Jesse Jackson denies gay worker’s harassment, discrimination claims

Chicago Sun-Times:  Jesse Jackson denies gay worker’s harassment, discrimination claims

"Bennett claims he worked for PUSH starting in July 2007, and was both an organizer and Jackson’s travel assistant. In his complaint, Bennett — who also goes by the name “Aruba Tommy” — said he experienced discrimination almost immediately, including from a woman at PUSH who refused to work for him because of his sexual orientation, according to the complaint.

"Aruba" Tommy Bennett

"Bennett also claims he was forced to escort women for Jackson into hotel rooms — and later clean up the rooms.

"Bennett claims he received a letter in December 2009, in which he was told he was being laid off due to a “lack of funding.” But Bennett alleges someone else was then hired to replace him."

My Fox Chicago has this.

The Edge : Jesse Jackson Hit with Gay Harassment Complaint

Krauthammer: Who lost Iraq?

Charles Krauthammer  "Barack Obama was a principled opponent of the Iraq war from its beginning. But when he became president in January 2009, he was handed a war that was won. The surge had succeeded. Al-Qaeda in Iraq had been routed, driven to humiliating defeat by an Anbar Awakening of Sunnis fighting side-by-side with the infidel Americans. Even more remarkably, the Shiite militias had been taken down, with U.S. backing, by the forces of Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. They crushed the Sadr militias from Basra to Sadr City.
"Al-Qaeda decimated. A Shiite prime minister taking a decisively nationalist line. Iraqi Sunnis ready to integrate into a new national government. U.S. casualties at their lowest ebb in the entire war. Elections approaching. Obama was left with but a single task: Negotiate a new status-of-forces agreement (SOFA) to reinforce these gains and create a strategic partnership with the Arab world’s only democracy.
"He blew it."....
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"He did not, failing at precisely what this administration so flatters itself for doing so well: diplomacy. After years of allegedly clumsy brutish force, Obama was to usher in an era of not hard power, not soft power, but smart power .
"Which turns out in Iraq to be . . . no power. Years from now, we will be asking not “Who lost Iraq?” — that already is clear — but “Why?” "

Sweet: Iran Sets Up Website Attacking Obama, Supporting #OWS

JAWA Report  "It reads like your typical radical Leftwist website: America is bad, America is evil, Chomsky is awesome, and the Jews control everything."

Radio Free Europe:  Iran's Basij Launches Website To Cover Occupy Wall Street Movement
"Iranian officials also appeared to be sympathetic to London rioters whose rights they said were being violated by the British police forces who confronted them. Officials had then expressed readiness to send a delegation to Britain to investigate "human rights abuses." "  Stupid leftists and their evil bedfellows.

Internet Haganah has this.  Is that the form of Michael Moore we see on the Iranian home page?



"And then there is the matter of the site being hosted on a server in Atlanta. Best as I can tell the Basij have contracted with a Persian outfit, who in turn have space on server or servers operted by some Qataris, whose servers are actually in the USA. They all hate us and want us to drop dead, but they want to avail themselves of our networks, servers, and services all the same. It's no wonder they like #ows."

Bozell Contrasts Media 'Avalanche' Over Anonymous Cain Allegations with Paltry Coverage of Clinton Sexual Harassment

Newsbusters  "NewsBusters publisher Brent Bozell noted on last night's Hannity, contrasting the "avalanche" of Cain coverage with the minimal coverage the networks gave to Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, and Juanita Broaddrick's allegations of sexual harassment and, in the latter case, rape."
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"Likewise, Kathleen Willey's allegation of Clinton groping her got just three network stories when the news broke. Broaddrick's serious allegation of rape also got just three network stories, Bozell reminded Hannity viewers. "

Remember when the Labor Union's rank and file loved America? Where are they now?

Union Chief: 'We Need More Militancy ... Blocking Bridges, Occupying Banks'  "United Steelworkers international president Leo Gerard has a message to the flea party whiny-whiners still camping out instead of sleeping in their parents' basements -- playtime is over.
"Just in case the Occupy movement fails -- in other words, when it fails -- Gerard is urging union members to fill that gaping void with "more militancy." "

In the May, 2011 Tunnel Wall, we posted this letter: International Association of Machinists issues marching orders to its membership  Ignore the fact that the word "roll" on page 2 should have been "role". Instead pay particular attention to page 2, item 2:

Neal Boortz: Unions usurped the Occupy movement  "Hate to break it to you, Mr. goonion big shot Leo Gerard, but maybe you better do your research before you go spouting falsehoods. House Republicans have passed 15 jobs bills that remain stuck in the Senate. Oops.

"And one more thing to keep your eye on with Obama’s Children. There is a new tactic to be aware of: doxing." ....More on that here .

Democrat Socialists, Marxists Neck Deep in “Occupy” Movement "...” reaching out to the local papers and labor unions”.

Photo of the Day: Obama (Literally) Embraces Anti-Israel, Pro-Iran Islamist on the World Stage

Big Peace  "That’s Islamist Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hugging it out with the President of the United States today at the G-20 summit in France." Obama shakes hands with America's friends, hugs Iran's ally.

"Our European allies, by contrast, received simple handshakes.
"Never mind the apparent breach of protocol–what does this demonstrate about Barack Obama’s worldview?
"At least he didn’t bow."

Islam Today: Turkey, Trying to Isolate Israel, Gets Cordial Treatment From Obama Administration   "In the CNN Turk interview, Davutoglu said it was too late for U.S. mediation between Turkey and Israel, and that Turkey would not relent on its insistence for an Israeli apology over the flotilla incident."

Daniel Pipes: Obama Hugs Erdoğan"Hillary Clinton's high-five in June with her Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoğlu, prompted me to write that she "should be ashamed of herself, horsing around like this with the representative of a hostile state."
"What to say in November with Barack Obama hugging his counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?"

Atlas Shrugs expresses contempt for the Candidate of the US: Isn't this whole scene pretty standard for President Obama? The Europeans get a handshake and the Islamist Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gets a hug.  "Isn't this whole scene pretty standard for President Obama? The Europeans get a handshake and the Islamist Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gets a hug. And all the president seems to have in mind is campaign politics and his reelection effort."
Turkey has abandoned her friendship with Israel and has now declared hostility. This is just fine with Obama.
Does this man have a hatred for Israel, or just a fear of the Muslim world that makes him be a toady for them? I use the word "toady" because Obama reminds me of the little toady in "A Christmas Story" who was at the bidding of the big bully feared by all neighborhood kids.
This president is a foreign policy nincompoop and a threat to every facet of American interests, home and abroad.  This is who you get when America elects for its president the choice of rock stars and celebrities -people for whom Rev. Wright, Louis Farrakhan and domestic terrorists are preferable to any conservative.
If our nation truly is a right-of-center country, why is there not more outrage at this administration?

It would be wise to remember that in all the scope of the Bible from Genesis through the book of Revelation, Israel is the central nation in God's plan for world history and the fate of nations hinges on their relations with this small country. The very existence of Israel in their original land is testimony that God shapes history to keep promises He makes. TD

Alan Caruba: Herman Cain Flunks Foreign Policy

Warning Signs  "On Tuesday evening I watched an edition of Fox News Bret Beir’s Special Report where Herman Cain was “center chair” as the usual members of the panel got a chance to quiz him and, after he attempted to dispose of the charges of sexual harassment unleashed against him, syndicated columnist, Charles Krauthammer asked a question that dealt with foreign policy.
"What would Cain do if Iran was going to unleash an attack on the U.S.? Cain gave a rambling, unspecific answer except to say he’d order an Aegis destroyer into the Persian Gulf to let Iran know he was serious, mentioning something about the use by Iran of missiles. It was distressingly clear that Cain had no more idea what he would do than he had regarding other potential foreign policy questions."  Alan Caruba

As much as we like Herman Cain as a man, we must not do exactly as liberals did in 2008 with Obama. We must not let our support for Cain make us set him up for failure by placing him in a position he is not yet remotely qualified to handle.
American leadership in foreign policy has lost much respect among our allies. President Bush may have been disliked by some but respected by many. However Clinton and Obama were and are disrespected, being considered amateurs overseas; I fear Herman Cain will be as well.
Mr. Caruba brings up an issue that is of more concern to me than Cain's present difficulties; if he were a Democrat, all the current news would be a resume' enhancement (provided Cain was arrogant enough about the whole thing).  TD

Victor Davis Hanson: Liberal Indulgences

Victor Davis Hanson "Examine the burdens of modern liberal exemption and indulgence."...

Race:
 "Accusing either Cain of being an Uncle Tom sort or his supporters of being racists in backing a supposedly minstrel-like African-American (and that is what the successful entrepreneurial Cane is reduced to) is now a sort of standard left-wing narrative. There are no repercussions in such smears, no charges of racism. I assume that when Cain authentically drops his g’s, he is a sort of embarrassment to the liberal elite; when Obama does that in front of the Black Caucus, apparently we are to assume that this is some sort of wink-and-nod necessity for the former Harvard Law Review editor to do the necessary pandering to his “base.” Indulgences for racist stereotyping are purchased by loud proclamations of liberalism. Were Cornel West or Harry Belafonte a conservative, their rantings would long ago have been written off as false-consciousness racism."
Big Money:
Michael Moore’s wealth is usually pegged around $50 million. If half his fortune were liquid and conservatively put into a savings account at about 2% interest, Moore’s annual income would be about $500,000 per year. That income would easily put him into the now hated “1%,” a group which he and others have blasted as schemers who benefit from capitalism at the expense of the 99%.

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2011/11/01/93239

Mapping the #Occupy Hate and Violence Around the Country

Big Government   "Our team at the MacIver Institute for Public Policy in Wisconsin have put together this handy interactive map of the violence and hate of the #Occupy movement."

The Occupy movement is inherently violent  "Think Progress has posted a video of Occupy protesters valiantly trying to prevent anarchists from damaging a Whole Foods in Oakland yesterday. They claim the video demonstrates the movement's commitment to non-violence. But judging by that one guy's yellow helmet, it is clear some occupiers anticipated such an incident. If you know your march is going to involve fights over property damage, even if you try and stop it when it happens, you are still responsible for that property damage."....
"The Occupy movement is predicated on the idea of protesters (the 99%) asserting control over something that does not belong to them (Zuccotti Park, McPherson Square, Frank Ogawa/Oscar Grant Plaza etc.)."

Reports from the Occupy movement

Drudge has these:

• Riot police fire projectiles, arrest dozens of Occupy Oakland protesters
• Oakland police Chief Howard Jordan said that he believes a small group of anarchists is responsible for vandalism that struck five businesses in Oakland Wednesday
• Bloomberg strikes tougher tone on Occupy Wall Street

From CNS: 'Peaceful' Occupy Protests Degenerate Into Chaos  "About 3,000 people converged on the Port of Oakland, the nation's fifth-busiest harbor, in a nearly five-hour protest Wednesday, swarming the area and blocking exits and streets with illegally parked vehicles and hastily-erected, chain-link fences."
Academia's chickenssssss...are coming hommmme...to ROOST!

American Thinker: 'Stimulate' Oakland  "Maybe Obama should stop referring to these protests as "Occupy" movements and start calling them what he most likely thinks they are: "Stimulate Wall Street", "Stimulate Chicago", "Stimulate Oakland", etc. If Obama gets lucky, maybe before this is all over there will end up being a bridge somewhere that needs rebuilding."  More here.

The "99 Percent" are really the "35 Percent" but their cadres are growing   "By any objective standard, the 99 Percenters are not the brightest bunch, and they really represent the roughly 20 percent of Americans who are irrevocably dependent upon government subsidies and pay no income tax. Thus, this 20 percent has no vested interest in the cost of government and is predisposed to vote for the redistribution of others' incomes rather than work for their own. The underlying assumption is that it's easier to confiscate wealth than create it."....
"For his part, Obama has been clear in his collectivist rhetoric: "[T]he wealthiest Americans have made out like bandits. ... It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success too. I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." "

From Infidel Bloggers Alliance:  NYPD Officer: Crime, Sexual Assault at #OccupyWallStreet ‘More Widespread Than Even They Think’
  "...however they’re protesting the wrong group. It wasn’t banks who caused the housing meltdown. It wasn’t banks who tanked the economy. It’s the politicians and the special interest money in politics that has destroyed this country. Banks are easy targets. When they set up this protest on the front lawn of the White House, or on the steps of the Capitol, then I’d support it."...

Bruce Thornton: Blame Our Failing Schools for Occupy Wall Street   "Having taught in a state university for thirty years, I’m not surprised by the ignorance on display among the Occupy Wall Street protestors. From kindergarten to university, for decades our schools have abandoned the teaching of basic facts and foundational thinking skills, and replaced both with leftish received wisdom and stale mythologies, all the while they have anxiously monitored and puffed up students’ self-esteem."

Before you speak well of the occupiers, see these pictures

Cross-posted from the Freedom Fighter's Journal:  Evil Clowns and Radical Ringmasters of the Anti-Capitalist Revolution in Denver
These fools have not a single clue about economics and are merely tools for the anti-capitalist Marxists and communists, both in and out of Congress. Americans are free to choose their own paths and are limited only by their own goals and energies. But rather than take part in the American Dream, they would rather make those who have partaken as miserable as they are.
America deserves so  much more than to be guided by these ignorant fools, pictured so well by this Monty Python bit:

Meanwhile, you need to see this article from the FFJ to understand what all this is about:  Remember in the background somewhere lurk those who hope against hope that violence will break out and I firmly believe that many of them are part of the Obama administration. Why? Because we have seen the credentials of many who were chosen to work with Obama and we see some of them taking part in the occupy movement. 

Here are some excerpts and photos from the article in the Freedom Fighter's Journal:

"Occupy Denver marching with anarcho-syndicalist flag. The red and black flag is a symbol of anarcho-syndicalist and anarcho-communist co-operation, black being the traditional color of anarchism, and red being the traditional color of socialism. Amazingly, these are the building blocks of the Occupy movement, a reality which the mainstream press glosses over as they carry water for the Obama administration and the left in general."

This photo (above)was also taken at noon, and highlights what is so very wrong about the entire Occupy movement. Young runaways, the mentally ill, drug addicts and alcoholics, rapists and child-predators have all been causing problems at Occupy utopias in cities across America.

"Khaddafy-ize, at this point in history, can only be interpreted as meaning “to execute in the street in a brutal fashion.” Here, this man advocates executing the wealthy, the Zionist bankers, the Congress and the Supreme Court, and everybody else in the 1%.

"Anti-semitism has been reported coast to coast at Occupy camps and marches. This is the first significant example I have seen in Denver."

Much, much more at the Freedom Fighter's Journal

DOUGLAS SCHOEN in the WSJ;  In interviews, protesters show that they are leftists out of step with most American voters. Yet Democrats are embracing them anyway..  "Our research shows clearly that the movement doesn't represent unemployed America and is not ideologically diverse. Rather, it comprises an unrepresentative segment of the electorate that believes in radical redistribution of wealth, civil disobedience and, in some instances, violence. Half (52%) have participated in a political movement before, virtually all (98%) say they would support civil disobedience to achieve their goals, and nearly one-third (31%) would support violence to advance their agenda." Via theothermccain

The Republicans would be crazy not to tie this movement to the Democrats, but somehow I do not see Mitt Romney doing that. 

Lloyd Marcus:  Is 'Occupy Movement' the Result of Obama Administration Rhetoric?  "It occurred to me that we have two Americas; a majority which aligns with tea party principles. The second much smaller America is the OWS parasites and Obama administration who embrace a negative view of our great country and a desire to fundamentally transform her."

Source - Rahm Emanuel involved in Cain sexual harassment accuser attacks

Washington Times  "According to a source who is friends with the Cain campaign, not only is the Rick Perry campaign involved but also the Mayor of Chicago and former Obama White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is likely involved with the sexual harassment accuser attacks. A friend of the Cain campaign believes a National Restaurant Association (NRA) employee out of the Chicago office leaked the story to the Perry campaign via information and influence from Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office."
If this is some shoot-from-the-hip accusation with no substantiation, I can see the end of Herman Cain's candidacy. For his sake, there better be some solid evidence about this. TD