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9/11 Marks Opportunity to Stop Flight 93 Memorial

September 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment

With both Barbara Bush and Michelle Obama attending the ceremony in Somerset, Pa., to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Tom Burnett Sr. and Alec Rawls of the Error Theory blog are buying full-page color ads in the city’s Daily American Sept. 10 and 11.  The ads will serve as ready-made [...]

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Let’s Take a Hard Look at Islamic Symbolism

April 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments

It’s time to take another critical look at the increasing use of Islamic symbolism in national imagery, especially during the past 16 months. About seven weeks ago, I contended that the Flight 93 Memorial design should spark more outrage than the new U.S. Missile Defense Agency logo.  Today, Alex Rawls at Error Theory pointed out [...]

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Flight 93 Memorial Design Should Spark More Outrage Than New Missile Defense Agency Logo

February 24th, 2010 · 7 Comments

Earlier today, Drudge Report correctly pointed out similarities that exist between the new logo of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (below left) and the logo used by the presidential campaign of Barack Obama (below right). It’s another design similarity, however, that deserves more attention and should spark more outrage among Americans. The design of the [...]

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Obama Administration Harboring Enemy Within

February 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

By Paul Hollrah, Guest Blogger On Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, the Obama Administration announced that the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four co-conspirators would be brought from Guantanamo Bay to New York to be tried for their crimes… the trial to be held just blocks from where ten Muslim jihadists murdered [...]

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Israeli Ambassador’s Speech Disrupted 10 Times

February 9th, 2010 · No Comments

The Orange County Register reported today that 12 people were arrested after they repeatedly — 10 times — shouted down Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren during a speaking engagement Monday night at the University of California-Irvine.  As the video below clearly shows, most of those involved in the disruptions appeared to be [...]

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Controversy Swirls Around Dearborn Imam’s Death (Update)

January 30th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Controversy is swirling three months after the death of Luqman Ameen Abdullah (right), a Muslim imam who died in an Oct. 28 shootout with federal agents in Dearborn, Mich., trying to arrest Abdullah and others on charges related to stolen goods. The Detroit Free Press is reporting on the results of an autopsy alleged to [...]

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Double-Standard at Saint Louis University?

January 24th, 2010 · 7 Comments

Does a double-standard exist at Saint Louis University? Recent events at the Jesuit university might cause you to believe one does. This weekend, SLU’s Muslim Students’ Association hosted a three-day conference, “Saving Our Deen: Living a Muslim life in a not-so Muslim world,” at the school’s Busch Student Center. Part of the conference agenda — [...]

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