Larry Jaques wrote:
On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:21:02 -0700, with neither quill nor qualm,
"John R. Carroll" quickly quoth:

Apparently, and from your quote, the school was "predominantly
Muslim" and not a "Muslim" school or Madras.

A "predominantly Muslim school" _is_ a Muslim school John.

Muslim schools or Madras' are run by muslim religious orders in the
same way that Catholic parochial schools are run by Catholic
religious orders.

And religion is pushed on you while there. I went to Trinity Cathedral
(an Episcopal school) in Little Rock in 2nd grade. They didn't push
much, 1/2 hour chapel IIRC, but there was an air of religion the whole
day through.

Since Islamic law comes directly from their religion, I'd be willing
to bet that a Muslim school pushes religion much more heavily. Sisters
with rulers ain't got nuttin' on dem. g And his father was Muslim,
providing more influence in his young, formative life.


Public high Schools here in the United States for example could not
realistically be refered to as "Christian" in spite of the fact
that the student body is made up overwhelmingly of "Christians".
You seem to be missing the point of your mischaractarization Larry.
The only point you could ossibly want to make is that Barak Obama
has terrorist associations of some sort.

The man said, in print, that he went to a predominantly Muslim school.
Who the hell are we to argue with him?

Actually, the unredacted version was this and not what you are infering:

"During the five years that we would live with my stepfather in
Indonesia, I was sent first to a neighborhood Catholic school and then
to a predominantly Muslim school; in both cases, my mother was less
concerned with me learning the catechism or puzzling out the meaning
of the muezzin's call to evening prayer than she was with whether I
was properly learning my multiplication tables."





Why not just say that instead of making misleading and untrue
pronouncements?

Because that's not true. I had intimated that I mistrust/have doubts
about the man due to his background. Now I've stated it in clear
English. Ya grok?


What I "grok" is that your understanding of his background is both limited
and pretty selectively so.
You'll be out there really researching this if he's elected and that will be
a shame.
The time to learn about a candidate is while they are candidates and not
after they've been elected.



That
adjective is merely the legal weasel's way of saying "absolutely
everyone but me", I'm sure. His father was Muslim, he went to school
for awhile in a Muslim school, and I'm sure he has some Muslim
beliefs, whether or not he shares them openly in the Christian-
controlled West. While we're in a war with Muslims, I'm not too
comfy with a person with his upbringing.

See my comment above.
Also, we aren't in a "war" with anyone, certainly not Muslims Larry.
We are suffering from the hangover of cowardice.
Nothing more.

Oh, right. It's a "civil action" with 3k+ dead, similar to the "police
action" of Vietnam. My mistake.

You are mistaking a crime for something else, that's all.


If we're not at war with terrorists, -all- of whom seem to be fanatic
fundamentalist Muslims, what do you want to call it? BTW, I'm not
anti-Muslim, I'm anti-fundamentalist and anti-terrorist.

Let me help you out here Larry.
"Some of my best friends are black".
How's that?
LOL


What bugs me
is that I'm _not_ sure that Obama isn't one of them. He bothers me on
many levels, one of which is that (given the few sound bites I've
heard of him) he sounds and acts just like a black version of Slick
Willie. Scary.

Please explain your phrase "hangover of cowardice."

Not right now and it isn't necessary. You understood my remark and the truth
underlying it.
I've just finished a one day trip from LA to NASA Glenn and back.
You can take solice in the fact that my transportation was a Falcon 50 so
I've created a large enough carbon footprint today for both of us.

BTW, Colin Powell has been asked to keynote at the Dem convention. I think
he'll accept and if that happens you can run his remarks side by side with
Zell Millers 2004 convention adress and you will see in short order what the
practical implications of courage vs cowardice are.


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John R. Carroll
www.machiningsolution.com