Obama names special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, the chief enemy of free speech in the world today

"Since then, my administration has made a sustained effort to listen. We've held thousands of events and town halls ...in the United States and around the world ... And I look forward to continuing the dialogue during my visit to Indonesia next month," Obama said.

You'd think the fact that supporters of the Islamic regime in Iran were burning him in effigy just this week might make the President question whether such attempts to listen are worthwhile...Of course, the Christmas Day terrorist incident, Ft. Hood, etc. should have done that already.

Now Obamahdi is President of the United Dhimmi States.

Exactly the wrong way to go. What should be done is to tell the Islamic world to police itself or else.

"His speech was welcomed by many Muslims, though some said they wanted him to spell out specific actions to resolve long-running problems like the Palestinian-Israeli conflict."

(from the camp of Islam) ...It has has nothing to with Islam Mr President, but what are you going to do about those Jews?....Can you help us out, Buddy...(no mention of the Palestinian contributions to the violence)

Obama's is a very very sick dude with a 'father thing' from his absent Muslim father and is acting out his personal 'issues' on the world stage. And as for his 'mom':
http://fotograf.gazetevatan.com/fotogaleri/resim.asp?kat=6181&page_number=2

Obama's failure so far to grasp the nature of Islam as an ideology, a Total Belief-System, is different in its sources than was his predecessor's failure to grasp the nature of Islam. In Bush's case, it was his dreamy belief that if something is called a "religion" it is entitled to immedidate respect. He himself had been saved from alcoholism by being born-again,and he assumes -- and he's not alone -- on the theory of fifty-million-Frenchmen-can't-be-wrong, that if Islam counts a billion adherents, it must be okay. Wafa Sultan, Ibn Warraq, Ali Sina, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Magdi Allam, and many tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of other apostates do not beg to differ, but demand to be allowed the right to differ, and differ they do, publicly and asrticulately, and Barack Obama and others "taking a leadership role" ought to meet their responsibilities to be well-prepared.

As for Rashad Hussain, he's got all the right degrees, and that is very soothing for a group who believe deeply in those degrees, especially the degree from Harvard in Arab and Islamic studies, followed by a Yale Law degree. On the C.V., Rashad Hussain, like those who have favored him, hasn't missed a trick. But of course by now we all know that these names mean far less than they once did, that a degree even from the "best schools" is no guarantee of having been educated, and that like light from a dead star that still arrives long after the source has been extinguished, some of these schools, in some departments, are living on reputations acquired but not yet lost, and only the most vigilant will know what institution, or what department within that institution, or what individuals within that department, still merit respect and the "prestige" that too often is still accorded -- not least by parents and students driven mad by the whole business of college admissions, and being so desperately, comically grateful and proud if their child gets into one of those schools that "will make all the difference." They've lost sight of what education is, and perhaps, as Jacques Barzun says, the greatage of American higher education -- not to be confused with vocational training, which is a different thing -- is over.

The Arabic and Islamic Studies program at Harvard has a lot to answer for. A decade ago, it forced a very good native speaker of Arabic, a Lebanese, and a Maronite, to leave the graduate program because he wished to write his thesis -- a brilliant one -- on the subject of Arab Muslim linguistic imperialism. The Arabic and Islamic program includes a law school post, the Guardians of the Two Noble Sanctuaries Professor, or Adjunct Professor, of Islamic Law, that is -- a chair well-upholstered with Saudi money. When a half-dozen years ago, Ibn Warraq came to speak on campus, he had to be sponsored by the local Humanist Society when he came to Cambridge, for the Arabic and Islamic studies people shunned him. In the fall of 2001, one of those one thought might be counted on to tell the truth, Professor Roy Mottahedeh, published a Op/Ed for the Times that likened the Crusades, limited in time and space, to the permanent duty of Jihad (that Op/Ed had Bernard Lewis' head shaking at the disgrace of it). The "finest flower" of that department may well be Noah "After Jihad" Feldman (now busily trying to cover with sand his previous tracks as a "Muslim expert" -- because the nonsense he wrote in such books as "After Jihad" is now too obviously seen, even by those once too diffident to have, much less express, an opinion about Islam, as absurd, and his protector and friend John Esposito seen, too, as a Saudi hireling. Just as some of those who once hailed Chairman Mao and the Cultural Revolution have managed to obscure that part of their past and re-fashion themselves in order to get plum academic positions (see, e.g., Orville Schell and his views on China, and how he became dean of the School of Journalism at Berkeley). Feldman -- has been re-making himself, not very convincingly, I'm afraid, as a Constitional Law expert, hoping that few will remember what it was he wrote about Islam that got him his job, and his promotion, at Harvard Law School in the first place.

Rashad Hussain sounds to me like a Muslim Noah "After Jihad" Feldman. Same resume that will apply to those who are impressed with that sort of thing and can't quite see beyond, can't distinguish those who are educated and quick from those who, like Feldman, so miss the point, in their desire to rise in the world, and can't stop. don't dare, to think for themselves. Just as Feldman's shtick was "the Orthodox Jew who became a great expert on Islam" so Rashad Hussein may be fashioning a career, with a little help from his Washington friends, as the Harvard-and-Yale educated Muslim-American who was our "First Envoy to the O.I.C." Watch his career trajectory and see if it doesn't resemble that of Noah Feldman. Good for him, tragic for us.

And as a hafiz of the Koran, (Hussain) is a respected member of the American Muslim community...
-- Prez Barack Hussein Osama praising Rashad Hussain

What? Being respected by Moslems is like being slithered by a pit of vipers. Two wrongs don't make a right, even under the auspices of a born-Moslem president.

*** 8:12 ***

As an accomplished lawyer...

And just what is that? One who makes lotsa dough, maybe. Or one who wins lotsa cases. But the only thing the slithery Hussain has accomplished was to get a master's degree in Islam from Harvard and a law degree from Yale.

Now that's significant, having dozens of well funded adoring Infidels push you through not one but two Pedigree Puppy Mills. What is it about people from Prestige Diploma Mills that makes them so expert at selling out the freedom of others? Woof.

Maybe the accomplished hafiz Mr. Hussain was able to interpret this:

I shall terrorize the infidels. So wound their bodies and incapacitate them because they oppose Allah and Mohammed.
-- Allah holding forth with great clarity on the Islam program

'Town halls," "listening," and "opening a dialogue"

That is what in ObamaWorld passes for a foreign policy.

There is no sign in the biography of this man that he is an "accomplished lawyer" unless by "accomplished lawyer" one means someone who graduates from Yale Law School, which as even they themselves recognize, is a ticket to something, but not because its graduates are well-versed in how to practice law. He is in the lowest rank of the Counsel to the President's Office, a deputy associate or something, and hardly out of lawyer's swaddling clothes. But then, this is the age of the Extravagant Letter of Reference ("best student I ever had in 28 years of teaching" is the kind of thing that now makes eyes glaze over), which goes with Grade Inflation. Now we have Job and Experience Inflation.

The practice is spreading, right to the top. There have to be some limits.

You can't sink any lower than to be Islam's Uncle Tom. Is this what 'I have a dream' has come to?

It is very disheartening for me to once again be reminded of the true change Barry “Husain” has brought to America.
Obama states "And as a hafiz of the Koran, (Hussain) is a respected member of the American Muslim community, and I thank him for carrying forward this important work,"
Obama is honoring his selected employee for being a hafiz!!! (a master of the Koran) and he praises his important work!. What is Obama “praising” mastery of the Koran, or the Koran itself and what is exactly the important work for a devout master of the koran ,a beleiver of the Koran,is it to defeat or defend the Koran, take a good guess.

Excuse my rephrasing,
What is Obama “praising” is it mastery of the Koran, or the Koran itself and what is exactly the important work for a devout master of the koran ,a muslim,is it to defeat or defend the islam, take a good guess.

does this hafiz, and lawyer, think that there is anything of value regarding the Bill of Rights worth defending?

Has it occurred to anyone that Barry knows exactly what he is doing?
It's orchestrated, coordinated, and destructive.
Virtually every decision made by Barry has been the worst possible one for the moment at hand.
We must make BHO a half term president.

There is a muslimmedianetwork.com profile of Rashad Hussain at http://muslimmedianetwork.com/mmn/?p=3599 . The profile reads, in part:

"Elected to Phi Beta Kappa, he holds bachelor’s degrees with highest distinction in both philosophy and political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which he completed in two years.

"He received highest honors for his philosophy thesis, “Assessing the Theistic Implications of Big Bang Cosmological Theory.” Hussain also holds an MA from Harvard University in Near Eastern languages and civilizations. He finds his heritage central to his identity as a Muslim American and his career goals, especially in light of events in recent history."

As with other Muslim posters here, Rashad Hussain appears to be sympathetic to the idea that the Qur'an has something meaningful to say about cosmological matters. With this, alone, he will be welcomed with open arms in the IOC.

But the last sentence above, "He finds his heritage central to his identity as a Muslim American and his career goals, especially in light of events in recent history" [emphasis mine] tells us all we need to know about this guy's psychological make up. Such a statement would have disqualified him from any important position were the religion and culture he so proudly wears on his sleeve Christian and European.

He certainly has touched all the formal academic bases, with credentials so highly respected by the Left. Just as with Obama, they will be so dazzled by his CV that they will not bother to inquire about whether there is any substance in the man.

Rashad Hussain has obviously been identified as a rising star, and since he is a young guy, we should probaly expect to hearing more from him in the future. He's also a smart guy.

I shudder to think of this man representing the U.S. in the OIC. This means that the OIC will, effectively, have an inside man in the White House, working to advance their agenda with the blessing of the POTUS. Rashad Hussain is no doubt a smart man, in a formal sense, but that also makes him potentially dangerous.

November is only nine months away. Be sure to plan to VOTE.

http://www.avraidire.eu/2010/02/les-crimes-dhonneur-dans-lislam-videos/

vidéos Islam en français, celle ci est sur les crimes d'honneur.

+De nombreux articles et vidéos, y compris de Robert Spencer,
en Français.

Be it noted that a "hafiz" (Arabic for "guardian") is one who has memorized the Qur'an in its entirety and is thus entitled to recite it in mosques during, for instance, Ramadan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafiz_(Qur'an)

This means, of course, that Rashad Hussain is thoroughly familiar with all the verses we have come to know and loathe, such as 9:5, 9:29, 9:111, 3:28, 8:12, etc. etc. ad nauseam -- to wit, all the ones that call for our intimidation, slaughter and subjugation. And it is this that that creature in the White House considers a fine qualification for being an American liaison to the Muslim world.

Forever listening but never hearing....

If the Osama administration has been listening how come it has not heard the following core ideal of Islam:

Turn to Islam else be killed by moslems or pay Jizra to moslems?

One is very confused here: is the adminsitratio deceiving the moslems with platitudes or deceiving itself for fear of the implications of the pedophile mohammed's teachings?

"Assessing the Theistic Implications of Big Bang Cosmological Theory."

This is the kind of thing that drives cosmologists and physicists wild, unless of course they are those not out for a Unified Field Theory but rather for that Reconciliation of Science and Theology -- i.e., are angling for the Templeton Prize.

Now comes a senior thesis which will possibly manage (I don't know, I haven't read it) to do what No One Has Done before, even reconcile Islam with Modern Cosmology, or as crazily creative Muslims often do, find that all of Modern Cosmology, indeed all of Modern Science, is already implicit in the Qur'an, and only requires just a little tweak of the text, a little teasing out, here and there, for it to become clear to the veriest scoffer.

People who are not trained physicists (you, I, Barack Obama), but take a miscomprehended phrase that they pick up, and apply, wrongly -- a favorite is Heisenberg's "Uncertainty Principle" -- and then go off on tangents or topics of their own, all the while impervious to criticism because of their deep certainty that things just aren't more complicated than that, that they've got just as much right to talk about the "Big Bang Theory" as anyone at all, as Dennis Sciama or or George Gamow or Steven Weinberg or Steven Hawking or Vitaly Ginzburg, and by the way, did you know that in the Qur'an you can find the most piercing discussion of the anisotropy in the black-belt radiation as a result of our peculiar velocity? No, you are a non-Muslim, so of course you didn’t. But it’s right there, in the Sura of the Cow. And so is string theory, and so is all of elementary particle phsyics, and the DNA helix, 1400 years before Watson and Crick, and little RNA too, and all the neuroscience you could possibly want, all the myseteries of the brain, right there, in the Qur’an. And if you are a hafiz, like Rashad Hussain, and if you have memorized the entire Qur’an, you know just what it is, how it contains A Guide To All The Mysteries. It’s MIT, its Caltech, it’s the Max Planck Institute and the Cavendish Lab and the Lebedev Institute and all of them, rolled into one. But silly non-Muslims just won’t or don’t or can’t believe it. We know better.

If Rashad Hussain is not in the same intellectual and moral class with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Wafa Sultan, and Ibn Warraq, or with Mithal al-Alusi either, if he, a "hafiz," that is someone who has not merely read but memorized all of the Qur'an (think of what that must do to the memorizing brain in question, and therefore knows exactly what it says about what Islam inculcates about Infidels, then there is something disturbing about him that no degrees from Yale or Harvard can extinguish. But you would only know that if you had read yourself, and re-read in order to grasp, the Qur'an, the main “authentic” Hadith, and the Sira, with appropriate commentary. I wrote “read and re-read.” I didn't write that you would have to memorize the whole thing. You don't have to be a "hafiz." That’s the kind of thing you can safely leave to the rashad-hussains of this world.

You can read the whole transcript and see his video address to "the 7th U.S.-Islamic World Forum meeting in Doha, Qatar," at the White House blog.

From another article on the topic:

"I'm proud to announce today that I am appointing my special envoy to the OIC Rashad Hussain," said Obama, who opened his message with the Muslim greeting of "Assalaamu Alaykum" (peace be with you).
...................

There's that greeting again—one which is only supposed to be offered by one Muslim to other Muslims.

But Obama was not the first to appoint an envoy to the OIC—George Bush formally named the first US envoy to the OIC in February 2008, appointing Texas entrepreneur Sada Cumber.

more:

"Since then, my administration has made a sustained effort to listen. We've held thousands of events and town halls ...in the United States and around the world ... And I look forward to continuing the dialogue during my visit to Indonesia next month," Obama said.
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Obama seems to believe that "listening"—to our own citizens, to allies, to random nations around the world, to our *implacable enemies*—is somehow all of a piece.

Finally, here are some disturbing elements from Rashad Hussain's agenda (from the Brookings Institution):

"Reformulating the Battle of Ideas: Understanding the Role of Islam in Counterterrorism Policy" by Rashad Hussain and Al-Husein N. Madhany.

As the National Commission on the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks emphasized, significant progress against terrorism cannot be achieved exclusively through the use of military force. This paper argues that in order to win the “battle of ideas,” the United States government must carefully reformulate its strategy and work with the Muslim world to promote mainstream Islam over terrorist ideology. The global effort to end terrorism must be more effective in utilizing its strongest ally: Islam. There is nothing more persuasive to Muslims than Islam... [true that—GI]

First, rather than characterizing counterterrorism efforts as “freedom and democracy versus terrorist ideology,” policymakers should instead frame the battle of ideas as a conflict between terrorist elements in the Muslim world and Islam. [don't emphasize freedom and democracy—that might alienate good Muslims—GI]

Second, policymakers should reject the use of language that provides a religious legitimization of terrorism such as “Islamic terrorism” and “Islamic extremist.” They should replace such terminology with more specific and descriptive terms such as “Al-Qaeda terrorism.” [obfuscate the real nature of Islamic Jihad as much as possible—GI]

Third, the United States should seek to build a broad and diverse coalition of partners, not limited to those who advocate Western-style democracy, and avoid creating a dichotomy between freedom and Islamic society. Such a coalition should incorporate those who may have political differences, so long as they reject terrorism... [who cares if Muslims want to destroy democracy and squelch freedom, as long as they use stealth Jihad to accomplish their aims?—GI]

Seventh, recognizing the benefit of strengthening the authoritative voices of mainstream Islam, the United States should welcome and encourage the further development of mainstream Muslim organizations and moderate institutions. [what could possibly be more beneficial to the United States than spreading Islam?—GI]

Finally, the United States should continue to promote effective economic and social reforms and to work with allies in crafting fair and peaceful resolutions to conflicts in the Middle East and in other parts of the Muslim world, as these conflicts are often the preeminent grievances fueling extremist violence. [a call for the United States to offer more and more "economic aid" (Jizya) to Muslim countries, and to bully Israel into weakness and destruction]

Rashad Hussain seems to be a classic stealth Jihadist.

Much more here:

http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2008/08_counterterrorism_hussain.aspx

I'm picturing in my mind what John Adams and Thomas Jefferson would do to Obama if they got their hands on him.

Cheers me up a bit.

I have never lived in a time when I thought of our POTUS as anything less than a defender of our country--agree with him or not--that is, until now. What an embarrassment he is! This guy wants to kiss ass--the wrong one-- when he should be kicking it. Is he just stupidly idealistic? Cowardly? Insidious? Everything he does regarding the islamic threat is 180-degrees opposite of what sensible people see must be done. Think the bad guys don't see this? They must be pinching themselves to know they have the supposed leader of the free world as their ally--even against his own people! But then, perhaps President Hussein doesn't consider Americans his own people?

Posted this on a different blog, but kind of applies here also:

President Obama may have good intentions, but in this age of polical correctness, he is confused and at best, either intentionally ignoring the issue, or trying to sell out America. The Islamic threat to our nation is a present and real danger. If his representative points out the dangers of Muslim immigration to our nation, the threat from a religion that seeks domination over our society, and an admittance that Muslims do not assimilate, in our country or in Europe, then he may have a real chance at some effective communication, in what the American position should be to represent such a conference. Our country, our nation of people, our beliefs founded in the constitution, do not need to be displayed in an apologetic manner to this group of nations. What will probably happen by this administration, is that our President will try to bow down once more at the alter of Islamic submission, to convince them that we are worthy of their proclaimed hatred and distaste for America, our beliefs, and our way of life.

We should kill all them muslims. They all hate us and they all want to kill us. Isn't that right, FOX News?

From article...Since then, my administration has made a sustained effort to listen. We've held thousands of events and town halls ...in the United States and around the world...

Thousands? Thousands?? Around the world?...Really...I had no idea...thousands huh...How many thousands was that exactly?
And what countries did you say you held these events and 'town halls'?...Yemen maybe? Pakistan? How about Saudi Arabia...I hear they are big on town hall meetings...
'Thousands'...all at taxpayer expense...I hope you listened well, maybe you could pass on what you heard...Somehow I don't think we are getting our money's worth...

"Half-fizz" -- sounds like a description of a bottle of soda-water.

(OIC) Organization of Islamic Conference, one word in this name never escapes me, and that word is Islam and that word represents 56 countries---But wait a minute, isn't Islam a religion? If Islam is a religion then whatever happened to America's first Amendment to the US Constitution? Whatever happen to separation of church and state that groups like the ACLU are so adamant about separating from political and public institutions? --Yep I'm just asking --why is our President sending political envoys to interact with Religious bodies?----Are Catholic groups representing several nations as does the Islamic Religion, do we have political envoys and ambassadors representing our Government with Catholics?

Don't we need an Organization of Non-Islamic countries to counter OIC's Islamism? Yes, we do. Pronto!

I was a dedicated supporter of Obama in 2008, but won't be in 2012. Where you guys screwed the pooch in 2008 was to go around calling him a Muslim. Obama isn't a Muslim. In my perception, he is more of an atheist than a Muslim or a Christian. However, it is becoming increasingly clear that he is a deep sympathizer of Islamism. Obama needed to be pinned down on his Islamic/Islamist sympathies, instead of being called a Muslim. The latter failed to gain traction because it was too far separated from reality.

If you want to displace Obama in 2012, don't push dumb nitwits like Palin, but look around for an intelligent GOP candidate that would be a good President for the US in addition to opposing Islamic fundamentalism and its clever sibling of Islamism as they need to be.

Le Monde considers the story important enough to carry on-line:

Obama nomme un émissaire auprès de l'Organisation de la conférence islamique
LEMONDE.FR avec AFP | 13.02.10

Le président américain Barack Obama a annoncé, samedi 13 février, la nomination de l'avocat Rashad Hussain comme émissaire à l'Organisation de la conférence islamique (OCI). Le locataire de la Maison Blanche a fait part de cette annonce dans un enregistrement vidéo retransmis samedi à Doha lors du Forum mondial Islam-Etats-Unis. "En tant qu'avocat accompli et comme collaborateur proche et estimé de mon équipe à la Maison Blanche, Rashad a joué un rôle clef dans le développement des partenariats que j'avais souhaité mettre en oeuvre au Caire", a ajouté le président américain.

Il a également dit qu'il souhaitait renforcer les partenariats avec le monde musulman et en "développer d'autres". Le 4 juin, lors d'un discours prononcé dans la capitale égyptienne, M. Obama avait appelé à un "nouveau départ" dans la relation entre les Etats-Unis et le monde musulman, rompant avec la politique de son prédécesseur George W. Bush.

Pour en savoir plus :

–Au caire, Obama plaide pour un "nouveau départ entre les musulmans et les Etats-Unis" (LeMonde.fr)

–Le discours du Caire (Maison Blanche)

http://www.avraidire.eu/2010/02/les-crimes-dhonneur-dans-lislam-videos/

Les crimes d’honneur” dans l’Islam

Combien d’innocentes doivent encore mourir pour que nous ouvrions les yeux sur une réalité présente même en Europe : la multiplication des crimes d’honneur.
Est ce juste une coîncidence si ces crimes se passent au sein des communautés musulmanes? Si c’était quelques cas isolés, mais là, vraiment, il faut être de très mauvaise foi pour ne pas admettre le lien entre Islam et ce genre de punition. L’Islam prône toujours au 21e la lapidation des femmes et des hommes adultères, la pendaison des homosexuels. rien à voir avec la “culture”, c’est écrit dans le Coran, c’est la loi, et il faut qu’ils y obéissent. La loi Shariah. Oui, celle là même qu’ils veulent imposer en France et dans les pays occidentaux. Réveillez vous avant qu’il ne soit trop tard.

What is "Hiterlian?"

You've used that word twice in your insults to Hugh. What is it?

I have some disagreements with Hugh Fitzgerald, for instance concerning man-made global warming and the soundness of the policy of President Bush going into Iraq in 2003, but to refer to him as "Hitlerian" is a cheap shot of the most egregious kind which insures that no respect should be shown your way. There is nothing about Hugh which smacks of fascism. The very fact that he posts here at JW and never has wanted to shut down those who disagree with him is partial testimony of this. If you're going to call someone Hitlerian, you must provide evidence that such a person does not want a free press, free elections, a multi-party system and the right of the electorate to criticize the government without fear of reprisal. Do you have any evidence that this is what Hugh Fitzgerald desires? No, of course you don't.

You've got to be a modern liberal because the modern Left has these eight or nine code words like "racist," "bigot," "sexist," "homophobe," "Islamophobe" and "Nazi" to shut off the exchange of ideas. How simple it is to call someone a hater and leave it at that. It's cheap, it's pathetic, it's a hallmark of the Modern Left and you could serve as a poster boy for disgusting nonsense of this sort. You are actually unwittingly contributing to the ending of free speech by your characterizations of Hugh, though I highly doubt you will comprehend this. Done here.

Is Obama truly a christian? I remember hearing Collin Powell saying that Obama was christian...............But I have yet to hear him the words 'Lord Jesus'...Obama can however say many things in arabic relating to Islam......The muslim percentage in this country is not even 1%....So what was that on his inauguration speech about the U.S not being ONLY a christian nation.........Uhmmmm muslim population in the U.S is not even 1% ..............

Obama is very smart and everything he does has a purpose.

In the most canonical hadith collection, Sahih Bukhari, Muhammad said, "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah."

In other words, if you are not a Muslim, Muhammad says your blood and property will not be safe from Muslims.

Also in Sahih Bukhari, Muhammad said, "Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him."

And Muhammad supports that in a number of core Islamic texts. That's why all the schools of Islamic law even today prescribe the death penalty for Muslims who abandon Islam.

Qur'an Chapter 8, Verse 12
When your Lord revealed to the angels: I am with you, therefore make firm those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.

A poster above has employed the word "Hitlerian." In the context of Islam, there are plenty of scenes that come to mind as positively Hitlerian. There is Ahmadinejad addressing the Pasdaran. There are the mass rallies of Hezbollah in the suburbs of Beirut. There are similar rallies of Hamas, on a smaller scale, in Gaza. The sentiments, the martial might, the expressions of race-hatred, the invocation of mass death -- all this is what I think merits the epithet "Hitlerian." Neither I, nor any of the contributors to this website, can remotely be called Hitlerian, when we try to bring to the attention of a wider public what the texts and tenets of Islam inculcate, the ways in which Believers demonstrate that the inculcation has been scarily successful, and other aspects of Islam, including the way in which it encourages the habit of mental submission that helps to explain how Islam stunts mental and moral growth, that need to be firmly grasped. And the point of the grasping is not to encourage warfare, invasions of countries in order to bring them "freedom" and "prosperity," but to suggest a far better way is to let them stew in their own juices, while demonstrating that we, at least, know what Islam is all about, and that furthermore, we understand -- this is important for the 80% of the world's Muslims who are not Arab -- all the ways that Islam has been and always will be a vehicle for Arab supremacism. Finally, rather than try to save Muslim countries from their lords of misrule, and try to save them from economic paralysis, and social desarroi, and moral and intellectual stasis or worse, we should adopt, more or less, as much as possible, a let-them-stew-in-their-own-juices-and-be-forced-to-figure-out all the ways that Islam explains their political, economic, social, moral, and intellectual failures. Which it does. And which we must become well aware of, so as not to enter into any more follies such as that in Iraq, or Afghanistan, or Pakistan.

EASTVIEW: "November is only nine months away. Be sure to plan to VOTE."

I'm voting straight Republican (as usual) for every race...not because I have any great affinity for the GOP, but I know the lessor of two evils when I see it.

Could someone please explain who this moron James Randal is and, if he thinks he is so clever, why he can't spell Hitlerian?

I would have thought as an Islamic apologist he would have been exposed to the word on a regular basis.

I presume that those on here claiming Obama's high IQ canprovide the evidential proof of their claims i.e. School and College records which show his brilliance or even the results of an IQ test that he has taken. Oh sorry I forgot all Obama's historical records are HIDDEN at the cost of millions of dollars in Lawyers fees so these claims must just be SUPPOSITION as anyone who cannot talk coherently without a Teleprompter is clearly not possesed of a high IQ as even WITH a Teleprompter he does not know the different between a Corps and a Corpse. Also Mr Free Palestine please tell us why you think the Mohammedan Arab INVADERS AKA Palestinians should have INDEPENDENCE ?? Firstly there is not and NEVER has been a Country or State called Palestine so it cannot be occupied and therefore cannot be made'INDEPENDENT' secondly the Mohammedan ARAB invaders ALREADY have TWO States in what was the Mandate of Palestine SYRIA and JORDAN. So please tell us why they should have a THIRD State and why you believe that that State should in part be carved out of ISRAEL and ISRAEL alone. Israel which has less than 25% of what was the original Mandate of Palestine while the Mohammedan ARAB invaders already have over 75%.

Obama has exceptional linguistic skills developed over an entire lifetime of reading and studing.
His mother taught him to be a master test taker. Palin in a debate would match his skills and probaly devour him to pieces.
The relationship between scholastic score averages and later success in especially creative and technical fields has been demonstrated to be inversely proportional.
B people acomplish more than A people.
In a game of trivial pursuit involving , History, Law and Government, on account of memory and not reasoning my guess is that obama would soundly beat Palin, but then again, he would also beat Bill Gates, and most rocket scientists.
In a contest to see who can made the best desion to solve any number of problems abstract or not, Barry without the tele prompter's help would be left knotted in confussion.
But even so IQ's do not win presidencies.
Interestingly where intelligence has most relevavance is in the fact that the demographic in which obama dominated was in the low 50% group of IQ's, those below 100 points
The group at play is the group with the lower.
By definition 50% of people have an IQ of 100 and less. This is the group that votes more on instinct and less on reason. This is also the group which voted for obama in the majority. Some IQ is need ed to figure this out.

"ARAB invaders ALREADY have TWO States in what was the Mandate of Palestine SYRIA and JORDAN. So please tell us why they should have a THIRD State and why you believe that that State should in part be carved out of ISRAEL and ISRAEL alone. Israel which has less than 25% of what was the original Mandate of Palestine while the Mohammedan ARAB invaders already have over 75%." -- Realist

Excellent point!!! The only thing I would question is your 25% and 75% figures. My impression (and that's all it is) is that Israel actually constitutes much less that 25% of the original Mandate, maybe more like 5%, which makes your point even more forcefully.

Fitzgerald is about as "Hitlerian" as Geert Wilders.

But is Fitzgerald a warmist? (or is it Warmonista?) I don't believe it until I see him confirming it personally. I also don't believe that he and the Goracle have anything in common.

As for Obumblers IQ, I believe I am not the only one who has serious doubts about affirmative action title mills who are complicit in sealing his records.

To prove my previous point , if you link up to the 2008 election result I'm posting you'll see that amongst males obama got 49% of the vote and Mccain got 48%, adiiference of 1%.
If you the see that in the demographic of 18-29 year olds obama got 66% and Mccain only got 32%. A ifference of 33%.
In the group of lowest IQ (IQ increses with age) obama dominates.
In short , the American Idol, ET , Opra watchiing crowd elected him. This my dear friends is the challange.

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/

Oh be forwarned, RE: cnn link , please be prepared to puke if Amnpour pops up in the background for one of their ad's.

"He received highest honors for his philosophy thesis, “Assessing the Theistic Implications of Big Bang Cosmological Theory.”

Theistic meaning aside, any Theory is only that to use, until another bit of information is discovered, information that may render the stated theory incorrect.

Check out what the Hubble Telescope has discovered about the "Big Bang", a theory that may very well, in a word, suck.

I have trouble with lawyers in position of leadership. The training is to win cases of law, and this seams to slow the needed abilitys of leadership, like shooting from the hip. Doing what one feels is the proper path without looking over every option, with cause and effect.

Palin is a good choice in a hunt, a way of life that trains on being sure of the target, quickly. May she be wisely considered if the option is there for this country.

Greetings, Realist!

Always enjoy your posts.

As for McCain: he is not, (and never was) presidential material.

McCain is a Socialist who muddles the waters of the Republican party, just as clueless as GWB, a misguided follower where a leader is needed, (what's needed is a constitutional fundamentalist) McCain is also oblivious to the doctrine of Islam. He is way too old, without charisma, without appeal, and he also refused to fight the O-bastard by calling him a Muslim and a Black Power grievance monger, which would have given him an edge. When Palin came on the scene, McCain was cooked.

Looks to me like Palin will be the next POTUS. But will she take on Islam? I doubt it.

I have no problem with the appointment of an ambassador to the OIC. It's useful to find out what the opposition is up to. However, my choice would have been Alan Dershowitz.

Perhaps, as one of his first actions, the ambassador could start by drawing the attention of the non-Muslim world to the Islamic supremacist objectives of the OIC.

The Charter is riddled with references to helping the Ummah achieve its Islamic objectives but nothing about allowing any non-Muslim state any freedom whatsoever.

I remain convinced that Obama is a Muslim and has a hidden (or not so very hidden any longer) agenda for the US and the Western world in general. After all as Commander in Chief he has just warned the Talebans that we were coming in our latest 'offensive', therefore giving them time to hide their weapons and disappear for a while. As for his IQ, how did he (and Michele for that matter) gain entries to prestigious universities? Was positive discrimination a factor here? We need to know, but I'm convinced we probably never will.

I don't know about Obama's I.Q., but I know he would score abysmally on my standardized P.I.Q. (Politically Incorrect Quotient).

Not to mention my Litmus Test for the Intelligent Infidel.

James Randall's anxietas ad Hitlerem (it's certainly nowhere close to being an actual argumentum) is in fact all-common in our time, and has an internal logic: If we criticize Islam too much, and by extension if we notice too closely and rigorously our inability to distinguish the moderate from the dangerous Muslim, then we will have no choice -- that is, if we want to do something concrete about the problem -- but to begin enacting -- as soon, that is, as we are politically able when Putsch comes to shove -- laws and policies that, at best, will have the appearance of collectively mistreating an Ethnic People (or a rainbow of Ethnic Peoples) and, at worst (so fears the anxietas), will inexorably go down that horrible slippery slope of lynching, rounding up, putting in camps, and exterminating them.

We may protest all we want that it is Islam and the Muslims who support Islam who are the real "Hitlerians" here; but to those formed (or deformed) that anxietas -- and unfortunately, they still seem to be the majority in the West --, all such protestations represent Orwellian cover for our more or less ulterior racist and fascist designs.

Slight correction:

"...but to those formed (or deformed) by that anxietas..."

Fascinating debate, what is the religion of peace? Islam or Christianity? Jay Smith takes on the muslims on Hyde Park, Speaker’s Corner in London, every Sunday.

http://www.avraidire.eu/2010/02/jay-smith-on-speakers-corner-hyde-park-debating-with-muslims/

This article on http://www.theobamafile.com/ObamaLatest.htm confirms what I with my knowledge of Indonesia have always said about the Obamanation not only is he not eligible by BIRTH to be President but his adoption, CITIZENSHIP and MUSLIM worship and subsequent LIES about his time in Indonesia further refute whatever tenuous claim he has for NATURAL BORN STATUS in the USA. FYI he HIMSELF confirms in his ???? book 'DREAMS' that he was 'chastised by the Teacher for pulling faces in KORANIC STUDIES' as subject ONLY Muslims take. He was ALSO registered as MUSLIM in the Catholic MULTI FAITH school that he also attended.

ObamaCrimes.com reports that at the time Barry Soetoro was in Indonesia, all Indonesian students were required to carry government identity cards or Karty Tanda Pendudaks, as well as family card identification called a Kartu Keluarga. The Kartu Keluarga is a family card which bears the legal names and citizenship status of all family members.

Soetoro/Obama was registered in a public school as an Indonesian citizen by the name of Barry Soetoro and his father was listed as Lolo Soetoro, M.A. Indonesia did not allow foreign students to attend their public schools in the late 1960’s or 1970’s, and any time a child was registered for a public school, the child’s name and citizenship status were verified through the Indonesian Government. See Constitution of Republic of Indonesia (Undang-Undang Dasar Republik Indonesia 1945), Chapter 13, Law No. 62 of 1958 (all citizens of Indonesia have a right to education). The Indonesian school record, indicates that Soetoro/Obama’s name is "Barry Soetoro;" his nationality is "Indonesia" and his father "Lolo Soetoro, M.A. There was no way for Soetoro/Obama to have attended school in Jakarta, Indonesia legally unless he was an Indonesian citizen, as Indonesia was under tight rule and was a Police State. See Constitution of Republic of Indonesia (Undang-Undang Dasar Republik Indonesia 1945), Law No. 62 of 1958. These facts indicate that Obama/Soetoro was/is an Indonesian citizen, and therefore he is not eligible to be President of the United States.

Under Indonesian law, when a male acknowledges a child as his son, it deems the son, in this case Soetoro/Obama, an Indonesian State citizen. See Constitution of Republic of Indonesia, Law No. 62 of 1958 concerning Immigration Affairs and Indonesian Civil Code (Kitab Undang-undang Hukum Perdata) (KUHPer) (Burgerlijk Wetboek voor Indonesie).

Furthermore, under the Indonesian adoption law, once an Indonesian citizen adopts a child, the adoption severs the child’s relationship to the birth parents, and the adopted child is given the same status as a natural child and the child takes the name of his step-father, in this case, Soetoro. See Indonesian Constitution, Article 2.

The Indonesian citizenship law was designed to prevent apatride (stateless) or bipatride (dual) citizenship. Indonesian regulations recognized neither apatride nor bipatride (stateless or dual) citizenship. Since Indonesia did not allow dual citizenship; neither did the United States (since the United States only permitted dual citizenship when 'both' countries agree); and since Obama/Soetoro was a "natural" citizen of Indonesia, the United States would not step in or interfere with the laws of Indonesia. Hague Convention of 1930.

As a result of Soetoro/Obama’s Indonesian "natural" citizenship status, Soetoro/Obama could never regain U.S. "natural born" status, if he in fact he ever held such, which we doubt. Soetoro/Obama could have only become "naturalized" if the proper paperwork were filed with the U.S. State Department, after going through U.S. Immigration upon his return to the United States; in which case, Soetoro/Obama would have received a Certification of Citizenship indicating "naturalized."

We are informed, believe and thereon allege Obama/Soetoro was never naturalized in the United States after his return. Soetoro/Obama was ten (10) years old when he returned to Hawaii to live with his grandparents. Soetoro/Obama’s mother did not return with him. Therefore, it appears that she did not apply for citizenship for Soetoro/Obama in the United States. If citizenship for Soetoro/Obama had been applied for in 1971, Soetoro/Obama would have a Certification of Citizenship. If Soetoro/Obama returned in 1971 to Hawaii without going through U.S. Immigration, today he would be an "illegal alien" -- and obviously not able to serve as president, but also his term as a United States Senator from Illinois for nearly four (4) years was illegal. We further believe Soetoro might have reentered the United States at age ten (10) by showing a copy of his Hawaiian Certification of Live Birth, which he received when his birth was registered in Hawaii.

In addition, we have been unable to locate any legal documents wherein Soetoro’s name was legally changed from Barry Soetoro to Barack Hussein Obama. Soetoro/Obama’s silence on these issues is deafening and his refusal to release such records to prove that none of this occurred results in his status as Acting Commander in Chief at best, and a willful action on his part to deceive the American People and the Armed Forces of the United States so that he may wield power that is in non-compliance with the United States Constitution.

Well, the veil is finally off. By appointing this envoy, Obama is at last admitting what we knew all along: ISLAM IS A POLITICAL SYSTEM. Moreover, it's a political system that wants to replace every other rival political system in the world. Yes, Islam is an all-encompassing way of life, but it has gotten a free pass because its apologists always resort to hiding behind its status as a religion.

Now that we know that our President sees Islam as a political system that must be given the same regard as other sovereign nations, we can expect a lot more to come. Will imams qualify for diplomatic immunity? Just one possibility.

This is the worst thing Obama has done so far.

Also, what's with the extremists who "exploit tensions between Muslims and the West" and removing Islam from any accountability? That's not only idiotic, it's insulting. Now governments that try to protect their citizens and protect civil liberties are reduced to the same level as bomb-carrying jihadists?

OF COURSE Islam is the problem. It needs to go.

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference is the arch-villain of the battle against freedom.

Why are our liberals not shouting night and day (liberal means 'in favor of freedom')???

Why are liberals silent when freedom is threatened...Adolf Hitler, communism?

Geert Wilders is the closest thing we have to a Churchill today...a voice crying in the wilderness! 'Beware the Trojan horse of the religion of peace (TM)!'

Since the topic came up here, I did some sleuthing for material on the IQs of Obama and Palin. Here's what I found.

Barack Obama

166-172 http://www.eons.com/groups/topic/894197-obama-s-iq-the-highest-of-any-president-ever-

145 http://www.quizrocket.com/obama-iq-test

140-165 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080803072203AAj1rpx

>140 http://www.halfsigma.com/2009/04/a-comment-on-obamas-iq.html

130-148 http://www.kids-iq-tests.com/d-prez.html

121-137 http://www.kids-iq-tests.com/2008-prez.html

124 http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081019162112AABvhK3

115-120 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Barack_Obama%27s_IQ

~116 http://voxday.blogspot.com/2008/09/barack-obamas-iq-is-116_18.html

Sarah Palin

>125 http://www.kids-iq-tests.com/2008-prez.html

>120 http://www.halfsigma.com/2008/08/whats-sarah-palins-iq.html

98 http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_sarah_palin%27s_IQ
http://www.halfsigma.com/2008/09/sarah-palins-iq-no-higher-than-110.html

83 http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/sarah-palins-iq

Evidence that the above report is faked is at http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/769c3/sarah_palins_iq_and_sat_scores_lets_just_say_that/

Conclusions

1. Large variance in scores.
2. Not all reports carry the same weight.
3. Consensus among liberals is that Obama is a genius and Palin is, at best (and that's being charitable), no better than average.

As noted above, raw IQ score only reflects one aspect of a personality, and for political leaders there are other aspects that are of equal or greater importance.

For a survey of IQs of both contemporary and historical figures, check out http://www.kids-iq-tests.com/d-prez.html

Some teasers - people with IQs > 150 (some of these - whooda thunk?)

160 Albert Einstein
170 Andrew Wiles
180 Benjamin Netanyahu
160 Bill Gates
187 Bobby Fischer
195 Chris Langan
160 Dolph Lungren
156 Ellen Muth
180 James Woods
156 Jimmy Carter
180 John Sununu
172 Judy Holliday
160 Reggie Jackson
154 Sharon Stone
160 Stephen Hawking
228 Marilyn Vos Savant

Jayne Mansfield almost made it, with an IQ of 149.

Notice - except for Carter, there are no American presidents on this list. And about Carter, what can I say?

OT, but somewhat tangentially related to the IQ question above.

People blessed or cursed with extremely high IQs often/usually also have what are considered behavioral disorders and difficulties of one kind or another deriving from the peculiar way their brains are wired. Although I don't particularly trust psychological classifiations, one of them that is fascinating nevertheless is Asperger's Syndrome, which is a mild form of autism. Check out http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/article_2086.shtml to see who you might be surprised to learn were probably Aspies, as they affectionately call themselves.

Some tidbits about noted Aspies and their eccentricities:

Benjamin Franklin was not assigned the task of writing the Constitution because his colleagues thought he would conceal a joke in it.

Albert Einstein was considered retarded by his teachers.

Napolean Bonapart believed humanists were troublemakers.

Andrew Jackson believed the world was flat.

James Garfield could write in Latin with one hand, and in Greek with the other hand - at the same time.

Louis IV only bathed once a year.

Peter the Great reportedly killed his wife's lover, and then forced her to keep her lover's head in a jar of alcohol in her bedroom.

Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand while drawing with the other.

Ludwig Beethoven was such a poor music student that his music teachers decided he was hopeless as a composer.

Henry Ford believed in reincarnation.

Robin Williams was voted least likely to succeed in high school.

Clark Gable used to take more than four showers a day.

Hans Christian Anderson was word blind and never learned to spell correctly.

Goethe hated the sound of barking dogs.

Ernest Vincent Wright, author of the novel, Gatsby, wrote the work, which has a word count of 50,000, without once using the letter 'e'.

A partial list of other Aspies: Albert Einstein, Alan Turing, Al Gore, Andy Kaufman, Andy Warhol, Bill Gates, Bob Dylan, Carl Jung, Hans Asperger, Isaac Asimov, Isaac Newton, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Michael Jackson, Michael Palin, Amadeus Mozart, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Jefferson, Vincent Van Gogh, Woody Allen. There are many others, and taken together they comprise more or less a who's who of the movers and shakers of the world.

And in the fictional domain, there are Raymond from the movie Rainman, Mr Spock from Star Trek, Commander Data from Star Trek Next Generagion, Rodney McKay from Stargate Atlantis, Seven-of-Nine from Star Trek Voyager, Chauncy Gardner from the movie Being There, and Jerry Espenson from Boston Legal. Oliver Saks' book "The Man Who Mistook his Wife For a Hat" provides a charming account of some of his patients who also fall into this category.

Relevance to Sarah Palin - I would say her peculiarities, such as they are, put her in with some pretty good company.

Palin has the knack of saying what you realize should have been said but only after she says it. And does this without inhibition and as Harry Truman did, plainly. She speaks and believes what I believe, the store may not be in Rodeo drive but she still is never short in stock of what I need. Honesty, integrity, first and formost she is for me, for America and for a future I want my kids to live in.
The notes she has on her left hand where written by her own right hand. Can she get more of the women's vote? Can those who are influenced by hipsters, whats cool, go for her in larger numbers, open question. Palin does not have to wait to run for office, she is already effecting world of good across the Nation with her speeches, ideas and support of solid good political candidates. What out libs, Palin is coming to get'cha.

I don't think it fair to describe Rosalind Franklin as the discover of the structure of DNA, and Watson and Crick as merely having stolen her ideas. As I understand it, she deserved far greater recognition for her work, and for how close she had come, and there were things that constituted setbacks to her work, I gather, that were simply bad luck, questions of timing. As I understand it, a handsome and deserving tribute to her was made by Professor Aaron Klug, of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, in Cambridge (and later President of the Royal Society) at the time of his acceptance of the Nobel Prize. She was treated badly; she deserved more recognition. Did Watson mistreat her in "The Double Helix" ? I suspect he might have. But I haven't read it, and I don't know enough, and it would be idiotic of me to attempt to say more.