Flap's Dentistry Blog: 01/01/2008

Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Iran Claims U.S. Navy Video a “Clumsy Fake”

Newly released video shows Iran Revolutionary Guard small boats confronting United States Naval vessels on routine patrol in the Persian Gulf.

Iran claims the video above is a fake.

Stephen Hadley, President Bush’s National Security Advisor had this to say:

National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley also warned Iran against any repetition, saying the incident “came very close to resulting in an altercation between our forces and their forces.

“They’ve got to be very careful about this, because if it happens again, they are going to bear the consequences of that incident,” he said.

“And we think the Iranians need to be on notice that they are fishing in troubled waters here.”

Which means?

Do it again and we will blow your little boats out of the water and punish your country with a counter-strike.

Get it?

Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Ron Paul Watch: The BIGOT Revolution

Cross Posted from FlapsBlog Main:

Why is THIS news? It was a matter of time before someone found the historical Ron Paul written record.

Flap has pounded Ron Paul for weeks over his Donald Black, David Duke and Stormfront.org (White Supremacist/Neo-Nazi) ties - his Jew problem.

But, here are some key graphs:

Such views on race also inflected the newsletters’ commentary on foreign affairs. South Africa’s transition to multiracial democracy was portrayed as a “destruction of civilization” that was “the most tragic [to] ever occur on that continent, at least below the Sahara”; and, in March 1994, a month before Nelson Mandela was elected president, one item warned of an impending “South African Holocaust.”

Martin Luther King Jr. earned special ire from Paul’s newsletters, which attacked the civil rights leader frequently, often to justify opposition to the federal holiday named after him. (”What an infamy Ronald Reagan approved it!” one newsletter complained in 1990. “We can thank him for our annual Hate Whitey Day.”) In the early 1990s, a newsletter attacked the “X-Rated Martin Luther King” as a “world-class philanderer who beat up his paramours,” “seduced underage girls and boys,” and “made a pass at” fellow civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy. One newsletter ridiculed black activists who wanted to rename New York City after King, suggesting that “Welfaria,” “Zooville,” “Rapetown,” “Dirtburg,” and “Lazyopolis” were better alternatives. The same year, King was described as “a comsymp, if not an actual party member, and the man who replaced the evil of forced segregation with the evil of forced integration.”

On the Jews and Israel:

The newsletters display an obsession with Israel; no other country is mentioned more often in the editions I saw, or with more vitriol. A 1987 issue of Paul’s Investment Letter called Israel “an aggressive, national socialist state,” and a 1990 newsletter discussed the “tens of thousands of well-placed friends of Israel in all countries who are willing to wok [sic] for the Mossad in their area of expertise.” Of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, a newsletter said, “Whether it was a setup by the Israeli Mossad, as a Jewish friend of mine suspects, or was truly a retaliation by the Islamic fundamentalists, matters little.”

Ron Paul’s spokesman, Jesse Barton denies Ron Paul’s direct involvement in many of the newsletters which carry Ron Paul’s name and where many bigoted quotes are found.

Who are they trying to fool?

But it is difficult to imagine how Paul could allow material consistently saturated in racism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, and conspiracy-mongering to be printed under his name for so long if he did not share these views. In that respect, whether or not Paul personally wrote the most offensive passages is almost beside the point. If he disagreed with what was being written under his name, you would think that at some point–over the course of decades–he would have done something about it.

The Ron Paul Revolution is a RUSE. It’s origins are not in libertarianism but the FAR RIGHT hate crowd.

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Rudy Giuliani California Watch: California Shout Out for Volunteers

Cross Posted from the FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog Main

It is 34 days before the California primary election on February 5th and 6 days before Californians start to early and absentee vote.

Team Rudy Giuliani California wants your help.

From the press release:

Supporters like you, from all across the state, are helping spread the word about Rudy’s proven leadership and optimistic vision for America. We have phone banks operating throughout California on a daily basis and need your help reminding our supporters to return their absentee ballots or vote at the polls on February 5th. Even just an hour of your time between now and February 5th can make a world of difference in an election like this.

Below is a list of our field representatives and the areas they cover. We strongly encourage you to get in touch with the field representative responsible for your county and sign up for a Get-Out-The-Vote shift. Come be a part of history and help Rudy in the most direct and effective way possible: turning his supporters out to vote.

California Field Staff

Matt Seney
Mseney@JoinRudy2008.com
Counties:

Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Lake, Napa, Siskiyou, Trinity, Tehama, Glenn, Butte, Colusa, Sutter, Shasta, Yuba, Yolo, San Joaquin, and part of Sonoma

Cathy Hayes
CatherineHayes@JoinRudy2008.com
Counties:

Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Calaveras, Alpine, Tuolumne, Madera, Merced, Mariposa, Tulare, Fresno, Kings, Stanislaus, Nevada, Sierra, Plumas, Lassen and Modoc

Elena Taube
Elenataube@JoinRudy2008.com
Counties:

Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano

Kristen Vieira
KristenVieira@JoinRudy2008.com
Counties:

Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and part of Sonoma

Krista Powers
KristaPowers@JoinRudy2008.com
Counties:

San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Kern, and Westside and East Los Angeles County

Sam Gordon
SamGordon@JoinRudy2008.com
Counties:

Riverside, San Bernardino and part of the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County

Ashley Ingram
AshleyIngram@JoinRudy2008.com
Counties:

Inyo, Mono, and San Gabriel Valley, Santa Clarita Valley, Antelope Valley and San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County

Jeff Harvey
JeffHarvey@JoinRudy2008.com
Counties:

Orange County, part of San Bernardino County, and South Bay and Downtown in Los Angeles County