Week Ending May 22, 2009 - Washington, DC

Congress to investigate Napolitano's "Rightwing Extremist" Report / Obama puts modern art in the Oval Office / Did Bush wiretaps save New York synagogue this week? / Nancy Pelosi, the gift that keeps on giving to the GOP / More on Thought Crimes - How Brazil will ban Christian TV / Eqypt killed Christian farmers' pigs - because they were Jews? / New Chairman's Report available

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.

THE PRESIDENCY

NEW OVAL OFFICE ART - The Obamas are moving away from traditional art and have instead put up "modern" canvases into the White House that have "meaning" to them. Ed Ruscha's 'I'll Think I'll..." will adorn the walls of the Oval Office. The orange canvas contains phrases in various sizes that say, "Maybe Yes," Maybe No,""Wait A Minute," and Maybe No." The new art gives some insight into the new president's thinking patterns and logic. Click on image for larger view. Click here for WSJ story.

NAPOLITANO ORDERED TO EXPLAIN! - Democrats joined Republicans in ordering Janet Napolitano to hand over all documents used to draft the now infamous "Rightwing Extremism" report that the Department of Homeland Security has been forced to withdraw. The House Homeland Security Committee voted unanimously to order the material to be handed over to them. Just last week Napolitano, who had stood by the report, told the committee that it was not vetted or approved by her. Read more

BUSH WIRETAPS SAVE SYNAGOGUE? - This week four men who had been converted to Islam in prison were arrested by the FBI in front of a New York synagogue with a car full of explosives. They were there to kill Jews. Sources say the group had been infiltrated because of wiretaps which were permissible under the Bush Administration to stop terror attacks. The group of Islamic fanatics had been under observation for a full year. These are the wiretaps the liberals were so upset about and which President Obama has stopped.

Most prison Imams are radicals who use extremist Saudi Arabian educational materials. Although all four caught in the attempted bombing were born in America, they had learned in prison a hatred for Jews and were prepared to kill women and children on this the Sabbat. Some insights

THE CONGRESS

NANCY PELOSI'S GIFT TO THE GOP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is a screaming, word bomb tossing, radical leftist. Her anti-American rhetoric worked well for her as long as a Republican ran the government. Now there is a liberal Democrat in the White House and she is still screaming anti-American, anti-military slogans. Her latest accusation is that the CIA lied to her in a briefing. This comes after she said the CIA never did brief her. Then she said they informed her but didn't brief her. She has a problem. To keep the leftist nuts in San Francisco voting for her, she has to be a screaming radical. To act on behalf of President Obama as Speaker of the House, she has to act rational. She can't do both. View film clip here of Nancy Pelosi accusing the CIA of lying to her.

CULTURE AND RELIGION

MORE ON THOUGHT CRIMES - Here is the reality: homosexuals in the United States want the same censorship of Christians that is currently being pushed by the leftwing president of Brazil. The Brazilian government plans to add warning labels to Christian TV and radio programming it regards as "homophobic," according to reports from one of Brazil's largest newspapers, Folha de Sao Paulo. According to Folha, any media program critical of homosexuality in any way will be forced to display a warning label that reads, "not recommended for people under the age of 18." The newspaper said the policy stems from a plan for the "promotion of the citizenship of LGBT" (lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transvestites, and transsexuals). Brazil's Secretary of Justice reportedly told Folha that "homophobic" programming would be restricted to after 11 pm so as not to be viewed by children but, "the ideal is that they not be shown at any time."

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ALL NEW MAY 14th CHAIRMAN'S REPORT - The all new May 14th, 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 new 111th Congress, and also about our work on international issues. THIS IS A NEW CR SINCE LAST WEEK! Help your Sunday School class understand these issues better. Print out and distribute to your class or fellowship this Sunday! Click here to view!

INTERNATIONAL

EGYPT KILLED PIGS BECAUSE THEY WERE JEWISH? - Believe it or not an Egyptian Imam issued a statement explaining why all the pigs owned by Christian farmers in Egypt were killed this month. Sheik Ahmed Ali Othman explained that Mohammad turned his Jewish enemies into pigs and that the pigs living today are the descendants of Jews and must be slaughtered. Read news clip. Our government gives tens of millions of dollars to Egypt in "aid" each year, money that we borrow from China and that our grandchildren must pay back. Think about it!

IRAQI CHRISTIANS NEED HELP - The Religious Freedom Coalition is receiving virtually no funds for our Iraqi Christian Refugee Project from Internet sources. Just a few hundred dollars have been generated at our Facebook page. Virtually no funds are being received from the publication of this email update, even though thousands of people subscribe. Your help is genuinely needed. Please help. Donation link

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