On Gaffney's Radio Show, King Suggests Muslims Aren't American

Creating Enmity With Words
No, this is not about the shootings in Tucson — at least, not in any direct sense. This is about Rep. Peter King (R-NY) accusing Muslim-Americans (all Muslim-Americans) of being uncooperative with anti-terrorism efforts, of being disloyal Americans and, in fact, of not being real Americans at all when it comes to defending the United States: Rep. Peter King (R-NY), the new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, has promised to launch a series of investigations of Muslim Americans be...

Peter King hates Muslims
By Michael J.W. Stickings (As I've stressed before, no, not that Peter King, that Peter King -- who seems to call himelf "Pete," perhaps to distinguish himself from the more famous other Peter King. Obviously.) ********** Think Progress: Rep. Peter King (R-NY), the new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, has promised to launch a series of investigations of Muslim Americans beginning in February. "I've made it c...

Congressman Peter King suggests that Muslims are not American
Lee Fang at ThinkProgress. Note that even the Conservative Political Action Conference has frozen out King's interviewer, Frank Gaffney, for being a "crazy bigot." Joining anti-Muslim Conspiracy theorist Frank Gaffney on Gaffney’s radio program last week, King doubled down on his promise to launch a witch-hunt against Muslims... GAFFNEY: It sounds like what you’re recognizing — thank God — is that within the Muslim community, even in this country, let alone elsewhere, folks are fi

Stakelbeck on Terror Show: Muslims Persecuting Non-Muslims
An interview with leading Middle East expert Walid Phares about his new book, The Coming Revolution. (2:08 into the show). My report featuring exclusive, never-before-seen footage of Al Qaeda training in North Africa (9:57 in). An exclusive interview with David Rubin, former mayor of Shiloh in Israel’s Biblical heartland and author of the new book, The Islamic Tsunami. David discusses the Palestinian Terrorist Attack against he and his 3 year old son by Palestinian Terrorists in gripping d...

NYS CPPAC will be 1/31, Mark Steyn will keynote
Mark Steyn will be the featured speaker at the Conservative Party’s Political Action Conference on January 31 at the Holiday Inn in Colonie. The annual gathering is a must-attend for most Republicans seeking favor with the party, which often cross-endorses Candidates and provides winning margins in close Elections. In 2009, now-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, spoke at the gathering in an appearance that then-fueled thoughts of his gubernatorial prospects. Last year, Rick Lazio launched hi...

Radical Muslims in America
Recent remarks by Attorney General Eric Holder on the threat posed by "radicalized" American Muslims are revealing—not just because of what they say regarding the domestic situation, but for their international implications as well. According to Holder: "[T]he threat is real, the threat is different, the threat is constant. The threat has changed … to worrying about people in the United States, American Citizens—raised here, born here, and who for whatever reason, have decided that they a

Raymond Ibrahim on jihadis in America: all the benefits and still turning to jihad
Common sense and pointed questions from our old friend Raymond Ibrahim. "Radical Muslims in America: All the Benefits and Still Turning to Jihad," by Raymond Ibrahim in Hudson New York (via RaymondIbrahim.com), January 12: [...] Holder's assertion that "the Terrorists only have to be successful once" has important implications: aside from the obvious--that it only takes one strike to create devastation on U.S. soil--it is also a reminder that when people argue that most American Muslims are mo...

Day After Arizona Slaughter, More Protests of Hate and Incitement to Violence From the Leftist/Islamic Alliance
Not 12 hours after the Mass Shooting in Arizona, the left took to Herald Square to spew their hate and annihilationist Propaganda. While accusing the right of what they themselves are guilty of, they wasted no time ginning up the disenfranchised and the haters. The blood in Arizona was not even dry. They could not show any restraint or decorum and could not hold back their wishes for Jewish Genocide out of respect for the dead. Their bloodlust comes first and must be slaked. It is always the l...

Consumer Advisory Council appointments for 2011
The Federal Reserve Board has named ten new members to its Consumer Advisory Council and designated a new Chair and Vice Chair of the Council for 2011. The Council advises The Board on the exercise of its responsibilities under the Consumer Credit Protection Act and on other matters in the area of consumer Financial Services.  The Council will hold its regular meetings in Washington, D.C., until the designated transfer date upon which certain Consumer Protection functions will be transferr...

On Tuesdays Radio Show
• Guest host Barry Weintraub fills in for Alan. You must be logged in to post a comment. Drk H: Bob Beckell, dem stratagest said h@ll yeah he has used it, will use it again. He’s not afraid to call it... karthiks030977: “More hate from kart.” When you stop peddling lies, and slandering other people, and... karthiks030977: “thats bull karth. you got 20 people on here and you want to suspend half of them” You... richfloyd: “well, you are a good Candidate t...

New radio show on WYBG focuses on retiree issues
MASSENA — While some retired workers sit in local Coffee Shops chatting about Retiree issues, Roger B. Clough is doing his talking on the radio. The retired business manager for International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 2302 has a new show called "What's Next" that airs at 9 a.m. Saturdays on WYBG 1050 AM. The first show, in which Mr. Clough talked with Alcoa Retiree Francis E. "Bud" Byington, aired Saturday. Upcoming shows include talks with other retirees including Darr...

Midday open thread
Must read: Last October, Glenn Beck was musing on his Radio Show about the prospect of the government seizing his Children if he didn't give them Flu Vaccines. "You want to take my kids because of that?" he said. "Meet Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson." Last April, Erick Erickson, the managing editor of the right-wing RedState blog and a CNN commentator, was questioning the legality of the Census Bureau's American Community Survey on a radio show. "We have become, or are becoming, enslaved by the go...

NewsBusters Publisher Bozell Condemns Death Wishes Against Conservatives from Liberals in the Media
The so-called ‘news’ media have zero currency in this debate because we have documented the Left using hateful, vicious language far worse than any conservative. Their attacks on Conservatives are untrue and utterly hypocritical. If they really cared about the effects of political Rhetoric, they would have gone after any number of those left-wingers who have directly incited violence – starting with the man with the world’s biggest audience: President Obama . After all, h...

Rep. Peter King Says Muslims Arent American When It Comes To War
Rep. Peter King (R-NY), the new chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, has promised to launch a series of investigations of Muslim Americans beginning in February. “I’ve made it clear that I’ll focus the committee on Counterterrorism and hold hearings on a wide range of issues, including Radicalization of the American Muslim community and homegrown Terrorism,” he told Newsday. King has repeatedly said that he only wants to single out “Islamic Terrorism”...

Remedies that go too far
Marc Ambinder spoke to a bevy of former Secret Service agents and current physical-protection specialists who said that "members [of Congress] can take commonsense steps to reduce the likelihood of an incident, steps that only mildly Compromise their access to the public, if at all." But fairly few of the steps mentioned in the article actually seem like good ideas. One idea is to "request the presence of a Police Officer from the local jurisdiction" when holding community meetings. That would b...

Through the congressional looking glass
THROUGH THE CONGRESSIONAL LOOKING GLASS.... I can appreciate why members of Congress have taken a renewed interest in their personal safety this week, but some of the proposals seem off-track. House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King (R-N.Y.), for example, has talked up a bill that would make it a crime to bring a gun within 1,000 feet of a government official. This idea probably won't go far. Others are getting even more creative. An aide to Rep. Dan Burton (R-Ind.) tells CBS New...

Boehner and the gun lobby
Whatever room is left on the floor of the House by representatives of Big Business is occupied by the extraordinarily -- not to say insanely -- omnipresent gun lobby.  If we have anything more dangerous and certifiably crazy in our midst than Jared Loughner, it's the gun lobby and the members of Congress who represent its interests.  Republican representative Pete King of New York has raised the possibility of at least limiting the carrying of weapons near members of Congress.&...

Ex-DeLay aides thrive in GOP
While former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay tries to avoid a three-year stint in Texas Prison, the loyal aides who once worked for him have quietly created a powerful Republican network on and off Capitol Hill — riding the GOP comeback while their former boss appeals his state money-laundering and Conspiracy conviction. These DeLay alums are populating the upper reaches of Republican leadership jobs in the House and enjoying lucrative jobs lobbying and consulting. Their enduring influen...

In memoriam
I have lived on and off Capitol Hill now for more than 20 years. I lived on the Hill in the early 1990s during the bad old days, when the crack wars threatened the lives of many young Staffers, and claimed the lives of a couple of kids who were senselessly murdered in botched Robbery attempts. When the Marion Barry regime got too corrupt, I moved off the Hill into the relative safety of Virginia, only to return shortly after the 9/1l attacks. I was tired of traffic and I wanted to be closer to...

Giffords staff boosted by support
TUCSON, Ariz. — If we keep busy, we’re fine. This has become the mantra of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’s staff in her district office, where those closest to her attempt to manage an overwhelming flood of constituents, cards, candles and flowers while their boss fights for her life in a Hospital bed 4 miles away. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Politico 44 Giffords’s Communications Director calls the past few days a “time of extremes” — for as rand...

Social conservatives: Don't ignore us
Domenico Montanaro writes: Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) and the Conservative Political Action Conference have been targeted by the American Principles Project, specifically Andy Blom, the group’s Executive Director. Blom is upset over CPAC’s invitation of Daniels to give a Keynote Speech at the conference honoring Ronald Reagan , because of Daniels’ call for a “truce” on Social Issues. Daniels, who describes himself as a “pro-life conservative,” has sa...

Rush Limbaugh: Jared Lee Loughner has the "Full Support" of Democrats
(Credit: AP Photo/Gary He) Controversial, conservative Talk Radio host Rush Limbaugh is stepping up his assault against the Democratic Party in the wake of the Mass Shooting in Tucson, Ariz., claiming the Democrats fully "support" the alleged shooter. On his Radio Show Tuesday, Limbaugh said, "What Mr. Loughner knows is that he has the full support of a major political party in this country. He's sitting there in jail. He knows what's going on, he knows that... the Democrat party is attemptin...

Palin Angers Jews with Blood Libel Comment
Sarah Palin’s use of the term “blood Libel” to decry blaming Conservatives for the Arizona shooting has raised the ire of the Jewish community. In a video statement released Wednesday, Palin said that “Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them. Especially within hours of a tragedy unfolding, Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a blood libel that serves only to incite the very hatred and violence they purport t

What is 'blood libel'?
Carrie Dann writes: Within minutes of the release of Sarah Palin’s video response to the Tucson shootings, the Web ignited with furious debate about the former Alaska Governor’s use of the phrase “blood Libel” to describe connections drawn between Arizona shooter Jared Loughner and Conservatives who have used guns and violence as metaphors for political Activism. In a nearly eight-minute long message, Palin said that “Journalists and pundits should not manufacture a...

'Blood Libel' and Sarah Palin: Christian Conservatives Love Judaism, but is That Good for the Jews?
When Sarah Palin invoked the "blood Libel" charge in lashing out against critics, she was destined to spark Controversy given the long, fraught history of that myth, which for centuries has been used by Christians to justify Anti-Semitism and the brutal persecution of Jews. But the phrase also recalls the double-edged affinity that American Conservatives, especially Evangelical Christians, have for Judaism and modern Jews. It is an embrace the Jewish community often appreciates, especially when...