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Mark Steyn: Muslim Ties are No Surprise
The Chicago Sun-Times ^
| October 27, 2002
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 10/27/2002 4:55:59 AM PST by quidnunc
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To: bimbo
But there's a difference between a reluctance to leap to conclusions and a bizarre determination to leap away from the facts.Interesting that the media treats the facts of this sniper story as they do revelations of democrat crimes, the most recent being the voter fraud scandals in South Dakota, for example.
If they don't talk about certain unpleasant details it can't be true in their pea-brains.
To: mewzilla
Other than the fact that Flint is a hole, what do you mean?
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posted on
10/27/2002 6:40:02 AM PST
by
1rudeboy
To: bimbo
They are still trying to quash Muhammad's "Islamic Jihad" motive and replace it with his "domestic problems" and "Gulf War syndrome." I know. The lead headline on CNN International when they were caught changed from "John Muhammad, 41 year old black man arrested" to "Former soldier, gun enthusiast apprehended."
Pathetic. Joseph Goebbels would be proud.
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posted on
10/27/2002 6:45:55 AM PST
by
SkyPilot
To: Sacajaweau
Well, we have Florida already involved. I'd like to see Muhammed's travels lined up with the hijackers travelogue. Muhammed spent a month in Antigua trying to get a passport. He stayed at a place called Pineapple Beach, at $379 a night. That's $11,000 just for lodging.
Where does a guy who drives a 1990 POS and sleeps in his car get 15K to blow on a trip like that?
And what did he need the passport for?
I'm about sick of the establishment covering up the LAX shootings, the shoebombing of Flight 587, and this now as "not terrorism related."
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posted on
10/27/2002 7:03:30 AM PST
by
copycat
To: quidnunc
But there's a difference between a reluctance to leap to conclusions and a bizarre determination to leap away from the facts. Classic Steyn.
This guy is just too perceptive for words. He is like a laser beam.
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posted on
10/27/2002 7:05:54 AM PST
by
Gritty
To: copycat
Nathanal Osborne(Mohammad's buddy), illegal immigrant from Jamacia, will be interesting also. (I'll bet he is one of Farrakhan's boys too!!)
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posted on
10/27/2002 7:10:30 AM PST
by
blam
To: blam
Or, he's a friend of the Banana Boat Man.
To: Gunslingr3; FLdeputy
I've no desire to profit from the murder of innocents, so I'll be donating my winnings to a worthy cause, like the Pentagon R&D budget.Get yourselves over and read this! He's so good.
To: twntaipan
FReepmail Pokey78 and get on the Steyn ping list. He's always like this, the best conservative editorialist writing today, bar none.
To: metesky
Oops, memo to self: Read full thread before posting.
To: bimbo
The Media are already subtly shifting the focus from "Radical Islam" to "Domestic Family Disputes." Yeah. And Thursday or Friday I heard that he (Muhammad) was able to purchase the gun because he "lied" on the Background Form (he checked the "NO" box about weapon injunctions) and slipped past the national database check.
BTW, where did this unemployed drifter living in a homeless shelter get the money? Must have found it during his frequent flights out of Tacoma during this period.
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posted on
10/27/2002 7:36:57 AM PST
by
woofer
To: Gritty; cyncooper
>>But there's a difference between a reluctance to leap to conclusions and a bizarre determination to leap away from the facts.
That was the line that really did it for me, as well. Lamestream "journalism" will be the death of the Republic. How can we deal with threats and problems if we are unwilling to identify and analyze them truthfully?
To: copycat
Where does a guy who drives a 1990 POS and sleeps in his car get 15K to blow on a trip like that?Probably from pro terrorist organizations. But we will hang a couple of bank robberies on him, to explain that away. - Tom
To: copycat
Where does a guy who drives a 1990 POS and sleeps in his car get 15K to blow on a trip like that? And what did he need the passport for?
He had set himself up in the Fake Passports For Sale bidness. Before he hastily left Antigua (The heat was on when he approached an honest gubmint worker there, a rarity in itself) he was selling them, and a return stubs of round trip tickets originating in the States, for $1000 to $1500 each.
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posted on
10/27/2002 7:42:50 AM PST
by
woofer
To: woofer
He had set himself up in the Fake Passports For Sale bidness. Before he hastily left Antigua (The heat was on when he approached an honest gubmint worker there, a rarity in itself) he was selling them, and a return stubs of round trip tickets originating in the States, for $1000 to $1500 each.Link to this info, please?
Thanks.
To: quidnunc
Good post. I think the Nation of Islam should be looked at very close. Mr. Farrakan has to be feeling a little "squimish" right about now. I've never trusted these people. They flourish taking advantage of our freedoms and laws. Time to turn the tables and get em' outta here, including "Calypso Louis F."..........
To: copycat
Right on....add TWA800 and Oklahoma bombing....
I have wondered (often), how these people can jet around the world, Pakistan, Cayman Islands, Bali, Afganistan, etc... where is the money supply?
Has anyone been struck by the similiar between Williams and McVeigh...IMHO, both stooges for something bigger...
Until we stop using foreign oil supplies, this assualt/murder will continue...
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posted on
10/27/2002 7:50:13 AM PST
by
thinking
To: quidnunc
"There's a difference between a reluctance to leap to conclusions and a bizarre determination to leap away from the facts."--Mark Styne
A very astute observation by the brilliant, clever, and very astute Mark Styne.
This is an example of the dangerous confusion characteristic of "Liberals".
Certainly one of the main qualities of ascendancy--perhaps the main quality--is singlemindedness of purpose. Clarity is characteristic of ascendancy. Confusion is characteristic of decadence.
"Liberalism"--the dangerous, suicidal decadence that has infected Europe and North America--has confused and paralysed much of the intelligentsia and threatens to destroy Western Civilization and deliver the world to Islamic theocracy with the horrifying shariah as international law.
The confusion of leaping to conclusions with leaping away from facts is just one example of the confused thinking of "Liberals".
Often they confuse their thinking intentionally.
Sometimes they are partially aware.
Sometimes it's denial.
Often they provoke confusion and obscure the truth as a matter of strategy.
But "Liberalism" abhors truth and clarity. It must. Truth and clarity will destroy it.
To: Gritty
As good as this Steyn column is, DO NOT MISS:
We angry white males were right about the sniper
The Sunday Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 10/27/2002 | Mark Steyn
It was here on FR yesterday. Classic X 10 !
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posted on
10/27/2002 7:54:32 AM PST
by
chiller
To: cyncooper
Link to this info, please? Can't quote it right now. But it was an article posted this morning on Free Republic. Will try to find it bak.
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posted on
10/27/2002 7:55:40 AM PST
by
woofer
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