ONE IN FOUR ... ALL HAIL THE RELIGION OF PEACE

A Pew Research Centerpoll released this week reveals that one in four young Muslims living in America feels that suicide bombings to defend their religion are just fine, thank you very much. So, how's that for a religion of peace? I guess the good news here is that three out of four younger Muslims, and about 80 percent of Muslims altogether, say that suicide bombings are not appropriate. Just the same, one in four is a pretty hefty number, especially when the the idea of defending their religion includes the act of killing people who draw cartoons of Mohammed or utter any negative comment of any nature whatsoever about Islam. Remember .. these are Muslims living in the United States, many of whom were born here. This would mean that the Muslims who support the idea of suicide bombings have been taught to think this way in their Mosques an in their associations with other Muslims. This is where homegrown terrorism comes from, the type of homegrown terrorism that has been showing up in England in recent years.

There is other news in the Pew poll worthy of note:

• Only 5 percent of U.S. Muslims have favorable views of Al Qaeda. Another 4 percent just wouldn't say. That's not a small number.
• Sixty percent say they are concerned about a rise in Islamic extremism in the U.S.
• Now get this one --- only 25 percent of U.S. Muslims actually believe that the attacks of 9/11 were carried out by Arab men. They're either lying or they are brainwashed.

There's good news too! About one-third of U.S. Muslims who have flown in the past year say that they had to endure some extra security screening because they are Muslims. That is at it should be. Profiling is a good defensive technique against Muslim violence.

Also ... some numbers on who these Muslims are. There are about 2.35 million Muslims in America. Of that number about 470,000 are American-born blacks and about 1.5 million are foreign born.

AND WHAT DO SOME MUSLIMS CONSIDER TO BE THE WORST FORM OF TERRORISM?

If you're operating any heavy machinery right now .... stop. What you're about to read and hear is so completely absurd that you're sure to double over with laughter.

Last week we had a meeting of some group called the "Organization of the Islamic Conference." During their conference the foreign ministers of the member countries decided that they needed, for some reason known only to Allah, to determine just what was the gravest terrorist threat in the world today.

OK ... are you ready? Do you really want to know what these Muslim leaders consider to be the greatest terror threat in the world today?

You asked for it.

The greatest terror threat in the world to day is ...... Islamophobia!

Yup! Now you know! Islamophobia is terrorism! And just how do you define Islamophobia? Well ... it's the "deliberate defamation of Islam and discrimination and intolerance against Muslims." Scares me! Scare you?

You say something defamatory about Islam ... like scoffing at the idea that it is a religion of peace .. and that's terrorism! You show little tolerance for people who call for your death and the death of your country, and that's terrorism! Not only is it terrorism, but it's the worst and most dangerous form of terrorism in the world!

Wait ... we aren't through with the hilarity. The ministers also informed us that "The linkage of terrorists and extremists with Islam in a generalized manner is unacceptable."

Maybe it's just me, but have any of you seen any terrorists around here lately who weren't Muslims?

Sure .. there are some rare exceptions, but generally speaking ALL terrorists are Muslims. The linkage is there. To ignore it is unacceptable, not to mention extremely dangerous.

Now ... before I move on. Let's be fair here. There are some Christians out there who support the idea of shooting doctors who perform abortions, or blowing them up with bombs. So let's not get too cocky here.

Disclaimer: The author of these notes, that being Neal Boortz, understands that comments that could be construed as negative were made about people who more likely than not are not what we would accept as being "white." As such, these comments automatically and by operation of law constitute racism and hate speech.

HOW ABOUT A 10TH AMENDMENT COMMISSION?

Look .. I'm trying to approach this with an open mind here. Perhaps I've missed something. I try to read as much as I can, and I think I'm relatively well informed, but for the life of me I can't find one single idea being floated by the Republican Party that would make me or anyone else who celebrates America's greatness and legacy of freedom want to actually get out there and work for a Republican victory in 2008?

How about you?

Right now one of the big issues for the Republicans seems to be Rudy's position on abortion? Is that were the Republicans are going? Are tey going to let the maniacal abortocentrists lead the Republican Party around by the nose through another election cycle?

OK ... obviously I would like to see the Republican Party adopt the FairTax as a part of their agenda for 2008. There's still a chance we might have a presidential candidate supporting the idea. But here's something else.

In my book "Somebody's Gotta Say It" there's a chapter entitled "No Way In Hell." The "no way in hell" line refers to my answer to people who suggest that I should run for president. But in that chapter I outline the campaign on which I would run. I then beg other people to adopt some of those platform planks for their own.

One of the ideas I present in that chapter is a 10th Amendment Commission.

You are aware of what the 10th Amendment to our U.S. Constitution says, aren't you? Maybe that's a bit of a stretch, considering the fact that over 50% of Americans cannot name a single cabinet department.

Here you go ... the entire text of the 10th Amendment:

Isn't that beautiful? This is the Amendment our founding fathers placed in the Constitution to limit the centralization of power in a federal government. The Constitution grants specific powers to the federal government, and then reserves the rest of those powers for us and our local governments.

Do any of you actually believe that our politicians have paid any attention whatsoever to the 10th Amendment over the course of the last fifty years? You're right. They haven't. We are approaching the point where virtually all government power is concentrated in Washington D.C. State and local governments must constantly consult with the federal government and plow through federal rules and regulations before they can so much as set a speed limit or build a sidewalk. This is not as it was supposed to be.

So ... how about someone out there campaigning on the idea of a 10th Amendment Commission. Tell the voters that as soon as you are in power you'll appoint a panel of local and federal elected officials, along with representatives from the business community and private civic groups, to form this commission for the purpose of studying and making recommendations on ways to return the power of governance to the local level, where our founding fathers wanted it to be.

Come on, folks. Get creative out there. Do I have to do everything for you?

READING ASSIGNMENTS

Thomas Sowell is brilliant. Period. End of story. If you're not tired of reading or talking about the amnesty bill, here are two Sowell columns for you: The Amnesty Fraud, and The Amnesty Fraud, Part II.

Bush wins? The Democrats have dropped their demand for a timetable for surrender from the troop funding bill.

Are you an ethanol fan? Perhaps John Stossel can change your mind.

There's a new museum taking shape in Kentucky. The Creation Museum. Here you can see Adam and Eve co-existing with dinosaurs and learn that the earth is only a few thousand years old. A great place to take you child if you want them to grow into adults without a clue.

Exploding curry at 35,000 feet! Oh, the humanity!

Women claim that handsome men are boring and that they prefer to date not-so-handsome men.

Uh oh. There were no African movies considered for awards at the Cannes Film Festival. Perhaps that's because they're too busy celebrating the greatness of Michael Moore. Or, of course, it could just be RACISM!

Now that Paris Hilton is heading to jail ... guess what book she's carrying around! You got it! Here we go with another jailhouse conversion!

Leftist airhead Barbra Streisand is under attack because of the prices for tickets to her concert in Italy. Italian anti-capitalists are saying that here ticket prices, from under $200 to over $1000, are shameful. I'm on her side on this one. She can charge whatever people are willing to pay. I'll bet that before this is over Babs donates some tickets to the poor, poor, pitiful poor.

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