In the years after 9/11, any association with anything or anybody related to Islam scares many politicians. They must be afraid of supporting "terrorists." Patriotism is driving a divide between law-abiding citizens and their potential representatives.
Is Congressman Aaron Shock (Il-18) afraid of being associated with a strong community of Muslim citizens in the town of Peoria? Is meeting with a community of academics, medical professionals, and technical leaders a political death for a republican congressman? That seems to be the case. I have learned from a reliable source that the congressman has refused to meet the Muslim community. In addition, attempts to find a date that would suit the congressman have unfortunately failed.
In the years after 9/11, any association with anything or anybody related to Islam scares many politicians. They must be afraid of supporting "terrorists." Patriotism is driving a divide between law-abiding citizens and their potential representatives. The former CIA chief Station in Algeria, Andrew Warren, was sentenced for five years in prison for raping two Algerian women in Algeria.
The news media painted him as a rogue agent who used XANAX and Valium, which are drugs used in common date-rape assaults. More can be read at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Warren How could slavery have existed in America for so long? Most people accepted it and very few questioned it.
Well, the following is how Mark Twain explained it: In my schoolboy days, I had no aversion to slavery. I was not aware there was something wrong about it. No one arraigned in my hearing. The local papers said nothing wrong against it. The local pulpit taught us that God approved it and that it was a holy thing, and that the doubter need only look in the bible if he wished to settle his mind. Then the texts were aloud to us to make the matter sure. And if the slaves had an aversion to slavery, they were wise and said nothing. On my way to work today, I turned on the radio to WGLT 89.1FM in Normal, IL. As usual, the NPR report was so slanted against Syria that I called the station to say the following to the WGLT agent who picked up the phone.
“I find that NPR news reports always criticize governments such as those in Syria and Iran with whom America has several teeth to grind. Last week, the Moroccan government was violently repressing the people in the Rif region, and NPR did not report anything.” “Oh!” the voice said, and then I heard a click. He hung up on me. In its reports http://www.npr.org/2011/03/15/134556532/Algeria-Tensions of March 15, 2011, NPR reported on Algeria at the same time Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt were going through their respective turmoil. It interviewed a minister and Said Saadi, the RCD leader. In addition, the report indicated that “… But Algeria is clearly a police state. Its people are frustrated and discouraged, and corruption is endemic.” However, NPR decides to interview the Chilla family, which grills shish kebabs and the father claims, “It's different. We have liberty,” he says. “We're a people that does what it wants. We can travel, we work how we want. The power isn't so severe.” Why didn’t NPR go and ask any government official why it is still forbidden for parents to give Berber first names to their children? My friend's wife should thank the GOP (Grand Ole Party or Republicans) presidential candidate Newt Gingrich for referring to the Palestinians as an "invented" people in an interview at http://www.pjstar.com/opinions/forum/x1386886639/Forum-I-love-my-invented-wife.
You-See No. 1: My friend's wife is from Palestine, and my friend, a nice fellow, has written a letter to the Editor of the Peoria Journal Star to claim to the world that he loves his "invented" wife. His letter can be found at this forum at http://www.pjstar.com/opinions/forum/x1386886639/Forum-I-love-my-invented-wife. Here is the letter if its link is broken: I LOVE my "invented" wife According to Mr. Gingrich, I should be looking for a new wife, because the one I have now simply does not exist. You see, my wife is of Palestinian descent, so she is an "invented" person and does not exist. Could a person who is planning to be the leader of the free world be lying to us? Mr. Gingrich decided to sell his soul for a few campaign dollars and a few votes, but he forgot that there are many decent Jews in the world who will not buy his lies, will not support him, and will not vote for him. My wife's parents were born in Palestine, and generation upon generation of her ancestors lived their whole lives in Palestine. I love her more than Mr. Gingrich could imagine, and everyone who knows her loves her and respects her. Gingrich lies to people and they may applaud. They may seem to be smiling to him, but they are actually laughing at his ignorance. Souhail Elhouar, Ph.D. PE Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Construction Bradley University Peoria You-See No. 2: My friend's wife , who is really a nice person, has claimed to us, their friends, and in her husband's presence that he has not been very expressive of his emotions, and that to get him to say "I love you" to her from time to time was close to impossible. With this public declaration of his love of his wife, Professor Elhouar might not have to say it anymore. Newt's remark on Palestine has indeed at least an unintended but happy consequence in the life of one couple. Will there be others in the lives of couples with "invented" Palestinian spouses across the United States of America? I confirm Suheil's statement that everyone who knows his wife loves her." I will even say the following: "Suheil, I love your 'invented' wife and I respect her, and I think she loves me too." |
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