tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post6607764464636996047..comments2024-03-19T07:20:02.485-05:00Comments on Althouse: "We are, of course, now against any other group burning Qurans. We would right now ask no one to burn Qurans. We are absolutely strong on that. It is not the time to do it."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16951767381088236312010-09-11T07:09:21.487-05:002010-09-11T07:09:21.487-05:00Happy Ramadan.Happy Ramadan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79254675982759587502010-09-11T03:11:28.376-05:002010-09-11T03:11:28.376-05:00So I guess this guy's saying that he was into ...So I guess this guy's saying that he was into burning Qurans before it got popular?Revenanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11374515200055384226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-55725135439819330882010-09-10T20:51:55.225-05:002010-09-10T20:51:55.225-05:00This must've been pretty bad.
Yeah, really, a...<i>This must've been pretty bad.</i><br /><br />Yeah, really, and we missed it. Darn this 9 to 5 job that keeps me away from the internets! Darn it to heck!<br /><br />Oh well. Can't say I'm sad to see Squealer go.Paco Wovéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00053886112561036768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53225696480952444412010-09-10T20:46:32.530-05:002010-09-10T20:46:32.530-05:00Bravo. Although I think you misused "propoun...Bravo. Although I think you misused "propounded" in the last paragraph.Deebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15091029124345316483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-8245514250503868102010-09-10T18:34:05.325-05:002010-09-10T18:34:05.325-05:00What the hell happened? Did AL get banned? What ...What the hell happened? Did AL get banned? What did he say here? I've seen some of the lefties here level some fairly biting stuff at Our Hostess and she still puts up with it. This must've been pretty bad.GMayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12231225580249665221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78411290945766742452010-09-10T17:28:12.801-05:002010-09-10T17:28:12.801-05:00Learning how to constructively deal with being off...Learning how to constructively deal with being offended is a good thing. In fact, it's necessary if they expect to thrive in a civilized society. Then again, maybe they don't.Bushman of the Kohlrabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02195084346440543676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25844766593382814122010-09-10T16:22:43.122-05:002010-09-10T16:22:43.122-05:00For the record, the so-called Muslim community cen...For the record, the so-called Muslim community center earmarked for Ground Zero is already operating as a mosque. Despite the fact that the building itself is still far from correcting its structural code violations. <br /><br />Which is especially interesting since the neighborhood's Greek church has not been allowed such leeway.<br /><br />In other words, the Muslims are now running New York City.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-65014112444234557642010-09-10T16:04:25.288-05:002010-09-10T16:04:25.288-05:00AlphaLiar strikes again. He's just a born liar...AlphaLiar strikes again. He's just a born liar and tool for his ideology and really has zero place amongst real adults and real discussions.Methadrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07828014989470539375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62643878740648625092010-09-10T15:58:43.101-05:002010-09-10T15:58:43.101-05:00Good lord, Ann why do you spend time on this story...Good lord, Ann why do you spend time on this story if it is so lame?Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04977662030208589392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10800377574960828862010-09-10T15:05:05.466-05:002010-09-10T15:05:05.466-05:00I won't have you libeling me here on my blog, ...I won't have you libeling me here on my blog, Alpha. Go to hell.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46152406403082184402010-09-10T14:38:12.484-05:002010-09-10T14:38:12.484-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.AlphaLiberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08711124490821422066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74600612433841314222010-09-10T10:56:45.625-05:002010-09-10T10:56:45.625-05:00The hypocrisy! The irony!
Can't burn a Koran ...The hypocrisy! The irony!<br /><br />Can't burn a Koran because it will inflame a Muslim and endanger our troops?<br /><br />Isn't this EXACTLY why we are fighting in the first place???<br /><br />"I don't like what you say but I will fight for you to have the freedom to say it."<br /><br />America is shown to be weak, while posturing its tolerance as strength. They use our virtue against us, and they are winning. Shall we change tactics or submit?Jennerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16821886043782366822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27178502511718647302010-09-10T10:50:11.086-05:002010-09-10T10:50:11.086-05:00And yet our President, unlike Mr. Jones, is suppos...<i>And yet our President, unlike Mr. Jones, is supposedly very, very smart.</i><br /><br />I am not so certain, as you yourself likewise imply, that Obama is as smart as advertised. He obviously has some exceptional things going for him, but I'm betting the stellar cognitive heft so often assumed by many isn't one of them. As for the preacher, I'm not yet convinced he's all that dumb. One takeaway from the example Obama presents is that appearances can be deceiving.<br /><br>G Jouberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00521745492112085630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33703902291249098142010-09-10T10:02:55.392-05:002010-09-10T10:02:55.392-05:00Ironside makes an interesting point -- it's a ...Ironside makes an interesting point -- it's a mistake to keep thinking of this incident in domestic terms. There's a description of the timeline of the "Quran burning" story at RCP. In short, the story first got wide coverage starting with al-Arabiya in August (picking up on a release by CAIR), and from there spread to the "Sunni Vatican" center in Cairo and elsewhere. Ironside says that it also got wide play in Pakistan and Indonesia in August. <br /><br />It seems likely that Gen Petraeus was responding to that mau-mauing in the Islamic press (from Cairo to Djakarta). After he raised the ante, the story took off in the US. It wasn't the pastor playing the MSM like a melodia at all.<br /><br />In essence, this was a replay of the Danish cartoons madness, with one twist -- Westerners racted negatively to the suppression of the cartoons (artistic expression, how dare they suppress it!) but had a different visceral reaction to the idea of Quran burning (tasteless boob being too provocative!). But, from the perspective of those on the receiving end (al-Arabiya et al.), the provocation and the tastelessness were pretty much the same in both incidents -- the Islamists (a subset of Muslims) see the two as indistinguishable. <br /><br />Ann says that Obama was being false to American values in his response, and I agree. But this episode like his response to the GZ mosque throws a harsh light on Obama's entire approach to the Muslim world. In reaching out to the Muslim world, he needs to offer a little Hope and Change! to those suffering in regimes where the Islamist wackos are in charge (Iran, e.g.), but his kowtowing here is sending exactly the opposite message. <br /><br />At bottom, Obama doesn't have much interest in any of this. Like so much that he does, it's all about him -- he sees it (and everything else) from the perspective of a lefty professor whose world is composed of islands like Cambridge, Berkeley and Ann Arbor. That's the only audience he cares about. His only point is to demostrate how he, as The One, is Righteous and True; and how, if only the lesser folks everywhere would see the Light, our latter-day Messiah would bring about the promised kingdom on earth.Richard Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12735773524374061429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90588752922488144742010-09-10T09:49:57.756-05:002010-09-10T09:49:57.756-05:00Because we’re not willing to lop off heads for any...<i>Because we’re not willing to lop off heads for any imagined insult, Christians are “pussies”? What utter nonsense.</i><br /><br />I think he was implying that's how Christians would viewed in the Muslim world. Obviously Muslims hold thier faith in such a higher regard that they are willing to kill and if necessary die taking a whole bunch of others with them to defend thier faith. <br /><br />Christians on the other hand, in defense of a percieved slight, will maybe write a strongly worded letter to the local newspaper editor, call into complain to Rush Limbaugh or if they're really honked off, paint up a sign and stage a protest (after receiving the appropriate permits).<br /><br />Compare and contrast.Hoosier Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12872965118921894534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37782362426610805402010-09-10T09:42:33.819-05:002010-09-10T09:42:33.819-05:00"I wonder, should all Christians feel respons..."I wonder, should all Christians feel responsible for this pastor"<br /><br />Wonder no more. Christianity is a religion of personal responsibility. The foolish sins of this man have no effect on my relationship with God, MY foolish sins impact that quite enough!<br /><br />Responsible people struggle with their own behavior, it is enough to do. It is difficult for me to worry to much about the sins of my neighbor when I am working on my own.<br /><br />But this guy in Florida can't effect the world so easily. The conflict between Islam and the Jewish and hence Christian faiths goes back to Abraham and has been a problem ever since then. It will remain a problem till the day when all problems are solved.<br /><br />TreyTMinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07221261635305430323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10299317998061587192010-09-10T09:31:59.429-05:002010-09-10T09:31:59.429-05:00"Why didn't Hillary Clinton speak up?&quo..."Why didn't Hillary Clinton speak up?"<br /><br />Ha..do you really have to ask that? It's baffling to me that people don't realize from THE MOMENT she didn't get the nomination she was thinking about the presidency in the back of her mind somewhere.<br /><br />Long ago HIllary and Slick Willie merged their higher ideals, behavior and lives with political calculation. Willie rose to quite the statesman (and side-abuser of womyn). Hillzilla, while possessing a good mind and decent temperment, is also riding the hell out of any ideal for her own political gain.<br /><br />I doubt folks on this blog would be too much happier with Hillary in the White House, b/c she'd be after health care, playing the womyn and other idealists to entrench and normalize the left. THat's politics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22811389416561140162010-09-10T09:16:33.996-05:002010-09-10T09:16:33.996-05:00...the local rent-a-mob in Pakistan burning Americ...<i>...the local rent-a-mob in Pakistan burning American flags and holding up numerous banners. Same thing in Indonesia & Afghanistan too. They do get so easily worked up.</i><br /><br />And who works them up? I do not believe these people spontaneously show up in the streets to protest some Florida nimrod. Their shitty leaders prefer to keep them "worked up" over something outside their own countries. If those countries had decent governments and the opportunity to build individual wealth, they would be much less interested in extreme Islam.prairie windhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602315347389233974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18799352462596558812010-09-10T09:09:51.652-05:002010-09-10T09:09:51.652-05:00"To quote a commenter, should all Christians ..."To quote a commenter, should all Christians spend some time reflecting on that and whether or not they have done enough to right the wrong done in their names."<br /><br />Why should we spend time reflecting on it? We already spent time calling this guy an idiot and telling him his ideas are stupid. <br /><br />Contrast this to Islamic "moderates" who say nothing as their coreligionists murder in their name, yet find the courage to scream racism and oppression should anyone dare discuss the subject. <br /><br />The inability of the left to understand the clear difference shows how willing they are to subjugate reality to their romantic fantasy of modern politics.testhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478829894294731159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90967573915644910882010-09-10T08:42:23.750-05:002010-09-10T08:42:23.750-05:00"God knows why the President of the United St..."God knows why the President of the United States started talking about him."<br /><br />Please. We all know why Obama jumped on the topic. It was a chance to demogogue the right, and that's what he's spent his life doing.testhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09478829894294731159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18210525153198804592010-09-10T08:26:21.378-05:002010-09-10T08:26:21.378-05:00It is so obvious as to hardly require mention, and...It is so obvious as to hardly require mention, and in fact may have been mentioned in this august space, but are we really concerned that this will lead to escalated attacks on the troops? Really, if a "moderate" Muslim decides to join AQ after this, how in hell can he be considered moderate to begin with. And, weren't the radicals killing and joining AQ even before this guy somehow snookered the press into covering this story?Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15438187774392753048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-17957144202393546092010-09-10T08:25:01.138-05:002010-09-10T08:25:01.138-05:00So, the President of the United States is investig...So, the President of the United States is investigating minute Florida law in an effort to shut down the free speech of a private citizen? He just has no sense of where the line is, does he?? His every instinct is to control what he doesn't like. <br /><br /><i>The reason why all of this hand wringing occurred is because Muslims are distinctly NOT pussies, and have access to people with zero problem blowing shit up or loping off heads, just to make a point. <b>And since we're willing to let ourselves get smacked around, we deserve what we get. </b></i><br /><br />Because we’re not willing to lop off heads for any imagined insult, Christians are “pussies”? What utter nonsense.Shannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15709594638793030086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83234005053365660342010-09-10T08:00:04.986-05:002010-09-10T08:00:04.986-05:00Democrat : warrior :: islam : tolerance.Democrat : warrior :: islam : tolerance.The Dudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05354536924604187137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6916712452679487302010-09-10T06:55:06.898-05:002010-09-10T06:55:06.898-05:00Prof. Althouse did a post on the Federalist #68, b...Prof. Althouse did a post on the Federalist #68, by Alexander Hamilton, where he states the intent and definition of a Natural Born Citizen:<br /><br />"Nothing was more to be desired than that every practicable obstacle should be opposed to cabal, intrigue, and corruption. These most deadly adversaries of republican government might naturally have been expected to make their approaches from more than one querter, but chiefly from the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils. How could they better gratify this, than by raising a creature of their own to the chief magistracy of the Union?"<br /><br /><br />Obama is certainly not a creature of our own, or as Vattel said, "indigene" (indigenous), since his father was Kenyan, and Obama 2 was born British. He perfectly exemplifies the framers fear that a Non Natural Born Citizen would lack the neccessary attachment and allegiance to country.<br />Laurence Tribe defined Natural Born Citizens as those "born WITHIN a Nation's Territory and Allegiance". (which is a creatura of our own, an indigenous citizen, born of the soil AND the blood.Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864660386925998491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7393478366422082422010-09-10T06:50:01.970-05:002010-09-10T06:50:01.970-05:00Obama prefers paying the Danegeld.Obama prefers paying the Danegeld.KCFleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00124201866124646626noreply@blogger.com