Iranian Police Clash With Protesters

Iranian Police  attack protester on Saturday in Tehran. The protest on comes on police prepare for a series  demonstrations to Iran’s leaders during religious festival and mourning a Shiite cleric  an opposition website said.

The website Rah-e-Sabz site says that Iranian police including The Revolutionary Guard and the Basijis a paramilitary force in Iran sprayed the demonstrators  with tear gas and pepper spray trying force them disperse.

The  protest comes on the first ten days of the  Moharram a time mourning for a beloved Shiite saint.

Also Iranian protesters are mourning an opposition leader the Grand Ayatollah Hossien Ali Montazei who  died Sunday. Sources say more protest on the way.

AP via My Way News has more.

Arrogant Democrat US Senator Calls Opponent of Health Care right-wing militants, birthers, and racists

Arrogant  US  Senator Sheldon Whitehouse(D-RI) in angry diatribe called opponents of Senate Health Care Reform racists on the Senate floor. Sen. Whitehouse used editorial major lame stream media as examples.

“Let’s Look At What Current Observers Are Saying As A Possible Early Indicator Of The Judgment History Will Inflict. Recently, The Editor Of The Manchester Journal Inquirer Editorial Page Wrote Of The  Current G.O.P. Which He Called ‘This Once Great And Now Mostly Shameful Party,’ That ‘It Has Gone Crazy, Is More And More Dominated By The Lunatic Fringe And Has Poisoned Itself With Hate.’ He Concluded, ‘They No Longer Want To Govern. They Want To Emote.’ A Well Regarded Philadelphia Columnist Recently Wrote Of The Conservative Paranoia And Lunacy On The Republican Right.”

The Whitehouse continue on his half-cocked dissertation accusing Republicans who did not the Department of Defense appropriations  bill as tantamount voting no and trying to stop President Obama’ momentum.

“Voting ‘no’ and hiding from the vote are the same result. Those of us on the floor see it. It was clear the three of them who did not cast their yes votes until all 60 Senate votes had been tallied and it was clear that the result was a foregone conclusion. And why? Why all this discord and discourtesy, all this unprecedented destructive action? All to break the momentum of our new young president.

They are desperate to break this president. They have ardent supporters who are nearly hysterical at the very election of President Barack Obama. The birthers, the fanatics, the people running around in right-wing militia and Aryan support groups, it is unbearable to them that President Barack Obama should exist. That is one powerful reason. It is not the only one.”

When a Washington Post Reporter Kerry Picket confronted Sen. Whitehouse he  denied called Republican senators racist.  But he stood  by his  statement attacking the GOP.

Picket asked  Senator Whitehouse  what he meant  by “aryan” he responded “No, I didn’t say that….again, pay attention to the speech.”

What is it with these Democrats? It seems as if they have lost their natural minds?   Who elected these people? I wonder the mindset these people. Was ACORN involved in getting these people elected? One wonders?!?!?!?!?!

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Copenhagen Summit Round Up:$100 Billion to Fight Climate Change

US vow $100 billion to fight climate change announce by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Copenhagen on Thursday.  The $100 billion will help developing nations dealing with pollution.

“The US is prepared to work with other countries toward a goal of jointly mobilizing $100 billion a year by 2020 to address the climate change needs of developing countries,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.

Conditions include: Chinese pollution check by an independent authority and 193 nations must sign an accord which will not force the US and other wealthy nations to cut  emissions like the developing nations wanted.

In other news, The climate change summit remains in disarray  as poorer nations delay the talks. The poorer nations believe richer nations like the US imposing rules on developing nations while developed nations won’t cut greenhouse emissions that impact these countries.

Outside, Danish police clashed with protesters who were demanding “environmental justice” to fight and end global warming.

Meanwhile Copenhagen is bombarded with blizzards and frigid arctic    temperatures. Copenhagen  receive 4 inches of snow on Thursday.

“Temperatures will stay low at least the next three days,” Henning Gisseloe, an official at Denmark’s Meteorological Institute, said today by telephone, forecasting more snow in coming days. “There’s a good chance of a white Christmas.”

Denmark winters are typically milder than the other Scandinavian    countries due to its maritime climate.

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Sticker Shock: Unversity of California Raises Tuition 32%

Two Days of student protest at UCLA and University of California, Berkeley  could not stop a needed 32% fee hike passed by University of  California Board of Regents this week in Westwood.

The fee increase which equals $2500 begins in the summer of 2010. The tuition will be $10,000 per year.

For two days protester came to UCLA bang drums, shouted and carried signs that read: “No fee hikes” and “Wanted: Leadership.”

One Protester Laura Zavala 20, a college junior may have to get a second job to help pay for school.

“My family can’t support me. I have to pay myself,” she said. “It’s not fair to students, when they are already pinched.”

Campus police, Along California Highway Patrol and Los Angeles  were dress in riot gear to hold students back.

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Ft. Hood Killer Slip Through the Cracks

When Major Nidal Hasan went his killing spree at Ft. Hood on Thursday. No one knew of his anger towards the US.

Hasan problems began after September 11th Terrorist attacks. Hasan’ cousin told Fox News anchor Shepard Smith that he was harassed by fellow soldiers. He believed that US should not be in Middle East. He was hoping that President Obama would get the US out of Afghanistan.

According to Gawker Hasan was on Obama campaign  Homeland Security Policy Institute’s presidential transition task force last year. The group was to draft American policy recommendations for the in-coming Obama Administration.

According to AP a former classmate of Hasan gave a startling presentation at the war on terror was  a war on Islam. Hasan “made himself a lightning rod for things” when his faith was challenged.

According to Wall  Street Journal soldiers who witnessed Hasan “shouted Allahlu Akbar” the Arabic Phrase for God is Great before opening fire. Meanwhile the Army is investigating  Hasan writing on his blog if it gives clues into his mindset and his defense of suicide bombing.

The Army warns not to draw conclusions  on why Major Hasan would attack his fellow soldiers. There questions if his religion play any role in attack.

The Army psychiatrist was also  angry  about his deployment to Afghanistan. Hasan was previously stationed at Walter Reed Army Hospital. At Walter Reed. He was not a sympathetic voice or a sounding board when listening and talking to soldiers coming back from Iraq or Afghanistan. Or those who are shipping out.

However, those who know Hasan wasn’t aware of his hostilities towards the war and US role in it. They said couldn’t tell by his actions.

“It’s a shock,” said Col. Kimberly Kesling, who supervised Maj. Hasan at Ft. Hood.

Neighbors found Hasan friendly and personable.  His neighbor Patricia Villa didn’t notice anything wrong as he was preparing to leave for Afghnistan.  Nadal ask Villa to tidy up his apartment for $60. Villa asked about him about the deployment.

“I asked him, ‘Are you afraid of going over there?’” Ms. Villa recalls. “He said, ‘I’m ready for it.”

His    apartment complex owner Jose Padilla found him friendly. Hasan asked Padilla of his native language he said Spanish. He gave Padilla a Quran in Spanish. Two week ago Padilla give key to his owner and refused his $400 deposit.

“I cannot comprehend that the enemy was among us,” Padilla said, as he teared up. “I feel a little guilt that I was basically giving housing to someone who is going to do so much destruction.”

His relatives in the Washington D.C. area and the middle east was shock and troubled as well.

“Our family is filled with grief for the victims and their families involved in yesterday’s tragedy,” said Nader Hasan, a cousin who lives in northern Virginia. “We are mortified with what has unfolded and there is no justification, whatsoever, for what happened. We are all asking why this happened, and the answer is that we simply do not know.”

However, a cousin who lives in West Bank  said Hasan was treated poorly. “He told (them) that as a Muslim committed to his prayers he was discriminated against and not treated as is fitting for an officer and American,” said Mohammed Malik Hasan, 24, a cousin. “He hired a lawyer to get him a discharge.”

Mohammed Hasan said outside his home in Ramallah that he heard about the shooting from a relative. “I was surprised, honestly, because the guy and his brothers are so calm, and he, as I know, loves his work.”

Hasan filed a report with the Killeen Police Department  about vandalism to his car. An Army employee scratched his car causing about a $1000 in damages.  John Thompson manger of his building  said the soldier has just came back from Iraq and objected to Hasan’ religion. He took off sticker that read Allah is Love.

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Thousands Attends to Protest The Health Care Reform Bill Before the House Vote

Thousands attends at a rally to protest the House of Representative Health Care Reform bill Thursday on the west capitol steps in Washington D.C.

Led by Representative  Michelle Bachman(R-MN) who made the last minute announcement on the “Sean Hannity Program” on radio and repeated again on “Hannity” on FOX News Channel. The announcement spread like wildfire.

People in the crowd chanted “Kill the Bill, Kill the Bill” Speakers included Radio Talk Show host, Author and Former Chief of Staff to Attorney General Edwin Meese under President Ronald Reagan, Mark Levin. Representative Tom Price(R-GA;  and  Rep Bachman. Actors Jon Voight and John Ratzenberger also lent their voices.

“They’re going to listen,” said Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., who originally called for the rally. “The biggest voice in the United States is your voice.”

“Republicans are in the minority, but a minority in Congress plus the American people equals the majority,” Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., told Fox News Thursday.

Voight decried radical Chicago tactics” of the Obama Administration. While Ratzenberger warned about Socialism creeping in.

In addition the protest, the GOP members introduced their own version of the Health care reform which includes high risk pools, the ability to buy insurance across state lines. Keep cost down and is a fraction of what the Democrats bill costs. It would also cover 40 million people.

Democrats quickly denounced the plan.  Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said the GOP plan doesn’t force insurance companies from denying coverage to people who has pre-existing claims.”That’s a very big difference,” Pelosi told reporters Thursday.

On Wednesday, Pelosi spokesperson issued a statement blasted the Republicans. Nadeam Elshami said in a statement

“Bottom line: Americans lose and insurance companies win under the Republican plan,” he said.

Still Republicans still they have a chance of defeat House Democratic bill if the so-called blue dog Democrats vote against it. Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele told Fox News.

“A lot of Blue Dogs in this country are going to have a lot of ’splaining to do back at home in their districts, where people do not want the health care that’s being peddled by this administration,” Steele said.

“They don’t want government control. They don’t want a government option.”

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The Joys of Obamacare

From The Blogprof: Thousands line up to receive the H1N1 vaccines in the driving rain Friday in the Detroit suburb of Clarkston, MI in Oakland County. Some people arrived from Thursday evening around 10 P.M. to get their free shots.  The clinic started giving the shots to people around 9A.M.

He was told that the wait for the shot would be 5 -7 hours long.

Thousands line up for hours to get H1N1 vaccine in Clarkson,MI

The line snake around the Clarkston Jr. High gymnasium twice. Three hours later a lady walks up  and announces after receiving her shot  if your pre-registered for the vaccination there is a shorter second line. Sure enough there was a second line for those who preregistered. No other announcements were made. Poorly planned and  executed.

Hat Tip:  Instapundit

A lone voice in the wilderness Mike O’Keefe of the Milwaukee area holds a sign of the times that reads “Welcome to Government Healthcare.”

Welcome to Government Health Care

He was protesting at makeshift clinic at Cedarburg High School in the Milwaukee area.

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel special thanks to Jim Hoft at GatewayPundit

Democrats’ Childish Games by Locking the Republicans Out.

Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee were locked out a meeting room to when Democrats are not there.  Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) Chair of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee lock the GOP committee members because they (The Republicans) have the video taped the room with democrats leaving only empty seats in the chamber.

Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) minority leader of the committee has have asked repeatedly to hold meeting in regard to the Countrywide VIP scandal which have Senators Chris Dodd and Kent Conrad receive special loans from Countrywide founder and former head Angelo Mozillo. Towns have been avoiding the Issa request.

Many times Issa has request that’s Towns has routinely deny Issa’s requests. Democrats has repeatedly canceled meeting. So one of Republican staffers have taped the meeting and placed the video on the House Oversight and Reform Committee web site.

“It’s not surprising that they would choose to retaliate given the embarrassment we caused by catching them in a lie on tape,” said Issa spokesman Kurt Bardella. “If only they
would use their creative energy to do some actual oversight rather than resorting to immature tactics, but I guess we’re getting some insight into what lengths they’ll go to avoid addressing the Countrywide VIP issue.”

Towns’s office said in a statement the locks were changed on Republicans “because they don’t know how to behave.” As for the video the GOP made, Towns’s office pointed out: “The minority is using taxpayer dollars to make these campaign style videos.”

Nice to know that the politicians like to play games. Transparency is taken seriously since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said(I paraphrase) “This will be most ethical congress ever.” When taken control in 2007.

Good Job Nancy Good Job

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NBA Star and Talk Show host John Salley Wonders Does White People Hate President Obama

NBA star, talk show host John Salley wonders if all of America white community has it out for President Barack Obama. Salley was on Adams Carolla’s radio program earlier last week when he asked Carolla does he hate Obama. Carolla said,”No”. Then he asked after 266 days after being election Why the hate Obama. Carolla said “Who” Salley said, “All the White People.”

This comes on the heels of statement by Former presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, former Vice President Walter Mondale, Governor Patterson of New York State and others.

I wrote over a year ago that American will be call racist  if they don’t agree with the President-elect. I was right. Politicians, celebrities,  are saying people who opposed the president is Racists.  My community the black community are using specious arguments against those who criticism from outside the black community.

Playing the race care is a canard. President Obama policies is the problem, Owning car companies Chrysler and General Motors, The stimulus package that promised keep unemployment in check at 8 plus percent. It now at a breath taking record breaking 9.7% nearly 3 million people out of work. Promise that the program would create job but there no proof.( In fact the President use the ambiguous phrase of save or created a million jobs there is no proof of such.) Promise of putting the stimulus on the White House before he sign the bill into law.

Next up the omnibus spending bill which cause billions more. Cap and Trade which causes American energy bills to soar by $1765 for every man, woman and child in the country.  The president quadruple the  national debit in 2009. Then there HR 3200 and it’s sister bill in the US Senate (which has not been voted on) which takes over the Health Care  industry.

Obama did the politically expendable thing and move to the center  after winning the nomination. Most people except conservatives know what policies would be. Fox News hosts Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck  along with radio talk show host Mark Levin, Laura Ingraham  an others know about The president’s past and his left wing tendencies. The so-called “Main Stream Media” did not do long exposes` on Obama’s politics and his up-bringing like they did with George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Bob Dole, and other candidates and nominees in past election cycles. The Media gave Obama a free pass. Many people did not know of Obama predilections until after the election. Now people who gave the president the benefit of the doubt don’t like the direction Obama is taking the country.

I could blame all of the white people that I have known of the last 37 years of my life from first grade teacher in St Lucy Elementary School to the church I attended Orange Avenue Baptist Church and my friends, schoolmates and co-workers From JC Penney to today for all my failings. But I can’t. Why you asked because It is my fault. I let fear  and anxiety to dominate me and control my mind and my life. I am trying to break it. Its not easy.  But its something I need to do.

I got news for the Black community you and President you NEED white folks. White folks vote regularly compared to Black, Latino and Asians. White folks provide the finances for election campaigns. There more white that there are black and other minorities and the can decide the will vote against you.

I’ve got a secret for you Black community not ever body is going to like you. Read the Bible the Pharisees and Sadducee in the in Sanhedrin did like  Jesus when he taught and healed and befriended people who they thought Jesus should not do.

By the way, President Obama got it  in a recent interview he stated that opposition to his policies and the direction the nation is going not the color of his skin.  Sadly, many in the Black community don’t get like the President. That’s a crying shame.

Gateway Pundit via Storyballoon.org

The Price of Kumbya: Iran building second Nuke Plant

President Obama and  G-20 leaders reveals on Friday that Iran is in the process of building of second nuclear power plant. Obama said along with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown blasted Iran for lying about the nuclear ambitions.

“Iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow,” Obama said, condemning what he described as a “covert uranium enrichment facility.” Western based intelligence discovered over two years  and consistently monitoring the situation. The president is calling for for a full scale investigation. The Facility located underground  mountains near the city of Qom,Iran.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,  at a press conference in New York defended the plant saying it is legal and the country providing it citizenry need energy.

“We have no fears,” Ahmadinejad said, “I don’t think Mr. Obama is a nuclear expert.” The Iranian leader  says he’ll welcome the International Atomic Energy Agency to inspect the plant. Will he do it is another story.

The CIA and other agencies  from Britain and France discovered the plant  in 2007  they believed the plant maybe completed by 2010 and will able to produce on nuclear bomb a year.

The CIA also revealed that Iran sent a letter to the IAEA that plant was begin build this  week and the west had to uncover the what they know.

The revelations of the nuclear plant would to the press the Russians and the Chinese of the severity of Iran ambitions. Russia in a statement “must cooperate with this investigation.”

The  Washington Post has rest of the story.