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Philip Haney: A Former Anti-Terrorism Official Unafraid to Tell America the Truth
Philip Haney: A Former Anti-Terrorism Official Unafraid to Tell America the Truth
By Robert Golomb
Editors note: As a tribute to the late great patriot Philip Haney, who was tragically killed on Feb 21st, we are running the past column by Robert Golomb, who explains how Haney blew the whistle on the policies of the Obama Administration that made America susceptible to terrorist attacks.
Perhaps there are some among us who have forgotten the 14 Americans who on December 2nd 2015 were slaughtered while attending a job related county department of health training event in San Bernardino California. For those who may have forgotten, Philip Haney, a founding member in 2003 of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and later a terrorism analyst at DHS National Targeting Center (NTC) and currently best known to the American public through his numerous appearances on television and radio news programs as a fierce critic of the Obama Administration’s handling of the events leading up to the massacre, has some advice.
Religious Freedom!
By Rabbi Menashe M. Bovit, Spritual Leader of Bellerose Jewish Center, and recipient of ‘Religious Freedon Award” at 145th Anniversary Lincoln Dinner on March 22nd
We hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness- From the Declaration of Independence (emphasis added)
But no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States. – Article. VI. The Constitution of the United States of America
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; – Amendment I. To the Constitution of The United States of America (The Bill of Rights)
Let the pulpit resound with the doctrine and sentiments of religious liberty. Let us hear of the dignity of Man’s nature, and the noble rank he holds among the works of G-d… – John Adams, “Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law”, 1765
Virtually everyone regardless of political inclination will readily tell you that we enjoy “religious freedom” in our nation. We can attend and participate in the rituals and activities offered in any spiritual institution we care to attend. However, is that the extent of our “religious freedom”? Today, traditional values, morality, and behavior as defined by the Judeo-Christian ethic which inspired the formation of our country is under attack. Individuals who do not wish to respect or abide by those values, certainly have the right to do so. We are witnessing a militant, intolerant and aggressive effort to suppress and eliminate those values though. The rights of people of faith are chastened by those who choose a life devoid of morality.
We see a relentless jihad by the political left against people of conviction, particularly devoted, traditional Christians and Jews. These rabid leftists most often target Evangelical Christians whom they have the most hatred for as they perceive them, due to their numbers and fervor, as being the biggest threat to the left’s perverse agenda. The courts, which have been infiltrated and corrupted by these neo-Stalinists, are routinely used to bully and punish innocent, good people for simply being true to their beliefs. Faithful Christian bakers are harassed, impugned, and maligned by the court system for refusing to bake same sex wedding cakes as doing so would violate their religious principles. Nuns are ordered to provide abortions. Oppressive laws are conjured up by the left to castigate clergy who would refuse to perform a same sex marriage by revoking their church’s or synagogue’s tax-exempt status. Lawsuits are filed to prevent the display of Nativity Scenes and Chanukah Menorahs. When those venerable religious symbols are allowed to be publicly displayed, atheistic leftists have demanded that Satanic symbols be displayed next to them. We are hectored and lectured to about our “intolerance” and have slurs hurled at us branding us something they call “transphobic” all because we do not acquiesce to the demands of the “Transgendered.” We are shamed into speaking, altering our lifestyle, and complying with the left’s handbook of acceptable behavior or be labeled with pejorative words. I am waiting for a government official to send me a letter telling me I must train a girl for Bar Mitzvah or a boy for Bat Mitzvah or be penalized. Young people entering college are coerced into rejecting the traditional morality they were raised with and must accept a new doctrine of “intersectionality” and “political correctness.” Should they use normative speech and not accept the artificial “non-binary” pronouns on campus they could face severe retribution and punishment by Marxist university administrators. Oddly, these Marxists take on another stance when it comes to Islam. They see radical Islamists as their allies in bringing down the Judeo-Christian ethic, eliminating our American Constitutional freedoms, and destroying the State of Israel. Therefore, the same atheistic Marxists who rail against religion will pander to fundamentalist Muslim practices, and support the imposition of Muslim Sharia law.
It is most important that we fight to preserve our religious rights as American citizens and to engage ourselves in the political process without fear of reprisal against our faith-based institutions. We must stand up and be proudly Pro-Life and oppose the murder of unborn children. We must see the fulfillment of G-d’s promises in the Bible and support the State of Israel. We must assert our G-d given right to self-defense as enshrined in the 2nd Amendment of our Bill of Rights. And we must continue to remind and educate the public that our nation was founded on the concept that our precious freedoms come from our Creator, G-d Almighty and are not a privilege granted to us by a state or government. When we see the Red, White, and Blue of Old Glory, our hearts should swell with pride and deep appreciation for the gift of being an American.
The battle to protect our religious liberty is tough and ongoing. I have spent much of my career as a rabbi working for both interfaith harmony and religious freedom. I am humbled and deeply honored that our club will bestow the Religious Freedom Award upon me this year at our annual Lincoln Dinner. I ask good people of all peaceful religions to join me in this battle. I have perfect faith that should we put forth effort, the Boreh HaOlam-the Creator of the universe, will grant us success.
“Tzedek, tzedek tirdof – Justice, justice, you shall pursue…” – ( Devarim – Deuteronomy 16:20)
Democracy IS Under Fire in America
By Sgt. Eric Spinner
This is a submission for the “Readers Write” column in The Island Now/Blank Slate Media which is a voice for the liberal Left. It is in response to their editorial “Our Views” column on the Senate acquittal of President Trump. This is one way we can get our point across and not remain silent!
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As expected, the opinions expressed in “Our Views” mirrored, quite accurately, the commentary promulgated by most of the news media we hear or see on a daily basis. Unfortunately, it places blame where none exists, and gives credence to the improper. How so? Allow me to offer my views, as I know you will, even though our views are generally diametrically opposed.
The main theme of your column is that he Senate abrogated its responsibility and refused to honor the Articles of Impeachment presented by the House by refusing to allow witnesses, and by acquitting President Trump forthwith. From my perspective, based on living three quarters of a century in our wonderful democratic republic (don’t confuse that with Democrat!), it is my considered opinion that the Senate did exactly what was required under the law. To quote a line from another famous trial, “If the glove doesn’t fit, you must acquit!”
Let’s use a hypothetical situation to explain this. You are driving on the highway and another vehicle, driven by ‘A’ hits you from the rear. When the police arrive, a report is taken that clearly shows that you were not at fault. After two-plus years, you find you have been charged with reckless driving and causing the accident, and ‘A’ is suing for damages and to have your driving privileges revoked. You find out that somewhere there are some ‘witnesses’ who claim to have knowledge that you cut in front of ‘A’ and jammed on the brakes, thereby causing the accident.
Who are these ‘witnesses’ and what do they know? Witness 1 says, “My neighbor told me that his friend heard from his cousin that the accused cut off ‘A’ and there was no way he could stop.” Witness 2 shows up and testifies that he overheard a conversation by witness 1 when driver ‘A’ called his attorney, and he assumed that you had caused the accident. Can you see this progression?
You finally have your day in court, and the prosecution presents the ‘evidence’ to the court. The judge listens intently, as do the jurors. All are sworn to uphold the law and render an impartial verdict. Now it’s your lawyer’s turn to offer ‘evidence’ to prove your innocence of the charges. Finally, the judge instructs the jury of what is required of them under the law, and they retire to consider what they have seen and heard. When they return, they vote in your favor saying that the witnesses had no credibility, and that the charges are all false and have been fraudulently brought. End of story- or not.
The difference here is that the jury is the entire US Senate which is almost equally divided between two groups- Republicans and Democrats. Unfortunately, the Democrats who control the House have prepared Articles of Impeachment using ‘witnesses’ who have offered their opinions and conjecture, behind closed doors, and manufactured their own version of a transcript of a telephone call- Adam Schiff was the prime author. They offered Lt. Col. Vindman who ‘overheard’ parts of a phone call, and ‘presumed’ that there was a quid-pro-quo when none existed, per the testimony presented by the President’s legal team. In fact, there was no credible testimony based on fact, only hearsay and conjecture.
I’m also quite pleased that Donald Trump wanted to know how our millions in tax dollars were being used. He had every right to ask the questions and demand answers. That’s why we elected him, and this was another foray into ‘the swamp’ to try to drain it. If Biden was involved, so be it, and let the chips fall where they may!
After all was said and done, when the jury considered the evidence, the glove did not fit, hence the vote to acquit. Perhaps some of our House ‘lawyers’ might be advised to know proper jurisprudence before putting the cart before the horse. The acquittal was the correct verdict. It’s high time that they looked in the mirror and decided to work for the country and the people, and end this Quixotic witch hunt designed to unseat our duly-elected President while depriving their own constituents of the benefits that should have been derived from their own elected positions. We the people have had enough!
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Eric Spinner
Secretary
NYMetroACT
NYMetroACT.org
Video: Ruth Papazian for Congress Speaks at Feb 6 Meeting
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Video: Gene Ho, Trump Campaign Photographer Speaks at Feb 6 Meeting
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Video of our other guest speaker, Ruth Papazian, Republican seeking nomination to run against AOC, will be coming soon!
Change Queens and change the world!
This is the year that our annual Lincoln Dinner blasts off on March 22nd as we celebrate Abraham Lincoln, our first Republican President and the founder of the Party of Freedom. We are proud to be the Party of Lincoln, Reagan and the Party of President Donald Trump!
Policing in America 2020
We vote Republican for many different reasons as individuals. As a club we vote Republican because we understand “broken windows” works, and because we understand the responsibility of not only joining together with the community in unity to make our streets safe but also to hold residents accountable to a standard of behavior which makes us a free people. Please remember voting matters and elections have consequences.
Even Death Threats Could Not Stop Famed Historian Doug Wead From Releasing His Book on President Trump
By Robert Golomb
Editors note: Doug Wead is a New York Times bestselling author and former adviser to two American Presidents.
The life of Doug Wead, 73, the author of 31 non-fiction books, including 4 biographies of presidents and presidential families, was turned into living hell during the days and weeks surrounding November 26th 2019. The latter was the day that Wead’s widely previewed and highly laudatory, 2 years in the making book on the Trump presidency, “Inside Trump’s White House: The Real Story of His Presidency,” was released.
Wead, whom I interviewed last week, repeated to me what I had already learned from reading past news reports. “The days leading up to November 26th, I received a multitude of anonymous death threats, many writing they hated President Trump and wanted to kill me and even my family for my writing positive things about him. One person warned me that if the book was sent for distribution my entire family would be ‘bathed in blood’. Another wrote, ‘Wead needs a f—ing bullet in his head’ he chillingly recalled. “Law enforcement officials” he added, “told me that they believe these threats could be coming from leftwing extremists.”
Fearful for the safety of Wead and his family, the book’s publisher, Hachette Book Group, offered to rescind their agreement to release the book. Wead explained why he chose not to accept his publisher’s offer. “I believed that if I gave in to the thugs who made those threats, I would be encouraging them and others like them to threaten other writers whose views they opposed. That would be the opposite of what our great nation is all about. So I knew I had to remain strong,” he explained.
Still Wead, who with his wife of thirty years, Myriam, has 5 children and 8 grandchildren, told me that he possesses a deep sense of personal guilt concerning the dangers these threats, which even 6 weeks after the book’s release continue to reach him by email every day, present to his family. “At 73, I have lived a long life and don’t worry about the threat to my own personal safety. But I feel responsible for the danger that now faces my wife, children and grandchildren,” he lamented.
That danger which now confronts the entire Wead family is over a book which I, as someone who read its 439 pages from cover to cover, believe that, rather than inciting the vile death threats from his despicable enemies, should be respected, if not celebrated, by all fair- minded Americans, regardless of their political views. Or, as Wead himself told me, “I cannot understand where this hatred is coming from. In this and all of my other works, I have always attempted to provide my readers with first-hand accounts of news and historical events that any person, regardless of his or her political affiliation, would find honest and fair.” He has indeed.
For his previous 3 books on presidents and presidential families, Wead had interviewed 6 presidents and first ladies and 24 children and 12 siblings of presidents. Similarly, for “Trump’s White House” Wead conducted lengthy, recorded interviews with the president himself, Trump family members- including, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Eric and Lara Trump- as well as top aides- including Chief of Staff Michael Mulvaney, then Press Secretary Sandra Huckabee Sanders and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Wead, who in addition to his writing career, co-founded in 1979 and served as one of the original board members of Mercy Corps, a charitable organization which has distributed more than $2 billion worth of food and medicine to famine and natural disaster plagued nations throughout the globe, explained why he felt that access to such primary sources makes his book on Trump fair and accurate, unlike, he contended, other writings on the president.
“Most of the authors of the many other books written on President Trump relied heavily upon anonymous sources, usually offering anti-Trump fabrications” he stated, “For ‘Inside Trump’s White House’, I did the direct opposite. I conducted recorded interviews with his top advisors and his closest aides. And from those interviews, I received,” he added, “an inside first-hand account of how President Trump has achieved- in the economy, foreign affairs and a host of other issues- more successes and accomplishments than any president before him within a comparable first 3 years of his presidency.”
Citing one major multi-faceted economic accomplishment documented in his book, Wead stated, “ Because of President Trump’s pro-entrepreneur, pro-worker and pro-energy independence policies, our economic growth exceeds 3 percent annually, more than 6 million new jobs have been created, the numbers of blacks, Hispanics, Asians and women in the workforce have hit new highs, wages have risen for white-collar and even more so for blue-collar workers, and the soaring stock market has hit historical highs.”
Wead, who sounded more relaxed as the interview continued, and we were no longer discussing the threats he and his family has had to endure, was no less laudatory of Trump’s foreign affairs accomplishments. “As I write in my book”, noted Wead, “A succession of recent presidents had made campaign promises to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Then candidate Donald Trump made that promise too. But unlike his predecessors, President Trump delivered on that promise.”
“More importantly, as I also describe in the book”, Wead continued, “ Within Trump’s first 18 months in office, our military had practically wiped out ISIS, saving hundreds of thousands of men, women and children in parts of Africa and the Middle East from almost certain slaughter; and by defeating ISIS we also eliminated the then real threat that its followers would commit lethal terrorists attack against the West, including here in America. And as I reminded my readers,” he added, “ISIS had carried out their genocidal crimes with almost total impunity during the Obama Administration.”
In addition to what we had already discussed during the first 50 minutes of our schedule 1 hour interview, there remained many other examples of Trump’s accomplishments that I had read about in the book that I wanted to question the author on. Those accomplishments included the president persuading our NATO allies to increase their defense spending by $140 billion; using the threat of tariffs to coerce Mexico to crack down on illegal immigration; appointing to the federal bench a historic number of strict constitutionalist judges, including Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh; initiating crippling economic sanctions against Iran, thus forcing that terrorist sponsoring state to dramatically reduce its funding for its terrorists proxies, which include Hamas and Hezbollah. But time would not allow for that discussion.
Nor would there be enough time remaining in the interview for me to question Wead on his moving depiction of the loving family relationship shared by Trump with his 5 children, 10 grandchildren and wife, Melania.
But there remained one key, not yet discussed topic that I knew I had to explore. That topic, highlighted in his book, would always be the elephant in the room anywhere, any time or with whomever the Trump Presidency was being discussed.
That elephant in the room, as you probably have already guessed, is the seemingly never- ending process of the on-going impeachment of President Trump, or, as Wead calls it in the book, “The Impeachment Game.” “It is a vicious game that the Democratic Party in alliance with the national media are playing against President Trump as well as against the almost 63 million Americans who voted to elect him president,” stated Wead. “As I explain in the book, the ugly truth about that game, which they first infamously named ‘Russian Collusion’ is that even before Trump’s inauguration and even before the launching of the totally fabricated Russian conspiracy theory, his enemies were calling for his impeachment.
“The reality is that”, Wead elaborated, “as special Counsel Robert Mueller determined after his staff reviewed 1.4 million pages of White House supplied memoranda and after they interrogated Trump’s personal lawyer for 70 hours, the articles of impeachment against President Trump have no basis in fact or law. But that finding does not appear to change the minds of his political opponents, who seem indifferent to how the entire dishonest impeachment process is tearing America apart.”
Wead remained seemingly intentionally silent when I told him as the interview was about to end that I also blamed Twitter for contributing to “tearing America apart”: finding common cause with the pond scum who had threatened the life of Wead and his family, Twitter had recently announced that they would ban “Inside Trump’s White House: The Real Story of His Presidency” from being advertised on their platform site.
I didn’t say this to Wead, but I hope that this insidious ban will convince all those regardless of political affiliations who believe in free speech to take a trip to their local bookstores to purchase this terrific book. I now plan to go to my own and buy a second copy of it (which I will give as a holiday present to my anti-Trump brother), and I just might see them there.
Robert Golomb is a nationally and internationally published columnist. Mail him at MrBob347@aol.com.
