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Whoa! I can't even begin to leap from here to the IRA!

OK, so you have now provided how you know that the Muslims you know are pro-USA. That I can understand and appreciate. And I see your point about throwing the baby out with the bathwater, so to speak. Good point. Thanks for reminding us that we needn't fear all muslims.

That said, I'm still keeping my eyes open. I still want immigration of muslims (from every country) into America totally stopped for a minimum of 3 years, and I still want those who practice the faith to be surveilled here in the US as much as possible. I'm not convinced (and this was certainly not your responsibility to prove) that the majority of those who practice the muslim faith and who live in America are as fond of America as the people you know.

For instance, consider the muslim school in Manhattan which was featured on 60 minutes where the kids said they would fight for the muslim faith but not for the US. I'm with Ann Coulter on this issue - it wasn't Swedes who flew those planes into the WTC towers, the Pentagon, and that field in Pennsylvania.

I don't believe in open immigration at all. Also believe when student visas expire, they should be deported if they don't leave on time and in fact have too many student visas issued without checking them out. Too many times, illegals are rounded up and nothing happens. I am a huge believer in deporting illegals.

But then I don't believe in allowing people in our flight schools without a background check either!

And I do keep my eyes on the lookout, but then I do that in any area I am in the minority in like in large cities. My youngest daughter and I were in Chicago in the summer of 2001 when my daughter graduated from Great Lakes. Not a soul told us not to leave the Navy Lodge and go into North Chicago. Took me all of about five minutes to realize that it was not a good area and then I turned left and was in an area where Bodega was the name on the grocery and I about freaked out -- one bad area to another. We went back to the Navy Lodge and ordered take-out to be delivered!