It's the beginning of the end. Sharia law won't be far behind. You Atheists are going to look back at the Christian Right with fond memories.
Let the stonings and beheadings begin! --- Leland Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This article appeared in the Washington Post: > > #----------------------------------------- > > > A Bigot in Congress > > > One Muslim congressman is one too many for > Virgil Goode. > > Friday, December 22, 2006; Page A32 > > BIGOTRY COMES in various guises -- some coded, some > closeted, some > colossally stupid. The bigotry displayed recently by > Rep. Virgil H. > Goode Jr., a Republican who represents a patch of > south-central > Virginia, falls squarely in the third category. Mr. > Goode, evidently in > a state of xenophobic delirium, went on a > semi-public tirade against the > looming peril and corrupting threat posed by Muslim > immigration to the > United States. "I fear that in the next century we > will have many more > Muslims in the United States if we do not adopt the > strict immigration > policies that I believe are necessary to preserve > the values and beliefs > traditional to the United States of America," he > wrote in a letter to > constituents. > > The inspiration for Mr. Goode's rant is Keith > Ellison, a Minnesota > Democrat who last month became the first Muslim > elected to Congress. Mr. > Ellison, who was born in Detroit and converted to > Islam in college, has > decided to use the Koran during a ceremonial > swearing-in, as is his > constitutional right. This does not sit well with > Mr. Goode, who, > obnoxiously referring to his congressional > colleague-to-be as "the > Muslim Representative from Minnesota," warned > ominously that current > immigration policy would lead to an outbreak of > elected Muslims in this > country and unfettered use of the Koran. > > Forget that Muslims represent a small fraction of > immigrants to America. > And leave aside the obvious point that Mr. Goode was > evidently napping > in class the day they taught the traditional > American values of > tolerance, diversity and religious freedom. This > country's history is > rife with instances of uncivil, hateful and violent > behavior toward > newcomers, be they Jewish, Irish, Italian or plenty > of others whose > ethnicities did not jibe with some pinched view of > what it means to be > American. Mr. Goode's dimwitted outburst of nativism > is nothing new. > > No, the real worry for the nation is that the rest > of the world might > take Mr. Goode seriously, interpreting his biased > remarks about Muslims > as proof that America really has embarked on a > civilizational war > against Islam. With 535 members, you'd think that > Congress would welcome > the presence of a single Muslim representative. > Whether it can afford a > lawmaker of Mr. Goode's caliber is another question. > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122101612.html?referrer=email > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/ygwq2n > > #-------------------------------------------------- > > Regards, > > LelandJ > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are the opinions of the author, and do not > constitute legal or medical advice. This statement > is added to the messages for those lawyers who are > too stupid to see the obvious. > Christmas gifts for Real Americans Free Shipping for orders over $50 http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
