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Current Events => Terrorism In the US and Around the World => Topic started by: TVDOC on December 11, 2011, 11:37:47 AM
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http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/12/09/ads-all-american-muslim/?hpt=hp_t3
by James Hibberd
A TLC reality show offering a positive portrayal of Muslim life has come under protest and at least one advertiser has pulled its support.
Hardware store giant Lowe’s has yanked ads from the series after the Florida Family Association encouraged members to email the program’s advertisers.
“The show profiles only Muslims that appear to be ordinary folks while excluding many Islamic believers whose agenda poses a clear and present danger to liberties and traditional values that the majority of Americans cherish,†the group said about the show
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Balance at link........
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Now CAIR will start a
suicide bomb campaign[/b] letter writing campaign with all their Dhimmi sympathizers on the left joining in. However, I might go out of my to buy there when someplace else is closer/cheaper.
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Now CAIR will start a suicide bomb campaign letter writing campaign with all their Dhimmi sympathizers on the left joining in. However, I might go out of my to buy there when someplace else is closer/cheaper.
Know where I'm going to get the longer bar/chain for the chainsaw now...
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Not really any question here, there are three Lowes within an hour's drive, the nearest Home Depot is two hours away. I do shop at a couple of chain hardware stores and a farm supply place for my stuff, too, but it isn't going to affect what I do one way or the other.
I heard this reported on Fox this morning, and though I wasn't paying especially close attention, I believe they said some dingleberry in Congress was calling for a boycott of Lowes over the store pulling its sponsorship, which if true certainly deserves a bitchslap or ten.
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Nah, he's not a Congressman, he's a dipshit 'Rat state senator from Torrance.
And most of the advertisers have pulled their ads from AAM simply because their ratings are teh suckage more than anything to do with the fact they're dealing with the Religion of Perpetual Outrage.
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Not really any question here, there are three Lowes within an hour's drive, the nearest Home Depot is two hours away. I do shop at a couple of chain hardware stores and a farm supply place for my stuff, too, but it isn't going to affect what I do one way or the other.
I heard this reported on Fox this morning, and though I wasn't paying especially close attention, I believe they said some dingleberry in Congress was calling for a boycott of Lowes over the store pulling its sponsorship, which if true certainly deserves a bitchslap or ten.
We've got a Sutherland's and a Lowe's in my town. Prices are generally a tad higher at Lowe's but that's offset by a 10% military discount, which I take advantage of.
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The DUmp has the same story- slightly different look at it though:
kestrel91316 (37,796 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail
1. The local Muslim community needs a mass protest at their local Lowe's
to send a message to corporate.
Of course, the one post that says they will suicide bomb Lowes gets hidden... And replied to:
Humanist_Activist (610 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail
15. That's relatively easy...
There are over a billion Muslims worldwide, and what, a thousand or so that committed suicide bombings? Not to mention that most of those bombers came from countries that were/are in conflict and/or had/have brutal authoritarian regimes in them. Such conditions breed extremism and extreme tactics.
Christianity isn't immune from this, indeed the biggest differences is the fact that most Christians in the world live in true democracies, which tones down the extremism quite a bit, and in addition, those that are extremists display different tactics, even if motivations like with terrorist Muslims are similar. An extremist Christian is more likely to shoot up a place, or murder/assault people on the street due to some perceived difference, or religious/nationalist motivated hatred.
And perhaps less surprisingly, terrorist Muslims display a lot more competence than terrorist Christians, who, most of the time, are caught before they do a lot of damage.
As to the bolded comment, what then explains attacks in the US by US citizens, who just happen to be Muslim?
sufrommich (10,700 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail
19. I live very near this demographic
of Arab Americans in Dearborn Michigan, there has never been a car bomb explosion or any other acts of terrorism for that matter.
There is a name for this sort of post...
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We've got a Sutherland's and a Lowe's in my town. Prices are generally a tad higher at Lowe's but that's offset by a 10% military discount, which I take advantage of.
Me too!
:-)
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sufrommich (10,700 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail
19. I live very near this demographic
of Arab Americans in Dearborn Michigan, there has never been a car bomb explosion or any other acts of terrorism for that matter.
Well...Yeah but i certainly wouldn't walk around down there with a yarmulke on.....or if i were a blonde white woman! :o Dearborn is an alright town.....as long as you are arab/muslim ::)
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Well...Yeah but i certainly wouldn't walk around down there with a yarmulke on.....or if i were a blonde white woman! :o Dearborn is an alright town.....as long as you are arab/muslim ::)
This past August, Mrs E and I visited Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum. (Hadn't been there since I was a kid.)
In all honesty, I looked around for muzzies, thinking they'd be under every rock and behind every stump, but I don't remember seeing any of them in traditional muzzie clothing. Of course, we damn sure didn't make hanging out in Dearborn a career -- either that or the muzzies ain't allowed inside a tourist joint.
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This past August, Mrs E and I visited Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum. (Hadn't been there since I was a kid.)
In all honesty, I looked around for muzzies, thinking they'd be under every rock and behind every stump, but I don't remember seeing any of them in traditional muzzie clothing. Of course, we damn sure didn't make hanging out in Dearborn a career -- either that or the muzzies ain't allowed inside a tourist joint.
You were on the wrong or depending how you look at it right side of Michigan Ave or Ford Rd! :-) The big Islamic center is on Ford Rd I believe! You could have also been in the Chaldean neighborhood too...They aren't muzzies! :-)
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You were on the wrong or depending how you look at it right side of Michigan Ave or Ford Rd! :-) The big Islamic center is on Ford Rd I believe! You could have also been in the Chaldean neighborhood too...They aren't muzzies! :-)
GF and the HFM is on the south side of Michigan Ave, off of Oakland Ave., IIRC. Ford Rd. is definitely too far north. If that's where the muzzie hangout is, we blissfully missed it.
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No surprise that it is the Muslim Keith Ellison that wants to force Lowe's to advertise on the Muslim lovefest.
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) also said Lowe's is choosing to disregard the First Amendment.
"Our nation's history is full of examples demonstrating how we have repeatedly torn down false divisions hate groups choose to create," Ellison said in a statement."But the struggle against bigotry and hatred must continue so we never give in to intolerance like Lowe's Corporation has done."
Ellison isn't the only politician speaking out against Lowe's. A state senator from Southern California said Sunday he was considering calling for a boycott.
Calling the Lowe's decision "un-American" and "naked religious bigotry," Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, told The Associated Press he would also consider legislative action if Lowe's doesn't apologize to Muslims and reinstate its ads. The senator sent a letter outlining his complaints to Lowe's Chief Executive Officer Robert A. Niblock.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/11/california-senator-threatens-boycott-after-lowes-pulls-ads-from-muslim-american/?test=latestnews#ixzz1gKiqQHEx
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I don't think Keith quite understands that the First Amendment not only guarantees free speech, but also guarantees the right to stay SILENT.
Lowe's prefers to stay silent on the issue and not spend its advertising dollars in support of a show it evidently does not support.
I could be wrong, but I think that the muzzie show is still allowed to be shown. That means they're allowed to show their muzzie ways and speak their muzzie voices.
That's about as free as you can get.
Hold fast, Mr. Niblock. Don't let the muzzies browbeat you or run you out of town.
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I wrote the following email to the only email address I could find on the lowes.com web site, which is customercare@lowes.com:
I applaud your recent decision to pull advertisements from TLC's reality show "All American Muslim."
What Rep. Keith Ellison and state senator Ted Lieu (D-CA) don't seem to quite understand is that the First Amendment guarantees not only free speech, but it also guarantees the right for individuals and corporations to stay SILENT when they so choose.
To think that it's an expectation for a corporation to willingly support and/or pay to advertise on a particular TV show is laughable in its idiocy.
Whatever the reasons are for pulling the ads, call me one of your customers who will ALWAYS frequent your stores when I need products for my home. I applaud your guts, your integrity, and your decision.
Signed,
My name
Flyover Country, MO
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Vince Coakley, black conservative radio host 3pm to 6pm on WBT out of Charlotte NC was discussing this just a little while ago. He did an excellent history lesson on the why and when of Jefferson's purchase of a Koran and Jefferson's writings on the subject of Islam. Jefferson had a Koran so he could learn about why the Muslim pirates were attacking our ships and enslaving the crews. When asked why they (the Muslims) were attacking the ships of a country that had done them no harm, the English diplomat explained that they were commanded by Allah to attack the infidels whereever they found them and to do so until all the earth fell under the rule of Allah and the Muslims.
He really stirs up some of the Obama supporters that call in to axe him questions. :-)
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Read....
http://www.thenewamerican.com/opinion/sam-blumenfeld/4479-thomas-jeffersons-quran
...and the usual Islam is peaceful and Christians are bad comments.
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I LOVE how these groups scream about boycotting anyone who doesn't support their super-liberal agenda, but when a corporation decides to boycott (take advertising dollars elsewhere) it's wrong and they need to be punished.
I heard this morning that Lowes had apologized, sort of. Basically, what the press reported they said was "sorry some people were offended." They did not, however, say they would return to advertising on the show.
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No surprise that it is the Muslim Keith Ellison that wants to force Lowe's to advertise on the Muslim lovefest.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/12/11/california-senator-threatens-boycott-after-lowes-pulls-ads-from-muslim-american/?test=latestnews#ixzz1gKiqQHEx
Imagine the outcry if a member of Congress was considering forcing a business to advertise on a Christian show. ::)
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sufrommich (10,700 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail
19. I live very near this demographic
of Arab Americans in Dearborn Michigan, there has never been a car bomb explosion or any other acts of terrorism for that matter.
Well, duh!! The vast majority of this country is Christian...of course there aren't any car bombs. They save those for when they take over the government and install the theocracy they have in the rest of their countries.
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Well, duh!! The vast majority of this country is Christian...of course there aren't any car bombs. They save those for when they take over the government and install the theocracy they have in the rest of their countries.
I recall a car bombing in Michigan. http://abcnews.go.com/US/michigan-car-bombing-dad-911-car-blew-kids/story?id=14579374#.TuajeWNR5tU
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I recall a car bombing in Michigan. http://abcnews.go.com/US/michigan-car-bombing-dad-911-car-blew-kids/story?id=14579374#.TuajeWNR5tU
Lawyer injured in car blast has suspect in mind
http://www.detnews.com/article/20111207/METRO/112070336/1409/Lawyer-injured-in-car-blast-has-suspect-in-mind
Sounds like a personal vendentta to me.
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Lawyer injured in car blast has suspect in mind
http://www.detnews.com/article/20111207/METRO/112070336/1409/Lawyer-injured-in-car-blast-has-suspect-in-mind
Sounds like a personal vendentta to me.
Thanks for finding the update.
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LASlimes (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2011/12/all-american-muslim-kayak-calls-show-terrible-but-apologizes-to-customers.html)
Another company pulled its ads from this show:
"Lastly, I watched the first two episodes. Mostly, I just thought the show sucked. Based on our dealings with TLC and the simple assessment of the show, I decided we should put our money elsewhere. Apologies again."
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Would they accept advertising from Jimmy Dean to prove their inclusiveness.
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Would they accept advertising from Jimmy Dean to prove their inclusiveness.
Who's money is this anyway ???? Anyone who has the money to advertise their wares has the right to decide who they want to support with their dollar. One PAYS to advertise in news papers, and some even pay to advertise for and at kids games etc.
Now had Lowe's found out the program had graphic sex and porno and pulled their adds, we would applaud them.
When Lowe's decides they find it objects to any content that their name is linked to---they have just as much right to pull their support as do the company's that advertise on the racers cars at a track.
Does it matter why or for what reason Lowe's pulled their ads, They can do so as they have that right. It matters not if the real reason is racial, religious bigotry or just because they do not like the size of the producers feet of a program.
If I own a company and all my workers hate Asparagus, I can pull my endorsement on a program that shows the benefits of eating that vegetable and wants to force my school kids who do not care for that food to eat Asparagus's
Americans do have the right to personal bigotry on anything be it towards others life styles and spend their money on the things they approve of. This is America, we have the RIGHT to associate with like minded, like race, like social status, and not be forced to except or finance those we may not approve of.
Imagine if we who have a problem with OWC and their ilk were forced to give our money to their cause.
Lately the Catholic has begun to advertise for men and woman to join their calling. Costs the Church to advertise and if they find an off shot of a network is devoted to religious programs that preach that Catholics will go to hell, the Church has every right to pull their money out of that network and its off shoot.
Muslim networks will soon spring up, I cannot see Smithfield Hams supporting them. Nor can I see Jewish Kosher foods running to advertise on their network. Be prepared for the Muslim Unions to support the programs, those that work in the Muslim Kosher butcher shops..
Bag of worms this is and the worms have morphed into Cobras.
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So had Kayak.com I have learned this morning
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I don't think Americans really hate Arabs.
Here are some people that really do hate Arabs though:
(http://i.imgur.com/hhsZO.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/ztIZM.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/eWVRU.jpg)
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I don't think Americans really hate Arabs.
Here are some people that really do hate Arabs though:
(http://i.imgur.com/hhsZO.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/ztIZM.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/eWVRU.jpg)
who is the guy in the throwback 80's jacket with the faux fur?
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You have to ask who this show was aimed at. Are Muslims a big enough demographic that they would get any viewers? Sounds less like making money and more like indoctrination to me.
Its funny that they have to hunt down "peaceful muslims" with cameras, the only Muslims you see otherwise are the news because of violence. Why not record the average muslim instead of this random family living in michigan? Oh thats right, because the average muslim doesn't fit in with the liberal agenda.
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I don't think Americans really hate Arabs.
We hate violent assholes who won't leave people the **** alone. It takes a lot to make an American sufficiently agitated enough to get off the couch and away from his Sunday football game. We don't go around busting Buddhists, atheists, Hindus etc. I doubt the Islamists of the world care enough to ask what it is that they have done to so gain our attention and intractable hostility.
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We hate violent assholes who won't leave people the **** alone. It takes a lot to make an American sufficiently agitated enough to get off the couch and away from his Sunday football game. We don't go around busting Buddhists, atheists, Hindus etc. I doubt the Islamists of the world care enough to ask what it is that they have done to so gain our attention and intractable hostility.
Well in another thread I said that Arab-American people should really switch to Christianity. If you want to be an American patriot you wont ever do it by being a Muslim because being a Muslim means that Americans need to work around you. so if Arab-Americans are true patriots they would not folllow the religion of people the USA is fighting against right now are of.
Also seeing as the Muslim world gets angry when someone draws a cartoon of their prophet it is obvious they have serious problems tolerating other opinions.
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I think it also shows a deep insecurity in their faith.
Christians get bashed all the time. Liberals make fun of our "sky daddy," the "magical Jesus," the "cloud buddies." It bothers me not in the least.
I know another Iranian who would like to see Muslims convert to Christianity. His name around the Internet is Ali Sina.