Blog Smith

Blog Smith is inspired by the myth of Hephaestus in the creation of blacksmith-like, forged materials: ideas. This blog analyzes topics that interest me: IT, politics, technology, history, education, music, and the history of religions.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Privacy and Social Networks

Geno's Steaks Supports Arizona


Support in PA for Arizona: PA files anti-amnesty measure along with 9 other states.

On July 14, 2010, Joey Vento hosted a fundraiser to help Arizona fight against the federal lawsuit over illegal immigration policy. The event drew supporters and protesters. Video by Michele Tranquilli/Daily News


The Big Talker 1210 and Joey Vento's Geno's Steaks support Arizona in a "buycott broadcast."

All funds raised support Arizonans through the Border Security and Immigration Legal Defense Fund.

Special (Broadcast) Guests:

* Arizona Governor Jan Brewer
* Arizona State Sen. Russell Pearce, author of Arizona Immigration Bill
* PA State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, sponsor of PA Immigration Bill
* Maricopa County Sheriff, Joe Arpaio
* Hazelton, PA Mayor Lou Barletta

Music provided by Rivoli Review.

Catholic Professor Fired for Telling Students in Catholicism Class He Agrees with Catholic Teachings

Firing follows anonymous 'hate speech' complaint.

Spy swap puts halt to fact finding

Obama's rapid release of Russians removed the prospect of a public trial revealing embarrassing facts about Russian influence operations, like the targeting of a key Democratic Party financier close to Clinton.

Obama Approves First Direct Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Through New High-Risk Insurance Pools

"The fact that the high-risk pool insurance program in Pennsylvania will use federal taxpayer dollars to fund abortions is unconscionable," House Republican Leader John Boehner (Ohio).

WH Says Al Qaeda is Racist

Obama, White House: Al Qaeda Is Racist

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

This is a Racism Test.

This is a Racism Test.

Do you like him any better now?

No?

Then you're not a racist.

NASA Head Choked Up When Describing What the Middle East Looked Like From Space

NASA Chief Charles Bolden provided a teary performance when he first addressed the agency as he got all teary when describing the Middle East from space. I guess that is what qualifies him to head up the American space program.

Obama's Islamic Agenda: A Year Appraisal After Cairo

The list of accomplishments looks as if a considerable amount of American tax money is used to promote Islam.

Sound Art


Voice Draw - A unique site that lets users create art with their voice/sound.

Senator: Resolve eligibility in court


A Republican senator from Louisiana, David Vitter, is suggesting the dispute over Obama's eligibility to be president be resolved in court.

"I support conservative legal organizations and others who would bring that to court," the Associated Press reported a video of the event revealed him saying.

Vitter becomes just the latest high-profile leader, and the first U.S. senator, to take such a strong stand on the issue.

Vitter was responding to a constituent who on Sunday at a town hall meeting in Metairie, La., asked about Obama's "refusal to produce" a "birth certificate."

The AP reported the crowd applauded the question, and Vitter said he doesn't have personal "standing" for litigation.

But he said he supports those groups that are bringing the question to court.

"I think that is the valid and most possibly effective grounds to do it," he said.

He said "first and foremost" Americans need to "fight the Obama agenda at the ballot box starting this fall."

Vitter said, according to the AP report, that the matters of the nation are too important to be diverted by distractions.

Hacking for Kids: Promoting Computer Use for Americans

Hackid: a hacking conference just for kids.

BP worker fired for taking a Picture of what is going on

China Financially Downgrades the U.S.

Chinese rating agency strips Western nations of AAA status

Monday, July 12, 2010

High School Student Interviews Politician

Where is the Oil Spill Headed?

Time Line of Obama's Gulf Disaster

Oil Spill Timeline from RightChange on Vimeo.

Obama Promotes Green Jobs: For Korea

"It is very unusual for an incumbent U.S. president to appear at such an event for a foreign company."

Media Mogul States He Wrote Obama Speech

So much for the independent press of the Fourth Estate.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/07/12/mort_zuckerman_admits_he_wrote_one_of_obamas_speeches.html

“Well I voted for Obama, I helped write one of his speeches,” Zuckerman told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto.

Asked which speech he helped write, Zuckerman responded, “I’d rather not go into that.”

Zuckerman was identified by John Mearsheimer, political science professor at the University of Chicago, and Stephen Walt, academic dean of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, as a a member of the media wing of the “Israeli lobby” in the United States. Zuckerman responded to the charge by stating he was “proud” to be part of the Israeli lobby.

Marines Patrol L.A.: Getting Americans Acclimated to the U.S. Military Patrolling the Streets

Cops Show Marines How to Take on the Taliban

Obama Defends Islam Against the Military

Islamist terror groups like Hamas’ Izzidin al-Qassam, whose logo features a Koran and other Islamic imagery, describe their missions in religious terms. Experts say the Obama regime’s counter-terror effort cannot ignore the religious motivation driving extremists. (Image: Izzidin al-Qassam Web site)

Obama is at odds with the Petraeus doctrine on Islam. Petraeus clearly defined the enemy in his 2006 Counter-insurgency manual. The Petraeus doctrine refers to "Islamic insurgents," "Islamic extremists" and "Islamic subversives." It details ties between Muslim support groups and terrorists. From the beginning of the text, I-22ff, Petraeus rightfully describes the enemy and has successfully combated Islamism to protect American soldiers. It is not for Petraeus to be an apologist nor unduly politically correct when defining the Islam he battles. Obama is violating the wall of separation between religion and state (although he has little compunction against minimizing Christianity and separating it from the U.S. government) by advocating Islamic interests from the White House. With the recent resignation of McChrystal I wonder if this disconnect between Obama's advocacy of Islam and the enemy Americans fight overseas played a role.
John O. Brennan, Obama's chief national security adviser for counter-terrorism, delivered a major policy address on defining the enemy. He laid out the White House policy of detaching any reference to Islam. Moreover, Brennan has largely functioned as running interference for Islam since being appointed.

Obama advisor John Brennan speaks about the beauty of Islam.

Cf. White House's Brennan linked to flotilla organizers.

Democratic Congressman Loses Temper Over Obama's Expensive, Rationing Plan

Islamists Strike Again: At Least 64 Dead

Islam 64 Civilization 0.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Democrats Document that Obama Stole Primary from Hillary

Progressives Wave the White Flag

The liberal Nation magazine published a long essay on how progressives have been disappointed with Obama. They are waving the white flag and conceding Congress with the longer time hope that Obama can get re-elected. If the Democrats lose in November, which seems likely, it is more likely that Obama will be imitating Jimmy Carter. Now if there are any potential Reagans around now might be the time to reveal yourself.

At their summit last month, one developed country after another, bar the US, said they would cut fiscal deficits.

G20 looks to Beijing to drive global growth.

Holder Implies Weakness of Fed Anti-AZ Move

Floats Possibility of Racial Profiling Suit Against Arizona

The initial filing is so week I would suspect the DOJ filing will be thrown out. However, Obama can make political noises with the discrimination nonsense so Holder was out on the Sunday talk shows hinting at a subsequent suit. Give it up boys. You lost. If the best and initial filing will fail, as I suspect it will, then the second filing is just frivolous. Its a waste of taxpayer's money.

ACORN Voter Fraud for 2010 Election


Reagan vs. Obama, Gov't is the Problem or Gov't is the Only Solution

Reagan vs. Obama, Gov't is the Problem or Gov't is the Only Solution, 1:00

The BP/Government police state

By Glenn Greenwald

Historians locate King Arthur's Round Table

“In the 6th Century, a monk named Gildas, who wrote the earliest account of Arthur’s life, referred to both the City of Legions and to a martyr’s shrine within it. That is the clincher. The discovery of the shrine within the amphitheatre means that Chester was the site of Arthur’s court and his legendary Round Table.”

Businesses step up criticism of Obama's agenda

Some business groups, upset about budget and regulatory policies they say are costing jobs, are accusing President Barack Obama of pursuing an agenda that is hurting the U.S. economic recovery.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Megyn Kelly Interview With New Black Panther

Kagan Does Not Believe in "natural rights" As Defined by the Constitution.

Kagan answering questions by Sen. Tom Coburn regarding whether she believes in the "natural rights" defined by the Constitution.


The statements by Kagan came in an exchange with Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla. Farah said most of the press failed to cover her responses, which he deemed as newsworthy as any she made during the hearings:

Coburn: Do you believe it is a fundamental, pre-existing right to have an arm to defend yourself?

Kagan: Senator Coburn, I very much appreciate how deeply important the right to bear arms is to millions and millions of Americans. And I accept Heller, which made clear that the Second Amendment conferred that right upon individuals, and not simply collectively.

Coburn: I'm asking you, Elena Kagan, do you personally believe there is a fundamental right in this area? Do you agree with Blackstone [in] the natural right of resistance and self-preservation, the right of having and using arms for self-preservation and defense? He didn't say that was a constitutional right. He said that's a natural right. And what I'm asking you is, do you agree with that?

Kagan: Senator Coburn, to be honest with you, I don't have a view of what are natural rights, independent of the Constitution. And my job as a justice will be to enforce and defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States.

Coburn: So you wouldn't embrace what the Declaration of Independence says, that we have certain God-given, inalienable rights that aren't given in the Constitution that are ours, ours alone, and that a government doesn't give those to us?

Kagan: Senator Coburn, I believe that the Constitution is an extraordinary document, and I'm not saying I do not believe that there are rights pre-existing the Constitution and the laws. But my job as a justice is to enforce the Constitution and the laws.

Coburn: Well, I understand that. I'm not talking about as a justice. I'm talking about Elena Kagan. What do you believe? Are there inalienable rights for us? Do you believe that?

Kagan: Senator Coburn, I think that the question of what I believe as to what people's rights are outside the Constitution and the laws, that you should not want me to act in any way on the basis of such a belief.

Coburn: I would want you to always act on the basis of the belief of what our Declaration of Independence says.

Kagan: I think you should want me to act on the basis of law. And that is what I have upheld to do, if I'm fortunate enough to be confirmed, is to act on the basis of law, which is the Constitution and the statutes of the United States.

Assistant AG Deputy Julie Fernandes: “Never Bring A Lawsuit Against A Black”

Judicial Watch Files Congressional Ethics Complaint Against Sestak Over Obama White House Pay to Play Scandal

Judicial Watch Congressional Ethics Complaint

Legal Immigrant from Mexico, Now Senate Candidate, Wants Obama Long Form Birth Certificate


Maldonado said he asked Carnahan's office if his citizenship documentation would be public record and available to anyone who wants a copy.

"They said, oh yes, absolutely, anyone that wants proof, we have it," he explained. "I said, OK, can you do me a favor then? I'm sure Ms. Carnahan requested the same of Barack Obama when he petitioned to get on the Missouri ballot to become president."

He added, "They had no response. They had nothing."

"But I decided something different. I'm actually considering suing Ms. Robin Carnahan because she discriminated against me," he said.

In an earlier interview on the subject, Maldonado said he spoke with other candidates running for the same office and asked if they had to show proof of citizenship or prove that they were citizens.

"They said no. I was the only one," he said.

New Black Panther Incriminates Himself in Voter Intimidation


Rocket and Chem Trail (UFO) Shut Down China's Zhejiang's provincial capital Hangzhou


Flights diverted, delayed as UFO detected hovering.

55% of Likely Voters Find ‘Socialist’ an Accurate Label of Obama

56% of likely voters consider Obama too liberal.

Five reasons why China will rule tech

Recent development points to growing concern in Washington about China's tech moves, but here's why it may be unstoppable.

Scroll down to the comments for mine: "American high schools can be . . . "

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Gibbs Evades Whether Obama Agrees With Health-Care Redistributer


Glib Gibbs parried questions about the non-vetted, re-distributionist new head of Medicare/Medicaid.

Ok, We Picked Up Two More But Its Still Russia 10 vs. U.S. 4

Russia to release four prisoners in spy exchange with U.S. I had assumed at first that we would lose in this really strange, and quickly adjudicated matter, but somehow the Americans did pick up at least numerically two more individuals in the deal.

Race and gender employment ratios, if not quotas, must be observed by private financial institutions

Racial, Gender Quotas in the Financial Bill.

Starting Ian Hunter Time Line

Top 10 Sites for Creating Timelines

I worked with xTimeline to check one of the best suggestions.

Image Detective

Image Detective is an interactive site that teachers can use as a writing prompt for students. This site displays historical images and is excellent for those brainstorming questions such as: who, what, why, when, etc.

Your Next Read Assembles Recommended Books

YourNextRead

A True Moderate Muslim And Why Obama Sides Against Him

"As a practicing Muslim, he recognizes the conflict between the Koranic text and the modern world."

HearWho.com, Free Audio Files to Play, Cut and Paste Text

HearWho.com

NBC Learn Social Studies Widget

NOAA Model: Greatest Oil Impact to Stay in Already Affected Areas

Deepwater Horizon: Statistical Modeling

YouTube HTML5 Powered Mobile Website

GAO slams White House for failing to lead on cyber security

The lack of a cyber security R&D agenda puts the nation at risk, report says.

Obama Appointee Advocates Russian Interests


Obama took advantage of a Senate recess Wednesday to appoint Philip Coyle as associate director for National Security and International Affairs. The recess appointment allowed the President to bypass the normal Senate confirmation process.

Coyle advocates Russian interests and he is widely known for his opposition to President Bush's proposal to deploy a missile defense system in Eastern Europe.

During an interview with a Russian news channel in 2008, Coyle was asked by the host what actions should be expected from Russia to prevent the U.S. from deploying a missile defense system in Europe. Speaking plainly, Coyle responded by advising the Russians to put pressure on the U.S. not to deploy the defense shield.

"I think it's important for Russia to keep the pressure on the United States about these matters," Coyle said. "I think it's important for Russia to continue to stress that it's not acceptable to have these missile defenses deployed so close to its border, because if they work against Iran, they also work against Russia. If Russia just lets it go, then people in the United States say 'well, Russia doesn't care anymore, so we can go ahead and deploy these systems'."

The host was apparently quite happy with Coyle's reply and he continued to goad him on: "When you say it's important that Russia keeps up the pressure, does it mean... building more missiles [that Russia should build more missiles], or do you just mean words? Because Russian reaction can be different. There may be a reaction from the side of the diplomat, from the side of the military, from the side of the engineers and the best minds in Russia, who as you said should be worried by the possibility that the system will work. What kind of countermeasures would you expect from Moscow?"

Another panelist interjected himself into the conversation before Coyle had a chance to answer the question. But clearly the host - and probably the Russian government - appreciated Coyle's heartfelt advice.

Which leads me to believe that Obama deliberately circumvented the Senate confirmation hearing for Coyle so that no embarrassing questions about his loyalty or allegiance to the U.S. could be raised.

U.S. Deploys More Missiles Near China

In what may be viewed as a major shift from a Cold War defense to a countering of a looming 21st threat the U.S. has quietly re-deployed major forces nearer to China.


The U.S. Military in the Pacific

The 10 Most Expensive Military Planes

Our New Ally? Russia Continues to Buzz U.S. Airspace

"This year there have been five jet intercepts of Russian bombers near U.S. or Canadian airspace. Last year, there were 17, and 12 in 2008 and 18 in 2007. By contrast, between 1999 and 2006 there were only 11 encounters."

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Demos

The video library at Demo.com has an archive of entrepreneurs who have presented their product on stage.

Supercool School


Moodle, Schology, Sclipo, Knewton, Grockit

Kylo Web Browser for Your TV


GlideTV Navigator for Internet Viewing

Major advances in understanding emotions conveyed by voice


After 15 years of breakthrough neuronal research, eXaudios developed capabilities to understand people’s emotions through their voice in real time as they speak. Launching at DEMO, this revolutionary new product is designed for call centers and can mitigate escalations, identify fraudulent situations, outperform sales and customer satisfaction, provide “how-to” recommendations, and monitor performance by management.

No Racism Here


Attorney General Eric Holder suddenly reversed course and had the DoJ dismiss the voter-intimidation case against two New Black Panther Party activists stemming from an incident in 2008 in Philadelphia, many questioned why the DoJ would quit a case it had already won. Here is the leader of the group advocating killing white babies and attacking "crackers."

First humans arrived in Britain 250,000 years earlier than thought

Flint tools bring the first Britons to life.

Obama's Med Czar: Anti-Free Enterprise, Promotes Redistribution


Obama named Donald Berwick his recess appointment to be the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

In 2008 while speaking on the British health care system in the UK, Berwick said wealthy individuals must redistribute their wealth to those less fortunate for health care funding. Also during this speech, he told those in attendance that he opposes free markets.

“Any health care funding plan that is just equitable civilized and humane must, must redistribute wealth from the richer among us to the poorer and the less fortunate. Excellent health care is by definition redistributional.”

Berwick added in his assault on free enterprise:


“Please don’t put your faith in market forces. It is a popular idea that Adam Smith’s invisible hand will do a better job at designing care than leaders with plans can do. I do not agree. I find little evidence anywhere that market forces bluntly used that is just consumer choice among a ray of products with competitors fighting it out, leads to the health care system you want and need”, said Berwick.

Rod Stewart - Rhythm of my heart [HQ] , Dedicated to the Troops

Rod Stewart Live at Royal Albert Hall (2004), Rod's girlfriend plays a mean bagpipe.

Turning Points in Warfare: Keegan

Combat warfare over time is re-invented and the '90s were a critical time that can be easily overlooked in the history of warfare since the period is relatively undistinguished as opposed to earlier crucial periods of world history. As expressed by the preeminent military historian, John Keegan, "There are certain dates in the history of warfare that mark real turning points. November 20, 1917, is one, when at Cambrai the tank showed that the traditional dominance of infantry, cavalry, and artillery on the battlefield had been overthrown. November 11, 1940, is another, when the sinking of the Italian fleet at Taranta demonstrated that the aircraft carrier and its aircraft had abolished the age-old supremacy of the battleship. Now there is a new turning point to fix on the calender, June 3, 1999, when the capitulation of President Milosevic proved that a war can be won by air power alone" (Keegan as quoted in War, Halberstam, p. 478).

20 November 1917 Battle of Cambrai, 2:06

The Battle of Cambrai (20 November - 3 December 1917) was a British campaign of World War I. Noted for the first successful use of tanks in a combined arms operation, the British attack demonstrated that the Hindenburg Line could be penetrated, while the German counter attack showed the value of new infantry tactics that would later be part of the Kaiserschlacht. Liddell Hart called the battle "one of the landmarks in the history of warfare, the dawn of a new epoch."[1]

Cambrai is a French town in the Nord département (Nord-Pas-de-Calais). In 1917 it was a key supply point for the German Siegfried Stellung (part of the Hindenburg Line) and the nearby Bourlon Ridge would be an excellent gain from which to threaten the German rear to the north.


NATO maintains extensive documentation on its activities.

3 June 1999, :07

A bird's eye view depicting attacks on mortar and artillery in the field.

NATO precision bombing

One of the most difficult bombings was thought to be nearly impossible because of its location in a busy urban area ("Novi Sad Bridge in downtown Belgrade," p. 459, Halberstam), :07. Doubts existed about one of the ten most expensive military planes and newer technology, such as the B-2 (Stealth) Bomber, until it was actually successfully deployed in warfare (Cf. Encyclopedia of Modern US Military Weapons by Timothy M. Laur, p. 23ff.

Novi Sad Highway Bridge bombed

Cf. Maps and Aerial Views of post- and pre-strikes used during the Press Conference by General Wesley K. Clark, 16 Sept. 1999, Source: NATO photos.

Against the Cyber Bill?

Scroll down to the "Reader Comments" and note a comment posted by yours truly, the Blog Smith.

Trailer for "Atomic Jihad: Ahmadinejad's Coming War For Islamic Revival And Obama's Politics"


U.S. 2 vs. Russia 11

Moscow 'offers former Russian colonel and nuclear expert to U.S. in Cold War-style spy swap to bring Anna Chapman home.' I am going to go out on a limb here and state that at first glance this does not look like a good deal. I am not saying that it won't happen, since when has Obama outsmarted anyone in the world? I am just stating that we appear to be losing in this deal as well. Obama has already squandered significant advantages in nuclear weaponry and retreated in the placement of nuclear missiles in Europe against the Russians so I am not optimistic that he will come out ahead on this deal either if it happens.

TSA Reverses "Controversial Opinion" Web Policy

Since the TSA has reversed its "Controversial Opinion" Web Policy maybe this was floated to see if anyone objected to the Obama's regime rejection of 1st Amendment principles.

Halberstam's Insight About Obama's General and American National Security


One of the most revealing passages in David Halberstam's, War in a Time of Peace, is a discussion of General Jack Sheehan of the Marines (pp. 412-413) and his possible nomination as Joint Chiefs of Staff. For an administration lacking military commitment and support, such as Clinton's, Sheehan proved to be problematic.

"Sheehan, it was judged, would be the hardest of the senior men to control, and in a dispute over strategy, the most likely to resign in protest. That was the nightmare. This formidable, exceptionally impressive marine, who agreed with the Clinton administration's theory of what we should be doing in foreign policy, might go public if it was unwilling to make the necessary commitment. Sheehan would not get the chairman's job" (p. 413).

This is a startling passage in light of the Stanley McChrystal resignation (cf. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/28/stanley-mcchrystal-retiri_n_628463.html). This resignation is most often compared to Truman's sacking of MacArthur for insubordination.

Cf. pp. 320, War In Peace (The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of Postwar Conflict, Volume 2 Ashley Brown, 1985); Manchester, William Raymond, American Caesar, Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964.

Perhaps not. This resignation is more akin to an uncontrollable Sheehan who can not be managed or spun, yet, he was eminently qualified for the position, and who moreover is telegraphing grave concerns about Obama's regime. If Clinton lacked support for the military, and he was rightly perceived as such, the internationalist, pro-Islamic, and quixotic Obama is something beyond a Clinton.

Questions about Obama's past and lack of documentation have troubled military personnel more than anyone else. Witness the numerous challenges to Obama's documentation that question his commitment to American national security. The military has questioned Obama's tenacity (Cf. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/opinion/30brooks.html?_r=3), Major General Carroll D. Childers agreed to be a plaintiff against Obama on the grounds that he was ineligible to qualify for the Office of the Presidency, and thus occupies the office illegally. 1st LT. Scott Easterling, Al Rowley, CDR, USN, (Retired), Charles E. Jones, Brigadier General US Air Force, Retired, Colonel Harry Riley Former Division Chief National Security Agency, Major James L. Cannon, SSGT. Brian A. Keith, Sgt. Mathew Michael Edwards, Lt Col. Chuck Miller, among others, have all brought public and legal actions against the regime. The military may be indicating with these actions that they have grave reservations about Obama.

During the Obama regime we are involved in two foreign wars and yet the public seems barely aware or conscious of the ongoing costs and security concerns as expressed, in the only ways available to them, by the American military.

David Halberstam, Global Economy, and Middle Class Existence: "The new definition of national security is... 'How good is your high school graduate?'


Halberstam talks about how young people today are going to compete with people from around the world for jobs that their parents were almost guaranteed. "The new definition of national security is... 'How good is your high school graduate?' The easy affluence has gone; other nations have caught up... Americans are now competing with people their age from Osaka, Beijing, Singapore, Jakarta etc."

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Top 10 Sites for Creating Slide Shows

David Kapuler

How to block the Kagan nomination

Update

Arizona Gold

At least one company is actively mining for gold in Arizona.
http://www.entreegold.com/properties/united_states/

Arizona gold publications are now online for anyone to mine.
http://arizonageology.blogspot.com/2009/01/arizona-gold-publications-now-online.html

China is the world's top gold producer according the the USGS.
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/gold/mis-200902-gold.pdf

Bernard Lewis on Muslim Scientific Decline, Renaissance, Brahe

In What Went Wrong?, Bernard Lewis writes of the key role of the Middle East in the rise of science in the Middle Ages, before things went wrong:

And then, approximately from the end of the Middle Ages, there was a dramatic change. In Europe, the scientific movement advanced enormously in the era of the Renaissance, the Discoveries, the technological revolution, and the vast changes, both intellectual and material, that preceded, accompanied, and followed them. In the Muslim world, independent inquiry virtually came to an end, and science was for the most part reduced to the veneration of a corpus of approved knowledge. There were some practical innovations — thus, for example, incubators were invented in Egypt, vaccination against smallpox in Turkey. These were, however, not seen as belonging to the realm of science, but as practical devices, and we know of them primarily from Western travelers.

[. . .]

Another example of the widening gap may be seen in the fate of the great observatory built in Galata, in Istanbul, in 1577. This was due to the initiative of Taqi al-Din (ca. 1526-1585), a major figure in Muslim scientific history and the author of several books on astronomy, optics, and mechanical clocks. Born in Syria or Egypt (the sources differ), he studied in Cairo, and after a career as jurist and theologian he went to Istanbul, where in 1571 he was appointed munejjim-bash, astronomer (and astrologer) in chief to the Sultan Selim II. A few years later her persuaded the Sultan Murad III to allow him to build an observatory, comparable in its technical equipment and its specialist personnel with that of his celebrated contemporary, the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe. But there the comparison ends. Tycho Brahe's observatory and the work accomplished in it opened the way to a vast new development of astronomical science. Taqi al-Din's observatory was razed to the ground by a squad of Janissaries, by order of the sultan, on the recommendation of Chief Mufti. This observatory had many predecessors in the lands of Islam; it had no successors until the age of modernization.

The relationship between Christendom and Islam in the sciences was now reversed. Those who had been disciples now became teachers; those who had been masters became pupils, often reluctant and resentful pupils. They were willing enough to accept the products of infidel science in warfare and medicine, where they could make the difference between victory and defeat, between life and death. But the underlying philosophy and the sociopolitical context of these scientific achievements proved more difficult to accept or even recognize.

Kagan Falsified Abortion Document: Smooth Sailing for Confirmation

Politics More Important than Qualifications.

Citizen Journalist Documents Military Presence in Gulf Disaster

Damning report on oil spill response

And, these highly motivated local public officials are not shy at sharing their opinion.

5 July 2010

Bis Sis Bans TSA from Duties: Allows Porn

The Big Sis Napolitano directed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to block certain sites from the federal agency's computers, most alarmingly, denying access by staffers to any Internet pages that contain a "controversial opinion," according to an internal email obtained by CBS News.

The email states that as of July 1, TSA employees will no longer be allowed to access five categories of websites that have been deemed "inappropriate for government access."

The categories include:

• Chat/Messaging

• Controversial opinion

• Criminal activity

• Extreme violence (including cartoon violence) and gruesome content

• Gaming

The email does not specify how the TSA will determine if a website expresses a "controversial opinion." I wonder if anyone asked Kagan during her confirmation hearings what the government considers a controversial idea.

There is also no explanation as to why controversial opinions are being blocked, although the email stated that some of the restricted websites violate the Employee Responsibilities and Conduct policy.

The TSA did not return calls seeking comment by publication time.

If the TSA had responded perhaps they could have answered how the TSA is supposed to investigate actors of ill intent. Muslim terrorists are known to frequent chat rooms for jihad and are engaged in criminal and violent actions. The Net is filled with areas for those who have ill intent for travelers. On the other hand, frivolous, non-work related sites such as porn are not restricted.

The most troublesome area of the memo is the controversial opinion restriction. I wonder if this memo is one that Obama would like to extend to the Net in general to cut off problematic actions of his regime.

Monday, July 5, 2010

Schoolbook hunky-dory with Islam, but skunks Jesus?

Parent: 'Class presents version of history that never occurred'

Likewise, a study titled, "Textual Supremacy in World History: Patterns of Interaction, A Case Study in Islamic Apologetics in American Public Education" was written by Terri K. Wonder who holds a doctorate in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis on Middle East studies and the influence of Islamic movements in education from the University of South Florida.

Analyst: Obama has U.S. economy in 'death spiral'


Jim MacDougald, president and CEO of The Free Enterprise Nation, recently appeared on the Fox News Channel to talk about a new campaign called "I own you."

"The consequence of this employment shift is that a smaller number of private-sector employers and workers are saddled with the tax burden of financially supporting a growing government workforce," said MacDougald.

"Since public-sector workers are paid more on average in compensation and benefits than private-sector workers, it is financially unsustainable for the government to continue to grow while the private-sector workforce shrinks," he said.

He explained to WND that while the problem is massive, there is the potential for a solution.

"There are 89,000 taxpayer-supported entities that make up the 'public sector,' and no one is in charge of their collective efforts. About one-half of the 22 million public-sector workers are in public education. (And only about one-half of the people employed in public education are teachers!)" he said.

"It is possible that the federal government thinks it can solve the unemployment problem by hiring more people, but, if so, it would be another indication of just how far removed from reality the federal government's economic policies are," he said.

"Our population grew by 25 million from 2000 to 2010. We needed to create at least 20 million new jobs. Instead, we lost 3 million in the private sector. The 'shortfall' of 23 million jobs could not possibly be made up by government hiring, as they would have to double in size in order to do so," he said.

The real problem is not necessarily with the number of government jobs but the cost of their "huge pensions, early retirement and health-insurance benefits."

"That is where the real 'cost of government' is," he continued. "As numbers of workers in the private sector decrease, and public-sector hiring increases, it places an impossible burden on those individuals and businesses left who actually pay taxes.

"Unfortunately, the current approach is to charge more taxes to those who actually pay federal income taxes (one-half of tax filers), and businesses. Businesses (employers) have no choice but to reduce overhead, which means fewer domestic workers. A death spiral," he warned.

The solution would be a hard pill to swallow for many, he warned.

Among the moves that would help would be to terminate all government pension plans, "vesting everyone 100 percent in benefits accrued to date." Pensions could be replaced with a type of 401(k) retirement plan that is funded by employer contributions.

Then there would be need for a hard look at what government actually does.

"Do we NEED government to do that for us? If not, stop doing it," he said.

Next would be to ignore – or better yet banish – public-sector unions.

A "zero-based" staffing and budget plan would require officials to review what work is required and how many workers are needed to do it.

"Public policy-makers must ask: How many people do we NEED to do what we are hired to do? Do we really NEED one administrative/management employee for every teacher? Once those questions have been asked and answered, we must rebuild each public-sector entity from scratch," he said.

"We have to 'reinvent' the public sector, based on a fundamental requirement that it serves the taxpayer, not the other way around. It is a huge job to do, and it will take years. There is no silver bullet. But it can be done," he said.

Shy, Retiring, New Yorker Makes a Few Remarks About the Ground Zero Mosque

I wonder what he really thinks?

Generation Zero - Official Trailer


A Citizens United Productions feature length documentary.
The current economic crisis is not a failure of capitalism, but a failure of culture. Generation Zero explores the cultural roots of the global financial meltdown - beginning with the narcissism of the 1960's, spreading like a virus through the self-indulgent 90's, and exploding across the world in the present economic cataclysm.

Generation Zero goes beneath the shallow media headlines and talking head sound bites to get to the source of today's economic nightmare. With a cutting edge style and haunting imagery, this must see documentary will change everything you thought you knew about Wall Street and Washington.

Featuring experts, authors, and pundits from across the political spectrum, Generation Zero exposes the little told story of how the mindset of the baby boomers sowed the seeds of economic disaster that will be reaped by coming generations.

Part 1


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Part 4


Part 5


Part 6

Are we truly one nation, indivisible?

Secession essay in July 4 Arizona Republic and I included its interesting graphic as well.

Lt Colonel Allen West July 4th Proclamation

Photographer detained by police, BP employee near refinery

Over the course of time, it will become increasingly difficult to obtain news and reporters and news agencies will not collect information. This is the slippery slope that our Founders warned us about, a free press is essential for a Republic to exist. An informed citizenry can make decisions about its future. An isolated and ill-informed public can not make responsible public policy and political decisions. If the idea of safety and security was relevant the Federal government would have already sealed the Southern border but obviously they have not.

Germany focuses on cutting spending

Germany could be an example to Obama(who would have thought the Americans would want to imitate the Europeans in anything?) by cutting spending without hindering the possibility of an economic recovery.

China, the world’s fastest-growing major economy, has been dipping into $2.4 trillion of foreign currency reserves to buy stakes in oil and natural-gas fields and has spent at least $21 billion on overseas resources in the past year.

China Jails U.S. Geologist for Eight Years for Selling State Oil Secrets. As the U.S. flails in the Gulf, China is on the move all over the world is staking its claim to as many oil resources as possible. Perhaps Lieberman would like to imitate China here as well and restrict information, although that task to censor books may fall to Kagan once she is confirmed.

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  • ACM Queue: Architecting Tomorrow's Computing;
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  • Ali, Ayaan Hirsi, Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations;
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  • American School & University: Shaping Facilities & Business Decisions;
  • Angelich, Jane, What's a Mother (in-Law) to Do?: 5 Essential Steps to Building a Loving Relationship with Your Son's New Wife;
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  • Converge: Strategy and Leadership for Technology in Education;
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  • Edwards, Aton, Preparedness Now!;
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  • Ehrman, Bart D., Misquoting Jesus: The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why;
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  • Ellis, Joseph J., American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson;
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  • Emergency Management: Strategy & Leadership in Critical Times;
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  • ESD: Embedded Systems Design;
  • Everitt, Anthony, Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor;
  • Everitt, Anthony, Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician;
  • eWeek: The Enterprise Newsweekly;
  • Federal Computer Week: Powering the Business of Government;
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  • Ferguson, Niall, Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power;
  • Ferguson, Niall, The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000;
  • Ferguson, Niall, The War of the World: Twentieth-Century Conflict and the Decline of the West;
  • Feuerbach, Ludwig, The Essence of Christianity (Sony eReader);
  • Fields, Nic, The Roman Army of the Principate 27 BC-AD 117;
  • Fields, Nic, The Roman Army of the Punic Wars 264-146 BC;
  • Fields, Nic, The Roman Army: the Civil Wars 88-31 BC;
  • Finkel, Caroline, Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire;
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  • Frazer, James George, The Golden Bough (Volume 3): A Study in Magic and Religion (Sony eReader);
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  • Freeman, Charles, The Greek Achievement: The Foundations of the Western World;
  • Friedman, Thomas L. The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century Further Updated and Expanded/Release 3.0;
  • Friedman, Thomas L., The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization;
  • Frontinus: Stratagems. Aqueducts of Rome. (Loeb Classical Library No. 174);
  • Fuller Focus: Fuller Theological Seminary;
  • Fuller, Graham E., A World Without Islam;
  • Gaubatz, P. David and Paul Sperry, Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America;
  • Ghattas, Kim, The Secretary: A Journey with Hillary Clinton from Beirut to the Heart of American Power;
  • Gibson, William, Neuromancer;
  • Gilmour, Michael J., Gods and Guitars: Seeking the Sacred in Post-1960s Popular Music;
  • Global Services: Strategies for Sourcing People, Processes, and Technologies;
  • Glucklich, Ariel, Dying for Heaven: Holy Pleasure and Suicide Bombers-Why the Best Qualities of Religion Are Also It's Most Dangerous;
  • Goldberg, Jonah, Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning;
  • Goldin, Shmuel, Unlocking the Torah Text Vayikra (Leviticus);
  • Goldsworthy, Adrian, Caesar: Life of a Colossus;
  • Goldsworthy, Adrian, How Rome Fell: Death of a Superpower;
  • Goodman, Lenn E., Creation and Evolution;
  • Goodwin, Doris Kearns, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln;
  • Gopp, Amy, et.al., Split Ticket: Independent Faith in a Time of Partisan Politics (WTF: Where's the Faith?);
  • Gordon, Michael R., and Bernard E. Trainor, Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq;
  • Government Health IT: The Magazine of Public/private Health Care Convergence;
  • Government Technology's Emergency Management: Strategy & Leadership in Critical Times;
  • Government Technology: Solutions for State and Local Government in the Information Age;
  • Grant , Michael, The Climax of Rome: The Final Achievements of the Ancient World, AD 161 - 337;
  • Grant, Michael, The Classical Greeks;
  • Grumberg, Orna, and Helmut Veith, 25 Years of Model Checking: History, Achievements, Perspectives;
  • Halberstam, David, War in a Time of Peace: Bush, Clinton, and the Generals;
  • Hammer, Reuven, Entering Torah Prefaces to the Weekly Torah Portion;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, An Autumn of War: What America Learned from September 11 and the War on Terrorism;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, Between War and Peace: Lessons from Afghanistan to Iraq;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, How The Obama Administration Threatens Our National Security (Encounter Broadsides);
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, Makers of Ancient Strategy: From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, Ripples of Battle: How Wars of the Past Still Determine How We Fight, How We Live, and How We Think;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, The End of Sparta: A Novel;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, The Soul of Battle: From Ancient Times to the Present Day, How Three Great Liberators Vanquished Tyranny;
  • Hanson, Victor Davis, Wars of the Ancient Greeks;
  • Harnack, Adolf Von, History of Dogma, Volume 3 (Sony Reader);
  • Harris, Alex, Reputation At Risk: Reputation Report;
  • Harris, Sam, Letter to a Christian Nation;
  • Harris, Sam, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason;
  • Hayek, F. A., The Road to Serfdom;
  • Heilbroner, Robert L., and Lester Thurow, Economics Explained: Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works and Where It's Going;
  • Hempel, Sandra, The Strange Case of The Broad Street Pump: John Snow and the Mystery of Cholera;
  • Hinnells, John R., A Handbook of Ancient Religions;
  • Hitchens, Christopher, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything;
  • Hogg, Ian V., The Encyclopedia of Weaponry: The Development of Weaponry from Prehistory to 21st Century Warfare;
  • Hugo, Victor, The Hunchback of Notre Dame;
  • Humphrey, Caroline & Vitebsky, Piers, Sacred Architecture;
  • Huntington, Samuel P., The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order;
  • Info World: Information Technology News, Computer Networking & Security;
  • Information Week: Business Innovation Powered by Technology:
  • Infostor: The Leading Source for Enterprise Storage Professionals;
  • Infrastructure Insite: Bringing IT Together;
  • Insurance Technology: Business Innovation Powered by Technology;
  • Integrated Solutions: For Enterprise Content Management;
  • Intel Premier IT: Sharing Best Practices with the Information Technology Community;
  • Irwin, Robert, Dangerous Knowledge: Orientalism and Its Discontents;
  • Jeffrey, Grant R., The Global-Warming Deception: How a Secret Elite Plans to Bankrupt America and Steal Your Freedom;
  • Jewkes, Yvonne, and Majid Yar, Handbook of Internet Crime;
  • Johnson, Chalmers, Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire;
  • Journal, The: Transforming Education Through Technology;
  • Judd, Denis, The Lion and the Tiger: The Rise and Fall of the British Raj, 1600-1947;
  • Kagan, Donald, The Peloponnesian War;
  • Kansas, Dave, The Wall Street Journal Guide to the End of Wall Street as We Know It: What You Need to Know About the Greatest Financial Crisis of Our Time--and How to Survive It;
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  • Kepel, Gilles, Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam;
  • Kiplinger's: Personal Finance;
  • Klein, Naomi, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism;
  • KM World: Content, Document, and Knowledge Management;
  • Koestler, Arthur, Darkness at Noon: A Novel;
  • Kostova, Elizabeth, The Historian;
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  • Livy, Rome and the Mediterranean: Books XXXI-XLV of the History of Rome from its Foundation (Penguin Classics);
  • Louis J., Freeh, My FBI: Bringing Down the Mafia, Investigating Bill Clinton, and Fighting the War on Terror;
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  • McCullough, David, John Adams;
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  • Pausanius, Guide to Greece 1: Central Greece;
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  • Phillips, Kevin, American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush;
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  • Profit: The Executive's Guide to Oracle Applications;
  • Public CIO: Technology Leadership in the Public Sector;
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  • Quintus of Smyrna, The Fall of Troy;
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  • Redmond Magazine: The Independent Voice of the Microsoft IT Community;
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  • SC Magazine: For IT Security Professionals;
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  • Schama, Simon, A History of Britain, At the Edge of the World 3500 B.C. - 1603 A.D.;
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