Right-wing media shamefully try to pin Discovery Channel bomber's actions on Gore

Right-wing media shamefully try to pin Discovery Channel bomber's actions on Gore: "

The right-wing media have shamefully attempted to tie James Lee, who created a hostage situation in a Discovery Channel building, to former Vice President Al Gore, due to Lee's statement that he was 'awakened' after reading Gore's book An Inconvenient Truth. In fact, Lee, who criticized Gore's book for not providing 'solutions,' holds a number of views Gore does not, including extreme opinions on population control and immigration.

Read this excellent article at the link above.

Where are they now? Serial Iraq misinformers find home at Fox

Where are they now? Serial Iraq misinformers find home at Fox: "

During the run-up to the Iraq war, some of the worst purveyors of misinformation about Iraq had a home at Fox News, and their ranks have swelled considerably since then. Media Matters takes a look at the track record of wrong predictions and shoddy analysis about the war in Iraq by many of Fox News' contributors and analysts.

Read this excellent article at the link above.

'Ground Zero mosque' protest: Geller and Spencer will be 'confiscating' placards and banners

'Ground Zero mosque' protest: Geller and Spencer will be 'confiscating' placards and banners: "

Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer have both announced that they 'respectfully request that those of you who will be attending our protest against the Ground Zero mega mosque bring American flags, not signs.... Please get the word out now. We will be confiscating signs.'

'Confiscating signs'? Geller and Spencer have always portrayed themselves as uncompromising defenders of freedom of expression, notably in relation to Geert Wilders's right to incite hatred against Muslims, yet here they are suppressing the freedom of their own supporters to express opposition to the Park51 development as they see fit.

Now, why do you suppose that might be? Well, it's just a thought, but take a look at the signs above, which were brandished by participants at Stop Islamization of America's last demonstration against Park51 in June – they rather expose Geller and Spencer's pretence that SIOA's events are anything other than an excuse to whip up fear and hatred against Muslims among ignorant racists, don't they? To organise another such anti-Muslim hate-fest on the 11 September anniversary would be widely regarded as a sickening exploitation of a national tragedy, SIOA would be denounced by 9/11 families along with the mainstream media, and even Fox News might be less inclined to offer Geller a platform in future.

Of course, on the next SIOA demonstration it will no doubt be business as usual, and placards and banners bearing poisonous expressions of Islamophobic sentiment will once again be welcomed by Geller and Spencer.

It remains to be seen, however, how the mob of mindless bigots that Geller and Spencer have unleashed through their 'Ground Zero mosque' campaign will react to the threat to confiscate placards and banners. I imagine that many of them won't be too keen to go along with what they will see as a capitulation to political correctness.

Already some readers of Jihad Watch are expressing their incredulity at Geller and Spencer's demand:

"WHY WILL YOU BE CONFISCATING SIGNS? Isn't that another suppression of speech? ... ISLAM MUST BE MET HEAD ON – lots of flags and 'my feelings are hurt' just won't do the trick."

'We will be confiscating signs? From my cold dead hands you will. This is America, Robert. We are not under sharia law nor are we under a police state. SHAME ON YOU for even proposing this!'

'Robert, I will bring the Dutch flag, Israeli flag or any other flag or sign I wish to bring to the 9/11 protest. This is not about you. I'm a avid reader and obviously support your and Pamela's cause, but don't ever tell us how to protest again.'

'Frankly, I'm not sure I care to defend a society where a mass demonstration by the people, which is their Constitutional and moral right, must walk on eggshells.'

'There is no legal authority to confiscate people's property. End of story. It is America not Arabia.... The whole point of this demo surely is that it is about opposing Shariah 'law'.... I think Robert and Pamela have maybe been spooked by CAIR. The most important thing is not to have an 'offence-free' demo but to have a demo with as many people present as possible.'

Park51 opponents at a protest on 26 August, not organised by SIOA but attracting the same mob of
Islamophobes – will Geller and Spencer be able to persuade them to leave their placards at home?

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'9/11 happened to us all' – CAIR campaign challenges anti-Muslim bigotry

'9/11 happened to us all' – CAIR campaign challenges anti-Muslim bigotry: "

A Muslim advocacy organization has released public service announcements – including one featuring a Muslim firefighter who responded on 9/11 – as part of a campaign to fight recent anti-Muslim bigotry.

'Muslim Americans were among the victims and also Muslim Americans were among the first responders,' said Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations at a Wednesday (Sept. 1) news conference at the National Press Club.

'We also should acknowledge that 9/11 hit us all hard and we should not allow those who seek political and religious division in the United States to win,' Awad said.

One of the public service announcements features Hisham Tawfiq of the New York Fire Department, tearfully recalling how he learned his firefighting colleague was missing after the attacks on the Twin Towers. 'I'm a New York City firefighter and I responded to 9/11 and I am Muslim,' he said in the ad.

Awad was joined by other Muslim organization leaders who decried recent attacks on Muslims and protests of a proposed Islamic center near Ground Zero and mosques in other parts of the country. They urged greater local police protection of Muslims in their communities.

Huffington Post, 1 September 2010

See CAIR press release, 1 August 2010

View all the PSAs here

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Abe Foxman condemns Geller and Spencer's 9/11 protest as 'un-American'

Abe Foxman condemns Geller and Spencer's 9/11 protest as 'un-American': "

'... this rally, on this very tragic day for Americans, but most tragic for those who lost their families, to use it and abuse it as a platform for bigotry, is not only tragic, it's un-American'.

In an interview with Adam Serwer at The Plum Line blog, Abe Foxman of the Anti-Defamation League condemns the SIOA's 'Ground Zero mosque' demonstration on 11 September. Foxman is particularly angry that Geert Wilders will be speaking at the rally and says of Pamela Geller that 'part of her agenda is to help garner support for Wilders, who is a bigot, who has a long record of anti-Muslim bigotry'.

Foxman notes that the SIOA protest is part of 'a campaign which is in many places directed against building mosques' and which he says exemplifies 'the anti-Muslim bigotry that exists in this country'. Foxman observes that this is nothing new:

'Part of the landscape, unfortunately, of America is that we're not immune to bigotry, to racism, to anti-Semitism. And part of what's out there is a bigotry to immigrants. Jews experienced it, Irish experienced it. Part of our history is there was opposition to building Catholic churches and Jewish synagogues. Now there's opposition to build mosques.'

In response, Geller denounces Foxman – director of one of the leading Jewish organisations in the US – as a "groveling, simpering lapdog panting to jihadists".

But this is par for the course with Geller. In an interview with Jamie Glazov of FrontPage Magazine last December, after the Community Security Trust warned the Jewish community against supporting a Stop Islamisation of Europe protest against a new mosque in Harrow, she accused the CST of 'aiding and abetting Islamic jihad and Islamic anti-Semitism'."

Yes, it is libellous to brand Muslims fascists

Yes, it is libellous to brand Muslims fascists: "

"While there demonstrably are political Islamist movements with programmes expressly advocating totalitarian theocracy – including the destruction of leftist parties and independent trade unionism – the class dynamics involved do not fit the template of European fascism.

'If Pollard wishes effectively to oppose such movements, he should stop frothing at the mouth like the deranged neocon he has sadly become, and develop a more sober analysis of these currents rather than excoriate the moderates behind Islam Expo, who are simply acting to further dialogue between their version of Islamism and the British body politic.'

Dave Osler comments on Islam Expo's libel case against Stephen Pollard and the Spectator.

Dave's Part, 2 August 2010

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Lakin’s lumps

Lakin’s lumps: "

LTC Terry Lakin and his civilian counsel Paul Jensen took their lumps at the pre-trial hearing today on charges that Lakin refused to deploy with his unit to Afghanistan because he could not be sure his orders were legal because President Obama had not proved to his satisfaction that he was eligible to be President and Commander in Chief. The military judge stated as a matter of law, that Lakin would not be allowed to offer issues of Obama’s eligibility in his defense because Lakin is obliged to follow orders anyway. The judge reminded Lakin that the authority for the military chain of command derives from the power of Congress under the Constitution. This means no school records, no birth certificate and no depositions from Hawaii Department of Health officials.

Any competent military attorney could have told LTC Lakin that this was going to happen. One continues to ask, pondering the blank and impassive Lakin, WHY?

Dwight Sullivan wrote at the CAAFlog blog:

I hear very good things about LTC Lakin’s detailed [military] defense counsel, MAJ Kemkes. While obviously I have no way of knowing for sure, we can very safely assume that he advised LTC Lakin that there is no way his request for discovery would be successful and that he should explore available avenues to protect himself from the consequences of his deliberate decision to disobey orders on a basis that the law will not recognize as a defense.

Military attorney Phil Cave attended the proceeding and wrote a detailed report at the Military Law and Justice blog. Phil described attorney Jensen as “beaten down” following the Judge’s ruling about which Phil said:

The military judge’s findings and rulings seemed also to put a stake through the heart of LtGen McInerney’s affidavit and its relevance to the trial (by inference this would include MG Vallely and MG Curry).

Learn more:

• LtGen McInerney’s affidavit


• RawStory piece on McInerney


• Lakin advocacy web site, American Patriot Foundation

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Anti-Gay Set Denied Again in California Courts

Anti-Gay Set Denied Again in California Courts: "Earlier this week, a panicked anti-gay Pacific Justice Institute [sic] went to court in California to try to force Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and AG Jerry Brown to defend the unconstitutional Proposition 8.

Today, the California Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, denied their case.

This is why they don't like courts, ..."

Two New Studies: Health Reform Benefits Small Business

Two New Studies: Health Reform Benefits Small Business: "

Under the old health care system, many businesses found it difficult, if not impossible to provide health insurance benefits to their workers. Over the past decade the percentage of small firms offering coverage decreased and many businesses have suffered under the weight of high health care costs.

The Affordable Care Act helps make it easier for employers to provide health benefits. This year, small businesses are eligible for health care tax credits and starting in 2014, small businesses with up to 100 employees will have access to state-based Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) Exchanges, which will expand their purchasing power. Additionally, the Business Roundtable estimated that provisions in the legislation could save $3,000 per person in health costs.

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Beck Goes After HuffPost By Showing Off Rally Attendee's Fake Washington Quote T-Shirt

Beck Goes After HuffPost By Showing Off Rally Attendee's Fake Washington Quote T-Shirt: "During his first post-Restoring Honor rally show on Monday, Glenn Beck demonstrated the 'contempt' of HuffPost by showing his audience..."

Prominent Rabbi Calls For the Elimination of Palestinians – Where is Robert Spencer?

Prominent Rabbi Calls For the Elimination of Palestinians – Where is Robert Spencer?: "

Ha’aretz reporter Anshel Pfeffer reported on the remarks of prominent Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who said in his weekly radio address:

“May our enemies and haters come to an end. May Abu Mazen [Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas] and all those wicked men be lost from the earth. May God smite them with the plague of pestilence, including all those Palestinians.

Wow. He prayed to God for pestilence to afflict “all those Palestinians.” Pfeffer continued:

No better, no worse than previous utterances by the venerable rabbi, 90 in two weeks and still going strong. He has said similar things over the years about Arabs and other non-Jews, singling out for particular attention not only their leaders, but also some Israeli Jewish ones, including the present prime minister.

Yet, this time was different, because Israeli and Palestininan leaders are currently engaged in peace talks with the goal of reaching a final settlement within one year. Thus, his remarks were widely condemned, as Pfeffer explains:

This week, though, the weekly sermon drew wider attention, thanks to its timing, on the eve of the Israeli-Palestinian summit in Washington. So not only did the local Israeli media record his latest pearls of wisdom, with a couple of left-wing politicians issuing the standard condemnations, but the Palestinian leadership also responded angrily, the U.S. State Department denounced the “deeply offensive inflammatory statements,” and even such august bodies as the Anti-Defamation League and the Zionist Federation of Great Britain joined the chorus.

Yet, you know who’s silence has been deafening? Robert Spencer’s, of course!

There has been no such condemnation of the Rabbi’s comments against Palestinians. No condemnation of what appears to be the calling for genocide against an entire people by a very prominent Rabbi. No condemnation of quite inflammatory statements from a religious leader against another people.

Yet, what if he were Muslim? What if a Muslim cleric had recently said something similar about Jews? Spencer would have been all over it. He would have posted it on his blog and spread the contention that this is the true face of Islam, and not just a twisting of its tenets. Spencer would have been screaming, “Islamic Anti-Semitism!”

This is not to deny that such anti-Semitism does exist in the Muslim world, and some Muslim clerics have spewed forth horribly hateful things against Jews, Christians, and even other Muslims. Yet, rational people can see that these clerics and fanatics are an aberration, a mutation, and not the norm. Except, it seems, for Robert Spencer.

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The Only Domestic Group Actively Dedicated to Overthrowing the U.S. Government are Right Wingers!

The Only Domestic Group Actively Dedicated to Overthrowing the U.S. Government are Right Wingers!: "

BARBARA's DAILY BUZZ FROM ATLANTA

It's sad really, that the "Tea-Party, Tea-Baggers" who profess strict adherence to the Constitution, those "I want my country back" people, really want to turn this country into a theorcracy, they want to limit "religious freedom" to their specific brand of religion. They want to exclude equal rights and equal liberties to any and all persons who do not agree with their particular "Tea-bagger" ideology. They profess to be a "grass roots" movement, when they are actually far right radical conservatives funded and brought to you by billionaire oil men fighting to maintain the "rich get richer" status quo.

http://pr.thinkprogress.org/2010/08/pr20100831/index.html

"The Hate Turns Violent For months, the right wing has been leading a hateful campaign against the proposed Park 51 Islamic community center that will be built two blocks from Ground Zero in New York City...The American Family Association's Director of Issues Analysis Bryan Fischer even went as far as to say that the United States should have 'no more mosques, period' because each 'mosque is dedicated to the overthrow of the American government.'" The only group working and dedicated to overthrow the American government are right wing conservative Repuglicans!

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After 9/11, We Launched the 100 Years War, With No End in Sight

After 9/11, We Launched the 100 Years War, With No End in Sight: "

BOB KOEHLER FOR BUZZFLASH

Here is the America that refuses to rally around a common enemy or live in denial over our sins of empire. I’d like to see Ground Zero honor the Iraqi and Afghan dead as well as our own, and grieve for all civilians murdered in the name of ideology.

“The holiest of all spots on earth is where an ancient hatred has become a present love.”

All along, Sept. 11 has cried out for words like this, for such a vision of global compassion. Instead, of course, we launched the 100 Years War, or whatever this goldmine for the war complex and the American empire now calls itself. And just as the war effort has started to flag (no pun intended), America is under attack again — from a proposed Muslim community center a few blocks from the site where the World Trade Center once stood.

Let’s bomb Iran!

The xenophobia may be mostly on the margins of American society, but it gets mainstream play. Consider the holy war that Fox News was egging on last week, as it reported on Christianist goofball pastor Terry Jones’ scheme to stage a Koran bonfire on Sept. 11 at his church in Gainesville, Fla. Maintaining a sort of ironic neutrality about Jones, Fox focused on the fervor of the international protests over the planned burning — my God, 100 Muslims picketed the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, “with some demonstrators threatening jihad.” In the skilled hands of the Fox news team, geopolitics is indistinguishable from pro wrestling.

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"[CE]: Of course, Pam Geller and Robert Spencer claim that these few Muslims in Jakarta mean that Muslims worldwide will engage in "Jihad", just another in their very long history of anti-Muslim lies.

Seattle Man Charged With Hate Crime For (Allegedly) Punching A Turban-Wearing 7-11 Clerk

Seattle Man Charged With Hate Crime For (Allegedly) Punching A Turban-Wearing 7-11 Clerk: "

TONY PEYSER FOR BUZZFLASH

People who think like this knucklehead does
Must be thrilled & openly grinning
As they high-five and thank the Lord because
America’s restoration is beginning.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/08/man_charged_with_hate_crime_for_allegedly_punching.php?ref=fpb

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How to Win a Gubernatorial Debate, the Jan Brewer Way

How to Win a Gubernatorial Debate, the Jan Brewer Way: "Arizona Governor Jan Brewer shows up to the first gubernatorial debate well-prepared and ready to kick some ass! Teabags forever! w00t!OK, so that didn't go so well. You'd think her staff would've clued her in on the fact that you have to actually say things at debates. Dead air and an embarrassed grin don't exactly inspire confidence. Still, as much as it seems like it, time has not stopped and she runs out the clock. Success!Then the debate turns to her irresponsible 'ARIZONA IS A VIOLENT HELL..."

Illegal Immigration Down Over 60%

Illegal Immigration Down Over 60%: "Between March 2007 and March 2009, about 300,000 people a year entered the United States illegally. That may sound like a lot, but it's actually more than a 60% drop (actually about 64%) in the number of undocumented workers entering the country. Between March 2000 and March 2005 the number was about 850,000. The total number of undocumented workers in the U.S. has also dropped by about a million workers -- from 12 million to around 11 million.These numbers are according to a new study rel..."

Even Alaskans Don't Want Palin For Prez

Even Alaskans Don't Want Palin For Prez: "Much has been written about whether Sarah Palin will run for the Republican nomination for president in 2012 or not. Some believe she will run. Others believe she will take the hint from her poor showing in Republican straw polls in several states so far and decide not to run. I think she'll run. We know she doesn't read newspapers and magazines so why should we think she'll read the handwriting on the wall regarding her lack of popularity (outside the teabagger circuit, which is only a ..."

Creation House Scrubs Terry Jones “Islam is of the Devil” Book

Creation House Scrubs Terry Jones “Islam is of the Devil” Book: "

On 4 August I blogged on Pastor Terry D. Jones’ book Islam is of the Devil, which had just been published by Creation House. The imprint was of interest: while Jones appeared to be a marginal figure, allied to Fred Phelps but repudiated by everyone else because of his plans for a Koran book-burning, Creation House is owned by the influential neo-Pentecostal media empire Strang Communications. It seemed to me that perhaps Jones, who had been part of the controversial Maranatha organisation in the 1980s, was not as far out on the fringe as he appeared.

However, I also asked whether Creation House was now embarrassed by the association with Jones. I observed:

Mention of the book on the company’s website is confined to a small entry in a pdf catalogue, and an associated Creation House Facebook page has recently deleted several messages from one of Jones’ fellow pastors at Dove, Wayne Sapp.

A couple of days after I wrote that, Creation House quietly revised its catalogue and scrubbed the book; although the old edition is still available from the link above, it’s an orphan document which someone forgot to remove. The Creation House frontpage links to the new version, which is almost exactly the same as the previous one except for page 19, where Islam is of the Devil has been replaced with a title by another author, entitled Snakes in the Pulpit. Meanwhile, the book is listed as “temporarily out of stock” on Amazon.

Jones, like his spiritual brother Fred Phelps, is a desperate attention-seeker: last year it was an “Islam is of the Devil” sign outside his church, and members of the congregation joined the Rifqa Bary circus while wearing t-shirts bearing the same message. His planned Koran bonfire for 11 September has brought him international attention, although he’s still keen to come up with new stunts to keep himself and his church in the limelight. His latest effort is a new video, in which he opines that the word “nigger” is not racist because (take a deep breath) “there’s white niggers, and there’s black niggers. A nigger is how you act”. Pastor Wayne Sapp then follows up with a different message, delivered in a weird passive-aggressive style: he explains that no-one should use the word, because it’s “demeaning” and “degrading”; however, it’s unfair that black comedians are allowed to use it, and he rails against the “double standard” of racism which this supposedly exposes. Bizarrely, the video ends with a snippet from the Pink Floyd song Goodbye Cruel World.

As well as being dropped by Creation House, Jones recently lost the support of a certain “Prince Shannon Carson”, who had previously promised to lead a militia to protect the church against Muslims. Gen J.C. Christian had a chat with him a few days ago.

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Is America anti-Islamic? 'Hostile atmosphere' goes beyond Ground Zero mosque, claim 50 Muslim groups

Is America anti-Islamic? 'Hostile atmosphere' goes beyond Ground Zero mosque, claim 50 Muslim groups: "

More than 50 leading Muslim groups have decried the hostile 'anti-Islamic' atmosphere they say is gripping America today.

Tension in New York over plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero are rising, especially as the ninth anniversary of 9/11 approaches.

But leaders of the Majlis Ash-Shura of Metropolitan New York, an Islamic leadership council that represents a broad spectrum of Muslims in the city, said the sentiment is growing beyond the mosque plans.

'The bigger issue and the broader issue is the issue of ethnic and religious hatred being spread by groups trying to stop the building of mosques and Islamic institutions across the country,' said Imam Al Amin Abdul Latif, president of the Majlis Ash-Shura.

He spoke at a demonstration on the steps of City Hall in New York today.

The group cited a suspicious fire that damaged construction equipment at the site of a future mosque in Tennessee that is being investigated by the FBI.

They also pointed to the successful opposition to the proposed conversion of a property owned by a Catholic Church into a mosque and community center on Staten Island, a New York City borough off the southern tip of Manhattan.

And they declared opposition to the Ground Zero mosque 'unethical, insensitive and inhumane', pointing out that Muslims were also victims and first responders in the 9/11 attacks.

The imam behind the project, meanwhile, was preparing to return to the U.S. after a taxpayer-funded good will tour to the Mideast.

There, he he said the debate is about much more than 'a piece of real estate'.

The imam told a group in Dubai on Tuesday that the dispute over the mosque 'has expanded beyond a piece of real estate and expanded to Islam in America and what it means for America'.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf sidestepped questions about whether he would consider moving the $100 million mosque and Islamic community centre to another location.

But the leaders of the Majlis Ash-Shura, while supporting the developers' right to build the mosque, said they would support a move to another location.

Rick Lazio, a Republican candidate for governor of New York who has opposed the mosque in lower Manhattan, has said criticism is 'not an issue of religion'.

Like many critics, he has said it is an issue of being sensitive to the families of 9/11 victims and transparency regarding the center's funding.

A Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday showed 71 per cent of New Yorkers want the developers to voluntarily move the project.

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