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November 01
I heard on a British TV show that the European Union
wants to move the “Green” revolution to its Military. They are preparing to
introduce legislation that will force military vehicles to reduce their
emissions and to adhere to the existing laws that already apply to commercial
cars, boats and planes. This will mean that the CO2 footprint will be reduced. So we will have
cleaner exhaust fumes at the end, while shooting with depleted uranium shells
at the front. It must be a great comfort to the enemy that they now will be
killed by machines with much improved emissions
October 12
Since your organization is a
politically appointed entity, and since the government is elected by the people
of this country, then technically speaking you are responsible at all times to
give information to the electorate. Furthermore, as I am a member of the
electing body, I am qualified to receive such reports. If you feel that this is
arrogance on my part, then you may feel that way. I don’t really care if you
feel that way or not. Whatever your feelings on the subject may be, your
establishment owes explanations to me, or any voter who asks for it.
As it happens I have been living abroad
for several decades, and ever since my return four years ago I first observed
the workings of your centre for equality and opposition to racism, I must
confess that from my point of view your association is firstly a costly white
elephant (pardon the pun), and secondly a biased waste of time and resources.
Biased towards the original population of this country. Frivolous lawsuits
against the indigenous people based on some second hand info or the “say-so” of
some person or group. Those lawsuits always are extensively milked in the
various media. Is this perhaps to appear to be busy and to justify the
ridiculous funds you receive?
It is a fact that I must yet hear about
or observe the first court case you would set in motion against a person or
group with roots outside this country for discriminating against a native. Am I
therefore to assume that only white people can be racist? One of your
foundation’s legal statements calls for “…respect for the basic rights of
foreigners” What
about the rights of our own population? Nowhere did I read anything about the
basic DUTIES of foreigners. I guess they only have rights and nothing else.
Reading further in the legalese language of your document nowhere is it stated
that your “personnel at the
Centre actively intervene and provide practical support to the victims” if
those same victims happen to be of white extraction. This creates the
impression that this section of the population can never be victims but only
perpetrators.
There are areas in Belgium which have
become no-go zones for us indigenous people. I feel discriminated. Can I rely
on your personnel to pursue this with the utmost urgency? Daily I hear about
illegal immigrants being housed in hotels at taxpayer’s expense while my mother
who worked her whole life can hardly afford anything on the pathetic pension
she’s being paid. This is also discrimination. Where was the centre when she
was mugged by these same foreigners with rights but no duties? Where was the
centre when in March a woman was murdered in a robbery by these people full of
rights? But of course this is not politically correct is it?
Don't
let anyone fool you that political correctness is just about being "nice
to people", tolerant and treating them with proper respect. That's called
good manners. Political correctness has been deliberately designed to subvert
free speech, debate and common sense, replacing these with a ruthlessly
enforced set of left wing ideas. Far from being tolerant, politically correct
people are the most intolerant of all people and have the worst manners. They
refuse to debate subjects (as their views don't stand up to the most elementary
scrutiny), preferring just to scream abuse at you.
Should
you question whether unfettered immigration into this country is necessarily a
good thing or perhaps whether immigrants should be health checked, then you
must be a nasty bigoted person. Political correctness is perpetrated by the
left in politics as a cover for their flawed ideology - a sort of cultural
Marxism. By cloaking their strange ideas under the cover of not wishing to
offend anyone (which naturally appeals to peoples' better nature), they try to
bypass debate and give a 'received wisdom' which must not be questioned. And
anyone who disagrees with this 'received wisdom' must therefore be a really
nasty person and deserves to be ostracized by their peers. This peer pressure
is instrumental in enforcing and expanding political correctness. This reeks of
despotism and megalomania.
I
see that you are prosecuting anyone with Nazi sympathies, and are against anti-Semitism.
Good for you. But why not go a bit further? Why don’t we also outlaw anything
to do with Communism since Russia and China were also responsible for as many
if not more deaths as Nazi Germany? Let’s ban T shirts with Che Guevara on it,
or Stalin, or Mao. Let’s also ban any literature to do with those repressive
regimes. After all, why just stop at only the Nazi regime? Oh I forgot, they
were anti Semitic. That’s right. I suppose Russia wasn’t, or the Arab world?
This should keep you busy with litigation well into the next century wouldn’t
you say?
You
guys love the term “multiculturalism”. I don’t need another culture thank you
very much. I am happy with the one I have. Of course you claim that this will
enrich my perspective. Still, of the so called cultures and religions that are
being imported here I want no part of. Why would I need to accept a new
religion that is preaching a return to standards that we have left behind
hundreds of years ago? I prefer the works of Shakespeare or Goethe, the works
of Leonardo or Vermeer, the technological progression of my own culture. You
may keep the others. I
am offended not by cartoons, but by more mundane things like beheadings of
civilians, cowardly attacks on
public buildings, suicide murders, the murder of film directors in Holland , and the rioting and looting in Paris
and Brussels. That is what
offends me. If some do not like the values of the West
maybe you can help and educate them about our rights as well. Of course they are free to leave if that is not too much to
ask of them.
Illegal
immigrants (if caught) are rarely deported. Those that are deported are just
the more honest ones who don't know how to play the system or haven't been
coached by the likes of you! Oh and have you got a long way to come to get
here? Why not hijack an airliner for the trip? Don't worry; we will still let
you stay! I think being a minority does not make you noble or victimized,
and does not entitle you to anything. Get over it! I also think the cops have
the right to pull you over if you're breaking the law, regardless of what color
you are. I am convinced 'illegal' is illegal no matter what the lawyers think.
I feel discriminated against because you appointed yourself
judge, jury and executioner over whom I have to accept as friend or am willing
to associate with, of what I can or cannot think or share, and how to live my
life. In any case, I do as I please.
I presume hereby that in view of your
insistence on multiculturalism you understand English.
August 25 To: Mr. André Vanhaeverbeke, Chairman, Belgian Section, Association Internationale des Anciens des Communautés Européennes
Dear Sir,
For nearly three decades I have lived abroad. Away from the country of my birth. I was born in Flanders, and now for the past 3,5 years I have returned here. All this time I was unable to use the language of my birth and it is not surprising therefore that I write to you in English as it is best suited to express myself.
By chance I read through your publication (Nr 47) in which you defend the wearing of the headscarf, the Chador, and even the Burka in our Western Society. Furthermore, you echo the writings of our former (luckily) minister of culture earlier this year where you seem to, like him, have no tolerance for your own countrymen and women who seem to abhor this symbol of a foreign culture. Not only that, but you naively suggest we should accept this in the hope that Muslim girls will eventually get rid of this voluntarily. Sir, either you are really that naïve, or, what’s more likely, you just repeat parrot fashion the leftist nature of the European community who over the years has forced this so called multi cultural society on us. After all, why bite the hand that feeds you? Since this is more or less the same argument I had with our former minister, I shall incorporate some parts of my previous writings. Unlike you I do know what I am talking about when I touched on the subject of our culture being overrun by this backward and anachronistic religion and its rules. Of the thirty years I was away I have lived sixteen of those years in a predominantly Islamic neighborhood. This is not to say I am an expert, far from it, however I do think it qualifies me to talk about this.
“Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life. Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components. The religious component is a vehicle for all of the other components. Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges. When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as well. As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens. From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves -- along with threats for failure to comply. At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world. “ (Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond's book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat)
The veiled woman has over the years become a symbol of Islamic self-assertion and a rejection of Western cultural hegemony. The issue of the veil has been hijacked to a degree by cultural essentialists. For Islamists rejection of Western modes of dress is not enough. Resistance and independence can only be demonstrated by wholesale affirmation of their culture. An American magazine (The Weekly Standard) did a survey in France (May 2003) and reported that it found that 77% of girls wearing the hijab did so because of physical threats. Muslim women in India, Iraq and other countries have been attacked and even killed for not adhering to strict Islamic dress code. So I ask you, if they reject our Western norms, why not let them depart to places where this dress code is fashion? Why reject our Western values, but not our medical care system, our unemployment benefits, our welfare system? Why not go a step further and do away with all Western stuff such as cell phones, cars, Ipods, TV, Radio, and go back to their religion in its purest form? Or is that too much to ask maybe?
Basically you are telling us Europeans are selfish and afraid of the unknown religions that swamp our country. In particular Islam. Why shouldn’t we be? It has taken us centuries to get where we want to be and in those centuries we finally have freed ourselves from the yoke of organized religion and have moved on with great strides because of it. Now you want us to accept that another religion comes over here and as guests force us, the host country, to accept a backwards and dangerous theocracy. This religion is the greatest danger the western world has ever faced and if unchecked will force their outdated worldviews on us. Does it not worry you that they call our women whores when they dress in ways Islam does not accept? Is it not OUR country? Does it not worry you that most violent protests are perpetrated by this section of citizens? Do you not see that they have nothing but contempt for our laws, for our lifestyle, for our culture? Or would you rather roll over and surrender to a foreign influence which is trying to make sure that the western world will be dragged back into the middle ages? And this time, it will take a lot longer to climb out from that abyss. The European Union has ensured that people have become second class citizens in their own countries by threatening with fines and jail terms anyone who speaks out against this state of affairs. People are afraid to be branded racists because they disagree with this section of the population. This multicultural society you praise so highly and try to force on us is an abject failure. Why are Belgians called before a court if they mistreat their spouses but not them? Why is it accepted that they can get away with the unequal treatment of women while it clearly states in our laws that this is forbidden? Why are they allowed to chant Anti Jewish and Anti Christian Slogans without fear of prosecution, while if one of our own is even suspected of harboring such thoughts is hauled before court so fast his feet won’t even touch the ground? All they have to do is yell “Discrimination!” and governments piss their pants.
Unlike you and your colleagues I have been on the front line in the struggle against terrorism. Unlike you I have seen first-hand what fundamentalists do to those they consider “Kafir” (unbelievers). Unlike you I paid my dues in blood, sweat, and tears. And maybe unlike you I do have a Qur’an at home. This book has 114 chapters named Surahs and are not in chronological order but according to length. Many verses are contradicting themselves, so according to Surah 2:106 only the later verses are valid. i.e. Surah 9 is extremely violent and will render all previous peaceful passages null and void.
Muslims may never question or doubt the Qur’an (Surah 2:1) Muslims may not have as friends anyone from a different faith (Surah 5:51) “O, you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as your friends and protectors… It is the task of Muslims to kill non-Muslims (Surah 9:5) …then fight and slay the Pagans wherever you find them, and seize them, and beleaguer them and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war)…. It is ok to terrorize non-believers (Surah 8:12) Muslims are required to lie to non-believers to help Islam (Surah 3:28 & 16:106). Non-believers have 3 options: a) they can die, b) they convert to Islam & c) Pay Jizya (religious tax) so they will be left alive (Surah 9:29). Non-Muslims are bad people who deserve no mercy (Surah 98:6). Corporal punishment for women is allowed (Surah 4:34). If a woman has been raped she will need 4 male witnesses as proof. (Surah 24:13). The whole of chapter 8 is called “The spoils of war” and deals with the fact that robbery and theft from non-believers is a good deed. Marrying an underage child is allowed (Surah 65:4) Even Mohammed did so. He was 51 when he married Aisha who was 6 at the time. At 54 (when she was 9) he consummated the marriage. There is evidence that the number of Islamic child brides in Europe and England is increasing. Shariah courts and law are now officially recognized in cities across England, even as domestic abuse of Islamic women increases. There are reports that estimate there are now between 50,000 and 100,000 polygamous Muslim marriages in the U.S.
As Europe and England have learned, radical Islamists have a different definition of “co-existing” than we do. “Co-existing” ultimately means our values; traditions and practices must give way to theirs.
Don't let anyone fool you that political correctness is just about being "nice to people", tolerant and treating them with proper respect. That's called good manners. Political correctness has been deliberately designed to subvert free speech, debate and common sense, replacing these with a ruthlessly enforced set of left wing ideas. Far from being tolerant, politically correct people are the most intolerant of all people and have the worst manners. They refuse to debate subjects (as their views don't stand up to the most elementary scrutiny), preferring just to scream abuse at you. Should you question whether unfettered immigration into this country is necessarily a good thing or perhaps whether immigrants should be health checked, then you must be a nasty bigoted person.
So as you can see, I happen to disagree with your perspective.
July 01
Yankton, South Dakota: A woman was arrested at her step son's Boy Scout meeting. While watching a policeman demonstrate his drug dog's ability, the dog found a bag of grass in her purse. Colorado Springs: A guy walked into a little corner store with a shotgun and demanded all the cash from the cash drawer. After the cashier put the cash in a bag, the robber saw a bottle of scotch that he wanted behind the counter on the shelf. He told the cashier to put it in the bag as well, but he refused and said "Because I don't believe you are over 21." The robber said he was, but the clerk still refused to give it to him because he didn't believe him. At this point the robber took his driver’s license out of his wallet and gave it to the clerk. The clerk looked it over, and agreed that the man was in fact over 21 and he put the scotch in the bag. The robber then ran from the store with his loot. The cashier promptly called the police and gave the name and address of the robber that he got off the license. They arrested the robber two hours later. A woman was reporting her car as stolen and mentioned that there was a car phone in it. The policeman taking the report called the phone and told the guy that answered that he had read the ad in the newspaper and wanted to buy the car. They arranged to meet, and the thief was arrested. San Francisco: A man, wanting to rob a downtown Bank of America, walked into the branch and wrote "this iz a stikkup.Put all your muny in this bag." While standing in line, waiting to give his note to the teller, he began to worry that someone had seen him write the note and might call the police before he reached the teller window. So he left the Bank of America and crossed the street to Wells Fargo. After waiting a few minutes in line, he handed his note to the Wells Fargo teller. She read it and, surmising from his spelling errors that he was not the brightest light in the harbor, told him that she could not accept his stickup note because it was written on a Bank of America deposit slip and that he would either have to fill out a Wells Fargo deposit slip or go back to Bank of America. Looking somewhat defeated, the man said "OK" and left. The Wells Fargo teller then called the police who arrested the man a few minutes later, as he was waiting in line back at Bank of America. From England: A motorist was unknowingly caught in an automated speed trap that measured his speed using radar and photographed his car. He later received in the mail a ticket for 40 Pounds and a photo of his car. Instead of payment, he sent the police department a photograph of 40 Pounds. Several days later, he received a letter from the police that contained another picture...of handcuffs. The motorist promptly sent the money for the fine. Drug Possession Defendant Christopher Jansen, on trial in March in Pontiac, Michigan, said he had been searched without a warrant. The prosecutor said the officer didn't need a warrant because a "bulge" in Christopher's jacket could have been a gun. "Nonsense," said Christopher, who happened to be wearing the same jacket that day in court. He handed it over so the judge could see it. The judge discovered a packet of cocaine in the pocket and laughed so hard he required a five minute recess to compose himself. Oklahoma City: Dennis Newton was on trial for the armed robbery of a convenience store in district court when he fired his lawyer. Assistant district attorney Larry Jones said Newton, 47, was doing a fair job of defending himself until the store manager testified that Newton was the robber. Newton jumped up, accused the woman of lying and then said, "I should have blown your fucking head off." The defendant paused, then quickly added, "If I'd been the one that was there." The jury took 20 minutes to convict Newton and recommended a 30-year sentence. Detroit: R.C. Gaitlan, 21, walked up to two patrol officers who were showing their squad car computer felon-location equipment to children in a Detroit neighborhood. When he asked how the system worked, the officer asked him for identification. Gaitlan gave them his driver’s license, they entered it into the computer, and moments later they arrested Gaitlan because information on the screen showed Gaitlan was wanted for a two-year-old armed robbery in St. Louis, Missouri. Another from Detroit: A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving revolvers. The first one shouted, "Nobody move!" When his partner moved, the startled first bandit shot him. THE WINNER A Charlotte, NC, man having purchased a case of very rare, very expensive cigars insured them against fire among other things. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of cigars and without having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the man filed a claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the man stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires." The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The man sued.... and won. In delivering the ruling the judge agreeing that the claim was frivolous, stated nevertheless that the man held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure against fire, without defining what it considered to be “unacceptable fire," and was obligated to pay the claim. Rather than endure a lengthy and costly appeal process the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid the man $15,000 for the rare cigars he lost in "the fires." After the man cashed the check, however, the company had him arrested on 24 counts of arson. With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the man was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.
June 29
Rule One:
If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything up.
Rule Two:
You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them.
Rule Three:
I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, in fact, come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waist.
Rule Four:
I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing a "barrier method" of some kind can kill you. Let me elaborate, when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you.
Rule Five:
It is usually understood that in order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is "early."
Rule Six:
I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make you cry.
Rule Seven:
As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process that can take longer than painting the Golden Gate Bridge. Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car?
Rule Eight:
The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter:
Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool.
Places where there are no parents, policemen, or nuns within eyesight.
Places where there is darkness. Places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness. Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka - zipped up to her throat. Movies with a strong romantic or sexual theme are to be avoided; movies which features chain saws are okay. Hockey games are okay. Old folks homes are better.
Rule Nine:
Do not lie to me. I may appear to be a potbellied, middle-aged, dimwitted has-been. But on issues relating to my daughter, I am the all-knowing, merciless god of your universe. If I ask you where you are going and with whom, you have one chance to tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I have a shotgun, a shovel, and five acres behind the house. Do not trifle with me.
Rule Ten:
Be afraid. Be very afraid. It takes very little for me to mistake the sound of your car in the driveway for a chopper coming in over a rice paddy near Hanoi. When my Agent Orange starts acting up, the voices in my head frequently tell me to clean the guns as I wait for you to bring my daughter home. As soon as you pull into the driveway you should exit your car with both hands in plain sight. Speak the perimeter password, announce in a clear voice that you have brought my daughter home safely and early, then return to your car - there is no need for you to come inside. The camouflaged face at the window is mine.
June 27
When his .38-calibre revolver failed to fire at its intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder: he peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. Happily for most concerned, this time it worked.
The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat-cutting machine and, after a little peremptory hopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company, suspecting negligence, sent out one of its men to have a look. He tried the machine out and lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.
Surprised while burgling a house in Antwerp, Belgium, a thief fled out the back door, clambered over a nine-foot wall, dropped down the other side, and found himself in the city prison.
In Bermuda in 1975 a man on a motor scooter was knocked down and killed by a taxi. Exactly a year earlier the same driver in the same taxi, carrying the same passenger, had knocked down and killed the motor-scooter rider's brother, on the same street, riding the same scooter.
An American tourist in South America had the decidedly grave misfortune to be attacked by Killer bees as he stood on the bank of the Amazon. Seeking refuge, he leaped into the river and was devoured by piranha fish.
A Malaysian monkey that had been trained to gather coconuts from trees demonstrated a pressing need for a refresher course when it leaped onto the shoulders of a passer-by in Kuala Lumpur and tried to twist his head off. The passer-by was treated at a local hospital for a sprained neck.
In Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a sixteen-year-old youth was charged with beating up his fifteen-year-old wife after the latter hid the caps to his toy pistol.
A man who shovelled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her dead.
After shooting and wounding his wife and young son, Louis Pilar of Rheims, France, told police that a three-week strike by television technicians was to blame. 'There was nothing to look at,' he explained, 'and I was bored. Fortunately his wife did not seem to mind being shot at. From her hospital bed she said: 'I don't blame my husband. It really was very boring in the evenings.' May 03
Islam
Islam is not a religion, nor is it a cult. In its fullest form, it is a complete, total, 100% system of life.
Islam has religious, legal, political, economic, social, and military components. The religious component is a beard for all of the other components.
Islamization begins when there are sufficient Muslims in a country to agitate for their religious privileges.
When politically correct, tolerant, and culturally diverse societies agree to Muslim demands for their religious privileges, some of the other components tend to creep in as well.
Here's how it works.
As long as the Muslim population remains around or under 2% in any given country, they will be for the most part be regarded as a peace-loving minority, and not as a threat to other citizens. This is the case in:
United States -- Muslim 0.6% Australia -- Muslim 1.5% Canada -- Muslim 1.9% China -- Muslim 1.8% Italy -- Muslim 1.5% Norway -- Muslim 1.8%
At 2% to 5%, they begin to proselytize from other ethnic minorities and disaffected groups, often with major recruiting from the jails and among street gangs. This is happening in:
Denmark -- Muslim 2% Germany -- Muslim 3.7% United Kingdom -- Muslim 2.7% Spain -- Muslim 4% Thailand -- Muslim 4.6%
From 5% on, they exercise an inordinate influence in proportion to their percentage of the population. For example, they will push for the introduction of halal (clean by Islamic standards) food, thereby securing food preparation jobs for Muslims. They will increase pressure on supermarket chains to feature halal on their shelves -- along with threats for failure to comply. This is occurring in:
France -- Muslim 8% Philippines -- Muslim 5% Sweden -- Muslim 5% Switzerland -- Muslim 4.3% The Netherlands -- Muslim 5.5% Trinidad & Tobago -- Muslim 5.8%
At this point, they will work to get the ruling government to allow them to rule themselves (within their ghettos) under Sharia, the Islamic Law. The ultimate goal of Islamists is to establish Sharia law over the entire world.
When Muslims approach 10% of the population, they tend to increase lawlessness as a means of complaint about their conditions. In Paris , we are already seeing car-burnings. Any non-Muslim action offends Islam, and results in uprisings and threats, such as in Amsterdam , with opposition to Mohammed cartoons and films about Islam. Such tensions are seen daily, particularly in Muslim sections, in:
Guyana -- Muslim 10% India -- Muslim 13.4% Israel -- Muslim 16% Kenya -- Muslim 10% Russia -- Muslim 15%
After reaching 20%, nations can expect hair-trigger rioting, jihad militia formations, sporadic killings, and the burnings of Christian churches and Jewish synagogues, such as in:
Ethiopia -- Muslim 32.8%
At 40%, nations experience widespread massacres, chronic terror attacks, and ongoing militia warfare, such as in:
Bosnia -- Muslim 40% Chad -- Muslim 53.1% Lebanon -- Muslim 59.7%
From 60%, nations experience unfettered persecution of non-believers of all other religions (including non-conforming Muslims), sporadic ethnic cleansing (genocide), use of Sharia Law as a weapon, and Jizya, the tax placed on infidels, such as in:
Albania -- Muslim 70% Malaysia -- Muslim 60.4% Qatar -- Muslim 77.5% Sudan -- Muslim 70%
After 80%, expect daily intimidation and violent jihad, some State-run ethnic cleansing, and even some genocide, as these nations drive out the infidels, and move toward 100% Muslim, such as has been experienced and in some ways is on-going in:
Bangladesh -- Muslim 83% Egypt -- Muslim 90% Gaza -- Muslim 98.7% Indonesia -- Muslim 86.1% Iran -- Muslim 98% Iraq -- Muslim 97% Jordan -- Muslim 92% Morocco -- Muslim 98.7% Pakistan -- Muslim 97% Palestine -- Muslim 99% Syria -- Muslim 90% Tajikistan -- Muslim 90% Turkey -- Muslim 99.8% United Arab Emirates -- Muslim 96%
100% will usher in the peace of 'Dar-es-Salaam' -- the Islamic House of Peace. Here there's supposed to be peace, because everybody is a Muslim, the Madrasses are the only schools, and the Koran is the only word, such as in:
Afghanistan -- Muslim 100% Saudi Arabia -- Muslim 100% Somalia -- Muslim 100% Yemen -- Muslim 100%
Unfortunately, peace is never achieved, as in these 100% states the most radical Muslims intimidate and spew hatred, and satisfy their blood lust by killing less radical Muslims, for a variety of reasons.
'Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; the tribe against the world, and all of us against the infidel. -- Leon Uris, 'The Haj'
It is important to understand that in some countries, with well under 100% Muslim populations, such as France, the minority Muslim populations live in ghettos, within which they are 100% Muslim, and within which they live by Sharia Law. The national police do not even enter these ghettos. There are no national courts, nor schools, nor non-Muslim religious facilities. In such situations, Muslims do not integrate into the community at large. The children attend madrasses. They learn only the Koran. To even associate with an infidel is a crime punishable with death. Therefore, in some areas of certain nations, Muslim Imams and extremists exercise more power than the national average would indicate.
Today's 1.5 billion Muslims make up 22% of the world's population. But their birth rates dwarf the birth rates of Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and all other believers. Muslims will exceed 50% of the world's population by the end of this century.
Adapted from Dr. Peter Hammond's book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat
April 22
April 22nd, 2009
Minister Anciaux
I read your recent interview in a popular weekly magazine.
I quote: “The more people critisize me the less they will beat their wives”
You arogant bastard, you slimy piece of shit. How dare you compare people who critisize you with wife beaters? I challenge you to come and say that to my face you ball-less pathetic excuse of a man.
Go ahead asshole, come and say it to my face if you have the guts. You think you can just say anything you want because you are protected as a minister?
Come on then asshole, come and get me. You know I am not hiding.
Dirk Vermeulen
PS this will be going around the world via the net April 17 Have you ever stopped to wonder why 40% of people don't bother to vote anymore? Have you ever stopped to wonder why, which ever party is in power, nothing ever gets any better? Have you ever stopped to wonder why all the major political parties in the EU have broadly the same policies? The answer is simple - political correctness. This left wing ideology has very cleverly, and by stealth, replaced politics. The PC Brigade effectively hold a gun to the head of political parties - none of the main parties now dare suggest any policy that is not politically correct otherwise the PC Brigade will label them the 'nasty' party.
So we now have the main parties all occupying the same small piece of 'centre ground'. Many people don't vote on the grounds that it is pointless - you will get the same whoever wins. Some people don't vote because they realize that politically correct policies are what has got us into this mess in the first place.
Other people don't vote because they realize that career politicians are a self seeking, corrupt bunch of freeloaders who they wouldn't trust to run a fuck in a whorehouse. Notice that I say career politicians - this is the new breed of politicians that haven't ever entered the real world of work. They have left school, gone to university and then bagged a job as a 'research assistant' to a MP before realizing that with most of our laws now made abroad, the job was such a well paid doddle that they could do it themselves. They have never had to hold down a proper job, they have no management or other skills, hold no real political views and tend to migrate to whichever party looks most likely to win power. To survive in this fantasy environment all you need to do is to be politically correct.
So what is political correctness, how did it start and how did it become so successful? Political correctness is first and foremost an attack on free speech, clear thinking and discussion. Political correctness is perpetrated by the left in politics as a cover for their flawed ideology - a sort of cultural Marxism. By cloaking their strange ideas under the cover of not wishing to offend anyone (which naturally appeals to peoples' better nature), they try to bypass debate and give a 'received wisdom' which must not be questioned. And anyone who disagrees with this 'received wisdom' must therefore be a really nasty person and deserves to be ostracised by their peers. This peer pressure is instrumental in enforcing and expanding political correctness.
For example, if you question whether unfettered immigration into this country is necessarily a good thing or perhaps whether immigrants should be health checked, then you must be a nasty bigoted 'Little Cunt'. Come on everyone - shout him down with cries of 'racist'. Of course, only the hard of thinking could be drawn into this charade - anyone with an ounce of common sense can see right through it.
So how did it all start? Political Correctness started in a think tank (called The Frankfurt School) in Germany in 1923. The purpose was to find a solution to the biggest problem facing the implementers of communism in Russia. Why wasn't the wonderful idea of communism spreading?.
The Frankfurt school recommended (amongst other things):
- the creation of racism offences
- continual change to create confusion
- the teaching of sex and homosexuality to children
- the undermining of schools and teachers' authority
- huge immigration to destroy national identity
- the promotion of excessive drinking
- emptying the churches
- an unreliable legal system with bias against the victim of crime
- dependency on the state or state benefits
- control and dumbing down of media
- encouraging the breakdown of the family
Sound all too familiar?
The basic idea is to make the country wholly dependent on the State. By the dumbing down of education, the creation of huge state sector employment and large scale immigration, New Left has effectively created a captive audience to vote for them.
If the Conservative minded did get back into power, nothing much would change. But of course, political correctness has made common sense a thing of the past. If you catch a burglar in your house then it's probably best to help the poor soul by carrying your possessions to the front door lest he should trip up and hurt himself and it's you that end up in court!
After all, you won't get much help from the Police, who have been effectively neutralized by the fast tracking of university graduates whose only experience of life has been obtained in the liberal atmosphere of education. Probably best not to complain to them about their lack of attendance when your car has been vandalized or you will probably get a letter back from a Superintendent pointing out that vandals are victims as well. And just in case any real policemen still exist, the Politically Correct Brigade has turned the Police Force in on itself by claims of institutional racism.
If they do actually succeed in getting a villain into court (only 1 for every 100 crimes committed) then the Magistrates hand out such lenient sentences (as laid down by the very Politically Correct 'sentencing advisory panel') that there is no deterrent. If you do end up in prison (extremely unlikely as New Left have deliberately refused to build anything like enough new places) the prison officers are told to call you by your first name and not say anything that may upset you! As your cell is now your home, you are allowed to smoke there but Prison Officers who want to search it for drugs now have to give you 30 mins notice of their visit so that they don't put themselves at risk from the smoke oh and also to give you enough time to move your drugs elsewhere. Just in case you do get bored, you can keep yourself amused by repeatedly taking the prison governor to court over trivial matters that you think violate your human rights (no pornography etc) - all paid for by legal aid!
Travellers can descend upon your area, dump old cars and shit everywhere with impunity. You try doing it in your front garden and see what happens! They are allowed to bypass the normal planning controls that are so strictly enforced on the rest of us and cost local councils hundreds of thousands in court cases and clean-ups. Who pays? Why you do of course - just check your council tax bill!
Illegal immigrants (if caught) are rarely deported. Those that are deported are just the more honest ones who don't know how to play the system or haven't been coached by the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns which is funded by your lottery money! Oh and have you got a long way to come to get here? Why not hijack an airliner for the trip? Don't worry, we will still let you stay!
Would you like a black coffee? NO! You can't say that! It's coffee without milk and Local Authorities spend a fortune of our money on making their employees attend courses on Newspeak and Diversity training!
Humor has suffered badly. We can't tell jokes anymore in case it's considered racist or it upsets anyone. Don't these Politically Correct people realize that the clue is in the word "joke", which my dictionary quite rightly defines as "something said in fun or jest" or "to say something in fun or teasing rather than in earnest?"
Try organizing an event or trip and you find yourself tied up in the endless red tape created by the Health & Safety Executive. These people are all part of the 'Nanny State' (state control) which insists in sticking its nose into every aspect of our lives and telling us how to live it!
Just in case there is anyone left in the country that might still be enjoying themselves - let's ban smoking, fox hunting and let feminists launch a totally unfounded attack on men as rapists.
That is the sad state of the EU today. But overwhelmed by their own success with political correctness, the left have something else just as sinister up their sleeve so they can expand their power and control over us even more - the Great Global Warming scam! Same methodology - an idea to appeal to peoples' better nature - let's save the planet - and the same way of enforcing it by peer pressure. Just watch what happens to any scientist who breaks ranks or disagrees - they get the same treatment that Galileo got from the medieval church. Politically correct people can't stand reality or see that things have evolved to be as they are for good reasons. Politically correct people remind me of ostriches - they bury their heads in the sand and then proceed to talk out of the only orifice that still remains above ground.
So don't let anyone fool you that political correctness is just about being "nice to people", tolerant and treating them with proper respect. That's called good manners. Political correctness has been deliberately designed to subvert free speech, debate and common sense, replacing these with a ruthlessly enforced set of left wing ideas. Far from being tolerant, politically correct people are the most intolerant of all people and have the worst manners. They refuse to debate subjects (as their views don't stand up to the most elementary scrutiny), preferring just to scream abuse at you.
For those politically correct idiots who object to this blog GO FUCK YOURSELVES!!!!!!!!
Sources: The Internet, The American Thinker, PC - The awful truth, and myself
March 01
Dear mister Vermeulen,
Thank you for you e-mail.
I don't agree with you: I respect every person, whether he believes or not. It's a private matter. But I won't accept any kind of violence, no one should be surpressed.
Yes, as minister of Culture I want to preserve the inheritance of our forefathers, therefore we have 'het Topstukkendecreet' and there are all kinds of actions around heritage, like 'Erfgoeddag'.
I'll never let me lead through fear. As we say in Dutch: 'Angst is een slechte raadgever.' (fear is a bad counselor)
Kind regards,
Bert Anciaux
27 February 2009
Mr. Minister,
I have received your pathetic reply to my letter of January 27th. That you don’t agree with me is not surprising. You have your agenda to worry about and to please the politically correct crowd.
We would never concur in any case as I see the problems first hand at grassroots level every single day while you reside in cloud cuckoo land.
You are free to disagree with me as, for now at least, Belgium seems to still be paying lip service to this form of democracy.
Even so, apart from your dissent you never once touched on any of the questions and/or statements I put to you. Furthermore, it took you a month to construct this reply of a few lines to my original letter, while my friends who also wrote to you got theirs within a week. Maybe that was because they were more diplomatic in their approach while mine was straight to the point.
Unlike you I do know what I am talking about when I touched on the subject of our culture being overrun by this backward and anachronistic religion and its rules.
Of the thirty years I was away I have lived sixteen of those years in a predominantly Islamic neighborhood. Needless to say I didn’t have to try even 1% of the stuff the Muslims in Belgium are doing.
Try and build a church in an Islamic country, or just steal something, or try to have a friendship or relationship with a Moslima. Do I have to paint a picture?
I had returned but four days to this country when some of these so-called “disadvantaged youths” tried a violent approach with me. They outnumbered me 5 to 1. Two of those needed medical treatment afterwards.
My own mother was attacked, stabbed, and robbed by that scum. My nephew and niece beaten by a group of those peace-loving followers of the Koran. They operate in groups like the cowards they are.
Where do you live Mr. Minister? I just bet its far away from the ordinary people who live with similar problems every day.
When are you going to see that what you and your incompetent colleagues are saying, and what actually happens are two different things?
Of course getting things done at governmental level is like mating elephants; done at high level with lots of noise and taking years to produce results.
I have not the slightest respect for you and your colleagues who are selling their own people to safeguard their well-paid jobs.
An ordinary working person can’t afford to make one mistake or they are fired, yet the government piles on blunder after blunder without anyone so much as receiving a reprimand.
There are members of Islamic terrorist cells running around free. Bus drivers and their passengers are beaten nearly on a daily basis by “youths”. Serious criminals, foreign born, are roaming the streets without fear of arrest. People who are illegal immigrants protest on our streets freely without arrest. Tell me Mr. Minister, what part of “illegal” is it that you don’t understand? All they have to do is yell “Discrimination!” and you and those incompetents in our government piss their pants.
But let some poor countryman of mine exceed the speed limit by 5km per hour and the law will come down on them like a ton of bricks. You get less jail time here for killing someone than for exceeding the speed limit or to drive through a red traffic light.
Thousands of Islamic protesters are allowed to proceed and trash our cities, and not one arrest was made where the perpetrators were actually locked up. I seem to remember a handful of Flemings trying to organize a protest march against the Islamic influence in our society which was then clubbed apart by hastily called-up Walloon policemen calling them all sorts of vile names. Let me just state here that I do not belong to any political organization, nor have I ever. I am just making a comparison.
People who do not agree with your colleagues and yourself are dismissed as agitators while time and time again this nauseating policy of “multi-culturalism” is rammed down our throats.
Could I do better if I were in your shoes I hear you ask?. Damn right I can!
Unlike you and your cowardly colleagues I have been on the front line in the struggle against terrorism. Unlike you I have seen first hand what fundamentalists do to those they consider “Kafir” (unbelievers). Unlike you I paid my dues in blood, sweat, and tears.
You are not a leader, nor are your fellow ministers.
The lot of you couldn’t organize a piss-up in a brewery. I have no respect for you and that crowd. If you had been my commander in the field I wouldn’t wait for the enemy to take you out, I’d do it myself.
To quote Churchill: An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last.
Whatever happened to the people who once stood against Ceasar’s legions forcing him to admit that of all the Gallic tribes the Belgians were the most fierce? Am I not descended from those same people like Karel Martel who stopped the first Islamic invasion? Does the blood of Jan Breydel and Pieter de Coninck not stream through my veins? Yes it does! But apparently not through yours.
I will never give in to a foreign influence and most certainly not when ordered by Quislings like our government ministers. I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities which guarantees all others. (Quote).
Fanatics is what they are and will remain. Fanatics against anyone and anything that is not following their rules. We have become prisoners in our own homes as it is no longer safe to go out on the streets. Some sections of our cities are already no-go areas where even the police fear to go. And still you do nothing! Nothing but make absurd statements to get your mug into the newspapers. You go on deciding to be undecided. At least I know who I am and where I’m going. The same cannot be said of you. To our “leaders” I say in the immortal words of the Vietnam tunnel rats: Non gratum anus rodentum!
Good Day.
February 03
From Bert Anciaux’s website
"This is about 15 victims 14 of whom are small children. It shocks all of us. What also came to my mind were the hundreds of death children in the Gaza strip, also purposely killed by an aggressor without that aggressor being arrested. Here too death and violence have struck. That alone is also hell. A thunder strike out of the blue. A cry for help for every child."
Dear Mr Anciaux,
Referring to your statement above I consider this very irresponsible especially from someone in your position. I wonder why you make that comparison in the first place. It is totally out of place and despicable to use a drama, others have done the same during the remembrance speeches for the toddlers and their caretaker and maybe you thought it necessary to highlight it much more.
< I wonder what measures you use and based on what information you speak of and judge Israel and Gaza, or rather prejudge. Your words do not testify of thorough knowledge but rather of one sided, limited and faulty information which you seem to copy blindly.
During two years I have lived in Israel and have had firsthand knowledge of the situation there. This makes me feel more apt to talk about Israel and its population, more so than those who spent a few days or even weeks attending meetings in Israel or journalists whom during a limited stay send a little news to the world, or as government representatives from any State, or Europe, giving lopsided news.
From all the countries where I lived and had the opportunity to get to know the indigenous population from close by I can assure you that Israel has the most peace loving population. It is Israel which is always attacked, not the "others". Israel has the right to defend itself and its population. Every State has the duty to protect the safety of its inhabitants, or maybe you feel that Israel should have a self-destruct attitude?
To finish here is a quote I read recently:
"If all Muslims in the world would drop their weapons there would be no more war;
If Israel would drop its weapons there would be no Israel".
Best regards,
Maria Palemans. February 02
To the Minister of Culture. (Oh yes, and of Youth.) – Bert Anciaux
Dear Sir,
For nearly three decades I have lived abroad. Away from the country of my birth. I was born in Flanders, and now for the past 3 years I have returned here.
All this time I was unable to use the language of my birth and it is not surprising therefore that I write to you in English as it is best suited to express myself.
You are telling us on your website that the people of Flanders are selfish and afraid of the unknown religions that swamp our country. In particular Islam.
Why shouldn’t we be? It has taken us centuries to get where we want to be and in those centuries we finally have freed ourselves from the yoke of organized religion and have moved on with great strides because of it. Now you want us to accept that another religion comes over here and as guests force us, the host country, to accept a backwards and dangerous theocracy. This religion is the greatest danger the western world has ever faced and if unchecked will force their outdated worldviews on us. Does it not worry you that they call our women whores when they dress in ways Islam does not accept? Is it not OUR country? Does it not worry you that most violent protests are perpetrated by this section of citizens? Do you not see that they have nothing but contempt for our laws, for our lifestyle, for our culture? You of all people as minister of culture should take action.
Do you as minister of culture want to preserve the inheritance of our forefathers? Or would you rather roll over and surrender to a foreign influence who are trying to make sure that the western world will be dragged back into the middle ages? And this time, it will take a lot longer to climb out from that abyss.
Your fellow ministers have ensured that our own people have become second class citizens in their own country by threatening with fines and jail terms anyone who speaks out against this state of affairs. People are afraid to be branded racists because they disagree with this section of the population. Does it not worry you that known Islamic terrorists live amongst us and even draw welfare from the Belgian state? Will you ever wake up and admit that the two assassins who killed Shah Mashoud in Afghanistan just a day before 9/11 were two Islamic immigrants who had obtained Belgian citizenship because of political cowards who bow to the Islamic worlds whims.
My Great-Grandfather fought in the trenches of WW1 and fought 4 years to save his beloved country. My Grandfather was forced into a concentration camp of the Nazis in WW2 as forced labor. Does their sacrifice mean nothing to you? If the answer is no, then you have my unbridled contempt. But what can we expect of a politician anyway besides cowardice, lies, and self-serving hypocrisy.
The people of this country have time and time again seen for themselves that Islamic youths kill, maim, rob, and disrupt this society and all they get for it is a slap on the wrist. We have our share of homegrown criminals, but it is a fact, and don’t even try to deny it, that our jails are filled to overflowing with people who use this country as a place to live but who show allegiance to another.
Why is it that they are allowed to import their struggles and wars over here and smash and burn parts of Antwerp and Brussels and other cities? We have nothing to do with what happens in Gaza. But on the news it was treated as if it was of no consequence.
Just a few days ago there was a march of 7000 of our citizens as a quiet protest against the horrors of the attack against a daycare center. Amazingly enough, not a single piece of property was destroyed during that march.
And we were treated to a nauseating spectacle of government ministers, yourself included, who exploited this tragedy for their own selfish political means.
This multicultural society you praise so highly and try to force on us is an abject failure. Why are Belgians called before a court if they mistreat their spouses but not them? Why is it accepted that they can get away with the unequal treatment of women while it clearly states in our laws that this is forbidden? Why are they allowed to chant Anti Jewish and Anti Christian Slogans without fear of prosecution, while if one of our own is even suspected of harboring such thoughts is hauled before court so fast his feet won’t even touch the ground?
Be a minister of Culture and put your money where your mouth is. It is OUR culture, not theirs. And if they can’t live with that they should leave. Tell them to use the option of free choice we provide. The choice to leave.
As Minister of Youth, finally do something you are paid for and either educate or punish these youths that terrorize our society. Ours as well as theirs.
Make no mistake, we are indeed heading to an “ours” and “theirs” society.
They are discriminating against us every hour of every day. Using our women as toys while prohibiting our own people from associating with theirs.
It has become clear to me in the span of a few years that anyone in Belgian politics is not at all interested in solving our peoples problems but instead are only in filling their pockets and freeloading at our expense.
It is true that not all Muslims are terrorists, but it is also FACT that most terrorist actions are perpetrated by Muslims. It is FACT that the majority of terrorist organizations on the blacklist are Muslim. Do you care to deny that? You and your ilk have lost touch not only with reality but with the very people you claim to represent, your countrymen and women.
Let me be perfectly clear here. You do NOT tell me what to do, you do Not tell me who to like, you do NOT tell me how to live my own life. I am who I am and I will always say it as I see it, and not you nor these bunch of incompetents in government will EVER silence me. You are welcome to try. You know where to find me.
Dirk Vermeulen January 06
'Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, 'Common Sense', who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: Knowing when to come in out of the rain; why the early bird gets the worm; Life isn't always fair; and maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge). His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouth wash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an Aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement ...
Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust. His wife, Discretion, his daughter, Responsibility, his son, Reason. He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights; I Want It Now; Someone Else Is To Blame; I'm A Victim.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.
January 02
Remember this o my kinsman
The duty of the warrior is to live, not for life itself but to serve his Lord, Clan and people. So long as he breathes, so there is hope, the hope of knowing his enemies have been destroyed by his hand. To protect those he serves and those who serve him, when this duty has been discharged only then has he earned the right of passage to the otherworld. This solemn oath do we take to the Gods of our people, on our life, our blood our soul
The oath of the warrior
We ask ye for naught o god of blood my passing, never freely sought, but always freely given.
My blood of the people, for the people. by my sword, blood of enemies shed, blood of glory.
That I may stand before thee, heavy with tribute from battle wrought. bedecked in the blood of my enemies.
I offer my fealty, my sword, my soul. I swear this by the blood of those gone, and of those yet to come.
On my sword fetched with my Blood I swear this by the Morrigan, who are the three of one.
To you Crom Cruach I say this.
Blood for the Blood God, may you drink long and deep This I swear. December 09
FOR ALL THOSE WHO ARE, KNOW SOMEONE OR HAVE FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM!
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.
Outside the snow fell, a blanket of white, Transforming the yard to a winter delight. The sparkling lights in the tree I believe, Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.
My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep, Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep. In perfect contentment, or so it would seem, So I slumbered, perhaps I started to dream.
The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near, But I opened my eyes when it tickled my ear. Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know, Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.
My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to hear, And I crept to the door just to see who was near. Standing out in the cold and the dark of the night, A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.
A soldier, I puzzled, some twenty years old, Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the cold. Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled, Standing watch over me, and my wife and my child.
"What are you doing?" I asked without fear, "Come in this moment, it's freezing out here! Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve, You should be at home on a cold Christmas Eve!"
For barely a moment I saw his eyes shift, Away from the cold and the snow blow in drifts.. To the window that danced with a warm fire's light Then he sighed and he said "Its really all right, I'm out here by choice. I'm here every night."
"It's my duty to stand at the front of the line, That separates you from the darkest of times. No one had to ask or beg or implore me, I'm proud to stand here like my fathers before me.
My Gramps died at ' Pearl on a day in December," Then he sighed, "That's a Christmas 'Gram always remembers." My dad stood his watch in the jungles of ' Nam ', And now it is my turn and so, here I am.
I've not seen my own son in more than a while, But my wife sends me pictures, he's sure got her smile. Then he bent and he carefully pulled from his bag, The red, white, and blue... an American flag.
I can live through the cold and the being alone, Away from my family, my house and my home. I can stand at my post through the rain and the sleet, I can sleep in a foxhole with little to eat.
I can carry the weight of killing another, Or lay down my life with my sister and brother.. Who stand at the front against any and all, To ensure for all time that this flag will not fall."
"So go back inside," he said, "harbor no fright, Your family is waiting and I'll be all right." "But isn't there something I can do, at the least, "Give you money," I asked, "or prepare you a feast?
It seems all too little for all that you've done, For being away from your wife and your son." Then his eye welled a tear that held no regret, "Just tell us you love us, and never forget. To fight for our rights back at home while we're gone, To stand your own watch, no matter how long.
For when we come home, either standing or dead, To know you remember we fought and we bled. Is payment enough, and with that we will trust, That we mattered to you as you mattered to us."
PLEASE, Would you do me the kind favor of sending this to as many people as you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some credit is due to the U.S Service Men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities.. Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us..
LCDR Jeff Giles, SC, USN 30th Naval Construction Regiment OIC, Logistics Cell One Al Taqqadum , Iraq November 15
The last
soldiers to die in World War I
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By John
Hayes-Fisher
Producer, Timewatch
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In the
closing minutes of World War I, the ceasefire within touching distance, a
handful of troops died. As the 90th anniversary of the Armistice approaches,
who were these men?
Just after 5 o'clock on the
morning of 11 November, 1918, British, French and German officials gathered in
a railway carriage to the north of Paris
and signed a document which would in effect bring to an end World War I.
Within minutes, news of the
Armistice - the cease fire - had been flashed around the world that the war,
which was meant to "end all wars", was finally over.
And yet it wasn't, because
the cease-fire would not come into effect for a further six hours - at 11am -
so troops on the frontline would be sure of getting the news that the fighting
had stopped.
That day many hundreds
died, and thousands more injured.
The respected American
author Joseph E. Persico has calculated a shocking figure that the final day of
WWI would produce nearly 11,000 casualties, more than those killed, wounded or
missing on D-Day, when Allied forces landed en masse on the shores of occupied France almost
27 years later.
What is worse is that
hundreds of these soldiers would lose their lives thrown into action by
generals who knew that the Armistice had already been signed.
The recklessness of General
Wright, of the 89th American Division, is a case in point.
Seeing his troops were
exhausted and dirty, and hearing there were bathing facilities available in the
nearby town of Stenay,
he decided to take the town so his men could refresh themselves.
"That lunatic decision
cost something like 300 casualties, many of them battle deaths, for an
inconceivable reason," says Mr Persico.
Final fallen
So who were the last to
die?
New research by the BBC's
Timewatch tells the story of some of the last to fall in WWI.
The final British soldier
to be killed in action was Private George Edwin Ellison. At 9.30am Pte Ellison
of the 5th Royal Irish Lancers was scouting on the outskirts of the Belgian
town of Mons
where German soldiers had been reported in a wood.
Aged 40, Pte Ellison was
not the typical conscript, says military historian Paul Reed.
"He was a pre-war
regular soldier; we can tell this by his number (L /12643) which is consistent
with a man who enlisted in the early years of the 20th Century. He may even
have been a Boer war veteran, considering his age."
It must have been odd for
Pte Ellison to be back in Mons
again. This is where his war started four years earlier when he was part of the
British Expeditionary Force retreating from Mons in August 1914, just weeks after the
outbreak of the war.
"During his four years
at the front, George saw every type of warfare," says Mr Reed.
"He went into the
first trenches as the war became deadlocked. He fought in the first gas attack,
and on the Somme in 1916, watched the first
ever tanks go up to the front."
Almost a million British
soldiers had been killed in those intervening years, yet almost miraculously
Pte Ellison had so far escaped uninjured. In just over an hour the ceasefire
would come into force, the war would be over and Pte Ellison, a former coal
miner, would return to the terraced street in Leeds to see his wife Hannah and
their four-year-old son James.
And then the shot rang out.
George was dead - the last British soldier to be killed in action in WWI.
Although the last British
soldier to die, Pte Ellison would not be the last to be killed that morning. As
the minutes ticked towards the 11 o'clock ceasefire, more soldiers would fall.
At 10.45 another
40-year-old soldier, Frenchman Augustin Trebuchon, was taking a message to
troops by the River Meuse saying that soup would be served at 11.30 after the
peace, when he too was killed.
Astonished enemy
Augustin Trebuchon's grave
- along with all those French soldiers killed on 11 November 1918 - is marked
10/11/18. It is said that after the war France was so ashamed that men
would die on the final day that they had all the graves backdated.
Just minutes before 11am,
to the north around Mons,
the 25-year-old Canadian Private George Lawrence Price was on the trail of
retreating German soldiers.
It was street fighting. Pte
Price had just entered a cottage as the Germans left through the back. On
emerging into the street he was struck by the bullet which killed him.
But Pte Price's death at
10.58 was not the last. Further south in the Argonne region of France, US
soldier Henry Gunther was involved in a final charge against astonished German
troops who knew the Armistice was about to occur. What could they do? He too
was shot.
The Baltimore Private - ironically of German
descent - was dead. It was 10.59 and Henry Gunther is now recognised as the
last soldier to be killed in action in WWI.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae was a Canadian physician who fought
on the Western Front in 1914. In the summer of 1915
he was transferred to the medical corps in France.
He died of pneumonia while on active duty in 1918.
'In Flanders Fields' was written during the second battle
of Ypres. It became the best known poem of the
first
world-war. November 11
Today, exactly 90 years ago, on the 11th day of the 11th month at 11am the guns of the most devastating war up to that point came to an end.
It was also the day my great grandfather Charles could finally stick his head out of the trenches without getting it blown off.
He entered the war on the 4th of August 1914 aged 28, and lived through hell on earth, and mostly under it, until this day in 1918. After more than 4 years of whistling death from everywhere the guns fell silent.
My ancestor lived to tell his tale. And tell it he did, mostly to me, but also to anyone who cared enough. He lived well into the
20th century, passing on in 1971 having been knighted for his services and sacrifices by his country.
On this day, the 11th of November, I make my own private pilgrimage to the cemeteries of Flanders Fields. And there are many. They dot the landscape of Flanders.
I drive to villages and towns with legendary names: Passendale, Ypres, Ploegsteert, Mons etc...
I visit the places where so many lives were lost. Cemeteries with row upon row of headstones. Some with the inscription “known unto God” or “a soldier of the Great War”.
Some are small with a few hundred graves smack in the middle of plowed fields, some are huge like Tyne Cot with its 12000 headstones and 35000 names of the missing engraved on huge panels. Some in peaceful surroundings like Polygon Wood, and many, many more. They are all over the previous front line. Silent sentinels to remind us not to forget, never to forget. But most do.
The world forgets the sacrifices they made. Just like they forget the last World War, just over 20 years after the slaughter of “The war to end all wars”.
I stood at Menin Gate in Ypres and saw the thousands upon thousands of names of those who have no known grave. I stood at the Vietnam Memorial too. I was at Roarks Drift and the Battle site of Ishlandwana battlefields in South Africa. I was at Bastogne and Waterloo.
And most forget. Just as always. They forget that it is because of those boys and men we can now live the way we like. It is because of them we can sleep peacefully. Think about them when you drive to work tomorrow with your cell phone in one hand and a mug of steaming coffee in the other. And when you see a soldier, don’t spit on him, but thank him, for he is willing to do what others fear to do or don’t want to do.
"Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it," (George Santayana)
Their names liveth for evermore
    
November 18 Chief Arvol Looking Horse,
19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe
Mitakuye Oyasin (all my relations),
Another great message has come to us from the animal nation. This time, it is more urgent then ever! It has come to my attention of another birth of a white buffalo, this time it is more different then any other sign.
So far since 1994, the same time that Global Warming was being announced; there have been at least 4-6 every year of these sacred buffalo calves that have stood upon the earth. Not only the buffalo have showed these signs to tell us of this great urgency that is upon us, but in many parts of the world, there have been other animal nations showing this sacred color. This color represents the south, the direction in which we pass through to the spirit world, a completed cycle. This interpretation has to do with the Bundle I take care of; that carries a prophesy from the White Buffalo Calf Woman. She told of a time when her spirit would stand upon the earth, a time of great changes were about to come to us all. A time when the two legged would have to make a decision to change their ways to heal the damage that they have created. Boundaries in respecting life and spirit will have become violated.
This birth is yet another sign, but brings more awareness of this urgency. This new birth has to do with 2 female buffalo kept in captivity, with no male buffalo present. It would be hard to believe, but in this instance, the place they live has kept this quiet, because they did not want to be accused of artificially inseminating the female buffalo. There have been these types of instances that have been done in the past, concerning publicity in owning a white buffalo calf.
The Woodland Zoo in Farmington , Pennsylvania decided to bring in two female buffalo to their facility. One of the females was pregnant when she arrived. After she had the calf, it was sold, 6 months later, she gave birth to another calf, this time it was white. Buffalo carry for 9 months as humans do. The other female she lived with, gave birth 9 months later to a black buffalo after the white calf stood upon the earth, again no male buffalo present. This was brought to my attention a while back. I did not want to state anything till I took this through ceremony, to understand the truth and the message.
Since 1994, these kinds of signs have been coming, but it seems that people do not listen or want to see anything important from the animal nation’s messages. This has a lot to do with faith. What was told is as follows: This is a very dangerous time we are in! The minds of the people on Unc’i Maka (Grandmother Earth) are choosing to focus on a new way of life that is hurting us all in the global community. This way of life chooses war, hurting one another physically and verbally, and continued desecration to Unc’i Maka in taking more then what we truly need in her resources. These decisions not only hurt our own People, but the animal nations are dying in large numbers to extinction by this new way of life we are accepting. Unc’i Maka is going to have a hard time to continue to bring food to all life. These decisions need to be changed very soon and are in each and every one of your hands more then ever. Respect to the spirit of life needs to be brought back; boundaries need to put back into place and faith needs to be present in everyone’s life once again. We have no choice but to listen!
May Peace Prevail Earth! In a Sacred Hoop of Life, where there is no ending and no beginning!
Chief Arvol Looking Horse,
October 13
Monster With The White Eyes
Handed down as a traditional Cherokee story from grandmother to grandchild,
the storyteller cautions that long ago before the Europeans discovered Turtle
Island and her indigenous people, the elders of those people warned of the
monsters with white eyes yet to come.
Similar stories are to be found among the Aztecs and Mexican people.
The spirits foretold that the monster with white eyes would cross the great
eastern water.
The monster would possess evil and terrifying power, and would wreak
destruction in its path.
The spirits of the animals and trees began to wither.
Prophecy states that Mother Earth herself would be devastated and her
heartbeat would become faint. The monster was said to devour the children of
Turtle Island tribe by tribe, with no escape.
If one did survive, its spirit would be dead since it would now be lost and
have no connection to its ancestors.
The story tells that one day the Earth would begin to sing a death song due
to the severity of the harsh conditions.
When this happens, the children of the people who followed the white-eyed
monster to the island would look into their hearts and realize that they faced
annihilation at the hands of their fathers.
They would find that the spirits of the children of the tribes had been
reborn, waiting to guide the children of the white-eyed monster.
The few keepers of the truth would emerge, becoming strong enough to overcome
the power of the white-eyed monster, restoring Mother Earth back to health.
The children of the tribes of Turtle Island would lead the people back to the
right way. The races would live in peace, the spirit of the animals and trees
would return to safety, and the monster with white eyes would fail to exist.
Other such prophecies are to be found in the Cherokee Legend of the White
Snake.
[Snake is a metaphor for DNA]
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