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Video: Ann Barnhardt, "Islam, Religion or Political System" If you want the full plasma arc torch treatment of islam, what it is, and how it must be dealt with, Ann Barnhardt did an interview on Saturday, June 18th with young Elijah Johnson More at http://www.barnhardt.biz/

The weakest part of our political system is the presidential-nomination process. And it’s not coincidental that it’s the part of the federal system that finds least guidance in the Constitution. There is no provision in the Constitution that says that Iowa and New Hampshire vote first. The idea of giving any two states a preferred position in the process of choosing a president would surely have struck the Framers as unfair. But we are stuck with Iowa and New Hampshire voting first because no politician who contemplates ever running for president — i.e., most politicians — wants to arouse the...

As we all know, Libs say the darnest things be it in blogs, posts, discussions or on TV. So we want you to scour the net and post the dumbest quote you can find from a Liberal/Progressive...or whatever they are calling themselves today! I'll start the thread with one of the most ridiculous ones I've seen today: You've seen the video, you know how silly it is: “Are things in our country so bad that it might actually be time for revolution?” Dylan Radigan asked yesterday on his MSNBC show. His unequivocal reply: “The answer is obviously ‘yes.’ The only...

ABC News' Christiane Amanpour has done a great service today with her panel discussion on whether America should fear Islam. Thanks to guests Franklin Graham, Robert Spencer and Peter Gadiel refusing to submit to Allah and political correctness, and the brashness of Anjem Choudary, Americans watching broadcast television have learned more about Islam in the hour long show than many have in the nine years since 9/11.Franklin Graham was unapologetic in his stance on Islam, however he differentiated between Islam the religion and Muslim people. Gary Bauer and Ayaan Hirsi Ali also deserve credit for speaking truth to Islam on...

U.S. Election Crisis -End of Political Stability? Political stability is rare. It's essential that those countries that have found the way to enduring stability hold fast. Has the historical stability of the U.S. form of government begun to wane? by Melvin Rhodes We awoke to the sound of gunfire. It was a Monday morning. I turned on the radio. Handel's Water Music was playing, unusual music in the West African nation of Ghana. A friend rushed into the house. "A coup. A coup. A coup!" was his excited cry. Many countries in Africa, South America and Asia and island nations...

Iran's Political System Explained Iran's complex and unusual political system combines elements of a modern Islamic theocracy with democracy. The whole system operates under a Supreme Leader who, although appointed by an elected body, is in effect answerable to no-one. The constitution, however, also recognises the popular will, creating a system where the elected president and parliament struggle against the more powerful, but unelected, Supreme Leader and the institutions he influences. Consequently, although reformists dominate the parliament, the political system has seen little change. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/middle_east/03/iran_power/html/default.stm

The Iranian regime is secure but "increasingly fragile," and Washington is closely monitoring a looming showdown between Iran's reformers and conservatives over the direction of political change, CIA Director George Tenet said. "We take the prospect of sudden, regime-threatening unrest seriously and continue to watch events in Iran with that in mind," he told a congressional hearing on Tuesday. "For now, our bottom-line analysis is that the Iranian regime is secure but increasingly fragile." Tenet said a key test would come within the next several weeks as reformers try to push two bills that aim to reform the electoral process...