07-19-11: Will the Islamobile Reach Main Street? (PLUS: Marine Stuns Crowd at Tea Party)

Today's Hot Topics We choose, you peruse. Justice Department trying to shield officials in guns scandal, ATF chief says [LAT] Al Qaeda Expected to Shift Focus to Western Targets Outside U.S. [FOX] Liberals see opportunity for big cuts in defense [WT] Taliban execute 16 Pakistani policemen on video [AP] Man Sues DMV over Rejection of ‘GOPALIN' License Plate [LASVEGAS SUN] Syrian Activists Say Up to 30 Killed in 24 Hours [FOX] Debt Jitters Overtake Wall Street, Markets Sink [FOX BUSINESS] Iranian Weapons Cache Disaster Threatens to Unseat E.U.'s Only Communist President [CNS] House to Vote on Tea Party-Backed Debt Plan [SF GATE] Electric Car Maker Folds, Town Loses $500,000 [KSBW] * VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS * 1. VIDEO: Marine Sgt. Ray Lewis asks Betty White to the Marine Corps Ball 2. VIDEO: Secretary Sebelius Doubles Down on "Obamacare" Independent Patient Advisory Board 3. VIDEO: An Infuriated "The Five" Panel Tear Bill Maher Apart For Calling Palin's ‘Inbred Weirdos' 4. AUDIO: History Repeating?: Listen To The ‘Obama Remix' Of Jimmy Carter's Malaise Speech 5. VIDEO: President Obama [D] "That's a joke." 6. VIDEO: Referring to Tea Party Chris Matthews Tells Pat Buchanan 'You Want to Join the Crazy Protesters' 7. S. Korea leads way for paperless classroom 8. New Doll That Teaches How To Breast Feed Causing Controversy 9. VIDEO: Newest O'Keefe Video Sting Targets Medicaid Offices in Ohio 10. VIDEO: Marine Stuns Crowd at Tea Party Will the Islamobile Reach Main Street? Amil Imani In Germany a mosque on wheels has been rolling into different towns, dispensing dawah (missionary activity) to far-flung parts of the nation. Will it hit the U.S.? The Erosion of America's Global Prestige Presidential Policy: Does It Make the Grade?, James Carafano, PhD The great irony of the current situation is that the president pays no political price for failing on foreign policy. Al Qaeda Moving Back to Saudi Arabia? Amir Taheri The Saudi government claimed in a series of leaks to the local media this week that al Qaeda is trying to move its principal bases to Saudi Arabia, the terror group's birthplace. Venice: A City of Dreams Herbert London Venice, a city with a long history and rich in culture, yet defying the forces of nature, can be seen as an embodiment of the human spirit. The Specter of Success in COIN? But for Whom? John Bernard Has counterinsurgency strategy really worked in Afghanistan? Or should we treat reports of success in this approach with skepticism? Russian-backed Propaganda Networks Claim Obama is a CIA Agent Cliff Kincaid How has a vague conspiracy theory apparently concocted by Wayne Madsen become promoted by Russian media, and is now even repeated on "American Thinker"? Israel Has Only Two Options Caroline Glick Caroline Glick argues that for the Jewish state, its choices are to either annex Judea and Samaria or be destroyed by its neighbors. The Life of a Jihadi Internet Post Steve Emerson The shelf-life of jihadist videos is brief, but internet articles in support of jihad seem to go on and on... in some cases reappearing a decade after they first appeared. Totten: Eyeless in Zabibah-stan, Egypt Andrew Bostom Middle East reporter Michael Totten, interviewing a Muslim Brotherhood propagandist, fails to acknowledge the significance of his forehead's ‘zabibah' - marks of aggressive prayer rituals. The Radical Education Elite and Agenda 21 Nathan Tabor The UN environmental policy known as Agenda 21 is being imposed undemocratically in U.S. schools, effectively introducing European-style socialism to America. Quote of the Day - July 19, 2011 FSM: Quote of the Day Dangerous freedom? Precision-Guided Fanatics Taliban Strategy: Terror, Tenacity and Time Ralph Peters Because of the ease with which we collapsed its national government in the autumn of 2001, we've spent a decade underestimating the Taliban. Click here to sign up for FSM's e-mail updates!