THIS SHOULD SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOU

Is George Bush ready to go along with the Democrats on a tax increase? Lawrence Lindsey of The American Enterprise Institute certainly thinks so. In this article entitled "Compromised" Lindsey suggests that Bush may be signalling his willingness to go along with Democrats on a tax increase. A huge tax increase. In fact, the tax increase would bring the tax level on the evil, wicked, wretched, nasty, filthy rich to a level not seen since the Carter Administration .. if then.

Here's the rumor: Bush is going to go along with a Democrat plan to eliminate the earnings cap on Social Security taxes. This would only affect people who make over $100,000 a year. The greatest impact would be on those who's income is measured in seven figures. Lindsey writes that the new effective tax rate for entrepreneurs would go up by more than 10 percent. Then, in 2011, it would go up another 4.3%. That's almost a 15% tax increase over five years.

More on this later .. but I just though I would fire a shot across your bow now. Better read the article and grab your wallets.

ASSASSINATION MANIA IN INDONESIA

By Michelle Malkin

The jihadis are rolling out the welcome mat in Indonesia. (Hat tip: Shawn Wasson, who has more Bush-deranged photos)

Reuters

AP reports:

Thousands wound through the streets of Indonesia's capital and gathered at a grand mosque Sunday to protest President Bush's upcoming visit to the world's most populous Muslim nation, some chanting "War criminal" and "You are a terrorist!"

Cindy Sheehan approves. Assassination chic--it's everywhere. And, of course, we never hear a peep of condemnation from the Left about these violence-endorsing demonstrations.

The AP tries to play down the jihadist rage in Indonesia:

Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation and has more Muslims than any other in the world, with some 190 million mostly moderate believers.

Yeah, right, no worries. There are only 19 million of them who support violent jihad. Remember?

Around one in 10 Indonesian Muslims support jihad and justify bomb attacks on Indonesia's tourist island of Bali as defending the faith...

..."Jihad that has been understood partially and practiced with violence is justified by around one in 10 Indonesian Muslims," the Indonesian Survey Institute said in a statement.

"They approved the bombings conducted ... in Bali with the excuse of defending Islam," it added, saying the percentage of such support "is very significant."

Security is tight and President Bush's visit is expected to last six hours tomorrow. I will be praying for his safety.

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Related: Pamela at Atlas Shrugs has an uncensored post on Islamic Jihad in Indonesia. Warning - photos are extremely graphic.

(Update: Read all the comments in the thread. Some of the photos apparently depict violence between indigeneous Dayak tribes against the immigrant Madurese tribes on Borneo island circa 2000 - 2001; other linked photos are indeed of Muslim/Christian conflict in Poso and other areas of Indonesia)

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Previous:

19 million Muslims for jihad...and that's just in Indonesia
Muslims will execute Christians
Jihadi bombings in New Dehli; beheadings in Indonesia
More Islamist butchery in Indonesia
Targeting Miss Indonesia
Islamist butchery in Indonesia
Christian persecution in Indonesia
"With our blood, we will redeem our Prophet"
Free Teguh Santosa; Mo cartoon-inspired bomb plot
The Muslim beheaders
Indonesian terrorists with machetes

JIHADI WORD SEARCH PUZZLES....COMING TO A SCHOOL NEAR YOU?

By Michelle Malkin

Parents, you better check your children's homework and make sure they aren't doing assignments like this (via WRAL with a hat tip to reader Paul):

WRAL reports:

A Spanish teacher at Smithfield-Selma Senior High School resigned this week after handing out an assignment that some students and parents said teaches hate.

Khalid Chahhou, who was in his first year of teaching in Johnston County, gave students a worksheet in which they were to translate words and find them within a word-search puzzle.

Some students started uncovering strange words in the process.

"There were words like 'kill,' then I saw it said 'destroy America,'" Eric Herrera said.

As they read on, students found the puzzle contained a paragraph that contained the following phrases:

*"Sharon killed a lot of innocent people," a possible reference to former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

*"Palestine is not a terrorist group."

*"Allah help destroy this body of evil making humanity miserable."

You'll love the teacher's defense:

Chahhou, who also teaches Arabic at a religious school affiliated with the Islamic Association of Cary, told WRAL in a telephone interview that students got the wrong message from the assignment.

"When I made the assignment, I was upset and angry about a story I recently saw on the news. If any message appears, it is more of a message to myself, not to my students.

How many other teachers are out there writing mental "Destroy America" messages to themselves while they educate America's children?

IRAQ AND VIETNAM COMPARISONS BACK

With George W. Bush visiting Vietnam, the media is loving comparing the war in Iraq to the Vietnam War. But the mainstream media seems to have left their history books at home...because once again, the Vietnam War has nothing in common with the war in Iraq. Let's break down their reasoning.

The Vietnam War lasted for decades...with its beginnings going all the way back to the 1940's and the 1950's. We've been in Iraq just under 4 years. The enemy in Vietnam was being supplied by a superpower...the Soviet Union. The enemy in Iraq is being supplied by Iran and Syria and assorted Islamic thugs from various terrorist organizations.

It's just not the same. Comparing Iraq to Vietnam would be like comparing World War II to the invasion of Panama. There is no comparison. But don't tell that to the media and the Democrats. They know Vietnam is considered our greatest military failure of the 20th century. And just like with the Vietnam War, Democrats want to cut off the funding for Iraq too.

Oh..and it goes without saying: we lost the Vietnam War, but we won in Iraq. The only problem in Iraq right now is getting things to the point where they are stable enough that we can leave. However, such is the mainstream media's hatred of George Bush and the United States Military...they can't help but live out their Vietnam fantasy as much as possible. The fact that Bush is in Vietnam itself this week only serves to feed the flames.

WHY DO TERRORISTS PREFER DEMOCRATS?

We haven’t had enough of your blood yet,” taunted terror chieftain Abu Hamza al-Muhajir.

. . .

Al-Muhajir praised the American people for handing victory to the Democrats, saying: “They voted for something reasonable in the last elections.”
. . .

Democrats appear to be “reasonable” to terrorists. What does this bode for improving national security?

“We call on the lame duck not to hurry his escape the way the defense secretary did,” al-Muhajir said in reference to Rumsfeld’s resignation as Pentagon chief on Wednesday.

. . .

“Remain steadfast on the battlefield, you coward,” said al-Muhajir, who took over leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq after Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike in June.

“We will not rest from our jihad (holy war) until we are under the olive trees of Rumieh and we have blown up the filthiest house — which is called the White House,” al-Muhajir said.

In other news, Nancy Pelosi supports Jack “Accuse Marines of Killing Civilians” Murtha as House Majority Leader.

The rewards of treason.

It’s a new direction…

HEY.....Y'ALL MEXICANS!

OLLY OLLY OXEN FREE!

We learn today that now that the Democrats are in control of the Congress they may just decide not to build that 700-mile fence along portions of the U.S. Border with Mexico. Word is that the law that mandates the fence, the law that was signed with much ceremony just a few weeks ago at the White House, will be reviewed by the new, more-powerful Democrats, and may be scrapped.

Please .. I hope you're not surprised. Democrats look at every single Mexican who comes across that border as a potential future vote. With the new showing of Democrat strength you can expect to see efforts to allow non-citizens to vote in local elections intensified in heavily Latino population centers. First will be school board elections. After all, we have to educate their children, don't we? So why shouldn't they vote in school board elections? Next will be elections for city councils, county commissions ... and onward.

The Democrats have an advantage here. The president is on their side. Right now we're hearing much more talk in Washington about amnesty than we are about controlling our borders. Amnesty for 12 million illegals next year .. then how many more do you think will stream into this country by the time we're voting in the 2008 presidential election?

Oh ... Some Vatican hot-shot is chiming in here too. Cardinal Renato Martino, a senior Vatican cardinal, is saying that the fence is part of an "inhuman program." He makes a connection to the Berlin Wall. Hint to anyone who wants to do that. The Berlin Wall was built to keep people from leaving, not arriving. Huge difference there.

How long before Spanish becomes the default language in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California?

Bill N. sends us this timely piece with the suggested caption "Shall I carve?"