March On Christian Soldier

Think Progress: State representative Rick Womick (R-TN) has made no secret of his anti-Muslim views. A New York Times article from July described Womick on the statehouse floor, warning his constuents that Islamic law was the most urgent threat to their way of life. But in an interview on the sidelines of the “Preserving Freedom Conference” at the Cornerstone Church in Madison, TN, Womick went to new extremes to paint Muslim Americans as dangerous and seditious.

In the interview, which took place on Veterans Day, Womick told ThinkProgress that “I don’t trust one Muslim in our military” and “if they truly are a devout Muslims, and follow the Quran and the Sunnah, then I feel threatened because they’re commanded to kill me.” When asked if Muslims should be forced out of the military, Womick responded “Absolutely, yeah.” Read the exchange:

FANG: What about the thousands of Muslims that are still in the military that are veterans, that are translators, that are active personnel. Is there some sort of policy solution that you’re advocating? […]

WOMICK: Personally, I don’t trust one Muslim in our military because they’re commanded to lie to us through the term called Taqiyya. And if they truly are a devout Muslim, and follow the Quran and the Sunnah, then I feel threatened because they’re commanded to kill me.

CLIFTON: You believe they should be forced out?

WOMICK: Absolutely, yeah.

Of course you could say the same thing about devout Christians. It's ridiculous (not to mention illegal) to ban Muslim Americans from the military. It makes far more sense to ban people like Womick from public service due to their utter disregard for the constitution, the law, and the American way. They are the truly dangerous ones.

Warning

LA Times: The Senate votes 52 to 46 along party lines to reject a Republican effort to overturn federal rules aimed at preserving open Internet access for online users. Still, the GOP is likely to continue the fight.

If you like your free and fair access to the internet, best not vote GOP. As you can see, if they get into power they will take it away.

Now That You Mention It

Huffington Post: A challenger to Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) had his web ad, which featured graphic images of murdered non-Muslims and the House member swearing to the Koran, pulled from YouTube for violating the site's terms of service last week, Hopkins Patch reports.

"Congressman Ellison swore an oath to uphold the Constitution," says Ellison's challenger Gary Boisclair, "on a Koran." He continues, "The Koran says Christians and Jews are infidels. The Koran says Christians are blasphemers who should have their hands and feet cut off and that they should be crucified and killed." He asks, "Do you really want someone representing you who swears an oath on a Koran, a book that undermines the Constitution and says you should be killed?"

Of course the same could be said of anybody who swears on a bible.

From Here

Think Progress: In the wake of HB 56, Alabama’s extreme immigration law, students have been bullied by their peers simply for looking Hispanic, and now even one teacher has singled out a student because she looked foreign — even though she is an American citizen. The ACLU reports that a teacher gave Cineo Gonzales’ young daughter a pamphlet in Spanish about HB 56. When Gonzales, a Birmingham taxi driver, went to the school’s principal to ask why it was given to his daughter specifically, the principal told him that the school handed out the pamphlets to students “who looked like they weren’t from there”

Of course the reality is people like Cineo Gonzales are the only people who look like they are from here. And if her teacher and principal don't like it, they can go the fuck back to Europe.

Obviously Full Of Crap

Huffington Post: Rush Limbaugh escalated his attack on Sharon Bialek, the woman who has publicly accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment, on his Tuesday show. Limbaugh even compared Bialek's teenage son to a Nazi [...] "You think Obama doesn't love hearing this?" Limbaugh said. "A 13-year-old tattle-tale. I mean, that is a brownshirt preview here. Exactly what big government types like."

Putting aside that Rush again shows what a scumbag he is by going after the woman's 13 year old son and using this ridiculous Nazi analogy, his obvious lack of honesty in this regard should be a big, red flag to even his most die hard fans. No, we don't think that Obama loves hearing this. What Obama would love to hear is that Herman Cain is the GOP nominee... because he would crush him in the general election. He won't crush Mitt Romney. Limbaugh knows this. And so does every other Republican and GOP shill in the media accusing the Dems of somehow orchestrating what's going on. None of them can be trusted.

Worry About Your Own Soul

In video released Tuesday morning from a secret religious right-wing event titled “One Nation Under God,” Focus on the Family founder James Dobson warned Americans that if they don’t vote right-wing in 2012, they’ll be in “serious trouble” with God.

What a crock. Republicans only care about rich people, they start BS wars where hundreds of thousands if not millions of people die, and they pollute God's great green earth with gusto. God hates Republicans. Likewise if you believe in Jesus and his teachings (take care of the poor, etc), you also know Dobson is full of crap.

“I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” Matthew 19:23-24

Back To The USSR

A group of Republican state senators have proposed a bill that would make the Pledge of Allegiance mandatory for every public school student in Michigan.

Republican state Sen. Roger Kahn’s SB 637 would also require schools to purchase a flag for every classroom.

“THE BOARD OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT OR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL ACADEMY SHALL ENSURE THAT EACH PUPIL IN EACH PUBLIC SCHOOL IT OPERATES IS REQUIRED TO RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES EACH SCHOOL DAY,” the bill says.

Ok, wow, talk about indoctrination. Forget for a minute about the unconstitutionality of making somebody chant they believe in God with public money. These Republicans would have done well in the Soviet Union where all citizens had to pledge allegiance to the state. Even more crazy to force kids to do it. These people really don't belong in a secular, democratic government. They should resign.