What big media won't tell you about religious oppression in Dearborn

by Kay B. Day

I've never wanted to live in Dearborn, Michigan, and after learning local authorities are acting as enforcers of religious law, I don't think I want to even visit there. Apparently Christian missionaries have tried to hand out copies of the Gospel of John to visitors heading to the Dearborn Arab International Festival.

Local law enforcement arrested these people even though the missionaries were not aggressive, did not break laws and were on a public street. I'm sure the officers were just carrying out orders from the top. It's obvious whoever enacted this policy should be fired and even better, whacked on the head with a copy of the US Constitution.

The Thomas More Law Center is representing these missionaries and also a pastor who tried to hand out literature at last year's festival.

I hope the city of Dearborn pays through the teeth. I don't care if Jews, Christians, Muslims or Wiccans want to hand out literature in a peaceful manner on a public street. Atheists either. This is America. We better focus on hanging on to it because there is an effort underway to undermine everything our Constitution stands for.

Shame on the city of Dearborn and shame on media like the Associated Press. Shame on every voice that remains silent about this trampling of freedom. And shame on the US Dept. of Justice for ignoring this. Same goes for the ACLU. Shame on all of you.

[Hat tip to Red State and Powerline for surfacing this.]

The peculiar advantage of sharia financing in America, starting with AIG

Could advocacy groups use financial tools to manipulate the US lending market? The group Hizb ut-Tahrir met in Illinois to address a theme 'The Fall of Capitalism and Rise of Islam.'

AIG enjoyed a mega-bailout courtesy of the US taxpayer, but a lawsuit filed in December 2008 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan addresses a peculiar practice in financing. The lawsuit was filed by Kevin Murray who is represented by legal counsel David Yerushalmi and the Thomas More Law Center (Richard Thompson and Robert Muise). The suit posits a constitutional challenge to that portion of the ‘Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008’ (EESA) that appropriated $40 billion in taxpayer money to fund and financially support the federal government's majority ownership interest in AIG, which allegedly engages in Shariah-based Islamic activities.

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Napolitano faces Thomas More Center lawsuit, accusations of ‘lying’

 DHS secretary Janet Napolitano (US gov. photo].The “rightwing extremism” report issued by the Dept. of Homeland Security has sparked a lawsuit against secretary Janet Napolitano. The Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest firm based in Ann Arbor (Mich.) announced that on Thursday, April 16th, it filed a federal lawsuit against Napolitano. The lawsuit claims that her Department’s “Rightwing Extremism Policy,” as reflected in the recently publicized Intelligence Assessment, “Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,” violates the civil liberties of combat veterans as well as American citizens by targeting them for disfavored treatment on account of their political beliefs.

I expected this as soon as I read the report, a document that is a flagrant insult to the US Constitution. Shortly after the report was made public, I wrote, “If you read the whole report, there is implied hatred for anyone considered “rightwing.” And if you consider the phrasing in some passages, there is possible conflict with free assembly/expression rights guaranteed by the Constitution.”

Richard Thompson, President and Chief Counsel of the Law Center stated, “Janet Napolitano is lying to the American people when she says the Report is not based on ideology or political beliefs. In fact, her report would have the admiration of the Gestapo and any current or past dictator in the way it targets political opponents. This incompetently written intelligence assessment, which directs law enforcement officials across the country to target and report on American citizens who have the political beliefs mentioned in the report, will be used as a tool to stifle political opposition and opinions. It will give a pretext for opponents of those Americans to report them to police as rightwing extremists and terrorists. You can imagine what happens then.”

The report cited single issues such as opposition to abortion, to lax restrictions on immigration and to one world government among others as grounds for determining whether a person is a “rightwing extremist.” In essence, at least half of US voters would probably qualify as extremists under the conditions established by the report.

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Democrats preach unity but collecting data to possibly charge Bush for war crimes

(Deerfield Beach, Fla.)--It's laughable, the Democratic Party tendency to take shots at Republicans the whole time they're preaching unity. Congrats, Biden. You just created a foreign policy image that is sure to fire up those who are not friendly to the United States. This is what the Democratic-led congress has focused on instead of immigration, the tax code, energy, and fiscal responsibility? When you hear Sen. Joe Biden or Sen. Barack Obama talk unity, what exactly do they mean by that term? "Reaching across party lines" just took on a whole new meaning. I think a class action lawsuit for smokers' rights is in order. That makes about as much sense as what Biden told this group. Memo to Biden and Obama: please tell William Jefferson (D-La.) to keep that $90,000 nice and cold in his freezer.

Customers speak to media about health supplements, claim illness

I first wrote about the FDA investigation of an outbreak of suspect selenium poisoning associated with consumption of Total Body Formula in the flavors of Tropical Orange and Peach Nectar, and Total Body Mega Formula in Orange/Tangerine flavor. I did the story in March at Covering Florida—I didn’t count on a lot of interest. But a number of people posted comments about their own experience with this health supplement, and now many of those who used the formula are speaking to media. The FDA published results of analyses in May, announcing the specified products contained hazardous amounts of both selenium and chromium. The ill effects aren’t pleasant—your hair can fall out and your fingernails may become discolored and fall out as well. Gastrointestinal problems are also common.

One of the commenters at my original story is a lawyer in Georgia; he’s filed a suit but says his client is not part of the class action lawsuit.

There’s an excellent section at the National Institutes of Health where you can find great information about supplements. The Georgia lawyer claims the products in question were manufactured in Arkansas, but I haven’t seen any documentation of that by the FDA yet. The FDA says more than 200 people are sick from taking the supplements. I covered the story in March, but mainstream media didn't take much notice at the time.

[Text by Kay B. Day; photo of one product from FDA website.]