OBAMA’S ECONOMY: POVERTY INCREASED UNDER DEMOCRAT CONGRESS & PRESIDENT OBAMA (graphs)

OBAMA’S HOPE & CHANGE IS HERE: MORE MISERY, MORE POVERTY…MORE PEOPLE DEPENDING ON GOVERNMENT. The USA Today report shows how American dependency on government has increased under the Democrat Congress majority since 2007 and throughout the Obama Presidency.

MORE AMERICANS DEPEND ON GOVERNMENT:	14.6 MILLION AMERICANS ARE STILL UNEMPLOYED:
	July 2010 Unemployment Rate Remains at 9.5%. After billion$ spent, Obama has failed to create jobs.
COSTS OF GOV’T. PROGRAMS HAVE INCREASED:

GROUND ZERO MOSQUE: WHY AMERICANS OPPOSE IT

Ground Zero Mosque Site: This aerial photo shows the New York city block, lower right, where a 13-story mosque is planned for construction two blocks north of the World Trade Centre site, center left (AP)	Is it right to build a mosque there? “If the Japanese decided to open a cultural centre across from Pearl Harbour, that would be insensitive. If the Germans opened a Bach choral society across from Auschwitz, even after all these years, that would be an insensitive setting.” (UK DailyMail) A community center? If it is a community, could then anyone from the community get in: homosexuals, women, Christians? Also… - Here’s Why It’s Called the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ (GZM) - The radical imam of the Ground Zero Insult, Faisal Abdul Rauf - Ground Zero Mosque may get public financing - GZM developer has been arrested at least seven times - Pelosi wants to investigate those opposing Ground Zero Mosque (Video) - Obama in favor or not of GZM…but he has no problem telling Israel they shouldn’t build apartments in East Jerusalem …more to come…
THE PROJECT NAME ‘CORDOBA HOUSE’: Cordoba House is the original name given to the mosque project by their sponsors, Cordoba Initiative. They claim their mission is about interfaith tolerance (http://www.cordobainitiative.org/?q=content/our-mission) BUT… WHY ‘CORDOBA HOUSE’? Córdoba & Islam: The city of Córdoba in Spain: is the Christian city that “was conquered by Muslims around 711, its inhabitants slaughtered or enslaved.” The original mosque of Cordoba: is “the namesake of the Ground Zero mosque—was built atop, and partly from the materials of, a Christian church. Modern day Muslims are well aware of all this. Such is the true—and ominous—legacy of Cordoba.” “More pointedly, throughout Islam’s history, whenever a region was conquered, one of the first signs of consolidation was/is the erection of a mosque atop the sacred sites of the vanquished: the pagan Ka’ba temple in Arabia was converted into Islam’s holiest site, the mosque of Mecca; the al-Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, was built atop Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem; the Umayyad mosque was built atop the Church of St. John the Baptist; and the Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque upon the conquest of Constantinople.” “Some final thoughts on the history of Cordoba and the ominous parallels it bodes for America: though many Christian regions were conquered by Islam prior to Cordoba, its conquest signified the first time a truly “Western” region was conquered by the sword of Islam. It was also used as a base to launch further attacks into the heart of Europe (until decisively beaten at the Battle of Tours), just as, perhaps, the largest mosque in America will be used as a base to subvert the rest of the United States. And, the sacking of the original Cordoba was facilitated by an insider traitor—a warning to the U.S., which seems to have no end of traitors and willing lackeys.” 9/11/2011 mosque’s opening date & its Islamic meaning: “Koranic verse 9:111 is one of the loftiest calls for suicidal jihad—believers are exhorted to “kill and be killed”—and is probably the reason al-Qaeda originally chose that date to strike. So while Americans may think the mosque’s planned 9/11 opening is meant to commemorate that date, cryptically speaking, it is an evocation for all out war. A “new beginning,” indeed, but of a very different sort, namely, the propagation of more Islamists and jihadists—mosques are, after all, epicenters of radicalization—on, of all places, soil sacred to America.” ‘House’ and its Muslim meaning: “[I]n classical Arabic, however, the word for house, dar, can also mean “region,” and is regularly used in a divisive sense, as in Dar al-Harb, i.e., “infidel region of war.” Thus, to Muslim ears, while “Cordoba” offers allusions of conquest and domination, dar is further suggestive of division and separation (from infidels…).” Islamic scholarship divides the world in two Houses: 1) The House of Islam (dar al-Islam): nations submitted to Islamic rule. 2) The House of War (dar al-harb): nations that have not submitted to Islam, so it is incumbent on dar al-Islam to make war upon dar al-harb until all nations submit to the will of Allah and accept Sharia law! Islam’s message: – Submit or Be Conquered
ISLAM, RELIGION OF PEACE? - ISLAMIC CRUSADES PREDATE THE EUROPEAN CRUSADES - ISLAMIC ATTACKS AGAINST AMERICA…before 9/11 - FACTS: Radical Islam - THE FIRST WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING (Feb. 1993) - Saudi judge considers paralysis punishment, but Obama calls Islam a ‘great religion’ - Saudi Arabian couple hammered 24 nails into Sri Lankan maid - Pakistani Taliban threaten foreign flood relief workers - Taliban orders to cut off nose of abused Afghan girl (photo) - Taliban executes Christian medical volunteers in Afghanistan; 6 American doctors among those murdered - Islamic Clerics Want Christian Convert Dead - Ahmadinejad massacred young protesters for wanting freedom - Islamic Republic of Iran set to stone woman to death for adultery who confessed after beating of 99 lashes - Honor Killing: Muslim father kills his 2 daughters for dating non-Muslims, here, and here - Muslim TV boss beheaded his wife RELATED - National security news in the Obama Era - Michelle Obama visited the Moorish sites (from the Islamic invasion era) during her vacation in Spain - Obama praising Islam - NYC Muslim cab driver stabbed by volunteer of liberal film firm - The liberal media oppose Glenn Beck having a rally at the Lincoln Memorial but agree with a Mosque at the 911 site

‘Restoring Honor’ at the Lincoln Memorial hosted by Glenn Beck (August 28, 2010)

	Links to the event Restoring Honor by Glenn Beck & Special Operations Warrior Foundation: - Live stream was via: C-Span Live Stream, Ustream - Facebook: Restoring Honor Rally - Michelle Malkin blog - Albert Pujols & Tony La Russa will attend Beck “Restoring Honor” Rally - 500,000 Patriots Gather to Honor America - Dr. Alveda King (niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,): Why I am speaking at Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally: “Though critics see it as partisan, Beck’s rally is not a political event, per se. Instead, it is designed to be a refreshing exercise of freedom of speech. The rally will be a celebration of who we are as a nation and a chance to stop for a moment, reflect, reorganize, and re-energize. It’s a chance to think about character; both our character as a nation and our character as individuals. Delineating ourselves as red state or blue, liberal or conservative, minority or majority, we have not quite reached the day when men and women are “judged not by the color of their skin but on the content of their character.” We are still marching toward that day. As Uncle Martin said, “we cannot turn back.” The rally will also give America another chance to honor and thank the men and women in our armed forces for the dangers they face every day in our stead. Unless you have a loved one in Iraq or Afghanistan, it’s too easy to forget that tens of thousands of Americans are far from the comforts of home, are directly in harm’s way, facing an enemy who hates us precisely because we are free. And coming just days before the ninth anniversary of 9/11, the day that roused us from our complacency, we could use another wakeup call, one of our own devising.”
RELATED - Google Maps Removes Lincoln Memorial on Eve of Beck Event and takes you to FDR Memorial: Check it here: Google Map
HISTORY & HERITAGE – What your teacher and the media don’t want you to know: - CHURCH & STATE SEPARATION IS A MYTH - COMMUNISM & FASCISM: Sons of Leftist Philosophy - COMMUNISM & BERLIN WALL: Why Should We Care? - FOUNDING FATHERS and War (video) - INDEPENDENCE DAY - ISLAMIC ATTACKS AGAINST AMERICA… before 9/11 - JESUS: Ancient Writers Prove Jesus Is Not a Myth - JESUS: Non-Christians Prove Jesus’ Resurrection - JONESTOWN MASSACRE: Another Failed Socialistic Utopia - MUSLIM CRUSADES Started Four Centuries Before the Western Crusades - PEARL HARBOR & THE JAPANESE ATROCITIES - RONALD REAGAN: Why He is Still Important - RACE: First BLACKS in Congress were ALL Republicans (photos, bios) - RACISM & DEMOCRATS - RACISM: Leftists’ Obsession with Race - SLAVERY & THE AFRICAN COMPLICITY: Africans Captured and Sold Other Africans into Slavery - THANKSGIVING: As Written by the Pilgrims - VETERANS DAY: What we Commemorate

CHRISTIANOFOBIA: EMPIRE STATE BUILDING NO LIGHTS FOR MOTHER TERESA’S 100th BIRTHDAY

WOULD YOU HONOR A MASS MURDERER OR A HUMANITARIAN? Why did the Empire State Building honor the Chinese Communist Revolution (that killed 77 million people) and not Mother Teresa, the selfless nun who dedicated her life to serving sick and poor people from different faiths and nationalities? August 26th marked the 100th anniversary of her birth, but the Empire State Building Lighting Partners snobbed Mother Teresa and denied a request to have blue and white tower lights to honor her humanitarian work.
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING: Mao Zedong = Yes. Mother Teresa = No. “Last year the Empire State Building shone in red and yellow lights to honor the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Revolution. Yet under its founder, Mao Zedong, the Communists killed 77 million people. In other words, the greatest mass murderer in history merited the same tribute being denied to Mother Teresa.” “Mother Teresa received 124 awards, including the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Medal of Freedom. She built hundreds of orphanages, hospitals, hospices, health clinics, homeless shelters, youth shelters and soup kitchens all over the world, and is revered in India for her work. She created the first hospice in Greenwich Village for AIDS patients. Not surprisingly, she was voted the most admired woman in the world three years in a row in the mid-1990s. But she is not good enough to be honored by the Empire State Building.” Empire State Building’s Lighting Tradition: “Illuminating the 102-story Manhattan skyscraper in different colors is a tradition. The building, a centerpiece of the city’s skyline, has been lit up for the release of Mariah Carey’s album in 2008, for the 25th anniversary of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 2009, for religious holidays such as the end of Ramadan and Easter and for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day” and more. Empire State Building has honored religious figures/organizations before: ” When John Cardinal O’Connor died in 2000, the Empire State Building was lighted in red and white; in 2005, when Pope John Paul II died, the tower lights were extinguished in his honor; also in 2005, the tower was aglow in yellow, red and blue in tribute to the 125th anniversary of the Salvation Army; and every year the colors red, black and green are lit in memory of Rev. Martin Luther King.”	Empire State Building lights honored communist China's colors (left) and hyped Mariah Carey and blue M&Ms, but snubbed Mother Teresa. (NY Post)

	MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA (1910-1997): Her life “bore witness to the joy of loving, the greatness and dignity of every human person, the value of little things done faithfully and with love, and the surpassing worth of friendship with God.” “Yet her inspiration was not limited to those with religious vocations.” She formed various organizations for “people of many faiths and nationalities with whom she shared her spirit of prayer, simplicity, sacrifice and her apostolate of humble works of love.” “By 1997, Mother Teresa’s Sisters numbered nearly 4,000 members and were established in 610 foundations in 123 countries of the world.” Mother Teresa “left a testament of unshakable faith, invincible hope and extraordinary charity.”

	MOTHER TERESA BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS WORLDWIDE (Photos): INDIA – An Indian lady prays for Mother Teresa An Indian Catholic prays during a special mass commemorating the birth centenary of Mother Teresa, shown in a portrait, at the Cathedral Immaculate Heart of Mary and Mother Teresa, the first cathedral dedicated to Mother Teresa, in Baruipur, outskirts of Calcutta, India, Monday, Aug. 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
	INDIA – People from different religions pay tribute to Mother Teresa People from different religions pay tribute to Mother Teresa at a function held to start celebrations marking the centenary of her birth, in New Delhi, India, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. Mother Teresa was born on Aug. 26, 1910. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)
	MACEDONIA – Prayer in Mother Teresa’s native town Prayer beside Mother Teresa’s monument, in her native town of Skopje, Macedonia, during a ceremony to mark the centennial of her birth, on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Mother Teresa was born in Skopje as Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on Aug. 26, 1910. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) Born to Albanian parents in what is now Skopje in Macedonia, Mother Teresa went to India in 1929. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. She died in 1997 after a lifetime spent caring for hundreds of thousands of destitute and homeless poor in Calcutta, for which she came to be called the ‘saint of the gutters.”
	INDIA – Tibetan Buddhist Lama joins the celebration Head of the Missionaries of Charity Sister Mary Prema, right, hands over a candle to the Karmapa Lama OgyenTrinley Dorje, the No. 3 lama in Tibetan Buddhism, during Mother Teresa’s centennial birth anniversary in Calcutta, India, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Hundreds of nuns, bishops and volunteers attended a Mass on Thursday marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mother Teresa. (AP Photo)
	INDIA – Special Exhibition Train for Mother Teresa A railway policeman walks past a special exhibition train on Mother Teresa, portrait seen, inaugurated to mark her birth centenary in Calcutta, India, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.  The train will travel to different parts of India in next six months. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
	ALBANIA - Catholic Mass to commemorate Albanian-born Mother Teresa Archbishop Ramiro Moliner Ingles leads the Mass, during a ceremony to celebrate the centennial of the birth anniversary of Mother Teresa, at a Catholic cathedral named after her, in Vau i Dejes, Albania on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. Hundreds of Catholics in Albania have held a Mass to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Nobel peace laureate Mother Teresa. Men and women in traditional folk costumes, school children, nuns and bishops filled the courtyard of a cathedral named after Mother Teresa, who was of Albanian origin, in Vau i Dejes, 110 kilometers (nearly 70 miles) north of the capital, Tirana. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)
	ROME – Mass at the Basilica of San Damaso Cardinal Angelo Comastri, right, spreads incense in front of a portrait of Mother Teresa during a Mass marking the 100th anniversary of her birth, at the Basilica of San Damaso, in Rome, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010.  (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
	NEW YORK – Billboards in Times Square illuminated to honor her Billboards in Times Square are illuminated in blue during a lighting ceremony in honor of Mother Teresa’s 100th birthday, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, in New York. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
	NEW YORK – Crowd outside of Empire State Building People attend a rally led by the Catholic League outside the Empire State Building in New York, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010, to protest the decision by the building owners to not light the top in blue and white to honor the 100th birthday of Mother Teresa. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff)
	Pope Benedict remembered Mother Teresa

	U.S. Postal Service honors Mother Teresa with a commemorative stamp “The stamp — set to be released on Aug. 26, which would have been Mother Teresa’s 100th birthday — will recognize the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize winner for her humanitarian work, the Postal Service announced last month.” “Noted for her compassion toward the poor and suffering, Mother Teresa, a diminutive Roman Catholic nun and honorary U.S. citizen, served the sick and destitute of India and the world for nearly 50 years,” the Postal Service said in a press release. “Her humility and compassion, as well as her respect for the innate worth and dignity of humankind, inspired people of all ages and backgrounds to work on behalf of the world’s poorest populations.” Atheist Group Blasts Postal Service for Mother Teresa Stamp, but USPS defends it: “Postal Service spokesman Roy Betts expressed surprise at the protest, given the long list of previous honorees with strong religious backgrounds, including Malcolm X, the former chief spokesman for the Nation of Islam, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister and co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. “In fact we honored Father Flanagan in 1986 for his humanitarian work. This has nothing to do with religion or faith,” Betts told FoxNews.com.”
CHRISTIANOPHOBIA: Refers to the phenomenon of Intolerance and Discrimination Against Christians, which is “the denial of equal rights of Christians and the social marginalization of Christians. The term “intolerance” refers to the social dimension, the term “discrimination“, to the legal. Such intolerant and discriminatory behavior results from opposition to individual traits of the Christian faith or moral positions that are intrinsically part of the Christian faith, or from a negative categorical bias against Christians or Christianity as a whole. It leads to attacks on the social level (such as negative stereotyping or social exclusion), on the legal level (for example through a discriminatory law or a bias court verdict) and on the political level (exclusion from the public sphere; a resolution of a parliament; etc.).”

ISLAM, RELIGION OF PEACE? Saudi judge considers paralysis punishment, but Obama…

ISLAMIC REALITIES Saudi authorities want to intentionally paralyze a man as punishment In Saudi Arabia, a court wants to medically cut a man’s spinal cord as a form of retribution for attacking and paralyzing another man. Islamic law allows for an-eye-for-an-eye punishment. Via Yahoo, AP: “CAIRO – A Saudi judge has asked several hospitals in the country whether they could damage a man’s spinal cord as punishment after he was convicted of attacking another man with a cleaver and paralyzing him, the brother of the victim said Thursday.” “Saudi Arabia enforces strict Islamic law and occasionally doles out punishments based on the ancient legal code of an eye-for-an-eye. However, King Abdullah has been trying to clamp down on extremist ideology, including unauthorized clerics issuing odd religious decrees. The query by the court, among the most unusual and extreme to have been made public in the kingdom, highlights the delicate attempt in Saudi Arabia to balance a push to modernize the country with interpretations of religious traditions that critics say are out of sync with a modern society. The Saudi newspaper Okaz identified the judge as Saoud bin Suleiman al-Youssef.” “”We are asking for our legal right under Islamic law,” the brother said. “There is no better word than God’s word — an eye for an eye.”" “Islamic law applied in Saudi Arabia allows defendants to ask for a similar punishment for harms inflicted on them. Cutting off the hands of thieves, for example, is common. Under the law, the victim can receive a blood money to settle the case. Khaled al-Mutairi [the victim's brother] said his family is not interested in blood money, and would be ready to send the attacker abroad to perform the operation if it were not possible in the kingdom.” Islamic Law = Barbaric and Antiquated Justice System “Human rights group say trials in Saudi Arabia fall far below international standards. They usually take place behind closed doors and without adequate legal representation.		BUT OBAMA SAYS ISLAM… OBAMA SAYS ISLAM IS A GREAT RELIGION (Sept. 2009) While hosting a dinner for the Islamic holy month, Obama said Islam is “a great religion.” He also lauded Islam’s “commitment to justice and progress.” OBAMA CLAIMS ISLAM ADVANCES JUSTICE, PROGRESS, TOLERANCE & THE DIGNITY OF ALL HUMAN BEINGS: “Obama has made a special effort since taking office to repair U.S. relations with the world’s Muslims, including visits to Turkey and Cairo. In a June speech at the Egyptian capital, as well as in one to another important Muslim audience, in Turkey, Obama said: “America is not — and never will be — at war with Islam.” Obama also released a video message to Muslims before the start to Ramadan. In the video, he said Ramadan’s rituals are a reminder of the principles Muslims and Christians have in common, including advancing justice, progress, tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.”
Those who are sentenced to death are often not informed of the progress of legal proceedings against them or of the date of execution until the morning on which they are taken out and beheaded. Crucifying the headless body in a public place is a way to set an example, according to the kingdom’s strict interpretation of Islam.” Another Case: Convict had his Teeth Removed as Punishment “According to Amnesty, in 2005, a convict in the kingdom had his teeth pulled out by a dentist because he had smashed another man’s teeth out in a fight. “We have also had cases of people sentenced to blindness because they have caused the blindness of another person,” Chirouf said.”		OBAMA BOWS TO THE KING OF SAUDI ARABIA (Apr. 2009)
MORE “LOVE” FROM THE “RELIGION OF PEACE” - Saudi Arabian couple hammered 24 nails into Sri Lankan maid - Pakistani Taliban threaten foreign flood relief workers - Taliban orders to cut off nose of abused Afghan girl (photo) - Islamic Clerics Want Christian Convert Dead - Ahmadinejad massacred young protesters for wanting freedom - Islamic Republic of Iran set to stone woman to death for adultery who confessed after beating of 99 lashes - Honor Killing: Muslim father kills his 2 daughters for dating non-Muslims, here, and here - Muslim TV boss beheaded his wife - THE FIRST WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING (Feb. 1993)		In slow motion here OBAMA APOLOGIZES FOR THE U.S. TO MUSLIMS (June 2009)
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ISLAM vs. IMMIGRANTS: Saudi Arabian couple hammered 24 nails into Sri Lankan maid

THIS IS HOW IMMIGRANTS ARE TREATED IN SAUDI ARABIA, THE BIRTHPLACE OF ISLAM Saudi Arabia is also the home to Islam’s two holiest shrines in Mecca and Medina. About 97% of the total population in Saudi Arabia is Muslim.
Saudis Tortured Immigrant Because she Complained of Heavy Workload Via Reuters, News Yahoo: “A Saudi couple tortured their Sri Lankan maid after she complained of a too heavy workload by hammering 24 nails into her hands, legs and forehead, officials said on Thursday. Nearly 2 million Sri Lankans sought employment overseas last year and around 1.4 million, mostly maids, were employed in the Middle East. Many have complained of physical abuse or harassment. L.T. Ariyawathi, a 49-year old mother of three, returned on Friday after five months in Saudi Arabia. Her family only realized what had happened to her when she complained of pain and they took her to see the doctor, Foreign Employment Bureau officials said. “The landlord and the wife of the landlord hammered 24 nails into her when she complained of the heavy workload,” Kalyana Priya Ramanayake, media secretary of the Foreign Employment Bureau, told Reuters.	L.T. Ariyawathi has her hands checked by a nurse as a police officer takes a statement from her in a hospital in Matara, 100 miles south of Colombo, the former capital of Sri Lanka (Reuters, Aug. 26, 2010)
Ariyawathi has been taken to hospital for surgery to remove the nails, which according to the maid were hammered in when they were hot. X-rays showed one- to two-inch nails in her hands and legs, with one over her eyes, officials said.” Via UK DailyMail: “Mrs Ariyawathi told a local newspaper that her employers tortured her with the nails as punishment. ‘They (employer and his family) did not allow me even to rest. The woman at the house had heated the nails and then the man inserted them into my body,’ she was quoted as saying in the Lakbima, a newspaper published in local Sinhalese language. She told the paper that she went to Saudi Arabia in March and was paid only two months’ salary, with her employer withholding three months’ salary to buy an air ticket to send her home.	An X-ray shows nails embedded into Mrs Ariyawathi's body (Credit: Reuters/Stringer)
Dr HKK Satharasinghe said X-rays show Mrs Ariyawathi has 24 nails and needles in her body. Some of her wounds have healed over, he said but she finds it difficult to walk because she has two nails in her knee and two in her ankles. Another needle is in her forehead, and the rest are in hands, he said. ‘Her condition is stable, but we are giving antibiotics and painkillers,’ Dr Satharasinghe said, adding that doctors will begin removing the remaining nails tomorrow. Kalyana Priya Ramanayake, media secretary of the Sri Lankan Foreign Employment Bureau,…added that Mrs Ariyawathi had been too afraid to complain about the abuse to Saudi authorities, fearing that her employers might not let her return home. She also did not report the abuse to Sri Lankan officials, until she was hospitalised.”	An X-ray shows nails embedded into Mrs Ariyawathi's body (AFP/Getty Images)
Saudis Torturing & Enslaving Immigrants “According to Human Rights Watch, the estimated eight million foreign workers in Saudi Arabia are suffer multiple abuses and exploitation, and sometimes slavery-like conditions. The reason this is allowed to flourish largely unchecked is because it is tied to a system of migrant sponsorship called kafala, which ties migrant workers’ residency permits to their employers. It leads to abuses such as employers confiscating passports, withholding wages and forcing migrants to work against their will. Recent law reforms have set prison sentences of up to 15 years for forced labour to combat trafficking, and extended some protection to migrant domestic workers. However, the reforms excluded giving domestic workers the rights to leave the house or keep their passports and it still requires them to obey the employers. Saudi’s foreign embassies report thousands of complaints each year from domestic workers forced to work 15-20 hours a day for seven days a week, who are denied their salaries, denied food and drink and sometimes even subjected to sexual abuse. Recourse to justice is poor too with obstacles such as lack of access to interpreters, legal aid, or their consulates which means few migrants successfully pursue criminal cases against abusive employers. Successful legal action by migrant workers is rare and often migrants are deported before they can pursue their case.” Another case: Employers pried out immigrant’s teeth “In 2008 authorities repatriated Keni binti Carda, an Indonesian domestic worker, before she could formally complain about her employers causing her severe burns and prying out her teeth.”
RELATED - TIME MAGAZINE: Taliban orders to cut off nose of abused Afghan girl (photo) - LIST OF ISLAMIC ATTACKS AGAINST AMERICA…before 9/11 - ISLAMIC CRUSADES PREDATE THE EUROPEAN CRUSADES - The NYC Muslim cabbie stabbing was right-wing ISLAMOPHOBIA!…oh, wait a minute…he worked/volunteered for a liberal interfaith film company

2010 PRIMARY ELECTION RESULTS: FLORIDA & MIAMI-DADE COUNTY (August 24, 2010)

Updated by FactReal on August 25, 2010.

Here are the election results from primary sources.

FLORIDA UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS – Selected Races & Candidates FLORIDA ELECTION RESULTS via Florida Division of Elections: Raw Data: http://doe.dos.state.fl.us/elections/enightdownload/downloadresults.html Precincts reporting: 100% U.S. SENATE Marco Rubio (REP): 84.57% (1,059,193 votes) Kendrick B. Meek (DEM): 57.51% (522,982 votes) Jeff Greene (DEM): 31.08% (282,568 votes) FL. GOVERNOR Bill McCollum (REP): 43.46% (557,318 votes) Rick Scott (REP): 46.41% (595,183 votes) Alex Sink (DEM): 76.91% (663,510 votes) FL. ATTORNEY GENERAL Pam Bondi (REP): 37.89% (455,011 votes) Jeff Kottkamp (REP): 32.86% (394,582 votes) Dan Gelber (DEM): 59.07% (486,351 votes) Dave Aronberg (DEM): 40.93% (337,022 votes) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 20 Karen Harrington (REP): 39.98% (7,478 votes) Robert Lowry (REP): 37.59% (7,032 votes) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 22 Allen West (REP): 76.64% (29,847 votes) Ron Klein (DEM): 84.58% (23,934 votes) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 25 David Rivera (REP): 62.42% (18,139 votes) Paul Crespo (REP): 26.92% (7,823 votes) Joe Garcia (DEM): 76.13% (11,925 votes) FL. STATE SENATOR – DISTRICT 36 Miguel Diaz de la Portilla (REP): 51.80% (12,094 votes) Julio Robaina (REP): 43.70% (10,203 votes) FL. STATE SENATOR – DISTRICT 38 Anitere Flores (REP): 81.01% (19,438 votes) FL. REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 107 Gustavo A. Barreiro (REP): 72.19% (3,622 votes) FL. REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 112 Jeanette Nuñez (REP): 65.95% (4,439 votes) Juan D’Arce (REP): 19.18% (1,291 votes) Sandra Ruiz (DEM): 74.44% (2,412 votes) FL. REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 114 Millie Herrera (DEM): 73.00% (2,522 votes) FL. REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 115 Jose Felix Diaz (REP): 60.08% (5,610 votes) FL. REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 117 Michael Bileca (REP): 39.95% (3,635 votes) >> For all Florida races & candidates, click here.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS – Selected Races & Candidates MIAMI ELECTION RESULTS via Miami-Dade County Elections Dept. MIAMI ELECTION RESULTS via Florida Division of Elections: Registered Voters: 1,203,633 Ballots Cast: 204,791 Voter Turnout: 17.01% Precincts reporting: 812 of 812 U.S. SENATE Marco Rubio (REP): 90.93% (79,507 votes) Kendrick B. Meek (DEM): 73.03% (66,519 votes) Jeff Greene (DEM): 12.65% (11,524 votes) FL. GOVERNOR Bill McCollum (REP): 61.26% (52,952 votes) Rick Scott (REP): 32.58% (28,159 votes) Alex Sink (DEM): 74.08% (60,447 votes) SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER – DISTRICT 2 Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall: 29.46% (6,156 votes) Ronda Vangates: 24.83% (5,189 votes) SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER – DISTRICT 4 Perla Tabares Hantman: 59.84% (11,542 votes) SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER – DISTRICT 6 Raquel Regalado: 56.91% (13,942 votes) SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER – DISTRICT 7 Carlos L. Curbelo: 38.47% (7,192 votes) Libby Perez: 19.04% (3,559 votes) COUNTY COMMISSIONERS – DISTRICT 2 Dorrin D. Rolle: 40.49% (5,955 votes) Jean Monestime: 25,61% (3,767 votes) COUNTY COMMISSIONERS – DISTRICT 8 Eugene Flinn: 29.96% (5,426 votes) Lynda G. Bell: 25.00% (4,528 votes) COUNTY COMMISSIONERS – DISTRICT 10 Javier D. Souto: 76.82% (13,152 votes) Miriam “Mimi” Planas: 23.18% (3,968 votes) COUNTY COMMISSIONERS – DISTRICT 12 Jose ‘Pepe’ Diaz: 75.72% (8,759 votes) Heather Pernas: 24.28% (2,809 votes) COUNTY QUESTION: Eliminating The County Manager YES: 58.22% (103,050 votes) NO: 41.78% (73,948 votes) COUNTY QUESTION: Abolish Certain Municipalities YES: 63.78% (108,758 votes) NO: 36.22% (61,757 votes) COUNTY QUESTION: Eliminate Voters’ Power in Franchises Amendments NO: 66.52% (108,636 votes) YES: 33.48% (54,671 votes) >> For more Miami results, click here.

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2010 FLORIDA ELECTIONS: VOTER GUIDES, CANDIDATES’ CONTRIBUTORS & MORE (links provided)

Here are some links to help the Florida voter for the 2010 Primary Election. (Caveat: Not all links provide primary sources, so it’s hard to verify their data.) VOTERS’ GUIDES: - Project Vote Smart Voter Guide: Voting record, issue positions, interest group ratings, endorsements, etc. –Florida State Offices –U.S. Congress - CCFLA Voter’s Guide by County - Christian Coalition of South Florida: – U.S. Congress and Florida State Senate – Florida State Representatives CAMPAIGN FINANCING REPORTS - Federal Election Commission (FEC): Federal Campaign Reports - Contributors to Florida Races: U.S. Senate & Representatives (based on data released by the FEC) CANDIDATES VOTING RECORD: - CCFLA Scorecard: Rating How Florida Legislators Voted CANDIDATE WEBSITES - FL Election Dept: 2010 Florida Candidates - 2010 Florida Candidates’ websites (including the Judges’ statements) OTHER - 2010 FLORIDA ELECTIONS: Information Links