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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (304644)	3/3/2011 1:29:08 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 306849

Same US State Department procedure which caused the USS Cole bombing, the blowing up of 240 US Marines in Beirut, and many deaths of US military in Iraq and Afghanistan. The same US State Department directed the Israelis in the Flotilla incident to have their soldiers rappel down in the middle of shipload of trained terrorists with paintball guns. Remember, the US State Department doesn't want anyone to do anything that might offend any of their beloved terrorists.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (304644)	3/3/2011 1:32:08 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 306849

Attorney General Eric Holder says prosecuting the New Black Panthers for voter intimidation is an affront to "his people."

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (304644)	3/3/2011 7:16:25 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 306849

Obama’s state of Islamic denial Note to Barack: ‘Allahu akbar’ is a Muslim war cry By THE WASHINGTON TIMES Thursday, March 3, 2011 washingtontimes.com U.S. troops are gunned down by a shooter who screams “Allahu akbar!” before opening fire. Official statements are rushed out: The perpetrator was a lone wolf; his motive was unclear; there are no links to terrorism. Sound familiar? It should, because when Islam is at the cause of American tragedy, President Obama hides his head in the sand. On Wednesday, a young Kosovar named Arif Uka opened fire on a bus load of U.S. Air Force personnel in Frankfurt, Germany, killing two and wounding two more. Witnesses say he repeatedly shouted the jihadist battle cry, “Allahu akbar” as he emptied his weapon and screamed “Jihad! Jihad!” when tackled by German police. Mr. Uka’s victims had been heading to the fight in Afghanistan but because the jihadists have a global battlespace, the war came to them instead. Mr. Obama made a typical noncommittal statement shortly after the shooting, saying it was a “stark reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices that our men and women in uniform are making all around the world to keep us safe, and the dangers that they face all around the globe.” He made no mention of the nature of the threat or the reason for the sacrifices. In this respect, he was behaving true to form. The Frankfurt shooting is the latest in a troubling series of jihadist terror attacks in which the Obama administration refuses to face reality. Among the first was the June 1, 2009, shooting at a recruiting station in Little Rock. Abdul Hakim Mujahid Muhammad, a Muslim convert who had recently travelled to Yemen, killed one U.S. Army recruiter and wounded another. Muhammad told police if other troops had been available, he would have shot them too. The White House waited two days before making a statement that omitted any reference to the attacker or his jihadist motives. The Nov. 5, 2009, Fort Hood massacre, in which 14 were killed and 30 wounded, was given a persistent coat of whitewash from the Obama administration. The first coat was applied with initial statements that shooter Nidal Malik Hassan was a “lone wolf” and continued through the comprehensive “force protection review” that somehow omitted any reference to Hasan’s jihadist motives or contacts with al Qaeda. The Obama team had a similarly slippery reaction to the Dec. 25, 2009, attempted “underwear bomb” attack on Northwest flight 253. Al Qaeda-linked bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was initially not even charged with attempting to commit an act of terrorism. Faisal Shahzad, who attempted the Times Square bombing in May 2010, was also called a lone wolf with no ties to terrorism and was even described as more a victim of the economic downturn than a committed Islamic extremist. In all these cases, the initial assessments turned out to be wrong, yet the White House still obstinately refuses to discuss the jihadist motives of the men involved. The Obama administration’s knee-jerk instinct to deny reality in hopes it will go away is clearly not working. How many Americans have to die before Mr. Obama at long last admits the nature of the Islamist threat that killed them?

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (304644)	3/3/2011 11:13:51 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 306849

US Media Gets One Question At Obama/Calderon Presser; AP Asks About NFL Lockout realclearpolitics.com

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (304644)	3/4/2011 12:01:42 PM
From: John Chen	Respond to of 306849

"Can't make this stuff up. Unbelievable" YES WE CAN. and here is the bad news: The unemployment rate for February fell from the previous month’s 9.0% to 8.9%, the lowest level since March 2009 This is shrinking, contraction of employment (jobs) base. The moto is: employ less, so they can do more, aka 'productivity gain'. Awesome.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (304644)	3/4/2011 2:45:39 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 306849

Connecticut Town Ordered to Pay for Union Workers’ Coffee ..................................................... By Todd Starnes March 04, 2011 foxnews.com A Connecticut town must provide their union workers free coffee and milk, according to a ruling from the State Board of Labor Relations. The board also ordered town leaders to reinstate “Dress Down Fridays” for the union clerical and custodial workers. The dispute involved the town of Orange and the local chapter of the United Public Service Employees Union. The board determined the town retaliated against the union members for comments they made at a finance meeting in 2009. The day after that meeting, First Selectman James Zeloi eliminated the free coffee and milk and the following day ended “Dress Down Friday.” Zeoli told The New Haven Register that he pulled the plug on the coffee to save money and stopped casual Fridays because some employees were abusing the privilege. “It shows you how crazy state government has become,” Connecticut Republican Party Chairman Chris Healy told Fox News Radio. “You’d almost laugh at it, if it wasn’t so serious in tone. This is just another black eye on state government.” Healy said he was especially troubled that not only will taxpayers be forced to purchase coffee and milk for the union workers, but they will also be required to pay $10,000 in legal bills. “It says the state labor relations board is in the pocket of labor,” Healy said. Wayne Gilbert, the regional director of the union, told Fox News Radio this was a case about an elected official who intimidated workers because they exercised their First Amendment rights by speaking out at the finance meeting. “This is not about free coffee,” Gilbert said. “The complaint was filed because First Selectman Zeloi is a workplace bully.” “He bullies the workers around, he bullies the union officials around and if you disagree with him in a very civil way, he starts yelling and screaming and calling you names,” he said. Healy said nothing prevents workers in the town of Orange from taking coffee breaks or drinking coffee – but he wonders why they don't purchase their own coffee. Gilbert said they filed the complaint to protect the workers – and he accused Republicans of misrepresenting the grievance. “It’s like a couple of bucks a week,” he said about the coffee. “We’ve got oil depletion allowances out there for these major oil companies to the tune of billions of dollars and we’re talking about a couple of dollars for coffee?” “My members can afford their own coffee,” Gilbert added. But Healy said if that’s the case, why are they footing the coffee bill?