Posted on 01/02/2007 9:15:12 AM PST by SJackson
Yesterday afternoon, after wrapping up our vacation with a couple of pleasant hours in the Elliot Bay Book Company, Sheryl, Madeleine and I started back to our hotel to pick up our bags and head home to LA. We were with our friend and my Pajamas colleague Gerard. He proposed we take a cab; he would drop us by the hotel before continuing to his home.
We found one quickly. It was driven by an African guy. We had to instruct him about the location of our hotel; it was new. In the course of this I asked him where he was from. Kenya, he said. But then quickly added he was Somali. Many Somalians live in Kenya.
Ah, Somalia. Immediately the three adults in the car perked up. We acknowledged we knew there was big trouble in that country, the attack from Ethiopia on the ICU, etc. To our surprise, our driver immediately launched into a vitriolic attack on Al Qaeda. They were evil violent men, hijacking Islam across the globe. He had details of their infiltration of Somalia from a phone call he had made the previous night, how they were using Saudi money, etc. Thousands of people were being murdered by these Wahhabis for no reason. He was obviously following the situation closely. Al Qaeda was a danger to all mankind, he said.
It was a refreshing to hear this view from a Moslem taxi driver in Seattle. He was obviously pleased that we recognized the travails of his people too. So he continued with his explication of what was behind this terrible situation - how the Moslem religion could have been taken over by these violent forces. Someone was behind the rise of this Saudi Wahhabism . The answer, he said, was Israel. It was all an Israeli plot. They were behind the Wahhabis.
Suddenly our hearts sank. How could a man who seemed so reasonable, so knowledgeable, say something so obviously crazy?
Just then we were at our hotel. Sheryl and I left the cab, stunned. I phoned Gerard from the airport. What had the man said on the way to his place? Gerard - wisely - had let him continue. There was no point in fighting with a man like that. Better to learn how his mind worked. Gerard simply inquired why the Israelis would want to back Al Qaeda when Al Qaeda was sworn to destroy Israel. The man replied by talking about his childhood, his Islamic education. He had learned about the Jews from the Koran. That was the truth, of course.
Taxi driving in Seattle. So it goes.
One of these days, we will wake up and remember that we CAN do something about it. It is within the power of the People of the USA to tell their government Cease and Desist.
From the BOR:
WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal,that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness -- That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . .
Thanks for the kind words. You are wise as well. And I am sure we are not the only two.
Some day, we may have to come together.
I would certainly hope so. However, after seeing Americans of the vagina-'n'-estrogen variety responding to 9/11 by donning head scarves to "show their solidarity with their sisters of cover" (ie, to demonstrate to their own satisfaction their moral superiority over the rest of us neanderthalxenophobicracistredneckredstatesexisthomophobiclookist
types ) I take NOTHING for granted when it comes to those whom I'm forced to claim as my fellow countrymen and -women. Self-hatred, a belief in "white guilt" and the concomitant belief in the moral superiority of third worlders, and fashionable left/liberal college indoctrination in general has claimed too many minds for reactions to be predicted over even a suitcase nuke destroying an entire American city . The she dogs did their 'head scarf' stunt in September of 2001-only a week or two after the attacks!
and he never tried to kill any of those evil, bloodsucking Joooos, errr, Zionists).
I thought they were called Neo-Cons.
I used to think being democrat was mere stupidity.. but its more like a logical disease.. or a disease of logic..
"How do you tell a Socialist:- It's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an Anti-Socialist someone who understands Marx and Lenin" -Ronald Reagan
A fair number of Americans also hate Jews.
"You should learn the language of your ememies"....
So what did they tip him?
"He had learned about the Jews from the Koran."
Same book Ellison is swearing in on.
It would be interesting to know if the USINFO.gov hosts a page for:
"Protestant Life in America"
or
"Catholic Life in America"
or
"Wiccan Life in America"
or
"Mormon Life in America"
or
heaven forfend ...."Jewish Life in America"
or
or
or
My friends, its stuff like this that makes me glad I'm old.
I really wouldn't want to grow up in an America that I am afraid is headed our way.
The problem is that here we are all preaching to the choir.
The pastor is out to lunch, the congregation is watching Oprah, and the church is empty.
Obviously, much of the Muslim world is stuck on stupid with a monomania about the Jewish boogie man. It's become a poison for them that precludes rational analysis of events, as this story clearly demonstrates. It seems highly unlikely that the all powerful Jews control the Wahhabbi Sect of the Muslim religion. But who knows, maybe this wacky Somali is on to something. Is the Pope Jewish? Does the the Dali Lama eat kosher food? And what about the Jewish conspiracy to control comedy?
I fear Obama for other reasons.
http://www.shoebat.com/bio.php
At least 50,000 came out to vote for James Webb.
Other than Wiccans, the government figures we have too many of all those.
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