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To: greenspirit who wrote (128731)7/31/2005 8:20:23 AM
From: JDN  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 794012
 
Here is a good read, including a little quiz for the lefties on the thread. Hope you all will read it. jdn

>
>
> This is not new, but it helps puting things into perspective following the
> Madrid, London and Sharm el Shaich events and in case you still have any
> understanding at
> all for any "reasons" of ANY suicide bombers.
> They do not need a reason, they just kill innocent civilians, the theory
> of
> the "terrible suffering because of Israeli occupation" causing young
> muslims
> to commit suicide has proven again and again FALSE.
> It´s time to see the light....what kind of "terrible suffering" drives
> young
> people born and raised in the UK to blow themselves up ? Exactly the same
> as those of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza and the Wset Bank !!!
>
> Please pause a moment, reflect back, and take the following multiple
> choice
> test. The events are actual cuts from past history. They actually
> happened!
> Do you remember?
>
> 1. In 1968 Bobby Kennedy was shot and killed by:
> a. Superman
> b. Jay Leno
> c. Harry Potter
> d. A Muslim male extremist between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 2. In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, athletes were kidnapped
> and massacred by:
> a. Olga Corbett
> b. Sitting Bull
> c. Arnold Schwarzenegger
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 3. In 1979, the US embassy in Iran was taken over by:
> a. Lost Norwegians
> b. Elvis
> c. A tour bus full of 80-year-old women
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 4. During the 1980's a number of Americans were kidnapped
> in Lebanon by:
> a. John Dillinger
> b. The King of Sweden
> c. The Boy Scouts
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 5. In 1983, the US Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by:
> a. A pizza delivery boy
> b. Pee Wee Herman
> c. Geraldo Rivera
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 6. In 1985 the cruise ship Achille Lauro was hijacked and a (jewish)
> 70 year old American passenger was murdered and thrown
> overboard in his wheelchair by:
> a. The Smurfs
> b. Davy Jones
> c. The Little Mermaid
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 7. In 1985 TWA flight 847 was hijacked at Athens, and a US Navy
> diver trying to rescue passengers was murdered by:
> a.Captain Kidd
> b.Charles Lindbergh
> c.Mother Teresa
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 8. In 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed by:
> a. Scooby Doo
> b. The Tooth Fairy
> c. Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 9. In 1993 the World Trade Center was bombed the first time by:
> a. Richard Simmons
> b. Grandma Moses
> c. Michael Jordan
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 10. In 1998, the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania
> were bombed by:
> a. Mr. Rogers
> b. Hillary Clinton, to distract attention from Wild Bill's women
> problems
> c. The World Wrestling Federation
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 11. On 9/11/01, four airliners were hijacked; two were used as missiles to
> take out the World Trade Centers and of the remaining two,
> one crashed into the US Pentagon and the other was diverted and
> crashed
> by the passengers.
> Thousands of people were killed by:
> a. Bugs Bunny, Wiley E. Coyote, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
> b. The Supreme Court of Florida
> c. Mr. Bean
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 12. In 2002 the United States fought a war in Afghanistan against:
> a. Enron
> b. The Lutheran Church
> c. The NFL
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> 13. In 2002 reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and murdered by:
> a. Bonnie and Clyde
> b. Captain Kangaroo
> c. Billy Graham
> d. Muslim male extremists mostly between the ages of 17 and 40
>
> And the above does not include tens of suicide bombers killing and
> injuring
> thousands of civilian Israeli since October 2000 !!!
>
> Nope, ..I really don't see a pattern here to justify profiling, do you?
> So, to ensure that Israeli and Americans never offend anyone, particularly
> fanatics intent on killing, airport security screeners will no longer be
> allowed to profile certain people. They must conduct random searches of
> 80-year old women, little kids, airline pilots with proper identification,
> secret agents who are members of the President's security detail, 85-year
> old Congressmen with metal hips, and Medal of Honor winners and former
> Governor Joe Foss, but leave Muslim Males between the ages 17 and 40 alone
> because of profiling.
>
> Let's send this to as many people as we can so that the Gloria Aldreds and
> other dunder-headed attorneys along with Federal Justices that want to
> thwart common sense, feel doubly ashamed of themselves - if they have any
> such sense.
> As the writer of the award winning story "Forrest Gump" so aptly put it,
> "Stupid is as stupid does."
>
> Come on people wake up!!!
>
> I bet the suicide bombers reward of these 72 virgins turn out to be 72
> 8yr.olds.Thats probably all the virgins left in their ISLAM
>
>
>
> When the Profile Fits the Crime
>
> By PAUL SPERRY
> Published: July 28, 2005
>
> IN response to the serial subway bombings in London, Mayor Michael
> Bloomberg
> prudently ordered the police to start searching the bags of New York's
> subway riders. But there will be absolutely no profiling, Mr. Bloomberg
> vowed: the police will select one out of every five passengers to search,
> and they will do so at random, without regard for race or religion.
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/28/opinion/28sperry.html?oref=login#secondPa
> ragraph>
> In that case, the security move is doomed to fail.
> Young Muslim men bombed the London tube, and young Muslim men attacked New
> York with planes in 2001. From everything we know about the terrorists who
> may be taking aim at our transportation system, they are most likely to be
> young Muslim men. Unfortunately, however, this demographic group won't be
> profiled. Instead, the authorities will be stopping Girl Scouts and
> grannies
> in a procedure that has more to do with demonstrating tolerance than with
> protecting citizens from terrorism.
> Critics protest that profiling is prejudicial. In fact, it's based on
> statistics. Insurance companies profile policyholders based on probability
> of risk. That's just smart business. Likewise, profiling passengers based
> on
> proven security risk is just smart law enforcement.
> Besides, done properly, profiling would subject relatively few Muslims to
> searches. Elderly Muslim women don't fit the terrorist profile. Young
> Muslim
> men of Arab or South Asian origin do. But rather than acknowledge this
> obvious fact, the New York Police Department has advised subway riders to
> be
> alert for "people" in bulky clothes who sweat or fiddle nervously with
> bags.
> Well, a lot of people wear bulky clothes. A lot of people fiddle with
> their
> bags. And for that matter, a lot of people sweat. Could the Police
> Department be any more general in describing the traits of an Islamic
> suicide bomber? Could its advice be more useless?
> Truth be told, commuters need to be most aware of young men praying to
> Allah
> and smelling like flower water. Law enforcement knows this, and so should
> you. According to a January 2004 handout, the Department of Homeland
> Security advises United States border authorities to look out for certain
> "suicide bomber indicators." They include a "shaved head or short haircut.
> A
> short haircut or recently shaved beard or moustache may be evident by
> differences in skin complexion on the head or face. May smell of herbal or
> flower water (most likely flower water), as they may have sprayed perfume
> on
> themselves, their clothing, and weapons to prepare for Paradise." Suspects
> may have been seen "praying fervently, giving the appearance of whispering
> to someone. Recent suicide bombers have raised their hands in the air just
> before the explosion to prevent the destruction of their fingerprints.
> They
> have also placed identity cards in their shoes because they want to be
> praised and recognized as martyrs."
> The bodies of the London suicide bombers were recognized by their
> identification cards. And on the eve of the 9/11 attacks, the hijackers
> shaved and perfumed themselves with flower water in a pre-martyrdom ritual
> called ablution. But don't expect the federal authorities to screen for
> these indicators on Amtrak, which pulls into Penn Station in New York and
> Union Station in Washington, two of the biggest commuter-rail depots in
> the
> country. Not only is there no passenger profiling on Amtrak, but there's
> no
> screening or mandatory searching of carry-on bags. The only restriction on
> bags is a 50-pound weight limit - and that's not much comfort when you
> recall that the bombs used in London weighed only 10 pounds.
> Once an Islamist suicide bomber is sitting next to you on the train, your
> chances of escape are slim. The only solution is for the police to stop
> him
> well before he boards your car. But with the system as it stands, that
> terrorist could easily slip in through the numerical window of random
> security screening. By not allowing police to profile the most suspicious
> train passengers - young Muslim men who fit the indicators above - Mr.
> Bloomberg and other leaders not only tie one hand behind law enforcement's
> back, but they also unwittingly provide terrorists political cover to
> carry
> out their murderous plans. Call it politically correct suicide.
> Paul Sperry, a Hoover Institution media fellow, is the author of
> "Infiltration: How Muslim Spies and Subversives Have Penetrated
> Washington."
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