Much strength to you this year – it looks like a rough one!

p.s. I think overall that Obama being president would be viewed as a good thing by the majority of the planet. If the radical Muslims did launch attacks because of Obama being viewed as a traitor I think that would make them look intolerant to a laughable degree. And besides, if they do decide that Obama’s bad, can you imagine how they would treat a FEMALE leader? Or a *cough* leader that says we’ll probably be in Iraq for 100 years?

Or will they see the election of Obama as “appeasement” and therefore a vidication of their terror campaign.

I also want him to vigorously, swiftly and loudly counter any mis-information that gets flung out there.

For just one example, this was his response to McCain’s snide remarks about AQ in Iraq (after Obama said that he would consider going back into Iraq if AQ had established their base there):

Obama – ‘Well, first of all, I do know that al Qaeda is in Iraq. That’s why I’ve said we should continue to strike al Qaeda targets,” he said. “But I have some news for John McCain, and that is that there was no such thing as al Qaeda in Iraq until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq.’

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4356093&page=1

There’s been plenty more examples but I don’t have time to educate you.

Because Obama’s father was a confirmed athiest at the time of Barack’s birth, Obama’s father was an apostate from Islam. This is important because this means, theologically speaking, that Obama was not the son of a Muslim father. And this in turn is important because- just as the Jews deem the child of a Jewish woman to be Jewish- the Muslims deem the son of a Muslim father to be Muslim. And any Muslim by conversion or birth who apostates is subject to draconian penalties in many schools of Islam.

They have a special term for one who is born Muslim but apostates. If you want to learn more you can see Apostasy in Islam article in Wikipedia.

What morons these “pundits” are. Their bias and ignorance is on display for all to see. Anyone but Obama, whose name is from the root meaning “good” in Arabic. Their “expertise” is in BS and not in foreign affairs or diplomacy.

Oh, and would someone please inform the mentally feeble troll that a) religion is not genetic, b) that about 5million Americans are Muslim, and c) this thread is about more than just a name.

It’s over. That Permanent Majority disappeared faster than loose change on the bar at a Republican convention. Yer side has shat the bed, shot themselves in the foot, got caught tryin’ ta pass wooden nickels…

It’s OVAH… as they say Baaston.

On yer way to tha dustbin, Bertie. Don’t let the door hit ya on the cheney on yer way out!

bertie, pull up your pants and stop crying.

eh?

You tell us. You must certainly know.

from Juan Coles Informed Comment

http://www.juancole.com/

“Gen. Omar Bradley, who bore a Semitic, Muslim first name, and shared it with the second Caliph of Sunni Islam, was the hero of D-Day and Normandy, of the Battle of the Bulge and the Ruhr.”

“Barack is a Semitic word meaning “to bless” as a verb or “blessing” as a noun. In its Hebrew form, barak, it is found all through the Bible. It first occurs in Genesis 1:22: “And God blessed (ḇāreḵə ) them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.”

Now let us take the name “Hussein.” It is from the Semitic word, hasan, meaning “good” or “handsome.” Husayn is the diminutive, affectionate form.

Barack Obama’s middle name is in honor of his grandfather, Hussein, a secular resident of Nairobi. Americans may think of Saddam Hussein when they hear the name, but that is like thinking of Stalin when you hear the name Joseph”

“Queen Elizabeth II [is] Descended from the Prophet Muhammad

I was surprised that the writers of comments over at Salon.com did not know ……. It is common knowledge to anyone interested in genealogy

The Greater Mediterranean got all mixed up over millennia. Most Sicilians (i.e. most Italian-Americans) also have Arab Muslim ancestors. It works the other way around, too.

This is connected to just pointing out that having ancestors named Hussein is more common among Europeans and Americans than is usually realized. Elizabeth II can’t be descended from the Prophet Muhammad without also being descended from his grandson, the original Husayn / Hussein, since that is the line of descent of the Sayyids.

‘United Press International
October 10, 1986
MOSLEMS IN BUCKINGHAM PALACE

Mixed in with Queen Elizabeth’s blue blood is the blood of the Moslem prophet Mohammed, according to Burke’s Peerage, the geneological guide to royalty. The relation came out when Harold B. Brooks-Baker, publishing director of Burke’s, wrote Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to ask for better security for the royal family. ”The royal family’s direct descent from the prophet Mohammed cannot be relied upon to protect the royal family forever from Moslem terrorists,” he said. Probably realizing the connection would be a surprise to many, he added, ”It is little known by the British people that the blood of Mohammed flows in the veins of the queen. However, all Moslem religious leaders are proud of this fact.”

Brooks-Baker said the British royal family is descended from Mohammed through the Arab kings of Seville, who once ruled Spain. By marriage, their blood passed to the European kings of Portugal and Castille, and through them to England’s 15th century King Edward IV. ‘ “

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE keep it up.

LOUDER AND LOUDER.

You just keep sayin’ it, over and over again.

It’s the cover up stupid.