The mainstream media is trying to use the shooting of Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords to demonize and silence conservatives, as Pamela Geller establishes here. The Leftist/Islamic supremacist convergence is nicely illustrated by this press release from the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations:
CAIR Offers Condolences on Arizona Shooting Spree(WASHINGTON, D.C., 1/9/11) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today offered condolences to the loved ones of all those killed or injured in yesterday's shooting spree in Tucson, Ariz., that left six people dead and left Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords fighting for her life with a bullet wound to the brain. Those killed included a federal judge and a 9-year-old girl.
In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:
"We offer sincere condolences to the friends, colleagues and family members of all those killed or injured in this brutal and senseless attack. We must come together as a nation to mourn the dead, pray for the speedy recovery of the injured and reject the extreme partisanship and inflammatory political rhetoric that can contribute to such tragedies."
And Hamas-linked CAIR knows all about "inflammatory political rhetoric." Does publicizing fake hate crimes count as "inflammatory rhetoric"? From "CAIR's Hate Crimes Nonsense" by Daniel Pipes and Sharon Chadha:
CAIR cites the July 9, 2004 case of apparent arson at a Muslim-owned grocery store in Everett, Washington. But investigators quickly determined that Mirza Akram, the store's operator, staged the arson to avoid meeting his scheduled payments and to collect on an insurance policy. Although Akram's antics were long ago exposed as a fraud, CAIR continues to list this case as an anti-Muslim hate crime.
CAIR also states that "a Muslim-owned market was burned down in Texas" on August 6, 2004. But already a month later, the owner was arrested for having set fire to his own business. Why does CAIR include this incident in its report?
CAIR lists the March 2005 lawsuit filed by the Salmi family for the firebombing of their family van as one example of a hate crime report it received in 2004. However, the crime named in the lawsuit occurred in March 2003, was already reported by CAIR in 2003, and should not have been tabulated again in the 2004 report.
CAIR reports that "a home-made bomb exploded outside of the Champions Mosque in the Houston suburb of Spring, Texas," staking its claim on eyewitness reports that on July 4, 2004, "two white males" were seen placing the bomb. We inquired about the incident and found that Spring's sheriff department could not locate any police files about an explosion. Further inquiries to the mosque and an e-mail to CAIR both went unanswered. There is scant evidence that any crime even occurred.
CAIR notes that "investigators in Massachusetts are still investigating a potential hate-motivated arson against the Al-Baqi Islamic Center in Springfield." However the case was long ago ruled a simple robbery, news that even CAIR's own website has posted. The Associated Press reported on January 21, 2005, that prosecutors determined the fire was set by teen-age boys "who broke into the Al-Baqi mosque to steal money and candy, then set the fire to cover their tracks." The boys, they clarified, "weren't motivated by hatred toward Muslims."
CAIR describes what happened to a Muslim family in Tucson, Arizona: "bullet shots pierced their home as they ate dinner in October 2004" and two months later their truck was smashed and vandalized. But the only evidence that either incident was motivated by hate of Muslims is the Dehdashti family itself, not the police. Detective Frank Rovi of Pima County Sheriff's Department, who handled the shooting investigation, said that according to the neighbors, the desert area by the Dehdashti house was often used for target practice. Neither incident was classified as a hate crime and both cases were closed by February 2005, long before the CAIR report went to press.
Of twenty "anti-Muslim hate crimes" in 2004 that CAIR describes, at least six are invalid – and further research could likely find problems with the other fourteen instances.
Then there is the long history of character assassination and defamation that Hamas-linked CAIR has engaged in against any and all who dare to stand up for freedom and human rights against Islamic supremacism. Oh yes, if there is anyone who knows "inflammatory political rhetoric," it is Nihad Awad and his unsavory sidekick, the amiable stomach-stapled beekeeper Ibrahim "Honest Ibe" Hooper.
It seems as though we see these crazy rampage shootings quite frequently. The reaction to them tends to proceed along fairly predictable lines: Shock, Outrage, Search For Motives - often involving politics, religion or the spinning thereof (as in Fort Hood).
But let's face it, most of these cases involve lone wolf nut jobs. And what's very distressing is that sometimes the perpetrators have clean records, or clean enough to legally own a gun, but then they snap and a gun can be devastating.
Since it's impossible to completely control human behavior, we need to focus on the one area we can control, which is the availability of guns.
I know that many Americans cherish their gun rights, but perhaps it's time they discovered the joys of archery; that's a lot safer and much more of a challenge.
With the numbers of Muslims increasing all the time, private gun ownership will become very problematic.
You were all over Nidal Hasan, Robert, not so much with Jared Lee Loughner.
Hmmm....
Jewdog,
you may want to think about numbers here. Everyday, 6 million plus legal gun owners harm no one. Each year, millions of crimes are prevented by armed private citizens. Do gun laws work? Let's see. Texas has one of the most unrestricted carry laws in the country, and one of the lowest violent crime rates in country. Chicago, New York, and DC have the strictest gun laws, and likewise, the highest murder rates and violent crime statistics. If a dozen people at that event had been carrying concealed, he wouldn't have gotten off 15+ rds, someone else would have dropped him on his second or third.
It's kind of ironic that the left wing gun prohibitionists may have had one of their own go on a rampage.
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/valleyfever/2011/01/jared_loughner_alleged_shooter.php
And how quick were the mendacious mainstream media to blame Islam's "extreme partisanship and inflammatory political rhetoric" in the aftermath of Soldier-of-Allah Nidal Malik Hasan's mass murder of American GIs at Fort Hood last year? The lying lickspittles did everything possible to avoid it, even after Hasan's Power Point presentation citing verse after Qur'anic verse to justify violent jihad came to light.
DEAR ISLAMIC EMPIRE: Not all evil is done in the name of Allah as you are aware. Jared Lougher is evil (though probably pyshotic) The purpose of this website I believe is to expose the evil which Islam sanctions, even though many like yourself may deny it. The same is NOT true of Christianity. Though many have committed violent acts in the name of Christ, THERE IS NOT A SINGLE VERSE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT that sanctions violence by followers of Jesus against unbelievers! Please note Luke 19:12-27 is a parable about Jesus returning at the end of time when He will rule and reign. He will carry ou His punishment NOT man. (Revalation 19) The verses in Matthew 10 were Jesus refers to a sword is a METAPHOR (an image NOT the real thing). The one true God (who is FATHER SON AND HOLY SPIRIT) says "VENGENCE IS MINE I WILL REPAY" not man! This completely contrast with the violence of Islam santions/ALLOWS AGAINST UNBELIEVERS!
Give CAIR a week and they will blame this on the Jews.
If you read their daily news briefs you soon can't ignore the carefully chosen inflammatory language used and meant to enrage their muslim lapdogs. It's ALL islamophobia and hate crimes, don't cha know?
Jesus loves the muslims. He died for the sins of all mankind. Even now as muslims follow the Koran that teaches evil vs. good, death vs. life, many muslims are finding how much Jesus loves them and are giving their lives to the true and living God, maker of all the earth. Even if it means death, the life they find in Christ is the answer to peace here on earth and eternity with Jesus in heaven. This is the good news and why they refuse to return to the muslim beliefs once they have found Jesus.
Under Obama as he allows America to open it's doors to many many muslims, the United States will find themselves in trouble. We are a tolerant nation and this tolerance may one day be it's downfall, I hope not.
However, Jesus said,"I am the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh to the Father except by me." When a muslim finds Jesus he realizes the peace that only Jesus can give. Those of you who read this and you know this these words are truth, we all need to pray for a revival here in America for the muslim people. If we unite in prayer we could be a nation that leads this group of people to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Won't you pray with me for this group of people? virginiapritchard@att.net
It's almost laughable, watching the MSM, E.J. Dionne, Paul Krugman, and others trying to "pin the rap" on the Tea Party, conservatives, and anyone else deemed guilty by them of "hate speech" and "ugly rhetoric." And, of course, on Sarah Palin (no, I'm not a fan of hers). They're all "responsible" for the shooting. Poor Jared Loughner was just an unfortunate, receptive "pawn" of talk radio and indiscriminate "blogging." Of course, CAIR is shedding crocodile tears over the event, when it has approved of far greater massacres in the name of Allah. It's much like Al Capone or Frank Nitti sending flowers to the funeral of a rival gangster he had rubbed out, complete with a nicely-worded card of consolation.
Anything and everything can happen in our United States of America except ... sanity.
Yet another totally screwd-up American male acts-up in a murderous way, giving more ammunition to C.A.I.R. and other Islamists who claim that terrorism is not specifically Islamic.
And it is increasingly hard to argue with them. For we have the dastardly anti-abortionis murderers such as Scott Roeder, John C. Salvi III, Michael Griffin and others. And we have the totally deranged Hutarees. All readily claim that they were motivated by their religious beliefs. Their Christian religious beliefs. Plays right into the Muslims' hands.
As I said here before, our American people are severely DIS.ORI.ENTED. Even as 3 million Iranian and Lebanese suicide bombers are about to get nuclear bombs.
WE. DESPERATELY. NEED. A. GUIDING. IDEOLOGY in this country. The glorious Zionist ideology. Zionize, America. Zionize now or perish tomorrow.
Ruslan Tokhchukov, EnragedSince1999.