British Muslims Spend Months Fighting Against NATO Forces in Afghanistan, Live Most of the Year in London: "it's my duty to come to fight the jihad with them."

from Atlas Shrugs by Pamela Geller


British Muslims Spend Months Fighting Against NATO Forces in Afghanistan, Live Most of the Year in London: "it's my duty to come to fight the jihad with them.": "

Brtish based Muslims spend months fighting Nato forces in Afghanistan. UK Based Taliban lives for most of year in London and heads to Afghanistan for combat. I bet they receive social services and welfare. Is this anyway to lose the war? You bet it is.

Atlas reader Danielle wisely asks, "Where is MI-5? And why is the Guardian giving aid and comfort to the enemy by protecting this man's identity? I know Churchill and FDR would no have stood for it? Why does the press have the right to give aid and comfort to the enemy in the name of free speech?

I wonder how many Americans and other Westerners from Muslim backgrounds are fighting against NATO? Why aren't we putting more time and money into going after these traitors? Perhaps we should consider a travel ban for our citizens and residents who are not traveling on official business?"

UK-based Taliban spend months fighting Nato forces in Afghanistan Taliban fighter reveals he lives for most of year in London and heads to Afghanistan for combat Guardian

British-based men of Afghan origin are spending months at a time in Afghanistan fighting Nato forces before returning to the UK, the Guardian has learned. They also send money to the Taliban.

A Taliban fighter in Dhani-Ghorri in northern Afghanistan last month told the Guardian he lived most of the time in east London, but came to Afghanistan for three months of the year for combat.

"I work as a minicab driver," said the man, who has the rank of a mid-level Taliban commander. "I make good money there [in the UK], you know. But these people are my friends and my family and it's my duty to come to fight the jihad with them."

"There are many people like me in London," he added. "We collect money for the jihad all year and come and fight if we can."

His older brother, a senior cleric or mawlawi who also fought in Dhani-Ghorri, lives in London as well.

Intelligence officials have long suspected that British Muslims travel to Afghanistan and Pakistan each year to train with extremist groups.

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It Begins… IRS Targets Jewish Groups That Support Existence of Israel

from The Gateway Pundit by Jim Hoft


It Begins… IRS Targets Jewish Groups That Support Existence of Israel: "

Do you remember when Jesse Jackson said that under Obama Jews would lose all of their clout?

…He was right.

The IRS is now asking Jewish organizations if they support the existence of Israel.



(Politico Document)

Unbelievable.

The IRS is targeting American Jewish groups that support the existence of Israel.

Ben Smith at The Politico reported:

A Pennsylvania Jewish group that has claimed the Internal Revenue Service is targeting pro-Israel groups introduced in federal court today a letter from an IRS agent to another, unnamed organization that tax experts said was likely outside the usual or appropriate scope of an IRS inquiry.

“Does your organization support the existence of the land of Israel?” IRS agent Tracy Dornette wrote the organization, according to this week’s court filing, as part of its consideration of the organizations application for tax exempt status. “Describe your organization’s religious belief sytem toward the land of Israel.”

The document emerged in the course of a lawsuit filed in August by Z Street, a hawkish group that casts itself as the Zionist answer to the liberal J Street. Z Street claims that a different IRS agent reviewing its application for tax exempt status said the agency is “carefully scrutinizing organizations that are in any way connected with Israel” and that “a special unit” is determining whether its activities “contradict the Administration’s public policies.’”

The IRS can deny tax exempt status to groups that work against “established public policy,” a precedent established in its denial of a tax exemption to Bob Jones University over racial discrimination, and Z Street is suggesting that the IRS has begun applying some such policy to pro-Israel groups.

Hat Tip Geri

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Obama’s Christian Grandmother Prays He Converts to Islam

from The Gateway Pundit by Jim Hoft



Obama’s Christian Grandmother Prays He Converts to Islam: "

Barack Obama’s Christian Grandmother Prays He Converts to Islam

Two years ago this is what the state-run media said about Barack Obama’s step-grandmother before the 2008 election.

The AP slammed the disgusting “untruths” written about Barack Obama in an interview with his step-grandmother in Kenya on March 5, 2008:

Obama’s grandma slams ‘untruths’

Obama’s grandfather had converted to Islam from Roman Catholicism and taken the name Hussein, Sarah Obama said, but his children had inherited only the name, not the religion. Each person should be able to choose how they worshipped, she said.

“In the world of today, children have different religions from their parents,” she said. She, too, is a Christian.

Too bad it was untrue…

They later were forced to correct their own “untruths”:

Correction: Obama’s Kenyan Family

15 hours ago

KOGELO, Kenya (AP) — In a March 5 story about the Kenyan family of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama, The Associated Press reported erroneously that his step-grandmother is a Christian. She is a Muslim, according to the family.

This week Obama’s Christian step-grandmother told reporters that she hopes Barack converts to Islam:

Sarah Omar, 88, who was on hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, told the Al-Qatan Saudi daily: “I prayed for my grandson Barack to convert to Islam”.

What a shock.

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Video: Ronald Reagan talks to America on Thanksgiving Day 1985

from theblogprof by The blogprof


Video: Ronald Reagan talks to America on Thanksgiving Day 1985: "This is what we need now:

Instead we have an anti-Christian community organizer-in-chief.

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California State Pension System Makes Madoff Proud. Video Reveals Gimmicks Used to Hide The Decline In Their Assets

from - Big Government by Gwilym McGrew


California State Pension System Makes Madoff Proud. Video Reveals Gimmicks Used to Hide The Decline In Their Assets: "

CalPERS financial sleight of hand is reminiscent of Bernie Madoff’s lying to his investors through phony statements designed to mask losses and outright fraud.

Much has been written about The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) being underfunded by $500 billion due to massive investment losses over the last decade, but now we have video of a CalPERS Senior Pension Actuary, Kung-pei Hwang, describing how they intend to change basic assumptions in their financial model to (please allow me to mix my metaphors) Hide The Decline in their assets held for municipal, county, and state employee’s retirement.

Through this statistical gimmickry, CalPERS can push the loss into later years and appear solvent today. Of course, at some point in the future it will need to raise funds from state and local governments to compensate for these losses. But for now, they seem content to hide the disastrous condition of their fund.

As you can hear Mr. Hwang say in his presentation to the Huntington Park City Council last week, “that means we will defer most of the loss to future years.” “This means the city will realize another increase in future years. I hate to bring bad news, but those are the facts.” Well, the fact is this bad news will hit budgets for all cities, counties and the state of California and not just Huntington Park. By playing with its financial model in this way, CalPERS is treating all California taxpayers like Madoff investors by cooking its actuarial books to Hide The Decline in its assets.

It gets worse, much worse as noted below after the video………..

In addition, the actuary reports at the beginning of the video that the key “rate of return” assumption is likely to change to a lower level that will then require cities, counties, and the state (read that as “taxpayers”) to significantly increase payments to CalPERS in 2012 and thereafter.

The current rate of return assumption CalPERS is using is 7.75% compounded annually. However, CalPERS board is working on a new asset allocation policy based on a meeting two weeks ago with investment professionals. The new “rate of return” assumption will be lower and announced in February 2011. For every ¼ point CalPERS lowers its investment return assumption, each city and county, or the states cost will go up 2 % in one of two categories of contributions it must pay into CalPERS and 4% in the other.

In other words, the burden on local governments and the state is about to balloon. If CalPERS were to lower the rate of return assumption to Bill Gross’ widely discussed “new normal” rate of return of 4%, that would mean a city or county would have to pay over 20-30% MORE in contributions; a sum sure to sink many cities and maybe a few counties. If the return assumption gets lowered a tiny amount and the actual returns over time are close to the “new normal” then CalPERS will just dig an even larger hole that will need to be filled down the road by taxpayers.

The video begins 3 minutes into the presentation. Not much happens up to this point other than a discussion on the history of CalPERS and the demographics of its members. The actuary points out that with CalPERS the employee contribution amount is fixed but the employer amount varies so the risk to the plan is borne by the employer (city, county, state).

The Senior Pension Actuary then explains that because of losses in 2008-2009 CalPERS assets are 50% below what the actuarial model expected. Next is the discussion about the rate of return assumption and its implications and resulting higher costs to governments. It is pointed out that compounding the problem is the fact that in 2005 after CalPERS lost 1/3 of its assets in the dotcom bubble it created a “new rate stabilization policy,” another Madoff worthy statistical trick.

The new policy changed the model’s Actuarial Value of Assets (AVA), a method of smoothing the asset valuation, from an average of 3 years to an average of 15, thus inflating the average assets held due to previously strong years. By doing this they masked the downturn in the assets thinking the following years would allow them to catch up and smooth out the massive dotcom loss. Trouble is, 2008-2009 came along which shot holes in this assumption and now they are in even worse shape.

Another Madoff-worthy trick then compounded the problem more. After the 2008-2009 losses CalPERS changed their assumptions AGAIN to “smooth” the losses. They then changed the AVA to MVA (market value of assets) ratio to 60% to 140% from 70% to 120%. As you can hear the actuarial state on the video and it is worth repeating in this story, “that means we will defer most of the loss to future years.” “This means the city will realize another increase in future years. I hate to bring bad news but those are the facts.”

The bottom line is CalPERS pension model is not to be trusted. Rather than building a realistic financial model and then inserting the actual assets to obtain an understanding of its solvency, they have changed and tweaked and twisted their model and its assumptions to obtain the results desired.

California bond holders beware.

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Canada Take the Lead of the Free World in Global Paradigm Shift: Boycotts Durban III in NYC

from Atlas Shrugs by Pamela Geller


Canada Take the Lead of the Free World in Global Paradigm Shift: Boycotts Durban III in NYC: "

Once again we look north for leadership with a moral compass. Gd bless Canada. Obama, you shame us, yet again. Canada will boycott a planned antsemtiic UN conference on racism in New York in September because it promises to be nothing more than a “hatefest,” directed largely at Israel.

Like the Ground Zero mosque architects, the UN has decided to pour salt in the wounds of still grieving Americans. The crowds at Durban I held high their signs reading: “For the liberation of Quds, machine-guns based upon faith and Islam must be used,” and “The martyr’s blood irrigates the tree of revolution in Palestine.” (more here)

The US should have been the first to take a stand against genocide and apartheid. But he won't he'll be there and drag the US down even further. At some point we all will have to go on a massive apology tour to the free world for Obama. He is a curse on this nation and all lovers of freedom.

UN racist Hatefest, Durban III, is coming to NYC on 10th Anniversary of 911:FDI/SIOA Mega Protest Against Durban Hate

We will be there with thousands of defenders of freedom, western values, and those that refuse to allow a second holocaust. Evil will not win this time. Six million Jews will not be sacrificed to Islam. Plan your vacation, time off, sick leave for September -- stand with us against Isalmic supremacism.

CANADA OPTS OUT OF DURBAN HATEFEST National Post

OTTAWA — Canada has lost faith in a “tainted” UN process that was supposed to combat racism — but not in the United Nations as an institution, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Thursday.

Mr. Kenney said the federal government would boycott a planned UN conference on racism in New York in September because it promises to be nothing more than a “hatefest,” directed largely at Israel.

“We obviously continue to believe in the United Nations as an important multilateral forum,” he said. “But we are able to make basic distinctions between good and bad.”

Mr. Kenney said Canada would have nothing to do with the planning of the September conference, which is being held to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the first conference on racism, held in Durban, South Africa, in 2001.

“Our government has lost faith in the entire tainted Durban process,” Mr. Kenney said. “Canada will not participate in this charade any longer. We will not lend our country’s good name to a commemoration of what has widely been characterized — indeed across party lines here — as a hatefest.”

He also said the government would not help finance Canadian NGOs to attend the meeting.

The Canadian Jewish Congress said the government made the right call.

“Both Durban I and II, ostensibly aimed at fighting racism, turned out to be little more than concerted anti-Semitic charades that set back the real fight against racism and discrimination by decades,” said Mark J. Freiman, president of the congress, in a statement. “This UN process is fundamentally flawed and by now beyond repair.”

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Obama's Grandma Praying for "Barack to Convert to Islam"

from Atlas Shrugs by Pamela Geller


Obama's Grandma Praying for "Barack to Convert to Islam": "

Grammie must be behind the curve. Not to worry, Grams, he's almost there.

More of Obama revealed. What a fraud was perpetrated on the American people.

Remember that Obama's Grandmother was a committed "Christian" when Obama was campaigning, and after the inauguration, voila!, "a lifelong Muslim." Taqiyya, baby.

Barack Obama's grandmother 'prays he converts to Islam'

Barack Obama's Kenyan grandmother has said she prayed for the US president to convert to Islam, according to reports.

Sarah Omar, 88, who was on hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, told the Al-Qatan Saudi daily: "I prayed for my grandson Barack to convert to Islam".

The paper said that Ms Omar was in Saudi Arabia on pilgrimage along with her son, Mr Obama's uncle Saeed Hussein Obama, and four of her grandchildren.

Ms Omar told the newspaper that she could only discuss hajj matters and would not comment on Mr Obama's politics.

In this Obama Family photo are: (bottom row, from left) half-sister Auma, her mother Kezia Obama, Obama's step-grandmother Sarah, a devout Muslim and unknown; (top row, from left) unknown, Barack Obama, half-brother Abongo (Roy) Obama, s a Luo activist and a militant Muslim who argues that the black man must "liberate himself from the poisoning influences of European culture." He urges his younger brother to embrace his African heritage.

If you haven't read my book -- you missed this: The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration's War on America [copyright]

Obama’s Grandmother: a Christian in 2008, a Muslim in 2009

Sarah Hussein Obama, 86, Barack Obama’s Kenyan grandmother, was angry. In March 2008, when asked about the rumors that her illustrious grandson was or had been a Muslim, she replied: “Untruths are told that don’t have anything to do with what Barack is about. I am very against it.” A photo was circulating of Obama in Muslim garb, and his grandmother was fuming. “Bringing such pictures that are trying to imply that not only is he a foreigner, he is a Muslim, is wrong, because that is not what he is.” But wasn’t the candidate’s father a Muslim? That didn’t matter, said Sarah Obama: “In the world of today, children have different religions from their parents.” Associated Press added: “She, too, is a Christian.”[i]

Yet in May 2009, the Daily Times of Pakistan reported that Sarah Obama would “perform haj this year along with her son Syed Obama, a private TV channel reported on Saturday….The channel said performing haj is one of the most desired wishes of the US president’s grandmother.”[ii]

The Haj is the pilgrimage to Mecca that all Muslims are obliged to make at least once in their lives if they are able. Non-Muslims are not permitted to make the Haj or even to enter Mecca, the site of the pilgrimage and the holiest city in Islam. The highway in Saudi Arabia that leads to Mecca even has an exit labeled “Non-Muslims must exit here.” Thus Sarah Obama’s performance of the Haj means that she must be a Muslim, and that she was actually a Muslim in March 2008 (just when the presidential race was heating up) when AP reported that she was a Christian – unless we are expected to believe that this octogenarian woman converted to Islam between March 2008 and May 2009 without attracting any attention from the international media.

Why was Obama’s grandmother represented as a Christian when she wasn’t? Who was responsible for the deception? Why didn’t the Obama campaign, in the interests of openness and full disclosure, correct the false report about the candidate’s grandmother when it circulated around the world?

And why wasn’t anyone in the mainstream media asking such questions?

Nor did Obama’s Muslim connections – connections he denied having while he was on the campaign trail – end even there.

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[i] Katharine Houreld, “Obama’s grandma slams ‘untruths,’” Associated Press, March 5, 2008.

[ii] “Obama’s grandmother to perform haj,” Daily Times, May 3, 2009.

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How Sweet: Obama's Grandmother Prays He Converts to Islam

from JammieWearingFool by JammieWearingFool


How Sweet: Obama's Grandmother Prays He Converts to Islam: "The "Obama's a Muslim" crowd should have fun with this.U.S. President Barack Obama's Kenyan grandmother says she prayed during a hajj pilgrimage to Mecca for the American leader to convert to Islam.'I prayed for my grandson Barack to convert to Islam,' said Sarah Omar, 88, in an interview with Al-Watan Saudi daily held in Jeddah after she had performed hajj.The paper said that Omar was in Saudi"

John Stossel: Socialism Almost Ruined Thanksgiving

from TheHill.com by bridget.johnson@thehill.com (Bridget Johnson)


John Stossel: Socialism Almost Ruined Thanksgiving: "

(via TPM)

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Rush: True Story of Thanksgiving Is ‘How Socialism Failed’

from TheHill.com by bridget.johnson@thehill.com (Bridget Johnson)


Rush: True Story of Thanksgiving Is ‘How Socialism Failed’: "

Rush Limbaugh is getting the nation prepared for Thanksgiving by comparing President Obama’s new proclamation with the original version from George Washington. And in between he concludes that the true story of Thanksgiving is ‘how socialism failed.”

Our first clip includes Limbaugh’s disbelief about the Obama statement. Rush is pretty sure he’s being punked:

(via DailyRushbo)

Rush then talks to a caller. Mediaite walks us through what happened:

Limbaugh clarified what the real story of Thanksgiving is about: “the true story of Thanksgiving is how socialism failed,” he tells the caller, noting that “the Indians didn’t teach us capitalism” and “we shared our bounty with them… because we first failed as socialists.” The caller, David, seemed thrilled with that explanation, but it sounds like the sort of thing American history scholars may have a bit of a problem with. This section of the next clip comes at the 7:30 mark:

And now finally, Rush share his “True Story of Thanksgiving,“ from his book ”See, I Told You So”:

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Administration braces for massive WikiLeaks dump that includes damaging cables

from TheHill.com by bridget.johnson@thehill.com (Bridget Johnson)


Administration braces for massive WikiLeaks dump that includes damaging cables: "

The classified diplomatic cables that could wound foreign relations could be released as early as Friday, lawmakers are warned.

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TSA agents: We're not perverts. Orlando Woman: YES YOU ARE!

from theblogprof by The blogprof


TSA agents: We're not perverts. Orlando Woman: YES YOU ARE!: "The Macomb Daily had 2 headlines together this morning. The first: TSA agents: We're not perverts. The 2nd headline, right below the first: Oh yes they are, says woman in Orlando. Tha Macomb Daily must have gotten a phone call from the Obama regime, because the 2nd headline disappeared. Vanished into thing air. I found it in Google-world (thus the above link), but it doesn't make sense by itself unless paired with the first (yes, that's a pun dear readers!). Oh well. The Orlando woman story appears the Click Orlando via memeorandum: Woman: TSA Agents Singled Me Out For My Breasts

A purported pic of Sutherland

The head of the Transportation Security Administration said the agency will look further into allegations that two male TSA workers picked a woman for additional screening because of her breasts.

Eliana Sutherland recently flew from Orlando International Airport and told Local 6 she felt the two male TSA workers were staring at her breasts and chose her for additional screening because of their size.

'It was pretty obvious. One of the guys that was staring me up and down was the one who pulled me over,' said Sutherland. 'Not a comfortable feeling.'

...The TSA said people are chosen for additional screening at random and strictly for security reasons.

Why at random? I guess it would make sense if you were at war with random people. But we're not. Do as the Israelis do - PROFILE! They have a bigger problem than we do, and manage to keep their citizens safe without giving them a colonoscopy on their way through security. And this violation of your 4th amendment rights won't be contained to just airports for long. From The Hill: Next step for body scanners could be trains, boats, metro (more on that from Wake up America, Outside the Beltway, Fausta's Blog, protein wisdom, Gateway Pundit, Vox Popoli, Lew Rockwell and Don Surber). They'll start picking out big-breasted women getting on a bud. Which reminds me - want some irony to the above Sutherland story? I got your back. Check out the advertisement that went along with the story over at WTSP.com 10 News

In fairness they limited the advertisement model to a size DD. Oh, the irony... More from The Jawa Report, Proof Positive, YID With LID, Gateway Pundit, Nice Deb and The Other McCain

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Discovery News: Thanksgiving Dinner will be extinct because of.... GLOBALWARMING!

from theblogprof by The blogprof


Discovery News: Thanksgiving Dinner will be extinct because of.... GLOBALWARMING!: "There has been no global warming for the past 11 years. No 'statistically significant' warming since 1995 (abeith that doesn't deter Obama's EPA chief:EPA Chief Lisa Jackson: Fifteen Years With No Global Warming Doesn't Mean There's No Global Warming). Historical records indicate that it was far warmer in the past than it is now. In addition, humans are responsible for only 3% of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere, 97% being produced naturally mostly by the oceans and biodegrading vegetation. But FACTS don't stop the alarmists. And no holiday is safe from fear-mongering, including today. From Discovery News: Could Climate Change Ruin Thanksgiving Dinner?

The global warming Griswold turkey

Climate change could one day affect the cost and quality of dishes traditionally served for Thanksgiving Day dinner, suggests a recent paper in the journal Food Research International.

Pasty, dry turkey meat along with expensive fruits, vegetables and potatoes could be on the horizon if more variable extremes in regional weather patterns continue as a likely result of climate change, indicates author Neville Gregory.

The usual star of the Thanksgiving Day feast, roast turkey, could suffer in quality as a result.

'Climate change could affect meat quality in two ways,' Gregory, a professor in animal welfare physiology at the University of London's Royal Veterinary College, explains. 'First, there are direct effects on organ and muscle metabolism during heat exposure which can persist after slaughter.'

A professor of 'animal welfare physiology?' The heck?

Prior studies have demonstrated that heat stress can increase the risks of what's known as 'pale, soft, exudative' (PSE) meat. According to Purdue University Animal Sciences, PSE meat 'is characterized by its pale color, lack of firmness, and fluid dripping from its cut surfaces. When cooked, this meat lacks the juiciness of normal meat.'

And it's not just meat:

The pumpkins, sweet potatoes, potatoes, grains, green beans and other plant products associated with Thanksgiving dinner could also be affected by climate change, he said.

'These foods will be sensitive to water shortages should they arise,' Gregory told Discovery News. 'In years when there are water shortages, their price will rise and local communities may have to import part of their needs to make up for the local shortfall in production.'

One thing they neglect is that 1) increased temperature yields more evaporation from oceans, more evaporation more cloud cover, more cloud cover more rain, more reflection of sun rays and cooler temperatures. It's a negative feedback mechanism that is almost totally ignored by the alarmists. Be that as it may, the Earth has been far warmer in the past than it is now. There was a time when the entire planet was tropical, CO2 levels were 8-times what they are now, and life flourished throughout the planet. More recently we had the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) that clearly shows up in NOAA ice core samples:

It was a time when Greenland was actually green and vineyards flourished throughout England - vineyards that to this day cannot come back because it's too cold. These alarmists are frauds. They are kids in a dark closet trying to see who can scare the other the most. It is a political movement, not a scientific one.

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Discovery News: Thanksgiving Dinner will be extinct because of.... GLOBALWARMING!

from theblogprof by The blogprof


Discovery News: Thanksgiving Dinner will be extinct because of.... GLOBALWARMING!: "There has been no global warming for the past 11 years. No 'statistically significant' warming since 1995 (abeith that doesn't deter Obama's EPA chief:EPA Chief Lisa Jackson: Fifteen Years With No Global Warming Doesn't Mean There's No Global Warming). Historical records indicate that it was far warmer in the past than it is now. In addition, humans are responsible for only 3% of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere, 97% being produced naturally mostly by the oceans and biodegrading vegetation. But FACTS don't stop the alarmists. And no holiday is safe from fear-mongering, including today. From Discovery News: Could Climate Change Ruin Thanksgiving Dinner?

The global warming Griswold turkey

Climate change could one day affect the cost and quality of dishes traditionally served for Thanksgiving Day dinner, suggests a recent paper in the journal Food Research International.

Pasty, dry turkey meat along with expensive fruits, vegetables and potatoes could be on the horizon if more variable extremes in regional weather patterns continue as a likely result of climate change, indicates author Neville Gregory.

The usual star of the Thanksgiving Day feast, roast turkey, could suffer in quality as a result.

'Climate change could affect meat quality in two ways,' Gregory, a professor in animal welfare physiology at the University of London's Royal Veterinary College, explains. 'First, there are direct effects on organ and muscle metabolism during heat exposure which can persist after slaughter.'

A professor of 'animal welfare physiology?' The heck?

Prior studies have demonstrated that heat stress can increase the risks of what's known as 'pale, soft, exudative' (PSE) meat. According to Purdue University Animal Sciences, PSE meat 'is characterized by its pale color, lack of firmness, and fluid dripping from its cut surfaces. When cooked, this meat lacks the juiciness of normal meat.'

And it's not just meat:

The pumpkins, sweet potatoes, potatoes, grains, green beans and other plant products associated with Thanksgiving dinner could also be affected by climate change, he said.

'These foods will be sensitive to water shortages should they arise,' Gregory told Discovery News. 'In years when there are water shortages, their price will rise and local communities may have to import part of their needs to make up for the local shortfall in production.'

One thing they neglect is that 1) increased temperature yields more evaporation from oceans, more evaporation more cloud cover, more cloud cover more rain, more reflection of sun rays and cooler temperatures. It's a negative feedback mechanism that is almost totally ignored by the alarmists. Be that as it may, the Earth has been far warmer in the past than it is now. There was a time when the entire planet was tropical, CO2 levels were 8-times what they are now, and life flourished throughout the planet. More recently we had the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) that clearly shows up in NOAA ice core samples:

It was a time when Greenland was actually green and vineyards flourished throughout England - vineyards that to this day cannot come back because it's too cold. These alarmists are frauds. They are kids in a dark closet trying to see who can scare the other the most. It is a political movement, not a scientific one.

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George Washington's Proclamation of a National Day of Thanksgiving AND PRAYER

from theblogprof by The blogprof


George Washington's Proclamation of a National Day of Thanksgiving AND PRAYER: "

Our community organizer-in-chief has seen fit to mention God twice in as many Proclamations (none in 2009, twice this year). The opposite of ant-Christian, pro-Muslim Barack Hussein Obama is the God-fearing George Washington, who wrote this proclamation back in the day when the US Constitution meant something, October 3, 1789 (note how many times God is mentioned):

By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation.

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor-- and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.

Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be-- That we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks--for His kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation--for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of His Providence which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war--for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed--for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted--for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which He hath been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions-- to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually--to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed--to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord--To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science among them and us--and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.

Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.

(signed) G. Washington

An image of the proclamation can be found at this link. I count 15 references to God. Obama won't have that many in all his proclamations combined. I would also note that the proclamation makes clear that the government was to promote, but not establish, Christianity - the true religion. After all, the pilgrims sailed here for that very reason, no? It's worthy to note also that Thomas Jefferson himself made federal money available for the building of churches and the printing of Bibles. I mention this because the atheists love to take snippets of Jefferson's writings out of context for their arguments. Jefferson's actions would contradict what these people say Jefferson meant. By the way, where do our unalienable rights originate from exactly? We need only look at history:

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Moonbats Claim That Global Warming is About To Ruin Thanksgiving

from YID With LID by Jeff Dunetz


Moonbats Claim That Global Warming is About To Ruin Thanksgiving: "

Usually its your drunk brother-in-law, the cousin who starts spewing homages to the Obamessiah, or your team's quarterback throwing a last minute interception that is returned for a last-minute interception that ruins your Thanksgiving. In the future it will be global warming, at least that's what the global warming moonbats claim.



According to the proponents of the Al Gore hoax the cost and available of your favorite Turkey-Day foods will be affected by global warming. Warmer temperatures can impact turkey meat texture, appearance and taste especially white meat while water shortages could lead to more costly plant-based foods and beverages. Which means that pumpkins, sweet potatoes, potatoes, grains, green beans may be more expensive in the future.

Pasty, dry turkey meat along with expensive fruits, vegetables and potatoes could be on the horizon if more variable extremes in regional weather patterns continue as a likely result of climate change, indicates author Neville Gregory.



The usual star of the Thanksgiving Day feast, roast turkey, could suffer in quality as a result.



'Climate change could affect meat quality in two ways,' Gregory, a professor in animal welfare physiology at the University of London's Royal Veterinary College, explains. 'First, there are direct effects on organ and muscle metabolism during heat exposure which can persist after slaughter.'



Prior studies have demonstrated that heat stress can increase the risks of what's known as 'pale, soft, exudative' (PSE) meat. According to Purdue University Animal Sciences, PSE meat 'is characterized by its pale color, lack of firmness, and fluid dripping from its cut surfaces. When cooked, this meat lacks the juiciness of normal meat.'



As a second climate change impact, Gregory believes 'changes in livestock and poultry management practices in response to hazards that stem from climate change could indirectly lead to changes in meat quality.'



Pre-conditioning broilers to heat stress to encourage better survival during transport, for example, could lead to more variable breast meat taste, appearance and texture.



Earlier research by other scientists found that when turkey toms were heat stressed during the last five weeks of their rearing period, the lower quality PSE characteristics surfaced. When this condition didn't develop, acute heat stress could, Gregory reports, 'make breast meat tougher.'



Other studies mentioned by Gregory determined 'that breast meat can be tougher following pre-slaughter heat stress, or that it may develop a stronger rigor.' Chewy turkey white meat could therefore be possible.

I guess that gives me two more things to be thankful for, one that I like the dark meat, the other that the whole man-made global warming deal is a hoax.



For the rest of you

Enjoy ravaging a decapitated carcass of a turkey, and watching grown men fighting over an inflated sac made from the epidermis of a swine.

In other words Have a Very Happy Thanksgiving.

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North Korean Leader & Successor Son Visited Artillery Base Just Hours Before Attack

from The Gateway Pundit by Jim Hoft


North Korean Leader & Successor Son Visited Artillery Base Just Hours Before Attack: "

Kim Jong Un, seen second from left wearing a black suit, is the youngest son of Kim Jong Il, far right. The two visited the base where shots were fired from just hours before this week’s attack. (MSNBC)

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il and his successor and son Jong-Un visited the artillery base where shots were fired from just hours before the deadly attack on South Korea.

Reuters reported:

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son and successor Jong-un visited the artillery base from where shells were fired at a South Korean island just hours before the attack, South Korean media reported on Thursday.

North Korea’s attack on Yeonpyeong Island that killed two South Korean marines and two civilians on Tuesday was probably ordered by Kim Jong-il himself, the Joongang Daily quoted a well-informed government source as saying.

Seoul government officials contacted by Reuters could not comment on the reports.

The United States says it believes North Korea’s actions were an isolated act tied to leadership changes in Pyongyang, and many experts say the North carried out the shelling to burnish the image of the inexperienced and little-known younger Kim.

The ailing leader is desperate to give a lift to his youngest son, named as heir apparent to the family dynasty in September, but who has little clear support in the military.

South Korean media reported the father and son had met General Kim Kyok-sik, the commander of the frontline fourth corps in charge of a Navy base in South Hwanghae province, just before the North shelled the island.

According to a well-informed government source, Kim and Jong-un likely ordered the bombardment.

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Far Left MSNBC Hate Speech Drives Woman to Threaten Terrorist Attacks

from The Gateway Pundit by Jim Hoft


Far Left MSNBC Hate Speech Drives Woman to Threaten Terrorist Attacks: "

What a shock – Another leftist terrorist…

Elisa Martinez was arrested by authorities this week for threatening attacks on Broward County Florida schools. Martinez is a far left Green Party member.

In the e-mail tirade sent to conservative radio host Joyce Kaufman in the early hours of Nov. 10, the writer bemoaned illegal immigrants, Jews, Muslims and the “Illuminati” and mentioned former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to the complaint.

Tampa Bay.com reported:

Federal agents arrested a 48-year-old Pasco County woman in connection to a threat that locked down Broward County schools earlier this month and prompted a top aide to step down from a congressman-elect’s office.

Ellisa Martinez of New Port Richey surrendered late Tuesday to FBI agents near Los Angeles. She is accused of sending an e-mail on Nov. 10 to South Florida conservative radio talk show host Joyce Kaufman, who was tapped to be U.S. Rep.-elect Allen West’s chief of staff.

The e-mail praised Kaufman for encouraging people to “exercise our Second Amendment rights” and said “something big” would happen at a government building in Broward County, maybe a school.

“We’ll end this year of 2010 in a blaze of glory for sure,” the e-mail said, according to federal investigators.

The following morning, a woman called the radio station, WFTL 850 AM in South Florida, and reported her husband had sent the threatening e-mail. The woman added that her husband was going to a school in Pembroke Pines to carry out a shooting and asked the station to broadcast a plea to her husband to not do it.

Schools in Pembroke Pines were immediately put under lockdown. Several hours later, the Broward School District — the nation’s sixth-largest — opted to do the same with all its schools. Several private and parochial schools followed the lead. All in all, more than 230,000 children were affected. Until dismissal time, students were prevented from leaving their classrooms except by escort. Parents and visitors were not allowed into the schools.

Investigators say they tracked down Martinez the day the threat was made by tracing the e-mail and telephone call to New Port Richey. She denied making the threat. Martinez told agents she had temporarily lost her phone at a local cafe that morning and that her home computer was unsecured. When agents went to get a search warrant for Martinez’s phone and computer, she was able to slip out and not return, according to the federal documents.

Investigators seized a computer from her home and they found evidence that the e-mail to the radio station came from it, authorities said.

Apparently, Martinez was inspired to make the threats after watching Joyce Kaufman in a tape played on Rachel Maddow’s Show a few night’s earlier.

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Obama Lectures Republicans on Bipartisanship & Calls For Clean Energy in Thanksgiving Message

from The Gateway Pundit by Jim Hoft


Obama Lectures Republicans on Bipartisanship & Calls For Clean Energy in Thanksgiving Message: "

Obama Turkey



(AP)

Barack Obama lectured Republicans on bipartisanship (“I won.”)and pushed for “a healthy economy running on clean energy” (an oxymoron) in his Thanksgiving speech to the country.

From the White House website:

This is not the hardest Thanksgiving America has ever faced. But as long as many members of our American family are hurting, we’ve got to look out for one another. As long as many of our sons and daughters and husbands and wives are at war, we’ve got to support their mission and honor their service. And as long as many of our friends and neighbors are looking for work, we’ve got to do everything we can to accelerate this recovery and keep our economy moving forward.

And we will. But we won’t do it as any one political party. We’ve got to do it as one people. And in the coming weeks and months, I hope that we can work together, Democrats and Republicans and Independents alike, to make progress on these and other issues.

That’s why, next week, I’ve invited the leadership of both parties to the White House for a real and honest discussion – because I believe that if we stop talking at one another, and start talking with one another, we can get a lot done.

For what we are called to do again today isn’t about Democrats or Republicans. It’s not about left or right. It’s about us. It’s about what we know this country is capable of. It’s about what we want America to be in this new century.

A vibrant nation that makes sure its children are the best-educated in the world. A healthy, growing economy that runs on clean energy and creates the jobs of tomorrow. A responsible government that reduces its deficits. An America where every citizen is able to go as far as he or she desires.

We can do all this, because we’ve done it before.

Happy Turkey Day Mr. President.

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Helen Thomas to be Honored by Arab Group Raided by FBI

His home was raided on September 24 as part of an FBI investigation into illegal support provided by U.S.-based groups to foreign terrorist organizations in the Middle East and Latin America. Incredibly, the raid followed a friendly visit to the White House by Abudayyeh earlier this year.

By Cliff Kincaid

Having received a "Courage in Journalism" award from the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, former White House correspondent Helen Thomas is now scheduled to be honored by an Arab group whose executive director had his home raided by the FBI because of his alleged ties to terrorist groups.

On December 12, the Arab American Action Network (AAAN) is featuring a speech by Thomas, who has been called the Arab American Dean of the White House Press Corps, as part of its 15^th anniversary fundraising event.

The Arab American National Museum, based in Dearborn, Michigan, is currently raising funds for a Helen Thomas Sculpture Project, in order to create a sculpture honoring Thomas. The Arab American National Museum is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.

But plans to honor Thomas—and questions about how she should be treated in the history of journalism in the U.S.—have become increasingly controversial because of the questions surrounding the AAAN and its executive director, Hatem Abudayyeh. His home was raided on September 24 as part of an FBI investigation into illegal support provided by U.S.-based groups to foreign terrorist organizations in the Middle East and Latin America.

Incredibly, the raid followed a friendly visit to the White House by Abudayyeh earlier this year.

A long-time White House correspondent, Thomas served as a columnist for Hearst newspapers before her anti-Israel views, termed anti-Semitic by many critics, became too controversial and she was forced to step down from her journalistic perch. In a controversial video appearance, recorded by Rabbi David Nesenoff for his "Rabbi Live" program, Thomas said the Jews ought to "get the hell out of Palestine" and presumably turn the land over to the Arabs and Muslims. She also said they should return to countries like Germany and Poland, where the Holocaust took place, which ultimately led to the creation of the Jewish homeland in Israel.

During the Bush Administration years, Thomas became known for Bush-bashing and her sleazy technique of making accusations disguised as questions at news conferences and briefings. She became the poster girl of liberal media bias, serving to discredit the notion of a professional and objective press corps.

Accuracy in Media had suggested that she quit journalism, which she subsequently has done, and become a full-time advocate for the Arab/Muslim cause.

This appears to be what lies behind her scheduled appearance at the AAAN fundraiser.

But the nature of the AAAN raises even more questions about Thomas's judgment.

It also raises some concerns for the Obama White House.

The AAAN was founded by Barack Obama friend Rashid Khalidi, who once served as a spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organization. Then-State Senator Obama was photographed at an AAAN dinner held on May 24, 1998 in Burbank, Illinois. The Woods Fund, where Obama served as a director from 1994 through 2001, approved a $40,000 grant to the AAAN for "community organizing."

When a controversy emerged during the 2008 presidential campaign over Obama's ties to the AAAN, the liberal-oriented "PolitiFact" website called it a non-controversial group that focused on "local initiatives" and "has no foreign policy."

But one target of the FBI investigation is alleged support provided to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a Marxist group designated a "foreign terrorist organization" by the U.S. Secretary of State. U.S. law prohibits U.S.-based groups or individuals from providing support to foreign terrorist groups.

Other foreign terrorist groups on the official list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) include the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and various Marxist and Islamic groups in the Middle East.

The State Department says that "FTO designations play a critical role in our fight against terrorism and are an effective means of curtailing support for terrorist activities and pressuring groups to get out of the terrorism business."

The AAAN counters, "The FBI has overstepped its boundaries and targeted individuals based on their commitment to peacefully challenge U.S. policies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, and Colombia."

The AAAN reports that Hatem Abudayyeh has been with the group since 1999, and was appointed Executive Director in 2003. It says that he "has led the social services, cultural outreach, adult education, and youth development programming of the AAAN; and has advocated for the civil and human rights of Arabs and other immigrants in the U.S., as well as Palestinians and oppressed peoples across the world."

Two other Chicago-based activists, Joseph Iosbaker and Stephanie Weiner, have been associated with the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, a Marxist group, and had their homes raided as well. They are said to be personal friends of AAAN executive director Hatem Abudayyeh and possibly linked to his activities.

In total, 14 far-left activists were targeted by the FBI on September 24, with Abudayyeh being the only Arab.

The Marxist-Leninist website features a video of Hatem Abudayyeh, described as a "Palestinian Liberation Movement activist and organizer," in Chicago on March 14, 2009, chanting "Free, Free Palestine" and "Free, Free Iraq."

Abudayyeh was reported by the Gateway Pundit blog to have taken part in a meeting for Arab-American leaders sponsored by the Obama White House and held in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 22.

The story was picked up by Politico but not by any established national liberal media organizations.

WLS-TV, a local TV station in Chicago, covered the story, highlighting the White House visitor logs showing Abudayyeh's participation as an invited guest in what was described as a "large Arab briefing."

Reporter Chuck Goudie said that while Obama did not attend the briefing, the AAAN was founded by an "Obama friend and fundraiser named Rashid Khalidi, who became a lightning rod during the presidential campaign for his views on Israel."

The AAAN now wants Obama's Attorney General Eric Holder to stop the FBI investigations and prevent a Grand Jury from bringing criminal charges against the "anti-war" and "peace" activists.

Cliff Kincaid is the Editor of Accuracy in Media, and can be contacted at cliff.kincaid@aim.org.

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George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation

It struck me that both Houses of Congress requested that the President of this nation encourage his people to pray publicly to Almighty God. Not participate in a moment of silence, not hold hands and sing a chorus of Kum Ba Yah, but to acknowledge "with grateful hearts the many and signal favors" that our Beloved Father had afforded them.

By Almita Palomita

I thought instead of sharing only my own heart this Thanksgiving, I would also share the heart of our nation's beloved first president.

Something struck me right away, as I began to read this document – this document that someone had the presence of mind to preserve - no doubt lovingly. It struck me that both Houses of Congress requested that the President of this nation encourage his people to pray publicly to Almighty God. Not participate in a moment of silence, not hold hands and sing a chorus of Kum Ba Yah, but to acknowledge "with grateful hearts the many and signal favors" that our Beloved Father had afforded them. And what did the Lord provide them with? The "opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness."

♥For Their Safety And Happiness♥.

Are you thinking what I am thinking?  "Where did we go wrong?"

Our Government has become a warped and twisted version of what our founding fathers originally established. Our founding fathers were men of honor, love, and integrity.  They risked their lives to build the most amazing nation that ever existed. They were men that loved the people who elected them to make sound decisions on their behalf. To speak for them.

They were trusted men.

President Washington continues, thanking the Lord for the national constitution most recently "instituted for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed."

How is it that our government has turned against these principles? Many leaders cry out "Separation of church and state!" using this phrase to impose restriction upon restriction on America's citizens – to bind our hands, as it were, yet the results: our hearts are bound, our souls burdened.

We, the citizens of the country that both the first Houses of Congress and President encouraged to pray in a National Proclamation, are now told to go and pray in secret as if it is a thing to be ashamed of.

He then admonishes us to beseech the "great Lord and Ruler of Nations" to "pardon our national and other transgressions".

If ever you could hear my heart's cry, this would be it.

I am so glad that one so great as our first president stressed the importance of repentance before any of us were even born.

America is an amazing nation, truly blessed with prosperity and freedom for all, but our leaders have made many serious mistakes in their dealings with other nations around the world. We have abandoned people in need, we have ignored literal genocide in Rwanda and other nations, and as of January, 2009, the day after the anniversary of Roe v Wade, we began to finance abortion in other countries, thanks to President Obama's lifting of the Mexico City Policy.

It isn't enough, President Obama, that we murder our own unborn?

With one flick of your pen, you decided – for all of us – to reach across the miles and use American finances to fund the raping of women's wombs in poorer countries than our own.

President George Washington, were he here today, would make this same proclomation to us all, after he rose from his own position on his knees, maybe even his face, while imploring the Lord to forgive us of this madness.

He further encourages that we would pray that our National Government would be a blessing to all people by its wisdom, and just laws; not only that, but that we would "guide all sovereigns and nations" (by example, I am sure) and even bless them with "peace and concord" in order to promote the practice of "true religion and virtue".  Did you know that pure religion according to God's Word is to care for the orphan and the widow?  It is also to keep yourself pure.

President Washington had big dreams for America.

He had dreams that we would reach out and bless those around us and he knew that the only way to do so was to seek the blessing of our beloved Father in Heaven for the ability before attempting the actions that would make those dreams come true.

As you read the words of our first honored President below, I make a humble request of my own. I beseech you, beloved brothers and sisters – sweet American brothers and sisters, Seek the Lord, while He may be found.  Seek him for the same things that President George Washington Himself sought on October 3rd, 1789.

Seek these things on Thanksgiving day and every day after, for truly it is the only hope for our nation's survival and success.

~*~*~

General Thanksgiving

A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

October 3rd, 1789

President George Washington's Proclamation

"Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His

President George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation

protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to "recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:

Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enable to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best.

Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3rd day of October, A.D. 1789″

_______________________________________________________________

Almita Palomita is a contributor to usACTIONnews.com

She blogs at Del Corazon ~ From the Heart

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Virginia delegation races to save jobs in Pentagon plans to close Norfolk site

Lawmakers have tussled with the Pentagon for more than three months over getting more information supporting the rationale for closing JFCOM.

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After holiday, lawmakers have two days to make unemployment deal

Emergency unemployment benefits are likely to lapse shortly after Congress returns from recess next week, affecting some 2 million people.

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Alaska gov: Interior’s climate-change polar bear decision hinders oil drilling

The state does not believe the decision was supported by "sound science," and may mount a legal challenge.

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Rush: The real Thanksgiving story

This is from yesterday's radio show. I am also including Rush's reading of George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation: The real Thanksgiving story: George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation:

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God, The Eagle and the Turkey; A Thanksgiving Reflection

Simply and succinctly put: In 1621 and 1789 our nation and its citizens were thankful to God for His guidance. In 2010 we need His guidance more than ever.

By "Sen. Bob" Smith

Although the exact date is in dispute, it is generally assumed that in the Fall of 1621 in the vicinity of Plymouth Plantation, a group of very grateful colonists set down to a bountiful feast. They had much to be thankful for. They had recently survived a transatlantic voyage, had made friends with the local Indian tribes and were excited to begin a new life, free of the persecutions they had left behind in England. There was no news media to distort or report, but we can safely assume that prayers were said to thank God for their blessings. Speculation is that wild turkey was on the menu. It was game fowl very prevalent in the area and, as we know, centuries later, it was a tasty bird too!

Thanksgiving or "Turkey Day" thus became a tradition in America. The Celebration included a sumptuous feast and in recent years football was added to the day's activities. It seems as if, not only Thanksgiving, but every holiday in America today, from Christmas to Independence Day has become secularized and exploited for profit. But what are these Thanksgiving Day celebrations really about?

The liberal "establishment" media would have us believe that this nation was not and is not divinely inspired, so we can all only be thankful for our material things. Good food, football, fun and the celebration of our "successful" careers and investments are blissfully promoted. They proudly boast of the "separation of church and state" and ignore the fact that our Founders spoke frequently of divine intervention in the creation of America.

Most recently Christine O'Donnell, a U.S. Senate candidate in Delaware was mocked by media, law students and "legal scholars" when she asked, "Where in the Constitution does it say that there is a separation of Church and state?" The truth is that she was absolutely correct in her assumption that no such language can be found there. The Founders clearly believed that there should be no state church, but that all citizens in their public or private lives should and could attend the church of their choice. A state church is unconstitutional but going to church is not! No act of government can prevent a citizen from practicing his or her religion in America in public or private. It is our liberal friends and their leaders in the media who want God separated from state. They have led the effort to re-write the debates during the creation of the Constitution, as well as to suggest that many of our Founders really did not believe in God, and did not believe in the Divine inspiration of America.

This now brings me back to Thanksgiving.

George Washington has frequently been second-guessed as to whether or not he believed in God and whether or not he really believed that this nation was a Divine inspiration. Although the holiday of Thanksgiving did not become official until the administration of Abraham Lincoln nearly seventy-five years later, President George Washington made clear the connection between God and Thanksgiving in a 1789 Proclamation. After you read this, maybe you can ask our liberal friends in the media where there is any "wiggle room" in his position on the subject of religion in politics and indeed the nation itself.  (The bold is my emphasis to show the reader the number of times Washington referenced God):

"Whereas it is the duty of all nations to:

Acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me to 'recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:

Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26^th day of  November next, to be devoted by the people of these states to the service of that Great and Glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war;  for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been able to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to The Great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal authority as He alone knows to be best.

Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3^rd day of October, A.D. 1789.

GEORGE WASHINGTON

I guess our liberal elitist friends would say he used a speech writer and did not mean any of it! Hmmmmm.

Simply and succinctly put: In 1621 and 1789 our nation and its citizens were thankful to God for His guidance. In 2010 we need His guidance more than ever.

We now have established that Thanksgiving is about more than a celebration around a turkey dinner.  However we should not diminish this American icon. I think we also understand the sacrifice of the Turkey over the years. That bird gave his all to help us celebrate. Ben Franklin was so enamored with this bird that he actually supported it as the national symbol for America in the late 1700's.

Now Ben was an outstanding printer, inventor, diplomat, thinker and patriot. He usually got things right, but not this time!

Thank God Mr. Franklin was outvoted in 1782 when the Continental Congress selected the bald eagle as the symbol for America. As much as we admire our early patriots, this decision was likely not an original idea. Thousands of years earlier, the Sumarians and Romans had identified the eagle as symbolic of courage, majesty and power.

But now, centuries later, when we see that powerful symbol of freedom, we think of only America, the land of the free and the brave! America and the eagle have become one. If seeing an eagle flying high and free with the wind under his wings, does not give you goose bumps, then your patriotism is suspect. The turkey is the symbol of celebration and thankfulness for the founding of a new nation, but the eagle IS that nation. Free, strong, powerful and majestic, the eagle soars. It is the symbol of freedom around the world.

However, let us not be too hard on Mr. Franklin. For when he walked out of the Constitutional Convention at the end of that long hot summer in Philadelphia in 1787, he was asked, "What kind of government do we have Mr. Franklin?" He replied, "A republic, if we can keep it."

Franklin warned us that sustaining the nation he had just helped to create would require eternal vigilance and strict adherence to the Constitution and the rule of law. Anything less and America would be just another failed experiment in the attempt of man to protect the inalienable and God given rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

If we convey to our posterity that the eagle captures the essence of the Mayflower compact, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights and the Constitution, then freedom wins and the republic survives.

If we can fully comprehend the courage of this brave band of patriots in 1776 who pledged their lives, fortunes and sacred honor then America prevails. If we understand the sacrifices at Valley Forge, Gettysburg, Flanders Field, the cliffs of Normandy, the Chosin Reservoir, the Tet Offensive and Iraq and Afghanistan, America wins. If we appreciate the sacrifices in the rows of graves at Arlington and other military cemeteries around the nation and the world, America will live on.

When you sit down at your table on Thursday, turn off the media , enjoy your turkey, thank God for allowing you the privilege of living in the greatest constitutional republic in the history of the world, and finally pause and reflect upon those whose bloody sacrifices are "the winds beneath the eagle's wings"  for the past 220 years.

While you enjoy your pumpkin pie for dessert, ask yourself, "Am I worthy of taking up

Ben Franklin's challenge to keep our republic?"

HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Former Senator Bob Smith (R-NH), known as "Senator Bob," has joined Accuracy in Media as a Special Contributor. His columns and commentaries on media and politics will be available on a regular basis on the AIM website at www.aim.org. He can be contacted at senatorbobsmith@comcast.net.

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