MUSLIM CARTOON HYPOCRISY

On Sunday, newspapers around the country were supposed to run Berkeley Breathed's "Opus." Unfortunately many papers, including The Washington Post, did not run the cartoon. And what topic would make the editors of these newspapers curl up in the fetal position and hide under their desks? Why ... Islam of course!

Take a look for yourself. You be the judge. Apparently Muslim staffers at The Washington Post were shown the cartoon in order to "gauge their reactions." When Muslims responded "emotionally" to the cartoon, they decided to yank it from publication.

Well, we sure as hell don't want any "emotional" Muslims running around the newsroom, do we? God ... I mean Allah knows what might happen!

It's a comic. It is supposed to be a joke. That's the point. But editors are saying that jokes particularly about Islam could be ... misconstrued, and the sexual innuendo in the punch line is a big no-no. Muslims, as you may know, don't have sex. That's why they're reproducing in such huge numbers in Eurabia.

Apparently editors have enough faith in Christian populations to understand the difference between a joke and sarcasm. Just a week ago, "Opus" took a jab a Jerry Falwell, not to mention politicians, lawyers, the French, women ... gosh they are offending a lot of people with this one. But this cartoon was never "flagged." Nobody took that cartoon around the newsroom to see if it offended any Christians.

The Falwell cartoon? Here's a description from Fox News:

Lola (the female character dressed up as a radical Muslim) returns from trying to become an Amish nudist. She discusses who goes to Heaven.

"Liberals? Evolutionists? Feminists? ACLU lawyers?" Opus asks incredulously.

"Yep," replies Lola.

"Kennedy Democrats? French people? Manly women who don't shave ... they're all up there?" Opus wonders.

"Yep," Lola repeats.

"With Jerry Falwell?" asks Opus.

"Yep," Lola says again.

"Goodness, must HE be annoyed!" the penguin exclaims.

"Eternally," Lola replies.

Writers Group comics editor Amy Lago says that this cartoon was not flagged "because she didn't think readers would misunderstand the humor."

However she did for the Muslim cartoon because she questioned whether or not Muslim readers would be offended.

Meanwhile, let's go to some more Muslim cartoon controversy. Iran demanded to meet with a Swedish diplomat to protest a cartoon that ran in a Swedish newspaper. The cartoon showed the head of the Prophet Muhammad on a dog's body. I dunno, but it sounds rather appropriate to me, considering what he hath wrought.

It doesn't stop there. In Afghanistan the US military is now apologizing to Muslims for handing out soccer balls with Saudi Arabian flags on them. The flag features the Islamic declaration of faith in Arabic, which contains the words of Allah and the Prophet Muhammad.

Kicking the balls with the words of Allah is terribly offensive. How about kicking them IN the balls?

Sorry about that ... just had to give Media Myrmidons something to bitch about. They've ignored me for too long.

GOVERNMENT SPONSORED ISLAMIC CONVENTION

After all that, the US Justice Department decided it would be a bright idea to co-sponsor a convention of the Islamic Society of North America. It wouldn't be such a big deal, if the Islamic Society wasn't an unindicted co-conspirator in the ongoing trial of the Holy Land Foundation ... the one funding terrorists, specifically Hamas.

What in the hell is our government doing using our tax money to co-sponsor anybody's convention anyway?

The convention will be held this upcoming Labor Day weekend in Illinois. Susan Lorenzo-Giguere, acting deputy chief of the Voting Rights Division says, "This is an important outreach opportunity, and a chance to reach a community that is at once very much discriminated against, and very wary of the national government and its willingness to protect them ... And Chicago is lovely this time of year."

Isn't that sweet? Chicago is going to be so pretty this time of year, so taxpayer money should go towards funding a convention for an organization linked to terrorist-funding organizations.

Of course the Justice Department will not reveal how much this is costing you the taxpayers.

GOLLY ... I WONDER WHY HE WON'T CALL US?

Yesterday we got word from the inside of a rather bizarre "moment of silence" at the McNair High School in suburban Atlanta. During yesterday's morning of silence we're told that Principal James Jones asked the students and staff to pray for Michael Vick and to pray that the judge treats him with leniency. There is no word on whether or not Principal Jones asked the students to pray for the dogs that were savaged, brutalized and killed at the hands of Michael Vick.

We tried to get Principal Jones on the air yesterday. The first time we called he was running a drill. The second time he was "roaming the hallways." The third time he was in the cafeteria. After that they just refused to take our calls.

Government schools.

ILLEGAL ALIEN WITH TB?

Last Friday 17-year-old Francisco Santos was informed that he had tuberculosis. He refused treatment. Not only that but he told doctors that he was "going back to Mexico."

Fine. Let him go.

As of right now, Santos listed his birth place as "Mexico." Federal officials can't "confirm" his citizenship. Do you think that we are stretching it to say he may be ... an illegal alien?

The taxpayers are already paying for him to sit in a special medical isolation cell. After this there are three options.

1. He cooperates, gets hospital treatment, and is sent "home" for further treatment (no telling where home actually is at this point)
2. He continues to refuse treatment and they hospitalize him indefinitely with special security.
3. They let him go back to Mexico and deal with it there.

Options 1 and 2 take money from your wallet ... taxpayer money.

THE PEACEFUL RELIGION OF ISLAM

In Iraq, child fighters are resurfacing as a key weapon in al Qaeda operations. Boys younger than 11 now outnumber the number of foreign fighters held at US detention camps in Iraq. Major-General Douglas Stone says that the number of child fighters has risen from 100 to 800 since March. To give you an idea, only 130 non-Iraqi fighters were in US custody compared to the 800 children fighters.

General Stone said that many children have told investigators that their parents encouraged them to fight because extremists will pay them. They can get up to $300 just to plant a bomb.

That kind of money is enough to support a family in Iraq for three months.

BEING 'POOR' IN AMERICA

Today the Census Bureau will release its annual report on poverty in America. Let's take a quick glance at the people who are classified as "poor" in this country, thanks to an article by the Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector:

• 46 percent of all poor households actually own their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage, and a porch or patio.
   
• 80 percent of poor households have air conditioning. By contrast, in 1970, only 36 percent of the entire U.S. population enjoyed air conditioning.
   
• Only six percent of poor households are overcrowded; two thirds have more than two rooms per person.
   
• The typical poor American has more living space than the average individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens, and other cities throughout Europe. (These comparisons are to the average citizens in foreign countries, not to those classified as poor.)
   
• Nearly three quarters of poor households own a car; 31 percent own two or more cars.
   
• 97 percent of poor households have a color television; over half own two or more color televisions.
   
• 78 percent have a VCR or DVD player.
   
• 62 percent have cable or satellite TV reception.
   
• 89 percent own microwave ovens, more than half have a stereo, and a more than a third have an automatic dishwasher.

In other words ... it's all a fraud. Aren't you surprised?

MISS TEEN SOUTH CAROLINA ... YOU GOTTA FEEL SORRY FOR HER

For those of you yesterday who enjoyed to listening to Miss Teen South Caroling explain why so many Americans can't find the U.S.A. on a map. You want the link to her answer? Well ... here's your link. Enjoy. And now if you want to try to figure out just how her "brain" works, a listener has created a little diagram for you. Oh , and as long as we're piling on here ... she says she misunderstood the question. Yeah ... that's it. The problem here is that the only possible question to which her utterances would have been a valid answer is: "Could you please say something to the audience that illustrates just how stupid you really are?"

Oh ... in case you don't take the time to read all of the links, Miss Teen Upton has a 3.5 GPA at Lexington High School there in South Carolina. Yup ... government school.

One more thing. Yesterday I said that she would be on Good Morning America before the end of the week. I was wrong. So spank me. She's on The Today Show, not Good Morning America ... this morning. Hope you didn't miss it!

REDNECK SCRAP BOOK

The redneck mantra just might be: if you don't have the right tool for the job, improvise! More in the Redneck Scrap Book.

But on the other hand ... there's the following letter. I guess it just takes all kinds ......

Well .. I guess he put me in MY place. It's time, then, for some ......

READING ASSIGNMENTS

You just have to read this. God bless Martha Cothren. Please ... click on the link and read this story before you go any further. Then try to imagine Hillary Clinton ever doing something like this.

Maybe the best column anyone has written about Michael Vick.

The Chief US Officer of the US Border Patrol told a town hall meeting that his agency's job "is not to stop illegal immigrants."

Did you know that less than half of registered voters in America knew the outcome of the Iowa straw poll despite enormous coverage?

French President Sarkozy made his first foreign policy speech since becoming president. He says that stopping Iran's nuclear program is the only alternative to "an Iranian bomb or the bombing of Iran."

English as a second language? Not a problem. Here's an article about how our country will pander to the growing Hispanic population ... particularly in our government schools!

A court in California ruled that government employee salaries must be public records ... much to the dismays of the employee unions.

Here's a concept: England bans guns and the number of gun crimes doubles.

More than half of US states saw a rise in obesity rates last year. Mississippi is the worst. Over 30% of its population is now classified as obese.

A Virginia PSA about sexual male predators has some worried that we are teaching children to fear men.

Federal officials (read: your tax dollars) are working on their next big problem: killer sea lions.

Dunkin Donuts is banning all trans fats too ... just like NYC and state fairs in Indiana.

In China, two coal miners managed to dig their way out after being trapped for six days. The families were relieved but pissed ... because they had already burned all of their money for the men's souls to use in the afterlife.

Remember that staffer for Max Cleland that gave Belinda such a hard time when she was trying to get Senator Cleland to call into the last Boortz Power Lunch? Well, Senator Cleland ought to fire whoever does his background checks.

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