Quote of the Day - Ron Schiller Edition

“While the meeting I participated in turned out to be a ruse, I made statements during the course of the meeting that are counter to NPR’s values and also not reflective of my own beliefs. I offer my sincere apology to those I offended. I previously resigned from NPR effective May 6th to accept another job. In an effort to put this unfortunate matter behind us, NPR and I have agreed that my resignation is effective today.”





Ron Schiller formerly of NPR.

My question is whose beliefs was he referring to?  If he wasn't talking about NPR's views or his own then who exactly was he talking for?  Was he just saying what he thought the people he was speaking to wanted to hear? 
What idiot is going to believe this? 

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The Intolerant Right?

For a man that has always been, and I am sure will continue to be, a liberal, this has been a rude awakening for him. 

Don't worry Juan, we got your back.  We may not agree with your views, but have it at and go out and talk about them.  All we ask is that you are fair. 

Quote of the Day - Dr. Zuhdi Jasser Edition

“I think that ultimately what we find when many thought leaders try to talk about it, [they say] ‘well there are some common elements to those who threaten national security,’ and the only one so far they have been able to nail down is that they come from some form of Islamic theology,’” Jasser said. “And because we have not become skilled in discussing theo-political threats, you’re having a lot of these little skirmishes happening.”

Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy on NPR's Firing of Juan Williams.

If this doesn't wake people up in this country, I honestly don't know what more it will take.  We have been taken over by the PC police.  We can longer talk about justifiable fears of Islamic terrorism.  Debate is no longer allowed in this country. 

Juan Williams' New Job

Juan Williams was fired yesterday afternoon for stating his opinion.  An opinion, that I might add, many in this country share;  lets say a few months after 9/11 and a person who dressed in clothing that lead you to believe that they are a Muslim is sitting next to you on a plane you wouldn't have a moments pause?  I would say that you are lying if you say that it wouldn't have mattered to you. 

Since 9/11 we have had the shoe bomber, the undies bomber, the Fort Hood Shootings, and the Times Square bomber.  We have read the news reports about the arrests made by the man who was buying bomb making materials in a store while being videotaped.  There was a recently a court hearing for a group of men in the Houston area who were making plans to make bombs.  Let's see there was another arrest a few years ago of men who were planning on bombing the Sears Tower in Chicago among other iconic buildings and bridges.  We also have the Times Square Bomber who told the judge that he lied when he took his oath for his U.S. citizenship.  At his sentencing he said that he was only the beginning of the violence that will be heading our way from the hands of terrorists that want to kill us in the name of Islam. 

There are reasons to take pause.  This is not something that is being made up, as some on the left would like you to believe.  We have the 9/11 truthers who don't believe that al Qeada even exists, it was manufactured by Bush to justify the war in Iraq.  Polls of Middle Eastern countries have consistently have shown that many in the Muslim world do not believe that bin Laden was behind 9/11 let alone any of the other near misses we have experienced since then.  These same polls show that many in these same countries believe that suicide bombings are justified.  That makes these types of conversations important to have. 

All Juan Williams did was express the obvious and for that he was fired.  Now, I don't agree with Juan Williams on virtually anything.  Just last night before his firing was announced, I heard him on Fox talking about how rent control is necessary and capitalism needs to have its limits.  He came stunningly close to saying that private property rights should be secondary to the needs of the poor.  Not something that I agree with on any level.  But, I am standing up and protecting his right to say it.  I also stand up for the right for the Maddow's of the world.  She is doing commentary, she gets paid for her opinion.  I think her opinions are crazy and I don't understand why anyone wants to watch her show, but that is for the free market to decide, not me. 

Less than 24 hours after his firing he was offered a $2 million contract with Fox News.  So, it seems to me that Fox is not only willing to have him express his leftist views, they are quite willing to pay well for it too.  Good for Juan. 

Juan Williams Gets Axed By NPR

Juan Williams was officially let go by NPR on Wednesday night due to comments he made on the O'Reilly Factor on Monday night's show.  Juan and Bill were discussing the dust up on The View over his comments on Muslim terrorists. 

Juan and Bill said the following:

“The cold truth is that in the world today jihad, aided and abetted by some Muslim nations, is the biggest threat on the planet.”

“I mean, look, Bill, I’m not a bigot. You know the kind of books I’ve written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous.”

CAIR took offense to this exchange.  They told NPR to jump and they complied.  The reality is that the terrorism that is happening around the world is being done by Muslims in the name of Islam.  That fact cannot be denied and we just look silly when we try.  We cannot tell by looking at a person if they fall into the jihadi camp or not.  This coming the same day that the news has been released that Anwar Al-Awlaki, one of the most wanted terrorists in the world, had a luncheon at the Pentagon a few short months after the 9/11 attack. 

I am not one to paint with broad brush about Muslims.  There are Muslims in the world that want the same things that I want, to live my life and raise my family in peace.  But, to ignore that there is a real problem in the world with Islamic terrorism is dangerous and downright stupid. 

What is also just as dangerous is the fact that we have become a society that is not allowed to talk about these issues.  If you dare to talk about it, you are in danger of losing your job or being called a bigot.  Problems that are not talked about cannot be solved.  This is not an issue that is going to go away on it's own.  We must not only discuss the dangers in the world, we also need to stand up and face them.  

CAIR, which has been shown to have ties to Hamas, is taking over the dialog in this country.  We have become so politically correct that we are endangering ourselves.  

NPR's statement read in part:

...were inconsistent with our editorial standards and practices, and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with NPR.”

Hmm, inconsistent with NPR's standards.  They don't seem to have a problem with staff members wishing death upon Rush Limbaugh, but talking about the factual evidence that we have a problem with terrorists who want to kill us in the name of Islam is an offense worthy of being fired.    Makes perfect sense to me.