Report From Washington - December 30, 2011

Santorum moves toward the top in Iowa / Candidate of "change" in Germany in 1933 / Congress steals more from Social Security / Tax laws two months at a time / We spill the blood, China gets the oil / Nigeria's nightmare Christmas / Christmas acid attack against Ugandan pastor / Europe's march to Islam
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THE PRESIDENCY 

SANTORUM MOVES TOWARD THE TOP - Social conservatives seem to be moving toward Senator Rick Santorum as their choice for president after months of following many divergent trails. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann was the leader in the race until the appearance of Gov. Rick Perry. The large, inside-the-Beltway, Christian evangelical groups had recruited Perry as their answer to Mitt Romney. Indeed, many large, well known organizations radically changed their policy on illegal immigration to that of Perry, just to get him to enter the race. In the background, Rick Santorum kept plugging away at the grassroots level and refused demands by the heads of large evangelical groups to drop out. He is now polling number three in Iowa and positioned to take the second or even top slot as did Gov. Mike Huckabee four years ago.  
THE CHANGE BROUGHT BY SOCIALISTS AND THE NAZIS - Don Feder wrote for the Boston Herald for many years and is now a well known conservative consultant. He helped to organize, and also spoke at, the first Sharia or the Constitution Conference held in Nashville, Tennessee on 11/11/11. A recent column he wrote for GrasstopsUSA, comparing the tactics of the Obama Administration to the early years of Adolph Hitler, has caused some pain to the liberal media. The comparisons are astonishing. See column here
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CONGRESS 

CONGRESS IN RECESS (SORT OF) - The House and the Senate adjourned just before Christmas Day after extending a cut in the Social Security Trust Fund tax for two months. (Learn how this affects Social Security) The cost of the failure to pass a tax bill for more than a few months at a time is astronomical to business. Payroll systems that were set to take effect on January 1st had to be changed in the past week with huge amounts of overtime and consultant fees, and all for just a two month system. Worse, Democrats want the reduction in payments to the Social Security Trust Fund to become a major election issue and will try for only another six month extension, to cause more debate just before the election. Meanwhile, GOP members of the Senate are doing a call to order every few days to stop President Obama from making recess appointments.

RELIGION AND CULTURE

WE SPILL BLOOD, CHINA GETS THE OIL - Until Barack Obama won the presidency the left screamed that "the war" was about oil. The liberal media chanted that we were paying for oil with blood. Maybe, but the Chinese are getting the oil. The first contract issued for oil exploration in Afghanistan went to CNPC, the China National Petroleum Corporation which is owned directly by the Chinese government. The Chinese will also build Afghanistan's first oil refinery within the next three years. The roads to and from the refinery will probably be paid for by American taxpayers. 
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MORE FROM THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - Now available, the Chairman's Report for December 14, 2011. In this issue: Our dear friend Solomon Nour joins the Lord / Is there logic in the White House? / Gays and Muslims go to the head of immigration lines / Secretary Clinton's support for UN "blasphemy laws" / 3,000 "honor" attacks in UK in 2010 / A billion in aid to Pakistan - where are our priorities? / Poland's first honor killing / Will Belgium protect its Jews? 
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INTERNATIONAL 

NIGHTMARE CHRISTMAS IN NIGERIA - On Christmas Day, churches were bombed in five Nigerian cities - Madalla, Jos, Kano, Damaturu, and Gadaka - leaving dozens, perhaps hundreds, dead or wounded. The killings were apparently the latest handiwork of the violent Islamist group Boko Haram, and they show an increased level not only of violence but also of sophistication, since the explosions were coordinated and widespread, including the northwest, north, and center of the country. Read more 
NO CHRISTMAS FOR ASIA BIBI - Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five sentenced to death on charges of "blasphemy" against Islam, along with over a dozen other Christians held in Pakistani jails spent Christmas Day without their families, after authorities refused requests to allow prison visits. Read more. Later reports indicated that no Christians held in Pakistani jails were allowed visits on Christmas Day. The United States gives Pakistan billions of dollars in aid each year, most of it from Christian taxpayers.
EUROPE'S MARCH TO ISLAM - Post-Christian Europe became noticeably more Islamized during 2011. As the rapidly growing Muslim population makes its presence felt in towns and cities across the continent, Islam is transforming the European way of life in ways unimaginable only a few years ago. Hudson New York has just published a list by country of the more outrageous Islam-related controversies that took place in Europe during 2011. Read it at Hudson New York
HORRIFIC ACID ATTACK IN CHURCH BLINDS PASTOR-In Kampala, Uganda, Pastor Umar Mulinde was preparing for the Christmas Eve service at the Gospel Life Church. Two men pretending to be Christians entered the church and poured acid on Pastor Mulinde, severely burning him and blinding him in one eye. The attackers ran out of the church shouting "Allah Akbar!" Mulinde, himself a convert from Islam, has won many others to Christ in spite of frequent threats on his life. Read more.

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Report From Washington - October 14, 2011

No support for Egyptian Christians from Obama / Incredible corruption centers on White House / Eric Cantor says Christians threatened / Congressman Frank Wolf, a Prisoner of Conscience / Islamic forced conversion / Public pool for Muslims only / Bloody Sunday in Cairo / Asia Bibi beaten in jail

NEW: Chairman's Report for October 14, 2011 In this issue: No White House comment as Christians die in Egypt / Obama supports those trashing Wall Street and using drugs / The faith of presidential challengers / Santorum on Islamic fascism / Grover Norquist exposed by Congressman Wolf / Journalism school teaches that 9-11 attack not a big deal / Sharia for France

PRESIDENCY 
NO SUPPORT FOR EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS - President Barack Obama organized NATO airstrikes to assist Islamic rebels in overthrowing the government of Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi. The President was also instrumental in unseating the secular president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak. The President used very strong rhetoric when calling for an "Arab Spring" and the removal of secular leaders in several Middle Eastern nations including Yemen. Now, as one Christian church after the other is burned and as Christians lie dead in the street, murdered by police, little is heard from the White House.
INCREDIBLE CORRUPTION - The headlines don't tell it all. While the focus is on the huge amounts of money given to stalled or bankrupt "green" projects by the Obama Administration, no one is paying much attention to the actual corruption. $737 million in tax payer money was given to The SolarReserve project where Nancy Pelosi's brother-in-law, Ronald Pelosi, is second in command. To top that off the project is being built just over the border from California in Senate majority Leader Harry Reid's home state. Virtually every "green" loan from the fed's in the last three years has had some connection to an Obama donor or to one of his cronies in Congress. Read more

THE CONGRESS 

CANTOR SAYS CHRISTIANS THREATENED - At the Values Voter Summit in Washington, DC House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said, "The Jewish people are not the only religious minority under attack in the Middle East. Christians are under the same pressure. Since then, Cantor has made numerous statements about Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani who is facing death in Iran for converting from Islam to Christianity. Cantor said, "For us in America, it is unthinkable that someone would be put to death for their faith."
CONGRESSMAN FRANK WOLF: THE BOOK - In his new book, Prisoner of Conscience respected congressman and human and religious rights crusader Frank Wolf shows what one person can do to fight injustice and relieve suffering. In Prisoner of Conscience, Wolf shares intimate stories of his adventures from the halls of political power to other dangerous places around the world, what he has learned along the way, and what you can do as a citizen now.
CHRIS SMITH HEARINGS ON ISLAMIC SLAVERY - Yes, there is plenty of slavery in the world today and most of it is in Islamic nations. Virtually every slave brought to the United States was sold by Islamic slave traders, and they are still at work today. Chris Smith held hearings on the Christians kidnapped in the South Sudan and forced into slavery in the Islamic north just as liberal commentator Ellen Ratner returned from there. Her report on slavery there is intriguing considering that most of her fellow Liberals can find no evil at all in Islam.

RELIGION AND CULTURE
FORCED CONVERSION - Noted scholar Raymond Ibrahim reports on forced conversions in Islam, a phenomenon that has a long history with ample precedents. Indeed, from its inception, most of those who embraced Islam did so under duress and to escape death or dhimmi status, beginning with the Ridda wars and during the age of conquests. This is a simple fact. Yet, when one compares today's cases of forced conversions with those from centuries past, identical patterns emerge, demonstrating great continuity. Read more
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INTERNATIONAL

ASIA BIBI TORTURED IN JAIL - Asia Bibi, a Christian mother of five who was sentenced to death on accusations of blasphemy, has been tortured in her cell according to sources. The Pakistani Christian Post reports, "One jail official attacked and tortured Asia Bibi in her high security cell and she became unconscious." There have been cases of killings of Christians accused of blasphemy and held in Sialkot, Lahore and Karachi jails, in which the victims were declared suicides by authorities. It was already feared by PCC that Asia Bibi can also be killed in jail. Read more  
BLOODY SUNDAY IN CAIRO - On October 8th Coptic Christians took to the streets in Cairo to protest the burning of the Mar Gerges Church in the Elmarenab village of Aswan. They were immediately attacked by the police and several Christians were killed. Outraged thousands of Coptic Christians took to the streets to demonstrate. The outnumbered police called in the army to kill even more Christians. At last count there were 36 Christians dead (26 according to mainstream media reports) and hundreds more injured. This is Barack Obama's "Arab Spring," a so-called peaceful revolution that has empowered in Egypt the radical Muslim Brotherhood, a group Obama's Administration calls "secular in nature." Read more

MUSLIMS ONLY IN THIS PUBLIC POOL - A French news crew entered an unfamiliar area of London where they were told a public pool was for Muslims only. This Youtube portrayal of an Islamic London is in French, but has English subtitles. Is this coming to Dearborn, Michigan soon?

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Report From Washington - June 24, 2011

Obama releases oil to punish traders - markets drop / Donate big to Obama and get a big Fed job / Senators want to protect religious freedom in the Middle East / Geert Wilders acquitted / Netherlands hate speech law still in effect / Delta Airlines "no Jew" policy - Is this real? / Muslims kill again in Nigeria / Release Asia Bibi now 

PRESIDENCY 
KILLING THE MARKETS TO SAVE THEM - Every week for the past six weeks the price of both oil and gasoline has fallen. This week President Barack Obama decided to release oil from the emergency reserves held by the US government. These reserves are for catastrophic situations -- not market interference. The last time the reserves were used was during the Katrina disaster when oil wells in the Gulf of Mexico were shut down. The release of oil, coordinated with other nations trying to "stop speculators" from pushing up the price of oil, caused the stock market to drop almost 2%. Did Obama not realize that traders who buy oil contracts also buy insurance on those contracts? The speculators were not hurt, but those issuing the insurance sure were. Because Obama interfered with the market there has been major disruption in the natural trading order. Oil company stocks, which are the backbone of many retirement funds, fell drastically. The effect on the actual price of gas? About five cents a gallon -- and that is temporary.
DONATE BIG TO OBAMA, GET A BIG JOB - Does Obama reward big money bundlers with jobs, commissions, stimulus money, government contracts, and more? Well, after two years in office nearly 200 of his biggest donors have received government jobs and posts or won federal contracts worth millions of dollars. This according to a study by The Center for Public Integrity which is available on Iwatch.

THE CONGRESS 

SENATORS: PROTECT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN MIDDLE EAST - This week U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R - MO) introduced legislation that would create a new U.S. Department of State special envoy for religious minorities in the Middle East, aimed at promoting and protecting religious freedoms. U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is an original co-sponsor of the legislation. Blunt said, "As we observe political upheavals throughout the Middle East, I expect this bill will encourage the State Department to redouble its efforts to call attention to all religious minorities and demonstrate to leaders in the region that the United States takes religious freedom seriously."

RELIGION AND CULTURE 

WILDERS AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH - Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders was acquitted of "hate speech" charges by a Dutch court, after a circus of a trial during which the government attempted to jail him for telling the truth about Islam. Wilders, who leads the third largest political party in the Netherlands, said, "This is not so much a win for myself, but a victory for freedom of speech." It may be a relief to him that he will not spend the next 16 months in jail, but the way in which he was acquitted did not change the law under which he was prosecuted; it is still on the books. Read Nina Shea's the decision.  
DELTA AIRLINES' NO JEWS POLICY - Imagine the protests in the streets if Delta Airlines were to tell Muslims that they could not fly somewhere because the local customs would not permit them to enter that country? Those situations are impossible to conceive because they could never happen, right? But Delta Airlines is facing a similar moral dilemma as they get ready to complete an alliance with Saudi Arabian Airlines. The Delta-Saudi deal means adding Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAA) to Delta's SkyTeam Alliance. For the first time, this would allow Delta passengers to fly direct into Saudi Arabia, as long as passengers are not Jewish, do not have a passport from Israel or a passport that is stamped from Israel. Read more
 

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT AVAILABLE

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT FOR JUNE 8, 2011 In depth material in this brand new issue: The Obama/Netanyahu battle over the pre '67 boundaries of Israel / Group ad in Wall Street Journal supporting Israel / More than Israel at stake / Congressional resolution supporting Israel / NYT: Burning Qur'an is news; plotting murder is not / ACLU defends Islam / Christian sisters forced to marry same Muslim man / Sharia for Egypt, says Muslim brotherhood / Christians attacked in Sudan
 

INTERNATIONAL

MUSLIMS KILL AGAIN IN NIGERIA - This past week at least two Christians were killed in an attack on a police station in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. This is the first suicide bombing outside of the Islamic controlled north of the country and shows that the Islamic terror organization Boko Haram is expanding its operations. Previous killings of security officers, politicians and clerics have occurred in the Muslim north where the group is trying to enforce strict sharia law. The name of the group translates as "Western education is sacrilege." RELEASE ASIA BIBI NOW - Pakistani Christians are demanding the release of Asia Bibi, mother of five, who has been falsely accused of blasphemy and jailed for nearly two years. Blasphemy laws in Pakistan are used to blackmail Christians and steal their homes and land. This is just one more outrage. More at Pakistan Christian Post
 

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Report From Washington - June 10, 2011

Secretary Gates says NATO era over / Obama's failed Iran policy / Rep. Weiner's Jewish-Muslim Issues / Recess and almost recess / Minneapolis Somali suicide bomber / Another Christian martyr every five minutes / Asia Bibi still wrongly jailed

PRESIDENCY 

GATES SAYS NATO ERA OVER - When your alliance crumbles, who are your allies? In his final days as Secretary of Defense under Barack Obama, Robert Gates made it very clear that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was failing. Speaking of Libya he said, "The mightiest military alliance in history is only 11 weeks into an operation against a poorly armed regime in a sparsely populated country, yet many allies are beginning to run short of munitions, requiring the U.S., once more, to make up the difference." Gates said most nations in the alliance do not meet the funding or manpower requirements and that he doubts Congress, facing escalating debt, will be willing to continue to be the backbone of NATO.  
OBAMA'S FAILED IRAN POLICY - A Rand Corp. researcher, Dr. Gregory Jones, released a report stating that Iran will have sufficient nuclear material to build a 40 kiloton bomb within 8 weeks. His research states that the world has gone past the point that would allow Iran's nuclear program to be stopped with airstrikes and only a costly invasion and military occupation would work at this point. When Barack Obama moved into the White House there was still an opportunity to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear nation; however, he decided on "engaging" the totalitarian nation in talks. Combining this nuclear development with NATO's poor performance against Libya and probably failure as an alliance, nearly assures Iran emerging as a world power.

THE CONGRESS

WEINER'S JEWISH MUSLIM ISSUES - There is a death sentence under sharia law against any non-Muslim man who marries a Muslim woman. Congressman Anthony Weiner is married to Huma Abedin, a Muslim woman who is a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Her parents were devout Muslims who chose Saudi Arabia as their home, and her father was an Islamic scholar before his death. It seems that Congressman Wiener may have bigger problems than sending x-rated twits to strange women, as he has dishonored a Muslim family. Read more

RECESS AND SORT OF RECESS - The House was in recess this week, but the Senate continued to "work." Under the leadership of Majority Leader Harry Reid, the Senate conducts virtually no real business. The lone vote this week upheld a reduction in credit and debit card "swipe" fees. Wal-Mart and other major retailers wanted a reduction from about 44 cents to 12 cents a swipe, saying they would reduce their prices to customers. I certainly look forward to the 32 cent reduction in my overall bill the next time I grocery shop. What a joke! This is the government picking winners and losers yet again, as in GM and Chrysler. Profits were taken from banks and given to big box stores and consumers will never see a dime of benefit.

 

RELIGION AND CULTURE 

MINNEAPOLIS SOMALI SUICIDE BOMBER - A Muslim Somali woman living in Minnesota has identified her stepson as the suicide bomber who killed peace keepers in Somalia. Farah Mohamed Beledi died in the blast. The woman, looking at a photograph of the bomber this week said through an interpreter: "It is him." The Bush and Obama Administrations have moved tens of thousands of Somali Muslims to Minnesota since 9-11. Many work in the airline industry cleaning aircraft, since their illiteracy rate is high and most do not speak English. A large number of Somali men from Minnesota have "disappeared" in the last year to practice jihad. The FBI, who thought the bomber was another Minnesota man, has since confirmed Beledi as the bomber. 

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT AVAILABLE

CHAIRMAN'S REPORT FOR JUNE 8, 2011 In depth material in this brand new issue: The Obama/Netanyahu battle over the pre '67 boundaries of Israel / Group ad in Wall Street Journal supporting Israel / More than Israel at stake / Congressional resolutions supporting Israel / NYT: Burning Qur'an is news, plotting murder is not / ACLU defends Islam / Christian sisters forced to marry same Muslim man / Sharia for Egypt says Muslim brotherhood / Christians attacked in Sudan
 

INTERNATIONAL 

EVERY FIVE MINUTES A CHRISTIAN IS MARTYRED - Every year 105,000 Christians are killed because of their faith. This shocking figure was disclosed by Italian sociologist Massimo Introvigne, representative of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) in a report titled "Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians", at the International Conference on Inter-religious dialogue between Christians, Jews and Muslims, sponsored by the Hungarian Presidency of the European Union (EU) in Gödöllo, near Budapest. "Every five minutes", Introvigne said in his speech, "a Christian is killed for his faith." Read more  
SHARIA FOR EGYPT? - On May 28, 2011, the Egyptian daily Al-Yawm Al-Sabi published an article by Mamdouh Isma'il, an attorney for Egyptian Islamists and former jihad activist, titled "The People Want an Islamic Egypt." In the article, Isma'il called on Egyptians to turn out en masse for demonstrations demanding the establishment of an Islamic state in Egypt. Read more
RELEASE ASIA BIBI NOW - Pakistani Christians are demanding the release of Asia Bibi, mother of five, who has been falsely accused on blasphemy and jailed for nearly two years. Blasphemy laws in Pakistan are used to blackmail Christians and steal their homes and land. This is just one more outrage. More at Pakistan Christian Post
 

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Report From Washington, May 27, 2011

Obama's "Jews should love me" delusion / Protecting life and marriage in the military / Congressional pro-Israel resolutions / Jewish Chaplains memorial / Social conservatives and Israel / Atheist Newdow lost another one / Sex change for kids? / ACLU defends sharia / Muslim Brotherhood claims Egypt for sharia / Christian sisters kidnapped and forced to marry same Muslim man / Remember Asia Bibi

PRESIDENCY

"THE JEWS SHOULD LOVE ME" SYNDROME - There was unmistakable hatred in the eyes of President Barack Obama as he listened to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu speak during an Oval Office press conference. The President maintained a glaring stare and sneer on his face as the Prime Minister refused to ethnically cleanse 400,000 Jews from their homes and move them into a nation that would be less than nine miles wide, under Obama's terms. Yet Obama undoubtedly saw the Prime Minister's brave defense of his small nation as insubordination. Liberals such as Barack Obama view all minorities as Democrat Party property. These individuals are supposed to support liberal policies simply because of their race, sex or ethnicity. As a Jew, Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to follow the current liberal line even if it means the destruction of Israel.

THE CONGRESS 

PROTECTING LIFE AND MARRIAGE IN THE MILITARY -
1. Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) offered an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill (H.R. 1540) that states that only those marriage ceremonies which conform to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) can take place on military installations. DOMA defines marriage as a union of one man and one woman. The Department of the Navy had recently given permission for chaplains to perform same-sex marriages, but quickly reversed itself after congressional pressure.

2. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) also offered an amendment to the Defense Authorization bill on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" that would require all four military service chiefs to certify that gays in the military won't impact combat readiness or effectiveness before that White House policy allowing open homosexuality is adopted.

3. Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-M) offered an amendment to the same Defence Authorization bill that emphasizes DOMA in the military. The amendment defines marriage as a one man, one woman union for the military. All three of these military-related amendments passed out of committee and should be retained in the DoD bill.  
PRO-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS - In response to President Barack Obama's demand that Israel return to pre-1967 borders that are not defendable, resolutions supporting Israel were introduced in the House by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-T) and in the Senate by Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah. See Gohmert's video statement
JEWISH CHAPLAINS MEMORIAL - Congress has authorized a Jewish Chaplains Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. Although 13 Jewish chaplains have died while on active duty, there is no memorial in their honor. Groups have been working to change that, and have raised private funds to pay for the memorial, designed the memorial, and now have Congressional authorization from the House needed to erect the memorial. The final vote on H.R. 1627 was 380 to zero with 51 present/not voting.

RELIGION AND CULTURE 
SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES SUPPORT ISRAEL - Leaders of groups representing tens of millions of Americans including American Family Association, Reclaiming America, the Religious Freedom Coalition and others ran full page newspaper and TV ads supporting Israel after the inflammatory statements of President Barack Obama. Under the banner of Israel, You're Not Alone the coalition of organizations met with congressional leaders in Washington this week. ATHEIST NEWDOW LAWSUIT KICKED OUT - The Supreme Court rejected atheist Michael Newdow's case challenging "So Help Me God" in the Presidential Oath. This is the second case this year that Newdow has lost at the Supreme Court level. The Court also refused to hear Newdow's case challenging "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency.
SEX CHANGE FOR SEVEN-YEAR-OLDS? - Dr. Norman Spack is a pediatrician who has opened a clinic at Boston Children's Hospital to treat kids as young as seven years old who are "confused about their gender identity." Instead of counseling the youngsters to help them gain confidence in their own God-given biological gender, Dr. Spack and his associates, and the pathetic excuses for parents who bring their children to this clinic, are engaged in something much more disturbing. Read more

NO 911 MOSQUE

ACLU DEFENDS SHARIA - The ACLU, which was among the first to, in their words, "applaud and congratulate" efforts to build the Ground Zero Mosque, is also among the foremost defenders of sharia law in America. The ACLU has mounted an offensive against the fifteen states which have adopted or are considering the adoption of legislation to ban sharia and other foreign or international laws from being considered in their courts. Read more at no911mosque.org

INTERNATIONAL 

MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: SHARIA FOR EGYPT - A Muslim Brotherhood leader declared that Islamic Sharia Law would be imposed in Egypt if they come to power. Sobhi Saleh, a Muslim Brotherhood leader, claimed Sharia would protect not only Muslims but also those non-Muslims who pay the Jizya (protection money). Obama plans on giving more than $1 billion this year to Egypt. Read more

CHRISTIAN SISTERS KIDNAPPED AND FORCED TO MARRY MUSLIMS - In Faisalabad, Pakistan a powerful Muslim businessman, with the help of a group of accomplices, kidnapped two Christian sisters, forced them to convert to Islam and marry him. The girl's father reported the kidnapping to the police but the police blocked investigations by reversing the facts: they said the daughters fled because of their father's violence. A priest from the diocese of Faisalabad points out that the kidnapping of young women has become "common practice", because the authorities and police are "puppets in the hands of extremists." PLEASE NOTE TWO KEY ITEMS .. Both girls were forced to marry the same man. Islam allows men to have up to four wives. Read more

WHY WE SHOULD DE-FUND PAKISTAN - Read my latest opinion editorial on why the billions of dollars of funding to Pakistan must be stopped. Pakistan is oppressive and repressive. Religious minorities are persecuted in Pakistan and much of our money is going to fund a nuclear program that threatens democratic India.
ARE WE FORGETTING ASIA BIBI - Remember Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian women who has sat for over a year in a jail without trial on a blasphemy charge? Read more
 

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New Year's Eve, 2010 - Washington, DC

Obama wants to help the "folks" at Gitmo / Eric Cantor promises congressional stability /Elton John just gay about his new baby / CPAC goes gay-er / Time Magazine explains how global warming caused the Christmas blizzard / Rauf the Ground zero mosque man takes his show on the road / Egypt jails Christians for Christmas while more than 80 are killed for Christmas in Nigeria / More Christmas persecution of Christians in Iraq
 
NEW DECEMBER 22nd CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - Issue highlights: Pakistani pastor set on fire / Mayor Bloomberg sued over Ground Zero mosque / Obama the messiah has no crown and he doesn't know the national motto / Congressional liberals go down in flames / The Justice Department sues a school to give a Muslim teacher special rights / More international

PRESIDENCY 

OBAMA CALLS TERRORISTS "FOLKS" - When I saw the quote I didn't believe it, and I checked it twice! In one breath President Obama refers to "middle-class folks" in America and the next breath he describes terrorists as "folks." This quote is from the President's lips as he talks about the terrorists held at Gitmo: "Are there ways for us to make sure these folks have lawyers, to make sure that these folks have the opportunity to challenge their detention - but at the same time, making sure that we are not simply releasing folks who could do us grievous harm and have shown a capacity and willingness to engage in brutal attacks in the past." Read more

THE CONGRESS 

CONGRESS IN RECESS - The House and Senate are in recess and will not reconvene until January 5th, 2011. On that day more than 90 new congressmen and Senators will be sworn in, and John Boehner will be officially elected as the 52nd Speaker of the House.  
CANTOR PROMISES STABILITY - Under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi it was risky for a congressman to buy an airline ticket home more than a few hours in advance. House calendars that were posted were ignored, and bills that no one had a chance to read were passed in the middle of the night. The new Majority Leader, Eric Cantor (R-VA) has promised to change all that. He has posted a House calendar for the year that promises fewer trips back and forth for congressmen and fewer work days, but with more working hours. He also has promised "dedicated committee time" so Members will not have to walk out of hearings to cast votes. Cantor explains his new system at his site.

CULTURE AND RELIGION 

IS ELTON JOHN THE FATHER OR THE MOTHER? - Sixty-two year old homosexual singer Elton John received a gift on Christmas day in the form of a baby boy. The child, Zachary, was born to a woman who sold her soul for cash. He was sired by Elton John although John presents himself as the wife of David Furnish. US Magazine and most other news outlets carried the birth announcement as they would for any straight celebrity couple. Social conservative organizations and pastors have been quiet on the issue of homosexuals such as Elton John having children bred for their pleasure. In our sick society buying a child fries at McDonald's is evil, while raising a child in a homosexual home is normal. 
CPAC GOES GAY-ER - The Religious Freedom Coalition, of which I am chairman, discontinued sponsoring the Conservative Political Action Conference because of its acceptance of homosexual groups and its refusal to deal with the issue of Islamic terrorism. This year the Family Research Council and Concerned Women for America are also boycotting the CPAC event which has gone even more gay by allowing the homosexual group GO PROUD a "planning status." CPAC became about bucks, and nothing but the bucks, years ago. Anyone with the cash to hand David Keene gets presence, and he has even rented booths to the ACLU. Most social conservatives no longer attend, having been too often offended by beer toting college students there for more of a good time than conservative thought.
TIME MAGAZINE: BLIZZARD CAUSED BY GLOBAL WARMING - Time Magazine reported as straight news that the giant blizzard that paralyzed the Northeast and froze crops in Florida was caused by global warming. In presenting the argument Time stated: "The loss of Arctic sea ice helps accelerate the warming of the atmosphere in the far north, thanks to what's known as the albedo effect. White ice reflects sunlight into space, cooling the air, but when ice melts and is replaced with dark ocean water, the effect is reversed and more of the sun's heat is absorbed." Hmm, since the circulation of liberal news magazines continues to shrink, by this logic it is because more people are reading them.

NO 911 MOSQUE!

TAKING HIS SHOW ON THE ROAD - The slumlord imam and Ground Zero mosque promoter, Feisal Rauf, has decided to take his show on the road starting with the Muslim community in Detroit. He will then be paid huge fees by radical universities such as Harvard, Yale, Georgetown and the University of North Carolina to promote the Ground Zero mosque. To "protect him" the meetings are closed to all those who may disagree with him. Question: Why isn't this done for Ann Coulter when she speaks at colleges?  
NO 911 MOSQUE - Visit the RFC site dedicated to the Ground Zero mosque controversy at www.no911mosque.org

INTERNATIONAL 

DEADLY CHRISTMAS ATTACKS ON CHRISTIANS - At least 80 Christians were killed in attacks by Islamists on Christmas Eve in Nigeria. Churches there were holding Christmas Eve services when attacked by armed Muslim men. Muslims belonging to the Boko Haram sect attacked the churches simultaneously, including several which were bombed in Jos. In other places,such as at the Victory Baptist Church in Danjuma, Akawu, armed Muslims simply entered the church and murdered worshipers. Nigeria is divided, with the northern half impoverished by Islamic extremism while the Christian south is by African standards, well off. 
OFFICIAL PERSECUTION IN EGYPT - About 130 Egyptian Christians, including children, will probably remain imprisoned on January 7th which is the day Christmas is celebrated in Egypt. This is two months after 2,000 members of the state security forces attacked their church building, killing several people. Police chanted Islamic war cries and tried to tear down the three story building that was under reconstruction. The object of the attack was to prevent the building from being used for Christmas services.

About 25 homes surrounding the church in the Christian area of Giza, a Cairo suburb, were burned to the ground by local police and one news agency reported that more than 20 people were blinded deliberately in one or both eyes. Although the St. Mary's Church had a permit from the national government for renovation and additions, the governor of Giza, Sayyed Abdel-Aziz told a news agency that the permit had been "misused" by the Christians and the acts of the police were justified.
ASIA BIBI WILL BE MURDERED IF PARDONED - Asia Bibi faces the death penalty for "blasphemy" in Pakistan. She did not curse Mohammad; no, her crime was to say she could drink from the same water source as a Muslim woman, which is contrary to the Koran. Pakistan's president said he would pardon her, but a judge has blocked the pardon. Now, an Islamic Party that was part of the government said it would pay any Muslim $6,000 to murder Bibi if she is actually released. Muslims associated with the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazal ur Rehman (JUI-F) party began daily demonstrations calling for Bibi's death on Christmas Eve.
NO JEWS ALLOWED - "We have frankly said, and always will say: If there is an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, we won't agree to the presence of one Israeli in it." That was the statement made by Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority on December 24th, 2010. Of course Muslims must have the freedom to live anywhere and build mosques anywhere, even at Ground Zero.

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