On Tuesday, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley called Pastor Terry Jones’ plan to hold a “Burn A Koran Day” on the ninth anniversary of 9/11 “unAmerican.” Hillary Clinton called it a “disrespectful, disgraceful act.” And just this morning, Barack Obama said the proposed event was “completely contrary to our values as Americans.” He cited local fire ordinances that might be used against the church if it proceeds and called on Jones to cancel the Mohammedan bonfire.
Although he tried to stop the desecration of Korans, Obama showed no such concern for the American flag. In June 2006, Senator Obama voted against the Hatch Amendment, a proposed constitutional amendment that read in full: “The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.” It failed by one vote.
In an official statement explaining his vote, the future president said even debating the issue of flag burning was “a disservice to our country” and agreed that banning flag desecration “would destroy part of freedom itself.”
He added that he was “hard-pressed to find more than a few instances of flag burning each year” perpetrated by a few lonely souls.
This weekend’s happening is the only Koran burning in the country. Dove World Outreach Center of Gainesville, Florida, has 50 members.
Obama now states, correctly, that burning the Koran may endanger American soldiers overseas. But so, too would his decision last year to release up to 2,000 of photos of Americans abusing Muslim detainees, which virtually the entire military establishment said would supercharge al-Qaeda recruitment. He eventually relented.
When a Christian pastor threatens, however distastefully, to burn the Muslim scriptures, Obama’s rhetorical condemnation knows no bounds. He even cited local laws police could use against the church. But when the issue is burning a flag or building a mosque at Ground Zero, his only interest is protecting the constitutionally guaranteed rights of his constituents (America-hating Muslims and America-hating liberals, respectively). Throw in a globetrotting childhood being raised by a far-Left mother, the influence of Frank Marshall Davis, more than a decade of drinking in Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s sermons, and his all-consuming obsession with America’s “tragic” history, and one gets a clearer picture why he does not cross his heart during the National Anthem, wear a flag pin, or vote to ban flag desecration.[1] Add to that Obama’s statements about the “Holy Quran” and the Muslim call to prayer being “one of the prettiest sounds on earth,” and the picture becomes clearer yet.
Obama does not oppose flag burning, because most people only oppose desecrating something they love.
ENDNOTES:
1. Obama voted for a Democratic alternative offered by senior Illinois Senator Dick Durbin that would have outlawed flag burning on public property, or with the intention to incite violence. However, since the Supreme Court has ruled the First Amendment protects this act, the bill would have almost certainly been ruled unconstitutional. It was a flag burning smokescreen.
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I am off to Florida to help protect this brave American Pastor by every means necessary from any attack by the anti-American Black Panthers!
Who the hell do these thugs think they are ~ it is time we put a stop to these violent thugs ~ they have no right to interfere with the First Amendment and if Obama does not stop them then he is one of them!
Good for you. I am on my way from FL to PA but my husband is seriously considering going to this event to show his support. These people hate us and they will lie and deceive to get what they want…the destruction of the US and Israel and our President is unfortunately one of them. Did you know he voted against an amendment to make it illegal to desicrate the American flag……the amendment was not passed by just 1 vote. I think it is time to dust that one off and send it through again. They burn our flag, dance in our streets when their fellow muslims murdered our people, they hate us and we should have compassion for them. Not a chance. I say shut down all travel and immigration from the middle east. Those that are here have 48 hours to get out if they don't like it. They are our enemy. When in history do we let our enemies travel in and out of our country and pay their way to boot. I am so stinking mad over this. Lets try to build a synogogue over there. I say slaughter a pig inside the building in NYC. Lets see how faithful they are to their religion. They can't build anything that has been dirtied by the blood of a pig. Good luck. And take friends with you. This guy needs our support. I am going to send him a donation,
I am off to Florida to help protect this brave American Pastor by every means necessary from any attack by the anti-American Black Panthers!
Who the hell do these thugs think they are ~ it is time we put a stop to these violent thugs ~ they have no right to interfere with the First Amendment and if Obama does not stop them then he is one of them!
Good for you. I am on my way from FL to PA but my husband is seriously considering going to this event to show his support. These people hate us and they will lie and deceive to get what they want…the destruction of the US and Israel and our President is unfortunately one of them. Did you know he voted against an amendment to make it illegal to desicrate the American flag……the amendment was not passed by just 1 vote. I think it is time to dust that one off and send it through again. They burn our flag, dance in our streets when their fellow muslims murdered our people, they hate us and we should have compassion for them. Not a chance. I say shut down all travel and immigration from the middle east. Those that are here have 48 hours to get out if they don't like it. They are our enemy. When in history do we let our enemies travel in and out of our country and pay their way to boot. I am so stinking mad over this. Lets try to build a synogogue over there. I say slaughter a pig inside the building in NYC. Lets see how faithful they are to their religion. They can't build anything that has been dirtied by the blood of a pig. Good luck. And take friends with you. This guy needs our support. I am going to send him a donation,
While I oppose the burning of the Koran I also oppose the burning of our flag. I believe the Paster could accomplish more by revising his protest. He should dip a symbolic Koran in pigs blood thus illustrating what the terrorist are doing to the Islamic faith and suggest that belivers rise up against these terrorist to defend their faith and recapture it's image to the world. The issue is these theifs have stolen the religion and have destroyed its image.
LOVE IT!!!!! Great idea. You should call the Pastor. The church has a listed number.
While I oppose the burning of the Koran I also oppose the burning of our flag. I believe the Paster could accomplish more by revising his protest. He should dip a symbolic Koran in pigs blood thus illustrating what the terrorist are doing to the Islamic faith and suggest that belivers rise up against these terrorist to defend their faith and recapture it's image to the world. The issue is these theifs have stolen the religion and have destroyed its image.
LOVE IT!!!!! Great idea. You should call the Pastor. The church has a listed number.
This is insane. They are offended? They flew planes in to 2 buildings in NY and more. They continue to perform terrorist activities. And THEY are offended? That’s RICH.
Obama should have no opinion. This is irresponsible of him. This statement by this fool is bad. A DERELICTION OF DUTY and a Seditious ACT. He is the President. His WORDS are ACTIONABLE. His WORDS are SEDITIOUS.
The lefties burn the Bible and the Flag, why should the KORAN be protected?
If this government protects the KORAN, they will be ESTABLISHING special protections for ISLAM. This government, after doing that, will have, in TRUTH established the CALIPH
The president chiming in on this, due to his OFFICE, is establishing a possible protectionist stance for ISLAM. If this is the case, then HE is creating the division. HE is the MULLAH of America. HE will be the American IMAM
The CORE of the Koran is Conquest and submission and DEATH. The core to all other major religions is LIFE and the betterment of it. The Q’RAN is EVIL. To support EVIL is EVIL.
It’s a false argument to say that we should not burn the Q’RAN, because it will cause death. We have a WAR going on people. Don’t you think that they will pull the trigger if they get a chance anyway? The enemy is not laying their weapons down. The appeasement makes them stronger. The Muslim will kick you when you are down, he will not relent. There is no civility. The Q’RAN allows for plunder of the enemy. They are not CIVIL. The Geneva accord is NOT something that they follow.
The soldiers are in DANGER now, what makes one think that the enemy is NOT serious NOW? What kind of ill logic is this? Burning or not burning a book, will not make the soldiers less safe. Americans need to understand that these people WANT YOU ANNIHILATED. They’ll keep you around as slaves. That’s IT.
This is the same as the Cartoonist crap, who, by the way, Angela Merkel was to honor with a free speech award.
These arguments are false. Why is OBAMA fighting FOR the Muslims, while Europe is beginning to wake up to the threat that they have welcomed.
Follow the truth.
Because Obama is a Muslim plain and simple. He owes them for all the money they siphoned to his campaign.
This is insane. They are offended? They flew planes in to 2 buildings in NY and more. They continue to perform terrorist activities. And THEY are offended? That’s RICH.
Obama should have no opinion. This is irresponsible of him. This statement by this fool is bad. A DERELICTION OF DUTY and a Seditious ACT. He is the President. His WORDS are ACTIONABLE. His WORDS are SEDITIOUS.
The lefties burn the Bible and the Flag, why should the KORAN be protected?
If this government protects the KORAN, they will be ESTABLISHING special protections for ISLAM. This government, after doing that, will have, in TRUTH established the CALIPH
The president chiming in on this, due to his OFFICE, is establishing a possible protectionist stance for ISLAM. If this is the case, then HE is creating the division. HE is the MULLAH of America. HE will be the American IMAM
The CORE of the Koran is Conquest and submission and DEATH. The core to all other major religions is LIFE and the betterment of it. The Q’RAN is EVIL. To support EVIL is EVIL.
It’s a false argument to say that we should not burn the Q’RAN, because it will cause death. We have a WAR going on people. Don’t you think that they will pull the trigger if they get a chance anyway? The enemy is not laying their weapons down. The appeasement makes them stronger. The Muslim will kick you when you are down, he will not relent. There is no civility. The Q’RAN allows for plunder of the enemy. They are not CIVIL. The Geneva accord is NOT something that they follow.
The soldiers are in DANGER now, what makes one think that the enemy is NOT serious NOW? What kind of ill logic is this? Burning or not burning a book, will not make the soldiers less safe. Americans need to understand that these people WANT YOU ANNIHILATED. They’ll keep you around as slaves. That’s IT.
This is the same as the Cartoonist crap, who, by the way, Angela Merkel was to honor with a free speech award.
These arguments are false. Why is OBAMA fighting FOR the Muslims, while Europe is beginning to wake up to the threat that they have welcomed.
Follow the truth.
Because Obama is a Muslim plain and simple. He owes them for all the money they siphoned to his campaign.
Where was he and his lib friends when the Army burned 100s of Holy Bibles in Afghanistan so the muslims wouldn't be insulted seeing solders walking around with the Holy Bible……Where was the combination of that act? I say if it is a 1st amendment right to burn the flag, burn the Bible then it is a first amendment right to burn the Quran….Is it in bad taste? Maybe but the constitution protects political acts even in bad taste. The problem is the left wants to coddle and pamper the Muslims in hopes they will forgive us. What it comes down to is the U.S is only allowed collective guilt and the muslims guilt is specific to the terrorist. Never mind the fact that the rest of the muslim world stays silent when car bombs and suicide vest go off and kill hundreds of innocents in the name of Islam, but lets not blanket all of them with collective guilt….Whatever, until the Muslim community stands up and turns their backs and no longer stays silent then by that silence they are all guilty…….Just like Americans for any act committed…..
There is nothing to forgive. They hate us. They want us dead. Its not complicated. We have done nothing to them except in their eyes.
Where was he and his lib friends when the Army burned 100s of Holy Bibles in Afghanistan so the muslims wouldn't be insulted seeing solders walking around with the Holy Bible……Where was the combination of that act? I say if it is a 1st amendment right to burn the flag, burn the Bible then it is a first amendment right to burn the Quran….Is it in bad taste? Maybe but the constitution protects political acts even in bad taste. The problem is the left wants to coddle and pamper the Muslims in hopes they will forgive us. What it comes down to is the U.S is only allowed collective guilt and the muslims guilt is specific to the terrorist. Never mind the fact that the rest of the muslim world stays silent when car bombs and suicide vest go off and kill hundreds of innocents in the name of Islam, but lets not blanket all of them with collective guilt….Whatever, until the Muslim community stands up and turns their backs and no longer stays silent then by that silence they are all guilty…….Just like Americans for any act committed…..
There is nothing to forgive. They hate us. They want us dead. Its not complicated. We have done nothing to them except in their eyes.
I support burning every Qur'an in America.
I support the deportation of every muslim in America, starting with Obama.
I support the confiscation of all property owned by a muslim.
I support the deportation of anyone who supports islam.
I support the ripping down of every mosque in America.
The foundation should also be ripped out.
Islam is a cancer that needs to be removed. We all know what happens if you don't remove the
cancer. It's islam or us.
RIGHT ON BROTHER!!
I support burning every Qur'an in America.
I support the deportation of every muslim in America, starting with Obama.
I support the confiscation of all property owned by a muslim.
I support the deportation of anyone who supports islam.
I support the ripping down of every mosque in America.
The foundation should also be ripped out.
Islam is a cancer that needs to be removed. We all know what happens if you don't remove the
cancer. It's islam or us.
RIGHT ON BROTHER!!
You , Raymond are wrong and a hate monger. What we need to do is defeat progressive liberalism and give Islam the same Constitutional protection given any other religeon (we can debate wheather Islam is a religeon or a boundless usurping form of bounderless government later) is afforded, no more and no less. Of course we all new what Obama would say officially and we all also new that there would be threats from the Obama Injustice Department and that the administrations thugs ( SIEU and Black Panthers) would be sent out to bring street justice as only a street thug would know how to do. After all its hands off any thing that supports them and hell to pay for those that do not. This is benign compared to the illegal crap the administration is getting away with, Like not enforcing immigration laws and not seeing that voter registration logs get cleared of dead Democrat voters. Liberals are not really hypocrits , just natural bald face liers.
You are correct sir about liberals being liars,the victory mosque should be built at another location and the preacher should not burn the korans however both activities are protected by the constitution.I say be consistent if people do not want the korans burned then have the victory mosque built at another location.Barry Soetoro-President O'bama needs to be more consistent in his views if he is going to weigh in on these subjects or stay out of it.Before 911 2001 radical muslims wereattacking soldiers civilians and US targets all over the globe.Lets not forget the 1993 world trade center bombing the 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya the 2000 US cole bombing off the coast of Yemen or the 271 marines in 1983 blown up in berut.
You , Raymond are wrong and a hate monger. What we need to do is defeat progressive liberalism and give Islam the same Constitutional protection given any other religeon (we can debate wheather Islam is a religeon or a boundless usurping form of bounderless government later) is afforded, no more and no less. Of course we all new what Obama would say officially and we all also new that there would be threats from the Obama Injustice Department and that the administrations thugs ( SIEU and Black Panthers) would be sent out to bring street justice as only a street thug would know how to do. After all its hands off any thing that supports them and hell to pay for those that do not. This is benign compared to the illegal crap the administration is getting away with, Like not enforcing immigration laws and not seeing that voter registration logs get cleared of dead Democrat voters. Liberals are not really hypocrits , just natural bald face liers.
You are correct sir about liberals being liars,the victory mosque should be built at another location and the preacher should not burn the korans however both activities are protected by the constitution.I say be consistent if people do not want the korans burned then have the victory mosque built at another location.Barry Soetoro-President O'bama needs to be more consistent in his views if he is going to weigh in on these subjects or stay out of it.Before 911 2001 radical muslims wereattacking soldiers civilians and US targets all over the globe.Lets not forget the 1993 world trade center bombing the 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya the 2000 US cole bombing off the coast of Yemen or the 271 marines in 1983 blown up in berut.
Azurel. It is alright for the government to direct the burning of hundreds, actually I believe there were thousands, of Holy Bibles, just not for a private citizen to protest the world wide death and destruction done by Muslims in the name of the Quran, by burning one of their excuses for the mayhem they bring down even on their on people!!!!!
Azurel. It is alright for the government to direct the burning of hundreds, actually I believe there were thousands, of Holy Bibles, just not for a private citizen to protest the world wide death and destruction done by Muslims in the name of the Quran, by burning one of their excuses for the mayhem they bring down even on their on people!!!!!
We need to stop Islam from taking over our country NOW before it is too late like in other countries. They don't come here to assimilate. They come here to take over. They hate us and we must do whatever it takes to protect our country and it's people. Political correctness has brought us progressivism, the destruction of our church and our educational system. The Muslim are here to finish us off and their leader Barack Obama is here to help them succeed. Sorry read their holy book……..filled with hate and murder.
We need to stop Islam from taking over our country NOW before it is too late like in other countries. They don't come here to assimilate. They come here to take over. They hate us and we must do whatever it takes to protect our country and it's people. Political correctness has brought us progressivism, the destruction of our church and our educational system. The Muslim are here to finish us off and their leader Barack Obama is here to help them succeed. Sorry read their holy book……..filled with hate and murder.
Jones basically challenged the Islamic world to a contest of chicken, and then HE swerved. It would have been far better if he had protested the 9/11 attacks a different way – one that would have conveyed both the love of Christ and the superiority of the Christian worldview. Instead, he has actually created a situation where the radical Islamists now think that they have won, and they will now be bolder in their belief that Christians and Americans are weak. His actions have jeopardized American and Christian lives, whether he backed down or not, and they encourage the extremeists to more outrageouse behavior. Sad…very sad.
Jones basically challenged the Islamic world to a contest of chicken, and then HE swerved. It would have been far better if he had protested the 9/11 attacks a different way – one that would have conveyed both the love of Christ and the superiority of the Christian worldview. Instead, he has actually created a situation where the radical Islamists now think that they have won, and they will now be bolder in their belief that Christians and Americans are weak. His actions have jeopardized American and Christian lives, whether he backed down or not, and they encourage the extremeists to more outrageouse behavior. Sad…very sad.
P.S. Our government leaders are naive enough to think that pacifying Islamic barbarians is the way to a secure future. Hogwash. Oh, how I wish Ronald Reagan were still alilve and sitting in the oval office!
P.S. Our government leaders are naive enough to think that pacifying Islamic barbarians is the way to a secure future. Hogwash. Oh, how I wish Ronald Reagan were still alilve and sitting in the oval office!
Hey, it's all cool go ahead and burn the symbol of your country 'the flag' but leave the symbol of my religion 'the koran' alone..
Hey, it's all cool go ahead and burn the symbol of your country 'the flag' but leave the symbol of my religion 'the koran' alone..
Typical racist religious liberal. You think you can speak for everyone in the country and for God. This book the Quran represents the guide lines for World destruction of all none Muslim infidels. It teaches the most horrific examples of hate of any book. Way worse than Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler. Please sit you’re a ss down before you get us all killed. I wrote you a blog. http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/sk1951/9806…
Typical racist religious liberal. You think you can speak for everyone in the country and for God. This book the Quran represents the guide lines for World destruction of all none Muslim infidels. It teaches the most horrific examples of hate of any book. Way worse than Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler. Please sit you’re a ss down before you get us all killed. I wrote you a blog. http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/sk1951/9806…
The Qur’an was plagiarized from every known Christian Bible of the time including the first Arabic Qur’an. When it was completed they burned all the previous Arab versions. Revealed from Allah to a madman named Muhammad through the angel Jibril (Gabriel) in the 600’s. This book parameterizes the holy perfection of Islam and the killing by beheading of all Infidels (that would be you in America). It justifies the abuse of women, homosexuality and pedophilia. It reveals war in a World arena in graphic details which are followed to day by the Islamic Jihad armies that are currently turning away the Allied Armed forces. They have defeated Rome, Russia, Germany, the Celtics and other Islamic nations. They are currently working on Jerusalem and when the Western forces leave because of Obama’s Muslim support it will be taken.
This book the Qur’an is a mad mans visualization of world domination and supremacy over all men and women. He does not seek to inslaved but to kill anyone that is not Islamic. Their claim that you can convert to Islam is faults. You will be a slave to them. The peace they offer is for the Islamic. The coming peace of when all infidels are swept off the face of the earth. The Islamic lie under the protection of Taqiyya.
Taqiyya: http://www.islam-watch.org/Warner/Taqiyya-Islamic…
How Islam is Taking Over The World: Islamization Explained http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpM6QKaAgP0
The Qur’an was plagiarized from every known Christian Bible of the time including the first Arabic Qur’an. When it was completed they burned all the previous Arab versions. Revealed from Allah to a madman named Muhammad through the angel Jibril (Gabriel) in the 600’s. This book parameterizes the holy perfection of Islam and the killing by beheading of all Infidels (that would be you in America). It justifies the abuse of women, homosexuality and pedophilia. It reveals war in a World arena in graphic details which are followed to day by the Islamic Jihad armies that are currently turning away the Allied Armed forces. They have defeated Rome, Russia, Germany, the Celtics and other Islamic nations. They are currently working on Jerusalem and when the Western forces leave because of Obama’s Muslim support it will be taken.
This book the Qur’an is a mad mans visualization of world domination and supremacy over all men and women. He does not seek to inslaved but to kill anyone that is not Islamic. Their claim that you can convert to Islam is faults. You will be a slave to them. The peace they offer is for the Islamic. The coming peace of when all infidels are swept off the face of the earth. The Islamic lie under the protection of Taqiyya.
Taqiyya: http://www.islam-watch.org/Warner/Taqiyya-Islamic…
How Islam is Taking Over The World: Islamization Explained http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpM6QKaAgP0
Obama says it's wrong to burn the Koran, but, okay to burn the American Flag…..transparent enough?
Obama says it's wrong to burn the Koran, but, okay to burn the American Flag…..transparent enough?
The koran is an evil satanic book that has no place in America, a Christian nation. All through the Christian Bible God led the Children of Israel and admonished them to destroy all Pagan idols from among them, and have no part with them.
By god’s Law The Holy Christian Bible, all Christians have the approval of Almighty God to destroy pagan idols from among us, The evil terrorist Islam’s bible, the koran being Chief…
The enemy of Americans have illegally invaded our Country and now have deceptivaly and treacherously slipped a treasonous President into office to impliment their pagan customs and enforce them upon Christian Americans, even to the threating of assasinating anyone that would destroy their evil pagan koran that teaches all who do not convert to Islam should be annihilated, beheaded. The koran is an evil book and should be destoryed from America, before it destroys Americans,,,
The koran is an evil satanic book that has no place in America, a Christian nation. All through the Christian Bible God led the Children of Israel and admonished them to destroy all Pagan idols from among them, and have no part with them.
By god’s Law The Holy Christian Bible, all Christians have the approval of Almighty God to destroy pagan idols from among us, The evil terrorist Islam’s bible, the koran being Chief…
The enemy of Americans have illegally invaded our Country and now have deceptivaly and treacherously slipped a treasonous President into office to impliment their pagan customs and enforce them upon Christian Americans, even to the threating of assasinating anyone that would destroy their evil pagan koran that teaches all who do not convert to Islam should be annihilated, beheaded. The koran is an evil book and should be destoryed from America, before it destroys Americans,,,
INTERESTING……….
Edward "Ed" Mezvinsky, born January 17, 1937, is a former congressman. A Democrat, he represented Iowa 's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms, from 1973 to 1977.
In March 2001, Mezvinsky was indicted and later pleaded guilty to 31 of 69 charges of bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud. Nearly $10 million was involved in the crimes. Shortly after his indictment, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but the judge at his trial disallowed a mental illness defense. After serving five years in federal prison, he was released in April 2008. He is expected to remain on federal probation until 2011, and owes substantial restitution to his victims.
Who, exactly is "Ed" Mezvinsky?
He's Chelsea Clinton's new Father in Law.
INTERESTING……….
Edward "Ed" Mezvinsky, born January 17, 1937, is a former congressman. A Democrat, he represented Iowa 's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms, from 1973 to 1977.
In March 2001, Mezvinsky was indicted and later pleaded guilty to 31 of 69 charges of bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud. Nearly $10 million was involved in the crimes. Shortly after his indictment, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but the judge at his trial disallowed a mental illness defense. After serving five years in federal prison, he was released in April 2008. He is expected to remain on federal probation until 2011, and owes substantial restitution to his victims.
Who, exactly is "Ed" Mezvinsky?
He's Chelsea Clinton's new Father in Law.
I believe Impeachment would be the best option, while I as oppose the burning any regilous document but truely believe anyone burning the American Flag should either be deported or placed on the black list, to never be able to enter the USA. For and American President to get on his knnes and kiss the KSA King, and now get on his knees and bless Islam at ground zero, is term for Impeachment, hell they wanted to impeach Clinton for having sex n a closet.
I believe Impeachment would be the best option, while I as oppose the burning any regilous document but truely believe anyone burning the American Flag should either be deported or placed on the black list, to never be able to enter the USA. For and American President to get on his knnes and kiss the KSA King, and now get on his knees and bless Islam at ground zero, is term for Impeachment, hell they wanted to impeach Clinton for having sex n a closet.