threats posed to this Nation by Islamic theocracies. --- or socialism from jewish theocracies who have been named as terrorist organizations by the US government. A secular government will see them all as threats.
On Mar 15, 2:44 pm, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: > Matthew Duss is an idiot, who hasn't a clue about the threats posed to this > Nation by Islamic theocracies. Obviously, neither do you Plain Ol'. > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 9:43 AM, plainolamerican > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > The time to prevent the U.S. from becoming a Marxist/Islamist third > > world > > country is running very short. > > --- > > correction: it is time prevent the US from becoming another jewish > > induced socialist state. > > > Whether it’s Newt Gingrich peddling false stories of “creeping > > sharia” (strict Islamic law) to an audience of very serious people at > > the American Enterprise Institute, or the Washington Times running > > endless editorials and op-eds from conspiracy theorists like Frank > > Gaffney warning that President Obama “may actually still be a Muslim,” > > or Bill Kristol and Liz Cheney shamelessly and falsely asserting that > > Park 51 leader Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has “terror-related > > connections,” it’s clear that quite a few conservative elites see > > political profit in stoking Americans’ fear of Islam. > > Such hostility toward Muslims is unfortunately not marginal in the pro- > > Israel community — unless one is prepared to define the huge annual > > policy conference of one of Washington’s foremost lobbies as > > “marginal.” At an AIPAC conference in March 2009, to take just one > > example, terrorism expert Steve Emerson spent 40 minutes stoking the > > worst fears of the mostly elderly attendees with a talk called > > “Tentacles of Terror: The Global Reach of Islamic Radicalism.” It > > could just as easily have been called “Scaring the Living Crap Out of > > Bubbe and Zayde.” As long as Jews are encouraged to believe that scary > > Muslims are hiding under every American bed, the idea is perpetuated > > that support for the Jewish state is a zero-sum contest between > > favoring Israel and favoring Arabs and Muslims. For too many American > > Jews, smearing Islam is seen as a legitimate expression of Zionism. > > Groups like The Israel Project, the Middle East Media Research > > Institute and Middle East Forum seem to exist for no other reason than > > to spotlight the very worst aspects of Muslim societies. Magazines > > like Commentary and the Weekly Standard regularly traffic in the > > crudest stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims, and promote the harshest > > measures for dealing with them. Musing over the appropriateness of > > targeting Palestinian civilians during the Gaza conflict, Standard > > contributing editor Michael Goldfarb wrote approvingly, “To wipe out a > > man’s entire family, it’s hard to imagine that doesn’t give his > > colleagues at least a moment’s pause.” > > Martin Kramer, a fellow at the Washington Institute of Near East > > Policy, president-designate of Shalem College and frequent AIPAC > > panelist, took things even further, suggesting that Israel’s siege on > > Gaza, could, by depressing population growth, “crack the culture of > > martyrdom, which demands a constant supply of superfluous young men.” > > In 2007, in what could be seen as a precursor to the current uproar > > over the Park 51 Islamic cultural center, Middle East Forum Director > > Daniel Pipes played a key role in flaming controversy over the Khalil > > Gibran International Academy, a planned New York City public school > > emphasizing the study of Arabic language and culture. Pipes asserted > > that such a school represented a potential threat simply by virtue of > > teaching Arabic. > > It would be wrong, however, to pretend that these sorts of smears have > > been the work solely of conservatives. Harvard law professor Alan > > Dershowitz, a liberal who promotes himself as Israel’s leading public > > defender, regularly rehearses the most clownish calumnies against > > Israel’s adversaries, real and perceived. Citing the Grand Mufti Amin > > al-Husseini’s collaboration with the Nazis, Dershowitz wrote, “the > > Palestinian leadership, supported by the Palestinian masses, played a > > significant role in Hitler’s Holocaust.” The obviously ahistorical > > stupidity of that claim aside, it hardly needs pointing out that a > > similar attempt to lay collective blame upon Jews would be immediately > > — and rightly — condemned, by Dershowitz and others. > > Hatred of Arabs has also had a home in one of America’s oldest and > > best-respected liberal magazines, The New Republic, for over three > > decades, courtesy of owner and editor-in-chief Marty Peretz, who never > > seems to tire of identifying ways in which Arab society is “hidebound > > and backward,” as he wrote in 2007. Observing the devastation in Iraq, > > Peretz wrote: “I actually believe that Arabs are feigning outrage when > > they protest what they call American (or Israeli) ‘atrocities.’ They > > are not shocked at all by what in truth must seem to them not > > atrocious at all. It is routine in their cultures.” Peretz reiterated > > that view in September of this year. “Frankly, Muslim life is cheap, > > especially for Muslims,” he wrote. “This is a statement of fact, not > > value.” > > Related > > Anniversary of WTC Attack To Prompt Rallies Amid Holy Days > > Jewish Leaders Enter Fray Over Islamic Center Near Ground Zero > > Mosque’s Plan To Expand Near Ground Zero Sparks Debate > > While it’s tempting to dismiss Peretz as a racist old kook, he does > > serve as editor-in-chief of a major magazine, and he has been able to > > help define the boundaries of acceptable liberal discourse for 30 > > years. And he has chosen through those years to place the most > > retrograde anti-Arab, anti-Muslim bigotry — including constant denials > > of Palestinian nationhood — within those boundaries. > > It wasn’t so long ago that Jews in America were targets of similar > > slander and knee-jerk opposition. Liberal American Jews have been at > > the forefront of all of America’s struggles against bigotry, but they > > need to do a better job of calling out the hate in their own > > communities. Moderate Muslims are often called upon to condemn the > > extreme rhetoric of their co-religionists. It is not too much, at long > > last, to call upon moderate Zionists to do the same. > > Matthew Duss is National Security Editor at the Center for American > > Progress. > > > Read more: > >http://forward.com/articles/131502/some-zionist-groups-stoke-fear-of-... > > > On Mar 14, 8:07 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ** ** > > > > [image: Inline image 1] > > > >http://www.shelbystar.com/opinion/letters/letter-modern-political-par... > > > **** > > > LETTER: Modern political parties are unrecognizable **** > > > Published: Monday, March 11, 2013 at 10:30 AM.**** > > > > The Democrat and Republican parties of today have metamorphosed into what > > > would not have been recognized several decades ago by citizens as their > > > party of choice. **** > > > > The Democrats call themselves “Progressives,” which is another more > > > acceptable name for “Socialists”. **** > > > > The Republican party is weakened by its division into a group of > > moderates > > > who “go along to get along” and a group who adhere more to the core > > > principles of the party platform. **** > > > > Considering the history of Germany, Russia, China, and other socialist > > > nations, you would think no American would choose to follow that course, > > > but a large number of both parties are members of the Communist party. > > **** > > > > Also, both parties have placed in powerful positions of decision and > > policy > > > making Muslims who are members of the Muslim Brotherhood or other Muslim > > > organizations. **** > > > > The Brotherhood, the grandfather of Middle East terrorist groups, has its > > > agents inside the Obama Administration. **** > > > > Some of the principal mainstream Muslim organizations in the U.S. today > > are > > > the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), the Muslim Students > > > Association (MSA), and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), > > > which is the most prominent group. **** > > > > Nine universities now have Muslim-only prayer rooms, including Stanford, > > > Emory, and the University of Virginia. **** > > > > A street in New York City is closed down to traffic one afternoon a week > > > for Muslims to get on their knees to pray. **** > > > > All this, while Christianity and Semitism are muzzled, their prayers are > > > not allowed and the Ten Commandments and crosses have been removed. **** > > > > Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s closest personal assistant and > > advisor > > > is Huma Abedin, a Muslim whose father is a professed advocate of Sharia > > > law, and her brother and mother are active in Brotherhood groups. **** > > > > Grover Norquist, the head of Americans for Tax Reform, has for years been > > > enabling Brotherhood access to the highest levels of power in Washington. > > > He was one of the high-profile Republicans to register support for the > > > Ground Zero mosque.**** > > > > Radical Islam is a political system masquerading as a religious entity > > that > > > rules with an iron fist, and their Quran declares it a right and duty to > > > make war on unbelievers (Christians, Jews, and atheists) wherever they > > > should be found. The U.S., in their view, is the “Great Satan” and > > Israel > > > the “Little Satan”, and their goal is the establishment of a global > > Islamic > > > state with Sharia law. **** > > > > Right now a Trojan Horse for Islam sits in Washington, D.C., and the plan > > > to bring the U.S. down from within is working exceedingly well.**** > > > > The founding fathers envisioned statesmen to serve in Congress as a > > > sacrificial, patriotic duty for a short term and return to their > > occupation > > > and families at home afterwards. But today there are many perks and > > > benefits offered and temptations for greed that > > ... > > 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. 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