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If Bush does not attack Iraq in the coming months prior to 2004, even though that seems far away at this time and Bush comfortably "fat and lazy" in the "polls", something is going to happen to change all of that. I can guarantee that he will be a one-term President if he makes this mistake. The Bushies have no idea just how real the undercurrent of anger with Bush is within the grass roots of the street fighters of the right, those who are somewhat still, holding back, but letting Bush know with some chosen words, that real shadows...

I believe the Al Qa'ida organization is still in full operation in the United States, and there are pro-Castro, leftist organizations who are in "solidarity" with the "Palestinian Struggle" who have provided aid and comfort to this enemy of Democracy. In the months following 911, the Islamic terrorists have continued to try and obtain nuclear materials, dirty nukes, and continue to use internet technology to communicate with their operations in California, New York, Florida, and elsewhere including Canada, via steganography which in some cases is confused with encryption. The same left, including the so-called "Greens" and Jew-haters in France, that...

Any nation, tribe, or ruling class which through conquest or hegemony, extends it's rule beyond that of it's own tribe or nation, over people whose culture is not it's own, needs a religion, an ideology, which gives it a cultural language. Without a cultural language, such hegemony usually either never occurs, or is simply a defensive response to an attack and is very short-lived. But with a cultural language, we see historical examples of relative success by such tribes, however bloody in many cases. Until Japan's aggression met head-on with America, they had a rapid, successful, expansion, albeit short lived....

How to be a Bunco ArtistWhatever we have studied and prepared for will be worthless unless we combine our preparation with discernment and compassion. This is very true, especially when it comes to selling a bar of soap. Often the questions and challenges people raise serve as tests of our sincerity and character, but remember, do not let their questions and challenges distract you from the end-game, because in their question, in their challenge, perhaps one can look deep and see in it the smoke screen covering hidden moral and emotional issues within them, which is insight that can be...

They say that, in the ancient days of the dawn of man, we lived in caves and beneath the earth, sheltered ourselves in hidden canyons and caverns of rock. Then, about 1848, gold was discovered. It was not the first time. This time, it was the new frontier of America. Beaver pelts are nice, and the French were hunting pelts up North. But in those days, on the way to the beaver dams, there was gold in the rivers, streams and creeks nearby, and in the mountains, and in the deserts, and gold was, well, just laying on the ground...

Photo from the White House Website: Displays Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge standing in front of a large bulletin of a color chart, including RED for SEVERE, DARK-YELLOW for HIGH, LIGHT-YELLOW for ELEVATED, sort-of GRAY for GUARDED, etc... text reads:Director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge presents the Homeland Security Advisory System to the media at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C, March 12. "The advisory system is based on five threat conditions or five different alerts: low, guarded, elevated, high and severe," said Director Ridge. ". . .it empowers government and citizens to take actions to address the threat."

- Putin wants Flat Tax for Russia - They wanted to give Putin some lessons in shooting a six-gun while he's in Texas, but it turns out he doesn't need any six-shootin' lessons, that Six Shootin' Putin took that iron and was Mr. Natural when it comes to being a quick-draw McGraw.Good shootin', Putin!I have been hoping for some kind of alliance with Russia as a strategic direction, and hope that India is included . . . a lot of those hopes were dashed thanks to balmy policies of the insane Clinton-Albright administration, but it looks like a common enemy ...

Question: Can anyone confirm the following? My wife just told me, she was just watching a W.B. station on Channel 3, where Geraldo Rivera was saying he will go to Afghanistan and risk his own life to try and get Osama, hunt him down and 'get him' because bin Laden murdered a lot of his friends who were in the W.T.C.. And then, after Afghanistan, he will go to India to speak about issues related to the Islamic terrorists. But first, he's going to 'track down bin Laden', and before getting him to tell him to his face he's an ...

Osama Cuts Down on BodyguardsAsian Age Online: http://www.asianageonline.com/OSAMA CUTS DOWN ON BODYGUARDSBy Zulfiqar Ali, DawnPeshawar, Nov. 13Osama bin Laden has reduced the number of his bodyguards to avoid attracting attention, an eyewitness with access to the Al Qaeda network told Dawn here on Monday.According to the witness, the long motorcade, including pick-up trucks, which used to accompany Bin Laden, has been replaced by a couple of Land Cruiser jeeps. Before the US airstrikes on Afghanistan, Bin Laden used to travel along with 20 pick-up trucks, escorted by dozens of Arab bodyguards.The witness said Bin Laden had once come to the ...

Santa Claus seen Cutting off His Beard in Kabul"I'm a Christian . . . so they arrested me for practicing my religion in Afghanistan," said the portly, bearded man. But why Afghanistan? asked one local barber. "There are children here, just as there are children everywhere in the world," he said. "They have wishes . . . I tried to explain to the Taliban, that I'm making a list and checking it twice, that this kind of religion is for every child everywhere, no matter what faith . . . but he called me a Capitalist pig." What happened? asked ...

US strike at Lashker not yetFrom L K SharmaDH News ServiceWASHINGTON, Nov 3Washington is not yet ready formally to strike against the Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) even though as a result of confusion here, New Delhi has already welcomed the inclusion of this Pakistan-based group in the relevant US order.However, the US is expected to soon extend its reach to the LeT because Attorney General John Ashcroft has recommended to Secretary of State Colin Powell that it should be done. The Indian embassy certainly hopes that it would be done soon.At least, the LeT cannot complain that it has not been given ...

Hurricane Michelle will collapse 40 years of Communist Urban (No-)development on their heads 7pm Havana Time tonight - Communist housing in Havana a house of cards - Liberals will want America to provide housing for Cuban homeless - Should we?The terrorist, communist regime of Fidel Castro has provided no solutions for the homeless in Cuba, and no housing solutions for the masses of Cuban people for the last 40 years who suffer under his corrupt regime which squanders the money they steal from the workers to pay off bribes to military colonels and to provision corrupt, rich, business oligarchs, tobacco ...

The Afternoon Dispatch and Courier (Maharashtra, India, 3 - Nov - 2001)WHO SENT ANTHRAX IN MAIL TO BHUJBAL?Mischief or an act of terrorism?By A Staff ReporterWho sent the two envelopes containing the mysterious powder to Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal's Mantralaya office that were found to be laced with the deadly anthrax bacilli?The big question that now haunts the state home department, and police in particular, is — who dared to play this mischief? Or was it an act of terrorism?"We checked out the senders' address which had been written on the envelopes. It turned out to be bogus. Obviously, ...

A loss to Afghanistan, should we lose this war, would be final and fatal to us. It could not fail to be part of a process that would reduce us to the scale of a minor power. And that is exactly why the left wants us to lose this war. The ABC news network and the leftists within this organization, especially the ABC radio news network which broadcasts on ABC affiliates at the top of the hour, have gone into full operation in trying to undermine the war effort in Afghanistan. We are not even four weeks into this war, ...

The following is a message to America from elements in India, the likely author Sudheer Birodkar, likely directive from the RSS Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (The National Volunteers Association) of India. Some of it you may find it historically inaccurate, or very controversial. You may not agree with it. But read on. It is broken into FOUR parts, all of it authored by person(s) of India as a single commentary.RISE AMERICA RISE: What America should learn while fighting its Global War with Islamic TerrorismThe American War office is exploring the option of fighting terrorism by ejecting the Taliban and replacing it ...

The Hindustan Times for October 26, 2001 RSS call: Don’t bank on police, arm yourself Hemendra Singh Bartwal(New Delhi, October 26)The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh clearly doesn’t think too much of the ability of the government and the security forces to fight terrorists and anti-social elements. Or so suggests the sangh leadership's Vijaydashmi message to its members asking them to keep arms at home — to defend themselves.This message was relayed to RSS members at Vijaydashmi functions in the capital. They were told to acquire weapons — licensed firearms or any other kind — and keep them handy to deal with ...

UK to send 1,000 ground troops to Afghanistan: ReportsThe Times of India, Tuesday, October 23, 2001LONDON: Britain is to send about 1,000 troops to join the US-led ground war in Afghanistan, media outlets reported on Tuesday.Citing senior defence officials, the British Broadcasting Corp. said about 600 Royal Marine commandos and several hundred special forces personnel - currently taking part in a military exercise in Oman - would be deployed to join the ground assault.Four British ships participating in the exercise, which ends this weekend, also will stay behind to join the Afghan campaign, the BBC said. The Daily Telegraph and ...

Bush said, "The terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, and we will defeat them by expanding and encouraging world trade." (reported by FOX News 10-18-2001)I don't know, but, there seems to be a disconnect here. The focus of the war on terrorism is now the augmentation of global trade? We are going to defeat terrorism by expanding world trade - I suppose a lot of multinational corporations are encouraged, and I suppose one could make an argument that expanding world trade also augments the number of stakeholder nations who benefit by cooperation, and thus . . . can defeat terrorism? ...

US and Britain place Pakistan group Jaish-e-Muhammad (the Army of Prophet Muhammad) on watchlist and freeze assets . . . see report . . .Asian Age Online (West Bengal) http://www.asianageonline.com/ JAISH CLAIMS IT HAS NOT CHANGED NAME By Our Special Correspondent Srinagar, Oct. 16Jaish-e-Mohammed, the Pakistan-based outfit implicated in terrorism, on Tuesday denied that it has been renamed as "Tehrik-ul-Furqan." "We never changed the name of our organisation. We’ll continue to work under the banner of Jaish-e-Mohammed, God willing," Abu Hamza, a spokesperson of the outfit, said here.Meanwhile, reports from Jammu said high tension prevailed in the Akhnoor and Mendhar ...

Just curious, but why does it seem that most of the Anthrax incidents seem to be coming from the "Blue Gore" states and counties?   Apollo touched down on the moon, and that is why this Islam of terror must be held accountable for their injustices. This may sound like a strange statement, but it is really what this whole battle of cultures is about. Not that it is the only battle of cultures - there are many, and right here in America, we have a culture war that is a very real and consequential thing. But, right now, there ...