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Hezbollywood's Leading Lady – Unlucky Beirut Property Woman

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I guess a grandma in a babushka isn’t so memorable that she can be used several times. Unlike hiring Eva Longoria or Jessica Alba for the role of Bomb Magnet. Like Green Helmet Guy, this woman is being called Unlucky Beirut Property Woman.

A Lebanese woman wails after looking at the wreckage of her apartment, in a building, that was demolished by the Israeli attacks in southern Beirut July 22, 2006. REUTERS/Issam Kobeisi

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And here she is again.

A Lebanese woman reacts at the destruction after she came to inspect her house in the suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, after israeli warplanes repeatedly bombed the area overnight. Israeli commandos attacked near the southern city of Tyre early Saturday but were repelled by Hezbollah guerrillas who killed an Israeli member of the force and wounded others, the group said in a statement. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Notice the same black outfit with red stitching throughout. Notice the scar under the left eye? Notice the same spot under the right eye? Notice the same sad mouth curving downward drastically at the sides?

H/T to Shotgun via Jesse Gritter

Green Helmet Crossing Guard?

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When you can work with a bit of paint shop pro like Reuters freelancers, you start having some fun. Green helmet guy’s vest reminded me of something, but I just couldn’t figure it out until I dug this old photo out of my public school yearbook…errrr ….ok maybe I was just getting rid of some dust spots and this is what it turned out like.

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Smackdown – Cotler Breaks Rank, Bitchslaps Louise Arbour

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Almost a month ago, I wrote that Irwin Cotler was already on the record regarding his view on the situation in the middle east.

Well now Cotler has come out and bitchslapped Louise Arbour for her view on the situation.

Louise Arbour’s comments on international law as it applies to Israel’s military actions in Lebanon are as superficial as they are simplistic as a matter of law, and uninformed and misleading in their appreciation of and application to the facts.

There is much more to read and I urge you to do so. It is quite nice to see someone speak out for what is right instead of just towing the party line.

H/T to Dispatches From The Socialist Gulag

Is It All About Religion? Or Just About The Money?

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Many believe that there is a war going on between radical Islam and Western values. Is it truly a battle of philosophy and religion? I am curious how many people wonder about what drives the price of oil up?

Instability. So let’s look at the top 10 nations by oil reserves.(in billions of barrels)

1. Saudi Arabia (264.3) – Terrorists from 9/11 were primarily Saudi Arabs. What better way to keep the House of Saud rolling in cash than to support terrorism under the table.

2. Canada (178.8) – For 13 years Chretien ruled with an iron fist that tossed cash out left right and center buying votes. Adscam, HRDC, Gun Registry, etc. All the money that could have paid off our debt and reinforced our armed forces blown on cash envelopes and monogrammed golfballs.

3. Iran (132.5) – Spawned Hezbollah and support terrorism openly.

4. Iraq (115.0) – Saddam supported terrorists and ruled with an iron fist to control the oil money.

5. Kuwait (101.5) – A tiny friend among giants.

6. United Arab Emirates (97.8) – Another tiny friend among giants.

7. Venezuela (79.7) – Hugo Chavez is pushing limits of sanity and joining forces with Iran and Russia.

8. Russia (60.0) – Don’t be fooled by Putin’s G8 Status and friendly trade pacts. Putin likes the instability in the middle east which is why the Russians are indirectly supporting nations where terrorists tend to breed.

9. Libya (39.1) – We know what Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi’s nation did for terrorism in the 70’s and 80’s before Ronnie Reagan bombed his home, killing his daughter and putting the Libyan terrorism on hold.

10. Nigeria (35.9) – A nation ruled by military generals for decades before the people stepped up and put a civilian (Olusegun Obasanjo) in charge. Just when the nation is looking to be turning a corner, rumours are starting that Al Qaeda has moved their base from Afghanistan to Nigeria.

Breaking down these top ten nations we have 6 that have been indirectly involved in destabilizing the oil supplies of the world which lead to higher oil prices. You can almost toss Russia into the mix due to their support via weapon sales to many of the other nations on this list, including Iraq. (just think SCUD missiles).

This leaves Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Canada.

Our current government’s stance against terrorism is a refreshing change from the previous governments wishy washy approach. Bravo Stephen Harper.  Previous PM Paul Martin has received kudos for getting Canada back on track financially when he was the Finance Minister, but he also had a tripling of oil prices since 1999 to ride and the huge tax surpluses created when big oil started raking in the dough.

So when you go fill your tank up and think it is because of a religious war going on overseas, you might want to rethink what the wars and terrorism are really all about.

Follow the money.

Lebanese Man Looks Gift Horse In The Mouth …

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… and says it has rotten teeth.

I hate to flog a dead horse, but …

Minutes after receiving his Canadian citizenship, a Lebanese man spoke out against Ottawa’s response to the crisis in the Middle East.

Wadih Farah took his oath of citizenship Wednesday during a ceremony at Halifax’s Pier 21. After repeating his pledges to the country, he said a few words about the country’s handling of the crisis in Lebanon.

“I think they could do a little bit more,” said Farah. “They were a little bit slow to pull people out at the beginning.”

I’m starting to get sick of this kind of complaint. I have no problem with Mr. Farah becoming a Canadian citizen. I have no problem with Mr. Farah saying Canada could be doing a little bit more. But for Mr. Farah to say Canada was a bit slow to pull people out at the beginning? Well frankly I think he is full of shit.

The bottom line is that the only Canadian civilian casualties happened before any foreign nationals were evacuated by any nation. So Mr. Farah, why not tell me and the rest of the citizens in your new found home what a faster reaction from our government would have accomplished? Tell us how many lives it would have saved?

H/T to DustMyBroom

Montreal Borough Gets It Right Nixing Moment Of Silence

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A Montreal borough denied having a moment of silence for a Lebanese Canadian family killed when the recent war in Southern Lebanon broke out a month ago.

Politicians got it right this time.

The mayor and council in Cote-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grace rejected two requests from the public to recognize the tragedy during their meeting earlier this week.

“It was refused for political reasons,” said Wissam Moussa, a member of the Lebanese Muslim Youth Association who made one of two requests for a moment of silence.

Senator Marcel Prud’homme, a former Liberal MP with a long-standing interest in the Middle East, called it hypocrisy.

“I think it’s unbelievably sad that (the council) did not see fit to keep a minute of silence,” Prud’homme said.

But Mayor Michael Applebaum said Wednesday the tragic deaths have been hijacked by Hezbollah supporters who are bringing the war home to Canadian soil.

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The council has held only one moment of silence in the past, a motion brought by a council member after the death of late Pope John Paul II.

Ironically, the same group did not ask for a moment of silence for:

-The Canadian who was killed in the original kidnapping of 2 IDF soldiers. (one of the 8 killed in the original action that sparked the current war)

-The Canadian who was killed when the U.N. post was inadvertently bombed.

-The Canadian IDF pilot killed when his helicoptor crashed

Nor have they expressed any concern over the Canadian IDF soldier who is being held hostage at this time by Hezbollah.

H/T to Jack’s Newswatch

Dan Matheson – Bitchslapping A Liberal Near You

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When ProudtobeCanadian embedded this clip on their site a couple of weeks ago, people cheered CTV newsman Dan Matheson for his hard hitting, non left wing, spins on the situation in Lebanon. A refreshing change from the typical socialist MSM.

Well Dan “The Man” Matheson has done it again. He bitchslaps Liberal MP Dan McTeague so hard in the clip below that McTeague goes from calling Matheson “Dan” to calling him “Mr. Matheson”.

Click the video below to watch it.

I am still waiting for Dan McTeague to apologize to Peter McKay.

Hezbollywood Movies Of Dead Children Have Only One Sad Star

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An Israeli missile hits a building.

In another part of town, a child lies dead in an ambulance.

Oddly, 7 or 8 hours later the building hit by the missile crumbles.

Even odder, the same child from the ambulance is then dug up from the rubble in front of press cameras, hours after the ambulance photo is taken.

Then the same child, covered in the dust and grime from the collapsed building, is paraded around for several hours by the same Lebanese “rescue worker”.

If you are as disgusted as I am at children dying in the current war going on in Lebanon, then this will disgust you even more. Whatever evil you may find in errant Israeli missiles, you will find a worse evil in the twisted minds of the Directors in Hezbollywood, posing already dead children to gain sympathy.

Sound too sick to be true? Go read the whole thing yourself.

H/T Jack’s Newswatch

If You Can Spend An Hour Watching Reality TV …

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…then you can spend an hour and watch this documentary.

OBSESSION Part I

OBSESSION Part II

You won’t see it on your usual TV stations like CBC, Canwest-Global, or CTV. You won’t read about it in newspapers like The Toronto Star, or the Ottawa Citizen, or the NY Times.
You will only hear about it from people who refuse to let the values of the western world get torn apart by radicals. You will only hear about it from people who want their children raised in happy homes. You will only hear about it from people who want both sexes treated equally. You will only hear about it from those who want a world where men, women and children live free.

If you have a hate on for countries like Israel, you owe it to yourself to wake up and watch this documentary. If you have a hate on for George Bush for his war on terror, then you owe it to yourslf to watch this video. If you have anger towards Stephen Harper for his current position on the war between Israel and Hezbollah, then you owe it to yourself to watch this video. And most of all, if you can spend an hour watching trash on television, then you owe it to yourself, your children, and your society to watch this documentary.

H/T to Conservative Life