There will always be a remnant of Americas that will not buy into the lie that our Patriotism should be replaced with guilt, our courage should be replaced with cowardice and our precious liberties replaced with dhimmitude.
America has done its share of deeds for which we should feel regret but our apologies have been made and it is time to raise our head and proudly stand tall as the greatest hope of mankind, not bend in shame nor bow in submission to those we perceive as superior. Our role in this world has been to lead the way, to shed light on a dark path that has in so many corners of this globe led only into more darkness. It is a role we cannot afford to relinquish. America will always be a beacon of hope despite the agenda to replace true hope with shallow hype.
No one else is fit to carry the standard that has set us apart since our creation and it is our responsibility to mankind to see that we always stand head and shoulders above a struggling world even if we do not have all the answers. We must never settle for being a part of the problem just because others choose that role to play but America must always be the place where the impossible is possible and where it is accomplished often.
The guilt we are told we should carry serves no purpose. The shame we are told is ours serves no purpose. While even our leaders envision a post-American world, for the sake the people the world over, that must never become reality. Our job is not to be just like everybody else. It never was. And our job will never be to apologize for what we have accomplished. America changed the history of the world in ways never before imagined possible and we refuse to live in shame for our mistakes.
Life’s greatest lessons come from making mistakes but you shake it off and get back in the game or you are useless to the world. It is time to reclaim our rightful place.
Created for a higher purpose we have turned wilderness into a paradise and traded blood and sacrifice for freedom, liberty and untold opportunity. Simply because we have leaders who cheerfully bow in inferiority does not mean that we have to clothe ourselves in that spirit. We can be humble without sacrificing our dignity. We can serve without becoming slaves. We can lead without arrogance and audacity. There is little in this world more noble than a leader who serves in humility and leads with strength and courage not an arrogant display or misuse of his position.
Men who changes this world for the better have done so with a nobility of heart and a understanding of purpose that cannot be replaced by arrogance disregard for that purpose.
America can be looked to not because we are better human beings than those who are denied opportunity but because we have been chosen by God to show the potential and possibilities available to mankind. No nation has been so imaginative and innovative as America. No nation has been so loving and compassionate as America. No country has offered more hope and opportunity and a place where a man or woman can expand and grow to experience the potential of humanity as America has proven herself to be.
There is power in taking the role of world leadership with humility, grace and honor. It is not power that corrupts but the misuse of it. The same fire that heats our homes and cooks our food can also destroy if it gets out of control and expands beyond its useful boundaries. The same water that gives us life can drown us too. Such is power, a life and world-changing force that will destroy those who think they can be its master and wield it selfishly and foolishly.
When those in power lose their way, America is at risk. In many corners of the world today and throughout the history of man we have seen what happens when power is used by selfish ruthless men simply because they could. There will always be those whose jealousy and hatred for our way of life will seek our destruction. It is a fact of the world we live in. But their agenda should never deter us from our own noble one.
No one can move ahead with head bowed in shame for past mistakes. We have to hold our head up to see where we are going. Our focus must be on the future of America not its past and where we are destined to go not where we have been.
Our enemies can envision a world with no America. Can you? When I do I see a world not fit to live in. One where a hopeless humanity has no higher standard to look to and without that example believing in a better world seems futile.
To emphasize it once more, our apologies have been said. Our penitence paid. Our regrets acknowledged. Now it is time to recognize our continued greatness and boldly, proudly and with purpose move in it to a brighter tomorrow. America depends upon it. The world depends upon it. Humanity depends upon it.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Politicians Need to Serve Us or Take a Walk
Politics can be a source of change for the better but the way elected and appointed politicians wield their power has given that industry a very bad reputation. President Calvin Coolidge once said, “So much emphasis has been placed upon the false that the significance of the true has been obscured and politics has become to convey the meaning of crafty and cunning selfishness, instead of candid and sincere.”
Crafty, sunning and selfishness certainly describes the powers that be in today’s political climate. Elected politicians seem to be known more for advancing their own self-interest than representing the people who entrusted them with their office. It has become a way to enter “public service” and leave, if they ever do, rich, powerful and influential. Public office was never designed to be a way to become a millionaire but many see it as a vehicle to wealth, not a position of service to the people.
For many the election of November 2nd signaled a demand for change in Washington, yet not like the change that has come as a result of the election of 2008 when then Senator Barack Obama called for fundamentally changing the United States of America. That “change” left many feeling empty, betrayed, and conned. Change for the sake of change has proven once again to be a foolish and misguided notion.
With every election we once again have an opportunity to put America back on track but everyone seems to have their own definition of what ‘on track’ means. The late Senator Ted Kennedy authored a book entitled “Taking America Back” but as any Conservative will tell you, what a liberal calls “America” differs greatly from what the majority of Americans call the core values which define America.
The will of the people seems to play a small role in determining how some politicians vote as they pretend to represent the people who elected them. Once in power they cave to special interests and self-serving tendencies. If America is ever going to get back on track, such things have to change and in this rapidly moving world that change must be done in short order.
Then Senator Obama called for reaching across the isle while campaigning when the reality of his mindset had him voting in step with the Democratic Party line all through his term in the Senate. He said what sounded good in order to garner votes but he was never true to his words, as flowery as the were.
Yet as President he has slighted, maligned and denigrated the Republican Party, its members, those that voted for or supports them as well as any idea they submit. His call for bi-partisanship has been as shallow as his veiled honoring of the Constitution. If Obama reaches across the isle it will be to slap a Republican in the face, for his own good, of course.
Many people believe that historically the election of 2008 will be considered the most important election of our time because the country elected its first Black president. That is a fair assessment but by the time 2012 rolls around, that election will be proclaimed as the most important election of our time because we will once again be fighting for reversing the ‘change’ that 2008 brought us. Every election is important and stands on its own merit as one we need to responsibly be a part of.
In 2008 we elected probably the most unqualified man to lead this country all on the pretense of “making history” and almost daily we have seen how mistaken a notion that was. Voting “Present” 135 times in the Senate showed his lack of ability to exhibit leadership or conviction on issues that touch our lives.
We say we insist upon electing a man of integrity and honor with a splash of humility sprinkled in but we elected instead a man of shallow promises, Hallmark sentiment, flowery rhetoric and arrogance. As in all things I hope we learned from that mistake.
Possibly it is because we tend to think that if things aren’t perfect any change would be better. As adults we should have learned long ago how foolish that is. Deep down inside we all desire a leader with integrity but if we’d be honest with each other we would express our fear that few such men exist in politics today. But rather than lower our standards to accommodate that shortage, we need more than ever to stick to that standard and insist that integrity, truthfulness, wisdom, openness and humility be a yardstick that we measure any man or woman against that seeks to hold public office.
That in itself will increase the odds for an open and honorable administration where backroom deals are not only non-existent but not tolerated. It is impossible to separate the character of a man with the way he exercises his duty in elected office. A corrupt individual will govern corruptly and his silver-tongue will never fully hide that fact. Actions speak louder than words and actions are born in the heart of a man. An ugly heart, even if hidden behind a flashy smile, produces an ugly reality.
Of course, once in power all tend to want to remain there. Elected office should never be a lifetime position and term limits should be placed on all public offices from the president to city mayor. People have a tendency to do things they way they think is right and never admit to there being another way. They continue to do things the way they have always done them and with rigidity instead of flexibility. Thus we have the need for term limits and the input of new blood, ideas and points of view.
I don’t know if the political system will ever change for the better but election by election we must do what we can. Searching the countryside for a man or woman of integrity and honor may seem a daunting task but we have less than two years to present such a person to the country and in so doing take control of our destiny as Americans. To do so will be to buck the growing tide that says we should be ashamed to be Americans.
America can no longer tolerate a man whose sole purpose seems to hinge upon apologizing for America and whittling it down to fit in the same cubbyhole as far less honorable countries. America does not need a “Citizen of the World”, as Obama proudly proclaimed himself to be, for president, but a true American, proud of our country, faults and all. Whether we see such a man in the White House in two years depends upon us.
We must set the standard for leadership that we say we demand and measure all candidates by that standard, refusing to lower it because the field of candidates seems to be lacking. That honorable man or woman is out there for America is full of them. We need to insist that anyone we place in office is put there because they meet our definition of what a leader and an American should be.
We must refuse to settle for less in a leader because if we are willing to settle for less, we will have to. We must never again settle for a leader who finds it easier to vote “present” than stand with conviction for what is right. We need a man who is governed by conscious and the desire to lead according to the heart of Americans everywhere. One that stands up for America and does not find it so easy to malign her. One who values the rights of Americans over those of terrorists or willful invaders that flaunt their disrespect for our land and law.
If there is one lesson we must force our elected officials to learn it is “just because you are in office today does not mean you will be tomorrow. You are accountable to us and once your personal agenda becomes more important than the will of the people you govern, it will be time for you to pack it in, and we will be glad to help you with that”.
The backbone of America will always be honorable people not self-serving politicians. And anytime elected officials forget it, we’ll be happy to remind them by handing them their walking papers. Mr. or Mrs. Politician, you serve us and if you fail to remember that, remember this: a pink slip can be a painful reminder of failure.
Crafty, sunning and selfishness certainly describes the powers that be in today’s political climate. Elected politicians seem to be known more for advancing their own self-interest than representing the people who entrusted them with their office. It has become a way to enter “public service” and leave, if they ever do, rich, powerful and influential. Public office was never designed to be a way to become a millionaire but many see it as a vehicle to wealth, not a position of service to the people.
For many the election of November 2nd signaled a demand for change in Washington, yet not like the change that has come as a result of the election of 2008 when then Senator Barack Obama called for fundamentally changing the United States of America. That “change” left many feeling empty, betrayed, and conned. Change for the sake of change has proven once again to be a foolish and misguided notion.
With every election we once again have an opportunity to put America back on track but everyone seems to have their own definition of what ‘on track’ means. The late Senator Ted Kennedy authored a book entitled “Taking America Back” but as any Conservative will tell you, what a liberal calls “America” differs greatly from what the majority of Americans call the core values which define America.
The will of the people seems to play a small role in determining how some politicians vote as they pretend to represent the people who elected them. Once in power they cave to special interests and self-serving tendencies. If America is ever going to get back on track, such things have to change and in this rapidly moving world that change must be done in short order.
Then Senator Obama called for reaching across the isle while campaigning when the reality of his mindset had him voting in step with the Democratic Party line all through his term in the Senate. He said what sounded good in order to garner votes but he was never true to his words, as flowery as the were.
Yet as President he has slighted, maligned and denigrated the Republican Party, its members, those that voted for or supports them as well as any idea they submit. His call for bi-partisanship has been as shallow as his veiled honoring of the Constitution. If Obama reaches across the isle it will be to slap a Republican in the face, for his own good, of course.
Many people believe that historically the election of 2008 will be considered the most important election of our time because the country elected its first Black president. That is a fair assessment but by the time 2012 rolls around, that election will be proclaimed as the most important election of our time because we will once again be fighting for reversing the ‘change’ that 2008 brought us. Every election is important and stands on its own merit as one we need to responsibly be a part of.
In 2008 we elected probably the most unqualified man to lead this country all on the pretense of “making history” and almost daily we have seen how mistaken a notion that was. Voting “Present” 135 times in the Senate showed his lack of ability to exhibit leadership or conviction on issues that touch our lives.
We say we insist upon electing a man of integrity and honor with a splash of humility sprinkled in but we elected instead a man of shallow promises, Hallmark sentiment, flowery rhetoric and arrogance. As in all things I hope we learned from that mistake.
Possibly it is because we tend to think that if things aren’t perfect any change would be better. As adults we should have learned long ago how foolish that is. Deep down inside we all desire a leader with integrity but if we’d be honest with each other we would express our fear that few such men exist in politics today. But rather than lower our standards to accommodate that shortage, we need more than ever to stick to that standard and insist that integrity, truthfulness, wisdom, openness and humility be a yardstick that we measure any man or woman against that seeks to hold public office.
That in itself will increase the odds for an open and honorable administration where backroom deals are not only non-existent but not tolerated. It is impossible to separate the character of a man with the way he exercises his duty in elected office. A corrupt individual will govern corruptly and his silver-tongue will never fully hide that fact. Actions speak louder than words and actions are born in the heart of a man. An ugly heart, even if hidden behind a flashy smile, produces an ugly reality.
Of course, once in power all tend to want to remain there. Elected office should never be a lifetime position and term limits should be placed on all public offices from the president to city mayor. People have a tendency to do things they way they think is right and never admit to there being another way. They continue to do things the way they have always done them and with rigidity instead of flexibility. Thus we have the need for term limits and the input of new blood, ideas and points of view.
I don’t know if the political system will ever change for the better but election by election we must do what we can. Searching the countryside for a man or woman of integrity and honor may seem a daunting task but we have less than two years to present such a person to the country and in so doing take control of our destiny as Americans. To do so will be to buck the growing tide that says we should be ashamed to be Americans.
America can no longer tolerate a man whose sole purpose seems to hinge upon apologizing for America and whittling it down to fit in the same cubbyhole as far less honorable countries. America does not need a “Citizen of the World”, as Obama proudly proclaimed himself to be, for president, but a true American, proud of our country, faults and all. Whether we see such a man in the White House in two years depends upon us.
We must set the standard for leadership that we say we demand and measure all candidates by that standard, refusing to lower it because the field of candidates seems to be lacking. That honorable man or woman is out there for America is full of them. We need to insist that anyone we place in office is put there because they meet our definition of what a leader and an American should be.
We must refuse to settle for less in a leader because if we are willing to settle for less, we will have to. We must never again settle for a leader who finds it easier to vote “present” than stand with conviction for what is right. We need a man who is governed by conscious and the desire to lead according to the heart of Americans everywhere. One that stands up for America and does not find it so easy to malign her. One who values the rights of Americans over those of terrorists or willful invaders that flaunt their disrespect for our land and law.
If there is one lesson we must force our elected officials to learn it is “just because you are in office today does not mean you will be tomorrow. You are accountable to us and once your personal agenda becomes more important than the will of the people you govern, it will be time for you to pack it in, and we will be glad to help you with that”.
The backbone of America will always be honorable people not self-serving politicians. And anytime elected officials forget it, we’ll be happy to remind them by handing them their walking papers. Mr. or Mrs. Politician, you serve us and if you fail to remember that, remember this: a pink slip can be a painful reminder of failure.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Are We Witnessing the Death of Reelfoot Lake?
Reelfoot Lake was once referred to as one of the Eight Wonders of the World and its very formation was a miracle. Thirty-five years after the birth of America a catastrophic event happened that forever changed the face of northwest Tennessee.
During the winter of 1811-12 a series of earthquakes began to shake the tri-state area causing this entire area to rise into the air and then sink. The Mississippi River ran backwards for three days to fill the void and what was once a forest area became Reelfoot Lake.
That 18,000 acres of wetlands, woods and water became one of the greatest natural resources in America and a fish and wildlife reserve. It is one of only 14 Natural National Landmarks to be found in Tennessee. Generation after generation of fishermen, hunters and trappers have enjoyed its bounty and many have made their living from it.
Each year about 600,000 people travel hundreds of miles to fish its waters and vacation with their families bringing into the area economical and financial prosperity. The lake supports restaurants, resorts and small businesses.
As a wildlife reserve, Reelfoot Lake is the home of thousands of pairs of birds like cormorants, Great Blue Herons, Egrets, owls, and mating pairs of ospreys and Bald Eagles. It supports 34 species of rare or endangered plants and animals. It is also the winter home of migrating Bald Eagles, hawks and 550,000 waterfowl. The lake itself supports bass, catfish, crappie, carp, bluegill, and several other species of fish.
But all that is tragically and rapidly changing. Lost will be the sportsman paradise, the natural game reserve and a source of income for many residents and businesses. This change is not being caused by a natural disaster like the one that formed Reelfoot Lake 199 years ago, but by a willfully executed plan. It is a man-made disaster that is poised to destroy Reelfoot Lake.
Anyone who drives by the lake can readily notice the low water levels, exposed stumps and expanding shoreline. With the hot dry summer, most assume that the dryness of the season is to blame for the low water but it has had help, a lot of help.
In late May of this year, the Reelfoot Lake Spillway Project began with the intent to repair the existing spillway and eventually replacing it with a new system and bridge. During the process of digging out a large basin alongside Highway 21 across from the lake, they hit the water table and their huge hole flooded with water.
To counteract the problem and to allow for the work to continue, 20 wells, each about 134’ deep, were dug around the hole and they began to remove water from the water table which kept the hole from filling again.
However the pumping of great amounts of water from these wells has added to the problems caused by the dry summer. The lake began falling to its lowest level in 25 years. While not directly pumping water from the lake itself, the wells are inadvertently removing water from Reelfoot Lake, which as all surface water does, feeds the water table beneath thus affecting water supplies, including that used for drinking water.
Only the State of Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation knows the exact amount of water that has been removed from the water table beneath the lake but meters on the pipeline show that it is being removed at the rate of 14,000-16,000 gallons per minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Each of the 20 wells are pumped into one of four pipelines which deliver the drawn water to Reelfoot Running Bayou heading it on a journey to the Obion River and ultimately to the Mississippi, lost to Reelfoot Lake forever.
Each line has a meter registering the amount of water that has already flowed through that pipe and the rate at which it is being pumped. The immense flow is clearly evident by these readings and by the roar of water leaving these pipes.
Meter readings of October 10, 2010 show a total of over 2.3 billion gallons of water has flowed through them, if meters were set to zero when installed in May. Even if this number is not exact, the amount of water leaving these pipes is unmistakable. Coupled with the close proximity to the lake and the dropping of its water levels, this is of grave concern to local residents and businesses.
Area residents are reporting cracked foundations, walls and concrete slabs as the ground underneath their homes is being deprived of moisture. On October 14-15th the city of Samburg had two major underground water main break, I believe caused by shrinking soil.
Extremely low water levels also means NO fishing, NO tourists, NO business and will lead to the closing of area resorts & restaurants. Winter duck hunting will suffer as well, affecting the revenue usually brought into this area by hunters.
The longer these pumps are allowed to continue to deplete the water table, the greater the damage will be. Annual rainfall will not be enough to replace what is being taken away, especially if these pumps are not shut off.
The United States Geological Survey posted on their website charts showing a dramatic drop in water level beginning in earnest around the time the well were dug and the pumps turned on in late May.
Among the questions being raised by area residents are these: Why does the TN Department of Environment and Conservation allow this to continue?
Why does the Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge not put a stop to the pumping when it will ultimately affect wildlife here, especially waterfowl and birds whose main diet is fish such as the osprey and the Bald Eagle?
Why is this being ignored by environmentalists who are usually super-sensitive to any action taken that endangers wildlife?
Big questions are why does no one seem to know it is going on and why is the situation being ignored by most politicians. It is up to concerned citizens to make them aware and hold them accountable.
Fliers are being distributed to individuals, businesses and politicians and calls are being made to increase awareness on the issue. By going online to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LdREje89z8
you can view a short video entitled “Are We Witnessing the Death of Reelfoot Lake?” which expresses these concerns. It also shows vividly the amount of water that is being removed from the water table and the effects it is having on Reelfoot Lake. You will have to see it to get a grasp of just how serious the problem is.
Everyone in northwest Tennessee needs to view the video and see the man-made disaster that threatens property, businesses and the economy of the Reelfoot Lake area. Perhaps as we strive to get this information to the unaware public, someone will take notice and help us save Reelfoot Lake before it is too late.
During the winter of 1811-12 a series of earthquakes began to shake the tri-state area causing this entire area to rise into the air and then sink. The Mississippi River ran backwards for three days to fill the void and what was once a forest area became Reelfoot Lake.
That 18,000 acres of wetlands, woods and water became one of the greatest natural resources in America and a fish and wildlife reserve. It is one of only 14 Natural National Landmarks to be found in Tennessee. Generation after generation of fishermen, hunters and trappers have enjoyed its bounty and many have made their living from it.
Each year about 600,000 people travel hundreds of miles to fish its waters and vacation with their families bringing into the area economical and financial prosperity. The lake supports restaurants, resorts and small businesses.
As a wildlife reserve, Reelfoot Lake is the home of thousands of pairs of birds like cormorants, Great Blue Herons, Egrets, owls, and mating pairs of ospreys and Bald Eagles. It supports 34 species of rare or endangered plants and animals. It is also the winter home of migrating Bald Eagles, hawks and 550,000 waterfowl. The lake itself supports bass, catfish, crappie, carp, bluegill, and several other species of fish.
But all that is tragically and rapidly changing. Lost will be the sportsman paradise, the natural game reserve and a source of income for many residents and businesses. This change is not being caused by a natural disaster like the one that formed Reelfoot Lake 199 years ago, but by a willfully executed plan. It is a man-made disaster that is poised to destroy Reelfoot Lake.
Anyone who drives by the lake can readily notice the low water levels, exposed stumps and expanding shoreline. With the hot dry summer, most assume that the dryness of the season is to blame for the low water but it has had help, a lot of help.
In late May of this year, the Reelfoot Lake Spillway Project began with the intent to repair the existing spillway and eventually replacing it with a new system and bridge. During the process of digging out a large basin alongside Highway 21 across from the lake, they hit the water table and their huge hole flooded with water.
To counteract the problem and to allow for the work to continue, 20 wells, each about 134’ deep, were dug around the hole and they began to remove water from the water table which kept the hole from filling again.
However the pumping of great amounts of water from these wells has added to the problems caused by the dry summer. The lake began falling to its lowest level in 25 years. While not directly pumping water from the lake itself, the wells are inadvertently removing water from Reelfoot Lake, which as all surface water does, feeds the water table beneath thus affecting water supplies, including that used for drinking water.
Only the State of Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation knows the exact amount of water that has been removed from the water table beneath the lake but meters on the pipeline show that it is being removed at the rate of 14,000-16,000 gallons per minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Each of the 20 wells are pumped into one of four pipelines which deliver the drawn water to Reelfoot Running Bayou heading it on a journey to the Obion River and ultimately to the Mississippi, lost to Reelfoot Lake forever.
Each line has a meter registering the amount of water that has already flowed through that pipe and the rate at which it is being pumped. The immense flow is clearly evident by these readings and by the roar of water leaving these pipes.
Meter readings of October 10, 2010 show a total of over 2.3 billion gallons of water has flowed through them, if meters were set to zero when installed in May. Even if this number is not exact, the amount of water leaving these pipes is unmistakable. Coupled with the close proximity to the lake and the dropping of its water levels, this is of grave concern to local residents and businesses.
Area residents are reporting cracked foundations, walls and concrete slabs as the ground underneath their homes is being deprived of moisture. On October 14-15th the city of Samburg had two major underground water main break, I believe caused by shrinking soil.
Extremely low water levels also means NO fishing, NO tourists, NO business and will lead to the closing of area resorts & restaurants. Winter duck hunting will suffer as well, affecting the revenue usually brought into this area by hunters.
The longer these pumps are allowed to continue to deplete the water table, the greater the damage will be. Annual rainfall will not be enough to replace what is being taken away, especially if these pumps are not shut off.
The United States Geological Survey posted on their website charts showing a dramatic drop in water level beginning in earnest around the time the well were dug and the pumps turned on in late May.
Among the questions being raised by area residents are these: Why does the TN Department of Environment and Conservation allow this to continue?
Why does the Reelfoot National Wildlife Refuge not put a stop to the pumping when it will ultimately affect wildlife here, especially waterfowl and birds whose main diet is fish such as the osprey and the Bald Eagle?
Why is this being ignored by environmentalists who are usually super-sensitive to any action taken that endangers wildlife?
Big questions are why does no one seem to know it is going on and why is the situation being ignored by most politicians. It is up to concerned citizens to make them aware and hold them accountable.
Fliers are being distributed to individuals, businesses and politicians and calls are being made to increase awareness on the issue. By going online to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LdREje89z8
you can view a short video entitled “Are We Witnessing the Death of Reelfoot Lake?” which expresses these concerns. It also shows vividly the amount of water that is being removed from the water table and the effects it is having on Reelfoot Lake. You will have to see it to get a grasp of just how serious the problem is.
Everyone in northwest Tennessee needs to view the video and see the man-made disaster that threatens property, businesses and the economy of the Reelfoot Lake area. Perhaps as we strive to get this information to the unaware public, someone will take notice and help us save Reelfoot Lake before it is too late.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
The Idea of Muslim Loyalty and the Dangers it Poses to America
Although it is slow to gain traction, Americans are beginning to see the signs of a part of the umma, the global Muslim community, which will forever be a thorn in the side of America and consequently that of all Americans. That is the issue of Muslim loyalty, especially Muslims in the military.
Liberals in America don’t see loyalty to ones former homeland or culture a problem. In fact, President Obama calls diversity in America one of our greatest strengths when in reality it is a threat of grave proportions. Immigrants who come to our country to become a part of it, to assimilate and to truly become Americans are not the issue and over the years legal immigrants who gave up their former life to become a part of our culture and society have added much to the development of this nation.
The ones however that come only for the benefits, welfare, special deals and perks while holding onto their citizenship of their birthplace, and who hold to an underlying desire to transform our nation into a mirror of their political philosophy, are a threat to America’s very survival. And nowhere is it becoming more obvious as in the case of Muslim loyalty to Islam and to other Muslims, placing their loyalty to Americans and America itself second.
When choices have to be made, one always chooses in favor of their greatest loyalty, whether it is to simple desire, family, religion, society, humanity culture and tradition, or to a country. We always make decisions based upon our strongest connections and priorities. Muslims have sworn their allegiance to Allah, Muhammad and the Muslim community. When push comes to shove, as it does on national security issues, they will always chose their faith over your friendship or their status as Americans.
In November of 2009, America got its first glimpse into what lengths Muslim Americans will go to when faced with the choice of loyalty to their sworn oath to stand for the United States or to stand against the United States when it clashes with Islamic principles.
Major Nidal Malik Hassan, an Army psychiatrist, had S.O.A. (Soldier of Allah or Slave of Allah depending on who you ask) printed on his business cards. He was known for his radical views against the Iraq war and the actions of the United States against his fellow Muslims and vocalized them in meetings he had while operating as an Army Officer. His rdical views were ignored out of a desire to tolerant of the religion of Islam even though it is an ideology contrary to American values.
During the attack Hassan was reported to have shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great) as he fired his weapon. This was become known to Americans as a battle cry made as terrorists detonate bombs, or as Hassan did, fire their weapons in an attempt to kill in the name of Allah and the defense of Islam against a perceived aggressive enemy.
Sadly, after over a year of “investigation” our government cowardly decided to label Hassan’s killing of 13 people plus one unborn baby and the wounding of over 30 others as “workplace violence”. This exhibits the Obama’s administration’s reluctantly to see facts right in front of them. This is however in keeping with Obama’s mantra that we are “not now or will we ever be at war with Islam”.
With each new terrorist attempt aimed at our citizenry, a great portion of Americans are beginning to see that proclamation as less palatable.
More recently, the American soldier Nasser Abdo has said, “I don't believe I can involve myself in an army that wages war against Muslims. I don't believe I could sleep at night if I take part, in any way, in the killing of a Muslim.”
Abdo is stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky where some 5,000 soldiers are being deployed to fight in Afghanistan against the Islamic Taliban. He has made his choice as to which loyalty he is more commanded to follow. He refuses to go to war against his fellow Muslims even though the ones he is being sent to fight against are actively involved in the killing of his fellow American soldiers. Muslim loyalty trumps American loyalty.
In Abdo’s case he may end up in prison instead of Afghanistan for his “religious convictions”. Watch for liberal organizations to come to his defense as they are prone to do helping anyone taking a stand against America.
Do not soldiers take an oath to defend America if not verbally at least is that not the intent of enlistment in the armed forces in the first place?
What are Muslims taught about oaths in Islam? Islamic traditions found in the Hadith, one of the three sets of writings Muslim faith is based upon, states: “Abu Bakr faithfully kept his oaths until Allah revealed to Mohammad the atonement for breaking them. Afterwards he said, ‘If I make a pledge and later discover a more worthy pledge, then I will take the better action and make amends for my earlier promise’.”
In other words, an oath is good only as long as you don’t later decide there is something better to believe in, making it in effect useless and not worthy to uphold. In the case of military service such switching of loyalties is a threat to our nation security.
Really however, do Muslims ever switch their allegiances? In their hearts did they ever swear to protect America in the first place? Surely they knew where their priorities lay all along.
So what of Muslims serving in the armed forces? In my opinion, based on what I know of Islamic loyalty, I believe that every Muslim soldier who sees himself as a Muslim first and an American second, is a national security risk for sabotage, espionage and even overt attacks against their fellow soldiers.
Is this view supported by the Qur’an? In Surah 5:51 it states, “O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your protectors: they are but protectors of each other. And he amongst you who turns to them is of them. Verily Allah guides not a people unjust.”
Qur’an 3:28: “Let not the Believers take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than Believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah: except by way of precaution, that you may guard yourselves from them. But Allah cautions you (to remember) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah.”
There are 14 such verses in the Qur’an admonishing Believers (Muslims) not to take for themselves friends, protectors or even helpers from among the unbelievers and to do so risks the anger and wrath of Allah. The exception being that you can make “fake” friends with unbelievers in an attempt to keep yourself from harm. Deception is widely promoted in Islam.
Qur’an 58:22 shows just how personal it can get. In part it reads: “You will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, loving those who resist Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred.”
It doesn’t get much more personal than that. This verse says that you will not find love in anyone who rejects Allah or Muhammad, be they father, son, brother or other kin. The line between Muslims and non-Muslims is a pretty well-defined one. Only Islamic apologists who praise diversity at all costs and tolerance of every culture no matter how perverted seek to blur that line.
A Muslim soldier has dual loyalties, on the surface at least. Inwardly they have only one. A true Muslim never swears loyalty to anyone or anything above Allah, Muhammad, or Islam. Counting on their loyalty to America can be a devastating decision as the Fort Hood shootings proved emphatically.
Muslims were however killed in the attacks of 9/11 and the Qur’ans admonishment against Muslims killing Muslims seems to contradict the idea that Islam permits such killings. However, if you will notice a fine detail in the above mentioned verse 5:51 it says that when Muslims choose associations with unbelievers they become “of them”. This phrase erases all obligation to take care not to kill other Muslims. Once they become one of “them” they themselves become fair game.
This principle was defined in Muhammad’s time when a specific attack was planned for nighttime. His officers were concerned that in the darkness innocent children or women might be inadvertently killed. Muhammad told them not to worry about it because they were “of them”. Collateral damage is acceptable in the advance of Islam through conquest as lines of morality are erased. September 11, 2001 proved that.
Should Muslim soldiers then be restricted to non-combative positions so as not to be placed in a position of having to kill fellow Muslims? Even that will not work as working in the food industry, administrative positions, motor pool or hospital workers gives aid in one form or another to soldiers who will be fighting Muslims. They see this as aiding and abetting the enemy. They will be viewed by Islam as coconspirators in the attacks upon Muslims on any field of battle. The only option is not to allow Muslims to serve in the United States Armed Forces in any capacity.
Muslim loyalty does exist, but only for Islam. If a Muslim says he will defend America against his fellow brother, Muhammad calls him an apostate, a traitor and worthy of the same fate as the unbeliever. So why do they continue to call themselves Muslims if they have indeed turned their back on Islamic teachings? Because in their heart they have not abandoned Islam.
Muhammad’s words recorded in Bukhari 8,73,70 makes it plain. “Harming a Muslim is an evil act; killing a Muslim means rejecting Allah”. Simply put, for a Muslim soldier to kill a fellow Muslim is an act of rejecting Allah and without loyalty to Allah, one is not a Muslim.
In Bukhari 1,2,12 Muhammad explains “True faith comes when a man’s personal desires mirror his wishes for other Muslims”. Since a Muslim’s desire is not to be killed, he cannot seek or participate in the killing of other Muslims and still be a man of faith who follows Islam.
Simply put, Islam divided the world into two camps, dar al Islam, the land of submission of which Muslims are a part, and dar al harb, the land of war, everyone else. It is an impossibility for a Muslim to be a part of both worlds, promoting Islamic goals and purpose on one hand and being a participant in war against those very ideals on the other hand.
But can be believe them if they say they are Muslims yet loyal to America? Hardly. Islam is deceptive is anything at all. The principle of Taqiyya, Sacred Deception, allows for Muslims to lie to non-Muslims in the advancement of Islam. We have already seen that an oath is little more than a convenient lie told to deceive since the oath can be retracted when another better idea or cause comes along. Muslims are forbidden to lie, cheat, steal from, harm or kill fellow Muslims. The courtesy does not however extend to you and I as unbelievers and kafirs.
Therefore, although Muslim loyalty does exist, it pertains only to loyalty to Islam and the umma, the global Muslim community. As such allowing Muslims to serve in the protection of the American ideal, society and community is like unquestioningly hiring known spies and saboteurs to fill our ranks. It is absurd and suicidal.
So it appears that the Obama mantra that we are not at war with Islam is as foolish as it is untrue. We are at war with Islam and every American Muslim (forgive the contradiction in terms) soldier in uniform is an enemy soldier behind our lines and needs to be treated a such.
Until and unless we treat Islam as the political philosophy it is, rather than as simply another religion, we will never be successful in the war against terrorism or in the effort to save America as the last free country in the world. It is a fight we cannot afford to lose and one we cannot win with the ranks of our armed forces filled with those loyal only to our enemy.
Liberals in America don’t see loyalty to ones former homeland or culture a problem. In fact, President Obama calls diversity in America one of our greatest strengths when in reality it is a threat of grave proportions. Immigrants who come to our country to become a part of it, to assimilate and to truly become Americans are not the issue and over the years legal immigrants who gave up their former life to become a part of our culture and society have added much to the development of this nation.
The ones however that come only for the benefits, welfare, special deals and perks while holding onto their citizenship of their birthplace, and who hold to an underlying desire to transform our nation into a mirror of their political philosophy, are a threat to America’s very survival. And nowhere is it becoming more obvious as in the case of Muslim loyalty to Islam and to other Muslims, placing their loyalty to Americans and America itself second.
When choices have to be made, one always chooses in favor of their greatest loyalty, whether it is to simple desire, family, religion, society, humanity culture and tradition, or to a country. We always make decisions based upon our strongest connections and priorities. Muslims have sworn their allegiance to Allah, Muhammad and the Muslim community. When push comes to shove, as it does on national security issues, they will always chose their faith over your friendship or their status as Americans.
In November of 2009, America got its first glimpse into what lengths Muslim Americans will go to when faced with the choice of loyalty to their sworn oath to stand for the United States or to stand against the United States when it clashes with Islamic principles.
Major Nidal Malik Hassan, an Army psychiatrist, had S.O.A. (Soldier of Allah or Slave of Allah depending on who you ask) printed on his business cards. He was known for his radical views against the Iraq war and the actions of the United States against his fellow Muslims and vocalized them in meetings he had while operating as an Army Officer. His rdical views were ignored out of a desire to tolerant of the religion of Islam even though it is an ideology contrary to American values.
During the attack Hassan was reported to have shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is Great) as he fired his weapon. This was become known to Americans as a battle cry made as terrorists detonate bombs, or as Hassan did, fire their weapons in an attempt to kill in the name of Allah and the defense of Islam against a perceived aggressive enemy.
Sadly, after over a year of “investigation” our government cowardly decided to label Hassan’s killing of 13 people plus one unborn baby and the wounding of over 30 others as “workplace violence”. This exhibits the Obama’s administration’s reluctantly to see facts right in front of them. This is however in keeping with Obama’s mantra that we are “not now or will we ever be at war with Islam”.
With each new terrorist attempt aimed at our citizenry, a great portion of Americans are beginning to see that proclamation as less palatable.
More recently, the American soldier Nasser Abdo has said, “I don't believe I can involve myself in an army that wages war against Muslims. I don't believe I could sleep at night if I take part, in any way, in the killing of a Muslim.”
Abdo is stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky where some 5,000 soldiers are being deployed to fight in Afghanistan against the Islamic Taliban. He has made his choice as to which loyalty he is more commanded to follow. He refuses to go to war against his fellow Muslims even though the ones he is being sent to fight against are actively involved in the killing of his fellow American soldiers. Muslim loyalty trumps American loyalty.
In Abdo’s case he may end up in prison instead of Afghanistan for his “religious convictions”. Watch for liberal organizations to come to his defense as they are prone to do helping anyone taking a stand against America.
Do not soldiers take an oath to defend America if not verbally at least is that not the intent of enlistment in the armed forces in the first place?
What are Muslims taught about oaths in Islam? Islamic traditions found in the Hadith, one of the three sets of writings Muslim faith is based upon, states: “Abu Bakr faithfully kept his oaths until Allah revealed to Mohammad the atonement for breaking them. Afterwards he said, ‘If I make a pledge and later discover a more worthy pledge, then I will take the better action and make amends for my earlier promise’.”
In other words, an oath is good only as long as you don’t later decide there is something better to believe in, making it in effect useless and not worthy to uphold. In the case of military service such switching of loyalties is a threat to our nation security.
Really however, do Muslims ever switch their allegiances? In their hearts did they ever swear to protect America in the first place? Surely they knew where their priorities lay all along.
So what of Muslims serving in the armed forces? In my opinion, based on what I know of Islamic loyalty, I believe that every Muslim soldier who sees himself as a Muslim first and an American second, is a national security risk for sabotage, espionage and even overt attacks against their fellow soldiers.
Is this view supported by the Qur’an? In Surah 5:51 it states, “O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your protectors: they are but protectors of each other. And he amongst you who turns to them is of them. Verily Allah guides not a people unjust.”
Qur’an 3:28: “Let not the Believers take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than Believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah: except by way of precaution, that you may guard yourselves from them. But Allah cautions you (to remember) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah.”
There are 14 such verses in the Qur’an admonishing Believers (Muslims) not to take for themselves friends, protectors or even helpers from among the unbelievers and to do so risks the anger and wrath of Allah. The exception being that you can make “fake” friends with unbelievers in an attempt to keep yourself from harm. Deception is widely promoted in Islam.
Qur’an 58:22 shows just how personal it can get. In part it reads: “You will not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day, loving those who resist Allah and His Messenger, even though they were their fathers or their sons, or their brothers, or their kindred.”
It doesn’t get much more personal than that. This verse says that you will not find love in anyone who rejects Allah or Muhammad, be they father, son, brother or other kin. The line between Muslims and non-Muslims is a pretty well-defined one. Only Islamic apologists who praise diversity at all costs and tolerance of every culture no matter how perverted seek to blur that line.
A Muslim soldier has dual loyalties, on the surface at least. Inwardly they have only one. A true Muslim never swears loyalty to anyone or anything above Allah, Muhammad, or Islam. Counting on their loyalty to America can be a devastating decision as the Fort Hood shootings proved emphatically.
Muslims were however killed in the attacks of 9/11 and the Qur’ans admonishment against Muslims killing Muslims seems to contradict the idea that Islam permits such killings. However, if you will notice a fine detail in the above mentioned verse 5:51 it says that when Muslims choose associations with unbelievers they become “of them”. This phrase erases all obligation to take care not to kill other Muslims. Once they become one of “them” they themselves become fair game.
This principle was defined in Muhammad’s time when a specific attack was planned for nighttime. His officers were concerned that in the darkness innocent children or women might be inadvertently killed. Muhammad told them not to worry about it because they were “of them”. Collateral damage is acceptable in the advance of Islam through conquest as lines of morality are erased. September 11, 2001 proved that.
Should Muslim soldiers then be restricted to non-combative positions so as not to be placed in a position of having to kill fellow Muslims? Even that will not work as working in the food industry, administrative positions, motor pool or hospital workers gives aid in one form or another to soldiers who will be fighting Muslims. They see this as aiding and abetting the enemy. They will be viewed by Islam as coconspirators in the attacks upon Muslims on any field of battle. The only option is not to allow Muslims to serve in the United States Armed Forces in any capacity.
Muslim loyalty does exist, but only for Islam. If a Muslim says he will defend America against his fellow brother, Muhammad calls him an apostate, a traitor and worthy of the same fate as the unbeliever. So why do they continue to call themselves Muslims if they have indeed turned their back on Islamic teachings? Because in their heart they have not abandoned Islam.
Muhammad’s words recorded in Bukhari 8,73,70 makes it plain. “Harming a Muslim is an evil act; killing a Muslim means rejecting Allah”. Simply put, for a Muslim soldier to kill a fellow Muslim is an act of rejecting Allah and without loyalty to Allah, one is not a Muslim.
In Bukhari 1,2,12 Muhammad explains “True faith comes when a man’s personal desires mirror his wishes for other Muslims”. Since a Muslim’s desire is not to be killed, he cannot seek or participate in the killing of other Muslims and still be a man of faith who follows Islam.
Simply put, Islam divided the world into two camps, dar al Islam, the land of submission of which Muslims are a part, and dar al harb, the land of war, everyone else. It is an impossibility for a Muslim to be a part of both worlds, promoting Islamic goals and purpose on one hand and being a participant in war against those very ideals on the other hand.
But can be believe them if they say they are Muslims yet loyal to America? Hardly. Islam is deceptive is anything at all. The principle of Taqiyya, Sacred Deception, allows for Muslims to lie to non-Muslims in the advancement of Islam. We have already seen that an oath is little more than a convenient lie told to deceive since the oath can be retracted when another better idea or cause comes along. Muslims are forbidden to lie, cheat, steal from, harm or kill fellow Muslims. The courtesy does not however extend to you and I as unbelievers and kafirs.
Therefore, although Muslim loyalty does exist, it pertains only to loyalty to Islam and the umma, the global Muslim community. As such allowing Muslims to serve in the protection of the American ideal, society and community is like unquestioningly hiring known spies and saboteurs to fill our ranks. It is absurd and suicidal.
So it appears that the Obama mantra that we are not at war with Islam is as foolish as it is untrue. We are at war with Islam and every American Muslim (forgive the contradiction in terms) soldier in uniform is an enemy soldier behind our lines and needs to be treated a such.
Until and unless we treat Islam as the political philosophy it is, rather than as simply another religion, we will never be successful in the war against terrorism or in the effort to save America as the last free country in the world. It is a fight we cannot afford to lose and one we cannot win with the ranks of our armed forces filled with those loyal only to our enemy.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Islam's Manipulation In the Islamic-American Debate
Using a football game as an analogy, Imam Rauf stated "I am the head coach of this strategic initiative and the President of the United States.... is like a player you want to bring in for a particular play".
He added that it is like moving the ball forward down the football field and asking yourself who can you bring in to move the ball forward in order to score. You have to, he believes, have enough power to push the ball forward, promoting your interests against the interests of the opposition.
Rauf, for all his moderate Muslim conversation is a manipulator who sees himself as the one calling the shots in the NYC mosque debate and in the overall Islamic - American debate. And make no mistake about it, there is an Islamic-American debate going on.
It is not a Freedom of Religion debate, but one system vying for advantage over the other and who wins this debate will shape the landscape of America's tomorrow. He sees himself as the puppeteer pulling the strings of the individuals involved with getting his way and the will of Islam getting its way in America.
Anyone who does not see him as a divisive and dangerous man in America, is blinded by a blanket of tolerance they want to cover everything with in an attempt to seem enlightened and unifying.
"I belong to this neighborhood, ladies and gentlemen," he said. "I'm a devout Muslim. I pray five times a day -- sometimes more, if I can -- and I observe the rituals required by my faith." As a devout Muslim Rauf fully understands the philosophy of Taqiyya, Sacred Deception, by which a Muslim can say anything he wants to a non-Muslim to advance the cause of Islam. As this is permitted, it is not considered a lie by Islam.
Islamic tradition reveals in Bukhari 3,49,857 that Muhammad said, "A man who brings peace to the people by making up good words or by saying nice things, though untrue, does not lie". Can it be more clear that lying in the cause of Allah to bring Islamic peace is not a lie at all in a Muslim's eyes?
In America, our justice system is built upon the concept of right and wrong. In court we swear to "Tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth". Islam teaches that even this oath is changeable.
In Bukhari 8,78,618 it states, "Abu Bakr faithfully kept his oaths until Allah revealed to Muhammad the atonement for breaking them. Afterwards he said, "If I make a pledge and later discover a more worthy pledge, then I will take the better action and make amends for my earlier promise".
In Islam an oath is only honored until something better comes along, such as a reason for breaking it. This is the same principle that makes allowing Muslims to serve in the United States armed forces a foolish policy. Their loyalty remains only until they are called to fight against Allah people, and all bets are off.
In Islam there is no such concept of right and wrong, but rather it is one of what is permissible and what is forbidden. Taqiyya, or lying to a kafir, is permissible and if a Muslim is to follow Muhammad's, the perfect Muslim example, it is not only allowed but recommended.
In any discussion if there is not honesty then the deck is stacked against the one who tries to play by the rules and the cheater has an unfair, and unethical, advantage. In the NYC Ground Zero mosque issue, as with all Islamic issues, Islam is permitted to lie, to spin the truth, to manipulate the game to "advance the ball down the field". The only way we as moral and honorable people can react is to refuse to play any game where liars have the upper hand.
Islam has moved across the entire world by gaining the upper hand by any means possible. Muhammad is an example they ardently follow. For instance, there was an unwritten rule that civilians were not to be attacked civilians in a time of war. Muhammad broke that rule and excused it by stating that whatever advances Islam, or keeps a Muslim from harm, is permitted. He burned fig trees when it was forbidden to destroy food stuffs. If it advanced Islam, it was Allah's will and no punishment will be doled out to the Muslim who follows what Allah allows.
So in this mosque debate, or in any debate we might be engaged in with Islam, the deck is stacked in Islam's favor. We must refuse to play their game on their terms. We must recognize that we are in effect being "played" and refuse to allow it. Liars need to leave the game and that in itself will solve practically every issue we have with Islam on the spot.
Whether we have the guts to take a stand and do that is another question. So many Islamic apologists have crawled from beneath the woodwork that they are like roaches spreading their diseased and unfounded bias everywhere they appear. Facts are denied. Reality is denied and only misconceptions of the peacefulness and humanitarian outreach of Islam is promoted.
Where there is dishonesty involved in any discussion, any conclusion drawn will be a faulty one because the process was tainted. Islam taints all it touches because of its eagerness to corrupt the process for the advantage it gives. Ignorance is its weapon and as long as we adhere to Islam's desire that we remain ignorant, we will have no control over how the game will end.
Just as getting to know a person works until you find out that they have lied about who they are and what their motives were. Then we realize we don't know them at all but only the false front they portrayed. Islam is no different. When lying is used to build the relationship, we will soon realize we never knew Islam at all.
Ever since 9/11 all American should know how Islam wants this game to end. On that September morning, it no longer was a game to us and became a war with winner take all. It is one we cannot afford to be blind to the rules of.
Willful blindness is not an option. Being manipulated is not an option. Playing against a stacked deck is not an option. Losing is not an option. Engaging with eyes wide open is the only option against a dishonest ploy that would ultimately cost us everything if we lose to cheaters.
He added that it is like moving the ball forward down the football field and asking yourself who can you bring in to move the ball forward in order to score. You have to, he believes, have enough power to push the ball forward, promoting your interests against the interests of the opposition.
Rauf, for all his moderate Muslim conversation is a manipulator who sees himself as the one calling the shots in the NYC mosque debate and in the overall Islamic - American debate. And make no mistake about it, there is an Islamic-American debate going on.
It is not a Freedom of Religion debate, but one system vying for advantage over the other and who wins this debate will shape the landscape of America's tomorrow. He sees himself as the puppeteer pulling the strings of the individuals involved with getting his way and the will of Islam getting its way in America.
Anyone who does not see him as a divisive and dangerous man in America, is blinded by a blanket of tolerance they want to cover everything with in an attempt to seem enlightened and unifying.
"I belong to this neighborhood, ladies and gentlemen," he said. "I'm a devout Muslim. I pray five times a day -- sometimes more, if I can -- and I observe the rituals required by my faith." As a devout Muslim Rauf fully understands the philosophy of Taqiyya, Sacred Deception, by which a Muslim can say anything he wants to a non-Muslim to advance the cause of Islam. As this is permitted, it is not considered a lie by Islam.
Islamic tradition reveals in Bukhari 3,49,857 that Muhammad said, "A man who brings peace to the people by making up good words or by saying nice things, though untrue, does not lie". Can it be more clear that lying in the cause of Allah to bring Islamic peace is not a lie at all in a Muslim's eyes?
In America, our justice system is built upon the concept of right and wrong. In court we swear to "Tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth". Islam teaches that even this oath is changeable.
In Bukhari 8,78,618 it states, "Abu Bakr faithfully kept his oaths until Allah revealed to Muhammad the atonement for breaking them. Afterwards he said, "If I make a pledge and later discover a more worthy pledge, then I will take the better action and make amends for my earlier promise".
In Islam an oath is only honored until something better comes along, such as a reason for breaking it. This is the same principle that makes allowing Muslims to serve in the United States armed forces a foolish policy. Their loyalty remains only until they are called to fight against Allah people, and all bets are off.
In Islam there is no such concept of right and wrong, but rather it is one of what is permissible and what is forbidden. Taqiyya, or lying to a kafir, is permissible and if a Muslim is to follow Muhammad's, the perfect Muslim example, it is not only allowed but recommended.
In any discussion if there is not honesty then the deck is stacked against the one who tries to play by the rules and the cheater has an unfair, and unethical, advantage. In the NYC Ground Zero mosque issue, as with all Islamic issues, Islam is permitted to lie, to spin the truth, to manipulate the game to "advance the ball down the field". The only way we as moral and honorable people can react is to refuse to play any game where liars have the upper hand.
Islam has moved across the entire world by gaining the upper hand by any means possible. Muhammad is an example they ardently follow. For instance, there was an unwritten rule that civilians were not to be attacked civilians in a time of war. Muhammad broke that rule and excused it by stating that whatever advances Islam, or keeps a Muslim from harm, is permitted. He burned fig trees when it was forbidden to destroy food stuffs. If it advanced Islam, it was Allah's will and no punishment will be doled out to the Muslim who follows what Allah allows.
So in this mosque debate, or in any debate we might be engaged in with Islam, the deck is stacked in Islam's favor. We must refuse to play their game on their terms. We must recognize that we are in effect being "played" and refuse to allow it. Liars need to leave the game and that in itself will solve practically every issue we have with Islam on the spot.
Whether we have the guts to take a stand and do that is another question. So many Islamic apologists have crawled from beneath the woodwork that they are like roaches spreading their diseased and unfounded bias everywhere they appear. Facts are denied. Reality is denied and only misconceptions of the peacefulness and humanitarian outreach of Islam is promoted.
Where there is dishonesty involved in any discussion, any conclusion drawn will be a faulty one because the process was tainted. Islam taints all it touches because of its eagerness to corrupt the process for the advantage it gives. Ignorance is its weapon and as long as we adhere to Islam's desire that we remain ignorant, we will have no control over how the game will end.
Just as getting to know a person works until you find out that they have lied about who they are and what their motives were. Then we realize we don't know them at all but only the false front they portrayed. Islam is no different. When lying is used to build the relationship, we will soon realize we never knew Islam at all.
Ever since 9/11 all American should know how Islam wants this game to end. On that September morning, it no longer was a game to us and became a war with winner take all. It is one we cannot afford to be blind to the rules of.
Willful blindness is not an option. Being manipulated is not an option. Playing against a stacked deck is not an option. Losing is not an option. Engaging with eyes wide open is the only option against a dishonest ploy that would ultimately cost us everything if we lose to cheaters.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Burning the Qur'an - The Right Statement Made in the Wrong Way?
The proposed Burn the Koran Day being held by the Dove World Outreach Center is drawing a great deal of attention and correctly placed criticism not only in Florida and America, but worldwide.
I understand the intent of Pastor Terry Jones and his determination to express his view that “Islam is of the Devil”, which is the title of his book on the subject. But there are other things to consider as well, such as the overall goal of this action.
The Qur’an is probably one of the most respected holy books of any religion and it also has the distinction of being probably the most reviled as well. Islam is becoming more of a polarizing subject as Americans ponder the building of an Islamic community center near ground zero and the building of an Islamic-shaped crescent memorial at the site of the Flight 93 airplane crash site.
Muslims go to great lengths to express respect for their book. Their hands must be washed and clean before it is handled and some have been imprisoned in Islamic countries for not treating it respectful enough. A Christian minister had a hand and foot cut off because he spoke about the Qur’an with disrespect. Muslims take this symbol of Islam very seriously.
However, the greatest mistake that Jones’ Church will make is not the actual burning the Qur'an. It is that by doing so they are placing themselves in a position where their exposure of Islam will not be heard or respected after this.
In effect, the truths about Islam that the Dove World Outreach Center will seek to make people aware of will not be heard by those who need it the most. Pastor Jones’ ministry will be forever shaded by perceived bigotry and religious intolerance. In that, Dove World Outreach is aiding the cause and advancement of Islam instead of hindering it.
Anyone that knows me understands that I believe the truth of Islam should be exposed. The fact that it is more of a political system rather than a legitimate religion is one of those truths that we must face in order to effectively confront the threat of Islam in America, although we as a country have yet to do so.
My fear is that the burning of the Qur’an will be counterproductive and do more harm than good. I would imagine that the last thing Pastor Jones wants to do is to aid in the advancement of Islam in the United States.
But this action of burning the Qur’an, even though protected by freedom of speech, isn’t the wise thing to do. It has been said that just because someone has a ‘right’ to do a thing does not mean that doing that thing is the right thing to do.
Much more exposure of Jones’ ideas would be accomplished by a devoted promotion of his book, publication of his sermons on the subject, and the mass distribution of tapes, DVDs and CDs which would disseminate his convictions in far more detail. In effect, his truest expression of his freedom of speech would be to promote more of that – actual speech.
American General David Petraeus, in saying that burning the Qur’an will be used as a possible tool for justification of further attacks upon American troops abroad, is certainly true. The idea that Islamic radicals need a reason to harm Americans is a bit naïve though. Admittedly, burning Islam’s holy book does add more fuel to the already blazing fire.
We should also consider the ramifications of allowing the threats of violence by Muslims around the world to curb free speech where Islam is concerned. Stopping the burning will add to a feeling of victory felt by Islamic radicals but that is the lesser of the two evils, especially in light of the fact that burning the Qur’an will have no positive effect in the fight against the philosophy of Islam.
Promoting the fight against Islamic ideology in a dignified and effective manner is far more important than a single sensational expression of free speech. In this case, not exercising free speech may be the greatest example of free speech after all. Just because someone has a right to say something does not always mean it needs to be said, especially when it is said in inflammatory ways.
All adults who are married learned a long time ago that even the right thing said in the wrong tone will get us into hot water. Burning the Qur’an is an example of the right thing being said in the wrong way.
There are many more effective, valid and dignified ways to expose Islam. After the Qur’an go up in flames on 9/11 in Gainesville, Florida a statement will certainly be made by Dove World Outreach Center. However, the many other statements they could have made in the future will not be possible as they will not be heard nor received, and that is the biggest tragedy of all.
I understand the intent of Pastor Terry Jones and his determination to express his view that “Islam is of the Devil”, which is the title of his book on the subject. But there are other things to consider as well, such as the overall goal of this action.
The Qur’an is probably one of the most respected holy books of any religion and it also has the distinction of being probably the most reviled as well. Islam is becoming more of a polarizing subject as Americans ponder the building of an Islamic community center near ground zero and the building of an Islamic-shaped crescent memorial at the site of the Flight 93 airplane crash site.
Muslims go to great lengths to express respect for their book. Their hands must be washed and clean before it is handled and some have been imprisoned in Islamic countries for not treating it respectful enough. A Christian minister had a hand and foot cut off because he spoke about the Qur’an with disrespect. Muslims take this symbol of Islam very seriously.
However, the greatest mistake that Jones’ Church will make is not the actual burning the Qur'an. It is that by doing so they are placing themselves in a position where their exposure of Islam will not be heard or respected after this.
In effect, the truths about Islam that the Dove World Outreach Center will seek to make people aware of will not be heard by those who need it the most. Pastor Jones’ ministry will be forever shaded by perceived bigotry and religious intolerance. In that, Dove World Outreach is aiding the cause and advancement of Islam instead of hindering it.
Anyone that knows me understands that I believe the truth of Islam should be exposed. The fact that it is more of a political system rather than a legitimate religion is one of those truths that we must face in order to effectively confront the threat of Islam in America, although we as a country have yet to do so.
My fear is that the burning of the Qur’an will be counterproductive and do more harm than good. I would imagine that the last thing Pastor Jones wants to do is to aid in the advancement of Islam in the United States.
But this action of burning the Qur’an, even though protected by freedom of speech, isn’t the wise thing to do. It has been said that just because someone has a ‘right’ to do a thing does not mean that doing that thing is the right thing to do.
Much more exposure of Jones’ ideas would be accomplished by a devoted promotion of his book, publication of his sermons on the subject, and the mass distribution of tapes, DVDs and CDs which would disseminate his convictions in far more detail. In effect, his truest expression of his freedom of speech would be to promote more of that – actual speech.
American General David Petraeus, in saying that burning the Qur’an will be used as a possible tool for justification of further attacks upon American troops abroad, is certainly true. The idea that Islamic radicals need a reason to harm Americans is a bit naïve though. Admittedly, burning Islam’s holy book does add more fuel to the already blazing fire.
We should also consider the ramifications of allowing the threats of violence by Muslims around the world to curb free speech where Islam is concerned. Stopping the burning will add to a feeling of victory felt by Islamic radicals but that is the lesser of the two evils, especially in light of the fact that burning the Qur’an will have no positive effect in the fight against the philosophy of Islam.
Promoting the fight against Islamic ideology in a dignified and effective manner is far more important than a single sensational expression of free speech. In this case, not exercising free speech may be the greatest example of free speech after all. Just because someone has a right to say something does not always mean it needs to be said, especially when it is said in inflammatory ways.
All adults who are married learned a long time ago that even the right thing said in the wrong tone will get us into hot water. Burning the Qur’an is an example of the right thing being said in the wrong way.
There are many more effective, valid and dignified ways to expose Islam. After the Qur’an go up in flames on 9/11 in Gainesville, Florida a statement will certainly be made by Dove World Outreach Center. However, the many other statements they could have made in the future will not be possible as they will not be heard nor received, and that is the biggest tragedy of all.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Obama's Real Top Priority
Obama once spoke about the horrendous practice of Human Trafficking when he said to Pastor Rick Warren, "This has to be a top priority". After almost 2 years in office the issue of human trafficking has yet to be addressed. However, there has been plenty of time to address other “top priorities” for this busy president.
He insisted on ramming health care down the throats of American when 3 of 4 did not want it, taking 6 vacations, golfing, funding abortion with federal money, making speeches for fellow Democrats, golfing, bashing Bush, lying to the public about what was in the health care bill, whittling away at individual liberties of Americans who want to make their own decisions for their lives, throwing 60 White House parties, praying with Muslims on Muslim Friday Prayer, golfing, blaming Republicans even though they were powerless to halt anything the ruling party wanted to do if they were in one accord, hiring Communists for White House positions, continuing reckless spending, suing Arizona for doing what he said was his job although he refuses to do it, bragging on non-existent jobs created & fictitious jobs saved, golfing, buying shrimp, crying about how terrorist suspects are mistreated, making racial slurs against white policemen before he admittedly had all the facts, gleefully meeting Hugo Chavez, golfing, running infomercials to try and convince us not to believe our own gut and ears about what was in the health care bill, covering up crosses with plywood to hide the hint that he is a Christian, pandering to ACORN buddies whom he promised would join him in Washington to “set the agenda” for the transformation of the United States, praising the many contributions Muslims have made to America (although he failed to mention 9/11 as one of them), hiring a few more Communists and radicals, quoting the "Holy Koran" as an example of how all humanity should fashion their lives, shutting down cities and construction projects so he can make 10 minute speeches, going on The View to gain swooning women support, watching his poll numbers slide into the ditch and pretending not to care, golfing, making speeches to the Muslim community to show that he is on their side against any criticism aimed in their direction, promoting an unneeded Islamic mosque near Ground Zero and not being sensitive to all Americans who were attacked on 9/11, renaming 9/11 as a Day of Remembrance and refusing to identify the attackers as having any ties to Islam, golfing, backing up on his support of a mosque when he heard Americans state their disapproval, deciding to never attend a church anymore because it is disruptive and yet continues to disrupt city after city as he continues his speaking career, promoting a global climate change agenda Americans do not want and can't afford in this economy, lying about the upswing in economic recovery while unemployment remains above what he promised it would reach if we passed the stimulus bill, flying to Copenhagen to corral the Olympics for his hometown buddies at the cost of a million dollars wasted, golfing, making more campaign stops and speeches after he was elected than before, initiating a war against Fox News as an enemy of his design for America, apologizing for America more times than can be countered, touting an over-priced electric car as proof that Americans are ready to switch from oil-based transportation, making ineffective concessions to Russia so they would like us more, continuing not to promote nuclear power in USA but sending millions to South America so they can build a nuclear plant, caring more for the 'rights' of terrorists than the people they kill, trying to fulfill his promise to be the greenest president ever, avoiding his promise made nine times that the health care process would be televised on C-SPAN, slighting our military by going to the gym instead of visiting wounded troops overseas, fighting against anyone who would dare obstruct the steady flow of “Undocumented Democrats” coming across the border into California, Arizona and Texas, promising to make us eat more health while he visits ice cream parlors and BBQ joints, redistributing the wealth and making sure we don’t have much of it left for ourselves, praising withdrawal of troops from Iraq while leaving 50,000 still there as violence continues and the job is not complete, seemingly taking credit for the Surge after bashing Bush for the idea and voting against funding it, praising his efforts to make this a “Summer of Recovery” in speech after speech when all America watches a “Summer of Job Loss”…..
Oh, did I mention playing golf? Do I really need to continue? Americans are not stupid and have eyes to see that electing an inexperienced politician who saw a whooping 145 days experience in the Senate as qualification for becoming the President of the United States and the most powerful political figure in the world, was nothing if not pure folly. Obama labors under the delusion that making promises is equivalent to keeping them.
And what of human trafficking issue that “must be a top priority”? Well, it came in way down the list behind hitting the links, slurping ice cream and swaggering in White House Conga Lines while many Americans are deciding whether to pay their house mortgage or eat . In fact, after all these months I am uncertain if he has even mentioned it again as he did during the campaign when he was intent upon making vain promises in effort to gain support and get votes and prove his love for suffering humanity.
Proclaiming himself to be the politician that would “change the way Washington is run”, Obama has proved to be the ultimate politician, self-serving instead of serving the people who put their trust in him. With back-room deals, hiring and firing in the middle of the night and other dubious actions, Obama has created the most obscured presidency. It has become his legacy instead of the transparency he promised.
Obama has so many “top priority” issues that, in effect, only his liberal agenda of making America less safe, poorer, and seen as more evil in the eyes of all of the world is his top priority.
The once outwardly praised Messiah who rode into Washington on the Democratic donkey amidst praises and heartfelt tears, has shed his Messianic robes and went from being the Messiah to being Judas, a betrayer of all he once said he stood for and to the American people.
Under his “leadership” and I use that term very loosely, we have not seen the oceans recede and the land heal as he promised. “We are the ones the world has been waiting for” now echoes as pure, shameless narcissism.
And what of the 27 million living the hellish life of forced slavery that Obama promised to rescue? They’ll just have to wait a while longer. It’s tee-off time.
So while his promise to work to end human trafficking went unaddressed, Obama has succeeded in trafficking in the dreams of Americans and people all over the world as he sold them on the auction block. To be fair, in his mind he probably thinks that he ‘kind of’ kept his promise.
He insisted on ramming health care down the throats of American when 3 of 4 did not want it, taking 6 vacations, golfing, funding abortion with federal money, making speeches for fellow Democrats, golfing, bashing Bush, lying to the public about what was in the health care bill, whittling away at individual liberties of Americans who want to make their own decisions for their lives, throwing 60 White House parties, praying with Muslims on Muslim Friday Prayer, golfing, blaming Republicans even though they were powerless to halt anything the ruling party wanted to do if they were in one accord, hiring Communists for White House positions, continuing reckless spending, suing Arizona for doing what he said was his job although he refuses to do it, bragging on non-existent jobs created & fictitious jobs saved, golfing, buying shrimp, crying about how terrorist suspects are mistreated, making racial slurs against white policemen before he admittedly had all the facts, gleefully meeting Hugo Chavez, golfing, running infomercials to try and convince us not to believe our own gut and ears about what was in the health care bill, covering up crosses with plywood to hide the hint that he is a Christian, pandering to ACORN buddies whom he promised would join him in Washington to “set the agenda” for the transformation of the United States, praising the many contributions Muslims have made to America (although he failed to mention 9/11 as one of them), hiring a few more Communists and radicals, quoting the "Holy Koran" as an example of how all humanity should fashion their lives, shutting down cities and construction projects so he can make 10 minute speeches, going on The View to gain swooning women support, watching his poll numbers slide into the ditch and pretending not to care, golfing, making speeches to the Muslim community to show that he is on their side against any criticism aimed in their direction, promoting an unneeded Islamic mosque near Ground Zero and not being sensitive to all Americans who were attacked on 9/11, renaming 9/11 as a Day of Remembrance and refusing to identify the attackers as having any ties to Islam, golfing, backing up on his support of a mosque when he heard Americans state their disapproval, deciding to never attend a church anymore because it is disruptive and yet continues to disrupt city after city as he continues his speaking career, promoting a global climate change agenda Americans do not want and can't afford in this economy, lying about the upswing in economic recovery while unemployment remains above what he promised it would reach if we passed the stimulus bill, flying to Copenhagen to corral the Olympics for his hometown buddies at the cost of a million dollars wasted, golfing, making more campaign stops and speeches after he was elected than before, initiating a war against Fox News as an enemy of his design for America, apologizing for America more times than can be countered, touting an over-priced electric car as proof that Americans are ready to switch from oil-based transportation, making ineffective concessions to Russia so they would like us more, continuing not to promote nuclear power in USA but sending millions to South America so they can build a nuclear plant, caring more for the 'rights' of terrorists than the people they kill, trying to fulfill his promise to be the greenest president ever, avoiding his promise made nine times that the health care process would be televised on C-SPAN, slighting our military by going to the gym instead of visiting wounded troops overseas, fighting against anyone who would dare obstruct the steady flow of “Undocumented Democrats” coming across the border into California, Arizona and Texas, promising to make us eat more health while he visits ice cream parlors and BBQ joints, redistributing the wealth and making sure we don’t have much of it left for ourselves, praising withdrawal of troops from Iraq while leaving 50,000 still there as violence continues and the job is not complete, seemingly taking credit for the Surge after bashing Bush for the idea and voting against funding it, praising his efforts to make this a “Summer of Recovery” in speech after speech when all America watches a “Summer of Job Loss”…..
Oh, did I mention playing golf? Do I really need to continue? Americans are not stupid and have eyes to see that electing an inexperienced politician who saw a whooping 145 days experience in the Senate as qualification for becoming the President of the United States and the most powerful political figure in the world, was nothing if not pure folly. Obama labors under the delusion that making promises is equivalent to keeping them.
And what of human trafficking issue that “must be a top priority”? Well, it came in way down the list behind hitting the links, slurping ice cream and swaggering in White House Conga Lines while many Americans are deciding whether to pay their house mortgage or eat . In fact, after all these months I am uncertain if he has even mentioned it again as he did during the campaign when he was intent upon making vain promises in effort to gain support and get votes and prove his love for suffering humanity.
Proclaiming himself to be the politician that would “change the way Washington is run”, Obama has proved to be the ultimate politician, self-serving instead of serving the people who put their trust in him. With back-room deals, hiring and firing in the middle of the night and other dubious actions, Obama has created the most obscured presidency. It has become his legacy instead of the transparency he promised.
Obama has so many “top priority” issues that, in effect, only his liberal agenda of making America less safe, poorer, and seen as more evil in the eyes of all of the world is his top priority.
The once outwardly praised Messiah who rode into Washington on the Democratic donkey amidst praises and heartfelt tears, has shed his Messianic robes and went from being the Messiah to being Judas, a betrayer of all he once said he stood for and to the American people.
Under his “leadership” and I use that term very loosely, we have not seen the oceans recede and the land heal as he promised. “We are the ones the world has been waiting for” now echoes as pure, shameless narcissism.
And what of the 27 million living the hellish life of forced slavery that Obama promised to rescue? They’ll just have to wait a while longer. It’s tee-off time.
So while his promise to work to end human trafficking went unaddressed, Obama has succeeded in trafficking in the dreams of Americans and people all over the world as he sold them on the auction block. To be fair, in his mind he probably thinks that he ‘kind of’ kept his promise.
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Is Obama a Muslim, a Christian, or an Apostate and Why It Matters
A question has been nagging at me. And while it might seem like a small technicality, the implications are worth considering.
In President Barack Obama’s failed attempt at convincing all Americans that he is a Christian, mostly simply by saying he is one, he has never made “things perfectly clear” as he so often attempts to do.
What would make it appear clearer? Perhaps the statement that might clear it up for more Americans, about 1 in 5 of which believe him to indeed be a Muslim, would be to emphatically state, “I am not nor have I ever been a Muslim”.
This would do two things. First it would possibly convince a few more Americans of his Christianity. Secondly, and possibly more important to Obama, it would alienate the Muslim community who has always expected to receive great benefit from his entering the White House as “their” president.
Should Muslims believe that he is not one of them, his failing attempt to convince them that he wants to improve American-Muslim relations, would completely collapse. He would be seen as an apostate, which in Islam is a sin worthy of death, not a popular role to assume for one who panders to Islam and seeks to be embraced by them.
Obama’s habit of lying on almost every occasion and about almost every issue he touches upon would keep some from believing him even if he renounced Islam. There may be validity in that skepticism because that could also be merely a lie. In the Islamic practice of Taqiyya, or Sacred Deception, a Muslim is not only allowed to but is encouraged to lie and deceive non-Muslims to advances Islam.
Rev. Billy Graham saw many people come to the altar around the world and accept Jesus without laying aside their previously held traditions or former religion. They were taking on another religion but were also holding onto the former ones they believed in. As such, claiming to be a Christian in itself is thin evidence to ones Christianity and even denouncing Islam may not be enough.
So how do we decide? We learned long ago that “we shall know them by their works”. What people do gives us a greater clue as to who they are than what they say. Even a child knows the phrase “action speaks louder than words”. So it seems a valid part of the decision making process to consider the fruit a person produces.
Obama’s continual pandering to Islam and the Muslim community is far out of balance for an American president, not even taking into consideration his “Christian” faith. Three speeches were made to the Muslim community before he felt inclined to speak to the very people who elected him. His first task was to speak to those who helped shaped his Muslim heritage that he boasted of in his speech in Turkey.
If you add to these concerns his Freudian slip while speaking in an interview with George Stephanopoulos where he referred to his “Muslim faith” without batting an eye and his gaff where he spoke of visiting 57 states during his campaign, (the Organization of Islamic States has 57 states), things get muddled.
A look at Obama’s endorsements as he ran for president turns up people like Farrakhan, head of the Nation of Islam and known Jew-hater. I find it odd that a Muslim with such influence would endorse a man he perceived to be an Israeli-supporting Christian.
Only days after Obama told the world in his Cairo speech that America is no longer a Christian nation, he spoke at Georgetown University where he had a Christian cross and a symbol of Jesus Christ covered with a piece of plywood painted black. Would he have instructed the same be done of the Islamic crescent moon. I doubt it.
In one of his book Obama praised the influence of the Muslim leader Malcolm X, who was very racist in his outlook of America. Obama has shown his own racism when opportunities present itself, the Professor Gates incident being one example. Going to Rev. Wright’s church certainly fed Obama’s racism as he sat under teachings inspired by Black Liberation Theology which promotes racism toward whites.
Why is racism important in this discussion of Obama’s religion? Islam was founded by Muhammad as a religion that he hoped would appeal to the Jewish community. He borrowed from their sacred Scriptures, twisting the stories to fit his own purpose, with the aim of convincing them that he was the last of the prophets in the same line as Adam, Abraham, Moses, David Jesus and others.
This did not work too well because the Jewish stories had been told and retold for centuries and the Jewish people knew Muhammad’s versions were perversions of what they knew to be the truth.
After 13 years of trying to convince them that his religion was in line with their own and that Allah was handing him revelations they should adhere to, he only garnering 150 converts. Having had enough, the Jews of Mecca exiled Muhammad. He traveled north about 100 miles to Medina and after about a year his “revelations” from Allah began to change. Suddenly the Jews, people Muhammad wanted so to be accepted by, became his enemies. He stole their property, beat them and exiled them from their homes.
When he began to deal with the third and last of the three tribes in Medina, he wasn’t satisfied to simply rob them of their possessions, beat them and send them into the desert to find a new home. This time he murdered 800-900 Jewish men and boys and enslaved their women. Since that day, Jews have been hated by Muslims. They are considered to be the offspring of apes and pigs according to the Qur’an. Muhammad himself added they were also rats.
Racism against Jews is ingrained into Islam and it grew into hatred against Christians and all non-Muslims. Only Muslim life is worthy of being seen as sacred by Islam. Racism abounds today in Islam.
How does this tie into Obama and our perception of his faith? When visiting the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was left alone in a room until he would come around to Obama’s point of view concerning Israel. Obama wanted Israel to stop building on their own property and give into Palestinian demands. Obama went to dinner and left the leader of a foreign country in his room as if he was a naughty child. Obama’s racism against Israel stems from his Islamic background and upbringing.
On no occasion has his “Christianity” caused him to act like one but his Muslim heritage seems to be what he relies upon for guidance. Whether Obama is a Muslim or not, perhaps only he and God knows. But if he were indeed a Muslim there is little he would have to change in his life. His visits to the Capitol Hill Islamic prayer meeting where he removes his shoes and prays with his Muslim visitors stands out in stark contrast to his profession of Christianity. His refusal to attend a Christian church with his family any longer smacks in opposition to his claims of Christianity as well.
As Thomas Jefferson truthfully proclaimed, "Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you." It also helps us to see who others are at their core as well. Their actions will delineate and define them. If there is anything that speaks louder than Obama's teleprompter-reading rhetoric, it is his actions.
In spite of all we have begun to learn of the racism, bigotry and hatred Islam extends toward all non-Muslims, Obama seems to be in a continual state of praise for the religion. In Cairo he referred to Islam as a 'revealed' religion. This simple use of that one word reveals that Barack Hussein Obama believes that Islam is a faith revealed to the world by God Himself. Who else was it to have been revealed by?
While most in America missed the importance of that statement, I am certain it was not wasted on the Muslim community he addressed because it reaffirmed their belief that their faith was revealed to Muhammad directly from God as they have always claimed. What Christian would have uttered such words. Not even in the desire to be tolerant would any Christian who knows what their Christianity is founded upon would have made such a claim.
Calling the murder of 13 people in the Fort Hood massacre carried out by a devout Muslim calling himself a “Soldier of Allah” is merely an example of “workplace violence” as seen by Obama’s administration. It is further proof of his attempt to either pander to the feelings of Muslims or blatantly seek to advance Islam by white-washing its acts of violence.
Muslim, Christian or apostate? Until Obama shows himself definitively to be one or the other, people will question his faith, and his leadership. Should he indeed be a Muslim at heart, it will certainly affect the way he governs this country. It already has. And that makes this issue bigger than any of us want to admit.
In President Barack Obama’s failed attempt at convincing all Americans that he is a Christian, mostly simply by saying he is one, he has never made “things perfectly clear” as he so often attempts to do.
What would make it appear clearer? Perhaps the statement that might clear it up for more Americans, about 1 in 5 of which believe him to indeed be a Muslim, would be to emphatically state, “I am not nor have I ever been a Muslim”.
This would do two things. First it would possibly convince a few more Americans of his Christianity. Secondly, and possibly more important to Obama, it would alienate the Muslim community who has always expected to receive great benefit from his entering the White House as “their” president.
Should Muslims believe that he is not one of them, his failing attempt to convince them that he wants to improve American-Muslim relations, would completely collapse. He would be seen as an apostate, which in Islam is a sin worthy of death, not a popular role to assume for one who panders to Islam and seeks to be embraced by them.
Obama’s habit of lying on almost every occasion and about almost every issue he touches upon would keep some from believing him even if he renounced Islam. There may be validity in that skepticism because that could also be merely a lie. In the Islamic practice of Taqiyya, or Sacred Deception, a Muslim is not only allowed to but is encouraged to lie and deceive non-Muslims to advances Islam.
Rev. Billy Graham saw many people come to the altar around the world and accept Jesus without laying aside their previously held traditions or former religion. They were taking on another religion but were also holding onto the former ones they believed in. As such, claiming to be a Christian in itself is thin evidence to ones Christianity and even denouncing Islam may not be enough.
So how do we decide? We learned long ago that “we shall know them by their works”. What people do gives us a greater clue as to who they are than what they say. Even a child knows the phrase “action speaks louder than words”. So it seems a valid part of the decision making process to consider the fruit a person produces.
Obama’s continual pandering to Islam and the Muslim community is far out of balance for an American president, not even taking into consideration his “Christian” faith. Three speeches were made to the Muslim community before he felt inclined to speak to the very people who elected him. His first task was to speak to those who helped shaped his Muslim heritage that he boasted of in his speech in Turkey.
If you add to these concerns his Freudian slip while speaking in an interview with George Stephanopoulos where he referred to his “Muslim faith” without batting an eye and his gaff where he spoke of visiting 57 states during his campaign, (the Organization of Islamic States has 57 states), things get muddled.
A look at Obama’s endorsements as he ran for president turns up people like Farrakhan, head of the Nation of Islam and known Jew-hater. I find it odd that a Muslim with such influence would endorse a man he perceived to be an Israeli-supporting Christian.
Only days after Obama told the world in his Cairo speech that America is no longer a Christian nation, he spoke at Georgetown University where he had a Christian cross and a symbol of Jesus Christ covered with a piece of plywood painted black. Would he have instructed the same be done of the Islamic crescent moon. I doubt it.
In one of his book Obama praised the influence of the Muslim leader Malcolm X, who was very racist in his outlook of America. Obama has shown his own racism when opportunities present itself, the Professor Gates incident being one example. Going to Rev. Wright’s church certainly fed Obama’s racism as he sat under teachings inspired by Black Liberation Theology which promotes racism toward whites.
Why is racism important in this discussion of Obama’s religion? Islam was founded by Muhammad as a religion that he hoped would appeal to the Jewish community. He borrowed from their sacred Scriptures, twisting the stories to fit his own purpose, with the aim of convincing them that he was the last of the prophets in the same line as Adam, Abraham, Moses, David Jesus and others.
This did not work too well because the Jewish stories had been told and retold for centuries and the Jewish people knew Muhammad’s versions were perversions of what they knew to be the truth.
After 13 years of trying to convince them that his religion was in line with their own and that Allah was handing him revelations they should adhere to, he only garnering 150 converts. Having had enough, the Jews of Mecca exiled Muhammad. He traveled north about 100 miles to Medina and after about a year his “revelations” from Allah began to change. Suddenly the Jews, people Muhammad wanted so to be accepted by, became his enemies. He stole their property, beat them and exiled them from their homes.
When he began to deal with the third and last of the three tribes in Medina, he wasn’t satisfied to simply rob them of their possessions, beat them and send them into the desert to find a new home. This time he murdered 800-900 Jewish men and boys and enslaved their women. Since that day, Jews have been hated by Muslims. They are considered to be the offspring of apes and pigs according to the Qur’an. Muhammad himself added they were also rats.
Racism against Jews is ingrained into Islam and it grew into hatred against Christians and all non-Muslims. Only Muslim life is worthy of being seen as sacred by Islam. Racism abounds today in Islam.
How does this tie into Obama and our perception of his faith? When visiting the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was left alone in a room until he would come around to Obama’s point of view concerning Israel. Obama wanted Israel to stop building on their own property and give into Palestinian demands. Obama went to dinner and left the leader of a foreign country in his room as if he was a naughty child. Obama’s racism against Israel stems from his Islamic background and upbringing.
On no occasion has his “Christianity” caused him to act like one but his Muslim heritage seems to be what he relies upon for guidance. Whether Obama is a Muslim or not, perhaps only he and God knows. But if he were indeed a Muslim there is little he would have to change in his life. His visits to the Capitol Hill Islamic prayer meeting where he removes his shoes and prays with his Muslim visitors stands out in stark contrast to his profession of Christianity. His refusal to attend a Christian church with his family any longer smacks in opposition to his claims of Christianity as well.
As Thomas Jefferson truthfully proclaimed, "Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you." It also helps us to see who others are at their core as well. Their actions will delineate and define them. If there is anything that speaks louder than Obama's teleprompter-reading rhetoric, it is his actions.
In spite of all we have begun to learn of the racism, bigotry and hatred Islam extends toward all non-Muslims, Obama seems to be in a continual state of praise for the religion. In Cairo he referred to Islam as a 'revealed' religion. This simple use of that one word reveals that Barack Hussein Obama believes that Islam is a faith revealed to the world by God Himself. Who else was it to have been revealed by?
While most in America missed the importance of that statement, I am certain it was not wasted on the Muslim community he addressed because it reaffirmed their belief that their faith was revealed to Muhammad directly from God as they have always claimed. What Christian would have uttered such words. Not even in the desire to be tolerant would any Christian who knows what their Christianity is founded upon would have made such a claim.
Calling the murder of 13 people in the Fort Hood massacre carried out by a devout Muslim calling himself a “Soldier of Allah” is merely an example of “workplace violence” as seen by Obama’s administration. It is further proof of his attempt to either pander to the feelings of Muslims or blatantly seek to advance Islam by white-washing its acts of violence.
Muslim, Christian or apostate? Until Obama shows himself definitively to be one or the other, people will question his faith, and his leadership. Should he indeed be a Muslim at heart, it will certainly affect the way he governs this country. It already has. And that makes this issue bigger than any of us want to admit.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Clearing Up The Confusion Behind the NYC Mosque
With all the confusion surrounding the building of New York City’s Ground Zero mosque, willful blindness seems to prevail. Granted that the building site is over 2 blocks from actual Ground Zero, but a part of one of the planes ended up inside the abandoned building on 9/11. That makes it in my opinion a part of Ground Zero.
The White House has said that the building of the mosque is a “local” issue, forgetting that all of America was attacked on that September morning, not just New York City. This seems to be a fact that NY politicians are willing to over look as they pander to Islam’s whims and wished.
The argument being made by some, mainly Liberal Democrats & Islamic apologists, is that the proposed NYC mosque is not being built on hollowed ground at all since it is a couple of blocks away, like that really makes any difference. ALL America is hallowed ground and I re-emphasize, all of America was attacked on 9/11.
Are we to suppose that had the attack been made Memphis, TN or Lexington, KY that it would simply be their concern. Apparently that perspective might be taken by national leaders as we saw how the devastating floods of Nashville were ignored while Liberal politicians clamored to send aid to Haiti and more recently to Pakistan.
We all know how our national government responded to the Katrina disaster and yet the State Department is currently using our taxpayer money to send a radical Muslim around the Middle East to find funds for the mosque.
Some may disagree with the term radical as opposed to the White House position that he Feisal Abdul Rauf is a “moderate” Muslim. Yet as he still refuses to label Hamas a terrorist organization, and as he has written in his book that this mosque is seen as an outreach tool to advance Islam in America, and since he supports Sharia Law being implemented in the U.S., I find it very difficult to call him a moderate.
Basically I have trouble with the term “moderate Muslim” anyway. A true, practicing Muslim believes the words in the Qur’an are the infallible, incorruptible word of Allah as spoken to Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel and as such cannot be revised or changed. Why change that which is perfect?
To become a Muslim, one must recite the Shahada which is "ASH-HADU ANLA ELAHA ILLA-ALLAH WA ASH-HADU ANNA MOHAMMADAN RASUL-ALLAH". Translated it means "I bear witness that there is no deity (none truely to be worshipped) but, Allah, and I bear witness that Mohammad is the messenger of Allah".
A true Muslim also believes that Muhammad is “an excellent model of conduct” (Qur’an 33:21) and an “exalted standard of character” (Qur’an 68:4). All true Muslims are likewise Muhammadians, accepting his example as the purist form of adherence to Allah’s bidding and instruction.
Why is it so important for Islamic apologists to demand acceptance of the myth that Islam is a “Religion of Peace”? Think about the alternative. If Extremists did not hijack the peaceful religion in an attempt to make it violent, then it is in fact violent in nature and our war against terrorism actually IS a war on Islam.
This is a frightening thought to those who would rather ignore 1400 years of historical evidence in an attempt to morph Islam into a sort of modern, watered-down version of simply a benign religious movement promoting peace for all.
Easily seen, this was not at the core of Islam nor was it the motivation of Muhammad who called for, and initiated jihad to promote, Islamic supremacy. Muhammad’s dying words were that all Jews were to be driven from Arabia, and in the following years they were. His last campaign was design to do the same thing to the Christians and though he died before initiating it, his followers have carried on that fight as well for centuries.
It would have been a wonderful revelation if Muhammad had instructed his followers that after his death they were to extend a loving out reach to all people everywhere and use love, compassion and tolerance as a means to bring people to Allah. However, since that is not the truth, his actual instruction negates once again all previous peacefulness from Islam.
The practice of “Abrogation”, the nullifying of former instructions of Allah and previous verses in the Qur’an that conflicted with later revelations, in effect replaces the “peaceful” Muhammad with the warrior Muhammad. Abrogation also replaces the peaceful verses of the Qur’an with the ones calling for punishment of all non-Muslims for their rejection of Allah and his prophet. Whatever came later is the final word of Allah and Muhammad. It trumps all other revelations, instruction or decrees. Period. End of discussion.
That is why the life and practices of Muhammad is of paramount importance in Islam and cannot be neglected in any attempt to understand the philosophy. Based on this truth and the eternal reverence of Muhammad and the Qur’anic text, moderate Muslims exist only in the identity of those who deny Muhammad, deny the instructions of the Qur’an, and question the incorruptible word of Allah. For those I have only one question: What makes you think you are Muslim?
If Islam is radical then all true Muslims are radicals as well, and no apology by wishful thinking political leaders or laymen can ever change that. Islam can only be changed from within, and since such an act would be construed as offensive to Allah and Muhammad, such an individual would probably not live long in an Islamic country. Deviating from the eternal word of Allah carries a death sentence so how can true reform ever become a reality when its advocates are certain to be labeled apostates and have a fatwa (religious proclamation) sworn against them?
When a cartoonist who dares depict Muhammad in any form is targeted for murder, how far would one get who tries to discredit the word of Allah or Muhammad by saying they are less than perfect and need changing? Reform of Islam is simply not possible.
There is one possibility however, and that is to change the “appearance” of Islam to seem peaceful and tolerant. This is done by Taqiyya, a form of Sacred Deception allowed and promoted by Muhammad and Allah so as to advance Islam by resenting a false face before non-Muslims. We see this every time a Muslim on TV claims Islam is a religion of peace or that vocal clerics proclaiming jihad and death to America are not representing the “true” Islam. In all actuality, they are representing it faithfully as commanded by Allah and his prophet Muhammad.
So where does that leave us on the New York City Ground Zero mosque issue? With one understanding, one which recognizes that the “hijackers” of Islam former President George W. Bush referred to that carried out the attacks on America on 9/11/01 do not exist. They were in fact following 1400 year old, unchangeable, perfect orders from Allah and his prophet to “…strike terror into the hearts of the kafirs because they worship others besides Allah, which He gave them no permission to do. Their home will be the Fire, a terrible resting place for the evildoers”. (Qur’an 3:151)
“Moderate” Muslims might say this verse is not correctly interrupted and that such actions are not really required of Muslims. Their Hadith Bukhari 4,52,46 tells a different story. Muhammad said: “A Muslim holy warrior, fighting for Allah’s cause is like a person who does nothing but fast and pray. Allah promises that anyone killed while fighting for His cause will be admitted without question to Paradise. If such a holy warrior survives the battles, he can return home with the captured property and possession of the defeated”.
And what of the Muslim who refuses to fight in Allah’s cause? Muhammad said according to Hadith Muslim 020,4696 that “the man who dies without participating in jihad, who never desired to wage holy war, dies the death of a hypocrite”.
As we understand it, a hypocrite is one who says one thing and acts not in accordance with that believe. Therefore to say one is a Muslim and yet to not desire to participate in jihad makes one a hypocrite. So much for the moderate Muslim.
Some apologists try and deflect the issue by saying the NYC mosque has nothing to do with 9/11 but is merely the Muslim people exercising their right to practice religious freedom. If the NYC mosque has nothing to do with Ground Zero, why do some Muslims say it is a monument to honor the dead of 9/11 attacks? Why did they want to open in on 9/11? That would be a strange coincidence.
Are not “houses of worship” built in areas where there are people to attend them? Why then is the preferred building site of the NYC Ground Zero mosque lower Manhattan where no Muslims live, especially considering the fact that 100 other, more conveniently located mosques, already exist?
David A. Paterson, Governor of New York, sought to diffuse the tension surrounding the issue by offering Muslims another piece of ground farther from Ground Zero to build on and they flatly refused. Why, if it has nothing to do with Ground Zero and the site of the 9/11 attacks?
Also, if the mosque is meant to build bridges between the religions, why are not a Christian Chapel or a Jewish Synagogue being incorporated into it? Why does the design not have a Cross or a Star of David on it if the mosque is considered to be a symbol of multi-cultural outreach? Simple. It is not a symbol of out reach but a symbol of Islamic victory over a destroyed piece of American real estate and a place where the lives of almost 3,000 Americans were murdered in the name of Allah and Islam.
All the arguments you are hearing and will continue to hear while this debate ensues in defense of the mosque, is pure Taqiyya, statements of deception designed to make uninformed non-Muslims think it is a religious issue and not a political one. If we can be convinced it is religious freedom being assaulted by those opposing it, then the country will fall in line to promote the building of it. America is all about religious freedom, unless of course, you are promoting Christianity, which has been under attack by Liberals for decades aided by the ACLU and others.
We all know that it is forbidden to place a Christmas manger scene on government property such as a public park or courthouse square because of the myth of “Separation of Church and State”. That makes it even more curious when you discover that taxpayer dollars are used to build foot baths in airport so Muslims can wash their feet before they travel as commanded by their religion. What happened to that so strongly enforced separation in those cases?
If people understand that Islam’s building of the NYC mosque is a political statement, as is evidenced by the facts stated above, and not so much a religious freedom issue, then it should be treated as a foreign political system seeking approval to build a headquarters in the United States. As such it must be denied.
Islam has spread through the ages based on ignorance. Conquered individuals were prohibited from studying the life of Muhammad, (the Sira), and forbidden to read the Qur’an. Islam is designed to keep those it wants to conquer ignorant of its methods and goals. It wants us to rely on what they say and ignore our instincts, and never to question the wisdom of Islam.
In America, we sometimes have the nasty habit of wanting to know the truth and the facts concerning issues that confront us. Sometimes we are mislead by silver-tongued rhetoric and don’t follow our gut. Sometimes we follow the hapless crowd and want to see “history” made at all costs.
We are learning that such adherence to following without questioning is dangerous and leads us down roads we would not have chosen to travel had we only questioned what was being handed us to believe.
America is under assault by Islam all across the nation. Until and unless we refuse to follow the dictates of Political Correctness and question what we are told not to question, we will continue to stumble in the dark, watching our country being dismantled right before our eyes and we won’t even know what happened.
I am certain you have been admonished before, as Thomas Jefferson said, to question with boldness. Only them will Taqiyya be seen for what it is and the truth about this mosque, and about Islam in general, be exposed for the anti-liberty and anti-freedom philosophy it is.
This is about more than a single building being built upon a particular block in New York City that will never be seen by most Americans. It is about the liberty and freedom that is being assaulted daily in every city in America, aimed at every individual in America, by a system that would happily steal those qualities that make America what it is today if we would allow it through our ignorance.
Refuse to be ignorant and refuse to be silent. Your freedoms are at state. America is at stake. Islam, Sharia Law in incompatible with the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights and our much cherished freedom. The only thing necessary for the evil of Islam to triumph is for true Americans to remain silent and do nothing.
The White House has said that the building of the mosque is a “local” issue, forgetting that all of America was attacked on that September morning, not just New York City. This seems to be a fact that NY politicians are willing to over look as they pander to Islam’s whims and wished.
The argument being made by some, mainly Liberal Democrats & Islamic apologists, is that the proposed NYC mosque is not being built on hollowed ground at all since it is a couple of blocks away, like that really makes any difference. ALL America is hallowed ground and I re-emphasize, all of America was attacked on 9/11.
Are we to suppose that had the attack been made Memphis, TN or Lexington, KY that it would simply be their concern. Apparently that perspective might be taken by national leaders as we saw how the devastating floods of Nashville were ignored while Liberal politicians clamored to send aid to Haiti and more recently to Pakistan.
We all know how our national government responded to the Katrina disaster and yet the State Department is currently using our taxpayer money to send a radical Muslim around the Middle East to find funds for the mosque.
Some may disagree with the term radical as opposed to the White House position that he Feisal Abdul Rauf is a “moderate” Muslim. Yet as he still refuses to label Hamas a terrorist organization, and as he has written in his book that this mosque is seen as an outreach tool to advance Islam in America, and since he supports Sharia Law being implemented in the U.S., I find it very difficult to call him a moderate.
Basically I have trouble with the term “moderate Muslim” anyway. A true, practicing Muslim believes the words in the Qur’an are the infallible, incorruptible word of Allah as spoken to Muhammad through the Angel Gabriel and as such cannot be revised or changed. Why change that which is perfect?
To become a Muslim, one must recite the Shahada which is "ASH-HADU ANLA ELAHA ILLA-ALLAH WA ASH-HADU ANNA MOHAMMADAN RASUL-ALLAH". Translated it means "I bear witness that there is no deity (none truely to be worshipped) but, Allah, and I bear witness that Mohammad is the messenger of Allah".
A true Muslim also believes that Muhammad is “an excellent model of conduct” (Qur’an 33:21) and an “exalted standard of character” (Qur’an 68:4). All true Muslims are likewise Muhammadians, accepting his example as the purist form of adherence to Allah’s bidding and instruction.
Why is it so important for Islamic apologists to demand acceptance of the myth that Islam is a “Religion of Peace”? Think about the alternative. If Extremists did not hijack the peaceful religion in an attempt to make it violent, then it is in fact violent in nature and our war against terrorism actually IS a war on Islam.
This is a frightening thought to those who would rather ignore 1400 years of historical evidence in an attempt to morph Islam into a sort of modern, watered-down version of simply a benign religious movement promoting peace for all.
Easily seen, this was not at the core of Islam nor was it the motivation of Muhammad who called for, and initiated jihad to promote, Islamic supremacy. Muhammad’s dying words were that all Jews were to be driven from Arabia, and in the following years they were. His last campaign was design to do the same thing to the Christians and though he died before initiating it, his followers have carried on that fight as well for centuries.
It would have been a wonderful revelation if Muhammad had instructed his followers that after his death they were to extend a loving out reach to all people everywhere and use love, compassion and tolerance as a means to bring people to Allah. However, since that is not the truth, his actual instruction negates once again all previous peacefulness from Islam.
The practice of “Abrogation”, the nullifying of former instructions of Allah and previous verses in the Qur’an that conflicted with later revelations, in effect replaces the “peaceful” Muhammad with the warrior Muhammad. Abrogation also replaces the peaceful verses of the Qur’an with the ones calling for punishment of all non-Muslims for their rejection of Allah and his prophet. Whatever came later is the final word of Allah and Muhammad. It trumps all other revelations, instruction or decrees. Period. End of discussion.
That is why the life and practices of Muhammad is of paramount importance in Islam and cannot be neglected in any attempt to understand the philosophy. Based on this truth and the eternal reverence of Muhammad and the Qur’anic text, moderate Muslims exist only in the identity of those who deny Muhammad, deny the instructions of the Qur’an, and question the incorruptible word of Allah. For those I have only one question: What makes you think you are Muslim?
If Islam is radical then all true Muslims are radicals as well, and no apology by wishful thinking political leaders or laymen can ever change that. Islam can only be changed from within, and since such an act would be construed as offensive to Allah and Muhammad, such an individual would probably not live long in an Islamic country. Deviating from the eternal word of Allah carries a death sentence so how can true reform ever become a reality when its advocates are certain to be labeled apostates and have a fatwa (religious proclamation) sworn against them?
When a cartoonist who dares depict Muhammad in any form is targeted for murder, how far would one get who tries to discredit the word of Allah or Muhammad by saying they are less than perfect and need changing? Reform of Islam is simply not possible.
There is one possibility however, and that is to change the “appearance” of Islam to seem peaceful and tolerant. This is done by Taqiyya, a form of Sacred Deception allowed and promoted by Muhammad and Allah so as to advance Islam by resenting a false face before non-Muslims. We see this every time a Muslim on TV claims Islam is a religion of peace or that vocal clerics proclaiming jihad and death to America are not representing the “true” Islam. In all actuality, they are representing it faithfully as commanded by Allah and his prophet Muhammad.
So where does that leave us on the New York City Ground Zero mosque issue? With one understanding, one which recognizes that the “hijackers” of Islam former President George W. Bush referred to that carried out the attacks on America on 9/11/01 do not exist. They were in fact following 1400 year old, unchangeable, perfect orders from Allah and his prophet to “…strike terror into the hearts of the kafirs because they worship others besides Allah, which He gave them no permission to do. Their home will be the Fire, a terrible resting place for the evildoers”. (Qur’an 3:151)
“Moderate” Muslims might say this verse is not correctly interrupted and that such actions are not really required of Muslims. Their Hadith Bukhari 4,52,46 tells a different story. Muhammad said: “A Muslim holy warrior, fighting for Allah’s cause is like a person who does nothing but fast and pray. Allah promises that anyone killed while fighting for His cause will be admitted without question to Paradise. If such a holy warrior survives the battles, he can return home with the captured property and possession of the defeated”.
And what of the Muslim who refuses to fight in Allah’s cause? Muhammad said according to Hadith Muslim 020,4696 that “the man who dies without participating in jihad, who never desired to wage holy war, dies the death of a hypocrite”.
As we understand it, a hypocrite is one who says one thing and acts not in accordance with that believe. Therefore to say one is a Muslim and yet to not desire to participate in jihad makes one a hypocrite. So much for the moderate Muslim.
Some apologists try and deflect the issue by saying the NYC mosque has nothing to do with 9/11 but is merely the Muslim people exercising their right to practice religious freedom. If the NYC mosque has nothing to do with Ground Zero, why do some Muslims say it is a monument to honor the dead of 9/11 attacks? Why did they want to open in on 9/11? That would be a strange coincidence.
Are not “houses of worship” built in areas where there are people to attend them? Why then is the preferred building site of the NYC Ground Zero mosque lower Manhattan where no Muslims live, especially considering the fact that 100 other, more conveniently located mosques, already exist?
David A. Paterson, Governor of New York, sought to diffuse the tension surrounding the issue by offering Muslims another piece of ground farther from Ground Zero to build on and they flatly refused. Why, if it has nothing to do with Ground Zero and the site of the 9/11 attacks?
Also, if the mosque is meant to build bridges between the religions, why are not a Christian Chapel or a Jewish Synagogue being incorporated into it? Why does the design not have a Cross or a Star of David on it if the mosque is considered to be a symbol of multi-cultural outreach? Simple. It is not a symbol of out reach but a symbol of Islamic victory over a destroyed piece of American real estate and a place where the lives of almost 3,000 Americans were murdered in the name of Allah and Islam.
All the arguments you are hearing and will continue to hear while this debate ensues in defense of the mosque, is pure Taqiyya, statements of deception designed to make uninformed non-Muslims think it is a religious issue and not a political one. If we can be convinced it is religious freedom being assaulted by those opposing it, then the country will fall in line to promote the building of it. America is all about religious freedom, unless of course, you are promoting Christianity, which has been under attack by Liberals for decades aided by the ACLU and others.
We all know that it is forbidden to place a Christmas manger scene on government property such as a public park or courthouse square because of the myth of “Separation of Church and State”. That makes it even more curious when you discover that taxpayer dollars are used to build foot baths in airport so Muslims can wash their feet before they travel as commanded by their religion. What happened to that so strongly enforced separation in those cases?
If people understand that Islam’s building of the NYC mosque is a political statement, as is evidenced by the facts stated above, and not so much a religious freedom issue, then it should be treated as a foreign political system seeking approval to build a headquarters in the United States. As such it must be denied.
Islam has spread through the ages based on ignorance. Conquered individuals were prohibited from studying the life of Muhammad, (the Sira), and forbidden to read the Qur’an. Islam is designed to keep those it wants to conquer ignorant of its methods and goals. It wants us to rely on what they say and ignore our instincts, and never to question the wisdom of Islam.
In America, we sometimes have the nasty habit of wanting to know the truth and the facts concerning issues that confront us. Sometimes we are mislead by silver-tongued rhetoric and don’t follow our gut. Sometimes we follow the hapless crowd and want to see “history” made at all costs.
We are learning that such adherence to following without questioning is dangerous and leads us down roads we would not have chosen to travel had we only questioned what was being handed us to believe.
America is under assault by Islam all across the nation. Until and unless we refuse to follow the dictates of Political Correctness and question what we are told not to question, we will continue to stumble in the dark, watching our country being dismantled right before our eyes and we won’t even know what happened.
I am certain you have been admonished before, as Thomas Jefferson said, to question with boldness. Only them will Taqiyya be seen for what it is and the truth about this mosque, and about Islam in general, be exposed for the anti-liberty and anti-freedom philosophy it is.
This is about more than a single building being built upon a particular block in New York City that will never be seen by most Americans. It is about the liberty and freedom that is being assaulted daily in every city in America, aimed at every individual in America, by a system that would happily steal those qualities that make America what it is today if we would allow it through our ignorance.
Refuse to be ignorant and refuse to be silent. Your freedoms are at state. America is at stake. Islam, Sharia Law in incompatible with the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights and our much cherished freedom. The only thing necessary for the evil of Islam to triumph is for true Americans to remain silent and do nothing.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Islam's Assault Upon Women And Decency
Growing up in America, young boys become aware at one point of the existence of girls. Oh, we always knew they existed but one day, almost without warning, we really knew they existed.
Before that period they were baseball buddies, everyday companions and the softer side, sometimes anyway, of our friend relationships. We all knew ‘tomboys’ who could run and catch and slide into second base with the best of us.
Suddenly, we noticed the differences and the pleasing aspects we had been almost blind to before. Winning the attention and affection of them became a focus for us. In school anyone who was ‘normal’ had a girlfriend, or two. And those curious beings that had once been just another kid on the baseball team or soccer squad suddenly became valuable and wonderfully different.
In America girls and women play a prominent role in the culture, almost an esteemed one. Often placed upon pedestals they define beauty for many of us. Their very presence softens our tough exterior and life is never the same after that realization, and we would not have it any other way. The female half of our society rarely gets the credit for being the treasure they were always designed and created to be.
Across the world there are varied cultures that are never blessed to see women in that way. For centuries they have been seen as possessions, less intelligent and inherently inferior to the men who almost always run those societies. As this global world becomes smaller and the associations between countries become more commonplace, those differences become glaring.
The things we used to abhor, if we were cognizant of them at all, always took place on the other side of the world, in dark mysterious lands with cultures we knew little of. The world is different know. The atrocities that happen over seas now end up on our TVs and certainly our computer screens less than an hour later. As the world shrinks the global community that is mankind is enormously affected by every violent act as soon as it happens.
The face of America is changing, some say for the better, though I have my doubts. The violence against women now not only happens in backward societies on the other side of the globe, it is being imported into our country. Certainly there has always been violence against women here, but not condoned by a system of government that not only allows it but condones and defends it boldly before the rest of the gasping world.
With the increase of Islamic infiltration into our society we are being met with challenges we have never had to face. Islamic Sharia Law as practiced in Islamic countries today, calls for the stoning of women who report being raped because it takes four witnesses to prove she was a victim and that is highly unlike to be the case in rape.
So the victim of the rape also becomes the victim of the judicial system that sees her as one who has shamed her family and dishonored the morals of Islam. As such her torment continues even after the horrendous rape stops.
Rape in Muslim countries is almost a constant. Muslim clerics accuse women who improperly expose a lock of hair on their forehead, an ankle or a wrist as sending an invitation to be raped. It is as if Muslim men are powerless to resist an inch of flesh. Of course, to blame women is absurd in such cases but in the Islamic society, run by men without conscious, it is a daily occurrence.
Raped women are tried for adultery if they are married or for improper sexual conduct if single. The bias against women in the law extends to even being seen in public talking to a man they are not married to and God help them if this conversation takes places in a more private setting.
Beatings of women, some publicly done are commonplace. Honor killings to “restore the family honor” happen often in Islamic societies.
A Jordanian man confessed to killing his 16-year-old niece to save his family’s ‘honor’ after she was sexually assaulted, according to a judicial official. She had been sexually assaulted by a man currently being tried for the crime but somehow she is seen not as a victim but as guilty and deserving punishment. Her uncle saw his duty as to kill her and did so with a machine gun, firing 30 rounds in her direction.
Murder in Jordan can carry the death sentence but if it is proven to be a justified killing, the court can reduce the sentence or commute it altogether. Such is Sharia justice for women.
In Afghanistan, a country we are trying to free of oppression and terrorism, the effects sometimes seem insignificant. There, Bibi Sanubar, a pregnant Afghan widow, was publicly given 200 lashes for “alleged adultery” by Taliban religious leaders. Following her savage beating she was shot in the head three times for her “crime”.
According to the UK Mirror, insurgent commander Mullah Daoud said the woman was whipped, then shot in front of locals after he and two other Taliban chiefs passed sentence. Daoud said: “We gave this decision so in future no one should have these illegal affairs. We whipped her in front of all the local people, to show them an example. Then we shot her.”
Muslim men can however feed their sexual desire in several ways. It is permissible to have up to four wives and Muslim men have the ability to enter into a “nikah mut’a, or temporary marriage which can be simply overnight, a few days or longer if he chooses. The man pays a fee for this ‘right’ and once they agree on a time frame and it is completed, the deal is done and they walk away.
This arrangement sounds much more like legalized prostitution than a ‘marriage’ as is basically a way to get around that taboo. Women, by the way, do not control such arrangements just as they are not in control of a marriage, a divorce nor are they permitted to have four husbands even though Muslim men can legally have up to four wives.
A Muslim man can verbally say, “I divorce you” three times and they are legally divorced. A woman cannot however divorce so easily. Women’s rights are almost non-existent in Islam although Islamic apologists say that women are “protected and honored”. One Muslim woman even described herself as a Muslim wife as being one of liberation. I have great difficulty with that idea.
Abdullah Aal Mahmoud, a Middle Eastern Muslim Cleric instructs on the specifics of a man’s permissible treatment of his wife when he states, "If the husband wants to use beatings to control his wife" he "must not cause bleeding or bruises to her body," and "breaking bones is not allowed." Beating one's wife is acceptable, but taking it to the point of serious physical injury "violates the laws of Allah," he proclaimed.
The ancient act of stoning is alive and well in Islamic countries today. An estimated 40-50 women are in prison awaiting stoning for adultery charges in Iran at this present time. Stoning in Islam is designed to be cruel. Stones are chosen that are not too small as the will cause little pain. And they cannot be so large as to kill immediately, but are chosen with the idea that they are large enough to cause pain and when enough of them are thrown, it will eventually cause death. It is designed to be a torturous event.
Doesn’t that make you wonder why Muhammad so often said things like “Allah, the merciful and kind” and “Allah knows best”?
In Tehran, there are an estimated 84,000 women and girls involved in prostitution, many on street corners while others work out of the 250 brothels that reportedly operate in the city. The trade is also international as thousands of Iranian women and young girls have been sold into sexual slavery abroad. They have even been discovered in America.
The taking of slaves is ingrained in Islam. Muhammad himself had many slaves and wrote extensively of the allowing of Muslim men to rapes women slaves. Muhammad claimed his favorite sex slave was a white woman he acquired. If Muhammad did it, no Muslim will ever claim it is wrong. Disrespect for Muhammad is a killing offense in Islam.
Women have always been treated as property to do with as Muslim men please. The dualism of Islam says do not beat your women, but if you do, try not to hit them in the face. A wife who does not please her husband can be barred for the bed and forced to sleep in another room (not sure why that is considered punishment) but if that doesn’t straighten her out, the husband can beat her “lightly”.
Any culture that not only makes allowances for the beating of women, not to mention the stoning and murder of them as punishment for trumpeted-up charges, has no place in a civilized world and will always be seen as evil by any decent society. Such practices were allowed in early America but a sign of a progressive society is that it makes changes over time. Slavery was eventually abolished in America, but Islam still holds onto the right to enslave, rape and beat both men and women.
Islam allows for no evolution of its philosophy and rules but it does allow for “appearing” to change while they are small in number and until they can take control of a society. Muslims can lie and deceive to advance Islam as long as their heart knows the real truth. This makes believability on the part of kafirs (non-Muslims) suspect. Finding that line between deception and out-right lies difficult to find.
Sadly, this problem has crept into our country as traditional beliefs are brought here by Muslims who adhere to such strict interpretation of their law. And this is why an alarm must be sounded.
The Sharia Academy of America has online courses and branches in Detroit, Houston, Montreal Canada, and Tampa, Florida with the goal of spreading acceptance of Sharia Law here in the United States. Sharia is completely incompatible with the Constitution of the United States, not to mention incompatible with humanity as a whole.
Some sections of this country already are imposing Sharia “Light” upon its citizens. Dearborn, Michigan saw the arrest of four Christian men who were peaceably (as proven by video evidence) passing out the Gospel of John written in Arabic to Muslims on the street outside of an Arab Festival. Proselytizing for any religion other than Islam is forbidden in Islamic countries, and is also forbidden in some places here it seems.
With Sharia compliance comes permission to restrict freedom of speech and religion, subjugate women and impose an ideology foreign to the decency of the American way of life. This must be guarded against vigilantly.
It is our blind allegiance to Political Correctness that keeps us from confronting the dangers that are present in Islamic culture. As we strive to not be “culturally insensitive” we foolishly welcome ideals which oppose American virtues.
A New Jersey judge yields to the insanity of Islam when he claims a wife was not raped because in Islam a wife cannot refuse sex to her husband. This took place in an America courtroom, remember.
The judge stated, “This court does not feel that, under the circumstances, that this defendant had a criminal desire to or intent to sexually assault or to sexually contact the plaintiff when he did. The court believes that he was operating under his belief that it is, as the husband, his desire to have sex when and whether he wanted to, was something that was consistent with his practices and it was something that was not prohibited.”
So since when does an American judicial system excuse rape on the ground of “religious rights”? An appellant court overturned his ruling, but how long before such madness is eventually upheld in our attempt not to be seen as “Culturally insensitive”.
I believe it is time for a little cultural insensitivity in the name of humanity and simple right and wrong, before we lose our very soul.
Islam will never see women as the treasure they are and our deferring to their ideology will never bring reform, if reform is even possible. They will continue to be treated as inferior, less intelligent second class citizens by a religion of 1.5 billion people.
This insanity must not be condoned by the United States nor by decent people anywhere. Refusal to take a stand will result in the advancement of a cultural philosophy that will return us to the medieval attitudes that Islam still embraces today.
Before that period they were baseball buddies, everyday companions and the softer side, sometimes anyway, of our friend relationships. We all knew ‘tomboys’ who could run and catch and slide into second base with the best of us.
Suddenly, we noticed the differences and the pleasing aspects we had been almost blind to before. Winning the attention and affection of them became a focus for us. In school anyone who was ‘normal’ had a girlfriend, or two. And those curious beings that had once been just another kid on the baseball team or soccer squad suddenly became valuable and wonderfully different.
In America girls and women play a prominent role in the culture, almost an esteemed one. Often placed upon pedestals they define beauty for many of us. Their very presence softens our tough exterior and life is never the same after that realization, and we would not have it any other way. The female half of our society rarely gets the credit for being the treasure they were always designed and created to be.
Across the world there are varied cultures that are never blessed to see women in that way. For centuries they have been seen as possessions, less intelligent and inherently inferior to the men who almost always run those societies. As this global world becomes smaller and the associations between countries become more commonplace, those differences become glaring.
The things we used to abhor, if we were cognizant of them at all, always took place on the other side of the world, in dark mysterious lands with cultures we knew little of. The world is different know. The atrocities that happen over seas now end up on our TVs and certainly our computer screens less than an hour later. As the world shrinks the global community that is mankind is enormously affected by every violent act as soon as it happens.
The face of America is changing, some say for the better, though I have my doubts. The violence against women now not only happens in backward societies on the other side of the globe, it is being imported into our country. Certainly there has always been violence against women here, but not condoned by a system of government that not only allows it but condones and defends it boldly before the rest of the gasping world.
With the increase of Islamic infiltration into our society we are being met with challenges we have never had to face. Islamic Sharia Law as practiced in Islamic countries today, calls for the stoning of women who report being raped because it takes four witnesses to prove she was a victim and that is highly unlike to be the case in rape.
So the victim of the rape also becomes the victim of the judicial system that sees her as one who has shamed her family and dishonored the morals of Islam. As such her torment continues even after the horrendous rape stops.
Rape in Muslim countries is almost a constant. Muslim clerics accuse women who improperly expose a lock of hair on their forehead, an ankle or a wrist as sending an invitation to be raped. It is as if Muslim men are powerless to resist an inch of flesh. Of course, to blame women is absurd in such cases but in the Islamic society, run by men without conscious, it is a daily occurrence.
Raped women are tried for adultery if they are married or for improper sexual conduct if single. The bias against women in the law extends to even being seen in public talking to a man they are not married to and God help them if this conversation takes places in a more private setting.
Beatings of women, some publicly done are commonplace. Honor killings to “restore the family honor” happen often in Islamic societies.
A Jordanian man confessed to killing his 16-year-old niece to save his family’s ‘honor’ after she was sexually assaulted, according to a judicial official. She had been sexually assaulted by a man currently being tried for the crime but somehow she is seen not as a victim but as guilty and deserving punishment. Her uncle saw his duty as to kill her and did so with a machine gun, firing 30 rounds in her direction.
Murder in Jordan can carry the death sentence but if it is proven to be a justified killing, the court can reduce the sentence or commute it altogether. Such is Sharia justice for women.
In Afghanistan, a country we are trying to free of oppression and terrorism, the effects sometimes seem insignificant. There, Bibi Sanubar, a pregnant Afghan widow, was publicly given 200 lashes for “alleged adultery” by Taliban religious leaders. Following her savage beating she was shot in the head three times for her “crime”.
According to the UK Mirror, insurgent commander Mullah Daoud said the woman was whipped, then shot in front of locals after he and two other Taliban chiefs passed sentence. Daoud said: “We gave this decision so in future no one should have these illegal affairs. We whipped her in front of all the local people, to show them an example. Then we shot her.”
Muslim men can however feed their sexual desire in several ways. It is permissible to have up to four wives and Muslim men have the ability to enter into a “nikah mut’a, or temporary marriage which can be simply overnight, a few days or longer if he chooses. The man pays a fee for this ‘right’ and once they agree on a time frame and it is completed, the deal is done and they walk away.
This arrangement sounds much more like legalized prostitution than a ‘marriage’ as is basically a way to get around that taboo. Women, by the way, do not control such arrangements just as they are not in control of a marriage, a divorce nor are they permitted to have four husbands even though Muslim men can legally have up to four wives.
A Muslim man can verbally say, “I divorce you” three times and they are legally divorced. A woman cannot however divorce so easily. Women’s rights are almost non-existent in Islam although Islamic apologists say that women are “protected and honored”. One Muslim woman even described herself as a Muslim wife as being one of liberation. I have great difficulty with that idea.
Abdullah Aal Mahmoud, a Middle Eastern Muslim Cleric instructs on the specifics of a man’s permissible treatment of his wife when he states, "If the husband wants to use beatings to control his wife" he "must not cause bleeding or bruises to her body," and "breaking bones is not allowed." Beating one's wife is acceptable, but taking it to the point of serious physical injury "violates the laws of Allah," he proclaimed.
The ancient act of stoning is alive and well in Islamic countries today. An estimated 40-50 women are in prison awaiting stoning for adultery charges in Iran at this present time. Stoning in Islam is designed to be cruel. Stones are chosen that are not too small as the will cause little pain. And they cannot be so large as to kill immediately, but are chosen with the idea that they are large enough to cause pain and when enough of them are thrown, it will eventually cause death. It is designed to be a torturous event.
Doesn’t that make you wonder why Muhammad so often said things like “Allah, the merciful and kind” and “Allah knows best”?
In Tehran, there are an estimated 84,000 women and girls involved in prostitution, many on street corners while others work out of the 250 brothels that reportedly operate in the city. The trade is also international as thousands of Iranian women and young girls have been sold into sexual slavery abroad. They have even been discovered in America.
The taking of slaves is ingrained in Islam. Muhammad himself had many slaves and wrote extensively of the allowing of Muslim men to rapes women slaves. Muhammad claimed his favorite sex slave was a white woman he acquired. If Muhammad did it, no Muslim will ever claim it is wrong. Disrespect for Muhammad is a killing offense in Islam.
Women have always been treated as property to do with as Muslim men please. The dualism of Islam says do not beat your women, but if you do, try not to hit them in the face. A wife who does not please her husband can be barred for the bed and forced to sleep in another room (not sure why that is considered punishment) but if that doesn’t straighten her out, the husband can beat her “lightly”.
Any culture that not only makes allowances for the beating of women, not to mention the stoning and murder of them as punishment for trumpeted-up charges, has no place in a civilized world and will always be seen as evil by any decent society. Such practices were allowed in early America but a sign of a progressive society is that it makes changes over time. Slavery was eventually abolished in America, but Islam still holds onto the right to enslave, rape and beat both men and women.
Islam allows for no evolution of its philosophy and rules but it does allow for “appearing” to change while they are small in number and until they can take control of a society. Muslims can lie and deceive to advance Islam as long as their heart knows the real truth. This makes believability on the part of kafirs (non-Muslims) suspect. Finding that line between deception and out-right lies difficult to find.
Sadly, this problem has crept into our country as traditional beliefs are brought here by Muslims who adhere to such strict interpretation of their law. And this is why an alarm must be sounded.
The Sharia Academy of America has online courses and branches in Detroit, Houston, Montreal Canada, and Tampa, Florida with the goal of spreading acceptance of Sharia Law here in the United States. Sharia is completely incompatible with the Constitution of the United States, not to mention incompatible with humanity as a whole.
Some sections of this country already are imposing Sharia “Light” upon its citizens. Dearborn, Michigan saw the arrest of four Christian men who were peaceably (as proven by video evidence) passing out the Gospel of John written in Arabic to Muslims on the street outside of an Arab Festival. Proselytizing for any religion other than Islam is forbidden in Islamic countries, and is also forbidden in some places here it seems.
With Sharia compliance comes permission to restrict freedom of speech and religion, subjugate women and impose an ideology foreign to the decency of the American way of life. This must be guarded against vigilantly.
It is our blind allegiance to Political Correctness that keeps us from confronting the dangers that are present in Islamic culture. As we strive to not be “culturally insensitive” we foolishly welcome ideals which oppose American virtues.
A New Jersey judge yields to the insanity of Islam when he claims a wife was not raped because in Islam a wife cannot refuse sex to her husband. This took place in an America courtroom, remember.
The judge stated, “This court does not feel that, under the circumstances, that this defendant had a criminal desire to or intent to sexually assault or to sexually contact the plaintiff when he did. The court believes that he was operating under his belief that it is, as the husband, his desire to have sex when and whether he wanted to, was something that was consistent with his practices and it was something that was not prohibited.”
So since when does an American judicial system excuse rape on the ground of “religious rights”? An appellant court overturned his ruling, but how long before such madness is eventually upheld in our attempt not to be seen as “Culturally insensitive”.
I believe it is time for a little cultural insensitivity in the name of humanity and simple right and wrong, before we lose our very soul.
Islam will never see women as the treasure they are and our deferring to their ideology will never bring reform, if reform is even possible. They will continue to be treated as inferior, less intelligent second class citizens by a religion of 1.5 billion people.
This insanity must not be condoned by the United States nor by decent people anywhere. Refusal to take a stand will result in the advancement of a cultural philosophy that will return us to the medieval attitudes that Islam still embraces today.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
We Need A Leader of Character and Obama Ain't Him
It is easier to bring people down to the level of those who have less and are less than it is to do the work necessary to bring up the less fortunate. There are two ways to have the best house on the block. One, you work to beautify your own home or two, you burn down everyone else's. Obama wants to burn down them all. It is easier. It is the way of the thug and the brute. It is the Chicago way. It is the Obama way.
And until and unless the American people rise up and become a voice that cannot be ignored by pet media outlets and politicians with their hands over their ears, we will continue to be victimized for our beliefs, our uniqueness, our strengths as he and his motley crew try to spread the misery around. We will continue to be told that we are all the same, we deserve the same bank balance whether or not we work to build it, we all deserve the big house and fancy car even if we cannot pay for it. We are told that some salaries are obscene and need to be taken by the government and put to better use. They’ll take from those who work and give to those who can’t get off the couch because Jerry Springer is on unless it is to open a fresh bag of Doritos. The plan is for us to become less so that those who have less will not get their feelings hurt.
That was the message of Communism – make everyone equal. Erase the class differences. Only the elite leaders will be different, after all, they are called by God to ride roughshod over the ignorant masses because the people are basically too stupid to know what is good for them. Communism has not worked as a valid form of government anywhere in the world and a socialism that seeks to displace capitalism will not work here.
We in America cling to their “religions and guns” and liberal progressives cannot stomach that because they are the signs of a free people. There is a remarkable difference between slaves and freemen, and we choose freedom from the tyranny of an oppressive government. It is why we crossed the ocean and started over here to create this country. We refuse to return to those days of oppression ever again. We wish to remain free and not to have to fight that battle again. Hear that Washington? (I said that we preferred not fight that battle again, I did not say we won’t.)
The only portion of the country that is expanding is the government and that is their goal. Once the government controls all the jobs, the banks, the car manufactures, the unions, the salaries, the insurance companies, the health care benefits, they control us and we will not longer be free people. Slavery is never out of style for those in power who corruptly wield their iron fist over people they see as unimportant and cattle to be herded, sheep to be sheared, and fowl to be slaughtered for sake of a fancy meal. Sacrifices must be made and in their eyes, we are the sacrificial lambs.
We are told that the era of American supremacy is over and that we need to ask permission of third world countries what temperature we can set our thermostats on, what car we should drive, whether or not we have the right to live as free men and women and even if we have the right to defend ourselves against the force of a criminal.
Terrorist who seek our demise fervently are given rights and coddled. Our leader even could not find it in his heart to call the Fort Hood terrorist what he was- a Muslim terrorist. See was that so hard to do? In fact even before the truth got out that he had not been killed in the attack but was alive in the hospital, our government had already determined that it was not a terrorist act. How foolish, misguided and arrogant.
The devout purpose of terrorist is strengthened by a government that hasn’t the backbone to call them for what they are and to sound the alarm to the danger. We are led by a man who claims that the sound of the Imam’s call to prayer is one of the most beautiful sounds in all the earth while we see those same people cheer as our buildings fall in a cloud of dust choking out lives and futures forever.
We are led by a man who watches an evil government in its race to become a nuclear power and he refuses to stand with that country’s own people who oppose the oppressive regime that steals its way into control. He still believes that his silver-tongued rhetoric still thinks he can crumble their will into a sobbing heap apologizing for having ever wanted to hurt us.
Was anyone really surprised that it took days of killing in the streets of Iran before our president found the backbone to even speak up about the Iranian government forces that were doing the killing? He validated the election Iran’s people refused to acknowledge. Our leader cowered from the fray because he didn’t want to be seen as interfering.
Yet this same leader seeks to interfere into every aspect of our lives without even losing a minute of sleep over it, as he tells us what to eat, how much money we can make, and how we should live our lives. He takes millions of dollars from us and lies about where it goes and what good it does. He boasts of bolstering the economy but fails to explain that it is the economy of China that he has strengthened. He spends money he does not have, borrowing to shackle our future. When the debt is called one day because they lose faith in our government, we will be slaves once again to an oppressive force – China.
President Obama hides from the responsibility that comes with the job he tricked so many into giving him. I say tricked because basically every reason he gave for people to vote for him, he has negated by his actions since taking office. If the people had known the truth they tried so hard not to see, he would not have had a chance for the nomination, much less to be sworn into office.
There is an uprising coming to this country fueled by the arrogance of a twisted Chicago minded politician even if he thinks we will eventually see things his way and feebly bow at his altar and surrender our souls. In seeking to control it all and all of us, he will lose it all. I pray “hasten the day”.
Only then can America have a chance to upright itself and return to her former glory. With a leader who has surrendered to world opinion and believes his own press clippings, America will always suffer and suffer badly. We need a true American to lead us in character, honesty, truth and humbleness and leaders can only lead where they have themselves been. Obama has not even visited the places of character, honesty, truth or humbleness, much less lived there. I doubt he has the ability to lead us into such territory so unfamiliar to him.
And until and unless the American people rise up and become a voice that cannot be ignored by pet media outlets and politicians with their hands over their ears, we will continue to be victimized for our beliefs, our uniqueness, our strengths as he and his motley crew try to spread the misery around. We will continue to be told that we are all the same, we deserve the same bank balance whether or not we work to build it, we all deserve the big house and fancy car even if we cannot pay for it. We are told that some salaries are obscene and need to be taken by the government and put to better use. They’ll take from those who work and give to those who can’t get off the couch because Jerry Springer is on unless it is to open a fresh bag of Doritos. The plan is for us to become less so that those who have less will not get their feelings hurt.
That was the message of Communism – make everyone equal. Erase the class differences. Only the elite leaders will be different, after all, they are called by God to ride roughshod over the ignorant masses because the people are basically too stupid to know what is good for them. Communism has not worked as a valid form of government anywhere in the world and a socialism that seeks to displace capitalism will not work here.
We in America cling to their “religions and guns” and liberal progressives cannot stomach that because they are the signs of a free people. There is a remarkable difference between slaves and freemen, and we choose freedom from the tyranny of an oppressive government. It is why we crossed the ocean and started over here to create this country. We refuse to return to those days of oppression ever again. We wish to remain free and not to have to fight that battle again. Hear that Washington? (I said that we preferred not fight that battle again, I did not say we won’t.)
The only portion of the country that is expanding is the government and that is their goal. Once the government controls all the jobs, the banks, the car manufactures, the unions, the salaries, the insurance companies, the health care benefits, they control us and we will not longer be free people. Slavery is never out of style for those in power who corruptly wield their iron fist over people they see as unimportant and cattle to be herded, sheep to be sheared, and fowl to be slaughtered for sake of a fancy meal. Sacrifices must be made and in their eyes, we are the sacrificial lambs.
We are told that the era of American supremacy is over and that we need to ask permission of third world countries what temperature we can set our thermostats on, what car we should drive, whether or not we have the right to live as free men and women and even if we have the right to defend ourselves against the force of a criminal.
Terrorist who seek our demise fervently are given rights and coddled. Our leader even could not find it in his heart to call the Fort Hood terrorist what he was- a Muslim terrorist. See was that so hard to do? In fact even before the truth got out that he had not been killed in the attack but was alive in the hospital, our government had already determined that it was not a terrorist act. How foolish, misguided and arrogant.
The devout purpose of terrorist is strengthened by a government that hasn’t the backbone to call them for what they are and to sound the alarm to the danger. We are led by a man who claims that the sound of the Imam’s call to prayer is one of the most beautiful sounds in all the earth while we see those same people cheer as our buildings fall in a cloud of dust choking out lives and futures forever.
We are led by a man who watches an evil government in its race to become a nuclear power and he refuses to stand with that country’s own people who oppose the oppressive regime that steals its way into control. He still believes that his silver-tongued rhetoric still thinks he can crumble their will into a sobbing heap apologizing for having ever wanted to hurt us.
Was anyone really surprised that it took days of killing in the streets of Iran before our president found the backbone to even speak up about the Iranian government forces that were doing the killing? He validated the election Iran’s people refused to acknowledge. Our leader cowered from the fray because he didn’t want to be seen as interfering.
Yet this same leader seeks to interfere into every aspect of our lives without even losing a minute of sleep over it, as he tells us what to eat, how much money we can make, and how we should live our lives. He takes millions of dollars from us and lies about where it goes and what good it does. He boasts of bolstering the economy but fails to explain that it is the economy of China that he has strengthened. He spends money he does not have, borrowing to shackle our future. When the debt is called one day because they lose faith in our government, we will be slaves once again to an oppressive force – China.
President Obama hides from the responsibility that comes with the job he tricked so many into giving him. I say tricked because basically every reason he gave for people to vote for him, he has negated by his actions since taking office. If the people had known the truth they tried so hard not to see, he would not have had a chance for the nomination, much less to be sworn into office.
There is an uprising coming to this country fueled by the arrogance of a twisted Chicago minded politician even if he thinks we will eventually see things his way and feebly bow at his altar and surrender our souls. In seeking to control it all and all of us, he will lose it all. I pray “hasten the day”.
Only then can America have a chance to upright itself and return to her former glory. With a leader who has surrendered to world opinion and believes his own press clippings, America will always suffer and suffer badly. We need a true American to lead us in character, honesty, truth and humbleness and leaders can only lead where they have themselves been. Obama has not even visited the places of character, honesty, truth or humbleness, much less lived there. I doubt he has the ability to lead us into such territory so unfamiliar to him.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Our Prisons- Islamic Jihad Training Grounds
Speaking to a captive audience is a dream of many speakers. Radical Islam is speaking a captive audience everyday, literally.
Feeding on the discontent felt by prisoners incarcerated in our prison system, Islam is converting about 1/5 of those prisoners. What will happen when they get out, no one knows. It cannot be ignored however that they had a penchant toward crime and anti-social behavior when they went in so how can it be any better to have been recruited by hate-filled imams while there?
We incarcerate prisoners and forget about them. They are lost to society, but not to Islam and that appeals to these forgotten men and women, making them easy targets of radicals.
I found it curious that the current administration released a report a year ago citing their concern about disgruntled Vets and their being easily radicalized when the Department of Corrections is virtually handing over to radical Islamic advocates our prison population for their next line of soldiers.
We are concerned about our next door neighbor becoming a home-grown terrorist when the government is aiding in the process by allowing prisoners to be subjected to extremism when they’re looking for someone to blame for their "unjust" treatment.
Most all of these, but not all, are black prisoners. Islam uses whatever tool it can to wage jihad on its own behalf and here is a ready and willing population to fill the bill. In the 70's there was concern and still today one occasionally hears of a coming "race war" in the United States.
Racism is still promoted and fed today. Inequality and class differences bring it to the forefront and now an army of radicals is being formed to level the playing field.
Interestingly enough, Islam has never been kind to the Black race. In Arabic the same word, abed, that is used to describe the color black is the same word used to describe a black slave. Slavery of the Black men and women of the past has always been practiced by Islam, even to the supplying of those slaves to America.
Slavery is so ingrained into the Islamic culture that there are 40 words in Arabic to describe one kind of slave or another. There is the white slave, the black slave, the child slave, and the runaway slave, among them. Muhammad boasted of having slaves and gave instruction as to how to obtain and treat slaves, right down to the rules governing the acceptable rape of slaves. Our society demonizes the “white man” for his role in slavery when the very slaves that were brought to our shores in the 17 and 1800’s were provided by Muslim slave traders.
Muhammad passed around slaves for the sexual pleasure of his commanders and even today Islamic clerics promote the notion that a “kafir”, a non-Muslim, is there for the taking and no different than a cow walking down the street.
Muhammad’s favorite sexual partner was a white slave woman and even today a white woman is thought of as the most valued slave for sexual pleasure and brings the highest price on the market. Information on Islamic slave practices would and indeed has filled volumes.
While Islamic participation does not excuse the practice here in our early years as a country, it certainly also does not excuse the role Islam has played in the practice. Today it is estimated that 400,000 Muslim-held slaves exist in Africa, but rarely is that mentioned because it is so Politically Incorrect to criticize Islam.
To address the problem is deemed Islamophobic and even the mentioning of it is frowned upon. The United Nations considers it "hate speech" against the religion of Islam to even bring it up. It is acceptable to cite the involvement of the white men who engaged in the practice, but to mention the suppliers that kept millions captive is unacceptable, even though it still exists today.
Because slavery is mentioned in the Koran and the Hadith and because Muhammad himself set the example, slavery cannot be eradicated from Islam. It will always be a part of the "Religion of Peace" to own human beings as property.
As a senator running for the office of president, Barack Hussein Obama, himself with a Muslim background he proudly claimed in speeches given around the world after the election, said that the practice of human trafficking would be a “top priority” of his as president. This promise is as forgotten as the other platitudes he spewed to pander to voters in order to gain his unqualified term in office.
Now that he is in president, he is more concerned about the control of your life and mine than he is of effectively hindering the slave trade. He admitted publicly to Pastor Rick Warren in his televised interview that it is a problem right here in America concerning thousands held against their will, but even that doesn’t seem enough of a motivation for him to address the challenge. Indeed he might be more concerned about the slave traders having health insurance than the business they are in. I say that with my tongue only partly in my cheek.
Muslim Chaplains continue their quest for recruits and the government, the press and the penal system not only turn a blind eye to it, they encourage and even fund it. Yes, our government is funding the recruitment and training of terrorists in the United States Bureau of Prisons. How are they doing this? This is accomplished by the shameless appointment of Islamic Chaplains in the prison system.
Imam Warith-Deen Umar was one of the first Muslim chaplains to be hired to lead prayer in prisons. Responsible for the hiring and firing of chaplains he created a force of 56 Muslim chaplains in the state of New York alone. His radical views and pro-9/11 mentality was widely known by the government but not challenged for years.
The government report entitled the “Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Selection of Muslim Religious Service Providers” stated that Umar, himself a Black Muslim convert and ex-con, believed that “black inmates who converted to Islam in prison were logical recruits for committing future terrorist attacks against the United States”.
Yet our government has the audacity to tell us to be on the lookout for such “right-wing” radicals that are signified by their views against illegal immigration, who believe in the end time Biblical prophesies, returning vets, and pro-life advocates as the real terrorist threats to the country.
Our prisons are the brewing pot getting read to boil over and the mess it will make will not be pretty. A small spark has historically been all that was needed to ignite race riots, looting, destruction of personal property and even killings. When the spark is lit that will ignite the coming race crisis in this country, the ranks filled by Black Muslim prison converts will reek more havoc that we can imagine. It will be their time to “get even”.
Destroying America from the inside has always been an easier task to accomplish than doing it from without. It is more feasible today than it was in the past. The best time to stop such a tragedy is to squelch it before it happens but no one is paying attention to the gathering forces.
The inflamed rhetoric is going forth. The kindling is being piled up in the form of discontented prisoners and the blaze will reach the heavens when the spark is added to the mix. Neighbor will be turned against neighbor when the color of ones skin and the ideology of ones thinking will be all it takes to define the “enemy”. America’s second Civil War is not that far in the future, though wishful thinkers would rather ignore the smoke beginning to rise than stamp it out.
We cannot afford such a conflict. The economic, financial and human toll it will bring will be insurmountable. America has many enemies seeking here destruction. The most dangerous ones are those right inside our gates. It’s the enemy we ignore that will refuse to be ignored any longer and our governmental agencies are gathering the fuel and stoking the flame and no one yet sees the small plume of smoke that already is rising on the horizon.
To stop it, a drastic shift must occur in the thinking of the leadership and the individual citizen of this country. And although it will rail against the promise of President Barack Obama that we are not and never will be at war with Islam, that shift must include the naming of our greatest enemy, political Islam.
The Political Correctness that shelters our enemies is a hindrance that must be expunged from our society if we are to be effective in the preservation of America as a free land. Name the enemy America for until you do you’ll be powerless to wage an effective campaign against it, and we will most assuredly lose the war of a lifetime.
Feeding on the discontent felt by prisoners incarcerated in our prison system, Islam is converting about 1/5 of those prisoners. What will happen when they get out, no one knows. It cannot be ignored however that they had a penchant toward crime and anti-social behavior when they went in so how can it be any better to have been recruited by hate-filled imams while there?
We incarcerate prisoners and forget about them. They are lost to society, but not to Islam and that appeals to these forgotten men and women, making them easy targets of radicals.
I found it curious that the current administration released a report a year ago citing their concern about disgruntled Vets and their being easily radicalized when the Department of Corrections is virtually handing over to radical Islamic advocates our prison population for their next line of soldiers.
We are concerned about our next door neighbor becoming a home-grown terrorist when the government is aiding in the process by allowing prisoners to be subjected to extremism when they’re looking for someone to blame for their "unjust" treatment.
Most all of these, but not all, are black prisoners. Islam uses whatever tool it can to wage jihad on its own behalf and here is a ready and willing population to fill the bill. In the 70's there was concern and still today one occasionally hears of a coming "race war" in the United States.
Racism is still promoted and fed today. Inequality and class differences bring it to the forefront and now an army of radicals is being formed to level the playing field.
Interestingly enough, Islam has never been kind to the Black race. In Arabic the same word, abed, that is used to describe the color black is the same word used to describe a black slave. Slavery of the Black men and women of the past has always been practiced by Islam, even to the supplying of those slaves to America.
Slavery is so ingrained into the Islamic culture that there are 40 words in Arabic to describe one kind of slave or another. There is the white slave, the black slave, the child slave, and the runaway slave, among them. Muhammad boasted of having slaves and gave instruction as to how to obtain and treat slaves, right down to the rules governing the acceptable rape of slaves. Our society demonizes the “white man” for his role in slavery when the very slaves that were brought to our shores in the 17 and 1800’s were provided by Muslim slave traders.
Muhammad passed around slaves for the sexual pleasure of his commanders and even today Islamic clerics promote the notion that a “kafir”, a non-Muslim, is there for the taking and no different than a cow walking down the street.
Muhammad’s favorite sexual partner was a white slave woman and even today a white woman is thought of as the most valued slave for sexual pleasure and brings the highest price on the market. Information on Islamic slave practices would and indeed has filled volumes.
While Islamic participation does not excuse the practice here in our early years as a country, it certainly also does not excuse the role Islam has played in the practice. Today it is estimated that 400,000 Muslim-held slaves exist in Africa, but rarely is that mentioned because it is so Politically Incorrect to criticize Islam.
To address the problem is deemed Islamophobic and even the mentioning of it is frowned upon. The United Nations considers it "hate speech" against the religion of Islam to even bring it up. It is acceptable to cite the involvement of the white men who engaged in the practice, but to mention the suppliers that kept millions captive is unacceptable, even though it still exists today.
Because slavery is mentioned in the Koran and the Hadith and because Muhammad himself set the example, slavery cannot be eradicated from Islam. It will always be a part of the "Religion of Peace" to own human beings as property.
As a senator running for the office of president, Barack Hussein Obama, himself with a Muslim background he proudly claimed in speeches given around the world after the election, said that the practice of human trafficking would be a “top priority” of his as president. This promise is as forgotten as the other platitudes he spewed to pander to voters in order to gain his unqualified term in office.
Now that he is in president, he is more concerned about the control of your life and mine than he is of effectively hindering the slave trade. He admitted publicly to Pastor Rick Warren in his televised interview that it is a problem right here in America concerning thousands held against their will, but even that doesn’t seem enough of a motivation for him to address the challenge. Indeed he might be more concerned about the slave traders having health insurance than the business they are in. I say that with my tongue only partly in my cheek.
Muslim Chaplains continue their quest for recruits and the government, the press and the penal system not only turn a blind eye to it, they encourage and even fund it. Yes, our government is funding the recruitment and training of terrorists in the United States Bureau of Prisons. How are they doing this? This is accomplished by the shameless appointment of Islamic Chaplains in the prison system.
Imam Warith-Deen Umar was one of the first Muslim chaplains to be hired to lead prayer in prisons. Responsible for the hiring and firing of chaplains he created a force of 56 Muslim chaplains in the state of New York alone. His radical views and pro-9/11 mentality was widely known by the government but not challenged for years.
The government report entitled the “Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ Selection of Muslim Religious Service Providers” stated that Umar, himself a Black Muslim convert and ex-con, believed that “black inmates who converted to Islam in prison were logical recruits for committing future terrorist attacks against the United States”.
Yet our government has the audacity to tell us to be on the lookout for such “right-wing” radicals that are signified by their views against illegal immigration, who believe in the end time Biblical prophesies, returning vets, and pro-life advocates as the real terrorist threats to the country.
Our prisons are the brewing pot getting read to boil over and the mess it will make will not be pretty. A small spark has historically been all that was needed to ignite race riots, looting, destruction of personal property and even killings. When the spark is lit that will ignite the coming race crisis in this country, the ranks filled by Black Muslim prison converts will reek more havoc that we can imagine. It will be their time to “get even”.
Destroying America from the inside has always been an easier task to accomplish than doing it from without. It is more feasible today than it was in the past. The best time to stop such a tragedy is to squelch it before it happens but no one is paying attention to the gathering forces.
The inflamed rhetoric is going forth. The kindling is being piled up in the form of discontented prisoners and the blaze will reach the heavens when the spark is added to the mix. Neighbor will be turned against neighbor when the color of ones skin and the ideology of ones thinking will be all it takes to define the “enemy”. America’s second Civil War is not that far in the future, though wishful thinkers would rather ignore the smoke beginning to rise than stamp it out.
We cannot afford such a conflict. The economic, financial and human toll it will bring will be insurmountable. America has many enemies seeking here destruction. The most dangerous ones are those right inside our gates. It’s the enemy we ignore that will refuse to be ignored any longer and our governmental agencies are gathering the fuel and stoking the flame and no one yet sees the small plume of smoke that already is rising on the horizon.
To stop it, a drastic shift must occur in the thinking of the leadership and the individual citizen of this country. And although it will rail against the promise of President Barack Obama that we are not and never will be at war with Islam, that shift must include the naming of our greatest enemy, political Islam.
The Political Correctness that shelters our enemies is a hindrance that must be expunged from our society if we are to be effective in the preservation of America as a free land. Name the enemy America for until you do you’ll be powerless to wage an effective campaign against it, and we will most assuredly lose the war of a lifetime.
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