VIDEO: ALVIN GREENE UNHINGED ON HIS PORCH

This is perhaps the leading candidate for the most surreal story of the decade. South Carolina Democratic nominee for Senate, Alvin Greene keeps lowering the bar on himself. As if it wasn't bad enough that his indictment for showing porn to a minor was issued last week, perhaps his reaction to a reporter who arrived at his house to get a comment is worse. After being greeted by Greene's brother, the reporter came back after candidate Greene turned him away at the door.

As the reporter was talking to Greene's brother in the front lawn, you could hear candidate Greene howling "GOOOOOOOO! GOOOOOO!" Watch for yourself and see if you think Greene might have a career as a soccer announcer if this Senate gig doesn't work out.

Via HapBlog

VIDEO: SAUL ALINSKY IN 1967 DOCUMENTARY

This video is in two parts and totals sixty minutes long but definitely worth the watch. It's from a documentary in which Alinsky discusses Community Organizing with a group of young Canadians known as the Company of Young Canadians (CYC) who were obviously trying to pick Alinsky's brain in order to best apply his tactics. Be sure to watch while keeping in mind that Alinsky is Barack Obama's ideological hero. Take note that Alinsky tells one of the Canadians that it is necessary to organize from a point of deep anger.

Listen too as Saul says you have to be a "structured, unstructured person". Boy, does that describe Obama!

Also, take note at the 23:00 mark in Part 1. Alinsky, slightly agitated, appears to begin waving his middle finger in the face of the student with whom he's debating a point - the camera even zooms in on it. If you look carefully, Alinsky even looks at it as if to see how well it was working. Then try to think about how many times Obama has been caught featuring his middle finger at interesting times.

One more thing before watching the video that bears repeating. For those eager to change horses and take Hillary over Obama, there's not much difference between the two or their affinity for Uncle Saul.

Via New Zeal:



Here's Part 2. Here, I find irony at about the 4:20 mark when Saul chastises someone for expecting the Community Organizers to do all the work on his behalf while he does nothing. Hmmmm. Sounds like an argument for capitalism.

Another exchange worth watching occurs at the 22:20 mark. A young Indian charges Alinsky with not having much love for people. Saul didn't like it and responded that he's got more love than the Indian because he's "willing to go out and get corrupted for it."

OBAMA AND HAMAS SUPPORT GROUND ZERO MOSQUE

We are still dealing with the consequences of not declaring war on an actual enemy after 9/11. Hamas is still designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department and had we declared war on the Muslim Brotherhood after 9/11 instead of on 'terror', Hamas would have been identified as part of the enemy. However, since our enemy was identified as 'terror', Hamas has gotten a bit of a pass. Now, like Obama, Hamas has come out in support of the ground zero mosque.

A caveat may be that Obama stated publicly that he supports the right of the Cordoba Initiative to build the mosque. He later said he would not comment on the wisdom to build it. Hamas is actually commenting on the wisdom of the decision and it wholeheartedly agrees.

Via the New York Post:

A leader of the Hamas terror group yesterday jumped into the emotional debate on the plan to construct a mosque near Ground Zero -- insisting Muslims "have to build" it there.

"We have to build everywhere," said Mahmoud al-Zahar, a co-founder of Hamas and the organization's chief on the Gaza Strip.

Interestingly, New York Senator Chuck Schumer (D) is Jewish and has long relied upon the Jewish vote. Obama's words - and now the words of Hamas leaders - is putting Schumer in quite the pickle. He is being put in the position of having to support Obama while dismissing Hamas.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who so far has not taken a position on the mosque, dismissed the endorsement.

"Hamas is a terrorist organization, and their views don't deserve any weight on anything," his spokesman said.

Let's not forget that whether you believe Obama is himself a Muslim, he has a background that involves an Islamic heritage and education. In 2007, Nicholas D. Kristof at the New York Times quoted Obama as having reverence for the Islamic call to prayer as far back as 2007:

Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated (it’ll give Alabama voters heart attacks), Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as “one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.”

Moreover, Mr. Obama’s own grandfather in Kenya was a Muslim. Mr. Obama never met his grandfather and says he isn’t sure if his grandfather’s two wives were simultaneous or consecutive, or even if he was Sunni or Shiite. (O.K., maybe Mr. Obama should just give up on Alabama.)

Did you catch that swipe at an entire state of people? Perhaps Kristof will have to start apologizing soon.

There's also an excellent piece at the Wall Street Journal about the controversy.

h/t to Drudge