1. Daniel R. Joseph: Islam and “Radical
Islam” are Not the Same
2. Michelle Seiler-Tucker: Let’s Talk About
Orlando’s Victims
3. Daniel Greenfield: Islamic Terrorism is
not Domestic Terrorism
4. Dave Bego: Another Travesty in
Obama’s Quest for Control
5. Rabbi Ganz: Trump and the Mexican
Judge
6. Wayne Allyn Root: Trump’s Republican Critics
Forget Obama’s Missteps
Islam and “Radical Islam” are Not
the Same
Muslims
know that Radical Islam is a problem. After all, around the world, more
Muslims die because of Radical Islam than anyone else. Radical Islam
includes large, well-armed, fairly sophisticated groups like ISIL that openly
encourage attacks on America and other perceived enemies. So it isn’t
exactly a secret that, within the Islamic world, there are radical voices that
encourage violence. Acknowledging that fact is a far cry from saying “All
Muslims are violent and are out to destroy us.” In fact, the point of
using a phrase like “Radical Islam” is to separate that kind of Islam from all
other Muslims.
Of
course, it is important to choose the right words. But I think in most
cases we are doing that. However, some seem to think that any terminology
that might suggest there is a problem related to Islam is somehow bigoted and
wrong. That simply isn’t true. As I’ve said, recognizing that China
has a problem with corruption is not the same as saying all Chinese are
corrupt. Recognizing that America has a drug problem is not the same as
saying that all Americans are drug addicts. Recognizing that there is a
movement that encourages terrorism among Muslims is not the same as saying all
Muslims are terrorists.
Of
course, terminology doesn’t solve a problem. The right actions and
policies do. But if you refuse to describe a problem accurately, then the
risk is greater that you might also be unwilling to take the right actions and
policies. That’s the risk we face now. [more...]
Let’s
Talk About Orlando’s Victims
The
Orlando massacre cuts across nearly every major issue facing the country and
our world today. America has been in direct conflict with what is now various
terrorist organizations for at least 15 years. We’ve witnessed brutal terrorist
attacks in Boston three years ago, Paris last November, and Brussels this
March. Orlando is yet another tragic event on this growing
list. Moreover, this attack targeted the American gay community.
Regardless of your personal beliefs, this has been a demographic discriminated
against for decades, and one that has peacefully worked towards equality. [more...]
Islamic
Terrorism is not Domestic Terrorism
Obama
described the massacre carried out by Muslim mass murderer Omar Mateen as “an
example of the kind of homegrown extremism that all of us have been concerned
about.” But there’s nothing “homegrown” about Omar Mateen. He was fighting for
a foreign ideology and just happened to be born in this country. Being born in
America does not make him a domestic terrorist. One of our biggest errors in
the fight against Islamic terrorism has been to treat it as a domestic
terrorism problem. Islamic terrorism is not domestic terrorism - not even when
its perpetrators, like Omar Mateen or Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood killer, are
born in the United States. What distinguishes domestic terrorism from
international terrorism is not the perpetrator’s place of birth. [more...]
Another
Travesty in Obama’s Quest for Control
The Orlando massacre is yet another travesty inflicted
upon America as a result of Obama’s policies, that should be a wakeup call
about his conspiracy to bring down America. Recent events by both the President
and Big Labor exhibit striking parallels in the quest for control. They have
the mindset of a dictator - they crave power. They have no respect for the law
or our Constitution and will do whatever they feel necessary whether legally or
morally acceptable to achieve their mutual goal of total control. In March
2012 my blog explained how President Obama and his labor buddies were engaging
in tactics to fundamentally change America. Let me remind you, Obama and
his leftist supporters - including Big Labor - have many things in common that
should frighten all Americans... [more...]
Trump
and the Mexican Judge
One
argument made on behalf of Judge Curiel presiding over the Trump U trial is
that he was born in the U.S. - he is an American, not a Mexican, so he won’t be
insulted by Donald Trump’s anti-Mexican rants. It is a fallacious argument;
being born here does not remove the possibility of personally identifying with
one’s heritage. To illustrate: many black people consider themselves
African-Americans even though their families have been in the U.S. for
centuries. Certainly, when pundits and newscasters discuss the Hispanic vote
they are also referring to American-born Latinos, not just those born abroad.
Presumably, he sees himself as both a proud American success story and a proud
Hispanic as well; the two are not mutually exclusive. Trump didn’t attack
Mexicans in general; he pointedly criticized Judge Curiel on a personal level
and threatened to file a civil suit against the judge if he gets elected. The
notion that a judge is automatically above personal bias and prejudice as a
consequence of his investiture is just not how we human beings are wired. [more...]
Trump’s
Republican Critics Forget Obama’s Missteps
The
Republican leadership is so dumb - weak, feckless, cowards. They have proven themselves
rats by deserting Donald Trump over a sentence. I never heard this much
screaming when Hillary Clinton was busy covering up Benghazi, or lying to the
face of the parents of dead heroes at Dover Air Force Base when the Benghazi
bodies returned home, or when the Clinton Foundation took billions in bribes from
foreign governments, or when President Obama committed fraud to sell Obamacare,
or when Mr. Obama killed millions of middle-class jobs, or when Mr. Obama used
the IRS to viciously and maliciously target, intimidate and persecute
conservative groups and individual high-profile critics (like me) in the worst
witch hunt in U.S. political history. [more...]
