“Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West”
I am not fond of propaganda. I am not fond of people telling me that I should hate and hate some more when you know all I want to do, even in my darkest, saddest moments, is LOVE and LOVE SOME MORE.
I want that love spread around. I want us out of Iraq. I want people to stop hurting each other, killing each other, with our words, bombs and guns. Those of you who are not in the United States, you will please remember that many of us are against America’s war against Iraq. When I first heard the news on Sept. 11th, 2001, my thoughts went in this order:
1) That can’t just have happened.
2) It couldn’t have been an attack, it was an accident. It was a freakish, hideous accident
3) It was an attack.
4) Now America will have to “get back” at someone. Now Bush and his cronies will want to lash out, bomb civilians, kill everyone they can.
5) No, they won’t.
6) They can’t.
7) They’ll learn from this. They’ll turn the other cheek.
8) No, they won’t.
So for the Oregonian, our “paper of record,” to include a hate-mongering DVD in the Sunday paper… this is just as horrible to me as knowing how German-Americans and Japanese-Americans were treated here in the U.S., during the Second World War.
You can tell me a lot of things, but you cannot tell me to hate.
Here is an extremely moving video that Portland, Oregon, radio host Opio Osokoni put together of the protest outside the Oregonian. Portland political activist Anne Trudeau and several others are interviewed. In the words of Portland blogger Terry Olson:
“Any doubt that the DVD Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West isn’t an endorsement of McCain should be dispelled by the fact that its newspaper distribution occurred primarily in swing voting states.”
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The war in Iraq has nothing to do with 9/11 of course. That is why the Bush administration tried to suppress the (/11 Enquiry Commission. It is a war that can never be won, and it has ensured that there is a never ending supply of terrorists to threaten western interests.
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Oh, Wacky Mommy, today is Eid. The last day of the holy month of Ramadan. I am vexed to see this news, having just spent the day feasting and hanging out with my kids and my husband’s wonderful family.
LOVE, people! God is Love! It’s time for us all to get a grip.
October 1st, 2008 | #