Neal Boortz "... the Quran still says that when a Muslim meets a non-believer he has three basic choices; convert him, enslave him or destroy him. I’m sorry if that’s politically incorrect (like I care) but the Quran still says it and many Muslims still believe it. Islam is a religion on the ascendency, and across the world when Muslims reach a certain percentage of the population the darker side of the religion emerges." .... "It seems absurd that political correct[nes]s prevents us from recognizing and identifying an enemy that is still dedicated to our destruction. We may well end up paying for this in ways much more traumatic than 9/11."Emphasis added
Boo, Hillary!From soon after Sept, 2001; "Nobody would expect either of the Clintons to stand up and admit that they've deliberately endangered their country for personal gain. One might have hoped, however, that seeing thousands of innocent people murdered by terrorists would have made Senator Hillary eager to cooperate with the present administration, to do some of the things that she and her husband had declined or neglected to do. That's not what America saw, however, during President Bush's speech to a joint session of Congress on September 20th. Almost every member of either party was visibly enthusiastic in support of the president ... but not Hillary. The grimace that was fixed on the former First Lady's face made it clear that the woman who had hugged Mrs. Arafat could not bring herself to be an ally of a Republican president, even against the sworn enemies of the United States."
"And why by the way did it take Arabs to do what people here should have done a long time ago? ” Ward Churchill(pictured at right) "I have included in this essay photos of clippings from the New York Times to illistrate the true American humanity of those that Prof. Churchill has defamed and slandered repeatedly. I have kept these papers since they were published and never had the heart or the courage to read them. For this post I at last read about those who were murdered on 911 and saw a clear common thread that ran through their lives."
Phyllis Chesler:What to Say to the Totalitarian Left on 9/11/11; The definitive take-down for all who blame America first. "And let me ask them a question: Why are you publishing non-feminist and anti-feminist work in a feminist journal? Is it because the so-called feminist has been born in Tanzania, is a “South Asian” Muslim feminist “of color” and thus, can do no wrong because she is not “white”?"
Michelle Malkin:All the wrong 9/11 lessons "Are your kids learning the right lessons about 9/11? Ten years after Osama bin Laden’s henchmen murdered thousands of innocents on American soil, too many children have been spoon-fed the thin gruel of progressive political correctness over the stiff antidote of truth." ....
"In second grade, her teachers read touchy-feely stories about peace and diversity to honor the 9/11 dead."....
"Yet, many of the same protectors of fragile elementary-school pupils can’t wait to teach them all the ins and outs of condoms, cross-dressers and crack addictions." Emphasis added.
Charles Krauthammer: The 9/11 ‘overreaction’? Nonsense."Our current difficulties and gloom are almost entirely economic in origin, the bitter fruit of misguided fiscal, regulatory and monetary policies that had nothing to do with 9/11. America’s current demoralization is not a result of the war on terror. On the contrary. The denigration of the war on terror is the result of our current demoralization, of retroactively reading today’s malaise into the real — and successful — history of our 9/11 response."
"“They can allow every religious position to put in a symbol of equal size and stature, or they can take it all out, but they don’t get to pick and choose,” Silverman said."
Our Lord Himself declares in the Scriptures that He does not desire the worship of manmade icons or any likenesses of Himself. The cross can be one of those icons.
The real significance of the cross removal is that it vividly proclaims that America can no longer call itself a Christian nation-if it indeed ever could. We see now how all the foundations underpinning our nation's values and morals are being dismantled and the removal of the cross is but one more manifestation. TD
9-11 conspiracy theories "In a 2008 poll of 17 countries, 15% of those surveyed believed the US government was responsible for the attacks, 7% believed Israel was and another 7% believed some other perpetrator, other than al Qaeda, was responsible. The poll found that respondents in the Middle East were more likely to name a perpetrator other than al Qaeda. The most prominent conspiracy theory is that the collapse of the World Trade Center and 7 World Trade Center were the result of a controlled demolition rather than structural weakening due to fire. Another prominent belief is that the Pentagon was hit by a missile launched by elements from inside the U.S. government or that a commercial airliner was allowed to do so via an effective standdown of the American military. Motives cited by conspiracy theorists include justifying the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and geostrategic interests in the Mideast, including pipeline plans launched in the early 1990s by Unocal and other oil companies.
NY Fire Department's 9/11 Radio Dispatches "The Fire Department of New York's radio dispatches from the morning and early afternoon of 9/11. For over three years, they fought in court to keep these recordings secret but were finally forced to release them in August 2005."
There are many other links as well, but we had to be circumspect in our choices; many sites are "truther sites". More on these in a later post featuring the intellect of Rosie O'Donnell. TD
Federal Authorities Probe Possible Terror Threat Around 9/11 Anniversary "Details trickled in throughout the evening. The potential threat is said to focus on New York City or Washington, D.C., and involves possible suspects tied to Al Qaeda, sources said. Authorities have received a "general description" of two or three possible suspects but don't necessarily have names, one source said. Authorities are trying to determine if such suspects might already be in the U.S." Graphic images from 9-11-2001
Al-Qaeda planning 9/11 anniversary attack? "The general info on the threat was developed from intel we got in Abbottabad after killing Osama. Allah takes that one step further and points to the recent capture of al-Qaeda's international operations chief in Pakistan as a possible source for more specific information:"...
Three Al Qaeda Suspects Sought in ‘Credible But Unconfirmed’ 9/11 Terror Threat "The plot has been linked to three "seasoned" Al Qaeda operatives, whose common names have made their location difficult to determine, the Daily News reports. One of the suspects is an American citizen and two of them are thought to have U.S. documentation. The men are believed to have entered the United States through the Pakistan and the United Kingdom last month, with the Timesreporting that they came originally from Afghanistan, selected by Osama Bin Laden's successor Ayman al-Zawahiri to set off vehicular attacks on Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday."
How al Qaeda Prepares Attacks against the West: What the July 7-8 Rollup Revealed "We should not expect al Qaeda-linked attacks against the West to occur independently of one another. Instead, the network of violent Islamist movements led by al Qaeda produces and manages attacks against the West through a three-phase terror attack assembly line: recruiting, pre-deployment and training, and coordination with deployed operatives prior to attacks."
Which word was missing from Obama’s speech last night? "If Obama was serious about economic expansion, we’d have heard a serious approach to domestic energy production last night. The fact that we didn’t demonstrates Obama’s lack of depth in economics, perhaps even more than his retread of Porkulus did." Here is the Text of Obama's speech; look for any trace of an energy discussion.
Hugh Hewitt:The Speech That Broke The Patience of the Country?"If the president refuses to engage the country or his political opposition seriously, then the country should revoke the presumption that the president deserves a serious hearing. "The speech was a joke, and the man who gave it is perilously close to becoming one as well."
Michael Barone: The unhappy warrior "When Barack Obama says, “This isn’t political grandstanding,” you have a pretty good clue that that is exactly what it is. Lest anyone doubt that, consider this from the third-to-last paragraph. “You should pass it. And I intend to take that message to every corner of the country.”" NBC First Read calls the speech "The Fiery Obama" and says it was the Obama his base wanted to see. Stephen Hayes and Charles Krauthammer referred to it as the first campaign speech ever given before Congress.
Reaction Roundup: Heritage Responds to Obama’s Jobs SpeechOne contributor's thought: "The President tonight missed an opportunity to constructively address one of the major problems facing the economy: regulation.
"After acknowledging that “there are some rules and regulations that put an unnecessary burden on businesses, and claiming credit for the small steps taken so far toward reform, he then slipped into a rhetorical — and rather cartoonish — description of the issue.
" “What we can’t do,” he said, “is let this economic crisis be used as an excuse to wipe out the basic protections that Americans have counted on for decades. I reject the idea that we need to ask people to choose between their jobs and their safety.” " Another Heritage contributor also noted the absence of the word "energy".
Pajamas Media:Obama Versus the Strawmen"During his jobs speech, the president offered as the alternative to his approach a collection of absurd positions suggesting the Republicans want the end of government." .... "This president can not make any speech on the economy without injecting a class warfare approach. He did it again tonight, calling for millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share, and offering another strawman test"...
One of the Marx brothers.
Obama can not be taken seriously as anything other than the proverbial bull in a china shop: destructive in the extreme and anything he accomplishes that makes America stronger is caused by sheer dumb luck. TD
Heritage:More ‘Stimulus’ from President Obama"...President Obama is insisting Congress immediately pass a bill that doesn’t exist. No legislative details have been offered; nothing has been scored by the Congressional Budget Office; there has been no debate or negotiation; and there is no accompanying plan on how to pay for it. " (Emphasis added)
Rick Moran:The 'hidden meaning' found in Obama's words "...people have lost confidence in Obama's ability to do anything positive for the economy. Once the feel good rhetoric fades away, the stark reality of a nation in crisis with a president who doesn't know what he's doing will return.
No need for "code words" to figure that one out.
Thomas Lifson: Using a Joint Session of Congress as a Prop; "Make no mistake: the president cheapened and degraded the majesty of an address to both Houses of Congress. We have every reason to expect that with the precedent now set, Joint Sessions are fair game for appropriation by future presidents seeking a majestic backdrop for political posturing."
Dana Milbank:The irrelevancy of the Obama presidency "Obama spoke quickly, urgently, even angrily. Rep. Jesse Jackson ... stared at the ceiling. Rep. Peter Welch ... scanned the gallery. Rep. Jim Moran ... was seen reading a newspaper. And Republicans, when they weren’t giggling, were mostly silent."
Obama: Paul Ryan Is Right "“Millions of Americans rely on Medicare in their retirement….But with an aging population and rising health care costs, we are spending too fast to sustain the program. And if we don’t gradually reform the system while protecting current beneficiaries, it won’t be there when future retirees need it. We have to reform Medicare to strengthen it.”
"Isn’t that what Paul Ryan and the House Republicans have been saying for months, while Obama has been busy demagoguing their plan?"
The Patriot Post "The solution isn't even a return to the status quo as it stood before the current administration began its war on American exceptionalism. We cannot return to a system that alternates between Republican and Democratic Progressives. We must make a break with the post-Reagan past. We must return to the fundamentals that made America the greatest nation the world has ever known: individual liberty and free enterprise safe guarded by a written constitution, and a federal representative republic operating on democratic principles.
"The solution is simple. How we get there is the subject of this article and hopefully a sign pointing in the direction of change."
Pajamas Media "Ask yourself: when was the last time you freely discussed any conservative view with friends at work, or on campus, or in public — without hedging your every word?"
"Everywhere one goes, save conservative websites, Republicans are widely connoted with tinges of racism, hate, selfishness, greed, war-mongering, and conspiratorial theocratic designs against democracy. Fox News has some opinion shows that try to give an ounce of conservative balance to the airwaves and they’ve paid for it with an all out war declared against them by leftist activists."....
"Towards that goal, here is my top-5 list of why Republicans keep losing the propaganda war."
5. Modern media favors perception over reality, charisma over intelligence, and personality over character. Republicans remain the party dominated by reality, intelligent reason, and high character; they lose. "But liberal bias does stack the deck profoundly towards Democrats being able to field candidates with none of the essential reality, intelligence, and high character, as long as they possess the façade of charisma. Hence, we have President Barack Obama, in large part because his opponent possessed no media skills whatsoever.
4. When openly mocked and ridiculed, Republicans are stymied "Instead, McCain’s pitiful surrender to Goldberg’s propaganda ploy allowed the audience to conflate the original topic of Roe v. Wade (a Supreme Court decision) with a ratified amendment to the constitution. It was a moment that will live in American civics infamy.
"Until Republicans understand that that the Left lies with full intent to destroy America as we know it, the GOP will remain rhetorical road kill."
3. Many Republicans don’t understand the Left’s value system and make the horrible mistake of projecting their own conservative values onto their opponents. "In other words, for liberals the state is their church substitute. As they are inclined towards rejecting set guidelines of good and evil, they generally feel satisfied with themselves if they verbally and electorally support government “charity” as opposed to actually giving it themselves."
2. Republicans don’t know how to use their yang in the Democrats’ yin-dominated politics. When hit with a Democrat hissy-fit, Republicans cower like whipped dogs. "Paul Ryan, the Republican, sees the coming debt train wreck and uses logic to draw up a real plan and publicly goes to bat for it. In response, the liberal group, Agenda Project, ran ads showing a Paul Ryan lookalike pushing granny over a cliff in a wheelchair."
1. Many Republicans have undiagnosed Stockholm Syndrome. "When one side of a philosophical divide is willing to employ such bully tactics with ferocious tenacity, the other side understandably — quite humanly — begins to psychologically identify with their abusers, just as hostages come to identify with their kidnappers and abused spouses come to identify with their abuser. This phenomenon, called Stockholm Syndrome, now afflicts many Republicans and forces them into a defensive, fetal-like position more often than we would ever like to admit."
Media Overlook Violent Talk on the Left " While ABC, CBS, and NBC were compelled to notice, there was virtually no outrage. Indeed, The Washington Post and The New York Times skipped right over it."...."Normally, an expose of alleged conservative rhetorical excess is followed by the pressure to apologize. In Hoffa’s case, however, there’s been none. Not only that, but when asked, Democratic Party chairman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz flat-out rejected the notion. “I know you'd like to focus on language, that's not what the American people are focused on,” she told Fox News."
Civility for Thee, Not for MeOf course President Obama will not criticize Jimmy Hoffa’s ugly rant. "Unless the economy rebounds suddenly, President Obama will be left with only one option next year — winning ugly. He will have to make his opponent even more unacceptable than he is, and if the past is any guide, he’ll do it without scruple. All Obama’s promises about process are highly conditional. He jettisoned his support for the public funding of campaigns in 2008 as soon as it became clear he could raise $750 million. He sloughed off “post-partisanship” when he had the congressional majorities necessary to ram through major legislation on a partisan basis. And now he’s saying goodbye to civility, too.
"So be it. If civility is a good in its own right, the functioning of our big, unruly democracy has never depended on it. It will survive Hoffa’s ham-handed metaphors and Obama’s hypocrisy. But next time, Mr. President, please spare us the pose and the lectures." Rich Lowry
