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Seriously… I have no idea how these Congressmen and Congresswomen can say what they say with a straight face.

Pay close attention to their language… “infiltrate”?! It’s 100% normal and expected that any advocacy group encourage it’s folks to become interns in the political process. It’s happened with every single ethnic group, religious group, and industry in the history of the US. Somehow, being Muslim makes it different.

Unfortunately, the nature of a two-party system will be for people to polarize and say, “Oh, this Rachel Maddow woman is a liberal… I am not a liberal… so I disagree with Rachel Maddow.” Which, of course, is backward logic.

We (the US) used to be a nation of thinkers… not anymore… to many people are going to watch this and become emotional one way or the other. When, in reality, watching this should spark thought… it should spark investigation and exploration of ones own thoughts and feelings and why they are the way they are.

Too many people will do no such thing… after all, there are other videos one click away… there’s email… there’s football… there’s American Idol… and Rush is trying to buy the Rams…

…there’s no time to think.

You laugh… some people think that’s coming down the pike.

Check out this link:

I think the blog post goes a little too overboard in the interpretation of the proposed bill. But I thought the blog post was interesting since it gives us one possible means for ad-Dajjal (the AntiChrist) to control food and wealth as described in the ahadeeth of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) (described in Ahmad & others).

Anyway, I think the anonymous comment left below the article is closer to reality when it comes to interpreting this bill. Here’s the quote:

Overall, a good review of a highly relevant and suspicious bill. However, there are a few items needing expansion/correction.

The danger in (1) lies in the definition of “unsafe.” As of yet, organic is not necessarily unsafe and thus is left open to administrative whim. However, the “food establishment” in section (3) is elsewhere defined to exempt farmers and growers, so no license is required to grow food in your backyard.

It still leaves farmers open to unconstitutional search and seizure, so I encourage everyone to write their congressman and letters to local editors demanding that this bill be revised to exempt anyone who produces food for direct sale or transfer to the end consumer. Safeguards are great when we’re talking about megaproducers that receive only delayed and diluted feedback/repercussions, but free market competition supports honesty and accountability in farmers that sell their products locally and face-to-face.

I don’t know… this latest Obama pick doesn’t give me the same warm and fuzzy feeling I usually get with my President. If anything, this has huge potential to mess up a timely opportunity for change in the world.

I once heard of a patient at my hospital telling his surgeon (a friend of mine) that Obama was a “post turtle”. When asked what a post turtle was, the man responded… “I don’t know. A turtle on a post. You gotta wonder, how did he get there? Someone had to put ‘im there. And then you wonder… how’s he gonna get down?” If someone really did put him on that post, then that same someone is probably pulling the strings on these appointments.

Anyway, I digress… here’s your link: Obama picks anti-Iran man for Iran post

Dennis Ross will provide Mrs. Clinton with “strategic advice and perspective on the region, offer assessments and also act to ensure effective policy integration throughout the region”

… Great… “strategic advice”, “perspective on the region”…

And how does one “ensure effective policy integration throughout the region”? Sounds like a big task, but really is just a bunch of politico-avoid-the-question speak. It almost even sounds unbiased.

I have new hope for my country…

I have received several emails about my statement above this video. Yes. I do have new hope for my country. I do.

Does this mean I will agree with every decision the leaders make? No. I certainly will not. And that’s okay. I am not in their position. I am not faced with the same challenges and circumstances that they are. And I should be grateful that I am in an environment where I can disagree, where I can object, where I can speak out… I can go beyond simply doing good… I can object to wrongdoing.

My point in saying that “I have new hope for my country” has more to do with the people… That my fellow Americans could rise above past (hopefully past) prejudices in this election, for me, offers hope.

Do my wife and I still get stares when we go out to dinner? Do people still say some mean things to us in front of the kids? Do people still (assuming that I’m Jewish or Amish) have Muslim-bashing conversations in my presence? Did it break my heart when my daughter came home and asked me, “Abu (Daddy), why do so many people hate Muslims?”

Of course.

But you know what? There is more of the opposite. More people start out ignorant, but later want to know. More people smile at my wife and kids. More people ask where we are from and are amazed when we say, “Right here” – they want to talk more. They genuinely want to learn. They want to understand.

So, yes, I have hope.

…and here’s another reason why…

For every one person that has the ignorance of that woman speaking to McCain, there is one who knows better, and one more who wants to know better.

Allah Subhannahu Wa Ta’ala mentions in a hadeeth Qudsi (the rough meaning of which is…) “If you find something good, then praise Allah. If you find something other than that, then blame no one but yourself.”