Ogre's Politics & Views

January 24, 2007

Discount Mats.com Update

Previously I had provided here a lot of information about the source of the American hatred by a muslim "businessman" in Wisconsin, related to the Discount-Mats.com web site. Much information was very publicly availiable for anyone (including reporters) who wanted that information. Very suddenly, all that information has changed.

Once again, we're not dealing with a techno-illiterate American-hater here. We're dealing with someone who set up at least six related web sites that were very inactive. There were blogs that hadn't been touched in over a year, but were still registered. There were companies that appeared to have no inventory and no business. And they were all related to one another and a few other muslims who were openly critical of the US and openly hostile to America.

Overnight, all those domain registrations changed. That's not something that an average business owner who was trying to sell things over the internet would do -- especially to all the sites if they were not related. Something really stinks in WI, and it's not the fish. Folks, this is a battle for America, and we're currently losing.

Perhaps we need more people like the person who responded to the muslim like this:

Mr. Khetani:

If you and your family and friends think you can intimidate bloggers after we've posted about your abominable email response to our military Sgt. who was trying to buy some mats from Discount-mats.com, you've got another think coming. I've posted about you twice, so go ahead and try to delete my post, you jagoff. When will the Islamofascists begin fragging in their own militia units? It can't be soon enough.

We will collectively shut down all your businesses by halting all incoming commerce. U.S. bloggers will boycott all your businesses that we can find, and trust me on this one.... our internet access is unfettered (unlike that of the Muslim world, but which you enjoy here in the U.S.), and anything we discover about your businesses or affiliations with perceived terrorist organizations will not only be spread about the Internet, but also reported to the FBI and the JTTF. Don't know what JTTF is? Check that one out, too.

Good luck, Mr. Moooooslem.

Signed,
A proud American infidel who will fight for her friends' lives against enemies, both foreign and domestic.

Now if we could just get Washington, DC on the side of America, maybe we could win this battle.

And for the latest summary and updates, be sure to check Euphoric Reality who summarizes thusly:

One week ago, when one of our soldiers emailed several retailers to inquire about their shipping policies for APOs, he had no idea what would follow. He only wanted to get sleeping mats for his troops who had to sleep on the ground. Instead, as has been reported extensively, he received a rude response from a company, Discount-Mats, with an admonition to “pull out of Iraq.”

When I published the story on Sunday, I, like many others, first assumed that the business owner was merely an anti-war liberal who wanted to score a cheap political point at the expense of our soldiers. The business was immediately inundated with thousands of emails and phone calls from Americans upset by how rudely our soldier was rebuffed. I, myself, emailed three times to say I disapproved of their policies and that it was very bad for business and that I would be sure to spread the word far and wide. The website was experiencing technical difficulties by Monday and then was completely shut down.

Prior to the website’s demise, I looked it over thoroughly. I immediately discovered that the owner of the website was Faisal Khetani, who lived in West Allis, WI - near Milwaukee. I also discovered many other questionable websites that Discount-Mats.com was connected to (more on that later).

Faisal Khetani is a Muslim, of Pakistani origin, which somewhat explains his anti-war views but not his unconscionable rudeness. Now, three days after this story hit the blogosphere, the media is making a victim out of Khetani, chiding bloggers and radio hosts for fomenting the emails and traffic that overwhelmed his website. The media hasn’t bothered to look any deeper at who Faisal Khetani is, who his associates are that are involved in his business(es), or who his family is. I’ve done all of the above over the past four days - I thought it was worth taking the time to check into the background and affiliations of the Muslims invovled. What I’ve found so far is summarized below:

The Khetani Family

Faisal Khetani is 24 years old and lives with his parents, Ramzan and Amina Khetani, in West Allis. He operates his business out of their home.

Ramzan Khetani, age 55, is an engineer who works in the engineering department for Wisconsin’s state facilities. As such, he has ready access to building blueprints and site plans. Ramzan formerly operated a home-based business under the name Khetani Consulting Group, which he had established in 1999 and dissolved in March 2006.

Amina Khetani, age 55, is a data architect in the information technology industry.

Salman RamzanAli Khetani is Faisal’s older brother. He holds a Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering, and received a fellowship award from National Science Foundation (confirms the connection to Faisal - home address is the same). When you do a keyword search for Salman R Khetani, you’ll find that Salman Khetani is quite knowledgable and involved in toxicity studies, engineered tissue, and disease studies.

Faisal Khetani has claimed that he “fired” the unnamed employee who sent the original rude email to SGT Hess, since the email didn’t reflect the company’s position. Then, he contradicted himself and confirmed that the company was indeed anti-war:

“As I told my local reporters, the individual who made those statements has been held responsible and liable and what they spoke of apo addresses is absolutely true, but the second half was their own personal opinion and not the opinions of the company.”

“I will say this, my company most certainly doesn’t support the war, and we do hope that the policies will change.”

Faisal has claimed to the media that Discount-Mats has ten employees - and they’ve accepted his claim at face value. They’ve also reported that the unnamed employee was fired, without verifying if there was an employee. Considering the business is operated from his parents’ home, it is highly doubtful that there is an “employee”, and it’s likely that the email was from Faisal himself. There are no businesses with the name Discount Mats or Bargain Suppliers (or any variation thereof) registered in the state of Wisconsin. A search of the worker’s compensation database shows no company by those names either. It is not a legitimate business, nor does it have employees. Faisal Khetani is not telling the truth - that makes him suspect.

In that same letter, Khetani also threatened Kirkland with unleashing the wrath of “major muslim organizations” on her for her “insults”. He closed by telling Kirkland, “you can be sure that there are million of muslim activists as well that will do something about your foul statements…. your statements against Muslims and your direct insults will not go unheard, I assure you.”

Perhaps one of those major Muslim organization is the Muslim Student Association (MSA), with which the Discount-Mats “VP” is affiliated. No doubt CAIR will get involved, by default.

Khetani Associates

Sajid Nasir is the vice-president and self-described co-owner of Discount-Mats. He has issued some strong statements alleging that the Khetani family is being harassed by vulgar and angry phone calls. Sajid is also a Muslim activist on the UW-Milwaukee campus (See Update Ten for more details on his activism.).

Ahmed Bushra, 24, is an engineering student. He claims he worked at, and managed, a North Shore jewelry store in Milwaukee.

Possible peripheral contacts, based upon association with Sajid Nasir:

Furqan Hanif (replacement registrant for Sajid’s website)

Adam Abdi (Muslim activist at UW-Milwaukee)

Bogus Websites

There is an ever-increasing network of Muslim-owned websites that share the same characteristics:

1. Owned by Muslim men in their mid-20s, who live in the Milwaukee area.

2. Inter-connected and inter-linked to one another.

3. Four sites share a Paypal account under the name “Bargain Suppliers” (WLWR, BDP, QDS, DM)

4. Share same website template.

5. Identical configuration.

generic junk content

junk resources and links

basic contact form (email address and message only - for discreet online communication?)

email subscription form

many empty pages/dead links

set-up and abandoned blog sites

6. Jan 24 07: all sites changed WhoIS registry to anonymous registrant (with the exception of Discount-Mats and Quality-Discount-Scooters).

Faisal Khetani owns several wildly divergent business websites:

Faisal Khetani, in addition to owning Discount-Mats.com, is also a supposed fitness expert/consultant: Weight Lifting Workout Routines (WLWR).

He also owns Chicago Plumbing Guide, registered under the name Salman Farsi, but the same P.O. address in Milwaukee as Faisal’s other domains. This website links Faisal to the plumbing industry. (Note: What’s interesting about the choice of Salman Farsi as the registrant is that Farsi was the first Persian convert to Islam, and is credited for transcribing much of the Q’uran. However, I cannot find a live person by that name anywhere in Wisconsin, though there are plenty of buildings named after him. Conclusion? Alias.)

In addition to selling discount mats, writing weight-lifting, fat-burning and basketball drills articles, and plumbing in Chicago, Faisal, at 24, is also a self-proclaimed e-commerce expert, an online scam network marketer, and a real estate tycoon with an eye toward importing “high-volume quantities”, specifically wrist watches. Capital Renovations is a registered LLC in the state of Wisconsin. He is a very busy young man.

Sajid Nasir owns several junk info websites:

Basketball Drills and Plays. This site was registered to Sajid, but changed today to reflect a new registrant: Furqan Hanif in Springfield, IL. But they neglected to change to contact phone number - it’s still the same. Faisal is also connected to this website.

My Kitchen Backsplash. This article links him to this website, though the WhoIs record was modified today as well. This and this also link Faisal Khetani to Sajid’s website.

Yoga-Advice. Though the WhoIs registry was changed, this yoga registry, listing Sajid’s website and home address, was not.

Ahmed Bushra, 24, also owns several bogus websites:

Quality Discount Scooters. Shares a Paypal account with Discount-Mats.

Jewelry Spot.

Conclusion

It is my considered opinion that the intricate network of websites I listed is a facade - a front, if you will - for something other than selling “bargain supplies.” Anyone looking at the websites can see that they are not legitimate businesses. I think the anomalies I’ve summarized here, and the Muslims involved, require further investigation.

Furthermore, the Khetani family is highly qualified in some very technical and unusual fields, with an extraordinary amount of access to sensitive information. It would be worth checking to see what their affiliations are, if their mosque is radicalized, and who their contacts are.

This network of Muslim individuals was brought to public attention because of one Muslim’s outrageous response to a simple inquiry by one of our soldiers. It would be the height of irony if nefarious purposes were exposed because he couldn’t refrain from announcing his anti-American sentiments to an American soldier.

So I’m asking…is all this just about some smarmy internet scam artists? Or it this about a covert communication network between jihadis, money laundering, drug or arms smuggling, or a home-grown terror cell? I want to know. I’m not wrong for asking, but if my conclusions are wrong, then I’ll think about apologizing, right after Faisal Khetani sincerely apologizes to SGT Jason Hess and the fine troops of the 1st Cavalry Division.

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Freedom in Atlanta

Feel free to ignore the racist headline and instead focus on what the article actually talks about. Then watch the reaction of the socialist left in Atlanta.

There is a county that's absolutely enormous. It has almost a million people. Many of the people in the county feel that the county government is not responsive to them, so they want to split the county into two counties where EVERYONE gets more responsive government.

As it always happens everywhere in the world, however, like people live near one another. So if this split manages to happen, one county will have people who work and earn money, while one county will have a lot of lazy bastards that don't work. That's why there's complaining. But it's interesting to see the complaints of those in the lazy section, freely admitting that they are living off the back of those in the rich section.

If you take that money out of their coffers, human services will suffer greatly

In other words, "We won't have the cash from the workers who are working in the north to give away to these lazy bums in the south who aren't working. What are these poor bums supposed to do, work themselves?"

In addition, some warn that a breakup of Fulton could harm Atlanta's international reputation as a progressive city and hurt its appeal as a business, entertainment and convention destination.

Translation: "We won't have all that free cash from those working people to spend on businesses, entertainment, and conventions that are incapable of actually generating money. Instead, we will only have businesses, entertainment, and events that people will actually pay to see instead of the ones we liberals want to force everyone to support.

Critics of a split also worry about the future of Grady Memorial Hospital and the Atlanta area's MARTA commuter-rail system _ both of which have contracts with the county.

Translation: "All that money from the north is the only thing that allows us to run the MARTA system so that our bums can continue to have free transportation so they can continue to move around and not work. If that money leaves the county, our unemployed bums would be unable to ride the free trains around to see their unemployed friends."

Folks, despite what you see and read, this has absolutely NOTHING to do with race. Instead, this is about socialism. This about about the lazy, good-for-nothing moochers complaining because their cash cow is threatening to take their hard work and labor and leave the moochers to fend for themselves. The only bad news is that this is highly likely to not pass because of whiny Democrats in the state house.

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Charlotte Finally Surrenders

Months ago, a judge ruled on the red light cameras and speed cameras that various areas of the state of North Carolina had put into place to generate extra revenue. Sure, they claimed that they were to save lives, but that was a total lie, as illustrated by the facts.

The red light cameras decreased one type of accident, but increased another. And the speed cameras were actually unsafe because they never actually caused anyone who was speeding to slow down one bit. If someone was driving unsafely, they were observed by the police, but not stopped.

The judge didn't rule on the constitutionality of the cameras. Instead, he dodged that one with a ruling the followed other North Carolina laws (yes, some people do follow the law in North Carolina, despite the actions of the members of the General Assembly). That law stated that 90% of the "proceeds" from the cameras was absolutely required to go to the school system.

Of course, in order for the cameras to be profitable to the city, they had to retain a large percent of the cash from the citations. And 10% just simply wasn't enough. So despite all their claims about how many lives these were saving, the city has decided to shut the system down. Using the city's logic, I wonder how many people will die now because they stopped the cameras.

Even funnier (mainly because I don't live in Charlotte) is that the city now has to pay the company that was also earning money from the cameras close to half a million dollars for ending their contract early. Oh, and they have to cough up $4.6 million for the schools.

So where will they get the $4.6 million? Hold on to your wallet, Charlotte, taxes WILL go up again. Maybe not this year, because it's an election year, but certainly for next year. Where did that $4.6 million go? Some was given to the company who ran the cameras, some went to the city, which they immediately spent on things like uptown arenas and theaters.

Then again, knowing how devious the city council can be, maybe this was their plan for extra cash for wasting all along. After all, as Democrats in Charlotte like to say, "That's what we do, tax and spend. What else should we do?"

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January 23, 2007

Tall Llama

Now that's one tall llama.

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Guard the Borders!

Dirty Texas Politics Taint Border Patrol Agents' Trial

I have to give huge kudos to Shawn Christopher Phillips, of the Wry & Coy Report, for compiling some of the least known and most misreported facts surrounding the case of the two Border Patrol Agents prosecuted for shooting a drug smuggler. Shawn has raised some very troubling questions surrounding the case - questions worth asking and investigating. He has also connected the dots in a way that the media has been unable (or unwilling) to do.

Shawn's original research material can be found at www.patgray.com here and here. I have supplemented the accounts with further information from my own research and from Pat Gray's radio show on KSEV, since he and his co-host, Edd Hendee have been investigating the anomalies surrounding this very muddled case.

I have taken the liberty of condensing Shawn's material from several posts to place it into a rough timeline of events as they occurred. As well, I wanted to include information about some of the major players in this case, from the drug smuggler himself all the way up to U.S. Congressmen and Senators.

The central perpetrator in this travesty of justice is the U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, who has old boy Texas connections from the judge overseeing the case all the way up to President George W. Bush. These connections, though not openly disclosed, have greatly impacted the case, as highly placed government officials look the other way while testimonies, evidence, and statements are manipulated behind the scenes.

By Shawn Christopher Phillips

Edited and Supplemented by Heidi Thiess for syndication by the Guard the Borders Coalition.

Did US Border Patrol Agents, Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos actually shoot Mexican national, career drug smuggler, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila?

That is what we have been told, that's what has been reported, that is what the trial was about, and that is what Compean and Ramos are in federal prison for right now.

Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila... drug smuggler

Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila is a Mexican national, career drug smuggler. On February 17th, 2005, U.S. Border Patrol Agents Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos shot Aldrete-Davila once in the buttocks saying that they thought the suspect was armed. This claim has been supported by two of Aldrete-Davila's family members, who asked not to be identified for fear of retaliation. They stated that Aldrete-Davila had been dealing drugs since age 14 and, according to one, he “wouldn't move drugs unless he had a gun on him.”

U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton responded, “There's this impression that all these dopers carry guns,” but mules - smugglers such as Aldrete-Davila - "almost never carry guns," because federal law "tacks on five years to their sentence. In this one statement, US Attorney Johnny Sutton admits to knowing that Aldrete-Davila is “doper” and a “[drug] mule smuggler”.

An Office of Inspector General memorandum contradicts US Attorney Sutton's claim that Ramos and Compean reported Aldrete-Davila was unarmed.

The memorandum of activity was written April 4th, 2005, by Christopher Sanchez, the OIG investigator who questioned Compean about the Feb. 17, 2005, shooting.

Christopher Sanchez memo notes:

Compean said that Aldrete-Davila continued to look back over his shoulder towards Compean as Aldrete-Davila ran away from him. Compean said that he began to shoot at Aldrete-Davila because of the shiny object he thought he saw in Aldrete-Davila's hand and because Aldrete-Davila continued to look back towards his direction. Compean explained that he thought the shiny object might be a gun and that Aldrete-Davila was going to shoot at him because he kept looking back at him.

Osvaldo [Aldrete-Davila] had told [Border Patrol agent] Rene Sanchez that his friends had told him they should put together a hunting party and go shoot some BP [Border Patrol] agents in revenge for them shooting Osvaldo. Osvaldo advised Rene Sanchez that he told his friends he was not interested in going after the BP agents and getting in more trouble.

According to the memo, Aldrete-Davila told investigators the agents shot him in the buttocks when he was trying to enter the country illegally from Mexico.

But according to Aldrete-Davila's later testimony and that of the agents, he was shot after trying to evade the agents upon his re-entry into Mexico.

The memo never was disclosed to the jury.

Shots rang out, changing, in Ramos’ mind, the danger level of the chase. Ramos would later testify that “... at some point during the time where I'm crossing the canal, I hear shots being fired. Later, I see Compean on the ground, but I keep running after the smuggler.” Through the thick dust Ramos saw Aldrete-Davila, who was turning to face him. Ramos testified that he saw what appeared to be a nickel-plated gun in his hand.

Believing his life was in danger, he fired. “I shot,” Ramos continued. “But I didn't think he was hit because he kept running into the brush and disappeared. Later we all watched as he jumped into a van [on the other side of the border] waiting for him. He seemed fine. It didn't look like he had been hit at all.”

Was Aldrete-Davila shot that day by a U.S. Border Patrol agent?

US-Mexico Sanchez Connections

US Border Patrol Agent, Rene Sanchez

Upon returning to Mexico, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila complained of his misfortunes to his mother, who contacted the mother-in-law of Border Patrol agent Rene Sanchez in Wilcox, AZ. According to a document, Rene Sanchez stated “that Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila's mother, Marcadia Aldrete-Davila, contacted Rene Sanchez's mother-in-law, Gregoria Toquinto, and advised her about the BP agents shooting Aldrete-Davila. Toquinto told her son-in-law, Rene Sanchez, of the incident, and he spoke to Osvaldo via a telephone call.”

Why would a Mexican drug smuggler's mother call the mother-in-law of a US Border Patrol agent, Rene Sanchez, and tell her that her son was shot by the Border Patrol after dumping a million dollars worth of marijuana?

Agent Rene Sanchez repeatedly called the Fabens Border Patrol Station requesting information to see if there were any seizures or shootings. However, according to the Department of Homeland Security in a memorandum of activity document, Rene Sanchez stated that he queried the Border Patrol Tracking System (BPETS) and found that the Fabens Border Patrol Station seized a load of marijuana on February 17, 2005.

(Note: Agent Rene Sanchez also assisted with securing an attorney for Aldrete-Davila to sue Agents Compean and Ramos in a civil case.)

Office of Inspector General Agent, Christopher Sanchez

Agent Christopher Sanchez served as an ICE agent in Arizona before lateraling over to OIG.

In March 2005, Rene Sanchez calls the Office of Inspector General at DHS and speaks to Agent Christopher Sanchez who was a four-month trainee in OIG. Agent Christopher Sanchez began investigating the case, and eventually went to Mexico to bring Aldrete-Davila back to El Paso. The chain of evidence, including custody gets really murky at this point and Compean and Ramos are subsequently arrested, charged, and arraigned within days.

When Compean and Ramos were arrested, protocol would dictate that their supervisors would have called them in to the office where they would have peacefully surrendered to the FBI or U.S. Marshals. Instead, the Department of Homeland Security staged a simultaneous SWAT assault on the Compean and Ramos homes. You know... the type of arrest scene one would expect to see when arresting a criminal illegal alien drug smuggler from Mexico with a million dollars worth of marijuana hidden in his house.

Was there an ulterior motive in using a SWAT team to arrest Compean and Ramos? Were they sending a message to other Border Patrol agents and their families? Will Border Patrol agents now think twice before doing their jobs on the border?

(W&C Report wonders about the damage done.)

Meanwhile, Aldrete-Davila was given full immunity to testify against US Border Patrol Agents Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos. How did this happen? U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton's office would have us believe that his office was so convinced with the integrity and credibility of Aldrete-Davila, that Sutton thought the third party allegation of an illegal alien drug smuggler who was forced to leave 743 pounds of marijuana in a deserted van on the levee was more than enough to prosecute two US Border Patrol Agents – Compean and Ramos.

Almost a month after the alleged shooting, Agent Rene Sanchez’ mother in-law, Gregoria Toquinto, drove Aldrete-Davila to the William Beaumont Army Medical Center, where he had a fragment of a bullet removed, at taxpayer expense.

How badly could he have been shot, if that much time passed before he required “treatment”? How could anyone even be sure he was shot on February 17^th by the Border Patrol agents? He did, after all, run and jump into a waiting get-away van! And where is that bullet fragment? Did it get lost in that murky chain of evidence? That fragment could be crucial evidence in proving whether it came from Compean or Ramos’ guns. Was it brought up in court? We don’t know because the court has failed to complete the court transcripts.

It would be important to the case to know how the drug smuggler's mother knew the mother-in-law of a Border Patrol agent, and whether or not she or her son-in-law had any personal ties to the drug runner. You would think that both the Border Patrol and the DEA would have wanted to tap their telephones to see who Aldrete-Davila and Sanchez were talking to on both sides of the border.

(Note: During the trial, the connection between Rene Sanchez and Aldrete-Davila confused the Ramos family, and "we questioned how an agent from Arizona would know or want to defend a drug smuggler from Mexico," said Monica Ramos.)

Furthermore, Aldrete-Davila was given a green card AND a car, at American taxpayer expense, so that he could drive back and forth between Mexico. Aldrete-Davila later broke his immunity agreement in October 2005, when officers say he attempted to smuggle 1,000 pounds of marijuana into America, while driving this tax-payer funded vehicle! U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton further extended immunity to this additional felony and sealed the indictment from jurors. Aldrete-Davila’s arrest record was expunged, and a gag order was issued. The jury was not informed of the second smuggling arrest, and Sutton issued a public statement that Aldrete-Davila was “never arrested” on drug charges.

U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton

Recent Statements made by U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton -

I would much prefer to be here discussing the prosecution of the drug dealer, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila, and how we put him in prison for 20 years.

(Note: Sutton calls Aldrete-Davila a drug dealer.)

But, unfortunately, we had no case against him, because there was no evidence tying him to that van.

(Note: Sutton says there was NO EVIDENCE tying Aldrete-Davila to the van containing the marijuana.)

We would not even know about him had he not come and the investigators for Homeland Security been able to find him through his family. The way we found him is that he came forward and was in Mexico with a lawyer. So, the only way to get him to testify was to give him immunity from being prosecuted. He wasn't going to agree to come to the United States, he wasn't going to agree to talk, unless he had some kind of immunity from being prosecuted for that load.

(Note: Sutton thought this was a good deal.)

Again, we have to have evidence that we can prove in court. And we don't have any evidence.

(Note: Sutton referring to Aldrete-Davila.)

But the thing is that he refuses to talk. He wouldn't come to America. He refuses to talk. We had to persuade, like we do all the time in court, we have to persuade witnesses to come to court to testify. There are all kinds of witnesses who come forward in court all the time to testify in court because they're persuaded.

(Note: Sutton leading or coaching the witness?)

I can't tell you what's inside Aldrete-Davila's head.

(Note: Aldrete-Davila has 5-million reasons to lie.)

I mean, there are many times we persuade witnesses to come forward to testify in court. But, remember, he didn't make an admission. He refused to make an admission until his lawyer had an agreement for use immunity. He wouldn't come to the United States and we couldn't extradite him because, number one, we didn't have any evidence against him, and, number two, we didn't have a case.

It's one of those situations where we gave up very little by giving him use immunity in this case, because we couldn't prove a case against him. He did not make admissions until we agreed to give him immunity for what he was saying.

(Note: Sutton gave up very little? Only Compean and Ramos.)

Unfortunately, the case against Aldrete-Davila was not prosecutable because of these agents. There was no way to link Aldrete-Davila with that load of marijuana.

(Note: Sutton contradicts himself.)

Apr. 13, 2005, from a statement by U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton's office:

According to the criminal complaint, on or about February 17, 2005, a Mexican National attempting to flee back into Mexico near Fabens, Texas, was shot at by the defendants.

This case is being investigated by the office of Inspector General - Department of Homeland Security.

Aug. 11, 2006, from statement US Attorney Johnny Sutton's office:

“At the initiation of their investigation, the DHS Office of Inspector General contacted Aldrete-Davila who was at the time in Mexico. Aldrete-Davila was at first reluctant to cooperate with the investigation because he feared that should he return to the United States, he could be prosecuted for the offenses committed in relation to the load of marijuana he was driving on February 17, 2005. In order to secure his cooperation and appearance at trial in the United States, this office agreed that in return for his truthful testimony he would not be prosecuted for the February 17, 2005 offenses. The agreement does not immunize any other conduct.”

Later, Sutton issues a fact sheet that makes it sound like the Aldrete-Davila couldn’t possibly be tied to the van of marijuana he was driving - this despite the fact that multiple Border Patrol agents saw him driving the van. No fingerprints? Not even a hair or an eyelash? Doubtful.

On January 17th, 2007, from the misnomered "fact sheet" issued by U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton's office:

Myth: THE GOVERNMENT LET A DRUG SMUGGLER GO FREE

Reality: My office would have much preferred to see Aldrete convicted and sent to prison for his crimes. We are in the business of putting guys like Aldrete behind bars. In fact, this office leads the nation in the number of drug smuggling cases we prosecute. Because the agents could not identify him, found no fingerprints, could not tie him to the van and did not apprehend him after shooting him, the case against Aldrete could not be proven.

How is this a MYTH? By Sutton’s own admission, Aldrete-Davila is a drug smuggler, and he is free (though two of our own law enforcement officers are now in federal prison)! It is NOT a myth, it is fact. Sutton’s spin on it doesn’t make it less factual!

On September 19^th, 2006, in a meeting with various Congressmen who were looking into the case, Sutton’s office told the Congressmen (including Ted Poe, John Culberson, Dana Rohrbacher, and others) that Compean and Ramos had made some incriminating admissions and signed statements concerning their own guilt. The Congressmen requested to see those signed statements, and Sutton’s office agreed to produce them immediately. They have failed to do so after repeated demands from the Congressmen’s offices, and four months later, the Congressmen are now doubtful that such statements exist. Did Sutton’s office knowingly LIE to U.S. Congressmen?

It is interesting to note that Johnny Sutton has also aggressively prosecuted a Sheriff’s deputy in Rock Springs, Texas, for allegedly violating the civil rights of illegal aliens he had apprehended. The 23 year old sheriff’s deputy, Deputy Hernandez, had a sterling record, and the Edward County sheriff said Deputy Hernandez was doing exactly what he was told to do. How did the deputy violate the civil rights of the illegal aliens he was trying to apprehend? He shot out the tires of their vehicle when they tried to run over him. One of the bullets struck an illegal alien in the back of the vehicle (he was not killed). Johnny Sutton recommended that the deputy be held without bond. He is sitting in the Del Rio jail today, without bond, and awaiting sentencing.

US Assistant Attorney, Debra Kanof

U.S. Assistant Attorney, Debra Kanof bristled when asked about the Rene Sanchez/Aldrete-Davila connection.

“It's an unconscionable accusation that Sanchez is associated with a drug dealer,” she said. “Most BP agents who are Hispanic have family from Mexico. He was born in the U.S. and raised in Mexico and came back to do high school and later became an agent.”

Assistant U.S. Attorney Debra Kanof claimed out that pursuing suspects is not part of the Border Patrol's job. "Agents are not allowed to pursue," she said. "In order to exceed the speed limit, you have to get supervisor approval, and they did not." Additionally, in the words of Assistant U.S. Attorney Debra Kanof, “It is a violation of Border Patrol regulations to go after someone who is fleeing.”

That's right.

Assistant US Attorney Debra Kanof decreed that if an illegal immigrant, even a drug kingpin or terrorist, flees from a Border Patrol agent, regulations demand that he not further pursue or apprehend the fugitive. US Border Patrol Agents widely disregard this because their own edicts say things like “detouring illegal entries through improved enforcement” and “apprehending and detouring smugglers of humans, drugs and other contraband.”

Judge Kathleen Cardone

Judge Kathleen Cardone - a part-time fitness instructor - was nominated by President George W. Bush on May 1, 2003, to a newly created seat, and was sponsored by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Judge Cardone was confirmed by the Senate on July 28, 2003, and received commission on July 29, 2003. Her prior experience had been as a family court judge.

Several of the jurors came forward, a few days before the sentencing of Compean and Ramos in October, to say they had been holdouts against a guilty verdict and only voted with the majority when other jurors told them the judge wouldn't allow a hung jury. They expressed they felt severely pressured.

Judge Cardone denied the motion for a new trial.

Agents Compean and Ramos had filed a motion with the court to remain free on bond while they appealed their case. Despite the fact that the two agents were not deemed a flight risk, Judge Cardone, U. S. District Court, Western District of Texas denied the motion, ordered them to surrender to the US Marshall, and thus, ordered the agents to begin serving their sentences.

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

As governor, George W Bush brought Alberto Gonzales into his administration in 1994 as a senior adviser to the governor, chief elections officer, and the governor's lead liaison on Mexican and border issues. Gonzales later became White House Counsel in 2000, when George Bush became President, and was eventually nominated by Bush for Attorney General of the United States. On November 24, 2004, Gonzales, got the backing of the National Council of La Raza:

The NCLR promotes driver's licenses for illegal aliens, no immigration law enforcement by local and state police and amnesty programs broader than the administration's proposal.

La Raza supports legislation such as the Civil Liberties Restoration Act, which would roll back policies adopted after Sept. 11 designed to protect national security. It supports the "DREAM Act," which would mandate states to offer in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens” thus, providing them with benefits not available to U.S. citizens from other states.

The group opposes the “Clear Law Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal Act of 2003” and the “Homeland Security Enhancement Act” would give state and local police officers the authority to enforce federal immigration laws.

The group also supports legislation to ensure illegal immigrants' ability to obtain driver's licenses.

On March 29th, 2006, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales named U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton to serve as chair for the Attorney General's Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys. (The Advisory Committee plays a vital role in furthering the Department's law enforcement efforts and represents the voice of the United States Attorneys in making Department policy.) Sutton has been a member of the Advisory Committee since 2002.

Johnny Sutton also serves on the Advisory Committee's Border and Immigration Law Enforcement Subcommittee.

Texas Senator John Cornyn

John Cornyn refused to sign a petition presented by Texas Congressman Ted Poe requesting that the Border Patrol agents be released on bond pending their appeal. He has also refused to look at the case further.

Pat Gray, of KSEV radio, called Senator John Cornyn’s office in D.C. to clarify his perspective on the Border Patrol case

He's not taking a stand. He's not taking ANY stand. "As a former Supreme Court Justice, Senator Cornyn believes in the justice system...these agents had their day in court, and if errors were made, they should come out in the appeals process", said Cornyn staffer, Brian Walsh.

A staffer also told a caller that “the Senator had no power to affect anything in the case…he believes these men got what they deserved, and he will not get involved.” That is a quote verbatim from Senator Cornyn’s office.

While Johnny Sutton worked on George Bush’s team in Austin, during Bush’s governorship, John Cornyn was Bush’s Attorney General. As well, Cornyn appointed a John Sutton, dean of UT Law School (and of the age to be Johnny Sutton’s father or uncle), to be a member of his D.C. transition team.

Texas Congressman Michael McCaul

Michael McCaul refused to sign the petition presented by Congressman Ted Poe requesting that the Border Patrol agents be released on bond pending their appeal. As well, McCaul is Chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Investigations and in that capacity he refused to subpoena documents concerning the case, and refused to hold a hearing to review the case, which was within his purview.

What’s interesting is that Michael McCaul is a former employee of U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton.

Full circle…

U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton gave immunity to Mexican national, career criminal, drug smuggler, Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila in order to pursue his prosecution of U.S. Border Patrol Agents Jose Alonso Compean and Ignacio Ramos.

A criminal by definition does not follow or obey the law. Since he was given immunity from prosecution, Aldrete-Davila has violated his immunity deal at least twice.

Federal Judge Kathleen Cardone agreed with Sutton to not allow the jury to see or know about:

● The sealed indictment of Aldrete-Davila for his second arrest for drug smuggling in October 2005, after the incident when he was supposedly the victim of agents Ramos and Compean.

● Aldrete-Davila's agreeing to not withhold any information, then refusing to divulge the names of his fellow smugglers who picked him up at the border.

What does a cartel drug lord, with the audacity to put a bounty on the heads of the US Border Patrol Agents, do to a drug mule that loses his merchandise - $1 million dollars worth? Is it possible that within the weeks after Aldrete-Davila abandoned his load of drugs on the American side of the border, that he was shot by the drug cartel for whom he worked? Is it possible that he allowed himself to be “persuaded” by Johnny Sutton to be taken into protective custody in order to gain sanctuary from his employer? Alternatively, did this cartel drug lord have friends high enough in the Vicente Fox government to apply pressure on the Bush Administration?

Think about it: If Compean had shot Aldrete-Davila, a blood trail would have started at the levee.

If Ramos had shot Aldrete-Davila, a blood trail would have started closer to the border.

Based solely on Aldrete-Davila's testimony, with NO EVIDENCE or even a mention of a blood trail, both Compean and Ramos were convicted of shooting him. That's right. There was NO EVIDENCE of any blood to indicate which officer shot him.

It is just as likely that Aldrete-Davila was shot by the drug cartel boss in Mexico who would have been irate about losing over a million dollars in contraband.

● How much tax-payer money was used for this case?

● If there is no way to connect Aldrete-Davila to the van-load of marijuana, then why does Johnny Sutton keep tying him to the van-load of marijuana?

● If, as Sutton claimed in one statement, Aldrete-Davila was merely illegally entering the country, why was there a get-away van waiting for him on the Mexican side of the border?

● If there was no evidence – no blood, no fingerprints – from the scene, and no way to prove he was there, then why would Sutton accept every word of Aldrete-Davila?

● With the extremely lax chain of custody that occurred, with only a partial fragment of bullet removed, who shot Aldrete-Davila?

● Where is the bullet fragment?

● Where are the court transcripts? Repeated requests by Congressmen have been met with statement from the court that they are not yet transcribed. Why have they not been completed almost half a year after the conclusion of the case?

● Why was Aldrete-Davila given immunity - TWICE - plus a green card, and a car?

(W&C Report declares that Johnny Sutton's explanations smell like 3-day old mackerel left to rot in the sun.)

Edd Hendy, of KSEV radio, spoke with the Sheriff of El Paso County, the highest ranking law enforcement officer in the county, and asked if the proceedings were legitimate or should the case be objected to and reviewed. The Sheriff said, “These guys are getting screwed.”

Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila is now suing the US Border Patrol for $5-million for violating his civil rights, and Compean and Ramos are each doing over 12 years hard time.

It's rumored inside the beltway that President Bush will appoint Johnny Sutton to the federal bench before he leaves office on Jan. 20, 2009.

Breaking News...

No word yet on whether President Bush contacted and spoke with the families of Compean and Ramos.

Congress is considering passing its own pardon powers.

Read Rep. Michael McCaul's letter.

This has been a production of the Guard the Borders Blogburst. It was started by Euphoric Reality, and serves to keep immigration issues in the forefront of our minds as we're going about our daily lives and continuing to fight the war on terror. If you are concerned with the trend of illegal immigration facing our country, join our Blogburst! Just send an email with your blog name and url to admin at guardtheborders dot com.

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Time for 2016?

Well, since Hillary has already won the presidential election for 2008, and she will assuredly win again in 2012, perhaps we should just accept her manifest destiny as our supreme ruler and focus on who she would want us to elect to replace her in 2012.

Will it be Chelsea? That would certainly be the logical progression of annointed rulers, wouldn't it? If Hillary tells us that's what we should do, then we should do it, since she is the smartest woman in the world. So perhaps 2016 and 2020 will be Chelsea. Maybe we should just wait until 2024 before we consider electing some that's, well, not a Clinton. I guess we'll have to wait for Hillary to tell us because we're so stupid.

And we have to pay attention to what the media says, because after all, not only is Hillary the smartest woman in the world, she's also the first female presidential candidate (and might be black like her husband, too).

Oh wait, that's not right, actually Victoria Claflin Woodhull, way back in 1870 was first. Well, surely, based on the media drooling, Hillary is the first since then, right? Well, not quite. There was Belva Ann Lockwood in 1884 AND 1888. Well, perhaps she's the first in recent history. Except for Margaret Chase Smith who ran for the Republican nomination in 1964.

So maybe she's the first Democrat woman to run. Oops. Don't forget Shirley Chisholm, Patsy Mink, and Bella Abzug who ALL ran on the Democrat ticket in 1972. And let's not forget Elizabeth Dole in 2000 and Carol Moseley Braun in 2004.

Look, a woman running for president is nothing new. But the news media is absolutely frothing at the mouth to be the first to be her lap dogs. Don't look for one serious question to be asked by anyone anywhere in the formerly mainstream media, because they absolutely love and adore this woman. The major networks and newspapers across the country are already heavily campaigning to get this woman elected. She's winning a poll already, and look for her to be ahead in every single poll conducted between now and 2020.

So, what's Clinton's biggest campaign issue? What's the most important thing to her that she wants to do as president? What's the most significant problem facing the country today that only she can fix?

Freedom. Specifically, there's too much of it, and she's going to stop that.

How? Well, in her announcement, she claims that "It's simply wrong" that people have the freedom to earn money. She says that "it's simply wrong" that people have the freedom to select their own doctors. She claims "it's simply wrong" that people have the freedom to pay others to fix their medical ailments -- and she's going to stop them.

Never mind Iran building nuclear weapons. Don't worry about those silly Chinese communists and their missiles. Forget that whole escalation in the middle east. The southern border? No, that's no big deal. And never mind those pesky terrorists. The most important issue facing America today, according to Clinton, is that a few people don't have health insurance.

My only hope is that over the next year the freedom-despising and America-hating Democrats that run the Congress will screw things up so badly that enough people will actually wake up and realize how deadly and destructive a Clinton presidency would be that they won't elect her in droves. And yes, I'm aware that it is only a tiny bit of hope.

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Passports Required to Enter U.S.

There's only one possible reaction to this announcement:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Are these people really so stupid? Are they honestly that utterly and totally ignorant of reality? Have they ever seen a border to this country? According to the article

Americans flying to Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean made sure to bring their passports Monday because of a new rule going into effect Tuesday that requires them to show one to get back into the country.

That's completely not true. If you're coming from Mexico, you need no papers, no passport, no documentation of any kind. If anyone who looks official or may be wearing a uniform asks you for anything, just run. They have a formal policy that states that they cannot chase you. In many cases, perhaps a fast walk will be enough to get them off your trail.

On the other hand, when you enter Mexico, you might want to be sure your papers are in order. While that country has no issues with exporting all their problem citizens and violent criminals, they will shoot you if you run from them.

So if you're traveling, do bring your passport and identification papers. You will need them to leave the United States and enter another country, but you absolutely do not need them to re-enter the US. After all, if any government official does chase you, you'll likely get a cash settlement from the government. After all, repeat violent drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila did.

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NC on Stem Cells

300,000 people in Western North Carolina have weighed in (subscription required - use BugMeNot) on their opinion on government spending: they don't want more of it.

Now while even those involved in this action -- Catholics -- are framing this as a personal choice and morality issue, it really isn't. Their entire reason for opposing the proposed law this year is because of the value they place upon life:

There's never any justifiable reason to take a human life, even if it is in the very (early) stages of human life, because the embryo has a genetic makeup distinct from the mother, distinct from the father ? a human being has come into existence

That's all fine and good. But if you oppose them and support the proposed law because you think that there should be research on stem cells, you're just wrong. The law isn't about allowing or banning ANYTHING. The law, if passed, does not make research on stem cells legal. If the law doesn't pass, it doesn't make research illegal. Instead, as with the national level, this is about government spending.

The law would actually increase GOVERNMENT SPENDING on research with stem cells. Keep in mind all the various diseases that have been eliminated from stem cell research:

And keep in mind, NO ONE is stopping ANYONE from actually doing this research. If you want to research using stem cells, YOU GO AHEAD. There is no government or government agency that will stop you in any way, shape or form. Instead, what this is about is SPENDING MONEY. And it's MY money that you're spending if you support this bill.

Say what you want about the actual research, but at least be honest when you talk about supporting the bill. If you support this bill, you support increased spending by government, plain and simple.

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January 22, 2007

Pet Rules

To be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door - snout height.

Dear Dogs and Cats,
The dishes with the paw prints are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate of food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.

The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn't help because I fall faster than you can run.

I cannot buy anything bigger than a king sized bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.

For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years --canine or feline attendance is not mandatory.

The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat's butt. I cannot stress this enough!

To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our front door:

To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Pets

1. They live here. You don't.
2. If you don't want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That's why they call it "fur"niture.)
3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.

Remember: Dogs and cats are better than kids because they:

1. Eat less
2. Don't ask for money all the time
3. Are easier to train
4. Usually come when called
5. Never drive your car
6. Don't hang out with drug-using friends
7. Don't smoke or drink
8. Don't worry about having to buy the latest fashions
9. Don't wear your clothes
10. Don't need a gazillion dollars for college, and
11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children.

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Vote Hook

In case you weren't aware, the VA Mortgage Center is sponsoring a contest to determine the best mil-blogger based on votes by the public. And they're offering a $5,000 prize! There's a number of GREAT blogs on that list. I read a few of them quite often. But one of them got a vote request to me, so I'm going to vote for him. Asking for a vote is half the battle. Here's the request:

I'm 48 yards from the end zone with six seconds left on the clock and down by just one score...
As some of you know, Sgt Hook has been nominated for Best Milblog over at VA Mortgage Center Blog and the voting has been tight. A big thank you to those who have helped keep me afloat this far, but I think it's time to throw my "Hail Mary" pass in hopes of moving into the lead with just 24 hours left in the voting.
For those who don't know, should I win, I plan on using the prize money to finance a trip to Washington D.C. in May for the annual Milblog Conference, with any leftovers going to the Fisher House.
As I throw this long ball, I'm asking you to consider voting for Sgt Hook and asking everyone you know on the planet to do the same. Thank you for that consideration in advance, and if I don't score that touchdown, I hope to see you all around Sgt Hook in the future.
VOTE HERE.
Thanks again,
Sgt Hook

Won't you go give him a vote? I did.

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Discount-Mats.com

In case you're looking for a place NOT to buy mats, Discount-Mats.com is a place to avoid. In case you haven't gotten the various emails that are making the rounds, this place openly admits it's scorn and hatred of the United States troops in Iraq. And no, this isn't one where they can claim they're supporting the troops, because they openly declare that they wouldn't even ALLOW the troops to purchase their products.

From Snopes:

Below is an email exchange between a friend of mine's husband and a company that sells different types of mats. He is stationed in Iraq and was inquiring as to whether or not the company ships overseas. He wanted to get the troops better gear to sleep on. This is the companies response. I am floored. I am floored as a military wife and as an American. Please repost this so that this company will hear us loud and clear that we do not stand for this. Whatever your view is on this war - these troops are just following orders. Most are passionate about what they are doing. You can disagree with the war without disrespecting our troops.

From: SGT Jason Hess
Sent: Tue Jan 16 3:25
Do you ship to APO addresses? I'm in the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Iraq and we are trying to order some mats but we are looking for who ships to APO first.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: contact@discount-mats.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: Feedback: from discount-mats.com
SGT Hess,
We do not ship to APO addresses, and even if we did, we would NEVER ship to Iraq. If you were sensible, you and your troops would pull out of Iraq.
Bargain Suppliers
Discount-Mats.com

Strangely enough, if you try to go to their web site now, it says, "Discount-Mats.com is Experiencing Technical Difficulties..."

Good. Miserable bums.

*** Update:
Welcome new readers! If you found this site via a search engine and like what you see, be sure to follow the link at the top of the page to the main page and see what else we're talking about.

Recently a site that provided a large amount of public information about these anti-American Pakistanis has been hacked as they attempted to hide the information from being exposed to the public. To help spread the word about this information, I will be mirroring updates from Euphoric Reality from time-to-time. Here's a few:

The Muslim Website Connection

UPDATE 1 Jan 21 1226:

The company’s domain is registered to:

Faisal Khetani

PO Box 270693

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53227

Administrative Contact:

Khetani, Faisal sportsfitness@gmail.com
3259 S.106th Street

West Allis, Wisconsin 53227

United States

(414) 543-9634 Fax

Site is down and experiencing technical difficulties

UPDATE 2: Jan 21 :

Since the Discount Mats website is still down with technical difficulties, here is another avenue of approach:

Faisal Khetani is also a supposed fitness expert/consultant and publisher of some fitness publications like the Dream Body newsletter. His other website is Weight Lifting Workout Routines. Another email address is: contact@weight-lifting-workout-routines.com

Another phone number: 414-736-8394

This additional venture of Khetani’s is also registered to the same above contact information. It’s definitely the same guy.

UPDATE 3: Jan 21

Snopes has since qualified their entry with this statement (as of this afternoon):

Since we’ve only heard from one side, we can’t yet rule out the possibility (as occurred with a similar email) that Sgt. Hess may have received a response from someone who was not authorized to be corresponding with the business’ customers.

They’ve also changed the button from green (”True” to yellow to indicate “a statement of undetermined or ambiguous veracity”.

However, if the company owner wished to clear his good company’s name, and blame some nameless, faceless non-authorized employee, wouldn’t he respond to the inquiries by Snopes?

UPDATE 4: Jan 22

Faisal Khetani’s websites are all linked together, and are also linked to Quality Discount Scooters owned by Ahmed Bushra and Basketball Drills and Plays owned by Sajid Nasir.

Registered through: Teknon Domains

Domain Name: QUALITY-DISCOUNT-SCOOTERS.COM

Created on: 06-Dec-05

Expires on: 06-Dec-08

Last Updated on: 06-Dec-05

Administrative Contact:

Bushra, Ahmed qscooters@gmail.com

3270 W American Dr
Greenfield, Wisconsin 53221

United States

414-736-5971

Domain Name: www.basketball-drills-and-plays.com

Administrative Contact:

Sajid Nasir (sajidnasir@gmail.com)

+1.0014143240427

Fax:

3270 W American Dr
Greenfield, WI 53221

US

Creation date: 08 Mar 2003 03:22:22

Expiration date: 08 Mar 2007 03:22:22

Now there are some interesting coincidences about all these websites owned by Muslims who happen to all live in the Milwaukee area. The sports sites, one owned by Faisal and the other owned by Sajid are the exact same format and established the same month. They are nothing more than low-grade generic copy-and-paste sports information. The blogs were set up with a few token blog entries, with generic links (one even uses the sample Wordpress links that come with the blog), and then abandoned. Likewise, the Discount Mats and Discount Scooters sites share similar formatting and generic links.

So what’s the deal with these mostly fake websites? I’m just askin’…

If I lived in the Milwaukee area, I’d be doin’ more than askin’…I’d be driving by the addresses above to see what’s what with those locations.

UPDATE 5: Jan 23

The VP of Discount Mats also happens to be the owner of Basketball Drills and Plays, Sajid Nasir. These Muslims are all inter-connected through their bogus websites. Interesting…

As well, Faisal Khetani, 24, runs his business out of his home, where he lives with his parents, Ramzan and Amina Khetani (both aged 55). (Ramzan Khetani works for the State of Wisconsin in their engineering department for state facilities. Does that ring any alarms for anyone?) His parents have been sure to tell the media that they “support the troops.” But Khetani has not bothered to say anything like that. However, we’re meant to believe Khetani when he says he “fired” that “employee”. Whatever. Let’s not be naive: there was no employee. His so-called business (which I’m thinking is not legit) is run out of his home, for pete’s sake.

UPDATE 6: Jan 23

Snopes has changed their classification again to “True” (green button). As well, they have updated their webpage with some stern statements from his buddy and so-called VP, Sajid Nasir:

“It’s really getting out of control,” said Nasir, who described the messages as “angry and vulgar.”

UPDATE 7: Jan 23

Fox picked up the story, as did Rush Limbaugh in his first hour today, and Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.

UPDATE 8: Jan 23

From Newsbusters, who picked up this story two days later with no attribution to the bloggers (US!) who did all the work on outing this guy, but only cited the Milwaukee Journal and Fox:

Khetani claims that the person responsible for this ignorant affront to a US soldier was fired. In a recent communication with Miss. Kirkland, Khetani said “As I told my local reporters, the individual who made those statements has been held responsible and liable and what they spoke of apo addresses is absolutely true, but the second half was their own personal opinion and not the opinions of the company.”

Khetani also confirmed, though, that he and the members of his company are also against the efforts in Iraq which seems to contradict his first claim that the fired employee’s email didn’t represent the company.

I will say this, my company most certainly doesn’t support the war, and we do hope that the policies will change. However the personal opinions stated by the former member of Discount-Mats.com were very strong and personal and other members within our company certainly feel that his actions were not justified.

Let us hope that this man’s company finds a corresponding measure of “success” in equal levels with his support for the country to which he has immigrated in order to make his fortune.

In that same letter, Khetani also threatened Kirkland with unleashing the wrath of “major muslim organizations” on her for her “insults”. He closed by telling Kirkland, “you can be sure that there are million of muslim activists as well that will do something about your foul statements…. your statements against Muslims and your direct insults will not go unheard, I assure you.”

Threats, indeed. Bring it on, Muslim.

UPDATE 9: Jan 23 1329

I’ve found another bogus website affiliated with this Muslim group: Jewelry Spot, set up by 24 year-old engineering student Ahmed Bushra in June of ‘06, and like the other blogs, abandoned soon thereafter.

(414) 967-9509
2495 N Oakland Ave

Milwaukee, WI 53211

(map)

UPDATE TEN: Jan 23 1355 Tip from 1st Cav RVN (thank you, darlin’!)

Sajid Nasir, the so-called VP for Discount-Mats, is also a Muslim activist at UW-Milwaukee:

American Society of Muslim Students (Check out that link and this one!)
Classification: Social Action

Mail: Union Box 297

Office: Union 355

229-3078

Contacts:

Adam Abdi

Sajid Nasir

Email: muhamma2@uwm.edu

Purpose: Promotion of the teachings of Al-Islam in conjunction with UWM standards.
Activities: Lectures, seminars, forums, sales, exhibition, conventions, gatherings.

He penned this pungent missive to the Badger Herald:

Letters to the Editor

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Printing of cartoon hateful

After I heard that your newspaper reprinted the cartoons, I was deeply disturbed and sadened [sic]. I couldn’t help but ask, “why would they do something like this…why do they hate us?” I thought the university environment was supposed to encourage diversity, and learning, not bigetory [sic] and hatred. I personally demand that your paper appologizes [sic], and admits its mistake by reprinting the hatefull [sic] cartoons.

Sajid Nasir

UW-Milwaukee

As well, and in addition to the basketball drills and plays website, Nasir runs Yoga-Advice: another generic, copy-and-paste junk info website (with a dead blog, too):

Yoga-Advice

Contact: Sajid Nasir

1020 E Pleasant St

Phone: 414-324-0427
Milwaukee,WI 53212

How many bogus websites is that now? SIX?

UPDATE 11: Jan 23 1500

Faisal Khetani’s brother, Salman RamzanAli Khetani, is a Ph.D. with a B.S. in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering from my alma mater, Marquette University, and a fellowship award honorable mention from the National Science Foundation. When you do a google search for Salman Khetani, you’ll find that Salman Khetani is quite knowledgable and involved in toxicity studies, engineered tissue, and disease studies. Might be nothing. At the very least, it’s… interesting.

(H/T to Euphoric Reality). In addition, Ms Underestimated has some video coverage.

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Illegal to Report Crime?

Once again, when reporting on the activities of the Democrats, I really do wish I were making this up. Unfortunately for freedom and America, I'm not. Here's a legal proposal (a bill) from a Democrat in Arizona

An individual ... commits domestic terrorism if the individual [is] not affiliated with a ... law enforcement entity and patrol[s] to detect alleged illegal activity and if the individual is armed with a firearm or other weapon.

So, by the letter of this law, if I am in the doorway of my own house and I'm armed, and I open the door to see if a crime is being committed (after hearing a scream), I'm a "domestic terrorist."

This one is a special one for those of you on the left who claim that it's the Republicans who are trying to take away your freedoms and rights.

Look, we already have absolutely nothing for a southern border. Our military is disarmed and our border patrol has been told that they will be sent to jail if they actually chase anyone. I have absolutely no idea why we have "checkpoints" on the roads anymore at all -- if someone runs it, the border patrol has been shown that they will be thrown in jail if they actually chase anyone. The military has been ordered to retreat and run if anyone shows up armed.

So the citizens of this country are absolutely forced to defend themselves because the government has shown that they are utterly incapable of doing one of the very few things they are actually supposed to do, and this moron, Kyrsten Sinema, wants to lock up those few people who are actually willing to defend themselves.

Hey Krysten Sinema, you can go suck eggs, too. You're an obvious enemy of freedom. I'm sorry that you hate freedom and America so much. How about you move to Mexico yourself, you communist bastard?

Oh, how I yearn for freedom.

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NC Democrats Need MORE

The entire budget of the state of North Carolina is "only" 19 billion dollars. That's dramatically up, thanks to Democrats, even from just a year ago, when it was 18 billion. But this year those same Democrats are working on spending $2.7 billion MORE dollars on "mental health" needs.

So, are you ready for your 14.2% tax increase? That would end up being an increase in the state sales tax AND income tax of 1%. But don't worry, the Democrats are sure to be able to spend all that "extra" money and more. They've got "needs," you see.

This time it's "mental health." They're concerned that some North Carolina counties spend more on mental health than others. No, they don't seem concerned that there are different salaries in different areas and different cost of living expenses in different counties -- they're ONLY interested in the fact that Mecklenburg County spends more per person on mental health than other counties.

And if they were really interested in "fixing" this "problem," instead of looking to make other counties spend MORE, they'd tell Mecklenburg to take their "mental health" needs to the cheaper counties! After all, if you could pay $6 for a gallon of gas in your town, but it was $1 the next town over, what would you do? Most normal people would drive to the other town and pay less. But Democrats in North Carolina would rather force the town that charges $1 for gas to charge $6!

The leech director of Mental Health Services says

I’d encourage everyone, whether they’re affected by mental illness or not, to push for funding

Well of COURSE the leech that would directly benefit from the "funding" in the form of personal CASH would ask for more! I say again -- if you are employed by government, you should lose your right to vote. What is this person's job function? What does he do to "earn" cash? He asks people to vote for Democrats that will give him money!

That's wrong, plain and simple. Government produces nothing. Sure, people suffer from mental health problems. But it is quite literally impossible for government to solve all the problems of all the people. I wish the anti-freedom Democrats who run North Carolina would stop trying. We'd all be a lot freer, happier, and yes, richer.

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January 21, 2007

Tarheel Tavern #100

Welcome to the 100th edition of the Tarheel Tavern!

What a great honor it is to be the host of this, the 100th edition of this carnival. Now I know this isn't one of the biggest or well-known carnivals, but it's one of my personal favorites. Why? Because it's more local. It's more personal. It's posts from people who live in, or blog about North Carolina.

The very first Tarheel Tavern was way back in February of 2005. It was hosted at Science and Politics. Now there's a WIDE range of political views in North Carolina, so to attempt to moderate those strong emotions, the first few carnivals were not allowed to have political posts. Instead, it was to be a focus on how bloggers are people and how the bloggers of North Carolina appreciate North Carolina.

Over the years, that "temporary" theme seemed to continue, for the most part. Sure, people were free to submit political posts, but the majority of submissions seemed to focus more on goodness and happiness in North Carolina. That helped make the carnival more of a nice place to visit and read, rather than a contentious place where NC bloggers fought over political viewpoints.

Now, almost two years later, the carnival continues. It's on it's last legs, as last week had no host. If you're interested, please do volunteer to host this and keep it going. Then again, the internet moves pretty fast -- carnivals may be a thing of the past. Only time will tell. In the meantime, onwards to Carnival #100!

This week the Tavern will be served up as a full 7-course meal. Did you know that you can have up to 21 courses in a formal dinner? I think I might have to try that some time before I die. 21 courses, wow. But we've got seven here today.

1st course - Appetizer:

The Tarheel Banker from ephemera: a tribute to the long history of Banking in Charlotte. Ephemera asks,

Was Charlotte even on the map in 1967?

Now that's a question you don't want to ask today's city leaders, because they're all about making Charlotte known worldwide. What as? Well, that part isn't all that clear, but they certainly feed the need to be popular. And yes, banking has been a huge part of Charlotte for quite a long time.

Next up, according to my official meal guide, is the 2nd course - sit-down, seated Appetizer:

Final notes on the Science Blogging Conference and Anthology over at A Blog Around the Clock. This post is a great description of what they hope will be an annual event: a North Carolina Science Blogging conference. And it wasn't just for bloggers:

to mix science bloggers with others who are interested in science communication - scientists and students, science teachers, librarians, writers and journalists, journal editors and local elected officials, software developers and science museum staff.

I hope that it turned out well this weekend!

Next up, the 3rd course - Gourmet Salad:

Assert A Surge Iraqi submitted by Scrutiny Hooligans.

Now Screwy Hoolie, the author of that post, promises drinking at Asheville Brewing Company, in Asheville, EVERY Thursday. That's about 2 hours from my house, but I might have to make the drive one Thursday, just to hear him recite the poetry like this week's submission. I'm just not sure how I'll make it back for work on Friday after "drinking liberally."

After that is the 4th course - Sorbet, for a palate cleanser:

I Shot The Sheriff But I Didn't Shoot Deputy Dog by the one and only Billy the Blogging Poet.

This entry couldn't fit any better into our seven course meal here, as you might have guessed -- it's a poem by Billy. And it's light and silly, I think. Well, it might be dark and depressing, depending on how you read it. I won't try and explain, just head on over and see what you think about it! And well, if you don't like that poem, check out the rest of his site, I'm sure you'll find something you like there.

Finally we get to the 5th course - The Main Course:

Slowly She Turned provides the main course with Erring on the side of caution -- a post that actually went along with the "suggested topic" of this week's tavern (and yes, it was only a suggestion, so it's fine that other didn't follow the "theme").

This week in North Carolina, some areas saw a bit of nasty weather. No, nothing compared to what the folks in the west were dealing with a few weeks ago, but in North Carolina, we don't have thousands of plows and salt trucks, so it doesn't take much to completely immobilize entire counties.

Slowly She Turned offers a little bit of quite good advice regarding the weather, especially for those of us in North Carolina who don't see hazardous weather very often.

Once you're done digesting that main course, we're proud to deliver the 6th course - Gourmet Dessert:

Now this is no light dessert to laugh and converse over. No, this one is a rather heavy, strong dessert that will stay with you for quite awhile. Colonel Corn's Camera tells up about Raw Emotion -- and it's not a calm, easy emotion. But it might make you think a little more before you complain about sitting in the next traffic jam.

Everyone will have to deal with some strong emotions at some time in their life, usually when they're least prepared for it. But without any emotions, life would be a rather slow and boring existence. Without the lows, there wouldn't be any highs, would there?

Finally, today, as you digest your wonderful meal, we have the 7th course - Lattes:

And while you sip, read about Business Advice for Artists and Sensitive People, presented by Christine Kane.

Just read that title again, and think about how much something like that might be needed. Quite often, those who are gifted in the areas of arts aren't as gifted in the areas of logic and business. So it seems only logical that they're going to need help in areas of business. I know I sure need help in the area of arts!

And as an added bonus, there's already a lot of comments and discussion going on over there on this topic, so grab your drink, sit back, and join in the conversation!

Well, that's all for this week's carnival. I hope you enjoyed your stay and had time to wander around and visit all those who were kind enough to add their submissions for this week. Remember, if you're blogging in or about North Carolina, you can submit your own blog posts each and every week. Also, the carnival is in need of future hosts -- if you'd like to host and enjoy the tavern, submit and volunteer to host!

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New Neighbor #46

Welcome again, good readers, to this week's New Neighbor. For those who haven't seen this feature before, this is a weekly post that appears each Sunday afternoon. Usually this is the only post for Sundays, but this week the Tarheel Tavern will also appear. Each week Ogre reads through some new blogs from the massive blogroll on the right side of the main page, right now the Evangelical Blogroll, and finds a new blog to highlight and introduce to you, my kind reader. This week, it's

Beauty and the Bull

I have to say, this blog almost didn't make the cut for this week's "Neighbor" feature. I looked at the blog, glanced at a couple articles and decided that I'd feature it. Then I noticed the picture at the top of the blog. Poor, deluded, Bull. I'm thinking he should put a picture up of "The Swamp..."

Anyway, back to the blog. The latest entry is neat. I'm not sure, but I think Bull is really hoping to obtain some wolf-like super powers. And I'm not sure "Wolf Lord" is quite enough of a superhero name. Feel free to add other choices in his comments.

He's also got up a post about the latest American Idol. To be honest, I've never seen the show. Really. I have absolutely no desire to watch other people make fools of themselves. Well, I guess I do, I just see it all day long just by watching the Democrats and other politicians. But if you like that sort of thing, he'll give away the whole season in one post.

Now the blog does promise to be about "Bull and Ashley," but you might notice a slight lack of posts from this mysterious Ashley. However, about a week ago, she did make an appearance explaining her absence. She speaks of these "social engagements." Wow, that sounds painful. Well, to me, anyway.

So hey, the blog's been around since March of 2006, so I guess that makes it almost old, eh? It's a clean layout, pretty much just personal stuff, but why not head over and have a read this Sunday afternoon? What else did you have to do? And I'm not posting anything else until you get over there and read (well, at least not until tomorrow morning, and the Tavern this will be here later this afternoon).

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January 20, 2007

Ed Brown

The story about Ed Brown is spreading. I mentioned it here last week under the title "Live Free or Die." For those educated in government schools, that's the state motto of New Hampshire.

I've been following this case rather closely and have been in contact with numerous people who have actually been on the ground and have visited with Ed. Ed is a very nice guy. And the Fox News story really mentions the crux of this story. Once again, not for the first time, someone is asking the government a question that simply cannot be answered. When it comes to taxes, Ed says,

Show us the law that requires us to pay [income] taxes, and we'll pay it immediately

The government has never been able to show this law. I remember a few years back when full-page ads were run in newspapers offering $50,000 to anyone who could show the law. The reward went unclaimed. Well, the IRS, of course, tried Ed and his wife and found that they were guilty of "avoiding taxes" and "hiding their income."

Folks, they didn't hide or avoid. They blatantly and openly didn't pay. They also got in trouble for "money laundering" for having funds transferred under the federal reporting limit. In case you're not aware of that law, certain financial institutions are required to fill out federal forms when transactions exceed a certain amount (it used to be $10,000). So, for example, when I was going to receive $15,000, I asked for it in two checks: $7,500 each. I guess that makes me a criminal, too.

Ed does have quite a number of people up there with him. And Ed's rather set in his ways. He is very non-violent. He has vowed not to shoot government trespassers. However, he said that he will also not leave his property against his will.

He was found guilty on Friday, but sentencing is not until April. It's not currently clear whether the judge has issued a warrant for his arrest, but the judge may do so at any moment. I don't know what will happen if they attempt to take Ed by force. If they do so now, there will be a bloodbath because Ed's simply not going. My guess is that the government will attempt to wait him out and won't do anything until closer to the sentencing date.

But there is a way for government to end this without bloodshed -- but they have to leave Ed alone. He's not bothering anyone. He's self-sufficient and won't go anywhere or harm anyone. He's not committed any crime that's hurt anyone in any way. But they're going to get him -- because if they don't, others might actually follow his lead.

Good luck, Ed, and Godspeed.

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100th Tarheel Tavern

In case you needed reminding, if you're blogging from or about North Carolina, the deadline to submit carnival entries for the 100th edition of the Tarheel Tavern is tonight! It should be posted either Sunday or Monday! Come on North Carolina Bloggers, send in your entries!

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Vandalism Elmwood Cemetery

A Press Release regarding the Elmwood Cemetery:

We have been sickened by the latest theft and vandalism at Elmwood Cemetery. We have attempted help stop this by addressing our city leaders on this issue and making various police reports. Sadly, our city leaders talk a good game but do nothing. The same has been for the police department no follow up nor has arrest been made.

The Confederate section is apart of history that has met with theft and vandalism again.

Sadly, we found new vandalism in Pinewood Cemetery in two locations. It sickness us find these headstones broken on purpose. This type of criminal activity is horrible an outrage to the families and citizens of Charlotte.

The vandalism has consisted of statues on burial plots broken, some beheaded, various headstones broken, and some bashed into pieces. Even monuments have had pieces chipped, which have lead to further cracking. Elmwood and Pinewood Cemetery has been the victim of vandalism for too long.

Again, we are concerned regarding the lack of responsibility we have encountered. The Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department has not followed up on reports filed. A police officer only has contacted us once and left a message. We have tried to contact him back, several times and have not heard from him. There have not been any arrests in regards to the vandalism. The aloof behavior is why people do not take the time to become more involved. This has not been an uncommon behavior by police or city officials.

Have any questions please feel free to contact us.

Mark A. Palmer
704/525-0313
Historic Preservation of Elmwood and Pinewood Cemetery

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January 19, 2007

Friday Feast

Well, I'm not completely sure what this is, but I found it over at Raven's, so I thought I'd give it a shot. The directions say:

While our questions may sometimes be related to food, the main idea here is to feed your mind by asking thought-provoking, mind-stimulating questions.
Each Friday when you visit this meme, you will find 5 enticing courses for your mind to gobble up:
Appetizer
- a quick, tasty morsel to get you started
Soup
- smooth and warm to soothe your mind
Salad
- a nutritious blend of "veggies"
Main Course
- a hearty portion that is sure to satisfy
Dessert
- light concoction for your sweet tooth

Okay, so here goes nothing:

Appetizer
Which television shows do you just refuse to miss?

Television? Isn't that a medium that was used for communication back in the 20th century? Do people still have those things? What for? Oh, wait, I remember that thing now -- it's the propaganda tool used by leftists world wide today, isn't it?

Soup
Who did you last speak to on the telephone?

Tell-uh-what? Horrible, nasty devices. I don't like them one bit. Therefore, I don't use them. Why? I dunno. But really, I just don't use those things.

Salad
How many pillows do you keep on your bed?

What is this, a quiz about little-known things that people don't have? Why spend money on a bed when there's a perfectly good floor right over there? Heck, if you have a bed, doesn't it just cover up the floor space so you can't use it any more? And if you do get rid of that floor space, why would you bother with a pillow? That's just not natural. Really. Go lie down. Now, how elevated is your head? Oh, it's not? Then why would you want to sleep with your chin pressed towards your neck? You people are silly.

Main Course
Name one addition to your computer (software, hardware, etc.) that you'd love to have.

Okay, at least I understand this question! I need the brain-to-text translator. That way I could get a lot more done by just telling the machine exactly what I wanted it to do, without having to figure out how to explain it to the computer.

Dessert
What is your favorite foreign food?

Roast Terrorist.

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Random Pictures

So, have you looked at your hard drive lately? When I post pictures here, I usually save them to one of my computers first, then upload them here. That "pictures" folder on this computer now has 330 files. Wow, I wonder what's there?

Most of them, I can account for. I know what I was doing and what I was thinking when I see pictures like this one:

Raven will like that one.

Heck, I even remember when Contagion inspired this one:

I can remember when Quality Weenie and I were having our car wars that caused me to have this one:

And I certainly remember creating the series that included this poster

But there's a few, I just can't explain. I wonder why in the world, for example, I find this little guy in the "My Pictures" folder

I have no idea. And what's with this one?

And why do I have a picture of a pile of chains?

Oh well, it must be time for a new computer.

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