Rep. Peter King Responds To Extremism Report, Says DHS Should Be Targeting ‘Mosques’ Instead
Rep. Peter King Responds To Extremism Report, Says DHS Should Be Targeting ‘Mosques’ Instead
On Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a report requested by the Bush administration that warned of the rising threat of right-wing extremism. The political right has been up in arms over the intelligence assessment, falsely claiming it is an assault on conservativism.
Today on MSNBC, Rep. Peter King (R-NY) used the release of the DHS assessment to advance his well-documented anti-Muslim agenda. King told Joe Scarborough that, instead of discussing the threat of anti-government radicals, DHS should focus on the threat emanating from “Muslims” and “mosques” at home:
KING: [Napolitano] has never put out a report talking about look out for mosques. Look out for Islamic terrorists in our country. Look out for the fact that very few Muslims come forward to cooperate with the police. If they sent out a report saying that, there would be hell to pay.
Scarborough agreed: “Oh, it would be blowing up!”. Watch it:
King often likes to blame “mosques” for terrorism. In 2007, he claimed that it is “unfortunate” that the U.S. has “too many mosques,” a remark that was swiftly condemned by Muslim groups:
Unfortunately, we have too many mosques in this country. There are too many people who are sympathetic to radical Islam. We should be looking at them more carefully. We should be finding out how we can infiltrate.
Unfortunately, these types of remarks unfairly targeting Muslims are commonplace for King. He has previously claimed that Muslims are “the enemy among us.” “[Y]ou could say that 80-85 percent of mosques in this country are controlled by Islamic fundamentalists,” he said in 2004.
Furthermore, King suggested that DHS under Napolitano’s leadership is trying to downplay the threat of “Islamic terrorists.” Perhaps he should do his research before making such an outlandish claim.
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King often likes to blame “mosques” for terrorism. In 2007, he claimed that it is “unfortunate” that the U.S. has “too many mosques,”
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Actually, the problem is that we have too many Peter Kings.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:51 pmWell, at least now the Republicans don’t have to try and hide their racism behind ‘code words. They can just come out and say it.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:52 pmFundies and their soiled undies are the real problem.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:53 pmPeter King indictes himself as a genuine republican fool.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:56 pmLook out for the fact that very few Muslims come forward to cooperate with the police.
Well we all know how willing to cooperate with the police anti-government militias are! Just look at how cooperative the Branch Davidians were in Waco! This is reprehensible. When will anyone in the media call on Republicans to either defend or reject these kinds of statements? We’ve had Bachman saying Obama wants to create forced re-education camps. We’ve had Perry suggesting Texas may secede from the Union. We’ve had Bachus claim to have a “list” of 17 socialists but refuse to name any. And now this. Why did we have to have a vote on the floor of the House and Senate to repudiate the “Petraeus/Betray Us” ad, but nobody is being called to task on whether they agree with these people?
April 16th, 2009 at 3:56 pmMemo to rep. King:
April 16th, 2009 at 3:56 pmcrazy assed talked like that doesn’t help prove you’re not a crazy assed right wing extremist
This buffoon is correct about one thing:
There is an “enemy amoung us”.
It is called the GOP.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:57 pmHey, State Senator Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx) who happens to be a Pentacostal minister is organizing against the proposed same-gender marriage bill in NY:
April 16th, 2009 at 3:59 pmhttp://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/bronx-senator-organizing-protest-of-marriage-bill/
slobbering watchmutt off topic, and hours late with his uppitydate.
April 16th, 2009 at 3:59 pm[Napolitano] has never put out a report talking about look out for mosques.
Napolitano has held her position for three months. It would be safe to say she has “never” put out a report on much of anything — especially since the DHS report was begun under the Bush administration.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:01 pmThe # of idiots is our only real problem at the moment, Mr. King.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:03 pmblotchdog,
April 16th, 2009 at 4:04 pmWhy do you hate our troop’s families?
And churches.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:04 pmDon’t forget churches, Mr. King!
Another rightwingnutcrazy spewing ignorance. King is only upset because the DHS report exposes rightwingnut extremists. If the shoe fits!
April 16th, 2009 at 4:04 pm***
doggie,
i thought you seceded
from this site.
:)
April 16th, 2009 at 4:09 pmThe next time a radical Muslim (in this country) shoots three policemen with his AK-47,http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090404/ap_on_re_us/pittsburgh_shooting
or the next time time a radical Muslim (in this country) goes on a 10 people shooting spree in Alabama,http://www.abcactionnews.com/mostpopular/story/Gunman-kills-ten-in-Alabama/kyjemBDZIUWBMm1DZW4lNw.cspx
or the next time a radical Muslim (in this country) plans to secede from the union,
or suggest that the country take up arms against the POTUS, or calls the POTUS a facist, or suggest that since the POTUS is gonna take your guns, stockpile as many as you can.
The next time radical Muslims (in this country) blow up a federal building because they were being whipped up into a frenzy by so-called responsible people with the lies that the government is gonna take your rights away and put you under a world government complete with black helicopters black boot jack booted thugs takingyour jobs money and giving them to those who dont deserve anything because you worked hard all your life to keep this country aspure as it was 200 years ago (no punctuation marks done on purpose, simulating hate radio)
http://www2.indystar.com/library/factfiles/crime/national/1995/oklahoma_city_bombing/ok.html
When radical Muslims (in this country) do these things IN THIS COUNTRY, I will be the first to stand up and say take me away.
Until then, STFU.
RIP
April 16th, 2009 at 4:10 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
I wonder if king made the top ten of crazy assed right wing extremists to watch?
April 16th, 2009 at 4:11 pmPerhaps DHS should be targeting the Rethuglic party for their reich-wing extremism.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:11 pmMORNING JOE-K Joe brought King on to reenforce his second day of ranting– his perceived attack of veterans by the White House. (Veterans are the latest object of the right wing conservatives’ affection.) I’ve figure out that when Joe leaves the set, it’s to go pull his head out of a$$.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:11 pmWhy in the world does this man take such pride in being so ill-informed?
April 16th, 2009 at 4:11 pmI’m pretty sure the DHS has put out plenty of similar reports on Muslim communities in America over the last eight years. Or does it only count if Napolitano was in office at the moment it was released?
April 16th, 2009 at 4:11 pmToo many ReichWing Hate Groups, don’t forget them.
Too many American Taliban, don’t forget them.
Too many ReichWing MSM telling lies, don’t forget them.
Too many Totally Ignorant AHoles, don’t forget them.
Too many Ice Cream Flavors, don’t forget them.
We have just too many of everything, so let’s blow it all up.
Fcuk the Republicans
April 16th, 2009 at 4:11 pmIt’s not Muslims or Arabs that are the problem in America. It’s 24/7 hatred from people like Dick Cheney, William Kristol, O’Reilly, Glenn Beck, Hannity, Coulter, Savage, and Limbaugh. The Republican Party is on the record saying that it wants America to fail.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:11 pmwatchdog Says:
Another massive loss for the progressive movement.
Wake me when this rinky dink troll-hole is gone…
April 16th, 2009 at 4:12 pmsnoozepup is still high from sniffing doggie butts.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:13 pmKing told Joe Scarborough that, instead of discussing the threat of anti-government radicals, DHS should focus on the threat emanating from “Muslims” and “mosques” at home:
Some questions to ponder:
Why do wingnuts like Rep. King think that it’s an “either/or” proposition?
Wouldn’t it be prudent for DGS to focus on any source of a threat?
If DHS or the FBI investigates extremist right-wing groups, does that mean that they have no officers left over to investigate other threats?
Why is blotchdog so intent of posting irrelevant off-topic links?
April 16th, 2009 at 4:15 pmPlease remind me which mosque the guys behind the Oklahoma City bombing belonged to.
Oh, right, they met while they were in the Army.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:15 pmHe’s a contender, fer sure, Bozo. But the competition is mighty stiff out there.
Hell, King’s not even the top seed in the Congress Regional tournament. Shelly Bachmann has that one sewn up.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:17 pmbuyawhigadrink Says:
“Please remind me which mosque the guys behind the Oklahoma City bombing belonged to.”
the same one members of the branch davidians and members of stormfront went to.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:18 pmI truly believe that there is a threat of extremism from the right wing. I tuned in to some of their radio rant-jockeys today because I wanted to hear them spin yesterday’s Sore Loser/Tea-bagger Conventions. It’s amazing!
These folks remind me of little kids peering into the toilet bowl and yelling “Mommy, look . . . I made a big poopy!” They are so taken with themselves and yesterday’s astro-turf event. They obviously have no, zero, zip, nada constructive ideas. Their only agenda is to derail the recovery of our economy and country for some vain reason.
They are totally irrelevant but they do have the prospect of setting up some small bunch of nutjobs to get frustrated and resort to violence. I fear for the well-being of our President and the stability of our society if this should occur.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:20 pmI think it fair to say that Rep. King was brought on this show on MSNBC this morning solely for the chance to spew his unfounded hatred for one of the world’s greatest religions. What mosque did Timothy McVeigh or Richard Rudolph belong to? The GOPers have no solutions to any of the country’s problems, they have no Party to even speak of any more…..what is left for them to do but incite violence and trash this country because they lost an election!!
April 16th, 2009 at 4:21 pmI’ve read the report and it’s just being prudent. Remember the old “if you have nothing to hide…” mantra? Well it shows how when the coin is flipped the far right flips as well.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:23 pmThe part that bothers me the most about this is that no matter what they say, these people are offering cover to racists and violent militias. To say that the government should be focusing on the REAL threat: MUSLIMS is saying that terror groups that have existed here for over 150 years are no threat. I guarantee with absolute certainty that the KKK and neo-nazi groups have killed more Americans in the history of their existence than al-Qaeda has. As a Black American, I still find myself looking over my shoulder when on a road trip through TX, AL, MS, AL, TN, GA, SC, NC, KY, and WV. Not to mention if I ever drove through the mountain west states. But at no point have I ever felt threatened while going to buy tabbouleh and hummus in the Arab areas in Chicago.
It’s good that we have them saying this on record, though, so the next time we have a situation like we had in Jena, LA a few years ago we’ll know that those thugs had the full support of the GOP.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:24 pmWhat are all these radical Muslims among us waiting for, Mr. King? Bin Laden’s call to arms was years ago. One would think there would be at least one car bomb in an American city in the last eight years.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:24 pmmisscoleopteramolly Says:
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Why in the world does this man take such pride in being so ill-informed?
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Simple, he’s a gooper.
For them, it’s a badge of honor.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:27 pmThere is no proof that King and Limbaugh are having an affair!
April 16th, 2009 at 4:27 pmMr. King of Idiocy, mosques don’t kill people, the people who go to mosques (or churches, or schools, or libraries, or Congress) kill people. Therefore, DHS should be watching out for people with radical, inflammatory, hate-filled rhetoric.
Hhmm, might that include YOU, Mr. King?
April 16th, 2009 at 4:28 pmspring heeled jack Says:
One would think there would be at least one car bomb in an American city in the last eight years.\
Oh, there were plenty. GWB luvs him a nice irish carbomb for breakfast.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:30 pmYou know all these Teabaggers focus so much on the second amendment that they fail to realize that our first amendment gives everyone in this country the right practice whatever religion they want with full protection.
I am normally willing to listen other peoples points of views but when it gets to be this stupid that’s when I think they need to shut up and leave.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:31 pmmisscoleopteramolly Says:
Why in the world does this man take such pride in being so ill-informed?
April 16th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
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This should come as no surprise. There are quite a lot of people who take pride in being ill-informed.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:32 pmSeriously, these people are beginning to really frighten me; every day, I think that they’ve hit maximum hate velocity – and every day, they exceed it.
These people are dangerous, and the fact that we have elected officials spewing this kind of race-baiting hatred should be a very loud wake up call for all of us.
This is not going to stop until people are dead.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:34 pmUmmm – CongressIdiot King — hate to burst your manufactured bubble, but DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano did not “put out” this report. This report was commissioned during the Bush administration by Bush and is only now being released during the new Obama administration because Bush is no longer President you phony a$$wipe. There was also a similar in-scope report released in January that dealt with “left-wing” extremists. Just once I’d like to see someone call these GOP freaks liars to right their faces on national television and question their fitness for office due to their incessant dissembling. Just once.
Just saying . . .
April 16th, 2009 at 4:40 pmBlotched Frog says: Another massive loss for the progressive movement.
No loss at all, froggie — the Spanish government simply gave the US government the ball here, so that our government can get to the bottom of the crimes of the Bush cabal. Which, of course, you would have known had you been able to read or comprehend the rest of the story posted on the intertubes and broadcast on the radio and teebees hours ago.
So now that the US government is on the case, perhaps you’d better be looking over your shoulder? After all, aren’t you one of those right-wing extremists that DHS is coming after?
April 16th, 2009 at 4:42 pmAh yes, fear and hate, how refreshingly Republican.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:43 pmA message to the Rushpuppetcans (formerly known as Republicans, Conservatives, Right Wing):
Over the past several months(years), liberals, progressives, common sensed people, have addressed you with substantive information and arguments a far greater number of times than the ten fingers and ten toes you use to count with. Sadly, substantive information and arguments have been, are, and always will be completely ignored by you. Therefore, addressing them to you is an exercise in futility and a complete and utter waste of time. Accordingly, you should be dealt with as one would deal with a dog infected with rabies and foaming at the mouth. You don’t try to coax or coddle it; you put it down (figuratively speaking in this context) and move on.
RIP
April 16th, 2009 at 4:43 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 In (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
If McWar had won, and DHS had put out this exact same report except it specified “liberal groups” instead of “right wing groups”, then the republicons would be heaping praise all over it.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:45 pmUmm… maybe because white landowners there brought their ancestors over from Africa in chains and sold them like livestock?
They did at one time. Or did you forget?
April 16th, 2009 at 4:49 pmDon of Cali Says
April 16th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
If McWar had won, and DHS had put out this exact same report except it specified “liberal groups” instead of “right wing groups”, then the republicons would be heaping praise all over it.
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Oddly enough, because the report was ordered by Bush, it probably would still have come out at this time looking pretty much like it does, had McCain won instead of Obama.
THEN who would the wingnuts blame? Democrats in Congress? Liberal bloggers? Jon Stewart?
April 16th, 2009 at 4:49 pmwatchdog Says:
Why do you think MS has the highest percentage of blacks per its population than any other state in the union?
Are white people holding them hostage?
April 16th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
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Ok, let me see if I get this logic.
If a lot of people of color live in a place, it means racism doesn’t exist there.
Interesting.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:50 pmThe thing that stands out to me is that the wingnuts never allow reality and truth and honesty get in the way of their bs. Congressman King, you are the problem! Get a freaking clue.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:51 pmBwah..The Bush requested report
April 16th, 2009 at 4:54 pmThere was a report, released Jan 29, that dealt with left-wing groups, Don of Cali. I don’t recall any outcry at all.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:54 pmAnd conservatives wonder why Obama had to declare “The United States will never be at war with Islam” on his trip to Turkey.
April 16th, 2009 at 4:56 pmI believe if the GOP never admit and face up to the truths, than maybe, they could reconstruct their party. But as long as they deny, their precious GOP party will fall apart as it appears to be happening now.
I want a system that has two or more political parties. It’s call democracy. But what the GOP wants is one party, theirs!
April 16th, 2009 at 4:57 pmI thought I corrected never to EVER. OH WELL – LOL
April 16th, 2009 at 5:00 pmralph the wonder locust Says:
Some questions to ponder:
Why do wingnuts like Rep. King think that it’s an “either/or” proposition?
Wouldn’t it be prudent for DGS to focus on any source of a threat?
But the entire point of demonizing brown people is to take the heat off the white people! That’s why scapegoating exists. Persecution of minorities allows right-wing extremists to get away with whatever they want. See Hitler, Adolf for further details.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:00 pmAnother tidbit from the radio. Nowhere in the DHS report does it use the word “conservative” or “Republican”. So, it appears, the Reichwhiners have accepted the mantle of “extremism”. It’s kinda like when we say “troll” a half a dozen far right radicals show up to claim the name.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:01 pmBesides the fact that the report was ordered by Bush, to respond as if the report represents all the work that DHS is doing is stupid. If that were true, the proper response would be what has this department been doing with all this time and money!
Of course, it’s appropriate for the DHS to study domestic terrorists. It’s not like Americans don’t mind getting killed by American terrorists.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:04 pmBrian Crooks Says:
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Well we all know how willing to cooperate with the police anti-government militias are!
I don’t know about that… Timothy McVeigh was very cooperative… he even ASKED for the death penalty ;)
So yeah… McVeigh wasn’t dangerous so why waste time invetigating anti-government groups who believe the things he did…
April 16th, 2009 at 5:04 pmYeah that correct, Pete, but the GOP followers apparently doesn’t read, just listen to whatever their masters tell them.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:05 pmI just can’t believe this people, here we are being racist again.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:07 pmsomeone needs to show this @ssh@at a book of stastistics..you are several million times more likely to die violently at the hand of one of your felllow americanas than you are a foreigner..
April 16th, 2009 at 5:10 pmI saw this BS this morning. Scarborough should just go work for Fox News already. Here is what I sent the show:
April 16th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
watchdog Says:
Well, the blogger Brian Crooks was making generalizations about how racist the south was,aAnd I was merely pointing out if the conditions were so bad an oppressive why would such a large number of minorities still live there?
April 16th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
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No need to explain – I get it. If people don’t like being discriminated against, they should move.
Really, that would’ve solved all that messy “civil rights” business in the 1960s – if Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King and all them didn’t like “colored water fountains” and “colored lunch counters,” they should’ve just moved.
Problem solved!
April 16th, 2009 at 5:14 pmIf Conservatives want to align themselves with right wing extremists, then I guess we shouldn’t try to stop them. We just need to make sure that everyone out there knows where they stand.
BTW, I don’t remember the Democrats getting their panties in a wad when DHS did a study on left wing extremism. That’s because they don’t want left wingers to be committing crimes in their name and would like to see them stopped.
It looks like the conservatives want the right wing extremists like the white power groups, to be able to operate unimpeded.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:17 pmNo he wasn’t. He was expressing his own feelings about being a black American driving through the south.
Do you even know what a “generalization” is?
(By the way, the point HTH made is still valid.)
April 16th, 2009 at 5:18 pmMeanwhile, world financial markets appear to have stabilized and the DOW went up another 95 points. It appears that the Reichwhiners have no choice but to make crap up because there are signs that the Obama Administration is getting things done.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:18 pmnice email, Dailyfare.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:18 pmRepublican Persecution Party.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:18 pmThe only good coming from all the reich winged groups speech is now every one knows who the real radical wack job’s are…All the fux media, beckie boy, limpdick, dild O’ lilie and yes even the pisspuppy that crap’s here should be on the watch lists..Add to that list all the professed radical christian groups and white arian nation types…The color of a persons skin do’s not make a radical hater…..P. B. & J
April 16th, 2009 at 5:18 pmOh watchdawg….Black Mississippians stay put because it’s their home—you want they should leave?–is that your argument?
April 16th, 2009 at 5:21 pmDo you run at the first sight of trouble, watchdog?
April 16th, 2009 at 5:24 pmProof that theres morons outside of the south and midwest.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:28 pmSince watchfleabag doesn’t agree with anything progressives think why doesn’t he leave here?
April 16th, 2009 at 5:31 pmLibellula saturata Annie Says:
These people are dangerous, and the fact that we have elected officials spewing this kind of race-baiting hatred should be a very loud wake up call for all of us.
This is not going to stop until people are dead.
People are already dead. Talk to the families of the three slain policemen and ask them what they think about right wing extremists.
I fear we may end up in another Civil War started by the Conservatives who will never accept the fact that they have been royally defeated.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:44 pmActually Pete, the FBI should be monitoring your big donors, the monied class on Wall Street. The financial crisis is home grown terrorism at its best.
Every time a retirement statement is opened, elderly couples gasp. That’s due in part to Rep. Pete King and his political supporters on Wall Street.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:46 pmDoodlebug Shayne Says:
Since watchfleabag doesn’t agree with anything progressives think why doesn’t he leave here?
Because there’s no entertainment in spewing your venom in a place where everyone else there is one-upping you in the hate and venom department. He would be overlooked at conservative blog sites.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:47 pm69. Chiroptera Toasterhead,
Can I tag in that looking at the ladies stoned this last week for protesting against the rape laws (or their lack) in Afghanistan,
They should just get up and walk away. I’m sure the USA is standing by to issue them visas.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:53 pmwatchdog Says:
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hiroptera toasterhead Says:
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watchdog Says:
Why do you think MS has the highest percentage of blacks per its population than any other state in the union?
Are white people holding them hostage?
April 16th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
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Ok, let me see if I get this logic.
If a lot of people of color live in a place, it means racism doesn’t exist there.
Interesting
Well, the blogger Brian Crooks was making generalizations about how racist the south was,aAnd I was merely pointing out if the conditions were so bad an oppressive why would such a large number of minorities still live there?
Can they move to your neighborhood? Or is your moniker truly indicative of what you will become if they chose to come where you live, Mr./Ms. Guardog.
RIP
April 16th, 2009 at 5:54 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
Prod, if you’ve got to post off-topic crap and STILL distort things (or use Conservative News Service to do it for you) it really shows you’ve got nothing.
Not that there was any suspense about that fact, but still…
April 16th, 2009 at 5:54 pmProud Says:
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Bambi won’t go after mosques, he is to busy denegrating the Chiristian faith.
And where did a true, red, white, and blue Patriot such as yourself get your militia training at?
RIP
April 16th, 2009 at 5:58 pmSGT Stephen R. Sherman
C CO 1-5 IN (STRYKER)
KIA 3 Feb 2005
Mosul, Iraq
Watching wingnuts come unhinged is the most hilarious part of the day. Wingnuts have nothing but hate and lies. They cannot accept their role as losers. They cannot accept the fact that they screwed up when they were in control. They are failures and most of all they cannot stand the fact that a black man is president of the United States of America and he was elected by the majority. It is driving the haters crazier. They have always been crazy but they are crazier now than they were before.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:05 pmthe White House had asked Georgetown to cover up all signs and symbols there
And all proud will tell us about is the IHS symbol.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:08 pmFrom thearticle you quoted but failed to link to:
In coordinating the logistical arrangements for yesterday’s event, Georgetown honored the White House staff’s request to cover all of the Georgetown University signage and symbols behind Gaston Hall stage,” Julie Green Bataille, associate vice president for communications at Georgetown, told CNSNews.com.
“The White House wanted a simple backdrop of flags and pipe and drape for the speech, consistent with what they’ve done for other policy speeches,” she added. “Frankly, the pipe and drape wasn’t high enough by itself to fully cover the IHS and cross above the GU seal and it seemed most respectful to have them covered so as not to be seen out of context.”
In other words, the President’s staff didn’t single out any religious iconography to obscure; they simply requested a neutral backdrop.
And need I correct your juvenile, and easily disproved assertion of “What else would we expect from our first Muslim President” I guess that doesn’t qualify as a “distortion”, though. That’s an outright lie.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:08 pmHow do the wingnuts reconcile saying that the president is Muslim while demonizing him for going to Reverend Wright’s church for twenty years? Wingnuts are just not the smartest people in the class.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:09 pmCurrently there are no Islamic states threatening to secede from the union.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:13 pmIf our stupid pet troll got his news from a more reliable source than cns, he would know that it’s protocol to cover “images and symbolism” wherever the President speaks. It’s part of that “respect for the office” the Reichwhiners were so adamant about before Obama’s inauguration.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:19 pmAgain with the teleprompter, Proud?! The Right-Wing mind is a hamster on an exercise wheel.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:22 pmI’ve seen King’s district on a map. It has been so gerrymanded it has no rhythm or reason, except for one – it is drawn to excluse any neighborhood that is not filled with right wing nuts.
I hate King and want him gone so badly. My only hope is that the Democrats hold Congress through the 2010 midterms, and then they get to FINALLY redraw the maps and take back the districts that the R’s gerrymanded themselves into. And then maybe we can get rid of this bastard.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:22 pmProud forgets that Bush used the teleprompter and giant index cards and pronunciation lists also that Bush speeches were written by speech writers like Gergen.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:29 pmObama going to Wrights church for twenty years is proof that he is a secret Islamic.
C:/logic/right_wanger/conspiracy/theory_1
April 16th, 2009 at 6:31 pmIf they want to get the REAL enemies within they don’t have to look any further than NASCAR events! So saying the DHS should target NASCAR makes just as much sense……using this clowns logic.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:44 pmExcellent analogy, Jack. But I’m afraid the hamster a little obese and the exercise wheel is about to give out.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:48 pmProud Says:
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Bambi won’t go after mosques, he is to busy denegrating the Chiristian faith.
(CNSNews.com) – Georgetown University says it covered over the monogram “IHS”–symbolizing the name of Jesus Christ—because it was inscribed on a pediment on the stage where President Obama spoke at the university on Tuesday and the White House had asked Georgetown to cover up all signs and symbols there
What else would we expect from our first Muslim President.
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Wow. Just Wow.
And you clowns call progressives naive.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:57 pmYeah, don’t assume that conservatives are terrorists because of a few criminal kooks, but investigate EVERY Muslim for the same reason.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:05 pmhp Says:
Rep. Peter King Responds To Extremism Report, Says DHS Should Be Targeting ‘Mosques’ Instead
No, that would make too much sense……
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if pete
runs for president,
can he win without texas?
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no, that would make too much sense…
:)
April 16th, 2009 at 7:25 pmI don’t think you know what “make sense” means.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:27 pmralph the wonder locust Says:
hp Says:
Rep. Peter King Responds To Extremism Report, Says DHS Should Be Targeting ‘Mosques’ Instead
No, that would make too much sense……
I don’t think you know what “make sense” means.
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sure he does.
it means it’s time
for hp to change his depends.
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April 16th, 2009 at 7:29 pmIn just over a month more than 50 innocent Americans, including cops and children, were slaughtered in nearly a dozen separate mass shootings. None of the shooters were, apparently, Muslim and some were the prototypical “right wing extremists” the report identified.
Frankly, I’m much more concerned with the corner Baptist, or other Evangelical, church than any Mosque.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:36 pmIf Federal law enforcement is going to start watching houses of worship? I would suggest starting wherever these freaks get together.
http://www.rr-bb.com/forumdisplay.php?f=60
April 16th, 2009 at 7:45 pmThe domestic terror threat is from christian fundamentalists, and their constant push to establish a (so-called) christian theocracy.
April 16th, 2009 at 8:57 pmTired Of Fighting Says:
A whole lot
Does flying a couple of planes into the twin towers count? Or into the pentagon? Or driving a truck into the twin tower’s garage laden with explosives? Or steering an explosive motor boat into the USS Cole? Or driving a large van filled with explosives into US military barracks in Beruit? Or mowing down crowds of innocence in Mumbai? Or detonating explosives on a Spanish train? The list goes on my friend. Your point is noted, but I trust that you will also concede that this report is very far from complete and appears to be totally 1-sided.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:10 pmKateWords Says:
The domestic terror threat is from christian fundamentalists, and their constant push to establish a (so-called) christian theocracy.
This is perhaps the most absurd comment I’ve ever read. Fundamentalists of all shades seem to strike fear equally, yet you seem to be uniquely enraged with Christians? Attempt for a remark more objective, please.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:12 pmslip_left Says:
Tired Of Fighting Says:
A whole lot
Does flying a couple of planes into the twin towers count? Or into the pentagon? Or driving a truck into the twin tower’s garage laden with explosives? Or steering an explosive motor boat into the USS Cole? Or driving a large van filled with explosives into US military barracks in Beruit? Or mowing down crowds of innocence in Mumbai? Or detonating explosives on a Spanish train? The list goes on my friend. Your point is noted, but I trust that you will also concede that this report is very far from complete and appears to be totally 1-sided.
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it’s an objective analysis.
not a document that
has something for everybody.
this is “1-sided.”
…
sorry your feelings are hurt.
you’ll get over it.
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April 16th, 2009 at 9:23 pmslip_left kinda misses the whole “domestic” part of the investigation, don’t he, joe?
April 16th, 2009 at 9:28 pmralph the wonder locust Says:
slip_left kinda misses the whole “domestic” part of the investigation, don’t he, joe?
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ralph,
cherry picking.
tea bagging.
they do get their freak on,
don’t they?
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April 16th, 2009 at 9:33 pmMr. King is promoting Zionist hate speech.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:34 pmJoe the Philosopher Says:
Mr. King is promoting Zionist hate speech.
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hooray.
a mole troll.
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April 16th, 2009 at 9:36 pmjoe, I just realized that our friend also missed the specific focus of this report.
It appears he would like a DHS report on the dangers posed by right-wing extremists to be more “Fair & Balanced™“.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:39 pmEither that, or slip_left recognizes that Islamic extremists are right-wing, thus his judgment that the report is “incomplete”.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:41 pmralph the wonder locust Says:
slip_left Says:
I trust that you will also concede that this report is very far from complete and appears to be totally 1-sided.
joe, I just realized that our friend also missed the specific focus of this report.
It appears he would like a DHS report on the dangers posed by right-wing extremists to be more “Fair & Balanced™“.
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ah yes,
“Fair & Balanced™“
:)
April 16th, 2009 at 9:43 pmPeople who gleefully drop cluster bombs and white phosphorus on civilian populations, support killing paramedics and doctors struggling to save the injured in battle zones, disappear and torture people really shouldn’t be calling others terrorists.
April 16th, 2009 at 9:57 pmKING: [Napolitano] has never put out a report talking about look out for mosques.
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King you moron, the reason Napolitano never has put out that report was because she was appointed this year. Just goes to show how stupid King and the Republicans are. King just confirm along with the rest of the Republicans that Tim McVeigh was their ‘hero’ and that is a real dangerous preception.
slip_left Says:
Does flying a couple of planes into the twin towers count? Or into the pentagon? Or driving a truck into the twin tower’s garage laden with explosives? Or steering an explosive motor boat into the USS Cole? Or driving a large van filled with explosives into US military barracks in Beruit? Or mowing down crowds of innocence in Mumbai? Or detonating explosives on a Spanish train? The list goes on my friend. Your point is noted, but I trust that you will also concede that this report is very far from complete and appears to be totally 1-sided.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:46 pm————————————————————
-The report actually mentions to some degree the things you mention above.
-Why do you think this report is far from completed?
-And yesterday’s “tea-dragging” protest and Perry’s remarks only confirms the DHS’s report on “right-wing extremist.”
hp
Didn’t see any coverage from Alaska?
April 16th, 2009 at 11:24 pmbonat Says:
hp
Didn’t see any coverage from Alaska?
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they were out clubbing
commie harp seals.
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April 16th, 2009 at 11:48 pmApparently, one is not a “right-wing extremist” until there’s a beheading involved. Advocating secession isn’t extreme enough.
At least he acknowledges that it’s the right-wingers who behead folks.
April 16th, 2009 at 11:55 pmJanet Napolitano really screwed up. She’s proving she’s a lot like Janet Reno. When our military needed our tanks Janet Reno had them at Waco attacking Americans. The Conservatives are not the enemy. Nor are our returning troops. Reports are only studies, but when you turn studies into accusations then they become political. American’s are not the enemy, for any political reason.
April 17th, 2009 at 12:33 amChapalody Says:
Janet Napolitano really screwed up. She’s proving she’s a lot like Janet Reno. When our military needed our tanks Janet Reno had them at Waco attacking Americans. The Conservatives are not the enemy. Nor are our returning troops. Reports are only studies, but when you turn studies into accusations then they become political. American’s are not the enemy, for any political reason.
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ps – read this.
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April 17th, 2009 at 12:45 am…
…then stick your
nazi bu||shit up your a$$.
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April 17th, 2009 at 12:47 amHow many tanks were in Waco?
April 17th, 2009 at 12:56 amralph the wonder locust Says:
Either that, or slip_left recognizes that Islamic extremists are right-wing, thus his judgment that the report is “incomplete”.
Fancy that. I’ve been brought up to believe that “right-wing” meant conservative, which in turn means limited role of government and larger states’ rights.
Moreover, I don’t seek “fair-and-balanced”, I seek “comprehensive and truthful”. Does this really bother you? I merely raise a concern, quite civily, and you find it distasteful. Again, Ralph, count on one hand the number of “domestic terror attacks” committed by groups with international ties within the last 3 decades. You cannot.
April 17th, 2009 at 1:07 amslip_left Says:
ralph the wonder locust Says:
Either that, or slip_left recognizes that Islamic extremists are right-wing, thus his judgment that the report is “incomplete”.
Fancy that. I’ve been brought up to believe that “right-wing” meant conservative, which in turn means limited role of government and larger states’ rights.
Moreover, I don’t seek “fair-and-balanced”, I seek “comprehensive and truthful”. Does this really bother you? I merely raise a concern, quite civily, and you find it distasteful. Again, Ralph, count on one hand the number of “domestic terror attacks” committed by groups with international ties within the last 3 decades. You cannot.
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“fair and balanced”
fnc losses another viewer.
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April 17th, 2009 at 1:29 am…
you’ll be missed.
:|
April 17th, 2009 at 1:30 amChapalody Says:
Janet Napolitano really screwed up. She’s proving she’s a lot like Janet Reno. When our military needed our tanks Janet Reno had them at Waco attacking Americans. The Conservatives are not the enemy. Nor are our returning troops. Reports are only studies, but when you turn studies into accusations then they become political. American’s are not the enemy, for any political reason.
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….and Bush really screwed up when he invaded Iraq on wrong intelligence information; a mistake is what I think Bush said. Conservatives are the problem and I see your a problem as well. Janet Reno sent tanks to Waco after negotiations failed with the Branch Davidians leader David Koresh. Get your facts correct And your buddies the Republicans did just what you said, “turned the studies into accusations.”
Let’s see how bright you are, what war was America in when Janet Reno was AG?
April 17th, 2009 at 1:35 amOh, good grief! What a lot of drama! The report was ordered by the Bush administration, and it was prepared by the Extremism and Radicalization Branch, Homeland Environment Threat Analysis Division and it was coordinated with the FBI. THAT’S WHAT THEY DO. THAT’S WHAT THEY ARE THERE FOR. Stupid wing-nuts are up in arms because the government is doing what it’s paid to do.
Get a life. Try reading something once in a while.
April 17th, 2009 at 2:09 amProud Says:
You are a liar. You are a fool. You are a punk and you are a poor propagandist. You are too stupid to be effective and the only thing you do here is show how utterly STUPID you are and how embarassingly brainwashed you are. Just how stupid do you have to be to repeat Rush stupidity like calling Obama bambi and think it is clever. It isnt clever it is stupid and pathetic it was stupid and pathetic when Rush did it and it is doubly pathetic that you are too stupid to think up your OWN stupid pathetic insult and have to just regurgitate the brainwashing you have been programmed with. Really you are just embarassing. Get some self respect stop humiliating yourself by exposing how stupid you are on these threads everyday. This isnt the special olympics. We arent going to pat you on the head and congratulate you on trying even THOUGH you are ignorant and pitiful
April 17th, 2009 at 2:12 amProud Says: 83
By the way you LYING PUNK. They covered up all the symbols and everything that wasnt part of the backround for the speech like they ALWAYS DO. CNSN that is conservative news is pure propaganda and everyone NOT as stupid as you knows that.
April 17th, 2009 at 2:14 amProud Says: 87
He didnt just cover up Jesus name he covered up ALL the symbols you moron. Look you are a punk and you are stupid and CNS is propaganda MORON
April 17th, 2009 at 2:15 amCNS are lying propagandists and Proud is a moron and a punk
http://mediamatters.org/items/200904160027?f=h_latest
April 17th, 2009 at 2:18 amhp Says:
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Rep. Peter King Responds To Extremism Report, Says DHS Should Be Targeting ‘Mosques’ Instead
No, that would make too much sense……
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No it wouldnt make sense it would be stupid bigoted and un-American a lot like YOU
April 17th, 2009 at 2:19 amslip_left Says:
Ah not unless you mean it is only concerned with INTERNAL theats which is what it WAS the point of the report and NONE of what you posted qualifies.
April 17th, 2009 at 2:22 amslip_left Says:
Moreover, I don’t seek “fair-and-balanced”, I seek “comprehensive and truthful”.
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The report WAS truthful nothing in it is rationally disputed. What do you mean by comprehensive? Do you think every report should deal with EVERY subject under the sun? The report was about INTERNAL threats and there was another one on leftwing radical groups. I dont really see a valid complaint here.
April 17th, 2009 at 2:25 amI guess we need to add a department to Homeland Security. What shall we call it? The Department of Every Conceivable Threat?
April 17th, 2009 at 2:44 amKING:Look out for the fact that very few Muslims come forward to cooperate with the police.
No cooperation? Here’s what then-FBI Director Mueller said on 9/27/2001:
I want to add that I met earlier today with key leaders of the Arab American, Muslim American and Sikh American communities, and we addressed issues of mutual concern and discussed ways which we could together address those concerns.
I want to today acknowledge the outpouring of support and cooperation that the FBI has received from these communities, not only in the course of our investigation, but in response to our call last week for translators. We literally were inundated with volunteers from any one of the Arab American, Muslim American, Sikh American communities. And I want to thank those communities for their assistance in this regard, as well as their assistance in our investigations.
April 17th, 2009 at 6:08 amKing is a moron. The DHS should be taregting anyone who is a threat to the US. They might want to expand to the governor’s office in Texas.
April 17th, 2009 at 7:05 amEugene atrax robustus Debs Says:
Ah not unless you mean it is only concerned with INTERNAL theats which is what it WAS the point of the report and NONE of what you posted qualifies.
Are foreign terrorist organizations operating within the US not a domestic threat? Light bulb!!!
The report WAS truthful nothing in it is rationally disputed. What do you mean by comprehensive? Do you think every report should deal with EVERY subject under the sun? The report was about INTERNAL threats and there was another one on leftwing radical groups. I dont really see a valid complaint here.
The repot contained NOTHING to establish the merits of the suppositions, yet you claim its unquestionable truth. Have you read this report?
April 17th, 2009 at 9:02 amslip_left Says:
The repot contained NOTHING to establish the merits of the suppositions,
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Did I say it was the UNQUESTIONED TRUTH? You need to work on your reading comprehension. At this point it is pretty poor. I said it HADNT been rationally disputed and that would be hard to do since it was only talking about what they see as potential threats in the future. Do you have any dim idea what you are talking about? Uh yeah I read the report DID YOU?
April 17th, 2009 at 9:36 amUh, because nowhere in the report did it say it WOULD. It’s a summary of threat trends prepared for various law enforcement agencies, not an end-all be-all catalog of activities. It’s ten pages for crissakes.
April 17th, 2009 at 9:38 am
Darn again a paragraph disappeared.
The repot contained NOTHING to establish the merits of the suppositions,
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Did I say it was the UNQUESTIONED TRUTH? You need to work on your reading comprehension. At this point it is pretty poor. I said it HADNT been rationally disputed and that would be hard to do since it was only talking about what they see as potential threats in the future. Do you have any dim idea what you are talking about? Uh yeah I read the report DID YOU?
April 17th, 2009 at 9:41 am>>>>
conservatives.
when they don’t get their
way, they kill people.
pat roberstson.
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April 17th, 2009 at 11:16 amEugene atrax robustus Debs Says:
wags Says:
This is exactly the point! How difficult would it be to show that veterans committ (or any accused group) acts of terrorism at a higher rate than there identity compared to the population? If there is substance, than I will be a believer (although sadly that my brothers in arms would behave in such a way). This is RATIONALITY. Perhaps you should study Philo 101 again, you know, deductive and inductive reasoning. See Kant, Mach, Popper, Witt, etc… When the FBI produces a similar intetrnal report regarding empirical data suggessting that ceratin ethnic groups engage in criminal activity that exceeds their rate in the population it is called bigotry and racial profiling. Even if it is not covered in the SUMMARIZED report, it should be based off of some element of factuality. It seems repubs are not the only ‘wing-nuts’ fearful of facts. We now see Neopolitan express concern at the inclusion of vets and the good Dem. congressman from Miss. decry this report because it has no substance. Are you so entrenched in your liberal fervor that you disregard truth? We should all be beyond left and right and concerned more with right and wrong.
April 17th, 2009 at 1:05 pmSpeaking of Pat robertson:
If you want to call Pat toll free and thank him for indicting himself as a right wing extremist you can do so by calling his hot line any time. don’t forget to ask for free perks.
There is a vidio of Pat at C&L…
April 17th, 2009 at 4:10 pmslip_left Says:
You wouldnt know a point if it kicked you in the nutz. They arent SAYING Veterans are more of a threat. CAN YOU READ? It said they were at RISK for being targetted for recrutiment and radicalization. This was a risk assessment. This is a way to keep an EYE on the activities. To talk to veterans groups to see if they have been approached this was sent to law enforcement agencies so THEY can do their jobs. Do we really have to hold your hand and walk you through these simple concepts that any reasonably bright ten year old could see just because you are comitted to supporting whatever idiocy Rush or Hannity has programmed you with?
April 17th, 2009 at 7:41 pmEugene atrax robustus Debs
You are truly offensive. Allow me to hold your hand, again…on what basis are veterans at risk? Please show me any justification the allows for this conclusion. Because someone dreamed it up doesn’t make it so. I will clarify, stating that veterans specifically are at risk is to say that there is reason to believe that veterans will become radicalized. You think that the only concern is that veterans will be approached? Right, “we don’t think veterans pose a threat, we are simply concerned that they will be approached”! BTW, please make more suppositions about me.
April 18th, 2009 at 3:18 amOK Pat obviously senile dementia has set in. Time to see the nice young men that will need to take care of you soon.burun estetigi rent a car arac kiralama
April 18th, 2009 at 5:04 amsac ekimi<
Actually, King is probably not wrong in his assessment. A variety of religious hate literature has been found in Saudi-funded schools in Virginia and the UK. The “80%” figure comes from an address to the State Department by Naqshbandi Sufi Sheikh Muhammad Hisham Kabbani, who said: “The most dangerous thing that is going on now in these mosques, that has been sent upon these mosques around the United States – like churches they were established by different organizations and that is ok – but the problem with our communities is the extremist ideology. Because they are very active they took over the mosques; and we can say that they took over more than 80% of the mosques that have been established in the US. And there are more than 3000 mosques in the US. So it means that the methodology or ideology of extremist has been spread to 80% of the Muslim population, but not all of them agree with it.”
http://www.aina.org/news/20080904215411.jsp
If you disagree with the numbers, I suppose you’d have to talk to Sheikh Kabbani; but I suspect he’s in a better position to know than you. I think the influence of a dangerous and reactionary band of religious fanatics like the Wahhabis (and even some Shi’ites and Sunnis) should not be underestimated.
Best regards,
Geoff
April 18th, 2009 at 6:44 pm