Wednesday, August 17, 2005
University of Illinois chairman speaks against NCAA on Illini, Chief issue
Great article in today's Chicago Tribune (free registration required). Tough to excerpt, but so it's worth a visit to the Tribune web site.
The chairman of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees , Lawrence Eppley discusses the Illini nickname and Chief Illiniwek issues.
Says Epley:
"It is noteworthy that the NCAA's edict as it pertains to the University of Illinois directly contradicts a 1995 finding by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights . . . that the existence of the Chief did not constitute a `racially hostile environment at the University.'
`Illini' is an appellation proudly carried not only by our student-athletes, but also by tens of thousands . . . who positively associate themselves with our university."
The chairman of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees , Lawrence Eppley discusses the Illini nickname and Chief Illiniwek issues.
Says Epley:
"It is noteworthy that the NCAA's edict as it pertains to the University of Illinois directly contradicts a 1995 finding by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights . . . that the existence of the Chief did not constitute a `racially hostile environment at the University.'
`Illini' is an appellation proudly carried not only by our student-athletes, but also by tens of thousands . . . who positively associate themselves with our university."
Where is PETA? Saudi man celebrates divorce by killing goats
The latest from our Saudi allies. According to the Arab News:
A Saudi man celebrated the divorce from his wife in a unique way, Okaz newspaper reported. The man slaughtered many goats and invited large number of guests to celebrate his freedom from a very violent wife who had made his life a misery for three years. The husband was honoring a vow to hold a large party if he ever managed to separate from his wife. A large number of his neighbors came to join in the celebration.
Will PETA speak out? Probably not.
This is the stuff PETA is concerned about: A Chicago alderman wants 10 acres per elephant for any pachyderm that's within city limits. Half of those acres need to be indoors.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Sheehan entourage moves off roadside, still near Crawford
I still think Thirdwave Dave phrased it best: It's time to go home, Cindy.
This is going to sound cruel, but the vision I have here is of Linus waiting in vain in that pumpkin patch in "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."
AFP weighs in:
The high profile peace camp set up by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan is to move from the roadside outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch to a private property nearby following mounting hostilities with local residents.
But Sheehan, whose protest has come to symbolize rising anti-war sentiment among Americans, has insisted she will not abandon her demonstration until the president agrees to a meeting.
A source close to the activists at the camp said Sheehan has accepted an offer to move onto private land next to Bush's Prairie Chapel ranch following mounting tensions in recent days.
Gas Prices Hit $3 A Gallon In Chicagoland
From CBS 2 Chicago:
At one Evanston gas station, regular costs $3.06 a gallon. That’s one of the highest in the area, but paying over $2.50 is common. The cheapest CBS 2 could find Tuesday morning was $2.61 a gallon in Romeoville.
At one Evanston gas station, regular costs $3.06 a gallon. That’s one of the highest in the area, but paying over $2.50 is common. The cheapest CBS 2 could find Tuesday morning was $2.61 a gallon in Romeoville.
Carole Moseley Braun may be planning Chicago mayoral run
Carole: Your six years in the senate were an embarrassment. Except for the several dozen supporters you had in Iowa, seemingly, your 2004 presidential run's sole purpose was to make Dennis Kucinich's support seem gargantuan. And now, according to Fran Spielman of the Chicago Sun-Times, you're considering a run for mayor of Chicago.
Carole move on. You've had you're time in the sun.
Here's what's in the Sun-Times today:
Is former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (D-Ill.) laying the groundwork to run for mayor in 2007 -- either against Mayor Daley or if mounting corruption scandals cause Daley to walk away?
If she isn't, why did her brother -- a Chicago Police sergeant -- call the Fraternal Order of Police and ask about the timing of the FOP's mayoral endorsement?
An FOP official said Monday that Joe Braun, the former senator's brother, placed the call and told FOP officials in no uncertain terms that his sister would be a candidate for mayor.
Contacted Monday about her brother's maneuverings, the normally gregarious Moseley Braun was taken aback.
"You just threw me for a loop. I'm surprised at that information. . . . I did not ask him to do anything in that regard," she said.
Carole move on. You've had you're time in the sun.
Here's what's in the Sun-Times today:
Is former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (D-Ill.) laying the groundwork to run for mayor in 2007 -- either against Mayor Daley or if mounting corruption scandals cause Daley to walk away?
If she isn't, why did her brother -- a Chicago Police sergeant -- call the Fraternal Order of Police and ask about the timing of the FOP's mayoral endorsement?
An FOP official said Monday that Joe Braun, the former senator's brother, placed the call and told FOP officials in no uncertain terms that his sister would be a candidate for mayor.
Contacted Monday about her brother's maneuverings, the normally gregarious Moseley Braun was taken aback.
"You just threw me for a loop. I'm surprised at that information. . . . I did not ask him to do anything in that regard," she said.
Sheehan's followers: Hard at work removing anti-Israeli rants from their websites
Friend of the blog Sol from Solomonia posted this on Sunday, here is an excerpt:
A Judenhass Horse
Further on the post below, Not a Saint, let's take a look at the horse Cindy Sheehan has tied her cart to, the Crawford Peace House [Note: The CPH people have deleted the material mentioned in this post from their page, but I have the original. Here is the Google cache. See the update at the bottom of this post.]. They claim to be a house of peace, and Cindy Sheehan's agenda would seem to be centered on the War in Iraq, but even a cursory look at the CPH's web page shows a clearly different agenda. As I write this, the word "Iraq" appears on CPH's front page a total of ONE time. The number of times a certain eastern Mediterranean country's name appears? Seventeen times. And the single essay on the page is about...Iraq? No. It is about the world's true demon, root of all evil, Israel.
The first photo is one of a Mr. Eugene Bird giving a speech with a Palestinian flag waving next to him. Who is Mr. Bird? According to Honest Reporting, Bird is President of the Paul Findlay founded anti-Semitic, anti-Israel Council for the National Interest, a group which seeks "to restore a political environment in America in which voters and their elected officials are free from the undue influence and pressure of a foreign country, namely Israel." He also writes regularly for the Saudi shilling, and need I mention anti-Israel, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs -- where old Arabist diplomats who've gone native go to die.
Bird is known for blaming Israel for the Abu Ghraib abuses:
We know that the Israeli intelligence was operating in Baghdad after the war was over. The question should be: Were there any foreign interrogators among those that were recommending very, very bad treatment for the prisoners?
Do I need to mention that Bird is a big fan of divestment, and uses all sorts of strained narrative reasoning to justify himself? He also thinks what we really need is -- not Syrian, not Saudi -- but an Israel Accountability Act.
By the way, if you want a report on the demonstration these pictures are apparently from, you can get it at this Indymedia site.
The second photo on the CPH site shows a man holding a sign which appears to show the ever shrinking borders of "Palestine." What do you think the protester thinks would be a "just solution" to this shrinkage?
The third and fourth pictures are of protesters carrying the mother of all anti-Israel banners, which also looks like it blames the Jewish State for the region's strife. As an emailer wrote to me, "This is a group that appears to think that it was Israel that started the wars in 1948, 1956, 1967, and 1973. Remember when Polish tanks invaded Germany on Sept 1, 1939? Remember when the United States bombed Pearl Harbor? Cindy Sheehan's friends probably do."
Sol goes on to mention a second time that some of these sites have been cleansed of the anti-Israel ramblings and photos. His point is still valid: It's fair to judge Cindy Sheehan by the company she keeps.
A Judenhass Horse
Further on the post below, Not a Saint, let's take a look at the horse Cindy Sheehan has tied her cart to, the Crawford Peace House [Note: The CPH people have deleted the material mentioned in this post from their page, but I have the original. Here is the Google cache. See the update at the bottom of this post.]. They claim to be a house of peace, and Cindy Sheehan's agenda would seem to be centered on the War in Iraq, but even a cursory look at the CPH's web page shows a clearly different agenda. As I write this, the word "Iraq" appears on CPH's front page a total of ONE time. The number of times a certain eastern Mediterranean country's name appears? Seventeen times. And the single essay on the page is about...Iraq? No. It is about the world's true demon, root of all evil, Israel.
The first photo is one of a Mr. Eugene Bird giving a speech with a Palestinian flag waving next to him. Who is Mr. Bird? According to Honest Reporting, Bird is President of the Paul Findlay founded anti-Semitic, anti-Israel Council for the National Interest, a group which seeks "to restore a political environment in America in which voters and their elected officials are free from the undue influence and pressure of a foreign country, namely Israel." He also writes regularly for the Saudi shilling, and need I mention anti-Israel, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs -- where old Arabist diplomats who've gone native go to die.
Bird is known for blaming Israel for the Abu Ghraib abuses:
We know that the Israeli intelligence was operating in Baghdad after the war was over. The question should be: Were there any foreign interrogators among those that were recommending very, very bad treatment for the prisoners?
Do I need to mention that Bird is a big fan of divestment, and uses all sorts of strained narrative reasoning to justify himself? He also thinks what we really need is -- not Syrian, not Saudi -- but an Israel Accountability Act.
By the way, if you want a report on the demonstration these pictures are apparently from, you can get it at this Indymedia site.
The second photo on the CPH site shows a man holding a sign which appears to show the ever shrinking borders of "Palestine." What do you think the protester thinks would be a "just solution" to this shrinkage?
The third and fourth pictures are of protesters carrying the mother of all anti-Israel banners, which also looks like it blames the Jewish State for the region's strife. As an emailer wrote to me, "This is a group that appears to think that it was Israel that started the wars in 1948, 1956, 1967, and 1973. Remember when Polish tanks invaded Germany on Sept 1, 1939? Remember when the United States bombed Pearl Harbor? Cindy Sheehan's friends probably do."
Sol goes on to mention a second time that some of these sites have been cleansed of the anti-Israel ramblings and photos. His point is still valid: It's fair to judge Cindy Sheehan by the company she keeps.
Monday, August 15, 2005
British Muslims: Keep extremist mosques open to prevent more extremism
This is in the "Breaking News" section of the Daily Telegraph tonight:
Muslim leaders have challenged Prime Minister Tony Blair's anti-terror plans as they revealed fears that Islamic values could be "demonised".
Among the proposals they criticised was the closure of mosques defined as extremist, which they warned could "fuel a radical sub-culture".
So Tony, I guess the extremist mosques should stay open.
Muslim leaders have challenged Prime Minister Tony Blair's anti-terror plans as they revealed fears that Islamic values could be "demonised".
Among the proposals they criticised was the closure of mosques defined as extremist, which they warned could "fuel a radical sub-culture".
So Tony, I guess the extremist mosques should stay open.
David Limbaugh: The President, Polls and Perseverance
Here's a colum, make that an excerpt of one, that needed to be written, courtesy of David Limbaugh:
As prescient as the Framers were, it's unlikely they could have foreseen the coming technological advances and information explosion that would arm a hostile media and opposition party with selective bad news and polling data with which to badger a president into submission.
It takes a strong person as president to withstand the temptation to sacrifice the long-term best interests of the nation by succumbing to the seduction of daily polls and their promise of immediate popularity upon obedience to the whimsical popular will.
We need look no further back in history than the Clinton years to see what happens when a president tends to govern by polls rather than principle. It was a formula for putting off serious problems -- such as Al Qaeda and Social Security -- when tackling them might bring you into disfavor.
By contrast, we can study the present Bush administration to see what happens when a president governs by principles and goals to which he has consistently pledged fidelity. It's a formula for occasionally disastrous polling results, as we witnessed this week with reports of the president's lowest-yet approval ratings.
The mainstream media are gloating about the president's popularity free-fall, apparently oblivious to the damage they are inflicting on the nation with their ceaseless one-sided news coverage.
As prescient as the Framers were, it's unlikely they could have foreseen the coming technological advances and information explosion that would arm a hostile media and opposition party with selective bad news and polling data with which to badger a president into submission.
It takes a strong person as president to withstand the temptation to sacrifice the long-term best interests of the nation by succumbing to the seduction of daily polls and their promise of immediate popularity upon obedience to the whimsical popular will.
We need look no further back in history than the Clinton years to see what happens when a president tends to govern by polls rather than principle. It was a formula for putting off serious problems -- such as Al Qaeda and Social Security -- when tackling them might bring you into disfavor.
By contrast, we can study the present Bush administration to see what happens when a president governs by principles and goals to which he has consistently pledged fidelity. It's a formula for occasionally disastrous polling results, as we witnessed this week with reports of the president's lowest-yet approval ratings.
The mainstream media are gloating about the president's popularity free-fall, apparently oblivious to the damage they are inflicting on the nation with their ceaseless one-sided news coverage.
Malkin reports correct: Cindy Sheehan's husband files for divorce
Michelle Malkin posted this information yesterday, and her blogging was correct, as AP now reports:
The husband of Cindy Sheehan, the mother camped outside President Bush's Texas ranch to protest the death of a son in the Iraq war, has filed for divorce, according to court documents.
Patrick Sheehan filed the divorce petition Friday in Solano County court, northeast of San Francisco. His lawyer did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday.
The husband of Cindy Sheehan, the mother camped outside President Bush's Texas ranch to protest the death of a son in the Iraq war, has filed for divorce, according to court documents.
Patrick Sheehan filed the divorce petition Friday in Solano County court, northeast of San Francisco. His lawyer did not immediately return a call seeking comment Monday.
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