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Are you one of the 28.2 million viewers who receive their program through cable TV or satellite service? If so, then I hope you are ready to welcome Islam into your home with open arms. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Set to premier today on HBO, a new&amp;nbsp;film entitled &lt;em&gt;Koran By Heart&lt;/em&gt; will follow three young Muslim men as they compete in Cairo, Egypt to win a competition composed of reciting the entire Koran...by heart. (Hence the name) The competition is said to attract hundreds of Muslims from all over the world who are able to recite the entire 600 page Koran by heart. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a catch though...this TV show is more than just about televising a contest. Per director Greg Barker, who has made numerous documentaries for HBO and PBS, the project is a means for exploring and learning more about Islam, so to better understand it. “I think that what we’re living through — this era of fundamentalism and Jihadi extremism — all comes out of this struggle within the faith itself,” said Barker.&amp;nbsp;“I really wanted to get beneath the surface of the competition and the kids’ stories to try to get into that. I&amp;nbsp;had a feeling it would be through the stories of their education.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Barker would go on to later say in an interview, that if your a non-Muslim, you really don't have the grounds to criticize it. (Sure doesn't stop anyone from criticizing Christianity does it?) He says that calling Islam a "violent religion" gets nobody anywhere, and that you could say the same thing about all religions. Personally, I take issue with that because how often does a Baptist Church deacon commit terror in the name of Jesus Christ? "Banning Islam around the world isn't going to happen" says Barker. "The better approach is to try to understand it. And by understanding it, I think that one realizes that there’s more nuance than is often portrayed. And that’s what I try to get at in&amp;nbsp;this film." Barker goes on to explain that he really wants to show how much of a struggle it is that Muslim families face in America and even abroad. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The islamization of America is happening every day. From major cities, to small towns, it's here. Sadly most people choose to write it off, and ignore it, not even considered the threat it is to their personal safety, much less their personal freedom. HBO is known to show filth on TV, and this is no exception. I'm sure the prospect of being able to reach 28.2 million homes with the message of Islam is an enlightening one for HBO becausee people will watch...and people, much like sheep, are followers, unless they know better. Most people who drone out in front of stations like HBO however, are just that...followers. Beware the wolf in sheeps clothing. You'd better have a tight grasp on your country, because if not, it'll be gone faster than you can blink...and you better believe the Islamization is happening...at an alarming rate. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can read more about this story, and the film by following &lt;a href="http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/news/2011/08/koran-by-heart-director-greg-barker/"&gt;THIS&lt;/a&gt; link. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-6285259362157922570?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/6285259362157922570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/08/hbo-ready-to-proselytize-islam-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6285259362157922570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6285259362157922570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/08/hbo-ready-to-proselytize-islam-to.html' title='HBO Ready to Proselytize Islam to Millions in America'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-982387638471651496</id><published>2011-08-08T13:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-08T13:36:28.442-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ramadan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Comics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tennessee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Mini Page'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Knoxville'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sunday Paper'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Knoxville News Sentinel'/><title type='text'>The Islamization of America Comes Home</title><content type='html'>Still not convinced of Islamization of America? Last Sunday, July 31, I found myself flipping through the Sunday paper. I came across the comics section, and having not read the comics in quite a while, I decided I’d stop for a minute or two and check out. There were some that I remember growing up with, and some that were quite new to me. I flipped over to the back page, wondering if they still printed the Mini Page on the back of the comics section for kids. The Mini-Page, is a whole page dedicated to children. It usually contains educational things, and presents them in a way to make it fun for children to learn. There might be 2 or 3 articles on a topic, along with a word search, some knock-knock jokes, and a hidden picture game, all geared around that weeks “topic.” What I saw last week, when I turned to the Mini Page, appalled me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[Keep in mind this is a page for children]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The weeks topic, shockingly enough, was Islam. My curiosity sucked me in. The very first article, in big bold letters, stated: Celebrate a Muslim Holiday! WHAT?? Surely my eyes were deceiving themselves. Surely to goodness, the Mini-Page was not encouraging young children to take an active part in celebrating a Muslim Holiday…but alas, it was. Ramadan to be more specific. The article went on to explain how to celebrate the holiday, and explain how children could take part. The other articles on the page weren’t any better. There was an article in the middle of the page, explaining Islam, and what it was. (Leaving out key details as I’m sure you’re aware) There was also an article at the bottom that was entirely about the Muslim Holiday of Ramadan. I noticed the word search, and the hidden picture search, all centered around the practice of Islam.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BYdYhOMUpSE/TkAeQkPzmQI/AAAAAAAAAQk/dkD_QhKEWvE/s1600/IOMKNOX.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400px" naa="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BYdYhOMUpSE/TkAeQkPzmQI/AAAAAAAAAQk/dkD_QhKEWvE/s400/IOMKNOX.jpg" width="325px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’d venture to say that very few parents “police” the Comics section of the Sunday Paper before giving to little Jimmy or little Susie to enjoy. Hec, it almost got past me. Now, what do you think would happen had the Mini-Page would have been plastered with images of Jesus, and encouragement to children to celebrate a Christian holiday? The people in charge of the page would be tarred and feathered no doubt. However since the printing, I’ve heard little, if no complaints, or concerns, at least here on a local level in Knoxville, Tennessee. This stuff is being slipped into the minds of our children, and we are none the wiser…after all, how many parents ask their children what they learned in the comic section? I’d venture to say none of them. It’s no surprise that our children are growing up with a twisted view of a “peaceful”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Islamic religion. Folks, this is happening right under our noses. You know, I’d almost expect to hear something like this coming out of the public school system, but when it’s printed in the Comics section of the Sunday paper, and when it’s specifically geared to smaller children, I’m angered. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems that everyone wants a stop put to anything considered even remotely “Christian”, however Islam gets a free pass. Things like Islam, when taught in a classroom as part of history, is one thing, but when it’s hidden in the back of the Comics section, so only our children will see it, and when it blatantly comes out and encourages them to celebrate Ramadan and experience Islam, it’s dead wrong, and just another example of how America is being brainwashed with Islam right under our noses. If we don’t do something to stop it now, it’ll be too late and we’ll wonder what happened. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wake up folks. This is your America too…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-982387638471651496?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/982387638471651496/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/08/islamization-of-america-comes-home.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/982387638471651496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/982387638471651496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/08/islamization-of-america-comes-home.html' title='The Islamization of America Comes Home'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BYdYhOMUpSE/TkAeQkPzmQI/AAAAAAAAAQk/dkD_QhKEWvE/s72-c/IOMKNOX.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-395995851335700187</id><published>2011-07-08T22:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-08T22:49:22.983-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom of Religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Police'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quartzside'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom of Speech'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arizona'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mayor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='City Councel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='1st Amendment'/><title type='text'>Freedom of Speech being trampled in America</title><content type='html'>If you are still a skeptic and think that your 1st amendment freedom of speech is safe in America...think again. Quartzsite, Arizona will prove you wrong, and ad yet another instance of proof that our rights as Americans are being trampled on while we sit in a trance engrossed in our favorite sitcom. Wake up America...if you don't think this is serious, you are gravely mistaken. We can't just sit by any longer. If we do, the America you and I know will be gone before we know it, and we won't have even noticed till it's too late. Folks, our constitutional rights as Americans are being stripped from us on a daily basis...are you paying attention? Do you want to continue to excersise your right to free speech? What about worship? If you don't stand up and fight for your rights, you'll find yourself censored and your freedoms as Americans will be gone, and you'll have nobody to blame but yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's time to take a stand...rather than tell you about this instance, I'll show you. Watch this video clip of a city councel meeting in Quartzside, Arizona and see for yourself, as a citizen is arrested and removed from the meeting for exercising her freedom of speech. Take note that the council, and the police ignore the instructions of the Mayor telling them they are in direct violation of the law for interfering with the women. You tell me who's corrupt...the people, or the government. If you aren't spitting nails at the blatant violation of rights, then you need to do some soul searching. This is happening in YOUR&amp;nbsp; country. WAKE UP...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-youtube-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="http://0.gvt0.com/vi/OOuH-tP1VaA/0.jpg"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OOuH-tP1VaA&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" /&gt;&lt;param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /&gt;&lt;embed width="320" height="266"  src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OOuH-tP1VaA&amp;fs=1&amp;source=uds" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-395995851335700187?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/395995851335700187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/07/freedom-of-speech-being-trampled-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/395995851335700187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/395995851335700187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/07/freedom-of-speech-being-trampled-in.html' title='Freedom of Speech being trampled in America'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-4381365654858365705</id><published>2011-06-17T08:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-17T08:48:36.869-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NBC News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Banks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Talk timeout'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ATM'/><title type='text'>Obama Blames Slow Economic Recovery on...ATMs?</title><content type='html'>Obama deserves a "talk timeout" for this one. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While doing an interview with NBC news, Obama suggested that innovation and technology...like those [horrible job-stealing] ATMs, were a big part of why the employment rate was still in decline instead of rebounding as he had hoped. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh really? Yea...I'm sure thats the problem.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-4381365654858365705?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/4381365654858365705/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/06/obama-blames-slow-economic-recovery.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4381365654858365705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4381365654858365705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/06/obama-blames-slow-economic-recovery.html' title='Obama Blames Slow Economic Recovery on...ATMs?'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-1526449215999805878</id><published>2011-06-17T08:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-17T08:38:08.500-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fox News Radio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hampsters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Puppies'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco Animal Control and Welfare Commission'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Philip Gerrie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kittens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Justin Hau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Goldfish'/><title type='text'>Sign of the Apocolypse? No...just San Francisco just being San Fransicko</title><content type='html'>Once again leading the charge in all things ridiculous and insane, San Francisco has proposed a bill that would include a ban on owning pets. Wait till you hear which pets...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Goldfish, Kittens, Puppies and Hampsters. All proposed to be banned as pets in San Fran. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The San Francisco Animal Control and Welfare Commission is attempting&amp;nbsp;to take away the pets&amp;nbsp;in an attempt to discourage "impulse buys" of animals from pet stores. Huh? Welfare commission Philip Gerrie explained that "the proposed ban is meant to discourage impulse buys of pets that sometimes end up in shelters." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh...I see now. Or not...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The [attempted] ban is nothing new...the commission proposed the ban last August, and again in January, but both times it was tabled. This time it looks like its going to actually come to a vote.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gerrie went on to explain that&amp;nbsp;goldfish, guppies and other tropical fish were not originally included in the proposed ban, but had been added to the current&amp;nbsp;proposal because of what he called the “inhumane suffering of fish” and the way the fish are harvested. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you laughing yet? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, the ban&amp;nbsp;has local pet store owners up in a tizzy...and I can't say I blame them.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Ocean Aquarium owner Justin Hau, said&amp;nbsp;in an interview with the San Francisco Chronicle that “The city is taking more and more control...they are very stupid.” A blunt statement, but a true one. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gerrie&amp;nbsp;says that’s the response he expected to get&amp;nbsp;from upset&amp;nbsp;pet store owners. “They have a very strong interest to say it’s stupid,” he&amp;nbsp;said in an interview with&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://radio.foxnews.com/"&gt;Fox News Radio&lt;/a&gt;. “That’s the basic thing with human beings. We exploit everything in the world until it’s exhausted.” Gerrie went on to accuse the “human” species of exploiting the environment – and the fish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...no word yet on Gerrie's opinion of how the "human" species exploits governmental power...another example of of San Francisco just being San Fransicko.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-1526449215999805878?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/1526449215999805878/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/06/sign-of-apocolypse-nojust-san-francisco.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1526449215999805878'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1526449215999805878'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/06/sign-of-apocolypse-nojust-san-francisco.html' title='Sign of the Apocolypse? No...just San Francisco just being San Fransicko'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-2117493948421828141</id><published>2011-06-08T11:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-08T11:12:15.211-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joining Forces'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Television'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nickelodean'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Carly Shay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iCarley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Miranda Cosgrove'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michelle Obama'/><title type='text'>To the Obama's, it's all about Star Power</title><content type='html'>So what happens when you are the wife of the POTUS, and you don't feel like you are getting as much "star treatment" as he is? Well, you do the only natural&amp;nbsp; thing you can think of...you ask to be on a television show! How lame, and ultimately indulgent. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;President Obama will go down in history as one of the most vain, celebrity hungry presidents in history (with more TV appearances than any other president), and as it seems, his wife is more than happy to follow suite. His hunger for super stardom has rubbed off and I'm sure the family is thrilled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;News broke today, that Michelle Obama literally asked to be a guest star on one of Nickelodeon's number one shows, iCarly. Now, this is under the guise that she will be on the show to promote her "Joining Forces" initiative, but I believe without a shadow of a doubt, there are more beneficial places to hawk this initiative than on a children's show. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The "Joining Forces" initiative is pretty much a&amp;nbsp; "support the troops" program where Michelle Obama, and Joe Bidens wife go around to drum up support for the troops, and their families...a great program, but more of a political "look what I'm doing" program than anything else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an effort to raise awareness and build support for troops overseas, you'd think she would seek a bigger platform than a Nickelodeon show and it's tween audience. I think this has more to do with the Obama's endless efforts to get on Television shows and build their already inflated egos. That coupled with the fact that iCarly happens to be Obama's daughters favorite show. Hmm...underlying motive? Either way, it's indulgent to ask to go on a TV show rather than be asked. I would think there would be better outlets to promote this cause...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You be the judge...legit attempt to spread support for the "Joining Forces" initiative, or the indulgent move of a proven fame addict to further bolster an ego (and maybe get a few autographs for the kids)?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-2117493948421828141?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/2117493948421828141/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/06/to-obamas-its-all-about-star-power.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2117493948421828141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2117493948421828141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/06/to-obamas-its-all-about-star-power.html' title='To the Obama&apos;s, it&apos;s all about Star Power'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-2913454461024537223</id><published>2011-06-07T10:14:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-08T16:08:48.303-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rick Ross'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jay-Z'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Racism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kanye West'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nicki Minaj'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Vile Kanye West the Epitome of Whats Wrong With America</title><content type='html'>For those of you who want to know whats wrong in America, or why our kids are so screwed up these days, look no further than hip-hop&amp;nbsp;singer&amp;nbsp;Kanye West. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;West is now under fire (and rightly so) for stepping outside the boundaries of decency with his new music video called "Monster." Whats so bad about it? Well, the apparently anticipated video is stock full of graphic content and just plain sickening imagery. The video which was released this week features other artists such as Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross&amp;nbsp;and Jay-Z.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the video, Minaj plays&amp;nbsp;a psychotic dominatrix, and pink-wigged Barbie. At the same time, Ross&amp;nbsp;finds himself&amp;nbsp;surrounded by mostly&amp;nbsp;naked, dead, white&amp;nbsp;women hanging from nooses, all while he nonchalantly puffs away on a cigar. Jay-Z is then the next person to jump in the mix as he throws in a rap segment while standing next to a couch with&amp;nbsp;the naked, lifeless body of a woman.&amp;nbsp;Then comes the &lt;strike&gt;man&lt;/strike&gt; freak himself, Kanye West, in all his glory, singing his so called music, all while being groped by multiple women. This leads to his eventual migration to a bedroom where he climbs into the sack with two white female&amp;nbsp;corpses and proceeds to rearrange their lifeless limbs to better accommodate him. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sick? Ya think? This literally is the epitome of what is wrong in this country. These are singers that our kids look up to...in reality, this should be a huge turnoff, but for the young impressionable minds of those to who look up to these so called singers, it just serves as a notion saying this kind of sickening behavior is ok. Well, newsflash...it's not. This is by far one of the sickest things I've ever seen, and it just goes to show that the hip-hop genre has become the roach infested basement of the music industry. Hip-Hop and Rap for that matter has a bad reputation for not only exploiting women, but for promoting and legitimatizing violence against women. What Kanye is doing here, is just cementing where he stands in the middle of it all. It does nothing but show his true colors, and gives us a glance into whats really in his sick mind. Violence against women is a problem in this country, and as long as "artists" like Kanye West is legitimizing the act, he (and anyone else promoting it) should be treated as an accessory to the crime. It's vile, it's sick and it's proof of the kind of trash that has infiltrated this country and is infiltrating the minds of American youths. &lt;br /&gt;Of course, Kanye West defends his vile&amp;nbsp; production calling it "art." "It wasn't meant to offend...it's art people." Yea, I guess, if art includes women in nooses, blood everywhere, violent and foul language and lyrics, and dismembered body parts. One article I read&amp;nbsp;regarding the video pointed out how it just gives us a "peek into his mind, heart and soul, which as it turns out is a dark, disgusting and horrid place where women are victimized and their bodies treated as props for the "Monsters" singing." I couldn't have stated it better. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I personally find it offensive that Kanye would call this trash art. To me, it's just an excuse to demean women. Art is just an excuse to allow him to&amp;nbsp;let the vile trash in his head out for all to see with no objections. Well I object...what Monet, Van Gough and Divinci produced was art...and is nowhere near some hip-hop trashbag making a music video with bloodied and dead women draped all over the place. It's a way for him to live out his sick, vile and parasitic fantasies and get away with it. One critic pointed out that calling this video "art" gives it more dignity than it deserves. I wholeheartedly agree. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fact of the matter is, Kanye West is a piece of trash. A parasite and a maggot who is undermining the foundations of society and getting away with it. It makes me sick to see someone like him, who is exalted and hailed as a "superstar" while people who actually give something positive back to society are all but ignored. This guy, no matter if he thinks so or not, is a role model for young people. Rather than use his pedestal to influence kids in a positive manner, he's chosen to advocate violence and sick subject matter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've no respect (not that I had any to begin with) for this piece of trash, or anyone who supports his music. If you're a Kanye fan, and you wanna get ticked off at me, go ahead, but by your support for this maggot, you are doing nothing but saying it's ok...you're part of the problem...you need to be part of the solution. Do something with your life...find a role model who makes a positive impact on society and someone who gives as much back as they take. Don't turn into the same kind of parasite that he has. If your a Kanye fan, and this doesn't just make you sick, something is wrong with you. You should be throwing every one of his albums in the trash and not giving a penny more for anything with his sick name attached to it...otherwise, you're just as bad as he is...and I don't care if that statement angers you. I really don't, because when it comes down to it, you're the one buying this trash and supporting him. If it weren't for people buying this trash and listening to it, he wouldn't be making it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh...and don't think I haven't noticed the racism that is rampant in this video. Kanye has proudly shown in the past that he is anti-white and this video is no different. How do you think the media and general public (not to mention the African American population) would react if this was a white singer filming a video of naked black women hanging from nooses? Just a thought...it's black on white racism and it's alive and well in America thanks to dirtbags like Kanye West. People like him thrive off it. Sick piece of trash. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen people...get your heads out of the sand. Pay attention to what your kids are watching. No matter if it's this trash, or kids on MTV running around having rampant sex with as many people as possible, it's influencing your kids, and not for the better. We should all be ashamed that we've all let this crap into our country, our homes and our heads. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naked bloodied women hanging from nooses, violent imagery, dismemberment, vile language and content...do you know who's influencing your kids? Kids...is this the kind of lifestyle you support? I hope not.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-2913454461024537223?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/2913454461024537223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/06/vile-kanye-west-epitome-of-whats-wrong.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2913454461024537223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2913454461024537223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/06/vile-kanye-west-epitome-of-whats-wrong.html' title='Vile Kanye West the Epitome of Whats Wrong With America'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-519960407427264948</id><published>2011-06-07T08:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-07T08:24:36.597-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PRISM'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lesbian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bi-Sexual'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Federal Reserve Bank'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Virginia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TSA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Transgender'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gay'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Richmond'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Tuesday, June 7</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Federal Reserve Bank proudly displays gay flag on flagpole under American The flag is being flown at the request of PRISM, a Richmond Fed group representing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees and allies.&lt;/strong&gt;This out of Richmond, Virginia as the the flag is being flown at the request of PRISM, a Richmond Fed group representing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees and allies. Here is a thought...if you're gay, be gay, just don't shove it down the throats of those who aren't...and thats exactly what this amounts to. &lt;a href="http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/news/2011/jun/04/marshall-asks-richmond-fed-remove-rainbow-flag-hon-ar-1083565/"&gt;READ MORE HERE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;flag. &lt;br /&gt;__________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Texas holds "Don't touch my junk" rally. &lt;/strong&gt;This of course in an effort to combat the TSA's invasive search techniques. They are hoping to bring a measure forth that would charge any TSA employee for improper touching. &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/06/05/texas-holds-dont-touch-my-junk-rally/?test=latestnews?test=latestnews"&gt;READ MORE HERE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;__________________________________________&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-519960407427264948?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/519960407427264948/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/06/news-and-notes-for-tuesday-june-7.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/519960407427264948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/519960407427264948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/06/news-and-notes-for-tuesday-june-7.html' title='News and Notes for Tuesday, June 7'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-6507929850427844668</id><published>2011-06-03T10:33:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-03T21:38:15.035-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Danny Schultz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom of Religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. Constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom of Speech'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christa Schultz'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='1st Amendment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Medina Valley Independent School District'/><title type='text'>Activist Judge Declares War on Christianity</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;UPDATE: According to a report out this evening from Fox News, the courts have reversed this judges decision. It's great to see justice prevail, even if it's at the last minute! Read the full report&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/03/texas-senator-blasts-judges-decision-to-forbid-public-prayer-at-high-school/"&gt;HERE FROM FOXNEWS.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an act of blatant bias against Christianity, a federal judge in Texas has all but declared war against the first amendment and freedom of speech. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A federal judge&amp;nbsp;in Texas has ruled that the Medina Valley Independent School District&amp;nbsp;is prohibited not only from&amp;nbsp;public prayer at a high school graduation ceremony, but also from using specific terms, such as "prayer" and "amen."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The judges ruling banned students and anyone else involved in graduation from using anything that could be construed as "religious" language. It's being hailed by locals as more of a trampling of free speech, than it is of anything else, evidenced by the judges statement, that such words as "join in prayer", "bow your heads" along with "amen," and "prayer" will be not only banned, but their use could result in jail time. Yes...jail time for simply saying the word "prayer." The judge also ruled that the school district was to remove the terms "invocation" and "benediction" from the graduation programs. In their place...the terms "opening remarks" and "closing remarks." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The judge has stated that should a student, or any other participant disobey the order, they could find themselves in legal trouble, and he ordered that his ruling be "enforced" by incarceration or other "sanctions" for contempt of court. &lt;br /&gt;There is simply no other way to look at this than as an attack on the mere existence of Christianity, or anything remotely similar. This spits in the face of America and the constitution. To threaten incarceration for simply speaking words like "amen" and "prayer" is reminiscent of something you'd see in an oppressive country, not one that was founded on the basis of freedoms such as freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Even the Texas Attorney general called the judges ruling a blatant attack from "those who do not believe in God." The atheists would like nothing more than to eliminate any and all references to God whatsoever, and as long as they have activist judges to lead them, and a disconcerned public, this country will continue to decline under the leadership of such people. The biggest problem is not just these judges, but the citizens of our country, who either refuse to believe there is a growing problem, or who are just so disconnected with what is going on that they have no clue. People talk about how they don't keep up with politics, or don't keep up with the news, but they better...if not, things like this will continue to happen with little opposition. Before long, we are going to find God purged completely from public, and the courts will have everyone bending over backward to cater to all things atheist. (Unless of course Islam is involved, but thats a completely different blog)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Students are feeling jilted by the decision as well. One student was quoted as saying "At graduation, I would love to be able to speak from my heart, but in this situation I feel my freedom of speech and my First Amendment is being infringed upon if I can’t say what I feel.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reports are that the ruling was in response to (you guessed it)&amp;nbsp;a lawsuit filed by Christa and Danny Schultz, who's son attends the school and will participate in the upcoming graduation ceremony. Whats sickening is that the judge declared that the Schultz family and their son would “suffer irreparable harm” if anyone prayed at the ceremony. Irreparable harm? Really? I'd love to know what kind of "irreparable harm" would be caused by a graduate thanking his or her God for the blessings he has bestowed upon them. I'd venture to say there is no "irreparable harm" that would be done...other than that being done to the foundation of the United States of America and the first amendment. Nobody is forcing prayer on anyone...if you don't like it, don't bow your head and don't pray...I ignore stuff each and every day I don't like or don't agree with. No irreparable harm is done, and I'm still alive and kicking. Whats wrong with agreeing to disagree and at the very least, respecting someone elses belief, as long as it isn't vulgar or causing any kind of harm to you? It's too bad we live in a world today where people think it's their way or the highway. It's worse that there are activist judges who are giving them their way at the expense of the rest of us.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-6507929850427844668?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/6507929850427844668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/06/activist-judge-declares-war-on.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6507929850427844668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6507929850427844668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/06/activist-judge-declares-war-on.html' title='Activist Judge Declares War on Christianity'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-7798847603648933484</id><published>2011-05-10T09:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-05-10T09:02:35.678-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='White House'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='George W. Bush'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chicago'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Common'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Emily Dickinson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Langston Hughes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laura Bush'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Walt Whitman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poetry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michelle Obama'/><title type='text'>Michelle Obama invites "cop killer" rapper to White House</title><content type='html'>Further cheapening the White House, First Lady (a title unfitting for her) Michelle Obama has invited a controversial rapper to the White House to take part in a "Poetry Reading." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obama has scheduled a "Poetry Evening" for Wednesday evening at the White House, and she's invited several different poets. One of those "poets" happens to be a controversial Chicago rapper named Lonnie Rashid Lynn Jr...or as he's known in the rap world, "Common." Controversy has followed Lynn Jr because in his music, he includes threats to shoot police, and on top of that, even called for the burning of former President George W. Bush. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poetry readings are not a new thing to the White House. In&amp;nbsp; 2003, then First Lady Laura Bush held a poetry reading event, and invited poets to&amp;nbsp;pay tribute to&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;writings of Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman and&amp;nbsp;Langston Hughes. None of those poets however&amp;nbsp;had urged violence against a president, much less police.&amp;nbsp;This upcoming Poetry Evening however is nowhere near the same standards, and one of the most classless things Obama has done. At no point is it ever a good idea to bring a rapper to the White House, who has called for the killing of a former President...much less pay tribute to his "work." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just another example of how the Obama's are cheapening the White House beyond recognition. Michelle should be embarrassed and it just goes to show how little class she has. As I said, "First Lady" is a title very unfitting for this joke of a woman. You can take a classless woman out of Chicago, and put her in the White House and on TV and Magazines, but that doesn't make her classy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-7798847603648933484?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7798847603648933484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/05/michelle-obama-invites-cop-killer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7798847603648933484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7798847603648933484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/05/michelle-obama-invites-cop-killer.html' title='Michelle Obama invites &quot;cop killer&quot; rapper to White House'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-3009767682067959245</id><published>2011-04-15T12:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-04-15T12:00:42.183-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chicago'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cell Phone'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington DC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michelle Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ESPN'/><title type='text'>Turns out, Obama really DID think being the POTUS was all about glitz and glammer</title><content type='html'>This story is either surprising, or not so surprising depending on who you are. A story broke today on &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/"&gt;FOX NEWS&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;this morning that shows just how superficial President Obama is. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Turns out, as it were, that Obama was meeting in Chicago with a group of donors, when he complained about his lack of a "cool cell phone." He was quoted as saying "I always thought I was going to have really cool phones...I'm like, c'mon guys, I'm the president of the United States. Where's the fancy buttons and stuff and the big screen comes up? It doesn't happen."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whats even better, is that he made this comment without realizing that it was being heard by the media. Apparently, after the media had left the building, he was just talking to the donors who were still in the room, but unknowingly to him, the question and answer session was still being piped back to press rooms in Washington (by mistake) and there were still a few reporters working late and still in the room.&lt;br /&gt;As I stated, this may be surprising to some, but to me, who's grown sick and tired of Obama making "celebrity" appearances on a slew of daytime talk shows, late night talk shows, and as a guest analyst for ESPN, it's no surprise to learn of his desire for all things shiny and fancy...he thinks he's owed them. It's pretty sad when the POTUS can't think of anything better to do than complain that his phone isn't fancy enough. Maybe if he's good enough, he can talk Michelle into selling a pair of her $$$$$$$ shoes and buy him a fancier phone.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-3009767682067959245?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/3009767682067959245/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/04/turns-out-obama-really-did-think-being.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3009767682067959245'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3009767682067959245'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/04/turns-out-obama-really-did-think-being.html' title='Turns out, Obama really DID think being the POTUS was all about glitz and glammer'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-5291162242307829306</id><published>2011-03-03T16:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-03T16:22:30.924-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim Brotherhood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Capitalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World News Daily'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Berkley'/><title type='text'>If Your Not Outraged, Your Not Paying Attention</title><content type='html'>Here is a little "suggested reading" for you to check out. One of the best articles I've read in quite some time, thanks to Robin from California, who considers herself a "recovering liberal." Also thanks to one of my favorite sites, &lt;a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/"&gt;American Thinker&lt;/a&gt;. Without delay...here it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;IF YOUR NOT OUTRAGED, YOUR NOT PAYING ATTENTION&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;By Robin of Berkley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;March 2, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the reasons I drifted so far left was because of a constant sense of outrage. It was like a steady drumbeat in my head: Capitalism? Patently unfair! Unequal pay for women? Outrageous! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, out here in Berkeley, I was in good company, surrounded by the multitudes up in arms most hours of the day. There's even a popular bumper sticker around town that captures the general vibe: If You're Not Outraged, You're Not Paying Attention.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, once I snapped out of my leftist trance, I realized something startling: I was outraged about all of the wrong things. In fact, leftist outrage is derived not from our Higher Selves, but from another place entirely: the lowly self. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This explains why the left can be so apoplectic one minute, and then strangely silent the next. Take, for example, the mass slaughter of our soldiers at Fort Hood. Obama didn't even interrupt his Native American shout-out to denounce the killings...&lt;a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/03/if_youre_not_outraged_youre_no.html"&gt;FOLLOW THIS LINK TO CONTINUE READING&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;FYI&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;[Why do I have to follow a link to finish the story?]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;A: Due to copyright restriction, some sites will not allow an entire story to be reprinted. Permission for this site is given, as long as you only repost a couple of paragraphs, and follow them with a link the the site to continue/finish the story. Sorry for any inconvenience. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-5291162242307829306?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/5291162242307829306/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/03/if-your-not-outraged-your-not-paying.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5291162242307829306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5291162242307829306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/03/if-your-not-outraged-your-not-paying.html' title='If Your Not Outraged, Your Not Paying Attention'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-3626965464769284785</id><published>2011-03-03T11:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-03T11:50:20.567-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Racism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sheila Jackson Lee'/><title type='text'>Liberalism: A Mental Disorder...Exhibit B</title><content type='html'>In my&amp;nbsp;second in&amp;nbsp;series of articles I'm writing&amp;nbsp;to provide evidence&amp;nbsp;that liberalism is in fact a mental disorder, I give you U.S. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas). Jackson is what I'll call a "double dipper"...meaning not only does she dip into the mental disorder of liberalism, but she also dips into the smoldering kettle of racism...in other words, she is not only a crackpot liberal, but also a contributor to the plague of racism...which conveniently contributes to her mental disorder. The two really go hand in had now that I think about it.&amp;nbsp;Let me explain...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may remember Sheila Jackson Lee&amp;nbsp;from a few years back, when she made the news regarding the racist&amp;nbsp;naming of hurricanes. You see, back in 2003, Jackson Lee complained that the current names for hurricanes were too "lily white" and she made the case that African Americans needed to have better representation. In other words, she was mad that hurricanes boasted names like "Hugo", "Ivan"&amp;nbsp;and "Isabelle" instead of names "Keisha", "Jamal", and "DeShawn". "All racial groups should be represented," Lee was quoted as saying.&amp;nbsp;She&amp;nbsp;pushed for&amp;nbsp;federal weather officials to be inclusive of African-American names...a move that didn't win her many fans on either side...after all,&amp;nbsp;I'm sure that she'd be first in line to scream&amp;nbsp;"racism" the first time a hurricane was named&amp;nbsp;"Jamal" because they named something destructive after a black person. Tsk Tsk...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moving on...it only gets better...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In 1997,&amp;nbsp;Lee, who was on the Science Committee at the time,&amp;nbsp;asked a NASA spokesperson whether the Mars Pathfinder had been able to&amp;nbsp;photograph the U.S. flag&amp;nbsp;that Neil Armstrong had planted on the surface of Mars. After pointing out that the flag was on the moon and not Mars, Lee and her staff issued a letter,&amp;nbsp;accusing NASA of&amp;nbsp;Having fun&amp;nbsp;at the expense of&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;"a black woman member of the Science Committee." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you might be able to tell at this point...Jackson Lee has a habit of spinning everything into a racially charged ordeal. I digress...on to more proof in the puddin'...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lets move to something more recent...just last month, Jackson Lee claimed on the House floor, that&amp;nbsp;a Pepsi commercial aired during this year's Super Bowl was somehow racist: "It was not humorous. It was demeaning" Lee said, referring to an ad where an African-American woman throwing something at an African-American male, winded up hitting a Caucasian woman. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jackson Lee is one of the many prime examples of why racism is still a problem in America. Black people want to pin it all on whites, but the scathing truth is, that many blacks themselves do nothing but fuel the fires. If they want racism to go away, they'd keep their mouths shut...just goes to show that they don't want it&amp;nbsp;to go away. It's something they can hold over our heads, and if it was gone, they'd have no leverage...nothing to complain about and nothing to gain sympathy from. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jackson Lee really cemented her spot on my list of liberal head cases when news recently broke about her treatment of her employees...constantly demeaning them, and calling them all sorts of names, including one aide whom she called a "stupid mother F*cker" time and again. &lt;br /&gt;According to a recent report, another staffer says she remembers requesting a meeting to ask how best to serve the congresswoman, and Jackson Lee's response: "What? What did you say to me? Who are you, the congresswoman? You haven't been elected. You don't set up meetings with me! I tell you! You know what? You are the most unprofessional person I have ever met in my life," as she then hung up the phone. &lt;br /&gt;Another employee, a former driver, recounts a time when he became so frustrated, he pulled the car over and demand she stop: "She's screaming and swearing. 'M.F.' everything. Finally I slammed on the brakes and told her to get the hell out of my car. I'm like 'I can't drive with you like this. Either get out, or you can calm down.' To which Lee replied, 'you need to go or get fired.' I'm like, 'that's fine. But I'm either leaving without you or you can calm down,'" the staffer said. &lt;br /&gt;In fact, other drivers have told stories about how the congresswoman demanded they ignore red lights and drive vehicles on the shoulders of the road to evade traffic. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regarding Sheila Jackson Lee, I could quite literally go on for days recounting incidents where she exhibited the glaring symptoms of the mental disorder of liberalism, and it's bed mate- racism. Her actions speak for themselves, and that's not even taking into account that Jackson Lee has one of the highest staff turnover rates in the nation's capital. A report released recently stated that "Over the last ten years, at least 39 staffers have left within one year. The congresswoman has during the decade had at least nine chiefs of staff, eight legislative directors, and 18 schedulers or executive assistants. Nine staffers even&amp;nbsp;left within two months, 25 within 6 months. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Folks, this is an elected official. What does this tell you about the sheep putting her in office...one can only assume they suffer from the same disease. Either way, I give you exhibit B in my continuing series on Liberalism's Mental Disorder.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-3626965464769284785?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/3626965464769284785/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/03/liberalism-mental-disorderexhibit-b.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3626965464769284785'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3626965464769284785'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/03/liberalism-mental-disorderexhibit-b.html' title='Liberalism: A Mental Disorder...Exhibit B'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-769352009912976941</id><published>2011-03-03T10:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-03-03T10:21:01.064-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illegal immigration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lisa Madigan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illinois'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drug Cartel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gun Rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Terrorists'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Handgun Carry Permit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illinois State Police'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Thursday, March 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;wants list of gun owners made public. &lt;/strong&gt;In a showdown of the privacy rights of gun owners, the Illinois State Police are refusing to release a list that would ID all firearm permit holders...a move that some say would put both gun owners, and non gun owners at risk...after all, if a criminal knew who did and didn't have a gun, it would make thier job all that much easier...wouldn't it? &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/02/illinois-officials-spar-order-make-list-gun-owners-public/#"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Texas Farmers are&amp;nbsp;Under Attack at Mexican Border. &lt;/strong&gt;Farmers and ranchers are being run off their own property by armed drug&amp;nbsp;cartel and&amp;nbsp;terrorists showing up and telling them they have to leave their land or be killed. This is happening on American soil...Americans being attacked, and the POTUS does nothing but turn his back and&amp;nbsp;leave them to fend for themselves.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/03/03/americas-war-texas-farmers-attack-mexican-border/#"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-769352009912976941?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/769352009912976941/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/03/news-and-notes-for-thursday-march-3.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/769352009912976941'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/769352009912976941'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/03/news-and-notes-for-thursday-march-3.html' title='News and Notes for Thursday, March 3'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-6916868238645271919</id><published>2011-02-23T13:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-23T13:13:43.595-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illegal immagrants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthright Citizenship'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tennessee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sharia law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arizona'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Curcumcision'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Public Housing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illegal Aliens'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Wednesday, February 23</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;San Francisco is getting set to put a ban on infant circumcision. &lt;/strong&gt;As it stands, if the measure passes on the ballots next election, those caught circumcising their infants would face a $1000 fine and 1 year in prison. &lt;a href="http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/116618063.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Arizona Senate passes&amp;nbsp;law against illegal immigrants...again. &lt;/strong&gt;Law bans illegals from&amp;nbsp;receiving public housing benefits, gaining jobs, and also takes away "birthright citizenship" to children of illegals born in America. &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/22/arizona-senate-panel-passes-birthright-citizen-law/#"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tennessee town attempts to ban Sharia law.&lt;/strong&gt; Proposed law would make Sharia practice a felony, punishable by 15 years in jail. &lt;a href="http://www.wbir.com/news/article/158300/2/Tennessee-bill-would-jail-Shariah-followers"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-6916868238645271919?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/6916868238645271919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/news-and-notes-for-wednesday-february.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6916868238645271919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6916868238645271919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/news-and-notes-for-wednesday-february.html' title='News and Notes for Wednesday, February 23'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-7573795564018740632</id><published>2011-02-20T20:54:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-20T20:54:45.698-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='White House'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Britain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom of Religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam4UK'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sharia law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islamic Thinkers Society'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anjem Choudary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York City'/><title type='text'>Muslims to hold White House Protest in Favor of Sharia Law</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;This is getting serious folks. I've been preaching it for quite a while and I hope you are all taking it serious. I believe that America is in grave danger. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world, and has already taken a strong foothold in Europe. You've heard me talk of the Islamazation of America throughout this blog, and I've given many examples. Here is another one, and it's one of the brashest public showings of support for Islamic Sharia Law in America.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Muslim leader Anjem Choudary, who was formerly the leader of an "outlawed" group in Britain called Islam4UK, has announced his plans to hold a protest outside the White House. Choudary, is known throughout the Muslim world for making some pretty bold and brash comments, including pledging that "the flag of Islam will fly over the White House." Most recently he made a speech calling Americans the "biggest criminals in the world." &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Choudary will lead the demonstration rallying Muslims in an effort to establish Sharia Law across the United States and establish America as an Islamic State. The rally, being planned for March is being organized by a Muslim extremist group called "The Islamic Thinkers Society"which is based out of New York City. According to Choudary, "The event is a rally, a call for the Sharia, a call for the Muslims in America to rise up and establish the Islamic state in America." &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Friends, this goes way beyond "religious tolerance" and aims right at the heart of America's freedom of religion. Everything Islam stands for is everything American values stand against. How is it religious tolerance when the religion is calling for the end of religious freedom? It's not. You can't bundle Islam into a group with most other religions in America because they do not tolerate other religions. They speak against them, and call for death to those who aren't Muslim. If you aren't taking this serious, you better...this is the America that your kids and grand kids will grow up in. WAKE UP...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-7573795564018740632?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7573795564018740632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/muslims-to-hold-white-house-protest-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7573795564018740632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7573795564018740632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/muslims-to-hold-white-house-protest-in.html' title='Muslims to hold White House Protest in Favor of Sharia Law'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-5146976281483525172</id><published>2011-02-18T13:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-18T13:43:44.744-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Esquire Magazine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chris Rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Racist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Racism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hollywood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='African Americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scott Raab'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tea Party'/><title type='text'>Hollywood: The Dumber, Less Informed side of America</title><content type='html'>Why is it, that the dumbest, least informed among us, are always the ones to have the loudest mouths...and why does Hollywood always seem to be leading this charge. Ranting about something they know nothing about. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The subject of my gripe? Quite possibly one of the loudest, most obnoxious mouths in Hollywood...Chris Rock. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rock apparently is set to have an interview printed in&amp;nbsp;the March issue of Esquire, and in the interview,&amp;nbsp;given by writer Scott Raab, (Yea I've never heard of him either) &amp;nbsp;Rock apparently takes some swings at...you guessed it-the Tea Party. What follows in an expert from the interview, set to hit new stands on February 22: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Scott Raab&lt;/em&gt;: "Like many nice Caucasians, I cried the night Barack Obama was elected. It was one of the high points in American history. And all that’s happened since the election is just a sh—storm of hatred. You want to weigh in on that Chris?" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chris Rock&lt;/em&gt;: "I actually like it, in the sense that—you got kids?" (asked Rock) "Kids always act up the most before they go to sleep. And when I see the Tea Party and all this stuff, it actually feels like racism’s almost over. Because this is the last—this is the act up before the sleep. They’re going crazy. They’re insane. You want to get rid of them—and the next thing you know, they’re f—-ing knocked out. And that’s what’s going on in the country right now." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Classy Chris. Keep pounding that racism card into the ground. What you don't realize (or do you?) is that you are part of the problem, keeping racism alive. You're giving people a reason to be racist. If you're really concerned about racism, quit stirring the pot. (That could go for many others too...) &lt;br /&gt;And by the way, unless you have any actual intelligent information regarding the Tea Party, shut your trap.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-5146976281483525172?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/5146976281483525172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/hollywood-dumber-less-informed-side-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5146976281483525172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5146976281483525172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/hollywood-dumber-less-informed-side-of.html' title='Hollywood: The Dumber, Less Informed side of America'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-6908187451998630471</id><published>2011-02-18T12:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-18T12:37:03.131-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ruth Jones McClendon'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Insurance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dogs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mental Disorder'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Disorder'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democrat'/><title type='text'>Liberalism: A Mental Disorder...Exhibit A</title><content type='html'>From time to time, I'm going to be posting examples that prove that liberalism is in fact, a mental disorder. This will serve as "Exhibit A". &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Democratic State Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon&amp;nbsp;(Texas) has introduced a bill into the&amp;nbsp;State&amp;nbsp;House&amp;nbsp;which would require owners of unleashed, un-neutered male dogs over 20 pounds to carry a liability insurance policy of at least $100,000. Violations would be classified as a misdemeanor, and punishable by a fine up to $500.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You've got to be kidding me. It's no wonder that dog owners in Texas are fuming over&amp;nbsp;the proposal...many of which are calling it a "perfect example of nanny state legislation." &lt;br /&gt;McClendon&amp;nbsp;argues that&amp;nbsp;large, un-neutered male&amp;nbsp;dogs present the highest risk for property damage and injuries to others, and that owners should be held more responsible for their dogs' behavior.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Legal Analyst however says that&amp;nbsp;dog owners need not worry, and predicted a dog insurance law wouldn't survive a court challenge. "Most homeowners insurance policies already cover dogs," added the analyst. "The whole thing is ridiculous."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I echo that motion, and propose said State Rep. be removed immediately due to lack of mental capacity.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-6908187451998630471?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/6908187451998630471/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/liberalism-mental-disorderexhibit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6908187451998630471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6908187451998630471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/liberalism-mental-disorderexhibit.html' title='Liberalism: A Mental Disorder...Exhibit A'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-3551126220164065636</id><published>2011-02-18T11:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-18T11:30:02.460-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alexandria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aldersgate United Methodist Church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heartsong Church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islamic Society of North America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus Christ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tennessee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Virginia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Allah'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cordova'/><title type='text'>More Proof of the Islamazation of America</title><content type='html'>This time...it's in our churches. What makes it bad, is it's being invited. Check this out...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to a report out today from &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/"&gt;FOX NEWS&lt;/a&gt;, two protestant churches have opened their doors to Muslims needing a place to worship. They claim it's their "Christian" duty, but there has been a backlash of opposition saying that it's nothing but political correctness and tolerance gone too far. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The&amp;nbsp; two churches, Heartsong Church in Cordova, Tennessee, and Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, are allowing Muslims who's own facilities are either too small or under construction, to use their buildings to hold regular Muslim services until their own buildings are able to house them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A spokeswoman from Aldersgate United Methodist is quoted in the article as saying that this is "something Christians are called to do; Be neighborly and develop relationships...even to those who don't share your beliefs." She goes on to say that she thinks&amp;nbsp;it's a "tennet of Christian faith" and that its important to&amp;nbsp;extend hospitality to strangers.&amp;nbsp;“We are a congregation that wants to be helpful to people and if we are asked to help a neighbor in need, that's what we do" she said. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Critics of the practice however say that while the Church is called to show love and to help others, it's just not compatible for Church building used to worship Jesus Christ to also be used for the activities of a Mosque.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Muslim proponents disagree however, with many of them&amp;nbsp;saying that&amp;nbsp;it’s good for the country to know churches like these are extending a hand to Muslims. The National Community Outreach director of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) says that "allowing people the freedom of worship is respectful and strengthens the relationship." Problem here is Islam itself doesn't respect any other religion...even teaching that those who do not convert to Islam should be killed.&amp;nbsp;When we talk about tolerance of Islam, we have to realize that Islam is not tolerant of anything or anyone else, other than Islam. People need to realize this, and realize that Islam is not the "peaceful" religion that some attempt to make it out to be. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In reality, what this is, is just another example of the Islamazation of America. The more tolerance America shows&amp;nbsp;in letting this cancerous plague into the deepest&amp;nbsp;crevices of society, the more and more Islam will take a stronger foothold. There is no difference in allowing a satanic worshiper to worship Satan in your church and letting a Muslim worship Allah in your church. A strong statement? Maybe, but it's the truth. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the article, the acceptance of Islamic worship in Protestant churches is a trend that could well continue as the Muslim population in America continues to grow. Another sign of America's Islamazation. Mosque construction at this point in time, is at an all time high. As of September 2010, there were 1,897 mosques in the United States...an increase of a whopping 57% since the year 2000. Does that tell you something? It should...it should have you concerned. &lt;br /&gt;Think about this...I talk about Muslims not having tolerance for anyone else. Well...what do you think would happen if a Christian went to a Mosque, and asked to use it to worship Jesus Christ, the Son of God and savior of the world...what do you think would happen then? Do you think they'd open their doors just as readily, or do you think they'd laugh in your face, and threaten to kill you? As evil and as wrong as the Muslim religion is, they are still smart enough to know that the two faiths are so incompatible that it would be a disaster, and an obvious abomination to allow Christians to worship God in their Mosques. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look out folks...the winds of change are blowing...and it don't look good. Be sober and vigilant...this is YOUR America. What will you do with it?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-3551126220164065636?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/3551126220164065636/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/more-proof-of-islamazation-of-america.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3551126220164065636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3551126220164065636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/more-proof-of-islamazation-of-america.html' title='More Proof of the Islamazation of America'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-2627051453408491998</id><published>2011-02-14T13:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-14T13:00:05.838-05:00</updated><title type='text'>NEW LOOK!</title><content type='html'>Welcome to the "new look" Red, White and Blue! As you will notice, the look of the blog has changed drastically...a change that will hopefully be welcomed! We know there have not been many updates as of late, however there are some changes that are going on behind the scenes that will hopefully make this site much more interesting, informative and maybe even a bit more interactive. We appreciate your patience as we go through these changes and we hope you'll stick around to see whats in store!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again for following...(and if your not following, you should be!)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-2627051453408491998?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/2627051453408491998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-look.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2627051453408491998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2627051453408491998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/new-look.html' title='NEW LOOK!'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-7185139292673740218</id><published>2011-02-03T17:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-03T17:00:47.749-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illegal immagrants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nevada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Milk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hawaii'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EPA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Planned Parenthood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Thursday, February 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Planned Parenthood is in hot water after 2 undercover videos (think ACORN) surface, showing the federally funded organization offering advice on how to procure secret abortions for under-age girls posing as being involved in a sex ring operation. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.exposeplannedparenthood.com/" linkindex="247"&gt;...LEARN MORE AND WATCH THE VIDEOS HERE...&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; and read the story from Fox News &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/03/undercover-sex-work-videos-fuel-congressional-campaign-planned-parenthood/" linkindex="248"&gt;...HERE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;........................................................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hawaii restaurant adds 15% fee to bill of customers who don't speak English. &lt;/b&gt;A Great move, for a great reason...you'll want to check this out. &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/02/03/hawaii-rights-commission-review-mandatory-tips-foreign-language-diners/?test=latestnews" linkindex="249"&gt;...READ MORE HERE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.........................................................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Nevada is now home to the largest amount of illegal workers in the United States....&lt;/b&gt;around 10% of all workers in Nevada are not authorized to work in this country. &lt;a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2011/feb/01/nv-illegal-immigration-nevada-1st-ld-writethru/" linkindex="250"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..........................................................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The EPA will now regulate spilled milk. Literally. No seriously...I'm not joking.&lt;/b&gt; I don't know if I should file this under most ridiculous items, or excessive government control. Either way, it's a travesty and you need to know about it...because it could cause you to pay higher prices for milk. (As if you didn't pay high enough prices for it anyhow.) &lt;a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/2011/02/epa-now-regulate-spilled-milk-really" linkindex="251"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;........................................................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{&amp;quot;type&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;msg&amp;quot;}"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/h6&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-7185139292673740218?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7185139292673740218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/news-and-notes-for-thursday-february-3.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7185139292673740218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7185139292673740218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/news-and-notes-for-thursday-february-3.html' title='News and Notes for Thursday, February 3'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-7732944555182785600</id><published>2011-02-03T16:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-03T16:09:41.461-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to February!</title><content type='html'>Hello fellow Americans...welcome to the great month of February...a month I hope will bring more promise and especially more blogging than the month of January did! Between having oral surgery with some complications, and coming down with what might be the worst virus I've ever had, I just kind of let the blog go for the majority of the month...to all my faithful readers...my sincere apologies...as I stated, hopefully, February will be much better! Remember, if any of you have any comments or suggestions on how we can make this site better, please let me know! Also, I'm still looking for a blog partner to help me write, so if you have some extra time and you'd like to be a part of this, let me know!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a great day!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-7732944555182785600?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7732944555182785600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/welcome-to-february.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7732944555182785600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7732944555182785600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/02/welcome-to-february.html' title='Welcome to February!'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-2182083118736434899</id><published>2011-01-28T09:44:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-28T15:20:55.889-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='President'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illegal immigration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthright Citizenship'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Citizenship'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anchor Babies'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Friday, January 27</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Obama is apparently set to tackle gun control in the wake of the Arizona shooting. &lt;/strong&gt;Careful Mr. President. &lt;a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/140245-white-house-official-obama-will-tackle-gun-control"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;........................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;10 States now working on developing plans to make it a requirement to show proof of citizenship for presidential candidates to be included on the state ballots. &lt;/strong&gt;Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. &lt;a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;amp;pageId=255965"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..........................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What kind of world will your kids grow up in? How about one where by the year 2030, 1 in 4 people will be Muslim. Yup...chew on that. &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/27/muslim-birth-rate-expected-fall-decades-study-shows/#"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.......................................................................................................................&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senate proposes to amend constitution&amp;nbsp;to restrict "Birthright Citizenship." &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Senate Proposal would put end to "anchor babies" and only allow citizenship to children of whom at least one parent is a U.S. citizen. &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/28/senate-proposal-amend-constitution-restrict-birthright-citizenship/#"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-2182083118736434899?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/2182083118736434899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-and-notes-for-friday-january-27.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2182083118736434899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2182083118736434899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-and-notes-for-friday-january-27.html' title='News and Notes for Friday, January 27'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-5399712841975301452</id><published>2011-01-26T14:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-26T14:39:12.165-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shick'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Foot Locker'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='General Motors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wrigley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MTV'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='L&apos;Oreal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='HR Block'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Judy Burges'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arizona'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Subway'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Skins'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ohio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Taco Bell'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Wednesday, January 26</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Raunchy MTV show "Skins"&amp;nbsp;is on the&amp;nbsp;verge of cancellation after losing sponsors and viewers.&lt;/strong&gt; Number of sponsors pulling out of show is now at eight. Taco Bell, Wrigley, Subway, Foot Locker, L'Oreal, Shick, GM and H&amp;amp;R Block have all pulled their advertising away,&amp;nbsp;saying they want nothing at all to do with the show, and&amp;nbsp;refuse to even be associated with it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/01/26/exclusive-skins-danger-canceled-source-says/?test=faces#"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.....................................................................................................................&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ohio mom jailed for sending her kids to a better school district. &lt;/strong&gt;Kelley Williams-Bolar says she did it to keep her children safe. &lt;a href="http://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-mom-jailed-sending-kids-school-district/story?id=12763654"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;......................................................................................................................&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Insurance company drops Colorado war veterans coverage for 2 cent shortage on insurance payment. &lt;/strong&gt;When his wife went to to pay the bill, she accidentally typed a 7 instead of a 9, and the insurance company promptly dropped their coverage...just&amp;nbsp;before a planned procedure.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/26614998/detail.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.......................................................................................................................&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Attempts are being made to pass an eligibility&amp;nbsp;law that would require Obama to provide proof of citizenship before he could run for POTUS again in 2012. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Judy Burges in Arizona seems to be gaining steam&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;more states are beginning to follow suit.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;amp;pageId=255489"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;..........................................................................................................................&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-5399712841975301452?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/5399712841975301452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-and-notes-for-wednesday-january-26.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5399712841975301452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5399712841975301452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-and-notes-for-wednesday-january-26.html' title='News and Notes for Wednesday, January 26'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-417168215745005322</id><published>2011-01-21T12:44:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-24T12:20:59.625-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cherokee County School Board'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atlanta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Georgia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Woodstock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. Constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='First Baptist Church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Americans United for the Separation of Church and State'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>School Board Threatened with Lawsuit for Graduation Ceremony</title><content type='html'>It's not a lack of common sense, it's a blatant&amp;nbsp;all out attack on anything remotely associated with Christianity. Even if it means grasping at straws, some people will go to whatever lengths possible to remove any trace of God from society. Out of sight, out of mind I guess...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's the scoop...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The&amp;nbsp;Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, a national advocacy group is planning a lawsuit against the Cherokee County School Board, in Atlanta Georgia. What for? Why..for holding their counties graduation ceremonies in a church auditorium...that's why. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The School Board voted Thursday against moving its graduation ceremony from First Baptist Church of Woodstock. School officials, aside from saying that holding the ceremonies in a church are in no way promoting religion,&amp;nbsp;have also cited their reasoning&amp;nbsp;as being that&amp;nbsp;the church location&amp;nbsp;offers the most space and would cost only $2,000 for all of the county's commencement ceremonies. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;﻿ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/TTnFieSGBQI/AAAAAAAAANg/P_WLCFUOlVs/s1600/wsgfbc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="221" s5="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/TTnFieSGBQI/AAAAAAAAANg/P_WLCFUOlVs/s320/wsgfbc.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13;"&gt;First Baptist Church, Woodstock Auditorium&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;﻿ &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;For those of you who aren't familiar with First Baptist Church, Woodstock, it is what many consider a "mega church" meaning it has the capacity to hold thousands of people. It makes perfect sense...a school system looking for a facility to hold it's graduation ceremonies, chooses this church, not because it's a church, but because it's the best facility to hold multiple graduations, accommodate the crowds, and fit into the schools budget. To rent a building of similar size in the Atlanta area would cost the school system hundreds if not thousands more. It's a common sense decision, that really deserves no scrutiny. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Americans United for the Separation of Church and State say that they will move forward with the lawsuit unless the school board changes their minds, and decides to hold the ceremony in a non-religious facility. The group claims that by holding the&amp;nbsp;ceremony in a church, the graduation would violate the separation of church and state as stated in the United States Constitution. They seem to forget that the whole "separation of church and sate" is not even mentioned in the Constitution. I tell you what...lets look at that amendment&amp;nbsp; while I'm thinking about it...check it out with me if you will...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There. I don't see any "separation of church and state" anywhere-do you? I see a statement saying that Congress can't make any law that establishes a state or national&amp;nbsp;religion. Is the School Board establishing a state or national&amp;nbsp;religion of any sort by holding the graduation ceremony in a church? I think not. &lt;br /&gt;Lets look at the second part of that amendment...If you'll notice, it says that congress can not prohibit the free excercise of religion. This second part isn't even relevant here in this case...nobody is exercising religion here...they are just holding high school graduations, therefore, there is nothing to prohibit, or not prohibit. There is nothing in this amendment, nor in the entire constitution that states any reason at all, why a school can't hold a graduation ceremony in a church auditorium. Now, if the school was planning on a religious service during the ceremony, it'd be different, but thats not the case...this is strictly a normal graduation ceremony...nothing else, and the church is simply the best place to accomodate them, due to size, and due to costs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Holding the graduation in this church makes perfect sense, and it would be stupid not to take advantage of the facility...after all, don't we as a socioty expect our elected members of government, commissions and school boards to be good stewards of our taxpayer money? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is nothing more than a media grab, to try to criminalize anything remotely assosiated to Christianity. In this case, they are grasping at straws as there is no grounds for this argument at all. Nobody is being indoctrinated, nor are they in any danger of being indoctrinated. This is purely just another attack on our freedoms in America, and an&amp;nbsp;attempt to stir up ire toward Christianity. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However fellow Americans...Fear Not!! I&amp;nbsp;have the perfect solution, that is sure to appease both the school board and the advocacy group! If the advocacy group is so concerned about where they hold the ceremony, and if the school chose this option becasue it was the best facility for the lowest price, it would seem the biggest issue here is price...after all, there are many facilities in and around Atlanta that can hold thousands of people...Turner Field and the Georgia Dome among others. To rent those facilities would pose an astronomical financial burdon on the school system, so to make everyone happy, the Americans United for Separation of Church and state, should pay for the facility change. There...bada bing, bada bang, bada boom...problem solved. If the group has a problem with the location, they need to pay to move it...otherwise, they should keep their big mouths shut and move on...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-417168215745005322?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/417168215745005322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/school-board-threatened-with-lawsuit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/417168215745005322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/417168215745005322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/school-board-threatened-with-lawsuit.html' title='School Board Threatened with Lawsuit for Graduation Ceremony'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/TTnFieSGBQI/AAAAAAAAANg/P_WLCFUOlVs/s72-c/wsgfbc.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-4957805645336162926</id><published>2011-01-20T11:26:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-20T15:27:37.625-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='George Washington'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAACP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Martin Luther King Jr.'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Thursday, January 20</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Welfare benefits for the children of illegal immigrants are&amp;nbsp;costing America's largest county more than $600 million last year.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/19/welfare-tab-children-illegal-immigrants-estimated-m-la-county/#"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NAACP Draws Complaints for Covering George Washington Statue on Martin Luther King Day. &lt;/strong&gt;The NAACP has struck again in their quest to keep racism alive and well in America...and they are succeeding. Can you imagine what would have happened if any statue of a black person would have been covered up? The NAACP is nothing but a bunch of money hungry losers with no credibility in America anymore...and they continually fuel the fire of Racism...after all, it's what gives them job security..right? You can read the full story by following &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/19/naacp-draws-complaints-covering-george-washington-statue-mlk-day/#"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;THIS LINK...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MTV Could Face Legal Trouble Over it's Controversial New Drama "Skins." &lt;/strong&gt;The "mature" rated drama has drawn the ire of critics due to it's depiction of real teens engaging in acts of sex and drugs among other things. Even their marketing campaign has been marketed toward under aged teens, and encourage lying to parents among other things. &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/01/20/mtv-worried-scenes-new-series-skins-prosecutable-child-pornogoraphy-report-says/#"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-4957805645336162926?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/4957805645336162926/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-and-notes-for-thursday-january-20.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4957805645336162926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4957805645336162926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-and-notes-for-thursday-january-20.html' title='News and Notes for Thursday, January 20'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-2042233499680410459</id><published>2011-01-20T09:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-20T09:36:20.001-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Homeschool'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. Army'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Jersey'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='John Jackson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World News Daily'/><title type='text'>Christian Homeschooled Family Broken Apart by New Jersey Officials</title><content type='html'>File this under "suggested reading". This is a great example of the dangers we face as Americans if we don't wake up and take our Country back. This story will break your heart, and make you wonder if they can get away with something like this, what else are they capable of? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is one families continuing saga...After having all evidence against them dropped, officials still refuse to give their children back, and even tell them they are not allowed to pray for their families reunification. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FAITH UNDER FIRE&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;By Brian Fitzpatrick&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;© 2011 WorldNetDaily &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's every parent's nightmare. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Army Major John Jackson and his wife Carolyn, devout Christian homeschoolers with a history of serving as adoptive and foster parents, had their five children taken away in April, 2010 by the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services – and despite the collapse of the evidence against the Jacksons, DYFS hasn't returned the children to their parents. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the course of a nine-month legal battle to regain custody of their children, the Jacksons say they have encountered prejudice against their religion and home schooling as they fight a state agency determined to see the children adopted by strangers no matter what the evidence says. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;amp;pageId=253365"&gt;CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-2042233499680410459?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/2042233499680410459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/christian-homeschooled-family-broken.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2042233499680410459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2042233499680410459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/christian-homeschooled-family-broken.html' title='Christian Homeschooled Family Broken Apart by New Jersey Officials'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-8118167213543170200</id><published>2011-01-13T21:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T21:12:42.396-05:00</updated><title type='text'>News and Notes for Thursday, January 13</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;14 Year old Texas Teen Suspended from school for wearing Rosary Bead necklace. &lt;/b&gt;The American School Systems All Out Assault on Religion Continues&lt;b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/13/texas-girl-says-suspended-wearing-rosary-beads-school/" linkindex="23"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.....................................................................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The same leftist radicals who tried to throw the blame for Saturdays Massacre on Sarah Palin, are inciting their own violence...calling themselves for Palin to be assassinated. &lt;/b&gt;The idiocy and double standard of the liberals is despicable.&lt;b&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/13/palin-targeted-tweets-following-arizona-shooting-massacre/" linkindex="24"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.....................................................................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;High School Wrestling coach suspended for public comments disagreeing with Obama. &lt;/b&gt;Our Freedom of Speech in America is being spat upon. Are you watching? &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/13/coach-leave-obama-comments/?test=latestnews" linkindex="25"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.....................................................................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tennessee man sues court over 10 commandments. &lt;/b&gt;They were posted in the courthouse as a "History of Law"exhibit. &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/01/13/tennessee-county-sued-commandments-plaque/" linkindex="26"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.....................................................................................................................................................................&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-8118167213543170200?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/8118167213543170200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-and-notes-for-thursday-january-13.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8118167213543170200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8118167213543170200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-and-notes-for-thursday-january-13.html' title='News and Notes for Thursday, January 13'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-8565754677512354994</id><published>2011-01-07T16:44:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-07T17:20:33.389-05:00</updated><title type='text'>News and Notes for Friday, January 7</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;*The words “mother” and “father” will be removed from U.S. passport applications and replaced with gender neutral terminology.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Imagine that...the State Department causing outrage. &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/07/passport-applications-soon-gender-neutral/#"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.................................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*Nancy Pelosi blames Bush for the Democrats losing the house. &lt;/strong&gt;Oh&amp;nbsp;yea. She went there. What a boob.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/01/06/pelosi_we_lost_due_to_95_unemployment_because_of_bush.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.............................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*Everyone is out to get Obama: Secret Service Questions MMA Fighter After He "threatens" Obama. &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2011/01/07/secret-service-questions-mma-fighter-threatened-obama/?test=latestnews#"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-8565754677512354994?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/8565754677512354994/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-and-notes-for-friday-january-7.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8565754677512354994'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8565754677512354994'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-and-notes-for-friday-january-7.html' title='News and Notes for Friday, January 7'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-7076157039527005919</id><published>2011-01-07T16:08:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-07T16:15:09.502-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sabre'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Guru'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MyFoxDetroit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sikhism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Teikiran Singh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Plymouth-Canton School Dirstrict'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Canton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michigan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sword'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sikhs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bentley Elementary School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kirpan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Weapon'/><title type='text'>Most Ridiculous Item of the Day: Indian Religion Wants Swords to Be Allowed in School</title><content type='html'>No, it's not one of those "catchy" headlines to grab your attention...it's for real. When you pick yourself up off the floor and stop laughing, read on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Members of a religious group in a&amp;nbsp;Michigan community are apparently "up in arms" (pun intended)&amp;nbsp;because one of&amp;nbsp;its members, a 4th grade student at Bentley Elementary School in Canton, Michigan, was&amp;nbsp;banned from bringing a religious sword to&amp;nbsp;the public school. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The religion is called &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhism"&gt;Sikhism&lt;/a&gt;, which is a religion that originated in the 15th century in India.&amp;nbsp;A Sikh is what members of the religion are called, and it denotes them as&amp;nbsp;disciples of...are you ready for this...the "Gurus" which are immortals in which the followers believe in. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The incident at the school happened when&amp;nbsp;the fourth grade student&amp;nbsp;was caught wearing a saber underneath his clothing, reports &lt;a href="http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/"&gt;MyFoxDetriot&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;The sabre, called a Kirpan,&amp;nbsp;is a symbol of the&amp;nbsp;Sikhs' efforts to ward off evils and&amp;nbsp;in this incident, they&amp;nbsp;say it poses no danger to the community, or school. Per their "beliefs", any person who has been baptized into&amp;nbsp;Sikhism is expected to carry the saber at all times. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/TSeB3_eAmVI/AAAAAAAAANY/qtiozx8gxoM/s1600/Kirpan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="480" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/TSeB3_eAmVI/AAAAAAAAANY/qtiozx8gxoM/s640/Kirpan.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-small;"&gt;A Kirpan, similar to the one worn by the Michigan 4th grader (Above)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;One of the religions leaders, Teikiran Singh, told a local Michigan television station that “It’s a religious symbol, that reminds you of your spirituality. It’s a fight against your internal evils....it's not a weapon.” &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;The saber had apparently been&amp;nbsp;discovered when the Sikh student and another&amp;nbsp;child were reportedly&amp;nbsp;playing around during recess. The principal apparently&amp;nbsp;allowed the child to keep the sword at first,&amp;nbsp;but after checking with&amp;nbsp;the Plymouth-Canton School District, it was&amp;nbsp;later determined that the sabre was in fact a weapon and was officially banned from school grounds. (And rightly so) Most parents obviously agreed with the ban, thought the Sikhs were up in arms...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;One parent brought up a good point in this day and age of "no religion at school". They said that&amp;nbsp;“If it’s somebody’s religion, I would wonder if there’s a reason or purpose for them to have to have it at school.” A comment that makes perfect sense seeing as how Bibles, and other Christian symbols are forbidden in the public school system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Singh, the Sikh religious leader went on later to say that no one was in danger. “Equal damage could be done with a fork or with a butter knife,” he said. “Every kid has a pair of scissors, a pencil.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That makes about as much sense as saying it's ok to have a pocket knife. It's perfectly obvious that if weapons are not permitted, and a sabre, is well...a weapon. Websters defines a Sabre as "a cavalry sword with a curved blade, thick back, and guard" so by the very definition, it's pretty obviously a weapon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sikh leaders have said they&amp;nbsp;are hoping to meet with school officials and work out a compromise that will allow their children to practice their faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In that case...to practice my new faith...I'll need a fillet mignon every day for lunch, lobster and shrimp for supper, and a supercharged M-16....not for a weapon...as a religious symbol of course...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-7076157039527005919?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7076157039527005919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/most-ridiculous-item-of-day-indian.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7076157039527005919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7076157039527005919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/most-ridiculous-item-of-day-indian.html' title='Most Ridiculous Item of the Day: Indian Religion Wants Swords to Be Allowed in School'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/TSeB3_eAmVI/AAAAAAAAANY/qtiozx8gxoM/s72-c/Kirpan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-7325233071105863333</id><published>2011-01-05T09:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-05T09:55:01.388-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hawaii'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michelle Obama'/><title type='text'>America's Christmas Gift to Obama: 1.5 Million Dollars</title><content type='html'>Did you know that you gave a Christmas gift to the President? I'll be willing to bet you didn't, and you'll probably&amp;nbsp;be surprised when you find out how much&amp;nbsp;that gift cost...$1.5 million dollars. Check this out...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you may already know, the&amp;nbsp;Obamas went to Mr. Obama's "home state" of Hawaii for the Christmas holiday. Of course the trip was done in typical lavish "Obama style", sparking outrage once again at the unnecessary excess that was exhibited during the vacation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While it's expected that some costs will be incurred in a trip like this, the excess here is inexcusable. Check out these figures from Hawaiian officials:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-$63,000.00 was spent&amp;nbsp;on an early flight bringing Mrs. Obama and the children to Hawaii ahead of the president. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-$1,000,000.00 was spent&amp;nbsp;on Obama’s trip from Washington on Air Force One. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-$38,000.00&amp;nbsp;was forked over&amp;nbsp;for the ‘Winter White House’ the president has rented for his family on the beach. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-$16,000.00 used&amp;nbsp;to rent beachfront homes for Secret Service and Navy Seals. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-$134,000.00 forked&amp;nbsp;out&amp;nbsp;for 24 White House staff to stay at the Moana Hotel. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-$251,000.00 in police overtime. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-$10,000.00 for an ambulance to be on hand at all times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Also, at least $30,000.00 was spent on transportation and housing for staff that arrived well ahead of his stay. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While many Americans are suffering without jobs, without homes, and without any way to give their family a Christmas, it's encouraging to know that our commander and chief has no problem lavishing throwing money around for sport. So much for leading by example. Don't get me wrong, I'm in now way saying the POTUS can't spend a little money to take his family "home" for Christmas, but in the day and time we are in, the excessive spending on our dime is a bit of a slap in the face and is just another instance that proves the Obama is out of touch with mainstream America...either that or he just doesn't care.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On top of the outrage caused by the excessive spending for the Christmas trip (paid for out of your pocket), Obama also created a stir when he went to see a childhood friend and took along a 20 car motorcade. Maybe not a huge deal on the interstates of America, but in Hawaii, it caused quite the traffic snafu. I guess the world has to stop turning when this clown comes to town. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I wonder how many maids he had waving palm leaves to keep him cool, and how many were feeding him grapes and handing him wine.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-7325233071105863333?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7325233071105863333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/americas-christmas-gift-to-obama-15.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7325233071105863333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7325233071105863333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/americas-christmas-gift-to-obama-15.html' title='America&apos;s Christmas Gift to Obama: 1.5 Million Dollars'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-4821406149666575746</id><published>2011-01-04T16:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T16:00:44.340-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United Nations'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Global Warming'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Al Gore'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Tuesday, January 4</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;"Killer" Bible Verse deemed a death threat to Obama. &lt;/strong&gt;Obama must have the thinnest skin in the world. Stuff like this happened when G.W. was the POTUS, but you never heard anything like this did you? Nope...it's the "Obama effect." &lt;a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;amp;pageId=247085"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..................................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;More Than 1000 International Scientists debunk "global warming" in report submitted to the United Nations. &lt;/strong&gt;1,000+ scientists worldwide challenge claims by the U.N. panel of Climate Change, and Al Gore. &lt;a href="http://cds054.dc1.hwcdn.net/g9z6c6z5/cds/p/b/f/6/bf663fd2376ffeca/2010_Senate_Minority_Report.pdf?sid=6f6632d7a41b82de5015c3364bed59c8&amp;amp;l_sid=27695&amp;amp;l_eid=&amp;amp;l_mid=2336201&amp;amp;doppl=858bde6bc8a8fd99c8f8fd998de84524&amp;amp;dopsig=015685b410817c10e5e8cf8bd7631bd2"&gt;...READ THE REPORT HERE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.................................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Comedienne Kathy Griffin stoops to new low, making a public New Years resolution to degrade Sarah Palins 16 year old daughter Willow. &lt;/strong&gt;Griffin vows to continue a verbal assault on the Palin family in 2011.&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2011/01/04/kathy-griffin-going-far-targeting-year-old-willow-palin/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;................................................................................................................................&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-4821406149666575746?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/4821406149666575746/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-and-notes-for-tuesday-january-4.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4821406149666575746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4821406149666575746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/news-and-notes-for-tuesday-january-4.html' title='News and Notes for Tuesday, January 4'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-867865653517067820</id><published>2011-01-04T08:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-04T08:29:41.193-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy New Year'/><title type='text'>Happy New Year from Red, White and Blue!</title><content type='html'>I just wanted to take this opportunity to welcome everyone to 2011 and wish you all a happy, safe, and prosperous new year! I appreciate everyones support this past year as I've gotten this blog off the ground, and I hope it's going to be bigger and better in this new year. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With that said, I'd like to let everyone know that I am looking to expand! As you may have noticed, I haven't posted as often lately, due to time constraints. While I'd like to post daily updates, I'm finding it harder and harder to do, which is why I need YOUR help! Thats right! If you feel you have something you could contribute to the blog, I'd like to hear from you! With more than just myself contributing, I feel we could take this blog to new heights in the coming year! If you are looking to get involved, and help make a difference, this is your chance! You can contact me at &lt;a href="mailto:pdparker14@gmail.com"&gt;pdparker14@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks again for your loyalty, and I look forward to the new year and all it brings. I hope yours is just as special, and I look forward to hearing from you all!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-867865653517067820?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/867865653517067820/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-new-year-from-red-white-and-blue.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/867865653517067820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/867865653517067820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-new-year-from-red-white-and-blue.html' title='Happy New Year from Red, White and Blue!'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-4910184550752558029</id><published>2010-12-29T11:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-29T11:17:55.746-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joe Smithwick'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lee County'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Southern Lee High School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zero Tolerance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='North Carolina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jeff Moss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanford'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ashley Smithwick'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sanford Herald'/><title type='text'>Zero-Tolerance Absurdity: North Carolina Girl Expelled and charged for Lunchbox Mix-Up With Dad</title><content type='html'>I'd like to get the Sanford, North Carolina School Board, and the Southern Lee High School officials in a room (along with many other boards and officials across the country) and inject them with a huge dose of common sense. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zero Tolerance policies in schools is a good idea in theory, but in reality, it's one of the most absurd things ever created. Why? Ashley Smithwick, of Sanford North Carolina, and a high school senior at Southern Lee High School, is my case in point. (Although you could point to many cases all across the country.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seventeen year old Ashley,&amp;nbsp;an academic standout, and promising&amp;nbsp;athlete in Lee County had her senior year cut short, and her college opportunities diminished due to a&amp;nbsp;lunchbox mix-up with her father. Ashley was suspended from Southern Lee High School after school personnel found a small paring knife in her lunchbox. Smithwick said school officials&amp;nbsp;found the knife while searching the belongings of several students, possibly looking for drugs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lunchbox as it turns out,&amp;nbsp;really belonged to Ashleys&amp;nbsp;father,&amp;nbsp;Joe Smithwick, who packs a paring knife in his lunch box,&amp;nbsp;to slice his apple. He and his daughter have matching lunchboxes. “It’s just an honest mistake." Said Joe, "That was supposed to be my lunch because it was a whole apple." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ashely said she was surprised when the principle opened her lunchbox and found the knife, but realized immediately that she had accidentally grabbed her fathers lunch instead of hers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Lee County Schools&amp;nbsp;Superintendent Jeff Moss told the &lt;a href="http://www.sanfordherald.com/"&gt;Sanford Herald&lt;/a&gt;, that he&amp;nbsp;wasn't able&amp;nbsp;to&amp;nbsp;discuss the case, but that&amp;nbsp;school policy does&amp;nbsp;allow the&amp;nbsp;principal to consider the context of each case and determine discipline on that basis. Despite that policy, Ashely&amp;nbsp;was&amp;nbsp;suspended for 10 days but then received a&amp;nbsp;notice t saying that she was to be&amp;nbsp;suspended the rest of the school year. Moss also&amp;nbsp;said students who accidentally carry a weapon and report it to teachers will get a light punishment. If teachers find it, he said, the discipline is harsher. (Although Ashley would have had no way of knowing she had the knife and reporting it&amp;nbsp;until lunch)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To make matters worse, Ashely&amp;nbsp;was charged with misdemeanor possession of a weapon on school grounds and she is no longer allowed to set foot on campus. &lt;br /&gt;“They made it sound like it was a big ol’ buck knife that you’re out here hunting with,” Joe Smithwick said..."It's absurd that they would point the finger at her and try to make an example out of her." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Up to this point, Ashely had been an honor student, taking college level courses, and she was a standout athlete on the schools soccer team, with aspirations of playing soccer in college. She is now&amp;nbsp;completing her coursework online through a local Community College. She said she worries the case will affect her college prospects. “When you have a criminal record no school’s going to look at you,” she said. “I have a pretty nice talent. I’m good at playing soccer and that talent is just wasted now.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ashley's case is just one in the many that happen every year across the country in which common sense is thrown out the window, and is the prime example of how "Zero Tolerance" is absurd. If school officials can't have the common sense to use case-by-case judgement, they have no business in the system. They create more problems and trouble than needed, and not only that, but in cases like Ashleys, they are screwing with kids and their future. The only solution to the problem is to enforce the policy on a case-by-case basis, which would inject the obvious common sense into the equation that is so desperately&amp;nbsp;needed. Intent should play a big part. If you have a problem kid who brings a Bowie knife to school and threatens someone with it, it's one thing, but when a kid accidentally grabs the wrong lunch box and ends up with a paring knife and an apple, it's pretty clear that there is no intent, and it's just a mix up. To go as far as bringing criminal charges, borders on insanity, and we as a general public need to hold our elected officials accountable. Too many people just refuse to accept that there is a problem, and thats what leads us to the many problems we face as a nation.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-4910184550752558029?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/4910184550752558029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/zero-tolerance-absurdity-north-carolina.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4910184550752558029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4910184550752558029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/zero-tolerance-absurdity-north-carolina.html' title='Zero-Tolerance Absurdity: North Carolina Girl Expelled and charged for Lunchbox Mix-Up With Dad'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-1265581075915404023</id><published>2010-12-29T09:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-29T09:44:03.589-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='National debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shell Oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Abortion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. Congress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MTV'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Wednesday, December 29</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;111th Congress Added More Debt Than First 100 Congresses Combined: $10,429 Per Person in U.S. &lt;/strong&gt;I'm glad they are on the way out. &lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/111th-congress-added-more-debt-first-100#"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..............................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Former&amp;nbsp;President of Shell Oil, &amp;nbsp;Predicts $5-a-Gallon Gas by 2012, Gas Rationing&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;Energy Shortages by Decade's End&lt;/strong&gt;...all thanks to our leaders turning their back on our massive domestic oil supply. &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/27/oil-exec-predicts-gallon-gas-energy-shortages-decades-end/?test=latestnews#"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..............................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MTV to promote, encourage&amp;nbsp;Abortion among young girls. &lt;/strong&gt;One of the many reasons MTV will NEVER have a place on my TV. &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/12/28/mtv-follows-teens-choose-abortion-controversial-new/#"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..............................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-1265581075915404023?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/1265581075915404023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-and-notes-for-wednesday-december.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1265581075915404023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1265581075915404023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-and-notes-for-wednesday-december.html' title='News and Notes for Wednesday, December 29'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-4957843488278635393</id><published>2010-12-27T14:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-27T14:47:50.983-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Los Angeles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tyson Chicken'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tennessee'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sharia law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Racism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shelbyville'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Monday, December 27</title><content type='html'>Good afternoon! Hope everyone had a great Christmas! Here are some news and notes of interest that you may not have heard...&lt;br /&gt;__________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Somalian terrorists send message to Obama: Convert or we'll kill you, and attack the United States.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/27/somali-islamist-insurgents-threaten-attack-627018837/?test=latestnews#"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..........................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Perverted NY teacher gets paid $1 million to do nothing but sit at home for 13 years.&lt;/strong&gt; And we wonder what is wrong in America.&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/rubber_room_dirty_old_man_t4OA6Bw25idPYynCnVJHyO"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...........................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Despite Objections, Black New York Governor frees black man who murdered teen.&lt;/strong&gt; The Color of the criminals skin was obviously more important that the crime he committed.&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/gov_went_it_alone_ViaPgr3MU2RuoQZk5GXurO"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;............................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"All Americans Must Die" written on wall of Tyson Chicken plant that adopted Muslim holiday in 2008.&lt;/strong&gt; This one comes from my home state of good 'ole Tennessee...Shelbyville to be exact. &lt;a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/12/all-americans-must-die-written-on-wall-of-tyson-chicken-plant-that-adopted-muslim-holiday-in-2008.html"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.............................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Los Angeles City Council&amp;nbsp;passes Islamic Law (Sharia) resolution that bans any speech against Islam. &lt;/strong&gt;IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSES AMERICA. YOU BETTER TAKE IT SERIOUS. If you speak out against Islam in LA, it's now considered a "hate crime", thus enforcing Sharia Law upon American Citizens...freedom be damned.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/12/los-angeles-city-council-passes-islamic-law-resolution-sharia-blasphemy-enforcement.html#tp"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-4957843488278635393?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/4957843488278635393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-and-notes-for-monday-december-27.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4957843488278635393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4957843488278635393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-and-notes-for-monday-december-27.html' title='News and Notes for Monday, December 27'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-6282103220172774777</id><published>2010-12-24T09:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-24T09:06:01.784-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michael Bloomburg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TSA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ground Zero Mega Mosque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quaran'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Friday, December 24</title><content type='html'>Happy Christmas Eve everyone! Sorry for the downtime and lack of posts lately. It's been a busy month for my family, especially with the holiday season. Hopefully, you'll start seeing more updates again as I'm preparing to try some new things out format wise. The first thing you'll notice is the format of my "News and Notes" sections. Hope you enjoy, and as always, if you have comments or suggestions on how I can improve this site...please let me know! &lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TSA Punishes Pilot for Pointing out Security flaws on youtube...even takes away his permit to carry a weapon. &lt;a href="http://www.news10.net/news/story.aspx?storyid=113529&amp;amp;catid=2"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..................................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;E-mails Show City of New York, and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, encouraged and pushed for the New York Mega Mosque at Ground Zero. (Again, an example of the double standard when it comes to Islam) &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/24/e-mails-nyc-pushes-mosque-near-ground-zero/?test=latestnews#"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..................................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;U.S Congressman sworn in using the Quran, also states that "God willing, America's borders will become irrelevant." &lt;a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;amp;pageId=242993"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;...................................................................................................................................&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Eco-friendly Light Bulbs (The twisty ones) proven to be a health hazard for babies and pregnant woman, due to toxic levels&amp;nbsp; of Mercury inside that are more than 20 times higher than the safe limit. &lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1340938/Eco-bulbs-health-hazard-babies-pregnant-women-mercury-inside.html"&gt;...READ MORE...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;..................................................................................................................................&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-6282103220172774777?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/6282103220172774777/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-and-notes-for-friday-december-24.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6282103220172774777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6282103220172774777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-and-notes-for-friday-december-24.html' title='News and Notes for Friday, December 24'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-1319853756461284605</id><published>2010-12-22T15:07:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-22T16:06:41.963-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='David Cortman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nevada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alliance Defense Fund'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Virgin Valley High School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clark County Schools'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dave Wilson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ACLU'/><title type='text'>NEVADA HIGH SCHOOL BANS CHRISTMAS GREETINGS, DECORATIONS</title><content type='html'>Teachers and staff at Virgin Valley High School, in Nevada&amp;nbsp;have been told to stop saying "Merry Christmas" and they have also been banned from&amp;nbsp;any Christmas activities, including the use&amp;nbsp;of any Christmas decorations. It's all part of an alleged&amp;nbsp;agreement between the Nevada American Civil Liberties Union, and the school,&amp;nbsp;according to attorney David Cortman, a source within the Alliance Defense Fund. &lt;br /&gt;The move by the school has led to confusion, and anger among students and parents, not to mention the local community, who have actually protested the move outside the school. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ban on Christmas was allegedly in response to the threat of a lawsuit by the Nevada American Civil Liberties Union, however a spokesman from the NACLU has gone on record as saying that they are not to blame and never threatened to sue the school. This of course is causing mass confusion as neither party is willing to take the blame for the outrageous move. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A local&amp;nbsp;newspaper&amp;nbsp;ran an editorial on the controversy, which called on the ACLU to back down, and allow the kids to enjoy the spirit&amp;nbsp;and joy of Christmas "for as long as adolescence will allow it.” The article was quoted as saying “Merry Christmas is a friendly greeting which acknowledges the season, and nothing more. Christmas symbols pose no more danger of converting people to Christianity than images of Santa and Frosty leading to obesity.” All very good points of course. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When contacted about the issue, a spokeswoman Clark County Schools, the&amp;nbsp;school district which Virgin Valley High School sits in,&amp;nbsp;said they weren't aware of&amp;nbsp;the controversy at the school and suggested the episode might be a misunderstanding...however a quote from the schools principal may have cleared that up a bit, and also may have&amp;nbsp;shed some light on who's to blame in this "he said, she said" debacle. Virgin Valley High&amp;nbsp;principal, Dave Wilson, told the local newspaper, “We cannot promote religion in any way, shape or form. It has to be ‘happy holidays.'"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ban currently only applies to teachers and staff at the school, but the fact that it's even in place gives you good idea what direction we are headed in as a country. You can try to say that you don't believe our rights as Americans are being stripped away, but did your parents and grandparents have to deal with Christmas being banned in school? Hec no...wasn't even an issue back then. Slowly but surely, it's happening, and it's happening right under our noses...we'd better start paying attention folks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #cc0000;"&gt;RELATED: &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/22/massachusetts-school-issues-permission-slips-pledge-allegiance/"&gt;Massachusetts School Requires Permission Slips for Pledge of Allegiance&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;(Fox News)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-1319853756461284605?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/1319853756461284605/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/nevada-high-school-bans-christmas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1319853756461284605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1319853756461284605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/nevada-high-school-bans-christmas.html' title='NEVADA HIGH SCHOOL BANS CHRISTMAS GREETINGS, DECORATIONS'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-6664049015125470632</id><published>2010-12-14T10:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-14T10:24:21.624-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Healthcare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Los Angeles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Virginia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fast Food'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Constitution'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Tuesday, December 14</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;A Federal judge in Virginia has&amp;nbsp;ruled Obama's health care reform law is unconstitutional. &lt;/strong&gt;Somebody throw this guy a party...Judge Henry E. Hudson ruled Monday in favor of the state's claim that the requirement for people to purchase health care&amp;nbsp;goes well beyond&amp;nbsp;the power of Congress under the Constitution's Commerce Clause or under the General Welfare Clause. In other words, the government has no business forcing Americans to buy healthcare. Good for Virginia...now if we can all follow suit. &lt;br /&gt;_______________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Los Angeles bans fast food restaurants within 1/2 mile of each other. &lt;/strong&gt;Yea...in other words, in LA, it is now against the law to build a fast food restaurant within a half mile of another fast food joint. The new law is apparently being put in place because too many fast food restaurants close together does not give diners enough healthy options. In other words, too many food joints, equals unhealthy food, and California is heading toward "nanny state" wonderland where they will begin to tell there residents what they can and can't eat. I see a lawsuit coming...&lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-6664049015125470632?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/6664049015125470632/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-and-notes-for-tuesday-december-14.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6664049015125470632'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6664049015125470632'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-and-notes-for-tuesday-december-14.html' title='News and Notes for Tuesday, December 14'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-5274449644522122451</id><published>2010-12-07T15:13:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-07T15:13:53.509-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christians'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bedford Highschool'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barbara Ehrenreich'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Hampshire'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jordan Taylor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dennis Taylor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Socialism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Book'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aimee Taylor'/><title type='text'>New Hampshire School Required Reading: Jesus was a Wine Guzzling Vagrant and Precocious Socialist</title><content type='html'>A New Hampshire&amp;nbsp;couple has&amp;nbsp;pull their child out of school after "required reading" for his class includes a book that calls Jesus a "wine guzzling vagrant" among other things...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dennis and Amy Taylor are homeschooling their 16 year old son Jordan, after Bedford High school refused to back down from a "required reading" which not only uses foul language, but takes shots at Christians and other religious groups.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America," a book by Barbara Ehrenreich, was assigned the class as a required reading assignment, and after 16 year old Jordan complained, his parents decided to read the book themselves to find out what Jordan was complaining about. Turns out, his complaints were warranted, as the book was full of cursing and vulgar writings about Christianity and Jesus. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One expert (out of many)&amp;nbsp;that stood out reads as follows: &lt;em&gt;"It would be nice if someone would read this sad-eyed crowd the Sermon on the Mount, accompanied by a rousing commentary on income inequality and the need for a hike in the minimum wage. But Jesus makes his appearance here only as a corpse; the living man, the wine-guzzling vagrant and precocious socialist, is never once mentioned, nor anything he ever had to say. Christ crucified rules, and it may be that the true business of modern Christianity is to crucify him again and again so that he can never get a word out of his mouth,"&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When approached by the Taylors, the school refused to back down off the assignment saying the book still included some valuable financial principles that the children could learn from. Upon his own request, Jordans parents are now homeschooling him. Don't think the fight is over though...Aimee and Dennis still plan on attending the next school board meeting over it, and hope to get the booked kicked out of school for good...otherwise, their concern, as well as mine and what should be yours, is that our taxpayer dollars are being spent to put this kind of filth on our children's classrooms. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can a more in depth article regarding this story by following &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/12/07/nh-school-assigns-book-refers-jesus-wine-guzzling-vagrant-precocious-socialist/"&gt;THIS&lt;/a&gt; link.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-5274449644522122451?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/5274449644522122451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-hampshire-school-required-reading.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5274449644522122451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5274449644522122451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/new-hampshire-school-required-reading.html' title='New Hampshire School Required Reading: Jesus was a Wine Guzzling Vagrant and Precocious Socialist'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-8370267679960196451</id><published>2010-12-02T10:36:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-03T09:58:30.208-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tacoma'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Washington'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tumwater High School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Walmart'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Crowbar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michael Bloobburg'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York City'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ronnie Hastie'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illegal immagrants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Attack'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ground Zero Mega Mosque'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Thursday, December 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img height="133" src="http://www.ndswebservices.com/images/LgCrowBar.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Illegal Alien beats an&amp;nbsp;78 year old&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;with a crowbar. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yea...I thought you needed a picture to help with the visual. &lt;br /&gt;Jose Perez-Gonzalez, a 31 year old illegal immigrant living in San Francisco used a crowbar to break into the woman's house. The woman was home, and when she confronted him, he beat her in the face with his the crowbar, leaving the woman blind. Police found the woman barely conscious and near death&amp;nbsp;when they responded to a silent burglar alarm. She is&amp;nbsp;now living in a rest home. As of the time of this release, the woman's name has not been made public. Looking for more reasons to stem the flow of maggots across the border or is this enough. Problem here is that this happens all the time...why don't you hear about it? The liberal sympathizers don't want you to. &lt;br /&gt;_______________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Highschool football player flagged for nod to God after touchdown. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What happened to the Land of the Free? Ronnie Hastie, a running back for Tacoma, Washington's Tumwater High School, was flagged for unsportsmanlike conduct and a&amp;nbsp;15 yard penalty after he dropped&amp;nbsp;to one&amp;nbsp;knee and pointed to the sky after scoring a touchdown during a playoff game. &lt;br /&gt;Said Hastie, "It's just something I do every time I get in the end zone, to honor my Lord because I play for him. I give him the glory because he's the one that gives me the strength."&lt;br /&gt;Tumwaters coach is on record as saying that even though he doesn't like it, he understands why they threw the flag...apparently because there is a rule that states a player can't do anything to draw attention to themselves. (I guess that eliminates scoring the touchdown in the first place...) Unfortunately, Hastie has said he will not do it anymore, for fear of more trouble. &lt;br /&gt;My opinion...stand up for your rights man. The reason we are losing our freedoms is because people aren't standing up for them in the face of adversity. Unsportsmanlike conduct is understandable, as is excessive celebration, but there is a huge difference in those penalties, and someone just kneeling down and point up to God after scoring a touchdown. All that equates to is a referee who is a jerk exercising his "power" over the game because he didn't like the gesture, and well...because he can. &lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Yes to allahmart, no to Wallamart." &lt;/strong&gt;It was a clever statement from my friend Pamela Geller over at &lt;a href="http://www.atlasshurgs.com/"&gt;Atlas Shrugs&lt;/a&gt;, so I'm gonna borrow it. What does it mean? Check this out...New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is cramming the Ground Zero Mega mosque down the throats of Americans, the majority of whom do not want it, is assembling a panel to discuss Walmart. Walmart? Yes...Walmart, is wanting to open a store in NYC...it would be the first Walmart in the city. Except, Bloomberg isn't too happy about it. So he is assembling a group to "discuss" the negative impacts the chain could have on the city, all in an effort to try to block them from coming the NYC. &lt;br /&gt;Let me put this is layman's terms for you: Bloomberg is more concerned about the negative effects of a Walmart in NYC than he is the negative&amp;nbsp;effects of&amp;nbsp;a mega triumphal mosque being built over the graves of those lost in the WTC attacks. &lt;br /&gt;Get it..."Yes to Allahmart, No to Wallamart?" &lt;br /&gt;What a pinhead. &lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-8370267679960196451?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/8370267679960196451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-and-notes-for-thursday-december-2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8370267679960196451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8370267679960196451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-and-notes-for-thursday-december-2.html' title='News and Notes for Thursday, December 2'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-8820819982303245280</id><published>2010-11-26T16:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-26T16:40:59.345-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Basketball'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atheists'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ground Zero Mega Mosque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Imam Rauf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thanksgiving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Time Magazine'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Friday, November 26</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Obama takes elbow to the face, needs 12 stitches. &lt;/strong&gt;Go ahead...read the headline over as many times as you like...it's there for your enjoyment, and to make you smile. The incident, which happened over the Thanksgiving holiday, happened while Obama was playing a "friendly" game of basketball with a group of friends and family. He apparently took an errant elbow to the mouth, and required 12 stitches, which he received when he got back to the White House doctors office.&lt;br /&gt;Go ahead, go back and read it again...it's meant to bring joy...I mean think about it...some lucky guy just got to do what the rest of us would only dream of...wonder if it really was an accident? I know that should I be given a chance to play a basketball game with the POTUS...&lt;br /&gt;___________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Because Atheists don't believe in God, and because it kind of ruins their Christmas, they doing a little bit of whining...just to feel better about themselves I think. &lt;/strong&gt;Apparently, the story here is that the atheists across America and feeling a little...left out of Christmas. So what do they do? They take out billboard space across America with a Christmas scene...the baby Jesus in a manger...wise men...camels...you know the scene. Except they put the following phrase on it: "You know it's a myth...this season, celebrate reason." &lt;br /&gt;They say they are putting the signs out for all of those "closet" atheists across America, who just "go through the motions" of celebrating a holiday they don't really believe it. Whatever.&lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In a more sickening note, Time Magazine has named Imam Rauf (Imam of World Trade Center Mega Mosque) one of it's "people of the year." &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I haven't been to their web site (nor will I), but apparently a select few people were chosen, and from their the fans/readers can vote on who she be the "best of the best." The fact that he is even on the ballot is sick, but Time is an arm of the liberal wing, so it's not all that surprising in the end. I hope he doesn't in the top prize, but don't count on me voting at all...I will not pander to their shenanigans.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-8820819982303245280?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/8820819982303245280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/news-and-notes-for-friday-november-26.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8820819982303245280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8820819982303245280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/news-and-notes-for-friday-november-26.html' title='News and Notes for Friday, November 26'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-7979373829281836052</id><published>2010-11-22T16:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-22T16:08:34.985-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ground Zero Mega Mosque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='September 11'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Manhattan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Terrorists'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Daily Beast'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York City'/><title type='text'>Leaders of Ground Zero Mega-Mosque Seeking Federal Funds for Help With Construction</title><content type='html'>So, news just broke that the developers of the hugely&amp;nbsp;"controversial" Ground Zero Mega Mosque, set to be built at Ground Zero,&amp;nbsp;are asking the federal government to give them money to help fund the project ($5 million actually). The money they are asking for would actually&amp;nbsp;be from a&amp;nbsp;grant designed to help&amp;nbsp;rebuild downtown Manhattan after the Muslim terrorist attacks on September 11. That they would have the gall to even consider asking for this money is despicable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their application for the money&amp;nbsp;was reportedly submitted to the Lower Manhattan Redevelopment Corporation, this morning. The Corporation oversees the $20 billion in federal aid&amp;nbsp;set aside&amp;nbsp;for post-9/11 reconstruction, under a grant program. In&amp;nbsp;the application, the&amp;nbsp;developers say that the funds will be distributed among several aspects of the project, but promises not to use the money on the prayer room in the Mosque. Yea right...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The&amp;nbsp;request is sure to raise more controversy, especially among the majority of Americans, who feel that the construction of this Mosque shows a lack of sensitivity and respect&amp;nbsp;to the victims of the attacks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Redevelopment&amp;nbsp;Corporation declined to comment on the application, saying the process was confidential and the developers of the Islamic Mosque also would not comment, the &lt;a href="http://the%20corporation%20declined%20to%20comment%20or%20confirm%20the%20application,%20saying%20the%20process%20was%20confidential.%20the%20center%20also%20would%20not%20comment,%20the%20daily%20beast%20reported./"&gt;Daily Beast&lt;/a&gt; reported on Monday.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-7979373829281836052?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7979373829281836052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/leaders-of-ground-zero-mega-mosque.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7979373829281836052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7979373829281836052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/leaders-of-ground-zero-mega-mosque.html' title='Leaders of Ground Zero Mega-Mosque Seeking Federal Funds for Help With Construction'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-8924026522448708658</id><published>2010-11-22T08:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-22T08:32:43.319-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='TSA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Newsweek'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lord Shiva'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hindu'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Monday, November 22</title><content type='html'>It's Thanksgiving week! Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hows about lets celebrate with some News and Notes of interest?? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Newsweek Magazine Depicts Obama as a God&lt;/strong&gt;. This of course has many people up in arms. After his trip to India last week, the new magazine cover of Newsweek depicts Obama as Hindu deity, Lord Shiva- a pretty high ranking Indian God. Indians of course are pretty upset about it, not to mention anyone else who isn't an Obama Zombie. Obama is about the furthers thing from anyone God-like, and you'd think after his failed policies, the comparisons would stop, but apparently Obama's "God perception" goes further than just the campaign trail. &lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The TSA announced that somewhat less invasive procedures may be used in the future, but not right away. &lt;/strong&gt;Because groping a woman's breasts or a mans testicles is a hard habit to kick too quick. The TSA is way out of line here, and they say that even though changes are in the works, not to expect them to be be too major. The practice of very personal pat downs has of course angered not only passengers, but politicians as well...even airline stewardesses...one of whom-a breast cancer survivor,&amp;nbsp;was forced to take her bra off, and show the TSA official her prosthetic breast. &lt;br /&gt;Dear TSA: Profile. It's that simple. The problem here is they are screening 80 year old grandma's from Des Moines, and letting the Muslims in Burka's walk right passed. Unless grandma is gonna take down a flight with a rolling pin, I think you're ok to skip on her. Profiling is and always will be the most accurate form of security in airports...other country's do it and without a problem. After all, it always seems to be Muslims hijacking the planes doesn't it? Hint, hint...&lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-8924026522448708658?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/8924026522448708658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/news-and-notes-for-monday-november-22.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8924026522448708658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8924026522448708658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/news-and-notes-for-monday-november-22.html' title='News and Notes for Monday, November 22'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-7799048428292113619</id><published>2010-11-17T15:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-17T15:59:00.894-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wayne Valley High School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islamic law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Taliban'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sharia law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Jersey'/><title type='text'>ISLAMIC SHARIA LAW IN NEW JERSEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Student suspended from school for using the word 'Taliban.'</title><content type='html'>If you don't think Islamic law is here, and if you don't think it's being enforced in America, you'd better open your eyes. This is happening in America folks. You'd better not just brush this off with rolled eyes and a "whatever" under your breath...that's the problem-people not being aware of what is actually going on in their country. WAKE UP. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A New Jersey public school student was suspended on Monday for using the word "Taliban." I'm not lying. Here's the scoop...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Wayne Valley High School student used the word “Taliban” in a conversation about a video game, but a Muslim student who overheard it at school on Thursday 'perceived' he was looking at her when he said it. So the child was suspended. Yup...that's pretty much it. A Muslim student, "perceives" someone looking at her while using the word Taliban, and that "someone" is immediately suspended. This is infuriating. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pamela Geller at&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.atlasshrugs.com/"&gt;AtlasShrugs&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;calls the incident a "knee-jerk submission to sharia (Islamic law: do not insult Islam) for fear of Muslim violence. There can be no other explanation. These cowards call it political correctness, but it is way beyond that now." &lt;br /&gt;This is way beyond unbelievable. This is AMERICA...you know...free speech and all that?!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Furthermore, why would this student be so offended? The Taliban are devout Muslims, adhering to the strict code of the sharia...which is what is being enforced here. In other words, insult to Islam equals punishment for the insulter.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again, we see the gross double standard of the acceptance of Islam in America. Ask yourself this:&amp;nbsp;Would a&amp;nbsp;Muslim students who "offend" or are "perceived" to offend non-Muslim students be punished or suspended? I think not...the school wouldn't have even batted an eye at it for fear of the backlash of punishing a Muslim. You wanna know something else about this double standard? Every Muslim Student Association in every college and university campus takes part in their own harassment of Christians, Jews and non-Muslims, but not only do they not get punished for it, you don't even hear about it. Muslims are burning Christians in Egypt, and you don't hear a peep of it from the leftist media who want to paint Islam as a peaceful religion...yet an American high school boy gets suspended for the mere use of the word 'Taliban.' Sickening. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;School Principle Robert Reis tried to downplay the&amp;nbsp;incident by saying that&amp;nbsp;“This has nothing to do with the fact that the boy used a word...this has everything to do with the boy hurt a girl’s feelings.” What?? Hurt her feelings? I don't know whats worse...suspending a kid because he used the word 'Taliban' or suspending him because he "hurt a girls feelings." Good grief...I don't think his explanation makes things much better. I mean really...how many high school girls get their feelings hurt? I know when I was in school, they would get their feelings hurt all the time. A cute boy didn't like them, or they weren't invited to go shopping with the popular girls, and they got their feelings hurt. Good grief...where does this end. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rosa Giordano, the boys mother&amp;nbsp;said the incident “is totally being blown out of proportion” and she plans to fight the disciplinary action...and rightly so. "He never saw this girl before,” she said. “It was an innocent thing. How does she know he was not talking about a newspaper story?”&amp;nbsp;Giordano said she plans to go to the schools&amp;nbsp;district offices Monday morning to fight for her son to be allowed to attend school. “I don’t want this on his record as a racial slur and bullying,” she said. “I am sorry the girl got offended by the world ‘Taliban.’ I will make sure my son never says the word again … the poor kid is so upset he doesn’t want to go to school.” Giordano claims her son was embarrassed by the incident. She said he told a friend “nothing happened” because he didn’t want to talk about it, not to brag that he got away with anything...which is what the principle tried to say. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll tell you what America...you'd better look out for who is teaching your kids.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-7799048428292113619?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7799048428292113619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/islamic-sharia-law-in-new-jersey-public.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7799048428292113619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7799048428292113619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/islamic-sharia-law-in-new-jersey-public.html' title='ISLAMIC SHARIA LAW IN NEW JERSEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Student suspended from school for using the word &apos;Taliban.&apos;'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-7267268179692128444</id><published>2010-11-17T11:34:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-17T11:34:56.923-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islamic law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United Kingdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mecca'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sharia law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslims'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hajj'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Egypt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Al-Qaeda'/><title type='text'>The Real Islam</title><content type='html'>With all the "tolerance" speech in America in regards to Islam, I thought this would be a great chance to show you just what Islam is, and how "tolerating" they are to everyone else but themselves. Despite what the talking heads in Washington and the peaceniks try to scream from their liberal rooftops, Islam is not a religion of peace.&amp;nbsp;With the ban on Sharia law in Oklahoma being struck down last week, things like this could become the norm in good ole America sooner than you think. As long as we are accepting of Islam and it's practices, this is what we are putting ourselves in danger of doing. Check out these stories from around the world:&lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Muslim Sets Fire to Christian, Murders&amp;nbsp;His father and&amp;nbsp;Wounds&amp;nbsp;his Younger Brother...all because of a rumor. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Muslim man set fire to a&amp;nbsp;Christian young man, murdered his father and wounded his younger brother, after it was rumored that the man&amp;nbsp;had a relationship with the Muslim's sister. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The&amp;nbsp;incident happened&amp;nbsp;in the small village of "Dmas" Meet-Ghamr, after rumors spread of a possible relationship between the 25-year-old Christian, and the sister of a Muslim man-Yasser Ahmed Qasim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yasser&amp;nbsp;poured gasoline over him and set him on fire, as bystanders looked on in horror. The young&amp;nbsp;man, in an attempt to douse the flames engulfing his body,&amp;nbsp;threw himself into the adjacent canal. Unfortunatelty, the burns were too severe and the young man died from his injuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Following this incident,&amp;nbsp;when the&amp;nbsp;father of the&amp;nbsp;young&amp;nbsp;victim arrived, he was attacked by a group of Muslims, including Yasser,&amp;nbsp;stabbing him multiple times&amp;nbsp;with knives and daggers, resulting in his death. A witness said that Yasser Ahmed, and others have also beaten the&amp;nbsp;Christian victim's younger brother, 22-year old Rami Sabri Shehata, causing a&amp;nbsp;severe injury to his head.&lt;br /&gt;Religion of peace my a$$. &lt;br /&gt;_____________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Muslim Mob burns Christian Homes in Egypt&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A group of&amp;nbsp;Muslims set fire to 10 houses belonging to Christians in a village, south of Cairo, Egypt. The incident seemed to be proof that Al-Qaeda was telling the truth, since it&amp;nbsp;happened&amp;nbsp;less than a month after Al-Qaeda said it would target the northern African country's religious minority. The incident follows an October attack on a Church in Baghdad that killed at least 58 people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Supposedly this incident was all part of a celebration by the Egyptian Muslims to celebrate Eid-ul-Adha (feast of the sacrifice). I guess it's normal for a "peaceful" religion to celebrate by burning the houses of Christians. &lt;br /&gt;___________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Muslim Gunmen Open Fire on Christians Exiting Church, Killing 6&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a story from&amp;nbsp;January of this year, a&amp;nbsp;mob of&amp;nbsp;Muslims in several cars opened fire on Christians exiting a church in the Southern Egyptian town of Nag Hammadi on Christmas Eve . The incident left six people dead and another nine injured. Among those killed were a man and his fiancé and a 14-year-old boy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaks pretty loud for religious tolerance doesn't it?&lt;br /&gt;_____________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Toy Pig Banned Because it Offended Muslims. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Toy shop in the United Kingdom has removed toy pigs from farmyard sets in case they offend Muslims. &lt;br /&gt;The store ditched the pig from its HappyLand Goosefeather Farm toy set after it apparently upset some customers. The interactive set, which also&amp;nbsp;includes a chicken, a cow, a&amp;nbsp;sheep and a horse, makes animal noises when buttons are pressed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When one mother realized the pig was missing from the set she bought for her daughter’s birthday, she&amp;nbsp;contacted the&amp;nbsp;store to complain. She was told in an email response that&amp;nbsp;"Previously the pig was part of the Goosefeather Farm. However due to customer feedback and religious reasons this is no longer part of the farm." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A perfect example of the hold Islam has even on the retail world.&lt;br /&gt;______________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Death to America" Chants Ring Out in the Islamic World&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Death to Israel", and "Death to America" were among the slogans chanted by the&amp;nbsp;millions of Muslims&amp;nbsp;in unison as they gathered in the Desert of Arafat on November 14.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Around two million white-robed Muslims converged at Mount Arafat as the Hajj, the world's largest annual pilgrimage, peaked 12 miles from Mecca. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our President and his wife&amp;nbsp;of course&amp;nbsp;wished greetings for a happy Eid-ul-Adha to Muslims worldwide and wished safe travels to those performing Hajj.&amp;nbsp;Nearly three million pilgrims from more than 160 countries - including the United States - have gathered in Mecca and neighboring sites to Unite,&amp;nbsp;perform Hajj rituals and stand together in prayer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did someone say something about Islam being a religion of peace?&lt;br /&gt;_______________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Shootout in Mosque Over Who&amp;nbsp;Should Lead&amp;nbsp;Prayers&amp;nbsp;Leaves 18 People Injured. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Islam can't even attain peace within it's own religion. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A shootout in a mosque in south-western Pakistan, caused by a dispute over who should lead prayers on one of Islam's most important holidays, has left 18 people injured, police said today. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The incident happened on November 17, as followers of the two rival religious leaders pulled out weapons and began shooting after arguing over which one should start Eid al-Adha prayers at a small mosque in the Khuzdar district of Baluchistan province, Javed Ahmed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When is the last time you saw someone shot in one of our churches over who should led the prayer at a church pot-luck after services on Sunday? &lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In closing...&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know, it seems like the Muslims in America are the only ones calling Islam a religion of peace. Its pretty&amp;nbsp;clear their islamic brothers in islamic nations totally disagree with them. The Hypocrisy, double standards and utter confusion as to what islam represents is reprehensible. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the west we are sold one brand of Islam, at the same time we witness that "ISLAM IN ACTION" in Islamic countries totally contradicts the carefully articulated sales pitch we are sold. I think you would all agree "Actions speak infinitely louder than words" &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wake up America, and have a good look at all islamic nations, Is that what you want for your future generations?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-7267268179692128444?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7267268179692128444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/real-islam.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7267268179692128444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7267268179692128444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/real-islam.html' title='The Real Islam'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-4124273527406707941</id><published>2010-11-17T09:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-17T09:32:22.371-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Immigration Gumballs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illegal immigration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Immigration Reform'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='African Americans'/><title type='text'>Why America Needs a Major Overhaul of Immigration Reform</title><content type='html'>News broke this past week, that in&amp;nbsp;California public schools, Latinos now make up more than 50% of the student population...many of the illegals. &lt;br /&gt;It's&amp;nbsp;a news byte that screams just&amp;nbsp;how bad we need some new immigration policies.&lt;br /&gt;If you need more proof of the need for immigration reform, check out this informative video:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/n7WJeqxuOfQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/n7WJeqxuOfQ?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: transparent; 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Like it or not, this is the direction we are headed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The&amp;nbsp;popular new law that&amp;nbsp;would have barred&amp;nbsp;Oklahoma courts from considering Islamic Sharia law, when deciding cases was blocked Monday after a prominent Muslim in the state won a temporary restraining order in federal court. &lt;br /&gt;[Note: What does that say about Muslims who say they don't want Sharia law enforced in America? Shoots that argument right in the foot doesn't it?]&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Probably the sickest quote to come out of this ordeal, was made by Muneer Awad, the executive Director of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR...which happens to have terrorists ties FYI) when he said&amp;nbsp;"Today's ruling is a reminder of the strength of our nation's legal system and the protections it grants to religious minorities." Well gee Mr. Awad...what about the protections the legal system is supposed to grant to ALL Americans? This does nothing but leave the door open for Americans to be held responsible under Islamic Sharia Law. Something that should NEVER happen in America. Freedom of Religion? Sharia law would kill anyone who wasn't a Muslim...is that the kind of protection you are talking about? Is that what you want to protect? (If course it is...he's a member of CAIR...). Awad by the way is the Muslim who filed the suit claiming the law violated his Constitutional Rights. What? Constitutional rights? So let me get this straight...a Muslim, believes that a ban on Sharia law is against his Constitutional rights, even though enforcing it would go against Americas own laws, and the ACTUAL Constitutional rights all Americans have, especially Freedom of Religion, and a judge thinks this is ok? Even agrees with it? Insanity is what this is. You know...a Muslims freedom of religion is one thing, but demanding that Sharia law be enforced against others, is another. It tramples all over America, her citizens, and her Constitution. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are still unaware of exactly what Shaia law is, Sharia is found in the Koran and is the basis of law in most Islamic countries, though its implementation varies widely. It&amp;nbsp;is widely&amp;nbsp;used in Iran and Somalia, among other places, and condones harsh punishments like amputations and stoning. Yea...a federal judge blocked a ban on that. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The&amp;nbsp;Oklahoma ballot initiative, passed with a whopping&amp;nbsp;70 percent of the vote, before being struck down by the judge...effectively going against the will of the people. Oklahoma state Rep. Rex Duncan, who co-sponsored the bill, said he hadn’t seen the judge's written ruling yet, but he was disappointed that “her words from the bench indicated she had completely embraced the plaintiff’s arguments,” and that "they were pretty extraordinary statements from the judge,” he said.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another crazy turn in the story, is that Awad, who filed the suit to block the ban, isn't even from Oklahoma. He flew in from Georgia just to make the case. He doesn't plan to stay either...just hopping over to the other side of the country to do his Islamic duty of protecting his Islamic law, at the cost of the rest of America's freedoms. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Islamazation of America Continues...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;UPDATE: &lt;/strong&gt;Pamela Geller over at &lt;a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2010/11/muslim-brotherhood-hamas-linked-cair-blocks-anti-sharia-amendment.html"&gt;Atlas Shrugs&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;has a great write up on this...worth checking out.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-5301800703954643375?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/5301800703954643375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/oklahoma-is-blocked-on-its-attempt-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5301800703954643375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5301800703954643375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/oklahoma-is-blocked-on-its-attempt-to.html' title='Oklahoma is Blocked on it&apos;s Attempt to Ban Islamic Sharia Law'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-8317917616959581904</id><published>2010-11-05T17:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-05T17:01:28.702-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='atlasshrugs'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FBI'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom of Speech'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CAIR'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. Department of Justice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom of Religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pamela Gellar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Civil Rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illinois'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sharia law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Springfield'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mosque'/><title type='text'>Sharia Law Enforced by Obama's Department of Justice in America</title><content type='html'>Heads up to my friend over at &lt;a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/"&gt;Atlas Shrugs&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/about.html"&gt;Pamela Geller&lt;/a&gt; for providing this information. If you haven’t yet checked out Atlas Shrugs, check it out…Pam is doing a great work fighting the Islamization of America and is one of the leaders in the fight against the New York Mega Mosque.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are anything like me, you’ll find this story an outrage…however I’m not surprised in the least, considering the direction this country has been headed since Obama took over.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obama’s Justice Department is now actually enforcing Sharia law. That’s right, the same racist Justice Department that that refused to prosecute the Blank Panther party for voter intimidation…with weapons…on Election Day…at a polling place. You remember…when the DOJ mandated in their policy that “No Voter Intimidation Cases Will Brought against Black Defendant Where the Victim is White”…yea…that same Justice Department. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This time, they are sending a Maryland man to prison, and fining him $3000.00. What for? You’re not going to believe this…Sending an e-mail. Yup. That’s all. You may find it hard to believe, and you may say it can’t be true, but I promise, it is. Here’s the scoop…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obama’s United States Justice Department has announced this week that a 25 year old Maryland man, Ilya Sobolevskiy was sentenced to 12 months in prison and a year of supervised release, as well as a $3000 fine for “violating the civil rights of members of an Illinois Mosque.” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How did he “violate” these “civil rights?” He sent an e-mail. Sobolevskiy admitted in a plea hearing in August of this year, that he sent an e-mail to a member of the Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center, in which he wrote that he would do whatever it takes to eradicate Islam. The e-mail was apparently then forwarded to the Civil Rights Division of the FBI. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stuart McArthur, the FBI agent in charge of the Springfield, Illinois office said that [America] has “no tolerance for threats or violence fueled by bigotry” and that they would “aggressively prosecute such actions. It is a top priority of the FBI to protect the civil rights of the American people. We encourage members of the community to report all allegations of civil rights violations. The FBI will aggressively investigate these matters to ensure that our society remains free.” (An ironic statement seeing as how this man’s freedom of speech was just trampled over.) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thought another ironic statement was made by Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez of the FBI’s Civil Rights Division, when he said that “One of our most basic rights is the freedom to practice one’s faith in peace.” A concept lost on Hindus, Christians, Jews and other religions living under Islamic (Sharia) law…you see, under Sharia, you are not able to practice your faith in peace…that is unless you are practicing Islam. It’s funny how Islam won’t tolerate other religions throughout the world, but expect other religions to tolerate them, despite their fanatical beliefs, and violent nature, especially in America. The whole “basic right is freedom to practice ones faith” comment, is a good statement by Perez, however one of our even more basic rights, is free speech. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While I don’t condone sending out ugly e-mails to anyone, I believe that to sentence a man to a year in jail is a bit much. Also, I’m pretty sure that if someone were to send an e-mail to…oh, I don’t know…a Christian church, saying that they were going to do whatever they could to eliminate Christianity, they wouldn’t be touched, much less placed in prison. It’s the double standard (one of the many double standards) in America. Freedom of Speech for everyone, and Freedom of Religion for everyone…unless Islam is involved. If Islam is involved, it gets special privileges, and rights, not afforded to other religions. Many companies will fire employees for having a Bible on their desk, but Muslims are allowed to wear their head garb, and take daily “prayers breaks” without anyone batting an eye. For the guy in question who sent the e-mail, maybe you fine him or get a restraining order against him saying he cannot contact you, or come near you, but a year in prison, a supervised year out of prison, and a $3G fine? For what? Other than possible a charge of simple harassment, this man hasn’t done anything to warrant prison, other than the fact that…wait for it…yes, broke Sharia law, by speaking out against Islam. A freedom which by the way, he is afforded by our Constitution. You see, Sharia law, would seek to prosecute anyone who speaks ill against Islam, and it seems to me, exactly what is happening here, and being taken out by Obama’s Justice Department. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Federal Magistrate, Judge David G. Bernthal, who gave the defendant the maximum sentence permitted him by the law, actually stated that his crime (the e-mail) was “an act of terror.” Do you believe that? Muslims are allowed to kill numbers of Americans in the name of Allah, and Obama doesn’t want to call it terrorism, (i.e. the shooting at Ft. Hood), but one guy in Maryland sends one e-mail to a mosque, and he is all of a sudden a terrorist? You gotta be kidding me…that’s outrageous! It makes me wonder if I should turn over to the FBI any e-mails I ever get speaking ill will of me…and I’ve received them before! If I’d have known I was the target of a terrorist attack, I’d have reported it ASAP! (Tongue in cheek)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way, if you are interested in a little background on the Islamic double standard and preferential treatment within Obama’s Justice Department…check this out…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Department of Justice actually sponsored a booth at the ISNA (Islamic Society of North America) convention, which was underwritten by, among others, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas (terrorists)-linked Council on Islamic/American Relations. Hmmm…have you ever seen the DOJ sponsor a booth at any Christian, or Jewish Convention? I haven’t…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you know that Obama's Department of Justice, sued a New Jersey county, saying it refused to accommodate a Muslim employee's khimar (religious head covering.) The suit seeks monetary damages and also seeks to require Essex County to adopt a policy that accommodates the religious observances and practices of employees. (I talked about this a few paragraphs ago)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Furthermore were you aware that Obama's Department of Justice dropped all charges against the Muslims who blew up the USS Cole? Yea…bet you didn’t know that either. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m telling you people…if you don’t pay attention to what’s going on in our country, this administration will sneak stuff like this by you and you’ll never be the wiser. Next thing you know, you’ll wake up and wonder what happened to your rights and freedoms as Americans. Like it or not, and believe it or not, Islamic Sharia law is being implemented in more ways than one, and something has to be done about it. If you wonder why you haven’t noticed, then maybe it’s time to start paying attention to what’s going on in your country…and by that, I don’t mean listening to the national media. Don’t let them tell you what’s going, find out for yourself.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-8317917616959581904?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/8317917616959581904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/sharia-law-enforced-by-obamas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8317917616959581904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8317917616959581904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/sharia-law-enforced-by-obamas.html' title='Sharia Law Enforced by Obama&apos;s Department of Justice in America'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-264540531358248833</id><published>2010-11-05T09:20:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-05T09:39:48.512-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Francisco'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ronald McDonald'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Health'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='McDonalds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric Mar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hamburgler'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dayna Proud'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Meal'/><title type='text'>McDonalds Punishes Children for not Eating Healthy</title><content type='html'>Because it's apparently not the responsibility of the parents anymore to make sure their children eat a balanced meal, and because it's McDonalds right to punish them for not eating said balanced meal, McDonalds restaurants in San Fransisco are banning...get this...toys from Happy Meals. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The restaurants are now not allowed to give away toys with meals that have high levels of calories, sugar and fat. In other words, if you want a toy with your Happy Meal, you have to get the "Diet" Happy Meal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Area supervisor Eric Mar, who sponsored the measure, said "We're part of a movement that is moving forward an agenda of food justice. From San Francisco to New York City, the epidemic of childhood obesity in this country is making our kids sick, particularly kids from low income neighborhoods, at an alarming rate. It's a survival issue and a day-to-day issue." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Food justice?" Are you kidding me? So the food is out to get our kids? Survival? Parents, lock up your children...Ronald McDonald and the Hamburgler are out to get your kids, and if your kids take what they are offering, they get NO TOY. You've got to be kidding me. First we have a idiot sueing McDonalds because he got fat while he worked there "sampling" the food, now this? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's not a restaurants job to tell you, or your children how to eat. Children are still our responsibility...aren't they? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dayna Proud, who is a spokeswoman for McDonald's, says that this is apparently a local decision, and not reflective of the franchise as a whole.&amp;nbsp;"We are extremely disappointed with today's decision [regarding Happy Meals]. It's not what our customers want, nor is it something they asked for." said&amp;nbsp;Proud.&amp;nbsp;The franchise says the city's board is out of step with the mainstream, regarding the issue of child obesity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ordinance, put in place by city officials, is&amp;nbsp;scheduled to take effect in December 2011...right in time for Christmas. It states that&amp;nbsp;restaurants may include a toy with a meal if and only if,&amp;nbsp;the food and drink combined contain fewer than 600 calories, and if less than 35% of the calories come from fat.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-264540531358248833?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/264540531358248833/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/mcdonalds-punishes-children-for-not.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/264540531358248833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/264540531358248833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/mcdonalds-punishes-children-for-not.html' title='McDonalds Punishes Children for not Eating Healthy'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-4372181366426904343</id><published>2010-11-05T08:10:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-05T09:38:27.769-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='White House'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coconuts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joel Oster'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='War Ship'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Election Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democrats'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Friday, November 5</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;In anticipation of his arrival in India, officials are removing coconuts from all palm trees near where Obama might be traveling through. &lt;/strong&gt;This is apparently to reduce the risk of a coconut falling out of a tree, and hitting the President on the head. One of the most expensive, excessive trips by the President seems to be getting more ridiculous by the minute.&amp;nbsp;Indian officials were quoted as saying "why take the chance" when asked about removing the coconuts.&lt;br /&gt;It gets better...now, over 800 warships have been dispatched to India as part of the&amp;nbsp;Presidents entourage. Looks to me like the White House is the only thing NOT going on the&amp;nbsp;India trip...or is&amp;nbsp;it?&amp;nbsp;My opinion? Maybe a coconut to his head would knock some sense into him, because...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Obama says&amp;nbsp;Election Results Don’t Indicate a&amp;nbsp;Rejection of&amp;nbsp;his Administration’s Policies&lt;/strong&gt;. Yea right. What planet is&amp;nbsp;this cook living on?&lt;br /&gt;"I think I've got to take direct responsibility for the fact that we have not made as much progress as we need to make," Obama said, indicating that his administration will push harder to cram ideas down the throat of Americans that they don't necessarily want. He was also asked if he dismissed the idea that the election results were a rejection of his policies, the president said, “Yes.”&lt;br /&gt;The worst part of the whole interview, was when Obama was asked if it felt bad to see so many Democrats lose...his response? “It feels bad...the toughest thing for the last couple of days is seeing public servants not being able to serve any more.”&lt;br /&gt;Whatever. Public servants my a$$. They served nobody but themselves the arrogant SOB's. If they would have served the public as they were elected to, they would still have jobs. It's sickening to see Obama and the surviving Democrats walk around still arrogant and self righteous as ever, thinking they still know best.&lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Remember the woman I told you about a couple of weeks ago, who was in hot water for posting a &lt;a href="http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/michigan-woman-seeing-christian.html"&gt;"Christian Roommate Wanted"&lt;/a&gt; ad on her church bulletin board? &lt;/strong&gt;Well, here is an update...&lt;br /&gt;The U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department has now&amp;nbsp;dismissed&amp;nbsp;the civil rights complaint against against the Grand Rapids Michigan woman who posted&amp;nbsp;the advertisement at her church last July seeking a Christian roommate. The complaint had stated that the woman had posted an ad that "expresses an illegal preference for a Christian roommate, thus excluding people of other faiths." This despite the fact that she posted it on her church board. &lt;br /&gt;Officials&amp;nbsp;acknowledged that statements suggesting a preference for one religion are prohibited, (although they are wrong...remember that whole "free speech") bit? Nice to know that the powers that be got this one right finally, and dropped this outrageous complaint. (You can check out back story regarding this case by clicking &lt;a href="http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/michigan-woman-seeing-christian.html"&gt;HERE.)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-4372181366426904343?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/4372181366426904343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/news-and-notes-for-friday-november-5.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4372181366426904343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4372181366426904343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/news-and-notes-for-friday-november-5.html' title='News and Notes for Friday, November 5'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-993996291995543358</id><published>2010-11-03T12:24:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-03T12:59:18.410-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Celebrities'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joe Miller'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republican Angie Meyer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Young Republicans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hollywood'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CBS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arnold Schwarzenegger'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Wednesday, November 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Unites States will spend $2 million dollars PER DAY for Obama's trip to India. &lt;/strong&gt;I've reported on this before, but as more details are made available for the trip, which will take place in just a few days, it is becoming more and more clear how excessive it is. &lt;br /&gt;The&amp;nbsp;gargantuan amount of&amp;nbsp; $200 million&amp;nbsp;per day,&amp;nbsp;will reportedly&amp;nbsp;be spent on many aspects of the Presidential visit, including security, transportation and food. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reports out say that around&amp;nbsp;3,000 people including Secret Service agents, US government officials, White House Chefs, the Presidents family&amp;nbsp;and journalists will accompany the President. &lt;br /&gt;For more details on the Presidents trip to India, check out my previous &lt;a href="http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-sunday-october-24.html"&gt;post&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CBS fires two producers over plot against Republican Joe Miller. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As an update to&amp;nbsp;a story &lt;a href="http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-how-dishonest-is-liberal-left-in.html"&gt;I carried Monday&lt;/a&gt;, the CBS affiliate in Anchorage, Alaska, today has fired two producers who were caught on a&amp;nbsp;voicemail left by mistake at the campaign headquarters of Republican nominee for Senate, Joe Miller, in which the station's employees can be heard plotting to "find" a "child molester" among the politician's supporters.&amp;nbsp;Not the smartest&amp;nbsp;two cookies in the box...&lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;As if it weren't already official...Hollywood is full of Hypocrites.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;In a report out today by &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/"&gt;Fox News&lt;/a&gt;, Hollywood celebs were apparently huge hypocrites this election season. Apparently, several celebs had been very outspoken in the days and months leading up to the midterm elections,&amp;nbsp;encouraging people to vote, however when the time to vote came around, many of those same celebrities were conspicuously absent. &lt;br /&gt;Celebs such as Lebron James, Rose McGowan, Alyssa Milano, Ben Harper, Gabrielle Union, Pamela Anderson, Denise Richards, Kim Kardashian, Joan Rivers, Jewel, Joaquin Phoenix, Olivia Wilde, Jessica Alba, Jay-Z and&amp;nbsp;even Bill Cosby,&amp;nbsp;all were very outspoken telling people of the importance of getting out and voting. Many were a part of public service announcements encouraging people to vote, and Cosby even announced that anyone who didn’t vote was “a pathetic person.” However...early voting came and went, as did yesterdays big election and all of these A-listers were...absent. &lt;br /&gt;As the polls closed on Election Day, the only “celebrity” sightings were actor-turned-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and actress Jennifer Garner. Apparently, the paparazzi had the stars voting districts and locations&amp;nbsp;staked out in order to catch them heading to the voting booth, but other than Schwarzenegger and Garner, they were hugely let down. &lt;br /&gt;Angie Meyer, communications director of the Young Republicans is quoted as saying that most people would be surprised to find out that many of the outspoken stars aren't even registered to vote, and haven't voted in years. “If you looked up the voter registration of many of our favorite celebrity political advocates, you’d be surprised to learn that many of them haven’t voted in years, and even more disturbing – very few are even registered,” said Meyer. &lt;br /&gt;Classic.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-993996291995543358?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/993996291995543358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/news-and-notes-for-wednesday-november-3.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/993996291995543358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/993996291995543358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/news-and-notes-for-wednesday-november-3.html' title='News and Notes for Wednesday, November 3'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-1785071250830256593</id><published>2010-11-03T11:40:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-03T12:39:21.981-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom of Religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Islamic State of Iraq'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim Extremest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Infadel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Al Qaeda'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. Constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quaran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Missionary'/><title type='text'>Muslims Death Threats Aimed at All Christians</title><content type='html'>There is a report out today&amp;nbsp;that a Muslim group in Iraq has declared all Christians “legitimate targets,” calling for them to be killed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a statement released on the internet&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;group called "The Islamic State of Iraq", or ISI, is labeling any and all Christians as "idolaters" and even going as far as to call the Vatican a "hallucinating tyrant." They go on to say that "the killing sword will not be lifted from the [Christians] necks" until specific demands are met.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The group&amp;nbsp;is apparently&amp;nbsp;calling for the release of two captive women, who they claim are being held against their will after converting to Islam, which is ironic, because when the shoe is on the other foot, the Islamic action of choice is to kill those who convert to something other than Islam. &lt;br /&gt;While some have said they aren't sure if the threats are all that serious, many Christians abroad are taking an extra careful approach to their daily routines. &lt;br /&gt;Wanna talk about tolerance? Wanna talk about acceptance? You know...how we should accept Islam, and Muslims, because they have a right to worship and serve their faith just like the rest of us have the right to worship our God and serve our faith. Right? It makes sense...the Constitution allows for freedom of religion...right?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Here's the thing, and this is something I've written about before...what if we are giving freedom of religion to an extremest religion, who believes that anyone who doesn't believe what they do, should be killed? What if we are giving tolerance to a faith, that in turn refuses to tolerate any one elses beliefs. They want acceptance in America, however they aren't willing to accept any one else. In fact, they want to take it a step further, and flat out kill anyone who doesn't conform to their faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Not all Muslims are like that" you say... "It's only the extremists". Well, to be blunt, you are wrong...and if you believe that nonsense, you are gravely misled, and I encourage you to research Islam for yourself. The Quaran (their Bible) not only says to kill those who don't conform, it commands it. Look, you are either a Muslim, or you are not. You either believe in the Muslim tenants of faith, or you do not. Muslims can't, and don't just "pick and choose" which parts of their holy book to believe. There is no such thing as a "partial Muslim"...you see...if there were, they'd be killed...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me put it this way regarding Muslim extremists: Muslim extremists, are like Christian Missionaries. I know, "He's lost his marbles" is what you are thinking, but hear me out. In the Christian Faith, there are those who believe the Bible and all it says, yet they don't go soul winning, or go to other countries to be missionaries...they go to their churches on Sunday,&amp;nbsp;read their Bibles, and pray.&amp;nbsp;Then, there are those, like the missionaries, who believe the same Bible, yet they are the ones actually carrying out the "Great Commission" of going into all the world and preaching and teaching in the name of Jesus, with the intent to gain converts. Both groups are Christians, and both believe the same Bible, but the one group, doesn't feel like they are the right ones to reach out to the lost...they however support the missionaries and their work, both with prayers, and financial help, because they believe in the same things. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See the comparison yet? Islam works the same way. They all believe the same thing, however just like not all Christians are missionaries,&amp;nbsp;not all Muslims are the "extremists". Some of them are just like the Christians, who are content to just worship God at home, and go to church on Sundays and support their "missionaries"&amp;nbsp;by prayer and financial help.&amp;nbsp;Then there are the extremists, who&amp;nbsp;are more compelled to go out "into the world" for causes for which they are commanded in the Quaran...in this example, that would be killing the infidels. (You and I if you are keeping track)&amp;nbsp;Did you know&amp;nbsp;that most of the major Muslim organizations in America have ties financially to Al Qaeda and other terrorists organizations in some fashion?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My point is, a Muslim is a Muslim, just like a Christian, is a Christian, and if they are sincere in their faith, like they say they are, then they believe that the Quaran is the final Islamic authority, just as the Bible is the final authority for Christians. If a Muslim doesn't believe in the Quaran, then why, and how are they Muslims to begin with? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our Constitution, guarantees Muslims the right to worship, however the people of America, and&amp;nbsp;our leaders had better be careful whom they choose to put in higher up and powerful leadership positions, state, and country wide. Do we really want to give that kind power to someone who's main goal religiously is wipe out all non-Muslims on the planet? Given the right position, in the right place, could give Mulsims more than enough chances to carry out plots against the American "Infidels." The "enemy from within" if you will. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some great resources if you are interested in the truth about Islam:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jihadwatch.org/"&gt;Jihad Watch&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Link)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sioaonline.com/"&gt;SIOA&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Link)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atlasshrugs.com/"&gt;Atlas Shrugs&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Link)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-1785071250830256593?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/1785071250830256593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/muslims-death-threats-aimed-at-all.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1785071250830256593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1785071250830256593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/muslims-death-threats-aimed-at-all.html' title='Muslims Death Threats Aimed at All Christians'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-3913414725102926624</id><published>2010-11-01T09:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-01T09:56:00.180-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Aaron Klein'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KTVA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Randy DeSoto'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='News Media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alaska'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World News Daily'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GOP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Anchorage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joe Miller'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nick McDermott'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republican'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CBS'/><title type='text'>Just How Dishonest is the Liberal Left in the Media?</title><content type='html'>Just how dishonest is the liberal left? Just how dishonest is the news media? Want proof of their shennanigans? Check out this story that broke today over at &lt;a href="http://www.wnd.com/"&gt;World News Daily&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CBS reporters plot hit piece on GOP candidate&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;Posted: October 31, 2010&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;9:57 am Eastern&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;By Aaron Klein&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;© 2010 WorldNetDaily &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;﻿ &lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/TM7FzDozDJI/AAAAAAAAAMc/I8RJUcjGISA/s1600/joe+miller.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/TM7FzDozDJI/AAAAAAAAAMc/I8RJUcjGISA/s1600/joe+miller.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Joe Miller&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;﻿ &lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Reporters from a CBS affiliate in Anchorage, Alaska, left a voicemail by mistake at the campaign of the state's Republican nominee for Senate, Joe Miller, in which the journalists&amp;nbsp;are heard plotting to "find" a "child molester" among the politician's supporters. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reporters are also heard hoping for violence against Miller so they can "send out "tweet" and Facebook alert that "Miller got punched" at a rally he held four days ago. &lt;br /&gt;The apparent accidental voicemail message was left on the cell phone of Miller's spokesperson, Randy DeSoto. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the recording, the assignment editor for the CBS Anchorage affiliate, KTVA, Nick McDermott, along with other reporters, can be heard openly discussing concocting the two stories about Miller. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DeSoto says the voicemail message was later authenticated by McDermott himself, who sent a text to the Miller spokesman stating, "D--- iPhone … I left you a long message. I thought I hung up. Sorry." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"Frankly, when I first heard this I was shocked," said DeSoto. "Though a bit garbled at times, there are disturbing comments in this conversation that never should have occurred." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the Miller campaign, another voice in the message was that of KTVA's news director.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-3913414725102926624?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/3913414725102926624/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-how-dishonest-is-liberal-left-in.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3913414725102926624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3913414725102926624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/just-how-dishonest-is-liberal-left-in.html' title='Just How Dishonest is the Liberal Left in the Media?'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/TM7FzDozDJI/AAAAAAAAAMc/I8RJUcjGISA/s72-c/joe+miller.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-4802540568648492838</id><published>2010-11-01T09:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-11-01T09:44:16.098-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cencus Bureau'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Unemployment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GOP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Economic Recovery'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Black Panthers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ballots'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illinois'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republican'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Brady'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bureau of Labor and Statistics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sheila Jackson Lee'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Monday, November 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;The GOP is asking for an investigation into military and absentee ballots in Illinois which were not mailed out in enough time for the voters votes to count.&lt;/strong&gt; Illinois Republican party Chairman Pat Brady has submitted a letter urging an&amp;nbsp;investigation into election districts who's jobs were to provide absentee and&amp;nbsp;military ballots to voters in the time required by law. In 35 out of 110 Illinois voting districts, they were not mailed out in time,&amp;nbsp;some as much as&amp;nbsp;20 days late, which was too late to get votes in to be counted. The incident is one of many across the country which is getting set for Tuesdays landmark voting day.&lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;In the past year, Obama's&amp;nbsp;Economic Recovery puts over&amp;nbsp;656,000 foreigners into new American jobs, while native born Americans, lost 1.2 million jobs&lt;/strong&gt;. In other words, while&amp;nbsp;jobs have been created for non-citizens, actual citizens are losing jobs by the millions. In the same time period, the unemployment rate&amp;nbsp;for&amp;nbsp;foreign works dropped, while for native citizens, it rose. The study is based&amp;nbsp;on a survey, conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Census Bureau. I'm glad someone finally found where those "created" jobs were going to that Obama keeps rambling on about.&lt;br /&gt;_______________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The New Black Panthers are apparently afraid that white poll workers won't let blacks vote, so they say they will be on location "monitoring" things on voting day...at least in Texas.&lt;/strong&gt; After members of a conservative Houston group said they are sending dozens of volunteers to watch that no illegal voting or other fraud takes place at the polls on Tuesday, the Black Panthers announced they would be doing the same thing, because they are concerned that the conservative white folk won't let the black folk among them vote. Once again, blacks making an issue out of race where there isn't a race issue to begin with. Feeding the fire of racism. Not making things any better, is Democratic Representative&amp;nbsp;Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas),&amp;nbsp;who says&amp;nbsp;the conservative&amp;nbsp;group wants to prevent minorities from voting. Actually Ms. Lee, there is voter fraud going on all across America right now, spearheaded by the dishonest Democrats, and what this is is a conservative group holding them accountable...it has nothing to do with whites vs. blacks.&amp;nbsp;Having the Black Panthers on site, does noting but incite racism, and voter fear...or was that your intention in the first place? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-4802540568648492838?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/4802540568648492838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/news-and-notes-for-monday-november-1.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4802540568648492838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4802540568648492838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/11/news-and-notes-for-monday-november-1.html' title='News and Notes for Monday, November 1'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-4808641339545175393</id><published>2010-10-29T12:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-29T12:39:30.066-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nevada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prince Alwaleed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sharon Angle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republican'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ground Zero Mega Mosque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The View'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Imam Rauf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Feisal Abdul Rauf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York City'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joy Behar'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Friday, October 29</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Kill 'em with kindness. &lt;/strong&gt;If you remember the &lt;a href="http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-tuesday-october-26.html"&gt;story&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and &lt;a href="http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-tuesday-october-26.html"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;I did earlier this week regarding Joy Behar's outburst against Republican Sharon Angle, then you'll really enjoy this... After liberal talk show host Joy Behar of &lt;em&gt;The View&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;called the Republican Nevada Senate candidate [Sharron Angle] a "b----" who "is going to hell." Angle apparently&amp;nbsp;responded by sending Behar flowers and thanking her for helping her raise funds. Behar then apparently&amp;nbsp;responded by apologizing for using that expression on Angle because she only&amp;nbsp;reserves the "B" word for people who are her friends. &lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Imam of Ground Zero mosque brushes aside Saudi Princes opinion. &lt;/strong&gt;Imam Rauf who is leading the charge to build an Islamic&amp;nbsp;Mosque near the Ground Zero, has brushed&amp;nbsp;off&amp;nbsp;the opinion&amp;nbsp;of one of his fellow Muslim leaders...Prince &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alwaleed of Saudi Arabia, who had recently spoken out against the construction of the mosque at the Ground Zero site. &lt;br /&gt;"While we respect the points of view of other interested observers, we plan to build the community center in this location because we have been part of Lower Manhattan for decades and we want to better serve the needs of our neighbors of all faith traditions," Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said Thursday obtained by the Associated Press.&lt;br /&gt;Liberals cheered everywhere. &lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-4808641339545175393?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/4808641339545175393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-friday-october-29.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4808641339545175393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4808641339545175393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-friday-october-29.html' title='News and Notes for Friday, October 29'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-2370590589326780976</id><published>2010-10-28T16:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-28T16:04:38.265-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prince Alwaleed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ground Zero Mega Mosque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='September 11'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saudi Arabia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslims'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York City'/><title type='text'>Saudi Arabian Prince Speaks Out Against Ground Zero Mosque</title><content type='html'>How sad is it, that the liberal nutjobs could take a lesson in sensitivity from the Saudi Arabian Prince? Check out what he had to say regarding the construction of the NYC/WTC Mega Mosque being built next to Ground Zero...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prince Alwaleed of Saudi Arabia has gone on record in an interview with Arabian Business (to be published Sunday) saying that he is against the placement of the Ground Zero Mosque so close to the site of the terror attacks of September 11th. He also denied having anything to do with the funding of the Mosque. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"I say that I am against putting the mosque in that particular place. And I'll tell you why. For two reasons: first of all, those people behind the mosque have to respect, have to appreciate and have to defer to the people of New York, and not try to agitate the wound by saying 'we need to put the mosque next to the 9/11 site.' The wound is still there. Just because the wound is healing, you can't say 'lets just go back to where we were pre-9/11." Said Alwaleed. "I am against putting the mosque there out of respect for those people who have been wounded over there.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Regarding the Constitutional right Muslims have to build the mosque, Alwaleed had this to say: "I believe that Christians have the right to build churches where they want and Jews have the right to put synagogues where they want and Muslims have the right to put a mosque where they want. But you have to take care and respect the dignity of those New Yorkers who have been hit badly. Ten years ago is nothing when you talk about history.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In his first public comments on the hot button&amp;nbsp;issue, he also&amp;nbsp;said that the rumors going around about him being associated with the funding of the&amp;nbsp;mosque, were not true.&amp;nbsp;"It&amp;nbsp;is all wrong." said Alwaleed, "We did not finance this thing."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Personally, I agree with this guy 100 percent. It's not about the right to build the mosque...I believe they have that right. It's about respecting the people of New York, and the people of America. It's pretty sad that the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia (Muslim)&amp;nbsp;understands that, but the liberal whack jobs on the left can't get that through their thick skulls. Building a mosque is one thing, but spitting in the face of those who lost loved ones on September 11th is a whole other issue.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-2370590589326780976?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/2370590589326780976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/saudi-arabian-prince-speaks-out-against.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2370590589326780976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2370590589326780976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/saudi-arabian-prince-speaks-out-against.html' title='Saudi Arabian Prince Speaks Out Against Ground Zero Mosque'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-1465507858207576419</id><published>2010-10-28T10:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-28T10:40:40.336-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='payback'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='federal crimes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='retribution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Red State'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Election Workers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poll workers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. Department of Justice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democrat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prison'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric Holder'/><title type='text'>Democrat Election Workers Currently Cheating the Vote: You’ll Love Federal Prison</title><content type='html'>As&amp;nbsp;I do from time to time, here is some suggested reading for you, from &lt;a href="http://www.redstate.com/e_pluribus_unum/2010/10/26/democrat-election-workers-currently-cheating-youll-love-federal-prison/"&gt;RedState.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Democrat Election Workers Currently Cheating the Vote: You’ll Love Federal Prison &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;posted @ &lt;a href="http://www.redstate.com/"&gt;http://www.redstate.com/&lt;/a&gt; on October 26th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may already know this: there will be a reckoning. Actually there will be three. This is primarily about the third one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The first reckoning - America’s second Declaration of Independence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first reckoning will be on election day, November 2, 2010, when Americans vote overwhelmingly to reject the Democrat agenda. It will be a down payment on the epic 10-year butt-kicking that will be delivered to the anti-American, anti-freedom, corrupt, anti-Constitution movement. We lost our vigilence, allowed this statism to creep up for the last 80 years. Now it’s run amok, and we’ll swing the pendulum back. As Dick Cheney would say, big time. Maybe you think it’s just a short-term temper tantrum, which the media hacks will of course assert. You’ll see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a reckoning that will take your breath away. All your cheating will not keep the Republicans from taking 70 in the House, 8 in the Senate. That is the first reckoning. At least while you’re sitting in prison, you can comfort yourself in the knowledge that your cheating kept it from being 100 and 11.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The second reckoning - retribution&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second reckoning, I will relish this. I am not a nice person at all when it comes to retribution. I will savor it the way I savored the Texas Rangers’ 6-game beat-down of the Yankees (conservative country sure jammed it up left-wing country’s rear, didn’t it?). The events of November 2 will make it perfectly clear to all Americans not named Jimmy Carter that the Democrats and the unions engaged in massive, epic-scale election fraud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It will be the bridge too far. Regular Americans are not like you and your patronage buddies, union thugs, organized criminals, communists, and radical social engineers. Nor are we anything like the snotty rich baby-killer limousine liberals that control you. Regular Americans are generous and magnanimous. Your mistake is that 80 years of tolerance you have mistaken for cowardice and lack of resolve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What will happen after this election, when it’s clear that you stole 20-30 House seats and 3-4 Senate seats, you are not ready for. What happens will be fought on your territory, using rules you know but never expected to have turned on you, by a fiercely resolute people possessed of righteous anger that’s been stacking up ever since liberal judges started flouting the consent of the governed. When pressed, they are smarter and more devious than you. They plan. And they stick the knife in the place that will hurt the most.&lt;br /&gt;And let me tell you something. Regular Americans don’t riot. They don’t demonstrate or boycott (very well). They don’t astroturf. They don’t terrorize innocents. They don’t commit indiscriminate violence or indiscriminate property destruction. They know, or will know, the people and organizations who are controlling you. Retribution will be clean and efficient. It will cost you, and your owners,a good bit more than it was worth to save a handful of House and Senate seats that ultimately won’t stop what we do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just shooting in the dark here, because like I said, I’m not in on anything. But it hurts a whole lot more to have the stock values of your benefactors wrecked (Soros does not possess especially secret knowledge), deliberately and maliciously by hidden hands, than it does to have some of your low-level thugs beat up. It will hurt tons more when union pensions never see another penny of taxpayer bailouts starting… well, already starting now. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you have a union pension, let me just say…..no you don’t.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And it will really, really ruin you when a national right-to-work bill gets signed the fourth week of 2013, days after EO10988 is rescinded, making it illegal (again) for government employees to unionize. We will enjoy breaking you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’ll see. You yourself will not escape retribution, although I’ll have to say that in the big scheme of things, you are just a tool. Americans will be taking care of the kingpins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The third reckoning - prison&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But let’s get back to you. The third reckoning involves you. You’re a Democrat doing the dirty work. You are in a room signing stacks of absentee ballots, or perhaps ordering it done. Or maybe you are a precinct judge or worker who changes numbers, or after the polls close, you sign a bunch of names of people who didn’t vote, and shoot a stack of pre-filled ballots through the machine. Or you’ve been bringing people into the early voting places and “helping” them vote the right way. Or intimidating the poll watchers like they’re doing in Houston right now, in order to hide the cheating. Or removing signs, keying cars, causing untimely traffic jams (you thought we didn’t know that one, yes?) or doing other dirty Democrat deeds.&lt;br /&gt;These are federal crimes. They are punished by federal prison. And when you are sentenced to 60 months in federal prison (see 42 USC 1973gg-10 [h/t Sound Politics]) , you don’t get out in 14 months. You get out in 60 months. Or as I like to put it, 3 years into President Bobby Jindal’s first term. Just in time for you to try to stuff ballots again…..oh wait, there won’t be anybody to pay you, never mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me introduce you to a handful of concepts:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Moles. You think conservatives are incapable of guile, of “playing dirty”. Yeah. That’s because maybe 80% of conservatives are that way. The other 20% saw what you did in 2008. Bet 5 years in prison that nobody involved with your electoral crime cell, or up or down the chain of command, is not a mole. Go ahead. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Traitors. Wretched people who are cheating right there among you, sitting in your meetings, but who will betray their fellows once the game is up. They’ll turn state’s evidence on you two seconds after they’re in handcuffs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voters, poll watchers, the spies and turncoats among you, and regular people on the street have discovered iPhones. You are being watched. Your license plate has already been recorded and logged. Is there a real right-wing conspiracy going on here? Let’s put it this way. Not that I know of. But we don’t need one. You are reading the Kos polls, which amounts to farting in the bathtub, and biting the bubbles. You haven’t really done the easy math here. Americans have rejected you, at astounding levels. They distrust you. And today’s technology just makes it fall-off-log easy to record everything, everywhere. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You’re not helping yourself. Even in national, liberal-run TV and radio news, the stories of electoral fraud are, eight days out, running rampant. You have already told us you are cheating. You’re too stupid to hide it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just because it’s illegal to record activities in voting places doesn’t mean it won’t happen. It will. Massively. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did I mention iPhones? Ain’t it terrible what Americans think up in their spare time? An iPhone app that lets a person record electoral fraud, and send the evidence straight to people who can do something with it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fingerprints. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And lastly, let me introduce you to one more word, a word you should have known. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Relentlessness. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember how after 9/11, the evil people responsible assumed we’d do nothing? Yeah. Then we went to the heart of darkness and toppled two dictatorships. Then we camped out in their space for…..going on 10 years now. Just think about that, when you assume conservatives will not be serious about taking down the people responsible for the most massive voter fraud in history. Relentlessly. We&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;will not be deterred. We will not grow weary. We will hunt you into the hills, and take you down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sure, recording electoral activities is illegal. Well, sort of. At least in Texas, a person recording events in the polling place is subject to…….wait for it………..being told by the election judge to turn off the device or leave the premises. As for what you are doing out of sight, how many of the people you are working with have an iPhone? Or any cell phone with recording capabilities? That would be pretty much everybody. Take a look at the person next to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And maybe you think the evidence gained by surreptitious recording is not admissible in court. Well on that count, most likely you are right. But you never watched an episode of Forensic Files, did you? Once they find out who did it (even with evidence that won’t be used in court), there’s just no way they’re not going to eventually find the evidence they need that WILL hold up in court. And you think your union or the Democrat Party is going to pony up for good lawyers, when there are dozens of you going to trial, just from your county. Yeah…….OK. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perhaps you think Eric Holder’s Department of “Justice”, will never fail you. That’s your firewall, your hole card. Isn’t it? Isn’t it? Do you want to bet 5 years of federal prison on that? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you know who Darrel Issa is? Starting about January 3, he’s the chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee. He’s got the goods on Holder, and half the appointees in that Department. The That’s not saying all that much. Half of America has the goods on Holder. House committees can bring down AGs, especially when said AGs hand it to them on a plate. And doubly especially when the Civil Rights Commission is itching to take him down. Holder will go down, and while he’s going down he won’t be wasting any time or energy looking out for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The truth is, a whole, whole bunch of low-level people are going to go to federal prison, because they are too stupid to do their deeds in such a way as to not get caught. The high level people you thought were your friends, the upper echelons of SEIU and ACORN, will suddenly turn into strangers. Strangers with alibis. Strangers whose fingerprints appear on no ballots. Strangers with all the very, very good lawyers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you think I’m trying to persuade you to stop the cheating, or perhaps to turn rat on your buddies? Nah, not really. We’ll have plenty of rats once the indictments start. And your cheating? Got it covered. No, I’m just the kind of guy who talks trash about how I’m going to drive on you and dunk over you. Just before I do it. Go, do your thing. I’ll win this thing between me and you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the record, if there is a silver lining, it’s that federal prisons have the prison rape thing under much better control than the state prisons. And as we’ve already discussed, the crimes you are committing right now are federal crimes. If you find that information comforting.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-1465507858207576419?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/1465507858207576419/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/democrat-election-workers-currently.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1465507858207576419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1465507858207576419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/democrat-election-workers-currently.html' title='Democrat Election Workers Currently Cheating the Vote: You’ll Love Federal Prison'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-2631500144713940015</id><published>2010-10-28T09:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-28T09:17:48.418-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sharon Angle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harry Reid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Daytona Beach'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='SEIU'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='North Carolina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nevada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Steve Caddle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PAC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Catherine Engelbrecht'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Houston'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illinois'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republican'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democrat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Florida'/><title type='text'>Election Fraud Rampant Prior to Midterm Elections</title><content type='html'>Faulty voting machines are&amp;nbsp;being reported all across the country. Funny thing is, they are all being skewed to boost the results of the Democrats. Here is what we know so far: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NEVADA:&lt;/strong&gt; Numerous voters have reported trying to vote for Republican Sharon Angle, but can't becasue that the box next to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's name has been pre-checked on their ballots. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is the group that runs the machines, and they are heavily involved in the democratic party. How so? Well, they've given $500,000 to the Patriot Majority Political Action Committee (PAC) which has spent $1.3 million against Reid's opponent Sharron Angle. Reports of tampering are running rampant in Nevada against SEIU, although they deny any part in the matter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ILLINOIS: &lt;/strong&gt;Ahhh...the Presidents "home state." Reports out of Illinois, say that thousands -- potentially hundreds of thousands -- of voters who are expecting a ballot sent to them by mail may be denied the right to vote. Why? Well, at least&amp;nbsp;404,000 registered Illinois voters who recently received vote-by-mail requests (that were ironically&amp;nbsp;sent by the Illinois Democratic Coordinated Campaign) will be unable to vote because the&amp;nbsp;Democratic officials didn't send the voting cards out in time. This means that&amp;nbsp;by the time the voters filled out their cards&amp;nbsp;and sent&amp;nbsp;them in,&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;vote would be too late and would not get counted. This news comes on the heels of news that the military votes were also mailed out "too late" to be counted. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;TEXAS: &lt;/strong&gt;Former Service Employees International Union (SEIU) member Steve Caddle of Houston, Texas has been caught. Caught doing what? Why, registering&amp;nbsp;a whopping 23,207 fake voters...thats what!&amp;nbsp;The&amp;nbsp;fake voters, all registered&amp;nbsp;in Harris County were snuffed out&amp;nbsp;due to the detective work of Catherine Engelbrecht and her "True the Vote" project. Apparently, Engelbrecht was tired of the fraud going on regarding voters and the democratic party, so she took it upon herself to uncover the fraud...and she hit one out of the park. Way to go Catherine! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NORTH CAROLINA: &lt;/strong&gt;Voters in Craven County, NC, say that had some serious problems when the electronic voting machines they were using completed their straight party ticket votes for the opposite of what they intended. In other words, these folks went to the polls, voted Republican down the line, and when the machine went to register the votes, it registed them opposite of what had been voting for, putting all the votes on the Democratic side. Sam Laughinghouse of New Bern said he pushed the button to vote Republican in all races, but the voting machine screen displayed a ballot with all Democrats checked. He cleared the screen and tried again with the same result, he said. Then he asked for and received help from election staff. “They pushed it twice and the same thing happened,” Laughinghouse said. “That was four times in a row. The fifth time they pushed it and the Republicans came up and I voted.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;FLORIDA: &lt;/strong&gt;Daytona Beach City Commissioner Derrick Henry and his campaign manager were arrested Wednesday, charged with committing absentee ballot fraud. What were they doing? Well, they were obtaining absentee ballots&amp;nbsp;for people who had not requested them, and then filling them out on their own...voting&amp;nbsp;Democrat all the way down the line. Of course...without the knowledge of the actual voters who's names were on the ballots.&amp;nbsp;Henry apparently had requested a total of 92 absentee ballots through the elections offices web site. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep you're eyes peeled when you go to vote between now and November 2nd...make sure you aren't being duped into voting for someone you have no intention to. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-2631500144713940015?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/2631500144713940015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/election-fraud-rampant-prior-to-midterm.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2631500144713940015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2631500144713940015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/election-fraud-rampant-prior-to-midterm.html' title='Election Fraud Rampant Prior to Midterm Elections'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-6238985883872626242</id><published>2010-10-28T08:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-28T08:53:34.528-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Execitive Intelligence Review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2012 Election'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. Constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PressTV'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='25th Amendment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Edward Spannaus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World News Daily'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democrats'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Thursday, October 28</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Democrats are apparently pressing Obama not to run for re-election in 2012. &lt;/strong&gt;My guess is that their feelings are that a second run by Obama would for sure end up in failure, while a new democratic opponent would hopefully breathe life into a dying party. According to a report out today&amp;nbsp;from&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.wnd.com/"&gt;World News Daily&lt;/a&gt;, some&amp;nbsp;"very influential"&amp;nbsp;democratic advisers are discussing with Obama's advisers the possibility of him not running for re-election in 2012 presidential race. Speculation has been rampant that the President may step down on his own after just one term...a move that wouldn't be surprising given the&amp;nbsp;sinking approval ratings and highly unpopular moves. Time will tell...&lt;br /&gt;__________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A United States analyst thinks it will be unlikely that Obama will even last until the end of his first term. &lt;/strong&gt;I'll label this one as being a 'little far out' but here is the scoop: U.S. Analyst Edward Spannaus of Executive Intelligence Review, said in an interview with &lt;a href="http://www.presstv.ir/detail/148446.html"&gt;PressTV&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;that he believes Obama is unlikely to last to the end of his first term, due to serious efforts by American officials to remove him due to his incompetence.&amp;nbsp;"There are people who are upset within the administration and the Democratic party who are seriously considering how to remove Obama from presidency," Spannaus claims. Apparently, many people are calling for the removal based on amendment 25 of the U.S. Constitution, which allows for the removal of&amp;nbsp;a US president if he is incapacitated either physically or mentally. Spannaus says that&amp;nbsp;people inside the White House have gone on record as saying that "Once [Obama]&amp;nbsp;got into the White House he&amp;nbsp;was very unhappy having to govern.&amp;nbsp;They think he&amp;nbsp;is very frustrated and depressed and&amp;nbsp;some reports even say he is on medications and he cannot concentrate or focus, which&amp;nbsp;constitutes a mental problem." &lt;br /&gt;Spannaus also pointed out that many in the military are upset because&amp;nbsp;the President&amp;nbsp;is not attentive to what is going on. "We have troops killing and being killed and he is not interested in dealing with it," he explained. &lt;br /&gt;This news comes on the heels of a poll showing the Presidents lowest approval ratings yet at less than 40 percent. As the guys on Mythbusters say...I guess it's plausible, but not likely. &lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-6238985883872626242?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/6238985883872626242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-thursday-october-28.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6238985883872626242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6238985883872626242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-thursday-october-28.html' title='News and Notes for Thursday, October 28'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-4461402664732310596</id><published>2010-10-27T10:01:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-27T10:01:34.944-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Civil Rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9th Circuit Court of Appeals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iraq'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Abdel Shehadeh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Taliban'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jon Greenbaum'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harris Poll'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. Army'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arizona'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Committee for Civil Rights Under Law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York City'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Wednesday, October 27</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Arizona voters will be able to vote&amp;nbsp;without having to prove their identity. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday,&amp;nbsp;a federal appeals court struck down a&amp;nbsp;the part of Arizona's law&amp;nbsp;that requires&amp;nbsp;voters to show proof of citizenship before being able to register to vote, and that would require them to show identification before casting ballots.&lt;br /&gt;That's insane. So pretty much, the situation in Arizona, is that you can vote, without having to show an ID, or proof of citizenship, leaving the door wide open for voter fraud.&amp;nbsp; "This will enable the many poor people in Arizona who lack driver's licenses and birth certificates to register to vote," said Jon Greenbaum, legal director for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Translation: "We are excited that even&amp;nbsp;our illegal&amp;nbsp;mexicans, and non-U.S. Citizens can vote."&lt;br /&gt;Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard's office issued a statement saying it intends to ask a full panel of 9th Circuit judges to reconsider the case.&lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Heading into next weeks midterm elections, Obama has worst approval rating ever.&lt;/strong&gt; According to a new Harris Poll out this week,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;almost two-thirds of Americans (67%) have a negative opinion of the job President Obama is doing while just over one-third (37%) have a positive opinion. The poll included an equal number of Democrats, Republicans, and Independent. &lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A New York City Muslim planned to join the Army so he could&amp;nbsp;kill American soldiers.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;Hoping to get sent to Iraq with United States troops, Abdel Shehadeh&amp;nbsp;planned to join the&amp;nbsp;jihadis (Taliban) and kill American troops. Shehadeh is&amp;nbsp;a U.S. citizen, and&amp;nbsp;went so far as to try to enlist at the Army recruiting station in Times Square. He was arrested this past Friday. His cousin was quoted as saying "he was just a regular kid". Yea right... this jihadi was a regular kid... Just like all the other Muslims who go jihad.&lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-4461402664732310596?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/4461402664732310596/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-wednesday-october-27.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4461402664732310596'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4461402664732310596'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-wednesday-october-27.html' title='News and Notes for Wednesday, October 27'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-3467467626784379249</id><published>2010-10-26T15:14:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-26T16:00:22.787-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harry Reid'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The View'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Boulder City'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='4Troops'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jessica Simpson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joy Behar'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberals'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nevada'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holiday'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Clark County'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joe Simpson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='PBS'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='I&apos;ll Be Home for Christmas'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Tuesday, October 26</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Jessica Simpson is being&amp;nbsp;accused of Snubbing US troops during her&amp;nbsp;holiday Special becasue they were wearing fatigues. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/"&gt;Fox News&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is reporting that&amp;nbsp;a group of singing soldiers&amp;nbsp;were cut from planned performance on Jessica Simpsons PBS Holiday Special. The singers say they were cut by Joe Simpson, Jessica's&amp;nbsp;father and manager,&amp;nbsp;and his team of producers.&lt;br /&gt;4Troops, a musical quartet comprised of former soldiers, told “Fox and Friends” that they were&amp;nbsp;supposed to&amp;nbsp;sing “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” with Simpson&amp;nbsp;during an October 14 taping.&lt;br /&gt;Insiders are saying that 4Troops’ choice to wear&amp;nbsp;green fatigues, was not what producers wanted for the show, despite the fact that it is the choice clothing for the group, whenever they sing. &lt;br /&gt;If this is true...not real classy Jessica. &lt;br /&gt;__________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nevada voters&amp;nbsp;confirm Harry&amp;nbsp;Reid's name already checked for them on touch-Screen Ballots. &lt;/strong&gt;How's this for crooked politics...Voters in Nevada&amp;nbsp;have been complaining that&amp;nbsp;Harry Reid, current Senate Majority Leader, already had the box next to his name checked when they went to cast their ballots in early voting according to a report out from&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://fox5vegas.com/"&gt;Fox5Vegas.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The station is reporting that voters in Boulder City&amp;nbsp;have been complaining that they were trying to vote for Republican nominee Sharron Angle, but that Reid's name was checked when they got to the electronic voting machines. It's more than just a single incident too...many voters complained about this problem, meaning it wasn't isolated to one machine.&lt;br /&gt;Clark County officials say that the highly sensitive touch-screens may be to blame, but it sure makes a person wonder, especially in this highly charged mid term election that could give the Republicans back control of the House. &lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Joy Behar proves that liberals are hypocrites in the worst sense of the word...&lt;/strong&gt;Why is it that liberals are always screaming for inclusion and tolerance, but are not willing to tolerate any other viewpoints but&amp;nbsp;their own. Double standards abound in the liberal world, and the hateful nature that Joy Behar exhibits in the video below from&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/"&gt;Fox News&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is abhorring and detestable. Check it out...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript" src="http://video.foxnews.com/v/embed.js?id=4388465&amp;w=466&amp;h=263"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;&lt;noscript&gt;Watch the latest video at &lt;a href="http://video.foxnews.com"&gt;video.foxnews.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/noscript&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-3467467626784379249?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/3467467626784379249/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-tuesday-october-26.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3467467626784379249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3467467626784379249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-tuesday-october-26.html' title='News and Notes for Tuesday, October 26'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-559270377381725861</id><published>2010-10-26T12:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-26T12:26:32.499-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NYPD'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gun Permit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2nd Amendment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gun Rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gun Control'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New York City'/><title type='text'>New York City Set to Deny Gun Permits to Those Behind on Their Bills</title><content type='html'>I'll state that headline again in case you think you misread it...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;New York City is&amp;nbsp;set to deny gun permits to those behind on their bills. Sound crazy? What in the world does being behind on your bills have to do with a persons right to obtain a permit for a handgun? What about a rifle or a shotgun? Yup. They may be able to deny those too, for any litany of reasons...be it that a person is behind on bills, maybe a litterbug, or perhaps if you are a bad driver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's all outlined under proposed revisions to the New York Police Departments handgun, rifle and shotgun permit procedures. Under the said proposals, the NYPD can reject any gun license applicant for a number of reasons: If they have been arrested or convicted of almost any "violation," in any state; having a "poor driving history"; having been fired for "circumstances that demonstrate lack of good judgment"; having "failed to pay legally required debts"; being deemed to lack "good moral character"; or if any other information demonstrates "other good cause for the denial of the permit."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many critics of course&amp;nbsp;say that this move is blatantly unconstitutional, and they'd be right. If they can deny you a right to own a gun because you've been fired from a job,&amp;nbsp;are late on your bills, then who or whats to say they can't deny you for owning a white dog, or a black cat? It's absurd, but it's about to be a reality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Should the department go through with the proposed changes, word on the street is, there will be some legal battling in the courts over it, as well there should be. Just another way the government is intruding on our rights to do just about everything. They should really focus on the line in the 2nd amendment of the Constitution...you know the one that says "The right to keep and bear arms SHALL NOT be infringed."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-559270377381725861?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/559270377381725861/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-york-city-set-to-deny-gun-permits.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/559270377381725861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/559270377381725861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/new-york-city-set-to-deny-gun-permits.html' title='New York City Set to Deny Gun Permits to Those Behind on Their Bills'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-7889901086497111874</id><published>2010-10-26T09:17:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-26T09:22:21.658-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='George W. Bush'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='California'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='George H.W. Bush'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. Navy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Campaign'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Duane Hammond'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom of Speech'/><title type='text'>Left refuses to tolerate free speech</title><content type='html'>We are seeing it more and more every day. The left is refusing to tolerate free speech. It literally seems like a story pops up every single day, documenting an instance where free speech is denied, frowned upon, or even in the worse cases, punished. Just how bad has it gotten? Listen to this...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just the other day, some workers, were getting set for a big Obama rally at the University of Southern&amp;nbsp;California - one of his stops along the mid-term campaign trail. One of the stage hands, Duane Hammond was helping set up the stage, when he was confronted by his boss, and asked to remove his shirt, or turn it inside out. Why? Because it was offensive. Wanna know what was so offensive? His shirt had nothing to do with politics, however it honored the USS George H.W. Bush, the 10th and final Nimitz-class super carrier in the U.S. Navy. Hammond was wearing the shirt to honor the soldiers who were stations aboard the ship, including his own son. That's right...his own son. Said Hammond, "Because it said Bush I was told to either&amp;nbsp;go home and change,&amp;nbsp;or turn my sweatshirt inside out." They also reportedly forced Hammond to remove his hat, which also honored the ship, and it's troops. Yea...real offensive. Apparently, Hammond refused to remove the shirt, or change it, and was then told by his union supervisor that he was fired, and needed to leave immediately. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hammond, who's son has been serving in the Navy for 3 years, said "He's serving proudly. I'm wearing his flag so to speak." It's too bad, that in America, you can actually be punished for that. Yes folks, this is the America we live in today, and this is the America that we will hand down to our children and grandchildren. Unless we get involved and do everything we can to right this ship. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out&amp;nbsp;more on this&amp;nbsp;news story from &lt;a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;amp;pageId=220049"&gt;World Net Daily&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and make sure to check out the video from KTLA in Los Angeles: &lt;a href="http://www.ktla.com/videobeta/ec83cc77-183c-4e63-a309-d5714c9f84e7/News/KTLA-Man-Dismissed-from-Job-at-Obama-Rally-Over-Bush-Sweatshirt-Mary-Beth-McDade-reports"&gt;http://www.ktla.com/videobeta/ec83cc77-183c-4e63-a309-d5714c9f84e7/News/KTLA-Man-Dismissed-from-Job-at-Obama-Rally-Over-Bush-Sweatshirt-Mary-Beth-McDade-reports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-7889901086497111874?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7889901086497111874/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/left-refuses-to-tolerate-free-speech.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7889901086497111874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7889901086497111874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/left-refuses-to-tolerate-free-speech.html' title='Left refuses to tolerate free speech'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-9036433175941788521</id><published>2010-10-24T19:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-24T19:53:06.673-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='David Hartley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='murder'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mexican'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='India'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drug Cartel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America Recession'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tiffany Hartley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Border States'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Sunday, October 24</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;Obama gets proverbial slap in the face by woman who's husband was murdered by Mexican Drug Cartel. &lt;/b&gt;I'm glad someone is telling our no good President what he needs to hear. For those of you who haven't heard about the story, Tiffany Hartley and her husband David were jet-skiing on a lake near the U.S./Mexican border, when her fiance was shot by Mexican drug cartel pirates who were also on the lake. He fell off, while she rode the jet-ski to safety. His body has yet to be found.&lt;br /&gt;Hartley, used her chance in front of the media today, to basically tell our turncoat President that he has a job to do, by taking care of the drug cartel that have invaded our southern states. While speaking to a reporter from the Denver Post, Hartley said "He should wake up and look what's going on in our backyards," and also talked of how her husbands death should be a "focal point" as to why the U.S. needs to take on these cartels. "David is not the only American who has been killed, but this situation may be a turning point," she told the paper.&lt;br /&gt;Here's to hoping it'll work. Hartley says she doesn't want his death to be in vain, and she is apparently ready to lead the charge in rectifying this situation. Ms. Hartley, sign me up...I'll help if I can! It's about time our President took charge of his country, and made it's citizens and their safety a priority over his never ending need to build his ego on Letterman, The View, Rolling Stone, or whatever "celebrity opportunity" comes his way. He's the President...he needs to grasp his responsibility. If he doesn't, I'd personally bring charges of treason against him if I could. &lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Instead of dealing with the bloodshed bleeding across the Mexican border, the Obama's will be traveling on a lavish visit to India. &lt;/b&gt;Any by lavish, I mean extremely lavish.&lt;br /&gt;The President is getting set to take a planned trip to India for general presidential duties...you know...meeting with people for photo-ops, sight seeing and so forth. No big deal right? Except check this out...the President and his "team" have booked the entire Taj Mahal Hotel, on the ocean, which include &lt;span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT"&gt;570 rooms, all banquet halls and restaurants. His security and staff will comprise a whopping, 125 rooms at Taj President, a different hotel. They have also booked 80 to 90 rooms each in Grand Hyatt and The Oberoi hotels for various others in the traveling "party." There are two jumbo jets coming along with Air Force One, which will be flanked by numerous security jets. There will be 30 to 40 secret service agents, who will arrive before him. The President’s convoy has 45 cars, including the Lincoln Continental in which he will travel...all cars of course will have to be flown or shipped over ahead of time. Thats not all, t&lt;/span&gt;he President will be accompanied by his personal chefs, they say not because he isn't willing to eat the local cuisine, but it is to ensure his food is not spiked. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT"&gt;&lt;div class="storydiv" id="storydiv"&gt;&lt;div class="Normal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;          The trip and it's excessive use of your and my taxpayer dollars is expected to take place on November 6. &lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, the peasants in lowly America continue to lose jobs, homes and everything else under the sun due to one of the worst recessions in history. I hope our President can sleep at night.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Normal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;_________________________________________________________________________________&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Normal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="Normal" style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-9036433175941788521?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/9036433175941788521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-sunday-october-24.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/9036433175941788521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/9036433175941788521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-sunday-october-24.html' title='News and Notes for Sunday, October 24'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-3362237941301419346</id><published>2010-10-22T18:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-22T18:05:53.016-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Endangered Species'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kauai County'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hawaii'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Football'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sea birds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. Department of Justice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Highschool'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Just plain crazy'/><title type='text'>Friday Night Football Canceled, Because of Endangered Bird...</title><content type='html'>Hard to say what the most ridiculous news item of the day is, but this story will surely be in contention. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The United States Department of Justice has forced a Kauai County, Hawaii high school to cancel their Friday night football games indefinitely after threatening to prosecute them for not protecting an endangered bird.&amp;nbsp; The result of this action has forced the school to reschedule it's games to Saturday afternoon, forcing the players to endure dangerously hot conditions in the Hawaiian heat. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to federal wildlife authorities, the lights in the football stadium were causing flocks or endangered sea&amp;nbsp;birds to get confused while on their migration to the ocean. The&amp;nbsp;birds&amp;nbsp;supposedly&amp;nbsp;use the moon and stars for navigation, and have apparently been mistaking the lights at the stadium for the&amp;nbsp;Big Dipper, somehow resulting in a number of dead birds. Yes, I'm serious. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems that by not installing "shielded" lights on it's stadium, the Kauai Interscholastic Federation has been in violation of the&amp;nbsp;Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It gets worse. It's apparently expected to take about a year for the specific lights to be installed, but in the meantime, Kauai County will be fined for every bird that meets its maker during football games.&amp;nbsp;See...I told you it got worse.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is by far environmental/animal protection at it's worst, in the most ridiculous situation. It's hard to believe that one&amp;nbsp;small high school football stadium is causing that much havoc, and residents of&amp;nbsp;Kauai seem to agree. They&amp;nbsp;are outraged that one of their only sports has been moved to the weekend, and feel the children are paying an unfair price. Parents feel that because&amp;nbsp;their kids are&amp;nbsp;on an island&amp;nbsp;in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they don't have as many opportunities&amp;nbsp;to offer the kids in the way of athletics, so many of&amp;nbsp;them really&amp;nbsp;looked forward to Friday night football...something the parents and students alike feel is being taken away from them. Not only does the move to Saturday games, keep many working parents away from seeing their children play, it also forces the&amp;nbsp;team to play in sweltering heat, which forces players and coaches to take measures to prevent heatstroke.&amp;nbsp; The parents feel that the Department of Justice is putting the welfare of the birds, above the welfare of the children, which it would seem, they are right. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a means of protest, many of the parents, students and fans, are wearing t-shirts that read "Buck the Firds."&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-3362237941301419346?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/3362237941301419346/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/friday-night-football-canceled-because.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3362237941301419346'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3362237941301419346'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/friday-night-football-canceled-because.html' title='Friday Night Football Canceled, Because of Endangered Bird...'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-2933376892147804453</id><published>2010-10-22T09:53:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-22T16:16:20.994-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fair Housing Act'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alliance Defense Fund'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Discrimination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Civil Rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michigan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Joel Oster'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>Michigan Woman Seeking 'Christian Roommate' Cited for Discrimination</title><content type='html'>Thinks it's crazy? It is, but it's real, and taking place in Michigan. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A single, 31-year-old woman in Michigan who&amp;nbsp;placed a note on her church bulletin board seeking a "Christian roommate" to share her residence, has been cited by the state for discrimination. They say&amp;nbsp;by using the word "Christian", she is&amp;nbsp;violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against those of other faiths. The complaint made against her,&amp;nbsp;specifically alleges that&amp;nbsp;the woman's statement, "I am looking for a Christian roommate," prevents people of "other faiths" from contacting the woman and making arrangements to share her home with her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keep in mind...she placed this note on her church bulletin board.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The complaint was signed by a "Civil Rights Representative" of the state of Michigans Department of Civil Rights. The Alliance Defense Fund announced today it was representing the woman. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joel Oster, spokesman for the Alliance, confirmed that the&amp;nbsp;organization had&amp;nbsp;sent a letter to the state explaining that such housing rules don't apply to people living in their own homes and wanting to share their resources.&amp;nbsp;This seems to be a&amp;nbsp;concept that should be pretty cut and dry, but apparently there are more factors involved here...as in those who would like nothing better than to get Christianity in a headlock and pile drive it into the ground. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Said Oster, "This&amp;nbsp;is a single lady looking for a roommate. She is not a landlord. She does not own a management company. She does not run an apartment complex. She is a single person seeking to have a roommate live with her in her house. She is not prohibited by either federal law or state law from seeking a Christian roommate. Neither Title VII of the US Fair Housing Civil Rights Act of 1968 nor the Elliot Larsen Civil Rights Act No. 453 prevents a woman like [her] from seeking a Christian roommate." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ADF&amp;nbsp;apparently asked&amp;nbsp;for an immediate dismissal of the case, but was told that the case had been determined to be legitimate and the investigation was forthcoming. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a shame, that Christians, even in some parts of America, have to live in fear of being punished by the government for being Christians. It's not&amp;nbsp;right,&amp;nbsp;it's unconstitutional, and it's a travesty to even have to write about it.&amp;nbsp;It's absurd to penalize a single, Christian woman for privately seeking a Christian roommate at church -an activity that is perfectly legal. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The identity of the&amp;nbsp;person who filed the complaint, is being protected by the state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to America. Land of the (mostly) free, and home of the (sometimes) brave! May God have mercy on us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Per an article posted on the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/"&gt;Fox News&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;web site this afternoon, Nancy Haynes, Executive Director of the Fair Housing Center of West Michigan, issued a statement saying "It's a violation to make, print or publish a discriminatory statement and there are no exemptions to that." (&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/22/civil-rights-complaint-filed-christian-roommate-advertisement/"&gt;View article here&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Excuse me, Ms. Haynes, are you saying that free speech is not allowed in written form? It sure looks that way. Also for the record, there is nothing "discriminatory" about placing an ad for a Christian roommate up on a church bulletin board. Hec, there isn't even anything offensive about one Christian looking for another Christian to share a house with. It's her right as an American.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my opinion, the state of Michigan, needs to clean house and get rid of this sort of frivolous activity at the Michigan Fair Housing Center, and they, along with the person making the complaint to begin with, need the pants sued off them. This is literally one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard, and it makes me absolutely furious to know that this kind of thing is going on in my America. People like these accusers, need to be held accountable to the fullest extent possible. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY AMERICA?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-2933376892147804453?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/2933376892147804453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/michigan-woman-seeing-christian.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2933376892147804453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2933376892147804453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/michigan-woman-seeing-christian.html' title='Michigan Woman Seeking &apos;Christian Roommate&apos; Cited for Discrimination'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-7764670443190417323</id><published>2010-10-22T08:39:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-22T13:05:09.934-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illegal immagrants'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United Kingdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republican'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='George Washington'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michigan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='George Bush'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Declaration of Independance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stimulus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democrat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seattle'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Friday, October 22</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Illegal immigrants in Washington State are out this election season...canvassing for votes.&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Illegal immigrants in Seattle are&amp;nbsp;knocking on voters' doors this election season, and they are not&amp;nbsp;bashful about telling people they are in the country illegally. One of the canvassers, 42 year old Maria Gianni, knows it's&amp;nbsp;risky business&amp;nbsp;to advertise to strangers that she's here illegally, but&amp;nbsp;apparently she says it's a risk&amp;nbsp;worth taking in what she sees as a crucial election. &lt;br /&gt;Gianni is apparently one of dozens of illegals canvassing neighborhoods in the Seattle area trying to coax voters to cast their votes for democratic candidates, who are in tight races with their Republican counterparts. &lt;br /&gt;Once again...illegal immigrants, who aren't willing&amp;nbsp;abide by&amp;nbsp;the law would rather campaign for Democrats who would let them live for free, rather than doing it the right way, and becoming a citizen. Par for the course I guess. If we had a president with any balls, he'd have agents waiting to round up these freeloading roaches, but we all know he's in bed with the illegals probably as much as he's in bed with &lt;strike&gt;Oprah &lt;/strike&gt;Michelle. &lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Obama takes credit for jobs created by Bush...classy there Mr. President. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obama is mouthing around, touting fifty thousand wind farm jobs he says were created by his&amp;nbsp;stimulus funding in 2009. Problem is, he is&amp;nbsp;taking credit for jobs created during former President George W. Bush's term. They weren't a result of the stimulus, or any of his policies. Like I said...real classy Mr. President.&lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Obama omits 'creator' from&amp;nbsp;Declaration for 3rd time in less than 2 months. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once can be seen as a mistake, twice makes one wonder and three times is pattern. A pattern that is disturbing. In a speech at a campaign fundraiser in Michigan, Obama has once again,&amp;nbsp;misquoted the Declaration, by saying that&amp;nbsp; people&amp;nbsp;are "endowed with rights," conveniently censoring the "by their Creator" portion of the document. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again, proof that Obama refuses to acknowledge our rights as Americans come from anywhere other than government. &lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cafe owner ordered to remove extractor fan because smell of frying bacon 'offended Muslims' &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I normally don't include stories of international interest, unless they have a direct effect on America. However...I decided to throw this in to my &lt;em&gt;News and Notes &lt;/em&gt;section in order to show you how Islamic Sharia Law is alive and well, even in the most ridiculous situations. Here's the scoop:&lt;br /&gt;A cafe owner in Greater Manchester, UK was ordered to tear down an extractor fan because the smell of her frying bacon was offensive to neighboring Muslims. City officials acted against Beverley Akciecek, 49, after being told that the neighboring Muslims felt 'physically sick' due to the 'foul&amp;nbsp;odor', and they were offended by it.&lt;br /&gt;Akciecek has said she plans to appeal the decision.&lt;br /&gt;This is&amp;nbsp;Islamic extremism at the most ridiculous level...things like this aren't happening just in the U.K. though...they are happening all over&amp;nbsp;the world, in countries which Islam is trying to take a demanding foothold. Don't think it will happen in America? Think again...it's already happening. &lt;a href="http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/07/islamization-of-america.html"&gt;Check out this post&lt;/a&gt;....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-7764670443190417323?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7764670443190417323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-friday-october-22.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7764670443190417323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7764670443190417323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-friday-october-22.html' title='News and Notes for Friday, October 22'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-8634501962552838239</id><published>2010-10-21T16:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-21T16:00:20.621-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fox News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hughes High School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Students'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arlington High School'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chris Finney'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ohio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Election Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democrat'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Democratic Party'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cincinnati'/><title type='text'>Ohio Public Schools Bribe Students with Ice Cream, Instruct Them to Vote Democrat</title><content type='html'>A report out today from &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/"&gt;Fox News&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;reports a disturbing practice taking place in the Cincinnati, Ohio public school system. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On October 13th, during school hours, a group of high school students, all registered voters,&amp;nbsp;were bused to the Board of Elections, to cast their votes for the upcoming state, local and national&amp;nbsp;elections. Problem is, when they arrived, they were shown a 'sample ballot' that included only democrats, and were instructed to vote. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The school system of course admits no wrongdoing in the matter, however in what seems to be a contradiction, promises to never pull the shenanigans again. &lt;br /&gt;Members of&amp;nbsp;a group called "&lt;a href="http://gocoast.org/"&gt;Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending &amp;amp; Taxes&lt;/a&gt;" reported the&amp;nbsp;incident, and&amp;nbsp;filed a legal complaint after multiple vans of students from Hughes High School were bused to the Hamilton County Board of Elections. The complaint states that the students, all registered voters, were given sample ballots that listed only Democratic candidates -- "clearly with the intention of instructing [them] how to vote, before they cast their ballots."&amp;nbsp;Following the incident,&amp;nbsp;the students were taken for free ice cream, a move that the coalition states,&amp;nbsp;amounts to "bribery."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A spokesperson for the Coalition,&amp;nbsp;Chris&amp;nbsp;Finney,&amp;nbsp;stated that the practice needs to stop, and that&amp;nbsp;they suspected this activity is going on throughout the state of Ohio, and not just in Hamilton County. " &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite&amp;nbsp;school officials claims&amp;nbsp;denying any wrongdoing, the coalition said a lawsuit against the school system will&amp;nbsp;be brought.&amp;nbsp; It will&amp;nbsp;seeks to have the incident declared a violation of Ohio law and make it district policy and to have a permanent injunction issued never to allow students to be subjected to partisan political activities, especially&amp;nbsp;during school hours. "We're going to use this lawsuit to expose the depth of collusion between the Cincinnati Public Schools and the Democratic Party, who, in a one-sided way, seeks to indoctrinate the children for their electoral purposes," said Finney,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;who alleges that some school system employees are explicitly tasked to "turn out the vote" for Democratic candidates during election season. In some cases, it's even encouraged by the Teachers Unions. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is it me, or does it seem like it's always the Democrats who are involves in the voter scandles? From Acorn bribing homeless voters, to hundreds of fake votes by non-registered and deceased voters, to school systems indroctrinating and bribing students, it always seems to come back to the democrats. It's a shame that they feel they have to cheat to have a chance to win, but indoctrinating students is taking it way too far. If I were a parent of one of these students, you can bet the school system would be seeing more than just a lawsuit from the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-8634501962552838239?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/8634501962552838239/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/ohio-public-schools-bribe-students-with.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8634501962552838239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8634501962552838239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/ohio-public-schools-bribe-students-with.html' title='Ohio Public Schools Bribe Students with Ice Cream, Instruct Them to Vote Democrat'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-7137264549736973859</id><published>2010-10-21T11:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-21T11:09:39.153-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Black Panthers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harris County'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. Department of Justice'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eric Holder'/><title type='text'>U.S. Department of Justice Officially Racist Against Whites</title><content type='html'>You remember back in the 2008 election, when members of the New Black Panthers intimidated voters with nightsticks, clubs, and threats don't you? Of course, the uproar to follow centered mostly around the U.S. Department of Justice decision to drop the "voter intimidation" charges against the group, and basically just forget it ever happened. A blatant case of "reverse racism" if we've ever seen one. Now, the Department of Justice is actively pursuing a case against white poll workers, who are&amp;nbsp;"supposedly" committed voter intimidation at a polling place in Texas. Here's the scoop:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;President Obama's Justice Department is&amp;nbsp;now jumping head first&amp;nbsp;into&amp;nbsp;an investigation of allegations that members of the "white middle class" intimidated minority voters in Harris County, Texas, by "hovering." Yea..."hovering." Harris County, Texas Democratic chairman, told reporters that a number of complaints had been submitted about poll watchers "hovering" over voters and "getting in their face." I guess "hovering" poll workers are much worse than members of a racist organization, brandishing nightsticks and clubs outside of a polling place with&amp;nbsp;the intent to threaten and intimidate voters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With this move, Obama's Justice department is making it blatantly and painfully&amp;nbsp;obvious that they will pursue any kind of white intimidation against blacks, no matter how serious the incident, but blacks can virtually get away with whatever they want. Voters in the Harris County district accused the poll workers of being "trained" by the local Tea Party members to threaten them and "hover" over them, with the intent to try to get them to vote against Obama and his policies. You know, it's nice to know that the Department of Justice goes after tea partiers and white folks, all the while&amp;nbsp;leaving club-wielding Black Panthers alone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eric Holder, and the entire Department of Justice need relieved of their jobs immediately. Obama and his cronies are the reason why race relations&amp;nbsp;is beginning to be such a problem in America again, and if any of you ever needed any more proof of how Obama is screwing up this country, look no further than the double standard set forth by Eric Holder and the Obama U.S. Department of Justice.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-7137264549736973859?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7137264549736973859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/us-department-of-justice-officially.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7137264549736973859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7137264549736973859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/us-department-of-justice-officially.html' title='U.S. Department of Justice Officially Racist Against Whites'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-3814887857016138463</id><published>2010-10-21T10:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-21T10:10:59.686-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Declaration of Independance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hispanic Caucus Institute'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islamic Society of North America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Campbells Soup'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Thursday, October 21</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Obama omits 'Creator' from Declaration rights language again. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This time, he was giving a speech on October 18 to the&amp;nbsp;Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. While giving the speech, Obama referenced the documents&amp;nbsp;phrase that cites our unalienable&amp;nbsp;rights as being endowed by our creator...except in his version, he removed the whole "creator" part. &lt;br /&gt;This marks the second time in the past 2 months that Obama has quoted the Declaration, leaving out 'creator.' The first incident happend on September 15 while giving a speech to the Hispanic Caucus Institute. &lt;br /&gt;My feelings at the time of the first omission, was that it was removed on purpose, but people kept saying, "oh, maybe he just misquoted or forgot." Well, once could be a mistake, but twice is a pattern. Acknowledging that our rights come from a power higher than government or himself seems to be too much to this man who seems to think of himself as a God.&lt;br /&gt;_______________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Campbells Soup is sleeping with the enemy. &lt;/strong&gt;By that, I mean, sleeping with Islamic terrorists. Back on October 8, &lt;a href="http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/search?q=Campbells+Soup"&gt;I told you&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Campbells was catering to the Islamic crowd, but offering an "islamic" soup that was approved for and by Muslims. The Campbells products in question are approved&amp;nbsp;by the Muslim Society of North America, which is tied to many terrorist organizations.&amp;nbsp;Well, Campbells relationship with Muslim extremists apparently goes deeper than originally thought. &lt;br /&gt;Campbell's Soup has now&amp;nbsp;joined terror-tied ISNA to sponsor the Islamic Conference of Montreal, Canada's largest ever&amp;nbsp;Islamic Conference. Apparently this is a cause that Campbells deems important for them to&amp;nbsp;be tied to...which means that my relationship with Campbells is over...not just because of their ties to the ISNA, and their sponsorship of the conference, but also because Campbells employees have been forced to accept Islamic "training" sessions. A report released a few weeks ago stated that in order to ensure Campbells employees know about the new islamic&amp;nbsp;products, they will be required to attend a number of initiatives including a one-day 'information fair' featuring taste tests, guest speakers, and background presentations on … Islamic practices. Of course, many chalk this up to Islamic proselytizing. &lt;br /&gt;No more campbells in my cubbord...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-3814887857016138463?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/3814887857016138463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-thursday-october-21.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3814887857016138463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3814887857016138463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-thursday-october-21.html' title='News and Notes for Thursday, October 21'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-1590338566259795638</id><published>2010-10-19T15:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T15:22:13.158-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='R.C. Marsh'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islamaphobia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islamaphobic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World News Daily'/><title type='text'>It's Logical to Be 'Islamophobic'</title><content type='html'>From time to time, I run across some really good opinion pieces on the web, that I feel are worth sharing with my readers. This is one such article, written by a gentleman named R.C. Marsh, and it is posted at &lt;a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/"&gt;American Thinker.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;While I don't agree 100 percent with everything he has to say, I think he brings some very valid points to the topic of "islamaphobia." Check it out...&lt;br /&gt;------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;'It's Logical to Be 'Islamophobic'&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By R.C. Marsh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From a utilitarian perspective, it's simple. The average person faces greater danger from radicalized Muslims than from other dangers that we also fear, such as sharks or lightning. &lt;br /&gt;According to the ISAF, in 2009, there were 61 unprovoked shark attacks worldwide, resulting in five deaths and 56 injured.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lightning is more dangerous than sharks. According to NOAA, in 2009, 34 Americans died from lightning strikes. Worldwide, the estimate is about a thousand deaths and five thousand injuries annually. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But radical Islamic terrorism is even more dangerous. According to the U.S. State Department report on terrorist attacks in 2009, "about one half" of the 10,999 identified terrorist attacks worldwide were associated with Sunni Islamists. That's the high end of the scale. By contrast, another list showing only attacks involving Islamic radicals indicates that they were only responsible for about 1,900 world-wide attacks in 2009. Still, those resulted in more than nine thousand deaths and 18,500 injuries. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The average person is thirty times more likely to be attacked by a Muslim than a shark, and hundreds of times more likely to be killed by one. But it's not wrong to be "Sharkophobic," even though the risk is infinitely small. There are good reasons to fear sharks...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Continue reading by clicking &lt;a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/10/its_logical_to_be_islamophobic.html"&gt;HERE.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: xx-small;"&gt;(For those of you wondering why I posted a link to the remainder of the article instead of just finishing it, it was because in their reprint permission letter, World Net Daily asked that I only post a portion of the article, and link to the rest of it. Normally, I have permission to repost the entire article, but I have to follow by copyright laws, and if WND is going to be nice enough to give me permission to reprint, I'll be nice enough to grant their request.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-1590338566259795638?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/1590338566259795638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/its-logical-to-be-islamophobic.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1590338566259795638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1590338566259795638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/its-logical-to-be-islamophobic.html' title='It&apos;s Logical to Be &apos;Islamophobic&apos;'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-4791531276383889257</id><published>2010-10-19T13:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-19T13:24:43.598-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='National debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Federal Government'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. Treasury Department'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CNS News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Obama Sinking America Into Debt at a Record Breaking Pace</title><content type='html'>As if you needed more proof as to how Obama is destroying America, a report out today, states that the President has matched 214 years worth&amp;nbsp;of debt, in less than 24 months.&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Here is the report:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"It’s official: The Obama administration has now borrowed $3 trillion, according to the U.S. Treasury Department.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;It took from 1776, when the United States became an independent country, until 1990, the year after the Berlin Wall fell signaling victory in the Cold War, for the federal government to accumulate a total of $3 trillion in debt, according to the Treasury Department. It only took from Jan. 20, 2009, the day President Barack Obama was inaugurated, until Oct. 15, 2010, for the Obama administration to add $3 trillion to the federal debt.&lt;br /&gt;The overall debt of the federal government, according to the Treasury Department, is now $13.666 trillion." (Report from &lt;a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/it-s-official-obama-has-now-borrowed-3-t"&gt;CNS News&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hope you've prepared you're children and&amp;nbsp;grandchildren for the excess amounts of dough that will be their responsibility to pay back.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-4791531276383889257?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/4791531276383889257/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/obama-sinking-america-into-debt-at.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4791531276383889257'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4791531276383889257'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/obama-sinking-america-into-debt-at.html' title='Obama Sinking America Into Debt at a Record Breaking Pace'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-7080791869966961880</id><published>2010-10-18T09:18:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-18T10:45:09.029-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jamie Hyneman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mexican'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='medicine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulf of Mexico'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mythbusters'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adam Savage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Claritin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Department of Homeland Security'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Discovery Channel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drug Cartel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arizona'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obamacare'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Monday, October 18</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;Still excited about Obamacare? What'll you think about it when you have to have a prescription for Tylenol? &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may think it's a far out concept, but believe it or not, come January, it will be a reality. What? You haven't heard about this? Well, that's because the obamedia doesn't want you to know...&lt;br /&gt;The scoop is, that starting on January 1,&amp;nbsp;people who use their flexable spending accounts, or have any kind of health reimbursement program, will have to have a prescriptions for things like pain relievers (Tylenol), cold medicines (NyQuil) antacids (Pepcid) and allergy medications. (Claritin). &lt;br /&gt;The government wants control over everything, and is going to have a hand in what medicines you take, like it or not. I hope you are basking in the joy of you're wonderful savior Obama you liberal headcases. &lt;br /&gt;__________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mexican hit men are raiding Arizona. &lt;/strong&gt;According to a release by the Department of Homeland Security, a group of "well equipped and armed" assassins, complete with body armor have been sent&amp;nbsp;into Arizona, as part of the ongoing cartel drug wars, that have been spilling over into United States territory for months. The DHS has warned Arizona authorities and resident citizens alike to be careful, and be on the lookout, even posting signs in part of the state warning that by entering those areas, you are taking your own life into danger. &lt;br /&gt;The DHS release states that the assassins are being dispatched to the Vekol Valley, which is&amp;nbsp;a well-established and widely&amp;nbsp;used drug-smuggling corridor running north and south across Interstate 8 and running between the Arizona towns of Casa Grande and Gila Bend. The valley is a direct link to both the interstate and to Phoenix, giving drug smugglers the option of shipping their goods to California or to major cities both north and east.&lt;br /&gt;The Department of Homeland Security however, is doing nothing to stop this, or stem the activity, aside from merely warning folks to stay away. In other words, there is still an all out assault on our borders, and Obama and his gaggle of no good anti-America administration could care less. I've said it before, and I'll say it again...so much for his oath as POTUS to protect the United States.&lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Obama the media whore to make another TV appearance...this time, invading The Discovery Channel's popular &lt;em&gt;Mythbusters &lt;/em&gt;show. &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Personally, I'm pretty dissapointed, because that is one of my favorite TV shows. The fact that they would have Obama on for a "special episode" really irks me. As if the POTUS needed another vain TV appearance to boost his rockstar ego. I guess there are not too many important things going on in the country huh? I wonder how long it'll be before he guest stars on TV shows like "Glee" or Law and Order"? Hec, I'd even bet that he joins some kids program at some point...nothing like brainwashing our young.&lt;br /&gt;The episode is set to air on December 8. A press conference announcing the show will be held at the White House on Monday, and will include show hosts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-7080791869966961880?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7080791869966961880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-monday-october-18.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7080791869966961880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7080791869966961880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-monday-october-18.html' title='News and Notes for Monday, October 18'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-4778781181634373006</id><published>2010-10-15T13:40:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T13:46:44.188-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Polygamy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harvard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Assosiated Press'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jason Mattera'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chicago Sun-Times.'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Malik Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kenya'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bill Clinton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Election Day'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drudge Report'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MTV'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michelle Obama'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Friday, October 15 (Special Edition)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Today's "News and Notes" sections marks the 100th post on &lt;em&gt;Red, White and Blue&lt;/em&gt;!! Thanks to all who have made this a successful venture thus far! I appreciate not only your support, but also your kind words of thanks and encouragement. I've thrown it out before, and I'll tell you again...if any of you have any tips or suggestions on how we can continue to make this a successful web site, please let me know! Also, if any of you are interested in being a contributing writer to the blog, please let me know! I can always use the help! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Now...to mark this special edition&amp;nbsp;100th post, I've decided to do a "News and Notes" entry, and to kick things off...how about I throw some rocks at Michelle Obama?? Here we go...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;_____________________________________________________________&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #3d85c6;"&gt;*Michelle Obama breaks law by campaigning inside a polling place!&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;How nice. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently, Mrs. Obama stopped at a voting center in Chicago to cast an early vote for the upcoming November elections, and after voting, she began telling people&amp;nbsp;"how important it was to vote to keep her husband's agenda going."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to a reporter from the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.suntimes.com/index.html"&gt;Chicago Sun-Times&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;who was at the scene, the conversation took place INSIDE the voting center, not far from the booths. Illinois state law&amp;nbsp;(Sec. 17-29&amp;nbsp;a) states: "No judge of election, poll watcher, or any&amp;nbsp;other person shall, at any primary or election, do any electioneering or soliciting of votes or engage in any political discussion within any polling place [or] within 100 feet of any polling place."&lt;br /&gt;Apparently, an Illinois elections official told the &lt;a href="http://www.drudgereport.com/"&gt;Drudge Report&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; that Mrs. Obama (who is by the way&amp;nbsp;a Harvard-educated lawyer) may have been ignorant of the law and thus violated it unknowingly.&lt;br /&gt;My take is, if you've been involved in politics for any length of time at all, you know&amp;nbsp;very well what the rules are regarding campaigning at a polling place. The fact of the matter is, she broke the law. The sad part, is that she will not be held accountable for her actions...after all, apparently the name Obama means you are above the law. &lt;br /&gt;_____________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*Obama's popularity dropping even amongst college students. &lt;/strong&gt;This one surprised me, given the fact that most college students are being educated by raving mad liberal dimwits. It's true though...&lt;br /&gt;According to a poll conducted by the AP and MTV, Obama's approval ratings among college students is at 44%, which is a drop from the 60% approval ratings he enjoyed on campuses all across America two years ago. &lt;br /&gt;I for one can't pinpoint what is causing the drop in what was dubbed the "Obama Zombies" by conservative pundit &lt;a href="http://www.jasonmattera.com/"&gt;Jason Mattera&lt;/a&gt;. Could it be his failed economic policies, his failure to stem the unemployment problem or his overhaul of the best healthcare system in the world? You're guess is as good as mine, but with the November elections fast approaching, it's a sign of good news to come! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*Obama's half brother marries a teenager. &lt;/strong&gt;Yikes. Scary. Apparently, our Presidents half brother, who lives in Kenya (Hmmmm) has married a girl 30 years his younger. Malik Obama, who is 52 years old, wed a 19 year old girl, who quit school in order to marry him. Apparently, this is Malik Obama's 3rd wife, as he is a practicing polygamist and&amp;nbsp;polygamy is legal in Kenya if it falls under religious or cultural traditions. &lt;br /&gt;Apparently it is a tradition is the Obama family to have many wives. I'll bet Bill Clinton is jealous of that family tradition...&lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-4778781181634373006?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/4778781181634373006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-friday-october-15.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4778781181634373006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4778781181634373006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-friday-october-15.html' title='News and Notes for Friday, October 15 (Special Edition)'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-1119949988895747734</id><published>2010-10-15T12:04:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T12:05:32.115-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nancy Pelosi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United States Air Force'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Speaker of the House'/><title type='text'>Pelosi costs taxpayers and U.S. Air Force over $2 Million for unauthorized booze and travel</title><content type='html'>How is Nancy Pelosi spending spending your money? Just what kind of person is America's Speaker of the House? Check out this report...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi&amp;nbsp;along with&amp;nbsp;members of her family and staff took 85 tax-paid trips on military aircraft between the dates of&amp;nbsp;March 2, 2009, and June 7, 2010. This is per a report obtained by &lt;a href="http://www.judicialwatch.org/"&gt;JUDICIAL WATCH&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;per a&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Documents obtained&amp;nbsp;by the non-profit group&amp;nbsp;show that Pelosi's travel cost the&amp;nbsp;U.S.&amp;nbsp;Air Force $2,100,744.59 over a two-year period. Here is the kicker...$101,429.14 of the money was used&amp;nbsp;for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol,".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is an example- Purchases for one Pelosi led delegation traveling from Washington, DC, through Tel Aviv, Israel to Baghdad, Iraq in Mary of 2009 included: Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&amp;amp;J brandy, Bailey’s Irish Crème, Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewar’s scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey, Corona beer and numerous bottles of various wine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton is quoted as saying that “Pelosi’s abusive use of military aircraft, and taxpayer funds,&amp;nbsp;demonstrates a shocking lack of regard for the American taxpayer and the men and women who serve in the U.S. Air Force.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More on this report can be obtained by following &lt;a href="http://www.judicialwatch.org/news/2010/oct/judicial-watch-uncovers-new-documents-detailing-pelosis-use-air-force-aircraft"&gt;THIS LINK&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to the Judicial Watch article.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-1119949988895747734?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/1119949988895747734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/nancy-pelosi-costs-us-air-force-over-2.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1119949988895747734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1119949988895747734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/nancy-pelosi-costs-us-air-force-over-2.html' title='Pelosi costs taxpayers and U.S. Air Force over $2 Million for unauthorized booze and travel'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-4210014250733778401</id><published>2010-10-15T11:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T11:43:48.272-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Farmers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='USDA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='African Americans'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='United States Department of Agriculture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repartitions'/><title type='text'>Obama continues to hinder race relations with $1.25 B to Compensate Blacks</title><content type='html'>The great divider is at it again. Obama is now requesting that $1.25 billion dollars in repartition's be paid to black farmers, which will surely put another dividing notch in between the already damaged relationship between blacks and whites in America.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The President is requesting a $1.25 billion federal&amp;nbsp;fund for the purpose of settling&amp;nbsp;discrimination claims by 66,000 or so&amp;nbsp;African Americans who claimed they were&amp;nbsp;discriminated against by&amp;nbsp;the Department of Agriculture. The claims apparently range from 1981 to 1996.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The problem here is not just that the president is wanting to pay them repartition's, but during that 16 year period, according to the Census Bureau, the number of African American farm operators only numbered around 33,000, and by 1992 that&amp;nbsp;number had fallen to around 19,000. A staunch difference from the 66,000 claiming they were discriminated against farmers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want my personal opinion, if there were black farmers who were discriminated against, it was wrong. However, it's not right to take money from my back pocket to pay them for wrongs of the past. Further more, there seems to be bogus claims, numbering around 33,000 that the President is seeking repartition's for. Looks to me like there are 33,000 blacks riding some coat tails looking for free handouts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look, if Obama wants to attempt to right a wrong like this, fine, but don't do it by taking money out of the pockets of people who had nothing to do with it, and further more, don't cater to the freeloaders who are looking for a handout. Doing so would not only be wrong, but it would create an even bigger divide in the relationship between blacks and whites in America today.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-4210014250733778401?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/4210014250733778401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/obama-continues-to-hinder-race.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4210014250733778401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4210014250733778401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/obama-continues-to-hinder-race.html' title='Obama continues to hinder race relations with $1.25 B to Compensate Blacks'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-2636028506974651857</id><published>2010-10-13T12:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-13T12:05:33.171-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Racist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Race Card'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Racism'/><title type='text'>Obama pulling out the race card before November elections...</title><content type='html'>Barack Obama has caused more unrest between blacks and whites, than any one person in my 30 plus year history. He has been more detrimental to race relations in America, and has succeeded at dividing America and bringing a fueling a&amp;nbsp;feud of the likes that hasn't been seen since the Hatfields were feuding with the McCoys. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don't like Obama's politics? It's because you're racist. You don't like Obamacare? It's because your a raving racist. You prefer to put gravy on your potatoes, Obama doesn't. Yea...pretty much means you hate blacks. At least that is the stance this administration, the President and the media are conveying. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, Obama has pulled out the race card&amp;nbsp;once again. A card I'm sure that was gladly taken from the hand of his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Check this out...At a speech to a mostly black audience in Philadelphia on October 10,&amp;nbsp; Obama was quoted as saying that&amp;nbsp;Republicans were "counting on...black folks staying home..."&amp;nbsp;Wonder whats that supposed to mean?&amp;nbsp;What kind&amp;nbsp;message was the &lt;strike&gt;"Great Unifier"&lt;/strike&gt;&amp;nbsp; "Great Divider" attempting to send to black America? That Republicans and Tea Partiers are basically nothing more than white hooded Klan members, hoping and praying that blacks don't come out and support Obama's agenda because he's black? What does color have to do with this? It's just another example of Obama's attempts to divide a country...after all, a country preoccupied with fighting amongst itself over race, is less likely to notice the shenanigans going on in the White House. It's genius really...kind of a "bait and switch" move. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mr. Obama, please put the race card back in your pocket. We are onto you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can check out more on this story by clicking &lt;a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/10/obamas_unpresidential_despicab.html"&gt;HERE.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-2636028506974651857?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/2636028506974651857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/obama-pulling-out-race-card-before.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2636028506974651857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2636028506974651857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/obama-pulling-out-race-card-before.html' title='Obama pulling out the race card before November elections...'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-7190779610909880846</id><published>2010-10-13T11:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-13T11:41:54.165-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Charlton Heston'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ATF'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tobacco and Firearms'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gun Control'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='M1 Garand'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World News Daily'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rifle'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='M1 Carbine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Republic of Korea'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gun Rights'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bureau of Alcohol'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='State Department'/><title type='text'>Obama administration blocks sale of rifles in America</title><content type='html'>In a blatant move to control the sale and ownership of guns in America, the Obama administration has banned the sale certain rifles in America. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is being reported by &lt;a href="http://www.wnd.com/"&gt;World News Daily&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;that the Obama&amp;nbsp;run&amp;nbsp;Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms&amp;nbsp;has classified the gun that General Patton once praised for&amp;nbsp;it's use in World War II, the&amp;nbsp;M1 Garand as a "threat to public safety in the United States," and has therefore canceled plans put forth by Korea that would have returned thousands of surplus rifles to the states for sale to consumers. &lt;br /&gt;Apparently, the agency was alarmed that there would be no more control over the imported Garands than on any other firearm, regardless of the fact that it is a rifle, just like many that are sold here in the U.S. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The plan was originally approved in 2009 by the State Department. It started as a request by the Republic of Korea to transfer 87,310 M1 Garand rifles and 770,160 M1 Carbine rifles to United States private resellers for commercial resale in the United States. The ATF however contacted the State Department, arguing that the rifles pose a threat because more rifles on the market, could mean less demand, which could lead to lower prices which in turn would mean more people with the ability to afford and obtain firearms. Apparently it was also an issue with them because someone with the "right" knowledge could obtain the parts and pieces needed to turn the rifles into automatic weapons. (forget the fact that anyone can do that with rifles already available in the U.S.). The State Department apparently balked on their decision at that point.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The government, and more specifically, the Obama administration is literally concerned about the American public being able to obtain and use weapons, no matter what for, and they are now blatantly doing things to prevent firearm ownership in America. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More details on this story can be found by clicking &lt;a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;amp;pageId=214589"&gt;HERE.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"I'll give you my gun when you take it from my cold, dead hands!"&lt;/strong&gt; -Charlton Heston&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-7190779610909880846?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/7190779610909880846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/obama-administration-blocks-sale-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7190779610909880846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/7190779610909880846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/obama-administration-blocks-sale-of.html' title='Obama administration blocks sale of rifles in America'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-1121172213905121936</id><published>2010-10-08T12:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-08T12:59:34.327-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christian flag'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='North Carolina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim Society of North America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kentucky'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Campbells Soup'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ACLU'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Friday, October 8</title><content type='html'>Where have I been? It's been quiet huh? I'm still here...just been really busy, and trying to keep up with this all by myself is proving tougher than I thought! That said, if any of you out there are interested in becoming a contributing writer for Red, White and Blue, please let me know! In the meantime, I'll update as often as I can! On to news and notes...&lt;br /&gt;_______________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*Campbells soup now officially caters to Islam. &lt;/strong&gt;Yup. According to news stories that have broke in the past two days, Campbells, the soup giant, will be selling products approved for and by Muslims. The Campbells products will be approved&amp;nbsp;by the Muslim Society of North America, which is a group with ties to the Muslim Brotherhood- the&amp;nbsp;heavy handed&amp;nbsp;movement that has spawned terrorist organizations such as al-Qaida and Hamas.&lt;br /&gt;Whats worse, is that Campbells employees are being forced to accept Islamic "training" sessions. A report released yesterday stated that "To ensure that Campbells employees know about the new products, the company undertook a number of initiatives including a one-day 'information fair' featuring taste tests, guest speakers, and background presentations on … Islamic practices." Of course, many chalk this up to Islamic proselytizing. &lt;br /&gt;The Specific Campbells cans targeting the Muslims, will even have the logo of the North American Muslim Society, as well as Arabic writings. &lt;br /&gt;May are boycotting Campbells, and calling on all Americans to do the same. What will you do? Is this yet another example of the Islamization of America? It would seem so, as Campbells has no plans to "reach out" to any other religion.&lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*Christians are under attack this week in numerous theatres...&lt;/strong&gt;According to reports that broke out on &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/"&gt;FOX NEWS&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;yesterday and today, the ACLU is not only after a&amp;nbsp;Veterans War Memorial, but also Kentucky liscense plates. &lt;br /&gt;The ACLU and their threats to get involved have haldted the Kentucky Dept. of Transportation in issuing specialized liscense plates that have the phrase "In God We Trust" printed on the bottom. They argue that it goes against the supposed "establishment clause" of the 1st amendment. The group requesting the plates, isn't even a "Christian" group per say, but a group that's goal is to help restore America's original values. &lt;br /&gt;In North Carolina, the ACLU threatened to sue the Veteran Administration because one of the many flags they fly at their memorial is a Christian flag. Keep in mind that the memorial is run not by the government, but a private group. However the ACLU still says that since it's a public site, they will sue and take the group to court if they don't remove it. The towns city councel voted to remove it, however it's had quite the effect on the rest of the city. Almost everyone in town, now flys a Christian flag on their porch...a small loss and a huge win! &lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-1121172213905121936?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/1121172213905121936/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-friday-october-8.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1121172213905121936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/1121172213905121936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/10/news-and-notes-for-friday-october-8.html' title='News and Notes for Friday, October 8'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-4502311975942933819</id><published>2010-09-30T09:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-30T09:15:40.950-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Don&apos;t ask don&apos;t tell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Liberalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harvard'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vietnam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drew Faust'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scott Brown'/><title type='text'>Harvard shuns ROTC, welcomes illegal immigrants</title><content type='html'>Here is a glaring example of the rampant liberalism going on at some of our nations top Universities. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Harvards president will not allow the ROTC program to exsist on campus, however she welcomes illigal immigrants on campus with open arms. If thats not a case of screwed up priorities, I don't know what is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Harvard president Drew Faust was even criticized by Senator Scott Brown yesterday over the matter, to which he said was a case of upside down priorities. &lt;br /&gt;Faust responded to the controversy by saying she would allow the ROTC program on campus only when the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy was repealed. &lt;br /&gt;Problem for Faust is, that she has been a huge advocate of granting legal status to&amp;nbsp;illegal immigrants if they meet certain conditions...which&amp;nbsp;of course&amp;nbsp;include two years in college, where she is more than happy to welcome them at her institution for that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Harvards ROTC program was banned from campus back in 1969 due to protests regarding the Vietnam War. They have never been re-admitted back to campus...an issue Faust says is 100 percent tied to the "don't ask, don't tell" issue. She makes it clear that the students are still permitted to participate in the program, just not on campus. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And we wonder what is wrong with America.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-4502311975942933819?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/4502311975942933819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/harvard-shuns-rotc-welcomes-illegal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4502311975942933819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/4502311975942933819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/harvard-shuns-rotc-welcomes-illegal.html' title='Harvard shuns ROTC, welcomes illegal immigrants'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-2083307317472542573</id><published>2010-09-30T08:40:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-30T08:40:52.910-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jeremiah Wright'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Football'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom of Religion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Healthcare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holmes County'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='McDonalds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Louie Fromm'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obamacare'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Florida'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Thursday, September 30</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;*McDonalds employees across the country could lose their health care...thanks to Obama. &lt;/strong&gt;Apparently, news broke this morning that over 30,000 McDonalds Employees are in danger of losing their health care coverage due to Obama's new health care law. McDonalds notified federal regulators that it's plan isn't compatible with Obamacare, and that they were considering dropping the coverage for their employers. The plan in question is what is considered a "mini-med" plan...a plan the restaurant offers to it's low wage customers. You can read more &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/29/mcdonalds-warns-nix-hourly-employee-health-coverage-citing-new-federal-rule/"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;. Just another way Obama is making life easier for Americans, and American businesses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;___________________________________________________________________&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*I've stated before that I believe Obama is Muslim&lt;/strong&gt;. My claim, since then has been attacked by democrats and repubs alike, saying there is no "concrete" evidence. They point out that Obama is Christian, and back it up by pointing out his attendance in a Christian church for 20 plus years. Here are some points to ponder: A) It's been widely reported that Obama hasn't set foot inside a church except for maybe once since he was elected. B) You can hardly call Obama a Christian for attending Jeremiah Wrights church...the church was less about God, and more about spreading anti-American, anti-white, anti-jew hate. C) People try to argue with me that he can't be Muslim because he doesn't follow all the Muslim traditions. Well, to that I reply, when is the last time you saw him following Christian traditions? You want to argue he is a Christian, saying he doesn't follow all the Muslim beliefs, but he follows not the Christian beliefs either. Hmmm...&lt;br /&gt;Seems to be like you could make a better case for Obama as an atheist than you could a Christian. &lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Man says prayer at Pee Wee Football game violates his first amendment right.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;A Florida dad wants his hometown to&amp;nbsp;force the&amp;nbsp;local Pee Wee football league&amp;nbsp;to stop&amp;nbsp;having kids&amp;nbsp;lead voluntary pregame prayers. &lt;br /&gt;Louie Fromm, who is also an assistant coach for the Holmes County Florida&amp;nbsp;Pee Wee Football, made a formal request this past Monday to the City Council, asking them to&amp;nbsp;end the league's traditional pregame prayer,&amp;nbsp;saying that his and his son's First Amendment rights are being violated.&lt;br /&gt;City officials have stated that the league is a private organization, and the government has no right to tell them what they can and can't do in regards to the pre-game prayer. Fromm however says that since they play on a field that is city property, they must adhere to "separation of church and state," and demand that the prayer be stopped. &lt;br /&gt;Currently, the city council is reviewing the request, and a decision hasn't been made, but the prayer is continuing in the meantime. &lt;br /&gt;Am I imagining things, or does the first amendment not guarantee that the government can't prohibit the free exercise of religion, which this is clearly a case of? If you have a problem with the prayer, don't participate. It's voluntary. Get over it and get that chip of your shoulder. People like this are what is detrimental to our country.&lt;br /&gt;For what it's worth, the league's president gas said that&amp;nbsp;a petition with nearly 500 signatures has been circulating in support of continuing the prayer. Good for them.&lt;br /&gt;__________________________________________________________________&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-2083307317472542573?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/2083307317472542573/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/news-and-notes-for-thursday-september.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2083307317472542573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2083307317472542573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/news-and-notes-for-thursday-september.html' title='News and Notes for Thursday, September 30'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-2589242743467146383</id><published>2010-09-28T15:34:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-28T15:40:47.233-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='William Randolph Hurst'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fox News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rupert Murdoch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rolling Stone'/><title type='text'>Obama: Fox News is 'Destructive' to America</title><content type='html'>A desperate Obama is reviving a dead horse. If you remember his attacks last year on &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/"&gt;Fox News,&lt;/a&gt; then you won't be surprised that he's doing it again...this time, in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine. Rolling Stone Magazine? Really? Gee, I sure am glad the country is in such good shape, that the POTUS has had time to not only appear on David Letterman, and the View, but now give interviews to Rolling Stone magazine. Either way...I digress...back to the topic...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently in a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Obama strongly states that&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/"&gt;Fox News&lt;/a&gt; is destructive to America's long term growth. Huh? Thats right...pot, this is kettle...are you there? Obama compares the news outlet to 20th century newspapers that made no attempt to hide their political views.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"You had folks like William Randolph&amp;nbsp;Hearst who used their newspapers very intentionally to promote their viewpoints. I think Fox is part of that tradition – it is part of the tradition that has a very clear, undeniable point of view." Obama said. "&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/"&gt;Fox News&lt;/a&gt; pushes a point of view that I disagree with. It's a point of view that I think is ultimately destructive for the long-term growth of a country that has a vibrant middle class and is competitive in the world." Obama went on to basically say that Fox News has he success it does, more for their entertainment value than anything else. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fox has issued to response to the President, however after last years attacks, a &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/"&gt;Fox News&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;spokesman responded by saying it was a travesty to declare war on a news organization instead of focusing on the critical issues that Americans are concerned about and that the nation is facing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On a side note, I find it ironic that Obama says this to Rolling Stone Magazine, who is known for it's rampant displays of nudity, open gay and lesbianism, and other questionable content on it's cover alone. Mr. President, I think many Americans would agree that Rolling Stone, who and what it idolizes&amp;nbsp;and it's influence is more destructive to our society than a news organazation that actually reports the news as it is, without Obama tinted glasses. Nice to know that you are trashy enough to lend yourself to Rolling Stone, but not enough of an American to respect our Freedom of Speech. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course &lt;a href="http://www.cnn.com/"&gt;CNN&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is covering this story...you knew they would...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-2589242743467146383?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/2589242743467146383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/obama-fox-news-is-destructive-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2589242743467146383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2589242743467146383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/obama-fox-news-is-destructive-to.html' title='Obama: Fox News is &apos;Destructive&apos; to America'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-6615435018719339651</id><published>2010-09-27T10:49:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-28T15:35:56.092-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Silver Scorpion'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Superhero'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><title type='text'>Superhero Jihad?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/World/MuslimSuperhero_397x224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="The Silver Scorpion is the brainchild of a group of disabled young Americans and Syrians who were brought together last month in Damascus by the Open Hands Intiative." border="0" src="http://www.foxnews.com/static/managed/img/World/MuslimSuperhero_397x224.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"&gt;Despite the fact that superheros stand for the complete opposite of Muslims, we're getting a Muslim superhero anyway.&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Really an oxymoron if you ask me, but thats the news that breaks today. Apparently, the "Silver Scorpion" will be a Muslim boy in a wheelchair with superpowers. The new comic book "hero" will be launched in early Novermber and the books will be printed in english and in arabic. The creator of the character, Sharad Devarajan, co-founder and CEO of Liquid Comics, claims he was inspired by...wait for it...Barack Obama and his efforts to reach out to the muslim world. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Personally, I can't think of any Muslim belief that would go along with what a Superhero stands for...I mean, generally, aren't muslims the ones terrorizing the planet with destruction while superhero's are saving the world from terror and destruction?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-6615435018719339651?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/6615435018719339651/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/superhero-jihad.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6615435018719339651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/6615435018719339651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/superhero-jihad.html' title='Superhero Jihad?'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-9032377236534805540</id><published>2010-09-23T21:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-23T21:46:38.110-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michigan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ken Huber'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tawas City'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Iosco County News Herald'/><title type='text'>What has America Become?</title><content type='html'>In browsing the web, I came across a letter written by Ken Huber of Tawas City, Michigan. It was written as a "letter to the editor" and was originally printed in the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.iosconews.com/" linkindex="126"&gt;Iosco County News Herald&lt;/a&gt; on June 9, 2010, published in the Opinion column. I found this article to be way too good to keep to myself, and it's a real wake up call to what is going on in America. I hope it resounds as loud to you, as it did to me.&lt;br /&gt;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What has America become?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Editor,&lt;br /&gt;Has America become the land of special interest and home of the&amp;nbsp;double standard?&lt;br /&gt;Lets see: if we lie to the Congress, it's a felony and if the Congress lies to us its just politics; if we dislike a black person, we are racist, and if a black person dislikes whites, its their 1st Amendment Right; the government spends millions to rehabilitate criminals and they do almost nothing for the victims; in public schools you can teach that homosexuality is ok, but you better not use the word God in the process; you can kill an unborn child, but it is wrong to execute a mass murderer; we don't burn books in America, we now rewrite them; we got rid of communist and socialist threats by renaming them progressive; we are unable to close our border with Mexico, but have no problem protecting the 38th parallel in Korea; if you protest against President Obama's policies, you're a terrorist, but if you burned an American Flag or George Bush in effigy it was your 1st Amendment right.&lt;br /&gt;You can have pornography on TV or the internet, but you better not put a nativity scene in a public park during Christmas; we have eliminated all criminals in America, they are now called sick people; we can use a human fetus for medical research, but it is wrong to use an animal.&lt;br /&gt;We take money from those who work hard for it and give it to those who don't want to work&lt;a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-20681-San-Diego-Christianity--Culture-Examiner%7Ey2009m9d10-Why-should-the-government-make-us-help-the-poor" linkindex="127"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;; we all support the Constitution, but only when it supports our political ideology; we still have freedom of speech&lt;a href="http://www.examiner.com/search.html?cx=partner-pub-7479725245717969%3A9ze01gmnpyp&amp;amp;cof=FORID%3A9&amp;amp;ie=ISO-8859-1&amp;amp;q=don%27t+let+freedom+slip+away%2C+girard&amp;amp;sa=Search&amp;amp;siteurl=www.examiner.com%2Ffort_worth#835" linkindex="128"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, but only if we are being politically correct; parenting has been replaced with Ritalin and video games; the land of opportunity is now the land of hand outs; the similarity between Hurricane Katrina and the gulf oil spill is that neither president did anything to help.&lt;br /&gt;And how do we handle a major crisis today? The government appoints a committee to determine who's at fault, then threatens them, passes a law, raises our taxes; tells us the problem is solved so they can get back to their reelection campaign.&lt;br /&gt;What has happened to the land of the free and the home of the brave? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-20681-San-Diego-Christianity--Culture-Examiner%7Ey2009m11d27-If-You-Read-Just-One-Book-This-Year--by-An-American-Man-makes-a-great-gift" linkindex="129"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- Ken Huber&lt;br /&gt;Tawas City&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-9032377236534805540?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/9032377236534805540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-has-america-become.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/9032377236534805540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/9032377236534805540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-has-america-become.html' title='What has America Become?'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-9100721432530534665</id><published>2010-09-20T08:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-20T08:20:20.057-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='U.S. Constitution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hispanic Caucus Institute'/><title type='text'>Obama removes "our creator" from Constitution</title><content type='html'>Yea, I took a double take too when I heard about this. Here is the long and short of it, with a video of the incident after the article...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The actual Constitution, is still in tact, however, while giving a speech on September 15 to the Hispanic Caucus Institute for their anniversary celebration, President Obama quoted the part of the Constitution that says:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Except in the version Obama quoted, he left out one little part...the part that says "by their creator".&amp;nbsp; Judging by his scowl, it was almost like he paused to think about it when he reached the "creator" part, and then decided it better to leave that out...why? Only he knows, but personally, I find it very insulting...not to mention the disgusted look on his face when he reaches that part. &lt;br /&gt;President Obama, if our rights are not endowed by the creator, then who are they endowed by? The government? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;VIDEO BELOW&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="640"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yR61uTGTFoM&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xd0d0d0&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yR61uTGTFoM&amp;amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;amp;color2=0xd0d0d0&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-9100721432530534665?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/9100721432530534665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/obama-removes-our-creator-from.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/9100721432530534665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/9100721432530534665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/obama-removes-our-creator-from.html' title='Obama removes &quot;our creator&quot; from Constitution'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-5928046375132819952</id><published>2010-09-16T16:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-16T16:12:49.814-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Massachusetts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Former Muslims United'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ground Zero Mega Mosque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Allah'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wellesley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Abdulrahman Alamoudi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Boston'/><title type='text'>Muslim Indoctrination in Massachusetts Public Schools</title><content type='html'>&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Article Continues after Video:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="640"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z7-I9Qp3d4Y?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z7-I9Qp3d4Y?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In&amp;nbsp;late May, while most kids were getting settled back into the school routine, and taking fun field trips to places like the zoo, or the local science museum, the kids from&amp;nbsp;the Wellesley, Massachusetts public middle school, were taking their 6th graders on&amp;nbsp;a field trip to a mosque. That's right. The school decided to take&amp;nbsp;a field trip to the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center - an extremely&amp;nbsp;controversial Saudi-funded mega-mosque&amp;nbsp;which is&amp;nbsp;run&amp;nbsp;by the Muslim American Society of Boston. (This is actually one of the mosques that the WTC&amp;nbsp;mega mosque is modeled&amp;nbsp;after)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Upon arrival at the&amp;nbsp;mosque, the students were given Islamist propaganda, which presented a false account of Islamic&amp;nbsp;history by&amp;nbsp;downplaying the&amp;nbsp;oppression of women in Islamic society and&amp;nbsp;pretty much doing away with&amp;nbsp;the role of Jihad in Islamic territorial conquests.&amp;nbsp;A spokesperson for the mosque&amp;nbsp;taught the students not only that Muslim women have had the right to vote since the 7th century (wrong), but also that the only meaning of Jihad in Islam is a personal spiritual struggle, and that Jihad has historically had no relationship with holy war. As far as we know, the school has not corrected these false lessons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The students were then&amp;nbsp;divided into two groups&amp;nbsp;(by gender of course), and the boys were asked to join the Muslim&amp;nbsp;men in their&amp;nbsp;mid-day&amp;nbsp;prayer.&amp;nbsp;Many of the boys took part, and bowed themselves down along with the Muslims, with their heads touching the floor in tradition Muslim prayer ritual. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parents were not told.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am outraged by this, and you should be too. Not only is it your taxpayer dollars that are being used to brainwash our children to Islam, but imagine how this would have been accepted, had the school taken this group to worship at a Baptist church with a congregation of Christians. All forms of hell&amp;nbsp;would have&amp;nbsp;been raised,&amp;nbsp;heads would have rolled, and the ACLU would have been on red-alert!&amp;nbsp;It's bad enough that the Islam they teach in history books these days is&amp;nbsp;whitewashed to a point&amp;nbsp;that it doesn't even&amp;nbsp;begin to mirror the actual reality of Islam...now we have to worry because our own school systems are funding and accommodating field trips to indoctrinate these kids with one of the most violent religions on the planet. Hec, the Boston Mosque is funded by the Islamic Society of Boston, which was founded by Abdulrahman Alamoudi, who is currently in prison&amp;nbsp;serving 23 years&amp;nbsp;on terror charges. These are the people who are indoctrinating your children. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't think it'll happen in your school district? Open your eyes...it already is. Have you looked at your children's history books lately to see what they have to say about Islam? Trips like this, and watered down Islamic history lessons are happening from coast to coast every day as part of the Islamization of America. This has to stop. We are losing our country, and every minute we spend thinking it's not that big of&amp;nbsp;a deal, is one more minute closer we are to completely losing this country to Islam, and Sharia law. Wake up America. Wake up!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-5928046375132819952?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/5928046375132819952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/muslim-indoctrination-in-massachusetts.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5928046375132819952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5928046375132819952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/muslim-indoctrination-in-massachusetts.html' title='Muslim Indoctrination in Massachusetts Public Schools'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-856590665231593865</id><published>2010-09-10T08:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-10T08:38:25.663-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ronald Reagan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='National debt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='George Washington'/><title type='text'>Obama has added more to National debt than all presidents from Washington through Reagan combined.</title><content type='html'>I was going to post this in news and notes, however the more I thought about it, I felt that this headline deserved it's own space. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Long story short, in the first 19 months of Obamas presidency,&amp;nbsp;the federal debt held by the public, has&amp;nbsp;increased by $2.5260 trillion, yes I said trillion,&amp;nbsp;which&amp;nbsp;turns out to be&amp;nbsp;more than the cumulative total of the national debt that was amassed by all United States presidents from George Washington all the way through Ronald Reagan.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-856590665231593865?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/856590665231593865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/obama-has-added-more-to-national-debt.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/856590665231593865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/856590665231593865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/obama-has-added-more-to-national-debt.html' title='Obama has added more to National debt than all presidents from Washington through Reagan combined.'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-3098568177161400981</id><published>2010-09-10T08:29:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-10T08:33:42.743-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Terry Jones'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ground Zero Mega Mosque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Imam Rauf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Donald Trump'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quaran'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Friday, September 10</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;*Florida pastor cancels Quaran burning, then says he may burn them after all...&lt;/strong&gt;He is, he isn't, he is, he might...it's turning into a saga down in Florida regarding the burning of the Muslim Holy Book. Pastor Terry Jones announced yesterday that after meeting with a local Muslim leader, he had changed his mind and decided to cancel the burning of the Quaran. He said it was because the Imam (Rauf) of the Ground Zero Mosque had agreed to move the location of the much debated Mosque at Ground Zero. This however turned out not to be the case, with the Muslim leaders denying the claim. Therefore...Jones is now saying that since they lied to him (it's unforseen who lied to who here) his "suspension" of the Quaran burning may be lifted, and he may burn them after all. Whew...when this guy decides for sure, someone let me know.&amp;nbsp;I wonder if this&amp;nbsp;guy is&amp;nbsp;just buckling under all the pressure from national leaders to cancel the event, or was he really told the GZM would be moved? Either way, I also have it from a source that Rauf actually said he would move the Ground Zero mosque but the developer&amp;nbsp;of the property&amp;nbsp;said he wouldn't. At this point, who knows, but I guess we will find out as the Jones is supposed to say for sure today, if the burning will move forward.&lt;br /&gt;___________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*Donald Trump is apparently offering to buy out the developer of the Ground Zero Mosque.&lt;/strong&gt; Odd headline, but word is that real estate mogule Donald Trump is offering to buy out one of the&amp;nbsp;top investors in the partnership that controls the proposed mosque&amp;nbsp;site at ground zero. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Letter was released yesterday by Trumps' publicity team advising that&amp;nbsp;Trump had told Hisham Elzanaty, a major investor, that he would buy his stake in the building and that he would be willing to pay him 25% more than what he paid for it. Trump was quoted as saying that he was doing it because it would end "a very serious, inflammatory, and highly divisive situation."&lt;br /&gt;No word yet on if the offer will be accepted, but if it is, this could be a huge win for those opposed to the Mosque. &lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*September 11 will be a worldwide "burn the stars and stripes day". &lt;/strong&gt;A Muslim leader in the United Kingdom is now calling on all Muslims, in America and abroad to burn the American flag in retalliation to Terry Jones Quaran burning in Florida. Akin to what I was saying in yesterdays blog, there seems to be no backlash over this flag burning. In fact...I'd be willing to bet that you won't even read about it on any major news outlet. It's part of the gross double standard in America, where we will demand that a Florida pastor&amp;nbsp;give up his Constitutional right to burn the Quaran, but we will not even bat an eye when it's the Muslims doing virtually the same thing on their end, burning flags and Bibles. &lt;br /&gt;And by the way, don't think this is just a retalliation to the Quaran burning event. No, notice they are not burning the Christian Bible, (although some have been burned), they are burning the American flag. That in and of itself is a sign that they hate Americans as a whole...not just Christians. If you believe otherwise, you are sorely misled. If it was just about Christianity and this Quaran burning, they would be retalliating in like fashon, burning the Bible, but they are instead burning the symbol of America and her freedoms, the flag. This goes way deeper than a guy burning a bunch of Islamic holy books...it goes back to Islams deep hatred for America and all she represents. &lt;br /&gt;__________________________________________________________________&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-3098568177161400981?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/3098568177161400981/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/news-and-notes-for-friday-september-10.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3098568177161400981'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3098568177161400981'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/news-and-notes-for-friday-september-10.html' title='News and Notes for Friday, September 10'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-5225922024560569714</id><published>2010-09-09T15:01:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T15:21:24.153-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='David Petraus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ground Zero Mega Mosque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rick Warren'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='FBI'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quaran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hillary Clinton'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christianity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sharia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Florida'/><title type='text'>Gross double standard</title><content type='html'>Muslims to Americans: "We'll burn your Bible and your Flag, but don't burn ours or we'll kill you." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just want to draw your attention to something. I'm sure by now, you've heard of the pastor of a small Florida church who plans a "burn the Quaran" day this coming Saturday, on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks on America. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Numerous public officials have spoken up asking this pastor not to go through with his planned actions, as they fear it might incite violence in America and abroad. Those who have added their names to the list of "no" pleads, include Rick Warren, Hillary Clinton, David Petraus, the FBI, and even the President himself. In fact, in news that just broke minutes ago, the White House is actually mulling over the idea of calling the man personally to try and&amp;nbsp;persuade him&amp;nbsp;not to move forward.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The POTUS has actually said that by burning the Islamic holy book, the pastor is going against everything America stands for in regards to religious tolerance, which to me is a double standard, because people are not willing to tolerate this pastors burning of the Quaran. Doesn't he&amp;nbsp;have a freedom in America to do as he pleases and sees fit? &amp;nbsp;It's like saying "tolerate Islam, but no one else." They want us to tolerate Islam, and continue to allow for their religious freedoms, even though their religious beliefs command them to destroy anyone and everyone who does not accept Allah as their god. In many instances, including the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, it was Muslims who attacked and killed many Americans because of their religious beliefs. We are supposed to tolerate that, but they don't want us to tolerate a pastor at a small church in Florida who is burning the Muslim holy book. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, in response to this pastors plans to burn the Quran, we have Muslims in America and worldwide burning the American Flag, and burning Christian Bibles in protest...nobody seems to be asking them not to burn the Bibles or Flags in the name of tolerance. Why is that? They&amp;nbsp;are&amp;nbsp;given&amp;nbsp;tolerance and the freedom to burn America's flag, and the Christian Bible, but they don't want to allow that very same freedom and tolerance&amp;nbsp;to anyone else. It's SHARIA LAW.&amp;nbsp; Hoards of people are up in arms that this pastor is burning the Quaran, however nobody seems to even&amp;nbsp;bat an eye&amp;nbsp;that these very same Muslims we are to "tolerate" are doing the same thing to the Christian Holy Bible...and the American flag-and they are doing it in response to a Quran burning event that hasn't even happened yet. It's the pot calling the kettle black. "Hey, don't burn our holy book (but don't look while we burn yours)" It's a double standard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Obama, along with others want this guy to cease his plans for the burning, but they have no plans to do likewise with Islam when they do the same thing. Why doesn't Obama go to these Muslims and ask them not to burn the Christian Bible, and the American Flag, in the name of religious tolerance? I'll tell you why...it's because they won't listen. We can ask them to tolerate us all we want, but you know what? They never will. They never will until we are all converted to Islam. They want America to tolerate Muslims and Islam, but why in the world should we tolerate them, when they kill us? Why should we tolerate them, when they have no plans to ever tolerate us? ITS A GROSS DOUBLE STANDARD, and for that fact alone, I hope this pastor burns every Quaran he gets his hands on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember&amp;nbsp;that church that protested at the burials of slain war heros? Funny how nobody tried this hard to persuade them not do do it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-5225922024560569714?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/5225922024560569714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/gross-double-standard.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5225922024560569714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5225922024560569714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/gross-double-standard.html' title='Gross double standard'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-8786976291270012689</id><published>2010-09-09T12:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T12:50:43.663-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Boise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Michigan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Green Police'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cleveland'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Idaho'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flint'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ohio'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Charlotte'/><title type='text'>BEWARE THE GREEN POLICE</title><content type='html'>Interesting news story this afternoon on the &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/"&gt;Fox News&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;website regarding what is being touted as real-life "Green Police".&amp;nbsp; Imagine this...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You get home from a long day of work, only to find that there is a notice taped to your front door. Curious, you open it, to take a look and realize it's a notice that you are being fined $100 for not participating in your towns recycling program. Even more to your dismay, you find out that you can avoid the charge, but in order to do so, you'd be required to participtate in an educational program, meant to instill respect for the environment. You stand shocked at what you are reading, and furthermore, you are furious. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Think it can't happen? Think again. It is happening. Where? That might surprise you too. Cities all over the country&amp;nbsp;are now starting to monitor how you divide up your paper plates from your paper cups and your tin cans from your hotdog wrappers. If they don't like what they see, they can fine you, up to $100. I'm talking cities like Charlotte, North Carolina., Cleveland, Ohio, Boise, Idaho, Flint, Michigan and many other cities across the country. They have been dubbed the "Green Police" and if they don't like the way you throw out your trash, they can walk up your driveway, and give you a ticket. Infuriated yet? You oughtta be. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cities all across the country are impimenting these "teams" and of course it's alarming to more than a few people...after all, should local governments even&amp;nbsp;have the right to monitor how&amp;nbsp;and if you recycle?&amp;nbsp;Is that really the role of government? Do they really have nothing better to do? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whats even more interesting is how they are tracking your trash...in some cities like Dayton, Ohio, microchips are being placed in recycle bins to transmit information to garbage trucks who keep track of whether residents are recycling or not. It's measures like this that have infuriated not only residents of the towns, but also some lawmakers. Arizona Senator, and former Republican Presidential candidate John McCain was furious when he found out that a city in Arizona received half a million dollars of stumulus money to pay for it. Whats worse, is it's not only Arizona that received government money to fund this. There are currently several cities around the country in which the chips are already in use, and all were funded by government stimulus programs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If there is a bright side to any of this, at least some of the involved cities are making their programs voluntary, however many cities aren't. Cleveland, Ohio for instance can charge you $100 for not recycling. The city of Cleveland actually runs reports on citizens who fail to recycle. Those reports are then handed out the "green police" who are given the go ahead to head out to the citizens residences and hand out fines. How nice. For the record, if one of these greenies showed up at my place trying to fine me for not recycling, he'd get a nice recycled punch to the face.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So now here we are...in the age of extreme government intrusion, with Obama at the helm of the government ship, watching the "powers that be" dig through our trash. Boy, when they talk about the government wanting to control every aspect of socioty, they really mean every aspect. Trash included. I'll give this one a big HELL NO. What do you think?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-8786976291270012689?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/8786976291270012689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/beware-green-police.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8786976291270012689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/8786976291270012689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/beware-green-police.html' title='BEWARE THE GREEN POLICE'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-2748627571206123699</id><published>2010-09-09T09:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T09:20:04.742-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='David Petraus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Carson-Gore Academy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Imam Rauf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Muslim'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Al Gore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Environmentalists'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='LA Times'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Allah'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ground Zero Mega Mosque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hartford'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='CNN'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quaran'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Larry King Live'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Connecticut'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Thursday, September 9</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;*Connecticut City Councel to open meetings with Muslim Prayer. &lt;/strong&gt;The islamazation of America is IN YOUR FACE. Check this out...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we near the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Hartford City&amp;nbsp;Councel in Connecticut announced Tuesday that it will invite local imams to preform Islamic invocations at the start of all councel meetings during the month of September. Not that there are any Muslim members of the councel...they are just calling it an "act of solidarity with our Muslim brothers and sisters." &lt;br /&gt;Folks, if you every wanted more solid proof of the Islamazation of America, look no further than Hartford. &lt;br /&gt;Muslims everywhere are surely&amp;nbsp;rejoicing, as they strap on their explosives and prepare to bring mass death and confusion to anyone who dares oppose them, all in the name of Allah. &lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*Ground Zero Mosque Imam Rauf makes threats against America. &lt;/strong&gt;Yea...thats right. Surprised? You should be. Fresh off his Middle East tour funded by YOU, the taxpayer, Rauf stated in an op-ed piece for the NY Times, and reiterated it in an interview on CNNs Larry King Live, that America needed to go forward with this mosque, and warned that if we backed off, that it would become a "national security" issue. Rauf warned that it would cause an "explosion" in the Muslim world, and that it would become very dangerous. He also stated that even an act such as moving the Mosque to a different location would bring upon America more Islamic attacks, pounding home the fact that it's more about the "victory" location than it is about the mosque. &lt;br /&gt;How much proof do you need America...the Imam of this mosque is threatning America if they don't comply. Since when did we start backing down? Oh yea...when we got a Muslim for a POTUS. &lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*Obama weighs in on the Quaran burning. &lt;/strong&gt;Of course, you knew he would...he has to have his nose in everything. Regarding the small Florida churches decision to hold a "Burn the Quaran" day on September 11, Obama pleaded to the minister in charge to&amp;nbsp;"listen to those better angels" and cancel the burning event. Of course, this is also on the heels of a request by Gen. David Petraus asking the same thing, making the statement that this event could put soldiers in jeapardy. Obama talked about "religious tolerance" saying that the burning of the Quaran went against what America stands for. Here is the thing...wouldn't "religious tolerance" also mean this church could do whatever they wanted? Or is it that we need to tolerate Islam, but opress other religons? Hmmm...&lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*On the lighter side...A school built on top of a toxic waste dump is being named after...Al Gore? &lt;/strong&gt;Yea...I thought that was pretty funny too. So, is it a slap in the face, or just an uncanny coincidence? &lt;br /&gt;A report out today in the LA Times, tells us that construction crews worked up through Labor Day to try and get the Carson-Gore Academy of Environmental Sciences cleaned up and ready for it's September 13 opening date...&lt;br /&gt;The facility was named after Gore, due to the attention he has brought to environmental causes...however apparently Gore was never notified the school would be named after him...which makes it even funnier. Gee...I wonder why they didn't tell Al? Could it be because the soil under the school used to be home to more than a dozen storage tanks of toxic waste? Even though the school says the hazards of the former waste site pose no risks, it still remains as probably the oddest story of the week...don't you think?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-2748627571206123699?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/2748627571206123699/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/news-and-notes-for-thursday-september-9.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2748627571206123699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/2748627571206123699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/news-and-notes-for-thursday-september-9.html' title='News and Notes for Thursday, September 9'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-5465302346736702121</id><published>2010-09-02T16:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-02T16:16:08.760-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Media Matters for America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Think Progress'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Left Media'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Racism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='NAACP'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tea Party'/><title type='text'>NAACP Forcing Racism</title><content type='html'>Further proving the point that they are no longer relevant, the NAACP is digging itself deeper and deeper into a hole of dishonesty, and mudslinging. These guys want racism to thrive. Anywhere racism can not be found, trust me, they will create it. If it's not there, they will do things as an organization that will incite people to despise them, not specifically for their race, but for what they are doing, and for how they are attempting to damage others. There is no respect to be had for anything that has the NAACP name on it. They are a disgrace not only to America, but a disgrace to the African American race as a whole. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What prompted this rant...let me begin...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A news story broke today on &lt;a href="http://www.foxnews.com/"&gt;Fox News&lt;/a&gt;, telling of how the NAACP along with other left wing extremest groups and media types have joined forces and have created a "task force" of sorts to "patrol" the Tea Party in search of racism. These "patrol" members are encouraged to take along video camera's and record any instance of racism among the Tea Party. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The NAACP continues to spiral downward after their "official" claim that the Tea Party is a racist organization...despite the fact that there has never been any proof of that claim, and despite the hundreds of African American Tea Partiers coming to the defense of the group. They've pretty much been made to look like the fools that they are, and this seems to me like an attempt to salvage any sliver of relevancy to their claim. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The NAACP along with some other extremest groups have created and sponsored a web site-Teapartytracker.org that will serve as a "watchdog" group against racism in the Tea Party. It supposedly will feature interviews with&amp;nbsp;attendees at Tea Party&amp;nbsp;rallies, blogs, tweets and pictures of signs and t-shirts "caught on camera" at rallies and other Tea Party sponsored events. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The other groups involved in this "venture" are reported to be Think Progress, New Left Media, and Media Matters for America, all left wing liberal extremest groups and media groups. A group the NAACP is more than welcomed in. Their plan is to monitor not only racism, but other forms of "extremism" within the movement of the Tea Party. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The NAACP and other groups of similar agendas,&amp;nbsp;have in the past&amp;nbsp;accused the Tea Party of racism, including an instance where a black congressman claimed he was spit on and called racist&amp;nbsp;names as he made his way to Capitol Hill to vote for the health care bill.&amp;nbsp; The spitting incident, which was actually caught on tape, turned out to be a fake claim, as it&amp;nbsp;looked to be just&amp;nbsp;someone expectorating while yelling at the passing congressmen. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I stated, the NAACP does not want to see an end to racism. They &lt;strike&gt;want it&lt;/strike&gt; need it to thrive. They make money off it. It's their livelihood and if racism isn't alive and well in the public sector, they will create it, by doing things such as this that will incite people against them giving them reason to scream "racism" from the rooftops...because we all know that disagreeing with the politics and opinions of a black person, is in essence, being a racist...and we wouldn't want that to happen...would we?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-5465302346736702121?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/5465302346736702121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/naacp-forcing-racism.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5465302346736702121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/5465302346736702121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/09/naacp-forcing-racism.html' title='NAACP Forcing Racism'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-3221997227059672912</id><published>2010-08-31T09:15:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-31T11:18:45.095-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Flight 93'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Barack Obama'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ft. Bliss'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='September 11'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shanksville'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2001'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rick Perry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Texas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gulf of Mexico'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Illegal immigration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Drug Cartel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ground Zero Mega Mosque'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pennsylvania'/><title type='text'>News and Notes for Monday, August 31</title><content type='html'>You're blood is about to boil...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Obama reports Arizona to the United Nations as Human Rights Abuser.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; Yes, you just read that. If you ever needed any more proof as to how Obama is doing all he can to destroy America from within, here it is. Not only did Obama attack America by suing Arizona for an immigration law that mirrored that of the Federal Government, but now, the Obama administration has included the Arizona immigration law in a report of human rights abuses to the United Nations.&lt;br /&gt;On Friday, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer demanded that Arizona be removed from the report, even calling it "downright offensive", however as of now, he cries have fallen on deaf ears.&lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*Obama continues to thumb his nose at problems along the U.S./Mexican border. &lt;/strong&gt;This time, it's blatant. The President is scheduled to visit Ft. Bliss, Texas on Tuesday, and he has denied a request to meet with Texas Governor Rick Perry. Governor Perry had sent a request to Obama asking to meet with him for a few minutes to go over the drug violence along the Texas/Mexico border. Obama, in typical fashion, has denied the meeting request, and refuses to make time to meet with the Governor. One has to wonder just how much Obama really cares about the states. Obviously not as much as he cares about his agenda to destroy America. Mexico will only help his cause, so why bother them? Makes sense...&lt;br /&gt;_________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*A recent poll shows that 70 percent of Americans want illegals deported. &lt;/strong&gt;That's right...the vast majority of American voters want serious action&amp;nbsp;taken to stem the flow of illegal immigrants coming into the country. 70 percent specifically say that it's&amp;nbsp;urgent to locate the illegals, and deport them.&amp;nbsp;The same poll also showed that&amp;nbsp;53 percent of those voters&amp;nbsp;think children born to illegal immigrant parents should not be&amp;nbsp;granted automatic citizenship.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The poll was&amp;nbsp;taken in mid August, and included&amp;nbsp;2,062 likely voters, democrat, republican and independent. &lt;br /&gt;________________________________________________________________&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;*More than one "victory mosque" is coming? &lt;/strong&gt;In staying with the tradition of building mosques at places where Islamic victory has been achieved, a mosque is now being planned for Shanksville, Pennsylvania. You may remember it as the crash site for flight 93 on September 11, 2001. Plans for this mosque have been in the works for quite some time, but as you are well aware, there has been no media attention whatsoever. Now, with the Ground Zero "victory mosque" debate, you might (hopefully) be seeing more of this mosque out in the open. Whats more infuriating, is that not only is a mosque being planned for the flight 93 crash site, but the mosque will be built in the shape of the Islamic "crescent&amp;nbsp; of embrace." &lt;br /&gt;Check out this video...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height="385" width="480"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y4z1QN6m_QI?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y4z1QN6m_QI?fs=1&amp;amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2235800120820680145-3221997227059672912?l=crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/feeds/3221997227059672912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/08/news-and-notes-for-monday-august-31.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3221997227059672912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2235800120820680145/posts/default/3221997227059672912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://crystalclearamerica.blogspot.com/2010/08/news-and-notes-for-monday-august-31.html' title='News and Notes for Monday, August 31'/><author><name>Philip Parker</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07321499715760309177</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4lU1irsQrFU/SgnyqmrFZ5I/AAAAAAAAACc/SQYrNg9dY3U/S220/P1010417.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2235800120820680145.post-5935746160627530064</id><published>2010-08-27T17:18:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-27T17:27:09.410-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nonie Darwish'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Arabs for Isreal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Former Muslims United'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sharia law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World News Daily'/><title type='text'>An Idiots guide to Sharia Law</title><content type='html'>As I was browsing over&amp;nbsp;some articles at &lt;a href="http://www.wnd.com/"&gt;World Net Daily&lt;/a&gt;, I came across an article written by a woman named Nonie Darwish. Nonie is a former Muslim, born in Egypt. She is a human rights activist, a write, public speaker, and the founder of "Arabs for Isreal." She is also the author of&amp;nbsp; "&lt;em&gt;Now they Call Me Infidel; Why I Renounced Juhad for America, Isreal and the War on Terror&lt;/em&gt;." and "&lt;em&gt;Cruel And Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law&lt;/em&gt;." Nonie is also the founder of the website &lt;a href="http://formermuslimsunited.americancommunityexchange.org/"&gt;Former Muslims United&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The article I came across was written as a sort of rebuttal against&amp;nbsp;Imam Feisal Abdul Raufs (Imam of&amp;nbsp;the Ground Zero Mosque)&amp;nbsp;claims that the United States Constitution is compliant with Sharia law. She uses the article to examine&amp;nbsp;some of the&amp;nbsp;laws of Shariah to see if in fact&amp;nbsp;Imam Raufs claim&amp;nbsp;is truthful, and the law is compliant with our&amp;nbsp;Constitution, or if he is a fraud, and telling people lies in order to spread the disease of Islam in America. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With express permission from &lt;a href="http://www.wnd.com/"&gt;World Net Daily&lt;/a&gt;, I'd like to share Nonie's article with you all. I believe it's one of the best articles to show how Islam is a horribly dangerous religion (If one can call it that), and destructive to not only the American people, but to the very ideals and foundations this great country was built upon. Thanks to &lt;a href="http://www.wnd.com/"&gt;World Net Daily&lt;/a&gt;, and also Nonie Darwish for this insightful look into Sharia law, and how it stands up to America's founding principles. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;----------------------------------------------------------------------------&lt;br /&gt;SHARIA FOR DUMMIES&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;By: Nonie Darwish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf claims that the U.S. Constitution is Shariah compliant. Let us examine below a few laws of Shariah to see if Imam Rauf is truthful or a fraud: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Jihad, defined as "to war against non-Muslims to establish the religion," is the duty of &lt;em&gt;every &lt;/em&gt;Muslim and Muslim head of state (caliph). Muslim caliphs who refuse jihad are in violation of Shariah and unfit to rule. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. A caliph can hold office through seizure of power, meaning through force. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. A caliph is exempt from being charged with serious crimes such as murder, adultery, robbery, theft, drinking and in some cases of rape. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4.&amp;nbsp;A percentage of Zakat (charity money) must go toward jihad. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;5. It is obligatory to obey the commands of the Caliph, even if he is unjust. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. A caliph must be a Muslim, a non-slave and a male. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. The Muslim public must remove the caliph if he rejects Islam. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8. A Muslim who leaves Islam must be killed immediately. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. A Muslim will be forgiven for murder of: 1) an apostate, 2) an adulterer, and 3) a highway robber – making vigilante street justice and honor killing acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;amp;pageId=196041"&gt;Click Here to continue reading "Sharia For Dummies"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(For those of you wondering why I posted a link to the remainder of the article instead of just finishing it, it was because in their reprint permission letter, World Net Daily asked that I only post a portion of the article, and link to the rest of it. Normally, 
