Sunday, September 30, 2012

FILMMAKERS ASKING IMAMS TO VET MOVIES - 'We are even asking if we dare release anything on this subject'


Once upon a time, Hollywood producers and studios routinely consulted with Christian pastors and church denominations for script approval on virtually every new film.
Today, they are more likely to consult with Muslim imams and Islamist pressure groups to determine if their movies are appropriate for release.
A new report from the Express Tribune, with the International Herald Tribune,  last week said filmmakers working on projects depicting the U.S. Navy SEAL mission to Pakistan to kill terrorist Osama bin Laden are having second thoughts.
“Filmmakers in Hollywood are terrified of inciting further retribution against America over a string of new films showing the U.S. mission,” the report said.
The report said at least “one fearful studio has asked an Islamic cleric to vet its script.”
“Senior executives at another studio have entered into intense briefing sessions with the U.S. State Department officials to minimize or expunge any content which otherwise might be viewed as offensive.”
The report follows the violence that erupted throughout the Muslim world on the anniversary of 9/11, purportedly over an extended trailer for an anti-Islam film called “Innocence of Muslims.”
The White House blamed the video for inciting Muslims who carried out the terror attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans.
The film also has been cited by various Muslim leaders as a reason that Americans should curb First Amendment rights and impose penalties on people who defame Islam.
The Express Tribune report said the concern has gotten so high that several current film projects are under scrutiny.
Intelligence sources say the Benghazi attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three others was an orchestrated terror attack, probably by an al-Qaida affiliate, and had nothing to do with the film.
Nevertheless, the Express report said, filmmakers are worried that fundamentalists could target cinemas where the films are playing, with one admitting: “We are even asking if we dare release anything on this subject.”
Hollywood, which in its early years often reflected the values of mainstream Christian faith in America, in recent years has taken a turn away from that practice, releasing movies that uninhibitedly mock Christianity, such as “The Last Temptation of Christ,” “The Da Vinci Code,” Bill Maher’s “Religulous,” “The Golden Compass” and “Hounddog.”
Ted Baehr, founder of Movieguide, told WND that there are all sorts of influences in Hollywood, both good and bad.
His organization regularly offers advice about how to treat Christians and Christianity accurately on the screen.
“We do as much as we can,” he said.
His organization also regularly recognizes the faith components of films and honors the best at its annual Faith & Values Awards Gala.
He also monitors the industry, reporting regularly that movies with wholesome family values usually produce the best financial return.
But Islamic interests also have been observing Hollywood. It was a little over a year ago that the AP reported the Muslim Public Affairs Council launched a series of workshops to try to influence movie makers.
Another project was called Muslims on Screen and Television.
“The idea is to really give Muslims an avenue to tell our stories. It’s as simple as that. There’s a curiosity about Islam and a curiosity about who Muslims are – and a lot of the fear that we’re seeing comes from only hearing one story or these constant negative stories,” Deana Nassar, MPAC’s Hollywood liaison, told AP.
AP reporter Gillian Flaccus wrote, “With any luck, Hollywood will listen.”
She quoted Ahmos Hassan, a Muslim-American talent manager who has been in the business for more than two decades, saying the industry has taken more interest in telling “authentic” Muslim stories in recent years.
“There’s a demand for Muslim stories, but whether it’s Muslim writers or not depends on the talent they bring to the table,” Hassan, who owns Chariot Management, told AP. “They need to bring that to the industry … and I think the industry is open to it now, more so than any time before.”
The groups already have offered consultation to TV series such as “Bones,” “24,” “Lie to Me” and “Aliens in America.”
Earlier this year, the New York Post reported a story that reflected some of the confusion in Hollywood about faith.
Sean Stone, son of director Oliver Stone, reported he converted to Islam, but finds it compatible with Judaism and Christianity.
“I am of a Jewish bloodline, a baptized Christian who accepts Christ’s teachings, the Jewish Old Testament and the Holy Quran,” he said. “I believe there is one God, whether called Allah or Jehovah or whatever you wish to name him. He creates all peoples and religions. I consider myself a Jewish Christian Muslim.”

This is Awful that anyone should say The caliph خليفة Benedict Arnold 's mother is a slut


Now it's getting REALLY dirty: Outrageous film claiming Obama's mother once posed for pornographic pictures is sent to a MILLION swing voters

  • The film claims that Mr Obama's real father is left wing poet and Communist party activist, Frank Marshall Davis
  • 100,000 copies of the DVD, containing extraordinary claims, have already been mailed to voters in Ohio with up to three million more planned to go out
  • As Mitt Romney lags in the polls the material could be potentially damaging for the Obama campaign
  • It has already won the support of Alabama's Republican Party chairman Bill Armistead
  • Democrat consultant Steve Murphy called the accusations 'low' and motivated by race and money
More than a million voters in swing states are being sent an anti-Obama documentary that claims the President's mother once posed for pornographic photos wearing bondage gear.
The shocking - and totally unfounded - claims made in the DVD represent a new low in the election dirty tricks war today provoking fury among Democrats and likely to trigger outrage in the White House.
'Dreams From My Real Father', made by a right-wing film-maker who is a long-time critic of Obama,  includes images of a woman it claims is the President's mother Ann Dunham clad in leather gloves, boots and a corset posing seductively on a couch.
The film also alleges that Mr Obama's real father is left wing poet poet and Communist party activist Frank Marshall Davis, and that Ms Dunham's marriage was a 'sham' to cover this up.
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Accusations: A video alleging that President Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, starred in pornographic photo shoots and that his real father is in fact Communist activist Frank Marshall Davis
Accusations: An outrageous video is alleging that President Obama's mother, Ann Dunham, starred in pornographic photo shoots and that his real father is really Communist activist Frank Marshall Davis (right)
Porn star: 'Dreams From My Real Father' the DVD includes images of a woman said to be Ann Dunham clad in leather gloves, boots and a corset posing seductively on a couch
Porn star: 'Dreams From My Real Father' the DVD includes images of a woman its maker says is Ann Dunham, clad in leather gloves, boots and a corset posing seductively on a couch
The extraordinary claims are the latest twist in the debunked 'birther' conspiracy which has raised questions over Mr Obama's past.
But they could have serious consequences as more than one million copies have been mailed to voters in Ohio, a key swing state where Mitt Romney is lagging in the polls. 
 
Some 100,000 copies have also been sent to voters in Nevada and the same number to New Hampshire - with up to three million more still to come.
It has even won the support of Alabama's Republican Party chairman Bill Armistead who has said: 'That (the film) is absolutely frightening. I've seen it. I verified that it is factual, all of it. People can determine.'
Argument: Tea Party members are suspected to be behind the funding of the DVD and research that went into the website
Argument: Tea Party members are suspected to be behind the funding of the DVD made by Joel Gilbert and research that went into the website
But Democrat consultant Steve Murphy said today: 'It's about the lowest thing you can do to accuse, with no evidence, the opposition candidate's mother of being a porn star.
'There are two motives behind this - racism and money. It's a cynical attempt to make some coin and exploit the views of the fringes of mainstream views.'
'Dreams From My Real Father' claims that the President's family history is an elaborate lie.
The real story is that his mother's marriage to Barack Obama Sr was a sham to cover up her affair with Mr Davis, who Mr Obama has referred to as his 'mentor'.
Mr Davis supposedly photographed Ms Dunham whilst she was pregnant with Mr Obama and sold the photos to 1950s magazines with titles like 'Bizarre Life',  'Exotique', and 'Secret Pleasures'.
Claims: A website for the DVD entitled, Dreams from My Real Father, compares photographs of a young Mr Davis with Barack Obama's high school photographs presenting them as similar
Claims: A website for the DVD entitled, Dreams from My Real Father, compares photographs of a young Mr Davis with Barack Obama's high school photographs presenting them as similar
Like father like son? Mr Gilbert did not disclose who funded the DVD project that aims to educate voters of the new 'birther' beliefs regarding Mr Davis' paternity
Like father like son? Mr Gilbert's DVD claims that Ann Dunham's marriage to Barack Obama Sr is a 'sham' to cover up her affair with Mr Davis (right)
In one the woman - there is no proof offered that she is Ms Dunham - is posing wearing the corset, gaudy earrings and a large necklace with her hair cut short.
In another photo she sits on a couch staring into the camera and in the other she is putting on an elbow length black leather glove.
In a third she is reclining on the couch with her buttocks clearly visible and in others she is naked apart from a pair of high heels.
In the film, a narrator who is supposed to be Mr Obama says: 'These photos were taken a few weeks before 1960, when mom was about five weeks pregnant with me.
'Frank then sold the photos to men's mail-order catalogues.'
Propaganda? 100,000 copies of the video directed by Joe Gilbert were mailed to voters in Ohio claiming that Ann Dunham is not the virtuous woman Mr Obama purports her to be and that she had many affairs while in Indonesia
Obama's real mother: 100,000 copies of the video directed by Joe Gilbert were mailed to voters in Ohio claiming that Ann Dunham (front, right)) is not the virtuous woman Mr Obama purports her to be
The film also claims that Mr Obama’s grandfather was not a furniture salesman but actually a CIA agent.
The 'Barack Obama' narrator says: 'My election was not a sudden political phenomenon.
'It was the culmination of an American socialist movement that my real father, Frank Marshall Davis, nurtured in Chicago and Hawaii, and has been quietly infiltrating the US economy, universities, and media for decades.'
The case: Mr Gilbert has not revealed who funded the video Dreams from My Real Father
The case: Mr Gilbert has not revealed who funded the video Dreams from My Real Father
According to the film Mr Obama made regular visits to Mr Davis from the age of 10 where he was 'indoctrinated in Marxism during his formative years'.
The movie's director Joel Gilbert said the documentary was the result of two years of research but he is already facing allegations it is a dirty tricks campaign.
Speaking to MailOnline Mr Gilbert claimed that he matched up Ms Dunham to the pornographic pictures by comparing them to her high school photographs at the time.
He and 'other researchers' made the connection but he did not employ a photography expert.
Mr Gilbert said: 'Her teeth matched, her nose matched, everything matched. It's obvious.
'People don’t want to hear this because there is a mass hysteria around President Obama.
'Nobody wants to hear about the gap between what he says and what he wants to do.'
Mr Gilbert also declined to discuss who had paid for the film and would only reveal it was 'privately funded'.
There is already speculation that Tea Party groups may have been behind it.
Mr Gilbert has been unapologetic about his film and said that he investigated the President because he thought he had a 'passion for class struggle that did not fit with his background'.
He has said that he turned up 'convincing evidence that Ann Dunham had an intimate relationship with Mr Davis' including '30 photos of her in various compromising states of nudity'.
Mr Gilbert said: 'Right away I could see that Davis has a striking resemblance to Obama while the Kenyan Obama looked nothing like him.
Target: Since he took office in 2008, Mr Obama has been at the centre of many right wing theories about his background and nationality including one that suggested he might be an alien
Target: Since he took office in 2008, Mr Obama has been at the centre of many right wing theories about his background and nationality including one that suggested he might be an alien
'Davis was not only the biological father of Barack Obama but also the ideological father.
'I've concluded that the people who were asking: "Where's the birth certificate?" were asking the wrong question. The real question: "Who's the father?"'
In his memoirs Mr Obama has written how his mother, who was from Wichita, Kansas, met his Kenyan-born father whilst they were both studying Russian at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu.
They married in February 1961 but in August of that year she moved to Seattle to study at the University of Washington.
Bold: Joel Gilbert has accused all major American Television networks and most Cable News networks of gross violations of the Journalists Creed according to a statement on ObamasRealFather.com
Reputation: Joel Gilbert is a Los Angeles based filmmaker known for his rabble-rousing style with films like 'Atomic Jihad: Ahmadinejad's Coming War for Islamic Revival and Obama's Politics of Defeat'
Mr Obama was born on August 4 in Honolulu before she left.
His long form birth certificate lists a 25-year-old student called 'Barack Hussein Obama' as his dad, referring to his father.

WHO IS JOEL GILBERT?

  • Joel Gilbert is a Los Angeles based filmmaker known for his rabble-rousing style with films like ‘Atomic Jihad: Ahmadinejad's Coming War for Islamic Revival and Obama's Politics of Defeat’.
  • Aged 48, he claims to have studied at the London School of Economics and George Washington University before moving into film.
  • His entertainment company Highway 61 Entertainment has produced 15 films including ‘Farewell Israel: Bush, Iran and the Revolt of Islam’, which is a history of Islamic-Jewish conflict.
  • He has appeared on right wing radio shows such as the Jerry Doyle Show and is a contributing editor for anti-Obama website familysecuritymatters.org
Mr Obama Sr is said to have finished his economics degree in Hawaii then studied at Harvard before moving back to Kenya in 1964, the year he and Ms Dunham divorced.
In a separate development the director of the anti-Obama film 2016, which has become a surprise box office hit, has made lurid claims similar to Mr Gilbert's about Ms Dunham in his book: 'Obama’s America'.
In the book, which reached no.1 on the New York Times bestseller list, Dinesh D'Souza alleges that she sent her son to Hawaii just so she could cheat on his father with Indonesian men.
According to extracts of the book on the Daily Beast: 'Ann's sexual adventuring may seem a little surprising in view of the fact that she was a large woman who kept getting larger.
'Learning about Ann's sexual adventures in Indonesia, I realized how wrong I had been to consider Barack Obama Sr. the playboy … Ann … was the real playgirl, and despite all her reservations about power, she was using her American background and economic and social power to purchase the romantic attention of third-world men.'
Since taking office Mr Obama has been the subject of a number of bizarre claims about his past.
Right wing bloggers have claimed that the 'scar' on his head was evidence he had undergone some kind of secret surgery.
They suggested it could be anything from a routine procedure to the work of extra-terrestrials.
The birther movement, which was championed by real estate mogul Donald Trump, said that as the President was not from Hawaii it meant he was not eligible to be in the White House.
When Mr Obama released the long form of his birth certificate the issue finally went away.
The issue of Mr Obama’s religion is another point of attack and despite publicly proclaiming his Christian beliefs, some still believe he is a Muslim.
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Video: Preview of Univision’s “bombshell” report on Fast & Furious



POSTED AT 5:31 PM ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2012 BY ED MORRISSEY

  
The Obama administration clearly hoped that the Department of Justice’s Inspector General report on Operation Fast and Furious would be the last word on the scandal. which has been tied to hundreds of deaths in Mexico and the murders of two American law-enforcement officials. However, a new report from Univision to be broadcast tomorrow, previewed here by ABC News, may put the issue back on the front pages. One source called Univision’s findings the “holy grail” that Congressional investigators have been seeking:

Often lost amid the rancor in Washington are the stories of dozens of people killed by guns that flowed south as part of the undercover operation, and later slipped out of view from U.S. officials. Univision’s Investigative Unit (Univision Investiga) has identified massacres committed using guns from the ATF operation, including the killing of 16 young people attending a party in a residential area of Ciudad Juárez in January of 2010.
The guns didn’t stop in Mexico, either:
Additional guns, previously unreported by congressional investigators, found their way into the hands of drug traffickers across Latin America in countries such as, Honduras and Colombia, as well as the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. A person familiar with the recent congressional hearings called Univision’s findings “the holy grail” that Congress had been searching for.
The Daily Caller also reports on Univision’s findings and the impact they may have on the scandal:
“The consequences of the controversial ‘Fast and Furious’ undercover operation put in place by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) in 2009 have been deadlier than what has been made public to date,” the network said. “The exclusive, in-depth investigation by Univision News’ award-winning Investigative Unit — Univision Investiga — has found that the guns that crossed the border as part of Operation Fast and Furious caused dozens of deaths inside Mexico.”
Among other groups of Fast and Furious victim stories Univision says it will tell in the special to air Sunday evening at 7 p.m., is one about how “16 young people attending a party in a residential area of Ciudad Juárez in January of 2010″ were gunned down with weapons the Obama administration gave to drug cartel criminals through Fast and Furious.
“Univision News’ Investigative Unit was also able to identify additional guns that escaped the control of ATF agents and were used in different types of crimes throughout Mexico,” the network added. “Furthermore, some of these guns — none of which were reported by congressional investigators — were put in the hands of drug traffickers in Honduras, Puerto Rico, and Colombia. A person familiar with the recent congressional hearings called Univision’s findings ‘the holy grail’ that Congress had been searching for.”
Sharyl Attkisson at CBS News reminds us that the Obama administration is still hiding Kevin O’Reilly, a key figure in Operation Fast and Furious:
O’Reilly, then a White House National Security staffer, had phone and email exchanges about Fast and Furious from July 2010 to Feb. 2011 with the lead ATF official on the case: ATF Special Agent in Charge Bill Newell. Just days after Newell testified to Congress on July 26, 2011 that he’d shared information with O’Reilly, whom he described as a long time friend, O’Reilly was transferred to Iraq and not available for questioning. Thereafter, he declined interviews with congressional investigators and the IG.
In a letter sent to O’Reilly’s attorney Thursday, Issa and Grassley state that O’Reilly’s “sudden transfer” to Iraq took him out of pocket in their investigation, and placed him in a position that had already been given to somebody else, raising “serious questions about O’Reilly’s assignment in Baghdad (and) the motivation for his transfer there.” …
“Given that O’Reilly was the link connecting the White House to the scandal, and that the President subsequently asserted executive privilege over the documents pertaining to Fast and Furious, it is imperative that the American people get to the bottom of O’Reilly’s involvement with Fast and Furious,” says the letter to O’Reilly’s attorney.
It goes on to say that if O’Reilly does not agree to an interview within 30 days, congressional Republicans will have no choice but to “use compulsory process” or subpoena power to require his testimony.
The Univision report will air at 7 pm ET tomorrow night, with English-language subtitles.

Study: GOP Women are More "Feminine"



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RUSH: There's a fascinating new study out that says Democrat women are more likely to look like men.  Now, I have suspected this for many moons.  In fact, I've gotten close to the edge -- the bounds of proprietary -- in commenting on such things over the years on this program, but it's a story from BuzzFeed.  "Can You Tell a Woman's Politics By Looking At Her Face?" and I have long held that you can.
"[P]sychologists Colleen Carpinella and Kerri Johnson gave undergraduates at UCLA for a study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. The undergrads were significantly better at guessing than would be expected by chance, and they were especially accurate with women. The likely reason, according to the study," why the UCLA students were able to identify Democrat versus Republican women by looking at 'em is...
"Republican women are more likely than Democratic ones to have stereotypically feminine facial features."  Republican women look more feminine than Democrat women.  That's from a UCLA study.  This is not El Rushbo saying it.  It's from a UCLA study where the two scientists conducted the study and had students take the tests.  "In another experiment, Carpinella and Johnson used a computer program to measure how 'sex-typical' the faces of male and female Representatives were, looking at characteristics like jaw shape, lip fullness, and cheekbone placement (they discounted things like hair, makeup, and jewelry).
"They found that Republican women were more likely to have stereotypically feminine faces -- and the effect was more pronounced the more conservative their voting records were. The reverse was true for Democrats -- the more liberal their voting records, the less traditionally feminine their faces. The study authors call this 'the Michele Bachmann effect.'" I kid you not.  That's what they call it: The Michele Bachmann Effect. 
Now, would you like to run a test on this? By the way, it's the story that says that, not me. The story that says Democrat women more are likely to look like men. (interruption) No, they didn't close the loop and ask what do men find more attractive. Is that open for question? (interruption)  In today's society you have a point.  Yeah, it is an open question.  But could we, say, draw some names out of a hat and apply the test of this study and see if it makes any sense?  (interruption)
Well, you want to try it?  Let's see.  Okay.  Let's see.  Conservative women. Who do we know? (interruption) Okay, Michele Bachmann or Barbara Mikulski?  Point proven?  Okay.  Uh, let's see, Sarah Palin or Big Sis, Janet Napolitano? Hmmm. Okay, give me another conservative woman. (interruption)  Well, there are not enough people who are gonna know what Mary Bono looks like.  Not enough people know her. Let's see.  (interruption) Mia Love.  Okay. Mia Love, if you've seen her, or Rosa DeLauro?  Let's see.  Who else can we do? Conservative women. 
Think of some media types, Snerdley. 
Okay.  Let's see. Ummm. (interruption) Okay, who can we compare her to?  Ann Coulter or Hillary Clinton? (chuckling) You want to keep going here?  We're trying to establish here the scientific points made by these two psychologists at UCLA.
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