Feds Question ‘Innocence of Muslims’ Filmmaker Over Possible Probation Violations
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies escort Nakoula Basseley Nakoula from his Southern California home early Saturday morning. (Image source: KNBC-TV)
LOS ANGELES (The Blaze/AP) — A Southern California filmmaker linked to an anti-Islamic movie blamed at least in part for sparking protests across the Middle East was interviewed by federal probation officers at a Los Angeles sheriff’s station but was not arrested or detained, authorities said early Saturday.
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, was interviewed at the station in his hometown of Cerritos, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputy Don Walker said.
Federal officials have said they were investigating the activities of Nakoula, who has been convicted of financial crimes. If the probation department determines Nakoula violated terms of his release by uploading a video to the Internet, a judge could send him back to prison.
Walker said Nakoula traveled voluntarily in a squad car with deputies.
“He went to the Cerritos station to talk with probation officers. He’s not under any arrest,” Walker said.
The deputy said he doesn’t have information on the interview or how long it lasted. KNBC-TV reported deputies in two marked cars and one unmarked vehicle pulled up to Nakoula’s home around midnight then left as a group for the station. Sheriff’s Department spokesman Steve Whitmore described Nakoula as “very cooperative.”
A KNBC photo of deputies escorting Nakoula from his home showed him wearing a heavy coat, scarf, hat and glasses.
The federal probation department is reviewing the case of Nakoula, who was previously convicted on bank fraud charges and was banned from using computers or the Internet as part of his sentence. The review is aimed at learning whether Nakoula violated the terms of his five-year probation.
Karen Redmond, a spokeswoman for the administrative office of the U.S. courts, confirmed Friday the review is under way.
Two attorneys were escorted into Nakoula’s home Friday before he was taken in for questioning, KNBC reported.
Federal authorities have identified Nakoula, a self-described Coptic Christian, as the key figure behind the anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” cited for igniting mob violence across the Middle East for its depiction of the Prophet Muhammad. A man called Sam Bacile initially told the Associated Press he was the film’s writer and direction, but that turned out to be a false identity. Authorities subsequently said Nakoula was connected to the Bacile pseudonym.
Among the violent protests set off was the deadly attack against the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya that killed U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens and three other America officials. U.S. officials are probing whether that attack could have been timed to coincide with the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
Nakoula was reportedly arrested in 1997 for “intent to manufacture methamphetamine,” pleading guilty and receiving a one-year county jail sentence and three years of probation. The Daily Beast reported the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office said Nakoula violated his probation and was sentenced to an additional year in county jail.
He pleaded no contest in 2010 to federal bank fraud charges in California and was ordered to pay more than $790,000 in restitution. He was also sentenced to 21 months in federal prison and was ordered not to use computers or the Internet for five years without approval from his probation officer.
His attorney cited Nakoula’s poor health in a bid for leniency and home detention, stating his client suffered from Hepatitis C, diabetes that require twice-daily insulin shots, and other ailments that required more than 10 medications a day, according to a transcript of the sentencing obtained by the AP.
Many records in case remain sealed, but prosecutors sought a longer prison term and noted that he misused some of his own relatives’ identities to open 600 fraudulent credit accounts. Nakoula apologized during the proceedings and his attorney James D. Henderson Sr. said Nakoula had learned his lesson.
“He’s clearly gotten the message,” Henderson said. “I can’t imagine him doing anything stupider than what he did here, but what’s done is done.”
Henderson said during the hearing that his client had been enlisted by another man to open the accounts and had only received $60,000 to $70,000 from the fraudulent transactions. He got involved in the scheme after losing his job in the gas station industry and had been forced to work for a few dollars a weekend at swap meets to try to support his children and an ailing father, Henderson said, according to the transcript.
It could be difficult to establish a probation violation case against Nakoula. In the federal court system, the conditions of supervised release are geared toward the offense for which a defendant was found guilty and imprisoned.
In Nakoula’s case, the offense was bank fraud. His no contest plea was to charges of setting up fraudulent bank accounts using stolen identities and Social Security numbers, depositing checks from those accounts into other phony accounts and then withdrawing the illicit funds from ATM machines.
While it was unclear what might have provoked authorities’ interest, the filmmaker’s use of a false identity and his access to the Internet through computers could be at issue, according to experts in cyber law and the federal probation system. Nakoula, who told the AP that he was logistics manager for the film, was under requirements to provide authorities with records of all his bank and business accounts.
The probation order authorized in June 2010 warned Nakoula against using false identities. Nakoula was told not to “use, for any purpose or in any manner, any name other than his/her true legal name or names without the prior written approval of the Probation Officer.”
Federal prosecutors had charged that Nakoula used multiple false identities in creating his fraudulent accounts. Several, Nicola Bacily and Erwin Salameh, were similar to the Sam Bacile pseudonym used to set up the YouTube account for the anti-Islamic film. Other pseudonyms used in the accounts ranged from Ahmed Hamdy to P.J. Tobacco.
Nakoula was also told he could not have any access to the Internet “without the prior approval of the probation officer.” Nakoula was ordered to detail any online devices and cellphones to authorities and was told his devices would be monitored and subject to searches.
Jennifer Granick, a criminal defense lawyer who specializes in online crimes, said authorities might not have been aware of Nakoula’s online activity even if monitoring devices were placed on his computers. “That may be very hard for a probation officer to catch ahead of time.”
Granick also noted that Nakoula’s conviction for financial crimes might provide a basis for probation officials to review bank and other monetary records. “Somebody charged with a financial crime might receive some supervision categories where they might re-offend,” she said.
Nakoula was arrested in June 2009, pleaded no contest to the bank fraud charges a year later and was released from federal prison in June 2011 after serving a 21-month prison term, according to federal records.
An initial report about the federal probation review appeared in The Wall Street Journal.
There are indications that “Innocence of Muslims” may have already been under way as a film project when Nakoula was arrested. A casting call for actors and crew for a film called “Desert Warrior” ran in Backstage magazine, based in Los Angeles and New York, in May and June 2009. The casting call described the film project as a “historical Arabian Desert adventure” and listed a “Sam Bassiel” as producer.
One notice identified “Pharaoh Voice Inc.”as the film’s production company. California state records show Pharaoh Voice was incorporated in September 2007 by a “Youssef M. Basseley.” The principal address for Pharaoh Voice in Hawaiian Gardens, a southern California community, is the same location where Nakoula lived until 2008, according to state records.
During an interview with AP, Nakoula denied that he was Sam Bacile, but acknowledged knowing him.
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ellietoo
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:33amFreedom of speech is slipping away quickly under this administration. The left can be as vile as they want about anything and it is even considered “main stream” to say disgusting things about Christians and conservatives. If you read the back end of the Koran you will see that most of the stuff they say is in this video are true. I guess we can’t talk about the truth of the matter. It’s all in the last part of the Koran. No one bothers to check up on the truth, just accept whatever the daily talking points are.
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muffythetuffy
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:34amDID ANYONE EVER THINK THEY WOULD SEE THIS IN AMERICA?
Obama has placed this man’t name on Obama’s Kill List, released his name and address in California. This man was arrested for executing his First Amendment rights. Obama’s Federal Goon squad said he was not under arrest but the man is in hand cuffs. We will soon hear that he committed suicide. This is another George Zimmerman style case.
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Ballot_Box_Revolution
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:40amHere’s your Patsy, that is going to be used to stifle free speech…and even maybe start the beginning of WWIII…
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The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:48amDoes the word scapegoat come to anybody else’s mind?
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DEMOCRATS.ARE.EVIL
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:51amDon’t expect liberals to have a sudden awakening to the erosion of our freedom of speech, the oppressiveness of this type of behavior by the government. They don’t care, as long as they believe it benefits them. Liberals have always loved tyrants with iron fists.
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imsteph
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:54amthis is horrid.
read up on the events that occurred in Germany before the break out of wwii….and what they nazi party did to divide, silence, and terrorize their own people.
there is no doubt that this islamic barbarism is an orchestrated attack on America-and because our own leadership wishes to use it (to their own demise) against us they are allowing it to rage on-killing Americans around the world.
Just a matter of time before the same people in chicago, michigan, etc.. who were in their fitness clubs on 9/11, driving their Mercedes, and living the good life in America YET cheered and gave high fives when the towers came down-all the while on their exercise bikes and treadmills- will begin doing the same thing on our own soil.
We have traitors in the white house, we have traitors in the doj, we have traitors in the state department, we have traitors giving ‘advise’ to a fake president with no clothes on under the guise of military expertise…
Our nation was well equipped to handle the enemies without… not so much the ignorance of voters and the enemies within.
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db321
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 11:41amDoesn’t matter too me what his race is, but let me help the liberal media. He is a White Black Brown Muslim.
This total injustice of a persons rights would not happen if we just get rid of our Constitution and Obama is just the man to do it for us.
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FREEDOMoverFEAR
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 12:29pmThis is due do decades of both parties placating to law enforcement. They gave police too much power and now they can have laws that invalidate you’re “unalienable” rights such as owning a firearm or voting or in this case uploading a video which is protected under free speech. Thank your parents and grandparents for this police state we live in. It will only get worse until America revolts and rebuilds.
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IvanK
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 12:43pmELLIETOO,
This really isn’t much to do with 1st amendment rights. It has everything to do with our Marxist-in-cheif exercising his dictatorial power to intimidate a US Citizen. So the guy has a prior arrest… Let’s use that as an excuse to squeeze this guy out of making his film. Perhaps the film is insulting BO’s real religion? Oh, we can’t have that! I’m thinking that this guy is going to either have a heart attack in a few months or die in a car accident. However this guy meets his maker, rest assured that the day of death was engineered. That’s just how things are done in a communist run regime.
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1947
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 12:56pmOnly because Obama is in office America will you see this happening………
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adouglass1
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 2:09pmMy plan
1. eff the muslims
2. make more real attack putdown movies videos Dvds eight tracks whatever cassetes lol
3. tell them eff you again
4. Show how glass is made BOOM BIG BADA BOOM!!
all is quiet on the muslim front done…
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adouglass1
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 2:14pmalso add in a drop of bacon wrapped pork chips bloodied pig parts and soap…
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yiska8
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 2:14pmHow do we know that this isn’t all Islamist contrived? An excuse to attack and kill Americans. Not that the smelly carpet kissers need much of an excuse for that. This is all more timed distraction from Bernake’s actions to print more money, and having this financial mess on hold until after the election. This guy reeks of pure patsy, but he’s American and had a right to create whatever kind of film he wanted so long as nothing illegal took place. But wih NDAA and Barry Soetoro at the helm, I smell another executive order or priviledge being taken to outlaw negative views on Muslims. Its coming.
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ConstLaw
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 2:39pmCongress shall make no law… abridging the freedom of speech, unless you have a muslim president and make a movie criticizing islam.
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jzs
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 4:17pmWould anyone care to give an example of a “freedom of speech” that they’ve lost? That seems to be the common element in the responses here, that we’re all losing our freedoms of speech. Any examples? I still have freedom of speech, but you are losing yours? Please explain.
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Max jones
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 4:26pmRev 2:19
I know thy works, and charity,and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy WORKS; and the last to be more than the first
20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
22 Behold I will cast her onto a bed and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
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Max jones
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 4:45pmJZS…..2 Thes.: 7 For the mystery doth already work: only he now who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way
8 And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming.
9 Even him who is after the workings of Satan with all power and signs of lying wonders.
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion; that they should believe a lie.
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Armed Patriot
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 5:10pmSo much for freedom of speech. Ya, you can say it. If it is something we dont like though, we will go through your life and find something you did elsewhere that was illegal and prosecute you. The movie is gutter trash film. It is so ridiculously stupid. Is it offensive to muslims, it seems so. Is it grounds to burn embassies and kill people. Absolutely not. These muslims are animals, ANIMALS. They need to be caged or put down. The Ist Amendment was established to protect OFFENSIVE speech, not nice speech. I find islam offensive but they have a GOD given right to believe, practice, and speak freely of their satanic religion. GET OVER IT, and the feds need to let off this guy for using his freedoms. So what he used a computer for uploading a movie. Arent there any gunrunning presidents and attorneys general that they could be interrogating for their high crimes and misdemeanors?
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Platonician
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 5:40pmThis poor man escaped from anti-christian Egypt thinking that his God-given rights will be respected in “the land of free”, now the Media and Obama are trying to destroy him like they did to Joe The Plumber and all the other voices that dare to say the true and object their dogma or the dogmas of their allies.
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jzs
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 5:46pmMAX,
“Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.”
-Proverbs 31:8-9
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GreatDayITM
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 6:24pmBig deal, movies are made every day and someone may not like them but you don’t see people killing others because of it!! If you don’t like the movie just don’t watch it or have a peaceful protest! This alone should show people how evil muslims are!
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Sosorryforyou
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 6:45pm@MUFFY
He has not been arrested, nor is he on Obama’s “Kill List”, and it wasn’t the Fed’s that initially released his name. STOP, STOP, STOP blaming Pres. Obama and his administration for everything. The Right is going to LOSE big with these kinds of tactics because EVERYONE can see through it.
His film has helped to incite violence all over the world, and while he does have Freedom of Speech, but he is also responsible for his speech. The Fed’s have every right to bring him in for questioning. They aren’t trampling on his Freedoms. Good grief, Blazers. Don’t make this out to be something it is not.
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Max jones
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 7:14pmJZS….I’m happy that you believe in my rights….
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starman70
Posted on September 16, 2012 at 7:48amWAY TO GO HOLDER, NAPOLITANO AND OBAMA!! Go after a maker of a 0 (Zero) rated film instead of the real culprits, ISLAMIC EXTREMEISTS.
This is a typical response of this administration. I didn’t notice violent demonstrations when Jesus was shown covered with elephant dung or when a cruxifix was submerged in urine at a show sponsored by taxpayer dollars. These “Art” displays are abhorrent to Christians but we didn’t riot over them.
It all goes to show just how infantile the Moslems militants are as a whole. They act like small children and throw a temper tantrum at the least provcation.
It’s high time that we stop wasting out tax money on these sub human animals. Get a stable government, prove to the world that you are serious about keeping your populace under control, then maybe we will help you but till you do, NONE OF MY TAX MONEY!
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johnjamison
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 8:51amIf they’re going to arrest this guy for an anti-religious movie. Then they better start making out warrants for the south park crew,bill maher,and the atheist movement. For starters then the can arrest everyone whose every made jokes about catholic,jews,baptist,and mormons as well.
The law can’t be used to protect one religion a justice system that treats groups differently isn’t justice
IT’S TYRANNY
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Funderburk
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:15pmI am dumbfounded that more people are not outraged that this man , who was exercising his 1st. Amendment rights according to the U.S. Constitution, is hauled away by the Fed? Are we in Venezuela? Yes, what he did was rather ridiculous and juvenile, but a lot of what I see on TV is. What is wrong is for our President to punish or curtail free speech in this country. I know Obama is King of the World, or so he thinks. Judging by the reactions of the Muslims, they are not impressed with the King. It is not the fault of the U.S. or it’s citizens that the Muslims hate so much. It is their fault. We do not need to apologize for anything.
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Intothecottonwood
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:32amThey sodomized the ambassador before they killed him……look it up. The movie was funny, and isn’t it time to stop bending over? They kill any non muslim, their own women and daughters for disrespect? Their leaders threaten the very existence of all “non believers”. The fact that this guy is even being brought in shows that this is the first stages to implementing insult to islam = crime on an international level. Why in the world is American money being sent to these CLOWNS????
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Crazy Times
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:47amThey did the same to Khadafi before they killed him
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Jezreel
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:51amIf the muslims are complaining about that movie, I wish that Monty Python guys were still young enough to do a movie about Islam and then maybe they would really have something to complain about!!
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HKS
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:20amThese actions against an American citizen over this crap should be enough to start a riot here, and now, are we really that brain dead to accept this crap from the government?
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U.N.hater
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:30am@HKS: YEP! we live in a nation of COWARDS! Don’t it fill you up so much with american pride to see it?
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PATTY HENRY
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 12:31pmHILLARY did not take any steps to protect our EMBASSYS. OBAMA did nothing to Protect them either, now they are looking for some poor smuck to take the fall…and all the while this ARAB FALL is designed to take our eyes off the FAILED OBAMA administration’s lousy handling of our budget and the fact that hidden in between the sheets of this last week was he next DOWNGRADE.
These idiots are really sick. They have this guy if he had access to internet on his parole…okay. so what did that have to do with a “Director’s Reel” potrash non-film, con piece probably designed to hook investors, a ‘film of the poorest porn quality” and they must have had to search YOUTUBE for something controversial about the ME or mohammed that they could use…and I think many Muslims are now saying the same thing: IF their guy is the ‘real deal’ then what some silly humans on earth
can’t effect him. THEY are being used like useful idiots, so we have to ask ourselves the question..who benefits? Only Obama. VOTE THIS POS out of office in NOVEMBER and then let MITT ROMNEY let the world know: DO NOT TREAD ON US, our EMBASSYS, our PEOPLE, our MILITARY, our IDEALS, our ALLIES.
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Augydoggy
Posted on September 16, 2012 at 11:15amHelp me understand this LIB’s, Progressives and the rest of the Zombies within the Democratic party. . This President has allowed one of his buddies in Hollywood to make a movie of the killing of Osama Bi Laden. Now If I remember right the Muslim Brotherhood just stated that all Muslims are Osama.. So I am wondering what effect it will have on the Muslim world when it come’s out.. Keep you Powder dry men
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Crazy Times
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:30amINSANE…..
.. it doesn’t matter why he was “arrested” it shows him being arrested, we are giving into the feelings of radical muslims in the middle east????
the video is an excuse used by many….
no logic or reasoning involved, just agenda driven. lets burn down the americans, because of the video. Let’s appologize to the middle east, because of the video. Lets take away our freedom of speech because of the video. Let’s arrest people without proper investigation who do not argee with islam because of the video.
INSANE
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CatB
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 11:42amYes …and the Obama administration is doing the BIDDING of the Muslims by continueing to try to blame this video … IT IS ONLY AN EXCUSE >>> these attacks were planned for 9/11 and not because of a video!
Obama is weak .. that is why they attack us!
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Female
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 12:12pmThey have to blame the video because otherwise it is their fault. You see they were warned back in August of uprisings starting 9/11, and did nothing. And the supposed, paraniod people have been saying O won’t leave office even through election by him supporting and creating chaos and marshall law.
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PA PATRIOT
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:30amThey guy is a perp and is doing time for his crime of fraud.
But does that make him a international criminal.
I am sure there is a fatwa on his life.
We must retain our standard of Free Speech.
There can be no other standard of social/political/judicial (not religious) conduct than that of the Constitution
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barber2
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:10amThe guy was a lose cannon with multiple “problems” with the law. He will probably disappear into the Witness Protection system…and we will never hear about the people who probably set him up to carry out this orchestrated mess. Note that the so-called movie called for actors to be characters which included : ” George..a killer with no remorse…Condalisa …..Hilary .” The dialoge was DUBBED in after the actors filmed it. Released in July…sent to the foreign journalists / Egyptians on Sept 6 . Sound at all ” suspicious ?” Note the George bit ?!
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marine249
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:26amBHO qoute “off with his head”
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Gonzo
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:23amIs Obama’s Gestapo headed to Terry Jones’ house next?
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PA PATRIOT
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:31amBy the words of the lame stream media, it sure sounds that way.
We may have to go and protect him.
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SkyeOne
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:22amWe’re not going after the people who actually murdered 4 Americans or who burn our flag or torch embassies or American businesses. But by God, we’re going after someone who used his first amendment rights to make a film.
So I guess all filmmakers in Hollywood should watch out. Make sure you don’t hurt anyone’s “feelings”.
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momrules
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:42amSKYONE………..it just depends on who’s feelings get hurt. Most of the Hollywood film makers are safe as they only insult Christians, patriotic Americans and the military.
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muffythetuffy
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:37amNot to fear if they are Marxist-Nazi movie producers who contribute to the Democrat-Marxist Party.
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meeknotweak
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 11:22am1) Get our people out the Middle East, then:-
2) Lets make LOT’s more films like this one, they will self -desctruct in the middle east, and when the dust settles, lets make more films braodcast for free (to claen up any who missed the first viewing).
Then the desert will stay quiet.
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welovetheUSA
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:21amFacts speak for themselves………Egypt and Lyba Never saw this film………period. And they have every right to do any film this wish…screw the muslims…don’t try to stop free speach…lets talk about the Christian cross in a jar of urine thats just fine for the liberals to do with public money….and much..much..more…50 days to go and all you freaks in our White House will be gone…Thank God
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PA PATRIOT
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:32amI’ll drink to that!
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Hiswill
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:36amYou’re right, it’s not about the movie. Obama can’t be truthful with the American people, so blaming the riots on the movie works for him.
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Armed Patriot
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:13amNo. There is about 2 1/2 months AFTER the election that emperor nobama has where he can issue presidential decrees and REALLY burn down the US and ultimately the world.
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Small World
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:20amArrest Hillary.
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Gonzo
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:13amUploading a video to the internet, violated terms of his release? This is such total crap. This guy is the Obama administrations sacrificial lamb to appease Islam. Is Obama going to consult with the imams to determine whether the guy gets stoned or beheaded? The National Security leaks coming from the White House are criminal and what this guy did is protected by the Constitution. Obama should be doing the damned perp walk, not this guy!
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jacobstroubles
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:19amYup!
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betsyyoung
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:26amI agree to what you have said, however I also believe that the Obama administration will also use this bullcrap to bolster their desires to take over the Internet!!
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GrayPanther
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:39amGONZO nails it; again! This injustice administration has gone too far once again. Where does his religious freedom begin? The probation department should consider his involvement as a Christian solder in this matter.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:46amGONZO, You win the prize with that observation. I believe the guy to be nuttier than squirrel turds, but he has every right to be that way if he chooses. Your next post down is spot on too, and goes hand in hand with what the UN is trying to do now to make it illegal world wide to speak out against Islam. Absolute madness. I did read all of the posts before coming back here. I was looking for our usual trolls to make posts about how this idiot should be charged, jailed, or deported or something for making such a film. But, as reprehensible as it might be, those very same trolls continually pound away at anything that goes against Christians and Jews as well as support any videos, movies, books, and so called art that attacks Christians and Jews as a first amendment right. Only VOTEBUSHIN12 came close saying that the video is the cause of the protests. Guess even he is not stupid enough to fall into his own trap. But, the day is still young, and not all of the trolls have awakened from their basement couches yet.
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castuslonginus
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:24am0bamas entire plan for dealing with muslims was” They’ll love me when I get in office”,well they don’t,and the great and wonderful leader has no idea how to handle the problem except to say”You’re nice people,it’s our fault,please like me,we’re bad people,don’t hit me anymore” Restorer of the World.Ha!
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Mandors
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 11:33amIt’s not to appease Islam; it’s to cover up his incompetence. His foreign policy has been an abysmal failure that in part led to the tragedies and the current uprisings. If he can blame a YouTube video, that the savages on the muslim street didn’t even watch, he can divert blame from him and his equally incompetent, equally inexperienced Secretary of State.
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FREEDOMoverFEAR
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 12:35pmProbation and parole are total crap. It’s such a crooked system. The thing is most people on this website have never experienced it so they keep allowing the Government to grow and grow in regards to law enforcement. Remember the police and military are government too if you want a small government you have to shrink everything not just social spending.
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Moonbat
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 6:16pmOK. So. Let me get this straight. We’re saying that the Justice Department, guessing that this guy was eventually going to offend Muslims, got him convicted three years ago on charges of bank fraud. And predicting that he would do it over the internet using an alias, they gave him terms of probation that specifically restricted his internet use and forbade him to use an alias. All of this, just so they could bring him in now, question him, and then… you know… let him go.
Really?
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diverdan
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:12amOur constitution protects free speech. But, then again, so does North Korea’s.
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RecoveringRepublican
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:11amIslamic extremest attack our Embassies on the llth anniversary of 9/11 a day after we kill their #2 guy in Yemen with a Drone.
What could possibly cause this? Oh, how about a 3 month old, 10 minute YouTube video that nobody watched before this week! That Must be it!
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beckfan555
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:10amDo you actually believe that any rational thinking person actually believes this “movie trailer” had anything to do with the slaughter of our Ambassador and his team or the unrest we are watching on our televisions?
This has everything to do with the date of September 11th and the obama regime’s foreign policies.
Obama has taken our great country and reduced it to an apologetic weak nation. We no longer have the respect thereby no consequences will fall on those heathens who murdered our Ambassador.
Proof positive…..where did obama go when the news broke…VEGAS!!!
You don’t see the China or Russia Embassy’s under attack…why??
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mike_trivisonno
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:29am“…You don‘t see the China or Russia Embassy’s under attack…why??….”
Well, because both China and Russia have actually lost land to muslims engaged in Jihad. China has been losing land in their western provinces to advancing Islamic Jihad. Russia has lost territory as well and is also home to Beslan, site of the most horrific jihad attack in modern times. The Islamic Jihad has no real reason to attack their embassies because they are busy taking their territory and slaughtering their young.
Soon, if Americans don’t wise up to muslims engaged in jihad, we too will suffer territorial loss and unspeakable violence visited upon our young by the advancing and bloodthirsty Islamic Jihad. Detroit and Dearborn are both teetering dangerously on the edge of Islamic takeover.
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term limits for congress
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:10amFinally the DOJ has something to do besides suing Arizona.
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CatB
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 11:54amHe’s an OBAMA SUPPORTER .. .can you say set up?
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2012/09/15/Obama-Contribution-Anti-Islam-Filmmaker
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Gonzo
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:04amSo now freedom of speech is restricted if it offends Islam?
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smokeysmoke
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:09amor whats worse… the FACISTS in the us media who are accusing mitt and gop of wrongdoing, to deflect blame from the man who makes the choices
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Tri-ox
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:12amAs long as we have obama in office, YES.
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momrules
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:26amGonzo I think this is the answer…………..
https://jdlong.wordpress.com/2009/03/30/un-makes-it-a-hate-crime-to-insult-islam-no-similar-protections-for-other-faiths/
This has been in the works for years now. They needed an *incident* to apply it to and they manufactured one. One more notch on the belt toward taking away all our free speech plus censor the internet.
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TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:55amNo. If it offends our president and state dept.
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:04amI blame OBAMA ………..PERIOD.
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Funderburk
Posted on September 17, 2012 at 10:21pmI totally agree. Listening to Obama’s Cairo speech in 2009 I heard one word that no one has ever questioned. During his speech he said he grew up in Muslims countries and even though he “MAY’ be Christian. That one word was very telling to me. He did not say he “was” Christian. Leaving doubt in that word. Did anyone notice other than me????
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cdb
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:03amTrue Obama allegiance. We now know exactly where Obama’s allegiance lies. Because a man in California, Nakoula Besseley Nakoula, put out a movie depicting Mohammed in a bad way, Obama has decided to side with the Muslims and against the freedom of speech we enjoy in this country. Obama has decided that following Muslim law, is more important than the constitutional right to freedom of speech. One just has to ask, This man has a very exotic, Indonesian sounding name. Is this man a Muslim, who made and distributed this film for the exact response it has fostered? Why has Obama sided with those who killed the people at the embassy, and against freedom of speech? In my opinion, Obama has finally showed his true allegiances to his fellow Muslim brothers. When given the choice of siding against, or with these Muslim terrorist, he chose to side with them.
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smokeysmoke
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:06amwowowowowowwo……. WHO EVER MADE THE MOVIE “COOL AS ICE” YOU BETTER WATCH THE FUC* OUT…. the FEDS ARE COMMING FOR YOU
same for “AVATAR”
“john carter”
there are alot of people who have committed hate crimes here… why are you only selecting the one you say is bad
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101stIraqVet
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:08am“In my opinion, Obama has finally showed his true allegiances to his fellow Muslim brothers.”
Finally?
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Zer0
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:13am@SmokeySmoke,
Cool as Ice LOL
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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:18amI know people think Barry is a Muslim,he has the correct name and he grew up party in Indonesia.
I don’t believe Barry’s a Muslim or Christian,I believe he’s an atheist since he’s a Marxist and he was indoctrinated by his real father Frank Marshall Davis a well known communist into the sick death cult of communism.The media ignored Barry’s past the first time around to help him get elected because his agenda aligned with theirs.If you look at everything this Marxist has done since his election it’s been designed to destroy America and make her pay for all the problems we’ve cause globally,he actually believes the BS that was fed to him while growing up.
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momrules
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 8:59amQuestion……..If the Feds should build a gallows outside the White House and televise the hanging of this film maker with one more abject, groveling apology from Obama to the Muslim world for hurting their feelings……….would the rioting, hatred and murder stop?
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smokeysmoke
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:11amno it would INTENSIFY… cause they would know the infedel is weak
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beckfan555
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:13amThis has NOTHING to do with a film maker. This is organized, armed and directed for September 11.
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kickagrandma
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 8:52amI wish the feds would question obama, clintons, ayerses, joneses, jarrett, black caucaus about their TREASONOUS activities and then imprison them all, right here, right now.
That would make my day, and yours, too, I bet.
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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:03amYes it would; and I have to expect that the DOJ, on Obamas orders, will charge this man with murder or such for the death of the ambassador.
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skiz
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:03amThe REAL criminals are running the place. Have we lost our minds? After we were attacked on 9/11 by muslims we elected a muslim. I was screaming at everyone about it and everyone said I was crazy. Well, I guess everyone can see now that I must be the smartest person in the room (a HS grad), PATHETIC!
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turkey13
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:08amThe DOJ and Holder would be all over those mention if they were White Folks and Republicans. I can’t believe this guy thought he had Freedom of Speech! Obama has the Executive Order that can cancel out 200 + years of freedom with the power of his pen. If that don’t work they just go behind closed doors and take care of the problem.
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TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:22amYep. Clint Eastwood did allude to the fact when we put lawyers into the WH what do we expect? Your entire list with exception possibly of the entire caucus and don’t forget Debbie Wasserman Schultz and all the other cast of characters in congress. There are so many. .And wannabes like Elizabeth Warren. One would think out of a population 330 million we could find citizens to serve who are not lawyers.. We have. Mitt Romney best qualification successful businessman.
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barber2
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:33amTEXAS: One of Alinsky’s major rules for radical community organizers ? Put on a suit; get a law degree; use the system to CHANGE the system ! BINGO: The Obama Far Left Administration….
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msconstrue
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 8:48amthis is such bull ****……..this film did not cause this mess!!!!!…..i wonder why the government is pushing so hard to convince us it did?
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yougottabekidding
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 8:58amIt’s those damned Christians don’t you get it
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VoteBushIn12
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:08amThe Government isn’t doing anything to convince you of anything.
This may come as a surprise to you, but you are on TheBlaze – not a government website. The things they write here (the articles and opinions they hold) are obviously NOT in line with the government’s. The fact that you would blame the government as trying to convince you of something when you read it here is absolutely absurd.
That aside, it clearly was the reason for all the riots given that they were protesting the video… I don’t know what you expect to see when determining causation, but a connection like that is pretty cut and dry.
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Zer0
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:09am@MSCONSTUE,
Because if it wasn’t the movie then what was it? The Obama administration cannot admit it was anything else, for it was not the film then they would have to admit that the Obama Doctrine is an abject failure, the security was horrendous at the Libyan consulate, and those ridiculous rules of engagement would have got those Americans (including two former SEALs) killed at preschool water fight much less a coordinated Al Qaeda assault.
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yougottabekidding
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:19amVoteBushIn12
Your right I just noticed it j carny and the administration don’t write or post here, How stupid of us thank you for pointing that out.
That means I must have seen that on the msm and we know they would not lie!
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:04amVOTEBUSHIN12, As usual, you just keep your head buried so deep in your azz. What in the world are you babbling about this site or it’s stories are not part of the government trying to make anybody believe things? The government is in fact pushing the story of the video being the cause of this mess. Just catch Jay Carney when you can or look up any story online that carries video of his conferences. Listen to the other Dem-wits that get into the news about this story. Listen to Hillary. It does actually seem that they (government) are getting behind the UN’s attempt to make it illegal world wide to speak out against Islam. Think about it for a moment, it boils down to removing a part of YOUR freedom of speech, just as it does ours. So, you keep your head hidden from sight so that you cannot see what is actually happening around you. Don’t bother to call us out as part of the tin foil hat crowd, because you can check out the link posted above about the UN, or better yet. Do your own search, so that you will know that you have not been sent to some BS site that is lying to you.
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The_Cabrito_Goat
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:47amHmm, that video on the Internet sure made me mad. I think I’ll round up 400 people all of a sudden. Did I put my RPG in my glove box? Ah there it is. Okay let’s do dis. ALLAHU AHKBAR
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msconstrue
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 11:24am@voteinbush……i’m not some rube that relies on only one source to get my news…..i also know bull **** when i hear it….and this is bull ****!!
the absurdity is the time spent by our government officials trying to convince us that a short film trailer was the cause of this nightmare….4 people were brutally murdered, our embassies and consulate buildings were attacked. also, that our government is trying to convince us that in spite of all this, that the newly installed governments of egypt and libya have our best interests at heart, that this is how muslims respond when they have hurt feelings….i dont hear the citizens shouting “death to the film maker”….they are shouting death to America!!….what conclusion would you have us come to?
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Detroit paperboy
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 8:45amYeah, cuz none of this was caused by Odumbass ‘s massive FORIEGN policy FAILURE,,,,,,,,blame it on some dude making a bad B movie………,,,
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yougottabekidding
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 8:45amPossible – could be – maybe
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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 8:45amThat’s the perp walk photo we need to see of Barry,the Marxist POS fraud in chief and his murdering sidekick Holder.
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randy
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:12amDoes that photo not look like it could have been taken in Iran instead of Los Angeles?
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Gonzo
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:14amMy head is going to explode Slayer. Nice knowing you.
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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:21amIndeed it does,you can’t speak out in Iran or the fundamentally transformed America.
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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:27amGONZO You don’t think Barry should be doing the perp walk? He is a fraud a foreign exchange student who holds office illegally.
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Gonzo
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:36amOf course I do Slayer. Every day I think this Marxist POS can’t get me any more irate than I already am and the very next day he does it. My head is going to explode if I have to watch this criminal run this country into the dirt for four more years.
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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:47amI hear ya brother,it’s really bad here and globally I see all the destruction he’s done and I wonder if we’ll survive,I still maintain he’ll be defeated in November.They say in the article he wasn’t arrested just questioned for possibly uploading a video to the internet which is BS the regime just wants to crush his right to freedom of speech.
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SamIamTwo
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 8:39amMuslims 1, USA freedom 0. They are winning.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 8:46amhow is this a point for the muslims?
If we lose our freedom – it will be voluntarily. Many of us have been talking about the unconstitutional actions of our government for a long time
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yougottabekidding
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 8:50amsoybomb315_II
You have me confused
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soybomb315_II
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:21amok then. Here is the real scoreboard
USA Government 999, Freedom 0
We continue to give up our freedoms, which means the muslims are winning. So if you really think about it, the muslims have much more than 1 point
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101stIraqVet
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 8:39amHere we go, they just needed an excuse to bring him in, to appease the Muslims of course.
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TEXASGRANNY73
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 9:30amIt’s the State Dept. and Obama , the appeasers. Those two apologized for you, me, and our fellow Americans for them murdering again our fellow Americans on our soil (the embassy). Umm, they murder us. We apologize. And send them money. A reward, (call it humanitarian or call it bribery or call it whatever you feel, depends on what the definition of is is Clinton style or hope and change Obama style) and when it’s clear you can’t blame Bush for this one, blame it on a movie. Investigate the movie maker and flush, you’re clean.
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floridareader
Posted on September 15, 2012 at 10:44amLast night the news were that BHO had called Egypt president and talked to him to make the mobs disband, and so they did. OH! How effective, how convenient, how diplomatic the Deceiver in chief is.
All this mess was planned and BHO and his gang were moving the threads.
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