Muslim community gathers to support Fort Hood victims

Damage control or a real attempt at building bridges of understanding. I would suspect both. Many of the muslims donating time and money no doubt do feel ashamed to be linked to the Fort Hood shooter even if only by religion. Like most things islam, there is another part to this story. The group heading this up is well known in the political islam circles, with historic links to radical islamic groups and radical Saudi’s (we can argue if there is another kind later). The suspicions of political damage control cannot be easily dismissed in this case.

By Kelley Dickens
FLINT TOWNSHIP (WJRT) — (11/09/09)–The Muslim community in greater Flint wants to do its part to support the families of those affected by last Thursday’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood.
-I found this article while looking over countless others asking people not to assume just because the shooter was a suspected radical muslim. Or just because he had a history of preaching radical islamic ideology to other muslim solders, or that he expressed to his chain of command that he did not want to fight other muslims that we should not assume that his religion had a part in his sudden attack. I will give into the innocent until proven guilty in a court of law routine because that is the way our legal system works but elimination of the shooters potential motivation based on pattern analysis because some groups feeling might be hurt is cowardly and unnecessary.

The Flint Islamic Center is working together with a national group to raise money for those directly impacted by the Fort Hood tragedy.
-Stated like that it would also include the shooters family.

The CDC WHO Cried Wolf

How can you trust the CDC when they themselves admit that they are no longer testing for Swine Flu, yet offer Bunyanesque “estimates” on the number of Americans infected with the Swine Flu virus?

The Swine Flu Boogeyman
Michael Fumento
Forbes Magazine
Are new cases now in decline?

“The boogeyman will get you!” parents sometimes tell misbehaving children. With about 40% of parents saying “no!” to vaccinating their kids for swine flu, apparently health officials think turnabout is fair play. And the media seem happy to help.

You see it in such headlines as “CDC Shocker: Swine Flu Killing Young People at Record Rate!” And in lines of panicked parents queued outside vaccine clinics like fans trying to score tickets to a Paul McCartney concert. And in schools closing willy-nilly, which could cost the nation tens of billions, according to a recent Brookings Institute study.

Which is so sad, because this boogeyman is not much more substantial than the legendary one. And adding the proverbial insult to injury, parents are told they must get their children vaccines that–because of the shortage and despite Obama administration promises–they can’t get.

As told, the tale does sound scary. Almost a quarter of deaths from swine flu since Sept. 1 have occurred “in young people under the age of 25,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) official Anne Schuchat declared at a press conference. Among cases of seasonal flu, those over 65 account for about 90% of deaths.

What Schuchat didn’t say is that, as tragic as any child’s death always is, in this case they merely represent a disproportionately larger slice of a very small pie. Very few people are dying of swine flu in any age category. Put another way, it’s not that younger people are being slammed but that older ones are catching a break.

Hence among 65,000 college students afflicted with CDC-defined “flu-like illness” seriously enough to seek medical help, according to an American College Health Association running survey, there have been only 123 hospitalizations and zero deaths. That in turn reflects swine flu as a whole, which in the seven months since the outbreak began has apparently killed fewer Americans than normally die every two weeks from “ordinary” flu during the season.

Rupert Murdoch Loses His Mind

Look, I’m all for Capitalism, but Rupert Murdoch is acting like a spoiled little child.  Fact of the matter is that Google brings in more customers than he realizes.  As soon as he defeats Google’s web-bots, he’s going to learn his hard lesson the old fashion way—via the pocketbook.  Can’t say I didn’t try to warn him:

This updates our previous coverage HERE.

News Corp Sites May Be Removed From Google
Monday November 09, 2009
Adam Arnold, Sky News Online

News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch has suggested the company’s online newspaper pages will be invisible to Google users when it launches its new paid content strategy.

He claimed that readers who randomly reach a page via an internet search hold little value to advertisers.

When asked by Sky News Australia’s political editor David Speers why News Corp has not stopped Google from finding its content, Mr Murdoch replied: “I think we will.”

He cited the Wall Street Journal as an example of where only the first paragraph comes up on search engines and is free. Anything after that is subscription-based.

He is planning to make newspapers like The Times and Sunday Times chargeable online.

Using the robots.txt protocol on a site indicates to automated web spiders such as Google’s not to index that particular page or to serve up links to it in users’ search results.

As well as Google, he criticised other sites like Microsoft and Ask.com for also taking a free ride on its content – “the people who just simply pick up everything and run with it – steal our stories … without payment”, he claimed.

He said: “There’s not enough advertising in the world to make all the websites profitable. We’d rather have fewer people coming to our websites but paying.

Fort Hood Attack Could Leave Obama and the Lame Stream Media in the Dust

An interesting observation:

Obama Ignores Terror Threat at His Own Peril
by James Pinkerton
FOXNews.com – November 09, 2009

In the wake of “11/5,” the attack at Fort Hood, Barack Obama faces a tough choice–like it or not.

The 44th president must choose to confront an unpleasant reality, head on–or else it will run him over. The issue is the threat of terrorist violence, here on the homefront.

Terrorism, and the debate over how to respond to terrorism, was the defining issue of the 43rd presidency. And now it’s apparent that Obama, too, will spend the bulk of his presidency confronting terror, from Afghanistan to new battlezones, such as central Texas.

Obama and fellow Democrats would rather, of course, talk about health care. But over the next few years, the Fort Hood shooting is going to be a bigger story, since it is connected to our relations, good and bad, with the entire Islamic world, including nuclear Pakistan and almost- nuclear Iran.

For his sake, and for ours, Obama needs to understand that sometimes even presidents don’t get to decide the agenda — the agenda is decided for him. In such a situation, the question is whether or not the president can adapt to the new era and its new challenges.

So this president needs to launch an aggressive investigation, digging into every aspect of Thursday’s shooting rampage that left 13 dead and dozens injured. How did it happen? Who bears responsibility? And, most importantly, what must we change now? Otherwise, if Obama simply talks about health care and “cap-and-trade” and “don’t ask, don’t tell” and all the other staples of his 2008 agenda, he will be left in the dust by the cyclonic events of 2009 and beyond. And in the wake of the 11/5 shootings, his presidency could be blown away by a whirlwind of damaging leaks, embarrasing reports, and well-justified fears.

Obama will always have his base of support, of course, especially in the media. Taking their cues, as ever, from the siren song of secular liberalism, the Mainstream Media would rather talk about health care, with an occasional digression into gay marriage. As documented by the Media Research Center, MSM reporters are mostly loathe to draw anything other than politically correct conclusions about the religious and ethnic dimensions of the Fort Hood mass murder.

Thus the MSM is likely to be left in the dust by more fearless, more energetic media.

U.S. Intelligence Agencies Knew of Hasan’s Efforts to Contact Al-Qaeda

Quixotic Liberal Multiculturalism will be the death of us yet:

Officials: U.S. Aware of Hasan Efforts to Contact al Qaeda
Army Major in Fort Hood Massacre Used ‘Electronic Means’ to Connect with Terrorists
By RICHARD ESPOSITO, MATTHEW COLE and BRIAN ROSS
Nov. 9, 2009 - ABC News

U.S. intelligence agencies were aware months ago that Army Major Nidal Hasan was attempting to make contact with people associated with al Qaeda, two American officials briefed on classified material in the case told ABC News.

t is not known whether the intelligence agencies informed the Army that one of its officers was seeking to connect with suspected al Qaeda figures, the officials said.

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) said the CIA had, so far, refused to brief the intelligence committees on what, if any, knowledge they had about Hasan’s efforts.

CIA director Leon Panetta and the Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair, have been asked by Congress “to preserve” all documents and intelligence files that relate to Hasan, according to the lawmaker.

Hoekstra said he is “absolutely furious” that the house intel committee has been refused an intelligence briefing by the DNI or CIA on Hasan’s attempt to reach out to al Qaeda, as first reported by ABC News.

Investigators want to know if Hasan maintained contact with a radical mosque leader from Virginia, Anwar al Awlaki, who now lives in Yemen and runs a web site that promotes jihad around the world against the U.S.

Fort Hood Shooter, Nidal Malik Hasan, is Now Conscious

Just thought you all might like to know.

Fort Hood gunman conscious (Extra)
US News – M&C
Nov 9, 2009

Fort Hood, Texas – The US Army psychiatrist accused of opening fire on soldiers at Fort Hood, killing 13 people, was conscious and talking, the Austin American Statesman newspaper reported.

A spokesman at the Brooke Army Medical Centre in San Antonio, Texas, told the newspaper Sunday that Major Nidal Malik Hasan, 39, was responsive. The spokesman was not sure whether Hasan, who was shot four times by base police, was talking with investigators.

Hasan was to have deployed in late November to Afghanistan but had voiced opposition to the war. He reportedly shouted, ‘Allahu Akbar,’ or ‘God is great,’ on Thursday before emptying two handguns – firing more than 100 rounds – at the Texas base’s centre that prepares soldiers for deployment overseas.

Twelve soldiers and one civilian employee were killed in the shooting while 30 people were hospitalized.

Nidal Malik Hasan: Non-Believers Should be Beheaded and Have Boiling Oil Poured Down Their Throats

Obviously, he is a little muzzy-headed about what the Qur’an teaches:

“And say: “The truth is from your Lord.” Then whosoever wills, let him believe, and whosoever wills, let him disbelieve. Verily, We have prepared for the Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers, etc.), a Fire whose walls will be surrounding them (disbelievers in the Oneness of Allah). And if they ask for help (relief, water, etc.) they will be granted water like boiling oil, that will scald their faces. Terrible the drink, and an evil Murtafaqa (dwelling, resting place, etc.)!” – Qur’an 18:29

The big unanswered question is why didn’t anyone stop him before he went on his personal Jihad?  Personally, I think quixotic Liberal Multiculturalism is to blame:

Fort Hood gunman had told US military colleagues that infidels should have their throats cut
Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the gunman who killed 13 at America’s Fort Hood military base, once gave a lecture to other doctors in which he said non-believers should be beheaded and have boiling oil poured down their throats.

By Nick Allen in Fort Hood
Published: 5:00PM GMT 08 Nov 2009 – Telegraph.co.uk

He also told colleagues at America’s top military hospital that non-Muslims were infidels condemned to hell who should be set on fire. The outburst came during an hour-long talk Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, gave on the Koran in front of dozens of other doctors at Walter Reed Army Medical Centre in Washington DC, where he worked for six years before arriving at Fort Hood in July.

Colleagues had expected a discussion on a medical issue but were instead given an extremist interpretation of the Koran, which Hasan appeared to believe.

It was the latest in a series of “red flags” about his state of mind that have emerged since the massacre at Fort Hood, America’s largest military installation, on Thursday.

Hasan, armed with two handguns including a semi-automatic pistol, walked into a processing centre for soldiers deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan, where he killed 13 and injured more than 30.

Fellow doctors have recounted how they were repeatedly harangued by Hasan about religion and that he openly claimed to be a “Muslim first and American second.”

One Army doctor who knew him said a fear of appearing discriminatory against a Muslim soldier had stopped fellow officers from filing formal complaints.

Another, Dr Val Finnell, who took a course with him in 2007 at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Maryland, did complain about Hasan’s “anti-American rants.” He said: “The system is not doing what it’s supposed to do. He at least should have been confronted about these beliefs, told to cease and desist, and to shape up or ship out. I really questioned his loyalty.”

Selena Coppa, an activist for Iraq Veterans Against the War, said: “This man was a psychiatrist and was working with other psychiatrists every day and they failed to notice how deeply disturbed someone right in their midst was.”

One of Hasan’s neighbours described how on the day of the massacre, about 9am, he gave her a Koran and told her: “I’m going to do good work for God” before leaving for the base.

Should U.S. Muslims fear backlash?

By Ronin, 8 Nov 09
Those of us with at least a causal interest in the cult of islam expect to see calls from “moderate” islamic groups to protect muslims after a large attack. Islam protects itself with a massive propaganda shield designed to distract, spin and provide cover and concealment.

The process is well practiced and the spin professionally done. We are already seeing news reports claiming muslims have been attacked, mosques threatened and some of these claims may be true. I heard of a muslim girl on a bus that was choked with her own hajib. In another account, she was laughing about the attack on Fort Hood and was spouting islamic supremacy rhetoric before the attack. It does not matter which version was correct if any. The attack happened, that we know. Why and how will be dealt with.

Now I fully realize I live in the PC world and men like me are considered backwards dinosaurs but I was raised to put women on a pedestal and under no conditions was violence against women allowed. In my day, a boy chocking a girl on a bus would have faced a severe backlash from most of the other boys on the bus. My how things change.

Are the stories true, are muslim Americans getting threatened and picked on? Probably but so are other groups and for a wide verity of reasons. A major difference is found by watching and comparing how these groups react. If members of a different ethnic group for example beat a Mexican American, you do not see a well-oiled machine immediately toss the victim card and demand police protection. You do not see Mexican rights organizations attempt to distance the victim from his/her Mexican heritage. You do not see other Mexicans stand up and point out how the victim was or was not a good, a practicing or a real Mexican. It doesn’t happen because Mexican Americans have no image problem. They do not have to explain away 1400 years of history or the actions of others acting out today.

Islamic spokespersons do all of those things and more; why? Because they have too. Islam has several themes always running in the background, the islam is peace crowd, the virtues and focus on family crowd and my personal favorite the we are the good muslim and they are bad muslims crowd.

With the normal propaganda spin, you see a ramp up after a need is detected. Someone has to deflect attention off islamic doctrine and any role it played in the crisis. The quickest, easiest and already proven method is the victim card. Simply remind other Americans that muslims can be the victim and also fear the crazy bad muslims. Effective as it is simplistic.

Do the numbers show victims? No, there is no backlash; the police reports rarely show an increase in violence after an attack. It did not happen after 9-11 and it is not happening now. Muslims in America are as safe as any other group. The calls for tolerance, respect and protection are smoke and mirrors. A simple distraction and an opportunity to force attention on islam but only on the “positive”. After all, who can refuse to help a potential victim? It would be Un-American.

House Passes Health Care Deform Legislation

Needing 218 votes to pass, HR 3692 was just passed 220-215.

GRRRRRRRR!!!!!

Toby Keith – American Ride

Just a little entertainment for ya’ on a Saturday evening:

Our Dark Overlord FAILS in Honduras!

This is really good news for Democracy and, thankfully, not so much for Obamacracy.  In fact, it is an EPIC FAIL for Obama!!!

Now, remember, Zelaya was impeached by a unanimous vote in Honduras’s  full Congress, but he was a sore loser and the military was forced to physically remove him.  Birds of a red feather flock together, and so, Obama sprang into action to protect his  fellow commie buddy; putting intense pressure on Honduran leadership to re-instate Zelaya.  Well, as the following article demonstrates quite clearly, Obama has wasted untold amounts of time, energy, resources, money, etc., and come up with a big fat zero!  Yup, Obama IS the Zeromeister…

What’s that I hear from the Lame Stream Media?  Sounds like…crickets.  Yes, of course.  You really didn’t expect the LSM  to highlight a failure of such epic proportions by the  Zeromeister, did you?

A nuestros amigos patriótico en Honduras, nos complace felicitarle por su victoria histórica para la Democracia. To the Zeromeister and his Communist buddies, we say,  “Shame on you for trying to bully a democratic people into submitting to your Communist agenda!”

Zelaya Says Honduras Deal Is Off, as Election Nears

By JOSE DE CORDOBA – WSJ

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Friday pulled out of an agreement that was supposed to solve the country’s political crisis, leaving the next moves to voters in a presidential election on Nov. 29 — and to Latin American leaders who will have to decide whether to accept the winner.

“This deal is dead. The other side has failed to uphold their end,” said Mr. Zelaya in a radio interview Friday. His move followed the Honduran Congress’s failure to vote this week on reinstating him.

Mr. Zelaya and the interim government, led by President Roberto Micheletti, agreed a week ago to create a government of national unity and let the country’s Congress decide on the issue of Mr. Zelaya’s return to office, which has been the central issue of the crisis since he was removed on June 28.

In return, the U.S., in what was a policy turnaround, said it would recognize this month’s election even if Congress didn’t return Mr. Zelaya to power, and would lift economic sanctions Washington had placed on Honduras, one of the hemisphere’s poorest countries.

[Yeah, that's the ticket, it was just a "policy turnaround."   LOL!]

After Mr. Zelaya’s statement Friday, a U.S. State Department spokesman said the U.S. didn’t consider the agreement to be dead. “Both sides need to return to the table and negotiate the formation of a national unity government,” the spokesman said.

[Yup, no surprise that the Commies in Washington are always trying to keep that spark of Hopey Change alive...]

Mr. Zelaya made his intention to withdraw from the agreement obvious late Thursday when he didn’t submit a list of candidates for a unity government. Earlier, Mr. Micheletti’s cabinet ministers had tendered their resignations to pave the way for the new government. On Friday morning, U.S. diplomats made a last-ditch, failed attempt to get Mr. Zelaya to submit names, according to a person close to the negotiations.

U.S. officials had hoped that Honduras’s Congress would reinstate Mr. Zelaya until his term ends in January in order to secure widespread international recognition for the election. But as days passed, it became clear Honduras’ Congress was in no mood for a quick return of the controversial leader. It put off a vote and said it would wait for decisions on the legality of Mr. Zelaya’s restitution from the country’s Supreme Court and other institutions.

A Report From a Health Care Deform Protester

AZ_Conservative sent us this comment which was posted at Sipsey Street Irregulars:

Anonymous said…

November 6, 2009 8:37 AM

I was also there, this gentleman beat me to the mail I’d planned to send.

I kept fuming as each successive speaker droned on about “cost” and etc, to the point I finally yelled “IT’S THE **CONSTITUTION**, STUPID!” It’s not about “health” or even “care” – it’s about POWER! How many would dare speak against the regime knowing THEY get to decide whether you live or die?

I had a hard time concentrating on the speakers because I just couldn’t stop focusing on some other things.

I counted 11 snipers on the roof of the end of the Capitol building nearest where I was standing. I found it hard as hell to listen knowing I was in someone’s crosshairs.

I made a point of pointing this out to as many sheeple as possible: “You want to know what they think of you? Count the snipers on the roof right there.”

What was truly amazing to me was the number — all — who reacted in total horror and hadn’t even noticed them. Total “condition white.”

There was a large part of the crowd who decided to go across the street to the Cannon/Rayburn/Etc buildings to visit their Reps’ office. I didn’t even try because… well… Let’s just say I wasn’t going to submit to the metal-detector and leave it at that… M-kay?

I had a seat on a low wall across the street and waited for the crowd to thin a bit.

While waiting, I saw some very interesting things…

First, an ambulance came screaming up the street. When it stopped, several very healthy-looking well-dressed men in black suits poured out of the back and hustled down the street. Best-dressed EMTs I ever saw, and “when did they start carrying their EMT gear inside their coats? If I didn’t know better I’d think those were sub-machine guns!

They went down the block and into a well-guarded side-entrance into the building. In case my sarcasm is too thick this morning, these were SS or military men using an ambulance for “cover.”

Next we saw several people bodily carried out of the building by the local jackboots, including a priest in-collar who had to have been pushing 90 years old. The crowd, naturally, was a bit unhappy about this.

What was especially striking was that these folks who were carried out were tossed into the back of the aforementioned ambulance – now surrounded by more uniformed thugs which had descended like insects on a fresh carcass.

After a bit, a half-dozen of the DC Jack-boots showed at the door, each carrying a dozen or more sets of zip-cuffs, and fanned out to block the entrance. Most of the sheeple headed off at this point – the thugs’ intimidation tactics having done their job.

Muslim lies seen on this and every other blog

Muslim lies seen on this and every other blog

By Ronin, 7 Nov 09.
This started as a counter to a comment by one of our muslim visitors, I decided to use it as a teaching point instead. The commenter started with pointing out that America had helped the taliban and osama. One was true one not. America helped the forefathers of the taliban and the part about helping osama was true. We also currently help radical muslims in conflict with other radical muslims hunt down their enemy and kill them. We do this in surprisingly high numbers.

The American policy caused anything excuse is just the typical muslim oranges vs apple argument without merit. I was one of the Americans helping Afghan’s against the Evil Soviets. I am still sorry about that but I digress. At the time, the USA followed the old the enemy of my enemy is my friend school of foreign policy. We (the US) still do this all over the world, backing tyrants over those that seek freedom. Our government also backs extremist forms of government over those screaming out for democracy. As a nation we are contestant, we back both extremist individuals and methods of population control, when it fits our current political will. If America had to face a heavenly deity and face judgment our defense of our actions would also be limited to an apple vs oranges comparison and amount to “but God, we helped more people than we hurt:. I’m sure a heavenly host would see right through that excuse.

American foreign policy failures aside, reality is simple and the history of islam as recorded by and taught to muslims is clear. Islam has been a violent death cult since mohammed invented it. Nothing is mohammed’s life or in the history of islam itself was caused by American foreign policy failures. From an outsiders view a comparison of past and current actions by people of the islamic faith, I see no discernable difference. Like America, islam is consistent.

Every time anything related to islam hits the news and even a hint of scandal follows it, muslims are quick to use the opportunity to attempt damage control. We here at the blog expect to see all the common themes used: he/she was against islam/not a true “muslim”/ it was caused by America/the Jews/foreign policy/ the actual list exceeds the bandwidth of this site. Here is the easy way to tell whose fought it was when a muslim acts out. Think of it as the muslim is innocent and everyone else is to blame. The old “victim card”, is a common excuse and seen as often as my personal favorite of a muslim pointing out the non muslim parishioners of islam. Let me clear this up-anyone that profess to follow the teaching of mohammed is a muslim. Any title added to that is just window dressing. In addition, no other muslim gets to pick who is and who is not a member of their faith. I would accept arguments as to why or why not they are a good or bad muslim. Even those arguments are subjective and unless the muslim making the call has documentation from a respected islamic educational institution and authority to license other muslims as good and bad muslims it amounts to nothing more than personal opinion.

There are as many excuses for the crimes of islam as their are muslims but I wanted to pointout the most commonly seen. I should also remind everyone that passive support is still support, and judge by actions and not words when dealing with destructive cults.

Barney “the Gay Dinosaur” Frank Present When His ‘Partner’ Was Arrested For Possessing and Cultivating Marijuana

Oh, with all the crazy stuff he has been doing, you just know that old Barney has been sneaking out and smoking something a little stronger than just a cigar…

It should also be pointed out that Barney Frank is the author of a medical marijuana bill that would end all prosecution of ANY persons who use marijuana.

Barney Frank present during marijuana bust
Alison Bologna

BOSTON (FOX25, myfoxboston) – FOX25 has learned that Congressman Barney Frank was present during a marijuana arrest at James Ready’s home in Ogunquit, Maine.  Ready is well-known for his relationship with Congressman Frank.

According to a police report, police charged Ready with marijuana possession, cultivation and use of drug paraphernalia in August of 2007.  Ready admitted to civil possession and paid a fine.  The remaining charges were dismissed in 2008.

Sources tell FOX25 that when Frank was questioned he told police that he did not live in the house and that he only smoked cigars.

Congressman Frank tells FOX25 that he was surprised and disappointed with what police found.  He also tells us that he wouldn’t recognize a marijuana plant if he saw one because he is, “not a great outdoorsman,” and ,”wouldn’t recognize most plants.”

LIAR!!!!!!!  The guy wrote a freakin’ bill that legalizes pot, and he has the audacity to claim he doesn’t know what a marijuana plant looks like?  Give me break!

Computers and records seized at ACORN offices in Louisiana

My computer was copied and returned by the FBI once (do not ask). In my case, I was innocent of any wrong doings and actually enjoyed the novelty of it all. In ACORN’s case, a similar outcome is doubtful.

6 Nov, 09, (AP)
New Orleans, Investigators are searching the New Orleans offices of the activist group ACORN in connection with embezzlement and tax fraud allegations.
-Before I say “good job” and “go get um G-man” I should remind the feds of other easier to prove tax cheats. I seem to remember a rash of political thieves, liars and elitists that had to admit that they “forgot” to pay their own pesky taxes. Arrest those a-holes and I will be glad to contribute to the FBI retirement fund. Hmm could that be considered a bribe?

Obama Has Spoken: Don’t Jump to Any Conclusions

Really?  Did I miss something, here?  I mean, isn’t Obama the same guy who jumped to conclusions and fallaciously accused cops of being racists and for acting “stupidly?”  Shall I remind Obama of his own words?

“Now, I don’t know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that.  But I think it’s fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home; and, number three, what I think we know separate and apart from this incident is that there’s a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. That’s just a fact.”

Okay, let’s look at some facts:

Nidal Malik Hasan, who is currently in a coma and is expected to live, is described by his friends and family as a devout, lifelong Muslim who prays once a day, seven days a week.

He didn’t want to go to Afghanistan and fight the Islamic Terrorists.

The morning of the incident, he was busy handing out copies of the Qur’an and proselytizing.

He is quoted as saying, “Muslims had the right to rise up and attack Americans.”

He praised Muslim suicide bombers.

So, is it too much to conclude that he obviously doesn’t want to kill fellow Muslims, only fellow Americans?

Sounds like Sudden Jihad Syndrome to me…

Obama: ‘Dont’ Jump to Conclusions’ on Fort Hood Shooting
Fox News

[...]

In the wake of the deadliest mass shooting at a U.S. base, President Obama on Friday cautioned against jumping to conclusions on the motive of the suspect.

“We don’t know all the answers yet and I would caution against jumping to conclusions until we have all the facts,” Obama said on the White House lawn.

[...]

Obama to Sign Bill Extending Unemployment Benefits by 20 Weeks

This is just crazy.

I guess this is what they mean by a “jobless recovery:”  Give money to the unemployed; they will continue to be able to spend money to help keep the economy artificially inflated, which will keep businesses going so that they can hire more workers…

Interesting “trickle up” theory.  However, it forgets one basic fact of human nature:  Laziness.  If you are going to pay someone to just sit at home, what do you think they are going to do?  Look for a job?  Not likely!  Sure, a percentage of them will be self-motivated individuals who will continue to look for a decent job, but the lion’s share of them will just sit at home and collect unemployment, only to start looking for work when their unemployment check is finally about to run out.  Of course, by that time, the unemployment rate will have continued to climb and Congress will probably extend the unemployment benefits, yet again;  The vicious cycle begins anew.

Also, even though your Congresscritters and Senators aren’t saying it, this IS another “Stimulus.” Take note of how your Representatives voted.    Odds are, they voted for it.  As for your Senators, they ALL voted for it:

Obama to Sign Bill Extending Homebuyer Credit, Jobless Benefits

By Brian Faler

Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama is set to sign into law a bill that extends $8,000 tax credits for first- time homebuyers and unemployment benefits.

The measure also provides tax refunds to money-losing companies.

The House approved the legislation yesterday on a 403-12 vote; the Senate passed it 98-0 on Nov. 4. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Obama will sign the bill today, the same day the Labor Department is slated to release an update on the nation’s jobless rate.

The measure extends until April 30 the homebuyers tax credit that would otherwise expire at the end of this month.

“The homebuyers’ credit has helped pave the way for stabilization in the housing market and contributed to three consecutive months of rising home prices,” said Representative Jim McDermott, a Washington Democrat. “Its extension will continue to make homeownership more affordable and bring confidence to a housing market and economy that remain fragile.”

The jobless will get as many as 20 additional weeks of unemployment assistance, depending on where they live.

Companies will be given expanded ability to apply losses to previous years’ income, allowing them to qualify this year for $33 billion in tax refunds, according to Congress’s Joint Committee on Taxation. The legislation also includes a tax break to help victims of Bernard Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme.

The bill, the first major expansion of provisions in February’s stimulus package, is estimated to funnel $45 billion into the economy in the 2010 fiscal year.

Unemployment Hits 10.2 Percent!

Remember when Obama was selling his Trojan Horse Stinkulus Package and said that if Congress passed it—which they did, of course—unemployment would not go above 8 percent, but if Congress did nothing, unemployment would reach a whopping  *gasp* 9.2 percent?

Well, I think we could have  saved some jobs and saved ourselves about a trillion dollars if Congress had done nothing:

Jobless rate tops 10 pct. for first time since ‘83
Unemployment rate tops 10 percent for first time since 1983; 190,000 jobs lost in October
By Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer
Friday November 6, 2009 – via Yahoo Finance News

WASHINGTON (AP) — The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 — and is likely to go higher.

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The Labor Department said Friday that jobless rate rose to 10.2 percent, the highest since April 1983, from 9.8 percent in September. The economy shed a net total of 190,000 jobs in October, less than the downwardly revised 219,000 lost in September, but more than economists expected.

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Economists say the unemployment rate could climb as high as 10.5 percent next year because employers remain reluctant to hire.

Counting those who have settled for part-time jobs or stopped looking for work, the unemployment rate would be 17.5 percent, the highest on records dating from 1994.

“It’s not a good report,” said Dan Greenhaus, chief economic strategist for New York-based investment firm Miller Tabak & Co. “What we’re seeing is a validation of the idea that a jobless recovery is perfectly on track.”

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Yeah, “a jobless recovery is perfectly on track.”  Way to spin it, buddy!  LOL!  What a load of crap!

Fort Hood Shooter Shouted “Allah Akbar!”

Go to the 1:29 mark on the video:

Interesting how the media and the government is trying to cover this up…

 

Israel Seizes Weapons Shipment From Iran to Hezbollah…With Love

Over 3,000 rockets of various types, some grenades, some ammo, etc., etc.   Of course, Obama and the Lame Stream Media are oddly silent…

H/T – Teach5

CLICK HERE for more info from Power Line Blog

Paying respects to a fallen warrior

I was out near MacDill AFB earlier today, an old buddy called to let me know that a fallen warrior from the greater Tampa area would be brought in and people were allowed to show respect along side of the road on the route the hearse would take.

This took place prior to the news of the attacks on Fort Hood. I am sure the fallen warriors there will also be remembered but I wanted to give Army Specialist. Eric Lembke his due respect and a heart felt thank you, he has earned it.

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY (Bay News 9) — A plane carrying the body of 25-year-old Army Spc. Eric Lembke arrived at Macdill AFB Thursday afternoon followed by a procession to the funeral home.

Dozens of people gathered near the spot known as Patriots Corner on Bayshore Blvd. to pay their respects.
-There were thousands more on the base showing respect, lined up from the airfield to the gate. BTW, members of the Bayshore patriots line up at Patriots Corner on Bayshore Blvd every Friday to honor our military, rain or shine, hot or cold. They have stood their vigil for years.

Investigators Suspect Suicide in Case of Dead Kentucky Census Worker

Well, this is all preliminary and open to speculation, but, if he did commit suicide, then I guess there’s no limit to what some will do to make the Right look like a bunch of psycho killers.

This updates our previous coverage HERE.

Officials doubt census worker killed because of his job
5 November, 2009 – Fox41

Investigators probing the death of a Kentucky census worker found hanging from a tree with the word “fed” scrawled on his chest increasingly doubt he was killed because of his government job and are pursuing the possibility he committed suicide, law enforcement officials said Thursday.

Two officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case, said no final conclusions have been made in the case. In recent weeks, however, investigators have grown more skeptical that 51-year-old Bill Sparkman died at the hands of someone angry at the federal government.

The officials said investigators continue to look closely at suicide as a possible cause of Sparkman’s death for a number of reasons. There were no defensive wounds on Sparkman’s body, and while his hands were bound with duct-tape, they were still somewhat mobile, suggesting he could have manipulated the rope, the officials said.

Sparkman’s naked body was found Sept. 12 hanging from a tree yet in contact with the ground in a remote patch of the Daniel Boone National Forest near Manchester, Ky.

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Developing: Multiple Shootings at Fort Hood, TX

Details are still sketchy.  I’ll update when more information becomes available.

Of course, that hasn’t stopped CNN from already jumping in and assigning this to the “post traumatic stress disorder” file.  I find that a little odd, as there are clearly multiple shooters involved.  I don’t think I’ve ever heard of two or three shell-shocked servicemen going nuts at the same time and opening fire on others.  One, I’ll buy, but two or more?  CNN’s theory just doesn’t make sense.

UPDATE 1 – AP is reporting that Obama has been briefed on the developments.  Seems to me that this is something more than a simple case of post traumatic stress disorder, else the White House wouldn’t have felt compelled to release that tidbit of information.

UPDATE 2 – Memaw informed us that the FBI is saying that this is not terrorism related.  Then what is it?  A Man Caused Disaster, perhaps?

UPDATE 3 – Memaw just telephoned saying that Obama will be addressing the Nation about this at 5:00 pm EST.  I guess Obama wants to cut into Glenn Beck’s time slot, or something.  I mean, if it’s not terrorist related, then that would be a little odd, don’t you think?

UPDATE 4 – Memaw telephoned again to say that the perpetrators ARE military members.  Sounds to me like this is a little more involved than someone just suddenly snapping.  Obviously, they thought this out and planned it in advance.  I am real curious to find out their motives.

UPDATE 5 – Cavmom, in Texas, has been emailing updates to us all afternoon long.  She is saying that there are 3 individuals involved at 3 different locations.  One shooter was killed by local police.  She also adds, “This is not a rampage but premeditated and cowardly murder.”

UPDATE: 6, I am getting reports from the base, the shooter was a muslim Major, serving in the Army

Update 7: The lockdown continues but you can move on base if you are going to give blood, call the MP’s first, let them know where you are going. Those of you that can, please give at Carl R. Darnell Army Medical Center. The rest can support the effort by giving locally from Killeen to as far as Waco almost all hospitals are taking donations. The rest of us can give tomorrow and help support those that support us.

Show the world how Americans face tragedy.

Multiple Shootings at Fort Hood
Nov 05, 2009 2:30 PM CST – Central Texas Now

KCEN has confirmed a mass shooting on Fort Hood in Killeen.

There are now reports of a third shooter who has opened fire on Fort Hood. One policeman is down.

So far there are 7 people reported dead, and 12 wounded. There are also reports of two different crime scenes.

One person is in custody. One person is still on the lose.

There are unconfirmed reports that one of the shooters is surrounded by police in the 42006 building on Fort Hood. That source tells KCEN the shooter has a high-powered rifle and is aiming to kill.

Killeen ISD says all Fort Hood schools are on lockdown.

Temple ISD is on a “soft” lockdown. Parents will be able to pick their children up at the normal times, though they may experience delays.

Minority Leader Boehner Pulls a Major Boner

No wonder we have so many problems in Washington!

The fun begins at the 2:29 mark on the video:

Boehner mixes up Constitution and Declaration
Glenn Thrush – November 05, 2009 – Politico

House Minority Leader John Boehner was fired up and ready to go at the Tea Party rally today.

He even held up his pocket copy of the Constitution, pledging to “stand here with our Founding Fathers, who wrote in the pre-amble: ‘We hold these truths to be self evident …”

Oops.

That would be the pre-amble to the Declaration of Independence that he’s reading.

The pre-amble to the Constitution (some of us can still sing the Schoolhouse Rock version):

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

Asked about the mixup, Boehner spokesman Michael Steel shot back: “Both texts are vital to the liberty beloved by every American.”

Glenn Beck Recovering from Surgery

Glenn Beck had a ruptured appendix and was operated on yesterday.  We wish him good luck and Godspeed in recovering.

For those of you Libtards who were hoping he would drop dead, sorry to disappoint you; maybe you’ll have better luck next time, when you finally force him to get socialized health care…

 

Senate Blocks Proposal Requiring Citizenship Statement in 2010 Census Form

Gee, I wonder why the Senate would want to block that?  It wouldn’t have anything to do with letting more Commies into the House, now would it?

Senate blocks census US-citizenship question

Nov 5 2009
By ANDREW TAYLOR
Associated Press – via Breitbart

WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Democrats have blocked a GOP attempt to require next year’s census forms to ask people whether they are a U.S. citizen.

The proposal by Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter was aimed at excluding immigrants from the population totals that are used to figure the number of congressional representatives for each state. Critics said Vitter’s plan would discourage immigrants from responding to the census and would be hugely expensive. They also said that it’s long been settled law that the apportionment of congressional seats is determined by the number of people living in each state, regardless of whether they are citizens. A separate survey already collects the data.

[Yes, but that separate data is NOT used to determine the number of seats in the House; the Census alone determines that.]

The plan fell after a 60-39 procedural vote made it ineligible for attachment to a bill funding the census.

Kerry-Boxer Climate Bill Pushed Through Committee Without Republican Involvement

So much for all that bi-partisan hopey-changey BS.

When Obama prostitutes America during the U.N.’s Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, do you really think the Senate will be able and willing to stop it?

Boxer Goes Nuclear on Climate Bill
Marc Sheppard – American Thinker

In an unprecedented show of partisan arrogance, the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee just sent S. 1733 (the Kerry-Boxer climate bill) to the floor of the Senate with not a single Republican member present.

As EPW procedural rules prohibit modifications or amendments to bills short the attendance of at least 2 minority members, the bill was reported out as written, with no amendments considered or debated.  And, while many Democrats lamented that limitation during their speeches, all but one — Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont) — voted to nonetheless move the bill ahead.

Republicans have refused to attend the markup proceedings over the past few days, demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provide an updated cost analysis prior to markup.  But Committee chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has repeatedly insisted that the cost differences between the Senate bill and the House bill — already analyzed by the EPA — would be proven to be nominal, and that EPA remodeling would be a waste of taxpayer’s dollars.

Democrats worried about wasting taxpayer dollars?  Nonsense.

This is about a ticking alarm clock.

The number of Americans now buying into the politically-tainted junk science on which this bill is based has dropped from 47% to 36% in the past year alone.   And that waning number will make it increasingly difficult to pass what amounts to an enormous and needless exercise in national (and finally international) wealth destruction and redistribution. Particularly if the voting spills over to next year – an election year.

And it was no coincidence that Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) mentioned Copenhagen in his speech this morning. While the treaty is all but dead, Liberals know that no international treaty stands a chance short the American legislation needed to flush China and India from cover.

It’ll be interesting to see how the so-called moderates in both parties react to this unprecedented declaration of ideological war.

Sen. Burris Invents New U.S. Constitution

There’s just NO excuse for this type of idiocy!   He doesn’t deserve to be a Senator!  Vote this guy out of office!!!

Sen. Burris Cites Unwritten Constitutional ‘Health’ Provision to Justify Forcing Americans to Buy Health Insurance
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
By Nicholas Ballasy, Video Reporter

(CNSNews.com) – When asked by CNSNews.com what specific part of the Constitution authorizes Congress to mandate that individuals must purchase health insurance, Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) pointed to the part of the Constitution that he says authorizes the federal government “to provide for the health, welfare and the defense of the country.”  In fact, the word “health” appears nowhere in the Constitution.

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CLICK HERE to watch the video.

Allah is not good enough to share with Christians

Although many Muslims and some Christians do claim that “Allah” and “God” are one and the same; they are wrong. The issue is much bigger than one single deity and the Trinity. A simple comparison of the message taught by the Islamic and Christian prophets quickly exposes major differences in doctrine. Vengeance is Gods alone and orders to believers to murder those that insult “Allah.” Seems simple to me, two messages-two different deities. Many other examples of opposite messages can be found but proof can also be found outside of the historical texts. Simply compare actions and not words of believers. Do not stop with one or two examples; search other similar notions.  Are the actions of followers consistent?

Do both ideologies support a global criminal network, encourage slavery, attacks on non-believers and order followers to fight to the death if necessary? Clearly, believers are following what they feel is the correct path, but unless the heavenly host had a bad tendency to change his mind or had different rules for different groups the most likely explanation is that the believers are followed competing deities.

JULIA ZAPPEI, 04 Nov, 09 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The Malaysian government has refused to release 10,000 Bibles confiscated for using the word “Allah” to refer to God, a banned translation in Christian texts in this Muslim-majority country, an official said Wednesday.
-The use of Allah could cause muslims to falsely believe both ideologies did follow one deity. If that concept spreads then it follows that muslims could pick which prophet’s example to follow, old mohammad or Jesus. Since mohammed was a simple prophet and Jesus was one with God, then he really out ranks a simple tribal warlord and would be superior to mohammed. Can’t have that concept spreading can we?
An official from the Home Ministry’s publications unit said the government rejected pleas by church officials to allow the Bibles, imported from Indonesia, into the country. Christians say the Muslim Malay-dominated government is violating their right to practice their religion freely.

Such religious disputes are undermining Malaysia’s reputation as a harmonious multiethnic, moderate Muslim nation. About 30 percent of the country’s 28 million people practice Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism or other faiths.
-We can skip the lie of Malaysian tolerance and focus on what this article does not say. Who made the decision to confiscate these Bibles? Was it done for political or religious reasons? Is this the first time this has happened? Have other Islamic nations committed similar acts?

A Home Ministry official said the government told the importer last month to return the Indonesian-language Bibles, which are still with customs.

“Actually the publications, the Bibles are already banned,” said the official, refusing to elaborate. He declined to be named because he is not authorized to make public statements.

3 Self Defense Updates

HPD: Homeowner shoots, kills intruder in Galleria-area condo
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
By Allison Triarsi – KHOU 11 News

HOUSTON – An intruder was shot to death by a homeowner Wednesday morning in a Galleria-area condominium complex, police said.

It happened around 3 a.m. at a gated complex in the 2500 block of Augusta near Westheimer.

According to investigators, a homeowner said he woke up to the sounds of someone crashing through his front door.

As he saw a figure walk into his bedroom, the man said he grabbed his shotgun and opened fire.

Police said soon after, the man realized he knew the person he’d shot.

Police said the suspect had the homeowner’s laptop lying next to him, indicating he may have been in the process of robbing the home when he was killed.

Neighbors said nothing like this has happened in their quiet complex in ten years.

The incident is still under investigation.

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Police: Man shoots burglar twice at north St. Louis home
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
11/02/2009

ST. LOUIS — A man shot and critically wounded a suspected burglar he caught in his garage early today at a home in north St. Louis, police say.

The shooting happened at 4:10 a.m. Monday in the 1500 block of Switzer Avenue.

Police say a man, 41, was sleeping in his home when he heard someone come into his garage. He went to investigate and found the burglar, police say.

The homeowner shot the burglar twice in the chest, police say. The wounded man, whom police have not identified, was taken to an area hospital in critical and unstable condition.

Police say the homeowner had the necessary permit for his gun.

The St. Louis Police Department’s homicide detectives are investigating.

Woman Shoots Burglar
11/02
SanDiego6

SAN DIEGO – A suspected burglar was arrested Monday after he kicked down an apartment door in Oak Park, prompting a woman inside to shoot the intruder, police said.

The suspect was arrested after he turned up overnight at Paradise Valley Hospital with a graze wound, San Diego police Sgt. David Jennings said.

He and another suspect, who got away empty handed, banged on the woman’s door in the 6400 block of College Grove Drive around 10:20 p.m. Sunday, the sergeant said.

The woman said the men were yelling at her to let them in as she stood on a balcony. When she refused, they began kicking the door, prompting her to get a shotgun, according to Jennings.

She fired two shots, Jennings said.

Detectives were investigating whether the woman and the men knew each other.

There were some things said that didn’t quite add up, Jennings said. The incident remains under investigation.