Especially when we have a President that claims to be of Muslim Faith, and says our Country, is NOT a Christian Nation...

1. Modesty. When dressed in a covering way, I am not showing my physical attributes (or perhaps lack of) to anyone. People are forced to judge me by my actions and speech, by how well I do my job or how I interact with others, rather than by whether or not I am “good looking” and interest them.

2. To that same end, my beauty is then saved for my husband’s full enjoyment and he knows he does not share me with anyone. I am not out getting a lot of attention from others that may make him feel insecure or that is disrespectful to me.

3. I am noticeably different, a Muslim. Most people respect that. They can clearly see that I am not the kind of woman that you whistle or cat-call at, nor am I going to agree to meet you in a bar or club, nor can you proposition me on the street or in the office. There is a level of respect that men give me whereby they do not treat me in the same way they might treat other women they meet and believe they can “get with”. In fact, in my case, I find that many men (yes, non-Muslims) are more gentlemanly with me in general. I have more doors held open for me, paths cleared for me, more assistance when needed, and an overall respect given to me.

4. Wearing the head covering works to remind me of my duties. I am more likely to be a better person when I am covered because the headscarf is a potent reminder to me of what type of behavior and attitude is expected of me. I am less likely to lose my temper, more likely to be kind and forgiving, in difficult situations.
http://www.readingislam.com/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&pagename=Zone-English-Discover_Islam/DIELayout&cid=1154235126891#**1

I wrote that those who are true followers will have nothing to do with such hateful and violent acts against our leader, or anyone for that matter.

...they are either ignorant of Christs commands or disobedient to them. Either way, Id say its more than safe to say that what we have here is false professors of faith, using the name of Christ, nothing more.

You see I too was once like you project yourself in your posts. Full of myself, judgmental, angry, and hateful. But I've learned things in my experiences with all kinds of people over my life. I learned that you can't form an opinion by looking at something through a tunnel... that there are things outside of view that tell the true story. I broke free from that self importance, hatred, and anger and I can tell you that it feels phenomenal. Sure, I thought I was just fine, happy, and justified but it wasn't until I let go that I learned that when I was like that not only was I a miserable person but that I also made those around me miserable.

So yeah, there are people that realize their true place in this world and know that we're all part of a whole. Giving people too much credit I am not always right, but I am wrong a lot less than when I sat up on there on that self made pedestal with you.

...increasing troop levels now in Afghanistan. I oppose him on that completely and would say so publicly, at any rally, or to his face. It's a huge mistake. I agree that there should be protests and such, anti-war protests for example; because if not, then it is a glaring hypocrisy on the part of the liberals in so far as they know damn well that if McCain had won and was now increasing troop levels in Afghanistan they'd be out in force on the streets...

Islam is a Religion not a Culture...

Culture is defined as a people’s complete way of life. It consists of all the ideas, objects and ways of doing things created by the group. Culture includes beliefs, customs, language and traditions (World Book Encyclopaedia).

While there are numerous cultures and subcultures present in the world, of primary concern to us in this discussion are the two main opposing cultures in present-day society. One is the culture of Islam — the “complete way of life” set forth in the Qur’an and Sunnah. On the other opposing end is the Western culture. Both cultures present a “complete way of life.” However, both ways of life differ drastically.

The difference in the two cultures stems primarily from the source of the cultures. Islamic culture — the way of life of a Muslim — is defined by the Qur’an and Sunnah. It is the culture of Rasulullah (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam). It is that way of life upon which he established the Sahaaba (R.A.) after having turned them away from the culture of jahiliyyah (ignorance).

On the other hand, Western culture is fashioned by a host of people; Capitalists, atheists, people who believe in same-gender marriages and others of a similar nature. Such people determine the decadent culture of the West...
http://www.missionislam.com/family/culture.htm

Definitely racially motivated hate crime is a problem but perhaps if we've prosecuted the long existing crime of general assault by anybody against anybody appropriately, we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

Actually , it did happen... Somewhere in Europe , I Believe.
There was Ideology , and thought ,
That so threatened them
the attempted to eradicate all traces of it (and no , despite the similarity's , It wasn't called a "Fairness Doctrine")
They went so far as to burn the writings, and sent the authors to "Camps"(No , i'm not referring to the "Fox Channel")

...an issue that society needs to be able to work on itself thus implicating government deeper into our daily lives.

Because of the origin and original intent of the Laws many feel that Whites male Christians can not be victims of Hate Crimes......

Its funny to see all of you supporting Muslims based on your limited experiences while bashing those with limited experience who are fearful of Muslims...anyone who doesnt think that Muslims want to change the World and that they simply want to be a part of our Culture should look at England as an example of what they really have in mind....ever hear of Sharia Law? I can't believe someone held up Turkey as a Country that repects Christianity...

No , really , I am a Jew. So what I'd like to know is why I'm given special status should I be murdered.

Or the left , explaining 44 million abortions

Hate Crimes are a Joke..they were created by Liberals to punish the White Establishment....

I posted some statements by the Attorney General of the United States in regards to Hate Crime Laws..It seems that he believes that these Laws should not protect White people..of course they were deleted by the mods....

is tugging someones Scarf a Hate Crime?

Who cares?

crimes should be judged by the damage done to the victim...so it hurt her feelings, was she harmed?

no, she was just pissed cuz someone didnt like her because of her religious garb..

Unfortunately for all the Kumbya singing hand holding people in our culture people are people we have different beliefs, prejudices, opinions etc.....Funny to see the people labeling this a Hate crime and speaking out about the wrongness of judging people while these same people refer to Conservitives as "Teabaggers" and worse....it was barely even a Crime at all ...tugging someones scarf...Please...

Uumm there might be about 3000 new yorkers , who might disagree with who started the war.
But , they can't anymore

Geeleebee...paved roads ? police and fire dept ? that's all you think taxes pay for ?...thanks to Wudger i know how to spell gullible and thanks to you i know who is.

The function of government has to be agreed upon. As well as what are the BASIC requirements of a successful civilization.

There are now laws in place that do the opposite and violate peoples human right to life and freedom. ie: marijuana does not hurt anyone, driving without a seatbelt doesn't hurt anyone (but that's another thread I think). The laws we have to enforce rules which do not harm others cost us alot of money as taxpayers.

...can we change our mind? Elect to govern ourselves?

These reports have NOTHING to do with GW and the lies his administration told about the war.

If anyone is being two-faced it's those that keep say since GW did it and no one complained then what is the problem with Obama doing it. GW's approval ratings were in the mid 20s when he left office.

When will people realize that Obama needs to start working on doing more accurate research, report gathering and putting this out to the public instead of all the misstatement, non-truths and lies that we have been getting the majority of the time.

Yes I consider that fact that we are only getting the whole truth 20% of the time from Obama to mean we are not getting the whole truth the majority of the time.

This erroneous fraudulent report on stimulus jobs created or saved has nothing to do with GW or the Iraq war. So quit trying to compare Obama deceptiveness to GW's.

Majority of Americans were not happy with the disingenuous deceptiveness in DC and the Bush administration and us Americans should not have to put up with the Obama administration being disingenuously deceptive too.

The problem with your argument is that you are basing it on your own assumption and conclusions about whether or not Bush actually lied about WMD's...one would have to be agreement with your postion in regards to the WMD's issue for your allegations of Hypocricy to be valid.....regardless of this it is not relevant to the discussion, the thread is about the Obama administration and their puproseful dissemination of fradulent reports....

GW's ending approval ratings were at the bottom of the pile due to the same crappy dishonest deceptions that the Obama administration is pulling right now. But since GW did it, it's ok for Obama to do it; give me a fricking break.

Obama' record of not telling us the whole truth has caught up with him, and Obama just doesn't seem to understand that many of us Americans are getting fed up with it the deceptive practices in DC. Obama just doesn't seem to understand that many believed in his promises last year to end the deceptive practices in DC.

Maybe that is what Obama should have done, cover up the mistake in reporting and tell everyone that if they do not believe the numbers then maybe they would be looking at a giant mushroom cloud and to question him would be unpatriotic.

Seemed to work for Bush.

Ok so what if they are being hypocritical what does that have to do with the state of the Economy and Obama administration dissemenating false numbers?....as intelligent as your are do you really believe that the administration thought those numbers were accurate? or do you think that maybe they were trying to make it appear as if Obamas "Stimulus" plan isnt the failure that it is turning out to be?

So basically you are saying, Obama will never have to accept responsibility for any detrimental contributions to any part of the countries woes. That's rich.

Many are getting tired of Obama's misstatements, flawed reports, inaccurate reporting or whatever one wants to call all the untruths Obama and his people keep spurting out.

You definitely see something...

Bush did inadvertently lie to us.

Since Obama does have a PHD one would think he would know how to do some fact checking...

For all that education and along with the experience Obama said he had, Obama sure does throw out a lot of erronous information in his speeches and reports that come from his administration.

Giving out false information to the nation in a deceptive manner is lying.

This information came from the WH administration which is under Obama, the buck stops with him.

So why do you keep insinuating that they lied, when it is common knowledge that it was an error in the reporting of the numbers?

A mother desiring an Abortion, should have to face the reality that if she cant keep her legs closed,..or at least use "Protection",..then its her responsibility to pay for an Abortion,..NOT the Governments.

Since 1976, Congress has annually approved the Hyde Amendment, which bars the use of federal Medicaid funds to pay for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or danger to the woman's life. Some states, however, use state funds to pay for procedures in other cases for poor women...

Seems really strange that Obama spent millions of dollars, more than a billion by some records to be the president of a country that he thinks is a disgrace to the world and himself.
To me that says that one doesn't have a good opinion of themselves or don't understand economics very well.
Most people don't spend that kind of money for something that humiliates them so much that they have make numerous excuses for it in their speeches to the world.

The Reality is that as hard as the media tried to vilify Palin they did not accomplish much of anything...

would another guard have done the same thing in the same circumstances...? I would say the odds are in favour of yes...

I wouldn't call it incompetence... more "wrong place, wrong time"...

You only attack someone if they're a threat, so clearly the left/liberals perceive her as a valid challenger should she decide to run in 2012...

These people volunteered to serve. When you denounce their Commander-in-Chief, you attack them personally. End of story....

As for the premise the actions undertaken by Bush were "unconscionable"....can you name for me.....one time, any time whatsoever whereby the entire nation was 100% behind any military conflict?

We weren't going to win Vietnam?

Once again, you proved my point....you wanted us to lose...

...and count the bodybags as they did under Bush so you could try and denounce the conflict at hand. By the way, where are those bodybag counts during this administration? Suddenly that is a distant memory.

How many times have you heard of a Christian strapping a bomb on themselves and then boarding a bus full of Moslem children? It simply does NOT happen.

The left loves the military?

Funny, how many conservatives/republicans do you know that called our Vietnam Vets..."baby-killers" upon serving their nation? How many .....? I'd be interested in knowing again, how many Conservatives request to bring home the troops, prior to victory?

Seems there is a heavier present of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Appears that the Taliban have a permanent present in 80% of theAfghanistan.

Looks like he didnt need any help waging his own version of Jihad.....the trial of Terrorists in regular court is a farce....