Press Conference and Divestment from Iran

Cross-posted at Rosemary's Thoughts.

There is going to be press conference today in Washington, DC, to garner the attention of our Congressmembers and, hopefully, all government officials across this country. I would appreciate it if you are close enough, please attend this conference. If you are unable to, then please check out this information.

Taking Action against the Iranian Nuclear Threat
All U.S. Presidential Candidates Invited

Confirmed Speakers from The Israel Project's Board of Advisors Include:
U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman, U.S Rep. Eliot Engel,
U.S. Rep. Jon Porter and U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman.

What: Unveiling of a 75,000-signature petition calling for Iran to halt its nuclear program and support of terrorism. Iran's nuclear program and support of terrorism are funded in part through U.S. companies and state pension funds. Thus, the petition is being delivered to companies that do business in or with Iran; every U.S. state treasurer and governor; every U.S. senator and U.S. representative; 183 heads of state; every ambassador assigned to the United States and every ambassador assigned to the United Nations; major religious leaders including the Pope and the Dalai Lama; and the head of the IAEA.

View petition here.


Who: All presidential candidates have been invited to speak and/or send a statement. U.S. Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.), chairman of the congressional subcommittee on terrorism, nonproliferation and trade; U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.); Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.); U.S. Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nev.); and Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, founder and president of The Israel Project also will speak. Q&A session to follow.

When: Thurs., July 19, 2 p.m. (EST)

Where: Room HC-7 in the U.S. Capitol Building (south door entrance)

RSVP Required

Please RSVP to Michal Slawny at Michals at The Israel Project.org or call 202-857-2766

For the Press Kit, I have to write this is the next article. As soon as I do, I will be back with the URL. Thank you.

Here is the link of the Kit that I promised: Press Kit for Iran Divestment. Remember to search for more references so that you can either be sure or dismiss any links that are true or false. I believe them to be true, that is why I am doing this. I just want you to feel free to do the same. Have a great day!

Press Kit for Iran Divestment

Cross-posted at Rosemary's Thoughts.

Here is the email I received to alert me to this Conference that is going to take place in Washington, DC, at 2pm today. You may read more about it at Press Conference and Divestment from Iran.

Petition to U.N. secretary-general.

Terror-Free Investing Resources.

Overview: Stop Giving Money to Iran
List of Companies doing business with Iran
Does your state invest in companies doing business with terror-sponsoring countries?

See the report "The Terrorism Investments of the 50 States" (pdf).

What can you send to your investment advisor on companies helping Iran?

Download this letter (.DOC).

How can you send a letter to your elected officials about terror-free investing?


Download this letter (.DOC) from the Center for Security Policy.

Recent Media Coverage.
Precedents: the South Africa Model.

Evidence of Effectiveness of Sanctions.

Chilling Iranian Stories (courtesy The Washington Times).
Iranian Economists Blame President for Economic Woes Despite Huge Oil Revenues (courtesy Associated Press).
Iran's Oil Industry: A House of Cards?
Unrest Grows Amid Gas Rationing in Iran (courtesy International Herald Tribune).

Expert Sources.

Iran's Nuclear Violations and Threat to the World.

Violations of U.N. Sanctions and Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Iran's Threat to Europe.
Iran's Nuclear Capacities.
Arab Leaders Voice Concerns about Iran and its Nuclear Program.
Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses.

Iran-Backed Terrorism.

Iran: Leading State Sponsor of Terrorism.
Iranian State Sponsorship of Terror: Testimony to Congress (Matthew Levitt).
Breakdown of Iran's Financial Backing of Terrorist Groups.
Hezbollah's Youth Movement: The Imam al-Mahdi Scouts.
Hezbollah as a strategic arm of Iran.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Biographies:

The Wold According to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (inFocus).
Profile: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (BBC).
Bio: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (The Jerusalem Post).

Extremist Religious Views and Doctrines.
Ahmadinejad Says Light Surrounded Him during 2005 U.N. Speech.
Ahmadinejad’s Demons (The New Republic).

What Iran's Leaders are Saying.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Other Iranian Leaders.

Polls on Iran.

Ahmadinejad's Popularity Fading Fast.
Tracking Elite Opinion on Israel, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Iran and General Threats to the U.S.
Topline: Iran and Investing in Terrorist-Sponsoring States.
Americans Support Sanctions Against Iran Even if that Increases Gas Prices.
Tracking U.S. Attitudes Towards Israel and Iran.

Iran's Weapons Arsenal.

Iranian Missile Guide and Map of Threats.
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle (courtesy BBC).
Iran-Supplied Missiles Used in the 2006 Hezbollah-Israel War.
Iran's Nuclear Programme (map).
Atomic Agency Concludes Iran is Stepping Up Nuclear Work (courtesy The New York Times).

How to Stop the Threat of a Nuclear Iran.

The Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Latest Developments and Next Steps Testimony to Congress (Ilan Berman).
Economic and Diplomatic Strategies for Isolating Ahmadinejad and the Iranian Regime.

TIP's Iran Conferences.

In the Eye of the Storm: Iran in Global Perspectives; watch selected lectures.
Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas: Money, Martyrdom and the Mahdi Conference.

Iran's Human Rights Violations.

Showing Jailed Americans, Iran TV Cites Confessions (courtesy The Washington Post).
Ahmadinejad's Record of Human Rights Abuses.
Human Rights Watch World Report on Iran.
Amnesty International Report on Iran.

If you cannot attend this press conference, you can at least read through some of this research. Check it against your own or different sources. I always try to find more information than just one article. It is better if you can back up what you say. Have a great day.

Hunter testified yesterday for Compean and Ramos

Cross-posted at Rosemary's Thoughts.

Yesterday Congressman Duncan Hunter (CA-R) testified in front of the Senate of behalf of Border Patrol Agents Mr. Compean and Mr. Ramos. He has sent out a press release for you to be aware of all he is trying to do to have these gentlemen released from prison for which they are in due to bogus charges and the word of an illegal alien drug smuggler. [Emphasis mine.]

For immediate release:
July 17, 2007

Hunter testifies for border patrol agents.
California Congressman seeks full pardon for Ramos and Compean (Washington, D. C.)

United States Congressman Duncan Hunter took his fight to the nation's capitol today (July 17) to convince President Bush to pardon two border patrol agents he feels were unjustly imprisoned. Hunter appeared before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security.

The California Congressman testified that he strongly supports a Presidential pardon of former agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean because, "there is absolutely no justification for such unfair and excessive prison sentences."

The incident dates back to February 2005, when the agents tried to stop a van driven by alleged drug smuggler Osvaldo Aldrete-Davila near the Mexico border. According to court documents, a scuffle ensued between agent Compean and suspect Aldrete-Davila. The suspect broke loose and fled on foot.

Agent Ramos says he believes that he saw a gun, a fact contradicted by the suspect. Both agents reportedly fired at Aldrete-Davila, who fell, then continued his escape across the border. Later, Ramos and Compean filed their official report listing the 743-pounds of marijuana they found in the van, but failed to mention the gunfire.

A Homeland Security agent apparently heard about the episode and traveled to Mexico. According to court documents, the Homeland Security agent offered Aldrete-Davila immunity, if he would testify against Ramos and Compean.

In his testimony today, Hunter took offense to that arrangement. "The U.S. government sadly decided to side with the drug dealer and prosecute agents Compean and Ramos for simply fulfilling their duties as border patrolmen.

The drug smuggler walked away from the incident with only a wound in his rear-end, and the opportunity to attempt another drug run."

Hunter continued, "The men and women of the border patrol are certainly not above the laws they are empowered to enforce, but, they must also know that when they apply the necessary and appropriate level of force, their government will not work aggressively to ensure they are punished while lawlessness is rewarded."

U.S. Attorney Johnny Sutton, a Bush appointee, prosecuted the agents.

In March, a jury found them guilty of assault with a dangerous weapon, discharge of a firearm during a violent crime, obstructing justice, lying about the incident, and willfully violating Aldrete-Davila's Fourth Amendment right to be free from illegal seizure.

Because there was gunfire, the mandatory-minimum prison sentence the agents will serve is 10 years. The U.S. Probation Office in El Paso, Texas, had recommended 20 years for each of the two agents.

Hunter reemphasized his belief that, "there is absolutely no justification for such unfair and excessive prison sentences."

Hunter's congressional district is in southern California near the border with Mexico. He told the members of the subcommittee, "I represent the border communities, and have for more than 26-years. I have worked with the fine men and women of the U.S. Border Patrol to ensure they receive the support and resources they need to address the constant intrusion of drug and human smugglers across our borders. It troubles me to think that questionable testimony by a drug smuggler, who was granted immunity, and free medical care for his cooperation, was put before the two border patrol agents who willingly accepted this inherently dangerous responsibility."

Hunter noted, "The very day they surrendered to federal custody, I recommended that agents Compean and Ramos be segregated and was assured they would be removed from the general population and close attention was being paid to their personal safety.

The attack against agent Ramos indicates concerns for his personal safety and protection were ignored." On February 6, 2007, Hunter wrote to the President requesting that an investigation be conducted into the attack against agent Ramos.

The letter also requested that Bureau of Prisons Director Harley Lappin be discharged from his position should it be ascertained that the proper precautions were not taken.

Hunter concluded his testimony by emphasizing his belief that, "Pardoning agents Compean and Ramos is the only option available to correct this terrible injustice and, just as importantly, restoring the confidence of the border patrol and the American people that their nation is serious about enforcing its immigration and smuggling laws."

Hunter has said when elected president, his first order of business will be to pardon the agents. Hunter has led the national campaign for border security and immigration reform. He has been joined by scores of his fellow members, and several activist groups.

He was the only Republican Presidential Candidate to attend Tuesday's hearing.

Observers believe that the subcommittee members sought Hunter's testimony because of his long fight for a more secure border and his legislative initiatives.

Hunter drafted legislation that was signed by the President to construct over 800 miles of fence on the southern border. Only a few miles of fencing have been completed. Hunter has charged that the department of Homeland Security has the money and the mandate, but "the administration has a 'case of the slows' in getting the fence built."

He has pledged that, "he will see that the fence is up within six month after he takes office as President.

Hunter for President, Inc.
9340 Fuerte Drive
La Mesa, California 91941
United States

Now THAT is what I'm talking about! Go Hunter '08!

This is a New Strategy, what more do they want?

Cross-posted at Rosemary's Thoughts.

Opinion Journal has written a tremendous article about the new strategy that went into full effect on June 15, 2007. Today is July 11, 2007, and the Democrats have been decrying that this is a lost war. Have they spoken with the soldiers? No. Have they spoken with the generals who are on the ground? No. Have they read this article? I strongly doubt it. Why do I believe as I do? Because I have seen this movie before, as Sen. John McCain has put it.

This is the Baghdad Security Plan, and its mission is to secure the people of Baghdad. Even so, commanders are not ignoring the outlying areas of Iraq. U.S. forces have killed or captured many important al Qaeda leaders in Mosul recently, and destroyed safe havens throughout northern Iraq. Troops are conducting counterinsurgency operations in Bayji, north of Tikrit. And Iraqi forces have "stepped up" to secure some southern cities. The Eighth Iraqi Army Division has been fighting Shiite militias in Diwaniyah, an important city halfway between Basrah and Baghdad. As commanders stabilize central Iraq, they will undoubtedly conduct successive operations in outlying regions to follow up on their successes and make them lasting. [Read the whole article.]

I am so very proud of our brave men and women who are willing willing to wear the uniform of the USA and fight for our freedoms. They know what they are doing. They know the different between right and wrong, good and evil. Trust me, they have seen things no one should ever see. They know...and they continue to do the jobs that Americans won't do...oh, wait a minute...they ARE Americans! How about that, President Bush? Is this not the most honorable and toughest job? Hmm. Just as I thought, but getting beyond that...

Thank you, Military. All of you. You are in a class of your own, and you deserve to be there. That doesn't mean we will treat you differently, because we know that is not what you want. We just want you know how grateful we are to have men and women such as you. Thank God!

Update: Have you ever heard of LinkFest? (The backlink is here.) Well apparently these people have! Leaning Straight Up, DragonLady's World, 123 Beta, A Quiet Noise, MacBros' Place, Madman Returns, Outside the Beltway, Perri Nelson's Website, Pirate's Cove, Publius Rendezvous, Pursuing Holiness, Rashbre Central, Renaissance Blogger, Right Truth, Adam's Blog, Assorted Babble, basil's blog, Blue Star Chronicles, bRight & Early, Chaotic Synaptic Activity, Church and State, Committees of Correspondence, Common Folk Using Common Sense, Diane's Stuff, Dumb Ox News, Gospel Fiction, Gribbit's Word, Is It Just Me?, Jack of All Trades, Jo's Cafe, Right Wing Nation, Rightwing Guy, Stop the ACLU, Stuck On Stupid, The Amboy Times, The Bullwinkle Blog, The Clash of Civilizations, The Crazy Rants of Samantha Burns, The HILL Chronicles, The Random Yak, The Right Nation, The Uncooperative Blogger, The World According to Carl, third world county, Tor's Rants, Urban Paradise, Woman Honor Thyself, and the entire Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Wow! You really should go over there and find out what it's all about. If you want more readership, I'd do it. As a matter of fact, I have some linking to do! Have a great day.

Mr. President: I told you so.

I have been reading about Mr. Sean Treglia who used to work at Pew Charitable Trusts. You would think the press would be all over this. They are not. You would think the bloggers would be all over this. They are not. Oh, some have written a few sentences here and there, but nothing like Rathergate. Why or why not?

This is the feedback I wrote to them:

"Good afternoon. I have been reading articles that are stating that Mr. Sean Treglia "broke the spirit of the law" (his words) while giving a speech at USC. Is this true?

This has to do with the Philadelphia-based branch and campaign finance reform. I would like to have your side of the issue before I go to print. If I do not hear from you, I will assume the NY Post and the Opinion Journal are correct in their statements. I would be very disappointed if this is the case.

Do you understand how much damage you have done? (If this is true.)

I understand he no longer works there. Was he fired because of this? I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible. It goes to print Tuesday evening.

Thank you for your time.

I told them I am from the Americans for Truth and Justice, which is true. I am for truth, and I am for justice. I am also very American! So what is the big deal I am talking about?

Mr. Sean Treglia gave a speech at USC, and he virtually confessed to fruad. It was all intended for the 535 people in power in Washington, DC. He also did much damage to you and me.

How did he do that? Ryan Sager of the New York Post online has obtained a video tape of a conference held at USC's Annenberg School for Communication in March of 2004 about how he got away with scamming the Congress and Senate into voting for Campaign Finance Reform, otherwise known as Incumbent Security Reform. See for yourself:

Charged with promoting campaign-finance reform when he joined Pew in the mid-1990s, Treglia came up with a three-pronged strategy: 1) pursue an expansive agenda through incremental reforms, 2) pay for a handful of "experts" all over the country with foundation money and 3) create fake business, minority and religious groups to pound the table for reform.

"The target audience for all this activity was 535 people in Washington," Treglia says — 100 in the Senate, 435 in the House. "The idea was to create an impression that a mass movement was afoot — that everywhere they looked, in academic institutions, in the business community, in religious groups, in ethnic groups, everywhere, people were talking about reform."

Well, well. How about that? Do you realize the FEC is going after bloggers' free speech? Go ahead and sit pretty in your cubicles, but when that day comes and you've said and did nothing, I don't want to hear it.

So what can we do? We can have Congress investigate this? Yeah right. They already look like fools to me. How about having the President tell the Justice Department to look at it? Yeah right. He's the one who signed it into law in the first place. I called so many times trying to reason with him, and he signed it anyway. No. We can't even go to the IRS, because Treglia was careful enough to disclose to them what he was doing.

So what now? We go to the Federal Elections Board? They are the ones trying to shut you and me down. I'm thinking, alright?! The next election is coming. We can make this a big issue. A law has been given, and a law can been taken away!

Campaign only for people who promise to fight illegal aliens and to repeal the campaign finance reform law. We have to come together. I don't believe Republicans or Democrats like being duped. Let us show the press that if they do not do their jobs, we will.

If the press had investigated this, PEW would have been laughed out of DC. The PEW has/had no credibility in Washington, according to Mr. Treglia. That is why the people who ran the ads did not include the fact that the PEW Trust fund had financed them.

This is illegal. This violates the transparency issues. Of $140 million dollars, $123 million was received from only 8 fundraising organizations. Yes, Soros was one of them. They want to silence us, so we must not let that happen. Keep this story alive. I want him behind bars. I'm pretty sure there will be updates to this.

My friend Jack of Clubs has been doing a very good job on keeping everyone informed about this. He has a list of everyone he knows who has written an article about this. Please visit his site to get more ideas. Thank you, and keep on blogging!

We Won't be Fooled Again

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