Barack Obama Under Fire for Picking a Crony Fundraiser as His Ambassador to Britain

Barack Obama has been embroiled in a cronyism row after reports that he intends to make Louis Susman, one of his biggest fundraisers, the new US ambassador in London.

Mr. Obama's campaign promises to change politics as usual had raised hopes that he would not continue the practise of doling out prized ambassadorships to cronies. Photo: AP

From The Telegraph
By Tim Shipman

The selection of Mr Susman, a lawyer and banker from the president's hometown of Chicago, rather than an experienced diplomat, raises new questions about Mr Obama's commitment to the special relationship with Britain.

American commentators denounced the selection of a rich friend to the plumb post, regarded as one of the most prestigious in the president's gift, as worthy of a "banana republic".

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The Vienna Philharmonic - Mozart's "Coronation Mass" - Herbert Von Karajan, Conducting

City of Big Shoulders Vows to Become City of Big Brother

Chicago's Democrat Mayor, Richard Daley, is promising a surveillance camera on every street corner in Chicago. But if the City of Big Shoulders is to become the City of Big Brother, how about publicly accessible surveillance cameras, with audio, in the Mayor's office, in the offices of the City Council, in the Mayor's Conference Room, in the back hallways of City Hall, and the front and back doors of the Mayor's home.

If government is to use the latest technology to watch every move of the people, shouldn't the people demand the right to watch every move of the government, particularly one known to produce so many corrupt politicians?

More from South Carolina's Government Nationalizer

Lindsey wants the nation's banks to be run from government offices in Charlotte, North Carolina. In this interview with the Charlotte Observer he explains his big plans for government takeovers.

United In Hate

Book Review by Ben R. Furman

United In Hate -- The Left's Romance With Tyranny and Terror is a book that examines the seamy underbelly of the radical Left which considers Western society and its values an anathema. Dr. Jamie Glazov, the Editor of FrontPage Magazine, methodically details the causational factors that have lead modern Leftists to adhere to the death and destruction mantra of tyrannical Islamic Jihadists.

The Twin Towers are destroyed, 2973 people die in the attack and the radical Left cheers; the war in Iraq is won and the Left expels a disgusted sigh; totalitarian thugs kill innocent millions that the Left justifies as a “cleansing” required to forge a utopian society; suicidal Jihadists shred shoppers in malls with nail bombs and are excused by the Left as door-matted victims striking back at their oppressors; women are vilified, stoned, mutilated and killed by radical Muslims as Leftist feminists remain silent, save here in America where they rail mightily against a country club that’s denied membership to a female executive.

What draws Leftists moth-like toward the annihilating fires of unbridled totalitarianism, or drives them to slavishly worship at the feet of dictators that kick them to the curb when they are considered no longer useful? Why does the Left cleave to a radical Islamic terrorism that vows to destroy all non-believers, including them? Dr. Glazov answers these and other “head scratching” questions in a court-ready presentation of the Left’s mindset that will make forensic psychologists proud.

The Left’s hatred and rejection of Western civilization, its freedoms and values, begins with an acute sense of alienation from it, and unable to “fit in” the Left believes radical societal change, regardless of the consequences, is necessary. After all it’s the West’s fault that the Left has no sense of purpose or direction. Although the Left vehemently argues against this premise, its words and actions prove Dr. Glazov’s case.

The ideological descendents of the communist/progressive Left that spent its capital hoping the West would lose the Cold War to the Soviet Union are today’s leftist core. Based on their hatred for the United States, the Left has forged a symbiotic relationship with radical Islam, whose hatred for America equals theirs. Both make it clear that they consider Western civilization evil and unworthy of preservation. Violent revolution is the Left’s path to change; the Jihadists’ follow the path of war and annilation.

Some might think Dr. Glazov has taken a wrong turn in his analysis of the radical Left’s agenda and beliefs. If so, they should read the scurrilous quotes of Michael Moore extolling the virtues of the “Iraqi freedom fighters,” or Ward Churchill’s and Jeremiah Wright’s crowing after 9/11 that “America’s chickens have come home to roost.” Or, they should examine the genuflexing before the world’s tyrants by the likes of Jimmy Carter, Sean Penn and Tom Hayden. Dr. Glazov’s take on the radical Left is correct and as sharp as a tightly focused laser.

Should the book cause even one radical Leftist to re-examine his or her contorted beliefs and return from the “dark side,” Dr. Glazov’s efforts will be a resounding success. A great thought provoking read!

The official release date of United in Hate is March 3. To pre-order the book on Amazon, see the Amazon widget in the column to the right.

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Ben R. Furman is the FBI's Former Counterterrorism Chief. He writes a blog at blackhawkpress.com/blog.

Censorship Query Uncovers Pro-'Gay' Activist

Spokesman worked at station that silenced Christian program

From WorldNetDaily

By Drew Zahn

A Michigan television station agreed to broadcast a Christian documentary critical of the "gay rights" movement, but later backed out – and now a family values organization is questioning whether the station's about-face was influenced by a former newsroom executive who is a homosexual activist.

As WND reported, WOOD-TV of Grand Rapids, Mich., originally agreed to air the hour-long paid program "Speechless: Silencing Christians," a documentary seeking to expose the agenda of homosexual activists and their impact on families and freedom of religion. The station later canceled the agreement shortly after the Human Rights Campaign, a pro-homosexual organization, issued a national alert against the film urging people to call for its cancellation.

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Obama Picks Defenders of Child Porn., Euthanasia & Abortion for Justice Dept.

From The Traditional Values Coalition

President Barack Hussein Obama has chosen four lawyers for key Department of Justice posts who have long records of supporting abortion, euthanasia, and pornography – including child pornography. Each of them is committed to legal and judicial activism. They believe that they are to use the law to enforce liberal social and political agendas upon America without regard to the Constitution. They are: David Ogden, Elena Kagan, Thomas Perrilli, and Dawn Johnsen.

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