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1. #1
   On September 17th, 2007 at 3:51 pm, jrlingreenbay said:

   City officials feared that announcing the arrest of an armed Arabic man so close to anniversary of the attack would stir anti-Muslim sentiments and fan the flames of terrorism

   You have GOT to be kidding me…..

   “..fan the flames of terrorism”????

   What do you call a Hezbollah-loving man of Arab descent walking around with an AK-47 through a city park?

   And it’s OUR fault if we look at it realistically?

   ARrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhh!

2. #2
   On September 17th, 2007 at 4:05 pm, Craig said:

   “There are certain things that the media latches onto…”

   And there are certain things that mayors don’t latch onto- like active brain cells.

3. #3
   On September 17th, 2007 at 4:06 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

   Noting that American democracy is just 200 years old and a work in progress, he said the work of the center would help “protect our freedoms, our people and our democracy.”

   These same blowhards think that the Iraq government should be efficient today. This is the kind of talk that just burns my rear. Our nation is just a little over 200 years old and “a work in progress” (and going backwards from what our founders envisioned – IMHO).

   Our instant society wants Iraq to be complete now. Complete government, complete peace, full cooperation…

   I blame fast food. People just want everything like a whopper – on demand and the way they want it.

   On topic – the sell out of the America is just going to catch up with us one day.

4. #4
   On September 17th, 2007 at 4:17 pm, PBoilermaker said:

   Wow, Michelle, this has turned into a depressing Monday’s worth of news.

   I -hope- we, as a country, reach a breaking point with this insanity.

5. #5
   On September 17th, 2007 at 4:20 pm, bear1909 said:

   A Brighter Spot on a Bleak Monday- from the French no less.

   French foreign minister warns of war over Iranian nukes

   Submitted by cpowell on 05:38PM ET Sunday, September 16, 2007.

   Section: Daily Dispatches

   From Agence France-Presse
   via Yahoo News
   Sunday, September 16, 2007
   http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070916/wl_afp/franceirannuclear_0709161936...
   PARIS — The world should brace for a possible war over the Iranian nuclear crisis, but seeking a solution through talks should take priority, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday.
   “We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war,” he said in an interview broadcast on French television and radio.
   “We must negotiate right to the end,” with Iran, he said, but underlined that if Tehran possessed an atomic weapon, it would represent “a real danger for the whole world.”
   Calling the nuclear standoff “the greatest crisis” of present times, the minister said: “We will not accept that the bomb is manufactured,” and hinted that military plans were on the way.
   “We are trying to put in place plans which are the privilege of chiefs of staff and that is not for tomorrow,” he said but stressed that although any attack on Iran was far from taking place, “It is normal for us to plan” for any eventuality.
   In Washington, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates took a more muted approach on Sunday.
   “I will tell you that I think the administration believes at this point that continuing to try and deal with the Iranian threat … through diplomatic and economic means is by far the preferable approach,” he said.
   Kouchner meanwhile said France wanted the European Union to prepare sanctions against Iran, outside the ambit of the UN Security Council, to force Tehran to forsake its nuclear ambitions.
   “We have decided that while negotiations are continuing … to prepare eventual sanctions outside the ambit of UN sanctions. Our good friends, the Germans, suggested that,” he said.
   The foreign minister also said leading French companies such as Total and Gaz de France had been urged not to undertake new work or contracts in Iran.
   Tehran vehemently denies Western allegations it is seeking an atomic weapon, saying its nuclear drive is aimed at providing electricity for a growing population whose fossil fuels will one day run out.
   The five permanent Security Council members — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — plus Germany are due to meet to discuss a new draft UN resolution on sanctions against Iran on September 21 in Washington.
   In the free-wheeling interview, Kouchner also touched upon the criteria for new members aspiring to join the European Union such as Turkey, saying French President Nicolas Sarkozy favoured the scrapping of a mandatory referendum on future adhesions.
   “I do not fear revealing this secret. I think the president wants this as well,” he said.
   France has put the brakes on Turkey’s membership talks but Sarkozy has said he would not block the discussions if a group of “wise men” was established by 2009 to debate the goals and ambitions of the EU over the next two decades.
   Turkey began EU accession negotiations in October 2005 but it has only managed to open four of the 35 chapters, or policy areas, that all candidates must complete to join.
   Croatia, which began talks the same day, has opened 12.
   Turkey’s talks are expected to last at least a decade, with no guarantee of membership at the end of it all. The process has been hampered by Ankara’s refusal to open its ports and airports to Greek Cypriot ships and planes.

   * * *

6. #6
   On September 17th, 2007 at 4:22 pm, GlenW said:

   “also creating a climate of Islamophobia…. terrorism.”

   http://hotair.com/archives/2007/01/21/video-snl-on-islamophobia-redux/

7. #7
   On September 17th, 2007 at 4:27 pm, bear1909 said:

   ”We didn’t want this to become more than it is,“ O’Reilly said. ”There are certain things that the media latches onto, and this would have turned into a story about terrorism. That’s not the kind of tone we want to set.”

   More than what it is? So it has already been defined as *something*? What is the *something*? A dedicated, verifiable Hezbollite armed with an automatic rifle in a city park is not about terrorism?

   This Mayor should be investigated on intent to conspire and commit terrorism.

   These are not neutral statements made about this piece of human offal who was captured and arrested.

   Make the Mayor take a stand, no matter how many millions he gets from a sleazy Qatar. This Mayor is way out of his pay grade on this- it should become a federal case, with his mouth being welded shut.

   What a puke.

8. #8
   On September 17th, 2007 at 4:45 pm, trinitytim said:

   What a piece of trash this mayor is. How dare he make excuses for a muslim man armed with an AK-47 about to set off on a killing spree to mark the anniversary of 9/11.

   I say let the terrorist go. Release him in the mayor’s office.

9. #9
   On September 17th, 2007 at 5:29 pm, OldGuy53 said:

   I’m really getting tired of the nanny state deciding what details I’m entitled to and what I’m not.

10. #10
    On September 17th, 2007 at 5:56 pm, orlandocajun said:

    Will someone please explain to me why these type of people are still in our country and what kind of citizenry continues to elect weaklings to their governments?

11. #11
    On September 17th, 2007 at 6:29 pm, katieanne said:

    ”We didn’t want this to become more than it is,“ O’Reilly said.

    It does need to be accepted for what it is and that is exactly what these morons with their heads in the sand are not doing. How many more tragedies is it going to take to wake this idiots up? We are at war with radical Islam. They want to kill us. Being nice or ignoring them isn’t going to make any difference.

12. #12
    On September 17th, 2007 at 6:29 pm, marsouin said:

    When in the hell are American, and in the West in general, muslims are going to start taking the initiative to ferret out jihadists in their adopted countries? If not, and there is another large scale attack, I will feel no pity for the reaction against muslims in the West. Their continued silence over the years can mean only one thing: tacit approval of jihad and its designs on the West.

13. #13
    On September 17th, 2007 at 6:32 pm, katieanne said:

    That’s not the kind of tone we want to set.”

    I wonder what kind of tone there would have been from the citizens O’Reilly is supposed to be looking out for if this jihadi suspect had used his AK-47? What kind of tone when the jihadists aren’t caught here before they kill?

14. #14
    On September 17th, 2007 at 6:33 pm, katieanne said:

    On September 17th, 2007 at 6:29 pm, marsouin said:
    When in the hell are American, and in the West in general, muslims are going to start taking the initiative to ferret out jihadists in their adopted countries? If not, and there is another large scale attack, I will feel no pity for the reaction against muslims in the West. Their continued silence over the years can mean only one thing: tacit approval of jihad and its designs on the West.

    I totally agree.

15. #15
    On September 17th, 2007 at 6:36 pm, DirkBelig said:

    I work a few miles from where this guy was picked up and coverage has been sparse as far as I’ve seen around here. To be fair, the majority of the local Arab community is NOT down with the jihad, but whenever you have a lot of Muslims in one place, you’re going to have some jihadis in the mix. (It’s like when you get a bunch of liberals together; there’s gonna be some totalitarian fascists in the crowd.)

    Isn’t it odd that ALL Christians are universally tarred with the brush of extremism because a couple of whackjobs shot abortionists or bombed clinics - totally unacceptable behavior, mind you - but there is no amount of terrorism, violence and mayhem that will trigger opprobrium against Dubya and Condi’s “Religion of Peace and Love.”

16. #16
    On September 17th, 2007 at 6:50 pm, Rick Moran said:

    Bear and everyone else:

    Please do not cut and paste entire articles in the comments. Fair use standards are not enforced usually but it’s a good idea to follow them anyway.

    Use about a 200 word excerpt and then supply a link for those wishing to read the rest.

    That is all.

17. #17
    On September 17th, 2007 at 6:56 pm, 24Klady said:

    What if there had been more than one armed shooter? The moranic mayor had no assurance the wanna-be jihadist didn’t have comrades. I would think it mandatory to notify DHS. Anyone sporting the equipment and spouting a calling to jihad when arrested should be some indication for the local authorities to notify the Feds. If they did and both have chosen not to disclose it to the local citizens - “Houston, we have a problem.”

18. #18
    On September 17th, 2007 at 7:02 pm, blues said:

    jrl-you took the words right off my keyboard.”..didn’t want this to become more than it is”…”would have turned into a story about terrorism”.Hey Jack,”What the h*** do you think it’s about,dipstick?”Maybe the Hezbollah fan boy was just out hunting squirrels in a public park with an AK in the middle of the night.Makes sense to me …but then again I’m insane;how about you Jack- O?

19. #19
    On September 17th, 2007 at 7:05 pm, blues said:

    “most diverse county”….Not for long after the heads start rolling.

20. #20
    On September 17th, 2007 at 7:07 pm, Speakup said:

    Well-wishers gathered at the future site of the facility on Chase between Ford Road and Warren Avenue to recognize the many people involved in bringing it to this point — the planners, the backers, the encouragers and those involved who assisted in surmounting paperwork hurdles.

    emphasize the true American values.”

    “The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.”
    —George Orwell

21. #21
    On September 17th, 2007 at 7:22 pm, almeehan said:

    Hizzoner is a dizzoner to this nation and Dearbornistan. He really needs to be called to account for total lack of responsibility.

22. #22
    On September 17th, 2007 at 7:25 pm, Boomer said:

    This has really been a bad new Monday! This mayor needs a little session with the clue bat. I guess he will only understand the threat as the blade touches the back of his neck.

23. #23
    On September 17th, 2007 at 7:28 pm, limmo said:

    The mayor may be more upset that the guy was driving an SUV than he was that the guy was dressed in cammo, packin’ an AK. If the guy’d been smoking a cigarette, the mayor might have actually shown some outrage.

24. #24
    On September 17th, 2007 at 7:30 pm, almeehan said:

    I sent the mayor an email. He needs to hear from people across this nation because he apparently want to “set a tone” of let the jihad roll!
    mayor@ci.dearborn.mi.us

25. #25
    On September 17th, 2007 at 8:23 pm, trinitytim said:

    My email was sent earlier today. He got an earful.

    I asked him to resign. I don’t think that will happen though.

26. #26
    On September 17th, 2007 at 8:49 pm, reine.de.tout said:

    from Little Green Footballs: Hussein Zorkot is an open supporter of Hizballah. His web site has jihad music with sounds of explosions, pictures of Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and an image declaring the “start of my personal jihad,” dated September 8, 2007.

    So, Dearborn is afraid of stirring “anti-Muslim” sentiment. When are people like Zorkot going to start being afraid of stirring up Muslim antipathy toward us?

27. #27
    On September 17th, 2007 at 9:24 pm, bear1909 said:

    Rick Moran-

    Sorry about that. Thanks for the coaching.

    Bear1909

28. #28
    On September 17th, 2007 at 9:29 pm, Leatherneck said:

    I wonder what Mosque he belonged to, and do they preach hatered for Jews, and Christians?

29. #29
    On September 17th, 2007 at 9:30 pm, bear1909 said:

    Rick Moran-

    Dude, i just came from your website where you say
    

    Allow me to commit a horrid blog faux pas and reprint an entire post from Dr. Jeffery Hart’s Amrs Control Wonk blog:

    Were you just feeling on edge about your own faux pas or what, when you encouraged us about fair use and links etc????? lol

    I thought it was entertaining.

    No worries.

    Bear1909

30. #30
    On September 17th, 2007 at 9:32 pm, greenfairie said:

    #26, you hit the nail right on the head.

    I think we have absolutely the worst generation of political leadership, from the municipal to the federal level. If it’s not selling the ChiComs missile secrets or forcing shamnesty on us, it’s “Muslim interest groups” greasing palms at City Hall. It’s disgraceful and disgusting.

31. #31
    On September 18th, 2007 at 7:14 am, crashemt said:

    On September 17th, 2007 at 5:56 pm, orlandocajun said:

    Will someone please explain to me why these type of people are still in our country and what kind of citizenry continues to elect weaklings to their governments?

    To quote a much earlier story from Michelle:

    “A kakistocracy”

    To answer why they don’t fear us:

    Their actions in life provide them the wealth of their Heaven. Jihadis truly believe that the killing of non-Muslims under the claim of defending their faith earns them an honored spot with Allah. Knowing that, what do they have to fear, even in death?

    My question is:

    When is it that those in leadership (this mayor, “surrender” Democrats, or Dennis Kucinich) will learn that these people and this mentality have absolutely no intention to negotiate nor surrender?

    Here is yet another example of a man who has sworn himself openly to a cause that wants to kill all those that do not follow faithfully. He has shown with his word, and now his actions, his true intent. So why is it that we still want to give him the “benefit of the doubt” and declare that his intention and actions were not to harm other citizens of this country?

    This is a truly perverse action that can only lead one to believe that we now have a government, at all levels consisting only of the weakest and most corrupt minds. Hence, the answer at the top of this post.

    And to Michelle’s point about the center just built in Dearborn (posted earlier by another from this site):

    “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the Public Treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy always followed by dictatorship.”

    - Alexander Fraser Tyler,’The Decline and Fall of the Athenian Republic’.

32. #32
    On September 18th, 2007 at 11:19 am, JeffH said:

    “These aren’t the terrorists you’re looking for. You don’t need to know about their AK-47s. Move along.”