Obamination: Labor Day

Obamination: Labor Day

Remarks by the President at Detroit Labor Day Event

GM Plant Parking Lot

Detroit, Michigan

1:30 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, Detroit!  (Applause.)  Thank you, Michigan!  (Applause.)  Oh, this is a --

AUDIENCE:  Four more years!

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you, everybody.  It is --

AUDIENCE:  Four more years!  Four more years!  Four more years!

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you, everybody.  Thank you.

AUDIENCE:  Four more years!  Four more years!  Four more years!

THE PRESIDENT:  Thank you.  Thank you, everybody.  I can tell Ghana got you fired up.  (Applause.)  Thank you, Ghana, for that introduction.  Thank you all for having me.  It is good to be back in Detroit.  (Applause.)  I'm glad I was able to bring a friend -- a proud daughter of the Teamsters, your Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis, in the house.  (Applause.)  

We’re thrilled to be joined by so many other friends.  I want to acknowledge, first of all, two of the finest senators in the country -- Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow are in the house. (Applause.)   Outstanding members of the congressional delegation -- John Bingham, John Conyers, Sandy Levin, Gary Peters, and Hansen Clarke.  (Applause.)

The president of the Metropolitan Detroit Central Labor Council, our host, Saundra Williams.  (Applause.)  AFL-CIO president, Rich Trumka.  (Applause.)  President of the Michigan AFL-CIO, Mark Gaffney.  (Applause.)  And some proud sons and daughters of Michigan representing working people here and across the country -- SEIU President Mary Kay Henry, Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa, UAW President Bob King, Utility Workers President Mike Langford.  (Applause.)  We are proud of them and we're proud of your congressional delegation who are working every single day with your state and local elected officials to create jobs and economic growth and prosperity here in Michigan and all across the country¹.

I am honored, we are honored, to spend this day with you and your families -- the working men and women of America.  This day belongs to you.  You deserve a little R&R, a little barbecue -- (laughter) -- little grilling -- because you’ve been working hard.  (Applause.)  You’ve been working hard to make ends meet.  You’ve been working hard to build a better life for your kids.  You’ve been working hard² to build a better Detroit.  (Applause.) But that’s not all I’m going to talk to you about.

I also want to talk about the work you’ve been doing for decades:  Work to make sure that folks get an honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work³.  (Applause.)  Work to make sure that families get a fair⁴ shake.  The work you've done that helped build the greatest middle class the world has ever known.  (Applause.)  I’m talking about the work that got us a 40-hour workweek and weekends, and paid leave and pensions, and the minimum wage5 and health insurance, and Social Security and  Medicare⁶ -- (applause) -- the cornerstones of middle-class security.  That's because of your work.  (Applause.)

If you want to know who helped lay these cornerstones of an American middle class you just have to look for the union label. (Applause.)

That’s the bedrock this country is built on.  Hard work.  Responsibility.  Sacrifice.  Looking out for one another.  Giving everybody a shot, everybody a chance to share in America’s prosperity⁷, from the factory floor to the boardroom.  That’s what unions are all about.  (Applause.)

And that’s something that’s worth keeping in mind today.  We’ve come through a difficult decade in which those values were all too often given short shrift.  We’ve gone through a decade where wealth was valued over work⁸, and greed was valued over responsibility⁹.  And the decks were too often stacked against ordinary folks¹⁰ in favor of the special interests¹¹.  And everywhere I went while I was running for this office, I met folks who felt their economic security¹² slipping away, men and women who were fighting harder and harder just to stay afloat.  And that was even before the economic crisis hit, and that just made things even harder.

So these are tough times for working Americans¹³.  They’re even tougher for Americans who are looking for work –- and a lot of them have been looking for work for a long time¹⁴.  A lot of folks have been looking for work for a long time here in Detroit, and all across Michigan, and all across the Midwest, and all across the country.  So we’ve got a lot more work to do to recover fully from this recession.

But I’m not satisfied just to get back to where we were before the recession; we’ve got to fully restore the middle class in America.  (Applause.)  And America cannot have a strong, growing economy without a strong, growing middle class and without a strong labor movement¹⁵.  (Applause.)

That’s the central challenge that we face in our country today.  That’s at the core of why I ran for President.  That’s what I’ve been fighting for since I’ve been President.  (Applause.)  Everything we’ve done, it’s been thinking about you. We said working folks deserved a break -- so within one month of me taking office, we signed into law the biggest middle-class tax cut in history¹⁶, putting more money into your pockets.  (Applause.)

We said working folks shouldn’t be taken advantage of -- so we passed tough financial reform that ended the days of taxpayer bailouts¹⁷, and stopped credit card companies from gouging you with hidden fees and unfair rate hikes, and set up a new consumer protection agency with one responsibility:  sticking up for you. (Applause.)

We said that if you’re going to work hard all day to provide a better life for your kids, then we’re going to make sure that those kids get the best education possible.  So we helped keep teachers on the job¹⁸.  (Applause.)  We’re reforming our public schools, and we’re investing in community colleges and job-training programs.  (Applause.)  And we ended wasteful giveaways that went to the big banks and used the savings to make college more affordable for millions of your kids¹⁹.  (Applause.)

We said that every family in America should have affordable, accessible health care²⁰.  (Applause.)  We said you shouldn’t be discriminated against because you’ve got a preexisting condition²¹. We said young adults without insurance should be able to stay on their parents’ plans.  We got that done -- for you.  (Applause.)

And here’s what else we said, Detroit.  We said that American autoworkers could once again build the best cars in the world.  (Applause.)  So we stood by the auto industry²².  And we made some tough choices that were necessary to make it succeed.  And now, the Big Three are turning a profit and hiring new workers, and building the best cars in the world right here in Detroit, right here in the Midwest, right here in the United States of America.  (Applause.)

I know it.  I’ve seen it.  I’ve been to GM’s Hamtramck plant.  (Applause.)  I’ve been to Chrysler’s Jefferson North Plant.  (Applause.)   I’ve seen Detroit prove the cynics and the naysayers wrong.

We didn’t just stop there.  We said American workers could manufacture the best products in the world.  So we invested in high-tech manufacturing and we invested in clean energy²³.  And right now, there’s an advanced battery industry taking root here in Michigan that barely existed before.  (Applause.)  Half of the workers at one plant in Detroit were unemployed before a new battery company came to town.  And we’re growing our exports so that more of the world buys products that are stamped with three simple words:  “Made in America.”  (Applause.)

So that’s what we’re fighting for, Michigan.  We’re fighting for good jobs with good wages.  We’re fighting for health care when you get sick.  We’re fighting for a secure retirement even if you’re not rich.  We’re fighting for the chance to give our kids a better life than we had.  That’s what we’re doing to restore middle-class security and rebuild this economy the American way -- based on balance and fairness and the same set of rules for everybody from Wall Street to Main Street.  (Applause.) An economy where hard work pays off and gaming the system doesn’t pay off, and everybody has got a shot at the American Dream.  That’s what we’re fighting for.  (Applause.)

On Thursday, we’re going to lay out a new way forward on jobs to grow the economy and put more Americans back to work right now.  I don’t want to give everything away right here, because I want you all to tune in on Thursday -- (applause) -- but I'll give you just a little bit.  (Applause.)

We’ve got roads and bridges²⁴ across this country that need rebuilding.  We’ve got private companies with the equipment and the manpower to do the building.  We’ve got more than 1 million unemployed construction workers²⁵ ready to get dirty right now.  There is work to be done and there are workers ready to do it.  Labor is on board.  Business is on board.  We just need Congress to get on board.  Let’s put America back to work²⁶.  (Applause.)

Last year, we worked together, Republicans and Democrats, to pass a payroll tax cut²⁷.  And because of that, this year the average family has an extra $1,000 in their pocket because of it.

AUDIENCE MEMBER:  Thank you!

THE PRESIDENT:  But that’s going to expire in a few months if we don’t come together to extend it.  And I think putting money back in the pockets of working families is the best way to get demand rising, because that then means business is hiring, and that means the government²⁸ -- that means that the economy is growing.  (Applause.)

So I’m going to propose ways to put America back to work²⁹ that both parties can agree to, because I still believe both parties can work together to solve our problems.  And given the urgency of this moment, given the hardship that many people are facing, folks have got to get together³⁰.

But we’re not going to wait for them.  (Applause.)  We’re going to see if we’ve got some straight shooters³¹ in Congress.  We’re going to see if congressional Republicans will put country before party³².  (Applause.)  We’ll give them a plan³³, and then we’ll say, do you want to create jobs³⁴?  Then put our construction workers back to work rebuilding America³⁵.  (Applause.)  Do you want to help our companies succeed³⁶?  Open up new markets for them to sell their products³⁷.  You want -- you say you’re the party of tax cuts?  Well then, prove you’ll fight just as hard for tax cuts for middle-class families as you do for oil companies and the most affluent Americans³⁸.  (Applause.)  Show us what you got.  (Applause.)

The time for Washington games is over³⁹.  (Applause.)  The time for action is now.  No more manufactured crises⁴⁰.  No more games.  Now is not the time for the people you sent to Washington to worry about their jobs⁴¹; now is the time for them to worry about your jobs.  (Applause.)

Now, let me say a word about labor in particular.  Now, I know this is not going to be an easy time.  I know it’s not easy when there's some folks who have their sights trained⁴² on you.  After all that unions have done to build and protect the middle class, you’ve got people trying to claim that you’re responsible for the problems middle-class folks are facing.

AUDIENCE:  Booo --

THE PRESIDENT:  You’ve got Republicans saying you’re the ones exploiting working families.  Imagine that.

Now, the fact is, our economy is stronger when workers are getting paid good wages and good benefits.  (Applause.)  Our economy is stronger when we've got broad-based growth and broad-based prosperity.  That’s what unions have always been about -- shared prosperity.

You know, I was on the plane flying over here, and Carl Levin was with me, and he showed me a speech that Harry Truman had given on Labor Day 63 years ago, right here in Detroit -- 63 years ago.  And just to show that things haven't changed much, he talked about how Americans had voted in some folks into Congress who weren’t very friendly to labor.  And he pointed out that some working folks and even some union members voted these folks in.  And now they were learning their lesson.  And he pointed out that -- and I'm quoting here -- “the gains of labor were not accomplished at the expense of the rest of the nation.  Labor’s gains contributed to the nation’s general prosperity.”  (Applause.)

What was true back in 1948 is true in 2011.  When working families are doing well, when they're getting a decent wage and they're getting decent benefits, that means they're good customers for businesses.  (Applause.)  That means they can buy the cars that you build.  (Applause.)  That means that you can buy the food from the farmers.  That means you can buy from Silicon Valley.  You are creating prosperity when you share in prosperity.  (Applause.)

So when I hear some of these folks trying to take collective bargaining rights away, trying to pass so-called “right to work”⁴³ laws for private sector workers --

AUDIENCE:  Booo --

THE PRESIDENT:  -- that really mean the right to work for less and less and less -- when I hear some of this talk I know this is not about economics.  This is about politics.

And I want everybody here to know, as long as I’m in the White House I’m going to stand up for collective bargaining.  (Applause.)

AUDIENCE:  Four more years!  Four more years!  Four more years!

THE PRESIDENT:  That’s why we’ve reversed harmful decisions that were designed to undermine those rights.  That's why we passed the Fair Pay Act to stop pay discrimination.  (Applause.) That's why we appointed people who are actually fulfilling their responsibilities to make sure that the offices and factories and mines workers that clock in each day, that they're actually safe on the job.

And we’re going to keep at it.  Because having a voice on the job and a chance to organize and a chance to negotiate for a fair day’s pay after a hard day’s work, that is the right of every man and woman in America -- not just the CEO in the corner office, but also the janitor who cleans that office after the CEO goes home.  (Applause.) Everybody has got the same right.  (Applause.)

And that’s true for public employees as well.  Look, the recession had a terrible effect on state and local budgets -- we all understand that.  Unions have recognized that; they’ve already made tough concessions.  In the private sector, we live in a more competitive global economy⁴⁴ -- so unions like the UAW understand that workers have to work with management to revamp business models, to innovate so we can sell our products around the world.  We understand that the world is changing; unions understand that the world is changing.  Unions understand they need to help drive the change, whether it’s on the factory floor, or in the classroom, or in the government office.  (Applause.)

But what unions also know is that the values at the core of the union movement, those don’t change.  Those are the values that have made this country great.  (Applause.)  That’s what the folks trying to undermine your rights don’t understand.  When union workers agree to pay freezes and pay cuts -- they’re not doing it just to keep their jobs.  They’re doing it so that their fellow workers -– their fellow Americans -- can keep their jobs. (Applause.)

When teachers agree to reforms in how schools are run at the same time as they’re digging into their pockets to buy school supplies for those kids, they do so because they believe every child can learn.  (Applause.)  They do it because they know something that those who seek to divide us⁴⁵ don’t understand:  We are all in this together.  That’s why those crowds came out to support you in Madison and in Columbus.  We are one nation.  We are one people.  We will rise and we will fall together.  (Applause.)

Anyone who doesn’t believe it should come here to Detroit.  It’s like the commercial says:  This is a city that’s been to heck and back.  (Applause.)  And while there are still a lot of challenges here, I see a city that’s coming back.  (Applause.)
You ask somebody here if times are tough, they’ll say, yeah, it’s tough, but we’re tougher.  (Applause.)  Look at what we’re doing to overcome.  Look at what we’re doing to rebuild and reinvent and redefine what it means to live in this great city.  Look at our parents who catch the first bus to work, and our students who stay up late to earn a degree.  Look at our workers on the line at Hamtramck and Jefferson North who are building the best cars in the world.  Look at our artists who are revamping our city, and our young people who are thinking up new ways to make a difference that we never dreamed of.  Look how we look out for one another.  (Applause.)  

That’s why we chose Detroit as one of the cities that we’re helping revitalize in our “Strong Cities, Strong Communities” initiative.  (Applause.)  We’re teaming up with everybody -- mayors, local officials, you name it -- boosting economic development, rebuilding your communities the best way, which is a way that involves you.  Because despite all that’s changed here, and all the work that lies ahead, this is still a city where men clocked into factories.  This is the city that built the greatest middle class the world has ever known.  (Applause.)  This is the city where women rolled up their sleeves and helped build an arsenal for democracy to free the world.  (Applause.)  This is a city where the great American industry has come back to life and the industries of tomorrow are taking root.  This is a city where people, brave and bold, courageous and clever, are dreaming up ways to prove the skeptics wrong and write the next proud chapter in our history.  (Applause.)

That’s why I wanted to be here with you today.  Because for every cynic and every naysayer running around talking about how our best days are behind us -- for everybody who keeps going around saying, “No, we can’t" --

AUDIENCE:  Yes, we can!

THE PRESIDENT:  -- for everybody who can always find a reason why we can’t rebuild America, I meet Americans every day who, in the face of impossible odds they’ve got a different belief.  They believe we can.  You believe we can.  (Applause.)

Yes, times are tough.  But we’ve been through tough times before. I don’t know about you, but I’m not scared⁴⁶ of tough times.  (Applause.)  I’m not scared of tough times because I know we’re going to be all marching together and walking together and working together and rebuilding together.  And I know we don’t quit.  (Applause.)  I know we don’t give up our dreams and settle for something less.  We roll up our sleeves -- and we remember a fundamental truth of our history:  We are strong when we are united.  (Applause.)  We’re firing all cylinders.

The union movement is going to be at the center of it.  And if all of you are committed to making sure that the person standing next to you, and their kids and their grandkids -- that everybody in this city and everybody in this country can unleash his or her potential, if you work hard and play by the rules, you will get a fair shake and get a fair shot.  That’s the country I want for my kids⁴⁷.  (Applause.)  That’s the country you want for your kids.  That’s the country we’re going to build together.  (Applause.)

Thank you very much, Detroit.  God bless you.  And God bless the United States of America.  (Applause.)

1. So the President takes pride in the government officials who work every day to create jobs and economic growth--what a great job they have done!  Gov. Jennifer  Granholm told us we would be "blown away" after her second term. She was so right.
2. They've been working hard to build a better Detroit? They've been working hard to destroy Detroit, and they are succeeding.
3. Try to define an "honest day's pay" or an "honest day's work"; how do you measure those terms?  Like "fair", those are loaded expressions with no real meaning.
4. Define "fair", what does it mean? How do you measure and evaluate it? 
5. The minimum wage is a drag on the economy, raising prices and keeping many people unemployed.  Health insurance as an employee benefit came about because of government wage-price controls, an unjust and foolish interference in the free market. Health and pension costs are major factors in legacy costs which are bankrupting corporations and local governments across the nation.
6. Social Security & Medicare are Ponzi schemes, designed, maintained and expanded for the purpose of buying votes. They are major contributors to the federal government's money woes. 
7. Prosperity is not America's, it belongs to those who produce goods and services in high volumes, at low cost and make a profit. Prosperity is not something to be shared, it is something to be earned. Unions are all about extorting the maximum possible wages & benefits for the least possible work. They strangulated the golden goose, raising prices and killing opportunity for the rest of us.
8. Wealth is the result of work; accumulated surplus.  Without accumulated surplus, there is nothing to invest in growth, innovation and productivity.
9. Union & partisan political greed was valued over responsibility, making major contributions to the ruination of the economy
10. Decks were stacked against ordinary folks in the '70s, when escalating union demands pushed prices beyond the reach of ordinary folks.
11. Special interests: UAW, AFL, CIO, SIEU & Democrat Party.
12. "Economic security:' a phrase used only by liars. Security does not and can not exist in the real world.
13. Prices are up, wages are down, hours are down; all because union goons strangled the golden goose and government inflated the currency.
14. I have been looking for work since the government and a large corporation screwed me out of business in '80. I was gainfully employed for about three of those years. Unions and government policies drove the jobs out of Michigan. You made things tougher for us, and you promise more of the same. No thanks!
15. I found 12 instances of "class" in this spew of malicious malarkey. Middle class, my ass!  Barack & Michele  have been living like  jetset, beautiful people; limousine liberals in the lap of luxury for the last two years, on our dimes.  We do not need classes, we need productivity; we need opportunity. We need to get the government out of the way and tear down the blockades it has erected in the path of progress. And we need to stop the inflationary spiral generated by union goons and their whipsawing strikes. Instead of uniting the nation, Obama is dividing us with class warfare. Its time to wise up and tell him to shut up; tell him to do the best thing he can for the country: to resign.
16. Brag about signing a tax cut into law, while bitterly bitching about tax cuts "for the rich".  Its called class warfare, and there is no place for it in an honest society. That kind of demagoguery  is for tin horn dictators, not Presidents. Obama wanted Shrub's tax cuts to sunset; he demands tax increases. With his forked tongue, he speaks out of both sides of his mouth.
17. So you ended tax payer bailouts?  Tell us about that... while you brag about saving a few jobs at Chrysler & G.M. How about the automobile dealers and their employees who are now unemployed because they contributed to the wrong party? 
18. You tried to keep a few teachers on the job so that their union dues would keep flowing into your campaign treasury. We are the losers in your game of circle jerk. You are going to be the pivot man November 6, 2012 if we have any say in the matter. 
19. You ended "wasteful giveaways", Like TARP?  Which was bigger, the subsidy to student loans or TARP?  Is it easier or harder to obtain and pay back a student loan now?
20. "Accessible, affordable health care",  but every promise you made was a damned lie, and more of your lies are being exposed every month. You can not possibly keep any of those promises you made, and blessed near everybody knows it.  Your entire program is conter productive, in the worst possible way. 
21. "Preexisting condition": got cancer, get insurance. Died already, get life insurance just before your funeral; buy flood insurance after the hurricane hits. Same principle, different applications; all of them impossible in the real world.
22. To make the industry succeed, you need to get rid of the legacy costs. That means exorbitant wages & benefits and work rules. You also need to eliminate idiotic regulations and impossible fuel economy demands. 
23. You "invested" in "clean energy"; how many windmill firms did you invest in?  How many of them went bankrupt? How many of them shipped jobs to China?  Aren't you a great investment broker; so successful! Why don't you take over for Warren Buffet?
24. :"Roads and bridges", yeah, right. You have been singing the same tune since you took office. "Shovel ready jobs", how did that turn out for everybody?  With forty million people out of work, you will solve the problem with road building projects that will employ a few thousand. Of course those few thousand will be union members whose dues will blow right into your campaign chest.
25. Construction workers are out of work because government policies and human greed built a construction bubble, which burst. The game of musical chairs is over, the housing market is bust. Carpenters & brick layers are going to build reads & bridges. Yeah, right.
26. Public works projects are not the solution to the unemployment problem. The interest on the federal debt is mounting rapidly. When interest rates rise, we are going to be in deep excrement. Putting America back to work requires the prospect of making a profit and predictable risks. Those require eliminating your health care plan, energy and environmental plans and taxes. They also require eliminating artificial barriers todomestic oil & gas exploration, production and refining.     Eliminating Obama Don't Care. Cap & Trade, fuel economy & emissions standards and the drilling ban ain't enough. You must also remove the threat of tax increases. That means permanently ditching the death tax and permanently extending Shrub's tax rate cuts. if you won't do those things, resign and clear the way for someone who will.
27. Only those currently employed are directly benefiting from that temporary tax cut. Does that $1000 offset the increased cost of gasoline, food, clothing and electricity for those directly benefiting from it?
28. Growing government does not equate to a growing economy. Resources wasted by government can not be productively invested. Money borrowed by profligate government can not be invested in productive enterprises.  If you want to grow the economy, put the government on a strict diet.
29. To put us back to work, you must be put out of work, along with the left wing Congressmen and Senators who vote for your destructive policies.
30. Hardship has nothing to do with it. Rational and honest statesmen must resist your counter productive policies with all the force they can muster. They must learn to say "HELL NO!!!". If the Republicans do not tell you to go to Hell, we will tell them in the next election. There will be a RINO hunt. 
31. Those RINOs who accede to your unreasonable demands shoot themselves in the foot and the nation in the back. We will see to it that they have Conservative, competent, articulate and well financed primary opponents.
32. Putting the country's welfare before party is up to the Democrats. Republicans, with the exception of the RINOs, already do that.
33. It is obvious that your plan is more of the same poison that is killing us.
34. Republicans want to see job creation, that is why they reject your job destroying, counter productive idiotic schemes.
35. "Rebuilding America" is a code phrase for destroying the Constitution, replacing it with Communism. We are not stupid enough to accept that.
36. "Help our companies succeed" is a code phrase for crony capitalism, also known as National Socialism. How did that work out for Germany?
37. "Open up new markets" means one of two things: foreign trade or legislation to mandate purchasing those products. Trade requires balance, meaning that when we export, we also import. It works both ways, so in the long term, there will be no real gain. The other meaning translates to fascism. No thanks!
38. Your class warfare tactic sticks out like a sore thumb. Time to cut it off.  It is high time for you to resign in disgrace. "Show us what you got": We call your bluff: show us your entire jobs plan, put it out on the table, in the open  immediately, instead of dribbling it out in a series of campaign tours.
39. "Washington games"?? The arrogance of that statement is astounding. The gamesman in chief says the time for game playing is over.
40. Excuses?? "Inherited from Bush"! "Earthquake". "Tsunami". "Arab spring". The arrogance of this narcissist can not be topped. It is time for him to go!!!
41. How in Hell can you say that while you are campaigning for re-election? You are worried about your sinecure, not our jobs. Your counter productive policies are destroying jobs and wrecking the country. Obama is the new synonym for hypocrisy.
42. "Sights trained on you"? Whatever happened to the new emphasis on "civility"?  We have  been told to "go straight to Hell" and had war declared upon us  by your surrogates,. without condemnation from you.
43. The right to work means not being coerced into feeding fat cat union thugs and your campaign treasury as a minimum requirement for employment.  God blessed right, I am all for it. We want to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
44. The golden goose is dead; no more golden eggs. Unions played a primary role in the death of the goose. Does anyone remember why Jimmy Carter was a one term President? 
45. Who seeks to divide us? "The wealthy:,,,"private jet owners"... "billionaires"; you have been busy telling your congregants whom to hate. Obama: the great divider.
46. You do not fear tough times because you desire them. Creating economic chaos is part of the Cloward-Piven strategy for the Communist takeover.
47. You want for your kids a country so deep in debt that it can never get out, perpetually refinancing at ever higher rates of interest so that all the tax revenue will go to debt service. That may be your only success.

Obamination: Eid-ul-Fitr

Obamination: Eid-ul-Fitr Barack Hussein Obama, like other Muslims & politicians, is a practiced and skillful liar. In the present case, he skillfully attributed anodyne beneficence to Moe's war cult on the occasion of Eid-ol-Fitr, the celebration of the end of the month of Ramadan.

    In keeping with occasional habit, I have highlighted some key words and phrases in the President's spew of Al-Taqiyya, copying the most important of them to headings followed by my comments.

    At variance with my usual habit, I have included only one full quote from Islam's canon. Others are linked in a list at the end of the post. Obama's spew is mercifully short, my list of links is not. I have included links to several ayat, with three tafsirs for each ayeh, several hadith and a few citations to Reliance of the Traveller.

Statement by the President on the Occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr

Posted on August 30, 2011 at 01:45 PM EDT

Type: Press Article, Statements and Releases

Michelle and I would like to send Eid greetings to Muslim communities in the United States and around the world. Ramadan has been a time for families and communities to share the happiness of coming together in intense devotion, reflection, and service. Millions all over the world have been inspired to honor their faith by reaching out to those less fortunate. This year, many have observed the month while courageously persevering in their efforts to secure basic necessities and fundamental ... , we send our best wishes for a blessed holiday to Muslim communities around the world.

Muslim communities

    Why are there; why should there be "Muslim communities" in the United States?  Settlements, outposts, colonies & bases might be better descriptive terms for areas with predominately Muslim populations.

intense devotion

    Intense devotion would run parallel to and in conjunction with belief. Intense belief would mark them  as believers, would it not?  A review of that term is called for.

9:111. Verily, Allâh has purchased of the believers their lives and their properties; for the price that theirs shall be the Paradise. They fight in Allâh's Cause, so they kill (others) and are killed. It is a promise in truth which is binding on Him in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel) and the Qur'ân. And who is truer to his covenant than Allâh? Then rejoice in the bargain which you have concluded. That is the supreme success .

    Ramadan celebrates the month in which Moe received his first revelations.  They are celebrating the  revelation of the Qur'an which commands them to conquer the entire world, sanctifying and mandating conquest¹, genocide² & terrorism³. 

honor their faith

    Zakat is one of the five pillars of Islam. It involves a levy of 2.5% on income and accumulated wealth. One eighth of Zakat must be paid to those "fighting in Allah's cause⁴. 

those less fortunate

    There are special rules for Eid-u;-Fitr⁵. Giving Zakat to Kuffar is prohibited.⁶

securing fundamental freedoms

    Al-Taqiyya seems to come naturally to President Barack Hussein Obama. Those revolting against Arab tyrannies are not seeking to secure fundamental freedoms, they are seeking, as Obama is, to secure power. Recent events and revelations in Egypt, Libya & Tunisia make this fatal fact abundantly clear.  Those now in charge of Libya gained their combat experience against our troops in Iraq.

best wishes

    True best wishes for Muslims would be expressed in supplication to the Almighty for their swift and permanent emancipation from slavery to Allah.

blessed holiday

    How can anything associated with such an accursed screed as the Qur'an be blessed? 

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Obamination: 9/11 Disservice

Political correctness may be defined as irrational persistence in the belief that "it is possible to pick up a turd by the clean end".  Ten years ago, the "Magnificent Ninteen", armed with box cutters, hijacked four commercial passenger aircraft and flew them three of them into occupied office structures.

    The immediate tactical objective of that attack was to maximize grief, suffering, psychological impact, insecurity, distrust, physical destruction and economic damage to America.  The extended tactical objective  was to  instill a sense of defeat, insecurity & helplessness; to effect the maximum possible negative impact on our will and ability to mount an effective counter attack and defense.

    The strategic objective is to effectively eliminate what they perceive as the greatest obstacle to total global conquest & domination and the establishment of permanent Islamic hegemony.

    The attack was not planned, funded facilitated and executed by a single nation state or alliance of nation states.  It was  planned and executed by  believing Muslims, in the name of Allah.   When they slit the throats of the flight crews, they  shouted the takbir.  "Allah hu Akbar" says it all.  We do not need any investigation, we do not need any evidence, we do not require interrogations, trials or witnesses.  The proof stands out clearly in Islam's cannon of scripture, tradition, exegeses & jurisprudence. 

    President Barack Hussein Obama, in his weekly address, made no mention of or allusion to the fatal facts stated above.  He pretended that the G'd'd Abomination was the result of amorphous natural forces, equivalent to an earthquake or hurricane.  In fact, it was an attack by  enemies of the human race; deracinated zombies Hellbent on a course of maximal destruction by what they believe to be Allah's imperatives, threat & promise.

    As a wise man said "Its Islam, stupid!". Not Al-Qaeda, the Muslim Brotherhood, 'extremists', 'radicals' neither was it terrorists. "Its Islam, stupid!"

    Allah commands Muslims to conquer the entire world. The conquest imperatives are contained in Al-Anfal 39 & At-Taubah 29. "Fight them until" resistance ceases and "only Allah is worshiped", "altogether and everywhere".  "Fight those who"... until they "pay the jizya" and "feel themselves subdued".  What could possibly be re obvious? 

    Moe confirmed the imperatives, declaring that he was "ordered to fight the people" and "commanded to fight with men", the terminal condition in both cases being effective conversion & submission to Islam. 

    The imperatives are codified in Shari'ah, most clearly in Reliance of the Traveller, Book O, Chapter 9, Paragraph 8:  "The caliph (o25) makes war upon Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians "... . Jihad is defined as "war against non-Muslims", a "communal obligation" upon Muslims, "meaning upon the Muslims each year".  Hedaya confirms the fact that jihad is undertaken on Islamic initiative, it is offensive, not defensive: "The destruction of the sword  is incurred by infidels, although they be not the first aggressors" [Volume II, Book IX, Chapter `, Page 141]

    The outcome is predicted in exegesis: Tafsir Ibn Kathir leaves no doubt.

• The Good News that Muslims will Dominate the People of the Book
• The Good News that Islam shall prevail
• The Good News that Muslims will conquer the Known World, and ultimately the Entire World

    Ten years ago, Shrub lied about the identity of the enemy who attacked us, presumably because his family is deep in the pockets of Saudi Arabia and he did not want to face well justified demands for the extermination of Islam. 

    Ten years later, Obamination  persists in the same deception, presumably because he is a Muslim.  He makes reference to ending the fighting in Iraq and withdrawing from Afghanistan, but none to why we invaded them.  Both nations base their laws on Shari'ah, the same Islamic law that mandates yearly attacks against disbelievers. We lost those wars wasting  billions of dollars and priceless lives & limbs. Victory requires stamping out Islam.

    Thanks and a tip of the hat to Atlas Shrugs for bringing Obanination's spew of feces to my attention.  But I am not in complete agreement with Pamela Geller: "The call for service on September 11th is inappropriate and sacrilegious. September 11th is a national day of mourning. Not service, remembrance for those who died in a surprise military strike against the United States of America conducted by the military wing of the global jihad, resulting in the largest loss of life in American history.". 

    September 11 should be a national day of cursing, neither service and not mourning.  We should be united in raising our voices to God in supplication for the immediate death & eternal damnation of those who planned, financed, facilitated, executed, enjoyed, celebrated and sympathized with the attack.  We should be united in prayer for the eternal damnation of Muhammad and the complete and permanent eradication of the war cult he founded.

    Turds do not have clean ends. Islam does not have clean ends.  It was created by Moe for his own personal emolument through the perpetuation of war, generating a continuing flow of spoils and tribute.  Islam is mercenary, it can not be rendered beneficent.  Islam is aggressively violent, it can not be rendered passive.  For the disgusting details, see: Islam's Mercenary Mission and What's Wrong With Islam/Muslims?.

    Obaminatio's spew is below, followed by my commentary on the major points.

Remarks of President Barack Obama
Weekly Address
Saturday, August 27, 2011

In just two weeks, we’ll come together, as a nation, to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks.  We’ll remember the innocent lives we lost.  We’ll stand with the families who loved them.  We’ll honor the heroic first responders who rushed to the scene and saved so many.  And we’ll pay tribute to our troops and military families, and all those who have served over the past ten years, to keep us safe and strong.

We’ll also recall how the worst terrorist attack in American history brought out the best in the American people.  How Americans lined up to give blood.  How volunteers drove across the country to lend a hand.  How schoolchildren donated their savings.  How communities, faith groups and businesses collected food and clothing. 

We were united, and the outpouring of generosity and compassion reminded us that in times of challenge, we Americans move forward together, as one people.

This September 11th, Michelle and I will join the commemorations at Ground Zero, in Shanksville, and at the Pentagon.  But even if you can’t be in New York, Pennsylvania or Virginia, every American can be part of this anniversary.  Once again, 9/11 will be a National Day of Service and Remembrance.  And in the days and weeks ahead, folks across the country—in all 50 states—will come together, in their communities and neighborhoods, to honor the victims of 9/11 and to reaffirm the strength of our nation with acts of service and charity.

In Minneapolis, volunteers will help restore a community center.  In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, they’ll hammer shingles and lay floors to give families a new home.  In Tallahassee, Florida, they’ll assemble care packages for our troops overseas and their families here at home.  In Orange County, California, they’ll renovate homes for our veterans.  And once again, Michelle and I look forward to joining a local service project as well. 

There are so many ways to get involved, and every American can do something.  To learn more about the opportunities where you live, just go online and visit Serve.gov.  Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost; a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.          

On this 10th anniversary, we still face great challenges as a nation.  We’re emerging from the worst economic crisis in our lifetimes.  We’re taking the fight to al Qaeda, ending the war in Iraq and starting to bring our troops home from Afghanistan.  And we’re working to rebuild the foundation of our national strength here at home. 

None of this will be easy.  And it can’t be the work of government alone.  As we saw after 9/11, the strength of America has always been the character and compassion of our people.  So as we mark this solemn anniversary, let’s summon that spirit once more.  And let’s show that the sense of common purpose that we need in America doesn’t have to be a fleeting moment; it can be a lasting virtue—not just on one day, but every day.

Americans move forward together, as one people.

    That crap belongs in a campaign speech, not in a remembrance of innocent lives lost in a violent attack by believers in Islam.  For a politician who constantly divides the nation by race and economic status to mention togetherness, implying unity is the Acme of arrogance. "Move forward" implies the Socialist agenda of economic destruction & redistribution. That phrase belongs in a paid campaign commercial; it is entirely unrelated to the event being commemorated. 

every American can be part of this anniversary

    Those of us who are old enough to remember the Abomination can not avoid remembering the horrific events of that day. The image of jumpers evading the flames and smoke, hurtling toward the pavement below is indelibly imprinted on our memories. Likewise the image of the collapsing towers.

    Far from being an empty clause, it is another appeal to unity: unity in voting to re-elect the worst President in American history. It belongs in a paid campaign commercial, not in a commemoration of innocent lives lost.

National Day of Service and Remembrance

    There is no rational connection between service and remembrance. This clause, like its precedents, is polemical; unrelated to the topic at hand. "Service" fits right in with "sacrifice" and "eat your peas". I happen to like peas, I will eat as many as I can get my hands on when they are fresh. I had a bowl of pea soup for breakfast. I do not like the Socialist agenda of tax increases, which Obamination is promoting with his spew of excrement.

reaffirm the strength of our nation with acts of service and charity. 

    How did FDR reaffirm the strength of our nation after Pearl Harbor?  "Service and charity" devolves into tax increases. It is entirely out of place in a speech remembering the Abomination.

Michelle and I look forward to joining a local service project as well.

    Mr. President, do a national service, right now: resign!  Resign!!  Resign!!! 

emerging from the worst economic crisis

    No, we are plunging deeper into the abyss as a direct result of the Socialist agenda behind your outrageous policies.  That phrase, like so many others, belongs in a paid campaign commercial.

taking the fight to al Qaeda

    Al-Qaeda is a sub set of the enemy, not the enemy. Islam is the enemy. The war won't be over until Islam no longer exists; until there are no more Muslims.  When every Muslim is dead or apostate, then the war will be ended in victory, not before.

ending the war in Iraq and starting to bring our troops home from Afghanistan

    We have not won; we have lost and are losing because those nations are populated and governed by Muslims under Islamic law, the same law that mandates annual attacks on disbelievers.

rebuild the foundation of our national strength

    The Declaration of Independence & Constitution are the foundation of our national strength; you are eroding and evading them. The clause actually refers to the economy, which you are deliberately destroying. Those words belong in a paid campaign commercial, not in a speech about the Abomination.

character and compassion of our people

    This phrase and the clause it belongs to devolve into the theme of including the enemy under the umbrella of protection afforded by the Bill of Rights. "The right to peacefully practice Islam."  Islam can not be practiced peacefully because "Jihad is ordained for you."  and Muslims are not permitted to pick and choose from the Qur'an. 

sense of common purpose

    Common purpose? Communism! The phrase belongs in a paid campaign commercial. 

not just on one day, but every day

    So why bring it up now, in the context of remembering the G'd'd Abomination?  A proper remembrance involves the 3000 who lost their lives and the thousands who suffered injuries, many of whom are disabled.  A proper remembrance involves acknowledgment of the cause of those deaths & injuries and the identity & content of the ideology which motivated it.  A campaign speech pushing the Socialist agenda is entirely out of place in that context.

Inside the Islamophobia Network

Inside the Islamophobia Network Muslims and their dhimmis are kvetching & caterwauling over what they perceive as a right wing extremist campaign to divert attention from the important items of their Socialist agenda  by seeking laws to bar Shari'ah from American courts.  Thanks and a tip of the hat to Bare Naked Islam for bringing this to my attention.

Inside the Islamophobia Network has a video in which snippets of remarks by several experts  are used to create a false image of superficiality.  The most accessible handbooks of Shari'ah run in excess of 1000 pages. The experts can't tell us everything in a few seconds of air time. 

agenda: demonize Muslims

    The "experts" called Shari'ah a threat, they accurately described it, they  did not declare it satanic nor did they attach that label to Muslims.  Shari'ah is a system of law based on the Qur'an & hadith.  Many provisions of Shari'ah are not compatible with our Constitution.

link to terrorism

    Terrorism is a battle tactic¹, the battle is part of jihad.  Jihad is defined in Reliance of the Traveller, Book O, Chapter 9, which also describes the communal religious obligation to perform it annually.  It describes the caliph as making war against Jews, Christians & Zoroastrians¹⁰ until they are subjugated and pay the jizya. It describes the caliph as fighting all other peoples until they become Muslim.

infiltration of Shari'ah

    Shari'ah courts are operating in England, but not here, of course; it can't happen here. "This Shari'ah law business is crap". So Says Governor Christie..  But CSPI has a surprise for you: in the last three decades, fifty court cases have involved Shari'ah.

Shariah Law and American State Courts: An Assessment of State Appellate Court Cases
Version 1.4 / June 21, 2011 (PDF, 635 pages, 2.4 MB)

The Center for Security Policy’s report, Shariah Law and American State Courts: An Assessment of State Appellate Court Cases evaluates 50 Appellate Court cases from 23 states that involve conflicts between Shariah (Islamic law) and American state law.

The facts are the facts: some judges are making decisions deferring to Shariah law even when those decisions conflict with Constitutional protections.

Table 1 on page 44 enumerates the cases by state.
Table 3 on page 46 lists cases by category.
Table 4 enumerates compliant and non-compliant trial court decisions.
Table 5 enumerates compliant and non-compliant appellate decisions.
Table 6 on page 47 lists the conflicts by country of origin.

    Twenty one cases dealt with marriage law and seventeen with child custody. 

its crap!

    The crap is flowing from the mouths of the smug, smarmy, holier than thou self-righteous deniers of objective factual reality.  Shari'ah has been admitted to American courts already. Seventeen cases involved child custody. Do you have a clue concerning the relevant provisions of Shari'ah?  I have some clues for you.

    This is not hate speech. This is not demonization. This is not Islamophobia. This is exposing a significant sample of the provisions of Islamic law so that you can see and understand them.  I am providing quotes and links to source documents so that you can delve as deeply into them as you like.  Reliance of the Traveller, Books  M & N regulate marriage and divorce.

This partial table of contents comes from page 508 of the text, page 526 of the pdf.
Child Care and Custody m13.0
Meaning of Child Care mB.O(O:)
Precedence Order of Who Deserves Child's Custody m13.1
Conditions for Eligibility to Have Child Custody m13.2
Non-Muslim Day-Care Centers, Schools, Etc. m13.3
A Woman Who Remarries Loses Right to Custody m13.4
Older Children Decide Which Parent to Stay With mB.5

    Now we are going to get down to some gritty detail. There is blessed good reason why Shari'ah should not be enforced in our courts and I shall now expose you to it. 

Shari'ah denies custody to a secular mother

Shari'ah denies custody to a Christian mother

 

 

m13.2 The necessary conditions for a person to
have custody of a child are:
(a) uprightness (def: 024.4) (0: a corrupt
person may not be a guardian, because child care
is a position of authority, and the corrupt are
unqualified for it. Mawardi and Ruyani hold that
outward uprightness (def: m3.3(f) is sufficient
unless there is open wrongdoing. If the corruptness
of a child's mother consists of her not performing
the prayer (sal at) , she has no right to
custody of the child, who might grow up to be like
her, ending up in the same vile condition of not
praying, for keeping another's company has its
effects);
(b) sanity (0: since a mother uninterruptedly
insane has no right to custody, though if her
insanity is slight. such as a single day per year. her
right to custody is not vitiated by it);
(c) and if the child is Muslim, it is a necessary
condition that the person with custody be a Muslim
(0: because it is a position of authority, and a
non-Muslim has no right to authority and hence
no right to raise a Muslim. If a non-Muslim were
given charge of the custody and upbringing of the
child, the child might acquire the character traits
of unbelief (kufr». {Emphasis added.}

    Under Shari'ah a divorced woman loses custody of her children if she does not perform Salat, if she remarries or if she is not a Muslim.   If you do not comprehend this, go back and read sections a, c & d again. 

Risala treats of custody in Chapter 33 on page 332 of the pdf. 
Maliki & Shafi'ite do not agree perfectly.

33.9b. Custody
After a divorce, the woman has custody of a boy until he reaches puberty
and a girl until she marries and the marriage consummated.
[This is the right of the mother, be she free or slave, Muslim, or Kitabi, sensible or
foolish according to Ibn 'Arafa. This right also pertains if she is widowed. The
girl's maintenance is owed by the father until her marriage is consummated.]
33.9c. Order of custody
After that if the mother dies or remarries, custody goes to the grandmother
and then the maternal aunt. If there are no female relatives of the mother,
then it goes to one of the sisters and paternal uncles. If there are none,
then the agnate relatives.
[Custody goes first to the mother's mother and then the father's mother.]

Hedaya, Volume I, page 138  on page 197 of the pdf, has this ruling, which indicates that re-marying would  void the mother's right to custody.

In case of separation, the care of the infant
children belongs to the mother, the right
of nursing and keeping it rests with the
mother, because it is regarded that a woman
once applied to the. prophet, sayiug, " 0,
prophet of God ! this 1s .my son, the fruit
of my womb, cherished in my bosom and
suckled at my breast, and his father is desirous
of taking him away from me into ,his
own care ;"-to which the prophet replied,
" thou hast a right in the child prior to that
of thy husband, so long as thou dost not
marry with a stranger :'

On page 139, page 198 of the pdf, there is another interesting ruling. A non-Muslim woman loses custody once the child is old enough to decide on religion.

And also an infidel mother the wife of a
Mussulman or female infidel
subject, married to a Mussulman, is entitled
to the Hizanit of her child, although  he be
a Mussulman like the father; but this only
so long as the child is incapable of forming
any judgment with respect to religion, and
whilst there is no apprehension of his imbibing
 an attachment to infidelity ; but when
this is the case, he must be taken from.the
mother, because, although it be for the child's
advantage to be under her care until that
period, his remaining longer with he might
prove injurious.

forced marriage

    Should a father be able to compel his pre-pubescent daughter to marry? He is, if Shari'ah is applied. 

m3.13 Guardians are of two types, those who
may compel their female charges to marry someone,
and those who may not.
(1) The only guardians who may compel
their charge to marry are a virgin bride's father or
father's father, compel meaning to marry her to a
suitable match (def: m4) without her consent.
(2) Those who may not compel her are not
entitled to marry her to someone unless she
accepts and gives her permission.
Whenever the bride is a virgin, the father or
father's father may marry her to someone without
her permission, though it is recommended to ask
her permission if she has reached puberty. A virgin's
silence is considered as permission.
As for the nonvirgin of sound mind, no one
may marry her to another after she has reached
puberty without her express permission, no matter
whether the guardian is the father, father's
father, or someone else.

    Risala rules on this issue in page 302 of the pdf.

32.2 The authority of the guardian
32.2a. A father arranging the marriage of a virgin daughter
A father can arrange the marriage of his virgin daughter without her permission even if she is
beyond the age of puberty. It is up to him whether he consults her or not.
[To whomever he wants for the dowry he wishes, even for less than a suitable dowry. He can give her
choice, and it states in al-Jawahir and elsewhere that it is recommended that he ask her permission.]

    Hedaya  covers this issue tangentially in Volume I, page 32, in the second column of Page 93 of the pdf. 

    I focused on the child custody issue because of its familiarity and critical importance. If your daughter marries a Muslim, gives you grand children and is divorced by tripple talaq, do you want the provisions listed above to determine who gets custody?  If your wife is raped, do you want her to be required to provide four male witnesses to prove it? What is your attitude toward being excluded from being a witness because you are not Muslim? 

    Shari'ah compliant finance is a related issue, requiring the payment of a 2.5% tax. 12.5% of that tax must be paid to those "fighting in Allah's cause" ie. terrorists. Do you give a damn? 

    Remember, "it's crap!"; it can't happen here, "nobody is demanding it"; except that there have already been 50 cases involving Shari'ah in state trial and appellate courts.   It will happen unless we rise up to put a stop to it. If your state has pending legislation to exclude foreign law, contact your legislators and ask them to vote for it. Contact your Congressman to ask him to co-sponsor and vote for H.R. 973.  Congress.org  lets you email your state and federal legislators without knowing their names or district numbers. You need only know your Zip Code. Sign up and send those emails today!
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1. Relevant ayat & ahadith:
   1. http://www.islamawakened.com/Quran/3/151/
   2. http://www.islamawakened.com/Quran/8/12/
      1. http://corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp?chapter=8&verse=12
         1. (8:12:16)
            l-ruʿ'ba
            the terror
   3. http://www.islamawakened.com/Quran/8/57/
   4. http://corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp?chapter=8&verse=60
      1. http://corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp?chapter=8&verse=60
         1. (8:60:10)
            tur'hibūna
            (to) terrify
   5. http://www.islamawakened.com/Quran/33/26/
      1. http://corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp?chapter=33&verse=26
         1. (33:26:12)
            l-ruʿ'ba
            [the] terror,
   6. http://www.islamawakened.com/Quran/59/2/
      1. http://corpus.quran.com/wordbyword.jsp?chapter=59&verse=2
      2. (59:2:32)
         l-ruʿ'ba
         [the] terror,
   7. http://www.islamawakened.com/Quran/59/13/
   8. http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts/muslim/hadith/bukhari/007.sbt.html#001.007.331
   9. http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/crcc/engagement/resources/texts/muslim/hadith/bukhari/052.sbt.html#004.052.220
   10. http://www.islamawakened.com/Quran/9/29/
   11. http://www.islamawakened.com/Quran/8/39/