It was the World Premiere of the seminal ground breaking documentary:”The Ground Zero Mosque: Second Wave of the 9/11 Attacks”.
Produced by Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs) and Robert Spencer ( Jihad Watch) this was the World Premiere of a powerful documentary. Day One was a riveting panel. Day Two was the the screening.
On Day One, we heard painful testimonies from families whose loved ones were murdered that day by Muslim terrorists.We also heard from NYC Councilman, Dan Halloran (the only member of the City Council willing to speak out against the Ground Zero mosque) Also,we heard from recent candidate for office in South Carolina, Ilario Pantano. He spoke briefly from the audience.
They promoted it themselves (not CPAC) and the room was PACKED. And on Day Two, for the screening, the roomwas PACKED. Those who attended CPAC knew what an important event this was.
CPAC did mange to list the documentary on the poster for the screening room.
TAKE NOTE: Geller and Spencer have done events at CPAC three times now; offering up important panels with speakers and topics that CPAC should embrace, and CPAC instead ignores. See links for the previous events: (2010 AFDI Panel is here>> and 2009 Geert Wilders at CPAC s here>>)
The Day One Panel 2011: (from left to right) Councilman Dan Halloran, Rosa P. Leonetti, Sally Regenhard, Pamela Geller, Robert Spencer (speaking), Nelly Braginskaya, Joyce Boland, Rosaleen Tallon and Ilene Walsh. (Photo by Migom)
There are eleven videos from Day One. All are powerful ( including the Q and A) but if you have time for only one, then choose this recap of Sally Regenhard and you will see:
Why this film HAD to be made
Why the building of the mosque is a disgrace
Why we must no longer be silent.
The first video from Day One is Robert Spencer’s opening remarks
Pamela Geller introduces the panel and followed by an emotionally powerful trailer of the documentary
Rosaleen Tallon’s brother, Shawn (a firefighter), was murdered on 9/11. She read the coroner’s report that her mother had received for the first time in public.
Sally Regenhard’s only son, Christian (a firefighter) was murdered on 9/11
Joyce Boland, whose husband Vince was in the audience, spoke of their son ,Vincent, who was murdered on 9/11.
Ilene Walsh whose son Michael Brennan (a firefighter) was murdered on 9/11. She too mentioned the devastation have finding so little (if any) remains of their murdered loved ones . His sister Patricia Walsh was in the audience.
NYC Councilman Daniel Halloran, the only one out of 49 council members to stand up for America and the 911 families.
Nelly Braginskaya spoke about the proposed mosque at Park51 (Ground Zero), Daisy Kahn , and her only son, Alex, who was murdered on 9/11. Her accented English may be difficult at times, but even so, Nelly delivers an endearing, very touching and feisty speech
Rosa P. Leonetti whose brother-in-law , Joseph ( a firefighter) was murdered on 9/11.
Next is the Q and A with 9/11 Families and Geller and Spencer:
There were questions about Sharia law, the Islamist infiltration of CPAC and the proposed mosque at Park51 (Ground Zero).
At approximately 7:49 you will hear the remarks that Pamela Geller made regarding the infiltration of CPAC that was picked-up by Glenn Beck.
We had younger members in attendance at CPAC who have never seen the truth about who attacked us that day. Of what really happened to those who were murdered that day.
DAY TWO:February 12, 2011. Before the screening: Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller’s opening remarks
After the screening 9/11 Family Members, Rosa P. Leonetti and Nelly Braginskaya spoke of their murdered loved ones , reminding us of WHY this film HAD to be made.
This is a film that must be seen. We must never forget.
If you are in the New York area you can see it NOW. The New York City Premiere of the Ground Zero Mosque documentary film is to be shown on Muhammad’s birthday, February 20th, 2011. At 7:30 PM
St. Lukes Theatre, 308 W 46th Street, New York City
**You must RSVP GroundZeroMosque@aol.com.**
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There is just a bit more : pictures with a report on CPAC to follow, so please check back.
The majority of New Yorkers oppose the Ground Zero mosque, and yet you support that offensive insult. 87% of New Yorkers want Wal-Mart, want jobs and low prices, and yet you waste precious taxpayer monies holding hearings, postponing hearings, to ban Wal-Mart. City shoppers could slash their grocery bills by 33 percent if retail giant Wal-Mart were permitted to open stores in the Big Apple, a Post analysis has found.
Who are you working for?
Christine Quinn shilling for the pro-sharia mega mosque is ……….. sad. What happens to those who share Quinn’s lifestyle in a Muslim country?
These are the times when you can affect change.
These are the events that can make a difference.
Please join us , TOMORROW, February 3rd, down town to protest the Ground Zero mosquestrosity.
The appointment of the latest imam, who is a fierce sharia advocate and has ties to WTC bomber co-conspirator Siraj Wahhaj, is another assault in the continuing 911 attacks on America. The Ground Zero stealth jihadists have applied for taxpayer funds to build their flag of conquest.
“We just felt it was the right thing to do,” Wal-Mart William C. Wertz, a spokesman for Wal-Mart on why they dropped plans for a proposed store near near a hallowed Civil War site.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has abandoned plans to build a store near a hallowed Civil War site. Sharif El-Gamal, are you listening? Wal-Mart has withdrawn plans to build a store near a hallowed Civil War site.That is what it means to be “American,” to be decent and compassionate. el Gamal could start building bridges and withdraw the Ground Zero mega-mosque.
But, with the recent release of e-mails that revealed a close relationship between Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s office and the Islamic supremacist mega mosque, Cordoba, ninety pages of e-mails going back to 2009, show that Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and his wife Daisy Khan relied heavily on Bloomberg and City Hall for help, support, advice and assistance as they moved forward to build a 15-story mega-mosque on Ground Zero. It would seem ‘the fix is in’
No wonder the NYC Council is pushing the building of the Ground Zero mosque . Christine Quinn and her quisling council spit on the New Yorkers they were elected to represent (87% of polled New Yorkers want Wal-Mart’s jobs and cheap prices, and the majority of New Yorkers oppose a mega mosque on Ground Zero). Quinn has been very vocal in her support of the mega-mosque and fierce in her opposition to Wal-Mart (nuts).
The NYC Council even declared December 14th “Hate Wal-Mart day.”
Has the NYC Council declared “hate Jihad day” or “Hate Islamic Ethnic Cleansing Day” or “Hate the Islamic Slaughter of Christians, Jews, Hindus, Sikhs Day”?
Hate Wal-Mart Day — this is insanity!!
Ground Zero is the “nerve center” in the Islamic war on the West; the 15-story Mecca mosque on the Hudson should also be withdrawn, and the NYC government should be working to that end, not to ban Wal-Mart from our citizens.
Please join us in this protest. 70% of Americans and the majority of New Yorkers do NOT WANT the mosque at Ground Zero.
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Interesting Update on Wal-Mart’s plan on how to Fight City Hall, (Love it, actually) From NY Daily News:
Walmart execs are boycotting a City Council hearing on the chain’s plans to open its first store in New York City, the Daily News has learned.
Philip Serghini, Walmart senior manager for community affairs, said in a letter to Council members that the company will skip Wednesday’s hearing. He also criticized the Council for picking on Walmart – even though other big chains like Target, Kmart and Costco already have stores in the city.
“The joint hearing …does not appear to consider the impact of the hundreds of N.Y.C. stores operated by these companies; rather it focuses solely on Walmart,” Serghini wrote.
“Since we have not announced a store for New York City, I respectfully suggest the committee first conduct a thoughtful examination of the existing impact of large grocers and retailers on small businesses in New York City before embarking on a hypothetical exercise,” Serghini wrote.
“For these reasons and more, we respectfully decline participation.”
Congressman Allen West is sworn into 112th Congress
(Washington, D.C)
On this historic day in our nation’s history, Congressman Allen West (R-FL)has been officially sworn in to the United States House of Representatives as a member of the 112th Congress.
“I am humbled and honored to be a part of this historic body of Congress,” West said. “I have been given the trust of the constituents of the 22nd district of Florida. I will not let them down.
Accompanied by his two teenage daughters, Aubrey and Austen, and his wife Angela, West placed his hand on the bible and was asked to take the oath of Congress by newly elected Speaker of the House, John Boehner.
“South Floridians elected me with expectations that I will come to Washington and fight for what is important to them,” West said. “My first priorities will be turning around this disastrous economy, limiting government spending, and national security.”
West has accepted appointments to the House Armed Services Committee and the Small Business Committee.
“Today is a day I will never forget,” West said. “I spent 22 years wearing the uniform of a United States soldier fighting for this country. I may be in a different kind of uniform today, but my willingness to do whatever it takes to protect Americans remains the same.”
Thank you for all you have done for Congressman West!
Greetings to all of you who shall receive this weekly missive. What a week, as we draw closer to a very Merry Christmas.
We received our Congressional committee assignments this past week, and I was humbly pleased to secure positions on the House Armed Services and Small Business committees. These two committees will afford me the ability to serve America by protecting our military and also the foundational economic engine for our country, small businesses.
In keeping with the latter, I also had the chance to visit several places that promote job creation and opportunity in our South Florida community. First, I had an impressive tour at the main campus of Keiser University in Ft. Lauderdale. During the tour, I learned how the Obama administration is attacking “for profit” education institutions. Next, I had a breakfast with members of the Ft. Lauderdale Downtown Development Authority. After that, I went to the groundbreaking for the United Technologies Test Fire and Safety site at the Pratt Whitney, Sikorsky campus. During the tour of Pratt Whitney, I had a chance to walk through the Blackhawk helicopter assembly line…brought back some great memories!
Also very memorable, was my attendance at the annual Holocaust Survivors luncheon, held in Boca Raton at Temple B’nai Torah. I cannot even begin to express the emotion of being with those who suffered through such a horrific ordeal. In my remarks to the crowd, I stressed my firm commitment that “never again” means exactly that. It is a message which America must clearly send to the despots, dictators, autocrats, and theocrats who threaten the modern State of Israel, which we rededicated in 1948…but has existed for 5771 years.
There were a couple of events this week which were simply fun to do. The first was Thursday evening in Jupiter where I spoke to the Palm Beach Sheriffs Office SWAT annual Holiday dinner. I told these brave men and women that they are the everyday guardians of our community and examples of leadership. Being in that room with them reminded me of what it means in America to be exceptional…..and a hat tip to SWAT Captain Robert Allen.
On Friday morning, I visited the high school of my oldest daughter, Aubrey, and talked with several Senior classes on our current economic situation. These young people are far more attuned and savvy than we were back in 1979 when I was a high school senior!
Also this week, I sent a letter to GOP Majority Leader-Elect Eric Cantor referencing the 2011 House calendar pertaining to it only having 123 days for us to be in session on Capitol Hill. Perhaps I have come from a different background, but I truly believe that the desperation and criticality of these times demand greater exertions from those elected to serve America. We shall see if the calendar is adjusted.
On December 14th my wife Angela celebrated another birthday…and I am not so stupid as to say how many. It is always a nice time for Aubrey and Austen to sing to Angela and express their love…..no, I do not sing and my love had better be expressed in a gift!
December 14th will now also have another significance for me…in memory of someone that I have never met and did not know…but yet I am bonded to forever. It was the day that Marine Lance Corporal Jose A. Hernandez, of Lake Worth, Florida, lost his life in Afghanistan. Hernandez would have turned 20 years old this coming week. On Friday night I was privileged to attend, along with Angela and former Congressman Mark Foley, the beach side candlelight vigil for this young warrior who gave the last full measure of devotion.
The following morning, the sacrifices of this young Marine were immediately apparent. We turned over almost a thousand toys to Marine Reserve Non-Commissioned Officers for the Toys for Tots program. The service of Lance Corporal Hernandez means we live in a Country where we are free to give to those less fortunate. We live in a Country where warriors such as our Marines can serve on distant battlefields and yet show their kind benevolence towards those who are less fortunate here in America.
May my Warrior Brother requiem en pace…………
In keeping with the theme of sacrifice, our family attended the 27th Annual First Baptist Church of Ft. Lauderdale Christmas pageant. The wonderful evening full of spectacular singing and performances reminds us of what Christmas truly means. It is the time to remember that “God so loved us all that he gave us His only begotten Son”. This is the most special gift of sacrifice for those of us who are looking for that which will fill the spiritual void in our lives.
We must understand that there is nowhere in our founding documents where separation of church and state is mentioned. It is a reference to a letter from Thomas Jefferson to a Baptist minister alluding to our country never having a head of state which is also the head of church. Separation of Church and State does not mean the separation of faith from the individual. Many thanks to Pastor Larry Thompson and First Baptist Church of Ft Lauderdale for an incredible pageant event.
Also, thanks to my own Pastor, Scott Eynon of Community Christian Church in Tamarac, for calling me this week just to say he was keeping me in his prayers!
Something to watch out for! My appearance on Israel TV January 18th on the number one English language show in Israel, “Tuesday Night Live in Israel.” The show is broadcast throughout all of South Florida on Comcast, Atlantic Broadband and on JLTV on DIRECTV, and into 26 million homes nationwide. I had the chance and be interviewed with the show’s host, Rabbi Jeremy Gimpel on Sunday while he was in town briefly. The taping will be aired on the January 18th show-which by the way will be taped live in America- in Ft. Lauderdale.
In closing, I would like to offer my congratulations to President Barack Hussein Obama for coming to grips with the reality check of November 2, 2010. His efforts to ensure that the American people will not have a huge tax increase on 1 January is to be commended. However, we in the 112th Congress shall work hard to end the necessity of unemployment checks before the 13 month extension point. Furthermore, we look forward to working with the President on creating effective, efficient, and limited federal government as we curtail spending and reduce the size and scope of a bloated, redundant, and duplicitous Washington DC.
Lastly, just a final thought…the past two years have seen the highest amount of casualties in Afghanistan, we have ten of our Warriors sitting in prison at Ft Leavenworth, North Korea has sunk a South Korean naval vessel and fired 200 artillery rounds into South Korea, Iran marches on towards reaching nuclear capability, our borders are unsecure and a border patrol agent was just killed as Mexico begins to resemble Iraq or Afghanistan………..and the most important Strategic defense issue for the lame duck Congress was to repeal the policy called “Dont Ask, Dont Tell”.
My priorities will be to ensure the enemy which killed LCPL Jose A Hernandez gets killed, whereever he exists……my concern is not making our military conform to individual behavior. However, the liberal left of this lame duck Congress, and some misguided Republicans, are truly more concerned with whom members of our fighting force sleep and appeasing, at a last gasp, impertinent special interest groups.
“The New York City Council has canceled the “ban Wal-Mart hearing” that had been scheduled for tomorrow at 1pm. They caved. They were afraid the public and the nation would be made aware of their hypocrisy: no to Wal-Mart but yes to the Islamic supremacist mosque. The limousine liberals deign to deny the working class and the poor jobs and prices they can afford.
The council canceled tomorrow’s hearing at the last minute, in the dark of night, and will reschedule it when no one will come and there is no notice. But we will be there.
The New York City Council was supposed to hold a hearing this Tuesday about a renewed campaign by Wal-Mart to open its stores in the city.
“We needed a bigger room,” the Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, said. “We heard from unions all across the city, small business leaders from across the city. It’s a growing list of people.”
Liar. They need a bigger room because we would overwhelm them. They need a bigger room because they are afraid of us.
They canceled because we were coming to call them out on their hypocrisy. We will reschedule the protest when they reschedule the hearing.
Let the NYC Council be on notice: we will be there wherever and whenever.
WATCH FOR A RESCHEDULED PROTEST IN JANUARY 2011!!
PLEASE NOTE: The Time for the Rally is at 1:00 PM . The time is on the flyer …next to the date.
The New York City Council has declared Tuesday, December 14 to be “Hate Wal-Mart Day,” and will hold a hearing against Wal-Mart entitled “When Wal-Mart Comes to Town.”
AFDI/SIOA will be there to point out the City’s astounding inconsistency and hypocrisy in working to ban Wal-Mart from New York while doing everything it can to facilitate the construction of an Islamic supremacist mega-mosque at Ground Zero.
This is not about Wal-Mart. It is about consistency from City officials, and about justice for the 70% of Americans who oppose the Ground Zero mosque.
Pamela Geller, executive director of AFDI/SIOA, and Robert Spencer of Jihad Watch will be there. Please join us and send this to your email lists, groups, list-servs, and tea party people.
AFDI/SIOA is calling on all freedom lovers, free market lovers, infidels, proud Americans, and people of conscience to stand for American values and against Islamic supremacism.
“Dignitaries placed white chrysanthemums on a funeral altar Saturday as South Korea honored two marines killed in a North Korean artillery attack that was one of the worst bombardments of its territory since the 1950-53 Korean War.
The South Korean marines commander vowed unspecified “thousand-fold” retaliation at the funeral, as the country geared up for joint military maneuvers with the U.S. starting Sunday that are likely to keep tensions soaring following the attack on a South Korean island — which also killed two civilians.
North Korea issued new warnings Saturday against the Yellow Sea war games, calling them an “unpardonable provocation” and warning of retaliatory attacks that would “turn the stronghold of enemies into a sea of fire” if its own territory is violated.
North Korea does not recognize the maritime border drawn by the U.N. in 1953, and considers the waters around Yeonpyeong Island its territory. The island is home to South Korean military bases as well as a civilian population of about 1,300 people, and lies only seven miles (11 kilometers) from North Korean shores.”
Things seem to be going from bad to worse but these threats from NoKo can’t erase the 60 years of freedom won by the sacrifice of our men who fought the Battle of Chosin Reservoir:
THE BATTLE OF THE CHOSIN RESERVOIR
In the winter of 1950, from the 27 November to the 13 December, 5,000 U.S. troops were surrounded and trapped by 120,000 Chinese soldiers in the frozen mountains of North Korea. Refusing surrender, the men fought 78 miles to freedom and saved the lives of 98,000 civilian refugees. After 60 years of silence, the survivors of the Chosin Reservoir Campaign of the Korean War take us on an emotional and heart-pounding journey through one of the most savage battles in American history.
One of the greatest battles in Marine Corps history, and one of greatest examples of gallantry and bravery in military history, period.
November 18th, 2010, on board the fabulous Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum, there was a private screening of the new documentary, “CHOSIN”.
“CHOSIN” was produced and directed by the team of Brian Iglesias and Anton Sattler, combat-decorated Iraq War Vets .
The film bears witness to a forgotten war remembered by the Frozen Chosin Heroes who in 86 riveting minutes shared their deeply personal stories of a time the world has forgotten.
Deeply moving” – Former Secretary of State Colin Powell
“Chosin breaks the mold” – Military Times
“You will be riveted” – NY Times
“Superb” – Village Voice
“An eye-opener” – LA Weekly
Iglesias and Sattler spent eight months in 27 cities, living out of a van and eating military rations as they collected first-person narratives from 185 surviving heroes of the infamous Battle of Chosin Reservoir, one of the bloodiest and most decorated battles in American history.
The documentary made its World Premiere at the 2010 GI Film Festival.
Our”Chosin Heroes “faced overwhelming odds and deadly sub-zero temperatures, while surrounded by 120,000 Soviet-backed Chinese in a battle that took the world to the brink of World War III.
Marines under the cover of a large boulder engaging the Chinese.
Casualties and losses
US sources:1,029 killed4,582 wounded4,894 missing7,338 non-battle casualties[7][nb 2]15 tank losses[8]
The Chosin heroes who survived spoke without regret, knowing their sacrifice enabled the South Koreans to live free of the murderous regime in No Ko.
While not a victory in the classic sense, the withdrawal from the Chosin Reservoir is revered as a high point in the history of the US Marine Corps. In the fighting, the Marines and other UN troops effectively destroyed or crippled seven Chinese divisions which attempted to block their progress. Marine losses in the campaign numbered 836 killed and 12,000 wounded. Most of the latter were frostbite injuries inflicted by the severe cold and winter weather. US Army losses numbered around 2,000 killed and 1,000 wounded. Precise casualties for the Chinese are not known but are estimated at 35,000 killed.
Upon reaching Hungnam, the veterans of Chosin Reservoir were evacuated as part of the large amphibious operation to rescue UN troops from northeastern Korea.
A heart wrenching account of the brave but forgotten heroes who finally set the record straight. Men who shared, humbly, the story of their bravery and sacrifice. If only they could find closure on this 60th anniversary of the Korean War, ultimately healing their wounds but those freedoms hard-one are still threatened.
Current headlines reveal, however, just how vulnerable that freedom remains.
“I just saw something black was coming from the sky and hit the ground,” he said.
On the streets of Seoul, people drew comparisons between the attack and the war of the 1950s.
“This is scarier than the Korean War,” said Kim Hak-won, 74. “This is the first time I saw a village devastated by bomb shells.”
Though North Korea regularly threatens to rain munitions down on its rival, the two Koreas are required to abide by an armistice signed in 1953 at the end of their bitter three-year war.
North Korea does not recognize the maritime line drawn by U.N. forces and blamed South Korean military maneuvers near Yeonpyeong Island this week for the clash, calling them a violation of its territory.
The disputed waters have been the site of three other deadly naval skirmishes since 1999. However, the most costly incident was the sinking of a South Korean warship eight months ago that killed 46 sailors in the worst attack on South Korea’s military since the war.
Yeonpyeong resident Cheong Hyung-yong, 77, said…. “If only I was young, if only I could fight against the North Koreans,” he said. “I wish I could punish the North Koreans right now.”
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No Ko is always ready to roll-over the South. Will a major war finally break out?
Blustery statements from Obama and the always hypocritical Chinese government will not suddenly create a peaceful North Korea.
And what about the Chinese?
The predictable Leftists in our own country, as did the Chinese, continue to support this murderous regime:
STOP THE WAR PROVOCATIONS AND ATTACKS ON THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA NOW! KNOW THE UNDISPUTED FACTS!
Tell the Obama Administration and the south Korean Government you want the U.S./south Korean war maneuvers and provocations against the DPRK stopped immediately, the removal of south Korean and U.S. war ships including the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington, an end to the U.S. sponsored sanctions against the DPRK, the signing of a peace treaty NOW to end the state of war that has existed since the Korean war, and the immediate withdrawal of the 30,000 U.S. troops that still occupy south Korea, so that the Korean people can freely decide their own destiny.
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It took more than words in 1950 to stop the Chinese and the North Koreans.
Let us hope the sacrifice of “The Chosin “will not have been in vain.
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There was Q and A with Brian Iglesias and Anton Sattler that followed the screening and the audience lingered for a long time after….
And there was an added pleasure of being able to linger on the Intrepid before we left.
November 2, 2010. We Won! Thank you Florida. Thank you America!
Lt. Col. Allen B. West (Ret) has been elected to Congress by the 22nd Congressional District in Florida. Praise God!
This fabulous American has been elected as one of two black members of Congress from the Southern States; the first since the Reconstruction of 1876 and according to Pete Hegseth at Weekly Standard,we now have “six Iraq and Afghanistan veterans (who) were elected to Congress (and possibly seven, if Jesse Kelly pulls out his race in Arizona’s 8th district)” !
It’s about time!!
Those of us who formed a National “Go West For Allen West “support team at ” Go West For Allen West “ in 2008 are not only thrilled that Allen is “Going To Washington”, but feel strongly there’s more in the future for this man than just Congress. He’s only just begun!
Here’s our video of Allen’s Victory Speech (thanks to Michael Ackerman)
Videographer: Michael Ackerman
Editor: Pamela Hall
And here are some wonderful pictures of the joyful celebration.
Twenty Five years of the Annual Muslim Day Parade in New York City. TWENTY FIVE YEARS! Shouldn’t they be CELEBRATING?
Why are they complaining?Each year the confidence of the Muslim community has grown….even if they pretend otherwise…it has grown.
Yet they snuck this anniversary year in under the radar. No theme announced as usual (which appears to be da’wah) and there was confusion caused by announcing their as 41st street but actually setting up at 38th (even the police seemed a bit confused).
They assembled at 38th (not 41st) and waited for traffic to be shut down….
The lovely golden gown, is a man. Couldn’t place what culture that attire represents. Guess the red hair is the same as a red beard? All was calm.
So calm, they even added a Wudu basin this year. A BOLD addition, which can be seen in the distance in our parade video but we are most thankful to Urban Infidel for this picture.
The police and the parade participants all were VERY relaxed. Not that they were tense in the past years, but their attitude this year was definitely laid-back (except for the flurry of anxiety begging the police to close the intersection to traffic. They were on-the-clock for their zuhr mid-day prayers).
Even so, there was lots of waiting….
Everyone continues to wait calmly while a big communal display was made of laying-out the prayer-tarps (finally).
The Imam was in-a-rush, so he started the prayers and asked everyone to please pay attention while they laid out the tarps
LOTS of tarps (layers) on both sides of the intersection of 38th and Madison Avenue
This young lady-in pink, however, does NOT look happy.
And then, the actual prayers. (almost). First we heard lots of “brothers and sisters” and “insha’allah’s” while they kept being instructed and corrected on how to form a straight line!
The Men:
The Women:
And the children (the boys)
The girls….
The separation of the women and the men.
For the “Brothers and Sisters” (Insha’allah) that’s quite a divide….
After the “Warm and Fuzzy” prayers….
The “Warm and Fuzzy” Parade (except for some of those more militant chants) which you can see and HEAR in the next two videos (Parts 6 and 7 are the parade) .
The parade started with flags. Lots of flags…
Followed by the Police Marching Band playing, as always: “This Is My Country”.
Part 6 (the Parade):
The RELIGIOUS Floats return each year. Do we have any major parade in Manhattan that’s comparable ? So boldly religious? Can’t think of any.
The religious theme continued in their signs with many peace-loving quotes from that “warm and fuzzy” guy: Muhammad.
But, there were, also, the political statements from the younger marchers in this religiously, political parade.
With much thanking of Obama along with chants of “We are the Muslims.The Mighty, Mighty Muslims” Definitely a religious/political event.
Always many banners of schools march in the parade….
Some of these girls sure looked like the Catholic nuns of old.
Mayor Bloomberg did NOT co-operate this year when it came to the familiar push to add Muslim Religious Holidays to the school calendar.
Yet, the ‘honorable’ Mayor Bloomberg still managed to be thanked ….over and over… in the speech/lectures at parade’s end.
Cabby Society(? ) Since there seems to be no non-Muslim taxi drivers any more, I guess this makes sense. But, it’s also NON-political (in case you wondered)…
Part 7 is also video is of the parade as it continued down Madison Avenue to Madison Square Park.
At the park, there was the ever popular Da’wah Table (The full array of FREE brochures is in the video)
A few of the FREE da’wah brochures(which also included FREE Qurans)
Another parade banner to encourage the INTENDED converts (Would that be: YOU?)
There was this happy flag-waving Lawrence-of-Arabia look-a like. (Wish I knew his back-story)
And at the stage, there was a “one-man-band” who screamed “takbir, takbir, takbir” in every open space he could find. Before and after the speech/lectures, book-ending speeches and songs , he never let-up yet he never lost his voice!
That is NOT a yawn, caught him mid-takbir…
And those speaker/lecturers, they stayed ‘on-message’ . Team-work, so we got lots of whining about being victims of racist, islamophobic, bigots.
During the introductions, the MC kept requesting different leaders of the community to come to the stage.
On film, we happened to catch one woman interrupting the MC with, “Where are the women? Where are the women leaders.” She seemed to be getting no response so she added, “Keep that in mind. Where are the women”.
No surprise, the women weren’t suddenly added to his list as he continued introducing the male leaders…
Noticed the usual assortment of city politicians were absent this year. No Mayor Bloomberg though he did send a Muslim American woman as his representative (we had seen her represent the Mayor previously at a screening of “What a Billion Muslims Think”)
Fatima Shama– Mayor Bloomberg’s Office of Immigrant Affairs. As Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs, Commissioner Shama currently serves as Senior Education Policy Advisor in the Mayor’s Office, where she previously served as the Health Literacy and Language Access Coordinator.
Born in the Bronx to immigrant parents – her mother is Brazilian and her late father was “Palestinian” – (That night she was all about The Hair )
However, today she pulled her hair back. Took on a whole ‘nother look as she presented the mayor’s annual award to the parade where he declared this date as “Muslim Parade Day” (again)
Missing this year were some familiar friends of the parade. Councilman Robert Jackson(Muslim Convert) who, in 2007, proclaimed Harlem the Mecca of New York City and Workers Party, John Liu (now the City Comptroller and we understanding predisposed to make sure the Ground Zero Mosque gets its funding) Where was John? (this is Liu last year, in 2009)
And ‘WHERE OH WHERE’ was the Workers Party, Margaret Chin(who so recently accused her consituents of being islamaphobic-racist- bigots.) Now she’s shy?
Mysteriously, our personal favorite had gone AWOL: ‘Crazy’ Rabbi Feinberg! (Here’s that “Wild and Crazy Rabbi” sharing his warm-and-fuzzy thoughts at an anti-war rally in Union Square)
Feinberg (with umbrella) was having a much BETTER day in 2009…..
Was it easier to whine and play the victim with their dhimmi-politicians missing? No matter, they did make sure that they offered-up the requisite dhimmi-Priest, an even MORE dhimmifide -Rabbi and, “The Imam”.
PART 1 (video) includes the National Anthem (which required urgent crowd instructions before they started)
Video of the speakers from CAIR, ICNA, MAS and the Islamic Cultural Center of New York (who LOVES to rewrite American history). More friends of the parade…
Part 2 – ICNA, MAS & the Islamic Cultural Center of New York
This year, most families came dressed in their cultural finery. It was quite lovely at times. The theme? The fashionable, pretty women; the lovely sweet children. Cultural Pride? Diversity. Muslim Pride? But, then we come back to OUTREACH . Da’wah. There is nothing to fear. Join us. We are all ONE.
Apparently, the families did have one complaint. They kept asking for the childrens’ activities. The MC responded more than once saying soon…be patient….But the speech/lectures went on-and-on and ON.
The families weren’t expecting all these media-directed speeches/lectures. But, the messages were aimed at them, too, NOT just the media. The repetition about victim-hood, alluding to fear. Urging them to BE AFRAID of those racist, bigoted Americans.
We know why many of these people immigrated to America. Fear brought them to our shores and it wasn’t fear of America or Americans . The American Dream .” “Give me your Tired and Poor” . These do not translate as,” Come to America so you can live in FEAR of Sharia Law. “
FACT: The number of Muslims living in the New York City is growing. They live here as freely as anyone else in America. Certainly freer than they do in their Muslim countries of origin , forced to live under Sharia Law.
As Americans, the average Muslim family may not care about politics-as -usual but their college-aged 20-somethings do. They are VERY political thanks to CAIR, ICNA, MAS, the Muslim Brotherhood. All work hard at indoctrinating the children and the youth (the next generation) They need them as the next wave, to be LEADERS in their/our communities.
The men and the youth (male and female) marched in the parade to the shouts of “FIGHT BACK , FIGHT BACK, FIGHT BACK ” and “We are the Muslims , the Mighty, Mighty Muslims” as well as to the religious chants of “Takbir, Takbir, Takbir.”
(Urban Infidel caught even more of t-shirts here>>)
The speaker/lecturers encouraged the audience to “ Make a CHANGE.” They want the adults to “Get Involved”. To show everyone what it means to be a Muslim. To vote. To become media savvy so they can control the message. To ‘assimilate’.
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Then the da’wah continued with the lovely, sweet childrens’ choirs…
2007 was, also, the year we discovered the NYC Intifada t-shirt and questioned what textbooks were to be used at the newly announced Brooklyn Arabic language school, Kahlil Gibran International Academy..
The Khalil Gibran International Academy(a public school with an all Imam advisory board) left many FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) questions unanswered. But, the American public experienced a “Great Awakening” ; no longer willing to accept the obfuscation that surrounded this public school.WE FOUGHT BACK.
In 2007there were many people who came out to protest theAnnual Muslim Day Parade. (perhaps it was the first protest against the parade) The protestors lined up at 25th and Madison to the surprise of many and added to this public protest were the very angry and threateningRevolution Muslims.
Back to 2007 which was only 6 years after the murders at Ground Zero by Muslim Jihadis and yet hate-groups like the Revolution Muslims, these militant Jew-hating Muslims were on the corner of 26th and Madison preaching racist, bigoted hatred of AMERICA,protected by their Constitutional Right to Free-Speech.
We understand the dates of the Muslim Day Parade had been consistent for years, but after the 2007 parade the dates began to float; perhaps because of the protests of 2007?
So on October 12, 2008 , the date on which Muslim Jihadists attacked the USS Cole, an American ship in Yemen and murdered American sailors…. on this date they chose to holdthe 23rd Annual Muslim Day Paradewith no mention of theUSS Cole .
It was also Columbus Day (a coincidence, they claimed)
Both years, 2007 and 2008, the Revolution Muslimsspoke out aggressively to all who passed-by, but even more boldly in 2008 when they came-over to our-side, to a group of women and started a confrontation.
It was most unusual that the police ignored them, but they showed little interest in sending the Revo-Muzzies back across the street until one of ours threw COFFEE on the lead instigators!
Two links with pictures and video from 2008 are here>> and here>>
October 18, 2009 was the 24th Annual Muslim Day Parade. Their annual parade was held with no protests. A little rain but it seems everyone who protested on 2007 and 2008 lost interest. This year the vile Revolution Muslims are IN the parade. (without incident) The parade went off without a hitch as it had even during the two protest years.
The CENSUS was the theme in 2009.
BEING COUNTED.
IT’S IN YOUR HANDS.
The pressure to be counted in the wake of the ACORN fraud was an unfortunate theme. But, the press let that slide so… who knew?
This year I was told, by the police, to stop taking pictures of the set-up for prayers. I was making the Muslims nervous.
I was intruding on their privacy; making them, their families, nervous. At a PARADE?!
The Ground Zero Mosque and the sobering confidence of Sharia Law proponents Daisy Kahn and Imam Rauf . They claim that Sharia Law is already in our Constitution. they ask why do we think Sharia no place in our country? It’s HERE.
NEVER FORGET the suffering of those murdered on 9-11 in the name of Islam and those who have suffered and continue to suffer in Egypt: The Coptic Christians, and in Greece : The Orthodox and The Armenians.
The centuries of never-ending destruction to the Holy Land. The beautiful Churches and Synagogues of Europe and the Middle East. At Ground Zero, St Nicholas Churchwas destroyed by Islam. In the 21st Century! ALL have suffered…
In 2010, as I watched the people from Azerbijan/Boznia march-by (and whose children sang so sweetly on the stage) there was an obvious cultural question to be asked.
These were not a people who would have chosen to be Muslim. It was not their culture.
This was conversion by sword. Is this is our future (by stealth or by sword) if we don’t FIGHT BACK?
Will 2011 mark the end of the 10 year HUDNA? Will that be the year Islam claims VICTORY?
Our media is suckered, our government is suckered; eager shills for the Islamists. CAIR, MAS, ICNA, these are organizations with a verifiable history of supporting violence .Yet, the parade, our government and the media accept them as peace-loving and deny the horrors of Sharia Law and forced-conversions of Islam.
We have a duty to protect our freedoms for our children and our childrens’ children as promised by our Constitution.
Submission is their goal.
If we permit them to shut us down, to become or remain complacent, we will have lost the “WAR Against the WEST”
We must FIGHT BACK without apology or we become Europe.
