This is who Columbia and the National Press Cluba are allowing speak

Nah, this man has no hate in his body. I ask you again: Would Columbia today give a podium to Osama Bin Laden? Actually, I am sure that the answer is probably yes..................

http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/1558.htm

August 28, 2007
Clip No. 1558
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Zionists Cause Turmoil in the World to Prevent Europeans from Eradicating Them

Following are excerpts from a press conference by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which aired on the Iranian News Channel on August 28, 2007:

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: We declare that since our [nuclear] project is for peaceful purposes, we are prepared to provide – under IAEA supervision – technical and engineering services to the other IAEA members. We can guide them, so that other too can use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
[...]
Journalist: What would you say to people who are concerned that a possible attack [against Iran] would be very bad? Thank you.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: In my opinion, the premise of this analysis is wrong. In Iran, there are hardly any such people. Even if there are any such people, they are so few that they drown in the sea of Iranian people. If you want to see how happy the Iranians are, take a look at Iran's streets, places of entertainment, and centers of tourism. The Iranian people is not worried about such things at all. The reason is clear: The Iranian people relies upon its faith, its unity, its national capabilities, and its culture, and therefore, it is invincible.
[...]
I state categorically that there is no chance that America will make such a decision, and that even if it does, it will be incapable of carrying it out. The reasons are so clear that they don't need to be mentioned.
[...]
Journalist: You said that Iran does not anticipate a military attack, but Mr. Sarkozy, the president of France, indicated yesterday that if Iran continues its nuclear project, there is a possibility of a military attack. What do you think about this?
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: According to our assessment, because he is new, he is trying to position himself in the world, but he hasn't yet tested the waters. In other words, he may not be aware of the significance of what he said. Besides, in our opinion, he said this for domestic consumption. Politically, this is too trivial for us to even think about.
[....]
A government functions like a football team. It is team work. The president is the coach of the team. No player who enters the field can say he must remain there the entire 90 minutes. The coach examines the game, and changes the formation. This is because the team has to win. Pay attention. The group has to achieve several targets. The coach sees this, and at that moment, he can change the formation and even the tactics, but the goal and the path remain the same. He may change the tactics and the formation, and may take out some of the players from the field, and bring on new ones instead.
[...]
In principle, the Zionists lack any religion. They are lying when they say that they are Jews. They have no religion. They are against religion, because religion means friendship, brotherhood, peace, and justice. Religion means to respect the divine prophets. Note this. Religion means to respect others. It means friendship between peoples. Note that wherever the Zionists are, there is war, and wherever there is war, they are the ones behind it. As a matter of fact, if you examine American society, you will see that they oppress the Americans. They oppress the Europeans, even though they are a minority. They infiltrated in an organized manner... No more than 10,000 of them are part of the organization, and the rest just follow them. But they have become a powerful underground political party, which has the money and the media at its disposal. They do not want friendship and peace between peoples. They do not want there to be friendship between the Swedish government and other countries. This way they get rid of their complexes about the Prophet of Islam and all other prophets. As you know, an affront to the Prophet of Islam means an affront to all the divine prophets, because the Prophet of Islam is the Seal of the Prophets.
[...]
Therefore, because the Zionists have no religion, I strongly suspect that they are behind [the Swedish cartoon], and that they want to embarrass the Europeans, and make the European governments face a challenge. They want to instigate a war, because war is the essence of their existence. If the world is calm, the people of Europe the Germans... If the world is calm, they will eradicate the Zionists. I'm convinced of this. Do you know how many messages I get from Germans every day? They have an aversion to the Zionists. The Zionists humiliated the German people very much. But the Zionists are in control. The moment the world is calm and people can express their views, you will see that they will drive them out of Europe. The people of Europe themselves will drive them out. The [Zionists] do not want such a thing to happen, and that's why they instigate new turmoil every day.
[...]
When Mr. Putin met me in Bishkek, he told me that they would complete the reactor in Bushehr as planned. In opinion, Mr. Putin and the Russian government are standing by these statements, and they will complete the reactor. We are not worried about this.

Yom Kippur

No blogging on Yom Kippur (even I have my limits and lines which will not be crossed). I have made a promise that the computer will not be touched from the minute I leave for Kol Nidre services tonight until at some point after I break the fast tomorrow night. So, for those of you who also interact with me on this blog or on Facebook, you will somehow have to make do without me for 25 hours or so. It will be difficult, I know, but I am confident that you will all survive, difficult though it may be. ;-)

To all of my Jewish readers, I wish you an easy and contemplative fast!

BHG

More linguistic idiocy out of Quebec

Let's see. Quebec has a law which provides that professionals, such as dentists, doctors, lawyers, etc., if not educated in the province, must pass oral and written tests showing that they are fluent in French. There are no exceptions. Well, Mohammed Raizi, who speaks FOUR languages fluently (including both French and English), passed the oral test easily, but flunked the written test four times: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2007/09/20/ot-dentist-070920.html. As a result, the Quebec government, which had been letting him practice dentistry under a temporary license, has revoked that license, which in turn has prompted Raizi to say that he may very well move.

Only in the bizarro world that is Quebec could something like this take place. By all accounts, Raizi is an excellent dentist (having 2000+ clients would seem to be ample evidence of that fact). His patients have confirmed that he speaks fluent French to them. Yet, the province would rather see him leave than practice dentistry because of this asinine, discriminatory rule. Keep in mind as well, Quebec already has problems with shortages of medical professionals, including in the area where Raizi was practicing.

We continue to fund those who hate us

Let me ask this question. In 1942, would we have bought cars from Japan? I doubt it, yet we continue to throw billions at the Arab world, which in turn is steadily buying our country: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/business/worldbusiness/21carlyle.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin.

We are setting ourselves up for a horrific economic collapse that will make the Great Depression look like a minor recession. Our politicians spend money like drunker sailors (no offense meant to sailors), the dollar is collapsing against virtually all worldwide currencies, we don't manufacture anything anymore, and now we're selling off pieces of our economy to those who want us all dead. I'm not an economist, but this does not sound like a plan for long term success.

Permanent Indictment of Israel

I don't know why anyone would have had faith in the U.N. anyway, but for those who thought that the "reformed" Human Rights Commission would be any better than its predecessor, they should now be completely disabused of that notion. Israel is about to placed under "permanent indictment" by the HRC, just as the old Council did.

Hillel Neuer, the erudite head of UN Watch, spoke to the feckless members of the U.N. about this disgraceful conduct, and and his speech can be found here: http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1314451&ct=4456117.

President Peanut Farmer's ongoing vendetta against Israel

His "Peace, not Apartheid" book was the rave of liberal talk circles, and along with Walt & Mearsheimer's book on the supposedly omnipotent Israel Lobby, it has become a source of ammunition for those who hate Israel. David Horowitz has put together a short film which outlines the perfidy of this man, and how he slants certain facts and completely ignores others so as to make the case that Israel is the source of all that is wrong in the Middle East. It can be found here: http://www.terrorismawareness.org/jimmy-carters-war/

The plummeting U.S. Dollar

Five years ago, when my family and I went to Canada to visit the extended BHG family, we could count on a great exchange rate (for us), with the Canadian dollar trading at about 62 cents U.S. Today, the two currencies reached parity, with a likelihood that the Greenback will continue its collapse, allowing the Loonie (Canadian dollar) to be worth as much as $1.20 U.S.: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2007/09/20/canadiandollar.html.

This is one of the major unreported stories right now. The collapse of the U.S. dollar is emblematic of our profligate government spending, national debt and a trade balance that is so unfavorable that it borders on the absurd.

You know what this says to me? Either we get our government debt and spending in control, which will cause a lot of financial pain to a lot of people, or we head for economic collapse, which will cause a lot more people a lot more financial pain. Pick your poison............

Want to know where Senator Barak Obama stands on Israel?

The fact that he's publishing on his website this fawning piece on the Walt & Mearsheimer book, from leftist anti-Israel Rabbi Michael Lerner, ought to give you a pretty good idea: http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/tonywicher/CWZd.

So, if you are a supporter of Israel, and you vote for this guy, I can only conclude that you are either delusional or a moron.

ROTC can't speak on Columbia's Campus, but Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can

This is one of those "only in America" stories. Columbia University has banned ROTC for years, ostensibly because the military discriminates against homosexuals, but on September 24, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be allowed to speak there, and he will be introduced by Lee Bollinger, Columbia's obviously amoral President: http://theweeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=14131&R=115081BB28.

Bollinger spouts off all this high-minded rhetoric about freedom of speech in defending Columbia's actions (his statement can be found here: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/07/09/ahmadinejad.html) , but his words ring hollow given the university's blatant hypocrisy on the ROTC issue.

As an aside, maybe someone should tell Bollinger that it's not like Iran is SO wonderful for homosexuals: http://hrw.org/english/docs/2005/11/21/iran12072.htm.

As another aside, the New York Sun has an interesting proposal as to what should happen to good Mr. Ahmadinejad once he lands in New York. Arrest him: http://www.nysun.com/article/63059. Hear, hear.........

Ban Ki-Moon morphs into Kofi Anan

I guess that I shouldn't be surprised. Hamas either directly launches rockets against Israel from the Gaza Strip or encourages it. In the past few weeks a school has been hit as has a military base which caused almost 70 injuries. So, Tweedledee, I mean, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, decides that Israel will impose limited economic sanctions against the Gaza Strip.

What does the U.N. Secretary General do? He immediately leaps into action and proclaims that Israel's actions would violate "international law": http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArtVty.jhtml?sw=ban+ki-moon&itemNo=905229. Now, what law is supposedly being violated is never specified by Moon, though I guess it's the law against defending yourself from neverending military attacks.

Reason #81,247,129,847,182 why I HATE the United Nations..............

This should be in The Onion

But..................no...................it's real. Not only does Mahmoud Ahmadinejad apparently plan to visit Ground Zero, he will be given A POLICE ESCORT: http://www.nysun.com/article/63004.

This absolutely defies belief. Would we let Osama Bin Laden visit Ground Zero? Is there no longer any sense of honour whatsoever among our politicians? I have never been so nauseated in my life. This man is the head of a government which is ACTIVELY killing American soldiers in Iraq, and yet we are going to escort him to the place where thousands of Americans died? I'll say this: If Rudy Giuliani were still the mayor of New York City, this would never be allowed. Michael Bloomberg, who was a Democrat, then a nominal Republican, before becoming an "Independent", has no such spine. He is a craven, politically correct weasel, and that's the nicest thing that I will say about him.

Who's your Presidential Candidate?

I took this test, and HAD thought that I was a Rudy Giuliani supporter. Turns out that I am actually a Romney guy (?!?!?!).

You can find the test here: http://www.vajoe.com/candidate_calculator.html.

Thanks to the Bookworm for posting this. It's fascinating..............

Olmert acknowledges the obvious, declares Gaza an "Enemy Entity"

Gee, ya think? They've been raining rockets on southern Israel non-stop for two years now, and you just figured this out?

Take a look at this article on the declaration: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/09/19/israel-gaza.html. Note how it contains an actual quotation from a Hamas representative, but of course, none from any Israeli official. Note how it portrays Israel in much the same way as an abusive and tyrannical landlord would be portayed. Note how the Palestinians are portayed as poor, defenseless and (do I even need to say this?) as VICTIMS.

Nah, the CBC isn't biased. Not at all..................

Yet another reason why we can't take anything the U.N. does seriously

Apparently, having Libya and Sudan on the Human Rights Commission wasn't enough. Now, we have Syria as one of the heads of the IAEA: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1189411432622&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull.

It would be funny if it weren't so sad. This is like asking the head of RJR/Nabisco to head an inquiry into tobacco use.

Is it 1994 again?

Somebody pinch me. I feel like I have dropped into a time warp and emerged in 1994, because all I see on Fox News, MSNBC and CNN is O.J. Simpson. Can anyone explain to me why this is such a huge story? I suppose that it follows the Anna Nicole Smith story, or the ongoing obsession with Britney Spears, etc., etc.

Why do we care what these celebrities do? Does it really matter in any of our lives? We have Iran pursuing nuclear weapons, ongoing Islamofascist terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, a genocide in Darfur (history will judge us very, very harshly for our willful ignorance of what is happening in the Sudan), terror threats from Islamofascists around the world, and yet O.J. Simpson's actions are the lead story on all three cable news networks.

It's absolutely pathetic, if you ask me.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals gets it right???

Yes, it did! The three judge panel refused to reinstate a lawsuit against Caterpillar which had been filed by the parents of Israel-hater Rachel Corrie: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003888806_webcorrie17m.html. It's not often that I will have anything nice to say about the most left wing, interventionist Appellate Court in the country, but at least it got this one right.

Lest you think that the case is now over, Corrie's parents still have the option of pursuing an "en banc" hearing, which would be a hearing by all of the Appellate justices in the ninth circuit, or they could petition for certification by the United States Supreme Court. While it is unlikely that the highest court in the land would consider this case, nothing is impossible. Further, given the political views of the Corrie family, it wouldn't be shocking at all to see them exhaust every last legal option in an effort to vindicate their daughter's support for the Palestinian Islamofascists.

Psst! Wanna buy Belgium?

It's available at quite a discount: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/18/ap/strange/main3271883.shtml.

I imagine that the presence of the E.U. headquarters there presents quite a drag on the price.

From the wonderful folks who brought you 9/11

The Saudis just can't help themselves. Apparently, it is just TOO tempting for men to even be on the same sidewalk as women, so the religious police in what (unlike Israel) actually IS a fascist state think that it would be a fine idea for there to be separate sidewalks for men and women: http://en.rian.ru/society/20070831/75912532.html.

This story sounds like it should have been in The Onion, but sadly, it is all too real.

We fund those who hate us

It's the type of situation that no one with a brain could ever properly explain. We pour millions and millions of dollars into the Palestinian Authority, they use those funds to put out a newspaper which celebrates the 9/11 Terrorist Attacks: http://pmw.org.il/Bulletins_sep2007.htm#b170907. And we will still give them even more money.

Atlas Shrugs and other bloggers have already been all over this story, but I'm putting it out there in the event that any of you missed this. To call these cartoons offensive and puerile would be a major understatement. Strangely, I don't see Americans (or Jews) rioting in the streets, or calling for anyone to be killed..............

Canadian Byelections

There were three byelections in the Province/Planet of Quebec yesterday, with devastating results for the Liberal Party. The Liberals lost all three byelections handily, and in the riding of Outremont, their star candidate, Jocelyn Coulon, was thrashed by the leftist NDP's candidate, Thomas Mulcair. The other ridings were captured by the governing Conservative Party and the separatist Bloc Quebecois, respectively, though the Bloc was hard-pressed to hold onto its seat: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2007/09/17/qc-byelections0917.html.

The most interesting element to me is the NDP victory. While I agree with virtually nothing for which the party stands, it has always been a mystery to me that the NDP has never done better in Quebec. It is generally soft on Quebec nationalism, and its socialist policies seem to dovetail nicely with the general "weltenschauung" of Quebecers. Yet, every election, the NDP would get shut out (or close to it) in Quebec. Maybe this is the start of something bigger for the party (and let's hope not, given that the NDP's dream scenario is a situation akin to that which exists in France or Sweden.