BY NIRAJ WARIKOO
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER for Detroit Free Press
""You can't back down. You can't chicken out. You can't be afraid. You got to have faith in Allah, and you've got to stand up and be a real Muslim," Detroit native Keith Ellison said to loud applause.
Many in the crowd replied "Allahu akbar" -- God is great......Ellison, a Minnesota Democrat elected to the U.S. House in November, has been the center of a national debate in recent weeks over Islam and its role in politics. "
"But Ellison, speaking at the annual convention of the Muslim American Society and the Islamic Circle of North America, said that Muslims can help teach America about justice and equal protection."
SHOULD BE AN INTERESTING 2007......
TEACH US WHAT? HATE, ............EQUAL PROTECTION? PERHAPS THEY SHOULD ASK THE JEWS ABOUT EQUAL PROTECTION.......JUSTICE? SUNNY OR SHIITE? ASK THE BUDDHISTS ABOUT THEIR JUDICIAL BELIEFS........AND WOMEN............EQUAL RIGHTS......NOT UNDER MOSLEM LAWS.........
posted by Michele @ 6:32 PM
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Feeling a bit anti-Islamic Maddie? I'm sure you're pleased that we are spending American lives and billions of dollars to help set up an Islamic state in Iraq, eh? Nation building for the Muslims - the new Bush Doctrine.
No, just questioning.....
I think we are spending billions of dollars establishing an early foothold for a battle which will eventually escalate.
If one only looks at the whole world - and what is happening, it is clear that we need to get involved before it is too late.
Ya, I question Bush's Iraq policy - of policing and fighting a politically correct war instead of fighting to win.
But........in a way we've won. Saddam is gone. Muslims will always kill Muslims......it's just their nature - so ya perhaps it's time to bring those troops home - if we aren't going to complete the battle on the terrorists this go round.
No, I'm not anti-islamic, but I'm tired of Muslims complaining about our country and our culture. I also don't want their culture consuming ours.
Again with the "politically correct war" stuff. Please go to the "Dumb and Dumber" thread and explain yourself. Your audience is eagerly awaiting your responses.
Quick tip: actually address the questions with thoughtful, honest answers. Your one sentence sound bites do not cut it. They make no sense.
According to the statement from Al-Qaida's "Islamic State":
"...Major battles are now taking place between the Crusaders and the Soldiers of Allah in the Muslim land of Somalia, with the approval of the apostates in the caretaker Somali government and with the support of the alliance of crusader nations--at their head, the White House administration in Washington. The blood of Muslims is being spilled there, and their houses and villages are being destroyed. Thousands of their women, children, elderly are being expelled and left homeless, and this is only happening because they are Muslims... The Islamic State of Iraq calls upon all Muslims to stand with their brothers in Somalia, to support them with money, weapons, and men, and to pray for them that Allah grants them victory over their enemies..."
Just weeks ago, Al-Qaida's "Islamic State" issued a formal congratulatory note to the Islamic Courts on their conquest of the strategic town of Dinsor--which now has reportedly fallen back into the hands of Ethiopian and Somali government forces.
HINT: GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM........AND THERE ARE SOME VICTORIES THAT NEVER MAKE THE EVENING NEWS
You can find evidence of unbelievably ignorant statements and behavior everywhere if you look hard enough. There are Black Supremacist groups alive and well in this country right now. White groups as well. Why not listen to what they say and start stoking the race wars while you're at it?
What's wrong with saying "God is Great", by the way? Do you not believe that? Does it bother you that is was not said in English?
In the House, Suddenly Righteous Republicans
By Dana Milbank
Thursday, January 4, 2007; A02
Thirty-one-year-old Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) is not a large man, standing perhaps 5 feet 3 inches tall in thick soles. But he packed a whole lot of chutzpah when he walked into the House TV gallery yesterday to demand that the new Democratic majority give the new Republican minority all the rights that Republicans had denied Democrats for years.
"The bill we offer today, the minority bill of rights, is crafted based on the exact text that then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi submitted in 2004 to then-Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert," declared McHenry, with 10 Republican colleagues arrayed around him. "We're submitting this minority bill of rights, which will ensure that all sides are protected, that fairness and openness is in fact granted by the new majority."
Omitted from McHenry's plea for fairness was the fact that the GOP had ignored Pelosi's 2004 request -- while routinely engaging in the procedural maneuvers that her plan would have corrected. Was the gentleman from North Carolina asking Democrats to do as he says, not as he did?
"Look, I'm a junior member," young McHenry protested. "I'm not beholden to what former congresses did."
Anne Kornblut of the New York Times asked McHenry if his complaint might come across as whining.
"I'm not whining," he whined.
Even before officially relinquishing majority status today when the 110th Congress convenes, Republicans were protesting the Democrats' heavy-handed leadership. But Republicans expecting Democrats to rule the House with an iron fist are likely to be pleasantly surprised: The incoming majority was having enough trouble keeping its own supporters in line.
House Democratic leaders were giving their first news conference of the year when the session in the Cannon building was hijacked by Cindy Sheehan and other antiwar demonstrators, some wearing tie-dyed apparel and pins comparing President Bush to Adolf Hitler. Just after Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.) vowed, "We're gonna cut the interest rate in half for student loans," hecklers began to chant "De-escalate! Investigate! Troops home now!"
"That is exactly what we're talking about," Emanuel said, trying to appease the protesters. But the hecklers kept chanting, and he fled.
The Democratic leaders in retreat, Sheehan seized the microphone. "We put them back in power," she said of the Democrats. Passing out fliers calling for defunding the Iraq war, Sheehan shouted: "These are our demands. And they're not requests -- they're demands."
If yesterday was any indication, the 110th Congress will be highly entertaining, if not terribly productive. So far, it's hard to tell which will be a larger impediment to Democratic leaders: the McHenrys or the Sheehans.
The day began when House Republican Conference Chairman Adam Putnam (Fla.) led fellow House GOP leaders to a news conference in a Capitol basement hall. At 32, he is a year older than McHenry, and several inches taller, but no less outraged by Democrats' refusal to bestow on Republicans the rights that Republicans refused to bestow on Democrats.
"We are disappointed," protested Putnam, whose fair skin was covered with a layer of makeup.
"We're clearly disappointed," seconded Roy Blunt (Mo.).
"I'm disappointed, as are some others," added Kay Granger (Tex.).
"I am very disappointed," concurred David Dreier (Calif.).
It fell to CNN's Dana Bash to point out the awkward truth. "You can play back, almost verbatim, Democrats . . . saying almost exactly what you all just said," she said. "So is there a little bit of hypocrisy in you saying that you want minority rights?"
"This is a missed opportunity to really change the way that the House does business," Putnam offered, citing Democrats' campaign promises for "a new way of doing business."
"What stopped you from taking that opportunity when you were still in the majority?" inquired Rick Klein of the Boston Globe.
"Well, I'll let Chairman Dreier speak to that," Putnam ventured.
Republicans must have known they'd have some explaining to do, because they scheduled back-to-back news conferences on their minority rights. As soon as Putnam's session ended, Granger took the elevator up three flights and joined McHenry and his cohort in the TV gallery.
Granger had not updated her talking points. "It's very disappointing," she said.
Further disappointment came when the first questioner elicited the confession that none of the lawmakers had previously sympathized with Pelosi's plea for minority rights. McHenry unfurled excuses: "We were not in Congress. . . . I didn't have the opportunity. . . . She did not put it in legislative form."
It had all the makings of a PR debacle. Fortunately for McHenry, the Democrats were otherwise engaged. An hour after fleeing the microphone because of Sheehan's heckling, Emanuel and other Democratic leaders returned for another attempt to talk about ethics and the minimum wage.
yA It is fun watching Cindy going after the dems for a change. Now they can deal with the monster they created.
I have to laugh when Cindy calls herself a progressive. If that's progressive..........well reminds me of the 60's, only not as much fun, and a lot uglier.
WASHINGTON - Former Democratic Party boss and Clinton friend Terry McAuliffe is lambasting John Kerry’s unsuccessful presidential campaign, calling his effort to unseat President Bush "one of the biggest acts of political malpractice in the history of American politics."
It's kind of nice having Dems with the power......the news is so much easier to digest now that it is focused on the libs
What are you going to do about the supremacists in this country, Maddie? Shall we bomb them? They're trouble makers, after all.
Plus, you failed (as usual) to answer why you're against someone saying that God is great.
Lastly, you read an entire article on how the Republicans are finally becoming righteous now that they've lost power, but all you can do is comment on Cindy Sheehan? What's more, I do believe that you swore off talking about her many months ago. Do you carry no shame for the GOP?
Be honest with us, Maddie. You're not terribly bright are you?
wow......
you sure do like criticizing me...
LOL
Hey Cindy Sheehan is the one putting herself in the news.....not me....
The news chooses who will be in the news, just as you can choose to either discuss something or not. I criticize you because you are a huge part of “the problem”. While assholes on both sides of the aisle continue to ignore the problems in the country just to retain power, people like you get all excited about the “team” that you figure you align with most readily and then enable their behavior. Without people like you they would never get away with it. While I try to scream that “the emperor has no clothes”, you shout talking points completely bereft of any logic or reason, just so the GOP can “succeed”, whatever that means anymore. You don’t actually hold these peoples’ feet to the fire. Sure, you’ll be critical every now and then of a few of the chumps, but by and large you give them carte blanche to do whatever they want. You seem to care little for the actual freedoms that are being taken away in this country, while defending to the tooth this quagmire that we are in so that we can be free. I know you don’t see the ridiculousness of that situation, but I find it repulsive.
It would help if you actually inserted a bit of thought into your posts. You cut and paste rallying cries, but you never truly answer any of the follow-up questions that people have. War profiteering, misleading statements, unbalanced budgets, heads-up-the-ass when it comes to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (the Taliban is still around, in case Fox didn’t tell you that), environmental issues…none of this means shit to you. Why? It doesn’t affect you personally. As long as your taxes are low, you are happy. Let other people die in Iraq. Let the poor get taken advantage of by polluting companies, poisoning their children while the new laws let the corporations off the hook. Let stock holders get screwed by crooked CEOs who know damn well what they’re doing (like the president did before he was given the country to screw up). Ignore the borders. Persecute the illegal aliens (the vast majority of which work way harder than you do), but give a pass to the GOP who did nothing about the issue.
Getting an idea why I go after you yet? I’m your Ghost of Christmas Future, Maddie. Pull your head out of your ass and protest this crooked government that we have, or brace yourself for a collapse (which I suppose you will inevitably blame on the Mexicans and the Dems anyway).
By the way, you still have many unanswered questions in your posts. As I said before, I wouldn’t want to try to defend your meaningless blather either, but it is your blog. I’m not going away until you do.
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It would help if you actually inserted a bit of thought into your posts. You cut and paste rallying cries, but you never truly answer any of the follow-up questions that people have. War profiteering, misleading statements, unbalanced budgets, heads-up-the-ass when it comes to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (the Taliban is still around, in case Fox didn’t tell you that), environmental issues…none of this means shit to you. Why? It doesn’t affect you personally. As long as your taxes are low, you are happy. Let other people die in Iraq. Let the poor get taken advantage of by polluting companies, poisoning their children while the new laws let the corporations off the hook. Let stock holders get screwed by crooked CEOs who know damn well what they’re doing (like the president did before he was given the country to screw up). Ignore the borders. Persecute the illegal aliens (the vast majority of which work way harder than you do), but give a pass to the GOP who did nothing about the issue.
First of all..........LOL, where do you get off blaming the GOP for doing nothing? That is a totally idiotic statement. I'm sure you will find they did something, you just would rather not here about it.
You mentioned Mercury poisoning once in another post. States should take responsibility for keeping their states clean and free of pollutants. States have better control, and the ability to monitor themselves. Putting the Federal Government in charge of this issue - creates needless paperwork, loss of valuable time, red tape, etc.
REPUBLICANS BACK GIVING MORE POWER TO THE STATES....
Look to the States for Cleaner Air
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Governors......have done a great job at regulating and protecting their state from mercury......and do a much better job.......than any whitehouse administration could do...liberal or conservative.....the closer legislation is to the home - the easier it is to enforce, monitor and actually get enact.
AND YA........the taliban is around, and will always be around...I don't think our goal is to exterminate the taliban LOL. More like just take away the money, power, lands, that support those who wish to take away other's rights and life.
you also said: "Let the poor get taken advantage of by polluting companies, poisoning their children while the new laws let the corporations off the hook. "
Corporations are being held more accountable now, then they ever had in the past. REMEMBER IT'S JUST NOT THE POOR WHO ARE BEING POISONED..
WHAT NEW LAWS ARE YOU REFERRING TO THAT LET THE CORPORATIONS OFF THE HOOK? Haven't seen those.....
YOU ALSO SAID
"I’m your Ghost of Christmas Future, Maddie. Pull your head out of your ass and protest this crooked government that we have, or brace yourself for a collapse (which I suppose you will inevitably blame on the Mexicans and the Dems anyway)."
I really don't find the "Ghost of Christmas Future" believable. Your mouth is way too nasty to be a part of any Christmas Carole Story....
No I won't blame Mexicans for a collapse.....
a collapse of what?
Enough for now......nasty man....
I think we need to pass a law to clean up that mouth of yours......
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