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1. #1
   On March 5th, 2008 at 2:10 pm, The Raging Republican said:

   careful what you wish for.

2. #2
   On March 5th, 2008 at 2:16 pm, zeroangel said:

   I was going to say when they are shooting at you.

   I wonder if they would ever run with something like this:

   “Six of 10 Americans, according to a 2007 ABC Poll, don’t understand the basic tenets of Conservatism,” Bennett said.

   He attributed this to the lack of Republicans working in American newsrooms.

   “At the Post I want more Republican readers and I want more Republican journalists,” he said.

   Words poorly translated from English to New-Speak are a big source of confusion caused by the lack of Republican voices in the American media, according to Bennett.

   Jack White, 22, a Republican reporter for Texas’s most circulated Republican publication, Southern Texas in Focus, agrees with Bennett that terms like “neo-con,” “self-defense” and “uni-lateral” are a big source of the public’s misunderstanding of Republicans…

3. #3
   On March 5th, 2008 at 2:29 pm, Barry F. said:

   “At the Post I want more Muslim readers and I want more Muslim journalists,” he said.

   One such word that has been contentiously debated in newsrooms is “Islamist,” which generally refers to a political movement governed by Islamic law. Bennett said at the Washington Post editors still have not decided whether to add it to their style book.

   Okay. If it wasn’t before, it is official now - WaPo has gone off the deep end.

   Add this to your “style book”, Phil - WaPo Idiots. Geez!

4. #4
   On March 5th, 2008 at 2:30 pm, CarpiJugulum said:

   HMMMM, is this a loaded question? Are you kidding me, really. Am I on hidden camera or something. When is it ok to target a Muslim. A member of the most peaceful religion ever to grace humanity. A religion that says it is only a crime to commite a crime against another musilm.

   The religion that advocates the genocide of a race of people (Hebrews, thats Jews to you p.c. types).

   A religion that believes if you committe mass murder in the name of a FALSE profiet (?) you shall be rewarded with virgins … amounting to what I think would be a mass orgy of perversion to most with real morals.

   A religion that believes in torture, oppression, sexism, pedephilla, world domination. You have to ask when is it ok to target them.

   Well I guess in the MSM liberal enlightened way of thinking like a progressive the answer should logically be ALL THE TIME. Seeing how the muslim ideas run 180 to liberalism.

5. #5
   On March 5th, 2008 at 2:30 pm, geminicontender said:

   “Affirmative action” is a democrats dream. Nothing to do with skills, knowledge or talent. Just plain ol’ equality across the board no matter how useless one is. God forbid that there is any ham around.

6. #6
   On March 5th, 2008 at 2:32 pm, Gabe said:

   Speaking at UC Irvine less than a month after the Muslim Student Union’s “Israel Apartheid Week,” Washington Post managing editor Philip Bennett says the media is to blame for Islamic “misconceptions”—and the Washington Post is actively trying to hire more Muslim journalists.

   Only in the Liberal Cloud Cuckooland. We get attacked by Muslims on 9/11 and Muslims want to destroy ALL Jews in Israel. . .and liberals want more Muslims and suddenly prize their religion.

   It is proof that liberals, including the Washington Post editors, are anti-American and anti-Semitic. They prefer Muslims because they know that Muslims hate Jews and Americans.

7. #7
   On March 5th, 2008 at 2:41 pm, terrig said:

   Read in this mornings Washington Times regarding Muslims females and gyms at Harvard and the old schools capitulation at giving the female Muslims their own work out days/times. One woman said something about the majority bending the rules for them. I guess the WaPo feels the same way.

8. #8
   On March 5th, 2008 at 2:46 pm, WORK949 said:

   Okay, here’s my two-cents worth:

   My money says that probably 9 in 10 Americans knows next to nothing about Islam. That ABC poll was skewed.

   Virtually all high school students know absolutely nothing, because I frequently ask what they know about Islam in my frequent contacts with them.

   And it’s going to stay that way as long as media outlets like the Washington Post and institutions like the CAIR (a first-generation spawn of Hamas, in case you’re interested) continue to hide and obscure the mainstream doctrines of Islam that are taught every single day throughout the world, including within Madrassas that continue to operate right now inside the United States of America.

   Okay. Im finished now.

   Thanks for reading along.

9. #9
   On March 5th, 2008 at 2:47 pm, geminicontender said:

   The whole thing is absurd. Muslims go home…..and I mean back to the mid-East. If you can’t handle our way of life, leave. I’ll be damned if any religion or any liberal swill tell me how to live my life. I eat PORK!!!!!! Lots of it, all the time. I wash my feet in the bathtub. I can sit next to a woman at Church and not feel threatened. Shut down these muslim communities now. Just like the Mexicans, send them home if they cann ot follow the rules.

10. #10
    On March 5th, 2008 at 2:59 pm, tre said:

    What about more Christian readers? What about hiring more Christians? What about misconceptions about Christianity?
    Oh, sorry. I forgot. Christianity is the only religion against which it’s permitted (encouraged?)to discriminate.

11. #11
    On March 5th, 2008 at 3:04 pm, MrVIBEMAN said:

    If the MSM thinks that we need to be inclusive when it comes to Muslim religious beliefs (such as marrying 9 year old girls) then why doesn’t that same rule apply to Mormon’s having multiple wives? Although why anyone would want to is beyond me, the same reasoning should apply.

12. #12
    On March 5th, 2008 at 3:09 pm, behiker said:

    It’s a very simple concept to grasp… 10 out of 10 Americans should understand this… Muslims want us dead.

    By the way and somewhat related. I’ve seen several articles today stating that Moses and his followers were on drugs when he brought down the 10 Commandments. Can you imagine the outrage by a certain “religion of peace” had then been said about you-know-who?

13. #13
    On March 5th, 2008 at 3:16 pm, PBoilermaker said:

    Profiling is good. Profiling is necessary. Whether feel-good Liberals like it or not, profiling is a fact of life.

14. #14
    On March 5th, 2008 at 3:17 pm, Barry F. said:

    I’ve seen several articles today stating that Moses and his followers were on drugs when he brought down the 10 Commandments. Can you imagine the outrage by a certain “religion of peace” had then been said about you-know-who?

    Now, just because they call for the immediate killing of someone for allowing children to name a Teddy Bear after “you-know-who” or someone drawing cartoons depicting him with a bomb in his turbin doesn’t mean they would want us dead, behiker. Aren’t you making a huge leap there?

    /sarcasm off

15. #15
    On March 5th, 2008 at 3:17 pm, Boomer said:

    I agree the Muslims that want to live in this country need to assimilate to our Western lifestyle if they can’t because of their fealty to the moon god then they need to turn right around and go back to the 3rd world hell hole they came from.

16. #16
    On March 5th, 2008 at 3:19 pm, Ron Rockstar said:

    When is it OK to target Muslims?….When it looks like they are going to secure the democrats nomination for POTUS.

17. #17
    On March 5th, 2008 at 3:20 pm, Barry F. said:

    On March 5th, 2008 at 3:16 pm, PBoilermaker said:

    Profiling is good. Profiling is necessary. Whether feel-good Liberals like it or not, profiling is a fact of life.

    Profiling happens all the time. Little white haired ladies get profiled at the airport all the time and subjected to searches, because they are the most likely to be terrorists. Why else would screeners single them out?

    /sarcasm off

    

18. #18
    On March 5th, 2008 at 3:26 pm, jwm said:

    Any time you want. I haven’t heard of any blond hair blue eyed men blowing up buildings, cutting off the heads of non-believers or issuing fatwas. If you are a Muslim and don’t like the USA, leave. It is as simple as that. I won’t convert, my family won’t convert and if I ever see a foot bath where I work, I’ll piss in it. Any questions?

19. #19
    On March 5th, 2008 at 3:27 pm, katieanne said:

    Actually, I believe most Americans have a pretty accurate depiction of what Islam is. What most of us would like to see is American Muslims supporting the US, standing up for what is right and loudly denoucing terrorism.

    You target Muslims when it is probable that they are the cause of a crime. Just like you target from the description of any other suspect. Why liberals can’t grasp that is beyond me. You don’t harass little old ladies when the suspect is Middle Eastern, male and Islamic.

20. #20
    On March 5th, 2008 at 3:29 pm, DesertLover said:

    jwm

    I think those foot baths should make a great place to put all the BBQ rib bones … PORK of course …

21. #21
    On March 5th, 2008 at 3:33 pm, KCK said:

    I reserve the right to:

    Have and express my own opinions about anybodies religion, anytime.

    Different sects of Islam parse their interpretations of the Koran to fit their needs at the moment.
    Do Christians do that? Jewish adherent’s? Yes, they do. My experience among many Christian denominations is that orthodoxy still holds quite a sway, which makes me happy, BTW.
    That would be the orthodoxy that prohibits murder, theft, adultery, you know the rest.
    Trust? I trust the easily found and understood orthodox religions. When you have a major element of your religion (Islam) conducting violent terrorism, and when your “orthodox” elements prohibit free expression and education, I call that a clash of civilizations. I’ll let you guys practice your phony baloney religion in your sandy countries, but leave me alone, and leave me out of it.
    Next question?

22. #22
    On March 5th, 2008 at 3:40 pm, mojo said:

    Six of 10 Americans, according to a 2007 ABC Poll, don’t understand the basic tenets of Islam

    And 9/10 don’t understand the basic tenets of Zoroastrianism, Thugee or the Cult of Cthulu, either. So what?

    There are MAYBE 6 million Muslims in the US. Hardly a demographic imperative.

23. #23
    On March 5th, 2008 at 3:49 pm, bit_boy said:

    Diversity is the mother of incompetence.

    Just another example of why I have not subscribed to a news paper the past 20+ years. Right before our eyes we can see the roots of diversity being planted. The Washington Post pandering to a small group of Muslin subscribers verses offending a large group of Christians and Jews is just the most obvious of such incompetence. Featuring a series of Muslim specific articles would be educational and informative but miles from infusing a Muslim bias in the paper.

24. #24
    On March 5th, 2008 at 4:10 pm, deepdiver said:

    Why do we have to understand the basic tenants of Islam? Why do muzzies have to understand the basic tenants of Christianity? Why do Jews need to understand the basic tenants of Sikh? THEY DON’T!!!

    It is very simple. While many of us, including me, choose to be informed about comparative religions, there is NO requirement to do so. So, all we need to know is that muslims blow up stuff we care about. Muslims daily kill people all over the world if they don’t pucker up and kiss Mohammad’s butt (pestilence be upon him). Muslims threaten, on a regular basis, to kill the people we love more than anything else on this planet just because they are not muslims. Muslims have no compunction about killing other muslims over minor dogma disputes as well.

    We know that no other organized religion makes such a threat against everything we love. We know that muslims threaten to destroy everything and everyone we love if we do not learn what their tenants are and follow those tenants. We know that muzzies hate us and most everyone else, more than they love their own children and families. They not only accept the deaths of their children, but revel in the deaths, praise the deaths and encourage more parents to send their children to be slaughtered. In this they are lower than most other mammals. Finally, we know that if you give the muslims an inch they will take a mile and push and push and push to not only be equal but to be dominant, which, by extension, makes you subordinate. And we know that muslims have no sense of personal responsibility as they continue to be obtuse to the fact that anti-muslim attitudes and islamophobia is not due to an inherent bias but is in direct response to murderous muslim behavior and rhetoric for over three decades.

    Nothing about understanding the above requires understanding the basic tenants of Islam. But if the muslims are going to keep up their attacks, they need to understand the basic tenants of being a freeborn, liberty loving American citizen. If you come to my country and try to make me submit to your tenants, and if you do anything to harm those I love most, I will use my God given liberties to arm myself, hunt you down as a rabid dog, and remove you from the human gene pool and then feed your carcass to the pigs. There are millions of sheepdogs in this nation still who have not fallen prey to Oprah, Dr. Phil and democrat party. Make no mistake from watching the wussies and whiners in our media. There are millions of us civilians with the same heart and fortitude of our warriors who defeat you daily and we will bite and tear to protect our flocks no matter how much the sheep hate us for it. If you continue to target us, we will target you and sniff out your hate spewing murderous stench no matter what sheep’s clothing you don, so help us God.

25. #25
    On March 5th, 2008 at 4:16 pm, MrVIBEMAN said:

    Rather than add a LONG post here, I just added the link to my related rant. Related.

26. #26
    On March 5th, 2008 at 4:24 pm, dakine said:

    deepdiver, alrighty then.

27. #27
    On March 5th, 2008 at 4:32 pm, englishqueen01 said:

    I’ve seen several articles today stating that Moses and his followers were on drugs when he brought down the 10 Commandments. Can you imagine the outrage by a certain “religion of peace” had then been said about you-know-who?

    Easter is only two weeks away, so expect more drivel from the MSM regarding Christianity. You know, that Christ walked on ice, not water; how St. Paul was converted by ball lightning and epilepsy…the list goes on and on.

    Opus Dei was demonized in The Da Vinci Code.

    The Pope wore green vestments to show solidarity with the “green” eco-movement (when green is actually the liturgical color of Ordinary Time).

    Anything and everything to discount, dispel, mock and ridecule my faith.

    MSNBC.com ran a series of cartoons mocking the Pope. With aplomb I say no editors or cartoonists are in hiding, fearful of rioting hordes of Christians looking to behead them.

    There are so many misconceptions about Christians out there, and yet you don’t see editors scrambling to get more Evangelicals or Catholics on their news staffs.

    But Islam is always above reproach.

28. #28
    On March 5th, 2008 at 4:53 pm, GaijinBob said:

    jwm said:
    

    I haven’t heard of any blond hair blue eyed men blowing up buildings

    Fact check. Tim McVeigh appears to have been a dirty blond.

    Gabe said:
    

    It is proof that liberals, including the Washington Post editors, are anti-American and anti-Semitic. They prefer Muslims because they know that [radical] Muslims hate Jews and Americans.

    Birds of a feather. What else should we expect?

29. #29
    On March 5th, 2008 at 5:02 pm, old trooper said:

    When is it okay to target Muslims?

    Any time that they are closer than the maximum effective range of your best rifle.

30. #30
    On March 5th, 2008 at 5:05 pm, e.koenig said:

    In respect to my personal and not at all religious muslim friends….

    I would have to say its best time to target islamists depending on the wind.. within a 1000 yards….match grade ammo is expensive

    I think a couple jihadists at the wa-po would actually be a good thing.. They could spout off about sharia, caliphates pedophilia, honor killings and infidels..maybe then people would wake up to the incompatibility of islam and liberty….a few hundred speakers blasting the call to prayer might help too.

31. #31
    On March 5th, 2008 at 5:21 pm, CarpiJugulum said:

    Hey old trooper. What do you feel when you shoot a terrorist?

    RECOIL …. 5.56MM OORAAAW!!!!!!!!!

32. #32
    On March 5th, 2008 at 5:55 pm, TexasTiger said:

    “At the Post I want more Muslim readers and I want more Muslim journalists,” he said.

    Well Phil, why don’t you hustle your arse over to Qatar and start poaching from al-Jazeera? What’s stoppin’ ya?

33. #33
    On March 5th, 2008 at 6:00 pm, CC said:

    …words poorly translated from Arabic to English…”

    Does this mean if the words were correctly translated, 9/11 wouldn’t have happened?

    Sarc. off.

34. #34
    On March 5th, 2008 at 6:17 pm, Chuck said:

    There are MAYBE 6 million Muslims in the US.

    I think half of them are here in the Twin Cities. I believe we got half the population of Somolia that was strong enough to climb onto a plane. They really are a retched bunch with a big chip on their collective shoulder. Go home and join the others in the perinneal tribal warefare.

35. #35
    On March 5th, 2008 at 6:27 pm, 24Klady said:

    What seems on the surface to be a noble effort to educate, or should I say broaden, American reader’s understanding of Islam will more likely turn into bashing of Israel, undermining our efforts in Iraq or Afghanistan, or in the unlikely event conservatives gain the presidency in November any terrorist act, war or insurgency worldwide is a direct result of our ignorance or failure in understanding Islam….oh, if we’d only read their paper, errrr propaganda. You can also take it to the bank that every story where Islam is the issue they will feature the required victim.

36. #36
    On March 5th, 2008 at 6:46 pm, Chard402003 said:

    “Jihad means holy war, which is the definition that most Americans know, but it also means struggle, and valiant attempt,” Maasarani said.

    Mein Kemp also means struggle.

37. #37
    On March 5th, 2008 at 7:20 pm, right_on said:

    When is it okay to target Muslims? It depends. Do they fit a particular profile? Are we talking about a current or future threat to the lives of any non-Muslim? Is preemption allowable? How about when they protest anything?

    Nothing, nor anyone should be off the table, IMHO. They should be treated as they want to treat us.

38. #38
    On March 5th, 2008 at 7:34 pm, jimC said:

    Words poorly translated from Arabic to English are a big source of confusion caused by the lack of Muslim voices in the American media, according to Bennett.

    Snort… Fortunately, actions speak louder than words. And, I’ve got no problem understanding their actions.

    Jim C

39. #39
    On March 5th, 2008 at 7:52 pm, jimC said:

    Old trooper… OOORAW!!! Thank you! I needed that. Same to you Carpijugulum

    Jim C

40. #40
    On March 5th, 2008 at 8:45 pm, TexasTiger said:

    On March 5th, 2008 at 6:46 pm, Chard402003 said:

    Mein Kemp also means struggle.

    Wasn’t Mein Kemp Dole’s running mate in ‘96? And Mein Kampf Hitler’s book? Heard it got a rave review in the NYT.