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FEC Commission, Requesting Obama Birth Certificate Investigation UPDATE: SIGN THE PETITION:

How ironic that what we need is a federal elections specialist. Obama is considered an expert in this area having taught it for several years at University of Chicago law school.

UPDATED! UPDATED! UPDATED! SIGN THE PETITION! SIGN THE PETITION

I am sure everything is just peachy (as in Rafah Georgia peachy) keen and in order with Obama's certficate of live birth. So why won't Obama authorize the Public Information Office in Hawaii to release the birth certificate so? NBFD - release the docs. Sign the petition ...

We have posted a petition

Mitchell wrote me, "Part of my concern is that questions about the trivial matter of Mr. Obama's birth certificate have festered for weeks, and despite the enormous federal budget, no one in Washington takes responsibility to oversee this trivial administrative matter.  Yesterday, I fedexed a letter to Mr. Donald McGahan, FEC chairman, that I re-produce at Langbert's site."

The petition reads as follows:  please sign

The signers of this petition request the Federal Elections Commission and Mr. Donald McGahan, FEC chairman, to take responsibility to verify the eligibility of Mr. Barack H. Obama to be President of the United States. Mr. Obama has refused to produce a physical certified, stamped copy of his birth certificate. An electronically-displayed image displayed by his official campaign website has been a forgery. We request that the FEC require Mr. Obama to authorize the FEC to obtain an official copy of his birth certificate and if he does not produce the authorization that the FEC reject his registration as a presidential candidate; that the FEC not monitor his campaign finances during the primary or election; that votes cast for Mr. Obama and reported by the states' boards of elections not be recorded and displayed by the FEC; and that Mr. Obama be considered in violation of 2 USC 437g for filing a false statement on FEC Form 2, as specified on that form.

Based on the obvious treachery and manipulations of forged birth certificate released by the Obama campaign, Mitchell Langbert is demanding a full investigation here.  I look forward to working with Mitchell and our litigation team:

I have mailed the following letter following conversations with Contrairimairi and others who have suggested an FEC investigation of the Obama birth information. Currently, it does not appear that any one government office has taken responsibility for verification of a candidate's eligibility to be president, and part of this inquiry is to force the FEC to clarify who is responsible.

PO Box 130
West Shokan, New York 12494
mlangbert@hvc.rr.com
http://www.mitchell-langbert.blogspot.com
August 6, 2008

Mr. Donald F. McGahn, II, Chairman
Federal Election Commission
999 E Street, NW, Washington, DC 20463

Dear Mr. McGahan:

I would like to file a formal complaint with the Federal Elections Commission requesting verification of the natural-born U.S. citizenship of Mr. Barack Obama, and revocation of the registration and recognition of Mr. Obama’s candidacy for president of the United States if that citizenship is not verified as described below within 7 days of the FEC receipt of this letter. Mr. Obama has not shown that he fulfills the Constitutional requirement for president, to be a “natural born citizen”, Article Two, Section 1.

The basis for this complaint is:

a) Mr. Obama’s refusal to produce a physical certified, stamped copy of his birth certificate, with the Hawaii file number visible, upon my previous repeated request and the requests of others.
b) Significant analysis of the electronically-displayed image displayed by Mr. Obama on his official campaign website as the certificate indicates forgery.
c) The electronically-displayed image displayed by Mr. Obama on his official campaign website has the Hawaii state birth certificate filing number blacked out, eliminating any objective information that links the image to an actual certificate on file (see http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/atlas-exclusive.html).

If Mr. Obama produces a certified, stamped copy of the original birth certificate with all information visible, I request as the complainant to see that document in person to examine its authenticity, including electronically, before the FEC finalizes its response; and the opportunity to verify the authenticity with the issuing state official. This process should require no more than two business days, and may take place in at the FEC office in Washington.

If the certificate is not produced in 10 days and verified by the FEC and myself within another 5 days, this complaint requests the following four remedies:

1) Mr. Obama’s registration as a presidential candidate is rejected (as filed on FEC Form 2).
2) Mr. Obama’s campaign finances will not be monitored by the FEC as a candidate, during the primary or election.
3) Votes cast for Mr. Obama and reported by the states’ boards of elections will not be recorded and displayed by the FEC.
4) Mr. Obama will be considered in violation of 2 U.S.C. 437g, for filing a false statement on FEC Form 2, as specified on that form.

I ask for expedited formal response and resolution of this request, given that the national convention furthering the candidacy will occur in three weeks, and given that this document is easy to produce upon personal request of Mr. Obama to the Hawaii state government. Please note the FEC can request it directly, as qualifying under Hawaii Revised Statutes § 338-18 has having “a direct and tangible interest in the record.”

This request is made with the utmost respect for the presidential election process and the candidates involved, in the desire to resolve this question quickly and confirm their integrity. If a similar request is appropriate to be made to all presidential candidates by the FEC it must not slow down this specific request.

If the FEC decides it does not have jurisdiction in this matter, please respond within three business days of receipt of this complaint with the agency or governmental organization that is responsible for enforcing Article Two, Section One of the Constitution that requires natural-born citizenship for candidacy for the president of the United States. Please include the basis for such jurisdiction by that agency or organization. Please respond by email to: mlangbert@hvc.rr.com

Sincerely,

Mitchell Langbert
PO Box 130
203 Watson Hollow Road
West Shokan, New York 12494

Great American

Surrounded by asshats. Check out how this guy is harassed ..... unbelievable. They really harassed that guy for that, disgraceful (hat tip Kaspar)

LEFTARD LAWFARE: FASCISTS VS FREEDOM

Karen Porter, the notoriously unhappy moonbat (think codepink but more bitter) has threatened a lawsuit to long time Atlas reader, great American and founder of the West Chester victory movement, Rich Davis.

Every week, Rich Davis and his band of patriots stands across the street from the American destroyers and they waves their flags, sing their songs, support the troops.  Support the truth.

And every week, the moonbats, haters, and lefties across the street grow angrier and nastier. All because of Rich and his shiny, happy people :)

Well, in the new America, in the left's America, you are not allowed to have an opinion that is not theirs. If you do, they sue! Welcome to the fairness doctrine.

Rich received this legal letter from the "peace" movement. Mind you these are the same folks that attacked a blogger filming one of the rallys (it went to court, the assailant plead guilty): Violent "Peace" Protester Hits Girl Blogger

So it's cool for Porter's bots to get all up in the patriots faces, push them, strike women, curse them, and violate the agreement. They can be divisive and occupy a public square alone to torment the town for five years -  but when the "victory" movement shows up and she gets a little push back - she and her thumb suckers start whining and crying, harrasment.

Once again the left throws the first amendment under the bus. Go back to North Korea (Porter's dream vacation idea - no, I'm serious - she wrote that once).

It doesn't faze Rich one bit.   We have an army of lawyers. It's a desperate act of a spoiled brat.  Typical leftist.

Condi was for the Gazan Terror Tied "Scholars" before she Was Against Them

This sums up Condi's failure. Remember those "Palestinian" Fulbright students Condhimmi went ballistic over? She "personally berated" Israel, demanding they allow those "students" passage out of Gaza.  Things have changed. Big time.
Her failed policies have put the US and Israel behind the eight ball. Not only is she dangerous she's .... embarrassing. [Shakes head, walks away]

US denies entry to Arab students after demanding Israel clear them Israel today

Just a month after making a fuss over Israel preventing a group of Palestinian Fulbright scholars from leaving Gaza, the US last week decided to revoke the visas it had given to the Arabs because, as Israel originally pointed out, they pose a security threat.

[...]

Every year the State Department issues a number of Fulbright scholarships to outstanding foreign students who are invited to continue their education at American universities.

When Israel refused to allow three Gaza-based Palestinian recipients to exit the coastal territory for an interview at the US Consulate in Jerusalem in June, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice personally berated Israel and demanded that it let the students into its capital.

Schmuck!

 

ETHNICALLY CLEANSED SARAJEVO NOW ENTIRELY MUSLIM

As the useful tools of the media and the Muslims spin their silly tales, the Muslim takeover continues apace.

Bosnia: Muslims dominate capital, claims Croatian MP   Adnkronos

The Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, once a symbol of ethnic diversity, has become an entirely Muslim city, a Croat deputy in the Bosnian Parliament, Branko Zrno, said on Wednesday.

"Sarajevo definitely isn't a multi-ethnic city, but the city of one group, the Bosniacs (Muslims), " Zrno told local media. He pointed out that Serbs and Croats in Sarajevo have no institutional protection, and continue to leave the capital. Zrno echoed allegations from Bosnian Serb leaders, including Serb entity Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, that non-Muslims in Sarajevo suffered discrimination and were denied their rights.

[...]

Serbs claim that in the city of 400,000 only 7,000 Serbs have remained, compared to 160,000 before the 1992-1995 civil war.

Thanks Bill Clinton!

The Serb claims have been supported by the Muslim President of the Bosnian Helsinki committee for human rights, Srdjan Dizdarevic, who said in a recent interview that Sarajevo had become a "monoethnic" city.

"Over 90 percent of Sarajevo inhabitants belong to only one group, the Bosniacs," Dizdarevic told weekly Fokus.

"Ethnic cleansing in this city has, unfortunately, been successfully completed. If the will exists to reconstruct Bosnia on multiethnic principles, one should start with Sarajevo," he concluded.

But as ethnic tensions deepened, the Muslim chairman of a three-man rotating state presidency, Haris Silajdzic, on Wednesday launched a fresh attack on the Serb entity.

Silajdzic repeated earlier claims that the Serb entity is a "symbol of genocide" allegedly perpetrated by its first president, Radovan Karadzic.

The hoax.

Karadzic is currently in detention and the Hague-based war crimes tribunal last week charged him with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

"Karadzic has been arrested, but his project continues to live," Silajdzic said.

So said the Muslim President  preceding over a city of Muslims, ethnic cleansing accomplished.

"The international community is obliged to remove consequences of the genocide," Silajdzic added, referring to the Serb entity.

So said the Muslim President  preceding over a city of Muslims, ethnic cleansing accomplished.

[...]

Bosnia's majority Muslim leaders have continued to call the Serb entity a "genocidal creature" that should be abolished - a move strongly opposed by Serbs.

EZRA ROCKS! EZRA RULES! EZRA WINS!

While giant publishing house  Random House took a dive, Ezra Levant, the individual's individual fought the jihad and won. MENSCH!

After a year-long investigation, the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission has rejected a complaint by the Edmonton Council of Muslim Canadians against former Western Standard publisher Ezra Levant over his republication of the Danish Muhammad cartoons.

The allegation that the February 14, 2006, issue of the now defunct magazine was likely to expose Muslims to hatred helped to spark a national debate about human rights law and free speech, and its rejection comes after similar complaints of Islamophobia against Maclean's magazine also failed.

Expose who to whose hatred. Acts of religious violence are the hallmarks of the Religion of pieces.

In a report on his investigation, which recommended the complaint not be referred for a panel hearing, AHRCC Southern Director Pardeep S. Gundara wrote that the cartoons are "stereotypical, negative and offensive," and they "do reinforce stereotypes," but they were "related to relevant and timely news" and were "not simply gratuitously included."

And if they were gratuitous? What's the dif? Freedom of Speech, baby

UPDATE: Ezra wanted to fight the fight. Check this out. Not entirely happy. Please donate to his legal fund.

UPDATE 8/7/08: Ezra's latest post:  How I beat the fatwa, and lost my freedom

"PALESTINIAN" CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION: OBAMA SHIPPED TEE SHIRTS TO GAZA?

The Washington Wire has the details of the latest cover-up coming in the Obama campaign donation scandal . Obama claims it's all been a mix up. Plausible deniability?  Not where there's a smoking gun, in Gaza no less.

Monir Edwan (identified here) claimed he sold the T-shirts in Gaza for around $9 and that a profit was made. "Some young men even bought the T-shirts for 60 shekel ($17.29), which is a lot to spend in Gaza on a T-shirt, but that is how much Gazans like Obama," Edwan claimed. Obama campaign shipped shirts to Gaza? Shipping overseas is vastly different than the state next door.

How did the Edwan brothers get the tee shirts if Obama sent them to Georgia?  Who from the campaign sent the tee shirts to Gaza? Obama is going to need a couple of days to come up with the next lie.

Obama Camp Routed Out Illegal Donations from Palestinians Washington Wire (hat tip Cathy)

Obama campaign officials said a trio of Palestinian brothers in the Middle East attempted last year to make $33,000 in illegal donations to the campaign via the internet.

The brothers sought to buy “Obama for President” T-shirts in some 97 attempts, 32 of which were initially successful.

They wrongly identified themselves as American citizens, campaign officials said, and listed their address as “GA”, the abbreviation for Georgia, when in fact they live in a refugee camp in Gaza, a rump city-state between Israel and Egypt that is under the control of Hamas.

The donations came in between Sept. 20 and Dec. 6 and virtually all of the money, about $33,500, was returned by December 6. But the refunds weren’t reported to the Federal Election Commission due to a technical error, campaign officials said.

The remaining $2,500 was refunded Monday. The refunds will all be reflected shortly in an amended report. New controls to prevent such attempts are now in place, the campaign said.

This story is unnerving Obama and his pied piping media. They are running scared. They are desperately trying to find any donation dirt on McCain  but it's not there. Trust me I have been checking. The media is publishing inaccurate innuendo and rumor and then retracts not a day later. at the risk of looking stupid. They are jeopardizing the little cred they have left. GO HERE NOW

I have been pursuing this story since mid July an I will tell you Obama's donation trail is as dirty Chicago politics. This is the left's feeble attempt to  head the trouble off at the pass. No way.

UPDATE: Now KOS is blaming WND for the "Palestinian" illegal donation story, calling it a set-up. How funny is that? I broke that story and Aaron Klein picked it up. Why isn't KOS accusing me of being Mossad.

"It could be true that [donations] were made, but as a part of a deliberate set-up to make Obama look bad. ... Aaron Klein reports from the Israel for WND. ... Again, obviously if an actual illegal donation was actually made it should be returned, but it would be interesting to find out who really made it and why," reads an article on the Daily Kos site.

Wow. KOS is a real Jew hater, eh?

"By the way, Aaron Klein is clearly an [sic] conservative anti-Obama reporter for the ultra-right-wing WorldNetDaily," the site contends.

In response, WND editor and publisher Joseph Farah commended the Daily Kos team for "their imagination in suggesting WND actually set up the Palestinian donations to the Obama campaign."

"That's a good one! It was an elaborate sting operation by an independent news source not feeding at the Obama media trough, says Daily Kos. Talk about your twisted, convoluted conspiracy tales. … Maybe WND was also behind the forged Obama birth certificate published by Daily Kos.

"Making up these wacky stories shows the desperate lengths Daily Kos will go to deny their beloved candidate would do anything wrong," Farah added.

Kill the messenger. Leftist tactics 101.

My first story on Obama's bizarre and illegal activity posted July 19th on overseas contributions: Who is Jeanne McCurdy?

Other overseas contributors are making multiple small donations ostensibly in their own names over a period of a few days, some under maximum donation allowances, but others aggregating in excess of the maximums when all added up. So while some of the contributions appear legal, others appear clearly over the maximums allowed without greater reporting requirement.  Some of the contributions may bel egal as reported, but "fishy" can only describe the Obama campaign reporting with regard to aggregate contributions. The countries and major cities from which contributions have been received France, Virgin Islands, Planegg, Vienna, Hague, Madrid, London, AE, IR, Geneva,Tokyo, Bangkok, Turin, Paris, Munich, Madrid, Roma, Zurich, Netherlands, Moscow, Ireland, Milan, Singapore, Bejing, Switzerland, Toronto, Vancouver, La Creche, Pak Chong, Dublin, Panama, Krabi, Berlin, Geneva, Buenos Aires, Prague, Nagoya, Budapest, Barcelona, Sweden, Taipei, Hong Kong, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Zurich, Ragusa, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Uganda, Mumbia, Nagoya, Tunis, Zacatecas, St, Croix, Mississiauga, Laval, Nadi, Behchoko, Ragusa, DUBIA, Lima, Copenhagen, Quaama, Jeddah, Kabul, Cairo, Nassau(not the county on Long Island,lol), Luxembourg (Auchi's stomping grounds), etc,etc,etc,  but nare ot limited to these countries, as we've have just begun to read through almost 500 pages.

500k donated by "not employed" people (overseas)

On July 23rd we addressed Obama's bundling - that got Obama's  corruption eruption team into high gear.

My primary issue in that post concerns “bundling,” the aggregation of small individual contributions,  submitted for verification for legality by the Obama campaign to the F.E.C.  John and I touched on this issue in my previous post, “Obama's Foreign Contributions: Who is Jeanne McCurdy,” in which the bundling tactics of an Obama fund raiser named Jeanne McCurdy was disclosed.

We documented almost $800 worth of campaign contributions which simply cannot  be documented by anybody as to where they came from, or from whom, or whether the persons were American citizens or perhaps from person with interests violently opposed to American interests.

A Rebecca Kurth contributed $3,137.38 to the Obama Campaign in 112 donations, including 34 separate donations recorded on 30-April-2008.

The history of anonymous donors from April of 2008, over just 3 pages of F.E.C. records.  In contributions from $1 to $250 --over $800 came into the Obama coffers completely without attribution, and in a manner in which the sources can never be verified.  The F.E.C. did absolutely nothing to regulate this.

Gazans Deny Obama Returned their JIhad Dough: No Honor Among Thieves

Now this is rich. I thought there was honor among thieves. Apparently not. Aaron Klein, in an update to the story I broke last week about Obama receiving contributions from Gaza, is reporting that despite Obama's claims that he just returned the money, The "Paelstinians" decry lie! Can you spell blackmail? I wonder what it's going to cost Obama, you know the Gazans don't play fair.

Obama said new controls are in place to prevent any similar attempts in the future. New controls? Like what? Shutting down anti- Obama sites?

Arabs deny Obama camp returned illegal donations WND

WND Candidate's staffers insist Gaza brothers refunded, but men say, 'We did not receive any money back'

Sen. Obama's campaign contends it returned $33,500 in illegal contributions from Palestinians in Hamas-controlled Gaza, but the donors told WND today they have not received any money.

The Wall Street Journal reported it spoke to Obama officials who said the donations from three Palestinian brothers were received between Sept. 20 and Dec. 6 last year, and virtually all of the money was returned by Dec. 6. The campaign said, however, the refunds were not reported to the Federal Election Commission due to a technical error.

The Obama camp insisted the remaining $2,500 was refunded Monday and all of the refunds will be reflected soon in an amended report. The campaign said new controls are in place to prevent any similar attempts in the future.

But WND asked two of the brothers – Monir and Hasam Edwan – to respond to the campaign's claims.

"No, we did not receive any money back from the Obama campaign at any time," said Monir Edwan.

Last week, the blog Atlas Shrugs outlined the series of donations made last year by Monir Edwan and Hosam Edwan, totaling $29,521.54. A third brother, Yousef, reportedly gave the campaign about $4,000.

LIVEBLOGGING First Annual Black Republican Forum NYC

Gorgeous day New York City and it's even more gorgeous at the Women's Republican Club. I am Liveblogging Annual Black Republican Forum. Where's McCain?

David Webb is happy to be  in a room with "Africa American conservatives and everyone else" introducing conservative man of the year Right Talk radio host and WND columnist Mychal Massie (moderator for the afternoon)

"We don’t need a black man to be president so badly that it forces us to take leave of our senses. We need a man (or woman) president who is pro-America, pro her citizens, is committe to our Constitution, and pro traditional values."

Yeah baby

Princella Smith is recounting the true history of Civil Rights. And its been the Republicans that have the history on fighting slavery, racism and civils rights? Whyis that Black America stands with the party of Jim Crow laws and the Klu Klux Klan, that fought civil rights?
"All those racist Democrats stayed racist Democrats until the day they died"
The Democrats keep the black community in abject poverty to maintain power of them.
The Democrats hijacked the Republicans civil rights movement  upon JFK's death (the Republicans would not exploit his death)

"The Democrats are the party of poverty, the Republicans in the party of prosperity"

I say, amen to that.

And if you missed my off the cuff live interview with Allen West, go here.

AN ATLAS FIRST: GUEST BLOGGER ON MY MACHINE. Now that's hot.

GUEST LIVEBLOG - Hip Hop Republican is taking over and writing the following update:

Atlas and Frances Rice                                         Hip Hop Republican takes over Atlas's machine

Thanks Pamela for allowing me on to take over..the person who is up speaking is Rep. Jennifer Carroll she is speaking on the bias in media. She started her talk with a question is the media biased? She answered the question with a question "does the veins need blood". Rep. Jennifer Carroll is speaking about the slaughter of black children by black children and the failure of the media to highlight this. She just spoke about the media's influence on black youth and the terrible consequence that occur when they are parroted. The message she is leaving with the audience is that Republican's do not want to harm the black community but to heal it.

The next speaker is David Webb he is a radio show host who is speaking about the need for all us us to look at character over race and to focus on the issues.

There is now a panel starting to answer questions from the panelist and Bob Parks is being asked by a women in the audience about the success of his campaign in Massachusetts's. Bob is giving a  brief history and demographic of the issues of the district.

We are all being asked now to take a break.....

Okay break over..I am sitting here with fish crackers and sprite and am listening to Niger Innis from CORE a Manhattan based advocacy group. Niger is speaking on immigration policy he is talking about the differences in various nations regarding this policy. He is talking about the historical diversity of our nation and how effective policy can  shape its role in the future.

UPDATE: My special guest bloggerHip Hop Republican continues:

Now for the number one speaker Colonel Allen West. He just saluted three army service members in the audience. He is now talking about the historical significance of building up a nations border from ancient Rome till today.  He is talking about the dangers of sanctuary cities that effect mostly black and poor communities. Cornell West is highlighting how many of the gangs like MS13 have created turf wars and a potential nightmare. He is tying in health cost and economic security with the ability of our nations failure to crack down in illegal immigration...okay he is done

Now the panel is applauding the young solders who are in the audience ironically all Hispanic.

Pamela here: Deborah Honeycutt is up. WOW. This  brilliant brash, doctor is a proud Republican and she  will be the first African American females Republican congressperson. I am listening to her and she is inspiring. Apparently, my first impression is spot on because Hip Hop just gave me an article and it appears Honeycutt is strategically poised to become the the Republican Party what Oybambi is for the Democrats  - an historic political star.

She is running in the 13th District in Gerogia and she is electric.

Pamela here:I asked the panel how they were going to copmbat the media blackout on their message. "if the Republican message is the bastard, the Black republican message is the aborted child (ta liberal pun). What are you going to do to circumvent the MSM and get the message out."

Deborah Honeycutt responded: "We have to go to every meeting, every group discussion. We must shout from the housetops. We cannot be silent. We mest get out there. We must use the net"

Speaking of which, I am going to go see if I grab Honeycutt and see if I can get a VLOG. I just finished a interview with Kerry's opponent Jeff Beatty. Check it out on youtube now!

Break time: Loading video of Deborah Honeycutt. What a woman! This is a great event. McCain stumbled big time by not being here. This is his constituency. He would have brought the press and the message of these great Americans would get out there. Foolish move.

UPDATE: HONEYCUTT AND ATLAS INTERVIEW. She rocks!

 

Bishop Yonel Yarboro (left)                  Leftie sighting! Ellis Henicon showed up for the carrots.

Next up: Keynote speaker Lynn Swann

Frances Rice, Lynn Swann, David Webb

Black Republican Chair Jennifer Carrol just endorsed McCain. CROWD GOING WILD!

Webb is speaking of tonight's theme. RACE AND THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. Lynn Swann will be speaking on the subject.

Swann speaking. He's funny. "my mom and dad wanted two daughters. They wanted two daughters, and they had me. They named me Lynn anyway" :)

She enrolled him in dance classes anyway and after being surrounded by girls for a couple of years he said to himself, this is not a bad place to be. He was a Baptist and and went to an all girl's religious school. 

Discussing Race in the Presidential Race.

Race is not an issue. The economy is an issue.

Foreign Policy, if you are elected to the office of the United States, is an issue.

Education is an issue. Race is not an race.

The Democrats and the candidate has made race an issue.

Martin Luther King said a man should be judged, not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character.

The race is about the economy. He is going on to describe the short and long term impact of the deleterious effects of what the Democrats have planned. He is saying that small business cannot take such a hit.

21 million small businesses will suffer enormously. They will be forced to lay off workers. 

ENERGY: We have to drill. HUGE APPLAUSE.

I live in Pennsylvania, We like coal. We need a president who do what is necessary not a facade of hope.

Swann is congratulating what Obama acheived and it deserves respect.

You must ask these three questions of the candidates:

Who am I?

What do I believe?

How do I act on those beliefs?

Ask those questions and there is no other answer. That person is JOHN MCCAIN!

John McCain is the clear choice.

I do not have  aclear undrstanding of what and who Obama is and what he stands for.

We need someone we can count on.

We don't need more entitlements.

I do not intend to be herded into a polling place and be told I have vote a certain way.

Thats racist.

McCain has been tested.

Recounting a story now of how he was questioned at a football game by a woman, "how can you be a Republican"

and he said, "because I choose to."

Why do you assume because I am black that I have to be a Democrat?

I am a free man. I choose

The Republican party is the spirit and the soul of the Black people. We have to be ministers of the Republican.

Ladies and Gentlemen, open those doors to the Republican church.

Ludacris Obama

Lisa has a dead to right column in today's human events on the double, triple, quadruple standard in dealing with the holier-than-thou one. She cites Atlas but it's got a cache of Obamanure.

Lisa writes the column weekly. It is a must read. Every week.

Obama Watch: A Ludicrous Double Standard  Lisa De Pasquale, Human Events

Every time a right-winger like Ann Coulter or Rush Limbaugh offends the sensibilities of the Left, they demand that Republican presidential candidates and party leaders denounce the joke and the person -- and, unfortunately, they do.  It was reported last week that rapper Ludacris’s new song “Politics As Usual” insults President Bush, Senator Hillary Clinton and John McCain.  The Associated Press wrote, “The song brags about an Obama presidency being destiny.  It uses an expletive to describe Clinton, calls Bush ‘mentally handicapped’ and says McCain doesn't belong in ‘any chair unless he's paralyzed.’”

A spokesman wrote in an e-mailed statement, “This song is not only outrageously offensive to Sen. Clinton, Rev. Jackson, Sen. McCain and President Bush, it is offensive to all of us who are trying to raise our children with the values we hold dear. While Ludacris is a talented individual he should be ashamed of these lyrics.” 

However, no one on the Left called for Obama to distance himself from Ludacris or criticized the half-hearted statement from his spokesman.

As with William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s friends and acquaintances say a lot about his judgment.  In 2006, Obama and Ludacris met in his Chicago office to discuss “empowering the youth.”  The meeting was closed to the press.  Obama and Ludacris then talked again at a joint event in Chicago on AIDS awareness.  Obama spokesman Julian Green said, “Both Senator Obama and Ludacris have initiated individual efforts to bring attention to the cause and the senator applauded Ludacris for using his stature and his celebrity to bring attention to the issue.”  (Yeah, because the one thing we never hear celebrities talk about enough is AIDS awareness.)

While the Associated Press, Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times fawned over the meeting of the “two star powers,” no one on the Left asked if Ludacris’s sex and drug-filled lyrics made him an appropriate role model for Obama to endorse. 

Aside from insulting Bush, McCain and Clinton, Ludacris mostly praises his friend in “Politics As Usual.”  He even has a couple of ideas for the Obama Administration:

Said I handled his biz and I'm one of his favorite rappers
Well give Luda a special pardon if I'm ever in the slammer
Better yet put him in office, make me your vice president

Meet Obama Donor Jkbkj Hbkjb

Intrepid and indispensable blogger Pamela Geller at Atlas Shrugs has been uncovering some interesting donors to Obama’s campaign.  My favorite is Jkbkj Hbkjb from the city of Jkbjnj.  His (or her) occupation is listed as “Balanon Jalalan.”  Back in October, Mr. (or Mrs.) Hbkjb gave the campaign $1,077.23.  One commenter points out that the odd donation amount could be because it was a foreign donation originally given in a round amount, but affected by the exchange rate when put in U.S. dollars.  FEC regulations allow anonymous donations, but only if they are less than $50.  Anything above $50 can’t be used in a federal campaign.

Some other donors that Geller has uncovered include:

-    Good Will (employer: Loving You)
-    Doodad Pro (employer: FDGFDGF)
-    81 donations from foreign countries ranging from 75 cents to $250 (on just one list)
-    $24,321.41 from Monir and Hosam Edwan of Rafah, Gaza (a refugee camp)
-    Over $500,000 from donors that are “not employed”

She's got more to chew on concerning the "son of promise", child of hope". Go.

THE END OF FREE SPEECH: RANDOM HOUSE PULLS BOOK, FEARS MUSLIMS

One of the largest publishing houses in America is has called off the publication of a romanticized book about the prophet Mohammad's favorite wife, six year old Aisha, for fear it would offend Muslims.

Random House can't publish a book - a stupid book -  but that's not the point. This is the end of free speech as we know it. This is our core freedom. It should be frontpage news.

It pains me, but does not surprise me, that a dhimmi Jew led the charge to ban the book.
Read the article (check out how the Asra Nomani who penned the WSJ, describes Mohammad's favorite wife as "young" and she's on our side (in this).

Sahih Muslim, Book 031, Number 5981: 'A'isha reported that she used to play with dolls in the presence of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) and when her playmates came to her they left (the house) because they felt shy of Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him), whereas Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent them to he.

Sahih Bukhari, Volume 8, Book 73, Number 151: Narrated 'Aisha:

I used to play with the dolls in the presence of the Prophet, and my girl friends also used to play with me. When Allah's Apostle used to enter (my dwelling place) they used to hide themselves, but the Prophet would call them to join and play with me. (The playing with the dolls and similar images is forbidden, but it was allowed for 'Aisha at that time, as she was a little girl, wo had not yet reached the age of puberty.) (Fateh-al-Bari page 143, Vol.13)

At least Random House was honest about why they would not be publishing it, fear of Islamic violence as opposed to the mainstream media's spineless excuses for not publishing the Danish cartoons. They claimed those harmless, innocuous cartoons were "offensive", when in fact the media feared for their lives.

You Still Can't Write About Muhammad By ASRA Q. NOMANI, WSJ

Starting in 2002, Spokane, Wash., journalist Sherry Jones toiled weekends on a racy historical novel about Aisha, the young wife of the prophet Muhammad. Ms. Jones learned Arabic, studied scholarly works about Aisha's life, and came to admire her protagonist as a woman of courage. When Random House bought her novel last year in a $100,000, two-book deal, she was ecstatic. This past spring, she began plans for an eight-city book tour after the Aug. 12 publication date of "The Jewel of Medina" -- a tale of lust, love and intrigue in the prophet's harem.

It's not going to happen: In May, Random House abruptly called off publication of the book. The series of events that torpedoed this novel are a window into how quickly fear stunts intelligent discourse about the Muslim world.

Random House feared the book would become a new "Satanic Verses," the Salman Rushdie novel of 1988 that led to death threats, riots and the murder of the book's Japanese translator, among other horrors.

In an interview about Ms. Jones's novel, Thomas Perry, deputy publisher at Random House Publishing Group, said that it "disturbs us that we feel we cannot publish it right now." He said that after sending out advance copies of the novel, the company received   "from credible and unrelated sources, cautionary advice not only that the publication of this book might be offensive to some in the Muslim community, but also that it could incite acts of violence by a small, radical segment."

"small, radical segment"  -- I guess that's a matter of perspective. How many millions is considered small?

This saga upsets me as a Muslim -- and as a writer who believes that fiction can bring Islamic history to life in a uniquely captivating and humanizing way. "I'm devastated," Ms. Jones told me after the book got spiked, adding, "I wanted to honor Aisha and all the wives of Muhammad by giving voice to them, remarkable women whose crucial roles in the shaping of Islam have so often been ignored -- silenced -- by historians." Last month, Ms. Jones signed a termination agreement with Random House, so her literary agent could shop the book to other publishers.

Like I said a very stupid book.  She wanted to honor "all the wives of Muhammad" - yeah, the whole nursery school. Sheesh.

This time, the instigator of the trouble wasn't a radical Muslim cleric, but an American academic. In April, looking for endorsements, Random House sent galleys to writers and scholars, including Denise Spellberg, an associate professor of Islamic history at the University of Texas in Austin. Ms. Jones put her on the list because she read Ms. Spellberg's book, "Politics, Gender, and the Islamic Past: The Legacy of 'A'isha Bint Abi Bakr."

dhimmi Jew.

But Ms. Spellberg wasn't a fan of Ms. Jones's book. On April 30, Shahed Amanullah, a guest lecturer in Ms. Spellberg's classes and the editor of a popular Muslim Web site, got a frantic call from her. "She was upset," Mr. Amanullah recalls. He says Ms. Spellberg told him the novel "made fun of Muslims and their history," and asked him to warn Muslims.

In an interview, Ms. Spellberg told me the novel is a "very ugly, stupid piece of work." The novel, for example, includes a scene on the night when Muhammad consummated his marriage with Aisha: "the pain of consummation soon melted away. Muhammad was so gentle. I hardly felt the scorpion's sting. To be in his arms, skin to skin, was the bliss I had longed for all my life."

Raping a 9 year old described as "the pain of a scorpion's sting"?  I am going to vomit.

 

Says Ms. Spellberg: [...] "I don't have a problem with historical fiction. I do have a problem with the deliberate misinterpretation of history. You can't play with a sacred history and turn it into soft core pornography."

Rape - sacred history.

After he got the call from Ms. Spellberg, Mr. Amanullah dashed off an email to a listserv of Middle East and Islamic studies graduate students, acknowledging he didn't "know anything about it [the book]," but telling them,   "Just got a frantic call from a professor who got an advance copy of the forthcoming novel, 'Jewel of Medina' -- she said she found it incredibly offensive." He added a write-up about the book from the Publishers Marketplace, an industry publication.

Frantic dhimmi Jew panicing in service to her master. I am going to vomit.

The next day, a blogger known as Shahid Pradhan posted Mr. Amanullah's email on a Web site for Shiite Muslims -- "Hussaini Youth" -- under a headline, "upcoming book, 'Jewel of Medina': A new attempt to slander the Prophet of Islam." Two hours and 28 minutes after that, another person by the name of Ali Hemani proposed a seven-point strategy to ensure "the writer withdraws this book from the stores and apologise all the muslims across the world."

Meanwhile back in New York City, Jane Garrett, an editor at Random House's Knopf imprint, dispatched an email on May 1 to Knopf executives, telling them she got a phone call the evening before from Ms. Spellberg (who happens to be under contract with Knopf to write "Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an.")

Uh, a dhimmi Jew peddling a soft of the Barbary wars. Can hardly wait for that  historical revisionist text.

"She thinks there is a very real possibility of major danger for the building and staff and widespread violence," Ms. Garrett wrote. "Denise says it is 'a declaration of war . . . explosive stuff . . . a national security issue.'

A harlequin novel becomes a "a national security issue". We're screwed.

UPDATE: Debbie Schlussel has the dirt on that dhimmi Jew Spellberg:

And there is more we must consider about this disturbing case. Denise Spellberg is Exhibit A of why I tell Americans not to rely on the Jews for their terrorism analysis. Far too many of my fellow co-religionists-in-name-only bend over backward for our enemies in the "Religion of Peace." They lend them legitimacy, a legitimacy we cannot afford to let stand.

Spellberg is a far-left Jewish woman, who has devoted her life to spreading the BS propaganda that Islam is peace, that America has a "forgotten" Muslim history (no, we don't), etc.

She is the one who started these terrorist threats on their path. She is the one who warned Random House that they'd all be blown to Kingdom Come if the book was published. Why is she not being prosecuted? If I contacted Random House and said that if they published her sleazy "Thomas Jefferson's Koran" lie, that the building would be blown up and its employees murdered, do you think I'd be free today? No, I'd be behind bars.

Instead, Ms. Spellberg delivered a paid lecture sponsored by the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Texas, and she is identified as a faculty member of the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies.

Read it all.

Atlas SKEWZ

I did an hour long interview with SKEWZ (all sides of the story). For those that like my radio shows and podcasts, I think you'll love this one. No holds barred, I tell ya. Go here to listen.

We had a great conversation with Pamela Geller whose popular blog is Atlas Shrugs..  Pamela spoke to us about the origins of both her blog and her political views which were quickly shaped in the aftermath of 9/11.  The attacks on the World Trade Center led her to want to better understand the character and motives of those that attacked the United States.  In the process of trying to find answers on her own through primary research, Pamela began to formulate her perspectives on the threat of radical Islam.  During our conversation, Pamela indicated that she found that blogs were a source of more detailed and thorough information than the main stream media.  As such, she began focuses on getting information from reliable blog sites.  We spoke about some of the contributing factors to the rise of radical Islam.  We also discussed Jimmy Carter's administration and the notions of post war mentality versus post-historical perspective.

We also spoke about the 2008 presidential election.  She cited that nearly 50% of people believe that the media is helping Barrack Obama.  In addition, we touched upon the New York Times on-going flap with the McCain campaign.

Want US Citzenship? Call CAIR!

I can't tell you how many expats I know from Europe and Israel that can't get American citizenship to save their lives. Perhaps they should pretend to be Muslims and have CAIR file a lawsuit for them. But if they pretend to be Muslims, will they then be considered apostates when they leave Islam? Tricky. Considering apostasy is punishable by death, it's a legitimate question.

This from the daily CAIR alert

As-salaamu alaikum,

My name is Chokri El Kotel. I want to tell you how CAIR helped me.

After waiting almost a year and a half for the U.S. Department of Citizenship and Immigration to act on my case, I called CAIR in January 2008. They filed a lawsuit for me in March.

By June 3, I was standing in front of a judge being sworn in as a new American citizen.

The time prior to my citizenship was an emotional strain on my family, but now I will get to enjoy the rights and responsibilities of being a citizen. For example, I will be able to vote in a crucial presidential election this fall.

I cannot express how grateful I am to CAIR for the work that they have done, not only for me, but for American Muslims just like you.

GO WEST FOR YOUR FUTURE!

New York was a little sweeter today, a little safer, a little stronger. The wonderful Allen West came to the big town and I am honored and proud  to support his candidacy. This man represents the Republicans' best hope, our new vision for the future of the Republican party. This is a great American. A hero.

He gets it. He knows what needs to be done. On energy. On limited government. On creeping sharia. On the nanny state. On Islamic jihad. Read the columns he wrote for Atlas while stationed in Kandahar: Colonel's Column from Kandahar

This man makes Oybambi look one of those cardboard display characters, a mere shell.
 

Get involved in his campaign. Join his army. Contribute. Please. Your country depends on it.

Allen West, Atlas, Rich Davis, founder of the Chester County Victory movement and Dan from Gathering of Eagles

 

Annual Black Republican Forum

When West gets in,  self loathing corrupt Jew Hater Klein is out. West in, Klein out. Now there's a gift that keeps on giving :)

Check out the Atlas video  interview (click below or go here) and for his speech go here

The World's first Islamic Credit Card

First off why? Isn't this a debit card? Wouldn't it function the same? Is there a Jewish credit card? A Christian credit card? Why are we selling our souls here?

?All in all it's just another brick in the wall.

MasterCard Starts Islamic Credit Card Jim Meyers  (hat tip vgoia)

MasterCard Worldwide and Malaysia’s EonCap Islamic Bank have jointly launched what they are calling the world's first Islamic debit MasterCard.

The EonCap Islamic Debit MasterCard is basically a debit card with ATM functions, as well, Business Week reports. It also works on PayPass systems and is compliant with Islamic religious law, which prohibits earning or paying interest.

“The card ensures that purchases are automatically deducted from the cardholder's account and approved only if enough funds exist within the account,” said Fozia Amanulla, chief executive officer of EonCap Islamic Bank.

Shuan Ghaidan, head of product sales and delivery, Asia-Pacific at MasterCard Worldwide, said: "The EonCap Islamic Debit MasterCard card is designed for individuals who prefer to spend what they have in their accounts, yet seek the same functionality and assurances of a credit card."

OBAMA'S OUTREACH TO MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD RESIGNS

The jihadi Obama picked last week for Muslim "outreach" resigned.   lol

Why does Obama need Muslim outreach? He's got  Qaddafi's "legal" donations, Gaza's illegal donations, the whole of the Arab world behind him, the whole of the Islamic world - he was born a Muslim, he was raised a Muslim.

My question. After he studied Islam in Indonesia and took Koranic study, when exactly did Obama convert to Christianity (black liberation theology)? Or was the segue from Islam to Reverend Wright's  Nation of Islam to Reverend Wright black liberation theology seamless?

And while we are on the subject, when did he convert? How? Where?  And why hasn't he been baptized? Can someone get a straight answer out of this man?

Meanwhile, back at the madrassah ...

Obama's Muslim-Outreach Adviser Resigns WSJ [why am I not surprised?]

The Muslim-outreach coordinator to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama has resigned ....

[...]

The eight-year-old connection between Mr. Asbahi and Mr. Said was raised last week by the Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report, which is published by a Washington think tank and chronicles the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood, a world-wide fundamentalist group based in Egypt. Other Web sites, some pro-Republican and others critical of fundamentalist Islam, also have reported on the background of Mr. Asbahi. He is a frequent speaker before several groups in the U.S. that scholars have associated with the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Justice Department named Mr. Said an unindicted co-conspirator in the racketeering trial last year of several alleged Hamas fund-raisers, which ended in a mistrial. He has also been identified as a leading member of the group in news reports going back to 1993.

[..]

Allied Asset Advisors is a subsidiary of the North American Islamic Trust. The trust, which is supported financially by the government of Saudi Arabia, holds title to many mosques in the U.S. and promotes a conservative brand of Islam compatible with the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood and also akin to the fundamentalist style predominant in Saudi Arabia. Allied executives did not respond to inquiries.

"Conservative"? Is that what they are calling violent jihad nowadays. Give ma a frickin break.

YID With LID: OBAMA's HOUSE MUSLIM Mazen Asbahi QUITS

INFILTRATED PENTAGON GOES AFTER JEWS

Jew Hatred defies all logic. Check out this story. The FBI, CIA, NSA, is teeming with jihad loving Muslims. INFILTRATION AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS.

But who do they go after? The Jew.  Sick.

I have seen the enemy, they is us.

Pentagon: We thought engineer was Israeli spy because he's a Jew
Haaretz Daily
The Pentagon has admitted in an internal report that it wrongly accused an army engineer from Michigan of spying for Israel because he was a Jew. David Tenenbaum of Southfield is an Orthodox Jew and fluent in Hebrew.

[...]Tenenbaum filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government, accusing it of employing "Naziesque" surveillance methods against Jews, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Who can forget Steve Coughlin? Coughlin, the Pentagon specialist on Islamic law and Islamist extremism, was fired from his position on the military's Joint Staff.(more here)

RELATED:MUSLIM MOLES and US GOVT AGENCIES: No Jews Need Apply, Jihadis welcome

CIA INFILTRATION: HAMPERING INVESTIGATIONS May 20, '08

SECRET STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON SAUDI HATE SCHOOL MUST BE RELEASED

WTF is the FBI doing?April  7, '08

Why Are Law Enforcement Agencies Including The Los Angeles Police Department Still Meeting With CAIR And Other Islamist Groups? March 10, 2008

FBI & CIA RECRUITING ON JEW HATE SITES? February '09

A New Religious Twist on the Pentagon Firing? January 18, '08

MILITARY COMES OUT FOR PENTAGON SPECIALIST FIRED BY ISLAM January 17, '08

Hearings on Pentagon firing? January 17, '08

Pentagon Taqiya: Hesham Islam's Big Lies January 6, '8

OMG! Key Pentagon Counter Jihad Specialist Fired January 4, '08

HEZBO MOLE CRACKED FBI FILES OF INFORMANTS December 8, '07

Hezbo Mole has more terror ties

Hezbo Mole Sister's a Marine, Hubby State Dept November 19, 2007

JIHAD JANE: "My God, she's married to one of our people," Novemebr 18, 07

Loving the Enemy "A Great Spy!"

The Face of Evil 11/14/07 

HezBo Illegal Alien Infiltrates CIA 11/13/07

Poll: AMERICANS DISGUSTED WITH OBAMA'S JIHAD CONTRIBUTIONS

ATLAS BREAKS THE STORY OF OBAMA'S GAZAN CONTRIBUTIONS!

WND is running a poll on the story Atlas broke on Obama's jihad contributions from Gaza. The majority of the folks are disgusted by it and rightly so.

It speaks volumes about the kind of support he has	31% (699)
It's an outrage that should spark a probe of all of Obama's fundraising	30% (692)
Criminal charges should be the result

Hamas endorsed Obama.

The Edwans are a large clan that include top Hamas supporters.

Speaking to WND, the two brothers praised Obama and admitted giving the money online to his campaign. They said they are not U.S. citizens or green card holders but are citizens of "Palestine."

The Edwans denied they are affiliated with Hamas. Palestinian sources in Gaza confirmed the Edwans in question are secular, but could not say whether they supported Hamas.

I have previously posted on the illegal and bizarre donations of Obama's "foreign" contributions here. Obama took in 500, ooo donated by "not employed" people abroad.

ATLAS EXCLUSIVE: NIDRA POLLER ON EURABIAN OBAMANIA

"Approving Roar" for McCain in the heartland (8/5/08)

Obama during his world 'me" tour 7/24/08

The thing that will never be understood by arugula man and his entourage  is the utter contempt Americans have for European elitism and condescension. No matter what the polls said, tens of thousands of unemployed Germans cheering der fuhrer does not play well in Peoria. It's a mighty  big country between to the East and Left coasts, no matter how many dead people and illegal immigrants ACORN has registered to vote. And the very things the Eurabians find so very appealing are the same things Americans can't stomach - internationalism, communism, UN hegemony, bold faced dishonesty,and hubris.

Nidra Poller, journalist and American expatriate living in Paris for decades,  gives us the American perspective of Obama's whirlwind world tour. ATLAS EXCLUSIVE.

EURABIAN OBAMANIA

If European Obamaniacs had their way, they’d steal every American’s right to vote and elect BHO president of the USA, the world, and the heavens above.

Nidra Poller

Paris, July 28  2008

The flames of French Obamania leaped skyward last week when the once and future president, glowing from his mass rally in Berlin, stopped in Paris on his way to London. Pushing past the statistics—a recent poll showed over 80% of the French would vote for him if only they could—what does this wishful thinking reveal about the expectations aroused by the charismatic candidate? While Obama worshippers the world over clamor for a right to vote in the November elections, their enthusiasm should reciprocally help Americans understand what is at stake. Two interlocking redemptive fallacies, focused on Obama’s enhanced racial value and the international dividends this will incur, are clarified in the light of European incandescence.

Transposed to France, where 99.99% of the media are rooting for the “first black American president,” the Obama look-alike would not be a slim trim sexy Antillean intellectual. He would be a Muslim, a real Muslim, not a Christian convert. Modern, of course, with no ostentatious religious symbols that could disturb resolutely secular French voters, but Muslim in heart and soul, arisen from the beleaguered immigrant class and placed on high to prove that France, too, has atoned for its sins of racism and colonialism. Only a Muslim could fulfill this role. No other minorities—Chinese, Jewish, Brazilian, etc. —need apply.

You wouldn’t know it but France already has a dashing young diversity president. Nicolas Sarkozy’s father is Hungarian, his maternal grandfather was a Jewish immigrant from Salonika (who converted to Catholicism in 1917 to marry his French sweetheart), and his son Jean is engaged to a Jewish girl. But Sarkozy gets no credit for his origins, and no applause for including three Muslim women— Fadela Amara, Rachida Dati, and Rama Yade--in his government. The French president has been ground to mincemeat by the media though his government is rapidly implementing the major reforms promised during the campaign. He was trashed for a three-day post-election jaunt on a rich man’s yacht, bashed for vacationing in Kennebunkport and eating barbecued hot dogs chez the arch-criminal Bush, and run through the wringer for having too much personal life. Mocked as an over-excited omni-president who leaps from photo-ops to grandstanding interventions, Sarkozy is dismissed as a shallow show off one-man government, an elected monarch, a versatile back slapper… Along comes Barack Obama and the adjectives are shined up and pinned on his chest like medals. Oh la la le rock star! Cameras caress his private jet. His toothy smile is an expression of political brilliance, his glad hand is evidence of extraordinary diplomatic skill, his outstretched arm at Berlin’s Victory Tower promises miracles. The screeches of his international groupies were relayed with exceptional indulgence and his deliberate snubbing of Socialist politicians (presumably to avoid guilt by association) did not raise an eyebrow.

The American Wonder’s brief Paris stopover offered a rare moment of respite for the French president. Press, fans, and a huge chunk of the political class from right to left, basking in the promise of New Improved Franco-American relations that will be ushered in when Obama wins in November, looked on tenderly as Sarkozy bantered with his “copain” Barack.

As could be expected, Obama fan clubs and paraphernalia flourish in Muslim immigrant communities. The nominally conservative Figaro daily ran an enthusiastic article on the hopes ignited by the Democratic candidate. Karim Zéribi, an elected official in Marseille’s Socialist government and self-described bobo, is lost in admiration for Obama who has “transcended” his origins. “He’s the best! Calm and powerful,” exclaims Zéribi, who chafes at being seen as a member of a “pseudo-minority.” On the right, Kamel Hamza, a UMP (Sarkozy’s party) official in the Seine St. Denis municipality shares Zérbi’s enthusiasm: “Un black [trendy French for noir] has a good chance to become president of the United States! A guy like us…president of one of the world’s most powerful nations!”

Dig that! Suddenly American power, in the right hands, would not be evil. American society, systematically portrayed as racist, communitarian, and imperialist, could become a beacon to the world…if only the right race wins. And Western European nations, faced with overwhelming problems of immigration, Islamization, and demographic decline, should redeem themselves by doing like the Yankees.

While the mere suggestion that Islam could be in any way shape or form a factor in the personality of Barack Hussein Obama is scorned as dirty fighting in America, hopes for a Muslim president are openly promoted in France. And democratic values are brushed aside with a flick of the wrist. In the place of elected officials committed to the general welfare, aggrieved minorities are unashamedly seeking “guys like us” who will defend their interests. Walt and Mearsheimer‘s pseudo-academic exposé of the “Jewish lobby” has no black power equivalent when Obama ignites ethnic-racial hopes.

Apocalypse Now ..... or shortly

In today's Wall Street Journal, John  Bolton yet again, emphatically restates the obvious into what has become a lonely echo chamber. And while history will look kindly upon him, the same will not be said of American leadership. It escapes me how Bolton can be so measured and deliberate in the face of such crushing impotence. The facts point to a  frightening and fatal future.

Iran pursues its nuclear weapons program with malevolent speed and vigor and as its MO, uses "talks" to stall (and the only ones talking are the perm 5, to themselves).  Further, Iran's announcement  of a new marine weapon came on the heels of another ignored  deadline  for an Iranian response to a package of incentives offered by six world powers.  Incentives?

The Associated Press reported from Tehran, "Iran will not give up 'a single iota of its nuclear rights,' the country's president said Saturday, scornful and smug about  an informal deadline to stop expanding uranium enrichment or face more sanctions." Could they be clearer? Here at the New York Sun

If this sounds familiar, it should. The Associated Press and the rest of the press have been reporting on disarmament "deadlines" for Iran now for five years, and Iran has been ignoring the deadlines for just as long, with no appreciable consequences. If a line is reached and crossed and no death results, is it really a deadline?

The first deadline was back in 2003. The deadline was so significant that France and America even agreed on it. "Mr. Villepin said Iran must meet the October 31st deadline that the IAEA imposed or face possible sanctions," Voice of America reported on September 30, 2003.

"Iran Given New Nuclear 'Deadline'" was the headline of an article published on the BBC Web site in September of 2004. It reported on an International Atomic Energy Agency resolution that "imposes an indirect deadline of 25 November." The BBC article quoted an American diplomat as saying "The time for decisive action is approaching." That was four years ago.

The year 2005 brought another so-called deadline — September 3. "In Vienna, Austria, where the IAEA is based, diplomats said Iran faced a Sept. 3 deadline to stop uranium conversion," the Associated Press reported in August of 2005.

There were deadlines in 2006, too. "U.N. Gives Iran Nuclear Deadline," was the headline over an article in the Daily Telegraph on August 1, 2006, reporting, "The United Nations Security Council has given Iran until the end of August to suspend uranium enrichment."

The next year, 2007, brought more deadlines. "The UN has set today as a final deadline for Iran to suspend uranium enrichment," the Guardian reported on February 21, 2007. The final deadline? Right.

Now, over the weekend, another deadline came and went. On Saturday, Secretary of State Rice said the Iranian envoys failed to give a clear answer. "The Iranians did not give a clear answer. If they don't give a clear answer, then I think we will have no choice but to begin again to prepare sanctions resolutions for the Security Council," Ms. Rice said at the Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colo. But Ms. Rice added that she did not expect the U.N. Security Council would prepare sanctions until September, ruling out any action in the next few weeks.

Given the history of these diplomatic deadlines, it's no wonder that they don't exactly strike fear into the hearts of the Iranian government. Nor is it surprising that the Israelis are running training exercises for military missions to take out Iran's nuclear sites. What is surprising is that Senator Obama, who appears to be an intelligent man, wants to negotiate with the Iranians. What is he going to do, give them a deadline?

The renewed  talk of sanctions is long past its expiration date. Those actions should have been taken two years ago.

With patience of the Pope, Bolton, in his journal op-ed piece explains in