JIM KOURI: ISLAMIC CRUELTY AND FAMINE IN SOMALIA

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.10029/pub_detail.asp Somali People Suffer from Islamist Cruelty and Famine Jim Kouri, CPP Somalia’s terror group Al Shabaab has reneged on lifting its ban on aid agencies and has accused those who speak out about the famine of engaging in “sheer propaganda”. The United Nations in New York on Wednesday said several areas in Somalia are suffering from a deadly famine after the Horn of Africa nations experienced the worst drought in […]

AMIL IMANI: IS ISLAM MISREPRESENTED?

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.10024/pub_detail.asp Decades ago Marshall McLuhan observed, “The medium is the message.” As the print and electronic media penetrate more and more every aspect of life, their influence increases greatly in shaping views and behavior of the public. The power of the media is a mixed blessing. On one hand, it can serve to expose injustices, […]

THE DEBT CEILING AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS: ARTHUR BROOKS

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903554904576460753316043800.html The Debt Ceiling and the Pursuit of Happiness A welfare state that led to permanent austerity would betray the principles that have made American culture exceptional. By ARTHUR C. BROOKS “No one deserves our political support today unless he or she is willing to work for as long as it takes to win the […]

READY WHEN YOU ARE RICK PERRY….ERIN MCPIKE AND SCOTT CONROY…PERRY EYES LATE AUGUST CAMPAIGN LAUNCH

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/07/25/rick_perry_eyes_late_august_campaign_launch_110695.html’; Texas Gov. Rick Perry is all but certain to launch a presidential campaign and is nearing an announcement set for the second half of August, according to sources familiar with his political team’s planning. For months, Republican activists, donors, elected officials, and even voters have dithered about their choices in the 2012 presidential primary […]

WES PRUDEN: THIS IS EXACTLY HOW THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IS MEANT TO WORK

  http://www.prudenpolitics.com Lost in the sturm and drang, the clanging of the background music, the thunder of approaching doom and the pipsqueakery of the politicians, the wringing of hands and the decrying of partisanship, is the reality that this is exactly how the political system is meant to work. Debate, argument and contention are what […]

BRUCE BAWER’S REPORT FROM NORWAY ON JULY 15TH, 2011

A growing Muslim enclave outside of the city is a hotbed of crime and Sharia.   Taken together, two seemingly unrelated news stories from Norway paint a grim picture of that city’s future. http://pajamasmedia.com First, you need to know that Oslo is a sprawling, low-lying city, more of a small-scale Los Angeles than a small-scale […]

BACK TO BUSINESS IN IRAN: COMMANDER NAGHDI: “WE HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO DESTROY ISRAEL”…

http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/breaking-iran-we-have-no-option-but-to-destroy-israel/?print=1 (BREAKING) Iran: ‘We Have No Option but to Destroy Israel’ Posted By ‘Reza Kahlili’  In reaction to the recent assassination of Iranian scientist Dariush Rezaiinejad, chief commander of the Basij Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Naghdi stated [1]: The main plot for this criminal act was conceived by the American government, and since it is scared […]

CAL THOMAS: NORWAY

http://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2011/07/26/and_now_norway/print “Police are calling the gunman, Anders Behring Breivik, a “Christian fundamentalist” because we must have labels (except when describing Muslim fundamentalists, which police, politicians and much of the media try to avoid for fear of angering Islamists). Breivik is as much a “Christian fundamentalist” as Judas Iscariot was and he deserves a similar fate.”When […]

MICHAEL YOUSSEF:OBAMA’S PLAN TO INGRATIATE HIMSELF TO ISLAMISTS BACKFIRES

http://townhall.com/columnists/michaelyoussef/2011/07/26/obamas_plan_to_ingratiate_himself_to_islamists_backfires/print Since his election to the Presidency of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama has been on a campaign to ingratiate himself to the Wahhabis, the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamic hardliners. In doing so he is magically transforming them, in his mind at least, into “moderates.” According to his logic, as long as Islamic […]

CAROLINE GLICK: SQUANDERING ISRAEL’S LIMITED INFLUENCE

http://townhall.com/columnists/carolineglick/2011/07/25/squandering_israels_limited_influence/print The past month has been a difficult one for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinians (UNRWA). First Palestinians in Hamas-controlled Gaza held mass protests against the agency’s attempt to change its name to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees. Conspiracy theories claimed the name change was part of a […]