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Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Bush Lies About Islam!!

World Net Daily reports that President Bush, in an interview with Al Arabiya, said:

"I believe that Islam is a great religion that preaches peace. And I believe people who murder the innocent to achieve political objectives aren't religious people, whether they be a Christian who does that – we had a person blow up our – blow up a federal building in Oklahoma City who professed to be a Christian, but that's not a Christian act to kill innocent people. "And I just simply don't subscribe to the idea that murdering innocent men, women and children – particularly Muslim men, women and children in the Middle East – is an act of somebody who is a religious person."

From this we learn that the President believes:

Islam is a great religion
Islam teaches peace
terrorists aren't religious
terrorism is not an act of a religious person

My responses to each point:

- What's so blessed great about Islam?
- By what standard is Islam a valid religion?
Detailing its sacraments in the prevous point pretty well took care of that shibboleth. There is one more hadith I want you to read, because it brings the truth home concerning the timeless nature of the commands to fight.
Abu Dawud Book 23, Number 3455:

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

I heard the Apostle of Allah, (peace_be_upon_him) say: When you enter into the inah transaction, hold the tails of oxen, are pleased with agriculture, and give up conducting jihad (struggle in the way of Allah). Allah will make disgrace prevail over you, and will not withdraw it until you return to your original religion.
That saying makes it perfectly clear: Islam's deen is ghazwat-- raids for the purpose of accruing spoils of war. Muhammad wanted the Muslims making war, not plowing fields. But you still think that I am a liar, distorting and perverting Islamic scripture. You are wrong, and Muhammad's own Goddamn words prove it!!!
Sahih Bukhari Volume 1, Book 8, Number 387:
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
Allah's Apostle said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah."
What is it they say when they slash throats or detonate their bombs? "Allahhu Akbar!" If they are not religious, why do they shout "Allah is greater!" ? If terrorists are motivated by repression, poverty & illiteracy why aren't the Burmese engaging in terrorism? Why aren't the impoverished peasants of China & Latin America engaging in widespread terrorism? Why are doctors, lawyers &, engineers with university degrees and professional incomes engaging in terrorism?
Terrorism is an act of Muslims. Allah commanded it, Muhammad preached and practiced it. Perhaps its time to admit the fatal fact: Islam is a war machine, not a religion.

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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Bush's Lies to the United Nations

President Bush Addresses The United Nations General Assembly

Shrub is pitching International Socialism. I will highlight portions of excerpts from his speech, and respond to them.

When innocent people are trapped in a life of murder and fear, the Declaration is not being upheld. When millions of children starve to death or perish from a mosquito bite, we're not doing our duty in the world. When whole societies are cut off from the prosperity of the global economy, we're all worse off. Changing these underlying conditions is what the Declaration calls the work of "larger freedom" -- and it must be the work of every nation in this assembly.

This great institution must work for great purposes -- to free people from tyranny and violence, hunger and disease, illiteracy and ignorance, and poverty and despair. Every member of the United Nations must join in this mission of liberation.

"innocent people are trapped in a life of murder and fear": Darfur, for example. Recently applicable to Aceh. Always applicable to Israel & Lebanon. Ample evidence of failure to enforce the Universal Declaration of Human Rights against Islam. Oh, Islam does not violate the UDHR? In a pig's ass it don't!!! See United Nations: Investigate the Koran for well documented proof of the fact that Islam contradicts the UDHR.

"millions of children starve to death or perish from a mosquito bite": Shrub seems to think that the U.N. must save those children; that you must pay for it. Every right carries with it an equal and opposite obligation. If I have a right to life, you have an obligation not to kill me. If I have a right to food and mosquito netting, you have an obligation to provide it.

"whole societies are cut off from the prosperity of the global economy": Economic development; translation: industrialization/commercialization. Implication: larger markets. Reality: more competition for our jobs and products; more loot for corrupt dictators.

"Every member of the United Nations must join in this mission of liberation. ": Yeah, right. Communist China, Russia & the various Istans are gonna liberate people from tyranny & violence, ignorance & despair. Sure they will, when cancer cures itself!

First, the mission of the United Nations requires liberating people from tyranny and violence. The first article of the Universal Declaration begins, "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." The truth is denied by terrorists and extremists who kill the innocent with the aim of imposing their hateful vision on humanity. The followers of this violent ideology are a threat to civilized people everywhere. All civilized nations must work together to stop them -- by sharing intelligence about their networks, and choking their -- off their finances, and bringing to justice their operatives.

In the long run, the best way to defeat extremists is to defeat their dark ideology with a more hopeful vision -- the vision of liberty that founded this body. The United States salutes the nations that have recently taken strides toward liberty -- including Ukraine and Georgia and Kyrgyzstan and Mauritania and Liberia, Sierra Leone and Morocco. The Palestinian Territories have moderate leaders, mainstream leaders that are working to build free institutions that fight terror, and enforce the law, and respond to the needs of their people. The international community must support these leaders, so that we can advance the vision of two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side-by-side in peace and security.

Brave citizens in Lebanon and Afghanistan and Iraq have made the choice for democracy -- yet the extremists have responded by targeting them for murder. This is not a show of strength -- it is evidence of fear. And the extremists are doing everything in their power to bring down these young democracies. The people of Lebanon and Afghanistan and Iraq have asked for our help. And every civilized nation has a responsibility to stand with them.

"liberating people from tyranny and violence": When & where did the U.N. liberate anyone from the Tyranny of Communism or the tin horn dictators of Africa & Latin America? When & where has the U.N. acted in a timely & effective manner to end violence? When & where have the blue hats served any function other than human shields for aggressors?

"equal in dignity and rights": Muhammad said: "And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah." Do Christians living in Egypt, Iran or Saudi Arabia enjoy equal dignity & rights to their Muslim overloards? What, exactly has the Human Rights Council done about Dhimmitude?

"terrorists and extremists who kill the innocent with the aim of imposing their hateful vision on humanity":
Terrorists? Extremists? Who, Mr. President? Extreme what? What distinguishes them Muhammad, who bragged about being made victorious by terror? Exactly what is their "hateful vision"? Why don't you name it and list its tenets?

"this violent ideology": Its Islam, Mr. President; standard, off the shelf, Qur'anic Islam as preached & exemplified by Muhammad. Why in the God damn Hell won't you tell it as it is; call it by its name????????????????

"defeat their dark ideology": What ideology, Mr. President? Why don't you list the tenets & doctrines; sacraments & rituals which make Islam inimical to human life & liberty???

"the vision of liberty that founded this body": The vision of liberty that founded the United States of America, Mr. President; the founders of the United Nations were blind men. They created a faulty institution which has become corrupt & counter productive. Life, liberty, equality ownership of property & the pursuit of happiness; feeedom & independence, not Socialism. The right to worship what, when & how one wishes or to be agnostic or atheist; not compulsory Islam nor atheism. Islam denies the right to worship as you choose. Only Allah has the right to be worshiped. ...Whoever seeks a religion other than Islâm, it will never be accepted of him.

"The Palestinian Territories have moderate leaders, mainstream leaders that are working to build free institutions that fight terror": God damn lies!!!

"Palestine" is a name, imposed by Rome, upon Israel after the suppression of a rebellion against tyranny. Anything "Palestinian" is rightfully Israelie.

Islam is not moderate. There is neither radical, moderate nor extreme Islam. There is only Islam.

9:29 Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.

Muslim Book 041, Number 6985:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews.

The Abbas regime names schools, summer camps & soccer tournaments in honor of Splodydopes who murder Jews and Americans. He gives American supplied rifles and ammunition to terrorists for use against Israel. When has he ever acted to prevent or reduce terror attacks against Israel? You desecrate the White House by inviting that God damn thing to visit!!!

Mainstream? Thats the only truth in the sentence! Abbas is a mainstream Muslim. Terrorism is in the mainstream of Islam. Thats what Islam is; what Islam does.

"two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side-by-side in peace and security": Nobody can be so stupid! Can a man live without a brain? The PLO and HAMAS are dedicated and devoted to the destruction of Isarael; to genocide and policide. They will not be satisfied with anything less. No Muslim can be satisfied by anything less! Israel, by existing in territory conquered by Islam, proves Allah to be an impotent idol.

8:65 O Prophet (Muhammad)! Urge the believers to fight. If there are twenty steadfast persons amongst you, they will overcome two hundred, and if there be a hundred steadfast persons they will overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they (the disbelievers) are people who do not understand.

What happened in 1948, '56, '64 & '72??? How do you square that with Allah's promise?

Muslim Book 041, Number 6985:
Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews.

There is no two state solution; only a one state / one people solution: Israel!!! Israel without Islam! A world without Islam can be at peace. With Islam, there can never be peace!

8:39 And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism: i.e. worshipping others besides Allâh) and the religion (worship) will all be for Allâh Alone [in the whole of the world ]. But if they cease (worshipping others besides Allâh), then certainly, Allâh is All-Seer of what they do.

9:29 Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.

2:216 Jihâd (holy fighting in Allâh's Cause) is ordained for you (Muslims) though you dislike it, and it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allâh knows but you do not know.

9:111 Verily, Allâh has purchased of the believers their lives and their properties; for the price that theirs shall be the Paradise. They fight in Allâh's Cause, so they kill (others) and are killed. It is a promise in truth which is binding on Him in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel) and the Qur'ân. And who is truer to his covenant than Allâh? Then rejoice in the bargain which you have concluded. That is the supreme success .

"Brave citizens in Lebanon and Afghanistan and Iraq have made the choice for democracy": Democracy is more than the formal process of voting. Democracy involves legislation arrived at by concensus & compromise and enforced impartially. Islam allows only one law: Sharia, which is derived from the Qur'an & Hadith. Man made legislation is blasphemy because it deprives Allah of his absolute right to rule. To have Democracy, you must eliminate Islam!

33:36. It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allâh and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allâh and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed in a plain error.

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Sunday, July 29, 2007

The Speech Bush SHOULD Give-Tongue in Cheek

This came in my email from Jimmy Z at ANewtOne and is posted with permission. Enjoy!

We all have our disagreements with President Bush. Immigration, U.S. Attorney firings, Iraq, Darfur, etc. are all hot topics these days.

The following "speech" was written recently by an ordinary Maineiac (see Google). While satirical in nature, all satire must have a basis in fact to be effective. An excellent piece by a person who does not write for a living. Sent with the author's permission.

The speech George W. Bush SHOULD give:

Normally, I start these things out by saying "My Fellow Americans." Not doing it this time. If the polls are any indication, I don't know who more than half of you are anymore. I do know something terrible has happened, and that you're really not fellow Americans any longer.

I'll cut right to the chase here: I quit. Now before anyone gets all in a lather about my quitting to avoid impeachment, or to avoid prosecution or something, let me assure you: there has been no breaking of laws or impeachable offenses in this office.

The reason I'm quitting is simple. I'm fed up with you people.

I'm fed up because you have no understanding of what's really going on in the world. Or of what's going on in this once-great nation of ours. And the majority of you are just too lazy to do your homework and figure it out.

Let's start locally. You've been sold a bill of goods by politicians and the news media. Polls show that the majority of you think the economy is in the tank. And that's despite record numbers of homeowners INCLUDING record numbers of MINORITY homeowners.

And while we're mentioning minorities, I'll point out that minority business ownership is at an all-time high. Our unemployment rate is as low as it ever was during the Clinton Administration. I've mentioned all those things before, but it doesn't seem to have sunk in.

Despite the shock to our economy of 9/11, the stock market has rebounded to record levels and more Americans than ever are participating in these markets. Meanwhile, all you can do is whine about gas prices, and most of you are simply too stupid to realize that gas prices are high because there's increased demand in other parts of the world, and because a small handful of noisy idiots are more worried about polar bears and beachfront property than your economic security.

We face real threats in the world. Don't give me this "blood for oil" thing. If I was trading blood for oil I would've ALREADY seized Iraq's oil fields and let the rest of the country go to hell. And don't give me this 'Bush Lied People Died' nonsense either. If I was the liar you morons take me for, I could've easily had chemical weapons planted in Iraq so they could be 'discovered.' Instead, I owned up to the fact that the intelligence was faulty. Let me remind you that the rest of the world also thought Saddam had the goods, same as me. Let me also remind you that "regime change in Iraq" was official US policy before I came into office. Some guy named 'Clinton' established that policy. Bet you didn't know that, did you?

You idiots need to understand that we face a unique enemy. Back during the cold war, there were two major competing political and economic models squaring off. We won that war, but we did so because, fundamentally, the Communists wanted to survive, just as we do. We were simply able to outspend and out-tech them.

That's not the case this time. The soldiers of our new enemy don't care if they survive. In fact, they want to die. That'd be fine, as long as they weren't also committed to taking as many of you with them as they can. But they are. They want to kill you. And these idiots are all over the globe.

You should be grateful that they haven't gotten any more of us here in the United States since September 11. But you're not. That's because you have no idea how hard a small number of intelligence, military, law enforcement and homeland security people have worked to make sure of that. When this whole mess started, I warned you that this would be a long and difficult fight. I'm disappointed how many of you people think a long and difficult fight amounts to a single season of 'Survivor'.

Instead, you've grown impatient. You're incapable of seeing things through the long lens of history, the way our enemies do. You think that wars should last a few months, a few years, tops.

Making matters worse, you actively support those who help the enemy. Every time you buy the New York Times, every time you send a donation to a cut-and-run Democrat's political campaign, well, you might just as well FedEx a grenade launcher to a Jihadist. It amounts to the same thing.

In this day and age, it's easy enough to find the truth. It's all over the Internet. It just isn't on the pages of the New York Times or on NBC News. But even if it were, I doubt you'd be any smarter. Most of you would rather watch American Idol.

I could say more about your expectations that the government will always be there to bail you out, even if you're too stupid to leave a city that's below sea level and has a hurricane approaching. I could say more about your insane belief that government, not your own wallet, is where the money comes from. But I've come to the conclusion that were I to do so, it would sail right over your heads.

So I quit. I'm going back to Crawford. I've got an energy-efficient house down there (Al Gore could only dream) and the capability to be fully self-sufficient.

No one ever heard of Crawford before I got elected, and as soon as I'm done here pretty much no one will ever hear of it again. Maybe I'll be lucky enough to die of old age before the last pillars of America fall.

Oh, and by the way, Cheney's quitting too. That means Pelosi is your new President. You asked for it. Watch what she does carefully, because I still have a glimmer of hope that there're just enough of you remaining who are smart enough to turn this thing around in 2008.

So that's it. God bless what's left of America. Some of you know what I mean.

The rest of you, take a flying leap off of some high building!

NOTE: ALL Emphasis mine.

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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

The President Rises as Congress Falls Part #2

Cross Posted from Wake up America

In part #1 we showed you the latest AP poll, which followed up with the latest Rasmussen AND Gallup polls and now we bring you the latest Reuters poll, showing the President has gained 4 points while the Democrats continue to drop in their freefall with no net to catch them. (I cannot wait for the next one after last nights fiasco)

TODAY:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most U.S. voters think the country is on the wrong track and remain deeply unhappy with President George W. Bush and Congress, but still feel good about their finances and optimistic about the future, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

[...]

Eighteen months before Bush leaves the White House, nearly two-thirds of Americans say the country is headed in the wrong direction and give the president negative marks for his job performance.

An even bigger majority, 83 percent, say the Democratic-controlled Congress is doing only a fair or poor job -- the worst mark for Congress in a Zogby poll.

But despite their dim views of government, majorities of Americans remain upbeat about their personal finances and security, and nearly two-thirds are very or fairly confident their children will have a better life than they do.

Pollster John Zogby said the split between voters' views of government and of their personal well-being has grown in recent years, particularly after the failed federal response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

"Americans feel their government is not accomplishing the people's business," Zogby said. "They feel the system is seriously broken."

In the national survey of 1,012 likely voters, taken July 12 through July 14, about 66 percent said Bush had done only a fair or poor job as president, with 34 percent ranking his performance as excellent or good.

That is up slightly from his low of 30 percent in early March and in line with other national polls showing Bush's approval ratings lingering at or near historically low levels amid continued chaos and bloodshed in Iraq.

But the marks for Congress, mired in gridlock over a series of partisan political battles after Democrats took power in the 2006 elections, continued to drop.

(Emphasis mine)

No worries, the liberals and media will tout Bush's low numbers and continue to ignore that Congress has LOWER numbers and they deserve them.

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Sunday, June 10, 2007

Message to Bush

This is your base.

This is your base totally pissed off at you.

This is your base that, while supportive of the war and your actions following 9/11, are NOT happy with your response to them regarding your support of the immigration bill that was hammered out in a back room, with no public input, with many, many glaring loopholes, and for those of us who voiced concerns with it, you called us racist.

While I'm not sure who remembers this, I, for one, am fully cognizant of the fact that your sister-in-law, Jeb's wife, happens to be mexican. Quit pandering to your sister-in-law and do the job you were elected to do.

While you're at it, grab your cajones and act like a leader regarding the war and your renegade congress. You're losing what little is left of your support because you've suddenly developed yellow-spine syndrome.

Act like a man, not mama's boy, clinton's friend, or the immigrant panderer you are.

'Nuf said.

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Friday, May 25, 2007

GREAT News for Memorial Day!

"W" stood firm and our troops are the winners over pull-out pelosi, kowering kerry, al-jazeera murtha, and ridiculed reid.

You wouldn't know it from the MSM, but the time to celebrate is here--and the MSM just can't stand good news for the troops.

As I noted yesterday, defeat is the name of the game for these surrender monkeys. If it's not bad news, they don't want to hear it. They suck up bad news like sponges, rejoicing in each little tidbit. And, in their blind BDS, they refuse to acknowledge W is indeed man enough to stand up to them and force them to back down in their ridiculous schemes.

From Vanguard.org:

MEMO

From: Rod D. Martin, Chairman, TheVanguard.Org
To: TheVanguard.Org Members and Friends
Date: May 25, 2007, 11:07 AM
Re: Victory! You Stopped Pelosi's Preemptive Surrender Bill!

Dear [Redacted],

Over the past several weeks, tens of thousands of you have helped us fax, call and write Congress to stop the Pelosi-Murtha Preemptive Surrender Bill.

Well, yesterday you won. And so did America.

In the face of all your opposition, Democrats blinked, selling out their MoveOn buddies. Senate and House leaders caved to reality, pulled Pelosi's "Preemptive Surrender Bill", and instead passed a bill that funds the Iraq War through the end of the fiscal year and does not include a withdrawal timetable.

Famed columnist Bob Novak put it this way: "Democrats felt they could not afford the risk of letting a war in progress run out of money. The Democrats' problem is that this demonstrates conclusively that they are all talk on the Iraq War -- a fact that their base will quickly realize."

The votes were 280-142 in the House, and 80-14 in the Senate. Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama voted against funding our troops in the field, even while most of their peers voted right.

Why did they do that? Simple: they're terrified of MoveOn. They know that their far left "friends" will do all they can to ruin their Presidential hopes if they don't sell out American troops to al Qaeda. The "Blame America First" crowd's appetite for defeat is insatiable, and they have the power to pull Presidential candidates' strings.

Because of this, the fight is far from over. The Democrats have squandered their majority in the months they've had it -- passing only 26 bills in five months, half of which were to rename federal buildings -- but they will continue to come back again and again on this because they are beholden to the net hippies. We will have to fight them repeatedly if we want America to really win instead of just tuck tail.

But we will fight. And like this time, we will win.

So the bottom line is simple. The extreme left cannot have its way with America if you stand up. We can win. And what we can win in Washington, we can win across America and overseas as well.

Thank you to everyone who did anything in this fight. You made the difference. Not for us, but for America. When we stand together, there's nothing we can't do.

For Victory,
- Rod, Tom, Sherri and all TheVanguard.Org team

P.S. Be sure to pass this along to your friends. Our side needs a lot of encouragement these days, and this is a big win, for all of us. And tell them this: we're still in beta! Just think how much we'll be able to achieve once we go live. :)

Keep up the pressure so this fight NEVER gains ground!

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Tuesday, May 8, 2007

So There's No Real Terror Threat Within Our Borders, Huh?

For all of the people out there suffering from a combination Bush Derangement Syndrome and Ostrich Syndrome, how, pray tell, do you explain today's story of the six muslims and their plan to invade Ft. Dix, NJ?

Hm...........seems this has been a plot over 15 months in the making, the terrorists are here illegally (one employed as a pizza delivery person who could get onto Ft. Dix). The full stories are here and here.

Now, I know one "little" story about illegal terrorists being foiled in their plot to invade a military base is NOT going to change the mind of any of the defeatist, traitor, treasonistic crowd. But isn't it amazing how the very things this crowd bitches about have paid off? The surveillance and profiling? The wire-tapping (for all the screaming about the alleged illegal wire-tapping of citizens, I have to wonder--if the citizens have nothing to hide, what are they so worried about?) has, in this one instance, shown its value in stopping yet another incident. And FYI for the wire-tapping screamers? The only people being wire tapped are those who appear to be a danger for one reason or another, not every single citizen.

The point is, profiling, wire-tapping, increased security measures post 9/11 have paid off.

The secondary point? pelosi, reid, murtha, et al have emboldened these terrorists to go after a truly "hot" target instead of a "soft" target.

Kumbaya and give peace a chance my ass! Three cheers for Bush, Cheney, et al for standing firm against the traitors!

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Monday, April 16, 2007

President Bush Tells it Like it Is and Brings the Hammer DOWN!

Courtesy of Snooper at Capitalism or Socialism...You Decide: http://takeourcountryback.townhall.com/Default.aspx?ID=1&Month=4&Year=2007

Without The USUAL Political BS!!!
(Transcript of speech at the end of this article)

Bush Thanks Military Families, Urges Congress to Pass War Spending Bill
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, April 16, 2007 –

President Bush thanked families of troops serving overseas for their sacrifices and praised organizations that support veterans and military families today at the White House. He also urged Congress to quickly pass an emergency war spending bill so that the troops can get the funding they need to accomplish their mission.

“I appreciate very much to be in the presence of moms and dads, husbands and wives, sons and daughters of some of the finest citizens our nation has ever produced,” Bush told military family members in the audience.

The president noted the challenges faced by military families during war.“

A time of war is a time of sacrifice for our nation, but especially for our military families. Being left behind when a loved one goes to war is one of the hardest jobs in our military,” Bush said. “The families here today inspire our nation -- inspire them with their sense of duty and with their deep devotion to our country.”

Bush also expressed his gratitude to representatives of troop-support organizations in the audience.

“I want to thank the leaders of organizations that support our military families. I appreciate your tireless work to send a clear signal that many in the United States of America support our troops,” Bush said. “Each of you knows what is stake -- what is at stake in this war on terror. And I appreciate your efforts to rally our nation to support our troops, and to support the mission for which they have risked and, in some cases, have given their lives.”

Bush said the troops must be given “the tools and resources they need to prevail,” and he is looking forward to meeting with members of Congress April 18 to iron out differences between the administration and Congress.

The disagreement is over the fiscal 2007 Emergency Supplemental Request. The $93.4 billion request will fund operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and other operations in the war on terror. Both the Senate and House versions of the supplemental have a timetable for the exit of U.S. troops from Iraq. President Bush said he will not sign any legislation with a withdrawal date.

“I think it is wrong for Congress to restrict our military commanders,” Bush said. “I can understand having a difference of opinion about Iraq, but our commanders need the flexibility necessary to meet the mission. We should not be substituting political judgment for the judgment of those in our military.”

Bush said honest differences over the best course in Iraq should be debated. “That's healthy,” he said. “That's normal. … But our troops should not be caught in the middle.”

Bush said failure to fund the supplemental quickly will impact military readiness, and that “will mean that the readiness of our forces will suffer. This is unacceptable to me; it's unacceptable to you, and it's unacceptable to the vast majority of the American people.”

The U.S. must provide its troops with the support they need to accomplish their mission, Bush said.

“We owe it to every sailor, soldier, airman, Marine in harm's way to give them the tools they need to prevail,” Bush said. “That's what we owe them.”

The president said he is open to trying to settle political differences in order to provide the military with the funding it needs.

“I am willing to discuss any way forward that does not hamstring our troops, set an artificial timetable for withdrawal and spend billions on projects not related to the war,” he said.

Bush said the American people expect the White House and Congress to work together.

“Congress needs to put the partisanship on hold; it needs to get rid of all the politics right now and send me an emergency war spending bill that I can sign that gets our troops the support they need and gives our commanders the flexibility they need to complete this mission,” he said.

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Pocket Size Needle and Thread Kit
Heart pillows for cardiac patients
Lap Robes (3x5 or 5x7)

GUEST SERVICES
30 cup coffee makers
Coffee supplies (reg. & decaf)
Music CDs
Stamps
Writing Paper and Envelopes
Prepaid Phone Cards for patients’

RECREATION
Puzzle books
Crossword Puzzles
Pencils
Video tapes & DVDs (movies, educational)
DVD Player

Sports equipment (basketball, tennis rackets &
Tickets for entertainment & sporting events
Balls, badminton set, Frisbees, football)

If you can send just one item that would be great!!! If each person sends one thing we will make a difference! They are also needing those who can volunteer time at the hospital just contact the Voluntary Services Dept. For information.

Mail Items to:

Department of Veterans Affairs Southern Arizona VA Health Care System – Voluntary Services 9-135, 3601 S. Sixth Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85723

PLEASE HELP US HELP THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM!

My Favorite Speeches and Other Items of Interest

George Bush's March 28, 2007 Discusses Economy, War on Terror During Remarks to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association;http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/03/20070328-2.html
Mitch McConnell's March 15, 2007 Funding For Troops, Not Timelines for Retreat; http://mcconnell.senate.gov/record.cfm?id=270747&start=1
Ronald Reagan's June 12, 1987 Tear Down This Wall Speech; http://www.reaganfoundation.org/reagan/speeches/wall.asp
Vice President Cheney's March 12, 2007 Remarks at the AIPAC 2007 Policy Conference; http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/03/20070312.html

Winston Churchill Quotes

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.
Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.
Danger - if you meet it promptly and without flinching - you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.
I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else.
I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.
I like a man who grins when he fights.
I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time-a tremendous whack.
In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.
It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.
Moral of the Work. In war: resolution. In defeat: defiance. In victory: magnanimity. In peace: goodwill.
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Never, never, never give up.
No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
The first quality that is needed is audacity.
The nose of the bulldog has been slanted backwards so that he can breathe without letting go.
The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.
There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.
These are not dark days: these are great days - the greatest days our country has ever lived.
They are decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.
True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.
War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.
We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.
When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.
When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Ronald Reagan Quotes

"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's just that they know so much that isn't so."
Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk.
Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources
Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.
Double, no triple, our troubles and we'd still be better off than any other people on earth. It is time that we recognized that ours was, in truth, a noble cause.
Facts are stupid things.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.
How can a president not be an actor?
How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
I have wondered at times what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the US Congress.
I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand.
In Israel, free men and women are every day demonstrating the power of courage and faith. Back in 1948 when Israel was founded, pundits claimed the new country could never survive. Today, no one questions that. Israel is a land of stability and democracy in a region of tryanny and unrest.
Let us ask ourselves; "What kind of people do we think we are?".
Man is not free unless government is limited.
My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out.
No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.
Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.
Our forbearance should never be misunderstood. Our reluctance for conflict should not be misjudged as a failure of will. When action is required to preserve our national security, we will act.
Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing.
Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.
The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas - a trial of spiritual resolve: the values we hold, the beliefs we cherish and the ideals to which we are dedicated.
The United Sates has much to offer the third world war.
There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.
Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.
We are never defeated unless we give up on God.
We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.
We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.
Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
You know, if I listened to Michael Dukakis long enough, I would be convinced we're in an economic downturn and people are homeless and going without food and medical attention and that we've got to do something about the unemployed.