Blog from Occupied New Orleans
Still blogging from behind the lines.
Osama Six-Pack
“The House yesterday passed an anodyne resolution commemorating the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. It extended sympathy to the victims and survivors; honored the military, first responders, and others who helped; thanked foreign leaders for their support; declared that America is not waging war “on any people or any faith”; reaffirmed a commitment to the global war on terrorism; and vowed “never [to] forget the sacrifices made” on 9/11 or to “bow to terrorist demands.”
No one could disagree with that, right? Not quite. The House vote for the resolution was 402-6; here are the six far-left Democrats who voted “no”:”
John Conyers (Mich.)
Barbara Lee (Calif.)
Jim McDermott (Wash.)
Cynthia McKinney (Ga.)
Pete Stark (Calif.)
Lynn Woolsey (Calif.)
From: Best of the Web Today – September 9, 2005
By JAMES TARANTO
bin Laden – Ethnic Cleanser
“In 1998 Osama bin Laden explained his war aims to ABC News: “Allah ordered us in this religion to purify Muslim land of all non-believers.” As The New Republic’s Peter Beinart commented, bin Laden is not a crusader for social justice but “an ethnic cleanser on a scale far greater than the Hutus and the Serbs, a scale that has only one true Twentieth Century parallel.”
In the 1990s, America mobilized its military power to go to the rescue of Muslims in the Balkans who were being ethnically cleansed by Serbian communists. This counted for nothing in al-Qaeda’s calculations, any more than did America’s support for Muslim peasants in Afghanistan fighting for their freedom against Red Army invaders in the 1980s. The war against radical Islam is not about what America has done, but about what America is. As bin Laden told the world on October 7, the day America began its military response, the war is between those of the faith and those outside the faith, between those who submit to the believers’ law and those infidels who do not.”
Excerpt from:
How the Left Undermined America’s Security Before 9/11
By David Horowitz
FrontPageMagazine.com | September 9, 2005
http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Printable.asp?ID=19427
Samsung to Develop Dual HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc Player
Samsung to Develop Dual HD DVD, Blu-ray Disc Player
“We would welcome a unified standard but if this doesn’t come, which looks likely, we’ll bring a unified solution to market.”
Katrina
In case you haven’t heard, much of Louisiana and Mississippi is underwater. If you want to help, go to redcross.org and follow the links. What better way to help protect the free world than lending a helping hand to its citizens in need?
For all you Halo players out there, Bungie.net has set up a way for you to donate to the Red Cross and get a cool tee-shirt in the process.
The Future of Media
ComingSoon.net
“Video Business reports that 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Lucasfilm will release Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, expected to be one of the fourth quarter’s top sellers, on DVD only. “Star Wars” will be the first major new release to skip VHS, some say a move that is unsurprising because of its heavy DVD audience.”
In related news, “NEC announced at the IFA 2005 in Berlin that the world’s first 5 1/4 inch HD DVD PC drive, the NEC HR-1100A, will be available this October.”
DVDs have barely become standard, but the next-gen media is already here.