1. Soviet agents infiltrated the Roosevelt administration, resulting in huge swaths of Eastern Europe handed to Stalin; influenced the civil war in China, resulting in Mao Zedong defeating Chiang Kai-shek, and, the deaths of tens of millions Chinese. Their stated intention was to overthrow the United States government. The American hero, Senator Joseph McCarthy rose up to take a stand, to shine a spotlight, to bring attention to the problem.
2. Just as those in power were prepared to overlook the very real communist threat some 65 years ago, today those in power are more than willing to overlook another threat.
" FBI Purges Training Material of Anti-Islam Documents, Will Ensure Future Material Isnt Critical Of Islam "
Flashback: FBI Purges Training Material of ?Anti-Islam? Documents, Will Ensure Future Material Isn?t Critical Of Islam? | Weasel Zippers
a. "Our President praises the public for not being terrorized, then lectures us not to "rush to judgment" about the bombers' motivations and "certainly not about entire groups of people." Translation: we're not going to talk about the jihadi war on us.
Articles: We Are Not Serious About Stopping Islamic Terror
b. In Audacity of Hope he writes: I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.
The quote comes from page 261 of the paperback edition of The Audacity of Hope."
3. We know of five cases where the FBI has misconcluded interviews, clearing individuals who went on to commit violence. Are they being ordered to back off?
a. Tamerlan Tsarnaev; Nidal Malik Hasan; Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, born Carlos Leon Bledsoe; David Coleman Headley, born Daood Sayed Gilani; Anwar al-Awlaki. http://www.usmessageboard.com/law-and-justice-system/289900-fbi-unable-to-do-the-job.html
4. But....as we learned in "Death of a Salesman," ...'attention must be paid.' One unlikely modern-day McCarthy is uber-Liberal Bob Beckel:
"The Five co-host Bob Beckel waited until near the end of Tuesday afternoons show on Fox to address his recent controversial suggestion to cut off Muslim students coming to this country,
Fox?s Beckel Triples Down On Desire To Stop Visas For Muslim Students, Clashes With The Five Co-Hosts | Mediaite
a. Despite the early morning calls from my liberal friends who hung up on me, Beckel said, he decided not to pull back on what he said. He reiterated that he is not saying the 75,000 Muslim students in the country now or the 20,000 more scheduled to come this fall need to go anywhere, he just wants to stop letting Muslim students in for the next two years. If the FBI could not deal with this fellow in Boston with all they had on him, Beckel said, it seems to me that we ought to give time for them to clear up their problems with the current Muslim population here and then let students come back in. Ibid.
5. Are Americans really, really good at ignoring threats...or simply afraid to infract political correctness?
How to explain the latest Pew data....specifically the response by Democrats...when asked if "Islam encourages violence more than other religions,..."
"The new national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted May 1-5 among 1,504 adults, finds that finds sizable demographic and religious differences in attitudes toward Islam and violence. And the partisan gap is as large as ever: 62% of Republicans say that Islam encourages violence more than other religions, compared with 39% of independents and just 29% of Democrats."
http://www.people-press.org/files/legacy-pdf/5-7-13 Islam Release.pdf
What???...71% of Democrats feel other religions encourage as much violence????
Which ones??
Amish??
In no other religion do religious services conclude with adherents rushing out to kill others....
Am I wrong?
Or, do too many folks have their heads buried in the sand?
2. Just as those in power were prepared to overlook the very real communist threat some 65 years ago, today those in power are more than willing to overlook another threat.
" FBI Purges Training Material of Anti-Islam Documents, Will Ensure Future Material Isnt Critical Of Islam "
Flashback: FBI Purges Training Material of ?Anti-Islam? Documents, Will Ensure Future Material Isn?t Critical Of Islam? | Weasel Zippers
a. "Our President praises the public for not being terrorized, then lectures us not to "rush to judgment" about the bombers' motivations and "certainly not about entire groups of people." Translation: we're not going to talk about the jihadi war on us.
Articles: We Are Not Serious About Stopping Islamic Terror
b. In Audacity of Hope he writes: I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.
The quote comes from page 261 of the paperback edition of The Audacity of Hope."
3. We know of five cases where the FBI has misconcluded interviews, clearing individuals who went on to commit violence. Are they being ordered to back off?
a. Tamerlan Tsarnaev; Nidal Malik Hasan; Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, born Carlos Leon Bledsoe; David Coleman Headley, born Daood Sayed Gilani; Anwar al-Awlaki. http://www.usmessageboard.com/law-and-justice-system/289900-fbi-unable-to-do-the-job.html
4. But....as we learned in "Death of a Salesman," ...'attention must be paid.' One unlikely modern-day McCarthy is uber-Liberal Bob Beckel:
"The Five co-host Bob Beckel waited until near the end of Tuesday afternoons show on Fox to address his recent controversial suggestion to cut off Muslim students coming to this country,
Fox?s Beckel Triples Down On Desire To Stop Visas For Muslim Students, Clashes With The Five Co-Hosts | Mediaite
a. Despite the early morning calls from my liberal friends who hung up on me, Beckel said, he decided not to pull back on what he said. He reiterated that he is not saying the 75,000 Muslim students in the country now or the 20,000 more scheduled to come this fall need to go anywhere, he just wants to stop letting Muslim students in for the next two years. If the FBI could not deal with this fellow in Boston with all they had on him, Beckel said, it seems to me that we ought to give time for them to clear up their problems with the current Muslim population here and then let students come back in. Ibid.
5. Are Americans really, really good at ignoring threats...or simply afraid to infract political correctness?
How to explain the latest Pew data....specifically the response by Democrats...when asked if "Islam encourages violence more than other religions,..."
"The new national survey by the Pew Research Center, conducted May 1-5 among 1,504 adults, finds that finds sizable demographic and religious differences in attitudes toward Islam and violence. And the partisan gap is as large as ever: 62% of Republicans say that Islam encourages violence more than other religions, compared with 39% of independents and just 29% of Democrats."
http://www.people-press.org/files/legacy-pdf/5-7-13 Islam Release.pdf
What???...71% of Democrats feel other religions encourage as much violence????
Which ones??
Amish??
In no other religion do religious services conclude with adherents rushing out to kill others....
Am I wrong?
Or, do too many folks have their heads buried in the sand?