Posted on 06/02/2009 6:53:56 PM PDT by bronxville
“And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world,” Mr. Obama said. “And so there’s got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples.”
Mr. Obama said. “And the impulse towards destruction as opposed to how can we study science and mathematics and restore the incredible scientific and knowledge — the output that came about during centuries of Islamic culture.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
“I’ve now been in 57 states, I think — one left to go”
I think you’re a tad off on your math. 20 million is around 7%, the chart you listed has them at .6% or close rto 1.5M or so.
Thankfully, thre’s nowhere near 20M.
“The president said the United States and other parts of the Western world “have to educate ourselves more effectively on Islam.”
“And one of the points I want to make is, is that if you actually took the number of Muslim Americans, we’d be one of the largest Muslim countries in the world,” Mr. Obama said. “And so there’s got to be a better dialogue and a better understanding between the two peoples.”
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I kinda echo the sentiments of this guy:
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Patrick Dorinson
Patrick Dorinson, Political communications strategist and commentator:
Obamandias
What should he say to Muslim world when he is in Cairo? Is this the same Cairo where the #1 bestseller in local markets and bookstores is the infamous anti-Semitic screed “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion”? Is this same Muslim world that complains about the plight of the Palestinians but yet doesn’t want them in their own countries?
Is this the same Egypt that for years has given a wink and a nod to Hamas and allowed them to funnel weapons into Gaza to fire rockets into Israel?
I suppose that he will apologize for all the evil we have done to the Muslim world, haul out George Bush for more rhetorical flogging, and in a new twist he will most likely publicly pressure Israel while in an Arab capital to show his “solidarity” with the Muslim world.
Just once I would like to see Obama give one of his patented “Apology Tour 2009” speeches in Peoria or Pittsburgh or Pensacola.
But it really doesn’t matter what he says. He could read a section of the Cairo phonebook and the mainstream media would call it the greatest speech ever given by any American president including Abraham Lincoln. I am sure they will hail it as a combination of the Sermon in the Mount, the Gettysburg Address and Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
But before the Obama faithful and his MSM PR entourage gets too far ahead of itself they should remember the following poem. Given where his big Muslim speech will be, it seems appropriate since it was written about that well known Egyptian Pharaoh, Rameses the Great.
Obamandias
With Apologies to Percy Bysshe Shelley
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
“My name is Obamandias, king of kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!”
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
And in keeping with the literary and classics theme of this post here is a little something that the Obama folks need to think about every day to remind them that he and they are mere mortals not descended from Mt. Olympus sent to save the world.
During the period of the Roman Republic before Julius Caesar and the emperors that followed, when a Roman general was victorious in battle, he would return to Rome and parade in triumph down the Via Appia to the Campus Martius, or military parade ground, where he would turn over command of his legions to the power of the Roman Senate.
No Roman general was allowed to bring his legions into the city and they camped on the outskirts of town. This was to maintain civilian authority and prevent military coups.
As he paraded in his chariot to the cheers of the Roman people, he would be preceded by the defeated enemies who were now slaves and carts laden with treasure from the conquered lands.
Standing behind him was a slave who held a crown just above his head, never placing it on his head and whispering in his ear over and over, “Sic transit gloria mundi...The glory of the world is fleeting”.
Hero today...bum tomorrow, because after all he is just a man.
http://www.politico.com/arena/
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Lord, help us; preclude and prevent any radical words and actions that could hurt this country and us by the current resident of 1600 Penn., as he travels to the Middle East and consorts in the cradle of our enemies.
I was just reading this weird sci-fi book about alternative history, in another parallel dimension Muslims are the Jews of the world and are targeted by any means possible like phony free vacation tickets and the such to have them show up at “centers” where they are stripped of all personal belongings in almost the exact same way as an episode of “Winds of War” where they go through a room and they are checked for gold teeth and are having them removed, the hair is shaved off woman for wigs and in some cases if there is a blood match body parts are harvested.
The rest are cremated after processing and the ash is added to asphalt in the end and they are now the roadbed of new superhighways.
When Muslims of the world figure out they are disappearing rapidly it ramps up, now there is a worldwide bounty on Muslims and everyone wants to make a few dollars off of turning in a Muslim to the governments, prisons are noticeably vacant, the Koran is banned worldwide, all mosques are destroyed. Islamic leaders decree all Muslims immediately commit suicide and are to do it within 24 hours and to do it in ways to kill as many Christians or non-believers as they can, worldwide panic ensues and its now a kill on sight order after Muslims start exploding at every school around the globe.
Mecca is destroyed when a mysteriously guided asteroid hits earth at that location, conspiracy theorists claim Israel covertly established over a period of years of dark deep secrecy the ability to land rocket motors on asteroids just past Mars orbit and steered them to intercept Earths orbit and used as hyper velocity impact weapons.
The claims cannot be proved.....
An Islamic ultimate solution.
Get ready for Cairo friends. I think it could be a doozy of a speech. And pray like never before for our nation...
Bumping that prayer request.
EVERY knee shall bow, EVERY tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
No matter WHAT this person 0bama says..
The USA has forgotten algebra?
Let's not confuse the abject failure of the American education-political complex with failure to own mastery of mathematics. When a muslim in a muslim country can master the math required to accomplish orbital rendezvous, let's talk.
And as for the Golden Age of Islam, they were magnificent copiers of other cultures' achievements, superb librarians, briefly, but the culture simply does not encourage, indeed does not allow any creative thinking in any field, if it does not agree with a moron's 7th century rantings...
America a muslim country?
In your dreams, Il Douche!
Were so sorry King Abdullah
Were so sorry if we caused you any pain
Were so sorry King Abdullah
But theres no one left at home
And I believe Im gonna rain
Were so sorry but we havent heard a thing all day
Were so sorry King Abdullah
But if anything should happen well be sure to kiss your ring
At the end of this year, when Iran has their nukes, we'll all be happy to be living in a yellow submarine...away from the fallout.
Mr. Obama seems to want to ignore history. The United States has always been known as a Christian nation. It is quite obvious to anyone who reads our founding documents.
Now, to be honest, we (as a nation) have departed from living our Christian principles....and this has brought us into difficulty. This is the root of the problem.
“Obama Says U.S. Could Be Seen as a Muslim Country, Too”
I hope not! That was a major factor in the recent destruction of England!
Obama is becoming more and more disgusting every single day! Everyday we are greeted with multiple outrages and insults from this man, yet we are suppose to hold our tongues and jump on the bandwagon to communism? We are suppose to apologize to Islamists that have killed thousands of our citizens and terrorized our entire country? We are suppose to ‘sacrifice’, so that our government can destroy private property and nationalize one industry after another? We are not to care when Obama singles out Americans and veterans as ‘terrorist threats’, yet mentions not a word when a muslim black man shoots 3 US military members and kills one? We are not suppose to notice as Obama throws one ally after another to the wolves with ‘official’ insults and slights?
I could go on and on.
When will the tipping point be reached? Will Americans continue to participate in their own demeaning and demise?
Thanks for the bump Gramma! And Amen!
Obama beats Bill Clinton at pandering!
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