Over at The Rant, Brigitte Gabriel is pissed because a CBS radio affiliate in Hartford has cut off advertising for her tin foil hat anti-terror conference:

‘Too many people might be emotionally affected by the subject matter.’ That was the reason offered by CBS Infinity radio lawyers to a sales manager at Infinity radio station affiliate WTIC AM in Hartford July 15th, to “kill” public service announcements (PSAs) for a conference on the threat of Radical Islam to World Peace and National Security.

Egad! Censorship! How wicked and dastardly of CBS! Surely, they were pressured to stop running the ads by Ayatollah Saddam bin Aladin’s goons!

Jerry Gordon, who influenced the script writing, tells me that CBS Infinity radio’s lawyers probably got “cold Feet” because of the use of the Islamic faithful call of “allahu akbar” or “God is Great”.

As if this iron-clad proof of CBS’ Islamist sympathies wasn’t enough, The Rant’s crack graphic design team came up with this dandy photo:

It clearly shows the CBS logo dressed like a traitorous Arab… or maybe it’s just coming out of the shower, I’m not sure… at any rate, it’s definitely sinister.

Now, let’s learn more about the anti-terror conference that C-BinLaden-S didn’t want The People to know of:

The People’s Truth Forum is a non-partisan, fact-based organization whose mission is to educate the American people on controversial topics of national security. Our primary objective is to disseminate critical information that is not readily available, via conventional channels, to concerned citizens. We always deal in facts and our sources are always credible.

Thank God for that! I mean, some wackos out there just make shit up, but the folks at the People’s Truth Forum rely on fact-based, credible sources, like Joseph Farah’s psychic hamster.

Just for kicks, let’s learn about the panelists who are speaking at this year’s Forum.

First, here’s Harvey Kushner (hopefully no relation to Tony):

Harvey’s got some legit credentials, having worked at the FBI, the INS and U.S. Customs, among other places. Of course, his extensive experience doesn’t make him any less wingnutty, as he’s a favorite of The National Review, Front Page Magazine, Men’s News Daily, and the Free Republic.

According to this article, Harvey has become something of an “anti-terror entreprenuer,” selling crappy home security products to paranoid Freeper rubes:

[Harvey] Kushner claims the Raditect — a radiation detector — can warn you of a terrorist bomb. “We believe in the 21st century these devices will be as common as a carbon monoxide detector,” he told Brzezinski.

But when CBS News checked out the gadget with terrorism specialist Jeffery Schlanger, he said it was “useless.”

“It essentially amounts to a piece of junk.”

Told that it costs $150, Schlanger replied, “Well it’s $150 wasted.”

Kushner defended the items. “If this is a layer of protection that will make you feel better, then indeed it will make you feel better and allow you to function.”

So Harvey admits that the Raditect is totally useless, but he still thinks it’s worth owning because it’ll at least make you feel safer. Hey, you can’t argue with that- while he’s at it, he should sell the Freepers some magic beans too.

Our next speaker is Brigitte Gabriel, the author of the Rant article referenced above.

She’s a native Lebanese journalist who moved to America and started a television production and advertising company. To get an idea of how wingnutty Brigitte is, take a look at this editorial she wrote for WorldNetDaily, called “Durbin Durbinzes Gitmo”:

Many Muslims in the Middle East would gladly give up their poverty, dictatorial governments, corrupt leaders and social bondage to enjoy the relative luxuries Guantanamo offers. They have free medical care that’s better than millions of uninsured Americans and our military men and women serving on the jihadists’ battlefield.

Uhm, I really hope the men and women in our military get better treatment than having fake menstrual blood smeared on their faces.

Dick Durbin is an unwitting champion of Islamic radical fundamentalists. His comments should be known from this day forward as a “Durbinization” of the facts. To demonize something grossly out of proportion to what the enemy is doing is to Durbinize. Gitmo and Abu Ghraib have been Durbinized and the Arab world loves it. They laugh at Durbin because he’s supporting their belief in the destruction of our country and civilization.

Yes, by criticizing abuse and torture in American detention facilities, Durbin is undermining America’s values, including our long tradition of standing against torture.

The shame is Durbin doesn’t have a clue as to what he’s done. As far as he’s concerned, he did the right thing for the Islamic radical detainees living high on the proverbial hog in Gitmo. What he really did was made them laugh. Laugh at us for being fools and not “real men.”

So when someone insults your manhood, you should just torture them- otherwise, they’ll continue to make jokes about your puny, non-Islamic penis.

OK, I’m feeling lazy, so I’m gonna just skip to our last panelist, Laura Mansfield.

Laura’s work is so secret that she will only let people photograph the back of her head. Either that or she’s a distant relative of Cousin It. At any rate, she’s a “counter terrorism analyst” at The Northeast Intelligence Network, whose website has the very official-sounding domain name of “homelandsecurity.us.”

To give you an idea of how effing crazy this group is, here’s an excerpt of their article on Congressman Tom Tancredo, who recently suggested that the United States respond to a nuclear terrorist attack by nuking Mecca, Islam’s holiest city:

The Northeast Intelligence Network broke the story – and now, the major media has picked up on last week’s interview with US Representative Tom Tancredo’s remarks with talk show host Mr. Patrick Campbell, of AM 540 WFLA, taking unnecessary heat for speaking about a hypothetical situation of a real war against a real enemy.

Representative Tancredo, showing an excellent understanding of the current threat and wartime environment,added: “What is near and dear to them? [the Islamic terrorists]. They’re willing to sacrifice everything in this world for the next one. What is the pressure point that would deter them from their murderous impulses?” he said.
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So nuking Mecca and turning our war against al-Qaeda into a war against 1 billion Muslims shows Tancredo has an “excellent understanding” of today’s wartime climate.

Well, after reading all that, I can’t imagine why CBS would pull the PTF’s ads. It’s probably just revenge for Dan Rather, if you ask me…