15. Max Boot, “Three Quarters of the Way There,” Commentary, December 1, 2009, http://www.commentarymagazine.com/
blogs/index.php/boot/184491.
16. Melanie Phillips, “McChrystal Undermined,” Spectator, December 2, 2009, http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips
/5593271/mcchrystal-undermined.html.
17. Ayn Rand, Answers (New York: New American Library, 2005), p. 92.
18. Ibid., p. 87.
SEVEN: OBAMA AND ISLAMIC POLITICS
1. “Osama calls for long war against ‘infidels,’” Reuters, June 4, 2009.
2. “‘We’ve been through tougher times,’” interview with Barack Obama, USA Today, January 16, 2009.
3. Barack Obama, “President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address,” WhiteHouse.gov, January 21, 2009.
4. “Obama Al-Arabiya Interview: Full Text,” Huffington Post, January 26, 2009, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/
01/26/obama-al-arabiya-intervie
_n_161127.html.
5. “Obama offers Iran ‘the promise of a new beginning,’” CNN, March 20, 2009, http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/
03/20/obama.iran.video/index.html.
6. Barack Obama, Remarks By The President On A New Beginning,” WhiteHouse.gov, June 4, 2009, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office
/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo-
University-6-04-09.
7. Michael Muskal, “Obama calls for new relationship with Iran on anniversay [sic] of embassy takeover,” Los Angeles Times, November 4, 2009, http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld
/world/la-naw-obama-iran5-2009nov05
,0,4668198.story.
8. “Obama’s Address on the War in Afghanistan,” New York Times, December 1, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/02
/world/asia/02prexy.text.html.
9. Andrew C. McCarthy, “Alinsky Does Afghanistan,” National Review, December 4, 2009.
10. Sarah Baxter, “Obama Reaches Out to Muslims,” Sunday Times, January 18, 2009.
11. Robert Spencer, “Obama’s Special Insight,” Human Events, August 6, 2008.
12. Baxter, “Obama Reaches Out to Muslims.”
13. “Egyptian grand shaykh: Islamic law sees suicide-bombers as martyrs,” Independent Media Review Analysis, November 3, 2003, http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=18722.
14. Robert Satloff, “Just Like Us! Really? Gallup says only 7 percent of the world’s Muslims are political radicals. Yet 36 percent think the 9/11 attacks were in some way justified,” Weekly Standard, May 12, 2008.
15. Bat Ye’or, Symposium, “Criticism and Conciliation,” National Review, June 4, 2009.
16. Mark Steyn, “What Signal Does Barbie’s Burka Send?” Maclean’s, December 10, 2009.
17. Maria Rosa Menocal, The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews, and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain (New York: Little, Brown, 2002), pp. 72–73.
18. Pamela Geller, “Obama’s State Department Submits to Islam,” American Thinker, August 18, 2009.
19. Burt Prelutsky, “The Straight Poop On Radical Islam,” Big Hollywood, August 13, 2009, http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/bprelutsky
/2009/08/13/the-straight-poop
-on-radical-islam/.
20. “Obama Issues Special Hajj Message to World’s Muslims,” Los Angeles Times, November 25, 2009.
21. “History,” U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project, http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/
index.php?option=com_content&task
=view&id=14&Itemid=43.
22. Frank Gaffney, Jr., “Shariah’s Brotherhood,” Center for Security Policy, March 16, 2009,
23. Mohamed Akram, “An Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal for the Group in North America,” May 22, 1991, Government Exhibit 003-0085, U.S. vs. HLF, et al, p. 7 (21).
24. Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Relations with the Muslim World, report of the Leadership Group on U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project, second printing, February 2009, p. 5.
25. The Doha Compact: New Directions: America and the Muslim World, the Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, Saban Center at Brookings, October 2008, p. 4.
26. Changing Course: A New Directions for U.S. Relations with the Muslim World, p. 6.
27. Ibid., p. 5.
28. Ibid., p. 6.
29. Ibid., p. 61.
30. The Doha Compact: New Directions: America and the Muslim World, p. 16.
31. Marc Ambinder, “‘Brotherhood’ Invited To Obama Speech By U.S.,” The Atlantic, June 3, 2009.
32. Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Relations with the Muslim World, p. 77.
33. The Doha Compact: New Directions: America and the Muslim World, p. 16.
34. “Obama: ‘Peace requires responsibility,’” CNN, December 10, 2009.
35. The Doha Compact: New Directions: America and the Muslim World, p. 5.
36. Ibid.
EIGHT: AN ISLAMO-CHRISTIAN NATION
1. “President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address,” WhiteHouse.gov, January 20, 2009.
2. “Obama Al-Arabiya Interview: Full Text,” Huffington Post, January 26, 2009, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/26/
obama-al-arabiya-intervie_n_161127.html.
3. “President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address.”
4. Jesse Lee, “Crossroads in Turkey,” WhiteHouse.gov, April 6, 2009, http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/
09/04/06/Crossroads-in-Turkey.
5. Bat Ye’or, email to Pamela Geller, December 11, 2009.
6. http://www.1001inventions.com/.
7. “Interview of the President by Laura Haim, Canal Plus,” WhiteHouse.gov, June 2, 2009, http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office
/Transcript-of-the-Interview-
of-the-President-by-Laura-Haim
-Canal-Plus-6-1-09/.
8. Arthur Delaney, “Obama: U.S. ‘Not A Christian Nation Or A Jewish Nation Or A Muslim Nation’ (VIDEO),” Huffington Post, April 6, 2009, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/06/obama
-us-not-a-christian_n_183772.html.
9. Johanna Neuman, “Obama Ends Bush-Era National Prayer Day Service at White House,” Los Angeles Times, May 7, 2009.
10. Mark Silva, “Obama’s Seder: This Year at White House,” Chicago Tribune, April 8, 2009.
11. “Obama Passover Seder UPDATE: Photo, Guest List, Menu,” Associated Press, April 10, 2009.
12. Ben Meyerson, “Obama Hosts a Seder: Who Was Invited?” Los Angeles Times, April 10, 2009.
13. Mark Silva, “Obama’s Ramadan Dinner: Big Crowd,” Chicago Tribune, September 1, 2009.
14. Ibid.
15. “2009 US Presidential Passover Greeting,” available at http://www.holidays.net/passover/
presnote2009.htm.
16. Robert Satloff, “Just Like Us! Really? Gallup says only 7 percent of the world’s Muslims are political radicals. Yet 36 percent think the 9/11 attacks were in some way justified,” Weekly Standard, May 12, 2008.
17. Pamela Geller, “State Department at Work: On 911, ‘Islam, What a Billion Muslims Really Think’:) Movie Screening and Iftar Dinner for State Department Employees,” AtlasShrugs.com, September 21, 2009, http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs
/2009/09/state-department-at
-work-on-911-islam-what-a-billion
-muslims-really-think-movie- screening-and
-iftar-dinner-for-state.html.
18. Hilary Leila Krieger, “White House Hanukka party guest list to be cut in half,” Jerusalem Post, November 19, 2009.
19. Rachel L. Swarns, “Washington Fuss Over White House Hanukkah Party,” New York Times, December 10, 2009.
20. Alan Caruba, “Obama’s War On America,” Canada Free Press, November 11, 2009, http://canadafreepress.com/
index.php/article/16763.
21. “Los Angeles police plan to map Muslims,” Associated Press, November 9, 2007.
22. “Muslims Welcome Rem
oval of LAPD’s Mapping Program,” Muslim Public Affairs Council, November 16, 2007, http://www.mpac.org/article.php?id=563.
23. “Justice Department Files Religious Discrimination Lawsuit Against Essex County, New Jersey,” United States Department of Justice, June 8, 2009, http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/
June/09-crt-559.html.
24. Barack Obama, Remarks By The President On A New Beginning, WhiteHouse.gov, June 4, 2009. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office
/Remarks-by-the-President-at-Cairo
-University-6-04-09/.
25. Andrew C. McCarthy, “Material Support on the Ropes? Will a key anti-terror tool fall victim to Obama’s Muslim outreach?” National Review, June 9, 2009.
26. Ibid.
27. Pamela Geller, “Muslim Terror Attack,” AtlasShrugs.com, November 5, 2009, http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs
/2009/11/seven-shot-dead-at
-us-army-base.html.
28. Jon Ward and Eli Lake, “White House: ‘War on Terrorism’ is Over,” Washington Times, August 6, 2009.
29. “Chicagoan charged with aiding deadly Mumbai terror attack,” Chicago Breaking News Center, December 7, 2009, http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/12/
chicagoan-charged-with-aiding
-deadly-mumbai-terror-attack.html.
30. Mike Levine, “Americans Arrested in Pakistan; FBI Probing,” FOXNews.com, December 9, 2009.
31. Michael S. Schmidt and Michael D. Regan, “Binghamton Student Says He Warned Officials,” New York Times, December 6, 2009.
32. “U.S. terror suspects accused of targeting Marine base,” Reuters, September 24, 2009.
33. Dina Temple-Raston, “Officials: NYC Plot Operational, Not Just Aspirational,” National Public Radio, September 28, 2009.
34. Jason Trahan, Todd J. Gillman, and Scott Goldstein, “Dallas Bomb Plot Sus-pect Told Landlord He was Moving Out,” Dallas Morning News, September 26, 2009.
35. “Man accused of plotting to bomb Springfield courthouse,” Chicago Breaking News, September 24, 2009, http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/09/
man-accused-of-plotting-to-bomb
-springfield-courthouse.html.
36. Paul Egan, “Detroit Mosque Leader Killed in FBI Raids,” Detroit News, October 28, 2009.
37. Laura Crimaldi and Laurel J. Sweet, “Beltway Sniper Alleged Inspiration for Terror Suspect,” Boston Herald, October 21, 2009.
38. James Corum, “Obama’s National Defence Review ignores Iran and Islam in favour of… climate change!”, Telegraph, February 12, 2010.
39. Pamela Geller, “‘Diversity Visas’ and ‘Religious Visas’: Importing Jihad,” AtlasShrugs.com, April 10, 2009, http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/
2009/04/diversity-visas-and-
religious-visas-.html.
NINE: DESTROYING THE PRESTIGE OF AMERICA
1. Barack Obama, “Obama’s Address on the War in Afghanistan,” New York Times, December 1, 2009.
2. Samer al-Atrush, “Arab countries fail on human rights—report,” Agence France-Presse, December 9, 2009.
3. “Obama to release interrogation photos,” United Press International, April 23, 2009.
4. “Senators Call on Obama to Resolve Dispute With Pelosi Over ‘Torture Photos,’” FOXNews.com, June 11, 2009.
5. Carrie Johnson, “Prosecutor to Probe CIA Interrogations: Attorney General Parts with White House in Approving Preliminary Investigation, Washington Post, August 25, 2009.
6. Ibid.
7. Eli Lake, “7 Ex-CIA Chiefs Oppose Detainee Probe,” Washington Times, September 18, 2009.
8. Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman, “Justice Official Clears Bush Lawyers in Torture Memo Probe,” Newsweek, January 29, 2010.
9. Pamela Geller, “Why Didn’t President Hussein Release All of the CIA Memos?” AtlasShrugs.com, April 21, 2009, http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs
/2009/04/why-didnt-president-hussein
-release-all-the-cia-memos.html.
10. John R. Bolton, “Obama’s Prosecutions by Proxy,” Washington Post, May 6, 2009.
11. Rowan Scarborough, “Navy SEALs Face Assault Charges for Capturing Most-Wanted Terrorist,” Fox News, November 25, 2009.
12. Pamela Geller, “Justice for America’s Hero: After Action Report In Support of Michael Behenna,” AtlasShrugs.com, December 6, 2009, http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs
/2009/12/justice-for-americas-hro
-after-action-report-in-support-of-
michael-behenna.html?cid=
6a00d8341c60bf53ef0120a71df106970b.
13. Daniel Schwammenthal, “Prosecuting American ‘War Crimes,’” Wall Street Journal, November 26, 2009.
14. U.S. Supreme Court, Ex Parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942), available at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/
getcase.pl?court=US&vol=317&invol=1.
15. Andrew C. McCarthy, “How Obama is Courting Danger: Civilian Trials Set Back the War on Terror,” Daily News (New York), November 22, 2009.
16. Marc A. Thiessen, “The CIA’s Questioning Worked,” Washington Post, April 21, 2009.
17. Mimi Hall and Ken Dilanian, “Guantanamo Plan Takes More Shots,” USA Today, May 22, 2009.
18. “Obama’s News Conference at the G-20,” New York Times, September 25, 2009.
19. Kenneth R. Bazinet, Wil Cruz, and Samuel Goldsmith, “Trial for 9/11 Mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Won’t Happen in New York City, Says Official,” Daily News (New York), January 29, 2010.
20. Jim Kouri, “Terrorist trials may still be held in Manhattan, says President,” Law Enforcement Examiner, February 8, 2010, http://www.examiner.com/x-2684
-Law-Enforcement-Examiner~y2010m2d8-
Terrorist-trials-may-still-be-
held-in-Manhattan-says-President.
21. Ryan Lizza, “Making It: How Chicago Shaped Obama,” New Yorker, July 21, 2008.
TEN: FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE AGE OF JIHAD
1. Ayn Rand, Ayn Rand Answers—The Best of Her Q & A, ed. Robert Mayhew (New York: NAL Books, 2005), p. 20.
2. Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer, “‘Un-American’ Attacks Can’t Derail Health Care Debate,” USA Today, August 10, 2009.
3. Barack Obama, speech in McLean, Virginia, August 7, 2009, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
jifjRVLVjzA&eurl=http%3A%2F
%2Fwww.breitbart.tv%2Fobama-dont
-want-the-folks-who-
created-the-mess-to-do-a-lot-of-
talking%2F&feature=player_embedded.
4. Michael Barone, “Obama vs. Free Speech,” RealClearPolitics, October 11, 2008.
5. “Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement,” Office of Governor Matt Blunt, September 27, 2008.
6. Bob Herbert, “A Threat We Can’t Ignore,” New York Times, June 19, 2009; Frank Rich, “The Obama Haters’ Silent Enablers,” New York Times, June 13, 2009; Paul Krugman, “The Big Hate,” New York Times, June 11, 2009; Tobin Harshaw, “Weekend Opinionator: Is Racist Hate Republican or Democratic?” New York Times, June 12, 2009.
7. Steven Mikulan, “New Anti-Obama ‘Joker’ Poster,” LA Weekly, August 3, 2009.
8. “Mystery Obama/Joker Poster Appears in L.A.,” Bedlam Magazine, August 3, 2009.
9. Paul Krugman, “The Town Hall Mob,” New York Times, August 6, 2009.
10. Maureen Dowd, “Boy, Oh, Boy,” New York Times, September 12, 2009.
11. Greg Bluestein, “Carter Cites ‘Racism’ in Wilson Outburst,” Associated Press, September 16, 2009.
12. Katharine Q. Seelye, “Obama Wades Into a Volatile Racial Issue,” New York Times, July 23, 2009.
13. Pamela Geller, “Obama’s Race Baiting Must End,” Newsmax, July 27, 2009.
14. Tim Craig and Michael D. Shear, “Allen Quip Provokes Outrage, Apology: Name Insults Webb Volunteer,” Washington Post, August 15, 2006.
15. “Biden explains Indian-American remarks,” Associated Press, July
7, 2006.
16. Thomas Lifson, “Barack Obama, Laughingstock,” American Thinker, August 2, 2009.
17. Charles M. Blow, “Hate in a Cocoon of Silence,” New York Times, June 12, 2009.
18. Dave Eberhart, “Pelosi Video: Healthcare Protesters Tote Swastikas,” Newsmax, August 6, 2009.
19. Sam Stein, “Pelosi Protesters, Including Kid In Stroller, Compare Obama To Hitler,” Huffington Post, August 7, 2009, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/07
/pelosi-protesters-includi_n_253762.html.
20. Bill Press, “The Tea Baggers Are Back—Crazy as Ever,” Hartford Courant, August 6, 2009.
21. David Goldstein, “Emotions Spill at Town Halls on Health Care,” Kansas City Star, August 7, 2009.
22. Carrie Budoff Brown, “White House to Democrats: ‘Punch back twice as hard,’” Politico.com, August 6, 2009, http://www.politico.com/news
/stories/0809/25891.html.
23. “Kathy Castor - Healthcare Town Hall Meeting in Tampa - 8/6,” YouTube, August 6, 2009, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kxaGfClPws
&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fatlasshrugs2000.
typepad.com%2Fatlas_shrugs%2F2009
%2F08%2Fobamas-union-thugs
-are-beating-people-up-at-
town-hall-meetings.html&
feature=player_embedded#t=217.
24. “Dems Sneak Union Thugs Into Carnahan Town Hall—Tea Party Taxpayers Locked Out!,” YouTube, August 6, 2009, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJhR3T4aw
&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fatlasshrugs2000
.typepad.com%2Fatlas_shrugs%2F2009
%2F08%2Fthe-obama-auguar-psyop
-democrats-begin-to-pack-town
-hall-meetings-with-a&feature
=player_embedded.
25. “Union Thugs Deliver Unprovoked Beating on Black Conservative at Carnahan Town Hall,” St. Louis Tea Party, August 7, 2009, http://stlouisteaparty.com/2009/08/07/
union-thugs-deliver-unprovoked-beating
-on-black-conservative-at-
carnahan-town-hall/.
26. Leah Thorsen, “Six People, Including P-D Reporter, Arrested at Carnahan Meeting,” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 6, 2009.
27. “Committees And Candidates Supported/Opposed: SEIU COPE (Service Employees International Union Committee on Political Education),” Federal Election Commission, n.d., http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin
/com_supopp/2007_C00004036.
28. Michael Mishak, “Unplugged: The SEIU Chief on the Labor Movement and the Card Check,” Las Vegas Sun, May 10, 2009.
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