Al-Azhar wants Pope Francis to declare Islam peaceful

Jihad Watch  "This bizarre demand is not coming from some fringe element: Al-Azhar is the foremost, most prestigious and influential Islamic institution among Sunni Muslims. It could go much farther to establish Islam as a peaceful religion by acting against Muslims who commit acts of violence and justify them by referring to Islam's texts and teachings. It could act against the escalating Muslim persecution of Christians in Egypt and elsewhere. But it is easier to demand what would be a meaningless (and false) statement from a foremost Christian leader -- a statement that would unmistakeably be a sign of submission.
" "Mending Vatican ties: Al-Azhar wants pope to declare Islam peaceful," from Arab News, June 8 (thanks to all who sent this in):"....

Alan Caruba; It's a Matter of Distrust

Warning Signs  It's a Matter of Distrust
“ 'If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.” – Barack Obama, August 28, 2006"

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"While the revelations about government scandals continue, there will be a continuing erosion of trust. At some point it will reach critical mass and one can only hope the forthcoming 2014 midterm elections will set in motion a reversal and permit power in both the Senate and House to be returned to true conservatives.

"We can survive a President who has foisted Obamacare on us, who has weakened our nation’s position in the world, and who has failed to put our economy on a path to renewed prosperity."

 

Related post: Mounting controversies are all about trust  ...."Obama has waning opportunities to turn it around. He's halfway through his fifth year, and with midterm elections next fall, there's no time to waste.
If he can't convince the American people that they can trust him, he could end up damaging the legacy he has worked so hard to control and shape - and be remembered, even by those who once supported him, as the very opposite of the different type of leader he promised to be."

White House and the press, blood kin

Hat tip to Nan Thompson

On the IRS

Remember when they used to be called "Bureau of Internal Revenue"? They changed the name to "service" to make it less, well, intimidating.

Five IRS Scandal Myths " “Rogue agents,” apolitical targeting, and a limited time frame? Not so fast."
"The Obama administration and its defenders have done their best to downplay the IRS’s targeting of conservative groups, and to distance the president from the scandal. But in doing so they have made numerous claims that have that turned out to be grossly misleading — at best."

 Were a pro-marriage group and its donors targeted by IRS employees?
"What makes NOM’s case unusual is this: The National Organization for Marriage has been operating as a nonprofit since 2008, so, as Eastman points out, it is not like the dozens or hundreds of conservative groups whose applications for tax-exempt status after Obama became president have led to invasive questioning, home visits, and audits. Rather, when it comes to IRS abuse, NOM is in a league of its own: As-yet-unknown IRS personnel may have dug into the records of NOM specifically and leaked confidential tax documents to its principal political opponent."
...."Phillips was able to isolate the layers and expose beneath the white box a hidden document identification number, 100560209."

 -- A self-described conservative Republican who is a manager in the Internal Revenue Service office that targeted tea party groups told investigators that he, not the White House, set the review in motion  According to a Democrat source, Rep. Elijah Cummings, who stated, "He is a conservative Republican working for the IRS. I think this interview and these statements go a long way to what's showing that the White House was not involved in this,".
And General Rommel committed suicide to save his family from Hitler's revenge.

Cummings Claims IRS Scandal Has Been ‘Solved’   It's all over and finished, folks. Move on now, nothing more to see here. This investigation needs to end.

Arguing that the congressional investigation into the IRS should be concluded, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings said Sunday that closed-door interviews with the agency’s staff show neither the White House nor officials in Washington had a hand in targeting conservative groups for added scrutiny.

...."Besides, even if the White House was not directly involved, how does that mean the case is solved? What this shows is that Cummings is solely concerned with protecting Obama."

10 Incredible, Modern Day Photos Of Where Your Favorite Movies And TV Shows Were Filmed

Buzzfeed  "Christopher Moloney is a photographer who visits the real world locations of memorable films and shows. More of his stunning re-creations of those scenes can be found on his blog; these are republished with his permission. "

6. The Dark Knight Rises

More here.

 

City of San Francisco funds religious place of worship

Thomas Lifson  "Perhaps you, like me, assumed that the City of San Francisco, California would avoid any governmental sponsorship of a particular religion, and would never house a place of worship of a specific religion on its own property. And if such government sponsorship ever came to light, you would be certain that the ACLU and the atheist activists would raise their voices in protest.

"But not when it comes to Islam.

"The San Francisco Chronicle's investigative duo Matier and Ross tell us:"....

San Francisco Airport uses public money to construct prayer space for Muslims 
"The top comment (as of this writing) on this SFGate sums up the main problem with this: "So we have to remove any reference to god from the pledge of allegiance, federal court houses, federal buildings, and who knows where or what else? Yet we can build Muslims a place to bathe in a federal airport so they can also pray on federal airport property? What the $&@? are we doing? The same group of people who are telling us that the Koran tells some of them to kill innocent people, even their own women and children?" " 

So this is what " fundamentally transforming the United States of America” looks like

 

From 2008: “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America”  "Remember, Senator Obama himself told us that words matter in his “Just Words” speech on February 19, 2008 (see the YouTube of this speech here).  So are they just words Senator Obama?  Fundamentally transforming?  Just words? or words we should investigate and understand their meaning.  Seems like you told us words matter, so we’ll go ahead and investigate these words."

 This crowd is what is meant by "useful idiots"

In 2011, Slate called these words nothing but political "boilerplate". Still think so?

Metacafe says, "You asked for, and now you have it, the transformation of your once great Republic into a country where the State is the all powerful force that controls almost every aspect of your life from cradle to grave. In fact with their new healthcare plan they'll even hasten your entry into your grave by denying you care if they deem you not worthy of it because of your age and your lack of usefulness to the collective."

Morning Bell: Do You Trust This Administration?

Heritage  "The Obama Administration has a few problems. From Benghazi to the IRS to the phone records of journalists and everyday Americans, it’s not difficult to call up a scandal with investigations pending in Washington.

"So immigration reform makes for a nice distraction.

"In his weekly address on Saturday, President Obama called immigration reform “an issue that the vast majority of Americans want addressed.” "

"This sounds like wishful thinking on his part, considering that unemployment is stuck at 7.6 percent and Americans consistently say that the economy is their No. 1 concern." (Emphases in the original)