CONTENTS: Cap&Trade auction; Health insurers hike rates; Our preacher – cooking hot dogs – Robert Spencer – Htfd City Council – Mike Bloomberg – Andy McCarthy; Germany honors cartoonist westergaard; Freind – Mosque red herring; Islam in Fresno; Dems run against O-P; PA school vouchers; NEA splits; Guzzardi – Corbett
Announcements at p. 4 and at http://www.deadcatsandclippings.com/?page_id=394
Rosh Hashanah – Jewish Year 5771: sunset, September 8, 2010 – nightfall September 10, 2010. The first of the High Holidays or Yamim Noraim (“Days of Awe”), or Asseret Yemei Teshuva (Ten Days of Repentance) which are days specifically set aside to focus on repentance that conclude with the holiday of Yom Kippur.
NO TO NYC MOSQUE!!!!! Bus leaving from the Plymouth Meeting Mall on September 11th at 9:30 am to Ground Zero for protest against Mega-Mosque. $30.00 per person. NO SIGNS PLEASE!
Contact Karin Stocking to join up or e-mail at karinstocking@msn.com
Today, September 8th: Cap & Trade Auction/Protest!
RGGI: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
“It looks like the climate bill debate has already been decided by Washington and voters didn’t even have a chance to say “NO!” A staggering $65 billion dollars has been transferred from the private sector to fund the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI.) RGGI is government created entity that is choking companies in the northeast with huge tax increases in the name of the environment. Our tax dollars are funding this secret climate initiative. Soon RGGI will expand to every state and stick you with astronomical energy prices.” From AmeriPAC…
Protest: https://secure.conservativedonations.com/ameripac_rggi/?a=4555
“Do you support the repeal of New Jersey’s RGGI ‘Cap & Trade’ program? Then join us on Wednesday, September 8 in New York City where we will hold a rally at the RGGI offices in lower Manhattan!
“‘Cap & Trade’ has been stymied at the federal level but the RGGI scheme has been up and running for two years. This ‘Cap & Trade’ program has already cost ratepayers across ten states over $660 MILLION. RGGI has cost ratepayers in New Jersey ratepayers over $65 MILLION.
This ‘Cap & Trade’ energy tax will cost our state jobs and continue to cause energy prices to skyrocket.
Not only that, but the RGGI ‘Cap & Trade’ scheme operates in secret – a clandestine operation where you and I are told we have no right to know who is trading. Nor do we know how much the RGGI bureaucrats are making on the backs of taxpayers.”
Buses & more at http://americansforprosperity.org/083110-join-us-cap-trade-protest
Janet Adamy, WSJ: Health Insurers Plan Hikes
“Health insurers say they plan to raise premiums for some Americans as a direct result of the health overhaul in coming weeks, complicating Democrats’ efforts to trumpet their signature achievement before the midterm elections.
“Aetna Inc., some BlueCross BlueShield plans and other smaller carriers have asked for premium increases of between 1% and 9% to pay for extra benefits required under the law, according to filings with state regulators.
“These and other insurers say Congress’s landmark refashioning of U.S. health coverage, which passed in March after a brutal fight, is causing them to pass on more costs to consumers than Democrats predicted.”
WSJ/SB10001424052748703720004575478200948908976.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories
Our Preacher…
Steve Sommers, WLW 700AM, mentioned that Baptists are really into food and asked if the Florida group plan to cook hotdogs? Meanwhile, Jones is on schedule…
“Jones gained some local notoriety last year when he posted signs in front of his church declaring “Islam is of the Devil.” But his Quran-burning idea attracted wider attention. It drew rebukes from Muslim nations and at home as an emotional debate was taking shape over the proposed Islamic center near the ground zero site of the 2001 terrorist attacks in New York.
“His actions most likely would be protected by the First Amendment’s right to free speech.”
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100908/D9I3N9KG0.html
Robert Spencer: “I oppose the Qur’an-burning. I don’t like the burning of books. I’d rather that the contents of the Qur’an, and the ways that jihadists use those contents to justify violence, be known. However, these people are free to do what they want to do. Petraeus would do better to tell the Afghans that in America we have freedom of speech and expression, and that we put up with speech and expression that we dislike without trying to kill the speaker. He would do better to tell them that their likely murderous rage over this event is an outrageous overreaction, and that any bloodshed over this would be a heinous crime, far dwarfing any crime they think the people in Florida are committing.”
Jihadwatch.org/2010/09/eisenhower-der-fuhrers-face-song-could-endanger-troops—-no-wait.html
Hartford City Council to Open with Muslim Prayers: “The Council announced Tuesday that it has invited local imams to perform Islamic invocations at the beginning of the Council meetings in September.
“An e-mail from the Common Council called it ‘an act of solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters.’
The email even referenced the ongoing issue in New York. ‘One of the goals of the Council is to give a voice to the many diverse peoples of the City, which is especially important given the recent anti-Islam events throughout the country.’
NBCconnecticut.com/news/local-beat/Council-Meetings-to-Begin-with-Muslim-Prayers-102387499.html
Mike Bloomberg Defends Pastor’s Right
“”In a strange way I’m here to defend his right to do that. I happen to think that it is distasteful. I don’t think he would like it if somebody burnt a book that in his religion he thinks is holy,” Mr. Bloomberg said during a news conference updating the public on the progress of rebuilding at the World Trade Center site.
“But the First Amendment protects everybody,” Mr. Bloomberg said, “and you can’t say that we’re going to apply the First Amendment to only those cases where we are in agreement.”
WSJ.com/ SB10001424052748704358904575478241873665072.html
Germany Honors Cartoonist Kurt Westergaard
“Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who in 2005 portrayed the Prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb in his turban, is to receive the M100 Media Prize in Germany on Wednesday, organisers said.
“The prize is to be awarded for Westergaard’s ‘unbending engagement for freedom of the press and freedom of opinion, and for his courage to defend these democratic values despite threats of death and violence,’ the prize committee said.
“German Chancellor Angela Merkel is to deliver the keynote speech at the ceremony, held in the Sanssouci palace in Potsdam and attended by editors and publishers from Europe’s top media companies.”
sify.com/news/controversial-cartoonist-to-receive-german-prize-news-international-kjhqadeijjd.html
Andy McCarthy: Begin to Say “No”
“It should never have gotten this far. Sponsors of the Ground Zero mosque neither own the property in question nor possess the means to build and operate the palatial Islamic center they envision. The more light that shines on their record of murky real-estate dealings and the dubious circumstances of their limited stake in the Ground Zero property, the more questions arise. In a more sensible world, those questions would get answered before we plunged into a rancorous public debate. That hasn’t happened, though. In spite of the implacable determination of the mayor (and the attorney general who would be governor) to look the other way, the issue has galvanized the public. What has long bubbled beneath the surface did not need much more heat to boil over.”
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/245872/where-we-begin-say-no-andrew-c-mccarthy
Chris Freind: “GZ Mosque a Red Herring – Nine Years Later, We’re No Safer”
I’ve argued that sharia is incompatible with our constitution and that individuals have a choice to adhere to one or to the other. This must not be a situation where the timid can take some of each. Further, there are change points in the history of a people…we now face a number of them and the GZ Mosque may be one. Freind lists some others …and expects some hate mail!
“Utilizing luck as your foremost national security tool probably isn’t the best idea we’ve had. At some point, Lady Luck will make an exit.
“Do we have a secure border? Not even close. Incomprehensibly, nine years after the horrific attacks, the border remains wide open, beckoning terrorists to cross not just with logistical expertise, but with chemical, biological and yes, nuclear weapons.
“When will we learn? After Phoenix — or Philadelphia — becomes uninhabitable for the next 50 years? A catastrophe along those lines is a virtual certainty, because we’re more worried about building a mosque than a border wall.
“Is our intelligence community efficient? Wishful thinking. We took a system that was dysfunctional — but fixable — and turned it into a massively inept bureaucratic nightmare called the Department of Homeland Security. Intelligence information isn’t shared, budget battles and turf wars are more prevalent than ever, and the core mission of the alphabet-soup agencies is once again lost.
“Do certain states still issue drivers licenses to known illegals — including potential terrorists — thereby making their movements and purchases in America infinitely easier? You betcha.
“Have we, as a nation, condemned judges and other institutions that have embraced sharia law in this country? No, because that would offend, and just wouldn’t be politically correct.
PhillyMag.com/the_philly_post/2010/09/07/why-are-we-arguing-about-the-ground-zero-mosque/
Islam in Fresno…
Thanks Ted,
“Is this factual? I don’t know. Is it possible? Absolutely!
“I received this from my ex-homicide partner who is still active in law enforcement circles in the Fresno area.
“Excuse the language, but don’t excuse the facts. Don’t give up your guns, and buy necessary ammunition if you can find it. Be cautious and alert. Be ready if, God forbid, we need to protect our families and loved ones.
“If you weren’t at Rotary Friday, you missed the only decent speaker we’ve had in more than a year. LTC John Cotter is the 144th Fighter Wing’s antiterrorism officer. John had a two-part presentation. First part was describing his job as the unit’s antiterrorism officer. Pretty standard stuff.
“The second part was information that will curl your hair.
A Part-time air guardsman works as a checker at local Von’s. Two women in full burkas buy every pre-paid cellphone in the store. Clerk/airman gets to thinking about it. Goes to Cotter and reports incident. Cotter asks store for surveillance video. It’s scary enough that he contacts Fresno FBI.
“FBI investigates and determines these women have been doing this all over the Valley. Cell phones shipped through Canada to Iraq/Afghanistan where they become triggers for roadside bombs.
“The Shell station at Peach and Shaw. Every time a local GI goes there in fatigues they are asked specific questions. What is your unit? When are you deploying? How many aircraft are you taking?
“The F-16s out of Fresno fly CAP for west coast. As such they are the first line of defense so they have the US ’s most sophisticated air-to-air missiles. Foreign governments would like to get their hands on those missiles or at least learn how to build them. Also how many we have, etc. Two spy groups are working on it, one based at Fashion Fair Mall (the F-16s take-off pattern) and one based at Sierra Vista Mall (the F-16s landing pattern).
“Cotter said the ragheads (But we don’t profile.) are always probing the base. Two dorks in a pickup show up at the front gate wanting to deliver a package marked Air National Guard, Fresno . No postage, no UPS, no FedEx, no DHL, no nothing. Just a probe.
“I asked Cotter why we haven’t seen anything about this in The Bee, on KMJ, on local TV news. He said they’re not interested. Since Friday I’ve learned of two other things.
My brother-in-law Frank, (management at Avaya) had a Muslim tech who took a leave-of-absence for 6 weeks in Afghanistan . After the 6 weeks were up he called from New York requesting an extension. Frank (who does profile) said, you’re fired, and called the Fresno FBI who were very interested. Don’t know the outcome.
“A Muslim who owns a liquor store in my former hometown of Kingsburg was constantly bugging customers to buy guns for him. Finally one of the guys I grew up with called the FBI.
“We are a country at war and the enemy is among us. I don’t care what Janet Napolitano says, it’s a fight to the death and we should be prepared as possible. Brother-in-law Frank has a theory and I think it may be closer to the truth than Homeland Security wants to admit. There are a certain number (probably a large number) of Muslims among us who are awaiting the trigger date and will begin randomly killing as many of us as they can, sort of a Fort Hood on steroids. I know I’m getting prepared to shoot back.
“Two items of interest: Sheriff Margaret Mims wants to grant concealed carry permits to all who are qualified. Columnist Jim Boren, among the most bleeding of the bleeding heart liberals, says it’s time for Fresno residents to arm themselves. LOAD up, you can bet this is happening in places other than Fresno David Rayburn I was asked to send this to everyone in my address book. Some of those I’m sending it to WILL NOT! To those I say, “Get you head out of the sand and look around with an open mind or before you know it we will no longer be living in the land of the free and the brave!”
Dems Run Against Obama/Pelosi
“When Alabama Democratic Rep. Bobby Bright recently joked that Speaker of the House ‘might get sick and die’ – preventing her from another tenure as Speaker – it was only the most outlandish instance of politically vulnerable Democrats suddenly expressing their opposition to their Party’s leadership in Washington.
“Here are some of the more notable examples.”
http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/08/the-democrats-who-are-running-from-obama-and-pelosi/
School Voucher Breakout
“Last month, and to widespread surprise, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato came out in support of school vouchers for underprivileged kids. Mr. Onorato said that education “grants”—he avoided the term vouchers—”would give low-income families in academically distressed communities direct choices about which schools their children should attend.”
“Mr. Onorato’s Republican opponent, state Attorney General Tom Corbett, is also a strong backer of education choice, which means that come November Pennsylvania voters will get to choose between two candidates who are on record in support of a statewide school voucher program….
“The Obama Administration, which is phasing out a popular and successful school voucher program in Washington, D.C., at the insistence of teachers unions, refuses to acknowledge that vouchers can play a role in reforming K-12 education. But states and cities are the real engines of reform, and the Pennsylvania developments are another sign that the school choice movement is alive and well.”
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704147804575455782883586338.html
Hugh Hewitt: NEA Fissions
“Divides exist and are growing between the interests of retired teachers and working teachers, between older teachers and young teachers, and between classroom teachers and everyone else in the NEA’s 3.2 million number.
“The NEA, like all public employee unions, approaches every problem as one of insufficient funding, and traditionally the demand for a larger slice of the public pie has been enough to keep various factions together in whatever political battle looms.
“That may end in November.”
WashingtonExaminer /Interests-of-younger_-older-teachers-clash-in-November
Bob Guzzardi: Corbett vs Onorato on Corporate Taxes
Tom Corbett will reduce the Corporate Net Income Tax from 9.9% to 6.9%. This is a real job creator, in addition to his opposition to imposing a severance tax on Marcellus Shale, the largest job creator in Pennsylvania.
Dan Onorato said: “Ed Rendell has been [my] role model!”
That would be the same Fiscal-Madman Ed Rendell, who spent/spent/spent to benefit favored constituencies—which, certainly, did not include The Forgotten Taxpayer—to build his power base.
Lowering taxes leaves more money in the productive private-sector, rather in the bureaucratic government sector; the result is more growth, more jobs, more goods produced and services provided…by real people working, saving and investing.
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