BLOG: Andrew Bolt on Hawaiian holidays for terrorists ...

Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt has (I presume inadvertently) used his blog to promote a far-Right conspiracy theory about Muslims.

Bolt cites the allegedly conservative blog Qohel on a proposal by the Hawaii Legislature to introduce an official annual "Islam Day" on September 24. Qohel in turn refers readers to a far-Right conspiracy theorist posing as the "Canada Free Press" for "more detail".

And what does the CFP have to say? Here's how their "report" commences.

Muslims have just tricked the Hawaii Legislature into celebrating Islam on September 11.

To get an idea of just how loopy this CFP is, go to their search feature and type in the words Obama Muslim. Be prepared for nonsensical articles like this and this.

Bolt, of course, would never subscribe to any conspiracy theory concerning Muslims imposing an agenda on Hawaii or the rest of the United States. After all, it's not as if Bolt would make the kinds of far-fetched remarks that far-Right nutters would make. You know, remarks like this:

If adherents of this faith hadn’t killed so many Americans, would it have attracted this kind of fawning?

Of course, Bolt did say all that. His comments echoed the views of two Republican representatives in Hawaii as reported by the Associated Press on 7 May 2009.

Hawaii's state Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday to celebrate "Islam Day" — over the objections of a few lawmakers who said they didn't want to honor a religion connected to Sept. 11, 2001.

Those Senators were right. But then, they were in the minority. What can one say about the rest of those damned Hawaiians? In the mind of Andrew Bolt and his conspiratorial nutter sources, terrorists (i.e. Hawaiian Muslims) have successfully held a gun to the head of the Hawaiian Senate. The terrorists have won. We should have seen it coming. Head for the hills!



UPDATE I: Those winderful people at the Crikey Pure Poison blog have done some thorough research on the Hawaiian Islam Day proposal which, far from being an annual event, was supposed to be a one-off. Read more here.

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BLOG: Blair sources story from pro-Nazi nutcase ...

Daily Telegraph blogger Tim Blair will go to any extent to source a story to spread hatred against a group he hates. Blair is even prepared to acknowledge he obtained a story from the blog of a notorious Nazi supporter.

(Via Sheik Yer’ Mami)

And who is Sheik Yer'Mami? What kind of material does Yer'mami publish? Well, his website currently carries this poll:

Are you convinced now that Obama is a Marxist Muslim?

°No way!

°More Marxist than Muslim

°More Muslim than Marxist

°Muslim ueber alles!

Feel free to check out this link where the "Sheik" tries to prove that the President of the United States is "still" a Muslim. Read some of the comments on this racist blog.

Welcome to Blair's world.

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COMMENT: Greg Sheridan's anti-Semitism?

I learned something new today. I learned that Amharic, the language of Ethiopia is actually a Semitic language. So it is directly related to other Semitic languages - Hebrew, Arabic and Aramaic.

I also learned Foreign Editor for The Australian Greg Sheridan has this to say about a group of Semitic people.

Most Arab political cultures are awash in the most bizarre paranoia and conspiracy theories ... Much of the paranoia in Arab culture has a racial element.

On what basis can Mr Sheridan make such an extraordinary remark? Does he speak Arabic? Has he made a detailed study of Arab political cultures and/or the political content in Arabic literature, Arab cinema or Arab art? And just how paranoid is the Arab political culture? Would it share the same degree of paranoia as, say, Andrew Bolt's side of the blogosphere? Or how about Fox News?



This is an extraordinary claim for the foreign editor of a broadsheet newspaper to make. But then, Sheridan's other arguments in his column made little sense. For instance ...

But the real purpose of Obama's speech was his broader pitch to the Muslim world. Much as I love Indonesia, it probably is true that this had a greater resonance in the Arab world by being delivered in Turkey (not that Turks are Arabs) than it would have had if it had been delivered in Jakarta. The speech was carried live on al-Jazeera and al-Arabiya television networks.

Yes, and? Is Sheridan suggesting that Indonesians also don't have access to cable and satellite TV channels? Or don't Indonesians have access to the internet, where they could have watched the speech on the President's own channel on YouTube?

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BLOG: Murdoch columnist from Australia's biggest selling newspaper publishes comment about future Obama assassination ...

It just amazes me what kind of stuff Andrew Bolt allows onto his blog. The sheer venom for the US President that Bolt likes to whip up. It's one thing to criticise Obama's response to the global financial crisis. It's one thing to criticise him for showing more respect to a Saudi monarch than a British one.

But where the hell did this come from? And why did Bolt allow it on?

It still amazes me that the people voted in someone with links to Islam, especially with 9/11 still fresh in their minds.I have always thought there is a bullet out there with Obamas name on it and still wouldn’t rule it out.He’s definately walking a tightrope bowing and scraping to his Islamic friends.
RonB (Reply)
Sat 11 Apr 09 (12:14pm)

Are Bolt's hounds suggesting Obama's flirtation with longstanding US allies and NATO members should lead to his assassination? Does Bolt regard the assassination of the US President to be normal discourse? Has the Herald Sun's star columnist completely lost the plot??

Apparently Rupert Murdoch is an American citizen ...

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BLOG: Why Obama is a Muslim abortionist ...

I always thought easter was a time for piece and love, when Christians share the joy of salvation. But when it comes to America's Christian President, all the peace and love disappears from some allegedly Christian quarters.

On Planet Bolt, you can hear all kinds of theories about the President of the United States. Bolt is upset with Obama for appointing Vatican ambassadors who allegedly support a woman's right to terminate her pregnancy.

Fair enough. Bolt perhaps subscribes to a wacky insistence in an absolute prohibition in abortion that would see a 9 year old girl raped by her stepfather forced to give birth to the child. But what does all this say about Obama? Let's take a peak at the conversation on Bolt's blog:

The bizarre thing about this, is that Turkey is not an islamic state - it is in fact a secular democracy (and a successful one at that) - which actually has a HUGE problem with islam and islamic militancy - (armed gards at shopping cenres are not uncommon)
tony of coburg (Reply)
Fri 10 Apr 09 (07:12am)

So having armed guards at shopping centres is a sure sign of the existence of a huge problem with Islam. I've seen a fair few armed guards at shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Brazil. Imagine the world's future caliphs who drink beer and/or do the haka and/or enjoy ice hockey and/or samba.

Chris M replied to tony
Fri 10 Apr 09 (07:57am)
He claims to be a Christian but acts rather like a Moslem; well I guess that’s reasonable given that is how he was brought up. A good proportion of Americans believe BO is a Moslem and I tend to agree with them.

Bolt's true believers believe Obama is a Muslim. I wonder what Andrew thinks. Care to share that with us, Mr Bolt?

Now criticising the US President was once a sign of anti-Americanism in some circles. Bolt certainly subscribed to this view once. Not anymore.

nilk replied to txjohn
Fri 10 Apr 09 (08:00am)
The man is a disgrace to his office.

Mick Gold Coast QLD replied to txjohn
Fri 10 Apr 09 (01:21pm)
I would add “transparent” and very, very un-clever ...
This clown will self destruct sooner rather than later.

Indeed, Bolt's cyber-Nazis are now looking for masonic conspiracies in all this. Yep, whoever wins, the masons always win!

barney fife replied to Pete
Fri 10 Apr 09 (02:16pm)
pete
america is a masonic nation, the one dollar bill alone should reveal that to you if your not into studying history.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6534861207969567641

Aah, the love Bolt's buddies feel for the United States of America ...

The gall of the man, to offer people who believe in killing off the unborn. It’s either that or incredible stupidity on his part.
Would be nice if the Pope would refuse to meet with the most pro-death president in America’s history. Such a man deserves neither respect nor time, imho.
MK (Reply)
Fri 10 Apr 09 (08:16am)

mike of cnbra replied to MK
Fri 10 Apr 09 (11:47am)
I don’t think its possible to despise a man as much as obama ...

The moron is still campaigning, sucking up to one and all. Maybe running for king of the world or something.
He is also an incredibly nieve twit with no understanding or respect for reality and thousands of years of tradition.
It’s all about him.
Zog (Reply)
Fri 10 Apr 09 (08:34am)

This clown is a total disaster.
Peter of Chadstone Vic (Reply)
Fri 10 Apr 09 (08:45am)

Obama seems to be stacking the White House with dark-skinned evil people. We all know how scared the far-Right (especially the Dutch Right) are about darkies.

he’s quite happy to employ Muslims though. I read a very disturbing article the other day how Obama has appointed a large number of muslims to work in the White House - sorry can’t find the source.
lethal of WA (Reply)
Fri 10 Apr 09 (10:43am)

Pfft. Poor Andrew. Even at Easter time, he is surrounded with fruitloops.

UPDATE I: Here's Jon Stewart's take on this nonsense ...

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MEDIA/CRIKEY: FoxNews accuses Mattel of producing jihad doll ...

Prominent toy manufacturer Fisher-Price, a subsidiary of Mattel, is accused by some American parents of selling a baby doll that preaches an Islamic message.

One parent told a sceptical Associated Press reporter in this video that the doll is saying "Islamin is the light”.

I’d hate to think what it would say if played backwards.

FoxNews’ report ("Parents Outraged Over Baby Doll They Say Mumbles Pro-Islam Message") was less sceptical, making an issue of how the manufacturer ...

... didn't immediately respond to FOXNews.com's requests for comment.

Yep, immediate silence is guilt. As if worries over Matel’s share price were clearly less pressing for the company’s PR spin-doctors.

And how much does Mattel really care about FoxNews’ latest al-Qaida conspiracy? Type the word "Islam" into the press release search engine and find out for yourself.

First published in the Crikey daily alert on Monday 13 October 2008.

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