Monthly Archives: July 2007

Barack Obama: Stopping Genocide Not Good Enough Reason to Deploy Troops!

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From the Associated Press:

SUNAPEE, N.H. – Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday the United States cannot use its military to solve humanitarian problems and that preventing a potential genocide in Iraq isn’t a good enough reason to keep U.S. forces there.

“Well, look, if that’s the criteria by which we are making decisions on the deployment of U.S. forces, then by that argument you would have 300,000 troops in the Congo right now — where millions have been slaughtered as a consequence of ethnic strife — which we haven’t done,” Obama said in an interview with The Associated Press.

“We would be deploying unilaterally and occupying the Sudan, which we haven’t done. Those of us who care about Darfur don’t think it would be a good idea,” he said.

Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, said it’s likely there would be increased bloodshed if U.S. forces left Iraq.

“Nobody is proposing we leave precipitously. There are still going to be U.S. forces in the region that could intercede, with an international force, on an emergency basis,” Obama said between stops on the first of two days scheduled on the New Hampshire campaign trail. “There’s no doubt there are risks of increased bloodshed in Iraq without a continuing U.S. presence there.”

The greater risk is staying in Iraq, Obama said.

“It is my assessment that those risks are even greater if we continue to occupy Iraq and serve as a magnet for not only terrorist activity but also irresponsible behavior by Iraqi factions,” he said.

So people who really care about Darfur are happy to let the Arab genocide against Black Africans continue, because deploying troops to crush the racist jihadi insurgency isn’t a “good idea?” Doesn’t that strike anyone as a disgustingly amoral stance?

And since when is genocide considered “irresponsible behavior” as opposed to unmitigated evil?

Obama just exposed himself as either completely shallow and naive, or some sort of emotionless leftbot.

John Doe Provision Dead! Democrats Will Have Blood on Their Hands!

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We have now reached a point in society where political correctness has demanded, and will receive, the blood of innocent Americans. I live in a city where billboards and advertisements tell citizens “If you see something, say something” yet if I do report suspicious activity to the authorities I am exposing myself and my family to financial ruin at the hands of terror apologists.

I spent three weeks at Wesleyan University recently, where I was bombarded by liberal pablum daily and watched as Islamists quietly infiltrated the small Connecticut town that houses the university. I listened in horror as an Episcopalian priest lectured his class mates on how they didn’t understand that Islam was in fact a matriarchal religion and women were better off in Islamic countries than the “media” (read Jews) would have you believe. I once sat in a class with a Muslim convert who joyously described her trip to Pakistan with her husband’s British friends. I watched local Muslims put up anti-American, anti-Semitic fliers all over that town and if I reported any of this to authorities as the kind of suspicious activity that Americans should be alert for, the Democrats believe I should be sued.

This is pure intimidation on the part of C.A.I.R. and their Democrat toadies. This puts all of us, left and right, in danger. Terrorism cannot be deterred retroactively, terror plots cannot be broken up after the fact. Every American should be able to report something suspicious to the authorities in good faith without the fear that they’ll be dragged into court and bankrupted by vengeful jihadis in an effort to intimidate future good Samaritans. No American will come forward with information about what they think is suspicious behavior, and I don’t blame them. I won’t. I can’t afford to.

But that’s the point, isn’t it? My classmate’s frequent trips to Pakistan with a bunch of British Muslims is beyond suspicious, but I can’t take the chance that I’ll get sued if I pursue it with authorities. I can’t spend all my money fighting a protracted court battle, so I’ll shut up. And when a dirty bomb is detonated at Wesleyan’s next commencement people will ask why the government wasn’t watching the Muslim converts who were in Pakistan so often. The answer will be because no one reported them for fear of being sued.

The answer will be because Democrats put the interest of trial lawyers and C.A.I.R. before the blood of 45,000 small town Americans from New England. The answer will be because people who did know something were intimidated into silence. When the Democrats killed the John Doe amendment, they killed the next victims of a terror attack on our soil.

Solomonia has more.

Michelle Malkin’s naming names. Surprise! it was all Democrats who killed it. Clinton voted with the Republicans on this, as did Lieberman of course, and Dorgan, Conrad, Bayh, Baucus, Conrad, Nelson and Schumer. There were a couple of others, but these are the only Democrats with any integrity.

Wake Up America calls it like they see it.

CVF is on it.

Jihad Watch: Democrats strike a blow for the Jihad

I’m moving from the NYC anyway, and I’d advise anyone who doesn’t want to get nuked to do the same. And with C.A.I.R. being given carte blanche to sue anyone who tells police when they see a plot unfolding, the chances of NYC or Middletown, CT or any city getting hit by a terror attack has increased to about 80%.

When a Glasgow style truck bomb goes off in your town square, don’t forget to thank a Democrat.

Democrats: If You See Something, Don’t Say Anything Unless You Have a Good Lawyer

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Democrats are seeking to repeal a provision from the homeland security bill that would protect Americans who report suspicious behavior from lawsuits by terrorist co-conspirators like C.A.I.R. in a move clearly designed to make America a more vulnerable target for Islamic terrorism.

From The Washington Times:

Democrats are trying to pull a provision from a homeland security bill that will protect the public from being sued for reporting suspicious behavior that may lead to a terrorist attack, according to House Republican leadership aides.

The legislation, which moves to a House and Senate conference committee this afternoon, will implement final recommendations from the 911 Commission.

Rep. Pete King, New York Republican and ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Rep. Steve Pearce, New Mexico Republican, sponsored the bill after a group of Muslim imams filed a lawsuit against U.S. Airways and unknown or “John Doe” passengers after they were removed for suspicious behavior aboard Flight 300 from Minneapolis to Phoenix on Nov. 20 before their removal.

“Democrats are trying to find any technical excuse to keep immunity out of the language of the bill to protect citizens, who in good faith, report suspicious activity to police or law enforcement,” Mr. King said in an interview last night.

“This is a slap in the face of good citizens who do their patriotic duty and come forward, and it caves in to radical Islamists,” Mr. King said.

Michelle Malkin is spearheading the effort to save the John Doe provision. Do your part to help keep America safe.

University of Chicago Scientists “Prove” that Communists are Better People Than the Rest of Us

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Democidal tendencies be damned!

University of Chicago pseudo-scientist Boaz Keysar co-authored a “study” where it was proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that American individualism makes people less “attuned” to others while people from communist China are wonderful, responsive human beings.

The evidence: The Chinese subjects responded to vague commands faster and more efficiently than the Americans. Why oh why can’t we all be eager to please authority like those nice people who are scared to death of being slaughtered by the state?

From Live Science:

Rugged American individualism could hinder our ability to understand other peoples’ point of view, a new study suggests.

And in contrast, the researchers found that Chinese are more skilled at understanding other people’s perspectives, possibly because they live in a more “collectivist” society.

“This cultural difference affects the way we communicate,” said study co-author and cognitive psychologist Boaz Keysar of the University of Chicago.

Simple study

The study, though oversimplified compared to real life, was instructive. Keysar and his colleagues arranged two blocks on a table so participants could see both. However, a piece of cardboard obstructed the view of one block so a “director,” sitting across from the participant, could only see one block.

When the director asked 20 American participants (none of Asian descent) to move a block, most were confused as to which block to move and did not take into account the director’s perspective. Even though they could have deduced that, from the director’s seat, only one block was on the table.

Most of the 20 Chinese participants, however, were not confused by the hidden block and knew exactly which block the director was referring to. While following directions was relatively simple for the Chinese, it took Americans twice as long to move a block.

“That strong, egocentric communication of Westerners was nonexistent when we looked at Chinese,” Keysar said. “The Chinese were very much able to put themselves in the shoes of another when they were communicating.”

The results are detailed in the July issue of the journal Psychological Science.

Collectivist societies, such as the Chinese, place more value on the needs of the group and less on the autonomy of the individual. In these societies, understanding other peoples’ experiences is a more critical social skill than it is among typically more individualist Americans.

By “other people” the Keysar of course means the communist party. And how does a “collectivist” society like communist China ensure that people learn this critical social skill of anticipating the needs of others?

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If only we could learn from them.

Can the good doctor explain why the Chinese have problems seeing things from the Falun Gong perspective?

h/t Hot Air