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Vigil Held For 42 Suspected Illegals Arrested in ICE Raid at Dulles Airport

ABC news reported last night that a vigil was held outside of ICE headquarters for 42 suspected illegal aliens who were arrested in a raid at Dulles International Airport yesterday. ICE agents made the arrests about 5.a.m. at a checkpoint for workers entering the airport grounds:

Several family members and immigration advocates protested outside of ICE headquarters, demanding the workers receive due process. "They are arresting people who are honest, people who have been building America and they arrest them. What we are demanding right now is that they give a chance to have an attorney."

Hats off to ICE for doing their job, for a change (or should I say hats off to our government for letting ICE do its job, for a change)

The nephew of Senon Ortiz was one of the 42 construction workers arrested at the airport. "We want the U.S. government to think before it begins breaking up families and treating hard-working men like criminals."

One woman, who was afraid to be identified, was trying to find her husband. With tears running down her face, she said, "We don't do anything wrong in this country. We just come looking to better our situation."

"With tears running down her face, she said, "We don't do anything wrong in this country. We just come looking to better our situation." Excuse me lady, did I miss something here? Did you not break America's immigration laws by entering our country illegally in the first place? Do American citizens not have the right to protect our borders and identify who is coming and going from sensitive areas, especially our nations airports? And as for the reporter responsible for the "With tears running down her face," comment in the report, does he or she not have any freaking common sense? Sure, we all have compassion for these people, but they are , they have broken the law; that's why they are called i-l-l-e-g-a-l aliens.

HT - "Hamden"

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Why Did Obama Vacation To Hawaii - And Especially, Why Now? (Update: Is the mystery about to be solved?)

I share this poster's interest.

Apparently others do also. Has the messiah been hiding his Indonesian identity and citizenship? TexasDarlin believes so as she notes in her 8/10/08 10:20 AM ET Update: Barry Soetoro's Birth Certificate in Republican Hands:

For those who have not followed this story, Soetoro is the name on Obama's Birth Certificate (BC) because a new BC was issued when he was adopted by Lolo Soetoro, his step-father. His original BC, which we assume was issued for Barack Hussein Obama at birth, would have been sealed at that time.

We assert that Barry Soetoro acquired Indonesian citizenship in approximately 1965-1966, and may still hold it. Barack Obama possibly changed his legal name back to Barack Hussein Obama as an older child, teenager, or adult, possibly never did -- but even if he did, this procedure would not result in a change to the BC.

The Birth Certificate published by Obama on his campaign website (still there, by the way) and distributed to the media was forged because the real BC on file is in the name Soetoro, an identity he apparently wanted to hide from the American people.

I am getting reports from different sources that Obama traveled to Pakistan in '81 with an Indonesian passport.

These revelations raise several troubling issues for Obama's electability and eligibility. Foremost, there is the concerted attempt to conceal his background and dual citizenship/identity from the electorate. Secondly, there is a potential Constitutional problem with a POTUS having held dual citizenship; Article II of the constitution requires the POTUS and Commander-in-Chief to have only ONE loyalty to country, and that must be to the US.

It's beginning to look as though the mainstream media may have once again "been caught with its pants down" (chuckle, chuckle - think Edwards, chuckle, chuckle) - lying by omission and ignoring the truth to save a Democratic politician from disgrace.

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DNC Invites Radical Islamist to Its Convention 'Interfaith Service'

Surely the fact that the DNC invited Hamas co-conspirators to their "interfaith service doesn't surpise you!

HT - LGF

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Posted by Richard at 8:03 PM

'Energy Journal Study (and rejection letter) proves allowing more drilling will lead to price drops NOW'

Enough already of the BS about drilling more now taking ten years to affect oil prices. Although the Left has offered all sorts of arguments for why they oppose drilling, including reasons why producing more American oil will not lower gas prices - all of these arguments amount to nothing more than spin, and the American people know it.

Now there's an Economic Study submitted to The Energy Journal which proves this. The study argued that allowing drilling in ANWR would produce an immediate drop in oil prices even if the oil did not enter refineries for several years.

And to further make the researchers' points, just think about what's happened to gas prices since President Bush announced his ending of the executive ban on offshore drilling and the uproar from Americans has resulted in Republicans finally making a major issue over it.

HT - Free Republic

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Muslim Writer: 'You Still Can't Write About Muhammad'

burning%20book.jpg Asra Q. Nomani says that Random House's abrupt calling off of an historical novel about Aisha, the young wife of the prophet Muhammad, upsets her as a Muslim -- and as a writer who believes that fiction can bring Islamic history to life in a uniquely captivating and humanizing way. The author of the novel had taken the time to learn Arabic, studied scholarly works about Aisha's life, and came to admire her protagonist as a woman of courage. When Random House bought her novel last year in a $100,000, two-book deal, she was ecstatic. This past spring, she began plans for an eight-city book tour after the Aug. 12 publication date of "The Jewel of Medina" -- a tale of lust, love and intrigue in the prophet's harem. It's not going to happen (HT - Stop the ACLU). Ms Nomani writes:

In May, Random House abruptly called off publication of the book. The series of events that torpedoed this novel are a window into how quickly fear stunts intelligent discourse about the Muslim world.

Random House feared the book would become a new "Satanic Verses," the Salman Rushdie novel of 1988 that led to death threats, riots and the murder of the book's Japanese translator, among other horrors. In an interview about Ms. Jones's novel, Thomas Perry, deputy publisher at Random House Publishing Group, said that it "disturbs us that we feel we cannot publish it right now." He said that after sending out advance copies of the novel, the company received "from credible and unrelated sources, cautionary advice not only that the publication of this book might be offensive to some in the Muslim community, but also that it could incite acts of violence by a small, radical segment."

After consulting security experts and Islam scholars, Mr. Perry said the company decided "to postpone publication for the safety of the author, employees of Random House, booksellers and anyone else who would be involved in distribution and sale of the novel."

This saga upsets me as a Muslim -- and as a writer who believes that fiction can bring Islamic history to life in a uniquely captivating and humanizing way. "I'm devastated," Ms. Jones told me after the book got spiked, adding, "I wanted to honor Aisha and all the wives of Muhammad by giving voice to them, remarkable women whose crucial roles in the shaping of Islam have so often been ignored -- silenced -- by historians." Last month, Ms. Jones signed a termination agreement with Random House, so her literary agent could shop the book to other publishers.

This time, the instigator of the trouble wasn't a radical Muslim cleric, but an American academic. In April, looking for endorsements, Random House sent galleys to writers and scholars, including Denise Spellberg, an associate professor of Islamic history at the University of Texas in Austin. Ms. Jones put her on the list because she read Ms. Spellberg's book, "Politics, Gender, and the Islamic Past: The Legacy of 'A'isha Bint Abi Bakr."

But Ms. Spellberg wasn't a fan of Ms. Jones's book. On April 30, Shahed Amanullah, a guest lecturer in Ms. Spellberg's classes and the editor of a popular Muslim Web site, got a frantic call from her. "She was upset," Mr. Amanullah recalls. He says Ms. Spellberg told him the novel "made fun of Muslims and their history," and asked him to warn Muslims.

Contiue reading: You Still Can't Write About Muhammad.

Given the plethora of works previously published by Random House and others, one can't help believe that had the story been a highly anti-Christian or anti-Jewish story it would have made the Aug. 12 publication date.

As Ms Nomani notes in her piece, fear does indeed stunt intelligent discourse about the Muslim world. So why are we allowing Muslims to control our lives and our freedoms?

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Posted by Abdul at 10:19 AM

Suicide Of A Nation - Lebanon To Legalize Hizbullah Militia

Lest there be any doubt in your minds up to now, given this development, you can put them all aside. Lebanon is no longer, Lebanon. It is a satelite of Iran and radical Islam: [...] A draft policy statement that could secure Hizbullah's existence as an armed organization and guarantees its right to "liberate or recover occupied lands" is expected to be approved by the Lebanese council of ministers on Monday before being presented to the parliament in the coming days. Some observers in Lebanon see the clause on "resistance" as a significant victory for Hizbullah, which has long resisted...

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Posted by Mike in Iraq at 7:27 AM

The Very Best Ad For John McCain - Ever!

... and to my knowledge, the McCain camp didn't have anything to do with it (and if they did, they did a fantastic job). The audio clips of the Obamas in this video - their own words, are stunning; the video itself vividly demonstrates the profound differences between the two candidates for president. "Don't Tread On Me, Obama," by Miradena. Watch, and enjoy, every second of it. From the narrative at YouTube:The contrast between our two Presidential candidates is staggering. Compare and contrast: Obama is the candidate of CHANGE. He changes his speeches to pander to his audiences. He changes...

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Posted by Mike in Iraq at 7:24 AM

Democratic Leadership Stands In The Way Of Drilling

As the WSJ points out, the moronic Nancy Pelosi, screwball Harry Reid and other liberal leaders on Capitol Hill are gripped by cold-sweat terror, knowing that if they permit a vote on offshore drilling they will lose when Blue Dogs and oil-patch Democrats defect to the GOP position of increasing domestic energy production. So what do they do? They fall back to their last failsafe and shut down Congress:Majority Leader Reid has decided that deliberation is too taxing for "the world's greatest deliberative body." This week he cut off serious energy amendments to his antispeculation bill. Then Senate Appropriations baron...

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Posted by Richard at 12:43 PM

CEO Of Democratic National Convention Is A Marxist

The head of the DNC's religious outreach, Leah Daughtry who, in addition to believing that God finds abortion acceptable, is a believer in the same Marxist "Black Liberation Theology" preached by Reverend Wright. As if that's not bad enough, this Marxist is also the CEO of the Democratic National Convention! As Henry Lamb wrote in his October 8, 2007 Canada Free Press article entitled, "Are the Communists Coming?" : [...] "It is getting increasingly difficult to distinguish between the agenda of the Democratic party, and the agenda of the Communist Party. Joelle Fishman, Chair, Political Action Committee, CPUSA, says, "Our...

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Posted by Richard at 12:42 PM

It May (or may not) Have Been Meant To Be Satire .....

However, you have to admit ....; ... there's an extraordinary ring of truth to it, is there not? Think of the Obamas in the Oval Office, away from the public, cutting loose for the first time since the election, laughing together, and revealing their true selves. So is it satire or insight? Like I said, I don't see a problem here - except, of course, that it's a typical Muslim reaction to a cartoon. As a commenter wrote at Lucianne.com: "Michelle as "Professor" Angela Davis? Barack Hussein as Bobby Seale? The problem? And then there are these interesting tidbits about...

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Posted by Abdul at 10:26 AM