On Sat, 17 May 2008 12:29:52 -0700, ZnU wrote
(in article <znu-854F55.15295117052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> In article <seektruth-D142D4.13584717052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> seektruth <seektruth@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Who is Phi Shlama Islama Obama anyway?
>>
>>
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-mccain17-2008may17,0,4987662.s
>> tory
>>
>> From an article in the LA Times -
>>
>> Obama said he disagreed with the NRA. "Their basic position is that any
>> law related to gun owner****p is a potential camel's nose under the tent
>> and that if we allow even the smallest concession that somehow guns
will
>> be taken away from everybody.
>>
>> "If you subscribe to that view then you are not going to agree with me.
>> On the other hand, if you are a gun owner here in South Dakota who uses
>> your gun to hunt or to protect your family and does so in a lawful way,
>> then you have nothing to worry about from me."
>>
>> A "potential camel's nose under the tent?" This is definitely not an
>> American or European expression. Where would this phrase be one found
>> as an idiom or colloquialism of local origin? Mainly Africa & the
>> Middle East - where camels are found in great number and where Islam is
>> the dominant religion.
>
> Obama lived in Indonesia between the ages of about six and ten.
> Indonesia is majority Muslim, but isn't actually part of the Middle
> East, isn't Arab, and doesn't have camels.
>
> For three of the four years Obama was in Indonesia, he attended a
> Catholic school. The fourth year his family moved, and he attended a
> local government-run public school. There's no reason to believe Obama
> ever learned Arabic, as his cl***** would have been in Bahasa, the
> official (and most widely spoken) language in Indonesia.
>
> A bit of research shows this phrase you're discussing entered the
> English language in the 19th century. A Google search shows it being
> fairly widely used, by people with no connection to the Middle East or
> Africa. There are even a couple of instances of Republican lawmakers
> using it.
>
> You people should be ashamed of yourselves.
>
>
So you can prove that Obama is NOT a "closet Muslim"? While I don't
believe
that he is a Muslim anything, this man sends up so many red flags that
it's
frightening. Of the three candidates running as of now, the only one that
I
could possibly vote for is The Clinton ***** (Marcus Registrada). She is
actually the lesser of the three evils, even though I hate her guts. At
least
she'd have Billy's experience to draw upon. He's been there and done that.
Plus, there's all the op****tunities for high humor that we, as a nation,
could enjoy while watching Billy's continued highjinks. We'd miss all of
that
if Obama were elected. But seriously, we need a strong leader to bring
this
country together, not one who will further polarize it and Obama is so
left-wing and is carrying so much baggage that he is definitely NOT that
leader.
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