Nominal9, Even in context your post made little sense. could you try to be a little more literate ?? Mr. Thompson made a comparison NOT a defense.
On Aug 31, 10:29 am, nominal9 <[email protected]> wrote: > What's that... your ......"Mommy.... Jimmy can do it so why can't > I?".... defense? > nominal9 > > On Aug 30, 3:41 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > As opposed to The Nation or MSNBC or the NYT or WaPo? Definitely not > > more biased than these other medias are. They wrote the book on bias > > along with CBS. > > > On 08/30/2010 03:20 PM, nominal9 wrote: > > > > Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in the media > > > and > > > Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. > > > It's free. Just click here. > > > > Nat Hentoff is a nationally renowned authority on the First Amendment > > > and the Bill of Rights and author of several books, including his > > > current work, "The War on the Bill of Rights and the Gathering > > > Resistance". Comment by clicking here. / article > > > > Sad to say... as a "nationally renowned authority on the First > > > Amendment"... Nat Hentoff has become more than a dissappointment in > > > his support of "freedom of speech" in his older age... he has become > > > nearly the contrary to an advocate for it... Nat has become a turncoat > > > and a proponent of "censorship" as a needed "exception" to "freedom of > > > speech" in many cases... especially in cases that criticize aspects of > > > Zionist Racism in Israel.... > > > As for the publication, Jewish World Review.... enough said.... don't > > > you think that there may well be some slight bias or "slant" in their > > > opinions on this matter? > > > > On Aug 29, 4:00 am, dick thompson<[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Nat Hentoff is well known for being a staunch supporter of the US > > >> Constitution and especially the first amendment rights. He really tells > > >> it like it is here. > > > >> Get 3-in-1 Monitoring and FICO score nowStay in the know about your 3 > > >> nationwide credit files and FICO score. > > > >> Home > > >> In this issue > > >> August 27, 2010 > > >> David Hazony: The Mystery of Goodness > > >> Caroline B. Glick: Accepting the unacceptable > > >> August 26, 2010 > > >> John Rosemond: Fixing Son's Shyness > > >> George Will: The Mideast mirage > > >> Paul Greenberg: Rare Sighting: Common Sense from the Bench > > >> August 25, 2010 > > >> Ariella Marcus: New prayer book uplifts as it enlightens > > >> Nat Hentoff: Am I also a bigot? Pols clueless on Ground Zero mosque > > >> Sarah Tully: Muslim employee is taken off Disney's schedule after > > >> deciding she no longer wants to wear uniform > > >> August 24, 2010 > > >> Steven Emerson: A 'moderate Muslim' exposed > > >> Cal Thomas: Pointless Talks > > >> Wesley Pruden: The 'Zionist plot' to build a mosque > > >> August 23, 2010 > > >> The Jewish Ethicist by Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir : Reclaiming what's yours > > >> through deception > > >> George Will: The 'two-state' delusion > > >> August 20, 2010 > > >> Rabbi Dov Fischer on his divorce and responsibility > > >> Caroline B. Glick: Dusk in Iraq > > >> August 19, 2010 > > >> Jeff Jacoby: The 'disengagement' disaster, five years on > > >> George Will: Skip the lectures on Israel's 'risks for peace' > > >> Matt Flegenheimer: Hypercompetitive overachievers bet on their own > > >> academic success > > >> August 18, 2010 > > >> Suzanne Fields: The New Dance on a Pinhead > > >> Richard Z. 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Pols clueless on Ground Zero mosque > > > >> By Nat Hentoff > > > >> Printer Friendly Version > > > >> Email this article > > >> Share and bookmark this article > > > >>http://www.JewishWorldReview.com|The angry national debate over Imam > > >> Feisal Abdul Rauf's intention to build a mosque two blocks north of the > > >> horror of 9/11 at Ground Zero has been further fueled by supporter Nancy > > >> Pelosi declaring, "I join those who have called for looking into how > > >> this opposition to the mosque is being funded." > > > >> If one of her sleuths knocks on my door, this opponent will readily > > >> state that I need no outside funding as a reporter who is deeply > > >> investigating the motivation of Imam Rauf's choice of this site of mass > > >> murder for the mosque. I will add that, of course, all American Muslims > > >> have their First Amendment right to exercise their freedom of religion > > >> in their place of worship. There have been other mosques in New York > > >> City built without opposition. That freedom is not at stake here. > > > >> As for Rauf's inflammable site choice, however, one of a growing number > > >> of construction workers pledging they will not work on this mosque (New > > >> York Daily News, Aug. 20), Dave Kaiser, a blaster, explains: > > > >> "I wouldn't work there, especially after I found out about what the imam > > >> said about U.S. policy being responsible for 9/11." > > > >> Imam Rauf said was interviewed on CBS' "60 Minutes" (Sept. 30, 2001) by > > >> Ed Bradley. (I have the transcript.) Asked how he felt as a Muslim > > >> "knowing that people of your faith committed this act," Imam Rauf spoke > > >> about Muslim reaction throughout the world "against the policies of the > > >> U.S. government, politically, where we espouse principles of democracy > > >> and human rights and where we ally ourselves with oppressive regimes in > > >> many of these countries." > > > >> "Are you in any way suggesting that we in the United States deserved > > >> what happened?" Bradley asked. > > > >> "I wouldn't say that the United States deserved what happened," Rauf > > >> answered, "but the United States' policies were an accessory to the > > >> crime that happened. Because (the United States has) been an accessory > > >> to a lot of -- of innocent lives dying in the world. In fact, it -- in > > >> the most direct sense, Osama bin Laden is made in the U.S.A." > > > >> Were the heads of government in Iran, Hamas and Sudan also "made in the > > >> USA?" > > > >> FREE SUBSCRIPTION TO INFLUENTIAL NEWSLETTER > > > >> Every weekday NewsAndOpinion.com publishes what many in the media and > > >> Washington consider "must-reading". HUNDREDS of columnists and > > >> cartoonists regularly appear. Sign up for the daily update. It's free. > > >> Just click here. > > > >> Imam Rauf has refused to call Hamas a terrorist organization and had no > > >> comment when, on Aug. 15, Mahmoud al-Zahar, its co-founder, strongly > > >> supported the Imam's mosque near Ground Zero, saying, Muslims "have to > > >> build everywhere" (Associated Press, Aug. 16). Sen. Charles Schumer, > > >> D-N.Y., said the support by Hamas of the Imam's mosque carried no weight > > >> because "Hamas is a terrorist organization." > > > >> Why, yes, it is, Imam Rauf, with its suicide bombers and endless rockets > > >> into Israel. How else can suicide bombers be characterized? > > > >> This imam -- widely lauded in much of the press as "a moderate" Muslim > > >> -- is not reticent, however, in his firm commitment to Sharia (Islamic > > >> law), which regards women as far less than fully human. In the Dec. 9, > > >> 2007 Arabic newspaper Hadi el-Islam, Rauf insisted: > > > >> "Throughout my discussions with contemporary Muslim theologians, it is > > >> clear an Islamic state can be established in more than just a single > > >> form or mold. It can be established through a kingdom or a democracy. > > >> The important issue is to establish the general fundamentals of Sharia > > >> that are required to govern." > > > >> I would greatly appreciate it if Imam Rauf explained, maybe Pelosi will > > >> ask him, more fully what he meant in his 2004 book, "What's Right With > > >> Islam is What's Right With America." In it he declares: "American > > >> Constitution and system of governance uphold the core principles of > > >> Islamic law." Rauf says Sharia law is a core principle of Islamic law. > > >> Does that also include a core principle of our Constitution? > > > >> This 2004 book's title in the English-language edition yields to a > > >> different title for non-English-speaking readers in Malaysia, reports > > >> Andrew McCarthy ("Rauf's Dawa from the World Trade Center Rubble," > > >> nationalreview.com). > > > >> This alternate title in Malaysia brings us right back into the civil war > > >> here about the imam's mosque near Ground Zero: "A Call to Prayer from > > >> the World Trade Center Rubble: Islamic Dawa in the Heart of America > > >> Post-9/11." > > > >> What does "dawa" mean? McCarthy explains: "Dawa, whether done from the > > >> rubble of the World Trade Center or elsewhere, is the missionary work by > > >> which Islam is spread. The purpose of dawa, like the purpose of jihad, > > >> is to implement, spread, and defend Sharia. through means other than > > >> violence and agents other than terrorists." > > > >> As of this writing, Imam Rauf is on the State Department tour (financed > > >> by us) of Arab > > ... > > read more » -- 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. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
