From Care 2 Causes -- October 8, 2010:
Veterans Against Jihad the Latest Anti-Sharia Group to Emerge
Posted by: Jessica Pieklo
A bubbling theme from the far-reaches of the paranoid right has made its way into mainstream political discourse and, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the ranks of our nation's military. The idea is that the United States legal system is threatened by the ever-encroaching menace of Sharia law. Sharron Angle has mentioned it, Oklahoma is considering a constitutional amendment to ban it, and some states use it as a basis of denying the legitimacy of Islam all together.
It doesn't matter that even in Muslim-majority nations strict Islamic legal codes are the exception. The threat of Sharia law has now become a talking point of the right and appears to be inspiring organizations to rise up against this imagined enemy.
Of the latest is the group Veterans Against Jihad (VAJ). Founded last spring by two retired Marine Corps veterans, the goal of VAJ is to "encourage Veterans to more actively respond to challenges threatening our Constitution [and] awaken American Citizens to Islam's Jihadist religious mandate." To that end VAJ is asking all veterans to renew their Oath of Enlistment and reaffirm their loyalty to the Constitution.
But like all groups, VAJ's understanding of constitutional fidelity is selective, as is their opposition to religiously inspired law. The group is not shy that it's mission is to "reclaim America for Christ" and has aligned itself with other far-right groups that have a decidedly intolerant view of religious diversity.
The concern about the increasing presence of Sharia law is quickly joining anti-immigration memes as a popular way to spread nativist fear and ideology. It should come as no surprise then that the mainstream politicians that embrace and even campaign on this rhetoric have been embraced by the far right elements of the tea party movement. Nativism and populism have a long history together in our political culture and this latest groundswell represents just another chapter of fear in response to cultural, economic and political change. Let's hope it's a short one.
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Yes, Angle mentioned 2 places where there is supposedly sharia law.
1 place in Texas (forgot the name) is a cemetry.
2 place in another state is a city with a mayor.
She's absolutely deranged that teabagger. I would not like to be represented by a mentally ill person and she is definitely one of them.
Listening to AC360 at the moment about bullying of kids. I consider the right wingnuts/teaparties as bullies who haven't outgrown their bully years during their school years. These ones are dangerous as well.
This one Chrissy O'D is definitely not one of a kind in the Teabaggers/Rethugs circle.
""I'm not a witch," she says smiling, referencing remarks about teenage dabbling in witchcraft. "I'm nothing you've heard. I'm you."
Huh? Is she an average American? I'd say HELL NO!! How DARE she say that!! The reason why not is explained below.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/09/despite-new-fame-odonnell_n_756889.html
Despite New Fame, O'Donnell Faces Skeptical Voters
WILMINGTON, Del. — Senate hopeful Christine O'Donnell has a simple message in her campaign ads – "I'm you."
With three weeks to the election, many Delaware voters have their doubts.
In a small, Democratic-leaning state, O'Donnell, 41, is known mostly for the conservative social positions and evangelical religious views she espoused as a television commentator, objecting to homosexuality, abortion, premarital sex and even masturbation. She used the broadcast experience to win mostly part-time work over the years as a public relations consultant or spokeswoman for a handful of small, loosely organized advocacy groups. She has briefly held a few full-time jobs since college.
But that's the extent of her resume, and that's where the questions begin.
She hasn't provided such basic information as how she makes a living and pays her rent. In Senate financial disclosures filed in July, she reported earning just $5,800 in 2009 and 2010, and said she had no bank accounts, retirement accounts or other savings.
She hasn't explained why she spent years of energy and resources running for Senate while leaving behind a trail of debt, including a home foreclosure proceeding, lawsuits over unpaid college expenses, a federal tax lien and staffer complaints of unpaid wages.
She also hasn't explained how it was legal for her to use campaign donations to help pay the rent on her town house. She has said she did so because her house was doubling as a campaign headquarters, but federal regulations clearly state that candidates can't use campaign money for their mortgage or rent "even if part of the residence is being used by the campaign."
On issues, O'Donnell's views are often just as murky, with little more than one-liners on her website.
She won't answer whether she believes in evolution, which she has called a myth, or in climate change. She says the United States has a socialist economy with far too much government spending but is short on details about where she would cut.
She won't explain past comments suggesting that she would support invading Iran, or that she has classified information indicating that China is plotting to take over the United States.
Her campaign has not responded to repeated inquiries from The Associated Press, and O'Donnell has tightly controlled her public appearances."
Palin is a mama money grabbing grizzlie. See below why.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/georgia-candidate-paid-nearly-100k-to-bring-palin-to-rally;_ylt=AqbcRO0e_nMHpj_Bniwva5KyFz4D;_ylu=X3oDMTQ5c2puNW84BGFzc2V0A3libG9nX3Vwc2hvdC8yMDEwMTAwOC9nZW9yZ2lhLWNhbmRpZGF0ZS1wYWlkLW5lYXJseS0xMDBrLXRvLWJyaW5nLXBhbGlu
Karen Handel's campaign to win the GOP gubernatorial nomination in Georgia got a big boost when she was endorsed by Sarah Palin this summer.
But it can be expensive to be a Mama Grizzly.
As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Aaron Gould Sheinin reports, Handel paid nearly $100,000 to bring Palin to an August rally ahead of a crucial runoff in the race. According to newly filed campaign reports with the state Elections Commission, Handel's campaign paid $92,000 to an Ohio-based air charter to fly Palin to the Aug. 9 rally. The campaign also paid $13,000 to rent space at a local hotel to house the event. Handel narrowly lost the GOP nomination to Nathan Deal on Aug. 10.
While it does not appear that Palin charged a speaker's fee for the event, Handel's payout is unusual in that Palin's camp had previously said she wouldn't ask candidates to cover the costs of her campaigning for them. In an interview last year, then-Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton told me that Palin instead planned to cover travel costs through her political action committee, SarahPAC.
A Palin spokesman did not respond to an email seeking comment.
"Why is This GOP House Candidate Dressed as a Nazi?"
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/10/why-is-this-gop-house-candidate-dressed-as-a-nazi/64319/
Easy answer: That's because the GOP'ers prefer fascism over freedom.
I posted the 3 previous posts to highlight the FAR RIGHT INSANITY!
There's plenty around. I declare them all incompetent and lunatics.
Angle did it AGAIN! Have someone shut her up!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/08/sharron-angle-harry-reid-child-molesters-viagra_n_756666.html
Sharron Angle Accuses Harry Reid Of Helping Child Molesters Get Viagra
Read the article at above link.
"The Bagger's Prayer:
Our Feudalists who art in mansions,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy racism come.
Thy will be done
in trailer parks as it is in Washington.
Give us this Beck our daily bread,
and punish our trespasses,
as we punish those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into debt,
but deliver us from socialism.
For thine is the FOX kingdom,
and the power, and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen."
Brilliant. Thanks to the author!!
Excellent, Anon. I Love It. I'll post it immediately.
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