Islamic Symbol Sits On Top of Christmas Tree

"I said 'Oh, there's a menorah and a Christmas tree and where is my crescent?'" said resident Asad Jilani.

Thus, a decision by Armonk, N.Y. officials resulted in an Islamic star and crescent on top of the community's Christmas tree and a menorah.

How fair is this to Islam? Not at all since the faith has nothing to do with the religious tradition of the season nor does it relate directly to the cultural expression of the Christmas season.

All Bull Bias: Campbell Brown

In a story about transparency and The Elect, I merely posted a list of paper documentation not released by Obama but it was censored by Brown. It serves little purpose to allow some comments to be made but to censor the points that disagree with the MSM. Brown is all bull.

Note on Gladiatrix, Russell Whitfield

Its all here, the blood, the gore, the rape, racial conflict, fighting cat women, lesbians no less, in this loosely based novel of gladiatrixes of ancient Rome. The action is fast paced enough as our protagonist, Lysander, priestess of Sparta, is imprisoned and coerced to become a slave of a fighting school. She falls in love with a fellow (no pun intended) gladiatrix who meets an untimely end. As re-named Achillia for the games, Lysander develops into a formidable fighting machine and hero of the games, which inspired the depraved Balbus, owner of the school, to create even larger spectacles, appealing as high as the Roman imperial court. Throughout we are treated with dialogue fairly heavy to inform us of Roman military tactics, gladiator training, and Roman culture. The path is clear to a follow-up novel in that this work introduces us to Trajan, eventual Emperor, subjugator of the Dacians, the area in which the chief antagonist gladiatrix originates from, and in this novel returned to at the end. Read this if you enjoy historical novels of the period and you would like to learn a bit about Roman entertainment.

Gadsden Flag

The Gadsden flag was popular as an early flag of the Revolutionary War.

Larry Sinclair Original YouTube Vid

The MSM runs away from any investigation but Larry Sinclair has another medium as well. He says he knows Obama well.

Virtual Islam

A new virtual world, Muxlim Pal, allows Muslims to create a cartoon avatar based loosely on other virtual worlds such as The Sims. Aimed at Muslims in Western nations, Muxlim Pal claims not to be a religious site, said Mohamed El-Fatatry, founder of Muxlim.com--the parent site of Muxlim Pal.

You Saw It Here First

I told 'ya!

He Says He Didn't But I Say He Did

Graphic source: KHQA-TV

A 5 November report by KHQA-TV's Carol Sowers, Quincy, Ill., station, has been removed from their website and it has retracted a story where The Elect planned to discuss his replacement for his vacated Senate seat with Gov. Blagojevich.

The Elect now says "I had no contact with the governor."

Franklin On the Constitution

The following Benjamin Franklin quote is from the “Law of Nations.” A constitution is attacked gradually over time until “states have thus entirely changed their nature, and lost their original constitution:”

§ 30. Of the support of the constitution and obedience to the laws.

The constitution and laws of a state are the basis of the public tranquility, the firmest support of political authority, and a security for the liberty of the citizens. But this constitution is a vain phantom, and the best laws are useless, if they be not religiously observed: the nation ought then to watch very attentively, in order to render them equally respected by those who govern, and by the people destined to obey. To attack the constitution of the state and to violate its laws, is a capital crime against society; and if those guilty of it are invested with authority, they add to this crime a perfidious abuse of the power with which they are intrusted. The nation ought constantly to repress them with its utmost vigour and vigilance, as the importance of the case requires.

It is very uncommon to see the laws and constitution of a state openly and boldly opposed: it is against silent and gradual attacks that a nation ought to be particularly on its guard. Sudden revolutions strike the imaginations of men: they are detailed in history; their secret springs are developed. But we overlook the changes that insensibly happen by a long train of steps that are but slightly marked. It would be rendering nations an important service to show from history how many states have thus entirely changed their nature, and lost their original constitution. This would awaken the attention of mankind: — impressed thenceforward with this excellent maxim (no less essential in politics than in morals) principiis obsta, — they would no longer shut their eyes against innovations, which, though inconsiderable in themselves, may serve as steps to mount to higher and more pernicious enterprises.

Fun With Altering Certificate of Live Birth

Everyone, and I would suggest this would be instructive in classes all over the country, can check whether the image of The Elect's birth certificate from Obama’s web site was altered when checked with even a free hex editor. The hex editor displays information about the image and in this case reveals the image was edited with Adobe Photoshop CS3 on 6/12/2008 at 8:42am. It was altered on a Macintosh.2c Using Adobe Photoshop CS3 at 08:06:12 08:42:36 as indicated in the right side column of the free hex editor anyone can download. Hex editors can be used to check image attributes. The editor also can be used to change the attributes but in this case it seems very obvious the changed attributes match what has been altered to fake Obama’s certification of birth, not a legal document. A State seal and signature were added later to another jpg on his web site. The jpg examined had no State seal or official signature.

Natural Born Citizen

In a free country, you can always ignore the noise created by the mainstream media who are fawning at the mouth to get in line with corporate interests. On the other hand, you can always read for yourself and make up your own mind who has the better argument regarding the natural born citizen issue.

The Founders anticipated the issues, they were prescient. It is uncanny how they knew the crowd would be so dazzled, it is almost as if they could envision the subsequent media developments of television and the Internet. I choose not to get caught up with the fray and I urge any seriously interested to keep researching the subtleties of the law.

Lashkar-e-Taiba America: Coming to a City Near You, If Not There Already

Kashmir-based Islamofascist Lashkar-e-Taiba has deep ties to America. Since 2003, at least five U.S. citizens have been convicted in federal court of conspiring to provide material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba. At least nine more men, considered to be in the same larger circle, have been convicted of firearms violations and other felonies. Several other cases are still making their way through the legal process.

In April, 2000 Virginian Randall Todd Royer went to a LeT camp in Kashmir. Royer trained for a month. In August, Seifullah Chapman made a similar trip, and trained for a month as well. After 9/11 Royer and others recruited Ibrahim al-Hamdi, Yong Ki Kwon, Muhammed Aatique, and Khwaja Mahmood Hasan for training. In December 2001, two of the men, Khan and Kwon, were asked "to return to the United States, gather information, and spread propaganda." A year later, Khan was purchasing drone aircraft parts, and gave them to a LeT operative. Lashkar is a sieve for Al Qaeda. The organization discerns who should leave and who qualifies. In 2007, Mahmud Faruq Brent was convicted of providing material support to LeT, after he admitted to attending one of their training camps. Federal prosecutors in Atlanta are still trying Syed Haris Ahmed and Ehsanul Islam Sadequee for aiding LeT.

Scapegoat Blagojevich

Graphic source: James A. Finley, AP

Graphic source: AP

Graphic source: AP

Graphic source: Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press

Barack Obama is flanked by Gov. Blagojevich, left, and Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, right, during an April 2007 rally.

Graphic source: AP

A federal judge in January will sentence political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, who helped bankroll campaigns for The Elect and Governor Rod Blagojevich.

Rezko was convicted in June on charges of using clout with Blagojevich's administration to help launch a $7 million kickback scheme. His sentencing had been postponed indefinitely, giving rise to widespread speculation he was talking to federal prosecutors investigating alleged corruption in state government.

Rezko was a prolific fundraiser who raised money for President-elect Obama's campaigns for the state legislature and Congress, but not for Obama's presidential campaign.

Rezko is set to go to trial early next year on unrelated charges that he swindled the General Electric Capital Corp. out of $10 million in the sale of a group of pizza restaurants. He also allegedly owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in gambling debts.

Today, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is facing federal corruption charges. FBI agents arrested Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, on charges related in part to the selection of The Elect's successor to the Senate. The charges include a count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and a count of solicitation of bribery. The 76-page affidavit allege that wiretaps recorded Blagojevich conspiring to sell or trade the vacant Senate seat in exchange for financial benefits for himself and his wife, Patti.

Obama admitted nothing.

"Obviously, like the rest of the people of Illinois, I am saddened and sobered by the news that came out of the U.S. attorney's office today," he said. "But as this is an ongoing investigation involving the governor, I don't think it would be appropriate for me to comment on the issue at this time."

Obama said he had no contact with the governor or his office.

His statement that he didn't have contact with Blagojevich about the Senate seat seems to conflict with that of top adviser David Axelrod, who told Fox News Chicago on 23 November: "I know he's talked to the governor, and there are a whole range of names, many of which have surfaced, and I think he has a fondness for a lot of them."

On Tuesday, Axelrod issued a detraction saying: "I was mistaken. ... They did not then or at any time discuss the subject."

And, I take it the people of Illinois were represented by a Senator who had no interest in finding a suitable replacement. If something does not sound right it usually is not true.

"I was not aware of what was happening," Obama added.

One possible connection between The Elect and the governor had been raised earlier in the year. Federal authorities also allege the governor and Harris schemed with others--including convicted real estate developer Rezko--to obtain financial benefits for himself, his family and others, including his campaign committee, Friends of Blagojevich. Obama was an associate of Rezko in particular in obtaining his mansion in Chicago.

In addition, Obama is close to Illinois Senate President Emil Jones, who has been the governor's staunchest legislative ally. And at least one top aide to Obama, Michael Strautmanis, previously worked for Blagojevich. Obama has appointed Strautmanis to serve as White House chief of staff to the presidential assistant for intergovernmental relations and public liaison. The Chicago native was legislative director and counsel to Blagojevich when the governor was a member of Congress and then helped Blagojevich win the governorship in 2002. There is no indication that Strautmanis is involved in the case.

"We were in the middle of a corruption crime spree and we wanted to stop it," stated U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald.

Blagojevich is most likely guilty, guilty of being the low man on the totem pole. He is the scapegoat.

He still gets to appoint a Senatorial successor, unless one of the other proposals such as him resigning is enacted.

As background, journalist Evelyn Pringle has been doing a lot of in depth research into Obama’s many long time connections to crime and corruption in Chicago and Illinois. Here are some excerpts from her research:

“The names of Obama and Blagojevich became tied to the bid rigging scandal when reports surfaced that Companion had sought their help in carrying out the contract a year after Alsammarae left office, and around the same time he was thrown in jail in Iraq.”

“US Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald does not make a habit of destroying pubic officials by listing them in indictments for no reason and the only two political candidates identified as receiving campaign money from Operation Board Games kickback schemes are Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and the US Senator from Illinois, Barack Obama.”

“Instead of referring to Board Games as the “Rezko” case, before long the media will likely be calling it the “Blagojevich” case. However, because the governor did not become the presidential candidate, when the scandal is recorded in the history books it will be the “Barack Obama” case. “

“Dr Michel Malek gave Obama $10,000 a little over a month before the first meeting on June 30, 2003. He also donated $25,000 to Blagojevich three weeks later on July 25, 2003, and gave Obama another $500 in September 2003. Malek was an investor in Riverside Park. “

“Dr Fortunee Massuda donated $25,000 to Blagojevich on July 25, 2003, and gave a total of $2,000 to Obama on different dates. Massuda’s husband, Charles Hannon, is a co-schemer in the pension fund case and testified against Rezko in the trial.”

“In the media, Obama always made it sound like he rarely saw Rezko, saying they met for breakfast or lunch once or twice a year. However, the FBI mole John Thomas helped investigators “build a record of repeat visits to the old offices of Rezko and former business partner Daniel Mahru’s Rezmar Corp., at 853 N. Elston, by Blagojevich and Obama during 2004 and 2005,” according to the February 10, 2008 Sun-Times.”

“On May 20, 2005, the Times said, “Two Rezko associates gave Blagojevich $25,000 each just days after the governor named them to a state panel.”

However, the reporters either failed to notice, or failed to mention, that panel member Malek gave $10,000 to Obama on June 30, 2003.“

Read the rest of Evelyn Pringle’s articles here:

Part 1 of Pringle and Part 2.

The transcripts from the Rezko trial are available as well.

Another Case in Washington State Has Standing

A case in Washington State has standing and is moving through the Courts as well.

The Elect Back To Hawaii

Governor Linda Lingle of Hawaii indicated that Valerie Jarrett, a close friend of The Elect, and adviser who is co-chair of his transition office, would accompany Obama to the islands. Lingle will meet with Jarrett. The governor also invited Obama to meet with her.

I wonder if they still need to clear up more paperwork.

The Elect visited Hawaii in October to visit his ailing grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, who died. Obama snubbed a funeral or service for his grandmother who raised him.

His grandmother was cremated without The Elect or his family attending.

Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz, USSC Docket No. 08A469.

Cort Wrotnowski’s emergency application for a stay and/or injunction as to the Electoral College meeting on 15 December was today referred to the full Court by the Honorable Associate Justice Anotonin Scalia. It has been distributed for Conference of Friday December 12. The official case name is WROTNOWSKI v. BYSIEWICZ, United States Supreme Court Docket No. 08A469.

The central issue is the same as the Donofrio case: whether Barack Obama is not eligible to the office of President due to the fact that he was a British citizen at the time of his birth.

Article 2, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution specifically states: "No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President."

His father's nationality, as a British citizen, appears to make Barack Obama ineligible for the presidency as he is not a natural born Citizen.

"When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom's dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.'s children."

Cf. http://www.fastcheck.org/

Of relevance is the newly discovered ineligibility of 21st President Chester Arthur due to his having been born as a British subject. This is relevant to the case at hand in that Justice Gray--who wrote the seminal opinion in United States v. Wong Kim Arc-- was appointed by Chester Arthur.

The Justice who wrote the opinion was appointed by Chester Arthur.

1st Vietnamese-American Elected to House

The first Vietnamese-American elected to the House says he hopes his win will push more young people to become politically active. Anh "Joseph" Cao says his win shows that "really anything can happen." The Republican defeated nine-term Democratic Rep. William Jefferson in the mostly African-American and heavily Democratic New Orleans-area district. Jefferson had been expected to win a 10th term but he has been battling scandals and a federal indictment for the past three years. Cao came to the U.S. at the age of 8 after his family fled Vietnam as it fell to communists.

"When I [was] 9 years old, I received a letter from my father while he was in the re-education camp," Cao said. "He told me to study hard, to work hard and to give back to your country and to your community. So I hope to do that in Congress."

The Elect's Record Deficit

The Elect as candidate stated:

"Barack Obama will restore fiscal discipline to Washington."

"It's time to put an end to the run-away spending and the record deficits."

The Elect as Elect now proposes public works including a likely:

budget deficit that will come in at 1 Trillion or 1.5 Trillion dollars.

Analogous to the public works of Eisenhower with the Federal Aid Highway Act in 1956, which led to the construction of 42,795 miles of roads, the government concluded that the total cost came to $128.9 billion, with the federal government paying $114.3 billion and the states picking up the rest.

I do not suppose anyone noticed that we are not currently undergoing the economic growth that we enjoyed under an Eisenhower administration. The deficit will simply be passed on to a less prosperous next generation.

Graphing Energy Use

A glance at a graph can illustrate clearly how the U.S. uses mostly non-renewable sources of energy.

The Elect and His Mysterious Health Concerns

The Elect has promised not to light up in the smoke-free White House. Does this mean he will release his medical records? I would not assume a middle-aged smoker would be in good health. "There are times where I've fallen off the wagon," he stated on Meet the Press, but the substantive issue, which people have the right to know, is what his actual health involves. But, to date, no records are scheduled to be released. We are expected to accept, on faith, that all is well. The Elect added during the campaign: "But I figure, seeing as I'm running for president, I need to cut myself a little slack," he said.

"I've done a terrific job, under the circumstances, of making myself much healthier," which implies that something relating to his health may be less than well.

The Elect told the magazine Men's Health in an interview for its November issue that he wished he had more time for staying fit and that he still occasionally smoked a cigarette. This is another indication that health is a concern.