OBAMA FOREIGN POLICY: APOLOGIZE; APPEASE; AND RETREAT

WE ARE NOW IN THE RETREAT PHASE.

Obama has violated his oath of office and should resign: The Astute Bloggers scoops Instapundit and Ace by 3 days

Glenn Reynolds today:

When taking office, the President does not swear to create jobs. He does not swear to “grow the economy.” He does not swear to institute “fairness.” The only oath the President takes is this one:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

By sending — literally — brownshirted enforcers to engage in — literally — a midnight knock at the door of a man for the non-crime of embarrassing the President of the United States and his administration, President Obama violated that oath. You can try to pretty this up (It’s just about possible probation violations! Sure.), or make excuses or draw distinctions, but that’s what’s happened. It is a betrayal of his duties as President, and a disgrace.

AND ACE AGREED.

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS ARGUED THIS ON WEDNESDAY - THREE DAYS AGO:

FOR VIOLATING HIS OATH OF OFFICE, OBAMA SHOULD RESIGN OR BE IMPEACHED

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute 

the Office of President of the United States, 

and will to the best of my ability,

preserve, protect and defend 

the Constitution of the United States.

BY APOLOGIZING TO THE JIHADISTS WHO ATTACKED OUR EMBASSIES AND MURDERED OUR DIPLOMATS, AND BY DECRYING THE FREE SPEECH OF HIS FELLOW AMERICANS, OBAMA HAS VIOLATED HIS OATH OF OFFICE.

FOR THIS REASON, OBAMA SHOULD RESIGN OR BE IMPEACHED.

REGULAR READERS KNOW WE SCOOP THE BIGGIE  ALL THE TIME.

THE NY TIMES ET AL: ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS THEIR NARRATIVE

TO BETTER ILLUSTRATE THEIR ANTISEMITISM, AND DEFENSE OF OBAMA AND HIS ALLIANCE WITH THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, AND HOW THEY - ALONG WITH THEIR COMRADES IN THE LEGACY MEDIA - HAVE BEEN FALSELY ATTACKING AND DEMEANING ROMNEY FOR DEFENDING THE USA, THIS SHOULD BE THEIR LOGO:

AND THIS:

FBI CAPTURES AN ATTEMPTED JIHADIST IN CHICAGO

Another special operation for catching attempted terrorists in the act nabs another attempted jihadist:

CHICAGO (AP) - FBI agents have arrested a man they say planned to set off a car bomb outside a bar in downtown Chicago.

Federal prosecutors say 18-year-old Adel Daoud was arrested Friday night in an undercover operation in which agents pretending to be extremists provided him with a phony car bomb.

The U.S. District Attorney's Office in Chicago said in a news release Saturday the device was inert and the public was never at risk.

Daoud is a U.S. citizen from the Chicago suburb of Hillside.

He was charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to damage and destroy a building with an explosive.

Federal prosecutors say the FBI began monitoring him after he posted material online about violent jihad and the killing of Americans.

So he was a homegrown terrorist? That makes him another example of homegrown jihadism, and explains why even homegrown terrorists can be very dangerous.

DID OBAMA MAKE HIS FIRST TRIP ABROAD IN COLLEGE, OR NOT?

VIDEO: Obama in 2007: The Day I'm Inaugurated Muslim Hostility Will Ease. (VIA NEO)

QUOTE:

“I TRAVELED THERE ALL THE WAY THROUGH MY COLLEGE YEARS.”

"ALL THE WAY THROUGH" - SUGGESTS EXTENSIVE TRAVEL, DOES IT NOT?

BUT, ACCORDING TO “OFFICIAL RECORDS” AND HIS MEMOIR, HIS FIRST TRIP ABROAD WAS IN COLLEGE - AROUND 1982 - AND ONLY TO PAKISTAN.

THEN - A FEW YEARS LATER IN 1988 - HE WENT TO KENYA.

SO: WHICH IS IT: DID HE TRAVEL EXTENSIVELY ALL THE WAY THROUGH HIS COLLEGE YEARS, OR NOT!?

IF HE DID (TRAVEL EXTENSIVELY", THE WHAT WAS HE COVERING UP WHEN HE WROTE HIS FIRST TRIP WAS IN COLLEGE?

WHERE ARE HIS PASSPORT RECORDS?

WHAT NAME WAS ON THE PASSPORT?

THE ONION: NO ONE MURDERED BECAUSE OF THIS IMAGE (NSFW)

BRILLIANT:

VIA THE EQUALLY BRILLIANT IOTW.

THANKS TO OBAMA AND HILLARY, ANY CHANCE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE IS GONE WITH THE WIND

HOW OBAMA IGNITED THE FLAMES... 

AND HOW HILLARY POURED GASOLINE ON THEM.

(I COULD ONLY FIT 5 OUT OF THE 20 COUNTRIES THAT ARE A FLAME.)

HMMMMM: DID THE ENEMY TRADE OSAMA FOR MUBARAK?

POLITICO:

Rush Limbaugh wondered Wednesday whether Al Qaeda “gave up” Osama bin Laden to help President Barack Obama win reelection. 

“What if Ayman al-Zawahiri and other Al Qaeda leaders gave up Osama bin Laden for the express purpose of making Obama look good?” the conservative radio host said, according to audio posted by Mediaite. “Giving Obama stature, political capital?” 

Limbaugh, admitting he had a “wild theory” and was “just thinking off the top of my head,” said bin Laden — the founder of Al Qaeda, its leader for more than two decades and a major funder of its operations until he was killed by Navy SEALs in 2011 — was “expendable.” 

“Al Qaeda was not depending on Osama bin Laden for operational leadership,” Limbaugh said. “His day had come and gone.” 

Limbaugh said the terrorist group would rather have Obama in power to help them get “what they want more than anything in the world” — the destruction of Israel. 

“Let me put it to you this way,” he said. “Do you think that militant Islamists will be as hopeful of getting rid of Israel with a Republican president or with a Democrat president?”

HMMMM... MAYBE.... MAYBE NOT. OR...

MAYBE IT WASN'T AL QAEDA.

MAYBE IT WAS ... THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD?

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASIER FOR OBAMA AND HIS PRO-BROTHERHOOD PEOPLE TO WORK OUT A BACK-CHANNEL DEAL WITH THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD THAN AL QAEDA.

(AND THE DOCTOR IN PAKISTAN WAS IN ON THE DEAL - HIS ARREST IS A COVER.)

JUST ANOTHER WILD THEORY...

IT EXPLAINS WHY OBAMA MADE MUBARAK INTO THE ARCH-PARIAH - BUT HAS NOT DONE THE SAME TO AHMADINEJAD OR ASSAD - WHO HAVE EACH KILLED AND JAILED MORE OF THEIR OWN CITIZENS THAT MUBARAK.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. ANYWAY... ESPECIALLY SINCE OBAMA DID EXPLICITLY AND OVERTLY HELP THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN 2009.

SLIDE-SHOW: WHAT MUSLIMS DO AFTER ATTENDING FRIDAY "RELIGION OF PEACE" MOSQUE SERVICES

HOW COULD SO MANY MUSLIMS AND IMAMS IN SO MANY DIVERSE COUNTRIES SO MISUNDERSTAND ISLAM?

SLIDE-SHOW (18 IMAGES): 

HOW COULD SO MANY MUSLIMS AND IMAMS IN SO MANY DIVERSE COUNTRIES SO MISUNDERSTAND ISLAM?

OBAMA SOWED THE WIND, AND NOW WE MUST REAP THE WHIRLWIND

WHY?

SIMPLE:

OBAMA DIRECTLY UNLEASHED THE TAKE-OVER OF THE ARAB WORLD BY THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.

OBAMA HAS SOWED THE WIND, AND NOW WE MUST REAP THE WHIRLWIND.

WHAT HATH OBAMA WROUGHT?

DISASTER AFTER DISASTER - AT HOME AND ABROAD.

CAN ANYONE HONESTLY ARGUE OTHERWISE?

OUR ECONOMY AND FEDERAL BUDGET AND NATIONAL DEBT ARE A SHAMBLES.

INTERNATIONALLY, RUSSIA AND CHINA AND IRAN AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ACT WITH IMPUNITY AND ATTACK OUR ALLIES AND INTERESTS AT WILL.

IF HE IS RE-ELECTED, THE ENTIRE FREE WORLD WILL COLLAPSE.

HE MIGHT AS WELL BE THE 12TH IMAM AND HE MIGHT AS WELL BE STARTING THE LAST REICH.

IN NOVEMBER, OBAMA MUST PAY THE PRICE FOR ALLOWING ISLAMISTS TO FLY THEIR AL QAEDA FLAGS OVER OUR EMBASSIES

• TWO DOWNGRADES.

• 8% UNEMPLOYMENT AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.

• A WEAK DOLLAR.

• EXPENSIVE GASOLINE.

• FOOD PRICES SOARING.

• DEFICITS SOARING.

• THE DEBT SOARING.

• MUBARAK THROWN TO THE WOLVES.

• IRAN APPEASED.

• LIBYA AND SYRIA SOON TO BE TAKEN OVER.

MORE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE IN OBAMA'S 4 YEARS THAN... EVER BEFORE.

OBAMA DOESN'T DESERVE TO BE ON THE BALLOT, LET ALONE GET A SINGLE VOTE.

IF HE WINS, THEN SO DO IRAN AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND RUSSIA AND CHINA.

CREDIT WORTHINESS OF OBAMAMERICA DOWNGRADED FOR SECOND TIME

WE'VE BEEN DOWNGRADED AGAIN; THAT MAKES IT TWICE WE'VE BEEN DOWNGRADED UNDER OBAMA.

AMERICA NEVER EVER HAD A CREDIT DOWNGRADE BEFORE.

WE NEVER HAD A PRESIDENT AS AWFUL AS OBAMA BEFORE.

MIDDLE EAST TURMOIL AND AMERICA UNDER ATTACK: OBAMA BUILT THIS

THIS EGOMANIAC CLAIMED HIS MERE ELECTION WOULD CHANGE THINGS MAKE THEM LOVE US:

HERE IS WHERE THE POLICIES ALL BEGAN TO GO HORRIBLY WRONG:

And as the crisis devolves... where is he now and what is he up to?:

THIS DISGUSTING AND INEPT MAN IS DAMAGING THE USA AND THE FREE WORLD.

FOR THE SAKE OF OUR NATION, THE FREE WORLD  AND OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN: WE MUST GET RID OF HIM! 

JEWISH REFUGEES FROM ISLAMIC COUNTRIES DESERVE JUSTICE TOO

Dror Eydar's written about a conference he took part in about Jewish refugees from Arabic-Islamic countries, whom nobody at the UN's ever asked be compensated for the horrifying abuse they received in past periods in their former residences before being violently exiled:

At the beginning of the week I had the chance to take part in a rare historic event: the first official conference on the issue of Jewish refugees, held under the auspices of Israel's Foreign Ministry in cooperation with the World Jewish Congress. The international conference was titled "Justice for Jewish Refugees From Arab Countries." For the first time in decades, the call for justice for the Jewish people was once again heard in Jerusalem. Not just a call for security, or apologetic Israeli discourse in the face of Palestinian calls for so-called justice, but a clear call, by Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to bring the issue of Jewish refugees back into every international arena: the ethical, legal, diplomatic and political arenas.

As one of the conference participants, former Canadian Minister of Justice Professor Irwin Cotler, said: “Where there is no remembrance, there is no truth; where there is no truth, there will be no justice; where there is no justice, there will be no reconciliation; and where there is no reconciliation, there will be no peace – which we all seek.” Indeed, this is a serious issue that has been neglected and kept silent for years, in stark contrast with the Palestinian refugee issue, which has become self evident and universally recognized in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Palestinians have become experts at marketing their victimhood to the world, and thus, the concept of a “just solution” became unilaterally linked to the Palestinian narrative. But just like every aspect of the Middle East story, here, too, the truth is far more complex.

With the exception of a few years prior to World War I, the Arabs living in this region never accepted the Jewish presence here. They rejected the various partition plans, ranging from the Peel Commission in 1937, through the 1947 Partition Plan, to the Oslo Accords and other generous Israeli offers. They were always willing to accept land, but never to sign a final agreement that would spell the end of the conflict.

Read the rest in full.

MEDIA BLAMES MITT THE MESSENGER AND PROTECTS OBAMA

THE RIOTS REACH JERUSALEM

What began in Libya and Egypt is now reaching Israel as well, as Muslims go on rock-throwing sprees and tried to attack the US embassy here too:

Jerusalem police clashed with hundreds of Muslim youth Friday after they stormed out of prayers atop the Temple Mount in the direction of the Damascus Gate. Police said the rioters were on their way to the US consulate, presumably to protest against a film denigrating the Prophet Mohammad, which has already sparked mass protests in Libya, Egypt and Yemen, resulting in the deaths of four Americans.

The youths threw stones at the police officers, who responded by firing stun grenades to disperse the rioters.

A number of officers were lightly injured from smoke inhalation. Forces arrested four of the rioters.

Police were prepared for the possibility of riots in Jerusalem, as Border Police and other patrol units fanned out across the Old City ahead of traditional Friday prayers.

Despite an awareness of potential violence, police did not announced restricted access to the Temple Mount. Often if serious rioting is anticipated only men over age 40 are allowed to enter.

In a rare move, the US State Department on Thursday issued a travel warning for Jerusalem, urging American citizens to “defer nonessential travel and exercise caution.”

Also Thursday, around 50 activists gathered outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, chanting “God is Great” and waving the green flags of the Israel Islamic Movement. Attorney Zahi Nujeidat, spokesman for the group, said that the protesters came from across Israel to the embassy to “express our rage about this despicable movie that has harmed the honor of our prophet.”

It's good if the police here were prepared for what could happen. However, their failure to place an age restriction at the Temple Mount was definitely ill-advised.

By the way, it says in this article:

The protests began peacefully with several hundred people demonstrating on the plaza that holds both the Al-Aqsa and Dome of the Rock mosques, chanting, "With our blood and our soul, we will sacrifice for you our Prophet."

But clashes broke out between a part of the crowd and Israeli police as the demonstration moved out of the Old City, with security forces firing tear gas and stun grenades that injured at least five people, an AFP correspondent said. Several policemen were reportedly hurt.

How can it be "peaceful" if they said they're willing to self-sacrifice, to say nothing of trashing their own futures?

In Gaza, thousands of people rallied at demonstrations in Gaza City and the southern town of Rafah, a day after the ruling Hamas party urged citizens to turn out for protests after Friday prayers.

Protesters waved the flags of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements, and set fire to American flags, chanting "Death, death to America, death, death to Israel."

If there's no embassies in the Gaza strip, there's a reason for that.

IN EFFECT, BERNANKE HAS DONATED BILLIONS TO RE-ELECT OBAMA AS HE INFLICTS OUT-OF-CONTROL INFLATION ON AVERAGE AMERICANS

IT'S TOUGHER THAN EVER TO EARN A BUCK AND TO KEEP YOUR JOB AND GET A JOB.

AND WHAT DO OBAMA AND BERNANKE DO?

MAKE EVERYTHING MORE EXPENSIVE.

• OIL IS UP.

• GASOLINE IS UP.

• FOOD PRICES ARE UP.

• INFLATION IS GOING UP UP UP:

A sharp rise in gasoline costs drove up wholesale prices last month by the most in more than three years. Outside of energy and food, though, price gains were mild. 

The producer price index, which measures price changes before they reach the consumer, jumped 1.7 percent in August, the Labor Department said Thursday. The increase was mostly because gas prices soared 13.6 percent, the biggest gain in three years. 

Food prices rose 0.9 percent, driven up by steep increases in the cost of eggs and dairy products. 

Excluding the volatile food and gas categories, core wholesale prices rose only 0.2 percent, below July’s increase.

"EXCLUDING GAS AND FOOD"!?!? 

GREAT: EXCLUDING THE NECESSITIES THINGS AREN'T HORRIBLE... YET!

BUT THE STOCK MARKET - WITH THE LOWEST PARTICIPATION BY MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE IN DECADES - IS GOING WAY WAY WAY UP.

WHILE THE DOLLAR IS DOWN.

THANKS BEN!

INSANE: OBAMA REBUFFS NETANYAHU - AND REFUSES ANY RED-LINE UP TO A NUCLEAR BOMB

NYTIMES:

President Obama on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to spell out a specific “red line” that Iran could not cross in its nuclear program, a senior administration official said, deepening the divide between the allies over how to deal with Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

In an hourlong telephone conversation, this official said, Mr. Obama deflected Mr. Netanyahu’s proposal to make the size of Iran’s stockpile of close-to-bomb-grade uranium the threshold for a military strike by the United States against its nuclear facilities. 

Mr. Obama, the official said, repeated the assurances he gave to Mr. Netanyahu in March that the United States would not allow Iran to manufacture a nuclear weapon. But the president was unwilling to agree on any specific action by Iran — like reaching a defined threshold on nuclear material, or failing to adhere to a deadline on negotiations — that would lead to American military action. 

“We need some ability for the president to have decision-making room,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the delicacy of the talks. “We have a red line, which is a nuclear weapon. We’re committed to that red line.”

REPEAT:  “We have a red line, which is a nuclear weapon. We’re committed to that red line.”

REPEAT:  “We have a red line, which is a nuclear weapon. We’re committed to that red line.”

THIS MEANS OBAMA IS ANNOUNCING TO IRAN THAT THEY CAN DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING RIGHT UP TO ASSEMBLING A BOMB.

THIS IS INSANE.

DANGEROUSLY INSANE.

WHY ISN'T THERE AN UPROAR OVER THIS COMMENT - AS THERE WAS OVER OBAMA'S "EGYPT IS NOT AN ALLY" COMMENT?!?!?!

OBAMA'S LATEST GAFFE - ("EGYPT NOT AN ALLY") - PROVES HE REALLY NEEDS PDF'S

OBAMA'S NSC AIDES BRAG THAT HE DOESN'T NEED PDF'S BECAUSE HE READS THE BRIEFING ALONE EVERY MORNING.

BUT PERHAPS HIS HUMONGOUS "EGYPT IS NOT AN ALLY" GAFFE PROVES HE'S NOT AS SMART AS HE OR HIS AIDES BELIEVE.

OBAMA HAS BEEN A TOTAL, COMPLETE, EFFIN FAILURE.

THE WORLD DEVOLVES INTO CHAOS AND OBAMA SAYS: "VIVA LAS VEGAS!"

MORE HERE.

LIBYANS ARREST 4.... but ... er, um... "there were 400 attackers"

CBS: 

Libyan authorities have made four arrests in the investigation into the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in which the U.S. ambassador and three embassy staff were killed, the deputy interior minister said on Thursday. 

"Four men are in custody and we are interrogating them because they are suspected of helping instigate the events at the U.S. consulate," Wanis el-Sharef, eastern Libya's deputy interior minister, told Reuters.
He said others were being closely monitored by police to see whether they are linked to a group. He refused to elaborate.

ONE ITTY BITTY PROBLEM:

 "A security unit is fine if you are facing 10 persons, but there were 400 attackers. [The Americans] would have needed an army to stop them."

EXACTLY: 

• IT WILL TAKE AN ARMY. 

• NOT A FEW ARRESTS AND A TRIAL. 

AMERICANS WON'T BE SATISFIED HAVING OUR NATIONAL DEFENSE DEPEND UPON COUNTRIES LIKE LIBYA AND EGYPT PROSECUTING A LEGAL WAR AGAINST AL QAEDA.

WE DIDN'T SEND ERIC HOLDER TO ABBOTTABAD.

WE SENT THE SEALS.

THERE'S A LESSON IN THAT.

THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT MUST SEND A KINETIC MESSAGE TO THE PERPETRATORS.

AND THE SOONER THE BETTER.

Obama: candidate of the corrupt fat cats‏

NYTIMES:

 ... Among the top 10 fund-raisers on the list for 2012, for example, are Steve Spinner, a former Department of Energy official who pushed the White House to approve a $535 million loan guarantee for Solyndra, the failed solar power company. ... 

All told, Mr. Obama’s top “bundlers” — people who gather checks from friends and business associates — raised or gave at least $200 million for Mr. Obama’s re-election bid and the Democratic National Committee through the end of May, close to half of the total up to that point, according to internal campaign documents obtained by The New York Times.

OBAMA IS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE A CREATURE OF THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE CORRUPT CHICAGO MACHINE, THE ALINSKYITE LEFT. WITHOUT THE MACHINE, HE'D HAVE NEVER BEEN A STATE SENTAOR, LET ALONE US SENATOR OR POTUS, SO HE PAYS THEM OFF WHENEVER THEY TELL HIM TO.

BREAKING: OBAMA AND HILLARY WERE WARNED 48 HOURS IN ADVANCE, BUT DID NOTHING

According to senior diplomatic sources, the US State Department had credible information 48 hours before mobs charged the consulate in Benghazi, and the embassy in Cairo, that American missions may be targeted, but no warnings were given for diplomats to go on high alert and "lockdown", under which movement is severely restricted.

OBAMA AND HILLARY ARE UTTER, TOTAL, COMPLETE FAILURES.

(VIA DRUDGE)

WHAT IS LETTERMAN DOING TO OBAMA WITH HIS RIGHT HAND?

CAPTION CONTEST HERE.

THANKS TO THE FED: GET READY FOR $6/GALLON OIL

THIS CHART PROVES THAT ENERGY IS EXPENSIVE BECAUSE THE DOLLAR IS WEAK - AND THAT MAKES OIL EXPENSIVE:

THE DOLLAR IS WEAK BECAUSE OBAMA HAS INCREASED OUR DEBT BY $6 TRILLION AND BECAUSE OF QE1 AND QE2 AND NOW BERNANKE'S LATEST IDIOTIC EFFORT - ANNOUNCED TODAY.

IT WILL CAUSE OIL TO SOAR.

IF WE WANT TO LOWER UNEMPLOYMENT WE MUST SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH; TO SPUR GROWTH, WE NEED A STRONG DOLLAR, CHEAP ENERGY, A SMALLER FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND A BALANCED BUDGET.

VOTE ACCORDINGLY.

VOTE ROMNEY-RYAN.

MUST SEE TV: THE TRUTH ABOUT JERUSALEM

OBAMA CHANNELS JIMMY CARTER AGAIN

via wz:

COURT DETERMINES THAT HOUSE IN HEBRON WAS LEGALLY BOUGHT

Some justice is finally prevailing for Jews who bought a house in Hebron in 2008:

The Jerusalem District Court on Thursday ruled that the State must return a house in Hebron to settlers who were evicted from it in December 2008, stating that they had purchased it legally.

Judge Moshe Baram determined that the Palestinian owner's claim that the purchase agreement had been annulled before it was finalized was not credible. He ordered the Palestinian to pay NIS 50,000 (about $13,000) in legal fees. [...]

The settlers lauded the court's decision and said they were convinced it would pave the way for the return of the Machpelah house to Jewish hands. Settlers were evicted from the Machpelah house five months ago.

"The verdict bolsters our claim that Jews have a right to settle in all parts of the Land of Israel," said Malachi Levinger, head of the Kiryat Arba Hebron Council. "I urge the government of Israel to allow the settlers to return to the house immediately, and at the same time rectify the injustice that was done at the Machpelah house." [...]

Yesha Council head Danny Dayan urged Barak and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to "uphold the court's decision and not try to thwart it using various tricks."

I'd say Barak in particular had better heed that advice. After all, he's the one who's really been trying to sabotage property rights.

THIS WEEK ON THE GATHERING STORM

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Our scheduled guest this week is Allen Mitchum, a practicing attorney and the author of the thriller 28 Pages.  According to Mr. Mitchum's web site:  The idea for his first novel 28 Pages, was born out of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001....Allen's first published novel...was selected as a semifinalist in the in The Kindle Book Review's Best Indie Books of 2012 Contest.

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THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE AMERICA'S CHILDREN IS TO LOCK UP THE LEFT

"The only way to save America’s children is to lock up the baby boomers. We are robbing the next generation’s future."

What do you mean "we"?

Obama and his comrades on the left are doing the robbing, not us conservatives!!!

TOM HOLLAND DOCUMENTARY ON ISLAM

Via The Jawa Report, this is a documentary that Channel 4 in Britain was going to run, but dropped out of their typical dhimmitude when Muslim faux-rage erupted about it.

An important note here is that Holland had a problem similar to that Robert Spencer had: he couldn't find enough evidence about Muhammed or authenticity of the Koran, which is why Spencer put together one of his latest books, Did Muhammed Exist? to discuss these matters.

MAX BOOT SERVES AS APOLOGIST FOR ISLAM

Oh dear. It looks like Commentary contributor Max Boot has decided to take up apologist role for the Religion of Rape:

The U.S. should respond strongly and sternly to the unprovoked attacks on our consulate in Benghazi and the embassy in Cairo and to the deaths of our ambassador to Libya and several of his aides. But we must also react smartly and not succumb to the rage of the moment into thinking that Sam Bacile, the amateur filmmaker whose anti-Mohammad video was initially blamed for these assaults, is right when he says, “Islam is a cancer.”

Not only is that hate speech, it is also wrong on its face because it assumes that the kind of people who carried out these outrages are typical Muslims—that somehow Islam by its very nature drives its adherents to intolerance and violence. That is not the case—Islam, like other religions, is complex and multifaceted. It has meant many things to many people over the ages. Most of its followers, like the followers of other religions, are peaceful and law-abiding and not interested in attacking anyone. The radicals are hardly representative of the mainstream, but even small numbers of extremists can sully the image of an entire country or religion by skillful attacks and manipulation of the news media.

Well Mr. Boot, if that's what you think, why don't you offer your audience some of the passages from inside the Koran, which I notice don't seem to have any presence in your post? What about Sura 8:12, and even the false prophet's marriage to a 6-year-old girl? Boot must really think that's fully acceptable behavior.

Fortunately, the readers replying in the comments aren't fooled by his shameful apologia. But will he ever apologize, and that includes to any apostates who rightfully shun the religion? Probably not.

TRAGEDY IN LIBYA IS ALSO BEGINNING OF ANOTHER WAR FOR AMERICA AND THE WEST

Barry Rubin's written about why the tragedy that took place in Libya - and also in Egypt and Yemen - is just the beginning of another nightmare. Also of note:

What happened in Libya has nothing to do with an obscure video from California, it has everything to do with the question of which side rules Libya. And the relationship of the attacks to the September 11 anniversary was meant to show that the Libyan terrorists supported September 11 and wanted to continue that battle.

An interesting point. The absurd video from California is merely a pathetic excuse the jihadists are using to cover for their wider agendas of hatemongering.

WHO WAS REALLY BEHIND THE MUHAMMED FILM?

The news has been revealed about who the main producer is who filmed "Innocence of Muslims" and posted it to YouTube, or who owns the company that backed it:

THE search for those behind the provocative, anti-Muslim film implicated in violent protests in Egypt and Libya led yesterday to a California Coptic Christian convicted of financial crimes who acknowledged his role in managing and providing logistics for the production.

Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, said in an interview outside Los Angeles that he was manager for the company that produced Innocence of Muslims, which mocked Muslims and the prophet Muhammad and may have inflamed mobs that attacked US missions in Egypt and Libya. He provided the first details about a shadowy production group behind the film.

Mr Nakoula denied he directed the film and said he knew the self-described filmmaker, Sam Bacile. But the mobile phone number that the Associated Press news agency contacted yesterday to reach the filmmaker who identified himself as Sam Bacile traced to the same address near Los Angeles where Mr Nakoula was found. Federal court papers said Mr Nakoula's aliases included Nicola Bacily, Erwin Salameh and others.

Mr Nakoula said he was a Coptic Christian and that the film's director supported the concerns of Christian Copts about their treatment by Muslims.

It's still not clear who the exact maker of the movie is, and come to think of it, it's unclear whether he/she is even Coptic, but while I respect his/her right to speak out against Islamofascism, and they're doing the right thing there, I don't think he/she should be posing as an Israeli as was assumed earlier or even a Copt if they're not.

In any case, the Islamic reaction to the film was completely unjustified and much more of an obscenity and an abomination than the movie itself.

INCOMPETENCE: ONE YEAR AFTER OSAMA'S DEATH AND ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11, OBAMA DID NOT ORDER HIGHER SECURITY AT FOREIGN EMBASSIES

IDIOT.

JUST SAYING. I MEAN REPEATING: MALKIN (VIDEO):

.... four Americans who are dead who were butchered and slaughtered because this administration did not have the foresight to fortify these embassies on the eleventh anniversary of 9/11. And there he is with all of his fanbois and fangirls in Vegas raising money while they scream ‘I love you!’ in the middle of an international crisis.

MOST EXPENSIVE HOME IN BRITAIN BELONGED TO... ARABS, AND IT'S FOR SALE

A mansion overlooking London's Hyde Park that belonged to late Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri is on sale for a British record £300 million ($484 million, 372 million euros), a report said Thursday. 

If it meets its asking price the seven-storey, 45-bedroom home would more than double the previous British house price record of £140 million, the Financial Times said. 

The 60,000-square-foot property includes a large swimming pool, underground parking and several lifts, and is thought to have had its windows bullet-proofed by Hariri, who owned the house until he was assassinated in Beirut in 2005. It was then given to Hariri's business associate Sultan bin Abdulaziz, crown prince of Saudi Arabia, the report said. Abdulaziz died in October.

POST WW2, THE WEST MADE ARABS RICH AND GAVE THEM THEIR OWN COUNTRIES.

WHAT HAVE THE ARABS BUILT SINCE THEN?

HAVENS FOR DESPOTS, TYRANTS, GENOCIDAL MANIACS, MISOGYNISTS, AND 7TH CENTURY THUGS.

WHAT MADE THIS SO?

ISLAM 0 IT'S THE HE FOUNDATION OF THEIR CULTURE.

THE MORE MODERN AND FREE AND PLURALISTIC A MAJORITY-MUSLIM NATION IS, THE LESS ISLAMIST IT IS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE ISLAMIC NATIONS ARE MOVING AWAY FROM PLURALISM AND MODERNITY.

EGYPT, AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON, IRAN, IRAQ, SYRIA, YEMEN, LIBYA - THEY'RE ALL BECOMING MORE BACKWARD AND MORE VIOLENT AND MORE DANGEROUS.

FOR THE SAFETY OF THE FREE WORLD, THEY NEED TO BE QUARANTINED - ISOLATED FROM THE WEST AND THE FREE WORLD:

THROWN OUT OF EVERY GLOBAL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION - INCLUDING THE UN, THE WORLD BANK, THE IMF, AND THE WTO -  AND CUT OFF FROM ALL TRADE AND FINANCING AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE.

THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH MONEY OR A LARGE ENOUGH MILITARY OR STRONG ENOUGH WILL WITHIN THE WEST TO DO TO ISLAMISM WHAT WE DID TO THE SLAVE TRADE.

NOT NOW.

AND NOT EVER - UNLESS AND UNTIL THE UNLEASH WMD'S ON US, I GUESS...

SIGH.

THE EPITOME OF LEFTIST IDIOCY: "THERE'S NO WAR ON TERROR, BUT THERE'S A GOP WAR ON WOMEN!"

SHAMELESSLY STOLEN FROM DENNIS MILLER (VIDEO).

TUESDAY'S EVENTS IN CAIRO AND LIBYA - AND TODAY'S THROUGHOUT THE MUSLIM WORLD - PROVE WE ARE AT WAR WITH YOU-KNOW-WHO, IT'S A REAL WAR.

AND THE "GOP WAR ON WOMEN" IS TOTAL BULLSHIT.

I WISH OBAMA FOUGHT AMERICA'S ENEMIES LIKE HE FOUGHT HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES.

HE DOESN'T.

OBAMA KISSES UP TO IRAN AND RUSSIA AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.

VOTE ACCORDINGLY.

THE DISMAL OBAMA RECORD

ROMNEY IS ALREADY THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA AND LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD

ROMNEY'S PRESSER PROVES THAT ROMNEY IS ALREADY THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD:



MEANWHILE, OBAMA IS NOW PARTYING IN VEGAS WITH BEYONCE.

WHEN HE SHOULD BE DEALING WITH THE "ARAB SPRING" AND THE US ECONOMY.

WHAT A TOOL.

OBAMA: APPEASER IN CHIEF; APOLOGIST IN CHIEF; GOLFER IN CHIEF; FAKER IN CHIEF.

ROMNEY: DE FACTO COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

Obama Presidential Library Submissions

MO' - AND MO' BETTER ONES HERE.

NASA: ANTARCTIC SNOW/ICE GAINS EXCEED ICE SHEET LOSSES

MORE PROOF THAT GLOBAL WARMING IS FNBS (VIDEO AT LINK):

What’s interesting (besides the result) is that the report was prepared by Jay Zwally, whose “ice free Arctic by the end of summer 2012″ prediction is about to be tested in 12 days.   

It also puts the kibosh on GRACE studies that suggested a net loss in Antarctica.

HUH?!: Obama just dispatched 12 F16's to fly over Libya?!?!?!

Did you hear the one about how Obama just dispatched 12 F16's...

... and their gonna drop twenty-25 megatons...

... of pamphlets apologizing.

Just kidding. Sort of.

That's a little different than what Reagan did in 1986 after the disco in Germany was bombed killing a few of our troops.

WE NEED ANOTHER REAGAN, NOT ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF OBAMA!

REMEMBER:

Obama created this whole mess in Libya when he attacked Libya without Congressional approval.

HERE'S HOW GEOFF JOHNS DIDN'T DO REAL RESEARCH

On a comics site called Fanboy Buzz, I found an entry by a contributor who actually lives in Dearbornistan who has the courage to call out Geoff Johns on the dishonesty of the portrait he delivers in the Green Lantern special:

...as a citizen of the town he portrayed in Green Lantern #0, there are very little truths regarding the city of Dearborn in there.

I’ve lived in this town outside of Detroit my entire life, and it was an interesting day on 9/11. On that day, Dearborn Muslims were cheering in the streets. Now, there were probably Muslims who found the actions of Al Qaeda horrific but the majority of the Muslim population in my city was cheering. Now, I found that major detail lacking from the comic which featured the new Green Lantern Simon Baz.

As a White Dearborn resident, I found Johns’ portrayal of us a bit offensive. While I’m sure there’s been racism shown towards them, I can honestly tell readers I have never experienced Muslims being treated that way nor have I participated in such foul behavior. I have some Muslim neighbors, and there have never been any quarrels between any of the other White families and them. I actually have seen our neighbors all get along together quite well, and continue to contribute to the neighborhood.

White Dearborners have actually been nothing but accepting of our Muslim neighbors. Dearborn Public Schools actually teach Arabic to students who are not as accessible in English. A recent federal mandate also has given Dearborn the ability to provide interpreters for Arabic students or parents who do not (or again have trouble speaking) English. I say that’s nothing but generous to the families in this city, and there are no benefits like that given to other racial groups in the city.

My main criticism of Johns was that in portraying a city he grew up near, I would’ve expected him to do more research. I mean he should’ve contacted other members of the community such as White and Black Americans in the city who have also been getting along peacefully. He went to the Arabic American National Museum for research on a city that’s a bit more complex than he realizes I think. [...]

All races get along in Dearborn since I’ve grown up here. We have never had any racial problems like the major city Detroit has. If you ever come back to Dearborn Mr. Johns, please do your homework. I think we would all benefit from that.

But alas, I doubt he will. This story pretty much marks where he's come out into the open about where he stands politically, and is a clear sign of jaw-dropping weakness on his part. He should be really ashamed of himself for going so far to align himself with the Muslim community that he'd even draw such a dishonest picture of what Dearborn is like.

That said, it strikes me as peculiar that this guy implies that Arabs aren't white. They are, and they're just as caucasian as the average white American.

Johns went to the Arab-American National Museum a few days ago, and he said something rather odd while there:

Diversification isn't a new concept in the comic book world, in the 1970's several characters were created during the blaxploitation era that reach most of the decade's pop culture.

Most of comic characters of that era are looked upon poorly by modern audiences. Johns said that he doesn't think Baz will have that type of legacy.

“I'm working with the Arab American Musuem to make sure the scripts are as real and as made up as possible,” he said. “I just don't think that is going to happen. I hope it doesn't happen.

First of all, I'm not sure whether it was Johns, the interviewer or both who said minority members of the 1970s are looked down upon today, but I completely disagree there. Some of them are very good, and had some very good stories provided during that era, like Power Man [and Iron Fist]. And, they were introduced plausibly and in their very own roles too, and still have their legions of fans today. So if he's implied that black heroes of those times are antiquated, I think that's a really dumb thing for him to say. And, as the guy writing for Fanboy Buzz has indicated, the script by Johns is more contrived than real. And after the horrifying massacre at the Libyan and Egyptian embassies yesterday, that even cost the life of US ambassador Christopher Stevens, I'm not sure Baz will find much of a legacy, if at all. We're facing a war with Islamofascism, and this is what he's concerned about coming up with? Sigh.

FOR VIOLATING HIS OATH OF OFFICE, OBAMA SHOULD RESIGN OR BE IMPEACHED

I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute 

the Office of President of the United States, 

and will to the best of my ability,

preserve, protect and defend 

the Constitution of the United States.

BY APOLOGIZING TO THE JIHADISTS WHO ATTACKED OUR EMBASSIES AND MURDERED OUR DIPLOMATS, AND BY DECRYING THE FREE SPEECH OF HIS FELLOW AMERICANS, OBAMA HAS VIOLATED HIS OATH OF OFFICE.

FOR THIS REASON, OBAMA SHOULD RESIGN OR BE IMPEACHED.

THANKS OBAMA: U.S. Incomes Dropped Last Year‏

U.S. Incomes Dropped Last Year, Census Bureau Says 

WASHINGTON — In a fresh sign that the country’s middle class has yet to feel the gains from a weak economic recovery, median household income declined last year to $50,054, a level last seen in 1996, the Census Bureau reported Wednesday. This income measure, adjusted for inflation, was down by 1.5 percent from the previous year. It peaked in 1999, when the median income for American households reached $53,252. 

The drop poses a political challenge for President Obama, as he presents himself as a champion of the middle class and defends his economic stewardship in a tightly fought presidential race. 

OBAMA HAS BEEN A TOTAL FAILURE.

OBAMA'S APPEASEMENT OF JIHADISM INVITED THE MURDER OF OUR DIPLOMATS IN LIBYA

NYTIMES:

Bracing for trouble before the start of the protests here and in Libya, the American Embassy released a statement shortly after noon that appeared to refer to Mr. Jones: 

“The United States Embassy in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims — as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions.” 

It later denounced the “unjustified breach of our embassy.”

BY APPEASING THE TERRORISTS WITH THIS OFFICIAL STATEMENT  - 

(WHICH RETREATED FROM DEFENDING OUR BASIC HUMAN RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH, WHICH RETREATED FROM DEFENDING THE FIRST RIGHT IN OUR SACRED BILL OF RIGHTS) - 

OBAMA AND HILLARY AND THEIR STATE DEPARTMENT AND THE DIPLOMATS SIGNALED TO THE TERRORISTS THAT THEIR TERROR WAS WORKING AND IT INVITED MORE TERROR.

IT DID'T ASSUAGE THE JIHADO-MANIACS, IT ENCOURAGED THEM.

I REMIND YOU ALL THAT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO (FEBRUARY) OBAMA APOLOGIZED FOR AN INCIDENT IN AFGHANISTAN IN WHICH OUR MILITARY DISPOSED OF SOME DAMAGED AND DEFACED KORANS BY BURNING THEM, (AN INCIDENT THAT ALSO LED TO RIOTS AND DEATHS).

THAT APOLOGY - AND OTHERS LIKE IT - INVITED YESTERDAY'S ATTACKS.

• IF REAGAN WAS PRESIDENT AN AIRSTRIKE WOULD BE CALLED IN RIGHT NOW.

OBAMA HAS MERELY "CONDEMNED" THE ATTACK - AND THAT IS NOT NEARLY ENOUGH.

• WE NEED A COMMANDER IN CHIEF, NOT AN APOLOGIST IN CHIEF.

• WE NEED A COMMANDER IN CHIEF, NOT AN APPEASER IN CHIEF.

DOES ANYBODY IN OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION KNOW HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME?

SEEMS LIKE NEITHER HILLARY OR OBAMA ANSWERED THAT 3AM CALL.

WOW: ROMNEY VAULTS TO LEAD IN VIRGINIA

THIS POLL SHOWS HOW THE INDEPENDENTS AND UNDECIDEDS ARE REALLY LINING UP.

A TALE OF TWO 9/11 TWEETS: OBAMA VERSUS ROMNEY

VIA HERE. 

THIS IS OBAMA'S TWEET:

Barack Obamaerified‏@BarackObama 

The election is in 8 weeks. Sign up to volunteer: http://OFA.BO/s3tXFz 

AND THIS IS MITT'S TWEET:

Mitt RomneyVerified‏@MittRomney

On this most somber day, America is united under God in its quest for peace and freedom at home and across the world.

ONLY ONE OF THESE TWO MEN IS FIT TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

THE ISLAMIST SPRING: OBAMA BUILT THAT!

The U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other embassy staff were killed in a rocket attack on their car, a Libyan official said, as they were rushed from a consular building stormed by militants denouncing a U.S.-made film insulting the Prophet Mohammad. 

Gunmen had attacked and burned the U.S. consulate in the eastern city of Benghazi, a center of last year's uprising against Muammar Gaddafi, late on Tuesday evening, killing one U.S. consular official. The building was evacuated.

PROOF OF OBAMA'S COMPLICITY HERE.

THE MASK OF GUY FAWKES IN WIDE DISPLAY IN CAIRO ATTACK ON US EMBASSY

 CAIRO

 CAIRO

 CAIRO

 CAIRO

THE MASK WAS A FAVORITE AMONG THE DEGENERATES OF THE OWS:

USA/OWS

SO IT SHOULD SHOCK NOBODY THAT ONE OF THE LEFTIST LEADERS OF THE CHICAGO TEACHER'S UNION STRIKE COMPARED THE STRIKE TO THE ARAB SPRING - AND THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD THING:

NEWSBUSTERS: On Monday's edition of the Al Sharpton radio show -- titled Keepin' It Real --  Sharpton asked Stacy Davis Gates, the political director of the Chicago Teachers Union, "What does the city need to do to bring this strike to an end?" She announced there was an Arab Spring breaking out in Chicago:

STACY DAVIS GATES: Well, you know what’s interesting Reverend Al, is that this is sort of like an Arab Spring here in Chicago right now.

JUST MORE PROOF THAT THE LEFT AND THE GRAND JIHAD ARE EMOTIONAL AND POLITICAL ALLIES.

AND THE REASON THAT ISLAMISM IS SO DRAMATICALLY ON THE RISE LAST 4 YEARS IS THAT IN 2008 THE USA ELECTED A LEFTIST IN CHIEF WITH A MIDDLE NAME "HUSSEIN" WHO FOR 20 YEARS PRAYED WITH A PREACHER WHO BLAMED THE USA FOR 9/11.