Every once in a while – far more often than can be called mere coincidence – the mainstream American media miss a story of great import. Of course, the thread that ties all those missing stories together is that they contain news that runs counter to liberal dogma.
Like this story about the Netherlands officially abandoning that most cherished of crackpot liberal schemes, multiculturalism.
The mainstream media won’t cover it, so we have to depend on a podunk publication like Hudson New York:
A new integration bill, which Dutch Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner presented to parliament on June 16, reads: “The government shares the social dissatisfaction over the multicultural society model and plans to shift priority to the values of the Dutch people. In the new integration system, the values of the Dutch society play a central role. With this change, the government steps away from the model of a multicultural society.”
The letter continues: “A more obligatory integration is justified because the government also demands that from its own citizens. It is necessary because otherwise the society gradually grows apart and eventually no one feels at home anymore in the Netherlands. The integration will not be tailored to different groups.”
From now on, more will be expected of immigrants to the Netherlands. They’ll have to learn the Dutch language and obey Dutch laws and adopt Dutch values.
And best of all, no more extra subsidies for Muslim immigrants, no more burqas, no more forced marriages.
In other words, no more lunacy.
Source: Hudson New York
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I don't know if this was posted already or not, but this guy seems to express the same opinion from the Swiss.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCW2hxux3Ro
Obama is Muslim. His father was Muslim, his grandfather was Muslim. Not gonna change his stripes any time soon, but he may end up in prison stripes if he doesn't start changing his ways and choosing a better crowd to hang out with.
The religion of peace and all those peaceful muslim men are such fun. Tampa police investigated an honor killing in June and the first I hear of it is from Pam Geller in NYC? http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2011/08/tampa-police-csi-tech-admits-fear-of-muslim-reprisal-in-honor-killing-death-of-fatima-abdallah-conta.html. Remember it is Porkmadan, so go to your favorite porcine product supplier and get cooking!
Dean, There was a recent protest downtown at the police HQ in order to put pressure on TPD to investigate the killing. I think Geller organized it or at least made an appearance.
I'm not surprised to hear of her involvement. I like her a lot. She covers an awful lot of bases and does it very well. I musta been slacking cuz I didn't hear a thing about it. I read the Tampa Tribune rag daily and usually give it a good going thru. It is perhaps not as blatantly skewed to the left as many of the big city rags, but it leans that way. Not including information that might serve to inflame certain groups is S.O.P. so no surprise there.
More from the Religion of Peace in Europe:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/23/world/europe/23oslo.html?_r=2&h
Yeah, they're peaceful alright. As long as you don't publish a cartoon not on their approved list.
I found this - http://frontpagemag.com/2011/07/15/prince-of-lies/ - to be of interest and timely with regard to this topic so I'm just gonna stick it here and let you all have at it! Another 'Religion of Peace' update to begin your week. Never let the facts ruin a good story.
Never let the facts ruin a good story.
That's quite an interesting article there, Formerly. I find it useful to note that the left sees no problem with racism, as long as it is practiced by them, or the foul evil ones that they support.
That’s quite an interesting article there, Formerly. I find it useful to note that the left sees no problem with racism, as long as it is practiced by them, or the foul evil ones that they support.
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Actually, that's not true. Used-to-be-Dean is using an opinion piece from a rabidly anti-Muslim website to serve as "proof" that Islam is bad. Well, duh. That's like citing an opinion piece from VDare.com to "prove" that black Americans are intellectually inferior to white Americans.
The way to find out why black Americans choose to convert to Islam is to ask them. An intelligent person would ask why "articles" like this don't bother to interview Muslim converts, but prefer instead to speak for them (and, by an amazing coincidence, support their own prejudices in the process). An intelligent person might also see something "racist" about a "reporter" who sees no need to let black Muslim converts speak for themselves, assuming that s/he can do a better job interpreting their feelings and motives than they can themselves.
Glad I didn't go to bed. I still had a turd left.
Just a quick comment on the original thread of this post. Some of our most well known and beloved patriotic songs of America were written by an immigrant (legal) who so loved this country, and wanted to share how he felt about his new country he wrote songs about the beauty of America, the American way, and emphasized his complete converstion to being an American. Current Americans (and others) should take note.
Anyone know if this became law?
"A new integration bill, which Dutch Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner presented to parliament on June 16"
Things get "presented" in this country all the time. Nothing comes of it. The HOR even voted to repeal Obama"care", we are still stuck with it.
I hope and pray that this bill becomes a law and spreads around the world. However it may be too soon to celebrate just yet.
A Muslim kid can't find his mother in the supermarket.
The store attendant says 'What does your mother look like?'
The kid says “How the hell should I know?”
A Muslim kid can’t find his mother in the supermarket.
The store attendant says ‘What does your mother look like?’
The kid says “How the hell should I know?”
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Dumb joke. Did you not realize that even very conservative Muslim women take the face veils off at home?
Humorless troll.
It's a joke. Get it? No, I didn't think you did. Everything is an issue with you -- even your issues have issues, as they say.
Get a life.
Humorless troll.
It’s a joke.
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Jokes based on ignorance and bigotry aren't funny, Perlcat. At least, not to intelligent human beings.
You, of course, may feel differently. ;)
Ok... that right there... Hi.la.rious!
"your last paragraph sums up my sentiments exactly. It is a conservative virtue which i admire, applied to the nation as a whole. It reflects the latin which has embedded itself in my mind for as long as I remember thinking about such things: deus absconditus. At the very least this is how I view God vis-a-vis the fate of nations, which may cast a rather Atheistic light on my statements (especially the quick mobile snark)
I don’t mean to diss your beliefs when I express mine. I just believe that everything about our fate–America’s–wholly rests on our shoulders (and this does in fact give me pause at times)"
I cannot reply... so I am starting a new thing.
Well that is the thing many founders did not believe that He was hidden, they believed that He just not visible. There is a difference. A G-d who is not visible, but whose Presence is felt through history.
In the end like I said, you are going to have to do your own research. The USA should not exist. At least not as it was founded and the forces of evil that are making a stand against it (like they are doing with Israel) should make everyone pause. Why is it that the US is a threat to so many people? What is it about this country that is so different that so many want to destroy from without and from within? I refuse to believe that the exceptionalism we (and yes I do say we) have as a country is just because we just want freedoms more than those who do not like us, or the enemies from within. There has to be something more and I personally do not want to shoulder this all by myself. I am after all imperfect and so is everyone else. If there is a Benign G-d that cared for this country enough to make it possible even though it shouldn't really exist at all, wanting His Blessings is nothing to look down upon. That is all that I am saying.
Sure it takes people to make a country, however I believe that this country wouldn't exist unless a Force was behind it with His Blessings. LIke I said many times this is something that is shared with T. Jefferson, G. Washington among many many others. Those men were not stupid and their fruit speak for itself.
I have been saying for years that what Americans don't get is if enough Muslims immigrate here, and decline to assimilate, they will eventually have a voting majority and they can CHANGE the Constitution to suit them. And not only are they immigrating, they are reproducing like rabbits, and converting Americans like wildfire, by giving them a set of rules to follow that will supposedly ensure their holiness and make their life great. Acceptance of grace is very difficult. Earning one's way is more acceptable to many (as was discussed in the earlier conversation-blessings vs work.) In our predominately Hispanic city, Hookah bars Arabian groceries are making a real dint in many middle class neighborhoods. It is only a matter of time.
I have been saying for years that what Americans don’t get is if enough Muslims immigrate here, and decline to assimilate, they will eventually have a voting majority and they can CHANGE the Constitution to suit them.
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Psssst, Deb: civil rights and liberties are not subject to a popularity vote. Did you not understand that? Did you also not realize that many Muslims want the same liberties you want? Contrary to what the far right has taught their followers throughout history, that target group you've been led to despise is made up of human beings. And it's no more appropriate to judge all Muslims based on a radical fringe element, than it would be to judge all Christians by Jim Jones (of Jonestown infamy).
That them-scary-looking-furriners-is-looking-to-bring-the-country-down mentality has been going on for generations. Groups targeted by that kind of bigotry have included the Anabaptists, the Irish, the Chinese, Catholics, Jews, Japanese, black integrationists and anyone with a dark skin tone and a funny accent. And, amazingly enough, not one of those groups has succeeded in destroying this country. In most cases, they only enhanced its greatness.
THe entire COnstitution is subject to ammendement by a 2/3 majority vote. If the extremist Muslims can achieve that 2/3 they can change anything including the bill of rights. Don't be ignorant. Pull your head out of your ass and look around. PS And if you don't think immigrant groups like the Irish, Italiens, Germans, Chinses and others have not made a change in our country, you are a fool. If nothing else, drive down the streets in your hometown and se how many businesses are owned by immigrants or descendants of immigrants. Look at the restaurant choices-you can hardly find a basic, American food restaraurant. But Chinese, Mexican, Italian littler the landscape! It is impossible for any large immigrant group NOT to make some changes in the country where they immigrated. Just most are not trying to overtake the wrld and impose their religion (the Irish, for instance, were hard core Cathoilc, but they never tried to make Roman Catholicism the state reliogion. Same with CHinese, etc.)
THe entire COnstitution is subject to ammendement by a 2/3 majority vote. If the extremist Muslims can achieve that 2/3 they can change anything including the bill of rights. Don’t be ignorant. Pull your head out of your ass and look around. PS And if you don’t think immigrant groups like the Irish, Italiens, Germans, Chinses and others have not made a change in our country, you are a fool. If nothing else, drive down the streets in your hometown and se how many businesses are owned by immigrants or descendants of immigrants. Look at the restaurant choices-you can hardly find a basic, American food restaraurant. But Chinese, Mexican, Italian littler the landscape! It is impossible for any large immigrant group NOT to make some changes in the country where they immigrated. Just most are not trying to overtake the wrld and impose their religion (the Irish, for instance, were hard core Cathoilc, but they never tried to make Roman Catholicism the state reliogion. Same with CHinese, etc.)
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PLease provide several examples of actions initiated by American Muslims, with the intention of turning Islam into "the state religion" in the U.S.
When you're done with that (yeah, right), please tell us which of your constitutionally protected rights have been violated by Muslims, and in what way. Real, stated rights, mind you, not hokey complaints like "I should have a right not to have to look at women in Muslim dress," or "It offends me when I hear about schools eliminating Christmas pageants in towns with a high Muslim population."
And once again, you pull something out of your ass and try to argue, thinking you look intelligent. FAIL! What part of "if EXTREMIST Muslims CAN ACHIEVE a 2/3 majority vote. . . " did you miss? I didn't say all Muslims, I didn't say anything was happening now, I said it is a real possibility in the future. And there HAVE been instances where Muslims have challenged American citizens of all faiths and no faith, to abide by their sharia law preferences (like the guy in Houston that bought property near a pig farm, then wanted the pig farmer to shut down.) Once again, you are arguing for the sake of argument. What a morin!
And once again, you pull something out of your ass and try to argue, thinking you look intelligent. FAIL! What part of “if EXTREMIST Muslims CAN ACHIEVE a 2/3 majority vote. . . ” did you miss? I didn’t say all Muslims, I didn’t say anything was happening now, I said it is a real possibility in the future.
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There is virtually ZERO chance of that ever happening, Deb. For one thing, it's not merely a "2/3 majority vote." Just to propose an amendment to the Constitution requires either a 2/3 vote of both Houses of Congress, or a national convention proposed by 2/3 of the state legislatures.
But that's just to propose it. For it to be ratified, a full 3/4 of state legislatures must vote for it.
So where are all these Muslim extremists that are frightening you to death? How many of them are currently serving in state or federal legislatures? And of those who are, how many have even hinted that they want to force Sharia law on the entire country?
It intrigues me that those who have defended the idea of the U.S. having an "official" religion (evangelical Christianity, of course) are now so scared that another religion would try to muscle its way in. If the Religious Right hasn't succeeded in getting its religious beliefs made into government policy, after all their efforts, what in the world makes you think that Muslims could or would do so?
Sounds like you've been listening to some let's-scare-'em-all-into-compliance right wing media manipulators. They do seem to spend 90% of their time fanning the flames of fear and rage in their more gullible followers.
Finally, got a turd. Now I can go to bed.
Who said I was scared of Muslims? As the old saying goes,. some of my best friends are Muslim. Also Jews, various Christian denominations, wiccans, self procvlaimed pagans and those with no faith at all. I never have claimed that America was an Evangelical Christian nation, only that the founding fathers (and others) based much of their system of laws and justice on Judeo Christian traditions. Remember the picture of Torah on the Supreme Court Building? You are so ignorant is it pathetic. FAIL FAIL FAIL!!!!! And for the millionth time, I don't listen or pay attention to extreme right wingers. You seem to more of that than I. I don't even know what they say, but you are quite fluent in their rhetoric. Are you real;ly a liberal?
TURDS!!!!!!!
Some 3,000 had their right to live and breathe eliminated by muslims.
Honor killings have been imported into this country.
Muslims have stated that they want to establish the Global Caliphate, and have expressed a desire to fly the flag of Islam over our nation's capital.
However, being a liberal tool, I fully expect you to selectively disregard all of this.
Larry Elder says it far better than I could:
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/elder092310.php3
Most immigrants want to keep aspects of their home culture with them while at the same time assimilating into the culture they willingly entered into... or else affecting the new culture without changing the fundamentals... unlike someone else whose name starts with O.
I go to Middle Eastern grocery stores all the time. But then again, here in the San Diego area, those stores are owned and operated by Christians that fled their home countries in fear of being killed for their beliefs.
I get emails everyday of someone in prison, died, beaten or a slew of other offenses and victim of violence and most of those are coming from people in the Middle East and from Asian Muslim countries. I do admire those that stay to fight the good fight, but I cannot blame those that leave. It is hell over there for Christians... I am not saying that lightly.
I just think it's sad that people have to take their families and leave their own homeland to protect themselves from Islamic thuggery. Imagine if Islam hadn't ruined their homeland, and these good people had been able to stay, how much nicer a place Iraq or Iran would be now? But for me, I'm glad they are here. They're good friends.