Daily Archives: January 12, 2009

Jan 12 2009

Vandals struck four Chicago-area synagogues – Protesters were arrested in a pro-Palestinian rally Sunday afternoon in New York

Vandals struck four Chicago-area synagogues early Saturday morning, shattering glass doors and windows with bricks and rocks and spray-painting anti-Israel graffiti.

The caretakers at Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation in the normally quiet village of Lincolnwood just outside Chicago woke up to the sound of shattering glass and saw two adults running through the synagogue’s parking lot in ski masks. Four bricks were thrown through the building’s front doors, but the vandals were unable to gain entry.

“Death to Israel Free Palestine,” was the message left behind on the walls in bright orange spray paint.
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At least nine protesters were arrested in a pro-Palestinian rally Sunday afternoon in New York that injured seven police officers, authorities said.

The demonstrators had gathered on Manhattan’s West Side on Sunday afternoon to protest the Israeli incursion in Gaza. The rally began peacefully, but skirmishes between police and demonstrators eventually broke out, witnesses said. iReport.com: Hundreds march, shout at rally

Steve Sherman, coordinator of security for United for Peace and Justice and a demonstrator at the rally, said police maced demonstrators. Read More

What you think?

Jan 12 2009

Obama climate czar Carol M. Browner has socialist ties. (Also Hilda L. Solis?)

Obama climate czar Carol M. Browner has socialist ties

Until last week, Carol M. Browner, President-elect Barack Obama’s pick as global warming czar, was listed as one of 14 leaders of a socialist group’s Commission for a Sustainable World Society, which calls for “global governance” and says rich countries must shrink their economies to address climate change.

By Thursday, Mrs. Browner’s name and biography had been removed from Socialist International’s Web page, though a photo of her speaking June 30 to the group’s congress in Greece was still available.

Socialist International, an umbrella group for many of the world’s social democratic political parties such as Britain’s Labor Party, says it supports socialism and is harshly critical of U.S. policies. Read More

Obama’s Labor pick has communist ties
Radical leaders hail Solis as ‘outstanding,’ ‘terrific’

President-elect Barack Obama’s choice to head the Labor Department has close ties to U.S. communist and socialist organizations and has sent representatives to functions organized by national parties for both ideologies.

The pick of Rep. Hilda L. Solis, D-Calif., a Congressional Hispanic Caucus leader considered to be one of the most reliably pro-union voices in the House, was hailed as a victory by communist and socialist leaders. Read More

The Obama socialist government coming together? Is this really what the American people voted for? Is this what you voted for?

LINKS:

(1) Crikey: Public Radio and Public TV want a $550 million bailout

(2) (Video) Was Obama a New Party Member (Socialist Party)? You Decide