I Call BS!

It is with pride and great pleasure that we here at “I Call BS!” declare and support the declaration of November 22, 2008 as “Victory in Iraq” Day.

Follow the link. Its true, we won and the Iraqis won.

al-Qaeda lost.

UPDATE: A very short MP3 inviting all to share in this recognition of America and Iraq’s
Victory in Iraq Day! (Nov 22)
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Apparently the Pentagon thinks so:

US secret forces are intensifying their cross-border raids into Pakistani tribal areas because of fears of a high-profile al-Qaeda attack during the American election campaign…

…Against this backdrop, a senior US intelligence official said that al Qaeda was seeking to stage a major attack on an American target close to the election, to test the new president-elect.

“Their goal would not be to influence the election but merely to send a message that they are still a force to be reckoned with,” the official said. “They know that a successful attack in the election season will have maximum impact, and they want to give the new president the jitters.”

Any attack in the weeks before the Nov 4 election - what is known in American political circles as an “October surprise” - would almost certainly give a decisive boost to John McCain, the Republican candidate who already holds a commanding lead on questions of national security.

Which, if true, really makes me wonder - why would al Qaeda want to boost McCain just before the election? Or are they foolish enough to think that an attack would help Obama? Those are real questions, by the way; I’m perplexed.

Personally, I think it has everything to do with influencing the election (even if I can’t quite figure out their reasoning) which will be evident IF an attack happens BEFORE Nov. 4. If after, then, and only then, will I buy the bit about “sending a message.” But also, personally, I doubt that al Qaeda can do anything on the scope of 9/11 or the London bombing, and I also doubt that they can pull off anything on U.S. soil that wouldn’t be worse than the criminal incidents that we suffer every day.

What do you think? Am I right? Or am I full of BS?

Obama’s speech at Hitler Victory Monument

Did Obama REALLY call himself a ‘World Citizen’? Did Obama really assume or assert his ‘world citizen’ status without MENTIONING the Faith of Baha’u'llah, and the millions of humans who serve therein as ‘World Citizens’?

According to eye-witnesses, Obama apparently did. He made NO MENTION of the Glory of God, Founder of the Baha’i Faith, or its world-wide, practical efforts over the last 160 years, to bring hundreds of millions of humans into the arena of ‘World Citizenship’.

But then, what can we expect from this man who, in visiting Israel, does not visit Mount Carmel or the golden-domed edifice which crowns God’s Holy Mountain and links, more positively and more powerfully than ANY American could, Israel to Iran?

What should we think of Obama, with THREE HUNDRED ADVISORS, who cannot see the value of world peace based on justice, the one-ness of humankind, and courtesy? And being ignorant of Baha’u'llah (al Mahdi, the Lord of Hosts) and His Forerunner, The Bab (The Gate, al Qaim, ‘One like unto the Son of Man‘) is, in THIS Day, no excuse. If 300 ‘advisors’ are blind to Someone promised in EVERY RELIGION and in every past era, then they are probably also blind to the smaller facts of life.

Obama, if you want to be a ‘World Citizen‘, then you should ACT like one. Ask the Universal House of Justice or your American National House of Justice, or visit the House of Worship in the Chicago suburbs when you return from your junket. The standards are not too high, you can be included, IF you choose to act in accordance with the Will of God for THIS Day and Age!

Dear Hussein Obama,
As you know from your studies of America and American history, the Democratic Party and American Democrats during the Civil War were calling for ‘peace at any price’, and were acting generally discourteously and often treasonously.

The American Civil War may have begun over ‘States’ Rights’ (a state’s right to continue ENSLAVING humans, mostly black humans), but it developed into a war ON slavery, institutional, theoretical and practical. Democrats demanding ‘peace’ at any price were pressing for debasement, defeat and continued slavery.

You are in a position today to take a principled stand FOR freedom, FOR responsible enlightenment and FOR personal rights here in America and for men and women enslaved by religious zealots in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

You can lead great numbers of American Democrats to support continued victories and continued positive developments in Iraq. You can build on the sacrifices and achievements that have come from America’s efforts in the Middle East.

You can lead Democrats to change from self-victimizing, negative racists to America-loving, freedom-supporting rationalists, intent on securing for others the freedoms which we in America enjoy daily.

Surely THIS would be worthy of you, and worthy of the Americans who hope for such change? Don’t repeat the scurrilous, treasonous efforts of Democrats in that earlier conflict… help Americans change to courageous, socialism-rejecting and cooperative individuals, confident in our ability to meet the challenges facing us, with strength, wisdom and courtesy.

You can change, hopefully, Mr Obama.

By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press Writer

CAIRO, Egypt - It’s a sore point for a country struggling to contain bread riots: Bakeries that get government-subsidized flour often sell it on the black market at a huge profit, taking food from poor people’s mouths.

But in Egypt — notorious for low wages and corruption — bakery workers say they have little choice but to steal the flour and sell it, both to feed their families and to pay the crushing bribes demanded by government officials and police.

By MARK LAVIE, Associated Press Writer

JERUSALEM - Israel cut off the only source of fuel to Gaza’s 1.4 million people Thursday after a deadly Palestinian raid on the Israeli depot, deepening the seaside territory’s hardship.

Gaza’s Hamas rulers warned more attacks will follow, as resentment grows over a months-old Israeli blockade.

The fuel cutoff that followed the brazen daylight attack on the only fuel transfer point into Gaza brought charges that Islamic extremists were trying to provoke another round of violence with Israel, while putting Israel in the untenable position of appearing to cause a humanitarian crisis.

From the Weblog of media critic and pundit Eric Alterman at the Media Matters for America Website.

“It is 110 yards from the “E” ring to the “A” ring of the Pentagon. This section of the Pentagon is newly renovated; the floors shine, the hallway is broad, and the lighting is bright. At this instant the entire length of the corridor is packed with officers, a few sergeants and some civilians, all crammed tightly three and four deep against the walls. There are thousands here.

This hallway, more than any other, is the `Army’ hallway. The G3 offices line one side, G2 the other, G8 is around the corner. All Army. Moderate conversations flow in a low buzz. Friends who may not have seen each other for a few weeks, or a few years, spot each other, cross the way and renew.

Everyone shifts to ensure an open path remains down the center. The air conditioning system was not designed for this press of bodies in this area.

The temperature is rising already. Nobody cares. “10:36 hours: The clapping starts at the E-Ring. That is the outermost of the five rings of the Pentagon and it is closest to the entrance to the building. This clapping is low, sustained, hearty. It is applause with a deep emotion behind it as it moves forward in a wave down the length of the hallway.

“A steady rolling wave of sound it is, moving at the pace of the soldier in the wheelchair who marks the forward edge with his presence. He is the first. He is missing the greater part of one leg, and some of his wounds are still suppurating. By his age I expect that he is a private, or perhaps a private first class.

“Captains, majors, lieutenant colonels and colonels meet his gaze and nod as they applaud, soldier to soldier. Three years ago when I described one of these events, those lining the hallways were somewhat different. The applause a little wilder, perhaps in private guilt for not having shared in the burden … yet.

“Now almost everyone lining the hallway is , like the man in the wheelchair, also a combat veteran. This steadies the applause, but I think deepens the sentiment. We have all been there now. The soldier’s chair is pushed by, I believe, a full colonel.

“Behind him, and stretching the length from Rings E to A, come more of his peers, each private, corporal, or sergeant assisted as need be by a field grade officer.

“11:00 hours: Twenty-four minutes of steady applause. My hands hurt, and I laugh to myself at how stupid that sounds in my own head. My hands hurt. Please! Shut up and clap. For twenty-four minutes, soldier after soldier has come down this hallway - 20, 25, 30. Fifty-three legs come with them, and perhaps only 52 hands or arms, but down this hall came 30 solid hearts.

They pass down this corridor of officers and applause, and then meet for a private lunch, at which they are the guests of honor, hosted by the generals . Some are wheeled along. Some insist upon getting out of their chairs, to march as best they can with their chin held up, down this hallway, through this most unique audience. Some are catching handshakes and smiling like a politician at a Fourth of July parade. More than a couple of them seem amazed and are smiling shyly.

“There are families with them as well: the 18-year-old war-bride pushing her 19-year-old husband’s wheelchair and not quite understanding why her husband is so affected by this, the boy she grew up with, now a man, who had never shed a tear is crying; the older immigrant Latino parents who have, perhaps more than their wounded mid-20s son, an appreciation for the emotion given on their son’s behalf. No man in that hallway, walking or clapping, is ashamed by the silent tears on more than a few cheeks. An Airborne Ranger wipes his eyes only to better see. A couple of the officers in this crowd have themselves been a part of this parade in the past.

These are our men, broken in body they may be, but they are our brothers, and we welcome them home. This parade has gone on, every single Friday, all year long, for more than four years.

“Did you know that?

“The media hasn’t yet told the story.”

Grumpy, no fan of Alterman’s