donklephant.com - 11/11/2008
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“It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing is, he’s the one who proposed this national security force. I’m just trying to bring attention to the fact that we may — may not, I hope not — but we may have a problem with that type of philosophy of radical socialism [...]
online.wsj.com - 11/17/2008
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NSTER, Germany -- Muhammad Sven Kalisch, a Muslim
convert and Germany's first professor of Islamic theology, fasts...
during the Muslim holy month, doesn't like to shake hands with Muslim women and has spent years studying Islamic scripture. Islam, he ...
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Islamic Theologian Says Prophet Muhammad Likely Never ...
iht.com - 11/16/2008
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The election of Cem Ozdemir, 42, born in
southern Germany of parents who had come from Turkey...
during the 1960s, marks a major turning point not only for the opposition Greens, but also for the country as a whole.
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Greens in Germany pick son of Turks as leader
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... , pointing to Obama’s promise of a “civilian security force.” Broun’s comments are ridiculous because any such group would report to the president, not Obama, and the president changes every four to eight years, Donklephant’s Justin Gardner blogs. FROM THE BLOGS: ...
Obama=Hitler
Dean's World —
Justin Gardner notes some recent insanity by a Republican Congressman.”
As I’ve mentioned other places, while I think it’s pure stupidity and selfishness to call President-elect Obama a closet fascist and communist, I do wish more people would point out how astoundingly silly it is to say that Hitler was elected in a democratic Germany. No such event ever happened. Whether you could call Weimar Germany a functioning democracy or not is debateable (I’d say it wasn’t), but the more important fact is that Hitler actually usurped power. ...
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In a New Administration, Some Brand-New Jobs? —
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