POT. KETTLE. BLACK. US ENDS CIVIL SOCIETY TALK W/RUSSIA. KREMLIN WON'T ALLOW NON-GOVERNMENTAL DISSENT...

http://themadjewess.com/2013/01/26/pot-kettle-black-us-ends-civil-society-talk-with-russia-kremlin-wont-allow-non-governmental-dissent/

OBAMA'S SECOND INAUGURAL - AN UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION

http://teapartyeconomist.com/2013/01/22/obamas-second-inaugural-an-unofficial-translation/

 http://blog.heritage.org/2013/01/22/obama-second-inaugural-address-translated/?roi=echo3-14310990523-11072417-73b33d645aec9b2ec9de2f687dcf4745&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell

Did you know that the Obama's got into their limo to drive across the free speech zone in Freedom Plaza, and then got out and continued to walk?

Do you know about "free speech zones"?

Here's a link to a google search.

https://www.google.com/webhp?hl=en&search=search#hl=en&tbo=d&site=search&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=free+speech+zones+in+the+usa&oq=free+speech+zones+in+the+usa&gs_l=hp.3..0i22.1157.5411.0.5557.28.11.0.4.4.1.2531.4581.0j7j2j1j9-1.11.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.1.X1Lj2AMtVzQ&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.41248874,d.eWU&fp=2b3b4b6f1e9fe62d&biw=1280&bih=594

MAKING ISLAMIC SENSE OF FREE SPEECH

Making Islamic sense of free speech
By Harris Zafar

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/making-islamic-sense-of-free-speech/2013/01/14/95fc0b5a-5ec0-11e2-90a0-73c8343c6d61_blog.html


While many celebrated the winter holidays, news broke of the arrest in Saudi Arabia of liberal writer Turki Al Hamad for allegedly insulting Islam on Twitter. We also heard of another Saudi activist, Raif Badawi, who was arrested in June and will now continue with his trial, accused of apostasy for ridiculing Saudi Arabia’s religious police and making other comments that officials found insulting. These incidents have re-ignited the age old debate about the use of freedom of speech, especially with regards to Islam.

The difference between Islam’s view on free speech and the view promoted by free speech advocates these days is the intention and ultimate goal each seeks to promote. Whereas many secularists champion individual privileges, Islam promotes the principle of uniting mankind and cultivating love and understanding among people. Both endorse freedom for people to express themselves, but Islam promotes unity, whereas modern-day free speech advocates promote individualism.

Let me explain.

The ultimate goal of Islam is to unite mankind under a single banner of peace. The Koran– Islam’s holy scripture – says God created everyone in unity, but our own man-made differences has compromised our unity (2:214). In order to unite mankind, Islam instructs to only use speech to be truthful, do good to others, and be fair and respectful. It attempts to pre-empt frictions by prescribing rules of conduct which guarantee for all people not only freedom of speech but also fairness, absolute justice, and the right of disagreement.

The Koran instructs people to speak the truth (33:71), to speak in a manner that is best (17:54), to speak to others kindly (2:84) and to refrain from inappropriate speech (4:149). With Islam’s guidance to purify our intentions, it promotes free speech when our intention is to serve a good purpose, promote peace, bring people closer to God and unite mankind. If, however, our intentions are to insult others or promote disorder or division, we should refrain.

The most vocal proponents of freedom of speech, however, call us towards a different path, where people can say anything and everything on their mind. With no restraint on speech at all, every form of provocation would exist, thereby cultivating confrontation and antagonism. They insist this freedom entitles them the legal privilege to insult others. This is neither democracy nor freedom of speech. It fosters animosity, resentment and disorder.

Rather than focusing on privileges, Islam focuses on the principle to avoid speech that causes separation and conflict. Our words should have a positive impact on people’s lives, promote truth and promote justice. We agree with former U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, who once said: “A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” Treating speech as supreme at the expense of world peace and harmony is an incredibly flawed concept. No matter how important the cause of free speech, it still pales in comparison to the cause of world peace and unity.

Opponents of Islam claim it denies freedom of speech and censors those who insult Islam. This is factually incorrect. Islam does not prescribe any worldly punishment for unseemly speech. So people who insult should not be persecuted. Islam grants everyone the right to express disagreements with others. After all, the Prophet Muhammad called differences of opinion a blessing in society and never sought to censor or threaten those who verbally attacked him.

[Editor’s note: Zafar is either ignorant of accepted Islamic history, including authoritative Islamic sources, or he is practicing taqiyya (deception.) Muhammad dealt harshly with those who dared to mock or criticize him, including ordering their assassination.]

According to the Koran, disbelievers called him “a mad man,” “a victim of deception,” a “fabricator” and treated him as a liar. Some claimed he was taught by another person instead of receiving revelations from God. They called the Koran “confused dreams” and “mere stories of the past” and even tore it into pieces.

Through this all, he courageously endured all verbal assaults. Rather than calling for any punishment, the Koran instructs us to “overlook their annoying talk” and “bear patiently what they say.” The lesson here for all Muslims is that we are not to be afraid of insults. Rather, we must have the same courage as our Prophet to face such insults in the eye and respond with forbearance and calm, righteous speech. Muslims must learn how their faith instructs them to respond when they are verbally attacked. No riots; no violence. We respond to speech with speech, but our speech is to be better and more dignified.

So while antagonists and enemies of peace create slanderous videos, cartoons or advertisements – like the “Innocence of Muslims” film, Pamela Geller’s new ignorant NYC subway ads and Charlie Hebdo’s cartoon about Prophet Muhammad – let us not fall for their claim that an individual’s privilege to say whatever they want is more important than the higher principle of uniting people and saving this planet from a path of animosity, hatred and destruction. Rather than falsely accusing Islam of censorship, let us understand the beauty of giving higher consideration to mankind over our own personal privileges. And let us listen to the wisdom of the Khalifa of Islam, His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, who said: “Let it not be that in the name of freedom of speech the peace of the entire world be destroyed.”

Harris Zafar is National Spokesperson for Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA - among the eldest Muslim organizations in America - and a frequently lecturer about Islam throughout the country.

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FACEBOOK CENSORS ALEX JONES' INFOWARS

http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/facebook-censors-infowars/

A RED AND PRESENT DANGER - TREVOR LOUDON

http://www.trevorloudon.com/2012/10/a-red-and-present-danger/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewZeal+%28New+Zeal+Blog%29

POLICE TACTICS, FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL OBSERVATION...NOT A GOOD COMBINATION

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/48845

This will be on the Alex Jones site today.  The man who mentioned "hammer" just called in.  There was a knock and talk, a trip to a mental institution for observation.  This is America?  No.  It's the gulag.

OBAMA'S DOJ WON'T PROMISE TO PROTECT YOUR FREE SPEECH IF IT'S AGAINST ISLAM...NOW WHO WOULDA THOUGHT THAT?

http://www.wnd.com/2012/07/doj-wont-promise-to-protect-free-speech/

DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T SAY THESE BANNED WORDS IN THE MEDIA? THIS IS THE MOST INSANE THING I'VE EVER HEARD. LENNY BRUCE IS LAUGHING AT US AND SO IS GEORGE CARLIN...

http://www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=9d585455-d4f8-4f52-8230-7275e38a935d&version=-1

GOOGLE SHUTS DOWN ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE BLOG

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2012/05/13/another-conservative-blog-shut-down-by-google-ksm-trial-edition

RED ALERT - DRACONIAN (CIA/GOOGLE) CISCA BILL PICKING UP SPONSORS BEFORE VOTE NEXT WEEK TIME TO ACT NOW!

http://www.prisonplanet.com/red-alert-draconian-cispa-bill-picking-up-sponsors-ahead-of-vote-next-week.html

Toll-free to Congress, 866-220-0044
and 866-338-1015

IN 90 DAYS - THE END OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT FLIES OVER US IN THE FORM OF MILITARY/LAW ENFORCEMENT/COMMERCIAL DRONES...HOW DOES THAT SIT WITH YOU?

http://news.dienerconsultants.com/p/vWm_T4l8N0

END OF THE AMERICAN DREAM - FREEDOM OF SPEECH UNDER ATTACH AND 18 EXAMPLES OF HOW THEY ARE COMING FOR OUR FREE SPEECH!

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/first-amendment-under-attack-18-examples-of-how-they-are-coming-for-our-free-speech?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=first-amendment-under-attack-18-examples-of-how-they-are-coming-for-our-free-speech

NDAA - A THOUGHTFUL OPINION PIECE FROM A LIBERTARIAN WHO IS RUNNING FOR US HOUSE SEAT IN FLORIDA

On Thursday, December 15 - the 220th anniversary of the Bill of Rights - Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which can be used by the President to indefinitely detain Americans without charge or trial; an utter eradication of the Fifth Amendment, without apology. Our Congress decided the President needs more power at the expense of the people and the Constitution.

Is this what our veterans and our forefathers fought and gave their lives for? Is this what Americans want their Congress to do? Place power like this in the hands of one man - the President - to do as he wishes with American citizens?

The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution recognizes your right to due process: "No person shall... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." The Fourth Amendment, for what it's worth, also recognizes that your right to be secure in your person and in your house (among other things) cannot be infringed by sidestepping the legal process. The explicit recognition of these rights by our government is one of the things that has always made our country exceptional. But this new law is a misguided attack on our country's 220-year recognition of these inherent rights.

Let us look at the final text of the bill. In "Subtitle D--Detainee Matters", Sec. 1031, "Congress affirms that the authority of the President...includes the authority...to detain...any person...who was a part of or substantially supported...enemy forces." The keyword here is "substantially supported." This designation is extrajudicial - that is, at the President's discretion. Sec. 1032 says, "The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States." The keyword here is "requirement." In other words, the President has the authority to indefinitely detain any person who "substantially supported" the enemy, and is in fact required to do so - unless it is a U.S. citizen, in which case it is at the President's discretion.

What if opposition to certain government policies - the Patriot Act, or the TSA, or certain military actions, for example - is deemed "substantially supportive" of the enemy? What if a President's discretion, in lieu of a Constitutionally-guaranteed jury trial, is faulty and harms innocents? Obama himself, and those who succeed him, will now decide whether to send government agents to your living room to apprehend and detain you, without charges, for whatever duration they wish (or for as long as there is a War on Terror), under a Congressionally-condoned false pretense and color of law. Did we not learn from Russia, China, and Germany in the past century?

The so-called "conservatives" in Washington who are, at least in public, constantly at odds with the Obama agenda are the majority of whom voted for this bill. How dare they give this (or any) administration even more broad unilateral power to unequivocally control the very lives and liberty of We the People?

Couple that with the fact that Predator drones are now being used inside the United States as police tools, and we are looking at an outrageous reality. We must be honest with ourselves: America is becoming a police state. It cannot be overstated how serious of an offense this is. All those in Congress who supported this legislation must be voted out of office for violation of their oath to uphold the Constitution. That is the least that should happen in response to such an egregious assault on our liberties.

We cannot allow the slow death of our Republic.

Over the past decade, our rights have slowly been dissolved. Some say, "It couldn't happen here. This is America!"

Wake up. Congress just made it happen.

This has got to stop.

Calen Fretts lives in Valparaiso Florida and is a Libertarian candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in the First Congressional District

HILLARY MEETING WITH ISLAMIC GOVERNMENTS TO END FREE SPEECH IN USA

http://patriotupdate.com/15763/hillary-meeting-with-islamic-governments-to-end-free-speech-in-us

THE CRASH IS COMING - "I TOLD YOU SO" AND SO DID I!

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/1329/881/NL/Breaking_Going_Viral--The_Crash_is_Coming:_I_Told_You_So.html

12 REASONS WHY LOVERS OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY IN THE USA HAD BETTER WATCH THEIR BACKS!

FROM THE AMERICAN DREAM BLOG - 12 Signs That Americans Who Love Liberty And Freedom Should Watch Their Backs

Posted: 30 Sep 2011 05:41 PM PDT

Do you love liberty and freedom? If so, you better watch your back. The control freaks that run our society are stripping away our liberties and freedoms a little bit more each day, and lately they seem to be particularly focused on coming after those that are not "integrating" into the system. Just like the rest of the western world, America is being transformed into a "Big Brother" police state control grid. Nearly everything that you do is being watched and monitored. A whole host of organizations know that you are on this website right now. If you want to go to an NFL game next weekend, there is a good chance that you will be on the receiving end of an "enhanced pat-down" and if you are producing raw milk on your farm there is a good chance that the feds will show up for a pre-dawn raid on your property. In many areas of the country, the government forces us to shoot our kids full of vaccines and implant dangerous microchips in our pets. Virtually wherever we go there is a camera that is watching us or there are other Americans that are evaluating whether or not we are engaged in "suspicious activity" that needs to be reported to the government. Once upon a time, America was all about liberty and freedom, but today our nation is undergoing a radical cultural shift. America is being "locked down", and those who love liberty and freedom should watch their backs.

Once upon a time, our founders thought that they were guaranteeing our freedoms by adding a Bill of Rights to the Constitution.

But today there are a lot of freedoms that we simply do not have any longer.

In America today, you do not have the right to say whatever you want. If you say the wrong thing on a blog or a website it can have dramatic consequences.

In America today, you do not have the right to do raise your own children as you see fit.

In America today, you do not have the right to grow whatever food you want and you do not have the right to eat whatever food you do grow.

In America today, you do not have the right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure.

In America today, you do not have a right to privacy. In fact, you should expect that everything that you do is watched, tracked, monitored and recorded.

If you doubt any of the statements above, just check out the examples posted below.

The following are 12 signs that Americans who love liberty and freedom should watch their backs....

#1 A 55-year-old man in Arizona was recently ordered to turn in all his guns because of things that he wrote on his blog. Fortunately, after WorldNetDaily covered the story there was an outpouring of outrage and the order was overturned, but what would have happened if WorldNetDaily had not covered the story?

#2 According to Mike Adams of Natural News, the CDC is starting to call parents all over the nation to question them about the vaccination status of their children....

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control, which has been comprehensively exposed as a vaccine propaganda organization promoting the interests of drug companies, is now engaged in a household surveillance program that involves calling U.S. households and intimidating parents into producing child immunization records. As part of what it deems a National Immunization Survey(NIS), the CDC is sending letters to U.S. households, alerting them that they will be called by "NORC at the University of Chicago" and that households should "have your child's immunization records handy when answering our questions."

You can see a copy of the letter that the CDC is sending out to selected parents right here.

#3 According to blogger Alexander Higgins, students in kindergarten and the 1st grade in the state of New Jersey are now required by law to participate "in monthly anti-terrorism drills". The following is an excerpt from a letter that he recently received from the school where his child attends....

Each month a school must conduct one fire drill and one security drill which may be a lockdown, bomb threat, evacuation, active shooter, or shelter-in place drill. All schools are now required by law to implement this procedure.

So who in the world ever decided that it would be a good idea for 1st grade students to endure "lockdown" and "active shooter" drills?

To get an idea of what these kinds of drills are like, just check out this video.

#4 According to licensed private investigator Angela V. Woodhull, hospitals are increasingly using "guardianship" to strip elderly Americans of their liberty and to rapidly drain their bank accounts. The following is one story that Woodhull included in a recent article....

Ginger Franklin, Hendersonville, Tennessee, fell down the stairs in her condo and suffered a bump on her head. She was declared “temporarily mentally incapacitated” and a guardian was appointed through the courts. Within six weeks, the guardian had sold Franklin’s home, car, furniture, and drained her bank account. Today, Franklin has her freedom back, but she is having to start all over.

#5 In a sign of just how far individual liberty in the United States has declined, a judge in Wisconsin has actually ruled that citizens do not have a right to grow and eat whatever foods they want to. The following is a short excerpt from his recent decision....

1) no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to own and use a dairy cow or a dairy herd;

2) no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to consume the milk from their own cow;

3) no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to board their cow at the farm of a farmer;

4) no, the Zinniker Plaintiffs’ private contract does not fall outside the scope of the State’s police power;

5) no, Plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to produce and consume foods of their choice;

#6 The freedom to raise our pets as we want to is also being greatly curtailed in many areas of the country. For example, a new law in St. Louis would require nearly all dogs and cats to be sterilized and microchipped....

Board Bill 107 would require all pet owners to spay or neuter their dogs and cats and microchip them for identification. Those who don't want to sterilize their pets would be assessed a fee of $200 per year.

Will the control freaks that run things want to start sterilizing and microchipping humans someday?

#7 Whenever any politician suggests that we should "suspend elections", that should be a major red flag. North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue recently made national headlines when she made the following statement....

"I think we ought to suspend, perhaps, elections for Congress for two years and just tell them we won't hold it against them, whatever decisions they make, to just let them help this country recover"

#8 As I wrote about recently, many NFL teams are now performing "enhanced pat-downs" of fans before they enter the stadiums. In Green Bay, the Packers are using hand-held metal detectors on fans before they are allowed to enter Lambeau field.

What is next? Will they soon insist that we all undergo full body cavity searches before we are permitted to attend the games?

#9 Many Americans have complained about the horrible treatment that they are receiving at U.S. airports, but now the TSA is bringing their brand of "security" to many other locations throughout America as well.

TSA "VIPR teams" now conduct approximately 8,000 "unannounced security screenings" a year at subway stations, bus terminals, ports and highway rest stops.

#10 Many of our public schools are now being run like prisons. In fact, in many areas of the country, little kids are being publicly arrested by police in their own classrooms and are being marched out of their schools in handcuffs.

#11 If you think that anything that you do on the Internet is private, you should guess again. It has recently come out that Facebook continues to track most of the websites that you visit even after you have logged out of Facebook.

In addition, law enforcement agencies all over the globe are increasingly viewing social media as a law enforcement tool. For example, the NYPD recently created a special "social media" unit dedicated to looking for criminals on Facebook and Twitter.

Also, many large organizations are now setting us very sophisticated systems that keep track of what is being said about them online and who is saying it. For example, the new "Social Media Monitoring Solution" being developed by the Federal Reserve will identify "key bloggers" and monitor "billions of conversations" about the Fed on Facebook, Twitter, forums and blogs.

#12 The U.S. government is ramping up efforts to have all of us watch one another and to report any sign of "suspicious activity" to them immediately. But exactly what does "suspicious activity" entail? According to a shocking document obtained by Oath Keepers, the FBI has really broadened their definition of "suspicious activity". According to the document, "suspicious activity" now includes....

-paying with cash

-missing a hand or fingers

-"strange odors"

-making "extreme religious statements"

-"radical theology"

-purchasing weatherproofed ammunition or match containers

-purchasing meals ready to eat

-purchasing night vision devices, night flashlights or gas masks

According to WorldNetDaily, this document is part of a "series of brochures" that will be distributed "to farm supply stores, gun shops, military surplus stores and even hotels and motels."

Our entire society is becoming extremely paranoid.

The Department of Homeland Security is spending massive amounts of money and running tons of ads to promote the "See Something, Say Something" campaign.

Apparently the Obama administration wants to turn the entire country into a vast network of government snitches.

They spend billions upon billions of dollars watching all of us, and yet now they also want all of us to watch each other.

It is not right.

I don't know about you, but I don't want to end up living in a society that resembles the novel "1984" by George Orwell.

Sadly, the death of our civil liberties is very rarely mentioned by any of our politicians these days.

Both major political parties seem to have fully embraced the growing national security apparatus that is starting to suffocate the life out of this country.

Yes, we will always need security, but security measures should be implemented in such a way that they will never violate the liberty, freedom, honor or dignity of ordinary Americans.

In a previous article, I wrote the following....

If those in charge of our security right now cannot protect us without compromising our liberty, freedom, honor and dignity then they need to immediately resign and allow someone else to do the job.

The Department of Homeland Security should be given a dual mandate. They must be charged with protecting us and they must be charged with protecting our liberty, freedom, honor and dignity at the same time.

If those running the security apparatus in this country right now feel like they cannot do that, then they need to step aside and let someone else take over.

The status quo is not acceptable.

Right now, all law enforcement personnel in this country are trained to bark at us like dogs and to treat us like cattle.

They are actually instructed to be mean and aggressive with us. From the first day of training, they are taught to treat us like dirt.

Things were not always this way in America. Once upon a time there was a clear distinction between the United States and "evil" totalitarian regimes.

Well, today we are becoming a little more "evil" and a little more "totalitarian" with each passing day.

If you love liberty and freedom, you better watch your back.

America is changing, and not for the better.

NOTE FROM ME: THIS IS WHY I WANT YOU TO THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT ELECTING RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT, OUR BEST HOPE FOR AMERICA!

OBAMA PUSHES CHINESE STYLE INTERNET ID SYSTEM THE CHINESE LABELLED "TOO DRACONIAN"

http://www.prisonplanet.com/obama-pushes-chinese-style-internet-id-system.html

TOP 10 REASONS TO SURRNDER PROPERTY AND FREEDOM

http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/top-10-reasons-to-surrender-property-freedom/

9-11 INVESTIGATIONS: A REMINDER THAT WITNESSES SAW PEOPLE AND PLANES VAPORIZED

http://members.beforeitsnews.com/story/427/429/Witnesses_Saw_People_Vaporized_on_9_11.html

A horrific reminder that you may not have read about.

There are stories we've never heard; witnesses who have never come forth.

There is so much going on in our government that, unfortunately, I don't believe in what my parents taught me; what I so innocently - and that is that our government would never harm us.

Under the administrations of George W. and Obama the veil of draconian, Marxist, Stalinist, communist government and how they manipulate us has been lifted. War criminals are war criminals. A communist liar is a communist liar without a documentable past. And these are the people who would plan a 9-11 again.

America is a plane being piloted by a global puppet without a conscience and we are over the deepest canyon in the oceans. We have no seat belts; no life boats no flotation and no parachutes. We are being driven to our death by a kamikaze.

I weep for my children and grandchildren.

Most of all, I weep for us because we allowed it to haptrutpen.

So go listen to Alex Jones today and at least get educated.

BLOGGERS BEING PUT IN JAIL ALL OVER THE WORLD

http://beforeitsnews.com/story/312/214/Bloggers_being_put_in_jail_all_over_the_world.html