Clergy Gets Read the Riot Act in Congressional Hearing

It is not polite for religious leaders to go against the wishes of the Obama administration and the Democrats. Here is what happened today.



That's Gerald Connolly (D-VA) berating the clergy for having the temerity to stand against all that President Obama is trying to do.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/16/religious-leaders-obama-violates-basic-rights-by-requiring-contraceptive/?test=latestnews?test=latestnews

I have a great suggestion for the Catholic Church; in fact, all faiths can consider my grand idea. Sign a concordat with Obama.

A Christian Church in Germany

Hat tip to Brussels Journal

This one will warm your hearts. A Christian church in Bochum, Germany held one of those interfaith services and celebrated the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad.

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1055

I assume instead of Christian hymns, they sang,

"Khaybar, Khaybar, ah Yahud..."

I wonder why they didn't invite the Jewish community to participate.


Oh yeah.

Maxine Waters and her Demons

America's Sweetheart, Maxine Waters, has made another memorable speech, this time at a California Democratic convention in San Diego. At the big shebang, over the past weekend, she called John Boehner,  Eric Cantor, and all the other Republicans "demons". The Gentle Lady from California also informed her enchanted listeners that if the Dems can re-capture the House in November, she will become the head of the Financial Services Committee, where she presumably can win more financial services for her husband.

In case you are wondering who the charming and eloquent fellow who introduces her in the video is, he is John Burton. Who is John Burton, you ask?

You don't want to know.





http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/15/maxine-waters-calls-republican-leaders-demons/

Now that is a scary thought indeed. Imagine Waters, who has a few demons herself, as head of this committee at the same time she is facing an ethics investigation over using her position to gain federal money for her husband's bank.

Conflict of interest? Corruption? Why perish the thought.

Give Maxine credit for one thing though. At least she doesn't give us any bull about "bringing us together".

Can Sharia be Discussed Publicly?

Hat tip to Creeping Sharia


The answer to the title of this post is-not in Allegan County, Michigan. Last month, the police shut down a meeting in which the speaker was supposedly a former terrorist.

http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/michigan-school-police-chief-shut-down-talk-about-sharia-law

I would hope that the police were acting on a credible and specific threat of violence. This brings to mind when UC Irvine police prevented Pastor Terry Jones from speaking at our campus last year.

Sooner or later, however, this issue must be faced. The debate about Sharia in the US is growing and will continue to grow. In several states, moves are under way to ensure that state constitutions cannot be influenced by Sharia. The courts are involved. There will be meetings and speaking events on this subject. Will the police shut down these events at privately-rented halls when the speakers are not famous people with bounties on their heads?

The issue of free speech in Europe is now front and center, and it circles around public discussion of Islam and the impact it is having there. Our rights of free speech are greater in the US. We cannot allow them to be abridged (as the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation would like to see).

Watch this issue continue to grow.

Media Matters and its Strange Founder

David Brock-Founder of Media Matters for America
Strange duck


Excuse me for asking a dumb question, but aren't 501 c3s supposed to be non-partisan? If that is the case, how does Media Matters qualify? New revelations show that they have been active in coordinating President Obama's re-election bid. Super PAC, you say?

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/13/reports-media-matters-head-coordinates-with-white-house-builds-super-pac/?intcmp=obinsite

I always figured David Brock was off his rocker. This report adds fuel to the fire. This is the guy who was a conservative activist before he became a liberal activist.

I don't care that there is another liberal advocacy group out there. Welcome to the club. I do expect them to adhere to the laws governing non-profits.

Update from Fox News (2-16): While Media Matters is on the gun control bandwagen, Brock walks around with an armed security guard.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/16/brock-and-glock-armed-men-guarded-media-matters-boss-as-took-400000-gun-control/

You talk about hypocrisy.

Why the Odds Favor Obama-Election Fraud

Hat tip to PJ Media


"Heigh ho, heigh ho
It's off to vote we go."

The depressing report from PJ Media by J Christian Adams explains why it will be hard to beat Obama in November. With a corrupt Justice Department that is trying to enroll more voters while ignoring 2 million dead voters, many of whom will, indeed vote, it looks like the fix is in. In addition, the voter stealers at ACORN are still out there.

http://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/

It's the old saying; if you win by more than 5% they can't steal it. Everything points to a close election. Keep in mind that it was the dead from Chicago's cemeteries that swung Illinois for JFK. Illinois gave him the election.

We have a corrupt adminsitration that will use a corrupt Justice Department to try and ensure Obama's election. SEIU, the new ACORN and others will be out in force trying to fix this election. The answer?

Vote.

Why I Don't Support the Palestinians

Amid all the propaganda against Israel going on within American and European academia, you might think that the Palestinians were the ultimate victims of brutality, occupation, and apartheid. I don't buy it. However, rather than defend Israel's security measures, which I have already done many times, I want to express here why I have so little sympathy for the Palestinians.

All during my adult life, I have been reading and hearing about Palestinian terror since the 1960s. First it was the airplane hijackings. Then it was the Munich massacre during the 1972 Olympics. There have been too many to count. When I was living in Italy in the 1980s, there was the Achille Lauro takeover in which Leon Klinghoffer, an elderly American Jew, was killed in front of his wife and thrown overboard in his wheelchair. There were the simultaneous attacks on Rome and Vienna airports, in which random victims were killed. Yes, the Palestinians have been not only content to kill Israelis, but Americans and Westerners in general.

When 9-11 happened, what did Palestinians do? They danced in the streets and passed out candy, just as they have done when terrorists blew up Israeli buses and pizza parlors killing civilians, women and children. They passed out candy when an entire Jewish family was slaughtered in their home in the West Bank including a 3- month-old infant sleeping in a crib.

The problem is that the Palestinians have hitched their wagon to blood-thirsty leaders like Yasser Arafat, Hamas and Hezbollah. They don't really want a two-state solution and peace with Israel. They want it all-"from the river to the sea". To this day, they continue to lob rockets into southern Israel, hitting schoolyards.

In Gaza, Hamas rejects peace talks. They want every last Jew driven from the Holy Land and the establishment of a Muslim state. Their very charter quotes the hadith that talks of the "last Jew hiding behind a tree and calling to the Muslim to come and kill him." To this day, they continue to lob rockets into southern. Israel hitting schoolyards where children play. Meanwhile, the so-called moderate Palestinian Authority features a news media that demonizes Jews as apes and monkeys. How is Israel supposed to sit down and negotiate with that?

In the face of all this, liberal Westerners, radical academics and gullible students have been brainwashed into thinking that Israel is the aggressor. As for the terrorism, they ignore it or call it "legitimate resistance". Our problem in the West is that we have lost our moral compass.

Yes, I want to see an eventual settlement that will lead to peace, but I am skeptical. The Palestinians have not demonstrated that they can even run a country-let alone one that would live in peace with Israel. It is easy to speak of a Palestinian nation, but once nationhood is granted, it has the sovereign power to make its own alliances with radical nations like Iran and receive shipments of God knows what. Who needs the establishment of another outlaw state?

Finally, I am convinced that this conflict is not about land, rather it is about religion. The Arab world will not accept a Jewish state in the region. That is why they tried to defeat Israel by war in 1948, 1967 and 1973. They failed, but the Palestinian "cause" is just an excuse to continue that war by other means.

Until the Palestinians decide to forget conquest and renounce terror, I cannot feel sympathy for them.

Holder One Step Closer to Contempt

Daily Caller reports that Darrell Issa (R-CA) has taken the next step towards holding  Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for not turning over thousands of subpoenaed documents in Fast and Furious.

http://dailycaller.com/2012/02/14/issa-takes-step-toward-holding-holder-in-contempt-of-congress/

By the way, that was a nice trick of quoting Elijah Cummings' promise to the Terry family since Cummings has stood by Holder and the DOJ on the House Oversight Committee. Cummings has insisted that not one shred of evidence ties Holder and his cronies to Fast and Furious. Yet, he makes that promise to the Terry family??

Muslim Brotherhood Blackmail

Hat tip to Hot Air
                              "Hey Daddy. What's with the swords?"




In the below post from Hot Air, an Egyptian politician warns the US to keep the aid money flowing or no peace with Israel. Not coincidentally, the politician happens to be a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.


http://hotair.com/archives/2012/02/14/muslim-brotherhood-youd-best-keep-the-aid-money-coming-if-you-want-that-treaty-with-israel-intact/


One would think that peace is a good thing at least as opposed to getting thousands of Egyptian soldiers killed in a new war with Israel. Besides, what reason would Egypt have to go back to war with Israel? They don't want the Gaza Strip, do they?

This is another case of blackmail for US money. It's time we save that money, which we need here at home. If the Egyptians don't want to be our friends, who needs them?

LA County Sheriff Lee Baca and CAIR

http://youtu.be/jgOkfLBt-Rk

LA County Sheriff Lee Baca was honored by CAIR in 2010 with a community leadership award. He was not present to receive it but made this video in his acceptance.

I would never fault Baca for being concerned about protecting the rights of Muslims in his jurisdiction. I do fault him, however, for embracing despicable organizations like CAIR. In doing so, he has used extraordinarily bad judgement and has allowed himself to be used by CAIR and other organizations with radical members.

Baca is a man desperately in need of an education. Does he not know that CAIR is a creation of the Muslim Brotherhood? Does he not know that CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation trial in Dallas in 2007? Is he unaware of CAIR officials who have been indicted for terror-related activities? I know for a fact that many citizens have tried to tell him of these facts, but he is unwilling to listen.

Sheriff Lee Baca is doing his community a tremendous disservice with his willful ignorance of the facts and for giving credibility to organizations like CAIR. Someday, hopefully, he will wake up. When that day comes, he will be a very embarrassed man.

Obama Returns to California-For Gold

They don't call us the Golden State for nothing. This week, President Obama will climb aboard Air Force One with his staff and Secret Service retinue. Traffic in LA and San Francisco will once again be jammed as Obama is driven from one fund raiser to another. Don't bother attending unless you have about $38,000 burning a hole in your pocket. A picture with the Community Organizer will cost you $10,000.

http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2012/02/14/obama-hits-the-ca-fundraising-mother-lode-again-wednesday/?tsp=1

This is the man who is railing against rich people for not paying their "fair share" in taxes. This is the guy whose cronies send out e-mails in his name begging folks like me to send him three bucks. This is the guy who stands for the "little guy", right?

And what will Obama say to his rich supporters? Will he talk of all his accomplishments in office? Nothing to talk about there except disastrous accomplishments like bailouts and his health care bill.

While in LA, I wonder if he will get together with do-nothing mayor, Tony Villaraigosa, who has just been named chair of the 2012 Democratic convention in Charlotte. What a choice. Now both conventions will be chaotic, the Republicans due to the Occupy loons and the Democrats due to Villaraigoas being the chair. He can't manage LA, and actually doesn't try very hard. But have no fear, Tony will manage the convention.

But I digress. Obama's trip just means more tax-payer money being spent so he can raise big bucks from his 1% supporters.

Shoot! I just remembered. I have to go to LA Saturday night. I better leave now.

Media Matters Tries to Submarine Fox

Here is a report on the underhanded ways of Media Matters, a liberal propaganda arm of the Democrats.

Media Matters founder David Brock is a confused guy who used to be a conservative hit man (Remember the book he wrote about Hillary Clinton?) before he had a mid-life crisis and became a liberal hit-man. Now it seems Brock and his crew have discussed ways they can destroy Fox News-or at least discredit it.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/14/media-matters-memo-reportedly-detailed-plan-to-target-fox-news-staff/

I just checked Media Matters' website, and there is no mention of this although there are all kinds of articles attacking Fox and "right-wing media" (what there is of it). They even have a whole section devoted to Fox's "attacks" on Media Matters.

Every story you read in Media Matters should be taken with this story in mind.