October 30, 2009 - Washington, DC

Obama's payback to homosexuals / Obama scores on the golf course / Pelosi's health bill cheap at a trillion bucks / Abortion in the Pelosi health bill / Just like cash for clunkers? / The FBI - Muslim shoot-out in Michigan / CAIR says terrorist was a good guy / Jews shot at synagogue in LA / Gore Vidal on killing George Bush and blaming a 13 year old for her own rape / Newdow appeals "under God" ruling / The Pledge: One Nation Under God / Afghan girls set fire to themselves / More on Iraqi Christian refugees
 

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THE PRESIDENCY

OBAMA'S PAYBACK TO HOMOSEXUALS - This week Barack Obama signed the Defense Authorization Bill that included special rights and protections for homosexuals. The bill authorized grants of $100,000 to investigate hate crimes, the grants to be given to local and "tribal" law enforcement agencies. Careful reading reveals the following: A local agency only gets additional grant funds if it is investigating a "hate crime." There will now be a huge spike in "hate crime" investigations as local agency that are cash strapped try to get the funds. Homosexuals were given the special protections and rights in the Defense Authorization as a payback by Obama for the many millions of dollars donated to him, much of it illegally, by homosexual groups. Read more  
OBAMA THE GOLF GUY - President George W. Bush suffered from media attacks for participating in any recreational activity while our troops were in harm's way. There has been virtually no news media reports on the 24 golf outings by Obama. Even less attention has been paid to the identities of those who play golf with him, such as UBS America's CEO Robert Wolf. (UBS is a Swiss Bank) The CEO had raised half a million dollars for Obama and his bank got a sweetheart deal with the IRS. Obama has also given the keys to the White House bowling alley to his top donors, and he watched a 3-D movie with them in the White House movie theater. Read more
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THE CONGRESS

A TRILLION HERE, A TRILLION THERE - This week, left wing radical Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled yet another "health reform" bill in the House. This one is almost 2,000 pages long and sort of merges three previous bills that passed different committees in the House. The cost to taxpayers is "only" a trillion dollars, (and that's if all the savings the bill estimates actually come to pass, which no rational person believes). One underlying concept of the bill is that demand on medical services will not increase once the government begins to subsidize medical insurance. Remember cash for clunkers? When the government gave out checks for $4,500 to individuals to buy cars, demand increased 10%. But the Pelosi bill assumes no increased demand if government subsidizes health insurance. Is this a joke? 
PELOSI'S ABORTION BILL - Late-term abortionist Leroy Carhart was standing with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi when she announced her new "health care" bill. He wants to make sure that there will be taxpayer-funded abortions, including partial birth abortions. Few understand that the United States is one of only a handful of nations in which abortion is a major industry. Germany has one-third the abortions as does the United States, and late term abortions are virtually impossible to obtain in Europe. Read more
ABOUT CASH FOR CLUNKERS - Remember those $4,500 checks to buy new cars this past summer? A new estimate shows the actual cost per "clunker" taken off the road was $24,000 each! Edmunds.com found that of the 690,00 cars sold during the program only 125,000 sales were caused by the rebates. The rest of sales were because of accidents, lease returns and folks that just happened to be lucky enough to have the government money available when they traded their car. So the $3 billion was actually only causing the sales of 125,000 cars. Read more

CULTURE AND RELIGION

RADICAL MUSLIMS vs. FBI IN MICHIGAN SHOOT OUT - On Wednesday, the FBI fatally shot Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah when he refused to surrender during a raid on Ummah facilities. More than a dozen were arrested. The Imam preached that criminal acts were acceptable if they advanced Islam. He urged his followers to support Al Qaeda, the Taliban and Hezbollah and that all infidels (us!) must live under Muslim rule. Dawud Walid, head of CAIR's (Council on American-Islamic Relations) Michigan branch, defended Abdullah, calling him a "respectable imam in the Muslim community." The Obama Administration sees CAIR as a moderate Islamic organization and its leaders are frequently invited to Administration functions. The shoot out was not much more than fleeting news in the "mainstream media." Read more  
JEWS SHOT AT LOS ANGELES SYNAGOGUE - Yes, it was in the news very briefly. The police "think" it may have been a "hate crime." Two Jewish men where shot in the legs on the steps of a Los Angeles synagogue. I can't find a single news outlet where this story is featured ... you sort of have to dig for it. Just imagine if this would have been a "gay night club." Obama would have sent scores of FBI agents and it would be front page news in the New York Times and Washington Post ... but, they were "just" Jews. Read Fox story
VIDAL SAYS 13 YEAR OLD RAPE VICTIM A "HOOKER" - I know there are some sane people in Hollywoood because I have met them. For example there are Chuck Norris, Ben Stein, Pat Boone, Kathy Ireland, and Rick Schroeder. But let's face it, most of Hollywood is flat out nuts and Gore Vidal proves it. In an interview he defended Roman Polanski's drug-rape of a 13-year-old girl claiming she was really a "hooker." This comes a few days after he said in a TV interview that he wanted to murder President George W. Bush. ABC, CBS, CNN and NBC oddly don't see anything about his comments that they can complain about. We live in a very ill society. Read more
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PLEDGE UNDER GOD

NEWDOW AND UNDER GOD - Atheist Michael Newdow has appealed his loss in New Hampshire federal district court to the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. Newdow wants to overturn Chief Judge Steven McAuliffe's decision in favor of "under God" in the Pledge in the Hanover, New Hampshire public schools. Lower courts have ruled that the words "under God" do not violate the Constitution. THE PLEDGE - ONE NATION UNDER GOD - My book, "The Pledge: One Nation Under God," which covers the history of the Pledge of Allegiance and the important reasons why "under God" should remain in it, is still available at our Internet bookstore. Does your library have a copy? Buy a copy and donate it to your local library or school.
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INTERNATIONAL

AFGHAN GIRLS SET THEMSELVES ON FIRE - NBC News reported on a horror which is common in Islamic nations without once mentioning Islam. Young girls, sometimes as young as eleven years old, who are forced into polygamist marriages, set themselves on fire because they are treated as slaves. Once disfigured they believe the husbands will discard them for another pre-teen or teen. Our brave men and women are fighting to uphold an Afghan constitution that allows polygamy, the slavery of young girls, and the death penalty for those who convert to Christianity.See NBC clip here. Polygamy is the driving force behind Jihad. In many Muslim nations up to 50% of the men cannot find wives because of polygamy. These are the recruits for Jihad.  
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 last week we funded our feeding program in Amman for another three months. Your help is still needed.
SPECIAL IRAQI UPDATE - Our ministry partner from Jordan will be in Washington, DC in November, and arrangements have been made to visit several congressional offices. We will also prepare a large shipment of medical supplies to be sent back to the clinic we support in Jordan, enough to last through November and December. Please help financially with these projects.

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October 23, 2009 - Washington, DC

The "Chavez gene" in Obama / White House censorship of Fox News backfires / Thought crimes passes both House and Senate ... Obama to host big gay event for signing / Senator wants no illegals counted in census / The Prayer Caucus / Liberals review a conservative book that has not even been released / How the left loves to censor / Gays want names of marriage supporters in order to attack them / An "Honor Hit and Run" in Arizona / More on Iraqi Christian refugees

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THE PRESIDENCY

THE CHAVEZ IN OBAMA - Venezuela had a free press until just a few years ago. At first Hugo Chavez, the far left Fidel Castro-loving president of Venezuela, criticized the media that opposed him. Then his supporters arranged advertising boycotts. Then the news studios were invaded by Chavez sympathizers. Then Chavez shut down radio stations that "lied" about him. Then entire TV and radio stations had their broadcast licenses revoked. MEANWHILE: In the USA President Obama and other White House officials have been critical of Fox News and have refused to appear on any Fox News programs. Leftist supporters of Obama have called for advertising boycotts against Fox News programs such as the Glenn Beck Show. It follows a pattern, a pattern of the left which always moves to censor what it does not want the public to hear. Read more For more censorship by the left see Culture and Religion section below  
FOX CENSORSHIP BACKFIRES - I really wish I could have seen the expression on Barack Obama's face when he got the news that the liberal media would not go along with his censorship attempt against Fox News. On Thursday "pay czar" Kenneth Feinberg was made available for interviews to the White House media pool (except for Fox News). Stunned by the blatant attempt at media manipulation, the Washington bureau chiefs of the five TV networks decided that no one would participate in the Feinberg interview unless Fox News was also allowed to participate. The Obama Administration was forced to relent and include Fox News. Read more
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THE CONGRESS

THOUGHT CRIMES PASSES HOUSE - A total of 131 Republicans voted against the Department of Defense Authorization bill because of the far left social agenda legislation in this bill, including "hate crimes" legislation. Democrats will now use the vote to claim Republicans voted against "funding the troops." We need to stand by the brave men and women who held onto their convictions and voted against a radical social agenda even though they placed themselves at political risk. Click here to view the full list of House Members who voted against the so called "hate Crimes" legislation in the DOD authorization. (HR-2647) GOP names in italics. Some Democrats voted against HR-2647 because they hate the military, not because they object to the "hate crimes" legislation. Congressman Forbes (R-VA) comments.  
THOUGHT CRIMES PASSES SENATE - Senate Democrats followed radical House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in adding "Thought Crimes" legislation to the must-pass military spending bill. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said, "The inclusion of the controversial language of the hate crimes legislation, which is unrelated to our national defense, is deeply troubling." And Senator Jim DeMint, (R-SC) said the bill would "serve as a warning to people not to speak out too loudly about their religious views." If signed into law by Obama it will be tested by thousands of religious leaders in the United States who will preach a message that homosexuality is immoral. Let's see how many of us Obama can jail!
SENATOR SAYS NO TO COUNTING ILLEGALS - Do you want your state to lose congressmen to southern California because several million illegals live there? Senator Vitter (R-LA) has presented an amendment to a spending bill for the Census that would allow only those legally in the country to be counted. Without his Amendment, his state and several others will lose congressmen to areas with large illegal populations that don't even have the legal right to vote. Read more. WHAT CAN'T BE STOPPED: Many pro-illegal groups want the census to DOUBLE the count of Hispanics so those who "hide" will be counted. What if every legal citizen in the USA added just one non-existant" person to their census form? Would that make up for all the illegals being counted? Just a thought.
THE PRAYER CAUCUS -Congressman Randy Forbes and the Prayer Caucus consistently fight for the religious heritage of our nation. The group, led by Forbes, successfully had "One Nation Under God" placed in the new Congressional Visitor Center and has filed briefs in the Supreme Court to defend religious sites in the nation. Lean more about the Prayer Caucus.

CULTURE AND RELIGION

LIBERALS GIVE BAD REVIEWS OF BOOK BEFORE IT'S RELEASED - Check out "The Right Hook: From the Ring to the Culture War" by my friend Matt Barber at Amazon.com and you will see all sorts of negative reviews written by left-wingers. Only one problem: the conservative pro-family book has not been released yet, and those writing these reviews could not possibly have read it! Many of the attacks on the book are actually personal attacks on Barber, which figures, because liberals are incapable of debating ideas and concepts. Read more  
THE LEFT LOVES TO CENSOR - I have reported on conservative Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders and his film Fitna, which reveals the dark side of Islamic violence. He was refused entry into Great Britain because of the "hate" he exhibited by quoting verses from the Koran. (He won that case and entered the UK last month.) Liberals who support radical Islam showed up at Temple University this week to shout down and boo him. His greatest sin, as seen by liberals, was saying that "our Western culture is far better than the Islamic culture and we should defend it." Often liberals will show up at campus events for the sole purpose of censoring conservative speakers, many times with violence. Read more See related story about BBC
GAYS WANT NAMES AND ADDRESSES IN ORDER TO ATTACK PEOPLE - Homosexuals have demanded the names and addresses of those who are supporting traditional marriage in the state of Washington. They want the names to launch personal attacks and start boycotts of businesses as they did in California. This week the Supreme Court in an 8-1 vote, issued an order preventing the release of the names and personal information of over 138,000 signers of a pro-marriage referendum petition. The order will prevent homosexual hate groups from posting the information online and calling for violent acts against the signers. Read more
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

NOT IRAQI ENOUGH? - Not wanting to admit that Iraqi Christians were persecuted, the Bush Administration gave immigration status to ten times as many Iraqi Muslims as Christians. While Christians lived in fear and poverty in Iraq, Jordan and Syria, Muslim Iraqis were given an entrance to America. THE RESULT: A Muslim Iraqi father ran down his daughter in Arizona because of her "Western values." The media in Arizona refused to refer to Islam and instead said the act was because she wasn't acting "Iraqi" enough. Hmmm. Christian Iraqis moving to the USA don't seem to have problems like this. When will the government recognize what has happened and help those who need help -- the Iraqi Christians? See story  
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 last week we funded our feeding program in Amman for another three months. Your help is still needed.
SPECIAL IRAQI UPDATE - Our ministry partner from Jordan will be in Washington, DC in November, and arrangements have been made to visit several congressional offices. We will also prepare a large shipment of medical supplies to be sent back to the clinic we support in Jordan, enough to last through November and December. Please help financially with these projects.

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October 16, 2009 - Washington, DC

You may be receiving this e-mail a few days late because of a data error / This issue: Muslims at Homeland Security / Safe Houses needed for Jews in Europe? / The "Kill the Jews" website in New York / Iraqi Christians still need our help ... This update is shorter than usual as the editor is not in the USA

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THE PRESIDENCY

MUSLIMS AT HOMELAND SECURITY - Barack Obama has appointed Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Arif Alikhan, a Muslim, as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy Development at the Department of Homeland Security. During his years in Los Angeles, Alikhan derailed police plans to monitor radical mosques and madrassas. The 9-11 terrorists had some support from Los Angeles.

Alikhan is anti-Israel and has called Hezbollah a "liberation movement." The US government still has Hezbollah on the official terrorist list. He is also associated with the Muslim Public Affairs Council which has some connections to the Muslim Brotherhood according to various sources.

Earlier this year Secretary Napolitano, who heads Homeland Security, swore in Syrian-born Kareem Shora to a position on the Homeland Security Advisory Council. This is an outside-the-department group of national security experts that advises the Secretary. Shora, an immigration attorney, is associated with the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, a group founded by James Zogby. His primary focus is to stop the profiling of radical Muslims by law enforcement agencies.

THE CONGRESS

NO REPORT THIS WEEK - I have been out of the country and unable to monitor Capitol Hill as usual. My reports on Congress will continue next week

CULTURE AND RELIGION

KILL THE JEWS - Sit back, close your eyes and just imagine what would happen if a Christian hosted an Internet site that had a headline saying, "KILL THE HOMOSEXUALS." Immediately, the New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, CNN, CBS and NBC would run multiple stories exposing the "hatred." A boycott would be run against Internet providers that carried this "hate speech." Now open your eyes to a real New York site that says, "KILL THE JEWS." Hmmm ... No stories in the New York Times or the Washington Post. No calls for boycotts of Internet service providers by CNN. "KILL THE JEWS" or "KILL THE CHRISTIANS" is just a part of free speech. What was it again that Glenn Beck said that caused the advertising boycott against him? Maybe if instead he had said, "KILL THE JEWS," the liberals would not have started their advertising boycott at all. Read more 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

SAFE HOUSES FOR JEWS IN EUROPE? - Many Israeli officials are now fearful of any travel to Europe. They could be arrested for "war crimes" because they helped to defend the Jewish state from terrorist attacks. During the Nazi occupation, there were "safe houses" where Jews could hide. With the rising tide of anti-Semitism in Europe fueled by Muslim petro- dollars, "safe houses" may be needed again. Meanwhile the leaders of Hamas, who ordered thousands of rocket launches at Israeli civilian sites including day care centers for infants, are welcomed as heroes in Europe by the elite universities and praised by liberal establishment newspapers. 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 last week we funded our feeding program in Amman for another three months. Your help is still needed.

CHRISTIAN INTERNET SUPER STORE

GIFTS FROM A CHRISTIAN STORE How about birthday or anniversary gifts with a Christian theme? Our Internet Christian Super Store has tens of thousands of books, CD's DVD's, jewelry, food and more. AND ... Our store does not sell the atheist and satanist books that you will find on Amazon.com. When you buy from our store, you help our work. Please take a look at our store today at www.rfcstore.com

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