o'empty chair - o'toons from 'The Blaze' + o'not-funny

o'mam: "'The Prettiest Sound On Earth At Sunset' is the Muslim call to prayer."

     The o'toons below have aquired new significance in light of o'awol's mess that o'snafu created in the Mid-East leading directly to the atrocities committed against Ambassador Christopher Stevens, two Marines, and an a consulate staff member. -- rfh

     "The four Americans were killed Tuesday, September 11th, in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya."

     "..sensitive documents have apparently gone missing from the embassy following the attack, potentially putting many in danger."

details, photos, timeline and quotes sources:

• http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/09/14/us-sends-marines-to-yemen-after-embassy-attack-protests-spread/
  
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2202979/Benghazi-attack-U-S-consulate-pictured-Libyan-attack-revealed-officials-knew-attack-plans-48-HOURS-before.html

Obama compares murdered American officials in Libya to his Las Vegas campaign volunteers

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From: FireWire from The Blaze Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 Subject: Twitter #EmptyChairDay

article source: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/the-five-best-pictures-of-empty-chairs-from-the-eastwood-inspired-emptychairday-twitter-trend/

Posted on 'The Blaze' September 3, 2012 by Mytheos Holt

     Clint Eastwood's performance at the Republican National Convention last Thursday sparked a raft of conflicted reactions from the political commentariat.  Many liberals sneered at the speech as a grotesque bit of exploitative theater – Dirty Harry meets Honey Boo Boo – while others, including Bill Maher and Jon Stewart, applauded the speech for its comedic timing.  Conservatives, too, had mixed reactions, with some bemoaning the speech's potential for distraction on a night that should have belonged to GOP Presidential nominee Mitt Romney, while others found it hilarious and cutting in its unscripted genuineness.

     However, whatever the reaction to the speech, one piece of it has endured as a political image – namely, the sight of Mr. Eastwood speaking to an empty chair as though he were interviewing President Barack Obama.  This image not only inspired most of the derision by the Left, including the obligatory accusation of racism, but now it has also managed to hijack Twitter on Labor Day, as conservative tweeters have rechristened the beloved union-inspired holiday "Empty Chair Day."  And to celebrate, they have tweeted pictures of empty chairs.  Without stopping.

     Below are the five best pictures of empty chairs posted by these practical jokesters:

#5. President Obama pays a visit

Photo Credit: Instagram

#4. The incredible bowing chair

Photo Credit: Twitter

#3. President Obama on Mount Rushmore

Photo Credit: Twitter

#2. The faded poster meets the empty chair

Photo Credit: Gary Spencer

#1. Karl Marx meets President Obama

Photo Credit: Twitchy

Bonus: The empty chair as a poster [o'nope-a-dope]

See more at Twitchy.

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The Muslim Brotherhood in America: The Enemy Within (A course in 10 videos)

related: http://harrold.org/rfhextra/religion.html & http://harrold.org/rfhextra/menu.htm

o'mam: 'The Prettiest Sound On Earth At Sunset' is the Muslim call to prayer.
o'who?: 'We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation..' 

War was declared on the United States of America on September 11, 2001 - 3965 days ago.  

     Have you ever asked yourself why, despite more than ten years of efforts –involving, among other things, the loss of thousands of lives in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, well-over a trillion dollars spent, countless man-years wasted waiting in airport security lines and endless efforts to ensure that no offense is given to seemingly permanently aggrieved Muslim activists – are we no closer to victory in the so-called "war on terror" than we were on 9/11?

     Thankfully, we have been able to kill some dangerous bad guys.  The sad truth of the matter is that, by almost any other measure, the prospect of victory is becoming more remote by the day. And no one seems able to explain the reason.

     In an effort to provide the missing answer, on April 24, the Center for Security Policy is making available via the Internet a new, free ten-part video course called "The Muslim Brotherhood in America: The Enemy Within."  This course connects the proverbial dots, drawing on a wealth of publicly available data and first-hand accounts to present a picture that has, for over a decade, been obscured, denied and suppressed:

     America faces in addition to the threat of violent jihad another, even more toxic danger – a stealthy and pre-violent form of warfare aimed at destroying our constitutional form of democratic government and free society.  The Muslim Brotherhood is the prime-mover behind this seditious campaign, which it calls "civilization jihad."

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From: kd Sent:Friday, July 20, 2012 Subject: The Brotherhood

     Most people don't even realize the importance of educating themselves about he brotherhood.  It is now, it seems, the policy of the administration to work hand in hand with the brotherhood as it takes control country by country of the mid east.  Egypt, Libya, Iraq, Syria, and many others under the guise of democratic (arab spring) govts.  Religiously speaking, Obama is a hybrid.  He believes in something called collective salvation.  Not really muslim but not Christian either.  Black liberation theology.  But remember one thing if you are not Muslim you are an infidel and you must cease to exist.  There are some moderate good muslims but they are in the vocal minority.  Do you know any who have spoken up against those of the brotherhood?  You cannot co exist forever living with a viper.  You will eventually be bitten.
origin: http://muslimbrotherhoodinamerica.com

video source: http://youtu.be/ul2hpEOngyo

Published on Youtube Apr 27, 2012 by securefreedom

article source: http://www.muslimbrotherhoodinamerica.com
     By allowing our attention to be focused exclusively on the danger and prevention of terrorism, we ignore the many other ways we are being attacked. Specifically, we are missing what our Islamist enemies call their 'civilization jihad' — a form of warfare that employs manipulative financial techniques, lawfare, infiltration of our civil institutions and government and insidious information dominance.  Together, these have the effect of exploiting our liberties and governing structures against us, so that our leaders wind up imposing the very anti-American values that our enemies promote.
     Welcome to The Muslim Brotherhood in America: The Enemy Within — a 10-part, web-based video briefing that is designed to explain why and how this is happening.
     It addresses a threat most Americans are unaware even exists within our country, let alone the degree of peril it represents.
The threat is the totalitarian, supremacist Islamic doctrine its adherents call "shariah" and the organized, disciplined and increasingly successful efforts by such adherents-- most especially the Muslim Brotherhood-- to bring it here.
     We are making this course available in the hope of encouraging, informing and broadening support for national efforts to defeat the insinuation into this country of shariah's anti-constitutional and seditious program.

You can view all 10 parts here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul2hpEOngyo&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLF834C7965BEA6BCC

or watch them individually below:

Here are the 10 parts + Overview & Pamphlet:

Overview:	Introduction	Part 1 of 10
Part 2 of 10	Part 3 of 10	Part 4 of 10
Part 5 of 10	Part 6 of 10	Part 7 of 10
Part 8 of 10	Part 9 of 10	Part 10 of 10

The Brotherhood: Pamphlet

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"How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries!  Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy.  The effects are apparent in many countries, improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the Prophet rule or live.  A degraded sensualism deprives this life of its grace and refinement, the next of its dignity and sanctity.  The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property, either as a child, a wife, or a concubine, must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.  Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it.  No stronger retrograde force exists in the world.  Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith.  It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science, the science against which it had vainly struggled, the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome."
-- The Right Honorable Sir Winston Churchill, 1899
-- (The River War, first edition, Vol. II, pages 248-50 London)
-- Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can)

-- (born 30 November 1874 - died 24 January 1965)
-- (biographic source: The Rt Hon Winston Churchill
[Listen to this Wikipedia article (3 parts): Part 1 of 3, Part 2 of 3, Part 3 of 3]

source, Quotes: http://harrold.org/quotes/quotesalone.html

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o'bamanation - Muslims deny Soldier at Texaco (video 6m31s)

From: baja Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 Subject: Soldier denied service at Texaco

I guess it is Ok to discriminate as long as it is not based on gender, race or religion. Now if it was a gas station refusing service to a Muslim it would have been on the front page of the NY Times and NBC would feature it as a headline story. US SOLDIER DENIED SERVICE AT MUSLIM OWNED GAS STATION IN LOUISIANA NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY      NOW THIS IS ONE UPSET SOUTHERN BOY!!! When you think its over....its not..... so keep listening to the very end. Maybe this video he took just MIGHT make it on the national news! ....well, then again, maybe NOT.      Raghead Obama wouldn't like it much!!! View at: http://freevideocoding.com/flvplayer.swf?file=http://edge.ebaumsworld.com/mediaFiles/video/2197455/82596709.mp4&autostart=true US Soldier Told "WE DONT SERVE YOUR KIND" By Middle Eastern Folk 82596709.mp4 video source: http://youtu.be/59SwG0DpQK4

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o'coming to your neighborhood: It ain't Mr. Rogers! Christians under attack in America.

1st - In the o'bamanation, Christians go to jail; however, American Muslims allowed to stone Christians in Dearborn, MI

video source: http://youtu.be/vnJBW49afzg

    Published on Jun 26, 2012 by jmarkcampbell
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Read full story of stoning here: http://www.theunitedwest.org/american-muslims-stone-christians

     If this extremely disturbing video does not result in a Federal investigation into the human rights violations of those Christians physically attacked at the 2012 Dearborn Arab Festival then we are watching the beginning of a new America, a MUSLIM AMERICA [o'mam's].

     In o'merica, a MUSLIM AMERICA, shariah-compliant Muslims have succeeded in striking fear into the hearts of the infidels.  In the case of the Dearborn Arab Festival, you will see that the infidels are NOT the few, brave Christians who withstood the physical attacks by the blood-thirsty Muslims, but the fearful are those who have taken an oath to protect Americans.  The fearful, are the Dearborn Sheriff and Police.  Sadly, you will see the Police fearful of confronting the criminals and enforcing the law as they stand by watching "Muslims Gone Wild," attack the helpless Christians.

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2nd - Man gets 60 days in jail over home Bible studies

A Phoenix man has been sentenced to 60 days in jail after he refused to stop hosting Bible studies in the privacy of his home – in violation of the city's building code laws.Read & Comment
By Todd Starnes, http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/man-facing-jail-for-hosting-home-bible-study.html, Jul 6, 2012,
     A Phoenix man has been sentenced to 60 days in jail after he refused to stop hosting Bible studies in the privacy of his home – in violation of the city's building code laws.
     However, the Phoenix city prosecutor's office said the violations have nothing to do with religious freedom — and everything to do with public safety.
     "It came down to zoning and proper permitting," said Vicki Hill, the chief assistant city prosecutor. "Any time you are holding a gathering of people continuously as he does — we have concerns about people being able to exit the facility properly in case there is a fire — and that's really all this comes down to."
     According to court documents provided to Fox News Radio, Michael Salman was found guilty in the City of Phoenix Court of 67 code violations. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail along with three years probation and a $12,180 fine. He could be jailed as early as next week unless the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals grants an emergency injunction.
     "They're cracking down on religious activities and religious use," Salman told Fox News Radio. "They're attacking what I as a Christian do in the privacy of my home."
     "If I had people coming to my home on a regular basis for poker night or Monday Night Football, it would be permitted," he said. "But when someone says to us we are not allowed to gather because of religious purposes – that is when you have discrimination."
The Salman Family
     However, the Arizona courts consistently ruled against Salman – ultimately declaring that he was engaged in church activities and that the city did not violate his constitutional rights to religious freedom.
     The long-running feud between Salman and the City of Phoenix culminated in the summer of 2009 when nearly a dozen police along with city inspectors raided their home. Armed with a search warrant, police confined the Salman family to the living room as they combed the property looking for violations.
     Salman is the owner of Mighty Mike's Burgers — and he is also an ordained pastor. He and his wife have been hosting Bible studies on their 4.6 acre property since 2005. The gatherings were originally attended by as many as 15 people.
     Hill said the city became aware of the meetings after neighbors apparently complained about traffic congestion.
     In 2007 they received a letter from the city informing them that the Bible studies were not permitted in their living room because it was in violation of the construction code.
     A few months later, members of the Phoenix Fire Dept. broke up the family's Good Friday fellowship. As many as 20 people were in their backyard eating a meal when firefighters threatened to call the police – unless their guests left the premises.
     "Immediately after that, we decided to contact an attorney," Salman told Fox News Radio. "The city emphasized that bible studies or church-related activities are not permitted on residences because you have non-family members coming to the home and such use is considered church use."
     In the summer of 2008 firefighters once again broke up a gathering – and Salman finally reached his breaking point. He ordered the firefighters to leave his property.
     "We told them they had no right," he said. "They had been harassing us since February. This is our home. We are a private gathering. This is Christians gathering on my private property."
     The city ignored the Salmans until 2009 – when they built a 2,000 square foot building in their backyard. Salman said he applied for and was granted the proper building permits. He also said the building has passed a city inspection.
     "At that point we took our Bible study from our living room – and we moved it into that building," he said. "We started worshipping in that building every weekend."
     However, Hill said Salman has "mischaracterized the facts" of the permit. She said he was given a permit to convert a garage into a game room.
     "Any other occupancy or use – business, commercial, assembly, church, etc, is expressly prohibited pursuant to the city of Phoenix building code and ordinances," she told Fox News Radio.
     On June 11, 2009, the Phoenix Police Dept. showed up with a search warrant. When they had completed the search, Salman was charged with 67 code violations.
     He was charged with not having emergency exit signs over the doors. He was charged with not having handicap parking spaces and not having handicap ramps.
     "Imagine everything that a public building would have or a commercial building would have," he said. "Anything we didn't have was a violation."
     The largest source of contention has been whether or not Salman is running a church. He insists it is not.
     But his building certainly resembles a church. It has chairs for as many as 40 people. There is a pulpit. There's a sign out front – along with a cross.
     "Just because visitors come to my home three times a week and we discuss the Bible – if that's their definition of a church then so be it," he said.
     "At what point does the government have the right to state that you cannot have family and friends over at your home three times a week?" he asked. "People have a right to gather on their property as long as parking is available, as long as they aren't parking in the street, as long as they aren't violating noise ordinances."
     Hill said the facts are clear.
     "He built a structure that he said wasn't a church — that is in fact — a church," she said. "It's a church."
     And the courts agreed — noting in a Jan. 4, 2010 ruling: "The state is not saying the Salmans can't run a church or have worship services at the location. But the state is saying that if they do so, they must do it properly and in accord with fire and zoning codes."

     Salman's attorney has filed an appeal with the federal court – and unless they intervene – Salman will start serving his sentence on July 9.
video source: http://youtu.be/URleNOT7M8I]

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o'cap'n tax - Gas prices burn Obama as approval rating plummets (RT.com)

article source: http://rt.com/usa/news/gas-obama-rating-president-405/
     There’s still more than half a year until voters in the US hit the polls to elect a president, and it’s looking more and more likely to be a rough time for the incumbent.  The latest polls have President Barack Obama slipping in support again.
     The Washington Post and ABC News released the results of their latest presidential poll over the weekend, and the verdict isn’t very favorable for US President Barack Obama.  According to a recent survey of 1,003 adults, the president’s job approval rating is at a four-month lull, and more American’s disapprove of Obama’s efforts now than last November.  Additionally, the responses from those polled suggest that the president might have a harder time than expected come Election Day: the published results put the president neck-and-neck with some Republican Party frontrunners, even losing to Mitt Romney if Americans were to vote today.
     High gas prices, a talking point that Obama’s GOP opponents have used time and time again to attack the president, seems to be the impetus for the growing opposition. "Nearly two-thirds of Americans say they disapprove of the way the president is handling the situation at the pump, where rising prices have already hit hard," the Washington Post notes in their report. "Just 26 percent approve of his work on the issue, his lowest rating in the poll."
     Coincidently, the Obama administration readdressed gas concerns moments after the results of the poll were published.
     "Despite the gains we've made, today's high gas prices are a painful reminder that there's much more work to do free ourselves from our dependence on foreign oil and take control of our energy future," Obama writes in a release dated Monday. "And that's exactly what our administration is committed to doing in the months ahead."
     Last month, Goldman Sachs said they expected the price of crude to increase by nearly $20-per-barrel during 2012, and others have cited that sanctions and tensions concerning America’s relationship with Iran will only drive prices higher.  Republicans have in turn offered solutions from the right to counter Obama’s failure to fix prices, with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich campaigning heavily over the promise of $2.50-gallon gasoline in his administration.
     Whatever the reason for Obama’s support now slipping, it is not welcoming news for a president who will be up for re-election in a matter of months.  Although the president has previously polled more positively than his opponents, the latest quizzing puts the incumbent two percentage points behind Mitt Romney in a race for the White House.  Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is only neck-and-neck with Obama according to the poll, with a hypothetical race today occurring favoring the current president by only 3 percentage points.  Earlier this month, a separate study published by Rasmussen Reports placed Texas Congressman Ron Paul above Obama in the polls as well.
     According to the latest poll, Obama’s approval rating is only at 46 percent as of March 10, 2012.  The last time he sunk that low was this past November, when only 44 percent of those surveyed suggested they were happy with the administration.  Obama’s approval rating was at 68 percent when he entered office in early 2009, although Washington Post and Pew polls since have put him at 59 percent or lower since July of that year.

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o'class warfare - "Jew..er..uh..janitor"

I wonder what 'Freudian slip' he'd drop before a "Congressional White Caucus?" -- rfh

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"President Barack Obama's gaffe while speaking to the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC.)   He accidentally asks the crowd if they think a billionaire should pay the same tax rate as a Jew and then quickly corrects the flub with the word janitor." -- Rabbi Jason, 26Sep11

video source: http://youtu.be/z1N60RTxg1Y "All the JEWnitors I know think they pay to much tax also. lol  He is going to have to try doubly hard to get that black jewish vote now." -- KenyanImport

Welfare Stats By Race: Let's Get Down To The Nitty Gritty Posted on the African-American Forum, 28Oct07 White 38.8%   --  ~ lesser  Black 39.8        -- ~ 40% of total welfare, 2.5X population Hispanic 15.7   -- ~ same Asian 2.4 other 3.3      To break down these numbers, we look at how many Whites are in the population as a WHOLE.  If Blacks make up less 14% of the population and are almost 40% of all receipients, then they represent about 2.5 times their actual population.  Since Whites are over 50% of the total US pop., they represent less than their overall piece of the pie, population-wise.  Hispanics are at least 15% of the general population, so they take only about as much as what their population represents.  Why am I writing this?  Because I am tired of the misrepresentations on this issue.  I read so many on here claiming that more Whites are on welfare than Blacks (true, in terms of raw numbers), yet not accounting for the fact that there are over 4X as many Whites in this country than Blacks!  In statistics, you cannot go by mere numbers.  Only if the playing field is exactly equal, which is rarely is!  This thread was started, not to be racist, but to keep it real.  After all, there are some legitimate reasons for Blacks to be on welfare more than Whites.  But the worst thing anyone can do is be in denial.

"It's yet another gaffe by the Obama, overlooked by most media for whatever reason.  Like Obama saying Navy CORPSEman.  Or "Abraham-Come-Lately Lincoln was the founder of the Republican Party."  Or the 'Austrian' language.  Or '57' states.  Or "we're the country that built the INTERCONTINENTAL railroad."  A railroad between continents?  A railroad from say New York City all the way across the Atlantic to France?  Imagine if it was a Republican saying all this dumb crap.  You'd never hear the end of it." -- logansGT

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"Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom."  -- Alexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville  (July 29, 1805, Paris - April 16, 1859, Cannes) philosopher & historian [source:         http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/a/alexis_de_tocqueville.html]

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For totals of federal government expenditures on welfare, see: http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_welfare_spending_40.html -- rfh

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o'mam -The Arabs are not Happy.

From: waldo Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Subject:  The Arabs are not Happy

The bottom line: The Arabs aren't happy! They're not happy in Gaza. They're not happy in Egypt. They're not happy in Libya. They're not happy in Morocco. They're not happy in Iran. They're not happy in Iraq. They're not happy in Yemen. They're not happy in Afghanistan. They're not happy in Pakistan. They're not happy in Syria. They're not happy in Lebanon. And where are they happy? They're happy in England. They're happy in France. They're happy in Italy. They're happy in Germany. They're happy in Sweden. They're happy in the USA. They're happy in Norway. They're happy in Canada They're happy in Australia They're happy in New Zealand They're happy in every country that is not Muslim. And who do they blame? Not Islam. Not their leadership. Not themselves. THEY BLAME THE COUNTRIES THEY ARE  HAPPY IN.

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o'waffle - MSNBC flustered by Harvard's Niall Ferguson's Schooling on Muslim Brotherhood and Caliphate

video source: http://youtu.be/V9sMo-LTdSc

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o'regulator - You won’t believe this! Number of new laws! (video 1m23s)

From: burd Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 Subject:  You won't believe this!

One minute clip--you won't believe it.  No matter what you think about Glenn Beck, watch this.  He is just the messenger here.  There is no commentary.  Its only one minute long.  And we wonder why OUR government is out of control?!  If you cherish what freedom you have left, then watch this.  STOP and THINK about it.

"Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped."
"The acid test of intelligence is its ability to deal with stupidity".

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o'who?'s 2012 Election Chances (Cagle Post)

From: newsletter@caglepost.com  Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 Subject: Cagle Post | Obama's 2012 Election Chances
Doctrine 'toon source: http://patriotupdate.com/cartoons/the-obama-doctrine

Cartoon by Bob Englehart, Hartford Courant (View more cartoons by Englehart)

Barack Obama's 2012 Election Chances by Joe Gandelman

Independent's Eye by Joe Gandelman

article source: http://blog.cagle.com/2011/04/obama's-2012-election-chances/

    President Barack Obama in the biggest "Duh!" this side of Charlie Sheen announced he's going to run for re-election. The conventional wisdom: he's in better shape going into 2011 than the Republicans. Is the conventional wisdom correct? Is it wrong?
     If you consider where Barack Obama is politically, and where he could be given his overflowing plate of problems, the conclusion is: as of April 2011 it looks like Barack Obama will be re-elected since the Republicans are gravitas-candidate challenged. But beware: there are as many "on the other hands" in this political picture as hands on the Hindu Goddess Kali.
    In just one day you can read that: a)a sitting President is almost never defeated unless he faces a challenge for the Presidential nomination from within his own party b)Franklin Roosevelt and Bill Clinton were the only Democratic Presidents in the past 90 years who were re-elected. History suggests Obama's chances look good. Wait! History suggests Obama's chances look BAD.
Here's a thumbnail guide of "yes he's ahead" and "no he can lose." Hold onto it going into election year.
Seven factors that put Obama in a good position for re-election:
1. Independent Voters: Polls now show Obama gaining back some lost independent voter support as he takes some stands upsetting his party's liberal base. Reports suggest he is consciously playing to the middle. It worked for Bill Clinton.
2. By Default His Coalition Stands Behind Him: He'll likely again get support from the increasingly growing block of Hispanic voters, plus African-Americans, young voters and seniors.
3. The New Republican Party: The National Journal's Charlie Cook writes that "talking with Republican pollsters, strategists and veteran campaign professionals recently, I now hear sounds of concern that haven't been heard in almost two years." Cook echoes what I've often noted: there is a big gap between the GOP base's attitudes and demands and independent voters.
4. A Rebounding Economy: Job numbers are (for now) going up.
5. No Serious Democratic Challenger: Sorry, liberals. Dennis Kucinch would NOT qualify.
6. Organized Labor's Rebirth: Republican Governors have done more to revitalize the American labor movement than the American labor movement. 2012 will be labor payback time.
7. The GOP's Seniors Problem: Fine tuning Medicare is courageous but with no tax increases or sacrifices for the rich trying to touch it would be a gift to Democrats.
    But Barack Obama and the Democrats shouldn't start planning his post-election party yet..
    Conservative talk hosts continue to have enormous influence in motivating listeners to vote and pressuring Republicans in Congress. Fox News and the Internet give wide publicity to often inaccurate anti-Obama narratives which are picked up by the mainstream media — then covered more by Fox News and the Internet.
     The Obama team is a reactive-mode political "B team" that hasn't produced a Karl Rove or a James Carville.   And Obama? This legendary orator often comes across as boring and operates in defensive mode. Obama's political foes don't fear him. And then there's the economy, the economy and…the economy. The website 270toWin finds13 scenarios for a 2011 electoral vote tie.
    CNN's John Avlon points to an overlooked Obama flaw. "The fact that Obama has so far failed to build on his 2008 coalition is a significant hurdle to clear on his way to re-election. Reagan-Democrats carried the Gipper to a landslide re-election in 1984 — there are few, if any, Obama-Republicans today."
     Is Obama poised for re-election? Or will be become yet one more Democratic President who goes down in history as someone who ironically cleared the way for policies he and his followers mistakenly assumed would be impossible on that giddy night seemingly a lifetime ago when he was first elected President?
—–  Copyright 2011 Joe Gandelman
Joe Gandelman is a veteran journalist who wrote for newspapers overseas and in the United States. He has appeared on cable news show political panels and is Editor-in-Chief of The Moderate Voice, an Internet hub for independents, centrists and moderates. CNN's John Avlon named him as one of the top 25 Centrists Columnists and Commentators. He can be reached at jgandelman@themoderatevoice.com and can be booked to speak at your event atwww.mavenproductions.com.  Follow Joe Gandelman on Twitter @joegandelman.

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Déjà Vu - ELC gas prices (Fr.1Apr11, GasBuddy.com) "An April Fools' Joke? No!"

Since o'tax'n spend / o'cap'n trade has been in office, gasoline prices have, on average, doubled from $1.79/gal. to $3.85/gal. nationally.

In the last month alone gasoline prices averaged a 6.8% per gallon increase.

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Gas Prices Double Under Obama
March 31, 2011, By James S. Robbins, Washington Times

     "Feeling pain at the pump?  Gas prices have doubled since Mr. Obama took office.  According to the GasBuddy gasoline price tracking web site, the price of a gallon of regular gas was around $1.79 when Mr. Obama took office. Today the national average is $3.58. The lowest average price in the continental United States is $3.31 in Tulsa Oklahoma, the highest is $4.14 in Santa Barbara, CA.
     Consumer price index (CPI) figures from February show an unadjusted 12 month gasoline inflation rate of 19.2%, but in the last month alone prices consumer price index (CPI) figures from February show an unadjusted 12 month gasoline inflation rate of 19.2%, but in the last month alone prices jumped 6.8%, probably because of oil price increases due to instabilities in the Middle East.  If the trend continues, gas prices would double again within a year.  100% gasoline price inflation is nothing to brag about, but imagine Mr. Obama going into the 2012 election having to explain why gas costs $7.00 a gallon.  I'm sure the White House would spin it as one of their "Green" initiatives.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2011/mar/30/gas-prices-double-under-obama/

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Who stops U.S. oil drilling but, using taxpayers' monies, pays foreign countries to drill (and drill deep!)?

Who has redesignated lands over coal reserves to prevent extraction?

Who has created corn shortage (prices double to $7.00+/bushel?) raising food & fuel prices?

Who has sold 50% of uranium ore rights to the Soviets?

Who is holding back development of oil reserves in AK, the Dakotas, CO, the Gulf, east/west coasts?

Why? -- o'dangerous, I opine. "Why?" ( http://harrolds.blogspot.com/2011/02/odangerous-i-opine-why.html )

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The "Obammer'' Administration with their strangling regulation of government and business across America are who is stifling job growth, employment, as well as America's energy independence. (source: http://warrantonegirl.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/obama-stifling-job-growth-and-choking-off-energy-independence-in-america/ ) 

UPDATE…OF COURSE:  Brazilian Oil Drilling

Even though President Obama is against offshore drilling for our country, he signed an executive order to loan $2 Billion of our taxpayer dollars (which we can't afford to loan since we're broke) to a Brazilian Oil Exploration Company (the 8th largest company in the entire world) to drill for oil off the coast of Brazil! (Petrobras).  The oil that comes from this operation is for the sole purpose and use of China and NOT THE USA !

Now here's the real clincher…the Chinese government is under contract to purchase all the oil this field will produce, which is hundreds of millions of barrels" … We have absolutely no gain from this transaction whatsoever!

Wait, it gets more interesting.

Guess who is the largest individual stockholder of this Brazilian Oil Company andwho would benefit most from this?  It is American BILLIONAIRE, George Soros, who was President Obama's most generous financial supporter during his campaign.  If you are able to connect the dots and follow the money, you are probably as upset as I am.  Not a word of this transaction was broadcast on any of the other news networks!  Are they doing their job?  Think about it.

The  Wall street Journal article confirming this information: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203863204574346610120524166.htm

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bcc'd "red-diaper babies" ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_diaper_baby )

war, the long war - Brigitte Gabriel on Islam

From: piloto Sent: Monday, September 20, 2010

Brigitte Gabriel gave this speech at Duke University.  Also, In today's world, this has to be considered.   EVERY AMERICAN NEEDS TO READ THIS!

Brigitte Gabriel

Editor's Note: Below are selected excerpts from Brigitte Gabriel's speech delivered at the Intelligence Summit in Washington D.C. 

      "We gather here today to share information and knowledge.  Intelligence is not merely cold hard data about numerical strength or armament or disposition of military forces.  The most important element of intelligence has to be understanding the mindset and intention of the enemy.  The West has been wallowing in a state of ignorance and denial for thirty years as Muslim extremist perpetrated evil against innocent victims in the name of Allah.
      I was ten years old when my home exploded around me, burying me under the rubble and leaving me to drink my blood to survive, as the perpetrators shouted, 'Allah Akbar!'  My only crime was that I was a Christian living in a Christian town.  At 10 years old, I learned the meaning of the word 'infidel.'

      I had a crash course in survival.  Not in the Girl Scouts, but in a bomb shelter where I lived for seven years in pitch darkness, freezing cold, drinking stale water and eating grass to live.  At the age of 13, dressed in my burial clothes going to bed at night, waiting to be slaughtered.  By the age of 20, I had buried most of my friends--killed by Muslims.  We were not Americans living in New York, or Britons in London.  We were Arab Christians living in Lebanon .

      As a victim of Islamic terror, I was amazed when I saw Americans waking up on September 12, 2001, and asking themselves 'Why do they hate us?'  The psychoanalyst experts were coming up with all sort of excuses as to what did we do to offend the Muslim World.  But if America and the West were paying attention to the Middle East they would not have had to ask the question.  Simply put, they hate us because we are defined in their eyes by one simple word: 'infidels.'

      Under the banner of Islam 'la, ilaha illa Allah, muhammad rasoulu Allah,' (None is god except Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah) they murdered Jewish children in Israel, massacred Christians in Lebanon, killed Copts in Egypt, Assyrians in Syria, Hindus in India, and expelled almost 900,000 Jews from Muslim lands.  We Middle Eastern infidels paid the price then.  Now infidels worldwide are paying the price for indifference and shortsightedness.

      Tolerating evil is a crime.  Appeasing murderers doesn't buy protection.  It earns one disrespect and loathing in the enemy's eyes.  Yet apathy is the weapon by which the West is committing suicide.  Political correctness forms the shackles around our ankles, by which Islamist's are leading us to our demise.

      America and the West are doomed to failure in this war unless they stand up and identify the real enemy: Islam.  You hear about Cahaba and Salafi Islam as the only extreme form of Islam.  All the other Muslims, supposedly, are wonderful moderates.  Closer to the truth are the pictures of the irrational eruption of violence in reaction to the cartoons of Mohammed printed by a Danish newspaper.  From burning embassies, to calls to butcher those who mock Islam, to warnings that the West be prepared for another holocaust, those pictures have given us a glimpse into the real face of the enemy.  News pictures and video of these events represent a canvas of hate decorated by different nationalities who share one common ideology of hate, bigotry and intolerance derived from one source: authentic Islam.  An Islam that is awakening from centuries of slumber to re-ignite its wrath against the infidel and dominate the world.  An Islam which has declared 'Intifada' on the West.

      America and the West can no longer afford to lay in their lazy state of overweight ignorance.  The consequences of this mental disease are starting to attack the body, and if they don't take the necessary steps now to control it, death will be knocking soon.  If you want to understand the nature of the enemy we face, visualize a tapestry of snakes.  They slither and they hiss, and they would eat each other alive, but they will unite in a hideous mass to achieve their common goal of imposing Islam on the world.

      This is the ugly face of the enemy we are fighting.  We are fighting a powerful ideology that is capable of altering basic human instincts.  An ideology that can turn a mother into a launching pad of death.  A perfect example is a recently elected Hamas official in the Palestinian Territories who raves in heavenly joy about sending her three sons to death and offering the ones who are still alive for the cause.  It is an ideology that is capable of offering highly educated individuals such as doctors and lawyers far more joy in attaining death than any respect and stature life in society is ever capable of giving them.

      The United States has been a prime target for radical Islamic hatred and terror.  Every Friday, mosques in the Middle East ring with shrill prayers and monotonous chants calling death, destruction and damnation down on America and its people.  The radical Islamist deeds have been as vile as their words.  Since the Iran hostage crisis, more than three thousand Americans have died in a terror campaign almost unprecedented in its calculated cruelty along with thousands of other citizens worldwide.  Even the Nazis did not turn their own children into human bombs, and then rejoice at their deaths as well the deaths of their victims.  This intentional, indiscriminate and wholesale murder of innocent American citizens is justified and glorified in the name of Islam.

      America cannot effectively defend itself in this war unl ess and until the American people understand the nature of the enemy that we face.  Even after 9/11 there are those who say that we must engage our terrorist enemies, that we must address their grievances.  Their grievance is our freedom of religion.  Their grievance is our freedom of speech.  Their grievance is our democratic process where the rule of law comes from the voices of many not that of just one prophet.  It is the respect we instill in our children towards all religions.  It is the equality we grant each other as human beings sharing a planet and striving to make the world a better place for all humanity.  Their grievance is the kindness and respect a man shows a woman, the justice we practice as equals under the law, and the mercy we grant our enemy.  Their grievance cannot be answered by an apology for who or what we are.

      Our mediocre attitude of not confronting Islamic forces of bigotry and hatred wherever they raised their ugly head in the last 30 years, has empowered and strengthened our enemy to launch a full scale attack on the very freedoms we cherish in their effort to impose their values and way of life on our civilization.

      If we don't wake up and challenge our Muslim community to take action against the terrorists within it, if we don't believe in ourselves as Americans and in the standards we should hold every patriotic American to, we are going to pay a price for our delusion.  For the sake of our children and our country, we must wake up and take action.  In the face of a torrent of hateful invective and terrorist murder, America 's learning curve since the Iran hostage crisis is so shallow that it is almost flat.  The longer we lay supine, the more difficult it will be to stand erect.

      This is all coming true.  A non-patriot is President of this great country.   He has openly admitted his Muslim roots and his sympathy for all Muslims.  How can this happen?  APATHY, that's how!!!   

      Brigitte Gabriel is an expert on the Middle East conflict and lectures nationally and internationally on the subject.  She's the former news anchor of World News for Middle East television and the founder of AmericanCongressforTruth.com

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related:

http://harrold.org/911

http://harrold.org/rfhextra/religion.html

http://harrold.org/rfhextra/menu.html

war, the long war - Mass wedding of young girls

From: bb Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010

How sick!!

I hope this is not true!

This is sooooooo disgusting.

What a sin all of this is.  The poor babies.  In this day and age, how awful and sinful that this could be still happening.  Muhammed married a six year old bride. But Islam has evolved in 1500 years. In Hamas land, in 2009, the brides are almost seven. 

Mass Muslim Marriage in Gaza

450 Grooms Wed GIRLS Under Ten In Gaza
By Paul L. Williams, Ph.D., Thelastcrusade.org

A gala event has occurred in Gaza .

Hamas sponsored a mass wedding for four hundred and fifty couples.  Most of the grooms were in their mid to late twenties; most of brides were under ten.

Muslim dignitaries including Mahmud Zahar, a leader of Hamas, were on hand to congratulate the couples who took part in the carefully staged celebration.

We are saying to the world and to America that you cannot deny us joy and happiness, Zahar told the grooms, all of whom were dressed in identical black suits and hailed from the nearby Jabalia refugee camp.

Each groom received a gift of 500 dollars from Hamas.

The pre-pubescent girls, dressed in white gowns and adorned with garish make-up, received bridal bouquets.

We are presenting  this wedding as a gift to our people who stood firm in the face of the siege and the war.  Local Hamas strongman Ibrahim Salaf said in a speech.

The wedding photos tell the rest of the sordid tale.

The International Center for Research on Women now estimates that there are 51 million child brides now living on planet earth and almost all in Muslim countries.

Twenty-nine percent of these child brides are regularly beaten and molested by their Husbands in Egypt ; twenty six percent receive similar abuse in Jordan .

Every year, three million Muslim girls are subjected to genital mutilation, according to UNICEF. This practice has not been outlawed in many parts of America.

The Islamic practice of pedophilia dates back to the prophet Muhammad, who amassed Eleven wives and many concubines after the death of his first wife Khadijah in 619 A.D.

After Muhammad's elderly wife, Khadijah, died in 619 A.D., he amassed eleven wives.  He arranged the visits to the tents of his women around their menstrual cycles. His Capacity for sexual congress seemed to be boundless. Sahih Bukhari, one of the most Revered Islamic texts, recounts: The Prophet used to visit his wives in a round, during The day and night, and they were eleven in number. I asked Anas, Had the Prophet
The strength for it? Anas replied, We used to say that the Prophet had the [sexual] stamina Of thirty [men].[1]

For in-between treats, the Prophet kept a stable of concubines, including Reihana, His Jewish captive. His wives and mistresses were compelled by Islamic law to satisfy his Sexual needs at any time of the day or night, and the Prophet reserved the right to enjoy Them from the top of their heads to the bottom of their feet. [2]

This might not appear shocking to students of the Kinsley Report, except for the case Of Aisha, Muhammads favorite wife. Aisha was the daughter of Abu Bakr, the Prophet's Closest friend and most faithful follower. As soon as Muhammad laid eyes on Aisha, he Came to fantasize having sex with her. There was a problem with this fantasy.  Aisha, at that time, was a small child of four or five, while Muhammad was a middle-aged man of fifty.[3]

Still and all, the Prophet wasted no time in making his fantasy a reality. When Aisha turned six, Muhammad asked Abu Bakr for his daughter's hand in marriage. Abu Bakr thought that such A union would be improper  - not because Aisha was a mere child but rather because he considered Himself Muhammads brother. The Prophet quickly brushed aside this objection by saying that The union was perfectly right in the eyes of Allah. Abu Bakr consented.  And Muhammad took the little girl as his new bride.

When they were married, Muhammad, in his mercy, permitted Aisha to take her toys, including her dolls, To their new tent.[4] The marriage was consummated when Aisha was nine, and the Prophet fifty-three.[5] The three year waiting period was not caused by Muhammad concern of sexually molesting a child But rather by the fact that Aisha contracted some disease which caused her to lose her hair.[6]

Pedophilia was not only practiced by Muhammad but also sanctioned by the Quran.  In its discussion of the waiting period required to determine if a wife is pregnant
before divorce, the sacred text says  if you are in doubt concerning those of your wives who have ceased menstruating, know that their waiting period shall be three months. The same shall apply to those who have not yet menstruated ?(65:4).  


Those who think that modern Muslims have abandoned this teaching should study the pictures and videos that accompany this article and recall the words of Ayatollah Khomeini, the most famous Islamic cleric of the 20^th Century:  "A man can have sexual pleasure from a child as young as a baby. However, he should not penetrate; sodomizing the child is OK. If a man penetrates and damages the child, then he should be responsible for her subsistence all her life. This girl, however, does not count as one of his four permanent wives. The man will not be eligible to marry the girl's sister. . . It is better for a girl to marry in such a time when she would begin enstruation at her husband's house rather than her father's house. Any father marrying his daughter so young will have a permanent place in heaven. [7]

[1] Sahih Bukhari, 1:268, translated by M. Mushin Khan, Muslim Student Association, The University of Southern California, 2001, http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/%C2%A0

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