MEMORIAL DAY POEM
A Poem Worth Reading
He was getting old and paunchy
And his hair was falling fast,
And he sat around the Legion,
Telling stories of the past.
Of a war that he once fought in
And the deeds that he had done,
In his exploits with his buddies;
They were heroes, every one.
And 'tho sometimes to his neighbors
His tales became a joke,
All his buddies listened quietly
For they knew where of he spoke.
But we'll hear his tales no longer,
For ol' Joe has passed away,
And the world's a little poorer
For a Soldier died today.
He won't be mourned by many,
Just his children and his wife.
For he lived an ordinary,
Very quiet sort of life.
He held a job and raised a family,
Going quietly on his way;
And the world won't note his passing,
'Tho a Soldier died today.
When politicians leave this earth,
Their bodies lie in state,
While thousands note their passing,
And proclaim that they were great.
Papers tell of their life stories
From the time that they were young
But the passing of a Soldier
Goes unnoticed, and unsung.
Is the greatest contribution
To the welfare of our land,
Some jerk who breaks his promise
And cons his fellow man?
Or the ordinary fellow
Who in times of war and strife,
Goes off to serve his country
And offers up his life?
The politician's stipend
And the style in which he lives,
Are often disproportionate,
To the service that he gives.
While the ordinary Soldier,
Who offered up his all,
Is paid off with a medal
And perhaps a pension, small.
It is not the politicians
With their compromise and ploys,
Who won for us the freedom
That our country now enjoys.
Should you find yourself in danger,
With your enemies at hand,
Would you really want some cop-out,
With his ever waffling stand?
Or would you want a Soldier
His home, his country, his kin,
Just a common Soldier,
Who would fight until the end..
He was just a common Soldier,
And his ranks are growing thin,
But his presence should remind us
We may need his likes again.
For when countries are in conflict,
We find the Soldier's part
Is to clean up all the troubles
That the politicians start.
If we cannot do him honor
While he's here to hear the praise,
Then at least let's give him homage
At the ending of his days.
Perhaps just a simple headline
In the paper that might say:
"OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING,
A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."
PLEASE pass On The Patriotism! YOU can make a difference.
If you are proud of our Vets, then send this to them. You'll be glad you did.
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The Honorable Congressman Smith 27 April 2013
The Honorable Senator Cornyn
The Honorable Senator Cruz
The Honorable Senator Paul
Gentlemen,
This morning on Face Book I discovered an atrocity I wanted to make you aware of.
The "Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee" (DLCC) is actively lying to Americans! This is absolutely DISGUSTING and I ask you all put an immediate stop to it!
They are claiming it is the "Right-Wing Extremists" who are dismantling Medicare - and the low information voters have no clue they are lying.... The DLCC fails to mention it was Mr. Obama who took $720 Billion dollars from Medicare to fund his "obamacare", they fail to mention it was this administration that took $2.6 Trillion dollars from the Social Security Trust Fund - and then Mr. Obama claimed on-camera that Social Security would be insolvent by 2017...
http://dlcc.wiredforchange.com/o/6377/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=6109
Gentlemen - these are lies, complete fabrications - and we are tired of it! Those that listen and vote in his favor are those who listen to his arguments - BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU ARE NOT STANDING UP TOGETHER AND TELLING THE TRUTH!
I know you are Honest men and I apologize if my remarks offend you - but folks... you MUST stand together and tell the truth LOUDLY as there are far too many Americans who feel their vote does not count, that they cannot make a difference, that it's too much trouble.... and as a result - they fail to vote in elections - and we have seen the results of that. Low voter turnout, voter apathy, have been reasons why the Democrats won seats and Conservatives did not.
We need to change that and #1 on that list of things to do is stand together and speak the truth LOUDLY! Senator Paul and Senator Cruz do this on a regular basis. Texan's need to hear the truth from their elected and I ask you to stand with these other two and demand accountability from the Democratic party for lying to Americans in their attempts to gather votes in their favor!
I ask that you engage your peers to do the same!
With all of these scandals now surrounding the White House, we need to bring Truth, Honesty and Justice back into our Government!
Respectfully,
Aubrey Mason
San Antonio, Texas
Congress must now take emergency action and appoint its own special prosecutor. Congress, in an aggressive emergency mode, is the last best hope for the Constitution. The tyranny of the IRS has been revealed. The Justice Department has been irretrievably corrupted as Holder admits lying and blatantly violates the 1st Amendment. The Supreme Court ignored the Constitution and its "blessings of liberty" as it nationalized the healthcare industry based on its liberal, collectivist ideology and bias - SCOTUS legislated from the bench once again. The President, installed by one-world bankers and foreign socialists using funds from around the globe, is a foreign citizen, the son of a foreign citizen and ineligible. Invading immigrants ignore the law. Illegal immigration is OK and so must be illegal deportation. Congress, in order to save the republic, must take extraordinary emergency measures, appoint an emergency special prosecutor and reestablish Constitutional rule of law. Congress must act now.
Last fall President Obama challenged Mitt Romney to come clean and release his tax returns so voters would know whether he paid his fair share. I respectfully ask President Obama to come clean regarding the filing of his 1990 tax return when he signed a six-figure contract book deal with Poseidon Press. Failure to do so would be a violation of Title 26-Internal Revenue Code.
GQ Magazine’s November 2009 issue (www.gq.com) reported that President Obama signed a six-figure contract with Poseidon Press on November 28, 1990. The exact amount was reported as $150,000 by Christopher Andersen in his book Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage. According to Jack Cahill, Barack Obama was advanced $75,000 for the book. It’s not unusual in the publishing business to receive one-third to one-half of the contract value upfront. However, a $75,000 advance would have required a recent law school graduate strapped with heavy student debt to pay the IRS $25,000 four and ½ months later. Failure to do so would be a violation of Title 26-Internal Revenue Code. I have been a CPA over 33 years and I’m Certified in Financial Forensics. In 1988 I was hired by the Arizona House of Representative in the Senate Impeachment Trial of Governor Evan Mecham. My forensic analysis of an improper $80,000 loan from a political protocol fund to a car dealership justified the impeachment of Governor Mecham.
I reviewed the tax returns of both presidential candidates. (www.barackobama.com) During my analysis of President Obama’s 2001 Individual Tax Return, I found 10 math errors. All of the errors were simple arithmetic errors that would have been prevented with a computerized program such as Turbo Tax.
President Obama’s 2001 tax return wasn’t signed by a paid preparer and it would appear it was prepared by President or Ms. Obama. I determined that the Obamas prepared three drafts of their 2001 tax return. The first draft calculated an income tax liability of $79,000. This would have required taxable income of $271,000. In contrast, President Obama’s website shows 2001 taxable income of $250,000. President Obama ended up paying income tax on $21,000 of phantom income that resulted in sending Uncle Sam an extra $7,300. I think Republicans and Democrats will unanimously agree that President Obama is one of the greatest orators of our time. The same can’t be said regarding President Obama’s skill as a tax preparer!
Based on the fact that President Obama used bits and pieces from three different 2001 tax drafts, made 10 errors, overpaid his taxes by $7,300 by claiming $21,000 of phantom income, it would appear that President Obama lacked the accounting skills to competently prepare his tax return. If President Obama wasn’t proficient at preparing his taxes in 2001 it’s not a stretch to assume that he wouldn’t have been proficient in 1990.
I believe President Obama’s may have a skeleton in his tax closet from the mishandling of his est. $75,000 book advance from Poseidon Press in November of 1990. Only three tax scenarios exist: 1) filed correctly and paid the IRS $25,000, 2) reported income as passive, failed to pay social security taxes and owes the IRS $41,000 or 3) never received 1099 from the publisher, failed to properly report the income and currently owes the US Treasury $125,000.
I contacted the IRS and they indicated that the tax records may go back to 1990. Another method to determine if President Obama paid his “fair share” would be to verify his 1990 earnings with the Social Security Administration. American taxpayers can decide for themselves whether a young Barack Obama should be given a free pass or if he should be held to the same standard as all Americans
Islam means "submission." Muslim means "one who submits."
They have NEVER been separated. Islam never took over Muslims, they have always been in unity. In the 7th century Mohammad coined the Arabic term "Islam" (submission) as the political military entity of his cult and "Muslim" (someone who submits) for his followers. Mohammad originally had less than 50 followers that led to 100 followers, that led to thousands. To grow the numbers of his followers he took jihadi measures by forced submission to Islam - under the sword. Conquering villages by death or submission to Islam, his Muslim followers adhered to his measures of brutality and genocide. In an early jihad military force, Mohammad killed over 600 Jews- beheading them himself, as an example to his followers - all in the name of Allah.
For those confused of the basics of Islam and to give you more wisdom and insight into this threat to our nation, I have condensed some key points from "ISLAM 101" by author Gregory M. Davis.
1. The Basics
a. The Five Pillars of Islam
The five pillars of Islam constitute the most basic tenets of the religion. They are:
1. Faith (iman) in the oneness of Allah and the finality of the prophethood of Muhammad (indicated by the declaration [the Shahadah] that, "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah").
2. Keeping of the five scheduled daily prayers (salah).
3. Almsgiving (zakat).
4. Fasting (sawm).
5. Pilgrimage (hajj) to Mecca for those who are able.
The five pillars in and of themselves do not tell us a lot about the faith or what a Muslim is supposed to believe or how he should act. To understand Islam and what it means to be a Muslim, we must come to understand Muhammad as well as the revelations given through him by Allah, which make up the Quran.
b. The Quran -- the Book of Allah
According to Islamic teaching, the Quran came down as a series of revelations from Allah through the Archangel Gabriel to the Prophet Muhammad, who then dictated it to his followers. Muhammad's companions memorized fragments of the Quran and wrote them down on whatever was at hand, which were later compiled into book form under the rule of the third Caliph, Uthman, some years after Muhammad's death. The Quran is about as long as the Christian New Testament. It comprises 114 suras (chapters), not to be confused with the Sira, which refers to the life of the Prophet. The Quran comes exclusively from one source: Muhammad. It is through the life of Muhammad that the Quran must be understood, as the Quran itself says. His wars and killings both reflect and inform the meaning of the Quran. Furthermore, the strict literalism of the Quran means that there is no room for interpretation when it comes to its violent injunctions. It is through the example of the warlord and despot Muhammad that Muslims understand the Quran.
c. The Sunnah -- the "Way" of the Prophet Muhammad
In Islam, Muhammad is considered al-insan al-kamil (the "ideal man"). Muhammad is the model par excellence for all Muslims in how they should conduct themselves. It is through Muhammad's personal teachings and actions -- which make up the "way of the Prophet," the Sunnah -- that Muslims discern what is a good and holy life. Details about the Prophet -- how he lived, what he did, his non-Quranic utterances, his personal habits -- are indispensable knowledge for any faithful Muslim. Knowledge of the Sunnah comes primarily from the hadiths ("reports") about Muhammad's life, which were passed down orally until codified in the eighth century AD, some hundred years after Muhammad's death. The hadiths comprise the most important body of Islamic texts after the Quran. Because Muhammad is himself the measuring stick of morality, his actions are not judged according to an independent moral standard but rather establish what the standard for Muslims properly is. The entire Islamic moral universe devolves solely from the life and teachings of Muhammad.
[Personal note: Since Mohammad married Aisha at age 6 - child brides and pedophilia are permitted; since he cut off the hands and feet of thieves - this is condoned; since he stoned adulterers or murdered them - this is allowed; since he beheaded infidels, those who refused submission to Islam, apostacised, dishonored him, or blasphemed - this is the chosen method of execution; since he had multiple wives and concubines - polygamy is accepted; since he abused and beat his wives - wife abuse is permitted; since women and children were captured as sex slaves, booty, stealing, and looting - rape and slavery of infidels is practiced; and since he performed raids of jihadi - this is mandatory that all faithful Muslims partake in jihad]
Volume 1, Book 2, Number 24; Narrated Ibn Umar: Allah's Apostle said: "I have been ordered (by Allah) to fight against the people (infidels) until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that Muhammad is Allah's Apostle, and offer the prayers perfectly and give the obligatory charity, so if they perform that, then they save their lives and property from me except for Islamic laws and then their reckoning (accounts) will be done by Allah."
It is from such warlike pronouncements as these that Islamic scholarship divides the world into dar al-Islam (the House of Islam, i.e., those nations who have submitted to Allah) and dar al-harb (the House of War, i.e., those who have not). It is this dispensation that the world lived under in Muhammad's time and that it lives under today. Then as now, Islam's message to the unbelieving world is the same: submit or be conquered.
d. Sharia Law
Unlike many religions, Islam includes a mandatory and highly specific legal and political plan for society called Sharia
(pronounced "sha-rïe-uh"), which translates approximately as "way" or "path." The precepts of Sharia are derived from the commandments of the Quran and the Sunnah (the teachings and precedents of Muhammad as found in the reliable hadiths and the Sira). Together, the Quran and the Sunnah establish the dictates of Sharia, which is the blueprint for the good Islamic society. Because Sharia originates with the Quran and the Sunnah, it is not optional. Sharia is the legal code ordained by Allah for all mankind. To violate Sharia or not to accept its authority is to commit rebellion against Allah, which Allah's faithful are required to combat. [Severe penalties, prison or death may result from one who rebels].
There is no separation between the religious and the political in Islam; rather Islam and Sharia constitute a comprehensive means of ordering society at every level. While it is in theory possible for an Islamic society to have different outward forms -- an elective system of government, a hereditary monarchy, etc. -- whatever the outward structure of the government, Sharia is the prescribed content. It is this fact that puts Sharia into conflict with forms of government based on anything other than the Quran and the Sunnah.
The precepts of Sharia may be divided into two parts:
1. Acts of worship (al-ibadat), which includes:
Ritual Purification (Wudu)
Prayers (Salah)
Fasts (Sawm and Ramadan)
Charity (Zakat)
Pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj)
2. Human interaction (al-muamalat), which includes:
Financial transactions
Endowments
Laws of inheritance
Marriage, divorce, and child care
Food and drink (including ritual slaughtering and hunting)
Penal punishments
War and peace
Judicial matters (including witnesses and forms of evidence)
As one may see, there are few aspects of life that Sharia does not specifically govern. Everything from washing one's hands to child-rearing to taxation to military policy fall under its dictates. Because Sharia is derivate of the Quran and the Sunnah, it affords some room for interpretation. But upon examination of the Islamic sources, it is apparent that any meaningful application of Sharia is going to look very different from anything resembling a free or open society in the Western sense. The stoning of adulterers, execution of apostates and blasphemers, repression of other religions, and a mandatory hostility toward non-Islamic nations punctuated by regular warfare will be the norm. It seems fair then to classify Islam and its Sharia code as a form of totalitarianism.
2. Jihad and Dhimmitude
a. What does "jihad" mean?
Jihad literally translates as "struggle." Strictly speaking, jihad does not mean "holy war" as Muslim apologists often point out. However, the question remains as to what sort of "struggle" is meant: an inner, spiritual struggle against the passions, or an outward, physical struggle. As in any case of trying to determine Islamic teaching on a particular matter, one must look to the Quran and the Sunnah. It is evident that a Muslim is required to struggle against a variety of things: laziness in prayer, neglecting to give zakat (alms), etc. But is it also plain that a Muslim is commanded to struggle in physical combat against the infidel as well. Muhammad's impressive military career attests to the central role that military action plays in Islam
b. Hasan Al-Banna on jihad
Below are excerpts from Hasan Al-Banna's treatise, Jihad. In 1928, Al-Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood, which today is the most powerful organization in Egypt after the government itself. In this treatise, Al-Banna cogently argues that Muslims must take up arms against unbelievers.
All Muslims Must Make Jihad; it is an obligation from Allah on every Muslim and cannot be ignored nor evaded.
Allah has ascribed great importance to jihad and has made the reward of the martyrs and the fighters in His way a splendid one. Only those who have acted similarly and who have modeled themselves upon the martyrs in their performance of jihad can join them in this reward. The weaknesses of abstention and evasion of jihad are regarded by Allah as one of the major sins, and one of the seven sins that guarantee failure.
The rules of jihad according to the Hanafi School, said: 'Jihad linguistically means to exert one's utmost effort in word and action; in the Sharee'ah {Sharia -- Islamic law} it is the fighting of the unbelievers, and involves all possible efforts that are necessary to dismantle the power of the enemies of Islam. It becomes the duty of each and every Muslim to make jihad. He should prepare himself mentally and physically such that when comes the decision of Allah, he will be ready.
c. Dar al-Islam and dar al-harb: the House of Islam and the House of War
The violent injunctions of the Quran and the violent precedents set by Muhammad set the tone for the Islamic view of politics and of world history
Islamic scholarship divides the world into two spheres of influence, the House of Islam (dar al-Islam) and the House of War (dar al-harb). Islam means submission, and so the House of Islam includes those nations that have submitted to Islamic rule, which is to say those nations ruled by Sharia law. The rest of the world, which has not accepted Sharia law and so is not in a state of submission, exists in a state of rebellion or war with the will of Allah. It is incumbent on dar al-Islam to make war upon dar al-harb until such time that all nations submit to the will of Allah and accept Sharia law. Islam's message to the non-Muslim world is the same now as it was in the time of Muhammad and throughout history: submit or be conquered.
i. Taqiyya -- Religious Deception
Due to the state of war between dar al-Islam and dar al-harb, reuses de guerre, i.e., systematic lying to the infidel, must be considered part and parcel of Islamic tactics. The parroting by Muslim organizations throughout dar al-harb that "Islam is a religion of peace," or that the origins of Muslim violence lie in the unbalanced psyches of particular individual "fanatics," must be considered as disinformation intended to induce the infidel world to let down its guard. A telling point is that, while Muslims who present their religion as *peaceful* abound throughout dar al-harb (among un-believers), they are nearly non-existent in dar al-Islam (Muslim countries). A Muslim apostate once suggested to me a litmus test for Westerners who believe that Islam is a religion of "peace" and "tolerance": try making that point on a street corner in Ramallah, or Riyadh, or Islamabad, or anywhere in the Muslim world. He assured me you wouldn't live five minutes.
[Personal note: The word "Taqiyya" literally means: "Concealing, precaution, guarding." It is employed in disguising one's beliefs, intentions, convictions, ideas, feelings, opinions or strategies. In practical terms it is manifested as dissimulation, lying, deceiving, vexing and confounding with the intention of deflecting attention, foiling or pre-emptive blocking. It is currently employed in fending off and neutralising any criticism of Islam or Muslims. Falsehoods told to prevent the denigration of Islam, to protect oneself, or to promote the cause of Islam are sanctioned in the Qur'an and Sunna, including lying under oath in testimony before a court, deceiving by making distorted statements to the media such as the claim that Islam is a "religion of peace". A Muslim is even permitted to deny or denounce his faith if, in so doing, he protects or furthers the interests of Islam, so long as he remains faithful to Islam in his heart. Taqiyya has been used by Muslims since the 7th century to confuse, confound and divide 'the enemy.']
A problem concerning law and order {with respect to Muslims in dar al-harb} arises from an ancient Islamic legal principle -- that of taqiyya, a word the root meaning of which is "to remain faithful" but which in effect means "dissimulation." It has full Quranic authority (3:28 and 16:106) and allows the Muslim to conform outwardly to the requirements of unislamic or non-Islamic government, while inwardly "remaining faithful" to whatever he conceives to be proper Islam, while waiting for the tide to turn. (Hiskett, Some to Mecca Turn to Pray, 101.) Volume 4, Book 52, Number 269; Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah: The Prophet said, "War is deceit."
Historically, examples of taqiyya include permission to renounce Islam itself in order to save one's neck or ingratiate oneself with an enemy (infiltration and immigration). It is not hard to see that the implications of taqiyya are insidious in the extreme: they essentially render negotiated settlement -- and, indeed, all veracious communication between dar al-Islam and dar al-harb -- impossible.
d. Jihad Through History
There has never been a separation of the political-military and the religious in Islam, this development was entirely natural by Islamic principles.
By the time of his death in 632 AD, Muhammad had extended his control in a series of raids and battles over most of southern Arabia
"Our Prophet, the Messenger of our Lord, has ordered us to fight you till you worship Allah Alone or give Jizya (i.e. tribute); and our Prophet has informed us that our Lord says: "Whoever amongst us is killed (i.e. martyred), shall go to Paradise to lead such a luxurious life as he has never seen, and whoever amongst us remain alive, shall become your master."
Islam rapidly spread into the territories of Byzantium, Persia, and Western Europe in the decades after Muhammad's death. The Arab Muslim armies charged into the Holy Land, conquered what is now Iraq and Iran, then swept west across North Africa, into Spain, and finally into France. In the history of jihad, the slaughter of civilians, the desecration of churches, and the plundering of the countryside are commonplace.
The Muslim armies traversed the land in every direction, raping women, killing warriors, destroying fortresses, burning and pillaging everything. Most raids they massacred every man and carried off the women and children as captives (slaves).
ii. The Second Major Wave of Jihad: the Turks, 1071-1683 AD
Some twenty-five years before the first Crusading army set out from central Europe for the Holy Land, the Muslim Turkish (Ottoman) armies began an assault on the Christian Byzantine Empire. Constantinople, the jewel of Eastern Christendom, finally fell in 1453 to the armies of Sultan Mahomet II. Lest one ascribe the atrocities of the first wave of jihad to the "Arabness" of its perpetrators, the Muslim Turks showed they were fully capable of living up to the principles of the Quran and the Sunnah.
Paul Fregosi in his book Jihad describes the scene following the final assault on Constantinople:
Several thousand of the survivors had taken refuge in the cathedral: nobles, servants, ordinary citizens, their wives and children, priests and nuns. They locked the huge doors, prayed, and waited. {Caliph} Mahomet {II} had given the troops free quarter. They raped, of course, the nuns being the first victims, and slaughtered. At least four thousand were killed before Mahomet stopped the massacre at noon. He ordered a muezzin {one who issues the call to prayer} to climb into the pulpit of St. Sophia and dedicate the building to Allah. It has remained a mosque ever since. Fifty thousand of the inhabitants, more than half the population, were rounded up and taken away as slaves. Mohomet {II} ordered all the leading nobles, officials, and citizens all arrested and decapitated. He sadistically bought from their owners {i.e., Muslim commanders} high-ranking prisoners who had been enslaved, for the pleasure of having them beheaded in front of him. (Fregosi, Jihad, 256-7.)
e. Dhimmitude
Islam's persecution of non-Muslims is in no way limited to jihad, even though that is the basic relationship between the Muslim and non-Muslim world.
After the jihad concludes in a given area with the conquest of infidel territory, the dhimma, or treaty of protection, may be granted to the conquered "People of the Book" -- historically, Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians. The dhimma provides that the life and property of the infidel are exempted from jihad for as long as the Muslim rulers permit, which has generally meant for as long as the subject non-Muslims -- the dhimmi -- prove economically useful to the Islamic state. The Quran spells out the payment of the jizya (poll- or head-tax; Sura 9:29), which is the most conspicuous means by which the Muslim overlords exploit the dhimmi. But the jizya is not merely economic in its function; it exists also to humiliate the dhimmi and impress on him the superiority of Islam.
... just as the dhimmis are prohibited from building churches, other things also are prohibited to them. They must not assist an unbeliever against a Muslim ... raise the cross in an Islamic assemblage ... display banners on their own holidays; bear arms ... or keep them in their homes. Should they do anything of the sort, they must be punished. Forbidden to construct houses of worship or repair extant ones, economically crippled by the jizya, socially humiliated, legally discriminated against, and generally kept in a permanent state of weakness and vulnerability by the Muslim overlords, it should not be surprising that their numbers dwindled, in many places to the point of extinction. By refusing to convert to Islam and straying from the traditional constraints of the dhimma, the dhimmi (infidel) had implicitly chosen the only other option permitted by the Quran: death.
f. Jihad in the Modern Era
In 1876, Muslims massacred 30,000 Bulgarians for allegedly rebelling against dhimmitude; in 1896, 250,000 Armenians were slaughtered; in 1915, a jihad massacre was again waged against the Armenians, no longer protected as they were by the dhimma. The anti-Christian jihad culminated in 1922 at Smyrna, on the Mediterranean coast, where 150,000 Greek Christians were massacred by the (Muslim) Turkish army. All in, from 1896-1923, some 2.5 million Christians were killed, the first modern genocide. Following World War I, various jihads have been fought around the globe by the independent Muslim nations and sub-state jihadist groups. The most sustained effort has been directed against Israel. The fact is, the percentage of conflicts in the world today that do not include Islam is pretty small.
As we have seen, contrary to the widespread insistence that true Islam is pacific even if a handful of its adherents are violent, the Islamic sources make clear that engaging in violence against non-Muslims is a central and indispensable principle to Islam. Islam is less a personal faith than a political ideology that exists in a fundamental and permanent state of war with non-Islamic civilizations, cultures, and individuals. The Islamic holy texts outline a social, governmental, and economic system for all mankind. Those cultures and individuals who do not submit to Islamic governance exist in an ipso facto state of rebellion with Allah and must be forcibly brought into submission. The misbegotten term "Islamo-fascism" is wholly redundant: Islam itself is a kind of fascism that achieves its full and proper form only when it assumes the powers of the state.
The spectacular acts of Islamic terrorism in the late 20th and early 21st centuries are but the most recent manifestation of a global war of conquest that Islam has been waging since the days of the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th Century AD and that continues apace today.
This is the simple, glaring truth that is staring the world today in the face -- and which has stared it in the face numerous times in the past -- but which it seems few today are willing to contemplate.
It is important to realize that we have been talking about Islam -- not Islamic "fundamentalism," "extremism," "fanaticism," "Islamo-fascism," or "Islamism," but Islam proper, Islam in its orthodox form as it has been understood and practiced by believing Muslims from the time of Muhammad to the present.
The mounting episodes of Islamic terrorism in the late 20th and early 21st centuries are due largely to the geostrategic changes following the end of the Cold War and the growing technical options available to terrorists.
With the collapse of Soviet hegemony over much of the Muslim world, coupled with the burgeoning wealth of the Muslim oil-producing countries, the Muslim world increasingly possesses the freedom and means to support jihad around the globe. In short, the reason that Muslims are once again waging war against the non-Muslim world is because they can.
It is paramount to note, however, that, even if no major terrorist attack ever occurs on Western soil again, Islam still poses a mortal danger to the West. A halt to terrorism would simply mean a change in Islam's tactics -- perhaps indicating a longer-term approach that would allow Muslim immigration and higher birth rates to bring Islam closer to victory before the next round of violence. It cannot be overemphasized that Muslim terrorism is a symptom of Islam that may increase or decrease in intensity while Islam proper remains permanently hostile.
3. Conclusion
The chief barrier today to a better understanding of Islam -- apart, perhaps, from outright fear -- is sloppy language. Let us take, to start with, the much-vaunted "war on terror." Upon scrutiny, the phrase "war on terror" makes as much sense as a war on "blitzkrieg," "bullets," or "strategic bombing." The "war on terror" implies that it is perfectly fine if the enemy seeks to destroy us -- and, indeed, succeeds in doing so -- as long as he does not employ "terror" in the process. "Terrorism," it should be obvious, is a tactic or stratagem used to advance a goal; it is the goal of Islamic terrorism that we must come to understand, and this logically.
As should be plain to anyone who has examined the Islamic sources, to take the violence out of Islam would require it to jettison two things: the Quran as the word of Allah and Muhammad as Allah's prophet. In other words, to pacify Islam would require its transformation into something that it is not. [There is no such thing as moderate Islam].
Drawing their inspiration from Muhammad and the Quran, they are invariably disposed to violence. The unhappy (yet, truthful) fact is that Islam today is what it has been fourteen centuries: violent, intolerant, and expansionary. It is folly to think that we, in the course of a few years or decades, are going to be able to change the basic world outlook of a foreign civilization. Islam's violent nature must be accepted as given; only then will we be able to come up with appropriate policy responses that can improve our chances of survival.
Gregory Davis author,
To learn more: Religion of Peace? Islam's War Against the World
producer/director, Islam: What the West Needs to Know -- An Examination of Islam, Violence, and the Fate of the Non-Muslim World
The Act Right Legal Foundation filed suit against the IRS for targeting conservative, small-government, and Tea Party organizations. Hurray for our side!
I’ve been reporting for 27 years that I sued the IRS for targeting me—the IRS against the law. How’s this for laughs? The IRS called me a “Fifth Amendment freak.” The Fifth Amendment states that if I have a personal stake in the outcome I have a constitutional right to “due process of law.” Due process means that I have a right to be heard in a meaningful way in a meaning place. It should not come as a surprise that there is no such place in the United States.
The Tax Court heard me. Two U.S. District Courts, by order of magistrates, refused to hear me. The IRS had frozen a large amount of refund money because I petitioned the Tax Court for a far lesser amount. It’s against the law. The Tax Court straightened the fraud out, three years after it took place, and to no avail. The IRS ignored the Tax Court order, as did the U. S. Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
A third U.S. District Court decided to hear me. The DOJ reported to the Court that the IRS had “wrongfully” confiscated my property and offered to pay me back, plus interest. The money was sent to me. The IRS then demanded that I give it back, calling it a mistake. Of course I refused. The IRS ordered my bank give it every cent in my account. The left hand of the government doesn’t know what the right hand is doing—by willful acts against the people—and getting with it.
I took the court record and the IRS notice to my bank to The Palm Beach Post. An investigation was made. The IRS admitted that it had been “mistaken” from the first, but meant no harm. That wasn’t the end of it. The IRS continued to attempt to rob me.
Every now and then the heat gets turned up. Our representatives make a big fuss over these lawless stunts. Big changes are promised. Everything returns to normal.
It should be obvious by now that you can’t expect your representatives to protect you. You have to do that yourself. When only one or two take action against a multitude, nothing is going to change.
The Picture is of our dream home on Christmas Day 2008, in the tall timber near Mt. Hood. The picture in “The Internal Me” is Mt Hood taken when we first found the location for our dream home.
Voices of the past, speaking of my destiny, “You psychically separate the true from the false and can discover and reveal some of the mysteries of life to a waiting world. You should become the thinker, the philosopher, the scientist, the mystic, or the religious zealot whose destiny is the mind.”
Voices of the past, speaking of my life lesson, “You should learn to spend time by yourself, in the woods or by the seashore, where you can get in touch with your inner self and your deepest thoughts because your destiny is to use your mind.” Numerology and The Divine Triangle.
“We find that what we had thought was an independent and objective physical world is in fact contingent on the observer….Now we see that the independent existence of matter and the absoluteness of space were false dogma….The tests of Bell’s theorem have shown us that objective reality as it has been conceived is not the true fabric of reality. The observer interacts with matter. Consciousness, the substance of this newfound reality that defines the observer, has fundamental existence. It is the quantum mind that is the basic reality.” The Physics of Consciousness
On this Sabbath, voices of the past speak to me.
In the beginning, the Bible tells us, God created heaven and earth. Science tells us heaven and earth have been here 15 billion years. A day in the universe is a very long time. On the sixth day, the Bible tells us, God created man, saying, "Let us make man in our image;" that is, man on earth in "our" image, our image and God's image one and the same. "Our image" indicates that we are not alone in the universe.
Further describing man, the Bible, "formed from the dust of the ground"—physical –yet with an immortal soul, in Genesis 3:22, "And the Lord God said, Behold the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil," acknowledgement that there is good and evil in the universe, this we know.
Came Jesus, "king of the Jews." Said Jesus, "in earth as it is in heaven....But seek ye first the kingdom of God." Jesus called his Jewish authority hypocrites. His Jewish authority wanted to know, naturally, just when this kingdom of God, with Jesus king, would come. Jesus: "The kingdom of God cometh not with observation. Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for the kingdom of God is in you." Jesus was a threat to Jewish authority. Need we say more?
In reference to your soul, science now says without consciousness nothing could exist. You exist in a state of consciousness—without dimension. Earth and heaven, dimensional, made of the dust of the ground, you physically exist in heaven and earth. But qualitatively, you exist in the kingdom of God. How can God internal exist in heaven and earth? We're speaking of two distinct realms.
Having said this, would God's creation, made in his image, kill his own kind in order to control? A supernatural God in heaven, a God I don't know, why should I blindly trust those who claim to know this God in heaven's will? Science tells me that there is no such thing as objective reality; that we are observers, and that there is a dimension of infinite possibility. Science tells me we interact with matter, that we make our reality. I chose Jesus. I look within for my answers.
Voices of the past:
In this time-space universe, our world is currently in turmoil. Billions of people are looking to heaven for answers. Jesus was predicted by Persian astrologers. We now find Christians calling astrology witch brew. Coincidentally, Jesus was born at the beginning of the Age of Pisces, an age when man looks externally for answers—actually to heaven, to a God of man's making.
The ancients gave the Age of Pisces a symbol of two fish swimming in opposite directions, an age of division and no clear direction. We are now at the dawn of the Age of Aquarius. In Genesis1, "And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters," and further, "waters which were above the firmament: and it was so." Aquarius has the symbol of the water-bearer. It is an age when we become our brother's keeper, when we become more spiritual, say astrologers—waters above the firmament—water the elixir of life. I went to sea for two years. God’s hand was on my wheel. I and came back reborn. Ever since, I've lived a charmed life.
In Luke 21, Jesus said there would be signs in the sun, moon and stars, and there would be distress among the nations. He said when this occurs the kingdom of God would come. My dream came true. I’m counting my blessings.
Augustine said, "Distinguish the ages, and the Scriptures harmonize."
http://blackroberegimentpastor.blogspot.com/2013/05/boy-scouts-of-americas-handshake-with.html
“ The Boy Scouts Of America's Handshake With The Devil “
Government GONE Illegal
In a report about Obama meeting with Illegal aliens it is pointed out that he has refused to meet with Border Patrol Agents for their views in Immigration.
Obama refuses to meet with Border Agents
I think the DHS has gone ILLEGAL
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“To be effective any immigration reform bill must heed the warnings from our federal immigration agents,” the letter reads. “Unfortunately, far from being included in the process, ICE officers have been shut out and have even had their day-to-day operations handcuffed by DHS officials to the point of being unable to carry out their sworn duties. These brave whistleblowers have been left with no other option but to file a lawsuit in federal court to fight the abuse of power from DHS leadership.”
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…”handcuffed by DHS officials to the point of being unable to carry out their sworn duties.”
Preventing someone from carrying out their sworn duties sounds ILLEGAL to me.
Imagine the howling if Obama was handcuffed from carrying out HIS sworn duties!
We want Government of/by the People; NOT Government ON the People.
Come on Obama! Shape up!
STOP using OUR White House as your personal Community Organizing HQ.
Constitutional Amendment:
During the first 30 days of a new Congress house members may petition for any act signed into law during the previous Congress be given a re-vote. Any such act receiving a number of requests equal to half the number of house members plus one must be submitted for a re-vote in the House during the second 30 days of the new Congress. No House rules may prevent the re-vote once the requisite number of requests have been submitted. For the law to be overturned the House votes to undo the law must exceed the House votes that previously passed the law, and must be a majority vote.
Any legislation signed into law after October 16th of an election year may be extended one additional Congress under the same rules.
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I have submitted that to the White House petition board to try and get the word out and discussion happening. I am very interested to hear your opinion on the idea. The basic idea is that the House is the only chamber that can reflect the current political will of the people after every election. They are the body where the electorate can decide to change direction with every election. I am not proposing any changes to how laws are passed. I am only looking for a plausible way to let the people stop the government when they stop listening to the people who cast the votes.
For clarification, the ACA passed with 219 votes in the house. Under this Amendment the next congress could have repealed it with 220 votes. If it had passed with 300 votes it would have taken 301 votes to undo it. If a law was passed with less than 50% of the votes then it takes at least 50% + 1 representatives to undo it. If a bill is signed into law on or before October 16th of an election year then the only opportunity to use this power lies with the next congress. A bill signed into law after the 17th and before the next Congress can be stopped with the next Congress or the following one. That prevents a lame duck congress from bypassing the safety net that this provides.
What are your thoughts on this? I think this would be a valuable addition to our Constitution.
I have posted this on the White House petition site in hopes of garnering some attention to the ides. The signatures it has recieved are a testament to the power of that mechanism. If you want to endorse it there you can find it at this link.... http://wh.gov/SHwt Unfortunately you have to create a profile to vote, which in light of this administration's actions toward political opponents is a risky affair.
William Benton
Our insidious Govt. ”leaders” have failed Americans long enough. Not only failed us but spied and preyed upon us like the jackals they are…
Pay back has come… Cal
Below are 2 things that are currently driving the Obummer backers. The Obummer/Dem/Progressive Propaganda Spin Machine is in high gear. The first is a letter sent from the DNC to party loyalists. The second is a piece from Current TV. In the foretelling of George Orwell, the Progressives continue to believe, that Ignorance is Strength. A word of caution: groups calling themselves Progressive Coalitions are gaining grass roots sympathy by publicly focusing on libertarian causes, but they will ensnare those to their side. A prime example is the Colorado Progressive Coalition. Publicly they work to help unemployed and those facing foreclosure, behind the scenes they are plotting along with the rest to do away with our freedoms. We have to stand strong. Remember when the revolution began, only 3% of the population was in favor of independence. God Bless the United States of America.
In the spirit of the First Amendment, please feel free to comment on this post.
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First:
Friend --
Getting in President Obama's way has been the top priority for Republicans in
Congress since day one. But now they've gone too far.
They've been caught red-handed making up so-called 'scandals' out of thin air
to stir up false rumors of vast 'cover-ups' happening in the White House.
Did they find a single shred of evidence to back up their outrageous claims?
No.
But rather than let the truth stand in their way, Republicans actually doctored
emails between administration officials about Benghazi. Then, they released
them to the press, trying to pass them off as real in order to create their
scandal. Fortunately, they got caught in the act when the White House released
all of the actual emails.
Tell President Obama
you've got his back right now, no matter what Republicans come up with next.
While Republican leaders were focused on stirring up controversy, Michele
Bachmann was talking about impeaching President Obama for absolutely no reason,
and Republicans in the House voted to repeal Obamacare -- for the 37th time.
That's how they think they should be spending their time and your money.
Make sure the President knows that you stand behind him and his agenda right
now -- and that you won't let Republican games distract you from advocating for
real change that will benefit all Americans.
Stand with President
Obama today -- and send the message to Republicans that it's time to stop
playing political games and get back to work for the American people:
Its time for them to do their damn jobs.
Thanks,
Brad
Brad Woodhouse
Communications Director
Democratic National Committee
My fellow Americans, I wish to speak to you not as a political activist, but as a Christian. In all candor, my heart is heavy. Numerous headlines suggest that we are losing the culture war. As of January first, The Boy Scouts of America will accept gay scouts, but not gay scout masters. As expected, a move is already underway to force the Boy Scouts to accept gay scout masters as well.
Let me be clear, there has always been gay boy scouts. But when you officially accept openly gay scouts, you are in essence approving the activity.
Conservative Virginia now embraces same sex marriage.
It appears more and more people and institutions are caving to the Secular Progressive agenda.
Remember when independence, self-reliance, education and hard work were considered good honorable things? Today, such are declared selfish. Class envy, laziness and entitlement are celebrated. Compassion and morality means robbing achievers to give to non-achievers.
Youths are obsessed with becoming famous for doing nothing exceptional. A black rapper was awarded with his own TV show for having 11 babies by 10 women, none of which were his wife. The title of his reality show is “All My Babies Mamas.”
I could site numerous examples to prove the rapid deterioration of our culture, but I suspect you already know I am correct. Brothers and sisters the only thing I see that will turn us around is prayer. We must continue doing our part – getting as many conservatives elected into political office as possible. However, only God can add the increase.
It is kind of like a farmer tilling the soil and planting the seeds. God provides what is needed to make the farmer's fields grow. We must do the same; plant the political seeds and pray to God to make them grow.
Though my heart is heavy, my hope rests firmly in the Lord. May God bless and restore America.
Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated American
LloydMarcus.com
By Oscar Y. Harward
Shame on you, Boy Scouts of America's National Council as ‘you’ disgrace yourselves with your action, and in doing so to ‘improperly’ teach ‘immorally’ to our young children.
America’s ‘morality’ was just down-graded by the Boy Scouts of America's National Council as they voted to allow and/or accept ‘homosexuality is OK’ in the Boy Scouts. This vote by the Boy Scouts of America's National Council indicates these leaders’ own personal reservation ‘honor’ teachings are expected to be decency responsibilities to our children; teachings the children have learned in their Houses of Worship and in their own homes from our Holy Bible that homosexuality is not OK.
Yes, shame on you, Boy Scouts of America's National Council. With your acceptance of supporting homosexuality in the Boy Scouts of America, you are a disgrace to our younger generation(s).
Obama shall be forced to resigned. There are surely many traitors in the current American government(same as in Canadian government, I am Canadian). When a government gets to be oversize, corruption is so inevitable.
Such serious corruption leads to economical difficulties and some extreme social injustice. I personally believe the current American and Canadian governments have committed many satanic crimes( including brutal murders of women and children inside and outside of North America!) It has been so long people have lived in oppression and misery and their freedom has been stripped away(with their e-mails hacked, phone tapped, and the daily invasive satellite surveillance by police and homeland security) and their voice has been silenced by dead-threats. It is time for real changed. Mr. Obama might look like a nice guy but there have to be blood in his hands and in the hands of many government officials who smiled and make nice speeches on CNN. It is time for a real change. If change dose not happen, this time is really "THE END OF AMERICA", and the end of FREEDOM, and the END OF of the whole WESTERN DEMOCRACY.
Its time for the flat Tax Rate and abolish IRS as it exists today.
Say its 18 percent....
you earn $100,000 you owe $180
you earn $100 you pay $18
no tax breaks or exceptions...
As bad as Democrats have been in the past I don’t think anything can top the situation of their reaction to the Tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. Lizz Winstead of the Daily Caller tweeted that the tornado was “ordered to target conservatives”, a comment she now says was done in jest. How does anyone joke about anyone, and especially children, dying from a terrible natural disaster? I wonder if she considered it just as funny when children of the same age were killed in Newtown, Ct.!!! Other blooming idiots in the Democrat wing of the Vulture of Tyranny Party are blaming Republicans because they deny the “truth” of man-made global warming
Read More:
http://www.conservativedailynews.com/2013/05/liberals-cheer-over-dead-oklahoma-children/