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Islamic websites hosted in Minnesota have posted a book titled:  How to Join Al-Qaeda.  Here are a few of the best parts:

“What is the difference between you and the hero of the New York attack, Muhammad Atta, who planned an action which even today shakes the world every time it is mentioned? Assassinating the ambassador takes no more than a gun and a bullet. One could disguise oneself as a peddler in order to tail [the target], which shouldn’t cost a lot of money…

“The cells must maintain contact among themselves, but by no means in a direct or conventional way. The contact must be spiritual: What will unite you is the love of Islam and the motto “There is no God but Allah.” Even if the contact between [your] cell and the rest is indirect, it will be close… You must meet once a month… You must not meet in the same place twice… Personal meetings with a small number of people [must take place] once a week…

“From the moment the cell is established, its members must be divided – into secret members, members who do not [act] openly and are not wanted by the authorities, and members who are wanted (who have been arrested in the past or on whom the intelligence apparatuses have a file)… The secret members must perform intelligence tasks, collect information, raise funds, recruit [new members], and assist in [actual operations]. Those who act in the open must perform the primary military operations, such as assassinations, firing at enemy facilities, etc. “

There was no mention of bake sales for the Palestinian children, or fund raisers for new hospitals in Iraq.  Plenty of “DEATH TO THE INFIDELS” though.  They covered that part pretty well.

White House Press Secretary Tony Snow Resigns

George Bush has apparently accepted Tony Snow’s resignation. The word is that Snow just needs to go back to the more lucrative private sector, and who could blame him. The job of Press Secretary only pays $168,000 a year. Honestly, who could live on only $168,000 a year? But then again, my family does pretty well on less than half that amount. I guess it all comes down to what you’re used to.

But seriously folks, (insert laugh track here) the guy is 52 and just finished chemotherapy for colon cancer. I’m sure with a wife and three kids to support living on the east coast, he could use all the money he can earn. We here at All American Blogger certainly wish him the best and respect him for serving his country.

Perino To Take Over Sept. 14th

Stepping up to the plate, is 35 year old hottie Dana Perino, who has been a deputy press secretary since April. Perino is from Colorado and spent several years working for Colorado Congressman Dan Schaefer before working at the White House. She filled in for Tony Snow during his afore mentioned bout with cancer.

Homosexual couples looking to marry have a new hero in Iowa,  Judge Robert Hansen:

A county judge struck down Iowa’s decade-old gay marriage ban as unconstitutional Thursday and ordered local officials to process marriage licenses for six gay couples.

Gay couples from anywhere in Iowa could apply for a marriage license from Polk County under Judge Robert Hanson’s ruling.

Less than two hours after word of the ruling was publicized, two Des Moines men applied for a license, the first time the county had accepted a same-sex application. The approval process takes three days.

And we already have our first gay wedding in Iowa:

Two Iowa State University students, Sean Fritz, 24, and Tim McQuillan, 21, got their license along with a waiver bypassing the usual three-day waiting period.

Then they rushed off to find someone to tie the knot for them in a bid to become the first in the state to do so — and succeeded when a Unitarian minister united them in a brief ceremony in the front yard of his Des Moines home.

UPDATE:

The Chapel of Love is closed in Iowa.

Things to avoid, other than Idaho Senators, while in the men’s room.  Brought to you courtesy of Slate and Larry Craig.

You draw a pencil cartoon of Mohammed’s head on a dog’s body, stand by for riots. You create a portrait of Osama Bin Laden made to look like Jesus, or the Virgin Mary wearing a burqa…eh, that’s art:

THE artist behind a controversial work depicting terrorism mastermind Osama bin Laden morphing into Jesus today invited those considering her work to look a little more deeply than the obvious comparison of good and evil.

Queensland artist Priscilla Bracks denied she had deliberately set out to be offensive.

“Absolutely not, no, no. I am not interested in being offensive. I am interested in having a discussion and asking questions about how we think about our world and what we accept and what we don’t accept,” she said.

Right. And what better way to open a dialogue than by comparing a mass murdering terrorist to the symbol of the Christian religion. That’s how you get people to really open up. And while you are at it, why not dress the Virgin Mary up in a burqa.

Newspapers across the country are scared to run a comic strip about Islam because it might offend Muslims. Yet there is no hesitation in showing these photos.

Can you see the problem here? It isn’t the comparison of Osama to Jesus. Oh yeah, I don’t like it, but see, the bigger problem here is the political correctness and fear that prevents people from truly voicing their opinion about Islam.

And that is part of the plan. Use fear to shut people up. Why else do you sue John Does on a plane for reportiong suspect behavior? Cry racial profiling. Cry discrimination. Riot. Protest.

Each time a person fails to voice their opinion about Islam, it is another victory for the terrorists. We have the bravest military in the world, facing a deadly enemy, but our newsrooms and studios are full of coward editors, afraid of offending Islam. The military dies on the battlefield for a free press that is too scared to be free.

That is the real outrage. When is that protest?

Picture found on Little Green Footballs.

Tag, you’re it.

When did this become a form of harassment? Oh, right, the nanny-state:

An elementary school has banned tag on its playground after some children complained they were harassed or chased against their will.

“It causes a lot of conflict on the playground,” said Cindy Fesgen, assistant principal of the Discovery Canyon Campus school.

Running games are still allowed as long as students don’t chase each other, she said.

Fesgen said two parents complained to her about the ban but most parents and children didn’t object.

Let me make that last sentence a little more, um, realistic:

Fesgen said two parents who know what goes on in their kid’s life complained to her about the ban but most parents are oblivious and the children didn’t object. were quickly silenced.

What in the name of all things Holy is going on here? Was it your liberal little heart strings that were tugged at because some little kid was “it” and didn’t want to be? What ever happened to just saying, “So, go play on the monkey bars.” Do they still have monkey bars, or have those been banned also?

Also, how the heck are you chased against your will? I could see if it was like a bear or something, and you were running your butt off and were like “I really don’t like this bear chasing me. It is chasing me against my will. This is harassment.”

But, if a kid comes running at you, you don’t have to run away. You could just stand there and when he says “TAG!, YOU’RE IT!” you walk away. Or stand there. But you don’t need to run. If you stand there, they will not ask you to play tag again. It will pretty much kill the whole game right there.

By the way, there is a problem in America with fat kids. Thought you would want to know. Maybe the playground could use a little uninvited chasing. Or better yet, motivate those chubby kids to run. Perhaps you could give the fastest kid a peanut butter sandwich and a Playstation Portable and have all the kids who don’t want to play tag try to catch him.

John Edwards says he expects Americans to make a big sacrifice:  give up thier SUVs. 

The former North Carolina senator told a forum by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, yesterday he thinks Americans are willing to sacrifice.

Edwards says Americans should be asked to drive more fuel efficient vehicles. He says he would ask them to give up SUVs.

You have to give up the SUV America, because you are killing the Earth.  It’s really important.  Really.

By the way, Ben Smith’s Blog at the Politicio has a nice photo of John Edwards getting into his Cadillac SRX Crossover.  Oh yeah, it’s an SUV.  But see, he pays for his indulgences:

Edwards spokesman Eric Schultz says they buy carbon offsets for the vehicles, and adds:

“John Edwards believes that all Americans need to be patriotic about something other than war, and that means conserving at home, at work, and in the cars they drive. And that includes the Edwards family. They drive a hybrid Ford Escape, but they also still own a Chrysler Pacifica – which they use less often. He is reducing his own impact on global warming by driving a hybrid, building an energy-efficient home, and subsidizing renewable energy to offset the carbon emissions of his home, vehicles, and his campaign.”

Whoop-i-dee-do, John.  You buy carbon credits.  Basically, you are telling everyone else to change but you will not because you can buy your way out of it.  Is this any more hypocritical than running on a poverty platform and funding a company that is foreclosing on the poor folk of New Orleans:

Edwards himself has about $16 million invested in Fortress Investment Group LLC, whose subprime lending units have foreclosed on Katrina victims, a Wall Street Journal investigation disclosed.

Or any more hypocritical than criticizing Hillary for taking Rupert Murdoch’s money, when he took $500,000 for a book deal himself.

Honestly, how can people take this guy seriously?

UPDATE:

The Hedgehog Report has a new game you might like.  It’s like I Spy.

How about a little game – let’s count how many SUVs are parked around Edwards’ 28,000-square foot mansion (click here for hi-res photo).

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These are All-Americans right here:

More than 100 gun-rights advocates, most carrying handguns on their hips and wearing buttons saying “Guns Save Lives,” came to the City Council on Tuesday night to protest what they called harassment of law-abiding gun owners by city officials.

The protest was called by the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun-rights group, after Chet Szymecki of Yorktown was arrested in June at Harborfest for carrying a gun.

Szymecki was arrested for violating a city ordinance banning guns at Harborfest – an ordinance that officials now acknowledge violates state law. City Attorney Bernard A. Pishko said city officials were unaware of a state law prohibiting localities from banning guns.

Carrying a weapon openly is legal in Virginia, even at a large gathering such as Harborfest. Once city officials realized their error, the charges against Szymecki were dropped.

“We made a mistake,” Councilman Barclay C. Winn said. “It was unintentional.”

Most who came to protest didn’t appear to believe it was an innocent mistake.

“You know it was illegal,” said Dave Vann, who drove from Falls Church to speak. “You arrested someone, and now it’s going to cost you dearly.”

I have only admiration and applause for these folks.  Great work.  That is exactly how it is supposed to be.  No violence, just a simple message delivered.

Now consider this idea.  As detailed earlier, there are 90 guns for every 100 Americans, or 270 million guns.  Even if you say that every gun owner owns 10 guns, that makes 27 million gun owners.  Remember the Million Mom March.  Now imagine the Million Muzzle March.  Just like these folks in Virgina, only much bigger.