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Islamophobia comes full circle

Consequences can be tough.

Terry Jones, the Florida "clergyman" who wants to burn Qur'ans on 9-11, says he's gotten more than 100 death threats since announcing his plans. World leaders -- including Gen. David Petraeus, commander of American forces in Afghanistan, the Pope and the chief of NATO -- have criticized the decision.

Are those threats, like the attacks on Muslims and mosques, merely "coincidence" or non-existent?

Are they justified because he's preaching a liturgy of hate? (That was how many bigots defended the Islamophobia of the last month)

Or have the chickens come home to roost?

Actually, it's a brilliant plan.

The builders of the Muslim Community Center that's located near Ground Zero have every right to go ahead with their plans, but even their most strident supporters admit it's an avoidable situation, i.e. build elsewhere. There are probably several dozen developers who would be more than happy to swap properties with them.

By the same token, you can't argue for the rights of Muslims in NYC and then hammer the rights of this guy in Florida. He, too, has the legal right to burn the Muslim holy books, even though it's a bad idea.

Jones, accidentally by the way, has given both sides something to think about.

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You've probably hear or read stuff like this all of the time...

* Obviously, this trick is right out of Saul Alinsky's playbook.   - Townhall

* Obama opens up his Saul Alinsky playbook and takes on the role of community organizer. – Freedom Eden

* Who would have ever thought that the White House would follow Saul Alinsky's playbook?   - The Right Coast

* Saul Alinsky Playbook: Obama’s secret plans – 22moon

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Never mind, Scotty. I'll beam myself up.

Religious revival? Not so fast, Mr. Beck

Cryin' Glenn Beck called for a religious revival at his Million Fool March "Restoring Honor" rally in Washington, D.C. Saturday. The crowd -- many of whom would probably describes themselves at Christian Conservatives or being of the evangelical ilk -- cheered wildly.

Minor problem: Several Christian Conservatives and evangelicals are saying (here, here and here) Beck can't make that call because he's a Mormon and his Mormon teachings are in direct conflict with mainstream Christianity. Not only that, but he's slipping Mormonism into his talking points.

Oh snap.

Let's be clear here: I don't have a theological dog in this fight. I was raised to respect other religions, be it Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, LDS, or whatever. I'm also big on that whole "separate church and state" thing because I don't want to live in anyone's theocracy.

But in the spirit of schadenfreude, I'm loving that Beck -- who has been lobbying hard for the hearts and minds of Christian conservatives via lies and fear-mongering -- is getting hammered by legitimate Christian conservatives for his duplicity and cowardice.

For reasons they stated, they doesn't like what he stands for, and I get the sense most of his fans/followers/sycophants wouldn't either if they would stop foaming at the mouth, step back, and analyze it.

Essentially, a guy who is putting a religion (Islam) on trial in the court of public opinion is about to have the same thing done to his faith.  And he can't play the "I was a Mormon, but now I'm a Christian again" card, because he's one of the fools ginning up fear over President Obama's connections to Islam as a youth.

If Beck's evangelical critics push this issue, it sets up an interesting showdown.

If his fans claim to be Christian conservatives, as many do,  they're going to have to make a choice -- their faith or their crying disc jockey icon.

Sick, sick, sick: Woman throwing puppies into river

This may be the newest Internet hoax, and if it is...well done.Sorta.

If it's not, then meet the newest sociopath on the block -- a clearly disturbed woman calmly throwing live puppies into the river.

That's not slang or short hand. She is literally hurling yelping puppies into a running river.

There's a video, and it's horrible. It's really, really bad. Even if you aren't a dog lover, it is horrific.

The good news, according to ValleyWag, is that the unrelenting Web stalkers of 4Chan are the case, using their cunning and guile and IntarWeb savvy to find the psycho in question. When they're finished with her, she'll be hurling herself into a river.

ValleyWag has the video and some more details about the chase. If you click it, you'll be sorry that you did.

Answered, but not asked

These are confusing times. It can't get much worse, but I'm going to try to make it worse by answering your non-existent questions before you don't ask them.

A. Hitler's Mustache
Q. what's the hottest new craze among TeaBagger chicks who get bikini waxes?

A. The right to bear arms
Q. How does a TeaBagger justify wearing his short-sleeved NoBama shirt to a formal event?

A. Intelligent Design
Q. Name something the highway department doesn't use when planning roads

A. "Let's give him a hand!"
Q. How does Joe Biden introduce a guy with no arms?

A. I blame Bush
Q. How does a liberal try to justify his affair to his wife

A. Kenya
B. How does a TeaBagger spell the 1st two words of a protest sign that's suppposed to say "Can You Lower Taxes?"

A. Moving target
Q. What does a TeaBagger call a Muslim family going for a walk in the park?

A. The liberal media elite narrative.
Q. What is meant by the term "facts?"

A. 1 million
Q. Convert the number "100,000" from the U.S. system to the TeaBagger system

A. Liberal plants in the crowd
Q. What do you call bags of marijuana carried being carried by Libertarian TeaBaggers to rallies?

America's honor has been restored.

Phew. That was close. Glenn Beck's rally couldn't have occurred a moment too soon.

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UPDATE: More about the shirt

I’m surely certain that I’m being positive about Islamophobia

A white guy stabbed a Muslim cab driver in New York City for no reason Tuesday. And last night a drunk dumbass went into a NYC mosque, peed on the floor during prayers and called the worshippers “terrorists.” Both of the attackers were arrested by the police in the city that was attacked by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001.

Anyone with enough sack to try and defend these guys – they will play the “What about 911?” card -- will be verbally beaten down by decent people.  That’s obvious.

I prefer, however, to focus on the positives that we can take away from these horrific hate crimes.

The cabbie-stabbercouldn’t kill an unarmed man. That shows compassion...or ineptitude. Plus, he displayed a lot of bravery going up against a guy who he falsely believed to be a trained killing machine... who takes tips and drives a POS yellow car. That’s John Wayne-esque.

And the pissing terrorist screamer has been identified as Omar Rivera. That means that the American Taliban is no longer an exclusive club for angry white people. They are adopting RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s call for a “Big Tent” that includes blacks, Latinos and other people of color in the movement.

Way to, ‘necks.

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Someone took a crappy Justin Bieber song called “U Smile,” or “You Smell,” as I sing it to my daughters, and gave it the screw treatment. The 3ish minute song is now about 32 minutes long. While the original is tweener flash in the pain, the slowed down version is an ambient triumph.

Here’s the original:

Here’s the new version. This is really, really good…

See? All Bieber needed was a case of Ny-Quil or purple drank and he suddenly becomes tolerable.