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Bud on Khadr Denials

The Khadr family wants to reassure us that they are harmless folk. All that CBC interview talk from Elsamnah and Zaynab Khadr about al-Queda being justified in attacking the Twin Towers and that they would love to see their sons become suicide bombers was just blather. Really! They have decided that they were not not implicated with al-Queda, and that life inside the Great Satan, Canada, might be preferrable to some grotty mud hovel in Pakistan, after all. Supporting them is Ali Hindy, an Islamic religious leader from Ontario. In much the same manner of obfuscation as Clinton parsing the word "sexual", he believes that all the Khadrs are innocent -- because they never underwent a trial proving their guilt. I guess being killed or wounded in an al-Queda shootout proves nothing. The denial is breathtaking.

A Tale of Two Cities: Hong Kong and Rio de Janeiro

Hong Kong is having its leash hanked. This, despite the pledge to let Hong Kong have some degree of sovereignty inside the Chinese political system. Tom Grimmer in The National Post (Apr. 14, 04) shows us that the Communist rulers only meant that -- if the citizens of Hong Kong would support their boys as leaders. When the pro-Beijing party--"the wondrously-named Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong--failed to win the city council elections, the velvet glove came off to reveal the brass knuckles within. My first encounter with HK was one day after the Commies organized violent riots to protest the three cent increase in the Star ferry charges to cross Victoria harbour. I inadvertently wandered out of Kai Tek airport into the infamous Walled City of Kowloon. This was an area controlled joinly between the triads and the Commies. One could sense the tension around, but luckily I wandered out unscathed. The British finally tore down the Walled City in the 70's; now Hong Kong is on its way to becoming one large "walled city".

Ah, Rio de Janeiro, ao Cidade Marviellosa--the marvellous city! I promised not to wax loquacious, so let's just say that no city on earth has its magnetism or physical (terra and carnal) beauty. To be there with its kind and spirited people was to experience a mini-paradise. Now over-population by the rural poor has sullied its charms. Crime is rampant and the favelas, those hillside slums, are nests of drug dealers--veritable armies. The mayor of Rio has had to call in the army to try to exert control over them. There was even talk of building an Isreali-styled wall to fence them in. Sao Paulo is even more dangerous. This proliferation of huge slum populations threatens much of Latin America. The governments and international aid must come to grips with the problem, and soon.

[But, isn't it called "racism" to suggest that people bear only as many children as they can reasonably afford? Or is it is that too sensible? NJC]

Martin's Talk vs Martin's Actions -- Severe Disconnect

In the April 13, 04 issue of The National Post, Andrew Coyne laments that Paul Martin is reverting to the same old Chretien chicanery. All this talk of correcting the "democratic deficit" is merely a smoke screen. It is business as usual. The bombast about "getting to the bottom of the sponsorship scandal" is not matched by actions. I have been watching the Public Accounts probe. It is to be expected that the Chretien cronies like Pelletier and Gagliano would stonewall about their responsibilities for the scam, but when Martin allows the Liberal members of the probe to delay and obstruct the gathering of evidence, then you know it was all political spin. Any serious attempt to corner these witnesses is blocked by denial or by running out the clock on their testimony. It is so naked. Of course, the average Canadian never gets to see most of this. In fact, the Liberals have taken to a new tack, that of suggesting that the Auditor-General is an opposition stooge. Martin is even moving away from his statement that "there must have been political interference" for this scam to have continued so long. At the same time that he is purging the party of any independent voices, he is larding his inner circle with his favourite lobbyists.

To quote Coyne: "He [Martin] has been a part of the political game for decades, and sooner or later the politics winkles the honesty out of you, until at last the truth becomes a foreign language, something you are unable to speak except with great effort."

Simple truths that anyone can see are routinely denied--there is no split in the party, politicians do not interfere with the civil service, I knew nothing about that scandal. With each set of lies and half-truths, the public grows more disenchanted with the government. The old adage, "Well, they're all thieves and liars" starts to harden into stone. Without even being given a chance, the Conservative Party gets tarred with the same. Politics as usual--bah humbug!

© Bud

See News Junkie Canada for More Posts

There are several posts as well, on News Junkie Canada, April 12, 04

* Creative Accounting by Liberals is Not Debt Repayment
* Paul Martin, This is Definitely Not the Time: Ottawa to Mull $69M Project for PM's Staff
* $14,000,000 Budget, 2000 Band Residents: They're Third World -- Pay $10-17,000/Month for a Band Manager?
* What is Aid from Canada For? The Poorest/Sickest? -- or Sale of Canadian Genetics / Technology / Training?
* Avian Flu: Another Catastrophe to Add to Last Year's Fires in BC ?
* Welcome to Canada: Terrorist sympathizers
* Forged Bank Cards, Robberies, Madrid Bombings
* Graham Fraser: Immigration Needs New Approach
* Business Class/Investor Immigrant Categories -- Chinese Settle the Family in Canada; Then Return to Asia for $$$
* Almost Sixty Years After World War 2, Swastikas?
* Truthful Khadrs to be Interviewed by CSIS
* How Canada's Liberal Government Honours Canada's 9/11 Victims
* Refugee Claimants Like Toronto's New Terminal: Isn't That Wonderful!
* Stating the Obvious? Islam, Jihad and Our Jugular Vein
* Pakistan and Nuke -- It's the Pakistanis, stupid!
* Canada No Longer an Eden for Jews
* Quebec City Awash in Sex-ring Scandal Innuendo
* Now Plain Language -- Next: Truth in Sentencing?
* Crime: Poll States the Obvious -- Time to Get Tough
* The Criminal Justice System -- We Wouldn't Want to Treat Scum Like Scum, Would We?

Calling a Spade a Spade

Somebody Has to Say It! -- To terrorists, democracy sucks Apr. 11, 04, Hartley Steward

I couldn't have said it better.

Girl Scouts? Surely Not!

Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute Lisa Pasquale, Program Director

Girl Scouts of America 2004: We’re Not Buying These Cookies

The Bluebonnet Council of the Girl Scouts of America recently presented its "Woman of the Year" award to Planned Parenthood chief executive Pam Smallwood. [. . . . ]

Depite its past history of promoting traditional and moral values, the national leadership of today’s Girl Scouts of America have adopted many of the radical feminist’s positions. In the past few years, the Girl Scouts have dropped the word "loyalty" from their oath and added "words they deem more appropriate" than "God." The Mountain Meadow Girl Scouts Camp in New Jersey advertised their camp as a "feminist camping experience [for] children of lesbian, gay, transgender... and other progressive families."

Americans in Iraq: Killed by Kindness

The National Post published an editorial that I suspect is true. It accused the U.S. military in Iraq of being too tolerant of the "feelings" of all ethnic stripes of Iraqis. Thus the borders with Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Iran were not sealed. The result has been a constant flow of jihadis from these countries. The consequence has been terrorist attacks that that have the handprint of al-Queda all over them. As well, they allowed the firebrands among the Shia to foment rebellion against the Coalition and the Iraqi Governing Council.

Finally al-Sadr is going to be brought to account for the open murder of two other Shia clerics--one of whom who had lived in the West and espoused openness between religious groups in Iraq. Well, none of that nonsense was going to get in the way of al-Sadr fanatical Shia theocracy; think Iran. Now this demogogue is preaching open rebellion against the infidels. His platform is directed at the dregs of Shia Iraqi society. Just as the Iranian theocracy depends on its urban slum people and the rural peasants for backing, al-Sadr is counting on the same support in Iraq. Can any outcome be more catastrophic than that these fanatical people become the rulers of Iraq?

The ultimate joke would be if the American intervention to remove a monstrous regime, were to result in only putting in place one more venomous. The horrible realization is dawning that maybe these ethnic and religious groups can maintain order only with the repressive boot of a Saddam on their necks. It would be the final proof that Arab states can only function as dictaorships of one kind or another. If that is the case, then we must return to a policy of supporting the dictator of our persuasion. As it stands now, the Americans either ruthlessly crush the dissenters or watch the country slide into the chaos of civil war. From a foreign policy standpoint it is a no-win situation; but from the standpoint of internal security it is extremely important. No more cut-and-run operations are allowed. Take the war to them.

© Bud

Canadians, Welcome the Khadr Family

Well, despite Mama and daughter extolling the virtues of Pakistan--at least the fundamentalist side--it appears that Canada has beckoned once again. So Mama and junior terrorist have arrived so junior can spent a few hundred thousand of Canadian taxpayers' health dollars having his paralysis tended to. He received his paralysis when he was involved in the shoot out with the Pakistani army (14 soldiers killed).

Mama hates Canadians as much as Karim, her son does. Canada is the land of wickedness. She said she would prefer to raise her children in the poorest Pakistani village rather than have him grow up to be a dope-smoker or homosexual. [Is Waziristan not a center for nature's own grow-ops? Of course, the Pakistanis would never smoke this stuff, would they? NJC]

Now if this pair were to arrive in the United States they would be under immediate arrest. Not in dear, compassionate, multicultural Canada though -- not with the Liberal government in power. No, we already have one of the Khadr clan here, who admitted that he trained in al-Queda camps. He is still walking around free. I wonder if he has any friends here, who also did the al-Queda boy scout camps and would like to re-activate? Anyway I am sure it will be a joyous family reunion. Graham should be pressuring the Americans to let the other Khadr kid out of Gitmo. The old man might be dead; but they can still get a chuckle out of how he fooled Chretien. Oh, and the stories they could tell--scams, shoot-outs, jihadi chants. Let's not spoil their fun.

© Bud