BLAGO TRIAL UPDATE

Remember the name Lon Monk. When Rod Blagojevich was Governor of Illinois, Monk was his Chief of Staff. Monk was to Blago as what Rahm Emanuel is to Barack Obama. Monk was the first witness to testify in Blago's trial last week. Monk testified that he was in meetings with Blago, Chris Kelly (deceased), and Tony Rezko (convicted felon) in 2003 and that some untoward things were discussed.

Via the Chicago Tribune:

Monk said that in May or June of 2003, shortly before Blagojevich’s first big fundraising event as governor, he and the governor sat down with key fundraisers Chris Kelly and Antoin “Tony” Rezko to talk about appointments to several open positions at state boards and commissions.

Monk recalled that Rezko told the group that “some of these board spots were high profile enough that at a minimum some of these people should be donating $25,000.”

That information was revealed before cross-examination. Blago's attorney, Sam Adam, Jr. grilled Monk on specifics of the meetings with two of Blago's biggest fundraisers - Kelly and Rezko.

Via the Tribune:

One key point of contention was Monk’s inability to remember many specifics of meetings he said he had with Blagojevich and fundraisers Chris Kelly and Antoin “Tony” Rezko to discuss eight or nine ideas to make money off Blagojevich’s actions as governor.

Adam asked Monk to outline the first deal that he said had been written on an easel by Rezko.

“I can’t remember,” Monk said.

“You said there was a figure written next to it. Tell us the figure?” Adam asked.

“I can’t,” Monk said.

Chris Kelly was Blago's biggest fundraiser; he committed suicide in September of 2009. Rezko was also a very significant fundraiser for the then-Governor. Perhaps more important to Americans in general, Rezko was a close friend of Barack Obama and was involved in a very suspicious real estate deal in 2005, with the current president.

h/t to Blago Files

 

VIDEO: JON STEWART RIPS DEMS OVER CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Don't look now but Comedy Central's Jon Stewart might just becoming the man to go to when attempting to determine how far out on the fringe the Democrats are when they have to defend the indefensible. The latest example involves none other than South Carolina Democratic nominee Alvin Greene.

The Democrats are so visibly apoplectic at Greene's victory, their talking points include blaming Republicans for planting Greene as some sort of prank. Predictably, the leftwing media machine is playing right along, doing the bidding of the Democratic leadership.

Enter Stewart, who if nothing else, doesn't fall into line as easily as the liberal lapdog media. When Stewart rails on the Democrats, the latter needs to look in the mirror. Interestingly, he seems to be doing it more often.

Enjoy, via NewsBusters

EGYPT FOREIGN MINISTER: OBAMA TOLD ME HE IS A MUSLIM

Should this be considered new evidence that Obama is a Muslim? He was registered as Muslim twice when he was enrolled in Indonesian schools; he referred to his 'Muslim faith' in an interview with George Stephanopolous in 2008 before the latter promptly got Obama back on track; his middle name is Islamic; there is a ten minute video on the internet that captures all of his questionable amicable references to Islam.

Now this. Via Israel Today:

The feeling among the Israeli public is that Obama is appeasing the Muslim world at the expense of Israel.

"The American President told me in confidence that he is a Muslim," said Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Nile TV. That could explain why Obama has instructed that the term "Islamic extremism" no longer be used in official government documents and statements.

My first question is why did Egyptian's Foreign Minister reveal something told to him in confidence? He even eliminated the, "Oh, I forgot" excuse by actually saying that Obama told him "in confidence" that he is a Muslim.

What's really sad is that there was a significant number of us who saw Obama's leanings, allegiances, and questionable history long before he was elected. Israel Today references Yediot Ahronot and a quote given them from a senior Israeli official.

"Obama is a real problem for Israel," a senior official told told Yediot. "He is Israel's biggest strategic catastrophe."

The entire article from Israel Today has an excellent insider's take into what's really going on behind the scenes and they back it up with some strong sources. Be sure to read the whole thing.

h/t to WND