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March 2012

ANDREW E. HARROD: WHY THE WEST IS BEST: A MUSLIM APOSTATE’S DEFENSE OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACY*****

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/03/why_the_west_is_best_a_muslim_apostates_defense_of_liberal_democracy.html

Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate’s Defense of Liberal Democracy. By Ibn Warraq. New York: Encounter Books, 2011. 286 pp. $23.95.

The pseudonymous ex-Muslim Warraq has turned his broad intellect and articulate writing to a defense of the Western civilization so wholeheartedly embraced by this British-educated, South Asian-American immigrant. Warraq begins his analysis with an admiring discussion of his adopted home New York City, a “concrete definition of Western civilization” with its millions of heterogeneous citizens flourishing in a mutually enriching, efficient cosmopolitan metropolis. Warraq then examines the superiority of Gotham’s underlying Western ideals and institutions with respect to other cultures, and particularly to Islam.

APPALLING!!! SYRIANS IN THE UNITED STATES ALLOWED TO STAY BEYOND THEIR VISAS

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US to allow Syrians to stay beyond visas

WASHINGTON — US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano moved Friday to allow Syrians in the United States to stay beyond their visas and avoid the risk of returning to their violence-torn country.

Napolitano said in a statement that, “in light of deteriorating conditions in Syria,” the Department of Homeland Security will be designating Syria temporary protected status (TPS) for Syrians currently in the United States.

“Conditions in Syria have worsened to the point where Syrian nationals already in the United States would face serious threats to their personal safety if they were to return to their home country,” Napolitano said.

DHS will next week publish a notice in the Federal Register offering guidance about TPS eligibility requirements and registration procedures, according to the statement.

“All applicants must undergo full background checks and while Syrians in the United States are encouraged to apply, they should not submit their applications before the notice is published,” it said.

A DHS official said that “individuals with a criminal background or who pose a threat to national security are not eligible for TPS and their applications will be denied.”

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services estimates that 2,500 to 3,000 individuals will be affected by the designation, the official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

The DHS secretary may designate a country for TPS due to armed conflict like civil war, an environmental disaster such as a hurricane or earthquake, and an epidemic.

TPS is a temporary benefit that does not lead to lawful permanent resident status or give any other immigration status, according to USCIS.

DAVID “SPENGLER” GOLDMAN: SYRIA’S CHEMICAL WEAPONS: A MOTIVATION FOR ISRAEL’S STRIKE ON IRAN…..SEE NOTE PLEASE

http://pjmedia.com/spengler/

David Goldman’s predictive powers are quite amazing….Long before the recent news of economic woes in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, while others were swooning over the “Arab Spring” he was the only one writing about economic crises confronting the Moslem nations …..read his book…HOW CIVILIZATIONS DIE (AND WHY ISLAM IS DYING TOO).
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How Civilizations Die: (And Why Islam Is Dying Too) by David P. Goldman (Sep 19, 2011)

The Obama administration, as former UN ambassador John Bolton observed yesterday, is taking extreme measures to forestall a prospective Israeli strike on Iran. Since when does one ally tip off an enemy about another ally’s possible route of attack, in this case, via Azerbaijan? The utter fecklessness of the administration’s foreign policy, though, is forcing the Israelis to act, whatever the administration’s concerns about the price of gas.

OBAMA DELIVERS A DEATH BLOW TO THE COAL INDUSTRY: RICH TRZUPEK

Obama Delivers a Death Blow to the Coal Industry Posted By Rich Trzupek http://frontpagemag.com/2012/03/30/obama-delivers-a-death-blow-to-coal-industry/print/ The coal industry and coal-fired power has been dealt a series of body blows by the Obama administration over the last four years. Yesterday, the EPA delivered the coup de grace to coal, in the form of a new rule that […]

DANIEL GREENFIELD: RACE CARD BANKRUPTCY

Trayvon Martin Circus Reveals Race Card Bankruptcy URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2012/03/30/trayvon-martin-circus-reveals-race-card-bankruptcy/ The Trayvon Martin case is a wholly familiar one to residents of any major urban city. If you live in Chicago, New York or Los Angeles, then it’s only a matter of time until an incident between a law enforcement officer, or more rarely […]

HOT PICKS FROM FSM

VIDEOS * TODAY’S HOT PICKS * 1. VIDEO: Why the White House should be afraid, very afraid, over the ObamaCare arguments this week 2. VIDEO: Author Exposes Hollywood’s Biggest Hypocrites 3. VIDEO: Press Secretary dodges question on (then) Sen. Obama voting in 2005 for over 2 BILLION IN TAX CUTS to the oil industry 4. […]

ALAN CARUBA: THE EPA’S WRECKING BALL

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.11697/pub_detail.asp The Environmental Protection Agency is using its power to advance the objective of the environmental movement to deny Americans access to the energy that sustains the nation’s economy and is using the greatest hoax ever perpetrated, global warming—now called “climate change”—to achieve that goal. “This standard isn’t the once-and-for-all solution to our environmental challenge,” […]

HIS SAY: BRUCE KESLER..IS PRESIDENT OBAMA A RACIST HATE MONGER?

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Is President Obama a racist hatemonger?

I can certainly understand when anyone spends more time or energy on defending his or her own ethnic group or race or affinity group from unfairness. I do, regarding Jews and Israel, and Marines. But, at the same time, if one does so even when evidence points another way, ignores the rights or rightful claims of others, even adversaries, it – at least – indicates a narrowness of perspective and inadequate interest in justice for all, which reduces credibility. It clearly spills over into racism when attacks or defense use racial or ethnic stereotypes, jumps to conclusions based on race or ethnicity, especially in the absence of facts or connection. When one tolerates such, even defends such, even encourages such, then one is choosing to affiliate with racists and is properly grouped with them. I think that is where President Obama falls. By dint of his repeated one-sided and unsupported words and gestures, and his inadequate attention to the facts or rights of others, President Obama is a racist. By dint of his high public position and influence, those repeated words and gestures make him a hatemonger, as well.

CAROLINE GLICK: THE STATE DEPARTMENT’S JERUSALEM SYNDROME….SEE NOTE PLEASE

http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2012/03/the-state-departments-jerusale.php?utm_source SAY SOMETHING MITT ROMNEY!!!….RSK I went to the US Consulate this week to take care of certain family business. It was a thoroughly unpleasant experience. I think it is ironic that two days after my extremely unpleasant experience at the consulate, State Department Spokeswoman Victoria Nuland refused to say what the capital of Israel […]

V.D. HANSON:NORTH AMERICA’S ENERGY POTENTIAL COULD CHANGE THE WORLD

http://news.investors.com/articleprint/606070/201203291839/north-american-energy-potential-could-change-world.aspx

The world was reinvented in the 1970s by soaring oil prices and massive transfers of national wealth. It could be again if the price of petroleum crashes — a real possibility given the amazing estimates about the new gas and oil reserves on the North American continent.

The Canadian tar sands, deepwater exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, horizontal drilling off the eastern and western American coastlines, fracking in once-untapped sites in North Dakota and new pipelines from Alaska and Canada could within a decade double North American gas and oil production.

Given that North America in general and the United States in particular might soon be completely autonomous in natural gas production and within a decade without much need of imported oil, life as we have known it for nearly the last half-century would change radically.

Take the Middle East. The U.S. currently devotes about $50 billion of its military budget to patrolling the Persian Gulf and stationing thousands of troops in the region.

America was the target of a crippling oil embargo following the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Ever since, it has often hedged its support of democratic Israel in fear of oil cutoffs or price hikes from the Middle East.

Just as often, the U.S. finds itself hypocritically calling for democracy while supporting medieval sheikdoms and monarchies in the oil-exporting gulf. Likewise, Western petrodollars seem to find a way into the coffers of terrorists bent on killing Americans and their allies.

But at a time of shrinking defense budgets, an oil-rich America might not need to protect Middle Eastern oil fields and lanes. U.S. foreign policy for once really could be predicated on the principle of supporting those nations that embrace constitutional government and human rights, without worry that offended dictators, theocrats and kings would turn off the spigots.

Curbing the voracious American appetite for imported oil could also help lower world petroleum prices for everyone. Poorer nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America would save billions of dollars on their imported-energy bills.

High-cost oil has warped the global system by rewarding luck and punishing accomplishment. Oil-poor countries that earned their wealth through hard work and innovation — China, Germany, India, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, for example — should be rewarded with reduced imported-energy costs, while those that became rich by having someone else find and develop the oil beneath their feet might find their windfalls reduced……READ MORE AT SITE