The Sagebrush Saloon (Or, "What on earth is Dubya thinking?")

Sierra Times ^ | 2/22/03 | Henrietta Bowman

[hoosierskypilot]

Dubya has repeatedly stated that terrorists are not true Muslims — that Islam is at heart a peaceful religion. Just because the Quran says:

"kill the disbelievers wherever we find them" (2:191);

"fight and slay the Pagans, seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem" (9:5);

"slay or crucify or cut the hands and feet of the unbelievers, that they be expelled from the land with disgrace and that they shall have a great punishment in world hereafter" (5:34)

and other little jewels of militant theology is no reason folks should get xenophobic and do something practical like profiling at airports, just because the 9-11 hijackers were all young Arab men instead of 80 year-old grannies in wheel chairs or nursing mothers with possible Weapons of Mass Destruction disguised as bottles of breast milk for their junior-grade terrorists.

It really makes you wonder if Dubya has ka-ka for brains when he invited Sami Al-Arian to the White House, who said, "Jihad is our path. Victory to Islam. Death to Israel. Revolution until victory. Rolling to Jerusalem." --Sami Al-Arian, Cleveland, 1998.

A video shows Al-Arian uttering such peace-loving jewels, as "Let us damn America. Let us damn their allies until death. Why do we stop?"

Standing under Islamic Jihad banners, Al-Arian expounded on his views of Christianity and Judaism: “God warns us in the Koran and he cursed them. He cursed those who are the sons of Israel through David and Jesus, the Son of Mary, because of their disobedience and they used to assail, they were not held back by any prohibition they committed. Those people God made monkeys and pigs.”

Now, Dubya has repeatedly put American dissidents and folks that plain just don't like his politics back in the North 40. Either his survival instincts are lousy, or it is pure politics to let a man like Al-Arian and his son, Big Dude (Dubya's nickname) within spitting distance of him. Either way, the Feds have known about Al-Arian for a very long time and he is just now getting busted. Do you feel safer?

[Mo1]

uh... uh... would, men in pink tutus are really funny, be the right answer?

I think so .. don't you?

Oh Ok .. funny looking is maybe better to say

[swheats]

LOL Ok you did it. It's been a long time since I've had to clean my screen from laughing out loud.

[Mo1]

You know what's funny .. my daughter saw that picture and thought it was real .. she thought it was so funny, she had me print it out for her to show all her friends

I just didn't have the hurt to tell her who that was a picture of .. LOL

[Mo1]

Grrrrrrrrrrrr

hurt = HEART

[swheats]

Have you seen what he's done with duct tape and plastic sheeting?

[CyberAnt]

Yes, I've noticed the increase in these threads lately.

But ... if we stick together and just laugh at these people, they will tire of it quickly and move on.

[Mo1]

if we stick together and just laugh at these people, they will tire of it quickly and move on.

Works for me .. sure beat the headache they are giving me

[MattAMiller]

Oh, that's comforting. So what happens to all our domesticated Muslims when they find out what the thing really says?

There's not any meaning so clear that your going to compel otherwise peaceful people to become raving murderous maniacs. People are pretty good at reading what they want to into religious texts.

[justshe]

Night! And thanks.

[CyberAnt]

Night - and you're very welcome

[swheats]

For the record. Correction in #67 It's not Ford Motors, but Ford Foundation. No connections.

[hoosierskypilot]

Either sounds formidable.