Archive for the 'Middle East' Category

Obama Awards No-bid Contract to Company of Democratic Donor

by SteveK @ Tuesday, January 26th, 2010. Tags: , , ,
Filed under Government, Media, Middle East

President Obama has criticized Bush for awarding no-bid contracts and pledged that he would not allow “sweetheart deals” under his watch. Now we learn of Obama reneging on yet another promise with the first no-bid contract of his administration going to Checchi & Company Consulting, Inc., a Washington-based firm owned by Democratic donor Vincent V. [...]

Understanding Radical Islam – Part 3

by SteveK @ Thursday, January 7th, 2010. Tags: , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Education, Government, Media, Middle East, Religion

In this last installment we get to the schools, and thus the heart of the matter as to why so many Americans are unfamiliar with the information provided in parts 1 and 2. The education system in this country is to blame for whitewashing Islam with political correctness in order to fit the overwhelmingly liberal [...]

Fort Hood Killer Close Friend of Radical Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki

by SteveK @ Monday, November 16th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Government, Media, Middle East, National Security

An AP article describes the Fort Hood terrorist as being a confidant of the radical jihadist Anwar al-Awlaki, a cleric with ties to al-Qaida. The imam said that the Ft. Hood attack was permissible under Islam. “America was the one who first brought the battle to Muslim countries,” al-Awlaki said.  Although he never explains how, [...]

Fort Hood: the Military, the Media, Political Correctness, and Nidal Malik Hasan

by SteveK @ Thursday, November 12th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, Media, Middle East, National Security

Following President Obama’s appalling speech addressing the terrorist attack at Fort Hood, one has to wonder how much political correctness is really embedded in our military. As a side note, Obama urged people not to ‘jump to conclusions’ concerning Nidal Malik Hasan, yet had no problem jumping to conclusions himself with the Cambridge Police incident.
The [...]

Obama’s Cairo Speech Flawed, But Praised by Media

by SteveK @ Monday, June 8th, 2009. Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
Filed under Culture, Government, History, Media, Middle East

While President Obama’s speech had some strength to it, such as reminding Muslims that the holocaust did happen and that Islamic extremism is wrong, it unfortunately had even more faults. Obama often engaged in the typical rhetoric of moral equivalence, and revisionist flattery, in attempting to appeal to the Muslim world.
With Obama-history, Islam is praised [...]

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