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There's something to consider about Romney which hasn't hit the media- yet. TheRomney-Marriott-Saudi connection. As many of you know, the Romney family are long-time family friends of the Marriotts. In fact, Romney was named after J. Willard Marriott. Marriott corp presently has Hotels in Saudi Arabia in Medina, Jeddah and Riyadh. Marriott has been named to have three more, multimillion dollar hotels in MECCA. For those unfamiliar with Mecca, it's considered the holiest place in Islam, where Muslims pilgrimage every year for the Hajj.

Mecca is also a source of revenue for the KSA. Please bear in mind that, while these hotels (slated to be built by Marriott by 2014) will bring revenue to the Marriott corp, they will also bring in revenue to the KSA in what is called a "Jizya tax", a tax levied on all non-Muslims (including their businesses) whereverthere is a nation goverened by Shari'ah.

Please remember that Mitt Romney only recently stepped down from the Board of Directors of Marriott Hotels. Romney has quit the board before, both times to runfor President.

Here's what the Marriott corporation spokesman had to say about the impending ho

tels in Mecca:

We are honored to participate in this exceptional development that is historic inits magnitude in Islams holiest city with three of our most highly regarded andiconic lodging brands...These hotels will provide worshippers and visitors to Makkah with an array of outstanding accommodations and services at a range of price points to fit virtually any travel requirement."

Back in 2010, after disclosures in the media, the Marriott hotel in Oak Brook cancelled a conference hosted by the terror-linked Hizb ut-Tahrir. Hizb ut-Tahriris a group banned in other countries, but tolerated in America, in spite of itsstated goal being that of a world wide caliphate.

Though the target of a terrorist bombing in Jakarta, for the most part, Marriottenterprizes seems to be more than willing to have open arms where Islam and Islamic countries are concerned. That they have an open door to Mecca is interesting as well.While some would argue that Marriott Corp. cannot possibly be held accountable (and Romney certainly can't be held guilty by association) there's got to be somereason for the comfortability factor where Islamists and Marriott Corp. is concerned.

In 2010 the Marriott Hotel in Hamburg, Germany hosted another Islamist conference, this one being the "Iran Business Conference". Last time I checked, Iran wasn't exactly our friend, but business is business, right?

The keynote speaker for the event was Germany's Iranian Ambassador, Sheikh Attar, who:

"...represents a criminal regime that flouts international law in developing anillegal nuclear weapon, brutally represses its own people and is the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism" (radicalislam.org).

This is the same Attar who supported the massacre of Kurds while governor of Kurdish and Azerbaijani provinces.In 2007, AtlasShrugs reported that Marriott had been employing security personnel with ties to the terrorist-linked Black Muslim Bakery:"Over the past decade, more than a hundred thousand visitors have strolled into

the Oakland Marriott Hotel and convention center, where among the first faces they encountered were those of well-dressed young men sporting bow ties. These menare the hotel's private security officers, who also happen to be members of the

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Black Muslim clan believed responsible for the assassination of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey. Even after Bailey's brazen murder just a few blocks from the hotel on August 2, the Black Muslims remained at the Marriott, roaming its giant lobby and each of its 21 floors. Marriott spokesman Chris Daly said that inaddition to providing security for hotel guests and the city's main convention center, the men 'even perform bellhop duty if need be.'"In 2009, the Florida Security Council filed a breach of contract action against

Marriott (Delray Beach) for cancelling a contract with the FSC who had invited Geert Wilders, the internationally known parliamentarian who has made it his mission to warn others about the dangers of Islam.Marriott hired Robert Cromwell, former FBI agent who was involved in the FBI diversity training (meeting with representatives of CAIR, by the way) to perform a"security risk assessment" . Cromwell has long been snuggly with Islamist groupslike CAIR as part of his job in the FBI (almost ironic, isn't it?)

Over the past few years, the Marriott chain has been host to many Islamic conferences. While this, in and of itself, doesn't make for a problem, one has to wonder if, since Romney is such good friends with the Marriott family, there could possibly be some nepotism involved should Romney garner the Presidency. In other

words, the same familial and business revenue link that caused the left to question Dick Cheney's former relationship ties to Halliburton may not be a smoking gun where the Romney/Marriott link is concerned. Only with the latter, it's not acorporation benefitting financially from fighting against Islamic influences against our freedoms, rather, it's a corporation getting snuggly with the Kingdomof Saudi Arabia and other Islamic countries and organizations, for the benefit of Marriott and Romney himself, once he steps back on the board of Marriott, ashe has in the past.There's another concern about Romney and this tie doesn't involve Marriott. It involves Mormonism itself.

In 1972, Hugh Nibley, a well respected Mormon and LDS Apologist, wrote about thesimilarities between Mormonism and Islam. Nibley contrasts and connects Mohamma

d and Joseph Smith:"Here indeed is a closer parallel to the case of Joseph Smith; in fact, early Mormon leaders saw no reason why Mohammed should not be considered a true prophet,for there have been many prophets, great and small, in the past whose words arenot in the Bible" (Islam and Mormonism-a Comparison).

The contrast, according to Nibley, is that the Muslim believes that Mohammad wasthe last, or the "seal" of the prophetic line, while the LDS believe there's anon-going appointment of prophetic succession.

In an article in the official LDS Church magazine, The Ensign, there was an article about tolerance, Islam, and the LDS stand on the issue. The article, dated for the year 2000, contained some interesting historical references:

"As early as 1855, at a time when Christian literature generally ridiculed Muhammad as the Antichrist and the archenemy of Western civilization, Elders George A. Smith (181775) and Parley P. Pratt (180757) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostlesdelivered lengthy sermons demonstrating an accurate and balanced understandingof Islamic history and speaking highly of Muhammads leadership. Elder Smith observed that Muhammad was 'descended from Abraham and was no doubt raised up by Godon purpose' to preach against idolatry. He sympathized with the plight of Muslims, who, like Latter-day Saints, found it difficult 'to get an honest history' written about them. Speaking next, Elder Pratt went on to express his admiration for Muhammads teachings, asserting that 'upon the whole, [Muslims] have better morals and better institutions than many Christian nations'" (citation: Deseret New

s, 10 Oct. 1855, 242, 245".

But even today, according to the article, there is a certain connection between

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Muslims and the LDS Church not found in Christian quarters:

"In recent years, respect for the spiritual legacy of Muhammad and for the religious values of the Islamic community has led to increasing contact and cooperation between Latter-day Saints and Muslims around the world...The Church has sought to respect Islamic laws and traditions that prohibit conversion of Muslims toother faiths by adopting a policy of nonproselyting in Islamic countries of the

Middle East. Yet examples of dialogue and cooperation abound, including visits of Muslim dignitaries at Church headquarters in Salt Lake City; Muslim use of Church canning facilities to produce halal (ritually clean) food products; Church humanitarian aid and disaster relief sent to predominantly Muslim areas includingJordan, Kosovo, and Turkey; academic agreements between Brigham Young University and various educational and governmental institutions in the Islamic world; the existence of the Muslim Student Association at BYU; and expanding collaboration between the Church and Islamic organizations to safeguard traditional family values worldwide.11 The recent initiation of the Islamic Translation Series, cosponsored by BYU and the Church, has resulted in several significant exchanges between Muslim officials and Latter-day Saint Church leaders. A Muslim ambassador to the United Nations predicted that this translation series 'will play a positiv

e role in the Wests quest for a better understanding of Islam'".

Could this be why Mitt Romney tends to be rather, shall we say, milktoast aboutIslam?According to the article, Howard Hunter, member of the LDS Quorum of the TwelveApostles, was once told by an Egyptian cabinet minister:

if a bridge is ever built between Christianity and Islam it must be built by theMormon Church (All Are Alike Unto God, Hunter, 1979).

The author then gives a very sanitized version of the life of Mohammad, omittinganything which could possibly offend, like the fact that he had a Jewish womandrawn and quartered; like his marriage at the age of 52 to a little 9-year-old A

isha; his pillaging of Christian caravans; raping of women... you know. The usual things "prophets" do for sport.

The article goes on the paint a rosey, somewhere surreal image, of Islamic beliefs and practices. But in all fairness to the author, this article was written pre-911. So maybe he simply didn't know any better and the Mormon view of Islam has changed? No, the LDS church reprinted the article in 2002.(see links: http://lds.org/ensign/2000/08/a-latter-day-saint-perspective-on-muhammad?lang=eng&query=islam+muslims [2000 link] http://lds.org/liahona/2002/06/a-latter-day-saint-perspective-on-muhammad?lang=eng&query=islam+muslims [2002 link])Mormonism counts the offspring of Ishmael as their "brethren". In a 1979 articlein the Ensign, another glowing report of Islam and Mohammad states:"Like the apostle Paul, Muhammad recognized the existence of slavery, but unlikePaul, was able to do much to mitigate it".

The author also writes glowingly about how Mohammad saw a necessity for polygamyand set guidelines for it. The article even mentions the limitation of four wives per man, but nowhere mentions that Mohammad had more than four; nor does it mention the existance of muutah marriage (http://lds.org/ensign/1979/06/ishmael-our-brother?lang=eng&query=islam+muslims) .

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