Posted on 08/20/2011 11:52:40 AM PDT by Brices Crossroads
Before I began to research Rick Perry's record, I perceived him to be nothing more than a garden variety southern Republican governor, probably conservative, certainly more conservative than his 2010 opponent Kay Bailey Hutchison. But the fact that he had such a spirited challenge from both sides in the GOP primary, both from the moderates AND the Conservatives, made me wonder just how conservative he really was. Just a bit of research revealed the gardasil mandate on preteen girls and their parents (and the cronysim associated with it), his full throated advocacy of open borders, including a pipeline for illegals dubbed the Trans-Texas corridor, his provision of in state tuition to the offspring of illegals, his doubling of the state budget during his tenure and his support in 2008 of the pro-choice social liberal Rudy Giuliani for President. I was not shocked to find he was not a conservative (After all, 49% of the Texas GOP voters, who are overwhelmingly conservative, voted in the primary not to renominate him.) What took me completely by surprise was his great affinity for Islam, the warm words which the Hamas front group CAIR has for him but most significantly of all, the Islamicization of the curriculum in the Texas public schools which the supposedly conservative Governor of Texas has quietly implemented.
Perry, you see, has a cozy relationship with the Aga Khan, the head of the Ismailis, a realtively small sect sect of Shia Islam that reportedly has 15 to 20 million followers. Perry and Khan have confected two cooperation agreements between the state of Texas and Ismaili institutions, the most significant of which is a program, now pervading every Texas public school, to proselytize and to desensitize, schoolchildren about Islam. Dubbed the "Muslim Histories and Culture Project", it really amounts to Islamic propaganda forced upon a captive audience...the malleable youngsters attending Texas public schools.
Up until a few days ago, the Texas school curriculum could be viewed on the SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT's own website:
www.saisd.net/admin/curric/sstudies/mhcp/mhcproject.html
This link has now mysteriously disappeared. I wonder if that has anything to do with the following posting on Pam Gellar's Blog, which exposes the entire enterprise, and which thankfully saved the curriculum abstracts:
Before the link to the San Antonio Independent School District Website was disabled and the website scrubbed, Gellar and company had lifted the curriculum abstracts from it, which show:
"a) High praise for Gov. Perry's collaboration with the Aga Khan, leaving no question about Perry's complicity and active support; and b) A thorough whitewashing of the nature and history of Islam that ignores Islam's bloody history while simultaneously portraying the Crusades as a bloody assault on Islamic soil by Christians."
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The curriculum abstracts characterize the interaction of Islam and Christianity as follows:
"While Islam "spreads" and "extends," presumably in the same way that dew forms on flower petals, Crusaders "wrest political control of the Holy Land from Muslim rulers, damaging the positive relations that had previously existed." Nowhere is it mentioned that the Crusades were prompted by two crises: (1) the ruthless treatment of Christian pilgrims attempting to see Jerusalem, which was under Muslim control, and (2) Byzantine Emperor Alexius's plea for European knights to help him take back territory that had just been overrun by an invasion of Muslim Turks. "
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Also lifted from the now scrubbed website was the following:
"A presentation of the Koran and Muhammad that can only be described as open proselytization for Islam in public schools.
An idealized portrayal of Cordoba's "multicultural" society that minimizes the oppression and political upheaval that took place under Muslim misrule, which largely brought on its own demise through infighting similar to what we see in the Islamic world today. A bizarrely twisted portrayal of the Islamic world that blames Islam's repression of women on Western Colonialism.
A naked advertisement for the Aga Khan and the Ismaili sect of Islam. This is particularly dangerous because the Ismailis are a sect of only about 20 - 30 million people -- approximately 2% of the entire Muslim population and therefore not representative of Islam as a whole. Also, while the Ismailis may portray themselves as relatively modern, they still have an anti-Western historical narrative that portrays the West as colonialist while ignoring Islam's own bloody form of colonialism. In making overtures to build bridges with one small Islamic sect, Gov. Perry has replaced the Western narrative of history with the narrative of 1.5 billion Muslims who see the West as the enemy. AND YES, THEY REALLY DO SEE THE WEST AS THE ENEMY, as this curriculum makes clear."
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After reading the teacher's abstracts of this Islamic proselytism, which can be seen by scrolling down the link, I was aghast. If any teacher in the public schools dared to even mention Christianity or Judaism, they would be fired. This curriculum mandates far more than a casual mention. It lionizes Islam, papers over its excesses and trashes Christianity, all at the same time. It is doing immense, yet very subtle, harm to the most vulnerable among us...school children. I daresay that most public school parents in Texas are unaware that their children are being brainwashed in such a fashion.
It turns out that Rick Perry, the godfather of the gardasil mandate for preteen girls also subscribes to another mandate... mandatory Islamic proselytization. Both mandates, it should be noted, require no parental consent. This brought to mind the old slogan Jesse Jackson used to use, "We want hope for brains not dope for veins." Apparently, Governor Perry's education platform was "Gardasil for veins; Islamopropaganda for brains". As the writer correctly observes:
If Barack Obama had imposed such a curriculum on schools we'd be calling for his impeachment. Therefore it is unconscionable to look the other way when it comes to Perry.
The best that can be said for Rick Perry in connection with the Perry/Khan curriculum is that he is very naive. In putting across these two odious mandates on public school children in Texas, gardasil and the euphemistically titled "Muslim Histories and Culture Project", Perry has demonstrated either a colossal lack of judgment or a hidden (and darker) agenda, either of which should disqualify him from consideration for the GOP nomination.
The Perry supporters have not attacked Palin the way the Palinistas are attacking Perry.
I like Palin, but I simply don’t believe she can beat Obama in the general election. I do believe as of right now that Perry can beat him because he can run on the success of Texas, wether or not he had anything to do with it. Perry can get the independent vote that Palin cannot
Dumb enough to stand and "does can" cheer for someone who isn't running.
What are we to do? Ban Muslims?
All we can do is remain vigilant and watchful yet tolerant.
That is America
Maybe you think the guy at the Pentycostal church is a bit whack, Lord knows tons of Dems do.
What ya gonna do? Exile him?
Maybe you think that Baptist is a bit to strict in his belief, what ya gonna do? Exile him?
The Dems would.
Or maybe you just dont like the look of that fellow in the doublewide trailer. Maybe we should ban him from being able to have 2nd amendment rights.
“...everyone now knows that Rick Perry is not a conservative...”
Sarah Palin: “He (Perry) does what is right regardless of whether it is popular. He walks the walk of a true conservative...”
So either Sarah is a liar or an imbecile or you are. I’ll choose the latter.
When it comes to certain topics Mestas’ research is impeccable. I simply don’t have the time to do the research that Mesta has obviously already done. Mesta’s opinion is of high value to me.
And FYI those 19 were foreign nationals first and foremost.
Holy fark gunner! Its raining here!
Holy fark!
It certainly will be interesting to see if debates will contain questions to the candidates about their views on Islam. Palin has also stated we are not at war with Islam. Brief statement, though it was, from her first international speech given in Hong Kong after her resignation from the governorship.
If you look on Muslim sites they mostly all say Texas is the best place to live..."Huge Islamic Centers" "Huge Mosques" etc. etc.....they do build up Texas as better than NYC, Boston, Michigan and other places with a dense Muslim population.
Regardless of the hype, he cannot win. The Dem strategy will be..Another Texas governor? It will re- ignite the anybody but Bush crowd. Completely un-winnable. This is exactly like the Scott hype. Groan.
G-d Bless Texas!!! Let it rain!
I saw more mosques in Oh/Pa 30 years ago than I see in Tx today
600K out of 25 million aint ****
Are you in Northern Texas?
It only lasted 10 min lol
It was just a cloudburst.
Still, its a sign of relief on the way.
Good Lord knows we need it. This is a bad drought, we are losing livestock, we are losing orchards.
Trees are dying by the day now.
It only lasted 10 min lol
It was just a cloudburst.
Still, its a sign of relief on the way.
Good Lord knows we need it. This is a bad drought, we are losing livestock, we are losing orchards.
Trees are dying by the day now.
He would be a weak candidate across the Midwest, just as Bush was. He is easier for Obama to beat than Palin would be. Plus he is only beginning to be vetted There are many more shoes to drop on Rick Perry.
Yes. We have been spared most of it up here but we are at the desperation point.
The Texas wild card variable is an issue.
I know lots of folks dont see it, but its there.
I think Perry can overcome it but its a wild card.
It’s sad to think that we would exclude someone based on where he was born when we just elected some asshole based on his color, but there it is.
I usually avoid getting into pissing match threads on FR about potential R candidates since I don't personally like to fight with FRiends, and I think it doesn't help the overall cause much to garner hostility within the ranks. I have my candidate that I wish to support, and once she decides to announce her candidacy I will do just that to the best of my abilities.
I've seen quite a bit of intramural hostilities in the past week or so over Governor Perry. I have to say that I am not that surprised. Here's why:
- we all agree that zero has been the absolute worst POTUS in our history
- we all agree that he needs to be removed from office in 2012 (or this country will be finished, never to be restored until a cataclysmic re-set occurs)
- out of all the announced R candidates to date, Perry seems to be the one that has come out with both guns blazing, taking the FIGHT directly to the target (un-apologetically)
- Perry has a lot of admirable qualities and a very admirable record (for the most part)
- Perry has some questionable positions and actions that raise the concern of a lot of Conservatives.
- we all know (at the same time) the danger of “holding your nose to vote for the rINO served up” and the danger of letting the “perfect be the enemy of the good.” (Heck, just setting a bit alone and trying to rationalize those two can give me a damn headache!)
Therefore, I can fully understand the zeal to get behind him and support him whole hog right from the start. At this point in time, he certainly appears to be the candidate with the best shot at unseating the evil that is currently in place. Hence, I believe a lot of folks are more than willing to “overlook” some of the question marks in his background record, that is natural (given the horrible situation that we have at the present). However, there is still a lot of time between now and election day 2012. There is no rush (at least to me) to declare 100% support to the bitter end of Perry, nor any other candidate. I think it would be wise for all of us to take a collective breath, and let all of the candidates be vetted as thoroughly as possible. (Sure, I know, easier said than done; I get it.)
To me, the root cause of why we have so much intramural hostility is because we have such EVIL in place now. (Let's face it and call a spade a spade, we are in the midst of an existential crisis right now!) We all want to be SURE that it gets removed, our collective lives depend on it! However, in doing so we need to be sure that OUR replacement is the CORRECT replacement; for this time, for this country's dire circumstance!
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