The King Hearings

Muslims enraged at King's hearings show that Islam is a Religion of Peace by threatening his life

"The Obama administration has tried to frame the discussion around radicalization in general, without singling out Muslims. King has said that's just political correctness since Al Qaeda is the main threat to the U.S."

Congressman sobs in testimony during King hearings  "King and others in this hearing have gone out of their way to repeat that they are looking into radical Islam as a major problem in home-grown terrorism.  Even that won’t satisfy Ellison, who seems determined to shout (or sob) down any attempt to talk about the nature of radical Islam and the threat to national security it represents as somehow an attack on all Muslims."

Some Democrats Can’t Handle the Truth at Peter King Hearings  "“It may be right, but it doesn’t look right when we take on Islam, and we allow this to take place, and we don’t take the chance to tell the truth about the KKK and the problems with Christianity,” said Rep. Green today. “It doesn’t look right, Mr. [Zuhdi] Jasser, when we take on one religion with the exclusion of others.”"

Including this: Sheila Jackson Lee’s Theatrics

Inside King’s Hearing   "King, his voice firm, explains the purpose of hearings. He calls them “vital and important” at the top. Today’s session, he says, will be the “first in a series of hearings” dealing with the “critical issue” of Islamic extremism in United States. He adds that he is “well aware” that the hearings are stirring controversy and reactions ranging from “disbelief” and “rage” to “hysteria.” Again, he emphasizes that he will “not back down.” To do so, he warns, “would be an abdication” of his committee’s duty to “protect Americans from terrorist attacks.” There is “nothing radical or un-American” about that, he says."

Rep. Peter King is alerting us to the Islamic radicals already among us.  " “American Muslims must take the lead in creating solutions to the radicalization of our own,” Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D., wrote Wednesday on FoxNews.com. “These hearings will provide the long overdue platform for us to step away from the standard denials and apologetics in order to reclaim our Muslim identity from the terrorists and redefine ourselves within the framework of the American pantheon.” Jasser, a former U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and now president of the Phoenix-based American Islamic Forum for Democracy, testified today before Congressman King."

Rep. Peter King, the IRA, and the Hearings on Radical Islam in the United States  "It would be far better if King could look critically at his own past, and say something like this: “In the past, my ancestral ties to Ireland and my belief in Irish independence blinded me to the tactics, politics and associations of the IRA, which I unfortunately supported years ago. Would I be able to go back in time, knowing what I do in the present, I would never have backed fund-raising campaigns that I learned helped fund IRA attacks in Britain, against civilian targets. I regret my actions. That is why I seek to help my country and the broad Muslim community stand firm today against those who would use Islam as a way to gain support for dangerous radicals who speak in its name.”

"That he is doing the opposite will only hurt what he is trying to accomplish with the hearings that start today."

Egypt: Copts report banner at site of destroyed church proclaiming "Al-Ramla Mosque"

Jihad Watch   After all, nothing says "Religion of Peace and Tolerance" like claiming someone else's sacred ground as a spoil of war and sticking a mosque on it*. It is intended as a permanent exercise in supremacist gloating. This act would only uphold a long tradition of building mosques on sacred sites seized in Islamic conquests, just like the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, and the Hagia Sophia, along with innumerable other churches, synagogues, and temples from Spain to India and beyond."
*As with the Ground Zero Mosque in New York City.

Unions Lose In Wisconsin

Boortz  "The truth is that now the government unions in Wisconsin have no stranglehold on the Wisconsin taxpayers, and the Wisconsin Democrats see a huge threat to future union campaign contributions.

"By the way ... this is a defeat for Obama as well. Obama was a force behind the union protests in Wisconsin ... even sending his "Organizing for America" squad to Wisconsin to participate in and organize the protests."

Wisconsin union curbs head for final vote amid protests   "The showdown between Wisconsin Republicans and Democrats over sweeping curbs on public union bargaining rights looked headed for a raucous final vote on Thursday after a Republican maneuver to pass the bill brought swarms of protesters back into the state Capitol."  More here.

REPUBLICANS FORCED TO FLEE MADISON After Senate Vote    "State Senator Glenn Grothman told Greta Van Susteren, “Madison was not safe for Republicans.”
"Sadly, that’s the reality when you’re up against raging leftist mobs."

WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS RECEIVE DEATH THREATS- Justice Dept. Investigating"The tolerant left strikes again…It’s not just Governor Scott Walker who is receiving death threats. Several Republican Senators received this threat last night by some violent leftist fool."
Don't worry; Attorney General Holder has your back.

Michael Moore: My moment of incivility

http://iowntheworld.com/blog/

There, I feel better now. 

A note: from Friday till next Monday, TW may be off line. We're headed for Eureka Springs and Berryville in NW Arkansas and we do not know if the lake house will have WiFi. We will post if at all possible, but hope to catch up upon return. Watch the country for us in the meantime, will you?

A Bold, Courageous Move to Confront Islamists In Britain

Nile Gardiner  "...British Prime Minister David Cameron delivered the most important speech of his premiership so far. His address to the Munich Security Conference was a powerful condemnation of a deadly Islamist ideology that threatens the very fabric of British society, as well as a wholehearted rejection of “the doctrine of state multiculturalism.” All the more remarkable, this bold speech came amid a suffocating culture of political correctness in the United Kingdom, which has frequently stifled open debate during the past two decades."  As it will here as long as liberalism is considered the proper philosophy to adhere to.

Six-Figure Bus Drivers & Other Working-Class Heroes

Ann Coulter  "When Wall Street opposes financial reforms or a tobacco company opposes new cigarette taxes, no one hails them as "working men and women" who "deserve a decent pay and decent retirement." We're not told Wall Street has a "fundamental right" not to be regulated, or tobacco companies promoting their own interests are just trying to "help working people and middle-class people retain a good job in America." People on the other side of the issue aren't said to be "just trying to kick the other guy in the shin and exterminate him." "

Sebelius: Yes, we’re double-counting Medicare savings

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/michaelramirez

Hot Air   "In other words, money can only be used once. Since the Medicare savings is being spent elsewhere on expanded health care coverage, it is not really being employed to extend Medicare solvency. To claim an improvement in Medicare financing is to mislead about the effects of recent legislation."

Rep. King gets increased security from threat the left says doesn't exist

Rick Moran  "This is such a no-brainer issue that the only possible reason to oppose King's hearings is to score political points. There is no earthly reason that Muslims should oppose rooting out radicals in their midst - especially since law enforcement says that either out of fear or anti-Americanism, many ordinary Muslims do not cooperate with the police or FBI.
"I have a feeling this hearing is going to be an eye opener. And that might be why some Muslims are so opposed to having it."

Rep. King

Why Do Islamic Groups Fear Hearings on Islamic Radicalization?  "They have even gone as far as attacking one Muslim leader who has agreed to appear, Dr. Zuhdi Jasser of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, an authentic moderate and American patriot who was given the full Media Slanders treatment last week."

King Hearings Are Overdue  "And those hearings in the 111th* that did focus on “man-caused disasters” were concerned primarily with overreacting to the Deepwater Horizon spill and the missing the point of the fizzled Christmas Day attack (grope-a-dope, anyone?)."
*The Pelosi-Reid all Democrat congress, that is. Never sleep when Democrats are in charge of your protection.

Liberal Bumper Stickers

"God Bless the Whole World. No Exceptions"
"Well, except for Sarah Palin, of course....."

Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

This was one of the stickers above.

NPR’s Diversity Doublespeak

Heritage  "It’s too bad Schiller doesn’t have the same commitment to ideological diversity. Rather than denying NPR’s obvious liberal bias, she should’ve promised the same robust initiative to address NPR’s other diversity problem."




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Juan Williams Reacts To NPR Video: “These People Are So Rude and Condescending”  Video

NPR Round-up  "Earlier today, independent journalist James O’Keefe released his latest undercover investigative videos. In the first video, Senior Vice President of Development of the NPR Foundation, Ron Schiller, is shown discussing a potential donation from a phony Muslim Brotherhood front group set-up by O’Keefe’s team. While discussing the importance of NPR, Mr. Schiller expresses negative personal views on conservatives, the Tea Party, Republicans, Zionists, and Juan Williams, among other topics."

AP Smears Hero O’Keefe – Claims NPR Video Was “Heavily Edited”  "The far left cranks at the Associated Press wasted no time smearing James O’Keefe and the NPR tapes that were released yesterday.
"The AP claims the video was “heavily edited.”"

Schiller

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Resigns "The Unions, although in a category by themselves, don't hold a candle to the number of delicately corrupt liberals, known only to themselves as intellectual, a parading group of elitists, who dally to and fro, from non-profit to non-profit, gouging a life of ease with other peoples money, off other peoples problems, whilst bettering the whole of society, fawning over eachother.

"Resignations and defunding may dim the light but we need to douce(sic) the flame."  From the comments to this post.

Neal Boortz's list of NPR links  This should pretty well cover things.

NPR reports

Al-Qaeda Already Using Wikileaks Material Against Us

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Pajamas Media  "On page 45 in the fourth issue of Inspire magazine — al Qaeda’s “official” magazine — in a section titled “Advice for Those Who Want to Help Al Malahem Media,” al-Qaeda advises Muslims who want to assist it to send “anything useful from Wikileaks.”

"For those who might discount the usefulness of this request based on a belief that jihadi wannabes cannot get such information to al-Qaeda, you’d be wrong."

Don’t Tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve

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Morning Bell  "According to White House chief of staff Bill Daley, the administration may tap into the nation’s oil safety net – the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) – in order to bring down the cost of fuel. Big mistake. While most folks want to pay less at the pump, dipping into our oil reserves is a short-sighted political ploy that papers-over a much bigger, long-term problem: the Obama administration’s continuing refusal to grant America access to its domestic oil resources." Also here.

A crude idea: Tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ease gas prices  "...President Bill Clinton's election-year use of 30 million barrels in 2000 - prove the rule: It's best to interpret the 1975 law limiting use of the reserve to "severe energy supply interruption" strictly - lest global oil speculators start trading on U.S. gas-price politics along with all the other factors that roil the markets."

Dick Morris' take: Suspend the gas tax  "There is no better way to force Obama and the Democrats to battle for higher taxes than to raise the issue now and push it home."