Sheehan Banned by the Kos Kids!

File this under “Liberals eat their own.”

You’ve really gotta love THIS!

Since Cindy Sheehan has moved to pointing out the hypocrisy of the Democrats running on and then refusing to impeach Bush and cut funding to the war in Iraq, she’s become persona non grata among the precincts of the far Left.

About ten days ago Ms Sheehan posted this, on her Kos page;

I have been "warned"

By Cindy Sheehan
Thu Jul 12, 2007 at 06:16:05 AM PDT

I can't post here anymore because my potential run for Congress is not on the Democratic ticket.

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I have been deeply grateful for all of your support over the years.
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Your love and kindness helped me through lots of sleepless nights at Camp Casey '05.
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If Speaker Pelosi does her constitutionally mandated duty and I don't run, then I can come back and post.
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I know a lot of you are hostile towards my candidacy. Please understand that I am doing it for your children and grandchildren (and my surviving ones.)


Love always, Cindy

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/12/91014/1295


Seriously THIS is almost TOOOOO Good!

Why the only thing that could top this would be, you know, something like Michael Moore going after CNN or something...

How Cool is THIS?

In all the recent hoopla over the arrest and recent conviction of American jihadist Michael Curtis Reynolds, the former Montana Judge who lured him to a sting operation, after contacting Mr. Reynolds in an online jihadist website, has become news herself.

In the early morning hours, while her family is still asleep, the former Montana judge goes online and assumes the identity of a Muslim extremist, in order to strike up conversations with actual terrorists and, she hopes, ferret out their plans to harm the United States and its allies.

Then the 38-year-old former Miss Congeniality and married mother of three feeds the intelligence she gathers to the FBI.

Her moonlighting as a volunteer terrorist hunter has brought down two suspects in the United States so far, including Michael Reynolds, an unemployed ex-con found guilty in federal court in Scranton last week of offering to help al-Qaida blow up U.S. pipelines and refineries.

Mr. Reynolds is a rare exception as most of Rossmiller's work has been focused on overseas suspects. By her count, she’s given the FBI more than 200 "packets" of information on such things as terrorism trends, potential targets, as well as potential suspects, and because of her work, at least eight people have been arrested, she said.

"It's all about trying to make a best guess of what the intentions of any individual might be," Rossmiller said. "If they just want to be loudmouths, I leave them alone. They're not worth my time."

She doesn’t draw a salary and says she doesn't want one, saying, "Being a judge, I saw paid informants all the time, and I did not want that label on me. It's not about money," she said. "It's about doing what's right because I can."

To date, the FBI has reimbursed her about $30,000 in out-of-pocket expenses, but she said she’s spent far more than that on her terrorist-hunting.

A volunteer undercover terrorist hunter for the FBI! How cool is that?!

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005

Steve Jobs' Commencement at Stanford back in 2005. It's a very inspiring speech. It's well worth listening to the entire 14 minutes worth.


Thanks to Mick Brady for bringing it to his reader's attention.

OK, THIS is a GOOD One! Didja Hear The One About the Peacenik Who Logs Onto a Jhadi Website and...

So, did you hear the one about the Liberal who went online to join with al Qaida to help commit terrorist acts within the U.S. because he opposed the war in Iraq?

Oh yeah! This is a riot! Because...well, becau-...Oh! WAIT a minute! This isn’t really funny at all, cause it’s actually true!

As Ace says, “Don't question his patriotism. Conspiring with Al Qaeda to commit acts of terrorism is the highest form of patriotism.” (SEE: http://www.ace.mu.nu/ 7/9/07)

That kind of goes without saying, if you ask me.

So, the trial of Michael Curtis Reynolds begins today in Wilkes Barre, PA. He’s accused of communicating via the Internet with someone he believed was a member of al-Qaida, according to an indictment handed down last year. Of course, as luck would have it, that “someone” was Shannen Rossmiller (a municipal court judge from Montana) who was acting as an undercover operative for the FBI.

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Mr. Reynolds allegedly offered to help commit acts of terrorism by "identifying targets, planning terrorism attacks, describe bomb-making methods, among other services," the indictment reads. He allegedly suggested targeting pipeline systems and energy facilities in the U.S.

On Dec. 5, less than two months after they began communicating, Ms. Rossmiller and undercover FBI agents set up a money drop, e-mailing Mr. Reynolds and telling him he could pick up $40,000 at a deserted rest stop outside Pocatello, Idaho. It was there that Mr. Reynolds was arrested.

His defense attorney has complained that Mr. Reynolds is being prosecuted for the same behavior that Ms. Shannen Rossmiller was being lauded for.

Funny story, and a not too fine a distinction, see, Ms. Rossmiller was “lauded” BECAUSE SHE WAS OPERATING AS AN UNDERCOVER FBI INFORMANT!!!

Funny stuff, eh.

Well, all is not lost, perhaps while in prison, Mr. Reynolds can pen his jihadi memoirs and when he gets out, maybe he can join with the kindred spirits at Kos and MoveOn.

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18565822&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=614635&rfi=6

Boy, That was QUICK!...OR...Damn Cindy, we Hardly Missed You!!!

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Cindy Sheehan former hippie and modern-day professional protestor, has threatened to run for Nancy Pelosi's Congressional seat UNLESS Speaker Pelosi introduces articles of impeachment against President Bush within the next two weeks.
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(WoW! If THAT doesn't light a fire under Pelosi, I guess nothing will.)
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Sheehan, who turns fifty tomorrow (Tuesday, July 10th) and lives in a Sacramento suburb, OUTSIDE of Pelosi's District, has said she'll run against Pelosi as an Independent if Pelosi doesn't seek to Impeach Bush by July 23rd. That's the date that Sheehan and her supporters are set to arrive in Washington after a 13 day caravan and walking tour, starting next week from the group's Crawford, TX site.

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(I sure hope to gawd they have shower facilities on that 13 day caravan.)

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Sheehan said "Democrats and Americans feel betrayed by the Democratic leadership. We hired them to bring an end to the war. I'm not too far from San Francisco, so it wouldn't be too big a move for me. I would give her a run for her money."

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(Yes, Cindy, I'd be clear in separating (Liberal) "Democrats" from "Americans" too.)

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Of course Ms. Sheehan seems to be overlooking a vital factor in American politics - If you're to the Left of Nancy Pelosi, you have a better chance of winning in Beijing, than anywhere within the old U.S. of A.

Wage & Price Controls Put Zimbabwe on the Brink of Ruin

Over 1,300 business owners and shopkeepers have been arrested in Zimbabwe's misguided "carckdown" on firms accused of "flouting the government imposed price controls, police said Monday. The dimwitted autocrat, Robert Mugabe, taking a page out of fellow socialists Josef Stalin and Adolph Hitler has instituted Wage & Price controls across Zimbabwe.

About a month ago, Zimbabwe's Industry Minister, Obert Mpofu ordered all businesses to halve the prices for all goods and services in a bid to curb spiraling inflation, BUT the edict has been largely ignored.

Zimbabwe's inflation rate was surreptitiously reported in a newspaper at 3,714% in April, but it's now believed to be well over 5,000%!

Among those taken into custody were executives from some of the largest firms operating in Zimbabwe, including a local franchise owner of the chain restaurant Nando's and the Spar Supermarket company.

"We will continue to arrest anyone who will defy the government imposed controlson basic food commodities," said Oliver Mandipaka, a Chief Superintendant and Zimbabwean police spokesman, adding, "We will not stop until there is order in the business community."

Many manufacturers claim that government set prices mean they cannot cover their own costs and have stopped production, leading to widespread shortages of basics such as cooking oil and salt.

Robert Mugabe, unable to stem the rise of what is the world's highest inflation rate, has warned that his government will seize and nationalize firms found to be "profiteering." Some owners have threatened to burn their facilities first.

Economists worldwide, have warned that price controls will only lead to furhter empty shelves, but the move has won support, especially in rural areas. demonstrating convincingly why political democracy can never be allowed to override property rights, or "economic Liberty."

For his part, Mugabe has portrayed critics of his pricing controls as nothing more than puppets of former Colonial Britain, who are determined to topple his regime.

Poverty and Lack of Education Are NOT Linked to Terrorism

More than half a decade since 9/11/01, it seems that America STILL doesn’t understand its enemy in the Global War on Terrorism (WoT). Sure there are fringe characters like Michael Moore and Cindy Sheehan who insist that “there is no terrorist threat,” but almost EVERY one of the Democratic candidates for the White House, save Hillary Clinton, seem to think that Military force can and should be replaced with diplomacy.

Even the Bush administration has failed to understand who the enemy is and what. Less than a year after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, President Bush said, "We fight against poverty because hope is an answer to terror."

A few months later, the First Lady, Laura Bush, said, "Educated children are much more likely to embrace the values that defeat terror," while former World Bank President James Wolfensohn has claimed, "The war on terrorism will not be won until we have come to grips with the problem of poverty, and thus the sources of discontent."

THAT’S the conventional wisdom and it's appealing to many people because it’s in line with the noble cause of fighting poverty and ignorance. But all the systematic study done to date seems to indicate that this “conventional wisdom” is wrong.

According to Alan Krueger and economist at the London School of Economics, "As a group, terrorists are better educated and from wealthier families than the typical person in the same age group in the societies from which they originate," Mr. Krueger outlined the results of his recent studies at the London School of Economics last year in a lecture that will soon to be published as a book, "What Makes a Terrorist?"

Alan Krueger says, "There is no evidence of a general tendency for impoverished or uneducated people to be more likely to support terrorism or join terrorist organizations than their higher-income, better-educated countrymen," he said and that seems to be borne out by some of the most high profile recent terrorist attacks – both the 9-11 and the 7-7 attackers were relatively well-educated and well-off men.

David Wessel writing in the Wall Street Journal notes that, “Mr. Krueger, 46 years old, is one of those academics whose research extends from the standard fare -- How much more do workers with education earn? What happens to employment when the minimum wage rises? -- to, well, cool stuff. Did Firestone factories produce shoddy tires during a period of labor unrest? (Yes) Are rich people really enjoying life more than the rest of us? (No) Are concert-ticket prices higher for female musicians than males? (Yes)”

“When He began poking around this sordid subject a decade ago when he and a colleague found little connection between economic circumstances and the incidence of violent hate crimes in Germany. Among the statistical pieces of the puzzle a small band of academics have assembled since are these:

• Backgrounds of 148 Palestinian suicide bombers show they were less likely to come from families living in poverty and were more likely to have finished high school than the general population. Biographies of 129 Hezbollah shahids (martyrs) reveal they, too, are less likely to be from poor families than the Lebanese population from which they come. The same goes for available data about an Israeli terrorist organization, Gush Emunim, active in the 1980s.

• Terrorism doesn't increase in the Middle East when economic conditions worsen; indeed, there seems no link. One study finds the number of terrorist incidents is actually higher in countries that spend more on social-welfare programs. Slicing and dicing data finds no discernible pattern that countries that are poorer or more illiterate produce more terrorists. Examining 781 terrorist events classified by the U.S. State Department as "significant" reveals terrorists tend to come from countries distinguished by political oppression, not poverty or inequality.

• Public-opinion polls from Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan and Turkey find people with more education are more likely to say suicide attacks against Westerners in Iraq are justified. Polls of Palestinians find no clear difference in support for terrorism as a means to achieve political ends between the most and least educated.”

So if poverty and lack of education DO NOT motivate terrorists, what does?

Well according to Mr. Wessel, “So, what is the cause? Suppression of civil liberties and political rights," and he cites Alan Krueger who notes, "When nonviolent means of protest are curtailed," he says, "malcontents appear to be more likely to turn to terrorist tactics."

While that may well explain some of jihadism’s appeal in the Mideast, it does nothing to explain its appeal among Muslims in the West. No, there’s something more.

As blogger Jeremayakovka (http://jeremayakovka.typepad.com/) has astutely noted, “Islam, like Communism is simply incompatible with democracy.”

READ: http://jeremayakovka.typepad.com/jeremayakovka/2007/07/islam-like-comm.html

Jere cites former British PM Tony Blair who said, “The idea that as a Muslim in this country that you don't have the freedom to express your religion or your views, I mean you've got far more freedom in this country than you do in most Muslim countries.”

Blair goes on, “The reason we are finding it hard to win this battle is that we're not actually fighting it properly. We're not actually standing up to these people and saying, "It's not just your methods that are wrong, your ideas are absurd. Nobody is oppressing you. Your sense of grievance isn't justified."

Yes, it seems that like Communism, Sharia-based Islam is simply incompatible with Democracy.