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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Report From Washington, May 20, 2011

Obama wants indefensible borders for Israel / Social conservative groups support Israel, run full page ad in DC / Congressional resolution to support Israel / Senate blocks Obama's judge / Muslim US attorney for Jihad? / Who is paying for the new giant Brooklyn mosque / Israel rejects Obama demand for 1967 border / Missiles in Latin America; what would John F. Kennedy do?

PRESIDENCY
OBAMA WANTS INDEFENSIBLE BORDERS FOR ISRAEL - Today President Barack Obama joined the chorus of radical Muslims calling for Israel to return to its 1967 borders, giving Israel less total square miles than the city of Houston, Texas. The 1967 borders are not defensible and at some points Israel is not even eight miles wide. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to meet with Obama on Friday, and Obama chose Thursday to make his dramatic remarks to appease Muslims worldwide. In previous meetings Obama has shown total disrespect for the Israeli prime minister, on one occasion making him enter through a side door. Obama's callus attitude toward Israel has cost him some very large liberal Jewish donors as well as Jewish voters. Still be persists in calling for Israel to return to its pre-1967 borders which is in essence suicide for that nation. Tel Aviv airport will be within the range of a simple mortar attack and Tel Aviv itself a prime target for rockets. In effect Obama has called for the destruction of Israel.  
CONSERVATIVE GROUPS SUPPORT ISRAEL - When Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu arrived in Washington, DC this week he was greeted by a full page ad in the Washington, DC edition of the Wall Street Journal showing the support of numerous social conservative organizations including the Religious Freedom Coalition. The ad, which was signed by numerous social conservative leaders including myself, conveyed the message from millions of Americans to Israel that, "You are not alone." There was also a message in the ad for President Barack Obama that Israel should not and cannot be abandoned. Read more

THE CONGRESS 
SUPPORTING ISRAEL - Majority Leader Eric Cantor filed a bi-partisan resolution in support of Israel. The resolution calls for President Obama's ambassador to the United Nations to veto any move to have an independent state declared for Palestinians. The majority Islamic nations and the anti-Semites of Europe want to reduce the size of Israel so that the Jews there can eventually be exterminated. Please contact your congressman and ask him to support H. Res. 268  
SENATE GOP BLOCKS RADICAL OBAMA NOMINEE - Today Republicans in the Senate blocked the confirmation of the most radical judicial candidate Obama has yet put forward, Berkeley college professor Goodwin Liu, a man who has never served as a lower court judge and has hardly ever even argued a case before a federal court. If confirmed he would have become a federal judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for life. Read more!

RELIGION AND CULTURE 
BURNING QUR'AN IS BIG NEWS, PLOTTING TO MURDER IS NOT - Just down the road from where Rev. Terry Jones made headlines talking about burning a Qur'an, two other religious leaders were arrested for conspiracy to murder, maim and kidnap victims in the name of their god. They had even raised and sent funds to a known terrorist organization. The father and son imams were arrested in Florida and other arrest warrants were issued, but don't look for the story on the front page of the New York Times as that paper is using its space to report on "Islamophobia." Read more 
NEW MUSLIM US ATTORNEY SAID ISRAELIS ARE LIKE NAZIS - He has led marches against Israel and he shouted out the name of a terrorist leader. He has been an activist in numerous Islamic organizations with a hatred for Jews and Israel. As of this week he is also the new Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan. His name is Abed Hammoud, and he will be prosecuting cases associated with terror. Sadly, this is not a joke. Read more
May 19th CHAIRMAN'S REPORT ONLINE - In the May 19th issue: Bin Laden's takedown; no explanations needed /"Arab Spring" harbinger of a frightening summer /Obama offends policemen observing Police Week /Same-sex Navy marriages? / Congressman West says, Stop funding Pakistan /Congressional Resolution for Ten Commandments / Bankrupt but Gay-friendly /Another American girl victim of "honor killing" / Brave Egyptian and Nigerian Christians endure more attacks.

NO 911 MOSQUE
WHO IS FUNDING HUGE BROOKLYN MOSQUE? - Concerned residents of Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn formed a group called Bay People to stop construction of a large mosque in their neighborhood, but lost their appeal in court on May 10th. Yet some of the problems they first pointed out last summer do not seem to have been addressed. The mosque is apparently being funded by the Muslim American Society, a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and is an organization which "has a troubling history of associations with radical organizations and individuals that promote terrorism" Read more

INTERNATIONAL 

ISRAEL REJECTS '67 BORDER - Prime Minister Netanyahu rejected President Obama's call for Israel to return to the 1967 borders saying, "Israel believes that in order for peace to prevail, the establishment of a Palestinian state cannot come at the expense of the State of Israel's existence." His statement continued, "The Palestinians, and not only the United States, must recognize Israel as the Jewish people's nation-state."  
WHAT WOULD JOHN F. KENNEDY DO? - German newspaper Die Welt reported this past week that Iran is building missile silos in Venezuela. This is a clear indication that Iran is doing far more than supplying Venezuela with defensive anti-aircraft systems. The Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez and Iranian madman Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are allies and have signed numerous pacts. One of those allows for mining of uranium in Venezuela for sale to Iran. When it was discovered that the Soviet Union was shipping missiles to Cuba in 1960, President John F. Kennedy threatened war to stop them. What will President Obama do?
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.

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March 19, 2010 - Washington, DC

Obama shows the world how not to govern / Does Obama hate israel? / Hillary Clinton's anti-Israel tirade / Will Congress vote to pass health care, or vote to deem it to pass, or just pass to deem it? / Eric Cantor says Democrat leaders practice in a "malfeasant manner." / New powers, money and agents for the IRS / Huge victory for "under God" in the Pledge / Nigeria and the I-word / Iraqi Christian refugees
 
NEW MARCH CHAIRMAN'S REPORT NOW ONLINE- The March 3, 2010 Chairman's Report is now available online in PDF format. This issue contains information on persecuted Christians in Pakistan and Iraq. How Congress really works and why it doesn't. Click here for PDF version.
 

THE PRESIDENCY 

HOW NOT TO GOVERN - Criticizing your own nation abroad, while threatening your allies and coddling your enemies, is not a formula to successfully govern. President Barack Obama in early 2009 had a far left agenda that included socialized medicine, and at that time he had the popularity to pass his agenda through Congress. Instead of concentrating on his agenda, he went on one victory lap after another around the world, apologizing for America and thanking Islam for its contributions to our society. His latest victory lap was supposed to be to Indonesia to visit the madrassa he attended as a child. That trip has now been canceled because his agenda is failing in a Congress dominated by his own party. Obama's ego allowed him to believe that he was so loved, not only in America but worldwide, that anything he suggested would become law. Now he must claw and fight in Congress for every vote to save his "health reform" agenda by alternately threatening and bribing lawmakers. Regardless of whether there is a narrow win in the House this weekend for his health care agenda, Obama is badly wounded. There is political blood in the water and both sides can smell it. Republicans are eager for the battle they hid from just months ago, and Democratic congressmen are in hiding from their constituents.  
DOES OBAMA HATE ISRAEL? - During his early education at an Islamic madrassa in Indonesia, Barack Obama was taught the "evils" of the Jewish race. As a politician, even as a Senator, he attended a church where anti-semitism was preached from the pulpit. Some of it must have rubbed off, because he is insisting that Israel reduce itself to the size of a large ghetto and allow Palestinians who have not lived a day of their lives in Israel to become citizens and be allowed to vote. The terms for "peace" that Barack Obama has given to Israel would have the effect of ending its existence. With a straight face he then tells the world that Israel is "our closest ally." If this is how we treat our "closest ally," the member nations of NATO may want to turn to Russia as a partner.
CLINTON'S TIRADE AGAINST ISRAEL - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on the phone and lectured him for 45 minutes because it was an "affront" to America that Jews would announce building homes in Jerusalem while Vice President Biden was visiting there. During the one way conversation she told the Prime Minister that in order to even hold "peace talks" Israel must agree in advance to stop all construction on any land that Palestinians claim. Israel must also agree to split Jerusalem in half so that Palestinians can have an Islamic capital there. Her last demand was for Israel to agree to allow the "descendants" of the "original" Palestinians to return to Israel to live. In essence Clinton demanded that Israel agree to destroy itself as a precondition to peace talks. Concerning the 330 rockets that have been fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip in the last year, Secretary Clinton had nothing to say. In her mind the Palestinian extremists can do no wrong and they are justified in their murderous actions by Israel's refusal to hand over Jerusalem to them. REALITY: Oil rich Muslim royal families hold so much of the U.S. debt that they can dictate our foreign policy. America has sold its soul to the highest bidder for cash, to pay for the entitlement programs that buy votes.

THE CONGRESS

DEEM IT PASSED? - I was no fan of Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert. He took Newt Gingrich's Republican Revolution victory and turned it into backroom political deals that led to corruption and defeat for the GOP. Hastert had no real ideology; he was a pure politician. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, on the other hand, is an ideologue nutcase who is willing to corrupt the system far more than did Hastert to force her crazy Utopian view of the world on others. Apparently Obama's "health care reform" bill will not come to a vote at all. Instead Pelosi will call for a vote on an amendment that "deems" that it has already passed along with hundreds of pages of amendments that add even more costs, and cut even more from Medicare. Democrat Members of the House will then be able to tell their irate constituents that they did not vote for the unpopular bill; they just voted on an amendment that said it already passed. At all times keep in mind that liberals think that everyone other than themselves is stupid and that they must care for the "masses" with their superior intellect. The "masses," Pelosi believes, will not be able to figure out that those who voted to "deem" the bill passed really voted for the bill.
CANTOR FILES MALFEASANCE CHARGE - "Resolved, that the House disapproves of the malfeasant manner in which the Democratic Leadership has thereby discharged the duties of their offices." That is how the "privileged resolution" of Republican Whip Eric Cantor closed. Ten Democrats actually stepped across the aisle and voted not to table his resolution. Read resolution or see video of Cantor.
NEW POWER FOR IRS - While everyone else is concentrating on the cost of Obama Care, one committee took a close look at the IRS connection and this is what they found in the "health reform bill": * IRS agents verify if you have "acceptable" health care coverage; * IRS has the authority to fine you up to $2,250 or 2 percent of your income (whichever is greater) for failure to prove that you have purchased "minimum essential coverage;" * IRS can confiscate your tax refund; * IRS audits are likely to increase; * IRS will need up to $10 billion to administer the new health care program this decade; * IRS may need to hire as many as 16,500 additional auditors, agents and other employees to investigate and collect billions in new taxes from Americans. Read more.

CULTURE AND RELIGION

HUGE VICTORY FOR "UNDER GOD" - A little over two years ago I wrote The Pledge, One Nation Under God, which centered on the fight to remove "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag. At the time atheist Michael Newdow had filed a new case in the 9th Circuit Court, claiming "under God" in the Pledge to be unconstitutional. It was assumed the liberal court would find for him as it had in the past.

Not only did the 9th Circuit rule in favor of "under God" in the Pledge, the ruling went beyond the Supreme Court's usual "ceremonial deism" argument to actually agree that it was a justifiable political statement. The Court agreed that "under God" tapped into the philosophy that "inalienable rights" came from a source beyond the state. Read Ken Blackwell's excellent article fully explaining the victory. 
NEW MARCH CHAIRMAN'S REPORT NOW ONLINE- The March 3, 2010 Chairman's Report is now available online in PDF format. This issue contains information on persecuted Christians in Pakistan and Iraq. How Congress really works and why it doesn't. Click here for PDF version.

INTERNATIONAL

NIGERIA AND THE "I-WORD" - Last week I wrote about the newest massacre of Christians in Nigeria. Northern Nigeria is now completely dominated by hard line Islamic local governments that have implemented Sharia law. Islam is now reaching to take over and crush freedom in the Christian south. The major concern of the Obama Administration is to make sure Jews don't build homes in Jerusalem. My good friend Don Feder has a new Op-ed on the Western reaction to the slaughter in Nigeria that everyone in our government should read: At Play In The Fields Of Allah - Or Our Pathetic Inability To Say The I-Word 
IRAQI REFUGEES NEED HELP - Please help Iraqi Christian refugees with a tax deductible gift in 2010. All contributions posted online this week will go to assist Iraqi Christian refugees in Jordan and Syria. Please contribute at www.rfcnet.org or at the Iraqi Refugee Project page at Face book.
PETITION TO HILLARY CLINTON ON IRAQI CHRISTIANS - Read and sign the Internet petition to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The petition urges Clinton to direct our embassies to assist Christians who have fled Islamic terror in Iraq. The petition is located at www.iraqichristianrefugees.org.

CHRISTIAN INTERNET STORE

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