Obama's father said: that the state confiscate private land and raise taxes with no upper limit !
In 1965, Obama Sr. published a paper entitled "Problems Facing Our Socialism" in the East Africa Journal, harshly criticising the blueprint for national planning, "African Socialism and Its Applicability to Planning in Kenya", which had been produced by Tom Mboya's Ministry of Economic Planning and Development. The article was signed "Barak H. Obama."[34] Quoting from the article -- "Is it the African who owns this country? If he does, then why should he not control the economic means of growth in this country?"; "We need to eliminate power structures that have been built through excessive accumulation so that not only a few individuals shall control a vast magnitude of resources as is the case now." and saying "The senior Obama proposed that the state confiscate private land and raise taxes with no upper limit. In fact, he insisted that 'theoretically there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100% of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.'" --, commentator Dinesh D'Souza wrote in 2010 that the junior Obama "never mentioned the article [but] the anticolonial ideology of Barack Obama Sr. is espoused by his son," however his assertion is usupported by facts or evidence.[35]
see more on Obama and socialism at
^ Obama, Barak H. (July 1965). "Problems Facing Our Socialism" (.PDF). East Africa Journal: 26–33. http://www.politico.com/static/PPM41_eastafrica.html. Retrieved 26 Sep. 2008.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
did Chris Coons, democrat from Delaware meet Obama's Marxist father in Kenya?
did Chris Coons, democrat from Delaware meet Obama's Marxist father in Kenya?
is Chris Coons another Van Jones a dedicated self proclaimed commie ?
is Chris Coons another Van Jones a dedicated self proclaimed commie ?
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Illegal immigrant arrested in cave Tucson Arizona watch short video
KVOA.com | Tucson, Arizona Illegal immigrant arrested in cave
ARIZONA CITY - An illegal immigrant living in a mountain cave has been arrested in Pinal County. The Pinal County Sheriff believes he was acting as a lookout for drug and human smugglers. People who live in the area admit they're afraid.
Pennee Murphree says, "We're sort of on the frontlines of the war. I think there's a war on the border."
Pennee and Pat Murphree live at the base of the Sawtooth Mountains outside of Arizona City.
ARIZONA CITY - An illegal immigrant living in a mountain cave has been arrested in Pinal County. The Pinal County Sheriff believes he was acting as a lookout for drug and human smugglers. People who live in the area admit they're afraid.
Pennee Murphree says, "We're sort of on the frontlines of the war. I think there's a war on the border."
Pennee and Pat Murphree live at the base of the Sawtooth Mountains outside of Arizona City.
The Kitchen Table Patriots
The Kitchen Table Patriots
The Tea Party was just the beginning.
As concerned Americans who love our country, these guiding principles are the framework of our mission: to promote positive and constructive ideas consistent with the Constitution, the freedoms guaranteed within it, and the personal responsibility and accountability we have as citizens of the United States of America. In addition, we will work to identify leaders who will promote smaller government, individual liberty, fiscal responsibility, lower taxes, and free markets.
We seek to educate the citizens United States and discuss solutions to the challenges facing our great country. This is an ongoing grassroots effort to keep an open dialogue, and to bring important information before the public that would otherwise be overlooked.
http://thekitchentablepatriots.org/
The Tea Party was just the beginning.
As concerned Americans who love our country, these guiding principles are the framework of our mission: to promote positive and constructive ideas consistent with the Constitution, the freedoms guaranteed within it, and the personal responsibility and accountability we have as citizens of the United States of America. In addition, we will work to identify leaders who will promote smaller government, individual liberty, fiscal responsibility, lower taxes, and free markets.
We seek to educate the citizens United States and discuss solutions to the challenges facing our great country. This is an ongoing grassroots effort to keep an open dialogue, and to bring important information before the public that would otherwise be overlooked.
http://thekitchentablepatriots.org/
about LegiStorm looking at congressional operating costs
LegiStorm launched in September 2006. Our web site is dedicated to providing a variety of important information about the US Congress.
Based on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, LegiStorm's first information product was a database of congressional staff salaries but we have now added other valuable information, such as the most comprehensive database of all privately financed trips taken by members of Congress and congressional staffers.
The information is provided in a strictly factual, non-partisan fashion. We have no political affiliations and no political purpose except to make the workings of Congress as transparent as possible. We expect this resource to be useful to journalists, researchers, lobbyists and current and would-be staffers - as well as regular citizens who simply want to know how their representatives spend public money.
You can be sure that there are more such legislative resources to come from LegiStorm. You may register for updates by subscribing to our newsletter to learn when we launch major new features on the site or when we update our congressional salaries data.
Based on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, LegiStorm's first information product was a database of congressional staff salaries but we have now added other valuable information, such as the most comprehensive database of all privately financed trips taken by members of Congress and congressional staffers.
The information is provided in a strictly factual, non-partisan fashion. We have no political affiliations and no political purpose except to make the workings of Congress as transparent as possible. We expect this resource to be useful to journalists, researchers, lobbyists and current and would-be staffers - as well as regular citizens who simply want to know how their representatives spend public money.
You can be sure that there are more such legislative resources to come from LegiStorm. You may register for updates by subscribing to our newsletter to learn when we launch major new features on the site or when we update our congressional salaries data.
Why voters are pissed
Why voters are pissed
If you just look at the billions that Congress spends on itself just to feed themselves and staff you can see why people are pissed.
No even counting the actual dollars spent on their programs and fixes.
I really believe that this government will only generate more rules and regulations with all these congressional staff workers sitting around looking for things to do. They are a self feeding parasite on even more congressional activity.
see the shocking $$$ spent by congress on itself just for a week.
http://www.bankruptingamerica.org/2010/09/13/did-you-get-your-money%e2%80%99s-worth-from-congress-last-week-6/
If you just look at the billions that Congress spends on itself just to feed themselves and staff you can see why people are pissed.
No even counting the actual dollars spent on their programs and fixes.
I really believe that this government will only generate more rules and regulations with all these congressional staff workers sitting around looking for things to do. They are a self feeding parasite on even more congressional activity.
see the shocking $$$ spent by congress on itself just for a week.
http://www.bankruptingamerica.org/2010/09/13/did-you-get-your-money%e2%80%99s-worth-from-congress-last-week-6/
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Did you get your money’s worth from Congress ?
Did you get your money’s worth from Congress last week?
What you got............
Members of the House and Senate enjoyed their final week of their LEGALLY-MANDATED “August Recess.” (Sounds like they’re in France, right?) In 1971, Congress actually wrote their vacation into law. Senate Historian Don Ritchie explains members “wanted to be able to promise their families in January that they could have an August vacation.”
But recess doesn’t mean a break from politics. Sarah Binder, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution says there’s a “partisan incentive” to leaving town. According to Binder, “Recess means an opportunity to go home and for members to sell what the majority party has been doing or for the minority party to complain about what the majority party has been doing.”
What you paid
Last week, taxpayers spent roughly $107 million on Congress.
Salaries of Members of Congress and their allowances/week:
Speaker of the House: $223,500/52 = $4,299
House and Senate Majority and Minority Leaders: ($193,400/52) x 4 = $14,877
Other Representatives and Senators: ($174,000/52) x 530 = $1,773,462
Allowance for staff salaries and misc: ($1,500,000/52) x 535 = $15,432,692
Non-salary money allocated for Congress: $4.656 billion/52 = $89,538,462
see more info on your congress at workm
bankruptingamerica.org
What you got............
Members of the House and Senate enjoyed their final week of their LEGALLY-MANDATED “August Recess.” (Sounds like they’re in France, right?) In 1971, Congress actually wrote their vacation into law. Senate Historian Don Ritchie explains members “wanted to be able to promise their families in January that they could have an August vacation.”
But recess doesn’t mean a break from politics. Sarah Binder, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution says there’s a “partisan incentive” to leaving town. According to Binder, “Recess means an opportunity to go home and for members to sell what the majority party has been doing or for the minority party to complain about what the majority party has been doing.”
What you paid
Last week, taxpayers spent roughly $107 million on Congress.
Salaries of Members of Congress and their allowances/week:
Speaker of the House: $223,500/52 = $4,299
House and Senate Majority and Minority Leaders: ($193,400/52) x 4 = $14,877
Other Representatives and Senators: ($174,000/52) x 530 = $1,773,462
Allowance for staff salaries and misc: ($1,500,000/52) x 535 = $15,432,692
Non-salary money allocated for Congress: $4.656 billion/52 = $89,538,462
see more info on your congress at workm
bankruptingamerica.org
Senator Reid Declares He Will Push DREAM Act (read Amnesty legislation )
Senator Reid Declares He Will Push DREAM Act (read Amnesty legislation )
Senator Reid Declares He Will Push DREAM Act
Call Your Senators and Tell Them to Vote NO!
In a press conference in the Capitol this afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that he will offer the DREAM Act amnesty bill (S.729) as an amendment to the Department of Defense Authorization Bill. Action on this bill is expected as early as next week! (To see the video of Senator Reid’s press conference, click here.)
Like previous versions of the DREAM Act S.729 will grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the U.S. as minors and meet certain educational requirements or serve in the military. In particular, the bill grants immediate legal status to illegal aliens who have merely enrolled in an institution of higher education or have received a high school diploma. And, while S.729 conditions the ultimate granting of legal permanent residence status upon finishing two years at an institution of higher learning or two years in the military, the bill allows Homeland Security, “in the Secretary’s discretion,” to waive these requirements in their entirety upon the showing of hardship.
Senator Reid Declares He Will Push DREAM Act
Call Your Senators and Tell Them to Vote NO!
In a press conference in the Capitol this afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that he will offer the DREAM Act amnesty bill (S.729) as an amendment to the Department of Defense Authorization Bill. Action on this bill is expected as early as next week! (To see the video of Senator Reid’s press conference, click here.)
Like previous versions of the DREAM Act S.729 will grant amnesty to illegal aliens who entered the U.S. as minors and meet certain educational requirements or serve in the military. In particular, the bill grants immediate legal status to illegal aliens who have merely enrolled in an institution of higher education or have received a high school diploma. And, while S.729 conditions the ultimate granting of legal permanent residence status upon finishing two years at an institution of higher learning or two years in the military, the bill allows Homeland Security, “in the Secretary’s discretion,” to waive these requirements in their entirety upon the showing of hardship.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Operation Dark Heart publication stalled by Defense Department
'Operation Dark Heart' Publication Stalled by Defense Department
Operation Dark Heart a memoir of Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, who led covert missions in Afghanistan that targeted Taliban resurgents in Pakistan, has been stalled by the Department of Defense.
According to Lt. Col. Rene White of the Department of Defense (DoD), “Operation Dark Heart” was printed without being subjected to a mandatory “pre-publication information security review."
White said that the Department of Defense is working with Shaffer and his publisher to review and edit the memoirs, ensuring that the publication will not pose a threat to national security.
Operation Dark Heart: Spycraft and Special Ops on the Frontlines of Afghanistan -- and The Path to Victory
see more info at
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/42414/
author is =Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer
Operation Dark Heart a memoir of Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer, who led covert missions in Afghanistan that targeted Taliban resurgents in Pakistan, has been stalled by the Department of Defense.
According to Lt. Col. Rene White of the Department of Defense (DoD), “Operation Dark Heart” was printed without being subjected to a mandatory “pre-publication information security review."
White said that the Department of Defense is working with Shaffer and his publisher to review and edit the memoirs, ensuring that the publication will not pose a threat to national security.
Operation Dark Heart: Spycraft and Special Ops on the Frontlines of Afghanistan -- and The Path to Victory
see more info at
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/42414/
author is =Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Glenn Beck targets Arizona rep Raul Grijalva
Glenn Beck targets Raul Grijalva
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva is defending his friendship with labor activist Dolores Huerta after cable news personality Glenn Beck highlighted them in a recent show.
Huerta made the news in Tucson in 2006 for a speech she gave at Tucson High Magnet School, in which she said “Republicans hate Latinos.” Beck calls attention to her role as co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America and characterizes her as one of President Barack Obama’s “radical, 60s-type” friends.
Beck says she was at the high school because Grijalva brought her in to speak — and noted Grijalva is such a good friend of hers that he went to her birthday party.
Grijalva said he doesn’t agree with everything she said that day, and it was the Cesar Chavez Coalition that invited her, not him.
“Now, Glenn Beck is trying to use our friendship to destroy both our reputations,” Grijalva wrote on a Daily Kos online diary.
Because of his opposition to Arizona’s new immigration enforcement law and his position as co-chair of the progressive caucus, Grijalva says Beck is targeting him in his election year — which Grijalva said will actually be good for him.
“Now he’s put us on the radar,” Grijalva said. “We’re not just running against a Republican in our district, we’re running against a philosophy. Glenn Beck has helped us. Now there’s nothing taken for granted. We have a major political public figure in opposition to us and it’s motivation for our campaign.”
Andrea Kelly Arizona Daily Star
Friday, September 3, 2010
http://azstarnet.com/article_2a0f86f0-b789-11df-9b05-001cc4c002e0.html
U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalva is defending his friendship with labor activist Dolores Huerta after cable news personality Glenn Beck highlighted them in a recent show.
Huerta made the news in Tucson in 2006 for a speech she gave at Tucson High Magnet School, in which she said “Republicans hate Latinos.” Beck calls attention to her role as co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America and characterizes her as one of President Barack Obama’s “radical, 60s-type” friends.
Beck says she was at the high school because Grijalva brought her in to speak — and noted Grijalva is such a good friend of hers that he went to her birthday party.
Grijalva said he doesn’t agree with everything she said that day, and it was the Cesar Chavez Coalition that invited her, not him.
“Now, Glenn Beck is trying to use our friendship to destroy both our reputations,” Grijalva wrote on a Daily Kos online diary.
Because of his opposition to Arizona’s new immigration enforcement law and his position as co-chair of the progressive caucus, Grijalva says Beck is targeting him in his election year — which Grijalva said will actually be good for him.
“Now he’s put us on the radar,” Grijalva said. “We’re not just running against a Republican in our district, we’re running against a philosophy. Glenn Beck has helped us. Now there’s nothing taken for granted. We have a major political public figure in opposition to us and it’s motivation for our campaign.”
Andrea Kelly Arizona Daily Star
Friday, September 3, 2010
http://azstarnet.com/article_2a0f86f0-b789-11df-9b05-001cc4c002e0.html
Thursday, September 02, 2010
Key Obama ally works with Socialists for global tax
Key Obama ally works with Socialists for global tax
Who is the ally working with socialists? So many socialists aligned with Obama to choose from and so little time - but Richard Trumka is the latest in a seemingly endless line of socialist radicals working for and with this President. Trumka is the President of the AFL-CIO and he's also an advocate for a global tax. Lovely.
Glenn has more on radio today ( Transcript, Insider Audio, FREE Insider Extreme clip). Read the full story at TheBlaze.com.
see the complete article: key obama ally works with socialists for global-tax
Who is the ally working with socialists? So many socialists aligned with Obama to choose from and so little time - but Richard Trumka is the latest in a seemingly endless line of socialist radicals working for and with this President. Trumka is the President of the AFL-CIO and he's also an advocate for a global tax. Lovely.
Glenn has more on radio today ( Transcript, Insider Audio, FREE Insider Extreme clip). Read the full story at TheBlaze.com.
see the complete article: key obama ally works with socialists for global-tax
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Buyer's remorse on Obama ?
Buyer's remorse on Obama ?
after watching his latest tv appearance, discussing the end of the Iraq war, I think people have regrets and are suffering from buyers remorse for putting Obama in office.
after watching his latest tv appearance, discussing the end of the Iraq war, I think people have regrets and are suffering from buyers remorse for putting Obama in office.
My Ishmael by dan quinn
In this sequel to Quinn's controversial best seller, Ishmael, the telepathic gorilla has another pupil intent on saving the world: 12-year-old Julie Gerchak.
This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Kirkus Reviews
Another irresistible rant from Quinn, a sequel to his Turner Tomorrow Fellowship winner, Ishmael (1992), concerning a great, telepathic ape who dispenses ecological wisdom about the possible doom of humankind. Once more, Quinn focuses on the Leavers and Takers, his terms for the two basic, warring kinds of human sensibility. The planet's original inhabitants, the Leavers, were nomadic people who did no harm to the earth. The Takers, who have generally overwhelmed them, began as aggressive farmers obsessed with growth, were the builders of cities and empires, and have now, in the late 20th century, largely run out of space to monopolize. Quinn's books have not featured many memorable characters, aside from Ishmael. This time out, though, he invents a lively figure, 12-year-old Julie Gerchak, who is tough and wise beyond her years, having had to deal with a self-destructive, alcoholic mother. Julie responds to Ishmael's ad seeking a pupil with an earnest desire to save the world (a conceit carried over from the earlier novel). Once again, the gentle ape shares his wisdom in a series of questions and answers that resemble, in method, a blend of the Socratic dialogues and programmed learning. Moving beyond his theories about Leavers and Takers, Ishmael presents a detailed critique of educational systems around the world, suggesting that their function is not to usefully educate but to regulate the flow of workers into a Taker society. This is all very well, but what does Ishmael/Quinn suggest be done to redeem the Takers, and to save the earth? Quinn seems to want to sketch out how change might come about, but it's never fully explored. Instead, the novel is increasingly taken up with the mysteries surrounding Ishmael's travels and fate. This is the weakest of Quinn's novels, but his ideas are as thought-provoking as ever, even so.
My Ishmael
Mr
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Ishmael is a 1992 philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn. It examines mythology, its effect on ethics, and how that relates to sustainability. The novel uses a style of Socratic dialogue to deconstruct the notion that humans are the end product, the pinnacle of biological evolution. It posits that human supremacy is a cultural myth, and asserts that modern civilization is enacting that myth.
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
Ishmael is a 1992 philosophical novel by Daniel Quinn. It examines mythology, its effect on ethics, and how that relates to sustainability. The novel uses a style of Socratic dialogue to deconstruct the notion that humans are the end product, the pinnacle of biological evolution. It posits that human supremacy is a cultural myth, and asserts that modern civilization is enacting that myth.
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
$2 million legal defense fund for sb
Gov. Jan Brewer's office says Arizona has received more than $2 million in donations to help pay for the legal defense of the state's controversial law targeting illegal immigration.
Seven lawsuits were filed to challenge the law. Two have been dismissed but a judge ruled on filed by the U.S. Justice Department by blocking key provisions of the law from taking effect July 29.
If you would like to contribute to Arizona in defending border security and immigration matters, please click the appropriate donation button on this page.
keepazsafe.com
Brewer is appealing that ruling.
see the website keepazsafe.com to make a donation
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/08/31/20100831arizona-immigration-donations-rise.html#ixzz0yFY8XhYq
Seven lawsuits were filed to challenge the law. Two have been dismissed but a judge ruled on filed by the U.S. Justice Department by blocking key provisions of the law from taking effect July 29.
If you would like to contribute to Arizona in defending border security and immigration matters, please click the appropriate donation button on this page.
keepazsafe.com
Brewer is appealing that ruling.
see the website keepazsafe.com to make a donation
Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/08/31/20100831arizona-immigration-donations-rise.html#ixzz0yFY8XhYq
Glenn Beck launches new web site : The Blaze
Glenn Beck is a new web site The Blaze
Launched Monday a news and opinion website called The Blaze that he says will be "a place where you can find breaking news, original reporting, insightful opinions and engaging videos about the stories that matter most."
"Too many times we see mainstream media outlets distorting facts to fit rigid agendas," he wrote on The Blaze. "Not that you've ever heard me complain about the media before. Okay, maybe once or twice. But there comes a time when you have to stop complaining and do something. And so we decided to hire some actual journalists to launch a new website."
Beck added that the website "will be about current news -- and more. It's not just politics and policy. It's looking for insight wherever we find it. We'll examine our culture, deal with matters of faith and family, and we won't be afraid of a history lesson."
How'd they come up with the name The Blaze?
"The image of flame is a powerful," he said. "It has long stood for a burning truth. A truth that is not consumed. The Blazewill pursue truth. Of course we will make mistakes. Honest mistakes. And we'll be quick with corrections. We intend to earn your trust and keep it day in and day out with hard work and a lot of transparency."
see thee new website The Blaze
Launched Monday a news and opinion website called The Blaze that he says will be "a place where you can find breaking news, original reporting, insightful opinions and engaging videos about the stories that matter most."
"Too many times we see mainstream media outlets distorting facts to fit rigid agendas," he wrote on The Blaze. "Not that you've ever heard me complain about the media before. Okay, maybe once or twice. But there comes a time when you have to stop complaining and do something. And so we decided to hire some actual journalists to launch a new website."
Beck added that the website "will be about current news -- and more. It's not just politics and policy. It's looking for insight wherever we find it. We'll examine our culture, deal with matters of faith and family, and we won't be afraid of a history lesson."
How'd they come up with the name The Blaze?
"The image of flame is a powerful," he said. "It has long stood for a burning truth. A truth that is not consumed. The Blazewill pursue truth. Of course we will make mistakes. Honest mistakes. And we'll be quick with corrections. We intend to earn your trust and keep it day in and day out with hard work and a lot of transparency."
see thee new website The Blaze
Monday, August 30, 2010
The Screw Tape Letters as memtioned on Glenn Beck show
Who among us has never wondered if there might not really be a tempter sitting on our shoulders or dogging our steps? C.S. Lewis dispels all doubts. In The Screwtape Letters, one of his bestselling works, we are made privy to the instructional correspondence between a senior demon, Screwtape, and his wannabe diabolical nephew Wormwood. As mentor, Screwtape coaches Wormwood in the finer points, tempting his "patient" away from God.
Each letter is a masterpiece of reverse theology, giving the reader an inside look at the thinking and means of temptation. Tempters, according to Lewis, have two motives: the first is fear of punishment, the second a hunger to consume or dominate other beings. On the other hand, the goal of the Creator is to woo us unto himself or to transform us through his love from "tools into servants and servants into sons." It is the dichotomy between being consumed and subsumed completely into another's identity or being liberated to be utterly ourselves that Lewis explores with his razor-sharp insight and wit.
The most brilliant feature of The Screwtape Letters may be likening hell to a bureaucracy in which "everyone is perpetually concerned about his own dignity and advancement, where everyone has a grievance, and where everyone lives the deadly serious passions of envy, self-importance, and resentment." We all understand bureaucracies, be it the Department of Motor Vehicles, the IRS, or one of our own making. So we each understand the temptations that slowly lure us into hell. If you've never read Lewis, The Screwtape Letters is a great place to start. And if you know Lewis, but haven't read this, you've missed one of his core writings. --Patricia Klein --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
The Screw Tape Letters (Bantam Classics)
Saturday, August 28, 2010
will be interesting how media covers the Glenn Beck rally in DC
will be interesting how media covers the Glenn Beck rally in DC
I will be watching to see how the media reports on the massive DC turnout rally in DC for the 8/28 rally. I am sure the left wing media will critize this rally for something.
I will be watching to see how the media reports on the massive DC turnout rally in DC for the 8/28 rally. I am sure the left wing media will critize this rally for something.
Glenn Beck: Help us restore traditional American values
Glenn Beck: Help us restore traditional American values
By PHILIP ELLIOTT and NAFEESA SYEED, Associated Press Writer Philip Elliott And Nafeesa Syeed, Associated Press Writer – 1 min ago
WASHINGTON – Conservative commentator Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin appealed Saturday to a vast, predominantly white crowd on the National Mall to help restore traditional American values and honor Martin Luther King's message. Civil rights leaders who accused the group of hijacking King's legacy held their own rally and march.
While Beck billed his event as nonpolitical, activists from around the nation said their show of strength was a clear sign that they can make a difference in the country's future and that they want a government that will listen and unite.
Palin told the tens of thousands who stretched from the marble steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the grass of the Washington Monument that calls to transform the country weren't enough. "We must restore America and restore her honor," said the former Alaska governor, echoing the name of the rally, "Restoring Honor."
Palin, the GOP vice presidential nominee in 2008 and a potential White House contender in 2012, and Beck repeatedly cited King and made references to the Founding Fathers. Beck put a heavy religious cast on nearly all his remarks, sounding at times like an evangelical preacher.
"Something beyond imagination is happening," he said. "America today begins to turn back to God."
Beck exhorted the crowd to "recognize your place to the creator. Realize that he is our king. He is the one who guides and directs our life and protects us." He asked his audience to pray more. "I ask, not only if you would pray on your knees, but pray on your knees but with your door open for your children to see," he said.
Many in the crowd watched the proceedings on large television screens. On the edges of the Mall, vendors sold "Don't Tread on Me" flags, popular with tea party activists.
by PHILIP ELLIOTT and NAFEESA SYEED AP news
see more on Glenn Beck
By PHILIP ELLIOTT and NAFEESA SYEED, Associated Press Writer Philip Elliott And Nafeesa Syeed, Associated Press Writer – 1 min ago
WASHINGTON – Conservative commentator Glenn Beck and tea party champion Sarah Palin appealed Saturday to a vast, predominantly white crowd on the National Mall to help restore traditional American values and honor Martin Luther King's message. Civil rights leaders who accused the group of hijacking King's legacy held their own rally and march.
While Beck billed his event as nonpolitical, activists from around the nation said their show of strength was a clear sign that they can make a difference in the country's future and that they want a government that will listen and unite.
Palin told the tens of thousands who stretched from the marble steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the grass of the Washington Monument that calls to transform the country weren't enough. "We must restore America and restore her honor," said the former Alaska governor, echoing the name of the rally, "Restoring Honor."
Palin, the GOP vice presidential nominee in 2008 and a potential White House contender in 2012, and Beck repeatedly cited King and made references to the Founding Fathers. Beck put a heavy religious cast on nearly all his remarks, sounding at times like an evangelical preacher.
"Something beyond imagination is happening," he said. "America today begins to turn back to God."
Beck exhorted the crowd to "recognize your place to the creator. Realize that he is our king. He is the one who guides and directs our life and protects us." He asked his audience to pray more. "I ask, not only if you would pray on your knees, but pray on your knees but with your door open for your children to see," he said.
Many in the crowd watched the proceedings on large television screens. On the edges of the Mall, vendors sold "Don't Tread on Me" flags, popular with tea party activists.
by PHILIP ELLIOTT and NAFEESA SYEED AP news
see more on Glenn Beck
Friday, August 27, 2010
billboards of Mohammed picture across Mosque site in New York City
billboards of Mohammed picture across proposed Mosque site in New York City ?
I heard some people are considering putting up pictures / billboards / cartoons of Mohammed near the proposed site in New York City.
Will this be considered as an insult to Muslims ?
I heard some people are considering putting up pictures / billboards / cartoons of Mohammed near the proposed site in New York City.
Will this be considered as an insult to Muslims ?
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