No worries. He's a "moderate."
From WorldNetDaily.com, with thanks to Davida:
The Texas Senate will open today with its first Islamic prayer, offered by a Dallas imam who has been criticized for participating in a "tribute to the great Islamic visionary," Ayatollah Khomeini.Imam Yusuf Kavakci of the Dallas Central Mosque is scheduled to be welcomed by Texas' Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Sen. Florence Shapiro, the Senate's senior Jewish member and sponsor of Kavakci's invocation.
According to an announcement by the Dallas-Forth Worth chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the occasion will be broadcast live on the Texas Senate website and attended by a number of faith-based groups, including Texas Impact, Baptist General Convention of Texas' Christian Life Commission, Texas Conference of Churches and Texas Islamic Council.
"Don't miss the next milestone event for the Texas Muslim community!' DFW-CAIR's announcement read. "On April 4, 2007, the first Muslim imam will open the Texas Senate with an Islamic prayer."
Kavacki, who has served in Dallas area for nearly 20 years, has been seen as a moderate voice among U.S. Muslims, but he has not gone uncriticized for some of his activities.
WND reported in 2005 on the nonpartisan Freedom House report documenting Saudi-sponsored hate literature, originating with the government and Saudi-financed sources that reflected "extremist Wahhabi ideology," being disseminated through mosques in the U.S.
One of those mosques, according to a critical editorial in the Dallas Morning News, was Kavacki's:
"Unfortunately, this kind of thing is not altogether alien to this mosque," it read. "Last spring, it hosted a youth quiz competition, sponsored by two national organizations closely tied to the worldwide Islamist movement. Kids were tested on the work of premier jihad ideologist Sayyid Qutb.
"The mosque's imam, Dr. Yusuf Kavakci, has publicly praised two of the world's foremost radical Islamists, Yusuf Qaradawi and Hasan al-Turabi, as exemplary leaders. Dr. Kavakci also sits on the board of the Saudi-backed Islamic Society of North America, described in congressional testimony as a major conduit of Wahhabist teaching. Yet Dr. Kavakci tells The Dallas Morning News he rejects Wahhabist teaching. Something doesn't add up.
"Sayyid Qutb is the author of "Milestones," the Mein Kampf of the global jihad movement – and it's highly disturbing to learn that Muslim children are being indoctrinated with this foul work of fascist xenophobia, in the United States.
In 2004, Kavakci was a guest speaker at a seminar sponsored by Irving, Tex., Muslims paying "tribute to the great Islamic visionary," Ayatollah Khomeini, the leader if Iran's 1979 revolution.
Kavakci and others shared the roster with Mohammed Asi, a radical Washington imam whom, according to The Washington Post, U.S. officials suspect of being an Iranian agent.
In texas? Wow, that is messed up
What is this, the newest trendy thing ? The flavour of the month ? And in Texas, no less.
"Sen. Florence Shapiro, the Senate's senior Jewish member and sponsor of Kavakci's invocation."
-- from the article above
And in her self-satisfaction and moral preening over her own "tolerance," a useful fool.
PAGING JOHN HOWARD. . .PAGING JOHN HOWARD...
Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst (who holds constitutional role as President of the TX Senate) is in dire need of anti-dhimmitude guidance from John Howard.
Yes. “In Texas” – The Great Lone Star State – home of Sam Houston, Davy Crockett and the Texas War of Independence - is indeed being infected with islamism at an alarming rate just as it is also metastasisizing in each and every other sacred corner of this land. Google ‘American pig races’ for a start.
"in a "tribute to the great Islamic visionary," Ayatollah Khomeini."
...and wasn't he a wonderful human being?....
""The mosque's imam, Dr. Yusuf Kavakci, has publicly praised two of the world's foremost radical Islamists, Yusuf Qaradawi and Hasan al-Turabi, as exemplary leaders."
...Muslims do adore the blood and guts type of guys....
"WND reported in 2005 on the nonpartisan Freedom House report documenting Saudi-sponsored hate literature, originating with the government and Saudi-financed sources that reflected "extremist Wahhabi ideology," being disseminated through mosques in the U.S."
.....about 80% of the Mosques in the US are under the control of militant clerics and are actively teaching violence....
What did you Texas boys think was going to happen when King George was fast tracking all those muslim immigrants into the country? He settled many in is home state of Texas.
Look at the bright side...The Mexicans are still Christian right?
In Texas??? And will they be drinking their lone star beer and smoking their winston cigarettes?
What did you Texas boys think was going to happen when King George was fast tracking all those muslim immigrants into the country? He settled many in is home state of Texas.
Look at the bright side...The Mexicans are still Christian right?
Posted by: greatcometof1577
‘King George’ has not been a ‘King’ at all but a weak and ineffectual ‘leader’ without a viable concept his enemy’s true nature.
Good God, when does it ever end? Is there any irstwhile showpiece Muslim moderate who doesn't have a questionable background?
I am so sick of lame multi-culti, empty moral preening and hubris. Both political parties are filled with empty headed sound bit spewing dounces that seem to get all warm and tingling about this kind of empty tripe. George Bush and Republicans are every bit as dangerous as Nancy Pellosi or John Conyers on this count of cheap moral preening.
Ayatollah Khomeini is a monster and one of the worlds all-time evil totalitarians. To hell with the morons that run the west. It is frustrating beyond belief, ever where we turn Islam,Islam, Islam, peace,peace,peace,interfaith dialogue, blah, blah. Everytime the Muslim doesn't dissapoint with a wretched background. Is there a Muslim anywhere who doesn't either advocate murder or make excuses for those that do advocate it or hell even carry it out? Waiting, waiting, crickets chriping.......
thomas ato:
Don’t ya know they’re all MARLBORO MEN in Texas not Winston dope-smokes!
And Texas is supposed to be a conservative state...Oh dear!
exsgtbrown - At the end of the Freeedom House Report, here, they inclue a list of all the mosques (and their locations) which distribute the reported hate literature.
* MCC (Muslim Community Center)
4380 N. Elston Avenue
Chicago, IL 60641-2146
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* Islamic Center of America
215 North Oraton Parkway
East Orange, NJ 07017-4411
School name: Madrasatu Ahlis Sunnah
previously known as the Islamic Day School
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* Daru-Al-Islah
320 Fabry Terrace
Teaneck, NJ 07666-6459
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* Al-Farouq Masjid
552-4 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217-1914
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* The Islamic Center (of Washington, D.C.)
2551 Massachusetts NW
Washington, D.C. 20008-2826
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* Masjid Al-Islam
5021 A Street SE
Washington, DC 20019-6430
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* Dar Al-Hijra Islamic Center
3159 Row Street
Falls Church, VA 22044-2645
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* All Dulles Area Muslim Society, Adams Center (Herndon Mosque)
500 Grove Street, P.O. Box 1085
Herndon, VA 22070
Note: This address may not receive mail since it is the main address of a building that
contains multiple addresses (e.g., an apartment building). Other zips include:
20170-4735
20170-4743
20170-4793
20170-4704
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* Richardson Mosque (Dallas)
840 Abrams Road
Richardson, TX 75081-5034
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* Islamic Society of Greater Houston, ISGH -North Zone
11815 Adel Road
Houston, TX 77067-2205
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* Masjid Abu Bakr (aka Islamic Center of San Diego)
7050 Eckstrom Avenue
San Diego, CA 92111-3400
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* Islamic Society of Orange County
9752 W 13th Street
Garden Grove, CA 92844-3143
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* Islamic Center of Oakland (Oakland Islamic Center)
515 31st Street
Oakland, CA 94609-3203
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* Masjid Al-Farouq
1207 Conrad SauerDrive
Houston, TX 77043-4306
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* King Fahd Mosque (Los Angeles)
10980 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232-4025
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From this comment dating back to 1/29/05 here
Something else doesn't add up:
This fellow is praising Khomeini and associating with Mohammed Asi, two virulent Shia extremists, and also promoting Saudi Wahhabist materials and Sayyud Qutb? Methinks the cleric is just insane -- the Shias and Wahhabis hate each others' guts. I think he has less allegiance to Islam (of either creed) and more to just hating the Kuffar.
Texas?
That's Bush Country. Where Saudi Princes and Presidents openly hold hands and kiss.
ayatollah khomeini --- isn't he the guy that said
Quote
“A man can have sex with animals such as sheeps, cows, camels and so on. However, he should kill the animal after he has his orgasm. He should not sell the meat to the people in his own village; however, selling the meat to the next door village should be fine.”
Unquote
From Khomeini's book, "Tahrirolvasyleh"
from the website
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/ayatollah_khomeini/
Now there is food for thought
It should be interesting to see if the Immam starts his prayers with death to America or death to Israel. Inquiring minds want to know.
A couple things come to mind:
First, for info on what is going on at those Herndon, VA addresses, google Grove Street, Herndon VA and FBI. They were raided shortly after 9/11. Something like 100 islamic groups have addresses at those Grove St. addresses and include the group that the gov't wants sami al-arian to testify against, precipitating his hunger fast.
The Militantislammonitor.org website has a letter posted from the leader of the Adam Ctr (currently in Sterling VA according to one of the websites). Of particular concern to one who has learned a little here on JW, the imam writes: I have repeatedly stated in our meetings that I am proud of our ADAMS community, as we uphold the law and work to bring about justice.
"Working to bring about justice," I've learned here, means to bring about sharia in many cases.
Also, wasn't the adams ctr one of the mosques that was being surveilled for possible radiation signatures?
Finally in regards to islam spreading in TX, remember that quadolama stated the he observed the cair office in TX giving free housing to illegals and was having them sign papers to say they were converting to islam and wouldn't fight against moslems. Which is disconcerting in itself! Are they expecting fighting to break out sometime soon in the US?
ADD CRESCENT TO LONE STAR AND VOILA!
Maybe Texas could add the crescent to the state flag. Very ecumenical and enlightened idea, n'est pas?
Moderate Unicorns
In medieval times, people created fairy tales and magical creatures to make sense of their world. One of the most endearing is the unicorn, a horse with a single horn that symbolized purity and wholesomeness. In our modern times, people in Europe and the United States consider themselves more sophisticated and rational than people from the Middle Ages, but we still create myths, albeit more subtle ones.
Daily we hear reports of violent acts committed by Islamic terrorists on every inhabited continent. We try to wish it away with the wand of the ‘Moderate Muslim’, telling ourselves the Islamic agenda has been’ hijacked’ by a ‘tiny minority of extremists’ and that soon the huge, silent, moderate majority of Muslims will take charge and change things. However, post 9/11 very few Muslims have condemned terrorist actions. We are still waiting for moderates to stand and deliver, identifying and removing extremist thugs from mosques and their communities. Waiting for this self-correction is our modern version of unicorn hunting.
Moderate Muslims will not be able to wrest control of the agenda for several reasons. Mohammed, the Messenger of Allah’s eternal word, was not moderate. No moderate can legitimately tell another Muslim to stop doing the extremist things Mohammed himself did. Also, the Qur’an condones violence and coercion to further the Islamic agenda. People whom we call moderates are labeled hypocrites by Allah Himself in the Qur’an. Moderates will always lose the argument because, as ex-Muslim author Ibn Warraq says, “There may be moderates in Islam but Islam itself is not moderate.”
Islamic expert Daniel Pipes and others estimate ten percent of the Islamic world to be militant. In 1933 when the Nazi party took control of Germany it had 2 million members, comprising only three percent of Germany’s sixty-six million citizens. A tiny minority of extremists can control a vast number of moderates, making them irrelevant.
Placing hope in ‘The Moderate Muslim’ is like searching for unicorns in the forest.
From Molly Ivins to Jim Hightower to the Dixie Chix to the State Senate, Texas has gone to hell in a handbasket.
Go ahead. Mess with Texas. It's harmless.
Pussies.
APF
You forgot Dan Blather. Davy Crockett must be doing somersaults in his grave.
But I agree with Archimedes2. How is one a supporter of Khomenei and Sayyid Qutb at the same time? This seems more a case of hating the Infidel.
Send him to Iraq, as one of the 'Muslim chaplains', and let him get caught up in the Shia-Sunni rivalry. They'll make him choose, even if we don't.
doubtingthomas
Quote
“A man can have sex with animals such as sheeps, cows, camels and so on. However, he should kill the animal after he has his orgasm. He should not sell the meat to the people in his own village; however, selling the meat to the next door village should be fine.”
Unquote
From Khomeini's book, "Tahrirolvasyleh"
Perhaps that procedure makes the meat "halal"
Why this struggle is REALLY THEOLOGICAL!
FROM:
http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/gburgess/charge1859.html
(with edits by poster)
When for the person of the great Antagonist of souls (Satan/Muhammad) is substituted the mere idea of all collective evil (Judaism, Christianity, i.e. all religions suck), the nature of that whole conflict (war against Islamofascism) is changed, for which, as Christians, we are enlisted; so far changed, that the human heart cannot but feel it to be less than before an actual struggle, and a struggle for life or death.
We are aroused as by the sound of a trumpet, when the apostles (Spencer, Fitzgerald et. al) call us to resist the devil, to wrestle against spiritual wickedness in high places, and to quench the fiery darts of the Wicked One. We are lulled as by the murmurs of treason, bidding us put off our armour, when we are told that no such foe is there (by dhimmis like Dinesh Desouza, Esposito, Karen Armstrong, etc.). What hate and scorn towards the Evil One (Muhammad) burn in the hymns, (JW posts) sayings and life of Luther (Spencer, Fitzgerald, etc.)! With what subdued intensity of abhorrence is the name uttered in our liturgical prayers and deprecations (New Duranty Times, MSM, George Bush, Karen Hughes, etc. etc.)! Who can contend thus against an abstraction? If he (Muhammad, the Fiend), with all his malice and his wiles, is but a figure of speech, what shall hinder that our renunciation of him, and our resistance to him, and all this holy war against his kingdom, may also be deemed an imaginary crusade, a figure as meaningless?
"What is this, the newest trendy thing ? The flavour of the month ? And in Texas, no less."
No it's not the newest trendy thing. It's been going on for quite a long time, this growing influence of PC on everybody, from Left to Right and everywhere between. When a Texas Senate does this, let's not make the mistake of thinking the rot is only at the top. Texas Senates, as with all bodies of government in this great nation, derive their sap of nutrients and strength from the People. The rot of PC is far more widespread and systemic throughout our Western societies than the fingerpointing to elites would assume.
I'm thinking of sending Michelle Malkin's "I am John Doe" to all the mosques which distribute the reported hate literature (see justamomof4's post above). Does anyone think that is a bad idea?
Thanks.
It is a sad day in Texas. Extra sting from the "salt in the wound" is that the imam's prayer is the last said before the Texas Senate starts the Easter recess. Also, many of us have switched from Lone Star to Shiner Bock and don't smoke at all.
JeffB,
I was thinking the same thing about this happening during Holy Week.
If he is standing in front of a bunch of Texas Rangers...he had better pray...
Simple, simple to protest:
Arrange for a bunch of Khomeini "supporters" carrying his picture AND his words about "sexual gratification with a child" and "if a man sodomizes an animal take it to another town & butcher & sell it". Anybody who supports that freak needs to be publicly associated with what that freak stood for!
Texas Rangers? I think the rough and ready concept of that archaic ilk went out with the former T.V. series: ‘Walker: Texas Ranger’. The only thing the muzzlim infiltrators have to fear are a few stray dogs.
What the hell is going on in the Lone Star State???
Where are your six shooters?
You have vermin running around.
....about 80% of the Mosques in the US are under the control of militant clerics and are actively teaching violence....
--exsgtbrown
What did you Texas boys think was going to happen when King George was fast tracking all those muslim immigrants into the country? He settled many in is home state of Texas.
Look at the bright side...The Mexicans are still Christian right?
Posted by: greatcometof1577
‘King George’ has not been a ‘King’ at all but a weak and ineffectual ‘leader’ without a viable concept his enemy’s true nature.
--descendantofacrusader
COMMENT:
It appears that our "leadership" is all that stands between us and deciding whether to submit or remain as "protected" dhimmis under sharia . . .
see
http://islamic-danger.blogspot.com/2007/04/we-salute-those-who-defend-us-against.html
Methinks the cleric is just insane -- the Shias and Wahhabis hate each others' guts. I think he has less allegiance to Islam (of either creed) and more to just hating the Kuffar.
Posted by: Archimedes2
They hate each other as long as we're not around. The cleric isn't insane at all [unless you mean the fact he's a moslem in the first place].
The jewish lady who invited him in is the truly insane one.
I am embarrassed by this. I no longer have any faith in our “leadership,” be it local, state, or national. Alarmed Pig Farmer is right, they are a bunch of pussies. Here in Houston, a sanctuary city, the politically correct, multi-cultural crap is rampant. Mexicans drive around with US flag bumper-stickers applied upside down. Imams on TV serve us sweet words in round table kum ba yas and everybody claps in agreement. Californians move in because of good jobs and cheap housing then complain about, and make fun of, all the rednecks (moi). I think a lot of cities nowadays have the same problem with the liberal left but the farther away from downtown one travels the redder it gets.
This story makes me angry. Texas government deserves to be ridiculed for this but many of us Texans are awake, mad as hell, and armed to the teeth. Come on, try it, I dare you – tread on me.
Is Texas turning into THE LOON STAR STATE?
There shouldn't be one Muslim in Texas, of all places.
Mohammad in a ten gallon hat?
Khomeini buried at the Alamo?
Corpus Christi!
Now this just pisses me off!
A heads up folks ... Austin is its own planet ... somewhere out in the far left reaches of the solar system ... and unrecognizable as Texas ... been that way for awhile ... home of Liberal U., hippie wanna-bees, drug-addicts, and 8th-grade-educated politicians.
butterfly,
The rednecks will be the salvation of this country. If they get their sht together and . . .
1. vote
2. get involved locally to keep the mos out
3. prepare
Sad thing is that most of the troops in Iraq making the ultimate sacrifice are from rural areas. The city anti-American Americans don't enlist. They demonstrate against the United States.
remote, I do not agree with your thesis that cultural Marxism is a grassroots, bottom-to-top movement. In fact, I vehemently disagree with your repetitive assertions that politicians, elites, etc. are falling all over themselves to cater to every conceivable minority group and show how much they love diversity and muliticulturalism because the "people" want them to. They do it to attract potential voters and most of them are as ignorant about islam as the average citizen. That makes them criminally ignorant because they are responsible for the safety and welfare of the ignorant masses. If there is no excuse for ignorance of the law, there is certainly no excuse for lawmakers to be ignorant of something as insidious and potentially deadly as islam and muslims, or rampant illegal and legal immigration from the third world.
I would wager that the average Texan pays about as much attention to the opening of the Texas Legislature as I pay to the opening of the Georgia Legislature. There may be some newspaper coverage of this monumental event, maybe even some TV coverage on the local news, but who cares how many ecumenical repesentatives attended or who led the opening prayer? Most Texans, like most other Americans, probably think islam is a bonafide, germane religion similar to Christianity. People in Texas have plenty to worry about with the NAFTA super highway threatening their lives and livlihoods and I doubt if this is even on their radar screens.
Cultural Marxism is being taught in government schools and liberals have been sucking up this vile ideology since the sixties, but the majority of Americans do not advocate socialism, and certainly not communism. I believe that most Americans are simply engrossed in their personal lives and pay too little attention to what the corrupt, power-hungry politicians are doing. They are guilty of apathy, not complicity. Until they are directly affected by a multicultural edict or happen to wake up and notice that they're surrounded by Mexicans or muslims, they will continue their daily routines just trying to survive. Most people cannot even accurately define the word "multiculturalism", and haven't a clue what moral relativism and political correctness are all about.
The elected Representatives and Senators in Washington don't get their "sap" and "strength" from the people; they couldn't care less what the lowly people want, so why should Texas be any different? Power corrupts and our political system is corrupt almost beyond redemption. The culprit is money, not the will of the people. Money buys the politicians and keeps them in power; policy is made with no regard whatsoever for the wishes of the electorate. The powerful elites, elected and otherwise, are determined to turn America into a third-world cesspool with a non-white majority population. It might not happen in our lifetimes, but it could. Will the average Joe Blow wake up in time to stop it? Probably not.
In a few simple words -- Money Trumps Everything. Nothing is free....money can buy anything. As for Texas, if it can happen there it can happen anywhere in this country. And here I thought that Texas was the epitome of a die hard conservative state. Hmmm, too many illegals there now?
You ought to be in my neck of the woods. We are living in liberal purgatory. Couldn't get anything else elected if we wanted to. Think Left Coast, up 2 from California...Sadly, if the people do not wake up and throw off their rose colored glasses soon there may be no hope. But this family will never give in. Personally, I would look stupid in a burkha.
What the heck has happened to our leaders? Except for a small handful they are turning into wimps. Bush and Blair stood tall after 9/11 but right now I think they are hip deep in... well you know. And it angers the heck out of me.
I read a book back in the 80s when I was in grad school about the Balkanization of America...they were right. Multiculturalism and political correctness is going to be the death of us if we are not careful and fight back. One thing a great many people don't know is that this country (USA) is a representative Republic and the Constitution gives the people the right to change their government if it is not working...it may come to that yet. Let us hope that the the Muslims don't beat us to the draw. I would put in the pertinent part of the Constitution but why help the enemy who may be lurking about.
Susanp,
"I vehemently disagree with your repetitive assertions that politicians, elites, etc. are falling all over themselves to cater to every conceivable minority group and show how much they love diversity and muliticulturalism because the "people" want them to."
That's not really my assertion. By and large, elites are simply breathing the same PC atmosphere as the ordinary people. The PC thoughts and actions of the elites reflect a shared understanding of what the truth is about society.
"They do it to attract potential voters and most of them are as ignorant about islam as the average citizen."
Exactly.
"That makes them criminally ignorant because they are responsible for the safety and welfare of the ignorant masses."
I agree, but if that's the way the world is in their worldview, they think, by and large, that they are doing the right thing. It's the mainstream worldview that is at fault here. Anybody -- whether elite or ordinary -- in our time still has to go against the prevailing grain to think outside the PC box about Islam. So it should be no surprise when our elites do stupid things like this.
"If there is no excuse for ignorance of the law, there is certainly no excuse for lawmakers to be ignorant of something as insidious and potentially deadly as islam and muslims..."
There's no excuse, but it's unremarkably understandable why they continue to behave ignorantly. And they are not alone; most people in the West are still ignorant about Islam, and this ignorance is bolstered by the prevailing assumptions of PC multiculturalism. It's easy for us who are outside the box to fault the ones inside the box, but from their perspective, it's as plain as the light of day what are the right things to do: they have a mainstream, solid and dominant paradigm where their worldview fits and operates. When facts and cogent interpretations of facts about the problem of Islam begin to impinge on the mind of any given Box-Dweller, they have the advantage of being in the majority and being part of the majority view of what's right, and part of their paradigm has a ready-made and very efficient mechanism of labels and arguments by which to marginalize us as eccentrics at best, "bigots", "racists" and "Islamophobes" at worst. And, of course, we minority of Jihad-Watchers also threaten not only the privileged Muslims, but also the dominant Box, whenever we raise our points.
"I would wager that the average Texan pays about as much attention to the opening of the Texas Legislature as I pay to the opening of the Georgia Legislature.... Most Texans, like most other Americans, probably think islam is a bonafide, germane religion similar to Christianity."
And those "most Texans, like most other Americans" are part of the same society as the elites. It's precisely because they all share that naive myopia that things like this (and worse) keep happening with regard to the danger of Islam.
"Cultural Marxism is being taught in government schools and liberals have been sucking up this vile ideology since the sixties, but the majority of Americans do not advocate socialism, and certainly not communism."
I agree that this is one major factor in the equation. But it does not explain why so many non-Leftists are also myopic about the problem of Islam and why they continue to be resistant to facts that challenge their PC Box. Obviously, PC has become a dominant socipolitical force, transcending Left and Right, and moving its influence much more widely outside of "cultural Marxist" influence.
"Most people cannot even accurately define the word "multiculturalism", and haven't a clue what moral relativism and political correctness are all about."
That doesn't matter. They don't need to define it, to simply breathe in the air of it and assume the whole structure of PC givens by which Islam and the vast majority of Muslims remain whitewashed. We are talking about a very broad, complex and amazingly rapidly changing phenomenon of sociological change that has occurred. And not all of that change has been bad. A lot of it is good. That's the problem. The good side of it obscures the bad baggage that comes along with it.
"The elected Representatives and Senators in Washington don't get their "sap" and "strength" from the people; they couldn't care less what the lowly people want, so why should Texas be any different?"
Sorry, I can't agree with that. That sentiment you express is too alienated from government. Certainly, there is some truth to the potential for elitism and power corruption, but not to the extent that you seem to be talking about. This nation's sociopolitical culture is too great to be prey to such malignancy as you impute to it. In fact, it is just this kind of sense of alienation from government that makes it so easy for a Rosie O'Donnell -- and many of The View's soccer mom fans who passively allow her to keep her job by not protesting in mass outrage -- to so blithely think the government could be complicit in mass-murdering fellow Americans (or, on a related conspiracy-theory level, the disturbingly high number of Americans who so casually believe that the American government probably assassinated its own President Kennedy).
I saw this on our local (Houston)news yesterday and thought I would puke!
This is the footage from an anti-American/anti-Israel/anti-semitic rally at Wayne State University in Detroit last Thursday:
Part I:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqbfZqX7LWU
Part II:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxeweTTLqII
Part III:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1BlPhbW5tw
Here is a story that aired about the rally on Fox 2 News (Detroit):
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=2828453&version=4&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.1.1
Here are two rally organizers (Mike Staunch and Shemon Salam) trying to defend themselves, but they ended up being really offensive:
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=2838924&version=1&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.2.1
There is also a story posted on littlegreenfootballs about the rally.
THE OFFENSIVE GROUP WHO ORGANIZED THE RALLY, "ANTI-RACIST ACTION" (ARA), IS MADE UP MOSTLY OF NON-STUDENTS, AND THE GROUP OPENLY CALLS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL AND AMERICA.
Anti-Racist Action can be contacted for interviews at wsu_ara@yahoo.com.
The story hit the front page of the Austin American Statesman.
Republican senator Dan Patrick (former consv talk show host) left the floor in protest of the prayer..good for him!
"Republican senator Dan Patrick (former consv talk show host) left the floor in protest of the prayer..good for him!"
...iF HE runs for re-election, I contributing to his re-election fund...
Perhaps the most pernicious aspect of the whole disgusting Texas Legislature debacle is the fact that it was allowed to take place during the most sacred week in the Christian calendar, Holy Week and, not so coincidentally, Passover. What a perfect time for a Christian priest or Jewish Rabbi to deliver the invocation. Instead the dolts responsible for choosing this man of Islam allow him to invoke a prayer to allah blessing Muslims and, in effect, cursing Christians and Jews. OK, that was horrible enough but where on God's green earth does this guy get the hutzpah to then deliver a truly ugly and seemingly interminable (subjective opinion, of course) Arabic chant. Where the hell does he think he is and I would sure as hell demand an exact translation of the seemingly endless chant to determine if those of us with Judaeo-Christian values were being further slandered in our own governmental halls. Is there another religion or culture that would have dared to stand before a US state legislature and bloviate for 3-4 minutes in a language understood by perhaps 1/10 of 1% of US citizens. Didn't anyone else that watches it react like I did? I was tearing out my hair after he continued longer than 20 seconds of Islamic chants. I could not believe what I was watching nor could I believe the ignorance of those who paid respect to the immam as he must have been laughing at them internally. We put one over on the a..holes once again. Unbelievable!!!
Sorry, I can't agree with that. That sentiment you express is too alienated from government. Certainly, there is some truth to the potential for elitism and power corruption, but not to the extent that you seem to be talking about. This nation's sociopolitical culture is too great to be prey to such malignancy as you impute to it. In fact, it is just this kind of sense of alienation from government that makes it so easy for a Rosie O'Donnell -- and many of The View's soccer mom fans who passively allow her to keep her job by not protesting in mass outrage -- to so blithely think the government could be complicit in mass-murdering fellow Americans (or, on a related conspiracy-theory level, the disturbingly high number of Americans who so casually believe that the American government probably assassinated its own President Kennedy).
Posted by: remote_control at April 5, 2007 04:49 AM
Listen remote, the "malignancy" is alive and well and deeply entrenched. For example, Kennedy's immigration bill. Have you read it? If you recall, Kennedy is responsible for the most inimical and deceptive immigration bill ever passed in this country (1965), which changed the face of America. Apparently the perfidious scheme to ruin America did not produce the desired results soon enough for him and his colleagues, so he has created a new one that will do the trick within a few years. It is guaranteed to bankrupt social security, medicare, and destroy the economy, as well as to generate astronomical tax increases, and social and racial unrest. How many Americans are aware of the contents of the latest immigration reform bills and understand the long-term, devastating consequences of Bush's "comprehensive immigration reform"? Very few. They don't exactly advertise their traitorous, destructive legislation and we depend on our faithful, dedicated represetatives to protect us, not stab us in the backs.
How about the North American Union, which is being created right under our noses with absolutely no fanfare, no publicity, and without any regard for whether the people of this country want the U.S. to be merged with Canada and Mexico, have our currency and Constitution abolished, and eventually be governed by unelected bureaucrats thousands of miles away. Bush has not secured our borders because we will have no borders in three years unless this insanity is stopped, and the NAU is NOT a conspiracy theory. My God, how much more "malignant" can it get?!
But wait, it can get even more malignant. What do you think of the illustrious U.N.'s Agenda 21, which became official U.S. policy in 1992? Do you remember why the U.N. was created? Has it EVER successfully fulfilled its mission? Ever asked yourself why it still exists since it is totally corrupt, worthless, has never stopped a war, but has a budget the size of a small nation's, much of which is paid by the American taxpayers while that malevolent cabal of tyrants slowly destroy the sovereignty of America, with the help and cooperation of our "leaders"? Let me know what you think of Agenda 21. By the way, the American people had no voice whatsoever in their government's adoption of this despicable U.N. garbage and are largely oblivious to its existence. Why would Americans expect the U.N., a body created to prevent war and maintain world peace, to dictate domestic policies affecting almost every aspect of their lives, for the "global" common good, of course!
I'm not a conspiracy theory junkie and I don't believe our own government flew planes into the Pentagon and WTC so they could start a war in the Middle East, or that the Kennedy assassination was an inside job. Give me credit for a little more sense than that. Not all of our politicians are corrupt but when they go to Washington, most of them lose sight of why they are there and work to accomplish the president's agenda, the committee's agenda, the lobbyist's agenda---all the agendas but the one they were sent there for: the interests of their constituents. Sorry, but that's a sad fact. We recently lost one of our few decent, honest, dedicated Representatives, Charlie Norwood. He was a rare breed.
I denied it for years because it was too horrible to contemplate, but we're screwed and nothing short of another revolution will save this country from the globalist, internationalist, one-world government elitists and the U.N. I just hope I'm dead and gone when their pernicious, diabolical dreams become reality.
This guy must have read
Khomeini's book, "Tahrirolvasyleh"where it is written "A man can have sex with animals such as sheeps",
but I bet he wishes he had gone to iran
http://tinyurl.com/25ede4
Now it will be interesting to see just what a german judge makes of this--Will it be swept under the mat as a "Religious thing" like when the german judge ruled on the divorce application that beating the wife was ok if you were muslim
http://tinyurl.com/29fhzn
I look forward with interest to the result