I wonder why politicians don't seek people like Mahammad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabar and Ahmad Rashad to help show Americans that not all people of this religious background intend to bring their ideas to the world with violence and terroristic type activities. Many people stereotype others that they dont know personally or havent seen in American pop culture. But if some of the well known people of the Islamic Faith would try to teach and inform America to who they are and what their Faith is based on maybe some people that have been ignorant to what the Islamic faith is all about.
2007-07-28 17:13:34 · 11 answers · asked by quietmale3269 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Because that approach (though not comprehensive in its scope) makes a little too much sense. Bottom-line, Bush doesn't want to confuse his political base (not the segment that graduated from Yale, but rather the trailer park crowd - the "you're with us or agin us" crowd). An enlightened approach to America's "Muslim problem" would muddy the waters and confuse people.
Can’t you just see Mr. dyed-in-the wool Republican Joe Six-Pack scratching either his head or his butt asking ….. "Wut?? Do ya' mean som dem mooslims is our friends???"
Ignorance and fear are at the root of many of America's problems. Admittedly, it wasn't 19 Jews or Buddhists who boarded planes and crashed them into the twin towers, but we've got to get beyond that in order to better understand how to REdefine our relationships and engagements with the rest of the world both abroad and on our own shores. Your idea is an insightful first step.
2007-07-28 17:38:42 · answer #1 · answered by tanganator 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he's too busy phuckin' the average American ..........
A surgeon general's report in 2006 that called on Americans to help tackle global health problems has been kept from the public by a Bush political appointee without any background or expertise in medicine or public health, chiefly because the report did not promote the administration's policy accomplishments, according to current and former public health officials.
Three people directly involved in its preparation said its publication was blocked by William R. Steiger, a specialist in education and a scholar of Latin American history whose family has long ties to President Bush and Vice President Cheney.
Steiger, 37, is a godson of former president George H.W. Bush and the son of a moderate Republican who represented Wisconsin in the House and hired a young Dick Cheney as an intern. The elder Bush appointed Steiger's mother to the Federal Trade Commission in 1989.
2007-07-29 01:51:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a good idea but, I think many of us are going to have a problem trusting anyone for a while. Maybe forever.
I mean, we let some of these people into the U.S. to take part in our society and they not only deceived us, they killed a few thousand of us, in a very horrible fashion.
If there were 19 then, how many are here now?
2007-07-29 00:20:33 · answer #3 · answered by mark623112 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a recent study, we learned that about 85% of Muslims say they certainly understand why the terrorists are doing what they do.
Who would we look to to assure the rest of the Americans should relax because all muslims aren't bad?
By the way, how do you know that no government representatives have asked this of the Muslim community?
2007-07-29 00:19:23 · answer #4 · answered by JOHN G 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i don't think the the islam of black athletes and usa jailbirds is seen as being the same religion as that of the middle eastern style moslems. to the extent that there are these "moslems" why would they betray there beliefs to be used to endorse decedent western values.
why not have some jews do pro-nazi PSAs, why not christians for satan
2007-07-29 00:18:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
That seems like a good idea. Congratulations. How to get it into action is the question. But congratulations, seriously.
2007-07-29 00:16:40 · answer #6 · answered by jxt299 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well they do according to them, it is called suicide killings. You know where they do public service by strapping a bomb on cleaning out the community.
2007-07-29 00:43:26 · answer #7 · answered by shawnLacey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't want to be accused of copying off 24
2007-07-29 00:16:38 · answer #8 · answered by Dr 8'lls 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the "moderate" Muslims are scared s***less that the not so moderate Muslims will slit their throats if they open their mouthes.
2007-07-29 00:20:38 · answer #9 · answered by nileslad 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
do you really believe they care about doing anything other than fomenting a religious war in the mideast as an excuse to perpetuate war for profit?
2007-07-29 00:16:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋