TIMELINE (from BROKEN NATION)
1977: Salem Bin Laden invests in Arbusto Energy, Inc. owned by George W. Bush.
1980’s: Reagan/Bush Administration trains Osama Bin Laden and fellow terrorists to kill the Soviets. CIA gives them $3 billion.
1982: Reagan/Bush Administration provides billions in aid to Saddam Hussein for weapons to kill Iranians. Donald Rumsfeld presents Saddam with a pair of golden spurs as a gift.
1983: Reagan/Bush Administration gives Iran weapons to kill Iraqis.
1990: Iraq invades Kuwait with weapons from U.S.
1991: U.S. enters Iraq-Gulf War. Dictator is reinstated in Kuwait.
1991-99: U.S. planes bomb Iraq on a weekly basis. The U.N. estimates that over 500,000 Iraqi’s died from these bombings and sanctions.
1995: George W. Bush becomes Governor of Texas.
1995-2000: Dick Cheney is CEO of Halliburton, which during this period does business with Iraq, Libya, and Iran.
1996: Fox News is launched along with an attack campaign of Clinton.
1998: Florida uses electronic voting machines for the first time/ Jeb Bush becomes Governor.
2001: George W. Bush becomes president after the most controversial election in U.S. history.
2001: U.S. gives Taliban-ruled Afghanistan $245 million in aid, some of which is put towards their opium crops and later smuggled right back into the U.S.
September 11, 2001: Osama Bin Laden uses his CIA training.
2003-04: U.S. invades Iraq despite 9 years of bombings, no possible weapon-making capability, and no connections to Bin Laden. Saddam Hussein is removed from power. Over 2,500 Americans are killed. 100,000 civilians are killed. Civil war erupts in Iraq. U.S. national debt hits all time high. And well, you know the rest of the story.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Another ignorant email forward that ended up in my in-box
I DO CARE... ABOUT A PEACEFUL AND BETTER WORLD FULL OF HOPE AND PROGRESS.
I hope this makes it back to Pam.
When are you people going to get it through your heads and realize that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. There were no WMD, no links to terrorism- just links to Donald Rumsfeld, and no threat to Americans. In fact, Iraq had no terrorism there under Saddam; we brought it there. Another fact, George W. Bush had more to do with 9/11 than anyone else: various warnings from intelligence specialists, warnings like the August 8, 2001 memo: "Bin Laden determined to strike U.S." And how do you really believe Bin Laden had something to do with 9/11 when he and his family is so chummy with President George W. Bush? You're not saying that Bush's business associates (the bin Ladens) had something to do with 9/11, are you?
If we really want to get technical, the United States actually started the "war" on terror in the 1980's under Reagan and Bush when they trained bin Laden and worked with the Taliban to oust the USSR. But to be more current and specific, how about when our government let a bunch of dimwits who had been parading around the country on various watch-lists hijack 4 planes when they could barely fly them and when the planes had been in the skies for over an hour without being shot down despite the fact that there were airbases in the vicinity and planes available to scramble?Have you ever heard of the Reichstag fire in Germany? Sounds a lot like it. An agenda.
I could go on and on and show you how ridiculous, one-sided, and illogical each one of Pamela's claims are, but I don't have the time. Read my book if you want to know: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0741429780/sr=8-1/qid=1143839170/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-1682141-8820153?%5Fencoding=UTF8
But really, what grade did Pamela finish? Because she has the mentality of an angst-ridden teenager. I think Pamela should just stick to interior design.
Pamela wrote, "If you agree with this view point, pass this on to all your e-mail Friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous behavior!"
I'm sorry to break it to you, Pam, but George W. Bush doesn't read much, so it's highly unlikely he'll ever read this email.
Then Pamela went on to write, "If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great country."
Now it's all my fault we got attacked because I didn't forward Pam's email of carelessness and hate? But hey, I thought George W. Bush was going to protect us?
We all have family members serving in Iraq. If they are not our brothers and sisters or our sons and daughters or our mothers and fathers, they are our fellow Americans. Pam's speech of hate isn't helping them, it's distracting our nation from saving them and bringing them home where they belong. If you, however, would like to help them, visit http://www.internationalanswer.org/
We can start by impeaching the war criminal of an illegitimate president that we have. After all, we impeached a president over a personal sexual affair that had nothing to do with the successful job he was doing. I can't see why we wouldn't do the same to a president for killing thousands in an unnecessary war, infringing on millions of American's civil rights, and letting a terrorist attack occur. Can you?
So you know what, Pam? Go put your ignorant head in a hole of hate. Ooops, I forgot it already is.
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:38:27 -0500
I Don't Care ! ! ! !
The lady who wrote this letter is Pam Foster of Pamela Foster and Associates in Atlanta. She's been in business since 1980 doing Interior design and home planning. She recently wrote the following letter to a family member serving in Iraq .......
WHAT'S ALL OF THE FUSS?
"Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001?
Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania? Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?
And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet? Well, I don't. I don't care at all.
I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.
I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime In Saudi Arabia.
I'll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling, slashed throat.
I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.
I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.
I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.
In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave Marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.
When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college hazing incident, rest assured that I don't care.
When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank that I don't care.
When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts that I don't care.
And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran" and other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and ---- you got it, I DON'T CARE!
If you agree with this view point, pass this on to all your e-mail Friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for thisridiculous behavior! If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great country.
I hope this makes it back to Pam.
When are you people going to get it through your heads and realize that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. There were no WMD, no links to terrorism- just links to Donald Rumsfeld, and no threat to Americans. In fact, Iraq had no terrorism there under Saddam; we brought it there. Another fact, George W. Bush had more to do with 9/11 than anyone else: various warnings from intelligence specialists, warnings like the August 8, 2001 memo: "Bin Laden determined to strike U.S." And how do you really believe Bin Laden had something to do with 9/11 when he and his family is so chummy with President George W. Bush? You're not saying that Bush's business associates (the bin Ladens) had something to do with 9/11, are you?
If we really want to get technical, the United States actually started the "war" on terror in the 1980's under Reagan and Bush when they trained bin Laden and worked with the Taliban to oust the USSR. But to be more current and specific, how about when our government let a bunch of dimwits who had been parading around the country on various watch-lists hijack 4 planes when they could barely fly them and when the planes had been in the skies for over an hour without being shot down despite the fact that there were airbases in the vicinity and planes available to scramble?Have you ever heard of the Reichstag fire in Germany? Sounds a lot like it. An agenda.
I could go on and on and show you how ridiculous, one-sided, and illogical each one of Pamela's claims are, but I don't have the time. Read my book if you want to know: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0741429780/sr=8-1/qid=1143839170/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-1682141-8820153?%5Fencoding=UTF8
But really, what grade did Pamela finish? Because she has the mentality of an angst-ridden teenager. I think Pamela should just stick to interior design.
Pamela wrote, "If you agree with this view point, pass this on to all your e-mail Friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous behavior!"
I'm sorry to break it to you, Pam, but George W. Bush doesn't read much, so it's highly unlikely he'll ever read this email.
Then Pamela went on to write, "If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great country."
Now it's all my fault we got attacked because I didn't forward Pam's email of carelessness and hate? But hey, I thought George W. Bush was going to protect us?
We all have family members serving in Iraq. If they are not our brothers and sisters or our sons and daughters or our mothers and fathers, they are our fellow Americans. Pam's speech of hate isn't helping them, it's distracting our nation from saving them and bringing them home where they belong. If you, however, would like to help them, visit http://www.internationalanswer.org/
We can start by impeaching the war criminal of an illegitimate president that we have. After all, we impeached a president over a personal sexual affair that had nothing to do with the successful job he was doing. I can't see why we wouldn't do the same to a president for killing thousands in an unnecessary war, infringing on millions of American's civil rights, and letting a terrorist attack occur. Can you?
So you know what, Pam? Go put your ignorant head in a hole of hate. Ooops, I forgot it already is.
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:38:27 -0500
I Don't Care ! ! ! !
The lady who wrote this letter is Pam Foster of Pamela Foster and Associates in Atlanta. She's been in business since 1980 doing Interior design and home planning. She recently wrote the following letter to a family member serving in Iraq .......
WHAT'S ALL OF THE FUSS?
"Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001?
Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania? Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?
And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet? Well, I don't. I don't care at all.
I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.
I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime In Saudi Arabia.
I'll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling, slashed throat.
I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.
I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.
I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.
In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave Marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.
When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college hazing incident, rest assured that I don't care.
When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank that I don't care.
When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts that I don't care.
And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran" and other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and ---- you got it, I DON'T CARE!
If you agree with this view point, pass this on to all your e-mail Friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for thisridiculous behavior! If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great country.
RE: Photos too graphic for the media
I recently recieved an email titled "Photos too graphic for the media."
It was full of rosy pictures of smiling soldiers and Iraqis. Here is my reposne.
To the person who created this email:
I was going to attach random pictures of smiling Americans and then define them as American, but then I realized there are many Americans not smiling- the 40+ million living in poverty, 40+ million without health insurance, the thousands of homeless, the thousands of small business owners who were put out of business because their government gave Wal-Mart subsidiaries to open a new store across the street, the majority of Americans who voted in 2000 and didn't get their president- never mind the 2004 debacle, the discriminated and disenfranchised, drug addicted teenagers, victims of rape and child abuse, victims of one of the highest world wide rates of murder, the victims of environmental cancers, the families and survivors of the biggest conspiracy in U.S. history- 9/11, the 20,000 injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, widows and families of the several thousand killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the many more miserable Americans. These people are representative of America and they're not smiling, yet we don't see enough of them on the news either.
I think it's great to be positive and show the good (especially the compassion of our courageous troops), but these rosy pictures deceive the public into thinking Iraq and Afghanistan are these big successful humanitarian missions when they are certainly not. This is a one-sided batch of deceiving pictures, and we're not even really sure where the pictures originated from. These could have been easily taken in another region of the Middle East. Furthermore, the opinion of a select few does not represent a majority, of which does not really want us there. We certainly can't call the list of people liars who have been there and returned with bad news, just as we can't call others liars who have been there and returned with or sent back rosy pictures like these. We could compare the list of people who return with good news with the list of those who return with bad news, and maybe that's an exhaustive study someone should embark on.
Indeed, "Sometimes in our everyday lives we tend to forget what's going on elsewhere in the world and that the brave men and women of the service are just like you and I. They have family and friends back home who love them very much and are praying for their safe return." No argument here.
As for "pictures too graphic for the media," this sounds like an attack on the media, and while yes there should be an attack on the media, it should be for different reasons. Maybe because, when was the last time you really saw what was going on over there in the WAR? When was the last time you saw bombs going off on the nightly news? When was the last time you saw innocent Americans being blown to smithereens for no other reasons than oil and an old family vendetta between the Bush's and Hussein's? When was the last time you saw any of the flag draped coffins on the news? You didn't because the Bush administration banned the media from showing footage of fallen soldiers returning.
Honestly, who is the Army recruiter or member of the Defense Department who wrote this email?
"Of all the gifts you could give the US Military, Prayer is the very best one....."Decoded = The best gift you could give the U.S. military is passing around this email."
Well, in my opinion, first of all, prayer isn't good enough. Action is what is necessary-- bring the troops home. Secondly, if I'm going to pray at all, it's not going to be for the military as an institution, it's going to be specifically for the PEOPLE in the military and their safety.
The facts are the United States invaded and destroyed the nation of Iraq for unjust causes. No WMD! No links to terrorism! Just oil!
The U.S. created terrorism there in the form of insurgents and created a civil war!
I apologize if you don't (or refuse to) believe the truth. Read more about the facts in the book Broken Nation:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0741429780/102-9204042-8260957?v=glance&n=283155
Let's pass this email around and keep the wheel going. Let's bring the troops home, end the dying, and stop the lying.
It was full of rosy pictures of smiling soldiers and Iraqis. Here is my reposne.
To the person who created this email:
I was going to attach random pictures of smiling Americans and then define them as American, but then I realized there are many Americans not smiling- the 40+ million living in poverty, 40+ million without health insurance, the thousands of homeless, the thousands of small business owners who were put out of business because their government gave Wal-Mart subsidiaries to open a new store across the street, the majority of Americans who voted in 2000 and didn't get their president- never mind the 2004 debacle, the discriminated and disenfranchised, drug addicted teenagers, victims of rape and child abuse, victims of one of the highest world wide rates of murder, the victims of environmental cancers, the families and survivors of the biggest conspiracy in U.S. history- 9/11, the 20,000 injured in Iraq and Afghanistan, widows and families of the several thousand killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the many more miserable Americans. These people are representative of America and they're not smiling, yet we don't see enough of them on the news either.
I think it's great to be positive and show the good (especially the compassion of our courageous troops), but these rosy pictures deceive the public into thinking Iraq and Afghanistan are these big successful humanitarian missions when they are certainly not. This is a one-sided batch of deceiving pictures, and we're not even really sure where the pictures originated from. These could have been easily taken in another region of the Middle East. Furthermore, the opinion of a select few does not represent a majority, of which does not really want us there. We certainly can't call the list of people liars who have been there and returned with bad news, just as we can't call others liars who have been there and returned with or sent back rosy pictures like these. We could compare the list of people who return with good news with the list of those who return with bad news, and maybe that's an exhaustive study someone should embark on.
Indeed, "Sometimes in our everyday lives we tend to forget what's going on elsewhere in the world and that the brave men and women of the service are just like you and I. They have family and friends back home who love them very much and are praying for their safe return." No argument here.
As for "pictures too graphic for the media," this sounds like an attack on the media, and while yes there should be an attack on the media, it should be for different reasons. Maybe because, when was the last time you really saw what was going on over there in the WAR? When was the last time you saw bombs going off on the nightly news? When was the last time you saw innocent Americans being blown to smithereens for no other reasons than oil and an old family vendetta between the Bush's and Hussein's? When was the last time you saw any of the flag draped coffins on the news? You didn't because the Bush administration banned the media from showing footage of fallen soldiers returning.
Honestly, who is the Army recruiter or member of the Defense Department who wrote this email?
"Of all the gifts you could give the US Military, Prayer is the very best one....."Decoded = The best gift you could give the U.S. military is passing around this email."
Well, in my opinion, first of all, prayer isn't good enough. Action is what is necessary-- bring the troops home. Secondly, if I'm going to pray at all, it's not going to be for the military as an institution, it's going to be specifically for the PEOPLE in the military and their safety.
The facts are the United States invaded and destroyed the nation of Iraq for unjust causes. No WMD! No links to terrorism! Just oil!
The U.S. created terrorism there in the form of insurgents and created a civil war!
I apologize if you don't (or refuse to) believe the truth. Read more about the facts in the book Broken Nation:http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0741429780/102-9204042-8260957?v=glance&n=283155
Let's pass this email around and keep the wheel going. Let's bring the troops home, end the dying, and stop the lying.
Can a devout Muslim be an American patriot and loyal citizen?
Response to “Can a devout Muslim be an American patriot and loyal citizen?”
THE STORY OF MAN (alternative version) by Bill Lawrence
There once lived a white man on a white hill surrounded by other people of the nation. One day he announced, “We shall now ban all Muslims. All of them are terrorists who hate our freedoms. Round them up, boot them off the hill, and send them back to where they came from.” And so the Muslims were banished.
Some time passed and he suddenly thought about the blacks. “Most of them commit crimes- most of death-row consists of blacks. Kick them out too.” So away with the African Americans.
“And what about the Hispanics?” he asked one day soon after. “They’re all wrecking our neighborhoods- send them back too.”
More time passed and so did the Asians and the Buddhists, for not being the same as the white man.
And then all of the other immigrants from South America, the Middle East, Africa, and elsewhere were sent back to their places of origin.
“And what about the Jewish? They have all the money. Get rid of them too,” he demanded.
Then the white man wondered about gays. “They’re destroying family values.” So away with the gays.
And then the atheists. “They need to go too, since they don’t believe in what they’re supposed to.”
Then after some more time, he got rid of the artists and writers, because they had too much to say about all of the people now gone. Then he got rid of the feminists because they too had too much to say. And then the environmentalists. And then the teachers, because they weren’t teaching the way he wanted. And then anyone with brown eyes because they reminded him of the others. And finally, anyone else who still wasn’t exactly the way he wanted them to be.
After a while, the man looked around. Everyone remaining was finally the same— White Christian Men— with brown or blond hair and blue eyes— what an exciting world! But there was still something very wrong with this picture. A revelation arrived! The White Christian Man wasn’t always here in this place on the hill. He was an immigrant too, and not a very nice one. When he suddenly realized the horrors of his past actions he looked around in guilt but could not find the original inhabitants of this land— the natives. Where were they now again thanks to the White Christian Man?
Finally realizing his many shameful acts, the White Christian Man slipped from the hill and rolled to the bottom. The hill, now red, was empty. And so this is the sad end to this fable.
If you by chance are not one of the above banished, then consider yourself the select lucky few under a fascist dictatorship— nothing to be proud of. If you are one of the banished or even one of the “lucky” ones who truly cares about humanity and our environment, then pass this email along. Remember that discrimination and hate are well and alive right here in the United States. The below email in red is proof. My analysis is in blue font also indicated by the *
* Disclaimer: Personally, I am agnostic when it comes to organized religion, so I have no agenda or benefit from defending any one particular religion. My religion is love, nature, and the universe. But as a real American, I respect all of my fellow citizen’s beliefs. And I understand that it is their right as a world citizen to have their own beliefs.
Can a devout Muslim be an American patriot and a loyal citizen?
Consider this: Theologically, no. Because his allegiance is to Allah, the moon god of Arabia.
* Wrong— America permits freedom of religion. It is their first amendment right.
Scripturally, no. Because his allegiance is to the five pillars of Islam and the Quran (Koran).
* Doesn’t matter, there’s a separation of church and state.
Geographically, no. Because his allegiance is to Mecca, to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
* However, many stories in the Old Testament actually take place in this vicinity. Mecca also happens to be the region of the world where Jesus was born. Did you think Jesus was born in Kansas?
Socially, no. Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews.
* Absolutely untrue.
Politically, no. Because he must submit to the mullah (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and destruction of America, the great Satan.
* Now this writer is really getting out of hand. Another delusional lie. Islam is peaceful; Extremists of any religion are not.
Domestically, no, because he is instructed to marry four women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34).
* Well, this is where religions get sticky— they all have something outrageous. But the above statement is not actually entirely true. “You will never be able to be fair and just among women (wives)...” -Quran, (4:129) Islam does allow having more than one wife, yet it has set conditions for that, which is that the husband should be fair with all his wives, and treat them equally. Since it is very difficult to be just with all wives, in practice, most of the Muslim men do not have more than one wife.
* Therefore, polygamy is not a rule or an order but an exception. Many people are under the misconception that it is compulsory for a Muslim man to have more than one wife.
* But what about the Mormon dominated state of Utah? Polygamy is widely practiced there, in the state that just happens to have the highest number of Republican voters. And what about domestic abuse in America? The U.S. is crawling with women beaters. America certainly isn’t a completely peaceful place, especially behind closed doors.
Religiously, no. Because no other religion is accepted by his Allah except Islam (Quran, 2:256)
* Actually, Muhammad had much respect for the scriptures. The above statement is again untrue. Perhaps radical Muslims reject other religions, but so do the Christian evangelicals, who are probably responsible for writing this and by the way are Bush’s second largest group of supporters- (in case you’re wondering, his biggest supporters are in the big oil and gas industry.)
Intellectually, no, because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical Judeo-Christian principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.
* Actually, the Constitution is based on Greek and Roman pagan principles, which also influenced Christianity.
Philosophically, no, because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran do not allow freedom of religion and expression.
* According to Islam, freedom of expression is a basic human right. The person (uneducated evangelical war-mongering Bush supporter) who wrote this is obviously not educated in global art history.
Spiritually, no, because when we declare "one nation under God," the Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as our heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in the Quran's 99 excellent names. Democracy and Islam cannot co - exist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
* Well, first of all, I consider the whole “one nation under God” phrase an illegal invasion on my rights. This unconstitutional phrase from the pledge of allegiance was slipped in there in 1954 by Congress at the influence of President Eisenhower (another war-monger) to rally up support and retort to Communist allegations that America wasn’t a united nation in all matters.
* As for all Muslim countries being dictatorships, this is again an untrue statement. Algeria, Indonesia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Turkey are just some of the many Democratic nations where Islam is the predominant religion. Moreover, the non-Democratic Muslim governments that are oppressive towards their people are the ones George W. Bush and America are allies with. Saudi Arabia, a nation with WMD, is the biggest supporter of world terrorism (15 of the 9/11 hijackers originated from there), yet Bush holds hands with their leader, yet we invaded Iraq (a secularized nation with no world terrorism links and no WMD.)
Therefore, after much study and deliberation....perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country, even though our laws allow all religions to be freely practiced. They obviously cannot be both good Muslims and good Americans. Call it what you wish...it's still the truth.
If you find yourself intellectually in agreement with the above, perhaps you will share this with your friends. Some believe the more who understand this, the better it will be for our country. Others believe that recognition of these facts will only hasten an unwanted religious war.
In any case, you may wish to pass it on Fellow Americans......The possibility of a religious war may be bigger than we know.
* This person obviously didn’t give it enough study and deliberation to make so many untrue statements. Actually, there is no possible way of having “intellectual” agreement with such nonsense. Furthermore, their suggestion of war leads us to believe they either have stock in military weapons or stock in the apocalypse myth.
Don’t stand for this kind of un-American hate. There is no reason to go to war, (unless you own stock in Halliburton or Exxon Mobile.) But really, if you think there are good reasons to go to war over religion, then maybe it’s time you re-evaluate your beliefs.
THE STORY OF MAN (alternative version) by Bill Lawrence
There once lived a white man on a white hill surrounded by other people of the nation. One day he announced, “We shall now ban all Muslims. All of them are terrorists who hate our freedoms. Round them up, boot them off the hill, and send them back to where they came from.” And so the Muslims were banished.
Some time passed and he suddenly thought about the blacks. “Most of them commit crimes- most of death-row consists of blacks. Kick them out too.” So away with the African Americans.
“And what about the Hispanics?” he asked one day soon after. “They’re all wrecking our neighborhoods- send them back too.”
More time passed and so did the Asians and the Buddhists, for not being the same as the white man.
And then all of the other immigrants from South America, the Middle East, Africa, and elsewhere were sent back to their places of origin.
“And what about the Jewish? They have all the money. Get rid of them too,” he demanded.
Then the white man wondered about gays. “They’re destroying family values.” So away with the gays.
And then the atheists. “They need to go too, since they don’t believe in what they’re supposed to.”
Then after some more time, he got rid of the artists and writers, because they had too much to say about all of the people now gone. Then he got rid of the feminists because they too had too much to say. And then the environmentalists. And then the teachers, because they weren’t teaching the way he wanted. And then anyone with brown eyes because they reminded him of the others. And finally, anyone else who still wasn’t exactly the way he wanted them to be.
After a while, the man looked around. Everyone remaining was finally the same— White Christian Men— with brown or blond hair and blue eyes— what an exciting world! But there was still something very wrong with this picture. A revelation arrived! The White Christian Man wasn’t always here in this place on the hill. He was an immigrant too, and not a very nice one. When he suddenly realized the horrors of his past actions he looked around in guilt but could not find the original inhabitants of this land— the natives. Where were they now again thanks to the White Christian Man?
Finally realizing his many shameful acts, the White Christian Man slipped from the hill and rolled to the bottom. The hill, now red, was empty. And so this is the sad end to this fable.
If you by chance are not one of the above banished, then consider yourself the select lucky few under a fascist dictatorship— nothing to be proud of. If you are one of the banished or even one of the “lucky” ones who truly cares about humanity and our environment, then pass this email along. Remember that discrimination and hate are well and alive right here in the United States. The below email in red is proof. My analysis is in blue font also indicated by the *
* Disclaimer: Personally, I am agnostic when it comes to organized religion, so I have no agenda or benefit from defending any one particular religion. My religion is love, nature, and the universe. But as a real American, I respect all of my fellow citizen’s beliefs. And I understand that it is their right as a world citizen to have their own beliefs.
Can a devout Muslim be an American patriot and a loyal citizen?
Consider this: Theologically, no. Because his allegiance is to Allah, the moon god of Arabia.
* Wrong— America permits freedom of religion. It is their first amendment right.
Scripturally, no. Because his allegiance is to the five pillars of Islam and the Quran (Koran).
* Doesn’t matter, there’s a separation of church and state.
Geographically, no. Because his allegiance is to Mecca, to which he turns in prayer five times a day.
* However, many stories in the Old Testament actually take place in this vicinity. Mecca also happens to be the region of the world where Jesus was born. Did you think Jesus was born in Kansas?
Socially, no. Because his allegiance to Islam forbids him to make friends with Christians or Jews.
* Absolutely untrue.
Politically, no. Because he must submit to the mullah (spiritual leaders), who teach annihilation of Israel and destruction of America, the great Satan.
* Now this writer is really getting out of hand. Another delusional lie. Islam is peaceful; Extremists of any religion are not.
Domestically, no, because he is instructed to marry four women and beat and scourge his wife when she disobeys him (Quran 4:34).
* Well, this is where religions get sticky— they all have something outrageous. But the above statement is not actually entirely true. “You will never be able to be fair and just among women (wives)...” -Quran, (4:129) Islam does allow having more than one wife, yet it has set conditions for that, which is that the husband should be fair with all his wives, and treat them equally. Since it is very difficult to be just with all wives, in practice, most of the Muslim men do not have more than one wife.
* Therefore, polygamy is not a rule or an order but an exception. Many people are under the misconception that it is compulsory for a Muslim man to have more than one wife.
* But what about the Mormon dominated state of Utah? Polygamy is widely practiced there, in the state that just happens to have the highest number of Republican voters. And what about domestic abuse in America? The U.S. is crawling with women beaters. America certainly isn’t a completely peaceful place, especially behind closed doors.
Religiously, no. Because no other religion is accepted by his Allah except Islam (Quran, 2:256)
* Actually, Muhammad had much respect for the scriptures. The above statement is again untrue. Perhaps radical Muslims reject other religions, but so do the Christian evangelicals, who are probably responsible for writing this and by the way are Bush’s second largest group of supporters- (in case you’re wondering, his biggest supporters are in the big oil and gas industry.)
Intellectually, no, because he cannot accept the American Constitution since it is based on Biblical Judeo-Christian principles and he believes the Bible to be corrupt.
* Actually, the Constitution is based on Greek and Roman pagan principles, which also influenced Christianity.
Philosophically, no, because Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran do not allow freedom of religion and expression.
* According to Islam, freedom of expression is a basic human right. The person (uneducated evangelical war-mongering Bush supporter) who wrote this is obviously not educated in global art history.
Spiritually, no, because when we declare "one nation under God," the Christian's God is loving and kind, while Allah is NEVER referred to as our heavenly father, nor is he ever called love in the Quran's 99 excellent names. Democracy and Islam cannot co - exist. Every Muslim government is either dictatorial or autocratic.
* Well, first of all, I consider the whole “one nation under God” phrase an illegal invasion on my rights. This unconstitutional phrase from the pledge of allegiance was slipped in there in 1954 by Congress at the influence of President Eisenhower (another war-monger) to rally up support and retort to Communist allegations that America wasn’t a united nation in all matters.
* As for all Muslim countries being dictatorships, this is again an untrue statement. Algeria, Indonesia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Turkey are just some of the many Democratic nations where Islam is the predominant religion. Moreover, the non-Democratic Muslim governments that are oppressive towards their people are the ones George W. Bush and America are allies with. Saudi Arabia, a nation with WMD, is the biggest supporter of world terrorism (15 of the 9/11 hijackers originated from there), yet Bush holds hands with their leader, yet we invaded Iraq (a secularized nation with no world terrorism links and no WMD.)
Therefore, after much study and deliberation....perhaps we should be very suspicious of ALL MUSLIMS in this country, even though our laws allow all religions to be freely practiced. They obviously cannot be both good Muslims and good Americans. Call it what you wish...it's still the truth.
If you find yourself intellectually in agreement with the above, perhaps you will share this with your friends. Some believe the more who understand this, the better it will be for our country. Others believe that recognition of these facts will only hasten an unwanted religious war.
In any case, you may wish to pass it on Fellow Americans......The possibility of a religious war may be bigger than we know.
* This person obviously didn’t give it enough study and deliberation to make so many untrue statements. Actually, there is no possible way of having “intellectual” agreement with such nonsense. Furthermore, their suggestion of war leads us to believe they either have stock in military weapons or stock in the apocalypse myth.
Don’t stand for this kind of un-American hate. There is no reason to go to war, (unless you own stock in Halliburton or Exxon Mobile.) But really, if you think there are good reasons to go to war over religion, then maybe it’s time you re-evaluate your beliefs.
Monday, March 06, 2006
THREATS, DISCRIMINATION, AND MANIPULATION; ALL TOGETHER NOW
Discrimination: Today the Supreme Court decided that it's all right for the military to recruit from college campus' even though most universities object to the Pentagon's discrimatory policy on gays. The Threat: If colleges don't subject to this new law, then they will lose federal funding.
Now recruiters will be able to solicit their views on colleges even though this may result in conflicts. But wait, this doesn't even compare to the manipulation that's already been occurring in our nation:
Recruiting is now allowed in public schools thanks to an amendment rider in the No Child Left Behind Act. They really meant it when they wouldn't leave any children behind. The above poster is something I found posted all over the walls of a local high school. The U.S. government is trying to manipulate adolescents (in lower economic areas) to think that war is good and justified and that the military is the only way out of their problems. They've even resorted to giving out free "prizes." Perhaps they should just start tagging them in elementary school.
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