Ahmadinejad has stated that “the Holocaust is a myth”; and in a public address to a Palestinian group, “If as you claim the Holocaust is true, why can a study not be allowed? He said to chants of "Death to Israel" from the crowd gathered for the annual display of solidarity with the Palestinians.

The official IRNA news agency reported, he has called the September 11 attacks on the United States a "big fabrication" that was used to justify the U.S. war on terrorism; and he has called for Israel to be wiped off the map. These are only a few of the outlandish statements he has made.

One must ask, is he stupid, ill informed, delusional or all of the above. I think he none of the above. He is a smart, foxy and unscrupulous politician, who generates these propaganda statements, to elevate his stature with his Muslim audience. Truth is of no importance to him.

Iran seeks to become the hegemony in the Middle East and the Arab World. He wishes to elevate Iran to the status of the ancient Persian Empire. What better way than to feed the propaganda machine that the Islamists have been feeding the Muslims around the world for many years.

To Muslims, he is a hero who states the truth, while other Muslim leaders fail to do so. His rhetoric is what Muslims want to hear. Ahmadinejad’s reasoning is sound. Many Muslims believe his ranting, even though most people in the rest of the World do not. Ahmadinejad doesn’t care what most people think, his audience is the Muslim world.

If Ahmadinejad is able to convince most Muslims he speaks for them, Iran may become the Nation to lead the Arab World. Unfortunately propaganda works, especially if it is what your audience wants to hear.

The lesson to be learned is ---Ahmadinejad should not be underestimated. He is a genocidal sociopath and extremely dangerous. We learned from our experience with Hitler, that one cannot negotiate with a genocidal sociopath. 

ABOUT ROBERT HELLER:

Robert (Bob) Heller is Founder of the Heller Israel Advocacy Initiative. To receive periodic updates on matters affecting Israel & the Jewish community, contact Bob Heller at hellerparagon@comcast.net.

Readings: 

Presidential Tracking Poll At Negative 20 - Rasmussen Reports

Bret Baier: 1; President Obama: 0 - American Thinker

Doctors Could Hang It Up - Investor's Business Daily

Taxation Without Representation - Canada Free Press

What's Good For House Leaders Is Bad For Members - Michael Barone, The Washington Examiner

"America Is Back In Asia!" ... Uh, About That... - The Heritage Foundation

Idaho First To Sign Law Against Health Care Reform - John Miller, AZ Daily Sun

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In a notice to his supporters Florida Representative Alan Grayson (D), 8th District, seeks backing for his “Public Option Act”, H.B. 4789, in an effort to pass the Health Care Reform bill this bill establishes Medicare as a pay-as-you-go Public Option plan.

To garner support for his proposed bill Grayson falsely accuses Insurance CEO’s of receiving billion dollar bonuses. However, in a May 2009 HealthCareforAmericaNow.org report these alleged billion dollar bonuses are actually identified as the total compensation paid to 10 Major Private Health Insurance CEO’s in 2007. This total compensation includes salaries, bonuses, benefits, etc. equating to $118.6 million, a mere .005% of the total U.S. health care expenditure of $2.2 Trillion. Yet Grayson still believes Medicare is the answer.

However, Medicare itself is hardly without payment control issues; in June 2009, Lori Robertson and Justin Bank of FactCheck.org pointed out, “The Government Accountability Office reported that in 2008 half of improper payments made by the federal government came from Medicare and Medicaid. The Medicare fee-for-service program had an estimated $10.4 billion in improper payments, plus Medicare Advantage doled out $6.8 billion that it shouldn’t have. Medicaid’s improper payments totaled $18.6 billion for the year. Those figures surpass the profits reaped by insurance companies and the pay their CEOs took home.”

Douglas W. Elmendorf, director of the Congressional Budget Office, stated that the Obama administration’s cost-control proposals do not “reduce the trajectory of federal health spending by a significant amount.” Combining the improper Medicare payments with opening Medicare enrollment to all Americans will result in exponentially compounding our country’s deficit and deepening our current economic peril, extending the recession, limiting job creation and growth, and bankrupting the Social Security system within the next ten years according to the CBO.

Federal spending is out of control. Members of Congress who continue to “spend the country into prosperity” are quickly spending us into adversity; they must be removed, and replaced with fiscally responsible legislators. This issue inspired Patricia Sullivan to organize a local TEA Party in March of 2009 and now to run for Congress in the eighth Congressional District of Florida.

They must be stopped in Florida's District 8 and across America. Time for a change of carreer for Mr. Grayson.

I just read a column in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune titled, "GOP happily on the sidelines of tax fight". The title of the article struck me because I thought the GOP was against higher taxes. In the column the Chairman of the Republican Party of Sarasota (RPOS) states, "I’m glad we stayed out of it.”

Well not only did the local GOP stay out of it, the four Republican members of the School Board were either openly for this tax or silent in opposing it. At least
Shirley Brown, the lone Democrat on the School Board, was true to her convictions and more than happy to raise taxes on Sarasota County residents and said so.

The Republican Party of Sarasota is not the party of less government, lower taxes and more liberty. This referendum proves it.

As pointed out in the SH-T column, "It almost didn’t work out. In January a group of anti-tax Republicans made a motion for the county Republican Executive Committee to formally oppose the tax. The measure passed with over 66 percent of the vote, but because there were not enough Republicans in the room that night, the motion failed on a technicality."

Does this sound familiar? You know the healthcare bill being voted on in Congress this Sunday. Over 66% of Americans are against the healthcare bill but the party in power is pushing it through anyway by any means. Does this not reflect why Americans are fed up with both parties? The local GOP is no different than those pushing for more government, higher taxes and less liberty at the national level. Again, this referendum proves it.

At the local level you had the opposition consisting of a few people with less than $1,000 against the Republican controlled School Board, School District administration, Sarasota Classified Teachers Association (the union), and most of the local business organizations, even the supposedly conservative Argus Foundation. They had tens of thousands of dollars, used the Districts children, e-mail system and Connect-ED robo call system to pass out pro-referendum flyers and make GOTV robo calls.

Why would anyone be amazed at the margin? With 5,200 union members and their families voting yes, with 41,000 students parents voting "yes" that easily adds up to 45,000 votes. Consider this was a special election with only 18% of those registered in Sarasota County voting, what other result could be expected?

With the Republican Party of Sarasota sitting on the sidelines it was bound to pass.

This was not a just vote for more taxes it was a deliberate, well organized and planned campaign by members of both parties to set up a win. The Democrats by commission and the Republicans by omission.

Never did the RPOS address some of the questionable election tactics used by the Republican controlled School Board. Never did the RPOS ask why the Republican Supervisor of Elections did not audit this election as required by a referendum passed by the people. Never did the RPOS question the size of this government entity, the largest employer in Sarasota County with a salary schedule that exceeds the private sector's by up to 50%.

Silence means affirmation.

Clearly this is the more government, higher taxes, and less liberty Republican Party of Sarasota. If the party leaders are happy they stayed out of this vote then they are in the wrong party.

This tax was a referendum on the Republican Party of Sarasota. When it passed they failed as a party.

The Florida Security Council is hosting a national security briefing on Progressive Islam in Sarasota, Florida. The briefing is being held on Thursday, March 25th at 1:00 p.m. at Concordia Lutheran Church. See the event flyer here.

The briefing will consist of the showing of two videos on Progressive Islam and the infiltration by the Muslim Brotherhood into Florida's politics, universities, businesses and non-profit organizations. An expert panel will be discussing Progressive Islam in Florida, Israeli/American relations, and the Iranian threat. The panel members are:

Dr. Terri Wonder, Ph.D.:

Dr. Wonder recently returned from Iraq after serving there for two years in support of our combat military forces. Dr. Wonder's work as an Army civilian social scientist, produced between 2004 and 2008 a doctoral thesis about terrorist subversion in public universities in the Middle East and North America. In addition, Dr. Wonder co-founded a non-profit organization, The Afghanistan Schools Project, in 2007. Dr. Wonder received high commendation in 2008 from the Army for her case study analysis of mosque leadership coups. Dr. Wonder has studied at the University of Cairo and is an expert on Progressive Islam in the United States and Florida.

Lieutenant John Kost:

Lieutenant Kost is the former commander of the Sarasota County Sheriff's Homeland Security Unit and was a member of the FBI Terrorism Task Force, District 6. John is an expert on local terrorist activities. Lieutenant Kost has conducted numerous investigations of terrorist activities in Sarasota County and was instrumental in providing the Department Homeland Security, Justice Department, and FBI with key evidence leading to the successful prosecution of terrorism originating in our area. John has numerous credentials as a law enforcement officer and received training in Israel on terrorism prevention and investigation.

Dr. Rich Swier:

Dr. Swier is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel who was responsible for the U.S. Army's doctrine in Anti-terrorism and Terrorism Counter Action. Dr. Swier served on the a Presidential Commission that established the policy that the United States would not negotiate with terrorists under the Reagan Administration. Dr. Swier is the co-Director of the Florida Security Council, which is dedicated to the defense of the U.S. Constitution, the State of Israel, and the defeat of Progressive Islam.

Concerned citizens are encouraged to attend this compelling presentation which includes an extended Q&A session (event flyer is here).

Readings: 

The Masscare Massacre - The American Spectator

Health Care Debate Or Proxy Fight Over Government's Rightful Role? - Investors Business Daily

Fed Forced Felon Voting: Another Leftist Assault On The Constitution - The Heritage Foundation

Obama Team Takes Heat Over Unemployment - The Washington Times

Allies Everywhere Feeling Snubbed By President Obama - The Washington Post

Rectal - Cranial Inversion - Neal Boortz, Nealz Nuze

What Ailes Raines - Investor's Business Daily

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