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.
>> “He!!, Sarah likes Perry a lot and I believe if she doesn’t run (which I believe she won’t) will endorse Perry.” <<
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Absolutely false and stupid.
Palin has already stated in her TV interview last week that NONE of the currently running candidates are qualified to run and will not receive any endorsement from her.
Neither Perry, nor Romney has any realistic chance to beat Obama.
Their records will come out and they will lose.
Only Palin can endure the scrutiny, because she already has, completely, and there is nothing that can be used to derail her.
She will demolish Obama and take no hits; they have no ammo.
>> “Bachmann has a conservative record, so I would not challenge her policy positions” <<
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True enough, but she is self-destructing. Her $2 gas and Elvis celebrations are revealing her as someone that shoots from the hip without loading.
>> “That said, Texans have assimilated so many cultures without ever losing who they are its stunning.” <<
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In your imagination My.
Texas has no culture of its own, if it ever did.
Its lost in a sea of multiculturalism.
Only Palin can endure the scrutiny, because she already has, completely, and there is nothing that can be used to derail her.
Romney's record as a Northeast liberal is pretty well established and Perry's record is no secret either. He's been governor of Texas for the past decade with Austin liberals trying to dig up dirt on him the whole time. I have confidence Perry can stand up to scrutiny.
Your confidence is not fact based.
Thanks for the map, very informative.
A large part of the Arizona/Mexican border are under the jurisdiction of Rep. Grijalva who seems to be a real reconquista type—I do not trust that guy and I believe that he is doing everything he can to subvert our border security.
We will see. And BTW, stick your “stupid” comment where the sun don’t shine.
My confidence is based on the outcomes of the past three Texas gubernatorial elections.
There are many websites to inform us about the true nature of Islam, just go onto www.jihadwatch.com and start reading. There are hundreds of other links on the side, keep on trying those links which will in turn lead to other links. I especially like the links of groups that are victimized by the Islamists such as the Egyptian Christian Copts and freedom loving Iranians who are trying to get freedom for their country. Every American needs to research these websites and really learn about what is going on in the Islamic world. When you do your homework, you will never fall the the “Islam is the religion of peace” deception. The Muslims even have a special word for lying, it is called “taqhiya” which is religiously condoned lying to infidels. By the way, we are the infidels.
The phrase cross over appeal caught my attention. Where was Obama’s cross over appeal? He had none, he was just the one trick pony of being the first black candidate. He had a very weak record and had lots of baggage that had to be hidden from the public. The left tries to move the country as far left as they possibly can but what do we do, we worry about our candidates not having cross over appeal. Reagan was conservative but he did not try to hide his conservatism, instead sold the nation on the value of conservatism and he brought the country to the right with along with him.
When I hear Republicans talking about cross over appeal it shows just how well the left has had us trained. Sometimes we act just like the left’s trained seals.
That's true.. I am also aware of jihadwatch...and others. I like... http://shariahthethreat.org/video/...for these guys are the ones reporting their findngs to congressional leaders. They do not mess around with the facts.
Since 9/11 I've been researching about Islam. Stunned when I first began....then alot of study of their history and the organizations here in America....it's tenticles reach everywhere now in our country.
Maybe Perry could give us a “wise latino” to go with the “wise latina”. That would be Perry’s great contribution to multi-culturalism — a matched set of his and hers latinos on the Supreme Court.
I think if Perry makes president he probably would appoint a Hispanic to the Supreme Court to get the all-important Hispanic vote.
America is not Texas.
What passes for conservative in Texas is left edge RINO in most of the south and midwest.
Perry’s record will sink him quick when it goes national, courtesy of the other candidates.
Yes, I noted that.
I don't understand why people aren't concerned about Perry. I surely am. He IS a globalist but some just won't look at that aspect. It's frustrating that people jumped so fast onto his bandwagon.
I figured that you would be aware of these websites but it seems that some people here do not have a full idea of just how insidious and dangerous they are. I was hoping that they would go to the counter-jihad websites and learn everything they can.
I think you may have replied to the wrong guy. Not sure what this refers to but I’m no Perry fan.
We have to keep spreading more awareness of the meaning of jihad and sharia. If enough people are aware and outspoken, the stealth jihadists will be pushed back.
I would like to see us get to the core of the problem and stop Islam from spreading to our shores by keeping most Muslims out and only letting in a small carefully vetted group.
Until that day, I will keep watching for signs of coziness between our leaders and Islamists, ie Christie, Perry, Bloomberg etc. It is really shocking to see how the leadership in this country can so easily be bought out with money and a little charm offensive. I suspect that this has been the way of doing business in this country for so long that they do not even think they are doing anything wrong. Disgusting.
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