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CAIR to distribute 100,000 Qurans to U.S. leaders!

The Council of American Islamic Relations or CAIR, which is an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas infrastructure in the U.S.,  will begin to distribute 100,000 Qurans to U.S. leaders: 

 

..."Share the Quran" educational campaign was prompted by President Obama's recent address to Muslims worldwide in which he quoted from that holy text.

In the multi-year initiative, American Muslims will sponsor Qurans for distribution to governors, state attorneys general, educators, law enforcement officials, state and national legislators, local elected and public officials, media professionals, and other local or national leaders who shape public opinion or determine policy.

Do not underestimate their eventual intent.

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CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood, and more

Saudi based OIC to create separate Human Rights Council!

The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) will create their own separate Human Rights Council just for the Muslim world.  By doing so, it seems they have rejected the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations on December 10, 1948.

 The OIC is the next largest intergovernmental organization after the U.N. and is the largest Islamic organization in the world.  It has UN observatory status and an office in New York.  The Saudi-based and backed OIC appears to be a 21st century caliphate-in-the-making and we all should pay more attention to their statements and actions. 

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OIC Secretary General concludes his visit to Washington DC And ...

ISRIA - ‎7 hours ago‎

 During a comprehensive telephone conversation, the US Secretary of State and the OIC Secretary General exchanged views as to the ways and means of furthering the engagement between the OIC and the US in the coming period. Secretary Clinton offered her thanks for the constructive response of the Secretary General to President Obama`s Cairo Speech while the Secretary General underlined the necessity of translating the good-will statements of the President into policies and of implementing those policies through concrete programs and projects. The follow up action on the new global polio initiative with the OIC announced by the President in Cairo, implementation of mother and child services framework document signed in December 2008 between the US and the OIC and appointment of a new US Special Envoy to the OIC were among other topics discussed during the conversation. Simultaneously technical meetings took place between the OIC delegation and the US Departments of State and Health Services.

 

OIC to open office in Brussels to fight Islamophobia Today's Zaman

 

OIC's subsidiary, the Islamic Figh Academy or 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..."

Actress Farrah Fawcett passed away this morning

Actress Farrah Fawcett has passed away today after battling cancer for 3 years.

 

Fawcett, who was diagnosed with -- cancer in 2006, died at St. John's Medical Center in Santa Monica at 9:28 a.m Thursday.

Three months after she was declared cancer-free in 2007, doctors at UCLA Medical Center told her the cancer had returned, spreading to her liver, and she repeatedly sought experimental treatment in Germany...

Rest in peace, Farrah.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: President Obama should apologize!

The clenched fist from Iran's president swung back at President Obama today:

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Barack Obama on Thursday of behaving like his predecessor toward Iran and said there was not much point in talking to Washington unless the U.S. president apologized.

Obama said on Tuesday he was "appalled and outraged" by post-election scenario in Iran and Washington withdrew invitations to Iranian diplomats to attend Independence Day celebrations on July 4 - stalling efforts to improve ties with Tehran.

"Mr Obama made a mistake to say those things ... our question is why he fell into this trap and said things that previously (former president George W.) Bush used to say," the semi-official Fars News Agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying. "Do you want to speak with this tone? If that is your stance then what is left to talk about ... I hope you avoid interfering in Iran's affairs and express your regret in a way that the Iranian nation is informed of it," he said.

President Obama suggested stop medical treament to terminally ill

According to the L.A. Times, President Obama suggested last night during his heathcare infomercial on ABC that one way to save money on medical costs is to stop treatment on terminally ill patients.  Pain pills, he said, instead of surgery may be better. 

Now, I have got to see if I can find that video and hear this for myself to see if it sounded as bad as it reads.  To me, this is just the beginning of what rationed heathcare would look like in America, over time, once the federal government gets involved.  The elderly will likely be the ones hit the hardest with some care being denied to them.  Is this what you want?

 

President Obama suggested at a town hall event Wednesday night that one way to shave medical costs is to stop expensive and ultimately futile procedures performed on people who are about to die and don't stand to gain from the extra care.

In a nationally televised event at the White House, Obama said families need better information so they don't unthinkingly approve "additional tests or additional drugs that the evidence shows is not necessarily going to improve care."He added: "Maybe you're better off not having the surgery, but taking the painkiller."

What will happen if the government is the one who makes those kinds of decisions for you or your family?

Michael Jackson rushed to L.A. hospital; dies

 

Michael Jackson was rushed to a LA hospital this afternoon around 12:30 PM with possible cardiac problems. CPR was given to him by paramedics. 

TMZ reports he has since died but there has been no "official" announcement. 

Update 5:23 PM CT:  The LA Times also reports Michael Jackson has passed away.

Rest in peace, Michael

New York City top counterterrorism official concerned about drain on resources

Richard Falkenrath, the top counterterroism official in New York City said yesterday that putting Guantanimo enemy combatants, now called just "detainees" under the Obama administration, on trial in New York City, could drain some resources away from following up on news leads in terrorism investigations:

 

“If you get too many high-profile cases, in too many courthouses, I think there’s a risk that we will have less resources to pursue new leads as they come along,” Mr. Falkenrath said in remarks at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a research organization.

Mr. Falkenrath, a former senior domestic security official in the Bush administration, did not elaborate on how many people might be diverted, for how long, and what other terrorism investigations might be jeopardized.

...“We need to be prepared for the consequences of an indictment and a prosecution that goes badly, and results in the release of someone who we really do not want released in the United States,” he said.

In his remarks, Mr. Falkenrath also criticized low-level and middle-level administrators at the Department of Homeland Security for putting a greater priority on grants to pay for emergency preparedness measures instead of programs designed to prevent terrorism attacks...

New documents show Al Qaeda received extensive Saudi financial support!

The Obama administration appears to be hindering lawyers for families of 9/11 survivors from using new documents which were linked anonymously to them that showed extensive Saudi financial support to Al Qaeda.  Previously, the Obama administration sided with the Saudis in their claim they are immune from the U.S. lawsuit! Critics say there isn't one document that directly links any of the 19 hijackers on 9/11 to the Saudi's financial backing.

 

...The case has put the Obama administration in the middle of a political and legal dispute, with the Justice Department siding with the Saudis in court last month in seeking to kill further legal action. Adding to the intrigue, classified American intelligence documents related to Saudi finances were leaked anonymously to lawyers for the families. The Justice Department had the lawyers’ copies destroyed and now wants to prevent a judge from even looking at the material.

...Internal Treasury Department documents obtained by the lawyers under the Freedom of Information Act, for instance, said that a prominent Saudi charity, the International Islamic Relief Organization, heavily supported by members of the Saudi royal family, showed “support for terrorist organizations” at least through 2006.

...The new documents, provided to The New York Times by the lawyers, are among several hundred thousand pages of investigative material obtained by the Sept. 11 families and their insurers as part of a long-running civil lawsuit seeking to hold Saudi Arabia and its royal family liable for financing Al Qaeda.

...Two federal judges and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals have already ruled against the 7,630 people represented in the lawsuit, made up of survivors of the attacks and family members of those killed, throwing out the suit on the ground that the families cannot bring legal action in the United States against a sovereign nation and its leaders.

The Supreme Court is expected to decide this week whether to hear an appeal, but the families’ prospects dimmed last month when the Justice Department sided with the Saudis in their immunity claim and urged the court not to consider the appeal.

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Dr. Khalid Al-Mansour, senior advisor to Saudi Prince, connection to Barack Obama

Obama administration sent letter to Iran's supreme religious leader!

President Barack Obama's administration sent a letter to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shortly before their presidential election expressing an desire to seek an improvement in the U.S. and Iran's relationship and expressed America's respect for their nation. 

Disregarding the spirit of more transparency and openness promised by presidential candidate Barack Obama, officials refused to discuss the letter reports the Washington Times in an exclusive report:

 

...Ayatollah Khamenei confirmed the letter toward the end of a lengthy sermon last week, in which he accused the United States of fomenting protests in his country in the aftermath of the disputed June 12 presidential election.

An Iranian with knowledge of the overture, however, told The Washington Times that the letter was sent between May 4 and May 10 and laid out the prospect of "cooperation in regional and bilateral relations" and a resolution of the dispute over Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. officials declined to discuss the letter on Tuesday, a day in which President Obama gave his strongest condemnation yet of the Iranian crackdown against protesters.

..."The American president was quoted as saying that he expected the people of Iran to take to the streets," Ayatollah Khamenei misquoted Mr. Obama as saying, according to a translation by Mideastwire.com.

"On the one hand, they [the Obama administration] write a letter to us to express their respect for the Islamic Republic and for re-establishment of ties, and on the other hand they make these remarks. Which one of these remarks are we supposed to believe? Inside the country, their agents were activated. Vandalism started. Sabotaging and setting fires on the streets started. Some shops were looted. They wanted to create chaos. Public security was violated. The violators are not the public or the supporters of the candidates. They are the ill-wishers, mercenaries and agents of the Western intelligence services and the Zionists."

 

I wonder if any Iranian diplomat will take up the administration's early June invitation to attend 4th of July celebrations at U.S. embassies throughout the world?

ActIon Alert: Cap and Trade Bill to be voted in U.S. House on Friday

The Cap and Trade bill, otherwise known as the "climate change" bill or the Waxman-Markey bill  or H.R. 2454,  will likely to come to a vote on Friday in the House of Representatives.  There are worrisome indications the bill has been altered and amendments added without proper debate.

This bill will increase your utility bills as these companies pass along the increase cost to meet the demands required in the bill.  There may be other fees and taxes that might be inserted in the bill before the end of the week.  The Congressional Budget Office estimates you will pay around $175 per household in 2020 for utilities.  Other critics argue it will cost far more.  For example, the Heritage Foundation claims their estimate is far too low and estumates it will cost your family an additional $1,500 a year. 

 

Unfortunately, I cannot find a source yet that has tracked the accuracy of CBO's cost estimates.  This is a service which is very much needed.

According to Open Congress:

 

"...This is a huge bill that, if passed, will have major and lasting effect on our environment and economy. Needless to say, it’s important that the House develops and debates this bill in a way that is transparent and gives the public (and lawmakers) enough time to understand the changes that are being made to it. Paul Blumenthal is rightly concerned about the sudden changes in the bill just before it goes to the House floor.

Read the new bill here (1201-page .pdf)>>

***Contact Congress to defeat this bill!***

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Government Spending Watchdog Calls For Defeat Of Energy Bill

In a statement released to the media, The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, or CCAGW, stated that its members sent more than "20,500 strongly-worded e-mails urging members of Congress to defeat the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009."

The message sent to members of Congress claims that the act will "place severe regulatory burdens on domestic industry" and raise the prices consumers pay for electricity, natural gas, and other products that use fossil fuels.

Democrats Grow Confident of Cap-and-Trade Win Washington Post Blogs

Cap and Trade Hits the Poor the Hardest

Heritage.org - ‎3 hours ago‎

The Wall Street Journal wasn't kidding when they argued that cap-and-trade could be the “biggest tax in American history.” The Reason Foundation contends ...

 

Warren Buffett Calls Cap And Trade A Tax

The Business Insider - ‎13 hours ago‎

[Environmental Capital] Warren Buffett calls cap and trade a regressive tax, once again. [Bloomberg] Iraq opens its oilfields up to foreign companies. ...