entitled to their social benefits ― and receive them in such abundance ― that there is little incentive to economize by cooking at home with store-bought groceries instead of consuming fast food? There is also the side issue of single working mothers trying to support several children and not having the time or energy to assemble a properly nutritious home-cooked meal; none of which supports the hypertension, obesity and diabetes statistics of Black America.

Statistics related to Black obesity and rates of type II diabetes inexorably point towards a high ratio of fast food consumption despite how low incomes usually necessitate strict economizing with respect to food expenses. Few more glaring examples of overspending exist than the way fast food can cost upward of triple that of a home cooked meal. Again, this needless waste of money reflects a poor ability to anticipate the downstream repercussions of immediate behavior.

INSERT FOOD DESERT-RACE-CRIME MAP OF MILWAUKEE
The above side-by-side comparison of America’s most segregated city, Milwaukee, WI, shows a nearly perfect 1:1 correspondence between its Black population center (middle), food deserts (left) and high crime districts (right).

Rated as this nation’s “most segregated city” ― according to Salon.com ― Milwaukee, WI provides us with a precise laboratory model to correlate Black Undertow with crime and food deserts. The presence of food deserts should be construed as an across-the-board impossibility for essential retail businesses to flourish in general. As you will also see, Milwaukee is peculiar in that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has vigorously fought any laying of light rail lines into the city’s suburbs. This means that, unlike many other sizable metropolitan centers, there is no conduit of mass transit through which criminals can access the more wealthy suburban residents. This is borne out by a not-so-startling 1:1 correspondence between Milwaukee’s most dense minority populations and very high crime rates.

Of special interest are the comments on that page:
Nationwide, blacks have been concentrated in the inner city, far away from where new jobs are created. Yet the case of Milwaukee is extreme: 90 percent of the metro area’s black population lives in the city. Making matters worse, suburban whites are notably hostile to building any form of public transit to connect city people to suburban jobs, further exacerbating segregation’s ill effects.

If you’re wondering if this can somehow, some way, be blamed on union-busting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the answer is yes. Walker took the lead in a campaign against public transit to connect the suburbs to the city during his time as county executive. He thought the funds would be better spent on highways.

“There is virulent opposition in these exurban counties to any kind of regional transit system, particularly a regional rail system. There have been proposals over the years, but they’re always DOA,” says Levine. “Governor Walker’s big issue as state representative and county executive was ‘Over my dead body light rail,’ and he fought with Milwaukee’s mayor over funds for regional rail. He very much represents that suburban and exurban base.”

Levine has done some fascinating research into Walker’s political base. Of the nation’s 30 largest metro areas, Milwaukee had the biggest partisan vote gap between city and suburb, with city-dwellers supporting Obama 31 points more than suburbanites. [emphasis added]
The Black Undertow
In his wisdom ― and more likely, a wish to retain office ― Governor Walker has both twigged to and purposefully fought off the arrival of Black Undertow. Scott Walker also demonstrates a rare in-depth awareness of the less-well-known economic Black Undertow that takes place in the form of public sector unions and their traditionally top-heavy minority membership. Furthermore, it is manifest that the urban dwellers felt their sense of entitlement going unfulfilled. This is made clear by how “Milwaukee had the biggest partisan vote gap between city and suburb”, with an extra almost one in three city residents voting for the Democratic Party of government largesse.

On a larger scale and throughout America, this nation is facing a calamitous outcome with respect to Public Sector Unions. As noted in Part II of this essay, there is a profound conflict of interest at play when government employee unions are given collective bargaining rights. They do not share a common interest with taxpayers in keeping taxes at their lowest as this could threaten their own earning power, if not their actual jobs. A similar attitude is found in those who are persistently dependent upon social services. That Blacks are over-represented in both of these categories suggests a voting bloc whose actions are just as often not in the best interests of America’s economic survival.

Blue collar union members have traditionally voted for the Democratic Party as well and it is still undetermined as to whether they will finally awaken to how Liberal politicians are strangling America’s economy with Big Government. A simple example is that of Obama’s health care package which mandates how all businesses with more than 49 employees must offer “affordable” health insurance to full-time workers or pay a penalty of up to $3,000 per employee. The Law of Unintended Consequences automatically predicts that when such a directive takes effect, all companies with a few or several more than 50 employees will simply discharge them as opposed to suffering an increased cost of operation.

Bigger government and programs that are antagonistic to job creation are a one-two punch which currently has the American economy reeling. There are even some who will argue that expediting the almost unavoidable negative outcome which awaits us is better than prolonging this misery. However, America’s foreign enemies are salivating at the thought of toppling our nation’s preeminent position as this world’s strongest economy and de facto reserve currency; all of which means that right now may not be the best time for any internal discord. A nation even more divided than it already is would be increasingly vulnerable to external pressures or attack.

None of that changes how Blacks and BRA (Black-Run America) are actively working in concert to further institutionalize the protected status of minorities, both legal and economic. Such protections, in the form of AA (Affirmative Action), various “Hate Speech” and “Hate Crime” laws, unconstitutional anti-discrimination legislation along with two-tier hiring and admissions standards are beginning to pose a direct threat to America’s economic health and national security.

The Fort Hood massacre is just a beginning of what happens when Political Correctness overrides our country’s most basic survival instincts. An abject inability of United States Attorney General Eric “my people” Holder’s to identify “radical Islam” as an external threat or to address blatant intimidation of White voters as an actionable domestic offense is a clear demonstration of malfeasance at the very highest levels of government. That he and his executive superior are both men of color stands as good reason for White Americans everywhere to question theirs and Black America’s political agenda.

Of even greater concern should be the looming failure of major American cities like Detroit that have been run into the ground by Black political machines. SBPDL has devoted much time and effort to documenting this phenomenon. Government bailouts of these intensely corrupt and dysfunctional municipalities only promise to perpetuate what is already the worst sort of incompetent leadership. The amount of Black cronyism and preferential hiring that can be expected from such generously funded projects will doom them from the start.

Rest assured that, should Whites refuse to join these exercises in futility, they will be accused of callous indifference. Then again, it is just as likely that all attempts by sincerely helpful Whites to participate in any recovery will be labeled as “interference” or “paternalism” of the worst sort. If Blacks have a single lesson to teach all comers it is one of thanklessness and ingratitude on a monumental scale.

Also See:
The “Dis-Integration” of America ― Part I
The Disintegration of America: Part II

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Hate Week Returns to UC Irvine May 7-10











Gary Fouse
fousesquawk
http://garyfouse.blogspot.com




Terrorism                              Religious persecution     Jew hatred      Persecution of gays

"Elephants? I don't see any elephants."


The Greatest Show on Earth returns to UC Irvine May 7-10 as the Muslim Student Union puts on its annual bash-Israel week of sideshow attractions. Notwithstanding all the horrible things that are occurring in the Middle East and nearby regions, once again, the focus will be on tiny Israel. Forget about Egypt, Syria, Libya, Sudan, Iran, Pakistan and all the other dysfunctional, despotic regimes aligned against her  It is Israel that is the problem in the region.

Here is the tired old line-up of  “distinguished” speakers. Most of them we know because they have spoken at UCI before-some many times. Can you say, “retreads”?

Monday’s speaker will be the arrogant little British journalist and Doogie Howser look-a-like Ben White.   He is also speaking at eight the same night. He's apparently going to disprove the idea that Israel is a democracy. I guess he prefers the Syrian model.

On Tuesday, it’s the main attraction, none other than our old friend, Amir Abdel Malik Ali. He missed last year’s event, but he will be back once again to insult the Jews and glorify suicide bombings. In 2010, he was so bad, UCI’s chancellor Michael Drake was finally moved to condemn his statements-even though he never identified Ali by name. He also neglected to mention the MSU as bringing him to campus; nor did he repeat what Ali had said. For all the campus knew (those who were not present), Ali might have denied Global Warming. The fact that Ali is back rebuts the claim by Olive Tree Initiative supporters that OTI has “made the situation better”.  This time, the title of his speech is, "The struggle has no borders". In other words, same tired old speech with a new title.


Ali and yours truly with the little toughies in the background looking mean


In the evening, the speaker will be some law student and activist named Omar Shakir. I can hardly wait to hear his pearls of wisdom.


"Ah wunnerful, ah wunnerful, ah."


On Wednesday, we have Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein, a very nice old lady who is thinks Palestinians are the victims-no matter how many people they kill. She has spoken several times at UCI. The Muslim Student Union likes to invite Jews to speak so nobody can call them anti-Semitic. Hedy always fits the bill. She should arrive a day early so she can hear Ali speak. I warned her about that the last time she came. She has some pretty embarrassing company. The MSU always puts up a protective cocoon around her lest folks like me try to influence her.

The same evening, radical Berkeley professor Hatem Bazian brings his tired old act back to UCI. This character is a two-trick pony whose tricks are “Islamophobia” and bashing Israel. In a UC university system full of professors who are embarrassments, this guy takes the cake.


Hatem Bazian-One of Berkeley's finest


Thursday is Irvine 11 day, a "celebration" of the 11 students who disrupted the Israeli ambassador to the US' speech in 2010  and were charged and convicted. The noon speaker will be Osama Shabaik of the Irvine 11, while the evening event will be an Irvine 11 panel. That promises to be an exercise in victimhood. Be sure and bring lots of handkerchiefs.

Given the events of the past year, this year’s speakers will be speaking with an 800 pound gorilla standing behind them (or four elephants if you prefer). With all the persecution of religious minorities in Muslim countries (Israel's neighbors, for the most part), the slaughter in Syria, and that much-vaunted “Arab Spring” becoming a nightmare, the week’s events will be marked by a sense of absurdity as the speakers demonize the one productive democracy in that dysfunctional region (Israel). The other absurdity is that they are labeling the week of events as "anti-oppression week."  No, they won't be talking about the oppression of Baha'i and gays in Iran, nor will they be talking about oppression of Christians in Egypt, Pakistan or Iraq, nor will they be talking about oppression of Christians and animists in Sudan, nor will they be talking about the on-going slaughter of Christians in Nigeria, nor will they mention the slaughter of the Fogel family, in which a Palestinian "soldier" slashed the throats of an entire family including three children-including an infant asleep in its crib. For that horrific act, Palestinians passed out candy in the streets to celebrate.

Another absurdity will be at the beginning of each event, including Tuesday at noon, in which an MSU member will announce to the audience that the MSU is not anti-Semitic in any way. Then he will turn the microphone over to Amir Abdel Malik Ali.

I will be filing daily reports.

Persecution Update 6 May 2012



Grenade attack on church in Kenya kills one One believer released, others remain imprisoned in Iran Christians under fire in Khartoum, Sudan Christians in Nigeria killed, injured Persecution Update keeps you informed of what is going on in our world concerning persecuted Christians. (Info from Voice of the Martyrs Canada.) Download entire Quicktime movies for showing to your group or church from swordandspirit.com, the Human Rights page. 



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No Hablo Cinco de Mayo

ARRA News Service (Dr. Bill Smith) -
Pix Via Corona
We are not celebrate Cinco de Mayo in our household today. Reason - we are Americans, first, last and forever and my Oath was to the United States of America and not to either Mexico or the sales at the local U.S. shopping malls.

Cinco de Mayo wasn't even related Mexico's Independence Day which is celebrated by Mexico on September 16. Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. So, what is the big deal in the USA. We liked the French support in our Revolutionary War, we liked buying the Louisiana Purchase from them, and American forces bled and died twice helping France in WWI and WWII. In fact, we like them up and until Gen. Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle kicked American bases out of France in 1966.

The Mexican – American War, also known as the Mexican War, or the U.S.– Mexican War, was an armed conflict (war) between the USA and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. American forces quickly occupied New Mexico and California, then invaded parts of Northeastern Mexico and Northwest Mexico; meanwhile, the Pacific Squadron conducted a blockade, and took control of several garrisons on the Pacific coast further south in Baja California. After Mexico would still not agree to the cession of its northern territories, another American army waltzed into and captured Mexico City, and the war ended in victory of the U.S. Although in our victory, we more than generous and paid Mexico $18 million dollars and forgave their debt. A big mistake was not keeping Baja.

So, again! Why are American stores and even schools (a day early) celebrating Cinco de Mayo? If we are going to celebrate another day, maybe it should on March 2, when Texas celebrates its Texas Independence Day. On March 2, 1836, The Republic of Texas defeated Mexico!

And since we are NOT going to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, I am going to celebrate not celebrating with one of my favorite American beers - a Corona. Just a minute - Yes - I know, I know, but the beer was made in "North" America :)

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Another Olive Tree Initiative Spectacular at UCLA

Gary Fouse
fousesquawk


Talk about picking your poison. The Olive Tree Initiative of UCLA will be holding a debate on what to do about Israel between two Islamists who both want the Jewish state to disappear. (Hat tip to Jihad Watch)

http://www.jihadwatch.org/2012/05/bin-laden-apologist-hussein-ibish-to-debate-ahmadinejad-apologist-reza-aslan-on-israel.html

Reza Aslan is the arrogant young  Iranian-American activist who acted as moderator in last year's propaganda play at UCLA with Ground Zero mosque organizer Faisal Abdul Rauf.

http://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/faisal-abdul-rauf-appears-at-ucla.html

http://garyfouse.blogspot.com/2011/05/more-on-rauf-appearance-at-ucla.html

This coming event is further evidence that the OTI is a fig leaf posing as a neutral effort to expose students to both sides of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. So what do they do here? They drag in two pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists to hold a "debate".  And they call this academic discourse.

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Whitewashing Islam in Public Schools: Jihad in our schools

The “Education or Indoctrination” report focuses on what students in grades 6-12 are learning about jihad, Islamic sharia law, Muhammad, Israel, 9/11 and much more. The results may shock you.

None of us should be shocked by this video. Since 1979, when the iranian hostage crisis blew up and was a major embarrassment for the pathetic administration of 'jimmie the dhimmi carter', we, the USA and the western free world have been at war with islam. Yes, we are at WAR with islam. Those who embrace the toxic three, the terminal poisonous stews of political correctness, excessive diversity and multiculturalism, recoil in horror and disgust at the use of those words, we are at war with islam. To these brainwashed fools who believe in obama, unicorns and rainbows that it is only a handful of radical muslims that have hijacked all of islam and made it looked bad, all the moderate muslims will save us. Sounds great, no? So where are all the moderate muslims? They are either dead, in hiding or pretending to be moderate muslims. Take a look at the disaster of the 'arab spring' and tell us, where are the moderates? They are in hiding, dead or in prisons.

You might be wondering what does the above have to do with islam and our public schools? Here is why the above matters. Do you have kids in public school(s)? Then pay attention and get involved in the indoctrination education your children are getting.

Being at war with islam means being subjected to jihad and jihad has many names and sets of clothing. Jihad is jihad. Do not be fooled or put at ease but those islamists and islamosympathizers who try and explain or paint jihad over into a harmless search for spiritual truth. Jihad is being waged upon our children in our public schools. I have witnessed this where we live. School boards across the country take their orders from NEA on down. This is where the three terminal poisonous stews come into play, being forced upon our children at the public school level. These are the ages and grades where our kids are the most vulnerable. One look at who has control of our education system should be enough to worry any parent with a functioning brain. That leaves almost all liberals out.

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Whitewashing Islam in Public Schools: Jihad in our schools


Hat tip: Creeping Sharia.

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Hello Saudi Arabia-Pat Condell's latest video



Kingdom in the closet http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/05/the-kingdom-in-the-closet...

Saudi Arabia is 'biggest funder of terrorists' http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-is-biggest-f...

Wikileaks cables portray Saudi Arabia as a cash machine for terrorists http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/05/wikileaks-cables-saudi-terrorist-...

Saudis fund sale of children trained as terrorists and suicide bombers http://undhimmi.com/2011/05/23/saudi-gulf-states-fund-sale-of-children-traine...

$100 million donated to radical Islamic schools http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/100m-donated-to-islamic-schools-...

Saudis export anti-Christian and anti-Jewish textbooks across the world http://abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&Id=268755

Saudi high school textbook preaches hate http://www.investigativeproject.org/3335/saudi-high-school-textbook-preaches-...

Saudi school lessons in UK concern government http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11799713

Saudi woman executed for practising 'sorcery' http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/saudi-woman-beheaded-for-practising-sorcery...

Sudanese man beheaded in car park for being a 'sorcerer' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2055636/Sudanese-man-beheaded-Saudi-A...

Wikileaks cables: Saudi princes throw parties boasting drink, drugs and sex http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/07/wikileaks-cables-saudi-princes-pa...

Saudi Arabia bans 'gays, tomboys' from schools http://www.emirates247.com/news/region/saudi-arabia-bans-gays-tom-boys-from-s...

If women are allowed to drive there will be no more virgins and everybody will turn gay http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068810/Saudis-fear-virgins-people-tu...

Gay Saudi prince jailed http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8075427/Gay-Saudi-prince-jaile.html

United States denies asylum to gay Saudi diplomat http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=245358

Saudi clerics challenge jobs policy for women http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5irDk4IKFpmvRfl9fMCE2VwabyF...

See video for more links on Saudi Arabia

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Janet Napolitano at UCLA

Gary Fouse, fousesquawk:

The Burkle Center at UCLA has posted the video of Janet Napolitano's dry, boring speech at UCLA last month. If you are having trouble getting to sleep tonight, watching this is better than counting sheep. Otherwise, just skip to about the 36 minute mark and watch the No-borders Dreamers stage their chant and walkout followed by my question regarding Fast and Furious. This is where Janet takes umbrage at me rolling my eyes at her non-answer.

http://www.international.ucla.edu/burkle/news/article.asp?parentid=125738

Napolitano's answer was not only evasive; it was dishonest. She refers to the concept of "controlled delivery" in equating what ATF did in Fast and Furious with controlled deliveries as conducted by DEA. In the latter, agents are able to conduct a continuing surveillance on drugs that are either seized or still under surveillance up to the point where the ultimate intended recipient takes delivery, at which point, they can be arrested. Of course, this also applies to other contraband. This is clearly not what happened in Fast and Furious, nor was it even intended to do so. How can you arrest the intended recipients of guns in Mexico when the surveillance ends either at the US gun store or at the Mexican border? If you are watching guns purchased in the US (under surveillance) cross into Mexico, and the Mexican police are not involved -or even advised, where is the control? Who is going to be arrested? That was clearly not the goal. What was the goal? The only reasonable answer is that if the guns show up at shootings in Mexico, they can be traced back to the US and the administration's claim that 80-90% of guns in Mexico originate in the US is validated. Next step? Tighter control on gun sales and ownership. If you think that is a wild conspiracy theory, provide me with one that is more reasonable.

In addition, Napolitano refuses to go into her conversations with DOJ, either because according to her own testimony before Congress, there have been none, or there is something to hide in those contacts. By her own non-answer to my question, she shows herself to be complicit in a government cover-up of an operation in which (according to some reports) her own DHS had a supporting role.

Keep in mind as you watch her answer, this is a government head who has seen one, if not two of her own agents murdered by guns involved in Fast and Furious.