Muslims Built the Fabric of Our Nation

[Weegle777 78]

News to me.

http://chicksontheright.com/posts/item/26216-according-to-obama-muslims-built-the-very-fabric-of-our-nation-who-knew

To mark the end of Ramadan, on Sunday, Obama and Michelle "released a statement thanking Muslim Americans for their many achievements and contributions....to building the very fabric of our nation and strengthening the core of our democracy."

[Tigermike 3,007]

To be fair, he has said something similar in the past.

[japantiger 4,051]

To be fair then, he is still full of s*** if he made that statement.

[icanthearyou 4,462]

Aint no dam moslem never done nothin for this country accept blowin stuff up and killin peeple. wake the hell up sheeple the president is an American haten terrerist. IMPEACH barry NOW. Get all the dam moslems and mexicins and send the hell back to were ever they come from and send all the dammed libtards with em.

[TheBlueVue 177]

Looks like they're determined to keep the one segment of society happy who still gives Obama high approval ratings.

http://clashdaily.co...-among-muslims/

[AUFAN78 3,889]

Aint no dam moslem never done nothin for this country accept blowin stuff up and killin peeple. wake the hell up sheeple the president is an American haten terrerist. IMPEACH barry NOW. Get all the dam moslems and mexicins and send the hell back to were ever they come from and send all the dammed libtards with em.

Translation = dont talk bout my man ore i be mad wit u

[AUTUmike 79]

News to me.

http://chicksontheri...nation-who-knew

To mark the end of Ramadan, on Sunday, Obama and Michelle "released a statement thanking Muslim Americans for their many achievements and contributions....to building the very fabric of our nation and strengthening the core of our democracy."

"Here in the United States our Muslim citizens are making many contributions in business, science and law, medicine and education, and in other fields. Muslim members of our Armed Forces and of my administration are serving their fellow Americans with distinction, upholding our nation's ideals of liberty and justice in a world at peace." --George W. Bush (2002)

[Wrights_Mill_Road 2]

most muslims are good people.

[Weegle777 78]

News to me.

http://chicksontheri...nation-who-knew

To mark the end of Ramadan, on Sunday, Obama and Michelle "released a statement thanking Muslim Americans for their many achievements and contributions....to building the very fabric of our nation and strengthening the core of our democracy."

"Here in the United States our Muslim citizens are making many contributions in business, science and law, medicine and education, and in other fields. Muslim members of our Armed Forces and of my administration are serving their fellow Americans with distinction, upholding our nation's ideals of liberty and justice in a world at peace." --George W. Bush (2002)

And?

[AURaptor 1,121]

W's comments in no way mirror or equal Hussein's. The latter is frelling nuts in saying what he said.

[quietfan 233]

A fabric is woven of many threads. Some fabrics are homogeneous, with all threads made of the same fiber. Other fabrics are blends of various fibers.

The United States of America is, and always has been, a melting pot of many races, faiths, and nationalities, each one of which contributed to the threads of our fabric. No one is implying that Muslims alone deserve recognition. I thank ALL the threads that have contributed to the fabric of this great nation, and refuse to single out any particular one for special hatred or disrespect.

[Weegle777 78]

A fabric is woven of many threads. Some fabrics are homogeneous, with all threads made of the same fiber. Other fabrics are blends of various fibers.

The United States of America is, and always has been, a melting pot of many races, faiths, and nationalities, each one of which contributed to the threads of our fabric. No one is implying that Muslims alone deserve recognition. I thank ALL the threads that have contributed to the fabric of this great nation, and refuse to single out any particular one for special hatred or disrespect.

Easy to say living in your safe little American cocoon.

[quietfan 233]

Pet peeve department, quoting from the original link:

...we don't live in a democracy. We live in a constitutional republic.

I have often seen/heard people make this statement, which is ridiculous. Of course we live in a democracy. Take your choice of dictionary definitions of "democracy":

http://www.oxforddic...glish/democracy

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives

http://www.merriam-w...onary/democracy

a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

http://dictionary.re...rowse/democracy

government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

It has always irked me for people to speak as if "democracy" and "republic" are mutually exclusive terms. (I don't know if that's because some people want to make a distinction between the Democratic and Republican Parties, but party names have nothing to do with original meaning of those terms.) We live in a democracy in that ultimate power resides in the people, not a single person or oligarchic group of power brokers (at least supposedly). It happens to be a representative or republican form of democracy because there are too many of us to literally gather to debate & vote on every issue, as the ancient Athenians were able to do in their direct democracy. A democracy, none the less.

[quietfan 233]

A fabric is woven of many threads. Some fabrics are homogeneous, with all threads made of the same fiber. Other fabrics are blends of various fibers.

The United States of America is, and always has been, a melting pot of many races, faiths, and nationalities, each one of which contributed to the threads of our fabric. No one is implying that Muslims alone deserve recognition. I thank ALL the threads that have contributed to the fabric of this great nation, and refuse to single out any particular one for special hatred or disrespect.

Easy to say living in your safe little American cocoon.

Yes it is.. And I am grateful to everyone--European, African, Asian, Native American, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, atheist, etc.--that helped build & protect this safe American cocoon in which freedom of speech is so easy to exercise!

[Tigermike 3,007]

Pet peeve department, quoting from the original link:

...we don't live in a democracy. We live in a constitutional republic.

I have often seen/heard people make this statement, which is ridiculous. Of course we live in a democracy. Take your choice of dictionary definitions of "democracy":

http://www.oxforddic...glish/democracy

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives

http://www.merriam-w...onary/democracy

a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

http://dictionary.re...rowse/democracy

government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

It has always irked me for people to speak as if "democracy" and "republic" are mutually exclusive terms. (I don't know if that's because some people want to make a distinction between the Democratic and Republican Parties, but party names have nothing to do with original meaning of those terms.) We live in a democracy in that ultimate power resides in the people, not a single person or oligarchic group of power brokers (at least supposedly). It happens to be a representative or republican form of democracy because there are too many of us to literally gather to debate & vote on every issue, as the ancient Athenians were able to do in their direct democracy. A democracy, none the less.

Strange isn't it that both Republicans and democrats want to make that distinction from time to time.

[quietfan 233]

Pet peeve department, quoting from the original link:

...we don't live in a democracy. We live in a constitutional republic.

I have often seen/heard people make this statement, which is ridiculous. Of course we live in a democracy. Take your choice of dictionary definitions of "democracy":

http://www.oxforddic...glish/democracy

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives

http://www.merriam-w...onary/democracy

a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

http://dictionary.re...rowse/democracy

government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

It has always irked me for people to speak as if "democracy" and "republic" are mutually exclusive terms. (I don't know if that's because some people want to make a distinction between the Democratic and Republican Parties, but party names have nothing to do with original meaning of those terms.) We live in a democracy in that ultimate power resides in the people, not a single person or oligarchic group of power brokers (at least supposedly). It happens to be a representative or republican form of democracy because there are too many of us to literally gather to debate & vote on every issue, as the ancient Athenians were able to do in their direct democracy. A democracy, none the less.

Strange isn't it that both Republicans and democrats want to make that distinction from time to time.

I agree. Strange, and to me, irritating. Regardless of party, a sign of ignorance in my opinion.

[icanthearyou 4,462]

Pet peeve department, quoting from the original link:

...we don't live in a democracy. We live in a constitutional republic.

I have often seen/heard people make this statement, which is ridiculous. Of course we live in a democracy. Take your choice of dictionary definitions of "democracy":

http://www.oxforddic...glish/democracy

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives

http://www.merriam-w...onary/democracy

a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

http://dictionary.re...rowse/democracy

government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

It has always irked me for people to speak as if "democracy" and "republic" are mutually exclusive terms. (I don't know if that's because some people want to make a distinction between the Democratic and Republican Parties, but party names have nothing to do with original meaning of those terms.) We live in a democracy in that ultimate power resides in the people, not a single person or oligarchic group of power brokers (at least supposedly). It happens to be a representative or republican form of democracy because there are too many of us to literally gather to debate & vote on every issue, as the ancient Athenians were able to do in their direct democracy. A democracy, none the less.

Strange isn't it that both Republicans and democrats want to make that distinction from time to time.

I agree. Strange, and to me, irritating. Regardless of party, a sign of ignorance in my opinion.

Or the sign of someone who enjoys divisive rhetoric, or both.

[autigeremt 6,569]

Pet peeve department, quoting from the original link:

...we don't live in a democracy. We live in a constitutional republic.

I have often seen/heard people make this statement, which is ridiculous. Of course we live in a democracy. Take your choice of dictionary definitions of "democracy":

http://www.oxforddic...glish/democracy

A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives

http://www.merriam-w...onary/democracy

a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

http://dictionary.re...rowse/democracy

government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.

It has always irked me for people to speak as if "democracy" and "republic" are mutually exclusive terms. (I don't know if that's because some people want to make a distinction between the Democratic and Republican Parties, but party names have nothing to do with original meaning of those terms.) We live in a democracy in that ultimate power resides in the people, not a single person or oligarchic group of power brokers (at least supposedly). It happens to be a representative or republican form of democracy because there are too many of us to literally gather to debate & vote on every issue, as the ancient Athenians were able to do in their direct democracy. A democracy, none the less.

Strange isn't it that both Republicans and democrats want to make that distinction from time to time.

I agree. Strange, and to me, irritating. Regardless of party, a sign of ignorance in my opinion.

Or the sign of someone who enjoys divisive rhetoric, or both.

The two party system...check.