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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff critcize efforts to combat extremism with PR

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff had strong words about our government's attempt to curb Islamic extremism through PR tactics:

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has written a searing critique of government efforts at “strategic communication” with the Muslim world, saying that no amount of public relations will establish credibility if American behavior overseas is perceived as arrogant, uncaring or insulting.

The critique by the chairman, Adm. Mike Mullen, comes as the United States is widely believed to be losing ground in the war of ideas against extremist Islamist ideology. The issue is particularly relevant as the Obama administration orders fresh efforts to counter militant propaganda, part of its broader strategy to defeat the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

“To put it simply, we need to worry a lot less about how to communicate our actions and much more about what our actions communicate,” Admiral Mullen wrote in the critique, an essay to be published Friday by Joint Force Quarterly, an official military journal.

...Admiral Mullen expressed concern over a trend to create entirely new government and military organizations to manage a broad public relations effort to counter anti-Americanism, which he said had allowed strategic communication to become a series of bureaucracies rather than a way to combat extremist ideology.

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The U.S. and U.K. Both 'Go Wobbly' on Terrorism

Wall Street Journal - Amanda Bowman - ‎29 minutes ago‎

... to put the Bush Administration on trial and their desire to maintain the tools that have kept America safe from terrorism for the 2907 days since 9/11.

ABC and NBC refuse to air anti-healthcare reform ad

Since the lefist spinning news networks ABC and NBC have refused to air an anti-healthcare reform ad, I thought I would show it here so you can make up your own mind:

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Why Won't ABC and NBC Run an Ad Critical of Obama's Health Care ...

FOXNews - ‎Aug 28, 2009‎

Well, ABC, who hosted an hour-long special on health care reform from the White House, says they rejected the ad because its policy is not to sell time for ...

Senator Kennedy's grandson prays at his funeral for healthcare

Video:

Is there one federal entitlement program that is not going broke?  Just curious.

President Obama's Czars

The following list of czars was compiled by PolitiFact.com, a left-leaning fact-checking organization who took a swipe at Senator John McCain for tweeting about them, even though what he said was true.  None of their official titles include the word czar.  Note, it looks like they left off Mark Lloyd (see below).  Those in red have had or currently have socialistic or marxist ties:

Name	Czar Title	Actual (boring) Title
Herb Allison	TARP Czar	Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability
Alan Bersin	Border Czar	Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs
Dennis Blair	Intelligence Czar	Director of National Intelligence
John Brennan	Terrorism Czar	Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security
Carol Browner	Energy Czar	Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Adolfo Carrion, Jr	Urban Affairs Czar	Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs
Ashton Carter	Weapons Czar	Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
Aneesh Chopra	Technology Czar	Chief Technology Officer
Jeffrey Crowley	AIDS Czar	Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy
Cameron Davis	Great Lakes Czar	Special advisor to the U.S. EPA overseeing its Great Lakes restoration plan
Nancy-Ann DeParle	Health Czar	Director of the White House Office of Health Reform
Earl Devaney	Stimulus Accountability Czar	Chair of the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board
Joshua DuBois	Faith-based Czar	Director of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Kenneth Feinberg	Pay Czar	Special Master on executive pay
Danny Fried	Guantanamo Closure Czar	Special envoy to oversee the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay
J. Scott Gration	Sudan Czar	Special Envoy to Sudan
Richard Holbrooke	Afghanistan Czar	Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
John Holdren	Science Czar	Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology
Van Jones	Green Jobs Czar	Special Adviser for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality
Gil Kerlikowske	Drug Czar	Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy
Vivek Kundra	Information Czar	Federal Chief Information Officer
George Mitchell	Mideast Peace Czar	Special Envoy to the Middle East
Ed Montgomery	Car Czar	Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers
Dennis Ross	Mideast Policy Czar	Special Adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asia
Gary Samore	WMD Czar	Coordinator for the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism
Todd Stern	Climate Czar	Special Envoy for Climate Change
Cass Sunstein	Regulatory Czar	Director of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
Paul Volcker	Economic Czar	Chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board

   

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Also see: 

Obama's Team Is Lacking Most of Its Top Players New York Times

FCC's new Chief Diversity Officer, Mark Lloyd

 

 

Report: Cybersecurity Act of 2009 give President power to shutdown Internet!

A revamped Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S773) that's in the Senate has been reported to give President Obama the authority to kill the Internet of private networks by declaring a cybersecurity emergency, according to Fox News.

A Senate bill would offer President Obama emergency control of the Internet and may give him a "kill switch" to shut down online traffic by seizing private networks -- a move cybersecurity experts worry will choke off industry and civil liberties. Details of a revamped version of the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 emerged late Thursday, months after an initial version authored by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.V., was blasted in Silicon Valley as dangerous government intrusion.

...The new legislation allows the president to "declare a cybersecurity emergency" relating to "non-governmental" computer networks and make a plan to respond to the danger, according to an excerpt published online-- a broad license that rights experts worry would give the president "amorphous powers" over private users.

"As soon as you're saying that the federal government is going to be exercising this kind of power over private networks, it's going to be a really big issue," Lee Tien, a senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told CNET News..."

Is this too much power for a president?  Is this totally accurate?  Right now, according to Thomas, the bill is in Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.  I'm not ready to say this is a major issue or simply smart security for the protection of the U.S. infrastructure against cyber attacks.  The website, Politech,  that is the source of the updated information about the revamped legislation hasn't posted since 2008, so that seems odd.  I wonder if this is really accurate information.  But CNET wrote yesterday Bill would give president emergency control of Internet and said; " Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet..."   It links to Politech, as well, and may be the source of the Fox News report. 

In any event, its worth keeping an eye on this legislation.

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Also see:

Library of Congress/Thomas:  status of this bill 

Cybersecurity: A Briefing - Part II

The Metropolitan Coporate Counsel - ‎Aug 5, 2009‎

Meanwhile, the Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (S.773), would create a Cybersecurity Advisory Panel that would advise the President and be composed of outside ...

 

Senate Cybersecurity Act of 2009 Could Shut Down the Internet

HULIQ - ‎10 hours ago‎

The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 could possibly give the President of the United States the ability to turn off the internet for public use in the case of an ...

 

Open Congress S773

Terrorist arrested in Germany and words from Al Qaeda

German authorities arrested a 24 year-old man on August 26th who allegedly plotted to kill Americans living in Germany:

...Kadir T., who holds German and Turkish citizenship, is suspected of buying a video camera and night vision equipment for the Islamic Jihad Union under instructions from a man now on trial in Germany on charges he belonged to the group, the prosecution agency in Karlsruhe said in a statemen ton its Web site today. Kadir T. was arrested Aug. 26, the agency said.

...He was arrested on his way to a training camp in the Afghan-Pakistani border area, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper reported on its Web site, citing unnamed law-enforcement officials.

His contact in the group was identified as Adem Y., one of four defendants in Germany’s biggest terror trial since a case involving Red Army Faction radicals three decades ago. 

Today, Al-Qaeda's number two man Zawahri's has a 3 video message titled "Path to Doom" which is posted on the channel called UmmahMedia .  This channel has been on YouTube for two years!

Thanks, YouTube.

Lincoln: You can't make a weak man strong...

Below is a must watch video of Congressman Mike Rogers' (Michigan) opening statement on Health Care reform in Washington D.C. in July:

Quotes from Lincoln

Update 9/4/09:  It appears the quote used in the video above wasn't really from Lincoln but appeared in the newspapers to honor Lincoln, just so we have this clear:

The "Ten Points" appear every February 12th in newspaper ads honoring Abraham Lincoln from the pen of Reverend William John Henry Boetcker (1873-1962).

* You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
* You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
* You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
* You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
* You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer.
* You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.
* You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
* You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money.
* You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.
* You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

Van Jones; Obama's Green Advisor, Color of Change, STORM and Glenn Beck

Van Jones, is President Obama's Special Advisor for Green Jobs. He's the co-founder of Color of Change, an organization that seeks to strengthen the black voice in politics.  Color of Change is working hard to get advertisers to dump the Glenn Beck show for being so critical of President Obama, specifically his opinion that he thought Obama was anti-white! 

So let me make sure I've got this right.  The organization that is working to destroy the career of Glenn Beck, who is on Fox News, was co-founded by the president's Green Job Advisor! 

Somehow, that doesn't seem quite right, does it?

Color of Change states on their about page Jones has been inactive there in "recent years".  However, the last archived page taken November 11, 2007 shows he was listed as active.  Their "recent years" statement could be a stretch.  It would be helpful to have the archived pages for 2008, but they are not available, at the moment.  Then there is an article from SFGate.com dated May 27, 2008 which referred to Jones as co-founder of Color of Change.  No mention was made he was no longer involved with the group.  That was just last year.

Over at Little Green Footballs, a once conservative blog that has gone anti-right in recent months, Charles Johnson wrote on Tuesday that more advertisers drop Beck and labeled it with the following tags;  Glenn Beck, Kooks, Far Right, Extremism, Fox News, Advertising, Boycott.   Kooks? Extremism?   On Monday, he wrote Glenn Beck's Continuing Problem with Idiocy.  Idiocy?  Does Beck act silly sometimes, even goofy?  I would say, yes, but have you actually researched what he is telling you? I'm not talking about his opinions here which are subjective and don't really matter. Is he inaccurate on what he tells you about his research?  That's the real issue here.  So, I say to those of you who want to demonize him and destroy his career - prove him wrong.  Start a website, then list all the proof sources that back up each and every falsehoods told by Glenn Beck.   Show us your facts so we can make up our own minds, thank you.   Prior to LFG recent rants against Beck since, I guess,  he joined Fox News, he wrote an article in 2006 about Beck titled Glenn Beck: The Extremist Agenda where he said his show was worthwhile to watch.  He was on CNN Headline News then.

Johnson didn't mentioned that Van Jones was once a self-described black nationalist and a communist, according to an East Bay Express article and cover story written by Eliza Strickland on November 2, 2005 titled "The New Face of Environmentalism" (update 9/1/09 the original article didn't open but I do have a saved copy).  East Bay Express, also reposted it here and then blasted Glenn Beck (they call him a "Fox News Whack Job") for informing viewers what Jones said!  Talk about dishonesty.  Nowhere can I find that Jones' renounced communism so this is hanging out there, big time.

And since when did it become wrong to look into the backgrounds of people who were hand-picked by President Obama or his staff?

Excerpts from The New Face of Environmentalism:

Picture:  Van Jones as a radical activist (source:  East Bay Express)

"...Jones came from rural Tennessee, by way of Yale Law School. The self-described former "rowdy black nationalist" is best known as founder of the Ella Baker Center, an Oakland-based nonprofit group with roots firmly grounded in criminal-justice issues that affect low-income people of color.

...He arrived at Yale Law School wearing combat boots and carrying a Black Panther bookbag, an angry black separatist among a sea of clean-cut students dreaming of Supreme Court clerkships."

...Jones had planned to move to Washington, DC, and had already landed a job and an apartment there. But in jail, he said, "I met all these young radical people of color -- I mean really radical, communists and anarchists. And it was, like, 'This is what I need to be a part of.'" Although he already had a plane ticket, he decided to stay in San Francisco. "I spent the next ten years of my life working with a lot of those people I met in jail, trying to be a revolutionary." In the months that followed, he let go of any lingering thoughts that he might fit in with the status quo. "I was a rowdy nationalist on April 28th, and then the verdicts came down on April 29th," he said. "By August, I was a communist."

..."One of my big heroes is Malcolm X, not because I agree with Malcolm, but because he wasn't afraid to change in public," he said.  (z:  What is that suppose to mean?  It's real clear what X was all about)..."

Is this article accurate?  Did you notice they quoted the man?  His reference to jail had to do with his arrest following the Rodney King verdict but later he won a settlement for being arrested wrongly, as I understand it. 

The Apollo Alliance, mentioned above, is a project of the Tides Center, whose parent is the Tides Foundation, funded mostly by wealthy left progressives.

Jones also was the founder or was involved with a neo-Marxist group called Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement, or STORM, according to Wikipedia (see Origins;  update 9/1/09 Wikipeida removed the statement Jones was the founder).  The East Bay article above discussed Jones involvement with STORM and its Marxist ideology which was started in 1994 when he was 26.  STORM's 2004 summation report put together after they disbanded lists the pages where their Marxist ideology is laid out  (page 4) but when you go to the pages where this ideology should be we find "Romantic Relationships between Revolutionaries" instead (Download STORMSummation which I obtained from leftspot.com (here's an archived copy from this website should it not work). Their "Points of Unity" are listed on page 31 and 32, which include marxism, communism, the defeat of capitalism and global white supremacy.  Their response to 9/11 leveled anger at the U.S. government and rely on global justice because U.S. Imperialism is the problem (page 28 and 29).  It quoted Amilcar Cabral, a Black African Revolutionary and Marxist, on page 3.  In an article titled I'm Bad, I'm Slick dated April 2008 we read Jones named his son Cabral (see below).  What a coincidence!  But, it's unclear if Van Jones took part in STORM's summation report.

Jones, was interviewed for The Witness in 2002 in an article titled Addiction to Punishment: Challenging America's Incarceration Industry.  Jones talked about getting burned-out after being "involved in all sorts of politics of confrontation and outrage". He spent two weeks at a retreat called Windcall that supports progressive social justice leaders (didn't know there was such a thing, did you?).  Jones said he just cried and tried to get his head together there. He also went to church more and sought counseling following his stay.  Common Counsel Foundationis Windcall's fiscal sponsor. Notice that ACORN is involved on the board of this organization that uses philanthropic resources for progressive social movements.  So progressive activists have a retreat provided to them free of charge when they get burned out?  How thoughtful.

It's quite possible Jones was a communist and is not one now.  But, he spoke ill of capitalism as late as February of 2009 (video) and how green jobs are just the tip of the iceberg to a new social order. The White House is just ignoring this hoping it will blow over.  I don't know how long they can stay silent with continued public and elected officials outcry.  It seems to me, the left response is very weak calling Beck and others whacko, nutjobs, rightwingers and so on for brining Jones background to the public eye.  This includes turncoat Charles Johnson.   

Update 9/2/09:  Van Jones called Republicans A** Ho***! (notice his dig about capitalism near the end of the video)

Update 9/3/09:  Is President Obama's green job czar, Van Jones, a 9/11 Truther?

Update 9/4/09:  Senator seeks congressional hearings on Van Jones

Update 9/5/09: 

Van Jones at Media Reform convention in 2007:  You don't have to call somebody the n-word if you can call them a felon."  Private prisons are "this new Jim Crow."  Van Jones

Is Van Jones is part of a global effort against America and Israel?  Warning this audio/video may be disturbing to some.

Krauthhammer on Van Jones

Emergency Action Against Racism and War (Oakland):  "...A recurring theme of the speakers was the brutal violence committed by or supported by the United States government on a daily basis. "The bombs the government drops in Iraq are the bombs that blew up in New York City," said Van Jones, director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, who also warned against forthcoming violence by the Bush Administration. "The US cannot bomb its way out of this one. Safety at home requires justice abroad."  (9/13/01)

UPDATE 9/6/09:  Controversial Green Job Czar, Van Jones, resigns

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The advertisers who have stopped ads on the Glenn Beck Show because of the actions of Color of Change.

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Glenn Beck goes after Color of Change co-founder Van Jones  ‎ - 1 day ago
Instead, he spent a large share of his program suggesting that Jones, who co-founded Color of Change in 2005, is a radical. Jones now serves as a special ...

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"... I read last night the Washington Times reported President-elect Barack Obama's selection to be his "Climate Czar" is ...

8/25/09:  What is going on at Little Green Football?

8/13/09:  Speaking Power to "Truth" Melissa Bradley Chair of the Board, Tides HuffingtonPost.com:  As Congress debates Health Care Reform, the stimulus package starts showing signs of positive impact, and the war on Afghanistan intensifies...

4/11/08:  "Im Bad! Im Slick!":  ...With his new $1 billion Green for All initiative, Jones, who named his 3-year-old son, Cabral, after an African freedom fighter, aims to replicate on a national level the coalition of government, industry, labor, and community-activist groups responsible for passing the Oakland jobs-corps legislation.

 

Eva Paterson: Glenn Beck's Attack On Van Jones: Fantasies & Falsehoods  ‎ an article from the leftist perspective and a person he worked for.

 

The 2009 TIME 100: Van Jones  (Time spins the news towards the leftist ideology as does their sister company, CNN;  both owned by Time Warner)  Time never mentions Jones worrisome background.  Time magazine named Jones one of the 100 most influential people in the world.  Why?

 

1/15/05:  Human rights defenders honor King with truth  CNN

..."In the 1800s, it was the enslavement of African people. In the 1900s, it was Jim Crow and segregation. And in the new century, it's the incarceration industry which created these slave ships on dry land called prisons. That's the new Jim Crow."  Van Jones.

11/8/04:  A Phoenix from the Ashes by Van Jones after the 2003 election: "... Plus, we have an abundance of new leaders and smart organizations. They include Code Pink. The Hip Hop Summit Action Network. Barack Obama. America Coming Together. Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans. MoveOn.org. Progressive Majority. Michael Moore. Rock The Vote. Michael Franti..."

 

Related:

Apollo Alliance | Project Directory | Tides Center:  Tides Center is a nonprofit fiscal sponsor to forward-thinking activists and organizations. 

The Weapon of Theory by Amilcar Cabral:  Amilcar Cabral 1966. The Weapon of Theory. Address delivered to the first Tricontinental Conference of the Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America held in ...  (Marxist.org)

President Obama's Czars

FCC's new Chief Diversity Officer, Mark Lloyd

 Mark Lloyd is the new FCC Chief Diversity Officer and Associate General Counsel for the Obama administration.  His picture here is from a post at civilrights.org which states he is a staff member of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund.  This was dated July 29, 2009.  Their Executive Committee includes leaders of AARP, Asian American Justice Center, ACLU, AFL/CIO, and SEIU to name a few.  So, I guess, he is a civil rights activist.

You may want to pay serious attention to what he does going forward to see, if or how, his actions might affect free speech in America.  For example, he is one of a number of people who co-authored a report in 2007 titled, “The Structural Imbalance of Political Talk Radio,” which seeks to change the structure of the media.  In a follow-up article,  Lloyd wrote the report did not call for a return to the Fairness Doctrine but wants more local ownership.  He also said; "We trace the rise and influence of Rush and other conservative radio hosts to relaxed ownership rules and other pro-big business regulation that destroyed localism..."  

In a speech before the lefist National Conference for Media Reform last year he highlighted Rwanda and Venezula for their ability to make social change through state run media (see below for video).  Talk about disturbing.

Is Lloyd in a position of power to actually make sweeping leftist changes to the FCC? 

Update 8/27/09:  CNSNews wrote about his 2006 book Prologue to a Farce: Communications and Democracy in America

” ....Lloyd also said that public broadcasting should be funded through new license fees charged to the nation’s private radio and television broadcasters, and that new regulatory fees should be used to fund eight new regional FCC offices.  These offices would be responsible for monitoring political advertising and commentary, children’s educational programs, number of commercials, and content ratings of the programs...Frequently referencing one of his heroes, left-wing activist Saul Alinsky, Lloyd claims in his book that the history of American communications policy has been one of continued corporate control of every form of communication from the telegraph to the Internet...Government, Lloyd said in his book, is the “only” institution that can manage the communications of the public, arguing that Washington must “ensure” that everyone has an equal ability to communicate..."

The government is the only institution that can manage the communication of the public?  Are you kidding me?  I haven't read this book yet but the author of the article apparently did.  It's possible his book could be at your local library so you can read it for yourself.

Update 8/28/09:  In a 1998 Essay, Lloyd said the Republican communication policy hurts minorities.

Update 12/15/09: FCC Diversity Officer Lloyd Vociferously Denies Things He’s Written and Said on Tape

...Because we have a written, video and audio archive of his thoughts, positions and policy prescriptions.  So we know the differences between what he has said in the past, and what he claimed yesterday to have said in the past.

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Videos:

Lloyd spoke at the 2008 National Conference for Media Reform:

NCMR 2008 Media Reform and Social Change w/Mark Lloyd 1/2 (8.38 min)

NCMR 2008 Media Reform and Social Change w/Mark Lloyd 2/2

In this video Lloyd discusses two countries and their ability to be able to make social change through their state TV:  Rwanda and Venezuela.  This is beyond disturbing:

mass genocide was able to be committed by state radio in Rwanda---Chavez led an incredible revolution - a democratic revolution ------- media and social change ---

Also see:

AmericanProgress 2004 archive page on Mark Lloyd: states he was a as a reporter and producer at NBC and CNN, and a consultant to the Clinton White House.  He also worked for George Soros Open Society.

Civil Rights Forum on Communications Policy, a project of the Tides Center.  Lloyd was the executive director in 1994 according to this archived page.

An affiliate of the Asian American Justice Center mentioned in the post abouve is the Asian Law Caucus: 

zTruth : Asian Law Caucus claims Muslims are being targeted advise ...  

Aug 13, 2009 ... An Asian Law Caucus staff attorney has informed the public they advise people NOT to talk to the FBI because if they were to lie or ...

Saul Alinsky: 

Saul David Alinsky  He is generally considered to be the founder of modern community organizing in America. He was from Chicago,  Wikipeda (9/1/09 Wikipedia removed the word "communist")

Saul Alinsky on McCarthyism and Woodlawn  (he said he never joined any organization - even the ones he created!

Saul Alinsky. Interview with Saul Alinsky, Part Ten ... PLAYBOY: What was your own relationship with the Communist Party? ALINSKY: I knew plenty of ...Back in the Thirties, the Communists did a hell of a lot of good work; they were in the vanguard of the labor movement and they played an important role in aiding blacks and Okies and Southern sharecroppers...Without the Communists, for example, I doubt the C.I.O. could have won all the battles it did. I was also sympathetic to Russia in those days, not because I admired Stalin or the Soviet system but because it seemed to be the only country willing to stand up to Hitler. I was in charge of a big part of fund raising for the International Brigade and in that capacity I worked in close alliance with the Communist Party. "

Book Reveille for Radicals by Saul Alinsky

---Random House, Inc. Academic Resources | Reveille for Radicals by ... 

---Mere tolerance is not enough (excerpt from book for a college course) at Virgina Tech

Book:  Rules for Radicals  Amazon

In 1971, Saul Alinsky wrote an entertaining classic on grassroots organizing titled Rules for Radicals. Those who prefer cooperative tactics describe the ...

Word for Word | Saul Alinsky New York Times  Noam Cohen

 ‎Aug 22, 2009‎ This article claims that the angry citizens at Town Hall meetings got their approach from Alinsky!

For Clinton and Obama, a Common Ideological Touchstone ...  

Saul D. Alinsky, the Chicago community organizer whose ideas intrigued and influenced Hillary Rodham and Barack Obama as they began their careers. ...

 

Older Articles:

 

Faculty Forum Another Side of Grapes: Daily Collegian (1940 - 1987) - Penn State University - Nov 6, 1969 For example , Mr. Shall quotes Mr. Chavez in Pittsburgh last Saturday: " We ... fact that he received most of his organization training under Saul Alinsky, ... Alinsky Defied Labels, Too St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive - Jun 16, 1972   A Commentary on the Industrial Areas Foundation Catholic Culture - Jul 11, 1986 Rules for Radicals opens with a quote about Lucifer, written by Saul Alinsky: "Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first ... But Saul Alinsky was an American revolutionary which meant he saw our history as a series of revolutionary upheavals. His favorite Jeffer son quote was ...

 

Mummar Qaddafi's son: Lockerbie prisoner release part of business negotiations

Muammar Qaddafi’s son, Saif al Islam el-Qaddafi, flew to Scotland and accompanied Lockerbie terrorist, Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, home but there's more, lots more to know, it appears. 

Is he telling the truth?

"...As the BBC reported on Saturday, Mr. Qaddafi can be seen telling Mr. Megrahi in the video, “In all commercial contracts, for oil and gas with Britain, you were always on the negotiating table.”

...Also, and it is to be said for the first time, you were present on the table in all [discussions of] commercial, oil and gas agreements that we supervised in that period. You were on the table in all [discussions of] British interests when it came to Libya, and I personally supervised this matter, also, during the visit of the previous prime minister, Tony Blair.

...In the same interview, Mr. Qaddafi called the families of the Lockerbie victims “very greedy” and said, “Instead of wasting their time blackmailing us,” they should now work with the Libyan government “in order to find the real criminal who was behind that attack.”

More details of this video at New York Times the source of this post.

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Jack Straw raises questions about Scottish handling of Lockerbie case

guardian.co.uk - ‎1 hour ago‎

Jack Straw today became the first British minister to raise questions about the handling of the release of the Lockerbie bomber. ...

 

MacAskill accused of misleading public over Lockerbie bomber

guardian.co.uk - ‎1 hour ago‎

He painted a picture in parliament that keeping the Lockerbie bomber in Scotland was impossible, and deflected responsibility for that decision on to ...

 

Why is Gadhafi coming to the U.S. for the first time?

 

US Senator moves to keep Colonel Gaddafi on tight leash for UN visit

Times Online - Jenny Booth - ‎1 hour ago‎

“Here families have lost parents, a friend of mine lost his father, Lockerbie has had an impact on my life. My citizens are furious, I am furious. ...

 

Clinton on Mission to Keep Gadhafi Out of the Tent

NBC New York - Victoria Cavaliere - ‎3 hours ago‎

Some of the Lockerbie bombing victims' relatives live in the area. The topic dominated the daily State Department news briefing yesterday. ...

Gadhafi often brings an (air conditioned) Bedouin tent with him along on international visits -- but reports that he intends to set up camp in Englewood, N.J. has prompted howls from residents and lawmakers. 

New Jersey Democrat Sen Frank Lautenberg wrote to Secretary Clinton this week, requesting that Gadhafi remain in a six block area around the U.N. 

Gadhafi is new head the African Union now:  African Union may seek billions from the West

CAIR-CA youth activist program: flyer features Malcolm X

CAIR, an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America, will hold launched a youth activist program through their Sacremento, California chapter.  Pictured below, on their flyer, is Malcolm X.  The program was advertized to be held at the Sheriff's Community Room!

Apparently, CAIR views this very controversial man who was anti-White and a Black supremacist, also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz as a hero or role model.  For a number of years Malcom X ran the New York division of the Nation of Islam.  He was an ex-convict who was was introduced to the NOI in prison by his brother.

To read more about him, including references to his negative views of America, see below.

CAIR-Sacramento Valley Invites all Sacramento Valley Youth to the launching of the Muslim Youth Activist (MYA) Program  Note:  CAIR CA has now removed the page that this flyer was found but the http address:   ca.cair.com/index.php/Front-Page/Launching-of-the-Muslim-Youth-Activist-MYA-Program.html is where this flyer was found.  I probably have the page saved.

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Malcom X timeline PBS

...December 1: Just a few days after President John F. Kennedy has been assassinated, Malcolm speaks at a Nation of Islam rally in New York and, in response to a question, describes the foul play that the United States has committed around the world and states that Kennedy's slaying is "a case of chickens coming home to roost."

Chronology of the Life and Activities of Malcolm X

...1962: Speaks at protest rally at Park Manor Auditorium. Claims that socialists, communists, and liberals are joining to get rid of the common enemy with white skin....1963:  In an interview at WMAL in Washington, D.C., Malcolm X states that Elijah Muhammad does not advocate overthrow of the government. Say FBI goes beyond its duty in "religious suppression" of Muslims.  States during WMAL program that "the FBI spends twenty-four hours a day infiltrating or trying to infiltrate Muslims."...1964:  Honored as a guest of the state by Saudi Arabia's Prince Faisal (Apr 21-30).

RACES: The Black Supremacists  Time 1959

African Union may seek billions from the West

Just a few days ago, I wrote about possible political reasons for Scotland to let the Lockerbie terrorist go free and the hero's welcome Libya gave to him.   I questioned whether Muammar Gadhafi (Gaddhafi), the president of Libya new power as head of the African Union, and that a Libyan diplomat has been elected as the new president of the U.N. General Assembly migh have had anything to do with it. 

Now, read about their posturing regarding climate change: Africa to Seek Billions in Climate Change Compensation.  The meeting was called by Gadhafi:

The African Union is considering a proposal to demand at least $67 billion a year in environmental damages from developed countries at the Copenhagen Climate summit in December. Africa is seeking a common position to increase its bargaining power in Copenhagen.

Representatives of several African heads of state met at AU headquarters Monday to determine how much the continent should ask in compensation at the UN climate summit in December.

A concept paper obtained by VOA says the flow of money to support 'adaptation to changes in climate' must be at least $67 billion a year by the year 2020.

...At the opening ceremony, AU Rural Economy and Agriculture Commissioner Rhoda Peace Tumusiime said Africa is one of the main victims of global warming.

This is a laughing out loud moment, right?

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For the first time, Gadafi is coming to the U.S.:

New Jersey town outraged over upcoming Gaddafi visit

guardian.co.uk - Ed Pilkington - ‎20 hours ago‎

Muammar Gaddafi is planning to attend the UN general assembly in New York next month. Photograph: Nacho Doce/Reuters Community leaders in Englewood, ...

 

Anger grows at Gaddafi visit

The Age - Ed Pilkington - ‎26 minutes ago‎

LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi often lugs a Bedouin tent along on his foreign trips and has pitched one in Cairo, Rome and even next to the Elysee Palace in ...

What is going on at Little Green Football?

Since President Obama's election, it seems the tone of some of the posts have changed over at Little Green Football.  This one-time techno blog became more political and conservative after 9/11/01.  Charles Johnson, the owner,  is also the co-founder of Pajama Media, a group of mostly conservative blogs, although they don't describe themselves as that but if you look around their website, you will get the drift. 

But, when I saw an advertisement for an upcoming event featuring Weather Underground Bill Ayers a couple months ago on his front page, I was startled and knew something was amiss.  I should have saved that webpage for you to see. 

The morphism of LGF continues as he posted yesterday a thank you email from someone who said they appreciated his efforts against the right on healthcare and other issues.   Today, he referred to the GOP as hostages of their lunatic base. 

Johnson also took the side against angry citizens at townhall meeting when he wrote Mob Mentality at Town Hall Meetings on the 8th complaining about the right.  

...There’s a place for yelling, screaming, and protesting — at demonstrations scheduled for that purpose. When these Tea Partiers and Glenn Beck drones charge into town hall meetings, shout down speakers, and act like angry children throwing tantrums, they achieve nothing but to further cement the impression that the right wing is going dangerously nuts.

I do believe there are also unhappy Democrats, as well,  who also expressed their views but Johnson just lumped them all as right-wingers going over the top and dangerously so.

From Wikipedia:

...According to Johnson, "political correctness has kept a lot of the hard truth from being spread by the mainstream media."^[6]

Johnson coined the term "idiotarian"^[7], popularized the epithet "moonbat"^[8] and promoted the sarcastic use of the phrase "Religion of Peace" to describe Islam.^[9][10][11]

...After the Virginia Tech shooting, Johnson indicated that he opposed stricter gun control by posting on his website an episode of Penn & Teller which is strongly critical of any such moves. ^[15]

Johnson sharply disagrees with all intelligent-design alternatives to the modern biologic consensus, and argues that the Republican Party has a "problem" from base to leadership with creationism.^[16]

When I did a search on his website for "Religion of Peace" references it comes up zero.  Could his website have been scrubbed of these references because CAIR, an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure, contacted the FBI regarding some comments made on his blog?  This is just strictly an observation, I have no-way of really knowing.   Maybe, I just searched wrong.

But, in September 2008, he wrote CAIR Seething Over References to 'Islamic Terrorism' at GOP Convention.  Now, let's jump ahead to June of this year, when CAIR actually referenced LFG as a tool to help them stop an anti-Islamist speak!  What?

His own tag-line now confirms Johnson is not the same as when I first started reading his blog in 2006 on occasion:  

Little Green Footballs   

Aug 23, 2009 ... Weblog covering issues dear to both conservatives and US liberals.
littlegreenfootballs.com/ -

Below is a screenshot taken today, August 24th:

 

All this is from the co-founder of Pajama Media whose TV division is seeking citizen reporters at townhall meetings?    Johnson has already called these angry citizens mobs so are they wanting to demonize them?  I'm so confused.

Is it just me, or is the co-founder of a conservative group of bloggers actually going after his base?

Update 8/28/09:  Johnson is at it again, this time taken a shot at Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe calling him a religious fanatic in his post today titled Sen. Inhofe Says US is 'Reaching a Revolution' for his comments about the anger in America being expressed at Town Hall meetings across the country:

The history of posts about Inhofe is very limited and this one is the first post he has written about Senator Inhofe specifically.  Johnson tagged it : GOP, Republican Party, Extremism, Fundamentalism, Religious Right, Revolution, Health Care

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2/20/08:  CAIR: Muslim Group Says Mosque Threatened

"...Another blog, called "Little Green Footballs," linked to the "Gateway Pundit" post, and several comments on "Little Green Footballs," caused the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations to contact the FBI, said Ibrahim Hooper, the council's spokesman.

Archive of Pajama Media about page - see blogs (very conservative ones)

Ramadan: Tulsa Style

The Tulsa World wrote an article about the Islamic Society of Tulsa and Ramadan and titled it about the weather.  Why?

Slide Show: Heat heightens abstinence
By BILL SHERMAN World Religion Writer
Reader comments (6)
The long, hot days of summer will be particularly challenging this year for Muslims ...
Saturday, August 22, 2009

One of the two women they interviewed for the article, Allison Moore, was a featured speaker for Tulsa Truthers twice in 2007!  You know, these are the people who think 9/11 was an inside job.  I believe she was introduced as a fellow Tulsa Truth member in the January video.  Towards the end of her talk someone questions her about the possibility that perhaps the planes may have been steered by remote control...  Moore replies; Yeah, -- the air force -- said it absolutely impossible -- to fly a plane at that -- angle -- into the Pentagon.

And let's not forget that the Islamic Society of Tulsa and CAIR, an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America, honored Tulsa Truth in August 2007!

On August 25th, 2007, the three founders of TulsaTruth were recognized at The Goodwill Appreciation Awards Dinner sponsored by the Islamic Society of Tulsa & CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations, Oklahoma Chapter). With approx. 200 people in attendance, Joe Picorale, John Fanning and Jim Robinson were honored along with 22 other distinguished honorees for their contribution in promoting peace, goodwill and a greater understanding of mainstream Muslim beliefs.

Allison Moore, nominated TulsaTruth.org and read the following to all in attendance.

"Since September 11th few Americans have heard the voice of mainstream Muslims. TulsaTruth is an organization of concerned citizens who take time out from their professional careers to meet month at the library. They educate the public about a variety of issues including the events of 9/11, the war in Iraq, civil liberties, and patriotism. In their quest for truth they have given Tulsa Muslims a forum to voice their views, actions and reactions to the horrific events of September 11th. They have given us a platform to educate the public and communicate the message that main steam Muslims were equally offended and distraught over the horrific day and that there is no place in Islam for such acts of terrorism.

In addition to educating the public, they have placed our public speeches on their website and youtube for viewing, and they have opened up the doors to additional education through Libertarian Talk Radio and the Rotary Club. During a time when mass media so often focuses on the shocking events of the day and fails to give main steam Muslims a say, we would like to thank you John, thank you Joe and thank you Jim from the bottom of our hearts for providing us a public forum!"

On behalf of all members of TulsaTruth.org, we are truly humbled by this award and appreciate our friendships with the local Muslim community.

The Tulsa World interviewed only two women for this article, while all the photos shown in their nifty slide-show featured only men.  Apparently, men and women pray separately as do more fundamentalist Muslims such as in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam.

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Islam in Oklahoma - mixed signals

Note: zTruth knows there a many, many thousands of fine Muslims in America who simply want to practice their religion who also strongly reject Islamism, or the pursuit of Islamic rule and/or supremacy.  This would include Islamic hegemony organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) and their affiliates in the U.S.  I praise American Muslims who actually take a stand on this issue like Dr. Zuhdi Jassar of Arizona.

If you believe I've made a mistake, please don't hesitate a minute to send me an e-mail (ztruth@ymail.com) along with a credible proof source to back up your claim of my mistake.  Upon confirmation your source is accurate and I did make a mistake, I will make any and all corrections.  So far no one has done so.

AG Holder to appoint special prosecutor in CIA interrogations

Well, it really shouldn't come as a big surprise that the Attorney General of the United States. who was hand-picked by President Obama,  will appoint a special prosecutor to probe into the agency's interrogation program following 9/11.  

This could help give our enemies new strength to see the Obama administration and its appointees expose, in such a negative way, the previous administration's efforts to keep us safe after the worst terrorist attack in our history.  There's nothing to gain from this but it likely will reduce our safety over time.   I am not an expert, of course, but that's just plain old common sense talking to me.

This, apparently, has the White House support even though the President publicly said he wanted to move on according to the Washington Post.:

...Holder is poised to name John Durham, a career Justice Department prosecutor from Connecticut, to lead the inquiry, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the process is not complete.

Durham's mandate, the sources added, will be relatively narrow: to look at whether there is enough evidence to launch a full-scale criminal investigation of current and former CIA personnel who may have broken the law in their dealings with detainees. Many of the harshest CIA interrogation techniques have not been employed against terrorism suspects for four years or more.

..."The White House supports the attorney general making the decisions on who gets prosecuted and investigated," Burton said....

Coincidentally, a report on interrogation was released today following a Freedom of Information request by the ACLU.

Another, calculated show from the left?

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From the left leaning Newsweek, which is owned by, surprise surprise; the Washington Post!

Report Reveals CIA Conducted Mock Executions | Newsweek National ...  

Aug 21, 2009 ... A long-suppressed report by the Central Intelligence Agency's inspector general to be released next week reveals that CIA interrogators ... A Torture TimelineFor hundreds of years, atrocities have been committed in the name of empire-building, religion or national security - (z: this magazine lumps America in with Hilter's treatment of the Jews and other atrocities with pictures)

The Washington Post can't get the word out fast enough:

Holder's Pick for CIA Investigation Known as Tough, Diligent

Washington Post - Carrie Johnson - ‎11 minutes ago‎

... involving allegations that CIA employees broke anti-torture and other laws in connection with the agency's interrogation program in Iraq, ...

 

And from the ACLU:

 

Torture Memos Released

www.aclu.org   See what the Government is Hiding. Call for an Independent Prosecutor!

An Open Letter to Attorney General Eric Holder

It is time to appoint an independent prosecutor to investigate who knew about and authorized the Bush administration’s torture policies. If the evidence warrants, prosecutions should occur.

Torture Logic- ask Holder to watch video by Oliver Stone (by ACLU).  Since when did this man become an expert?

Al-Shabaab placed on U.S. terrorist list

Al-Shabaab, a militant Islamic group in Somalia, who has an American for recruiting Muslim Westerners on YouTube, has been officially listed as a terrorist organization:

The Somalian militant group al-Shabaab has been officially listed as a terrorist organisation by the Federal Government.

The decision comes just weeks after five Australian men with alleged links to the organisation were charged with planning to carry out a suicide attack on a military base in Sydney.

A spokesman for al-Shabaab has since denied any Australian connection.

The Government says al-Shabaab is a terrorist organisation that has been conducting violent insurgency against the Somalian Government and has links to Al Qaeda.

...The United States National Counter-Terrorism Centre website says al-Shabaab is the militant wing of the Somalia Islamic Courts Council that took over most of southern Somalia in late 2006.

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04/03/09:  Action Alert America: Islamic Revolution TV channel on YouTube - features American

Jihadist group affiliated with Al-Qaeda in Somalia created a YouTube Channel and is openingly recruiting new jihadists.  An American is doing the recruiting.

Court to rule on jurisdiction of Christian convert Rifqa Bary

A court hearing is underway in Tampa, Florida regarding 17 year-old Rifqa Bary, a Christian convert from Islam, who fears for her life.

WDBO is live blogging the hearing here.  Below is the latest:

This case is about jurisdiction, whether she can stay in the care of the Florida Department of Children and Families, or whether she has to be turned over to Ohio authorities.

..."Rifqa wants to be here," said one of her lawyers.

....update: A hearing is set for September 3rd at 2:30 p.m.  A dependency petition will be argued at that time.

update:  Rafqa is making her statement to the court. "I've been a christian for 4 years of my life. I love my parents but I am in fear of my life because of the past abuse. I assure your honor Jesus Christ is my Lord and Savior. I am a Christian, a believer."

...Rifqa will spend some time with her younger brothers, but does not want to meet with her parents at this time.

update: Rifqa is staying in a foster home. Her foster parents are not willing to allow supervised visitation of Rifqa's family or friends right now. The judge is recommending DCF take charge of the issue and hold these meetings in an outside location where it can be videotaped. 

...The hearing ended at 4:07 p.m.

The judge has ruled jurisdiction is in Florida, for now.

Update 8/24/09:  Not surprisingly, Time Magazine, which is owned by Timer Warner who also owns CNN,  - both spinners of the leftist ideology, hints in an article titled, A Florida Culture-War Circus Over Rifqa Bary, that if Bary's story is false this "saga" could be the result of a Crusades-era belief brainwashing and that Rifqa left home after a "dispute", rather than fear for her life as Rifqa said herself. A Muslim writer, Mohammad Anwar, wasted no "time" in his piece Case of Rifqa Barry, another attempt to defame Islam to bolster his claim that Bary's case is an attempt to defame Islam and spread hate against the religion and there is no such thing as honor killing in Islam. 

Yet, in Pakistan today, it was reported a man killed his wife and two daughters over honor.  And on the 13th of August, the Vancouver Sun reported Honour killings' of girls and women on the rise in Canada: expert, including a quadruple killing there in June.

According, to several reports, Bary's parents attend the Noor Islamic Cultural Center in Toledo, Ohio.  This mosque has been known for hosting some questionable speakers here and here

Update 9/4/09:  Judge in Rifa Bary case "willing to chance" mediation effort  WDBO Radio -  He further ordered them not to speak to the media about the case. The order does not apply to the principals, Rifqa or her parents back in Ohio.

The next hearing is scheduled for September 29.

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zTruth : Rifqa Bary, a young Christian convert in her own words 

8/24/09 From a former Muslim, Nonie Darwash titled Saving Rafqa :

Apostates are to be given three days to repent and return to Islam. If the apostate refuses, he or she will be killed immediately. Books on Islamic Sharia agree unanimously on this point. For instance, Muslim scriptures such as the Sahih Hadith by the prophet Mohammad 9:50 states: "No Umma [a member of the Muslim community] should be killed for killing a Kaffir [an infidel]. . . Whoever changes his Islamic religion, kill him."

2. It is obligatory for a Muslim caliph to ask the apostate to repent and return to Islam. If he does, his return to the fold is accepted; but if he refuses, he must be killed.

3. There is no indemnity for killing an apostate, nor is there any expiation required, since killing an apostate is tantamount to killing someone who deserves to die.

4. The testimony of apostates is not admissible in Sharia courts.

5. An apostate cannot claim an inheritance from Muslim parents.

6. The marriage of an apostate is immediately dissolved if the spouse is and remains Muslim.

10/2/07:  Christianity's Image Problem - TIME:  ...It used to be, says David Kinnaman, that Christianity was both ... Rather, he sees resentment as focused on perceived Christian attitudes. ...

9/13/04:  TIME Magazine: The Struggle For The Soul of Islam:  A TIME cover story explaining the The Struggle For The Soul of Islam.

3/11/07:  JORDAN: Honour killings still tolerated

 

Lockerbie terrorist arrived in Libya to a hero's welcome

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, who was convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie airliner bombing where 270 innocent people were killed, is pictured below as he left Scotland. 

First, I think it is important to note this was the single worst terrorist attack committed in or over Britain.  So it's hard to comprehend why he was let go after serving only 8 years of a LIFE sentence on compassionate grounds.  So, the question that begs to be asked is,  was there a political motive to release him?  Read on.

  

Upon arrival in Tripoli, Lybia, this terrorist received a hero's welcome.  He's probably the man in the suit with the cane (see video below).  The man in the white robe and gold vest is Gadhafi's son according to the NYT.  I believe that is the same the man cheering wildly as he helped al-Megrahi down the steps:

According to Al Jazeera,  his release might have been political motivated since Libya's president, Mommar Gadhafi,  is the new head of the African Union and Libyan diplomat, Ali Abussalam Treky, was elected in June to the presidency of the whole U.N. General Assembly!  Libya was designated a state sponsor of terror from 1979 to 2006 by the U.S..  My, how things change.

Is all this coming into sharper focus now?

Coincidentally, Switzerland's president was also in Tripoli today to apologize for arresting one of Gadafi's sons last year which was followed by Libya's refusal to ship oil to the country. 

Gadhafi, as I understand it, will make his first trip to the U.S. to speak at the U.N.  He will likely join Ahmadinejad and Chavez and speak ill of the West while on American soil in September.

God rest the souls of the innocent killed by the hands of a terrorist who hates the West. 

This is a sad moment in time. 

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For your reference

 (I have not confirmed this map is totally accurate but it is from the Islam Project, which is partially funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York)

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Duke of York met Gaddafi and his son on private visits to Libya

Times Online - Robin Pagnamenta, Lorraine Davidson - ‎Aug 17, 2009‎

The controversy over his possible release on compassionate grounds has also highlighted the links that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, ...

US vows to embrace UN in break with Bush-era policy

Reuters - Louis Charbonneau, Paul Simao - ‎Aug 12, 2009‎

 

...In the new Obama administration's most detailed statement on its U.N. policy, Rice said Washington would avoid the "condescension and contempt" that she said had crept into U.S. government attitudes toward the international community. She did not specifically mention Bush or his administration.

"We have seen the costs of disengagement," she said. "We have paid the price of stiff-arming the U.N. and spurning our international partners. The United States will lead in the 21st century-not with hubris, not by hectoring, but through patient diplomacy."

She noted that Washington had decided to join the U.N. Human Rights Council, which the Bush administration spurned as an anti-Israel forum, as an example of the new approach to world issues. She also mentioned the Obama administration's determination to improve relations with the Muslim world...

2/2/09:  Libya'sGadhafi named African Union chairman - CNN.com  

African leaders have chosen Libyan President Moammar Gadhafi as chairman of the African Union, according to Ethiopian and Libyan official news agencies.

Libyan diplomat elected UN General Assembly president - People's ...  

Jun 11, 2009 ... Libyan diplomat Ali Treky was elected on Wednesday as president of the 64th session of the UN General Assembly ...currently serving as Libya's minister for African Union affairs

 

Suborned in the USA

CBS News - Andrew C. McCarthy - ‎Jul 31, 2009‎

... some Muslims, like Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi, make no bones about regarding Obama as a Muslim; and - as the mainstream media took pains not to ...

 

US senators discuss military equipment for Libya

The Associated Press - ‎Aug 14, 2009‎

A halting, five-year rapprochement between the two countries began in 2003 when Moammar Gadhafi renounced terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. ...

zTruth : Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi : Barack Obama is a Muslim

Libya asks for Lockerbie bomber to be freed

Reuters - Avril Ormsby, Andrew Roche - ‎Jul 25, 2009‎

... most recently at a meeting in Italy between Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown earlier this month. ...

 

Rescission of Libya's Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism ...  

 

May 15, 2006 ... Libya was designated a state sponsor of terrorism in 1979. Relations deteriorated further during the 1980s, particularly in the aftermath of ...

 

Islamic charity, KindHearts shutdown for ties to Hamas, has assets unfrozen!

During the president race, Ohio physician Hatem El-Hady and former director of KindHearts, an Islamic charity linked to Hamas shut down by the U.S. Treasury, made blogging news when he became a fund raiser for then presidential candidate Barack Obama.  See here, here and here.  The main stream media ignored it, if I recall correctly.

This week, a federal judge who was appointed by President Clinton,  may have begun the dismantling of a key counter terrorism measure  by unfreezing the assets of Kindearts!  I say "may have" because this might not be the final ruling in the case but it could be the beginning.  

Oh, how neatly this does connects with President Obama's vow made on Islamic soil to make it easier for Muslims in America to give to their charities:

"Freedom of religion is central to the ability of peoples to live together. We must always examine the ways in which we protect it. For instance, in the United States, rules on charitable giving have made it harder for Muslims to fulfill their religious obligation. That’s why I’m committed to working with American Muslims to ensure that they can fulfill."
(Obama's speech in Cairo, Egypt).

On Tuesday, Federal Judge James G. Carr might have given Islamists worldwide new life when he unfroze KindHearts assets:

In a ruling that threw into doubt one of the government’s main counterterrorism tools, a federal judge said the Treasury Department acted unconstitutionally three years ago when it froze the assets of an Ohio charity suspected of aiding terrorists.

The ruling challenged a key tactic used by the government under an emergency executive order signed by President two weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks. If upheld, the ruling could severely undercut the government’s authority and ultimately require it to get a warrant and submit to court review in moving against charities.

In the last eight years, the Treasury Department has used its broadened authority to freeze tens of millions of dollars in assets held by eight charities within the United States and hundreds of other groups and individuals outside this country, all without warrants and court approval.

The ruling was issued late Tuesday by James G. Carr, the chief federal judge in northern Ohio. Judge Carr set a hearing in September to determine how to correct what he said were constitutional flaws in the government’s case.

Judge Carr, named to the bench in 1994 by President Bill Clinton, found that the Treasury Department had also violated the charity’s rights to due process and to challenge evidence.

He rejected the Justice Department’s contention that the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, did not apply to groups suspected of foreign terrorist ties because of the president’s separate national security authority.

Court document

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2/19/06:  Treasury Freezes Assets of Organization Tied to Hamas (press release)

...KindHearts is the progeny of Holy Land Foundation and Global Relief Foundation, which attempted to mask their support for terrorism behind the façade of charitable giving," said Stuart Levey, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. "By utilizing this specialized designation tool, we're able to prevent asset flight in support of terrorist activities while we further investigate the activities of KindHearts."

...Mohammed El-Mezain, who coordinated KindHearts' fundraising, is a former HLF official indicted by a federal grand jury in Dallas, Texas on charges of providing material support to Hamas. Information indicates that SDGT Khalid Mishaal, Hamas' Secretary General based in Damascus, Syria, identified El-Mezain as the Hamas leader for the U.S. At the time, Mishaal advised that all financial contributions to Hamas from individuals in the U.S. should be channeled through El-Mezain.

At a September 2003 KindHearts fundraising event, a KindHearts fundraiser spoke and encouraged the crowd to appreciate the efforts of the terrorist group Hizballah in supporting Hamas. The fundraiser then encouraged the crowd to give money and manpower as support against Israel. El-Mezain also spoke at this KindHearts fundraiser, encouraging people to donate to KindHearts.

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Muslim Charity Leaders Sentenced In Federal Court

CBS 11 - May 27, 2009
Mohammed El-Mezain told the judge the foundation helped those in need. ... Mohammad El-Mezainand Abdulrahman Odeh were both sentenced to 15 years in prison ... 2

 

2/21/06:  Leaders vigorously rebut U.S. allegations; board members deny Hamas ties

CAIR Welcomes Ruling in Support of Muslim Charity's Due Process Rights (press release carried on terror-supporter and Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader's Yusef Qaradawi's website.)

CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood and more

Malaysian Islamic court rules six strokes for drinking a beer

 A sharia court in Malaysia has ruled a woman will receive six strokes with a cane for drinking a beer:

A Malaysian model will receive six strokes from a rattan cane after admitting in an Islamic court to the crime of drinking beer in a bar.

Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno’s sentence was confirmed by her lawyer yesterday after she decided not to appeal, making her the first woman to face corporal punishment imposed by a Malaysian Sharia court.

The case has caused controversy in a country that projects an image of moderation to foreign tourists and businesses but imposes stern Islamic justice on its Muslim population.

...“Sharia whipping is more like caning naughty schoolboys,” a “whipping officer” told the New Straits Times. “In Sharia the punishment is not in the force of the whipping but to bring shame. The whipping implement is supposed to be soft and supple, so as to inflict the least pain.”

Multiple bombs in Baghdad kill 75 today

Why are there always several bombs or violent attacks carried out by Muslims, in the name of their religion, that take place worldwide every day?  Why?

According to the religionofpeace website there were 207 jihadist attacks last month alone that killed 838 people. Since 9/11 nearly 14,000 people have been killed.  Is it just a mere coincidence these actions coincide with a religious ruling that sanctions martyrdom to protect the Islam creed or dignity or to please Allah issued by the Fiqh Council of the largest Islamist organization/governing body in the world, the Saudi-backed Organization of Islamic Conference? They even ruled these actions are NOT terrorism but a legitimate right.  

The OIC has an office in New York City since it has U.N. observatory status!   This is so not right.

Today, in multiple bomb attacks 75 innocent men, women and children were viciously killed in Baghdad:

At least 75 people were killed in a series of truck bombings and other attacks on Wednesday that rocked areas around official buildings in central Baghdad, wounding 300 people, the Interior Ministry said.

...Taken together, the attacks were among the most devastating in Baghdad since the withdrawal of American forces from street patrols at the end of June.

The explosions, at least one of them close to the heavily fortified Green Zone security area, sent plumes of dark smoke billowing over the capital, ripped a gaping hole in a compound wall and set cars ablaze, trapping their drivers inside.

Update 5:00 PM CT:  Death toll is at 95 now.

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Saudi based OIC to create separate Human Rights Council!

OIC's subsidiary, the Islamic Figh Council, approves of martyrdom for Islam! 

"....The Islamic Fiqh Council asserts that jihad and martyr operations done to defend the Islamic creed, dignity, freedom and the sovereignty of states is not considered terrorism but a basic form of necessary defense for legitimate rights. Thus the oppressed peoples who are subjected to occupation have the right to seek their freedom via all means possible.

The Islamic Fiqh Council stresses that martyr operations are a form of jihad, and carrying out those operations is a legitimate right that has nothing to do with terrorism or suicide. Those operations become obligatory when they become the only way to stop the aggression of the enemy, defeat it, and grievously damage its power.

It is not allowed to use terms such as “jihad”, “terrorism”, and “violence”, which have become frequently used by today’s mass media as scientific terms, to mean other connotations beyond their basic well known meanings..."

Los Angeles at night from the International Space Station

20 other cities here.

EU officials alarmed at U.N. conference attempts to stop criticism of Islam

EU officials appeared more alarmed and more outspoken about the OIC-backed attempt to shutter criticism of Islam at the U.N. Human Rights Council.  Let's face it, this is nothing more than an attempt to impose Sharia Law onto non-muslim countries and individuals:

European Union countries Tuesday stepped up their opposition to Muslim attempts to shield Islam from criticism and attack Israel through a U.N. conference on racism.

EU members were unusually outspoken in appearances before the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying they were worried about preparations for a global racism conference to be held next month because attention was being diverted from the real problems of racial discrimination.

"I am deeply disturbed by the turn this event is taking," Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Verhagen said.

...References to Israel and protection of religion in the current draft conclusion being negotiated for the so-called Durban II conference are unacceptable, Verhagen said.

"We cannot accept any text, which would put religion above individuals, not condemn discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, condone anti-Semitism or single out Israel," he said. Denmark, Germany, Belgium and Italy voiced similar concerns.

...The Obama administration said Friday the U.S. will stay away from this year's conference unless its final document is changed to drop all references to Israel and the defamation of religion

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More post on the OIC here:

Rifqa Bary, a young Christian convert in her own words

A very powerful and moving video:

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Christian convert teen fears for her life in America!

Statement From Lawyer Indicates Rifqa Bary's Parents Blame Pastors ... 

Teen claims she was in danger for converting to Christianity

This is how is was reported in the Pakistan Daily:

Pregnant Minor Lanka girl kidnapped by Ohio Christian Church

Islamic spiritual leader of Bosnia calls for Sharia Law!

Islamists are at work all over this world, it appears:

Bosnia’s Muslim spiritual leader, Reiss-ul-Ulema Mustafa Ceric, has drawn strong criticism from moderate Muslims and from Bosnian Serbs, after he called for Islamic Sharia law to be incorporated into the Bosnian constitution.

Ceric made the controversial suggestion when he conducted Bosnia's first Sharia mass wedding on Saturday in the central city of Zenica. Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi reportedly paid for the weddings for the 20 couples and some 500 guests.

...Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik reacted angrily to Ceric's remarks, saying he was deliberately ignoring the presence of Serbs and Croats in Muslim-majority Bosnia.

Serbs are mainly Orthdox while Croats are Catholic Christians.

Ceric’s statements drew sharp criticism from moderate Muslims.

One commentator on the daily 24 hours website wrote: “Nothing else could be expected from Ceric.”

He is known for glorifying the Ottoman invaders who ruled the Balkans for six centuries, converting local population to Islam.

Florida principal could face fine and/or jail time for prayer

Florida principal, Frank Lay,  could face fines or jail time or both for violating an order NOT to preach religion at school:

...Last August, the American Civil Liberties Union sued the Santa Rosa County School Board, then-Superintendent John Rogers and (Pace High School Principal Frank)Lay on behalf of two unnamed Pace High students.

Citing examples throughout the district, the students said school officials violated the Constitution by promoting their religious beliefs in schools.

For years, Lay had done exactly that, according to supporters and critics alike, and his actions had gone largely unchallenged.

...Within a few months, the district admitted the allegations and hammered out an agreement that would take religion out of the classroom.

U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers approved the agreement. A temporary injunction was issued on Jan. 19, then was made permanent on May 6.

Nine days later, after Lay signed the temporary injunction, he was accused of violating the order.

...On Jan. 28, he asked the school athletic director, Robert Freeman, to "bless the food" at a luncheon at Pace High for school personnel and booster club members instrumental in helping get a new fieldhouse. The school's culinary class prepared the meal.

Four-term School Board member Jo Ann Simpson, who was at the luncheon, couldn't believe her ears.

She reported what happened to Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick and the district's lawyers.

...Last month, after a series of legal filings, Rodgers ordered Lay and Freeman to appear on criminal contempt charges alleging they violated her order.

Their hearing is set for Sept. 17, and the possible punishment could range from fines to jail.

Religion should be kept out of all schools, period.

Website specializes in 3rd party government to citizen communications!

There is a website that specializes in delivering e-mails to citizens for all level and types of governmental entities.  It is called GovDelivery.com.  It act as a third party service to deliver news to those who sign up for the service at government website.

It claims to be the "leading provider of government-to-citizen communication solutions".  It works for all levels of the government, federal, state, county, city and local.

I looked over their website and found on their privacy page that it states "...we grant select outside vendors limited and controlled access to this information. These vendors do not use it for any purpose other than to enhance our ability to deliver services to you and other customers and are bound to keep the information confidential. In some cases, our client organizations using the GovDelivery service (such as governmental and public bodies) have ownership of the information and its privacy and use is subject to that client organization's separate privacy policy.  We will also share this information with outside parties as required by law..."

So, I suspose it's possible that if you signed up for updates on any government website, they could share you e-mail with others, if it so states in their privacy policy.  So this is an FYI.

Muslim swim hours at UK's municipal pools require all to adhere to strick Islamic dress code

The Telegraph reports that at municipal pools in the UK during special Muslim swim hours, Islamic dress is even being required of non-Muslims or they are turned away:

...But across the UK municipal pools are holding swimming sessions specifically aimed at Muslims, in some case imposing strict dress codes.

Croydon council in south London runs separate one-and-a half-hour swimming sessions for Muslim men and women every Saturday and Sunday at Thornton Heath Leisure Centre.

Swimmers were told last week on the centre's website that "during special Muslim sessions male costumes must cover the body from the navel to the knee and females must be covered from the neck to the ankles and wrists".

The dress codes have provoked an angry reaction among critics who say they encourage division and resentment between Muslims and non-Muslims, putting strain on social cohesion.

...Muslim swimming sessions are also held at a number of state schools around the country. At Loxford School in Ilford, east London, a local Muslim group organises weekly sessions for Muslim men, with the warning that "it is compulsory for the body to be covered between the navel and the knees.

"Anyone not adhering to the dress code or rules within the pool will not be allowed to swim".

Reasonable?

Al-Qaeda inspired leader blows self up kills 24 in Gaza

Is Hamas is being challenged in Gaza for power?  And get this, it's not coming from Israeli forces or the rival Fatah party but another Islamist terrorist group.  Who would have thought?  

The leader of an al-Qaida-inspired group in the Gaza Strip blew himself up during a shootout Saturday with security forces that killed 24 people and posed one of the biggest challenges to Hamas since the group seized power in Gaza two years ago.

The fighting erupted Friday when Hamas security men surrounded a mosque in the southern Gaza town of Rafah on the Egypt border where about 100 members of Jund Ansar Allah, or the Soldiers of the Companions of God, were holed up.

...The head of the radical Islamic group, Abdel-Latif Moussa, was killed when fighting resumed after dawn Saturday, Ihab Ghussein, a Hamas Interior Ministry spokesman, told The Associated Press.

The group's Web site vowed vengeance, meanwhile, saying "we swear to God to avenge the martyrs' blood and we will turn their women to widows."

...Jund Ansar Allah and a number of other small, shadowy radical groups seek to enforce an even stricter version of Islamic law in Gaza than that advocated by Hamas.

The confrontation was triggered when the leader of the group defied Gaza's Hamas rulers by declaring in a Friday prayer sermon that the territory was an Islamic emirate.

Pictured above in an AP photo are members of Jund Ansar Allah who surround their leader Abdel-Latif Moussa as he speaks during Friday prayers in Rafah..

How does the "religion of peace" get so twisted in the minds of jihadists?  Can someone please tell me specifically how these people have interpreted the Quran and Hadiths incorrectly? 

Report: Somalia militants behead 4 Christian aid workers

Shabaab al Mujahideen, an Islamic militant group in Somalia connected to Al-Qaeda, has been reported to have beheaded 4 Christian aid workers.  This sicko terrorist group has tried to recruit these fighters openly on YouTube which I have written about before in an Action Alert!    An American traitor is the one who reaches out to Western Muslims on these videos. 

Also there are a number of missing young Somali men in Minnesota who are believed to have gone to Somalia to fight.  One or two have already been "martyred".

Christians in Somalia faced a tense day Thursday, August 13, amid fresh reports that fighters of the country's main Islamic insurgent group al-Shabab beheaded four Christian aid workers for refusing to renounce their faith in Christ.

International Christian Concern (ICC), a major advocacy group investigating reports of religious persecution, told BosNewsLife that al-Shabab members killed Fatima Sultan, Ali Ma'ow, Sheik Mohammed Abdi and Maaddey Diil after kidnapping them on July 27 in the coastal town of Merca, some 90 kilometers (56 miles) from the capital Mogadishu.

“The Islamists kidnapped and eventually beheaded the Christians after they refused to renounce their faith in Jesus Christ,” ICC said. The four Christians had reportedly been working for a local non-governmental organization that helps orphans in southern Somalia.

ICC said that on August 4, an unidentified junior al-Shabab militant notified families of the victims that the four Christians had been beheaded for apostasy. He allegedly described the Christians as promoters of "fitna," a Muslim term for religious discord.
Al-Shabab also claimed responsibility for other attacks against the Christian minority in Somalia, which has been plagued by widespread lawlessness and anarchy.  Earlier last month, al-Shabab beheaded seven people in the southwestern town of Baidoa after accusing them of converting to Christianity and spying for the transitional federal government of Somalia, Christians said.

In 2008, fighters of the group killed more than a half dozen Somali Christians, ICC added.

Asian Law Caucus claims Muslims are being targeted advise not to talk to FBI!

An Asian Law Caucus staff attorney has informed the public they advise people NOT to talk to the FBI because if they were to lie or misrepresent themself, they could be in trouble.  Geez.   

Muslim Americans are being increasingly targeted for unwarranted house searches and questioning, said Veena Dubal, staff attorney of the Asian Law Caucus, during a brown-bag seminar at the organization’s headquarters here Aug. 5.

Last October — in the waning days of the Bush administration — FBI director Robert Mueller signed new guidelines allowing broader FBI authority in pursuing potential threats to national security. The new guidelines allow agents to consider race or ethnicity in determining whether someone is a suspect.

These guidelines – which became effective Dec. 1, 2008 — allow the FBI to launch a criminal investigation against someone without any factual predicate and without approval from FBI headquarters, said Dubal. “Under the current guidelines, FBI agents are allowed to racially profile an individual if it is determined to be in the nation’s national interests,” she said, adding that the guidelines may also be used ambiguously to “prevent conduct.”

“A really negative shift has occurred,” said Dubal, who received the Northern California South Asian Bar Association’s Public Interest Attorney of the Year award in 2009.

...Federal Criminal Code 1001 makes it a crime to lie to an FBI agent, and that code is now being used to recklessly incarcerate people, said Dubal. “We tell people its better not to talk to an FBI agent, because if you do and you misrepresent yourself, you could be subject to criminal penalty."

If you aren't doing anything wrong, what's the dang problem?

British MP and wife left Muslim wedding; men and women segregated

In London, a stunned government official left a Muslim wedding on Sunday:

A Government minister today told how he and his wife walked out of a Muslim wedding after being segregated into male and female areas.

Labour MP Jim Fitzpatrick, the minister for food and farming, said the strictly-enforced rule threatened community cohesion in the heavily Muslim area of Whitechapel, East London.

Mr Fitzpatrick, 57, said he and his GP wife Sheila have attended many mosque weddings before but have never witnessed such an arrangement.

And he fears the growing trend is due to the influence of the Islamic Forum of Europe, proponents of Shariah law, who have links to the wedding venue.

...Spokesman Mohammed Shakir said: ‘We are saddened to read that Jim Fitzpatrick MP did not like the arrangements at a wedding he attended with his wife at the London Muslim Centre.

...‘It is part of the attraction for Muslim families so they can celebrate their happy day in a religious atmosphere, a custom which is also found in other religious traditions represented in Britain.

Mr Fitzgerald and his wife have been involved in the Muslim community for many years including a visit to Bangladesh with the World Health Organisation last year.  But the politician says he has been growing increasingly concerned about the divisive influence of ‘hardline’ Islamic influences in the area.

The Islamic Forum of Europe, is described as ‘moderate’ group with headquarters at the London Muslim Centre but with branches across the continent.  The organization was widely credited with George Galloway’s election victory in 2005.

Craiglist ad: Work to Pass Obama's Healthcare Plan and Get Paid to Do it!$10-15 hr!

In a Craigslist ad for central LA we find there is a non-profit left group who wants to hire people to help get President Obama's healthcare reform passed!

America’s health care system is broken. Health care costs are spiraling out of control, throwing families, businesses and government into financial crisis. Families are worried their health coverage won’t be there when they need it. Our country can’t afford to wait for health reform that keeps costs down and protects consumers.

...You can work for change. Join motivated staff around the country working to make change happen. You can make great friends and money along the way. Earn $400-$600 a week.

To apply for a job, visit our website—www.JobsThatMatter.org—or call Peter at 213-251-8630

When you click on the link above you are taken to The Fund for the Public Interest website.  On their "about page" it says:

"Fund For The Public Interest is a national nonprofit organization working to increase the visibility, membership and political power of the nation’s leading environmental and progressive groups" such as the Sierra Club and Green Peace.

This is troubling.

HT:   L.A. Times

Organize America people bused in to President Obama's townhall yesterday?

Organize America (OFA) was created by the Barack Obama administration or a vested entity to help build support the President's agenda.

Well, it appears many of these people were bused in early yesterday to stand outside Obama's townhall meeting, according to a local news report.  You can see their signs in the video.  The reporter also said the people who attended the meeting were bused in!

This is the townhall meeting where Obama misspoke and said AARP supporter the Democratic plan, which is incorrect.  He also said:

"I think private insurers should be able to compete. They do it all the time. I mean, if you think about, if you think about it, um, UPS and FedEx are doing just fine. Right? The, uh, no they are. I mean, it's the post office that's always having problems."

The priviate businesses are doing fine but the government's own post office that was doing bad.  Hummm....   And he wants us to buy into one of the largest, if not the largest, expansion of government control over healthcare?

On the OFA blog supporters are being asked to visit their Congressional representative in person during August:

All throughout August, our members of Congress are back in town. Insurance companies and partisan attack groups are stirring up fear with false rumors about the President's plan, and it's extremely important that folks like you speak up now.

So we've cooked up an easy, powerful way for you to make a big impression: Office Visits for Health Reform.

All this week, OFA members like you will be stopping by local congressional offices to show our support for insurance reform. You can have a quick conversation with the local staff, tell your personal story, or even just drop off a customized flyer and say that reform matters to you.

We'll provide everything you need: the address, phone number, and open hours for the office, information about how the health care crisis affects your state for you to drop off (with the option of adding your personal story), and a step-by-step guide for your visit.

Do you see what I see?  It's OK for Obama to organize supporters but not anyone else.  It's even implied individuals acting on their own are part of a mob.

Georgia Muslim found guilty of aiding terrorists

A 23 year old Georgia man, Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, was found guilty today of aiding terrorists. 

After the verdict, his sister claimed the jurors didn't have the proper information about Muslims.  His family also claimed his 1st amendments rights were violated because he was just exploring the idea of jihad. 

Oh, ok then.

...A jury of nine men and three women found Sadequee guilty of conspiracy to provide support to terrorists and attempting to aid terrorists, particularly Lashkar-e-Tayyiba - a Pakistan-based terrorist organization.

...Sonali Sadequee, the defendant’s older sister, said she was “absolutely” disappointed in the verdict.

What’s the most frustrating is to see the post-9/11 climate. Even though Obama communicated there will be a shift, it hasn’t gone down to the general understanding of the community and social attitudes,” she said. “I think the jurors didn’t have full information [on Muslims].”

...He was found guilty of sending homemade videos of Washington landmarks to a recruiter for Al Qaeda and another terrorist – both who have been convicted in the United Kingdom.

Prosecutors say Sadequee also met with terrorists in Canada to discuss how to get into a terrorist training camp and tried to recruit others to the jihad cause, including a 17-year-old American.

Nahmias said the main threat was to Pakistan and northern Europe, but Sadequee’s conversations also included possible attacks on U.S. oil refineries. 

West Point publishes concerns regarding Pakistan's nuclear arsenal

Just thought I'd pass this along:

Terrorists have attacked three of Pakistan’s military nuclear facilities in the past two years and there is a serious danger that they will gain access to the country’s atomic arsenal, according to a journal published by the US Military Academy at West Point.

The report, written by Professor Shaun Gregory, a security specialist at Bradford University, comes amid mounting fears that the Taleban and al-Qaeda will breach Pakistan’s military nuclear sites – most of which are in or near insurgent str ongholds in the north and west of the country.

The most serious attack was a strike by two suicide bombers on the Wah Cantonment Ordnance Complex, thought to be one of Pakistan’s main nuclear weapons assembly plants, about 18 miles northwest of Islamabad, in August 2008.

...A US Defense Intelligence Agency document revealed in 2004 that Pakistan had a nuclear arsenal of 35 weapons, a figure it planned to more than double by 2020.

In June, Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, an al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan, suggested that the group would show no hesitation in using nuclear weapons. “God willing... the mujahideen would take them and use them against the Americans,” he told al-Jazeera television.

,,,Professor Gregory writes: “There is already the well-known case of two senior Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission scientists, Sultan Bashirrudin Mahmood and Chaudhry Abdul Majeed, who travelled to Afghanistan in 2000 and again shortly before 9/11 for meetings with Osama bin Laden himself, the content of which has never been disclosed.”

CAIR tries to muzzle anti-radical Islam conference in San Diego

CAIR, an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in America, is trying to stop another anti-radical Islam conference in San Diego, California scheduled for August 15th.

The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says the August 15 presentation, "Radical Islam: Its Components and Root Causes," will be offered by a representative of Act! for America. A library news release claims the presenter will show that followers of "radical Islam" are a "small, vocal faction not to be con fused with the Islam practiced by more than one billion people world-wide."

"...No library would - or should - sponsor a lecture by an anti-Semitic, racist or neo-Nazi speaker," said CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper. "It is unconscionable that a representative of a group that promotes a similar form of bigotry would be so honored."

This is political Islam (Islamism) at work in America.  

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Also see:

7/12/09 Islamic panel at American Library Association conference cancelled

6/26/09:  CAIR to distribute 100,000 Qurans to U.S. leaders!

Christian convert teen fears for her life in America!

A 17 year-old teenager girl from Ohio fears for her life after converting to Christianity from Islam and her story is being told in a courtroom:

An Ohio runaway teenager, Christianity and the Muslim religion met head-on Monday during a custody dispute in an Orlando courtroom.

The girl, 17-year-old (Fathima) Rifqa Bary, recently converted from her family's faith to Christianity and she is worried about her family's reaction to her change in faith.

"She says her life is in danger and she could be killed in an honor killing," Rosa Gonzalez, the teen's lawyer, said after the hearing.  "Unfortunately it happens every day in the U.S." 

...After the girl arrived in Orlando, Lorenz said they called an abuse hotline and started calling lawyers, asking what they should do..." 

I don't believe honor killings happen every day in America but they have happened, unfortunately.  Earlier this year, Muzzammil Hassan beheaded his wife in a suburb of Buffalo, New York in what might have been an honor killing.  In July 2008, San- deela Kanwal was killed by her father.  On January 1st that same year Amina and Sarah Said of Texas were killed by their father.  In Canada earlier this month, there likely was a quadruple honor killing.

My God, I can't believe this is happening in America.  AMERICA!

Every person in this world should be able to choose their own religion free of reprisal and fear of their own father killing them. 

Bary had been missing for 3 weeks.  If her story is true, and I have no reason not to believe her, she should be commended for having the forethought to leave a dire situation.  You should watch the video linked below where she talked in a tearful way about her fear.  It's heartbreaking.

Florida ruled they will take her into protective custody for the time being.

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Also see:

Girl Says Family Wants To Kill Her For Being Christian  WFTV (includes video of the tearful girl who said her father wanted to kill her and why she must be killed according to Islam)

Islam Q&A:  Why should a person who disbelieves after becoming Muslim be executed?

Praise be to Allaah.  

The punishment for apostasy (riddah) from the religion of Islam is execution. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning)

by Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid, a prominent shiekh from Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam.  Let me repeat, the birthplace of Islam.

More here where he does say this punishment is not carried out on minors but since girls are married at a very young age one has to probably consider her not a minor.

Is this shiekh the final word on apostate?  Of course not, but it shows that as an Islamic scholar who issues Islamic rulings he does and this is not unusual for Islamic controlled countries.

White House launches "Realty Check" website to calm fears

The White House has launched a new website called Realty Check to counter what they call is disinformation  about the 1,000+ page health insurance reform bill the administration and most of the Democratic controlled Congress want to pass. 

Time will tell if this website will be a source of totally accurate information.  Every statement, therefore, must be compared to the actual wording in the bill.  For example, on rationing a spokeswoman said "...To the contrary, reform will forbid many forms of rationing that are currently being used by insurance companies...."  Personally,  I believe some form of rationing will be inevitable.  Maybe it won't happen the first year or two but after that when the cost is significantly more than they told us it would be, it will come. 

The White House's unproven assurances should be viewed with skepticism.  We keep hearing President Obama say there will be no taxes on people making less than $200,000 but in this very bill there is a TAX on individuals who do no buy health insurance (see page 8 and 167 of the bill which is linked below).  This tax is 2.5 percent of adjusted gross income. 

There are also taxes on businesses.

Barack Obama's own words in a 2003 video said he is a proponent of a single payer (government-run) health system and so I believe this is probably the direction he wants to take our country.  Recently, he said he didn't wants the people he claimed caused all the problems to talk too much and get out of the way!   What a clever way to try to shut people up. 

In April, he questioned his own grandmother's hip replacement surgery during the final weeks of her life made him wonder about "expensive procedures for the terminally ill." 

The Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, called those who complained at townhall meetings "un-American".  

Are you getting the picture?

Today at a townhall meeting, Senator Arlin Spector said the health care bill has not been written in the senate but according to CNN a Senate Committee Approved Health Care Bill in mid-July.  There's more coverage here, as well as the press release about the Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. So what in the heck is he talking about?

Yep, a healthy dose of skepticism is definitely in order.

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Also see:

H.R. 11, "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009" the house bill on health insurance.  The date on this bill  is 7/14/09.  But I am sure more pages have or will be added at 3 A.M the week of the vote or there is another version somewhere else.  The URL on this bill is a .gov address..  This bill was introduced by Congressmen Dingell, Rabgel, Waxman, George Miller of CA, Stark, Palone and Andrews.  It has 1018 pages. A good part of the bill is about Medicare and Medicaid and training healthcare providers.

Another similar bill is below which I think is the one voted out of committee.  It also was authored by Dingell so it probably has similar wording as the bill above.

H.R. 3200 

Update 8:00 PM:  President Obama's “Senior” Moment?  ABC News - Rachel Martin, Jake Tapper 

President Obama today suggested that the health care reform legislation for which he's pushing has been endorsed by the American Association of Retired ...  IT HAS NOT

 

Update 8/12/09:  Citizens were bused in to Obama's townhall yesterday? (video)

Yemen leader U.S. conviction thrown out; new plea leads to freedom

Two men convicted of supporting Hamas, one who was sentenced to 75 years but later overturned, plead guilty Friday in a plea deal and will now be freed and deported.

Sheik Mohammed al-Moayad, 60, a high-ranking political leader in Yemen, had been convicted after a five-week federal trial in New York City of conspiracy, providing material support to Hamas and attempting to support al-Qaeda.

His assistant and bodyguard, Mohamed Zayed, who is in his mid-30s, had been convicted of attempting to provide material support to Hamas.

In October, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit overturned the convictions, saying U.S. District Judge Sterling Johnson Jr., improperly admitted evidence during the trial that prejudiced the jury.

In new plea deals, both defendants pleaded guilty Friday only to conspiring to provide material support to Hamas. U.S. District Judge Dora L. Irizarry sentenced them to the time they have served, most recently at the federal "supermax" prison in Florence, Colo.

Zayed, who was originally sentenced to 45 years, will also be released and deported to Yemen.

In a letter filed Friday with the court, Benton J. Campbell, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York City, said the deal is justified because the appeals court ruling would have made a conviction more difficult. He also cited "broader national security implications," which the government did not specify, and the fact that Moayad is in failing health.

Bombs kill 47 in Iraq

Today, a number of bombs exploded in Bagdad while another bomb destroyed a village near the northern city of Mosul in Iraq.  So far 47 have been reported killed and hundreds wounded.

Georgia Congressman David Scott (D) yells at his constituents

What a telling video about Democratic Congressman David Scott:

The growing Muslim population in Europe

According to an article in the London Telegraph, Muslim Europe: the demographic time bomb transforming our continent:

Britain and the rest of the European Union are ignoring a demographic time bomb: a recent rush into the EU by migrants, including millions of Muslims, will change the continent beyond recognition over the next two decades, and almost no policy-makers are talking about it. The numbers are startling. Only 3.2 per cent of Spain's population was foreign-born in 1998. In 2007 it was 13.4 per cent. Europe's Muslim population has more than doubled in the past 30 years and will have doubled again by 2015. In Brussels, the top seven baby boys' names recently were Mohamed, Adam, Rayan, Ayoub, Mehdi, Amine and Hamza.

Europe's low white birth rate, coupled with faster multiplying migrants, will change fundamentally what we take to mean by European culture and society. The altered population mix has far-reaching implications for education, housing, welfare, labour, the arts and everything in between.

Of course, this is only one reporter's assessment and doesn't mean it's accurate. So to help sort through all this I created a page on Muslim demographics that you can follow here. It is a work in progress but over time you will have an abundance of resources to make your own opinion.

President Obama doesn't want some people to do a lot of talking

Is dissent discouraged by our curent president? Tell me it isn't so:

Texan sentenced for aiding the Taliban

A former engineering technician and convicted Houston Taliban supporter, Kobie Diallo Williams, was sentenced to prison for aiding the terrorist organization:

A former local college student, Kobie Diallo Williams, (aka Abdul Kabir) told a Houston federal judge -- he has reflected on his support of the Taliban and he wants to apologize to his family, Muslims and the courts, promising a new focus when he is released.

Today, Senior U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein sentenced Williams to four and a half years behind bars, most of which he already has served, and a $5,000 fine. Williams pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in which he admitted to paramilitary training and donating money to the Taliban.

A former Rice University engineering technician who was enrolled at the University of Houston-Downtown in 2006 when he was charged, Williams, 36, said today that he will be more careful about choosing his friends, he will refocus himself on peaceful activities and he hopes to help Muslim youth who might be misguided like he was.

...Williams was charged with Pakistani-born then-Houston Community College student Adnan Mirza, who has pleaded not guilty to multiple gun, conspiracy and weapons charges is awaiting trial.

New York City nurse sues hospital over 2nd trimester abortion

I heard Senator Tom Coburn say that the absence of brain waves and a beating heart is a determination of  death.  So, likewise, the presence of this should signify life, right?  He said this during one of the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees Sonya Sotomayor which I paraphrased.  I find it powerful.

Recently, in New York City, a nurse sued a hospital after having to assist in ending the life of a 2nd trimester baby: which made her feel horrible:

A Roman Catholic nurse who says she felt "violated and betrayed, like I had been raped" after being forced to take part in a second-trimester abortion is suing a New York City hospital on charges of violating her rights.

Catherina Lorena Cenzon-DeCarlo, 35, a Filipina nurse who is a permanent U.S. resident and married to an American, says that Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan "blatantly" violated a 35-year-old federal law that protects health care workers with religious objections from having to assist in performing abortions.

The hospital performed a late-term abortion on a woman whose health was not at risk, she says. The nurse is asking for a jury trial that could strip the hospital of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding until it complies with the law.

"I hope that Mount Sinai will obey the law and allow health-care workers not to assist in abortion against their beliefs," she said in a statement. "I believe lots of nurses and doctors throughout the country are being pressured to assist abortion, and I want them to know they are not alone, and they should speak up for their rights of conscience."

CNN "report card "on President Obama: highest voted section: F

CNN is conducting a "report card" poll on President Barack Obama's performance in difference catergories untill tonight when the results will be aired.

On his handling of the economy the largest votes were in the F category where 36% of Americans gave him a failing grade, at this point in time:. 

(screen shot at approximately 7:15 PM CT)

On heathcare reform the F voters are at 49% of the vote.

Did this pro-Obama network's report card  backfire?

Homegrown jihadists in North Carolina on fed's radar for nearly three years

Video from news coverage of the seven alleged homegrown jihadists in North Carolina. They had been watched by the federal government for almost three years.

A smile on the heavy bearded face of Daniel Boyd as he enters the courtroom:

Did any Muslim interviewed denounce the alleged actions of the seven Muslims arrested? This would have been a great opportunity. Instead they worried about being a victim.

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U.S. Rep. Steve Kagan gets an hearful on healthcare reform

Video of a recent townhall meeting in Green Bay, Wisconsin:

Racel Maddow, MSNBC's so-called "political analyst" (i.e., anti-conservative views only because I am a liberal activist) reported on her show the last couple of nights that these town halls uproars are part of a planned attack by corporate lobbyists and is NOT a grass roots movement.

This is MSNBC acting stupidly.

More GOP crazy: "Town hells!" Salon - ‎6 hours ago‎ Tuesday night Rachel Maddow made a comparison I'd been thinking about: between the current "Town Hells" and the 2000 "Brooks Brothers riot," in which paid ...

Come Conservative Health Care Protesters Are Thugs, But ... KXMC - ‎12 hours ago‎ At the link above a Rachel Maddow segment entitled “thug life” is detailed in which she suggests that conservatives are just trying to “shout down” liberals ...

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North Carolina terror suspect on tape: "Allah knows I love jihad."

A North Carolina terror suspect named Daniel Boyd might just be the first blond-haired home-grown jihadist in America.  In court today a tape was played and stunned listeners heard him say 'Allah knows I love jihad':

The seven men – Boyd and his sons, Dylan Boyd, 22, and Zakariya "Zak" Boyd, 20; Hysen Sherifi, 24; Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, 22; Ziyad Yaghi, 21; and Anes Subasic, 33 – were arrested and charged last week with plotting to murder, kidnap, maim and injure people overseas. An eighth suspect, Jude Kenan Mohammad, 20, of Wake County, is believed to be in Pakistan. Prosecutors have said they hope to have him in custody soon.

Prosecutors played scratchy recordings in court Tuesday of Daniel Boyd talking to family members and others about waging jihad on non-Muslims. He said he wanted to retake land in Algeria and collect "stolen wealth," according to the recordings. "Allah knows I love jihad," he is heard saying in one recording.

Kieran Shanahan, a former federal prosecutor who attended the hearing, called the recordings "chilling."

"It was a very chilling experience to hear their own voices talking about jihad," Shanahan told WRAL News."They are talking about doing violent jihad, not only abroad but here in the United States.