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From a post on freerepublic.com: Iranian hatemonger/Prime Minister Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked fury yesterday by flying Hezbollah’s flag in his parliament building.

Don’t believe I missed this one! This guy is on the verge of becoming next on the list to being at the receiving end of an American Marine’s boot, and he’s pushing buttons? Just doesn’t make sense.

In other news, France is trying to negotiate peace between Hezbollah/Lebanon and Israel…or as I interpret it, trying to dictate who surrenders to who. But that’s a story for another day…

From rediff.com: On July 15, Mridula Dwivedi, a teacher of management studies in Gurgaon first discovered that visiting any blogspot blog — such as, say Mumbai Help — returned the message, ‘Site Blocked!’ Her ISP, Spectranet, confirmed they had blocked some sites based on government directives.

I wonder if they’re blocking my juvenile little place on the web yet?

Oppression abounds.

“You wanted an open war, you will have an open war. You don’t know who you are fighting today. You are fighting the children of Mohammed, ali Hassan and Hussein. You chose the war to fight against people who believe in their pride.” - Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah Terror Gang Big Wig

So it begins…

…and will continue on…

…and on…

…til they’re all dead and rotting…and those of us who’d like to remain out of the conflict (alive, that is) are wrought by our own losses.

Targeting civilians under the pretext of fighting terrorism is unacceptable and unjustified. Israeli practices violate international law. - Aboul Gheit, Egyptian Foreign Minister

I happen to agree.

We call on the powers in the region to seek to bring about a de-escalation of the situation. We cannot confuse cause and effect. The starting point is the capture of the Israeli soldiers.

It is important that the government in Lebanon, which is on a peaceful path, should be strengthened, but it must be made clear that the capture [of the soldiers] cannot be tolerated. The attacks did not start from the Israeli side, but from Hezbollah’s side. - Angela Merkel, German Chancellor

Also very true, although I’m sure from an Israeli or Palestinian standpoint, the attacks started long ago, but that is just a small nitpick.

So, neither side can claim innocence, and neither side wishes to give an inch, what must happen to cause the fighting to stop?

Talking doesn’t work; they immediately start in on the hostilities after they finish with the talks. Death doesn’t work; it just causes more death.

World War III will be held in the Middle East, and it isn’t going to be pretty.

In celebration of such a wonderful revelation, I present to you the first ever dual-flag burning to be held on BurntFlag.com:

So I was doing a bit more thinking on the remains of the Flag Desecration Amendment, and came to another realization or two.

First, it should be named Anti-Flag Desecration Amendment since they are trying to make flag desecration illegal, not legal.

Second, the dictionary definition of desecration:

desecrate

v 1: violate the sacred character of a place or language; “desecrate a cemetary”; “violate the sanctity of the church”; “profane the name of God”

This implies that the creators of the term “flag desecration” believe the flag to be sacred. Inaccurate and misleading, to say the least. I respect what the American flag stands for, but I don’t worship it.

Originally, this site’s message wasn’t about politics. I created it to have a bit of fun in response to childish ravings in the Islamic world about the Danish Muhammad cartoons. Obviously, it caught someone’s eye and was quickly defaced.

More recently, however, my thoughts seem to have turned toward the negative political actions of governments around the world, and thus the postings on the homepage took a turn from poking fun at the French to random musings about government oppression and corruption.

So, I’m in a bit of a quandry. Do I want to continue on with humor, or do I want to be a politically-charged website with a twist? Any thoughts?

After bombings in the Saudi Arabia capital six years ago, three innocent UK citizens in Saudi Arabia were arrested and tortured until they admitted responsibility. Originally winning the right to sue Saudi officials, they were later denied the right after a Saudi appeal.

“Mr Walker, …, told the Daily Post: “This is devastating. I feel betrayed by the government and let down by the British system.” Read more here.

In a place like East Timor, it’s hard to tell where to place the blame. The residents are looting and the government is pointing fingers. Unfortunately, in order to protect against further human loss, this situation is one that calls for outside intervention.

From this article: “Now there are many unemployed, and many people have come to Dili,” Morut said. “It’s difficult for my husband to get a job. The government just promises but does nothing. They say: ‘We will do this.’ But they don’t.”