I’ve of several different types of discrimination in my life, but this is a new one for me.

Speaking at a Cabinet meeting late Monday night, Ahmadinejad said, “Peoples of the world are subject to nuclear discrimination, as many countries possessing nuclear technology are seeking to monopolize this knowledge and deprive the rest of the world from this scientific capacity.”

“Only those with bad and evil intentions have managed to raise Iran’s nuclear program at the International Atomic Energy Agency,” he added

Because it’s good and pure to support the killing of innocents, Iran can make this judgement call on what is evil and what is not.

Wow.

“Islam orders us to be honest and good for all, to do good for all. This is Islam,” says Rigib, dressed in a sheikh’s traditional white robe and headdress.

So who is this Rigib guy? He’s a mayor in Palestine aligned with the Hamas political party trying to convince the Palestinians Hamas can be both a terrorist group and a political party. Hamas of course is the group who just the other day said attacks against Israel would conclude following the Gaza pullout.

Hamas though is playing two hands, as always with these terrorist groups. While their stance against Israel has been known for some time, now they are claiming that if Palestinians are not met with government assisstance by the Palestinian Authority, a third infitada could rise. The third infitada though, according to Hamas, would be against the Palestinian people. This not a warning though, Hamas is already preparing for large demonstrations as they will try to gain power in Palestine for the upcoming elections.

So, what Rigib meant to say was that “Islam orders us to be honest and good for all, to do good for all,” that is unless you’re Jewish, a member of the opposite political party or don’t give them money.

It will be a glorious day when Senator Kerry stops making public announcements and retires to his opportunist home in the Hamptons. Until then though, we can make fun of his statements.

“We have to go out and fight for the real issues that make a difference in the lives of the American people and we don’t need some great lurch to the right or lurch to the left or redefinition of the Democratic Party,” the Massachusetts Democrat said. “The last thing America needs is a second Republican Party.”

Is lurch really the best word for Kerry to say in a speech? Perhaps he said lurch before he decided against it?

Regardless, the Democratic Party does not necessarily need to change; that I certainly with Kerry over. If Kerry is the voice of the party though, that means the party has changed in recent years and moved further Left. It is not necessarily bad, unless you’re a Democrat hoping to win votes in middle America, but they can stay the same and hope to attract further Americans to their camp. It just so happens that as the further Left the part moves, former Democrats also run away.

Huh?

State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said the Bush administration had no comment on the meeting, which occurred before President Bush took office.

A little explaining is in order, I know. This article was written by the Associated Press concerning a meeting between the United States and the Taliban in September of 2000. Yes, the date is extremely important.

In this meeting in Islamabad, U.S. officials tried to persuade the Taliban to hand over Osama Bin Laden. Needless to say they were not forcefull enough, but then again the track record of the entire Clinton Administration and the first 9 months of President Bush’s tenure proves when it came to Al Qaida, we prefered a hands-off approach.

Now by now you’re probably asking yourself why the quote paragraph was even in the article. Well, I certainly am too. What does President Bush have to do with this? This was a top secret meeting occuring before the elections, not after, so why the AP felt the need to ask the Bush White House anything concerning this alleged meeting is as clear as mud. This is akin to asking President Reagan why he stood by and watched the Islamic Revolution occur in Iran.

Instead of the bizzare slant in which the AP seemingly wishes to put on this story, this is further evidence President Clinton saw combatting Al Qaida was a diplomatic and criminal issue rather than a military issue. This is not necessarily bad, per se, but it is not a combat method I happen to agree with.

Today’s Quote of the Day comes to you via Newsbusters (and Rush is discussing this today as well):

When The Today Show sprung a surprise this morning - an unannounced trip to Iraq by Matt Lauer - one US soldier had a little surprise of his own for Today and the media at large.

Asked Lauer: “What would you say to people who doubt that morale could be that high?”

Captain Sherman Powell nailed Lauer, the MSM and the anti-war crowd with this beauty:

“Well sir, I’d tell you, if I got my news from the newspapers I’d be pretty depressed as well!”

HEH. Video is also provided at Newsbusters.

Update (Mac): Bob notes in the comment section this about Captain Powell:

“Sherm is a good friend of mine. We are Fraternity Brothers of Theta Chi. Captain Powell (Sherm) and I graduated MIT. He could be making a lot more money in the private sector, but he chose to do the courageous thing as he always did.”

Sometimes all there is to do is just to shake your head.

Howard Dean, the Democratic National Committee chairman who was the hero of his party’s anti-war wing before his gaffe-prone 2004 presidential candidacy crashed and burned in Iowa, still doesn’t think the Iraqis are better off with dictator Saddam Hussein out of power and in prison.

Appearing on CBS’ “Face the Nation” yesterday, the fiery former Vermont governor said, “It looks like today, and this could change, as of today it looks like women will be worse off in Iraq than they were when Saddam Hussein was president of Iraq.” (source)

Somehow I doubt the women who were killed by being gassed feel that way. There is a prevailing belief by many on the Left that this is the case. It is troubling, ironic and funny at the same time.

Below is Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s reponse to a BBC reporter who asked if England was being too soft on radical Islamic clerics.

“Yes I think so, absolutely. It should be stopped, nobody should be talking of hatred and militancy and aggression. That is not what the mosque is meant for. That should be stopped immediately.”

Considering Musharraf has been called a pawn, an infidel, an apostate and of coure a kafir (kufr) this statement will not resonate with radical Islamists, but that is not the intended target. Musharraf is quite intelligent and he knows he must appeal to the so-called moderate Pakistanis to repell the radical Islamic ideology.

I really do need to find another hobby than to pick on Howard Dean. My mother always told me it is never kind to make fun of the mentally challenged.

“What the propagandists on the right have done is make people afraid to say they are Democrats,” Dean told a gathering of Vermont Democrats. “We have to be out there. We have to be vocal. We have to be pushing our version of the facts because their version of the facts is very unfactual.” (source)

Yes, I’m sure it would have nothing to do with Dean’s outbursts, Dick Durban calling our soldiers Nazis, Nancy Pelosi babbling on about God knows what, Al “How Dare He” Gore claiming he invented the Internet, the reason for starvation in Africa sitting in the Presidential Box at the Democratic National Convention, no ideas and only gripes from an entire party, the wonderfully optmistic commercials MoveOn produces, Ted Kennedy’s drunken outbursts and his use of words we’ve never heard of before he bitches and moans about Iraq, etc. Get a grip.

What a great statement to make.

“It can be said, truly said, that the Iraqi resistance is not just defending Iraq. They are defending all the Arabs and they are defending all the people of the world against American hegemony.”

Who said that? George Galloway. He also claims those killing innocent men, women and children in Iraq are just ordinary Iraqis defending their country against “foreign invaders.” Way to go Galloway. Does he want to give Al Qaida further ammunition in their propoganda war now or later?

Usually I stay far, far away from these “gossip” columnists on various news sites. But the NY Post’s Page Six brings us today’s “Quote of the Day”. Granted, President Bush supposedly told Kinky Friedman who then suposedly told Penn Jillette this, so take it for what it’s worth. Funny though:

“George W. Bush tells dirty jokes. And Kinky Friedman tells them to me. They’re never any good, but they’re dirty. Kinky told me that Bush’s favorite one lately was about golf.

“[Bush] said, ‘The only time I ever hit two good balls is when I step on a rake.’”