"I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery." Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President

Friday, April 18, 2008 7:38 AM
Subject: Wake Up

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Editor's Note: Below are selected excerpts from Brigitte Gabriel's speech

delivered at the Intelligence Summit inWashington DC on 18 Feb 2006.

Brigitte Gabriel is an expert on the Middle East conflict and lectures

nationally and internationally on the subject. She's the former news

anchor of World News for Middle East television and the founder of

AmericanCongressforTruth.com. More bio info at:

http://www.intelligencesummit.org/speakers/BrigitteGabriel.php

You can also access a talk that she gave in Oct 2004 at the "Students

Against Terror Concert and Rally" at Duke University using the following

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/gabriel.asp

(The above URL verifies the Duke Speech which is similar to

the extract below)

We gather here today to share information and knowledge. Intelligence is

not merely cold hard data about numerical strength or armament or

disposition of military forces. The most important element of intelligence

has to be understanding the mind set and intention of the enemy. The West

has been wallowing in a state of ignorance and denial for thirty years as

Muslim extremist perpetrated evil against innocent victims in the name of

Allah.

I was ten years old when my home exploded around me, burying me under the

rubble and leaving me to drink my blood to survive, as the perpetrators

shouted, "Allah Akbar!" My only crime was that I was a Christian living in

a Christian town. At 10 years old, I learned the meaning of the word

"infidel."

I had a crash course in survival. Not in the Girl Scouts, but in a bomb

shelter where I lived for seven years in pitch darkness, freezing cold,

drinking stale water and eating grass to live. At the age of 13, I

dressed in my burial clothes going to bed at night, waiting to be

slaughtered. By the age of 20, I had buried most of my friends--killed by

Muslims. We were not Americans living in New York , or Britons in London .

We were Arab Christians living in Lebanon .

As a victim of Islamic terror, I was amazed when I saw Americans waking up

on September 12, 2001, and asking themselves "Why do they hate us?" The

psychoanalyst experts were coming up with all sort of excuses as to what

did we do to offend the Muslim World. But if America and the West were

paying attention to the Middle East they would not have had to ask the

question. Simply put, they hate us because we are defined in their eyes by

one simple word: "infidels."

Under the banner of Islam "la, ilaha illa Allah, muhammad rasoulu Allah,"

(None is god except Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah) they

murdered Jewish children in Israel , massacred Christians in Lebanon ,

killed Copts in Egypt , Assyrians in Syria , Hindus in India , and expelled

almost 900,000 Jews from Muslim lands. We Middle Eastern infidels paid the

price then. Now infidels worldwide are paying the price for indifference

and shortsightedness.

Tolerating evil is a crime. Appeasing murderers doesn't buy protection. It

earns one disrespect and loathing in the enemy's eyes. Yet apathy is the

weapon by which the West is committing suicide. Political correctness

forms the shackles around our ankles, by which Islamists are leading us to

our demise.

America and the West are doomed to failure in this war unless they stand

up and identify the real enemy: Islam. You hear about Wahabbi and Salafi

Islam as the only extreme form of Islam. All the other Muslims,

supposedly, are wonderful moderates. Closer to the truth are the pictures

of the irrational eruption of violence in reaction to the cartoons of

Mohammed printed by a Danish newspaper. From burning embassies, to calls

to butcher those who mock Islam, to warnings that the West be prepared for

another holocaust, those pictures have given us a glimpse into the real

face of the enemy. News pictures and video of these events represent a

canvas of hate decorated by different nationalities who share one common

ideology of hate, bigotry and intolerance derived from one source:

authentic Islam. An Islam that is awakening from centuries of slumber to

re-ignite its wrath against the infidel and dominate the world. An Islam

which has declared "Intifada" on the West.

America and the West can no longer afford to lay in their lazy state of

overweight ignorance. The consequences of this mental disease are starting

to attack the body, and if they don't take the necessary steps now to

control it, death will be knocking soon. If you want to understand the

nature of the enemy we face, visualize a tapestry of snakes. They slither

and they hiss, and they would eat each other alive, but they will unite in

a hideous mass to achieve their common goal of imposing Islam on the

world.

This is the ugly face of the enemy we are fighting. We are fighting a

powerful ideology that is capable of altering basic human instincts. An

ideology that can turn a mother into a launching pad of death. A perfect

example is a recently elected Hamas official in the Palestinian

Territories who raves in heavenly joy about sending her three sons to

death and offering the ones who are still alive for the cause. It is an

ideology that is capable of offering highly educated individuals such as

doctors and lawyers far more joy in attaining death than any respect and

stature, life in society is ever capable of giving them.

The United States has been a prime target for radical Islamic hatred and

terror. Every Friday, mosques in the Middle East ring with shrill prayers

and monotonous chants calling death, destruction and damnation down on

America and its people. The radical Islamist deeds have been as vile as

their words. Since the Iran hostage crisis, more than three thousand

Americans have died in a terror campaign almost unprecedented in its

calculated cruelty along with thousands of other citizens worldwide. Even

the Nazis did not turn their own children into human bombs, and then

rejoice at their deaths as well the deaths of their victims. This

intentional, indiscriminate and wholesale murder of innocent American

citizens is justified and glorified in the name of Islam.

America cannot effectively defend itself in this war unless and until the

American people understand the nature of the enemy that we face. Even

after 9/11 there are those who say that we must engage our terrorist

enemies, that we must address their grievances. Their grievance is our

freedom of religion. Their grievance is our freedom of speech. Their

grievance is our democratic process where the rule of law comes from the

voices of many not that of just one prophet. It is the respect we instill

in our children towards all religions. It is the equality we grant each

other as human beings sharing a planet and striving to make the world a

better place for all humanity. Their grievance is the kindness and respect

a man shows a woman, the justice we practice as equals under the law, and

the mercy we grant our enemy. Their grievance cannot be answered by an

apology for who or what we are.

Our mediocre attitude of not confronting Islamic forces of bigotry and

hatred wherever they raised their ugly head in the last 30 years, has

empowered and strengthened our enemy to launch a full scale attack on the

very freedoms we cherish in their effort to impose their values and way of

life on our civilization.

If we don't wake up and challenge our Muslim community to take action

against the terrorists within it, if we don't believe in ourselves as

Americans and in the standards we should hold every patriotic American to,

we are going to pay a price for our delusion. For the sake of our children

and our country, we must wake up and take action. In the face of a torrent

of hateful invective and terrorist murder, America 's learning curve since

the Iran hostage crisis is so shallow that it is almost flat. The longer

we lay supine, the more difficult it will be to stand erect.

Click on this LINK to see an interesting photo album of NAZI death camp personnel at leisure.

IF the rumors of nuclear attacks on seven American cities come to pass are YOU ready?? Do you REALLY think the government will protect you??? Look what happened with Katrina. That would be like a firecracker next to the big boom. How will you deal with the ethnic gang-bangers, some bikers, the starving hoardes and the remnents of leftist leaning local government authority that will try to confiscate your food, weapons and medicine in the name of "the common good"?

In 1941, before Pearl Harbor, Japanese Admiral Yamamoto was alledged to have said that "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass." Will YOU stand by while the politically correct left removes that barrier to the destruction of our nation and culture?

The classic American main battle rifle, the 30.06 M1 Garand.

Look at your friends and neighbors. Who do you think you could trust, who would keep thier cool and behave in a civilized manner until and if presented with no choice but to exercise the authority of the militia rifle? Who is looking at basic preperations? HOW ABOUT YOU??? IT IS PATRIOTIC to be as little a burden as possible on others and whatever government authority is extent in a crisis. It is patriotic to cooperate with the police and lawful militia in keeping peace and order in your community. It is patriotic to resist foreign invaders and terrorists who will undoubtedly attempt to capitalize on the chaos of domestic crisis. It is patriotic to protect and provide for the children of your family, neighborhood and community for they are the future of the nation. It is patriotic to labor to put in crops, raise stock, preserve food and distribute, in a capitalistic manner, the products of your labor. It is patriotic to be utterly intolerant of looters, gangs of criminal thugs, traitors and invaders.

Remember those who are forever young

Angler lands 'million-to-one' rainbow trout

Bob Brown
For The Olympian

Hooking a fish is a challenge for many anglers.
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But hooking a swivel?

Angler Archie Acherman of Parkland caught a trout in an unusual fashion while fishing Spanaway Lake earlier this month.

Acherman was trolling a Wedding Ring/worm combination slowly at the south end of the lake when his fishing pole, which was in a holder, suddenly took a sharp dip. Acherman knew he had a fish on and began to reel his line in.

Bringing the fish to the surface, Acherman noticed something extraordinary about the 13-inch rainbow trout he had caught.

"I was looking at the fish and couldn't believe my eyes," Acherman said. "My hook had passed through the eye of a swivel hanging out of the trout's mouth. I was absolutely astounded because the chances of my hook passing through the eye of that swivel was a million-to-one."

Some Thoughts on Fanatics

A man whose family was German aristocracy prior to World War Two owned
a number of large industries and estates. When asked how many German
people were true Nazis, the answer he gave can guide our attitude
toward fanaticism.

"Very few people were true Nazis "he said," but many enjoyed the
return of German pride, and many more were too busy to care. I was one
of those who just thought the Nazis were a bunch of fools. So, the
majority just sat back and let it all happen. Then, before we knew it, they
owned us, and we had lost control, and the end of the world had come. My family
lost everything. I ended up in a concentration camp and the Allies destroyed
my factories."

We are told again and again by "experts" and "talking heads" that
Islam is the religion of peace, and that the vast majority of Muslims just want
to live in peace.

Although this unqualified assertion may be true, it is entirely
irrelevant. It is meaningless fluff, meant to make us feel better, and meant to
somehow diminish the specter of fanatics rampaging across the globe in
the name of Islam. The fact is that the fanatics rule Islam at this moment
in history.

It is the fanatics who march.
It is the fanatics who wage any one of 50 shooting wars worldwide.
It is the fanatics who systematically slaughter Christian or tribal
groups throughout Africa and are gradually taking over the entire
continent in an Islamic wave.
It is the fanatics who bomb, behead, murder, or honor kill.
It is the fanatics who take over mosque after mosque.
It is the fanatics who zealously spread the stoning and hanging of rape
victims and homosexuals. The hard quantifiable fact is that the "peaceful majority", the "silent majority" is cowed and extraneous.

Communist Russia comprised Russians who just wanted to live in peace,
yet the Russian Communists were responsible for the murder of about 20
million people. The peaceful majority were irrelevant. China's huge
population; it was peaceful as well, but Chinese Communists managed to kill a
staggering 70 million people.

The average Japanese individual prior to World War 2 was not a
war-mongering sadist. Yet, Japan murdered and slaughtered its way across East
Asia in an orgy of killing that included the systematic murder of 12 million
Chinese civilians; most killed by sword, shovel and bayonet.

And, who can forget Rwanda , which collapsed into butchery. Could it
not be said that the majority of Rwandans were "peace loving"?
History lessons are often incredibly simple and blunt, yet for all our
powers of reason, we often miss the most basic and uncomplicated of
points: Peace-loving Muslims have been made irrelevant by their silence.
Peace-loving Muslims will become our enemy if they don't speak up,
because like the man from Germany , they will awake one day and
find that the fanatics own them, and the end of their world will have
begun.

Peace-loving Germans, Japanese, Chinese, Russians, Rwandans, Serbs,
Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, Nigerians, Algerians, and many
others have died because the peaceful majority did not speak up until it was
too late.

As for us who watch it all unfold; we must pay attention to the only
group that counts; the fanatics who threaten our way of life.

Reservists to help airlift humanitarian aid into Iraq, Nicaragua

MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash., -- Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing here will help airlift 100 pediatric wheelchairs to Iraq and a fire truck to Nicaragua Oct. 5 as part of a humanitarian mission in support of the Denton Program.

“There isn’t a better mission that I could think of,” said Lt. Col. Kevin Welin, who will be the 446th Airlift Wing aircraft commander. “Having us work with these philanthropic organizations and individuals is a proven partnership that benefits those who need it most.”

The pediatric wheelchairs will be distributed in northern Iraq, in an area that Saddam Hussein ordered a chemical attack on 16 years ago. Having noticed a disproportionate amount of children in that region with disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy and Spina-Bifida, Army medical personnel worked with a non-profit organization, Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids, to aid the children.

Hope Haven International Ministries is providing the wheelchairs, which will be picked up by the 446th Airlift Wing aircrew in Sioux Falls, Iowa. After the Air Force delivers the assets to Iraq, Wheelchairs for Iraqi Kids will custom-fit the wheelchairs for each individual child and distribute them with help from the Army.

The fire truck will be delivered to the Nicaraguan city of Condega. Currently, a fire department from Esteli, which is 45 minutes away from Condega, is the closest responder to fires in that city. The delivery of the fire truck will allow Condega to start its own volunteer fire department.

Making all this possible is the Denton Program, which allows private U.S. citizens and organizations to use space available on U.S. military cargo planes to transport humanitarian goods, such as clothing, food, medical, educational supplies and vehicles to countries in need.

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U.S. military prepares for looming cutbacks by Democrat congress:

The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the US Constitution

KNOW YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS!

Bill of Rights

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III

No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

Amendment VII

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

Note: The Supreme Court, in making decisions involving interpretation of the meaning of the Constitution, has consistenting defined the word people to mean indivdual persons, not the socialist meaning of the masses.

American Riflemen:

"The rifle is a weapon. Let there be no mistake about that. It is a tool of power, and thus dependent completely upon the moral stature of its user. It is equally useful in securing meat for the table, destroying group enemies on the battlefield, and resisting tyranny. In fact, it is the only means of resisting tyranny, since a citizenry armed with rifles simply cannot be tyrannized. The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles." —Jeff Cooper, The Art of the Rifle

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."

--- Robert Anson Heinlein

Somewhere a True Believer is training to kill you.

He is training with minimum food or water, in austere conditions, day and night.

The only thing clean on him is his weapon.

He does not worry about what workout to do- his rucksack weighs what it weighs, and he runs until the enemy stops chasing him.

The True Believer does not care "how hard it is"; he knows either he wins or he dies.

He does not go home at 5 PM; he is home.

He knows only the Cause.

Now, who wants to quit?

Legislature prohibits mercury in vaccinations for children, pregnant women

OLYMPIA – Ever since 1999, when major health organizations warned against the use of thimerosal in vaccines, a cloud has hung over the mercury-containing chemical for fear it can cause autism.

On July 1, thanks to legislation prohibiting the use of vaccines that contain thimerosal, parents in Washington will be able to put that fear to rest.

“Parents should be able to get their kids vaccinations without worrying that they might be injecting them with mercury,” said Sen. Marilyn Rasmussen, D-Eatonville, whose Senate Bill 5305 passed the Legislature today after a two-year effort. “Although mercury hasn’t been directly linked to autism, the rising rate of autism in children has a lot of people scared.”

Those fears have at least partly contributed to Washington’s having one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country, said Diana Stadden, executive director of the Autism Society of Washington.

“I’m just so happy we finally got something through and we can start letting parents know,” Stadden said. “For the majority of kids, they need those vaccines.”

In addition to eliminating parents’ fears, the legislation protects Washington against becoming a dumping ground as more states ban thimerosal, said Rasmussen, who cares for a grandchild who has autism.

“This means the companies that still produce vaccines with thimerosal will start looking for other states to be the dumping ground states,” said Stadden, whose son also has autism.

In 1999, the U.S. Public Health Service and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended that thimerosal be removed from vaccines as a precautionary measure. The chemical serves as a stabilizing agent that extends shelf life.

SB 5305 prohibits the administering of a mercury-containing vaccine, or other mercury-containing product that does not meet U.S. Food and Drug Administration vaccine licensing requirements, to anyone in Washington who is known to be pregnant or is under age 3.

Lake Spanaway Water and Fish Survey from 2000

"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." (Charles Schultz)

EQUEST SPECIAL RIDERS seeks volunteers for a variety of tasks for the ongoing horseback riding program for people with disabilities. Classes are held Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings in Spanaway; 253-539-9160.

"Always store beer in a dark cool place." "Little girls, like butterflys, need no excuse." Robert Anson Heinlein

SPANAWAY LAKE: (262 acres): Located in the town of Spanaway, a bit west of Highway 7. Year-round open season, including the outlet downstream to the dam (approximately 800 feet). Species available include rainbow trout, largemouth and smallmouth bass, rock bass, yellow perch, bullheads and crappie. Spanaway will also get a bonus plant of larger triploid and jumbo diploid rainbow trout this year.

Pics of the lake at the fishing dock

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