September 09, 2010
Ground Zero Mosque – Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf:"Moving Mosque Would Endanger Americans"
Ground Zero Mosque – Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf – being interviewed by CNN’s Soledad O’Brien.
Two things really stood out in the interview. The first was the irony of Imam Rauf at one point lecturing on the importance of the “Separation of Church and State.” Are you kidding? Islam is all about complete control of both church and state! In fact, Islam – wherever it is the dominant religion – seeks to impose Sharia Law on the public.
“If we move from that location, the story will be that the radicals have taken over the discourse.”
Moving the project to another location would strengthen Islamist radicals’ ability to recruit followers and will likely increase violence against Americans, the imam said.
The second thing that stood out was Imam Rauf’s justification now for not moving the mosque to another site. He said if they do, Americans will come under attack overseas because of the anger in the Muslim world. In other words, now he is contending they must build the mosque in order to keep Americans safe!
The man who continues to talk about healing and building bridges has thrown down the gauntlet. He created this entire situation by demanding that his mega-mosque be built in this exact location, despite the legitimate concerns of families of lost heroes whom he claims to care about. And now that the opposition of this mosque has fully engaged and has successfully swayed a vast majority of Americans to their side, he tells an international audience that if his plans don’t go forward, America’s national security will be at risk.
It could be that the Imam’s threats, delivered in calm even tones, might end up doing more for the case against his mosque than any rally in the streets could ever do. And given Mr. Rauf’s knowledge of the irrational and violent nature of the most radical practitioners of his faith, one has to challenge his judgement in even proposing this project in the first place.
Wild Thing's comment........
The Imam was THREATENING us on CNN. He says he cannot move his mosque because it is a “national security” issue...that if “he changes his mind now, the Muslim WORLD will explode...it will be worse than the cartoon issue”.
It’s his way or ...death to America. That’s what he is telling us!
They see weakness in America.
They see everyone from the AG, Petraeus, Hillary, and many many celebrities all trying to get Americans diverted away from the International Koran burn-off come 9/11.
Islam can not be bargained with, it won’t tire, it will never stop coming at us.
As Ann Coulter stated: the only thing that wouldn’t embolden the enemy is a complete surrender to Shariah law.
We are seeing conservatives, are fighting to protect their koran and religion - not the Bible or the US flag..no no...the koran and islam... These people are very bright and they are playing us so well. We are definitely loosing the argument.
Please notice too that this Imam is using the words General Petraeus used.
He says he cannot move his mosque because it is a “national security” issue...that if “he changes his mind now, the Muslim WORLD will explode...it will be worse than the cartoon issue”.
The Mosque does not even exist right now. So he himself is causing the National Security issue.
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Bonfire of the Insanities by Ann Coulter ( Regarding Gen David Petraeus' and Koran Burning)
Bonfire of the Insanities (In response to Gen David Petraeus' denunciation of Florida pastor)
by Ann Coulter
In response to Gen David Petraeus' denunciation of Florida pastor Terry Jones' right to engage in a symbolic protest of the 9/11 attacks by burning copies of the Quran this Sept. 11, President Obama said: "Let me be clear: As a citizen, and as president, I believe that members of the Dove World Outreach Center have the same right to freedom of speech and religion as anyone else in this country."
Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida lauded Obama's remarks, saying America is "a place where you're supposed to be able to practice your religion without the government telling you you can't."
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called Obama's words a "clarion defense of the freedom of religion" -- and also claimed that he had recently run into a filthy jihadist who actually supported the Quran-burning!
Keith Olbermann read the poem "First they came ..." on air in defense of the Quran-burners, nearly bringing himself to tears at his own profundity.
No wait, my mistake. This is what liberals said about the ground zero mosque only five minutes ago when they were posing as First Amendment absolutists. Suddenly, they've developed amnesia when it comes to the free-speech right to burn a Quran.
Weirdly, conservatives who opposed building the mosque at ground zero are also against the Quran burning. (Except in my case. It turns out I'm for it, but mostly because burning Qurans will contribute to global warming.)
Liberals couldn't care less about the First Amendment. To the contrary, censoring speech and religion is the left's specialty! (Any religion other than Islam.)
They promote speech codes, hate crimes, free speech zones (known as "America" off college campuses), and go around the country yanking every reference to God from the public square via endless lawsuits by the ACLU.
Whenever you see a liberal choking up over our precious constitutional rights, you can be sure we're talking about the rights of Muslims at ground zero, "God Hates Fags" funeral protesters, strippers, The New York Times publishing classified documents, pornographers, child molesters, murderers, traitors, saboteurs, terrorists, flag-burners (but not Quran-burners!) or women living on National Endowment of the Arts grants by stuffing yams into their orifices on stage.
Speaking of lying dwarfs, last week on "The Daily Show" Bloomberg claimed he was having a hamburger with his "girlfriend" when a man came up to him and said of the ground zero mosque: "I just got back from two tours fighting overseas for America. This is what we were all fighting for. You go and keep at it."
We're fighting for the right of Muslims to build mosques at ground zero? I thought we were trying to keep Muslims AWAY from our skyscrapers. (What an embarrassing misunderstanding.) PLEASE PULL THE TROOPS OUT IMMEDIATELY.
But back to the main issue: Was Bloomberg having a $150 Burger Double Truffle at DB Bistro Moderne or a more sensible $30 burger at the 21 Club when he bumped into his imaginary veteran? With the pint-sized mayor shrieking at the sight of a saltshaker, I assume he wasn't having a Hardee's No. 4 Combo Meal.
Adding an element of realism to his little vignette, Bloomberg said: "I got a hamburger and a pickle and a potato chip or something."
A potato chip? Translation: "I don't know what I was eating, because I'm making this whole story up -- I wouldn't be caught dead eating 'a potato chip' or any other picaresque garnish favored by the peasants." At least Bloomberg didn't claim the man who walked up to him took credit for setting the Times Square bomb because he was a tea partier upset about ObamaCare -- as Sherlock Bloomberg had so presciently speculated at the time.
Gen. Petraeus objected to the Quran-burning protest on the grounds that it could be used by radical jihadists to recruit Muslims to attack Americans.
This is what liberals say whenever we do anything displeasing to the enemy -- invade Iraq, hold captured terrorists in Guantanamo, interrogate captured jihadists or publish Muhammad cartoons. Is there a website somewhere listing everything that encourages terrorist recruiting?
If the general's main objective is to hamper jihadist recruiting, may I respectfully suggest unconditional surrender? Because on his theory, you know what would really kill the terrorists' recruiting ability? If we adopted Sharia law!
But wait -- weren't we assured by Fire Island's head of national security, Andrew Sullivan, that if America elected a "brown-skinned man whose father was an African, who grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii, who attended a majority-Muslim school as a boy," the terrorists would look like a bunch of lunkheads and be unable to recruit?
It didn't work out that way. There have been more terrorist attacks on U.S. soil by these allegedly calmed Muslims in Obama's first 18 months in office than in the six years under Bush after he invaded Iraq.
Also, as I recall, there was no Guantanamo, no Afghanistan war and no Iraq war on Sept. 10, 2001. And yet, somehow, Osama bin Ladin had no trouble recruiting back then. Can we retire the "it will help them recruit" argument yet?
The reason not to burn Qurans is that it's unkind -- not to jihadists, but to Muslims who mean us no harm. The same goes for building a mosque at ground zero -- in both cases, it's not a question of anyone's "rights," it's just a nasty thing to do.
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Wild Thing's comment.........
There have been more terrorist attacks ON U.S.SOIL by these allegedly calmed Muslims in Obama's first 18 months in office than in the six years under Bush AFTER he invaded Iraq.
Needs to be stated again...and again...and again. FT.Hood, the Little Rock Recruiting office, etc.
First I need to say something, most of you know I am a huge supporter of our troops as well as our Veterans. Even before I went with Bob Hope to Vietnam our military was the number one love of my life in gratitude and appreciation for what they did to keep this the land of the free. I have a feeling of awe when it comes to our service members at the sacrifices they make and how so many even after they receive horrible injuries want to go back and be with their men and keep fighting. To me those that have served in the past and those serving now are our countries true elite, the best of what our country represents. The debt we all owe them can never be repaid. NEVER. My hundreds of visits to wards where those suffering from PTSD leave me each time like I have visited with the angels and glimpsed into their hearts they only allow so few to enter. Those times are precious to me and I remain silent to the deep things they shared with me like one soul talking to another.
So when I wrote this below I wish for each of you to remember it was written by me,. no one special , but one that loves our troops, and our Veterans with a fierce loyalty to both. And with a constant concern for their safety and would never do anything to put them at risk.
The Saudi government destroys bibles on a daily basis and the world is . . . . silent.
When the founding fathers thought of America, their little baby, the last thing they wanted was an invasive force to stifle, smother it, and then overwhelm it and kill it.
Most people do not recognize that what happens in a mosque is sedition. Pure and simple. Islam is not just a “religion”, it is a cult. Larger than that though, it is a political system, it is it’s own government, a economic system (which includes funding new mosque construction), its judicial...all wrapped up in the word sharia. This is inclusive of its military (jihadis) all rolled into one with one intent ...and that is to rule wherever they take root. It is a invasive, systemic infection looking to take over the host once it has quantum.
This is not just a “religion”, but something that cloaks itself in those terms so it should not be given the same treatment contemplated under the first amendment. The Korans Sharia rules are to consume whatever government there is wherever it goes.
Islam is political, and it’s goal is to supplant and replace. Globally.
The sooner America learns this , the better. Some know and many do not, but it is a threat to everything America knows.
Obama? Obama and Company? Should be tried for treason in this issue for promoting the establishment of a foreign government on our soils. He is doing nothing to protect America as per his oath. Also, as a Muslim, he knows this, he know far better, he knows sharia, but is looking to deceive America.
My question under this senerio is why is Gen. David Petraeus, or any other General or Pentagon bringing up this will kill more of our troops when their very own Commander in Chief Obama is doing just that with his R.O.E.'s. Where is the outrage there???!!!
And why is our mission “protecting Afghan civilians” instead of killing the bad guys.
General, you worry about wiping out the Taliban over there (that IS your job isn’t it?) and let Americans worry about how they want to enjoy their Constitutional guarantees regarding freedom of expression, ok?
Look at it this way General, the more of those scumbags you kill over there, the less there will be to threaten the lives of our troops.
General Petraeus, you’re a good and decent American and a HERO. You ought to know more than anyone else that Islam is nothing but a death cult. I think he’s misguided.
We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. We weren't punctilious about locating and punishing only Hitler and his top officers. We carpet-bombed German cities; we killed civilians. That's war. And this is war. - Ann Coulter
If we are NOT at war and are only offering protection, let's send in the cops to protect and serve and get the Military out of there. The military is supposed to fight wars, not police the population. There has been no war waged there yet, just asinine ROE and phony PR missions.
Were the lives of American troops put in more danger during WW2 when Americans burned Swastikas and Japanese flags? Did it make it more difficult for the allies to carry out the mission?
“”It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort,””
Change your rules of engagement to kill anything that moves!!! I wish they would focus on killing the enemy - the fact that the General is constrained in ways that he can kill the enemy is something he needs to discuss with the Commander-in-Chief
Play like it’s a war zone!
I would not want to do anything that put our troops in harms way. But that church I have never heard of wants to hurn the Koran and call Islam what it is then if I was there I would ask what the heck is this with the rules for our troops, sending them off in war with the touchie feelie bs from Obama. Its the weakness we can exploit, and we should regardless of the fears of others. Its a bold and daring move that will show the hand and faces of our enemy as they lose control with their emotional anger.
Look at the death threats that some bloggers have gotten just from posting things about Islam, things that are the truth, including myself. Emails of threats from Muslims that I sent on to the FBI so they can find the person's location and at least know where the ' radicals' are around the world. Many of these emails came from Australia.
Or we could use this to make a deal......No Koran burning if the terrorist supporters won’t build the mosque near Ground Zero.
As for me I will not cower and be cowed by Muslims’ demands.
Remember Tripoli !
What Church, in the late 1800/early 1900s, burned the Qur'an in order to start this "Muslim rage"? Quit being a slave to Political Correctness. Christendom is a perpetual target by Islamics. Muslims only fear intimidation and brute force which you should be applying. Instead, we try to reason and coddled Islamics only to be STABBED in the back. History is being totally ignored which will be are doom unless we act appropriately.
Dear General Petraeus: How many Afghans have TVs, radios, and newspapers? So the news reports of the Koran burnings gets to what, 5% of the population? Out of the 5%, how many are Taliban? Out of those Taliban, how many have TVs, radios, and newspapers? The Taliban want to kill our troops regardless of whether anyone burns a Koran.
The terms like “FUBAR” and “BOHICA” didn’t come to being because Generals have the safety and well-being of the troops always at the forefront.
There will be no surrender ceremony of the Taliban, Hamas, al quada etc.
If burning the Koran in Florida pisses them off and makes them irrational, perhaps that will make killing their asses even easier.
There ya go Petraeus.
The only good Islamist is a dead one. And remember, they will kill us all in a heartbeat given the chance. It is the ultimate prize for them. I have met and known hundreds of Marines and Army soldiers and their first concern is accomplishing the mission. Yes, safety matters, but not at the expense of finishing the job.
I am NOT questioning Petraeus past no way. I am thrilled he is in charge, and I am totally impressed with him as a person and a warrior. He has lead and done things that have really impressed me a lot. But his new turn of events of trying to please his new PC bosses? hmmmmmm
If winning is not the first concern of a general, then that general needs to be replaced pronto. Otherwise, that general is endangering his troops by not giving orders to kill the enemy.
Can’t you just see Gen Patton excoriating his tank commanders for anti-Nazi rhetoric written on shells and tanks? Or Eisenhower telling a church in Florida that burning Mein Kampf would infuriate Germans, and not to do it?”
Heh heh heh .... trying to picture it ... nope ... can’t.
Not at all. We are not at war and we are not doing what we did in Iraq. We are in limbo. We are not clearing, holding, building forces or handing authority over to the government that doesn’t exist there. Nobody wants it. We are policing. Policing should be done by cops. If we win a war there, we can rebuild the country from scratch. We can not nation build with the existing structure and we all know it. What we are doing is insanity.
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Carrollton City Council Bans Drugs, Turns Focus to Gun Shops
Carrollton City Council bans drugs, turns focus to gun shops
Guns, not drugs, took center stage at Tuesday evening's City Council meeting.
Without a word of discussion, council members passed a law banning the sale of popular inebriants like K2 and salvia. Such bans have been a hot issue in other cities, but Carrollton's meeting-goers saved their breath to talk gun shops.
Specifically, they talked about Big Slim's Firearms, which upset some residents when it opened last week across the street from houses and in the same mini mall as a liquor store.
Council member Terry Simons proposed a new ordinance – to be discussed at a future meeting – that would restrict future gun shops from opening near liquor stores and certain other retail establishments.
During a public forum later in the meeting, one resident lambasted the proposal.
"Move to China or North Korea," the man said. "I guarantee you won't find any gun stores there."
Steve Babick, president of the Highlands Neighborhood Association, who helped start the controversy by e-mailing the mayor with concerns about Big Slim's, said opposition to the gun shop was "fear of the unknown." He invited Big Slim's owners to speak at a future neighborhood meeting.
In the lobby outside the meeting, Big Slim's co-owner Jack Kendall said he'd be happy to take up that offer. But he called Simon's proposal to restrict future gun shops unfair – even though it would not affect existing gun shops such as his own.
"I don't think gun owners and gun enthusiasts would like to see gun shops being treated like strip clubs," he said.
Kendall said he didn't expect Simon's proposed ordinance to go anywhere. Even if it is approved, the Texas State Rifle Association has promised to fight it.
Reached by phone, the association's executive director, Alice Tripp, ridiculed the notion that a gun shop operating near a liquor store posed a public danger.
"How on God's green earth could you tie the two together?" she said. " 'I got drunk and bought a gun?' There's no logic there."
During a break in the meeting, Simons defended his proposal. Big Slim's posed a potential threat to public safety, he said, pointing to numerous burglaries and a deadly shooting that took place near the mini mall in recent years.
But the council member contended he wasn't stepping on Second Amendment rights.
"I'm not for gun control," he said, adding that he spent the holiday weekend hunting doves.
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Check this out..................
Democrats Schedule Senate Meeting to Regulate Gun Sales
“Firearms in Commerce: Assessing the Need for Reform in the Federal Regulatory Process”
Full Committee
DATE: September 14, 2010
TIME: 10:00 AM
OFFICIAL HEARING NOTICE / WITNESS LIST:
September 7, 2010
NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing entitled "Firearms in Commerce: Assessing the Need for Reform in the Federal Regulatory Process" for Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
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Wild Thing's comment.........
If they ban guns in any way, it will make a lot of Democrats furious as well. This might be one of the big issues that both conservatives and democrats agree on......at least a lot of democrats would. Almost all the democrats I have known during my career all had guns.
....Thank you JohnE U.S. Army for sending this to me.
Soldier/Generator Mechanic
Companies: 288TH Q.M. Co
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The Reckoning: This Single Report Could Sink Obama's Presidency
The reckoning: This single report could sink Obama's presidency
There have been billboards, posters, questions at White House press briefings, "jokes" about it by the mainstream media and a ton of lawsuits and other challenges – including several pending.
But, come on, is there really the possibility that Barack Obama doesn't meet the requirements of the U.S. Constitution to occupy the hallowed Oval Office?
That question and many others surrounding the constitutional issue of presidential eligibility are addressed in a new, free special report by WND.
"The citizens of the United States have a right to know if their president is constitutionally eligible to hold the office," says the report, now available from WND.
"Obama's hospital of birth, birth documents, passport and Social Security number are all in question, and his legal defense never addresses the merits of the eligibility challenges. Instead, Obama relies on procedural objections and compliant judges to get the cases thrown out of court," says the report.
"President Obama could quickly and easily resolve the issue by releasing his personal historical documents to authenticate his claims," it concludes.
So why hasn't he?
The dispute over Obama's eligibility arose even before the 2008 election. Several legal challenges questioned just exactly who is supposed to make sure that a political party's candidate – no matter how charismatic – actually qualifies.
WND has reported on the multitude of cases and continues to report on pending disputes.
The report suggests the issue will have to be resolved in a public fashion sooner or later.
"Despite a virtual blackout by the mainstream media, Obama's eligibility troubles have spread across America, and public opinion has gradually turned against the president. … More than a dozen U.S. House Republicans co-sponsored a bill … [to] require presidential candidates to prove their eligibility by providing a copy of their birth certificates," the report says.
Similar moves are developing at the state level. And a recent poll showed only 4 in 10 Americans believed Obama's own explanation of his birth and growing up years.
On the legal front is the dramatic case of Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin, who challenged Obama's eligibility as an Army officer and could face prison for his decision. The goal of his case, like others, is to reach the level of discovery, so that Obama's documentation becomes public.
Another pending case by attorney Mario Apuzzo alleges Congress failed its constitutional duties to make sure the president is qualified. Other cases in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals had asked that the California Electoral College votes for Obama be thrown out.
The report includes:
* An explanation of how the issue developed around Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution, which states, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President."
* A review of the possible scenarios regarding Obama's birth, including his father's status as a British subject at the time of his birth and British law calling for Obama to be governed by that nation's provisions at the time.
* A discussion of "natural born citizen."
* An explanation of Obama's "Certification of Live Birth" posted on the Internet and how it falls short of providing proof.
* What those Honolulu Star-Bulletin and Honolulu Advertiser "announcements" about Obama's birth in 1961 really mean.
* Why has no doctor or hospital come forward to speak of Obama's birth?
* Should state officials who claim to have "seen" Obama's "original birth certificate" be believed?
* What about those African newspapers that during his campaign called Obama "Kenyan-born?"
* Were they "slips of the tongue" when Michelle Obama called Kenya the land of her husband?
Obama's "official account of his identity and background is riddled with inaccuracy and unanswered questions," the report says. "Even Obama's Social Security number may very well be fraudulent. He has literally spent a fortune in legal efforts to avoid producing the documents that would verify his eligibility."
Lending credibility to the concerns being raised is the intense war fought by attorneys trying to keep information about Obama secret. Besides his original birth certificate, still concealed are his kindergarten records, Punahou School records, Occidental College records, Columbia University records, Columbia thesis, Harvard Law School records, Harvard Law Review articles, scholarly articles from the University of Chicago, passport, medical records, client list from his time in private practice, files from his years as an Illinois state senator, Illinois State Bar Association records, his baptism records and his adoption records.
The report notes Obama "has gone to great efforts to sell the public on his own version of his life, but his story has been inconsistent. For example, according to Illinois state filings, when Obama registered as an attorney in 1991, he stated he did not have any former names. In fact, he had been known for several years as Barry Soetoro."
Just the facts that are not in dispute would create issues, the report notes:
"Assuming Obama's parents were Barack Obama Sr., a British subject of Kenyan origin, and Stanley Ann Dunham, an eighteen-year-old American woman, neither of his parents were qualified to transmit U.S. citizenship to him. Barack Obama Sr.'s foreign allegiance disqualified Dunham's mother from conferring U.S. citizenship under the law prevailing at the time. The law required any U.S. citizen having a child with a non-citizen to have been physically present in the United States for at least five years after the age of sixteen to automatically transmit American citizenship. Because neither parent could confer American citizenship to their son, Obama can only be a U.S. citizen if he were actually born in the United States."
It documents how at the time of the Constitution's writing, "natural born citizen" was understood to mean a person whose parents were both American citizens.
So has Obama proved he was born in the U.S?
Wild Thing's comment.......
It makes sense he is not revealing the truth, he is doing all he can to ruin us..I can’t believe this was not done before the election.
Obama is sinking fast these days. No one left to lie to. The country is sinking as fast as he is. God save us from this Muslim president.
Something is wrong for B. Hussein Obama to hide his birth certificate. He holds the most important job in the country and he refuses to provide the simple proof that he meets the qualifications. I would bet Soros knows every detail about Obama, every dotted i and t crossed about him.
He dodged the qualifications in 2008. He will not do so again. Democrats are faced with a dilemma. Dump him or lose.
....Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Mark
3rd Mar.Div. 1st Battalion 9th Marine Regiment
1/9 Marines aka The Walking Dead
VN 66-67
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World War II Marine Corps Vet of 83, Fights Off Home Invader of 19
Marine vet, 83, fights off home invader, 19
YARMOUTH, Mass.
Yarmouth police say an 83-year-old World War II Marine Corps veteran fought off a 19-year-old man who broke into his home and attacked him with a glass candlestick.
Police say the suspect broke into the home at about 8:30 p.m. on Monday. The homeowner fought back and yelled to his wife, who called police, prompting the suspect to flee.
He was picked up a short time later, with blood on his shirt and items allegedly stolen from the home. Alan Menchin was held on $10,000 bail after pleading not guilty to charges including assault and battery at his arraignment Tuesday.
The homeowner needed treatment for cuts and bruises. He asked not to be identified out of concern for his safety.
Lt. Steven Xiarhos said he was proud of the veteran for fighting off "a punk."
Wild Thing's comment.......
GREAT story, thank God for these heroes.
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America Hating Obama Vows He Will Continue Spending
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Obama Added More to Debt in First 19 Months Than All Presidents From Washington to Reagan COMBINED
The Obama-Pelosi economic plan resulted in a cumulative 7.5 million jobs deficit. By every objective measure the democrat’s Trillion dollar stimulus bomb was a complete disaster.
Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi tripled the national deficit last year by nearly a trillion dollars – something unheard of in our nation’s history.
After an unheard of record deficit last year of $1.4 Trillion the economy is on track to experience a $1.3 Trillion deficit this year.
Instead of focusing on the economy the past two years the radicals in Washington beat up on business and rammed through an unpopular nationalized health care entitlement program.
Then there’s this…
The Obama-Pelosi regime added more to the national debt in his first 19 months in office than all presidents from Washington to Ronald Reagan… COMBINED.
In the first 19 months of the Obama administration, the federal debt held by the public increased by $2.5260 trillion, which is more than the cumulative total of the national debt held by the public that was amassed by all U.S. presidents from George Washington through Ronald Reagan.
The U.S. Treasury Department divides the federal debt into two categories. One is “debt held by the public,” which includes U.S. government securities owned by individuals, corporations, state or local governments, foreign governments and other entities outside the federal government itself. The other is “intragovernmental” debt, which includes I.O.U.s the federal government gives to itself when, for example, the Treasury borrows money out of the Social Security “trust fund” to pay for expenses other than Social Security.
At the end of fiscal year 1989, which ended eight months after President Reagan left office, the total federal debt held by the public was $2.1907 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That means all U.S. presidents from George Washington through Ronald Reagan had accumulated only that much publicly held debt on behalf of American taxpayers. That is $335.3 billion less than the $2.5260 trillion that was added to the federal debt held by the public just between Jan. 20, 2009, when President Obama was inaugurated, and Aug. 20, 2010, the 19-month anniversary of Obama’s inauguration.
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Wild Thing's comment.........
Will he ever stop???? I don't think he will, he is on a roll and could care less how it hurts we the people, any size business, or our entire country.
They say Obama is a major screw up!!! YES he is. And it is on puprpose, it is looks like a screw up but it is all his agenda of destroying our country.
He invited the Muslim Brotherhood Foundation & 40 mosque leaders to the WH on 8/31 to discuss “direct access” to stimulus grants & promised to help with the red tape. Duh!!!! Millions of people know that the Brotherhood Foundation finances HAMAS!!! Plus, we can’t afford to give more money to anyone for any reason.
Obama refuses to tell the public anything about himself. Anyone can look up information on any other President & get facts. Not Obama. He’s spent millions hiding every document having to do with his life.
What the hell is he hiding it from us for??? Maybe because he has no right being the President??
He’s trying to remove Christianity from every area in the United States, while promoting Islam. He cancelled National Prayer Day at the WH but has had 2 Muslim religious functions at the WH. He says he’s a Christian but denounces Christianity constantly. Occidental College in Calif. is mostly Muslim students. The foundation this college has for student grants, etc. is for Muslim students.
He Lies!!!! He’s deceitful. He’s the puppet of George Soros & this man hates America. And both of them have a dream alright, and that dream is to destroy the USA.
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September 08, 2010
America Was Built by Rugged Individualists Who'd Reject Obama by ElRushbo
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( notes below from several comments he made yesterday )
America Was Built by Rugged Individualists Who'd Reject Obama
Class envy and tyranny were not founding principles.
by Rush Limbaugh
Let me tell you who built America. I'd love to tell you who built America. America was built by people who fended for themselves, who expected nothing from the government except protection. They expected nothing from the government except protection from foreign enemies and a just rule of law. Other than that, stay the hell out of our lives. That's who built America. The very people who founded this country constructed that kind of a government. The people who built this country revolted against high taxes, a tea tax specifically. America was built by people who believed in individuality, rugged individualism. I love saying that because it so ticks off the left, rugged individualism, hard work, minimal government, freedom and liberty. You see, America was built by people who reject everything Imam Obama stands for, reject everything Imam Obama is doing. And that's why Obama and the suckers in his party who followed him are being rejected by the people. Obama and his party are being rejected because they are the antithesis of how this country was built and how this country grew.
The rich, the poor, the middle class, when America was founded, we didn't think this way. We didn't expect the government to punish other people. We didn't think the purpose of government was to get even with some people. We believed in private property rights. We didn't get caught up in this class warfare claptrap. Not when this country was built. Obama's actions, Obama's philosophy would have been considered tyranny. Obama would have been an outcast at the founding of this country. Obama would have been rejected, and so would his preacher, Reverend Wright. That's what Obama knows about the economy, is what he's been taught by Saul Alinsky and what he's been taught by the Harvard faculty and what he was taught by Reverend Wright. What is Obama's favorite line from Reverend Wright's Audacity to Hope speech? I know what it is. The favorite line is white folks' greed runs a world in need. That's what Obama knows.
Obama looks through the prism of racism at this world and he sees an America as founded as unjust and immoral. "White folks' greed runs a world in need." That is what Reverend Wright said; that's what Obama believes. Reverend Wright was also out preaching against middle classness. We have played those sound bites of Reverend Wright saying such a thing. So Obama's propaganda is the propaganda of failed, dead regimes: the old Soviet Union, Cuba. Obama's railing against capitalism. He's railing against private property. He's railing against trickle down. In his audience is a bunch of socialists, a bunch of union people. Barack Obama is the antithesis of the founding of this country. He would have been rejected as a bit player. Had Obama been around at the founding of this country and had he been known, he would be a joke in American history books today. But not now. Now he's president.
I want to rephrase something here before we go to the top of the hour break. Obama has rejected the American people and that's why the American people are rejecting Obama. He has no business talking about how this country was built 'cause it never would have been if it were up to people like him.
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Everything he believes and everything he has put his emphasis on is failing left and right. Every theory that he has subscribed to for job creation and economic revitalization has done just the opposite. We're looking at a one-man wrecking crew, and he's here in Milwaukee and he is talking to a bunch of union thugs and he dares to tell the rest of the people in the country that he and only he can tell them what they need to do to wait around for the economy to revive, when everybody in the world knows that the single best thing that could happen for this economy is to get him out of any position of power to run it. Pure and simple. So to have to sit here and be lectured to by the wrecking ball, as somebody who doesn't have the slightest idea what he's talking about, he's a community organizer, he's nothing more than an agitator. He's so henpecked that when he leaves the house for dinner he goes and gets burgers because his wife is making him eat watercress.
He has not served this country. He has failed it and he continues to fail this country.
Wild Thing's comment...............
AWESOME! I love it when Rush zooms in on all of this with Obama and zaps him with the truth.
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Long Island Man Arrested For Defending Home With AK-47
Long Island Man Arrested For Defending Home With AK-47
UNIONDALE, N.Y
He was arrested for protecting his property and family.
But it’s how the Long Island man did it that police say crossed the line.
He got an AK-47 assault rifle, pulled the trigger and he ended up in jail, reports CBS 2’s Pablo Guzman.
George Grier said he had to use his rifle on Sunday night to stop what he thought was going to be an invasion of his Uniondale home by a gang he thought might have been the vicious “MS-13.” He said the whole deal happened as he was about to drive his cousin home.
“I went around and went into the house, ran upstairs and told my wife to call the police. I get the gun and I go outside and I come into the doorway and now, by this time, they are in the driveway, back here near the house. I tell them, you know, ‘Can you please leave?’ Grier said.
Grier said the five men dared him to use the gun; and that their shouts brought another larger group of gang members in front of his house.
“He starts threatening my family, my life. ‘Oh you’re dead. I’m gonna kill your family and your babies. You’re dead.’ So when he says that, 20 others guys come rushing around the corner. And so I fired four warning shots into the grass,” Grier said.
Grier was later arrested. John Lewis is Grier’s attorney.
“What he’s initially charged with – A D felony reckless endangerment — requires a depraved indifference to human life, creating a risk that someone’s going to die. Shooting into a lawn doesn’t create a risk of anybody dying,” Lewis said.
Grier said he knew Nassau County Police employ the hi-tech “ShotSpotter” technology in his area and that the shooting would bring police in minutes. Cops told Guzman he was very cooperative.
Grier also said he was afraid the gang outside his house was the dreaded MS-13. And Nassau County Police Lt. Andrew Mulraine, head of the gang unit, said MS-13 has 2,000 members in the county.
“They’re probably the most organized. They almost have a military hierarchy within the gang, so they are the most organized gang we encounter on a daily basis,” Mulraine said.
You may think a person has the right to defend their home. But the law says you can only use physical force to deter physical force. Grier said he never saw anyone pull out a gun, so a court would have to decide on firing the gun.
Police determined Grier had the gun legally. He has no criminal record. And so he was not charged for the weapon.
That ShotSpotter technology pinpoints where a gun has been fired within 35 feet. Police said it also detected two other shootings in nearby Roosevelt that night.
VIDEO at LINK....CLICK HERE and scroll to end of article.
Wild Thing's comment........
If a free citizen cannot be allowed to possess a fully-functional AK 47, then he is not a free citizen.
This man, was protecting his wife, children, and home - after being threatened verbally with death by 20 gang members, is the one charged by the police.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government won't enforce its own immigration laws, and sues the one state that at least attempts to find out who is even here illegally!
....Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Mark
3rd Mar.Div. 1st Battalion 9th Marine Regiment
1/9 Marines aka The Walking Dead
VN 66-67
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Obama to Mark 9/11 Anniversary at Pentagon
WASHINGTON
Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs says Obama will commemorate the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at a memorial service at the Pentagon.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said that the president would attend a service at the Pentagon, while Vice President Joe Biden will travel to “Ground Zero,” the site of the attacks on the World Trade Center in Manhattan, for a separate service.
First lady Michelle Obama and former first lady Laura Bush will attend a memorial service in Pennsylvania, the site of the plane crash of Flight 93.
The president last year attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon.
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Obama's good friend of 20 years William Ayers bombed in the early 1970s.
AYERS: "Everything was absolutely ideal on the day I bombed the Pentagon. The sky was blue. The birds were singing. And the bastards were finally going to get what was coming to them" (William Ayers: Fugative Days page 256)
Wild Thing's comment........
Clearly, Obama wants no photo of him at a 9/11 ceremony. Has anyone else noticed that Obama rarely, if ever, is publicly present at any highly visible national ceremony, such as 9/11 Memorial Day wreath ceremony. My belief is that Obama does not want his Arab/Muslim buddies to see him participating in deeply american celebrations.
Obama wants to be in a closed environment he can carefully control so there are no embarrassing, unscripted outbursts.
He is afraid of what humiliating PR moments might be generated by the First Amendment rights of concerned citizens.
Remember after he was elected and then he had to go with President GW Bush on 9-11 to Ground Zero “commemorating” 9/11 and he just walked briskly by all the flowers and literally tossed the rose he carried onto the pile. Lots of disdain on his face.
Obama is a a disgrace!!!!
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City Council Meetings to Begin with Muslim Prayers
In the wake of the battle over a mosque at Ground Zero, a move by the Hartford City Councilis sure to have its critics.
City Council Meetings to Begin with Muslim Prayers
The Council announced Tuesday that it has invited local imams to perform Islamic invocations at the beginning of the Council meetings in September.
Though meetings don't regularly begin with any form of prayer, an email from the Common Council called it "an act of solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters."
The email even referenced the ongoing issue in New York. "One of the goals of the Council is to give a voice to the many diverse peoples of the City, which is especially important given the recent anti-Islam events throughout the country."
Council President rJo Winch called it an important move for the Council. "I feel it is very important that, as a Council, we project a culture of inclusiveness in the City of Hartford. Too often it is our differences that divide us. In my opinion, it is our combination of differences that makes us strong," Winch said.
Wild Thing's comment..........
Insane. Opening a meeting by praying to Satan,
Though meetings don't regularly begin with any form of prayer, an email from the Common Council called it "an act of solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters."
It's an act of voluntary himmitude and nitwit political correctness.
Can't put the 10 Commandments on the building, can't have a “Christmas” tree it's gotta be a “holiday tree”, can't even say “Merry Christmas” at work any more has to be “happy holidays”, can't have a nativity scene seen anywhere on public property, secularism and atheism are given preferential treatment over Christianity or Judea-ism every single day of the week... but now they want to start an official meeting with a Muslim prayer? Throw every last one of the hypocritical bums out!
Terrorism wins big. I cannot understand our cowardise at all. And the hatred of Christians and Jews which is spreading in our country and this insane respect for our worst enemy who killed so many innocent Americans. I don't understand.
....Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Mark
3rd Mar.Div. 1st Battalion 9th Marine Regiment
1/9 Marines aka The Walking Dead
VN 66-67
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Fox's Brian Kilmead Not Prepared For Guest ~ LOL
Fox Runs B-Roll Instead of Showing Transgendered Guest--Host Kilmeade Tries Not To Laugh
It turns out Kimberly Richards - A Public and Legislative Affairs Director for S. California Transit Advocates - is not a she. She is a HE who used to be a SHE.
As you will see at the opening of this clip, Fox's Brian Kilmead was not prepared for this guest!
Then the Fox producers - through the rest of the segment - stick to B Roll (read: a still picture of a subway turn style!) rather than show the face and the voice that doesn't match the face.
There was not even an attempt by Kimberly to SOUND like a woman.
Wild Thing's comment........
LMAO this is hilarious, and I can just imagined how surprised Fox's Brian Kilmead myst have been. hahahahaha
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CBS's Chip Reid To Gibbs: Obama's Playing Politics With Taxes
CBS's Chip Reid To Gibbs:
Why Did The President Wait 'Til Now To Introduce Tax Cut Proposals When Republicans Have Been Calling For Them For Years?
Chip Reid challenges Gibbs on the fact that Obama knows that there's no chance of it getting through Congress, why didn't he propose it earlier this year, or last year?
Wild Thing's comment...........
Good for Chip Reid for pressing the question.
Obama has several goals for the USA and one of them......... Collapse the economy of the United States.
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Colorado High School Student: Security Told Me To Remove U.S. Flags
Jeremy Stoppel, a high school student who has two 3′x5′ American flags on his pickup truck was told by campus security to take them down. Jeremy said that the security guard told him that “this is a school that focuses on diversity” and that she didn’t “want anyone to feel uncomfortable.”
The principal of the school, Mary Lindimore, says the school itself PROMOTES the flag. She intends to speak with the security supervisor soon to find out what’s going on.
Teen: Security Told Me To Remove U.S. Flags
High School Student Has 3x5 Feet U.S. Flags In Truck Bed
NORTHGLENN, Colo.
A high school student in Northglenn is upset that campus security told him to remove the large American flags flying from his pickup truck because it might make others uncomfortable.
Jeremy Stoppel told 7NEWS he got a ticket at Northglenn High School last Thursday for squealing his tires. He said he deserved that ticket and deserved having his parking lot pass suspended for two weeks.
But he's upset that campus security then told him he can't fly his 3 feet by 5 feet flags in the bed of his pickup truck anymore.
"She said I should take my flags down. She said this is a school that focuses on diversity and she doesn't want anyone to feel uncomfortable," Stoppel said. "How do you suppose anyone would feel uncomfortable in America with an American flag? That's where I'm confused."
He said he started flying his flags around school last week.
"Now that I finally get to drive to school, I have a truck, that's what I want to do. I want to fly my flags. September 11th is coming up so I wanted to fly them in honor of that," said Stoppel, who said his cousin is serving in the Navy.
Stoppel and his father want an apology from that security supervisor.
"To me, she's just threatening him, hoping that she can just bully him so he'll just take 'em down and just put his tail between his legs and say, 'I'm done. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.' And that's just not gonna happen," said Dan Stoppel, Jeremy's father.
7NEWS checked and the school has no policy against flying the American flag. In fact, Northglenn High School has a U.S. flag on the flag pole in front of the school.
"I am unaware of that situation. So I need to talk to that person, see why they did that, if they did that," said Northglenn High School principal Dr. Mary Lindimore. "We have 'em in the hallways upstairs. So we promote flying of American flags."
There is a policy that bans anything that creates a safety problem or which disrupts the educational environment.
When 7NEWS asked Lindimore if she could imagine any scenario in which the American flag would disrupt the educational environment, Lindimore said no.
Lindimore promised to talk to the security supervisor next week.
Wild Thing's comment........
If one is uncomfortable in America, with American flags displayed, maybe one should get out of America. Every student should put flags on their cars or trucks and go to school that way..Get these anti Americans out of our schools .
The kid should have absolutely refused to take the flags down. Let them do what they feel they had to do. I am amazed that today, it is illegal to fly the American flag any place in our country.
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September 07, 2010
Push to Release Marines at Leavenworth and Lt. Colonel Allen West Talks About The Leavenworth 10
Lt. Colonel Allen West Talks About The Leavenworth 10
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People gathered outside of the Leavenworth prison to bring attention to 10 former soldiers who they say should be released.
Wild Thing's comment.......
And please don't forget the Stryker Brigrade soldiers being held at McCord AFB near Seattle, Wa. They are in the same position.
For this to be happening to our warriors, our heroes is beyond horrible. It is unforgivable.
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America's Least Wanted, Most Hated President, Arrogant Obama Bashing and More Lies At Rally In Wisconsin
Obama as he spoke to a Labor Day crowd in Wisconsin yesterday. Obama trotted out his “car in the ditch” analogy, claiming he has worked hard to get the economic car out of the ditch while Republicans have stood by having a “slurpee.”
Who is it that has been sipping on a slurpee? Our “Vacationer-in-Chief” has been doing a pretty good job of enjoying himself while the economy remains mired with 9.6% unemployment – much worse than when he took office. Obama has played nearly 50 rounds of golf, taken multiple vacations this summer alone, and gone to Camp David 15 times in less than two years.
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Obama Whines at Wisconsin Rally: “They Talk About Me Like a Dog”
Obama at the same rally in Wisconsin, where he whined about those who have opposed his massive spending and ObamaCare agenda. Obama said about his critics, “They talk about me like a dog.”
Playing the pity card in not becoming of a President of the United States.
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Wild Thing's comment.........
Just keep it up Obama, the people will have a reply to you in the next election you America hating limp wristed, smelly, fly infested communist!
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Dictator Obama and Now He Wants MORE "stimulus" Spending..... $50 BILLION
Obama to Call for $50 Billion Spending on Public Works
Obama on Monday is to called for as much as $50 billion in government spending to start up a long-term public works plan emphasizing transportation projects – roads, rail and airport runways – over the next six years.
Mr. Obama layed out the plan, which is intended to promote the quick creation of construction jobs but would require Congressional approval, during a trip to Milwaukee on Monday afternoon, where he observed Labor Day by attending a union festival.
The spending is one part of a broader economic recovery package that Mr. Obama is to unveil during a speech in Cleveland on Wednesday.
With Democrats looking at a bleak election season, in large part because of high unemployment, the White House has been scrambling to find ways to jump-start the sagging economy.
While Mr. Obama’s plan would call for investment over six years, the White House says it would be front-loaded with an initial investment of $50 billion in taxpayer money, to help create jobs in the shorter term. The administration says it would work with Congress to find ways to pay for the plan, so that it would not add to the nation’s rising deficit. One possibility would be to cut existing subsidies for oil and gas exploration and production.
White House officials said Mr. Obama wanted to rebuild 15,000 miles of roads, construct and maintain 4,000 miles of railway – enough track to span the continent — and rehabilitate or reconstruct 150 miles of airport runways while putting in place a system that would reduce travel time and airport delays.
The president will also call for what the White House is describing as an “infrastructure bank” that would focus on paying for national and regional transportation projects.
Charles Krauthammer responded to Obama’s latest announcement of a six year stimulus plan
“Even Lenin had the modesty to stop at five.”
Charles Krauthammer:
“This is another example of this administration acting for the appearance of activity. It doesn’t have a clue what to do. It just threw a half a trillion dollars at the first stimulus. As we saw earlier in the show, almost 60% of Americans believe it did absolutely nothing. And they have no ideas. The economy is still in a ditch so they come up with a mini-stimulus… I like the way the president announces we hear this is going to be a six-year plan. Even Lenin had the modesty to stop at five.“
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Eric Cantor blasted Barack Obama’s latest play from his failed Keynesian playbook
House GOP Whip Eric Cantor is coming out against Obama’s $50 billion infrastructure plan by labeling it more “stimulus” spending.
“Today the president will use the Labor Day holiday as the launching pad for yet another government stimulus effort, another play called from the same failed Keynesian playbook,” Cantor said in a statement released before Obama announced his plan in Milwaukee. “More government stimulus does nothing to end this cloud of uncertainty.”
The White House has pushed back against the notion that the proposal to rebuild roads, rails and runways amounts to a second stimulus plan. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said last week that a stimulus plan wasn’t being considered, and on Friday, Obama called his forthcoming plan a “broader package.”
Cantor said Obama’s plan is the White House’s “latest” stimulus effort.
"We need to cut spending immediately and end the environment of uncertainty that continues to impede real private-sector job creation and growth," Cantor said.
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Wild Thing's comment.......
Once again we need to call our Congressman and Senators and tell them NO MORE STIMULUS!!!
So, let me get this straight...he is going to kill all of the incentives to drill for oil and gas in this country, and then he is going to slap a carbon tax on us, effectively killing the oil and gas industry.
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Petraeus Condemns U.S. Church's Plan to Burn Qurans
Pastor Terry Jones, of the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., says he will burn copies of the Quran
Afghans burn an effigy of Mr. Jones during an anti-U.S. demonstration in Kabul on Monday.
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Gen. David Petraeus Warns Plans by Church to Burn the Koran on Sept. 11 Could Endanger U.S. Troops
KABU
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said the planned burning of Qurans on Sept. 11 by a small Florida church could put the lives of American troops in danger and damage the war effort.
Gen. David Petraeus said the Taliban would exploit the demonstration for propaganda purposes, drumming up anger toward the U.S. and making it harder for allied troops to carry out their mission of protecting Afghan civilians.
"It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort," Gen. Petraeus said in an interview. "It is precisely the kind of action the Taliban uses and could cause significant problems. Not just here, but everywhere in the world we are engaged with the Islamic community."
Hundreds of Afghans attended a demonstration in Kabul on Monday to protest the plans of Florida pastor Terry Jones, who has said he will burn copies of Islam's holy book to mark the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Afghan protesters chanted "death to America," and speakers called on the U.S. to withdraw its troops. Some protesters threw rocks at a passing military convoy.
Military officials fear the protests will likely spread to other Afghan cities, especially if the event is broadcast or ends up on Internet video.
Mr. Jones, head of the 50-member Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., said in a statement that :
"We understand the General's concerns. We are sure that his concerns are legitimate." Nonetheless, he added, "We must send a clear message to the radical element of Islam. We will no longer be controlled and dominated by their fears and threats."
Mr. Jones has been denied a permit for the demonstration, but has said he plans to go forward with the protest.
Rev. Stephanie Sapp, spokeswoman for the center, said no one from the Pentagon or other federal agencies had expressed concern or asked that the event be canceled. She did say that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had discussed security measures.
Pentagon officials said they were not aware that any Defense officials have reached out directly to Mr. Jones. But military officers said they hoped that Gen. Petraeus's statement—an unusual move since military commanders rarely get involved in politics—would convince Mr. Jones to change his plans.
Gen. Petraeus declined to elaborate on the nature of the threats or violence that could occur, but westerners in Afghanistan have been warned away from restaurants and other public places amid the rising tensions.
Other senior military leaders echoed Gen. Petraeus comments Monday. Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, who oversees the effort to train Afghan security forces said he was informed of the planned Florida protests several days ago by a senior minister in the Afghan government.
Gen. Caldwell said many Afghans do not understand either the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment or the fact that President Barack Obama can't simply issue a decree to stop Mr. Jones from his demonstration. Military officials said they were not trying to deny Mr. Jones his right to free speech, but feared he was not thinking about the consequences of his actions.
"There is no question about First Amendment rights; that is not the issue," Gen. Caldwell said. "The question is: What is the implication over here? It is going to jeopardize the men and women serving in Afghanistan."
Military officials also fear that if video of the Quran burning is broadcast in Afghanistan, tensions could rise between NATO forces and the Afghan military and police. Allegations of mishandling the Quran have interrupted Afghan security training at least twice this year, Gen. Caldwell said.
In one instance, a Quran fell to the ground when an American officer opened a locker during an inspection of Afghan trainees' barracks. The rumor quickly spread that the officer had thrown it to the ground, angering the trainees at the camp. "He quickly apologized, but rumors took off like wildfire," Gen. Caldwell said. "It was so hard to get the misperception turned around we stopped all training for the rest of the day."
Reports about the Quran have set off violent protests before. A report in Newsweek, later retracted, that a U.S. interrogator at the Guantanamo Bay prison had flushed a Quran down a toilet set off riots in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
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Wild Thing's comment.........
I wonder if obama instructed Petraeus to come out with this statement.
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That's Life BBC Soda Water Dogs
From BBC's That's Life! Three German Shepherds enjoying a game involving a soda siphon. Taken from Dutch tv show called 'Zomergasten'.
Wild Thing's comment..........
LOL this is great!
....Thank you Jack for sending this to me.
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September 06, 2010
Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney Biking Across U.S. in Name of Peace
Ex-lawmaker takes on new venture:
Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney biking across U.S. in name of peace
The Pueblo Chieftain, Pueblo, CO
The message of peace pedaled into Pueblo on Saturday.
Riders with Bike4Peace, including former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia, who ran for president in 2008 on the Green Party ticket, stopped in Pueblo on a cross-country trek to the White House.
"We started at the House of Common Sense in Oakland (Calif.) and we're going to end at the White House, which needs some common sense," McKinney said Saturday at the Unitarian Universalist Church on the East Side, where the bikers were treated to a potluck meal.
McKinney and five others cyclists are biking across the U.S. promoting peace and conversations about "climate change, oil wars, health crisis and economic crunch."
The group is using bicycling to show how to reverse those four particular problems — it improves health, is more economical, environmentally friendly and doesn't require oil.
"It's getting people to ride bikes," said one cyclist, Aurelio "Yeyo" Garcia of Seattle, who gave his life to biking four years ago when he got rid of his car, quit his automotive technician job and sold his tools.
Riding partner Vernon Huffman of Oregon said he hasn't owned a car for a few years.
"We rely on cars to go everywhere and that's why (as a society) we're not really healthy," the former Los Angeles bus driver said. He explained how the simple act of bike riding could change world, national and personal problems.
"The bicycle is an empowering tool. I can go anywhere I want with it. It could be used to help climb out of homelessness. If you have a bicycle, people can get to work, get to appointments. They don't have to worry about transportation," Huffman said.
The group's journey began July 24. They have logged about 1,300 miles so far and leave today, heading east on U.S. 50 for Haswell, Colo., and then Kansas.
The cyclists are riding without any motor support.
For McKinney, who isn't a trained cyclist, the journey has been "challenging."
"The founders of Bike4Peace have done a wonderful job of marrying these two topics together, peace with bicycling," the Georgia native said.
"What I've found is that as we travel to all these different communities and engage in a different dialogue, we find commonality on these issues that these communities didn't know they had," she said.
Saturday's potluck gave Green Party candidates Bob Kinsey and Gary Swing an opportunity to stump in Pueblo.
Swing is running for U.S. Congress and Kinsey for U.S. Senate.
Former Georgia U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney (right) shares a laugh with Ndiya Ogba (left) and Rana Wahdan, both of Denver, during a stopover in Pueblo on Saturday. McKinney is taking part in a Bike4Peace cross-country bicycle ride
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Wild Thing's comment........
heh heh well at least she will be getting in good shape. I wonder if she will really ride the whole distance or not and get help with a nice air conditioned SUV or something .
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South Carolina GOP Has FINALLY Had Enough and Censures Linidsey Graham
Aiken GOP censures Graham
South Carolina Republican Party members have had enough from progressive Senator Lindsey Graham. The Aiken County Republican Party recently approved a formal censure of the controversial senator.
The Aiken County Republican Party has approved a formal censure of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
The party’s executive committee took the action Thursday, joining a handful of other county parties, including Greenville’s GOP.
Committee member Pete Seaha, who also is the Aiken County Tea Party chairman, wrote the resolution and introduced it at the meeting. The resolution states in part that Graham won’t be invited to any party meetings or events.
“I don’t believe the senator is sticking to conservative Republican principles,” said Seaha. “In my mind, the senator has disrespected his constituents. He has said publicly on a talk show that he didn’t care what they thought.”
Seaha said it was his understanding that 18 people on the executive committee supported the resolution, while two opposed it and two abstained.
Kevin Bishop, a Graham spokesman, said via e-mail that while some of the senator’s friends may not want to meet with him, “his door will always be open. Sen. Graham respects those who disagree with him, but he strongly believes we need to keep an open dialogue.”
Wild Thing's comment.......
I bet his vote for Kagan sealed the deal about their decision. And there was also his relentless push for amnesty, heck there is a whole list one could mention. In the past Lindsey has publicly stated he pays little attention to the desires of his constituents.
Remember when he said this just a little while back........
“Everything I’m doing now in terms of talking about climate, talking about immigration, talking about Gitmo is completely opposite of where the tea party movement’s at,” Graham says. “The problem with the tea party, I think, is it’s just unsustainable because they can never come up with a coherent vision for governing the country. It will die out.”
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Military Judge Says Evidence Could Be An "EMBARRASSMENT" to Obama
Military judge to Lakin: Find another defense
Rules that officer challenging Obama's eligibility can't see evidence
FT. MEADE, Md. – A career officer in the U.S. Army acting as a judge in the prosecution of Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin today ruled that the military is no place for Barack Obama's presidential eligibility to be evaluated.
Army Col. Denise R. Lind today ruled in a hearing regarding the evidence to be allowed in the scheduled October court-martial of Lakin that he will be denied access to any of Obama's records as well as any testimony from those who may have access to the records.
With her decision, Lind mirrored a number of federal judges who have ruled on civil lawsuits over Obama's eligibility. They have without exception denied the plaintiffs' access to any requested documentation regarding the president's eligibility.
Lind ruled that it was "not relevant" for the military to be considering such claims, that the laws allegedly violated by Lakin were legitimate on their face and that the chain of command led up to the Pentagon, and that should have been sufficient for Lakin.
Paul Rolf Jensen, Lakin's civilian attorney, said the case would continue. But he said the courts now have denied his client the opportunity to present his defense.
Jensen had argued that under U.S.C. Rule 46, a defendant put on court martial has the right to call any and all witnesses and obtain any evidence in his or her defense.
Lind, who took 40 minutes to read her decision to the court, disagreed.
She said opening up such evidence could be an "embarrassment" to the president, and it's up to Congress to call for impeachment of a sitting president.
The decision came just days after a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general who commanded forces armed with nuclear weapons said the disclosure of Obama's documentation is not just critical to Lakin's defense, but to the preservation of the nation itself.
The vehement statements came in an affidavit from retired Lt. Gen. Thomas G. McInerney, a Fox News military analyst, that was disclosed by an organization generating support for Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin.
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Wow OK, this screams the Judge is more concerned with any “embarrassment” dictator Obama might feel than with upholding the Constitution.
Considering the documents that LTC Lakin is requesting are ones that other Presidents have voluntarily released, what exactly is the “embarressment” she is referring to??? sheesh
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Obama Reports America To U.N On Human Rights Abuse Over "Unionization Rights"
Obama Reports America to the U.N. Claiming Difficulty in Forming a Union in This Country is a Human Rights Abuse
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"Unionization Rights"??? Good grief.
If this isn't Treason on its face, nothing is! The US has a control freak for a leader.
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Michelle Obama and WH Encouraging Pediatricians to Prescribe Drugs for Overweight Children
Michelle Obama has made dealing with the problem of childhood obesity the main theme of her term as First Lady.
Michelle Obama reveals some requirement of the new Health Care law that seemed to have been hidden in its 2,000+ pages. Nancy Pelosi famously said "We have to pass the bill to see what is in the bill." Well, now we are finding out little gems like this.
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Wow. This sounds like the type of thing that would happen in 3rd world country.
All they have to do is put gym class back in schools. I was so surprised when I found out they had stopped having a gym class and put the left's agenda in place of it.
I bet their plan is to get kids addicted to drugs now and they can be guaranteed demoRats when the get older.
I say why not prescribe jail for the Obamas and throw away the keys.
Well since it is Labor Day, eat drink and be merry for the future is socialized medicine and it looks like it just gets worse the more we find out about this monster obamacare. They threw everything in it, omg what a nightmare.
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September 05, 2010
Double Standard Democrats Want To Ban Conservatives "Young Gun" Book Promotion
Remember the other day I posted this promotional video above about the “Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders”
Well, now the lefties don't like it so the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission against the promotion of the “Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders” book by Reps. Eric Cantor of Virginia, Kevin McCarthy of California and Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. In addition to the book they have a promotion tour and released a video.
The DCCC’s argument is that promoting the book violates election law.
Which prompted this statement:
“After a year of failing to get Americans back to work, with a president embarrassingly off message, and with candidates hemorrhaging in the polls, it’s no wonder the DCCC is hyperventilating,” said Brad Dayspring, Eric Cantor’s spokesman.
Democrats argue it is fine to ban book promotion
The “Young Guns” have a book. They also have a promotion tour and a video. Now, the Democrats could engage in a battle of ideas. But that’s not what they do. (are you surprised?)
Instead the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee files a complaint with the Federal Election Commission that promoting the book violates election law. Really. By their interpretation, a book publisher cannot promote a book if it is political.
What is the mechanism? The publisher posts a video by the authors about their book that contains a link to a website that takes political contributions. It is after all, a political manifesto.
Restating, Democrats use the power of the federal government to attempt to prohibit the political speech and promotion of speech by their political enemies. That’s the kind of thing that lead to the American Revolution. Tea Parties make perfect sense in this context
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So I have a question for the democrats.. The democrats tax all of us to give money to the Unions and the Unions use that money to donate to THEIR canidates that are all democrats. We found this out since Obama became president and we learned where money from the stimuls that Obama did had gone to and......also how the Unions had asked for more money and Obama saw fit to try and make that happen once again as well. All from OUR Tax dollars from us even if we are not democrats.
So why the hell is it OK for the democrats to do that and then they turn around and say what they have about the book and video by the “Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders”.
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States Join Legal Brief Supporting Ariz. Immigration Law as Donations Roll Into Gov. Brewer's Defense Fund
States Join Legal Brief Supporting Ariz. Immigration Law as Donations Roll Into Gov. Brewer's Defense Fund
PHOENIX
Nearly a dozen states have filed a legal brief in support of Arizona's controversial immigration law.
A"friend of the court" brief filed with the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday argues that a federal judge was wrong to block implementation of key provisions of the law.
The brief submitted by Michigan Attorney General Michael Cox argues that the judge used the wrong legal standard to rule on the U.S. Justice Department's request for a preliminary injunction.
It also says the judge erred in ruling that the law interferes with the executive branch's immigration enforcement priorities.
Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas and Virginia joined in the filing.
In addition to the legal brief, a Wyoming man has given more than $1.5 million to help defend Arizona's controversial immigration enforcement measure in court, Gov. Jan Brewer's office said Thursday.
The contribution from Timothy Mellon of Saratoga is the largest to Brewer's defense fund, which has amassed more than $3.6 million from 41,000 donors nationwide. Mellon could not immediately be reached for comment.
The latest legal bills released Thursday show Brewer's office has spent more than $440,000 for the first two months of defending the law.
The bills, obtained through a public records request by The Associated Press, are for work performed through June by Phoenix law firm Snell & Wilmer. They do not cover July hearings in federal court before a judge Susan Bolton temporarily blocked enforcement of the law's most controversial provisions.
Brewer has appealed Bolton's order to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Her office is defending the state against seven lawsuits challenging Arizona's law, including cases filed by the U.S. Justice of Department, civil rights groups and two police officers.
Bolton has dismissed two of the cases.
"The fees incurred have been, and will continue to be, sizeable," Brewer spokesman Paul Senseman said, noting there have been more than 900 legal filings totaling more than 12,000 pages.
Arizona's law would generally require officers enforcing other measures to check the immigration status of people they suspect are illegal immigrants.
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Good news and I hope more join in to support AZ. They all should!!!!
....Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Mark
3rd Mar.Div. 1st Battalion 9th Marine Regiment
1/9 Marines aka The Walking Dead
VN 66-67
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Former UN Ambassador John Bolton Won't Rule Out 2012 Run for President
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton Won't Rule Out 2012 Run for President
Bolton would not really elaborate, because he said he believes the focus should be on the 2010 Midterm Elections right now. But when asked point if he was “not saying ‘no’,” Bolton flat out said, “I’m not saying ‘no.’”
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Countries and groups who mean harm to our beloved country would be shaking in their boots if he were elected.
A supporter of the military too. He is very Anti-UN. And thats a win for American sovereignty.
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No Longer On God's Side Notre Dame Abruptly Fires An Admin Member For Attending Pro-Life Rally
Notre Dame Associate Vice-President of Residence Life Bill Kirk was fired by the university for attending a pro-life rally. This is the same “Catholic” University that gave pro-infanticide President Obama an honorary degree.
A top pro-life professor at the University of Notre Dame is calling into question the motives of the university after Bill Kirk, a long-time member of the Notre Dame community and the only administration member to join a protest against President Obama's appearance on campus, was abruptly terminated.
In May 2009, Kirk boycotted the official graduation ceremony at which President Obama was giving the commencement address and receiving an honorary law degree, and instead attended an alternate graduation ceremony held by pro-life graduates protesting Obama. Bishop John D'Arcy of Fort Wayne-South Bend, whose diocese includes the campus, also opted to attend the alternate ceremony.
The Observer newspaper reported Thursday that Father Tom Doyle, Notre Dame’s new Vice-President for Student Affairs, had terminated Kirk from his position as Associate Vice-President for Residence Life.
Doyle praised Kirk's "thoughtful and caring" service as Student Affairs administrator, but said he had been fired "in anticipation of a restructuring that I want to do."
A Notre Dame spokesman refused to comment to LifeSiteNews.com about the reasons behind Kirk's termination, saying only that the university does not discuss personnel issues.
But Notre Dame philosophy professor David Solomon, the founder and director of the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture, said on the Center's blog, that he sees a connection between Kirk’s “removal from office” and what he called “the background of other events at Notre Dame that inevitably raised questions about its real motivation."
Solomon suggested that Kirk's insistence on maintaining school-wide disciplinary standards for Notre Dame football athletes helped precipitate the move. However, the professor also said the news appears to confirm fears that Kirk's stand against the highly controversial honor to Obama would prove fatal.
"At the time Bill took part in the NDResponse rally, many people commented on the courage it took for him to stand with his wife and other witnesses to this protest of Notre Dame’s decision to award President Obama an honorary degree. I personally discounted these worries, believing that the Notre Dame administration would admire him for his principled stand on a matter so close to the Catholic heart of Notre Dame, even if they disagreed with his particular action," wrote Solomon.
Since the administration welcomed Obama's own "sharp dissent from and attack on central Catholic teaching on life," he continued, "It seemed only reasonable that they would equally welcome dissent from university policy by such a loyal Catholic and member of the Notre Dame family as Bill Kirk — especially when his dissent was made in the name of the Catholic principles at Notre Dame’s heart and in the company of his bishop.
"Perhaps, alas, there was reason for Bill Kirk to be worried about his participation in NDResponse after all."
The professor said Kirk's treatment would undoubtedly have "a chilling effect" on un-tenured administrators in public policy and moral debates on campus. He noted that "a number of other administrators have told me that in light of Bill Kirk’s treatment, they will in the future keep their heads down rather than dissent from the policies of the central administration." "It will be tragic if these pressures toward uniformity become a permanent feature of Notre Dame life," he wrote.
Solomon said that what he termed the "callousness and brutal insensitivity" of Kirk's termination has had "the greatest impact" on the close-knit Notre Dame community: Kirk and his wife Elizabeth, who have already adopted two young children, were in the process of adopting a third at the time of the firing.
The professor contrasted the situation with the magnanimity shown by former Notre Dame President Rev. Ted Hesburgh to Ralph McInerny decades ago when, as an assistant philosophy professor, McInerny received monetary help as he struggled to make ends meet following the tragic death of his 4-year-old son from a brain tumor.
"It may be that in an era when Notre Dame has become more of a brand and less of a community, such actions are no longer possible and that those of us who long for them are simply being naive," wrote Solomon.
"If so, it is surely a great loss."
The prestigious Catholic university has been widely criticized for its handling of other aspects of the Obama controversy as well. Notre Dame president Rev. John Jenkins continues to refuse to request leniency for 88 pro-life witnesses arrested for peacefully protesting Obama's presence on campus, while pro-Obama and pro-Notre Dame protesters were allowed to roam free. Several pro-life leaders have unsuccessfully urged Jenkins to intervene for the pro-lifers, who continue to face up to a year in jail and a $5,000 fine under prosecution by St. Joseph County.
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DISGUSTING!
That’s how the left does things. There is no freedom of opinion any longer. Father ( Lucifer) Tom Doyle Jenkins does not like opposition. What a smug SOB! The Catholic Church should officially sever all ties with the university, and all other “Catholic” institutions like it, that fail to uphold and defend the teachings of the Church. I say this as a non-Catholic.
I pray that they never have another winning season. Call it "the Father Jenkins curse."
Notre Dame is now in the hands of pro-aborton evil. Itis no longer a Catholic University but a bastion of the athiestic Rat party and their god obama. It is false to call it a "Catholic University." UND is no more Catholic than the University of Baghdad.
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Obama and His Brand New Oval Office Rug Gets History Wrong
Oval Office rug gets history wrong
A mistake has been made in the Oval Office makeover that goes beyond the beige.
President Obama’s new presidential rug seemed beyond reproach, with quotations from Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. woven along its curved edge.
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” According media reports, this quote keeping Obama company on his wheat-colored carpet is from King.
Except it’s not a King quote. The words belong to a long-gone Bostonian champion of social progress. His roots in the republic ran so deep that his grandfather commanded the Minutemen at the Battle of Lexington.
For the record, Theodore Parker is your man, President Obama. Unless you’re fascinated by antebellum American reformers, you may not know of the lyrically gifted Parker, an abolitionist, Unitarian minister and Transcendentalist thinker who foresaw the end of slavery, though he did not live to see emancipation. He died at age 49 in 1860, on the eve of the Civil War.
A century later, during the civil rights movement, King, an admirer of Parker, quoted the Bostonian’s lofty prophecy during marches and speeches. Often he’d ask in a refrain, “How long? Not long.” He would finish in a flourish: “Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” .
These are the quotations the president chose for his rug:
* “The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself” – President Franklin D. Roosevelt
* “The Arc of the Moral Universe Is Long, But It Bends Towards Justice” – Martin Luther King Jr.
* “Government of the People, By the People, For the People” – President Abraham Lincoln
* “No Problem of Human Destiny Is Beyond Human Beings” – President John F. Kennedy
* “The Welfare of Each of Us Is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us” – President Theodore Roosevelt
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Confucius say, White house so crooked, even rug lie.
Obama can take the rug home with him when he gets impeached (preferably) or kicked out of office in 2012.
I would put this quote on Obama's rug:
"The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted."........Pslam 12:8
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U.S. Capitol Tour with David Barton of WallBuilders
A Spiritual Heritage Tour of the U.S. Capitol with a man named David Barton.
Pastors go on a tour of the United States Capitol with history expert David Barton
WallBuilders is an organization dedicated to presenting America's forgotten history and heroes, with an emphasis on the moral, religious, and constitutional foundation on which America was built – a foundation which, in recent years, has been seriously attacked and undermined. In accord with what was so accurately stated by George Washington, we believe that "the propitious [favorable] smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation which disregards the eternal rules of order and right which heaven itself has ordained."
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This was so interesting, I hope you all like it too.
“When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry,” - VP Dick Cheney
A toast to each of you 
