Oh boy, this town get’s it. Herouxville, Quebec wants people to assimilate into their community. I love it!!! Hat Tip Angel:

A sign at the entrance of this rural Quebec town says: Herouxville welcomes you. Unless, that is, you plan on stoning a woman to death, sending your kids to school with a kirpan or covering your face other than on Halloween.

The town council of Herouxville, a sleepy town dominated by a towering Roman Catholic church, has adopted a declaration of “norms” that it says would-be immigrants should be aware of before they settle in this town.

Among them, it is forbidden to stone women or burn them with acid.

Children cannot carry weapons to school. That includes ceremonial religious daggers like kirpans even though the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that Sikhs can carry kirpans in schools.

However, children can swim in a pool with other children - boys and girls alike because they can’t be segregated.

And for the record, female police officers in Herouxville, 165 kilometres northwest of Montreal, can arrest male suspects. Also part of the declaration is to allow women to drive, dance and make decisions on their own.

“We’re telling people who we are,” said Andre Drouin, one of six town councillors and the driving force behind the declaration passed earlier this month. [snip]

According to the five-page declaration, in Herouxville children sing Christmas songs at Christmas and adults can drink alcohol.

Immigrants want to be part of Canada, Drouin said, and to do that they need to know what is acceptable and what isn’t.

OK folks. What do YOU think about this???

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Earlier this week I discussed the efforts of liberal minded educators who are seeking ways to circumvent affirmative action bans that were put on the books in three states by voter ballot initiatives. This frantic effort is a byproduct of attitudes held by the higher echelons of the nation’s elite ‘thinkers’ that regard the majority of Americans as obtuse self absorbed racists who can’t comprehend the need to give black and Hispanic students an artificial advantage over their white and Asian counterparts.

Not content to accept the various laws of the land and various court decisions that sustained the ballot initiatives, the nation’s elite have decided to come up with various schemes that give the appearance of racially blind admissions while achieving the spirit of affirmative action.

Heather Mac Donald detailed these efforts and their deleterious affects in a scathing City Journal report that profiles the uphill battle that anti-preference citizens face in California’s uber-liberal social engineering sandbox.

When Prop. 209 passed, a few politicians, such as San Francisco mayor Willie Brown, loudly vowed to disobey it. Most public officials, though, were more circumspect. Doubtless they counted on a highly publicized lawsuit, filed the day after the election, to eviscerate the new constitutional amendment before it affected their operations. A coalition of ethnic advocacy groups and big labor, represented gratis by some of the state’s top law firms, had sued to block the amendment from taking effect. The plaintiffs argued, remarkably, that requiring government to treat everyone equally violated the Equal Protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

The plaintiffs could not have found a more sympathetic audience than Judge Thelton Henderson, one of the federal bench’s most liberal activists. He quickly issued an injunction against Prop. 209, on the grounds that American society is so racist and sexist that only special preferences for minorities and women could ensure their constitutional right to equal protection.

Henderson’s 1996 ruling was the high point of the preference racket’s reception in the courts. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Henderson the next year, declaring that Prop. 209’s ban on discrimination and preferential treatment was fully compatible with the Equal Protection clause—a point evidently not obvious to the crème of the state’s lawyers.

From then on, both state and federal judges would show an admirable respect both for voter intent and for the plain meaning of the state’s new constitutional amendment. Not so California’s bureaucrats and pols….

This is exactly right. From that point on liberal minded educators have been focusing on the various schemes that emanated from ground zero in Berkeley to use as a model for their own assaults on affirmative action bans. The schemes are clever in design but ultimately illegal in implementation and have thus been defeated at various stages in the challenge, regroup and scheme again game. But there are exceptions as Heather Mac Donald notes.
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Nine arrested in the UK on “suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism“. Terrorism officials uncovered an alleged plot to kidnap a Muslim soldier and behead him and display the video on the internet. Police and MI5 searched 12 addresses in the Sparkhill, Washwood Heath, Kingstanding and Edgbaston areas of Birmingham.

Birmingham has a 14 percent Muslim population and 11 percent of its residents are of Pakistani descent, according to a 2001 census of the U.K. population. The inner-city area of Sparkhill has an ethnic minority population of 66 percent. (source)

Note, suspects were detained under the Terrorism Act 2000, and officials did not wait until they had actually carried out an act of terrorism. I praise them for this. Currently the Home Office rates the terrorist threat to the U.K. as “severe,” the second highest level, meaning that an attack is highly likely.

This plot would be the first time to my knowledge that a hostage would be taken and then beheaded on UK soil, or American soil for that matter.

There are 330 Muslims in the British armed forces. Jabron Hashmi, 24, the first British Muslim soldier to die in the so- called “war on terror,” was from Birmingham and was born in Pakistan. The Lance Corporal was killed fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan in July and 400 people attended his funeral at the Central Jamia Mosque in Birmingham. (source)

Jabron Hashmi was called a traitor by some in his neighborhood. I suppose they think kidnapping a patriot and beheading him is a sign of heroism. They are wrong.

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Some of the presidential candidates ‘get it’ in this war against Islamic terrorism. I want to know each candidates beliefs, because I will not vote for anyone who does not fully understand who our enemy is. Nor will I vote for anyone who is not strong on sealing our borders against illegal aliens and potential terrorists entering the country.

Mitt Romney delivered a major address on the subject of terrorism to the Seventh Annual Herzliya Conference. Pipeline News says “Romney’s presentation demonstrated an acute grasp of the threat that Islamism presents to the West and how that challenge has fundamentally changed our security paradigm.”

Contrary to the Baker-Hamilton Commission, resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict will not magically mollify the jihadists.

What we should have realized since 9/11 is that what the world regarded as an Israeli-Arab conflict over borders represented something much larger. It was the oldest, most active front of the radical Islamist jihad against the entire world. It was not really about borders. It was about the refusal of many parts of the Muslim world to accept Israel’s right to exist - within any borders.”
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“I think it is critical that we understand that as far as our enemies are concerned, there is just one conflict. And in this single conflict, the goal of destroying Israel is simply a weigh station toward the real goal of subjugating the entire world. Jihadism - violent, radical fundamentalism - has emerged as this century’s nightmare It follows the same dark path as last century’s nightmares: fascism and Soviet-styled communism. ” [snip]

“In those previous global wars, there were many ways to lose, and victory was far from guaranteed. In the current conflict, there is only one way to lose, and that is if we as a civilization decide not to lift a finger to defend ourselves, our values, and our way of life. “

Concluding his remarks Romney characterized the Ahmadinejad regime as singularly dangerous and also chided Democrat opposition to the newly announced policy of hot pursuit of Iranian meddlers in Iraq, calling it “folly.”

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No proof, supposedly caught by relatives and those same “relatives” stoned the couple to death. A backward, rural community? More like barbarians. Religion of peace?

A Pakistani man and woman were tied to a tree and stoned to death on suspicion of committing adultery, police said on Tuesday.

Hundreds of people are killed every year in predominantly Muslim Pakistan, most of them women in backward, rural communities, after being deemed to have dishonored their families.

Police said they had arrested two people over the killing of the man and woman at the weekend in a village in Punjab province.

“The man and woman were relatives and were stoned to death by their relatives,” senior police officer Zafar Bokhari told Reuters by telephone from the central city of Multan.

“The accused said they caught Ghulam Nabi and Elahi in a compromising position and killed them in a rage,” he said.

Another relative of the victims reported the killings to the police who opened a double murder case against four people, Bokhari said.

The man and woman apparently pleaded their innocence but were caught by their relatives, tied to a tree and killed with bricks, he said.

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Multiculturalism isn’t working so well for the British. Zia Haider Rahman writes “Diversity will never unite us“. He’s talking to the Brits and he thinks there is still hope for them:

An important and timely study published by the Policy Exchange think tank yesterday finds that young British Muslims are much more likely to be drawn to radical Islam than their parents. Thirty-seven per cent of 16- to 24-year-olds would prefer to live under Sharia law than the laws of this country. These findings may not come as a surprise: many will remember an NOP poll last August which reported that 45 per cent of British Muslims believed that 9/11 was an American-Israeli conspiracy. But it’s important continually to draw attention to the disease of Islamic extremism in Britain in order to motivate a Government, long on rhetoric, to take decisive action. [snip]

Disturbingly, yesterday’s report found that 74 per cent of young Muslims would rather Muslim women wore the hijab. These differences need to be highlighted because they are antithetical to British values.

Bernard Lewis is a well-known voice on Islam and multiculturalism.

As much as I hate to say so, Prof. Lewis’ gloomy prediction for Europe is well deserved by them. He’s right about Europeans surrendering on every issue with regard to Islam, they are indeed self-abasing, have been losing their loyalties for some time, appear to have no respect or regard for their own culture, and even worse - have turned their back on their own faith. If Europe does become Islamacized, then it’s there own doing and they deserve to have to live under sharia law. (Angel at Freedom’s Zone)

Zia Haider Rahman believes: “What you do in your own home, barring egregious violations of the rights of others (such as the abuse of women), is your own business. We need to move towards a culture in which celebrating diversity beyond the home is widely seen as divisive.” He believes that an immigrant doesn’t have to give up their heritage, but that outside the home, that heritage but adapt and fit in with their new home country.

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The LA Times ran a two page investigative report that details how U.S. authorities consistently fail to close down many of the known tunnels that run beneath the U.S.-Mexico border. These tunnels are used by criminals, drug smugglers, human traffickers and yes, potential terrorists. Yet for some reasons Republicans and Democrats alike seem comfortable with the status quo by refusing to enforce the laws that were put into place to prevent this very thing.

SAN DIEGO — Seven of the largest tunnels discovered under the U.S.-Mexico border in recent years have yet to be filled in, authorities said, raising concerns because smugglers have tried to reuse such passages before.

Among the unfilled tunnels, created to ferry people and drugs, is the longest one yet found — extending nearly half a mile from San Diego to Tijuana. Nearby, another sophisticated passageway once known as the Taj Mahal of tunnels has been sitting unfilled for 13 years, authorities say.

Though concrete plugs usually close off the tunnels where they cross under the border and at main entrance and exit points, the areas in between remain largely intact. Filling the seven tunnels would cost about $2.7 million, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials. Accessing tunnels that run under private property is also a problem, as is a lack of coordination with Mexican authorities.

Mexican authorities have told their U.S. counterparts that they’ve filled their end of the tunnels. But U.S. officials express doubt, citing the high costs and examples of tunnels being compromised. The Mexican attorney general’s office, which handles organized crime, did not respond to numerous requests for interviews.

If you are like me and don’t think this is a laughing matter you would be right. The Chicago Tribune reported that nearly 40 tons of weapons grade nuclear material remains outside of U.S. control. I would imagine that secret tunnels would be the best ticket for a terrorist who would like to sneak them into the country. So while the Department of Homeland Security attempts to shore up our ports they simultaneously ignore probably the most significant security threat this country faces.

Republican’s in Congress rightfully look foolish when people like Diane Feinstein successfully make an issue out of immigration.

Because of overlapping jurisdictions among federal border agencies, the responsibility for subterranean work was unclear for years. The Border Patrol and the Drug Enforcement Administration each had some responsibility.

After the Department of Homeland Security was created in 2003, the responsibility for filling tunnels was assigned to one agency: Customs and Border Protection.

Authorities cite this streamlining as progress. But Customs and Border Protection has not filled any tunnels, and has capped only two since assuming control. Michael Friel, an agency spokesman, said the agency is trying to find money in its budget to complete the work. The 2007 budget for Customs and Border Protection is $7.8 billion.

Critics say the existence of so many unfilled tunnels poses a needless — and inexcusable — national security risk.

“I was shocked to learn that these tunnels haven’t been filled in. They should be,” U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said in a statement. “The department should move, find money, and do it. This is a huge department with a huge budget. And if they don’t have the money, they should tell us, and we will seek to get it in the emergency supplemental.“

These tunnels would be closed by now if Republicans really wanted to shut them down. Yet many of them remain open many years after being discovered, complete with electricity and lighting! Consider this shameful revelation an open sore that underscores how disingenuous Congress is when it comes to dealing with such important issues. We need leaders but ended up with poseurs.

Mark this down in your book as one more reason behind the Republican rout in November. The consistent lack of bite behind the tough talk is indicative of a political party that has lost its rudder. Perhaps 2 years as a minority party will get them back on track but I am not willing to wait that long. It is time to close these tunnels down now. Find me a Republican who is going to get tough on border security and you will have found a person who will likely get my vote in 2008.

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It was bad enough that John Kerry came home from Vietnam and protested against the war while still an officer in the Naval Reserve. He also went to Paris and met with representatives of our enemy, a task he had no authority to engage in. Kerry took the side of the enemy and his words inspired them. These are acts of treason. Yet, this country allows this pompous ass to serve in the Senate instead of charging him with his crimes.

It seems that Kerry has not changed. At the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland Kerry bashed this country and blamed President Bush for every problem. He said that we had become sort of an international pariah. He said this a few feet from Mohammad Khatami, the former President of the Iranian terror state. So once again Kerry is giving aid and comfort to the enemy. Just as the very aged Jane Fonda could not resist a protest, Kerry can not resist treason. In his desire to bash Bush, he was once again, incorrect. As KX points out, Kerry blamed things on Bush that Clinton was responsible for:

Kerry said the Bush administration has failed in addressing a number of foreign policy issues.

“When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don’t advance and live up to our own rhetoric and standards, we set a terrible message of duplicity and hypocrisy,” KX Net

As is the norm for John Kerry, as soon as he opened his mouth he inserted his foot all the way to his ankle. It was Clinton who did not send the treaty for ratification. The Senate had a 95-0 vote (5 abstained) on what was the Byrd-Hagel Resolution. The Senate recommendation was that the US should not be a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol. Snap, looks like the Senate did this long before Bush was President (while hero Bubba was there) and in a double snap Kerry voted which means he voted NOT to ratify Kyoto. The Bush administration has just continued in that path and will not recommend ratification based on the exemption for China and the potential impact on the US economy.

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Hillary opened her campaign by proposing a “conversation.” Ed Morrow explains what this “conversation” is all about:

The “listening tour” device worked well for Clinton when she first ran for the Senate. She traversed New York State, asking questions and nodding much like the queen of England does when she tours a new widget factory or a modernized chicken hatchery in Britain. The locals are delighted to be noticed by a celebrity and they never ask her any questions about how to devise a better widget or how to encourage more eggs out of the average hen. With the queen, this is a consequence of polite patriotism. The queen isn’t expected to know those things and it would be rude to ask and expose her ignorance. With Hillary, it’s because she just doesn’t answer questions. One of the most remarkable things about her political career is the way she rarely takes anything but puff questions. Those chat sessions her staff stages seem spontaneous, but the fact is that ordinary audiences, especially when they’re composed of supporters, ask ordinary, easily expected questions that rarely strain the abilities of the ordinary politician. The mainstream media, who are supposed to ask her tougher questions and to challenge her answers, don’t do so for reasons similar to those motivating those patriotic Brits. The media, which favors her politics, don’t want to rudely reveal her inadequacies. With this in mind, it’s easy to see how Hillary’s invitation to “Let the conversation begin!” was supposed to be the first step in her march to the presidency. If anyone ever asked a hard question, she could deftly counter with “I’m here to listen, today.” She’d omit the rest of her thought: “I’ll get back to you later after a round of focus groups and polling tells me what America wants to hear.” Unfortunately for her, this evasive strategy has come up against something that can’t be easily evaded, Barack Obama.

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North Korea is assisting Iran in planning an underground nuclear test, which could take place by the end of 2007. North Koreans have agreed to share all the data and information they received from their successful test last October with Teheran’s nuclear scientists.

A senior European defence official told The Daily Telegraph that North Korea had invited a team of Iranian nuclear scientists to study the results of last October’s underground test to assist Teheran’s preparations to conduct its own — possibly by the end of this year.

There were unconfirmed reports at the time of the Korean firing that an Iranian team was present. Iranian military advisers regularly visit North Korea to participate in missile tests. …

As a result, senior western military officials are deeply concerned that the North Koreans’ technical superiority will allow the Iranians to accelerate development of their own nuclear weapon. …

All the indications are that the Iranians are working hard to prepare for their own underground nuclear test.” …

Intelligence estimates vary about how long it could take Teheran to produce a nuclear warhead. But defence officials monitoring the growing co-operation between North Korea and Iran believe the Iranians could be in a position to test fire a low-grade device — less than half a kiloton — within 12 months.

Western intelligence agencies have reported an increase in the number of North Korean and Iranian scientists travelling between the two countries. …

The Iranians are reported to have been encouraged by the fact that no punitive action was taken against North Korea, despite the international outcry that greeted the underground firing. (source)

This should be no surprise to anyone, Iran has been encouraged to go ahead with their nuclear program after seeing the lack of action by the West, specifically the United States, toward North Korea. A possible Iranian underground test before 2008 and a working nuclear warhead within 12 months, or January of 2009. Does this concern anybody in Washington? What about all the presidential candidates? I would like to hear each one share their proposal for dealing with Iran.

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