Why Can’t a Muslim be a U.S President

Are Muslims the new Negroes?

Gone are the days of cartoons like “The Coon” that presented powerful and damaging images of African Americans as lazy, stupid and even dangerous, to advance the anti-freedom movement.

Now we are faced with the controversial New Yorker cover, which portrays the new “Black Messiah” and his wife as Anti-American Muslim terrorists.

To many people the term “Muslim Terrorists” is redundant. The two have been synonymous ever since 9/11.

Yet while the Obama camp has exhausted its efforts to quell the controversy over his denomination, not until now has Obama alluded to the blatant bigotry in the accusations.

Why can’t a Muslim be President?

Is it that 9/11 has destroyed all chances for a Muslim-American to hold political office?

What are they going to do, wear a suicide bomb as soon as they get in so that they can destroy the White House?

I am almost certain that a lot of people would answer yes to that rhetorical question.

The difference between the anti-negro cartoons of the pre-abolitionist era and the New Yorker cover, is that the magazine may just have done a public service to Muslims by bringing Americans face to face with their own prejudice.

This prejudice spurred by 9/11, has made Muslim-Americans the victims of increasing civil rights abuses according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

In a 2007 report aptly sub-titled “Presumption of Guilt,” the council documented receipt of a 2,476 complaints of civil rights abuses in 2006, 36.32 percent of which occurred at government agencies.

These abuses include refusal of employment unless the hijab (scarf) is removed, wrongful dismissal for Islamic related reasons, unreasonable arrests, assault of those in traditional wear accompanied by hateful remarks and vandalism of places of worship and other meeting places.

One of the many examples given in the report is the vandalism of a Texas Islamic center on October 26. The vandals revealed their “Islamophobia” by spray painting “Redemption” on the center’s newly painted walls to complete their damage.

If you think making crude comments about Muslims especially those in headwear or cringing when you see a Muslim in an airport does not do any damage think again.

Would you like someone to cringe at you?

What is the solution?

The council recommends exactly what most Americans fear, more representation in government by Muslim-Americans to provide a stronger voice to their concerns.

This cry is not different from the cry of African-Americans today.

While Obama says he has grown a thick skin to attacks of this nature, victimization grows and should not be tolerated.

As an African-American whose ability to reach as far as he has, is largely due to the struggle for civil rights in America, Obama must acknowledge the struggle of the Muslim-American population, because as Martin Luther King said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere

New Obama Commercial Raises Concerns

Does Obama Really Identify with Black People?

 

Sen. Barack Obama launched his first post primary commercial on June 20, without saying the words “Hope and Change” even once throughout the message.

 

The commercial entitled “The Country I Love,” aired in 18 states and has been dubbed as Obama’s “Reintroduction to Voters,” by The Washington Post.

 

In his message, Obama departs from his usual “Hope and Change” rhetoric but still maintains the sentimentality that won him mass appeal by showing images of his childhood with his mother and photographs taken with his grandparents when he was a young adult.

 

Obama begins by drawing a parallel between the strong values of America and the Kansas values that he was raised with.

 

Obama also cleverly mentions growing up in a single parent home with little resources, equating himself with the poor in America.

 

Obama continued by saying that despite not having much money, his family taught him values of accountability, self-reliance, working hard without making excuses, and treating your neighbor as you would like to be treated.

 

Obama’s latter words may see harmless, but when considered in light of prior and relatively un-noticed statements, is there cause to say, “BLACK PEOPLE BEWARE?”

 

On Feb. 28, in Forthworth, Texas, Obama addressed a crowd of mainly African Americans and said that parents need to turn off the TV, help their kids with their homework and stop letting them grow fat eating cold Popeyes chicken for breakfast.

 

His remarks earned cheers from the crowd, none of whom I’m sure was struggling to put food on the table and could only afford cold Popeyes for breakfast.

 

 This comment was clearly aimed at struggling African Americans and was possibly an attempt to score points with middle and upper class blacks.

 

His mention of “Accountability, self-reliance and working hard without excuses,” in the context of his own poverty, begs the question, what type of accountability and self-reliance does Obama expect from the child growing up in an impoverished and drug infested neighborhood? 

Does the drug dealer whose substandard public school education cannot afford him a decent job to support his family have “no excuse” as well?

 

Conversely, is the rich kid whose father gets him into Harvard “Self-reliant?”

 

While we are finally hearing from Obama campaign exactly what this candidate stands for, much of his poverty alleviation strategies seem to contradict his public comments.

 

For example, in Obama’s “Plan to fight poverty in America,” he outlines several strategies for poverty alleviation such as raising the minimum wage, improving transportation access to jobs, the placement of “high quality teachers in low-income classrooms,” and increasing public housing (by a mere 14 000 per year however.)

 

Obama’s specific strategies that we have just begun to hear about in his campaigning show some understanding of the disparities that exist in the African American community.

 

  Obama discusses prisoner-rehabilitation and has worked in the senate to provide job-rehabilitation and mental health counseling as well as a Prision-to-Work incentive program to ensure that ex-offenders have employment opportunities.

 

Obama’s plan however does not address the ridiculously unjust “Three Strikes” law in California whereby a person can get a life sentence for minor crimes like carrying a small amount of narcotics or shoplifting. This law has created a virtual concentration camp for poor black youths.

 

Additionally, what is the quality of these jobs offered to ex-offenders? Will these persons be able to work their way up the system and live the “American Dream,” or will they be shunned from higher-end jobs when they declare their record? Will ex-offenders finally be allowed access to government housing?

 

Obama’s ability to identify with the black community became even more apparent when he responded to a voter’s call-in request in the Jan. 31 Democratic Presidential debate.

 

 The voter asked both him and Sen. Clinton to acknowledge the negative economic impact that immigration has on African Americans. Obama unabashedly responded by saying that there was a huge amount of unemployment before the flood of immigration labor and that any argument made linking immigration to unemployment is a case of “Scapegoating” that he does not believe in?

 

 Scapegoating, really?

 

Is it unrealistic to expect that illegal immigrants, who are willing to exploit themselves by accepting less than minimum wage and working obscene hours per day, are contributing to the unemployment of African Americans?

 

           While Obama has the potential to be a great President, black people should not expect that their life will change overnight. While his policies if executed properly can make some impact on the level of poverty in America, black people should not expect miracles just because the new president has some “color.”

 

 

 

Interview with a Soildier - Is this war worth it?

With all the gloating from President Bush yesterday about the progress made in Iraq, I decided to talk to one of my professors who in Septemeber returned from Iraq to find out what is really happening over there. Are we winning? is there really a threat e.t.c

Here it goes

First of all, thank-you for the invaluable service provided for this country.

  

Q. What did your job in Iraq involve?

A. Helping to formulate missions, intelligence gathering and logistics.

Q.  Were you out on the field?

A.  Yes, our job entails training the Iraqi army. We were actually embedded with them and went out on joint missions, patrols or as show of force for example, based on intelligence about an ID (improvised explosive devices) maker, in a certain area, we would go out and see of that person was there and capture them. 

Q.  What were your first impressions of Iraq?

A.  I arrived in Iraq during the middle of summer and my first impression was how does anyone deal with this blazing heat (120 degrees plus) Q. Did you always want to be in the military?
A.  No.  My desire to be in the military began to peak as the need for financial assistance to attend college increased.

Q.  If there was a war going on at the time you signed up would you have still joined?

A.  (He laughs). On the personal side, no. I understand that I’m a solider and it was not a responsibility that I wanted to get out of but on the human side, you realize that in times of war people are going to die. It was a duty and I wouldn’t shun my responsibility.

Q. Is there a need for this war?

A.  I think there is a need for it but I don’t think its being fought on the right front. It has created something that wasn’t there in the beginning. There are other fronts that should have had more concentration or focused on first like Afghanistan and the border of Pakistan. But there is a need now because terrorists like Al Qaeda are in Iraq.

  

Q.  Are we winning this war?

A.  It depends on your measuring stick for success. In terms of the military, violence has decreased but at what cost? It’s a bit of a catch 22 in terms of the cost of American lives and money. Some people may also gauge from the reduced amount of terrorist attacks. It depends on how you measure success. I don’t even think the surge will be over until this summer. There will be something like 160 000 troops up from 125 000 to 130 000 troops.

Q.  What was your greatest fear while in Iraq?
A.  Fearing for my life.

Q. What do soldiers in Iraq do to relieve stress or entertain themselves?
A.  They try to communicate with family, workout, watch movies, read, etc…  Anything to keep their minds occupied.

 

Q. Some presidential candidates are saying that they will start withdrawing troops as soon as they get in office but many voters are under the impression that this would completed within a year. Is this realistic?

A. Some of the candidates are saying as early as 90 days I also heard some saying that they would start putting timetables on the Iraqi courses. I think that makes sense especially since this is the 5^th anniversary of the war. One year logistically may be difficult. The Presidential candidates want a substantial amount of troops withdrawn and I can agree with that.

Q.  What do you think would be the effects on Iraq of a withdrawal?

A.  A drawdown in phases could lead to co-existence in a civil way with the 3 dominating religions i.e. the Sunni, Shea and the Kurds. If drawn down is done too quickly, there is the potential for one group to dominate an entire region. If done strategically it could work out well if not it could lead to violence and bloodshed.

Q. Do the Iraqi people feel better off without Saddam?

A. It’s hard for me to really answer that. During my tour I had a chance to interact but it was not really educational we were thinking in a more combative mode. I did hear sentiments both ways. I’ve seen rallies in the street with people happy that Saddam was captured and eventually executed but I’ve heard people also say the opposite. It depends on the particular group. The group that was oppressed did not want dictatorship

In light of the contrasting opinions between the Democratic and Republican candidates, many argue that the race for the presidency will be a race to either stay in or get out of Iraq.

 

 With this said, on voting day, it will be the American people that will decide the fate of the Iraq war. 

Men really do like Mad Women

First let me clarify what I mean by mad. 

I’m talking about all those complicated women like extreme neat freaks, germa-phobes, wheight-aphobes or just women with weird hang ups.

Let’s not leave out the high maintenance women in this definition either.

You all know these women and you know there not single.

I’ve been developing this theory in my head for some time but always rejected the notion that women have to play games like Vivica Fox in the movie Two can Play at That Game until I read the book by widely featured author Sherry Argov, Why Men Love Bitches.

Argov explains that it’s not really about looks or intelligence as we women have been conditioned to believe, it’s the ability to create intrigue that attracts the opposite sex.

It is the mental challenge that these women are able to create by simply not giving a f%@&

According to Argov, nice girls cook dinner for their man early in the relationship while the girl they decide to stay with makes them microwave pop corn and the men, after putting in sufficient effort, will finally work their way up to a tv dinner, which they would appreciate more because they had to earn it!

Nice girls get ready early for a date while the “dream girls,” as she calls them, make men wait 15 to 20 minutes.

Argov might be on to something. Ask any man if he hates it when his girl talks or whines about being bored during the game and they’ll be like, “ Yeah dawg.” 

None of them would say, “Well my girlfriend doesn’t do that “

…why?

Because those girls are single!!!….

Men like Mad Women…..deal with it!!!!!! 

Obama and Hilary Promote Satan’s Finest Accomplishment

Satan’s manifestation of his loathing of God and the human race is revealed in what is his finest accomplishment to date.

Satan hates us so much that not only does he devise a plan to kill millions of us but he has also found a way to convince even educated men and women that “reproductive freedom” or “a woman’s right to choose,” is a positive and rational action.

I think his cleverest marketing strategy to date is the use of the American public, even those who are God fearing, to support those Presidential candidates most of whom promote his plan of destruction.

For example, studies have shown that African Americans who are traditionally conservative still support Democrats.

Why?

In 2008 it’s worse because not only do they traditionally vote Democrat but now there is a black man running for office.

Hilary, Obama, all the other democratic and most of the republican candidates all support this atrocity. Whether they know it or not, they are all just a ploy to fulfill this satanic plan.

What they don’t realize is, yes you may get the votes but you have just done Satan a big favor.

Why do we have so many homicides in this country?

Well what goes around comes around. Maybe that’s it.

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Bye Bye Benazair

Well they finally got her.

The world still cannot beleive it.

Over several months the the world watched you. A beautiful woman with the balls to stand up against the freaking Taliban, the Pakistani President and all those Islamic extremists who oppose democracy. Most of us are too scared to stand up for our own basic rights.

Like Antigone in your own Greek tragedy, you dared to be a woman who demanded change.

Were you insane?

This is freaking Pakistan! No way would they let a democrat rule far less a woman!

And still you left the comforts of aristocratic life to fight for your country.

My wish for 2008? That more of us would have 1/2 the backbone you did!

RIP Benazair and Thank-You!
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Adjusting to Home

Around 11:15pm, I’m sitting in the toilet reading my O Magazine with the shit still fresh in my ass when I hear knocking and a woman’s voice calling, “Francis, Francis.”

No one in my house has that name so I assumed it was the neighbor even though I think only an empty plot of land exists on that side of my house or the remains of construction that started a few years ago.

The voice is unnervingly close.

She continues to call for Francis who she is convinced is at home since as she said, “ I can hear the water running from de pipe.”

I almost think it is some mad vagrant that has strolled into my yard until I remembered we have dogs, merciless ones at that.

As I exit the toilet I no longer hear her voice, I even went back a few minutes later to check but no voices.

Maybe she finally got the message and left. Francis don’t want yuh.

The whole point is, I’m back home from school and I am adjusting to what seems like the rurality of reality.

We have two bathrooms.

In the first, something is wrong with the sink and in the other the toilet does not flush. So this is my routine.

I use the first one, open the door with my elbow then walk to the next bathroom to wash my hands.

Thank God my mother got the pipe fixed yesterday.

The other thing is that we have a wire fence. It has been that way all my life.

When I got home from the airport I noticed that exactly one third of it is now a freshly painted brick wall. (I need to post a pic your you guys.)

Why one third you ask?

Well as my mother said, “That’s all the money I had!”

This is in addition to the 8 tiles I was greeted with at the front door. Again, that’s all the money she had.

Well though I being at school is a drag, the FREE INTERNET ACESSS, (I’m in an internet café now),air conditioning and not having to full a bucket of water to bathe in was comforting.

Regardless of these amenities, there’s no place like home bitches!

See you next semester.

Merry Christmas.

    

A Woman’s Right to Kill!

A woman’s right to choose.

A choice to kill.

How can it be justified?

Its not a baby, its just a blob of tissue they say.

Weren’t Mahatma Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Jesus Christ and even you and I just blobs of tissue at one point?

Why do we get to live?

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Where do some Muslims get off?

Seriously I respect Islam but come on.

Sudanese Muslims came out in their numbers to demand the death penalty for British school teacher Gillian Gibbons.

Her crime?

She allowed her class of 7 year olds to name a teddy bear Muhammad.

According to The New York Times, Gibbon was pardoned after intervention from two Muslim members of Britain’s house of lords. Her original sentence was 15 days.

Under Sudanese law, Gibbons could have received 40 lashes and 6 months in jail.

Yikes.

Seriously it pisses me off that with all the poverty and loss of life in various parts of Sudan including Darfur, this is what people protest about.

Some people would argue that Gibbon’s deserves the lashes. Not for the blasphemy but for the sheer stupidity!

Is she for real? In such a radically Islamic country, why would you mess with the name Muhammad?

On the other hand though. Muhammad is a very popular name for Muslim boys. Thats probably where she got confused.

Anyway, at least she’s out. I bet she’ll be careful the next time she names a teddy bear.

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My Crazy Room mate

Ok she’s one of my best friends but sometimes I just need to tell somebody!

She don’t eat meat.

She will eat fish but not fried

She don’t eat fried foods at all cause there not healthy.

But she don’t eat vegetables except for cucumbers but only recently.

She don’t drink water.

She don’t eat chocolate.

She don’t eat corn.

She will drink milk but only fat free and not organic.

She will eat cheese but only fat free.

That rules out lasagna, pizza or anything Italian.

She don’t eat Chinese food.

She will eat rice, potatoes or pasta but no gravy.

Of course she can’t eat it just like that so she smothers it with ketchup.

She does not drink alcohol……well except for that one time ay.

And this is before she went on a diet.

All this because she thinks she’s too FAT

She has eliminated these things from her life.

How much does she weigh? She is 5 “9 and under 140lbs.

She can work being fat into any conversation.

“Do you support the war in Iraq?”

“Of course not, I’m FAT!”

She asks people if they think she’s fat.

If you are so bold as to say no, you better come up with a darn good reason why?

She hates Perfume.

She hates Flowers.

She refuses to go on a date if its in a restaurant because “restaurants serve too much food.”

If by some freakish occurrence I wake up one day as a man, remind me never to ever ask her out.

She wears her earrings the opposite direction so what you see is actually the stopper.

She hates parties and if she does go….she will not dance.

Today she’s like….I feel like splurging

I’m gonna do it

I’m gonna splurge!

She gets up…..goes to the counter

Turns and thanks God.

Whatever she wanted to splurge on was not there.

What was it you may ask?

A cookie……a brownie…….cake?

No.

A WHEAT CRACKER!!!!!!!!!!!

I give up.