Obama Lectures America Over Ground Zero Mosque Plans (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, August 14, 2010, 8:21 AM
Here’s the video of President Barack Obama hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan in the State Dining Room. Obama repeated his crackpot claim that Islam has always been a part of America.
He lectures America over the Ground Zero Victory Mosque.
Here’s a list of attendees at this year’s Iftar Dinner.
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plainslow commented:
What was his (Obama’s) stance on the Dubai attempt at running American ports?
Spec Tater commented:
ramadan I wish some would ram a dam a scud missle up his HELLO
Andrew commented:
Colored my shocked /s
This arrogant ass needs to be impeached.
Jesus said commented:
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Granny commented:
Anybody happen to notice that The Won hosted his Iftar dinner on the first Friday of Ramadan?
Robert commented:
Islam includes, as a basic component, a totalitarian political ideology.
Everywhere Islam gains influence, this totalitarianism is held
in check with great difficulty and high potential for violence.
aprilnovember811 commented:
The economic, and emotional terror this guy is putting on this country could have been stopped before it started. Congress, Supreme Court, States Attorneys, were pc, and cowards. They never confirmed his eligibility.
He’s a Kenyan born Muslim, working for the Muslim Brotherhood, and Weathermen. He’s infiltrated the government to destroy us. Planes flew into buildings but too many useful idiots didn’t want to be called racist. Where is our military? Oh that’s right following the enemy.
Robert commented:
Islam is totalitarian.
Callipygian1 commented:
Why doesn’t someone ask him to state some of the myriad contributions islam has made to American society.
Anyone?
Crickets……
Fionnagh commented:
With respect, how could the 9/11 families be “shocked?” How could anyone, at this point, be “shocked” by ANYTHING this pretender does or says?
Serge commented:
Obama’s claim that Islam has always been part of America is correct! In fact, Islam is the reason why rhe US has the strongest navy in the world. In the 16 and 1600′s Islamic pirates frequented shipping lanes to Europe causing big headaches for the US. We actually paid the Islamic pirates off to keep the peace because Europe did not want to protect the shipping lanes as a result in the 1800′s the US started building up their navy to protect the viral shipping lanes. Islam indeed!
No Man commented:
Obama hates you.
Melvin Winter commented:
Metaphor: Obama Supports Building of Virus Monument Near Site of First Zombie Outbreak http://optoons.blogspot.com/2010/08/obama-supports-building-of-virus.html
Lt T26 commented:
Man…he just WANTS to lose, d’ya think?
Marybel commented:
April, unfortunately I think you’re closer to the truth than most people want to acknowledge.
Pam commented:
He is so clueless! He is truly the first “post American” president!
Ruby Tuesday commented:
He’s doing his part, as a good Muslim, to hasten the Mahdi’s arrival. Thank you, 52ers.
Greg commented:
Obama really does not believe in what He is reading…. Some sharp writer/researcher should map out how a message gets developed for Obama. From inception, approval, review and delivery to the teleprompter. Would make a great basis for a reality series or even a comedy
LL commented:
I believe that barack hussein obama is the first US President to celebrate Ramadan. Then again, as the first Muslim president, he may feel it’s a duty to his faith.
I wonder if he’ll be there to help dedicate the 9/11 Mosque which will serve as a monument to the great Islamic victory in New York?
Bobbi commented:
Obama claims that Islam is a part of this country, because Thomas Jefferson hosted the Ambassador of Tunisia on Iftar and altered the time of the dinner to correspond to Muslim culture.
Jefferson had a Koran and taught himself
Arabic. As President, he refused to pay he huge tax that the Muslims required in order to sail the seas. Since we were no longer protected by Great Britain, we had to create a strong naval presence. Jefferson kept the Koran as a reminder of what the Algerian Ambassador had told him and John Quincy Adams in Paris. And that was that Muslims would kill the infidels, simply because they did not convert. Before Jefferson, we were a “dhimmi” nation paying Muslims for the privilege of sailing the open seas without being attacked by the Barbary Pirates (Muslims).
Steve commented:
Right-wingers are losing their minds. GW hosted Iftar dinners, too.
Please keep in mind that we’re not at war with a religion, but rather radical terrorists.
Also keep in mind that not long ago a Christian man lied to start a war in Iraq and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people in the process, as well as instituted a torture program. Should we stop building Christian churches now?
TheScribbler commented:
The thing that bothers me most is that Obama continues to alienate people (voters) on a daily basis. Something big is coming folks, he’s not worried about being a one term president? He doesn’t care about being called the worst president ever? With his huge ego, please. What they are doing is trying to cause a war amongst the races so that he can take over complete control of the US, calling martial law, calling for no elections, etc. They are so blatant that they put it out in everyone’s face but no one seems to think that it could ever happen. Well…it can, and it will if we continue to allow this clown to have ANY say in anything. Time to start calling for his resignation, if that doesn’t work he needs to be arrested and put up for charges of treason.
bg commented:
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i will just copy & paste the #’s of my posts in the previous
thread responses, as they have not changed one iota..
please check the following posts,
as well as others out, thank you..
bg: #34/38/41/52/70 & re-posting #71 for now..
answer to these Muslims Obama..
We Muslims know the Ground Zero mosque is
meant to be a deliberate provocation 8/09/10
By Raheel Raza and Tarek Fatah
[So what gives Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf of the "Cordoba Initiative"
and his cohorts the misplaced idea that they will increase tolerance
for Muslims by brazenly displaying their own intolerance in this
case?
Do they not understand that building a mosque at Ground Zero is equivalent to permitting a Serbian Orthodox church near the killing fields of Srebrenica where 8,000 Muslim men and boys were slaughtered?
[..]
If Rauf is serious about building bridges, then he could have dedicated space in this so-called community centre to a church and synagogue, but he did not. We passed on this message to him through a mutual Saudi friend, but received no answer. He could have proposed a memorial to the 9/11 dead with a denouncement of the doctrine of armed jihad, but he chose not to.
It’s a repugnant thought that $100 million would be brought into the United States rather than be directed at dying and needy Muslims in Darfur or Pakistan.
[..]
As for those teary-eyed, bleeding-heart liberals such as New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and much of the media, who are blind to the Islamist agenda in North America, we understand their goodwill.
Unfortunately for us, their stand is based on ignorance and guilt, and they will never in their lives have to face the tyranny of Islamism that targets, kills and maims Muslims worldwide, and is using liberalism itself to destroy liberal secular democratic societies from within.]
RTWT!!
much more in here & here & here (as well as
elsewhere, or you can do your own research)..
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Corporal Vere commented:
I hope as many as possible will join us at the SOIA memorial/protest at 2PM on September 11, 2010, exactly nine yeears from the massacres.
This year was to my first September 11 not “there” because the company moved to a midtown target.
It didn;’t think itt was possible. It’s even sadder because we have to face this threat.
But face it we will.
I’m pulling out Gandhi’s nonviolent warfare “book.”
Robert commented:
Steve #23
“Please keep in mind that we’re not at war with a religion, but rather radical terrorists.”
Since you are so reasonable, would you explain the difference between Islam and terrorists, and how the one is not connected to the other?
And please, in your explanation, include a counter to the fact that the terrorists are rigorously based in Islamic teachings, each and every terrorist action receives approval from a moslem cleric, and none of their actions are ever denounced in Islamic terms, but only in some mealy-mouthed terms of Western equivalence.
And finally, would you please counter my comment #6?
cg6380 commented:
Every day since 11/4/08 qualifies as a date which lives in infamy for Americans. It’s as if WTF moments were decreed SOP.
d_fitz commented:
I think I am going to go to the range tomorrow and burn off some of my pent up rage.
Just_Saying commented:
Check out the names of attendees. Amazing how many muslims in the administration and diplomatic corps. We are being taken over!
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StrngernFiction commented:
“John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith.” – Barack Obama
Of course his ‘rat sidekick Stephanopoulis corrected him, which is important to note. It took someone correcting him, and notice the pause before he says “my Christian faith.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGdkqfBICw
Nalora commented:
Did he ever make a statement like this about the cross in the Mojave Desert? What respect was he showing by having the name of Jesus covered at Georgetown University?
bg commented:
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Steve @ 9:04 am #23
re: [Right-wingers are losing their
minds. GW hosted Iftar dinners, too.]
yes, Bush did hold “for Muslims only” Iftar dinners, he did not however..
CANCEL THE TRADITIONAL NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER (which
honors all faiths, including Islam) @ THE WHITE HOUSE 2 YEARS
IN A ROW..
re: [Please keep in mind that we’re not at war
with a religion, but rather radical terrorists.]
wrong.. “IT’S THE IDEOLOGY” (stupid)..
[Abdul-Malik also makes no bones about discussing how the election of President Obama is a step forward in the project of Islamization and the long term goal of Islamist domination which falls right in lock-step with
that of the Muslim Brotherhood as revealed in their manifesto.
[..]
“…even under the pressures that you and I know about, the deen of Islam is growing because people see even within all of this struggle it is better to be a Muslim under these conditions than to be a kaffir under any conditions… before Allah closes our eyes for the last time you will see Islam move from being the second largest religion in America-that’s where we are now- to being the first religion in America.”]
as for the rest of your gibberish, it’s
your opinion & you’re entitled to it..
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StrngernFiction commented:
You’re right Steve, we are not fighting a “war with a religion,” we are fighting a war [against] a cult.
If Islam is a “religion of peace,” perhaps Steve or some other troll can tell us which religions are NOT religions of peace?
Chisum commented:
Steve @ #23,
Who lied? You leftists still parroting that tired canard.
GWB, WMD’s, the MSM and BHO
http://pajamasmedia.com/eddriscoll/2010/04/05/gwb-wmds-the-msm-and-bho/
Satellite Photos Support Testimony That Iraqi WMD Went to Syria
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/satellite-photos-support-testimony-that-iraqi-wmd-went-to-syria/
Slappy commented:
Steve
August 14th, 2010 | 9:04 am | #23
Also keep in mind that not long ago a Christian man lied to start a war in Iraq and killed hundreds of thousands of innocent people in the process, as well as instituted a torture program. Should we stop building Christian churches now?
Talking to a Lefty really is like talking to a child, isn’t it? The irony is that they continue to accuse Bush of lying, which requires them to continually lie in the process.
Steve, it is instructive how you need to resort to a tiresome lie put forth by the Left that Bush lied about Iraq’s WMD programs while leaving out the claims made by various other Christians of both political parties, including Bush’s predecessor, that were identical to Bush’s. Gee, I wonder why you didn’t call Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and other Democrats liars, too? Or are you claiming that all of Iraq’s WMD stockpiles were accounted for and WMD programs were openly revealed to the international community at the time the Iraq war started in March 2003? Even more instructive is how you focus on the supposed lies of the Christian former President instead of the Arab Muslim Saddam Hussein, whose lies about his country’s WMD programs were the impetus behind the Iraq war. I guess, like many on the Left, we see where your loyalties lie. Time and time again you’ll overtly — or at least tacitly — support enemies of the U.S. over your fellow Americans who are conservative in ideology.
One thing about many on the Left that we can always count on is their intellectual dishonesty, that’s for sure.
sandy commented:
Bush held Iftar Dinners too. But there isn’t anyone in this country who ever thought that Bush was anything but a good American. With Obama when Americans are questioning your own place of birth you don’t celebrate Ramadan. But then you don’t bow to Muslim Leaders or send the Iman who wants this Mosque at ground zero to the Middle East on our dime. Without any skin in the game you don’t tell NYers that the placement of this Mosque is a good thing.
Most of all you don’t send our soldiers to fight and die against the very people you wine and dine.
bg commented:
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Bobbi @9:01 am #22
allow me to add a bit of “context” to that statement..
via bg #39:
Barbary Pirates and Wars: A Timeline (1625-1815)
[From the time of the founding of the American Republic in 1776 to the final Barbary war in 1815, the United States contended with piracy and privateering conducted by the four so-called Barbary powers of North Africa--Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, Morocco. "These petty Mahometan despots," in the words of the historian Henry Adams, extracted millions of dollars in tribute from the United States (and European powers) even as they held hundreds of Americans hostage, enslaving many, killing some, and releasing others. The Barbary pirates were, in fact, privateers, sponsored by their despots with the blessing of the Ottoman Empire, itself the beneficiary of handsome tributes from the Barbary powers.]
[disclaimer: new source for me, ergo, haven't
had time to verify all facts contained within..]
Thomas Jefferson and the Barbary Pirates
America and the Barbary Pirates:
An International Battle Against an Unconventional Foe
[Pirate ships and crews from the North African states of Tripoli, Tunis, Morocco, and Algiers (the Barbary Coast) were the scourge of the Mediterranean. Capturing merchant ships and holding their crews for ransom provided the rulers of these nations with wealth and naval power. In fact, the Roman Catholic Religious Order of Mathurins had operated from France for centuries with the special mission of collecting and disbursing funds for the relief and ransom of prisoners of Mediterranean pirates.]
What Thomas Jefferson learned
from the Muslim book of jihad
[Ellison's use of Jefferson's Quran as a prop illuminates a subject once well-known in the history of the United States, but, which today, is mostly forgotten - the Muslim pirate slavers who over many centuries enslaved millions of Africans and tens of thousands of Christian Europeans and Americans in the Islamic "Barbary" states.]
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Slappy commented:
Steve
August 14th, 2010 | 9:04 am | #23
Right-wingers are losing their minds. GW hosted Iftar dinners, too.
Whether GW also hosted Iftar dinners or not, the vast majority of the country never doubted GW’s loyalty to the country or his Christian bonafides, like many of us do regarding the clown in the Oval Office right now. Plus, Bush never stood up at one of these dinners and expressed support for the building of a mosque at the precise location where a building was actually damaged by the 9/11 attacks.
Does anyone doubt anymore based on Obama’s actions since taking office that he is a stronger supporter of Islam than he is the other religions? Would anyone be surprised to find out that he considers himself a Muslim first and foremost? He obviously doesn’t care too much for the traditions and institutions of the country he was elected to lead, as more times than not the only thing he can be counted on is to support policies that go against the beliefs and desires of the vast majority of Americans.
Ben Barrack commented:
“The anger is real; it is powerful and to simply wish it away. To condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm that exists between the races.”
– Barack Obama, March 18th, 2008 in speech on race / Jeremiah Wright.
For some inexplicable reason, that came to mind.
OxyCon commented:
Why is it that whenever it comes to taking sides, Obama always takes the anti-Anglo side?
Mick commented:
When he goes to a University chapel to speak, he has the Christian symbols covered up with a black drape. He chooses not to celebrate Christmas, or call any special attention to it. The bible is used in a disparaging comment about Pennsylvanians who cling to guns. Yet, Obysmal gets all giddy about Ramadan and wishing joy on all faithful muslims throughout the world, using all the Islamic lingo and word/names. Yet, he shows nothing closely resembling this when it comes to his own “supposed” Christian faith. The man is an out-and-out fraud. I think the Muslim word for such intentional deceit is “Taqiyya.”
dallasdan commented:
BO cancelled the national day of prayer meeting at the white house, but he hosted a dinner to honor/celebrate Ramadan. This guy is a certifiable POS.
Stanley commented:
Ben BarrackNo Gravatar
August 14th, 2010 | 10:17 am | #41
“The anger is real; it is powerful and to simply wish it away. To condemn it without understanding its roots, only serves to widen the chasm that exists between the races.”
– Barack Obama, March 18th, 2008 in speech on race / Jeremiah Wright.
For some inexplicable reason, that came to mind.
I have this uncontrollable anger? It sneaks up me.
The good doctor says, if you can not control it, it is not you.
Bars and concrete are not the only prisons I see.
Jesus said, I have come to set the captives free.
Joanne commented:
OBAMA – ONE BIG *SS MISTAKE AMERICA!!!
If the election doesn’t go as well as Republicans hope in November, I sure hope Americans have a Plan B.
kate commented:
I’ll bet Kristin Breitweiser voted for him.
bg commented:
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Just_Saying @ 9:21 am #31
re: [how many muslims in the administration and diplomatic corps]
“You ain’t seen nothin’ yet!” B Hussein O
eh, BJ Clinton may have been the first “Black” president, but i’m the first “Muslim” president (thank Allah i’m half white or i’d not only be bowing to the SA et al Kings, but serving as their teabag receptacle).. peace be upon MO.. and let me make myself perfectly clear, you shall never forget who or what killed the American Dream on 9/11.. /Oxecutive Oder/
just a sample:
Inside Our Government, Armed With Our Secrets
From Influence to Insurrection
Terror czar deserves honorary membership in the Muslim Brotherhood
[PHOENIX (February 18, 2010) -The American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) is decrying remarks made by the nation's leading terrorism advisor to President Obama, John Brennan at the recent White House Office of Public Engagement's, "Dialogue on our Nations Security" at NYU on February 13, 2010. Brennan's comments demonstrate extreme negligence and a complete lack of understanding
of the complexities of political Islam and the agenda of the Muslim Brotherhood. AIFD is horrified that the nation's leading expert on counterterrorism would allow himself to become a shill for the very political movement (Islamism) which ultimately fuels the radicals from which he is expected to protect the United States.
Defeating the ideology of Political Islam (Islamism) needs to be the focal point of the United States efforts at ending Islamist extremism. Yet again we see a highly placed government official unable to identify and discuss the root of the threat. Brennan was more focused, if not obsessed, on appealing to the narrative of victimology that is being perpetuated by well-funded Islamists in the American Muslim communities. His inability to even mention the words "political Islam" speaks volumes on the administrations capability to confront the radicals the United States is increasingly facing.]
much more here & here..
he told US:
“i will stand with the Muslims should the
political winds shift in an ugly direction”..
what he didn’t tell US:
“i will be the Muslim causing the political
winds winds to shift in an ugly direction”..
bottom line: Obama is not “building bridges” he
is tearing the few we’ve managed to erect down..
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aro5o75 commented:
Steve #23,
You’re a putz.
Stuart commented:
Who was the Supreme Court Justice that said he did not quite know how to define obscenity but knew it when he saw it?
Well, I can’t quite define Obama’s snotty little speech but….
Joanne commented:
When Christ returns, does anyone actually believe He is going to tolerate other religions, and everyone will be allowed to follow false Gods. No knee will bow to Satan in God’s Kingdom. The founding fathers of America were Christians, and I somehow doubt they were speaking about tolerance for a false God and a mass-murdering prophet of Jews and Christians. God gives everyone the right to choose their own beliefs, but on Judgment Day, if you do not belong to God Almighty, you will die….there are no if’s or maybe’s.
Obama is entertaining muslims in the Whitehouse on the taxpayer’s dime, and this should give cause for great concern.
bg commented:
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sandy @9:57 am #38
re: [Most of all you don’t send our soldiers to fight
and die against the very people you wine and dine.]
well for the most-part that is a very true statement.. however, and most unfortunately for US, sorry to point out the fact that there are those that have, do, and will..
["While brave young Virginia men and women are risking their lives to fight terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan, Connolly, Moran and Kaine are yucking it up with them and slapping each other on the back over at the Marriott,"
He noted that the three politicians' campaign war chests are
heavily funded by radical Islamists who support the mosque.
[..]
“Look at their Federal Election Commission reports,” Lafferty said. “These spineless politicians are owned and operated by the radical Islamists and their sinister front groups.”
Indeed, according to the book, “Muslim Mafia,” Connolly and Moran have received thousands of dollars in donations from several Virginia Islamists under federal investigation for financing terrorism. In addition, the book reveals, Connolly received an $18,758 windfall from the Saudi government’s U.S. public relations firm while fighting to keep open a Saudi-owned madrassa in Northern Virginia also tied to terrorism.
Dar Al-Hijrah hosted at least two of the 9/11 terrorists who attacked the Pentagon, as well as the Fort Hood terrorist and an al-Qaida sleeper agent convicted of plotting to assassinate President Bush. Ahmed Omar Abu Ali graduated valedictorian from the Saudi madrassa – Islamic Saudi Academy – in Alexandria, Va.
Lafferty says the mosque “has been directed by a string of radical imams, including former imam Anwar al-Awlaki, who has since been identified
as a commander in al-Qaida” and is wanted in connection with the Christmas Day airliner attack.]
btw, that’s just a sample, also just
scratches the surface so to speak..
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Kevin P commented:
“… Obama hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan in the State Dining Room.”
Ummmm – did I miss the Christmas dinner, the Easter dinner, the Passover dinner or the Yom Kipur dinner hosted by Obama. Surely – I must have just missed them…
Joanne commented:
Steve you are ignorant of Islam – there are no moderate muslims, unless they are not practicing muslims.
You should know that Bush did not go into Iraq for the sole purpose that Iraq possessed WMD; if you do not know this, then educate yourself. There is video footage of Russian trucks moving secret items out of Iraq into Syria close to the time of Iraqi Freedom’s start. With Russia helping out Iran’s nuclear program and thumbing their nose at America, it shouldn’t be too hard for you to fathom what Russia will do for another nation who is against America and what was being transported out with these trucks.
Rock commented:
Using the Lefts reasoning, a Mosque on every block in every town is supported by Freedom of Religion. I suppose moderation in any freedom is a concept that they fail to accept, except when applied to those who disagree. These Socialist, Communist, (pick your ideology) traitorous scum seek to use our Freedoms against us. The recent release of the names of Democraps who belong to the Democratic Socialist Party is a look at the infestation of this Nation by those who wish her harm. Media, education, unions, and the likes of ACORN and others all suffer from these trash thinking subversives.
Subadar Lal Kukhri commented:
Steve is not ignorant.
Steve is the enemy.
Chisum commented:
Do not miss the pics!
Holy Moses, It’s Rama-dama-ding-dong Time
http://www.michellesmirror.com/2010/08/holy-moses-its-rama-dama-ding-dong-time.html
Stanley commented:
News break
Terrorists hijacked by Islam.
sandy commented:
bg — It seems to me that when you’re at war with Muslim terrorists you don’t go out of your way to be touchy/feely to people who might have ties to all this.
We put our soldiers in harms way and they need to know that the President is on their side and the side of the American people. Obama always likes to play both ends against the middle and then lecture the rest of us for not going along with the program.
If Obama wants to play — kiss the Muslim butt then its time to bring our soldiers home.
sandy commented:
Did Obama also have a party to celebrate Easter? What about that easter egg hunt on the White House lawn?
Its change baby — don’t fight it just lie back and think of England.
DocScience commented:
Remember, this is a man who said that one of the most beautiful sounds on Earth was the Moslem call to prayer.
He spent a significant portion of his youth as a Moslem.
Andreas K. commented:
Steve this is just for you:
ISLAMIC SCHOLARS CLAIM: Islamic law is perfect, universal and eternal. The laws of the United States are temporary, limited and will pass. It is the duty of every Muslim to obey the laws of Allah, the Sharia.
SHARIA: Sharia is based on the principles found in the Koran and other Islamic religious/political texts. There are no common principles between American law and Sharia.
Under Sharia law:
· There is no freedom of religion
· There is no freedom of speech
· There is no freedom of thought
· There is no freedom of artistic expression
· There is no freedom of the press
· There is no equality of peoples-a non-Muslim, a Kafir, is never equal to a Muslim
· There are no equal rights for women
· Women can be beaten
· A non-Muslim cannot bear arms
· There is no equal protection under Sharia for different classes of people. Justice is dualistic, with one set of laws for Muslim males and different laws for women and non-Muslims.
· Our Constitution is a man-made document of ignorance, jahiliyah, that must submit to Sharia
· There is no democracy, since that means that a non-Muslim is equal to a Muslim
· Non-Muslims are dhimmis, third-class citizens
· There is no Golden Rule
· There is no critical thought
· All governments must be ruled by Sharia law
Unlike common law, Sharia is not interpretive, nor can it be changed.
Sharia is an integral part of islam.
And yes, we are at war with the ideology called islam, just like the free world once was at war with the ideology called national socialism.
Hank commented:
President Obama’s speech on the occasion of the Ramadan dinner in the White House presents difficulties that are becoming his trademark. Why does he find it necessary to be an apologist for Islam? He started it in his speech in Cairo a couple of years back, which also had elements that were downright creepy. Now he justifies the building of a mosque at Ground Zero because Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else. This is obviously true, but a mosque in this site of mass murder committed by Muslims is not about freedom of worship, it is a statement of supremacy and conquest. Non-Muslims are not allowed any place of worship in Saudi Arabia, they cannot even approach within miles of the cities of Medina and Mecca. Imagine the outcry if Muslims were prevented entering, say, St. Peter’s or Westminster Abbey. Yet Obama makes no mention of reciprocity, he passes over the insult and the abuse. Besides, there are plenty of instances when people do have a legal right for something but not the moral right to proceed, so that it is wise to abstain. If this mosque goes ahead, it will prove a constant source of division.
Obama also says in this speech that al-Qaeda’s cause is not Islam –“it is a gross distortion of Islam.” Why this defensiveness? There are plenty of passages in the Koran and the Hadith which al-Qaeda can and does quote to give them religious justification for their violence. What Obama calls terror they consider faith, and this can’t be glossed over by the weasel word “distortion.” And he goes on that Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity. Try telling that to those condemned to death for converting to some other faith. Just as strange, he says that Islam has always been part of America — a line he used before, for instance in the Cairo speech. The evidence he gives for this is that Jefferson received the Tunisian ambassador of his day. That makes Islam part of America?
Finally he admits we are in a fight and the reason we’ll win “is not simply the strength of our arms — it is the strength of our values. The democracy we uphold.” This in the week he’s just been rejoicing about imminently in Cairo removing the strength of arms from Iraq, with Afghanistan to follow as soon as possible. Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Iranians going nuclear — and we are to meet them with approval for a mosque at Ground Zero and babbling about upholding democracy? This speech sent a shiver of fear down my spine.
Hank commented:
The Post-American Presidency: The Obama Administration’s War on America
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjS0Novt3X4&feature=player_embedded
Colo Kid commented:
A mosque on Ground Zero? Why are you so surprised? They built a mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem for the same reason they are building one at Ground Zero in New York –to stick a finger in the eye of the American people. Look at that filthy Mosque of Omar dome in Jerusalem and remind ourselves that the scummy muslims kept the Jewish people from their Temple Mount for 1500 years. And the muslims are still destroying parts of the Temple Mount to erase signs of Jewish history. The muslim hatred is surpassed only by our stupidity.
jorgen commented:
“Why doesn’t someone ask him to state some of the myriad contributions islam has made to American society.”
Looks like Islam gave the American society Obama.
Stanley commented:
Looks like Islam gave the American society Obama
Yes, as in days of Eden. Ole Lucifer, the counterfeit spirit.
bg commented:
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Andreas K. @ 1:13 pm #64
re: [And yes, we are at war with the ideology called islam, just like the
free world once was at war with the ideology called national socialism.]
was??
hmmm, could swear i’ve been informing everyone (and their
shadow) that they’ve joined forces for months, nay, years now..
just a sample:
old allies
old forces
Utopianism
new allies
new forces
Marxism and Islam
[Diverse forms of Marxism agree that social ills result from oppression
of the poor by the wealthy (class conflict) but differ on strategies to overcome poverty and establish social harmony. Marxism is also associated with atheism, based on Karl Marx 's view that religion is used by rulers to legitimate the status quo, causing many Muslims to reject Marxism. But due to the affinity between Marxist and Islamic ideals of social justice, some Muslims adopted various forms of Marxism from the 1940s, reaching peak popularity in the 1960s and 1970s. Their analyses often ignored materialism and atheism, rejecting the idealist view that religion is independent of historical conditions and holding instead that many of its manifestations are related to the societies in which it operates. Islam in this view ideally meets the needs of society and can both accommodate and guide social change.]
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Bunni commented:
Anyone who believes this jerk when he says he’s a Christian must be brain dead.
This proves he’s a muslim, and I sure hope this latest outrage makes America wake up to that fact. He is insane if he thinks that his endorsing the Ground Zero mosque will endear him to anyone but jihadists.
Everyday I get more disgusted with this POS POTUS.
bg commented:
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sigh.. i must have posted 100′s of links connecting Obama to Islam.. yet
i always find myself being drawn back to the following article, of which,
imho, epitomizes the true essence of Barack Obama’s seemingly soulless existence..
Warlord Obama Walking the Plank to a Dhimmi Nation
[Obama's leniency toward Islam provokes the question of whose and what interests he is really standing for. The man with the name Barack Hussein Obama apologizes for America to Muslim nations while he endorses Islam in America. The socialist plans he has proposed and enacted will force Americans into feudal serfdom, ending the liberty and freedom we cherish today.
With Communism riding the backs of liberal Democrats, and Islamists riding the backs of both, Obama's plans are not just socialist. They form a framework for generations of "dhimmitude," a class status forced upon non-Muslims by coercion and constant fear of reprisal as a result of cowardice, vulnerability, bribery and extortion, while paying "jizya"taxes for the "right" to live as second class citizens. Obama's controversial plans and the resulting taxes are effectively dhimmitude and jizya in accordance to Islamic doctrine-to control dhimmis until they embrace Islam completely.]
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bg commented:
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as far as Obama et al are concerned, it’s our turn, oh wait, it’s their time..
bottom line: Islam has absolutely nothing to lose, they don’t have to worry about recruits or drafts, they have ample brainwashed volunteers.. albeit most have no more of a choice today than they’ve had over centuries past..
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Truth Teller commented:
Time to throw this traitorous idiot out on his bony can…
Why do we put up with this? Maybe 1,000 of them in DC and 300 million of us? What the hell are we afraid of?
Rock commented:
The sad truth is, with the exception of those serving or who have, the Tea Party members that have become involved and vocal, and a few in DC, America is populated by far to many who are so self involved and clueless to the threat at their door that they cannot conceive the future they face. A nagging anger I harbor for the so called silent majority, is while so many served and sacrificed for this Nation they sat on their thumbs living grand, keeping up with the Jone’s and failing at their most civic duties. The threats that surround us today where taught when I was in school and reinforced in my training while in service, 60 years later its like no one has ever heard of this, or are inclined to pass it off as foolish conspiracy talk. The plain truth is this President dishonors the sacrifices of every one who has risked all in her service as do the poor fools who are to lazy to learn and become involved. As for those here (trolls excluded), thanks for your efforts and concerns. it is the opinions here that might wake more people up.
John Galt commented:
Well said Bunni
AuntieMadder commented:
In addition to the many responses to Steve regarding GWB, WMD and Iraq, I just want to point out that the US didn’t invade Iraq in the name of Christianity or for Christianity, Christ, or God. The US invaded Iraq as a nation – the USA – for reasons of national security as well as global security since the nuking of any nation by Iraq or any other would have global repurcussions.
AuntieMadder commented:
cg6380
August 14th, 2010 | 9:20 am | #29
Every day since 11/4/08 qualifies as a date which lives in infamy for Americans. It’s as if WTF moments were decreed SOP.
Ain’t that the truth?!