Open Letter To The U.S. House Of Representatives
To:
US House of Representatives
US Senate
Senate Committee on Armed Services
House Committee on Armed Services
House Oversight Committee
President Barack Obama
Whereas, evidence indicates that the massacre at the American embassy in Benghazi was part of a greater terror plot, which culminated in the brutal assassination of Ambassador Christopher Stevens, and,
Whereas, President Barack Obama and high ranking members of his administration had access to such evidence immediately following the attack, and,
Whereas, President Obama and members of his administration proceeded to mislead the American people for two weeks after the attack into believing that it was a spontaneous response to a low-budget, anti-Islamic video being circulated on the Internet, and,
Whereas, the Obama Administration denied requests for increased security at the embassy prior to the attack, requests that stemmed from evidence that such an attack could occur, and,
Whereas, Americans on the ground in Benghazi were denied military support by high ranking administration officials during the attack, and,
Whereas, such support could have meant the difference between life and death for those on the ground in Benghazi, and,
Whereas, President Obama and members of his administration have yet to convey the full truth about the administration’s failings in the Benghazi massacre to the American people,
Therefore, we the undersigned call on members of Congress to launch a full and open investigation into the events surrounding the massacre in Benghazi, including, but not limited to, why requests for increased levels of security at the embassy prior to the attack were denied by the Obama Administration, when exactly President Obama and his advisors became aware of the true circumstances of the attack, why the President and his advisors then misled the public about the nature of the attack, and if high crimes and misdemeanors were committed during this campaign of misinformation.
We further call on members of Congress to take the necessary steps to ensure that, if high crimes and misdemeanors were committed by the Obama Administration, those responsible for their perpetration be held accountable.
Signed,
Lt Gen LeRoy J. Manor, USAF (Ret)
Jim Hobson, MG, USAF (Ret), Air Commando
Joe Stringham, BG, USA (Ret), Special Forces/Ranger
Kenneth R. Symmes, BG, USA (Ret)
Philip M. Drew BG, USAF (Ret)
Marianne B. Drew RADM, USN (Ret)
Larry Bailey, CAPT, USN, (Ret) SEAL
Francis T. Williamson, CAPT, USN (Ret), Air National Guard
Dick Brauer, Col, USAF (Ret), Air Commando
Tom Bradley, Col, USAF (Ret), Air Commando
Donald L. Brown, Colonel, USAF (Ret), Wild Weasel
Terry Rogan, Col, USAF (Ret), Air National Guard
Stanley E. Shaneyfelt, COL USA, (Ret), Ranger
Roland D Guidry, Col, USAF (Ret). Air Commando
Don Panzenhagen, Col, USAF (Ret), Fighter Pilot
John Harbison, Col, USAF (Ret), Air Commando
George D. Burgess, Col (Ret), USAF, Fighter Pilot
Ronald L. (Ron) Jones, Col. USAF, (Ret) Air Commando
George Acree, Col, USAF, (Ret) Fighter Pilot
Jim Kyle, Col (Ret) USAF, Air Commando
Daniel W. (Jake) Jacobowitz, Col, USAF (Ret)
Lee Hess, Col, USAF (Ret), AF SOF
Wayne Pullen, Col, USAF, (Ret) DC
James Hale, Col, USAF (Ret), Fighter Pilot
George Ferkes, Col, USAF (Ret), Air Commando
John "Pappy" Gallagher, Col, USAF (Ret), Air Commando, AC-130 Pilot
Bill Langley, LCDR, USN (Ret) SEAL
Gary C. Crawford, LtCol, USAFR (Ret), Air Commando
Ken Benway, LTC, USA (Ret), Special Forces
Richard Cunningham, LtCol, USAF (Ret), Viet Nam FAC
E. Max Friedauer, Lt Col, USAF (Ret), Air Commando
Dennis Haney, Lt Col, USAF (Ret), Wild Weasel
Jim Lawrence, Lt Col, USAF (Ret), Air Commando
Geoff Barker, LTC, USA (Ret), U.S. Army Special Forces
Curtis R James, Lt Col, USAF (Ret) Fighter Pilot
Tom Hanton, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret), Vietnam POW
Rod Bennett, LtCol, USAF (Ret), Air Commando
Jim Bush, LTC (R), USA, Special Forces, Ranger, Delta
JVO Weaver, Lt Col, USAF, (Ret), Air Commando
Bill Bramer, CDR, USNR (Ret) Supply Corps, Logistician
Steve Dehart, CDR, USN (Ret), LDO EOD
Mike Kaufhold, USAF, Lt. Col (Ret.)
Jim Smith, LTC, USA (Ret)
Jim Thom, USN, SeaBee
Jim Grimshaw, MAJ, USA (Ret), Special Forces/Ranger
Caesar Civitella, MAJ, USA (Ret), OSS, Special Forces, CIA
Jim DeLay, Cpt., USA, Airborne, Ranger, SOG
Steven James, Major, USAF, JCS-J2 ANMCC
Keith Danskin, former USAF Captain, F-4 Pilot
Tamara D. Crawford Capt, Former USAAF 7 SOS Intel Officer
Diane M. Sendlenski, Veteran USAF
Donald R. Williams, SMSgt, USAF (Ret)
Jan Benz, MSgt, USAF (Ret), Air Force Missileer
Bruce Meister, PO1 USN (SS) US Submarine Veteran
Mike Melton, TSgt, USAF (Ret), Air Commando
Richard N. Rose, SGT, USASF, Special Forces
Stuart T. Wheeler, SP 5, USA, Disabled Veteran, Vietnam
Bob Wilkinson, RD-3, USN, Ret
Michael E. "Mike" Flick, 0301-USMC-RVN '66-'68
Thomas "Mike" McCaffrey, Sr. Special Agent (Ret.), NCIS/DHS
Beverly Perlson, The Band of Mothers
Roger Hughes, SOS Political Advisor, Citizen Patriot
Linda Eddy, SOS Graphic Artist, Citizen Patriot
Patricia Baker, Concerned Citizen Patriot
Rev. Benjamin Grace, Minister, Citizen Patriot
Rita Grace, CCTP Leader, Citizen Patriot
Vearl Bible, Concerned Retired American
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Sunday, April 7, 2013
Not since '79, now 2nd Ambassador Killed in Less Than a Year
The last ambassador before the disastrous Obama fiasco was Adolph Dubs, Ambassador to Afghanistan, who was killed on February 14, 1979. Dubs was captured in Kabul and was killed during the rescue attempt.
Then, of course, J. Christopher Stevens, Ambassador to Libya, September 11, 2012 was killed.
Now, Anne Smedinghoff, a 25-year-old foreign service officer, died Saturday when the group she was traveling with was struck by an explosion in southern Zabul province. They were en route to traveling to donate textbooks to students.
Biden: The 'affirmative task' before us is to 'create a new world order'
It is in `our interest that China prospers?' Huh? I think he hit his head when he fell off the turnip truck.
Biden calls for the creation of a "new world order" at the Export Import Bank conference in Washington on April 5, 2013. He also said the U.S. jobs figures for March are "disappointing."
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Computers to Replace Teachers: Hope So
Katherine Mangu-Ward, the managing editor of Reason magazine, spoke at Reason Weekend 2013 about one of the most pressing topics facing parents today: what is the best way to educate the next generation?
Friday, April 5, 2013
U.S. Army Warned About Extremists in Training Video: Beware of Catholics and Evangelicals
Ron Crews, executive director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty reported the incident.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
To (All) the Colleges That Rejected Me
'Entitled' high school senior sparks a firestorm of anger after she writes a scathing open letter to the Ivy League schools that rejected her
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15 year old girl leaves anti-gun politicians speechless
“I’m 15-years-old and I’ve been shooting for almost eight years. I’ve also been part of the Maryland Rifle Club and Maryland State Rifle Team,” she began. “Because of this I have become eligible for various shooting scholarships around the country to a wide array of even the most prestigious colleges that have shooting teams.”
“Achieving stricter gun control laws would obliterate any opportunity I could have had to attend a decent college on a shooting scholarship,” she added.
She went on to say that it became immediately clear when she began shooting that guns are not the problem, people are.
“Chicago, Illinois has had some of the strictest gun control laws in America enacted in the last few years and it is currently more as twice as likely for you to be killed in Chicago than in the Afghani war,” the 15-year-old said.
She pointed out that of the 3,371 have been killed in Chicago in the past 11 years. Of that total, only 37 were killed with a rifle — barely 1 percent.
“So creating gun control legislation that targets ‘assault rifles’ has statistically proven to only weed out less than 1 percent of the problem if you’re lucky,” she added.
Muslims Complain About U.S. Disabled Veteran, "Infidel" Leaves
The definition of the tattoo is "Kafir (Arabic: كافر kāfir, plural كفّار kuffār) which is an Arabic term used in an Islamic doctrinal sense, usually translated as "unbeliever," "disbeliever," or "infidel." The term refers to a person who rejects God or who hides, denies, or covers the "truth."
Muslim soldiers from Qatar are being trained at a Florida airfield and they demanded that the U.S. veteran cover up his expression of free speech.
The veteran explains what happened.
Once they did so I was called to the back office and asked to cover it up by the OWNER. Not that I would, but its 80 something degrees here today, and that would be an unreasonable request. After I told her that I had no pants to cover it up she told me that she has DUCT TAPE that I can use to cover it. I told the lady that I was not going to cover it up, as it was nothing more than a tattoo saying "I am not a Muslim". After beating around the bush for a few minutes entertaining me while I was trying to convince her otherwise, she asked me to leave.
Some may object to this mistreatment and call them to change their policy: Florida Skydiving Center: (863) 678-1003.
I am a disabled combat veteran. I served in Iraq and worked in Afghanistan. I took an IED because my country asked me too, and I was injured by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan. I have a Purple Heart and an ARCOM with Valor. I fully expect to be treated differently when I am visiting another country - when I am in America I expect equality and toleration; but what I experienced today is something that I never would have thought I'd have to go through in my own country. The country I fought for!
I am a skydiver with around 300 jumps under my belt. I've done jumps from 30,000 feet, helicopters, hot air balloons, wingsuit skydives and so forth. So with that being said I travel around doing this sport quite a bit. Today was my second time at a dropzone called "Florida Skydiving Center / Skydive Lake Wales".
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
1969, Steppenwolf, "Monster"
Once the religious, the hunted and weary
Chasing the promise of freedom and hope
Came to this country to build a new vision
Far from the reaches of Kingdom and pope
Like good Christians some would burn the witches
Later some got slaves to gather riches
But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands, to court the wild
But she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light
And once the ties with the crown had been broken
Westward in saddle and wagon it went
And till the railroad linked ocean to ocean
Many the lives which had come to an end
While we bullied, stole and bought a homeland
We began the slaughter of the red man
But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands to court the wild
But she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light
The Blue and Grey they stomped it
They kicked it just like a dog
And when the war was over
They stuffed it just like a hog
And though the past has its share of injustice
Kind was the spirit in many a way
But its protectors and friends have been sleeping
Now it's a monster and will not obey
The spirit was freedom and justice
And its keepers seemed generous and kind
Its leaders were supposed to serve the country
But now they won't pay it no mind
Cause the people grew fat and got lazy
Now their vote is a meaningless joke
They babble about law and order
But it's all just an echo of what they've been told
Yeah, there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into the noose
And it just sits there watchin'
The cities have turned into jungles
And corruption is stranglin' the land
The police force is watching the people
And the people just can't understand
We don't know how to mind our own business
'Cause the whole world's got to be just like us
Now we are fighting a war over there
No matter who's the winner we can't pay the cost
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into the noose
And it just sits there watchin'
America, where are you now
Don't you care about your sons and daughters
Don't you know we need you now
We can't fight alone against the monster
America, where are you now
Don't you care about your sons and daughters
Don't you know we need you now
We can't fight alone against the monster
America...America...America...America...
Lyrics for educational purposes only; no copyright infringement is intended. Copyright remains in the hands of the legal owners.
Chasing the promise of freedom and hope
Came to this country to build a new vision
Far from the reaches of Kingdom and pope
Like good Christians some would burn the witches
Later some got slaves to gather riches
But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands, to court the wild
But she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light
And once the ties with the crown had been broken
Westward in saddle and wagon it went
And till the railroad linked ocean to ocean
Many the lives which had come to an end
While we bullied, stole and bought a homeland
We began the slaughter of the red man
But still from near and far to seek America
They came by thousands to court the wild
But she just patiently smiled and bore a child
To be their spirit and guiding light
The Blue and Grey they stomped it
They kicked it just like a dog
And when the war was over
They stuffed it just like a hog
And though the past has its share of injustice
Kind was the spirit in many a way
But its protectors and friends have been sleeping
Now it's a monster and will not obey
The spirit was freedom and justice
And its keepers seemed generous and kind
Its leaders were supposed to serve the country
But now they won't pay it no mind
Cause the people grew fat and got lazy
Now their vote is a meaningless joke
They babble about law and order
But it's all just an echo of what they've been told
Yeah, there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into the noose
And it just sits there watchin'
The cities have turned into jungles
And corruption is stranglin' the land
The police force is watching the people
And the people just can't understand
We don't know how to mind our own business
'Cause the whole world's got to be just like us
Now we are fighting a war over there
No matter who's the winner we can't pay the cost
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into the noose
And it just sits there watchin'
America, where are you now
Don't you care about your sons and daughters
Don't you know we need you now
We can't fight alone against the monster
America, where are you now
Don't you care about your sons and daughters
Don't you know we need you now
We can't fight alone against the monster
America...America...America...America...
Lyrics for educational purposes only; no copyright infringement is intended. Copyright remains in the hands of the legal owners.
Obama: “I am constrained by a system our founders put in place.”
Obma says he won’t take guns away because he is constrained. In other words, if he weren’t constrained, then he would take them away which also means that he will do everything that he can to get around it. Meanwhile, in the city where more young kids are killed and existing federal gun laws are not enforced more kids die.
Obama: "constrained."
McDonald's Want Ad: bachelor's degree, two years experience for cashier
McDonald's want ad demands bachelor's degree, two years experience for cashier
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
COMMON CORE LESSONS
One lesson plan featured a video dubbed, ”China Rises,” that appears to tout the virtues of Communism over capitalism.
The soundtrack intones:
As you might guess, China has one of the most productive economies in the world, and it has been growing at a rapid pace in recent decades. This growth has brought great wealth to Chinese entrepreneurs and businesses and improved standards of living for millions of people.
There is no mention of exploiting workers.
Other misgivings have been expressed about a religious studies lesson which Islam over Christianity.
Other parents are most concerned about data mining which school are implementing a program called “StudentGPS dashboards.” This will track students and identify students learning problems, all well enough in itself, however a bit unnerving since data about children will be stored with little parental oversight of where and who has access to the data.
Other content seems designed to undermine parental authority. Adults are just too stupid to get anything right. I assume the intent is to drive a wedge between parent and child.
The excerpts ask why children are not permitted to vote, especially when they understand “global warming and war” and know that adults have only made the world’s problems worse.
Monday, April 1, 2013
James Madison on the "general welfare" Clause
The "general welfare" clause (p. 136), the statement most often cited by progressive interference in education (not to mention sundry areas) does not apply to extending federal authority. The "general welfare clause precedes the list of enumerated powers in Article I, Section 8, Madison makes it clear in Federalist no. 41 that the general welfare is composed only of those specific powers identified after the clause: `For what purpose could the enumeration of particular powers be inserted, if these and all others were meant to be included in the preceding general power?' Madison asks, `Nothing is more natural nor common than first to use a general phrase, and then to explain and qualify it by a recital of particulars.' The general welfare clause explains why the federal government has been given enumerated powers, but does not itself confer any power."
DAVID STOCKMAN: We've Been Lied To, Robbed, And Misled
David Stockman Is Outraged — And A Lot Of Powerful People Won't Like What's In His New Book
Cleveland Son Fatally Shoots Dad During Easter Service, Yells Killing Was ‘Will Of Allah’
With an extensive criminal record and a handgun the incident would not have been prevented by any proposed legislation. Christians are killed worldwide by those yelling about Allah. After fatally wounding his father the shooter then walked through the congregation yelling that this is “the will of Allah. This is the will of God.”
Sunday, March 31, 2013
Weekly Report of Jihad in America
- Former U.S. soldier charged with conspiring to use destructive device while fighting with Al Qa'ida affiliated group in Syria
- Ahmed Warsame pleads guilty in NY for providing material support to al-Shabaab and AQAP
- Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif sentenced for plot to attack Seattle military processing center
- Abdel Hameed Shehadeh convicted of false statements in terror case
- Al Shabaab's Mohamed Ibrahim Ahmed sentenced in SDNY to 111 months for conspiring to support and receive military-type training from a FTO
- RCMP probing if Canadians killed in Algeria gas plant siege had help from home; Minister: Gov't must prevent Canadians from travelling overseas to commit terrorism
- GOP leaders voice 'grave misgivings' to Obama over key terror trial in civilian court
- Federal grand jury probing double-murder in Pakistan - may have been ordered by NYC cabbie
- NYPD sets rules for officers' use of social media
Obama Booed at NCAA Elite 8 Game
Nearly half of the crowd at Saturday's Elite 8 game between Syracuse and Marquette at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. booed Obama when he was shown on the big screen with just over ten minutes to play in the first half.
Saturday, March 30, 2013
COMMON CORE-ALIGNED LESSONS USE SCIENTOLOGY VIDEOS TO TEACH STUDENTS THEY HAVE RIGHT TO IDEALS SOCIALISM
NY’S COMMON CORE-ALIGNED LESSONS USE SCIENTOLOGY VIDEOS TO TEACH STUDENTS THEY HAVE RIGHT TO FOOD, HOUSING, CLOTHING, MEDICINE, EVEN A JOB
Ian Hunter, 10 October 2010, Union Chapel, London, Islington
10 October 2010, Union Chapel, London, Islington
Seadiver
Soul of America
Man Overboard
Michael Picasso
Roll Away The Stone
Irene Wilde
Ships
River of Tears
I Wish I Was Your Mother
Waterlow
Sweet Jane
All The Young Dudes
New York Muslim States Gays Should Be Beheaded According to Sharia Law
A caller into New York NY1's The Call argued for the beheading of gays.
The man, who identified himself as Chris from Willowbrook (Staten Island), said that Sharia law was needed in the United States “because that's the only way this
deviant lifestyle will be corrected,” according to audio captured by GoodAsYou.org.
deviant lifestyle will be corrected,” according to audio captured by GoodAsYou.org.
“I'm Muslim and I believe 110 percent in Sharia law.”
“You know what happens in Islamic countries? You know what happens to the gay people, correct? They're beheaded,” the caller said. “I'm going to fight as hard as I can with all my Muslim brothers and sisters to make Sharia law in the United States.”
“So people should be beheaded for being gay? Come on, this is America,” host Maria Milito complained.
“You're anti-Muslim?”
“I'm not anti-Muslim,” Milito asserted.
“You're anti-Muslim if you are saying that about my religion.”
“So you have no friends who are gay?” she asked.
“I don't chose to associate with those people. That lifestyle is deviant and it's against Islam,” Chris answered.
Friday, March 29, 2013
ROBOTIC JELLYFISH DRONE SURVEILLANCE
Surveillance Jellyfish Drone
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/03/29/see-the-robotic-jellyfish-drone-equipped-with-surveillance-powers-seriously/
Reasonably Informative But Downplaying the Ravages of Mao's Dictatorship
http://www.asian-studies.org/EAA/RetrieveArchive.asp?f=%2F10%2F2%2F616%2Epdf
http://www.asian-studies.org/EAA/RetrieveArchive.asp?f=%2F10%2F2%2F615%2Epdf
Planned Parenthood Official Argues for Right to Post-Birth Abortion
Alisa Laport Snow, the lobbyist representing the Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates, testified that her organization believes the decision to kill an infant who survives a failed abortion should be left up to the woman seeking an abortion and her abortion doctor.
Reps. Jim Boyd, Daniel Davis, Jose Oliva asked questions.
Obama uses executive power to move gun control agenda forward
Obama issued a memorandum requiring all nine federal law enforcement agencies to submit guns they confiscate to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for tracing.
In January, Obama directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to begin studying the causes of gun violence for the first time since Congress, at the behest of the NRA, began blocking funding for such research in 1996.
In another administrative move, Obama directed the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to examine the efficacy of existing gun trigger locks and firearm safe standards to determine if they need to be improved.
Separately, the administration has given $1 million to the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) to create, produce and distribute a nationwide multimedia ad campaign on safe gun ownership and storage.
And regional offices with the General Services Administration have begun to reach out to local schools, advising them about the agency’s “Cooperative Purchasing” program, which gives discounted rates to schools on security equipment including: surveillance cameras, emergency communication systems, security design and support, and employee background check systems.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Freedom in the 50 States
We ground our conception of freedom on an individual rights framework. In our view, individuals should be allowed to dispose of their lives, liberties, and property as they see fit, so long as they do not infringe on the rights of others. This understanding of freedom follows from the natural-rights liberal thought of John Locke, Immanuel Kant, and Robert Nozick, but it is also consistent with the rights-generating rule-utilitarianism of Herbert Spencer and others.
EFF, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Computer Fraud And Abuse Act 2013: Aims To Expand, Not Reform, The ‘Worst Law In Technology’
In the wake of social justice activist Aaron Swartz's tragic death, the EFF is urging Internet users to take a hard look at the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the federal anti-hacking law.
Computer Fraud And Abuse Act 2013: New CFAA Draft Aims To Expand, Not Reform, The ‘Worst Law In Technology’
The law is regarded by many lawyers and academics as overly “expansive” and “sweeping,” as it lets the government incarcerate “any Internet user they want,” according to former federal prosecutor Orin Kerr.
You can read the proposed Computer Fraud and Abuse Act draft in its entirety.
RABBI’S BIBLE STUDY WITH GUITAR-JAMMIN’ AND ROCKIN’ VOCALS
Problems Shmoblems - Parshas Beshalach
Don't lose your connection! - Parshas Vayigash
What's on your grill? - Parshas Vayikra
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Ian Hunter, 26 March 2013, ARC, Teeshan, United Kingdom
Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Ta Shunka Witco (Crazy Horse)
When I'm President
Saint
Ships
Michael Picasso
Irene Wilde
Words (Big Mouth)
Now Is the Time
Sweet Jane
Roll Away The Stone/Life/All The Young Dudes
Goodnight Irene
Monday, March 25, 2013
Sunday, March 24, 2013
US unblocks $500M for Palestinians
State Department spokeswoman Nuland says aid money frozen by Congress for months freed up as PA faces worst economic crisis in years.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Ian Hunter, 23 March 2013, Backstage at the Green Hotel, Kinross, United Kingdom
Just The Way You Look Tonight
Roll Away The Stone/Life/All The Young Dudes/Goodnight Irene
Jason Ringenberg - backup vocals, Ian Hunter closed for him.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Why Do Parents Think They Can Raise Kids? (Shouldn't kids be turned over to the State).
Gentry and Renee Nickells with the sign they made their 13-year-old daughter stand outside and hold. (Image source: Northwest Florida Daily News)
On the Blaze.com "MELVIN SPITTLE" commented:
Since when has it become the parent’s job to raise children? I am sure they had good intentions but they need to leave it up to our public education system and social services counselors. They are trained in this matter. The problem is when untrained parents with good intentions end up confusing the child over who is accountable for their development: The untrained parent or the well trained and educated teachers and social services counselors! It’s no wonder she is rebelling! If parents got out of the way, test scores would improve! The problem is that parents don’t know what they don’t know.
Parents are seriously impeding the development of our nation’s youth through instilling beliefs and myths that organized religion passes off as truth. Does it not make sense that the message be consistent and unified through a single source rather than the confusion of multiple belief systems? This is what the future will hold if we continue down the road of greedy capitalism and religious myth.
Parents acting as selfish and arrogant individuals are undermining the power of collective education which is consistent and instills the superior value of the unselfish collective people! In other words, it is not about you! Its about the people! We must work as one mind, hand in hand, arm in arm as a unified people and purge society of greedy individualists that have resulted in today’s corrupt & broken society!
Quote on the federal Department of Education site: Mao Tze Tung
Texas Fifth Grade: America to Blame for 9/11
Kara Sands, of Corpus Christi, Texas, took to her Facebook and posted photos of the test administered by Flour Bluff Intermediate School. The test reportedly covered content in a video fifth-grade students watched in class.
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Batman Shooter A Muslim
Dark Knight killer James Holmes 'is now a Muslim who prays five times a day'
Big Sis Refuses To Answer Congress On Bullet Purchases
Speaking at CPAC, Congressman Timothy Huelscamp, R-Kansas, revealed this week that the Department of Homeland Security has refused to answer questions from “multiple” members of Congress regarding its recent purchase of huge amounts of weapons and ammunition.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
"Amazing Race," Vietnam
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/03/20/bob-beckel-explodes-with-fury-at-cbs-for-airing-idiotic-communist-propaganda-take-that-show-and-shove-it/
Hillary Clinton's 'hacked' Benghazi emails
A hacker using the alias “Guccifer” was credited last week with compromising the AOL email account of Sidney Blumenthal, a 64-year-old journalist who formerly worked as an assistant to then-President Bill Clinton. Now days after the security breach was first reported, Guccifer has supplied RT and a number of other media outlets and political figures with incredibly sensitive memos that were emailed to Mr. Clinton’s wife, Hillary, in the wake of last year’s terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Little Old Ladies in a Fender Bender
In late February, several stations broadcast interviews with a man named Michael Childs, who said that he was the one who left the voicemail message, that the clip was genuine, and that the accident described took place about six years ago in Athens, Texas, while he was working as a construction manager for Jack in the Box.
The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare
The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare
SHERIFF DEBUNKS AR-15 FALLACIES IN NEW ‘WEAPONS OF WAR’ VIDEO FACT-CHECK
Sheriff Ken Campbell of Boone County, Ind., debunks gun fallacies.
Carneys Point, NJ Police Attempt Search for Guns Without Warrant
PICTURE OF SON HOLDING A GUN TRIGGERED VISIT FROM NJ POLICE, FAMILY SERVICES
Ian Hunter, 19 March 2013, Sale Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, United Kingdom
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2
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Once Bitten, Twice Shy
Shrunken Heads
When I'm President
Roll Away The Stone
Roll Away The Stone
Words (Big Mouth)
Michael Picasso
Ta Shunka Witco (Crazy Horse)
Sweet Jane
Life
Life/All The Young Dudes
Opening act
Jason Ringenburg - Link Wray
Jason Ringenburg - Shop It Around
Jason Ringenburg - Absolutely Sweet Marie
Jason Ringenburg - Broken Whiskey Glass
Jason Ringenburg - Rainbow Stew
Monday, March 18, 2013
NSA WHISTLEBLOWER WARNS NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: U.S. GOVERNMENT ENGAGED IN A ‘DIRECT ASSAULT’ ON FREE SPEECH
Thomas Drake had been with the NSA for 32 years and was the senior technical director when he decided he could no longer support the agency’s actions.
White House Dispossesses Israel of Territory Ahead of Visit
The map of the Middle East displayed in an Obama administration video released days before Obama’s visit to Israel shows the Jewish state dispossessed of substantial parts of its current territory, including its capital.
The map of Israel, displayed repeatedly during the video, shows the Golan Heights, Jerusalem, northern Israel, and areas surrounding what is currently the West Bank as non-Israeli territory. The Golan Heights is shown as part of Syria; Jerusalem is shown as part of the West Bank; and northern Israel is shown as part of Lebanon.
The itinerary on the White House website also implies that Jerusalem is neither Israel’s capital nor even part of Israel.
The president’s schedule lists two stops in “Tel Aviv, Israel” and one in “Amman, Jordan” but his activities in Israel’s capital city are identified as taking place only in “Jerusalem” — with no country name attached. This keeps with a reluctantly-acknowledged administration policy of denying that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital or even a part of Israel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5pUVHW-Lhw&feature=youtu.be
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Christopher Hitchins
One of our afternoon panelists commented that sometimes people tend to posit a simplistic victim-oppressor analysis. We examine the past and determine who has been victimized and who is oppressed. Some educators perform this exercise in the case of Egypt, and the Middle East generally: i.e., Mubarak, bad, what he is replaced with, good. This analysis suggests that if the Muslim Brotherhood replaces Mubarak this could be a good thing. But as I consider covering the Caliphate in my World History classes I am reminded of what is stated in, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens.
Hitchens states that the Koran is a rehash of Jewish and Christian myths. Islam, with no Reformation, and no internal self-critical tradition, is the least adjusted world religion to the obvious contradictions of living in the modern world with a pre-modern mindset. Any historical example to critically examine the claims of Islam has resulted in repression (p. 125). The accounts of Muhammad (d. 632) "are hopelessly corrupted into incoherence by self-interest, rumor, and illiteracy" (p. 127). "The first full account of his life was set down a full hundred and twenty years later by Ibn Ishaq, whose original was lost and can only be consulted through its reworked form, authored by Ibn Hisham, who died in 834" (p. 129). In addition, there is no way of determining how the competing accounts and traditions were collated and edited to form the text of the Koran. We are left with conjecture and hearsay as to the actual message of Muhammad.
The chaotic manner in which the Koran was assembled gave rise to the more pressing issue of succession, a controversy characterizing Islam and one in which Muslims have never solved. Continuously Islam has strenuously opposed critical examination of the Koranic text. The apparent unity of Islam masks a great insecurity and anxiety about the text not shared by other religious traditions (p. 126). "But Islam when examined is not much more a rather obvious and ill-arranged set of of plagiarisms, helping itself from earlier books and traditions as occasion appeared to require" (p. 129). With its lack of originality Islam nonetheless demands obeisance from non-believers yet "there is nothing--absolutely nothing--in its teachings that can begin to justify such arrogance and presumption" (p. 129).
The primary issue of a critical and scholarly account of Islam based on the Koran requires a similar willingness, as Jews and Christians have allowed and benefited from, to examine the Scriptural claims to objective, scholarly examination. The consensus of religious obscurantism though has precluded "free inquiry and the emancipating consequences that it might bring" (p. 137).
Meanwhile, rogues, terrorists, mullahs, and misguided Islamists predominate and prey unmolested upon unwary victims.
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