My bet? That you’ve never heard this before… ========== WSJ 4/28/2017 By Paul Beston On April 28, 1967, Muhammad Ali—then still known to many by his birth name, Cassius Clay—reported to Local Board No. 61 in Houston for induction into the U.S. armed forces. The 25-year-old heavyweight champion spent the morning filling out forms and receiving a physical exam. In the afternoon,... Read more
Archive for the ‘Radical Islam’ Category
The Truth About Muhammad Ali and the Draft
May 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Islam, Radical IslamEgyptian Christians Fearing Terror Flee
February 26 | Posted by mrossol | Middle East, Radical Islam, Religious PersecutionNotice who is protesting?? ===== Feb. 26, 2017 AP ISMAILIA, Egypt—Egyptian Christians fearing attacks by Islamic State militants fled the volatile northern part of the Sinai Peninsula for a fourth day on Sunday, after a string of sectarian killings there sent hundreds packing and raised accusations the government is failing to protect the minority. More than 100 families from the town of el-Arish and... Read more
The Islamic Hatred of Modernity
September 29 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Iran, ISIS, Obama, Politically correct, Radical Islam, Western CivilizationI give credit to Mauldin Economics, to which I encourage you to subscribe. The liberal Left hates what Dr. Brock states, but that does not make it less true. I highly recommend this article. ====== The Islamic Hatred of Modernity Dr. Woody Brock Strategic Economic Decisions, Inc. April 26, 2016 “Not free thought for those that agree with us, but freedom for the thought that we hate” –... Read more
Can Islam Really Function in Democracy?
July 27 | Posted by mrossol | Islam, Losing Freedom, Radical Islam, Western CivilizationTHis one is a bit long, but well worth the read. ===== WSJ 7/23/2016 First Egypt and now Turkey show the perils of ideological religious parties (and strongman rule), but other Muslim countries are faring better with democracy. BY YAROSLAV TROFIMOV IN 1999, a former mayor of Istanbul named Recep Tayyip Erdogan was imprisoned and banned from politics for life for reciting a poem. “Our... Read more
Orlando is not about Gun Control
June 16 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Radical Islam, The LeftIf you are willing to think and reasonably discuss the issue, I invite you to this perspective. =========== By Ashley H. Lukis I can understand why gun control dominates the public conversation after incidents like Sandy Hook, like Virginia Tech, like Charleston. What I cannot begin to comprehend is how, when faced by an ideological monster who has pledged his allegiance to an... Read more
President Canute
June 14 | Posted by mrossol | ISIS, Obama, Radical Islam“Stop!” ==== In the spring of 2013 Barack Obama delivered the defining speech of his presidency on the subject of terrorism. Its premise was wrong, as was its thesis, as were its predictions and recommendations. We are now paying the price for this cascade of folly. “Today, Osama bin Laden is dead, and so are most of his top lieutenants,” the president... Read more
