Now I've heard it all.

President Bush, who in the minds of many, is supposed to be dumber than horse manure in a heatwave, is now to blame for the "extreme hurricane season," according to MoveOn.org.

"Scientists agree that global warming makes sea levels rise and makes storms stronger, because temperature shifts disrupt the normal balance," MoveOn.org explained. "Warmer water makes more violent hurricanes."

The group added that insurance companies such as Swiss Re and Munich Re say "global warming is causing more losses."

Ridiculing President George W. Bush for "handing out emergency aid" in Florida while doing "nothing to reduce global warming," MoveOn.org contends that the president has "done a lot to make the problem worse" and has caused the massive hurricanes to form.

MoveOn.org points the finger at Bush, saying that he has "helped the oil companies drill more, and the big polluters pollute more, at every opportunity" while he "has done nothing to stop global warming pollution, which is making extreme weather stronger."

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The Abe Lincoln Black Republican Caucus, founded in 2002 in Dallas, has broken ranks with the larger, national Log Cabin Republican Caucus (the gay GOP caucus), and endorsed George W. Bush for President.

According to their spokesman, the endorsement was actually propelled by the refusal of the Log Cabin Republicans to endorse Bush.

"We think that the 'Republican Tent' is inclusive and there is room for differences, but one does not pick up their marbles and go home if there are a few points of disagreement," ALBRC spokesman Anthony Falls said in a prepared statement. "The ALBRC does not support marriage for gays, yet we do support and call for recognition of domestic partnerships."

Chris Barron, political director of the Log Cabin Republicans, said his group remains firm in its decision not to endorse Bush.

"I do not know what the mission of the Abe Lincoln club is, but I do know that Log Cabin's decision furthers our mission, which is to build equality for gays and lesbians in the Republican Party," Barron told the PlanetOut Network. "There are times when integrity requires that a commitment to basic fairness not be sacrificed in the name of partisan politics."

I didn't know that having a national presence was a prerequesite for endorsing a Presidential candidate.

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Two Italian women, Simona Pari and Simona Torretta, the first women to be kidnapped in Iraq, have been murdered by terrorists holding them, according to a posting on an internet message board frequented by Al Qaeda.

The group, calling itself the Jihad Organisation, said it had killed the women because Italy had not obeyed its call to withdraw its forces from Iraq.

A group with a similar name, the Islamic Jihad Organisation, said on September 12 that it would kill the hostages in 24 hours if Italian troops did not leave Iraq.

"We in the Jihad Organisation in Iraq announce that God's verdict has been passed on the two Italian prisoners by slaughtering, after the Italian government headed by the vile (Prime Minister Silvio) Berlusconi did not listen to our one condition to withdraw from Iraq," the statement said.

"We warn the Italian government that we will continue to strike, and to strike every foreigner living in Iraq," said the statement, dated September 22.

I'm beginning to believe that the whole of Islam, not just the perverted terrorist monsters, are the problem. The "moderate" practicioners of Islam are saying very little. They are doing very little. Condemnation comes quietly and seldom.

But let us keep Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) out of the country, and CAIR and every other hand wringer comes outta the woodwork to condemn the nation's actions.

Just damn.

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The terrorists who butchered Marietta resident Jack Kinsley finally released the video of his beheading on the web.

Download the video (WMP format; Courtesy NEIN) or view the stills (Courtesy MyPetJawa) -- keep in mind the pictures are brutal, and not for the faint of heart.

In addition to the graphic video, the monsters released a video of the remaining hostage, Briton Kenneth Bigley, literally begging for his life.

There can be no more doubt.

These terrorists are monsters. Evil, vile, brutal, monsters.

Contrary to the Danish poster on the comments section of yesterday's post, I feel they need to die. They need to be exterminated. They desire but one thing -- to kill us all.

The poster yesterday told us their motives under the guise of his self-righteousness: they would love nothing better than to carpet bomb the United States. They don't care about our politics, they don't care that we are on the other side of the planet, they don't care about anything...except....caring about making us....all....die. Every last man, woman and child in this country.

Reasoning is not possible with indivudals like this. Rational conversation cannot take place with an individual like this.

The question of who lives boils down to a binary choice. Them or us.

I vote for us.

What say you?

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1 Looks like Hensley is already dead when they decapitated him, unlike Armstrong -- he is completely motionless and no one is holding him down as they did with Berg and Armstrong. The screams heard were probably added in.

Posted by: james torre at September 22, 2004 01:21 PM (ug827)

2 That guy was a money-grubber after the oil...why else would he be in Iraq? Don't give me that humanitarian excuse crap. We real Americans don't care about that stuff anymore. We need to pull out and admit defeat.

Posted by: Cheb Khaled at September 22, 2004 01:58 PM (CtvAT)

3 I say us, the fight has been lost for the terriosts and they know the time has come. Look at the acts in attacking civilians its a lost cause for them and they know it. Hold firm!

Posted by: Dex at September 22, 2004 02:05 PM (Tm98h)

4 It is a stark reminder of how Bush lied to the American people to engage in an illegal war based on lies and deception and his abysmal failure to do anything about "Islamic fundamental terrorism."

Posted by: ImpeachBush at September 22, 2004 02:26 PM (SxJcN)

5 Mike, Never had you pegged for a freeper! Well said. Rusty

Posted by: RS at September 22, 2004 03:43 PM (JQjhA)

6 PS-what is your e-mail address? Please send it to me so I have it.

Posted by: RS at September 22, 2004 03:49 PM (JQjhA)

7 I cannot believe the comment about Hinsley being a money grubber. That shows about as much ignorance as the islamic kiddnappers followed. Sure Hinsley should not have been in Iraq, but to say it was only over money and to show apsolutely no compassion for this man? You seriously need to reevaluate the situation and take another look at those videos and i would hope your opinions change. This has absolutely nothing to do with American defeat, stop throwing in tangent information to prove your liberal viewpoints, they are out of place with this situation!

Posted by: Marc at September 22, 2004 05:53 PM (1zucE)

8 I say anyone from coalition forces or civilians should have a microchip tracing device embedded in their skin in a unknowon spot...Then pay a surprise visit to these thugs who won't even show their faces. Let them face the forces. Also I have not heard a peep from any Islamic people in the U.S. sounding off and condemming this barbaric action, to me this is also a tradgedy. Has anyone heard of condemnation from a U.S. muslim?

Posted by: tom at September 22, 2004 06:12 PM (hxZKM)

9 i want to know why are these people going over there to rebuild iraq? the hell with iraq...after i saw the first person get beheaded that would have been enough to keep me away...those men should have been at home with their families and never went there...i know one thing if i had made a choice to go there i would have had me a gun by my side 24/7 and when they came to kidnap me they would have got sprayed with some bullets...

Posted by: cheryl at September 22, 2004 06:41 PM (0VoTH)

10 i feel sorry for the families who will never forget the way their loved ones had to die..in the hands of those evil people and put on display for all the world to see...it is so sad..and poor ken bigley...he knows that he will not make it...i just hope that they had time to make peace and are in a better place

Posted by: cheryl at September 22, 2004 06:50 PM (0VoTH)

11 What these troglodites don't seem to understand is that no matter what the westerners were doing there these acts of viscious indignity do not further their cause. They don't understand America. They don't understand that it is not in our nature to back down from ignorance, hatred, and brutality inflicted upon America and her allies people. If they keep this up they may finally get what a lot of Americans want: a true occupation to put these dogs down and Martial to follow indefinitely. In my opinion, the only logical reason these beheadings continue is that the rogue killers are attempting to influence the American presidential elections. Maybe they will to some extent, except I think that their intentions may backfire on them and cause George Bush to be re-elected to another 4 year term -- then the gloves will come off after the election and lots of these killers and their families will perish. It is only a matter of sweet time. Look at the "executioners." They hide behind hoods and stand there in front of a meaningless 'flag' which they hope shows the world their legitimacy through unity. Won't some kind soul explain to them that ill-conceived random violence doesn't work? Just ask the PLO. How myopic they must be not to see that all they are is a weak, small group of bandidos that are just one of hundreds of ridiculous radical groups that will never control anything. Furthermore, it also no doubt that these clowns have not figured out that for every one of these beheadings the Americans answer indirectly with 500 pound bombs that level a city block. What we Americans lack in a startling 'made-for-the-web,' demeaning, sadist video, we up make for quietly in mass destruction of terrorists and their entire families. And finally, imagine the emptiness of heart and soul one must feel to be able to kill a fellow human being like this. Is there actually a way one can be further from God?

Posted by: Mike VanStory at September 22, 2004 08:08 PM (u6GIk)

12 Your demonizing of the Iraqi people are the ignorant ramblings of someone not thinking straight. Say the Chinese decided to bomb Atlanta, and brutally do so, including dropping 1,000 tons of depleted uranium munitions on your beautiful Georgian landscape. Then they bring over 100,000 men with weapons and continue to kill your women and children. Don't you think there'd be a few pretty upset Atlanteans? You bet there would. Rumsfeld & Bush have put our men & women in a F**ed up predicament and all because the continued reliance upon dollar-based oil economy is more important than getting real with global markets. Advice to all Americans who really want to understand why we're in Iraq should start to aquaint themselves with PEAK OIL - the world is currently peaking with global oil extraction. The NeoCon gameplan is failing and badly. We need to replace the manager who has deceived us and led our nation on the wrong track. Get back to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Bombing the Iraqi people is NOT the way to them to accept our control of their resources. Duh! Get real folks, we need to leave the hornets nest we stirred up in the first place, trying to steal THEIR land & resources. Just try to imagine what it would be like in their shoes. Intelligence comes from being able to view a situation from many, many angles and viewpoints.

Posted by: John at September 22, 2004 08:48 PM (V4I4Z)

13 Kill all these souls from the earth.

Posted by: god at September 22, 2004 09:32 PM (PJrvU)

14 John (or should I say Masoud), First of all, in my "ramblings" I didn't demonize the entire population of Iraqi's. In fact I didn't even mention Iraqi's. The reality is that these anonymous killers recruited into Iraq from all over the world (even the U.S. sometimes) are not helping the plight of true Iraqis who probably want to rebuild their country and get on with life. Do I feel bad for the situation and conditions Iraqi people are living in now? Yes I do, but it does not in any way make me feel that these brutal videotaped killings are somehow justified. Is that what you're trying to convey? Killing and torturing the innocent using renegade justice is never something that can be acceptable in a moral society. My extreme point regarding American deadly response Everyone knows that America is not going to just throw in the towel and walk away for many reasons. Oil may in fact be one of those reasons and I don't think anyone is going to deny that. The problem is that oil is not the only reason we will not leave. I'm sure someone has actually enumerated all the reasons but here are just a few. * Regional stability which concerns American and global interests * Human Rights * Rebuilding * Democratization Oil? Duh? In response I think many educated people have either perused or actually read Hubbert's peak already. Being from Texas I'm definitely aware of the "peak." If you're not familiar with the decades old study that has been uncannily on the mark concerning global supplies of oil, here's a synopsis (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0691090866/102-5049244-2521702). By the way, thanks for your view on intelligence...it really puts into perspective the killing of innocent people by cutting off their heads.

Posted by: Mike VanStory at September 22, 2004 10:52 PM (u6GIk)

15 Hey Mike!!! OIL is the only reason america is there..... you dont excuse our greed for invading a country by creating dictators that dont have WMD.... now its a fact and we knew it from the start.... these countries informed the world and the u.s. that the towers were going to be attacked for a year.... get off your dead ass and do some real research.... Israel posted in ther papers a month before the attack that the airlines would have terrorist take some planes and hit the towers... we did nothing... and a week before the hit, Israel pulled out their business in the towers with one week to go... and then they were hit.... so can you think a bit!!!??? And I was born on 9-11.. go figure.... so if you really think you have a brain then go to copvia.com and do some serious research with an open mind.... and get the book The Grand Chessboard... then maybe you will wake up.... if the world knew the last fifty or so years of the U.S. political agenda, they would not have a thing to do with us........ case closed.... I have a nearly two hour video on bush..... his father... and his grandfather that fueled hitler with tons of ammunition... its just a fact... geo-political control... called the book the Grand Chessboard..... what they did is cruel... but at the same time for every one soldier killed 12-15 innocent civilians in this country is killed...... so what is the bigger evil......??

Posted by: The Wildthing at September 22, 2004 11:39 PM (0s788)

16 it is as much the whole of islam as acre and the 2nd burning of alexandria was all of christianity. the fault for the hostage situation lies squarely with Bush, Blair, Howard, Aznar etc. we attacked that country with no justification, killed 10000s of civilians and have imposed a government on them . if elections happen in january and Al sadr or someone else like him is elected will the US accept the result. Am looking out of the window and not seeing any rashers of bacon flying by. after posting this i am emailing the foreign office and 10 downing street to demand the release of the 2 iraqi women in exchange for bigley. very sorry for the 2 americans murdered, it is cowardly and cruel and i hyope they come across the SAS or the Paras very shortly!!!!

Posted by: young-white-and-liberal at September 23, 2004 02:14 AM (E1ciy)

17 www.bbc.co.uk The brother of British hostage Kenneth Bigley says the US has "sabotaged" his brother's release by refusing to free a detained woman scientist in Iraq. Paul Bigley told the BBC there had been "a shadow of light" when Iraqi ministers said the woman would go free. But the US ruled out freeing the woman - one of two held in Iraq - saying it would not give in to the kidnappers.

Posted by: young-white-and-liberal at September 23, 2004 04:27 AM (E1ciy)

18 It is so sad to see the responses on this message board. I agree that every country has had their share of political misleadings and quite frankly if we knew everything that happens "backstage" of every government we would be horrified. It is sad to see how selfish we americans can be. Its all about our safety and our problems. Making sure we can have ur cup of steaming Starbucks in the morning and sit in front of our Direct TV at night. There is a world out there that needs help and as a super power in this era it is our responsibility to help. Is there a political agenda? Always...But good can still be done. Could this war be about oil? Yes. But on top of that there is the liberation of a once supressed country. The majority of Iraqs people are glad Saddam is gone but we see the minority of iraqis that disapprove on the liberal media platform. Are all liberals bad? No. There are the few that are so focused on Bush bashing that they cannot see the real scenario. It reminds me of a childs game. What did we expect that the war would happen and what do you know a week later everything is peachy keen and perfect? No. There is always a transition period in any movement and there will always be lives lost in a cause. Which is saddening but true. Do we expect our intelligence to be perfect...don't be foolish. If we ran after every single threat we recieve on a daily basis we would have no time to follow the real ones and prepare the country. 9/11 is a sad reality and there is fault on all sides due the human condition of imperfection. Bottom line good Americans are giving their lives out there for you, me, and the world. Americans who have left their families so that we can be safer in the long run. For evey soldier who does not want to be there i can give you 3 who do. What are you doing...If you are so upset with America then leave...Live under a dictatorship where they choose what you eat, how you dress, what you can say, or how you vote. Then i think you will begin to understand what all those countless lives that were lost in the last century were for. Like it or not the very reason you can even have this freedom to speak your mind is because of battles that have been fought and opposed in the past. Would you have given your life to save the Jews in the holocaust or for the thousands of already murdered Iraqis found in mass graves under Saddams rule? Stop looking at the short term... There is a bigger picture. It can seem that all that we do is a lose lose situation...if we don't do anything the world becomes angry that we sit on our butt and if we do something the world gets angry that we butted in. Its choosing the greater good...

Posted by: proud to be an american at September 23, 2004 04:35 AM (NRaXj)

19 It is time for the American military to implement retaliation. This is not a new course of action. Custer hung several of MosbeyÂ’s men during the Civil War for being partisan rangers. Moseby retaliated by hanging a similar number of CusterÂ’s men. This ended the practice. The thought of retaliation also kept Hitler from murdering captured Americans during WWII. I hope we start to hang these Islamic animals soon, after feeding them bacon. Bury them in pig fat and publicly post their burial spots so we can piss on their graves. Death to Islam. Death to Arabs. Kill them all (except their young women).

Posted by: Flint at September 23, 2004 05:10 AM (3aPIr)

20 Mis condolencias para las familias, y reitero que no deberian mostrar estos videos ya que son muy violentos y daninos para nuestros sentimientos. No a la guerra, y que que ojala llegue la paz en todo el mundo.

Posted by: Adolfo at September 23, 2004 08:31 AM (QZQD6)

21 this is a terrible thing to see, he chose to be there, had every opportunity to leave, and didn't. Infact they all had the chance, so be it if the rest of the Americans do not leave, that is what will happen to them. To think money is worth their lives?

Posted by: voi at September 23, 2004 09:27 AM (y8WMe)

22 what I have just seen in these vidios makes me sick, we must destroy these sick bastards now. I will not ask what or how we did it, just do it. And what ever I can do at home to protect my loved ones I will do and I will not look back. May those people go to hell and the sooner the better.

Posted by: enoughisenough at September 23, 2004 10:50 AM (PcgQk)

23 The imidiet withdrawl of all US and coalition forces necessary, in order to place into effect the events that would follow. After the last US, and coalition troops have left the current theatres of conflict; the following countries comprising Saudi arbia, Syria, Iraq, Iran, and afghanistan; bombers would be arriving, having left from multiple locations from the US. These bombers comprising B1b Lancer class special package carrier(agm nuclear payload, and B series including the 52 and b2 class carring special package mk2 nuclear payload munition. Assuring the neutralizing of the most current and future threats. Once over listed targets would deploy special packages(special, term used within US strategic headquarters reffering to nuclear payloads). All prior listed countries would be categorized as uninhabitable until half-life of uranium-235 had diminished

Posted by: Veritas at September 24, 2004 10:40 AM (v1iFf)

24 it is believed that the US is ripe for a 'revolution'. An internal struggle exist between two factions, conservative and liberal. The question is, which side would win( no need to answer, I already know). could the liberal side defeat the conservative side in an armed conflict? intersting question. Try to see if you could come up with the correct answer. I promiss its not to difficult.

Posted by: Veritas at September 24, 2004 10:47 AM (v1iFf)

25 Have you studied the American Civil War? We have peaceful means of changing things in this country. It doesn't happen as quickly as a beheading, but it does protect our civilization and humanity.

Posted by: patriot at September 24, 2004 06:01 PM (zUVpQ)

26 When I was 9 I read the Quran in 3 days by inventing a method of speed reading to see what it says about Jesus and Mary. God showed me where the angel dictating it to Mohammed was lying about them in the 3rd,4th,5th,19th suras (chapters). The Bible is the masterpiece of the Holy Spirit. The Quran is the masterpiece of the Evil Spirit. Whereas most Muslims are generally good like Catholics and everybody else I think Islamic killers in the name of Allah and oppressive imposers of Islam are unknowingly followers of the spirit of the AntiChrist who may be the author of the Quran.

Posted by: Notsafe Tosay at September 24, 2004 11:32 PM (AaBEz)

27 It was very sad to see this man get executed. It was horrible in fact. Did he deserve it? Yes, if you ask me.. He was An enemy to begin with. 1) He was an American 2) He was helping the enemy or Occupation forces that were Occupying Iraq and killing Iraqis. This was sad but isn't it also sad when the U.S. drops bombs on buildings and innocents die as their body parts fly every where?

Posted by: Andy at September 25, 2004 07:19 AM (hIIT2)

28 For all of those who think that Americans should not be there let me ask the question, Is there anywhere on this planet that we as Americans have no right to be. We are free and not subjects of anyone, we have no king except God and no rulers higher than ourselves, even our president is considered a servant to the people. If the Islamic terrorist continue down this road they are on then it only a matter of time before their land is just a dry totally barren and lifeless sea of glass. Quoted from II Peter 3:10-12 "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?" Let's see if the terorist can avoid the fate of Egypt who killed followers of God, and the Romans who killed the followers of God, and the Spanish who killed the followers of God, and the Russians Who killed the followers of God. Each of these groups were at one time great nations and now look at them. All of them are now just a shadow of their former glory and America had nothing to do with their downfall. God is on our side and will fight for us. We need do nothing but pull out and have no contact with them. Let them eat their oil as we can get along without them and their oil.

Posted by: alphamalez at September 25, 2004 09:09 AM (b4YsW)

29 When i see this tape, i just want to kill all arabs!!!!!

Posted by: Sven at September 25, 2004 03:02 PM (ssiqk)

30 This is one result of the U.S. creating Israel, giving them nuclear weapons, and other military hardware. Not that America is the only large country manipulating smaller countries. Pakistan got nuclear weapons from China, and Cuba got missiles from Russia. When will we ever learn world peace is like street smarts. If we want world peace we need to keep to ourselves as much as possible.

Posted by: Joel at September 26, 2004 05:15 AM (AaBEz)

31 Are you people for real? First, God is not on "our" side or "their" side. Either we are on his side or we're not. You don't sound any different from the terrorists when you say stuff like that. Second, it is complete idiocy to think that "they" will just leave "us" alone if we board ourselves up with in our borders and never step foot into the rest of the world. God made this planet for all of humanity and we are all free to go where ever we chose. If you got a problem with that tough. You got a problem with the decisions the U.S. makes fine. You step to us in a correct manor and we can talk about it. You start carrying on with the foolishness we've seen and you get stomped.

Posted by: Samantha at September 28, 2004 10:24 AM (sYFP3)

32 It is very sad to see stuff like this, especially to think of that persons family. But I know that all our soldiers are out there fighting for our freedom, If they do'nt who will? We are not going to sit here and wait for another attack like September 11, I think Bush is a good President so leave him alone!!!! What would you do if you were incharge? Talk things through? Don't be ridiculious. I say they find a way to get our sodiers back and finish up with all those terrorist.

Posted by: Jeanette at September 28, 2004 01:40 PM (lX0mb)

33 How can people be so against thier own creation!! get with it Americans!! your government are SOLEY responsible for all the executions. I mean Back in the cold war, your country trained them to be the way they are. If it wasn't over the cold war against russia, it's because U.S. and our (Austrailian) Government are greedy for oil which wont be around for much longer anyway. They just want to get their quick money fix while their still in and then, when they aren't in anymore... Well let the next guy handle it. My opinion is i hate John Howard and i hate America. Both only think of themselves and their pockets. your supposed "enemies" country is dessert now because their farming and economy went on hold in order to help the yanks defeat russia those many years ago. why do you think they are retalliating and not caring a word for negotiation when the cold war was over U.S. basically told them to get f****d. "we don't need you any more and now you have no more funds". Jack didn't deserve that and it should have been John or George in that position. hell put me there, i'm sick of bein' pi**ed about the greedy world. p.s. it wasn't the worst execution i've seen anyway. No disrespect to the families but at least he wasn't fried in a chair and we all die eventually. Like how America has the highest death count from cival war for longer than I have been existant i vote them

Posted by: mozzy at October 04, 2004 11:53 PM (GEQ9n)

34 My opinion is wake up America. Let them have thier own oil you greedy c**ts. I understand America want to be the same way that Rome use to be but times have changed, and things are not like that anymore. instead of worrying about other countries, look at your own. More civilians in America carry guns and kill people than any war thats documented in the history. So why try to rebuild a country when you cant even maintain your own.Besides This war is caused due to greediness of oil and betrayal of the true American citizens that work hard for a living in there own homland. All ive seen through the years is greediness on Americans behalf every war that America have been in they are there not because of the civilians but bacause of profit which would be in an advantage towards America. And how can you divide them and us when it is all the same thing? I dont blame them for doing what they are doing. In my opinion I would do the same thing if I was in a third world country and got offord money for my assistance then recieved cia training in weapons and tactics (and weapons of mass destruction). then all of a sudden nothing and then my country taken off me along with my lifestyle. So now all iraq's children know is war and death. no education no nothing. The things we take for granted and recieve on a day to day basis. So i say yes to them ps you brought it on yourself (U.S government)

Posted by: duke at October 05, 2004 01:51 AM (GEQ9n)

35 ive been reading up on alot of things and i have to say why is it that an american soldier is complaing about not fighting since hes been there cose all his job is is standing out the front of an oil factory looking after texas miners but hang on a minute where did the texas people come from and why is the company own half by bush and heres another thing look at the prices of fuel and oil .Terriost act my arse more like terriost are the scape goats. i say yes to them

Posted by: some guy thats pissed at October 05, 2004 02:13 AM (GEQ9n)

36 I SAY THE TERM ARABS and or ARAB TERRORISTS NEED TO BECOME USED TO HEARING "GLOBALIZATION" the world through telecomunications especially the internet , is now a very tiny place . Either we learn to live together in peace and understanding , or we continue to kill ourselves . I believe although this will probly take a hundred more years or so but , once the last vestiges of 3rd worldism are done away with ( i dont mean killing 3rd world nations ) but bringing these nations into the 21st century is the only way to gradually bring them out of there ignorance . At the present moment they are liken to a "cave man" seeing fire for the first time , so scared in not understanding they strike down the bringer of said fire but , once they've had time to digest , and are helped along but education and by bringing up there standards of living then they being human i hope would have to understand that they can still live there lives , practice their religion without being threatened . they just think were coming in to ruin things they dont have the forsite , not realizing the world is steadily coming together as a whole .Again Education is the key i think nothing more can be said .thanks for reading this.

Posted by: Joshua Hollenbeck at October 08, 2004 07:04 AM (ucUn+)

37 My husband went to Iraq in April 2003 for a year. He is an Infantryman, He fought and his Unit faught plenty of battles there. He just saw this video and I qoute him. "AND THAT IS WHY I WANT TO GO BACK TO IRAQ!!" Our prayers go out to all. The Lozano Family

Posted by: Carmen Lozano at October 08, 2004 08:58 AM (OICSu)

38 So the bastards have finally killed poor Ken Bigley.....kept him hoping for 3 long weeks..then cruelly slayed him. I am a reasonable...intelligent man...not prone to violence or hatred of anty kind....but let me tell you....I believe in an eye for an eye....a "head for a head"...I seriously hope that a British terrorist faction is formed....and they will do the same to an "innocent" Iraqui over here in the uk...lets see how they handle it. Violence is all these people understand..so give it to them....I was sickened watching Bigleys relatives "creep and crawl" to the kidnappers..asking them to be "merciful"....trying to appeal to their better nature...I suppose I would do the same...but now he has been brutally killed...I would make bloody sure I said what I really wanted too. I would incite the "darker" elements over here in the uk to do the same..I would "DEMAND" revenge. I am seething over this....as are doubtless thousands of other "mild-mannered" Brits...funny thing is...it all has the opposite effect of what the terrorists want..it simply "mobilises" the average man in the street to start nurturing a "seething" rage inside...smash those mutha**ckers to pieces....puyll off their Islamic heads, and shit down their necks!!

Posted by: Dave Taylor at October 08, 2004 04:04 PM (3axXl)

39 FUCK MOHAMMED HIS MOTHER HIS COUSIN HIS AUNT AND OF COURSE THOSE COWARDS WHO CALL THEMSELVES FREEDOM FIGHTERS , MORE LIKE PUNKS AND THUGS, IN THE END AMERICA WILL DESTROY YOU PIGS AND IN THE END YOU THUGS WILL DIE THE SAME WAY, SHOW YOUR FACES LIKE REAL MEN , OR EVEN BETTER I GIVE YOU MY ADDRESS AND YOU COME HERE SO I CAN PUT A REAL AMERICAN GOOD ASS WHIPPING ON YOU LITTLE COWARDS, WE ARE GONNA GET YOU ALL , NO DOUBT AND VERY SOON...........WE AINT AFRAID, ALLAH MY ASS! THATS RIGHT I SAID IT , WANT MY ADDRESS , FUCK MOHAMMED AND ISLAM.........

Posted by: jonathan mitchell at October 10, 2004 09:25 AM (JHNY+)

40 If my ODA-Team could find these scum-bags. We would make them wish that they were never born.

Posted by: MSG N. Robert Dickson at October 10, 2004 06:22 PM (qQLwI)

41 dwd

Posted by: hasan at October 13, 2004 04:44 AM (rpWTi)

42 Nobody is right,we are all stuck in the same situation.What if that was us on our knees and someone placing a dull knife to our throats? Nobody is perfect but don't blame countries blame the people who control them.The world has always known cruelity just never had the internet to show us. I know it is sad and unmortal how they were beheaded and we should of gave them their women. The world is angry and right now only knows ugliness I fear for the future of all man kind and all the world. But we must fight for all that is still good.

Posted by: Leanne at October 17, 2004 08:13 AM (xLX3Y)

43 i am a muslim, what occured in the video, was wrong, and the way he was killed was brutal however, Americans have no bussiness in IRAQ!!! They should get out go home, live their lives in AMERICA!!!!! The people of Iraq want to govern their own country they have been doing so for all their lives, why do they need America to govern their country??? When a nation is oppressed, there will be those rebelling against the Oppressors!!!! America move out of Iraq!!!

Posted by: Justice at November 08, 2004 08:32 PM (sRCTt)

44 I think we should hunt down the terrorist that are left in this country and give public a beheading of them. fuck the commi basterds kill them all

Posted by: Fauq iraq at November 17, 2004 05:52 AM (Qkqw7)

45 this is to justice maybe you should take your ass over ther and stay instead of america what do you say?????????????????????????

Posted by: Fauq Iraq at November 17, 2004 05:58 AM (Qkqw7)

46 I aggree with jonothan mitchell in every aspect I'm with you brother

Posted by: Fauq Iraq at November 17, 2004 06:02 AM (Qkqw7)

47 Time to drop another FAT BOY!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sam Garner at December 07, 2004 06:37 PM (M0Ewa)

48 ddff

Posted by: Mert at December 30, 2004 02:33 AM (VmbJG)

49 I'm sick and tired of those of you who think that holding firm is going to eliminate these "terrorists", wherever they're really from. The US shouldn't be there and proof of that is the fact that 9-11 has been exposed, although NOT by mainstream media, as a complete sham. So everything after that day is also a sham and over a billion Muslims, hundreds of thousands of Europeans as well as several million Americans all know it. Americans, we've got major housecleaning to do.

Posted by: Chris Blood at January 21, 2005 10:34 PM (VX8MO)

50 please please please !!! god stop that My heart goes out...

Posted by: Mac at June 25, 2005 07:28 AM (MNegh)

51 very tragic and very evil...people like this need to be killed too by beheading them slowly as they feel the pain in thier neck feeling that thier neck is gonna be off!

Posted by: concern at July 17, 2005 12:02 AM (jAXtF)

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Bill Maher, on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher told a sick joke about beheadings in Iraq which has an increasing number of people up in arms.

Oh, I tell you, things are getting so bad over there. On Wednesday, for example, three severed heads were found by the side of the road outside of Baghdad . Hey, memo to the Iraqi people: severed head pickup is Tuesday. [laughter] Look, if you want to sleep late, roll them out on Monday night and thenÂ…[laughter]

Sounds like Maher's fifteen minutes are up.

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Sad news about the "mother of the Civil Rights Movement," 91 year-old Rosa Parks.

Parks is embroiled in a lawsuit against the musical group Outkast and their label, BMG. The lawsuit charges that Outkast defamed her, and violated her publicity and trademark rights with their 1998 song, "Rosa Parks."

Parks' lawyer confirmed in court Monday that she is suffering from "dementia," presumably tied to Alzheimer's Disease.

Parks lawyer Gregory Reed confirmed that she has dementia, or severe mental impairment.

"It comes and goes," Reed said. He said Parks is well cared for and receives care at her Detroit home.

Defense lawyers will be able to question Parks' doctor Joel Steinberg about her medical condition in early October.

In an Aug. 16 letter, Steinberg's lawyer said the doctor believes Parks "cannot testify or participate in any court proceeding" and referred to six pages of supporting medical records, including three medical visits by Parks in 2002 and late 2003.

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Jack Hensley's headless body was found, with the severed head in a plastic bag, in a Baghdad suburb earlier today.

The Hensley family has received confirmation from the US State Department that the body is indeed that of Jack Hensley.

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Marietta resident Jack Hensley has been murdered by terrorists in Iraq.

An Islamic Web site posting Tuesday claimed an al-Qaida-related group slaughtered a second American hostage in Iraq (news - web sites), an announcement that came as the group's 24-hour deadline for meeting its demands expired.

"The nation's zealous children slaughtered the second American hostage ... after the end of the deadline," said the statement, posted under the pseudonym Abu Maysara al-Iraqi, who has posted past statements in the group's name.

The statement said video of the killing would be posted "soon."

No, I shouldn't insult animals by the comparison. They are simply evil. They need to be put down. Period.

A Hensley family spokesperson is expected to come speak to the assembled local and national press outside the family home in Marietta as soon as "official" word comes from the State Department.

UPDATE 3:45P According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the White House had spoken to Hensley's family earlier today.

The Marietta family of Iraq hostage Jack Hensley received a call from the White House earlier Tuesday, family spokesman Jake Haley said. Haley said they spoke to Andrew Card, Bush's chief of staff.

"They said they were doing everything they can," Haley said during a brief statement to reporters outside the Hensley home. "It was nice to hear from them."

"The youths of Tawhid and Jihad killed the second American hostage after the end of the deadline," the statement said. It was signed with the pseudonym Abu Maysara al-Iraqi, according to AP.

"The nation's zealous children slaughtered the second American hostage ... after the end of the deadline. ... We will provide you with film of the slaughter soon, God willing," said the statement.

The brief statement did not give the name of the hostage killed.

These monsters need to die. Quickly. Painfully. Decisively. Unmercifully.

I'll have more details and links as they become available.

UPDATE 6:15p Jack Hensley's family has set up a website, JackHensley.org, where arrangements and presumably a memorial guestbook will be available. Also on that site, is an address for anyone who wishes to donate to a memorial fund for Hensley's widow and daughter.

Jack Hensley would have been 49 years old tomorrow. He and his wife were married 23 years; his daughter, Sara, is 13 years old.

UPDATE 11P - Here locally, Hensley's family is holding out fleeting hope that the lack of a release of a video or stills may indicate that Hensley is still alive.

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One of the three hostages being held by Iraqi terrorists associated with Al Qaeda (one Briton, two American) has been beheaded, and the video shown on a website previously associated with terrorist activities.

Eugene Armstrong has been identified by CNN from the posted video as the victim of the decapitation murder.

An Islamic Web site Monday showed video of an American hostage, identified as Eugene Armstrong, being beheaded in Iraq by members of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group. On Saturday, the Arabic-language network Al-Jazeera aired video of two Americans and one Briton being held hostage, with their abductors giving a 48-hour deadline for their demands to be met.

Hensley's wife, Patti, appeared on ABC's Good Morning America today, and said that she was advised not to speak to reporters.

Patty Hensley said she was advised not to speak to reporters, but she wanted her husband's kidnappers to know more about him and to realize that he doesn't wish them any harm.

"Let them come home," she said. "My God is praying for them. Allah is sending them a message, too, saying that to hurt these men is not going to serve any purpose. Just send them home. Send them home to their families, please." Patty Hensley said she's had difficulty explaining the crisis to her daughter, especially since her father is in Iraq to help the country.

"We raised our daughter to believe that everybody in the world is good," she said. "And you know, her first question to me was, 'Why would anybody hurt my daddy?' And I can't explain."

Hensley, Armstrong and Bigley work for Gulf Supplies & Commercial Services, a construction firm based in United Arab Emirates working on rebuilding Iraq.

I'm beyond tired. There's no way any rational, thinking individual can claim that any kind of "god" or pathetic, cultish, insane excuse for a religion would encourage the wholesale murder of anyone.

MyPetJawa has still image captures of the video of the gruesome beheading (WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES). The beheading video itself is being hosted by Northeast Intelligence Network.

There will come a time -- and that time is rapidly approaching -- when the civilized world will step beyond the bounds of patience and logic and civil discourse, and resort to extermination.

And while civil discourse has it's place, it's usefulness is limited to dealing with rational, thinking, logical people. These Islamic terrorists are neither rational, nor thinking, nor logical, and I hesitate to refer to them as people.

UPDATE: According to Reuters, Armstrong's body has been recovered and identified in Iraq.

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From Drudge:

Last week, amid increasing questions about the authenticity of documents used in support of a 60 MINUTES WEDNESDAY story about President Bush's time in the Texas Air National Guard, CBS News vowed to re-examine the documents in question—and their source—vigorously. And we promised that we would let the American public know what this examination turned up, whatever the outcome.

Now, after extensive additional interviews, I no longer have the confidence in these documents that would allow us to continue vouching for them journalistically. I find we have been misled on the key question of how our source for the documents came into possession of these papers. That, combined with some of the questions that have been raised in public and in the press, leads me to a point where—if I knew then what I know now—I would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would not have used the documents in question.

But we did use the documents. We made a mistake in judgment, and for that I am sorry. It was an error that was made, however, in good faith and in the spirit of trying to carry on a CBS News tradition of investigative reporting without fear or favoritism.

Please know that nothing is more important to us than people's trust in our ability and our commitment to report fairly and truthfully.

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CBS officials are set to make a "big announcement" today regarding Ra^thergate.

CBS News officials have grave doubts about the authenticity of the material, network officials said last night.

The officials, who asked not to be identified, said CBS News would most likely make an announcement as early as today that it had been deceived about the documents' origins. CBS News has already begun intensive reporting on where they came from, and people at the network said it was now possible that officials would open an internal inquiry into how it moved forward with the report. Officials say they are now beginning to believe the report was too flawed to have gone on the air.

Indications are that Burkett (by way of an Abilene, TX FedEx-Kinko's) is the source of the documents in question.

I guess Kenneth and Burkett needed to collaborate and get their collective stories straight.

No word yet on whether or not Rather will resign. Stay tuned.

UPDATE:From The National Review's The Kerry Spot this morning:

FROM WITHIN CBS - ANNOUNCEMENT TO STAFF LATER THIS MORNING [09/20 10:23 AM]

My source familiar with discussions within CBS says that the discussions of "Dan falling on his sword" have been "muttered all over the place, but there is nothing solid - so far just "rumor and speculation." However, many staffers has been told to gather around 11 a.m. for an announcement of some sort.

But I can't get that picture of Peter Finch as Howard Beale in Network out of my head.

"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"

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As my blog-sister Ambra put it, "There is a Fine Line Between Satire And Ignorance."

The $64,000 Question that begs though is which category this kind of stuff falls into.

The scary part, is that even if it is meant as satirical, I know some folks here in Atlanta and elsewhere who would put that poster up on their wall. Right next to their velvet Elvis and wall hangings of JFK and MLK.

Just damn.

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48 year-old Jack Hensley, from the Atlanta suburb of Marietta, is being held along with another American and an Briton by an Iraqi terrorist group. The trio is being threatened with beheading, unless the US and UK acceed to terrorist demands by tomorrow.

The three men work for Gulf Supplies & Commercial Services, a Bahrain-based construction firm working on rebuilding Iraq. They were abducted from their home in Baghdad on Thursday.

A video tape of the three was aired on Al Jazeera yesterday.

Hensley's wife, Patty, did not talk with reporters gathered outside her Cobb County home Saturday, but in an interview with CNN she pleaded with her husband's captors to let him return to her and their 13-year-old daughter "who misses her father very much."

She said: "It is your decision if he can come home back to her. Jack is a simple, generous man who loves the Iraqi people and has made many friends while in Iraq. Since Jack has been a guest in your country, he has been treated with honor and dignity. We ask for your mercy in freeing Jack and his co-workers so that they can continue to return home to their loving families."

Patty Hensley said her last communication with her husband was by e-mail, and she said she believes he was abducted within about 45 minutes after they signed off.

She said his residence was guarded around the clock by armed Iraqis, but "the morning they were abducted there was no guard as there should have been."

Not any handwringingly politically correct term like "rebels," or "insurgents."

TERRORISTS. That's what they are. And they need to be exterminated. As soon as possible.

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BlogSister of mine, LaShawn Barber, takes on John Kerry's pandering ways today.

In her piece, she points to an article by US Civil Rights Commission member Peter Kirsanow in National Review.

Much of Senator Kerry’s message to black audiences, however, is drawn from negative and sometimes ugly stereotypes about putatively “black” concerns. For example, while speaking before the Urban League in July, Kerry stressed the need for more Section 8 funding rather than stressing home-ownership, and stressed government programs more than entrepreneurship (because, you know, most blacks are either on welfare or otherwise dependent on the government). He’s done so without challenge. Imagine the justifiable outrage if Kerry had employed offensive stereotypes when courting voters from other ethnic groups. Even when not engaging stereotypes Kerry tends to appeal to the lowest common denominator — a bland Huey Long.

Senator Kerry’s attempts over the last several months to “energize” black voters by invoking the specter of Jim Crow and falsely claiming massive voter disenfranchisement apparently aren’t impressing black Democrat leaders. That could well mean he might make even more incendiary comments in the upcoming weeks. If he does, he must be called on it. Senator Kerry’s divisive statements are more likely to create the two Americas of which he and his running mate complain rather than promote a more unified America.

Unfortunately, black America, as a whole, is so fixated on a collective hatred of George W. Bush, thanks to the mainstream media and self-flagellating pulpit sitters like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. As a result, when confronted with the glaring racial pandering of Kerry, most blacks are willing to ignore it. And that leaves Martin Luther King spinning in his grave like a top.

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Hurricane Ivan came ashore somewhere between 3 and 4 this morning between Mobile and Pensacola as a CAT 3 storm with sustained winds above 120 MPH.

The storm wreaked havoc on it's eastern side, with brought catastrophic damage to Pensacola and the surrounding area. Tornadoes have been spawned in the Florida panhandle, south Alabama and south Georgia, with at least 12 deaths reported.

Heavy weather is headed my way, and I fully expect to lose power sometime late today or tonight.

ABC NewsNow (check your broadband portal's news page for access) is carrying live coverage from WMBB-TV Panama City, where two tornadoes struck within an hour of each other yesterday afternoon while Ivan was still out in the Gulf.

WPMI-TV/DT Mobile and WVTM-TV/DT Birmingham are streaming their wall-to-wall coverage, and I expect other stations (including Atlanta's WSB-TV and WXIA-TV) to join them as the day progresses.

According to local weathercasters here, the truly heavy weather (including a Tornado Watch) should get here around 2PM or so. Many of the south suburban school systems have cancelled classes for today, but with the heavy weather not arriving until later today, most systems are still in session. I wouldn't be surprised to see most systems out tomorrow, however.

The National Weather Service and the National Hurricane Center are forecasting Ivan (by then a tropical storm) to move into the lower Appalachian Mountains and stall -- dropping enough rain to cause mudslides in north Georgia, north Alabama, Tennessee and the Carolinas.

This is what you call a "character builder."

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New data on Rathergate continues to surface this evening from multiple fronts.

First from Drudge and Thursday morning's Washington Post:

Documents allegedly written by a deceased officer that raised questions about President Bush's service with the Texas Air National Guard bore markings showing they had been faxed to CBS News from a Kinko's copy shop in Abilene, Tex., according to another former Guard officer who was shown the records by the network.

Just got off the phone with Abilene Kinkos: Bill Burkett has a standing account with the Kinkos in Abilene Texas, and while the lady who answered the phone would not be more specific she did say Burkett was in there last week....

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Will Kenneth get his hands slapped?

One can only hope.

Jeff Quinton at Backcountry Conservative is live-blogging (as are many others); I'll have the highlights as soon as they happen.

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Hurricane Ivan hasn't completely shoved Dan Rather and CBS' woes off of the page. This is from National Review's "The Kerry Spot" earlier today:

I am informed that the head of a CBS affiliate in a large East Coast city is telling viewers who call in that he wants Rather to apologize on 60 Minutes and then resign. This local network official reportedly plans to present the flood of critical emails he has been getting to the network heads in New York.

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