Monday, July 25, 2011
More EVIL Hypocrisy from Rep. Clyburn
This morning Rep. Clyburn was on F&F, berating the Republicans for holding fast to their principles and refusing to budge on the debt crisis negotiations. He actually said that legislation requires input from both sides. What a short memory this progressive has, since he has totally forgotten how he and his ilk rammed the Obamacare bill down our throats without any input whatsoever from the Republicans.
Remember this is the legislator for whom Princess Nazi Pelosi created a new position, assistant monority leader so that he would not lose his privileges when she was demoted to house minority leader. This includes, at OUR expense, a car with driver and other expensive benefits. What happened to the good ole Democratic Party, the one we had before they were taken over by this bunch of thieving progressive thugs?
Sunday, July 24, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
More media bias
Funny how the LSM fell over themselves with praise for Oprah when she stopped her show, but they crow 'falling ratings' when Glenn Beck announced the end of his TV Show.
More elitism from King Barry
Today his highness stated that ordinary people do not understand the debt crisis. Only 'professional politicians', like himself, are clever enough. Well look where these clever professional politicians got us.
More left wing distortion of the truth
This writer distorts the truth, and worse, exposes Brigitte Gabriel to the danger of attack by Muslim radicals. If that happens I hope that he and the newspaper realize that they have her blood on their hands
Anti-Islam group finds fertile ground in Nashville | The Tennessean | tennessean.com
Yesterday, The Tennessean newspaper ran a story by Bob Smietana that is so laced with lies, fabrications and distortions we determined we had no choice but to respond to it.
You can read the “yellow journalism” smear piece for yourself here.
Space does not allow us to respond to every fabrication or distortion in the story, so we will focus on the most egregious. At the end of this email we ask you to take action!
Item #1: Distortion
Smietana opens the story with this:
Smietana takes the name of Brigitte Gabriel’s best-selling book to claim that this means ACT! for America’s mission is to “stop” Muslims, bluntly implying that we believe all Muslims are engaged in a “stealthy jihad” and thus that all Muslims must be stopped.
Item #2: Lie
Later in the piece Smietana writes:
There is no other way to respond to this than to call this a lie.
Item #3: Lie
In a lengthy section about Brigitte’s personal life, Smietana writes:
This is a lie.
Item #4: Fabrication
Smietana writes:
This is intended to reinforce the distortion noted in Item #1 and the lie noted in Item #2.
As egregious as these lies, fabrications and distortions are, Smietana goes further and exposes Brigitte Gabriel’s real name, names her husband, and identifies the city in which they live. In fact, he uses her actual last name no fewer than six times in the piece, instead of referring to her by her nationally known pseudonym. How was exposing Brigitte like this relevant to this story?
There is a simple reason why Brigitte uses a pseudonym: the board of ACT voted in 2003 to require her to do so in order that she would enjoy some level of protection. This is not a misplaced concern. She has received death threats. We know that al Qaeda has written about Brigitte several different times on its website. Surely Smietana must know that al Qaeda has done this. Surely Smietana must know that Theo van Gogh was killed by a jihadist in the Netherlands.
Today, al Jazeerah picked up a press release posted by CAIR which refers to the story—so now the entire Muslim world that has access to the radical al Jazeerah “media outlet” will know the details about Brigitte’s real name and city of residence.
Surely Smietana must have known something like this would happen. We are thus compelled to ask, is he so driven by an agenda other than journalism that he would expose Brigitte’s name and city deliberately to expose her to danger? Only he knows the answer to that question.
Bob Smietana has written a string of articles over the past many months that have clearly revealed his reporting is, to put it charitably, “factually challenged.” It is difficult not to conclude that Smietana sees his “reporting” on this issue, not as journalism seeking to uncover the truth and report facts, but as a mission to smear, silence and even recklessly endanger those who would dare to speak out against the threat of radical Islam.
Anti-Islam group finds fertile ground in Nashville | The Tennessean | tennessean.com
Yesterday, The Tennessean newspaper ran a story by Bob Smietana that is so laced with lies, fabrications and distortions we determined we had no choice but to respond to it.
You can read the “yellow journalism” smear piece for yourself here.
Space does not allow us to respond to every fabrication or distortion in the story, so we will focus on the most egregious. At the end of this email we ask you to take action!
Item #1: Distortion
Smietana opens the story with this:
| “ACT! for America sums up its mission in four words: “They must be stopped.” “The “they” in question are Muslims…” |
Smietana takes the name of Brigitte Gabriel’s best-selling book to claim that this means ACT! for America’s mission is to “stop” Muslims, bluntly implying that we believe all Muslims are engaged in a “stealthy jihad” and thus that all Muslims must be stopped.
| FACT: The subtitle of Brigitte’s book states what “they” is referring to, “Why We Must Defeat Radical Islam and How We Can Do It.” FACT: ACT! for America does not believe, nor advocate, that all Muslims are engaged in stealth jihad. ACT! for America does not believe, nor advocate, that all Muslims “must be stopped.” The truth is that ACT! for America works with and helps promote the efforts of reformist Muslims, such as Dr. Tawfik Hamid, Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, and others. Dr. Hamid, a guest on the ACT! for America TV show, has praised the work of ACT! for America and provided us a quote for our website. The mission of ACT! for America is to combat the ideology of radical Islam and those who advocate it. |
Item #2: Lie
Later in the piece Smietana writes:
| “Critics say ACT distorts the nature of Islam and labels law-abiding Muslims as terrorists.” |
There is no other way to respond to this than to call this a lie.
| FACT: ACT! for America does not “label law-abiding Muslims as terrorists.” This is a classic smear technique used in yellow journalism, to refer to some unnamed “critics” who make some unsubstantiated accusations, in order to smear the organization without Smietana directly saying it himself. |
Item #3: Lie
In a lengthy section about Brigitte’s personal life, Smietana writes:
| “She married a co-worker named Charles Tudor, a former cameraman for Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Praise the Lord television show.” |
This is a lie.
| FACT: Brigitte’s husband has never worked for Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Praise the Lord television show. |
Item #4: Fabrication
Smietana writes:
| “Page Brooks, assistant professor of theology and Islamic studies at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, said ACT! For America confuses radical Islam with the more moderate mainstream version of the faith” |
This is intended to reinforce the distortion noted in Item #1 and the lie noted in Item #2.
| FACT: If what Brooks was saying was true, why would ACT! for America work with and promote the efforts of reformist Muslims and repeatedly acknowledge that many Muslims do not support jihad and the imposition of sharia law? On several occasions over the past 18 months we have emailed articles to our national list by reformist Muslims such as Dr. Hamid and Dr. Jasser. It is clear Smietana closely follows what we do, so surely he knows this—so he would know that the statement by Brooks is a fabrication. |
As egregious as these lies, fabrications and distortions are, Smietana goes further and exposes Brigitte Gabriel’s real name, names her husband, and identifies the city in which they live. In fact, he uses her actual last name no fewer than six times in the piece, instead of referring to her by her nationally known pseudonym. How was exposing Brigitte like this relevant to this story?
There is a simple reason why Brigitte uses a pseudonym: the board of ACT voted in 2003 to require her to do so in order that she would enjoy some level of protection. This is not a misplaced concern. She has received death threats. We know that al Qaeda has written about Brigitte several different times on its website. Surely Smietana must know that al Qaeda has done this. Surely Smietana must know that Theo van Gogh was killed by a jihadist in the Netherlands.
Today, al Jazeerah picked up a press release posted by CAIR which refers to the story—so now the entire Muslim world that has access to the radical al Jazeerah “media outlet” will know the details about Brigitte’s real name and city of residence.
Surely Smietana must have known something like this would happen. We are thus compelled to ask, is he so driven by an agenda other than journalism that he would expose Brigitte’s name and city deliberately to expose her to danger? Only he knows the answer to that question.
Bob Smietana has written a string of articles over the past many months that have clearly revealed his reporting is, to put it charitably, “factually challenged.” It is difficult not to conclude that Smietana sees his “reporting” on this issue, not as journalism seeking to uncover the truth and report facts, but as a mission to smear, silence and even recklessly endanger those who would dare to speak out against the threat of radical Islam.
ACTION ITEMS
- We urge anyone receiving this email who subscribes to The Tennessean to contact the paper and cancel your subscription—and firmly but respectfully make sure they know why. Forward this email to others you know who receive the newspaper. Here’s who to contact:
Vice President, Circulation- Jay Winkler
jwinkler@tennessean.com 615-259-8389 - No matter where you live, please contact the editor or publisher, either by email or phone, and firmly but respectfully express your outrage at this article. Remember, this article is online and available for anyone in the world to read!
a. Publisher Carol Hudler:
chudler@tennessean.com 615-259-8303
b. Editor Mark Silverman:
msilverman@tennessean.com 615-259-8003 - Post a comment online about the article that points out one or more of the lies and fabrications of the story.
Ulterior movite in this shutdown?
The co.cc shutdown was blamed on a supposedly large number of phishing and piracy sites, could this be the true reason?
US Order To Shutdown Millions Of Christian Websites Shocks World | Pakalert Press
US Order To Shutdown Millions Of Christian Websites Shocks World | Pakalert Press
More proof that the administartion is telling us Chicken Little lies again
BTW, not 'little lies', these are HUGE 'Chicken Little lies'
Default? Under Obama, Tax Revenues Have Exceeded Combined Costs of Interest, Entitlements and Federal Wages | CNSnews.com
Default? Under Obama, Tax Revenues Have Exceeded Combined Costs of Interest, Entitlements and Federal Wages | CNSnews.com
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Be nice if ICE ro9unded them all up and deported them
Just wishful dreaming, I will not hold my breath.....
Immigrant rights groups protest All-Star Game in Arizona | PRI.ORG
Immigrant rights groups protest All-Star Game in Arizona | PRI.ORG
See what dumb comments the Mayor has
The Mayor of Philadelphia has an apt name "nutter" because that is exactly what he is for making such inane comments
YouTube - Hundreds Pack South Street During Flash Mob
YouTube - Hundreds Pack South Street During Flash Mob
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Florida voters take note
While this legislation has its faults, it was voted in with a relative large majority. So our legislators should shut up, get on with it and stop wasting our money. If specific occurrences of incorrect or unfair redistricting are found, fight those in the court, not the whole law.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Positive flashmob to counter GB's Bryant Park experience
How about this idea: get 9-12 & Tea Party folks to attend the next BPMN. Fill the park with signs supporting Glenn, and flags (S&S, DOTM, etc). Smother these whackos with love (for Glenn) and show them that we are not afraid of their violence and threats. I don't live in the NYC area, is there some in the Patriotic movement that could organize this non-violent, positive flashmob?
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Curiouser and curiouser...
King Barry's SSN is a fraudulent number? WOW!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
The "religion of Peace", again
When are the leftist feminists going to wake up and stop supporting Muslims? This post follows one of a couple of weeks ago about a similar situation in Norway
Friday, June 10, 2011
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