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War protestors convicted of misdemeanor; police officer wishes them well:

"All these people are nice people," [Sergeant] McLaughlin said after the court proceedings. "They're dedicated to their cause. We didn't arrest them because of their beliefs. We arrested them because of their activity, which created a dangerous situation."

Right on the money.

The President Who Cried Wolf

OK, here's the thing: I believed you when you presented your evidence that Iraq was making weapons of mass destruction.  It wasn't, and you either knew it or were too stupid to see it.  Now, I don't believe you.  And that's a shame, because if there's one thing we do know, it's that Iran is making weapons of mass destruction.

Martin Solomon Goes to Andover To Watch the Jew-Haters

There's a good post at Solomonia.com about the latest doings involving Ron Francis, the Jew-hating public school teacher in Andover, Massachusetts, and the school administration that enables him to spread his vile lies.  Martin Solomon covered an anti-Israel event at the school Friday:

You know Jews are in a tough position. They can be quiet and let the slanders, some of very ancient and recognizable heritage, build and build and eventually overwhelm them, or they can speak out and defend themselves. Yet when they defend themselves from the lies as anyone else would, the bigots simply use that to confirm the slanders...

There are about 323 million Arabs in the world today, about 1.4 to 1.6 billion Muslims...and there are between 12 and 14 million Jews .... Take a look at a map and note what a pin-prick of a country Israel is compared to its enemies, and consider the obscene obsession so many people have with criticizing that country among all others -- the one "Jewish" state.

RTWT.

(BTW, what the hell is a public high school principal doing paying travel expenses for a socialist who is dedicated to the overthrow of the U.S. system?  Let's hope it was his own money, not the town's.)

Nice job, Sol.  And thanks.

Stephen Walt and the Green-Rainbow Party: Jew Haters in Massachusetts

There's been plenty written about Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer's recent speech for CAIR at the National Press Club, about their attempts to prove they're scientists and not mere Jew-haters.  (Solomon has a nice round-up.) I won't beat a dead horse, but I do have a couple comments.

First, they're Jew-haters.  Easily refuted, though fairly dependable, I-know-them-when-I-see-them arguments aside, their repeated and deliberate use of "the Lobby" in their speeches is code, not for "the AIPAC," or "the American Jewish Lobby," but for "the Jews."  They throw it around as if it's perfectly fine, hoping -I suspect- that the shorthand will not only sink in, but will inure otherwise-reasonable listeners to the sound of disparaging labels.  It'll be that much easier to jump over to "the Jews" when their time comes.  Get your yellow stars out.

Second, the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe following the obvious explosion of it in the Middle East has long worried me.  But now I'm seeing it here.  The Green Rainbow Party has a candidate on the statewide ballot?  They are Jew-hating terrorist supporters.  Again, Solomon has the details (he blogs these topics daily, and is an expert).  How does that tie to Walt and Mearsheimer?  Simple: Harvard's here.  Walt works there.

Ick.

Terrorists in Copley Square

Coming back from the suburbs yesterday evening, I was driving Dartmouth Street through Copley Square when I and dozens of other motorists were accosted by terrorist supporters demonstrating their fealty to the Party of God (Hezbollah) by waving huge flags and posters in the street.  I was too concerned to about the safety of my car to yell out at them, but their conduct was the conduct of the mobs you see on TV from the Middle East.  Just without the rock throwing.  There was yelling, flag-waving, honking, wild gesticulating.  It was like a little invasion from the formerly occupied territories.  There were plenty of apparently native anglo-looking Americans there, too.  Many holding the "Victory to Hezbollah" signs.

Where were the cops?  This group of lunatics was blocking traffic and creating a public safety hazard (I mean, beyond the obvious safety hazard inherent to support for terrorists).

These people are the enemy among us.

Death to Islamists

According to MSNBC this morning, the new Zawahiri video promises to bring the Islamist fight to the West for as long as it takes for their religion to conquer the world.  (CNN.com makes no mention of that, highlighting only the Al Qaeda leader's promise to help the Muslims in palestine and Lebanon against Israeli oppression.  Bias, anyone?)  According to the MSNBC report, the Terrorist said,

“The war with Israel does not depend on cease-fires. ... It is a Jihad for God’s sake and will last until (our) religion prevails,” al-Zawahri said. “We will attack everywhere.”

That's pretty clear.  I mean, many of us have known that's what we're fighting, but now we have it nice and clear from a top Islamist.  We are in a war for the world. We cannot afford to lose many battles.  Our very existence depends on crushing the Islamists before any more of them come here.  Death to Islamists everywhere.  It is -literally- kill or be killed.

They Hate the Jews and They Hate America - Know Who They Are

Solomon has some nice photographic proof of the substantial overlap between the Jew-haters and the Anti-War Left.  Actually, it's often the Pro-War Left; they just want the other side to win.  I cannot go to these things, because I'd get myself arrested -hence, fired- for launching at the first protesting mother$@*^er I see with a "Support the Iraqi Resistance" sign.

Thanks, Sol.  That's great photography and funny commentary, but educational.

UPDATE: Comments from morons will be deleted.

Support Israel - Piss Off Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner

No one is better at doping out anti-Semitism and calling out Jew-haters in Massachusetts than Martin Solomon.  Go read why you should stand for Israel at the Talk, Walk and Rock for Israel event this weekend in Boston.  Number one reason: supporting Israel is the right thing to do.  Number two reason: it will piss off suspected Jew-hater City Councilor Chuck Turner.  (I only qualified that because it's possible -merely possible- that the Green-Rainbow psychos misquoted Turner.  Unlikely, and his mere attendance at their event betrays his mindset.)

Good work, Sol.  Stay on their case.

Noam Chomsky On the Road to Treason

How long before Noam Chomsky is declared an Enemy Combatant and shipped off to GTMO?  I learn from my friend Jay Fitzgerald that Chomsky's taken his self-loathing anti-Semitism to a new level.  He's trangressed even his anti-Zionism and strident lefty propaganda by going all the way to speaking aid and comfort to the terrorist enemies of the United States.  He went to Lebanon, met with the head of Hezbollah, praised him, and accused America of terrorism.  (LGF has more.)

There's a convenient word to summarize Chomsky's direction: Treason.  I think he's damn close.

Can Your Wife Use Your Rifle?

Thanks to Solomonia I found an excellent post by West Bank Mama about learning to use her husband's rifle:

I didn't need to learn to shoot an M16 twenty years later in order to know that the young liberal I was was wrong and incredibly naive. I had learned on my own that there really were people who wanted to murder my children in their beds.... But learning how to shoot the gun, and imagining myself actually using it do defend my loved ones, did teach me something new. I learned that there is absolutely nothing wrong, and in fact everything right, about using your strength, and skills, and courage to protect others who are weaker than you are - and that whatever pride you may feel at this is completely justified.

Amen. Read The Whole Thing.