the swaying trees and rambunctious seas
announce the dawn of another year,
just like the ones before, spirits arrive at your door
to reclaim....the lives they left too soon.
Fear not , they come in peace
to the homes and cubicles where they should still dwell
to the lives they left behind against their will, not by their choice.
acknowledge the howl on this day if no other
they are roaring in unison to remind.
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AMEN! THANKS, CAT--DUFF
It makes me sick to post the attached, but the game is over. WE LOST...time to turn out the lights.
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff calls Qur'an-burning pastor, asks him to practice Sharia-compliant self-censorship
It's come to this. Even the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff thinks that it if Muslims respond to something with murderous violence, it is up to the non-Muslims to change the way they behave so as to accommodate them. And so eleven years after 9/11, terrorism well and truly won: now if any group wants anything, they know that all they have to do in order to get it is rampage and riot and kill.
Also, this film didn't "spark violent protests." The film has been on YouTube since 2011. Someone found the film and thought it would serve as a pretext for attacks on Americans on September 11.
And in response, General Dempsey calls those who are supposedly responsible for the film and asks them to submit voluntarily to Sharia restrictions on the freedom of speech regarding Islam.
Turn out the lights. It's all over.
"Top U.S. military officer calls pastor over film," Reuters, September 12 (thanks to Gerard):
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. military's Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke with Pastor Terry Jones by phone on Wednesday and asked him to withdraw his support for a film whose portrayal of the Prophet Mohammad has sparked violent protests - including one that ended with the death of America's envoy to Libya. "In the brief call, Gen. Dempsey expressed his concerns over the nature of the film, the tensions it will inflame and the violence it will cause," Dempsey's spokesman, Colonel Dave Lapan, told Reuters. "He asked Mr. Jones to consider withdrawing his support for the film." U.S. military officials are concerned that the film could inflame tensions in Afghanistan, where 74,000 U.S. troops are fighting. The Taliban earlier on Wednesday called on Afghans to prepare for a fight against Americans and urged insurgents to "take revenge" on U.S. soldiers over the film.
Maddog
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