12-14-09: When it Comes to Islamic Terror, An Islamic Problem Needs an Islamic Solution

December 14th Passion fades for poster boy. ‘Titanic spending.' Health care vs. the value of human life; mathematically determining how much your life is worth! Are we watching ‘partisan pettifoggery,' or a dangerous shift to the left? FSM Monday Postings FSM has had a busy weekend. Please scroll all the way down so that you don't miss any of the new articles, videos and hot topics added since Friday! Exclusive: When it Comes to Islamic Terror, An Islamic Problem Needs an Islamic Solution M. Zuhdi Jasser Islamist groups rush to claim de-radicalization initiatives are stunts. They intentionally ignore the root cause of homegrown radicalization - political Islam and the Islamist narrative. ‘Trying' Times for the Big Apple Salena Zito Finding a New Yorker who is happy about the upcoming trials of five 9/11 terrorists is difficult. Exclusive: The Plot to ‘Steal the Deal' in Copenhagen William R. Hawkins Is Obama walking into a trap in Copenhagen that will put America at a disadvantage in the global economic arena? Another Foreign Policy Fumble Peter Brookes Unless you believe in the Easter Bunny, brace yourself for the fact we will likely be facing an Iranian nuclear capable ICBM threat soon. Exclusive: Time for DoD to Overhaul its Muslim Chaplain Program Margaret Hemenway It would shock most Americans to learn that DoD's own Muslim chaplain program was birthed by a convicted terrorist and remains tainted today, eight years after 9/11, by Islamic terrorist affiliations. Today's Blog Topics Video: ‘Raise Your Voice': 9/11 Families Denounce Terror Trials in NYC Video: EXPOSED: Was Expanding Medicare President's Plan to get to ‘Single Payer' All Along? Video: Liz Cheney: Parts of President's speech was shameful Video: Lord Monckton Debates Greenpeace Activist on Streets of Copenhagen Video: McCaskill: I'll Vote No on Health Care If It Increases Costs Video: Tony Blair Defends Ouster of Saddam Hussein Despite Lack of WMDs Video: Navy Coach: ‘This Is Just a Football Game' - "These kids....are going to protect us...." Video: Retired Army Gen "Ft. Hood Was Worst Terrorism Since 911" New video from Tehran: Iranian students continue to fight to overthrow the mullahs - Dec. 13 Video: Michele Bachman: "Barney Frank's 1,300 page financial services takeover bill is worse than the healthcare legislation." Video: Dem Rep: How Many Times Are We Going to Create a Massive New Federal Bureaucracy? Video: Palin Surprises Shatner during ‘Tonight Show' Appearance Exclusive: Re-Declaration of Independence Jonathan Strong They have forced agencies, Czars, and regulators to pass Laws of implausible burden, to further the interests of Special interests and those friendly to a statist agenda... The Missed Signal on American Muslim Radicalization Steve Emerson A program to combat religious justification for terror would be a welcome change from past rhetoric, but it takes more than a condemnation of violence. For the General Welfare, or an Encroachment on Rights? Nancy Salvato It is the government's responsibility to maintain national security, not to encroach upon each citizen's personal liberty in the name of "what's good for us." Wasted U.S. Spending in Iraq: $53 billion and Counting Daniel Pipes During the past two years, the Iraqi government has refused or delayed the transfer of American-built projects because it cannot staff or maintain them. Are our tax dollars being well spent? Exclusive: Dingy Harry Mis-Reids the Situation Satire by Shawn Goodwin In the 21st century, politics have gotten nastier than Barbara Boxer on a bad hair day, and the government health care debacle is bringing out the worst of some pretty bad people. A Time of Universal Deceit Star Parker How can you search for truth in a society that increasingly denies that truth exists? Polar Opposites Heat Up Peter Brookes The area around the geographical North Pole may hold as much as 20 percent of the world's undiscovered, technically-recoverable natural resources. That's good news, but who owns it? We choose, you peruse. Iran to Put 3 American Hikers on Trial (FOX) Obama Gives Britain the Cold Shoulder (WSJ) Trying KSM in NYC will delay the verdict, and reduce the chances it is the right one. By Andrew C. McCarthy Obama Administration is Stalling on Giving Congress Intelligence About Fort Hood Shooter (CNS) Islamic Group Condemns Attack on Mosque, But A Double-Standard Emerges (CNS) Senate OKs $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill (FOX) Once More from the Top, Barack! By Mark Steyn Do Nothing, Majority Says - ObamaCare is now almost as unpopular as it is monstrous. (WSJ) Kim Jong Il Gets a Free Pass . . . from the Obama administration. by Stephen F. Hayes A Pre-Christmas Visit to Camp Pendleton By Ben Stein Black Panther battle intensifies (WT) Obama secrecy (WT) After only 11 months of Obama, nearly half the country polls that it would prefer instead the old bogeyman George Bush. (VICTOR DAVIS HANSON) Big brother is already in the consulting room (AT) Reagan's "we the people" is a better economic stimulus than "boom times in the Beltway." By Larry Kudlow U.S. Agents Hold Suspected Iran-Bound Helicopter (AP) Anglican bishop praises those who behead people and blow up girls' schools (Jihad Watch) Muslim Attacker Bites Rabbi at Vienna Chanukah Lighting (IsraelINN) For feds, more get 6-figure salaries - Average pay $30,000 over private sector (USA TODAY) Left rankled over Obama war remarks (WT) Questions No One Wants to Ask Gen. McChrystal by Diana West **Exclusive** Leaked Justice Department Memo: Terrorists To Be Moved to Camp Gitmo Illinois (Big Government) Number-two Senate Democrat 'in the dark' about health care bill By: Byron York Federal salaries through the roof as unemployment climbs (Washington Examiner) Health Care Bill Polling Worse than Bush Social Security Plan in '05 (Spectator)