Need Cancer Treatment, Sot off! Oh, You Need to be Re-Virginated-That's Different.

Seems the British people just can't handle the truth, at least not when the truth is told by a Jew.  Chris at Wyblog:

Shimon Peres is right, England does pander to Muslims

Israeli President Shimon Peres ignited a firestorm when he dared to speak the truth. England does pander to Muslims.

And among the countless examples of their pandering the actions of their NHS (National Health Service) are some of the most egregious. Donald Douglas has the shocking and heartbreaking story of a dying women denied life-saving cancer treatment because it was deemed "too costly" by the NHS.

But NHS routinely funds "virginity repairs" (hymen replacement surgery) so that sexually active Muslim women can enter into Sharia-compliant marriages. Over the past 4 years NHS has seen a 3-fold increase in the number of Muslim women having the operation done privately - fearful that a future husband might discover they were not a virgin on their wedding night.

Does anybody know, do as many British women die from honor killings in Great Britain as do from breast cancer?  Because if not, that would like a pretty could indication of pandering.  Not convinced?  How about this:

Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Governmentbacked study has revealed.

It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial.

There is also resistance to tackling the 11th century Crusades - where Christians fought Muslim armies for control of Jerusalem - because lessons often contradict what is taught in local mosques.

The findings have prompted claims that some schools are using history 'as a vehicle for promoting political correctness'.

The study, funded by the Department for Education and Skills, looked into 'emotive and controversial' history teaching in primary and secondary schools.

It found some teachers are dropping courses covering the Holocaust at the earliest opportunity over fears Muslim pupils might express anti-Semitic and anti-Israel reactions in class.

The researchers gave the example of a secondary school in an unnamed northern city, which dropped the Holocaust as a subject for GCSE coursework.

The report said teachers feared confronting 'anti-Semitic sentiment and Holocaust denial among some Muslim pupils'.

By "teachers feared confronting 'anti-Semitic sentiment and Holocaust denial among some Muslim pupils'." the are actually saying is that teachers fear that teaching the Holocaust might get them beheaded.  But gee, why would they worry about that?

Yes, dear Great Britain, you have become a nation of panderers right from your dhimmi Prince Charles on down.  And you know, it is going to be hard as hell to find a decent pub once that sharia thing is in full swing.  Pity, but you have noone to blame but yourselves.

They've lost that lovin' feeling

and now it's gone, gone, gone.

The Telegraph:

The end of the road for Barack Obama?

A thrashing of the Democrats in the mid-terms would not necessarily be the beginning of the end for Mr Obama: Bill Clinton was re-elected two years after the Republicans swept the House and the Senate in November 1994. But Mr Clinton was an operator in a way Mr Obama patently is not. His lack of experience, his dependence on rhetoric rather than action, his disconnection from the lives of many millions of Americans all handicap him heavily. It is not about whose advice he is taking: it is about him grasping what is wrong with America, and finding the will to put it right. That wasted first year, however, is another boulder hanging from his neck: what is wrong needs time to put right. The country's multi-trillion dollar debt is barely being addressed; and a country engaged in costly foreign wars has a President who seems obsessed with anything but foreign policy – as a disregarded Britain is beginning to realise.

A little further up in the article was this little gem:  Mr Obama benefited in his campaign from an idiotic level of idolatry, in which most of the media participated with an astonishing suspension of cynicism.

I seem to remember some idiotic idolatry of Obama coming from our friends across the pond in run up to the election but these days the love is waning if not altogether gone.  Jackson Diehl reported in the Washington Post that when he  asked several senior administration officials which foreign leader Obama had formed a bond with nobody named Great Britain's Gordon Brown.  In what may be a very scary peek in to Obama's soul the name they were able to come up with was Russia's Dmitry Medvedev.  Not exactly comforting.

Obama may believe that America doesn't need no stinkin' friends.  From all appearances, Great Britain may be happy to oblige.

Obama to Great Britain: Bend over

On April 2, 1982, Argentina invaded and occupied Great Britain's Falkland Islands.  Initially the United States tried to negotiate with Argentina but when that didn't work out we threw the weight of the United States military behind our friends and allies, the British.

Fast forward to yesterday's headline in the Telegraph written by Toby Young:

Et tu, Barack? America betrays Britain in her hour of need

Young writes:

It was a headline I never expected to read: “US refuses to endorse British sovereignty in Falklands oil dispute.” Washington has declined to back Britain in its dispute with Argentina over drilling rights in the waters surrounding the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands. President Obama’s position is one of strict neutrality, refusing to take sides. According to the State Department:

We are aware not only of the current situation but also of the history, but our position remains one of neutrality. The US recognises de facto UK administration of the islands but takes no position on the sovereignty claims of either party. (emphasis added)

My response to Young is and this surprises you, why?  What has Obama done since taking office (or before, for that matter) that gave you guys the idea that he gives any merit to the long standing friendship and alliance between our countries?  Remember, Obama comes from the Zinn school of social justice (and revisionist history) where Great Britain, like the United States, represents imperialist oppressors.  He feels no loyalty to Britain and little for his own.

For this alliance to survive, both countries must recognise their obligations and, from time to time, that involves one of us setting aside more localised concerns for the sake of the cause. Tony Blair would have preferred it if President Bush had been prepared to wait for a second UN resolution before launching the invasion of Iraq, but he decided that Britain should follow America into battle nevertheless. He recognised that the preservation of the Atlantic alliance had to be prioritised above all else, both for our sake and the sake of the world.

In return, we naturally expect America to side with us when it comes to our own territorial disputes — and this element of quid pro quo was recognised by Ronald Reagan when he backed Margaret Thatcher in the Falklands War. It wasn’t in America’s regional interests to side with us, but Reagan knew the terms of the deal: It was your country, right or wrong. You don’t abandon your closest ally in her hour of need.

No, you don't abandon your friends.  I would hope that Sec. Clinton would recognize this but then again, hers is but a ceremonial position of late.  These are difficult times for the United States and by extension, for our traditional allies.  I would note that many in Great Britain like their counterparts in Europe hailed the election of the Anointed One.  Sadly, now that they've found that Obama is a lesser god it is too late to get the cowboy back.

I imagine our next president on his "apology tours".  But unlike Obama he won't be grovelling before Mid Eastern terrorists.  Our next president will be apologizing for actual wrongs against Poland, the Czech Republic and yes, Great Britain. 

Book burning comes to Great Britain

Jimmie at the Sundries Shack is reporting that the elderly in Great Britain have taken to burning books to keep warm.

It seems that Great Britain, buying in to the Global Warming scam, has passed draconian energy measures that has resulted in sky-rocketing energy costs.  It is simply cheaper for the elderly and poor to purchase used books to use as fuel than to purchase coal.  Should the current administration here pass Cap & Trade our poor will be forced to find creative ways to stay warm as well.

Too often the poor pay a disproportionate penalty for the causes championed by the elite.  The poor man in Canada in need of a hip replacement suffers for months, if not years waiting for treatment while the wealthy man crosses the border to the States and receives the care he needs.  And yet, it is their system that is considered more "compassionate" than ours.

Jimmie quotes Ed Driscoll:

The rulers of National Socialist Germany burned books because they were frightened by their content; the citizens of socialist England burn books because of their nation’s whackadoodle environmentally correct energy policies.

What a horribly sad commentary on our "modern" world.

Read the entire story.

Christian Couple Arrested In England For, Drumroll..Expressing Christian Beliefs

Via Memeorandum:

Apparently in Great Britain these days you can be arrested for merely expressing an opinion.

According to the story in The Daily Mail, a Christian couple, Ben and Sharon Vogelenzang were engaged in a conversation with Muslim woman was staying at a small hotel they own in Liverpool:

It is understood that they suggested that Mohammed, the founder of Islam,
was a warlord and that traditional Muslim dress for women was a form of bondage.

They deny, however, that their comments were threatening and argue that
they had every right to defend and explain their beliefs.

Apparently not under British law.

The use by the police of the Public Order Act to arrest people over
offensive comments has dismayed a number of lawyers, who say the legislation was
passed to deal with law and order problems in the streets.

Neil Addison, a prominent criminal barrister and expert in religious
law, said: ‘The purpose of the Public Order Act is to prevent disorder, but I’m
very concerned that the police are using it merely because someone is offended.

This, for want of a better term, is horse hockey. No person should ever face persecution for stating an opinion, even if it is an unpopular opinion. The way that civilized people handle differences is to ignore them.

We have seen many in our own country trying to stifle honest discussion and debate by calling disagreement "racism." How long will it be before someone proposes actual speech codes?

The Audacity of Oops!

From Don Surber:

BBC: President Obama’s administration did not tell London he was shipping 4 Uighur terrorists from Gitmo to Bermuda until they landed in the British territory.

Well that hardly seems cricket. After all, the British are our allies so you would think that we would talk it over with them before we dumped a bunch of terrorists in their lap. For someone you promised to improve the United States’ image in the eyes of the world, Pres. Obama sure seems to be starting off on the wrong foot.

We have some reaction from Toby Harnden of the London Telegraph:

The problem is that Bermuda is one of 14 British sovereign territories - the oldest in fact - and as such Britain has responsibility for its foreign policy and security.

A British diplomat told me, with that trademark stiff upper lip style, that David Miliband, Foreign Secretary, had called Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State, immediately to protest.
"The Foreign Secretary registered his surprise. It was a regrettable mistake. Bermuda, the UK and the US now need to work together to fix it and make sure it doesn't happen again."

Roughly translated, that means that Miliband said: "WTF, Hillary?"

The Obama administration characterised the mood of British officials to ABC this way: "They are pissed."

Kinda makes you wonder how many times we can piss off the British before they tell us to “go pound sand”?