Copts: “Mr. Obama is supporting terrorism”

Here’s a story you likely missed last week due to a dearth of network news coverage; On Thursday (Aug. 22nd) Coptic Christians marched in front of the White House ~

The protestors carried Egyptian flags and signs that read: “We support the Egyptian army,” “You can burn down our churches but you can never touch our faith,” and “Let the Egyptian people choose their own future.”
 
The demonstrators called on the Obama administration to follow the lead of the Egyptian Army, who they claim is defending both Christians and Muslims from terrorists.

 

Video from MRCtv via CNS News.

“Mr. Obama is supporting terrorism by what he is doing. Why is he interfering? Why is he causing people to die?”

 

Good questions. But good luck getting any honest answers.
 

It’s not just the Obama administration that’s turning a blind eye to the reality of the Egyptian conflict, it’s the mainstream media. So, after their demonstration in front of the White House, protestors continued…

… marching to the offices of the Washington Post, news network CNN, and the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim advocacy group that protestors called the Brotherhood’s “embassy.”

 
The Washington Free Beacon reported on the event ~

The marchers’ final stop was the Egyptian military attaché’s D.C. office, where the activists chanted their support for “the Egyptian army for its heroic stand against [Muslim Brotherhood] terrorism.”
 
“We are against the Muslim Brotherhood,” protestor Ramez Mossed told the Free Beacon. “He [Obama] supports the Muslim Brotherhood. He has a big hand in Egypt and the mess in Egypt. We’re trying to tell him, ‘Don’t support the terrorists. Please be fair.’”

 

The O’Ministration is clearly on the wrong side of this conflict but sadly, the msm – and most Americans apparently – couldn’t care less.

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Saturday Shorts – 8-24-13

Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:

 
Who is John Kerry? ~ Will our latest Secretary of State embrace his Jewish roots? Entertaining read ~

“My Grandmother has a failsafe method for determining a man’s Jewishness. She stares at him. She claims every Jewish man is adorned with an invisible yarmulke on his head and…”

 
Duck Dynasty Breaks Cable Records: Robertson Family Moves Hearts with Authentic Christian Faith ~ OK – personally, I just can’t get past the beards, so haven’t really gotten into the show, but clearly their message is resonating with millions. And they’re certainly unabashed about their faith. Which is something cable TV could use a whole lot more of.
 
A Practicing Muslim Soldier Cannot Swear Allegiance to the U.S. Constitution ~ Kind of a no-brainer (Sharia is in direct conflict with the Preamble itself). The real question is; why does our military make such a concerted effort to pretend otherwise?
If the Pentagon brass had “any” – Ft. Hood never would have happened.
 
Conservative Professor Writes Devastating Response to Liberal Hater ~
Mike Adams, a criminology professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington recently received a note from a student informing him that he is “the biggest embarrassment to higher education in America.”
HERE is his Adam’s response; a short course in contemporary studies of perverse academia.

 
Self-driving carmakers will have to pry steering wheel from some cold, dead hands ~ It’s mostly old, cold, dead hands; those of us who still remember that sci-fi classic: 2001: A Space Odyssey. Seriously, what could go wrong?
 
You Hate “Poor People” If You Want Them To Be Financially Independent ~ Who knew? And I guess you hate your children if you want them to learn to walk, feed themselves and wipe their own butts.

 
EPA employee stole $886K from the agency ~ Time for the msm to find another rodeo clown distraction ~

“There appears to be corruption to the umpteenth degree,” said Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter. “I think it’s appalling that Administrator McCarthy and former acting Administrator Bob Perciasepe could claim that sequester is depriving the agency of important resources when in fact their own employees are stealing from the governmenttaxpayers!

 
Americans Can Learn from ‘Baltic Way’ to Protest Big Government ~ Yesterday marked the 24th anniversary of the human “Chain of Freedom” organized to protest the the Soviet reoccupation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Inspiring!

[Hat-tip: Bobo]

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Obamacare – bad news for cancer patients

No one wants to hear the dreaded “C” word from their doctor. But unfortunately – thanks to the inhumane Affordable Care Act – battling cancer may soon become more difficult. This Forbes article explains; How Obamacare Will Harm Cancer Patients ~

Obamacare is going to degrade medicine but its ill effects will fall disproportionately on patients with serious conditions, especially those diagnosed with cancer.
 
The legislation contains provisions that directly target patients with cancer because their care is perceived as costly.

 

Specifically ~
• Specialists, those offering cutting-edge treatments, will be cost-prohibitive
• Physicians’ prescriptive options will be proscribed

By contracting with fewer providers, insurers can cheapen their coverage by clamping down on what doctors prescribe.[…]
The latest cancer drugs, as well as new (off label) uses for existing medicines, will also be harder to get.

• Money will be siphoned away from drug developers in order to subsidize hospitals
 
For decades now, America’s health care has been second-to-none. Those days are gone. Obama’s Hope and Change is slowing dismantling the entire medical establishment, redistributing equal misery for all. Sickening.

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The “enemy of your enemy” isn’t necessarily your friend

Even though I’m not Catholic, I’m liking this Michael Voris guy more and more (with the possible exception of that coiffure 😉 ). Here he discusses what Mark Levin has been calling the French Republicans, i.e., when the pedal meets the metal they turn tail and swiftly embrace moderation ~
 

Couple quick commercials; segment starts at about the 40 second mark.

 
True conservatives stand for transcendent truth. And they answer to a much Higher Authority than the temporary office-holders in Washington D.C..

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“Religion of Peace” Continues Its Mission of Destruction in Egypt

As the Egyptian military continues it’s crack-down on the pro-Morsi Muslim Brotherhood, dozens of churches have been looted, torched and destroyed across the country – at the instigation of that Islamist organization ~
 
 

The smoldering ruins of the Evangelical Church of Malawi are seen after
it was ransacked, looted and burned on Thursday by an angry mob,
in Malawi, south of Minya, Egypt, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013.
(AP / Roger Anis, El Shorouk Newspaper) Via: CTV News

 
Predictably, the U.S. mainstream media isn’t paying much attention to the harsh persecution; this is from a Canadian site, CTV News [August 18th] – Egypt’s Islamists target Christian churches, schools as chaos spreads ~

In the four days since security forces cleared two sit-in camps by supporters of Egypt’s ousted president, Islamists [ i.e., Muslim Brotherhood ] have attacked dozens of Coptic churches along with homes and businesses owned by the Christian minority. The campaign of intimidation appears to be a warning to Christians outside Cairo to stand down from political activism.
 
Christians have long suffered from discrimination and violence in Muslim majority Egypt, where they make up 10 per cent of the population of 90 million. Attacks increased after the Islamists rose to power in the wake of the 2011 Arab Spring uprising that drove Hosni Mubarak from power, emboldening extremists. But Christians have come further under fire since President Mohammed Morsi was ousted on July 3, sparking a wave of Islamist anger led by Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood.

 

For some background on the current Egyptian crisis here’s a recent post by Michael Youssef; The Arrogance of a Democratic Administration and the Misguided Republican Senators. Youssef, Egyptian by birth, provides a helpful summary of what life has been like in that country for the past year or so ~

The Obama Administration has repeatedly said that democracy took hold in Egypt through a free and fair election. That is a mirage.
Our government has not only reinforced that mirage—as it is parroted by the Western media—it has created the clear impression that we are in lock step with the Muslim Brotherhood camp.
 
During the mere twelve-month reign of the Muslim Brotherhood, we watched:
• Churches were burnt
• Christians were beheaded in broad daylight
• Minorities, including Shiites, slaughtered in the streets
• Al Qaeda moving 3,000 of its Afghan fighters into the Sinai Desert
• Massive amounts of arms flowing into Egypt from Libya and Turkey
• The firing of non-Islamist government officials (highly qualified Muslims), who were then replaced by Muslim extremists and known terrorists
• US government funds landing in the laps of Muslim Brotherhood leaders
 
But the most egregious act of all was the silence of the White House and the State Department. They did not utter a mumbling word about any of those atrocities.

 
It is stunning. Why do our political elites seem so determined to take the side of evil in this conflict? Well, HERE are some very disturbing – yet very enlightening – videos detailing our own government’s cozy relationship with the Brothers.
 
These in-depth, well-documented productions from the Center for Security Policy, explain Washington D.C.’s reaction to the Egyptian discord, but where in the world is the outrage from average Americans?
 

 

CAIRO, Egypt — After torching a Franciscan school, Islamists paraded three nuns on the streets like “prisoners of war” before a Muslim woman offered them refuge. Two other women working at the school were sexually harassed and abused as they fought their way through a mob.


 
Then there was this: Muslim Brotherhood Supporters Kill Cab Driver After Seeing Christian Cross On His Dashboard.

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Is this the way of Allah? Well, it’s certainly the way of the Muslim Brotherhood. Their creed is hardly a summons to peace ~
 

Allah is our objective
The Prophet is our leader
Qur’an is our law
Jihad is our way
Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.

 
It’s the way of Barbarians.
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Related:
Voice of the Copts ~ Fights the spread of Islamic supremacy and Sharia throughout the Western world through education, advocacy and action.
 
Coptic Kristallnacht ~ Andrew Doran at National Review Online ~

The Muslim Brotherhood’s systematic and coordinated attacks against Christians in Egypt are reminiscent of Kristallnacht in Germany in 1938, when Nazi paramilitaries systematically vandalized Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues and murdered scores of Jews in a disturbing foreshadowing of the fate of European Jews over the next few years.

 
The Brotherhood’s Currency of Blood ~

In the streets of Egyptian cities, Muslim Brotherhood activists achieved their highest hope. They died in their Jihad against the liberal opposition and the military, fighting against human rights for women and Christians, against multi-party rule, freedom of speech, museums, libraries and the future in the way that the armies of Allah have died for over a thousand years. Some died trying to kill Egyptian soldiers and police officers. Others were killed by their own people in order to maximize the death toll and spread shock and horror through the international community.

 
Bad Moon Rising: Christians Are Being Slaughtered By Islamists All Over The World ~ Persecution is escalating on three continents.
 
Obama and The Muslim Brotherhood vs. The “Axis of Reason” ~ from Atlas Shrugs;

“It mirrors the geopolitical landscape during World War II, only this time the US is siding with the Nazis.”

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The pen IS mightier than the sword

… at least when it’s wielded by Chris Christie.
Throwing his not insubstantial weight around, with a stroke of his pen yesterday, Gov. Christie struck a major blow against religious freedom in New Jersey; NJ governor signs ban on gay conversion therapy.
 
In a purely political move – unmoored from reality – Christie has succumbed to the LGBT activists’ position that “reparative therapy” (therapy aimed at helping individuals overcome unwanted same-sex attraction) is somehow a frontal assault on the entire homosexual community. And by catering to the intolerance of the homosexual lobby Christie is telling gays they have to stay gay no matter what.
 

What an arrogant, ignorant totalitarian.
 
It’s apparently irrelevant that a major study has shown that changing sexual orientation is possible.
 
Or that ~

“This law will say to children and their parents that if you’ve been molested by the likes of a Jerry Sandusky and you begin having anger problems and develop unwanted same-sex sexual attractions, you’re not going to be able to seek the kind of counsel that you want. The counsel that you’ll receive is that this kind of reaction is natural, normal, and good – and you just need to go with it.”
 

~ Mat Staver – Liberty Counsel ~
Source: One News Now

 
Never mind all that. In New Jersey now, LGBT anger trumps transcendent truth. And the all-powerful state will now dictate personal choices and religious beliefs. (So much for separation of church & state.)
 
Ostensibly a Catholic, if Christie’s core belief system is so mutable, what else might we expect him to be “evolving” on? Sharia law? Hey, why not go Islamic fundamentalist and become a true totalitarian? [You’re not allowed to leave Islam alive either.]

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Related:
I guess it’s safe to assume that Donnie McClurkin won’t be invited to perform at the New Jersey Governor’s Mansion anytime soon.
 
On a positive note, Liberty Counsel plans to file suit ~

The New Jersey governor is putting himself in every counseling room, dictating what kind of counseling clients can receive. This bill provides a slippery slope of government infringing upon the First Amendment rights of counselors to provide, and patients to receive, counseling consistent with their religious beliefs.

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It’s good to be King of America

Here’s another excellent video from Bill Whittle – Afterburner at PJ Media; “World Gone Mad.” How long before the crazy kingdom of Obamaville collapses…

 

 

Ode to Obama
 
It’s just great to be the guy in charge,
Character’s not required,
Michelle and I love livin’ large,
On the backs of the dejected and tired.
 
The MSM worships me,
They gladly deflect any blame.
I can get away with almost anything,
And feel no sense of shame.
 
Rules are subject to change on a whim,
and none need apply to me.
Oh yes, it’s great to be king of this land.
from sea to shining sea.

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Saturday Shorts – 8-17-13

Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:

 

‘Next Top Model’ Contestants Pose In Objectophilia, Gay, Polygamous Weddings ~ Now that “abnormal” is the new “normal” when it comes to marriage, anything goes.
 
And one of America’s largest retailers is ready to supply all your “new normal” needs ~ Sears now sells S-M bondage outfits ~ Whoa! Peddling perversion. May I recommend that, unless you’re into hardcore porn, S&M and bestiality… stay away from Sears.
 

Catholic bishop: I changed from Democrat to Republican after ‘awful’ 2012 Democratic Convention ~ That’s really great Padre. But why in the world did you wait until nine months after the election to share that confession? (Obviously Bishop Tobin hasn’t been reading my blog 🙂 )
 
The Master Behind the Politics? ~ Just in case you still have any doubts. From the Ignorant Fisherman ~ “The key to comprehending the day and hour in which we live is to see things from Almighty God’s HEAVENLY and ETERNAL perspective.”
 
Obamacare is coming, and so are the con artists ~ Even mainsteam news source CNBC is admitting that fraudsters will have a field day with the Affordable Care Act ~

As the debate rages over who benefits from the Affordable Care Act, one thing is becoming clear: The controversial program is a dream come true for rip-off artists.
 
Consumer experts warn that the program has created a huge opportunity for swindling people by stealing their money and their sensitive personal information.

 
Putting Bicycles Ahead of People ~ Think your property actually belongs to you? Think again my friend. Agenda 21 says otherwise; a story of raw power, collusion and government corruption in Montgomery County, Ohio.
 
Race-based Claims Thrown Out in Paula Deen Lawsuit ~ Great. Now where does she go to get her life back?

 
Obama Group Has Climate Change Rally And Not One Person Attends ~ So much for “settled science.” Apparently “Organizing for Action,” one of the administration’s propaganda arms, just couldn’t get the drones fired up about this one.
 

Unfair, Unbalanced and Afraid: Fox News’ Growing Pro-Homosexual Bias and the National Gay & Lesbian Journalists Association ~ This is a lengthy, very interesting, and extremely well documented article ~

The degree to which the “mainstream” media have become promoters of the homosexual- and transgender activist movements is astonishing[…]
 
With pro-“gay” attitudes dominating newsrooms, few journalists seem willing to pursue stories that might offend America’s powerful and well-funded homosexual activist lobby. This would include investigating:
 
• how escalating “gay power” represented by pro-LGBT “nondiscrimination” laws subject even very young children to inappropriate pro-homosexual “lessons” in school, thus undermining both children’s innocence and parental rights
 
• the growing HIV crisis among “gay youth” (a study of young “men who had sex with men” in 21 cities found that one in 10 tested positive for HIV in 2008)
 
• how pro-homosexual laws including legalized “civil unions” and homosexual “marriage” negate Americans’ cherished religious and First Amendment liberties

 
How in the world did we get so far down this road so fast?

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“Livin’ the dream” – on your dime

Aren’t you glad you’re working your butt off everyday so the fruits of your labor can be re-distributed to dudes like this?
 

 

Jason must be that guy that works hard, plays by all the rules but just can’t get ahead that Obama likes to conjure up when he’s pontificating about spreading the wealth around. How nice for Surfer Dude that the president arbitrarily nullified Clinton’s Welfare Reform Act.

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“Join or Die”

“We must all hang together,
or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”

 
~ Benjamin Franklin – at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 ~
 
 
 
 
It’s 237 years since Franklin made that memorable observation and his words once again ring true. In 2013, conservatives – the champions of ordered liberty and our Constitutional Republic – have no time for egotism ~
 
• Our government is out of control.
• The First Amendment is under assault on numerous fronts.
• Both political parties are increasingly ignoring not just the will of the people but the very rule of law.
• The Middle East is on fire – and any criticism of Muslim radicals is Islamaphobia.
• Our culture is nearly as sick as pre-fall Rome.
• Rather than report the truth about the various scandals of the Obama administration, the mainstream media is focused like a laser on a harmless rodeo clown in Missouri.
 
… And radio host Michael Savage is droning on and on about how he’s the heir-apparent to Sean Hannity.
 
Savage, with all due respect, please – get over yourself. Yes, you can be very interesting, entertaining – even crack-up funny at times – but that humungous chip on your shoulder is extremely unbecoming.
 
Celebrating what you see as Hannity’s slide in popularity with Connie Francis’ 50’s hit “Who’s Sorry Now?” is just not very classy. In fact it’s downright childish.

 
Savage blows his own horn regularly, and usually it’s just mildly annoying. But it’s particularly jarring on the heels of Mark Levin’s show tonight. On this evening’s broadcast, Levin shared a letter that Glenn Beck had written to him. The gist of it was that professional differences and egos aside, now was a vitally important time to focus on common goals and on what’s best for America at this critical junction in her history.
 
Levin was impressed at the gesture I think – and certainly agreed.
 
Awesome. And so crucial right now. To (lamely) paraphrase Franklin; if we don’t stand together now, there won’t be anything left to stand for.
 
Recall that group of exceptional men – many of them frankly, geniuses – gathered together more than two centuries ago; first, to declare their independence from England, and then to create a brand new country.
 
 
Many of them were singularly impressive (George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, James Madison, Benjamin Franklin…) and individually, would have stood out as remarkable statesmen in any era. But they knew they had to compromise on some points, forget about petty differences and unite together for a much greater common cause.

 
This is NOT the time to fight for top billing in the conservative talk show market. We can’t afford to fracture our efforts – or lose any of our voices in (print-screen-radio) media. Everyone needs to check their egos at the door and focus.
 
If the founding fathers could put aside their personal variances and work for the good of the cause and for posterity, surely those of us who stand in their shadows can do the same.
 

Savage you should be bigger than this immature egotism. You admit that “we have a very big task at hand.” So get with the program. Get yourself a chip-ectomy and…
 

The first political cartoon appeared in Ben Franklin’s newspaper “The Pennsylvania Gazette” on May 9, 1754. It appeared as part of an editorial by Franklin commenting on ‘the present disunited state of the British Colonies.’
 
The woodcut drawing entitled ‘Join or Die’ pictures a divided snake in eight pieces representing as many colonial governments. The drawing was based on the popular superstition that a snake that had been cut in two would come to life if the pieces were joined before sunset. The drawing immediately caught the public’s fancy and was reproduced in other newspapers.

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Amazing Grace – in perfect harmony

Hope you enjoy this beautiful version of an old classic as much as I do ~
 

Video from GodTube ~

As a tribute to their grandmother, these sisters sing her favorite song “Amazing Grace” (My Chains are Gone). Their angelic voices and beautiful harmony will lead you to believe that you are listening to music straight from heaven’s choir.

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Homosexual apostates will not be tolerated?

Everything “gay” is A-OK, but once you’ve gone homo, don’t go back to hetero — or you’ll be shunned. At least that seems to be the latest message – from Washington D.C. anyway; D.C. Mayor axes gospel singer from MLK memorial concert because he is an ‘ex-gay.’
 
Seriously. While shaming any one who doesn’t approve of their agenda with labels like “bigot” and “intolerant,” the LGBT Rights Squad doesn’t believe ex-gays have rights?

D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray admitted Monday that he made the final decision to remove gospel singer Donnie McClurkin from the lineup of performers at a city-sponsored concert held Saturday at the Martin Luther King memorial in response to complaints by gay activists.
 
McClurkin was to have been a headline performer at the August 10th event, called “Reflections on Peace: Ghandi to King,” which marked the beginning of a planned series of events to commemorate King’s life during the run-up to the 50th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

 
The reason for the snub?

(The) gospel singer is a vocal ex-gay who believes homosexuality is a “curse” which can be overcome through prayer and determination.

 
Several homosexual activists complained to the mayor’s office, threatening to protest the event if McClurkin was allowed to perform. How “tolerant” of them.

McClurkin said the decision was made to placate a group of 15-20 homosexual activists. “Fifteen or twenty people,” the gospel singer said, shaking his head, “compared to thousands upon thousands who were coming out to worship Jesus.”
 
McClurkin said that church pastors throughout the city offered to take responsibility for the event if he was allowed to sing, but the mayor refused.
 
Said McClurkin, “This is bullying. It’s intolerance. And it is depriving someone of their civil rights when they are told that they cannot come to an event, [because] by coming it would cause a disruption.”

 

Yes Donnie. You see, double-standards are the only standards Leftists have. Anything more would require intellectual honesty.
 
In fact, a few activists are so irrationally opposed to ex-gays sharing their personal testimonies that they actually want to legislate against it ~

On Capitol Hill, some Democratic legislators have called for an outright ban on such therapies (sexual reparative therapy). One California congresswoman introduced a resolution in the last session of Congress called “Stop Harming Our Kids” that condemns therapies aimed at changing sexual orientation, and urges states to introduce laws banning their use with minors.

 

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In some Muslim countries the punishment for apostasy (abandonment of one’s faith, political party or cause) is death. Let’s pray the LGBT radicals don’t get quite so totalitarian in their ideology.

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Related:
The people LGBT Activists want to ignore

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