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VIDEO: Pamela Geller Speaks at Tea Party Fort Lauderdale

Here is the video from this past weekend in South Florida, where I spoke to Tea Party South Florida. More here. Much thanks to Channel 1 images.

Danita Kilcullen and Jack Gillies of Tea Party Fort Lauderdale invited me to speak to their dynamic organization this past Saturday. The event sold out, and so many notables and great patriots were in attendance. South Florida talk show favorite Joyce Kaufman, Doug Giles and his daughters, "Clapper Memo" author Bob McCarty, Band of Mothers leader Bev Perlson, J Mark Campbell, Tom Trento, Jack Oliver, and so many others. Special mention to Jeannie Morris -- SIOA Florida -- who helps me enormously.

Photo: Billy Vaughn (left) and Karen Vaughn (right) Bill McCarty (center)

Karen and Billy Vaughn, parents of fallen Navy Seal Aaron Vaughn, were there. Karen and Billy were part of the press conference last month that revealed that military brass invited a Muslim cleric to their children’s funeral in 2011 — an imam who "damned to hell" our fallen soldiers. Video here.

NAVY SEAL TEAM VI FAMILIES TO REVEAL GOVERNMENT’S CULPABILITY IN DEATH OF THEIR SONS IN FATAL HELICOPTER CRASH IN AFGHANISTAN FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL RAID ON BIN LADEN’S COMPOUND

• Obama and Joe Biden improperly revealed the identities of the Navy SEALs who were on the mission to assassinate Osama bin Laden, thereby putting “a target” on the backs of the SEALs.
• The Chinook helicopter was “inadequate,” as was its pilot.
• When the Chinook was attacked by the Taliban, our side “couldn’t return fire” and was “handcuffed.”
• At the funeral in Bagram Airfield in Kabul, Afghanistan, for our servicemen, Jesus’ name couldn’t be mentioned but instead an imam prayed.

The Vaughns have started a remarkable organization for children who lost their fathers in the war, Operation 300. It is a non-profit foundation designed to create a week-long experience for children who have lost their fathers as a result of service to our country. The camp provides these childen with the opportunity to participate in activities that embody the spirit of adventure that characterized the lives of their absent fathers, while fostering a culture of courage, strength, freedom, endurance, honor and godly morality embodied by fearless patriots throughout the history of our American Republic. 

Please contribute to this extraordinary cause here.

I was blown away when two signs of my Atlas banner were auctioned off. Close to $3,000 was raised for our ad campaigns. When Big Fur Hat of IOTW suggested it, I laughed. It was his idea of auction off a signed Atlas banner. And he was right. New ads go up in San Francisco this week, thanks to these wonderful people. Special props to J. Mark Campbell for raising the bidding -- it was  a brilliant moment.

J. Mark Campbell -- one of the winners of the Atlas banner auction.

Pamela Geller speaks to Sold Out Tea Party Fort Lauderdale

This weekend was glorious. Danita Kilcullen and Jack Gillies of Tea Party Fort Lauderdale invited me to speak to their dynamic organization this past Saturday. The event sold out, and so many notables and great patriots were in attendance.

Photo: Karen Vaughn speaks as Danita Kilcullen looks on. Aaron Vaughn's photo in the background

Karen and Billy Vaughn, parents of fallen Navy Seal Aaron Vaughn, were there. Karen and Billy were part of the press conference last month that revealed that military brass invited a Muslim cleric to their children’s funeral in 2011 — an imam who "damned to hell" our fallen soldiers. Video here.

NAVY SEAL TEAM VI FAMILIES TO REVEAL GOVERNMENT’S CULPABILITY IN DEATH OF THEIR SONS IN FATAL HELICOPTER CRASH IN AFGHANISTAN FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL RAID ON BIN LADEN’S COMPOUND

• Obama and Joe Biden improperly revealed the identities of the Navy SEALs who were on the mission to assassinate Osama bin Laden, thereby putting “a target” on the backs of the SEALs.
• The Chinook helicopter was “inadequate,” as was its pilot.
• When the Chinook was attacked by the Taliban, our side “couldn’t return fire” and was “handcuffed.”
• At the funeral in Bagram Airfield in Kabul, Afghanistan, for our servicemen, Jesus’ name couldn’t be mentioned but instead an imam prayed.

The Vaughns have started a remarkable organization for children who lost their fathers in the war, Operation 300. It is a non-profit foundation designed to create a week-long experience for children who have lost their fathers as a result of service to our country. The camp provides these childen with the opportunity to participate in activities that embody the spirit of adventure that characterized the lives of their absent fathers, while fostering a culture of courage, strength, freedom, endurance, honor and godly morality embodied by fearless patriots throughout the history of our American Republic. 

Please contribute to this extraordinary cause here.

The event was powerful. It followed the Florida premiere of Hating Breitbart, where I introduced the film maker, Andrew Marcus (below). Maura Flynn, the film's producer, is to his right.

Bumper sticker in the movie parking lot.

Also in attendance was South Florida talk show favorite Joyce Kaufman, Doug Giles and his daughters, "Clapper Memo" author Bob McCarty, Band of Mothers leader Bev Perlson, J Mark Campbell, Tom Trento, Jack Oliver, and so many others. Special mention to Jeannie Morris -- SIOA Florida -- who helps me enormously.

I will post the video if someone uploads it. I was blown away when two signs of my Atlas banner were auctioned off.  Close to $3,000 was raised for our ad campaigns. When Big Fur Hat of IOTW suggested it, I laughed. It was his idea of auction off a signed Atlas banner. And he was right. New ads go up in San Francisco this week, thanks to these wonderful people. Special props to  J. Mark Campbell for raising the bidding -- it was  a brilliant moment.

"Pamela Geller Unplugged"

Busy media day in the Atlassphere. I did The Morning  Sow with Sean and Frank this morning, discussing the DoJ's plan to institute sharia restrictions on free speech, and how we fought back in Tennessee. I will be on The Joyce Kaufman show at 11:30 to discuss this weekend's talk in Fort Lauderdale. And don't miss my video interview with United West. Here's the promo for Trentovision:

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JOIN US FRIDAY AS WE SPEND THE HOUR

 

WITH THE INCOMPARABLE

 

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TO DISCUSS ALL THE HOT JIHAD ISSUES OF THE DAY!

 

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MOVIE & DINNER WITH  

PAMELA & ANDREW

 

Tea Party Fort Lauderdale TWO EVENTS SATURDAY, JUNE 8 2013

 

FTL Movie Premier ‘HATING BREITBART’ & Nick’s Italian Restaurant

 

With Special Guests…

 

From Chicago: ANDREW MARCUS Writer & Director, ‘Hating Breitbart’

 

From New York: PAMELA GELLER Author, Blogger, & Ultimate Activist

 

‘HATING BREITBART’ Premier

CINEMA PARADISO 503 SE 6^th Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

 

$10.00 Cash at the door (Great opportunity to bring family & friends!!!)

 

Doors Open at 10:00 AM

 

Writer & Director Andrew Marcus will address viewers (10:15am) prior to

the 90 minute film (10:30am) with special introduction by Pamela Geller.  

Q & A with Andrew and Pamela immediately following the show.

 

Saturday Afternoon With Pamela Geller & Andrew Marcus

Pamela & Andrew will give you the unadulterated truth!

Special introduction by our very own Joyce Kaufman

 

Nick’s Italian Restaurant 3496 North Ocean Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

 

$35.00 Cash at the door

(Includes Nick’s Famous Buffet Style Meal – Drinks Extra)

 

Doors Open at 2:15 – Program 3:00-5:30pm (Buffet Open 2:15-3:30)

Limited Seating - RSVP Event Only - TeaPartyFTL@gmail.com 

 

THE FIRST 100 COMBINED MOVIE/DINNER TICKETS PURCHASED WILL

RECEIVE A COMPLIMENTARY ‘HATING BREITBART’ MOVIE ($14.95 VALUE)

Geller/Breitbart Event in South Florida

Fort Lauderale Tea Part proudly presents:

TWO GREAT EVENTS IN FT. LAUDERDALE !

SATURDAY, JUNE 8TH!

‘Hating Breitbart’ Movie Premier Plus Dinner Event

10:00am-12:45pm ‘Hating Breitbart’ FTL Movie Premier

CINEMA PARADISO

503 SE 6th Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

$10.00 Pre-sold Ticket / $15.00 at the door
 

WITH GUEST SPEAKERS:

From Chicago: ANDREW MARCUS

Writer & Director, ‘Hating Breitbart’


From New York: PAMELA GELLER

Author, Blogger, & Ultimate Activist

FOLLOWED BY DINNER EVENT:
 
2:15pm-5:30pm Nick’s Italian Restaurant

Nick's Italian Restaurant

3496 North Ocean Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

 
Pamela Geller, Andrew Marcus, & Joyce Kaufman, guest speakers

$35.00 Pre-sold Ticket / Includes buffet-style meal

 
BOTH ARE PRIVATE EVENTS WITH LIMITED SEATING


The first 100 combination movie/dinner tickets purchased will receive

a complimentary ‘Hating Breitbart’ Movie ($14.95 VALUE).


TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW – LIMITED SEATING               

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Photos: Pamela Geller Speaks at Israel Day Concert

What a fabulous day in NYC. The Salute to Israel Day Parade sailed down 5th Avenue, followed by the Israel Day Concert, where I was honored to be invited to speak. 

Above: My view from the stage 

"Israel Day Concert: Let Your Voice be Heard for J'lem" Israel National News

The 20th Annual Israel Day Concert in New York's Central Park, scheduled for Sunday at 2:30 p.m. EDT, is expected to attract 25,000 people of all ages. The concert is scheduled to run until 7:30 p.m., rain or shine.

The event, paying tribute to Carl Freyer of blessed memory and the memory of Dr. Manfred Lehmann will be held at Central Park's Bandshell (enter at 5th Ave. & 72nd St.). It marks the 46th anniversary of the miracle of the Six Day War and the reunification of Jerusalem.

 

Ambassador John Bolton

Talking to Zev Brenner of Israel National Radio

VIDEO: Pamela Geller in CanadaThe Speech York Region Police Banned

The intrepid and indispensable Blazing Cat Fur has the whole speech from last night. It was a spectacular event -- room after room teeming with glorious humanity. For all those who were turned away at the door, here is the speech. Huge thanks to the JDL, who took amazing care of me and provided intense and unparalleled security.

Pamela Geller Speech - Toronto May 2013 BCF

Craven Toronto Rabbis Condemn Pamela Geller Appearance, Pay Lip Service to Our Most Precious Freedom

"Allow me to express my profound disappointment that a local body of Jewish rabbis has, in a shocking dereliction of duty to the community it serves, chosen the smoke and mirrors--the fraud--of interfaith pieties over freedom. The freedom to condemn the Jew-hate embedded in core Islamic texts." Pamela Geller spoke at the Zionist Centre in Toronto May 13 2013, an event hosted by the JDL.

Scarmouche has a wonderful takedown of the Toronto Board of Rabbis (a throwback to Jewish Councils (Judenraete) here:

Nassau County Federation of Republican Women "Guardians of Freedom"

The Nassau County Federation of Republican Women is an independent, grassroots political organization that seeks to empower women on their leadership paths and to educate the public on timely issues. I was honored to address the hundreds who attended this evening's "First Wednesday" public series.

The wonderful Ann Salpeter Schockett, President, Nassau County Federation of Republican Women, Executive Committeeperson, Executive Leader, Woodmere Republican Committee and Club, presenting me with a Guardian of Freedom Award.

Full house, SRO

Greg Buckley, father of  LCpl Greg Buckley Jr., who was murdered in a green on blue attack, receiving a freedom award. Write your Congressmen and demand justice for Cpl Greg Buckley Jr.

NCFRW Board members, Rosemary Manuele Serra, Joann Adams, Theresa Klatte, Bernadette Costaglioa, Kathleen Lappano, Carol Sullivan, Marguerite Holliday, Josephine Cittadino, and Leigh Ann Delise.

VIDEO: Pamela Geller Speaks The Liberty Counsel's Awakening Conference

Last weekend I spoke at The Liberty Counsel's Annual Awakening Conference. Thanks to United West for filming (hat tip Alan K).

 "'The Awakening 2013': What the Mainstream Media Didn't Report" Charisma News, April 22, 2013

American patriotism shone brightly during last weekend’s conference, The Awakening 2013, an annual event staged by the Freedom Federation. Compelling speeches and a call to return to biblical principles from several nationally influential figures were the order of the day. 

Speakers such as 2012 presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, and authors Pamela Geller and Frank Gaffney, among many others, fired up the audience with inspirational speeches, compelling the nation to return to its godly roots and calling on citizens to “fight for the soul of America.”

Following are a few noteworthy quotations from the conference:

“I don’t care if you worship a stone; just don’t stone me with it.” —Pamela Geller, author and president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative

“We are witnessing in Europe now what Hitler could not accomplish years ago.” —Pamela Geller

“It’s been an interesting week—the bombings in Boston and Texas and the trial of a blood-soaked monster [abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell]. Don’t believe that Almighty God doesn’t see this and will not bring about His justice.” —Michele Bachmann, U.S. representative from Minnesota

“Every generation deals with totalitarianism and evil. In our generation right now, it’s Islam jihad.”—Michele Bachmann

“The church doesn’t shape our values anymore, and that’s killing us as a nation.” —Retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, executive vice president of the Family Research Council

VIDEO: CBS News on Great Neck Synagogue Cancellation of Pamela Geller Talk

Notice how CBS runs Geller footage with no audio. Here is the statement I gave to CBS:

Due to relentless intimidation, bullying and threats, the Great Neck Synagogue is cancelling my talk at the Great Neck Synagogue on Sunday. Ironically, the subject of my talk was the war on free speech, and this incident shows how urgently this topic needs to be discussed. Leftist thugs, pushed and prodded by Islamic supremacist Habeeb Ahmed and his co-conspirators, threatened a march on the shul (among other things).

It is a very sad day for freedom-loving peoples when fascist tactics trump free speech. This reinforces a terrible precedent: that Islamic supremacists and leftists can get whatever they want, and silence their opponents, by keeping up pressure on decent people until they cave in. In America, they don't assassinate their foes, but they assassinate their character. While I understand the synagogue's action, I deplore the cancellation. It shows the inroads that Islamic supremacists and leftists are making in their larger war on the freedom of speech. It hands a victory to thugs and foes of the freedom of speech, as well as the other freedoms and rights that I am dedicated to defending.

In mosques and Islamic centers, the most vitriolic jihad supporters and preachers of hate speak freely. No one complains. No one demonstrates. No one utters a word of protest. But my work that has been consistently in defense of human rights is not allowed to be given a hearing. Mine is a message of freedom, and that message has been forbidden.

Pamela Geller, WND Column: War on Free Speech Comes to Long Island

If the ADL and the other Jewish so-called defense organizations were doing what they were supposed to be doing and not partnering with Hamas supporters like CAIR, while Jewish money goes to fight imaginary "Islamophobia," we would be so much better off.

DEFENDING THE WEST
War on free speech comes to Long Island
Exclusive: Pamela Geller invites 'freedom lovers' to join her at Great Neck synagogue

You know things are bad when a little Jew can’t even give a talk at a synagogue on Long Island.

Here is the latest on Habeebgate. In my WND column last Monday, I reported on a coordinated leftist/Muslim campaign to intimidate the officials of a Long Island synagogue where I am scheduled to speak on April 14 into canceling my talk. But the Great Neck Synagogue refused to kowtow to intimidation: The talk is still set to go on, and now the Islamic supremacist commissioner of the Nassau County Human Rights Commission, Habeeb U. Ahmed, is in hot water for using the power of his position to try to strong-arm the synagogue into canceling

Almost immediately after learning that I was scheduled to speak, Ahmed wrote to a group of area leftist leaders. Apparently he used his position on the Human Rights Commission as if he were a mob boss, deploying a small coterie of leftists and Islamic supremacists in a covert effort to intimidate the Great Neck Synagogue into canceling my scheduled speech there. Habeeb and his accomplices ordered their minions to strong-arm the shul, make calls and get the synagogue leaders to cancel a proud Jew scheduled to speak at their synagogue. (More here.)

As a result of this egregious violation of the public trust, now the Nassau County Attorney’s office has opened an investigation into Habeeb Ahmed’s conduct. According to Brian Nevin, a senior policy adviser to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, the investigation is attempting to determine whether Habeed Ahmed “misused his title” to strong-arm the synagogue into silencing free speech and enforcing the Shariah. Nevin said: “They are looking to see if any rules in the county charter were broken. It may be that there is no policy – and he has apologized.” (More here.)

He apologized – good. But that is hardly enough. I welcome this investigation and hope the imposition of Shariah blasphemy laws using public office will be punished to the full extent of the law – American law for American courts. Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano should conduct a complete ethics probe and an investigation of Habeeb Ahmed’s abuse of power.

I urge Mangano to remove this thug from office. Habeeb Ahmed must go. Ahmed is attempting to deny our First Amendment rights, using his political power to bully and intimidate. Further, how is the Chairman of the Board of the Human Rights Commission Zahid Syed handling Habeeb Ahmed’s strong-arming using the power and influence of his political office?

Habeeb must go.

But he has allies among compromised leftist Jews. The Forward reported: “New York activist groups Jewish Voice for Peace, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, and Jews Say No! announced their opposition to a speech set for April 14 by Pamela Geller, an activist known for her extreme anti-Muslim rhetoric, at the Modern Orthodox Great Neck Synagogue. In an email sent to JVP activists on April 3, the organization called on members to contact the Great Neck Synagogue and ask it to cancel the event. Rebecca Vilkomerson, JVP’s executive director, told the Forward on April 4 that at least 50 people had contacted Great Neck Synagogue at the group’s behest.”

These are not Jewish groups but anti-Jewish groups which, when they are not attacking Jews, are calling for a kristallnacht against the tiny Jewish state. They promote and sponsor the vicious boycott, divest and sanction (BDS) movement designed to alienate and cut Israel off from the rest of the world.

The Great Neck Synagogue should be proud that it incurred the ire of the viciously anti-Israel cabal of craven quislings – lapdogs for annihilationists.

There's more -- go. Read the rest here.

Swirsky: "Speaker maligned for truth about Sharia law"

You know things are worse than that when a little Jew can't give a talk at a synagogue on Long Island, New York.  Joan Swirsky has a wonderful piece over at The Island:

"Speaker maligned for truth about Sharia law" The Island, April 3, 2013

 On April 14, Manhattan resident Pamela Geller is scheduled to speak at the Great Neck Synagogue. 

True to form, the leftists among us – a k a the liberals or progressives or whatever they’re calling themselves these days – who pretend to be the most impassioned defenders of free speech, are hysterical at the prospect of the message Geller has been speaking about tirelessly to national and international audiences, writing books about, and blogging about on her daily site, www.AtlasShrugs.com, for the past decade.

 

Geller’s message is simple: Sharia Law, the centerpiece of political Islam, is a grave threat to America – where it has gone from a creeping to a galloping menace. 

On a daily basis, Geller documents exhaustively the frightening number of beheadings, stoning of women, “honor” killings (even in America) of girls who dare date a non-Muslim, et al, that are the essence of Sharia Law, as well as the exceedingly gruesome and anti-human clitorectomies they inflict on girls. 

That message has mobilized the so-called interfaith community – including Habeeb Ahmed, the first vice president of the Islamic Center of Long Island – to attack Geller and to besiege Rabbi Dale Polakoff of the Great Neck synagogue to cancel her appearance. 

To his everlasting credit, this rabbi does not bow to intimidation and threats, and has stood by the invitation proffered to Geller and also to the man she will introduce, Greg Buckley Sr., father of Marine Corporal Gregory Buckley Jr., who was murdered by American-loathing jihadists in Afghanistan.

There is something about a person like Geller – who exposes the savage, 7th-century behavior of political Islam – that drives leftists stark raving mad and, at the same time, exposes their rigid intolerance. These are the “useful idiots” (as Lenin called them) who always identify themselves with and aid and abet the enemies of America.

From their infatuation with Stalin and all subsequent Russian Communist leaders to the Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, his murderous sidekick Che Guevara, and his tyrant brother Raul to modern-day Marxist megalomaniacs like Venezuela’s recently-deceased Hugo Chavez, Bolivia’s Evo Morales, Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega, Honduras’ late Manuel Zelaya, there is no anti-American Communist or Marxist – and now jihadist – who the left does not embrace.

And there is no one who exposes the malevolent agendas and rank hypocrisy of these anti-American slugs that the left doesn’t protest against. 

The current campaign against Geller is right out of the typical leftist playbook. Watch as Ahmed and others project their own character flaws onto Geller by screeching “racist” like a broken record. Watch them counter all of the empirical facts she presents with emotional buzzwords like “unfair” and “unjust.” Watch as they portray themselves as “victims” and those who support Geller as “bullies.”

But their tactics are tired. More people than ever are now aware of the ravages of Islamism and Sharia law throughout Europe and the Scandinavian countries, of the wholesale slaughter of Christians throughout Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, Somalia, Sudan, and Tanzania, as well as the entire Middle East. They are aware of the Islamist philosophy – “First the Saturday people, then the Sunday people.” 

And equally aware that neither good intentions nor leftist “cred” will save them from the scourge that Geller warns about.

I encourage all Great Neckers to come out on April 14 to support Geller’s heroic efforts to stem the tide of Sharia law in America. 

You can also call Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano at 516-571-3131 to tell him that Habeeb Ahmad and his ilk have no right to harass Geller or anyone else of the Free Speech that Americans value so deeply. 

Pamela Geller to Speak at Liberty Counsel's Awakening 2013

Pamela Geller at The Awakening 2013  www.LC.org

You won’t want to miss Pamela Geller at the The Awakening 2013: Fighting for the Soul of America in Orlando, Florida!

Called by progressives “the anti-Muslim movement’s most visible and flamboyant figurehead,” Pamela’s warnings about Shariah Law don’t win her a popularity contest amongst radicals. A renowned writer, editor, and speaker, Pamela Geller is the executive director of Stop Islamization of America, which states on its website, “The U. S. Constitution is under attack from Fundamentalist Islam and Shariah, Islamic Religious Law. Fundamentalist Islam wants Shariah to replace the U. S. Constitution and fundamentally transform America.”

Best known for her leadership against the Ground Zero mosque, Pamela Geller has appeared on the Sean Hannity Show, the Bill O'Reilly Show, NBC Nightly News, ABC, CNN, and many others.

A war is raging against our shared values. An in-depth faith and freedom event, The Awakening 2013: Fighting for the Soul of America will be at First Baptist Oviedo in Orlando, Florida, on April 19-20, 2013.

Unite with us as we Fight for the Soul of America. Register for this exciting event at TheAwakeningUSA.org or call 877-810-1776. 

Below is the hotel information. Please be sure to mention The Awakening to get the $102 nightly rate (code LIB).

DoubleTree by Hilton Orlando Airport 407-235-1904/ 407-856-0100 5555 Hazeltine National Drive Orlando, FL 32812

BRAND NEW Geller E-Book Available Now! Freedom or Submission: On the Dangers of Islamic Extremism & American Complacency - Get it!

Pamela Geller to Address Great Neck Synagogue

Good piece on my upcoming engagement at the Great Neck Synagogue -- the trolls are already in the comments here (hey, it's what they do, it's what many are paid to do):

"Pamela Geller to Address Great Neck Synagogue" Rich Jacques, Great Neck Patch

Outspoken blogger, author and commentator coming to the peninsula next month.

Pamela Geller, executive director of the American Freedom Defense Initiative and Stop Islamization of America, has been invited to speak by the Great Neck Synagogue Men’s Club.

Geller, a blogger, author, political activist and commentator, is the founder and publisher of Atlas Shrugs.

Geller's books include: "Freedom or Submission: On the Dangers of Islamic Extremism & American Complacency," "Stop the Islamization of America: A Practical Guide to the Resistance" and "The Post-AmericanPresidency: The Obama Administration's War on America with Robert Spencer.

The organizer and keynote speaker at the rally against the proposed "Ground Zero Mosque" on September 11, 2011, Gellar is a regular columnist for World Net Daily, Andrew Breitbart's Big Government and Big Journalism, the American Thinker, and other publications.

At the April 14 Great Neck event, Geller will be introduced by Greg Buckley, whose son, Lance Cpl. Greg Buckley, Jr., was one of three U.S. Marines killed in a “Green on Blue” insider attack on a military base in the Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Aug 10. Buckley Sr. is calling for swift justice for the murderers of his son and demanding prosecution on American soil as terrorists.

The Marine Corps presented Geller with the flag flown on September 11, 2011, over Camp Leatherneck, "amid the battlefields of Afghanistan during decisive operations against enemy forces in Helmand Province."

In 2010, Geller received the Annie Taylor Award for Courage from the David Horowitz Freedom Center.

Photos: Creative Zionist Coalition Award Night Celebrating "Modern Day Heroes"

(L to R): Paul Schnee, ZOA-LA Chapter President; Honorees Pamela Geller and Steve Goldberg; CZC Founder Orit Arfa/Madonna; and Honoree Robert Spencer

It may have been Oscar night in LA, but the real action was down the block at the Creative Zionist Coalition's Purim Gala at the Shangri-La Hotel. I received the "Queen Esther Award for Jewish Heroism." And it wasn't lost on me that so much of what the story of Purim teaches us is a part of the work I do, fighting for the good. Purim memorializes the clash of civilizations: good vs. evil, Mordechai vs. Haman, and all of the terrible, bloody struggles in history, up to and including allies versus the Nazis, the West versus jihad. And Purim speaks to the centrality that women play in Jewish life and Jewish history, so it was deeply moving for me.

As you know, the event was underwritten and paid for by the  Shangri-La Hotel -- the same hotel where the Muslim owner threw the Jews out of the pool at a Friends of the IDF event. So this made the gala even more miraculous. A Muslim trying to recompense the Jews for her Jew-hatred. A miracle, indeed.

My partner, Robert Spencer, deservedly received the "Righteous Gentile" of the year award. How wonderful it was to share the night with my colleague.

Creative Zionist Coalition to award "Queen Esther Award for Jewish Heroism" to Pamela Geller

I am so honored to be given the "Queen Esther Award for Jewish Heroism" by the Creative Zionist Coalition, a newly formed, fiercely passionate Zionist organization. This very special event takes place on February 24, 2013 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Los Angeles. What make this event historic is that the Shangri-La Hotel is Muslim-owned and the site of a grotesque, anti-semitic incident.

Two years ago, a number of twenty-and thirty-something Jews planned to raise money to send children of fallen IDF soldiers to camp with a charity event at the Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica, California.

On the morning of July 11, 2010, Ryan and others arrived at the hotel and began setting up Friends of the IDF banners, literature and piles of shirts for the event guests.

But the event was aborted after, according to one employee’s sworn testimony, the hotel’s owner told staff members, “Get the [expletive deleted] Jews out of my pool.”  Then the hotel security and other employees began removing the materials and ordering the guests to leave.

Ryan said,  “Anyone wearing a blue wristband,” which identified them as being with the Friends of the IDF, “was asked to get out of the swimming pool and the hot tub.”  In fact, no one who was identifiable as Jewish was so much as “allowed to dip their feet in the water.”

So fierce was the blowback and condemnation that the owner of the Shangri-La hotel, Tehmina (Tamie) Adaya, a Pakistani-American Muslim, not only apologized profusely, but offered to hold a Zionist gala for free. 

It is a rare instance when Muslims apologize to Jews for their vicious anti-semitism (I don't know of any other time) and then underwrites a Zionist event honoring a fierce Zionist like me -- and Robert Spencer. It's a first. A Muslim underwriting an event honoring one of the leading voices against Islamic anti-semitism. This is a major event, because instead of whining about trumped-up Israeli "atrocities" against "Palestinians" and claiming them as a justification for their Jew-hatred, a devout Muslim is acknowledging that Islamic antisemitism is wrong, and offering to make amends for it. Taqiyya? Maybe, but how sincere they are is not the point: the point is that they're publicly admitting that Islamic Jew-hatred exists and is wrong. We're going to make the most of it, with a proudly Zionist event in which we will talk forthrightly about the roots of Islamic antisemitism in the quran and other Islamic texts.

 The Jewish Journal covers the award here.

CZC Events

The Shangri La Purim Ball! February 24, 2012, 5 pm

"The Jews enjoyed light and gladness, happiness and honor"   - Scroll of Esther      Creative Zionist Coalition Requests your presence at its royally Zionist Purim ball   Purim 2013/5773 - February 24, 2013  6 pm: Buffet & Hors D'oeurvres (kosher optional)  7 pm: Program & dancing   Attire: Costume!  Open wine and beer bar     And the rule for drinking was: "No restriction!"   In the tradition of Purim, the evening will be a celebration of Jewish heroism in the face of Jew-hatred   "This is what is done for the man whom the king desires to honor!"   Queen Esther Award for Jewish Heroism  Pamela Geller   Shushan Award for Righteous Gentile Robert Spencer     Haman Award for Jew-hating Villainy  Mahmoud Abbas    Click here to purchase tickets* $72 General Admission $54 Young Professionals Royal Courtier: $180, includes 2 tickets + e-Tribute Scroll message + listing in program Royal Adviser: $306, includes 4 tickets + e-Tribute Scroll message + listing in program    *Does not include processing fee. Ticket purchases are tax-deductible.     For more information, contact Orit Arfa at oritarfa@gmail.com or (310) 415-2349.

VIDEO: Pamela Geller speaks at Maryland Conservative Conference, MDCAN

See what all the fuss was about and why I drive the enemies of freedom mad with hate.

Pamela Geller Column, WND: Shariah thugs: CAIR's latest jihad

Start the week off right. Put some kick in your morning coffee with a read of my column:

Defending the West  

Shariah thugs: CAIR's latest jihad

Exclusive: Pamela Geller exposes Hamas-tied group's assault on free speech  WND

Killing free speech and oppressing freedom-loving people is #MyJihad, what’s yours?

In that I’m paraphrasing the Hamas-tied Council on American-Islamic Relations’ ridiculous new ad campaign claiming that jihad is all about getting in your exercise or making friends among people of a different political perspective, as I wrote about in my WND column last month. But Hamas-CAIR’s real jihad is against the freedom of speech, as it proved again last weekend.

On Saturday, I addressed a standing-room-only crowd at the Maryland Conservative Action Network’s annual conference. Other speakers included Stanley Kurtz, Commissioner Richard Rothschild, Commissioner Blaine Young, Tom Fitton and Delegate Nic Kipke (R-Pasadena), the new chairman of the Anne Arundel County delegation to Maryland’s House of Delegates.

In the run-up to the event, Hamas-CAIR attempted to intimidate the elected officials who had planned on speaking there also into canceling their appearance. Why? Because I was also speaking, of course, and the subject was, “In Defense of Free Speech” (ironically enough). Hamas-CAIR continued its jihad to silence champions of freedom by also urging the organizers to cancel my Saturday morning address.

They meant to threaten and bully our elected officials with a smear campaign designed to destroy them if they dared to attend a conference where I scheduled to speak. This is how these Nazis roll. They did the Hitler jig and demanded that the Maryland Conservative Action Network self-impose the most radical and extreme ideology on the planet, the Shariah. Thuggery, intimidation and the silencing of critics of jihad and Shariah: This is Islamic supremacism in action in a free country.

The original Nazis were cocky, too. Once. This century’s Nazis and brownshirts must prohibit and restrict the truth in order to triumph. Who are they to enforce a punitive code of savage laws on non-Muslims? For those who chose to live under this system of barbarism, that is their great misfortune. But Western politicians and leaders under Western law are abandoning the pillars of our freedom, centuries of Western philosophy, the era of enlightenment. And why? Fear of the savage.

But the Hamas-CAIR thugs failed. One man stood tall and said no. You wouldn’t think that you’d have to applaud an elected official for standing in defense of freedom, but in the low state of the world today, it is a rare man who does. Nic Kipke is such a man.

Kipke said this about me to the Anne Arundel Patch: “She has strong views, but on comparison they are no more controversial than that of someone on the left like Michael Moore. Pamela Geller may say things that are politically incorrect, but she’s protected by the First Amendment.”

Even better, he told the Maryland Gazette: “I don’t know Ms. Geller personally. What I do know about her is that she has pointed out gross atrocities that occur in some Muslim countries against women.”

In all this coverage, it is no surprise that the media tools described Hamas-CAIR as a Muslim advocacy group, despite its unindicted co-conspirator status in the largest terrorist funding trial in our nation’s history, and the convictions of several former members of its leadership of terror-related crimes and its being known as a Muslim Brotherhood proxy.

Even worse, on the day of my talk, the Baltimore Sun ran a lengthy op-ed piece by Hamas-CAIR’s Zainab Chaudry. The same day that a standing-room-only conservative conference gathered in a deep blue state, the Baltimore Sun carried not a word about a conference itself, but just a libelous screed from an operative of a subversive group linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, which is dedicated in its own words, according to a captured internal document, to “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house.” And will the Sun accord me equal time to rebut these distortions and lies from Hamas-CAIR? Don’t bet on it.

In this “coverage,” I am referred to as a notorious “Islamophobe” because of my defense of freedom in the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001. My crime is opposing ethnic cleansing, misogyny, cultural annihilations, jihadi wars, etc. It is those of us who speak against such oppression and subjugation who are demonized and marginalized. If you don’t fight this, you submit.

 So kudos to Kipke. He did not submit. He is one of the few politicians today with the spine to stand up to Islamic supremacist intimidation. And so on Saturday, Islamic supremacism suffered a stunning and well-deserved defeat.

Read the rest here.

Great American Moment: Del. Nic Kipke refuses to submit to Hamas-CAIR's demand to boycott Pamela Geller at MDCAN

You wouldn't think you'd have to applaud an elected official for standing in defense of freedom but in the low state of the world it is a rare man who does. Del. Nicholaus Kipke is such a man.

Here is the backstory: Sharia Thugs: Hamas-CAIR bullies State Officials, demands they withdraw from MDCAN Conference with Pamela Geller

I am scheduled to speak this weekend at The Maryland Conservative Conference. Hamas-CAIR demanded elected officials withdraw from the event because I would be speaking on "In Defense of Free Speech" (ironically enough). They mean to threaten and bully our elected officials with a smear campaign designed to destroy them if they dare attend a conference where I scheduled to speak. This is Islamic supremacism in action in a free country.

One man stood tall and said no. Del. Nicholaus Kipke.

Notice the media's description of Hamas-CAIR as a Muslim advocacy group, despite their un-indicted co-conspirator status in the largest terrorist funding trial in our nation's history, whose leadership members have been convicted of terror-related crimes, and its being known as a Muslim Brotherhood proxy.

And I am referred to as a notorious "Islamophobe" because of my defense of freedom in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. My crime is opposing ethnic cleansing, misogyny, cultural annihilations, jihadi wars, etc.

But that aside, this is a great story. Kudos to Kipke.

Thank him at nicholaus.kipke@house.state.md.us

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CAIR: Md. Pols Asked to Withdraw from Event with Hate Group Leader

Kipke rejects group's call to boycott speech by 'Islamaphobe' By Rick Hutzell, Editor | Maryland Gazette

The new chairman of the Anne Arundel County House delegation said today he will attend a conservative political conference Saturday in Annapolis despite calls from a Muslim advocacy group that described a keynote speaker as a notorious "Islamaphobe."

Del. Nic Kipke, who was elected chairman on Tuesday, called blogger and author Pamela Geller an outspoken critic of the treatment of women in some Islamic countries. 

"I don't know Ms. Geller personally," the Pasadena Republican said. "What I do know about her is that she has pointed out gross atrocities that occur in some Muslim countries against women."

The Maryland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a statement Tuesday calling on Kipke and other public officials to withdraw from the Maryland Conservative Action Network Conference. The Gaithersburg-based group said Geller co-founded an organization designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Former Montgomery County Del. Saqib Ali, government relations director for CAIR-MD, called his former colleague's defense of Geller "despicable." He said she is widely know for spreading the "most vile sort of bigotry you could imagine."

"Everybody knows who Pam Geller is," he said. "Sure, she criticizes people in foreign countries but her main thrust are Muslims here ... She led the effort to block a Mosque in New York. She published a manual on how people can prevent mosques from being built in their neighborhoods."

Ali accused her of spreading unfounded rumors, including the idea that President Barack Obama is secretly the child of 1960s radical Malcolm X.

"Kipke knows this, because I sent him an email. To pretend that this is some respected human rights advocate is beyond the pale," he said.

Geller's "In Defense of Free Speech" is one of two morning keynote addresses scheduled at Turning the Tides 2013. A number of Republican public officials are expected to participate, as is former U.S. Senate candidate Dan Bongino of Severna Park.

In her "Atlas Shrugs" blog on Tuesday, New York-based Geller criticized CAIR-MD's call to boycott her appearance and claimed it has links to Hamas, the Palestinian ruling party labeled a terrorist group by the United States.

"This is how these nazis roll. Thuggery, intimidation and the silencing of critics of jihad and sharia," she wrote.

Kipke described both CAIR-MD and the Southern Poverty Law Center as out of step with main stream conservative and liberal political thought.

"I'm sure these folks have a beef with her because she doesn't speak in politically correct terms," Kipke said. "But when it comes to an issue as important as human rights you need someone who bangs the drum."

The event takes place at the DoubleTree Hotel in Annapolis. Tickets are $100 at the door. Student registration is $25. Email tonya@mdconservatives.com for information or visit www.mdconservatives.com.

Ali said his group is organizing a protest outside the event.

Ann Corcoran, a founder of MCAN, said the network was created a few years ago to allow conservatives to meet and discuss state and national issues. She said MD-CAIR has protested its conferences before and called the latest effort an intimidation tactic.

UPDATE: Show your support. The other elected officials are:

Richard Rothschild, Carroll County Commissioner    rrothschild@ccg.carr.org

Blaine Young, Frederick County Commissioner         BlaineYoung@clearchannel.com

Delegate Neil Parrott      neil.parrott@house.state.md.us