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.
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.
‘REAL NEWS FROM THE BLAZE’ DISCUSSES ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL FEDERAL EDUCATION STANDARDS
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/real-news-from-the-blaze-education-standards-states-vs-feds/
Why would you suppose natural gas lines are the target? What is your reaction to this latest series of attacks?
SCADA
Acronym for supervisory control and data acquisition, a computer system for gathering and analyzing real time data. SCADA systems are used to monitor and control a plant or equipment in industries such as telecommunications, water and waste control, energy, oil and gas refining and transportation. A SCADA system gathers information, such as where a leak on a pipeline has occurred, transfers the information back to a central site, alerting the home station that the leak has occurred, carrying out necessary analysis and control, such as determining if the leak is critical, and displaying the information in a logical and organized fashion. SCADA systems can be relatively simple, such as one that monitors environmental conditions of a small office building, or incredibly complex, such as a system that monitors all the activity in a nuclear power plant or the activity of a municipal water system. SCADA systems were first used in the 1960s.
http://www.climatedepot.com/a/9035/SPECIAL-REPORT-More-Than-1000-International-Scientists-Dissent-Over-ManMade-Global-Warming-Claims--Challenge-UN-IPCC--Gore
http://abcnews.go.com/US/TenWays/story?id=3719791&page=1#.T6sM3-vZDAI
AL GORE CONFRONTED FOR NWO CLIMATE GATE
Al Gore & The Death of Journalism
The investigative team from the soon to be released documentary Not Evil Just Wrong joined the Society of Environmental Journalists and attended their annual conference held this year in Madison, Wisconsin.
Former Vice President Al Gore who never allows journalists questions was giving his first Q & A in 4 years. The results were surprising and alarming for the future of journalism.
Visit http://NotEvilJustWrong.com for more investigative reports and to find out more about this documentary in homes, theaters, and on campuses October 18, 2009.
NOT EVIL JUST WRONG – The Movie Al Gore Doesn’t Want You To See
Lawrence O'Donnell tries to pit Herman Cain as anti-black and a draft dodger in a bizarre interview that didn't seem have to a point other than to attack Mr. Cain. However, the GOP presidential candidate remained poised throughout.
Mr. Cain worked for the Navy in the field of ballistics during the war. Lawrence O'Donnell? He received a deferment since he was attending college.
O'Donnell tried to paint Cain as some sort of traitor to blacks because he didn't participate in protests and sit-ins during the Civil Rights era.
"I did not insult the intelligence of all black Americans," Herman Cain said about his 'brainwashing' comment. "I insulted the attitude of those that will not consider an alternate idea." He also said black voters "did not consider my statement insulting because a lot of them are thinking for themselves."
"Now, if they want to talk about insulting, they need to look at the president when he talks to the Congressional Black Caucus and insulted black people, in my opinion, by telling them to take off their slippers and put on their marching boots when he has had nothing but failed policies," Cain said in response to Lawrence accusing him of insulting black Americans.
Lugar, 80, first elected to the Senate in 1976, was defeated in the Indiana primary Tuesday by state Treasurer Richard Mourdock, who was backed by conservatives ranging from the National Rifle Association to local Tea Party activists to the Washington-based fiscal conservative group the Club for Growth. Mourdock scored a landslide victory, winning more than 60 percent of the vote.
We assert, without compromise, that it is only by the establishment of the Khilafah State, that the practical solutions of Islam can once again provide a real alternative for the entire world. The ‘Clash of Civilisations’ first discussed by Samuel Huntington is real and inevitable. We endorse the notion that there is a civilisational difference between Islam and the West and that the problem for the West is Islam and the problem for Islam is the West. By arguing this, we also maintain Islam, as a universal ideology, came for all of humankind, Muslim and Non-Muslims, and as such it is only Islam that serves as a Rahma (mercy) for all mankind.
Bin Laden himself spoke of ensuring that “the pious caliphate will start from Afghanistan.” His chief deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, also dreamed of re-establishing the caliphate, for then, he wrote, “history would make a new turn, God willing, in the opposite direction against the empire of the United States and the world’s Jewish government.” Another Al-Qaeda leader, Fazlur Rehman Khalil, publishes a magazine that has declared “Due to the blessings of jihad, America’s countdown has begun. It will declare defeat soon,” to be followed by the creation of a caliphate.
- The campaign falsely claims Romney would leave Julia with “nothing but a voucher” to buy health insurance at age 65. Actually, the plan Romney has endorsed would let her choose between traditional Medicare fee-for-service coverage, or a variety of private plans with premiums partially paid by the government.
- The slide show also contends that Julia, as a senior citizen, will have to pay “$6,350 extra per year” for a health care plan similar to Medicare. But that’s an out-of-date cost estimate based on a year-old plan that since has been made substantially more generous.
- At age 67, Julia can “retire comfortably” under Obama but, “Under Mitt Romney: Julia’s benefits could be cut by 40%.” But the fact is Obama has not proposed any plan to avoid a 25 percent cut in benefits for all Social Security beneficiaries, which the system’s trustees say is looming in 2033 unless changes are made.
- As a 22-year-old college student, Julia needs surgery that is covered “due to a provision in health care reform” keeping her on her parents’ insurance. Fair enough. But she’d probably be covered anyway: Thirty-seven states already have similar mandates on the books.
- As a 31-year-old expectant mother, Julia “benefits from maternal checkups” required under the new health care law. But she would probably get that care anyway; 85 percent of full-time workers have health insurance now, and a 1978 federal law already requires that employer-provided insurance generally must “cover expenses for pregnancy-related conditions.”
During a question and answer period, an audience member openly proclaimed that Obama should be tried for treason.
Here’s his response to a CNN reporter about the incident:
“Today we saw Mitt Romney’s version of leadership: standing by silently as his chief surrogate attacked the president’s family at the event and another supporter alleged that the president should be tried for treason,” proclaimed Lis Smith, a spokeswoman for Obama re-election campaign. “Time after time in this campaign, Mitt Romney has had the opportunity to show that he has the fortitude to stand up to hateful and over-the-line rhetoric and time after time, he has failed to do so.”
What do you think? Should Romney have corrected the woman?
And it’s an important discussion: Can you become a successful entrepreneur in the U.S. without going to college?
This article has been updated.
Should professors lecture to promote the illegal occupation of foreclosed homes and default on student loans? Why or why not?
Is Obama throwing in the towel when it comes to the war on terror? What does the U.S. gain by sending money to Egypt, and releasing Taliban terrorists?
“The jobs outlook in the U.S. isn’t very good. And it’s really about young people."
Look at the unemployment rate among the young and you realize jobs are really most important to them. Why? Because young people, and as a voting bloc, all of you people out there, about 27 or younger, I just want you to understand the lay of the land. Your generation, and the generations to follow you that aren’t born yet, are paying for a meal that previous generations like mine have eaten. We’re sending you the check," CNBC's Rick Santelli said on the network today.
“Wake up young people. It’s on your shoulders and you’re a big voting bloc. You can make change!" Santelli said.
Which is more likely, the “Arab Spring” of freedom and democracy? Or, a revival of the Islamic Caliphate?
The statement is made by Egyptian Cleric Safwat Higazi.
In an effort to better control the nutritional intake of their constituent’s children, Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a ban on school bake sales. “At a minimum, the nosh clampdown targets so-called ‘competitive’ foods — those sold or served during the school day in hallways, cafeterias, stores and vending machines outside the regular lunch program, including bake sales, holiday parties and treats dished out to reward academic achievement,” Laurel J. Sweet and Chris Cassidy write for the Boston Herald. “But state officials are pushing schools to expand the ban 24/7 to include evening, weekend and community events such as banquets, door-to-door candy sales and football games.”
Should lawmakers and school officials regulate parents for their child's eating? Why or why not?
Do public schools accommodate Christian or Jewish religious beliefs? If not, should taxpayers money be used to promote one religion over others? Some ask whether these events are “creeping shariah,” where Islamic law is slowly introduced to the American mainstream. What is your reaction to segregated, Islamist proms?
In the new film “Crossing the Line” by Rapheal Shore and Wayne Kopping, the reality of Antisemitism is revealed with shocking clarity. Anti-Israeli events, protests and rallies have gone from political critiques to the blatant hatred of Jews on college campuses. The trailer and film features UC Irvine, a school whose Muslim Student Union has faced very public controversy. They are now infamous for their Muslim Students Union’s rude protestation of ambassador to Israel Michael Oren during his visit to the school in 2009, for which several students have now been convicted.
A list of some of the most egregious lies and broken promises by the Obummer. Produced by The East County Underground at MY 1079 FM. http://www.my1079.com/programs/east-county-undergroud-with-steve-hunyar
Read Rich Trzupek's How The EPA's Green Tyranny Is Stifling America here: http://tinyurl.com/3tqwfzc
The relationship between environmental regulation and economic growth has gone from dysfunctional to disastrous under the leadership of Obama's EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson. Jackson's EPA has assumed broad new powers and promulgated sweeping new regulations unlike anything America has seen since the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act were signed into law 40 years ago. While much of the public has focused on the EPA's plans to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions, the agency's power grab extends into far more areas of society and the economy than fossil-fuel use alone.
This video explains why Obama's EPA is different and more dangerous than any other since the agency was created. While the tentacles of this EPA are silently creeping into our lives, Lisa Jackson smilingly assures us that everything the EPA does generates revenue -- instead of costing industry billions of dollars and America hundreds of thousands of jobs.
How and in what way does the OBL mission compare to the leadership qualities of past presidents?
Michael Mukasey: Obama and the bin Laden Bragging Rights
Should Obama be president for Julia's entire life and always help her? Do women need the government to take care of them for their entire lives? Why or why not?
By allowing our attention to be focused exclusively on the danger and prevention of terrorism, we ignore the many other ways we are being attacked. Specifically, we are missing what our Islamist enemies call their 'civilization jihad' — a form of warfare that employs manipulative financial techniques, lawfare, infiltration of our civil institutions and government and insidious information dominance. Together, these have the effect of exploiting our liberties and governing structures against us, so that our leaders wind up imposing the very anti-American values that our enemies promote.
Welcome to The Muslim Brotherhood in America: The Enemy Within — a 10-part, web-based video briefing that is designed to explain why and how this is happening.
It addresses a threat most Americans are unaware even exists within our country, let alone the degree of peril it represents. The threat is the totalitarian, supremacist Islamic doctrine its adherents call "shariah" and the organized, disciplined and increasingly successful efforts by such adherents-- most especially the Muslim Brotherhood-- to bring it here.
We are making this course available in the hope of encouraging, informing and broadening support for national efforts to defeat the insinuation into this country of shariah's anti-constitutional and seditious program.
http://www.muslimbrotherhoodinamerica.com
The manual outlines policies for processing detainees into internment camps both globally and inside the United States. International agencies like the UN and the Red Cross are named as partners in addition to domestic federal agencies including the Department of Homeland Security and FEMA.
“The authority to approve resettlement such operations within U.S. territories,” would require a “special exception” to The Posse Comitatus Act, which can be obtained via “the President invoking his executive authority.”
Once the detainees have been processed into the internment camp, the manual explains how they will be “indoctrinated,” with a particular focus on targeting political dissidents, into expressing support for U.S. policies.
The manual lists the following roles that are designated to the “PSYOP team”. - Identifies malcontents, trained agitators, and political leaders within the facility who may try to organize resistance or create disturbances. - Develops and executes indoctrination programs to reduce or remove antagonistic attitudes. - Identifies political activists. - Provides loudspeaker support (such as administrative announcements and facility instructions when necessary). - Helps the military police commander control detainee and DC populations during emergencies. - Plans and executes a PSYOP program that produces an understanding and appreciation of U.S. policies and actions.
Raymond Ibrahim of the David Horowitz Freedom Center discussed freedom and faith.
Is religious intolerance on the rise globally? What do you think the evidence shows?
“No religious text requires or even supports cutting female genitals. In fact, Islamic Shari'a protects children and protects their rights.”
Despite the fact that the federal government is defending Islamic sharia the truth of the matter is that the sharia does condone the practice. For example:
“Circumcision is obligatory. For men it consists of removing the prepuce from the penis, and for women, removing the prepuce (Ar. Bazr) of the clitoris."
Cf. Sacred Islamic Reliance: p. 59, Umdat al-Salik (“Reliance of the Traveler”), a manual of Islamic jurisprudence certified as "reliable" by Al-Azhar University, the leading Islamic seminary in the world.
Moreover, the Islamic practice is sanctioned in the U.S. by Dr. Hatem al-Haj, a fellow at the American Academy of Pediatrics and a leading Muslim jurist.
Should the government engage in producing information and countering ideas that the people maintain? Is this government propaganda? Why or why not?
Cass Robert Sunstein[1] (born September 21, 1954) is an American legal scholar, particularly in the fields of constitutional law, administrative law, environmental law, and law and behavioral economics, who currently is the Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama administration.
What if texting while driving was part of a driver's ed test? Do you think you could pass if this were part of your driver’s test? Why or why not?
Should a DHS official support the Occupy Wall Street protesters? Why or why not?
Not everyone is happy with the decision not to discipline the student.
What message does that send to other students about respecting our country?
Attorney General Eric Holder's statement to Congress in May, 2011.
Clips from overall
VIDEO: ROBERT SPENCER DENOUNCES PRO-HONOR KILLING DEARBORN IMAM AT JESSICA MOKDAD HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE ON HONOR KILLING
DAVID WOOD OF ACTS 17 APOLOGETICS AT THE JESSICA MOKDAD HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE
ROBERT MUISE AT THE JESSICA MOKDAD HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE IN DEARBORN (PART I AND II)
Part II
PAMELA GELLER WITH DARWIN JILES, CLOSE FRIEND OF HONOR KILLING VICTIM JESSICA MOKDAD
SUN TV HOST MICHAEL COREN
Part I
Part II
NONIE DARWISH
SIMON DENG
Former Sudanese slave and human rights activist Simon Deng gives harrowing firsthand testimony of life under Shariah law.
JAMES LAFFERTY
James Lafferty of the Virginia Anti-Shariah Task Force speaks to activists in Dearborn about his organization's efforts to monitor and counter jihadists in America.
ROBERT SPENCER CALLS OUT PRO-HONOR KILLING IMAM HASSAN QAZWINI
If two ads are exactly alike, except for the religion referred to, why do you suppose the NYT will run one ad but not the one referring to Islam?
It makes you wonder what else he made up, no?
David Maraniss discusses "his friendship with Pakistani students at Occidental and his extended visit to their country."
What was he doing in Pakistan?
Later on, Maraniss continues: "He (Soetoro) was still in a cocoon phase, wondering about his place, keeping mostly to himself, occasionally hanging out with his Pakistani friends, who partied too much and too hard, he thought, but were warm and generous and buoyant intellectual company."
At the very least, this demonstrates an affinity with Pakistanis, again.
"If Barack and Genevieve were in social occasions as a couple, it was almost always with the Pakistanis. Hasan Chandoo had moved back from London and taken a place in a converted warehouse on the waterfront below Brooklyn Heights. Wahid Hamid, starting a rise up the corporate ladder that would take him to the top of PepsiCo, lived on Long Island with his wife. Sohale Siddiqi was part of the crowd, along with Beenu Mahmood. It was a movable feast, and invariably a matter of bounty and excess, friends losing themselves in food and conversation. Barack for the most part declined alcohol and drugs. “He was quite abstemious,” Genevieve said. She enjoyed the warmth of the gatherings, but was usually ready to go home before him. He was pushing away from the Pakistanis, too, politely, for a different reason, she thought. He wanted something more.
Beenu Mahmood saw a shift in Obama that corresponded to Genevieve’s perceptions. He could see Obama slowly but carefully distancing himself as a necessary step in establishing his political identity as an American."
The gist of it confirms that Obama is not a natural born citizen; he made a conscious ploy to work with blacks in Chicago, his first extensive contact with American blacks, and he developed the persona of an American.
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