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DEMOCRAT DESTROYERS: FBI "ABSOLUTELY NO TRUTH" to Leftwing Lily Livered Lies, Libels Against Palin

This beauty is Shannyn Moore, Puff Ho libel blogger.

The notoriously left wing LA Times reports that the FBI reports that there is  is "absolutely no truth" to the lies being spread by force of nature Sarah Palin. Palin scares the malevolent to death. Palin is the silver cross to the Democrats' Dracula.

Palin in a facebook message said yesterday:

I am now looking ahead and how we can advance this country together with our values of less government intervention, greater energy independence, stronger national security, and much-needed fiscal restraint"
"How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it's about country," the statement said. "And though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make."

"To the extent several websites, most notably liberal Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, are now claiming as 'fact' that Governor Palin resigned because she is 'under federal investigation' for embezzlement or other criminal wrongdoing, we will be exploring legal options this week to address such defamation," Van Flein said in a statement. "This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who re-publish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law."

I love her! She is the leader Americans need. She is the leader the tea parties need.

I hope Palin sues just to shut these fat bastids up.

Sarah Palin not under FBI investigation, agency spokesman says LA Times

The former GOP vice presidential candidate's surprise resignation as Alaska governor had set off speculation, including rumors of a pending federal corruption probe or charges.

Reporting from Washington -- A day after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin resigned, a federal official in her home state dismissed one potential explanation for her sudden and unexpected resignation: a rumored FBI investigation into the former Wasilla mayor on public corruption charges.

Despite rumors of a looming controversy after the Republican governor's surprise announcement Friday that she would leave office this month, some of them published in the blogosphere, the FBI's Alaska spokesman said the bureau had no investigation into Palin for her activities as governor, as mayor or in any other capacity.

."There is absolutely no truth to those rumors that we're investigating her or getting ready to indict her," Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday. "It's just not true." He added that there was "no wiggle room" in his comments for any kind of inquiry.

In case you missed this, read it: 

Palin in 2012! Exclusive: Pamela Geller lauds Sarah for 'assuming the mantle' of leadership vs. Obama --WND

UPDATE: Gary gets it

UPDATE: Oorah!

Marion man already driving around with Sarah Palin 2012 poster by James Q.
Lynch The Gazette

Harlan Muth isn’t organizing Sarah Palin’s presidential campaign, but pledges as soon as someone does, “I’ll be with ’em.In the meantime, the Marion maintenance contractor is turning heads with his “Sarah Palin 2012” poster prominently displayed on his van.

Don't Buy His Book!

I thought my readers would get a kick out of this email exchange with an ex-Reaganite and BDS, Bush Derangement Syndrome sufferer - always good for a laugh :)

Believe it or not, Bartlett worked in the Reagan White House and at the Treasury Department under President George H.W. Bush. Since 1993, Bartlett had been affiliated with the National Center for Policy Analysis, a free-market think tank based in Dallas, Texas. In 2005 he was fired by the NCPA for his outspoken criticism of President George W. Bush.

Apart from the disconnect from humanity and his use of expletives, he's a lovely man, I am sure.

Just for the record, I do not know this fellow nor have we ever corresponded before. This is our first communication. Brucie boy, I am sure this is the beginning of a bee-yoo-tee-ful relationship. :)

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Subject: RE: Neda
Date: 7/5/2009 2:15:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
From: bartlettbruce@verizon.net
To: writeatlas@aol.com [Pamela]
Sent from the Internet (Details)

I think your post about her being a Christian is utterly irresponsible. The ONLY effect will be to give the government another excuse to crack down on demonstrators. When people die because of this I hope you are happy.

Bruce Bartlett

[Address redacted]

www.facebook.com/bruce.bartlett

Bruce Bartlett's new book is available for preorder: The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward. 

__________________________________________________________

From: writeatlas@aol.com [Pamela]
Sent: Sunday, July 05, 2009 3:11 PM
To: bartlettbruce@verizon.net
Subject: Re: Neda

Oh, so the hundreds that were killed and brutally beaten and thousands arrested before I ran it were just a footnote. You are a bloodless inhumane creature (can't say soul, you haven't any).
I feel sorry for you.
Keep covering for Ahmadinejad.
Good luck with that and looking yourself in the mirror.

Yours in liberty,
Pamela Geller
Atlas Shrugs
Editor and Publisher

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Subject: RE: Neda
Date: 7/5/2009 4:03:33 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
From: bartlettbruce@verizon.net
To: writeatlas@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)

You are a total fucking asshole.

Bruce Bartlett

[Address redacted]

(703) XXXXXXXXX

www.facebook.com/bruce.bartlett

Bruce Bartlett's new book is available for preorder: The New American Economy: The Failure of Reaganomics and a New Way Forward.

PROPAGANDA PRESIDENCY: Obama Censoring Embarrassing White House Press Coverage Clips

Check the latest White House censorship. The White House youtube press briefing playlist has one episode noticeably missing. The 7/1/09 press briefing that exposed the propaganda and manufactured media of the Obama White House is gone.

7/1/09. It doesn't show up no matter how you view the page. Here is the "missing link" White House" page.

This is the episode with Helen and Chip rebelling/exposing the hypocrisy of the Obama White House controlling the message....The White House channel shows 6/26 and then skips to 7/2.

Here is the infamous exchange that has been censored and what dear leader does not want the American public to view:

7/1 is still is posted, but you have to find it by specifically searching for it, not via the playlist, where it is missing.

Here is the full White House 7/1 episode. Hat tip to beethovenqueen

Here is a screenshot of the White House youtube press grid:

UPDATE: The real Barack Obama blog has more here

Another Faux Obama Emergency: Bypass Senate Ratification of Russian Arms Treaty

Further proof of the totalitarian-in-chief exercising power he does not have. Exception sets terrible precedent, just as exception makes bad law.

The out-of-control presidency.

US-Russian Arms Negotiators "Under the Gun," Might Temporarily Bypass Senate Ratification for Treaty Jake Tapper, ABC News (hat tip Kenneth S.)

[Italics, emphasis mine]

MOSCOW -- With the clock running out on a new US-Russian arms treaty before the previous Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, expires on December 5, a senior White House official said Sunday said that the difficulty of the task might mean temporarily bypassing the Senate’s constitutional role in ratifying treaties by enforcing certain aspects of a new deal on an executive levels and a “provisional basis” until the Senate ratifies the treaty.

[...]

Samore said administration lawyers are exploring the "different options that are available. One option is that both sides could agree to continue the inspections by executive agreement; that would work on our side. On the Russian side, as I understand it, that would require Duma approval."

The fact that the administration is preparing for such an extraordinary measure shows just how much pressure the two administrations are under to arrive at an agreement before the 18-year-old treaty expires. While resident Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are expected to announce progress tomorrow on a nuclear arms reduction treaty – nicknamed “New START” -- to take effect in just five short months, many sticking points that remain unresolved.

[...]

Both the US and Russia have agreed in principle to reduce the number of nuclear weapon delivery vehicles from the current level of 1,600 each, as was negotiated under START, and to reduce the number of nuclear warheads each nation has in its arsenal from 2,200 each, as agreed upon during the 2002 Moscow Treaty.

One of the major sticking points so far has been Russia’s continued frustration at US plans for a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic, an issue [White House Coordinator for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Security and Arms Control Gary Samore] said would “have to be addressed in the new treaty,” though he would not specify just how.

Do you think Obama will throw our allies under the bus? Rhetorical question, I know.

[...]

“In terms of missile defense Poland and the Czech Republic are one thing, Iran is a different one altogether, they are too far apart geographically,” Samore said. “I do not understand how people can say that missile defense is linked to the problems of the Middle East.” He allowed that “the missiles that North Korea is using have tremendous range. This has to be of concern for us. We are located in close proximity to this country.”

Hmmmm, I don't know how people can say the tiny country of Israel is linked to the global jihad.

[...]

After more than four hours worth of meetings with Medvedev on Monday, President Obama and his Russian counterpart will outline what is essentially yet another outline for a treaty. In London in April the two outlined what was an outline for this outline. Since that time, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance Rose Gottemoeller and her counterpart, Anatoly Antonov, the head of the department for security and disarmament in the Russian Foreign Ministry, have been negotiating intensely.

President Obama told Russia’s ITAR-TASS/ROSSIYA TV that his “goal is that both countries reduce their nuclear stockpiles in a way that doesn't leave either country with an advantage, but reduces tensions and the expense of maintaining such high nuclear stockpiles when they're not necessary for our defense and our deterrence."

I can only imagine how 'tough' Obama is.

South Africa: Muslim slits wife's throat, attempts to set her on fire

Robert Spencer here -- Atlas has very kindly allowed me to guest post here while Jihad Watch is down. We are working on getting things up and running over there again. Sometimes you can get to the site, but it is very slow. In the meantime, I am grateful for the space here. Thanks, Atlas!

Here is another honor killing story, this one out of South Africa. Islamic apologists routinely dismiss honor killings as having nothing to do with Islam; however, Islamic law stipulates that a parent who kills a child incurs no penalty, and as for wife-killing, a few years back the Jordanian Parliament rejected on Islamic grounds attempts to stiffen penalties for honor killings. In light of such facts, the refusal of Islamic leaders in the West to face this issue is criminally irresponsible, and only ensures that honor killings will continue.

Note also that "Abdul Rudolph" sounds like the name of a convert. Did he pick up the idea that honor killing could be justified from those who converted him to Islam? How is it that they failed to instruct him in those true, peaceful Islamic teachings that we hear so much about?

"Man allegedly doused wife with petrol," by Jade Witten in IOL.co.za, July 3 (thanks to Maxwell):

An investigating officer has told the Goodwood Magistrate's Court how an Athlone man walked into his wife's place of work and slit her throat before attempting to set her alight.

It is alleged that Abdul Rudolph slit the throat of his wife, Firdous Fortune-Rudolph, and doused her with petrol in the kitchen of Morkels furniture store at N1 City Mall, where she worked.

Inspector Anton Abraham, testifying in Rudolph's bail application yesterday, relayed the events that unfolded at around 2pm on April 29.

He said Rudolph, 30, entered the store to speak to his 25-year-old wife. The couple then went to the kitchen where he asked her "if she didn't love or want him anymore".

Minutes later, Abrahams told the court, a knife was produced and he slit her throat.

This was premeditated: he had five liters of gasoline with him:

He then poured petrol from a five-litre bottle over his wife, before attempting to set her alight with his lighter.

But, as this took place, two of Fortune-Rudolph's colleagues stormed into the kitchen and shoved him aside.

They rescued her and rushed her to hospital.

Abrahams testified that Rudolph then knelt on the kitchen floor and slit his own throat. Later he drove off.

Mall security guards gave chase and found him unconscious at the wheel of his car. He was admitted to hospital....

The court also heard Rudolph had a separate case of attempted murder and rape of a former wife pending in the Wynberg Regional Court.

He had allegedly choked and then raped the woman in 2005 and was later released on R2 000 bail....

Abrahams said Rudolph should not be granted bail as he had violated the conditions of the order which prohibited him from physically, emotionally and verbally abusing his wife, harassing her or entering her place of work....

Jihadwatch down again

Another DOS attack on Robert Spencer. Jihadwatch is down. Ugh. I will keep you posted.

Qurans Burned, Destroyed ...... uh, wait

I had you going there for a minute, didn't I? You were expecting worldwide riots, embassies burning, Christians beheaded ........ not.

"If Jews had burned dozens of Muslim books, the whole world would be shaking.”

But the Jews would never do such a thing. The envy that Judaism breeds in Islam is incomprehensibly wicked. They can burn our books, but they will never touch our soul.

Kristallnacht’ at Homesh: Arabs Burned Holy Books

Arabs raided the yeshiva of Homesh in Samaria on Wednesday and torched dozens of books of the Talmud and of the Five Books of Moses, leaving behind a pile of ashes. The arsonists ignored personal equipment, including beds, tables and chairs, and concentrated all their energies on Jewish texts.

“It was a horrible sight to see dozen of holy books of the Talmud and Bible burned almost completely,” said Rabbi Elishama Cohen, head of the yeshiva that has been the stronghold of the community the past two years. Homesh was one of four towns in northern Samaria that the government destroyed after expelling the residents during the “Disengagement” program four years ago.

“The Arabs did this very thoroughly and carefully,” Rabbi Cohen added. “We succeeded in saving the remains of some of the burned books and several pages where the letters still are recognizable, the same pages we learned the past several days.”

Return to Homesh leader Yossi Dagan said that the yeshiva students gathered the remains of the books to bury them according to Jewish law. “We demand that the Prime Minister establish a community larger than the original Homesh. This needs to be the answer of the government to this desecration and national humiliation."

Yuli Edelstein, Minister of Information and Diaspora Affairs, said. "To my sorrow, this grave incident is a result of classic anti-Semitism and a reminder of the dark days of the past. It is sad to think that if there were permanent homes and official security, we would not be witness to this grave incident.”

Obama say: "We seek broader engagement based upon mutual interest and mutual respect. We will listen carefully, we will bridge misunderstanding, and we will seek common ground. We will be respectful even when we do not agree".

Muslims attack fleeing Christians with acid: 9 women, 4 children injured by rampage

The religion of peace ................. always.

Obama says, "We seek broader engagement based upon mutual interest and mutual respect. We will listen carefully, we will bridge misunderstanding, and we will seek common ground. We will be respectful even when we do not agree".

So is reporting these stories considered hate speech?

Muslims Attack fleeing Christians with acid:
9 women, 4 children injured by rampage

Muslims apparently angered because a Christian man driving a tractor reportedly tried to pass a Muslim on a motorcycle have rampaged in one village in Pakistan, destroying Christians' homes and throwing acid on women and children as they fled, according to a new report from Barnabas Aid.

The ministry reported that the violence this week happened in the village of Bahmani Walla in Punjab state in Pakistan, which is dominated by Islamic influences.

The report said 600 Muslims used gasoline bombs to vandalize 117 homes belonging to Christians – including 48 damaged by fire, and sabotage water pumps and cut electricity.

According to the report, the violence apparently stemmed from an incident one night earlier, "in which a Christian man driving a tractor requested that a Muslim man riding a motorcycle allow him to pass."

"The request was refused and a disagreement ensued," said the Christian ministry that directs financial support to projects that help Christians "where they suffer discrimination, oppression and persecution as a consequence of their faith."

IRANIAN REVOLUTION DAY 23: Neda Soltani, The Symbol of Iranian Resistance, was a Christian

Photo hat tip Susan

9:27 pm: Tehran 04:00 am (July 6): 3 people executed in Mashhad Prison

3;31 pm: Who will stand with Iranians? Afshin Molavi at Ray Man Kojast

1:30 pm: 'The revolution in Iran has just begun'

In the media's ongoing campaign to institute the agenda of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and advance Islam, it has been previously withheld from the public that Neda Soltani was a Christian.

In the oft-reproduced picture run across world media, her cross is cropped out. What deceit.

That Neda was a Christian is ample proof that everyone in Iran who took to the streets was marching for different reasons but certainly under the umbrella of  liberty and one man one vote. How vile to imply that millions marched for the inside politicking of Islamic cleric rule. Her religion flies in the face of every cold blooded pundit who has attempted to dismiss this historic movement as simply more sharia in shades of green. Photo hat tip Robert via PI)

The video

From PI (Translated from German with google German translator)

Neda, which became a symbol of the Iranian uprising, it was - as in today's print edition of the WORLD on page 5 wiki - a Christian (to enlarge click on image).

A CNN video to today's carnage, you can see here:

A young woman tells of horror with tears, which she herself has witnessed. The security forces fired indiscriminately on demonstrators as if they were animals. It describes how young men were slaughtered with axes are:

"This is a massacre, a genocide is Hitler ... help us!"

Snapshots: Women of the revolution

THE WOMEN OF THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION

All Iranian revolution liveblogging archives here.

SIX THUNDEROUS STANDING OVATIONS FOR PRESIDENT BUSH

"We miss you, George!,” a man in the crowd yelled.

In Crystal Beach Park Arena in the small rural town of Woodward, Oklahoma, population 12,000, the Freedom Ring 2009 festival was held. 9,200 tickets were sold. The organizers said that 14,000 enthusiastic supporters attended the event, and it was standing room only for President Bush's address to the crowd.

Bush spoke to thunderous applause and six standing ovations. Bush called the U.S. the ‘’greatest nation on the face of the earth." (Has Obama issued an arrest warrant for insulting other nations?)

Six standing ovations? I suspect it will be sixty in no time. If Obama has taught us anything, it's a terrible longing for what we've lost. A paradise lost, slipping so casually through our fingers.

The New York Times actually filed the following report. It makes you wonder who gets the pink slip for this one:

Thunderous Okla. Applause Greets Bush on July 4 NY Times

Former President George W. Bush was greeted by thunderous applause on the Fourth of July as he told thousands of spectators in a rural Oklahoma rodeo arena that the U.S. was ''the greatest nation on the face of the earth.''

Bush was given six standing ovations as he spoke on a warm, humid evening in GOP-friendly Woodward, a town of about 12,000 residents in northwest Oklahoma and the latest in a handful of out-of-the-way places Bush has visited since leaving office.

During a 30-minute speech mostly devoid of political references -- he mentioned his successor, Barack Obama, just once in passing -- Bush thanked members of the military, spoke about the bravery of injured soldiers he'd met and told stories of people in difficult situations helping others.

''Patriotism comes in all different kinds of forms,'' he said. ''Freedom is beautiful, freedom is precious, freedom must always be defended.''

[...]

After the speech, Bush waded into the crowd for a few minutes, giving hugs, signing autographs and shaking hands. ''I didn't think he'd do that,'' Fanning said. ''I told him he's welcome back any time.''

[...]

In 2004, Bush won 80.9 percent of the vote in Woodward County as he defeated Democratic challenger John Kerry.

''I came because George Bush was coming down here and I wanted to see him,'' said 48-year-old Douglas Stewart of nearby Freedom, who had a U.S. flag attached to his ballcap. ''I helped put him in office twice. I'm proud to say I did.''

[...]

The town welcomed Bush with banners on restaurants, hotels and a highway entering Woodward. Three protesters standing outside the arena with anti-Bush signs left by mid-afternoon. No protests were seen inside the arena.

City Manager Alan Riffel said it was the first presidential visit to Woodward since the late 1950s, when Dwight Eisenhower landed at the airport outside town en route to view drought damage in the area.

The Manifestation of Obama's Jew Hatred: Israel Forced Out of India Jet Bid

The object of Obama's Jew hatred is Israel. It is not hard to understand the roots of Obama's hate, as evidenced by Obama's close allies and gurus (i.e. Jeremiah Wright, Louis Farrakhan, etc.). I suspect it won't be long before American Jews feel the sting of the Mohammedan president.

The latest act of Obama's anti-semitism:

Under pressure from the Pentagon, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been forced to back out of a joint partnership with a Swedish aerospace company to compete in a multi-billion dollar tender to sell new multi-role fighter jets to the Indian Air Force.

The deal, estimated at a whopping $12 billion for over 120 new aircraft, is being fought over by Lockheed Martin's F-16, Boeing's F-18/Hornet, Russia's MiG-35 and BAE's Eurofighter. IAI was asked by Saab, manufacturer of the Gripen, to jointly develop an advanced model which would compete for the deal.

The Defense Ministry ordered IAI to back out of the deal after the Pentagon expressed concern that American technology, used by Israel, would be integrated into the Gripen offered to the Indians.

"The stated concern was that Western technology in Israeli hands would make its way to the Indians," one Israeli official said.

What was strange with the American request was that Boeing and Lockheed Martin - the two largest US defense contractors - are also competing for the Indian deal. For this reason, Israeli officials said it was more likely that the Americans were concerned that if IAI competed for the deal with Saab, it would force the American companies to lower their prices.

A multi-role fighter, the Gripen is in service in Sweden, the Czech Republic, Hungary and South Africa. IAI was supposed to provide the electronic systems - radar, communications and electronic-warfare - for the plane.

UPFATE: Jan P. adds, "The American objections are phony: they are proposing American technology in the F-16 and F/A-18. India already has Israeli fire control systems in the Russian Built, Indian flown SU-30! It is another raw attempt to hurt Israel in every way possible. Israel should make a deal for the Gripen for themselves".