Muslim Terrorist in Oregon: Liberal City of Portland, ACLU to Blame

Story continues to Develop...

Fox Analyst Peter Johnson on Portland's withdrawal from the FBI Terrorism Task Force in 2005:

The Mayor of Portland wanted to oversee what the FBI were doing in their terrorist investigations... Everybody in the country said, what are you doing... this is crazy...

Fox also breaks news... Press reports are now suggesting that "perhaps" Mohamed O. Muhamed's own Somali parents turned him into the FBI "to point out his radicalization, his extremism."

H/t to regular LR reader Sean G. for suggesting this video.

Republican Liberty Caucus in the thick of New Hampshire House Majority leader battle

Libertarian Republicans now power brokers in NH State Legislature

From Eric Dondero:

In a sure sign of the growing influence of the Republican Liberty Caucus, two RLC-backed candidates are serious contenders for Majority Leader of the New Hampshire House.

From the Concord Monitor, "Republican fight for Majority leader" Nov. 28:

The race for New Hampshire House majority leader may look a lot like the race for House speaker, pitting more conservative, libertarian-leaning lawmakers against the established Republican Party leadership.

Three representatives are vying for the position: Paul Mirski of Enfield, D.J. Bettencourt of Salem and Shawn Jasper of Hudson. Al Baldasaro of Londonderry was also running, but withdrew and threw his support behind Mirski. Although the majority leader is traditionally chosen by the speaker of the House, this year he will be elected by the Republican caucus, which meets Wednesday.

Mirski, an ally of Republican speaker nominee William O'Brien, was widely considered a potential majority leader even before O'Brien decided the position should be elected. Both Mirski and Bettencourt are affiliated with the conservative, Constitution-minded House Republican Alliance. Both serve on the transition team for O'Brien, also an HRA leader. During the general election, Bettencourt and Mirski were endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus.

Jasper has a long history of leadership within the House Republican caucus, most recently as Republican whip. He is not allied with the party's more libertarian wing

Baldarasso and Bettencourt have been affiliated with the RLC since the early 2000s. There are few if any policy differences between Bettencourt and Mirski. Most differences appear to be over resume and style.

Note - Rep. Baldarasso is a decorated Vietnam War Vet. He is a self-described "Pro-Defense libertarian." He was a guest on "Libertarian Politics Live" in 2006. More info: NHRLC.org

Libertarians to give an economic boost to struggling Las Vegas

First ever national political party convention in Vegas

From Eric Dondero:

The Libertarian National Committee met over the weekend, and decided on Las Vegas, NV for the Party's 2012 Presidential Nominating Convention. It will be held May 4-6 at the Red Rock Resort.

From the Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Las Vegas will host Libertarian convention":

Besides political theater, the Libertarian convention and its 1,000 delegates will provide a financial boost to Las Vegas. The meeting is expected to create a non-gaming economic impact of more than $700,000 from conventiongoers alone, according to the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Members of the media and others attracted by the event will add to the projected spending.

The Las Vegas convention, which C-SPAN will televise, should make for an interesting political show. Unlike the main party meetings, which are choreographed crownings of the presidential nominees every four years, the Libertarians battle it out on the floor, with the best man or woman winning the nod.

"It should be a very interesting dogfight," said Wayne Allyn Root, the Libertarian vice presidential nominee in 2008 and a potential front-runner for the 2012 contest. "Everyone assumes I will be one of the leading candidates. But I haven't decided whether I will run for president."

LA Times columnist Andrew Malcom blogs:

Finally, the desert city of Las Vegas breaks the ice and gets its first national political convention.

The Libertarian Party will gather there the first week of May 2012 to nominate its national ticket of guaranteed losers.

The Libertarians' choice of Nevada along with the Republicans' choice of Tampa for their 2012 nominating convention in late August means the country's two major parties have now settled on their meeting sites.

The only one left is the fringe third-party Democrats...

Disclaimer: We here at LR agree wholly with the Libertarian Party on domestic issues; disagree strongly with their foreign policy.

2012 Watch: Missouri Republican primary already underway

Steelman vs. Talent?

From Eric Dondero:

Former US Senator Jim Talent is angling behind the scenes for the GOP nomination to take on vulnerable Democrat incumbent Claire McCaskill. But a fresh new face is emerging, and she's got Tea Party pedigree.

From The Hotline:

National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair John Cornyn (R-Texas) reached out to former Missouri Treasurer Sarah Steelman (R) about a Senate campaign before Thanksgiving, according to an NRSC source. In addition to encouraging her to run, Cornyn assured Steelman that the NRSC would stay neutral in a Republican primary between her and Talent.

The Cornyn-Steelman conversation is indicative of a few things. First, it shows that national Republicans aren't completely on board with Talent being their nominee. If the anti-Washington mood carries through to 2012, Talent's work as a lobbyist since leaving the Senate won't help him. Second, the NRSC is showing a newfound interest in Steelman, a Tea Party favorite, who it shunned last year in favor of Roy Blunt. Steelman, who one GOP strategist called "Sarah Palin with an economics degree," could also neutralize Sen. Claire McCaskill's advantage winning over women voters.

Steelman served as MO State Treasurer, and later ran briefly for Governor.

Early Bird Presidential candidacy: Gary Johnson tours Florida

Says Yes to Marijuana Legalization: No to harmful Harder Drugs

From Roger Stone:

Libertarian Republican Presidential candidate Gary Johnson (GaryJohnson2012.com), was in Florida last week campaigning all over the State.

From TampaBay.com "Johnson tests waters for presidential bid" Nov. 29:

[Johnson is] putting out Florida feelers in a possible bid for the presidency in 2012.

Johnson's campaign-style stops in Tallahassee, Melbourne and Orlando last week reveal that the presidential race is already at a low boil in the nation's largest swing state.

Johnson was asked about one of his more controversial stances in the campaign. Continuing:

"The issue of marijuana legalization is obviously an attention-getter," Johnson said. "And you can't shy away from it. I have to defend it. I have to defend the position."

Johnson's reasons: Marijuana is less harmful than alcohol and the costs of locking up pot smokers exacts too much of a toll on civil liberties and on taxpayers. He said marijuana would be considered less of a gateway drug if it were sold alongside "more dangerous drugs'' like booze.

"I don't drink. I don't smoke pot. But I've drank and I've smoked pot," said Johnson, an accomplished triathlete who once scaled Mount Everest. "The big difference between the two is that marijuana is a lot safer than alcohol."

Johnson said it shouldn't be legal to sell marijuana to children, or to operate a car under the influence. He said he also opposes legalizing cocaine, heroin or crystal methamphetamine.

Switzerland getting tough on Illegal Immigrant Crime

Swiss Sovereignty any different from Arizona USA?

From Eric Dondero:

Switzerland is taking steps to stop a recent crime wave by illegal immigrants, mostly from Muslim countries.

The liberal-leaning Deutsche Welle reports:

Swiss voters have approved a far-right initiative to automatically expel foreign residents convicted of serious crimes, according to poll results.

Swiss national broadcaster SF1 said 52.9 percent of voters backed the initiative in Sunday's referendum, a plan proposed by the nationalist Swiss People's Party (SVP).

A counter-proposal put forth by the Swiss government, which would make expulsion dependent on the length of a prison term rather on an arbitrary list of offenses, appears to have been rejected by most voters...

The offenses mentioned as leading to expulsion include: Murder, Rape, Kidnapping and Human Trafficking (or Slavery).

Libertarian-Conservative blogger Tim Daniel at LeftCoastRebel asks:

Are not a people free to expel foreign people in their own land convicted of crimes?

I imagine that the leftist groups protesting this also think that Arizona's common sense immigration law, SB 1070, was the height of inhumanity too.

SHOCK VIDEO! Of Democrat Voter fraud in Connecticut

Suspicious Bag of 355 Ballots discovered in Bridgeport two days after the Election

From Eric Dondero:

Eyewitness News Channel 3 out of Hartford has obtained exclusive video of extensive voter iregularities at the controversial Bridgeport voting precinct.

Recap: On Election Night a district judge ruled that Bridgeport precincts in heavily minority areas could stay open, hours past the deadline of 8 pm due to "long lines." All others had to close at 8 pm.

Democrat Secretary of State, Susan Bysiewicz had called for such an emergency ruling after it was determined that not enough paper ballots were made available in Bridgeport.

Bysiewicz an ultra-partisan liberal Democrat

Dr. Susan Berry, a Connecticut Republican and Tea Party supporter explains at Breitbart "Was Connecticut Conned?":

The troubled ordeal of the governor’s race began in the afternoon of election day, when about half of the city of Bridgeport’s polling stations were discovered to be running out of ballots. It was determined that only 21,000 ballots had been ordered for 70,000 registered voters.

The election snafus continued with questionable decisions by Democratic Secretary of State, Susan Bysiewicz, who attempted to remedy the ballot shortage by photocopying blank ballots while waiting for new ones to be printed.

Two days after the election, a suspicious bag containing 335 photocopied and filled ballots was discovered in Bridgeport.

She "royally fucked up" the closest CT Gov's race in history

As Berry further explains in the video, one can see:

The Republican mayor of Vernon, Connecticut, who served as a poll-watcher in Bridgeport, who observed people voting without identification, voters receiving more than one ballot, and ballots left unsecured at the polling place.

Bysiewicz is a longtime Democrat Party operative. A New York lawyer, she served a stint in the legislature, and then worked in various capacities for the State Democrat Party.

Days after the election columnist Gregory Hines opined in the alternative weekly New Haven Advocate:

She’d made hideous decision after hideous decision. Court rulings had gone against her. She’d been embarrassed, mocked and ridiculed. She had only two short months left as Democratic secretary of the state, an office she’s held for nearly 12 years.

And then Bridgeport’s ballot bombshell hit, royally fucking up the closest Connecticut gubernatorial election in half a century and very likely screwing whatever hope she had of repairing a once-gleaming political future.

Note - Byziewicz attempted to ban the wearing of WWE t-shirts at CT polling places for fear it would favor GOP Senate candidate Linda McMahon. See our article from Oct. 24, "Connecticut to enforce dress code on Blue Collar Workers at polling places."

DC bans Masks during Street Protests

Muslim Protesters to be Exempt?

The District of Columbia City Council has just made street protests while wearing a face covering illegal. The move was prompted by a public outcry against anonymous protesters. Also, police officials expressed concerns about making potentially violent protesters more immediately identifiable to authorities.

From The Washington Examiner:

Wearing a mask while protesting outside a residence without telling D.C. police first could now get you arrested.

The D.C. Council has unanimously passed a strongly worded bill to deal with an animal rights group that has been known to wear masks and appear unannounced outside District residents' homes shouting things like "You should die." Residents have been complaining to their council members that they felt "terrorized."

Hispanic Republican Wave sweeping the US?

NM's Susana Martinez on the crest of the Wave

A TV News analyst in Albuquerque looks at the big Hispanic Republican wins in and outside of New Mexico, and concludes, while not quite a Tidal Wave, the movement is building.

Immediately after the election on November 7, Washington Post contributor Ruben Navarette opined (via RCP) "March of the Hispanic Republicans":

Hispanic Republicans made phenomenal gains across the country... when the 112th Congress convenes in January, it will include as many as nine Hispanic Republicans -- a record number, some of them supported by the tea party.

New Mexico topped them all. Three Hispanic Republicans were elected to statewide offices in the Land of Enchantment -- Dianna Duran as secretary of state, John Sanchez as lieutenant governor, and rising star Susana Martinez as governor.

Others on the growing List include:

Governor-elect of Nevada Brian Sandoval, Senator-elect Marco Rubio, Congresswoman-elect Jaime Herrera of Washington, Cong.-elect David Rivera of Florida, two Congressmen-elect from Texas Francisco Canseco and Bill Flores, and from Idaho Cong.-elect Raul Labrador.

Navarette concluded:

What's important now is the direction that the Republican Party takes from here. If Hispanics are still willing to give the party a fair hearing, then the party needs to give them something worth listening to. And, if the GOP is smart, it'll let a new crop of Hispanic Republicans lead the way.

Steve Montenegro wins appointment as Speaker Pro-Tem of the Arizona House

MAJOR NEWS!!

The son of Legal Immigrants to the US from Central America

The TucsonCitizen.com is reporting that Hispanic Republican Representative Steve Montenegro (Litchfield Park) has been appointed to the distinguished position of Speaker Pro-Tem for the next legislative term of the Arizona House.

“Representative Montenegro is a great addition to our leadership team,” Speaker Kirk Adams said. “He has already made quite a significant mark in Arizona and the national scene and I am extremely pleased he has agreed to be part of the leadership team.”

Representative Montenegro is the state’s first Latino to serve as Speaker Pro Tem in the Arizona House of Representatives. He is a first generation American, the son of legal immigrants that came to the United States to find a better life for their children. Rep. Montenegro is a long time West Valley resident and a community leader. He currently serves as a youth pastor and sits on the advisory board of the Arizona Charter Academy.

“I’m honored to be asked and proud to serve such a large and diverse caucus,” Representative Steve Montenegro said.

Rep. Montenegro gained full US citizenship after serving 4 years in the US Army. He gained notoriety this year as the prime sponsor of the anti-affirmative action ballot measure Proposition 107. The measure was passed by voters with nearly 60% support.

Note - Leon Drolet, fmr. Michigan State Rep. and longtime libertarian Republican served as field coordinator in AZ for the Yes on Prop. 107 campaign.

Top Leftist site admits they were wrong: TSA Protester John Tyner a "libertarian" but not funded by the Kochs

From Eric Dondero:

The Marxist website The Nation has completely apologized and acknowledged that they got their story wrong, on TSA Protester John Tyner. Mr. Tyner is the famed citizen activist who coined the term "Don't touch my junk," while going through TSA screening at the Phoenix Airport. He became an instant YouTube sensation. It led leftists and elitist liberal defenders of the Obama administration to question his motives.

A story-line quickly emerged that since Tyner identified himself as a "libertarian" he must have been put up to it by more powerful interests such as billionaire libertarian financiers Charles and David Koch.

The Nation published the story last week: "TSAstroturf: The Washington Lobbyists and Koch-Funded Libertarians Behind the TSA Scandal."

Turns out there was absolutely no truth to the story. It was a complete fabrication by two leftist reporters. On Sunday, editor-in-chief, noted-communist Katrina vanden Heuvel published a full retraction.

At TheNation.com we make it a point to practice fearless, bold, timely journalism that raises critical issues ignored by the mainstream press. On very rare occasions that ambition leads to mistakes, and when it does, we're committed to acknowledging them and setting the record straight. Unfortunately, a recent article by Mark Ames and Yasha Levine... was one such moment... the article wrongly suggested that John Tyner, the libertarian citizen-activist who coined the "don't touch my junk" protest against the TSA's security procedures, might be linked to an Astroturf operation

Tyner denied any connections to lobbyists and to Koch-funded organizations in an interview, we printed his denial--but we didn't press hard enough to get clarity on his actions and intentions. We should have stopped and done just that.

Notably, she did not apologize to the Tea Party or the overall libertarian movement.

Editor's comment - While it's admirable Ms. Vanden Heuval printed such a strongly-worded retraction, one wonders if some threatened litigation may have been involved?

Good ole' fashioned libertarian Republican Shout Out!

Oooh-Rah! (Or, Ooh-la-la!)

From the Editor:

Most recently our old friend Katherine Jenerette has become a participant here at Libertarian Republican. She showed up in the comments section over the weekend.

Regular readers of LR may remember Katherine from early on in the 2010 GOP primary campaigns. She is an active duty Army Reservist Paratrooper. She ran for Congress in South Carolina's 1st CD. She placed third out of six. The winner was none other than her good friend, Tim Scott, who is now one of two Black Republicans serving in the US Congress. Katherine heartily endorsed her fellow Tea-Partyer Tim in the run-off, and campaigned for his election.

We hope to seduce Katherine into joining LR as a regular contributor. We'll keep you posted to how that goes. But feel free to upload comments on this post urging Katherine to join us, or at her Facebook Page.

And sorry boys, she's already married.

More evidence Oregon Bomber Mohamud hated Americans

"I thought that was awesome" - Mohamud on 9/11 Jets flying into Twin Towers

From Eric Dondero:

The Muslim community in Portland has been rallying to the defense of Terrorist bomber Mohamed O. Mohamud. The Imam at his local Mosque called him "relaxed," and not at all radical. The left news site Huffington Post quoted Yosof Wanly, imam at the Salman Alfarisi Islamic Center:

Mohamud was a normal student who went to athletic events, drank the occasional beer and was into rap music and culture.

Another Muslim mentor of Mohamud was quoted in the Daily Beast on Saturday (via fbcheat.com):

Mona Aly Hassanein, an alum of the school who’s now teaching English in Egypt, via a Skype interview with The Daily Beast. He was funny, a good conversationalist, a clown. He was known as “Mo.” And he never let on that he hated America.

“He never once said anything like that,” Hassanein said. “Ever.”

But now an ex-classmate of Mohamud has stepped forward contradicting the official line. KGW TV News out of Portland reports:

Another of Mohamud's former classmates remembered a fight the two had over a messy locker. "The main thing was, the way he said he hated Americans,” said Andy Stull. “It was serious. He looked me in the eye and had this look in his eye, like it was his determination in life – ‘I hate Americans!’"

Stull says he was scared enough at the time to get school counselors involved, but that was the end of it.

New horrifying details surface on Muslim Child Rape Gang in the UK

They were grooming young girls for International Sex Trade

One girl was as young as 8 when the Rapes began

From Eric Dondero:

On Friday, we reported here at LR that the sentencing phase had begun for 19 Muslim men accused of torture, rape and kidnapping of young British girls in the town of Derby - "Mohammeds sentenced in UK of leading Child Rape gang."

Details emerged that the Muslim men repeatedly raped girls as young as 12, after luring them to their BMWs and apartments with liquor and gifts. Detectives described the men as: "vodka-swilling, cocaine-binging paedophil[iacs] who spent every available moment randomly targeting young girls on the street, befriending them, and then horrifically abusing them." One detective even suggested a possible political motive, with hatred towards the West.

Threatened with beating by hammer, or shot if they resisted

Now the Daily Mail has uncovered even more shocking details:

Over weeks and months, the girls were taken to houses in Derby and other towns before being raped by the gang and their friends, some of whom paid the men in cash.

In rundown flats with mattresses on the floor, the girls were locked into rooms and turned into sex slaves. If they protested or refused, they were threatened with being beaten with a ­hammer and even told they would be shot. The depraved sex acts were filmed on mobile phones and may have now been sold on through internet pornography sites.

The reality is... Many schoolgirls — one just eight — living in towns and cities all over the north of England are ­falling prey to gangs who groom them to be sex slaves for themselves or other men.

Some of the other towns mentioned besides Derby where most of the abductions and rapes occured, include South Yorkshire, and Rotherham. (On the map near Manchester and Leeds.)

Muslim men place higher value on White Women for Sex Trade

The motive? Muslim men, particularly in the international sex trade place a much higher value on women of Western European descent. Continuing from the Daily Mail:

According to Scotland Yard, a gang can reap £300,000 [$450,000] a year from prostituting a young white girl.

And this:

The girls are held in contempt by the gang members, who do not even call them by their own names. [They use] the Urdu term ‘gori’, which means simply ‘white-skinned female’.

Of the 9 men convicted and sentenced so far, 8 were of Pakistani ethnicity; only one was a white Britisher.

Note - this story has received virtually no national media attention here in the United States outside of a handful of libertarian/conservative news sites such as LR, The Other McCain, The Jawa Report, Pamela Geller's Atlas Shrugs and Left Coast Rebel. Fox News is the only major outlet that has covered the story.

Tea Party Republican Cong.-elect Allen West on RedEye

"Fiscal security and Physical security for the Nation"

From Eric Dondero:

Florida's controversial rightwinger rep.-elect did a little late night comedy and a post-election wrap-up on Fox's RedEye with Greg Gutfeld recently.

Notably, West gave a big hat tip to libertarian economist/philosophers Dr. Thomas Sowell and Dr. Walter Williams, for inspiring his election. He referred to the pair as two of the great black conservative voices in the country. He added:

"I stand for Constitutional government, free markets, those limited government values that make America great"

West also blasted all those who accuse the Tea Party of being "racist."

See the video at YouTube.

Gamer slams Palin as an "extreme Radical Libertarian"

"Crazy Women posing as a Republican"

From Eric Dondero:

This post is a little out of format for LR. We don't usually run comments from Web Forums as articles. And we don't usually report on the Gaming and Anime community as news worthy. But this was just too good to pass up.

A commenter at gamerConnect, a self-proclaimed Republican, doesn't think too highly of Sarah Palin. He was commenting on the recent WaPo article "Sarah Palin: Serious contender or Pretender".

Article here from Washington Post. I hope it does not happen and a real Centre-Right Conservative is selected as the Republicans US Presidential candidate in 2012.

Sarah Palin is not a real Conservative. She is a crazy woman posing as a Republican. Palin has extreme views that are dangerous and divisive. She is a Radical Libertarian posing as a Republican. Palin is a member of the Tea Party a radical group with extreme views...

Republican Party have guys like Donald Trump, Arnold Schwarzenegger and plenty of other guys who would do a good job as US President.

Another commenter shot back calling her a "psychotic bimbo libertarian."

The image comes from brocstercomics.com review of Devil's Due Publishing political satire, "Barack the Barbarian."

The most important person in America today?

From Eric Dondero:

Meet Judge Henry E. Hudson. He is the man that could decide within days the fate of Obama's mandated Health Care coverage.

From the NY Times "Health Law Faces Threat of Undercut From Courts":

The judge, Henry E. Hudson of Federal District Court in Richmond, has promised to rule by the end of the year on the constitutionality of the law’s requirement that most Americans obtain insurance, which takes effect in 2014.

So far Judge Hudson appears skeptical of the individual mandate. Continuing:

[Obama Administration officials] acknowledge that Judge Hudson’s preliminary opinions and comments could presage the first ruling against the law.

"He’s asked a number of questions that express skepticism,” said one administration official who is examining whether a ruling against part of the law would undermine other provisions."

Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports another pointed question from the Judge:

“Give me an example. Give me an example,” Hudson demanded of [Obama administration deputy AG Ian] Gershengorn at one point, asking him to cite a time when individuals had been required by the federal government to buy a private product. “Where?”

Libertarian Republican Attorney General in Virginia Ken Cuccinelli filed the original lawsuit. He's also joined Republican AGs from a number of States in a similar lawsuit filed in Florida.

Hudson is an appointee of President George W. Bush. He has a reputation as a tough "law and order" judge based on many high profile cases in the past.

Interestingly, Judge Hudson presided over the highly controversial Michael Vick animal cruelty case a few years ago. He sentenced Vick to 23 months behind bars.

He's also indicated a bit of a libertarian streak. The Judge recently addressed the Law School at the College of William & Mary. During Q&A (via WMU.edu):

"Sometimes we're too quick on the trigger," he said. "I think sometimes, zero-tolerance ... does a disservice to young people. I think too many young people are arrested for petty offenses that can better be handled at home."

If Judge Hudson rules against the individual mandate portion of ObamaCare, the entire legislation could be put in jeopardy. The Obama Administration will likely appeal. The next step is the 4th Federal District Court. However, that particular Court is regarded as the most Conservative in the land.

Note - the Republican Liberty Caucus of Virginia was a prominent, and early backer of Cuccinnelli for AG in 2009. RLCVA.org

Latest attempted Muslim Terrorist attack on US: Portland Mayor, City Council, partly to blame?

City completely Democrat controlled

From Eric Dondero:

Another Muslim terrorist attempt on a major US City took place just days before Thanksgiving.

From the AP story (via Fox News) "Somali-Born Christmas Car Bomber Stopped in Oregon":

The Somali-born teenager who was arrested in a sting operation while trying to blow up a van he believed was loaded with explosives at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore., e-mailed an alleged terrorist last year, authorities said...

the sting operation began in June after an undercover agent learned that 19-year-old Mohamed Osman Mohamud had been in regular e-mail contact with an "unindicted associate" in Pakistan's northwest, a frontier region where Al Qaeda and Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents are strong.

An FBI document reveals that Mohamud had contact with the suspected terrorist in Aug. 2009. In Dec. 2009, Mohamud discussed the possibility of traveling to Pakistan to engage in violent jihad.

Mohamud wanted "maximum carnage," kill plenty of children

The NY Daily News reports quotes from the bomber, "Christmas tree bomber Mohamed Mohamud foiled in attempt to blow up van near crowded Oregon lighting":

"I want whoever is attending that event to leave ... either dead or injured," the teen told an FBI undercover, ignoring a warning that the massive "bomb" would kill plenty of children.

Mohamud replied that was his goal: A "huge mass ... attacked in their own element with their families celebrating the holidays."

"It's in Oregon, and Oregon, like you know, nobody ever thinks about it," he told the FBI agent.

Portland - Headquarters for Nation's AntiWar Movement

Now it is being revealed that the City of Portland was not even aware of the bombing plot until after the Muslim terrorist was arrested.

From OregonLive.com:

Five years ago, Portland became the first city in the nation to withdraw from the FBI-led task force.

Adams did not know about the plot to detonate a bomb at the tree lighting at Pioneer Courthouse Square until after Mohamed Osman Mohamud's arrest Friday night.

Adams, who serves as police commissioner, said he wasn't aware of the case until 9:15 p.m. Friday when he was called to Portland's FBI headquarters for a briefing. The mayor said he would have been notified if the bomb threat had been real.

In April 2005, the City Council... voted 4-1 to withdraw its two police officers from the federal task force.

A Sanctuary City for all Illegal Aliens

Libertarian/conservative columnist Michelle Malkin (via LA Times) pointed out at the time in, "Portland vs. America":

If the Bush administration had guts, it would withdraw all federal homeland security funds from the city immediately. After 9/11, the city refused to cooperate with federal efforts to conduct voluntary interviews of of local Muslims in order to uncover terrorist plots. Portland is also a sanctuary city for illegal aliens. This despite several signs that al Qaeda and pro-Islamists have infiltrated the area.

All five commissioners are Democrats. Not a single Republican holds any elective office in the City of Portland in any capacity.

Mayor Adams is a particularly activist Democrat with close ties to liberal Democrat leaders throughout the State.

Note - readers may remember Mayor Adams received national media attention when he was first elected. An underage sex scandal was revealed. See "Portland Mayor admits lies about Sex with teen" MSNBC, Jan. 2009.

Bush on the Bush Tax Cuts - O'Reilly Fox News

Keep Tax Rates Low, especially for Small Business

"Raising any income taxes will cause there to be less capital for small businesses which will make it harder to create jobs"

Strident Anti-Communist, Cuban-American picked to head Foreign Affairs

"I think the common denominator is advancing America's interest, keeping America safe, being non-apologetic about being a superpower, being proud of who we are, advancing human rights" -- Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

From Eric Dondero:

Elections matter. The United States Congress is about to shift a major post from an ultra-liberal foreign policy dove to a hardline uncompromising hawk.

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has been chosen by Speaker-in-waiting Rep. John Boehner and the House Republican leadership to head the powerful Foreign Affairs Committee in the House. The Congresswoman becomes the first Cuban American to hold the distinguished post. She replaces leftist antiwar Democrat Rep. Howard Berman of California.

Rep. Ros-Lehtinen is well-known to Florida Republicans, though her profile is less well-known nationwide. She was first elected to Congress in 1989. She became a heroine of sorts to Florida Young Republicans in the 1990s serving as a role model for other Hispanics winning on the GOP ticket. Florida YR Marco Rubio served a brief stint as a congressional intern for the Congresswoman.

A passionate Americanist, and diehard foreign policy hawk

Fox News outlines some of her stances this morning.

Under her watch, the committee is expected to push for stepped-up sanctions against North Korea and Iran, more oversight of the U.N. and a block on any dialogue with Cuba.

Ros-Lehtinen is outraged by Cuba's membership on the United Nation's Human Rights Council along with China and Saudi Arabia and would like U.S. contributions to the U.N. to be voluntary until the U.S. creates an office to audit U.N. activities for transparency and eliminate waste.

Ros-Lehtinen is tired of groups that complain the U.S. is not doing enough abroad and is among those who have criticized Obama for publicly acknowledging the nation's past support of friendly but undemocratic regimes.

She once made a very controversial statement regarding the Cuban dictator. Continuing:

"I welcome the opportunity of having anyone assassinate Fidel Castro," she told an interviewer in a 2006 British documentary.

Leading opponent of the Mosque at Ground Zero

Pro-Defense libertarians will be most heartened by her tough stance against Radical Islam. Along with her close friend and ally Rep. Peter King of New York, Ros-Lehtinen was one of the most outspoken critics of the Ground Zero Mosque.

From The National:

This year, she attacked Feisal Abdul Rauf, the moderate Sufi imam behind the Park51 Islamic centre (sic) that might be built near the site of the September 11 attack in New York and who has conducted outreach in the Middle East on behalf of the US, saying: "This radical is a terrible choice to be one of the faces of our country overseas."

Jose Cardenas, an expert on Latin American affairs, opined on her anti-Dictator stance at Foreign Policy:

Left-wing radical populists have for too long been allowed to evade international scrutiny of their actions by their claims to represent the will of formally marginalized sectors of their societies. But that should hardly offer any protection for their anti-democratic actions and alliances with international rogues. Ros-Lehtinen will no doubt bring a single standard in promoting democracy and security in our neighborhood, and the peoples of the region will be better off for it.

Economic Liberties

The Congressoman has a generally pro-free enterprise voting record, though somewhat mixed particularly in areas of health care reform, and minimum wage. Her lifetime ACU score is 73 (Project Vote Smart). She has a generally anti-bailout record having voted against the $15 billion spending bill for GM and Chrysler. Like other Republicans she voted against the Obama stimulus bill. She also voted in favor greater oversight of the sub-prime mortgage industruy. She has a consistently Pro-Free Trade voting record for Latin America and other regions of the World.

On two critical issues for libertarians she took the right stance. The first, Rep. Ros-Lehtinen voted No on a bill that would restrict Americans access to overseas Tax Havens. Secondly, she was a co-sponsor of Texas Rep. Ron Paul's bill to Audit the Federal Reserve. (Source: RonPaul.com)

A libertarian streak on social issues

The South Florida Rep. has an atypical voting record for a conservative on social matters. She's uncompromisingly pro-life. However, on other social issues she takes a more moderate, almost libertarian-leaning stance. She is tough on illegal immigration, but as a daughter of Cuban immigrants, she favors less stringent restrictions on legal immigration.

She's also a longtime friend and ally of the Gay GOP group Log Cabin Republicans. See Miami Herald "Log Cabin Republicans celebrate election victories, including U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Miami."

Photos - Rep. Ros-Lehtinen holding a copy of the US Constitution in Spanish. Posing for a photo with (That 70's Show) Actor Wilmer Valderrama at Miami-Dade College.

Ron Paul to be appointed Committee Chair overseeing Federal Reserve

Fmr. Libertarian Party presidential candidate handed top post by GOP

From Eric Dondero:

In what can only be described as a huge victory for the libertarian wing of the GOP, word is leaking out of Washington that Congressman Ron Paul of Texas is about to be appointed Chairman of the Financial Services subcommittee. The committee has near complete oversight of the Federal Reserve.

From The Hill "Paul poised to take on Fed":

Speculation has swirled that Paul would immediately use his subpoena powers as chairman of the subcommittee to compel testimony from Federal Reserve officials...

Paul said he wants to foster a debate about the Fed’s role in the American economy and begin the push for greater congressional oversight. He said he wants to use the subcommittee to “discuss the relationship of monetary policy to the business cycle and particularly how they create the booms and the busts” in the economy.

A slew of Republican leaders, ranging from former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to Speaker-designate John Boehner (R-Ohio), have criticized the Fed’s decision to buy $600 billion worth of Treasury bonds in an attempt to boost the economy. Republican critics argue the action, which essentially amounts to printing money, will only lead to a less valuable dollar and higher inflation.

It is Boehner and soon-to-be House Majority leader Rep. Eric Cantor who have final say in the appointment. Sources indicate that the appointment could come early next week.

Standard Ron Paul disclaimer: This website is a huge fan of Ron Paul on domestic matters, but disagree strongly with his non-interventionist foreign policy.

EUROPEAN UNION: Independence leader Farage rips into EU Pres. Van Rompuy

National Sovereignty over Euro-dominance

Leader of the UK Independence Party Nigel Farage addressing the European Parliament:

"Increasingly people are saying, we don't want that flag, we don't want the anthem, we don't want this political class. We want the whole thing consigned to the dustbin of history"

Irish Debt Crisis: Keynesianism to blame, not low tax rates

As downturn began, Eire politicians no adjustment in spending habits

Libertarian philanthropist Howard Rich has a column at Rasmussen Reports this morning, "Calling A Shamrock A Shamrock."

Excerpt:

On both sides of the ocean there appear to be plenty of Keynesian apologists who believe that economic downturns are always caused by greedy capitalists – never by greedy politicians and government bureaucrats.

[Cato's Dan] Mitchell examined nearly three decades worth of Irish government expenditures and tax receipts. In doing so he found that from 1983-2006 both expenditures and receipts in Ireland were on similar upward trajectories – a regrettable result of the Irish government’s insistence on spending every new dime that came into its coffers. Beginning in 2007, however, these lines began moving in opposite directions.

“When the financial crisis hit a couple of years ago, tax revenues suddenly plummeted,” explains Mitchell. “Unfortunately, politicians continued to spend like drunken sailors. It’s only in the last year that they finally stepped on the brakes and began to rein in the burden of government spending. But that may be a case of too little, too late.”

In addition to profligate spending, Mitchell points to the adoption of the Euro as another contributing factor in Ireland’s decline.

Note - Rich is President of Americans for Limited Government, and a longtime backer of the Cato Institute.

Democrats' proposed ban on Caffeinated Alcohol drinks could be expanded?

First they came for the Caffeinated Energy Drinks

Alternet.org reports on the Obama Administration and NY Senator Chuck Schumer moving to outlaw Energy Drinks mixed with Alcohol, "How the Nanny-State won't stop Caffeine and Alcohol Mixes":

The moment Representative Charles Schumer announced his intent to get the drink booted from New York State, people seemed to race to every bodega in every borough, scooping up cases of it, hoarding it like speakeasy gunrunners. While riding the NYC subway Thursday, I overheard two men in their early 20s talking about a friend who had a stash, and was charging $10 a can. Even at a $7 markup, they sounded pretty eager to pay it.

Ban on Rum & Coca-Cola next?

Alernet further reports:

Loko announced it would dump the caffeine from its formula to comply with federal demands, but neither the FDA nor Schumer has yet to provide any scientific evidence to the contrary, willing to pre-emptively curtail our liberties before sorting out whether or not their own statements are true. And, as many have pointed out, mixing caffeine and alcohol is a time-honored tradition, manifest in everything from rum and cola to Red Bull and vodka -- Four Loko’s kin.

Moe Lane from the banner Republican website RedState.com opines:

what’s stopping the government from deciding that bars shouldn’t serve Irish or Jamaican coffee - or, God help us, Red Bull and vodka, which is apparently the big club drink now - the answer’s even simpler: nothing. Nothing at all. If young drinkers start consum[ing] hand-mixed caffeine/alcohol concoctions, the FDA will start going after the organizations that serve them.

you can have my Irish coffee when you pull it from my cold, dead hands

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Buzz building on America's new Hispanic Republican Governor

Vice-President 2012? US Attorney General?

"Susana" hasn't even been sworn in yet, but the buzz from Santa Fe to D.C., and all over the New Mexico blogosphere is already swirling about America's newest top Female Hispanic.

Governor-elect Martinez will be sworn in at the Capitol as is NM tradition, at the stroke of midnight on the New Year.

Major Surprise for 2009 Liberty Index: Perfect Scoring Libertarian in Congress

SNEAK PREVIEW

The Gentleman from Arizona all-time most Libertarian

From Eric Dondero:

The annual Liberty Index of Congress for the 2009 US House and Senate session is now nearly completed. Dr. Clifford Thies, a professor of economics at Shenandoah University in Virginia, a former National Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus, and Senior Editor for Libertarian Republican, is the author of the survey. He first started compiling the survey in the 1980s.

The RLC has published Dr. Thies's survey results first in its newsleter Republican Liberty in the early 1990s, and since the early 2000s at RLC.org.

This year's survey contains a bombshell. As Dr. Thies explains:

For the first time in the now 31-year history of the Liberty Index, a member of Congress has scored a perfect 100, 100 on economic liberties component, and a perfect 100 on the personal liberties component. That person is Congressman Jeff Flake of Arizona.

Other very high scorers included Congressmen Dana Rohrabacher and Tom McClintock of California, and Cong. Ron Paul of Texas.

To see the full House and Senate results visit www.rlc.org

And while you're there, sign up for a membership with the RLC.

South Dakota State Senator & World Famous Vineyard Owner switches to Republican

State Senate now 30 to 5 GOP controlled

From Eric Dondero:

The Party switches just keep rolling in since November 2, extending the GOP's massive Republican victory even further. Most of the switches have come in the South - from Louisiana, Georgia (two switchers), and Alabama (4 on Monday). Though 1 switcher is from Maine.

And now, the number of state legislative Party switchers nationwide has just reached 9. And this time the switcher comes from another region of the country: The Upper Plains State of South Dakota.

Meet Eldon Nygaard. He is a two-term State Senator from southeastern South Dakota. During that time he's had a pretty moderate to conservative voting record.

Business owner's philosophy more in line with GOP

From the Rapid City Journal "South Dakota lawmaker Eldon Nygaard switches to GOP after election":

The already-small contingent of Democrats in the South Dakota Senate shrank by one Thursday with the decision by Sen.-elect Eldon Nygaard of Vermillion to switch from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.

That leaves 30 Republicans and five Democrats in the Senate.

In a news release by the South Dakota Republican Party, Nygaard said he switched because he believes "I can represent my district's needs in Pierre more effectively as a member of the Republican Party."

Nygaard also said his "philosophy regarding government's role in society is more in line with the Republican Party."

Before being elected to the state Senate in 2010, Nygaard served two terms in the South Dakota House of Representatives.

Owner of SD's first worldclass Winery

As interesting as Nygaard's politics are, it may be his chosen profession that garners even greater interest.

Nygaard got his inspiration to found South Dakota's only Winery from American West explorers Lewis & Clark's journals. They wrote of native vines in the region. Nygaard discovered that some of the same vines were on his property. And his company Valiant Vineyards was born.

His trademark "Wild Grapes" wine is sold throughout the U.S. and in Paris, France. (Source: WinesandVines.com)

Nygaard's pioneering Winery helped spark a Vinery Trail in southern South Dakota. There are now a total of 21 winerys in the region.

From the Argus Leader:

"Wine lovers, they don't just visit one winery," said Eldon Nygaard, who opened South Dakota's first winery, Valiant Vineyards Winery in Vermillion, in the late 1990s. "Wine lovers go to as many wineries as they can find. So, as we develop more wineries in the area, we're actually going to attract more people to the wine trail."

The Winery Trail has become a particular favorite of tourists visiting nearby Iowa Casinos. More info on SD Wineries: SoutheastSouthDakota.com

Taliban leader threatens Jihadist attack on Netherlands if Geert Wilders succeeds

OVERSEAS PRESS

From Basler Zeitung "Talibanführer warnt Niederlande wegen Geert Wilders vor Anschlag" Nov. 20:

A commander of the Afghan Taliban has, according to a newspaper report, warned the Netherlands of an attack, if the new government implements the demands of Islam opponent Geert Wilders.

“If the Netherlands remain by their anti-Islamic policies or increase their intensity, then they will most certainly be the target of a Jihadist group,” the daily newspaper “Volkskrant” on Monday quoted Zabiullah Mujahid, the official speaker of the Taliban for eastern and northern Afghanistan.

If Wilders successfully “manipulates” the Dutch Parliament “so that it passes more anti-Islam laws, then there is no doubt that Muslims from other countries will become active in order to help their Muslim brothers and sisters,” Mujahid said further. (…)

(H/t for translation to TheWestIslamandSharia blog.

Mohammeds sentenced in UK of leading Child Rape gang

LR FOLLOW-UP

Molested girls as young as 12, calling them "white bitches"

From Eric Dondero:

We reported here at LR (via the UK Daily Mail) on November 9:

Five Pakistani men continually assaulted young girls at playgrounds and near schoolyards in Britain, over a period of a few months. They have just been convicted on multiple counts of rape and sexual abuse.

'Sexual predators': A gang of Asian ‘sexual predators’ were jailed yesterday for abusing white girls as young as 12.

The five men preyed on their victims over several months and threatened them with violence if they refused their advances.

One of the men branded his victim a ‘white bitch’ when she resisted, while a second smirked: ‘I’ve used you and abused you.'

Muslim men raping British girls a "growing problem" in the UK

Now the BBC is reporting that sentences have been handed down for gang members, ranging from 1 to 7 years.

Twenty-seven girls came forward to say they had been victims, the youngest of whom was 12 and the oldest was 18. Convictions have been achieved for 15 of those.

One girl described a sexual assault involving at least eight men.

Abid Mohammed Saddique, 27, and Mohammed Romaan Liaqat, 28 - both married with children - were said to be the leaders of the gang.

Saddique, of Northumberland Street, Normanton, Derby, was convicted of four counts of rape as well as two counts of false imprisonment, two of sexual assault, three charges of sexual activity with a child, perverting the course of justice, and aiding and abetting rape.

Rapists: "vodka-swilling, cocaine-binging paedophiliacs"

Also of note:

Detectives said it had been the most horrendous case of sexual exploitation they had ever faced... and said such instances of abuse were a growing problem in the UK.

The UK Telegraph gives even more details describing some of child rapists as:

vodka-swilling, cocaine-binging paedophil[iacs] who spent every available moment randomly targeting young girls on the street, befriending them, and then horrifically abusing them.

One police official hinted that the attacks may have been politically motivated. More from the BBC:

Det Supt Debbie Platt, who led the police investigation, said: "I was personally shocked at the scale of the abuse we uncovered. It was like a campaign of rape against children."

Note - UK Media reports list the men as "Asian" and make no mention of their Muslim affiliation.

Derby is located in the central region of the UK, between London and Birmingham.

Obama a Muslim? His Grandma wishes it were so

Saudis funded Obama family trip to Mecca

AFP reports "Obama's hajj grandmother 'prayed for him to be Muslim'":

RIYADH — US President Barack Obama's Kenyan grandmother says she prayed during a hajj pilgrimage to Mecca for the American leader to convert to Islam, a newspaper revealed on Thursday.

"I prayed for my grandson Barack to convert to Islam," said Sarah Omar, 88, in an interview with Al-Watan Saudi daily held in Jeddah after she had performed hajj.

The family appeared to have been hosted by the Saudi government for hajj. Saeed thanked King Abdullah for his "kind hospitality," the paper said.

Ayn Randist blogger and Fox News contributor Pamela Geller comments:

Remember that Obama's Grandmother was a committed "Christian" when Obama was campaigning, and after the inauguration, voila!, "a lifelong Muslim."

From USA Todayduring the '08 campaign, "Obama's grandma slams untruths":

She, too, is a Christian.

Giving thanks for America's massive rejection of Obama and his Policies

Zydeco Classic from the LA's Swamp Crowes

From Eric Dondero:

Remember back to those dark days late in the 2008 campaign, when this video first hit. It lifted our spirits for a moment, but we had a sinking feeling that McCain/Palin were going down to defeat. Life sucked back then for us Republicans, and for the rest of '08, all through '09, til the Tea Party emerged and gave us all hope.

Now we have just had the greatest congressional victory of either of the two major political parties in America since 1949.

Let us give thanks today that Americans woke up to Obama's destructive policies and gave him and his Party a swift kick in the ass.

And yes, feel free to gloat around the dinner table tonight to any relatives or friends, still supporting Obama or with a 'D' on their voter registration card. You deserve to have boisterous, back-slapping good laugh at their expense.

It's great day to be a Republican!

What libertarians have to be thankful for on this Thanksgiving Day

By Clifford F. Thies

With Thanksgiving upon us, it is time to reflect on our blessings. One thing we should not forget is the biggest turkey of them all. One thing we should not forget is the biggest turkey of them all. I refer, of course, to Joe the Vice President.

The latest gift from Joe was his explanation of why President Obama is viewed as being “aloof.” “I think what it is,” Joe said, ‘is he’s so brilliant.” It was like Dennis Hopper, in the movie “Apocalypse Now,” trying to explain what a great man was Colonel Kurtz.

According to the Democrats, most people are too stupid to be allowed to live as free persons. This contempt for the common man slips out again and again. The stupid people are supposed to turn their lives over to the smart people. The problem with the stupid people is that they’re too damned stupid to recognize that they would be better off being taken care of by the smart people. They cling to their guns and the Bible.

This philosophy goes way, way back. We could say to Plato, who envisioned society being run by philosophy-kings. It undergirded slavery and the “divine right” of kings. And, we, in the Republican Party, have been fighting this elitist view from the founding of our party. “God must love the common man,” said Abraham Lincoln, “he made so many of them.”

In Lincoln’s day, the issue of human equality was focused on slavery. Was slavery a benign arrangement that improved the conditions of a race of people considered to be inferior? Lincoln said of the negro, "in the right to put into his mouth the bread that his own hands have earned, he is the equal of every other man, white or black." Our rights do not depend on our abilities, but only on our humanness.

From time to time, the specifics vary. Whether abortion, euthanasia, eugenics, population control, running out of natural resources, climate change, government schools, or the nanny state. Some look to the elite to save us from ourselves, while others accept the equal rights of all to pursue happiness as they understand it.

It is clear that people differ in abilities, and that some are actually unable to live as free persons. Accordingly, human societies feature families, church and other social intermediating institutions; and - at the risk of offending some radical libertarians - perhaps there is a role for government to play in protecting the least among us. But, to think that anything like a majority of the people cannot live as free persons is to question the validity of democratic government.

There is a difference between intelligence and wisdom that is lost to the elite. Their belief that, with their self-proclaimed superior knowledge, they could actually rule the world, is contradicted by economic theory and all of history.

Thus, Hayek calls socialism “The Fatal Conceit.” Belief in socialism verges on a religious doctrine and is not subject to any scientific test. That the U.S. economy is mired in near depression is not a proof that the Obama Administration doesn’t know what it is doing. This is because, given the article of faith that they know what they’re doing, it must be that the economy would be in even worse shape if not for them. And, if the people judge Obama a failure, it follows that the people must be wrong. Obama is simply too brilliant for stupid people - what the communists call "the masses" - to appreciate.

Keep Asia Bibi in your Prayers this Thanksgiving Day

RIGHTWING HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISM

by Eric Dondero

This is about the most outrageous story you will hear this Thanksgiving weekend. And we ask that you turn that rage into action.

Asia Bibi is a mother of two (photo below), and a field worker from the Punjab Province in Pakistan. She is a Christian.

She has been in prison for 15 months, and is now facing a death sentence for the crime of Blasphame of Islam.

Christians persecuted in Muslim lands

SlantRight blogspot explains her alleged "crime":

Blasphemy is usually related to insulting Islam, Mohammed or the Islamic deity Allah.

Bibi's blasphemy is based on her being directed to fetch water by a village elder from a well. How in the world did Bibi become charged for blasphemy for merely getting water out of a well? She drew water from a Muslim well. GASP! How dare a 45 year old Christian Pakistani mother get charged for blasphemy for going to a Muslim well? The MUSLIMS were offended and stated that they could no longer draw water from a well contaminated by Christian hands. The act of drawing water from a Muslim well then offended Islam because Bibi was a Christian.

On Monday, Bibi received a Death Sentence from a Pakistani Court for the crime of fetching water as a Christian for Muslim women.

The Pope intervenes

There has been a huge outcry worldwide since the sentencing, from Australia to Western Europe to Canada to the United States. Groups such as the Pakistani British Assoc. and Christian Solidarity Worldwide are blasting the sentence, and the Pakistani Government for inaction. Pope Benedict XVI has even intervened on her behalf. (Photo below Pope meeting with Pres. Zadari).

From ChristianToday.com:

CSW’s Advocacy Director Andrew Johnston said, “Asia Bibi should never have been charged with blasphemy in the first place and her sentence is a tragic reminder of the continued abuse of the blasphemy laws and the underlying weaknesses in Pakistan’s justice system. Deeply-rooted problems of prejudice, inefficiency, corruption, and under-resourcing are amplified in blasphemy cases, and even more so for religious minorities. As a prisoner, Asia Bibi’s experience behind bars is made worse by the fact that she is a Christian, a woman and a blasphemy defendant – each of which increases the likelihood of abusive treatment. Injustices of this kind will continue to occur until such time as the blasphemy laws are repealed and practical measures are taken to render the rule of law meaningful in Pakistan.”

President Zardari backing down to Radical Islamist pressure

The Pakistani Government is not flinching fearful of a huge Islamist backlash if they lift the sentence.

CNN reports this morning, "Pakistani President urged not to Pardon Christian Woman":

Two prominent Pakistani Muslim leaders threatened Wednesday to call for nationwide protests if the president pardons a Christian woman sentenced to death for insulting the Muslim prophet Mohammed.

"If the president pardons Asia Bibi, we will raise our voices across the country until he is forced to take his decision back," nationally known mufti Muneer Ur Rehman said.

CNN also notes that Pakistan is 96% Muslim. And for the Pakistani President and his People's Party to give leniency to Asia Bibi could cause them to lose power in the Parliament in coming elections.

Obama Administration stalling

The Christian Conservative blog Freedomist.com reports that the Obama Administration has done absolutely nothing to protect Asia Bibi, or to lodge a protest with the Pakistani Government.

Says Freedomist contributor Paul Collier:

Hillary Clinton is the Secretary of State, so WHY is she doing absolutely NOTHING to help save a woman from being HUNG because of her religious convictions?

Asia Bibi faces death by hanging because she was accused of “blaspheming” the prophet Muhammad. Sentencing people to death for speaking words against your religion, which Asia DENIES having even done, is a serious breach of any standards of civilized behavior or respect for human dignity and human rights, yet NO CHRISTIAN organization or ministry is making this a big issue, and few of the so-called “right” are championing this cause.

Collier is right. Few on the right outside of Christian Conservatives are championing this cause. As a libertarian I am ashamed to say that zero of my fellow libertarians are even talking about it.

Please help by spreading the word to other freedom lovers on your website or blog, texting, Twitter, in emails and other communications. And if you have a Pakistani immigrant friend tell them to take action and to urge President Zadari to give a full pardon to Asia Bibi. Finally, pressure your Democrat friends, relatives and associates to tell Hillary Clinton to act today to Free Asia Bibi!