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Although I have no problem attacking the criminal, thuggish athletes in pro sports, I’m more interested in the upstanding, positive pro athletes who contribute to America.
One of those is Elton Brand of the NBA’s L.A. Clippers.
As readers of this site know, I’ve heaped the praise–it’s well deserved–on “,” the story of real-life Navy pilot Dieter Dengler who heroicly survived and escaped a Viet Cong-allied Laotian POW camp during the Vietnam War.

Now This is a Role Model:
NBA Star Elton Brand Produced “Rescue Dawn”
Elton Brand helped bring that movie to the screen as one of its three producers. His production company, Gibraltar Entertainment, allowed Dengler’s heroic story to be seen by more people. And I applaud that. Thanks to reader James S. who brought Brand’s role to my attention. James writes:

Thanks for the ; I’m looking forward to seeing it. Were you aware that the movie was produced by Elton Brand, the star player for the Los Angeles Clippers, and one of the most respected “good guy” players in the NBA? It was his first foray into movie production (he’s only 28) and he’s said in interviews here in Los Angeles that it was the hardest thing he’s ever done.
Keep up the good work.

Brand speaks proudly of his role in bringing the movie to audiences across America on AOL’s Black Voices:

I saw that documentary, “Little Dieter Needs To Fly” and said, “Hey, this is an amazing story about kinship and friendship and not letting each other down. If I could be a part of that, I would love to.” And then, Christian Bale was attached after “Batman Returns” so I’m looking at that. If I can be a part of this as a movie producer, I want to be a part of it. . . .
I didn’t know much about the movie game at the time. So I said, “Okay, Werner Herzog was friends with Dieter Dengler. He wanted to tell the story in a full-length format. So if I have to put up some money, bring it through my production company [and support it financially], then I would want to do that.” It took on legs of its own. But we were involved in other things like picking the sets where we shot, costume design, and the budgets of course. Everything.

Good for him. Not only is it a valiant first effort, it’s something far better than anything to come out of Hollywood this year.
Now this is the kind of player I’d like to see more of in the NBA.

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It’s no surprise that Muslims are constantly being caught in food stamp fraud, Medicaid fraud, welfare fraud, you name it. If they can rip it off from the infidels (the American taxpayers), it’s considered “halal” money (permitted money) and actually the preferred kind of money. And it’s an easy less-detected way of getting money to transfer to terrorist activities in “the old country.”

Muslim Food Stamp Fraud Ring Members Mohamad Issa & Waleed Aluiyun
It happens here in the Detroit area all the time. Michigan State Police Detectives are constantly telling me stories, and it almost always involves the “Religion of Peace”–Pieces of Paper Called Food Stamps. That’s why the latest story of a Muslim food stamp fraud ring in Florida, which defrauded U.S. taxpayers of at least $4.2 million is no surprise to me. And it’s no surprise that their religion got nary a mention in the story, even though it’s newsworthy that ALL FOURTEEN members of the ring were Muslim. I’m sure, though, that they were all members of the “Religion of Peace” is just a coincidence, right?
Oh, and one other thing: Since generally food stamp fraud is investigated and prosecuted at the state level (and if the Feds are involved, it’s usually the Secret Service and Dept. of Treasury), there’s only ONE reason the FBI–the lead federal law enforcement agency for all terrorism investigations–is involved: terrorism. The members of this ring probably were, indeed, sending the money to terrorists. And the FBI knows it.
So where was the money going? Hezbollah? HAMAS? Islamic Jihad? Al-Qaeda? Could be any of them . . . and likely is at least one of those:

Authorities early Tuesday morning raided a Liberty City market suspected of fraudulently processing $4.2 million worth of food stamps.
In all, 14 people were arrested across South Florida, including two employees of Diamond’s Grocery Store, 6600 NW 22nd Ave.
Mohamad Issa, the store manager, will face charges of money laundering, organized scheme to defraud and grand theft.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement says the market allowed customers to redeem state-issued food stamp debit cards. But instead of food, the market owners gave the customers cash — taking a cut for themselves, agents say.
”These are people who are stealing from the taxpayers and needy people who are suffering,” said Amos Rojas Jr., FDLE’s regional director.
Agents also arrested Jehad Hasan, 38, of Kissimmee, a former registered owner of the market. His brother, Naser Hasan, was also arrested.

Eleven others — customers who should have bought food but instead received cash — were also cuffed Tuesday morning, FDLE said.
State agents, aided by the FBI and Miami-Dade police, at 6:01 a.m. barged into the 24-hour store, formerly known as Gina’s Supermarket.
Agents say they are looking at food stamp claims between July 2004 and March 2006. The investigation, known as Operation Cash-n-Carry, began in July 2006.

No surprise that one suspect’s name is Jehad, since this is the Food Stamp Jihad. Ironically, the surname of the chief perpetrator, Mohamad Issa, means “Jesus” in Arabic.
But I thought Jesus said, “Turn the other cheek,”–NOT steal the Infidels’ tax money.

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You knew this was going to happen. The prominent, whack-job saviors of dog-torturer/killer Michael Vick a/k/a “Ookie” are lining up.
First, there was the National Association for the Advancement of Dog-Torturing People. Gee, and I thought the “C” stood for Colored. Although dog-fights are a big part of the hip-hop culture, I think it’s a sure bet that most Black Americans condemn dog-torturing and murder as much as most White Americans do. And I doubt they enjoy the most prominent organization purportedly fighting for their civil rights defending the rights of a dog torturer . . . just because he happens to be Black. Detroit Free Press sports columnist Drew Sharp (against whom I’ve sparred on ESPN), who happens to be Black, has a good column, today, dissing the NAACP on this:

Not So Neon: Deion Sanders Defends Ookie
(Michael Vick T Artwork by Elgin Tyrell)

The NAACP, in this regard, is guilty of that comfortable “picking on the brother” mentality that perpetuates a culture bent toward reflexively painting itself as the perpetual victim of social injustice.
Vick doesn’t need the NAACP watching his back.

Now, there’s Deion Sanders. He has a weekly column in his hometown newspaper, Fort Myers, Florida’s The News-Press.
His column, published a week ago Sunday, defended Michael Vick in the most absurd way. It’s just insane. He tells us that our condemnation of the disgusting torture and brutal murder of dogs is misplaced, that it’s all a matter of “perspective.” “Perspective”? And Sanders tells us we need to go inside Vick’s mind and understand his way of thinking. That’s exactly what the liberals in the press say about Islamic terrorists. We need to see it from “their point of view.” We need to “understand” them. PUH-LEEZE:

This is all the result of perspective.
What a dog means to Vick might be a lot different than what he means to you or I. . . .
Some people enjoy proving they have the biggest, toughest dog on the street. You’re probably not going to believe this, but I bet Vick loves the dogs that were the biggest and the baddest. Maybe, he identified with them in some way. . . .
I’m trying to take you inside his mind so you can understand where he might be coming from. . . .
Why are we indicting him? Was he the ringleader? Is he the big fish? Or is there someone else? . . . I must ask you again, is he the ringleader?
This situation reminds me of a scene in the movie “New Jack City,” when drug dealer Nino Brown is on the witness stand and eloquently says, “This thing is bigger than me.”
Are we using Vick to get to the ringleader? Are we using him to bring an end to dogfighting in the United States?
The only thing I can gather from this situation is that we’re using Vick. . . .
[I]s he the ringleader? I just can’t see it.

HUH?! Did he read the indictment? Vick is personally accused of murdering the dogs, through drowning, throwing them hard on the ground, etc. Who cares if he’s “the ringleader”?

I believe Vick had a passion for dogfighting. I know many athletes who share his passion. The allure is the intensity and the challenge of a dog fighting to the death. It’s like ultimate fighting, but the dog doesn’t tap out when he knows he can’t win.
It reminds me of when I wore a lot of jewelry back in the day because I always wanted to have the biggest chain or the biggest, baddest car. It gives you status. . . .
We’re attacking this dogfighting ring the same way a teenager attacks his MySpace page after school.

HUH?

We should have the same passion for man that we have for man’s best friend.

He does have a point–the only one–there. Sanders ends his column by saying:

God bless and God willing I’ll hollah at you next week.

But he wasn’t back to “hollah” at us, “next week.” He had a follow-up column defending Vick, which was even more insane. So insane that the NFL won’t let us see it.
Vick’s contract with the NFL Network provides the NFL with veto power over his column, and they’ve asked him to stop writing about Vick. They also pulled the column.
So what does it say? I’d much rather read Not-So-Neon Deion’s pro-dog torturing rant than O.J.’s “If I Did It” book.

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Yesterday, I posted advice from the Wall Street Journal on from work. I thought it would help the many federal agents and employees who contact me and are afraid of getting caught.
Well, based on all the e-mails and comments from those sources and others, the best advice is to disregard what the Wall Street Journal says and only contact me away from a computer other than your employer’s. The WSJ advice and counsel on how to do so from work won’t work, and you’ll be caught. That’s the general consensus, and it appears many will get in trouble, as yesterday’s Wall Street Journal article was that paper’s most e-mailed and clicked-on article, yesterday.
Here’s more from one federal employee reader:

I work for Defense Information Systems Agency, this is basically an IT shop of all sorts for the Department of Defense. Deleting information about internet activity on a users computer will do people no good at all. The routers and firewalls that users have to go through to access the internet track every site that users visit. Users can do nothing to erase their tracks from this type of logging. I can guarantee you that every site that people that work for the gov’t are being watched closely in everything they do.
All I can say is that folks that have been warned need to take heed.

Good advice. Better to contact me from a library or Kinko’s or home.

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Add Republican Congressman Steven Chabot of Ohio to the list of Republicans who won’t let Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents do their job. Add him to the group of Republican Congressman who want to continue to shield illegal alien Muslim lawbreakers.
I already . Also an Ohio Republican Congressman (and, unfortunately, high-ranking GOP House leader), he put the squeeze on ICE for deporting , a Muslim illegal alien (here illegally for 18(!) years), to her native Pakistan.
Then, there’s Republican Congressman . I (co-sponsored with Carl Levin in the Senate) to halt the deportation of illegal alien and Islamic terrorist .

Rep. Steven Chabot – GOP Congressman Loves Muslim Illegal Aliens
(Unfortunately, private bills immediately stay Homeland Security from all deportation activity. It says to America, “We in Congress know better than Immigration Judges that we’re paying to do the job.”)
Now, there’s Chabot. Reader Nancy sends me this article from the Cincinnati Enquirer, about how, today, Chabot, introduced a “private bill” to shield Maha Dakar and her husband, Bassam Garadah, both Palestinians who were ORDERED DEPORTED. They sought asylum here, and they WERE DENIED. Again, they were ORDERED DEPORTED. What about that doesn’t Congressman Chabot understand?:

Chabot said today he will introduce a “private bill” on behalf of Maha Dakar, a Palestinian who is facing deportation without her family to Jordan.
Dakar’s case has drawn attention from Chabot, known for his tough stance on illegal immigration [DS: Yeah, right. This story tells us otherwise.], because she and her family entered the United States legally 10 years ago and have broken no laws while here.

BFD. Most illegal aliens entered the country legally 10 years or more ago. Mohammed Atta didn’t break any laws until that plane-flying incident, either. Maybe Congressman Chabot should have sponsored a private bill for him, too. These are distinctions without a difference. Uh, yeah, they did break the law. They are still here. That’s breaking the law, Congressman.

She and her husband, Bassam Garadah, have four young daughters who must either leave the country with Dakar or stay here with their father.

So sad, too bad.

“It’s really a sad situation, a tragic situation,” Chabot said today. “The question we should be asking ourselves is, how does it benefit this country to split this family apart?”

No, Congressman, the question you should be asking is why you are protecting lawbreakers and why they chose to have a family here, even though they knew they were here illegally.

Dakar and her husband are Palestinians but were born in Kuwait. They applied for asylum in the United States, but they were denied and both were deemed deportable.

No, they weren’t “deemed” anything. They were ORDERED to leave by an immigration judge.

Dakar has a Jordanian passport and can be sent there, but Garadah has Egyptian travel papers and is considered “stateless.” He has no country to go to.

WRONG. NOT “stateless” at all. Attention, clueless reporter: If you have Egyptian travel documents, you can go to Egypt. Not our problem that you don’t want to go there. ICE Detention and Removal Ops isn’t the Tahitian Paradise Travel Agency.

They have applied for U.S. citizenship, but it would take five to seven years for her application to be processed. Dakar is set to be deported in October.

Again, so sad, too bad. Get in line behind everyone else.

“They’re caught in a Catch-22,” Chabot said.

WRONG. They created a Catch-22. Not our prob. Deport them now.

That’s why he decided to introduce the private bill, an unusual piece of legislation intended to help an individual with a problem that threatens to cause American citizens hardship. Chabot said she qualifies because her four children are U.S. citizens.

They are not American citizens. And their kids, like those of every illegal alien with a potent penis and a vagina to go with it, are anchor babies designed to create a sob story just like this one. This isn’t anything new. Most illegal aliens have kids who were born here. Not our problem.

“We are a hard-working family,” Dakar said today. “We can be an asset to the United States.”

Uh-huh. Just like Sami Al-Arian was an asset . . . to Islamic Jihad and Al-Qaeda.
What is so special about these people? Why do they deserve to jump 10 years ahead of everyone else in line? Answers: Nothing and No Reason. And, oh yeah, they are Palestinian Muslims, so, of course, they deserve special treatment.
There is no way ICE can do its job if Detention and Removal Operations officials have Congressmen introducing private bills every other day to protect their chosen illegal alien lawbreakers.
Time for this silly and harmful practice to be reformed or ended altogether.
Deport these illegal alien lawbreakers NOW. Not “later.”
Just another chapter in the never-ending story: “Gullible Republican Congressmen and the Illegal Aliens Who Love Them.”

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You know all those liberals who get worked up over beliefs held by some Christians that you won’t be saved unless you believe in Christ? Well, where are all these liberals, when Muslims say the same thing about their religion? Nowhere to be found.
Take the latest letter home from Abdul Raheem a/k/a Richard Reid, the Shoe Bomber, which expresses sentiments felt by most Muslims (if you think otherwise, you’re dangerously naive). He has no regrets about trying to murder a plane full of people on behalf of Al-Qaeda. And he doesn’t even feel for his own aunt who died–the aunt who fed and sheltered him when he got out of prison for being a thief.
You see, she was a Christian, so she won’t be saved. Only those who believe in Allah, the moongod, will be saved, according to this hideous man who tried to blow up a plane of innocent travelers.

Way Too Comfortable: Shoe Bomber Abdul Rahim in Federal Prison
More offensive is the fact that U.S. taxpayers are financing his study of Islam, which is what he’s spending the time in prison doing. If we were at all serious about anything in the war on terror, we’d deny these men Islamic books, religious items, etc. But we aren’t at all serious. And from the looks of the latest photo, the Shoe Bomber looks way too comfortable in prison.
More from the UK’s Mirror, which got an exclusive look at the Shoe Bomber correspondence:

He never once expresses remorse or regret for his vile crime. Instead, he rambles that “everything which occurs in this life contains some good for us”. [DS: Yes, the “good” was foiling this creep. His life was a waste. He failed at his mission. Loser.]
But though the simple-minded street mugger turned zealous Muslim convert believes he will be rewarded in heaven he fantasises of freedom on earth.
Declaring his belief that God will make his delusional hopes come true, he writes: “I had a couple of good dreams about my situation changing for the better in the not so distant future, so this is a blessing from Allah.
“I place my trust in Allah that he will bring that into fruition and ask him to give me patience until the time when that occurs.”
Al-Qaeda trained Reid is serving his time in ADX Florence, a Supermax jail in Colorado where he is so reviled by inmates he lives in virtual isolation.
He has no luxuries in his sparsely furnished cell – where he spends his time studying Islam – beyond a few books and thin prison writing paper. [DS: So sad, too bad.] . . .
In his letters, Reid rants at his Jamaican father Robin, 54, for his lack of faith – and tries to tap him up for 5 British Pounds.
He also cruelly rejects the idea that a loving aunt who died suddenly could be in a “better place” because she did not take up his religion.
Reid tells Robin, a recovering drug addict living in a hostel for the homeless: “How’s your situation in regards to upholding the daily prayers?
“Hopefully my advice was well received and if you didn’t start praying yet, I’d ask you to re-read the two letters I wrote earlier this year on that subject and to reflect on your situation with Allah.”
Referring to his trust in Allah, he writes: “As long as we strive to follow the laws which he has laid down for us then everything which occurs in this life contains some good for us.”
He also tells Robin, who spent most of Reid’s childhood years in prison: “About not being the best father in the world nor the worst, then all I can say is that what is in the past is in the past, and none of us is perfect.
“I myself cannot claim to have always done my best in dealing with you.
“I’ve without doubt come over as a bit harsh to you – although I’m like that with pretty much everyone.” He signs off in his Muslim name of Abdul Raheem.
Reid, born of an English mother in Bromley, South East London, was a small-time criminal who served time in a number of lock-ups.
He converted to Islam while in Feltham young offenders institution, in West London.
Once out of jail he stayed with his father’s sister Madeline, known as Lynn.
Lynn, 55, died in Britain in November last year. Relatives said she passed away from a broken heart.
Robin wrote to his son to give him the distressing news, saying: “I’m sure she’s in a better place.”
Reid replied harshly: “What you wrote about Aunt Lynn being in a better place, you should know that while Allah is merciful and forgiving, this applies only to those who upheld His rights, at at least at a basic level.
“I do know that if she died while still believing that Jesus and God are one then that’s not good as she had the chance to find out about Islam.
“And while I wish I could say she had gone to a better place I can’t for the reasons mentioned.”
In a PS he begs for cash. He writes: “A few months back you sent me $10 which was returned to you because you sent it to the wrong address.
“At that time you said you’d forward it to the right address if I wanted but I said I didn’t need it. However, since then I’ve run out of money so if you are able to send me something – even a little – I’d appreciate that.”

For the record, I’ve never been bothered in the least by Christian beliefs that I won’t be saved, since I haven’t recognized Christ as the messiah, savior, etc. That’s their belief, their religion–and they’ve never blown up planes, buildings, embassies, restaurants, cafes, and pizza shops on behalf of that belief or tried to impose it upon me. If they’re not offended that my religion believes we are the Chosen People, why should I be offended with their beliefs?
It’s the belief that is imposed by those who would blow up a plane via their shoes that is the chief concern. And hilariously, the Christian-haters and Church-and-Stateniks are nowhere to be found on that one.

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**** SCROLL DOWN FOR TWO VERY IMPORTANT UPDATES. MAYBE THIS IS BAD ADVICE AND SHOULD BE DISREGARDED. ****
To all of my sources, tipsters, venters, etc.–especially if you are from the above-referenced federal agencies (all of whom have personnel that have contacted me and/or frequently visited this site)–I know you are often concerned about contacting me and/or visiting this site and getting found out by parties like the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director of Investigations of Sources of Debbie Schlussel Marcy “Black Ass” Forman-Friedman a/k/a “Peppermint Patty” and other similarly ineffective malefactors and snoops. And I also know that this site is frequently blocked at various of your offices (that means you San Antonio ICE, I’m told).
Therefore, I’m re-posting a few portions of today’s Wall Street Journal article, “Ten Things Your IT Department Won’t Tell You.” These tips should help you (but, FYI, I haven’t tried any of them, so I can’t guarantee their effectiveness; test them and use them at your own risk, though I hope they work):

3. HOW TO VISIT THE WEB SITES YOUR COMPANY BLOCKS
The Problem: Companies often block employees from visiting certain sites — ranging from the really nefarious (porn) to probably bad (gambling) to mostly innocuous (Web-based email services).
The Trick: Even if your company won’t let you visit those sites by typing their Web addresses into your browser, you can still sometimes sneak your way onto them. You travel to a third-party site, called a proxy, and type the Web address you want into a search box. Then the proxy site travels to the site you want and displays it for you — so you can see the site without actually visiting it. Proxy.org, for one, features a list of more than 4,000 proxies.
Another way to accomplish the same thing, from Mr. Frauenfelder and Ms. Trapani: Use Google’s translation service, asking it to do an English-to-English translation. Just enter this — Google.com/translate?langpair=en|en&u=www.blockedsite.com — replacing “blockedsite.com” with the Web address of the site you want to visit. Google effectively acts as a proxy, calling up the site for you.
The Risk: If you use a proxy to, say, catch up on email or watch a YouTube video, the main risk is getting caught by your boss. But there are scarier security risks: Online bad guys sometimes buy Web addresses that are misspellings of popular sites, then use them to infect visitors’ computers, warns Mr. Lobel. Companies often block those sites, too — but you won’t be protected from them if you use a proxy.
How to Stay Safe: Don’t make a habit of using proxies for all your Web surfing. Use them only to visit specific sites that your company blocks for productivity-related reasons — say, YouTube. And watch your spelling.

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4. HOW TO CLEAR YOUR TRACKS ON YOUR WORK LAPTOP
The Problem: If you use a company-owned laptop at home, chances are you use it for personal tasks: planning family vacations, shopping for beach books, organizing online photo albums and so on. Many companies reserve the right to monitor all that activity, because the laptops are technically their property. So what happens if your — ahem — friend accidentally surfs onto a porn site or does a Web search for some embarrassing ailment?
The Trick: The latest versions of the Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers both make it easy to clear your tracks. In IE7, click on Tools, then Delete Browsing History. From there, you can either delete all your history by clicking Delete All or choose one or a few kinds of data to delete. In Firefox, just hit Ctrl-Shift-Del — or click Clear Private Data under the Tools menu.
The Risk: Even if you clear your tracks, you still face risks from roaming all over the Web. You could unintentionally install spyware on your computer from visiting a sketchy site or get your boss involved in legal problems for your behavior. If you’re caught, it could mean (at best) embarrassment or (at worst) joblessness.
How to Stay Safe: Clear your private data as often as possible. Better yet, don’t use your work computer to do anything you wouldn’t want your boss to know about.

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7. HOW TO KEEP YOUR PRIVACY WHEN USING WEB EMAIL
The Problem: Many companies now have the ability to track employees’ emails, both on work email accounts and personal Web-based accounts, as well as IM conversations.
The Trick: When you send emails — using either your work or personal email address — you can encrypt them, so that only you and the recipient can read them. In Microsoft Outlook, click on Tools, then Options and choose the Security tab. There, you can enter a password — and nobody can open a note from you without supplying it. (Of course, you’ll have to tell people the code beforehand.)
For Web-based personal email, try this trick from Mr. Frauenfelder: When checking email, add an “s” to the end of the “http” in front of your email provider’s Web address — for instance, https://www.Gmail.com. This throws you into a secure session, so that nobody can track your email. Not all Web services may support this, however.
To encrypt IM conversations, meanwhile, try the IM service Trillian from Cerulean Studios LLC, which lets you connect to AOL Instant Messenger, Yahoo Messenger and others — and lets you encrypt your IM conversations so that they can’t be read.
The Risk: The main reason companies monitor email is to catch employees who are leaking confidential information. By using these tricks, you may set off false alarms and make it harder for the IT crew to manage real threats.
How to Stay Safe: Use these tricks only occasionally, instead of as a default.

**** UPDATE: One federal employee writes, and I think he’s correct, so only use the above tactics, if you were going to contact me from work anyway, which I never advise (I always ask for a non-government, private e-mail address, whenever anyone e-mails me from the government):

Debbie, my assumption is that I would get into a lot of trouble for the agency I work for if I used my work computer to contact you under any circumstances. The safest way to contact you is not to use a job-computer. Sooner or later they are likely to find out, even if the correspondent takes all the precautions that you mention. For instance, in my agency, computers are replaced every three years, and I have always assumed that they examine the hard drives, etc. etc. prior to giving the old computers to charity, which is what they say they do.
As you certainly know, there is a very expansive definition of
political correctness in the Govt.; there is always a poster of the
month on display, Asian month, American Indian month, Women’s month, etc. etc. A few years ago, during March, which is women’s month, there was a poster (displayed throughout the Government) of heroic American women. One was Ethel Rosenberg, and this was in one of the departments mentioned in your heading. [DS: Traitor Ethel Rosenberg?! On a poster at a federal law enforcement agency?! Incredible. What’s next–a Bin Laden Poster? Well, we’re not so far off from that, with the Muslim hijab-encrusted Homeland Security recruitment ad.]
While some correspondents may get away with the tactics you mention, I think they are taking a big risk, and as you indicate, there is no doubt that your website would be viewed as a hate site by many in the Government. I would never take the risk of accessing your site at
work under any circumstances. For instance, they have sent memos to about 1/3 of the people in my office about inappropriate computer use in the last few months, probably for visiting sites a lot more
“innocuous” than yours. Most people have computers at home, or at
least could go to a library.

Again, I agree with this, and it’s the recommended, safe way to go.
**** UPDATE #2: Our Jedi Master Photoshopper and in-house artist, David Lunde, has even more bad news:

Along with clearing browsing history, the temporary files and cookies will also give up clues to websites you’ve visited. You can clear them, but not without it being noticed (that they were cleared). If I wanted to check on what sites were being visited, I would check browsing history, temporary files, and the cookies. Real Alpha-geeks can even dig further to snoop.

Okay, so fuhgedaboutit.

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Adrian Cronauer, the Vietnam Vet on whose life the movie, “Good Morning, Vietnam” was based (he’s the man Robin Williams played) writes me about of the fantastic movie, “Rescue Dawn” (the story of Vietnam Vet/Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler’s captivity and heroic escape from a Laotian POW camp). He likes my review but has a bone to pick with me. And he’s 100% right (see below in his e-mail).
(Cronauer was Senior Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Institute, a trustee of the Virginia War Memorial, a member of the Board of the National Vietnam Veterans Coalition. (Although my research shows he’s now a Special Assistant to the Director of the POW/MIA Office at the Dept. of Defense, Cronauer makes very clear that this e-mail is a strictly personal communication, not made in any capacity as a government employee.)
Adrian Cronauer, Then . . .

From: Adrian Cronauer
Date: Jul 30, 2007 8:28 AM
Subject: Dengler Review
To: writedebbie@gmail.com
Good (as usual) but one, tiny, nit-picking point if I may: we didn’t lose the war in Vietnam, we lost the peace, if we lost anything. Viewed from one perspective, we politically gave up what we had already won militarily. Actually, “we” didn’t do so as a country but, rather, the Dems in Congress–to their everlasting shame–deliberately gave South Viet Nam to the Communists.
When we withdrew our military in 1973, the Viet Cong were still recovering from the defeat they suffered during the Tet Offensive while the South Vietnamese military was more than able to defend their country–but only if they continued to receive equipment, ammunition, other supplies, and miscellaneous logistical support from the U.S. which we promised to give them indefinitely. No sooner had our troops returned home (“victoriously” one could argue) when the liberals (I refuse to use the false designation of “progressive”) in Congress started to pull the plug on South Vietnam. They blocked any funds to support the S. VN military and, hence, it was only a matter of time before the North Vietnamese Communist troops were able to overrun the South and either “re-educate” or massacre all those who were loyal to the South or had anything to do with the Americans.
Would it be too much of a stretch to see what the Dems are doing in Congress now regarding Iraq as a direct parallel?
Yes, I am THAT Adrian Cronauer and as the patch on my black leather vest says, “Vietnam–When I Left, We Were Winning.”
Always enjoy your column. And please keep up the good work.
AC
P.S. And, if anyone should question that the Viet Cong were soundly
defeated during the Tet Offensive, any reputable military historian will confirm that the VC expected Vietnamese peasants to rise up and join the Communists which, of course, never happened. The VC and North Vietnamese forces, therefore, were decimated; it took, literally, years for them to rebuild their strength. This, despite the likes of Walter Cronkite erroneously, and some would say deliberately, reporting the exact opposite.

Thanks, Adrian. And AMEN to all that you wrote. Your “tiny nit-picking point” is not so tiny or nit-picking and is 100% on target.
Adrian Cronauer, Now . . .

I’ll be on the nationally syndicated, “Larry Elder Show”, Tonight at about 8:45 p.m. Eastern Time. Larry, “The Sage From South Central,” can be heard on both XM and Sirius Satellite and on these radio stations across America.
Larry and I will discuss the case of –the Muslim alien resident of Brooklyn who sent me the death threat about which I’ve written recently, and who was supposed to be sentenced on July 12, but didn’t show up. (Robert Mustaq John is trying to become a U.S. citizen.) He’s scheduled to be sentenced, Tomorrow Morning . . . if he bothers to show up, this time.

Recently, Larry and I discussed the of hate crimes versus the FBI’s and U.S. Department of Justice’s nonchalance, lack of concern, and easy treatment of Muslim hate crime perpetrators against non-Muslims. We also discussed my 2003 New York Post column (an ) that elicited Mr. John’s death threat against me, the subject of which was a planned FBI award to “former” Islamic terrorist (which was revoked after my column).
I am very fortunate that I have a voice that is heard and good, patriotic friends like Larry Elder who help amplify it. But there are plenty of other non-Muslims like me, whose cases are treated with indifference and scorn by the FBI and USDOJ and never prosecuted. That is the real tragedy in this, almost 6 years after 9/11.
Thank you, Larry Elder. (Thanks also to all of Larry’s many listeners who sent me well-wishes and words of support. Your notes to me are very much appreciated.)
AND THANK YOU to all of you wonderful friends and readers who wrote letters to Federal Magistrate Joan Azrack, urging a harsh sentence for Robert Mustaq John. I really appreciate your help!

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It’s official. Add deranged Simpson fans to the crowd of Muslims and far-lefties who hate me, but can’t spell or use proper grammar to save their lives. Yet, these gutter-dwellers think up every possible disgusting image they can conjure up in writing.
Check out this one, I received over the weekend, in which the writer goes insane over . From the lexicon (if you can call it that, and that’s a generous use of the word) of this e-mail, it’s clear Deranged Simpsons Syndrome is not mutually exclusive from Deranged Leftwinger Syndrome:

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From: AJ deonj69420@gmail.com
Date: Jul 29, 2007 3:26 PM
Subject: Simpsons Comment – Let mofos comment on this.
To: writedebbie@gmail.com
Cuntrag,
When you start writing something that I can even take a chuckle at other than your over the top banter with no message than your obvious bigotry than you can comment on the film de noir that the Simpsons is.
Also, jizzwhore, the Simpsons was the #5 movie opening day this year with a consderable budget of $75 million. So learn some shit, fall in line, and stop criticing The Simpsons.
Doh
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=simpsons.htm – Inform yourself.

Dearest Cultured Renaissance Man, AJ:
You call yourself a “mofo.” Well, no-one can argue truth in advertising with you. As for the rest, to quote Bart Simpson: Don’t have a cow, man. Get a clue: It’s only a movie review. Repeat after yourself: It’s only a movie review. . . of an animated cartoon. Gee whiz. Life needed.
And FYI, if I judged movies based on how much they spent to make them, “Waterworld” would be one of the greatest movies ever. As for “The Simpson Movie’s” success at the box office, given the hype it received, that was predictable. But, hey, there’s no accounting for good taste–or arbiting what makes a great Simpsons episode versus a below average one–in America. If we judged how great a movie was based on its success, then every Adam Sandler movie is a cinematic masterpiece. “Waterboy,” anyone?
Oh, and FYI, it’s “film noir,” NOT “film de noir” (which, BTW, “The Simpsons Movie” ain’t, by any stretch of the imagination). Get some French lessons, tout de suite (that means right away, dude).
Of all the things to get worked up about . . . .
Regards,
Debbie Schlussel

“Film DE Noir”?!: Behead Those Who Insult Islam, er . . . “The Simpsons”