U.S. had 'direct contact' with Iran over plot

In Reagan's day... Dials 1-800-Mahmoud

You're toast...click.

Told ya

Obama promises 'toughest sanctions' on Iran over alleged bomb plot

Hope its not those same dastardly sanctions that kept Castro in power for over fifty years!

The United States will apply the "toughest sanctions" to further isolate Iran over the alleged plan to murder the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Barack Obama said on Thursday, despite growing scepticism over the amateurish nature of the plot and the apparently shambolic background of the main suspect.


Obama insisted that the US had evidence to back up the allegations, as he said he would not take any options off the table in dealing with Iran - diplomatic code for the possibility of military action. Tehran has vehemently denied any involvement in the plot.


US authorities said on Tuesday they had evidence of a plot by two men linked to Iran's revolutionary guard to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir, by setting off a bomb in a Washington restaurant.


Speaking at a joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, Obama said: "Now those facts are there for all to see. We would not be bringing forward a case unless we knew exactly how to support all the allegations that are contained in the indictment."


In addition to prosecutions, Obama said he would continue "to apply the sort of pressure that will have a direct impact on the Iranian government until it makes a better choice in how it interacts with the rest of the international community".

The State Department revealed on Thursday that the US had been in direct contact with Iran over the allegations. "We are not prepared at the moment to go any further on the question of who spoke to whom, and where, but just to confirm that we have had direct contact with Iran,'' said spokeswoman Victoria Nuland.


The president's comments came as two congressional committees held hearings on Iran. In testimony to the Senate banking committee, David Cohen, the US Treasury's under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said the administration was considering sanctions against Iran's central bank.


Cohen described the alleged plot as a "dramatic reminder that the urgent and serious threat we face from Iran is not limited to Iran's nuclear ambitions".

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chair of the House Foreign Affairs committee, said the assassination plot "illustrates Iran's active campaign" to partner with extremists groups and drug traffickers.

But as more details have emerged, there has been growing scepticism over the true nature of the threat, not least because the main suspect has been revealed to be a chaotic used car salesman, nicknamed "Scarface", with a string of failed businesses behind him.

Manssor Arbabsiar, a naturalized US citizen, was arrested last month, and stands accused of running a global terror plot that stretched from Mexico to Tehran. He is accused of having links to Quds Force, an elite unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. The other suspect, Gholam Shakuri, is said by the US to be in Iran.

U.S. had 'direct contact' with Iran over plot

The Little Girl and the Atheist

On a tip from Bob Sweet

An atheist was seated next to a little girl on an airplane and he turned to her and said, "Do you want to talk? Flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger."The little girl, who had just started to read her book, replied to the total stranger, "What would you want to talk about?” 

“Oh, I don't know," said the atheist. "How about why there is no God, or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death?" as he smiled smugly.

"OK," she said. "Those could be interesting topics but let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff - grass. Yet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, but a horse produces clumps. Why do you suppose that is?"

The atheist, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, "Hmmm, I have no idea."

To which the little girl replies, "Do you really feel qualified to discuss why there is no God, or no Heaven or Hell, or no life after death, when you don't know shit?"

And then she went back to reading her book.

The Little Girl and the Atheist

Like.. wow man.. I think I got it

Hippie tries to explain Occupy Wall Street

Great hair.

(Is that Janis Joplin's blouse?)

WE ARE THE 53%
(A counterpunch to Occupy Wall Street Rodents)

In working America 53% of the workforce pay income taxes the other 47% pay nothing. In true fashion, the Marxist mind of the Messiah calculates the 53% are not paying their fair share.

Obama said,  "This is not class warfare-it's math." 

To me it looks like the first shot has been fired.

Like.. wow man.. I think I got it

Behold... The Resurrection of Woodstock

Occupy Wall Street

The only one missing is Jimmy Hendrix.

Brainwashed Obamanites concoct their version of the "bizzaro world" tea party.

(With the support of the Democratic Party)

Protest becomes party, love-in




Avatar?

Raw sewer: An unidentified man seen defecating on a NYPD patrol car in downtown Manhattan

Smelly: Trash builds up at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations

Pile: The rubbish has been building up in Zuccotti Park for days now

Anyone remember this? This is Pelosi trying to squeeze out some crocodile tears over those vicious, astroturf, tea partiers.

(BTW Nancy... they're the reason you are no longer Speaker of the House.)

Now contrast that with her comment about the rodents currently occupying wall street.

Talk about a lying hypocritical bitch.

 She is it.

☟


 You just know you're on the right track  when you get support from Iran.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Terrorists Give Thumbs Up to Occupy Wall Street


 IRAN CALLS WALL STREET PROTESTS 'AMERICAN SPRING'

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian military commander said Sunday that the protests spreading from New York's Wall Street to other U.S. cities are the beginning of an "American Spring," likening them to the uprisings that toppled Arab autocrats in the Middle East.

Gen. Masoud Jazayeri of Iran's Revolutionary Guard said the protests against corporate greed and the gap between rich and poor are a revolution in the making that will topple what he called the Western capitalist system.

The Occupy Wall Street movement started in New York City last month and is spreading to other parts of the country. The loosely affiliated movement is peacefully protesting the power of the financial and political sectors.

Jazayeri said President Barack Obama's election promises of change have reached a dead end.

"The failure of the U.S. president to resolve the Wall Street crisis will turn this economic movement into a political and social movement protesting the very structure of the U.S. government," the official IRNA news agency quoted Jazayeri as saying Sunday.

"A revolution and a comprehensive movement against corruption in the U.S. is in the making. The last phase will be the collapse of the Western capitalist system," he said, according to IRNA.

Behold... The Resurrection of Woodstock

A Time When Americans Were Truly Americans

On a tip from
Ed Kilbane
Senior National Correspondent 

A young lady recently discovered this movie of a Spontaneous Victory Parade in Honolulu taken by her farther in 1945. 

If one could create a time machine and transport these faithful, unwavering, not to mention brave Americans from 1945 to 2011 they wouldn't recognize the America of today. And I'm not talking about technology. 


I think they would say...Crank up the machine I wanna go back.

This is a movie of a time long past - a time of patriotism an devotion- we need to remember and be THANKFUL. Check out the color fidelity. It's not bad for 1945. Nothing will ever compare with Kodachrome film.

(For those of us old enough to remember)

"GOOD NIGHT, Mrs. Calabash--wherever you are!"

A Time When Americans Were Truly Americans