Lies, Lies, and More Lies!

Cross posted by Findalis of Monkey in the Middle




Hamas and its supporters are becoming the Masters of Lies. In Islam lying is not a sin, but permissible:

In the Hadith, Mohammed emphasizes the same concept. From "Ehiaa Oloum al-Din," by the famous Islamic scholar al-Ghazali, Vol. 3: PP.284-287:

One of Mohammed's daughters, Umm Kalthoum, testified that she had never heard the Apostle of Allah condone lying, except in these three situations: 1) For reconciliation among people. 2) In war. 3) Amongst spouses, to keep peace in the family.

And Hamas claims it has been at war with Israel (whom they call the evil Zionist entity) since their foundation.

The Hamas Charter

So I shouldn't be surprised to see this story:

The Hamas terrorist organization announced Sunday that it had kidnapped two Israeli soldiers in the first stage of the ground invasion of IDF troops into Gaza.

The statement, made to foreign television stations, is totally untrue, according to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit, as was the statement Saturday night that 10 IDF soldiers had been killed in the first assault.

Propanganda and disinformation is an inherent part of the psychological warfare used by Hamas to weaken the Israeli resolve, said Israeli officials. It is gamble used in the hope that news services will pick up the report and disseminate it before the truth becomes known. The goal is to confuse and frighten the Israeli readers and break their determination to continue the operation.

The Reuters news agency apparently did not bother to check the facts before its initial publication of the Hamas statement, nor did it include a counter-statement from the IDF confirming or denying the veracity of the claim.

During the 2006 Second Lebanon War, a Reuters staffer was caught faking a photograph of damage from IDF bombing in a Beirut suburb to make it appear as though Israel has massacred the neighborhood instead of using pinpoint surgical strikes as it had. The staff member was reportedly dismissed.

Full Story

Why am I not surprised to see that Reuters not checking out a story. The once noble news agency has sullied itself down to a mockery of its earlier self. In 2006 it published a faked photograph by Lebanese freelancer Adnan Hajj. Not only was that photograph was faked, but it turned out that the majority of his photographs and stories were all faked.

The truth is vastly different in this case:

Golani troops and IAF helicopters foiled an attempt by Hamas to kidnap a solder in a tunnel near Gaza City Sunday morning. The IDF refused to comment on the report.

The incident was said to have occurred after Golani troops entered a Hamas command center in a house on the eastern outskirts of Gaza City and discovered smuggling tunnels underneath. A clash broke out between the troops and Hamas terrorists, who began to drag away one soldier, according to Israeli and foreign media.

Helicopter cover and efforts by his comrades forced the terrorists to release the solider. The IDF refused to discuss the incident, saying it would not comment on "rumors," but its spokesmen on Sunday denied a Hamas claim to the media that it had kidnapped two soldiers. The denial was issued after Reuters published the report, and the source of the claim may have been the clash that was not reported until Monday morning.

Full Story

But we should expect the lies. The lie of the Siege of Gaza. The lie of the starving children. The lie of thousands of civilians killed. 51 dead is not thousands. Pretty soon Hamas will be claiming that hundreds of thousands have died, they have captured a whole company (including their support personal), and that none of their fighters thugs have been killed.

I'll let the videos speak for themselves:

From Elder of Ziyon

Gettin' Mighty Crowded



View at YouTube


Save the Gazans



View at YouTube

You have the facts in front of you, make the right call.

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Nancy Pelosi is a Liar

Nancy Pelosi on when life begins

On Meet the Depressed...er...Press this morning... 

MR. BROKAW: Senator Obama saying the question of when life begins is above his pay grade, whether you're looking at it scientifically or theologically. If he were to come to you and say, "Help me out here, Madame Speaker. When does life begin?" what would you tell him?

REP. PELOSI: I would say that as an ardent, practicing Catholic, this is an issue that I have studied for a long time. And what I know is, over the centuries, the doctors of the church have not been able to make that definition. And Senator--St. Augustine said at three months. We don't know. The point is, is that it shouldn't have an impact on the woman's right to choose. Roe v. Wade talks about very clear definitions of when the child--first trimester, certain considerations; second trimester; not so third trimester. There's very clear distinctions. This isn't about abortion on demand, it's about a careful, careful consideration of all factors and--to--that a woman has to make with her doctor and her god. And so I don't think anybody can tell you when life begins, human life begins. As I say, the Catholic Church for centuries has been discussing this, and there are those who've decided...
  
From: Hyscience 

August 24, 2008

Nancy Pelosi Lied On National TV About The Catholic Church's Position On Abortion

Topics: Political News and commentaries

Clearly, unequivocally, and no possible doubt whatsoever, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is either a babbling idiot who makes claims and says things with no thought whatsoever as to the validity of her statements, or she callously and blatantly lied on Meet the Press today while attempting to spin the Catholic doctrine on human life.

Pelosi has decided on her own that Pope Benedict's warning that Catholic politicians that support abortion risked excommunication from the Church and should not receive communion if they support abortion. She actually told Tom Brokaw that as an ardent, practicing Catholic, she has studied the issue of abortion for a long time and she knows that over the centuries, the doctors of the church have not been able to "make that definition."

... St. Augustine said at three months. We don't know. The point is, is that it shouldn't have an impact on the woman's right to choose. Roe v. Wade talks about very clear definitions of when the child-first trimester, certain considerations; second trimester; not so third trimester. There's very clear distinctions. This isn't about abortion on demand, it's about a careful, careful consideration of all factors and-to-that a woman has to make with her doctor and her god. And so I don't think anybody can tell you when life begins, human life begins. As I say, the Catholic Church for centuries has been discussing this, and there are those who've decided...

She even goes on to say that the Catholic Church's present position on the pill began 50 years ago with the event of the pill.
Pelosi is so typical of the liberal Democrats. They see the world and life as they want to see it, and express their distorted perceptions as such, and seldom, if ever, see the world and life as it really is based on the facts and uncontested truth.

For the benefit of Madam Pelosi and the Democratic Party, Church writings specifically naming abortion as murder appear as early as 70 AD in the Didache, the first written catechism of the Christian church, and in spite of the attempts of various writers and groups, and even some church authorities and a few popes to the contrary, the history of the position of the Catholic Church that abortion is murder and that it is evil dates back as early as the Didache and remains the same to this day. And as for Pelosi deciding on her own what the position of the Church is at the time of her sitting before Brokaw based upon her own readings and interpretations - if in fact she actually did so, perhaps as a practicing Catholic, as she so claims to be, instead, might consider following her faith as her Pope and mine, Pope Benedict XVI, proclaims. (Which is what a "practicing" Catholic does)

By the way, one cannot honestly say they are a "practicing catholic" and support abortion. Each position unequivocally disqualifies the other.

Related:
Pope warns Catholic politicians who back abortion.
Abortion is crime against society

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How Does Barack Hussein Obama Lie to Us-Let Us Count the Ways!

This came to me in my email and I was given permission to post and spread this anywhere and everywhere I can. While I am no fan of HRC, her lies are well documented in many places. Barack Hussein Obama's lies have been effectively compiled here, by Mr. Peters. I don't think this was what Barack Hussein Obama meant by the words "hope" (hoping we wouldn't get something like this put together for all to see?) and "change" (change from a republic into a socialist state is what he wants).

Read, memorize, swipe and publish!

OBAMA’S LAUNDRY LIST OF LIES by Alan Peters

1. Selma Got Me Born. LIAR--your parents felt safe enough to have you in 1961; Selma had no effect on your birth, as Selma was in 1965.

2. Father Was A Goat Herder. LIAR--he was a privileged, well educated youth, who went on to work with the Kenyan Government.

3. Father Was A Proud Freedom Fighter. LIAR--he was part of one of the most corrupt and violent governments Kenya has ever had

4. My Family Has Strong Ties To African Freedom. LIAR--your cousin Raila Odinga has created mass violence in attempting to overturn a legitimate election in 2007, in Kenya . It is the first widespread violence in decades.

5. My Grandmother Has Always Been A Christian. LIAR--she does her daily Salat prayers at 5 a.m. according to her own interviews. Not to mention Christianity wouldn’t allow her to have been one of 14 wives to 1 man.

6. My Name is African Swahili. LIAR--your name is Arabic and Baraka’ (from which Barack came) means blessed in that language. Hussein is also Arabic and so is Obama.

7. I Never Practiced Islam. LIAR--you practiced it daily at school, where you were registered as a Muslim and kept that faith for 31 years, until your wife made you change so you could run for office.

8. My School In Indonesia Was Christian. LIAR--you were registered as Muslim there and got in trouble in Koranic Studies for making faces (check your own book).

9. I Was Fluent In Indonesian. LIAR--not one teacher says you could speak the language.

10. Because I Lived In Indonesia, I Have More Foreign Experience. LIAR--you were there from ages 6 to 10 and couldn’t even speak the language. What did you learn, how to study the Koran and watch cartoons?

11. I Am Stronger On Foreign Affairs. LIAR--except for Africa (surprise) and the Middle East (bigger surprise), you have never been anywhere else on the planet and thus have NO experience with our closest allies.

12. I Blame My Early Drug Use On Ethnic Confusion. LIAR--you were quite content in high school to be Barry Obama, no mention of Kenya and no mention of struggle to identify-your classmates said you were just fine.

13. An Ebony Article Moved Me To Run For Office. LIAR--Ebony has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t--and never did--exist.

14. A LIFE Magazine Article Changed My Outlook On Life. LIAR--LIFE has yet to find the article you mention in your book. It doesn’t--and never did--exist.

15. I Won’t Run On A National Ticket In ‘08. LIAR--here you are, despite saying on live TV you would not have enough experience by then and you are all about having experience first.

16. Present Votes Are Common In Illinois. LIAR--they are common for YOU, but not many others have 130 NO VOTES.

17. Oops, I Mis-voted. LIAR--only when caught by church groups and democrats did you beg to change your “mis-vote”.

18. I Was A Professor Of Law. LIAR--you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.

19. I Was A Constitutional Lawyer. LIAR--you were a senior lecturer ON LEAVE.

20. Without Me, There Would Be No Ethics Bill. LIAR--you didn’t write it, introduce it, change it or create it.

21. The Ethics Bill Was Hard To Pass. LIAR--it took just 14 days from start to finish.

22. I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill. LIAR--your bill was rejected by your own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation-mainly because of your Nuclear Donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came.

23. I Have Released My State Records. LIAR--as of March, 2008, state bills you sponsored or voted for have yet to be released, exposing all the special interests pork hidden within.

24. I Took On The Asbestos Altgeld Gardens Mess. LIAR--you were part of a large group of people who remedied Altgeld Gardens. You failed to mention anyone else but yourself in your books.

25. My Economics Bill Will Help America. LIAR--your 111 economic policies were just combined into a proposal which lost 99-0, and even YOU voted against your own bill.

26. I Have Been A Bold Leader In Illinois. LIAR--even your own supporters claim to have not seen BOLD action on your part.

27. I Passed 26 Of My Own Bills In One Year. LIAR--they were not YOUR bills but rather handed to you after their creation by a fellow Senator, to assist you in a future bid for higher office.

28. No One Contacted Canada About NAFTA. LIAR--the Canadian Government issued the names and a memo of the conversation your campaign had with them.

29. I Am Tough On Terrorism. LIAR--you missed the Iran Resolution vote on terrorism and your good friend Ali Abunimah supports the destruction of Israel.

30. I Am Not Acting As President Yet. LIAR--after the NAFTA Memo a dead terrorist in the FARC, in Colombia, was found with a letter stating how you and he were working together on getting FARC recognized officially.

31. I Didn’t Run Ads In Florida. LIAR--you allowed national ads to run 8-12 times per day for two weeks-and you still lost.

32. I won Michigan. LIAR--no you didn’t.

33. I won Nevada. LIAR--no you didn’t.

34. I Want All Votes To Count. LIAR--you said let the delegates decide.

35. I Want Americans To Decide. LIAR--you prefer caucuses that limit the vote, confuse the voters, force a public vote and only operate during small windows of time.

36. I passed 900 Bills in the State Senate. LIAR--you passed 26, most of which you didn’t write yourself.

37. My Campaign Was Extorted By A Friend. LIAR--that friend is threatening to sue if you do not stop saying this. Obama has stopped saying this.

38. I Believe In Fairness, Not Tactics. LIAR--you used tactics to eliminate Alice Palmer from running against you.

39. I Don’t Take PAC Money. LIAR--you take loads of it.

40. I Don’t Have Lobbyists. LIAR--you have over 47 lobbyists and counting.

41. My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad. LIAR--your own campaign worker made the ad on his Apple in one afternoon.

42. My Campaign Never Took Over MySpace. LIAR--Tom, who started MySpace, issued a warning about this advertising to MySpace clients.

43. I Inspire People With My Words. LIAR--you inspire people with other peoples’ words.

44. I Have Passed Bills In The U.S. Senate. LIAR--you have passed A BILL in the U.S. Senate-- for Africa--which shows YOUR priorities.

45. I Have Always Been Against Iraq. LIAR--you weren’t in office to vote against it AND you have voted to fund it every single time, unlike Kucinich, who seems to be out gutting you, Obama. You also seem to be stepping back from your departure date - AGAIN.

46. I Have Always Supported Universal Health Care. LIAR--your plan leaves us all to pay for the 15,000,000 who don’t have to buy it.

47. I Only Found Out About My Investment Conflicts Via Mail. LIAR--both companies you cite as having sent you letters about this conflict have no record of any such letter ever being created or sent.

48. I Am As Patriotic As Anyone. LIAR--you won’t wear a flag pin and you don’t put your hand over your heart during the Anthem.

49. My Wife Didn’t Mean What She Said About Pride In Country. LIAR--your wife’s words follow lock-step in the vein of Wright and Farrakhan, in relation to their contempt and hatred of America.

50. WalMart Is A Company I Wouldn’t Support. LIAR--your wife has received nearly a quater of a million dollars through Treehouse, which is connected to WalMart.

51. Treehouse Is A Small Company. LIAR--the CEO of Treehouse--last year--made more than the CEO of WalMart, according to public records.

52. University Of Chicago Hospital Pay Is Fair. LIAR--your wife’s pay raise was nearly 150% her already bloated rate and the hospital is a Non-Profit Hospital, which made $100,000,000 in the last 3 years. They overcharge blacks VS whites for services and overcharge everyone in general by 538%!

53. I Barely Know Rezko-Only 5 Billed Hours. LIAR--you have known him for 17 years and decided to do a real estate deal with him during a time when he was proven to be under investigation. Despite this, you divided your property and had $300K taken off before the mortgage problems started. Then Rezko’s wife buys the lot beside it that you can’t afford saving you $625,000.

54. My Donations Have Been Checked Thoroughly. LIAR--you only gave back Hsu ($72K) and Rezko (first $66K, then when caught lying $86K, then when caught lying again $150K and now caught lying YET AGAIN OBAMA, it’s $250k) their money when publically called on their involvement in your campaigns.

55. My Church Is Like Any Other Christian Church. LIAR--your church is so extreme, the pastor who married you, Rev. Wright, just got done blaming the US for 9/11 and named Louis Farrakhan their person of the year.

56. I Disagree With My Church All The Time. LIAR--you have yet to repudiate Wright, who married you and your wife and you still donate large sums of money to assist the church in furthering its message--hatred and revenge. In 2006 alone you donated $22,500 to the church you so terribly disagree with. That is nearly $500 PER WEEK-that sure is disagreement, Senator Obama.

57. I Have Clean Connections Despite Rezko. LIAR--you are not only connected to Exelon and Rezko, you are also connected to Hillary PAC supporter Mr. Hsu AND an Iraqi Billionaire of ill repute, Nadhmi Auchi, who ripped off people in the Food For Oil Iraqi deal. Seems Mr. Auchi may have helped Obama buy his million dollar property long before Obama had millions of dollars. Wonder what favors Mr. Auchi expects when Obama leaves Iraq free to be taken over by special interests such as him.

58. I never heard sermons like Rev. Wrights, that have been in videos all day including YouTube. LIAR!--3 days later during your Mea Culpa BS speech you said, “Did I hear controversial statements while I sat in that church? Yes I did.”

59. The Passport Invasion is a conspiracy to find dirt on me. LIAR–your own Campaign Foreign Policy Advisor is the CEO of the company that looked into your records. PS-You had them look into yours to hide the fact you looked into Clinton’s and McCain’s more than a year before!

60. Rev. Meeks has nothing to do with my campaigning. LIAR--Rev. Meeks appeared in ads for your Senate Campaign, donated to you and helped raise money, then AND NOW. PS-He also seems to despise America .

61. My wife didn’t mean America is ignorant, she was just using a phrase. LIAR–again, MicHELLe’s comments perfectly sync with Wright’s, Meek’s, and Farrakhan’s, both in language, anger, and direction.

62. I am very Anti-Terror. LIAR--[03/30/2008] One of your good pals is long time radical and terrorist William Ayers, with whom you have been seen in the last 12 months and who has helped the now jailed Khalidi, Professor at Columbia who invited Ahmadinejad to the University, to raise money for Palestinian terrorism attacks against Israel. PS-Your church published a pro Hamas Manifesto - guess you weren’t there on THAT Sunday either? How lucky for you.

63. I have the best plan to cure the Mortgage Crisis. LIAR--[03/30/2008] You and your campaign buddy Penny SubPrime Bank Collapse Prizker have had your little fingers full of subprime cash - Obama has taken $1,180,103 from the top issuers of subprime loans; Obama received $266,907 from Lehman; $5,395 from GMAC; $150,850 from Credit Suisse First Boston; $11,250 from Countrywide; $9,052 from Washington Mutual; $161,850 from Citigroup; $4,600 from CBASS; $170,050 from Morgan Stanley; $1,150 from Centex and last but certainly NOT LEAST-Obama received $351,900 from Goldman Sachs. I am sure that cash all came from folks who knew the subprime loan they had was a dream, eh?

64. I played a greater role in crafting liberal stands on gun control, the death penalty and abortion. LIAR--[03/31/2008] It was found that Obama-the day after sitting for the interview-filed an amended version of the questionnaire, which appears to contain Obama’s own handwritten notes added to one answer. Read Obama had greater role on liberal survey.

65. I did NOT play the race card. LIAR--[03/31/2008] Obama was the first to play the race card. According to Philadelphia Inquirer, Quietly, the storm over the hateful views expressed by Sen. Barack Obama’s pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, has blown away the most insidious myth of the Democratic primary campaign. Obama and his surrogates have charged Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has deliberately and cleverly played the race card in order to label Obama the black candidate.

66. I did not take money from oil companies. LIAR--[03/31/2008] THE FACTS: True enough, Obama does not take money from oil companies. No candidate does. It is illegal for corporations to give money to politicians.

Corporations do, however, have political action committees that collect voluntary donations from employees and then donate them to candidates.

Obama doesn’t take money from PACs. He also doesn’t take money from lobbyists.

But he does accept money from executives and other employees of oil companies and two of his fundraisers are oil company executives. As of Feb. 29, Obama’s presidential campaign had received nearly $214,000 from oil and gas industry employees and their families, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.

Clinton had received nearly $307,000 from industry workers and their families and Republican Sen. John McCain, the likely GOP presidential nominee, received nearly $394,000, according to the Center’s totals.

Two of Obama’s fundraisers are Robert Cavnar, the chairman and chief executive of Houston-based Mission Resources Corp., and George Kaiser, the president and CEO of Tulsa-based Kaiser-Francis Oil Co. Source: Associated Press via Yahoo News.

67. I don’t think my church is actually particularly controversial, Obama said at a community meeting in Nelsonville, Ohio, earlier this month. LIAR–Yesterday, he told a different story. “Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes,” he said in his speech yesterday in Philadelphia .

68. Look at my education record in Illinois. LIAR--In reality, Obama never really championed the local councils. He supported them behind the scenes and only eventually came out publicly on their behalf. When he did weigh in, he came down on the wrong side of the debate against protecting principals from unwarranted dismissals and in favor of keeping councils independent, no matter what.

In the end, the resolution of the conflict between the two sides didn’t alleviate anyone’s concerns. Instead, it prolonged a turf battle that seems to have dragged down academic progress in the years since. Read more here http://www.slate.com/id/2188010?wpisrc=newsletter

1. Obama claims special birth. Much more so than we might believe.

Reports emanating from Africa allege his mother was in Kenya with his ARAB Kenyan (NOT Black Kenyan) father--this is clearly shown in Kenyan Govt. Registry documents which list the father as an Arab Kenyan--at a very late term of her pregnancy and was not allowed on a flight to return to HAWAII .

She gave birth to him in Kenya , immediately got on a plane and then registered him as being born in Hawaii.

2. He is NOT an African American but an Arab American and cannot claim African minority status, which by US Federal regulations require a person to have 1/8 (one eighth) of the minority blood (12%).

From his mother he has 50% white blood, from his father he has 43.25% Arab blood and from his MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER he manages to hold onto 6.75% African or Black heritage blood.

He has had to duck and weave all his life and use whatever lies he could use to even pass for black and the benefits this minority status provided. So even this, while understandable-is a documented LIE.
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BREAKING NEWS - ISLAMIC SUPPORT FOR Obama HUSSEIN COMING INTO THE OPEN IN CA

Outside this mosque in Anaheim, California (State College Drive) we finally get definitive evidence of two things:


1. Word has been out in the Islamic community worldwide for some time (especially Indonesia and Malaysia) to begin overt support for Obama.

2. We heard rumors the Islamic Republic of Iran is also passing the word to their American agents and clerics to support Obama but had nothing tangible till now.

3. The photo above was taken during the last week of March, 2008 by an AntiMullah person who happened to see this woman and was delighted to have a camera on hand.

4. Don't be misled by there only being one person. Mosques have been told to get the message across effectively rather than to hold demonstrations since there was no protest involved where numbers rather than a "bilingual" sign become important.

Also posted at Wake Up America here; A Newt One here; Grizzly Groundswell here; Digg! here; GOP Hub here and Real Clear Politics here (hmmm--it involves BHO--they'll probably censor it).

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Hillary and Obama, "First"?

The Democrats would like us to believe that Hillary Clinton is the first female to seek the Democratic nomination for president and Barrak Obama the first black man to run.

Oh and lest we forget, the first “black President” was Bill Clinton you will recall and if Hillary wins, Slick Willy could become the first black ex-president to occupy the WH…the dynamic duo…sure to wreck this country…oh but don’t ask a Democrat about that. You’ll likely get “Well! That was then, this is no! Who cares about history or truth?"

Once again deception and misleading information seem to lead the way for Democrats who rely upon America’s seemingly short memories.

Hillary is NOT the first woman nor is Obama the first black man. Jesse Jackson was the first black man to run for president and launched his first campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984. Shirley Chisolm was the first black [and] woman to run. This election is not historic by any stretch of the imagination despite what they would like us to believe. It is just another Democrat SOP (Standard Operating Procedure)…nothing new…business as usual from the far left in today's politics.

The facts do not back up the Democrats claim. As evidence, I submit the following:

June 8, 1872

OUR NOMINEES.

These are Victoria C. Woodhull, the woman; and Frederick Douglass, the Negro.

In the ninety-sixth year of the republic of the United States, they represent classes, who may justly be termed, even yet, the pariahs of our modern system of civilization.

In the nomination of Victoria C. Woodhull for the office of President, the Equal Rights Party virtually arraigns the despotism over woman as exercised in this Republic, as being, in this particular, more intolerant than that of the monarchies of Europe, and points those who dispute this statement to the long and beneficent rule of another Victoria cheerfully submitted to by the people of Great Britain.

In the nomination of Frederick Douglass for the office of Vice President, the Equal Rights Party proposes to set the seal of the nation on the issues of the war of the rebellion; to exhibit to the world that our people are a unit in the defense of the rights of all mankind; and to reset the Government on the right track, which has heretofore been traversing the tortuous windings of the slavery compromises of the first Constitution.

Read the rest here.

The Equal Rights Party.

The following information from Wikipedia:

Victoria Claflin Woodhull (September 23, 1838 – June 9, 1927) was an American Suffragist who was publicized in Gilded Age newspapers as a leader of the American Woman's Suffrage Movement in the 19th century. She became a colorful and notorious symbol for women's rights, free love, and labor reforms. The authorship of her speeches and articles is disputed. Some contend that many of her speeches on these subjects were not written by Woodhull herself, but her role as a representative of these movements was nonetheless powerful and controversial.

She is probably most famous for her declaration to run for the United States Presidency in 1872.

Read the entire document here.

GOP Convention of 1872 in Philadelphia

You would expect to hear harmony at the glorious Academy of Music in Philadelphia, the site of the 1872 convention.

Ulysses S. Grant

Indeed, it was so. Only the sweet sound of party harmony wafted from the grand concert hall when the GOP gathered there on June 5, 1872, to nominate President Ulysses S. Grant for a second term.

Of course, there were plenty of Republicans who could no longer stomach the stench of corruption, nepotism and ineptitude that polluted the Grant Administration. But these naysayers did not come to Philadelphia.

Horace Greeley

Those determined to dump Grant created a party organization called the Liberal Republicans. They gathered in Cincinnati in May, and after much dissension and six ballots chose New York Tribune publisher Horace "Go West Young Man" Greeley — a sure loser — as its presidential candidate. Staunch Republicans would refer to the rebel group as "The Cincinnati Sore Heads."

Later the Democrats met in Baltimore determined to elect anyone but Grant. In one of the strangest presidential conventions ever, the Democrats endorsed Greeley and the Liberal Republican platform during a convention that lasted only six hours.

The continuation is here.

BTW, nice neck beard there Horace. I got to get me one of them.....

Dean

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Bush Lies About Islam!!

World Net Daily reports that President Bush, in an interview with Al Arabiya, said:

"I believe that Islam is a great religion that preaches peace. And I believe people who murder the innocent to achieve political objectives aren't religious people, whether they be a Christian who does that – we had a person blow up our – blow up a federal building in Oklahoma City who professed to be a Christian, but that's not a Christian act to kill innocent people. "And I just simply don't subscribe to the idea that murdering innocent men, women and children – particularly Muslim men, women and children in the Middle East – is an act of somebody who is a religious person."

From this we learn that the President believes:

1. Islam is a great religion
2. Islam teaches peace
3. terrorists aren't religious
4. terrorism is not an act of a religious person

My responses to each point:

1. • What's so blessed great about Islam?
   • master/slave relationship with Allah?
   • number of innocent victims slaughtered in 1383 years?
   • the vast empire it conquered?
   • the science & mathematics it took along with battlefield booty?
   • By what standard is Islam a valid religion?
   • Mercenary motivation?
   • 8:1 ...: "The spoils are for Allâh and the Messenger."...
   • 8:41 ...whatever of war-booty that you may gain, verily one-fifth (1/5th) of it is assigned to Allâh, and to the Messenger ...
   • 33:26-27 Allâh brought them down from their forts and cast terror into their hearts, (so that) a group (of them) you killed, and a group (of them) you made captives. And He caused you to inherit their lands, and their houses, and their riches, and a land which you had not trodden (before). And Allâh is Able to do all things.
   • Muslim Book 019, Number 4327 The spoils of war were not made lawful for any people before us, This is because Allah saw our weakness and humility and made them lawful for us.
   • Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 220..."and while I was sleeping, the keys of the treasures of the world were brought to me and put in my hand."
   • Its sacraments?
   • terrorism
   • 8:12 ..."I will cast terror into the hearts of those who have disbelieved, so strike them over the necks, and smite over all their fingers and toes."
   • 59:2 ..."Allah's (Torment) reached them from a place whereof they expected it not, and He cast terror into their hearts"... Then take admonition, O you with eyes (to see).
   • Bukhari Volume 4, Book 52, Number 220 ...I have been made victorious with terror (cast in the hearts of the enemy) ...
   • genocide
   • 8:67 It is not for a Prophet that he should have prisoners of war (and free them with ransom) until he had made a great slaughter (among his enemies) in the land. You desire the good of this world (i.e. the money of ransom for freeing the captives), but Allâh desires (for you) the Hereafter. And Allâh is All-Mighty, All-Wise.
   • 47:4 So, when you meet (in fight Jihâd in Allâh's Cause), those who disbelieve smite at their necks till when you have killed and wounded many of them...
   • Abu Dawud Book 38, Number 4390 Narrated Atiyyah al-Qurazi:
     I was among the captives of Banu Qurayzah. They (the Companions) examined us, and those who had begun to grow hair (pubes) were killed, and those who had not were not killed. I was among those who had not grown hair.
   • holy war
   • 2:216 Jihâd (holy fighting in Allâh's Cause) is ordained for you (Muslims)...
   • 8:39 And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism: i.e. worshipping others besides Allâh) and the religion (worship) will all be for Allâh Alone [in the whole of the world ]....
   • 9:29 Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.
2. Detailing its sacraments in the prevous point pretty well took care of that shibboleth. There is one more hadith I want you to read, because it brings the truth home concerning the timeless nature of the commands to fight.

   Abu Dawud Book 23, Number 3455:

   Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar:

   I heard the Apostle of Allah, (peace_be_upon_him) say: When you enter into the inah transaction, hold the tails of oxen, are pleased with agriculture, and give up conducting jihad (struggle in the way of Allah). Allah will make disgrace prevail over you, and will not withdraw it until you return to your original religion.

   That saying makes it perfectly clear: Islam's deen is ghazwat-- raids for the purpose of accruing spoils of war. Muhammad wanted the Muslims making war, not plowing fields. But you still think that I am a liar, distorting and perverting Islamic scripture. You are wrong, and Muhammad's own Goddamn words prove it!!!

   Sahih Bukhari Volume 1, Book 8, Number 387:
   Narrated Anas bin Malik:
   Allah's Apostle said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah."

3. What is it they say when they slash throats or detonate their bombs? "Allahhu Akbar!" If they are not religious, why do they shout "Allah is greater!" ? If terrorists are motivated by repression, poverty & illiteracy why aren't the Burmese engaging in terrorism? Why aren't the impoverished peasants of China & Latin America engaging in widespread terrorism? Why are doctors, lawyers &, engineers with university degrees and professional incomes engaging in terrorism?
4. Terrorism is an act of Muslims. Allah commanded it, Muhammad preached and practiced it. Perhaps its time to admit the fatal fact: Islam is a war machine, not a religion.
   

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Bush's Lies to the United Nations

President Bush Addresses The United Nations General Assembly

Shrub is pitching International Socialism. I will highlight portions of excerpts from his speech, and respond to them.

When innocent people are trapped in a life of murder and fear, the Declaration is not being upheld. When millions of children starve to death or perish from a mosquito bite, we're not doing our duty in the world. When whole societies are cut off from the prosperity of the global economy, we're all worse off. Changing these underlying conditions is what the Declaration calls the work of "larger freedom" -- and it must be the work of every nation in this assembly.

This great institution must work for great purposes -- to free people from tyranny and violence, hunger and disease, illiteracy and ignorance, and poverty and despair. Every member of the United Nations must join in this mission of liberation.

"innocent people are trapped in a life of murder and fear": Darfur, for example. Recently applicable to Aceh. Always applicable to Israel & Lebanon. Ample evidence of failure to enforce the Universal Declaration of Human Rights against Islam. Oh, Islam does not violate the UDHR? In a pig's ass it don't!!! See United Nations: Investigate the Koran for well documented proof of the fact that Islam contradicts the UDHR.

"millions of children starve to death or perish from a mosquito bite": Shrub seems to think that the U.N. must save those children; that you must pay for it. Every right carries with it an equal and opposite obligation. If I have a right to life, you have an obligation not to kill me. If I have a right to food and mosquito netting, you have an obligation to provide it.

"whole societies are cut off from the prosperity of the global economy": Economic development; translation: industrialization/commercialization. Implication: larger markets. Reality: more competition for our jobs and products; more loot for corrupt dictators.

"Every member of the United Nations must join in this mission of liberation. ": Yeah, right. Communist China, Russia & the various Istans are gonna liberate people from tyranny & violence, ignorance & despair. Sure they will, when cancer cures itself!

First, the mission of the United Nations requires liberating people from tyranny and violence. The first article of the Universal Declaration begins, "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights." The truth is denied by terrorists and extremists who kill the innocent with the aim of imposing their hateful vision on humanity. The followers of this violent ideology are a threat to civilized people everywhere. All civilized nations must work together to stop them -- by sharing intelligence about their networks, and choking their -- off their finances, and bringing to justice their operatives.

In the long run, the best way to defeat extremists is to defeat their dark ideology with a more hopeful vision -- the vision of liberty that founded this body. The United States salutes the nations that have recently taken strides toward liberty -- including Ukraine and Georgia and Kyrgyzstan and Mauritania and Liberia, Sierra Leone and Morocco. The Palestinian Territories have moderate leaders, mainstream leaders that are working to build free institutions that fight terror, and enforce the law, and respond to the needs of their people. The international community must support these leaders, so that we can advance the vision of two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side-by-side in peace and security.

Brave citizens in Lebanon and Afghanistan and Iraq have made the choice for democracy -- yet the extremists have responded by targeting them for murder. This is not a show of strength -- it is evidence of fear. And the extremists are doing everything in their power to bring down these young democracies. The people of Lebanon and Afghanistan and Iraq have asked for our help. And every civilized nation has a responsibility to stand with them.

"liberating people from tyranny and violence": When & where did the U.N. liberate anyone from the Tyranny of Communism or the tin horn dictators of Africa & Latin America? When & where has the U.N. acted in a timely & effective manner to end violence? When & where have the blue hats served any function other than human shields for aggressors?

"equal in dignity and rights": Muhammad said: "And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah." Do Christians living in Egypt, Iran or Saudi Arabia enjoy equal dignity & rights to their Muslim overloards? What, exactly has the Human Rights Council done about Dhimmitude?

"terrorists and extremists who kill the innocent with the aim of imposing their hateful vision on humanity":
Terrorists? Extremists? Who, Mr. President? Extreme what? What distinguishes them Muhammad, who bragged about being made victorious by terror? Exactly what is their "hateful vision"? Why don't you name it and list its tenets?

"this violent ideology": Its Islam, Mr. President; standard, off the shelf, Qur'anic Islam as preached & exemplified by Muhammad. Why in the God damn Hell won't you tell it as it is; call it by its name????????????????

"defeat their dark ideology": What ideology, Mr. President? Why don't you list the tenets & doctrines; sacraments & rituals which make Islam inimical to human life & liberty???

"the vision of liberty that founded this body": The vision of liberty that founded the United States of America, Mr. President; the founders of the United Nations were blind men. They created a faulty institution which has become corrupt & counter productive. Life, liberty, equality ownership of property & the pursuit of happiness; feeedom & independence, not Socialism. The right to worship what, when & how one wishes or to be agnostic or atheist; not compulsory Islam nor atheism. Islam denies the right to worship as you choose. Only Allah has the right to be worshiped. ...Whoever seeks a religion other than Islâm, it will never be accepted of him.

"The Palestinian Territories have moderate leaders, mainstream leaders that are working to build free institutions that fight terror": God damn lies!!!

• "Palestine" is a name, imposed by Rome, upon Israel after the suppression of a rebellion against tyranny. Anything "Palestinian" is rightfully Israelie.


• Islam is not moderate. There is neither radical, moderate nor extreme Islam. There is only Islam.


• 9:29 Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.


• Muslim Book 041, Number 6985:
  Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews.


• The Abbas regime names schools, summer camps & soccer tournaments in honor of Splodydopes who murder Jews and Americans. He gives American supplied rifles and ammunition to terrorists for use against Israel. When has he ever acted to prevent or reduce terror attacks against Israel? You desecrate the White House by inviting that God damn thing to visit!!!


• Mainstream? Thats the only truth in the sentence! Abbas is a mainstream Muslim. Terrorism is in the mainstream of Islam. Thats what Islam is; what Islam does.

"two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side-by-side in peace and security": Nobody can be so stupid! Can a man live without a brain? The PLO and HAMAS are dedicated and devoted to the destruction of Isarael; to genocide and policide. They will not be satisfied with anything less. No Muslim can be satisfied by anything less! Israel, by existing in territory conquered by Islam, proves Allah to be an impotent idol.

• 8:65 O Prophet (Muhammad)! Urge the believers to fight. If there are twenty steadfast persons amongst you, they will overcome two hundred, and if there be a hundred steadfast persons they will overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they (the disbelievers) are people who do not understand.


• What happened in 1948, '56, '64 & '72??? How do you square that with Allah's promise?


• Muslim Book 041, Number 6985:
  Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The last hour would not come unless the Muslims will fight against the Jews and the Muslims would kill them until the Jews would hide themselves behind a stone or a tree and a stone or a tree would say: Muslim, or the servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me; come and kill him; but the tree Gharqad would not say, for it is the tree of the Jews.

There is no two state solution; only a one state / one people solution: Israel!!! Israel without Islam! A world without Islam can be at peace. With Islam, there can never be peace!

• 8:39 And fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief and polytheism: i.e. worshipping others besides Allâh) and the religion (worship) will all be for Allâh Alone [in the whole of the world ]. But if they cease (worshipping others besides Allâh), then certainly, Allâh is All-Seer of what they do.


• 9:29 Fight against those who (1) believe not in Allâh, (2) nor in the Last Day, (3) nor forbid that which has been forbidden by Allâh and His Messenger (4) and those who acknowledge not the religion of truth (i.e. Islâm) among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians), until they pay the Jizyah with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.


• 2:216 Jihâd (holy fighting in Allâh's Cause) is ordained for you (Muslims) though you dislike it, and it may be that you dislike a thing which is good for you and that you like a thing which is bad for you. Allâh knows but you do not know.


• 9:111 Verily, Allâh has purchased of the believers their lives and their properties; for the price that theirs shall be the Paradise. They fight in Allâh's Cause, so they kill (others) and are killed. It is a promise in truth which is binding on Him in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel) and the Qur'ân. And who is truer to his covenant than Allâh? Then rejoice in the bargain which you have concluded. That is the supreme success .

"Brave citizens in Lebanon and Afghanistan and Iraq have made the choice for democracy": Democracy is more than the formal process of voting. Democracy involves legislation arrived at by concensus & compromise and enforced impartially. Islam allows only one law: Sharia, which is derived from the Qur'an & Hadith. Man made legislation is blasphemy because it deprives Allah of his absolute right to rule. To have Democracy, you must eliminate Islam!

• 33:36. It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allâh and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allâh and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed in a plain error.

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