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		<title>ORLANDO MOSQUE EXPOSED AS FRONT FOR TERROR</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Liberals. Conservatives. Libertarians. Atheists. Christians, Jews.  Information is this article cannot be ignored.
Merciful, compassionate, love, tolerance. These are the terms espoused by the media about Islam, that it was merely hijacked by a small group of radicals. They are the terms peppered to &#8220;non-believers’ when anyone even suggests that Islam is a different religion behind [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Liberals. Conservatives. Libertarians. Atheists. Christians, Jews.  Information is this article cannot be ignored.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Merciful, compassionate, love, tolerance. These are the terms espoused by the media about Islam, that it was merely hijacked by a small group of radicals. They are the terms peppered to &#8220;non-believers’ when anyone even suggests that Islam is a different religion behind closed doors than it is in the public eye. It is, in fact, a two-headed religion, one of peace, the other of barbarism. Unfortunately, both heads are attached to the same body.</strong></p>
<p><strong>With a little luck, Islamic radicals will be dumb enough to allow some of their diabolical rhetoric to be caught on video. That’s what happened at a rally held at a mosque in Orlando, Florida (a &#8220;moderate&#8221; mosque, of course) in June of 2009, where they held a fund raiser allegedly for charity. The gathering was infiltrated and videoed by a special investigative unit, and released one year later by federal and state authorities.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Included among the gathering were several &#8220;moderate&#8221; Islamists, plus a pro-Hamas, pro-Islamist MP from the UK. The participants and speakers became so passionate, they disregarded any cameras rolling and let the proverbial cat out of the bag. The mosque is clearly a front for raising terrorist money for Hamas. That’s not an opinion. The video is unambiguous.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The 13 minute video is powerful, with many components, worth the time. The first 3:15 minutes is important investigative data. Then the first speaker filmed is Abdul Rahman Alamoudi&#8230;a well known &#8220;moderate&#8221; Islamist, before he went to jail for funneling money to terror organizations. More about him later. Then, it gets really heated. Note at 5:20, how they declare all the checks that are written for Hamas, are going to 501 © (3) organizations and are <em>Tax Deductible</em>. Watch MP George Galloway at 5:53 and further, then the praises for Barack Obama from 8:05, then 9:18. &#8220;If not under Barack Obama, then when?&#8221; Watch at 10:40 when the imam announces that the donations are not really charity, but &#8220;keep your receipts.&#8221; Then, at 11:55, then results of the fund raising for charity. At 12:45, a letter from a Democratic Congressman demanding that the Attorney General investigate. (Don&#8217;t hold your breath) Then Imam Musri, of the Orlando Mosque telling all Muslims that Zakat (donations) are the obligation of every believer. In fact, a good portion of those funds go towards weapons and terror activities under the guise of &#8220;military needs.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Please, watch:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://bigpeace.com/stzu/2010/08/30/captured-on-video-fundraising-for-hamas-in-u-s-mosque/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Captured on Video: Fundraising for Hamas in U.S. Mosque</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Alamoudi is the founder of the American Muslim Council (AMC) a supposed lobbying group but in truth, another off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood who is dedicated to the Islamization of all non-Muslim nations on earth. Alamoudi hob-nobbed within the inner circles of the government, touted as a &#8220;moderate&#8221; by G.W. Bush, welcomed to the White House, spoke at the National Cathedral in D.S. after 9/11. He was sentenced to 23 years in 2004 for supporting terrorism. Alamoudi is one example of the thousands that are covertly working as enemies of the United States applying Taqiyya, (deceit) in the war against our freedom.</strong></p>
<p><strong>This video is valuable, unveiling the true nature of radical Islam and how it portrays itself as &#8220;peaceful and moderate&#8221; to the fools of this country who see what they want to see, and refuse to see what’s in front of their face. It begs the question, how many other &#8220;peaceful and moderate&#8221; mosques in the U.S. are actually fronts for radicalism behind closed doors, and agents for stealth jihad&#8230;intent of bringing our nation toward Islam, inch by inch, until the caliphate is formed before the end of this century.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Do we care about our grandchildren’s lives? Are we going to continue to deny the obvious?</strong></p>
<p><strong>In the same light, read this short report by reporter, Laura Mansfield who exposed the hypocrisy of another mosque in a southern state in 2005.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1691391/posts"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Muslim Jihad Comes To Small Town, USA</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>As a side note, Imam Musri has been an ally with Governor Charlie Crist, appointed by Crist to two Florida faith-based councils and committees. Florida voters, take notice&#8230;and follow the story.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=197853"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Charlie Crist adviser raised funds for Hamas</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>We are our own worst enemies. For if we cannot, or will not, identify the enemy, they will surely win. And the do-gooders with heads in the sand are their unsuspecting allies.</strong></p>
<p><strong>It’s selfish only care only about the moment, and not care about the future of America.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Two heads. One body.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Wake up.</strong></p>
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		<title>THIS AND THAT: AUGUST MUSINGS</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thoughts that come to mind reflecting over the past month.   
1) JetBlue Flight Attendant, Steven Slater, is a jerk. (my opinion) What may seemed like an enviable act of courage, it was, in fact, an act of stupidity for which he should not serve as an example to others. Rude customers comes with the territory in [...]]]></description>
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<p>1<strong>) JetBlue Flight Attendant, Steven Slater, is a jerk. (my opinion) What may seemed like an enviable act of courage, it was, in fact, an act of stupidity for which he should not serve as an example to others. Rude customers comes with the territory in service jobs, especially those dealing with a high volume of the public. That’s life.</strong></p>
<p><strong>2) Polls show that 20 percent of Americans now think that Obama is a Muslim, up from 11 percent. Count me among them. To me, it’s obvious. America was duped in 2008. A recent CNN poll also reveals that 60 percent of Americans doubt his birth records. Count me in as well.</strong></p>
<p><strong>3) Boo to the PGA. Golfer Dustin Johnson got the royal screw when officials docked him two strokes for grounding his club in a patch of dirt they called a sand trap. Otherwise, he was certain to be in the three-way playoff for the PGA Championship, with a possible prize of $1.3 million.</strong></p>
<p><strong>4) The due sensitivity of Americans and families of three thousand 9/11 victims should take precedence over the sensitivities of Muslims who want to build a mosque next to Ground Zero. A mosque can be built anywhere. The site of the attack is immovable.</strong></p>
<p><strong>5) Solution to the drug wars all over the world and in the U.S.: Legalize, tax and control. No black market? No crime. Cartels are out of business, so are street gangs. Courts, prisons and cops would depressurize case loads and taxpayers would benefit from redistributions of funds for more effective purposes. Meanwhile, studies show, drug use would diminish.</strong></p>
<p><strong>6) We should relocate the United Nations from New York City to Haiti. I can think of many advantages, especially the surge it would create to the economy of that struggling nation. The United States is voted down 77 percent of the time by third world countries, (to whom we provide foreign aid) while footing 22 percent of the annual operating costs, equaling $440 million. This would save enormous taxpayer dollars plus eliminate an open door policy for spies, insurgents and diplomats who abuse their immunity.</strong></p>
<p><strong>7) I don’t care if men marry men or women marry women. It’s better for people to love, not hate. Plenty of that to go around. Same sex marriage seems awkward and outside the box, but when I really think about it&#8230; so what?</strong></p>
<p><strong> <img src='http://www.marshallfrank.com/articles/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> Ever notice how Islam dominates the happenings in western affairs these days, compared to ten years ago? How much more in the next ten years? Twenty? With Islam, comes Sharia. Folks in denial choose to wear rose colored glasses. That’s dangerous for the future of western cultures.</strong></p>
<p><strong>9) The Glenn Beck rally in Washington D.C. drew a half million Americans, demonstrating peacefully for love of country, without spewing hate. What’s so bad about that? I enjoyed watching a taste of patriotic unity for once.</strong></p>
<p><strong>10) The prison system in this country is a national disgrace. There is no rehabilitation, no rights, very little schooling and preparation for release after long periods removed from society. That spells bad news for more crime victims, and high recidivism rates. Meanwhile, prison inmates are being used for slave labor while factories and corporations lay off workers at $9.00 an hour, in order to out-source to inmates at 50 cents an hour. Are you surprised, that corporations hire lobbyists to pass laws to keep the prison populations at maximum?</strong></p>
<p><strong>11) Another direct hit from a major hurricane to New Orleans would portend the end to a great city. Survivors would eventually migrate elsewhere.</strong></p>
<p><strong>12) America’s Got Talent has evolved into a junkie show with mostly circus acts and hip hoppers performing over audiences that scream constantly on command. But once in a while, comes a diamond in the rough, which is what happened with this 10 year-old child, Jackie Evancho. Enjoy:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKhmFSV-XB0"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; America&#8217;s Got Talent &#8211; Jackie Evancho</strong></span></span></a></p>
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		<title>WHAT AMERICANS CAN DO? ACT!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Often, I’m asked, &#8220;Okay&#8230;we know radical Islam is becoming a major threat to the country, but what can we do?&#8221;
Here’s the answer: Throw your support to an organization known as ACT for America. If you are like the millions of Americans who a watching the slow erosion of our freedoms and the rise of stealth [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Often, I’m asked, &#8220;Okay&#8230;we know radical Islam is becoming a major threat to the country, but what can we do?&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Here’s the answer: Throw your support to an organization known as ACT for America. If you are like the millions of Americans who a watching the slow erosion of our freedoms and the rise of stealth jihad within our borders, pay close attention. These are the people who are making a difference. Here’s the web site:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.actforamerica.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Act! for America &#8211; Home</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>I’m a writer nerd. I don’t go to rallies, marches and demonstrations, I don’t picket, carry signs, campaign for politicians or join organizations right or left. I’m conservative about some issues, liberal about others. One thing for certain, I am a fierce, patriotic American&#8230;despite the shortcomings.</strong></p>
<p><strong>When we learned that Brigitte Gabriel — founder of ACT For America — was coming to Deland, Florida, on August 26<sup>th</sup> to give a talk at a local church, Suzanne and I decided to drive up. We were not disappointed. Talk about swelling in your throat and hair rising on your arms. This woman got the crowd of nearly two thousand to their feet, cheering in support of America’s future.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I’ve been following Brigitte Gabriel since I researched my book, &#8220;Militant Islam In America.&#8221; This is an immigrant woman who gushes with love for this country and fears for its ultimate demise if we do nothing. She comes to the table with a compelling personal story of growing up in Lebanon when Beruit was considered the Paris of the mid-east, and multi-cultural diversity was the cornerstone of the nation. All religions, all cultures were welcomed and loved, until the radical Islamists grew in population and drove non-Muslims underground while slaughtering many. As a Christian family, Ms. Gabriel and her mom and dad suffered bombings and starvation living in a bomb shelter for seven years until they received refuge in Israel. She was shocked to learned that Israel was not the nation of evil people she had been taught. Rather they were welcoming and tolerant.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In early years, Ms. Gabriel became a journalist, then immigrated (legally) to the United States where she has since become a loyal citizen and strong activist for preserving the future of America. She speaks four languages, including Arabic and Hebrew. She has authored two compelling books about radical Islam, which I recommend strongly. (I’ll provide links after the text) She has spoken before the U.S. Congress, the British government, and has often been invited to appear on various national television news broadcasts as an expert, all stations.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In her speeches, she readily acknowledges that her mission is not without risk, that she knows there is a bullet somewhere out there with her name on it. Often, where she speaks at universities, she must be accompanied by police and/or armed guards.</strong></p>
<p><strong>ACT For America has become active as an awareness organization, reaching out to Americans all over the country with bulletins and information about the progress and happenings of radical Islam all over the world and in the U.S. Folks who care, should get on her e-mail lists. ACT now has 135,000 members and some 450 local chapters in all the states, where caring citizens meet and share up-to-date information, and listen to guest speakers.</strong></p>
<p><strong>ACT has also evolved into a powerful lobbying group, with lawyers standing up to radical Islamic forces in the courtroom, and to lawmakers in Washington D.C. An example of their successes:</strong></p>
<p><strong>* With the help of ACT, Congress passed the John Doe Bill which provides protection from lawsuits for people who report suspicious/possible terrorist activity</strong></p>
<p><strong>* ACT was instrumental in proposing Rachel’s Law in the State of NY, which protects </strong><strong>American authors and publishers from intimidation law suits filed in foreign court jurisdictions. Passed and enacted into law.</strong></p>
<p><strong>* ACT was instrumental in getting the University of California at Irvine, to shut down the Muslims Students Union that was responsible for the organized interruption of an invited speaker from Israel.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Among many other issues, ACT is investigating and following up on such issues as:</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Terrorist sleeper cells in the U.S.</strong></p>
<p><strong>* First Amendment protections for journalists who report on militant Islamic Activities</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Islamic curriculums in public schools</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Anti-American, anti-Jewish and anti-Christian hate speech in various U.S. mosques</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Islamic charities that serve as conduits to Islamic terrorists</strong></p>
<p><strong>Much more.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The point is, ACT For America does not have to worry about political correctness. They have assembled a team that represents middle America. They are doing something, besides talk.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I happily docked my credit card with a small monthly donation which is no more than the cost of a lunch out for my wife and me. I consider it a small offering to do my part in helping an organization that is actually doing something to protect the future for our grand kids. We sure can’t rely on the government.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Give it some thought.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Videos of Ms. Gabriel’s talk to the Heritage Foundation:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8fa9yKQeTY"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Brigitte Gabriel Part 1</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0gBTEwATwU"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Brigitte Gabriel part 2</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/They-Must-Be-Stopped-Radical/dp/0312383630"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Amazon.com: They Must Be Stopped:</strong></span></span></a></p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
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Please watch this 3-minute talk by Syrian-born psychiatrist, Wafa Sultan, now a citizen of the U.S. living somewhere in California. She wraps it up very well.
Click here: YouTube &#8211; Former Muslims United: Wafa Sultan
Dr. Sultan is well-known for her bold confrontational interview on Al Jazeera television some four years ago. This is a woman who [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Please watch this 3-minute talk by Syrian-born psychiatrist, Wafa Sultan, now a citizen of the U.S. living somewhere in California. She wraps it up very well.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N4epMrSRYU"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Former Muslims United: Wafa Sultan</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Dr. Sultan is well-known for her bold confrontational interview on Al Jazeera television some four years ago. This is a woman who has walked the walk, who comes from the inside, and risks her life to expose truths. This powerful confrontation is five minutes. She sums it up better than I, or anyone else. Please watch:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1296126090432829344"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Arab Woman gives Muslims a Thrashing</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Nonie Darwish is an Egyptian-born American author and anti-jihad activist, who also grew up in the closed world of Islam, and has boldly come forward to forewarn the people of America of the dangers that loom ahead if we continue on the path of appeasement. Now a Christian, this video explains why she left Islam, and what most naive Americans don’t know.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nowpublic.com/world/youtube-why-i-left-islam-nonie-darwish-2-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Why I left Islam &#8211; Nonie Darwish </strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Here, she talks about the consequences of leaving Islam:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC3Wie-G2Dw"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; PJTV: Apostasy And Consequences: </strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born ex-Muslim, who suffered female mutilation and life under Islamic oppression. Since, she has immigrated to The Netherlands where she wrote the script for the docu-movie <em>&#8220;Submission&#8221;</em> for Director Theo Van Gogh, a reflection on the life of women under Islam. Theo Van Gogh was murdered in the streets by a vindictive Muslim for &#8220;defaming&#8221; the religion, and Ali received her share of death threats as well. This brilliant woman has been speaking out, despite the risk, trying to warn the western countries of the impending threat of Sharia under Islam. Here is one of her 5-minute interviews:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLmkHMBsls4"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Ayaan Hirsi Ali &#8211; War on Terror, or War on Islam?</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Raheel Raza is a Muslim woman and author, living in Canada who exemplifies what we envision to be a &#8220;moderate.&#8221; She speaks out vehemently opposed to the NYC mosque near Ground Zero in this 4 minute-interview, and articulates her reasons better than anyone.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.therightscoop.com/muslim-raheel-raza-speaks-out-against-ground-zero-mosque-on-oreilly"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Muslim Raheel Raza speaks out against Ground Zero Mosque </strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Brigitte Gabriel, a former Lebanese woman, now an American citizen, is well known for her founding of the American Congress For Truth (ACT) which has set up chapters throughout the U.S. to spread awareness of the threat of radical Islam and creeping Sharia. She grew up during the transition from Lebanon being a Christian country, to becoming a Muslim dominated country. Now she devotes her life to the cause of saving America from the intentions of radical Islam.</strong></p>
<p><strong>She tells her story in these videos. Very compelling. Please watch and listen:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8fa9yKQeTY"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Brigitte Gabriel Part 1</strong></span></span></a><strong> (4 minutes)</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0gBTEwATwU&amp;NR=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Brigitte Gabriel part 2</strong></span></span></a><strong> (9 minutes)</strong></p>
<p><strong>The National Organization for Women (NOW), League Of Women Voters, and other significant women’s groups should be paying close attention to the happenings within the global world of Islam today. The Muslim Brotherhood, who have declared their intentions of taking over the America &#8220;from within,&#8221; have spread their tentacles throughout Europe and now, the United States where the first victims of Sharia will oppress half of the America’s population: Women. One only has to look everywhere else in the world where Islam dominates&#8230;if you’re willing to look.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Yet, the women’s groups — who have the most to lose — do nothing. Naysayers with rose-colored glasses pay no attention to the obvious, and choose to dismiss, or even castigate, people like the brave women mentioned above, as &#8220;nuts&#8221; or &#8220;right wing fanatics&#8221; or, stupidly enough, &#8220;an arm of the Republican party.&#8221; In truth, those naysayers wearing in rose-colored glasses are inadvertently helping the U.S. to commit suicide.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Saving the best for last, the following link points out how the mask of deception is often used to present a &#8220;peaceful&#8221; or &#8220;moderate&#8221; facade, while the opposite is true when the doors are closed. Laura Mansfield is a journalist who attended a woman’s orientation program at a southern state mosque in 2005. The object was for the local Muslims to assure the American women how peaceful and misunderstood Islam is and, hopefully, pitch for future converts.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Mansfield arrived at the mosque early, and asked if she could sit in the back and await the other women. They granted her wish, not knowing that Mansfield is fluent in Arabic. So, she listened to the men’s conversations in Arabic., which included an Anti-American (non-moderate) rant by the Imam to continue the path of Jihad, then turning the rhetoric 180 degrees the other direction when the American women appeared. Suddenly, they were &#8220;moderate.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Here is her story. It’s a reminder to bear in mind, what they tell you to your face, is not what they say behind closed doors. Please check her out.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1691391/posts"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Muslim Jihad Comes To Small Town, USA</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Women, take notice.</strong></p>
<p><strong> From the Koran:</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Sura 2.223: Your wives are a tilth for you, so go into your tilth when you like and do good beforehand for yourselves&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Sura 4.34 : Men are the maintainers of women because Allah has made some of them to excel others and because they spend out of their property, the good women are therefore obedient guarding the unseen as Allah has guarded, and those on whose part you fear desertion, admonish them, and leave them alone in sleeping places and beat them, and then if they obey you, do not seek a way against them&#8230;</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.islamfortoday.com/algeria.htm">Click here: The suffering of Algeria&#8217;s women </a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.arabicbible.com/christian/Women_in_Islam.htm">Click here: THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN IN ISLAM</a></strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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One moment can alter the life of a human being forever.
Such was the case on October 3rd, 1951.
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<p><strong>One moment can alter the life of a human being forever.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Such was the case on October 3<sup>rd</sup>, 1951.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I was a lad of 12 years, stopping off at a friend’s house after school. He and his father were listening intensely to the small wood radio atop a dresser. Baseball. Didn’t interest me much&#8230;then. The mood seemed tense. I could hear the crowd hooting and hollering in the background as the announcer jabbered on over the static. My friend motioned me over to listen. Our ears neared the machine.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ninth inning. The count was two balls and two strikes. Two men on base for the Giants. One more out and the Dodgers would win the pennant. Suddenly, the sound of a &#8220;crack&#8221; echoed in a brief chasm of silence. The crowd roared. The announcer (Russ Hodges) went ballistic, screaming over and over&#8230; &#8220;The GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT, THE GIANTS WIN THE PENNANT&#8230;&#8221; My friend and his father started dancing and screaming all over the living room, and I felt this surge of elation, caught up in the excitement, so I danced with them, singing, &#8220;The Giants Won The Pennant, The Giants Won The Pennant&#8230;&#8221; not knowing what I was talking about.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Bobby Thomson was no Babe Ruth or Joe DiMaggio. A journeyman ballplayer of average ability, born in Scotland, his name would have withered to obscurity in the annals of baseball history had it not been for one defining moment, one swing off one pitch from Dodger pitcher, Ralph Branca, that was sent sailing into the left field stands. Two months before, the Giants were 13 ½ games behind in the standings with no chance of ever catching the Dodgers before end of season. But they did. And the greatest miracle in baseball history was topped off with the &#8220;shot heard round the world,&#8221; the infamous Bobby Thomson home run that brought him, and Ralph Branca, fame and friendship for the rest of their lives. Ironically, the next batter on deck&#8230;had Thomson not hit that homer, was a rookie named Willie Mays.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Thomson’s career ended with a lifetime average of .270, playing for a number of teams during his fourteen year career. But his name will forever be associated with one of the greatest moments in all of sports. And, I was there&#8230;.well, not exactly.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Bobby Thomson died two days ago at the age of 86. He played in the era of purity, when you could take your kid to a ballpark and watch a game, eat hot dogs, and spend less than five dollars for the day. Ballplayers who made it to the majors were grateful to the owners, relishing their average salaries of $13,000 a year in the early ‘50s. The best players name’s were synonymous with their teams, Mantle: Yankees, Feller: Indians, Koufax: Dodgers, and Mays: Giants. Times have changed.</strong></p>
<p><strong>They say addiction begins with that first high, and then a lifetime of trying to recapture that same feeling. Such was the case with baseball and me, for that was the day I experienced my first dose. It has since been a lifetime pursuit&#8230;to recapture that same feeling.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I’m still waiting.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2010/08/bobby-thomson-dies-at-86-leaves-a-legendary-career-behind/1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Bobby Thomson dies at 86, </strong></span></span></a></p>
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		<title>HARD SELL: OBAMA PRAISING ISLAM</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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In Egypt, 2009, Mr. Obama made an impassioned speech appealing to Muslims and assuring them of how valuable they have been in the history of the United States.
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<p>In <strong>Egypt, 2009, Mr. Obama made an impassioned speech appealing to Muslims and assuring them of how valuable they have been in the history of the United States.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Hmmm.</strong></p>
<p><strong>More recently, Mr. Obama stated, &#8220;Ramadan is a reminder that Islam has always been a part of America and that American Muslims have made extraordinary contributions to our country.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>He also rambled on how much Islam has played a major role in advancing justice, progress, tolerance and dignity of all human beings.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Hmmm.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sounds more like a snake oil salesman. We never hear Mr. Obama selling the virtues of Christianity, which he claims as his own religion. We never hear the virtues of Judaism, which has but one nation in the world, and only one percent of the population of Islam. Yet, it outguns every other culture, religion or mid-east country by 400 percent in terms of winning Nobel prizes. Yet, the President of the United States finds it necessary to impart inflated information about historical Islam in this country, which is dubious at best. Why?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Islam plays a major role in justice and dignity of all human beings? Answer: Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria, Pakistan, and American beheadings, honor killings and terror attacks. That’s a lot of dignity and justice.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I’ve been a history buff since high school, with special focus on the roots and progress of this country, and I cannot recall any single person of note in the Islamic faith that made a significant contribution to this country&#8230;ever. I may be wrong. If so, please enlighten me and my readers.</strong></p>
<p><strong>What I do know, is the history of the Barbary pirates of the Mediterranean during four centuries (1400&#8217;s &#8211; 1800&#8217;s) of murder, mayhem, kidnapping, slavery, random and bribery. Muslim pirates from four North African countries repeatedly invaded the southern borders of Europe, swept up men and women into slavery, robbed and pillaged, and raided ships on the high seas for their booty, enslaving the sailors who refused to convert.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The dilemma reached the Colonies, because American trade ships were among the constant victims. For a while, America paid a duty (bribery) to prevent the raids, but that became expensive. When Jefferson and Adams traveled to Europe, they met with the Barbarian ambassador, Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja, in order to negotiate. Jefferson asked why they were so warlike toward the Americans.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The Muslim leader provided an answer. Later, these two future presidents reported the reasons for the Muslim hostility, a people with whom America had no previous contact. As written by Jefferson, the Muslim negotiator said that it was written in the Koran that all nations who did not acknowledge their (Muslims) authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them whoever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners, and that every Muslim who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sound familiar?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Eventually, under Jefferson’s presidency and later, Madison’s, the pirates were defeated in battle by the U.S. at the <em>Shores of Tripoli, </em>thus ending — temporarily — the hostilities by Islamists toward the U.S.</strong></p>
<p><strong>So, I would ask our president, if that’s the contribution from Islam he was talking about? Or was it when Andrew Jackson dispatched frigates against Muslim pirates in Sumatra in the 1830&#8217;s? Or Rutherford B. Hayes’ remarks about the 1880 Muslim persecutions of non-Muslims in Morocco? Or was it Grover Cleveland’s comments about the continuing massacre of Armenian Christians in 1896, or are we talking about the Palestinian mullahs that teamed up with Hitler to aid and abet the extermination of the Jews?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Where and when is the president talking about? And why does he find it so imperative to sell Islam like he was selling a political ideology? If Islam is so wonderful, what is there to sell? It should have been selling itself by example.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I invite every reader to study the history of global Islam and how it emerged as a world power. Study, also, the life of Muhammed, and the Koran. Then, please tell me how Islam has served the American people in a positive way, for which it deserves respect and admiration, instead of fear and trepidations. We are all open minded. An answer would be appreciated.</strong></p>
<p><strong>A few quotes from Teddy Roosevelt’s book &#8220;Fear God And Take Your Own Part.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Christianity was saved in Europe solely because the peoples of Europe fought. If the people of Europe in the 7<sup>th</sup> and 8<sup>th</sup> centuries — up to the 17<sup>th</sup> century — had not possessed a military superiority over the Muslims who invaded Europe, Europe would now be Muslim and the Christian religion would be exterminated.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Wherever the Muslims have had complete sway, wherever Christians have been unable to resist by the sword, Christianity has ultimately disappeared.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>The civilization of Europe, America and Australia exists today, only because of the victories of civilized man over the enemies of civilization.</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>There are &#8220;social values&#8221; today in Europe, America and Australia only because during the thousand years, the Christians of Europe possessed the warlike power to do what the Christians of Asia and Africa had failed to do — that is, to beat back the Muslim invader</em>.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The more Americans become better educated, the more Americans will realize we have a president with an agenda that is not in the best interest of our grandchildren. The sales pitch doesn’t fly.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&amp;node=&amp;contentId=A59720-2001Oct14"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Terrorists by Another Name: The Barbary Pirates</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2jig2WLkao"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://ibloga.blogspot.com/2007/08/teddy-roosevelt-on-islam.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Infidel Bloggers Alliance: Teddy Roosevelt On Islam</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/12/weekinreview/12gettleman.html?_r=1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Lessons From the Barbary Pirate Wars &#8211; NYTimes.com</strong></span></span></a></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><strong>Dear Marshall, In my haste over this outrage I might not have posted the best resource for people to use to stop this insanity.  I&#8217;ve since done more research and found a list of organizations that do litigate to protect the US Constitution.  I would appreciate if you would list these sites on your blog and tell people to contact them by email and to include the video link and your blog posting on the subject.  If these organizations hear from enough people I&#8217;m sure someone, somewhere, will feel as outraged as we do and take action.  All the best, Mandy Fox<br />
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<strong>Liberty Council – <a title="mailto:liberty@lc.org" href="mailto:liberty@lc.org">liberty@lc.org</a>  or call &#8211; 1-800-671-1776<br />
</strong><strong>The Federalist Society</strong><strong>: <a title="mailto:info@fed-soc.org" href="mailto:info@fed-soc.org">info@fed-soc.org</a></strong><br />
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<strong>National</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Center</strong><strong> for Constitutional Studies-<a title="mailto:zeldon@nccs.net" href="mailto:zeldon@nccs.net"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">zeldon@nccs.net </span></a><br />
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<p> <strong>National Center for Public Policy Research &#8211; <a title="mailto:info@nationalcenter.org" href="mailto:info@nationalcenter.org">info@nationalcenter.org</a></strong><strong> American Center for Law &amp; Justice –<br />
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<p><strong>Contact Page <a title="http://www.aclj.org/Content/?f=164" href="http://www.aclj.org/Content/?f=164">http://www.aclj.org/Content/?f=164</a></strong></p>
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		<title>THE WORN OUT RACIST LABEL</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2010 01:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
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Enough already. I’ve heard the &#8220;Racist&#8221; label thrown around so often, it’s actually turning me into a racist against race-card blatherers.
Cannot these blithering idiots who have no brain with which to offer an intelligent debate, offer any other explanation for disagreement with persons of another color, than &#8220;Racist?&#8221; The term has been used and abused [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Enough already. I’ve heard the &#8220;Racist&#8221; label thrown around so often, it’s actually turning me into a racist against race-card blatherers.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Cannot these blithering idiots who have no brain with which to offer an intelligent debate, offer any other explanation for disagreement with persons of another color, than &#8220;Racist?&#8221; The term has been used and abused so much, that it has become meaningless. Al Sharpton, listen up.</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>&#8220;So You Think You Can Dance&#8221;</em> is probably the very best competition reality show on television. Week after week, it pits highly trained young dancers of all genre until the best of the best reaches the top. Judges are not selected for star power, but from a pool of the greatest dancers and choreographers alive today. It makes <em>&#8220;America’s Got Talent&#8221;</em> look like a circus side show.</strong></p>
<p><strong>One of the regular Dance judges is Mia Michaels, with over 40 years in dance, and recipient of numerous awards. We’ve watched her poignant and sometimes emotional critiques of dancers, where she sometimes seems to fawn over male dancers, black and white. Recently, she was part of the panel that voted off a black contestant from the final four. Guess what? Mia has been labeled a Racist! Never mind that she has worked with blacks all her life and was once engaged to a black man. Yet, critics and bloggers are hammering her for being racist, which backs her in the corner defending herself for nothing&#8230;but being a judge.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Too easy these days for folks to slam you with the racists label. Yet, the news programs eat it up. It draws attention. It makes politicians shutter. It rattles cages. It draws anger, demonstrations, riots. It ruins careers. It damages reputations. And here’s the rub: It doesn’t have to be true.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The Tea Party has emerged as a threat to the left wing power base, so what’s their best strategy? With no other counter argument available, label them &#8220;Racists!&#8221; There’s not a shred of evidence that the Tea Party, as an organization, is racist. While small in numbers, many blacks belong to the Tea Party. Yet, Tea Partiers are on the cable networks defending themselves against the mud slingers who have no ability to think, other than calling people &#8220;Racist!&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>President Barack Obama’s greatest asset is being black. It’s been his cloak of armor since the beginning of his national campaign. Fawned over by a left wing media for two years before taking office, and to this day, anyone who dared challenge his veracity or competence has been quickly labeled a &#8220;Racist,&#8221; me included. Had a white candidate had a background of no experience, commiserating with anti-American radicals, terrorists, communists, radical Islamists and a twenty-year association with an America-hating church pastor, he or she would have been excoriated by journalists and media pundits. But, say one critical comment about Barack Obama? You’re a racist!</strong></p>
<p><strong>The frustrated left wing in America, one time or another, has labeled every right wing pundit as a Racist, including Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Then again, Fox Cable Network is often called &#8220;Racist!&#8221; What else? That means the majority of news watchers in America must be racists, because the ratings for Fox News is double that of its competitors.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Those Racists!</strong></p>
<p><strong>Mini-brains cannot fathom the remotest idea that Fox News might be presenting a better and more diverse news show than any other. Better to call them names, that’ll do it. And what’s best? &#8220;Racists!&#8221; That gets attention.</strong></p>
<p><strong>When NBA basketballer Lebron James chose to move to the Miami Heat for bigger bucks, it upset the Cavaliers owner, Dan Gilbert. Gilbert accused LeBron of breaking a promise. But, leave it to the mental giant, race-baiting Rev. Jesse Jackson to come up with the answer, accusing Gilbert of viewing Lebron as a &#8220;runaway slave,&#8221; which — of course — is couching the accusation: Gilbert, you’re a Racist!&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>That, from the same mouth of whom we heard &#8220;Hymietown.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>The new anti-Illegal immigration law in Arizona was written specifically with a safeguard against racial profiling. Police officers all over this country continually walk on eggshells, backing off, careful of any action or words that would be construed as &#8220;Racist!&#8221; Yet, our president managed to instill the concerns of Hispanics and blacks all over the state of Arizona, and in other states, by implanting the mere suggestion that the law will stimulate &#8220;Racial Profiling,&#8221; and that it is inherently &#8220;Racist!&#8221;. He knew better. That was nothing more than a tactic to generate fear, hatred and opposition. Being true didn’t matter. Screw the truth. Throw a bone to the followers, and they’ll chase after it. And, it worked.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Meanwhile, it’s all right for a group of black thugs to brandish a weapon outside of a polling place, donned in battle fatigues, hate and sneers. Inexplicably, the Justice department dropped the charges! Think about the KKK, and if they had been outside a polling place doing the same thing. Do you think Eric Holder would be dropping those charges?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Who’s the racist?</strong></p>
<p><strong>I’ve got a message for the Holders, Rev. Wrights, Sharptons, Jacksons of this country. The next time you have no other intelligent remark to make in defense of a position, try another label. The Race-Card is getting old, and it’s beginning to make you look really stupid.</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong><a href="http://www.popeater.com/2010/08/10/mia-michaels-so-you-think-you-can-dance/?icid=main/u124 |htmlws-main-w/u124 |dl5/u124 |link3/u124 |http%3A%2F%2Fwww.popeater.com%2F2010%2F08%2F10%2Fmia-michaels-so-you-think-you-can-dance%2F"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: &#8216;Angry&#8217; Mia Michaels </strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2010/07/12/rev-jackson-cavs-coach-views-lebron-james-as-a-runaway-slave/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Rev. Jackson: Cavs coach views LeBron </strong></span></span></a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><strong>Some folks have accused Mr. Obama of being a closet Muslim, that his true loyalty and identity stands with Islam. I really hope that’s not true. Because, if that were true, it would spell grave danger for the future of the United States, considering that a significant chunk of Islam has big plans for non-Muslim countries down the road through violent and non-violent Jihad, with the U.S. being the prime target.</strong></p>
<p><strong>If Mr. Obama is a closet Muslim, which he denies, that means he would be engaging &#8220;Taqiyya,&#8221; the practice of lying and deceiving sanctioned by radical Islam in order to further the advance of Islam over non-bleievers. That would be an abomination. I certainly hope it is not true.</strong></p>
<p><strong>But, there are some who say it is true. Here’s why:</strong></p>
<p><strong>1) According to journalist and author, Avi Lipkin, during a closed-door meeting with the foreign minister of Egypt, Ahmad Aboul Gheilt, President Obama swore to him that he was a Muslim, and would take care of important issues for Muslims worldwide after attending to some domestic issues first. This was revealed on Nile TV’s Round Table Show in January, 2010.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Please note, in the attached article in <em>American Thinker</em>, there is a long list of Obama/Muslim events and incidents at the bottom that draw suspicion and credibility to this assertion. Check them all out. Plus check out the video as well:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/06/report_obama_said_i_am_a_musli.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: American Thinker: Report: Obama said &#8216;I Am a Muslim&#8217;</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jhx_2TqffE"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; BREAKING NEWS! &#8211; Is Barack Obama</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>2) The Palestinians formed phone banks during the election campaign to help raise money for Obama’s election. What did they know that we didn’t know?</strong></p>
<p><strong>3) In April of 2008, Hamas political advisor, Ahmed Yousef, publically endorsed the election of Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign.</strong></p>
<p><strong>4) Lybian dictator and strict Muslim, Muammar Gadaffi, openly declared Barack Obama a Muslim during a speech. Check it out. And check out the translation in bold letters at the bottom.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/09/the_obama_is_a_muslim_smear_co.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: American Thinker Blog: The &#8216;Obama is a Muslim&#8217; smear </strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>5) We all know the rigors of an election campaign and how exhausting these interviews must be. So, I suppose we should all disregard this minor little slip&#8230;where Obama blurps out, &#8220;My Muslim faith,&#8221; until the reporter corrects him. (Ever hear any non-Muslim make that little mistake?)</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGdkqfBICw"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Obama: &#8220;My Muslim Faith&#8221;</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>6) Since assuming the presidency, Mr. Obama has been hiring on Muslim advisors, including two devotees in high positions inside the Department of Homeland Security. Then there’s his religious advisor, Eboo Patel, who, as it turns out, is a member of the ISNA which is was named as unindicted coconspirator in a scheme to raise money for Hamas.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=184189"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Obama religion adviser linked to unindicted co-conspirator</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>7) One only has to review the Obama presidency from its onset to see the pattern of capitulation and coddling to the Islamic world, to an including the refusal to use any terms equating Islam radicalism with the world of terror. (Man-caused disaster???)</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOQt_mP6Pgg"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Eric Holder Refuses To Say &#8220;Radical Islam&#8221;</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong> <img src='http://www.marshallfrank.com/articles/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> Then, there are the speeches before the Islamic audiences overseas, which make come people wonder&#8230;hmmm? Could he actually be a Muslim? In the video link, check out the perfect </strong><strong>reference to the Koran, and his use of the term&#8230; &#8220;where it was revealed.&#8221; (At 00:53)  The term </strong><strong>&#8220;Revealed&#8221; is used only by Muslims whose prophet Muhammed attested that Allah declared Islam as the only religion, but that it was <em>revealed</em> to the prophet via the angel Gabrielle, which ultimately became the basis for the Koran. Who would say &#8220;revealed?&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Note also, references to the &#8220;<em>Holy</em> Koran&#8221; at 1:28. I’ve never heard a public reference by Obama to the <em>Holy</em> Bible.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCAffMSWSzY&amp;feature=related"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Obama </strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>9) While Mr. Obama talks so highly about Islam, we rarely hear him speak with reverence about his &#8220;chosen&#8221; religion, Christianity. Some folks have suggested that he aligned himself with the Trinity United Church of Christ as a ruse to help promote his political future. I would hope that’s not true.</strong></p>
<p><strong>What we do know, is that Mr. Obama was very close to the anti-American Reverend Jeremiah Wright for twenty years, donated thousands, helped raise thousands more, and was part of a church that embraced and coddled the leader of the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, the Jew hater.  Strange&#8230;for a Christian church, it would seem. That church even gave Mr. Farrakhan a humanitarian award. Remember: Twenty Years&#8230;close relationship. That’s a long time.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prhnc2fxAzg&amp;feature=related"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; The shocking video</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>10) Most folks might not know that Islam prohibits the giving of birthday gifts. Mr. Obama and family do not give their children gifts for birthdays.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/2460299/Barack-Obama-does-not-give-birthday-presents-to-children.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Barack Obama does not give birthday presents</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://islamqa.com/en/ref/1027"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Islam Question and Answer &#8211; Celebrating birthdays</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>11) Barack Obama was born the son of a Muslim, which by Islamic law, makes him a Muslim. If he is now a Christian, he would be an apostate, which seems to contradict the view of some world leaders in the Muslim world. His family members, father’s side, are Muslim. He was adopted by a Muslim step-father, given the name Barry Soetoro, and attended an Islamic school in Indonesia for at least two years where his school records show him identified in the religion of Islam. He also had attended a Catholic school part of this time. </strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: AP Photo Of Barack Obama&#8217;s School Registration</strong></span></span></p>
<p><strong> 12) Many questions would be answered if the public was permitted access to a list of Mr. Obama’s official records, including questions about his passports, social security numbers, college records at Occidental, Columbia and Harvard, medical records, and — what else — birth records with details of hospital, physician, and more. (No&#8230;the on-line version posted by the administration is NOT a birth certificate. That’s easily provable) The big question, the <em>Mystery, </em>is why won’t he authorize the release of these records? Wouldn&#8217;t you?</strong></p>
<p><strong>13) Then, there is the infamous bow</strong>:</p>
<p><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Qcno9mOmXv4/TCJmwO6DpTI/AAAAAAAAMJc/h3z0ii8XcOY/s1600/obama-bow.jpg" alt="" /></p>
<p><strong>Oh yes. He had a back spasm. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Naw. He&#8217;s not a Muslim</strong></p>
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		<title>&#8220;BEYOND THE GATES&#8221; Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:40:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I can be a whoos sometimes, but few movies have affected me like the film we watched last evening on Showtime.
&#8220;Beyond the Gates&#8221; has no big stars or shoot-em-up scenes, car crashes or Tai Kwando kicks. No special effects. It&#8217;s a docudrama about the genocide in Rwanda that took place in the middle &#8217;90&#8217;s.  Chilling, gasping, [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>&#8220;<em>Beyond the Gates&#8221;</em> has no big stars or shoot-em-up scenes, car crashes or Tai Kwando kicks. No special effects. It&#8217;s a docudrama about the genocide in Rwanda that took place in the middle &#8217;90&#8217;s.  Chilling, gasping, weeping&#8230;are the first three adjectives that come to mind.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Not for the light of heart, not for people who steer clear of sad pictures. But it&#8217;s an education. It shows how man&#8217;s inhumanity to man can go on under the watchful eye of so-called civilized nations, while they turn a blind eye to mass murder.  </strong></p>
<p><strong>There&#8217;s not anyone to blame for such a despicable tragedy. Just everyone. Especially the media. Especially the civilized governments of the world. It shows just what a useless organization we are supporting, who call themselves &#8220;United Nations.&#8221; </strong></p>
<p><strong>If you want to learn, rent this picture. Was made in 2005.  I wept like a baby.</strong></p>
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<div><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420901/">Click here: Beyond the Gates (2005)</a></div>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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There are several compelling reasons why the Manhattan Mosque should not be built in the shadow of ground zero, too many to name here. Here’s the best three.
Number #1) Will of the people. New Yorkers are clearly opposed. (As are Americans in general)
Look. Watch. Read.
Click here: Urban Infidel: Ground Zero Mosque Protest New York City
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<p><strong>There are several compelling reasons why the Manhattan Mosque should not be built in the shadow of ground zero, too many to name here. Here’s the best three.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Number #1) Will of the people. New Yorkers are clearly opposed. (As are Americans in general)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Look. Watch. Read.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://urbaninfidel.blogspot.com/2010/06/ground-zero-mosque-protest-new-york.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Urban Infidel: Ground Zero Mosque Protest New York City</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>The current population of Muslims in the United States is unknown. However, depending on what source you use, we can be sure there is no less than 2.6 million, and probably no more than 7 million, which is a high figure promulgated by Muslim organizations. Their numbers are spread thin over fifty states. So, let’s look at the will of the people.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The most recent poll of New Yorkers conducted by the Siena Research Institute, found:</strong></p>
<p><strong>* 61 Percent firmly opposed</strong></p>
<p><strong>* 26 Percent firmly in favor</strong></p>
<p><strong>The most recent poll of New Yorkers by Rassmussen found:</strong></p>
<p><strong>* 54 Percent firmly opposed</strong></p>
<p><strong>* 20 Percent firmly in favor</strong></p>
<p><strong>At best, seven million Muslims in the U.S. spread across the United States would equate to about a quarter million or less living in New York City. Maybe, as little as 75,000.</strong></p>
<p><strong>However, NYC boasts a resident population of nearly nine million, representing the most culturally diverse population in the world.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Let’s do the math. About 60 percent of New Yorkers — which translates to about five million residents — are firmly opposed to the Ground Zero mosque. About 25 percent are in favor, representing a little over two million. The two million win!</strong></p>
<p><strong>There are roughly 250,000 Muslim residents in New York, probably much less. A quarter million Muslims, versus five million New Yorkers who oppose the mosque. According to Mayor Bloomberg and his fellow apologists, the Muslims win! Case closed. Screw the will of the people.</strong></p>
<p><strong>2) The will of the families of 9/11 victims.</strong></p>
<p><strong>How would the families of war victims feel if the hallowed grounds of loved ones who perished in a war, were desecrated with a symbolic structure honoring the Japanese, the Germans or the Vietnamese. In truth, it would be unthinkable. They wouldn’t ever attempt it.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Like it or not, it’s a fact that the 9/11 murders were committed in the name of Islam, regardless if you call it extreme or not.</strong></p>
<p><strong>While no poll is available, families of 9/11 victims have been speaking out in droves in opposition to this mosque. But, who cares. Let’s appease and show tolerance. Screw the families of 2976 war victims.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Politicians and apologists find it more important to show compassion and tolerance for the mosque leaders who refuse to denounce Hamas as a terror organization, who blame the 9/11 attack on the U.S. government, than they do the victims of 9/11.</strong></p>
<p><strong>That’s right. The imam for the Cordoba House, and other mosque leaders, will not acknowledge Hamas as a terrorist group. They also lay fault for the attack on our own country. But who cares, screw the Americans. Show tolerance. Give the Muslims what they demand.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.911familiesforamerica.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: 9/11 Families for a Safe &amp; Strong America</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=mosque5.24.10.htm"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: 911 Families Oppose Ground Zero Mosque-</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>3) Symbolism of Islamic Victory</strong></p>
<p><strong>It is no accident that the mosque is to be named: The Cordoba House. If folks would do some research, they would learn that &#8220;Cordoba&#8221; is a very meaningful term in the history of Islamic expansionism. After the invasion of the Iberian Peninsular by Islamic marauders in 611 A.D., Cordoba was established as a center for Islam in Spain, where they built their symbol of conquest called: The Cordoba House. (my my &#8211; what a coincidence)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Former Muslim and anti-terror activist, Walid Shoebat, states that the name chosen for the ground zero mosque is not an accident; it is intentionally provocative for a reason. It is a statement to Muslims that will further embolden our enemies. He should know. He was once one of them.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.888webtoday.com/articles/viewnews.cgi?id=EkZAyluVVlhDOTTHrW"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: WHAT&#8217;S IN A NAME? Ground Zero Mosque</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Has anyone noticed that many of America’s moderate and compassionate Muslim leaders agree that the mosque <em>should not </em>be built at ground zero?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Please read the essay by Muslim writer, Tawfik Hamid, who concludes that the mosque is destined to be a sign of victory by the Jihadists over the U.S. He further proposes that before such a mosque is approved, Islamic leaders involved should be required to answer &#8220;yes&#8221; to three important questions:</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Will you denounce the practice of punishment for apostates, stonings for adultery, beating wives and death to homosexuals? That they must be banned around the world?</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Are you willing to declare that Islamic texts claiming Jews are apes and pigs must are wrong and must be changed, along with all anti-semitic literature within Islam?</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Do you denounce Islamic texts that require Muslims to declare war against non-Muslims, to conquer, spread Islam and require a special tax (dhimmitude) on non-Muslims?</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.newsmax.com/TawfikHamid/Hamid--Ground--Zero--Mosque--Cordoba--Manhattan/2010/08/04/id/366623?s=al&amp;promo_code=A6DB-1"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Challenge to Ground Zero Mosque Leaders: Answer 3 Questions</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Don’t hold your breath.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Watch this interview with Dr. Zhudi Jasser, another prominent American Muslim leader, who states that the NYC mosque<em> must not be built because it is offensive</em>.</strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfKmdngo5qA"><strong> </strong></a></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Dr. Zhudi Jasser </strong></span></span></p>
<p><strong> I wasn’t the biggest fan of Rudy Giuliani, but I’ll never forget when the Saudi Prince offered $10 million dollars to the 9/11 fund and the NYC mayor turned it down, citing the consistent anti-American stance the Saudis had blathered in the past. That’s gonads. Seriously lacking in that anatomical department, Michael Bloomberg, is travesty to New York, and to the people of the United States. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Of course, there is the question of money. Islamic leaders refuse to disclose where the $100 million is coming from. Four years ago, upon researching thousands of studies and more than twenty books on the subject of Islam, I learned that Saudi Arabia was financing roughly 80 percent of the costs of mosques throughout the Unites States, including consturction and operations. In doing so, the Saudis have been teaching and imposing the extreme Wahhabi form of Islam into the United States.</strong></p>
<p><strong>American leaders like Bloomberg are too smart not to be aware of this, but they don’t care about you and me, or New Yorkers, or Americans or the families of war victims. They care about kissing ass. They care about the easy way out of appeasement.  Michael Bloomberg, the Neville Chamberlain of New York. </strong></p>
<p><strong>Meanwhile, the imams, clerics and radical Islamic leaders around the world are rejoicing behind closed doors, just like they did the morning of September 11<sup>th</sup>, 2001. And Osama still sits in his cave with a smile, praising Allah.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Keep those heads buried in the sand, folks.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Inch by inch.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/mosque-at-ground-zero-takbir/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Atlas Shrugs: Mosque at Ground Zero: Takbir!</strong></span></span></a></p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
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Eleven years ago, yours truly was suffering badly from migraines, so the neurologists finally ordered an MRI of my head. (Folks had always said I needed my head examined)
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<p><strong>Eleven</strong> <strong>years ago, yours truly was suffering badly from migraines, so the neurologists finally ordered an MRI of my head. (Folks had always said I needed my head examined)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Voila, they discovered I had a one-inch thick AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation) in the back of my brain, which had probably been growing there since birth. In a nutshell, an AVM is a grouping of tangled veins and arteries which, if bleeding occurred (like an aneurism) could cause death and/or permanent disability.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Doctors insisted I go for further tests and treatment. They said, the likelihood of bursting increases at a rate of three percent per year, and at this point I had just entered my 60s.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Very worrisome, indeed. Three options were: surgery, radiation or gamble doing nothing. I’ve always been a loser at gambling. I won’t even stop at a one-armed bandit in Vegas.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Suzanne and I traveled to Emory University in Atlanta, where the world’s top experts in AVM treatment and surgery were available. My surgeon said it was very serious, but to further pinpoint matters, he ordered a series of tests which involved scans, dyes, arteriograms, and much more.</strong></p>
<p><strong>While being prepped, with hospital gown and tubes hanging from my body, the doctor had me sign a stack of papers on a clipboard, all warning of a small chance that I could die or be reduced to a blithering idiot from the procedure, and there would be no one to sue.</strong></p>
<p><strong>As I started with the blue-ink ball-point pen, I hesitated with second thoughts. I summoned my wife, to talk. I told her, &#8220;I came here feeling really good. I&#8217;m going to leave here feeling really good.&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>I said to the doc, &#8220;Give me my clothes, I’m walking out.&#8221; Startled, he said no one had ever done that before. &#8220;Well, there’s a first time for everything.&#8221; This time, I would gamble and take my chances. If I underwent the operation they could claim surgery a success, though I’d be reduced to a blithering mumbler, unable to talk or function normally.</strong></p>
<p><strong>It was certainly a risk. If I died, I figured would be a quick and painless event.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Five years later, in 2004, a follow-up MRI showed — amazingly — that the AVM had diminished in size.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Six years later, July 2010, I underwent another follow-up MRI.</strong></p>
<p><strong>It’s gone.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The report indicates a very small residue present only visible through enhancement (dye). Now it’s difficult to even see where it was.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I don’t recommend this attitude for everyone, or anyone. Going against medical advice is risky. This is one time I decided to take my chances because I feared being disabled — and a burden to others — more than I feared death.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I don’t know why or how this AVM dissipated.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Neither do I care.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I’ve made a lot of bad decisions in my life, but this was definitely not one of them.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Thought I’d share the story with others. Glean your own messages.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://brainavm.oci.utoronto.ca/malformations/brain_avm_index.htm"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Brain Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM)</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteriovenous_malformation"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Arteriovenous malformation &#8211; Wikipedia</strong></span></span></a></p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
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I’m putting this out on blog so it will get maximum coverage.
A NY voting district in Port Chester, NY, has been approved for a measure to allow Latino voters 6 votes per candidate, in an effort to bring on more Latinos in elected office. (Huh?)
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<p><strong>I’m putting this out on blog so it will get maximum coverage.</p>
<p>A NY voting district in Port Chester, NY, has been approved for a measure to allow Latino voters 6 votes per candidate, in an effort to bring on more Latinos in elected office. (Huh?)</p>
<p>That’s right, folks.</p>
<p>Amazingly, in November, 2009, a federal Judge approved the measure! Yes, that means a white voter gets one vote for any candidate he or she wants, and a Latino voter gets 6 votes for whomever he or she wants.</p>
<p>See the 3 minute news video for yourself:</p>
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<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHbdc8Q_3Ek"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Click here: YouTube -Port Chester NY gives Latinos 6 votes per person!</span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>I’ll bet, there are some liberal minded people who read this who will say&#8230;So What? Big deal? Please write in if you do, I&#8217;d like to hear the rationale.</p>
<p>See the trend, folks? Minority profiling is legal, minority racism is legal.</p>
<p>The seeds plant. The constitution is on the way out, anarchy is on the way in.</p>
<p>By the way, the federal judge who approved this travesty, is also a minority (surprise!). And, he was an appointee of President G.W. Bush.</p>
<p>Hopefully, they will take it to the appellate level or higher and overturn this decision for ad infinitum. If not, the disease for skewing democracy will spread like wildfire.</p>
<p>Imagine next&#8230;California? New Mexico?</p>
<p>And then special voting laws for Islamists in Dearborn and Minneapolis?</p>
<p>Stay tuned. It’s just beginning.</p>
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		<title>TWELVE RANDOM PREDICTIONS: JULY 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
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1) I believe Barack Obama will not serve out his four-year term, and will likely be out of office by this time next year. (For one reason or another).
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<p>1)<strong> I believe Barack Obama will not serve out his four-year term, and will likely be out of office by this time next year. (For one reason or another).</strong></p>
<p><strong>2) After January of 2011, hard evidence of Obama’s presidential illegitimacy will surface necessitating a congressional investigation that results in his impeachment and/or resignation from office&#8230;that being the likely basis for removal from office. </strong></p>
<p><strong>3) Joe Biden will assume the Oval Office and — based on powerful signals from the American electorate — will shift much of the Democratic focus from left, to center in the political spectrum, based on powerful signals from the American electorate.</strong></p>
<p><strong>4) A significant shift in congressional power will take place after November’s mid-term election resulting in Republican majority in the House and Senate. (Which is partly why # 2 will happen)</strong></p>
<p><strong>5) Hillary Clinton will resign as Secretary Of State after the mid-term elections. She will run for president in 2012, and win the Democratic nomination. This will occur regardless if Obama or Biden is in office.</strong></p>
<p><strong>6) We will see another major terrorist attack in the U.S. within the next twelve months.</strong></p>
<p><strong>7) The Afghan war will come to an abrupt halt before the end of 2011. Afghanistan will resume as a hub for terrorist training and the Taliban will assume control of the country again. Thus, all for naught.</strong></p>
<p><strong> <img src='http://www.marshallfrank.com/articles/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> The economy will worsen following the Afghan pull-out because unemployment will rise to higher levels with a reduction in the war machine. With the Republicans controlling the congress, they will bear the brunt of blame from media.</strong></p>
<p><strong>9) Before the end of 2010, Israel will embark on a military strike in Syria and Iran in order to neutralize their Nuke weapons and delivery system. The UN ( and our current administration) will condemn Israel while Muslims erupt into demonstrations and violence throughout the mid-east, Europe and the U.S.</strong></p>
<p><strong>10) The Justice Department, under Eric Holder, will initiate legal efforts to curtail free speech in the conservative radio and television networks, mainly by reviving a version of the Fairness Doctrine. A new Republican congress will nullify that.</strong></p>
<p><strong>11) Appellate courts will uphold the lower court ruling which diminished the Arizona Anti-Illegal immigration law. However, the U.S. Supreme Court will overturn those rulings and uphold the state’s right to defend itself. Later, another twenty or more states will pass similar laws.</strong></p>
<p><strong>12) France and England will increasingly become the focus of Islamic unrest in Europe as Sharia Law flexes its mighty muscle.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In regards to prediction # 1, Obama’s fall could result one of three ways. With so many Americans passionately opposed to him, it would not be surprising to see an attempt on his life by some nutball like Oswald or Booth. That would not be a good thing, because such an event would martyr Obama and bolster his legacy in the biased media. In addition, black communities throughout America would explode into uprising. Next; deep reverence, tributes and monuments and anyone who suggested negative thoughts about the Obama presidency would be cast as a racist bigot, facts notwithstanding.</strong></p>
<p><strong>These all are simple predictions based as one American who stands witness to the trends taking place today in the world. I certainly hope I am wrong about some of them.</strong></p>
<p><strong>What say you?</strong></p>
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		<title>FACTS PEOPLE DON&#8217;T KNOW ABOUT ISLAM</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:41:21 +0000</pubDate>
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July 3, 2010. On the Joe Citizen Radio Show in South Florida, a leader within the Muslim American Society (MAS) told a bald-faced lie to the listeners following an important question posed by the host. The guest, Ibrahim Ramey, highly educated and a lifelong devout &#8220;moderate&#8221; Muslim, stated he had never heard of the term: [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>July 3, 2010. On the Joe Citizen Radio Show in South Florida, a leader within the Muslim American Society (MAS) told a bald-faced lie to the listeners following an important question posed by the host. The guest, Ibrahim Ramey, highly educated and a lifelong devout &#8220;moderate&#8221; Muslim, stated he had never heard of the term: Taqiyya. When asked, he hemmed and hawed and pretended to misunderstand. Fact: Every educated Muslim knows the meaning of Taqiyya, particularly leaders. No exceptions. Thus, Mr. Ramey, who was portraying Islam as a misunderstood, peaceful and honorable religion, had just practiced Taqiyya himself, i.e., an act of deliberate deceit, forgiven by Allah if it furthers the advancement of Islam.</strong></p>
<p><strong>More later.</strong></p>
<p><strong>First: The following link is one of the best-ever video productions I’ve seen about the subject. It presents three important facts most people do not know about Islam. In eight short minutes, it digs into the core for those who are uninformed or otherwise living with rose-colored glasses, refusing to see the truth. Before going any further, please watch:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ib9rofXQl6w"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Three Things About Islam</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>My only criticism of this video is that it should have pointed out four, not three, facts about Islam that most non-Muslims do not know. The fourth being: Islam is not just a religion, but a strict form of government, with its own set of laws that must be followed, under threat of severe punishment. <em>That</em> is what sets Islam apart from Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism and others.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In the past, some folks have challenged my so-called &#8220;intolerance&#8221; toward the Islam, claiming Islam is no different than other religions, and we should give Islam equal religious protection under the constitution. But when a fascist form of government is veiled in religious ideology, that changes the playing field. We, — non-Muslims — should all pay heed to the groundwork that’s being laid for the future of America. Meanwhile, many people — and the media — turn a blind eye and call me names for even suggesting it.</strong></p>
<p><strong>To the naysayers, I ask: What if I’m right? What if the evidence is right? What if the thousands of scholars, ex-Muslims and experts on Islam who say the same — are right? What if the active and vocal Jihad Muslims who boldly declare the coming of Islam, are right? By 2050, it will be too late, much as it is now in modern day France and England.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Since I researched my book &#8220;Militant Islam In America,&#8221; in 2006, in which I stumbled across shocking discoveries, I’ve endeavored to share my newfound knowledge with as many Americans as possible in an attempt to forewarn and help people to understand the nascent threat that America — and our grandchildren — will face as time passes. It is not just a political blog, it’s an obligation, as a caring American. I receive nothing for this. By learning what looms on the horizon, people can take control of our country and vote at the polls wisely, thus using their &#8220;power&#8221; to prevent a virtual disaster down the road.</strong></p>
<p><strong>That has not happened — yet. Quite the opposite.</strong></p>
<p><strong>What people do not know and refuse to believe, is that the future of Islam governing the United States is imminent. As an issue, it is more important — <em>far </em>more consequential — in total, than the wars, the economy, racism, immigration, party affiliation or any other short-sighted issue. It is what we are leaving to our children’s children.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I’ve pointed out, through many articles how the Muslim Brotherhood, who controls most of the infiltration and Islamic-based turmoil in the entire world, has set about on a path to destroy western society, (using their own written words) — &#8220;from within&#8221; — and they have thus far been quite successful. The movement is on track. It would require an article of a hundred pages, not four, to point out all the examples.</strong></p>
<p><strong>This following message is for my friends who choose to discount this reality, who may have the best of intentions and motives in their hearts but are failing their grandkids.</strong></p>
<p><strong>This is not about Republican versus Democrat&#8230;.get that out of your head. This is not about right wing and left wing, or belonging to one political ideology or another. When Islam rules, the American political party system will no longer exist. History books will be re-written so that children in the 22<sup>nd</sup> century won’t even know who George Washington ever was. The Statue of Liberty will be long gone and the U.S. Capitol will become the largest mosque in the world.</strong></p>
<p><strong>We all want to believe that there are good Muslims in the world and that the majority are peaceful. That may, in part, be true. But &#8230; it doesn’t matter! Their voice is insignificant, destined to be drowned by the Jihadists (non-violent as well as violent) who will dominate, just like they dominate in strict Islamic countries today. And then, the existing &#8220;good&#8221; Muslims will enjoy approval while non-Muslims will be enslaved, vanquished or vanished.</strong></p>
<p><strong>From the day Muhammed died, Islam set out to dominate all human life on earth, and that objective has never abated in 1400 years. It’s not starting now.</strong></p>
<p><strong>To better understand Islam, I beg you to study the history of how Islam spread throughout the world (it wasn’t through peaceful means); Study the life of Muhammed, who rose to Islamic power as much through violence as through evangelism; Read the Koran and understand how and why the passages are contradictory, and the chronology of when and how old passages are nullified by newer passages, all of which declare Islam supreme and incites violence and disgrace upon non-Muslims. Read it. It’s there for the asking.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The video amply points out the huge differences between religious books, like the Bible and the Koran, and that the Koran is basically the product of <em>one human being, </em>who told his followers he had a connection to God, and they believed him, and they believed everything he decreed to be true, even if it meant punishing those who disagreed.<em> </em>Most folks who argue with me, simply have not done their homework. They shoot from the hip, and accuse me of being a right wing bigot. They have not studied the strategy of conquering &#8220;from within&#8221; nor do they know about &#8220;Taqiyya,&#8221; the Islamic caveat that permits and encourages deception and lies in order to spread Islam.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>So, when I see a huge mosque being planned within a stones throw to the 9/11 tragedy, while a New York City mayor blathers its politically correct approval — despite the wishes of the great majority of New Yorkers — it is one sampling which tells me they have won. Behind closed doors, the Islamic powers are rejoicing in victory, one more step toward their ultimate goal.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Then, of course, there is the president — the best friend of Islam this government ever had, and that Islam could have ever hoped for in this time of our history.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I’ll save that for another blog.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.resistnet.com/group/watchdogtoguardagainstcreepingshariainamerica/forum/topic/show?id=2600775%3ATopic%3A2359249&amp;xgs=1&amp;xg_source=msg_share_topic"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Muslim Enclaves U.S.A. </strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://islam-watch.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=488:islam-must-be-stopped-in-america&amp;catid=48:imani&amp;Itemid=58"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Islam Must Be Stopped in America</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Islam: Making a True Difference in the World</strong></span></span></a></p>
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		<title>MOVIE REVIEWS JULY 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
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WINTER’S BONE = 9
A sleeper for the Oscars.
While this picture will be a box office flop, it’s probably the best drama of 2010, destined to be remembered as a gut-wrenching drama with true-to-life characters and internal conflicts that only the super destitute can relate to.
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<p><strong><em>WINTER’S BONE </em>= 9</strong></p>
<p><strong>A sleeper for the Oscars.</strong></p>
<p><strong>While this picture will be a box office flop, it’s probably the best drama of 2010, destined to be remembered as a gut-wrenching drama with true-to-life characters and internal conflicts that only the super destitute can relate to.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Briefly, this is about a 17 year-old girl burdened with the responsibility of caring for two small siblings, abandoned by one criminal parent and another disabled, struggling to survive in the backwoods setting of rural Missouri. She’s informed by authorities that their ramshackle house will be confiscated by authorities unless she locates her father&#8230;an impossible task. Superbly acted by Jennifer Lawrence, her character is met with one roadblock after.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Directed by Debra Granik, the actors in the film are so realistic, it makes them surreal. This is not for people who complain about &#8220;depressing&#8221; movies, nor does it display the usual herky-jerky hand-held cameras with dumb action, smashed cars, collapsing buildings, and bullets flying by the billions. It’s not a complicated story, but one you won’t easily forget.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Watch for Oscar nominations for best actress, best supporting actress (Dale Dickey) and best director.</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>CYRUS = </em>8</strong></p>
<p><strong>Again, superb acting by John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei, in a simple story about two lonely adults who form a special relationship, only to be crumbled by the woman’s 22 year-old son who goes through great lengths to derail the relationship.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Another drama, minus the usual car wrecks, bullets and senseless graphics.</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>SOLITARY MAN</em> = 7 ½ </strong></p>
<p><strong>Once a wealthy, respected car magnate, Michael Douglas’ character hits the skids as he embarks on bizarre behavioral changes, losing a wife, chasing women and creating a chasm between his daughter and himself. Another engaging drama, with Susan Sarandon, Danny Devito and Mary-Louise Parker. Good acting, worth seeing..if you like drama.</strong></p>
<p><strong><em>INCEPTION = </em>2</strong></p>
<p><strong>This is the big box office hit of 2010. I must be living under a rock, because I considered this one of the worst movies in the last year, one in which I wish I had walked out.</strong></p>
<p><strong>This is the product of a group of computer geeks and graphics engineers, talking behind the scenes about how they could come up with the most spectacular array of crumbling buildings and bridges, smashed cars, more bullets than stars in the universe, suspended bodies and special effects that would dazzle any video-game lover. Doesn’t matter that it’s short on acting (though DiCaprio does a good job), plot, and a horrible script. The scenes are laid out with ten minutes of graphics, then ten minutes of cyber jabber concerning dreams, in and out, projecting, then back to the special effects, then back to the cyber jabber&#8230;and so forth. Each scene, you’re trying to figure out who’s saying what and what in the hell they’re really talking about.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Yes, I must be stupid. This picture was made only for smart people.</strong></p>
<p><strong>If you are a movie lover who enjoys good story, good writing and great acting, see the other three, (above).</strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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Passed in 1868, the purpose of that law was to ensure that all free blacks, whether former slaves or not, were entitled to U.S. citizenship, as [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Passed in 1868, the purpose of that law was to ensure that all free blacks, whether former slaves or not, were entitled to U.S. citizenship, as were their children.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Good intentions gone awry.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Boy, has that been used and abused. Had the lawmakers known what would lie ahead in the 20<sup>th</sup> and 21<sup>st</sup> centuries, with babies by the millions being birthed by illegals on American soil in order to gain entry through the back door, the wording would have been much different.</strong></p>
<p><strong>What do we do about it? Little.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In a period of ten years, four million illegal alien mothers who happen to give birth within our borders will be providing automatic American citizenship to their child, skirting immigration laws via an unintended loophole. In the majority of those cases, the taxpayer will be assuming the responsibilities of feeding, clothing, educating and providing for health care. I hesitate to mention the cost of criminal activity, victimization, court costs and prisons costs, because we all know that a significant percentage of those will unfortunately go that route.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The system for making children into American citizens is widely known throughout the world. Just get here pregnant, then have the baby. Voila. They not only do it from Mexico, but all other nations, including from mid-east countries where Islam — peaceful and non-peaceful — is being imported in huge numbers. They are among the millions who are destined to significantly alter the demographic landscape of America in future decades.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Yes. I know all Muslims are not bad people. But, unfortunately, too many are associated with the Jihad movement, which makes this a national security threat to the U.S.</strong></p>
<p><strong>It is so well known and accepted, that one Turkish-owned hotel in New York City, the Marmara Manhattan, has been marketed with &#8220;birth tourism packages&#8221; to expectant mothers abroad. Talk about brazen. Legal or illegal immigrants are welcomed in order to super-populate this country with outside cultures (and religions) via the 14<sup>th</sup> amendment loophole which makes children automatic citizens. And in doing so, special immigration status is bestowed upon the parents who would otherwise be illegal because&#8230;after all&#8230;a baby must be with its mother and/or father.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://thelastcrusade.org/2010/07/07/nyc-hotel-offers-birth-tourism-packages/comment-page-1/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: NYC HOTEL OFFERS BIRTH TOURISM PACKAGES </strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>The nation’s school systems alone, which are over burdened and funds poor, face the economic burden of providing education to millions of children born &#8220;legally&#8221; of &#8220;Illegal&#8221; parents in America. Those cost burdens, which includes adapting to languages other than English, deplete from quality educational opportunities for the children of legal American families who work here and pay taxes.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In 2004, a study was conducted in three states regarding their annual costs of educating anchor baby children. Estimates ranged $87 million in Pennsylvania, to over one billion dollars in Texas. Then, there&#8217;s California.</strong></p>
<p><strong>At present, there are approximately 4.7 million children of illegal immigrants in our public schools systems.</strong></p>
<p><strong>It’s almost impossible to estimate the health, feeding and housing costs associated with a half million anchor babies born each year, or the future costs of criminal activity which — considering the absence of family stability — a significant percentage of them will engage in.</strong></p>
<p><strong>This is just another facet of the runaway immigration dilemma that is costing the taxpayer billions. Yet, the only answer our politicians can come up with, is Comprehensive Immigration Reform, which is nothing more than a euphemism for <em>&#8220;Amnesty</em>.&#8221; Such reform would not save one dime of the cost problems.</strong></p>
<p><strong>What can be done about anchor babies and hotels like the Marmara Manhattan? Rep. Dan Burton of Indiana has proposed HR5002, which is a bill proposed to put the kabash, requiring one parent of a child born here to be an American citizen or legal alien. The bill is still in committee. (Don’t hold your breath) Here is a summary:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-5002&amp;tab=summary"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: H.R. 5002 &#8211; Summary: No Sanctuary for Illegals Act </strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>There are two ways to invade a country. From outside and from within. Japan did it from outside. So did Radical Islam&#8230;for which we are still at war. The more difficult war, is fighting the invasion from within, because it’s subtle and ill-defined, yet just as powerful and effective. The insiders need only to be more patient.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Besides Europe and Canada, I don’t see many other countries who are at risk of losing their culture before the end of this century. But we sure are.</strong></p>
<p><strong>We cannot accomodate all the poor and oppressed in the entire world. If we do, there will be no America the Beautiful in future generations. And, the children of  our grandkids will never know how great this nation once was. </strong></p>
<p><strong>But&#8230;who cares? Right?</strong></p>
<p><strong>For a stark view of the immigration issue by the numbers, check this out:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://immigrationcounters.com/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Immigration Counters.com &#8211; Live Counters</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>More cost factors by the Center For Immigration Studies:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://cis.org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Center for Immigration Studies</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>More links:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters4608"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: FAIR: Anchor Babies: The Children of Illegal Aliens</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.voiac.org/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: V.O.I.A.C. Victims of Illegal Alien Crime</strong></span></span></a></p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
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For those of you who are hoodwinked into thinking the new Arizona law is tantamount to fascist enforcement and racially driven, here&#8217;s a wake-up call.
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<p><strong>For those of you who are hoodwinked into thinking the new Arizona law is tantamount to fascist enforcement and racially driven, here&#8217;s a wake-up call.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Fact is ( and it is a fact), the Arizona law is actually modeled after the federal law, but even more strict in order to preclude the use of racial profiling or discrimination. Truth is, (if you don’t already know this), Arizona police cannot arbitrarily ask anyone for papers or identification, unless they have witnessed an infraction or been called to the scene of any possible law violation, at which time — as in ANY police matter — they will ask the parties for their identification.</strong></p>
<p><strong>And in the course of doing so, it becomes evident that one or more of those persons could be an ILLEGAL alien, they are authorized to investigate further, i.e. ask for documents. </strong><strong>And, IF they cannot produce documents authorizing their legitimacy, the police may call I.C.E. (Federal authorities)and turn them over.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I recently heard a local speaker invoke &#8220;skin color&#8221; as the likely reason for this law, thus infusing his audience with conjecture and false premise. A portion of that audience was no doubt gullible enough to fall for it. Fact is: a large portion of Arizona police officers are &#8230; (guess what) Hispanic! Will they also be accused of (shhh) racial profiling?</strong></p>
<p> <strong>The law is so popular, more than 70 percent of polled Arizonians favor the law, including thousands of Hispanics. Plus, at least 14 other states are considering enacting the same law. Is the president prepared to sue more than a dozen states? Is the president prepared to go against the wishes of nearly two-thirds of American citizens? </strong></p>
<p><strong>I once gave credit to Mr. Obama as being smart. I take it back. </strong></p>
<p><strong>And why hasn’t the Obama administration filed suit against the state of Oklahoma, which has passed a similar law?</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/11/02/oklahoma.immigration/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Oklahoma targets illegal immigrants with tough new law</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>And why hasn’t the Obama administration filed suit against the state of Virginia, which has passed a similar law?  </strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Click here: Prince William County In Virginia Has Immigration Law </span></span></strong></p>
<p> <strong>If this keeps up, Atty Gen. Eric Holder is going to be so busy filing suits against his own country, he won’t have time to prosecute terrorists. No wonder he let the Black Panther poll racists off the hook.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Is Mr. Obama entering into a civil war of litigation? I wonder.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Mr. Obama makes mockery of the new law by ridiculing the requirement for officers to ask for identification.  I suppose Mr. Obama did not have much contact with law enforcement officers in his life, so let&#8217;s give him an update.</strong></p>
<p><strong>It is perfectly routine in the United States ( and on demand in other countries) for a police officer to ask for identification, as in:</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Being stopped for traffic violations</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Being a principal or important witness in a criminal investigation</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Donating blood</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Job applications</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Military applications</strong></p>
<p><strong>* College applications</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Insurance applications</strong></p>
<p><strong>* For boarding commercial aircraft</strong></p>
<p><strong>* For being profiled as a youngster at a liquor store or bar</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Credit card purchases</strong></p>
<p><strong>*  A myriad of other occasions</strong></p>
<p><strong>I show my identification for one reason or another, at least a half dozen times a week. And I’m not illegal! </strong><strong>But&#8230;it’s more important for Mr. Obama to protect those illegals, <em>not</em> because they are poor huddled masses yearning to be free, but because they smell like 12 million juicy votes in future elections. Let&#8217;s get real.</strong></p>
<p><strong>I still wonder whose side this administration is on.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The day police officers are forbidden to ask people for I.D., is the day we&#8217;ve handed over the nation to the anarchists.</strong></p>
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It’s the in-vogue term for invectives who wish to instill hatred. Unfortunately, it’s been a big success.
Just call someone, or any organization — RACIST — and all ears listen. Attach labels, that’s an effective strategy. True or not, they stick like unwanted glue. The media jumps on such allegations as juicy headlines in the making. 
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<p><strong>It’s the in-vogue term for invectives who wish to instill hatred. Unfortunately, it’s been a big success.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Just call someone, or any organization — RACIST — and all ears listen. Attach labels, that’s an effective strategy. True or not, they stick like unwanted glue. The media jumps on such allegations as juicy headlines in the making. </strong></p>
<p><strong>We no longer have to interpret the meaning of RACIST. Society and media has done it for us. It unequivocally refers to white on black prejudice. And if someone like myself even suggests that blacks can be racist too, that make me: (Guess what?) A RACIST!</strong></p>
<p><strong>If an organization existed was named the &#8220;NAAWP&#8221; (National Organization for the Advancement of White People) the powerful black community, the media and the majority of America — left and right — would be swayed to believe they are all RACISTS. But any organization that is black-only, is an American entitlement, not RACIST.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The Congressional Black Caucus categorically excludes whites even though some white congressmen have applied for membership in the past. Does that mean white congresspersons should be extended the same right to form a White Caucus? Of course not, that would make them: RACISTS.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Recently, an angry Rev. Jesse Jackson invoked race into a totally non-racial issue, when star player LeBron James opted to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers for greener (more money) pastures with the Miami Heat. Jackson accused Cavaliers owner, Dan Gilbert, of treating James like a &#8220;runaway slave,&#8221; inferring that RACISM had anything to do with LeBron’s motives.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/419061-jesse-jackson-introduces-racism-into-the-lebron-affair"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: LeBron James to Miami Heat: Jesse Jackson </strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>The president and his attorney general have made it know that their greatest objection to the Arizona anti-Illegal immigration law is race-based, suggesting that RACIAL profiling will result from the law being enforced. That wasn’t true, only a strategy that millions of ignorant people fell for. Fact is, there is not one shred of evidence to support that allegation, but it sure is powerful nonetheless. Just invoke the mere suggestion that RACIST thinking is behind an action — true or not — and the cannons begin firing.</strong></p>
<p><strong>In July of 2009, Professor Gates never stopped to think that the police officer — doing his duty — may have had good reason to check out the occupant of his house to make sure he belonged there. After all, the officer had been summoned by a caring neighbor when they spotted a possible burglary. Instead, when asked for I.D., Gates’ knee-jerk response was, &#8220;Why, because I’m a black man in America?&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Huh?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Ah&#8230;invoke RACISM, and suddenly, the offense &#8230; is on the defense.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Naturally, the president wasn’t RACIST when he first was asked about the incident, and he knee-jerked an answer which indicted the police without knowing any information, &#8220;The Cambridge police acted stupidly.&#8221; Brilliant, indeed.</strong></p>
<p><strong>But wait. We could give the prez a pass on this, because he was set-up by a RACISM thirsty media rep, when reporter Lynn Sweet unnecessarily asked him, &#8220;What does this say about race relations in America?&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>Huh?</strong></p>
<p><strong>The question was as relevant to the incident as Jello is to motor oil.  Cops check out suspicious people all the time, and the racial equation varies all the time. Yet, the media found it necessary to invoke the RACIST issue into a non-racist issue. See for yourself:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LucTPdK8VTc"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Obama: Cambridge Cops &#8220;Acted Stupidly&#8221; </strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Recently, charges against the New Black Panther members who stood at a polling place in November of 2008, dressed in berets and fatigues and brandishing a billy club, were dropped by Mr. Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder. The behavior which violated voting rights laws, were caught on video, clearly an act of voter intimidation. THE CHARGES WERE DROPPED.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Had a group of KKK been standing around a predominant black polling place, wearing sheets and brandishing a stick, you can bet that this administration would have not only charged them with voter intimidation, they’d have been serving their sentences by now.</strong></p>
<p><strong>So, who’s the RACIST?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Watch this one-minute video including the last half:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://politisite.com/2010/07/07/video-new-black-panther-party-leader-i-hate-white-people-you-want-freedom-youre-going-to-have-to-kill-some-crackers/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Video: New Black Panther Party Leader</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>As a result, an outraged federal prosecutor in the case resigned from the justice department, claiming that the feds are now under orders to NOT prosecute anyone for voter intimidation by the Black Panthers. J. Christian Adams, a top prosecuting attorney with tenure in the DOJ, has since spoken out. Here’s his interview on FOX:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y8V0-f14v4"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; PART 3 DOJ Lawyer J. Christian Adams </strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Now the NAACP is planting the seed of RACISM saying it is permeating the Tea Party. Most of us agree that the Tea Party is nationalistic based organization of Americans who stump for less government, lower taxes and individual freedoms. Nowhere, is there any evidence that the Tea Party is riddled with RACISTS or that it proposes a RACIST agenda. But the Tea Party has grown into a formidable anti-Obama political force, so the best defense is what? An offense! Use that dreaded term: RACIST, and then put the Tea Party in a position of defending itself.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-55066-Omaha-Republican-Examiner/u126%20~y2010m7d14-NAACP-considers-charge-of-racism-against-the-Tea-Party"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: NAACP considers charge of racism against the Tea Party</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Racism is a two-edged sword. It’s just as vile to be a black racist as it is to be a white racist. But that’s not the case in 2010 America where black racism is protected and revered, while white racism is considered lower than murder and rape.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Want to get a glimpse of bona fide racism? Watch these two videos:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9DcvRAHLVs"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: YouTube &#8211; Geraldo Vs Head Black Panther </strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=38039"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Black Power! &#8216;Eat the Tea Party,&#8217; the Video!</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>For those who fall for the propaganda that the Tea Party is racist, I invite you to check out a sampling of its black supporters:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Angela McGlowan, Mississippi</strong></p>
<p><strong>Deneen Borelli, of the Project 21</strong></p>
<p><strong>Lt. Col Allen West, WPB, Fla. Check this video and tell me if the tea Party is RACIST:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://dailyradar.com/beltwayblips/video/congressional-candidate-ltc-allen-west-speaking-before/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Video &#8211; Congressional Candidate LTC Allen West </strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>Enough already.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Americans wake-up. Time to realize when you’re being manipulated.</strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>I love this country. I’m as patriotic as any. Anyone who has read my articles, knows that.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Regardless, our elected representatives often disappoint, not just because of differences in politics, but because they manipulate the truth, or lie outright. Those lies have not been unique to one party or the other. So, naturally, we become more cynical and distrusting as the years pass by as we are showered with more lies and misleadings.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Unfortunately, power politics trumps truth.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Many of those lies have resulted in some of the greatest tragedies in the history of mankind. Vietnam comes to mind. Over 58,000 Americans killed, multi-thousands more left with permanent injuries, mental and physical, millions of Vietnamese dead, limbless and/or homeless, not to mentioned the expenditure of a half trillion dollars, in 1975 numbers.</strong></p>
<p><strong>For what?</strong></p>
<p><strong>History teaches us that the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, upon which Lyndon B. Johnson launched the war, was based on faulty and untruthful information. The fear of spreading communism in the Southeast, as it turns out, was unwarranted. Vietnam is now a completely communist country with whom the United States is actively engaged in trade.</strong></p>
<p><strong>So, what was gained?</strong></p>
<p><strong>We surely decorated a lot of military heroes. But beyond that&#8230;?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Now, the war in Afghanistan is surpassing the tenure of Vietnam to become the longest war in U.S. history. That begs two important questions: Is the war necessary? What will define &#8220;victory?&#8221;</strong></p>
<p><strong>If folks think the Taliban will be sitting across a table signing surrender documents a la Imperial Japan, don’t hold your breath. That’s not going to happen.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Our government tells us that we must de-corrupt the Afghan government and then help to build their military and police systems so they can suppress al Qaeda and other radical forces from doing harm to the western world. Sadly, that’s just as doubtful — for two reasons:</strong></p>
<p><strong>1) The Afghan culture. An examination of the history, culture and the religious dogma that pervades in that rugged far off country suggests otherwise. Nothing has changed over the centuries, no matter the Soviets or the United States.</strong></p>
<p><strong>2) You can <em>not</em> win a war fighting it half way. You can’t win a war when it&#8217;s considered better to lose an American soldier than to lose an Afghan civilian. You can’t win a war when American troops must announce in advance when they coming into a village to seek insurgents. You can’t win a war when you don’t give the generals the amount of resources they say is needed. You can’t win a war when soldier behavior is constantly under the microscope. You can’t win a war when we tip our hand to the enemy, letting them know in advance when we are leaving.</strong></p>
<p><strong>After 9/11, no one questioned the legitimacy of the mission, because al Qaeda — the identified enemy — was based and trained there in 2001. As far as we know, those training camps are gone.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Afghanistan is growing ninety percent of the world’s poppy fields, the proceeds from which go toward the global scourge of terrorism. There are ways to crush the black market for heroin without firing a shot, but such ideas fall on deaf ears.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Meanwhile, al Qaeda and other terror networks are actively training and recruiting in other parts of the world, including Yemen, and the U.S., as evidenced at Ft. Hood. Thus, if we crush al Qaeda in Afghanistan, they pop up elsewhere in the world.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Despite multi-billions in expenditures and lost lives, the U.S. is suffering more casualties this year than in the previous eight years. June was the deadliest month for Americans month since 2001. That’s winning?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Meanwhile, our NATO allies are in process of diminishing their commitment there. That doesn’t sound like a winning part of the plan.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Questions remain: Are the gains worth the sacrifices?</strong></p>
<p><strong>One also wonders why a so-called anti-war president has chosen to escalate, not diminish our commitment there. Ergo, perhaps GOP Chairman Michael Steele wasn’t wrong after all, claiming that this war is now Obama’s war.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Are we there to perpetuate the Bush doctrine by snuffing out al Qaeda and establish a friendly government, ergo, nation building? Hmm. I think we heard some negative rhetoric about that during the 2008 campaign.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Is it to demonstrate strength to the American people by following the advice of military leaders? That’s arguable.</strong></p>
<p><strong>There’s another angle. Pardon my cynicism, but has anyone looked at the history of unemployment indexes during — and following — wars?</strong></p>
<p><strong>Eisenhower said: &#8220;Beware of the military industrial complex.&#8221; War creates jobs by maintaining troops in the combat theater and building war machinery. That’s good for the party in power. When wars end, jobs end. Unemployment rates soar. The year the Viet Nam war ended, (1975) unemployment rose from 5.6 percent to 8.5 Percent. During WWII, unemployment dropped from 14 percent to 1.9 percent, rising to 5.9 following the war, then dropping again when we entered Korea.</strong></p>
<p><strong>The Obama administration is certainly aware that the current unemployment figures loom as the Democrat Party’s Achilles heel in the upcoming election, and certainly in 2012 if trends continue. Pulling out from Iraq<em> and </em>from Afghanistan would put a halt to the war machine. The abysmal unemployment rate currently at 9.7 percent would rise to even newer heights, spelling a political downfalls for the administration. Rest assured, this has been discussed at length behind closed doors to the Oval Office.</strong></p>
<p><strong>No matter how altruistic we wish to see the picture, it’s all about power politics.</strong></p>
<p><strong>So what’s the answer?</strong></p>
<p><strong>It’s time to get out. Based on the current state of leadership, we shouldn’t lose one more American life in Afghanistan, because the outcome portends bleakness.</strong></p>
<p><strong>General McChrystal was insubordinate, to be sure, but he took a risk to send a message to Washington and the American people, that the professionals within the theater of operations have little or no respect and/or confidence in the civilian leadership.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Our troops are heros, because they’ve risen to the call for duty. Too many, however, are asking the questions: Is this war feasible? Is it really necessary?</strong></p>
<p><strong>After nine years of restrained fighting, and over a thousand Americans dead, I think we know the answer.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Talk show host and columnist Peter Beck wrote a brilliant piece about Mcchrystal’s motives, that he basically fell on his sword for his country:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://peterheck.com/columns/2010_articles/view/169/mcchrystal_was_talking_to_you"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Peter Heck &#8211; columns &#8211; McChrystal Was Talking to You</strong></span></span></a></p>
<p><strong>I don’t always agree with Former NYC Mayor, Ed Koch, but sometimes he’s right on target, particularly in regards to terror, Israel and international affairs.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ed-koch/we-cannot-win-in-afghanis_b_629048.html"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Click here: Ed Koch: We Cannot Win in Afghanistan </strong></span></span></a></p>
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