UPDATE: Can anyone get me in touch with the construction trade unions? Email me at writeatlas@aol.com. It takes a special kind of stupid, a deluded delusion, or perhaps being hardwired for denial, that the Mayor of New York City would surrender to the enemy in the war of ideas by insisting on a triumphal mosque on the burial ground Ground Zero. It's wrong. Period. It is an insult, a humiliation to the victims, their families, to America. It is an Islamic pattern to build giant mosques on the cherished sites of conquered lands. This is the final victory for the 911 jihadists. In the following exchange, it is clear Bloomberg is uncomfortable with his own position, and rightly so. Americans are repulsed by this Islamic flag of conquest, as was made clear by the close to ten thousand great Americans who showed up to the SIOA protest against the monster mosque on June 6th (we will be back out there marching on City Hall September 12th). Video highlights here. Bloomberg can stop it. He controls the landmarks commission; he could easily do the right thing and keep his politically correct hands cleanat the same time. "MR. MAYOR, NO MOSQUE AT GROUND ZERO!" The mayor's face immediately became somber. He quickly disregarded his elderly constituent and in a serious tone, while staring me directly in the eye, leaned forward, pointed to my face and said matter-of-factly, "If we don't let them build a mosque, we won't be able to build a temple!"Some in the crowd gasped. I quickly responded, "But we don't need a temple-that's not the issue, a mosque is a symbol of jihad victory." While still standing in the crowd and amongst his staffers, which attempted to shuffle him away, the mayor suddenly lurched forward, walked right up to me and with a perturbed voice and stern eyes, said what sounded like "we need to allow it." "But mayor, this is my field of study, and I am telling you, they are building it as a symbol of victory over us." At that time the mayor's staff shuffled him away but not before the mayor looked back at me, obviously annoyed that I raised the subject with him in public. His staffer also asked me to "just drop it" as the mayor was whisked away. I was in emergency management for 15 years. For several years I was a deputy commander of a federal emergency response team which existed to respond to terrorist attacks. I was also one of the rescue workers at Ground Zero. Today, I am anhistorian and my field of study includes life in Islamic Spain. What the mayor does not understand, is that a practice associated with conquering Islamic armies was the construction of a mosque at the location where their triumphant battle was won. There is a New York based Islamic organization seeking to build a mosque at the site of the 9/11 attack-an attack which was carried out by 19 Muslim hijackers who considered their mission holy war. A Muslim house of prayer, cemented in the ashes of catastrophe at the foot of New York's lost Twin Towers, would be a symbolic victory flag for Muslims who seek the destruction of America. The mayor needs to realize that no matter how the construction of a mosque at 'Ground Zero' may be perceived by well-meaning Americans, the construction of a mosque on the spot where Al-Qaeda brought jihad to the United States will unquestionably represent victory .............(more here) Hindu human rights activists Narain Kataria, Prasad Yalamanchi and unidentified friend came from Mississippi and Chicago with banners and flyers highlighting the radical statements of imam Rauf and his jihadist roots. El Marco has Part II of his exquisite coverage of the mega protest of the mega mosque on D day here (Part I) here: June 16, 2010, New York, N.Y., – by El Marco On Sunday, June 6th, a multi-ethnic, multi-racial coalition of Americans opposed to Islamic violence and intolerance rallied at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. 9/11 families were joined by immigrants from India, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Africa, Iran and Europe to show opposition to the construction of a mega-mosque at Ground Zero. Others flew in from overseas to speak or just to share their particular ethnic communities’ experiences at the hands of moslems. These are parents and spouses of firefighters killed on 9/11. The rally took place just a minute’s walk from Ladder 10 Firehouse, where their loved ones were stationed for duty that terrible day. Ladder 10 lost seven firefighters. Crowd estimates ranged from 5,000 (NYPD) to 10,000. The crowd overflowed the police barrier enclosures that ran the full length of two city blocks. This photo shows the enclosure in front of the stage at the intersection of Liberty and Church Streets. The second enclosure ran the length of the next block and can be seen on the other side of the traffic lights. Thousands of additional participants filled the treed area of Zuccotti Park. Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller are the founders of STOP ISLAMIZATION OF AMERICA, which sponsored the rally. Ms. Geller is a citizen journalist and blogger who runs the human rights web site Atlas Shrugs. Mr. Spencer is the author of several books on Islam and head of the influential web site Jihadwatch. Pamela Geller: “Ground Zero is a war memorial, Ground Zero is a burial ground. We are asking for sensitivity…It is unconscionable to build a shrine to the very ideology that inspired the jihadist attacks at Ground Zero, right there. We are asking the imam Rauf and Daisy Khan to be sensitive. For mutual respect and mutual understanding that is demanded of us every day. There’s a hair-trigger sensitivity in the muslim world, you can’t run the cartoons, you can’t say Mohammed, this is offensive. This is an offensive mosque. To build a shrine, an Islamic flag of conquest on the sacred ground the cherished site, of a conquered land. This is historic, this is Islamic history. It’s what they do. The St. Sofia in Turkey, the al-Quds, at the holiest Jewish site in Israel. Not here. This is where we take a stand. We must take a stand. We must say no.” Robert Spencer holds a photo of airplane parts that crashed through the roof of the Burlington Coat Factory Posted by Pamela Geller on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 10:38 PM in Mosque at Ground Zero: Takbir! | Permalink | Comments (49) ShareThis Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | Tweet This! This is school? This is "teaching"? Our kids can barely read. We spend the most per child and rank 27th and 29th in math and science among industrialized nations. But this is what they are "learning," mmmmm mmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmm. This is indoctrination, grooming goosestepping bots for Obama. School children are lead by a teacher in a chant that begins with "I will be anything I want to be." Producing a generation of marxist morons. Of course the teachers unions are against charter schools; kids might actually learn something. OT Related: ATLAS EXCLUSIVE: Obama Organizing in High School - Atlas Shrugs February 2010: OFA Organizing in the Classroom -- One Parent: "I Can't Even Pass Out Flyers in the School for Girl Scouts Without Permission from the Superintendent's Office" September 2009: Brainwashing for Barack: More Schools Programming Obama Propaganda ... Obama's Brownshirts in School: Thuggery and Intimidation ... Posted by Pamela Geller on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 01:34 PM in Education: Hijacking the System | Permalink | Comments (6) ShareThis Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | Tweet This! On Sunday, June 6th, a multi-ethnic, multi-racial coalition of Americans opposed to Islamic violence and intolerance rallied at the site of the World Trade Center in New York City. 9/11 families were joined by immigrants from India, Russia, Egypt, Israel, Africa, Iran and Europe to show opposition to the construction of a mega-mosque at Ground Zero. Others flew in from overseas to speak or just to share their particular ethnic communities’ experiences at the hands of moslems. These are parents and spouses of firefighters killed on 9/11. Read this letter I received. Mark, we will not let you down. We will use every avenue, legal, cultural, and political, and after that we will sit down in front of the Burlington War Memorial, the moms, the sisters, the kids, the grandmas, the God Star moms, the patriots, and we will not move. They will not build it. As someone who has worked Downtown since 1983, lives/owns in Battery Park City since 1988, used to work at 1 WTC till 1999, knows 62 friends that were murdered on 9/11, who's wife was crossing West St at W. Thames St when the 1st jet hit, and then got caught in the dust cloud when the 1st building came down and ran south to Battery Park ending up on a Tugboat over to Liberty State Park, while I knew nothing about her whereabouts, who walked from 390 Greenwich St to where she worked-43rd between 8th & 9th(NY Times advertising), and finding no one there who saw her, and then walked South & East to the East River to get back to BPC from the South End, who got to my building seeing & hugging my doormen and asked them if they saw my wife, of which they said no, who went upstairs to see if she was there, of which she wasn't, who couldn't communicate with extended family on LI because of no phones, who then walked to the Deli in BPC(S. End & Albany) seeing all the Cops & Firemen, who spoke with the Egyptian Christian who worked behind the counter at the Deli telling me how he had to leave his country because of this madness, who then walked East crossing West St near the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, who stopped near Moran's Church(Bar) on Washington St looking North and seeing the smoldering ash of friends, who then walked over to Broadway & Wall, and talked to some Cops about the madness, who then walked over to the Seaport and stopped in at Mark Joseph Steakhouse to have a few numbing beers with 1 of the owners, who then walked back North to 22nd & Park to Brother-in-laws apt, arriving around 9pmish, to find out that one of my wife's friends finally made contact with her cell phone and that she was alright, who then attended NUMEROUS EMOTIONAL FUNERALS for all of my murdered friends, who had to move out of BPC for 4 months, who CANNOT stop thinking about all the GREAT people who were murdered, who coached kids in HS Football(St. Anthony's HS) who went to the Middle East to fight for our freedoms, who has friends that are all upset by the POLITICAL CORRECTNESS that is within the halls of Government, who has been reading your info since 2007, who has told many people about you and your website, who told the Russian Jewish guys at Ray's Barber Shop on Chambers St-between W. Broadway & Church about the protest and Ray attended, and said he saw many people that he knew, who continues to read and try to help my way by informing people about what's really going on, who was just told by a friend that his sister-who is a Tribeca resident-recently made contact with you, and has expressed her support, who you asked to speak in September..... I know I'm rambling and could go on and on and on......But I guess what I am writing is that when I watched the 34 minute Video about the protest with all the speakers, I was moved to CHILLS & TEARS!!!!..... As the Downtown resident and employee that I am, I am writing to say I SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS WHOLE HEARTEDLY!!!!!!!! NEVER FORGET!!!!!!!!!!! Mark Posted by Pamela Geller on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 01:12 PM in Mosque at Ground Zero: Takbir! | Permalink | Comments (3) ShareThis Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | Tweet This! Just for knowing, I have been on the phone with Egypt all morning, trying to get a statement from Gheit. None has been forthcoming. I am working the story. Stay tuned. Here's an excerpt from my latest in the Thinker: That was the claim of Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, as reported in the May 2010 issue of Israel Today. According to journalist Avi Lipkin, Gheit appeared on Nile TV's "Round Table Show" in January, on which he said that "he had had a one-on-one meeting with Obama who swore to him that he was a Moslem, the son of a Moslem father and step-son of Moslem step-father, that his half-brothers in Kenya were Moslems, and that he was loyal to the Moslem agenda." Obama allegedly said this in the context of reassuring Gheit that he would soon deal with Israel: He asked that the Moslem world show patience. Obama promised that once he overcame some domestic American problems (Healthcare) [sic], that he would show the Moslem world what he would do with Israel. Could this be true? Even if Gheit's claim isn't true, or was misreported, every country in the free world must be cognizant of the catastrophic sea change that has taken place in the leadership of the free world -- as witnessed by events over the past year. Barack Obama took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, and yet whether he is a Muslim or not, he has undeniably gone around the world promoting Islam and Sharia (Islamic law). Posted by Pamela Geller on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 12:52 PM in Atlas Articles, President Hussein | Permalink | Comments (4) ShareThis Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | Tweet This! Muslim protesters brand war heroes ‘murderers’ as homecoming parade turns violent (Casuals United) It is interesting how the media portrays the Islamic jihadists on the same moral playing field as the patriots standing up for their nation. It is a decayed effete elite that is aiding and abetting advancing jihad. One cannot help but be reminded of the goosestepping nazis before WWII when you see the vile treason of the Muslims at their jackbooted, keffiyeh-clad protests. The keffiyeh, the swastika -- same thing. The hate speech, the thuggery, same thing. Here are pictures and craven coverage from the Daily Mail: Screaming hate and brandishing vile placards, Muslim extremists and far-Right groups clashed yesterday in ugly scenes that marred a parade by soldiers. Around 40 members of a group called Muslims Against the Crusades (MAC) arrived with inflammatory banners featuring slogans such as 'Butchers return' and 'What are you dying for? £18k'. They were soon confronted by 100 people, some wearing English Defence League T-shirts, who shouted 'scum' and 'Muslim bombers off our streets'. Around 40 members of a group called Muslims Against the Crusades (MAC) arrived with inflammatory banners featuring slogans such as 'Butchers return' and 'What are you dying for? £18k'. They were soon confronted by 100 people, some wearing English Defence League T-shirts, who shouted 'scum' and 'Muslim bombers off our streets'. Clashes: Police hold back Muslim protesters as they trade insults with English Defence League members while soldiers take part in a homecoming parade in Barking, Essex The Muslim protesters shouted 'murderers' as troops from the Royal Anglian Regiment paraded through Barking, Essex. Police, who had received intelligence warning of trouble at the march in Barking, Essex, separated the groups behind barriers on opposite sides of the road. But violence flared after 200 soldiers from 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment - who lost five men in a recent tour of Afghanistan and had been granted freedom of the borough - marched past thousands of well-wishers. Posted by Pamela Geller on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 12:22 AM in COUNTER JIHAD FRONT | Permalink | Comments (24) ShareThis Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | Tweet This! Our man West, slaying dragons on the information battle space, a warrior, literally and figuratively. It's November or never. 15 June 2010 Of Lambs and Lions "I do not fear an army of lions if they are led by a lamb. I do fear an army of sheep if they are led by a lion.".Alexander the Great Greetings Wheels on the Road readers, fellow South Floridians, and indeed all Americans. It is time for our monthly political assessment and this one is rather personal. Last month we addressed what is at stake, and the response was the future of America. One of the factors affecting our Country right now relates to Alexander's quote mentioned above. Attorney General Eric Holder once lamented that America is a "nation of cowards", that is far from the truth. The problem we have in America is that we are being led by lambs, by an effete ruling class elite. America is a nation of lions, warriors, but when we find ourselves being led by a cabal of weak, ineffective, and indecisive appeasers the result is evident. Sure, the liberal progressives are dogged ideologues and tenacious poodles when it comes to nationalizing our production; healthcare, financial sector, energy sector, and automobile industry. They stand strong against the rule of law regarding illegal immigration. And there is no doubt no group will fight harder to redistribute wealth and turn America into a collective "balkanized" socialist Country. However, what scares the liberals more than anything else is the "Warrior Class". They abhor the men and women who find a commitment and conviction in believing in this Constitutional Republic and the principles which make America exceptional. This is a sentiment which over the past 30 days we witnessed being manifested from the highest office in our land, the President. When Barack Hussein Obama made the decision to take a "vacation" back to Chicago rather than attend Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National cemetery that was a complete disregard and disrespect to those who gave the "last full measure of devotion". I know, those who suffer from Bush Derangement Syndrome are frothing and recounting that Pres GW Bush missed an Arlington ceremony....but he was at Normandy, a very appropriate place to be. But it was not just the missing Memorial Day, it was also the lack of any recognition of the 66th anniversary of D-Day. It was the failure to address Flag Day which was also the 235th birthday of the US Army. Lastly, Obama's refusal for the second year in a row to attend the "Gold Star Family" events clearly telegraphs his regard for our military does not go beyond photo opportunities. The malignant narcissism of the President, and the liberal progressives, is laser focused on the disrespect and the destruction of the American Warrior class. They detest anyone who has the courage of conviction and love of America, something which they find unconscionable. It starts with a national security strategy which refuses to address the enemy of our Nation, islamic totalitarianism and radical islamic state sponsored terrorism. We have sheep who are so oblivious to the threats to our security that the Obama administation's terrorism expert, John Brennan, stated that "terrorism is a state of mind and jihadism is a legitimate tenet of Islam". When at the highest levels we project a recalcitrance to confront our enemy, you only embolden them. When an enemy is emboldened, such as this one, they launch a "humanitarian aid" flotilla which is nothing more than a cover to supply a terrorist organization, Hamas. When you have a Sovereign State seek to protect itself, and even institute insidious rules of engagement, and yet is condemned for protecting its warriors, we are upside down......we are being led by sheep. Nothing pleasures wolves more than fresh lamb meat, and we are serving that up at every instance. This seemingly is not just an American phenomenon, but a worldwide epidemic. North Korea sinks a South Korean naval vessel and we ask for an apology. The international community demands that Israel apologize and submit to an investigation. We have created rules of engagement in Afghanistan which allows the enemy every opportunity to kill our men and women. We have considered such horrible ideas such as an award for "courageous restraint". We even allow former Taliban members who have attacked, and maybe even killed, our troops to be released from detainment based upon a "pledge" signed by their fathers and tribal leaders. Yet, we have our own Warriors such a Army 1LT Michael Behenna serving a 15 year prison sentence for killing a known Al Qaeda operative who attacked him. Worse however, is the fact that exculpatory evidence in his case was withheld by the Army prosecutors who also withheld a key witness. There in the military prison at Ft Leavenworth sit 10 Army Soldiers while Taliban fighters are being released. We just witnessed some of our finest Warriors, US Navy SEALS, having to endure a courts-martial because they "punched" a terrorist. That is why I will be heading to Ft Leavenworth in September to rally for the release of our Soldiers so that they can be reunited with their families. Those families who willingly sacrificed their loved ones, believing that they could be severely wounded, or even killed....but never imprisoned for doing what we ask Warriors to do. In the past 30 days we watched the House of Representatives so concerned about the military that they just could not wait, and voted to repeal "Dont Ask Dont Tell". This was done against the counsel of the Service Chiefs who asked for an opportunity to allow the men and women in uniform to offer their suggestions and insights. No, it is more important to have the military accomodate behavior rather than respect the professionalism of those Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen. We have seen the President nominate someone for Supreme Court justice who attacked the Solomon Amendment, allowing ROTC activities on our college campuses. We are willing to allow an Islamic victory tribute to be erected at Ground Zero in New York City because we have leaders who just cannot find the courage to stand....sheep. We have a running gun battle occuring on our southern border but we allowed a foreign leader to demean our laws and attack a Governor of a sovereign American State. There has never been a more critical time for our Republic and yet we find the worse possible individuals in control for this time. We have a Nation of men and women who embrace victory and detest the stench of defeat. However, all we get is more speeches, talk, empty rhetoric, and never an action plan....at least not an action plan which is commensurate with the foundational principles of America. I stated earlier that this subject is personal to me and that is because of my story from Iraq in 2003. Yes, I fired my service 9mm over the head of a detainee to ensure my men were protected. Yes, I was removed from command and fined $5000. Yes, I withstood the attacks from the liberal sheep and will continue to do so because I am part of the Warrior class. I retired with Honor and remain a respected member of that group of men and women who feel pride when the National Anthem is played, and tear up at Taps. When I look at Pelosi, Frank, Weiner, Clyburn, Klein, and Obama I see lambs, certainly not leaders. I see mundane deliberators, not decisive people of character. This 2010 election cycle has the most Veterans running for office since WW II and there is a simple reason. America will not survive as a Nation in a world of wolves being led by sheep, it will take Lions. Steadfast and Loyal, LTC(R) A B West Posted by Pamela Geller on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 05:46 PM in Allen West: Lt. Colonel's Column from Kandahar | Permalink | Comments (26) ShareThis Reblog (0) | | Digg This | Save to del.icio.us | Tweet This! Check out Pajamas media's take on the Paypal smackdown. Here's an excerpt of PayPal Relents and Apologizes to Pamela Geller: Geller said she believes the “hate site” designation was the result of a series of bus ads her organizations ran in New York City and Miami, Fla., which promoted the website RefugefromIslam.com. Geller said the ads were in response to a series of bus advertisements she saw in Florida while covering the story of Rifqa Bary, the teenage Muslim girl who converted to Christianity and said she was afraid her family would kill her. Geller said the ads were not intended to be offensive but to give those converting information about help they could find if they felt they were in danger. “I think it was Islamist supremacists who reported it as (a hate site),” Geller said. “They wanted to turn off the spigot (of donations).” Geller said the ad buys were paid for by small donations of $18 to $50 by visitors to her site. “Honestly I have been interviewed intensively for the last two weeks (by major news outlets),” Geller said. “It apparently was offensive to Muslims. I don’t believe that, I don’t believe Muslim Americans don’t believe in religious freedom.” Regardless, Geller said she believes she won a victory. “It is a victory that they came back crawling,” she said, adding she will no longer be using PayPal, but a similar service calledGPal. “Apparently some disenfranchised PayPalers started the site and promote Second Amendment issues,” she said, adding she’d received several recommendations about the service over the weekend. PJM made repeated requests for comment to PayPal which were not returned. In fact, we were given a non-working phone number as the number for a spokesperson. PJM also made multiple attempts to contact former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, who is running on the Republican ticket for governor of California. PayPal is owned by eBay. Posted by Pamela Geller on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 04:47 PM in Creeping Sharia: American Dhimmitude, Fighting Sharia, Fighting the jihad, How the Left Destroys the Nation |Permalink | Comments (2) ShareThisBUMBLING BLOOMBERG BLASTS, BLOWS UP WHEN CONFRONTED OVER ISLAMIC SUPREMACIST MOSQUE AT GROUND ZERO
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
DANGEROUS INDOCTRINATION: SCHOOL KIDS CHANT: "I AM AN OBAMA SCHOLAR"
School Kids Chant: "I Am An Obama Scholar"
At one point during the incantation the teacher asks the students to repeat the phrase "I am an Obama scholar." (Real Clear Politics)AS SOMEONE ....................
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PAMELA GELLER, AMERICAN THINKER: REPORT: OBAMA SAID 'I AM A MUSLIM'
"The American President told me in confidence that he is a Muslim."
ISLAMIC HATRED: SOLDIERS' PARADE RUINED BY MUSLIM PROTESTERS, BRAND WAR HEROES ‘MURDERERS’ AS HOMECOMING PARADE TURNS VIOLENT, EDL STANDS AGAINST VILE ISLAMIC SUPREMACISM
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
LT COLONEL ALLEN WEST: "OF LAMBS AND LIONS"
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PJM PAMELA'S PAYPAL POWER PLAY