The highs and lows of the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. (Updated)

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Slate   "C-SPAN's host sought a bit of clarification from one caller: "Now, you refer to the rally as a concert, so do you think it's political or do you think it's entertainment?" She replied, correctly, "Yeah." "

Stewart-Colbert ‘Sanity’ Rally Hosted By Radical Muslim Singer Yusuf Islam…"The event sought in part to be a counterpoint to the “Restoring Honor” rally in August by Glenn Beck, the Fox News commentator popular among conservatives and tea party supporters. Beck’s rally, which had strong religious overtones, drew some protests from civil rights supporters."


The Stewart/Colbert Shark Jumping Contest "Aside from the smug sanctimony oozing from these alleged comedians, this tuneless anthem can’t decide if it’s pro or anti-American. But it stands as a good example of the kind of “entertainment” what preceded it. An attempt to extol the virtues of big government sandwiched between performances by geriatric pop stars and lame humor bits that sucked harder than a million vacuum cleaners."

Beck’s Restoring Honor Crowd vs. Stewart’s Restoring Sanity Crowd – Photo Comparison

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Cat Stevens Appearance At Sanity Rally Rankles Right Winger

TPM  "...Salman Rushdie or indeed any writer who abuses the prophet, or indeed any prophet, under Islamic law, the sentence for that is actually death. It's got to be seen as a deterrent, so that other people should not commit the same mistake again." Cat Stevens, aka Yusuf Islam, supporting the Ayatollah Khomeini's fatwa calling for the death of Salman Rushdie.

 "During Islam's appearance, Sarah Palin aide and Weekly Standard writer Michael Goldfarb tweeted "What the f---. Sanity = supporting fatwa against Salman Rushdie?"





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Tea Party Brews in Israel, Prompted by Concerns About Obama

The Freedom Fighter's Journal "Sunday’s rally in Tel Aviv is headlined “Say no to Obama,” signaling the view held by many Israeli conservatives that the president is placing undue pressure on Netanyahu to make concessions in negotiations that are not in Israel’s national interest."

(Updated) Christians In the Muslim World- How Islamic Nations treat Christian minorities- Christian News- Videos

Freedomist  "A video tour of the fate of Christians in the Muslim World. While Islamists fight to have the right to build mosques in our neighborhoods, they kill our brothers and sisters in Christ.
"Christians in Egypt face death every day"

BLOODBATH ENDS BAGHDAD CHURCH HOSTAGE SITUATION  "The police arrested eight gunmen, who are believed to be affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq, a militant organization affiliated with Al-Qaeda in Iraq."

Pre-election terror plots

Troy 2010   "But did the Saudis assist in interupting a plot, or did they assist in staging, or, more likely, simply free-lance a propaganda coup?
"My friend further notes:
"I also understand that O is on his way yet another reach-out to Muslims. He will undoubtedly mention this excellent good turn as an example of Islam as the religion of peace and love.
"Watch for it."

Terror plot thwarted as US-bound explosives seized   "Authorities on three continents thwarted multiple terrorist attacks aimed at the United States from Yemen on Friday, seizing two explosive packages addressed to Chicago-area synagogues and packed aboard cargo jets. The plot triggered worldwide fears that al-Qaida was launching a major new terror campaign. "

Cargo plane bomb plot: Key developments  Comments: "This timeline is important because, according to an article in today's Telegraph, even with all these data, Obama failed to pass on crucial information to the British--they learned about it when they saw his TV speech."

Republican gains may foil terrorism trials in U.S.  "Only one suspect from Guantanamo, Ahmed Ghailani, has been brought to U.S. soil for trial. His case in New York began on a rocky note when the judge barred a witness from testifying because he was located as a result of coerced interviews.
"Republicans have seized on that ruling as a sign that the criminal courts cannot deal with terrorism suspects." Via KeepAmericaSafe

A Referendum on the Redeemer

Wall Street Journal  "Barack Obama put the Democrats in the position of forever redeeming a fallen nation rather than leading a great one."  Shelby Steele;  Cartoon: Chip Bok, Townhall

Meek goes under the bus; whither black America?

American Thinker   "Black Americans, you should be insulted beyond belief. You should also wake up and realize you are only friends of the Democratic party to the extent you are useful to them.
"Wake up; please wake up..."

The Great Divider — Or ‘Elections Have Consequences’

Victor Davis Hanson  "Obama has turned manic in his efforts to save his sinking presidency. Every divisive tactic has been tried — and yet so far found wanting. We have gone through, in creepy Alinskyite fashion, all the bogeymen, JournoList enemies — Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, Justice Roberts, the Tea Party, John Boehner, Karl Rove, and Ed Gillespie. We have witnessed the furor over the voters’ purported stupidity — the dopey clingers who do not understand science or logic, but are driven by their “fears” to reject the hope and change salvation. Obama hammers that condescension home; everyone from Jimmy Carter to John Kerry in similar exasperation joins that chorus that we know not what we do."

Report: Al-Qaeda Planning to Take Hostages in Mumbai-Style Attacks Across Europe to Force Release of KSM From U.S. Custody

Montreal Gazette  "Noman Benotman said that Osama bin Laden wants to force the Americans to release Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is awaiting trial for his part in the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center.

"Mr Benotman, a Libyan and former Afghanistan terrorist camp trainer, said that he was present at several discussions about the plot and believes it has now been reactivated." Hat tip to Weasel Zippers . Photo from that blog.

Queensbury rules in the war on terror?  "John Sawers, head of Britain's legendary MI6, appears to be ready to trade the welfare of terror attack victims for purity when it comes to methods."

BECK VERSUS STEWART = HONESTY VERSUS SARCASM, CYNICISM AND ELITISM

Nate Beeler, Townhall

The Astute Blogger  "BECK'S RALLY WAS GREAT AND ITS VALUES GOOD. BY COUNTERING BECK, THESE LEFTIST COMEDIANS PROVE THAT THEY ARE SMALL AND BAD.
"NOTHING GOOD CAN COME FROM THEIR SARCASM, CYNICISM AND ELITISM.
"SARCASM, CYNICISM AND ELITISM CANNOT CREATE MORE BUSINESSES OR JOBS, NOR CAN IT DEFEND US FROM GLOBAL JIHAD OR CREEPING JIHAD."  Emphases in the original
The Rally today

A genuine rally of sanity and/or fear "Meanwhile, while the ralliers rallied, all the synagogue services and other usual events on Friday night and Saturday, the Jewish Sabbath, continued as planned despite an FBI warning.
"The intended victims, Jews, were not supposed to be angry because that's racism."  Ethel C. Fenig

Saturday Open Thread: Thank You Jon Stewart Edition  "Today, 10’s or 100’s of thousands of hip lefties will gather in Washington D.C. to nod approvingly-and ironically-at wry witticisms instead of, you know, walking precincts, cavassing voters or making get-out-the-vote calls. The kinds of things you usually do the weekend before the midterm elections. Yes, lefties, travel this weekend. Thank you, Jon Stewart. We hope your rally attracts millions."

Liberal groups tag along with Jon Stewart rally   "Abortion-rights supporters, marijuana fans, environmental activists, government watchdogs and the Democratic National Committee all will be cruising the Mall and spreading their messages in the hopes of winning hearts, minds and votes three days before Election Day."

The socialist brain of a liberal Democrat  "How do they fit all that angst, worry, outrage, hypocrisy, hand wringing, arrogance, strutting, condescension, ego, and moral blindness all in one head?"

With election outlook bleak, despairing young liberals look to Jon Stewart  I think that many liberals that will march in the ‘Rally to Restore Sanity’ realize that the Barack Obama era of ‘good feeling’ politics is over and as Republicans regain power, the only comforting fact is that they will fall back into the crosshairs of the Daily Show. After all, it was the cynical Jon Stewart view of politics that sustained many despairing liberals through the Bush era when their political stars failed to beat Bush in 2004 and failed to end the war in Iraq in 2006. If you are a liberal faced with these kinds of failures, what else is there to do but throw up your hands and laugh? Via Lucianne

Why is Assange still alive?

Wikipedia photo

Jonah Goldberg  "Indeed, most of the documents from WikiLeaks debunk the vast majority of conspiracy theories that fueled so much idiocy on the left for the last decade. No sinister plots involving Halliburton or Israel have been exposed — because they only existed in the fevered fantasies of some coffee-shop dissidents."

America Not Losing Its Religion

Kathryn Lopez  "...The American consensus on religion's role in the public discourse is not just a national mood, it's a fact founded in American history." We cannot afford to expunge it. We should not co-opt it. We should embrace it in the most honest and transparent of ways. In God we trust. And for political prudence, we pray."