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She should have been shot or hung for treason for her, um, work, during the first Gulf War!

OT – About that problem logging onto the website two days ago………….

Anyway, Van, if there is any truth to this (doubtful, but...), consider yourself successful in that you are now on the ‘attack list’ for the ObamaZombies……….. If that is the case, I wish to congradulate you and MoonBattery for makin the grade!

Otherwise, its good for a laugh.

Blog Shutdowns: Spam Attack from IPs Assigned to barackobama.com

I simply can't fathom how anyone can look at Palestine and Tibet and conclude that there is any similarity at all, other than that they both have "remembrances" for events that were tragic to them. And it may be that that is all Christiane Amanpour meant by the comparison.

Even if that is the case, it is a poor comparison, because intelligent people will follow the data to its logical conclusion (like Van and V the K did), and unintelligent people will follow it to the wrong conclusion - that the Pals are freedom fighters like Tibetans - like the moonbats did. And even if you sympathize with Palestine, how anyone can feel that their terrorist threats and actions are justified mystifies me. Fine, you don't like Israel, but just because you dislike one side does not automatically mean that your support (or should support) the other side.

Moonbats have no place in international diplomacy. They just don't think through the consequences of their actions or their statements; their shifting moral stances and "tolerance" don't hold water with societies that view such things as signs of weakness, like in the Middle East. And don't get me started on Jimmy "I'm undermining my fourth consecutive American President's foreign policy" Carter.

OT

So we keep saying the moonbat silliness in the UK will come to the US eventually.

And now it's starting.

S.F. mayor proposes fines for unsorted trash

if residents or businesses don't separate the coffee grounds from the newspapers, they would face fines of up to $1,000 and eventually could have their garbage service stopped.

"Even if that is the case, it is a poor comparison, because intelligent people will follow the data to its logical conclusion..."

Coder - there in lies the problem. Attempting to equate 'logic' with 'liberalism' simply does not compute.

CoderInCrisis,

Good point about MoonBats and international diplomacy since the US State Dept was the first entry point (1950's) for the long downfall of federal agencies to socializm/commies/MoonBats. Add the Justice Department, EPA, NRO, and CIA to that list (including a dozen others that federal employee unions and EEO have destroyed).

The last thing we ever did overseas was trust anything a State Weenie said, period! No one told them shit that mattered anyway, since it would just get picked up elsewhere.

Soon, the NSA will fall to the side. The only thing saving NSA is that they actually still vet people and those people have to pass stringent criteria, none of which Obama or most of the Dimmocratic Congress could even hope to pass.

The FBI was very close to the brink of sliding down the MoonBat path several years ago, except 9/11 actually tipped the scale the other way for the near term.

I will not even go into DOD... since the MoonBats have pigon-holed them into a small box.

Note: I did not mention how much damage the Jimass Carter and Clintoons administrations have done in the context of the above post.

Just though I'd leave that alone.

Buddhism is not pacifist. Many westerners think so but they are just superimposing their own ideas onto it. Monks, including the Dalai Lama, take vows which require non-violence, but they are the role model. The real world is what it is, and violence cannot always be avoided. It's what motivates you to violent acts that determines the moral dimension of the act. Protecting the innocent is a prime example.

A friend of mine who is a Tibetan monk served as a "chaplain" to the Tibetan Army. (Bet ya' didn't know there was one.)Under the wing of the Indian Army. In their day, the Tibetans were fearsome warriors. Probably still are. Very freedom loving people.

OT – The ‘Man’ is watching! Oh, and what is a ‘white separatist?’ (See below in bold)

The Secret Service is wary of discussing threats against the people they protect, but with Mr. Obama poised to become the first black presidential nominee, there are special worries. While law enforcement officials say there are no specific, credible threats against Mr. Obama, they expressed concern about low-level chatter on Web sites frequented by white separatists who spew hate about Mr. Obama’s race and what they perceive as his liberal agenda.

Denver Police Brace for Convention

Buddhists aren't all peacuful..

'What inspires members of Sri Lanka's 70 percent Buddhist majority to such anger and violence against the 7.5 percent Christian minority?'
http://www.globalengage.org/media/article.aspx?id=3094

Nor are Hindus all peaceful...

'Attacks against Christians throughout the country have increased significantly since the BJP began its rule at the center in March 1998. They include the killings of priests, the raping of nuns, and the physical destruction of Christian institutions, schools, churches, colleges, and cemeteries. Thousands of Christians have also been forced to convert to Hinduism. The report concludes that as with attacks against Muslims in 1992 and 1993, attacks against Christians are part of a concerted campaign of right-wing Hindu organizations, collectively called the sangh parivar, to promote and exploit communal clashes to increase their political power-base. The movement is supported at the local level by militant groups who operate with impunity.'

http://hrw.org/english/docs/1999/09/30/india1626.htm

Aussie-John
What are you suggesting, that we declare WAR on them? How do we know that the Liberals won't object to your suggested RELIGIOUS WAR like they did for the war on islam? Liberals HATE Christians, you know and don't care if they get killed.

KHarn,

Just wanted to make the point that many fall into the trap of 'moral equivalency' and assume ALL religions are the same. Clearly, all religions are not the same. (I should declare my interests here and state that I am on of those YEC type Christian fundamentalists...!)

I believe that we are given choice by God, and each person's conviction should be personal. I am completely against religious persecution by any group, islam being the worst culprit. But, hindus, buddhists and seiks are all occasionally responsible (as were 'christians' in the past)

The difference being, the Bible does not condone violence in the name of God to force belief in Christ, whereas other religions support it.

My hope is that muslims (along with buddhists, hindus etc) will come to know Christ and turn away from their false god/s. Note that I don't hate muslims, but I absolutely loathe islam and the evil it promotes...

I don't have any problem with the CNN comparison. Let's address the author's grievances with the CNN piece:

1) Tibetans don't seek China's destruction, or threaten Western interests.

* First of all, polls consistently show most Palestinians, just like most Israelis, support a peaceful two-state solution, just as a vocal minority of Palestinians and Israelis refuse to recognize the other. If you believe otherwise, point to one poll that proves it.
* Second, Tibet has never laid claim to all of China's territory - as Tibet has never been anywhere near as large as China. Israel, on the other hand, sits entirely within the Palestinian Mandate.
* Third, the only reason that Palestinians threaten or have threatened Western interests is because Israel is, for all purposes, a Western state settled by Americans and Europeans with strong ties to and support from the West. China is not a Western country, so an attack on China or its interests could hardly be considered an attack on the West.

2) Tibetans haven't launched a campaign of suicide bombings, rockets, or kidnappings.

* Although any Chinese report has to be subject to healthy skepticism, the Chinese have accused Tibetans of violent resistance. Because of the tight media seal on Tibet, it is hard to tell what Tibetans have done in resisting the Chinese occupation.

3) The Tibetan independence movement is neither allied nor co-opted by foreign outsiders like Iran, Al-Qaida, Syria, Hezbollah, or the Muslim Brotherhood.

* This would be explained by the fact that unlike the Tibetans, many if not most Palestinans now live in exile in the Palestinian diaspora (Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Kuwait, etc.). As a result, they have tended to have a much bigger impact on regional affairs than have the Tibetans. Even Joan Peters and her ilk will proudly call Jordan a "Palestinian state." Of course that has real-world ramifications.

4) Thanks to China's press restrictions, Tibet doesn't even get a fraction of the media coverage the Palestinians get.

* And what do the preferences of the international media have to do with the legitimacy of the sorrows of the Palestinian people?
* The international media focuses on the Palestinians for reasons beyond the control of China or Israel. Tibet, to my knowledge, does not have religious significance in multiple faiths, nor does it stand at the crossroads of a geopolitical critical and unstable region.

Ohfercrissakes...Amanpour was comparing the origin of the local holidays, and even then she said "a little like". She wasn't comparing the entire cultures.

But I get it. You hate Palestinians. Nothing to me, but why take it out on Amanpour?