WTF Two U.S. men charged with broadcasting Hezbollah TV

NEW YORK (Reuters) -

U.S. authorities brought terrorism charges against two men for providing
satellite broadcasts of Hezbollah television channel al-Manar to U.S. customers,
according to an indictment unsealed on Monday.

Saleh Elahwal, 53, and
Javed Iqbal, 42, were charged with providing material support to al-Manar --
branded by the United States as a foreign terrorist organization in March -- the
indictment said. Each faces a maximum of 110 years in prison if convicted of all
11 counts.

Both men pleaded not guilty during a hearing in Manhattan
federal court. Elahwal was released on $400,000 bail, while Iqbal was released
on $250,000 bail.

Lawyers for both men did not comment. The men are due
to appear again on January 8.

The U.S. Treasury Department froze the
U.S. assets of al-Manar in March, saying it supported the fund-raising and
recruitment activities of Hezbollah, a Shi'ite Muslim group backed by Syria and
Iran.

Iqbal, a Pakistani who moved to the United States 24 years ago and
lives in New York, was arrested and first charged in August with providing
satellite customers with the Hezbollah-operated channel.

According to
the new charges, between September 2005 and August 2006, the two men used the
television company they own, Brooklyn-based HDTV Ltd., to negotiate with
representatives of the al-Manar network to air the channel, according to the
indictment.

Court documents said Elahwal, who lives in New Jersey, and
Iqbal were paid by al-Manar more than $111,000 between December and March.

The channel provided wide coverage of the war between Hezbollah and
Israel last summer, broadcasting exclusive footage shot by Hezbollah guerillas.
It was attacked by Israeli airstrikes during the fighting.

Reuters/VNU

I would have to wonder why, IS our Gov't Afraid that we might see something they don't want us to see. I personal watch BBC News, then show and tell more then our own news companies over here. It's about time to end this, we need to pull our men and women out and let them deal with their own problem, basically if we leave it would become a civil war... And if they want to kill each other then let them..

In today's World, if we (the US) were in a civil war do you think any of these countries would send any of their men to help us. I don't think so.. We as a Nation need to take care of our home before trying to take care of some other countries homes. Our People should be first.

What about our sick, our homeless and our poor. We can Spend 80+ billions over seas but we can't get a health care bill past over here. We can't get our poor Vets the medical and housing they need. We can't feed our hungry.

I sick and tried see the USA as the Police, Bank, Food Bank of the world. Each nation need to take care of there own..

Those whom don't know their history is doom to repeat it...

Political Ponerology

The Scientific Study of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposesby Andrew M. Lobaczewski26.00 EurosNow: 20.00 Euros (Sale Price)
The first manuscript of this book went into the fire five minutes before the arrival of the secret police in Communist Poland. The second copy, reassembled painfully by scientists working under impossible conditions of repression, was sent via a courier to the Vatican. Its receipt was never acknowledged, no word was ever heard from the courier - the manuscript and all the valuable data was lost. The third copy was produced after one of the scientists working on the project escaped to America in the 1980s. Zbigniew Brzezinski suppressed it.
Political Ponerology: The scientific study of Evil adjusted for Political Purposes was forged in the crucible of the very subject it studies. Scientists living under an oppressive regime decide to study it clinically, to study the founders and supporters of an evil regime to determine what common factor is at play in the rise and propagation of man's inhumanity to man.
Shocking in its clinically spare descriptions of the true nature of evil, poignant in the more literary passages where the author reveals the suffering experienced by the researchers who were contaminated or destroyed by the disease they were studying, this is a book that should be required reading by every citizen of every country that claims a moral or humanistic foundation. For it is a certainty that morality and humanism cannot long withstand the predations of Evil. Knowledge of its nature, how it creates its networks and spreads, how insidious is its guileful approach, is the only antidote.ISBN 1-897244-18-5

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie support same-sex marriage

Brad Pitt, ever the social activist, says he won't be marrying Angelina Jolie until the restrictions on who can marry whom are dropped.
"Angie and I will consider tying the knot when everyone else in the country who wants to be married is legally able," the 42-year-old actor reveals in Esquire magazine's October issue, on newsstands September 19.
In the article he reflects on "15 things I think everyone should know."
Though Shiloh, the world-famous daughter of Pitt and girlfriend–earth mother Jolie, hogged much attention upon her birth in May, Pitt says he "cannot imagine life" without adopted children Maddox, 5, and Zahara, 1.
"They're as much of my blood as any natural-born, and I'm theirs," says Pitt. "That's all I can say about it. I can't live without them. So anyone considering [adoption], that's my vote."
Pitt, who plays a world traveler in the upcoming drama Babel, subscribes to a laid-back parenting style. "I try not to stifle them in any way," he says. "If it's not hurting anyone, I want them to be able to explore. Sometimes that means they're quite rambunctious."
Lucky kids.
"I feel it's really important to have that time to sit and talk to them," he continues. "I really like that last minute before they fade off. And always give them a heads-up before you jerk them out of something. You need to tell them, like, 'You have three more minutes.' " (AP)

Well ain't that so nice of him.

Ex-Gays Draw Criticism

For years, gay rights groups have struggled for social and political equality. Now, a campaign is underway to raise awareness and support the rights of those who have chosen to abstain from homosexual lifestyles, and they are being met with criticism from the gay community.“I don’t put any credit in the ex-gay movement,” Harmony president, sophomore Matt Winer, said. Winer, who is gay, said the ex-gay movement is an attempt by a homophobic society to change homosexuals for its comfort.Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX) is a national secular nonprofit organization providing outreach, education and public awareness in support of the ex-gay community and families touched by homosexuality.

The organization upholds that people have a right to self-determination and that with information and support, individuals can overcome “unwanted homosexual attractions” said Regina Griggs, the executive director of PFOX.PFOX has joined forces with Liberty Counsel — a Florida-based litigation organization — to launch the “Change is Possible” campaign. The coalition recognizes tolerance and diversity are popular ideals in today’s society, but that “there has been a corresponding increase in discrimination and intolerance toward those who have made the decision to leave homosexuality,” according to an April 12 press release from PFOX.In response to the commonplace institution of “Safe-Zone” stickers and diversity days that promote the message that homosexuals are born gay, the “Change is Possible” campaign encourages high school and college students to hang fliers and make announcements on their campuses about the existence of ex-gays.

The campaign also encourages students to start gay to straight clubs, insist on the ex-gay viewpoint, and to contact Liberty Counsel if they are prevented from doing so.“Schools adopt nondiscriminatory policies and curriculum and give teachers diversity training, but the ex-gay perspective is left-out,” said Rena Lindevaldsen, senior litigation counsel for Liberty Counsel.Lindevaldsen claims that hundreds of thousands of people have successfully left homosexuality.“If you want to change, you can,” she said.According to Griggs, PFOX does not encourage change among homosexuals who are comfortable with their identity, but rather people who do not want to experience homosexual attractions.

Griggs said major opposition to this idea comes from the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transsexual and Questioning community, which denies the existence of ex-gays.Kristen Brady, sophomore vice president of Harmony said, “Harmony feels sexual orientation is something you can’t change. Fundamentalist Christian groups want [homosexuals] to suppress it. We want people to be who they are.”According to its Web site, Liberty Counsel is a nonprofit litigation, education and policy organization “dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of human life and the traditional family.”

A self-proclaimed Christian legal organization, supporters include conservative activist Jerry Falwell, the president of Liberty University in Lynchburg.Both PFOX and Harmony offer support free from religious influence to people who question their sexual orientation. Neither group assumes individuals choose homosexual attraction. The groups differ, however, in their understanding of the inherency and permanence of sexual attraction.

“It would be very discouraging to tell you that you couldn’t overcome [homosexual attraction],” Griggs said.

Winer said, “For them to say we never explored the idea that we could be straight is laughable.”Supporters of former gays believe that unwanted homosexual attractions can be overcome. GLBTQ claims sexual orientation is inherent, and although it can be ignored, it cannot be changed. Neither group recognizes the position of the other and Winer, Brady and Lindevaldsen agree that this discrepancy is key in each group’s explanation for why they simply cannot work together.from The Breeze

Today's Bitch Slap Congress

Hate Crimes Bill Droppedby Paul Johnson, 365Gay.com Washington Bureau Chief


(Washington) Legislation that would have included crimes against gays and lesbians in federal hate crime laws has been dropped in the Senate.
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass) has been trying to get the measure passed since 1999. This session he tacked it onto a national sex offender bill.
The sex offender registry bill has been tied up in the Senate for months as Kennedy fought to have the hate crime provision passed.
Late last week he pulled the amendment allowing the sex offender bill to pass unanimously after Republicans threatened to block passage of the sex offender legislation pin the blame on "liberal Democrats" and gay activists.
Kennedy vowed to once again introduce the legislation in the next session.
"Congress can't ignore the problem," he said. "They send the poisonous message that some Americans deserve to be victimized solely because of who they are."
A House version of the hate crime bill passed the House earlier this year, as an amendment to the Children's Safety and Violent Crimes Reduction Act. The hate crime provision, which would have included gays, lesbians and the transgendered was later stripped out of the bill.
The bill would have allowed the Department of Justice to assist local authorities in investigating and prosecuting cases in which violence occurs.
Extending hate crimes law to include members of the LGBT community is endorsed by more than 175 law enforcement, civil rights, civic and religious organizations, including: the National Sheriffs' Association, International Association of Chiefs of Police, U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association.