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And the Inaugural "Dennis Prager Award" for Anti-Muslim Asininity Goes to...
Though Ron Bailey makes a fine case for Rep. Virgil Goode, I'm gonna' go with Debbie Schlussel.
|12.22.06 @ 10:26AM|#
Radley: It's not even close--as asinine as Goode is and that's pretty asinine--he doesn't even come close to Schlussel.
|12.22.06 @ 10:47AM|#
That's actually the most asinine thing of any sort that I've read in quite some time.
|12.22.06 @ 10:49AM|#
"... is a man who Muslims think is a Muslim ..."
So what if Muslims think Obama's Muslim?
I'm an ex-Catholic atheist, and because I was baptized R.C., and
baptism supposedly leaves an "indelible mark" on the soul,
Catholics think I'm Catholic, and I'm counted in their numbers.
There's no way recognized by the R.C. church to resign from it.
Even excommunication means only that the target person is not
allowed to partake of communion.
The best we can do in these matters is to go with what a person
says they are, or aren't.
Crackerbarrel.
|12.22.06 @ 10:51AM|#
"The Protestants hate the Catholics,
And the Catholics hate the Protestants,
And the Hindus hate the Muslims,
All of my folks hate all of your folks,
And everybody hates the Jews."
-'National Brotherhood Week' - Tom Lehrer
|12.22.06 @ 10:56AM|#
I thought Judaism was the only religion you can't escape from despite what you actually believe. As David Cross so eloquently put it, "was your mothers vagina Jewish when you were born?".
|12.22.06 @ 10:56AM|#
want a cheap way to feel smart? scroll through the comments
section on Slushlushls comments section.
what rock do those freaks live under?
|12.22.06 @ 10:57AM|#
Somebody needs to pick up Daniel Inouye and bach Schussel over
the head with him.
Racist pig.
|12.22.06 @ 11:01AM|#
Amazing. For those without the stomach or patience to read the
linked article, the gist of the article is that Barack Obama is
either lying about not being Muslim or he's muslim but he doesn't
know it (yeah, figure that one out). After all, his middle name is
Hussein and he's half Kenyan. Kenya is majority christian nation,
but lots of people apparently catch the muslim disease in African
countries, which is enough for Schlussel.
If you look at her other posts, you'll find a curious trend: she
likes to 'out' muslims. Schlussel knows what you don't know: the
shadow muslims live among us; they're going to destroy us; and
they're so secretive and treacherous that some of them don't even
know they're muslims! You might be one! Have you checked your
lineage lately? Have you been in contact with muslims? Be
afraid.
|12.22.06 @ 11:03AM|#
That puts Schlussel to the right of Ann "Bomb their countries, kill their leaders, and convert them to Christianity" Coulter.
I. Self. Divine.|12.22.06 @ 11:05AM|#
"...when we are fighting the war of our lives against
Islam?"
Are people really this retarded? Excuse me while I go bash my head
against a wall in the empty office down the hall.
|12.22.06 @ 11:32AM|#
Schlussel doesn't go far enough. For example, in her heart of hearts, Hillary knows she's a Muslim, too.
|12.22.06 @ 11:36AM|#
Schlussel. Sounds German to me.
The German Wikipedia has an entry for the word 'Schlussel' with an
umlaut over the 'u.'
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schl%C3%BCssel
that makes it pretty clear she has ties to heavy metal music which,
as we all know, is Satanic in nature.
Do we really want a Satanic Nazi expressing her views online?
|12.22.06 @ 11:36AM|#
Matt
Just took your advice about the comments on the Schlussel
page.
Wow! Makes Dan T look like a genuine intellectual.
|12.22.06 @ 11:41AM|#
Crackerbarrel: I'm in the same boat.
To my knowledge, lapsed catholics cannot request excommunication.
It's like a cell phone contract.
David Ross|12.22.06 @ 11:49AM|#
There's a simple answer to this one. Rip out those chapters
which authorise the Struggle (which by my last reading includes 2,
3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 47, 59, 62 - and either 55 and 56, I don't remember
which), and give him the remainder to swear upon.
If he insists that the Most High has revealed to his messenger
that, in fact, struggling for the sabeel through physical
violence is mandatory: then don't seat him.
It's a fitting reward for his wretched constituents, whose only
reason for choosing this clown was to give America the finger.
Jennifer|12.22.06 @ 11:50AM|#
while Obama may not identify as a Muslim, that's not how the
Arab and Muslim Streets see it. In Arab culture and under Islamic
law, if your father is a Muslim, so are you. And once a Muslim,
always a Muslim. You cannot go back. In Islamic eyes, Obama is
certainly a Muslim. He may think he's a Christian, but they do
not.
Yes, and damn dirty Jews who convert to Christianity are still damn
dirty Jews, said the Germans.
I saw she was bragging about being a finalist in the Weblog awards.
Which makes me think Hit and Run should stop bragging about having
won last year. Y'all don't want to brag about having an award for
which Ditzi McFruitcake qualifies.
John M. Joy|12.22.06 @ 12:02PM|#
I'm an ex-Catholic atheist, and because I was baptized R.C., and baptism supposedly leaves an "indelible mark" on the soul, Catholics think I'm Catholic, and I'm counted in their numbers. There's no way recognized by the R.C. church to resign from it. Even excommunication means only that the target person is not allowed to partake of communion.
Of course, in the old days, you could also be anathematized, but
this required the Pope and a dozen assistants doing this little
thing involving condeming you to hell and flinging candles. (I
don't think the Church does this any longer - probably not worth
the Pope's time.)
I suspect that many parishes keep ex-Catholics on the rolls to
bolster their parish census. (I still get all the mailings.)
JMJ
(who considers himself a self-imposed ex-Catholic anathema)
Franklin Harris|12.22.06 @ 12:04PM|#
For example, in her heart of hearts, Hillary knows she's a
Muslim, too.
Hey, if Bill can be the
first black president, Hill can be the first Muslim
president.
|12.22.06 @ 12:32PM|#
Schlussel knows what you don't know: the shadow muslims live
among us; they're going to destroy us; and they're so secretive and
treacherous that some of them don't even know they're
muslims!
And they have a plan.
*speeds up the music and shows rapid-fire clips from the
episode*
|12.22.06 @ 12:34PM|#
In Arab culture and under Islamic law, if your father is a
Muslim, so are you. And once a Muslim, always a Muslim. You cannot
go back.
I know that once you go black, you can't go back. Maybe that's what
she's REALLY worried about.
Charles Oliver|12.22.06 @ 12:37PM|#
A few years ago, the Dalai Lama spoke put against evangelism and
people converting from the faith of their parents. If my memory is
correct, he may have even supported attempts by some Hindu
politiciians in India to restrict Christian evangelism.
Muqtedar Khan wrote an editorial criticizing the Dalai Lama's
stand. Schlussel wrote a frothing-at-the-mouth column saying that
Khan had attacked the Dalai Lama because he opposed forced
conversions to Islam.
|12.22.06 @ 12:40PM|#
Wow. Unwitting Muslim infiltrators living among us with divided loyalties... how will we ever survive long enough to find the lost thirteenth colony?
Rhywun|12.22.06 @ 12:48PM|#
Schlussel used to appear on Howard Stern all the time. I always
thought she was entertaining, if somewhat nutty. But her
appearances have definitely become less frequent, the loonier she
gets.
Maybe she's afraid he's the kwisatch saderach.
I believe it's "kwisatz haderach".
-- Ped'ant
Jennifer|12.22.06 @ 12:49PM|#
Regarding the title of this post: what the hell
happened to Dennis Prager, anyway? I remember I used to
enjoy reading his stuff, and would often think "Okay, I still
disagree with you about issue X but after reading your column I can
see how a reasonable person would have that opinion." But now he's
nothing but "GAAAAA liberals GAAAAA Muslims GAAAAA threat to
Judeo-Christian blah blah blah."
Did I miss something? What happened?
Guy Montag|12.22.06 @ 12:51PM|#
Breaking with my /. habit and actually reading the Schlussel
piece, I have to say that the reaction here to what she wrote is as
overblown as what she wrote.
I read her to assigning a lot more importance to lineage than to
environment. It is like accusing me of having some soft spot in my
heart for Lutherans because I attended a Lutheran school for five
years (that I sometimes refer to as being schooled by the SS) AND
identifying with Catholics because my father was raised Catholic.
Oh, and don't forget that long vowel at the end of my real last
name!
No matter that I attend a Baptist Church then and if I identify
with anything I identify with the Baptists, no matter how
slight.
Jennifer|12.22.06 @ 12:53PM|#
I never heard of Schlussel before today, so I just looked her up
on Wikipedia. Assuming the entry is accurate, she's the daughter of
Holocaust survivors.
Christ. You'd think that as the daughter of Holocaust survivors,
she might have grown up absorbing a few lessons about why it's a
bad, bad idea to judge people by their ancestry rather
than what they actually say or do.
|12.22.06 @ 12:58PM|#
The comments over there have found no nit that can't be picked.
To wit:
Q: He's half white and half black, so why does he say he's
black?
A: Because he's a big LIAR!.
|12.22.06 @ 1:09PM|#
Rhywun: thanks for the correction. I knew I misspelled it, but
just didn't want to cross the geek-line of looking up the correct
spelling of a science fictional messiah.
Guy: Five years of Lutheran school? You, sir, are obviously one of
the unclean...
Guy Montag|12.22.06 @ 1:11PM|#
Jeff P,
SHHHH! Don't put the kibash on my new venture: Mothag's kosher
bacon!
Rhywun|12.22.06 @ 1:22PM|#
didn't want to cross the geek-line of looking up the correct
spelling of a science fictional messiah
I just took the plunge in order to verify that I indeed had the
correct spelling, and came close to losing myself in one of those
eternal wikipedia clickfests. The only reason I was able to
extricate myself is that it's almost time to leave work.
|12.22.06 @ 1:31PM|#
"Hey, if Bill can be the first black president, Hill can be
the first Muslim president."
Yeah, and Tom Cruise is gay.
Guy Montag|12.22.06 @ 1:35PM|#
mediageek,
Perhaps I am misunderstanding your humor, or do you truly believe
that the real-life husband of Jeff Gordon is homosexual?
|12.22.06 @ 1:39PM|#
Rhywun: my favorite get-lost-in-Wiki game is looking up fictional presidents. They outnumber real ones about 8 to 1.
|12.22.06 @ 1:49PM|#
No, I do not think the article about Obama is stupid, inane, or assinine. It is standard Republican.
Jennifer|12.22.06 @ 1:51PM|#
I know Prager writes there, TrickyVic. I want to know what the hell happened to make him bust his mental mainspring.
|12.22.06 @ 2:20PM|#
Jennifer
As near as I can tell he was traumatized to 9/11.
A lot of other folks were too, of course. He just seems to have
reacted in a rather extreme way.
|12.22.06 @ 2:32PM|#
I think I might be a secret muslim.
The pork in the tamale I had for lunch appears to be disagreeing
with my soul.
|12.22.06 @ 4:11PM|#
Happy Jack
In which case, I suggest you enter the confessional with the white
throne. ;)
|12.22.06 @ 5:26PM|#
what the hell happened to Dennis Prager, anyway...now he's
nothing but "GAAAAA liberals GAAAAA Muslims GAAAAA threat to
Judeo-Christian blah blah blah."
What happened was Prager, like most of his fellow travelers in
Rightwingcommentaryland, decided there was more money in pandering
to the ninety year-old wingnuts...
|12.22.06 @ 6:30PM|#
You know what pisses me off most? I'll have to vote for this 100% ADA liberal because I despise even more the shitbags attacking him. I will do it just out of spite.
|12.22.06 @ 8:18PM|#
"""I know Prager writes there, TrickyVic. I want to know what
the hell happened to make him bust his mental mainspring."""
Oh, ok.
Personally, I think all of them at WND busted a spring. Maybe it
broke under the weight of trying to prop-up the falling GOP.
Limbaugh said he was relieved that the GOP lost because he no
longer had to carry their buckets of water (I think it was)for
them. Of course it wasn't buckets of water but buckets of
undeserved credibility.
|12.22.06 @ 8:39PM|#
Goode is wrong. There can not be a religious test for
government. Therefore no one can demand you do it with a bible or
any other religious text.
These swearing in events are usually private, so they can use what
ever book they believe in.
If Jerry Seinfield was elected, I would expect him to swear in on a
stack of Superman comics.
|12.22.06 @ 8:39PM|#
Thanks Aresen, that seems to worked. But now I have to worry about you. You appear to be quite knowledgeable about this Islamic exorcism ritual.
|12.23.06 @ 4:33AM|#
Not to defend Virgil or Debbie, but they don't seem any worse than the average Hit&Runner talking about Christians.
Jennifer|12.24.06 @ 1:25PM|#
Not to defend Virgil or Debbie, but they don't seem any
worse than the average Hit&Runner talking about
Christians.
Yeah, you always see us saying things like "I don't CARE that you
call yourself an atheist. You were baptized as a Christian! Once a
Christian, always a Christian. Why not just admit that your goal is
to usher in a theocracy, Mr. Alleged Atheist?"
Eric Dondero|12.26.06 @ 7:50AM|#
There's a report out today from the Detroit News that "96% of
all Muslim voters in the US voted Democrat."
On top of that Ayman Al Zwahiri has a new video out praising the
Democrats for winning Congress.
And some libertarians think that we ought to have an alliance with
the Democrat Party?
|12.30.06 @ 2:20PM|#
Dennis Prager: Our Father Is No 'It' or Gal God, June 19th,
2005
"But, first and foremost, the Judeo-Christian God is a moral
ruler
(giver of moral rules and moral judge of humanity), and neither men
nor
women want to be given rules or ruled by a woman".
The above quotes are from an article by Dennis Prager where he
argues
for God to be considered masculine. Notice even the title of
his
article with the words "Gal God" seek to denigrate women.
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The Holocaust Memorial council needs to do more than pass a
resolution, they need to kick Prager off the council.
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