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TheRightsWriter.com
09-08-2010, 12:56 PM
by Ben Johnson

The woman who may be Barack Obama’s next chief of staff has ties to radical Muslims, radical leftists, and potentially illegal government propaganda (http://floydreports.com/?p=1793).

Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s decision not seek re-election all but ensures that Rahm Emanuel will throw his hat in the ring (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2010/09/07/2010-09-07_rahm_emanuel_rumored_to_be_running_for_chicago_ mayor_after_daley_finishes_jarret.html). Emanuel currently serves as chief of staff to President Obama, the man who controls who gets access to the president. Politico.com reports (http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0910/The_next_Rahm.html?showall) that Rahm has told sources his likely successor is Valerie Jarrett (http://therightswriter.com/2009/09/valerie-jarrett-the-next-van-jones/), Obama’s long-term friend and Chicago confidant.

Anyone familiar with Jarrett’s record should be concerned.

To pick but one underreported example, Valerie Jarrett gave the keynote address (http://www.isna.net/articles/News/White-House-Senior-Official-Addresses-ISNA-Convention.aspx) at the 46th annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) last July. ISNA was an unindicted co-conspirator (http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/243536/raufs-dawa-world-trade-center-rubble-andrew-c-mccarthy) in the trial of the Holy Land Foundation’s financing of terrorist organizations, particularly Hamas. ISNA is a byproduct of the Muslim Brotherhood, the organization that formed the worldview of Ayman al-Zawahiri and Osama bin Laden.

Although Jarrett was the highest-ranking government official at the meeting, she was hardly the only VIP. Cat Stevens, now Yusuf Islam, addressed the same gathering. Stevens is the “Peace Train” folk singer who defended the Ayatollah Khomeini’s fatwa against Salman Rushdie (http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/04/18/specials/rushdie-cat.html?_r=5) after the latter dared criticize Islam.

Another of the speakers (http://www.investigativeproject.org/1085/mainstream-islamist-convention-features-hate), Imam Warith Deen Umar, has a long history of Islamic extremism. He reportedly hailed the 9/11 hijackers as martyrs (http://secured.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/33.pdf#page=8), a remark that got him banned from the New York State Department of Corrections, where he served as a chaplain. In another instance, Umar urged Muslims (http://www.investigativeproject.org/350/warith-deen-umar-on-terror) to:


Rise up and fight. And fight them until turmoil is no more and strike terror into their hearts…[T]he kuffar [unbeliever] was not afraid of the Muslims up until a few days ago now they frightened to death. Green alert, red alert, orange alert. The Muslims are praying. They getting on our planes, they may shoot us down.They scared to death. Alhamdulilah. [Thanks be to God.]

Jarrett has kept tight company with ISNA literally since day one of the administration. She invited its president, Ingrid Mattson, to offer a Muslim prayer at Obama’s inauguration and attend a Ramadan dinner. Aaron Klein of WND.com reported (http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=184189), “In June 2009, Obama senior aide Valerie Jarrett invited Mattson to work on the White House Council on Women and Girls, which Jarrett leads. One month later, the Justice Department sponsored an information booth at an ISNA bazaar in Washington, D.C.”

The relationship has continued apace since then. ISNA published (http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/243536/raufs-dawa-world-trade-center-rubble-andrew-c-mccarthy)the book by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the leader behind the Ground Zero Mosque. It was originally entitled A Call to Prayer fromthe World Trade Center Rubble: Islamic Dawa [conversion] in the Heart of America Post-9/11.

Jarrett’s participation in a conference so filled with radicals shows more than her poor choice of venue. Her keynote speech made clear she was there to recruit ISNA for the administration’s government-sponsored propaganda (http://floydreports.com/?p=1793). According to ISNA’s account (http://www.isna.net/articles/News/White-House-Senior-Official-Addresses-ISNA-Convention.aspx) of the confab:


She commended ISNA for addressing many critical issues in the convention: "increasing civic engagement and interfaith cooperation, protecting the rights of the disabled and elderly, addressing domestic violence, improving education and health care, expanding renewable energy, and protecting the environment."

Then she tried to get them involved with the government’s Serve.gov website. The White House website states (http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Valerie-Jarrett-Addresses-the-Islamic-Society-of-North-America):


After acknowledging the diligent work and great contribution of Muslim Americans to American society, Jarrett encouraged Muslim Americans to respond to President Obama's call to service. She asked that they participate in United We Serve this summer, and utilize www.serve.gov to post service projects and find other opportunities.

This is the same project officials in Jarrett’s Office of Public Engagement would attempt to foist on grant recipients of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), asking dozens of “artists” on a conference call to create art that promoted the president’s agenda (http://republicans.oversight.house.gov/images/stories/Reports/20100816obamaadministrationpropagandareport.pdf).

OPE officials, including Jarrett herself, would host a “cultural policy summit” (http://therightswriter.com/2009/10/valerie-jarretts-ministry-of-culture/) in D.C. last spring, featuring several of Van Jones’ associates, a host of radicalswho accuse the CIA of selling crack in black neighborhoods, and the“former International Spokeswoman for the Universal Zulu Nation” (awoman who goes by the name “Rha Goddess”), among a cast of dozens. Sally Kohn, a leftist radical who was present at this and numerous subsequent meetings, confirmed the administration uses far-Left groups (http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/left-winger-confirms-obama-corruption-scandal/) to covertly advocate for its agenda.

The ISNA speech appears to be another example of Jarrett reaching out to enlist radical, anti-American extremists in the White House’s cause. Indeed, Jarrett has been the primary source of radicals into the administration.

It was Valerie Jarrett who interviewed (http://spectator.org/archives/2009/09/08/valerie-jarretts-show) former Green Jobs Czar Van Jones. Jarrett told the Netroots Nation conference:


We were so delighted to be able to recruit him into the White House. We were watching him...for as long as he's been active out in Oakland. Andall the creative ideas he has. And so now, we have captured that, and we have all that energy in the White House.

Jarrett lobbied Obama to create the office of Chief Diversity Officer within the FCC, a position filled by Mark Lloyd, an Alinskyite and former senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

On the campaign trail, she made sure white staffers listened to the views of Al Sharpton’s racial grievance lobby. She — and both Obamas — are also close friends with Marilyn Katz, an SDS radical who oversaw “security” during the Days of Rage. Two years ago, Katz told the media, "I would probably reject violence as a useful form of revolution." Probably?

Jarrett is already the de facto chief of staff, if not the de facto president. Last year, Obama told (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/magazine/26jarrett-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2) New York Times reporterRobert Draper, "I trust her completely...She is family." Obama empowers Jarrett "to speak for me," and says he runs every decision by her (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/magazine/26jarrett-t.html?pagewanted=8&_r=1). Jarrett perhaps described her relationship with Barack Obama best: “We have kind of a mind meld.” (http://therightswriter.com/2009/09/valerie-jarrett-the-next-van-jones/)

To be safe, the administration is floating other names. Former OMB head Peter Orszag was rumored (http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0910/The_next_Rahm.html?showall) to be on the list, but after he publicly rebuked (http://floydreports.com/?p=2046) the president’s tax policy, he would seem an unusual pick. Politico claims Tom Daschle is allegedly being considered, but that hardly seems likely after Obama admitted he “screwed up” (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28994296/) after nominating Daschle as secretary of Health and Human Services. Another potential nominee is John Podesta, the head of the Soros-funded (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aF7fB1PF0NPg) Center for American Progress, which currently employs Van Jones (http://www.americanprogress.org/experts/JonesVan.html). Podesta, writes the Politico’s Ben Smith, “would represent a change of course.” The more things change….

No matter who holds the position, Jarrett holds the reins of power. Her radicalism is no mistake. It is a perfect reflection of the president’s deepest-held opinions and beliefs.

And that should frighten everyone who believes in freedom.


Original Article (http://floydreports.com/?p=2052).

Zippyjuan
09-08-2010, 01:15 PM
There are some pretty big stretches to try to make connections in there.
She once met Cat Stevens so she supports his views on Fatwa? I met Alexander Haig once- does that make me a neocon?

A muslim prayer at the Inaguration? They had prayers from all kinds of religions. Christians and Jews as well. I guess that makes her a radical Christian as well.

She spoke at one conference so that makes her a supporter of everything the group does?

Please! :rolleyes:

amy31416
09-08-2010, 01:22 PM
There are plenty of things to dislike about Jarrett, this isn't one of them.

Personally, I think getting Rahm out of the White House is a good thing.

oyarde
09-08-2010, 02:48 PM
There are plenty of things to dislike about Jarrett, this isn't one of them.

Personally, I think getting Rahm out of the White House is a good thing.

Getting Rahm out of the Whitehouse sounds like a plus . If you are a citizen of Chicago it probably does not sound very good .

TheRightsWriter.com
09-08-2010, 09:30 PM
There are plenty of things to dislike about Jarrett, this isn't one of them.

Personally, I think getting Rahm out of the White House is a good thing.

Really? Attempting to enroll private groups to spread government propaganda is not objectionable? Bringing Van Jones into the White House was positive? Come, come.

TheRightsWriter.com
09-08-2010, 09:40 PM
There are some pretty big stretches to try to make connections in there.
She once met Cat Stevens so she supports his views on Fatwa? I met Alexander Haig once- does that make me a neocon?

A muslim prayer at the Inaguration? They had prayers from all kinds of religions. Christians and Jews as well. I guess that makes her a radical Christian as well.

She spoke at one conference so that makes her a supporter of everything the group does?

Please! :rolleyes:

There are some pretty big stretches to indulge in your level of abuse.

1. Her visit legitimizes a radical group dedicated to imposing a Muslim theocracy on the United States. Having the president's closest adviser address your group is not a right, nor even a privilege most will ever experience. Jarrett thinks tea party rallies are too extreme (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/28980.html), but has no problem addressing Fatwas 'R' Us. An administration visit brings a level of legitimacy and mainstream acceptance ISNA would not otherwise enjoy -- and certainly does not deserve.

2. As the article makes abundantly clear, her presence there was meant to co-opt ISNA into participating in a taxpayer-funded propaganda campaign. She was there to enroll their efforts on behalf of Serve.gov -- the same program her office pushed on the National Endowment for the Arts conference call. Maybe you missed that large section of this article. That she is seeking the help of a radical Muslim group to push her agenda strikes most Americans as vaguely important.

Thanks for your valuable, if entirely off-topic, insights. :)

TheRightsWriter.com
09-08-2010, 09:41 PM
Getting Rahm out of the Whitehouse sounds like a plus . If you are a citizen of Chicago it probably does not sound very good .

Is he too old to go back to the IDF?

Fozz
09-08-2010, 09:44 PM
Yawn......I'd take her over Rahm any day.

TheRightsWriter.com
09-08-2010, 09:49 PM
Yawn......I'd take her over Rahm any day.

You won't say that once she's officially in charge.

Love the high level of your intellectual discourse, as well. :D

angelatc
09-08-2010, 11:15 PM
There are some pretty big stretches to indulge in your level of abuse.

1. Her visit legitimizes a radical group dedicated to imposing a Muslim theocracy on the United States. Having the president's closest adviser address your group is not a right, nor even a privilege most will ever experience. Jarrett thinks tea party rallies are too extreme (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/28980.html), but has no problem addressing Fatwas 'R' Us. An administration visit brings a level of legitimacy and mainstream acceptance ISNA would not otherwise enjoy -- and certainly does not deserve.

2. As the article makes abundantly clear, her presence there was meant to co-opt ISNA into participating in a taxpayer-funded propaganda campaign. She was there to enroll their efforts on behalf of Serve.gov -- the same program her office pushed on the National Endowment for the Arts conference call. Maybe you missed that large section of this article. That she is seeking the help of a radical Muslim group to push her agenda strikes most Americans as vaguely important.

Thanks for your valuable, if entirely off-topic, insights. :)

Muslim and Mexicans - they're all taking over!

low preference guy
09-08-2010, 11:16 PM
Muslim and Mexicans - they're all taking over!

didn't you say we have a glut of labor and should close the border?

angelatc
09-08-2010, 11:18 PM
didn't you say we have a glut of labor and should close the border?

Yes we do and yes I do, but only until we can ditch the social programs. I don't think they're destroying our culture or plotting to take over the country though.

BlackTerrel
09-08-2010, 11:28 PM
There are some pretty big stretches to try to make connections in there.
She once met Cat Stevens so she supports his views on Fatwa?

Yes. Even more insidiously - rumor has it that she enjoys Steven's hit "Cats in the Cradle". But she doesn't like the Ugly Kid Joe version...

YouTube - Cat Stevens - Cat's in the cradle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSwL9deXNW8)

Minuteman2012
09-08-2010, 11:29 PM
Meet new Chief of Staff, same as old Chief of Staff

Jarrett: 'Iran Will Back Down'

The Obama strategy on Iran is working, Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to the President, said this morning in an exclusive This Week interview. She insisted that “Iran will back down.”

Asked about reports this morning that Iran is “is preparing to build” new nuclear facilities, Jarrett said the administration would continue to use diplomatic tools to push Iran into compliance with United Nations resolutions.

“We are going to continue to put pressure on Iran,” she said. “We’re going to have a coalition that will really put pressure on Iran and will stop them from doing what they are trying to do.”

Jarrett insisted that progress had been made since Obama took office. “Over the last year, what we’ve seen when the President came into office, there was a unified Iran. Now we’re seeing a lot of divisions within the country,” she told ABC’s Jake Tapper. “And we’re seeing steady progress in terms of a world coalition that will put that pressure on Iran.”

“I think we have a strong force in the making and Iran will back down,” Jarrett said.

http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/jarrett-iran-back-10222906

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/03/jarrett-iran-will-back-down.html

crazyfacedjenkins
09-09-2010, 12:33 AM
Yes. Even more insidiously - rumor has it that she enjoys Steven's hit "Cats in the Cradle". But she doesn't like the Ugly Kid Joe version...

YouTube - Cat Stevens - Cat's in the cradle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSwL9deXNW8)

Nice Cat Stevens song. HAHAHA

Knightskye
09-09-2010, 02:30 AM
"Un-indicted co-conspirator."

Indicted --> Convicted --> Imprisoned.

I mean, if they weren't even indicted for co-conspiring...

You do realize how far away that is from having committed a crime, right?

silus
09-09-2010, 02:57 AM
Really? Attempting to enroll private groups to spread government propaganda is not objectionable?
No, its just business as usual in foreign policy.

TigerPrwn
09-09-2010, 02:57 AM
Muslim and Mexicans - they're all taking over!

This is a gross distortion of reality. Not only do you do an injustice to Muslims (A RELIGION), you do an injustice to an entire RACE (MEXICANS)

shame on you. Collectivist. "Satirist". (FAIL/NOT)

Knightskye
09-09-2010, 03:00 AM
Didn't Jon Stewart proved that Fox News had ties to terrorism, and Kevin Bacon?

TigerPrwn
09-09-2010, 03:14 AM
Didn't Jon Stewart proved that Fox News had ties to terrorism, and Kevin Bacon?

well you may have a point, angela could be joking. :D

TigerPrwn
09-09-2010, 03:51 AM
TheRightsWriter.com-
Request before "we" can go any further here...
Please define in your own terms, (as per your article) "potentially illegal government propaganda"

parocks
09-10-2010, 04:38 AM
The CFR Imam
http://www.cfr.org/about/outreach/religioninitiative/advisory_board.html

The Rockefeller mosque
http://www.asmasociety.org/about/p_support.html