Rajmohan Gandhi
July 4, 2005
On visits to Muslim-majority nations and in interactions with Muslim citizens elsewhere, I am often surprised at a lack of knowledge about real Muslim heroes.
One such was Abdul Ghaffar Khan of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), better known as Badshah or Bacha Khan, who died in 1988 in Peshawar, at the age of 98. This Pashtun opponent of British imperialism and Pakistani authoritarianism spent a total of 27 years in prison, 12 during British rule and 15 after independence.
One of his greatest achievements was to create the Khudai Khidmatgars, or the Serving Volunteers of God, a nonviolent army that for 50 years delivered the message of autonomy, unity, equality and self-reliance to the Pashtuns and non-Pashtuns of the NWFP.
A devout Sunni Muslim who also cherished the pre-Islamic past of his land and proudly took guests to the Bamiyan Buddhas, Badshah Khan sent a son and, more significantly, a daughter to study in the West in 1931. Also, he was a close friend and political associate of my grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi. Thrice in the late 1930s he hosted Gandhi in the NWFP, and it is a remark that Gandhi made there in October 1938 that I would like to present in regard to Palestine/Israel today.
Saturday, July 09, 2005
Muslim scholars 'forbid' labeling apostasy
AMMAN -- Over 170 Muslim scholars, thinkers and historians agreed on Wednesday to forbid takfeer, or accusing other Muslims of apostasy, and decided to work out a criteria for issuing fatwas - religious edicts - in an attempt to unify the eight schools of Islamic thought and put an end to violence done in the name of the religion.
The decision came in an unprecedented fatwa issued by leading clerics from the eight schools of Islamic jurisprudence following three days of deliberations in the Jordanian capital, Amman, where scholars from over 40 countries gathered in the first International Islamic Conference.
Dubbed "True Islam and its role in modern society", the conference was a Jordanian attempt to repair the image of Islam amid growing violence being carried out in the name of the religion and the US-led counterattack in its war against terror - where Islam and terrorism have almost become synonymous.
The decision came in an unprecedented fatwa issued by leading clerics from the eight schools of Islamic jurisprudence following three days of deliberations in the Jordanian capital, Amman, where scholars from over 40 countries gathered in the first International Islamic Conference.
Dubbed "True Islam and its role in modern society", the conference was a Jordanian attempt to repair the image of Islam amid growing violence being carried out in the name of the religion and the US-led counterattack in its war against terror - where Islam and terrorism have almost become synonymous.
The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism by Robert A. Pape
Suicide terrorism is rising around the world, but the most common explanations do not help us understand why. Religious fanaticism does not explain why the world leader in suicide terrorism is the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, a group that adheres to a Marxist/Leninist ideology, while existing psychological explanations have been contradicted by the widening range of socio-economic backgrounds of suicide terrorists. To advance our understanding of this growing phenomenon, this study collects the universe of suicide terrorist attacks worldwide from 1980 to 2001, 188 in all. In contrast to the existing explanations, this study shows that suicide terrorism follows a strategic logic, one specifically designed to coerce modern liberal democracies to make significant territorial concessions. Moreover, over the past two decades, suicide terrorism has been rising largely because terrorists have learned that it pays. Suicide terrorists sought to compel American and French military forces to abandon Lebanon in 1983, Israeli forces to leave Lebanon in 1985, Israeli forces to quit the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in 1994 and 1995, the Sri Lankan government to create an independent Tamil state from 1990 on, and the Turkish government to grant autonomy to the Kurds in the late 1990s. In all but the case of Turkey, the terrorist political cause made more gains after the resort to suicide operations than it had before. Thus, Western democracies should pursue policies that teach terrorists that the lesson of the 1980s and 1990s no longer holds, policies which in practice may have more to do with improving homeland security than with offensive military action.
Dr. Daniel Goure
Dr. Goure is a Vice President with the Lexington Institute, a nonprofit public-policy research organization headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. He is involved in a wide range of issues as part of the institute’s national security program.
Dr. Goure has held senior positions in both the private sector and the U.S. Government. Most recently, he was a member of the 2001 Department of Defense Transition Team. Dr. Goure spent two years in the U.S. Government as the director of the Office of Strategic Competitiveness in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He also served as a senior analyst on national security and defense issues with the Center for Naval Analyses, Science Applications International Corporation, SRS Technologies, R&D Associates and System Planning Corporation.
Dr. Goure has held senior positions in both the private sector and the U.S. Government. Most recently, he was a member of the 2001 Department of Defense Transition Team. Dr. Goure spent two years in the U.S. Government as the director of the Office of Strategic Competitiveness in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. He also served as a senior analyst on national security and defense issues with the Center for Naval Analyses, Science Applications International Corporation, SRS Technologies, R&D Associates and System Planning Corporation.
Insight - from a transcript of "NewsNight"
BROWN: In the wake of the attacks in London, far more questions than answers tonight, including who, and how, and why, not to mention where. We're joined now from Chicago by Robert Pape, professor of international affairs at the University of Chicago and the director of Chicago Project on Suicide Terrorism and the author of "Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism."
In Washington, Daniel Goure, homeland security expert, vice president of the Lexington Institute. We're pleased to have them both.
Professor Pape, it seems to me, we talk a lot about the who and the what and the how, and not nearly enough about the why. Why did this happen and why did it happen in London? It can't be as simple as they hate our freedoms.
ROBERT PAPE, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: Well, we actually know a lot more about al Qaeda than we did just after 9/11. "In Dying to Win," I collected the first complete set of every al Qaeda suicide terrorist from 1995 to early 2004. The 71 individuals who actually died to carry out Osama's attacks.
This shows that over two-thirds of those attackers came from Sunni Muslim countries where the United States has stationed tens of thousands of combat forces since 1990. And actually, surprisingly few from some of the most Islamic fundamentalist countries in the world. Iran, for instance, has never produced an al Qaeda s suicide terrorist or any terrorist for that -- attacker for al Qaeda for that matter.
This means is that al Qaeda is not driven so much by Islamic fundamentalism as simply by a response to the presence of foreign troops on the Arabian peninsula and in other Muslim countries.
BROWN: Just briefly, is it possible to execute the American policy goals: spreading democracy in that part of the world, economic prosperity in that part of the world and so on, is it possible to do that without stations American troops there?
PAPE: Actually, it is. And what we need to do is focus on our core interests on the Arabian peninsula, which is access to Persian Gulf oil. The main reason we're in the Persian Gulf in the first place, have been since World War II, is to secure access to oil, which is critical to the world's economy.
Well, we pursued a close called off-shore balancing for decades prior to 1990 that was spectacularly successful. Offshore balancing was secured our interests in oil without stationing a single combat troop or tank or aircraft on the Arabian peninsula. And, instead...
BROWN: I'm sorry. Let me bring in Mr. Goure for a second. In my more cynical moments, I tend to think we do sort of flavor of the month homeland security. It was airplanes one day. Now we're sort of into mass transit. So, maybe we'll spend another $50 million or so there and then they'll hit a chemical plant. Are we doing this in a logical way? And is it possible to do it in a logical way?
DANIEL GOURE, LEXINGTON INSTITUTE: No, we have not been doing it in a logical way. There is not a plan, if you will. What we're trying to do is put together a layered defense. That's the concept. But we're really putting money where either there's there's popular interest, such as airplanes or first responders, firemen and police and the like, or we're trying to put it a little bit everywhere, from the smallest town in Idaho to the largest American city.
There's not a rational approach that tries either to save the most lives, protect the most people, save the most value, or go after the most vulnerable targets. Hopefully, the new secretary of Homeland Security will change the strategy to something that might work.
BROWN: If I gave you just, let's pick a number, say $5 billion, OK, where would you put it first?
GOURE: Oh, I'd put it on the borders first. No matter what we do about intelligence and off-shore operations, the real issue is securing the borders, knowing who is getting in and out of the country, preventing al Qaeda personnel, money from coming from. The kind of money that supported the 9/11 hijackers for 18 months. If you can secure the borders that enter the United States, it's a major way of reducing the terrorist threat.
BROWN: That's a whole 'nother conversation. Gentlemen, thank you very much. Thank you both.
In Washington, Daniel Goure, homeland security expert, vice president of the Lexington Institute. We're pleased to have them both.
Professor Pape, it seems to me, we talk a lot about the who and the what and the how, and not nearly enough about the why. Why did this happen and why did it happen in London? It can't be as simple as they hate our freedoms.
ROBERT PAPE, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO: Well, we actually know a lot more about al Qaeda than we did just after 9/11. "In Dying to Win," I collected the first complete set of every al Qaeda suicide terrorist from 1995 to early 2004. The 71 individuals who actually died to carry out Osama's attacks.
This shows that over two-thirds of those attackers came from Sunni Muslim countries where the United States has stationed tens of thousands of combat forces since 1990. And actually, surprisingly few from some of the most Islamic fundamentalist countries in the world. Iran, for instance, has never produced an al Qaeda s suicide terrorist or any terrorist for that -- attacker for al Qaeda for that matter.
This means is that al Qaeda is not driven so much by Islamic fundamentalism as simply by a response to the presence of foreign troops on the Arabian peninsula and in other Muslim countries.
BROWN: Just briefly, is it possible to execute the American policy goals: spreading democracy in that part of the world, economic prosperity in that part of the world and so on, is it possible to do that without stations American troops there?
PAPE: Actually, it is. And what we need to do is focus on our core interests on the Arabian peninsula, which is access to Persian Gulf oil. The main reason we're in the Persian Gulf in the first place, have been since World War II, is to secure access to oil, which is critical to the world's economy.
Well, we pursued a close called off-shore balancing for decades prior to 1990 that was spectacularly successful. Offshore balancing was secured our interests in oil without stationing a single combat troop or tank or aircraft on the Arabian peninsula. And, instead...
BROWN: I'm sorry. Let me bring in Mr. Goure for a second. In my more cynical moments, I tend to think we do sort of flavor of the month homeland security. It was airplanes one day. Now we're sort of into mass transit. So, maybe we'll spend another $50 million or so there and then they'll hit a chemical plant. Are we doing this in a logical way? And is it possible to do it in a logical way?
DANIEL GOURE, LEXINGTON INSTITUTE: No, we have not been doing it in a logical way. There is not a plan, if you will. What we're trying to do is put together a layered defense. That's the concept. But we're really putting money where either there's there's popular interest, such as airplanes or first responders, firemen and police and the like, or we're trying to put it a little bit everywhere, from the smallest town in Idaho to the largest American city.
There's not a rational approach that tries either to save the most lives, protect the most people, save the most value, or go after the most vulnerable targets. Hopefully, the new secretary of Homeland Security will change the strategy to something that might work.
BROWN: If I gave you just, let's pick a number, say $5 billion, OK, where would you put it first?
GOURE: Oh, I'd put it on the borders first. No matter what we do about intelligence and off-shore operations, the real issue is securing the borders, knowing who is getting in and out of the country, preventing al Qaeda personnel, money from coming from. The kind of money that supported the 9/11 hijackers for 18 months. If you can secure the borders that enter the United States, it's a major way of reducing the terrorist threat.
BROWN: That's a whole 'nother conversation. Gentlemen, thank you very much. Thank you both.
Off Shore Balancing, a military strategy from the 1970s
In this approach, the United States would dramatically reduce its military footprint in the region, leaving only the bare minimum of the current arrangements in place. The headquarters of the 5th Fleet would remain in Bahrain (where a U.S. Navy flag has been welcome for 50 years), but fewer American warships would ply the waters of the Gulf. The air force would retain its huge new base at al Udeid in Qatar, again because the Qataris seem pleased to have it there. The army might keep some prepositioned equipment in Kuwait and Qatar and might regularly rotate in battalions to train on it -- if those states were comfortable with such guests. In addition, if a future Iraqi government were amenable, the United States might retain an air base and some ground presence there. Alternately, army bases in the region might be dispensed with altogether, and instead the United States could simply rely on equipment stored on container ships stationed at Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean.
On the political level, the United States would preserve its informal relationships with the GCC states and possibly add a similar association with a friendly new Iraqi government. It would continue to contain Iran by making clear that any Iranian aggression would be met by an American military response. And it would continue its efforts to secure European, Japanese, and Russian support in pressuring Tehran both economically and diplomatically so as to end Iran's support for terror and its unconventional weapons programs.
This smaller military footprint would go a long way toward alleviating the internal problems caused by the presence of U.S. combat forces in the Persian Gulf region -- so not surprisingly, this is the strategy that the Gulf Arabs themselves favor. With Saddam gone, their overriding goal now is to minimize domestic discontent, and they believe that the United States can keep peace in the region with a minimal presence. This approach would also be popular in certain quarters of the American military, which would be glad to shed the burdens of policing an inhospitable and less than luxurious region far from home.
On the political level, the United States would preserve its informal relationships with the GCC states and possibly add a similar association with a friendly new Iraqi government. It would continue to contain Iran by making clear that any Iranian aggression would be met by an American military response. And it would continue its efforts to secure European, Japanese, and Russian support in pressuring Tehran both economically and diplomatically so as to end Iran's support for terror and its unconventional weapons programs.
This smaller military footprint would go a long way toward alleviating the internal problems caused by the presence of U.S. combat forces in the Persian Gulf region -- so not surprisingly, this is the strategy that the Gulf Arabs themselves favor. With Saddam gone, their overriding goal now is to minimize domestic discontent, and they believe that the United States can keep peace in the region with a minimal presence. This approach would also be popular in certain quarters of the American military, which would be glad to shed the burdens of policing an inhospitable and less than luxurious region far from home.
Terrorist Legend The War My Father Did Not Fight
Mosque
Excuse
Prayer Times
July 10 Fajr Sunrise Zuhr Asr Maghreb Isha
Makkah 4.17 5:45 12:27 3:43 7:07 8:37
Madinah 4:08 5:39 12:27 3:49 7:14 8:46
Riyadh 3:39 5:11 11:59 3:21 6:46 8:16
Dammam 3:19 4:53 11:45 3:13 6:36 8:06
Tabuk 4:06 5:43 12:40 4:12 7:35 9:05
Abha 4:15 5:40 12:16 3:36 6:51 8:21
Woman
To the West: Sexual Commodity
To Islam: The Heart of Decadence
Visbile Worship
Concealed Worship
Virgin = Virtue
Virtue = Legend
Islam is submission to Allah
Islam is the acceptance of and obedience to the teachings of God which He revealed to His last prophet, Muhammad
Apostasy is forbidden.
The Five Pillars of Islam
Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad;
Establishment of the daily prayers;
Concern for and almsgiving to the needy;
Self-purification through fasting; and
The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able.
Mohammad is the Messenger
"To thee We sent the Scripture in truth, confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it in safety:..." (Qur'an 5:48)
The Prophet Muhammad told us that the lowest in rank among the dwellers of Paradise will have ten times the like of this world,1 and he or she will have whatever he or she desires and ten times like it.
But those who believe and do good deeds, We will admit them to gardens (Paradise) in which rivers flow, lasting in them forever.... (Quran, 4:57)
Islam is not land. Islam is a montheistic belief in Allah. The heart of Islam is not only the icons of Arabia, but, a belief system that carries all socioeconomic levels to lead a life of charity. The five pillars of Islam is based in charity. "I have come to your house."
Has the charity of Arabia bred angry young men unafraid of the West and their sexual commodity of women. Why does a virgin represent virtue? A virgin is simply a woman before marriage and/or without child. The definition of woman is not mired in the status of her hymen or vagina or uterus, it is by the status of gender and genitals and AGE. A child could never be a woman but is most assuredly in The West a virgin.
In Islam Visible Worship is outward expression and when it comes to women they are drapped in respect.
In Islam Concealed Worship is inward knowledge of one's virtue and is demonstrated by prayer and charity to others.
The act of 'Jihad' is the charity to cleanse the land for Islam. Islam is not the land. The land is pure for Islam.
The focus of Western Culture is mired in the appreciation of the individual. Individuality drives economies, educational institutions, family ties, vocations, admiration, iconography and spirituality. That individualism is not a matter of charity, it is a right and a right that allows a great deal of freedom. By placing value on each individual life within a culture is to open a society for attack upon the spirit of that culture. The spirit, the heart of Western culture is the individual.
Osama bin Laden no different than any maniacle killer needed a scapegoat. That scapegoat after being ostracized to Afghanistan would come to be The West. Osama knew The West. He was one of twenty sons of a billionaire constrution magnate. The 'bin Laden' family has extensive members and were/are close personal friends of The Saudi Royal Family who are very Pro-USA. Osama bin Laden was never a legitimate son of his fathers. In return for his bastard status 'bin Laden' would become a religious fanatic, zealot and eventually a business tycoon. Osama bin Laden would come to specialised in recruiting, financing and training the estimated 35,000 non-Afghan mercenaries who joined the mujaheddin as upon his father's death in 1968 inherited his share of that fortune estimated at $5 billion. Osama's share was valued at $200 to $300 million by today's value. It was that wealth that would come to be the beginnings of 'al Qaeda' - The Base.
But, 'the base' of what? Exactly what did Osama do to grant him such grand status today in the lives of the oppressed. He killed Westerners beginning in 1993 at Mogadishu, Somalia. He not only killed but got away with the killing. The 'Prince' of Allah was born and has resisted capture or death at the hand of The West ever since, hence, his followers respect what to them seems like a miracle of Allah's promise to cleanse the land for Islam.
Osama bin Laden would come to contort the meaning of the Qu'ran providing a false doctrine that looked to have the blessings of Allah himself.
The munitions that laid bare in the Iraqi desert with the USA Coalition invasion would be seen as a gift of Allah and a clear indication that Osama's vision for Islam extricating all that is not of Islam out and forever even if that meant destroying every life that did not breathe his philosophy including others of the faith and especially those that favored The West such as The Saudi Royal Family.
When George Walker Bush and Don Rumsfeld states the reason The West will succeed in Iraq is due to the fact The West has goals of benevolence and clear values for the people of Iraq they forget; so does Osama bin Laden.
It is upto the Holy Men of Islam to correct the course of their derailed faith and bring their flocks back to embrace the pure and true values of Islam. Currently, many of their sheep are not in Allah's holy light as they walk through the rituals of pilgramage. They think they are. There is an obligation of the Holy Men of Islam to correct the course of their flocks and soon.
Excuse
Prayer Times
July 10 Fajr Sunrise Zuhr Asr Maghreb Isha
Makkah 4.17 5:45 12:27 3:43 7:07 8:37
Madinah 4:08 5:39 12:27 3:49 7:14 8:46
Riyadh 3:39 5:11 11:59 3:21 6:46 8:16
Dammam 3:19 4:53 11:45 3:13 6:36 8:06
Tabuk 4:06 5:43 12:40 4:12 7:35 9:05
Abha 4:15 5:40 12:16 3:36 6:51 8:21
Woman
To the West: Sexual Commodity
To Islam: The Heart of Decadence
Visbile Worship
Concealed Worship
Virgin = Virtue
Virtue = Legend
Islam is submission to Allah
Islam is the acceptance of and obedience to the teachings of God which He revealed to His last prophet, Muhammad
Apostasy is forbidden.
The Five Pillars of Islam
Faith or belief in the Oneness of God and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad;
Establishment of the daily prayers;
Concern for and almsgiving to the needy;
Self-purification through fasting; and
The pilgrimage to Makkah for those who are able.
Mohammad is the Messenger
"To thee We sent the Scripture in truth, confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it in safety:..." (Qur'an 5:48)
The Prophet Muhammad told us that the lowest in rank among the dwellers of Paradise will have ten times the like of this world,1 and he or she will have whatever he or she desires and ten times like it.
But those who believe and do good deeds, We will admit them to gardens (Paradise) in which rivers flow, lasting in them forever.... (Quran, 4:57)
Islam is not land. Islam is a montheistic belief in Allah. The heart of Islam is not only the icons of Arabia, but, a belief system that carries all socioeconomic levels to lead a life of charity. The five pillars of Islam is based in charity. "I have come to your house."
Has the charity of Arabia bred angry young men unafraid of the West and their sexual commodity of women. Why does a virgin represent virtue? A virgin is simply a woman before marriage and/or without child. The definition of woman is not mired in the status of her hymen or vagina or uterus, it is by the status of gender and genitals and AGE. A child could never be a woman but is most assuredly in The West a virgin.
In Islam Visible Worship is outward expression and when it comes to women they are drapped in respect.
In Islam Concealed Worship is inward knowledge of one's virtue and is demonstrated by prayer and charity to others.
The act of 'Jihad' is the charity to cleanse the land for Islam. Islam is not the land. The land is pure for Islam.
The focus of Western Culture is mired in the appreciation of the individual. Individuality drives economies, educational institutions, family ties, vocations, admiration, iconography and spirituality. That individualism is not a matter of charity, it is a right and a right that allows a great deal of freedom. By placing value on each individual life within a culture is to open a society for attack upon the spirit of that culture. The spirit, the heart of Western culture is the individual.
Osama bin Laden no different than any maniacle killer needed a scapegoat. That scapegoat after being ostracized to Afghanistan would come to be The West. Osama knew The West. He was one of twenty sons of a billionaire constrution magnate. The 'bin Laden' family has extensive members and were/are close personal friends of The Saudi Royal Family who are very Pro-USA. Osama bin Laden was never a legitimate son of his fathers. In return for his bastard status 'bin Laden' would become a religious fanatic, zealot and eventually a business tycoon. Osama bin Laden would come to specialised in recruiting, financing and training the estimated 35,000 non-Afghan mercenaries who joined the mujaheddin as upon his father's death in 1968 inherited his share of that fortune estimated at $5 billion. Osama's share was valued at $200 to $300 million by today's value. It was that wealth that would come to be the beginnings of 'al Qaeda' - The Base.
But, 'the base' of what? Exactly what did Osama do to grant him such grand status today in the lives of the oppressed. He killed Westerners beginning in 1993 at Mogadishu, Somalia. He not only killed but got away with the killing. The 'Prince' of Allah was born and has resisted capture or death at the hand of The West ever since, hence, his followers respect what to them seems like a miracle of Allah's promise to cleanse the land for Islam.
Osama bin Laden would come to contort the meaning of the Qu'ran providing a false doctrine that looked to have the blessings of Allah himself.
The munitions that laid bare in the Iraqi desert with the USA Coalition invasion would be seen as a gift of Allah and a clear indication that Osama's vision for Islam extricating all that is not of Islam out and forever even if that meant destroying every life that did not breathe his philosophy including others of the faith and especially those that favored The West such as The Saudi Royal Family.
When George Walker Bush and Don Rumsfeld states the reason The West will succeed in Iraq is due to the fact The West has goals of benevolence and clear values for the people of Iraq they forget; so does Osama bin Laden.
It is upto the Holy Men of Islam to correct the course of their derailed faith and bring their flocks back to embrace the pure and true values of Islam. Currently, many of their sheep are not in Allah's holy light as they walk through the rituals of pilgramage. They think they are. There is an obligation of the Holy Men of Islam to correct the course of their flocks and soon.
Come out and play (keep'm separated)
As performed by Offspring
They're like the latest fashion
They're like a spreading disease
The kids are strappin' on their way to the classroom
Getting weapons with the greatest of ease
The gangs stake their own campus locale
And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal
If one guy's colors and the other's don't mix
They're gonna bash it up
Bash it up
Bash it up
Bash it up
Hey, man you talkin' back to me
Take him out
You gotta keep'em separated
Hey, man you disrespecting me
Take him out
You gotta keep'em separated
Hey, they don't pay no mind
If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time
Hey, come out and play
By the time you hear the siren
It's already too late
One goes to the morgue and the other to jail
One guy's wasted and the other's a waste
It goes down the same as the thousand before
No one's getting smarter
No one's learning the score
Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate
Is gonna tie your own rope
Tie your own rope
Tie a rope
Hey, man you disrespecting me
Take him out
You gotta keeep'em separated
Hey, man you talkin' back to me
Take him out
You gotta keep'em separated
Hey, they don't pay no mind
If your under 18 you won't be doing any time
Hey, come out and play
It goes down the same as the thousand before
No one's getting smarter
No one's learning the score
Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate
Is gonna tie your own rope
Tie your own rope
Tie a rope
Hey, man you talkin' back to me
Take him out
You gotta keep'em separated
Hey, man you disrespecting me
Take him out
You gotta keeep'em separated
Hey, they don't pay no mind
If your under 18 you won't be doing any time
Hey, come out and play
They're like the latest fashion
They're like a spreading disease
The kids are strappin' on their way to the classroom
Getting weapons with the greatest of ease
The gangs stake their own campus locale
And if they catch you slippin' then it's all over pal
If one guy's colors and the other's don't mix
They're gonna bash it up
Bash it up
Bash it up
Bash it up
Hey, man you talkin' back to me
Take him out
You gotta keep'em separated
Hey, man you disrespecting me
Take him out
You gotta keep'em separated
Hey, they don't pay no mind
If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time
Hey, come out and play
By the time you hear the siren
It's already too late
One goes to the morgue and the other to jail
One guy's wasted and the other's a waste
It goes down the same as the thousand before
No one's getting smarter
No one's learning the score
Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate
Is gonna tie your own rope
Tie your own rope
Tie a rope
Hey, man you disrespecting me
Take him out
You gotta keeep'em separated
Hey, man you talkin' back to me
Take him out
You gotta keep'em separated
Hey, they don't pay no mind
If your under 18 you won't be doing any time
Hey, come out and play
It goes down the same as the thousand before
No one's getting smarter
No one's learning the score
Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate
Is gonna tie your own rope
Tie your own rope
Tie a rope
Hey, man you talkin' back to me
Take him out
You gotta keep'em separated
Hey, man you disrespecting me
Take him out
You gotta keeep'em separated
Hey, they don't pay no mind
If your under 18 you won't be doing any time
Hey, come out and play
July 9, 2005. Key West, Florida. Damage by "Dennis." I saw a segment on CNN regarding the hotel the journalist was staying in on Key West. It was a good segment. They covered all the issues, flooding, wind damage, what survived the wind and what didn't and even where the wildlife was going to survive. It was a good segment by a journalist who was willing to risk plenty to tell the story to us.
July 9, 2005. The time of day is 1230. This is storm centers over North America today. There are Five well defined systems with "Dennis" being considered ONE. There are two minor systems still forming. Using a clock on the face of this satellite, Storm ONE is "Dennis" at 4:30. Storm TWO is at 6:31 neat the Yukatan Peninsula. Storm THREE is at 6:33 at the equator. Storm FOUR is at 10:00 at the Kansas/Nebraska border. Strom FIVE is 11:00 in southwest Manitoba near some very large bodies of terrestrial water (lakes).
July 9, 2005. This is a satellite with a time of day 1230. At this point the hurricane was believed to have lost it's punch as it rolled over Cuba. Not so. The 'heat' distribution of these storms follow the 'path of least resistance.' The 'heat budget' of "Dennis" has not changed. The only change was the focus of it and the brief dissipating of the 'eye' to place it north of Cuba. In other words we are used to seeing hurricanes that have strong 'eyes' that maintain their idenitity in an 'eye' shaped storm. According to those standards we saw a hurricane nearly disappear. Not the case. "Dennis" literally placed a footprint on either side of Cuba without losing any of it's punch. Also note the leading edge of the outer bands and it's punch (royal blue color) compared to the hurricane itself. The entire heat budget OSCILLATED distributing the trauma over a larger SURFACE AREA. As it reached ocean waters again, the 'eye' came back as the focus for the rotation. This satellite picture shows a strong storm with minimally three intense areas which could deliver a great deal of damage in all areas with winds in the Cat 2 hurricane classification and Class 2 tornado classification. These are Global Warming Hurricanes and they occur 'without' eyes necessarily on Terra Firma as well.
July 9, 2005. The reason "Dennis" momentarily lost it's identity as a hurricane and the people of Cuba were not that badly impacted was because these Global Warming Eddies are ocean loving. They are really 'wimpy' storms as storms go but they have HIGHER volitility as to how they resolve their 'heat budgets.' Hence, they spin out tornadoes and short term damaging blasts of high velocity winds that cause extreme damage. All these storms are exhibiting these high velocity winds as THE characteristic minimally is 'uprooted trees.' Next in phenomina are roofs off buildings followed by imploded walls with debris fields. These are all characteristics of tornadoes but yet the tornadoes are not reported by Doppler Radar.
July 9, 2005. This is of course is the satellite of UNISYS water vapor. High resolution satellite. "Dennis" of course is an 'eddy' off the vortex flow from the Arctic. This is not a traditional hurricane which raises the possiblity of never having any traditional hurricanes until the CO2 levels over the USA comes down. The heat under the carbon blanket changes the thermodynamics of the planet.
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