Yup. The title's a line out of the national anthem of the UAE which starting this academic year all school children are going to be forced to sing every morning to instill "in them the spirit of nationalism and patriotism."

This wouldn't be a big problem if all or most of the school children here in the UAE were actually UAE nationals and Muslims but the fact is that over 75% of the population of the UAE is foreign.

Foreigners can't apply for citizenship here. If you decide to move here for work, you move here on a 3 year contract and so you and your family have a 3 year resident visa. The UAE does not have anything known as permanent residency. Not even close. Every 3 years you have to renew your contract with your employer and only if the employer wants do you get to stay in the UAE. The employer has the right to fire you and send you back to your country at will without having to explain anything to anyone.

Now, considering all that--what the hell's the point of making foreign children sing the national anthem of the UAE when they can't even call this stupid country their home, EVER!?

If I had children, I would have long packed my bags and left. Just because of this, you ask? YES! Just because of this. To me this is bigger than just singing praises for a country that treats you like slaves (I wouldn't even do that)--this now becomes a matter of idol-worship. I have said this before and I will say it again, I will never bow down to the Islamic god. I don't know why others that live here and who actually have children don't seem to have that much of a problem with this policy.

My question to the "so-called" Christians who have children living in the UAE: Don't you see anything wrong with your children worshiping another god?

And to those who don't believe in God: Don't you have any problem bowing down to the flag of Islam and accepting the guidance of Quran and hadiths that ask for the death of infidels and for jihad (military struggle) until the whole world is Muslim?

Here's a less politically correct translation of the UAE anthem (The image of course is not from the UAE):

Live my country, the unity of our Emirates lives
You have lived for a nation
Whose religion is Islam and guide is the Quran
I made you stronger in Allah's name oh homeland
My country, My country, My country, My country
Allah has protected you from the evils of the time
We have sworn to build and work
Work sincerely, work sincerely
As long as we live, we'll be sincere sincere
The safety has lasted and the flag has lived oh our Emirates
The symbol of Arabism
We all sacrifice for you, we supply you with our blood
We sacrifice for you with our souls oh homeland

Yup, nothing better than bowing down to Arabism (remember, NO RACISM HERE!) and of course, nothing better than sacrificing your SOULS for an Arab and a Muslim country that openly condones and practices slavery.

LA Times: They get it? I don't know if LA Times is MSM or just another "in that dark corner" type of newspaper but I like the following report. It seems as if they actually get it.

LA TIMES:

Inconsistent messages on Obama's stimulus package:

Confused about President Obama's stimulus package? The administration may not be the place to find clarity. The White House leadership has made statements about the stimulus that often are inconsistent -- and at odds with facts put out by the administration.

Effect of the stimulus

* Vice President Joe Biden on Friday: The stimulus "is responsible for over 1 million jobs so far."

* White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett on Oct. 18: The stimulus "really staved off a disaster and we saved millions of jobs around the country."

* White House release June 2: "Just over 100 days in, over 150,000 jobs have been created or saved."

* White House senior advisor David Axelrod on June 7: "The stimulus itself has produced hundreds of thousands of jobs."

Purpose of stimulus

* Vice President Biden on June 2: The stimulus is "an initial big jolt to give the economy a real head start."

* Biden on July 26: The stimulus "was intended to provide steady support for our economy over an extended period -- not a jolt that would last only a few months."

Life span of stimulus

* Obama on Jan. 28, two weeks before passage: "Most of the money we're investing as part of this plan will get out the door immediately and go directly to job creation."

* Obama on July 11: "But as I made clear at the time it was passed, the [stimulus] was not designed to work in four moths -- it was designed to work over two years."

Jobs saved or created by the stimulus

* Christina Romer, Council of Economic Advisers chairwoman, on July 13 when asked if she knew the number of jobs that had been saved or created: "It's very hard to say exactly, because you don't know what the baseline is, because you don't know what the economy would have done without it."

* Romer and vice presidential advisor Jared Bernstein released a report Jan. 10 that included a graph titled, "Unemployment Rate with and without the Recovery Plan." The graph showed that with the stimulus, unemployment would not exceed 8%, and without it, unemployment would reach about 9%. Unemployment is now 9.8%.

* Bernstein on June 8 said of the report: "Looking back, it was clearly too optimistic."

Pastorius at IBA writes:

Thursday, October 29, 2009 RICO - The Beginning of the End of Radical Islam In America - The Feds Are Claiming A "Criminal Conspiracy" Yesterday, Imam Abdullah was shot dead by Federal Authorities, after he opened fire on those who were attempting to arrest him.

Normally, that would be enough cause for celebration.

But, in this case, we have even more cause for celebration. I have been scanning the horizon of Internet news, for over a year now, waiting to find the Magic Words; "Criminal Conspiracy".

Why?

Because I am, and have been convinced, that we already have laws on the books which can bring Radical Islam to it's knees here in America.

The most important of these laws are the Smith Act (Sedition), and the RICO Statutes (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act). For today, we will just concentrate on RICO, because that is what we have before us in the, apparent, Federal Prosecution which is brewing against the ten people who were sought yesterday in the raid which ended with Abdullah dead.

First, let's look at some of the text from the original New York Times article:

"Federal authorities say a leader of what they describe as a nationwide radical Sunni Islam group ... at a Dearborn warehouse on charges that included conspiracy to sell stolen goods and illegal possession and sale of firearms. Authorities also conducted raids elsewhere to try to round up 10 followers named in a federal complaint."

Now, let's look at what is covered by the RICO Act:

Under RICO, a person who is a member of an enterprise that has committed any two of 35 crimes—27 federal crimes and 8 state crimes—within a 10-year period can be charged with racketeering. Those found guilty of racketeering can be fined up to $250,000 and/or sentenced to 20 years in prison per racketeering count. In addition, the racketeer must forfeit all ill-gotten gains and interest in any business gained through a pattern of "racketeering activity." RICO also permits a private individual harmed by the actions of such an enterprise to file a civil suit; if successful, the individual can collect treble damages...

Read the whole article at IBA.