Islam and swine, side by side.

The Los Angeles Times ^ | December 26, 2006 | Lianne Hart

[prodigals son]

KATY, TEXAS — While Kamel Fotouh makes plans to build a mosque on 11 acres of pasture here, neighbor Craig A. Baker is making plans of his own — plans to hold pig races.

Baker figures he'll need a tent, souvenirs and a track for the pigs to race on, all in full view of the Muslims next door, for whom pigs are forbidden as food.

As a bonus, Baker will host the competition on Friday — a Muslim holy day.

[prodigals son]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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[Mr. Mojo]

.....all in full view of the Muslims next door, for whom pigs are forbidden as food.

Big deal. ....they don't have to eat them.

[JRios1968]

Sounds like a wonderful FReeping opportunity for the Texas FReepers. Support the races!

[theDentist]

Ever live downwind from a pig farm? Eeeew! And that's in winter... summertime it's reeking!

[wastedyears]

Wait... there's a difference between the two?

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

OMG! This is why you don't piss off southern rednecks! They can get downright mean! It don't matter to Islamics if they eat them or not. Pigs are "unclean" animals and being anywhere near one is.... well lets just say less that desirable.

I hope this guy sticks by his guns.... I wish him luck!

[gramcam]

"Pigs are "unclean" animals and being anywhere near one is.... well lets just say less that desirable."

I know there are lots of jokes about this - but in all seriousness - couldn't the use of the "unclean" elements be of use as a weapon of some kind, or in weapons of some kind, to discourage terrorists??

[nevergore]

Wonder how soon the threats will come to chop off his head????

[upchuck]

From the article:

"KIA [Katy Islamic Association] Community Center Coming Soon," reads a large yellow sign at the site of the future mosque.

Hanging from a trailer on Baker's land is an equally large yellow sign. "Friday Night Pig Racin', " it says. "Good Family Fun."

You go Craig!

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

well there is a story that dates from WW2.... I cant say if its true or some tall tale..... about a general who was fighting Islamic Fanatics... who captures some 12 of them lined them up bathed all but one in pigs blood then had those 11 shot and buried with pig carcases. He sent the 12th back with word that insurgent activities would stop or he would do the same thing to every Imam and Islamic leader he caught....

Seems he was never bothered by the Islamic portion of the population again.... I wonder if it would still work though.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

This seems funny now, but the guy had better sleep with a steel band around his neck.

[albee]

"well there is a story that dates from WW2.... I cant say if its true or some tall tale..... about a general who was fighting Islamic Fanatics... who captures some 12 of them lined them up bathed all but one in pigs blood then had those 11 shot and buried with pig carcases."

I believe that was General John J.Pershing and it happened in the Phillipines during the Spanish-American war.

Not very PC...but it sure scared the hell out of other Muslim soldiers.

[loungitude]

Of course that would work, but it would be an attack on religion. Not cool, no matter how f'd up the religion. I would not want anyone to attack my religion, even though it happens every day.

[D-fendr]

He's not attacking. He's defending.

[D-fendr]

Baker's website:

http://www.americanpigrace.com/

[sgtbono2002]

Maybe this fellow feels that a mosque next door is an attack on his farm. personally if given a choice i would rather have a pig farm next door than a mosque. The smell of the pigs would be less than the smell of the mosque and more culturally elevating.

[BW2221]

"Ever live downwind from a pig farm? Eeeew! And that's in winter... summertime it's reeking!"

People won't be able to tell if the stench is coming from the pig farm or the mosque.

[wastedyears]

What about a strip club next to it?

[D-fendr]

I'm afraid that would be a magnet for terrorists..

[loungitude]

I agree fully. But I cannot, for example, justify a 'pig blood bomb', which is what I read into gramcams's post.

I have been inside hog slaughter houses, and I know firsthand the disgusting filth and stench. And I would rather wallow around in that than step foot in a mosque.

[RockinRight]

Throwing bacon at the mosque might be fun though.

[RockinRight]

And a gun under his pillow.

[loungitude]

What about a strip club next to it?
..............
With free booze!

[ApplegateRanch]

But I cannot, for example, justify a 'pig blood bomb', which is what I read into gramcams's post.

OTOH, I have to wonder about plowing or spraying an Afghan poppy farmer's fields with a mix of diluted pigs' blood & lard, so they would not set foot in them, let alone harvest the gum?

Not touch the non-poppy fields, or people; just get the growing crop. Make sure they know it, too.

[It's me]

What about a strip club next to it?

No, remember mohamad atta went to a strip club days before he killed all the people on September 11th?

[SkyPilot]

Baker and Fotouh both say their first meeting was initially cordial. Baker readily agreed to remove his cattle from the association's land. He also offered to donate granite fill for the group's new driveway. But Baker says that as their meeting wound up, Fotouh suggested that he move, in order to keep the place of worship separate from the business. Fotouh denies making such a request. "We would not go to a land owner and say 'We're moving in, you move out.' It does not make sense," he said. Baker insists that Fotouh asked him to leave, and has offered to pay for lie detector tests to prove it.

The Muslims are lying. The Koran says it is OK to lie to infidels, so it is "not really a lie and Allah approves."

Someone fights back, and they shout "racism!" I didn't know Islam was a race? I thought it was a belief system.

I say put this up next to their property too.

[SouthernBoyupNorth]

I believe you are correct..... put the fear of Americans in them for sure

of course no one could get away with it now days.....

[BJClinton]

Make it a pig farm and slaughterhouse.

[x_plus_one]

Someone needs to buy up properties in every direction from the muzzie stronghold and have constant barbeque pits smoking round the clock. Baby back ribs etc would be nice.

[sheik yerbouty]

TROP can buy clothespins..

[sheik yerbouty]

Airbursts of pork rinds would cover a wider area..

[CDHart]

Some general, maybe Pershing, when fighting the Muslims, I believe bured them with pig carcasses. When all this started some years ago, I thought we should bury the dead Muslims in pigskin. Maybe we wouldn't have the problems we have now.

Carolyn

[oneolcop]

Genuine pigskin upholstery on all commercial airliners?

[Mr. Mojo]

Hanging from a trailer on Baker's land is an equally large yellow sign. "Friday Night Pig Racin', " it says. "Good Family Fun."

Problem is that the Muslim "holy" day ends every Fri. at sundown, so the races won't concide with it. He needs to make it Thurs. night. ....and/or Fri. during the day.

[sheik yerbouty]

That rates an "Allahu fubar!"