Posted by
William D. Dannenmaier on Saturday, August 28, 2010 3:01:38 PM
I am in firm agreement with President Obama on one thing. When campaigning for election he said we needed change. I agree. We still do. Unfortunately, people overlooked the fact that when he was calling for “change” we had a Democratic House and Democratic Senate. They were the ones who passed the laws that caused the problems. Instead of changing them, we added to them. The situation has only gotten worse. We still need change, it is just that President Obama is too humiliated by the way people misunderstood his call for change for him to call for it again. Let us get the “change” that he so dramatically called for. Elect new Representatives and Senators to show him our support.
Speaking of change, consider the California school authorities. They have just completed a new school building. Cost? Five hundred and seventy eight million dollars. It is the most expensive of their new schools, having a cathedral like design, but there are two other recent schools which were beyond the budget of most districts, one cost over two hundred million, the other over three hundred million. School authorities say beautiful (beautiful by their standards) buildings will increase the interest of children in education. No wonder children in California are failing standardized tests and skipping classes, they have idiots for administrators. Aren’t any of those people, drawing high salaries, smart enough to know that it is what happens inside the classroom that makes school a desirable and interesting place to be? They need competent and interesting teachers, not expensive buildings that people won’t notice after driving past three or four times. Yep, California schools need change, beginning with administrators.
Then again, perhaps those administrators aren’t brain dead. Perhaps someone should investigate the possibilities of graft and fraud. Since they are probably using at least some federal money, couldn’t the Attorney General investigate this? Before California receives more federal money to prop up education?
Few human behaviors create more problems for the living than those resulting from ignorance. Most of us have had unhappy results as a result of acting in ignorance or without thought. Those exceptional people who have not had such an experience probably know of other individuals or families where that has been true. Unfortunately for our nation and our rights we are now experiencing that at a national level. How many of the people championing the rights of Muslims in the United States have ever read the Q′uran, the guide to the behavior of all Muslims?
The conflict between the American people and the Obama administration and other elected Democratic officials, including Nancy Pelosi over the building of a Mosque at ground zero is a discouraging example of this ignorance. The political argument is that our Constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Consider this carefully. India had a religious sect called the “thuggees” which existed for the purpose of killing and robbing other people. Theirs was not the only nation with such groups. Japan had one. Lebanon had the “old man of the mountain” a religious leader who also believed in killing. My questions is, “Would the politicians who favor a Mosque at ground zero also favor permitting the assassination sects of India, Japan and Lebanon – and perhaps of others of which I am unaware, to establish themselves in the United States?” Does freedom of religion mean to establish and practice religions in the United States whose beliefs threaten the lives of Americans and the existence of our nation? If the answer is “no,” then why are Muslims welcomed?
Anyone who says “Muslims are no different” should try reading the Q′uran. Surah (chapter)1, is a primarily a mixed rehash of the first four books of the Old Testament, but then it changes. I have read Surahs two through eight (and intend to continue), they are quite interesting. Women are inferior to men, people who leave the Muslim faith should be killed, and believers in other religious faiths, excepting the believers in the true book (Jews and Christians) should be killed also. Jews and Christians should be tolerated, but as inferior subjects. However, there is an escape to the favored treatment of Jews and Christians as contrasted with atheists, Hindus, Buddhists and others. The Q′uran notes that many who say they are Jews and Christians are not really true to their religions, so they can be killed also.
Forget the Islamic victory Mosque at ground zero in New York. I challenge anyone who says the Islamic religion should be accepted in any Christian country to read the Q′uran. Anyone who believes it cannot also believe our Constitution, which stipulates freedom and equality for all - as does Christianity.