In an internet video, Al-Qaeda's Zawahri says that the U.S. is in so much financial despair because of the wars we've waged in the Middle East. Here's an excerpt from Reuters:
"The ones shouldering the burden are taxpayers, whose money was spent to rescue senior capitalists and to protect the fraudulent interest-based system from collapse," Zawahri said.
Asked by an off-camera interviewer whether Washington would be able to resolve the crisis, Zawahri said: "They might be able to lighten their losses if they were to stop the insane hemorrhaging of funds which they are spending on wars against Muslims."
Zawahri said U.S. military action against militant tribal forces in Pakistan, who are allied with al Qaeda, would fail despite more troops being sent by President George W. Bush to neighboring Afghanistan.
"I challenge you (Bush), if you are really a man, to send the entire American army to Pakistan and the tribal regions for it to end up in hell," Zawahri said on the video, which carried English subtitles."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the full article here:http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4AR1LZ20081128
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
What I Think About The Kids Dressing Up Like Puritans & Indians For Thanksgiving!
We have done away with kids dressing up for Halloween in most schools. So, to avert accusations of stereotyping people,I think kids should not make these "costumes" because of the true story behind Thanksgiving. We should concentrate on making it a day of appreciation for all that we have here in America thanks,in part, to the American Indians. I know that some of the descendants of the Puritans want to remain insensitive to the fact that their forebears committed great acts of genocide against the American Indians. That part of the Thanksgiving tale is often omitted which makes the American Indians upset. They are Native Americans,meaning this was once their land. It's hard for them to see those who took it from them in such a brutal fashion be glorified on Christopher Colombus Day & Thanksgiving. We must find a way to present history in the truest light possible. Until we do,African-Americans will continue to be incensed by the pride some have in the history of the Confederacy & the Confederate flag and so forth & so on.You can't distort the past & not acknowledge the pain & anguish that so many different racial groups have suffered in America.
Anderson Cooper Is Less Impassioned Than Keith Olbermann About Prop. 8 Even Though He Is Gay!
In this video, Anderson Cooper of CNN interviews S.F. Mayor Gavin Newsom about Proposition 8. He seems to be totally indifferent to the subject even though he allegedly has a live-in boyfriend for almost 2 years now. According to Jossip:
"More than two years later … and Anderson Cooper is still dating the same guy? Though we've heard rumors about different paramours in between, 27-ish wine importer Julio Cesar Recio was just spotted leaving LAX with a passport-equipped Cooper."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here:http://www.jossip.com/anderson-cooper-jetting-off-for-lovers-escape-20081125/
Now, look at Keith Olbermann's very enraged rant about the passage of Proposition 8. I just wonder how honest Anderson Cooper is with himself since he's "keeping them honest". And so does Keith Olbermann. This is an excerpt from AfterElton.com:
"He's repeatedly taken on the Bush Administration, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, and pretty much anyone else he suspects of being a hypocrite. Turns out Olbermann's outspokenness extends to his fellow news anchor Anderson Cooper of CNN. In a recent interview with New York Magazine Olbermann has this to say about Anderson (recently "outed" so to speak by Out magazine):
"Don’t tell me you don’t want to talk about personal life when you wrote a book about your father’s death and your brother’s death. You can’t move this big mass of personal stuff out for public display, then people ask questions and you say, ‘Oh, no, I didn’t say there was going to be any questions.’ It’s the same thing as the Bush administration saying, ‘We’re going to war, but you really aren’t allowed to know why."
Don't hold back there, Keith! But that isn't all. Olbermann goes on to say:
"Don’t tell me you can’t talk about your personal life and then, when they send you overseas and you do a report that consists of your voice-over and pictures of you in a custom-made, blue-to-match-your-eyes bulletproof vest, looking somberly at these scenes of human devastation—like a tourist—and that’s your report. Your shtick is your personal life."(END OF EXCERPT) Read the rest here:http://www.afterelton.com/blog/michaeljensen/msnbcs-keith-olbermann-takes-on-anderson-cooper
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