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Hilarious! Watch this if you haven't yet heard of that ditsy "UCLA Girl"

The little hater goes on YouTube and talks smack about Asian people, but little does she know she would only help bring out the best in them.

Enjoy!

 

 

Prince Alwaleed speaks out 'against' mosque near Ground Zero

I guess better late than never and I'm glad to hear that Prince Alwaleed's objections against Park51 are based purely on logic, common sense and human decency.

WTG Highness! ^5 :)

I for one lost a long time American friend (over this very issue), because he kept on insisting that I denounce Islam/Muslims entirely as ""pure evil" for seeking to inflict even more pain on the American psyche by wanting to build this so-called "Gound Zero Mosque".

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: Prince Alwaleed 'against' Ground Zero mosque - ArabianBusiness.com

In his first public comments on the issue, he said: “I heard and saw a lot of news about me being associated with it and this is all wrong. We did not finance this thing.

“I say that I am against putting the mosque in that particular place. And I’ll tell you why. For two reasons: first of all, those people behind the mosque have to respect, have to appreciate and have to defer to the people of New York, and not try to agitate the wound by saying 'we need to put the mosque next to the 9/11 site'.

"The wound is still there. Just because the wound is healing you can’t say 'let’s just go back to where we were pre-9/11'," he said. “I am against putting the mosque there out of respect for those people who have been wounded over there.”

Prince Alwaleed added: “More importantly, the mosque is not in the best location, the mosque has to be in a dignified location. It can’t be next to a bar or a strip club, or in a neighbourhood that is not really refined and good. The impression I have is that this mosque is just being inserted and squeezed over there. So I am personally against putting the mosque over there…"

"I believe that Christians have the right to build churches where they want and Jews have the right to put synagogues where they want and Muslims have the right to put a mosque where they want. But you have to take care and respect the dignity of those New Yorkers who have been hit badly. Ten years ago is nothing when you talk about history.”

Muslim Americans Defend Freedom of Speech

Let their voices be heard!

A DEFENSE OF FREE SPEECH BY AMERICAN AND CANADIAN MUSLIMS

We, the undersigned, unconditionally condemn any intimidation or threats of violence directed against any individual or group exercising the rights of freedom of religion and speech; even when that speech may be perceived as hurtful or reprehensible.

We are concerned and saddened by the recent wave of vitriolic anti-Muslim and anti-Islamic sentiment that is being expressed across our nation.

We are even more concerned and saddened by threats that have been made against individual writers, cartoonists, and others by a minority of Muslims. We see these as a greater offense against Islam than any cartoon, Qur’an burning, or other speech could ever be deemed.

We affirm the right of free speech for Molly Norris, Matt Stone, Trey Parker, and all others including ourselves.

As Muslims, we must set an example of justice, patience, tolerance, respect, and forgiveness.

The Qur’an enjoins Muslims to:
* bear witness to Islam through our good example (2:143);
* restrain anger and pardon people (3:133-134 and 24:22);
* remain patient in adversity (3186);
* stand firmly for justice (4:135);
* not let the hatred of others swerve us from justice (5:8);
* respect the sanctity of life (5:32);
* turn away from those who mock Islam (6:68 and 28:55);
* hold to forgiveness, command what is right, and turn away from the ignorant (7:199);
* restrain ourselves from rash responses (16:125-128);
* pass by worthless talk with dignity (25:72); and
* repel evil with what is better (41:34).

Let's turn "PARK 51" into a "PEACE GARDEN" if we really want healing

Dear Park 51 folks,

Considering that polarizing politics have completely hijacked your noble, peaceful endeavor at this point, this is the perfect opportunity and also the right time to turn a negative into a positive and do something really worthwhile and lasting on a global scale.....to cultivate peace, love, understanding and promote coexistence.

With the commemoration of the painful 9/11 tragedy (that struck us all at the heart) just around the corner, let's honor the victims by turning "Park 51" into a "Peace Garden", where everyone is welcome to pay tribute to the victims and honor them by planting trees, bushes and flowers, for peace sake, instead of building a community center.

Gardening is fun and can do so much good to release tensions, especially if we do it as a community.

And please let's not stop there, we can still raise the 100 hundred million dollars you had planned to do many great things to serve the world community.

Let's raise 100 million dollars for the flood victims in Pakistan.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to help rebuild Haiti and other areas truck by disaster.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to build schools all over the world where there are none.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to help end violence against women & minorities.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to empower people with disabilities.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to combat human trafficking.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to put an end to malaria

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to combat AIDS.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to help end animal cruelty.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to help protect human rights.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to help protect our enironment.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to help end violence in our schools.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to stop/prevent genocide around the globe.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to bring water & clean energy to the poor in remote areas.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to support existing charities that work to eradicate extremism.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to launch a conflict resolution world forum that excludes politicians.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to educate & empower the poor with social entrepreneurship.

Let's raise another 100 million dollars to provide food, shelter & education for the homeless.

So you see, if we really want to build bridges, we got our work cut out for us and the possibilities are truly endless!

Thank you kindly & peace be with all of us!

PS ~ Everyone is free to copy this note and post it anywhere.

Let's turn "PARK 51" into a "PEACE GARDEN" | Facebook

Geert Wilders will import his hate speech to America on 9/11 regardless of what anyone says

Dutch politician Geert Wilders says he doesn't care what anyone says, he will do what he feels like and he feels pretty good about flying to New York to give a speech at Ground Zero on September 11th, where a protest will be held against the planned construction of the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque".  

He says: "It's an important speech, no one can stop me. I'm the one who decides what I can or can't do.....No mosque at Ground Zero!  Everyone knows what the Party Of Freedom stands for." Via Telegraaf.nl

Mr Wilders has been invited by the anti-Muslim hate group Stop Islamization of America.

See also Ground Zero Mosque and the Right’s New Religious Bigotry - The Daily Beast

Time for Muslim nations to launch a "Hug an American Day"

Let's be honest, even if you don't like America for its politics, you can't help but love the American people.

They are the real patrons of freedom, they are the true spirit of America in all its diversity, inventiveness and conventional wisdom on how to make things right despite the odds, and this is a perfect example of how they deal with adversity:

What's the sense of having a constitution if the government can go against it anyway?

President Obama wasn't kidding when he said: "The constitution is a charter of negative liberties...it says what the states can't do to you, it says what the federal government can't do to you, but it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf."

Thank goodness we have the Supreme Court!

Chicago has banned gun ownership for the last 30 years even though the American constitution grants citizens the right to keep and bear arms.  Attempts to lift the ban have been ongoing but to avail. 

Well, today finally the supreme court ruled against Chicago's unconstitutional gun ban law, but even now, Mayor Daley still insists on wanting to go against this ruling and craft a new ordinance to enforce tight control on gun ownership in Chicago, despite the fact that a strict ban has not produced the desired results in reducing the rate of gun related violent crimes.

I think Mayor Daley needs to quit resisting the law and start enforcing it instead.  And for goodness sake put some more cops out on the streets and let them do their jobs.  Perhaps he ought to have a chat with Newark Mayor Cory Booker and really learn how it's properly done.

Supreme Court ruling casts doubt on Chicago gun ban :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES ::

 

Last Friday, as Daley awaited the Supreme Court ruling, he continued to fret about the dilemma the ruling would cause police officers, firefighters and paramedics arriving at emergency scenes.

“What does a first-responder [do when they] come to your home, if you have 50 guns and you pointed a gun at your wife? You have a legal right to a gun,” the mayor said.

“Can we interfere with that display of a gun if you’ve shown it to somebody in your home? Of course not because everybody wants to sue the city. They want to sue you, the taxpayers, to try to get money out of your pocket. … That’s what we’re worried about.”

Northwest Side Ald. Tom Allen (38th) said the ban has done nothing to stop the bloodbath on Chicago streets as evidenced by the 26 people shot this weekend.

Asked whether Chicago would be more or less safe without the ban, he said, “It’s a wash. The bad guys are gonna have their guns and the good people who are responsible citizens — they will also have their guns. But they’ll do it in a responsible way in their home to protect their family or in their place of business to protect them from armed robbers.”

87 US senators out of 100 support Israel's self-defense

Oddly enough I'm starting to see a pattern lately where Democrats and Republicans are uniting their voices more and more against Obama's policies.

87 US senators support Israeli self-defense - Yahoo! News

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Eighty-seven of the US Senate's 100 members have voiced support for Israel's right to self-defense in the face of threats from Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran, the Senate said Wednesday.

The lawmakers wrote in a letter to President Barack Obama that they "fully support Israel's right to self-defense.

"In response to thousands of rocket attacks on Israel from Hamas terrorists in Gaza, Israel took steps to prevent items which could be used to support these attacks from reaching Gaza," they said, referring to Israel's four-year naval blockade of the Palestinian territory.

Israel last week announced it was easing its siege to allow all strictly "civilian" goods into Gaza, after a crisis exploded when Israeli forces killed nine activists during a May 31 raid on a flotilla of aid ships attempting to run the blockade.

The lawmakers, from both sides of the political aisle, also stressed that "it is our national interest to support Israel at a moment when Israel faces multiple threats from Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the current regime in Iran."

Goodness gracious Mr President

When even your loyal followers are complaining, I'd say it maybe time for your reality check.

Note: Do not click on the following link unless you want to risk seeing some thonged ladies, along with some nakedness, just to read the rest of the article.  Hah I'm not sure what the LA Times was thinking.

Obama's speech: There's a pipe spewing a gazillion gobs of oil into the gulf, so let's build more windmills

For all his reputation as the nation's Top Talker, Barack Obama took his sweet time giving a maiden Oval Office address to the country. And waiting another nearly 60 days to speak nationally about the oil spill that’s become the worst environmental disaster in the nation’s history.

Obama, the first modern president to pass his first full year in office without addressing the country from his historic desk, had the setting right. Just back from a day-and-a-half on the gulf coast listening, reassuring, talking tourism, eating seafood. He wore the proper suit, had the requisite flags and family photos in the background.

For 18 minutes he delivered the words crisply and forthrightly, though too often distracting anxious viewers with his fidgeting hands like the lecturing professor he once was. Or wait! Was Mr. Cool nervous? (See video below.)

Obama had the firmness down OK: Make no mistake etc. We will hold BP accountable etc. He....

...had the God references. The talk of real live shrimpers devastated. An American way of life threatened. And though he likened the spill more to an epidemic, he also brought in the requisite battle metaphors. And, in case anyone hasn't heard by now, Obama noted has another Nobel Prize winner in his cabinet, Stephen Chu, who hasn't been able to stop the oil leak either.

But there was something wrong. The first two-thirds of the president's remarks read just fine (Full text over here on The Ticket as usual). By golly, we’ll get the money, we’ll clean it up, no matter how long it takes.

But watching the president and hearing him was a little creepy; that early portion of the address was robotic, lacked real energy, enthusiasm. And worst of all specifics. He was virtually detail-less.

After almost two months of waiting through continuously contradictory reports, an anxious American public wanted to know, HOW are you going to accomplish all this?

Even Obama's cheerleaders over at MSNBC were complaining. "Where was the How in this speech?" demanded Keith Olbermann.

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...had the God references. The talk of real live shrimpers devastated. An American way of life threatened. And though he likened the spill more to an epidemic, he also brought in the requisite battle metaphors. And, in case anyone hasn't heard by now, Obama noted has another Nobel Prize winner in his cabinet, Stephen Chu, who hasn't been able to stop the oil leak either.

But there was something wrong. The first two-thirds of the president's remarks read just fine (Full text over here on The Ticket as usual). By golly, we’ll get the money, we’ll clean it up, no matter how long it takes.

But watching the president and hearing him was a little creepy; that early portion of the address was robotic, lacked real energy, enthusiasm. And worst of all specifics. He was virtually detail-less.

After almost two months of waiting through continuously contradictory reports, an anxious American public wanted to know, HOW are you going to accomplish all this?

Even Obama's cheerleaders over at MSNBC were complaining. "Where was the How in this speech?" demanded Keith Olbermann.

MSNBC asks one question of you about the new Arizona immigration law

Do you support Arizona's tough new law on illegal immigration?

Please answer the question and pass this on to others so their voices may be heard too.

Over a million answered the question so far and I'm really surprised by the results.

msnbc.com U.S. & World News - Do you support Arizona's tough new law on illegal immigration?