Monday, February 27, 2006
4:30 AM - 10:00 PM
My daze. Mostly don't make it to 10. Trying to play catchup from all the down time last year. Would have been a walk in the park 30 years ago. Wouldn't have been rough duty 20 years ago. These daze, my ass drags out my tracks!
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I never told my own religion nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change another's creed. I am satisfied that yours must be an excellent religion to have produced a life of such exemplary virtue and correctness. For it is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be judged.
- Thomas Jefferson
Sheesh. Can't help but just respect the hell out of those followers of the Religion of Pieces. Pit-i-ful.
...and some folk think it's a good idea to have a batch of them have their fingers in six of our largest seaports? I wouldn't trust that crew (followers of the prophet) with a shrimp boat dock.
Went to school with a big batch of Iranians back in 68-70. The Shah was doing a fine time of converting his patch of Persia into something less 7th century, had gigabucks of grease money, in '68 alone he's sent 25,000 students to the US unis for more with full scholarships. The kids were virtually indistinguisable from American kids, just as full of shit and the only major difference is the pride they had in their country which Palavi was converting from mud huts and superstition to one that was on it's way to being one of the finest in the world. Got to see lots and lots of photos from home. Made a fair number of friends, one because I lusted after his identical twin sisters that made Marlo Thomas look like a dog (!!), and a few others kinda due to me working my way through school via a telecommunication outfit that was modernizing Iran's long distance phone system. Kinda curious where all that fancy stuff was going.
Found a photo of self back then. Still have the tie (somewhere).
It didn't age well!
Of course we in the US elected Prez. Peanut. You know the sequence of events after THAT fubar.
Iran is just like any other country that is saturated in the Religion of Pieces. Given a chance, all that needs doing will get done to re-establish the Koran and Sharia. Theocrazies (sp deliberate) work so damn well if the population can be trained from birth that it's god's will one be a head-banger and if one is female, fagittabout being considered much higher than breeding stock. Why NOW hasn't been up in flames about the whole muslim thing is beyond me.
This kinda leads into Dubai controlling a bunch of US seaports. "Friends" occasionally, moonbat-crazy other times. We in the Western world live by the rule of law. Muslims do as well. It's called Sharia. Honesty with kaffirs isn't part of it other than the edict that no contract that doesn't support the prophet's word (as interpreted by the imams) is ever valid. We've handcuffed ourselves and continue to increase the pressure. They have The Book.
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Linky goodnesses:
UAE terminal takeover extends to 21 ports
Why U.S. should okay terrible port deal
Charles Krauthammer
Margolis is livin' in his beloved past methinks.
Don't fear ports deal
...just for fun (USA Today):
Has Citgo become a political tool for Hugo Chávez?
The great fallacy of childhood is the belief that grownups must know what they are doing. There is no evidence for this in the historical record.
- Fred Reed
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For a good note to end this post, there's a batch of old Department of the Interior films on that link. I was really interested in the "Down Mobile Way" having spent most of my young life there. Kinda neat.
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I never told my own religion nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change another's creed. I am satisfied that yours must be an excellent religion to have produced a life of such exemplary virtue and correctness. For it is in our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be judged.
- Thomas Jefferson
Sheesh. Can't help but just respect the hell out of those followers of the Religion of Pieces. Pit-i-ful.
...and some folk think it's a good idea to have a batch of them have their fingers in six of our largest seaports? I wouldn't trust that crew (followers of the prophet) with a shrimp boat dock.
Went to school with a big batch of Iranians back in 68-70. The Shah was doing a fine time of converting his patch of Persia into something less 7th century, had gigabucks of grease money, in '68 alone he's sent 25,000 students to the US unis for more with full scholarships. The kids were virtually indistinguisable from American kids, just as full of shit and the only major difference is the pride they had in their country which Palavi was converting from mud huts and superstition to one that was on it's way to being one of the finest in the world. Got to see lots and lots of photos from home. Made a fair number of friends, one because I lusted after his identical twin sisters that made Marlo Thomas look like a dog (!!), and a few others kinda due to me working my way through school via a telecommunication outfit that was modernizing Iran's long distance phone system. Kinda curious where all that fancy stuff was going.
Found a photo of self back then. Still have the tie (somewhere).
It didn't age well!
Of course we in the US elected Prez. Peanut. You know the sequence of events after THAT fubar.
Iran is just like any other country that is saturated in the Religion of Pieces. Given a chance, all that needs doing will get done to re-establish the Koran and Sharia. Theocrazies (sp deliberate) work so damn well if the population can be trained from birth that it's god's will one be a head-banger and if one is female, fagittabout being considered much higher than breeding stock. Why NOW hasn't been up in flames about the whole muslim thing is beyond me.
This kinda leads into Dubai controlling a bunch of US seaports. "Friends" occasionally, moonbat-crazy other times. We in the Western world live by the rule of law. Muslims do as well. It's called Sharia. Honesty with kaffirs isn't part of it other than the edict that no contract that doesn't support the prophet's word (as interpreted by the imams) is ever valid. We've handcuffed ourselves and continue to increase the pressure. They have The Book.
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Linky goodnesses:
UAE terminal takeover extends to 21 ports
Dubai Ports — Strategic Implications
By David J. Jonsson
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Contents
# Creating a Global Ports Empire
# Islamic Economics: Not an Exotic Addition to the English Country Garden
# Dubai Ports Operating Shariah Compliant Ports
# Implications of Financing with Sukuk Bonds
# Impact of High Oil Prices
# The Well Known Causes of Concern
# Dubai Key Transfer Point for Illegal Shipments of Nuclear Components
Long, worthy read
Why U.S. should okay terrible port deal
Charles Krauthammer
Margolis is livin' in his beloved past methinks.
Don't fear ports deal
...just for fun (USA Today):
Has Citgo become a political tool for Hugo Chávez?
The great fallacy of childhood is the belief that grownups must know what they are doing. There is no evidence for this in the historical record.
- Fred Reed
* * * * * *
For a good note to end this post, there's a batch of old Department of the Interior films on that link. I was really interested in the "Down Mobile Way" having spent most of my young life there. Kinda neat.
