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Sarah Palin Writes ....

In the Washington Post today Sarah Palin writes in her op-ed "The 'Cap And Tax' Dead End":

  ...  nation's debt is unsustainable, and the federal government's reach into the private sector is unprecedented. 

Unfortunately, many in the national media would rather focus on the personality-driven political gossip of the day than on the gravity of these challenges. So, at risk of disappointing the chattering class, let me make clear what is foremost on my mind and where my focus will be:

And Palin does just that:

Job losses are so certain under this new cap-and-tax plan that it includes a provision accommodating newly unemployed workers from the resulting dried-up energy sector, to the tune of $4.2 billion over eight years. So much for creating jobs.

In addition to immediately increasing unemployment in the energy sector, even more American jobs will be threatened by the rising cost of doing business under the cap-and-tax plan. For example, the cost of farming will certainly increase, driving down farm incomes while driving up grocery prices. The costs of manufacturing, warehousing and transportation will also increase.

The ironic beauty in this plan? Soon, even the most ardent liberal will understand supply-side economics.[snip]

We must move in a new direction. We are ripe for economic growth and energy independence if we responsibly tap the resources that God created right underfoot on American soil. Just as important, we have more desire and ability to protect the environment than any foreign nation from which we purchase energy today. [snip]

We have an important choice to make. Do we want to control our energy supply and its environmental impact? Or, do we want to outsource it to China, Russia and Saudi Arabia? Make no mistake: President Obama's plan will result in the latter.   (read it all)

Of course the typical responses are out there.   I give the Huffington Post credit, they posted a couple of paragraphs with a link back to the original article and did not use the image of Palin winking, as some sites did ...

It has that 9th grade, five paragraph essay style along with random bits of right-wing jargon sprinkled throughout in appropriate contexts.   (The Plank)

And:

And then you have Sarah Palin show up, blathering about how we're "destroying America's economy" while we're "literally" sitting on mountains of oil and drill baby drill and blah blah blah. Sickening.  (Andrew Sullivan)

And:

 ...   Today, the world rakes you over hot coals while cackling wildly as it gives the dimmest American her own op-ed piece in The Washington Post. It’s the universe’s biggest bird-flip to those who make some vague attempt at being decent, intelligent, compassionate, hard-working people.  (Black Book Mag) 

In the meantime...   Carpet bomb American citizens with every possible program under the sun, that seems to be the Obama plan.  Drop bills in committee and congress, hoping to get them passed.  The media won't have enough pages or minutes of air time to cover them all,  seems that's the policy behind the Obama administration -- just ram it all down their throats at the same time, choke them if necessary, and push legislation through. 

Health Care bill  

We all hear the hoopla about how national health care would be the greatest thing since bandages for sliced fingers, but little has been discussed about what the industry groups will be getting in return for their cooperation in turn for their promised savings that may or may not ever materialize...  Health Deals Could Harbor Hidden Costs  

 
Day two of the Sonia Sotomayor hearing continues:

“Judge Sotomayor’s record on the Second Amendment causes us grave concern over her treatment of this enumerated right [to keep and bear arms] . . . As Second Amendment leaders deeply concerned about preserving all fundamental rights for current and future generations of Americans, we strongly oppose this nominee, and urge the Senate not to confirm Judge Sotomayor.”  --Sandy Froman former president of the National Rifle Association (NRA, Special Guest)

Another Elvis Sighting

Another Elvis Sighting

By: Paul A. Ibbetson
(Right Truth Exclusive)

    “I just saw Elvis!” Even decades after the death of the legendary singer, people still exclaim these same words with detailed accounts of their personal sighting of “The King.” I, along with most of the nation, mourned Presley’s death in 1977 but for me, like for most people, that day was the closing of the living story of Elvis, not the beginning of the secret life of the musician/actor.  When we look critically at the Elvis sighting phenomena of more than three decades, we can see a complex mental conditioning that allows certain people to come to a place where logic and reason are altered to a point where the next guy shuffling down the sidewalk in a pair of blue suede shoes could be “you know who”.

Whether or not people are driven to denounced the obvious death of Presley because they love his records or movies or any other variation thereof is moot; the point is that some people find themselves predisposed to deny factual evidence (e.g.: death certificate, accounts of people who handled the body, the funeral, the burying of the coffin). Instead, they cling to fantastic, non-realistic, evidence that Elvis still lives, which can be found in reported cryptic songs by Waylon Jennings, crazy theory books, movies, and, of course, the person on the street that swears that Elvis just pumped their gas and checked the oil on his or her car. On a more magnified level, for the Elvis seer of today, the direct evidence that the musician must be dead is replaced with the theoretical evidence that he could still be alive if a series of less probable possibilities were to fit together properly. Thus begins the mysterious stories of conspiracy theories and the other grand creations that tantalize many, but have no true factual substance. Don’t think for a moment that this is just an “Elvis thing.”

In the political sphere we see the same psychological reality building that created the immortal Elvis scenario being used by the modern liberal. Wrapped within radical leftist organizations, such as PETA, the man-made global warming crowd, or the tax-and-spend liberals that Barack Obama faithfully leads, we see the same framing of non-reality that has brought some Elvis admirers to seeing the equivalent of jumpsuits and capes that don’t really exist. The radicals at PETA ignore the fact that they exploit women to save chickens, and that their mission statement falls in diametric opposition to mainstream Christianity. The man-made global warming crowd disregards the direct evidence that their green initiatives will most certainly destroy the American economy and, of course, that the planet keeps getting cooler, in order to follow a socialistic game plan to “save the Earth.”

When it comes to Barack Obama and his tax-and-spend philosophy, it’s so expensive that even a scrap of logic left on the table causes major problems to the reality that is being spun. It’s true that many of these groups have cross-over affiliations but they are all searching for their own personal “Elvis” sighting. That is, they search for something that is unattainable, not real, and there are going to be a lot of disappointed people in the end.

As the curtain begins to close, we are faced with some facts that shake, rattle and roll many of us, but it is time we face the music. In reality, Elvis will always be the “The King” in the music industry, but on this Earth, he is as dead as dead can be. On the other hand, liberalism, in all its facets and faces, will always be a dead philosophy that we dare not allow to become “king.” I would say that the latter situation is painfully close to coming to fruition, and for that I have great concern for this country. Through years of mental conditioning, the liberal philosophy threatens to create a world where reality has truly left the building and our nation pre-destines itself for future anguish and woe far greater than the passing of the beloved Elvis Presley. 

Paul A. Ibbetson is a former Chief of Police of Cherryvale, Kansas, and member of the Montgomery County Drug Task Force. Paul received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Criminal Justice at Wichita State University, and is currently completing his PhD. in sociology at Kansas State University. Paul is the author of the books Living Under The Patriot Act: Educating A Society and Feeding Lions: Sharing The Conservative Philosophy In A Politically Hostile World. Paul is also the radio host of the Kansas Broadcasting Association’s 2008 and 2009 Entertainment Program of the Year, Conscience of Kansas airing on KSDB Manhattan 91.9 FM. For interviews or questions, please contact Ibbetson91.9@gmail.com or go to www.IbbetsonUSA.com.
 

Here are the links to Mr. Ibbetson's last couple radio shows:  Enjoy:

 
http://ibbetsonusa.podomatic.com/player/web/2009-07-01T00_12_15-07_00
 
http://ibbetsonusa.podomatic.com/player/web/2009-07-07T23_35_24-07_00

Former Gitmo detainee slaughters foreigners in Yemen

So much for releasing those poor innocent detainees from Guantanamo.  From Fox News:

The fate of three of nine foreigners abducted in Yemen last week is known — their bodies were found, shot execution style. The whereabouts of the other six — including three children under the age of 6 — remain a mystery.

But terrorism experts say their abductors and killers are almost certainly not a mystery. They say the crimes bear the mark of Al Qaeda, and they fear they are the handiwork of the international terror organization's No. 2 man in the Arabian Peninsula: Said Ali al-Shihri, an Islamic extremist who once was in American custody — but who was released from the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

And if al-Shihri is behind the gruesome murders and abductions, they say, it raises grave concerns that the scheduled January 2010 closing of the Guantanamo prison and the release of most of its prisoners to foreign countries will galvanize Al Qaeda and compromise American national security.

The nine foreigners — four German adults, three small German children, a British man and a South Korean woman — were abducted on June 12 ... (continue at Fox)

The Black Death

The Black Death

By: Paul A. Ibbetson

For the people of Europe who faced the Black Death in the middle 1300s, their lives before the plague appeared in many respects the same as for modern people today. People worked in the city shops, or the rural fields, in order to sell their goods to provide for their families and loved ones. People had desires, passions, unfulfilled dreams, and all the disastrously wonderful things that kept the people of those times, as well as folks today, from getting to bed at night or from thinking straight throughout the day.  We like to think that we, as a technologically advanced people, are a world away from those Europeans of old. But, in reality, we are very much the same. Trade the modern day car for the horse and cart and, before long, we can find historical equivalents from the past to today for everything, right down to the iPod. In short, when we cut through the glossy coverings of the period, from then to now, people are people, plague is plague, and death is death. The truth is that simple - and that deadly.

I say this because America today faces another “Black Death” that is as elusive and evasive as the plague of Europe. However, this plague does not attack the glands and rot the flesh, as did the Black Death, but instead it clouds the mind and hardens the heart. This plague is none other than the disease of liberalism. As with the stories of the diseased and flea-ridden rats, nestled quietly in trade ships traveling to Europe from the Crimean port of Caffa, we see that terrible things often come in little packages. Liberalism is often portrayed as the small harmless aggression that should be allowed to fester in the corner of the room. After all, if we just spread a few flowers, no one will notice.

As with America today, Europe was ill-prepared to deal with the disease at hand. The Black Death, as with liberalism today, served to build individual distrust and division among the people, which weakened everyone’s ability to find a true cure. In Europe, as panic began to build among the populace, friends and family members broke from one another, as each individual was considered a potential carrier. Blame for the disease was reduced to a vile finger-pointing game and the participation in wild and dangerous miracle cures. In the end, desperation walked hand in hand with apathy, and the Black Death ate its fill of Europe before lurching to parts unknown.

People are people, plague is plague, and death is death. Today, liberalism has spread its foothold in America and has expanded itself to the point where it now literally blows in the wind. It burns the eyes of what few patriots remain, and fills the lungs of the next generation with reckless disregard, as did the Black Death of old. For most of those struck with the Black Death of Europe, death was painful and certain. For those whose minds have been infected with the disease of liberalism, there is no sweet release of death, as liberalism is the gift that keeps on giving.

That is, in part, how the disease has grown to its current epidemic stage. You see, people infected with liberalism become “carriers,” and most often for life. In America, it now has become fashionable to be a “carrier” of liberalism, and we have come to the point where it is all but necessary to test “positive” to gain inclusion into financial, social, and educational circles. I know that is a painful statement, but it’s painfully true. Today’s society is now dangerously close to the brink of disaster. Inevitably, if we do not address our own fleas and rats, the “black death” of our age will knock upon each and every door in this country, and it’s knocking now.

Paul A. Ibbetson is a former Chief of Police of Cherryvale, Kansas, and member of the Montgomery County Drug Task Force. Paul received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Criminal Justice at Wichita State University, and is currently completing his PhD. in sociology at Kansas State University. Paul is the author of the books Living Under The Patriot Act: Educating A Society and Feeding Lions: Sharing The Conservative Philosophy In A Politically Hostile World. Paul is also the radio host of the Kansas Broadcasting Association’s 2008 and 2009 Entertainment Program of the Year, Conscience of Kansas airing on KSDB Manhattan 91.9 f.m. www.ibbetsonusa.com. For interviews or questions, please contact ibbetson91.9@gmail.com

Obama’s filing against 9/11 families: so bad it's good - Blogburst

Thanks to Error Theory:

Bizarre amicus brief totally demolishes the Second Circuit's dismissal of the families' suit, then replaces it with the most mendacious stupidity imaginable. Now the Supreme Court will HAVE to hear the case, just to avoid the implication that it accepted this garbage.



9/11 families were stunned this week to learn that President Obama is asking the Supreme Court NOT to review their effort to recover damages from the government of Saudia Arabia and from several Saudi princes for funding al Qaeda’s 9/11 attack on America. That the defendants did funnel vast sums of money to al Qaeda was accepted as a given by the appellate court, as was the fact that al Qaeda was known to be dedicated to and engaged in violent attacks against America. So what was the Obama administration’s reason for siding with the Saudis?

Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s amicus brief to the Supreme Court had to admit that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred in its grounds for denying the suit against the Saudi princes. No, the fact that the princes did not actually direct the al Qaeda attack on the United States does not relieve them of liability for attacks that they funded. The precedent on this is clear. As long as the defendant knew “that the brunt of the injury” from his tortious act would be felt in America, then:

... he must ‘reasonably anticipate being haled into court there’ to answer for his actions. [Calder v. Jones, 465 U.S. 783, 790. Cited on Kagan’s p. 18.]

Nevertheless, said Kagan, she could think of a way around the appellate court’s utter failure to get the heart of the case right. The families’ suit falls under the 1976 FSIA law that establishes exceptions to the principle of sovereign immunity. This law does not allow jury trials. Thus while the appellate court was clearly wrong to say that the suit should not be heard, Kagan suggests that there are snippets in the ruling that can be read as the appellate court acting in its role of trier of fact, and thus ruling against the families for providing insufficient evidence.

In other words, instead of seeing the Second Circuit as rejecting the basis of the suit, we should see them as accepting the suit, and ruling against it on the substance. To make her argument that the appellate court actually did try the facts, she quotes the Second Circuit’s statement that:

Conclusory allegations that [Prince Turki] donated money to charities, without specific factual allegations that he knew they were funneling money to terrorists, do not suffice.

(Continue reading below the fold)

Iranian Missile Watch and Israel

Israel is America's friend, but you wouldn't know that by listening to US President Barack Hussein Obama or his crowd.  Empty words, with no foundation or even a hint of truth, were issued to the media after Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.  Apparently the Obama administration has made it clear they do not want Israel attacking Iran, they will not give permission or assistance either.

A terror cell was uncovered and four individuals who planned to attack two synagogues in New York City and shoot down American planes, were arrested the day before Obama's Guantanamo speech at the national Archives, but not one word about it from Obama.  Jewish hatred didn't register on Obama's radar apparently.  Praise for the agents who infiltrated this cell and made the arrest, thwarting the attacks also got not a mention from Obama. 

Timing is everything in politics, war, relationships.  Obama seems to be off kilter, defensive, frustrated.  Timing is everything as Iran launches its most advanced missile to date

Iran has test-fired a missile with a range of up to 2,500km, putting Eastern Europe, Israel, and US bases in the Middle East within striking distance. […] While further details are sketchy, this is said to be the longest-range missile Iran has ever launched, raising concerns about the sophistication of Tehran's missile program – and its timing.

Ahmadinejad claims Iran's new missile is capable of hitting Israel
and Ahmadinejad is correct.  U.S. and Russian experts: Iran could produce nuclear device in 1-3 years.  See link below for missile ranges, although the successfully tested a two-stage Sejil-2 missile is not included:

From Middle East Strategic Information, a great link to see the reach of Iran's ICBM, BM-25, KH-55, SHAHAB 3 ER,and SHAHAB 3:

Due to the recent successful launch of an Iranian surface-to-surface missile that could reach into Europe, it is a prudent time to look into how far Iranian missile range extends. Click on this link to see whether you are potentially in missile range

To understand more about how the Middle East affects you, click here

Italy cancels minister’s Iran visit

Italy on Wednesday canceled at the last minute a flight to Iran by Franco Frattini, foreign minister, following strong objections from European capitals and Washington and a bid by Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad, Iran’s hardline president, to make election propaganda out of his visit. Italy’s foreign ministry said it called off the two-day trip because Mr Ahmadi-Nejad, who is campaigning for re-election next month, wanted to meet Mr Frattini in the city of Semnan where the Iranian president had just announced the successful launch of a medium-range missile capable of hitting Israel.

Unfortunately, Iran Still Arming Insurgents In Iraq, Afghanistan: Pentagon.  Making every effort, but knowing nothing will come of it, Netanyahu 'ready' for peace talks with Syria, Palestinians, while Hamas seen as winner in any West Bank election.
 

With Arabs, Obama never had a honeymoon:

[…] For the first time, Iran emerges as a "threat" for a small but significant number of Arabs – particularly in Egypt and Morocco. […] On Iran, the surveys show that a majority of Arabs believe the country is pursuing nuclear weaponry, despite its claims that its program is for peaceful energy purposes. Large numbers of Arabs say Iran is being singled out by the international community because it is a Muslim country, but for the first time a significant number – again, especially in Egypt and Morocco – say Iran should be pressed to stop its nuclear program.

US government officials say Israel fails to meet criteria for tourist visa exemption

Government representatives who met with journalists this week in during a tourism fair in Miami Beach, Florida told Yedioth Ahronoth that Israel does not meet the administration's exemption criteria, and that it appears that a long time will pass before Israelis are able to enter the US without a visa.

The visa exemption program was launched in 1986 and exempted the citizens of 27 states worldwide, most of them in Western Europe. Several months ago the US government added more countries to the list, including Estonia, the Czech Republic, Latvia, Malta, Lithuania, South Korea, and Slovakia.

Despite expectations that Israel will also enjoy the exemption this time around, officials were disappointed to discover that the Jewish State is not on the list. At this time, discussions are being held on exempting more states from a US visa, including Greece, Brazil, Argentina and Poland, yet according to US government officials Israel is not on the list again.  (continue at YNET)

United States President Barack Obama approves US-UAE nuclear cooperation deal , yet here in the US we cannot go ahead with more nuclear power plants.  Somebody explain this one to me.

Back to the four terrorists in New York who wanted to kill Jews, the media is falling all over themselves to say  N.Y. Bomb Suspects Said to Have No Connections to Terror Groups , yet how do they know this, how can they be sure.  Muslims in prisons have been recruiting for years and years, many do have connections to terror groups. The New York times, via Dr. Phyllis Chesler, admits:

 ...   For example, see the New York Times coverage HERE. What starts as a bland, front page story continues on page 33 where, laughably, the Times writes “some of the men were of Arabic descent, and one is of Haitian descent.” Only the New York Post HERE mentions these important facts up front and clearly. (And, by the way: One of the arrested men is quoted as saying that his parents once lived in TypePad - Compose New PostAfghanistan; if this is true, let’s note that Afghanistan is not an Arab country. It is totally unclear whether his parents are Afghans or not).

Jew hatred knows no bounds, whether it is Afghanistan, Iran, Haiti, Gaza, or the streets of New York City.  In fact, Daniel Pipes has a list of US attacks on Jews by Muslims here.

As Frank Salvato says, "I believe we are smack-dab in the middle of a struggle for the survival of our country and Western Civilization. In the event that the former vice president and I are wrong, well, I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried to my funeral plot by six."  That goes for Iran, terrorists, personal safety here at home. 

While we wait, and wait, for the Iranian people to stand up to their government and take control,  Iranian Public Is Not Monolithic: Iranians Divide Over Their Government But Unite on Forgoing Nuclear Weapons .  Sigh.  And and tiny Israel is a target from all sides.  God bless her.

QUOTE OF THE DAY FROM FORMER VP DICK CHENEY:

"Yet for all these exacting efforts to do a hard and necessary job and to do it right, we hear from some quarters nothing but feigned outrage based on a false narrative. In my long experience in Washington, few matters have inspired so much contrived indignation and phony moralizing as the interrogation methods applied to a few captured terrorists. 

I might add that people who consistently distort the truth in this way are in no position to lecture anyone about 'values' ".

(Image via Ron Russell and the Totus Blog)

UPDATE:  Israel does have the capability to take out Iran's nuclear sites.  From DEBKA:

 ... The CSIS paper refutes this assessment and maintains there is no need to destroy dozens or hundreds of sites; the destruction of seven to nine targets would be enough to cripple the Iranian program, and lists them as follows:

1. Lashkar A'bad, site of secret uranium enrichment plants in the north near the Turkish border.

2. Tehranb, for the central laboratory for developing atomic armaments as well as more uranium enrichment facilities.

3. Arak, in central Iran, where a heavy water plant is under construction to manufacture plutonium for weapons.

4. Isfahan, in central Iran, near which a small research reactor and a cluster of laboratories for uranium enrichment, centrifuges and weapons development, are situated.

5. Natanz, the main center for uranium enrichment.

6. Ardekan, at the southern tip of Iran, where more uranium enrichment facilities are located.

7. Saghand, Iran's main uranium mining region.

8. Bushehr, on the Persian Gulf shore, Iran's biggest nuclear reactor built by Russia.

9. Gachin, near the Strait of Hormuz, the site of more uranium mines and enrichment facilities.

On Benjamin Netanyahu, StratFor says:

 ... this is Netanyahu’s second time as prime minister, and his government is as diverse and fractious as most recent Israeli governments. Israeli politics are in gridlock, with deep divisions along multiple fault lines and an electoral system designed to magnify disagreements.

JIHAD COMES TO THE BRONX

JIHAD COMES TO THE BRONX
 
BY: FERN SIDMAN
(Right Truth Exclusive)

 
In an elaborate sting operation, four African American Muslim men were arrested Wednesday night in New York City for attempting to bomb two synagogues in the Bronx and for conspiring to shoot down military planes at an Air National Guard base in Newburgh, NY. James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payen were friends who had met while serving time in prison and it was there that they converted to Islam.

The bombs in their possession were fake; supplied to them by an FBI informant who had been cooperating with authorities since 2002, when he pleaded guilty to taking part in an unrelated fraud scheme. The four men attended the Masjid al-Ikhlas mosque in Newburgh, New York, where they first met the informant. In April, Mr. Cromitie, 53 and the other men in their 20s and 30s selected the Riverdale Temple, the Riverdale Jewish Center and the National Guard base as their targets. On May 6, they obtained the bogus surface to air missiles and explosive devices that they were to use in the attack from a Connecticut warehouse.

Eric Snyder, an assistant United States attorney, said at their arraignment, "It's hard to envision a more chilling plot. These are extremely violent men. These are men who eagerly embraced an opportunity to "bring death to Jews". Addressing the fact that all four men were born in the United States, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said, "It speaks to our concern about homegrown terrorism." He added that, "They stated that they wanted to commit jihad. They were disturbed about what was happening in Afghanistan and Pakistan, that Muslims were being killed". He also said that the defendants also said that if Jews were killed in this attack that would be all right with them.
 
When queried as to whether the four men acted in concert or received support from any known terrorist organizations, Mr. Kelly said they acted alone.

In an article written for the Pajamas Media web site that appeared on May 21 entitled, "Homegrown Islamic Jihad in the Bronx: Now We Are All Israelis", Dr. Phyllis Chesler, an emerita professor of psychology and women's studies at the City University of New York states:

"Onta Williams of the Bronx Four is quoted as saying: “They (the United States military) are killing Muslim brothers and sisters in Muslim countries, so if we kill them here (in the United States) with IEDs (improved explosive devices) and Stingers, it is equal.” James Cromitie, a.k.a. Abdul Rahman, stated that he was part of a Pakistani-based terror group and wanted to kill Jews and Americans. According to the New York Post, “Cromitie pointed to people walking on the street in the vicinity of a Jewish community center and said that if he had a gun, he would shoot each one in the head.”

 
This raises some serious questions about Commissioner Kelly's assertion that these men acted independently, sans the backing from radical Islamic terrorist organizations.

This is certainly not the first time that the authorities have hastened to declare that terrorists were tantamount to common criminals. On the evening of November 5, 1990 the far reaching tentacles of global jihad ominously pervaded the United States, yet it would many years to come before anyone made the connection. On that evening, Egyptian born terrorist El Said Nosair, a Brooklyn resident and city employee walked into a conference room at the Marriott Hotel on New York's east side. He then brandished a .357 magnum revolver and assassinated Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the Jewish Defense League and member of the Israeli parliament. Within hours after the murder the New York City police spokesman said that the defendant did not have ties to terror organizations and labeled the shooting as a homicide. Joseph Borelli, then chief of New York City detectives, said the shooting of Rabbi Kahane killing was the work of a lone gunman and the search of his apartment had turned up nothing.
 
According to an article written by investigative journalist, Seamus McGraw entitled, "The Killing of Rabbi Kahane: Jihad in America", he states:

"As authorities would later discover, the bullets fired from Nosairs gun were the opening salvo in a war, a war waged by Islamic extremists against America and its interests. Within three years of the Kahane shooting, a group of men closely linked to Nosair, men led by the blind Sheik Omar Ahmad Abdul Rahman, would launch the first attack on the World Trade Center, setting off a deadly bomb in the basement of the towering building. Later, members of the cabal would be accused of planning a reign of terror against New York, plans that included attacks on the citys bridges and tunnels. And a few years after that, a handful of terrorists, under orders from Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network, a network that counted some of Nosair's allies among its members, would ultimately topple those towers, and attack the Pentagon.

All of it, authorities would later say, was foreshadowed within three days of Nosairs arrest when investigators poring through his Cliffside Park, N.J., apartment would find a diary in his handwriting that would later seem almost prophetic. In it, Nosair called for jihad against the enemies of Islam and urged his comrades to bring America to its knees by destroying the structure of their civilized pillars; their high world buildings which they are proud of; their statues and the buildings in which their leaders gather. But all of that was missed in the days immediately after the Kahane killing."

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Before the authorities can promulgate with complete certitude that these would be assassins are devoid of any substantive terrorist ties, an extensive investigation must be conducted and all evidence must be made public. There is no question that the pernicious and baneful agenda of radical Islam continues to proliferate in the Western world and as such, the theology of global jihad has taken root in the Middle East, Europe and the United States. And for those who cherish the freedoms that our democratic system affords us; to those who are concerned about the future of Western civilization as we know it, let us raise our collective voices in protest against jihadists of all stripes. Let us shuffle our priorities and let out elected officials and our president know that the threat of jihad on our shores is our number one domestic and foreign policy issue. Before it is too late, we must mobilize expeditiously.

Making Free Speech a Hate Crime

Making Free Speech a Hate Crime

by  Jerry A. Kane
American Daughter

The hate crime bill that passed the U.S. House of Representatives April 29 is an attempt by democratic socialists and progressives to silence dissent against alternative lifestyles. Their incessant iconoclastic attacks on once established values and morality have nearly eroded this nation’s spiritual and cultural legacy. Instituting same-sex marriage and prosecuting hate speech will complete the process and shatter the remaining hopes for cultural regeneration and tear down the last vestiges of the country’s Judeo-Christian ethic.

In America’s brave new post-modern multiculture, homosexual and transgender people will become a federally-protected class under the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009, HR-1913. Under this act, anyone who publicly opposes the practice of homosexuality or any of the 30 other sexual orientations as designated by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) could be charged with expressing “hateful words” and convicted of a “hate crime.”

Under the guise of tolerance, Canada and European countries have implemented hate crimes legislation to suppress expressions that conflict with public opinion or do not conform to politically-correct policies, i.e., the views of the state are the views of the people. Only designated groups and minorities belong to the protected classes. The majority of Canadians and Europeans are not free to express politically incorrect religious beliefs, moral convictions, and political ideas publicly for fear they may enrage members in the protected classes.

Britain’s hate crimes legislation should be renamed the Islam Protection Act. In January 2007, British television aired Undercover Mosque, a documentary about Islamic extremism in Britain. The documentary was based on a 12-month secret investigation into mosques throughout the nation. In the footage, Muslim preachers exhort followers to prepare for jihad, incite violence against non-Muslims, urge followers to reject British laws, and praise the Taliban for killing a British soldier.

Leaders in the Muslim community complained the film was discriminatory and intimidating, so the police requested that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecute the film-makers for “stirring up racial hatred.” By ignoring facts and what had actually happened, the police and CPS found common ground with the film’s detractors — that is to say, they agreed the Islamic clerics were harmless victims whose sermons were “taken out of context” and condemned the film-makers for religious bigotry and inciting racial hatred. Alas, clairvoyance has supplanted the blindfolded matron, Lady Justice.

Hate crimes legislation allows a country’s legal system to disregard any notion of equality under the law, and apply it unequally and selectively, which means that some citizens are harassed, prosecuted, and convicted, while others are not. In Canada and European countries, hate crime prosecutions of heterosexuals, non-Muslims, or non-Socialists exceed those of homosexuals, Muslims, and socialists.

Hate crime laws are rarely enforced when slurs, insults, invectives, and ridicule are hurled at members in the majority group. For example, in May 2006, a Belgium man filed a complaint with the police against the Center for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism because he was offended by the agency’s use of the words “Dirty Heterosexual” in its postcard distribution campaign. The agency director said that stigmatizing or discriminating against majorities is “not real discrimination” and dismissed the man’s objections with laugher saying, “Discrimination is something that by definition affects minorities.”

Hate crime laws establish a preferential justice system and create a double standard in the legal system that fosters distrust, conflict, and intolerance in a society. Such laws suggest that members of a minority group deserve a higher level of justice than those of the majority, which makes members of the minority group more important and morally superior. In Austria, it’s not considered degrading to Christians if Jesus is portrayed in homosexual acts with his apostles, but it is degrading to Muslims if the historical fact that Muhammad married a six-year old girl is mentioned.

In Britain, a 69-year-old evangelical was prosecuted for displaying a protest sign with the words “Stop Immorality. Stop Homosexuality. Stop Lesbianism.” Objecting to his peaceful protest, hecklers knocked him down, threw dirt on him, poured water over his head, and tried to take his placard. The police came and arrested the protester, but did nothing to those who assaulted him.

The magistrates’ court ruled that the words on the placard could be harassing, alarming, and distressful for homosexuals who may find the words threatening, abusive, or insulting. Consequently, the evangelical protester was fined and ordered to pay court costs for displaying words that might offend the delicate sensibilities of a protected class member, but the criminal actions of the hecklers who assaulted him were disregarded and left unpunished.

Fears that hate crime laws will eventually lead to criminalizing speech are not unfounded. In 2001, a Saskatchewan resident published an ad in a local newspaper that consisted of a few Bible verses and an illustration of two stickman figures holding hands inside a circle with a line though it. The Saskatchewan Human Rights Tribunal ordered the resident and newspaper to pay $4,500 to three homosexuals who had been traumatized and scarred for life by the stickman illustration.

Polemicists who denounce homosexuality and same-sex marriage are no less entitled to their opinions than the apologists who promote them. What has happened to religious freedom and freedom of conscience in Canada and Europe as the result of implementing hate crime laws is clear. Make no mistake, if the recently passed hate crime bill becomes law in the United States, freedom of speech will be sacrificed to protect particular classes from criticism and all forms of upset, making condemnation of homosexuality illegal.

Hate crime laws violate the fundamental notion that man’s natural equality entitles him to impartial justice, which is the underlying principle of the Constitution and Bill of Rights. How ironic the counterculture left that chanted in the 1960s, “I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,” now fights to enslave all Americans to the will of a totalitarian bureaucracy.

Rally for Human Rights Takes on Radical Islam

RALLY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES ON RADICAL ISLAM

(corrected article)
 
BY: FERN SIDMAN
 

Despite the pouring rain, over 300 concerned citizens representing a diverse group of political, religious, ethnic and racial groups convened in New York City's Times Square on Sunday, May 3rd, to attend a rally sponsored by the Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam. The HRCARI is a grassroots global action movement that is dedicated to educating and mobilizing people of all backgrounds and persuasions to the inherent dangers of the burgeoning radical Islamic movement and to supporting freedom, democracy and tolerance.
 
Among the multitude of organizations represented at today's rally included the Jewish Action Alliance, the Hindu Human Rights Watch, ACT for America, Muslims Against Sharia, the Alliance of Iranian Women, the Indian American Intellectuals Forum, the 9/11 Families for a Secure America, the Chinese Community Relations Council, the Namdhari Sikh Foundation, the American Coptic Union, AMCHA - Coalition for Jewish Concerns and Americans for Peace and Tolerance.
 
"We must stand up to the evil that radical Islam represents" declared Pastor Gerald Bell, a Southern Baptist African American minister who personally traveled to the Sudan to rescue African slaves from their Muslim captors. "The barbarism that I personally witnessed was simply indescribable and I tell you that amongst radical Islamists nobody is safe. Their agenda is to enslave, rape, kidnap and murder Christians, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs and anyone who does not subscribe to their baneful credo."

  Arish Sahani, of the Indian American Intellectuals Forum enlightened the attendees to the heinous and systematic slaughter of Hindus throughout Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. Quoting from a report issued by the Hindu American Foundation that was endorsed by members of the US congress and senate, he said, "For the last 18 years over 300,000 Hindus have been living in squalid camps because in one area of India where Hindus are a minority, namely the Kashmir valley, they were driven out by radical Islamists who used rape, murder and intimidation against them. In the year 1947, in what is now Bangladesh, Hindus comprised 30% of the population. Today they are less than 10% of the population because of the heinous acts of mass murder perpetrated against them by radical Islamists."

 "We all know that Israel has been on the front lines of encroaching Jihadism for decades" said Beth Gilinsky of the Jewish Action Alliance. "Radical Islam, Islamic supremacy, Sharia law, jihadism -- call it what you will -- but we all know what it is about -- the killing of infidels and apostates, the slaughter of innocents because of their faith, their political beliefs, or just because of who they are" she continued. She lambasted both the mainstream media and purported human rights organizations such as the United Nations who have failed to cover and address the brutality of radical Islam. "We also must know that the mainstream media have been AWOL -- and Dead on Arrival , when it comes to covering this issue.  This is the scoop of the century, and the media have ignored it" he declared.   

Among the victims of radical Islamic violence, according to Gilinsky are the Jews of Europe and elsewhere; Sudanese Christians and Sudanese of indigenous religions; Lebanese Christians; the persecuted Coptic Christians of Egypt; other Christians, Jews, Hindus, etc. living within in the Arab and Muslim world, or in Europe or elsewhere. 

 Shlomi Azulay, an Israeli survivor of a Hamas suicide bombing attack in downtown Jerusalem in 2002 also took the podium at the rally. Barely escaping with his life, Azulay said, "There is not a day or night that goes by that I don't have flashbacks and nightmares of that horrific evening. I watched my friend be blown to smitherines. I saw body parts flying around" he said with tears in his eyes. "The terrorists of Hamas must not be appeased by the US government or the powers that be in Israel. We must call upon our governments to assume a flinty posture in their regard and to not provide support to them, either financially or politically. The day that the USA recognizes and deals with Hamas will be the day that we surrender in the war on terror" he said.  

Phyllis Chesler, emerita professor of psychology and women's studies at CUNY and a Jewish Press op-ed contributor could not attend the rally but offered these remarks concerning Islamic gender apartheid through a spokesperson. "Muslim women are being buried alive (literally, not merely under face and body veils), in Algeria, in Pakistan, and under Taliban and Al-Qaeda rule. Muslim women are being sexually stalked by “wilding” parties in Egypt and Algeria, and gang-raped and then lashed almost to death in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Algeria. They are being normatively beaten at home all over the Muslim world— in such places as Gaza and the West Bank as well as in Jordan and Egypt– and normatively killed in honor/dishonor killings." 

Also speaking at the rally were Michael W. Cutler of the Center For Immigration Studies, a Washington based think tank. Mr. Cutler was an INS special agent for over 30 years and has testified before 14 congressional hearings since 9/11 on the dangers of allowing Islamists to enter the USA. Bruce DeCell, a former New York City police officer representing the 9/11 Families organization spoke of the loss his son-in-law Mark Petrocelli, a commodities broker who lost his life on 9/11. Other speakers were Tawfik Hamid, Simon Deng, Joy Brighton, Bhupinder Singh Bhurji and Rajinder Singh Khalsa of the Sikh movement. 
 
 

More Dangerous Than Al-Qaeda: Liberals and Sharia

Opinionnation Times wrote an article last year that was picked up by Reuters which claimed that the far-left in this country was indeed, far More Dangerous than Al Qaeda, and argued that Modern Liberalism, unlike Al Qaeda, has the actual ability to undermine and even destroy the foundational struts of the United States of America.  There is no question in my mind that we are seeing the truth of that premise here in the US today. 

I'm not just talking about the economic situation and the way President Barack Obama has turned America toward a socialistic future, taking over corporations sometimes by using strong-arm tactics and force.  Nor am I just talking about the money going to groups like ACORN and unions as payback for their Democrat votes.  Nor am I only talking about the crackdown on Christianity, freedom of speech, and loss of true journalism.  All those things are true and a danger to the America we have known and enjoyed in the past.

The true danger is how open to sharia (Islamic) law and practices the liberals are, above all other religions and groups.  Here in the United States we have honor killings and the media would rather chop their own hand off than use that word.  We have Muslim men with multiple wives, using Islamic punishments for any perceived slight.

As Dr. Phyllis Chesler says, "Radical, fundamentalist Islam is the world’s largest practioner of both gender and religious apartheid. "  But what is the definition of "radical" or "fundamentalist" Islam?  Here in the US we have honor killings, yes, but we also have "pleasure marriages".  HAHmed reports, "I had no idea how prevalent mut'a marriages were, especially here in New York."

Temporary “pleasure marriages” offer unwed Muslims a way around the Islamic rule against premarital sex. Betwa Sharma talks to one young American Shiite who’s on his 25th “I do.”

“Marriage is halal, dating is haram,” says Ali Selman. In other words, marriage is permissible, but dating is forbidden. These are the rules for the strapping, green-eyed Lebanese Shiite from Brooklyn.

Luckily for young Muslims like Selman, who are deeply religious yet subject to the same hormonal forces as any other twentysomething, the Quran provides what you might call a caveat clause. Its rule against sex outside of marriage is clear, but many Shiite Muslims believe that a section called “Al Nissa” contains a single word (istimta) that seems to allow Muslims to engage in Mut’ah marriages, or “pleasure marriages”—essentially, temporary marriages for the purpose of having sex.

    “As a Catholic you go to hell for having premarital sex. Mut’ah understands the human disposition and accommodates me.”

These “pleasure marriages” can last for years, months, several days, one night, or a few hours. Popular in places like Iran but also quietly practiced in America, Mut’ah is a handy option for unmarried Shiite Muslims who want to have sex without settling down for life. “There can be no sex outside of marriage,” says the 29-year-old Selman, a champion weightlifter who, over the past 10 years, has been temporarily married 25 times. (by Betwa Sharma)  (continue reading)

Also from HAHmed the following discussion on Sunni and Shia differences on the subject:

Though there are important differences between Twelve-Imam Shi’ism and Sunnism on the level of the principles of the religion(usul al-din), on the level of the sharia and fiqh or jurisprudence there are surprisingly few places where Shi’i or ‘Ja’fari’ law differs from all four Sunni schools, the Hanaf’i, Hanbali, Maliki, and Shafi’i. Perhaps the most important difference occurs in relation to the institution of mut’a, or ‘temporary marriage’. The Sunni authorities agree that mut’awas permitted by the Prophet at certain points during his lifetime, but they maintain that in the end he prohibited it completely. In contrast the Shi’is maintain that the Prophet did not ban it, and they cite numerous hadith from Sunni as well as Shi’i sources to prove this. Having established its legality, they then devote tremendous care and attention to defining its legal status and all the rules and regulations connected with it. 

One major purpose of the present study is to trace the origin of this divergence between Sunni and Shi’i law by going back to the sources and arguments on both sides. A second purpose is to describe the legal situation of mut’a in Shi’ism. In order to do this, it is first necessary to understand the rules and regulations that define marriage itself, since all the discussions of mut’a take place within this context. Hence Chapter One describes the ‘pillars’ and ‘conditions’ of marriage according to the five schools of law, though in a manner which is by necessity truncated and which makes no attempt to give a thorough presentation of all the different opinions. Chapter Two discusses the ‘four pillars’ ofmut’a and Chapter Three its ’statutes’. Once the nature ofmut’a and its structural relationship to permanent marriage is understood, the debates concerning the legitimacy of mut’a-summarized in Chapter Four–can be better understood.  -- Sachiko Murata

Continue Reading the Introduction 

This week a young woman was hanged by two male members of her family in Sadr City Iraq.  On New Year's Day 2009 in Irving, Texas Amina Said, 18, and her sister Sarah, 17 were shot to death by their father because he thought they had boyfriends in America's so-called first honor killing.  I say 'so-called first' because I have no doubt other honor killings have happened before, they simply never rose to the surface in the media.

Although America is far from perfect, it is still a more democratic, more lawful, more feminist, and more compassionate country than is any Muslim country anywhere in the world—no matter how charming or hospitable its citizens may also be. The same is true of tiny, imperfect, amazing, and much maligned Israel. It stands head and shoulders above its Arab and Muslim neighbors in terms of human rights. This is one of the reasons it is so demonized.

To my sorrow, many western academics, feminist activists, and mainstream journalists actively resist this point of view. They claim that human bomb-terrorism, hate speech, child suicide bombers, honor killings masterminded, funded, and carried out by Muslims, have absolutely nothing to do with Islam; that barbaric practices such as stoning, beheading, limb amputation, and honor killing are all “pre-Islamic” customs and have nothing to do with Islam; and that pairing Islam with what is done in its name by its followers, or by its national and religious leaders—is an example of western “racism” and Islamophobia.

We in the West have also been taught that Islamic barbarism is due to western colonialism, imperialism, racism. We have not been taught to view Islam as the imperialistic, genocidal, slave-owning and misogynist culture which, alas, it is. Today, even saying this is quickly labeled “Islamophobic” and censored as hate speech.  (Dr. Phyllis Chesler, more)

AINA reports:  "The latest annual report by the independent U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom names 13 countries as serious violators of religious freedom.  The 13 countries named as Countries of Particular Concern (CPC) in this year's report are Burma, North Korea, China, Vietnam, Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan."  What, no Afghanistan?  Anyway, look at what's happening in those countries and ask yourself "do I want these atrocities to grow in number inside the US?"

One might ask, "Where are the women's rights groups in the US?"  Why are they not speaking out for those countries listed above and for those inside the US connected with Islam?  That my friends is the crux of the situation -- Islam.  The left in the US are so pro-multicultural (except when it comes to Christianity and Conservatives), they won't speak up and risk offending Muslims.  As Dr. Chesler notes, "Honor killings are a Muslim-on-Muslim crime, a collaboration of an entire family against their own female blood. So is female genital mutilation, polygamy, and arranged and child marriage."

Women are viewed as sub-human, half-demon, dangerous, sexually “wild”—by men whose own lust and progeny knows no bounds. While there are many exceptions, in general, Muslim (and Arab) girls are despised and routinely cursed, beaten, treated as servants or slaves by their fathers and older brothers. Women are hidden, literally suffocated under face and body veils, shrouded, visually buried alive while still alive.  (more)

We have numerous members of Obama's staff who have connections to the Muslim Brotherhood Association and other related groups;  he specifically had a list of Muslims drawn up so he could incorporate them in his administration.  Did he make up a list of Christians?  Jews?  Any other group?  Not to my knowledge.  We have politicians who are Muslim, also with strong ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying all "Muslims" are bad.  I'm saying Muslims who are fundamentalists with these radical connections are wrong for America.

Yet the Republicans are split, bad-mouthing their best candidates, sniping at each other.  A new push to reach the people by Republicans brought mostly re-runs from the last election.  We must get organized, we must allow conservatives a voice, because our country depends on 'change' from the damage of the last 100 days.  The Obama administration wants to do away with America as we know it.  We cannot let this happen.

See Spreading Christianity and Torture:

United States soldiers are being accused of spreading Christianity in Afghanistan.  At the same time the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life survey  found the more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists.  Well, that's the way CNN reported the survey results. 

Now from the quickly withdrawn report, titled the "Domestic Extremism Lexicon, "comes from the department's Office of Intelligence and Analysis, the same unit that produced the report on right-wing extremists recruiting vets, we learn the same document 'uses a broad brush to define terms used when analyzing dozens of supposedly extremist ideologies inside the United States. They cover: Jewish extremists, animal rights extremists, Christian identity extremists, black separatism extremists, anti-abortion extremists, anti-immigration extremists, anti-technology extremists, Cuban independence extremists and tax resistance extremists, to name a few.'

That document is the work of Liberals who see Christians and Jews as the enemy.

Liberal Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) admitted that a strategic objective of the Obama healthcare reform plan is to destroy the private health insurance industry, reports Hyscience:

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Highlight of her statements:

    "I know many of you here today are single payer advocates and so am I ... and those of us who are pushing for a public health insurance don't disagree with this goal. This is not a principled fight. This is a fight about strategy for getting there and I believe we will,"

HT - Ace

Our country is under siege.  The time for action is now.

Snap!

Condoleezza Rice meets with some students, sets them straight on torture.  Listen to the very end, you won't be sorry.  Hat tip Great Satan's Girlfriend who says, "Dr Condoleezza Rice annihilates a bushwacking colligiate doofus at an impromtu ambush.  Pay especial attention when she GRILLS him and then answers who indeed held up trials of Gitmo guys":
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GrEaT SaTaN's GiRlFrIeNd has the best commentary on Condi's statements:

Former Madame Sec and NSA girl Dr Condoleezza Rice sweetly chops her way through an immense moronic minefield of inappropriate handwringing, faux righteousness and brainwashed sissy bullies leaving behind a smoking junkyard of wrecked Great Satan hating fallicies, fools and memes.  (read it all)

While you're fired up check out some of these items:

Weekend Weasel - Dumb and Dumber:

This week’s weekend weasel is a no brainer; especially considering the mind numbingly ignorant claims being made by the recipients.

First out of the gate is President Barack Obama with claims he made in a speech that Winston Churchill said “we don’t torture” at a time when London was being bombed by the Germans.  [snip]

The only problem is that Churchill never made such a statement. Our historically illiterate President picked up the meme from a blog and repeated it with the typical liberal head bobbing speed.  (continue at Watcher of Weasels)

A Defining Moment in History: Civilians Unite Against Radical Islam, Dr. Phyllis Chesler

On Sunday, May 3rd, at noon, in Times Square, in New York City, a gathering of eagles and of angels will take place. Come rain or come shine, the Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam is holding a rally. Please join us. The coalition is composed of Muslim, ex-Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, atheist, and human rights leaders who are “calling for the defeat of radical Islam.”

Hope and Change: Suddenly Military Commissions for Gitmo Detainees Doesn’t Look So Bad, Stop the ACLU

How is that idea about closing Gitmo going Obama? What? Can’t find any countries willing to take murdering jihadists into their country?

The Obama administration is moving toward reviving the military commission system for prosecuting Guantánamo detainees, which was a target of critics during the Bush administration, including Mr. Obama himself.  (continue)

Woman’s Inhumanity to Woman, Jihadic Style. President Obama, Please Read This.  Dr. Phyllis Chesler

While I was enjoying some sunshine in Savannah, (more to come about that), World War Four continued to rage blithely on.

Al-Qaeda in Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and North Africa, threatened terrorist attacks against Germany and Holland and threatened to kill a British hostage (captured on the border between Niger and Mali), if Britain does not release a radical Muslim preacher.  (continue reading)

Topical 5/1/2009 "Frank & Ernest" comic, thanks to David:


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The Environmental Impact of Fat People

Scientists say providing extra food for fat people to guzzle adds to carbon emissions, that heats up the world, melts polar ice caps, raises sea levels, kills rain forests.  Those evil fat people drive cars more often than their slim neighbors, supposedly causing more carbon emissions.  First it was natural disasters causing the non-existent global warming, then animals farting, then humans breathing, now people eating.  The study by Dr. Phil Edwards and colleague Ian Roberts, researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, is published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.  

Health insurance companies blame fat people for causing the high price of services and products.  The Obama administration is pushing for government-run healthcare while taxpayers are already footing the bills for things programs like Medicare and Medicaid and similar programs.  I can see it now, the government rationing your medications and treatments because you are too fat, not healthy enough to treat.  The sugggestion that old people would receive less care has already been suggested.

Sun doctor Carol Cooper said last night: “I’m not sure which came first, people getting fat and driving or the other way around. It is true fat people eat more food than average.

“A few obese people have a hormone problem, although most simply don’t use enough calories and eat too many. But making them feel guilty antagonises them and may not help.”(The Sun)

Fat people got no reason
Fat people got no reason
Fat people got no reason
To live

They got huge hands
Big eyes
They walk around
Tellin' great big lies

They got bubble noses
And giant ugly teeth
They wear serial murder shoes
On their nasty wide feet

Well, I don't want no fat people
Don't want no fat people
Don't want no fat people
`Round here

Fat people are just the same
As you and I
(A fool such as I)
All men are brothers
Until the day they die
(It's a wonderful world)

Fat people got nobody
Fat people got nobody
Fat people got nobody
To love

They got big elephant legs
That stand so low
You got to look past blubber
Just to say hello
They got big old cars
That go beep, beep, beep

They got loud voices
Goin' boom, boom, boom
They got grubby sausage fingers
And dirty cholesterol minds
They're gonna get you every time

Well, I don't want no fat people
Don't want no fat people
Don't want no fat people
'Round here

(a take-off of Randy Newman's "Short People")

Airlines are considering charging overweight people for two seats, and I am fully behind this.  It's not fair for a normal sized person to be seated next to someone who literally takes up 1-1/2 seats.  It is a fact that weight must be considered for passenger planes as well as cargo planes.  The amount of weight and the distribution of weight both play a huge part in the amount of fuel a plane uses, the distance that plan can go, and how well the plane flies.  I have no problem with weighing luggage or passengers or charging for extra seats.  But blaming global warming on overweight people is just another scam to increase costs, charge more taxes, and increase the coffers of the government.

The difference between Democrat and Republican

February 10, 2009, during a town hall meeting in Fort Myers, Florida, President Barack Obama promised Henrietta Hughes that "we will do whatever it takes to honor her request for a house, car and job for her and her adult son.  But as Ms Placed Democrat says, "Obama didn’t do “whatever it takes”. His administration made a phone call to a government agency….the Fort Meyers area housing authority." 

Who did step up and provide a house to Ms. Hughes for as long as she needed it, was Florida Senator Nick Thompson and his wife Chene, who are REPUBLICANS. The house was Chene Thompson’s own former residence when she worked for the State Attorney’s Office in LaBelle.  The house was on the market for sale.   

Ms. Hughes told Obama, "I have an urgent need -- unemployment and homelessness, a very small vehicle for my family and I to live in," Hughes said at the time. "The housing authority has two years' waiting lists, and we need something more than the vehicle and the parks to go to. We need our own kitchen and our own bathroom. Please help."  Hughes didn't want Obama to contact the housing authority, she had done that on her own.

Now Ms. Hughes can't find a job and is worried about losing the house if someone purchases it.  She has nothing to fear because Chene Thompson told CNN that she will do everything in her power to make sure Hughes is not back out on the streets even if her house sells ... "I've told Miss Hughes ... she will never again be homeless, even if I have to personally assist her with her rent," said Thompson, who is a longtime advocate of the homeless." 

Now that's the difference in a Democrat and a Republican.  Obama was in for the quick photo op and evening soundbite on the news ... while the Thompsons stepped up to the challenge for the long haul and very little publicity in the MSM and no mention that they are Republicans.

Newspaper Bailout?

Fox News writes an article "Obama Appointee Suggests Radical Plan for Newspaper Bailout
Rosa Brooks, who has moved from the L.A. Times to the Pentagon, called for more "direct government support for public media" and government licensing of the news, which critics say would destroy the independent media."  Oh joy, that's just what we need, another bailout for Obama's media.

"Years of foolish policies have left us with a choice: We can bail out journalism, using tax dollars and granting licenses in ways that encourage robust and independent reporting and commentary, or we can watch, wringing our hands, as more and more top journalists are laid off," she wrote in her parting column on April 9.

Brooks said this would help rescue the industry from a "death spiral" and left the government unaccountable to the journalists who must keep it honest. "[I] can't imagine anything more dangerous than a society in which the news industry has more or less collapsed," she wrote.

But critics say her proposal would spell an end to the independent media and make journalists reliant lapdogs.

"The day that the government gets involved in the news media you see the end of the democratic process, because an independent news media is absolutely essential to the success of a democracy," said L. Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, a conservative watchdog group.  (continue)

Letters to the editor at Statesman.com, here's one:

[snip]  ... newspapers in the United States are failing because the product they produce for their readers is not what their readers want. Readers are rejecting newspaper's slanted, left-wing reports of the news and their biased promotion of the political left.

Newspapers like the Rocky Mountain News and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer have failed or discontinued print versions because they produce a politically biased account of the news. More left-wing papers are failing and declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy, such as the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Tribune Company (publisher of the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angles Tribune) and Philadelphia Newspapers (publisher of The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News).

Roger Benkovic

Georgetown

Exactly!  I'm sorry, but the American people (who are the government, the government has no money except what they take from taxpayers) should not be expected to bail out failed businesses.  Sink or swim. 

According to a Rasmussen poll released last week, 37 percent of Americans under age 30 prefer capitalism, 33 percent prefer socialism and 30 percent are undecided. Among all Americans, 53 percent prefer capitalism, 20 percent prefer socialism and 27 percent are undecided. (Washington Post)

Rainbows and Unicorns Around the World With Obama in Charge - NOT **UPDATE**

"Like it or not, the United States of America is no longer the world's policeman. This was the message of Barack Obama's presidential journey to Britain, France, the Czech Republic, Turkey and Iraq this past week."  --Caroline Glick, Surviving in a Post-American World

If you have any doubts about Caroline Glick's statement the United States no longer the world's policeman, simply look at the world situation today.  Consider that Barack Obama is now the self-proclaimed leader/citizen of this new world.  Somali Muslim pirates have taken not one, but two American ships in the past week and are still holding the captain of one hostage in a small life boat and holding the American Navy at bay.  While we should send Navy seals out to that boat to surprise the 4 pirates, slit their throats, rescue the captain, and then blow the pirate's boats, including their mother ship, to smithereens -- under Obama all people want to talk about doing is prosecuting the pirates.  OMG.

Somewhere between apologizing for American history - both distant and recent; genuflecting before the unelected, bigoted king of Saudi Arabia; announcing that he will slash the US's nuclear arsenal, scrap much of America's missile defense programs and emasculate the US Navy; leaving Japan to face North Korea and China alone; telling the Czechs, Poles and their fellow former Soviet colonies, "Don't worry, be happy," as he leaves them to Moscow's tender mercies; humiliating Iraq's leaders while kowtowing to Iran; preparing for an open confrontation with Israel; and thanking Islam for its great contribution to American history, President Obama made clear to the world's aggressors that America will not be confronting them for the foreseeable future.   --Caroline Glick

The federal intelligence agencies on Thursday put the Mumbai police on a high state of alert informing them that militants of Al-Qaeda were planning to attack the Saudi Arabian consulate in Mumbai and that there is high possibility of Saudi aircraft being hijacked from Indian airports.   A truck bomb in northern Iraq killed five U.S. soldiers and two Iraqi policemen today. 

During the four-day Easter weekend in England, Muslim terrorists who used student visas to enter the country had identified crowded shopping malls and nightclubs as likely targets as they sought to maximize casualties, according to counter-terrorism sources.   

Anti-terror police in Turkey on Thursday detained 30 people on suspicion of belonging to al-Qaeda, the Anatolia news agency reported.   The Austrian public prosecutor’s office has reportedly been investigating an Austrian cell of worldwide terror network Al-Qaeda for three years.   An al-Qaeda-linked group claims responsibility for a suicide attack on a convoy carrying the South Korean ambassador in Yemen last month.  

Iran is using Chinese companies as fronts to buy nuclear equipment in the United States.

All the above is happening on Barack Obama's watch, not George W. Bush's watch.  And there is much more to be worried about.   Fred Burton and  at Strategic Forecast write:

Tehrik-i-Taliban: A Specious Claim and Brash Threats, April 8, 2009,   StratFor.com

When we wrote our Global Security and Intelligence Report last week on Baitullah Mehsud and the Manawan attack, we had no intention that the piece would be part of a series, but several developments over the past week have compelled us to once again write about Pakistan — and Mehsud and the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in particular.

First, on April 4, eight paramilitary police were killed in a suicide bombing against their camp in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad. This attack was the second suicide bombing in Islamabad in less than two weeks, and followed closely on the heels of the March 23 attack on the headquarters of the Police Special Branch in Islamabad. After the April 4 attack, one of Baitullah Mehsud’s deputies, Hakimullah Mehsud (who, like Baitullah, is a member of the large Mehsud clan) contacted the press to claim credit for the attack and threatened that the group would carry out two suicide attacks per week in Pakistan. According to press reports, Hakimullah Mehsud said: “We have shown enough restraint, previously, we were striking once in three months, but from now onward we will go for at least two suicide attacks a week.”

On April 5, a suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in Chakwal, a Punjab city located approximately 50 miles southeast of Islamabad. The attack killed at least 22 people and injured another 35. About 2,000 people had gathered at the mosque for Majlis Aza, an annual Shiite celebration. The bomber reportedly detonated himself when guards stopped him in the crowd at the mosque’s front gate.

Umar Farooq, the spokesman of the shadowy militant organization Fedayeen al-Islam (FI), called The Associated Press the same day to claim credit for the Chakwal attack. Farooq said his group staged the attack on the mosque as part of a “campaign against infidels.”

Oddly, on April 4, Baitullah Mehsud (or someone claiming to be him) called Reuters to claim responsibility for the April 3 shooting at a U.S. immigration center in Binghamton, New York. “They were my men,” the caller told the AP. “I gave them orders in reaction to U.S. drone attacks.” This claim was quickly discounted by eyewitness accounts of the shooting. According to surviving victims and other witnesses, the Binghamton shooting was carried out by a lone gunman, Jiverly Voong, who was a Vietnamese immigrant with no apparent links to Islam or the Taliban.

Background on Mehsud

Before plunging into the Binghamton claims and threats to attack the continental United States, let’s take a quick look at the man behind them, Baitullah Mehsud. As STRATFOR has previously discussed, Mehsud, who is only in his mid-30s, is a member of a new generation of militant leaders in Pakistan’s tribal badlands. As part of this new generation, Mehsud has endeavored to systematically remove or undermine the established tribal leaders in South Waziristan, usurping power and thus severing many of the tools of influence the Pakistani government held in the region. This process of killing off the old tribal leadership has been a significant contributing factor to what we have previously referred to as the “Talibanization” of Pakistan. In some ways, Mehsud personifies the struggle between al Qaeda and Pakistani intelligence organizations for influence and control of Afghan and Pakistani jihadists.

Since Mehsud operates largely outside of its control, the government of Pakistan has come to view Mehsud (and others like him) as a larger threat to Pakistan than the Afghan Taliban or the foreign jihadists — like al Qaeda — that Mehsud considers allies. Indeed, Pakistan has long tried to play up the importance of Mehsud to the United States and has been quite agitated that, until relatively recently, the United States was not targeting Mehsud’s TTP organization. When the United States finally did turn its sights on Meshud and his network, the TTP responded by launching attacks against the Pakistani authorities. Indeed, Hakimullah Mehsud said the group was stepping up the tempo of their attacks precisely because of the U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks directed against the TTP.

As we noted last week, although Baitullah Mehsud tells journalists that he is ready to be martyred, the UAV attacks against the TTP do pose a very real threat to him, and to the viability of his organization. The scope of this threat is made evident by their response to the attacks.

However, there is also another dynamic that threatens the TTP, and that is the efforts of the Pakistanis and the Americans to try to split the nationalist militants from those who are more internationally focused. That is, split those groups who want to carry out jihad to create a transnational caliphate (like al Qaeda) from those groups whose primary interest is establishing more localized control — like the Taliban in Afghanistan prior to the U.S. invasion. This approach is very similar to the approach coalition forces took in Iraq to separate al Qaeda in Iraq from the more nationalistic Sunni tribal militants in places like Anbar province.

While the United States is attempting to divide the jihadists on the Afghan side of the border, the Pakistanis are attempting to do the same among those in Pakistan. If the Pakistanis and Americans are able to split the more nationalist jihadists (like the Haqqani network) away from the more internationalist jihadists (like al Qaeda and the TTP) this could leave al Qaeda and the TTP isolated and far more vulnerable — which is why this process is seen as a threat by Mehsud and company. Indeed, divisions already exist with groups like the Haqqani network, which opposes attacks inside Pakistan.

Claims and Threats

Into this mix, Mehsud has injected threats to hit the United States and has made the strange claim of credit for the Binghamton shooting. Let’s examine the Binghamton claim first. We were quite surprised — and a bit embarrassed — to see this claim come out only a couple of days after we wrote in our security weekly that a prominent militant leader like Mehsud did not have to take credit for other people’s attacks, and that lying about such things would hurt his already well-established reputation.

Initially, we thought that perhaps the claim was some sort of psychological operation by the Pakistanis or Americans designed to make Mehsud look like a fool or a nut. However, when days passed and the TTP issued no retraction, it became apparent that Mehsud had actually made the claim for some reason. Also, despite his carefully crafted public image of never displaying his face, Mehsud is a media animal, who, as his frequent calls to Reuters, The Associated Press and Pakistani journalists testify, loves to see his name in print. With all the coverage surrounding the Binghamton claim, he undoubtedly was aware of the event. Had the claim been orchestrated by an intelligence agency seeking to discredit him, he would have quickly denied it — just as he quickly denied the claims that he was behind the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

As to the threat to attack the United States, one must use a two-step test: 1) Does the actor behind the threat possess the capability to carry out the threatened action? and 2) Does the actor possess the intent to do so? When we look at the capabilities of the TTP, the group has not demonstrated the ability to operate as a transnational organization. We have seen instances of grassroots-type jihadists elsewhere who were allegedly trained at TTP camps, but providing paramilitary training to grassroots jihadists is different from actually training and dispatching operatives to conduct attacks on your behalf.

The technical skills and tradecraft required to conduct an act of terrorism are very different from those needed to be an insurgent, and are very different from the subjects taught in basic military — or paramilitary — training. Even if the grassroots operatives are trained in some of the more technical skills of terrorism such as bomb-making, there are still important tradecraft skills that must be acquired and honed before a person can become a successful transnational militant capable of conducting acts of terrorism in a hostile environment. We define terrorist tradecraft as the set of subtle skills needed to maintain secrecy and operate within a hostile environment. These skills are foundational to the success of both the individual jihadist and his network anywhere, but they are acutely critical while conducting transnational operations.

Merely being able to travel internationally with ease is something many guerrilla fighters cannot do. More refined tasks, such as conducting preoperational surveillance in a major metropolitan area, maintaining secure communications, establishing cover for status and cover for action while undertaking operational activity, or acquiring weapons without arousing unwanted attention, are simply things not taught to most guerrilla fighters, and they are skills that require a great deal of practical training in order to master.

So far, the TTP has shown an ability to successfully operate inside Pakistan and Afghanistan, but its operations to date have been somewhat rudimentary (like the Marawan attack) and have not shown an advanced degree of nuance or sophistication. Likewise, the group has not demonstrated the ability to train and dispatch operatives to a major western city like New York or London in order to conduct an attack. (Al Qaeda has demonstrated this ability but the TTP has not.) When all is said and done, employing an improvised explosive device manufactured at a camp in Pakistan against a target in Pakistan is a far cry from employing it against a target in London.

Now, with regard to the second step of the test — intent. Is the TTP really planning to strike Washington, D.C., New York and London? This is a question that almost every major intelligence and law enforcement agency in the West began to focus on following Mehsud’s public statements in a January 2008 interview with Al Jazeera that he wanted to attack the United States and the United Kingdom. “We pray to God to give us the ability to destroy the White House, New York and London,” Mehsud said during the interview. “And we have trust in God. Very soon, we will be witnessing jihad’s miracles.”

But does such a public statement — or even his March 31 statement in which he threatened strikes against Washington, D.C. in response to U.S. UAV attacks — really translate into intent? This is where the intent side of the equation gets very fuzzy. Merely stating that one is going to do something is not necessarily a clear indication that there is real intent to do so.

Indeed, there is a good argument to be made that if Mehsud truly intended to strike the United States or United Kingdom he would remain silent about his aspirations in order to help ensure the operational security of any operatives he has dispatched abroad to conduct such strikes. Certainly, Osama bin Laden did openly declare war against the United States in August 1996 and again in February 1998, but he never mentioned specific targets in those declarations and was certainly far more circumspect with his statements as his operatives got closer to actually executing attacks. In fact, bin Laden even went so far as to deny responsibility for many of the early al Qaeda attacks and initially denied responsibility for the 9/11 attacks.

Calculations

Mehsud is neither stupid nor crazy. Such people do not become major militant leaders at age 35 in the violent world of Pakistan’s tribal areas. He is clearly rational and quite Machiavellian. What he is doing, therefore, likely has some rational explanation beyond the fact that he likes to hear his name mentioned by the media. While the threats against the United States and United Kingdom may be explained away under the “media debutante” rationale, unless Mehsud made a terrible miscalculation in taking credit for the Binghamton shooting, there must be some other overriding reason to risk damaging his reputation as a militant leader with a specious claim.

As seen by the U.S. reaction to the 9/11 attacks, any successful large-scale attack on American soil could have dire consequences for Mehsud. Such a strike could, at the very least, serve to steel U.S. resolve to stay in Afghanistan, or it could motivate the United States to dramatically increase its focus on totally destroying the TTP. Additionally, if Mehsud is truly intent on hitting the United States or United Kingdom, we should see him begin to hit American and British targets within his current operational sphere, i.e., within Pakistan, before graduating to American and British targets overseas.

There is another possibility. Perhaps Mehsud does not possess the intent to attack Washington, New York or London. Maybe his threats — along with the Binghamton claim — are intended to scuttle the emerging U.S. strategy of dealing with factions of the Taliban in an effort to divide them and isolate the more radical elements.

If Mehsud does fear such a strategy — and he has reason to, following its successes in Iraq — it is possible that his recent antics are an effort to influence public perception inside the United States regarding the Taliban. As the United States reaches out to factions of the Afghan Taliban in an attempt to split them from al Qaeda, et al., Mehsud threatens the United States and attempts to link the Pakistani Taliban to a shooting in Binghamton, New York. Even though the link to the shooting was quickly and officially discounted, it is a safe bet that it will live on for a long time as an urban legend or rumor, especially among the more conspiracy-minded. Such perceptions are going to make the strategy of negotiating with any Taliban (Afghan or Pakistani) appear to be less tenable for many Americans.

At the same time, Mehsud could be using his rhetoric in an attempt to steer the more nationalist jihadists in Pakistan and Afghanistan toward his more transnational agenda. In any case, Mehsud’s efforts to shape opinion at home or abroad could explain his recent posturing, however bogus or brash it might be.

Obama was right about one thing,  Muslims have done so much for America and the  world, if you like terror, killing, rampaging, getting offended, and spreading sharia law.  They've really done a lot!  Where are those rainbows and unicorns???

**UPDATE**  Painter Dan Lacy provides the following painting, which is on eBay and can be purchased, get bidding folks.

 

Obama puts gun to doctors' heads

Change is here: Barack Obama just changed the rules on doctors being allowed to opt out of performing abortions as a matter of conscious. Effective today, April 10, 2009, the 30 day public comment period ends and doctors may have to perform abortions or be fired!

This new ‘change’ reverses the conscience clause put in by President George W. Bush for doctors who believe performing abortions is wrong.

One noteworthy point is that Obama’s pick for Health and Human Services Secretary, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas, is militantly pro-abortion, so much that she actually supported the infamous Dr. Diller of Kansas, who specializes in performing late term ‘partial birth abortions.’  [snip]

The new ‘must abort’ rule applies to every healthcare provider that receives government funds, meaning Medaid or Medicare, leaving virtually no hospital in the US exempt from this draconian rule. If a hospital exhibits ‘civil disobedience,’ they would presumably lose government funding—including getting paid on any of their Medicaid and Medicare submissions for reimbursement.  (more at Special Guests)

This abomination is being done under the guise of health care for women.  What about the health of the unborn babies?  What about the mental and emotional health of the physicians and health care workers who will be forced to kill innocent babies by the American government?  The only alternative physicians will have is to quit their profession, which many have already stated they will do.  I thought America was all about freedom?

With a shortage of doctors and nurses already, this seems like an insane move by Barack Obama.  I would expect better from an intellectual giant like Obama.  While overseas he called America arrogant.  Seems to me he is the arrogant one, pushing for the murder of live-born babies in botched abortions and now trying to force physicians whose job is to save lives to actually commit murder.  Where is the freedom that America so cherishes? 

George W. Bush may not have been the best orator we've ever had, but at least he favored life and he favored freedom.

Obama is an intellectual giant

Fran Dresher told Sean Hannity on Fox News yesterday that "Barack Obama is an intellectual giant."    That's Fran Dresher the actress, who wanted to replace Hillary Clinton at Senator of New York and says she may still run for a political office.  She was appointed public diplomacy envoy for women’s health issues and did a four-country European tour of duty. 

Also an anti-cancer activist, Drescher has been considering a run for office. “I’ve been very successful in getting a bill passed in Washington,” she said. “I was thinking I’d take the next four years to lay some groundwork, but I’m throwing my hat in the ring.” What else makes her a good candidate? “I’m an authentic and honest person,” she said. “And I think Capitol Hill needs more of that.”  (New York Mag)

I have no doubt she is a good, kind, well-meaning person but she is also an Obamatron.  In her interview with Hannity (who I normally don't listen to because he can be rude and obnoxious at times to guests), Dresher did not do a very good job of answering questions and was not knowledgeable about the issues.  Do we really need another politician who thinks because someone can read a speech from a teleprompter that makes them an intellectual giant?  I don't think so.

From the Watcher of Weasels Council,  No (Wing) Nut Left Unturned:

As tax day approaches the nutroots are getting even nuttier (if that is possible). Feeling left out on the “protest the government” bandwagon the nutroots have decided to hold their own protests

Click here for the Tax Day Tea Party site.

But that claim is actually disingenuous. What the left is really protesting is the right’s right to protest (along with capitalism, of course). So April 11 has become the date of the preemptive protest that is designed to usurp the April 15th Tax Day protest....  (continue reading)

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Islam's Death Spiral

Islam's Death Spiral
How the war against the Muslim faith will forever alter the concept of religion

By R.J. Godlewski
© April 8, 2009, All Rights Reserved
(Right Truth Exclusive)

“Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring not peace but the sword.” Matthew 10: 34 [NAB]

    Apparently, Christ did not engage in sitting around the campfire singing moldy John Denver songs. His further assurances that he came about to set sons and fathers as well as mothers and daughters against one another suggests that he was not seeking harmony in the contemporary context. No, Jesus demanded action, not capitulation. He fasted for a month and a half in the desert and still did not give in to the temptations of evil. Our stock market tanks for a day and everyone readily signs his or her life away to Lord Obama, Grantor of Infinite Equality.

    Regardless, Christ enjoyed life and companionship too but his was not the “more enlightened than thou” approach either:

“The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’” Matthew 11:19 [NAB]

Few of us probably feel comfortable with the thought of our Savior being caricaturized as “a glutton and a drunkard” but that description obviously came from authorities who wanted to chastise Jesus simply for the company that he kept.  In the modern era, we likewise lambaste people for “clinging to their Bibles and guns” as if self-defense and morality represented evil by association. Jesus would have preferred General Grant to our General McClellan.

    Where our modern culture has gone astray has been with its dilution of Christianity for impotence. In truth, however, Christian faith has always been a powerful vehicle of personal responsibility and strength, particularly in matters of defending human life. Whereas we view the faith as a security blanket, our ancestors thought of it as a bulletproof vest incapable of being penetrated by anything of human or natural composition. The earliest Christians, often lit alive as garden torches for the emperor and other dignitaries, would be aghast at how readily their modern brethren capitulate to either the Islamists or such American traitors such as Congressman John Conyers (D – Michigan) who support the mere questioning of Islam’s authenticity as a “peaceful religion” a viable hate crime.

    To paraphrase a popular saying, one must ask therefore “What would Jesus be charged with?” today. Would his declaration to “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but underneath are ravenous wolves” (Matthew 7:15 NAB) be construed as a ‘hate crime’ if his warning meant to include Muhammad’s followers who “by their fruits you will know them” (Matthew 7:16 NAB)? After all, I can find no one better suited to be labeled as “ravenous wolves” than radical Islamists are. If I call Muslim leaders who preach destruction of the West as ravenous wolves, would I be charged within the pending hate crime legislation? Probably.

    Yes, there is hated within the world, even institutionalized hatred, but it is directed against Christians, not emanating from Christians.  Most bona fide Christians meet hatred against them with “turn the other cheek” whereas most Islamists confront the sin with suicide bombings, beheadings, and bribes to American politicians. Myself, I do not arbitrarily hate Muslims. I dislike their silence against radicals immensely and even despise their characterization of America, but I do not hate them as a group.

    However, if simple “hate” is to be considered a crime, then, by all means, call up your typical liberal as worthy of the death penalty for they hate the rich, gun owners, Christians, Republicans, conservatives, Americans, etc. I merely hate terrorists. I merely hate those whose political or religious beliefs enslave others. Christian orthodoxy holds that “for as you judge, so will you be judged” (Matthew 7:2 NAB). This means that everything that I do upholds the rights of the human individual. Muslim? Hey, more power to you. You can pray five times each day and it does not bother me in the least. Personally, I pray constantly – but that is because we Christians believe that we are to pray in private, where “no one hears you but your Father”. No need to close down an entire city just to call people to prayer here when we should all be praying as if it is our very breath of life.

    What we have here is therefore not the start of a war against Islam because Christ launched that war from the very beginning of Creation (John 1:1 NAB). As Jesus fulfilled Salvation, there was no need for others to add to His instructions. The pope carries on the office and responsibilities of St. Peter, but he does not alter or exchange Christ’s basic teachings. In fact, the fundamentals of the Roman Catholic Mass have not changed since the second century, hundreds of years before Muhammad went on his killing spree. If there is hate in any belief, it is through Muhammad’s desire to rid the world of God’s Law through murder, deceit, and treachery. The sacrifice of God’s Law as established through the sacrifice of God’s Son. And because God’s Son is also God Himself (learn your Trinity, people) then any action taken by mortal man – be they prophet or politician – against God is evil. Period.

    What we have, therefore, in the guise of “Christian” politicians (of the Pelosi, Reid, Biden, Obama, etc. type) are people who subvert our beliefs for the benefit of unbelievers. In other words, what we have here, periphrastically, is a failure to communicant. Muslims are the infidels – not us. They are the ones who diverted from God’s Word, not Christians. Should I be forced to acknowledge people who want to kill me because I remain faithful to God’s Word? Of course not. It does not mean that I hate Muslims, merely that I pity them. I actually feel sorry for people who do not know what human responsibility is all about. They cannot understand the concept that it is we – the individual person – that reigns supreme, not the state to which they must address their grievances. In America, the individual can express their thoughts freely whereas in Islam the individual is not permitted to question authority at all.

    Islam is simply a failed state of mind, incapable of surviving within a competitive world. It cannot lead by example, for its example is hatred against women, hatred against Israel, hatred against the West, and, most especially, hatred against the individual. In Catholicism, for instance, we have public figures who promote abortions, divorce, and even gay rights but we refrain from excommunicating them for hope that they may eventually see their errors and come back into the faith. Muslims, however, are not so accommodating. Throughout the world, we see banners calling for the destruction of America and Israel. We see videotapes of teenagers and college students joining the growing throngs of Muslims elevating the exploits of suicide bombers to rock star status. And they want to charge me with hate crimes because I equate the belief with that of Hitler’s?

    If Islam cannot survive without federal governments condemning Christianity and policing free speech against fair game, then Islam is not long for this world. If Muslims cannot go about their daily lives unless all thoughts against them are legislated out of existence, then it is a dying faith that cannot live up to its own expectations. Christianity survived its members being burned as garden torches and fed to the lions but, apparently, Islam cannot survive its prophet being portrayed in cartoon satire.

Christianity survived a major civil war amongst itself, but Muslims are afraid to stand up and be counted amongst the freedom loving peoples fighting against Osama Bin Laden. Christianity survived a sixty-year struggle against communism, but Islam obviously cannot survive co-existence with commercialism. What Islamists want, is simply another federal “bailout” designed to take prayer away from faithful Christians and give it to faithless Muslims. Not on my watch.

    I do not believe in religious affirmative action. I believe that truth comes about within a fair and competitive environment. In some of the darkest hours within my life, Christ came and stood alongside me. The federal government has not always been there. Neither were my neighbors. There will always be suspicion when reliance is placed upon human endeavors. Therefore, I trust God – not Muhammad. Muhammad is no more important to me than any other person within history is. I have studied his life and I have examined his teachings. Anything of value was either stolen from the Jews or based upon Christian thought.  Why, then, should I be forced to grant the Muslim faith preference over the originators? Why, then, should I abandon Christ who gave up earthly treasures to pursue a life of obedience to God while Muhammad gave up obedience to God to pursue earthly treasures during the later years of his life?

    Our federal government has now taken upon itself the dual responsibility of dismissing Christianity and elevating Islam as a matter of national policy. This “spreading the faith” action is merely another attempt at religious redistribution. It takes what does not work (ever notice Muslim nations lately?) and forces it upon those who know better. Matched against Christianity, Islam is doomed to fall and the opponents of Western Christianity understand this.

    There can be no comparison between faith based upon God’s Word and a Prophet’s dreams; between compassion for all and intolerance; between a salvation of humility and unbridled passion; between the individual and the state. There are two absolutes in life, I believe. There is no better country on earth than the United States and no better system of faith than “New Testament” Christianity.  Inasmuch as I should be able to say, “France is a lovely country, but mine is better” I should also be able to say “I do not believe that Islam holds much value for the individual”.

    If I am an honest Christian, I must tolerate Muslims but not Islam itself. I cannot “hate” anyone merely for what they think. However, once their thoughts turn into direct action, then I have every right within the world to change my own thoughts into personal action. Muslims, Jews, Hindus, and Buddhists do not get my respect – they earn it. Any attempt to force what obviously does not work upon me is simply bureaucracy’s way of equalizing otherwise competitive evolution. For example, legalizing homosexual marriage and supporting gay adoption is simply the state’s way of circumventing God’s design that only heterosexuals can procreate.

    Liberal politicians, the same sort of people who endlessly try to resuscitate both Social Security and General Motors, have now corrupted what should be the final decades of Islam. Merely engaging within religious life support cannot raise a dying faith like Lazarus from the grave. Islam cannot be legislated into survival if God has already determined it to be a ravenous wolf devouring innocent sheeple. Islam and Christianity cannot remain “peacefully coexistent” anymore than honest socialism can exist with true capitalism. They are diametrically opposed to one another and any government interference with the inevitable will merely sacrifice us to the bloody consequences. We are indeed at war with Islam, but whether this battle will be of the military variety or not depends largely upon how much legislative and judicial authorities try to disrupt the natural evolution of human thought. God help us all.

Brother, can you help me buy a light bulb!

I'm shopping for a few household items when I arrive at the light bulb isle.  When what to my wondering eyes does not appear???  All my regular light bulbs are gone, ... gone I tell you!  Replaced with those spiral bulbs and new creations I've never seen before.  I start reading labels, but I don't see any 40, 60, 75, 100 watt bulbs.  I see numbers that do not compute in my brain.  I see numbers like 57, 94, 38, and I have no idea what that means.

I know the new CFL bulbs are supposed to save the environment --**sigh**--; they are supposed to burn longer;  supposed to use 75% less energy than incandescent bulbs;  supposed to save money in the long-run. 

But I don't like the new bulbs.  The new bulbs supposedly outlast the traditional ones 10-to-1, but they also contain mercury and many people are unaware of the potential danger mercury can pose.  They must be recycled and that costs money.

When I flip the switch it takes them forever to come on. 

I just read that their life expectancy is greatly shortened if you cannot turn them on and leave them on for a minimum or 15 minutes to 3 hours.  Supposedly it is the constant turning them on and off that make them go bad.   Does this really equal any savings???


You can only use CFL bulbs in timers or photocells that are specifically designed to be used in these devices.

CFL bulbs can cause interference with devices such as radios and computers, and you must move the lamp or the electronic devices away from each other.

If the base of your CF bulb is too big for your lamp, you must buy a socket extender.(see image)

If the CF bulb is too big for your lamp's harp, you will need to purchase a harp adapter.  (see image)

You can only use three-way CF bulbs in three-way lamps.

Then you must consider not only your light bulbs for lamps, but for floodlights, spotlights, ceiling fans, track lights, ornamental and night lights, recessed ceiling fixtures, art spotlights, and on and on and on.  See the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) for more info.

I have figured out from GE Lighting, that a:

	Standard Bulb		CFL Bulb
	40w	=	10w
	60w	=	13w-15w
	75w	=	20w
	100w	=	26w-29w
	150w	=	38w-42w
	250w-300w	=	55w

Some companies provide the old wattage on the packages to make your purchase simple, but not all companies have done that.    Can't I just have my old light bulbs back???

 

 

America's Number One Enemy: Toilet Paper

" ... softness equals ecological destruction," says Allen Hershkowitz.   "American taste for soft toilet roll 'worse than driving Hummers'",  (Guardian UK)   The answer from Andrew Bolt:  “Natural living” advocates unveil their latest planet-saving invention - the reusable toilet wipe.

 Now to the toilet paper story:

Extra-soft, quilted and multi-ply toilet roll made from virgin forest causes more damage than gas-guzzlers, fast food or McMansions, say campaigners

The tenderness of the delicate American buttock is causing more environmental devastation than the country's love of gas-guzzling cars, fast food or McMansions, according to green campaigners. At fault, they say, is the US public's insistence on extra-soft, quilted and multi-ply products when they use the bathroom.

"This is a product that we use for less than three seconds and the ecological consequences of manufacturing it from trees is enormous," said Allen Hershkowitz, a senior scientist at the Natural Resources Defence Council.

"Future generations are going to look at the way we make toilet paper as one of the greatest excesses of our age. Making toilet paper from virgin wood is a lot worse than driving Hummers in terms of global warming pollution." Making toilet paper has a significant impact because of chemicals used in pulp manufacture and cutting down forests.  (continue reading)

These people obviously have too much time on their hands.  (hat tip Michael Travis)

"If you wish for peace, prepare for war"

"If you wish for peace, prepare for war," from the Latin Si vis pacem, para bellum, is a statement I read somewhere this week and it has stuck in my mind like a song, replaying over and over.  Listening to the new United States President Barack Hussein Obama issue his executive orders, I wondered if he had ever heard the phrase "If you wish for peace, prepare for war."  I doubt it.

I've been receiving emails from readers sharing their thoughts on the new president.  I thought I would share just one:

 ...  wanted you to be the first to appreciate the intellectual frame of reference for the President's new approach to US foreign policy. Inspired by Thomas Paine's RIGHTS OF MAN, the President has laid down a challenge to the leaders of the world, reform and open your societies, or engender the rasp of legitimate popular revolution. The US will no longer be held responsible for mis-governance overseas.

This is the first US President with a popular constituency overseas, The Berlin address, which he will repeat in April, must be seen in this context. If he can bring about the type re-alignment overseas that he has brought about domestically, you're looking at serious trans-formational powers: YES WE CAN as a global movement. The US returning to revolutionary zeal and re-shaping the landscape in advance of democracy. Contra status-quo.

Very important. Very potent. Goes to the core of what I have been saying since my days in Iraq.   No surprise, China and Saudi Arabia have deleted the relevant passages of the Inaugural in translation.

I must disagree with the above comment.  While Obama may have a popular constituency overseas in some places,  it is obvious that those who hated America during the Bush administration, still hate America.  We've heard negative comments from Iran, Venezuela, and others already and Obama has only been in office two days. 

Obama somehow believes that there are no consequences to his actions, not matter what those actions may be.  He is wrong, dead wrong.

Obama Snubs Nation's Heroes, Becomes the First President to Skip Ball Honoring Medal of Honor Recipients in Over 50 Years  (The Cleveland Leader) hat tip Marcus Wilder, The Naive Abroad)

The newly sworn-in President opted not to appear at what should have been one of the most important Balls on his agenda that evening - The Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball.  [snip]

The event recognized recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award. There were 48 Medal of Honor recipients in attendance, who were undoubtedly disappointed by the Commander-in-Chief's failure to show. Over the past 56 years and 14 inaugurations, no President has skipped this event - until now.

It was the party without all of the celebrities that Obama skipped. The very people who he sought to have support him during his candidacy and campaign, who have fought to protect this country, were snubbed in favor of publicity and the opportunity to rub shoulders - yet again - with the out-of-touch Hollywood elite. 

You do not prepare for peace or war by insulting the military under your command.  You do not snub those who have sacrificed their health, life and limbs for you, so that you can live in a safe and secure country.  Nor do you snub their families, friends, fellow military.

ACLU Hero Obama Hits Civil Liberties Trifecta; America Can Be Proud Again!, Stop the ACLU Blogburst

Posted on January 22, 2009

Not that this inevitable conclusion will surprise anyone, but the ACLU over gushing over with joy since Obama has initiated kid glove treatment for our captured enemies, and the closure of Gitmo!

“These executive orders represent a giant step forward. Putting an end to Guantanamo, torture and secret prisons is a civil liberties trifecta, and President Obama should be highly commended for this bold and decisive action so early in his administration on an issue so critical to restoring an America we can be proud of again.

Needless to say I feel the exact opposite about this decision. I think it is a giant step backwards and a dangerously stupid move. I think Obama should be highly criticized for this action, and will make sure I do so. I think more criticism will rightly come when the complexities and consequences of this action begin to appear.

Anthony Romero goes on gushing about some of the details and complications, but it’s evident he has found a hero in our new president. The praise continues from Caroline Frederickson:

“By shutting Guantanamo, ending torture, and closing the CIA secret prisons abroad, President Obama has given America a much-needed and significant break from the Bush administration policies that, with utter disregard for our Constitution, trampled our nation’s values and ideals. Today’s executive orders are significant steps towards restoring the rule of law in America, but we need to continue to take the necessary action to accomplish the goals set out in today’s executive orders. We hope to see Congress follow President Obama’s lead in renewing America’s moral leadership in the world. The ACLU will continue to work tirelessly in the name of freedom and justice for all.”

The nauseating worship goes on and on about how his grand slam move on day one contains many of the ACLU’s recommendations. The bottom line is the move weakens America in the eyes of our merciless enemies. When the CIA can’t use enhanced interrogation methods to get life saving information from terrorist scum, Obama should be held to account. It will be interesting to see how many captured terrorist get released back to the wild, only to blow up more innocents or get captured again. It will be interesting to see where we keep the ones we decide to keep locked up, and the circus ACLU defense lawyers will make for each trial in the American court systems! It will also be interesting to see how Americans react when the mess Obama makes becomes too much to ignore. It’s plain insane we are giving foreign enemy combatants Constitutional rights.

Just to make everyone feel a little better about all of this,

*McCain supports it all too! If we had elected him, he would probably have proposed the same thing.

*and Lindsey Graham

Eric Cantor sums it up better than I can:

The single most important role of government is to defend our nation and protect innocent Americans from those who seek to destroy our way of life. We all want to protect our troops in combat and our citizens at home, but there are serious questions that must be answered before Guantanamo Bay is closed. For example, how does it make sense to close down the Guantanamo facility before there is a clear plan to deal with the terrorists inside its walls? And what will American soldiers do with the terrorists they capture in the field before a Presidential Commission offers them a clear position?

“Actively moving terrorists inside our borders weakens our security, raises far more questions than it answers and is the wrong track for our nation. Most families neither want nor need hundreds of terrorists seeking to kill Americans in their communities. We need to have a serious, careful, and realistic national discussion about the ramifications of closing Guantanamo Bay.”  (Stop the ACLU)

We must consider the ramifications of all these executive orders.  Obama does not seem to understand what is even in these executive orders.  They are HIS orders, yet when asked by reporters what will happen to Osama bin Laden if he is captured?  What happens to the detainees there now?  Do we send those from Yemen back to Yemen, when we know that terrorists are regularly released from custody there to commit more terrorism.

I fear for America's future.  I fear that Obama is so intent on not being the characture the Left created of President George W. Bush, that he will fail to prepare for war, and thus he will fail to obtain peace.  I fear.

Si vis pacem, para bellum is a Latin adage translated as, "If you wish for peace, prepare for war". The source of this adage remains unknown;^[1] however, it is universally believed, rightly or wrongly, to be based on a quotation from Roman military writer Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus: Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.^[2] The saying is one of many from or based on his work, Epitoma rei militaris, possibly written around the year 390 AD. It is embedded in a passage that stresses the importance of skillful preparation of military actions (an 'Art of War', so to say) as opposed to mere reliance on coincidence or superiority of numbers:

"Therefore, he who wishes peace, should prepare war; he who desires victory, should carefully train his soldiers; he who wants favorable results, should fight relying on skill, not on chance."^[3] 

(WIKI)

Fart Tax

So this is what we've come to.  We've gone to hell without even a hand-basket.  The government wants to tax cow, sheep, and pig farts, can human farts be far behind? Watch your dogs and cats, gerbils and guinea pigs, they could be next too.   Oh wait, according to the church of Al Gore and his followers humans are the main cause of something that does not even exist.  We've gone over to the dark side people.  We must ask ourselves two questions: 

(1) Who will this help?  The answer to this questions is NO ONE.  Oh wait, it will help the government with more money to throw away.  It will help Al Gore.

(2) Who will this hurt?  In the long run, this will hurt everyone.  In the short term, this will hurt farmers, who are already struggling to keep afloat.   It will hurt the consumer when they go to the grocery to buy food to feed their families.  It will hurt restaurants.  And on and on.

EPA 'Cow Tax' Could Charge $175 per Dairy Cow to Curb Greenhouse Gases.
Farm Bureau warns just this one rule may increase milk production costs up to 8 cents a gallon. 

Indirectly it could be considered a cheeseburger tax, but one of the suggestions offered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act is to levy a tax on livestock.

The ANPR, released early this year, would give the EPA the authority to regulate greenhouse gas for not only greenhouse gas from manmade sources like transportation and industry, but also “stationary” sources which would include livestock.

 

The New York Farm Bureau assigned a price tag to the cost of greenhouse gas regulation by the EPA in a release last month.

 

“The tax for dairy cows could be $175 per cow, and $87.50 per head of beef cattle. The tax on hogs would upwards of $20 per hog,” the release said. “Any operation with more than 25 dairy cows, 50 beef cattle or 200 hogs would have to obtain permits.”  [snip - fart]

Even

the Department of Agriculture warned the EPA that smaller farms and ranches would have difficulty with limits as much as 100 tons annually on emissions:

 

“If GHG emissions from agricultural sources are regulated under the CAA, numerous farming operations that currently are not subject to the costly and time-consuming Title V permitting process would, for the first time, become covered entities. Even very small agricultural operations would meet a 100-tons-per-year emissions threshold. For example, dairy facilities with over 25 cows, beef cattle operations of over 50 cattle, swine operations with over 200 hogs, and farms with over 500 acres of corn may need to get a Title V permit. It is neither efficient nor practical to require permitting and reporting of GHG emissions from farms of this size. Excluding only the 200,000 largest commercial farms, our agricultural landscape is comprised of 1.9 million farms with an average value of production of $25,589 on 271 acres. These operations simply could not bear the regulatory compliance costs that would be involved.”  (Business and Media)

NZ flatulence tax outrages farmers

New Zealand's farmers have criticised a proposed tax on the flatulence emitted by their sheep and cattle.

The move is part of the Wellington government's action to meet its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol on global warming.

Scientists estimate that methane emitted by farm animals is responsible for more than half of the country's greenhouse gases.

Flatulence from cows, sheep and other ruminants is a serious environmental problem, accounting for about 15% of worldwide emissions of methane - one of the most potent of greenhouse gases.

This is another example of the government's desire to act in the public interest but expecting rural New Zealand to pay for its largesse Tom Lambie Federated Farmers President

Last year New Zealand signed up to the Kyoto Protocol, and agreed to reduce production of such gases.

The proposed flatulence tax is expected to raise NZ$8.4m a year ($4.9m) from next year.

Click here to see a graphic showing how cows will be taxed

The money is be used to fund research on agricultural emissions.  (More at BBC)

Please visit this site for all the flatulent cow images you ever wanted to see, plus commentary.  Very funny.

What A Crock!

Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer says global warming is a ticking time bomb that President-elect Barack Obama can't avoid.  What a pile of polar bear poop.  This man is a science writer, does he not read about the 400 Prominent Scientists Dispute Global Warming - as Bunk,  then over 600 scientists dispute global warming, or the 17,200 Scientists Who Dispute Global Warming?

Since Clinton's inauguration, summer Arctic sea ice has lost the equivalent of Alaska, California and Texas. The 10 hottest years on record have occurred since Clinton's second inauguration. Global warming is accelerating. Time is close to running out, and Obama knows it.

"The time for delay is over; the time for denial is over," he said on Tuesday after meeting with former Vice President Al Gore, who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work on global warming. "We all believe what the scientists have been telling us for years now that this is a matter of urgency and national security and it has to be dealt with in a serious way."

Mr. Borenstein should not believe everything Al Gore or the United Nations says.

Most of the media articles you will see refer to reports issued by the IPCC. The IPCC is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change, a political body appointed by the UN. Many of the 3,000 members of this panel are not scientists, but simply political appointees. The few real scientists on the panel have disputed the panel's findings but have been silenced by having their comments deleted from the reports.

Several of these scientists have asked to have their names removed from the IPCC report, but have had their requests denied. Several have actually sued the panel to have their names removed, but few have been successful.

The actual fact regarding consensus on this issue is that there are many more scientists who dispute the claims regarding global warming than there are who support them.   (Continue reading, Michael J. Wagner, Digital Journal)

Borenstein says "Obama is pushing changes in the way Americans use energy, and produce greenhouse gases, as part of what will be a massive economic stimulus. He called it an opportunity "to re-power America."  [snip]  "We're out of time," Stanford University biologist Terry Root said. "Things are going extinct.""  CROCK!   CROCK!   CROCK!

 

There has been little increase in recorded global temperatures since 1998.

 In fact, the 0.6 degree C increase in global mean temperatures since 1850 has now been all but cancelled out by the recently recorded temperature decreases.

See more graphs etc. at No Carbon Taxes.org

Hate in America

The headline is  "Hate Crimes Surge in U.S. after Obama Election", supposedly according to the experts.  Only problem is no facts, nothing specific, yet it's news.

Barack Obama's historic election as America's first black president has led to a surge of racist incidents across the United States, hate-crime monitoring groups and analysts say. Mark Potok, director of the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center, said the final weeks of the US election campaign and its immediate aftermath had witnessed "hundreds and hundreds" of hate-related incidents.

"Since the closing weeks of the campaign, we've seen a real and significant, white backlash break out and I think it's getting worse," Potok told AFP. Potok traced the onset of the incidents to around the time of election rallies by Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin where shouts of "Kill Him!" were reportedly heard from sections of the crowd.

"But what we're seeing now is everything from cross burnings, to death threats, to Obama effigies hanging in nooses to ugly racial incidents in schoolyards around the country," Potok said.  (Raw Story, hat tip ATS)

Most of the commenters at ATS were sharp enough to point out that the claims of "kill him" etc. in Republican crowd was not true.  One commenter said, "I do not trust the Jewish Southern Poverty Law Center, they love racism that is where they make their money."  I don't personally know about the JSPLC, but I do know there are many out there who make their living on race-baiting and it is to their advantage to keep these lies going.  The truth is just the opposite of the JSPLC's report.

 ...   blacks are taunting, mocking and threatening whites after their "messiah" won the election. Oh but you'll never hear the MSM say that. If they do, they'll end up making some ridiculous excuse like "They're simply expressing their pride in finally having one of their own as president"   (continue reading comments at ATS)

Here is discrimination: 

A report has found that there was no legitimate business purpose for the head of Ohio's Department of Job and Family Services to order staff to look up the records of Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, a/k/a Joe the Plumber.  Eight of the checks were done without any legitimate business purpose,  tighter policies on access to confidential information in state computer databases was recommended, and the findings have been forwarded to the Franklin County prosecutor's office in Columbus.  Want to bet no action will be taken?  (AP)

Here's racism: 

The 18-year old freshman Annie Grossmann was taunted, stalked, called a racist, and beaten by 4 black women for wearing her McCain-Palin campaign button.  (American Thinker)  There are numerous stories about verbal attacks on people, even children, for wearing Republican t-shirts and supporting the Republicans.  Where's all the peace and harmony.  No change here unless you consider the attacks on whites, Christians and Republicans seems to be OK with Obama voters.

Here's more racism and abuse against Christians:

The gay-rights folks are harassing Christian groups, specifically Mormons, and blacks for having supported Proposition 8 in California and the traditional view that marriage is between one man and one woman.

The vote in favor was higher than that for President-elect Barack Obama, a man whose election is considered a mandate for change. The votes in California and elsewhere on marriage were a vote for change back to the traditional meaning of marriage. [snip]

Secularists believe religious beliefs should not be considered on political issues, particularly those that conflict with their views. This is a radical view, as most of our moral and legal beliefs come from our Judeo-Christian background.  (Washington Times)

On second thought, I guess the title of the AP story was correct -- Hate Crimes Surge in U.S. after Obama Election.  They forgot to say that the hate crimes are being committed by the left,  and against whites, Christians, children, Republicans, and blacks... so it must be OK.

Five Guantanamo Bay Detainees Release Ordered

And so it begins ...

In the first hearing on the government’s justification for holding detainees at the Guantanamo Bay  detention camp, a federal judge ruled Thursday that five Algerian men were held unlawfully for nearly seven years and ordered their release.

The judge, Richard J. Leon of Federal District Court in Washington, also ruled that a sixth Algerian man was being lawfully detained because he had provided support to the terrorist group Al-Qaeda.

He directed that the five men be released “forthwith” and urged the government not to appeal.  [snip]

Because of the Bush administration’s claims that most of the evidence against the men was classified, Judge Leon ordered the entire case to be heard in a closed courtroom after brief opening statements on Nov. 5.

The government argued that the six Algerians, who were residents of Bosnia when they were first detained in 2001, were planning to go to Afghanistan to fight the United States and that one of them was a member of Al Qaeda.

The five men who were ordered freed on Thursday include Lakhdar Boumediene, for whom the landmark Supreme Court ruling in June was named. The one detainee Judge Leon found to be lawfully held, Bensayah Belkacem, has been described by intelligence agencies as a leading Al Qaeda operative in Bosnia.  [snip]

The Justice Department won a stay of Judge Urbina’s release order and is appealing. Arguments are scheduled for Monday in the United States Courts of Appeals in Washington.  (NYT)

From the SCOTUS BLOG:

Near the close of the oral announcement of his decision, the judge cautioned that observers should not interpret his ruling as a precedent for any other detainee case.  “Few if any of the others will be factually like” the Bosnians’ case, he said, adding: “Nobody should be lulled into a false sense that all of the government’s cases will look like this one.”

The judge also noted that his ruling is not binding on any other judge, and added that “there comes a time when the desire to resolve novel legal questions…pales in comparison to effecting a just result based on the state of the record.”

It took nearly an hour for the judge to announce his ruling, because it was being translated, sentence by sentence, into arabic so that the six detainees could keep up with it via a telephone link with the U.S. Naval prison at Guatanamo Bay.

Fairness Doctrine

Red Flags:  Is Fairness Doctrine Latest Stalin-esque Far Left Agenda?

First there was the Obama “Truth Squad” of lawyer and law enforcement Democrats in Missouri. Then there was a “release the hounds” character attack on Joe “the Plumber.” Now, the latest disturbing indicator of a repressive tendency by the new Democrats to silence dissenting opinion is a movement to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine. How can a law originally designed to ensure political balance in broadcasting be such a powerful weapon of control for one party? Communications expert and author, Dr. Kenneth Hill, is available for interviews to offer a very educated and intriguing perspective on the issue. “Reinstating the Fairness Doctrine is not about preserving the liberals’ right to present their opinions on the airwaves,” says Hill. “They have that right. No one is denying them that. No, the Fairness Doctrine is about shutting down the much more popular conservative programming that obviously resonates more with the American public. That’s why so many recognize this law for what it is—the Censorship Doctrine.” One of the forerunners behind this political power play is John Podesta, President-elect Obama’s White House transition team co-chairman. Podesta has been a major role player in the startup of the Far Left “media monitoring” website, Media Matters. But by its own self-description, the website has a controversial agenda that leaves the motive behind the Fairness Doctrine questionable at best. Established in May 2004, Media Matters was created to “systematically monitor a cross-section of print, broadcast, cable, radio and Internet media outlets for conservative misinformation.” But in addition to “news or commentary that is not accurate, reliable or credible,” the organization’s concept of “misinformation” includes anything that “forwards the conservative agenda.” Thus political differences of opinion are often portrayed by Media Matters as lies or worse.  [snip] · How the Fairness Doctrine affects free speech. · How liberals in Congress want to revive the Doctrine to limit broadcasters from keeping listeners fully informed. · How 40% of Americans would have their news and information censored under the Doctrine. · How the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is involved.  (Special Guests) Broadcast Blackout of Left’s ‘Fairness’ Doctrine Push By Rich Noyes at NewsBusters November 12, 2008 - 10:32 ET Barack Obama’s transition team has tapped former FCC Commissioner Henry Rivera, a longtime proponent of the so-called “Fairness Doctrine,” to head the team looking for the man or woman who will soon give Democrats a 3-to-2 advantage on the Federal Communications Commission. [CORRECTION ADDED, 11/14] It’s another troubling sign that Democrats are serious about trying to reinstate the long-defunct FCC regulation, which can more aptly be described as the "Censorship Doctrine" because of its chilling effect on free speech. In effect from 1949 to 1987, the Fairness Doctrine was an obstacle to open discussion of public policy issues on the radio; its removal in the Reagan years spawned the robust talk radio marketplace of ideas now enjoyed by millions. While talk radio hosts often warned during the campaign that free speech could be trampled by an all-Democratic majority, the broadcast networks have failed to react to this dangerous threat to the First Amendment. A review shows the broadcast networks — whose affiliates could also be regulated — have failed to run even a single story mentioning the push for a new Fairness Doctrine. The most recent mention of the Fairness Doctrine was on May 30, 2007, when in an interview on CBS’s The Early Show, Al Gore bizarrely called it a "protection" that was removed during the Reagan years. But there has been news to report, as Democrats have been more than candid about their plans. On Election Day, for example, New York Senator Charles Schumer justified regulating political speech. "The very same people who don’t want the Fairness Doctrine want the FCC to limit pornography on the air," Schumer told the Fox News Channel. "You can’t say, ‘government hands off in one area’ to a commercial enterprise, but you’re allowed to intervene in another. That’s not consistent." In late October, Democratic Senator Jeff Bingaman told a New Mexico radio station how he “hopes” the Fairness Doctrine returns so radio will be more to his liking: “For many, many years, we operated under a Fairness Doctrine in this country. I think the country was well-served. I think the public discussion was at a higher level and more intelligent in those days than it has become since.” Democrats have launched various attempts to control of broadcast content since the Fairness Doctrine’s demise in 1987, but the push has become more insistent in the past couple of years. After the failure of a liberal immigration bill in 2007, Senator Dianne Feinstein told Fox News Sunday that she was “looking at” a new Fairness Doctrine because “talk radio tends to be one-sided....It’s explosive. It pushes people to, I think, extreme views without a lot of information.” As with Schumer and Bingaman recently, none of the broadcast networks thought Feinstein’s threats worth reporting. Journalists aren’t known for turning a blind eye to free speech issues. In 2003, ABC, CBS and NBC ran 33 stories on criticism of the Dixie Chicks for speaking out against President Bush and the Iraq war. ABC’s Jim Wooten darkly warned: "All this has reminded some of the McCarthy Era's blacklists that barred those even accused of communist sympathies for working in films or on television." When Democrats first pushed to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine in 1987-88, both the New York Times and Washington Post came down strongly on the side of free speech. In a June 24, 1987 editorial, the Post called the concept of a Fairness Doctrine repulsive: “The truth is...that there is no ‘fairness’ whatever in the ‘fairness’ doctrine. On the contrary, it is a chilling federal attempt to compel some undefined ‘balance’ of what ideas radio and television news programs are to include....The ‘fairness doctrine’ undercuts free, independent, sound and responsive journalism — substituting governmental dictates. That is deceptive, dangerous and, in a democracy, repulsive.” Now that the Left is gearing up to suffocate talk radio, the media’s First Amendment solidarity seems to have been eclipsed by their loyalty to the would-be censors of the Democratic Party.

Forget Damn “Dreams”, I Have A Plan!

Forget Damn “Dreams”, I Have A Plan!

By R.J. Godlewski
© November 5, 2008, All Rights Reserved

    Professor Peter Kreeft wrote somewhere within his fascinating book EVERYTHING THAT YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT HEAVEN BUT NEVER DREAMED OF ASKING that Christianity’s greatest saints appeared during the period of greatest upheaval within the Church. Perhaps during this similar period of tremendous political upheaval within the United States of America, our greatest conservative leaders will also come to the fore.

    At least now, with the election of Barack Hussein Obama to our nation’s most honored and powerful office, we have shed a huge monkey off our back. It took only 44 chances before we elected our very first black president. How many kings (or queens) of Europe were black? Or of Asia? How many kingdoms from Africa landed men upon the moon? Or split the atom? Now, we can truly say that anyone from any walk of life, whether they ran with unpatriotic crowds or not, can aspire to become President of the United States and win. All of the pageantry, all of the spectacle, all of the media hype that is sure to come over the course of the next year (or four) means only one thing: we “non-black” people are free to be ourselves.

    Martin Luther King’s “dream” has now become a reality and as soon as Barack Obama takes his oath of allegiance, no person of color within the United States (or elsewhere for that matter) can level charges of racism or bigotry against our collective citizenry. We have given him a chance inasmuch as those in 1960 gave John F. Kennedy a chance as America’s first Roman Catholic president. However, I personally do not care about a person’s race, or skin color, or status, or what have you. I merely care about this great nation of ours and its future. We survived FDR for four terms. We survived Jimmy Carter for one. We even survived three George Bushes (41, 43a, 43b). We will survive Barack Obama – he’s going to have his hands too full to do much before 2010. Remember, half of the country didn’t vote for him.

    So, taking a page out of Mr. King’s “I have a dream” legacy and a tad from Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America” from 1994, I have my own plans for the future of America, borrowed heavily from my The Gatestrian Knights series. It is not as much as a plan for America as a plan for all of humanity, and is neither illusion nor document. At least that’s my intention. We need to break away from this cyclic nature of 12 years Reagan-Bush 1, eight years Clinton, Eight years Bush 2… We don’t need a government where everyone has a chance to screw things up. Never works. We need to focus on America’s future and much of this depends upon whether we choose merely temporal goals or institute national ones. That is, do we look at the United States of America or merely consider the Americans of the United States.

    I offer a challenge, therefore, to all who will accept my premise. I propose a series of foundational doctrines that I believe represent America at its very core. These are, admittedly, conservative values but they were America’s values first – before selfish “independents” and “moderates” tried to have all things all ways. I will try to become a beacon of light within an otherwise dark and dreary future; a light that will keep the nation on a steady course around the treacherous rocks of liberalism.

    I offer, as substance, several characteristics that should shatter liberal hatred towards the “cause”:

•    My income, averaged out over the course of a year, places me into the very basement of “classes”. That is, no liberal no matter how skillful in spin can place me into the context of their version of “wealthy”;

•    My “carbon footprint” is smaller than Obama’s resume. Any liberal who attacks me for being a contaminant of the environment is going to possess one hell of a sore backside;

•    99% of what I do earn goes towards the benefit of others. Spread this…Mr. Obama (he he he).  I could make billions and I still won’t have to pay any taxes…

•    I possess an honest I.Q. of 133 (not an artificially inflated one of 146 as supposedly Joe “Bozo” Biden – sorry, Vice President-Elect Biden – has), a 4.0 collegiate career, and I consume information like candy. I’ve been called a “knowledge curator” and I do know what I’m talking about;

•    I am the son of a late automaker which means that I am all too familiar with the UAW and Democratic politics (my grandfather ran for constable of Hamtramck, Michigan; my second cousin is a high-ranking campaign manager).

•    I have friends, acquaintances, neighbors, and co-workers of all races. Historically, I suppose, I have had more friends who were black, Hispanic, Native American, and Asian than white. I am only “racist” when it comes to extraterrestrials. But they don’t seem to exist… ;o)

    These alone should defeat any implications that I am somehow a radical right-wing fanatic. In fact, much of what the liberal left wants to force me to do I do now willingly and of my own accord. That is how America is supposed to be – each one of us takes whatever talent and resources we have and offers it to those causes and organizations that reflect our desires. Spreading the R.J. is thus much more efficient and productive than “spreading the wealth”. ;o)

So what, exactly, are my causes and beliefs for America? Simply put, they are:

Respect for Innocent Human Life

    We need to return to the core belief that human life is a treasure and not a mere convenience. Every human life conceived should be given a fair chance at survival even if it means that we must sponsor adoption as an alternative. Saying that human life only begins at birth is ridiculous and merely provides us with an excuse for not knowing something.

Fair Taxes

    Taxes should only be placed upon sales of an end product and never on income or raw materials. This provides us with a chance of “deciding” how much taxes we are to pay and everyone is treated fairly.

Fair Immigration

    The greatest argument for  securing our borders is so that we can keep our front door open. Nearly every one of us is the proud beneficiary of legal immigration. Illegal immigration, however, is an affront to both our laws and security. It would be like me sneaking into Wal-Mart through a side door during the “Thanksgiving Day rush” to avoid waiting in line with the thousands of other holiday shoppers in order to make my purchases. Unfair is unfair and we shouldn’t reward those who “sneak” anything anymore than we should reward those greedy bastards on Wall Street who profit off our nation’s misfortunes.

Fair Religion

    First of all, let me state right out that there is no provision for a “wall of separation” between church and state within the U.S. Bill of Rights. The entire First Amendment reads as follows:

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

    You will note only two references to religion: that Congress shall not establish a religion (i.e., e.g., a Church of Divine America) and that Congress shall not prohibit the free exercise thereof (i.e., e.g., no laws banning the Ten Commandments, crucifixes, etc.). Since 85% of our citizens and 100% of our nation’s heritage rests with the foundations of Judaeo-Christian doctrine, it is to be expected that you will see more Jewish and Christian references than, say, Muslim ones. Religious affirmative action is wrong for it does elevate a minority religion to parity with the vast majority of the nation.

Border Security

    This is simple; you cross our borders without invitation or warning and you are an invader that needs to be defeated. A brief stint on the waiting list is far better than decades in hiding. Otherwise, it would be like me showing up in a Dallas Cowboys uniform on Super Bowl Sunday and expecting to quarterback. Yeah, right.

National Defense

    We fight wars to protect our nation and we fight them to win! No cowering to either Islamists or Europeans. We have earned that right.

Global War on Terror

    We track down Islamist terrorists and their cohorts wherever they may reside and we either 1.) Extract actionable intelligence from them; or 2.) Exterminate them. You will note that I have not included any precise methods or means with which to use.

Gun Rights

    Under no – repeat, NO – circumstances should any law-abiding American citizen be denied the right to own and possess firearms (of any persuasion) wherever they live, wherever they travel, and wherever they are employed. If it is American territory, then they should have their Constitutional right kept intact.

Energy

    No American technology or resource should be ignored. Each state should be required to, at a minimum, add one more nuclear power plant to their inventory. Coal, shale, natural gas, and oil should be recovered with those accessible the easiest (and therefore the quickest) utilized first. We should also employ wind, tidal, solar, thermal, etc. alternatives. This should be considered a national emergency.

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    I could go on, but this will suffice for now. Already the “educated” are lying out charges of my being a redneck (I cannot stand hillbillies), being a Nazi (I cannot stand fascists --  Islamic, German, Italian, or otherwise), being a “stock car fanatic” (Watching hillbillies run around in circles is fun???), and, of course, being uneducated (I will match my 4.0 in Intelligence Studies up against anyone).

    The truth is, the only thing that I hold against Obama supporters is that most of them have not really looked beyond the hype, the pageantry, and the 24/7 infomercials. If you think that he will be great for America, then so be it. We all need what is good for our nation. I, for example, have spent many, many years – both professionally and privately – analyzing the Iran-Israel conflict. I see Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the ruling clerics in Tehran as a great threat to global security. Now, they are hell-bent on acquiring nuclear weapons. Israel has done more for Arab unity and concerns than Iran has ever done for the Jewish people (and they used to be allies).

    As for the Christians out there. Yes, Jesus cared about human life, but he was no pacifist by any stretch of the imagination. From his declaration regarding standing firm (“Turn the other cheek”) to his wonderful “There is no greater love than to lay down one’s own life for his friends” to his cleansing of the temple,  everything about him was a challenge for strength and security. He also said that he would be a division among families; son against father and mother against daughter. Not exactly the words of a pacifist.

    I am an American and I served the Constitution of the United States and it is this very Constitution that I will hold President-Elect Obama accountable to. We must, in respect of our history, understand that “All men were created equal” not just born equal and that our “One nation under God” prevails. One thing that supporters of our new president need to realize and cannot dispute despite their fascination with “education” is that Mr. Obama is merely a man. Nothing more. Nothing less.

    So, my plan for the future is to continue working towards my own business and, I hope, to gain the resources that I require to serve what purpose God has created me for. I will continue with my battle to defeat the cancer that defeated my precious Sara. Having served as caregiver for both my wife and my father who succumbed to  Alzheimer’s, I know a thing or two about healthcare and the dire need for health insurance. I just view it as a personal – not a state – responsibility.

    I will continue with my plans to build schools and hospitals throughout the world. And, for the record, I do not necessarily believe that man sprung up out of the ground or that the earth is only 6,000 years old. I attended Michigan State to earn a degree in astrophysics, which has always been my lifelong interest, and after studying the stars and galaxies for four decades, you begin to understand the great majesty of His Creation. Whether the earth is 4.6 billion years old or only a day matters very little, I deal with Kairos time (my lifespan) and not Chronos time (45.4 years of my life).

    For the rest of you out there, I do not make any hasty decisions. Nor do I allow personal prejudices or threats to cloud my judgment. We are a nation at war and the Islamists are doing everything humanly possible to make September 11th, 2001 look like child’s play. I really do not care whether you are a liberal or a conservative, a Republican or a Democrat, a fundamentalist or an atheist. Americans have been under attack repeatedly since 1979 and I will do everything that I, honest citizen, can do to prevent them from turning my country into a glowing parking lot.

    If you want to bitch about “right wing fanatics” or “liberal platitudes” fine. Just thank God every day that you have the freedom to do so. As for the ten to fifteen Swedes out there who routinely “impersonate” Americans on this blog – have you no shame?

Demand LA Times Produce Video of Obama, Khalidi, Ayers, Dohrn

The Los Angeles Times is refusing to release a  2003 video of a farewell bash in Chicago at which Barack Obama, William  Ayers (and wife, and fellow Weather Underground terrorist member Bernadine Dohrn) and other PLO supporters toast lavish praise on the guest of honor, Rashid Khalidi — former mouthpiece for master terrorist Yasser Arafat.  Oops, that would be damaging for Barack Obama's campaign now wouldn't it?

Contact information for the LA TIMES here.  Demand they produce the video befove November 4.

The National Review Online report says:  It was sponsored by the Arab American Action Network (AAAN), which had been founded by Khalidi and his wife, Mona, formerly a top English translator for Arafat’s press agency ...   there's just a teeny-weenie chance that this was an evening of Israel-bashing Obama would find very difficult to explain?  ...  researcher Stanley Kurtz has noted that Ayers and Khalidi were “best friends.” (And — small world! — it turns out that the Obamas are extremely close to the Khalidis, who have reportedly babysat the Obama children.)

Contact information for the LA TIMES here. Demand they produce the video before November 4.

Here's the way the LA Times originally reported the April 2003 celebration (no bias here, right???)

CHICAGO -- It was a celebration of Palestinian culture -- a night of music, dancing and a dash of politics. Local Arab Americans were bidding farewell to Rashid Khalidi, an internationally known scholar, critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights, who was leaving town for a job in New York.

A special tribute came from Khalidi's friend and frequent dinner companion, the young state Sen. Barack Obama. Speaking to the crowd, Obama reminisced about meals prepared by Khalidi's wife, Mona, and conversations that had challenged his thinking.

Contact information for the LA TIMES here.  Demand they produce the video before November 4.

The O'Reilly Factor has demanded the video be produced (hat tip NewsBusters.org)

Brit Hume discusses the video (thanks to ShareRevMedia)

The McCain Camp demands the release of this video.

Patriotism or Elitism?

Patriotism or Elitism?

By R.J. Godlewski
© October 20, 2008, All Rights Reserved

    I am an American and I am damn proud of that fact. As far as I am concerned, there is no greater nation on earth nor has there ever been. I am able to aspire to any career – even if I should change my field every few years – and can live in any state or city of my choosing and wherewithal. I can attend whichever church I find inspiring and associate with any friends that I find uplifting. Nobody demands of me and I demand nothing from anyone in turn. I offer what comes from my heart willingly and if, for whatever reason, I choose to remain introverted, pessimistic, and challenging, then I can do so for that is what freedom is all about. If others try to deny me of this life, then I can protect myself with my .45, even here in pathetically liberal Michigan.

    Part of being American means that I accept a certain level of compassion, concern, and responsible foresight within my life. I understand the inherent value of innocent human life and use whatever talents God has given me to benefit the world. When I “spread my wealth”, it is because I have chosen to do so. That’s being American; charity is as much a creative enterprise as is oil painting or classical music. We take what we are, focus our thoughts to that which we would like to create, and devote our lives to whichever ‘Cause’ we would like our talents to address. America has succeeded largely because these traits are the norm and not the exception.

    There are other people, however, who do not believe that compassion and charity are individual efforts. These people believe that it is the state that determines what we are to believe, what we are to address, and how much effort is required on our part. They wish to “distribute the wealth” through force and not through inspiration. They want us to associate with people we have not chosen, contribute to causes we do not support, and utilize talents we do not profess. Most of all, they wish to force these things upon us because, quite simply, they do not believe that we have the mental wherewithal to offer these services of our own accord. These people are not Americans, they are elitists of the same ilk as those who swarmed around the Nazi flag in Madison Square Gardens leading up to the Second World War or wrapped themselves within the Fifth Amendment during the 1950’s hunt for infiltrating communists.

    They are not Americans because they do not respect the human lives that millions of their compatriots have fought and died for over the centuries. They are not Americans for they do not accept that charity begins at home and instead believe that charity is orchestrated best by the state. They are not Americans because they do not endorse the economic system that has withstood the ravages of time. They simply feel that their decades’ of existence trumps our nation’s centuries of experience.

    These people are not Americans for they spend far too much time demanding attention for their little efforts. They use the media, entertainment, and political office to display their importance whereas millions of their fellow citizens accomplish far more and defer attention from it. It is easy to spot these elitists, for they are the ones that spout “I” more often than anyone else. They are the ones that say “I” know what’s best for you; “I” have far more rights than you do; “I” want what you have.

    When they get bored with using “I” they use its sibling “My”. You’ve heard them. It’s “My” body so I can have an abortion. It’s “My” health so you have to pay for my insurance. It’s “My” choice to take drugs, to drink, and to act irresponsibly so you have to accept the consequences. Americans don’t act that way, but elitists do.

    Americans, on the other hand,  know that they are on loan from God, the master landlord of all. They know that being American is not restricted to a particular race, sex, creed, or religion. Being American requires, quite simply, the respect for all human life. The elitists, however, believe that they should have the last say in defining human life. They say that it does not exist if it hasn’t yet been born. They say that beyond a certain age, it is permissible to extinguish it. They say that we can literally grow human life merely for the benefit of others, choosing to extract parts and destroy the rest as suited to their needs.

    Elitists claim moral superiority by making moral standards obsolete. They can, at the stroke of a pen, elevate the animal kingdom beyond the human and lay blame upon the human for the changes taking place within the geological world. Elitists claim superior knowledge for they can tell you what will happen with a great degree of certainty thousands of years into the future but dismiss the historical record of their forefathers. I am so glad that I am not an elitist.

    I was born into this world for a mission that God had chosen me for and I do not take this mission lightly. The elitists would have you believe that I am somehow a “Right Winger” or a “fanatic.” They charge me with being a “conservative” as if conservatism were some foul disease unworthy of speech. They level charges of racism against me simply because I believe that Barack Obama is the worst possible candidate for president during this period of great challenges to our national security. I am simply an American and I will defend this great nation of ours with every asset and talent at my disposal. If I offend you, then take it up with God. Don’t harass the messenger.

Saturday Odds and Ends

If you don't read anything else today, go read Why Obama Worries About Half the Electorate at Peace and Freedom '08.  A comprehensive compilation of facts that voters need to know about.  Then go read Barack Obama, Rhetoric vs. Record.

From TownHall.com:

From Always on Watch, the next cartoon and links:

“It’s not that I want to punish your success, I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they’ve got a chance at success, too… I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”—Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) speaking to Joe Wurzelbacher, Ohio plumber.

Web site Get Liberty

Weblog: NetRight Nation

Cyber terrorists responsible for economy?

The list of those who would benefit from an American economic collapse continues to grow daily. The Democrat Party, desperate to elect to the country’s highest office an inexperienced, untested junior senator with little or no record, stands to “win big,” as they pile on pie in the sky promises such as renegotiated mortgages for defaulted borrowers. The CEOs of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac stand to win big, as their financial mismanagement and incompetence is quickly paid for by the tax dollars of working Americans rather than facing indictments and prison terms. As the days passed, President Bush began slipping the term “global” into his economy speeches. It seems as if overnight, we went from a huge national banking bail out to a global economic crisis. 

On October 10th, Bob Unrah reported on World Net Daily that one of the beneficiaries of the American economic bail out bill is China. The Bank of China owns, according to WND, $7.5 billion in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds, in addition to $5.2 billion in mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by the two agencies.  (continue reading)

Muslim converts 'not Islamic enough' for their adopted son to have a brother.  Moroccan authorities were happy for boy to make a home in Britain but officials in Surrey were not so sure

A gas pipeline in northern British Columbia was bombed for a second time in a week, the police said Thursday. Neither the explosion last Saturday nor the second bombing, which occurred late Wednesday or early Thursday, significantly damaged the pipeline, which carries sour gas, natural gas that contains toxic hydrogen sulfide.

Not sure what an Obama presidency would look like:  Go visit MK here and read about it.

Mideast leader: Obama a Muslim who studied in Islamic schools

Says Arab world campaign contributions 'may enable him to win U.S. presidency'

See the following video in case you missed. The Men Behind Obama, then go read the article by Angie here.