Democracy And Freedom Issues Archives
February 24, 2008
Update on the Mohammed cartoons
Good news from Belarus (though not as good as one would like): just hoping Lukashenko is not chastising the judges for admitting the appeal against the sentence which included a punishment of three years of forced labor. Anyway, Danish cartoonist Kurt Westengaard continues to increase his list of people who want to murder him fans: in Pakistan, last Friday (again) there were people shouting "Death to the cartoonist". By the way, recent riots in Denmark were not caused in the beginning by the cartoons, but by the detention of some drug trafficking thugs in Copenhague. That was they insisted that... ... more
Posted at 7:37 PM
February 13, 2008
The Chadian Talibans
There has been nearly no news about something which is terrible for Africa and specially for Darfur: the conquest by Saudi and Sudan-backed Jihadis of nearly all Chad in less than a week. Some days ago I wrote about the possibility of Chad being converted into an Islamic state. I was not wrong though it seems that reality could even worse than I thought at first. Throughout nearly 25 years a terrible genocide has happened in Sudan. Both Christians and Animists were killed by Janjaweed, the demons from the North, who caused death and displacement all over the place, without... ... morePosted at 7:26 PM
July 9, 2007
Opponents Of U.S. Sovereignty Plan To Sneak Agenda Around Congress
Is Red China to monitor non-Chinese shipments within U.S.? Is the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) -- whose U.S. operation conducts its business in secrecy in the bowels of the U.S. Department of Commerce -- plunging ahead with a program that may end America as we know it? Apparently, the answer to both questions is an alarming, yes. The SPP appears to lead ultimately to a North American Union (NAU) or "community." Under that scenario, the borders of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico would be (de facto, if not formally) erased.... ... morePosted at 6:12 AM
June 25, 2007
Danes Burn Mohammed In Effigy 'For A Mohammed-Free Denmark'
... a new evil has arrived in Europe, an evil that lies and kills in the name of their so-called God. An evil that springs from the so-called Prophet Mohammed. Therefore, in our time, it is he who symbolizes evil and it is not just one harvest that will disappear, but all of Western Europe's future that will vanish if this evil is not dispatched to Hekkenfeldt [i.e. Hell, literally the Hekla volcano in Iceland -- BB]. Therefore will we burn the so-called Prophet Mohammed, on June 23, 2007, in three nameless places.A group in Denmark burned an effigy... ... morePosted at 6:44 PM | Comments (4)
June 5, 2007
Michael Rubin: Bush Has Abandoned Middle East Democracy
In an American Enterprise Institute article on US Middle East policy yesterday, conservative analyst Michael Rubin reviewed recent US activity in the region and said Bush's second-term direction is a move away from the promotion of democracy. Read it here. Crossposted from Satellite News.... ... morePosted at 7:30 AM
June 4, 2007
Tens of Thousands of Hong Kong Nationals Mark Anniversary Of Tiananmen Square Massacre
Many more images at Free Thoughts ... Images of Beijing, June 4, 1989 here ... (The massacre at Tiananmen Square) MSNBC (hat tip World Hum - Tiananmen Square, 18 Years After the Massacre) has posted a terrific blog item by a correspondent in Beijing who visited the square today. A "teenage-looking girl" sat down next to the news producer, opened a map to look like just another tourist and said in a hushed voice, "Excuse me, do you know what happened here?" [Slideshow: Remembering Tiananmen Square]... ... morePosted at 9:17 PM
May 28, 2007
They Stood Tall - The American Way
Happy Memorial Day to all, on this day that we remember all the fallen. The song in this video pays tribute to the "men who stood tall with pride", who met the call when duty beckoned and "all gave some, some gave all." This video is to remind us of the true meaning of memorial day: Here's the National Memorial Day Concert - Salute to the Services on PBS, aired live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, May 27, 2007: I have great difficulty watching videos like these, hearing songs of remembrance for our... ... morePosted at 10:09 AM
May 26, 2007
Memorial Day Tribute
To my son Michael, still serving in Iraq, and all others there with him: God bless all of you. Stay safe, and come home as soon as your job is done. We know that you know, freedom isn't free; and we know that the price all of you are paying is for all of us and your country, and we are grateful for your service. Your families love and miss you all. To all my fellow veterans, as our nation thanks us for our service: I know you join with me in thanking our nation for the opportunity to... ... morePosted at 6:52 PM | Comments (2)
May 22, 2007
'Mind-Altering Worldviews'
Jawa Report points to Pastor Bruce Moon's very timely and important piece addressing "the self-inflicted, anti-survivalist weakness and stupidity that liberalism has inflicted on our country." I'm calling it today's 'must read':Some viral idea has crept into our collective national consciousness, offering us a false wisdom and a feigned hope, while it meanwhile shuts down vital parts of our mental operational systems designed to initiate self-survival programs. We are fast approaching the point where either we must reject the pterodactyl-like hallucinations of irrational humanistic constructs that only produce mind-boggling complacent stupor, political correctness contrivances, and cowardice, or we will become... ... morePosted at 12:01 PM
May 19, 2007
Iraqi Freedom Hero Soldier Beaten/Tased By Las Vegas Police At McCarran Airport!!
This happened in America, folks, and it happened to a hero of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The solider in the following video is beaten and teased by 2 officers at Las Vegas Metro Police Dept. while another Las Vegas Metro Police Officer stands back and watches with his hands in his pockets thru glass doors, then laughs and makes a little skip as he makes fun of the Soldier's fall from the first of THREE tasings with a buddy TSA employee. The soldier was getting ready to redeploy back to Iraq.This Soldier did NOTHING wrong and NO charges were filed against... ... morePosted at 3:11 PM
May 6, 2007
TV: Sarkozy Elected French President
According to television projections (via Reuters), conservative Nicolas Sarkozy won France's presidential election, beating his Socialist rival, Segolene Royal, by a comfortable margin. Royal, had borrowed from the playbook of her Islamofascist supporters and warned that if she didn't win there would be violence and brutality unleashed in the country; apparently it didn't work:Forecasts by four pollsters showed Sarkozy, 52, a hardline former interior minister, won around 53 percent of the vote in the second-round ballot and will succeed fellow conservative Jacques Chirac, who was president for 12 years. Turnout was predicted at about 85 percent.Royal has already conceded defeat.... ... morePosted at 2:42 PM
May 4, 2007
Sarcozy Increases Lead In French Polls As Royal Runs To Islamofascist Playbook
In what LGF refers to as an "Islamist-Leftist convergence," Socialist Ségolène Royal is borrowing from the playbook of her Islamofascist supporters, and warning that if she doesn't win, there will be violence and brutality unleashed in the country," suggesting that unrest was especially likely in the "volatile suburbs" (MSM-speak for the Muslim communities) that were the site of rioting in 2005: PARIS: The French presidential campaign officially closed Friday with the Gaullist front-runner, Nicolas Sarkozy, looking ever more assured of winning Sunday and his Socialist rival, Ségolène Royal, predicting street violence if he is elected. Her warning came after the... ... morePosted at 4:59 PM
May 3, 2007
Bush Administration EEOC Sues Salvation Army
... Over the Salvation Army's "English-only" policy:The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has over the years been broadly hostile to employer policies requiring that employees speak English on the job, viewing such policies as improperly tending to screen out workers of protected national origin. Federal courts haven't always agreed with the agency's views on the question, however; in a 2003 case the Salvation Army, the venerable religious institution, was upheld in its right to fire a worker who'd refused to speak English when asked to do so by her boss. Now the EEOC has taken the Salvation Army back to... ... morePosted at 11:56 AM
April 18, 2007
Partial Manifesto Of Virginia Tech Killer Cho Seung Hui (Video)
(Please excuse my language here; after seeing the manifesto video, you'll understand!) If you weren't already mad as hell about the sicko psycho murdering SOB Cho Seung Hui, prepare to get mad now. If you were already mad as hell at the bastard, prepare to become ballistically enraged!!! Sometime after he killed two people in a Virginia university dormitory but before he slaughtered 30 more in a classroom building Monday morning, Cho Seung-Hui mailed NBC News a large package, including photographs and videos, lamenting that "I didn't have to do this." Video 1 - Cho Seung-Hui Manifesto Video Released: Video... ... morePosted at 9:46 PM
Fewer Guns, More Crime In Britain
In the aftermath of the Virginia Tech murders and the almost inevitable talk about gun control, here's something to think about (Via Riehl World View): "On the heels of a 1996 school shooting in Britain, they enacted some of the toughest gun restrictions anywhere. British Olympic shooters can't even practice in Britain. However, gun violence in Britain has continued to increase year by year." Links to the story here ...... ... morePosted at 2:28 PM | Comments (2)
March 18, 2007
Blogburst: Gathering of Eagles is 30,000 strong
Reports on the National Park Service estimate of the Gathering of Eagles turnout show it's 30,000 strong. The silent majority is no longer silent!!! You'll find "Tons of photos" you won't see in the WaPo or NYTimes over at the Hot Air Flickr album (hat tip - Michelle Malkin). Cross posted from Hyscience... ... morePosted at 11:09 PM | Comments (1)
March 6, 2007
Egypt Sliding Into The Stone Age
Whisper of Madness has it that Egypt is de-evolving at a momentum faster than the rest of the world can advance, and that a prime example is that Yahia Ragheb Daqruri, Egyptian judge and president of the judges syndicate has released a report stating that women judges are un-Islamic and not in accordance with Sharia law. On what basis you ask? Because it's inappropriate for a women to be, "alone in a room with two or more male judges" deliberating. Right of course! Besides that, even if men could by some means overcome their animalistic nature and not rape a... ... morePosted at 1:43 PM
February 22, 2007
British Ad: 'Imagine A World Without America'
Here is the fourth of 18DoughtyStreet.com's weekly advertisements: At a time of rampant anti-Americanism this ad - produced with BritainAndAmerica.com - aims to remind the world of the great economic, technological and political benefits that the US has brought to the world. Something for the anti-American leftists and our enemies to think about!... ... morePosted at 4:47 PM | Comments (2)
February 15, 2007
A Hard Look At Anti-Americanism
Janet Albrechtsen's piece Protector of the free world deserves better, addresses the widespread anti-Americanism in the world today, the history behind it, and explains that it's not just caused by anti-Bush sentiment. It's an essay on "Why they hate us" that's a must read for every American (hat tip Sister Toldjah):[...] Where once it was relegated to the far Right and the far Left to despise American culture and capitalism in equal doses, now it's become part of the respectable mainstream. Markovits augments countless surveys and opinion polls with myriad examples of quotidian life in Europe where anything nasty... ... morePosted at 9:09 AM | Comments (1)
January 31, 2007
Italian Blogs for Darfur
Drima at The Sudanese Thinker points to this petition urging the Italian media to give more coverage and attention to the sweet disaster known as Darfur. He asks that we read it and sign it, and offers hope that they actually end up describing the conflict accurately. The pages on Darfur-Awareness.org should defintely help.... ... morePosted at 4:32 PM
January 4, 2007
Democracy in Egypt? Thanks but no thanks.
Prayer during working hours at a bank downtown Cairo While I have always been a true supporter of democracy in my country Egypt , recent events in the region are sending all sorts of wrong and worrying signals regarding the implementation of democracy in the region. The 1992 events in Algeria started it all; the Fronte Islamique du Salut (FIS) was just about to make a major win, which was not worrying until the banners its supporters were brandishing started to reveal the true intentions of the FIS; It was to be the first and last elections. The army interfered... ... morePosted at 4:28 AM
January 3, 2007
What Has This Lady Been 'Smokin' ?
MEMRI, which usually brings us unusual insight into faraway people and places, sometimes casts a light closer to home. Here's a Beantown professor at Boston College and Brandeis, who wonders whether Osama bin-Laden really had anything to do with 9/11. Even more astounding is that she's apparently a proponent of Wahabbism. Jules Crittenden has the story and links ...... ... morePosted at 11:25 AM
December 9, 2006
Has "Democracy" Gone Mad?
Now and then there comes a time to rant - this is one of those times. Besides, it's been a lousy news day. In the wake of Ariel Sharon's demise the Israeli people have chosen a leader, Ehud Olmert, whose very own secularist wife and children openly oppose him politically, campaign against him, and vote for his opposition! Is it not written that "A House divided against itself will not stand"? And what about us in America in light of the results of the infamous November elections, are we not destined to learn the folly of a protest vote and... ... morePosted at 4:55 PM
November 15, 2006
Pork-gobbling Crusader Dog Starts Blogging
Jules Crittenden, the Boston Herald city editor and columnist, now has a blog. Cross posted from Hyscience... ... morePosted at 12:45 PM
October 23, 2006
Selective Leaking and Treason
... we're reminded that the responsibility we have as Americans of all political stripes is to transcend partisan politics in this time of war against Islamic terrorists who are now waging a war of propaganda in our country.
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October 14, 2006
America as a Unique State, and Anti-Semitism
I stumbled upon this post at Muslihoon while looking up "ridiculous" items related to Haram*. It dates back to February of this year and includes a great quote from the American Revolution that reminds us why we (and everyone else should) love America. It's damned well worth a click to read it. *BTW, not everything that is haram is ridiculous - some make sense and help one lead a good life.... ... morePosted at 8:40 AM
October 13, 2006
On The Moral And Intellectual Bankruptcy Of Today's Left
Nothing stands out more than the truth, and the truth is that the Left has "left" reason behind in their pursuit of power and influence.
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October 11, 2006
Media Sensationalism, "Elite" Media Bias, And The "Banality" Of The American Conservative Majority: How It Is Affecting The Upcoming Elections!
When a little over a year ago all the news outlets, in particular the cable news channels, began their "wall to wall" coverage of the disappearance of Natalee Holloway in Aruba (which lasted months), I often raised my voice against the idiocy of devoting such an inordinate amount of coverage to what, though tragic, amounted to nothing more nor less than just one more personal, family, tragedy, blown out of all proportion by the media with its over-the-top coverage, into a media event! This, at the expense of neglecting far more sobering, and ominous issues and developments impacting all of... ... morePosted at 4:40 PM | Comments (1)
October 10, 2006
Americans Against Hate Launches CAIR Watch
CAIR Watch is asking for volunteers across the United States to act as "CAIR Watchers" to assist in the project.
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September 22, 2006
On Hugo Chávez at the U.N. and an Answer to Political Activist Miss Natalee Fania on Fox's "Dayside"
Just as with his mentor Castro in Cuba, what this madman Chávez is doing, is further sinking Venezuela into a totalitarian nightmare of repression, human suffering, privation, and poverty!
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September 20, 2006
Bernard Lewis: 'Bring Them Freedom, Or They Destroy Us'
The Islamists are firm and convinced and resolute. To say that it is an important read, is an understatement.
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September 19, 2006
Thailand Coup Installs Muslim Prime Minister
Not unexpected, after all, the ummah always comes before country
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September 11, 2006
A Nation With No Soul Pays Dearly
... And we indeed will pay dearly unless we again, as we have done in the past, stand up together and define what it is to be an American and what it is we stand for.
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Remembering Where We Were on 9/11 - What Matters Next Is Where We Go From Here
instead of even thinking about joining hands in warm embrace and singing Kumbaya with our enemies, as some on the Left would have us do, we need to join together with each other as Americans all - Buddhists, Christians, Jews, Hindus, etc... etc... , and then all of us together (including moderate Muslims who want no part of the radicals' ideology) - join together in one voice and as one body and go kick the S**T out of those that are trying to kill us, force us to convert to Islam, and destroy our culture and civilization.
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August 15, 2006
Thoughts on Cuba
While we all anxiously wait for Fidel to die, I thought I'd supply a few different thoughts about Cuba. Specifically, immigration policy. I recently read "The Case for Democracy" by Natan Sharansky, which outlines one of the hidden reasons why the Soviet Union fell. That reason was an allowance by the Soviet government for Jewish dissidents to emigrate to other countries (such as Israel). The result was that the ensuing mass emigration allowed many to overcome the fear of the government, and, in turn, encouraged dissenting speech which weakened the country. In light of this, consider the case of Cuba.... ... morePosted at 9:17 AM
August 4, 2006
Comments On Democracy In The Middle East From A Non-Expert
You cannot have a democracy with an armed militia operating within your country. This is an automatic no-go and a clear signal that no real democracy exists. Look at Iraq, the Palestinians, and Lebanon.
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A Report On Democracy in the Middle East
The UN Development Programme, Regional Bureau for Arab States has published The Arab Human Development Report 2004: Towards Freedom in the Arab World. Although there are the usual Arab biases regarding Israel and the United States and President Bush, the report is nonetheless valuable for its observations and information on the advance of democracy in the Middle East, and the problems that beset it. Here is a review by Frank Tachau (Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago) published on the H-Democracy List. (Continued here... ... morePosted at 3:45 PM
July 31, 2006
Democratic Peace Seminar Q&A #1- Internal Violence
I've started responding to questions and comments that come from those participating in my blog seminar on the democratic peace, and doing my recommended readings. See here. I've just posted the first comments and my responses: "Democratic Peace Seminar Q&A #1- Internal Violence." I will not cross-post any of this seminar, since I think it best to do it in one place. If you are interested, you can make a note to regularly check the blog or sign up for notification of postings (see the left side panel of my blog).... ... morePosted at 5:18 PM
July 30, 2006
A Blog Seminar On The Democratic Peace
My assertions about the democratic peace have received appropriate skepticism and many good questions. To review, the democratic peace propositions are that: • Democracies do not make war on each other; • The more democratic two countries, the less likely there will be severe violence between them; • And the more democratic a country: • The less severe its overall foreign violence; • The less its domestic violence; • The less it will murder its people. I can add that democracies do not have famines, they are the least corrupt, they are the most prosperous, and their people are... ... morePosted at 10:05 PM
July 27, 2006
Answering Questions on the Democratic Peace
A number of questions about the democratic peace were raised on Dean's World, where I cross posted my "'Thug Regimes?' Really?" These are important and in answering them I want to further clarify the democratic peace. (Continued here)... ... morePosted at 10:10 PM
July 25, 2006
Israel, Palestinians, Lebanon--A War among Democracies?
There is considerable violence -- what some are calling a war -- between the democratically elected Hamas Palestinian government and democratic Israel; and Israel is engaged in a war with Hezbollah in the south of Lebanon, which apparently had a democratic election in May, 2005. Is this a falsification of the democratic peace theory that democracies don't make war on each other? (Continued here)... ... morePosted at 10:07 PM
July 13, 2006
Relevant Words From Paine's Common Sense
Relevant Words From Paine's Common Sense The following is from Thomas Paine's 1776 Common Sense, a pamphlet very influential on the side of the American Revolution. Within a few weeks of its publication, over 100,000 copies were sold. Paul Johnson in his A History of the American People claims "it was the most successful and influential pamphlet ever published." (p. 154) We are now in revolutionary times of a different order than he wrote about. The battle for the freedom and independence of the American colonies from Great Britain was won. We are now engaged in another battle, this time... ... morePosted at 10:16 PM
July 12, 2006
Emancipation Proclamation On Slavery Today
Having established that a quarter of the world's people are slaves, I wonder what Abraham Lincoln would do about this. Perhaps he would write a modern version of his Emancipation Proclamation, such as the one below. I have based it on Lincoln's February 22, 1861 Address in Independence Hall, June 16, 1858 House Divided Speech, April 6, 1859 Letter to Henry L. Pierce, and his January 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. (continued here.... ... morePosted at 10:08 PM
July 11, 2006
Today 2,387,300,000 People Are Slaves
I have often stated that those living under absolute dictatorships are enslaved. This may seem to be metaphorical, an exaggeration to make a point. It is not. It is a literal expression of life under these ruling gangs. But, I have not taken the time definitively to establish this, so I will do so now. The common belief is that a slave is one who is not only the property of another, but one who may be bought or sold--traditional chattel slavery. Not necessarily so. My Bible on definitional matters is The Oxford English Dictionary. It defines a "slave" as:... ... morePosted at 10:09 PM
July 9, 2006
A Better Organization of Rummel's Blog Achive
I have reorganized my topical blog archive so that posts on the democratic peace are not only easier to find by proposition, but so that the structure of the democratic peace is easier to see. The major outline of the organization is given below:... ... morePosted at 3:33 PM
July 8, 2006
On "The Declaration of Freedom of Humanity"
On "The Declaration of Freedom of Humanity" On "The Declaration of Freedom of Humanity" which I also posted on Dean's World, Jos Metadi made this comment: "Endowed by nature with certain unalienable Rights"? Sorry, nature endows no rights other than might makes right, the right to do whatever someone else can't stop you from doing. Rights are either a creation of a sovereign God, or the creation of a group/civilization and are alienable dependent upon inclusion in that group and acceptance of its social order. Rather than putting this in terms of a "creator," which the Declaration of Independence does,... ... morePosted at 1:31 PM
July 4, 2006
Some Fourth Of July 'Food For Thought'
Muslims are taught to believe that the source of legitimacy of any government lies not in the people, which is what the Declaration of Independence declares, but in the will or whim of Allah - as interpreted by men, often in terms expressed for their own purposes and agendas.
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Happy Independence Day America
It is Independence Day -- an independence that was and is drenched in the blood of our citizens who were and are willing to die for freedom from tyranny, and to maintain liberty.
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July 3, 2006
Three Cheers for the United States of America
[Note: this is a slightly revised version of what I posted last July 4, 2005] There now is a force in this world doing systematically what we all want done: eliminating democide and its aggressive forces, while trying to supplant it with its solution--democracy. In 1999, the United States and its NATO allies saved Kosovo from the Slobodan Milosevic regime's mass murder. It had used its military, and paramilitary forces to slaughter about 10,000 Kosovo Albanians and drive out of the country perhaps a million of these poor people. The American and allied intervention also paved the way for... ... morePosted at 10:22 PM
June 29, 2006
The Declaration of Freedom of Humanity
July 4th is coming up next Tuesday. In anticipation of that, I offer the following Declaration of Freedom of Humanity. It is an updating of the July 4th, 1776, "The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies." We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men and Women are created Equal, that they are endowed by nature with certain unalienable Rights, which among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these Rights, governments are instituted among Men and Women, deriving their just powers from the Consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of... ... morePosted at 9:37 PM
June 28, 2006
I'm Back
See here.... ... morePosted at 5:51 PM | Comments (1)
June 25, 2006
UN Human Rights member involved in torture, rape of journalists, bloggers
Here's an example of your United Nations Human Rights Council: (via Shlemazl) Saeed Mortazavi, Iranian General Prosecutor and the Prime Suspect in the Zahra Kazemi Case, is participating in the Iranian delegation to the new UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. It is believed that Zahra Kazemi, an Iranian-Canadian journalist was raped and tortured to death by Iranian police. Here is an eye-witness account: Her entire body carried strange marks of violence. She had a big bruise on the right side of her forehead stretching down to the ear. The ear drum was intact, but the membrane in one of... ... morePosted at 10:29 PM | Comments (1)
June 20, 2006
"If Arab Governments Do Not Begin to Lead Their Peoples Toward Democracy, History Will Force it on Them"
Iraqi reformist Dr. Abd Al-Khaleq Hussein, who writes on several reformist websites, argues that Arab society suffers from "social schizophrenia," - the symptoms of which are similar to those of individuals suffering from actual schizophrenia.
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