Missing Libyan Jetliners Raise Fears of Suicide Airliner Attacks on 9/11 ~ By Bill Gertz

Counterterrorism expert Sebastian Gorka said that if the theft is confirmed, the stolen aircraft could be used in at least two ways.

“The first would be how commercial airliners were used on Sept. 11, 2001, literally turning an innocent mode of mass transit into a super-high precision guided missile of immense potency,” said Gorka, who holds the Maj. Gen. Charles Horner chair at Marine Corps University in Quantico, Va.

“The second tactic could be to use the airframe with its civilian markings as a tool of deception to insert a full payload of armed terrorists into a locale that otherwise is always open to commercial carriers,” he said.

Michael Rubin, a counterterrorism specialist with the American Enterprise Institute, said commercial jetliners in the hands of terrorists could be formidable weapons.

“Who needs ballistic missiles when you have passenger planes? Even empty, but loaded up with fuel they can be as devastating,” Rubin said.

The video below, along with the description for it, will fill in for my commentary on this story:

The terrorists WILL have a strategy for our defenses!

Post by Johnny2k's America.

I do hope that you just watched that video, and read the description. On the upside, I'm sure our military have thought of a plan to deal with human shields on the jetliners being used as weapons. But, on the downside, I really hope that I didn't give terrorists any ideas that they had not thought of yet. Just sayin'...

RELATED STORY:

• August 31, 2014 ~ Saudi King: West Will be Jihadists' Next Target

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Missing Libyan Jetliners Raise Fears of Suicide Airliner Attacks on 9/11
Egypt set for military intervention as Libya spirals toward failed state

By Bill Gertz

September 2, 2014 4:55 pm

From The Washington FreeBeacon.com

Islamist militias in Libya took control of nearly a dozen commercial jetliners last month, and western intelligence agencies recently issued a warning that the jets could be used in terrorist attacks across North Africa.

Intelligence reports of the stolen jetliners were distributed within the U.S. government over the past two weeks and included a warning that one or more of the aircraft could be used in an attack later this month on the date marking the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks against New York and Washington, said U.S. officials familiar with the reports.

“There are a number of commercial airliners in Libya that are missing,” said one official. “We found out on September 11 what can happen with hijacked planes.”

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VIDEO: Can the Pope stop the attack on Christianity in the Middle East?

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VIDEO: What If Glenn Beck Was Right? ~ Part 1

Should we be worried? Yes, if an Islamic Caliphate is created in the Middle East, the West will be in their cross-hairs. But, what should really worry us is that there are people out there that still won't believe Glenn Beck about the danger of an Islamic caliphate in the Middle East and the threat to our national security should that happen. And our Dear Leader, President Obama, seems to be one of those people... Then again, perhaps Obama totally understands what the Caliphate is, and doing his best to help it along?

As you'll see in the video, Glenn Beck had talked about the caliphate back in 2011, and people were calling him "looney tunes." And then, there will be people who even now try to discredit Glenn's claims, even though it is happening before our eyes. Well, for the disbelievers, I'm going to be posting more videos here that will be on this topic of the coming Islamic caliphate. Glenn Beck is not the only one out there that understands what is going on in the Middle East right now. There are others, as you shall soon see. Hopefully, people will begin to understand the danger that faces us from the Middle East should there be an Islamic caliphate. Just sayin'...

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WIFLI Briefing for Sep 23, 2012 - It's NOT just about the economy, stupid!

So, here we are, not too far from the most important election in our history.

In an election 32 years ago, there was a Republican that came on strong about the economy, but also, had a view of our foreign policy that resonated with the American people, which is what really won an election against the incumbent Democrat President, Jimmy Carter. Of course, that was Ronald Reagan. Yes, our economy did come around after the election of Reagan, but the economy was really not the issue that decided the race. It was about national security and our foreign policy. Yes, after a few years of Jimmy Carter, the economy was in shambles. But what really ended up making the difference for Reagan was Carter's foreign policy, and namely, the American hostages in Iran.

Until now, the Republican strategy had been to concentrate on the economy. And Mitt Romney was losing on that issue, being that he is so rich and unable to relate to the Middle Class, according to the Obama campaign. However, with all the things going on in the Middle East, the Romney campaign would be foolish not to capitalize on Obama's weakness - foreign policy - and right now is the time to do that.

Being the citizen journalist that I am, the rebel in the Breitbart Army, I'm going to show you some videos in this blog post that brought me to realize that it is not just about the economy.  We'll start with the following video, where we witness the absolute failure of Obama's foreign policy:

But it wasn't until I heard what Paul Ryan said in a campaign speech in Florida yesterday (Saturday, Sep 22, 2012) that I realized I wasn't alone in thinking that there needs to be more about issues other than the economy, especially with Obama winning in the Class Warfare battlefield.

The stories you will see below were right on the money at a very early stage after the attacks on our embassies in the Middle East. It is time for the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, to emphasize the foreign policy issue. I'm just sayin'...

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Welcome to this edition of Time 2 Escape WIFLI Briefing!

What is WIFLI?
You may be wondering what the acronym "WIFLI" means. I started out by calling these issues the Time 2 Escape Daily, but that didn't work out very well. I quickly learned that putting these issues together on a daily basis was a task I was unable to accomplish. To replace "Daily" in the title, I borrowed the acronym WIFLI, which literally means "When I Feel Like It." Putting together a post on this blog WIFLI works much better for my schedule, and for the higher quality of each issue that is eventually published!

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It all started when the Obama administration tried to put the blame for the violence in Egypt and Libya on an obscure video.

Anti-Islam Filmmaker Donated Million Dollars To Obama Campaign
From Breitbart's Big Hollywood ~ By John Nolte ~ Published Sep 15, 2012

EXCERPT:

Blame the movie.

Blame the movie.

Blame the movie.

Even though "the movie" was on YouTube for months prior to the collective indignation of thousands of Middle Eastern Islamists all coming together on the eleventh anniversary of September 11th (through a wild coincidence, no doubt), we are being told by our government and our media overlords that we must blame the movie.

You see, if we blame the movie for the burning of our foreign outposts and the brutal murders of four Americans (including our Libyan ambassador who was reportedly raped), we won't blame the burners and the looters and the murderers and the rapists.

You see, if we blame the movie for the Middle East burning, we won't blame the Islamists who are doing the burning and looting and raping and murdering.

Which means we won't further connect the dots and blame Obama's failed Middle East policy; the Obama Doctrine of backing away from the region and allowing events to unfold as America stands idly by -- as the Islamists in the Muslim Brotherhood grab hold of power in Egypt, a country that was once our largest and closest ally.

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RELATED VIDEO:

"Innocence of Muslims" Filmmaker meets with attorneys
KTLA - Los Angeles - Sep 14, 2012

The real reason for the violence in Libya
White House spokesman Jay Carney and U.N. Ambassador Rice try to explain the violence in Libya, and elsewhere in the Middle East, by blaming the video (movie). It turns out that the attacks in Libya, killing four of our embassy staff, including the Ambassador to Libya, was a coordinated terrorist attack on 9/11/12.

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And, yes, Obama's foreign policy has resulted in the Middle East going up in flames.

Obama's foreign policy now in flames
Exclusive: Tom Tancredo tells prez the world isn't a 'fairyland of cosmic brotherhood'
From WND Commentary ~ By Tom Tancredo ~ Published Sep 14, 2012

EXCERPT:

TOM TANCREDO

The horrific events of Sept. 11, 2012, in Egypt and Benghazi were a logical and predictable result of appeasement policies that began with Obama’s 2009 speech in Cairo apologizing for America’s past insensitivities to the hopes and beliefs of the Muslim faith.

Obama chose last Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of the 2001 murder of over 3,000 Americans by a team of radical Islamists, to send a formal message to the world: “The U.S. will never be at war with Islam.” At that moment a crowd of over 2,000 Islamists were attacking the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, breaching its wall and burning the American flag.

What was the first response of the Obama government to this attack on our Cairo embassy and the failure of the Egyptian government to protect our sovereign soil? The embassy issued an apology for the actions of private individuals in the U.S. who put a film on YouTube that insults Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.

It took the Obama White House almost 12 hours to disavow that apology and over 24 hours for Obama to talk directly with Egyptian President Morsi to elicit an apology and a promise of increased protection for the embassy. However, the apologies continue: The White House has asked YouTube to review the controversial film to see if it meets its standards. Has the administration ever done this for any other privately produced 14-minute film?

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WIFLI Briefing for Sep 15, 2012 - The Abandonment of Israel?

As an avid reader of Chris Stewart's series, "Wrath & Righteousness," I've already finished Episode 4, "Breathless." Yes, it is fiction. Well, at least the ongoing scenario is fictional. But, despite being "fiction," there is a non-fictional element to this story. Here is the ongoing truth: There is an Islamic-based hatred of the Jewish state, known as Israel.

And the reality that is flowing through the fiction writing of Chris Stewart in "Wrath & Righteousness," is that the superpower we know as the United States of America, is considered to be the evil empire that props up Israel. Sound familiar?

I know that all of the current noise in this election cycle is about the economy. Of course, that is a major issue; so many of our fellow Americans are suffering through very difficult financial times, from losing their jobs, to losing their homes, to being told that if they have succeeded with a business, "they didn't build that." But while the government is busy trying to replace God, it is overlooking the foreign policy issues that will ultimately make us, or break us!

In the title of this WIFLI Briefing, it is asking if you think we are abandoning Israel. You need to know that if we ARE abandoning Israel, it is the biggest foreign policy blunder that we could ever make, and that will prove to be true whether you are a Bible Believer or not. Didn't we learn that trying to appease the enemies of Israel never has a happy ending? Is giving those nations billions of dollars going to keep us safe forever? Isn't it like paying off the mean kid in the neighborhood to not take our lunch money?

The stories you will see below are related to the fact that you can try to appease, to pay off that mean kid to not steal your lunch money, but chances are, you will eventually get beat up, anyway.

Forget about the economy. What we need to really worry about is the abandonment of Israel by this current administration!

Warning! Warning! Warning! Like bells and whistles telling a jet fighter pilot that it's not a good idea to dive toward the ground with the afterburners on. And it certainly seems that President Obama has no intention to support Israel. That is certainly a fact that you'll soon be aware of with the columns I include below.

I just hope that Mitt Romney is prepared to make the huge decisions that will be necessary if he is elected. I'm just sayin'...

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Welcome to this edition of Time 2 Escape WIFLI Briefing!

What is WIFLI?
You may be wondering what the acronym "WIFLI" means. I started out by calling these issues the Time 2 Escape Daily, but that didn't work out very well. I quickly learned that putting these issues together on a daily basis was a task I was unable to accomplish. To replace "Daily" in the title, I borrowed the acronym WIFLI, which literally means "When I Feel Like It." Putting together a post on this blog WIFLI works much better for my schedule, and for the higher quality of each issue that is eventually published!

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This is not something new. As Doug Hagmann reports, it has been ongoing for awhile. It has been part of Obama's plan even BEFORE he was elected and took office:

Abandonment of Israel: “This is just the beginning” (flashback to 2008)
From Northeast Intelligence Network ~ By Douglas J. Hagmann ~ Published: Sep 12, 2012

EXCERPT:

12 September 2012: From U.S. Intelligence official – what we reported in 2008: “I have every reason to believe, based on what I’ve seen at my level of [security] clearance especially over the last several years, that Israel will soon be completely on their own… or worse.” When asked what could be worse than losing the support of the United States, he stated: “when our administration provides more support to Arab countries [with] financial and military aid, undercutting Israel’s defense efforts all while pushing Israel to succumb to the pressure of unreasonable demands designed to end with their political annihilation as a nation.”

It was four years ago when I interviewed a highly-placed outgoing intelligence official who warned that Barack Hussein Obama was not only intent on punishing Israel through abandonment, but actually turning against them by arming their enemies. Sadly, that intelligence official was correct. Excerpted from that 2008 article:

“It is obvious to me that most Americans don’t understand or don’t care what is actually happening in the Middle East relative to Israel. People don’t understand history, or have been subjected to revisionist history based on lies and more lies. Add to that a media that fails to provide an accurate assessment of what is taking place in Israel, in Gaza, and you end up with a very bad situation for Israel,” stated this source. He added that the disinformation coming and going to and from Washington is getting worse, as is the media bias against Israel.

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What could be a major foreign policy blunder:

Obama aids Egypt as it tries to buy U-boats
From The Daily Caller ~ By Neil Munro ~ Published: 09/10/2012 11:46 AM

EXCERPT:

President Barack Obama’s deputies are negotiating a $1 billion aid package with Egypt’s new Islamist government, even as Egypt’s cash-strapped military revealed that it is trying to buy $1 billion worth of German submarines that could threaten Israel’s fast-growing offshore energy projects.

The German government has pointedly declined to deny the incendiary revelation about Egypt’s request to buy the two submarines.

Instead, the German government offered vague support for Israel, which is facing renewed threats from Iran’s nuclear program and the Muslim Brotherhood’s rise to power in Egypt.

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And it seems to just get worse. Is this just a campaign blunder, or is it the smoking gun of Obama's ultimate intention, that with another four years, to abandon Israel completely?

UNREAL… Obama Invites Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood President to Meet Next Week – Refuses to Meet Netanyahu
From Gateway Pundit ~ By Jim Hoft ~ Published: Sep 12, 2012, 9:06 PM

EXCERPT:

Unbelievable!…

Barack Obama invited Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi to meet with him in New York next week.

But, not Netanyahu.

But… Barack Obama won’t meet with Israeli leader Netanyahu over Iran row. He’s going to be campaigning and on Letterman.

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Our economy will not rise out of the funk that is so far down if we are fighting for our lives in WW III....

Middle East Analysis: WWIII fuse has been lit
From Northeast Intelligence Network ~ By Douglas J. Hagmann ~ Published: Sep 15, 2012

EXCERPT:

15 September 2012: After extensive investigation and analysis of the events on September 11, 2012 in Libya and Egypt, there is only one conclusion I am able to reach: the official narrative of the details of these attacks, provided by U.S. officials and parroted by a complicit, unquestioning media, are being deliberately misrepresented with regard to what actually happened. Simply put, we are being lied to. But it’s much deeper and much more sinister than a simple lie, and it’s not over yet. In fact, what we are seeing is just the beginning.


Since early Wednesday, I have received numerous e-mails asking why I have failed to report about the murder of a U.S. Ambassador and the other attacks at our embassy in Cairo. After all, nearly all other columnists, especially those on the conservative side, have already written pages upon pages of material about the “tragic” events. Some with hysteria, others with rage, but all blinded by partisan politics and emotion that prevents them from seeing the larger agenda at play, which is exactly what the power players want. Meanwhile, the unsettling truth eludes all but a few.

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Obama's betrayals and mysterious Libya agenda ~ By Erik Rush

When Obama arrived in the Windy City, Farrakhan had already forged deep ties with Gadhafi. It's no secret that Wright, and to a lesser extent Farrakhan, became Obama's mentors, but it can't help but give pause that Gadhafi, in his terse admonitions to the president and elsewhere, habitually refers to him as "my son."

Precisely what, if any, relationship might Obama have had with the Libyan leader?

Video provided by TheREALjohnny2k

(The Louis Farrakhan segment referred to below starts at about 3:48 in the video)

In the viral video of that radio interview, Farrakhan's comments appear to contain cryptic, veiled threats of some sort. Does this speak to an even greater betrayal than the casual observer might surmise? Does the president have some unknown motivation for wanting Gadhafi gone?

Erik Rush is definitely on to something here. The questions still remain: What is really going on? Is it about Libya's oil? What did it take for Obama to throw Louis Farrakhan, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and Muammar Gaddafi (or as Erik spells it, Moammar Gadhafi) under the bus?

Obama's betrayals and mysterious Libya agenda

ERIK RUSH

By Erik Rush

March 24, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

Last weekend, nearly the entire so-called civilized world mobilized against Libyan overlord Moammar Gadhafi with more alacrity than most living Americans can recall ever having seen. The ostensible rationale for doing so was to protect the Libyan people from Gadhafi, who had promised no mercy in his fight to quell a popular uprising against his capricious and ruthless regime. Under the weakest scrutiny, this humanitarian raison d'être wears thinner than Kate Moss, given the abundance of atrocities currently taking place in such nations as the Congo and Sudan, to name but two.

In light of the duress under which Americans (and in all fairness, Obama himself) have struggled – the economy, rising fuel costs, national security and labor tensions – the imprudence of this engagement has even experts baffled. Some have put the president's actions, inaction and absence on the continent during this period down to incompetence or indecisive tendencies. Conservative pundits continue to counsel Obama to step up and "be a leader." While his leadership qualities have always been in question (since he'd never led anything in his life prior to becoming president), and there are no doubt elements of ineptitude and vacillation in his modus operandi, my inclination is to remind those who are frustrated or mystified that Obama has always had his own unique and inscrutable agenda, even if he has no doctrine nor policy to speak of.

As many of his supporters and allies have discovered, this agenda isn't necessarily in keeping with their interests. Even during the health-care debate in 2010, certain Democrat leaders felt slighted at their being shut out of certain processes. After the Republican wins in November, Obama's brand of damage control infuriated them. The president's determination to go his own way has dismayed benefactor George Soros, who contributed billions in dollars and minions' man-hours to Obama's campaign. Progressive elites the nation over (Hollywood celebrities in particular) have expressed dissatisfaction with his performance.

Last week, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan blasted the president for demanding that Gadhafi step down, for failing to display solidarity with Africans and for being an establishment sellout in general. Farrakhan, as well as Obama's former pastor, Jeremiah Wright, were unceremoniously discarded by Obama during his ascendancy, despite their having been key figures in that ascendancy. When Obama first hit Chicago in 1985 (prior to entering Harvard Law School), he was a young community organizer and wannabe power player. During his three years there, he forged some of the connections that would slingshot him through the political ranks in coming years – and the two clergymen were among them. So it isn't too difficult to determine why there's bad blood there. How bad is it?

I think the pertinent question is: How deep does it run?

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Fantasy vs. reality: Margaret Mitchell vs. Scarlett O'Hara ~ By Victoria Jackson

If only the liberals could understand the difference. Spending money to fix a deficit is a pretend solution. Cutting programs is a real solution. Union entitlements are a pretend solution. Balancing the budget is a real solution. Amnesty for illegals is a pretend solution. Border control is a real solution. Giving free stuff to the poor is a pretend solution. Giving them a job is a real solution. A stimulus bill is a pretend solution. A free market for job creation is a real solution. Pouring tax payer money into public schools is a pretend solution. Good parenting is a real solution. Communism is a pretend solution. Capitalism is a real solution.

It's fun to play Scarlett O'Hara in a movie, but if you keep behaving like her when you get home – you're insane.

It is always fun reading what Victoria has to say. I look forward to it every week! Not every one of her columns will make it to this venue. Not because I didn't like the column, but because sometimes she makes it difficult to keep the context of what she writes in tact without seeing the whole column. I had a little problem doing that with this edition.

You will want to read the whole piece, just to make sure you get the complete picture of her thoughts. The way Victoria makes her point here is brilliant: Some things are pretend, and some are real. It seems that the enemy within is trying to use the pretend solutions to very real problems.

On a side note, when you watch the video by Polatik below, you may want to have your box of tissues close by. I'm a guy, but I'll admit I wasn't able to choke back a tear or two.

Fantasy vs. reality: Margaret Mitchell vs. Scarlett O'Hara

VICTORIA JACKSON

By Victoria Jackson

February 25, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

"Action!" I say, "Clippy, clippy, paper clippies" and walk through the library door with a box of paper clips. I see my husband on the floor with a gash to his head. I see my daughter's suitor running away. I assume there has been an assault. I grab a sword from a wall decoration and pursue the assailant. And, "Cut!"

I'm in Atlanta shooting a comedy for the 168 Film Festival, and I've been running up and down stairs in a "Gone With the Wind" mansion, wielding a sword and screaming for three days now. It's a fake sword, of course, rubber. Acting (pretend) is so much fun.

There is a lot of waiting, though, on the set; waiting for the lighting guys and grips to do their thing. So I start talking with the gracious homeowners who are letting us use their gorgeous home as a set. Their son is a Marine who just returned from Iraq and wrote a book, "The Quest for Absolute Truth" by Russell A. Newman. I'm very impressed with the book, the war hero and his parents who have worked hard, achieved the American Dream and offered up their only son to risk his life defending our liberty. They must be so proud. I'm proud to know them. This is reality.

"Action!" I run toward my daughter's suitor and attempt to stab him with the sword. He ducks and my sword pierces a priceless family portrait. "Cut!" The prop worked! We all have a good laugh. "Action!" Frustrated that I cannot retrieve my sword from the wall, I pick up another picture and smash it over the suitor's head! "Cut!" The prop worked perfect. We all high-five each other. This is fantasy.

Waiting for the next shot, I'm outside staring at a bird's nest buried in a thorny brown winter bush. I'm trying to decide whether or not I should steal it. It looks abandoned. Don't birds fly south for winter and then build new nests in spring? My phone rings and it's the only rapper I am a fan of, Polatik, aka David Sauselito. He wants me to hear his new rap, "Why Her?" "It's a testimony about the situation my family is going through right now, and how we are dealing with it."



I am immediately snapped back into reality. I met Polatik on the Tea Party Express bus. David is a pastor who used to be a criminal. Jesus changed his life, and hanging out with David is like attending a 24/7 Bible study. Now he is going through this trial. I hang up my phone and say a prayer for him.

"Action!" I am thrashing my fake sword again, this time from a moving golf cart as the suitor flees through our big, iron gate. I love pretending. The suitor shouts, "But I love her!" My beautiful, fake daughter (Carissa Capobianco) swoons. My fake husband (Andrew Masset), with a fake bandaged head shouts back, "We don't care!" and the gates close on the handsome, innocent suitor. "Cut!"

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Connecting the dots to anarchy ~ By Patrice Lewis

What worries me about this attitude is that when food shortages hit on a long-term basis or when unemployment spikes beyond the government's ability to provide, hungry folks will listen to anyone who claims to have the ability to solve their problems and blame others for causing the hunger.

If money is worthless and food is hard to come by, how long before we react with fear and anger? How long before we're willing to blame anyone and anything? How long before some charismatic leader assures us that he can solve all our problems? How long before violence erupts?

Can't happen here? Don't fool yourself. Hunger has no nationality. It doesn't belong to any skin color, language or culture. Buy food now – because when the pantry is truly empty, it's too late.

Patrice points out the fact that various events could result in a crisis right here in America. Yes, it can happen right here. Agricultural failures, economic crisis, or even a fuel shortage could change things in a short amount of time. Once again, as she has written before, Patrice stresses the point that we need to be prepared.

Connecting the dots to anarchy

PATRICE LEWIS

By Patrice Lewis

February 19, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

Last year here in north Idaho, my garden failed. Miserably.

Not from lack of trying. But after having the "winter of no winter" (very little snow), we also had the "summer of no summer." Well into the third week of June, the cold and rainy conditions made it nearly impossible for vegetables to grow.

It was a harsh lesson in some ways. Right now a garden's failure is merely an inconvenience. But in times past, a garden's failure could be catastrophic. After all, the French Revolution was triggered in large part because people were starving. Some say the recent riots in Egypt were fueled by surging wheat prices.

Keep this in mind for a moment as we review some recent headlines:

• A leading U.K. scientist warned about a threat of food riots around the world unless research into increasing crop yields is stepped up.

• A severe drought is threatening to destroy China's wheat crop. Emergency measures to divert water for irrigation are leaving nearly 3 million people short of drinking water. "China's grain situation is critical to the rest of the world – if they are forced to go out on the market to procure adequate supplies for their population, it could send huge shock waves through the world's grain markets," said Robert S. Zeigler.

• Global food prices have hit "dangerous levels" that could contribute to political instability, push millions of people into poverty and raise the cost of groceries. The USDA predicted last week U.S. corn farmers will have 675 million bushels of corn at the end of August, before next year's harvest begins. That's just an 18-day supply.

Of course it's not just food that's an issue. What about debt?

• President Obama's budget, released Monday, was conceived as a blueprint for future spending, but it also paints the bleakest picture yet of the current fiscal year, which is on track for a record federal deficit and will see the government's overall debt surpass the size of the total U.S. economy.

• The chances of a government shutdown are on the rise.

• Silver is spiking.

• Like it or not, unemployment is at 17.3 percent, not the relatively soothing 9 percent we're being spoon-fed by the mainstream media.

• Just four years ago, our budget deficit ($161 billion in 2007) was 10 percent of what it is today ($1.65 trillion).

British columnist Andrew Simms isn't afraid to state the obvious: "This year is the 10th anniversary of the fuel protests [when protesters blockaded British oil refineries, bringing the supply of fuels to gas stations to a halt], when supermarket bosses sat with ministers and civil servants in Whitehall warning that there were just three days of food left. We were, in effect, nine meals from anarchy. Suddenly, the apocalyptic visions of novelists and filmmakers seemed less preposterous. Civilization's veneer may be much thinner than we like to think."

Are you connecting the dots yet? This is the elephant in the room that everyone refuses to see: We're not as secure in this country as the government and mainstream media would like us to believe. There are sporadic news reports about dire possibilities, but few people are willing to connect the dots on the individual level. And yet it's well-documented that America, too, has a mere three day supply of food in stores, thanks to just-in-time deliveries and the efficiency of modern-day transportation and manufacturing systems. America itself remains a mere nine meals from anarchy.

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Depends on what the meaning of the word 'destroy' is ~ By Erik Rush

Progressives (American neo-Marxists) have long known that given the American sociopolitical dynamic, this nation would require a significantly different "undoing" than would Egypt, a European nation or some Central American banana republic, for them to effectively actualize their vision. This is what they have been working toward for decades, and what the Obama administration has accelerated dramatically since 2009.

Americans want comfort and stability – in some cases, even more than their liberty – and this attitude has been encouraged by liberals over the years via the psychology of dependency and entitlement. So, just how unpleasant will things have to get before the American people become willing to trade their remaining liberties for food, fuel, medicine and safety from hordes of gang-bangers and looters?

Erik tries to assure his readers that when he and others talk about Obama "destroying" America, it isn't meant as physical destruction. And really, it hasn't just been Obama that is responsible, though he may be the progressive that finally pushes America over the edge of the cliff. The progressives have spent the last century eroding away the American spirit that has kept this country free.

Depends on what the meaning of the word 'destroy' is

ERIK RUSH

By Erik Rush

February 17, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

As America's economic and geopolitical situation becomes more and more grave, conservative and libertarian-leaning observers become baffled and at odds with each other over their respective analysis of the Obama administration's policies.

President Obama's nauseatingly contrite foreign policy and appeasement of Islamists have emboldened our enemies worldwide, and it may well be years before we know to what degree this has factored into recent events in Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, Yemen, Tunisia and other Middle Eastern nations. His singleminded determination to continue "spending while the economy burns" (whilst attempting to convince us that he is being prudent) appears nothing less than madness to many.

However, the charge made by some (including myself) that the president is intent upon "destroying America" has invited ridicule, since the left and the press in particular typically paint all Obama detractors with a very wide brush. Logically, of course, it doesn't make any sense that a world leader of any political persuasion would intentionally destroy his country.

Well, this would depend upon what the meaning of the word "destroy" is.

If the meaning of "destroy" is turning America into a barren, smoldering, toxic moonscape from coast to coast, something out of "The Road Warrior" or "Resident Evil," then Obama almost certainly does not wish to destroy America. This paradigm of destruction would be dismissed by Americans as ludicrous – at least as far as someone wanting to bring it about intentionally.

But there are other kinds of destruction. A family can be destroyed without its members being slaughtered and their house burned down. Varying brands of calamity and/or dysfunction have served to consign family units to a state of non-being. It happens all the time. Similarly, nations throughout history have been destroyed without the wholesale annihilation of their people, their farms being burned and their cities razed to the ground.

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Obama's Islamic tilt in Egypt ~ By Tom Tancredo

Both by constitutional separation of powers and by tradition, the president has wide latitude in conducting foreign policy. George Bush waged a war to achieve "regime change" in Iraq and was widely criticized for it. Obama clearly has a different vision of regime change, one that includes anti-American radicals dedicated to the destruction of Western democracy.

What we need most is regime change in Washington, D.C.

The more we learn about Obama's foreign policy, the more we see all of the pieces of the puzzle coming together. This column by Tom Tancredo brings an important point to light. How else does one explain the administration's willingness to include the Muslim Brotherhood in the changing of the regime in Egypt? It can't be ignorance of what the Muslim Brotherhood desires for Egypt. All you would have to do is look on the Muslim Brotherhood's Official English Website:

Founded in 1928, the Muslim Brotherhood is the longest continuous contemporary Islamist group. It was initially established, not as a political party, but as a da'wa (religious outreach) association that aimed to cultivate pious and committed Muslims through preaching, social services, and spreading religious commitment and integrity by example. It called on Egyptians to unite to confront imperialism and pursue economic development and social justice.

Huh.... Social justice. Where have I heard that before?

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Obama's Islamic tilt in Egypt

TOM TANCREDO

By Tom Tancredo

February 12, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

The difference between Jimmy Carter's mistakes in handling the 1979 revolution in Iran and Obama's handling of the 2011 revolution in Egypt is that Carter's team made mistakes out of ignorance and naiveté. Thirty-one years later, Obama's diplomatic team cannot claim naiveté in dealing with the Muslim Brotherhood and the radical Islamists. Obama is consciously supporting the Islamists in Egypt and facilitating their rise to power.

How else can one explain the extraordinary statements of James Clapper, Obama's director of national intelligence, in his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee, that the Muslim Brotherhood is a "secular organization" that has "eschewed violence"? They operate hospitals in Egypt, so they must be peace-loving humanitarians? Hamas operates charities in the Gaza territory, so they are not really dedicated to the destruction of Israel?

We might forgive some American citizens for being confused about the character and goals of some Islamic organizations disguised as charities, but don't we expect more from our "intelligence community"? As one wit has already observed following Clapper's testimony, we might as well abolish Clapper's agency and save the taxpayers $40 billion if this is the quality of "intelligence" our policymakers are getting from that bureaucracy.

Clapper's statements, made this past week at the height of the Egyptian crisis, might be excused or explained away if they were an isolated incident. But his statements are part of a pattern of mischaracterizing and underestimating the threat from radical Islam. Clapper's testimony can only be viewed as part of the Obama administration's persistent efforts to "humanize" the Muslim Brotherhood and prepare the ground for a new Islamist-run Egyptian government.

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Is Facebook inherently dangerous? ~ By Phil Elmore

So. Should you join Facebook or not? Should you leave if you have? Is the site inherently dangerous to you and yours?

Social technology necessarily moves apace with society. As citizens, criminals, political activists and bored teenagers alike take to the same virtual space for varying reasons, they will, alone together, experience the benefits, the risks, the fun and the consequences of social networking. If we join these networks, we must do so fully cognizant of what we wager. If we opt out, we must acknowledge the losses we incur in social connectivity and convenience. Every one of us must make this decision – not from fear, not from worry and not with casual disregard for the dangers ... but with honesty and awareness.

In this edition of his weekly TECHNOCRACY column, Phil brings up a lot of great information about the possible dangers of being on Facebook or any other social-networking site. To me, perhaps the most intriguing point is the possibility that various sites like Facebook or twitter can be shut off by a government that is afraid of civil unrest. And, yes, that did happen in Egypt, at least for a few days. Any government that is afraid of their own people will always have that option, and what can we do about it?

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Is Facebook inherently dangerous?

PHIL ELMORE

By Phil Elmore

February 10, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

Yesterday I saw an ad for a car whose primary selling point seems to be that it offers real-time Facebook updates. In the spot (voiced by Tim Allen), a young man uses the feature to see if his new lady love has posted to Facebook about their date.

What is extraordinary about the popularity of Facebook, the social networking site that has arguably expanded the public square while redefining the nature of "friendship," is that the site has become so deeply enmeshed in popular culture after only a few short years. Facebook recently turned just seven years old.

The benefits of social networking are obvious. Setting aside their entertainment value (Facebook offers videos, addicting games, time-wasting quiz applications, real-time chat and so on), such sites allow friends, family and old acquaintances to stay in touch and share their daily lives. Brief updates and uploaded photos make such a large volume of information manageable and digestible. Facebook is also a cost-effective way to promote businesses and social causes, used by everyone from politicians and talk-show hosts to retailers and hobby clubs.

The powerful influence of social networking as a catalyst, communications tool and rallying point for agitation has come to the fore as the world watches Egypt's social upheaval. The very Internet kill switch about which I have previously warned you in Technocracy has been used by Egypt's government in an attempt to silence Twitter and Facebook updates concerning the protests there. It was no surprise when the totalitarian nation of thieves that is China blocked its population's searches for information on Egypt. It is also not a surprise that Obama's regime continues to press for the same oversight.

Facebook is so powerful, in fact, that college newspapers have dubbed it and sites like it a "worldwide weapon" that has been "instrumental in sparking protests that may oust powerful government forces." This is occurring despite Facebook's inflexible policy insisting that users sign up with their real, full names. Joe Fay of the U.K.'s Register writes that this "is great when it comes to stopping cyberbullying or harassment, but not so good when it comes to expounding political views that your government doesn't like."

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Did Washington green light Mideast uprisings? ~ By Erik Rush

Obama, the consummate smoothie, continues to argue that his propositions are for America's good – and with the establishment press acting as his bureau of propaganda, an inordinately large number of Americans continue to believe him. Despite this, it has been widely noted that everything Obama does appears calculated to exacerbate our difficulties, rather than ameliorate them.

When you read the full column by Erik Rush, you will learn that I didn't excerpt the column from the beginning as I normally do. The column begins with Erik explaining that President Obama, "with the establishment press acting as his bureau of propaganda," is able to keep a large number of Americans believing that what he is doing is for the good of America, on the domestic side of the coin. Where it goes from there in this column, though, is the part that I wanted to focus on in this discussion of what Erik tells us.

It's really about Obama's foreign policy that is the cause for concern. For the last two days, I've posted a couple of stories as seen in the related story links below, where I believe I'm seeing a disturbing possibility that Obama's administration has been manipulating the way things are going in the Middle East for many countries, beginning in Tunisia, and then continuing on with the major problems in several other countries, including Egypt. I'm still in the process of understanding this fully, but there seems to be a weird trend that has all began to jell at the beginning of this year. Though we are not yet in the position of being able to answer the question, shouldn't we want to - and have to - ask, "Why?" It does not seem to be about the people in those countries suddenly wanting "democracy."  Nope, sorry, that wouldn't make sense.  Is there a possibility that there is an evil agenda to stir the pot in the Middle East to make another major war possible between the Islamic world and Israel?

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Did Washington green light Mideast uprisings?

ERIK RUSH

By Erik Rush

February 03, 2011 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

© 2011

Which brings us to his foreign policy. In regard to the nation of Egypt (which is at the brink of civil war as I write this), we have a Muslim-indoctrinated, anti-Israel American president insinuating himself into the political workings of the only major power in the Middle East that has been moderate with regard to Israel. On Feb. 1, WND's Aaron Klein revealed the secret machinations of the Obama administration in support of the Muslim Brotherhood's campaign to topple Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.

The Muslim Brotherhood – which is dedicated to the implementation of Shariah law on a global level. There shouldn't be much question as to Obama's twofold motivations here: to coalesce Muslim influence in the Middle East and compromise the security of Israel.

Yet, even some prominent conservatives fail to see what is unmistakable to others: a regional Islamic uprising impelled by an American government that has promised some form of cooperation, and misrepresented as a democratic insurgency by Washington and the news media in order to assuage Americans' concerns.

Two weeks ago, Tunisia's government was brought down; two days ago, Jordan's King Abdullah II ousted his prime minister and Cabinet, and Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, assured his people that he will not seek re-election in 2013, after more than 30 years in office. All of these came in the wake of mass protests.

Hello?  Is it even plausible that President Obama is simply reacting to all of this – or is it more believable that Washington's yet-undetected fingerprints are all over this crisis?

The depth and scope of Americans' perception and insight unquestionably leaves something to be desired here. It was worrisome indeed when otherwise sound-minded observers were taken by Obama's conciliatory words during the State of the Union address last month. Given the countless lies, clandestine measures and liberty-stultifying policies this president has employed, it is unfathomable to me that anyone given to cogent thought would see them as any more than, in Obama's own words of 2008, "just words."

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Rush Limbaugh: Send Obama to be head of Egypt

Speaking from the White House last night, President Obama encouraged the Egyptian government to begin a peaceful transition.

"An orderly transition must be meaningful, must be peaceful, and must begin now," said Obama, who also noted it's not the duty of other countries to determine who will lead Egypt. "The Egyptian people can do that," he said.

I was listening to Rush when he was talking about Obama's interference, and possible incitement of further violence, in Egypt. Though I chuckled when I heard it, I wasn't really too surprised to hear Rush Limbaugh make the following statement:

"And don't tell me he can't run for president of Egypt because he wasn't born there. I don't want to hear that. Apparently, he can be president anywhere he wants to be."

When it all comes down to it, there appears to be mounting evidence that Obama does have a role in the "protests" in Egypt, and could even be culpable in regard to the ongoing violence and deaths there because of his actions.

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Rush Limbaugh: Send Obama to be head of Egypt

'Don't tell me he can't run for president because he wasn't born there'

JOE KOVACS

By Joe Kovacs

Posted: February 02, 2011 ~ 2:27 pm Eastern

© 2011 WorldNetDaily

PALM BEACH, Fla. – Radio host Rush Limbaugh took a jab today at President Obama by suggesting the American commander in chief be dispatched to Egypt and become head of state there to deal with ongoing violence.

"Why don't we send Obama over to Egypt to be their president?" Limbaugh asked rhetorically on his program.

"And don't tell me he can't run for president of Egypt because he wasn't born there. I don't want to hear that. Apparently, he can be president anywhere he wants to be. Maybe a movement to get Obama's name on the Egyptian ballot. He likes it over there. I'm halfway serious about this."

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