this has nothing to do with religion --- you're an idiot and a religious myth believer.
On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 12:21:19 PM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > > Again, this has nothing to do with religion, despite your 10 year attempt > to make it so. > > > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 1:17 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Get over your Anti-Semitism, hatred for Jews, >> --- >> fuck the jews, xians and muzzies equally. >> they're a violent lot of animals and the cause of more wars on the planet >> than any other group. >> >> but hey ... you go ahead and side with the zionists against the muzzies >> ... your klan won't be missed. >> >> On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 12:05:08 PM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: >>> >>> Get over your Anti-Semitism, hatred for Jews, and try to open your eyes >>> Plain Ol'! Stop being so ignorant! >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 1:03 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Because a few Jews were denied entry into the U.S. seventy years ago >>>> should have no bearing on the current status and influx of Muslims. >>>> --- >>>> key word: should. >>>> they've been extorting US immigration law for over 100 years. >>>> know the enemy. >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 11:30:07 AM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Apparently I am still missing the point. >>>>> >>>>> No matter, (I doubt very seriously based on your last post) that you >>>>> have any logical reasoning as to why either. Because a few Jews were >>>>> denied entry into the U.S. seventy years ago should have no bearing on >>>>> the >>>>> current status and influx of Muslims. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:27 PM, plainolamerican < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Why? Tell me......Because I have no rational clue. >>>>>> --- >>>>>> No. You're gonna have to figure this one out all by yourself. >>>>>> >>>>>> I believe it is nothing more than a means for these organizations to >>>>>> obtain funding and support their existance. >>>>>> --- >>>>>> try again ... >>>>>> >>>>>> These organizations need to be shut down, or at a minimum, defunded >>>>>> and no more tax dollars going to them. >>>>>> --- >>>>>> a step in the right direction. >>>>>> >>>>>> Georgette Bennett was born in Hungary to Jewish parents who had >>>>>> survived the Holocaust. Bennett and her family escaped from Hungary to >>>>>> France in 1948, hoping to obtain visas that would allow them to >>>>>> immigrate >>>>>> to the United States. But the U.S. was hesitant to accept Jewish >>>>>> refugees >>>>>> due to concerns of overcrowding and fears that they could be political >>>>>> threats. Bennett’s family had to wait five years before they could >>>>>> start a >>>>>> new life in America. >>>>>> >>>>>> More than 50 years later, Bennett is fighting for Syrian refugees to >>>>>> receive better treatment than she did when she first came to the United >>>>>> States as a young child. >>>>>> >>>>>> “I was so stunned by the scale of this crisis, I could not stand by >>>>>> idly, I felt I had to do something,” Bennett said, describing the first >>>>>> time she learned that millions of Syrians were being uprooted from their >>>>>> homes by violence in the region. “My story absolutely undergirds my >>>>>> passion >>>>>> for this issue. Having been a refugee myself, having known the losses >>>>>> that >>>>>> my family experienced, having known the loss of parents and siblings, >>>>>> known >>>>>> the loss of livelihood and property -- that’s what the Syrians have lost >>>>>> also.” >>>>>> >>>>>> A growing number of politicians this week have taken a stand against >>>>>> Syrian refugees coming to the United States after it was reported that >>>>>> one >>>>>> of the suicide bombers in Friday's deadly attacks in Paris held a Syrian >>>>>> passport. But much of the American Jewish community is pushing back, >>>>>> saying >>>>>> that the opposition to Syrian refugees is reminiscent of the >>>>>> discrimination >>>>>> Jews faced after World War II. >>>>>> >>>>>> That is just what some Republicans want to do, however. Most of the >>>>>> nation’s governors said they would not accept Syrian refugees in their >>>>>> states, despite President Barack Obama’s plan to take in 10,000 Syrians >>>>>> next year. Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz have >>>>>> said the U.S. should accept Christian refugees, but not Muslim ones. >>>>>> >>>>>> “Those kinds of comments are shameful and disgusting,” Rabbi Gil >>>>>> Steinlauf of the Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C. said. “The >>>>>> problem is not with Islam; it is with extremist people, it is with >>>>>> hateful >>>>>> people, that’s the problem.” >>>>>> >>>>>> Steinlauf said his congregants have closely followed the Syrian >>>>>> refugee crisis and most of them believe that Jews have a responsibility >>>>>> to >>>>>> help other communities in need. >>>>>> >>>>>> “We must not forget our values as a Jewish people, things that we >>>>>> learn from tradition and from our historical memory,” he said. “That >>>>>> includes the charge that comes from the Torah that we were once >>>>>> strangers >>>>>> in Egypt, and we must think of refugees that are homeless and displaced. >>>>>> We >>>>>> have been a people in exile and were wandering for millennia. Justice >>>>>> for >>>>>> those who are homeless overrides other factors.” >>>>>> >>>>>> While the Jewish community in the U.S. has become more influential in >>>>>> the decades since World War II, it still represents just 1.9 percent of >>>>>> the >>>>>> population, according to the Pew Research Center. Christians make up 70 >>>>>> percent of the U.S. population, while Muslims account for 0.9 percent. >>>>>> >>>>>> Some Jewish leaders have spoken out against accepting Syrian refugees >>>>>> after the Paris killings. U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the only Jewish >>>>>> Republican >>>>>> currently in Congress, spoke on the House floor on Monday and said he >>>>>> wants >>>>>> tougher security measures to ensure terrorists do not sneak in among >>>>>> refugees coming to the U.S. >>>>>> >>>>>> “There is but one mandatory function constitutionally of the federal >>>>>> government, that is to provide for our national defense. This is a >>>>>> constitutional duty and a moral imperative that trumps any day of the >>>>>> week >>>>>> the charity of opening our doors to a Syrian who will blow himself or >>>>>> herself up on our streets in the name of Allah,” Zeldin said. “We must >>>>>> not >>>>>> move forward with the president’s plan to bring in tens of thousands of >>>>>> refugees, especially and so importantly, because we cannot identify who >>>>>> the >>>>>> bad ones are.” >>>>>> >>>>>> But for many Americans Jews, the idea of turning away people in need >>>>>> potentially because of their religion has sent an alarming message. The >>>>>> Anti-Defamation League, an organization that works to protect civil >>>>>> rights >>>>>> for Jews and other minorities, issued a statement >>>>>> <http://www.adl.org/press-center/press-releases/miscellaneous/us-governors-positon-refuse-relocation-syrian-refugees.html#.VkyET3arRpg> >>>>>> Tuesday >>>>>> condemning the governors who said they would reject Syrian refugees. >>>>>> >>>>>> “The people fleeing Syria are fleeing the same types of terrorists >>>>>> that did these attacks in France last week,” Jonathan Greenblatt, the >>>>>> CEO >>>>>> of ADL said Wednesday. “We need to have effective screenings for >>>>>> refugees, >>>>>> we need to look at the multi-layered process to make sure it works. But >>>>>> ADL >>>>>> works on behalf of all people regardless of how they look, where they’re >>>>>> from, who they love. The idea of discriminating against refugees based >>>>>> on >>>>>> their faith strikes us as very un-American.” >>>>>> >>>>>> Because of the connection some American Jews say they feel to other >>>>>> oppressed communities, a number of Jewish aid organizations such as >>>>>> HIAS <http://www.hias.org/> and the American Jewish Joint >>>>>> Distribution Committee <http://www.jdc.org/>(JDC) have been working >>>>>> to help Syrian refugees for years. Bennett founded the Multifaith >>>>>> Alliance >>>>>> for Syrian Refugees in 2013, and her group has worked with the >>>>>> JDC to provide humanitarian aid to refugees, as well as other Jewish >>>>>> organizations to help resettle Syrians in the U.S. and raise awareness >>>>>> of >>>>>> the Syrian refugee situation around the world. >>>>>> >>>>>> “If we don’t address this problem now, if we don’t save the children, >>>>>> who have now gone without schooling for years, and if we don’t house >>>>>> them, >>>>>> don’t educate them, then we are laying the ground for problems in the >>>>>> future, because they will be vulnerable to radicalism,” Bennett said. >>>>>> “We >>>>>> have an obligation to repair the world.” >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 11:21:33 AM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Why? Tell me......Because I have no rational clue. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I believe it is nothing more than a means for these organizations to >>>>>>> obtain funding and support their existance. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> These organizations need to be shut down, or at a minimum, defunded >>>>>>> and no more tax dollars going to them. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:20 PM, plainolamerican < >>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> We know why the xians and jews are trying to bring more middle east >>>>>>>> animals to our nation. >>>>>>>> Some don't forget. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 8:22:13 AM UTC-6, KeithInTampa >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The video that I shared last week is eye opening and explains I >>>>>>>>> think a good bit why these purportedly religious organizations are so >>>>>>>>> interested assisting these refugees: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PzT8vEvYPg >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>>>>>>> For options & help see >>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>>>>>>> * It's active and moderated. 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