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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Kosovo Muslims fight Saudi attempts to spread fundamentalism #Islam
Radical Islam Uses Balkan Poor To Wield Influence : NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130801242
....."Numerous Saudi-inspired charities settled in Bosnia, and helped build 150 mosques for an ultra-conservative strain of Islam
But after the Sept. 11 attacks, Sarajevo authorities cracked down and 14 charities were shut down.
Western intelligence sources say, step by step, the Bosnian Islamic community — which has always practiced a more moderate form of religion — retook control of the mosques.
In Bosnia, the influence of politicized, foreign Islam is waning, says Ahmed Alibasic, a professor at Sarajevo's Faculty of Islamic Studies.
"People are going back and saying, OK, probably we need to go back and check on our mystical tradition. That's personal piety and so on," Alibasic adds.
Today, in Sarajevo's old Bascarsija quarter, the prayer call echoes over cafes and restaurants where beer and wine flow freely, and where only a few women are veiled.".....
.....""What I saw during the past 10 years was a strong infiltration of Saudi money," says Flaka Surroi, owner of the independent Koha Media. "They brought in the mosques, they brought in their dogma and ideology at the same time. They identified the poorest people in the communities, they offered them a steady salary every month just so they take over the ideology and start wearing the veil."
"...... ......"Traditionally in Kosovo, religion was not very important."...
....."Ilir Deda is one of the co-founders of a new reformist political party that aims to fight corruption and impose rule of law.
"The institutions have not dealt with this issue," he says. "Radical Islam is mid- to long-term one of the biggest dangers for Kosovo, because they are aiming to change our social fabric."
Deda says that in the past decade, Middle Eastern charities have invested some $800 million in Kosovo. For his country to go forward, he adds, these links must be broken.
".....
....."Numerous Saudi-inspired charities settled in Bosnia, and helped build 150 mosques for an ultra-conservative strain of Islam
But after the Sept. 11 attacks, Sarajevo authorities cracked down and 14 charities were shut down.
Western intelligence sources say, step by step, the Bosnian Islamic community — which has always practiced a more moderate form of religion — retook control of the mosques.
In Bosnia, the influence of politicized, foreign Islam is waning, says Ahmed Alibasic, a professor at Sarajevo's Faculty of Islamic Studies.
"People are going back and saying, OK, probably we need to go back and check on our mystical tradition. That's personal piety and so on," Alibasic adds.
Today, in Sarajevo's old Bascarsija quarter, the prayer call echoes over cafes and restaurants where beer and wine flow freely, and where only a few women are veiled.".....
.....""What I saw during the past 10 years was a strong infiltration of Saudi money," says Flaka Surroi, owner of the independent Koha Media. "They brought in the mosques, they brought in their dogma and ideology at the same time. They identified the poorest people in the communities, they offered them a steady salary every month just so they take over the ideology and start wearing the veil."
"...... ......"Traditionally in Kosovo, religion was not very important."...
....."Ilir Deda is one of the co-founders of a new reformist political party that aims to fight corruption and impose rule of law.
"The institutions have not dealt with this issue," he says. "Radical Islam is mid- to long-term one of the biggest dangers for Kosovo, because they are aiming to change our social fabric."
Deda says that in the past decade, Middle Eastern charities have invested some $800 million in Kosovo. For his country to go forward, he adds, these links must be broken.
".....
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Obama:Lincoln would have no place in today's GOP(But would Jefferson & Jackson have a place w/the Dems) CSM #tcot #tlot
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2010/1022/Obama-Abraham-Lincol...
....."But is it really a good idea to raise the issue of which historical president belongs in which modern party? That’s a parlor game two sides can play.
Thomas Jefferson, for instance, is an icon of today’s Democrats. But he favored states’ rights and opposed a centralized national bank. The Federal Reserve and its role in government bailouts might have driven him crazy.
And then there’s Andrew Jackson – another legendary Democrat. He was also a legendary fighter and tough guy known for his forceful removal of Native Americans from their territories. What would his Afghanistan War policy have been? Would it have included even a notional pull-out date?
On the subject of Lincoln, we’re pretty sure about one thing: let loose among today’s scripted and controlled politicians, he’d have been like a shark among chum. You want to see a real debate? Put Old Abe up on the stage.".....
RRD:I would add FDR to the above list,along with Truman for recognizing Israel & dropping the bomb,JFK for Tax cuts for "the rich",& arguably RFK because he hated welfare,believed it degraded people & wanted to help them get off it as soon as possible.And don't even get me started on what Dr.King would have thought of the tolerance of Farrakhan,(though of course Dr.King & these others would have agreed with the Democrats on many other issues,it just demonstrates the wholesale absurdity of these kind of arguments.The truth of the matter is that many of these people,regardless of how they voted,would probably be registered as independents)
....."But is it really a good idea to raise the issue of which historical president belongs in which modern party? That’s a parlor game two sides can play.
Thomas Jefferson, for instance, is an icon of today’s Democrats. But he favored states’ rights and opposed a centralized national bank. The Federal Reserve and its role in government bailouts might have driven him crazy.
And then there’s Andrew Jackson – another legendary Democrat. He was also a legendary fighter and tough guy known for his forceful removal of Native Americans from their territories. What would his Afghanistan War policy have been? Would it have included even a notional pull-out date?
On the subject of Lincoln, we’re pretty sure about one thing: let loose among today’s scripted and controlled politicians, he’d have been like a shark among chum. You want to see a real debate? Put Old Abe up on the stage.".....
RRD:I would add FDR to the above list,along with Truman for recognizing Israel & dropping the bomb,JFK for Tax cuts for "the rich",& arguably RFK because he hated welfare,believed it degraded people & wanted to help them get off it as soon as possible.And don't even get me started on what Dr.King would have thought of the tolerance of Farrakhan,(though of course Dr.King & these others would have agreed with the Democrats on many other issues,it just demonstrates the wholesale absurdity of these kind of arguments.The truth of the matter is that many of these people,regardless of how they voted,would probably be registered as independents)
Friday, October 8, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
#Ahmedinejad warns the U.S. against military attack on #Iran Haaretz #freeiran #iranelections #tcot #jcot
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/ahmedinejad-warns-the-u-s-against-m... ..."The U.S. first started a psychological war in the form of financial sanctions in order to weaken ou country and is blatant enough even to threaten us that the military attack option was still on the agenda," Ahmadinejad said in a speech in the northern Iranian city of Gorgan"...
..."Whoever dares to endanger Iran, whoever dares to do anything at all against Iran, should raise its arm and the Iranian nation will instantly cut it off, Ahmadinejad said"We therefore advise the U.S. to stop their inhuman crimes and leave the region. If they don't, then the regional people will eventually take care of that," the Iranian president warned Ahmadinejad said that the U.S. had started a full scale war in the region on the pretext of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,"While some 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 incident, in the military invasions following the incident more than 100,000 people were killed in Afghanistan and over 350,000 in Iraq, including civilians and children, and nobody in the US cares about them," the Iranian president said. He said the war against global terrorism would have been settled by now if the U.S. had allocated part of its huge war budget for development"...
..."Whoever dares to endanger Iran, whoever dares to do anything at all against Iran, should raise its arm and the Iranian nation will instantly cut it off, Ahmadinejad said"We therefore advise the U.S. to stop their inhuman crimes and leave the region. If they don't, then the regional people will eventually take care of that," the Iranian president warned Ahmadinejad said that the U.S. had started a full scale war in the region on the pretext of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,"While some 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 incident, in the military invasions following the incident more than 100,000 people were killed in Afghanistan and over 350,000 in Iraq, including civilians and children, and nobody in the US cares about them," the Iranian president said. He said the war against global terrorism would have been settled by now if the U.S. had allocated part of its huge war budget for development"...
#Ahmedinejad warns the U.S. against military attack on #Iran Haaretz #freeiran #iranelections #tcot #jcot
http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/ahmedinejad-warns-the-u-s-against-m... ..."The U.S. first started a psychological war in the form of financial sanctions in order to weaken ou country and is blatant enough even to threaten us that the military attack option was still on the agenda," Ahmadinejad said in a speech in the northern Iranian city of Gorgan"...
..."Whoever dares to endanger Iran, whoever dares to do anything at all against Iran, should raise its arm and the Iranian nation will instantly cut it off, Ahmadinejad said"We therefore advise the U.S. to stop their inhuman crimes and leave the region. If they don't, then the regional people will eventually take care of that," the Iranian president warned Ahmadinejad said that the U.S. had started a full scale war in the region on the pretext of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,"While some 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 incident, in the military invasions following the incident more than 100,000 people were killed in Afghanistan and over 350,000 in Iraq, including civilians and children, and nobody in the US cares about them," the Iranian president said. He said the war against global terrorism would have been settled by now if the U.S. had allocated part of its huge war budget for development"...
..."Whoever dares to endanger Iran, whoever dares to do anything at all against Iran, should raise its arm and the Iranian nation will instantly cut it off, Ahmadinejad said"We therefore advise the U.S. to stop their inhuman crimes and leave the region. If they don't, then the regional people will eventually take care of that," the Iranian president warned Ahmadinejad said that the U.S. had started a full scale war in the region on the pretext of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,"While some 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 incident, in the military invasions following the incident more than 100,000 people were killed in Afghanistan and over 350,000 in Iraq, including civilians and children, and nobody in the US cares about them," the Iranian president said. He said the war against global terrorism would have been settled by now if the U.S. had allocated part of its huge war budget for development"...
Monday, October 4, 2010
Poll finds Americans not trigger-happy on Iran - Laura Rozen - POLITICO.com #Freeiran #jcot #iranelections @JIDF
http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/1010/Poll_finds_Americans_not_trigge...
..."A new poll commissioned by CBS's "60 Minutes and Vanity Fair magazine finds seemingly low support for a preemptive U.S. attack on Iran , the monthly poll, conducted by CBS's News Election and Survey Unit, asked, "Which would cause you to support a U.S. war with Iran? 1. If Iran tests a nuclear bomb,2. If Iran attacks Israel,or 3. If Iran attacks the U.S. fleet in the Persian Gulf, or 4. Only if Iran attacks U.S. soil, or 5. Would you never support a war with Iran?" 25% of respondents said "only if Iran attacks U.S. soil;" an additional 25% said "If Iran attacks the U.S. fleet in the Persian Gulf;" 11% said "If Iran tests a nuclear bomb;" and 10% said "If Iran attacks Israel." 24% of respondents said they would never support a war with Iran."...
RRD:In other words if Ahmadinejad brings about Holocaust 2,10% favor not using the military,AND IF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS ATTACKED & OUR CITIZENS EXTERMINATED 25% FAVOR TAKING THE ATTACK.Of course the poll could be fabricated,but what would that say about 60 minutes & Vanity Fair.
..."A new poll commissioned by CBS's "60 Minutes and Vanity Fair magazine finds seemingly low support for a preemptive U.S. attack on Iran , the monthly poll, conducted by CBS's News Election and Survey Unit, asked, "Which would cause you to support a U.S. war with Iran? 1. If Iran tests a nuclear bomb,2. If Iran attacks Israel,or 3. If Iran attacks the U.S. fleet in the Persian Gulf, or 4. Only if Iran attacks U.S. soil, or 5. Would you never support a war with Iran?" 25% of respondents said "only if Iran attacks U.S. soil;" an additional 25% said "If Iran attacks the U.S. fleet in the Persian Gulf;" 11% said "If Iran tests a nuclear bomb;" and 10% said "If Iran attacks Israel." 24% of respondents said they would never support a war with Iran."...
RRD:In other words if Ahmadinejad brings about Holocaust 2,10% favor not using the military,AND IF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS ATTACKED & OUR CITIZENS EXTERMINATED 25% FAVOR TAKING THE ATTACK.Of course the poll could be fabricated,but what would that say about 60 minutes & Vanity Fair.
Poll finds Americans not trigger-happy on Iran - Laura Rozen - POLITICO.com #Freeiran #jcot #iranelections @JIDF
http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/1010/Poll_finds_Americans_not_trigge...
..."A new poll commissioned by CBS's "60 Minutes and Vanity Fair magazine finds seemingly low support for a preemptive U.S. attack on Iran , the monthly poll, conducted by CBS's News Election and Survey Unit, asked, "Which would cause you to support a U.S. war with Iran? 1. If Iran tests a nuclear bomb,2. If Iran attacks Israel,or 3. If Iran attacks the U.S. fleet in the Persian Gulf, or 4. Only if Iran attacks U.S. soil, or 5. Would you never support a war with Iran?" 25% of respondents said "only if Iran attacks U.S. soil;" an additional 25% said "If Iran attacks the U.S. fleet in the Persian Gulf;" 11% said "If Iran tests a nuclear bomb;" and 10% said "If Iran attacks Israel." 24% of respondents said they would never support a war with Iran."...
RRD:In other words if Ahmadinejad brings about Holocaust 2,10% favor not using the military,AND IF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS ATTACKED & OUR CITIZENS EXTERMINATED 25% FAVOR TAKING THE ATTACK.Of course the poll could be fabricated,but what would that say about 60 minutes & Vanity Fair.
..."A new poll commissioned by CBS's "60 Minutes and Vanity Fair magazine finds seemingly low support for a preemptive U.S. attack on Iran , the monthly poll, conducted by CBS's News Election and Survey Unit, asked, "Which would cause you to support a U.S. war with Iran? 1. If Iran tests a nuclear bomb,2. If Iran attacks Israel,or 3. If Iran attacks the U.S. fleet in the Persian Gulf, or 4. Only if Iran attacks U.S. soil, or 5. Would you never support a war with Iran?" 25% of respondents said "only if Iran attacks U.S. soil;" an additional 25% said "If Iran attacks the U.S. fleet in the Persian Gulf;" 11% said "If Iran tests a nuclear bomb;" and 10% said "If Iran attacks Israel." 24% of respondents said they would never support a war with Iran."...
RRD:In other words if Ahmadinejad brings about Holocaust 2,10% favor not using the military,AND IF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS ATTACKED & OUR CITIZENS EXTERMINATED 25% FAVOR TAKING THE ATTACK.Of course the poll could be fabricated,but what would that say about 60 minutes & Vanity Fair.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
A link to Robert Tracinski's article "Anthemgate" #aynrand #objectivism #Objectivist @DianaHsieh @TOSjournal @PaulHsieh
Anthemgate http://www.intellectualactivist.com/php-bin/news/showArticle.php?id=1234
RRD:As I note in the About section of my blog,the fact that I post a link to something should not be taken as a sign of agreement with everything in the article.I will not discuss my views on this article at this time.I may not comment until after the end of the lameduck session.I will not respond to questions on this subject at this time.I will,however state my reasons for posting a link to it.I believe Mr.Tracinski states,(though in a much more inflammatory way than I would),a view that is shared to some degree or another by many individuals.I include myself among those individuals.It is the belief that far too often in Objectivist circles reason has been replaced by bullying,by appeals to authority,by "arguments from intimidation",by passive-aggressive appeals to conformity,& in some cases by outright distortions of plainly stated postions,& "libels through omissions".I state this to explain,(briefly),my reasons for posting this.I DO NOT offer the above as proof.(And no I am not
"smearing" anyone.In order to smear someone you must either name them or at least allude to them.I will not offer criticisms of individuals without being prepared to argue my position at that time).I will not cite specific examples at this time because it would take far too long to present the evidence.Nor should my posting this be taken as agreement with Tracinski's accusations against particular people.I will express my own criticisms of the article later.As I stated before do not ask me to discuss this at this time.I will not.Two other points:
1.Tracinski is on my Facebook friend list.He will remain there for the foreseeable future.Do not threaten me with unfriending if I do not remove him.I do not unfriend to order.If you wish to offer criticisms either here or on facebook,fine.That includes arguments that I should break off contact.But I do not submit to ultimatums.Do not assume that keeping someone on my friends list,(or removing them),signifies any kind of moral judgement.It does not.
2.I will review any comments to this blog weekly,if possible.I will publish them at my discretion.
On a side note:A copy of this is being published to the Fighting Statism blog.The Fighting Statism blog is a group blog & anything published there is the sole responsibility of the author.
I created that blog at http://www.fightingstatism.posterous.com My posts are not the responsibility of others & should not be taken as representative of their views.
RRD:As I note in the About section of my blog,the fact that I post a link to something should not be taken as a sign of agreement with everything in the article.I will not discuss my views on this article at this time.I may not comment until after the end of the lameduck session.I will not respond to questions on this subject at this time.I will,however state my reasons for posting a link to it.I believe Mr.Tracinski states,(though in a much more inflammatory way than I would),a view that is shared to some degree or another by many individuals.I include myself among those individuals.It is the belief that far too often in Objectivist circles reason has been replaced by bullying,by appeals to authority,by "arguments from intimidation",by passive-aggressive appeals to conformity,& in some cases by outright distortions of plainly stated postions,& "libels through omissions".I state this to explain,(briefly),my reasons for posting this.I DO NOT offer the above as proof.(And no I am not
"smearing" anyone.In order to smear someone you must either name them or at least allude to them.I will not offer criticisms of individuals without being prepared to argue my position at that time).I will not cite specific examples at this time because it would take far too long to present the evidence.Nor should my posting this be taken as agreement with Tracinski's accusations against particular people.I will express my own criticisms of the article later.As I stated before do not ask me to discuss this at this time.I will not.Two other points:
1.Tracinski is on my Facebook friend list.He will remain there for the foreseeable future.Do not threaten me with unfriending if I do not remove him.I do not unfriend to order.If you wish to offer criticisms either here or on facebook,fine.That includes arguments that I should break off contact.But I do not submit to ultimatums.Do not assume that keeping someone on my friends list,(or removing them),signifies any kind of moral judgement.It does not.
2.I will review any comments to this blog weekly,if possible.I will publish them at my discretion.
On a side note:A copy of this is being published to the Fighting Statism blog.The Fighting Statism blog is a group blog & anything published there is the sole responsibility of the author.
I created that blog at http://www.fightingstatism.posterous.com My posts are not the responsibility of others & should not be taken as representative of their views.
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