How Low Will He Go?

General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito

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Obamabow

Obamabow to Emperor

“Main article: Bowing (social)

Bowing (o)jigi (お辞儀, おじぎ), (o-)rei (お礼), is probably the feature of Japanese etiquette that is best-known outside Japan. Bowing is considered extremely important in Japan, so much so that, although children normally begin learning how to bow from a very young age, companies commonly provide training to their employees in how to execute bows correctly.

Basic bows are performed with the back straight and the hands at the sides (boys and men) or clasped in the lap (girls and women), and with the eyes down. Bows originate at the waist. Generally, the longer and deeper the bow, the stronger the emotion and the respect expressed.

Bows can be generally divided into three main types: informal, formal, and very formal. Informal bows are made at about a fifteen degree angle or just tilt over one’s head to the front, and more formal bows at about thirty degrees. Very formal bows are deeper.

The etiquette surrounding bowing, including the length and depth of bow, and the appropriate response, is exceedingly complex. For example, if the other person maintains his or her bow for longer than expected (generally about two or three seconds), it is polite to bow again, upon which one may receive another bow in return. This often leads to a long exchange of progressively lighter bows.

Generally speaking, an inferior bows longer, more deeply and more frequently than a superior. A superior addressing an inferior will generally only nod the head slightly, while some superiors may not bow at all and an inferior will bend forward slightly from the waist.

Bows of apology tend to be deeper and last longer than other types of bow. They tend to occur with frequency during the apology, generally at about 45 degrees with the head lowered and lasting for at least the count of three, sometimes longer…. The depth, frequency and duration of the bow increases with the sincerity of the apology and the severity of the offence….”

Chuck Norris on Copenhagen

Paratrooper's Mom Begs Obama: 'End It' - Boston News Story - WCVB Boston

Paratrooper's Mom Begs Obama: 'End It' - Boston News Story - WCVB Boston
As family and friends mourn a fallen U.S. paratrooper, his mother made an emotional plea to Obama that it's time to either bring home the troops or end the war in Afghanistan.

The body of Benjamin Sherman, 21, was recovered in Afghanistan Tuesday.

"It's time we do something. This has gone on too long. They either need to come home or we need to end it," a tearful Denise Sherman said.

Sherman was on his second tour of duty when he disappeared in Afghanistan last week during a mission to resupply troops in the western part of the country. He was a paratrooper with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, based in Fort Bragg, N.C.

His family said Sherman jumped into a river to try to help another soldier when both were swept away. He was missing for about a week. "My brother is the type of man whose main values are honor, respect and standing up for what you believe in."
- Meredith Sherman, sister

Dozens of troops searched frantically for Sherman and his comrade and found the pair after about a week.

Hasan

Fort Hood Suspect Warned of Muslim Threat Within Military

Fort Hood suspect was under FBI probe in 2008

Officials: U.S. Army Told of Hasan's Contacts with al Qaeda

U.S. Knew of Suspect’s Tie to Radical Cleric

Co-Worker: Ft. Hood Suspect Made ‘Outlandish’ Comments Condemning US Foreign Policy

Dr. Walid Phares, Director, Foundation for Defense of Democracie's Future of Terrorism Project, is interviewed about Ft. Hood. He referred to the "Ft. Dix Six," a reference to the five of six Muslim immigrants who were convicted of plotting to massacre U.S. soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey; and, he noted that one private was killed--Private Long--and another soldier was wounded by a Muslim terrorist, Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, at a Little Rock, Arkansas, Army recruitment center (in which a Muslim protester later appeared to proclaim "Islam is the religion of peace"). The American military has been a terrorist target according to Dr. Phares.

The shooting attack at Ft. Hood by a Muslim soldier, the Ft. Dix convictions, and the Little Rock shooting are anything but isolated incidents. Leaving out the numerous attacks on American soldiers overseas, by soldiers in uniform or in fake uniforms, attacks have continued in the U.S.

1) On 23 March 2003 there was a grenade attack by Muslim Sgt. Hasan Karim Akbar that killed Army Captain Christopher Seifert and Air Force Major Gregory Stone and wounded 14 others. He was convicted of two counts of premeditated murder and three counts of attempted premeditated murder on April 21, 2005. Notably, during his trial Akbar smuggled scissors out of a conference room, then asked the Military Police Officer guarding him to remove his hand cuffs so he could use the restroom. When the officer removed Akbar’s restraints, he stabbed the officer in the neck and shoulder before being wrestled to the ground by another officer.

2) While serving as a naval signalman on board the USS Benfoldin the months following the attack on the USS Cole, Hassan Abujihaad (a/k/a Paul R. Hall) actively provided Islamic terrorists with sensitive information about the location of Navy ships and their weaknesses. He also discussed sniper attacks on military personnel and attacks on U.S. military recruitment sites with Muslim terrorists as well. For his crimes, Abujihaad is currently serving a ten-(10) year sentence. On 5 March, 2008 Abujihaad was convicted by a jury and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

3) There is also the case of U.S. Army captain James “Yousef” Lee, the former Muslim chaplain charged with espionage while serving at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Lee was arrested at a U.S. airport on charges of espionage after he was caught in possession of detailed maps of the detention facility along with other classified materials.

4) In addition to Lee, two other Islamic Arabic translators stationed at Guantanamo were convicted of unauthorized possession of classified documents.

Ultimately, the U.S. Army opted not to proceed with the espionage charges against Lee due to national security concerns arising from the evidence that would be made available to the public at the trial.





Colonel Terry Lee, a co-worker of the Ft. Hood suspect stated that Hasan made "outlandish" comments condemning U.S. foreign policy. In addition, numerous acquaintances who knew Malik recalled anti-American sentiments but no one filed a formal, written complaint about Hasan's comments out of fear of appearing discriminatory.

The Muslim Hasan was upset and said that Muslims should “stand up”. Muslims should not be fighting Muslims. He also publicly posted his ideas on Scribd.

Malik stated:

Scholars have paralled [sic] this to suicide bombers whose intention, by sacrificing their lives, is to help save Muslims by killing enemy soldiers. If one suicide bomber can kill 100 enemy soldiers because they were caught off guard that would be considered a strategic victory. Their intention is not to die because of some despair. The same can be said for the Kamikazees [sic] in Japan. They died (via crashing their planes into ships) to kill the enemies for the homeland. You can call them crazy i you want but their act was not one of suicide that is despised by Islam. So the scholars main point is that "IT SEEMS AS THOUGH YOUR INTENTION IS THE MAIN ISSUE" and Allah (SWT) [sic] knows best.

The shooter's, Malik Hassan Malik, Facebook page states: "i love Islam; i love allah," and links to Islamist Facebook pages. "The apostates, they must be killed," according to Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taiymiya, also linked on Facebook.

Hasan was put on probation early in his postgraduate work at the Uniformed Service University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Md. He was disciplined for proselytizing about his Muslim faith with patients and colleagues. During the shooting, one eye witness reported Malik shouting the Islamists typical cry of "Allah Akbar!" (Arabic: God is Great) before shooting.

The day of the shooting Malik was viewed calmly going about his typical schedule of buying coffee and hash browns that morning.



Army Major Shooter served on the Homeland Security Policy Institute’s presidential transition task force between April 2008 and January 2009.

Janet Napolitano, the Department of Homeland Security, spoke from the United Arab Emirates and is working to prevent Americans from engaging in a possible wave of anti-Muslim sentiment after the shootings at Fort Hood.

There is no evidence that Americans have begun a backlash but Muslims are on the streets of America honoring Hasan. Revolution Muslim is mocking the dead American soldiers on their web site.

Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, of Kiel, Wis., joined the Army after the 2001 terrorist attacks and had vowed to take on Osama bin Laden, her mother, Jeri Krueger said. The Muslim group labels a picture of her likeness as "Fail."

Hasan worshipped at a mosque led by Islamic imam, Anwar al-Awlaki, said to be a "spiritual adviser" to three of the hijackers who attacked America on 9/11.

9/11 hijackers Khalid al Midhar and Nawaf al Hazmi came into contact with al Awlaki at the Rabat mosque in San Diego, though The 9/11 Commission Report notes that “We do not know how or when Hazmi and Midhar first met” him. According to The 9/11 Commission Report, the two “may even have met or at least talked to him the same day they first moved to San Diego.” Al Midhar and al Hazmi “reportedly respected al Awlaki as a religious figure and developed a close relationship with him.” The Congressional Joint Inquiry on 9/11 labels al Awlaki “their spiritual advisor” and asserts that there were reports of “closed-door meetings” involving the three. In January 2001, al Awlaki moved to Virginia and became the imam at the Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, VA, a mosque with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. In April 2001, al Hamzi and fellow hijacker Hani Hanjour showed up at Dar al Hijrah. The 9/11 Commission Report asserts that al Hazmi’s “appearance may not have been coincidental. We have unable to learn enough about al Awlaki’s relationship with Hazmi and Midhar to reach a conclusion,”

Cf. Wikipedia.

The U.K. press is running stories describing the background of Hasan.

The sole suspect in the massacre of 13 fellow US soldiers in Texas earlier this week was linked with radical imam, Anwar al-Awlaki, who was a “spiritual adviser” to three of the hijackers who attacked America on September 11, 2001.

Major Nidal Malik Hasan attended al-Awlaki’s Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Great Falls, Virginia, in 2001 at the same time as two of the September 11 terrorists.

Anwar al-Awlaki is an American-born Yemeni scholar who was banned from addressing a meeting in London by video link in August because he is accused of supporting attacks on British troops and backing terrorist organizations.

A fellow Muslim officer at the Fort Hood base in Texas, the scene of Thursday’s horrific shooting spree told the Telegraph that Hasan’s eyes used to light up when he mentioned his deep respect for al-Awlaki’s teachings.

Relatives said that the death of Hasan’s parents, in 1998 and 2001, turned him more devout.

Malik's professional background is sparse and he counseled for only a year according to his records.





The Little Rock incident referred to was a strange one in which, at the time, I believed to be a provocation. It did not work; people peaceably disagreed with the plant.




A Muslim terrorist killed an American soldier at this same site; thereafter, a Jihadist showed up to acclaim Islam as "the religion of peace."


These occurrences appear to be staged events provoking an attack. Consider for example that the Department of Justice, and Obama has stated publicly, that it is the duty of Federal government and the office of the president to defend jihadist causes.


Obama stated:

"I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear."

Obama has consistently maintained his position:

"I shall stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction."

--Barack Hussein Obama, Audacity of Hope

An incident such as the one in Arkansas seems ripe for exploitation by an overzealous government as in the present regime. The incident seems to be an obvious Reichstag fire opportunity. On 30 January 1933 the Weimar Republic President Paul von Hindenburg appoints Adolph Hitler Chancellor as the fateful transition to dictatorship in Germany begins. On 28 February 1933 President Hindenburg and Chancellor Hitler invoke Article 48 of the Weimar Constitution, which permits the suspension of civil liberties in time of national emergency. This Decree of the Reich President for the Protection of the People and State abrogates the following constitutional protections:

* Free expression of opinion
* Freedom of the press
* Right of assembly and association
* Right to privacy of postal and electronic communications
* Protection against unlawful searches and seizures
* Individual property rights
* States' right of self-government

A supplemental decree creates the SA (Storm Troops) and SS (Special Security) Federal police agencies. The evidence is unclear as to who is actually responsible for the Reichstag Fire: Marinus van der Lubbe, an incompetent Dutch Communist, acting alone--a Communist plot--or a cynical ploy by the Nazis themselves in order to create an incident. There is historical evidence that points to Nazis involvement in the Fire.

But regardless of who actually planned and executed the fire, it is clear that the Nazis immediately took advantage of the situation in order to advance their cause at the expense of civil rights. The Decree enabled the Nazis to ruthlessly suppress opposition in the upcoming election.


On 5 March 1933 national elections provided the Nazis a 44% plurality in the Reichstag. Herman Göring [who later played a central role in the Nazi government and war effort] declares that there is no further need for State governments.

Over the next few weeks, each of the lawful Weimar State governments falls to the same ruse:

* Local Nazi organizations instigate disorder;
* The disorder is quelled by replacing the elected state government by appointed Nazi Reich Commissioners.

On 24 March 1933 the Reichstag passes the Law for Terminating the Suffering of People and Nation, also known as the Enabling Law, essentially granting Adolph Hitler dictatorial power.

The events in 1933 can be summarized as follows:

* While it is not clear whether the Nazis intentionally set the Reichstag fire in order to create a national crisis, or whether the Nazis simply were opportunistic, the event was used as justification for a sharp curtailment in constitutionally guaranteed civil liberties.
* The Nazis took advantage of the additional Federal police powers to suppress opponents.
* It is clear that in other situations, the Nazis did use the tactic of creating a "law and order" crisis so that they could provide a solution which further eroded civil liberties and entrenched their power.
* The central point to grasp is that a democracy can be destroyed by creating a law-and-order crisis and offering as a 'solution' the abdication of civil liberties and state's rights to a powerful but unaccountable central authority.


The equivalent of the Reichstag Fire is unfolding. The federal government has sided with Islam to actively promote its practice. The staged events appear designed to provoke a reaction amongst the American people. The Federal government would then seem duty-bound to intervene during an staged emergency granting extensive powers at the highest and most coercive level of government.


In the contemporary Arkansas incident some background is helpful to understand the situation.





The Muslim, Abdulhakim Muhammad, accused of killing an Army private never suffered torture or beatings while jailed on an immigration violation in Yemen, an official Embassy spokesman Mohammed Albasha stated. Muhammad became a terrorist after converting to Islam in the wake of 9/11. He pleaded not guilty to a capital murder charge in the death Monday of Pvt. William Long. Another soldier, Pvt. Quinton I. Ezeagwula, was wounded in the shooting. Muhammad, born Carlos Bledsoe, traveled to Yemen in September 2007 and taught English in the port city of Aden with the British Council for about two months, Albasha said. Muhammad then traveled to San'a, the country's capital, and taught English classes while attending Arabic courses with a group known as The City Institute, the spokesman said. Yemeni police arrested Muhammad on Nov. 14 for overstaying his visa and living illegally in the Middle Eastern nation, Albasha said. He was deported Jan. 29 to the U.S. A law enforcement official previously told the AP that Muhammad was arrested and jailed for using a Somali passport. Muhammad had such a passport at the time of his arrest, but said it was only to remain in the country with his wife. Yemen is a lawless and impoverished nation on the tip of the Arabian peninsula, is the ancestral home of Osama bin Laden's family. It was the scene of one of al-Qaida's most dramatic pre-9/11 attacks, the 2000 suicide bombing of the destroyer USS Cole off the Aden coast that killed 17 American sailors. Muhammed's attorney has disputed supposed Internet search records seized on a computer at Muhammad's Little Rock apartment, saying other people had accessed the secondhand computer. An FBI-Homeland Security intelligence assessment document obtained by the AP after the shooting suggested Muhammad may have considered targeting other locations, including Jewish and Christian sites. The FBI said he "conducted Internet searches related to different locations in several U.S. cities" including Atlanta, Little Rock, Louisville, Ky., Memphis, Tenn., New York, and Philadelphia. Material seized from Muhammad's truck and apartment this week included guns, ammunition, and Molotov cocktails.

I included a second version of the Jihadist video which is shorter but the distracting commentary is not included.

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Acquainting Cultures With Technology

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America: Beware the Snake Oil Salesman

Niall Ferguson: The Dollar Is Finished And The Chinese Are Dumping It

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Niall Ferguson has written The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Descent of the West and Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power, among other important works of economic history.

Gov't Caused Housing Crisis

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Stephen Colbert: Desert Cross Case Before the Supreme Court

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A desert cross case is before the Supreme Court since the Justices are deciding the appropriateness of a cross erected on the Mojave National Preserve to honor World War I dead. In his “The Word” segment, Stephen Colbert makes some strong arguments of his own regarding the true meaning of the cross–including a near-complete recitation of the Nicene Creed.

Health Care Rationing Bill is Not Online Nor Read by Representatives

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The actual language of a bill passed by Congress is not read and members state they can not even understand the actual wording of the bills they pass so they do not read the bills.

Al Gore Getting Testy About His Environmental Errors

The director, John K. MacIver, of "Not Evil, Just Wrong," a documentary challenging Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth," dares to ask a question at the Society of Environmental Journalists annual conference. Apparently Mr. Gore only allows the 'right kind' of questions to be asked of him.

MacIver was asking about: The Nine Lies Of Al Gore.

The British High Court Decision evaluated Gore's film, "An Inconvenient Truth." For those of you asking and interested to find out more about the British High Court ruling in the case between Stuart Dimmock and Secretary of State for Education and Skills published 10/02/2007, please find the full text here.

"No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed."

Obama is clear; America is over: "No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed." Obama continued: "The world must stand together to demonstrate that international law is not an empty promise and that treaties will be enforced." There was no mention of liberty, the Constitution, freedom, or any American ideals.

The world and its dictators applaud: Castro for example, and Obama was meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, whose country elevated their nation over others since Obama's decision to scrap a defense plan that Russia strongly opposed.

Our staunchest allies are distancing themselves away from us as well. Obama met with the new Japanese prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, who has said he wants to shift Japan's diplomatic stance from one that is less centered on Washington's lead.

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Obama Talking About His Buddies at ACORN

Peter Schiff on RT: Americans Must Prepare

Swine Flu’s Hidden Ingredient – Squalene

Sheriff's Department Equipped Now with Weapon of War Against Civilians

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department is the latest police department to militarize as Americans are transitioned to a less free state. The Sheriff's Department is now equipped with sonic devices which are the same military weapons used against the insurgents in Iraq. The sonic weapon is known as a Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD. The device was originally created for the Iraqi War, and it emits high-pitched sound as a form of crowd control. The same weapon of war is now planned against American civilians. Not only that, despite no outbreaks of violence at this summer's Town Hall meetings, the police were already equipped with the war weapon. The LRAD cost the sheriff's department $27,000, and it was paid for with money from a 2007 Homeland Security grant. Americans are funding their own suppression of contrary political views.

Obama Admin: Cap And Trade Could Cost Families $1,761 A Year

Obama Admin: Cap And Trade Could Cost Families $1,761 A Year

White House Collects Web Users' Data Without Notice

White House Collects Web Users' Data Without Notice

7 Senators Still Support ACORN

By an 83-7 vote the Senate voted to deny housing and community grant funding to ACORN.

Activists posing as a prostitute and her pimp released hidden-camera videos in which ACORN employees in Baltimore, Brooklyn, and Washington, D.C. offered insights on how to import children from Latin America to work as prostitutes and the undercover pair were offered suggestions on how to commit tax fraud.

ACORN has received $53 million in taxpayer funds since 1994 and the group was eligible for a wider set of funding in the pending legislation, which funds housing and transportation programs.

Just last week, the Census Bureau severed its ties with ACORN, saying it does not want the group’s help in outreach efforts on the decennial count.

Yet, seven senators were still willing to stand by them:

• Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.
• Roland Burris, D-Ill.
• Dick Durbin, D-Ill.
• Bernie Sanders, D-Vt.
• Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
• Bob Casey, D-Pa.
• Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.

Religious Group Investigated and On to ACORN Early On

Some of the undercover tapes that Fox News is running on ACORN are simply flabbergasting. However, in October 2008, a series of reports critical of ACORN circulated and I think one religious group was on to them almost from the beginning.

Should American Parents Raise Their Own Children?

White Student Beaten Repeatedly While Black Kids Cheer Attacker On

A second tape, slightly shorter, was released by the police Department.

Students attacked another while on a bus ride to school at Belleville West High School.

The underage victim's face has been blurred to protect his identity. Video source: Belleville Police Department

Free Speech of Congress Limited: Obama and the Double Standard

House Rules Committee Chairwoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) has released an updated primer for members so that they can act prim and proper for the government. In particular, members do not enjoy the free speech enough to say "liar" or "sexual misconduct" to a president. And, liar might refer to whom? And, sexual misconduct may refer to whom? I think we see the point, these are things you can not say to Obama or Clinton respectively. Although language and condemnation were much worse during the last administration the rules did not seem to apply although they were first promulgated in 1909. The restriction on free speech in Congress begins now. Representative Joe Wilson is the first congressman in history to be formally rebuked for behavior toward a president in the chamber. On a political point of disagreement, Wilson was rebuked for calling Obama a "liar;" of course, Obama can name-call who he chooses since there is a double-standard at work here. In an off-the-cuff tape obtained by TMZ, Obama says the media representatives said: "cut the president some slack." Obama called entertainer Kanye West a "jackass."

Offensive language is reserved for only a few, favored persons. Representative Pete Starke called Bush a "liar" twice; the rebuke was not official, the Chair simply reminded Starke not to engage in remarks directed against Bush as a person.

Listen to Representative Wilson yourself:

Obama Losing Black Support

According to the Pew Research Center, Obama's approval rating nationwide is now 10 points lower than last April. The points include a three-point drop in his approval among African-Americans. In numerical terms this means there are about a half million blacks who now regret their decision. Obama has had a checkered experience with black leaders. For example, during the campaign, candidate Obama ruffled Jesse Jackson's feathers when he spoke about personal responsibility among black males. An inadvertently "on" microphone picked up Jackson saying that he wanted to castrate Obama, except that he said it in saltier language. In fact, according to a Pew Research Center report, almost a third of blacks consider themselves conservative. The black community in this country has had a generous amount of government largess and what has been the result? The Cato Institute reports that, after adjusting for inflation, funds spent on public schools have doubled since 1970, with no improvement in education performance and a decrease in graduation rates. This is government at work.

ACORN Tapes Continue to Roll

ACORN tapes are rolling off from the two activists who have documented on tape the fact that the organization is advising the pair how to set up a child prostitution ring, engage in prostitution as a "performing artist," and to commit tax fraud. ACORN will be receiving $8.1 million in taxpayer money so who is likely to be prosecuted? The state of Maryland is considering prosecuting the whistle-blowers who exposed ACORN.

2 Million Say "We Will Rock You"

ACORN Trying to Provoke Crowd at Anti-Obama Rally

Tim Jones, TimJones@usadba.com, caught ACORN selling Gadsen, popularly known as the "Don't Tread on Me" flags, at the anti-Obama protest on Saturday.

Inhofe Must Believe Obama is Not Eligible

Senator Inhofe suggests that it is not worth suing Obama for his birth certificate because it would take ten years, too long to wait. What I find interesting though is that he says "you're right" to a "birther." He does not dispute that Obama is disqualified from office since he is not a natural born citizen. Inhofe must believe that Obama is not a natural born citizen and is violating the Constitution.

Video Banned on YouTube

The Five Financial Shockwaves to Expect When China’s Yuan Swaps Places with the U.S. Dollar

The Five Financial Shockwaves to Expect When China’s Yuan Swaps Places with the U.S. Dollar

More Than 2 Million in D.C.: Prescott, AZ and All Over the U.S. Too

1.5 Million At Least

Mason Weaver speaks at the TEA rally to state: "I came here because I thought you might want to hear a black man speak without a teleprompter."

1.5 million, at least, jammed Washington to protest the regime. Some estimates are even higher: perhaps up to 2 million.

Zonation on Van Jones

Twenty Ten, Lloyd Marcus

TEA Chants for Joe Wilson, the Truth Czar, Drowns Out CNN

9/11: Obama Declares "Interfaith Day of Service"

Americans may have noticed that all of the hijackers on 9/11 were Muslims. Despite this simple fact, Obama has declared 9/11 an Interfaith Day of Service in solidarity with his Muslim roots. The details of the Day are explained and how State Department employees are to be sensitive to the religious requirements of Islam.

The focus of the Interfaith Day is Islamic. The action request asks State personnel to support mosques: “Organize a food-drive for the end of Ramadan with religious leaders and citizens in Muslim communities to donate to a local mosque or community.” And it directs State personnel to a handy “list of Ramadan 2009 outreach materials for Muslim communities.”

In this country we have the separation of church and state but nothing of the sort separates the state and the mosque. The State Department is organizing donation drives for mosques.

Obama stated at his White House Ramadan dinner:

“Islam, as we know, is part of America. Together we have a responsibility to foster engagement grounded in mutual interest and mutual respect.” He said that this was one of his fundamental commitments as president both at home and abroad. That is central to the new beginning that I’ve sought between the United States and Muslims around the world and that is a commitment that we can renew once again during this holy season.”

Obama is pandering to groups sympathetic to destroying our country. Who needs al-Qaeda when we have Obama.

SUBJECT: INTERFAITH DAY OF SERVICE

REF: 09 STATE 77580

1. This is an action request (Para 4). The Department encourages posts to consider organizing an Interfaith Day of Service in their host countries as a way to commemorate the anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001.

2. President Obama called for interfaith service to foster collaboration between people across the world in his Cairo speech: "Indeed, faith should bring us together. And that's why we're forging service projects in America to bring together Christians, Muslims, and Jews. Around the world, we can turn dialogue into interfaith service, so bridges between peoples lead to action -- whether it is combating malaria in Africa, or promoting relief after a natural disaster."

3. Interfaith service has been an inextricable part of Americans' dedication to serving others, which as early as 1831 was identified as a distinctive American characteristic by Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville. In State 77580, Secretary Clinton specifically encouraged Department of State employees to support President Obama's domestic United We Serve campaign that embraces this tradition of community service. By participating in an Interfaith Day of Service, posts have the unique opportunity to expand the domestic commemoration of 9/11 as the National Day of Service and Remembrance -- as signed into law by President Obama on April 21, 2009 -- into a global initiative.

4. ACTION REQUEST: Posts are encouraged to plan an Interfaith Day of Service to commemorate 9/11 that would send a message of goodwill, cooperation, and shared interest to their host countries and their religious communities. To accommodate posts in countries where Muslims may be observing Ramadan until/about September 19, posts are requested to plan an Interfaith Day of Service between September 11 and October 18, 2009. We encourage you to bring together leaders of different religious backgrounds and identify jointly a priority project. Those leaders would encourage their members to join mission employees and resident Americans in working together on a community project. We request that posts keep their regional bureaus informed of their 9/11 commemoration plans so that the information can be made available to interested USG officials and agencies.

5. Sustainability is a key theme of President Obama's United We Serve campaign and Secretary Clinton's remarks at the Global Philanthropy Forum where she announced the appointment of the Special Representative for Global Partnerships (S/GPI) and described the Department's role as a convener, catalyst, and collaborator by fostering public-private partnerships with groups such as faith-based organizations. The Interfaith Day of Service is an opportunity for posts to expand their contact bases, initiate long-term partnerships with civil society, and spread goodwill in observing September 11, 2001. Some programming ideas and suggestions are listed in paragraph six, however posts are encouraged to be creative based on the needs, religions/sects, and opportunities in their country.

6. Programming Ideas
- Meet with interfaith leaders or an interfaith organization before the Interfaith Day of Service to identify a local development issue. For example, Interfaith Youth Core and Tony Blair's Faith Foundation collaboratively identified malaria as a problem in Africa and supported a service project for youth to raise funds and show the film "The Story of a Bed Net" in their faith communities.

- Form local partnerships:

- Organize a food-drive for the end of Ramadan with religious leaders and citizens in Muslim communities to donate to a local mosque or community, such as this activity in Dubai in 2008:

http://www.facebook.com/groups.php?id=28354#/group.php?gid= 5998096393&ref=search.

- Partner with universities or secondary schools to organize a day of awareness-raising, school clean-up, park rehabilitation, or a donation drive that includes students from different faith traditions.

- Work with the Red Cross/Red Crescent or a local hospital to promote the giving of blood and partner with different religious leaders to involve their congregations.

- Organize a free music workshop for a neighborhood where

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musicians from different faiths can share their traditions. This event could be a good way to promote a longer term arts education project, for example. - Set up an interfaith sports competition for youth that includes interfaith teams and incorporates skill-building activities.

- Organize a writing competition at a local school on respect for people of all faiths.

7. Resources
- Communities@State's new Religion and Global Affairs Community can be a resource for posts to submit service ideas. Washington can help connect posts to an interfaith and/or youth organization active in their host countries. Posts can participate in the Community at: http://www.intelink.gov/communities/state/ediplomacy/archiv es/new_community_r.html

- The Global Partnership Initiative (S/GPI) has developed new tools and talking points for the Department's efforts at the nexus of faith and foreign policy. These can be accessed on the intranet at http://gpi.state.gov, on the internet at http://www.state.gov/partnerships/, or by contacting Rob Lalka (lalkart@state.gov).

- The Office of the Special Representative for Muslim Communities (S/SRMC) can be a resource. Contact information: tel. 202-647-7710 or via email SSRMC

- INFOCENTRAL is a repository of information that all posts can use for outreach. A list of Ramadan 2009 outreach materials for Muslim communities can be found at:
https://infocentral.state.gov/info-topics/democracy--human- rights/democracy--human-rights/archive/ramadan - America.gov focuses on the theme of American Giving in several articles:

http://search.state.gov/search?oe=utf8&ie=utf8&q=American+G iving&filter=0&entqr=3&ud=1&sort=date%3AD%3AL%3Ad1&output=x ml_no_dtd&lr=lang_en&client=americagov&proxystylesheet=amer icagov&getfields=*&site=americagov&Submit.x=40&Submit.y=14 - Serve.gov, the United We Serve website, lists service opportunities in the U.S. that could provide ideas for similar activities at posts.

8. Reporting
IIP would appreciate a brief description of any plans for an interfaith service activity sent to your IIP policy officer in advance of the event. Following the event, IIP could potentially use photos and text about the activity on the English or language versions of America.gov and/or a social networking platform. Photos should be e-mailed to state61per@photos.flickr.com. The subject line will become the title of the photo. The body of the e-mail should include:

A description of the photo which will become the caption A photo credit in parentheses at the end of the description A carriage return followed by: tags: #service

If you have any questions about uploading photos, please contact Jason Katz (katzjx@state.gov). Please report your activities on Mission Activity Tracker and to your regional bureaus.

9. This is an exciting opportunity to answer the President's call to interfaith service and the Secretary's commitment to partnerships. We hope posts will find the Interfaith Day of Service a beneficial way to commemorate September 11 abroad and to promote goodwill in their host countries. 10. Minimize considered. CLINTON BT #9406

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UPDATE: OT but not
Washington, D.C. - On September 25th there will be a national prayer gathering of Muslims on the west front of the U.S. Capitol Building. They are expecting at least 50,000 to attend from mosques all across America. They will gather to pray from 4:00 AM until 7:00 PM. The gathering will take place by the site where U.S. Presidents have been inaugurated since 1981. The organizers say that it was Obama's inauguration speech in January and his speech broadcast from Egypt in June that gave them the idea for this prayer gathering on Capitol Hill.

Police Call: Report to Take Your Flu Shot

Jane Bürgermeister lives in Vienna and, while working as a medical editor, was horrified to learn in early 2009 of the fiasco in which a Baxter International research facility in Orth-Donau, Austria, sent a quantity of human H3N2 viral material to 18 European laboratories.

Such a supply of experimental material would have been totally normal--except that in this instance the H3N2 had been somehow contaminated with live H5N1... the far more lethal Avian Flu.

As a medical editor, Jane immediately realized the import of what had happened - and what had nearly happened - and raised the alarm. But no-one in the Austrian media was interested. She then took matters into her own hands and filed legal charges against those who she considered the perpetrators to be.

Not long after Jane was dismissed from her job without explanation. Undeterred, she sought support on the internet and continued her campaign.

Health Care Rationing is Coming

The stage is being set by the majority in Congress realizing of course that the people do not want rationing. The Democrats will argue that Senate leaders have been forced to use a partisan budget tool known as reconciliation to pass a health bill through the Senate by a simple majority, instead of 60 votes. The Republicans can not realistically agree allowing the Democrats they their hand has been forced. The one people forced in this nonsense is the ordinary, average, hard-working American who has to put up with this nonsense from the gangs in Washington. Perhaps people can keep demanding their representatives are accountable to them. If not, we should be ensure the incumbents are out at the next available time during elections. I say all incumbents in now should be out.

Obama Promoting Islam on 9/11

On the anniversary of 9/11, Dalia Mogahed, executive director of Gallup Muslim Studies and a member of Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, says “The Domestic Crusaders” allows the audience to see a more humanized face of Muslims. The "Crusaders" is a play debuting in New York City today. The Obama regime and its representatives can not be clearer that there is no respect for the innocent Americans who were killed on 9/11. The regime wants Americans to consider how human the Islamists are. Is this statement intended to provoke a response? Is this a statement seeking to stir up emotions? This is incredibly insensitive and extraordinarily disrespectful to the families of Americans killed eight years ago. Would it be too much for Obama to promote America? Is it too much to ask him to support the memory of the Americans who died? His alleged sympathy for the Americans at a service today was overshadowed by the security incident on the Potomac. Obama is clear; his mission is to promote Islam.

In Obama's Cairo speech he stated:

"I consider it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear."

Another Military Incident Similar to the Flyover Fiasco

The flyover fiasco was bizarre to say the least, and today, just happens to be the anniversary of 9/11, Obama just happens to be crossing a bridge nearby,

a training exercise just happens to occur at the same time, no one happens to mention to related agencies that a military training exercise is taking place? Either this is yet another staged event, such as the flyover, or this is an exercise to get Americans accustomed to a greater military presence, or, Washington, D.C. is filled with complete morons. Who is running the show here? On 9/11 one of the worst problems was the lack of coordination between related official agencies, and yet today, the same problem occurred. Official Washington, at best, is completely incompetent and unable to protect anyone. The several agencies do not even inform each accurately about their respective activities. In the meantime, Americans have to wait for the official word from government agencies who do not know what is happening any way. I can think of few scenarios that would be as bad for the ordinary, average citizen who would like to be informed. We need to know if this is an actual threat or a drill. The government seems more likely to be just making things up as they go along. This could be a tactic to keep people in the dark and unable to make sound decisions based on accurate information. It is the perfect opportunity for the Federal government to take advantage of people. The media does a abysmal job of reporting and finding out factual information. The free press is supposed to be able to discern fact from fiction but they can not be relied on as well.

The time line:
CNN reported that the Coast Guard has fired on a boat on the Potomac River.

10:10 a.m. ET: The report of some activity on the river comes only minutes after Obama concluded 9/11 memorial ceremonies at the Pentagon not far away.

10:12 a.m. ET: CNN says the Coast Guard fired 10 rounds at the boat.

10:14 a.m. ET: CNN broadcasts what it says is audio of the Coast Guard apparently speaking to a suspicious boat. The Coast Guard speaker is heard saying; "Slow down or you will be fired on."

10:27 a.m. ET: The AP quotes the Coast Guard as saying training was being conducted in Potomac River moments before Obama motorcade crossed.

10:32 a.m. ET: Fox News quotes Coast Guard Chief Keith Moore as saying no shots were fired as part of the exercise.

10:33 a.m. ET: Reuters quotes an FBI spokeswoman as saying the agency was told by the Coast Guard that no shots were fired at a boat in the Potomac.

10:41 a.m. ET: NBC's Pete Williams, quoting a "senior Coast Guard official," says the incident was just an exercise to "challenge response times." Or, perhaps to test a military response crosses my mind.

10:53 a.m. ET: USA TODAY's Kevin Johnson reports that the Coast Guard is preparing a statement for release in a few moments.

12:01 p.m. ET: Note the time; I believe this is key. The statement stretches out from a "few moments" to more than a hour later. I wonder what was really going on here.

Here is a statement on the incident from the Coast Guard:

The U.S. Coast Guard reported on Friday that reports in the media were based on overheard radio calls made over a training frequency and that no shots were fired during the exercise. The exercise was planned in advance and was being conducted on a marine radio frequency reserved for Coast Guard training and operations. No recreational boaters were involved in this training exercise. We are still gathering information of how this training event might have been misconstrued as an actual incident. We will conduct a thorough review of this incident.

Reports were based on, and once I heard them, what sounded like actual reporting of shots fired by the Guard. Then, the Guard states no shots were fired. No one had said anything about recreational boats yet the Guard statement includes this idea. Why? We do not know. If this was a planned exercise do they notify anyone? Does each agency operate separately? Isn't there any coordination?

The statement continues:

Coast Guard boats were operating in the vicinity of 14th Street and Memorial Bridges this morning. Whether or not these were the same boats using the marine radio frequency used for training purposes has not yet been confirmed.

The Guard does not know where their own boats are?

The best way that we in the Coast Guard can remember Sept. 11 and our security obligations to the nation is to be always ready and this requires constant training and exercise. To ensure the appropriate readiness posture we conduct training scenarios across the nation on a daily basis.

How and when this exercised was conducted will be reviewed.

The statement ends with a rhetorical flourish seeking to re-assure people we know what we are doing; and, of course it also connects their exercise with 9/11 as a ploy for sympathy for their actions.

12:07 p.m. ET: Vice Adm. John Currier, Coast Guard chief of staff, tells reporters that the incident was a "low profile, normal training exercise" that, he says, is done everyday.

Perhaps this is but has anyone in the news media been able to confirm his point? Does this happen everyday? Has anyone in D.C. noted this or not? Where is the media every day?

Currier says the normal procedure is to announce "This is a drill" before and after such exercises, and that while he has not heard the tapes of this particular incident, he has a "high degree of confidence" that normal protocols were followed.

But the spokesperson does not know if normal protocols were followed or not. Shouldn't someone know?

Currier says other agencies were not notified because of the low-profile and routine nature of the event.

This should be obvious to anyone in the media; does this happen daily or not?

Asked why some police units were seen around the Potomac area after the incident, he replied: "What you see here is a loop between what actually happened, press reports, and the uncertainty that was generated by that because of the high profile of the press reports. Other agencies due to that uncertainty reacted as they normally would, they dispatched units."

Who dispatched them? Why? How would the police know what CNN, on TV, was reporting? If something is uncertain no one is dispatched. Is someone checking the police response time?

He also confirmed that the FAA briefly grounded flights out of nearby Reagan National Airport as a response to the media coverage.

Who ordered this? Is the confusion because there is some one who wants to have people question the reporting?

"Radio intercepts generated intense media coverage, and, justifiably so, but what you saw is this spiral up," Currier say. He says one area they will examine is "press engagement" and that they may ask the media for input.

Yes, and this is a terrific way to control the media. Next time they may not report anything because they have been told not to report anything.

12:39 p.m. ET: CNN's Jeanne Meserve, who covered the breaking story, says CNN contacted the Guard Guard before airing their first report to ask what was happening, based on the radio intercepts and activity in the river. She said, "They couldn't tell us. They didn't know what was happening."

So who do you believe? CNN or the Guard? They can not both be correct.

CNN also broadcast excerpts of the audio of what turned out to be an exercise in which one person is heard shouting "slow down ... or you will be fired on." She also says that in other excerpts a person is saying "10 shots have been extended, we are going to assess the situation." Meserve says there was no indication that this was a drill."

From what I could hear the tapes sound authentic as if it had actually happened.

No one will make the connection publicly but in general outline this is similar to the Mumbai scenario which was a sophisticated attack launched by boat. If this exercise was legitimate training for such a possibility it would be reasonable but there are too many loose ends. Even the simplest and easiest to answer, whether this training routine is a daily exercise no one seems able to answer. No one can tell us?

Oddly enough, the organizers of tomorrow's TEA rally that will largely to protest Obama and the gang in Washington, received a bomb threat. The FreedomWorks staffer who spoke with ABC News said that the organization has received multiple threats but that for "some reason, the DC Metro police thought that this one was credible enough to evacuate the building." I did not realize that the police fielded calls and determined, unknown to anyone, which bomb threats are credible and which ones are not. Imagine the egg on their face if an organization received a bomb threat that proved to be real and the building was not evacuated. This was one a real threat though. The stories and spins get to be so outlandish that they are more bizarre and strange all the time.

Obama's ACORN Advises "Prostitute," "Child Pimp," "Tax Cheat"

The entire transcript of filmmaker James O'Keefe and his undercover operation exposing Obama's ACORN office has been published. ACORN advised the pair who posed undercover on how to defraud the government perform their scam. Someone should check just how much the politicians voted to award ACORN as part of the stimulus package.

They are just dreadful.

Verification is the Issue: Obama Lied

There is nothing in the health care rationing bill that requires verification of a citizen's status, thus, illegal immigrants will receive health care that American citizens pay for. Obama lied. Two amendments were proposed so that health care recipients had to produce verification of status: Democrats struck both of them from the bill.

U.S. Soldier Claims Unruly Citizens Will Be Controlled

Taitz Has Gotten Further than Anyone, So Far

Attorney Dr. Orly Taitz’ Barnett v. Obama case has gone further than any similar Court case, so far.

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter has ordered a scheduling conference between the parties to the case to occur on 5 October 2009 with tentative trial dates following up thereafter, assuming that the Court finds reason to go so far.

Calling Out: Rep. Wilson and the Obaaamaaas

You know for the usually staid English calling out in Parliament is not only typical but it is a part of the hurly-burly actual debating style of the council. Representatives hoot, jeer, call out, and boo their opponents. The minor incident of calling out in our august chamber has a precedent: English democratic practice. It really shouldn't be that big a deal, or we could simply advocate change.

The irony in the incident, and dismissal, is that Rep. Wilson is correct. Obama was lying. Wilson was telling the truth. H.R. 3200 does not contain any restrictions on non-citizens. The CRS (Congressional Research Office) reports do not get released to the public. CRS offers private analysis to members of Congress on request, but rarely do they see the light of day. However, David Freddoso got his hands on a copy of the 11-page analysis, “Treatment of Non-Citizens in HR3200″ late last night, and confirmed its reading:

In its subsection on health insurance subsidies (known as “affordability credits”), HR 3200 does state, “Nothing in this subtitle shall allow Federal payments for affordability credits on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States.” That would seem to solve the problem, but it’s more rhetoric than reality. The bill contains no verification requirement or enforcement process for citizenship or legal residency, as exists for other federal benefit programs. The only verification required for the subsidies pertains to family income. Beyond that, as the CRS report notes, everything is left in the hands of the Health Choices Commissioner.

House Democrats defeated all attempts in committee to add an enforcement mechanism that would require proof of citizenship or legal residency for those getting subsidies.

In short, illegal immigrants will get health care; Obama lied.

Former Senior FBI Official Alleges New World Order

Folks Not Buying Swine Flu Propaganda

"We're playing russian roullete with the lives of the people we administer this chemical to."

Herb Newborg is the Vice President of Chiropractic America...he and others suggested the government will bypass FDA regulations in order to release the vaccination by October....saying H1N1 cases are expected to spike in the fall. Their main concern, a particular chemical that's used to stretch the vaccine supply.

"It's been connected to neurological deficits that have been labeled gulf war syndrome."

Medimmune Patented the Swine Flu Virus in 2008

Obama and Dems Implode

Obama's disapproval number jumped to 52% just as word was released that the 44 more moderate Democrats of the Democrat Caucus have gone on the record in opposition to the current health care rationing bill in the House. Meanwhile, 57 Liberal Democrats are on record to vote no on a bill without strong government intervention. The Democrats, totally in control, and completely disintegrating all on their own without the Republicans.

Obama's Capitol Hill Card: Who is in Your Wallet?

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The Contrast Between Two Speeches to School Kids

The controversy over Obama’s speech to the nation’s schoolchildren is in stark contrast to the time when President George H.W. Bush delivered a similar speech on 1 October 1991. Democrats, then the majority party in Congress, not only denounced Bush’s speech — they also ordered the General Accounting Office to investigate its production and later summoned top Bush administration officials to Capitol Hill for an extensive hearing on the issue.

The day after Bush spoke, the Washington Post published a front-page story suggesting the speech was carefully staged for the president’s political benefit. “The White House turned a Northwest Washington junior high classroom into a television studio and its students into props,” the Post reported.

With the Post article in hand, Democrats pounced. “The Department of Education should not be producing paid political advertising for the president, it should be helping us to produce smarter students,” said Richard Gephardt, then the House Majority Leader. “And the president should be doing more about education than saying, ‘Lights, camera, action.’”

Democrats did not stop with words. Rep. William Ford, then chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, ordered the General Accounting Office to investigate the cost and legality of Bush’s appearance. On October 17, 1991, Ford summoned then-Education Secretary Lamar Alexander and other top Bush administration officials to testify at a hearing devoted to the speech. “The hearing this morning is to really examine the expenditure of $26,750 of the Department of Education funds to produce and televise an appearance by President Bush at Alice Deal Junior High School in Washington, DC,” Ford began. “As the chairman of the committee charged with the authorization and implementation of education programs, I am very much interested in the justification, rationale for giving the White House scarce education funds to produce a media event.”

Unfortunately for Ford, the General Accounting Office concluded that the Bush administration had not acted improperly. “The speech itself and the use of the department’s funds to support it, including the cost of the production contract, appear to be legal,” the GAO wrote in a letter to Chairman Ford. “The speech also does not appear to have violated the restrictions on the use of appropriations for publicity and propaganda.”

That didn’t stop Democratic allies from taking their own shots at Bush. The National Education Association denounced the speech, saying it “cannot endorse a president who spends $26,000 of taxpayers’ money on a staged media event."

Today, there are no newspapers decrying the act, no call for an investigation, and, goodness, no one is asking how much it cost.

Of course presidents should stay out of the classroom. However, I would go so far as to entertain the notion of abolishing the Department of Education, it does so little good, much less bring up that pesky notion of cost in a failing economy. The present regime is not transparent at all.

Parents Protest Against Barry for Better Schools

While Barry prattles on about how he is supportive of education the actual, flesh and blood victims of his educational policies protested at the Department of Education. Barry has remained steadfast in his opposition to vouchers so parents could send their kids to the better, and private, schools in D.C. Yet, he sends his kids to an elite, private school. Nice guy and how many are really fooled by his hypocrisy?

Muslims Convicted Planning Mass Murder by Airplane

Three Muslims were convicted today of planning a mass murder in an airline bomb plot.

U.S. Propaganda Art Funded by Taxpayers

Propaganda art is proliferating in the U.S. according to yet another leak about the taxpayer funded National Endowment for the Arts. Two artists have confirmed that taxpayer funds are being used to promote a political agenda with alleged non-political Endowment funds.

Biohazard Warning in Jones County, North Carolina: Why?

Tim Hawkins, "The Government Can," Sung to the Tune of "The Candy Man"

Malcolm in the Middle episode where Commandant Spangler and his cadets sing Sammy Davis Jr.'s "Candy man."

One of a kind, Sammy Davis Jr. singing "The Candy Man" live in Germany.