Conservative American News

A Fund-Raiser, Minus the Candidate(RUN AWAY!)

Rob — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:48:02 +0000

After a speech to Missourians pitching his health care plan, President Obama moved on to two fund-raisers in St. Louis for Democrats running in the November elections. But Robin Carnahan, a candidate for the Senate, did not appear with Mr. Obama at the fund-raiser, instead flying to Washington for meetings scheduled earlier. White House officials said that Ms. Carnahan already had plans when they decided that Mr. Obama would visit St. Louis, and that her campaign has asked if she could appear with him at a later date. “We’re working on that,” said Reid H. Cherlin, a White House spokesman….

View full post on Latest Articles

Helen Thomas: "Obama Skewers Insurers" [WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES][BARF ALERT]

Rob — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:24:54 +0000

WASHINGTON — Finally! President Barack Obama has at last zeroed in on the greedy health insurance companies and their opposition to health reform. It’s about time. The president also seems to have awakened the public to the fact that congressional Republicans have mounted a solid wall of resistance to serious efforts at improving the American health care system. Obama is now in the final chapter of his year-long effort to win legislation that would make health insurance affordable and accessible to more Americans, 46 million of whom lack coverage. The Republicans have been admirable for their party discipline: They have…

View full post on Latest Articles

Homosexuality is 'Totally Destructive of Christian Teaching' Says Traditional Anglican Primate

Rob — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:03:16 +0000

See Part I and Part II of this LifeSiteNews exclusive interview.HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, March 10, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The head of the Traditional Anglican Communion (TAC), Archbishop John Hepworth, told LifeSiteNews (LSN) that it is “ludicrous” to suggest that God is present with same-sex couples in the same way as he is with husband and wife, and urged clear teaching on the true nature of human sexuality.“Homosexual sexuality played out in a same-sex relationship is, in fact, totally destructive of the heart of Christian teaching because it's destructive of God as Creator, it's destructive of God as Teacher, and it's…

View full post on Latest Articles

Henry Wittenberg, Champion Wrestler, Dies at 91

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:38:38 +0000

Henry Wittenberg, an Olympic gold and silver medalist who became one of America’s greatest amateur wrestlers while he was a New York City police officer, died on Tuesday at his home in Somers, N.Y. He was 91.

View full post on Latest Articles

Kids' tummy bugs tied to irritable bowels (IBS)

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:15:33 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A serious bout with a stomach bug can raise a child's risk of having irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) later on, new research shows. People with IBS often have stomach pain, bloating, gas and altered bowel habits such as diarrhea and constipation. While the root cause of the condition isn't known, adults who have had stomach infections are known to be at greater risk. The relationship between these infections and IBS in children is not as clear. To investigate, Dr. John K. Marshall of McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario and his colleagues looked at children participating…

View full post on Latest Articles

Budget deficit sets record in February (GOOD JOB OBAMA! /sarc)

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:52:29 +0000

The government ran up the largest monthly deficit in history in February, keeping the flood of red ink on track to top last year's record for the full year. The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the February deficit totaled $220.9 billion, 14 percent higher than the previous record set in February of last year. The deficit through the first five months of this budget year totals $651.6 billion, 10.5 percent higher than a year ago. The Obama administration is projecting that the deficit for the 2010 budget year will hit an all-time high of $1.56 trillion, surpassing last year's $1.4…

View full post on Latest Articles

Budget deficit sets record in February (GOOD JOB OBAMA! /sarc)

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:52:29 +0000

View full post on Latest Articles

Budget deficit sets record in February (GOOD JOB OBAMA! /sarc)

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:52:29 +0000

View full post on Latest Articles

Russia Drills for Nuclear War

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:29:26 +0000

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Email This Article Print This Article Print All Articles Russia's strategic missile forces today launched a three-day drill expected to simulate the use of nuclear weapons, RIA Novosti reported (see GSN, Sept. 9, 2009). Russian military personnel would follow procedures in the nation's recently adopted military doctrine for dealing with nuclear and conventional conflict, said strategic missile forces spokesman Col. Vadim Koval (see GSN, Feb. 9). "The SMF are conducting command-and-staff drills on March 10-12 in line with the annual training program," he said. "A total of more than 2,000 servicemen and 150 theater- and tactical-level…

View full post on Latest Articles

Legislation on expanded passenger rail service in Kansas advances in House

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:06:22 +0000

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – The Kansas House has given initial approval to a measure laying the foundation for expanded passenger rail service through the state. The bill would establish a passenger rail program and fund within the Kansas Department of Transportation. It also authorizes the transportation secretary to enter agreements with Amtrak or other carriers to expand service through Kansas. House members advanced the bill on Wednesday to final action, which is expected Thursday. Kansas is among several states working to expand Amtrak service in the Midwest. Supporters say the bill would help expand service from Kansas City to Dallas….

View full post on Latest Articles

Iowahawk: One Afternoon in Washington

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:43:20 +0000

Just click the link and enjoy!

View full post on Latest Articles

House Preparing New Scheme To "Pass" Senate Obamacare Bill Without Voting on It.

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:20:17 +0000

The Democrats in the House are working on an extraordinary break of parliamentary procedure that will make reconciliation look like a conciliatory gesture. It's called the Slaughter rule named after House Rules chair Louise Slaughter. Each new bill that is voted on by the complete congress has it's own voting rules, Slaughter's scheme attempts to get the Senate version of Obamacare passed through the house without the house having to vote on it. The rule will state that once the house approves the "corrections" bill which will legislate the compromises between the two houses, the Senate bill will be passed…

View full post on Latest Articles

Appeals court hears arguments on forest roads rule

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:57:10 +0000

DENVER (AP) — Lawyers for the state of Wyoming and the Colorado Mining Association say a 2001 federal rule banning construction of new roads on National Forest land violates the law. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver heard oral arguments Wednesday in Wyoming's lawsuit challenging the rule. The U.S. Department of Agriculture — the parent agency of the National Forest Service — and environmental groups argue the rule is legal.

View full post on Latest Articles

Appeals court hears arguments on forest roads rule

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:57:10 +0000

View full post on Latest Articles

The question that dogs Dems: What if Obama fails?

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:34:13 +0000

President Obama's strategy for closing on health care relies on blaming the insurance industry, reminding Americans that coverage is a problem and urging public opinion to shift momentum in Congress. Not part of the equation: What if he loses? "No Democrat wants to contemplate it and certainly no one in the administration, because the consequences are too frightful," said Stephen Hess, a presidential scholar at the Brookings Institution. The White House this week is stepping up pressure on congressional Democrats in a final drive to get reform on the books. In two rallies this week, Obama is hoping to turn…

View full post on Latest Articles

Does It Matter if Obamacare Passes?

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:11:03 +0000

Hidden from discussions about Reconciliation, 60-vote Senate super-majorities and the arcane rules of passing the same bad bill in both Houses of Congress, a more fundamental obstacle to socializing our medical system may soon emerge: the voters' sovereignty. People may soon stop to ask whether passing Obama's bill matters, considering what would likely happen after the President signs his landmark mistake. Imagine that this sweeping healthcare abomination passes with zero votes from Republicans in the House and Senate. Never before has an important reform bill been passed in this manner. Heck, even the Civil Right laws of the 1960s were…

View full post on Latest Articles

Obamacare is a Ponzi Scheme

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:56:50 +0000

CALLER: I don’t call it Obamacare, I call it the Obama con job. It’s nothing but a Ponzi scheme. This is the biggest “screw you” to the middle class that is out there.

RUSH: It is. It’s almost like Madoff.

CALLER: It’s worse than Madoff. You talk about taxation being a Ponzi scheme. If they get their hands on the money, the revenue stream that will come in from every man, woman, and child in this country on a monthly basis, once they go to this single payer thing going for them, once they get their hands on that money, that revenue stream, it will never stop. We’ve got to pray to God this thing does not go through.

RUSH: That’s exactly right. We’re talking about two-and-a-half trillion dollars that they control, which is largely what this is about.

RUSH: Now, we talked yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, about the largest health insurance company (if you will) in the country is the United States government, and the single most powerful insurance company executive is Barack Obama. He runs the S-CHIP program, he runs Medicare, he runs Medicaid, and the VA. And we went through the progression yesterday: Nobody gets everything they want in those programs. Just because the governments get behind it, they don’t get everything they want, and they constantly complain, and they deny coverage. The number one insurance company that denies claims in this country is Medicare. Medicare denies far more claims than any private insurance company does.

Yet here’s Obama with all these great reforms that are just going to compound the problems that we already have in government-run insurance. I want to ask you if you would put up with this in the private sector. Essentially if Obama’s bill passes, we get the paygo. We pay now. The taxes and all the other fees and everything will happen immediately as soon as the bill is signed. But the so-called benefits don’t kick in for four years, and this is so that they could get a ten-year score from the CBO of something under a trillion dollars. Now, let me ask you a question. Can you imagine what Obama would say if, say, Blue Cross/Blue Shield was out there selling policies that you had to pay for every month for four years but you didn’t get any insurance for four years? You had to pay into it, but you couldn’t file a claim for anything no matter what happens for four years, because that’s what they’re proposing. This is Obama’s paygo. It’s a stunt. And it’s a nightmare.

If you hate your insurance company, you’ve gotta understand that the biggest and the worst is the United States government — Medicare, Medicaid, S-CHIP, VA — and Barack Obama runs it.

source…

View full post on AmericanGrandJury.org

Why the “al Qaeda 7″ Matters in the Legal War on Terror

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:52:08 +0000

Is this a case of smear or transparency?

Josh Rogin at Foreign Policy, The Cable:

Several former Justice Department officials have criticized the group Keep America Safe, which is led by Liz Cheney and William Kristol, for its attacks on the department for hiring lawyers who have defended terror suspects in the past, including one particularly controversial ad calling some of them the “al Qaeda 7.”

“The American tradition of zealous representation of unpopular clients is at least as old as John Adams’s representation of the British soldiers charged in the Boston massacre,” reads a letter organized by the Brookings Institution’s Benjamin Wittes and signed by David Rivkin, Lee Casey, and Philip Zelikow, among other prominent Republican lawyers.

“To suggest that the Justice Department should not employ talented lawyers who have advocated on behalf of detainees maligns the patriotism of people who have taken honorable positions on contested questions and demands a uniformity of background and view in government service from which no administration would benefit.”

Why does this matter, and go beyond “talented lawyers taking honorable positions” by lawyering up on behalf of “accused” terrorists who wish to kill Americans? Because in the “war on terror”, we may be winning it on the battlefield and in some cases, behind the scenes; but in the court of law, thanks to such organizations as the Center for Constitutional Rights and the ACLU, America has been on the losing side of 3 of the 4 major war on terror cases that have come before the Supreme Court.

And if these are just honorable, patriotic lawyers doing their honorable duties, then Eric Holder and the Obama Administration really should have no objections to the transparency, should they? After all, this is “the most transparent administration in history”, right?

Thomas Joscelyn takes a look at their body of work. Marc Thiessen devotes an entire chapter (“Double Agents”) in Courting Disaster to the lawyers involved in defending al Qaeda terrorists, and their connections to Eric Holder. (See Thiessen’s op-ed in WaPo here; and if you are so inclined, Eugene Robinson’s attack on Liz Cheney and Keep America Safe here).

Andrew McCarthy also weighs in on why this issue matters.

View full post on Flopping Aces

Knoxville Horror Documentary (16:35)

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:47:57 +0000

The tragedy that the mainstream media refuses to speak about. May they be with the Lord.

View full post on Latest Articles

N.J. Gov. Chris Christie says he's stuck with bill for state worker 7 percent pay hike

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:25:07 +0000

Calling it an "exquisite pair of handcuffs" as he tries to plug a huge budget gap, Gov. Chris Christie today said he must follow a controversial deal former Gov. Jon Corzine gave unionized state workers last year that calls for a 7 percent pay raise in the upcoming fiscal year and bars him from ordering layoffs before January. "My lawyers have now told me that I am bound by that deal," the governor said after meeting local officials in Haddon Heights. "If I could stop it, I would, except the previous governor tied my hands. I cannot lay off one…

View full post on Latest Articles

Vancouver's visible minorities to be in majority by 2031 – Statistics Canada

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:01:59 +0000

Vancouver's visible minority population is on track to become the majority over the next two decades. visible minority groups are growing rapidly and will account for 59 per cent of the metro region's total population by 2031, up from a current figure of about 40 per cent. Immigration — led by China and South Asia — is a leading factor in the changing demographic picture. But many visible minorities will also be the children or grandchildren of immigrants. Indeed, of the estimated two million visible minorities living in the region in 20 years' time, one in three will be Canadian-born……

View full post on Latest Articles

Durbin: Of Course Premiums Will Still Go Up With Obamacare

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:56:22 +0000

Not exactly a shocker, but Dick Durbin gives the nuanced explanation that they’re looking to slow down the rate of increases, not stop increases altogether. Unfortunately, that misrepresents what the CBO has already said about premiums under Obamacare — and ignores what has already happened to premiums without it. Read more here.

View full post on The FOX Nation

Despondent Converts (to the Catholic Church)

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:38:55 +0000

I receive, not infrequently, inquiries by mail from recent converts to the Church who, after a year or so as new Catholics, find themselves wondering about this and that. All of these letters are from former Evangelicals who have read themselves joyfully into the Church. With their earnest, muscular, biblically oriented background in the free churches, or in the Episcopal Church to which they had migrated because of its liturgy, at some point they had come upon such books as Newman's Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, or Karl Adam's The Spirit of Catholicism, or The Catechism…

View full post on Latest Articles

US Apologizes to Gaddafi For Using Harsh Words That Offended the Dear Dictator

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:15:45 +0000

The Obama State Department apologized to Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi for offending the dear tyrant with offensive language. The BBC reported: The US State Department has apologized for comments made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s call for jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland. Department spokesman PJ Crowley, who made the dismissive comments, said they did not reflect US policy and were not intended to offend. Col Gaddafi had criticised a Swiss vote against the building of minarets and urged Muslims to boycott the country. Mr Crowley described it as “lots of words, not necessarily a lot of sense.” Libya and…

View full post on Latest Articles

US Apologizes to Gaddafi For Using Harsh Words That Offended the Dear Dictator

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:15:45 +0000

View full post on Latest Articles

Oxford Analytica Continues to Shill for Sharia

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:52:48 +0000

Oxford Analytica has taken yet another step to promote financial jihad with an article on Forbes.com. This new article is so overrun with troubling and disturbing aspects that we hardly know where to begin…

View full post on Latest Articles

Bank of America to stop debit card overdrafts

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:29:32 +0000

NEW YORK – Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It's a step that may become a common move ahead of new regulations limiting overdraft fees. Rules set by the Federal Reserve that will ban banks from charging such fees, without first getting permission from the customer, are set to take effect July 1. But Bank of America is going a step further than the regulations require. It will simply no longer allow debit card purchases to go through if there isn't enough money in…

View full post on Latest Articles

Why Democrats Don’t Care about $9.7 Trillion Debt

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:06:38 +0000

CNN adds that “By 2020 the (CBO) estimates debt held by the public would reach $20.3 trillion, or 90 percent of GDP. That’s up from 53 percent of GDP in 2009.” I suspect that most Americans, if asked whether these numbers trouble the Democratic leadership and President Obama, would answer in the affirmative. They would be wrong. They would be wrong not because the Democratic Party or the president are economically illiterate or bad individuals, but because the Democratic Party and the president are leftists. And most Americans, including most Democrats, do not understand the left. They may understand liberalism;…

View full post on Latest Articles

How YOU can encourage a blue dog to vote against Obamacare (announcing the FAX plan)

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:44:00 +0000

CLICK ON EACH ONE OF THESE TO GET A FULL-SIZE PDF OF IT –THEN FAX IT AND MAIL IT TO EVERY ONE OF YOUR CONGRESS CRITTER'S OFFICES:Find a few more hereAND SEND THAT PAGE TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, OR KNOW OF, IN THE TARGET DISTRICTS

View full post on Latest Articles

Jewish War Veterans memorial vandalized in Monticello

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:20:27 +0000

Several businesses in Monticello were hit with gang graffiti overnight, including on the sign outside the Jewish War Veterans of the United States memorial on Liberty Street. The graffiti covers the sign, including scrawled words like “Power,” "Money” and “Loyalty.” There is also a trident symbol painted in blue. Chief Doug Solomon says these are symbols commonly used by street gangs. He doesn't believe the vandalism was racially motivated. The window and door of Vino on Broadway was also marked with the letters "BK" and "BX." Solomon said other businesses were vandalized overnight. Robert Blank, the commandeer of the Jesse…

View full post on Latest Articles

Running the Clock on Rifqa

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:09:54 +0000

Rifqa's entire legal strategy hinged on obtaining for her Special Immigration Juvenile Status (SIJS). This was the objective, the end run. If they could keep Rifqa out of her dangerous home environment and secure immigration status, then it didn't matter how they did it, as long as the goal was achieved.

Understood.

But. What was not understood was the nature of the threat and the enemy Rifqa faced. They were playing by a set of rules that were inapplicable to the challenge they faced. By pretending that sharia was not the 800 lb. elephant in the room, they were out-strategized.

I remember back last September when I spoke to John Stemberger on the phone and asked him why apostasy was not being introduced. It defined the threat to her life. Without the motive, there was no threat. He insisted that it wasn't necessary. He said there was no way she would be sent back to Ohio. "No way," he said. In order to send her back to Ohio the parents would have to open a court case, and in order to do that they would have to admit to some kind of abuse. And Stemberger said they would never do that. My point is, no matter how sure a thing is, there's no such thing as a sure thing.

Fast forward to Ohio, February 2010.

Rifqa's legal strategy has been reactive, not pro-active. They are kept so busy responding to CAIR-appointed attorney motions. Rifqa's lawyers agreed to have Rifqa plead guilty to "unruliness"
to secure dependency, but "reunification" is still the goal. The guilty plea continues to have ramifications for those who love and helped her.
Criminal investigations are proceeding and charges are pending against
Brian Williams and the Lorenzes.

Among the concerns for "unruly" Rifqa that are related to SIJS:

…..that each case be scrutinized carefully because the filing of an
application for SIJS will alert the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Service (US CIS) of a child’s unlawful presence in the U.S. If the
child has ever been arrested or convicted of any crime, an expert in
the complex area of the intersection between immigration law and
criminal law should be consulted immediately. Many crimes that are not
deemed serious under state law have dire immigration consequences. The
Immigrant Defense Project is an excellent resource for this purpose. www.immigrantdefenseproject.org

More on the SIJS and how the Stemberger strategy was out played by CAIR. Why hasn't Rifqa's legal team demanded an investigation by child services into the abuse and death threats in the home to Rifqa? SIJS demands it:

Eligibility for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status

[...]
In order to demonstrate eligibility for SIJS status, one must be an
immigrant present in the United States:

Who is under age 21 at the time the SIJ petition is filed;14

Who is unmarried;

Who has been declared dependent on a Juvenile Court located in
the United States (in New York State this is family court); or whom a
Juvenile Court has legally committed to or placed under the custody of,
an agency or department of a state, or an individual or entity
appointed by a state or Juvenile Court located in the United States 15,
and whose reunification with one or both16 of the immigrant’s parents
is not viable due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or a similar basis
found under state law 17

For whom it has been determined in administrative or judicial
proceedings that it would not be in the alien’s best interest to be
returned to the alien’s or parent’s previous country of nationality or
country of last habitual residence.18

[...]

Atlas readers, remember in the stipulation to dependency, both Tarazi and Lloyd were at pains to put on the record before the court the fact that the stipulation was not based upon abuse or neglect. Until that issue is addressed, I don't think that Rifqa can make the showing before INS. that her status as a dependent was as a result of abuse, neglect or abandonment. i don't think that she can make the application for SIJS because abuse or neglect has been established as a matter of law not to be the cause of the dependency. I don't think the judge will issue the i-360 verification required to make the application.

Applying for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status

[...]

Among the items required for the I-360 petition is the court order
from the Juvenile Court judge. The court order must establish the
child’s dependency on the Juvenile Court or his or her being committed
or placed under the custody of, an agency or department of a state, or
an individual or entity appointed by a state or Juvenile Court.27
It is preferable though not essential for the order to also establish
the requirements that (a) it would not be in the child’s best interest
to be returned to his or her (or parent’s) previous country of
nationality or country of last habitual residence and that (b)
reunification one or both of the immigrant’s parents is not viable due
to abuse, neglect, abandonment, or a similar basis found under state
law.28
The US CIS has a strong preference that the Juvenile Court incorporate a
finding regarding return to the child’s home country into the order,
but it does recognize that the requirement can be satisfied through a
determination made by an administrative proceeding.29

Now read what Stemberger wrote. Try to avoid the sophomoric rantings and look at what he contends is Rifqa's strategy, a failed strategy.

CORRECTING THE TOP TEN FALSE RUMORS
AND MISINFORMATION ABOUT RIFQA'S ATTORNEYS AND HER LEGAL
CASE

By

John Stemberger February 1, 2010

It is highly unfortunate,
but there are a handful of people who claim to be leading Rifqa
advocates are
spreading inaccurate, highly sensational and outright false information
about
matters surrounding Rifqa Bary, her attorneys and Rifqa's legal case. It
is
necessary to respond to these statements because the amount of
ignorance,
misinformation, and slander being spread is causing disunity and
confusion among
those people who really do truly love and support Rifqa and are looking
for
accurate information.

Highly unfortunate, indeed. But not for the reasons Stemberger describes.

1) RIFQA’S DOES NOT NEED NEW
LAWYERS AND SHE HAS SOME OF THE FINEST LAWYERS IN THE STATE OF OHIO
REPRESENTING
HER. Representing Rifqa are two legal experts, one in the area of
dependency
(which most lawyers have never even heard of) and one in criminal law.
Kort
Gatterdam is a board certified criminal defense lawyer who is well
respected in
the greater Columbus, Ohio Bar, partner in a major Ohio law firm and he
has
tried hundreds of cases before juries and judges. Angie Lloyd is a
clinical law
professor at Ohio State University with a long history as a child
advocate and
is one the state’s leading experts in the area of dependency and child
immigration. The legal strategy and plan agreed to by all lawyers
involved in
both Florida and Ohio from the beginning has been to get Rifqa declared a

“Dependent” by the state and therefore in a situation where she would
never have
to be forced to return to her parents or her homeland Sri Lanka unless
she wanted to. The dependency status also allows her to apply for a
status
where she would never be forced back to Sri Lanka where she would surely
be
killed in time by the Muslim extremists in that country. [...]

[...]

If Rifqa's lawyers demanded a child services investigation of the threat in the home, apostasy and sharia law would have to be introduced.

3)
RIFQA DOES NOT NEED TO GO THROUGH AN ASYLUM PROCESS. Dependency is a
highly
specialized area of the law that most persons have never heard of and
that even
most lawyers have no idea about. No lawyer who understands dependency
law agrees
that seeking political Asylum in the US makes any sense. Those that have

advocated for Asylum are either not lawyers and have no idea what the
law says,
or are simply ignorant about the dependency process. It is stunning to
hear the
arm chair commentators talk about what they think should happen legally
when
they are completely ignorant about what the law says or how courts,
evidence or
trials work. Rifqa's immigration status can be resolved as a Dependent
of the
State of Ohio without any Asylum claims.

I disagree. Apostasy asylum should have been Rifqa's safety. They should be applying now. Yesterday.

6) THE
RECENT MOTION FILED BY RIFQA’S PARENTS LAWYERS TO REVERSE THE DEPENDENCY

AGREEMENT IS TOTALLY FRIVIOLOUS AND NOT A MAJOR THREAT. The motion filed
last
week by the Bary parents lawyer and “Islamic Scholar” Omar Tarazi to
undo the
Dependency agreement previously made in Court is a complete sham and is
likely
not to have any effect at all on the court. The ridiculous motion also
seeks to
try and fire all of Rifqa’s lawyers and her Guardian. The court is
likely to
dismiss it at the hearing without even serious consideration and there
is a 95%
chance this dismissal will occur. In the highly unlikely event the court
grants
the parents motion there is a chance a trial could take place but an
even
greater chance a settlement agreement would take place again because the
Bary
parents lawyers appears to be completely inexperienced and has never
tried a
case.

No, what Tarazi is doing is running out the clock so that Rifqa is without immigration status when she turns 18. Will they deport her? Who can say, but CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood have infiltrated senior levels at the State Department so deeply, it is likely. Certainly that new Muslim Outreach to the Ummah department at State that reports directly to Clinton might deem it "helpful" to send her back. I think that's what CAIR and the Barys want — for the whole family to go back to Sri Lanka, which was the plan after members of the NOOR mosque spied on Rifqa and told her parents of the conversion. The bags were packed.

Stemberger continues:

7) IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO TAKE LEGAL ACTIONS THAT WILL
ENSURE RIFQA’S SAFETY THAN IT IS TO TAKE ACTIONS WHICH EXPOSE RADICAL
ISLAM.
There are many people who want to see Rifqa undergo the risk involved
with a
full blown trial with the sole motive to expose radical Islam rather
than to
secure agreements which would guarantee that Rifqa will be safe. I am
totally
against radical Islam and want to see them exposed and want the power of
Rifqa’s
story to be heard. But not at the expense of risking Rifqa’s safety [...]

IN ANY LEGAL
CASE, A SETTLEMENT WITH THE SAME RESULT IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN BEARING
THE RISK
OF A TRIAL WHERE THE ULTIMATE RESULT IS NOT IN YOUR HANDS BUT THE HANDS
OF A
JUDGE. An agreement properly recognized by the Court and which gives you
the
same result you would seek at a trial, is always a better option than a
full
blown trial. In a trial, the judge (no jury trial in this type case)
would make
the final decision. In a settlement agreement the parties have control
over the
terms. If for whatever reason the judge ruled against Rifqa at trial, or
the
delay caused Rifqa to age out of the Ohio foster care system at age18
without
being declared a Dependent, she could be immediately sent back to Sri
Lanka.
This is a risk that her legal counsel does not appear willing to take,
but one
which some other “friends” of Rifqa are foolishly advocating for because
they do
not understand the process.

Yes, this has been Stemberger's position all along. He is investing everything in this. He put all of Rifqa's eggs in one basket. But Rifqa is still not eligible for Special Immigration Juvenile Status, and the clock is ticking.

I believe that then and I believe that now. Despite those that got very nasty with my advocating for Rifqa. or worse yet, backpedaled.

Here is Jamal Jivanjee's careful opinion (Stemberger has banned Rifqa from talking to Jamal — effective last week):

RIFQA BARY’S DEFENSE- EMERGENCY ACTION NEEDED IN 3
AREAS: Dear friends and supporters of Rifqa Bary,After my article last week regarding Rifqa Bary’s hearing in
Columbus on March 2’nd and some of the troubling news that came out of those
proceedings, I have discovered more alarming information, some of which requires
what I would consider immediate emergency action. I do not wish this article to
be an evaluation of Rifqa’s attorneys as much as I whish this article to be a
call to action to her attorneys, and others, regarding urgent matters in
relation to Rifqa’s defense that have been neglected and are in need of
immediate action. I urge you to take a few minutes and read thoroughly. Some
of these specifics are legal matters, but please read the entire article. This
is of the utmost importance. I have been deeply concerned about Rifqa’s defense for some
time now. Because of these ongoing concerns, I hoped that Rifqa would be able
to consult with some other well qualified attorneys to hear their assessments of
the case because there have been many attorneys who have also been very
concerned about how this case has been handled thus far. So far, Rifqa has not
been able to consult with any other attorneys other than the ones who have been
involved in the case thus far. After last week’s developments both in and out
of court, I have become even more alarmed about what is happening regarding her
case. As a result, I have consulted with a couple of well qualified attorneys
who gave me their honest assessment of what has been occurring. Let me remind
you, these attorneys are not attorneys seeking to represent Rifqa in any way,
but are well qualified attorneys who are Christian, and who have been following
her case with great concern and prayer. Based on the assessment that I
received, there are a couple of issues that need to be addressed immediately
without delay. Let me list them here:

I.
There needs to be an immediate Child Protective Services
(CPS, or Ohio’s equivalent agency) investigation into Rifqa’s family and home
life.

There have been
some serious allegations made against Rifqa’s family and the nature of her
family life at home. This is in addition to the serious threats that she faced
as a result of her conversion from Islam to Christianity. Rifqa has suffered
abuse by her family in the past. This abuse is very serious. These allegations
have been made, but since this case has started, there has yet to be any
investigation of her parents and subsequent past home life. This is an absolute
outrage concerning the nature of the allegations made and the circumstances
surrounding the case. When Ohio says that they found no evidence that her life
was in danger, keep in mind that there was no investigation done regarding the
allegations of abuse that Rifqa has alleged, nor were her parents investigated
in any way. Ohio’s division of Child Protective Services has an obligation to
look into these things. Since Child Protective Services in Ohio has not done
their job, it is incumbent upon Rifqa’s attorneys as her legal advocates to
demand that such an investigation be done. The attorney that I spoke with told
me that this should be done immediately and without delay. Keep in mind that
such an investigation by Child Protective Services of the parents and home life
is standard procedure when allegations as serious as Rifqa’s are made. Rifqa
has been back in Ohio for almost 5 months and her attorneys have demanded no
such action. The fact that her attorneys have not filed a motion, nor have they
successfully persuaded authorities that such an investigation be done is
unconscionable and an outrage.

This is
important because Juvenile courts are always inclined to reunify families unless
there are reasons known to the court why it would not be safe to reunify the
family. Since Rifqa has not had a trial for dependency, in which the nature of
the threats that she was facing as a result of her conversion to Christianity
from Islam would have come out, this CPS investigation would be very important.
This investigation would also slow the push for reunification that the Franklin
County Children’s services case plan explicitly calls for. Because there has
been no investigation of Rifqa’s parents, Rifqa has been made to look as the one
who has done something wrong which makes following the case plan that, Rifqa’s
attorneys and her parent’s attorneys have signed on to, the only logical
conclusion. I was told that it did not help Rifqa in any way to plead guilty to
the ‘unruly child’ charge, and was extremely bad advice from her attorneys.
This furthers the false impression that she is the one who did something wrong,
and it further ignores the real issues in this case. While no one expects that
the case plan leading to reunification can be completed in 5 months, there are
other reasons why the case plan should not be followed at all, and should not
have been agreed to by her attorneys. This has everything to do with her
immigration status which leads me to the second and most serious step of action
that needs to be taken immediately.

II.
Rifqa’s Immigration and Naturalization Case needs action
taken immediately.

As you may know
by now, Rifqa is not in this country legally. In order for Rifqa to be able to
stay in this nation, Rifqa has at least two options available to her. The first
option is a special dependency proceeding that minors are eligible for called
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), which will allow Rifqa legal permanent
residency in the U.S. This Second option is pursuing an Asylum process.

Rifqa’s
attorneys have decided to base their entire legal strategy on the first option
called SIJS. They have decided to put all their eggs in this one basket, so to
speak, and not seek Asylum concurrently with SIJS. This has been a HUGE
mistake for the following reasons:

The likelihood
of SIJS succeeding is looking very unstable now. If Rifqa is denied SIJS, there
is nothing left to fall back on as a result of her attorneys’ decision to not
apply for Asylum for Rifqa as well. A leading organization which acts as an
advocate for human rights had this to say about the SIJS process:

“ If the
juvenile applies for this status and is successful, s/he may remain in the U.S.,
work legally, qualify for in-state tuition at college, and in five years apply
for U.S. citizenship. However, if the application is denied, the child might be
deported.”

Because of this
risk, I was told that prudent attorneys always cover their bases which is why
the asylum process should be pursued concurrently with SIJS in case there is a
problem with SIJS. Based on what occurred in last week’s hearing, we now know
that there is a major problem with Rifqa’s attorney pursuing SIJS. Consider the
following statement from the above mentioned Human Rights organization regarding
SIJS:

In order to
qualify for SIJS, a juvenile court in the U.S. must have declared the
child a court dependent, or have legally committed the child to a state agency
or department. The court must have found the child "eligible for long-term
foster care" (which in this context means that parental reunification is not
possible), and that it is not in the child's best interest to be returned to the
home country. The child should have proceeded to long-term foster care,
adoption, or guardianship and the court must have made its findings based on the
abuse, neglect or abandonment of the child.

According to this statement, only children who are in
“long term foster care” are eligible for SIJS. This means that the court
must have declared that reunification is not possible. What we found out from
last week’s hearing, however, is that Rifqa is currently forced to follow the
case plan which on paper calls for the eventual reunification with her parents!
That is why Angela Lloyd, Rifqa’s attorney, is not yet able to move forward with
SIJS for Rifqa. The judge in the case is mandating that the case plan be
followed for now and this makes Rifqa currently ineligible for SIJS because the
court has not yet found that reunification is out of the question! (This means
that the March 02 hearing was NOT good news for Rifqa)

Because there has been no Child Protective Services
investigation into Rifqa’s family life as mentioned above, the court has not
been able to rule out reunification based on “abuse, neglect or abandonment
of the child.”   Basically speaking, there has been no progress on SIJS and
there cannot be until the court rules that reunification is not possible. Now,
time becomes Rifqa’s biggest enemy because Rifqa turns 18 in 5 months. This
might not seem like an issue because minors can apply for SIJS until they are
21, but there is another factor that weighs heavy in all of this. When applying
for SIJS, two applications are required. One of these applications is called an
I-360 (petition to be qualified as a Special Immigrant Juvenile).
In order for an I-360 to be filed, it will require an order
from the juvenile court judge stating that the child is a dependant of the state
due to reunification being impossible. The judge overseeing Rifqa’s case will
not give the order, however, until the case plan is tried for a period of time
that satisfies her and she determines that reunification is not possible. The
court loses jurisdiction of Rifqa when she turns 18 in 5 months, which means
that if she does not get the court order by then, she cannot apply for SIJS at
all. In addition to this, I was told that it is highly recommended that the
juvenile court judge include in the court order for the I-360 an explanation as
to why the child returning to their native country (Sri-Lanka for Rifqa) would
not be desirable, or why returning to their parent’s custody is not possible.
Since the threat that Rifqa has faced due to her conversion from Islam to
Christianity has not been introduced to the court, it is impossible for the
court to have a grasp about the nature of the danger that Rifqa would face in
Sri-Lanka. Also, since Rifqa’s attorneys have not demanded a Child Protective
Services investigation of her parents and home life, it is impossible for the
court to determine that she cannot be reunified with her parents based on abuse,
neglect, etc… As you can see, this information is very important for SIJS and
adequate work on Rifqa’s behalf has simply not been done. It is an outrage!

The entire strategy of depending on SIJS in this case has
been ‘misguided’ to say the least. For the last seven months that Rifqa’s case
has been in court, there has been absolutely no progress on her immigration
status! An Asylum process should have started 7 months ago in addition to the
pursuit of SIJS and things would not be in the situation they are currently in.
Now that we know these things, an Asylum process should be started immediately!
Not one more day should be wasted.

We need to remember that there is much at stake here. This
case is about the rescue and redemption of Rifqa, and I believe millions of
others as well. We must not allow pride or professional reputations to get in
the way of the truth. This is not a political campaign in which the truth can be
spun. In order for situations to be corrected, they at least have to be
acknowledged and defined. I am convinced that it is for such a time as this
that Rifqa and this case has been elevated to the national stage. In light of
this, I would like to ask you to contact Rifqa’s attorneys and implore them to
take these emergency steps immediately.

Please contact Kort Gatterdam (614)-365-4100 or gatterdam@carpenterlipps.com

Please contact Angela Lloyd: Lloyd.148@osu.edu

Please contact Judge Elizabeth
Gill (614)-462- 4445 and (firmly and respectfully ) request that a Child
Protective Services investigation be launched into Rifqa’s abusive past home
life.

In conclusion, the immigration statute requires a finding that the dependency order is based upon the court having ruled that the dependency judgment was based upon factual finding of "abuse, neglect or abandonment."

When Tarazi and Lloyd and Chris Julian said upon the record of the proceeding that this was not "… an abuse … " case, then the judge's finding of dependency could not have been made on a finding of "abuse, neglect or abandonment."

You cannot made a finding of law about something, e.g., "abuse, neglect or abandonment," unless it is supported by a sufficient and necessary finding of real facts that support the legal finding. when the parties stipulated that it was not factually an abuse case, they stipulated that legally it was not an abuse case.Apostasy and the sharia punishment would have supported that finding. Contrary to Stemberger's denunciation, I did not want to put Islam on trial for the hello of it. I wanted to spare Rifqa.

I don't think Rifqa meets the statutory requirement for SIJS finding before the federal courts, nor do I believe that the state court judge will issue the necessary I-360 document to support her application before the immigration courts, based upon a finding of law, and an adjudication, not based upon abuse or neglect or abandonment.

It appears that the SIJS procedure is not available to her.

Her only shot now is apostasy asylum, and that they better get off their asses and start applying for it. My opinion is that they should go hat in hand to the Pepperdine clinic, and see if they can get help.

View full post on Atlas Shrugs

Pelosi channels Baghdad Bob on This Week

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:57:20 +0000

I know why Nancy Pelosi believes that the people of San Francisco are stupid. I just don’t know why she thinks we all are. I have found that if you can’t follow her or if you can’t understand her, it’s not you. No you’ve just been listening to the U.S. Congress’ very own version of that master of miscommunication. Pelosi is the United States’ Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf. You remember al Sahhaf from the Iraqi war don’t you? I so enjoy listening to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. She reminds me of the final days of Saddam Hussein in Iraq…

View full post on Latest Articles

Mission accomplished, indeed (Boston Globe Praises Bush!)

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:34:27 +0000

RONALD REAGAN liked to say that there was no limit to what a man could accomplish if he didn’t mind who got the credit. The transformation of Iraq from a hellish tyranny into a functioning democracy will be recorded as a signal accomplishment of George W. Bush’s presidency, and he probably doesn’t mind in the least that the Obama administration would like to take the credit.

View full post on Latest Articles

Australian researchers say fat is 'sixth taste'

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:11:15 +0000

It's a theory set to confirm why humans are so fond of fatty foods such as chips and chocolate cake: in addition to the five tastes already identified lurks another detectable by the palate — fat. "We know that the human tongue can detect five tastes — sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami (a savoury, protein-rich taste contained in foods such as soy sauce and chicken stock)," Russell Keast, from Deakin University, said Monday. "Through our study we can conclude that humans have a sixth taste — fat." Researchers tested 30 people's ability to taste a range of fatty acids…

View full post on Latest Articles

Tea Partiers Scramble to Keep Up With Obama Health Care Blitz

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:48:06 +0000

Tea Partiers Scramble to Keep Up With Obama Health Care Blitz President Obama has set an aggressive schedule for completing work on the bulk of the year-in-the-making health care package and may be getting the jump on the raft of Tea Party events set for the coming weeks. With President Obama hitting the throttle on health care reform, Tea Party opponents are reaching for the emergency brake. But will they be too late? The president, who just two months ago said that jobs creation would be Washington's No. 1 focus, has set an aggressive schedule for completing work on the…

View full post on Latest Articles

Tea Partiers Scramble to Keep Up With Obama Health Care Blitz

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:48:06 +0000

View full post on Latest Articles

Tea Partiers Scramble to Keep Up With Obama Health Care Blitz

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:48:06 +0000

View full post on Latest Articles

Will the special EU-unit be deployed in Greece? [Armed Enforcers of the EU]

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:25:02 +0000

The European Union is often mocked as a toothless political entity that lacks any military power. There has been talk of an EU-wide army, but so far most military functions remain with individual member states. Internal security is a different matter. Brussels has quietly organized an outfit called EUROGENDFOR, the European Gendarmerie Force, which is designed to quell riots, uprisings, and other forms of violent internal dissent. According to the report below, EUGENDFOR is preparing to deploy to Greece to prevent a possible descent into violent anarchy in the wake of the country’s severe economic crisis. Our Flemish correspondent VH…

View full post on Latest Articles

Disconnect: Gibbs, Hoyer dispute vote [on health care takeover]

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:02:04 +0000

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and the White House on Tuesday engaged in a rare public dispute over when healthcare reform will be voted on. The clash comes as Democrats on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue begin to count votes for a health reform bill that will be extremely challenging to pass. Hoyer on Tuesday morning suggested the March 18 deadline recently set by White House press secretary Robert Gibbs was not endorsed by congressional leaders. “None of us have mentioned the 18th other than Mr. Gibbs,” Hoyer told reporters when asked if March 18 was still a “viable”…

View full post on Latest Articles

California's College Dreamers: When will students figure out the politicians have sold them out?

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:38:58 +0000

Hundreds of University of California students rallied against a 32% tuition hike last week. Let's hope their future employers get a better work product. With just a little research, the students could have discovered that compensation packages won from the state by unions were a big reason for the hike. Last year, the state cut funding to the 10-campus system to $2.6 billion from $3.25 billion. To make up for the reduction in state funding, the UC Board of Regents increased tuition to $10,300, about triple 1999's cost. Understandably, students have gone wild. The UC system is supposed to offer…

View full post on Latest Articles

Aftermath of the Iraqi Elections

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:16:15 +0000

What kind of coalition government will emerge from Iraq's March 7 national elections? Initial reports indicate Prime Minister Noori al-Maliki's supporters won a plurality of the vote (perhaps a third), with former interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's "secular list" in second place. An Iraqi political analyst I spoke with said post-election political negotiations are underway, and the new coalition arrangements will clarify by early to mid-April. Whether dubbed horse-trading or camel-haggling, the post-election process of parliamentary coalition building is another signal that open, democratic politics — with its frustrating uncertainties, compromise and concessions — are emerging in Iraq. The violent…

View full post on Latest Articles

Where Feminists Got it Right

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:52:53 +0000

In Cameroon, some mothers "iron" their daughters' breasts to delay or prevent them from having sex. The procedure often involves grinding a very hot rock into the chest of the girl, but sometimes kerosene or hot plantain peels will do the trick. The practice, which permanently disfigures the girls, starts with adolescence because that's when girls start becoming attractive to boys. And heaven forbid that anyone expect anything like self-restraint from the boys. I'd never heard of the practice until I read about it in the Washington Post. But the story is all too familiar. Around the world, women –…

View full post on Latest Articles

BRITAIN FREES 13 ITALIAN COAL SHIPS ON EVE OF RIBBENTROP VISIT TO ROME (3/10/40)

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:30:31 +0000

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

View full post on Latest Articles

BRITAIN FREES 13 ITALIAN COAL SHIPS ON EVE OF RIBBENTROP VISIT TO ROME (3/10/40)

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:30:31 +0000

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

View full post on Latest Articles

Today's Word with Joel Osteen – March 10, 2010 [Devotional]

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:06:41 +0000

Make Way for Victory Today's Scripture "But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 15:57, AMP). Today's Word from Joel and Victoria God desires that you live in victory in every area of your life. The scripture says He always causes us to triumph through Christ Jesus! No matter what you may be facing today, God wants to make you more than a conqueror. Are you battling sickness? God wants to give you healing. Are you struggling with a broken relationship? God wants to give you restoration…

View full post on Latest Articles

New York Considers Legislation to Ban Salt in Restaurants

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:43:36 +0000

Not content with just trying to tax soft drinks, New York’s nanny-state politicians are also considering legislation to prohibit the use of salt in the preparation of restaurant food. Assemblyman Felix Ortiz introduced this absurdist bill on March 5. Ortiz is one of New York’s more strident food cops, having already introduced strict restaurant menu labeling proposals in the past. He is also following in the steps of fellow food nanny Mayor Michael Bloomberg who went so far as to compare salt to carcinogenic asbestos. Here is the statement we put out today: New York State Assemblyman Felix Ortiz’s New…

View full post on Latest Articles

Nancy's nutty new rules

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:21:55 +0000

The next act in the drive to pass ObamaCare is the mother-of-all political maneuvers — in which Democrats will use an incredibly convoluted and possibly unconstitutional process. Things were already arcane: President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have been threatening to enact "health-care reform" through the narrow path of budget reconciliation. It's a ploy to allow the Senate to pass "reform" with just 51 votes — making the election of Scott Brown as the 41st senator against ObamaCare irrelevant. To use reconciliation, Pelosi must first get House members to vote for the exact bill…

View full post on Latest Articles

Beware The Ides Of March – And Beyond

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:57:38 +0000

Obama didn’t plan on losing the public’s support so soon. I believe he figured he had at least one term, maybe two to get his deeds done. But this past year has caused him to accelerate his agenda. And that means the sharp pain you feel attempting its way into your backside is more than just healthcare. It’s Cap and Trade. It’s Nationalization of our economy. It’s the whole enchillada, folks. Obama’s getting desperate. And when desperate tyrants don’t get their way, they get angry and vengeful. And when they get angry and vengeful, they tend to pull out all…

View full post on Latest Articles

Many Nations Passing U.S. in Education, Expert Says

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:34:52 +0000

One of the world’s foremost experts on comparing national school systems told lawmakers on Tuesday that many other countries were surpassing the United States in educational attainment, including Canada, where he said 15-year-old students were, on average, more than one school year ahead of American 15-year-olds. America’s education advantage, unrivaled in the years after World War II, is eroding quickly as a greater proportion of students in more and more countries graduate from high school and college and score higher on achievement tests than students in the United States, said Andreas Schleicher, a senior education official at the Organization for…

View full post on Latest Articles

‘We Have to Pass the Bill So That You Can Find Out What Is in It’

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:22:57 +0000

For your edification, a few of the many gems from this speech by Nancy Pelosi to the 2010 legislative conference of the National Association of Counties today:

You’ve heard about the controversies within the bill, the process about the bill, one or the other. But I don’t know if you have heard that it is legislation for the future, not just about health care for America, but about a healthier America, where preventive care is not something that you have to pay a deductible for or out of pocket. Prevention, prevention, prevention—it’s about diet, not diabetes. It’s going to be very, very exciting. But we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy. . . .

Health insurance reform is about jobs. This legislation alone will create 4 million jobs, about 400,000 jobs very soon. . . .

We must have the courage, though, to get the job done. We have the ideas. We have the commitment. We have the dedication. We know the urgency. Now we have to have the courage to get the job done. So proud that President Obama is taking the message so forcefully to the American people! This is long overdue, a hundred years. Read more …

View full post on The FOX Nation

Glenn Beck Apologizes to His Audience; Admits He Wasted an Hour of Their Time for the First Time

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:11:19 +0000

Glenn Beck, in a stunning and unprecedented occasion on his TV show, has apologized to his audience, admitting he wasted an hour of their time for the very first time. The apology occurred near the end of Beck's much-hyped interview with disgraced and potentially sexually deviant, former Democrat Congressman Eric Massa of NY. Billed by Beck only a day ago as an interview where Massa may just expose verifiable corruption in the federal government and the Obama Administration with regards to their apparent retaliation for his position on the health care vote, viewers were led to believe that Massa's interview…

View full post on Latest Articles

Best surgeon in California – This guy is amazing! Below is his story!

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:56:56 +0000

Dr. McCarthy’s face is masked to protect him from the Obots..

Dr. Timothy McCarthy while receiving a medical award for creativity, reported his findings to the Fellows of plastic surgery, concluding with this case study: “Several years ago a woman was high on cocaine and marijuana and she rode a horse head-on into a train traveling 80 miles an hour. All I had left to work with was the woman’s hair and the horse’s ass. I was able to put them together and now she’s Speaker of the House.”

photo and story sent to us by Tim Powers…

View full post on AmericanGrandJury.org

Gunmen attack World Vision's office in Pakistan

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:48:14 +0000

Islamabad: Suspected militants armed with grenades attacked the offices of an international aid group in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people working for the organization, police said. The attack targeted World Vision, a large Christian humanitarian group helping survivors of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake in Mansehra district.

View full post on Latest Articles

(Nashville) Ex-Metro cop indicted in child sex case victim younger than 13

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:25:11 +0000

A Clay County grand jury indicted a former Metro Police officer on two counts of aggravated sexual battery of a victim younger than 13. James Stackhouse with an indictment on two counts of aggravated sexual battery March 1, according to Clay County Assistant District Attorney Mark Gore. Stackhouse bonded out of jail and is set for arraignment on March 29. Stackhouse was a 17-year veteran of the Metro Police Department when he resigned in August 2009, following allegations he had inappropriate relations with a child. The incident reportedly took place on Dale Hollow Lake in Clay County, and that county’s…

View full post on Latest Articles

Updated: March 10, 2010, 12:56 AM ET "Culled Out" (another 1 million jobs at risk)

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:02:19 +0000

The Obama administration will accept no more public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing some of the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters.

View full post on Latest Articles

One crumbling building stymies Syracuse, state officials, & keeps I-81 closed

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:39:04 +0000

Syracuse, NY – Syracuse has the authority to demolish the crumbling building that has disrupted the commutes of 50,000 people a day for nearly a week, but it wants the state to pay for it. The state is OK with paying, but it’s not sure it has the authority to demolish the building, whose bricks are threatening to drop onto Interstate 81. Instead of deciding on a method of demolition, or hiring a contractor, or setting a tear-down date, officials at both levels of government have spent the past five days wrangling over legal issues. Meanwhile, the one mile stretch…

View full post on Latest Articles

Business Groups Launch Ad Against Health Care Bill

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:16:05 +0000

Major business groups Tuesday announced a multimillion-dollar ad campaign to stop President Barack Obama's health care overhaul as it approaches a make-or-break vote in the House.

View full post on Latest Articles

<B>'Bush didn't go to war for Israel'

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:53:48 +0000

Rove says US wished to prevent WMDs from falling into hands of dictators.WASHINGTON – Karl Rove flatly rejects the notion that Israel was connected to the George W. Bush administration’s decision to go to war in Iraq, in a new book that hit bookstores Tuesday. Rove, Bush’s close confidante and a senior White House adviser at the time of the US invasion in 2003, describes several theories critics offered on why the president attacked Baghdad, among them “that he was doing the bidding of Israel”; teaching the Arab world a lesson; or finishing what his father started in the first…

View full post on Latest Articles

EADS-Northrop tanker contract exit prompts EU fears

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:53:37 +0000

Brussels has said it would be "extremely concerned" if the defence group EADS was prevented from fairly bidding for a major US defence deal. Its comments came after pan-European EADS and US partner Northrop Grumman abandoned a bid for a $35bn (£23bn) mid-air refuelling aircraft contract. Northrop Grumman and EADS said the terms of the Pentagon tender "clearly favour" US aerospace giant Boeing. Boeing is now widely expected to win the contract for the aircraft. The US Pentagon said the contract could even be awarded sooner than expected now that only one bidder remained. Companies were due to submit their…

View full post on Latest Articles

Public Option for Student Loans…Part Two

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:52:12 +0000

You can read my initial report of this under reported spending scheme HERE

The democrats are continuing to quietly attach another nationalization program to the corpulent national healthcare scheme. This silent scheme would replace private student loan lending institutions in favor of direct government financed (read taxpayer financed) student loans. The Hill reports thousands of jobs would be lost in this pursuit:

But the student loan industry estimates that nearly 35,000 jobs would be lost if the federal government lent directly to students and only let private companies service the loans.

Just what we need are more college graduates unable to find work and saddled with crushing student loan debt. If you believe the cost of higher education is exorbitant, imagine what it will be like when all price controls are removed with government subsidizing student loans. Colleges and Universities will no longer have any incentive to price their product competitively if the government is there to approve student loans that cover whatever tuition they demand.

Dana Perino writing for Fox News makes a salient point regarding government takeover of student loans:

One thing is certain, consumers see the best results when they are empowered to choose which options best suit their needs. Maintaining a diverse array of private student lenders — for-profits and non-profits, local and national — would ensure that a retail market is preserved as a means to promote innovation and customer service excellence. Just as none of us want to be forced into a health insurance policy that pays for things we don’t want or need, it’s also a mistake when a high school senior only has one government-mandated option to finance their college education.

If Congress wants Americans to have health care and student loans that work for them, they should support reforms that *drive down* costs and let families shop around for the products best suit their needs. The principles of “choice and competition” cannot just be meaningless, throw-away lines that the Democrats use when they want to get their way. Republicans and like-minded Democrats should ensure that these principles are maintained in the student loan market in order to preserve jobs in a tough economy and prevent the country from spiraling further into debt.

The Cato Institute takes a closer look at “Inventing a Student Loan Crisis“. A must read for those interested in what is really going on with student loans.

In the end all will be well…Harry Reid believes it is a big day in America..only 36,000 Americans have lost their job today.

View full post on Flopping Aces

The Delegitimization of Israel (anti Israel bigotry)

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:30:40 +0000

The Delegitimization of Israel 07 Mar 2010 In the aftermath of World War II, with the hideous revelation that 2/3 of European Jews had been systematically exterminated by the Nazis, anti-Semitism became unfashionable. But that is no longer the case. As the memory of the Holocaust fades into history, as we continue to transfer petro-wealth to our enemies; as Europe morphs into Eurabia; as dictators, despots and Islamists take control over the UN and other international bodies; and as our universities become hotbeds for virulent anti-Israel teachings and rhetoric – logic fades, facts become confused with fictions, distinctions between democracies…

View full post on Latest Articles

President Obama Wants Credit For And Federal Takeover Of Sarah Palins Alaska Pipeline.

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:07:23 +0000

Almost one year ago, C4P predicted that the president would eventually attempt to take over, and take credit for, Governor Palin's work to get Alaska a natural gas pipeline (you can read more about AGIA here and here). The president nationalized the auto industry, supported the financial bailouts and is currently attempting to nationalize health care, over the strong objections of the American people. It's not a surprise that Obama might want to take credit for Palin's gas pipeline. After all, as Palin has pointed out over and over, America needs a source of clean, reliable energy that comes from…

View full post on Latest Articles

Turkey accepts first Aselsan-modified F-4E Phantom

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:43:42 +0000

The Turkish air force has received its first of 16 McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantoms to be upgraded under a $24 million deal with local supplier Aselsan. Dubbed Simsek (Lightning), the project will equip the strike aircraft with new avionics, navigation and secure digital communications equipment, plus replacement flight software and improved mission planning equipment. Related structural renovation work is being conducted by the air force's 1st air supply and maintenance centre in Eskisehir. The effort follows an earlier project to modernise some of the air force's reconnaissance-configured RF-4Es, which delivered its first aircraft last year. "The F-4E has been operated…

View full post on Latest Articles

Lost Jewish tribe 'found in Zimbabwe'

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:20:43 +0000

The Lemba people of Zimbabwe and South Africa may look like their compatriots, but they follow a very different set of customs and traditions. They do not eat pork, they practise male circumcision, they ritually slaughter their animals, some of their men wear skull caps and they put the Star of David on their gravestones. Their oral traditions claim that their ancestors were Jews who fled the Holy Land about 2,500 years ago. It may sound like another myth of a lost tribe of Israel, but British scientists have carried out DNA tests which have confirmed their Semitic origin. These…

View full post on Latest Articles

Jesse Ventura Calls Sarah Palin “A Quitter,” Part Of Tea Party Conspiracy

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:57:34 +0000

This morning’s guest on Fox and Friends warned that the Constitution was under attack and the two-party system was bleeding the nation dry. He made clear his disdain was equal for both the Bush and Obama administrations, and noted that he would only support politicians that are truly independent. And if he hadn’t called Sarah Palin a “quitter” who is “in” on the federal Constitutional takeover the Tea Party activists are also a part of, Jesse Ventura could have almost passed for Glenn Beck. The former Minnesota governor has been making the morning talk show rounds to sell his new…

View full post on Latest Articles

Santa Rosa FL Sheriff’s Lieutenant Charged with Sexual Battery (120 counts on children!!)

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:34:35 +0000

A Santa Rosa County deputy was arrested Tuesday on charges of sexual battery, a first-degree felony. John Mitchell Tomlinson, 46, of Navarre, a lieutenant with the Santa Rosa Sheriff's Office and former supervisor of District 2, which includes Navarre, was arrested after a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation resulted in his being charged with 120 counts of sexual battery on a child between the ages of 12 and 18. “If these allegations are true I will be very disappointed in Lt. Tomlinson’s behavior,” said Santa Rosa Sheriff Wendell Hall. “However, if he’s found guilty he should be punished like…

View full post on Latest Articles

NH campaign finance activist Granny D dies at 100

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:11:26 +0000

A New Hampshire woman who was known as Granny D and walked across the country a decade ago to publicize the need for campaign finance reform has died. She was 100. Spokeswoman Maude Salinger says Doris "Granny D" Haddock died Tuesday night at her home in Dublin. Salinger, who is also a family friend, says Haddock died of chronic respiratory illness, surrounded by her family.

View full post on Latest Articles

NH campaign finance activist Granny D dies at 100

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:11:26 +0000

View full post on Latest Articles

Tron:Legacy Trailer is online

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:27 +0000

Greetings Programs. Stop reading this and click the source link. End of line

View full post on Latest Articles

China's military bluster camouflages toothless bite

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:27 +0000

China's military bluster camouflages toothless bite Ben Blanchard – Analysis BEIJING Mon Mar 8, 2010 11:06pm ESTBEIJING (Reuters) – Big on spit and polish and parades but short on experience, new technology and force coordination, China's military has far to go before its bite begins to approach its increasingly loud, and for some fearsome, bark. China has invested billions of dollars in its armed forces and is developing advanced fighters and missiles, considering building its first aircraft carrier and is trying to slim its bloated ranks down to a lean, high-tech military. The 2010 Defense budget unveiled last week was…

View full post on Latest Articles

China's military bluster camouflages toothless bite

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:27 +0000

View full post on Latest Articles

China's military bluster camouflages toothless bite

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:48:27 +0000

View full post on Latest Articles

Albert Einstein's original theory of relativity manuscript goes on display for the first time

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:25:18 +0000

The original manuscript of Albert Einstein's groundbreaking theory of relativity has gone on display in its entirety for the first time. Einstein's 46-page handwritten explanation of his general theory of relativity is being shown at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem as part of its 50th anniversary celebration. In the manuscript, which helps explain everything from black holes to the Big Bang and contains the famous equation of E=MC², Einstein demonstrates an expanding universe and shows how gravity can bend space and time. The academy's president Menahem Yaari said: 'We wanted something unique that would have global…

View full post on Latest Articles

No Fishing Allowed

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:02:15 +0000

I simply cannot believe my eyes today. The EPA with the stalwart support of the Obama administration wants to, wait for it, ban all sport fishing in the US. You heard me right – how to thoroughly piss off about 60,000,000 fishermen and women. And here’s a newsflash – many of them are gun owners… Snip My Dad was an avid fisherman. Most of my friends fish and I enjoy fishing. I don’t think they will stand for this – not at all… Do you know how many jobs this will cost us? Fishermen and hunters provide a lot of…

View full post on Latest Articles

Global warming skepticism rising in the GOP (researchers fight back by acknowledging errors)

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:39:09 +0000

Global warming skepticism rising in the GOPProminent Republicans such as Marco Rubio and Tim Pawlenty have started expressing doubts, indicating that By Jim Tankersley March 9, 2010 | 7:18 p.m. Reporting from Washington – It wasn't long ago that Marco Rubio and Tim Pawlenty — two rising Republican stars — supported legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions. But in recent weeks, both have begun to express doubts about whether cars, factories and power plants have anything to do with global warming. The shift by Rubio and Pawlenty — as well as other prominent Republicans — reflects the rising power of…

View full post on Latest Articles

Harassed by the U.S. Census: A Friend Tells Her Frightening Story

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:16:09 +0000

Last summer, my friend was selected for the 'pilot program' for the U.S. Census and tells me the frightening story of how U.S. Census workers repeatedly harassed her because she refused to fill out the ten-page questionnaire (which asked detailed, intrusive questions about her insurance, her kids' schooling, how it was paid for and how they were transported there, etc.). Because she refused to fill out the form, a census worker visited her home over ten times, trying to threaten her into filling out the form. The census worker even put a copy of 'the law' in her mailbox, with…

View full post on Latest Articles

CIA warns India of al-Qaida threats

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:53:01 +0000

WASHINGTON: The CIA on Tuesday warned India and Brazil that they face "emerging threats" from al-Qaida and Taliban, though the terrorist outfits are "on the run" due to extreme pressure exerted on them in Afghanistan and Pakistan. CIA Director Leon Panetta, said that the US spy agency has a "fundamental duty to provide warning and prevent surprise," which also refers to "emerging threats" to nations like Brazil and India, indicating the need for growing cooperation between the US and India on intelligence sharing. Intense operations have put top al-Qaida and Taliban leaders under extreme pressure and "many of them are…

View full post on Latest Articles

Opa! Greece Joins (U.S.) Visa-Waiver Program

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:30:39 +0000

President Obama used a Greek Independence Day reception at the White House to announce Greece will join 35 other nations in the Visa Waiver Program, or VWP. Joined by the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios, the Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, Mr Obama said the solidarity between the US and Greece continues. "As the Prime Minister and I discussed this afternoon, Greece's participation in the Visa Waiver Program will strengthen security in both our countries — and whether it's to do business or visit family and friends, it will now be easier…

View full post on Latest Articles

Five Words Obama Won't Say

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:06:57 +0000

'When I use a word,'" Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.'" Like the famously cracked egg in the Lewis Carroll fantasy, Barack Obama refuses to be bound by conventional English. Words like "choice" and "competition" are thrown around in ways that mean the opposite of how most Americans understand them. Once Americans do understand how he's been using a word, moreover, it changes—in the way that a second "stimulus" suddenly becomes a "jobs bill." Other words simply disappear.

View full post on Latest Articles

‘Tickle Fights?’ Rahm Threats? Beck Apologizes After Massa Interview

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:48:12 +0000

Denying that he groped anyone sexually, former N.Y. Rep. Eric Massa said Tuesday that he was responsible for the events leading up to his resignation Monday in the wake of a House ethics investigation into sexual harassment allegations.

“I forced myself out,” Massa told Fox News’ Glenn Beck in his first interview since his resignation.

The declaration contradicted assertions Massa made over the weekend that Democratic leaders forced him out because of his opposition to their health care reform bill. Democratic leaders have denied those assertions.

Massa added Tuesday that he “owned this misbehavior.”

“I did nothing sexual, but I did things that were wrong,” Massa said. “I failed. I didn’t live up to my own codes. I own this. I take full and complete responsibility for my misbehavior. And goodness only knows what allegations they’re going to throw at me.”

The Washington Post, citing anonymous sources, first reported that the House ethics panel is investigating allegations Massa groped multiple male staffers in his office.

Massa told Fox News that, yes, he groped a male staffer — but not sexually.

“Not only did I grope him, I tickled him until he couldn’t breathe and then four guys jumped on top of me,” he said. “It was my 50th birthday. It was ‘kill the old guy.’ You can take anything out of context.”

Massa has previously claimed his misconduct was limited to using inappropriate language with staffers.

Massa’s interview came after the former New York Democrat alleged that party leaders conspired to force him out of office so they would have an easier time approving the health care reform bill. Read more …

View full post on The FOX Nation

New worm species found in Great Barrier Reef

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:44:06 +0000

Four newly identified worm species, including one that sports an unusual green color, have been found wriggling in the sands of the Great Barrier Reef. The layer of sand that covers the floors of the Earth's oceans is actually home to a large diversity of marine organisms . Enterprising animals can take advantage of the water-filled spaces between sand grains.

View full post on Latest Articles

New worm species found in Great Barrier Reef

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:44:06 +0000

View full post on Latest Articles

You Have The Words Of Eternal Life

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:20:45 +0000

Many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. "You do not want to leave too, do you?" Jesus asked the Twelve. Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." "We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God." ~ John 6: 66-69

View full post on Latest Articles

Hearing Delayed for Obama Judicial Nominee Who Supported Serial Killer

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:57:41 +0000

The Senate Judiciary Committee has postponed the hearing for a controversial Court of Appeals nominee after the panel received a letter from a home-state prosecutor blasting the candidate as a judicial loose cannon and after Republicans raised concerns about bias in favor of sex offenders. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Chatigny gained notoriety in 2005 for his role in trying to fight the execution of convicted serial killer and rapist Michael Ross, also known as The Roadside Strangler, whom Chatigny had described as a victim of his own "sexual sadism." His conduct in that case, which included threatening to go…

View full post on Latest Articles

(Obama and Giannoulias) Banking on Corrution In The Windy City

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:34:38 +0000

Politics: Another bank failure is nothing new these days — except if the bank is run by the family of a U.S. Senate candidate who profited handsomely and lent millions to a convicted felon. But then, that's the Chicago way. 'I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat-cat bankers on Wall Street," President Obama said in a recent interview with "60 Minutes." Speaking to those bankers, he said: "You guys are drawing down 10, 20 million dollar bonuses after America went through the worst economic year that it's gone through in — in decades,…

View full post on Latest Articles

Ferrari Model Car

Rob — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:11:35 +0000

It took Pierre 15 years and more than 20,000 hours to build this car. He learned to make glass so he could make the exact pattern lens for the operating headlights. He learned to make rubber so he could mold his own tires. His computer mainframe design background with the French telecommunications system allowed him to duplicate the Ferrari electronics system in exact miniature. It also provided him with the understanding needed to make a 1/3 scale operating fuel injection system identical to that in the full-size Ferrari.

View full post on Latest Articles

Photo of the day: Narcissist

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:56:53 +0000

photo source: news.therightsideoflife.com

View full post on AmericanGrandJury.org

POLICE ARREST SUSPECT IN ACID ATTACK IN POPULR HONG KONG TOURIST SPOT THAT INJURED 30

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:48:31 +0000

"Police arrest suspect in acid attack in popular Hong Kong tourist spot that injured 30" DATE: Jan 10, 04:39 PM By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HONG KONG – SNIPPET: "The victims, including children and tourists…" SNIPPET: "The liquid was thrown on them Saturday night near Temple Street, a densely populated district known for its outdoor shops and restaurants in the city’s Kowloon area. Hong Kong has seen a series of similar attacks since December 2008 that have injured more than 100 people." SNIPPET: "The suspect, described as a Chinese man in his 30s, was arrested after authorities found him on the…

View full post on Latest Articles

One step away from the Mark of the Beast

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:25:28 +0000

The judgment of this guy is just absolutely astounding. According to The Wall Street Journal, Lindsey Graham is working on some new legislation: All legal U.S. workers, including citizens and immigrants, would be issued an ID card with embedded information. Why not just go for the required embedding into the hands and forehead Lindsey? Anyone with even a morsel of sense could see that's where you're going! Good Lord, these RINOs are as stupid as they are incompetent. That's actually paying Lindsey a -compliment- because if he isn't incompetent, he is diabolical. This just confirms that these RINOs MUST go….

View full post on Latest Articles

Glenn Beck Interview with Ex-Congressman Massa: What Did You Think?

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:02:24 +0000

Glenn was greatly frustrated because he could not get specifics from Massa that "affects you". Glenn apologized to his audience for "wasting your time".

View full post on Latest Articles

“THE MARK LEVIN SHOW” Live – Tuesday March-9-2010

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:39:30 +0000

Over ONE MILLION copies sold! On the NYTimes Bestseller List for 19 weeks, 12 weeks at #1!Buy it… read it… live it!“Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny precisely because its principles are the founding principles.” –Mark Levin in Liberty and TyrannyWelcome to “The Levin Lounge”… Step in and have a virtual FRink.Taking the country by storm, one radio station at a time – and kicking the BUTTS of the competition! Welcome all, to the most FUN LIVE THREAD on FreeRepublic.com! You can call Mark’s show: 1-877-381-3811

View full post on Latest Articles

Toyota Working on Prius Recall Fix

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:16:21 +0000

Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday that the Prius involved in a highly publicized acceleration incident on a California freeway along with hundreds of thousands of others will be recalled to prevent floor mats from pinning down the gas pedal. But the recall hasn't been issued because Toyota "hasn't developed the remedy yet," said Toyota spokesman Brian Lyons. In November, Toyota recalled several models including the Toyota Camry and Avalon sedans and the Lexus ES sedan to reshape the floor and gas pedals to prevent unsecured or ill-fitting floor mats from entrapping the pedal in an open position. As part of…

View full post on Latest Articles

Britons Who Saved Holocaust victims During World War II Honoured by Gordon Brown

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:53:24 +0000

Gordon Brown today paid tribute to the 'selfless humanity' of Britons who helped save Jews and other persecuted groups during the Second World War as they were honoured at Downing Street. The Prime Minister announced the creation of the new 'Hero of the Holocaust' award last year on a visit to the former Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. Two surviving recipients, Sir Nicholas Winton and Denis Avey, were given their medals in person while others were recognised posthumously. Sir Nicholas Winton, who is now 100, organised the rescue of 669 mainly Jewish children by train from Prague in 1939. Mr…

View full post on Latest Articles

"health care in America is a right not a privilege" (Who said it,and when?)

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:30:42 +0000

"health care in America is a right not a privilege" (Who said it,and when?)

View full post on Latest Articles

We’ve got mail!

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:09:20 +0000

Check it out. He sent it to all of the counter-jihad bloggers, except the king of jihad (Spencer!).

Here are most of the recipients: Bare Naked Islam, Dave Gaubatz, Dinah Lord, Doctor Bulldog, Ronin, Family Security Matters, Refugee Settlement Watch, The Religion of Peace, Stop Shariah Now, and Reform Islam.

From: sharia4belgium@hotmail.com

i know you dislike that sharia is talking over the world, but that is a
fact, so get used to it!

first great britain, now belgium, then the netherlands, and we will
continue inshaallah until the rule of Allah swt is applied on the whole
world!

www.sharia4belgium.webs.com/

Remember, folks, it's a religion of peace. Plenty of peace in Nigeria today.

View full post on Atlas Shrugs

27,000 Free Copies of Darwin's Famous Book Given Away to Coincide with Richard Dawkin's Meetings

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:07:05 +0000

New Zealand born author, Ray Comfort (who lives in the United States) said, "I will be interested to see if the Professor once again reveals how afraid he is for people to read the Foreword, by telling them to rip it out–as he did in Canada recently." In November of 2009, Comfort gave away 170,000 copies of On the Origin of Species to students at 100 of America's top universities. His team will also be giving away 1,000 free copies of Darwin's famous book as people leave the Christchurch Town Hall, New Zealand, on March 11, after listening to atheist…

View full post on Latest Articles

27,000 Free Copies of Darwin's Famous Book Given Away to Coincide with Richard Dawkin's Meetings

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:07:04 +0000

View full post on Latest Articles

House May Not Actually Vote On Obamacare-"Self-executing rule" (My Headline)

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:44:10 +0000

A dizzying array of options to pass health care It's a hard time find a House Democrat who wants to vote for the Senate's health care bill. But they may not have to — at least directly. Party leaders have discussed the possibility of using the House Rules Committee to avoid an actual vote on the Senate's bill, according to leadership aides. They would do this by writing what's called a "self-executing rule," meaning the Senate bill would be attached to a package of fixes being negotiated between the two chambers — without an actual vote on the Senate's legislation….

View full post on Latest Articles

What is a 'Religious Extremist'? This Lefty Weekly Sure Doesn't Know

Rob — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:20:53 +0000

For the Independent Weekly of Durham, North Carolina, writer Sam Wardle proves that he hasn’t a clue how the phrase “religious extremist” is properly defined. But, I’d suggest that his confusion is endemic in the far left and proves to show why so many in the west don’t understand how to face and defeat the real religious extremism of radical Islam. In a story about Representative Sue Myrick (R, NC) and her association with The National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools as juxtaposed with her condemnation of radical Islam, Wardle sees no difference between a radical Islamist that…

View full post on Latest Articles