CNN Living "... Ali and Tariq were embraced nearly everywhere they went, from a Confederate souvenir shop in Georgia to the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada, to the hills of North Dakota where the nation's first mosque was built in 1929.
"Like any road trip, there were strange moments along the way: A Mississippi police officer quizzed them about their beliefs on the ground zero mosque and they were asked to leave a mosque in Mobile, Alabama.
"They chuckle about those experiences now and emphasize it shouldn't overshadow the whole trip because, ultimately, they discovered that America still embraces immigrants and the nation is filled with welcoming and loving people."
Friday, September 10, 2010
The run-up to 9-11 as covered by Drudge
"We are hopeful that he gives up this affront and should not even think about it.""
Springfield (Tennessee) Pastor Plans To Burn Quran ""To the Muslim church I would say the reason I am doing on Saturday because I believe they worship a false god. They have a false text, a false prophet and a false scripture," said Old. He said the other two reasons are to teach Americans about their constitutional rights and to make them better Christians." Our Creator can handle His own business, thank you.
Westboro Baptist Church to burn Qurans if Dove doesn't "Westboro Baptist Church, the small Topeka, Kan., church that pickets funerals of American soldiers to spread its message that God is punishing the country for being tolerant of homosexuals, has vowed to hold a Quran burning if Gainesville's Dove World Outreach Center calls its off." These people should get a pass from al Qaeda since they're kindred spirits.
Protester plans to burn Quran on Capitol steps "The founder of the Wyoming Tyranny Response Team plans to burn a copy of the Quran on the steps of the State Capitol on Saturday."
Christians in Gaza Fear for Their Lives as Muslims Burn Bibles and Destroy Crosses "Father Manuel Musallem, head of Gaza's Latin church, told the AP that Muslims have ransacked, burned and looted a school and convent that are part of the Gaza Strip's small Romany Catholic community. He told the AP that crosses were broken, damage was done to a statue of Jesus, and at the Rosary Sister School and nearby convent, prayer books were burned."
Imam Ignores Koran Burn Pastor's Deadline ""I want to be clear and confirm one hundred percent that there will not be Korans burning tomorrow (Saturday) at 6:00 pm as was planned," he said."
And so it goes...
Koran Burning Coverage: Turns Out Fox News Had It Right
Mediaite "While networks and news operations alike were sending bookers, crews and spending precious resources on a guy who wanted to build a bonfire, Fox News was holding their fire. The bottom line is this: as it became clearer that Mr. Jones was seeking media attention by threatening to perform a petty, vile act, there was one network that did not take the bait."
Hijacking Justice: The Well-Funded Campaign to Replace Judicial Elections with Selection by Liberal Special Interests
Heritage "Over the past 10 years, special interests have engaged in a highly coordinated, well-funded campaign to fundamentally alter the composition of America’s state courts. The campaign’s goal: to exclude conservative, rule-of-law judges from the bench. This campaign has been bankrolled by George Soros, a hedge fund operator with a net worth of $13 billion, according to the Forbes 400 list of the world’s richest people."
A Defense of the Elected Judiciary "...Rather than removing politics from the judicial selection process, merit selection merely moves the politics behind closed doors and results in judges who reflect the political views of the interest groups in charge of their selection.
"The interest groups that support merit selection are predominantly liberal-leaning lawyers associations."...
A Defense of the Elected Judiciary "...Rather than removing politics from the judicial selection process, merit selection merely moves the politics behind closed doors and results in judges who reflect the political views of the interest groups in charge of their selection.
"The interest groups that support merit selection are predominantly liberal-leaning lawyers associations."...
THE KOOK PASTOR IS PLAYING THE MEDIA LIKE A BADLY TUNED BANJO
Neal Boortz "Let's see .. where are we now? Yesterday the crackpot "pastor" from Gainesville, Florida was telling the media that the Quran burning was off; part of a deal with the NYC Imam to move the victory mosque. This morning we learn that the really is no such deal and the Quran book burning may be on again. So the media is once again rushing to Gainesville to cover this oh-so-important story, and the kook gets another 15 minutes of fame. Why do we keep calling this look a "pastor?" He is about as much a Christian as I am a fashion style-setter. "
Nine Years Since 9/11
Cliff May "It should go without saying but probably does not: Most of the world’s Muslims are not participating in this struggle, are not eager for bloodshed, and do not want to live under clerical dictatorships. But if, as has been conservatively estimated, only seven percent of the world’s Muslims support Jihadism and/or Islamism, that’s more than 80 million people – a formidable force backed by enormous Middle Eastern oil wealth. By contrast, Islamic reformers and peacemakers are isolated, targeted and without substantial resources."
The Eternal Flame of Muslim Outrage "Shhhhhhh, we're told. Don't protest the Ground Zero mosque. Don't burn a Koran. It'll imperil the troops. It'll inflame tensions. The "Muslim world" will "explode" if it does not get its way, warns sharia-peddling imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. Pardon my national security-threatening impudence, but when is the "Muslim world" not ready to "explode"?
"At the risk of provoking the ever-volatile Religion of Perpetual Outrage, let us count the little-noticed and forgotten ways."
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 "Sure, the attacks were carried out by small groups of radicals .. but the celebration of that attack was widespread in Islamic countries. The perpetrators were small in number, the celebrants were vast.
"Today, on the eve of the 9th anniversary, we're fighting a battle over whether or not Islamists should be allowed to construct a victory mosque at the site of their achievement. Again .. yes. It is a victory mosque. Only on Fox News Channel and in Talk radio (plus a few columns here and there) will you hear or read about the centuries-old Islamic custom of building a mosque at the site of great Islamic victories."
The Eternal Flame of Muslim Outrage "Shhhhhhh, we're told. Don't protest the Ground Zero mosque. Don't burn a Koran. It'll imperil the troops. It'll inflame tensions. The "Muslim world" will "explode" if it does not get its way, warns sharia-peddling imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. Pardon my national security-threatening impudence, but when is the "Muslim world" not ready to "explode"?
"At the risk of provoking the ever-volatile Religion of Perpetual Outrage, let us count the little-noticed and forgotten ways."
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 "Sure, the attacks were carried out by small groups of radicals .. but the celebration of that attack was widespread in Islamic countries. The perpetrators were small in number, the celebrants were vast.
"Today, on the eve of the 9th anniversary, we're fighting a battle over whether or not Islamists should be allowed to construct a victory mosque at the site of their achievement. Again .. yes. It is a victory mosque. Only on Fox News Channel and in Talk radio (plus a few columns here and there) will you hear or read about the centuries-old Islamic custom of building a mosque at the site of great Islamic victories."
The Constitution Trumps Islamic Law
http://townhall.com/cartoons/cartoonist/SteveKelley/2010/09/1
The lights are going out in America
Ethel C. Fenig "Meanwhile, while Obama was touting his policies that will bring jobs, jobs and more jobs, especially green ones, over the border in Virginia, the lights were going out. Literally. Because of green jobs.
"Peter Whoriskey of the Washington Post reports on the closure of the last GE factory in the country manufacturing incandescent bulbs throwing 200 middle aged, middle class people out of work. Their chances of finding new jobs are dim."
DARKER SIDE OF INNOVATION: GE closing its last incandescent bulb factory in the U.S. "What made the plant vulnerable is, in part, a 2007 energy conservation measure passed by Congress that set standards essentially banning ordinary incandescents by 2014. The law will force millions of American households to switch to more efficient bulbs.
"The resulting savings in energy and greenhouse-gas emissions are expected to be immense. But the move also had unintended consequences.
"Rather than setting off a boom in the U.S. manufacture of replacement lights, the leading replacement lights are compact fluorescents, or CFLs, which are made almost entirely overseas, mostly in China."
"Peter Whoriskey of the Washington Post reports on the closure of the last GE factory in the country manufacturing incandescent bulbs throwing 200 middle aged, middle class people out of work. Their chances of finding new jobs are dim."
DARKER SIDE OF INNOVATION: GE closing its last incandescent bulb factory in the U.S. "What made the plant vulnerable is, in part, a 2007 energy conservation measure passed by Congress that set standards essentially banning ordinary incandescents by 2014. The law will force millions of American households to switch to more efficient bulbs.
"The resulting savings in energy and greenhouse-gas emissions are expected to be immense. But the move also had unintended consequences.
"Rather than setting off a boom in the U.S. manufacture of replacement lights, the leading replacement lights are compact fluorescents, or CFLs, which are made almost entirely overseas, mostly in China."
Castro's Cathartic Conversation
Jeannie DeAngelis "...Fidel came clean with American journalist Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic magazine.
"Goldberg asked the Cuban revolutionist if “Cuba’s economic system was worth exporting to other countries?” Over a casual lunch, Fidel nonchalantly replied in the following way: “The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore.""
"Goldberg asked the Cuban revolutionist if “Cuba’s economic system was worth exporting to other countries?” Over a casual lunch, Fidel nonchalantly replied in the following way: “The Cuban model doesn't even work for us anymore.""
Consequence of contempt for American law
Ralph Alter "Like other Sanctuary Cities in the United States (see the remarkably long and detailed list here), Los Angeles offers an open invitation to illegals to settle in their city. Never mind that no real thought was ever given as to whether the native locals were willing or able to support a raft of semi-skilled aliens with enormous social service needs. Nor was consideration given as to what the community might do once the illegal population reached critical mass, as it clearly has done in Los Angeles."
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