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Bare Naked Islam Update — Site Will Be Restored Soon
Just a quick update for anyone concerned about the disappearance (again!) of BareNakedIslam.com (BNI).
The CAIR Bears have attacked BNI once more because they’ve essentially declared one of their fatwas on the site — they DO NOT want you learning the truth about Islam.
Honestly, I can only think of two groups that ever aggressively attempt to shut down anyone speaking the the truth about their “religion” — Muslims and Scientologists.
I am in regular contact with the site owners of BNI. They have a standing invitation to guest post here if BNI itself cannot be permanently restored. I know they would do the same if HB ever got attacked like this and I had to battle to get back on the Interwebs.
I really hope you take some time today to spread the word amongst your friends about what the CAIR Bears are up to in terms of attempting to silence Islam’s critics in this country. The more YOU help spread this message, the less chance Islam has of succeeding with this malicious mischief — which, incidentally, the Koran specifically orders Muslims to commit on an ongoing and persistent basis wherever Islam is not the law of the land and master of the domain. Malicious mischief like the silencing of Islam’s critics is he first wave of attack that Muslims have used for centuries — though the deranged pedophile that was the “prophet” Muhammad could never have dreamed of a world where the Tolerant Left and agenda-driven Elite Media so often combine to facilitate Muslims’ mischief by also aggressively attacking anyone who speaks the truth about Islam.
In a world without Andrew Breitbart, it falls to ALL of us to make sure that BareNakedIslam.com gets back on the Interwebs and is rallied around every time it is attacked. If not, Islam wins…and ALL of us lose, even those on the Tolerant Left who are too stupid to realize it yet.
Focus Group Needed: What do you know about Voter Fraud?
ACTION ITEM: Can you spare 15-30 minutes today to spend a little time over at DEFENDtheVOTE.com to look at the information presented there on Voter Fraud? If you haven’t heard of DtV before, it’s an organization here in Chicago led by Sharon Meroni that’s filing lawsuits and other direct challenges to the Illinois State Board of Elections to force a cleanup of the voter registration rolls to prevent the dead from voting and eliminate the potential for mischief at various points in the election process.
WHAT’S NEEDED: Take a look around the site and chime in below in comments with how well you understand what DtV is trying to communicate.
Does it make sense to you?
Do you understand what contributes to voter fraud in Illinois by reading DtV’s presentation of facts?
Do you see how you can become a Vote Defender and what that would mean?
I am incredibly serious when I say that I want to really step up efforts to pick up the slack now that Andrew Breitbart is gone. If you want to do the same, please see Action Items like this as a valuable way you can contribute to the effort too. I have wanted to make stopping voter fraud in Illinois a priority for the longest time, but one thing or another always got in the way. I absolutely refuse, however, to not do everything I can to eliminate as much fraud as possible between now and the November election.
DtV really needs some focus group testing on their site’s content as they build their big push towards the November election. Your feedback is vital — and it will be compiled and passed on to Sharon Meroni herself so that she can manage her message and communicate her material in the best way possible.
My hope is to find an Action Item like this every day that would take about 15-30 minutes to do so that if you want to be one of the people who help pick up Andrew Breitbart’s torch, we’ll find an easy yet important way for you to do that. Because I will be absolutely damned if I allow that great man’s life’s mission to end with his passing. Not on my watch — and I hope not on yours either.
Thoughts?
HillBuzz Open Thread: Sunday March 4th, 2012
Today’s now the fourth day of a world without Andrew Breitbart in it.
I woke up early so I could go to mass today. I’m even dressing up, which is something I hate doing…and I am going to light every candle in the place in memory of Andrew and what he accomplished in his life.
Last night, I did a long interview with Sharon Meroni of Defend the Vote — who’s someone else who had regular contact with Andrew because of various projects she’s engaged in. It’s funny, but over the last few days since Andrew’s death I’ve spoken to quite a few friends in the political world who keep saying the same exact thing — “With Andrew Breitbart gone, we all need to step up our game and be a little more ‘Breitbart’ ourselves”.
If you notice, I created a new page at the top under the HillBuzz banner that says “Be Breitbart Baby”. I’d love for you to chime in below with ideas on what you think we should do on this page. I’m going to write a quick bio of Andrew Breitbart up there, with some words on his death and what he meant to us in life — but the goal for that page will be to collect ongoing projects that Breitbart would have done himself if he’d lived to have the chance.
I’d like to see us put out something every day that would take about 15-30 minutes to complete that would be in the “Be Breibart, Baby” spirit. I’m torn on whether to call this “Be Breitbart Baby” or “Andrew Breitbart Sent Me” — as in, when talking to someone while doing something Breitbart-esque, you could drop the line “Andrew Breitbart sent me” and they’ll know exactly what you are up to. I’d love it if millions of people started seeing themselves as Breitbart’s proxies coast to coast…as if in death his spirit multiplied and now the Tolerant Left and Cocktail Party Establishment alike have legions of Breitbarts to contend with instead of just the one.
In a few weeks the shock of his death will wear off and the eulogies and tributes will stop — but I intend to make “Be Breitbart, Baby” a permanent part of this site…which I intend to keep running strong for the rest of my life.
Every day Andrew Breitbart did something important that drove the Tolerant Left, Cocktail Party Establishment, and Elite Media absolutely nuts. It will take hard work and creativity, but I bet if we put our minds to it we could find SOMETHING to do every day for 15-30 minutes that could also drive these same adversaries bonkers — as if a part of Andrew Breitbart was still with us.
I’m going to pray on this today, and continue to strategize and brainstorm with others who shared Breitbart’s zeal…but we really need YOUR input too.
Be Breitbart, baby…and chime in below.
My Favorite Andrew Breitbart Story: “How did he get your phone number?”
Here’s a little Andrew Breitbart anecdote that perfectly captures what was so great about the man, in my opinion.
Yesterday I was talking about Andrew with a good friend of mine — a woman who happens to be in regular contact with someone who’s an author and occasional contributor to Big Government. That guy had been sharing Breitbart stories with her the other day, too, and in the middle of one where he talked to her about phone conversations he had with Breitbart she asked him, “How did he get your number? Who gave it to him?”.
Stumped, he realized he’d never thought of that before. How did Andrew Breitbart get this guy’s number?
This was the exact same thing that happened to me — because one day in early 2010 my phone rang from a number I didn’t recognize and I picked it up to hear, “Kevin…this is Andrew Breitbart”. I’ve never known how he got my number either.
The first time he called me out of the blue like that, I had the hardest time believing it was really him — until he’d talked enough that I knew it was either him or the world’s best Breitbart impersonator. This was not long after I’d been on Breitbart TV doing a segment for them, so I figured he must have gotten the number through that show and I never thought about the “How did he get this number?” question until I heard my friend’s story about that other writer and his own out of the blue Breitbart experience.
I like thinking Andrew had the magical ability to just pick up a phone and somehow reach anyone he ever wanted. I also like the fact that he’d take time out of his busy schedule to call people he wanted to give encouragement to, knowing it would make their day in most cases and give them a boost of adrenaline they probably needed to keep doing whatever they were doing that made them call-worthy.
His death is a huge, huge loss that will be so obvious like this for a lifetime to come.
HillBuzz Open Thread: Saturday March 3rd, 2012
[ Click above to embiggen: Failed NYC theater actor Bruch Reed and other Tolerant Leftists celebrate the death of Andrew Breitbart some more on Facebook ]
What would Andrew Breitbart do today if he was still alive and had Saturday March 3rd, 2012 to fill with some activity that would drive the Tolerant Left, the Cocktail Party GOP establishment, and the Elite Media absolutely BONKERS?
I’ve actually gone to the trouble of writing “What would Andrew Breitbart do today?” on a notecard that I’ve taped to my bathroom mirror. I highly encourage you to do the same — because it’s a marvelous reminder that every day is precious and that the gift you’ve been given of waking up today and having the opportunity to do something interesting, exciting, and/or important with it is a gift you should not squander.
I’d like to ask you for a personal favor today — and it’s something that I’m personally very bad at so if it’s a struggle for you, too, don’t feel bad because I’m right there with you. Sometime today, though, I’d like you to think of a friend who you know is very interested in politics…but someone you might not speak to often or get together with all that regularly. I’d love it more than anything if you gave that person a call and had a chat today — about what Andrew Breitbart’s life work meant to you. At some point, introduce the idea to your friend that perhaps the two of you could carry a little bit of Breitbart’s spirit forward, by finding ways to be a little “Breitbart” yourselves…and to maybe become involved somehow in the Resistance efforts that General Breitbart very much lead — which continue after his passing.
Have you ever seen people who go to the gym together and spot each other during workouts…or who meetup at the mall to walk together for exercise…or who help each other out by being in the same carpool group or whatever?
Have you ever considered finding a “buddy” like this — focused specifically on the political world? Think about how fun it would be to have a go-to person who you could always call up on short notice and ask, “Hey, there’s a speaker I want to hear so would you like to go with me?” or “Would you want to head down to the Board of Elections meeting and demand to know why they still let dead people vote in this state?”.
I think one of the things that’s kept you from becoming a political mystery-solving, corruption-busting, gadfly like Andrew Breitbart is the simple fact that you’ve lacked a Scarecrow to your Mrs. King, a Cagney to your Lacy, or a David Addison to your Maddie Hayes. Feel free to insert whatever sort of “buddy” you’ve always felt lacking in the above…and then think of a friend who could fill that role.
The greatest thing about Andrew Breitbart was that he had no superpowers…and that he was an ordinary guy at heart. He had not fancy degrees. He did not come from great wealth. He didn’t have anyone running cover for him or handing him things on platters. He just had smarts, creativity, a sterling work ethic, and great, personal drive to seek the truth and instill absolute holy terror into the Tolerant Left, the Cocktail Party Establishment, and the Elite Media.
You might not think about this every day, but you are, like Andrew, one of God’s great creations. You’re alive today because your parents, and your grandparents, and all their parents and grandparents before them had something special enough to ultimately produce YOU…and God selected you to be alive TODAY because he put inside you something special…just like he did with Andrew. You might not be as bombastic as he was, or as adept at utilizing the Interwebs, or as much of a prodigy in terms of driving Leftists insane…but you are here today — reading a political website on a Saturday for crying out loud — because YOU were chosen to be here when America needed you the most.
You also just so happen to be in the possession of like-minded friends who share everything above with you.
You just haven’t connected the dots yet to see that YOU are America’s secret weapon against the Left…and that YOU and your friends are what the nation’s counting on to turn the tide between now and election day.
There have been so many times when I’ve thought of closing down this site and attempting to get my old life back: it’s a huge expense, it makes me a nonstop target for crazy people who want to silence me, and it takes at least 10 hours a day to research, write, edit, and maintain. Every time I’ve ever wanted to quit, however, I sit down and pray about it and the same exact thought comes into my head…that what if I stopped doing this and the site went dark for good and the day afterwards was the day that someone out there would have read something on the site that inspired that person to get off the couch, put down the Pepsi, and DO SOMETHING very Breitbart-like that would have initiated a chain of events that would have defeated Barack Obama and brought down both the Democrats and the Cocktail Party GOP establishment?
I really see my role in all of this as the guy at the modern equivalent of a Morse Code machine…tapping out a message to someone out there, wholly unknown to me…in the firm belief that it’s a message that person needs to hear.
I have never understood why other conservative sites don’t do this — and I don’t know why they spend all their time bloviating and opining and often squabbling over this that or the other…instead of DOING SOMETHING or encouraging their readers to DO SOMETHING. You know, the way Andrew Breitbart did about a dozen and a half interesting and important things every day before lunch — with a Round Two before dinner no doubt. Andrew’s earned himself a place in the history books as one of the Tea Party Americans who became a General in the American Resistance. It’s my hope that someone reading this not only takes Andrew’s place someday, but exceeds him in every way, finding a way to do triple the damage he ever did to the Left.
I think you have what it takes to be that person…it’s just a matter of tapping into that. So, I’ll keep tapping away at this keyboard until you find the gifts God gave you and figure out how to use them. In the meantime, I’ll keep throwing every idea I can think of out there to inspire you…and I will rope in absolutely everyone I know to help in that (whether they like it or not sometimes). Maybe you can start roping in your friends and family too, and start seeing every day you’re gifted with as a chance to drive the Tolerant Left crazy and rattle the Cocktail Party like nobody’s business.
It’s not fair, but this is your watch, folks. It was God’s plan that you’d be here in 2012 when America needed you most. Some kind of strange chain of events led you to be here today, reading these words, typed out with the hope that you think on them today and figure out what you’re going to do this week to be a little bit “Breitbart” in your own way.
If you’re so inclined, I’d love to hear some ideas on just what, exactly, you could do in that spirit. If you’re too shy to chime in, that’s okay. Say a prayer for Andrew this weekend at some point, and include your thoughts in that so maybe he’ll hear them up there too. I bet it would make him feel great to know that not only is he missed like crazy but that YOU have decided to pick up a few flames from his torch and carry those forward for him.
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What else is on your mind this weekend?
What are people talking about in YOUR part of the country?
“Be Breitbart, Baby”
I spent a good portion of today monitoring the positively horrible postings on various Leftist sites and on the Facebook accounts of proud adherents of “The Tolerant Left” — observing the absolute glee they’re taking in Andrew Breitbart’s sudden death yesterday.
If you’re a regular reader here, you’ll know I trot out “the Death Star obliterating Alderaan” analogy quite frequently — because the scene resonates with me in especially trying times, as it’s one of the earliest memories I have of seeing something up on a movie screen (having most likely seen it for the first time during one of the pre-VHS re-releases of Star Wars). The Tolerant Left today is behaving much the way I imagine those in the high echelons of the Galactic Empire behaved upon hearing news of the first successful firing of the Death Star and the obliteration of Senator Leia Organa’s home world. “Ha ha! Take that! That’ll teach her!” is an echo of the jubilation in Leftist ranks today with the loss of the great General of the American Resistance who was Andrew Breitbart — himself a 21st Century echo of a Thomas Payne/Paul Revere/George Thomas hybrid.
If you’re a Star Wars fan, you know well that anyone in the Empire who celebrated the destruction of Alderaan (and the deaths of billions of its inhabitants) was an absolute fool (on top of being a sick and pathetic degenerate who celebrates the death of ANYONE) because the loss of Alderaan galvanized a galaxy and sent millions of talented, creative, and impassioned people into the ranks of the rebellion. “For Alderaan” was their mission statement and clarion call.
Today I sent an email out to my personal list of friends asking them to step up their efforts in whatever way they could to help fill the incalculable void left by Andrew Breitbart’s death. One of my good friends, HB contributor “The Tamminator”, responded by telling me her new personal mission statement in life is to “Be Breitbart, Baby!”. She says she already used it in a conversation she had this afternoon with another conservative activist — and at the close of their talk, he told her to “Be Breitbart!” and she said “Be Breitbart!” back to him instead of “goodbye”.
In whatever way you can, please “Be Breitbart” a little every day from now on.
If you didn’t consider yourself a part of the American Resistance already, please induct yourself with a pledge of “Being Breitbart” too.
Andrew Breitbart was an important part of the Resistance whose unique gifts were crucial to our cause…but I know in my heart there is someone reading this right now whose talents could possibly be even greater — but you just have never put your talent out there.
Maybe you didn’t think you were good enough…or strong enough…or brave enough.
Maybe you were afraid of what the Tolerant Left would do to you or your family if you got involved.
Maybe you sat back because Andrew Breitbart was already out there doing the heavy lifting.
With him gone, it’s time for you to be Breitbart, baby.
I am beyond heartbroken this remarkable man is dead. There are no words to describe how sickened I am that the Tolerant Left has seized his death as a cause for perverse rapture. All I can think to do in response to any of this is to “be Breitbart, baby”.
A little every day.
Then a little more until I get the handle of it.
I’ll never be as in-your-face as he was…or as salty and aggressive…since that’s not my personal style. But I’m going to start challenging myself to do more with video and social networking than I’ve ever done before. My friend Megan Fox and I talked today and we’re going to start our radio show back up, despite the cost to keep it going, because it’s a way for us to “be Breitbart” on the air now that his voice is silenced. “The Tamminator” and I decided to launch a very special project of our own, committing to something we’d talked about many times but never decided to put into action until now…and it’s something Andrew Breitbart would have gotten to himself eventually if he’d lived a little longer.
Whether they realize it or not, I see a lot of other people in the conservative writing world picking up on the spirit of “Be Breitbart, Baby”. I hope above everything else that the verb “to Breitbart” comes into regular usage and it stands for “absolutely bedeviling the Tolerant Left, exposing their hypocrisy, and collapsing the Cocktail Party GOP establishment while driving the Elite Media insane”.
Be Breitbart, Baby!
B3 for short.
In whatever way you can.
Death Does Not Win
His truth keeps marching on.
Scribble this down somewhere in your heart for a day when you really need to hear it: DEATH DOES NOT WIN.
Whether someone you loved struggled for ages with some disease or discomfort — or whether that person was plucked from the Earth unexpectedly at a young age — DEATH DOES NOT WIN.
In Heaven, the ones you love are reconstituted in love just as you expect to see them, protected and cherished in the company of angels who’ve waited forever to meet them.
Meanwhile, inside YOU something magical has happened.
While Death celebrates and dances on a grave somewhere, inside of YOU the people you love live on indelibly…and the good that you do…all the things you create…all the people you touch in your lives…gain a small part of the people you loved too.
Death can’t win, because Death is not powerful enough to destroy a person’s spirit or ever erase their memory from those who’ve been positively impacted by their well-lived lives.
Remember this.
Take strength in it.
Count on it.
DEATH DOES NOT WIN.
Go out into the world and secure your own place in immortality by making a difference in something that matters to you and becoming for others what the people you cherish are for you.
Love conquers all.
