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I bet a man named Farouk doesn’t have any more chance of getting elected governor in Texas than a man named Hussein has of getting elected president.
I sense a measure of fear from the rats all over. This electoral cycle will be dirty, they will follow Corzine’s lead.
First the wave of money to build mosques.
Now the wave of money to finance islamic candidates.
Oh, he just happened to move a factory to the US a few months before announcing his bid....and grateful people on the campaign ad saying “i can pay my mortgage now”
The islamists have figured out how to take over America.
Does he think that the Ft Hood jihad was "terrorism" inspired by Islam?
What is the name and background of his Imam?
Why does he believe that the U.S.was to blame for 9/11? (100% of my Muslim acquaintances do...Of course "7" may not be a statistically significant number...)
Oy. Could they settle for an American?
Palestinian. Future failed gubernatorial candidate. His CHI hair flat irons suck, too.
Isn’t Farouk Shami a friend of Tareq Shahali, the male half of the couple who appeared at the dinner for the Indians at the WH?
Tareq is a big Palestinian “activist.” Maybe his connection with Farouk Shami explains his permission to attend the dinner (now denied by the WH, but obviously, he was given some kind of permission to enter, probably verbal, or it would never have happened).
i NEVER thought there were enough STUPID people to elect someone named BARACK OBAMA....so Gov. Farouk it will be.
[snip] “Arriving with $71 in his pocket, a man came to Texas and turned a dream into a reality.” Shami made millions... His ad claims his entrepreneurial skill would also create jobs as a politician. “He just brought 1,200 jobs to Texas by moving his factories here from China,” according to the ad. But it doesn’t mention any policy he’d back as governor to create new jobs. And there are no solutions listed for his top issues: to improve schools, reform health care and protect the environment... Shami is Palestinian by birth and talks with an accent... But core Democratic voters may question his true colors when they learn that, in addition to Democrats, he’s given money to Republican candidates and the Republican National Committee. [unsnip]
He hates Israel, so that will resonate with true Demwits.
[simulated rebuttal] “I don’t hate Israel! I just want Jews to DIE DIE DIE!”
Hey Ta’qia Shami, Go to Fort Hood and put up your campaign posters, see what happens!
Farouk Shami
As a child in the Palestinian village of Beit Ur, Farouk Systems founder and chairman Farouk Shami helped his mother make dyes from local plants and vegetables. Today, he runs a leading hair care and spa products company. Houston, Texas-based Farouk Systems earns roughly $1 billion in revenue and employs more than 2,000 Americans. Loyal users of Farouk products include celebrities like Madonna, Renee Zellweger, Gwyneth Paltrow, Courtney Cox, and Demi Moore. 
"Necessity is the mother of invention," notes Shami. "When you leave your country for another, with nothing in your pockets, first you need to survive. Then you need to succeed." Shami holds numerous patents today for safe and environmentally-friendly hair care products and technologies. His BioSilk and CHI lines are industry leaders.
"Before I could walk, I could help mix color for my mother," Shami said. "Coloring hair became an art for me - art on a live canvas."
Shami attended cosmetology school in the U.S. and returned to Palestine to open a salon just before the 1967 War. "We woke up to find ourselves living under Israeli military occupation. Because of the curfews we couldn't get the supplies we needed to stay in business," said Shami. Not easily deterred, Shami decided to teach himself cosmetic chemistry. He began developing his own products using locally-available materials.
He brought that innovative spirit with him when he immigrated to the U.S. in 1972. After more than a decade as a successful hair colorist, he developed an allergy to ammonia and his doctor told him to leave his profession. Instead, with his garage as a laboratory, Shami invented the first ammonia-free hair color - SunGlitz - in 1985. One year later, the largest American distributor of hair care products, asked Shami if he could make enough for them to sell. Shami's business took off when Armstrong McCall signed a 20-year agreement to carry his products.
Shami's ammonia allergy led to a lifelong commitment to develop products that are safe for hairdressers and the environment. He collaborated with NASA scientists to create CHI, a product line that includes blow dryers that emit considerably less electromagnetic fields than regular dryers. And through PetSilk, Farouk Systems also offers chemical-free products for pets.
Shami is using his success to give back to his homeland. "Because of Israeli occupation, Palestine is dependent on donor countries," Shami says. "But there are many Palestinians with the means to help, and we need to share our success with our people." In 1999, Shami opened a science high school for girls in Beit Ur. And in 2009, in partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), he sponsored an infrastructure project that includes sidewalk and road electrification projects for the benefit of Beit Ur’s 5,000 residents and 20,000 people from the surrounding communities who regularly pass through the village. The project will create an estimated 4,500 job days for approximately 70 workers.
"When I meet Israeli business counterparts, we eat steaks in fine restaurants. But nearly 80 percent of my relatives are unemployed because of Israeli travel restrictions," Shami says. "I don't know much about politics. But I know that we deserve our rights and our freedom just like people everywhere."
Farouk Shami.... in Texas????? Are you fing kidding me?
Ping a ling
Separated at birth?
A Pali. Mooslim gobner of Texas, If that happens I’m moving to New Zealand.
Well let's do the math shall we? Last time I divided a zero by a zero I got nutthin'.
With a name like that he should be a big hit in Texas.