More Fizzle Than Pop. Plus a Dummy a Dhimmi and a Hero

Despite the UN sanctions (or lack thereof) and international bluster, it appears that North Korea failed in its attempt to produce a nuclear explosion.

The Washington Post reported that U.S. sources believe the North Korean test did not create a nuclear explosion.


"U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said seismic readings show that the conventional high explosives used to create a chain reaction in a plutonium-based device went off, but that the test fell short of producing a nuclear blast.

“'We’re still evaluating the data and as more data comes in we hope to develop a clearer picture,' said one official familiar with intelligence report.

“'There was a seismic event that registered about 4 on the Richter scale, but it still isn’t clear if it was a nuclear test. You can get that kind of seismic reading from high explosives.'”

Border Security

Some still don't get it. Listen to this congressman's take on the need to build a barrier to protect Americans from the flood of illegal immigrants crossing Mexico into America:

Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)"“It seems like millions more dollars thrown at the problem,” said Frotman, “and turning the United States into the world’s biggest gated community. This goes against everything that our nation, as a nation of immigrants, stands for.”



In 2005, Border Patrol agents arrested nearly 1.2 million people who entered the U.S. illegally.
I wonder how many illegal immigrants they did not catch?
Estimate:
4-9 MILLION GOT THROUGH
They should personally thank Rep. Gutierrez for his support.


Dhimmi of the Week


This award goes to 'in a runaway' Keith Ellison, the Democratic nominee for US Representative from Minnesota's 5th Congressional District.

The nominee owes $37,233 in back taxes and tries to claim it makes him more sensitive to "pocketbook issues."

As bad as that would be alone, even worse he has accepted money from CAIR.
CAIR has been linked to convicted terrorists, terrorist acts and terrorist groups overseas. Isn't that a conflict of interest? Why not accept money from Cali..a notorious Colombian drug cartel. They both hate America and they are both connected to terrorist.

Background information on CAIR:
The Council on American-Islamic Relations or CAIR was founded by three leaders of a front for the terrorist organization Hamas, in June of 1994. Since its creation:

* Four of CAIR’s officials have been charged with terrorist activities, in relation to Hamas and Al-Qaeda. Two of those officials are behind bars in the United States; the other two have been deported. One of them, Ghassan Elashi, was just sentenced, this past Thursday, to seven years in prison. Another CAIR official was listed by the U.S. Attorney’s office as a potential co-conspirator to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
* CAIR has solicited money for two terrorist “charities” which were shut down shortly after the attacks on 9/11 for raising millions of dollars for Hamas and Al-Qaeda. Leaders of both these organizations were representatives of CAIR.
* CAIR has been named as a defendant in a lawsuit put forward by the family of the former Chief of the FBI’s Counter-Terrorism Section, John P. O’Neill, for his murder during the 9/11 attacks.
* CAIR’s parent organization, the Islamic Association for Palestine, in 2005, was shut down after it was found liable for the murder of an American boy, David Boim, during a Hamas terror operation in Israel.

Now I know Minnesotans aren't known for their political acumen, but would ANYBODY want this man representing them in Congress?

An American hero

CORONADO — A Navy SEAL sacrificed his life to save his comrades by throwing himself on top of a grenade Iraqi insurgents tossed into their sniper hideout, fellow members of the elite force said.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor had been near the only door to the rooftop structure Sept. 29 when the grenade hit him in the chest and bounced to the floor, said four SEALs who spoke to The Associated Press this week on condition of anonymity because their work requires their identities to remain secret.

"He never took his eye off the grenade, his only movement was down toward it," said a 28-year-old lieutenant who sustained shrapnel wounds to both legs that day. "He undoubtedly saved mine and the other SEALs' lives, and we owe him."
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