Report From Washington - February 3, 2012

Obama exposes Israeli military plans, then says Jesus wants people to pay more taxes / Obama's continued attacks on the Catholic Church / Senator informs Obama that he is is not Jesus / Two Prayer Caucus backed bills pass House / Senator Rubio wants religious exemptions from Obama Care / Cherry picking the Bible / Occupy movement burns American flag and then goes anti-semitic / Dubai police chief says USA can't be trusted and has actually helped Iran / Media may have discovered persecuted Christians / A real success against Islamic terror

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THE PRESIDENCY 

OBAMA OUTS ISRAEL - The Obama Administration has warned an enemy, Iran, that one of our allies, Israel, is about to attack its nuclear sites. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta informed the media this week that Israel was planning an attack on Iran within a few months. Iran now knows when to heighten its defenses and how to prepare a retaliation against the Jewish state.

OBAMA SAYS JESUS WANTS TAX HIKES - I have not attended the National Prayer Breakfast for many years because it has become a political mockery rather than a gathering of the faithful to pray. As if to prove my point, President Barack Obama used this week's National Prayer Breakfast to push his tax increases, saying that as a Christian he knows that Jesus would want the rich to pay higher taxes. He awkwardly offered his proof by reading Luke 12:48 out of context. The passage actually concerns the treatment of servants by masters and has nothing whatsoever to do with taxes or government.

OBAMA AND THE CHURCH - According to President Barack Obama, a Christian school is a secular body separate from the church. He used the argument to try to force employee standards on church schools (although thankfully he lost in the Supreme Court). Now he wants to use mandated health insurance to force Church owned organizations such as schools and hospitals to provide health insurance that includes contraceptives, sterilization and even the "morning after pill."
CONGRESS 

SENATOR TELLS OBAMA HE IS NOT JESUS - A few hours after President Barack Obama invoked the words of Jesus to promote tax hikes Senator Orrin Hatch took to the floor of the Senate and made this comment: "Just this morning at the National Prayer Breakfast the President took what has always been a non-partisan opportunity for national unity and used it to promote his political agenda. He suggested to the attendees that Jesus would have supported his latest tax-the-rich schemes. With due respect to the President, he should stick to public policy. I think most Americans would agree that the Gospels are concerned with weightier matters than effective tax rates." The Senator went on to point out Obama's attack on the church using Obama Care earlier in the week. Read more 
PRAYER CAUCUS BACKED BILLS - The WWII Memorial Prayer Act, H.R. 2070 passed this week by an overwhelming 386-26. Prayer Caucus members introduces the bill because the Park Service omitted "so help us God" in an inscription of President Roosevelt's address to Congress following the attacks on Pearl Harbor. This bill directs the inscription of President Franklin Roosevelt's historic "D-Day Prayer" at the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C. Pressure must be placed on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to pass the bill in the Senate.
By a voice vote the House also approved the War Memorial Protection Act, H.R. 290. This legislation ensures that memorials commemorating the U.S. Armed Forces may contain religious symbols. The bill counters decisions by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (The Nutty Ninth) to remove such monuments to veterans as the Mt. Solidad Cross.
RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION FROM OBABACARE - U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced a bill called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012 that will expand the nearly nonexistent exemption for religious employers in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly known as ObamaCare.
As it now stands, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is forcing religious employers to pay for contraceptives, sterilization services, and abortion-inducing drugs for their employees. In a failed attempt to respond to complaints, the DHHS has given religious organizations one year to adapt to the ObamaCare mandate. Read more
RELIGION AND CULTURE 

CHERRY PICKING THE BIBLE - In America today there is a growing fad which has been called Designer Christianity. Cherry-picked Christian ideology has zero to do with God's Word and everything to do with the moral relativism that now pervades modern philosophy. It is a pick-and-choose brand of religion where a person selects exactly what he or she wants to believe, misinterprets and takes Scripture out of context, and then labels those who object to that sacrilege as mean-spirited, un-Jesus-like, and anti-Christian. Read more  
OCCUPY MOVEMENT GOES ANTI-SEMITIC - Does it actually surprise anyone that the Oakland, California Occupy movement endorsed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel? A statement at the Occupy Oakland website stated that Israel had "prodded" the United States into Afghanistan and Iraq wars. This is the same group that broke into the Oakland City Hall, smashed windows and furniture and set fires. These are Obama's thugs practicing their assault tactics in preparation for the November election.
MORE FROM THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COALITION

NEW CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - Now available, the Chairman's Report for January 27, 2012. IN THIS ISSUE: Obama's continued war on religious freedom / Court defeat for Obama on EEOC attack on churches / HAMAS cheered by Obama support of Arab Spring / Rick Santorum defends faith and family / Former congressman jailed over Sudan contacts / Egypt's richest man faces blasphemy charge / Muslim Brotherhood owns Egypt / The Arab Spring turns to an Islamic fall / Boko Haram kills hundreds more in Nigeria / New York Times says Boko Haram "not a problem" / More from Religious Freedom Coalition 
LEARN MORE ABOUT SHARIA LAW - One of the best locations on the Internet to learn about Islamic Sharia law and its effect on the West is www.shariafreeusa.org 
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INTERNATIONAL

DUBAI POLICE CHIEF NO LONGER TRUSTS AMERICA - At a January 19, 2012 regional security conference in Bahrain, Dubai's longtime chief of police Dahi Khalfan Tamim gave an assessment of security threats to the Gulf states. He said that the U.S. was the main security threat, had realized Iran's dreams in Iraq, was "embracing" the Muslim Brotherhood, and was no longer an ally. (This is what our allies in the Gulf have to say about us.) Read more

MEDIA DISCOVERS PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS - Has the media discovered persecuted Christians in the Middle East? For the most part the answer is no. Despite Asia Bibi and other Christians in jail for blasphemy, and despite the murders of Christians in Iraq, Iran and other Islamic areas, the media is for the most part silent.The Boko Haram has killed hundreds of Christians so far this year alone, yet the New York Times ran an opinion editorial stating that the Boko Haram is "not a problem in Nigeria." However, there may be spark of light at Fox News. Read more
MORE UK TERRORISTS - Three terrorists from Stoke-on-Trent plotted al-Qaeda-inspired bomb attacks on pubs and clubs. Usman Khan, Mohammed Shahjahan and Nazam Hussain, wanted to bring terror to their home city by placing homemade time bombs in pub toilets. Read more
SUCCESS AGAINST ISLAMIC TERROR - A Philippine Air Force strike against an Islamic terror target has killed Zulkifli bin Hir (also known as Marwan), a Malaysian-born bomb maker the US wanted dead so badly that it put a $5 million bounty on his head. Three other Islamic terror leaders were killed in the attack that may cripple the Abu Sayyaf, which kills hundreds of Christians a year in the Philippines. The American media virtually never mentions Islamic terror attacks in this region of the world.

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Don't move deadly rockets closer to Israel's families

When Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu arrives in Washington, DC this week he will be greeted by a full page ad in the Wall Street Journal showing the support of numerous social conservative organizations including the Religious Freedom Coalition. The full page ad ran in the Washington, DC regional edition of the Wall Street Journal and was seen by virtually every congressman and Senator.

The pressure on Israel to give up land, including a large part of their capital city of Jerusalem, has never been greater. Each time Israel has given up their land for the promise of “peace,” the people of that tiny nation have instead been bombarded by rockets fired from an even closer range. If those rockets are moved to the 1967 border as the PLO and Hamas now demand, Tel Aviv will be an easy target to hit.

President Obama has now joined the radical Muslim voices of the world to call for Israel to be reduced to its 1967 border, a border that cannot be defended.

In the years after Israel handed over control of the Gaza Strip in September, 2005 and evicted nearly 8,500 Israeli citizens, thousands of rockets and tens of thousands of mortar shells have been fired into Israel. Homes, schools, malls and even day care centers have been hit. Innocent civilians have been killed and injured by these attacks in Israel. Most recently an anti-tank missile hit an Israeli school bus.

A surrender of more land by Israel will only move the deadly missiles closer to the population centers of Israel. The Jewish people, given the land by Jehovah in a lasting covenant, should not be forced to surrender even another hectare. The advertisement in the Wall Street Journal is meant as an encouragement to Prime Minister Netanyahu and the people of Israel. The ad concludes by telling Prime Minister Netanyahu, “We, the undersigned, encourage President Obama, the State Department, the Congress, and the whole of the United States of America to stand unwavering with you, without further sacrificing Israel’s sovereignty, safety, or security. See full page ad 

TV as well!

Not only does the full page ad appear in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, May 19th, but in the Jerusalem Post on Friday, May 20th to let the people of Israel know that there are still millions of Americans standing with them. The coalition of groups from across the United States is also running an a TV commercial on the Fox News channel.

June 4, 2010 - Washington,DC

Obama and Israel / Obama and the "relief flotilla" / We can't defend Israel / House and Senate in recess / Comedy Central's new attack on Jesus / Video of pastor arrested for calling a sin a sin / International - the Muslim view of the flotilla "mujahideen"

 

NEW May 27, 2010 CHAIRMAN'S REPORT NOW ONLINE- The May 27, 2010 Chairman's Report is now available online. This issue contains: Obama's Morocco problem / Frank Wolf demands action as Christians deported from Morocco / Can anyone in the Obama Administration read? / Democrat congressmen stand and applaud foreign president who attacks a US state / Parental rights laws to be handed down by UN? / ACLU hate speech and the Mojave cross desecration View PDF Version

 

THE PRESIDENCY

OBAMA AND ISRAEL - President Barack Obama has no understanding of the Biblical importance of Israel. Indeed, he has very little understanding of the Bible at all. He did not attend church while at Harvard, and only joined a church in Chicago for political reasons. The pastor of that church, Jeremiah Wright, was an anti-Semite who blamed the Jews for the problems of blacks from the pulpit --- that is, when he wasn't firing off racist hate against whites. Obama is also under pressure from the far left to "free" the Palestinians, which is code for the destruction of Israel. The far left today, particularly media outlets such as the Huffington Post, are anti-Semitic. They want someone to blame for the problems of the world, and the capitalists and the Jews are handy targets for the left to hate.  

OBAMA AND THE RELIEF FLOTILLA - The boats of the so called "relief flotilla" which were boarded by Israeli Commandos this week as the boats were attempting to enter Gaza, carried hundreds of "activists," some of whom were associated with Al-qaeda, Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations. The US voted in the UN right along with nations that support terror, to condemn Israel for the raid on the ships. Remember that the UN never comdemned HAMAS for firing over 2,000 rockets from Gaza at civilian targets in Israel. During the attacks on Israeli civilian targets, world leaders demanded that Israel "respond with restraint."
NO DEFENSE FOR ISRAEL - If Obama wanted to defend Israel, which he doesn't, the Arab nations would stop him cold. How? The United States is a deadbeat debtor nation. We can't pay back the loans we have and we have to borrow money from Muslim nations and the Chinese, just to pay the interest we owe them on loans we already have. If we made "too much" of an effort to defend Israel, the Muslim nations could stop lending us money -- or even worse -- call the debt we already owe them. Deadbeat, broke nations can't give many orders to anyone. This is the reality the American people need to understand. Sacrifices must be made to restore American leadership in the world. We must pay back our loans, and that means giving up entitlements.
 

THE CONGRESS
 

HOUSE AND SENATE IN RECESS - Both Houses are in recess and no votes are scheduled in the House until after 6:30 PM on Tuesday, June the 8th, although some members will return on June 7th for committee meetings. As a result, the nation is safe from further moral decay and excessive spending until next week.
 

CULTURE AND RELIGION
 

COMEDY CENTRAL ATTACK ON JESUS - Mohammad is off limits to any criticism on American TV. Comedy Central learned quickly that even a covered image of "the Prophet" could mean not laughs, but death to the producers. Jesus Christ, however, can safely be mocked and vilified in the American media. Comedy Central has announced a new show called "JC." This is a half-hour "adult cartoon" show about Jesus living in New York City to escape his "apathetic father." In the show God ingores His son while playing video games. American pulpits are so far oddly silent about this blasphemy. (See MRC story) A coalition of organizations, including the Religious Freedom Coalition, has drafted a letter to be sent to companies that plan to advertise on JC. (See letter). As it gets closer to the premier of the show we will post the names of the sponsors for you to contact as well.  

PASTOR ARRESTED FOR CALLING A SIN A "SIN" - I will not elaborate ... the video of a a pastor being arrested in England for publicly stating that homosexuality is a sin speaks for itself. Freedom of speech is gone in most of Europe. What can still be said in the Untied States can get you arrested in Europe and Canada. The speech restrictions have begun in the United States and will continue to get worse. Eventually only those who hate God will have freedom of speech. See Youtube Clip
 

INTERNATIONAL

MUSLIM VIEW OF THE RELIEF FLOTILLA - Let's start with a mullah on Youtube who says: "I salute those mujahideen, who met their death in support of the Palestinian people. I wish that I could have been among them. I wish I were among their martyrs today. See clip
 

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April 23, 2010 - Washington, DC

(This update is being retransmitted because of distribution problems on the 23rd)

Obama and the Little Satan / Congressmen defend the National Day of Prayer / New poll shows public support for National Day of Prayer / Prayer for our nation in Washington on May Day / Persecution of Christians in Iran / Human Rights Watch raising funds from Saudi Arabia?  

UTOPIA:
Have you read the April 14th edition of the Chairman's Report that features the Utopian philosophy that is destroying the United States and the rest of the West? Drawing on my own past experience growing up in a Marxist home, and exploring the literary example of Thomas More's Of the republic's best state and the island of Utopia I seek to explain why liberals are in such denial of reality. I urge you to print out copies of this edition of the Chairman's Report and to share it with others. Click here to read or print PDF.

THE PRESIDENCY

THE GREAT SATAN AND THE LITTLE SATAN - President Barak Obama has bought the big lie. I have heard the lie on numerous occasions as I have traveled on fact finding missions in Islamic nations. The lie is simply this: "We hate America only because America supports Israel's persecution of Palestinians. If America will allow a Palestinian state and 'return' Jerusalem to the Palestinians, then our hatred for America will stop." But wait: In virtually every Islamic pulpit in the world America is the "big Satan" and Israel is the "little Satan." If the "big Satan" turns against the "little Satan," will the "big Satan" suddenly be loved? Of course not. Islamic hatred for America has to do with the core belief in Islam that democracy is an apostate religion that must be destroyed. This is taught in Islamic schools from the capital of Saudi Arabia to the Islamic Academy just outside Washington, DC. The destruction of the "little Satan" is just a step toward the destruction of the "big Satan." But, Obama has bight the lie. He truly believes that handing over half of Jerusalem to Muslims will somehow make Osama Bin Laden love America, and that the Taliban will put down their guns. It is simple, liberal logic: when facing an enemy you just punch out your best friend in hopes that will make the bully leave you alone. After Israel, what comes next, handing over American Jews to Iran for punishment?

THE CONGRESS

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER - Congressman Randy Forbes (R-VA) has stepped forward as the flag bearer in the battle to defend the National Day of Prayer. Federal Judge Barbara Crabb recently declared the observance unconstitutional, declaring it as no different than recognizing "rune magic." Her opinion had nothing to do with the Constitution; it was obviously just secularist and anti-Christian bigotry on her part. Congressman Forbes held a news conference with numerous Members of Congress in defense of the National Day of Prayer which was created by an act of Congress. The press conference can be viewed on Youtube in two parts. Links to part one and part two.

CULTURE AND RELIGION

NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER POLLS - Shortly after Judge Barbara Crabb found the National Day of Prayer to be "unconstitutional," a Rasmussen Poll showed exactly how far out of line she is with the mainstream of thought in the United States. According to Rasmussen just 28% of of adult Americans believe that there should be no National Day of Prayer and 60% believe strongly that there should be. Judge Crabb was appointed by President Jimmy Carter and her core beliefs are similar to the judges now being appointed by President Barack Obama.  
MAY DAY 2010 - A cry to God for a nation in distress! Join with Christian leaders of all denominations who love God, as we humble ourselves, pray, seek the face of God, and turn from our wicked ways-individually and as a nation. Jesus will be front and center at May Day. Join national leaders on May 1, 2010 - starting at sunrise (6:10 A.M. EDT) and finishing at 2:00 P.M. at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Learn more

INTERNATIONAL

PERSECUTION IN IRAN - Until President Jimmy Carter helped to overthrow the secular Western leaning government in Iran, Christians and Jews could live in safety there and practice their religion. There are virtually no Jews remaining in Iran and the persecution of Christians has increased virtually every year since the Mullahs took over Iran and established a state based on Sharia, or Islamic law. Read the latest news on the persecution of Christians in Iran.
  HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH? - The Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization is raising funds in Saudi Arabia, which is a violator of virtually all human rights, by declaring that Israel is "low hanging fruit." To translate, the organization was telling rich Muslims they (HRW) could up their propaganda campaign against Israel in return for larger donations. Over the past years HRW has found nothing wrong with terrorist acts against Israeli civilians, but finds Israel's practice of defending itself a violation of Palisteian "rights." Read more
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.

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October 9, 2009 - Washington, DC

Thirty "czars" and counting / Obama to Israel: Shrink and die / Hillary Clinton and the anti-Semitic revolutionaries / Thought Crimes in Defense Bill / The Mojave Cross goes to the Supreme Court / UN and US approve blasphemy resolution / More Pakistani persecution of Christians / RFC report on Pakistani Blasphemy laws

 

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THE PRESIDENCY

THIRTY CZARS AND COUNTING - The "czar" situation at the White House is getting out of hand. There are now thirty czars, with President Obama looking for more. They have been given decision making power that is normally reserved for departments that are funded and controlled by acts of Congress. Some of the czars, such as Science Czar John Holdren, are just flat scary. In the past, Holdren has said forced abortions may be needed to save the planet from mankind. He sees people as a threat to the Earth. The "Terrorism Czar," John Brennan, has a long history of hostility toward the CIA. And let's not forget the unfathomable choice of Kevin Jennings as the "Safe Schools Czar." Jennings once said, "One of the people that's always inspired me is Harry Hay." Hay is the founder of NAMBLA (North American Man/Boy Love Association) which promotes homosexual sex between older men and young boys. Most of these czars are unvetted. They did not have to answer any questions from Congress, nor did they have to pass security clearances. Some have actually belonged to communist affiliated organizations, and one has praised Hugo Chavez as a model for the rest of Latin America.  

OBAMA TO ISRAEL: "SHRINK AND DIE" - Obama wants Israel to shrink itself to a size smaller that the total area of Houston, Texas. He believes that the Muslims, who already control 99% of the Middle East plus parts of Asia and Europe, must be given the land that Jews fought and died for to make "peace." Israel has been shrinking itself at the insistence of both Democrat and Republican presidents since Jimmy Carter. The result has been more terrorist attacks, not only on Israel but on the United States. Osama bin Laden, in his many statements, has made it clear that the 9-11 Jihad attack on the USA was punishment for supporting the very existence of Israel, regardless of its size.
 
HILLARY CLINTON AND ANTI-SEMITIC LEADERS - Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez has been influenced by his good ally Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and it appears the leftist movement in Latin America is moving toward the persecution of Jews. David Romero Ellner, a leftist supporter of ousted leftist president Manuel Zelaya in Honduras said, "Sometimes I ask myself if Hitler wasn't right when he wanted to finish with that race, through the famous holocaust, because if there are people that are harmful to this country, they are the Jews, the Israelites." Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama are supporting the return to power of Zelaya and his hateful anti-Semitic administration. He was removed legally by the Honduran Supreme Court after he tried to give himself a lifetime term as President, as did Chavez in Venezuela. Many Jews in Central America are now headed toward the United States and Israel because of the fear of persecution. Read more

THE CONGRESS

THOUGHT CRIMES IN DEFENSE BILL- "No one doubts that the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 is an important piece of legislation. Its essential elements will provide for our troops the critical resources they need to accomplish their mission. However, the Majority in this Congress has cynically included hate crimes provisions in this legislation that threaten the very freedoms of speech and religion that draw our soldiers into the uniform of this nation." Those were the words of Congressman Mike Pence as he announced he could not vote for the Defense authorization bill because radical Nancy Pelosi added language that criminalized speech. His speech is on Youtube

CULTURE AND RELIGION

SALAZAR VS. BUONO - That is the title of the case that was heard before the Supreme Court this week concerning a war memorial in a Mojave Desert federal park. Secularists and atheists want the memorial to fallen American servicemen torn down because it is in the shape of a cross. So far the atheists and the secularists have prevailed in lower courts. The case is very significant in that virtually every federal cemetery in the nation, including Arlington National Cemetery, has crosses. Virtually every grave in Arlington either has a cross or Star of David. The Supreme Court itself has several reliefs on the building and in the Court itself depicting religious faith. Should the Court side with the secularists and atheists, every religious symbol in our nation on public land would be in danger of removal. On Tuesday, October 6th I was one of the presenters at a press conference next to the Supreme Court. The purpose of the press conference was to remind the Court, the press and the nation of the Judeo-Christian foundations of our nation. See video of press conference here
 
OCTOBER 8, 2009 CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new October 8, 2009 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. This issue contains more information about our work on Capitol Hill with the 111th Congress, and also about our work on international issues. Help your Sunday School class understand these issues better. Print out and distribute the Chairman's Report to your class or fellowship this Sunday! Click here to review.
 
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INTERNATIONAL

US/UN APPROVE BLASPHEMY LAWS - Back in August I reported in this update about how Muslims rampaged in the Christian area of Gojra, Pakistan killing at least seven Christians and injuring many more. More than 100 Christian homes were looted and burned because of an unsubstantiated rumor of "blasphemy." Muslims accused the Christians of misuse of the Quran. There have been no arrests. Blasphemy laws in Pakistan are used against Christians and others when Muslims want to steal land or settle other disputes of revenge. Blasphemy laws are a tool against free speech in Islamic nations. Oddly the Obama Administration has now sided with Muslim nations in the UN who want to silence a free press worldwide.

The United States voted for a UN resolution which would be considered unconstitutional under our First Amendment . The UN Human Rights Council adopted the anti-blasphemy resolution that was sponsored by Egypt and the US. Read more  

MORE PAKISTANI PERSECUTION - This year a billion and a half of our taxpayer dollars will be given to Pakistan despite the fact that audits show that 80% of aid is lost to corruption. Meanwhile Christians continue to face persecution. Murders of Christians and the destruction of Christian homes is becoming ever more frequent. Yet, the Obama Administration refuses to put restrictions on the use of the aid money that would bring some relief to the persecuted. Read more
 
RFC REPORT ON PAKISTANI BLASPHEMY LAWS - A meeting was held on the current situation of Pakistani laws at the Hudson Institute in Washington, DC on October 7th. Click here to read the RFC report on this meeting and the Pakistani Blasphemy laws.
 
IRAQI CHRISTIAN REFUGEES - The persecution of our brothers and sisters in Christ who fled Iraq has gotten worse since our troops left the cities. Rather than Christians returning to Iraq, more are making their way to Jordan and Syria. Our ministry is barred from operating in Syria, but our feeding and medical program continues in Jordan. A third shipment of medical supplies has been delivered, and this week we funded our feeding program in Amman for another three months. Your help is still needed.

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September 25, 2009 - Washington, DC

Obama to Israel - "Shrink and die" / Obama worshiped in New Jersey school / New school czar not ashamed of drug use / Taxpayer funded abortion? / Protecting the Taxpayers Conscience / Former Muslims ask Congress for protection / Yale University's fear of Islam / US Muslims invade Capitol Hill with "Our Time Has Come" march / State Department steers congressmen away from the truth

 

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THE PRESIDENCY

OBAMA TO ISRAEL: "SHRINK AND DIE" - Obama wants Israel to shrink itself to a size smaller that the total area of Houston, Texas. He believes that the Muslims, who already control 99% of the Middle East plus parts of Asia and Europe, must be given the land that Jews fought and died for to make "peace." Israel has been shrinking itself at the insistence of both Democrat and Republican presidents since Jimmy Carter. The result has been more terrorist attacks, not only on Israel but on the United States. Osama bin Laden made it clear that the 9-11 Jihad attack on the USA was punishment for supporting the very existence of Israel, regardless of its size. Obama's anti-Israel policy will not end Muslim terror, it will only embolden it. Barack Obama is setting forth an agenda for Israel which will lead to a war of extermination against Jews and perhaps the use of nuclear weapons by Israel as a final defense against another Holocaust. Read comments of Ambassador John Bolton  
PUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN WORSHIP OBAMA - In a public school auditorium in New Jersey, elementary age children, both black and white, were filmed singing a song of praise to "Barack Hussein Obama" for all his glorious deeds. The school district refuses to respond to news organizations' questions, but the video on Youtube leaves no doubt about the intent of the teacher to indoctrinate the school children. I thought the Hollywood stars video promising to "serve" Obama was on the weird side, but this video of children singing a worship song about a living president is sickening. See video of kids worshiping Obama here.
SCHOOL CZAR'S DRUG USE? - President Obama's "safe schools czar," Kevin Jennings has advocated promoting homosexuality in schools. He has written about his past drug use without condemning it and expresses a general contempt for religion. While a teacher in 1990, he was one of the founders of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network, a group promoting pro-homosexual activities in public schools. This is just one of the czars that Barack Obama surrounds himself with. Read more

THE CONGRES

HEALTH CARE AND ABORTION - A conference committee has the final say in what is in a law. Often the law that comes out of the joint House-Senate conference has little resemblance to either the House or the Senate version. Many times the majority party will allow the minority small victories in the House or Senate chambers because they plan on removing those "victories" from the final language in conference. In the House version of Obama-care, abortion is not only paid for in the "government option," but it is mandated that "approved" private insurance companies must cover abortion. The Democrats in the Senate have now agreed that their Obama-care bill will not cover abortion. BUT, BUT, BUT: It is the Democrat controlled conference committee that will actually write the finished Obama-care law after it is voted on in the Senate. I can assure you that radicals Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will appoint conferees from the House and Senate to work on the final language who believe there are too many living Americans and more need to be aborted. Liberals believe the birth rates are too high and the carbon "footprint" of human beings disturbs the planet. 
PROTECTING TAXPAYERS' CONSCIENCES - Congressman Pete Olson of Texas has introduced the Taxpayer Conscience Protection Act that would force an audit of how tax dollars are spent that go to organizations such as Planned Parenthood. Olson points out that the funds are liquid and just sort of disappear inside Planned Parenthood with no proof that tax dollars are not used to promote abortion. It is very unlikely that radical House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will allow a vote either in committee or on the floor for this legislation. Read more
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CULTURE AND RELIGION

FORMER MUSLIMS ASK FOR PROTECTION - The day before the Muslim "Our Day Has Come" rally on Capitol Hill former Muslims pleaded with Congress for protection from Sharia law. This Islamic law mandates death for adult male "apostates." Females are usually imprisoned for life, but sometimes just killed in Western nations such as the UK and the USA. In Texas two teenage girls were murdered last year by their father for "straying" from Islam. Honor killings are also becoming popular with Muslims in the United States. A "moderate" Muslim TV cable channel operator ion New York beheaded his wife this year when she asked for a divorce. Read a toned down story in the Washington Times ... Yes ... Fear of Islam even effects conservative outlets. Click here for Former Muslims United home page.  
YALE UNIVERSITY'S FEAR OF ISLAM - It has been almost four years since publication of some political cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammad in an obscure Danish newspaper led to riots in countries around the globe and resulted in the deaths of 200 people, trade boycotts against Denmark, and attempts by the United Nations Council on Human Rights to have 'blasphemy laws" observed by member nations.

This week Danish author Jytte Klausen led a discussion at the Hudson Institute about her book, "The Cartoons that Shook the World." Her publisher, Yale University Press, refused to allow the actual cartoons to be reprinted in the book, out of fear of violence. Riots followed the original cartoons' publication were not spontaneous, but were carefully orchestrated by an international network of radical imams bent on intimidating the West and gaining a toehold for Sharia laws in Europe. Free speech is a major front in the war against Islamic extremism. Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders must live in secret locations under constant guard because of his film called "Fitna." He is but one on a growing list of those threatened or even killed for publishing articles, books or movies critical of Islam.
SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new September 18, 2009 Chairman's Report is now available to read in PDF format. This issue contains more information about our work on Capitol Hill with the 111th Congress, and also about our work on international issues. Help your Sunday School class understand these issues better. Print out and distribute the Chairman's Report to your class or fellowship this Sunday! Click here to review.

U.S. MUSLIMS: "OUR TIME HAS COME"

THE MARCH - Emboldened by victories for sharia law in Europe and Canada, Muslims have organized a march on Capitol Hill for Friday, September 25, 2009. The theme of the march is "Our time has come," to make the point to lawmakers that they must receive the same preferential treatment as they do in other nations. Starting at 4:00 AM loudspeakers will proclaim Washington as Muslim from Capitol Hill to the Lincoln Monument in mandatory prayers. Noise and public nuisance laws will not be enforced as the loudspeakers blast prayers before dawn. The final goal of the estimated 50,000 who plan to participate? To remind Congress that even though they are less than 1% of the population they can not only be organized as well as deadly The organizers of the event have refused to reject terror as a tool of Islam. Read group letter demanding that organizers renounce terror before the march. 
THE ORGANIZERS - One of the "moderate" Imam organizers of the "Our Time Has Come" march has advocated that our current Constitution be discarded and replaced by a new Constitution that would create a Caliphate to rule over America. Another of the "moderate" organizers is an attorney who has represented Islamic terrorists including those who first bombed the World Trade Center in 1993. Read more about "moderate" Muslims who organized the "Our Time Is Now" march.
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INTERNATIONAL

IRAQ, ISRAEL AND WHATEVER - Congressmen and Senators go on fact finding missions to many of the same places I visit on fact finding missions, such as Israel, Iraq, and Jordan. When they come back I talk to them, and I find that because of the State Department they never see what I have seen while there. I give them contact information for Christian refugees in Jordan, but the State Department routes them to UN officials. I make arrangements for them to visit bombed out churches in Iraq, but State tells them it is too dangerous to go. In Israel I make arrangements for them to visit "settlements" like the city of Ariel, and somehow the Embassy there manages to route them elsewhere. I have been doing this work for decades and this is not an Obama or Hillary Clinton problem. Condoleezza Rice did the same thing under Bush. The result is that there is almost no media coverage of the problem in the Middle East of persecution of non-Muslim minorities. Attention is also directed away from major cities in Israel that the State Department wants handed over to Palestinian Muslims. For the most part, the State Department sides with dictators against democracies and favors persecutors over the persecuted.  
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.

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