From the Dept. of Circular Reasoning
Pat Sajak ·
Mar 10, 2011 at 11:36am
Congressional hearings on homegrown terrorism led by New York Republican Peter King have been criticized for allegedly stigmatizing American Muslims. Now, from the top Democrat on the committee, Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, comes this objection: "I cannot help but wonder how propaganda about this hearing's focus on the American Muslim Community will be used by those who seek to inspire a new generation of suicide bombers." Talk about stigmatizing!
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May '10
Re: From the Dept. of Circular Reasoning
Don't accuse them of plotting to kill you, or you might incite them to kill you!
Dec '10
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And in the streets of London, real protestors carried real signs reading "BEHEAD THOSE WHO INSULT ISLAM." I wonder if pointing out that Islam inspires some of its followers to behead people is considered an insult.
May '10
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Stuart Creque
And in the streets of London, real protestors carried real signs reading "BEHEAD THOSE WHO INSULT ISLAM." I wonder if pointing out that Islam inspires some of its followers to behead people is considered an insult. · Mar 10 at 11:57am
Maybe they have a point. People who normally would not insult Islam might be inspired to do so after reading one of those despicable signs.
Jun '10
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Imam Rauf essentially said the same thing the other day. If I was a conspiracy theorist, I'd be inclined to think that Rauf's and Thompson's remarks were coordinated - but perhaps Thompson was simply inspired by this "most moderate' imam who has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
The remark should be taken for what it is, a threat. From the mouth of a naive Democratic congressman perhaps not. From an imam with ties to the Brotherhood, an organization that has and continues to sponsor terror...what do you think?
Oct '10
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We're not known for the quality of the politicians we elect to office. Or are we?
Edited on Mar 10, 2011 at 12:05pmSep '10
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Yes, nothing like a Democrat labelling them the nitrogylcerine religion - one harsh word and ka-boom. Please handle with CAIR.
Dec '10
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Matthew Osborn: We're not known for the quality of the politicians we elect to office. Or are we? · Mar 10 at 12:04pm
Edited on Mar 10 at 12:05 pm
Based on Keith Ellison's Oscar winning performance at today's hearing, I'd say that's an understatement...
Dec '10
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A logical deduction ensuing naturally from the soft bigotry of low expectations of the self-appointed leftist ruling class.
The riotous Mohammedans have no power over their own behavior, but with the proper inducements and pacifist promises from top down, like patting an infant on the head, they can be kept under control.
These leftist authoritarians, so self-unaware of their misplaced confidence to win and influence false friends, and so blind of their own ignorance of the enemy they try not to see.
Jun '10
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Charles Gordon: A logical deduction ensuing naturally from the soft bigotry of low expectations of the self-appointed leftist ruling class.
The riotous Mohammedans have no power over their own behavior, but with the proper inducements and pacifist promises from top down, like patting an infant on the head, they can be kept under control. · Mar 10 at 12:37pm
Perhaps, this lack of power over their own behavior also explains why women are required to wear burkhas in some Muslim countries...because Muslim men can't seem to control their...uh...natural urges if they see an attractive woman in a short skirt or wearing make-up...and why women who are rape victims are put to death in honor killings - because somehow their rape was a shame visited upon the husband or father. Don't look for logic...just look out.
Jul '10
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"I cannot help but wonder how propaganda about Gov. Walker's focus on collective bargaining rights will be used by those who seek to inspire a new generation of public worker unions."
Dec '10
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"I cannot help but wonder how propaganda about this hearing's focus on the Ku Klux Klan will be used by those who seek to inspire a new generation of white supremacist lynch mobs."
Dec '10
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First, Pat, it's the Department of Circular Reasoning Department.
Second, I cannot help but wonder how propaganda about this hearing's focus on some abysmally stupid members of congress will be used by those who seek to inspire a new generation of such losers to nominate and elect them. Mr. Mander, Mr. Gerry Mander, please call home.
Dec '10
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Pat Sajak:
...Now, from the top Democrat on the committee, Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, comes this objection: "I cannot help but wonder how propaganda about this hearing's focus on the American Muslim Community will be used by those who seek to inspire a new generation of suicide bombers." ...
I've been told that the last generation of suicide bombers was inspired by Guantanamo. And in the past week I've heard that the Obama administration has abandoned it's plans to close Gitmo.
Did they want to back off the one to imply the other, or can we expect a double batch?
Nov '10
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Dadgummit, there goes the Islamic Radical vote...
Republicans seem determined to run everybody off.
Edited on Mar 10, 2011 at 2:12pmDec '10
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My irony meter just overloaded and broke.
Dec '10
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Jerry Broaddus
Pat Sajak:
...Now, from the top Democrat on the committee, Bennie Thompson of Mississippi, comes this objection: "I cannot help but wonder how propaganda about this hearing's focus on the American Muslim Community will be used by those who seek to inspire a new generation of suicide bombers." ...
I've been told that the last generation of suicide bombers was inspired by Guantanamo. And in the past week I've heard that the Obama administration has abandoned it's plans to close Gitmo.
Did they want to back off the one to imply the other, or can we expect a double batch?
I cannot help but wonder if just asking that question could make things even worse.
Dec '10
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Jim Brown: First, Pat, it's the Department of Circular Reasoning Department.
Second, I cannot help but wonder how propaganda about this hearing's focus on some abysmally stupid members of congress will be used by those who seek to inspire a new generation of such losers to nominate and elect them. Mr. Mander, Mr. Gerry Mander, please call home. · Mar 10 at 1:44pm
This has been a message of the Department of Redundancy Department and the Natural Guard.
They never come up into the hills!
Dec '10
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The Wall Street Journal today had this in one of it editorials:
"What [the King hearings] can be is an opportunity for some honesty. Since 9/11, there have been more than 50 known cases, involving about 130 individuals, in which terrorist plots were hatched on American soil. These include plots to blow up the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, an office tower in Dallas, a federal court house in Illinois, the Washington, D.C. metro, and the trans-Alaska pipeline. Most of these schemes were foiled at an early stage, though the Times Square bomber failed only at the moment of ignition. The worst attack was Major Nidal Hasan's November 2009 murder of 13 soldiers at Fort Hood.
"In a useful report published by the Rand Corporation last year, terrorism expert Brian Michael Jenkins notes that the plotters were a "diverse group" that included Caucasians, African-Americans and Hispanics as well as immigrants (or their children) from about 20 countries. Yet all but two of the plotters were Muslim, and those two sought to offer their services to al Qaeda."
Oct '10
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Aren't these hearings a good thing for Muslim communities? The Islamists are very good at partially radicalizing a community, then using social pressure to drive out or radicalize the rest. Muslims call this "non-violent extremism."
Shouldn't we be standing up for moderate Muslims, against the Islamists? Islamism, after all, is a political ideology that abuses a religious; it's not a religion per se. If a Muslim community embraces one of the more reasonable sects of Islam, they should be defended from those who do not.
Sep '10
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Well, I guess we can expect another Law and Order episode about fanatical Christians attacking abortion clinics 3,2,1....