General David Petraeus– the top commander of American military forces in Afghanistan– has a message for the good Christians of Dove World Church who plan to hold a Quran burning rally September 11th, 2010: Don’t do it. Petraeus said the Taliban would exploit the demonstration for propaganda purposes, drumming up anger toward the U.S. and making [...]
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Think Progress makes the case in the affirmative: Newsweek reveals the most concrete evidence yet that this campaign is serving to bolster support for Islamic radicalism abroad. In an interview with the magazine, a Taliban operative going by the name Zabihullah said that, by “preventing this mosque from being built, America is doing us a [...]
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“I can’t spend all of my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead,” Indeed. Thank you Mr. President. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
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And it’s about time too. Via Brown Man Thinking Hard: August 17, 2010 Dear Republican Colleague: We are writing to you today as loyal Americans who are active members of the Republican Party. We also happen to be proud of our Arab American and Muslim American contributions to the Republican Party. We are deeply concerned [...]
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Take a look at this list– compiled by conservative blogger John Hawkins– of the 25 worst figures in American history: 23) Saul Alinsky 23) Bill Clinton 23) Hillary Clinton 19) Michael Moore 19) George Soros (8) 19) Alger Hiss (8) 19) Al Sharpton (8) 13) Al Gore (9) 13) Noam Chomsky (9) 13) Richard Nixon (9) [...]
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“An enormously complex and emotional issue — but ultimately the right thing to do. A president is president for every citizen, including every Muslim citizen. Obama is correct that the way to marginalize radicalism is to respect the best traditions of Islam and protect the religious liberty of Muslim Americans. It is radicals who imagine [...]
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It’s remarkable that people who invoke the Founders so regularly and in such tones of devotion could be utterly deaf to the Founders’ concern to ensure freedom for mistrusted minority religions. They might start by reading George Washington’s once-famous letter to the Newport synagogue, paying special attention to this sentence: “It is now no more [...]
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I suppose this was inevitable. Mark Williams– author of the super offensive, incredibly racist letter to Abraham Lincoln mocking NAACP chairman Benjamin Jealous, and all black people– has resurfaced. Williams, former leader of the Tea Party Express, apparently is feeling like his level of contrition (as if he ever truly exhibited any for his ignorance) [...]
…Yet the country passed the old white/black divide years ago. We are a racially diverse society of Asians, blacks, Hispanics, whites, and mixtures of all that and more. In a world of conservative Cubans and liberal whites, race is no longer necessarily a guide to politics… America has largely moved beyond race. Tragically, our president [...]
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