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“It doesn't help anyone to do what Mr. Cole does, which is deny that any connection exists at all between Islam, Mohammed, and murderous violence and oppression.” - Kasimira
How can one pick passages from the Quran identifying it’s violent nature while ignoring equally violent passages from th Bible?
How can one claim there were no Mosques burned in America and ignore the level of hate crimes against muslims in America?
How can one connect murderous violence with Islam and ignore that in Exodus 21:7, the bible explains how to sell your daughter as a sex slave and not connect Chritianity with prostitution and immorality?
@Chris W
Yes non-Islam faiths have never sinned nor comitted injustices nor dropped atomic bombs
Yes there has never been genocide committed against native american indians.
Yes, Christians of all races have lived in peace together forever and ever amen.
Yes, black men were never hanged and black women raped for sport all under the sign of a burning cross.
Yes bigots love to ignore everything that does not support their irrational inward sense of inferiority and fear.
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Speaking of ignorance.
The attempt to separate religion from its adherents is disingenuous. Name a religion that exists without adherents. It is, after all, the adherents that define a religion, not the texts. – verelse
The logic here is overwhelmingly lacking. A culture of hate filled zeolots base their beliefs on a religious text, thereby it makes the religious text about hate filled zeolotry. I suppose then that since Charlie Manson committed horrendous murderous crimes based on beatles music then the beatles obviously are the pop group of horror and murder. Last but not least, since George Bush claims to be a Christian, all peope who believe him to be a murderous incomptetent fool are required to disavow themselves of Chritianity. Right.
Difference Without a Distinction - Tim W. Brown
Following your technical argument I guess you would agree with the term Christiannazi. Making connection where none exists is a distinction, implying mal-intent to an entire faith is a distinction, dumbass.
There is no worse bigot then the one blind to their own bigotry.
Obama has a greater percentage of $4,600 donors than McCain or Romney. Does that mean we should vote for Romney or Mccain in the general election?
Or shall we go with Huckabee who has the lowest percentage of $200 donations amoung those still running?
Numbers are funny that way. They don't always tell the story you expect. You may also be surprised at Bushes numbers from previous elections.
impassioned - check
appeals to popular prejudices and emotions - check
without moral principles or ethical standards - check
says generally stupid and illogical stuff - check
Which makes Obama - holy smokes a politician.
And when the next terrorist attack happens ...
... I will then ask you to write a well-reasoned excuse to all that attack's victims. --Sol Invictus
What if you die by car accident, or by the bird flu, or by a criminal, or an airline crash, or allergic reaction, or an incurable disease, or gun accident, or by fire, or natural disaster, or any one of a host of terminal illnesses, or infected cut, or a domestic accident (you should find how many people die from this, you would not believe it) or if the draft is re-instated and you go die in Iraq?
Sane people understand that life is temporary and if you start to think of all the ways you can die in any given moment, dying from a terrorist attack is pretty low on the list.
But here’s another fear for you. If the terrorist attack you so fear, kills you first, you won’t be able to ask someone to write a well reasoned excuse to you.
"Whatever, if Obama doesnt pull this through and the dems are this stupid, i'm tuning out."
Good riddance.
If you can put down the pretty pink and blue ponies you got with your Obama donations for long enough, read @joey's grandpa & KStones post to understand Clintons strategy. It's not desperation, it's a well conceived long term strategy by someone planning to win the general election.
What's Obama going to do with his 32 billion - buy glow sticks so his supporters can wave them around at night while staring at each other in rapture?
Seems like an easy choice to me.
-- Xrandadu Hutman
Thanks for your completely unbiased analysis. It may be better received however if you take the Obama piercings out of your nose, mouth, ears and other places.
BTW if it was fukkin EZ for people, a complete fukkin imcecile would not have been voted into the White House the last two election cycles.
The recent polls below show Clinton garnering more support nationally than Obama by 3.3%. So what? Polls are about as usefull in determining an election outcome as the point spread in Vegas is in predicting the Super Bowel winner.
On the other hand a pretty good indicator is Republicans telling everyone Hillary is the EZ candidate to beat. What they really mean is the opposite. In fact, the little wussies fear Hillary.
McCain, by the time he is thru with Obama will have him painted as the weak kneed liberal love child who is advocating surrendering to terrorists, and weakening our interests and security the world over. On the other hand, McCain tries that crap with Hillary, and she'll put him over her knee, give him a few good whacks and make him look like a little boy.
Time 02/01 - 02/04 439 LV 48 42 Clinton +6.0
CNN 02/01 - 02/03 500 RV 46 49 Obama +3.0
Cook/RT Strategies 01/31 - 02/02 376 RV 37 43 Obama +6.0
Pew Research 01/30 - 02/02 596 RV 46 38 Clinton +8.0
CBS News/NY Times 01/30 - 02/02 491 LV 41 41 Tie
ABC/Wash Post 01/30 - 02/01 LV 47 43 Clinton +4.0
FOX News 01/30 - 01/31 377 LV 47 37 Clinton +10.0
Rasmussen (Fri) 4 Day Tracking 900 LV 47 43 Clinton +4.0
Gallup (Fri)