Radical Islamic terrorism creates some irony

Embarrassing: Josh Earnest Says WH Summit Will Include All Types of Terrorism… Not Just Islamic Extremism "This presidential sideshow has gone from humorous, to concerning, to downright embarrassing.

"White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters today the Terrorism Summit next month will focus on “all types of extremism” not just Islamic extremism.
(What other types of terrorism threatens Western civilization?)
"They still don’t even understand who we are at war with.
"Just pathetic.
"Earnest would also not say what the president was doing on Sunday.
"He had no idea."

Conspicuous by his absence   "But I've come up with a new parlor game, which would be even more amusing if it weren't so tragic.  The game is to come up with analogies for Mahmoud Abbas marching to condemn terrorism.  My first three suggestions are as follows:

1) Mahmoud Abbas marching to condemn terrorism is like Larry Flynt marching to condemn pornography.
2) Mahmoud Abbas marching to condemn terrorism is like Jack the Ripper marching to condemn violence against women.
3) Mahmoud Abbas marching to condemn terrorism is like Colonel Sanders  marching to condemn fried chicken.

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(MSNBC'S) Al Sharpton: “Peddlers of Islamophobia” Use The Same “Twisted Logic” As The People Who Criticize My Race Baiting After Ferguson And Garner…

"Sharpton never fails to work himself into a story that has nothing to do with him." Via Al Sharpton (HuffPo):

No matter how many battles Canada wins on Keystone, Obama has the last shot

Canada.com

... "The Alberta pipeline company keeps winning battles, but gets farther away from winning the war. That’s because, no matter how many victories it racks up, President Barack Obama has the last shot. All he has to do is avoid saying yes, and the answer is no. And avoidance is something he’s proven good at.
...
" Mr. Obama had repeatedly cited the need to wait for a decision from Nebraska before making a final ruling on it. There is little doubt he will ultimately reject approval – just this week the White House said he would veto a bill approving Keystone if the new Republican-dominated Congress sends him one – but rather than admit his bias he has preferred to hide behind protestations that each new delaying tactic must be allowed to play itself out."

 

It is truly hard to find an unbiased source, but we will try here: Keystone XL Pipeline Project: Pros, Cons, and Other Facts

"The Keystone XL project is a proposed plan to construct a 1,179 mile-long crude oil pipeline across the US-Canada international border. The northern leg of the 36-inch wide pipeline plans to connect Hardisty in Alberta to Steele City in Nebraska. The Southern Leg connects Steele City with Port Arthur in Texas. Since the northern leg passes through the international border, it is pending approval from the Department of State of the US Federal Government, since 2008, when TransCanada first proposed it. The Southern Leg of the pipeline became operational in 2014. The Keystone XL project is expected to cost around US $7 billion."

 

A negative issue that I feel is overemphasized: the tar sands

The pollution caused by extraction of tar oils is thrice that which is caused by conventional oils. Tar oils have routinely been described as the 'dirtiest fuel' that can be used. Also, there are fears that by approving this project, US technology will become almost completely dependent on such polluting energy sources.

The tar sands have and will continue to have been extracted no matter if Keystone is built or not. 

"If the project is not approved, then US will still be dependent on its oil sources in the Middle East. Such transport of oil over long distances will definitely increase carbon footprint, compared to direct piping of oil from Canada.

"It is much safer to transport crude oil by pipelines than by railroads or tankers, where the chances of explosions is higher. The chances of spillage is lesser in pipelines. In more than 80% spills from pipelines, less than 5 barrels of oil were wasted. The Keystone XL project would have one of the safest pipelines equipped with sensors that send data to monitoring satellites every 5 seconds. "

Why is Hillary Clinton Silent on Paris Attacks?

Frontpage Mag

 

"Hillary Clinton is largely running based on her, failed, time as Secretary of State. Not long ago her people were promising a more vigorous foreign policy. But after all this time, she hasn’t even bothered to make the most basic statement about the Paris terror attacks.

"In the original primaries, Hillary boasted that she would be there to take 3 AM phone calls. Meanwhile days later, she still can’t even comment on the attack.

"We’ve slammed Obama before for his inattention and laziness, but Hillary Clinton seems to be even worse. And Benghazi is a reminder of how her sloppiness and inattention to important details already cost lives." ...

"Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand" Mark Twain

Sultan Knish tells us to laugh at Islam.  "The true war against Islam is not a military war, it is a cultural war. For Islam it is a religious conflict by an empire intent on transforming every aspect of life into one defined by Islam. For us it is about preserving our way of life. The cartoon controversy woke many Europeans to the fact that free speech and many of the other attributes of democracy that they take for granted are incompatible with Islam. Under the relentless pressure of multi-culturalism, they and we are increasingly deciding that our way of life has to bow to theirs.

. . .
"Our culture is being invaded. Our nations are being overrun. In England some government offices  banned mugs featuring Piglet on them. In Israel a woman was sentenced to jail for drawing a cartoon of Mohammed as a pig. In America defaced Korans are being investigated as hate crimes. This is the power of the law backing up the power of the cultural consensus of our politicians and press which prevents any criticism or mockery of Islam as if this were Saudi Arabia.

 

. . .
"Battling Islam with humor quickly clarifies the stakes for the west in an undeniable way showing that our choice is between maintaining our freedoms or losing them forever. Islam's apologists, our press, our politicians, our academics have been cooking us like lobsters in a pot, slowly raising the temperature until we're broiling and barely notice it. Muslim rage raises the temperature a lot. It wakes up some of those in the lobster pot as the murders of Theo VanGogh and the Cartoon controversy did." ...

Here's a good place to start: Top Saudi Cleric Issues Fatwa Banning Snowmen For Being “Anti-Islamic”…

... " Quoting from Muslim scholars, Sheikh Munajjid argued that to build a snowman was to create an image of a human being, an action considered sinful under the kingdom’s strict interpretation of Sunni Islam." ...

More picture commentary on the Charlie Hebdo massacre

http://terrellaftermath.com/

Cartoonist Solidarity slide show

http://www.demilked.com/charlie-hebdo-shooting-tribute-cartoons-cartoonists/

 

The ridiculous reason why Islamic terrorists murdered journalists at Charlie Hebdo

UPDATED: So our president skipped the march by world leaders; what's the big deal?

Confirmed: Obama watched NFL playoffs instead of going to Paris  ... "If Kerry actually had the guts his Vietnam War decorations normally signify, he would have resigned in protest over the president’s absence, and earned an honored place in history." ...Mr. Kerry calls all this "quibbling".

President Obama Watches Football As World Leaders Rally Against Terrorism

 

Conservative Lady

Où Est Le Président?  ... "The world noticed that President Obama was not there. This is a man who ran for the Presidency claiming he would rebuild relationships abroad, restore our image with the world, and act as a citizen of the world instead of as an “ugly American.”

"Yesterday, that campaign promise officially expired. The President, again, behaved as if he wanted the title and perks, but not the actual job."

So our president skipped out; what's the big deal?... " From Obama’s point of view, since no American was attacked, no American was killed, and no American was involved he clearly thinks that our involvement in this matter is thus unnecessary."

"I don't mean this as a criticism of the Obama administration, but as an American, I do wish that we were better represented in this beautiful procession of world leaders,"

Too little too late? Kerry says he WILL go to Paris but only after U.S. was shamed for snubbing historic weekend rally of world leaders

 Is the Obama White House Crazy or Cowardly? "When, following the Benghazi attack, the Obama Administration apologized for a movie insulting Islam, it encouraged the intolerant and the killers. President Obama and Secretary Clinton were so desperate to appease these haters that they paid for TV commercials in Pakistan apologizing for any offense people might have taken to free speech the U.S. government had nothing to do with.

"When the French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, printed cartoons about Islam two years ago, the Obama White House said, "We are aware that a French magazine published cartoons featuring a figure resembling the prophet Muhammad, and obviously we have questions about the judgment of publishing something like this.' "...

Obama's statement: 'The Future Must Not Belong To Those Who Slander The Prophet Of Islam' seen in its context.The speech traveled a long road so those exact words could be used. 

 From PJ Media:

Update from HopeN'Change  ... "Barack Obama wasn't there. Of course he wasn't there! Just because a couple of days ago he declared that he would "stand with France" doesn't mean that he should actually have to, you know, stand with France. Especially on the weekend."