FBI agent who nabbed Ptech False Flag 9/11 Terrorist warns of new FF in Boston

[Dig]

Boston FBI head: Police need assault rifles in case of terror attack
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/08/boston_fbi_head.html
August 18, 2009 03:17 PM By Jonathan Saltzman and Maria Cramer, Globe Staff

The top FBI agent in Boston said today that the Menino administration should revive a controversial plan to arm neighborhood officers with semiautomatic assault rifles, saying the scarcity of such weapons on the force makes Boston more vulnerable to a terrorist attack similar to the 2008 rampage in Mumbai, India, that killed 166 people.

Warren T. Bamford, the special agent in charge of the FBI field office in Boston, said other big cities in the United States have made such weapons widely available to specially trained police officers and that the issue "should be revisited sooner rather than later" in Boston.

"There's no imminent threats," Bamford said in a meeting with Globe editors and reporters. But, he continued, "All things being equal, if a terrorist decides, 'OK, we're going to do something like what took place in Mumbai,' well, where would you go? If you have a choice of a metropolitan city, would I go to New York, with 40,000 police officers, would I go Los Angeles, with 8,000, or would I go to Boston, with 3,500 ... and I know there's no assault rifles in the Boston Police Department?"

Bamford said he had spoken with Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis about the plan to distribute assault rifles but not with Mayor Thomas M. Menino.

In May, the Boston police prepared to arm as many as 200 patrol officers with semiautomatic rifles in specialized units such as the bomb squad and harbor patrol. The police had obtained 200 M-16s free of charge from the US military.

But community leaders decried the plan, and Menino said he would not approve it. He said he had not been briefed on the proposal until shortly before it was unveiled and that he was unhappy about the idea of officers patrolling the city's neighborhoods with such weapons.

The Rev. William E. Dickerson II, pastor at Greater Love Tabernacle in Dorchester, said today he does not support increasing the number of assault weapons for officers.

"I haven’t heard a good argument yet why we need them," he said.

Police would have to meet with community officials to explain in detail why they would need such heavy artillery, Dickerson said, adding that assault rifles could unnecessarily frighten residents.

"If I saw an officer with that gun, I would think, man, there must be something going down that we don’t know about for them to be taking it to that level," Dickerson said.

[Draskinn]

Semi-auto assault rifles. puff…

Man what ever happened to Marksmanship? One shot one kill. The greatest snipers in WWII killed hundreds with bolt action rifles.

[Dig]

Semi-auto assault rifles. puff…

Man what ever happened to Marksmanship? One shot one kill. The greatest snipers in WWII killed hundreds with bolt action rifles.

Yeah but Boston knows something about false flag terrorism and for these type of specifics to be requested, they might know something about the next planned false flag attack.

[Anti_Illuminati]

Yeah but Boston knows something about false flag terrorism and for these type of specifics to be requested, they might know something about the next planned false flag attack.

One thing I read into it was this:

"Police need more firepower to help quell domestic dissent, and if it isn't given to them, then we're going to false them so that they learn their lesson that they should have listened to us."

Or maybe not.

Whatever it is, Alex should get this "top FBI agent" on the show so he can "give him the memo" that Mumbai was a f*cking false flag.

[JBS]

In May, the Boston police prepared to arm as many as 200 patrol officers with semiautomatic rifles in specialized units such as the bomb squad and harbor patrol. The police had obtained 200 M-16s free of charge from the US military.

Gee, I guess it is OK for the military to arm the police for free. How about the military passing out another 300,000,000 for free?

[Dig]

One thing I read into it was this:

"Police need more firepower to help quell domestic dissent, and if it isn't given to them, then we're going to false them so that they learn their lesson that they should have listened to us."

Or maybe not.

Whatever it is, Alex should get this "top FBI agent" on the show so he can "give him the memo" that Mumbai was a f*cking false flag.

agreed but remember...local power over federal power ALWAYS!

local power is closer to the people, they live/work/have families in their communities.

Federal/International power is more distant than the people they may be false flagging.

Local over federal always. They cannot control all local agencies, that is the entire purpose of CAESER ; )

[Dig]

In May, the Boston police prepared to arm as many as 200 patrol officers with semiautomatic rifles in specialized units such as the bomb squad and harbor patrol. The police had obtained 200 M-16s free of charge from the US military.

Gee, I guess it is OK for the military to arm the police for free. How about the military passing out another 300,000,000 for free?

now that would be the most preferred, like in switzerland

[Unintelligable Name]

"The police had obtained 200 M-16s free of charge from the US military."

Of course they were given M-16s by the Military... of course...

I bet the wannabe Rambo cops just love that idea.

[Dig]

One thing I read into it was this:

"Police need more firepower to help quell domestic dissent, and if it isn't given to them, then we're going to false them so that they learn their lesson that they should have listened to us."

Or maybe not.

Whatever it is, Alex should get this "top FBI agent" on the show so he can "give him the memo" that Mumbai was a f*cking false flag.

Where else have we heard of "Warren T. Bamford, the special agent in charge of the FBI field office in Boston"?

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FBI: Former Ptech Officer Arrested in Connection with Alleged SBA Loan Fraud
Friday, 17 July 2009 19:36 Press Release Police Report

Indictment Unsealed Charges Former Ptech President with Dealing in Assets of Specially Designated Global Terrorist

BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)– A former resident of Somerville, Mass. who has been living in South Korea was arrested today after arriving at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York.

An indictment, originally returned on March 1, 2007, was unsealed today charging Buford George Peterson and Oussama Abdul Ziade, both former officers of Ptech, Inc., a computer software company that was principally located in Quincy, Mass., with making false statements to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) in connection with a loan application in the amount of $650,000 for Ptech submitted under a program offered to assist small businesses economically harmed by the attacks of September 11, 2001. The indictment charges Peterson and Ziade with falsely representing the identities of Ptech’s major shareholders in this loan application to conceal the ownership interest in Ptech held by a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, Yassin Kadi aka Yassin Al-Kadi aka Yassin Al-Qadi aka Yassin Qadi (Kadi) through Sarmany Limited, a company Kadi owned and controlled. Ziade served as Ptech’s President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of its Board of Directors from February 1994 to 2003 while Peterson served as Ptech’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer from February 2001 to August 2002.

Acting U.S. Attorney Michael K. Loucks; Bruce M. Foucart, Special Agent in Charge of Immigration and Customs Enforcement - Office of Investigations in Boston; Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - Boston Field Office; and Susan Dukes, Special Agent in Charge of the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation - Boston Field Office, announced today that a seven-count indictment, originally returned on March 1, 2007, was unsealed charging Peterson and Ziade with making false statements to the SBA in Ptech’s loan application in January 2002 when they falsely represented the identity of the major stockholders of Ptech (those owning 20 percent or more of stock) by omitting in Ptech’s stock ownership table any reference to Sarmany Limited, a company owned and controlled by Kadi. The indictment also charges Ziade with engaging in transactions involving, and dealing in, the property of Kadi, a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, and making false statements to law enforcement during the investigation of Ptech.

According to the indictment, beginning in or about 1994 and continuing until or about 2001, Kadi, a Saudi Arabian national, invested approximately $10 million dollars in Ptech through companies he owned, controlled or in which he held a beneficial interest. On Oct. 12, 2001, pursuant to Executive Order 13224, entitled “Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism,” which was issued in response to the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States government designated Kadi as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. As a result, any transaction involving, or dealing in, any interest in any property, direct or indirect, held by Kadi, and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, was prohibited.

As of Oct. 12, 2001, the date of Kadi’s designation, Kadi owned and controlled a large percentage of Ptech common shares. The indictment alleges that “Kadi held that interest in the names of [foreign] entities he owned and controlled or in which he held a beneficial interest... At the time of his designation, Ziade knew that Kadi held an interest in Ptech stock issued in the names of Kadi’s entities.” According to the indictment, “on or about Nov. 29, 2001, Ziade drafted a capitalization table identifying Kadi as the owner of approximately 9.9 million dollars worth of Ptech common shares, which had been issued by Ptech in the names of Kadi’s entities.” The indictment further alleges that Ziade “engaged in transactions designed in whole or in part to conceal the source and ownership of Ptech's assets and common stock.”

If convicted on these charges, Peterson faces up to 30 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release and a $1 million fine.

Also unsealed today was a criminal complaint issued on July 27, 2005 charging Ziade with attempting to engage in transactions involving, and dealing in, the property of Kadi, a Specially Designated Global Terrorist; knowingly making false statements to the SBA in a loan application submitted on behalf of Ptech; and making false statements to law enforcement. Ziade, a Lebanese national, has been living outside of the country since 2005.

If arrested and convicted of the charges in the indictment, Ziade also faces up to 30 years in prison, to be followed by five years supervised release and a $1 million fine.

The case was jointly investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation. The Medford Police Department, Massachusetts State Police, U.S. Secret Service, Office of Foreign Asset Control of the U.S. Department of Treasury, and U.S. Small Business Administration also provided assistance in the investigation. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys B. Stephanie Siegmann and Jeffrey Auerhahn of Loucks’ Anti-Terrorism and National Security Unit.

The details contained in the indictment are allegations. The defendants are presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Source: FBI.GOV

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I would listen to this guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

boooooooooooooyahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dig]

U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan
District of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, MARCH 09, 2009
http://boston.fbi.gov/dojpressrel/pressrel09/bs030909.htm


MARBLEHEAD INVESTMENT ADVISOR CHARGED WITH DEFRAUDING CLIENTS

BOSTON, MA—A Marblehead investment advisor was charged today with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud two of his clients.

United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation—Boston Field Division, announced that RYAN NESTOR, age 32, of Marblehead, MA was charged in a two count Information in which it is alleged that NESTOR defrauded two investment clients out of more than $750,000.

According to the Information, NESTOR, a former registered representative for a Mass Mutual related entity, misappropriated more than $750,000 in client funds by investing those funds, without the knowledge or consent of his two elderly victims, in an entity that turned out to be a massive Ponzi scheme. NESTOR invested the client funds pursuant to an agreement whereby NESTOR expected to receive a portion of the returns on the improper investments.

If convicted, NESTOR faces up to 30 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release and a $1,000,000 fine on each charge.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation—Boston Field Division. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sarah E. Walters of Sullivan’s Economic Crimes Unit.

The details contained in the Information are allegations. The defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

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not maddoff, but not a small fish either. this guy is putting some serious notches into his belt.

[birgit]

""There's no imminent threats," Bamford said in a meeting with Globe editors and reporters. ""

Watch them 'create' something to change that-PRS

[Dig]

""There's no imminent threats," Bamford said in a meeting with Globe editors and reporters. ""

Watch them 'create' something to change that-PRS

This seems to be a battle between FBI special prosecution that just nabbed the biggest fish in the 9/11 false flag attack so far and a Mayor with somewhat questionable connections who has been mayor for 16 years (including 9/11 and the Boston Airport, the Big Dig, etc.). When it comes to local v. federal/international, it is important to understand the players.  Giuliani, Swarzennegger, and Rick Perry are hardly local people who have local interests and well being in mind.  Any international city is open to having a hijacked local government.  Does anyone know the Mayor's stand on globalization, CFR, Bilderberg, NWO?

Anyway, here is something interesting from November 2008:

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Waves of scandal rattle Beacon Hill
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/11/02/waves_of_scandal_rattle_beacon_hill/
By Matt Viser and Frank Phillips
Globe Staff / November 2, 2008

Senator Dianne Wilkerson seemed to think last week that her Senate colleagues would go easy on her. And she had reason. All her past indiscretions had been overlooked, and the collegial body that meets in a powder-blue room with cushy chairs has never tried to oust one of its own before a conviction for a crime.

"I trust that you will act consistent with prior practice," Wilkerson wrote in a letter to the Senate president.

But Wilkerson clearly misjudged the size of the shock wave her arrest on bribery charges triggered on Beacon Hill.

Members of the House and Senate - and the Massachusetts public - have already been subjected to a stream of news about the alleged ethical failings of House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi and his close friends. As the taint of corruption settled deeply over the State House last week and subpoenas from the US attorney's office were delivered to top-ranking state officials by the hour, Wilkerson's Senate colleagues quickly moved to purge her.

Beacon Hill is once again awash in charges of political corruption, cronyism, and influence peddling, a spate of scandals that seasoned observers describe as perhaps the worst in three decades. And the sense that shoddy or criminal behavior has become pervasive is peaking just as the state confronts its worst financial crisis in years and needs strong leadership from its elected officials.

"It's really other-worldly, honestly," Senator Mark C. Montigny, a New Bedford Democrat, said of the current atmosphere on Beacon Hill. "What happens at a time like this is it reinforces the worst and the most cynical in politics. And the worst thing a politician can feel is that the public thinks everyone is on the take. Who knows how long we're going to be in the aftermath."

Lawmakers say they are being confronted by angry constituents in the waning days of their reelection campaigns. Top politicians have responded that Wilkerson's arrest by the FBI is based on the alleged actions of one rogue senator and that it does not reflect how Massachusetts politics really works.

But federal investigators have cast a wide net in the case, and some fear that Wilkerson could give up additional information to seek a lighter sentence. Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Maureen Feeney, City Council president, and Senate President Therese Murray have all received federal grand jury subpoenas in the Wilkerson case and have been referenced in one another's subpoenas - creating the appearance of a web of unseemly politicking that stretches from the State House to City Hall.

As one grand jury prepares for testimony in US District Court, DiMasi is under siege, with several ongoing investigations, including a state grand jury probe into more than $2 million in payments paid by a state computer software contractor to three of his close associates. One of the speaker's associates who received payments, his personal accountant, Richard Vitale, gave DiMasi a highly unusual third mortgage on his North End condominium.

"This has got to stop," Representative Cory Atkins, a Democrat from Concord, said of the overall atmosphere. "Voters hate it. Our greatest asset is our integrity, and if we blow that, we blow the democratic trust."

Governor Deval Patrick, who came to office vowing to change the culture, is now watching that culture career out of control. But even the self-professed reformer governor has taken his lumps, accused of using loopholes in state campaign laws to leverage jumbo contributions from lobbyists and businesses seeking favors from state government.

He also, like many prominent officeholders, endorsed Wilkerson in the Democratic primary despite her long list of previous legal problems, saying it was a matter of loyalty because of her early endorsement of his 2006 candidacy.

"I came to Beacon Hill to bring change," Patrick said Friday in announcing a special task force to propose ethics reforms. "We need ethics and lobbying reform, and we need it now."

The turmoil could not come at a worse time, with legislative leaders huddling with their lawyers behind closed doors, politically weakened and distracted when they need to be focused on closing the $1.4 billion budget gap created by the national financial crisis and dealing with chronic financial problems in transportation, healthcare, and education.

"It's certainly a very turbulent time for all of us," said Senator Steven C. Panagiotakos, chairman of Ways and Means, referencing both the state's budget problems and political climate. "There's a lot of uncertainty about what's tomorrow going to bring."

The top leaders of the Senate and House have been forced repeatedly to defend their reputations.

The Wilkerson arrest is testing Murray, who faces her first political crisis since being elected president in March 2007.

Murray was mentioned in an FBI affidavit as being present at a closed-door meeting with Wilkerson and other leaders to broker a deal for more liquor licenses in Boston - five of which, Wilkerson allegedly claimed in FBI tapes, were hers to control. Murray, who has publicly denied she was at that meeting, also received a subpoena last week and is prominently mentioned in subpoenas sent to other government offices, including one to the state's technology division demanding that her e-mails be preserved.

"I'm comfortable and confident that the integrity of the Senate - and my own integrity - will remain intact at the end of this ordeal," Murray said Thursday during a news conference, after she led the Senate to a unanimous vote calling on Wilkerson to resign and urging an ethics investigation that could lead to her expulsion.

DiMasi, meanwhile, has repeatedly asserted that he had nothing to do with the award of a flawed $13 million contract to Cognos ULC, the company responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments to his friends. He suggested, in an open letter to his colleagues this year, that a Cognos sales associate was dropping his name for political purposes without his knowledge.

Despite his repeated entreaties, the weakened DiMasi has been unable to quell organizing efforts within the House by two people vying to succeed him: Robert DeLeo, chairman of Ways and Means, and John H. Rogers, the majority leader.

But in an indication of how charged the atmosphere is, Rogers, too, is among those facing ethics allegations. He has been defending himself over an arrangement in which his campaign allegedly paid funds to a consultant who in turn made mortgage payments on a vacation home on Cape Cod owned by Rogers and his wife.

In still another controversy brewing, in Central Massachusetts, Robert P. Spellane, a Worcester Democrat and vice chairman of the committee that regulates banks, has been forced to explain how he was able to forgo a year's worth of payments on a $340,000 loan from a local bank with an executive who supports him politically.

And while the charges did not involve or conflict with his public duties, state Senator J. James Marzilli's bizarre arrest on charges that the Arlington Democrat sexually harassed and accosted four women in downtown Lowell has only heightened the image that Beacon Hill is sliding out of control. The Senate has not expelled Marzilli, although it referred his case to the Senate Ethics Commission. There has been no action in the four months since the referral. He is not running for reelection.

"It is a time of crisis," said Scott Harshbarger, former attorney general, who praised Patrick for announcing formation of a special ethics task force Friday. "That is a danger, but it also represents a great opportunity to make major reforms."

But the track record for past reform efforts is spotty.

Over the years, reformers have seen the political establishment cut the budgets and challenge many of the powers of the State Ethics Commission and the Office of Campaign and Political Finance. In the early 1990s there was a full-fledged assault on ethics laws as state lawmakers sought to limit the investigative powers of the Ethics Commission, including taking away its subpoena powers in preliminary inquiries and forcing it to reveal confidential informants.

DiMasi, who was House chairman of the Judiciary Committee at the time, challenged an Ethics Commission subpoena of his records, taking the case to the Supreme Judicial Court. The court ruled in favor of DiMasi, saying there was no legal basis to subpoena his documents after his name appeared in a lobbyist's records as taking more than $700 worth of meals, golfing fees, and entertainment expenses.

"Each time they took action over the next ten or twenty years, their powers were challenged and eroded," Harshbarger said. "This is a real opportunity to get back on track."

Most recently, reformers were dismayed when the Legislature in 2003 repealed a statewide referendum approving the Clean Elections Law, a sweeping measure designed to break the stranglehold that, reformers believe, special interests have on the electoral process.

It remains to be seen where, on the scale of past scandals, the current series of events will fall.

In the early 1960's, a special commission found fraud and payoffs in the state's construction of Boston Common's underground garage.

The State House was engulfed in scandal in the 1970's over bribes given to legislators by the contractor building the University of Massachusetts' Boston campus. The Senate majority leader, Joseph J.C. DiCarlo of Revere; a ranking Senate Republican leader, Ronald A. MacKenzie; and James A. Kelly Jr., the Senate Ways and Means chairman, all were convicted in federal court and sentenced to jail time.

In 1984, the House assistant majority leader, Vincent J. Piro of Somerville, allegedly took a $5,000 bribe, saying he had to "grease a few guys" to get him a special liquor license. His first trial ended in a hung jury. He was acquitted in a second trial.

"Each generation has had their scandals," said Jack Beatty, the historian and biographer of one of Boston's most famous rogues, James Michael Curley. "We will have a high-minded commission named after someone, and there will be resolves that Massachusetts will reform itself. But Massachusetts political culture being what it is, the infallible patterns will be repeated for the next generation."

[Dig]

Nov 21, 2008 6:05 pm US/Eastern
Chuck Turner, Dianne Wilkerson, What's Next?
http://wbztv.com/local/chuck.turner.arrested.2.870449.html

WIDER PROBE?

The investigation into corruption at City Hall and the State House has led to a second arrest.

Former state senator Dianne Wilkerson was arrested Oct. 28 and indicted Tuesday on allegations she accepted $23,500 in bribes for arranging a liquor license and land transfer.

Turner, a staunch supporter of Wilkerson, is now charged with accepting $1,000 from the same confidential informant who said he paid bribes to Wilkerson.

 Read The Turner Criminal Complaint

Turner denied the payment when confronted by FBI agents on the day Wilkerson was arrested.

ARE OTHERS INVOLVED?

According to the criminal complaint released Friday, Turner told the FBI agents after Wilkerson's arrest that corruption was pervasive among politicians.

"If you took out all corrupt politicians, you'd take out 90 percent and be left with us 10 percent," he said.

In the FBI affidavit in the Wilkerson case, undercover agents are described as asking a Wilkerson associate "whether anyone needed to be paid to earn their support."

 See page 27 of the Wilkerson complaint

The associate said Wilkerson deserved "the biggest chunk," but that Wilkerson's House representative deserved $5,000 and other "small timers" she "orchestrates" -- including a second House member and a Boston city councilor -- should be paid $1,000.

None of the individuals was named, and the Wilkerson affidavit did not say if the money was ever paid.

Turner is Wilkerson's city councilor.

Wilkerson is represented in the House by Rep. Byron Rushing, a Boston Democrat who also received a subpoena.

There are no allegations of any wrongdoing against Rushing.

WILKERSON AND TURNER

Turner is a fellow African-American who is a Harvard-educated member of the Green-Rainbow Party. He also is a veteran community activist who has been on the City Council since 2000.

He complained about the FBI in the aftermath of Wilkerson's arrest.

Last week, he told the Jamaica Plain Gazette that an undercover FBI agent came to his office last year wearing a hidden video camera as part of the bureau's investigation of Wilkerson.

OTHERS SUBPOENAED, BUT NOT IMPLICATED

The FBI affidavit filed in connection with Wilkerson's case refers to Mayor Thomas Menino, City Council President Maureen Feeney, Senate President Therese Murray and other city and state officials -- most of whom have acknowledged receiving subpoenas in the case.

Menino, Feeney and Murray have denied any wrongdoing.

U.S. Attorney Michael Sullivan said Friday that Menino, other members of the Legislature and the governor's office were not targets of the ongoing probe.

He refused to expand beyond that when asked about City Hall employees or the city's Licensing Board, which includes gubernatorial appointees.

"This always casts a cloud over governments," Menino told reporters. "It's frustrating for me. It's very frustrating for me. We are supposed to be here to help people."

[Dig]

Thomas Menino
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Menino
Biography

Born in Readville, a part of Boston's Hyde Park neighborhood, Menino was educated at Chamberlayne Junior College (AA, Business Management, 1963) and the University of Massachusetts Boston (BA, Community Planning, 1988).

Menino had served nine years on Boston's city council when Ray Flynn left the mayor's seat to become US ambassador to the Vatican. The council president at the time, Menino became acting mayor for four months before being elected to his first term in November 1993, defeating State Representative Jim Brett with 64% of the vote and becoming the city's first non-Irish-American mayor since 1930. After running unopposed for a second term in 1997, Menino defeated Boston City Councillor Peggy Davis-Mullen in 2001 for a third term with 76% of the vote [2] and in 2005 garnered 67% of the vote in beating Maura Hennigan, another councillor. [3] On July 13th, 2009 Menino became the longest-serving mayor in Boston history.

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Health

Menino has been hospitalized several times since taking office. He has been admitted for abdominal pain and intestinal inflammation, and was treated for kidney stones in 1995 and 1997. In 2003, Menino underwent surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital to remove a rare sarcoma (DFSP) on his back. The tumor had not spread, and the mayor was able to return to work in a matter of days. In 2004, the mayor's doctors confirmed he has been diagnosed with Crohn's disease, helping to explain his recurring intestinal problems. The condition requires life-long treatment with anti-inflammatory medication and careful monitoring of his diet. [4]

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Mayoralty

According to Mayor Menino’s official biography, “Among his main priorities, are: providing every child with a quality education; creating affordable housing; lowering the crime rate; revitalizing Boston's neighborhoods; and promoting a healthy lifestyle for all city residents.”

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Construction

In 2006, Menino proposed two major construction projects which would have a major impact on the city. Trans National Place is a proposed 1,000 foot tower to be built on the site of a city owned parking garage in Boston's Financial District. The second proposal calls for the city to sell Boston's City Hall, a 1960's icon of Brutalism architecture. Menino would then have the city use the proceeds from the sale to fund construction of a new seat of government on the South Boston waterfront, on the site of the current Bank of America Pavilion (Drydock 4).

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[szie=16pt]Mayors Against Illegal Guns[/size]

On April 25, 2006, Menino and New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg hosted a summit at Gracie Mansion in New York City, during which the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition was formed. The coalition, of which Menino remains co-chair, stated its goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets." The initial group consisted of 15 mayors; the 15 drafted and signed a statement of principles[1] and set a goal to expand their membership to 50 mayors by the end of 2006. That goal was met six months ahead of schedule, and led to its current membership of 210 mayors, with members from both major political parties and 40 states.[2]

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DNC 2004

Menino is famous for bringing the Democratic National Convention to Boston in 2004. Though controversial in the beginning for fundraising difficulties, security concerns, protests by unions, and inconvenience to residents, Menino estimates the convention generated $150 million in business for the city. Meanwhile, other estimates suggest the convention generated $14.8 million for the city.[3]

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“Beantown to Greentown”

In 2008, the City of Boston was ranked as the third greenest city in the US by Popular Science Magazine. [5] In the last decade, there have been new initiatives around planting more trees in the city, single-stream recycling, increasing the solar power capacity of the city, investing in alternative energy, and biking. One of the most innovate ideas has been green building zoning, which requires large-scale private construction to be “green” by LEED standards. Boston is the first city to revise building code to ensure green construction. [6] Documentary “The Greening of Southie,” by Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, tells the story of the first green residential building in Boston. [7]

The city has partnered with other government agencies and local businesses to accomplish its goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 7% below 1990 levels by 2012, and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.

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Cities Are Neighborhoods

Menino is also known for focusing on neighborhood development in Boston, organizing services by neighborhood and appointing Neighborhood Coordinators who serve as ambassadors from the City in their areas, believing that development should happen in every neighborhood. In 2001, Governing magazine named Mayor Menino Public Official of the Year for effective neighborhood development in Boston. This model has spread to other cities as a result of its effectiveness. [8]

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Boston Youth Council

The Mayor's Youth Council, started in 1994 [4], meets with Mayor Menino twice a month to discuss Youth based issues in the city of Boston. The Boston Youth Fund is one of the programs that the council organized, which helps Boston teens to acquire a summer job.

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Quotes

Mayor Menino is known for his distinctive voice and malapropisms, leading some to call him "Mumbles Menino" [5][6] or "Mayor Mumbles". Typical examples involve references to Boston's parking shortage as "an Alcatraz around my neck" (meaning, instead, an albatross around his neck) and referred to former mayor John F. Collins as "a man of great statue" rather than stature.[citation needed]

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Public Opinion

Mayor Menino enjoys high approval ratings among residents of Boston. An April, 2008 Boston Globe-UNH poll indicated that the city was “smitten” with the Mayor, with a 72% approval rating. 54% reported having personally met the Mayor. [7] While he is not without his critics, Menino's perennial popularity has garnered him the tongue-in-cheek epithet "Mayor for Life."[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

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Controversies

On April Fool's Day 1998, radio personalities Opie and Anthony, who were on station WAAF at the time, told their listeners Menino died in a fiery car accident while vacationing solo in Florida. Many believed the story, leading Menino to file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission, as the FCC prohibits the broadcast of knowingly false information if it causes public harm.[15] WAAF suggested that the duo have pies thrown at them while being held in town square stocks. The idea was summarily dismissed by the mayor's office. Facing a possible license challenge, WAAF fired them, but Opie and Anthony promised that they would return to Boston and get revenge. During the early days of XM Anthony stated that the intent of the April Fool's prank was to allow the duo to be released from their contract with WAAF. He also stated that the duo had been having illegal meetings with WNEW before the April fools prank. He preempted these comments with "The statutes of limitations must be up on this"[16]

In 2001, Menino personally intervened to help stop a chain drugstore from opening a few blocks from a pharmacy owned by a close friend and political supporter. The case raised questions about favoritism and the city's zoning practices.[17]

In 1993 when running for mayor, Menino pledged to serve "only two terms, and that's it for me."[18] In 2001, when Menino ran for a third term, he clarified "I promised I'd serve two terms - in every century."[19]

[Dig]

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino Disregards Questions About 9/11/01
www.911blogger.com/node/20793
Submitted by mark on Sun, 08/02/2009 - 2:32am.
FealGoodFoundation.com | Robin Hordon | Whistleblower

WeAreChangeBoston: Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino Confronted at Boston 2009 Peace Hip Hop Fest

The musical performer Whodini got a free DVD of America Freedom to Fascism and Alex Jone's Endgame as well as a WeAreChange.org flier. If you know him ask him if he has seen the movies yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Fa52Y0oyw

[Dig]

This guy seems like the Bertram Clay Shaw of the boston community. He has tremendous acceptance in popularity contests, yet has questionable views on false flag terrorism including 9/11 and future attacks that the FBI is warning of. The same FBI agent that nabbed the highest level terrorist of 9/11 yet.

[Dig]

Whoah....

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Menino Asks: "Mosque? WHAT Mosque?"
http://thenaturaltruth.blogspot.com/2007/01/menino-asks-mosque-what-mosque.html
Wednesday, January 31, 2007


Kudos to 96.9 FM TALK's Eagan and Braude for asking Mayor Menino about his support for a taxpayer-subsidized mosque during an interview yesterday afternoon. While neither Jim nor Margery have been following this story as closely as we have, Mayor Menino knows even less about his position on the ISB mosque than they do!

When asked about why he supported giving $2 million in taxpayer-owned land to the terror-friendly folks running the Islamic Society of Boston for a mere $175k, Menino denied that he was even mayor when the deal went down. "That happened before me," Boston's four-term mayor told E&B. He claimed to know virtually nothing about the subject at all.

Really?

Then explain this from The New Republic:
In 2003 the city of Boston, through its development arm, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), agreed to transfer the ownership of this 1.9 acre parcel of city land to the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB). At a groundbreaking ceremony in 2002 in which Mayor Thomas Menino took part, Massachusetts politicians said the project would bring together Bostonians of all faiths. [emphasis added]

Or this, from the Boston Herald, as reported by Islam expert Daniel Pipes:
At the groundbreaking in November 2002, local politicians hailed the planned
construction of an Islamic Center by the Islamic Society of Boston as a bridge between Islam and Boston's other religions, the Boston Herald reported...Mayor Thomas M. Menino hailed the center for "creating a space for inter-faith dialog," and thereby bringing "both the Muslim community and the community at large closer together.[emphasis added]

Lessee....According to his official biography, Mayor Tom "Pimp My Ride" Menin-yo was elected to his first term on November 2, 1993. He spent nine years on the city council before that. The ISB groundbreaking was 2002, the transfer of city land, 2003. Then there's the ongoing lawsuit trying to uncover the facts of the ISB funding that his administration is fighting. In fact, city officials were in court trying to keep the lid on this story LAST week!

Anybody else see a problem here?

Hey-Massachusetts ACLU! We've got taxpayers subsidizing a religious facility. Any problem with you guys? (Guess they're too busy whining about bomb searches on the T.)

Hey--Boston city council members! Your constituents are getting ripped off for $1.8 million to help out the (ahem) problematic organization, the ISB. You see a problem here? Or is this just the church v. state equivalent of 103 parking tickets?

Hey--Boston Globe-Democrat! You folks are always denouncing the evil influence of religious (i.e. "Republican") voters on the political system. Well, we've got people who support executing homosexuals and wife beating getting a boost from the Boston city government. Do you see a problem here? Maybe you could publish a cartoon about it...er, probably not.

And finally...

Hey--Alzheimer's Association! You guys got the Mayor lined up for treatment? When you're handling a shovel at the groundbreaking of a $22 million mosque in your own city--after 9/11!--and don't even remember it? That's not a good sign.

[Dig]

CITY OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Office of the Mayor
Thomas M. Menino
www.bostonredevelopmentauthority.org%2Fpdf%2Fdocuments%2FCITY%2520OF%2520BOSTON-Mullen%2520Moves%2520to%2520Boston.pdf
June 1, 2009

Mayor Menino Celebrates Mullen’s Move to Boston

Ad Agency Moves Headquarters to Financial District, Brings 300 Professionals to Boston’s Creative Economy
Mayor Thomas M. Menino today joined Mullen CEO Joe Grimaldi to celebrate the opening of the
company’s new downtown Boston headquarters. Beginning today, 300 professionals now occupy approximately
100,000 square feet in what is called The Mullen Building at 40 Broad Street in the Financial District overlooking
the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The agency has more than doubled in size since 2000 and rapidly outgrown its
existing space as it has expanded from traditional advertising, direct marketing and public relations services to
include digital marketing, performance analytics and marketing-to-women specialty groups.
“I’m delighted to welcome Mullen and its employees to Boston and I want to thank them for recognizing the
value of doing business in our city,” Mayor Thomas M. Menino said. “Mullen’s move places them in the heart of
our downtown, steps away from the new Rose Kennedy Greenway, and in the middle of a growing cluster of ad
agencies. The addition of 300 professionals to Boston’s creative economy is a win for the city.”
“The communications and marketing business is undergoing radical transformation and we’re building an
agency where creative content, media expertise and technology all seamlessly work together,” said Joe Grimaldi,
chief executive officer of Mullen. “Our vision for the new space is an environment that enhances collaboration
between agency disciplines, innovative thinking and staying connected with consumers. We believe in revolution
through evolution, and this move will enable Mullen to continue its rapid growth and transformation through work
style, workforce composition and simply shocking the system.”

Mullen’s new space includes the top three floors (9-11) [Ok, who is leaking this connection and why? What are they trying to tell us?]
in the 40 Broad Street building with the option to expand on the 8thfloor. Mullen chose 40 Broad Street because of its location in an area targeted by the city for
invigoration, and because of its excellent proximity to places like the Greenway, the Boston waterfront and Faneuil Hall.

“We wanted a destination building that would bear our company name and in which our presence would be
significant,” noted Grimaldi. “We did not want to be a faceless company on several floors of a skyscraper.”
Recognizing the fact that the creative industries sector is one of the fastest growing sectors in greater
Boston, Mayor Menino launched the CreateBoston program in 2005 in order to help this sector further grow and
prosper. Digital media is one of the engines that fuel the Boston-area economy as it contributes over $1.5 billion in
annual revenues to the greater Boston region with over 24,000 jobs and over 950 businesses.
Mullen’s employees and friends of the agency commemorated the move to Boston in a social media project
capturing an insider’s perspective on the event. Content creators generated Twitter feeds,
Facebook postings, Flickr photo albums and YouTube videos documenting Mullen’s move experience.
Mullen first opened shop in 1970 in the Marblehead, Massachusetts, home of the agency founder, Jim
Mullen. The agency has been at its present location, a manor house and 50-acre wooded estate in Wenham,
Massachusetts, since 1987. The agency has built a national client base and has grown from a small creative
boutique into the 22nd largest agency in the country.

[Dig]

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino Disregards Questions About 9/11/01
www.911blogger.com/node/20793
Submitted by mark on Sun, 08/02/2009 - 2:32am.
FealGoodFoundation.com | Robin Hordon | Whistleblower

WeAreChangeBoston: Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino Confronted at Boston 2009 Peace Hip Hop Fest

The musical performer Whodini got a free DVD of America Freedom to Fascism and Alex Jone's Endgame as well as a WeAreChange.org flier. If you know him ask him if he has seen the movies yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Fa52Y0oyw

But Mayor Menino uses 9/11 for political ploys:

MENINO RESCUES MURAL ON 9/11 [He is a saviour of 9/11]
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-7913079.html?jse=0
The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | September 14, 2005

An angry Mayor Thomas M. Menino overruled yesterday an order by Fire Commissioner Paul Christian to paint over murals on two firehouse doors memorializing firefighters killed during rescue efforts after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

"To take down an American flag, it's irresponsible," Menino said, adding that he interceded after a painter hired by the Fire Department arrived at Engine 24 Ladder 23 in Grove Hall and began painting the doors red.

[Dig]

Whoah....

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Menino Asks: "Mosque? WHAT Mosque?"
http://thenaturaltruth.blogspot.com/2007/01/menino-asks-mosque-what-mosque.html
Wednesday, January 31, 2007


Kudos to 96.9 FM TALK's Eagan and Braude for asking Mayor Menino about his support for a taxpayer-subsidized mosque during an interview yesterday afternoon. While neither Jim nor Margery have been following this story as closely as we have, Mayor Menino knows even less about his position on the ISB mosque than they do!

When asked about why he supported giving $2 million in taxpayer-owned land to the terror-friendly folks running the Islamic Society of Boston for a mere $175k, Menino denied that he was even mayor when the deal went down. "That happened before me," Boston's four-term mayor told E&B. He claimed to know virtually nothing about the subject at all.

Really?

Then explain this from The New Republic:
In 2003 the city of Boston, through its development arm, the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), agreed to transfer the ownership of this 1.9 acre parcel of city land to the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB). At a groundbreaking ceremony in 2002 in which Mayor Thomas Menino took part, Massachusetts politicians said the project would bring together Bostonians of all faiths. [emphasis added]

Or this, from the Boston Herald, as reported by Islam expert Daniel Pipes:
At the groundbreaking in November 2002, local politicians hailed the planned
construction of an Islamic Center by the Islamic Society of Boston as a bridge between Islam and Boston's other religions, the Boston Herald reported...Mayor Thomas M. Menino hailed the center for "creating a space for inter-faith dialog," and thereby bringing "both the Muslim community and the community at large closer together.[emphasis added]

Lessee....According to his official biography, Mayor Tom "Pimp My Ride" Menin-yo was elected to his first term on November 2, 1993. He spent nine years on the city council before that. The ISB groundbreaking was 2002, the transfer of city land, 2003. Then there's the ongoing lawsuit trying to uncover the facts of the ISB funding that his administration is fighting. In fact, city officials were in court trying to keep the lid on this story LAST week!

Anybody else see a problem here?

Hey-Massachusetts ACLU! We've got taxpayers subsidizing a religious facility. Any problem with you guys? (Guess they're too busy whining about bomb searches on the T.)

Hey--Boston city council members! Your constituents are getting ripped off for $1.8 million to help out the (ahem) problematic organization, the ISB. You see a problem here? Or is this just the church v. state equivalent of 103 parking tickets?

Hey--Boston Globe-Democrat! You folks are always denouncing the evil influence of religious (i.e. "Republican") voters on the political system. Well, we've got people who support executing homosexuals and wife beating getting a boost from the Boston city government. Do you see a problem here? Maybe you could publish a cartoon about it...er, probably not.

And finally...

Hey--Alzheimer's Association! You guys got the Mayor lined up for treatment? When you're handling a shovel at the groundbreaking of a $22 million mosque in your own city--after 9/11!--and don't even remember it? That's not a good sign.

Double whoah...

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Texas Terrorism Trial Ties Boston Mosque Leaders to Extremist Network
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/texas-terrorism-trial-ties-boston-mosque-leaders-to-extremist-network/
By creeping

Dennis Hale, President of Citizens for Peace and Tolerance, called today for a public investigation of the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s sale of land to the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB) for the construction of New England’s largest mosque.

Hale noted that officers of the largest Muslim charity in America, The Holy Land Foundation (HLF), convicted in Texas last week of funding Middle East terrorism, have ties to the ISB and its close affiliate, the Muslim American Society. “The convictions in Texas are a victory in the government’s efforts to prevent charities from being used to support terrorism,” said Hale. The Holy Land Foundation and five of its organizers were convicted for sending more than $12 million to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas. “It is shocking to discover the ties between the HLF and the leadership of the Islamic Society of Boston,” said Hale.

Hale enumerated the ties:

– “Hossam Al Jabri, President of the Muslim American Society’s Boston branch (MAS Boston), which now controls the ISB Cultural Center, personally donated money to the HLF while they were sending funds to Hamas,” Hale said. “And the Islamic Society of Boston as an organization sent thousands of dollars to the HLF as well.”

– “Jamal Badawi, an ISB Trustee, was a frequent speaker at HLF fundraising events, and was listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in the HLF prosecution.”

– “Osama Kandil, the ISB Board Chairman, founded the Muslim Arab Youth Association (MAYA), which provided venues for HLF fundraising events where Hamas members made explicit calls to murder Israelis.” For its role in Hamas fundraising, MAYA was also listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in the HLF trial.

“Now,” Hale continued, “the mosque, which was built by the Islamic Society of Boston, has been taken over by the Muslim American Society (MAS). MAS was founded by top Muslim Brotherhood leaders and states that it is guided by Muslim Brotherhood ideology. The Brotherhood inspires and provides the justification for the anti-West Jihad.” Hale cited a document from the HLF investigation, which describes the Muslim Brotherhood’s goal in America as a “Grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying Western Civilization from within.” Hale noted that, “this same document praises the contribution of ISB Trustee Jamal Badawi to the Muslim Brotherhood’s efforts.”

“And finally,” Hale said, “the Boston Phoenix published last week an expose, ‘Menino’s Mosque,’ which shows that the BRA did not perform due diligence when it approved the sale to the ISB of public property at a steep discount for the construction of a mosque financed mostly by Saudi Arabia. The Mayor intended to help a group of local African American Muslims build a house of worship. Instead, he wound up giving the mosque to a group controlled and financed by the Saudis,” Hale said. “The BRA role is further complicated,” according to Hale, “by the role of Muhammad Ali-Salaam, an official of the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), who was also an ISB member and fundraiser for the mosque. The BRA recently told a judge that their records on the ISB matter have ‘disappeared.’ Today we call upon the FinCom’s chairman, Paul Minihane, and its Executive Director, Jeff Conley, to initiate a long overdue investigation into the conduct of the BRA.”

CPT is an interfaith citizens group. It was sued by the ISB for “defamation” after asking questions about the radical leadership of the ISB in 2004, based on news reports that the founder of the ISB, Abdulrahman Alamoudi, was serving a 23-year prison term for a terrorist conspiracy and fund-raising for Al-Qaeda, and that an original ISB Trustee, Yusuf al Qaradawi, was calling for the wholesale murder of Jews and homosexuals, and is now barred from entering the U.S. Also sued were the Boston Herald, Fox 25, and over a dozen individuals and organizations. The ISB dropped its lawsuit in 2007. SOURCE: Citizens for Peace and Tolerance

[Dig]

Sheik Yusuf Al-Qaradawi's Extremist Islamic Site Runs "Exclusive" Interview with Obama's First Female Muslim Appointee
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/04/extremist-islamic-site-runs-exclusive-interview-with-obamas-first-femal-muslim-appointee.html
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Over at the global jihadi Islam Online, Sheik Yusuf Al-Qaradawi's site (who now has an office in Washington DC), has this interview with Obama's first Muslim woman appointee,

Egyptian born (any Americans in this administration?) Dalia Mogahed serves up plenty of taqiyya, but once you speak the language, you can read between the lines. The Organization of the Islamic Conference has its operatives in place in a Muhammadan presidency.
Obama's Muslim Adviser Islam Online   (hat tip rut)

WASHINGTON - Dalia Mogahed, a hijab-clad American Muslim, has made history being the first Muslim woman appointed to a position in President Barack Obama's administration.

She sets on a newly-formed interfaith advisory board the administration hopes will improve relations with Muslims in the US and across the globe.


The Egyptian-born American heads the Gallup American Center for Muslim Studies, a research center that produces studies on Muslim public opinion worldwide.
In an exclusive interview, IslamOnline.net discussed with Egyptian-born Mogahed her new role, the challenges facing Muslims, Islamophobia in the US and her own success story.

- How do you feel about being the first Muslim appointed to the Obama administration?

I am not actually the first Muslim. There have been other Muslims appointed to Obama's administration. I am also not the only Muslim on the White House advisory Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships. I join Dr. Eboo Patel as the second Muslim on the council. I am, however, the first Muslim woman in this council. I feel very honored for the privilege to serve in this way, but also recognize the responsibility that I've agreed to take on. I see my role much more in terms of what needs to get done rather than a historical accomplishment. I believe the accomplishments are yet to be fulfilled.

- What is the role of the Council on Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnership?

I am a member of a 25-person advisory council to the White House focused on offering solutions for societal problems sourced in the wisdom of faith communities. More specifically, I am on the Inter-religious Dialogue and Cooperation Task Force, a group of only 5. We will work on recommendations for our area of focus and these will be reviewed by the larger council and then included in an annual report with recommendations from the council to the President.

- What is your role as an advisor on Islam?

I would not say I am an advisor on Islam. I would say that it is my role to convey the facts about what Muslims think and feel. I see my role as offering the voices of the silenced majority of Muslims in America and around the world to the council so that our deliberations are informed by their ideas and wisdom. I believe that I was chosen because the administration cares about what Muslims think and wants to listen.

- What kind of advise would you be giving Obama to improve relations with US Muslims and the Muslim world?

I would advise him to listen first and foremost. Many have claimed that terrorists have 'hijacked Islam'. I disagree. I think Islam is safe and thriving in the lives of Muslims around the world. What the terrorists have been allowed to take over are Muslim grievances. Muslim concerns over injustice have been largely dismissed by the previous administration leaving a vacuum exploited by extremists. This is a dangerous reality for all of us. Instead, the US must hear mainstream Muslim concerns even if America does not agree with their perceptions. These issues can no longer be ignored or left and the extremists to monopolize.

- What areas of domestic and foreign policies you think the administration should be introducing change in?

I would endorse the action plan outlined in the report "Changing Course" which recommends four areas of action: Respect, Reform (political and economic) and Resolution of conflict.

BLUEPRINT FOR US SURRENDER TO ISLAM: THE US MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT...
I have blogged on this document, the blueprint for dhimmitude in the US, which was set out by the Organization of the Islamic Conference.

When it comes to the US, I would recommend that a senior member of the administration go on a "listening tour" of the US and hear what Muslim Americans are concerned over. Like all Americans, they are worried about the economic crisis, their financial future and jobs. And like many other US citizens, Muslim Americans are also worried about racial profiling, discriminatory immigration policy and the erosion of civil liberties.

- What do you think of the rising Islamphobia in America?

Islamphobia in America is very real. Gallup finds that Muslims are among the most unfavorably viewed groups in the US and only a little over a third of Americans say they have no prejudice against Muslims. This presents a grave danger to America as a whole. The disease of racism, by definition, is a bias in judgment. This means that racism clouds sound judgment and leads people to make irrational decisions. It also divides a nation and prevents the full utilization of its intellectual and cultural resources. Racism is wasteful. Racism is a strategic disadvantage. I am very proud of the progress America has made in fighting this problem as it relates to the relationship between blacks and whites. In 1956 only 4% of Americans approved of a marriage between whites and blacks. The marriage that produced our president was illegal in Virginia when he was born. Today 80% of Americans approve of marriage between blacks and whites. Last year, Barack Obama became the first Democratic Presidential candidate in decades to carry Virginia. We are a stronger and smarter nation because of this growth. Our next growth spurt will be in ridding our society of anti-Muslim prejudice.

- What do you think US Muslims themselves need to do?

Muslim Americans lag behind other Americans in their political and civic participation according to our research (National Portrait). The best thing they can do to strengthen America is to become fully engaged in writing its next chapter by getting involved and feeling a strong sense of ownership for the future of their country.

UPDATE: OT but related: BTW, if your missed one of Al Qaradawi's latest interviews go here: Sheik Yousuf Al-Qaradhawi: Allah Imposed Hitler upon the Jews to Punish Them

[Dig]

The Islamic Society of Boston seems to be as Muslim Brotherhoodist as AIPAC is Zionist.  Sites that criticize this group tend to have counter productive islamophobia, try to discern the racism from the actual evidence of wrongdoing/connections to terrorists.  The Muslim Brotherhood was set up by the British Royal Family to enact slavery on the Muslim people.  It incorporates decreeing a king of a territory and having that king oppress their own people while handing over property/mineral/energy rights to the British/Dutch Royal families. The Muslim Brotherhood is not Muslim and does not promote Brotherhood just like the Federal Reserve is not federal and their ain't no reserve.

[donnay]

I do not know if I would agree with Mr. Bamford.

The fire power needs to be in the hands of the people not the cop shops.  Massachusetts is a state like New York where the authorities usurp the rights of the people.

Besides, I am not jumping on board what the Boston FBI unit advises because I remember Whitey Bulger. 

[Dig]

Local blog about the mayor's inferiority complex and the attempt to build a 1,000 foot phallic symbol:

http://www.thenoiseboard.com/lofiversion/index.php?t120623.html

[Dig]

I do not know if I would agree with Mr. Bamford.

The fire power needs to be in the hands of the people not the cop shops.  Massachusetts is a state like New York where the authorities usurp the rights of the people.

Besides, I am not jumping on board what the Boston FBI unit advises because I remember Whitey Bulger. 

Not just Whitey but also the run up to 9/11 and the Boston FBI looks like clear cases of obstruction of justice.  Comparing Boston FBI's past and this mayor is like deciding whether to vote for McCain or Obama. Tough, tough decisions.

But the agent is the one who jumped interdiction hurdles to get the Ptech terrorist in custody. He ain't small time.  And the media has been hush hush about it so it is not a Patrick Fitzgerald dog and pony show with Libby type nonsense.

Also not sure if this is relevant, but that suspect spent the last 2 years in hiding in South Korea and a South Korean is shooting fr the mayoral position in the upcomming election (probably does not have a chance in hell, but interesting nonetheless).

[Dig]

Local blog about the mayor's inferiority complex and the attempt to build a 1,000 foot phallic symbol:

http://www.thenoiseboard.com/lofiversion/index.php?t120623.html

How is it that this mayor for the past 16 years does not have a smudge of taint from the big dig?

[Dig]

Massachusetts, UNITED STATES (USA), Mon 17 Aug 2009, 20:38 GMT
MASSACHUSETTS IS TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF ANY POSSIBLE H-ONE-N-ONE VIRUS OUTBREAK THIS FALL..
http://www.newspusher.com/IT/post/1250540226-2/IT-/ma-h1n1-vaccinations.html
BOSTON MAYOR TOM MENINO SAYS HE WILL HOST A SUMMIT LATER THIS WEEK...
THE MEETING WILL INVOLVE A WIDE VARIETY OF LEADERS DISCUSSING HOW TO DEAL WITH THE POTENTIAL PROBLEM.
THE NEWS COMES AFTER THE STATE ANNOUNCED ITS ELEVENTH SWINE FLU DEATH VICTIM.
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY A TWENTY-SIX YEAR OLD MARTHA'S VINEYARD VICTIM DIED OF THE VIRUS...BUT UNLIKE OTHER YOUNG VICTIMS, DIDN'T HAVE ANY UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.
MENINO says: "This summer is a major opportunity for us to share and learn what works and what doesn't work."
ANDERSON says: "We don't have vaccine right now for H1N1 influenza, and once schools reopen it is likely that we will again see lots more cases of H1N1 influenza. (Off cam WS of Anderson by the podium addressing reporters) So what we need to do until we get the vaccine for H1N1 influenza (On Cam) is really make sure people can get their seasonal flu vaccine, so that there's less of that circulating."
MENINO ALSO SAID CITY WORKERS WILL GET TWO HOURS OF PAID TIME OFF TO RECEIVE FLU SHOTS.


[-] Script
BOSTON
FILE
TOM MENINO / BOSTON MAYOR
BARBARA ANDERSON / BOSTON PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSIONER

VIDEO INFORMATION:
Imported material
WS -CU of a nurse administering the flu shot to a patient.
SOT- Mayor Tom Menino/Boston, MA
WS of Mayor Menino at the podium handing it off to Commissioner Anderson.
VO of a doctor inside his office with an assistant.
CU of vials of the H1N1 vaccine.
SOT-Dr. Barbara Anderson/Boston Public Health Commissioner

[donnay]

How is it that this mayor for the past 16 years does not have a smudge of taint from the big dig?

http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Thomas-Menino

Thomas Michael Menino (born December 27, 1942) is the current mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, United States and the city's first Italian-American mayor. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...  Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, Athens of America, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area    - City  89. ...  Raymond Leo Flynn (born July 22, 1939), also known as Ray Flynn, was the Mayor of Boston from 1984 to 1993, and later the American ambassador to the Vatican (1993 - 1997) under President Bill Clinton. ...  December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ...  Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...  Hyde Park is the most southern neighborhood of the City of Boston, Massachusetts. ...  The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ...  December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ...  Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...  This is a list of Mayors of Boston, Massachusetts. ...  Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, Athens of America, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County  - Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area    - City  89. ...  Logo of Sons of Italy, which is the largest Italian American fraternal organization in the United States. ...  A mayor (from the Latin mÄ�ior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ...


Born in Readville, a part of Boston's Hyde Park neighborhood, Menino was educated at Chamberlayne Junior College (AA, Business Management, 1963) and the University of Massachusetts Boston (BA, Community Planning, 1988). He currently resides in Hyde Park with his wife, Angela Faletra. They have two children: Susan and Thomas Jr. Readville is a part of Boston. ... Hyde Park is the most southern neighborhood of the City of Boston, Massachusetts. ... Mount Ida College is a baccalaureate, four-year liberal arts college located in Newton, Massachusetts. ... An associate degree is an academic degree awarded by community colleges, junior colleges and some bachelors degree-granting colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study usually lasting two years. ... University of Massachusetts Boston, or UMass Boston is a university in Boston, Massachusetts in the northeastern United States. ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ...


Menino had served nine years on Boston's city council when Ray Flynn left the mayor's seat to become US ambassador to the Vatican. The council president at the time, Menino became acting mayor for four months before being elected to his first term in November 1993, defeating State Representative Jim Brett with 64% of the vote. After running unopposed for a second term in 1997, Menino soundly defeated Boston City Councillor Peggy Davis-Mullen in 2001 for a third term with 76% of the vote [1] and in 2005 rang up 67% of the vote in beating Maura Hennigan, another councillor [2]. Raymond Leo Flynn (born July 22, 1939) also known as Ray Flynn was the Mayor of Boston from 1984 to 1993, and later the American ambassador to the Vatican (1993 - 1997) under President Bill Clinton. ... Maura Hennigan is a former Boston City Councillor that proudly served on the Boston City Council for almost 24 years. ...


Should Menino complete his fourth term, and if the four months as acting mayor are included, he would become the longest-serving mayor in Boston history. Though hardly the most eloquent of politicians (because of his poor diction he has been nicknamed "Mumbles Menino" by Howie Carr, a writer for the Boston Herald, and a nationally syndicated radio talk show host), a large part of Menino's success seems to hinge on his refusal to use city hall as a stepping stone. While it may be true that he would have little success at seeking higher office, Menino maintains that being mayor of Boston is the only job he's ever wanted. He is considered a "nuts and bolts" mayor, focusing on making sure that potholes are filled, garbage and snow are removed and crime is down. He attends functions all around the city, and his administration has remained relatively scandal-free. Howard Howie Louis[1] Carr (born January 17, 1952) is an American broadcaster, award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author, and a highly rated talk-radio host in the greater Boston and New England area. ... The Boston Herald is a tabloid newspaper (not to be confused with tabloid press periodicals), the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston, Massachusetts, with a daily circulation of 230,543 in September 2005. ...


In 2006, Menino proposed two major construction projects which would have a major impact on the city. The first, Trans National Place is a proposed 1,000 foot tower to be built on the site of a city owned parking garage in Boston's Financial District. The second proposal, calls for the city to sell Boston's City Hall, a 1960's icon of Brutalism architecture. Menino would then have the city use the proceeds from the sale to fund construction of a new seat of government on the South Boston waterfront, on the site of the current Bank of America Pavillion (Drydock 4). This project would fit into Menino's ongoing efforts to spur development in this section of South Boston, and would complement the new convention center, as well as benefit from new Big Dig transportation connections to the area.

[wvoutlaw2002]

Maybe they're dropping these hints of Boston being false-flagged to get people to fear about a terrorist event in Boston so they can catch everybody off-guard and carry out a false-flag somewhere else such as Chicago, L.A., Philly, or D.C.

I think Chicago is a very likely scene for a false-flag (that's where Obama's modern-day crime syndicate started up), but Philly is seen by many as the birthplace of freedom, so to me, Philly is a more likely target.

[Dig]

Maybe they're dropping these hints of Boston being false-flagged to get people to fear about a terrorist event in Boston so they can catch everybody off-guard and carry out a false-flag somewhere else such as Chicago, L.A., Philly, or D.C.

I think Chicago is a very likely scene for a false-flag (that's where Obama's modern-day crime syndicate started up), but Philly is seen by many as the birthplace of freedom, so to me, Philly is a more likely target.

umm, I think that 305 million american citizens can keep track of 3 cities at the same time.  We know that the Sears Tower has been a false flag target for a long time when Silverstein owned it.  And the obvious ramifications of Obama's home town can never be dismissed. But Ptech was boston, the airport was boston, the investigator is boston, the Vatican/FBI/Bulger/Menino connection deserves some inquiry. But to me this is the first solid lead on the NWO's false flag plans that I have seen and it is not leaked, try and find information about it. when something is leaked on purpose, everyone knows about it.

Also Menino is involved in swine flu vaccines, the muslim brotherhood, and insane gun control.

[nofakenews]

BOSTON -- An FBI official said Boston police officers should be armed with assault rifles to make the city more prepared for a terrorist attack.

Warren Bamford, the special agent in charge of the FBI in Boston, said Tuesday that he is baffled by opposition to a proposal to give some neighborhood police officers the semiautomatic weapons.

In May, Boston Mayor Tom Menino criticized a proposal to arm up to 200 officers with M-16s that the police department had ordered from the U.S. military. Menino said only specially trained units should have the guns.

Bamford said he believes more officers should have access to the guns in the event Boston becomes the target of a terrorist attack like the one that killed 166 people in Mumbai, India in November
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/20451561/detail.html

Boston your target nuke city?.. 

[RemixNinja]

I think Chicago is a very likely scene for a false-flag (that's where Obama's modern-day crime syndicate started up), but Philly is seen by many as the birthplace of freedom, so to me, Philly is a more likely target.

Imagine the sympathy that Obama will be to generate for his agenda if some CIA-affiliated "terrorists" took out his adopted hometown of Chicago.  The masses would let him do whatever he wanted just like people allowed Bush after 9/11.  If there is a false flag, the likely suspects will also probably have connections to Africa, so Africom can proceed accordingly.  The majority would not question Obama, because he would invoke something along the lines of "the terrorists destroyed MY CITY."  It is similar to when Bush was trying to make the argument against Saddam by saying Saddam tried to kill his daddy.  Connect with the people on a personal level, and they will allow Obama to do whatever he wants.