Random News & Notes - The Religion of Peace

I mentioned last month a little extortion attempt by Libya over a death penalty imposed on some medical people who they convicted of bogus charges of giving kids AIDs. Well, France stepped in and made a deal to help Libya with nukes. Let me repeat that. France is helping Libya develop a nuclear reactor, because they are unconcerned about Arab countries with nukes. Friggin genius. Oh, and they're selling some missiles to them too. It worked as the medics were released to Bulgaria. And yet, that wasn't enough as Libya tried further blackmail on Bulgaria for pardoning them. It was almost like Willie Horton except these people weren't murderers and rapists. Anyway, Bulgaria capitulated by forgiving a $57 million debt Libya owed them. My guess is that this was what Libya wanted all along. Why do I believe this? Gaddafi's son has come out and admitted that HIV cases preceded the medics arrival. And followed their arrest. Basically said they were innocent. Oh, he also said they were tortured, but not that badly. And he doesn't think anything will be done to Libya, and he's probably right. The EU has already shown they won't stand up to a tin-pot dictator who spells his name about 23 different ways.

I guess we should be happy that Gaddafi is willing to settle for some racketeering rather than overt terrorism. One who tried, the shoe bomber Richard Reid, had some jailhouse letters made public. I was surprised his father released the letters to the press until I noticed that Reid apparently tried to console his old man on the death of his sister. Reid did it by telling Daddy that dear old auntie is burning in Hell. Oh, and Reid also expects Allah to bless him in the near future. Funny, Allah certainly didn't seem to be on his side when tried to blow up a plane. I would think only a small "blessing" would be needed to light a fuse in your shoestrings. Also, Allah seems to have cursed him with an unnatural level of ugliness.

It's probably a good thing that Reid was caught with explosives in his shoe or else the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a noted ally of Islamic terrorists everywhere, would be campaigning for his release. Oh wait, two guys were arrested in South Carolina with pipe bombs in their trunk, and CAIR called it racial profiling. Let's see. Two guys named Mohammed and Yousef. From a college awash in Islamic fundamentalism. With pipe bombs and a bogus story about what they were. And another roommate who has since fled the country. Yeah, nothing suspicious here. Just how far in the sand can some people stick their head?

It's amazing that local police were able to make this capture. After all, isn't that why airport security was federalized? To make it more professional? So that some guy can't bring a monkey into the country hidden in his hat? I think the best line is that people were asking if he knew he had a monkey in his hair. Actually, he's probably kicking himself. If he can sneak a monkey out of South America, through customs and onto a connecting flight without being caught, he could have brought in some coke. Actually, this wasn't the most depressing recent story about airport security. In Charlotte, a guy wandered past the airport screeners. And somehow (and I can't fathom how) ten planes managed to leave before security started looking for him. But there is good news. He may not have had evil intent. He might have just been confused. Actually, that's bad news. If someone gets through security by accident, how are these nimrods going to stop someone putting in an effort to sneak in?

Not that all local authorities are doing that swift of a job. At least in Oakland. Not that I would expect anything different. A local newspaper editor was murdered by the handyman of Your Black Muslim Bakery because the newsman ate too many baguettes. Or was checking their finances or something. Even better, everyone seemed to know these people were running amok, but it took a newspaperman getting assassinated in the street for anything to be done. Not too surprising considering they were based in the American equivalent of a third world country - Oakland. Really not surprising since they were under the patronage of Mayor Ron "former congressional wackjob" Dellums and Barbara "present congressional wackjob" Lee.

A New York City principal was fired for sprinkling chicken blood on the school in some Santeria cleansing ritual. I'm assuming that it wasn't part of a cookout. Certainly makes sense to let her go except NYC is also establishing an Arabic public school. Supposedly it is simply a school that will deal with Arabic language and culture and not Islam. Why do I find this hard to believe? Muslim activist as principal, religious advisory committee, internships with Muslim attorneys as a goal, an attempt to have halal meals (sanctioned under Islamic law) served. How could I have been so wrong about the noble purposes here? So, one principal gets fired for a Santeria ceremony, but a religious activist is given her own school? No wonder Johnny can't read, but can probably make a pipe bomb. Fortunately, the jihadi principal did resign, but only after it came out that an organization she was affiliated with was selling T-shirts glorifying Palestinian terrorism. But the school will still open so Johnny can learn about the 72 virgins he'll get when he reaches blessed martyrdom.