About one-quarter of young American Muslims believe to some extent that suicide bombings can be justified to defend Islam, while nearly 80 percent of all U.S. Muslims reject such attacks, a survey showed on Tuesday
This according to a recent poll. This is kind of disturbing. The survey showed 25% support for suicide bombings by 18 to 30 year old AMERICAN Muslims. 80% of all US Muslims condemn this type of attack, so where are the young Muslims learning this from?
If the 18 to 30 year old demographic has 25% support for suicide bombings by AMERICAN Muslims, what is the percentage of support for terrorist activity around the world?
Thank God this man has a ‘D’ after his name, if it were an ‘R’ we would have heard calls for his resignation. There would be no waiting for a hearing to see if there was any wrongdoing. And knowing the way Republicans seem to react to controversy he would have stepped down.
Because he is a Democrat, reaction was different:
House Democrats rejected a Republican bid Tuesday to reprimand Rep. John Murtha, a senior lawmaker accused of threatening legislative reprisals against a GOP member who had crossed him.
This has been swept under the rug with no ripples in the ocean of the main stream media.
Whatever happened to the Democrats promise to run the most ethical congress in history?
Gay Flamingos Adopt chick
I’m not making this up. You can read all about it here.
A pair of gay flamingos have adopted an abandoned chick, becoming parents after being together for six years, a British conservation organisation said Monday.
Carlos and Fernando had been desperate to start a family, even chasing other flamingos from their nests to take over their eggs at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) in Slimbridge near Bristol.
But their egg-sitting prowess made them the top choice for taking an unhatched egg under their wings when one of the Greater Flamingo nests was abandoned.
They sound like a couple of lawbreakers to me.
“Fernando and Carlos are a same sex couple who have been known to steal other flamingos’
Actually they sound like kidnappers.
Notice how this story makes it sound like they are talking about people? They must figure if they show animals can be gay it will prove that homosexuality is normal. Not only that but they are making the case for same sex couples to adopt.
The bottom line here is, if the parents didn’t want the babies shouldn’t they have had the right to an abortion?
Democrats plan to send President Bush a military spending bill that does not include a timeline for U.S. troop pullout or billions in congressional pork, Democratic officials said Monday. The measure would also provide funds for the U.S. military in Iraq through the end of the fiscal year – Sept. 30, the Associated Press reports. The bill is expected to be finished in time to send it to the president’s desk by Friday. It will include political and military goals for the Iraqi government, and if the Iraqis do not meet these goals, it could jeopardize some of the funds the U.S. has promised for reconstruction. Also included in the bill would be the first federal minimum wage increase in more than 10 years.
Considering the Democrats keep telling us they were sent to Washington to end the war, it sure seems like they are enabling the war to me. If they really had a mandate to end the war, why are they not doing so?
Either they are misrepresenting why they were sent to Washington, or they are letting the American people down. We keep hearing the American people want the war to end. They have the power to do it tomorrow, but they don’t have the courage to do it.
Why? Because they are misrepresenting why they were sent to congress. They know it. They know it would be political suicide to surrender in Iraq. They are trying to make it look like the president failed there by making it harder and harder to fight this war. They are undercutting the troops on behalf of their own political gain, and I find it disgusting.
Congress Wants more Oversight on Carbon Offsets
As I first wrote about here, it appears the bloom is off the rose in regards of the carbon offset scam. Now congress wants more oversight into this, you can read about it here.
This whole idea of voluntary carbon offsets or carbon credits is a way to get the American people used to paying for their indulgences. Once people get used to this notion that they can live their lives however they want as long as they pay for these credits it won’t be long until these credits become mandatory. This whole global warming fiasco is a political issue designed to tax and regulate you. It is not an environmental issue, it is a political issue.
America, you need to put a stop to this before your every move is taxed.
Immigration Reform Bill on hold Until June
It looks as though debate on the immigration reform bill will be put on hold until June. I think this is good news, there had to be a reason they were fast tracking this through before people could see what was in it.
It’s good to see cooler heads may have prevailed and there will be more time to examine what is actually in this bill.
This bill has drawn criticism on both sides of the isle for many different reasons and there needs to be time to examine it.
“It would be to the best interests of the Senate … that we not try to finish this bill this week,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid D-Nev., as the chamber began debate on the volatile issue. “I think we could, but I’m afraid the conclusion wouldn’t be anything that anyone wanted.”
This is the first thing I have ever heard Harry Reid say that I agree with. Although the reasons he doesn’t agree with the bill are different than the reasons I don’t like the bill:
Republicans want to make the bill tougher on the nation’s estimated 12 million illegal immigrants. Democrats want to change a new temporary worker program and reorder priorities in a merit-based system for future immigration that weights employability over family ties.
I’m just glad to see this isn’t going to be rushed through the senate and house and sent to the president’s desk. This bill is over seven hundred pages and needs to be read thoroughly, and then debated on.
Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday his remarks were “careless or misinterpreted” when he said the Bush administration has been the “worst in history” for its impact around the world.
Speaking on NBC’s “Today,” Carter appeared to retreat from a statement he made to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for a Saturday story in which he said: “I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history.”
So he was either careless or misinterpreted, he can’t decide which it is. He can’t decide whether he was wrong or whether the media misinterpreted him.
Typical
Romney Ahead in Latest Iowa Poll
Mitt Romney has sprinted ahead of presidential competitors John McCain and Rudy Giuliani in a new Iowa Poll of likely Republican caucus participants.
The Des Moines Register poll shows Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, is the top choice of 30 percent of those who say they definitely or probably will attend the leadoff Iowa caucuses in January.
McCain, a U.S. senator from Arizona, nips former New York Mayor Giuliani for second place — 18 percent to 17 percent.
It looks as though the debates may have paid off for him. Although the poll is different when Gingrich and Fred Thompson are included:
Other polls taken in Iowa this month, presenting a different lineup of candidates that included Newt Gingrich and Fred Thompson, have shown Giuliani, McCain and Romney bunched together. The former U.S. House speaker and former Tennessee senator have said they are considering presidential bids but have not taken steps toward running.
Nancy Pelosi Defends John Murtha’s House Violation
John Murtha may have violated house rules. That is the accusation levied by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.)
Now Nancy Pelosi is defending him.
Pelosi, D-Calif., said she had “no idea what actually happened” during a noisy exchange in the House chamber last week between Reps. John P. Murtha, D-Pa., and Mike Rogers, R-Mich.
No idea what happened, yet she defends him? The evil Republicans must be at fault again.
“I wasn’t there” for the confrontation, Pelosi said. “I do know that the Republicans caused quite a stir that was unjustified on the floor of the House, and I’m sure things were said on both sides.”
She added, “I don’t know that there was going to be a resolution. There was rumor that that might be the form it would take, but we’ll deal with it if that’s what comes forward. But I think Mr. Murtha’s reputation for bipartisanship will hold him in good stead.”
She wasn’t there but is sure it couldn’t be his fault. Of course she should still be embarrassed by this:
During leadership elections after Democrats regained control of the House in November, Pelosi aggressively backed Murtha in his bid to become majority leader, the No. 2 position. He lost to Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md.
I’m still waiting to see this story about a prominent Democrat who possibly violated house rules to be reported on by the main stream media.
Sadly, I don’t think I will.
