Timothy McVeigh, Eric Rudolph, the 9/11 guys, Bruce Ivins, Richard Reid, Jim Adkisson, Scott Roeder, James von Brunn, the underwear bomber, the Fort Hood shooter, and the Times Square Plaza bombing attempt guy were all Arab Muslims. FACT.
How many more attacks by Arab Muslims do we need to have before we wake up and smell the “we need racial profiling and internment camps” coffee?
I TOTALLY remember being harassed by government agents when I wanted to buy fertilizer during the time of the unabomber, Timothy McVeigh, and Eric Rudolph. FACT.
So why can’t Muslims be harassed at the airport?
As if they have no confidence in our own prison system? We held Timothy McVeigh and all his associates behind bars just fine as I recall, and they carried out the deadliest terrorist attack on US soil prior to 9-11. We keep serial killer, rapists, and child molesters in check every day, but we can’t handle some prisoners who may or may not even be guilty?
The anger, hatred, fear, and vitriol being whipped up by republican leaders and lobbyists/PR firms working for the health care/pharmaceutical industry is reaching a fever pitch. It’s very important to remember that all this emotion and irrationality and fear doesn’t just dissolve the moment healthcare reform passes. Obama has said the next item on his agenda after healthcare reform is immigration reform. If you think what we’re seeing now is bad, just wait. This is just the practice round. Wait until the right-wing crazies hear about undocumented immigrants getting an expedited path to citizenship/amnesty. Strap in. Original air date: August 12, 2009 on MSNBC