Posted on 08/20/2011 11:52:40 AM PDT by Brices Crossroads
This is what happens when you are in charge for a long time and have an actual record. Where are the articles about any of the other candidates, or the current President’s time in office? If updating the Texas highway system (which anyone on 35 will say needs it), adding a new vaccine for children, of which there are already 12 required, and giving a speech at a mosque groundbreaking are the worst things he has done in 10 years as governor, Id say thats pretty damn good. If you include the Texas DREAM Act, which most anti-Perry people do while leaving out the actual language of the bill, then thats four negatives in 10 years. About one every 2 1/2. About the same ratio as a former governor who set up windfall oil taxes.
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http://www.statesman.com/news/content/region/legislature/stories/04/11/0411agaperry.html
Perry to host Muslim sect’s spiritual leader
Aga Khan, governor to sign UT pact with Mideast university.
By W. Gardner Selby
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Friday, April 11, 2008
Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to host a private dinner followed by fireworks near Austin on Saturday to honor the Aga Khan, a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad celebrating his 50th year as the spiritual leader of a Muslim sect.
Earlier in the day, the leaders are expected to be on hand as the University of Texas signs an agreement with Aga Khan University, which has campuses in Pakistan and other countries, fostering student and teacher exchanges between the institutions.
Rick Perry Governor has been friends with Aga Khan for years.
Aga Khan Harvard grad is descendant of the Prophet Muhammad.
Khan, a wealthy, Harvard-educated businessman and philanthropist, leads the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, an offshoot of the Shiite branch of Islam, claiming 12 million to 16 million believers in 25 countries including tens of thousands in Texas.
Perry, 58, and Khan, 71, struck up an improbable friendship nearly a decade ago, resulting in a UT program exposing schoolteachers to Muslim beliefs and culture.
The jet-setting Khan grew up in Kenya and lives in France and owns hundreds of race horses. Perry was born and raised in West Texas before earning a degree at Texas A&M University.
In 2000, Perry, then lieutenant governor, visited the Aga Khan in Paris during a family trip to Europe.
Two years later, Perry and the Aga Khan visited during the opening of the Ismaili Jamatkhana and Center built in Sugar Land near Houston and at an Austin dinner hosted by Perry.
The Aga Khan Development Network subsequently funded the UT program, which has introduced 80 Texas schoolteachers to Muslim history and culture; 15 teachers have toured the Middle East, Europe and Asia.
In 2006, Perry visited a Pakistan relief center financed by the network. And last year, Perry looked at an unfinished Ismaili center in Dubai that a travel mate described as an architectural and cultural wonder that the Aga Khan is expected to replicate, to a degree, in Houston.
Eric Bearse, an outside adviser to Perry, said Saturday’s “golden jubilee” event at the Texas Disposal Systems Exotic Game Ranch and Pavilion in Buda is “an opportunity for His Highness to be in the presence of a vibrant Ismaili community in Texas as well as to be with his friend, the governor.”
Perry and his wife, Anita, will dine with the religious leader at a downtown hotel tonight.
Shahed Amanullah of Austin, editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com, said the Aga Khan has a solid reputation among Muslims because of his good works, partly through the development network. The network spends $350 million a year on economic, social and cultural projects concentrated in South Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
“There are a lot of non-Ismaili Muslims around the world who wish they had a leader that is as organized and as visionary,” Amanullah said
Perry, who is a member of a Methodist church, and the Aga Khan emphasize the need for the Western world to understand Eastern values and vice versa. After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the Aga Khan said differences between Muslim-dominated countries and the Christian-dominant West don’t reflect the clash of civilizations so much as clashes of ignorance.
Neither Perry’s office nor members of the Ismaili community said who is paying for Saturday’s invitation-only party nor did they divulge who will attend it. Perry spokesman Robert Black said it would not be financed by the state or from economic development funds.
About 20,000 to 30,000 people are expected to hear the Aga Khan on Sunday in San Antonio. His U.S. schedule also includes stops in Georgia, Illinois and California.
Noor Jehan, whose family owns an Austin dry-cleaning business, intends to spend the weekend in San Antonio for the jubilee. “It’s a big, big occasion for us,” Jehan said.
Asked if Ismaili Muslims liken the Aga Khan’s standing to the stature of the pope for Catholics, Jehan said. “He’s not a pope, who’s elected by cardinals. The Aga Khan is not elected by anybody. ... He is a very special leader.”
Jehan was referring to the Aga Khan becoming Imam or spiritual leader of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims in July 1957, succeeding his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan III, a former president of the League of Nations.
Aga Khan
Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Dec. 13, 1936
Grew up in Nairobi, Kenya
Attended Swiss boarding school before Harvard University, where he graduated with honors with a degree in Islamic history
Succeeded his grandfather, Sir Sultan Mahomed Shah Aga Khan, as the Ismaili Imamat at the age of 20 on July 11, 1957, becoming the 49th hereditary spiritual leader (Imam) of the Shia Ismaili Muslims
Wealth reportedly exceeds $1 billion
I like Bachmann, but too many goofy misstatements have made her unelectable. "Happy Birthday to Elvis" on his date of death?; Who does that? If she gets the nomination, this statement and others will be played over and over etc... So, then who?
“She is a Conservative,Who fought the Communist Hordes in the house alone and unafraid, A lot of people like her...”
I like Bachmann, but too many goofy misstatements have made her unelectable. “Happy Birthday to Elvis” on his date of death?; Who does that? If she gets the nomination, this statement and others will be played over and over etc... So, then who?”
So what? look at what that Goofy Kenyan has said!
| Poll | Date | Sample | Obama (D) | Palin (R) | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RCP Average | 7/5 - 8/7 | -- | 54.3 | 36.8 | Obama +17.5 |
| CNN/Opinion Research | 8/5 - 8/7 | 930 RV | 55 | 41 | Obama +14 |
| McClatchy/Marist | 8/2 - 8/4 | 807 RV | 56 | 35 | Obama +21 |
| PPP (D) | 7/15 - 7/17 | 928 RV | 53 | 37 | Obama +16 |
| Quinnipiac | 7/5 - 7/11 | 2311 RV | 53 | 34 | Obama +19 |
You got that exactly right! under any conditions!
I was interested to see about Perry myself...but when I researched his dealings with the Khan...and further how 'favorable' he spoke of Islam...my stomach darn near lost it! Then to imagine any politician requiring kids to learn Islam in the schools...under CAIR instructors no less!!!!!!! The alarm was ringing so loud it fell on the floor!
Is Perry Nieve? No I don't think so. He's definately out for the money for his state and in order to do business with the Muslims conditions must be met....(and they have the money), one of which generally is to educate and bring in instructors to teach about Islam...at the very least. IN perry's case they opened an Islamic center as well.
Now I looked at that center and what up to. They are bringing in muslim kids from overseas, instructing them in Islam further in order to guarantee they will not adapt to our culture but retain that of Islam. So there's no chance these kids will assimulate into 'our' culture.
Now Texas has thousands of Muslims and they are represented in their governance as well. Not just the Hispanics. So what exactly do people think Perry will permote once in office as Pres. in regards to Islam and the Muslim explosion in our country? Will he mandate our kids be taught Islam?...in order to drive the Middle East monies to our country to create the same busineess climate he has in Texas? Is that part of his plan for this nation as a whole and not just Texas?
The Goofy Kenyan has the media in his back pocket. He gets a pass. Michelle Bachmann will be treated much differently for sure.
I think Bachman is running for VP. But, even that may be a stretch.
So true.
Until asshat Obama got national exposure he had no record The man was a ghost.
Now he has to define himself.
I think he is a goner.
You watch, here is typical Obama BS..
After the markets tanked 666 points (and Good Lord only knows what they will do next week) Chucklenuts will cut his Marthas Vinyard Vacation short to come back and save the nation with some airy shovel ready jobs proposal.
Obama is toast and I don’t think America is ready for another 2 year unvetted wonder.
Especially if they're from Texas! There's an arrogance that they already know about him...yet at the same time not flinching of all the Texans that voted against him.
We need a Gert Wilders to run. (I think we have one and her name is Palin)
I don’t see it.
Sarah Palin has been thoroughly vetted by both conservatives and liberals. Her record as Alaska governor is excellent if not 100% perfect enough for some. Some conservatives don't find Palin appealing for any number of reasons; some relatively substantive, most trivial. That is their prerogative. However, whether an individual conservative supports Sarah Palin or not, few, if any, can point to egregious episodes in her political career that would cause them to question her conservative values, her personal integrity and honesty. I'm beginning to doubt if supporters of Texas Governor Rick Perry can make the same claim. My exchange with one of the posters that immediately dismissed your contentions seemed to demonstrate that they have no real argument. Instead, I was told to 'go look stuff up'. I'm not sure if that was arrogance or laziness but it doesn't enhance my opinion of Perry's conservative values. I appreciate your input on Perrys' political background and if this thread is any indication of his supporters explanations for his record, I doubt he'll make it past the first few primaries. If Sarah Palin - my choice - runs, Perry will likely either be forced out by lack of financial support and primary votes or simply withdraw voluntarily and throw his support to Palin. Whatever happens, I'm beginning to doubt that Rick Perry will be the 2012 Republican presidential candidate. We can't afford another RINO, seeking to appease Muslims (and Latinos) like the left does, to the nation's disadvantage. We had that with George W. Bush and we don't need it all over again. Another reason I remain a Sarah Palin supporter.
“The Koran has NO place in our schools,NONE!
You got that exactly right! under any conditions!
I was interested to see about Perry myself...but when I researched his dealings with the Khan...and further how ‘favorable’ he spoke of Islam...my stomach darn near lost it! Then to imagine any politician requiring kids to learn Islam in the schools...under CAIR instructors no less!!!!!!! The alarm was ringing so loud it fell on the floor!
Is Perry Nieve? No I don’t think so. He’s definately out for the money for his state and in order to do business with the Muslims conditions must be met....(and they have the money), one of which generally is to educate and bring in instructors to teach about Islam...at the very least. IN perry’s case they opened an Islamic center as well.
Now I looked at that center and what up to. They are bringing in muslim kids from overseas, instructing them in Islam further in order to guarantee they will not adapt to our culture but retain that of Islam. So there’s no chance these kids will assimulate into ‘our’ culture.
Now Texas has thousands of Muslims and they are represented in their governance as well. Not just the Hispanics. So what exactly do people think Perry will permote once in office as Pres. in regards to Islam and the Muslim explosion in our country? Will he mandate our kids be taught Islam?...in order to drive the Middle East monies to our country to create the same busineess climate he has in Texas? Is that part of his plan for this nation as a whole and not just Texas?”
Excellent Points,There is no way I vote for Judas Perry here.
“The Goofy Kenyan has the media in his back pocket. He gets a pass. Michelle Bachmann will be treated much differently for sure.”
That Blue lipped Bastard, needs dragged down into the mud,and his dirty past needs brought up constantly!
Perry has kids learning Islam in his schools....now how many Christians from Texas are in the Mosques teaching Christianity?
The bridge He speaks of is to generate revenue from the ME. for business ventures.....but these always have conditions. Build Mosques and Islamic community centers. Perry did both and then put Islamic teaching in the schools.
Can't vote for this....not ever!
Rick Perry may have Muslim friends but he is not a Muslim and has a Birth Certificate to prove he is eligible to be President of the USA!
Rick Perry may have Muslim friends but he is not a Muslim and has a Birth Certificate to prove he is eligible to be President of the USA!
You're thinking like an American...............But to Muslims it is capitulating.
Thus... Perry agreed to 'their conditions'... building Mosques and Islamic Centers...and teaching Texan kids Islam. In fact he was at the groundbreaking and layed the first brick!
Men will do much to accommodate a business climate even if it means compromising with an enemy for that gain politically.
Texas is a hot climate condusive to M.Easterns. Now the state has thousands of them and more comming for the "warm welcome" they receive. Thus the Islamic agenda to submit this nation to Islam, via population growth and infiltration has continued un abated under Perry's watch.
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