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Unhealthy Obsessions by: Bethany Stotts, December 23, 2008 In the light of John Podesta’s position as one of Barack Obama’s top three transition team leaders and the central role the Center for American Progress (CAP) is likely to have in molding the next administration’s policies, some might ask what this think-tank’s influential position will mean for the War on Terror. Bill Schultz, a senior fellow at CAP, offered a clue during his presentation at Georgetown University’s symposia on “The Future of U.S. Religious Freedom: Recommendations for the New Administration,” held this October. Schultz began his presentation by asserting that “there...

Check the bottom of this article to see if your newspaper is one that was supposed to include the Obsession DVD with the paper. I'm sure any left-leaning papers threw them away rather than deliver the to subscribers. A few weeks ago, I received a DVD in the US mail about McCain's either healthcare or tax plan. I watched it and then promptly tossed it in the garbage. Wish I had been more observant about who sponsored it. Anyway, read about the newspapers here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erik-ose/pro-mccain-group-dumping_b_125969.html

A New York-based organization has sent copies of a movie about Islamist extremism to more than 28 million houses and religious institutions in presidential election battleground states over the past several weeks... Members of several Muslim groups have condemned the film, saying that it is inflammatory and that it could incite violence against them. "It's a mind-boggling massive campaign. When you send material like this almost exclusively to presidential swing states that sends a message that you are trying to influence the election," said Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations. "It's inappropriate as a nonprofit...

‘Obsession’ From Sarah Stern Please note an incorrect statement in an article by Adam Shatz (LRB, 9 October). In the article, Mr Shatz states: ‘The Endowment for Middle East Truth, a neoconservative think tank in Washington DC which recently hosted a series of seminars named after Sheldon Adelson and his wife, arranged distribution of “Obsession”, at a cost in the tens of millions.’ The Endowment for Middle East Truth did not arrange the distribution of ‘Obsession’, and did not receive or spend ‘tens of millions’. Please see my press release at http://www.emetonline.org/events.html#obsession. Sarah Stern Endowment for Middle East Truth, Washington...

Every USA Church, Synagogue Gets Militant Islam DVD Over 325,000 rabbis and pastors Last update: 12:01 a.m. EDT Oct. 20, 2008 VISTA, Calif., Oct 20, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Over 325,000 rabbis, priests and pastors in every Jewish and Christian congregation in America just received the award-winning documentary Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West on DVD, according to the publisher of a new periodical for clerical leaders, The Judeo-Christian View, which included the film inside the first issue. .......... Although juxtaposing Bible passages with the two senators' policies, the multiracial signers of Dozier's new periodical reject "bigotry...

Who's Afraid of 'Obsession'? 17 October 2008 | 15:44 | FOCUS News Agency Los Angeles. The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) - an organization identified as a California-based Muslim Brotherhood front - convened a press conference today in Los Angeles with a senior representative of local law enforcement and members of other faiths, FrontPageMagazine.com reports. The stated purpose is to unveil a new “united front” initiative called the “Coalition for Renewing American Democracy” which MPAC has apparently conjured up in order to inveigh against “Obsession,” a documentary film that powerfully, and authoritatively, dissects radical Islam’s war against the West. Shortly...

<p>DENVER, Colorado (CNN) -- On a Sunday morning just weeks before the presidential election, Priscilla Linsley opened her local Denver newspaper and discovered a DVD inside.</p> <p>"I was shocked at the content and horrified that this had been in my Sunday paper," said Linsley, a 74-year-old Democrat, who watched about half of the video before throwing it in the trash.</p>

Keep in mind, the Jews are not allowed to express an opinion in this election, especially if they (Allah forbid) offend Muslims. From CNN. The hourlong film on DVD, "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West," was made by Israeli filmmaker Raphael Shore and shows disturbing, sometimes violent images. Rima Barakat Sinclair, who is Muslim and a Republican, was so angry she called her local lawmakers in Denver. Video Watch voters reaction to the DVD » "It is riddled not only with misleading facts but outright fabrication," said Barakat Sinclair. In September, some 28 million of the "Obsession" DVD's...

Newspapers that carried an advertising supplement in recent weeks containing a DVD critical of radical Muslims have faced complaints from readers and questions about whether newspapers should offer a platform to everyone willing to pay for distribution.

The Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) demanded that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) crack down on the distribution of the DVD film “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War against the West.” CAIR alleges that “the film’s emphasis on the violent aspects of Islamic jihad conveys a none-too-subtle message of support for a strong response on the part of the United States government. In the present context of the presidential election, this can only be interpreted as an ‘in-kind’ donation to the candidacy of Senator John McCain and as such, is a violation of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law.” “The film is unbalanced...

DAYTON — A 10-year-old girl sprayed in the face with a chemical Friday, Sept. 26, while at a local Islamic mosque was not the victim of a hate crime, police Chief Richard Biehl said. The girl was watching children whose parents and relatives had gathered at the Islamic Society of Greater Dayton, 26 Josie St., to celebrate Ramadan when she noticed two men standing outside a basement window about 9:40 p.m., according to police. One of the men then sprayed something through the open window and into the girl's face from a white can with a red top, according to...

U.S. Muslim advocacy group Tuesday asked the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether a nonprofit group that distributed a controversial DVD about Islam in newspapers nationwide is a "front" for an Israel-based group with a stealth goal of helping Republican presidential candidate John McCain. The promoters of "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West" denied trying to promote any presidential campaign. They said it's also incorrect to tie the DVD campaign to Jerusalem-based educational group Aish HaTorah International, although current and former employees are involved with the project. The Council for American-Islamic Relations asked the FEC to investigate the DVD...

Despite the fact that the film Obsession contains no political content and was made well before the 2008 election cycle began, CAIR, those paragons of Islamic moderation and honesty, would now have you believe that the national distribution of the DVD was an Israeli plot to elect John McCain. This is a very revealing action for CAIR to take. It reveals in particular two key aspects of CAIR's mindset: 1. It shows that CAIR is fully aware that the jihad against Israel is an integral part of the global jihad, and is not just a struggle to recover Palestinian "stolen...

CAIR Files FEC Complaint over Obsession   By Robert SpencerFrontPageMagazine.com | Thursday, September 25, 2008 Despite the fact that the film Obsession contains no political content and was made well before the 2008 election cycle began, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, those paragons of Islamic moderation and honesty, would now have you believe that the national distribution of the DVD was an Israeli plot to elect John McCain. And they’ve filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging just that. According to MarketWire, “the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is urging the FEC to investigate whether the Clarion...

Ignoring radical Islam will lead to peril September 24, 2008 "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West," a Liberty Film Festival winner for best feature documentary film in DVD form, is a must-see movie for anyone. Advertisement The president of the Hudson Institute, a respected think tank, writes, "If you haven't seen it, you should! And if you have seen it, you should insist that others see it as well. Our future may depend on it." United States Naval War College Professor Jeffrey Norwitz sees it as "expertly produced with solid historic research; ... every viewer regardless of background will...

America is at War Though we would like to think differently, there really are evil people who spend all their time thinking and planning the destruction of American men, women and children. While Christians and Jews are primary targets, these very bad terrorists do not discriminate in their desire to kill and destroy anyone who does not believe as they do. For our enemy, this is a cultural war, this is a religious war, this is a necessary war. Radical, militant Muslims have declared war on America. https://www.watchobsession.org/

You Must Watch Obsession Because CAIR Doesn't Want You To Know The Truth About Radical IslamTopics: Understanding Islam Via Dan Riehl, I see that CAIR is once again "Outraged" - this time in Fla - and they want to shut down the distribution of copies of the movie, Obsession, being distributed in newspapers there. Apparently a few politically correct, highly ill informed, naive papers have refused to include the insert including one in North Carolina. Dan has the links to two videos to YouTube by CAIRtv in which the also obviously politically correct, highly ill-informed, naive newscasters play right into...

Tetrapods, the first four-legged land animals, are regarded as the first organisms that had fingers and toes. Now researchers at Uppsala University can show that this is wrong. Using medical x-rays, they found rudiments of fingers in the fins in fossil Panderichthys, the “transitional animal,” which indicates that rudimentary fingers developed considerably earlier than was previously thought.

We have covered from the beginning, in several posts, the dispute over more than 70 newspapers around the U.S. -- almost all of them in "swing states" -- distributing the DVD "Obsession" which takes a very harsh look at Muslim extremism. Two papers, as we chronicled in a post here yesterday, have rejected the money deal. Now we have been told about another. Here is an email we received today:

Despite the perilous state of American newspapers, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch advertising department took an ethical stand and refused to distribute the DVD of a film that for two years has troubled American Muslims. The film, called “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West,” was distributed to an estimated 28 million people via 70 American newspapers, primarily in states crucial to the coming presidential election. The only other newspaper reported to have refused the DVD was the News & Record in Greensboro, NC.

Abdiamar Bare, 21, walks up to the nondescript mosque in Greeley for noon prayers and pauses a moment to talk about his faith. He is asked by a visitor if he's seen the DVD "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West." No, he says. He's asked if the principles of Islam allow other religions to coexist with it. "Every religion is the same. No religion is better than another religion," Bare says. "I believe in Islam. I like my religion, and I don't want it to interfere with other religions." Bare is one of about 120 Muslim workers recently fired...

I've been hearing about this DVD being mailed. The democrats are in a tizzy over it - they consider it a campaign mailing. Obama is losing with people concerned with the War on Terror and it definately hurts his vote with the Jews in Florida.

A controversial film titled, "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West," arrived last weekend in newspapers in major cities in Florida and North Carolina — two key electoral swing states that could decide the 2008 presidential contest between Republican candidate John McCain and his Democratic rival Barack Obama. The 60-minute DVD, bundled into Sunday editions, is drawing complaints from Muslims and prompting some soul-searching among journalists over their responsibilities to protecting free speech. The film itself is not new — it was made in 2005 and has been broadcast on Fox News channel, which has prompted at least one columnist,...

As explored here this past weekend, the Clarion Fund has paid dozens of newspapers across the country -- almost solely in "swing" election states -- and The New York Times to distribute the "Islam terror" DVD "Obsession" with their home delivery packages. Among the larger cities where this has taken place: Miami, Philadelphia, Denver and Pittsburgh. An estimated 28 million copies have been distributed so far, also through the mails and other magazines. An article at the group's site, www.radicalislam.org, all but endorsed John McCain this past week, then was pulled down. But at least one newspaper turned away the...

Today I am flying to Dearborn, Michigan, where I will be attending a screening of a documentary titled “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West” – a film that I have discussed here before – which is being sent nationwide, included in newspapers and magazines as a way of reminding voters of the threat we face from Islamic terrorists, and how the result of the upcoming election will determine how we fight these forces of evil. If you get National Review in the mail, even if you receive the New York Times on Sunday, it will be arriving on your...

THIS THURSDAY - 9/11/2008In Dearborn Michigan We take the fight against radical Islam to Dearborn, Michigan, known as America's Muslim capital. At 6:00 PM on Thursday - the 7-year anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks - we will be conducting a special screening of the movie "Obsession" which chronicles radical Islam's war against the West. The one-time screening will take place at the AMC Fairlane 21 theater - located at 18900 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI. We need you there - to show that we will take a stand against radical Islamists in every part of America, and will not "cede"...

In June, Governor Brad Henry vetoed the “Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act,” a piece of legislature authored by Sen. James Williamson and infamous fundamentalist Rep. Sally Kern. If passed, this bill would have, among other things, guaranteed that “students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content of their submissions.” You read that correctly. Answer on a test that the universe began 6,000 years ago with a few words from the mouth of an invisible, magical entity rather than 13.73 billion years ago with the expansion...

By viewing evolution as the motion of energy flows toward a stationary state (entropy), evolution can be explained by the second law of thermodynamics, a law which conventionally describes physical systems. In this view, a cheetah serves as an energy transfer mechanism, and beneficial mutations allow the animal to transfer more energy within its environment, helping even out the energy.

Introduction: An Exercise in Pseudoscience Ray Rogers, a retired chemist who formerly worked at the Los Alamos national laboratory, recently published a pro-authenticity Shroud of Turin paper in a legitimate and peer-reviewed chemistry journal, Thermochimica Acta (hereafter TA). The Rogers paper makes two claims: First, the piece of the Shroud linen that was age-dated using radiocarbon technology in 1988 was actually a much-younger patch of cloth that allowed the radiocarbon labs to reach an incorrect medieval date. Second, using his own age-dating method, Rogers claims that the Shroud is actually much older than the early 14th century radiocarbon date. This...

Creation Museum, Petersburg, Kentucky, by A.M. Kinney Associates. At a time when museums are accused of turning themselves into theme parks, along comes a bizarre new institution that makes Walt Disney World seem like the Albertina. This is not surprising, since the displays of cartoonish dinosaurs and humanoids at the Creation Museum—devised to supplant Darwin’s theory of evolution with a Bible-based fantasia of the world’s origins—were dreamed up by a former Universal Studios designer, Patrick Marsh. I use the term “institution” in both the museological and the psychiatric sense, because this only-in-America loony bin is no more a museum than...

H.L. Mencken said during the Scopes Trial in 1925 that "those religious groups leading the war against the teaching of evolution are conspiracies of the inferior man against his betters." The proponents of teaching the God-creation theology in public schools have not given up despite the U.S. Supreme Court rulings like the 1987 case where Louisiana tried to use code words for teaching creationism, calling it the Balanced Treatment Act. Other code words for sneaking God into science class are "intelligent design" and "academic freedom." And these anti-evolutionists lobby state legislatures and put political pressure on school boards to subvert...

For those interested, there is a new trailer for "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West" up on the "ObsessionDocumentary" channel on YouTube. It's quick but powerful and to the point. Definitely worth watching and passing along to others.

Two years ago, we wrote about "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against The West." This awarding-winning flim uses images from Arab TV rarely seen in the West to provide an inside view of the hatred Islamic Radicals are teaching, their incitement of global jihad, and their goal of world domination. It also pointed to parallels between the Islamic Radicals and the Nazi movement. The folks who brought us "Obsession" are attempting to revive attention to the film and to the issues it raised. Their efforts are certainly timely. As Gregory Ross of the Clarion Fund, points out, recent events in Lebanon...

Not trying to be spammy here, but has anyone else seen this film? I just watched it and strongly believe that it should be required viewing for every American, lest we forget exactly who and what we're up against. From the website: "Obsession - Radical Islam's War Against the West is a new film that will challenge the way you look at the world. Almost 70 years ago, Europe found itself at war with one of the most sinister figures in modern history: Adolf Hitler. When the last bullet of World War II was fired, over 50 million people were...

The West is becoming obsessed with Islam at the expense of the other world religions, the Vatican has warned. Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, head of the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, said that the Church “has to have regard for all religions" and that the West's fascination with Islam was putting inter-faith dialogue at risk. Cardinal Tauran said the council had this week discussed new guidelines on how to achieve this. "Islam is very important, but there are also other great Asiatic religious traditions. Islam is one religion," he reveals on Catholic website Terrasanta.net. He added that Islam should not monopolise...

Shhhh! Listen! Can you hear it? “RECESSION! RECESSION! RECESSION! RECESSION!” That’s the sound of the MSM. Not many expect the talking heads of the Mainstream Media to be rocket scientists. Not many more expect them to be able to spell “rocket scientists” without a spell checker. But when the MSM start on a political meme, they do have enough smarts to repeat it. And repeat it. And repeat it. So it was when Bill Clinton was shilling in the 1990s for higher taxes. The meme then was “deficit”. Endlessly, we were told that higher taxes were needed for the deficit....

An American woman who levitated, demonstrated paranormal psychic powers and spoke foreign languages unknown to her was clearly demon possessed, according to a board-certified psychiatrist and associate professor of clinical psychiatry at New York Medical College. The unnamed woman, with a long history of involvement with Satanic groups, was observed by a team of priests, deacons, several lay assistants, psychiatrists, nuns, some of whom also had medical and psychiatric training, levitating six inches off the ground while objects flew off shelves in the same room, according to Dr. Richard E. Gallagher, who documented the case in the February issue of...

In his pursuit of the presidency, Mitt Romney held fast to his Mormon faith, though his religion remains controversial with evangelicals and some other Christians. But his determined (and ultimately futile) wooing of evangelicals led him to make some statements that didn't quite square with Mormon beliefs and culture. And the effort itself may have deepened the impression of him as inauthentic—even to some fellow Mormons. Early in his presidential bid, Romney was asked what he thought of polygamy. Prompted by what they considered a divine revelation, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints discontinued the practice more than...

Students vociferously responded to Hoos for Israel and Students Defending Democracy's showing of the film "Obsession" last night. The film, an opinionated compilation of television footage and testimony, drew heated reaction from the mostly University student crowd in its portrayal of world terrorism, jihad, ideological movements and a supposed parallel between Nazi fascism and Islamic extremism. . . . In one instance in the film, a former Hitler Youth commander makes several claims regarding the world of radical Islam and the Nazis' relationship with Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, who was then the Mufti of Jerusalem. Shaukat expressed dismay with the commander's...

RENO, Nev. - A couple authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect. The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a boy age 22 months and a girl age 11 months, were severely malnourished and near death last month when doctors saw them after social workers took them to a hospital, authorities said. Both children are doing well and gaining weight in foster care, prosecutor Kelli Ann Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal. Michael Straw, 25, and Iana Straw, 23, pleaded...

McCain's Obsession posted by: jason | posted at: 6:58 AM | permalink here McCain seems to be literally obsessed with Romney. I guess it's that whole dying gasp thing. First he was going to open www.mittvstruth.com, then he was thinking about it, now it's definitely off the table. Now he is in Massachusetts taking pot shots at Romney, all the while sinking himself into presidential obscurity: BOSTON - Sen. John McCain said Monday he hopes to take advantage of former Gov. Mitt Romney's sagging support at home and lead a resurgence of the Republican Party in the northeast during...

When “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West,” a documentary that shows Muslims urging attacks on the United States and Europe, was screened recently at the University of California, Los Angeles, it drew an audience of more than 300 — and also dozens of protesters. (snip) The documentary has become the latest flashpoint in the bitter campus debate over the Middle East, not just because of its clips from Arab television rarely shown in the West, including scenes of suicide bombers being recruited and inducted, but also because of its pro-Israel distribution network. (snip) “The movie was so well crafted...

Quotes about the movie " I believe this is the most important movie of our lifetime, I was born in 1964, I can't tell you of a movie that I think is more important. " Glenn Beck The Glenn Beck Program "Everyone who sees this movie opens his eyes... You brought the threat home with messages that are being shown continually to the citizenry in the Middle East... You will remember [this film] for the rest of your life" Frank Beckman WJR Radio- ABC Detroit " The history that's represented in [Obsession shows] that radical Islam is spreading, and it's...

January 9, 2007 -- Pace University administrators threatened to sic the cops on a Jewish-student club if it went ahead with plans to screen a critically acclaimed film about radical Islam, the head of the group charged yesterday. Michael Abdurakhmanov, president of Pace Hillel, said two deans warned that showing the documentary film would implicate club members as suspects in two hate crimes involving the desecration of the Koran at the university's lower-Manhattan campus last fall. In addition, Abdurakhmanov said an assistant dean physically restrained him as he attempted to defend the film and his group in a meeting with...

Radical Islam’s War Against the West to be screened in Ottawa http://www.judeoscope.ca/breve.php3?id_breve=3043 Wednesday 10 January 2007 Wednesday 10 January 2007Radical Islam’s War Against the West to be screened in Ottawa According to the Montreal Muslim News site, Obssession. Radical Islam’s War Against the West, will be screened in an Ottawa movie theatre on January 29, 2007.Unsurprisingly, the MMN site - which has a history of promoting conspiracy theories disculpating radical Islamists for the 9-11 attacks - takes issue with the film calling it “hate filled and Islamaphobic�, despite the fact the film merely examines radical Islamist ideology, its profound enmity...

Hillel’s national president backed the showing of a controversial film on radical Islam at Pace University’s Hillel. Pace Hillel President Michael Abdurakhmanov told The New York Times this week that university officials had threatened to call the police if his group aired “Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West.” Abdurakhmanov said that following complaints by a Muslim student group, a dean told him not to show the film, warning him that police could be called in if the film was shown and Hillel members could be considered suspects in recent Islamophobic acts. A Pace spokesman denied any coercion. Pace Hillel,...

Pace University administrators threatened to sic the cops on a Jewish-student club if it went ahead with plans to screen a critically acclaimed film about radical Islam, the head of the group charged yesterday. Michael Abdurakhmanov, president of Pace Hillel, said two deans warned that showing the documentary film would implicate club members as suspects in two hate crimes involving the desecration of the Koran at the university’s lower-Manhattan campus last fall. In addition, Abdurakhmanov said an assistant dean physically restrained him as he attempted to defend the film and his group in a meeting with administrators. "The message was...

Welcome to ChronWatch -- Striving for Balance in the News A Congress of Captain Queegs Written by Raymond Kraft Friday, November 24, 2006 In 1951 Herman Wouk wrote a Pulitzer-Prize winning novel entitled ''The Caine Mutiny,'' starring the fictional Captain Phillip Francis Queeg. The 1954 film starring Humphrey Bogart as Captain Queeg received seven Oscar nominations. If you haven't read the book, or seen the movie in the last few years, it's worth a trip to the bookstore or the movie store to refresh your memory. In ''The Caine Mutiny,'' Captain Queeg is a Navy captain of the U.S.S. Caine...

Finally mainstream media blows the lid on Islamofascism, Islamofascists: 'Non Muslims = apes & pigs' The following are some of the recent showing in US media, where up to now it was a taboo, so not to offend some Muslims it's called "Politically correctness", as Brigitte Gabrielle said this PC is killing us... on Glenn Becks's special (sill on a re-run on CNN this weekend) called "Radical Islam Extremist agenda". You can see how they compare their tactics to the nazis of WW2, (No, not the exaggerated slogans anyone throws in a political discurse, but) real fascism. They show there...

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