When Good Historians Go Bad .... Ann Coulter

World Net Daily ^ | 6 August 2003 | Ann Coulter

[Ayn Rand wannabe]

Veritas vos Liberabit

The truth shall set you free...

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Somewhat off topic but there was a great observation in Treason. Apparently criminals like John Walker Lindh, Richard Reid (shoebomber, and Jose Padilla (dirty bomber) ALL CHANGED THEIR NAMES TO ISLAMIC NAMES at some point in the past. But they are universally referred to by their former names in the press. I found that an amazing observation.

[1rudeboy]

bttt

Do you have their "new" names? Anybody? What great info. to have.

[Socratic]

"The truth shall set you free..."

A is A and ain't it Great!

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Don't have my copy of Treason with me, but will post those names as soon as I can look it up. Look for them by tonight if someone doesn't beat me to it.

[Ayn Rand wannabe]

A is A, but it's a b*tch explaining why A can only be A...I wish people would wake up from the fog they're in... *sigh*.

[hosepipe]

Coul·ter:a cutting tool (as a knife or sharp disc) that is attached to the beam of a plow, makes a vertical cut in the surface, and permits clean separation and effective covering of the soil and materials being turned under

[Hank Rearden]

But life is not so short that it cannot be filled with days reading Dick Walker quoting people lauding Dick Walker. (How can I add my name to the list of people whose lives were ruined by Dick Walker?)

Dick Walker. Never heard of "him", but it sounds like a hell of a circus act.

[geedee]

Have you ever wondered what it takes to be a spokeswoman? No?

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Whereas . . .

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Almost makes ya' feel sorry for 'em, huh?

[GretchenEE]

I recall the press being fuzzy on what to call Lindh, and they used both sets of names for a while. When it became a case for the prosecution, Ashcroft's people always used Lindh's American, birth, name, and it was the one that stuck.

Don't know about the others, but I saw a definite effort by our government to make Lindh identified as an American traitor, from the start of this hitting the news. I remember thinking at the time that it was deliberate and a smart thing to do. Governments need to know their enemies, name them, prosecute them.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

On page 280 of Treason by Ann Coulter...

"John Walker Lindh changed his name to Suleyman Al-Lindh in high school. When he was captured with the Taliban he as going by the name of Abdul Hameed. He hadn't used the name Lindh in years."

"Dirty bomber Jose Padilla had his name legally changed to Ibrahim in the mid-nineties."

"Thwarted shoe-bomber "Richard Reid" was identified by the French Police as Tariq Raja. The name he answered to at the time he tried to bomb an airplane was his muslim name, Abdel Rahim."

Ann's point in all this is that these are examples of the media to whitewash the activities of the Religion of Peace, journalistic standards be damned.

[1rudeboy]

Thanks.

[chuckles]

I luv her 4 her brain. She's too skinny for me.

[norraad]

....the closer to the bone,

the sweeter is the

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