Inside the White House #2

Here is another video, and to me the most shocking, of the White House insider videos. I did not expect the Situation room to look anything like what it does. I only ever had visions of President Bartlet's Sit Room.

Inside the White House Series

Once aspect that I've been enjoying with the Obama Administration's White House website, is their use of technology. My favorite, has been their "mini-series" of informative videos titled "Inside the White House." I enjoy the perspective of "VIP" access to normally tight guarded areas of life and business inside the White House.

This video is titled "The Cabinet."

House Republicans Add 1

Add 1 more to the House Republican Conference, but can Republicans actually count on the consistent vote? Probably. Take a look at his record thus far this year.

Story from TheHill.com

$100 Billion for Phony Science?

I just have one question. When America is going through it's worse reception since the Great Depression, and billions of families and children all over the world are starving, and entire communities are being brutally executed, why in the HELL are we pledging to contribute to a fund of $100 Billion dollars for "man-made" global warming???????

FACT - DC received the most snow this weekend that it has in 7 years.

Freshman Franken Shuts Up Lieberman

NOW DO YOU KNOW WHY NOBODY WANTED FRANKEN IN THE SENATE!?

RWU Alumnus KIA

Unfortunately, this did not come to my attention until now. I am saddened that the RWU community, including RWU alumni, were not officially made aware of this tragic story. This past August, US Army 2nd Lt. Joseph Fortin was KIA in Iraq. Fortin was a member of the RWU Class of 2008.

RWU Alumnus KIA

Inconvenient Climategate Question

At least we have first amendment rights in the United States......I think. This reporter produced a great film I saw called "Mine Our Own Business." Eye opening film.

Forget the War on Terror, we're in a War on Jihadis

This was shared by Marina Peterson.

A Year of Jihad in America
By; Christopher Holton
www.StanduUpAmericaUS.com

There is mounting evidence that the global Jihadist insurgency is fully
entrenched in the United States After the Fort Hood massacre news services
seem divided between those hell-bent-for-leather on denying that the Fort
Hood massacre was a case of anything other than a persecuted loner
"snapping" and those who proclaimed it the first "terrorist" attack on US
soil since September 11th.

This focus is wrong. Fort Hood was an act of Jihad and that's really all
that matters: It is essential that we find out how extensive Nidal Malik
Hasan's ties to other Jihadists were. Of this there can be no doubt.

But we must refrain from entering into a debate on what amounts largely to
semantics about whether or not the Fort Hood massacre was an act of
"terrorism." We need to get away from focusing on the term "terrorism"
anyway. Some observers still don't consider the 1983 Beirut Barracks bombing
by Hezbollah, which killed 241 Marines, sailors and soldiers, an act of
"terrorism" because, by some widely recognized definitions, attacks on
combatants cannot be termed "terrorism."

The Fort Hood massacre and the attack on the Marine Barracks were acts of
Jihad. The Jihadis themselves don't refer to themselves as "terrorists." But
they most assuredly refer to themselves as "Jihadis." We should let them own
that title.

This was never a war on "terrorism." Jihad is being waged against us and we
have tied ourselves in knots to deny that reality. Moreover, Fort Hood was
hardly the first act of Jihad on US soil since September 11th. A few
examples come to mind:

* The Anthrax Attacks (Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I do NOT buy the
official line on these attacks, but that's a subject for another time and
place.)
* The DC "Sniper" Shootings (There is a great deal of evidence that John
Mohammed carried out these attacks in the name of Allah.)
* The LAX Shooting at the El Al Ticket Counter

Note that whether the perpetrators are members of a previously known
terrorist organization (such as Al Qaeda) or were lone actors, these were
still acts of Jihad.

It is difficult to combat a shadowy organization like Al Qaeda, but it is
far more difficult to prevent "lone wolf" actors from attacking. Al Qaeda
may be difficult to infiltrate and gather intelligence on, but how do we
"infiltrate" a lone Jihadist?

This is symptomatic of a revolutionary Jihadist subculture metastasizing
within the American Muslim community, especially within its mosques and
organizations. This revolutionary subculture has produced an atmosphere in
which Muslims are inspired to act violently. This is a very dangerous and
volatile situation.

Over the last 12 months alone, we have been provided with a stack of
evidence of the Jihadist insurgency inside America. Americans have largely
ignored this evidence, or at least failed to "connect the dots." Seemingly
completely unrelated cases do in fact have common threads: they are acts of
Jihad.

I decided to go back and research examples of Jihad in America over the
last 12 months, roughly 1 December 2008 to 1 December 2009. Here is a list
of incidents, cases, actions, statements and plots which point to a Jihadist
insurgency in our midst (Keep in mind that insurgencies are both
civilizational/political and violent/militant.).

The list is compiled in reverse chronological order, meaning that the most
recent items are listed first. We no doubt left out some cases. I believe
that all of these cases and incidents brought together on a single listing
will prompt most readers to conclude that the magnitude of the threat we
face inside the United States is greater than they previously believed.

NOVEMBER
* Ten Indicted in Philadelphia in Case Involving Material Support for
Jihadist Terrorist Group Hezbollah
* Terrorism Charges Unsealed in Minnesota Against 8 Somali Members of
Jihadist Terrorist Group al-Shabaab
* Feds in New York Move to Seize Assets of Iran-tied Alavi Foundation
* Nidal Malik Hasan Kills 13, Wounds 20 In Shooting Rampage at Fort Hood,
Texas

OCTOBER 2009

* US Jails Al Qaeda Sleeper Agent (Ali al-Marri was previously held in brig
at Charleston, SC Naval Station)
* Two Chicago Men Charged in Jihadist Terrorist Plot in Denmark
* Eleven Members of Jihadist Group Arrested in Detroit; Imam Killed in
Shootout with FBI (Luqman Ameen Abdullah Shot and Killed FBI Dog During
Arrest)
* Boston Muslim Charged in Plot to Kill Shoppers, Troops
* Three Ohio Residents Sentenced in Plot to Commit Terrorist Acts Against
Americans Overseas
* Massachusetts Man Charged With Conspiracy to Provide Material Support for
Terrorists
* University of California-Irvine Files Complaint with Feds that Muslim
Student Union Raised Money for Jihadist Terrorist organization HAMAS

SEPTEMBER 2009

* Najibullah Zazi of Colorado Indicted in New York for Conspiracy to Use
Explosives Against Persons or Property (Zazi had contact with Al Qaeda
leader in Afghanistan). (More here and here)
* Illinois Jihadist Arrested in Plot to Bomb Illinois Federal Building
* Jordanian Muslim Arrested After Placing Inactive Bomb in Dallas High-Rise
* Lebanese-born Swede Sentenced to Life in Prison for Oregon Terrorist
Training Camp Plot
* Three British Muslims Convicted In Plot to Bomb Airliners Bound for
America (Plot could have killed 10,000)
* Apostate from Islam, Rifqa Bary, Flees Family After Her Father Threatens
Her

AUGUST 2009

* Member of Prison Islamist Group Sentenced to 70 Months for Plot to Kill
Jews, Attack Military Bases
* Atlanta Muslim, Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, Convicted of Supporting Foreign
Terrorist Organization (Supported Lashkar-e-Tayyiba which carried out Mumbai
attack)
* German Jihadists Describe Hatred of US as Reason for Terror Plot
* Yemeni Sheikh Pleads Guilty to Aiding HAMAS in New York Court

JULY 2009

* "Shoe Bomber" Richard Reid Sues to Resume Jihad From Prison
* The Odyssey of a Jihadist: From Long Island to Pakistan. (More here and
here)
* Seven Charged in North Carolina for Terrorism (Plot to attack Marine
Corps Base Quantico) (More here)
* American Al Qaeda Jihadist Sentenced to Life for Bush Assassination Plot
* Hizb ut-Tahrir Jihadi Conference Held in Chicago

JUNE 2009

* New Jersey Muslim Convicted of Providing Material Support to Jihadist
Terrorist Group Hezbollah
> * Tennessee Muslim Convert Kills One Soldier, Wounds Another Outside
> Little Rock Recruiting Office
* Ex-Georgia Tech Student Convicted on Terrorism Charges

MAY 2009

* Texas Muslim Charity Officials Sentenced to 65 Years for Financing HAMAS
Jihadist Terrorist Organization
* New York Jihadist Plot to Target Synagogues Disrupted
* Canadian from Somalia Living in Minneapolis Pleads Guilty to Aiding Al
Qaeda
* Five Miami Jihadists Convicted in Sears Tower Bombing Plot

APRIL 2009

* Three New Jersey Jihadists Sentenced to Life in Fort Dix Terrorist Plot

MARCH 2009

* Somali-Americans Recruited for Al Qaeda-linked Group, Says FBI

FEBRUARY 2009

* Ohio Jihadist Sentenced to 20 Years in Terror Bomb Plot
* Muslim Television Channel Founder Charged With Beheading His Wife in
Honor Killing
* FBI Director Warns of Terror Attacks on US Cities
* Lashkar-e-Taiba Mumbai Attackers Had Worldwide List of 320 Targets
* Jailhouse Islam Convert Murders Philadelphia Police Officer

JANUARY 2009

* FBI Cuts Ties with Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR) Over
HAMAS Ties
* Terrorist Who Plotted to Bomb New York Targets in 1970s Released From
Prison, Deported to Sudan. (More here)
* Chicago Cousins Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to
Terrorism

DECEMBER 2008

* Staten Island Satellite TV Operator Pleads Guilty to Supporting Hezbollah
* Former University of South Florida Student Sentenced to 15 Years in
Terrorism Case
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Deficit Spending....Dems Worried???

Democrats are worried about deficit spending....now? Yes, but with selectivity. With the question of funding a probably troop surge in Afghanistan, Democrats are now voicing concerns about the federal deficit and paying for the war. How much did they spend on the stimulus? How much do they plan to spend on Cap and Trade and Obamacare? Seems to me like a "way out" for Democrats who don't support a unpopular war. But yes, not only are Democrats hypocrits when it comes to deficit spending. Congressional Republicans during the Bush years weren't the fiscal conservatives they were...especially when it came to funding both Iraq and Afghanistan. But when the issues turn to health care reform and others, the federal deficit becomes their biggest argument. Point being, I don't like hypocrits.

Afghanistan War Upends Deficit Spending Debate

Sensible Commanders

While listening to Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, something hit me. A democrat made a good point. While I forget as I type which Senior Democratic Senator made the comment, I can't help but completely agree. The Senator took grasp of a recent GOP talking point regarding the possible troop surge in Afghanistan. The talking point being, that Republicans - Congressmen, party leaders, and pundits alike - are all criticizing President Obama for "not listening to General McCrystal." They plead that the President should listen and obey the wishes of his commander on the ground, because "he's knows best." While in this particular case I agree, I only agree to a certain degree. The point that the Democratic Senator whose name I forget made, was that the Commander in Chief should follow the advice of his military commander on the ground WHEN SENSIBLE. Lest we forget, that General McCarther was Truman's "commander on the ground" during Korea and advised the president to march into China and attack with nuclear weapons. Lest we forget, the importance of history?