Important Stuff -- Or Not: What's the Religion of Peace Up To Today?

Sunday, July 09, 2006

What's the Religion of Peace Up To Today?

It's 66 degrees and partly cloudy in our nation's capital. I can look out the window and see the Capitol dome against an early morning pink sky. It's just a nice time to sit on the porch with a cup of coffee and watch the sun come up. I wonder what's happening in other parts of the world this morning.

BAGHDAD, July 9 (Reuters) - Up to 40 people, including women and children, were killed on Sunday when Shi'ite gunmen went on a rampage against residents in predominantly Sunni districts of Baghdad, Interior Ministry and police sources said. QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani security forces, helicopter gunships attack tribal militant hideouts, killing 23 fighters, official says BAGHDAD, July 9, 2006 (AFP) - At least 15 people were killed at a fake checkpoint in the predominantly Sunni west Baghdad neighborhood of Jihad on Sunday, an official in the defense ministry reported. ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- Thousands of pro-Islamic Turks were gathering on Sunday to protest Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, a day after the Turkish foreign minister called the offensive in response to the abduction of an Israeli soldier "horrifying." BAGHDAD, July 9, 2006 (AFP) - The abductors of a Sunni woman MP made a new demand for her release Sunday as the Iraqi army said it captured a dreaded militant leader in an early morning raid. KABUL, July 9, 2006 (AFP) - A coalition soldier was killed in combat in southern Afghanistan Sunday while the bodies of 10 "extremists" were discovered after a military strike on a known Taliban stronghold, the US-led force said. BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Gunmen killed an Iraqi army intelligence officer in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Sunday, police said, as security forces nationwide faced a series of deadly shootings. MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Islamic militia fighters on Sunday attacked an enclave of rival clan militiamen supporting a secular warlord who refused to disarm, witnesses and officials said, as the Islamists consolidate their control of the Somali capital. NARATHIWAT, Thailand, July 9, 2006 (AFP) - A Muslim man was shot dead by suspected Islamic militants Sunday in Thailand's insurgency-torn south, police said. KABUL, July 9 (Reuters) - A roadside bomb hit a patrol of NATO-led Spanish peacekeepers in western Afghanistan, killing one and wounding four, the force and Spain's Defence Ministry said.
HIT - Two civilians were killed when a roadside bomb went off near a U.S. patrol in Hit, 170 km (110 miles) west of Baghdad, a source in the civil defence directorate said. BAGHDAD - The bodies of four people shot in the head were dumped blindfolded and handcuffed in a street in Baghdad's southwestern Jihad district, witnesses said.
KIRKUK - Gunmen killed a policeman as he headed to work in Kirkuk, police said.
RAMADI - Gunmen killed a member of the Sunni Iraqi Islamic Party in the rebel stronghold of Ramadi, 110km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, on Saturday, a hospital source said.
RAMADI - Gunmen killed three policemen on Saturday in Ramadi, a hospital source said.
KERBALA - Gunmen killed three people in different districts in the Shi'ite city of Kerbala, 110 km (68 miles) southwest of Baghdad, police said.

I had a point when I began this post, but I forgot what it was.

2 comments:

Tonto said...: You made a point nevertheless. The only theme here is "gunmen."; 11:55 AM
Lone Ranger said...: We need a new rule for English grammar. The phrases "Palestinian gunmen," "Islamic terrorists," "Muslim rebels," etc., should be considered redundant.

1 a : exceeding what is necessary or normal : SUPERFLUOUS
b : characterized by or containing an excess; specifically : using more words than necessary; 1:10 PM

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Talking Points

I don't use talking points, I create them.

1. Hate makes people stoopid.

2. There is nothing so impenetrable as a closed mind.

3. A stupid person is not someone who can't learn, but someone who refuses to learn.

4. It is a small mind that has no room for God.

5. You can take Stalin out of the gene pool, but you can't take Stalinism out of liberals.

6. The best way to sabotage a bad plan is to follow it to the letter.

7. The race card is the first refuge of people who have nothing to say.

8. Ignorance is the cornerstone of arrogance.

9. Which is more racist, to hate someone who is not white or to assume someone is racist because he is white?

10. Children are not stupid. If a child is taught, the child will learn. If a child is not learning, the child is not being taught.

11. To express righteous indignation, one must first be righteous. And that's a label that doesn't stick to liberals.

12. Profanity is ignorance made audible.

13. An open mind is a liberal's worst enemy.

14. Paternalism is the purest form of racism.

15. People who bend the truth, usually bend it in their favor.

16. If you always stand in opposition to liberalism, you will never be wrong.

18. Life is simple. People who make it complicated usually have an agenda.

19. Getting your news from the corrupt, liberal media is like sticking your head in the sand, except you don't get grit in your teeth.

20. Liberals' emotional development stops at the age of 16.

21. To anger a conservative, lie to him. To anger a liberal, tell the truth.

22. Idealism seldom matches up with reality.

23. Those who don't hate communism have never lived it.

24. This was a much more civil country when men walked about heavily armed.

25. This economy will never heal as long as Obama keeps picking at the scab.

26. Liberals don't think outside the box; they ARE the box.

27. You cannot change the hearts and minds of liberals, because they possess neither.

28. There is no such thing as a kind liberal.

29. Reading Democratic Party platforms is like reading the history of human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in this country.

25 Immutable Truths About Liberals

Over the years I've been writing this blog, I've been throwing out little self-evident truths that seem to have no exceptions that prove the rule. I've made a list of some of them and will add to it as I remember them or make up more. Most of this list I've come up with myself. A few I've borrowed from others.

1. Always expect the worst from a liberal and you will never be surprised.

2. Never try to reason with a liberal. They disregard any evidence that conflicts with their beliefs.

3. You can always tell what liberals are up to by what they accuse conservatives of doing.

4. Liberals don't debate, they argue.

5. The only standards liberals have are double standards.

6. Liberals feel, conservatives think.

7. Whenever you don't understand a liberal's motives, just look for the money.

8. Liberals cannot be embarrassed. They lack the gene to blush.

9. The Liberal Golden Rule is, "Do unto others but scream bloody murder if they do unto you."

10. Liberals don't have leaders, they have demi-gods.

11. There are no honest liberals. If they were honest -- especially to themselves -- they would be conservatives.

12. A liberal's business is nobody's business, but everyone's business is a liberal's business.

13. Liberals have an inflated sense of self-worth. They are like house flies that criticize the air-worthiness of a Stealth fighter. (Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, ad infinitum are morons.)

14. Liberals lack a sixth sense that conservatives have in abundance -- common sense.

15. Liberals never stop hating.

16. There are only two types of liberals -- the deceivers and the deceived. The difficulty is telling them apart.

17. Every time liberals get on their high horse, they get bucked off.

18. Liberal programs are so wonderful that they have to be forced on people.

19. Liberals always choke on their own medicine.

20. When given a moral choice, liberals always come down on the wrong side of the fence.

21. The only way liberals can build themselves up is by tearing others down.

22. Liberals not only refuse to learn from their mistakes, they refuse to admit them.

23. Liberals have only two political positions -- blind devotion and blind hatred.

24. Liberals are incapable of attacking the message, so they always attack the messenger.

25. Liberal diversity is only skin deep.