Reality Bytes and Pieces

Oh, the horror. We can’t hear the fish cry like the puppy being thrown over the cliff by a U.S. soldier, but one can only imagine the pain felt by these helpless creatures just milliseconds before they were killed by a rocket propelled grenade.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) hasn’t started a petition yet to demand courts-martial for the U.S. soldiers heard cheering-on the lone Afghan assassin, but if everyone makes a big enough stink about this mass murder of God’s creatures, justice could possibly be served to those who served themselves some tasty lake fish.

How many innocent fish have to die before our troops can come home and enjoy a good night out at Red Lobster? No war for seafood!

In the spirit of college basketball’s “March Madness,” The Penginator presents Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) “Sweet 16″ people and groups that he has turned to throughout his life for inspiration, guidance, wisdom and support. Draw your own conclusions, but don’t say I didn’t warn you about this playa’s mad fake-out skillz if he ends up winning the “Big Dance.” And, just remember this tried and tested motto of successful teams when pulling the lever at the polls, “Defense wins games!”

1. “The Marxist Professors” - The following quote is found on pages 100 and 101 from Barack Obama’s book, “Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance”:

“To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist Professors and the structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets. We smoked cigarettes and wore leather jackets. At night, in the dorms, we discussed neocolonialism, Franz Fanon, Eurocentrism, and patriarchy. When we ground out our cigarettes in the hallway carpet or set our stereos so loud that the walls began to shake, we were resisting bourgeois society’s stifling constraints. We weren’t indifferent or careless or insecure. We were alienated.”

2. Frantz Fanon, the “Marx of the Third World”- “Frantz Fanon stands as a great symbolic hero among militant blacks, and his ideas find responsive audiences in the Black Writers Congresses, in the ghettoes of the United States, and in most of the universities in the new world. But within academic cirles, especially among sociologists, Fanon is still a controversial figure,” wrote Dennis Forsythe in his 1973 article entitled, “Frantz Fanon — The Marx of the Third World.”

• “The Iranian cleric Ruhollah Khomeini’s teachings — a synthesis of militant Third World radicalism derived in part from the writings of Frantz Fanon — have held Iran in the thrall of a militant theocratic tyranny since 1979,” wrote National Review’s Adrian Karatnycky on May 19, 2003. 
• “Fanon has had an inspiring impact on anti-colonial and liberation movements. In particular, Les damnés de la terre was a major influence on the work of revolutionary leaders such as Ali Shariati in Iran, Steve Biko in South Africa, Malcom X in the United States and Ernesto Che Guevara in Cuba,” states Wikipedia on Fanon. ”Of these only Guevara was primarily concerned with Fanon’s theories on violence; for Shariati and Biko the main interest in Fanon was ‘the new man’ and ‘black consciousness’ respectively. Fanon’s influence extended to the liberation movements of the Palestinians, the Tamils, African Americans and others. More recently, the South African movement Abahlali baseMjondolo is influenced by Fanon’s work.”
• “To us, the man who adores the Negro is as ’sick’ as the man who abominates him. Conversely, the black man who wants to turn his race white is as miserable as he who preaches hatred for the whites,” wrote Fanon in his 1967 book, “Black Skin, White Masks.”

3. Socialist Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders- “The Progressive Caucus is an organization of Members of Congress founded in 1991 by newly-elected House Representative Bernie Sanders (Independent-Vermont), the former mayor of Burlington and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which describes itself as ‘the principal U.S. affiliate of the Socialist International.’”

• Click here to see Obama campaigning for Sen. Sanders in Vermont. “Thank you Vermont … You know we all want to see Bernie in the Senate,” Obama states in the video.

4. Communist mass murderer Che Guevara - “We don’t have to speculate about Che’s ideals. They’re on full display 90 miles south of Florida–a Stalinist police state where the regime mandates what its subjects, read, say, earn, eat (both substance and amount), where they live, travel or work. Che’s dream wasn’t to convert Latin America into Sweden–he wanted to convert it into Stalin’s Soviet Union. In fact he often signed his early correspondence, ‘Stalin II.’ This KGB-trained and worshiping hangman named Che now serves as the idol of ‘do your own thing’ radicals and the slogan that adorns Che posters under T-shirts is ‘Resist Oppression.’ The mind boggles. It really required a sense of humor to write this book–otherwise I’d have gone nuts,” states Cuban-born Humberto Fontova, author of, “Exposing the Real Che Guevara: And the Useful Idiots Who Idolize Him.”

• Click here for video showing a picture of Che Guevara prominently displayed in Obama’s Houston, Texas campaign office, as reported by the local FOX News affiliate.

5. Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. (Obama’s “spiritual advisor”)- “Obama, the guiding hand to American unanimity, has for the past 20 years been a parishioner at Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ, whose leader is, by any reasonable standard, a racist,” opined David Harsanyi in his March 4, 2008 Denver Post Op-ed. ”The pastor in question is Jeremiah Wright Jr. It was his use of the term ‘audacity of hope’ in a sermon that inspired Obama to title his best-selling book with the phrase. Wright is a longtime supporter of Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan. Last year, the ‘Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. Trumpeter Award’ was given to Farrakhan, who, it turns out, ‘truly epitomized greatness.’”

6. Abongo ‘Roy’ Obama - “The person who made me proudest of all … was Roy. Actually, now we call him Abongo, his Luo name, for two years ago he decided to reassert his African heritage. He converted to Islam, and has sworn off pork and tobacco and alcohol,” the Examiner (D.C.) reported on Jan. 29, 2007 about Obama’s affection for his brother, Roy.

Now, piece that display of brotherly love together with a Jan. 15, 2008 report from Investor’s Business Daily (that appears nearly a year after the Examiner.com article) which introduces us to the real Roy, and you’ll see why there’s reason to question Obama’s brotherly love for his militant Muslim brother.

“Obama has close family ties to Kenya, and even founded a school in his ancestral village — the Senator Obama School.

 

“In the bloody conflict there, which already has claimed some 700 lives, Obama appears to have sided with opposition leader Raila Odinga, head of the same Luo tribe to which Obama’s late Muslim father belonged.

 

“Obama’s older brother still lives there. Abongo ‘Roy’ Obama is a Luo activist and a militant Muslim who argues that the black man must ‘liberate himself from the poisoning influences of European culture.’ He urges his younger brother to embrace his African heritage.

 

“Beyond family politics, these ties have potential foreign policy, even national security, implications,” notes the Investor’s Business Daily article.

7. Bob Moses, draft dodger - “‘What really inspired me,’ Obama told me during one of several conversations about his work as an organizer, ‘was the civil rights movement. And if you asked me who my role model was at that time, it would probably be Bob Moses, the famous sncc [Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee] organizer.’”

• According to U.S. News and World Report, “In 1966, [Moses] left for Canada when, at the age of 31, he received a draft notice. After a stint teaching math in Tanzania, he returned to the United States when President Jimmy Carter granted amnesty to draft resisters.”

8. Saul D. Alinksy, Satan admirer- “Obama … had this to say about legendary Chicago organizer Saul Alinsky in The New Republic:

“Sometimes the tendency in community organizing of the sort done by Alinsky was to downplay the power of words and of ideas when in fact ideas and words are pretty powerful. ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, all men are created equal.’ Those are just words. ‘I have a dream.’ Just words.”

• “The 1972 Vintage Books paperback edition of Rules for Radicals by Saul D. Alinksy has a page of quotes just before the table of contents. In the last of the three quotes, Alinsky himself said the following:

“Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical from all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins — or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom — Lucifer.”

9. Malcolm X - “Obama, who would start his career in politics as a community organizer in Chicago, wrote that he also found solace in the autobiography of Malcolm X, with his ‘unadorned insistence on respect.’”

• This video compilation of Obama speeches shows the candidate ”borrowing words” from historical figures. It starts out with him telling a crowd of black supporters in South Carolina that they’ve been “hood winked, bamboozled,” just like the “star” of Spike Lee’s movie, “Malcolm X.” It’s like one of those remix tapes, but with Obama starring as the mix-master.
  
• “Obama’s verbs [hood winked and bamboozled], according to this analysis, were chosen to echo a speech by the eponymous hero of Spike Lee’s 1992 ‘Malcolm X,’ and thus to send a secret message,” states Jan Freeman in The Boston Globe. “But why would Obama need a coded racial message? I can see that Spike Lee’s film use of bamboozled might resonate with African-American voters, especially since Lee titled a subsequent movie ‘Bamboozled.’ But isn’t Malcolm X, the controversial black separatist, the last person the ‘uniter’ candidate would purposely invoke?”

10. Allah- “Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it’ll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.” Translated literally, that Muslim prayer says:

“Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah. I bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah. I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Hasten to the Prayer, hasten to the Prayer. Hasten to real success, hasten to real success. Allah is the Greatest, Allah is the Greatest. There is none worthy of worship but Allah.”

11. Al Sharpton - “Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill., stopped for a little soul food with Al Sharpton in Harlem Thursday (Nov. 29, 2007) evening. Arriving together in the same car, the two were flanked by people on the street outside the popular soul food restaurant, ‘Silvia’s’ in the heart of Harlem. Obama yelled, ‘We gon’ shake up the world,’ as he entered the restaurant side by side with Sharpton.”

• According to Sen. Obama, “Reverend Sharpton is a voice for the voiceless, and a voice for the dispossessed. What National Action Network has done is so important to change America, and it must be changed from the bottom up.”
• “Sharpton’s National Action Network is currently being probed by the New York state attorney general’s office over possible wrongdoing involving his organization’s finances. But that hasn’t stopped him or his group from cashing in on this case. In one weekend alone Sharpton’s group raised $100,000 for its ‘Jena Fund’ (cha-ching!),” noted black conservative civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, in his Sept. 27, 2007 WorldNetDaily.com column. 

12. Jena 6 - “Today I stand with those who stand for justice in Jena,” said Sen. Obama in a Sept. 20 press statement. “The thousands of Americans from every race and region who have descended on this small Louisiana town carry forth the legacy of all those who sat at lunch counters and took freedom rides to strike a blow against injustice wherever it may exist. When a noose hangs from a schoolyard tree in the 21st century and young men are treated in a way that is not equal nor just, it is not just an offense to the people of Jena or to the African-American community, it is an offense to the ideals we hold as Americans. I renew my call for the District Attorney to drop the excessive charges filed in this case, and I will continue my decades-long fight against injustice and division as President.”

• “Since the ‘Jena 6′ case in which several black youths beat a white classmate unconscious after a noose-hanging incident several months earlier at Jena High School, black leaders have galvanized in an effort to recreate a new ‘civil rights’ movement. They’ve jumped on virtually every alleged racial incident around the country. Their goal is quite simple — to build power and wealth dousing racial fires with gasoline,” remarked Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, in his WorldNetDaily.com column. 

13. Kanye West - “I’ve met with Jay-Z; I’ve met with Kanye. And I’ve talked to other artists about how potentially to bridge that gap. I think the potential for them to deliver a message of extraordinary power that gets people thinking (is massive),” Obama said during Black Entertainment Television’s (BET) political special “What’s In It For Us?”.

• According to armchair political pundit Kanye West, “George Bush doesn’t care about black people!”

14. Jay Z - It’s easy to see why Obama wants Jay Z’s support when you read (and, hum along to) a sample of the rapper’s lyrics:

“I’m from the hood stupid, what type of facts are those
  If you grew up with holes in ya zapatos
  You’d be celebrating the minute you was havin’ dough
  I’m like f#ck critics you can kiss my whole asshole
  If you don’t like my lyrics you can press fast forward
  I got beef with radio if i don’t play they show
  They don’t play my hits i don’t give a shit SO
  Rap mags try and use my black ass
  So advertisers can give ‘em more cash for ads, f#ck3rs
  I don’t know what you take me as,
  Or understand the intelligence that Jay-Z has
  I’m from rags to ritches niggas I ain’t dumb
  I got 99 problems but a bitch ain’t one
  Hit me”

15. Ludacris, enemy of Oprah - “[Ludacris] was dropped as a Pepsi spokesman in 2004 after Pepsi’s choice drew criticism from talk show host Bill O’Reilly and the conservative right. And last year he ended up in a war of words with media mogul Oprah Winfrey after accusing her of being against rappers because she doesn’t feature them on her show. Winfrey responded by asserting she doesn’t condone the negative images of women propagated by Ludacris and others in lyrics and videos.” But Obama did let his good friend, Oprah’s, concerns stop him from from promoting ”AIDS awareness” with Ludacris at Northwestern University on November 29, 2006.

16. Speaking of Oprah Winfrey: “Oprah talked about her humble beginnings in Mississippi, and particularly about how her mother’s highest aspiration for her was that she might end up cleaning white people’s houses, because ‘they give away nice clothes.’ And then Oprah pointed out that now that she’s Oprah, she has ‘all these white people’ working for her, and that in fact there’s only one black person on the staff. Way to turn the tables, girl,” reported TMZ on Sept. 25, 2006.

I know I said this was a “Sweet 16″ round-up, but let’s give props to Obama’s soul-mate, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson-Obama: Mrs. Obama’s 1985 Princeton University thesis “offers several fascinating insights into the mind of Michelle Obama, who has been a passionate advocate of her husband’s presidential aspirations and who has made several controvesial statements, including this week’s remark, ‘For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country.’ That comment has fueled debate on countless blogs, radio talk shows and cable news for days on end, causing her to explain the statement in greater detail,” the Politico.com reported on Feb. 22, 2008.

• “It’s pretty simple: she obviously hates white people and will never get along with them,” states the Wonkette on her no-b.s. blog with regards to the following sentiments expressed by Michelle La Vaughn Robinson (Obama) in her thesis:

“My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my ‘blackness’ than ever before… I have found that at Princeton, no matter how liberal and open-minded some of my white professors and classmates try to be toward me, I sometimes feel like a visitor on campus; as if I really don’t belong. Regardless of the circumstances underwhich I interact with whites at Princeton, it often seems as if, to them, I will always be black first and a student second.”

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“Important Moments in Women’s History … Brought to You by Pornstars” - All I can say is, “God bless America, and Happy Women’s History Month!”

Hillary Clinton, Porn and Pancakes - Gotta love it when MSNothingButClintons screws up when pimping their favorite gal.

“Virginia is [still] for lovers,” but not those who French kiss kids - “State legislators passed a law Saturday that would require adults who French kiss a child younger than 13 to register as a sex offender. Those convicted of tongue-kissing a child would be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2,500 fine. The House of Delegates passed the legislation 96-1 and the Senate 39-0…” The fact that the state legislature convened on a Saturday to pass this bill says there’s something seriously wrong in Virginia. Expect southern states like Alabama and Arkansas to follow suit.

Booted Straight American Idol Contestant Wants to Sing Praises of Homosexuals - “Kady Malloy is the recently eliminated American Idol semifinalist that wants to be a spokesperson for gay rights.  Malloy explained, ‘Well, my best friend is gay.  Freddie Mercury was gay, who’s my idol.  I just think that, you know, you shouldn’t define somebody by their sexuality, and I think that gay people not being able to get married and things like that is just like history repeating itself, and I think that we need to learn from our past…’” I’d like to see this ditz tag team with the Miss South Carolina who’s concerned about “U.S. Americans” who “don’t have maps.” The WWE could use a few more genius Divas to raise awareness for the harmful effects of beauty on brains.

Muslims believe in mircaulous power of sheep, not Jesus - In 2004, Muslims flocked to worship a sheep that was born with a marking resembling the Arabic word for “Allah.” Then, there’s this documentary showing that Muslims don’t believe Jesus is the Messiah and the crucifixion never happened. Call me crazy, but I think Muslims are just bitter that Jesus never promised whordes of virgins to those who self-detonate in public places.

April 18 is “Poop for Peace Day” - Mark your calendars. Eat plenty of prunes. Get creative. The fate of the world rests in your bowels.

Man eats pet food, gets paycheck - “I have trained my palate to look for materials that we will not allow in the recipe, such as tripe - pet owners react badly to the smell of tripe. I’m looking for a patè texture, almost to the point where you could spread it on crusty bread…” I like this idea as an employment opportunity for the homeless.

I find it hard to believe that an airport in post-Sept. 11 America allowed a crew of wannabe rappers to commandeer a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint and shoot a music video mocking the TSA as a bunch of uneducated “gangstaz” whose sole purpose is to unnecessarily harass travelers.

Before you watch this sad attempt at a rap video, let me warn you that it contains gratuitous profanity and sexual innuendos.

Call it a hunch, but I’m guessing that the TSA officers charged with manning this post will be reprimanded, if not fired, for allowing this “rap group” to shoot their video and play with sensitive security screening equipment. And, before anyone suggests that it’s some realistic recreation of a TSA checkpoint, let me just say that I don’t buy that argument because you’ll notice quite quickly that these guys don’t possess enough talent to afford such an elaborate backdrop for their low-budget production.

UPDATE (03/05/2008): People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has sponsored a petition condemning alleged puppy killer David Motari and demanding swift military justice is pursued by the Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH).

UPDATE (03/04/2008): It has been reported that the U.S. soldier seen killing the puppy is allegedly David Motari, a Blackwater Worldwide mercenary-for-hire. 

The following is my best attempt at a transcript for a disturbing video featuring two U.S. soldiers getting their jollies by murdering a puppy. Apparently, YouTube is no longer running the video — but The Penginator still has a working link to it below (not that I enjoy watching it or hope others find humor in it — it’s disgusting. I’m not censoring the grim reality that a U.S. soldier had a good time killing a puppy).

U.S. Soldier with puppy in hand: “Cute little puppy, huh?”

U.S. Soldier #2: “Oh, so cute. So cute. Little puppy…”

U.S. Soldier with puppy: “Oh…oh…oh…that’s it.” (Soldier throws puppy over cliff to death as puppy yelps.)

U.S. Soldier #2: “That’s mean. That was mean Motari.”

Laughter

Click here to watch this disturbing video. And, this proves what?

I wholeheartedly support our military and the War Against Terror, but this is senseless bullshit and these two asshats give our troops another black eye that they don’t deserve.

In related news, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is apparently helping U.S. soldiers get stray dogs out of Baghdad, Iraq, though I doubt this is the solution they had in mind.

It’s a rare instance that The Penginator lets his emotions carryover into his writing (some might disagree), but as the proud papa of two pups, I’d go toe-to-toe with Sgt. Slaughter before he laid a hand on either of my dogs … or, anyone else’s, for that matter.

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Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) reluctantly said he would “reject” and “denounce” the support of Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan on Tuesday night when prodded by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) during a debate. That’s all fine and dandy, but it appears Obama has historically hired Farrakhan followers and is currently promoting a link on his campaign website that features “controversial” Islamic organizations.

According to a Jan. 30 report by political commentator Debbie Schlussel, “[A] former Obama insider says that Obama’s sudden aversion to NOI and Farrakhan is belied by the fact that Obama employed and continues to employ several Farrakhan acolytes in high positions on his Illinois and U.S. Senate campaign and office staffs.”

Schlussel reported on the Nation of Islam affiliations of Obama staffers well before the recent controversy arose over Farrakhan’s unofficial endorsement of Obama. She was careful to note that the anonymous insider who provided her with information about Obama’s Farrakhan-allied staffers “is not connected with the Clintons and is not a disgruntled employee,” though I’m sure that will be contested by Obama supporters (See “comments” section on top of this page.).

“I have verified that this person — who agreed to talk on the condition of anonymity — held a key position in the Obama campaign,” Schlussel wrote. ”The insider was so close to Senator Obama that they frequently personally discussed and exchanged direct e-mail messages on campaign and policy matters.”

The anonymous insider told Schlussel that he “frequently objected to Mr. Obama’s placement of Cynthia K. Miller, a member of the Nation of Islam, as the Treasurer of his U.S. Senate campaign.” When Schlussel contacted Miller to inquire about her relationship with the Nation of Islam, she replied, “None of your business! Where are you going with this?”

Miller told Schlussel that the reason she resigned her position as Treasurer of Obama’s U.S. Senate campaign was not due to her involvement in the Nation of Islam, and there’s nothing Miller said or Schlussel reported to imply that Obama voiced his objections to her membership in the controversial organization.

The Penginator’s note:There is no direct connection between Cynthia K. Miller and Obama appearing in Google search results, but an inquisitive searcher might find the woman in question by using a few distinct key words … and you might notice something interesting in the search result. (If you’re a journalist, email me at penginator at yahoo.com to learn more. There’s a possible story here that might earn you top billing. Serious inquiries only, please.) 

“The Obama insider says he also objected to Obama’s involvement with Jennifer Mason, whom he says is also a member of the Nation of Islam,” Schlussel wrote. ”Mason is Obama’s Director of Constituent Services in his U.S. Senate office and is also in charge of selecting Obama’s Senate interns. She did not respond to repeated calls for comment.”

Here’s the red meat of Schussel’s investigation:

“But it’s not just that he employed these individuals in positions of power in his office, it’s that when the former associate raised objections, he says Mr. Obama’s position was that he saw nothing wrong with the Nation of Islam and didn’t think it was a problem. If true–and the fact that Ms. Mason still holds her prominent Obama Senate staff position bears that out–Obama’s condemnation of Farrakhan, this month, is phony.

“But the insider says there is more to it than that. Obama’s Illinois State Senate district consisted of prime Nation of Islam territory, including Hyde Park, home to Farrakhan’s mansion. It is not possible, Illinois politicos say, to win that district without the blessing of the NOI leader. NOI members, including consultant Shakir Muhammad, held important roles in the Obama state senate campaign.”

Read Schlussel’s report to find plenty more examples of Obama surrounding himself with those who espouse the anti-Semitic sentiments of Farrakhan, as well as pictures of Obama partying with his wife, Michelle, and Palestinian Liberation Organization/Arafat Advisor Edward Said at an Arab fundraiser.

In addition to Schlussel’s insight, a Jan. 25, 2008 report by CNSNews.com shows that a featured link on Obama’s campaign website promotes events sponsored by “contoversial” Islamic groups.

“A portion of the ‘Muslim Americans for Obama’ page lists proposals to establish a Muslim American advisory group on U.S. foreign policy; provide prayer areas in public places such as malls, airports, universities and government buildings; institute a law to allow Muslim employees to take time from their work day for prayer; and institute a law against harassment of Muslim women in public areas …

“But it is a link and a list of events on the Muslim Americans for Obama page that has prompted critics that consider themselves watchdogs of Islamist groups to take notice.

“The list of events on the Muslim Americans for Obama page includes voter registration drives at conventions sponsored by the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), held last April and August in Rosemont, Ill., and the convention co-sponsored by the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) and the Muslim American Society (MAS).”

Note that the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) ”is a Jamad Islamia group, which is on record as calling for jihad in the United States, to promote the notion of an Islamic world. ICNA also published something very recently saying that they are against suicide bombings, except when it comes to killing Israelis,” according to Middle East anaylst Daniel Pipes.

Further, FrontPageMagazine reports, ”MAS (Muslim American Society) was incorporated in the state of Illinois, in June of 1993. According to a December 2007 federal court brief concerning convicted terrorist Sabri Benkahla, a former member of the infamous ‘Virginia Jihad Network,’ ‘MAS was founded as the overt arm of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.’ [PDF] Amongst its founders was Mohamed Mahdi Akef, who is today the International Chairman of the Brotherhood.”

M. Zhudi Jasser, chairman of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, and a Muslim, told CNSNews.com, “Any candidate that engaged American Islamist organizations without any ideological litmus test about their stances regarding the transnational goals of Islamism, I think that is going to be a major liability.” There’s merit in Mr. Jasser’s warning, Obama, and you’d be wise to consider it.

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Do a quick search of Google and see what happens when you search for “Obama + Assassination” and you’ll see plenty of news outlets and commentators wondering if racists and radicals will attempt to assassinate the man who would become America’s first black President.

Done that? Sickening, isn’t it? But it makes for great headlines and lots of traffic to news outlets’ websites. What’s the purpose? Why isn’t anyone asking if some nutjob anti-abortion activist will try to rub-out Hillary because she’s pro-abortion? How about considering an attempt on John McCain’s life by an anti-war wingnut who hates him for insisting we stay the course in Iraq until victory is achieved? Nope. Not gonna find that anywhere.

The big media ratings and heavy website traffic are almost guaranteed by promoting hypothetical scenarios that harp on racial tensions across America and those mysterious groups of hate mongers like the Ku Klux Klan and Neo-Nazis who just might take a shot at Obama … but, then again, they might not because, if they did, they’d pretty much guarantee their organizations would be destroyed by all of the power of our nation’s federal law enforcement and judicial system. That doesn’t make for a successful business plan enabling them to continue their “business as usual.”

Let’s get back to the big picture of the media “pimping” this assassination idea to potential extremist hate-mongers, because that’s exactly what they’re doing. In an article that appeared on Feb. 9, a Nobel Laureate from overseas casually states, “They would murder [Obama].”

A much older report that ran on a television network’s news program shows a Ku Klux Klan head-honcho practically promising the assassination of Obama. In my opinion as a former journalist, that’s the equivalent of giving free airtime to Osama Bin Laden for a recruitment message.

Big ratings. Lots of website traffic. That’s all great! Promoting a message to countless numbers of disturbed Americans with racial hatred flowing through their veins that they can make history by being the person who pulls the trigger of the gun that kills America’s first black President — that’s reckless journalism. If you throw enough “what ifs” in to the crowd, there’s bound to be someone who says, “I’ll show you.”

Now that everyone’s familiar with all of this careless chatter about a potential assassination attempt on Obama, has anyone considered how it might impact voters teetering between pulling the lever for Hillary and Obama? Who’d want to vote for a presidential candidate with a bullseye on their head? The media is essentially telling Democrats that Hillary is the safer bet in a time when our nation is struggling with a war abroad and dissenting views at home. Do we really need to put ourselves in a position where our nation’s leader is murdered and chaos ensues? That’s what the media will be asking voters to consider, directly or indirectly.

Think about the Los Angeles riots that were spurred by the actions of an allegedly racist police force and a single unknown black man. The media hasn’t gone that far in their hypothesizing another L.A. riot scenario should a President Obama be murdered, but if they’re desperate enough to get Hillary elected, would it be crazy to assume that they would be inclined to include such a scenario in their next hypothesis of an assassination attempt on a President Obama?

“The best thing would be if they (Clinton and Obama) were to run together. Hillary is a very sharp lady. It might be calmer if she were to win, and not Obama.” This is what the brilliant Nobel Laureate I mentioned above suggested as a means of preventing Obama from being murdered. And, that’s how the reporter summed up the article entitled, “Obama Will Be Assassinated.”

That report’s conclusion sure sounds like a plug for Hillary, and her campaign should scold any reporter who tries to use the same scare tactic to steer voters away from Obama, who the conspiracy theorists in the media are increasingly trying to paint as a high-risk candidate, solely because he’s black and our nation has a few too many racist idiots.

If we’ve learned one thing about the efforts of our nation’s intelligence and law enforcement agencies since Sept. 11, 2001, it is that a faction of radicals intent on doing us harm — when we’re prepared, ready and anticipating their next move — is no match for them. You can bet on a top-notch Secret Service detail protecting a President Obama and countless federal agents working behind the scenes to ensure his safety and eliminate any individual or group(s) intent on doing him harm.

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