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That is my point if I was in a Muslim country I wouldn't be allowed to use the BIBLE at a swearing "Getting elected would never happen anyway"

What bothers me is that he wants to go against the grain and this to me sets a very negative presendent. This our country and I am tired of the "We don't want to offend anyone" attitude...To go against what we have used for 238 years is not what the process is all about in my eyes.

The above is a letter I wrote to Mr Ellison about using the Quran at his swearing in. I think this totally against what our country stands for and he is starting out on a very negative note by requesting this change of not using the bible. Most Americans do not know that the version of the quran sold in the USA is a watered down version that leaves the violet and what I call evil parts of the quran. I want to know why muslims will not tell the truth about this. Our children are exposed to a watered down version that is not the TRUE quran but a version meant to deceive, is that what we would do with our Bible? No we would not because our holy and the only HOLY book is what it is. I implore everyone that agrees with me to write Mr Ellison to protest this action because if the table were turned we would niot be able to use the BIBLE in a swearing in any muslim country obviously we would never be voted in. He is clearly using our total freedom to go against the grain and I for one am totally opposed to it.

Mr. Ellison, First I want to congratulate you on your victory but I want to know when will Muslims admit that the Quran that is sold and presented in the USA is not the true Quran you plan to use at your swearing in? The Quran I have read that is not the watered down version I am sure you will use is violet and nothing like what Muslims try to get Americans to think it is.

When will Muslims stand up and denouse that members of your religion are sworn to change non-Muslims or as your book puts it "Infidels" Is it not your mission to change non-Muslims into members of your religion? Or as this verbage from the REAL Quran puts it:

About Those Annoying Non-Believers (Infidels, Pagans, Jews, Christians, etc.)

Qur’an 9:123 “murder them and treat them harshly” Qur’an 3.28 Let not the believers take the unbelievers for friends rather than believers; and whoever does this, he shall have nothing of (the guardianship of) Allah, but you should guard yourselves against them, guarding carefully; and Allah makes you cautious of (retribution from) Himself; and to Allah is the eventual coming.

NOTE: By ‘guarding carefully’, a Muslim should deceive the infidel. Acting as a friend is fine as long as it is to benefit the Muslim and protect Islam.

Qur’an 3:56 “As for those disbelieving infidels, I will punish them with a terrible agony in this world and the next. They have no one to help or save them.”

The above is from your book and should be known to all Americans and that is but one passage. If you believe youer religion is so peaceful then stand up to those that hate and want to destroy all non-Muslims. That should where you start Sir not trying to get people to believe the Quran is a peaceful book when it clearly is not. This is America and we have for 238 years sworn in our representatives with the BIBLE...I ask you Sir if I was in a Muslim country and I was voted in as a representative of the people would I be able to use the HOLY BIBLE as the book I was sworn in with? Never because first of all I never would be voted in and because our country is so free we have elected YOU but you have already angered us by asking to use the Quran.

The double standard is glaring and all Americans should know the true nature of the Quran shouldn't they? If it is so peaceful why don't you read the passage I have provided as proof of this so called peaceful book. I did not say holy book because the BIBLE is the only holy book. I have to ask why you and 99.9% of all Muslims never tell the truth about the Quran there is a reason for that isn't there Mr. Ellison?

Why are not telling the truth when it is so apparaent that your book is violet and against everything the BIBLE stands for. My religion is peaceful and I can prove that by reading any part of it on a personal, you can not say the same Sir. So I implore you to tell the truth about the watered down Quran that is passed off as the true Quran , you should start your first as a representative in the USA by telling the truth about the Quran and tell all Americans about the true nature of your book.

If I had the power to stop you from using your book I would without hesitation but I can't but I will do everything I can to bring the truth to all Americans that the Quran is not what it is professed to be, that I can do and I will. I do congratulate you on your victory even though I know it will not be good for this country unless you tell the truth and starting the very first day at your swearing in using your BOOK is a negative even before you get started.

What message does this make to those that do not know the true nature of your so-called holy book? The American people need to know the true nature of the Quran and will.

John Kerry is an idiot, he goes to Nam with a camera, he was ther for 4 months and gets a purple heart for a scatch on his leg. What a disgrace to all the brave men whio have given 1000 times more and declined the purple heart.

John Kerry is a self centered, narcassistic grand stander that thinks he is better then anyone else because he has his wife's money so he believes he is worthy.

John Kerry is an America Hater that wants everyone to live the way he believes but won't do the same for himself...He was protected in Nam because Kennedy had him put in position where he would not be in much danger, the Swiftboat Guys protected his sorry ass.

Anyone that takes a camera in to war is there to document his "Heroic Actions" all so he can say he is a HERO...what a loser, he is a paper hero...faked medals and all.

Hey upland...It is too late for any apology because he should have done it minutes after bashed the bravest people in this country.

John Kerry is an elitiest scumbag that is really showing how he really feels about the military, he and his drunken slob friend friend Kennedy staged his Vietnam experience otherwise he would have ran to Canada because he is a coward. To accept a purple for a scatched leg...when REAL fighting men would never do that.

Kerry is joke...he is a coward and he is has shown his real feelings and I love it.

I heard Brian Williams compare suicide bombers to US special forces. I was listening to Hugh Hewitt's Radio Show. He is on vaction, his host was someone nameed Jed or Jess I heard this man on other shows like Rush, Hannity etc.

He said I am going to break when I come back I will tell you something that is unbelieveible and until I heard it I could not believe it. After the break he mad e a few comments on the Theorists already saying the Bob Threat was Bush engineered.

Then said just hours Chris Matthews was talking to Brian Williams and they were disxcussing how Mike Wallce had gone to Tahran, Iran and that if the Iraians knew us better they woulkd not unleach the suicide bombers on us like they had in Israe. Matthews made the comment that these suicide bombers had no triuble killing themselnes first and anyone else around.

Then enemy suit Brian Willaims said actually says "We have some of those people on our team like the Rangers/Seals/Special Forces, they are crazy enough to go in to get killed first just like suicide bombers...to even mention these suicide bombers with the brave men that make up thje Rangers/Seals/Delta Force and Special Forces is an absolute disgrace that has me so LIVID I called the President of NBC at:

Steve Capus, Pres. NBC News 212-664-3228 steve.capus@nbc.com

I left hima profanity laced VM that will get me a call back because after that I called the producer for MSNBC:

Bill Wolff, VP Program. 201-583-5008 bill.wolff@msnbc.com

I soke wit the co-producer and she said that never happened I said have you been listening to the Hugh Heqwitt show for the past 2-3 houirs, she said no and I ssaid this is being broad cast coast to coast, you and you "We Hate America" have gone too far and you have Mr Capus call Fri am...she said are you a friend I said that is none of your business.

This is a totally true story and I am outraged that suit that morwe concernewd wityh his hair and suit would put down and comapre the bravist men the USA has to offer. You want to address your comments here are the numbers and web sites at:

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/01/hardballs-advertiser-contacts-and.html I want to personally thank all service personale for their service, thanks one and all. I will be dawging these people and I am to talk to a Ranger tonight to get this to go up the ranks.

Respectfully, John

PS Sorry for the typos I am mad as hell and am shakeing writing this...bear with em.

'9/11' to air on public-access TV By C.J. Karamargin ARIZONA DAILY STAR

A Tucson woman has succeeded where director Michael Moore failed: She is making sure the anti-Bush documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11" gets on television before the Nov. 2 election.

Radio producer Elaine Higginbotham has Moore's permission to air the controversial film on local public-access television.

The broadcast means that an estimated 150,000 local cable subscribers could be among a select few able to view the film without having to rent the DVD.

"I'm not aware of other places where it has been scheduled," said Sam Behrend, executive director of Access Tucson, which operates public-access TV stations in the area.

Neither is Higginbotham, who considers airing a film that takes a highly critical look at the U.S. invasion of Iraq as a valuable public service.

"I look at this film as educational," said Higginbotham, a John Kerry supporter.

Higginbotham asked Moore if she could air "Fahrenheit 9/11" when he visited Tucson on Oct. 11 as part of a national speaking tour. His response to her request, she said, was unequivocal and captured on tape.

"Yes, of course," he said. "Burn, baby, burn. Please do that … and please try to get as many people as possible to see it before the election."

Moore could not be reached for comment, but Behrend said Higginbotham signed a release indicating she has permission to air the film.

It would not be unheard of for Moore to sacrifice profits in the name of politics and give away the rights to the film, which has made more than $216 million worldwide since it was released in June. Last week he offered to allow the conservative Sinclair Broadcasting Group to air the film for free as a counterbalance to "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal," a film that attacks Kerry's anti-Vietnam War activities. Sinclair scrapped plans to broadcast the entire film on Tuesday after it was confronted by rising political and financial pressures. Instead, it will run a news program incorporating parts of the film on 40 of its 62 stations, including those in the key battleground states of Florida and Ohio. The company does not operate stations in Arizona.

Moore had hoped to air "Fahrenheit 9/11" on the In Demand pay-per-view service owned by Time Warner, Comcast and Cox Communications. But the company recently canceled the planned Nov. 1 broadcast, citing "legitimate business and legal concerns." Comcast and Cox are the main cable providers for the Tucson area.

Spokesmen for both companies say they do not exercise any "editorial control" over cable access programming. The same holds true for the city and Access Tucson.

"It really is a public forum and the only restriction really is that the programs be noncommercial," Behrend said.

But that hands-off policy has not stopped at least one city leader from expressing outrage at the broadcast.

City Councilwoman Kathleen Dunbar called it proof of Access Tucson's "liberal agenda," and said "Stolen Honor" should be aired in the interest of balance. "If they do one they should do the other," the North Side Republican said.

But Behrend noted that Access Tucson's 140 weekly shows run the gamut. They include one from the ultra-conservative John Birch Society, which will air immediately before "Fahrenheit 9/11" on two occasions.

Earlier this year, Dunbar supported an effort to reduce public funding to Access Tucson. This year, the cable service received $761,200 from the city but that amount was more than offset by the $3.7 million in subscriber fees paid to the city by Cox.

Thursday, Oct. 21, 2004 New York Times: Every Network Should Show 'Stolen Honor'

The first sentence of the New York Times' review today of "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal" was what we expected: It said Sinclair Broadcast Group should not show the documentary. Then the pro-Kerry daily explained why in a stunning recommendation:

"It should be shown in its entirety on all the networks, cable stations and on public television." This is the same paper that ran such a bizarre, hateful campaign against Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" and trashed "Unfit for Command" while touting Kitty Kelley's anti-Bush gossip?

TV reviewer Alessandra Stanley indicates she doesn't like the fact that "Stolen Honor" will hinder Sen. John Kerry's candidacy, but she nonetheless advises that "it does help viewers better understand the rage fueling the unhappy band of brothers who oppose Mr. Kerry's candidacy and his claim to heroism."

Stanley writes:

This film is payback time, a chance to punish one of the most famous antiwar activists, Mr. Kerry, the one who got credit for serving with distinction in combat, then, through the eyes of the veterans in this film, went home to discredit the men left behind. The film begins with dirgelike music and a scary black-and-white montage of stark images of soldiers and prisoners as a deep voice sorrowfully intones, "In other wars, when captured soldiers were subjected to the hell of enemy prisons, they were considered heroes." The narrator adds, "In Vietnam they were betrayed."

The imagery is crude, but powerful: each mention of Mr. Kerry's early 1970's meeting with North Vietnamese government officials in Paris is illustrated with an old black-and-white still shot of the Arc de Triomphe, an image that to many viewers evokes the Nazi occupation of Paris. ...

The film's producer, Carlton Sherwood, a former investigative reporter and a Vietnam veteran, gives his own testimony, explaining that even though he has uncovered all kinds of misdeeds in his career, the history of Mr. Kerry's antiwar activism is "a lot more personal.'' He recalls listening to Mr. Kerry's testimony in 1971, saying, "I felt an inner hurt no surgeon's scalpel could remove.''

That pain is the main theme of the documentary, which can be seen in its entirety on the Internet for $4.99. One former P.O.W., John Warner, lashes out at Mr. Kerry for having coaxed Mr. Warner's mother to testify at the Winter Soldier Investigation, where disgruntled veterans testified to war crimes they committed. Calling it a "contemptible act," Mr. Warner, who spent more than five years as a prisoner, tells the camera that Mr. Kerry was the kind of man who preyed on a mother's grief "purely for the promotion of your own political agenda."

This story about Kerry preying on this GI's family is what the American citizen does not know about. The Sinclair Group wants to know from we citizens what we think about airing STOLEN HONOR because they will lose advertisers, it is important to let them know we are behind them. Their email is: comments@sbgi.net subject line To: CEO David D Smith

A former Vietnam War prisoner of war charges that as he was being tortured by his communist captors, John Kerry was preying on his family to denounce the United States.

The new allegation against Kerry is made in the controversial documentary “Stolen Honor: Wounds that Never Heal” by James H. Warner, a former Marine Corps naval flight officer who won the Silver Star after spending more than five years in a North Vietnamese prison.

Warner’s sensational charge against Kerry is just one of the fresh allegations that Kerry did more than protest U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War – he also worked to help the North Vietnamese by getting families of POWs to criticize the U.S. government.

When Capt. James (Jim) Howie Warner was shot down on Oct. 13, 1967, he could hardly have known at the time that his pain and suffering wwould be enhanced by a recently discharged naval officer-turned-war protester named John Kerry.

As Warner suffered brutal treatment in Vietnam, young Kerry was helping to organize the infamous Winter Soldier hearings held in Detroit, Mich., at the end of January and into early February of 1971.

Warner recounts that Kerry personally recruited his grieving mother to testify at the Winter Soldier hearings – testimony that Warner was confronted and taunted with while in captivity, testimony that later appeared in John Kerry’s infamous wartime book, “The New Soldier.”

In “Stolen Honor,” Warner says, “They showed me a transcript of testimony that my mother had given at the Winter Soldier hearing. I read her testimony; it was not particularly damning, but I wondered how did someone persuade her? Then they showed me a statement by John Kerry. I know that he did talk to her and my sisters. It is really a contemptible act to take a grieving old lady and prey upon her grief and manipulate her grief purely for the promotion of your own political agenda.”

In his interview with NewsMax, Warner’s anger toward Kerry for involving his family is still very much alive and well: “There’s not a single thing Kerry has done – except to marry a rich woman – that didn’t show bad judgment.”

From his Winter Soldier hearings, which have largely been discredited by historians, Kerry gained national publicity for himself and furthered the anti-war cause. The POWs claim Kerry and his fellow anti-war protesters helped prolong the war – and their brutal captivity – by two years or more.

For his efforts, Kerry has been lauded in Vietnam and is featured as one of the Vietnamese communists' heroes in their national war museum.

Warner says that while Kerry was having his various dialogues with the enemy in Paris and using Warner’s family for his ends, he still could have intervened to help the POWs.

Warner says with some anguish that Kerry didn't “even ask them to stop the torture. While he was making friends, why didn’t he do something to get us letter privileges with our families? My mother didn’t know if I was alive or dead.”

B.G. Burkett, Vietnam historian and author of “Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History,” tells NewsMax that Warner’s family was not alone in their experience.

Burkett said that Kerry’s Winter Soldier group contacted the families of several POWs to denounce the United States.

“It’s a pretty horrendous thing, these family members being called by Kerry or his group while their son or husband is being tortured in a Hanoi prison,” Burkett said. “And the message to the POW families was clear: If you speak out against the U.S., the communists will go easy on your loved one.”

Burkett said the effort to involve the POW families in the anti-war movement was one of the most “evil things Kerry and his group ever did.”

When Virginia Warner did testify, she did not denounce the U.S. but she spoke as a mother would: “My name is Virginia Warner, and I am the mother of James Warner, who has been a prisoner in Vietnam, North Vietnam, since 1967 in October. I'm here to ask the American people to help get this thing over with.”

Having his mother’s testimony included with the "testimony" of those who claimed to be veterans, with the left-wing activists present, gave a dignity to the whole proceeding that it did not merit, Warner argues.

Kerry’s work on behalf of North Vietnam and his use of Warner’s mother were not overlooked by Warner’s communist captors.

A Captor Taunts the Marine Aviator

In a recent essay, Warner writes about the interchange between himself and one of his tormenting captors – a man he refers to as “Boris.”

“Then Boris reached behind his back and pulled out some clippings from a left wing newspaper in the U.S. He showed me several articles about an event, which had been held in Detroit, called 'The Winter Soldier Hearings.' He left me to read the articles while he left the room. The articles reported alleged "testimony" from people who claimed to be Viet-Nam veterans who allegedly claimed that they had done things which, if true, would have [led] to courts martial for each of them.

“Suddenly, I read an article about my mother testifying. Unlike the leftists, she did not condemn the U.S., she merely stated that she hoped the war would end soon and I would be released. The next article mentioned testimony from my father. His was like my mother's testimony, merely expressing hope that the war would end soon and that all who suffered from war would find relief. Nothing they said fit with the virulent anti-American sentiments that the leftists had expressed. But having their testimony included in with the ‘testimony’ of those who claimed to be veterans, and the left wing activists present, seemed to give a dignity to the whole proceeding which it did not merit.”

Boris told Warner to note especially the former U.S. military officer who had accused American soldiers of war crimes.

“‘This man was an officer in your navy. He says that the war is illegal, immoral and unjust. Read what he says.’

“I read the words of John Kerry. What John Kerry said, according to the clippings, was that the U.S. should abandon South East Asia, unilaterally and immediately. This, of course, would not only leave the Prisoners of War in the hands of the communists, but far worse, there was not a sane person in the universe who did not know that the instant the countries of South East Asia were abandoned, the blood bath would begin.”

Warner wondered why Kerry did what he did.

“When John Kerry said that Vietnam vets were criminals, did he not know that the communists would use his words against the POWs?” Warner asked. “He feels insulted when someone questions his patriotism. What other conclusion would you come to, if you were in my shoes? Kerry, from what I read, did not criticize the tactics or strategy we were using in Vietnam. If that was what he wanted to say, I am sure that most Vietnam vets, who saw first hand that McNamara's strategy was foolish, would have agreed with him.”

Warner is just one of 17 POWs who appear in "Stolen Honor" and who accuse John Kerry of betrayal.

Warner is frustrated that his story, and that of the other POWs, is being denied to the American people and efforts have been made to stop Sinclair Broadcasting from airing the documentary.

“They should have read the McCain-Feingold law that most of them voted for,” Warner says. “In the black letter law of the act, the restrictions do not apply to one who owns or operates a media outlet.”

Burkett argues that new revelations, such as Kerry’s use of POW families, need to be revealed to the American people before they make a historic decision on Election Day.

“These POWs more than anyone else have a right to be heard and should be heard by all Americans,” Burkett told NewsMax, adding, “They each spent additional months if not years in prison because of John Kerry.”

Fox is the only network that is aggresively investigating the Oil for Food program. They have uncovered why the French/Germans/Russians and some other countries voted against the war MONEY billions of dollars. The French/Russians had arms dealers 3 weeks before we invaded Iraq to take this maniac out trying to sell them weapons that would shoot down out aircraft, penetrae our tanks. This excuse that they the French and the other so called allies of "We don't know if Saddam has WMD and is the bad guy the US says...we don't think so" Imagine taking money that was for children, for medicine and food for those that can not defend themselves...Money is the root of all evil. This documentary will expose what the UN is hiding and promises some new surprises. Be sure to watch because I have a feeling this will be the main story tomorrow.

Bill Clinton had close ties to the Chinese I find it interesting that after 8 years of Clinton the Chinese space agency really accelerated their pace to put up their first manned capsules and they also are moving toward a manned landing on the moon. John Kerry gets money for his re-election...why do we allow a foreign country to give to our represenatives? Is there no common sense going on...I don't believe for a minute that the Chinese were just being generous to both Clinton and Kerry...nobody gets something for nothing do they? To me it appears that the Kerry past is a shadowy web of connections to people that most Americans would think is questionable at best. These are just my personal opinions. senna