Rep. Allen West Confronts CAIR

Representative Allen West confronts CAIR executive Nezar Hamze member during a town hall meeting.  West responds to the question/criticism of Hamze with facts and courage.  Too bad so few are willing to prepare themselves with the facts necessary to show that Islam is far from being the religion of peace it purports to be.

Some segments in the video are difficult to understand, but between the firsts part and the last minute, one can get the gist of West's response.

Thank you Javier Majarres from Shark-Tank.net for posting this video.

Our Economy By the Numbers

From Ruth S. King comes a chart which all of us should read and absorb, sobering though it may be:

January                                              2009               Today               % change                           Source
Avg. retail price/gallon gas in U.S.        $1.83                $3.104            69.6%                                     1
Crude oil, European Brent (barrel)          $43.48              $99.02            127.7%                                   2
Crude oil, West TX Inter. (barrel)           $38.74              $91.38             135.9%                                  2
Gold: London (per troy oz.)                    $853.25            $1,369.            50 60.5%                               2
Corn, No.2 yellow, Central IL                  $3.56                $6.33               78.1%                                   2
Soybeans, No. 1 yellow, IL                      $9.66                $13.75             42.3%                                   2
Sugar, cane, raw, world, lb. fob              $13.37              $35.39             164.7%                                 2
Unemployment rate, non-farm, overall     7.6%                  9.4%                23.7%                                  3
Unemployment rate, blacks                     12.6%               15.8%               25.4%                                   3
Number of unemployed                          11,616,000        14,485,000       24.7%                                   3
Number of fed. employees, ex. military (curr = 12/10 prelim)
                                                             2,779,000          2,840,000        2.2%                                    3
Real median household income (2008 v 2009)
                                                          $50,112             $49,777              -0.7%                                   4
Number of food stamp recipients (curr = 10/10)
                                                          31,983,716         43,200,878        35.1%                                    5
Number of unemployment benefit recipients (curr = 12/10)
                                                          7,526,598           9,193,838           22.2%                                   6
Number of long-term unemployed      2,600,000           6,400,000           146.2%                                    3
Poverty rate, individuals (2008 v 2009)
                                                         13.2%                 14.3%                  8.3%                                      4
People in poverty in U.S. (2008 v 2009)     
                                                        39,800,000          43,600,000        9.5%                                    4
U.S. rank in Economic Freedom World Rankings        
                                                       5                             9                       n/a                                        10
Present Situation Index (curr = 12/10)
                                                      29.9                         23.5                   -21.4%                              11 
Failed banks (curr = 2010 + 2011 to date)
                                                     140                            164                      17.1%                               12
U.S. dollar versus Japanese yen exchange rate
                                                      89.76                        82.03                  -8.6%                                 2
U.S. money supply, M1, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim) 
                                                      1,575.1                    1,865.7                18.4%                               13
U.S. money supply, M2, in billions (curr = 12/10 prelim)
                                                      8,310.9                   8,852.3 6.                5%                                 13
National debt, in trillions                 $10.627                 $14.052                     32.2%                            14 

Just take this last item: In the last two years we have accumulated national debt at a rate more than 27 times as fast as during the rest of our entire nation's history.

Sources:
(1) U.S. Energy Information Administration; (2) Wall Street Journal; (3) Bureau of Labor Statistics; (4) Census Bureau; (5) USDA; (6) U.S. Dept. of Labor; (7) FHFA; (8) Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller; (9) RealtyTrac; (10) Heritage Foundation and WSJ; (11) The Conference Board; (12) FDIC; (13) Federal Reserve; (14) U.S. Treasury

Bedbugs and Islamic Maniacs

Pat Coindell does it again: