The Washington Times today takes a look at the Imam incident where the 6 Imams were removed from their flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix. As it turns out, the Imams, who are claiming that they were discriminated against based on their religion, were pretty much doing all that they could to act like terrorists! Not only were they praying in the terminal, which initially raised red flags among the gate agents, they didn't sit in their assigned seats. Two of the Imams had tried to upgrade to first class, but were told that there were no first class seats available...so they sat in the front-row of first class anyway. Two others sat in the exit aisles in the middle of the plane, and the remaining two sat in the back - the same configuration used by the 9/11 terrorists.
So, we have Muslim Imams praying in the terminal, and then refusing to sit in their assigned seats, instead copying a pattern known to have been used by the terrorists who perpetrated the worst terrorist attack in the history of America...and they say they're removal and interrogation is religious persecution? The behavior of these Imams was inflammatory, at best, and criminal, at worst. As former Air Marshall Robert MacLean was quoted in the Times article, "That's like shouting 'fire' in a crowded theater. You just can't do that anymore."
In my personal opinion, this case is an attempt by these Imams, in conjunction with CAIR and other Muslim organizations, to step up the politically correct treatment of Muslims. They are currently calling on Congress to pass a bill outlawing passenger profiling...but if security officials cannot remove Muslims from airplanes when they exhibit this kind of suspicious behavior, is there any time when officials will be allowed to remove Muslims from airplanes if new restrictions are put into place? There is no doubt that these Imams were acting suspiciously and that the airline was right to have them removed. These claims of religious discrimination are nothing but obfuscation in what, to all appearances, is an attempt to make it easier for Muslim terrorists to board planes...and we even have members of Congress buying into it.
This, more than anything else in American history, shows the danger of political correctness. If we allow these Imams and groups like CAIR (who have ties to Islamic terrorist organizations) to dictate US domestic security policy, we are only inviting further attacks.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
The PC police are back
CAIR (the Council on American Islamic Relations) has been making a big stink about a recent incident where 6 imams were removed from a US Airways flight and questioned by authorities due to "suspicious activity". Apparently, the imams had been praying very loudly in the terminal, and some witnesses said they were making anti-American remarks.
CAIR immediately started bloviating about this incident, but what did they expect? Realistically, CAIR is falling into their stereotypical role as the Muslim PC police. For years, they've been jumping all over anyone guilty of committing the slightest perceived insult to Islam, and this case is no different. Their propaganda, though, especially in this case, is entirely wrong.
First off, let's be realistic: 3,000 Americans died on 9/11 at the hands of Muslim terrorists. How are we supposed to handle it when a bunch of men are being flamboyantly Muslim on an airplane? Getting them off of the plane and questioning them is not racial profiling, it's common sense. It is not discriminatory, it is a perfectly reasonable safety measure. If the 9/11 terrorists were redneck Christians, then I would have no objection to authorities pulling some redneck Christian men off of a plane for questioning if they had been praying loudly, because for them, too, it would be "suspicious behavior."
Groups like CAIR and anyone else who puts down supposed "racial profiling" seems to want people to subjugate common sense to political correctness in the name of being "tolerant" and "multicultural." But let's face it: Islamic terrorism is still a real threat to America. If these six men had been terrorists, and the authorities had done nothing, next thing we know, America would be mourning 3,000 more dead, and airport security would be sitting before some facsimile of the 9/11 committee being grilled about why they didn't do anything to stop the attack. We cannot afford this kind of double-standard when it comes to our national security. Every Muslim has the right to say his daily prayers, Muslims should exercise discretion, and realize that if you say your prayers loudly right before getting on a passenger jet, people will be suspicious.
"Tolerance" and "multiculturalism" are two-way streets. Being suspicious of Muslims who are acting suspiciously does not make any Americans racists or bigots. It is patently clear that these imams were trying to provoke a reaction, and one has to wonder why. The only conceivable reason I can think of is to make it easier for terrorists to pull off future attacks...and CAIR is complicit in helping these imams accomplish this by trying to make our security officials doubt their actions when they react to suspicious behavior. When is America going to get its act together and ban CAIR altogether? Multiculturalism is tearing Europe apart; we don't need any more of it here.
**Robert Spencer, scholar of Islamic history, theology & law, and founder of Jihad Watch sounds off here.
It's well worth reading.
CAIR immediately started bloviating about this incident, but what did they expect? Realistically, CAIR is falling into their stereotypical role as the Muslim PC police. For years, they've been jumping all over anyone guilty of committing the slightest perceived insult to Islam, and this case is no different. Their propaganda, though, especially in this case, is entirely wrong.
First off, let's be realistic: 3,000 Americans died on 9/11 at the hands of Muslim terrorists. How are we supposed to handle it when a bunch of men are being flamboyantly Muslim on an airplane? Getting them off of the plane and questioning them is not racial profiling, it's common sense. It is not discriminatory, it is a perfectly reasonable safety measure. If the 9/11 terrorists were redneck Christians, then I would have no objection to authorities pulling some redneck Christian men off of a plane for questioning if they had been praying loudly, because for them, too, it would be "suspicious behavior."
Groups like CAIR and anyone else who puts down supposed "racial profiling" seems to want people to subjugate common sense to political correctness in the name of being "tolerant" and "multicultural." But let's face it: Islamic terrorism is still a real threat to America. If these six men had been terrorists, and the authorities had done nothing, next thing we know, America would be mourning 3,000 more dead, and airport security would be sitting before some facsimile of the 9/11 committee being grilled about why they didn't do anything to stop the attack. We cannot afford this kind of double-standard when it comes to our national security. Every Muslim has the right to say his daily prayers, Muslims should exercise discretion, and realize that if you say your prayers loudly right before getting on a passenger jet, people will be suspicious.
"Tolerance" and "multiculturalism" are two-way streets. Being suspicious of Muslims who are acting suspiciously does not make any Americans racists or bigots. It is patently clear that these imams were trying to provoke a reaction, and one has to wonder why. The only conceivable reason I can think of is to make it easier for terrorists to pull off future attacks...and CAIR is complicit in helping these imams accomplish this by trying to make our security officials doubt their actions when they react to suspicious behavior. When is America going to get its act together and ban CAIR altogether? Multiculturalism is tearing Europe apart; we don't need any more of it here.
**Robert Spencer, scholar of Islamic history, theology & law, and founder of Jihad Watch sounds off here.
It's well worth reading.
Changing Times
From the message boards at lauraingraham.com:
Scenario: Johnny & Mark get into a fist fight
1973-Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends
2006-Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled
Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class
1973-Jeffrey sent to office & given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class
2006-Jeffrey given Ritalin; becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.
Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car & his Dad gives him a whipping
1973-Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college & becomes a successful businessman.
2006-Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care & joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself & their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.
Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant
1973-5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a special school for expectant mothers.
2006-Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who notifies the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over & gets an abortion without her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms & told to be more careful next time.
Scenario: Pedro fails high school English
1973-Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2006-Pedro's cause is taken up by state democratic party, ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can't speak English.
Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by Mary, his teacher. Mary, hugs him to comfort him
1973-Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2006-Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job, 3 years
Scenario: Johnny & Mark get into a fist fight
1973-Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends
2006-Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled
Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class
1973-Jeffrey sent to office & given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class
2006-Jeffrey given Ritalin; becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.
Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car & his Dad gives him a whipping
1973-Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college & becomes a successful businessman.
2006-Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care & joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself & their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.
Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant
1973-5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a special school for expectant mothers.
2006-Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who notifies the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over & gets an abortion without her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms & told to be more careful next time.
Scenario: Pedro fails high school English
1973-Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.
2006-Pedro's cause is taken up by state democratic party, ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can't speak English.
Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by Mary, his teacher. Mary, hugs him to comfort him
1973-Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2006-Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job, 3 years
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Planned Child Abuse
I just found this today, and it is disturbing, to say the least.
When Enron energy traders were caught on tape taking perverse joy in a natural disaster that caused energy prices to go up. The tapes were all over the media. The public was outraged. Eventually, Enron was brought down for its unscroupulous business practices. But is it all about the money? What about protecting children?
In 2002, a pro-life lobbying group launched an "undercover sting" aimed at abortion clinics across America. The plan: an actress called over 800 abortion clinics claiming to be a 13 year old girl who was having sex with a 22 year old man. It is important to note: this is illegal in every one of the 50 states in the US. Yet although it is illegal for a 22 year old to have sex with a 13 year old and reporting this crime is mandatory, none of the clinics reported it to the authorities, and many of them told her what information she would have to withhold when getting an abortion in order to keep them from having to report. Some also informed her on how to get around parental notification laws.
This is how evil the abortion industry has become: Planned Parenthood is using our tax dollars to protect child abusers. The fact that this story was buried by the media is telling, and the story it tells is not good.
Listen to the tapes for yourself here. (ADULTS ONLY!)
When Enron energy traders were caught on tape taking perverse joy in a natural disaster that caused energy prices to go up. The tapes were all over the media. The public was outraged. Eventually, Enron was brought down for its unscroupulous business practices. But is it all about the money? What about protecting children?
In 2002, a pro-life lobbying group launched an "undercover sting" aimed at abortion clinics across America. The plan: an actress called over 800 abortion clinics claiming to be a 13 year old girl who was having sex with a 22 year old man. It is important to note: this is illegal in every one of the 50 states in the US. Yet although it is illegal for a 22 year old to have sex with a 13 year old and reporting this crime is mandatory, none of the clinics reported it to the authorities, and many of them told her what information she would have to withhold when getting an abortion in order to keep them from having to report. Some also informed her on how to get around parental notification laws.
This is how evil the abortion industry has become: Planned Parenthood is using our tax dollars to protect child abusers. The fact that this story was buried by the media is telling, and the story it tells is not good.
Listen to the tapes for yourself here. (ADULTS ONLY!)
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