UPDATE:  7-21-10 – KARK finally posted the video of the segment.

KARK Channel 4 has reported they may have found an example of Tea Party racism right here in Arkansas.  (Unfortunately, KARK’s video of this report is conveniently missing from its archives, thank goodness for DVR)  Without sourcing Roper’s “reported” Tea Party tie, KARK ran with his claim that he is a Tea Party member.  I checked every Tea Party website in Arkansas and did not find Roper listed anywhere.  I called Roper and asked him of which Tea Party he is a member.  He told me he was an organizer in Russellville, Conway, Mountain Home.  Next, I called Robert McCready with the Arkansas River Valley Tea Party in Russellville, AR.  Mr. McCready indicated Roper is not a member of Arkansas River Valley Tea Party.  However, about a year ago, Roper had approached Mr. McCready about forming a “dual” Tea Party.  Mr. McCready Googled Roper and gave him a resounding NO.  Vicky Bonds, Conway, had never heard of Roper.  Janet Crow, Conway, had never heard of Roper and her husband, David, says Roper has had nothing to do with the Conway group.  Richard Caster, organizer for Mountain Home echoes David Crow. Ed Hairston, Saline Co., had never heard of Roper.  Roper’s brand of hatred is being reported in newspapers all the way to Miami.

I subsequently received a Facebook message from Roper.
“Were you the lady who called me? Anyway, I was registered on a
Tea Party website as one of the organizers of Russellville Tea Parties
…over a year ago, but rather than try to compete with the other organizer
who was doing his own thing, I just started campaigning at them, and
others, across the state. Last July 4th, for example, we held an
anti-illegal immigration demonstration in front of the Pope County
Courthouse after attending the Tea Party there. I and nine supporters
attended the last one there, too, and passed out campaign fliers there.I
anticipate that many of the weaker individuals will try to disavow me
or protest that they aren’t racist, that says more about them than it
does me. You have a quote by Thomas Jefferson up, do you know what HIS
views on race were? The same as mine.”

I have also received an email from KARK reporter, Wendy Suares.  She indicated the story used the word “reportedly” in describing Roper’s claims to Tea Party membership, citing an article on a Kansas City website mentioning Roper and Tea Parties.  My response below:

“Wendy,

I called Roper, due to the use of the word “reportedly,” and because the segment did not mention the name of the Tea Party with which Roper says he is affiliated. As a Tea Party member and Assistant State Director of Secure Arkansas, it is second nature for me to question that which is not aligned with the principles we hold true.  An accusation of racism is offensive and reflects not only upon a group in this instance, but also personally upon each individual member of the group. In my opinion, regarding a subject as highly volatile as racism, especially white supremacy, the segment was incomplete and misleading without the identification of the specific Tea Party group.  As aired, the segment left the viewer with the incorrect impression that members of the Tea Party accept and condone Roper’s point of view, and, quite frankly, given the nationwide barrage of accusations of bigotry and racism heaped upon American patriots who stand with the Constitution and rule of law, and the ease with which I sourced Roper’s assertions, I tend to believe the intention of the segment was to incite rather than accurately inform.  Please note I have not attributed these actions to you personally, but rather KARK and the segment in particular.“

Roper and a few of his supporters are now hounding my Facebook posts, using them to campaign.  S’okay by me, because folks who’d never heard of him before will now see him coming, along with his white supremacist views.

Several several Tea Parties in Arkansas have now invited KARK to attend upcoming meetings, including the July 21 “Lunch Bunch” meeting sponsored by Secure Arkansas and the Arkansas Tea Party, Inc. (11:30 – 1:00, Wednesday, July 21, 2010, Holiday Inn Presidential, Little Rock, AR)

I have included a transcript of KARK’s story and a video of the April 15, 2010, Tax Day Tea Party Rally in which Dub Byers establishes the Tea Party stance on racism.

Photo by Bill Haber - AP

“How is it possible that the U.S. Government allows AIG to funnel more than $1 billion to companies that promote Shariah–the very Islamic legal system that calls for jihad against apostates and infidels?”

This is the road to Islamists’ dominion over the world.  Frank Gaffney, Jr., founder of the Center for Security Policy and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces and Arms Control Policy in the Reagan Administration, calls it “Jihad with money.”

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN MR. SPEAKER????   IT’S ALREADY HERE!!!             Or is the speaker being disingenuous?

In February, 2010, MSU members heckled Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren during a speech regarding the Middle East peace process.  MSU pro-Palestinian members shouted “murderer” and “war criminal” during the ambassador’s presentation.  Eleven (11) protesters were arrested.

During the university’s investigation, the MSU was found guilty of “disorderly conduct, obstructing university activities, providing false information, and other violations of university policy.“  The charge of providing false information stemmed from MSU denials that members were responsible for organizing the protest.  The university disciplinary committee subsequently discovered online communications and MSU meeting minutes confirming the Muslim group did, in fact, organize the disruption of Ambassador Oren’s presentation and conspired to lie about their involvement.

In addition to the suspension, MSU members are also required to collectively perform 50 hours of community service.  Maybe they could maintain the lawn of the Orange County Hillel Center, a popular visiting spot for Jewish university students.

h/t agb

Statistic from the Center for Immigration Studies

And THIS is what ILLEGAL ALIENS CONTRIBUTE

Trail of Trash

In the past few months I have added a bit to my water bucket in the form of volunteering for the organization Secure Arkansas.  Our current focus is gathering signatures for a ballot initiative which reads “An amendment to prevent persons unlawfully present in the United States from receiving certain public benefits.”  You see, although federal law states that illegal aliens are not eligible to receive services paid for with our tax dollars, in the State of Arkansas you are not required to prove residency status in order to apply for taxpayer-funded benefits.  The goal is to obtain 77,000 signatures to put this amendment on the November 2010 ballot.

Here’s the problem…while an overwhelming number of Arkansans support this ballot initiative, only a relatively small group of folks have committed to doing the leg work:  gathering signatures at work, church, polls, street corners, Little League, and anywhere else they can think of.  The PEOPLE want to stop paying for illegals, but they want someone else to actually CARRY their WATER for them.  The PEOPLE are awake, but only a HANDFUL have gotten OUT of BED!  The PEOPLE need to step up and help gather signatures or the only bucket we’re going to need is this one!

Bust of Stalin erected in Bedford, VA

As we remember D-Day and the sacrifices made on the beaches of Normandy, this is what Bedford, VA, considers honor.  Wonder how long it will take someone to make off with his head?

h/t kosmonet

DID YOU KNOW?

• Brennan was an undergraduate at the University of Cairo during the 1970s.
• The three individuals who accessed the passport files of the 2008 presidential candidates worked for Stanley Corporation and The Analysis Corporation, of which John Brennan was CEO from 2005 until he assumed his current post with the Obama administration on January 20, 2009.
• An individual cooperating with the FBI on the passport case, Lt. Quarles Harris, was found shot dead, and this case remains unsolved.

I smell rat…rats.  You know they carry plague.

These poor folks are so emaciated

NUTS!

How many oranges is she getting

Candy?

Can you EAT toys?

It's a "Blue Light Special!"

My Personal Heaven on Earth

So mooooving!

NIGHTLIFE!

BAR-B-QUE?

Cute!

Va-Ca!

Sand Mosque

No Floaties?

I guess the only thing the Gazans aren’t receiving are rockets, guns, motars, gas masks (oops! they have those), tanks, helmets, etc….thanks to Israel.

hat tip to agb.

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

What a bunch of HORSE HOCKEY…otherwise known as “taqiyya,” or religious deception, and it’s straight from the Qu’ran, Hadith, and Islamic Law.  In Islam it is permissible to LIE, if in so doing, Islam is served.

Former Palestinian terrorist, Walid Shoebat has translated comments made by Abdul Rauf at Rights4all, Cairo University’s media department website and Hadiyul-Islam, another popular Islamic website.  Abdul Rauf is quite clear that he has no intention of entering into a “religious dialogue” with Christians, Jews, or any other faith.  Furthermore, Shoebat’s translation indicates the sole purpose in building the “community and cultural center” is to establish an Islamic mosque and embassy in the furtherance of establishing Sharia Law in the United States.

Walid Shoebat

In an interview with Pajamas Media, Shoebat confirmed that while there exists individual peaceful Muslims, without exception, organized Islamic institutions have as their collective goal the Islamization of the United States, and “Islam, in its organized form, needs to be exposed.”

Imam Feisel Abdul Rauf is the founder of the American Society for Muslim Advancement which is presently headed by his wife, Daisy Khan.

BTW, those city officials either haven’t done their due diligence, or they have accepted being members of the dhimmitude.