Religion of Peace
Here is what the those in the Religion of Peace say they want to do.
Actions speak louder than words.
Jihad Watch
Monthly Jihad Report
October 2009
| Jihad Attacks: | 156 |
| Countries: | 15 |
| Religions: | 5 |
| Dead Bodies: | 909 |
| Critically Injured: | 2024 |
The Terrorist Attack on Fort Hood
What caused the carnage at Fort Hood?
1. A Fifth Column works with our foreign enemies to destroy America from within.
We must face the fact that there are those who want to destroy the United States. Some of them are even U.S. citizens and are working from within to bring about our destruction.
Terrorist plots uncovered in the US since 9/11
At least 21 plots to launch attacks on American soil have been thwarted. Here’s a chronology.
2. A Sympathetic Left that may use different means but wants the same outcome.
The left want to weaken, if not totally destroy: Christianity, capitalism, and US military dominance. They also want to redistribute the wealth, control speech and political opposition. Nothing would make the Jihadist happier.
The Unholy Alliance Between the Left and Islam
The roster of Islamist-left alliances quietly grows every day,” Stalinsky writes. For example, “Massachusetts Institute of Technology linguistics professor Noam Chomsky praises Hamas and denounces America on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television. London Mayor Ken Livingstone invites a leading Islamist, Sheikh Yosef Al-Qaradawi, who is known for supporting suicide attacks, to visit his city. And Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad “calls for a world without America even as he plays host to a Tehran peace conference” well attended by American members of the religious Left.
3. The Fourth Estate works to hide the truth.
The left stream media would have us believe that the poor Fort Hood attacker was the ultimate victim of failed Bush policies. This nonsense is typical of media that has lost its objectivity and now openly promotes leftist causes – including fundamental change of America.
The coverage of Iraq by once-great publications such as The New York Times and The New Yorker has been nothing more than a propaganda effort to convince the American people that our efforts are destined to fail. Stories lie by omission and manipulation.
4. Political Correctness is the hand maiden of terrorism.
Which one is the victim?
Truth is the first weapon against the false ideology that produces terrorism. Political correctness disarms that weapon and has proven more effective than a repeal of the Second Amendment.
Obama Ignores the Madness of Fighting a Politically Correct Terrorism War
Most clear thinking Americans were shocked when 9-11 Commission member and former US Secretary of the Navy John Lehman revealed a disturbing fact: the Federal Aviation Administration will be hitting American airlines with stiff penalties for even the appearance of any racial profiling of Middle-Easterners. One airline paid out a huge sum of money to Arab males who filed law suits alleging racial profiling, as well. Yet none of this appeared in the commission’s final report.
This leaves many law-enforcement officers incredulously asking: what kind of terrorism war is this? It seems national security and public safety are taking a back-seat to political correctness which in turn thwarts our efforts to detect terrorists and their accomplices.
5. An Emasculated Intelligence Service that is worthless.
It stands to reason, that if you can be prosecuted by the next president for doing your job for the current president you’ll hesitate to do your job at all.
Ex-Intelligence Officials Cite Low Spirits at CIA
One former senior official said President Obama was warned in December that release of the Justice Department memos sanctioning harsh interrogation methods would create an uproar that could not be contained. “They [the White House] thought that it would be a two-day story; they were wrong,” this official said. A much-discussed question is whether the legal reassurances of one administration carry over to its successor. “When a previous administration says something was legal, and the next says it doesn’t matter, the result is hesitancy to take on cutting-edge missions,” the former senior official warned.
4. Wrong Priorities in the White House make us less safe.
Healthcare reform means very little if we are dead. And dead is where all will be if the Obama continues to focus on everything under the sun except his first responsibility – protecting the United States.
Words Count: Obama Downplays War
Obama has uttered more than a half-million words in public since taking office Jan. 20 – and a POLITICO analysis of nearly every word in this vast public record shows that domestic topics dominate, so much so that Obama sounds more like a peacetime president than a commander-in-chief with more than 100,000 troops in the field.
He has spoken the words “health” and “economy” each more often than the words “Iraq,” “Iran,” “Afghanistan” and “terrorism” combined, the analysis shows.
What $11.6 trillion could do.
According to Bloomberg.com the U.S. has committed $11.6 trillion to bailouts, stimulus packages, and other government programs that have mostly benefited the rich and politically connected. No one really knows for sure how much of that money has been wasted, lost, or stolen.
Imagine what positive things could be done if that money were put in a charitable foundation where two laws apply: 1. the principal can never be touched 2. The foundation must use 5% of its earnings annually on philanthropic activities. Any earnings above the 5% can be used for administrative cost and/or to build the principal.
Some needs could be completely eradicated in 10 years.
The largest charitable foundation that exists today is the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with $34.17 Billion in assets. In 2008 it gave $2.8 billion in grants to all sorts of worthy causes. Since its inception the foundation has given away a total of $21.08 Billion. This is truly remarkable.
But what would a foundation with $11.6 trillion in assets be able to do? Apparently more good than our leaders in Washington are able to imagine.
A foundation with $11.6 trillion in assets would produce $580 billion annually.
Imagine what could be done with that? Here are some possibilities.
1. Every year nine million college students could get a $64,000 scholarship. This equates to free college from everyone. Students spending less than $64,000 could use it for other things. Instead of graduating with debt, our college students could graduate with healthy savings accounts.
2. 580 colleges could get a $1 billion endowment. In just four years, every college in the country would have a billion dollar endowment.
3. 58,000 charities, from hospitals to food pantries, could receive a $10 million grant. Hundreds of thousands of charities would be helped over the years. Millions of people would benefit every year.
4. 5.8 million families could receive a $100,000 grant to buy their first home or pay off an existing mortgage. In ten years, nearly 60 million poor and middle class families could own their own home. No more project housing needed. Imagine the boost to the economy.
5. Could pay $5,000 insurance policy for 116 million families each and every year.
$11.6 trillion in a charitable foundation could provide universal health care, or universal education, or give decent housing to every American without any additional taxes. Instead, we get wasteful government projects that don’t stimulate the economy, temporary jobs that cost the taxpayers a lot of money per job, more corrupt politicians, and a national debt that threatens to bankrupt the country.
It’s an absolute shame.
Election 2009 Best Comment Award
A Democrat war hero?
Kosovo unveils Clinton’s statue
The statue portrays the former president with his left arm raised while holding documents bearing the date when NATO started its air campaign against Yugoslavia – 24 March 1999.
Why this is a farce:
Clinton’s 1999 NATO war in Kosovo was illegal under U.S. and international law. The U.S. Congress never voted for it and the U.N. never endorsed it. There was no claim that Yugoslavia had weapons of mass destruction or had ties to terrorist groups. Instead, Clinton had the U.S. intervene on behalf of the terrorists, operating in Kosovo under the banner of the KLA. They had links to Osama bin Laden. In fact, it is reported that the KLA’s head of elite forces, Muhammed al-Zawahiri, was the brother of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the military commander for bin Laden’s Al Qaeda. After the war, the KLA was transformed into the police force for Kosovo.
In fact, Clinton’s bombing of the former Yugoslavia killed more people than died in this “genocide.” And his policy benefited Osama bin Laden and the global Jihad.
Those of us who warned that the West was being sucked in on the side of an
extremist, militant, Kosovo-Albanian independence movement were dismissed
as appeasers. The fact that the lead organization spearheading the fight for
independence, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), was universally designated
a terrorist organization and known to be receiving support from Osama bin
Laden’s al-Qaeda was conveniently ignored.
Since the NATO/UN intervention in 1999, Kosovo has become the crime
capital of Europe. The sex slave trade is flourishing. The province has become an
invaluable transit point for drugs en route to Europe and North America.
Can you teach an old elephant new tricks?
Is it time for conservatives to leave the Republican Party?
The Conservative Party USA says yes. Here are five good reasons.
Reason 1: The Republican Party Has Lost Its Core Values
Reason 2: Republicans Lack Real Leadership or Vision
Reason 3: Conservative Party will Provide a Genuine and Unambiguous Conservative Platform
Reason 4: Conservative Party won’t Marginalize Conservatives
Reason 5: Conservative Party will exert a much needed rightward pull on the body politic.
The Republicans did finally wise up and endorsed the Conservative Party’s Hoffman in the NY-23 race.
Two realities the Republicans must come to grips with:
1. Conservatism is the default setting
This is true philosophically: progressive (liberal, radical) ideas, policies, and programs are reactions to and against the conservative norm. It is not possible to believe and work for change without an existing norm in need of “progress”.
This is true pragmatically: Recent Gallup poll shows there are more self-identified conservatives than liberals in all 50 states with a 1-34 pt advantage. Only Washington D.C. has more liberals.
2. Progressive are changing the settings
Progressives not only control all branches of government, they also command power of the informative institutions of society: Main Stream Media (print & broadcast with talk radio being the exception), Entertainment Industry, and all levels of Public Education.
Conclusion – Time to hit the restore button before liberal becomes the new conservative (progressives, by definition, must always agitate for change). Winning elections are temporary victories. Conservatives must either take back these institutions or form their own competing counterparts.
Check out Ten Principles for the basic tenets of conservatism.
Favorite Quotes
“You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it.” ~ Adrian Rogers ~
How bad can he be?
There’s a lot of chatter in the blogosphere suggesting Obama will be, or already is, the worst President in U.S. history. It is still early to grant Obama that distinction, but it is safe to say that, at least among conservatives, he is on the fast track for the honor dishonor.
Rarely has a president declined so fast in the polls, nor had such a stark contrast between his supporters and detracters. It is as if he has taken the worst characteristics of those who had gone before him.
Nixon
Obama shares the petty personality of Richard Nixon. He is thin skinned; hating dissent, and despite the lessons learned from the Nixon years, he too has created an enemies list. Nixon despised the press. Obama declares war on any media that doesn’t worship him. Like Nixon, Obama likes to plays dirty politics. He even shares a famous Nixonian phrase, “Let me be (perfectly) clear,” which was a verbal cue then (as it is now) that a lie was coming.
Carter
Obama has adopted the failed policies of Jimmy Carter. His foreign policy emboldens our enemies, and his domestic policies threatens to turn America into a third world country. Like Carter, Obama doesn’t know what to do with Iran, or the economy, and his administrative skills suck. Even liberals sometimes are in amazement at the stupidity coming from the White House.
FDR
Obama has the same big government ambitions of FDR, with all the same harmful side effects. FDR’s social ambitions only extended the Great Depression and started a cultural of dependency on the Federal Government that may never be retracted. Obama’s social ambitions will do even more of the same, and perhaps bring the nation to bankruptcy.
Ford
Obama has the credibility of Gerald Ford. Like Ford, Obama lost his credibility early in his term when he made several missteps. Ford pardoned Nixon, and never recovered. Obama declared he would close the prison housing Islamic terrorists while at the same time doing little to protect CIA officials from legal prosecution. Obama may never recover.
Clinton
Obama shares the culture of corruption of Bill Clinton. The number and scope of the scandals coming from the Obama administration actually surpasses that of the Clinton administration. Both attempted a major reform of health care. Clinton failed. Obama will likely fail, as well. Like Clinton, Obama is quick to revise history to fit his own liberal narrative and worldview.
Summary
It may be too early to determine if Barack Obama is the worst president ever, but it isn’t too early to see that he is channeling the worst of many presidents.
Let me be perfectly clear. I’m not a ….
Let me be clear.
Many have noticed the President’s over use of a certain phrase, “let me be clear.”
‘Let me be clear’ President Obama overuses the phrase
President Obama’s Favorite Words: ‘Let Me Be Clear’
Dissecting President Obama’s favorite phrase
His use of the phrase sometimes emphasizes serious issues:
“Let me be clear: Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile activity poses a real threat, not just to the United States, but to Iran’s neighbors and our allies.”
“Now let me be clear: We are indeed at war with al Qaeda and its affiliates.”
Sometimes the phrase is used for less than serious issues:
“Now, let me be clear, I don’t have anything against dog parks.”
But, as pointed out in an earlier post, the phrase may be code for a lie:
“Let me be clear: The United States government has no interest in running GM.”
“Let me be clear: If you like your doctor or health care provider, you can keep them.”
Taken in context of his behavior, sometimes the phrase is simply an absurdity:
“Let me be clear: I will let no one question my love of this country. I love America, so do you, and so does John McCain.”
“Let me be clear: Success should be judged by results, and data is a powerful tool to determine results.”
It could, however, signal a secret intent:
“Now let me be clear: America will not seek to impose any system of government on any other country, … America will never impose a security arrangement on another country.”
“Let me be clear: America wants a strong, peaceful, and prosperous Russia.”
What is really interesting is the fact that Obama rarely used this phrase prior to becoming president.
A fairly extensive survey of 100 of the Best Speeches of Barack Obama from 2002 through to his Inauguration in 2009 and the official website Organizing for America: Obama Speeches found very little use of the phrase before this year. The times he did use the phrase subsequent to 2009 proves instructive.
“Now let me be clear. We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated. John Kerry knows this.” (Keynote Address 2004 Democratic National Convention)
However, instead of focusing on the phrase, we perhaps should focus on what follows next. Just look for the conjunction.
“Now let me be clear: I suffer no illusions about Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal man. A ruthless man. A man who butchers his own people to secure his own power…. The world, and the Iraqi people, would be better off without him. But I also know that Saddam poses no imminent and direct threat to the United States,..” (2002 Speech against Iraq War)
“Now, let me be clear – for those who plot terror against the United States, I hope God has mercy on their soul, because I certainly do not. And for those who our government suspects of terror, I support whatever tools are necessary to try them and uncover their plot. But we also know that some have been detained who have no connection to terror whatsoever.” (Military Commission Legislation Statement 2006)
So why the sudden and over use of “let me be clear”? Here’s our list of possible explanations.
1. He has someone writing his speeches now that favors the phrase.
2. The teleprompter mysteriously adds these declarative statements without his knowledge.
3. The statements are an attempt to add a sense of certainty where none really exists.
Let them be clear
Considering his relativistic worldview and lack of any real world experience we pick number three. Either way it is eerily similar to the phrase used by the very thinned skinned and politically corrupt Richard Nixon “let me be perfectly clear.”
Assignment: help us create a list of all the Obama “let me be clear” statements. Let’s see if we can detect a pattern. Send them to ConDigest@yahoo.com or add them to the comment section of this post.
Question of the Week
If hunger is evidence that food exists and thirst is proof that water exists, what does despair prove?
The Obama Effect
The Obama Effect is similar to the theory that when a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil it can cause a tornado in Texas. It was first coined at the Jewish website Haazert.com in an intriguing article Is the ‘Obama effect’ turning the world against Israel?
This is a helpful concept and worthy of further investigation. Take for example, the Obama Effect on Turkey.
Obama in Turkey
The Statements:
On April 7, 2009 President Obama, in keeping with his promise to change the “tone” of international relationship toward Islamic nations, made his first visit to the Muslim majority country of Turkey: Obama praises Turkey and seeks to end rift with Muslim world.
The President made three declarative statements:
“Let me be clear: the United States strongly supports the goal of two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security,”
“Let me be clear: the United States strongly supports Turkey’s bid to become a member of the European Union,”
“Let me say this as clearly as I can. The United States is not and never will be at war with Islam”.
The Interpretation:
His favorite phrase, “let me be clear” may be code for either a lie
“Let me be clear: The United States government has no interest in running GM.”
or an absurdity.
“Let me be clear: Africa is not the crude caricature of a continent at perpetual war.
It could also signal a secret intent.
“Now let me be clear. America will not seek to impose any system of government on any other country, …. America will never impose a security arrangement on another country.”
None of the declarative statements made in Turkey qualify as a lie or an absurdity, but taken together, they could be a signal of a secret intent. The West hears one thing but Islam hears something else. Those statements could be interpreted this way by Muslims:
a. The U.S. is willing to throw Israel under the bus.
b. The U.S. will to continue to support Turkey.
c. The U.S. will not go to war with Islam no matter what it does.
The Effect:
In How Turkey Was Lost to the West we already see a chilling effect of Obama’s speech.
- Turkey has canceled a NATO military exercise because Israel was invited to participate
- Turkey has aired a drama on state-run TV portraying an Israeli soldier walking up to a Palestinian child and barbarically shooting her point-blank
- Turkey has made moves to draw closer to Iran and Syria, including choosing to engage in military exercises with Syria instead of Israel
- Turkey has made moves to draw closer to Russia
The sum result of Obama’s trip to Turkey? The nation has moved away from the European Union and its long strategic relationship with Israel and has become part of the Axis of Evil.
Consider the future of a Turkey Islamic Union.
Give the man a break! Send him back to Chicago.
Busy Man
The economy is in the toilet. Our troops in Afghanistan need reinforcements. Iran is making nuclear weapons. We keep shedding jobs. And the president is
shooting hoops (and bragging about his game),
playing golf (almost every weekend),
picking tournament champions,
posing for magazine covers
going on date night (again and again)
hosting a “Beer Summit,”
throwing party after party after party after party after party after party (we could on),
waging a war on Fox News (while making love with MSNBC),
traveling to get his Nobel Peace Prize (but not to the anniversary of the fall of communism),
campaigning & fundrasing (4x more than Bush),
supporting the wrong people in Honduras,
failing to get the Olympics for Chicago (would he do it for Dallas, Boise, or Anchorage?)
going after CEO’s pay (but expecting their income to fund his Health Care Reform),
bashing Tea Party protestors,
pushing Health Care Reform (that majority don’t want),
demonizing the Chamber of Commerce,
One man can only do so much.
They said if we conservatives voted for McCain we would get an idiot in the White House and boy, they were right.
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