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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (59891)	2/23/2009 2:59:59 PM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224729

Maybe someday they will thank President Bush. February 18, 2009 No. 2250 memri.org Obama Election Gives Hope to Iraqi Blacks Who Are Still Treated as Slaves Following are excerpts from a TV report on blacks in Iraq, which aired on Al-Arabiya TV on February 6, 2009: To view this clip, visit memritv.org. "People Call Me 'Slave'" Reporter: "People still call them slaves in an age in which the world's loftiest palaces have collapsed. Their great suffering includes many forms of oppression of men by their fellow men, who use them as tools. They were not permitted to own land, and used to work for the feudalists. They constitute a substantial percentage of Iraqi society. Most of them live in Basra, in south Iraq. Jalal Diyab, Secretary of the Iraqis' Free Movement: "The blacks were, and still are, marginalized and excluded from society and politics. Blacks are still viewed as inferior slaves. This view has been passed down through the generations. A black person is viewed as someone of lesser value, of lesser importance, as if he were a useless object, which nobody considers important. Even politicians, writers, and researchers pay no attention to black people and to their issues." [...] Iraqi: "People call me 'slave' or 'black.' There is no respect, no appreciation. Who is responsible for this? The large families. Take, for example, those children. They chase you, calling: 'You black,' and whatever. It's not nice." Interviewer: "What do white people usually call you?" Iraqi: "They always call us 'slaves.'" Interviewer: "They still do that?" "When Obama Won The Elections, We Began To Hope That One Day, We Would Have... A Black Official in Any Position" Iraqi: "The most common thing - and I get it all the time - is that when there is an argument with them, they immediately say: 'Go away, you slave.' We are all slaves of Allah. The only thing they know how to say is: 'Go away, you slave.' Yesterday, I came from Baghdad, and when it was my turn to get in, the driver said: 'Not only are you black, but you are also trying to push ahead.' What is this? Is your God white and mine black? I'm surprised people use such terms." [...] "When Obama won the elections, we began to hope that one day, we would have a [black] president - not necessarily the president of the country, but a black official in any position."

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (59891)	2/24/2009 2:28:32 AM
From: Neeka	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224729

Doddering old fool needs to go home and leave it to younger men.

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (59891)	2/24/2009 8:30:37 AM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 224729

Speaking of political consequences, Democrats have painted a bullseye on Dave Reichert (R) WA 8th for his NO vote on the stimulus package. Obama carried Reichert's district by 15 points.

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (59891)	2/26/2009 8:39:51 AM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224729

After all this moslum appeasement by clinton the USA gets 9/11 and new laws protecting them. ...."Early this year, President Clinton publicly lamented the fact that Muslim Americans face "discrimination" and "intolerance" in this country. Not long afterward, the Senate passed a solemn resolution inveighing against the "discrimination and harassment" suffered by the American Muslim community. Neither of these pronouncements happened by accident. Rather, they followed years of agitation and complaint on the part of organizations speaking on behalf of the several million Muslims living in the United States. These organizations are now bent on following the Senate resolution with a similar one by the House. To this end, the American Muslim Council (AMC) has invoked an "ongoing wave of discriminatory acts," while the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) states that "discrimination is now part of daily life for American Muslims." According to one member of the CAIR board, "Islamophobia," or the fear and hatred of Islam, is "at epidemic levels.".... Full article >>> danielpipes.org