Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The verdict is in on Romney’s response to the embassy attacks in Libya and Egypt, and it’s not been kind. Former Romney Adviser On Libya: "They Stepped In It" | The New Republic: The mainstream media promptly proclaimed the response “over the top,” while Republican foreign policy hands griped that it was … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The LD 8 Citizens Clean Elections Debate is tonight at 6:00 p.m., at the Florence Town Hall Council Chambers, 775 N. Main Street (Florence). Here are some questions for clean elections Republican Senate candidate Joe Ortiz that the moderator or local media may want to ask him. Press release from the Arizona Democratic … Read more
Posted by John Denker Recently there was a meeting involving a Wall Street CEO, a public school teacher, and a tea party activist. When they walked into the meeting room, they discovered that their host had provided a dozen chocolate-chip cookies. The CEO immediately ate 11 of the cookies, leaving one on the table. The … Read more
Posted by Bob Lord I've never felt entitled to claim the U.S. is the greatest country in the world. Unlike all the worldly scholars who make that claim, I've never lived in another country, so I have little basis to make such a comparison. But, reading this article about poverty and income levels in America, … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
By now you have heard that a dedicated public servant, U.S. Ambassador to Libya John Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, were killed Tuesday in an assault on the American consulate in the city of Benghazi, Libya. U.S. ambassador to Libya, 3 other Americans killed in Benghazi – The Washington Post.
What you probably do not know is why this happened, as the reporting has been sketchy at best and is coming from multiple news sources that need to be pieced together to tell a comprehensive story. This is the best I have been able to piece together so far.
The attacks on U.S. embassies in Egypt and Libya on Tuesday apparently were prompted by outrage over an amateur, anti-Muslim film made in the United States, "The Innocence of Muslims," of which an Arabic translation of the movie trailer was posted on YouTube. The movie was written and directed by an anti-Islam "filmmaker" (sic) Sam Bacile, a California real estate developer who described himself as an Israeli Jew. Anti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after deadly protests in Egypt, Libya; blames lax security – The Washington Post.
The Lede at the New York Times fills in the missing pirces of the story. Obscure Film Mocking Muslim Prophet Sparks Anti-U.S. Protests in Egypt and Libya:
A 14-minute trailer for the English-language film, which was posted on YouTube in July, attracted little attention until last week, when a version dubbed into Arabic was posted on the same YouTube channel and then copied and viewed tens of thousands of times more.
Although there was initial confusion about who made the film, The Wall Street Journal reported that the drama, titled “Innocence of Muslims,” was produced and directed by an Israeli-American, Sam Bacile, a California real-estate developer who called Islam “a cancer,” in an interview. Mr. Bacile told The Journal that he raised $5 million from about 100 Jewish donors and shot the two-hour movie in California last year.