Posted on 09/03/2010 3:28:53 PM PDT by opentalk
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee wants the State Department to explain its use of taxpayer funds to purchase and distribute Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s book What’s Right With Islam.
“Certainly Senate Foreign Relations Committee members will want some briefing from the State Department,” Andy Fisher, the spokesman for Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations told HUMAN EVENTS. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass), the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had no immediate reaction to the controversy.
On the House side, Rep. Ilena Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), ranking Republican on the Foreign Affairs Committee, is “looking into the matter.” Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-Calif.) would not comment as of press time.
The State Department spent $10,000 of taxpayer funds to buy 2,000 copies of the book written by Ground Zero mosque promoter Feisal Abdul Rauf. U.S. embassy employees are distributing the book during the imam’s taxpayer-funded tour to Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
But the arrangement calls into question whether the U.S. government’s funding of a book which promotes the Muslim religion is in violation of the 1st Amendment’s separation of church and state.
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them ACLU crickets be chirpin pretty loudly...
WTF, this has to be satire... No government in their right mind would spend tax payer money to purchase a Radical Religious Leaders book.
“chirpin”?? honey the State Dept hired some entrepreneurs to implement tweeting , it’s usage and frikkin’ Heads of State-imho-unacceptable.
Who’s running that State Dept anyway? I think there ‘s an investigation warranted as this article suggests-sounds like the State Dept needs a good housecleaning ,too.
from article
Unbelievable. You're not going to guess what our tax dollars are subsidizing. Actually, in this ObamaNation, maybe you will guess it. It turns out that you and I are funding the State Department to purchase and distribute copies of Feisal Abdul Rauf's book, What's Right With Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West.
Rauf is the imam behind the Ground Zero mosque and is the same imam who won't condemn Hamas as a terrorist organization; the same imam who said on “60 Minutes” that America was an "accessory" to September 11; and, as we reported at HUMAN EVENTS, the same imam who told a college audience overseas that the United States is worse than al Qaeda.
Some of the money spent for this was collected from me in the form of mandatory taxes.
Do I have “standing” for a law suit?
Some of the money spent for this was collected from me in the form of mandatory taxes.
Do I have “standing” for a law suit?
Yes, and also the FBI, BATFE, CIA, DHS, FEMA, NSA, EPA, Treasury, DOE, and every other federal agency that has been infected by Obambi "czars" and/or infiltrated by Obamabots. It will take a very long time to identify, locate and clean out each and every one of them. From what I can see, DOD is about the only agency not seriously contaminated as yet by the administration (however, they're working on it).
Yes, and also the FBI, BATFE, CIA, DHS, FEMA, NSA, EPA, Treasury, DOE, and every other federal agency that has been infected by Obambi "czars" and/or infiltrated by Obamabots. It will take a very long time to identify, locate and clean out each and every one of them. From what I can see, DOD is about the only agency not seriously contaminated as yet by the administration (however, they're working on it).
This is Hillary from 2009
— Hillary Rodham Clinton took charge of the State Department proclaiming the start of a new era of robust U.S. diplomacy to tackle the world's crises and improve America's standing abroad.She sounds like Obama, wanting to transform us."I believe with all of my heart that this is a new era for America,"
The Imam seems to be acting in a Czar capacity for this administration and the state department. — Basically seems like they funded and promoted his book tour.
By contrast, they would not allow the Mojave desert cross replaced after it was stolen. Their Muslim out-reach program, NASA's Muslim goals, extensive aid to Muslim countries. etc....
Cleric directs construction of Mosque on Christian graveyard in Pakistan.
http://www.compassdirect.org/english/country/pakistan/24955/
What was he thinking?
Wow! I want them to publish a book about “What’s right with Mormons”!
Wasn’t there something about the government not establishing religion?
it’s a da*n shame about the Pentagon,too
Czar don’t you think the Pentagon has been silent on matters of national security since before tqhe election of the ‘bam? I did read your acronym about DOD-but i want to raise another issue about the Rolling Stone article & switch in Generals when the ‘bam fired McCrystal and put Petraeus in place.
Question #1: who wrote the original war plan & air & ground strategies for Iraq?
and as we know, the pos has declared the war “over”
“as his promise”(liar)to satisfy the few remaining numbers of his public supporters here in the US.
Those ground troops are in Kuwait as the MSM declares
but............Question #2: Have you seen Gen. Petraeus lately? Has he made any statement on this? not me, pal, and i’m just wondering if there is something else afoot , say for example.....oh lawdy i could go on all night...
but your comment to me raised some interesting questions for me & i hopefully i can digress later
thanks
MDGVT
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