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The War is Over!!! Well – Maybe Not

August 31, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama Lies, Democrat Incompetence, Liberal MSM Bias, Libtards on Parade, Lunatic Lefties, News, Opinion, Presidential Distortions, Presidential Politics, Stupidity, The Economy, War on Terrorism View Comments

His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Barry-O I made the official announcement earlier this evening that “combat operations in Iraq” are complete. One would get the idea from this announcement that he has belatedly made good on a campaign promise. However, upon further inspection, you see yet another level of deceit from the factually challenged president. Allow me to explain.

For the past month, the Obama compliant main stream media has been tripping over itself to indoctrinate the American people that the Emperor was finally making good on his Iraq War promise. Troops were shown to be leaving their bases in Iraq and shifted to bases in Kuwait. However, many combat troops actually remain in Iraq in spite of the media gushing and tonight’s announcement from the Charlatan-in-Chief. Rather than pulling ALL the combat troops out of Iraq, the Obama Infestation simply renamed them and redefined their mission.

What was formally known as a Combat Battalion is now being referred to as “Advice and Support Battalion”. Instead of it’s mission being to seek out hostile insurgent forces and improvised explosive devices, our troops will remain on their bases and wait for something to happen that the Iraqi Defense Forces cannot handle on their own – which is just about everything that could happen.

The telling story in all of this comes from the Bangor Daily News published on August 24th…

As the nation watches troops being withdrawn from the Middle East, few perhaps are aware that another wave of soldiers is being deployed.

On Tuesday, a group of about 150 soldiers from the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, based in Fort Hood, Texas, had a two-hour layover at Bangor International Airport on their way to southern Iraq.

In reality, the troops being “withdrawn from the Middle East” are troops who were late being cycled back to the US. Additional troops are being filtered into Iraq and Kuwait to serve in these new “Advice and Support Battalions”. Nothing’s changed but the mission and the names of the units. Tankers, Cannoneers, and Infantrymen are still being deployed to Iraq or to staging areas outside of Iraq. The idea that the “War” is over is a twisting of the truth.

What is more offensive and hypocritical of Obamaramadingdong is the fact that he takes credit for the accomplishments that our troops have made. As a Senator he opposed the troop surge which is the reason why the insurgency has been suppressed to the point where Obama can feel comfortable with scamming the American people. Additionally, as a Senator, Barry voted against funding troops in the field.

To add insult to injury, the Emperor mentioned former President George W. Bush in passing during his announcement. Saying that he spoke with the former President about this announcement earlier in the day and although he and the former President had differing views on the War in the beginning, blah… blah… blah…

Obama is an opportunity seeking flim-flam man. If he were a box of cereal (aptly named BarryO’s) he’d be an exciting colorful box that promises great taste, zero calories, zero grams of sugar, zero cholesterol, but when you open the box, there’s nothing inside. But then again, what do you expect from the empty suit that brought us undefined ‘hope’ and ‘change’?

Speaking of which, I believe that I’ve finally figured out that whole ‘hope’ and ‘change’ thing.

Like it or not, he’s going to fundamentally ‘change’ American and we are all going to have to ‘hope’ that our freedoms aren’t all completely taken from us in the process.

Blind ‘hope’ in undefined ‘change’. How’s it working out for you America?

Unemployment nearly doubled.
Deficit nearly quadrupled.
National Debt approaching $14 Trillion with unfunded liabilities approaching $130 Trillion.
Record numbers of Americans on food assistance.
1-in-6 Americans on some form of federal assistance.

Somehow, I don’t think this is what the voters were expecting.

As for August 31, 2010 being the date to end combat operations, truth be told President George W. Bush negotiated this event. Even though August 31, 2010 date wasn’t mentioned specifically in the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), it has always been understood that events on the ground would determine the ultimate time-line of events. According to the agreement…

The U.S. has been involved in military operations in Iraq since March of 2003. The legal framework under which the U.S. has operated includes H.J.Res. 114 (P.L. 107-243), multiple U.N. Security Council Resolutions, as well as orders under the Coalition Provisional Authority. The U.N. Security Council extended the mandate for the multinational forces through December 31, 2008.

On November 26, 2007, U.S. President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Kamel Al-Maliki signed a Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America. Pursuant to this Declaration, the parties pledged to “begin as soon as possible, with the aim to achieve, before July 31, 2008, agreements between the two governments with respect to the political, cultural, economic, and security spheres.” Among other things, the Declaration proclaims the parties’ intention to enter an agreement that would commit the United States to provide security assurances to Iraq, arm and train Iraqi security forces, and confront Al Qaeda and other terrorist entities within Iraqi territory.

On November 17, 2008, after months of negotiations, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and Iraq Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari signed two documents: (1) the Strategic Framework Agreement for a Relationship of Friendship and Cooperation between the United States and the Republic of Iraq, and (2) the Agreement Between the United States of America and Republic of Iraq On the Withdrawal of United States Forces from Iraq and the Organization of Their Activities during Their Temporary Presence in Iraq. The second agreement is commonly referred to as the SOFA between the United States and Iraq and is incorporated by reference into the larger strategic agreement.

Congress has several tools by which to exercise oversight regarding negotiation, form, conclusion, and implementation of agreements by the United States. The agreements with Iraq were negotiated and concluded as executive agreements and entered into force on January 1, 2009, and yet there remain many unanswered questions about the specific terms within the SOFA. This report begins by discussing the historical legal framework governing U.S. military operations in Iraq. The report then provides a general background as to the content of agreements traditionally considered Status of Forces Agreements (SOFAs). Finally, the report discusses specific aspects of the SOFA, highlighting issues that may require continued congressional oversight. [1] – emphasis mine

In reality, as long as US forces were withdrawn from the cities by June 30, 2009, and the mandated date for full withdrawal “no later than December 31, 2011[2]” hasn’t expired, anything short of full withdrawal is consistent with the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement which became binding 19 days prior to Obama assuming the Presidency.

To put it bluntly, Obama just rode in as the current Lib Infesting 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. to take credit for the withdrawal as if he had to actually do something to bring it about. It’s pretty easy to be seen as making the difficult decisions when they have already been made by more responsible and prudent individuals before you ever needed to take the matter under consideration isn’t it?

In conclusion, Iraq is still a potentially dangerous place and the United States is still under an obligation to provide security and training for Iraqi Defense Forces. There is a reason why U.S. troops haven’t left the region entirely, but rather withdrawn to another friendly host country in the region from which rapid deployment is possible.

As the Obama Infestation plays games with semantics in regards to our fighting men and women in Iraq, the Emperor has egg on his face in regards to Afghanistan. In the past 3 days 21 U.S. troops have lost their lives in Afghanistan. One has to wonder, if Obama would have given Gen. Stanley McCrystal the full number of troops he asked for, could these 21 deaths have been minimized or avoided?

/rant

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References and/or Footnotes:

U.S.-Iraq Withdrawal/Status of Forces Agreement: Issues for Congressional Oversight – July 13, 2009 Summery [↩]
U.S.-Iraq Withdrawal/Status of Forces Agreement: Issues for Congressional Oversight – July 13, 2009 ‘Withdrawal Timeline’ page 10. [↩]

Education Secretary “Suggests” Employees Attend Sharpton’s Rally

August 31, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Democrat Corruption, Democrat Incompetence, Education, News, Opinion, Presidential Politics, The REAL Culture of Corruption View Comments

Education Secretary Arne Duncan sent a memo to 4,000 Department of Education Employees suggesting that they attend Rev. Al Sharpton’s rally last Saturday. Of course, Duncan was speaking at that event but somehow I doubt Duncan’s desire to have 4,000 of his employees in attendance was just simply for moral support. No. I actually suspect that they were “suggested” to attend as a way for Duncan, Sharpton, and company to further indoctrinate them.

Let me remind you dear reader that there is a law banning federal employees from attending partisan demonstrations (the Hatch Act). And although the Sharpton rally technically does not fall under the ban, the mere suggestion by Duncan that they attend could be construed as undue influence by a superior.

Department of Education employees are not political appointees and have a right to be insulated from partisan bickering in the context of their employment. Duncan’s “suggestion” that his employees attend may have crossed the line of appropriateness. If Duncan wanted to speak at this rally, he had the right. But he did not have the right to “suggest” his employees attend especially if a lowly federal employee wishes to keep his/her job and feels compelled to attend as a condition of keeping said job.

In the light of this memo, and its inappropriate “suggestion”, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan should probably re-evaluate his position with the Obama Infestation. Personally, if I were Barry O, Duncan would be shown the door. That said however, the Emperor hasn’t shown any signs of booting any member of his cabinet due to inappropriate behavior or lack of vocational aptitude. Why should he? He hasn’t any vocational aptitude.

So I guess that we on the right should just add Arne Duncan’s name to the list of Infestation Appointees that need to be put under tighter scrutiny. His foibles should be exposed at every opportunity and the goal of sending his incredibly incompetent arse back to Chicago should be pursued.

As I pointed out when Duncan was nominated by Emperor Barry-O I, Arne should never have been nominated in light of the fact that under his watch, Chicago Public Schools became one of the nation’s most failing public school districts. You don’t reward failure. That is unless you are Emperor Barry-O.

Referenced News Story – Education secretary urged his employees to attend Sharpton’s rally

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Obama, Religion, Ideology, and Deception

August 30, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama Lies, Communism, Opinion, Pelosi - The Wicked Witch of the West, Presidential Distortions, socialism View Comments

The Presidency and religion is something the American voter has been wrestling with since the 1960 Presidential campaign when many questioned whether John F. Kennedy would hold a greater allegiance to the Constitution (the American people) or to the Pope. The question itself showed a complete lack of knowledge of Catholicism.

His Holiness the Pope, in this case John XXIII, had no direct influence over the political inter-workings of any nation. Popes by definition are the successors of Peter (Christ’s right hand man so to speak) and not a politician or king. Allegiance to the Bishop of Rome is limited to the theological teachings within the Church. The degree in which those teachings spill out into public policy is rather subjective depending upon the level of devotion a President has to his chosen faith. A more devout and “conservative” Catholic would subject his policy decisions to the scrutiny of his faith. For example: a devout Catholic as President today would be compelled to seek out a way to strike down Roe v. Wade and limit the cold-blooded murder of the unborn. However, if the person infesting 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. happens to be Nancy Pelosi, there isn’t much chance of that happening.

My point is this: when considering the religious beliefs of a potential or sitting President of the United States, it is important to understand what those beliefs are. In the case of John F. Kennedy and Catholicism, there existed no conflict with public policy. Right was right and wrong was wrong. However, when you do not understand the religious beliefs held by the sitting President, there is a conflict. He/she can impose a hidden theological agenda on the nation stealthily and the American people would have no chance to defend the nation against that agenda.

With regard to Barack Obama, nearly 25% of this nation believes he hasn’t been honest in declaring his religious preference. Many will say that he has declared himself to be a Christian, but his actions do not seem to mirror that declaration. He has made speeches apologizing for “America’s arrogance” in the Muslim world. He has, on at least one occasion while in Saudi Arabia, quoted many verses of the Qu’ran calling it “the Holy Qu’ran”. In contrast, he has mocked the Holy Bible on many occasions. He has told an American reporter in an interview that he sees Jesus as a “man of history”. What?!? No Christian of any true Christian denomination would EVER refer to the Son of God as a “man of history”. Strike one against the claims of Christianity.

Obama attended Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago for 25 years. He has claimed to have been baptized in that church. What does that mean?

Trinity United Church of Christ is led by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Jr. Rev. Wright is a teacher of Black Liberation Theology which is a hybrid of Liberation Theology which itself has its origins in Latin America and the brain child of Catholic Priests. It has been denounced by the Vatican because it has Marxism as its core. To understand the appeal of this church’s teachings in Obama’s mind you must first understand the man and his history.

From the socialism seeking itinerant upbringing of his mother to his father’s denouncing of his Islamic faith, young Barack Hussein Obama was doomed to a life of confusion. He was abandoned by his father in favor of a graduate degree from Harvard and the goal of returning to Kenya to enter politics. He was then abandoned by his mother as she pursued her career. Young Barack was sent back to his grandparents in Hawaii and exposed to some of the most radical Marxist teachings at the hands of Frank Marshall Davis.

According to Obama, as he wrote in his book Dreams of My Father, he sought out Radicals and Marxists in college. He, like his father, attended Harvard for Graduate School to earn his law degree. I believe that I must remind you that Harvard was the transmission point for Fabian Socialism into academia.

According to Islamic (Sharia) Law, a child born of a Muslim father is Muslim and the faith of the mother is immaterial. Sharia doesn’t recognize conversion from Islam into any other faith. Barack Obama, since he has exhibited a keen knowledge of the Qu’ran, must surely understand this fact and yet he claims he is Christian.

While living in Indonesia, young Barack was registered in public school even though only the children of citizens are eligible to attend. On the registration documentation, his name is listed as Barry Soetoro, son of Lolo Soetoro – a Muslim. Incidentally, young Barry Soetoro’s religion was listed as Islam and yet he claims to be Christian.

At this point, I’m going to divert from religion to eligibility to be President of the United States. Many who claim Obama is ineligible are attempting to make the case on the ambiguity surrounding the place of his birth. Because the matter of the location of his birth seems to be impossible to prove, I say we should concentrate on making the case based on what we know to be true.

Barack Hussein Obama was registered in public school in Indonesia under the name Barry Soetoro. Obama does not deny this.
Indonesia at the time required Indonesian citizenship to attend public school.
Indonesia at the time did not recognize dual citizenship.

It is my contention that these three facts speak to Obama’s ineligibility alone. To be President of the United States you must be a natural born citizen. Even if we were to stipulate to that fact, it can be, and should be, argued that he was voluntarily expatriated by his mother and step-father when they registered him in public school in Indonesia. As such, if he never applied for citizenship upon his return to the United States he is in fact an illegal alien. If he had applied for citizenship and it was granted, he is no longer an natural born citizen but rather a naturalized citizen and ineligible to serve as President.

Back to my original topic…

If you understand that Barack Obama is the child of a socialist and a marxist, raised in various parts of the world, sought out socialists and radical thought throughout his formative years, it is reasonable to understand why he would adopt such a radical theology when seeking out a church. Trinity United Church of Christ was identified as a stepping stone for black politics in Chicago. After all, Oprah Winfrey attended that same church and an endorsement from her would carry a young politician a long way.

I submit to you, that his “Christian” faith is a sham which he has used as a political tool to get him where he is. Sure he closely identifies with many of that church’s teachings because they conform to his Marxist roots, but that does not make him Christian.

On the topic of Liberation Theology which Black Liberation Theology is based upon, one must understand the reasons why the Catholic Church rejected that teaching…

From Spe Salvi – Encyclical written by Pope Benedict XVI November 30, 2007 -

20. The nineteenth century held fast to its faith in progress as the new form of human hope, and it continued to consider reason and freedom as the guiding stars to be followed along the path of hope. Nevertheless, the increasingly rapid advance of technical development and the industrialization connected with it soon gave rise to an entirely new social situation: there emerged a class of industrial workers and the so-called “industrial proletariat”, whose dreadful living conditions Friedrich Engels described alarmingly in 1845. For his readers, the conclusion is clear: this cannot continue; a change is necessary. Yet the change would shake up and overturn the entire structure of bourgeois society. After the bourgeois revolution of 1789, the time had come for a new, proletarian revolution: progress could not simply continue in small, linear steps. A revolutionary leap was needed. Karl Marx took up the rallying call, and applied his incisive language and intellect to the task of launching this major new and, as he thought, definitive step in history towards salvation—towards what Kant had described as the “Kingdom of God”. Once the truth of the hereafter had been rejected, it would then be a question of establishing the truth of the here and now. The critique of Heaven is transformed into the critique of earth, the critique of theology into the critique of politics. Progress towards the better, towards the definitively good world, no longer comes simply from science but from politics—from a scientifically conceived politics that recognizes the structure of history and society and thus points out the road towards revolution, towards all-encompassing change. With great precision, albeit with a certain onesided bias, Marx described the situation of his time, and with great analytical skill he spelled out the paths leading to revolution—and not only theoretically: by means of the Communist Party that came into being from the Communist Manifesto of 1848, he set it in motion. His promise, owing to the acuteness of his analysis and his clear indication of the means for radical change, was and still remains an endless source of fascination. Real revolution followed, in the most radical way in Russia.

21. Together with the victory of the revolution, though, Marx’s fundamental error also became evident. He showed precisely how to overthrow the existing order, but he did not say how matters should proceed thereafter. He simply presumed that with the expropriation of the ruling class, with the fall of political power and the socialization of means of production, the new Jerusalem would be realized. Then, indeed, all contradictions would be resolved, man and the world would finally sort themselves out. Then everything would be able to proceed by itself along the right path, because everything would belong to everyone and all would desire the best for one another. Thus, having accomplished the revolution, Lenin must have realized that the writings of the master gave no indication as to how to proceed. True, Marx had spoken of the interim phase of the dictatorship of the proletariat as a necessity which in time would automatically become redundant. This “intermediate phase” we know all too well, and we also know how it then developed, not ushering in a perfect world, but leaving behind a trail of appalling destruction. Marx not only omitted to work out how this new world would be organized—which should, of course, have been unnecessary. His silence on this matter follows logically from his chosen approach. His error lay deeper. He forgot that man always remains man. He forgot man and he forgot man’s freedom. He forgot that freedom always remains also freedom for evil. He thought that once the economy had been put right, everything would automatically be put right. His real error is materialism: man, in fact, is not merely the product of economic conditions, and it is not possible to redeem him purely from the outside by creating a favourable economic environment.

Because Liberation Theology has Marxism at its roots, it is impossible for any Catholic, and by association any Christian, to adhere to such a teaching because it is inherently anti-Christian. Marx wrote that religion is “the opiate of the masses”. Teachers of Liberation Theology are less concerned with the teachings of Christ than those of Marx. This is heresy.

In conclusion, at best Obama is a shadow Muslim. At worst, and what I believe is actually the truth, Obama is a Marxist who wears Christianity as a cloak like all followers of Black Liberation Theology; using his faith as a conduit to achieve the goal of advancing socialism in this country. He has succeeded because those who cast votes for him failed to understand who he was and is.

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GZM (Cordoba House) Faces New Obsticle; AP Loses Spine and Chooses Newspeak

August 20, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama Lies, Democrat Incompetence, Liberal MSM Bias, Libtards on Parade, Lunatic Lefties, MSM Ignorance, News, Obama Fascism, Opinion, Orwellian Solutions, Presidential Politics, Stupidity, The Fight For FREEDOM, United States Constitution, War on Terrorism, socialism Comments Off

Those behind the Ground Zero Mosque are being deceptive when they say that its purpose is to build understanding. The truth is they wish to project an aura of dominance over the Infidel Society that they refer to as “The Great Satan” – The United States.

The Ground Zero Mosque project, affectionately called “Cordoba House” by Jihadis in honor of the conquering of Cordoba Spain in the name of Allah. In 711 A.D., Cordoba Spain was conquered by an Islamic army and became the provincial capital of the Caliphate of Damascus. The Arabic name for Cordoba was قرطبة (Qurṭuba). In 716, Cordoba was elected to become the capital of an independent Emirate known as al-Andalus. Not long after, it became it’s own Caliphate.

I submit to you that any talk of “building understanding” is nice talk to worm their way into our society in order to lay a “framework” to conquer us from within. Jihadis no longer attack with armies. They stealthily infiltrate their opponents and conquer from within like cancer does to the human body. If we allow this mosque to be built in the name of our Constitution and in the name of religious freedom, they will use this mistaken tolerance against us and soon, there will be no religious freedom left. You will submit to Islam or you will die. That is the ONLY reason for calling this Jihadi Citadel “Cordoba House” and building it in the heart of our financial center. Allowing it to be built will complete the work of the 9/11 terrorists.

The planners are running into an obstacle they hadn’t counted on – workers.

According to a report in the New York Daily News…

A growing number of New York construction workers are vowing not to work on the mosque planned near Ground Zero.

The grass-roots movement is gaining momentum on the Internet. One construction worker created the “Hard Hat Pledge” on his blog and asked others to vow not to work on the project if it stays on Park Place.

It would be difficult to have a mosque that builders refuse to build.

However, the planners are getting aid from the Progressive State Controlled Media (to use a Rushism).

The Associated Press is encouraging news reporters, especially those who contribute to the AP, to refrain from using the term ‘Ground Zero Mosque’.

08/19/2010

AP Advisory

AP Standards Center issues staff advisory on covering New York City mosque

Associated Press Deputy Managing Editor for Standards and Production Tom Kent sent the following note to the staff about covering the New York City mosque story and then discussed the guidance and reaction in a Facebook entry headlined “Behind the News: Describing the proposed NYC mosque.”

Aug. 19, 2010

Colleagues,

Here is some guidance on covering the NYC mosque story, with assists from Chad Roedemeier in the NYC bureau and Terry Hunt in Washington:

1. We should continue to avoid the phrase “ground zero mosque” or “mosque at ground zero” on all platforms. (We’ve very rarely used this wording, except in slugs, though we sometimes see other news sources using the term.) The site of the proposed Islamic center and mosque is not at ground zero, but two blocks away in a busy commercial area. We should continue to say it’s “near” ground zero, or two blocks away.

WE WILL CHANGE OUR SLUG ON THIS STORY LATER TODAY from “BC-Ground Zero Mosque” to “BC-NYC Mosque.”

In short headlines, some ways to refer to the project include:

_ mosque 2 blocks from WTC site
_ Muslim (or Islamic) center near WTC site
_ mosque near ground zero
_ mosque near WTC site

We can refer to the project as a mosque, or as a proposed Islamic center that includes a mosque.

It may be useful in some stories to note that Muslim prayer services have been held since 2009 in the building that the new project will replace. The proposal is to create a new, larger Islamic community center that would include a mosque, a swimming pool, gym, auditorium and other facilities.

2. Here is a succinct summary of President Obama’s position:

Obama has said he believes Muslims have the right to build an Islamic center in New York as a matter of religious freedom, though he’s also said he won’t take a position on whether they should actually build it.

For additional background, you’ll find below a Fact Check on the project that moved yesterday.

Tom

As you can see, the Associated Press is taking its marching orders directly from the Emperor. So much for freedom of the press.

You know, I think I’ve read about a society which changes their modes of speech and their memories of history based solely on political necessity. What was that… ? I can’t remember what… Oh yeah! It was George Orwell’s ’1984′!

To all of you who said that I’m barking up the wrong tree or I’m some sort of tin-foil hat wearing conspiracy theorist for comparing Obama to Orwell’s antagonist Big Brother perhaps you need to wake up and hear the suicide bombers. They are telling us in plain terms what they are doing! You need to pay attention!

Obama wants to advance the Progressive agenda and the Progressive agenda is total control. However, what they do not realize is that by allowing Jihadis to build mosques of this type on US soil will short-circuit that agenda. For my part, I reject both as an option. They are both entirely anti-American and they are perverting our Constitution in order to wage war against it.

Those entering our armed forces take an oath as does the President of the United States and all other members of our government. And although they each have wording that differs slightly from the others, the basic concept and basic pledge is exactly the same…

I [state your name], do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States, against all enemies, foreign or domestic, and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same…

Nothing that this Infestation is doing is supporting, defending or bearing true faith and allegiance to the US Constitution. In fact, it is attempting to tear it up with every new bill signed into law and every new regulation put into place through executive order or bureaucratic edict. The Obama Infestation and, dare I say the entire Democrat Leadership apparatus, is focused on a “fundamental transformation of the United States”. We should all fear what that “transformation” entails because I fear it won’t be anything resembling freedom.

It’s no wonder 18-24% of the American people believe Obama is a Muslim. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck…

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Obama’s MSM Shill, Questioning His Muslim Heritage, and Journalistic Malpractice

Amid the fresh controversy created by the recent release of the results of two polls showing an increasing number of Americans believe Barack Hussein Obama is Muslim, a headline on The Drudge Report caught my eye. It involves some items printed in that bastion of legitimate news, The New York Times (all the news that is fit to wrap fish in; or line bird cages for that matter).

On May 12, 2008, the NYT asked the question – President Apostate? The Times actually had the audacity to ask the questions that needed to be asked, however, they failed to deliver an answer.

From the NYT:

One danger of such charisma, however, is that it can evoke unrealistic hopes of what a candidate could actually accomplish in office regardless of his own personal abilities. Case in point is the oft-made claim that an Obama presidency would be welcomed by the Muslim world.

This idea often goes hand in hand with the altogether more plausible argument that Mr. Obama’s election would raise America’s esteem in Africa — indeed, he already arouses much enthusiasm in his father’s native Kenya and to a degree elsewhere on the continent.

But it is a mistake to conflate his African identity with his Muslim heritage. Senator Obama is half African by birth and Africans can understandably identify with him. In Islam, however, there is no such thing as a half-Muslim. Like all monotheistic religions, Islam is an exclusive faith.

As the son of the Muslim father, Senator Obama was born a Muslim under Muslim law as it is universally understood. It makes no difference that, as Senator Obama has written, his father said he renounced his religion. Likewise, under Muslim law based on the Koran his mother’s Christian background is irrelevant. – emphasis mine

The Times never went beyond this statement of reality. Instead they chose to point to his “chosen Christian faith”.

Since asking the question back in May 2008, the NYT and other “legitimate” news sources have conveniently avoided revisiting the question of Obama’s faith. However, in the dust-up created by the proposed Ground Zero Mosque (the so-called Cordoba House), questions of Obama’s faith has once again entered the American discussion.

A Pew Research poll revealed that 1-in-5 Americans believe Barack Hussein Obama to be a submissive of Muhammad’s delusional visions and rantings. A Time poll on the same subject revealed that 1-in-4 believe Obama is a Muslim. Given that Obama has hosted a Ramadan celebration at the White House, snubbed the Boy Scouts of America by not attending their prayer breakfast, and making statements supporting the planned Cordoba House, the American people are beginning to look more closely at the man with the middle name Hussein. But where is the press?

[cue crickets]

While we again wait for the main stream media to catch-up to the American people and ask the tough questions they should have asked prior to November 4, 2008, perhaps we should move on as if they will choose to continue to ignore their responsibilities in favor of being Mr. Obama’s dissemination of propaganda conduit. Although I think that is beginning to wear on the media as well. After-all, who can glean any information out of Robert Gibbs? The man stutters more than Mel Tillis.

As for the Emperor… What I can’t understand is the love affair that American academics have with the moron. I mean, who takes a teleprompter on vacation? Obama, that’s who. For someone who was to be a great departure from the poor rhetorical skills of George W. Bush he seems to be extremely dependent upon prepared remarks. Bush was best when he diverted from the prepared statements. Obama on the other hand can’t function without his teleprompter. Off-the-cuff Obama is a stammering idiot. No wonder he keeps Gibbs. Birds of a feather etc…

And what is with that smug Leninist posing? It’s like he has a need to show that he is superior to everyone else staring off into the distance in an attempt to show he’s a visionary. It’s called arrogance – a disease of the elite.

The American press has failed the American people. To get honest reporting about the Obama Infestation one has to read news sources in the UK. This fact alone should be proof positive of the journalistic malpractice being committed by the American dead trees and alphabets. Save FoxNews, America’s journalistic community is devoid of any integrity as they actively shill for the Progressive Utopian Emperor. And they aren’t even attempting to hide it anymore.

The White House addressed the latest questioning of Obama’s faith by having a Communications underling tell the White House Press Pool that Obama is Christian and he prays everyday. The fact that he prays everyday isn’t the concern of the people. What the people want to know is if he finds the need to orient his body towards Mecca when he does. “He prays everyday” what kind of fools do they think the people are? Muslims pray everyday as well – 5 times!

I don’t give a rat’s ass if he’s a Muslim unless he wants to be President. If he’s the President of the United States, in a time of war, against an enemy that is waging a war in the name of their religion, and that religion is the same one that the President is accused of being a member of, there are questions that need to be answered.

In 1960, many Protestant Americans worried that John F. Kennedy’s Catholic faith would be an impediment to his ability to govern. After-all, who would he be loyal to, the US Constitution which translates into the American people or the Pope. The same should be asked of Obama. Who is he loyal to? The Constitution – which he has a track record of downplaying as a contract of negative liberties – or is he a submissive to Islam? I fear the truth may be that he is a submissive follower of Islam. Especially when he refers to Muhammad’s horror novel as “the holy Qu’ran” and greets Muslims in perfect Arabic.

In 1960, the American press asked the questions and answers were given. John Kennedy WAS elected President and by all accounts his faith never played a direct roll in his governance. However in 2010, nearly 2 years into the Obama Infestation and the American people are still asking the same questions of Barack Hussein Obama. And like all the other questioning of Obama’s past, it gets avoided. Why is it so important for him to shield the American people from his past? Perhaps it is because he’s on a mission that he’s already explained to the American people at $20 a copy. His book “Dreams from My Father” outlines what his father dreamed of for Kenya. Perhaps Junior is following in his absent daddy’s footsteps and wishes to carry on his pappy’s dream in the United States. It’s called Communism.

At a time when the socialist societies of the world are beginning to downsize their governments, Barry O is expanding ours. Why? It fulfills the strategy of instituting socialism outlined by Columbia Professors Richard Cloward and Francis Fox Piven. The Cloward-Piven Strategy to Implement Socialist Revolution was written in 1966 at the height of civil unrest in the United States. Progressives and Socialists believed they could force revolution. The strategy was then and is now to overwhelm the system and cause it to collapse. It’s on its way thanks to Obama’s Keynesian economic policies.

But where is the press?

[more crickets]

I won’t hold my breath.

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Does Any of This Look Familiar?

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Vote for Real Change on November 2, 2010

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Pelosi Wants to ‘Investigate’ Mosque Opponents, Perhaps She Should Speak With Moderate Muslims First

August 18, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Democrat Incompetence, News, Opinion, Pelosi - The Wicked Witch of the West, The Wicked Witch of the West Comments Off

Today’s headlines read, “CONSPIRACY THEORY: Pelosi Calls for Probe of Mosque Foes” – FoxNews.com; and “INVESTIGATE MOSQUE CRITICS!” – The Drudge Report. What Pelosi is doing is politicizing a subject that is being rejected by moderate Islamic leaders who say the suggestion of building a Mosque on that site has political motives.

In an interview with The Daily Caller, Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, president and founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, suggests that the proposal to build a Mosque in the shadow of Ground Zero is anti-Islamic. He told TheDC…

“This is not a humble Islamic statement. A mosque such as this is actually a political structure that casts a shadow over a cemetery, over hallowed ground. 9/11 was the beginning of a kinetic war, it is not an opportunity for cultural exchange. It was the beginning of a conflict with those who want to destroy our way of life.”

And yet, SanFran Nan, in the tradition of all moronic American Progressives, opens her mouth without knowing what the hell she’s verbalizing about. With 70% of the American people opposed to a Mosque being build in Lower Manhattan, Pelosi is calling for investigations into the opponents of the Cordoba House Mosque. In other words, the few are on a mission to dictate to the many again and if you oppose them look out, it may be off to the Gulag.

However, before we worry about forced labor camps and political inquisitions, let’s take a look at some undeniable facts surrounding this Mosque and “Cultural Center”.

The proposed site is in a business district where there is little to no residential areas.
The largest Islamic population in New York is actually located in another Borough – Brooklyn.
The Mosque’s planners don’t actually own the property they wish to develop, ConEd actually does.
The Mosque’s Imam has had ties to Islamic radicals in the past.
The funding for the Mosque comes from questionable sources. Some suggest Hamas is involved in financing Cordoba House.
Islam has a tradition of building Mosques on conquered land (ie: Temple Mount).
[UPDATE 1530] The name Chosen for the Ground Zero Mosque – Cordoba House – takes its name from the conquered Catholic City of Cordoba Spain. Conquered as in the Ottomans invaded and conquered Cordoba in the name of Islam.

I have voiced my opinion of Islam in the past and am very open about my criticism about a “religion” which has at its core death and destruction, however, my opposition to the building of Cordoba House has more to do with the chosen site than anything. Do I suggest that Muslims don’t have a right to build a Mosque anywhere they wish? Kind of. In this case they cannot build it there. Anywhere else in the US, sure. But not there.

Unfortunately, this site was chosen to put this Mosque on as a symbol of triumph over “The Great Satan” and has nothing to do with the stated purpose. It is an insult to the American people and should be stopped. Nancy Pelosi can ship me off to her Gulag if she wishes but that is not going to stop me (or others) for pointing out the insanity of allowing this abomination to be built.

Tarek Fatah, founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress, told TheDC…

“I think they have an official green light either from the State Department or the White House telling them to, ‘Go ahead, you have our full backing,’ and they want to use this Islamic center as a place for diplomacy to the Middle East to demonstrate that the United States is a place where Muslims thrive. But that has backfired because this could have been done in many other ways.”

Could it have been The Speaker of the House who gave the “green light”? Judging solely on her calls for investigations I would have to say that it is a possibility. After-all, we all understand that both she and the Emperor have inflated opinions of themselves. So it would not be inconceivable that she would at least be in on the effort.

Dr. Jasser had another quote in the Daily Caller article which is so priceless that I cannot leave it out.

He said …

“We are Americans who happen to be Muslims, not Muslims who happen to be Americans. And this structure is all backwards. They just want to force Islam upon the American people and it is going to be used around the world, especially in Islamic media. From the ashes of this destruction comes the flourishing of Islam and I think that is just the wrong message. It is not good for America or for Muslims.”

Although I remain skeptical of any Muslim because Muhammed’s radical commands contained in the Qu’ran supersede his peaceful commands, I have to give credit where credit is due. Both Dr. Jasser and Tarek Fatah are attempting to be leaders who are both reasonable and respectful. However, unlike most in the MSM and Emperor Obamaramadingdong, I disagree with the notion that the majority of Muslims are like Dr. Jasser and Tarek Fatah. It is my belief that the majority of the world’s 1.6 Billion Muslims are radicals. My evidence – the Qu’ran itself.

If an earlier passage in the Qu’ran is contradicted by a later passage, the latter supersedes the first. All the peaceful passages are early in the Qu’ran. The radical passages appear later. Any devout Muslim would understand this.

Please read the entire Daily Caller article – Moderate Muslims oppose location of Cordoba Mosque — on religious grounds

A Vote for ANY Dem in November is Approval of the Obama Destruction Agenda

August 17, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama Lies, Death Care, Democrat Incompetence, Elections, Fiscal Irresponsibility, News, Opinion, Orwellian Solutions, Pelosi - The Wicked Witch of the West, Presidential Politics, Taxes, The Economy, The Wicked Witch of the West, U.S. House, US Senate, socialism Comments Off

The Emperor is on the campaign trail, well sort of as he has been asked to stay clear of those wishing to actually win their seats. Anyway, he’s attempting to convince the American people to keep Democrats in power. His reasoning? Giving the GOP power will return the country back to the policies of George W. Bush. But is this accurate? No. This reasoning is so inaccurate let me count the ways….

First, Obama is President (like it or not) and he is who sets policy not Congress.

Second, George W. Bush couldn’t win in this political environment. Bush is not seen by Conservatives and Libertarians as someone who reflects the common desires of a smaller, less intrusive government. It was the spending of the 109th Congress under the direction of then policy maker George W. Bush which led to the disaster of the 2006 midterms and a repeat of that disaster in 2008 and the election of Obamaramadingdong. Remember the reasoning why every gullible voter was willing to vote for a vague empty suit. The promise of changing the status quo was too much to resist especially when that promise of change is masked by a cloud of ambiguity.

The election of Barack Hussein Obama was a precursor to a statement made by Nancy Pelosi in the days leading up to the approval of the Death Care bill. Remember when she said, “we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what’s in it”? Yeah that statement. Well in relation to the 2008 Presidential election Obama failed to identify what he wanted to change and what he wanted to change it into. He also failed to define in whom or what we should have hope. It was a calculated effort to keep the American voter away from details because if they knew the agenda prior to his election, he would never have gotten elected.

With Death Care the bill got passed so we could find out what was in it and the people do not approve. Likewise, we now know Obama’s change agenda and it too is not approved of.

Progressivism took a 100 year approach to getting their political will which culminated with the election of Obama. His aggressive agenda has alienated the American people who were looking for fiscal responsibility and freedom. Its far reaching intrusion into the lives of the American people are responsible for the creation of the TEA Party.

Speaking of the TEA Party, isn’t it ironic that the largest threat to the Progressive agenda was born out of said agenda? After-all, what exactly IS the TEA Party? Broadly, it is a rejection of Obama Progressivism and its policies.

Congress is polling at 11% which translates into only 11% of the American people believe that the agenda being forwarded by the Congress is in their best interests. The GOP has been out of power for nearly 4 years. The agenda from January 2007 to present has been a Democrat agenda [Read also: that includes the last 2 years of the Bush Administration] not the agenda of the Republican Party.

The GOP has been attempting to reassure the American people and in particular the Conservative “base” of the Party that they have learned their lesson. That remains to be seen. However, compared to the spendaholic ways of the 110th & 111th Congresses, the spending spree of the 109th seems like a spending binge. Sort of like a weekend spending bender that ends on Sunday morning with a hangover that produces promises of reform whereas the spending ways of the current Congress is better explained as being in a state of perpetual spending intoxication. They avoid the impact of the morning after by staying drunk from the night before. No sobering realization of self destruction, no promises of reform. While the GOP has been forced by the American people into a figurative SA (spending anonymous) 12-step program, the Progressive Democrats have no intention of giving up their drug of choice.

As the Emperor is out on the “campaign trail” remember that he only wants you to keep his party in power so they can spend more, tax more, and pass more legislation which erodes even more of your individual liberties. Also remember, he understands that come January 2011, his party’s majority is gone. He is also well aware of the fact that his Presidency is going to be restricted to 1 term. That is the price he was willing to pay for progressing the Progressive agenda.

This point is driven home by a post on the Democrat friendly Politico…

Q: Will Barack Obama be a one-term president?

A: Yes, he might last that long.

Honest to goodness, the man just does not get it. He might be forced to pull a Palin and resign before his first term is over. He could go off and write his memoirs and build his presidential library. (Both would be half-size, of course.)

The visions of the Fabian Socialists who invaded American academia in the early 20th century have their chance. It is Barack Hussein Obama. If he can’t close the deal before he’s tossed out of office and designated along with Jimmy Carter in the pit known as “the worst US Presidents in US history”, he will have certainly gotten them closer than ever to achieving their ultimate goal in the US, turning it into a full-blown socialist nightmare.

Failing to understand who Obama was in 2008 has resulted in what is occurring now. He can blame Bush all he wants but the truth of the matter is the American people understand that this economy is owned by Barack Hussein Obama and the Progressive leadership of the 111th Congress. No matter how much he tries to re-paint and revise that simple and undeniable truth into “this is all Bush’s fault”, this is his mess and it is getting worse not better due to his neo-socialist/neo-marxist ways.

It is now 2 years later and some of the damage can be controlled if only Congress were controlled by the opposition Party. Perhaps aggressive action can be made by a Republican Congress to curtail some of the more harmful items on the Obama agenda through its power of the purse. But in truth, the Obama years will take at least 18 more years to reverse. Giving Obama and Democrats another 2 years to do more damage double that time frame.

Consequently, if you cast a vote for a Democrat for any office this fall, it will translate into your personal approval of what Obama is doing to this nation. If you cast a vote for anyone, and I mean anyone including Dog Catcher, you are endorsing the complete and utter destruction of the greatest nation this planet has ever experienced. If you think that statement is far fetched, remember what Obama said about the election so Scott Brown. He made the case that it was the same angst with the status quo that swept himself into office which then elected Brown to a traditionally held Democrat seat.

In other words, a Democrat being elected Dog Catcher of your little hamlet will somehow be made to reflect the American people’s endorsement of Democrat policy. So short-circuit that by making sure every Democrat is relegated to political irrelevancy.

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Don’t Miss the Bigger Picture of the Ground Zero Mosque

August 14, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama Lies, Democrat Incompetence, News, Opinion, Presidential Politics, War on Terrorism View Comments

Opponents of the Ground Zero Mosque are missing one important point. Muslims see conquered territory as Muslim land and are compelled to build a Mosque to celebrate that “fact”. Why else is there a Mosque on Temple Mount? Muslims claim it as a holy site because it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire. The same is true of Ground Zero.

9/11 is seen in the Islamic world as a victory and as such, Ground Zero belongs to them. After-all, they conquered it. It doesn’t matter that very few people, let alone Muslims, live in Lower Manhattan. Those streets are occupied by the financial industry and very few residential spaces even exist. The largest concentration of Muslims in New York actually live in Brooklyn. So why build the Mosque near Ground Zero? Because they claim it by virtue of victory.

Islam is not concerned with religious sensitivities no matter how often they cry about being discriminated against. Islam is about Islamic domination of the world. Muslims are commanded by Muhammad to spread Sharia Law around the world and this Mosque is representative of that effort.

Just imagine for a moment that you are 10 years into the future and that Mosque has been permitted to be built. You take the family to New York and you go to visit Ground Zero to pay your respects to those who died on that day. All of a sudden the Call to Prayer echos through the streets of Lower Manhattan. At that moment, what will run through your head? I know what would run through mine. Radical Islam won.

The United States has always had a policy of not negotiating with terrorists. It seems that the Obama Infestation’s goals of “fundamentally transforming America” means an end to that policy. Allowing that Mosque to be built goes beyond negotiating with terrorists, it admits defeat to terrorism.

For the record, I do not believe the pile of male bovine excrement being pushed as an insult to our collective intelligence that Islam is a “religion of peace”. Of all the world’s religions – both monotheistic and polytheistic – only one teaches that death and destruction are pathways to the promised land – Islam.

Buddhism, Hindi, Judaism, Christianity (in all its forms), Wicca, Druidism, the extinct religions of Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and others, none but Islam teaches death and destruction is a pathway to GOD. There is something inexcusably evil about those who ignore these facts.

As the video 3 Things You Should Know About Islam explains, the Qur’an was written by one person over the course of his lifetime. Muhammad wrote of peace in the beginning of the Qur’an but later he wrote the passages which inspire the so-called radicals. It is kind of like the 18th amendment to the US Constitution. Although it was repealed, it remains in the Constitution and has been superseded by the 21st Amendment. The Qur’an is similar in that the radical passages supersede the peaceful ones. This being true, I submit that all of Islam is radical. All of Islam teaches that death and destruction is a pathway to “paradise”, and all of Islam is on a quest to dominate the world with Sharia Law.

The desire to build a Mosque at Ground Zero has nothing to do with building bridges, but rather everything to do with claiming victory at the site of a national tragedy and remind us that they believe they’ve won. By permitting it to be built near that sacred site, we will be submitting to them and admitting defeat.

The Japanese would never dream of building a “cultural center” at Pearl Harbor. The United States would never contemplate erecting a museum celebrating the atomic age at Hiroshima or Nagasaki but yet the Islamofascists have a desire to insult the American people by building a Mosque and “cultural center” within sight of what remains of the World Trade Center which was destroyed by 19 of their followers. Who is being insensitive?

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Will Annual ‘Teacher Bailout’ Be The Next Federal Entitlement?

August 10, 2010 Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Hussein Obama Lies, Democrat Corruption, Democrat Incompetence, Elections, News, Obama Fascism, Opinion, Pelosi - The Wicked Witch of the West, Presidential Distortions, Presidential Politics, The Nanny State, The REAL Culture of Corruption, The Wicked Witch of the West, U.S. House, US Senate, socialism Comments Off

According to a well-known Chinese proverb, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” The Federal government has so usurped the sovereignty of the various states that they have become dependent upon mother government for their very existence. This is the reason why the United States House of Representatives found itself in session today. That and to give Charlie Rangel an opportunity to whine on the House floor about his persecution at the hands of the Ethics Committee.

The White House and Congressional Democrats were all in a tither about getting a $26 Billion state aid packaged passed that Nancy Pelosi felt compelled to call the House back into session during the August recess. The emergency? To get the legislation passed before the school year begins. Why? So those reliable Democrat votes (teachers) don’t lose their jobs.

Is this going to be an annual event? I mean, is this setting the standard for years to come? Will the House and Senate be recalled from their “much needed” summer recess in order to pass “emergency” legislation so that teachers don’t lose their jobs every August from now until the fall of the Republic? 47 of the 50 states are running budget deficits thanks to mismanagement at the state level and federal intrusion. Unfunded mandates from the federal government and federal aid has made the states dependent upon the feds for funding of all aspects of governance. This is NOT how this nation is supposed to work. If anything, it should be reversed. At least that was the intention of the founders.

Education has become the latest dependency class. Soon to follow will be police and fire departments. Although, the aid package passed this afternoon by the House is a general aid package for states that includes funding for police and fire.

Glenn Beck warned several weeks ago that soon we will have a national police force. He went on to say that it won’t be named as such but follow the money trail.

If the Cleveland Police Department accepts federal funding you should fell safe to bet the farm that the feds will have a dominant say in how the CPD conducts its business. The same can be said of the fire departments AND – Teachers.

Conservative pundits – myself included – understand that this is nothing more than another veiled payoff to a major labor union. Employed teachers equal votes for the Democrat majority. Verbose urging from the Emperor increases his popularity among his base, but only his base.

What isn’t widely known about this bill is that it steals money from another federal program in order for it to be paid for. Beginning in 2014, the federal food stamp program will have a reduction in its planned annual increase in order to keep under-performing and junior teachers in their positions for the 2010-2011 school year. When 2014 rolls around, Progressives around the country will be screaming for additional funding for the food stamp program because this bill gutted the planning increase in funding.

What I find interesting is the choice of which federal spending program to raid in order to keep these under-performing and junior liberal teachers working. The food stamp program. A recent report showed that a record number of Americans are receiving benefits from that very program. Approximately 40.5 million to be exact.

What also hasn’t been discussed in public is the fact that funding for these teachers is already in place. Nearly half of the American Robbery and Redistribution Act funds have yet to be spent. It included funding for teachers, police, and fire but yet the Congress of the United States (House and Senate) with urging from the President, thought that new legislation with an additional funding source needed to be passed now – urgently – before the beginning of the school year so that more liberals turn out to the polls on November 2nd to vote for Democrats. There is no other explanation.

Why use existing funding when they can seem to be taking action by passing new legislation. As I said in another post, it’s a shell game.

I predict that next year there will be a push from the White House to bailout the states again. The cries will be that our school children need these teachers in class when in reality Obama needs their votes.

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