[As always, please watch today's broadcasst of "Truth That Transforms" (formerly "The Coral Ridge Hour") - in Orlando, 5 pm, ch. 55.1]
The Hal Lindsey Report - 10/21/2011
http://www.hallindsey.com/the-hal-lindsey-report-10212011/
A recurring theme used in the Bible to describe the state of man in the last days is "lawlessness." Now, I know that "lawlessness" as referred to on many occasions in the Bible means much more than small-time hoods knocking over liquor stores or mafia dons running numbers and prostitution rings.
I believe the "lawlessness" that is prophesied to characterize the last-days will be a general state of disregard and disdain for the righteous and holy, the good, the right, the lawful, even the civil. It goes without saying that we'll see a rise in crime as the end approaches and Satan expands his influence in this world. But the Bible indicates we'll see other expressions of "lawlessness," too.
We Americans have been blessed to live our lives in this Republic that is founded on laws, not the whims of men. This "society of laws" is guaranteed by our Constitution, perhaps one of history's grandest, most unique documents.
But we are witnessing a continuous erosion of the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution. As our leaders display less regard for the authority of the founding document, our society suffers. This administration has shown that it values its own ideology above the US Constitution. Charged with upholding the nation's laws, it has willfully refused to enforce or defend those laws on more than one occasion. Attorney General Eric Holder refused to defend the "Defense of Marriage Act," refused to prosecute the New Black Panthers for blatant voter intimidation, and turned a blind eye to "Operation Fast and Furious."
The administration refuses to enforce existing immigration law and sued those states who did. It illegally engaged in military adventures without the concurrence of Congress. It charged in to bail out corporations, took ownership stakes, and saw to it that its union cronies were rewarded before secured creditors. It even forcibly passed an omnibus healthcare program that broke all convention to force all citizens to purchase a product -- legislation that will almost certainly be declared unconstitutional next year.
It has consistently circumvented the other branches of the federal government by taking actions administratively that have been forbidden by the courts or the Congress. And those are just some of the things we know about!
So, if the very ones charged by the Constitution with upholding the law are themselves engaged in lawlessness, what does that portend for the rest of our society? And for our future?
The latest example of the administration's refusal to uphold the law involves the State Department. US law requires that the place of birth for any US citizen born in Jerusalem be listed in his or her passport as "Jerusalem, Israel." The State Department, which issues American passports, ignores that law and, instead, lists the place of birth as simply "Jerusalem." No mention of Israel.
Could the motive be any more obvious? The Muslims and Palestinians do not want Jerusalem to be identified as part of Israel. And since the administration is obsessed with pleasing the Muslims and Palestinians, but couldn't care less about what the Jews and Israelis want, they refuse to obey the law. Not only does this demonstrate a disdain for our entire system of law, but it illustrates the administration's anti-Israel bias. The Supreme Court has now agreed to hear a case involving this issue. As a result, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton now has to defend her refusal to uphold a law that she voted FOR when she was a senator from New York.
The Bible predicts that between man's "sin nature" and Satan's desire to "kill and destroy" God's creation, lawlessness will one day engulf the world. In fact, it predicts that the world will be completely controlled by a person it describes precisely as the "lawless one" -- the Antichrist. The only thing that prevents that from happening today is the presence in the world of the "restrainer of lawlessness" -- the Holy Spirit.
But someday soon, God the Father will decide that the world has finally chosen "lawlessness" and He will remove the Restrainer. And since the Restrainer indwells all true believers, that means He can only be removed if WE are removed from this earth. That's what we refer to as "the Rapture." Don't miss that escape. Trust me, you do not want to be on this earth when lawlessness reigns.
I'll bet you thought Karl Marx was an obscure German philosopher who wrote a couple of books in the 19th century that are now gathering dust on library shelves around the world. Wrong! The works of Karl Marx, most notably "Das Kapital" and "The Communist Manifesto," are alive and well. In fact, they're apparently the guiding documents of much of what we see happening in America today.
If anyone tries to tell you that Marxism, Socialism, and, believe it or not, Communism are hazy ghosts from the ancient past, don't believe them. Marxism is the guiding philosophy of the current administration, socialism is its determined goal, and communism may well be the result of its efforts if it gets its way and another four years.
If you don't believe me, just read the signs and placards of the "Occupy Wall Street" movements that the administration has lustily embraced. Further, just look at the destructive spending and smothering regulatory programs that the administration pursues with "ram it down your throat" tactics. These are not just the miscalculations of a naive and incompetent leadership. These are considered, purposeful actions designed to crash and destroy capitalism and our way of life so that another can be instituted in its place.
Far be it from me to say to America, "Wake up and smell the coffee," but, America, wake up and smell the coffee! And Believers, wake up and seek God's mercy on our great nation! ... God Bless, Hal Lindsey
[bold and italics emphasis mine]
Monday, October 24, 2011
#141 (10/26) - The FULL Story Behind Our Iraq Pullout
Obama’s Iraq Failure
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/24/morning-bell-obamas-iraq-failure/print/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell - Posted By Mike Brownfield On October 24, 2011/In American Leadership,Protect America
To hear President Barack Obama describe the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, you’d think it was a long-anticipated political victory, the fruition of a promise he made when campaigning for the White House. But his announcement last week that American troops in Iraq will return by the end of the year is a result of a serious Obama Administration failure that will undermine U.S. security interests in the Middle East.
Speaking on Friday from the West Wing, President Obama wasted no time in reminding the American people that, “As a candidate for President, I pledged to bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end,” and that as commander in chief, he was making good on that promise in time for the holidays. What the President didn’t mention, though, was the story behind the headline–that the Administration tried and failed to negotiate with the Iraqi government to extend the U.S. troop presence there in order to ensure the country’s security and stability. The sticking point for the negotiations was immunity for U.S. troops in Iraq.
Heritage’s James Phillips explains [1]: "Up until Friday, the Obama Administration had insisted that negotiations were on track for extending the presence of a small residual force that U.S. and Iraqi military leaders agreed were necessary to support Iraqi operations in key areas such as counterterrorism, air support, intelligence gathering, logistics, and training. But Friday, in a hard-hitting article posted on The Cable [2] blog, Josh Rogin reported that the Administration had bungled the negotiations."
Those negotiations stalled, Phillips writes [1], because Iraqi political leaders didn’t want to risk the political consequences of extending immunity for U.S. troops. And given the Obama Administration’s eagerness to withdraw from Iraq and unwillingness to confront Iran they didn’t want to put their political necks on the line. Now, as a result, U.S. security interests will suffer–bilateral U.S.–Iraqi cooperation in fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq and radical pro-Iranian Shia militias will be limited, and the ability to contain Iran will be weakened. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) criticized [3] the Administration on Sunday, calling the withdrawal decisions “a serious mistake,” and faulted the White House for its failure to negotiate with the Iraqi government:
"There was never really serious negotiations between the administration and the Iraqis. I believe we could have negotiated an agreement. And I’m very, very concerned about increased Iranian influence in Iraq."
In the wake of its decision, the Obama Administration is already anticipating the consequences of the power vacuum it has created. In a series of interviews on Sunday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Iran [4] that even though troops will be withdrawn, the U.S. will still maintain a presence in the region. “Iran would be badly miscalculating if they did not look at the entire region and all of our presence in many countries in the region, both in bases, in training, with NATO allies, like Turkey.”
The reality, though, is that the United States has weakened its presence at a time when the region can least afford it. And withdrawing U.S. troops is a stronger statement than any words that can be broadcast on Sunday morning talk shows. Heritage’s James Carafano explains that the White House’s decision is the mark of an Administration in retreat–and why this retreat is incredibly dangerous:
"With Syria in turmoil, Iran on the march, a more isolated Israel, and Turkey’s ever-more ambivalent policies, now is the worst time to see a diminished U.S. influence in ensuring continued progress in Iraq. A total troop pullout will leave Iraqi security forces much more vulnerable to terrorism, sectarian conflict, and Iranian meddling, and it will leave them much less capable of battling al-Qaeda in Iraq and pro-Iranian Shia militias."
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No American wants to see U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East and placed in harm’s way longer than they have to be. But unfortunately, their premature withdrawal from Iraq could jeopardize the progress that so many American men and women fought and died for. While the President now has a new talking point for the campaign trail, it comes at the expense of national security interests. And it is the Obama Administration’s policies and bungled negotiations that are to blame.
[bold and italics emphasis mine]-------------------------------------------------------------
Article printed from The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation: http://blog.heritage.org
URL to article: http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/24/morning-bell-obamas-iraq-failure/
URLs in this post:
[1] explains: http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/23/politics-trumps-security-in-obamas-bungled-troop-negotiations-with-iraq/
[2] The Cable: http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/10/21/how_the_obama_administration_bungled_the_iraq_withdrawal_negotiations?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foreignpolicy%2Fthecable+%28The+Cable%29
[3] criticized: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/23/MNTN1LLB0Q.DTL#ixzz1bhhGHQmX
[4] warned Iran: http://blog.heritage.org http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/23/MNTN1LLB0Q.DTL#ixzz1bhiCEGO0
Copyright © 2011 The Heritage Foundation. All rights reserved.
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/24/morning-bell-obamas-iraq-failure/print/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell - Posted By Mike Brownfield On October 24, 2011/In American Leadership,Protect America
To hear President Barack Obama describe the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, you’d think it was a long-anticipated political victory, the fruition of a promise he made when campaigning for the White House. But his announcement last week that American troops in Iraq will return by the end of the year is a result of a serious Obama Administration failure that will undermine U.S. security interests in the Middle East.
Speaking on Friday from the West Wing, President Obama wasted no time in reminding the American people that, “As a candidate for President, I pledged to bring the war in Iraq to a responsible end,” and that as commander in chief, he was making good on that promise in time for the holidays. What the President didn’t mention, though, was the story behind the headline–that the Administration tried and failed to negotiate with the Iraqi government to extend the U.S. troop presence there in order to ensure the country’s security and stability. The sticking point for the negotiations was immunity for U.S. troops in Iraq.
Heritage’s James Phillips explains [1]: "Up until Friday, the Obama Administration had insisted that negotiations were on track for extending the presence of a small residual force that U.S. and Iraqi military leaders agreed were necessary to support Iraqi operations in key areas such as counterterrorism, air support, intelligence gathering, logistics, and training. But Friday, in a hard-hitting article posted on The Cable [2] blog, Josh Rogin reported that the Administration had bungled the negotiations."
Those negotiations stalled, Phillips writes [1], because Iraqi political leaders didn’t want to risk the political consequences of extending immunity for U.S. troops. And given the Obama Administration’s eagerness to withdraw from Iraq and unwillingness to confront Iran they didn’t want to put their political necks on the line. Now, as a result, U.S. security interests will suffer–bilateral U.S.–Iraqi cooperation in fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq and radical pro-Iranian Shia militias will be limited, and the ability to contain Iran will be weakened. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) criticized [3] the Administration on Sunday, calling the withdrawal decisions “a serious mistake,” and faulted the White House for its failure to negotiate with the Iraqi government:
"There was never really serious negotiations between the administration and the Iraqis. I believe we could have negotiated an agreement. And I’m very, very concerned about increased Iranian influence in Iraq."
In the wake of its decision, the Obama Administration is already anticipating the consequences of the power vacuum it has created. In a series of interviews on Sunday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Iran [4] that even though troops will be withdrawn, the U.S. will still maintain a presence in the region. “Iran would be badly miscalculating if they did not look at the entire region and all of our presence in many countries in the region, both in bases, in training, with NATO allies, like Turkey.”
The reality, though, is that the United States has weakened its presence at a time when the region can least afford it. And withdrawing U.S. troops is a stronger statement than any words that can be broadcast on Sunday morning talk shows. Heritage’s James Carafano explains that the White House’s decision is the mark of an Administration in retreat–and why this retreat is incredibly dangerous:
"With Syria in turmoil, Iran on the march, a more isolated Israel, and Turkey’s ever-more ambivalent policies, now is the worst time to see a diminished U.S. influence in ensuring continued progress in Iraq. A total troop pullout will leave Iraqi security forces much more vulnerable to terrorism, sectarian conflict, and Iranian meddling, and it will leave them much less capable of battling al-Qaeda in Iraq and pro-Iranian Shia militias."
\
No American wants to see U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East and placed in harm’s way longer than they have to be. But unfortunately, their premature withdrawal from Iraq could jeopardize the progress that so many American men and women fought and died for. While the President now has a new talking point for the campaign trail, it comes at the expense of national security interests. And it is the Obama Administration’s policies and bungled negotiations that are to blame.
[bold and italics emphasis mine]-------------------------------------------------------------
Article printed from The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation: http://blog.heritage.org
URL to article: http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/24/morning-bell-obamas-iraq-failure/
URLs in this post:
[1] explains: http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/23/politics-trumps-security-in-obamas-bungled-troop-negotiations-with-iraq/
[2] The Cable: http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/10/21/how_the_obama_administration_bungled_the_iraq_withdrawal_negotiations?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foreignpolicy%2Fthecable+%28The+Cable%29
[3] criticized: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/23/MNTN1LLB0Q.DTL#ixzz1bhhGHQmX
[4] warned Iran: http://blog.heritage.org http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/23/MNTN1LLB0Q.DTL#ixzz1bhiCEGO0
Copyright © 2011 The Heritage Foundation. All rights reserved.
Friday, October 21, 2011
# 140 (10/24) - What's Next for Libya?/An Israeli Soldier/Hostage Comes Home
Libya After Gaddafi - Eric Stakelbeck on Terror CBN News
http://blogs.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror/Default.aspx October 20, 2011
Libya's longtime dictator Moammar Gaddafi was killed today by rebel forces in the city of Sirte. Gaddafi was a brutal tyrant, oppressor, and terrorist with American blood on his hands. Needless to say, he will not be mourned. Yet I'm seriously concerned about Libya, post-Gaddafi, for a few reasons.It's been well documented that Al Qaeda terrorists and other assorted jihadis--guys who were killing U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan just a few short years ago--are heavily represented in the ranks of the Libyan rebels, including in the top leadership. It's no wonder, then, that the leader of Al Qaeda's restive North African branch, which is based in the countries bordering Libya, has publicly endorsed the rebels and reportedly taken advantage of the chaos there to acquire some of Gaddafi's weapons. As I blogged last week, some of those same weapons have been magically appearing recently along the Gaza border. And what becomes of Gaddafi's biological and chemical weapons stockpiles now is anyone's guess.
What is clear is that in Libya, like in Egypt and everywhere else in the Muslim world where there is a power vacuum, radical Islamists and jihadists are the most organized, driven and--key point here--most ruthless faction, willing to do anything and kill anybody in order to seize power. Islamists have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, in LIbya and elsewhere in the Middle East, and will go straight for the jugular, especially if civil war breaks out. The so-called Arab Spring, which the Obama administration has supported at every turn, has given them that opportunity.
It's no surprise, then, that the Muslim Brotherhood, the group which has most benefited from the regional uprisings, is now enjoying a resurgence in Libya after decades of being shackled by Gaddafi. For all of his evil and anti-American mayhem, Gaddafi did serve one benefit to the U.S., in spite of himself: In order to maintain his iron grip on power, he suppressed his country's Islamic terrorists, who he saw as a serious threat to his rule. (Incidentally, I interviewed one of those former Al Qaeda-linked Libyan terrorists last year.) Now, with the isolated old despot gone, the jihadi genie looks like it's officially out of the bottle.
I'm most concerned, however, about the potential role of Iran in a "new, democratic Libya." Best-selling author and Middle East analyst Joel Rosenberg lays out Iran's various power moves inside Libya in his latest blog. An excerpt, including must read links:
Now there are new concerns: Will Libyan people — so badly oppressed for so many years — truly be set free, or enslaved by leaders as bad or worse than Gaddafi? Where is Libya headed next? Will the rebels ally themselves with the West, or with the radical jihadists of Iran, Sudan and al Qaeda? The mullahs in Tehran have been seizing the initiative and moving strategically in recent months to exploit the chaos in Libya and build an alliance with the rebels.
They are eager to build an anti-American, anti-Israeli coalition throughout the Middle East and North Africa to lay the groundwork for an Islamic caliphate. What’s more, the mullahs in Tehran believe the fall of leaders in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt are prophetic signs that the Twelfth Imam’s arrival is soon, as explained in the Iranian documentary film, “The Coming Is Upon Us,” released earlier this year. [LIBYAN DICTATOR GADDAFI IS DEAD: Iran seeking to exploit the chaos. The Church should move quickly to reach Libyans with the gospel. Posted: October 20, 2011 by Joel C. Rosenberg - http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/libyan-dictator-gaddafi-captured/]
]Below, I’ve posted some articles from the past several months showing how systematically Tehran has been involved in making sure Libya falls Iran’s way, not America’s or NATO’s. These are stories worth tracking more closely.
- Iran Reaches Out to Libya’s Rebels
- Iran 'Discreetly Aided Libyan Rebels'
- Iran invites Libya rebel chief to Tehran
- Iran hopes Gaddafi domino will fall the right way — “Seen from Iran, Libya is either the latest dictatorship to fall to an ‘Islamic awakening’ that will unite the Muslim Middle East, or a new foothold for the treacherous West to assert its economic and political domination over the region.”
- Iran stole missiles during Gaddafi revolt in Libya
- September: Iran votes to give Libya’s UN seat to NTC rebels
I hope and pray for the best in a post-Gaddafi Libya. But I fear his toppling paves the way for even more dangerous forces that are virulently hostile to the West and Israel and committed to making Libya part of a reformed Islamic Caliphate that we may very well be witnessing the genesis of right now in the Middle East.
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Also, you might want to check out:
The End of Qadhafi Posted By Mike Brownfield On October 20, 2011 http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/20/morning-bell-the-end-of-qadhafi/print/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell
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The Release of Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit
The Hal Lindsey Report - 10/21/2011 - http://www.hallindsey.com/the-hal-lindsey-report-10212011/
... the world's most famous hostage, Israeli IDF sergeant Gilad Shalit, is home at last. He was released by Hamas on Tuesday [after being kidnapped and held as a hostage for over 5 years]. To win his freedom, Israel agreed to release 1,027Palestinian prisoners, including about 400 with "blood on their hands." That means they were directly linked to the deaths of Israeli Jews in terrorism attacks.
The debate now begins over whether Israel paid too high a price for this lone soldier's freedom.Whatever the conclusion, it illustrates one thing perfectly: Judeo and Christian societies value Life. Muslim societies value Death. For the Israelis, one young Jewish life is worth 1,000 terrorists and murderers. For the Palestinians, the return of 1,000 terrorists and murderers as "heroes" is worthy of celebration.
[bold and italics emphasis mine]
http://blogs.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror/Default.aspx October 20, 2011
Libya's longtime dictator Moammar Gaddafi was killed today by rebel forces in the city of Sirte. Gaddafi was a brutal tyrant, oppressor, and terrorist with American blood on his hands. Needless to say, he will not be mourned. Yet I'm seriously concerned about Libya, post-Gaddafi, for a few reasons.It's been well documented that Al Qaeda terrorists and other assorted jihadis--guys who were killing U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan just a few short years ago--are heavily represented in the ranks of the Libyan rebels, including in the top leadership. It's no wonder, then, that the leader of Al Qaeda's restive North African branch, which is based in the countries bordering Libya, has publicly endorsed the rebels and reportedly taken advantage of the chaos there to acquire some of Gaddafi's weapons. As I blogged last week, some of those same weapons have been magically appearing recently along the Gaza border. And what becomes of Gaddafi's biological and chemical weapons stockpiles now is anyone's guess.
What is clear is that in Libya, like in Egypt and everywhere else in the Muslim world where there is a power vacuum, radical Islamists and jihadists are the most organized, driven and--key point here--most ruthless faction, willing to do anything and kill anybody in order to seize power. Islamists have been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, in LIbya and elsewhere in the Middle East, and will go straight for the jugular, especially if civil war breaks out. The so-called Arab Spring, which the Obama administration has supported at every turn, has given them that opportunity.
It's no surprise, then, that the Muslim Brotherhood, the group which has most benefited from the regional uprisings, is now enjoying a resurgence in Libya after decades of being shackled by Gaddafi. For all of his evil and anti-American mayhem, Gaddafi did serve one benefit to the U.S., in spite of himself: In order to maintain his iron grip on power, he suppressed his country's Islamic terrorists, who he saw as a serious threat to his rule. (Incidentally, I interviewed one of those former Al Qaeda-linked Libyan terrorists last year.) Now, with the isolated old despot gone, the jihadi genie looks like it's officially out of the bottle.
I'm most concerned, however, about the potential role of Iran in a "new, democratic Libya." Best-selling author and Middle East analyst Joel Rosenberg lays out Iran's various power moves inside Libya in his latest blog. An excerpt, including must read links:
Now there are new concerns: Will Libyan people — so badly oppressed for so many years — truly be set free, or enslaved by leaders as bad or worse than Gaddafi? Where is Libya headed next? Will the rebels ally themselves with the West, or with the radical jihadists of Iran, Sudan and al Qaeda? The mullahs in Tehran have been seizing the initiative and moving strategically in recent months to exploit the chaos in Libya and build an alliance with the rebels.
They are eager to build an anti-American, anti-Israeli coalition throughout the Middle East and North Africa to lay the groundwork for an Islamic caliphate. What’s more, the mullahs in Tehran believe the fall of leaders in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt are prophetic signs that the Twelfth Imam’s arrival is soon, as explained in the Iranian documentary film, “The Coming Is Upon Us,” released earlier this year. [LIBYAN DICTATOR GADDAFI IS DEAD: Iran seeking to exploit the chaos. The Church should move quickly to reach Libyans with the gospel. Posted: October 20, 2011 by Joel C. Rosenberg - http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/libyan-dictator-gaddafi-captured/]
]Below, I’ve posted some articles from the past several months showing how systematically Tehran has been involved in making sure Libya falls Iran’s way, not America’s or NATO’s. These are stories worth tracking more closely.
- Iran Reaches Out to Libya’s Rebels
- Iran 'Discreetly Aided Libyan Rebels'
- Iran invites Libya rebel chief to Tehran
- Iran hopes Gaddafi domino will fall the right way — “Seen from Iran, Libya is either the latest dictatorship to fall to an ‘Islamic awakening’ that will unite the Muslim Middle East, or a new foothold for the treacherous West to assert its economic and political domination over the region.”
- Iran stole missiles during Gaddafi revolt in Libya
- September: Iran votes to give Libya’s UN seat to NTC rebels
I hope and pray for the best in a post-Gaddafi Libya. But I fear his toppling paves the way for even more dangerous forces that are virulently hostile to the West and Israel and committed to making Libya part of a reformed Islamic Caliphate that we may very well be witnessing the genesis of right now in the Middle East.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Also, you might want to check out:
The End of Qadhafi Posted By Mike Brownfield On October 20, 2011 http://blog.heritage.org/2011/10/20/morning-bell-the-end-of-qadhafi/print/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell
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The Release of Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit
The Hal Lindsey Report - 10/21/2011 - http://www.hallindsey.com/the-hal-lindsey-report-10212011/
... the world's most famous hostage, Israeli IDF sergeant Gilad Shalit, is home at last. He was released by Hamas on Tuesday [after being kidnapped and held as a hostage for over 5 years]. To win his freedom, Israel agreed to release 1,027Palestinian prisoners, including about 400 with "blood on their hands." That means they were directly linked to the deaths of Israeli Jews in terrorism attacks.
The debate now begins over whether Israel paid too high a price for this lone soldier's freedom.Whatever the conclusion, it illustrates one thing perfectly: Judeo and Christian societies value Life. Muslim societies value Death. For the Israelis, one young Jewish life is worth 1,000 terrorists and murderers. For the Palestinians, the return of 1,000 terrorists and murderers as "heroes" is worthy of celebration.
[bold and italics emphasis mine]
#139 - Sunday Special (10/23) - "No One Is Guaranteed Tomorrow"
[As always on Sundays, I encourage you to watch the day's broadcast of "Truth That Transforms" (formerly "The Coral Ridge Hour"). [In Orlando, at 5 p.m. on channel 55.1]
"Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow." - Ps. 144:4
"Man's days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed." - Job. 14:4
Any day you check on the news, you read about someone dying - through a natural disaster, having been murdered, or because they are somehow famous. But last Sunday, when I heard about the death of the race car driver (I've never heard of) as a result of a racing crash, I remember being almost numbed and was not sure why. Has that ever happened to you?
Upon reflection, I've come to realize that Dan Wheldon's sudden death reminded me of the unpredictability of the length of our lives. Besides the verses I have noted above, I'm sure you could find dozens more throughout Scripture that say the same thing. In fact, you don't even have to go to God's Word to be reminded of that truth.
Several years ago, I was watching a crime drama. At the end of the episode, the lead dective (a Catholic) got up from his seat to leave a restaurant. As he did so, his companion casually said (as we probably would ourselves in such a
situation), "See you on Monday!" The detective suddenly turned around and looking at her soberly said, "No one is guaranteed tomorrow" and then he walked out. I was so
shocked, If I had been sitting in a chair I might have fallen to the floor. If I was watching with others, I would have surely yelled, "Did you hear that?!! Wow!" Rarely have I heard a more profound and eternally truthful statement on network television.
I remember having the same reaction as I had last Sunday when I heard that my 28-year old, atheltically fit co-worker had suddenly collapsed and died on the sidewalk while taking an after-dinner walk with his wife due to a blood vessel suddenly exploding in his brain due to a hemmorage. Several years ago, 2 middle school girls died in a car crash as one of their Moms was driving them home. Within the last year, a high school girl contracted an amoeba while swimming in a pond near her home and died several days later; and a girl in her first week of college suddenly became sick from an undetected conditioin while attending a party and died hours
later.
All these incidents (and others I'm sure you can recall)remind us of how none of us knows how much time we have before death claims us. To assume we do is the absolute height of arrogance and presumption. I remember many years ago when I was sitting on the curb of a parking lot of a community college sharing the gospel with a student. When I asked him if - based on what I had shared with him - he wanted to pray to receive Christ as his Savior and Lord, the student said (in effect), "No, I don't want to do it now. I think I'll wait till I'm older and close to dying." I
remember being so stunned by what he said that I responded by saying, "What are you saying?" Pointing to the cars driving out of the parking lot, I continued, "You don't even know you won't be killed in some accident today just trying to drive
out of this parking lot. How can you possibly know that you will live to a certain age?!!"
In lieu of the length of our lives being in God's hands, I would encourage you on two points:
1) When you share the gospel with someone, don't allow them to get away with saying that they want to do it "later." Challenge their presumptiveness, that no one can know how long they have to live, and that therefore, as Scripture says, ".. now is the day iof salvation." (2 Cor. 6:2b)
2) Have you or someone you know ever said, "I'll do somethig to serve God - like be a missionary - later in life." Well, once again, that is being truly esumptutious. To paraphrase 2 Cor. 6:2b "now is the day of service." As I told my church family the last Sunday I was there before heading overseas to serve as a missionary: "I'm going because that is where God wants me to go and serve now. YOU may not be called to go to serve somewhere overseas, but you are still a missioniary for Christ wherever you are. The nonbelievers around you are YOUR mission field. My calling is no greater than yours."
Sunday "Funny" (from MikeysFunnies.com):
"Jacob was a cheater, Peter had a temper, David had an affair, Noah got drunk, Jonah ran from God, Paul was a murderer, Gideon was insecure, Miriam was a gossip, Mary was a worrier, Thomas was a doubter, Sarah was impatient, Elijah was moody, Moses stuttered, Zaccheus was short, Abraham was old and Lazarus was dead. Now..... what's YOUR reason for thinking God won't use you?"
"Man is like a breath; his days are like a fleeting shadow." - Ps. 144:4
"Man's days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed." - Job. 14:4
Any day you check on the news, you read about someone dying - through a natural disaster, having been murdered, or because they are somehow famous. But last Sunday, when I heard about the death of the race car driver (I've never heard of) as a result of a racing crash, I remember being almost numbed and was not sure why. Has that ever happened to you?
Upon reflection, I've come to realize that Dan Wheldon's sudden death reminded me of the unpredictability of the length of our lives. Besides the verses I have noted above, I'm sure you could find dozens more throughout Scripture that say the same thing. In fact, you don't even have to go to God's Word to be reminded of that truth.
Several years ago, I was watching a crime drama. At the end of the episode, the lead dective (a Catholic) got up from his seat to leave a restaurant. As he did so, his companion casually said (as we probably would ourselves in such a
situation), "See you on Monday!" The detective suddenly turned around and looking at her soberly said, "No one is guaranteed tomorrow" and then he walked out. I was so
shocked, If I had been sitting in a chair I might have fallen to the floor. If I was watching with others, I would have surely yelled, "Did you hear that?!! Wow!" Rarely have I heard a more profound and eternally truthful statement on network television.
I remember having the same reaction as I had last Sunday when I heard that my 28-year old, atheltically fit co-worker had suddenly collapsed and died on the sidewalk while taking an after-dinner walk with his wife due to a blood vessel suddenly exploding in his brain due to a hemmorage. Several years ago, 2 middle school girls died in a car crash as one of their Moms was driving them home. Within the last year, a high school girl contracted an amoeba while swimming in a pond near her home and died several days later; and a girl in her first week of college suddenly became sick from an undetected conditioin while attending a party and died hours
later.
All these incidents (and others I'm sure you can recall)remind us of how none of us knows how much time we have before death claims us. To assume we do is the absolute height of arrogance and presumption. I remember many years ago when I was sitting on the curb of a parking lot of a community college sharing the gospel with a student. When I asked him if - based on what I had shared with him - he wanted to pray to receive Christ as his Savior and Lord, the student said (in effect), "No, I don't want to do it now. I think I'll wait till I'm older and close to dying." I
remember being so stunned by what he said that I responded by saying, "What are you saying?" Pointing to the cars driving out of the parking lot, I continued, "You don't even know you won't be killed in some accident today just trying to drive
out of this parking lot. How can you possibly know that you will live to a certain age?!!"
In lieu of the length of our lives being in God's hands, I would encourage you on two points:
1) When you share the gospel with someone, don't allow them to get away with saying that they want to do it "later." Challenge their presumptiveness, that no one can know how long they have to live, and that therefore, as Scripture says, ".. now is the day iof salvation." (2 Cor. 6:2b)
2) Have you or someone you know ever said, "I'll do somethig to serve God - like be a missionary - later in life." Well, once again, that is being truly esumptutious. To paraphrase 2 Cor. 6:2b "now is the day of service." As I told my church family the last Sunday I was there before heading overseas to serve as a missionary: "I'm going because that is where God wants me to go and serve now. YOU may not be called to go to serve somewhere overseas, but you are still a missioniary for Christ wherever you are. The nonbelievers around you are YOUR mission field. My calling is no greater than yours."
Sunday "Funny" (from MikeysFunnies.com):
"Jacob was a cheater, Peter had a temper, David had an affair, Noah got drunk, Jonah ran from God, Paul was a murderer, Gideon was insecure, Miriam was a gossip, Mary was a worrier, Thomas was a doubter, Sarah was impatient, Elijah was moody, Moses stuttered, Zaccheus was short, Abraham was old and Lazarus was dead. Now..... what's YOUR reason for thinking God won't use you?"
Sunday, October 16, 2011
#137 (10/19) - Re: Those "Occupiers" - WHERE ARE THE PARENTS?!!!
[For weeks now, the "Occupy Wall St." commotion has led off most TV news reports. I had to laugh when one of the spokespersons said they were *tax payers*; it looks as though many at least are college students who should instead be protesting at their respective universities protesting their exhorbitant/excessive tuition costs. Then, those who go on to say they are Marxists and socialists who want this country changed accorrdingly scare me. As Eric Erickson of Human Events has said,*Most of those on Wall Street want retribution and punishment of the rich. They've cast out greed, but are filled up with envy and jealousy.*]
Costs of the Occupiers - by Michelle Malkin 10/14/2011 http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=46857
The trash generated by the "Occupy Wall Street" protests keeps piling up. So do the bills. Liberal media outlets claim the anarchic, anti-capitalist movement is more popular than the tea party. But wait until Americans across the country get a full picture of the costs of the aimless occupiers.
In New York City, government officials estimate the month-long siege of Zuccotti Park has now imposed $3.2 million in overtime police costs on the public. On Thursday, as Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office pressured left-wing activists to vacate the park for cleaning, Occupy Wall Street urged sympathizers to flood the city's customer services lines: "Call 311 and tell Bloomberg not to evict us!"
In Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter told the press that demonstrators outside city hall have incurred $164,000 in overtime public employee costs and $237,000 in regular time. "At the current rate, if Occupy Philly continues to the end of the month, the city would spend another nearly $690,000 on police overtime alone," the local NBC affiliate reported. "Besides the extra police presence being dedicated to the Occupy Philly protests, other city departments have also incurred costs."
In Seattle, police have so far billed $30,000 in overtime, and the parks department racked up nearly $4,000 in additional costs related to the protests there. Occupiers have blocked traffic, assaulted an officer and pitched illegal tents. Merchants in the area have been hurt as the riff-raff deter customers. One business owner in Westlake Park, where hundreds of protesters remain camped out, told Seattle TV station KIRO: "There's definitely fewer people you can identify as people out, just walking through the area."
Seattle's pushover mayor, Democrat Mike McGinn, now faces even greater demands from the insatiable mob -- which wants a "guaranteed parking space near City Hall Plaza that allows for around-the-clock parking," "24-hour access to the first floor of City Hall for restroom access, and a written statement from the mayor approving the protesters' long-term occupancy of City Hall Plaza."
In Boston, City Council President Stephen Murphy anticipates a $2 million hit to taxpayers if the protests refuse to disband by the end of October. The local Fox affiliate notes the tab represents 8 percent of the yearly budget for police overtime. "While we're all sympathetic with our protesters down there," Murphy said, "Wall Street isn't picking up the tab on this thing. It's the Boston taxpayers."
When fiscally conservative tea party activists held protests over the past two years, they filed for all the required permits and paid for their own power. Occupy Boston, by contrast, neither sought nor obtained any proper permits at any level, according to the Boston Globe. Instead, city and park officials have been cowed into providing them gratis electricity and camp space lest there be "conflict."
Many of these occupiers are primarily occupied as paid rent-a-mobsters for unions, left-wing think tanks and the radical Working Families Party. While one collective hand soaks the taxpayers, the other hand is busy soliciting free stuff. Occupy Los Angeles activists took to Skype on their laptops to solicit donations of iPhones and iPads.
Occupy Wall Street members on Twitter organized an ongoing "#needsoftheoccupiers" drive for everything from batteries and tarps to "gently used" coats and sweaters, wool socks, sleeping bags and energy bars. Occupy Austin organizers publicized their wish list, including a free barbecue grill, portable toilets, extension cords, a Bobcat forestry cutter for clearing brush and network cameras for a livestream.
THESE ARE NOT PRINCIPLED ADVOCATES OF FISICAL RESPONSIBILITY. THESE ARE PROFESSIONAL FREELOADERS.
Unlike tea party activists who focused like a laser beam on politicians in both parties responsible for redistributing wealth to Big Business cronies by force, the Occupy Wall Street movement is everywhere and nowhere. The entitled Kamp Alinsky Kids are poaching WiFi and trespassing on private property under the guise of "social justice" but in plain service of themselves.
Their T-shirts and speeches glorify Marxist radicals Che Guevara, Emiliano Zapata and Chairman Mao. They lionize convicted death row cop killer Troy Davis and WikiLeaks collaborator Bradley Manning. They condemn "Nazi Bankers," Jews, Fox News, the American Legislative Exchange Council, Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker, the Koch family and the New York Police Department ("Pigs!"). They promote the illegal alien DREAM Act and 9/11 Trutherism.
They spout bumper-sticker profanities and inanities: "F**k banks." "Unf**k the world." "Fuuuuu*k." "Free education." "Smash nationalism." "People not profits."
They flash peace signs while celebrity supporter Roseanne Barr calls for beheading financial industry workers and fellow marchers call explicitly for "violent revolution" or for Obama to "Send SEAL Team 6" to Wall Street.
Then they huff and puff (preferably in a creepy uniform chant they call the "human microphone") that we just haven't taken the time to understand what they're all about -- as they hawk $20 "Eat the Rich" polo shirts and license their protest photos to Getty Images.
Viva la revolucion! Up with people! Stop the greed! (Cha-ching. Cha-ching.)
[bold and italics emphasis mine]
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Mrs. Malkin is author of Unhinged (Regnery) and "Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Cronies" (Regnery 2009).
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The Occupiers: Comments by Eric Erickson of Human Events(HumanEventsDaily.email.humanevents.com October 14, 2011
There seems to be little ground to share with the rag tag group of communists, hippies, and hipsters occupying Zuccotti Park in New York City. But, I am told by people who've been out surveying the crowds in other parts of the country—occupying Chicago to Atlanta—that there are some poor souls shivering and smelly that conservatives should not turn their backs on.
In fact, a number of conservative thinkers are concerned that maybe, just maybe, we might be engaged in reaction instead of apologetics and are losing people to the left that we need not lose.
I think most of the ground we could share with the occupy movement is superficial ground. Most of those on Wall Street want retribution and punishment of the rich. They've cast out greed, but are filled up with envy and jealousy.
Elsewhere, there may be some common ground. Some of the protestors are just tired that they can't find a job and no one seems to want to help them. The issue, then, is not punishing the rich, but helping these people. And many conservatives agree that the deck has been stacked in favor of big corporations too. We're all opposed to TARP and bailouts and special tax loopholes that only benefit one company.
We're all opposed to companies that have found it more useful to spend money on lobbyists to get a competitive advantage through law than to innovate and compete with upstart entrepreneurs. The solution then, it seems, is not more regulation and not to punish the successful. The solution is to actually level the playing field.
Simplify the tax code. Deregulate. Make it easy for entrepreneurs to get started. Reduce the nanny-state, not expand it. The time is right for a conservative, populist anti-Wall Street movement. Most Americans do think the deck is stacked against them. But unlike the hipsters, hippies, and communists, most Americans do not want to punish the successful. They just want a level playing field.
[bold and italics emphais mine]
Costs of the Occupiers - by Michelle Malkin 10/14/2011 http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=46857
The trash generated by the "Occupy Wall Street" protests keeps piling up. So do the bills. Liberal media outlets claim the anarchic, anti-capitalist movement is more popular than the tea party. But wait until Americans across the country get a full picture of the costs of the aimless occupiers.
In New York City, government officials estimate the month-long siege of Zuccotti Park has now imposed $3.2 million in overtime police costs on the public. On Thursday, as Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office pressured left-wing activists to vacate the park for cleaning, Occupy Wall Street urged sympathizers to flood the city's customer services lines: "Call 311 and tell Bloomberg not to evict us!"
In Philadelphia, Mayor Michael Nutter told the press that demonstrators outside city hall have incurred $164,000 in overtime public employee costs and $237,000 in regular time. "At the current rate, if Occupy Philly continues to the end of the month, the city would spend another nearly $690,000 on police overtime alone," the local NBC affiliate reported. "Besides the extra police presence being dedicated to the Occupy Philly protests, other city departments have also incurred costs."
In Seattle, police have so far billed $30,000 in overtime, and the parks department racked up nearly $4,000 in additional costs related to the protests there. Occupiers have blocked traffic, assaulted an officer and pitched illegal tents. Merchants in the area have been hurt as the riff-raff deter customers. One business owner in Westlake Park, where hundreds of protesters remain camped out, told Seattle TV station KIRO: "There's definitely fewer people you can identify as people out, just walking through the area."
Seattle's pushover mayor, Democrat Mike McGinn, now faces even greater demands from the insatiable mob -- which wants a "guaranteed parking space near City Hall Plaza that allows for around-the-clock parking," "24-hour access to the first floor of City Hall for restroom access, and a written statement from the mayor approving the protesters' long-term occupancy of City Hall Plaza."
In Boston, City Council President Stephen Murphy anticipates a $2 million hit to taxpayers if the protests refuse to disband by the end of October. The local Fox affiliate notes the tab represents 8 percent of the yearly budget for police overtime. "While we're all sympathetic with our protesters down there," Murphy said, "Wall Street isn't picking up the tab on this thing. It's the Boston taxpayers."
When fiscally conservative tea party activists held protests over the past two years, they filed for all the required permits and paid for their own power. Occupy Boston, by contrast, neither sought nor obtained any proper permits at any level, according to the Boston Globe. Instead, city and park officials have been cowed into providing them gratis electricity and camp space lest there be "conflict."
Many of these occupiers are primarily occupied as paid rent-a-mobsters for unions, left-wing think tanks and the radical Working Families Party. While one collective hand soaks the taxpayers, the other hand is busy soliciting free stuff. Occupy Los Angeles activists took to Skype on their laptops to solicit donations of iPhones and iPads.
Occupy Wall Street members on Twitter organized an ongoing "#needsoftheoccupiers" drive for everything from batteries and tarps to "gently used" coats and sweaters, wool socks, sleeping bags and energy bars. Occupy Austin organizers publicized their wish list, including a free barbecue grill, portable toilets, extension cords, a Bobcat forestry cutter for clearing brush and network cameras for a livestream.
THESE ARE NOT PRINCIPLED ADVOCATES OF FISICAL RESPONSIBILITY. THESE ARE PROFESSIONAL FREELOADERS.
Unlike tea party activists who focused like a laser beam on politicians in both parties responsible for redistributing wealth to Big Business cronies by force, the Occupy Wall Street movement is everywhere and nowhere. The entitled Kamp Alinsky Kids are poaching WiFi and trespassing on private property under the guise of "social justice" but in plain service of themselves.
Their T-shirts and speeches glorify Marxist radicals Che Guevara, Emiliano Zapata and Chairman Mao. They lionize convicted death row cop killer Troy Davis and WikiLeaks collaborator Bradley Manning. They condemn "Nazi Bankers," Jews, Fox News, the American Legislative Exchange Council, Wisconsin GOP Gov. Scott Walker, the Koch family and the New York Police Department ("Pigs!"). They promote the illegal alien DREAM Act and 9/11 Trutherism.
They spout bumper-sticker profanities and inanities: "F**k banks." "Unf**k the world." "Fuuuuu*k." "Free education." "Smash nationalism." "People not profits."
They flash peace signs while celebrity supporter Roseanne Barr calls for beheading financial industry workers and fellow marchers call explicitly for "violent revolution" or for Obama to "Send SEAL Team 6" to Wall Street.
Then they huff and puff (preferably in a creepy uniform chant they call the "human microphone") that we just haven't taken the time to understand what they're all about -- as they hawk $20 "Eat the Rich" polo shirts and license their protest photos to Getty Images.
Viva la revolucion! Up with people! Stop the greed! (Cha-ching. Cha-ching.)
[bold and italics emphasis mine]
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Mrs. Malkin is author of Unhinged (Regnery) and "Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Cronies" (Regnery 2009).
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The Occupiers: Comments by Eric Erickson of Human Events(HumanEventsDaily.email.humanevents.com October 14, 2011
There seems to be little ground to share with the rag tag group of communists, hippies, and hipsters occupying Zuccotti Park in New York City. But, I am told by people who've been out surveying the crowds in other parts of the country—occupying Chicago to Atlanta—that there are some poor souls shivering and smelly that conservatives should not turn their backs on.
In fact, a number of conservative thinkers are concerned that maybe, just maybe, we might be engaged in reaction instead of apologetics and are losing people to the left that we need not lose.
I think most of the ground we could share with the occupy movement is superficial ground. Most of those on Wall Street want retribution and punishment of the rich. They've cast out greed, but are filled up with envy and jealousy.
Elsewhere, there may be some common ground. Some of the protestors are just tired that they can't find a job and no one seems to want to help them. The issue, then, is not punishing the rich, but helping these people. And many conservatives agree that the deck has been stacked in favor of big corporations too. We're all opposed to TARP and bailouts and special tax loopholes that only benefit one company.
We're all opposed to companies that have found it more useful to spend money on lobbyists to get a competitive advantage through law than to innovate and compete with upstart entrepreneurs. The solution then, it seems, is not more regulation and not to punish the successful. The solution is to actually level the playing field.
Simplify the tax code. Deregulate. Make it easy for entrepreneurs to get started. Reduce the nanny-state, not expand it. The time is right for a conservative, populist anti-Wall Street movement. Most Americans do think the deck is stacked against them. But unlike the hipsters, hippies, and communists, most Americans do not want to punish the successful. They just want a level playing field.
[bold and italics emphais mine]
#144 (11/1) - Muslim Brotherhood Gaining Foothold in U.S. Gov't?
[Note: I'm in the midst of reading a book by the author of this article entitled,"The Terrorist Next Door." It is based on his many years of research of radical Islamic elements abroad and in the U.S. It is truly eye-opening and scary stuff. The article below is taken from his at CBN.com that he keeps updated with news updates such the following. Its a great reminder of how America is very much threatened here at home, more than our government officials would like to tell us.]
By Erick Stakelbeck > http://blogs.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror/Default.aspx
CBN News Terrorism Analyst / Wednesday, October 12, 2011
WASHINGTON -- They were the first modern terrorists and the forerunner of al Qaeda. But these days, the Muslim Brotherhood is becoming mainstream not only in Egypt, but in Washington, D.C.
While the final chapter of the so-called Arab Spring has yet to be written, it appears that radical Islamic forces could emerge as the big winners. None more so than the Muslim Brotherhood. In Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Syria and Jordan, the Brotherhood has used unrest to increase its influence.
The group is also making inroads closer to home, according to one expert."Their goal is primarily deception, manipulation and intelligence gathering," former FBI Special Agent John Guandolo said. Guandolo said Brotherhood operatives have infiltrated the halls of power in Washington, D.C. "What we're seeing not just inside the White House, but inside the government entities, the national security entities,the State Department -- is a strong push by the Muslim Brotherhood to get their people not just into operational positions, but policy positions -- deeper, long term, bureaucratic positions," he told CBN News.
Chief among their operatives is the Islamic Society of North America or ISNA, according to Guandolo.In 2007, ISNA was named as an un-indicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorism financing trial in American history. Likewise, the FBI has uncovered internal Muslim Brotherhood documents naming ISNA as "one of our organizations and the organizations of our friends." Nevertheless, when President Obama wanted a Muslim to pray at his inauguration, his administration turned to ISNA's then-president Ingrid Mattson. And at a recent White House Iftar dinner, current ISNA head Mohammed Majid sat just a few feet from the president."Moahmmed Majid was sitting at the front table right in front of Barack Obama. But when the official list of White House attendees was published, his name was curiously missing," said terrorism expert Patrick Poole, a columnist with Pajamasmedia.com.
Another American-Muslim group linked to both the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas is the Council on American Islamic Relations, or CAIR.The FBI refuses to meet with CAIR over its ties to terrorism. But top White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett recently praised the group for taking part in an MTV "anti-bullying" campaign. "The U.S. government knows that these are Muslim Brotherhood operatives because federal government prosecutors have gone into federal court and said that they're Muslim Brotherhood operatives," Poole explained.
One such operative is Kifah Mustpaha. In 2010, he was given a tour of both FBI headquarters and the National Counterterrorism Center, despite longstanding ties to the terror group Hamas. Hamas identifies itself as the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. "We know that the Muslim Brotherhood, from their own documents, has said that they want to infiltrate all levels of government and civil society here in America to destroy from within," Poole said.
The Obama administration seems to see the Brotherhood as an ideal partner for its Muslim outreach policies. Earlier this year, National Intelligence Director James Clapper drew criticism when he called the group "largely secular." "The term 'Muslim Brotherhood' is an umbrella term for a variety of movements, in the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence," he said.
Obama administration officials say they are now engaged in dialogue with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. That policy apparently extends to the Brotherhood in America as well.
[bold and italics emphasis mine]
By Erick Stakelbeck > http://blogs.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror/Default.aspx
CBN News Terrorism Analyst / Wednesday, October 12, 2011
WASHINGTON -- They were the first modern terrorists and the forerunner of al Qaeda. But these days, the Muslim Brotherhood is becoming mainstream not only in Egypt, but in Washington, D.C.
While the final chapter of the so-called Arab Spring has yet to be written, it appears that radical Islamic forces could emerge as the big winners. None more so than the Muslim Brotherhood. In Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Syria and Jordan, the Brotherhood has used unrest to increase its influence.
The group is also making inroads closer to home, according to one expert."Their goal is primarily deception, manipulation and intelligence gathering," former FBI Special Agent John Guandolo said. Guandolo said Brotherhood operatives have infiltrated the halls of power in Washington, D.C. "What we're seeing not just inside the White House, but inside the government entities, the national security entities,the State Department -- is a strong push by the Muslim Brotherhood to get their people not just into operational positions, but policy positions -- deeper, long term, bureaucratic positions," he told CBN News.
Chief among their operatives is the Islamic Society of North America or ISNA, according to Guandolo.In 2007, ISNA was named as an un-indicted co-conspirator in the largest terrorism financing trial in American history. Likewise, the FBI has uncovered internal Muslim Brotherhood documents naming ISNA as "one of our organizations and the organizations of our friends." Nevertheless, when President Obama wanted a Muslim to pray at his inauguration, his administration turned to ISNA's then-president Ingrid Mattson. And at a recent White House Iftar dinner, current ISNA head Mohammed Majid sat just a few feet from the president."Moahmmed Majid was sitting at the front table right in front of Barack Obama. But when the official list of White House attendees was published, his name was curiously missing," said terrorism expert Patrick Poole, a columnist with Pajamasmedia.com.
Another American-Muslim group linked to both the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas is the Council on American Islamic Relations, or CAIR.The FBI refuses to meet with CAIR over its ties to terrorism. But top White House Advisor Valerie Jarrett recently praised the group for taking part in an MTV "anti-bullying" campaign. "The U.S. government knows that these are Muslim Brotherhood operatives because federal government prosecutors have gone into federal court and said that they're Muslim Brotherhood operatives," Poole explained.
One such operative is Kifah Mustpaha. In 2010, he was given a tour of both FBI headquarters and the National Counterterrorism Center, despite longstanding ties to the terror group Hamas. Hamas identifies itself as the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. "We know that the Muslim Brotherhood, from their own documents, has said that they want to infiltrate all levels of government and civil society here in America to destroy from within," Poole said.
The Obama administration seems to see the Brotherhood as an ideal partner for its Muslim outreach policies. Earlier this year, National Intelligence Director James Clapper drew criticism when he called the group "largely secular." "The term 'Muslim Brotherhood' is an umbrella term for a variety of movements, in the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence," he said.
Obama administration officials say they are now engaged in dialogue with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. That policy apparently extends to the Brotherhood in America as well.
[bold and italics emphasis mine]
Friday, October 14, 2011
# 136 (10/17) - 'Arab Spring' News You've Probably NOT Heard About
[The following 2 stories - about Christians in Egypt and about Israel - probably didn't make the national newscast you viewed last night. Of course, in their precious few minutes of broadcast time they probably DID tell you about how the such and such celebrity just got married - again, divorced - again, went into rehab - again, etc. Well, now for some REAL news ...] [
Madness: Obama Administration Calls on 'All Sides' to Show Restraint in Egypt - CBN News, October 13, 2011 http://blogs.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror/Default.aspx
[The following is an update on the prayer request alert posted 10/9]
CBN News viewers know all about the church burning and riots--driven by Muslims who attacked peaceful Coptic Christian protestors--that resulted in the deaths of some two dozen Egyptian Christians in Cairo last weekend.
Well, according to the Obama administration, those besieged Christians must show "restraint" as they are being massacred and maimed by Islamists and the Egyptian military: two factions, ironically enough, that the Obamis empowered when they threw Hosni Mubarak under the bus and pledged support for the so-called Arab Spring earlier this year.
Really, you can't make this stuff up. Here's more, from Keith Koffler's White House Dossier:*President Obama has responded to the Egyptian military’s massacre of Coptic Christian protestors in Cairo Sunday with a pointedly even-handed statement that calls equally on Christians and the military to show restraint.* “The President is deeply concerned about the violence in Egypt that has led to a tragic loss of life among demonstrators and security forces,” Obama said in a statement released this week. ”Now is a time for restraint on all sides so that Egyptians can move forward together to forge a strong and united Egypt.”
Incredibly, Obama is not only equating the deaths of peaceful protestors and their killers, but he is suggesting that Egypt’s increasingly persecuted Christian minority should show as much “restraint” as their tormentors and refrain from vigorously objecting to the growing abuse.
More than two dozen people, most of them Copts, were killed as security forces attacked demonstrators protesting the burning of a church. The Egyptian military has denied the killings, but news reports, eyewitness accounts, and videos posted to the Internet contradict the claims, with footage showing armed personnel carriers ramming through crowds of protestors and a soldier firing at them. The dead, according to forensic reports, were either crushed by being run over or were shot. Three soldiers are also said to have died, but this appears to have occurred as protestors were fighting for their lives. There can be no mistaking that this was a slaughter of civilians.
The church burning was only the latest in an escalating series of attacks by Islamists against Christians and their churches.
Koffler notes that the Obama statement also calls for the rights of Coptic Christians to be respected. Hooray. This is similar to June 2009, when, at the outset, the Obama administration also essentially called on all sides to show restraint in Iran as the regime's thugs were mowing down unarmed protestors in the streets of Tehran.
With continuous feckless responses like this by the U.S. government to Islamist aggression, is it any wonder that the Iranian regime was bold enough to plot a terror attack on American soil? /em>
__________________________________________________________Great News: Missing Libyan Missiles Turn Up on Gaza Border -
Oct. 14, 2011 http://blogs.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror/Default.aspx
Just another example of the positive vibes given off by the peaceful, tranquil, post-revolutionary (or maybe not so much) Libya that the Obama administration has created. I'm sure Israel is thrilled.
From ABC News: Some of the thousands of surface-to-air missiles that have gone missing since the collapse of the Gadhafi regime in Libya have now turned up just miles from the Israeli border. U.S. officials say there were 20,000 Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles in Libya before the uprising, and thousands have disappeared in the looting of Moammar Gadhafi's arm caches. According to the Washington Post, many of those Russian-made anti-aircraft weapons are being sold in Egyptian black markets, and so many are available the price has dropped from $10,000 to $4,000.
Egyptian officials told the paper they have intercepted looted Libyan weapons, including anti-aircraft guns, missiles and artillery, on the road from Libya into Egypt, in black markets on the Sinai Peninsua, and in the smuggling tunnels between the Sinai and Gaza.The heat-seeking surface-to-air missiles, most of them shoulder-fired, have a range of two miles and would pose a threat to Israeli helicopter and planes on either side of the Israel-Gaza border. Now whatever would they be doing there? Could it be that some enterprising jihadi entity, Iran perhaps, took advantage of the chaos in Libya to acquire weapons for its proxy, Hamas, in Gaza? Heckuva job, Barry.
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Madness: Obama Administration Calls on 'All Sides' to Show Restraint in Egypt - CBN News, October 13, 2011 http://blogs.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror/Default.aspx
[The following is an update on the prayer request alert posted 10/9]
CBN News viewers know all about the church burning and riots--driven by Muslims who attacked peaceful Coptic Christian protestors--that resulted in the deaths of some two dozen Egyptian Christians in Cairo last weekend.
Well, according to the Obama administration, those besieged Christians must show "restraint" as they are being massacred and maimed by Islamists and the Egyptian military: two factions, ironically enough, that the Obamis empowered when they threw Hosni Mubarak under the bus and pledged support for the so-called Arab Spring earlier this year.
Really, you can't make this stuff up. Here's more, from Keith Koffler's White House Dossier:*President Obama has responded to the Egyptian military’s massacre of Coptic Christian protestors in Cairo Sunday with a pointedly even-handed statement that calls equally on Christians and the military to show restraint.* “The President is deeply concerned about the violence in Egypt that has led to a tragic loss of life among demonstrators and security forces,” Obama said in a statement released this week. ”Now is a time for restraint on all sides so that Egyptians can move forward together to forge a strong and united Egypt.”
Incredibly, Obama is not only equating the deaths of peaceful protestors and their killers, but he is suggesting that Egypt’s increasingly persecuted Christian minority should show as much “restraint” as their tormentors and refrain from vigorously objecting to the growing abuse.
More than two dozen people, most of them Copts, were killed as security forces attacked demonstrators protesting the burning of a church. The Egyptian military has denied the killings, but news reports, eyewitness accounts, and videos posted to the Internet contradict the claims, with footage showing armed personnel carriers ramming through crowds of protestors and a soldier firing at them. The dead, according to forensic reports, were either crushed by being run over or were shot. Three soldiers are also said to have died, but this appears to have occurred as protestors were fighting for their lives. There can be no mistaking that this was a slaughter of civilians.
The church burning was only the latest in an escalating series of attacks by Islamists against Christians and their churches.
Koffler notes that the Obama statement also calls for the rights of Coptic Christians to be respected. Hooray. This is similar to June 2009, when, at the outset, the Obama administration also essentially called on all sides to show restraint in Iran as the regime's thugs were mowing down unarmed protestors in the streets of Tehran.
With continuous feckless responses like this by the U.S. government to Islamist aggression, is it any wonder that the Iranian regime was bold enough to plot a terror attack on American soil? /em>
__________________________________________________________Great News: Missing Libyan Missiles Turn Up on Gaza Border -
Oct. 14, 2011 http://blogs.cbn.com/stakelbeckonterror/Default.aspx
Just another example of the positive vibes given off by the peaceful, tranquil, post-revolutionary (or maybe not so much) Libya that the Obama administration has created. I'm sure Israel is thrilled.
From ABC News: Some of the thousands of surface-to-air missiles that have gone missing since the collapse of the Gadhafi regime in Libya have now turned up just miles from the Israeli border. U.S. officials say there were 20,000 Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles in Libya before the uprising, and thousands have disappeared in the looting of Moammar Gadhafi's arm caches. According to the Washington Post, many of those Russian-made anti-aircraft weapons are being sold in Egyptian black markets, and so many are available the price has dropped from $10,000 to $4,000.
Egyptian officials told the paper they have intercepted looted Libyan weapons, including anti-aircraft guns, missiles and artillery, on the road from Libya into Egypt, in black markets on the Sinai Peninsua, and in the smuggling tunnels between the Sinai and Gaza.The heat-seeking surface-to-air missiles, most of them shoulder-fired, have a range of two miles and would pose a threat to Israeli helicopter and planes on either side of the Israel-Gaza border. Now whatever would they be doing there? Could it be that some enterprising jihadi entity, Iran perhaps, took advantage of the chaos in Libya to acquire weapons for its proxy, Hamas, in Gaza? Heckuva job, Barry.
[bold and italics emphasis mine]
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