Al Jazeera’s Goal? North American TV Sets…Via New Kids Channel
- Posted on March 9, 2011 at 1:54pm by
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Considering her recent praise for Al Jazeera, Hillary Clinton might do cartwheels when she hears about this story.
Al Jazeera, the controversial Arab news network often criticized for its unfriendly-to-America bent, is trying to figure out a way to get on American cable television. So what idea did it come up with? Use the kids. Yes, Al Jazeera has just announced plans for an English-language network for children — in North America.
According to the magazine Fast Company, the project is supposed to be completed by the end of 2012. And while the new channel will feature some original programming, content will also “be a mix of syndicated shows from other sources and original programming, dubbed into English, from the already existing Arabic-language Al Jazeera Children’s Channel.“
So what kind of programming might kids, and parents, expect to see on the new Al Jazeera cartoon network? One need only to look at the current content of Al Jazeera’s Arabic childrens channel to guess.
There’s “Saladin,” which tells the story of the crusades through the eyes of a legendary Muslim warrior:
And the documentary “Still Alive in Gaza,” which chronicles the lives of Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip where fighting with Israel is rampant:
Then there’s the always-popular sponsored contests, like this one — the Koran recitation contest:
How fun!
The networks Arabic-language kids channel, which has been around since 2005, is currently available in the Middle East and Europe.
Al Jazeera Children’s general manager Mahmoud Bouneb, however, told Abu Dhabi news outlet The National that American airtime is a goal:
“We have an ambition to create an international feed for JCC that will benefit other markets, [such as] Asia and North America […] We are thinking probably by the end of 2012 because it takes a long time to prepare and to penetrate the market … we have so many requests from Asian countries to bring Al Jazeera [Children's Channel] in Arabic and to be dubbed in English […] It is essential our international feed will cover North America. I don’t think we will face the issues related to the distribution of Al Jazeera (English News).”
Enter Hillary Clinton.
Readers might remember that the secretary of state blasted American news outlets last week and held up the suspect Al Jazeera as a beacon of great coverage. She glossed over any mention of the network’s anti-American bias, which wasn’t lost to Glenn Beck:
Al Jazeera isn’t the first network to try and introduce Muslim-oriented cartoons. Readers might remember the Islam animated series “The 99,” which is set to debut this year in America on The Hub network.
“Because if cable operators object to offering viewers exposure to Al Jazeera’s news,” Mediaite says sarcastically, “they’ll probably jump at the chance to provide those viewers Al Jaz for Kids!”
Or maybe just Hillary Clinton.
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Comments (234)
RaiderNationKissArmy
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:27pmIn every book of history its written how its done. If you want to change the future, you need only change the young. — from Savatage’s Dead Winter Dead CD.
Report Post »DonnaA
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:23pmthis is way past the last straw. Parents, lock out this channel! I pray the clinton’s & obama’s will leave America and go to a country where they fit in. Middle East, Russia, China, Cuba, etc.
Report Post »beckwill
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:39pmNot only leave the country but never show their faces again here, not even on t.v. Oh wouldn‘t that be nice to know we’d never have to look at Michelle Obama again!
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:22pmAl Jazeer the new NPR
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 6:17pmHA! Great post.
Report Post »koibaby
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:22pmShukrOnline Has a sale on Burkas today and free shipping over $150. They do not carry the one eye Burka though. Maybe we should pitch in and send a few to Nancy, Hillary and “our” liberal friends.
Report Post »exdem
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:22pmThat is chilling!!!
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:22pmThe cultural left in their whole sale push of the worst parts of American pop culture is clearly part of what brought Islamic violence to our shores, now the left wants to actively help them bring their vicious nasty religion.
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:29pmLike I have said before, the left believes they can tame Islam and or subvert it just like they did to the Christian faith in America and famly values. Give them time and a lot of programming and you’ll get this, but as you might have heard, emigrants from the middle east are very careful what they allow their kids to watch, so what we’ll get is a whole lot of trouble with no way to control it until it controls us. This is the beginning of the end of our way of life in the US if this takes hold and it will if we are given enough time. Problem is, America is running out of time for a host of other reasons.
Report Post »texasfarmer
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:20pmWho ever runs the program pull your service from them. Better yet pull the service altogether.
Report Post »Use the net as the source and scrub the content you bring into your home.
999 channels and nothing’s on.
beckwill
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:20pmHey kids! Try this experiment…it’s the bomb! Suicide Bomb that is! And hey, guess what other fun exciting activities are in store?! Maybe “Stone Your Mother ”Saturdays. Hate Zionists Sundays and much, much more!! Become first radical extremist in your neighborhood. Word for the day “Jihad”! Tell your friends!!…This is gonna be a blast!!!
What the hell is this country coming to?…oh wait, I just answered my own question.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:09pmOMG. Pinkey Lee must be rolling over in his grave.
Report Post »Old Truckers
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:51pmI think this country has run it’s course.
Report Post »The average life span of any one nation throughout history is about 200 years.
Why should we expect the United States to be any different.
earthrise
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:26pmIn answer to your question old truckers;
This country is the first in World History to base a form of government upon “rights” that no man has the Power to give. As a Country (not a “race”) We have lost our ….focus, if you will.
People… the “guano is hitting the oscellating blades”….
We have a very small window of oppertunity to TURN this Country around. NOTHING in this Life is FREE…. Are you willing to go down as the Generation that allowed America to be flushed? We were warned by our Enemies…… and here we are. Hmmmm…..
Report Post »rnurmikko
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:19pmCan’t we get rid of her, like send her on assignment to be the ambassador to Al Jazeera?
Report Post »Beware of Romans
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:15pmI hope these very same Muslim countries like Iran and Syria will have no problem with North Americans running NEW Christian kids shows in their countries.Otherwise, we may have inequities in the global media that would require an IMMEDIATE UN panel investigation.
Report Post »Yes a ConsvNY Mother
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:14pmThe HUB is already in the works….. just in case you did not know. It’s called “The 99”. There was an article about it several months ago: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/trading_cape_for_the_burqa_SVLKS5gF1HlJugmRPFJepL/0
Report Post »txrailroader
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:29pmyes i remember,The Hub is already on here in south texas thru dirctv, but they are playing old shows like happy days,family ties etc. some cartoons like the new transformers and some little kid shows i never heard of ( maybe from china ? )
Report Post »earthrise
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:14pmAt ease friends, i’m an OLD cartoon watcher from back in the days of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Throughout my entire life i’ve maintain contact with my “inner child”… dispite my father’s “foot”, chuckle. Even the sit-coms have lost their (not “there”. one assignes “ownership/possession” the other a place/position (wink)) flair in the mid 80′s… i do not bother with them anymore. i have found that “cartoons” are allowed a bit more …. freedom… in what they say, (go fig….)
i am currently observing the HUB. To date; they haven’t released “The 99”. However, if you’re keen, you can catch the old Batman series from the 60′s….. if you’re keen on a good laugh. :D
Report Post »smithclar3nc3
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:13pmAnd any cable company that carries it is looking for a way to lose customers.
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:13pmControl the children and you will eventually control the world
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:10pmTime for a BBQ fest where ever they want to build stations…mosques…their homes or what ever
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:10pmWell it looks like we now know why obama and clinton are pushing so hard to get al jazeera into America. Sounds like an escalation of a future attack by the enemies without with the assistance of the enemies within.
Report Post »Beware of Romans
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:09pmMuslims were Hilters Socialist allies during world War II.
Thier continued Socialist indocdorinations against our children will be combined with Obamas agenda, if we don’t throw his butt out in 2012! Remember Obamas Socialist school Czar, Kevin Jennings is a know member of the ‘Man & Boy Love Association (MABLA) and is ALSO trying to push homosexuality to our kids.
Its a multiple pronged attack on our children by Socialist Media, Socialist Teachers and now even a Socialist White House.
Report Post »Non-sequitur
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:34pm“Muslims were Hilters Socialist allies during world War II.”
“Hilters Socialist allies”
“Socialist”
This sentence alone tells me you’re full of it and are parroting talking points at best.
Report Post »Beware of Romans
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:17pmNAZI -National Socialist Labour Party (1939)
The German courting of the Soviet Muslims was part of Hitler’s lunatic schemes for bringing Turkey into his side and for advancing to control the oil fields in Middle East and Baku. The Soviet Muslims fighting units were supposed to take part in bringing the whole Middle East into the German orbit. As Hitler said in December 1942, “I consider only the Muslims to be reliable…I see no danger in the establishment of purely Muslim units.” As propaganda tools the Nazis attempt to revive and encourage Pan-Turanian tendency in Turkey and within Soviet Muslims population.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:08pmGet ready for Sharia Law Wednesday.
Report Post »Treaty
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:15pmInstead of Judge Judy it will be Judge Muhammad
Report Post »Winning!
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:58pmAnd Judge Muhammad really likes to remove heads, arms, and legs. You are lucky if you just get 99 lashes…..
Report Post »Yes a ConsvNY Mother
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:08pmNot on any our our TV in this house!
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:07pmShall we say indoctrination? Notice that they said it’s essential that their international feed covers North America. Ploy very similar to one that Van Jones uses: Gather in the vulnerable youth and make them your own. Buckle up, America….and monitor what shows your children watch.
Report Post »quarter horseman
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:07pmparental control setting I love it.
Report Post »Treaty
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:05pmProbably won’t make it to my kids favorite channel list.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:05pmToday kids on Mr. Habibs Neighborhood were gonna learn how to make a sucide bomb out Lincoln Logs and silly string.
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:14pmROFL!! gotta love it…
Report Post »exdem
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:23pmHa! Ha!!!
Report Post »catndahat
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:36pmLMAO-this is the truth!
Report Post »Edgar Bennet
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:44pmWhat’s the word of the day kids? That’s right MARTYR!!!!!!!!!!!! Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:00pmScrew with our kids and you’ll see just how fast Americans get off their couch!!!
Report Post »quarter horseman
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:14pmI think you are right, I remember 2 years ago when the O great one Oblabla wanted to indoctrinate our kids in school, the country went heywire. So let them try heck It may be better than MSNBC, CBS, CNN you get the pic.
Report Post »delusionhunter
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:17pmI 100% agree Randy!
Report Post »iamthefree1
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:34pmI have always believed that Americans when backed into a corner are any ones worst nightmare. Why on this earth would we want to live like these other nations? Why do we have to apologize for being number one. Personally, I like being at the top of the hill and would like to stay there. I would much rather encourage people in these other countries to aspire to move forward. I will not apologize for I believe Americans in general are the most giving country in the world (not the government; the American people).
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:00pmWake up everyone, it’s part of the plan from the religion of peace.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:34pmAbsolutely!!!!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:59pmI knew it. I knew it. Mohammad is a Muppet—-
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:04pmHowever, Marxism, Muslim extremists, Atheism, Gay pride, rent’s too high…. I honestly feel the kids will eventually / naturally be led to the truth… Jesus Christ where his truth does not change daily like the BS gods of this world. Put simply… too many options (over whelming), leaves you with only one true one.
Report Post »Obama Bin Lying
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:08pmChild Indoctrination. Worked for the Hitler Youth, Stalin and Mao….why should Islam be any different?
Report Post »saneasylum
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:41pmHmmm… just like a child predator, dangle something that will draw a childs interest. Sounds like Al Jazeera and Van Jones really have something in common!
Report Post »Toastery
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:45pmIt’s difficult to believe our Secretary of State would espouse this anti-american garbage as an improvement over American news and entertainment media. She has spent too much time around Obama and his bow-buddies! I wonder what Bill thinks about this rhetoric jewel from Hillary?
Report Post »randy
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 1:59pmThey have almost reached the last straw!
Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:01pmNo, I’d say they have reached the last straw.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:08pmHillary is insane.
mikem1969
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:10pmone more station my kids won’t be allowed to watch. And if the schools try to make them watch it in class they will get their butts sued off for trying to brainwash my kids.
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:10pmThey always go after the kids.
grandmaof5
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:10pmI’d say they are way beyond the last straw. I’d say this is a slap in the face to American ideals. Forewarned is forearmed.
Citizen
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:15pmThats the devil in action, he is very good at what he does.
Report Post »ENOUGHWITHLIBTARDS
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:15pmAlmost? The camels back has been broken for sometime. Time to kick them ALL out! They bring NOTHING to the table.
exdem
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:16pmMy kids watch the HUB channel and it will be blocked starting today.
Report Post »This crap is so far advanced already. Will Peter Kings hearings even matter??
HillBillySam1
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:19pmOf course the Progressives will be all for it…..Katie Couric must be absolutely thrilled!! Hey, wait a minute…….I thought that Muslims were OFFENDED by CARTOONS!!! Maybe watching Miss Hillary has changed their minds……???
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:21pmJust say NO to your kids.
Report Post »oldoldtimer
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:28pmNow we know why Hillery spoke out in favor of them. She knew the announcement was coming. Why are they being given a broadcast license? So they can indoctrinate our kids. Thank God I can block it.The coartoons are bad enough with their liberalism and social garbage.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:28pmWhat does Islamic Extremest children learn? How to have a blast?
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:36pmGreat kids tv shows via Al Jazeera:
Report Post »-Sesame Sauce
-Sponge Ali Bobba
-Mickey Muslim
- Fairly Allah Parents
-Bugs Bandar
watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:36pmHere is a website that points to a 20 point agenda for the transforming of America into a Muslim country or at least a Muslim dominated country via laws and sympathizers !!!!!!! Notice who the PhD is …..
http://www.undergroundnotes.com/islamic.htm
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:37pmI will have cable removed and go with an antenna .. I can get Fox News on my XM Satellite radio.
I will not PAY for this on my package. I would not allow it “in my house” even free .. and I don’t even have any kids.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:38pmA Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:08pm
Hillary is insane.
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Truer words were never spoken …
Report Post »MOVETERAN
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:40pmWell we should all say thank God for parental locks and controls on cable tv.
Report Post »stifroc
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:43pmTHIS is why my kids are home-schooled!
Report Post »THIS is why we do not have cable!
The result? Besides being extremely creative with vivid imaginations, independent reading at writing 3 years above their age level… my kids are not brainwashed nor will they be.
Resolved
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:47pmThis is definitely BEYOND the Last Straw. I remember I was required to take a Globalization class during my undergrad as part of my “Honors” requirements. Al Jazeera was mentioned quite a bit, and I remember regularly watching news coverage from that network. Anti-American might be a bit of an understatement.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:47pmThinking out loud (so to speak), I wonder if Hillary made a deal with the devil to give up the 2008 election to run as VP with Obama in 2012? By that time the fems and independents would have forgotten how mad they were about Hillary losing and they figure they will come back, along with the independents. Hillary is sucking up to the Muslims a bit too much for my taste and they are getting bolder. Al Jazeera kid’s channel in 2012 – coincidence?
Report Post »avenger
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:00pmhey people…time to wake up ! the quran is very specific about world domination by any means.. http://thereligionofpeace.com allahu akbar…
Report Post »AzDebi
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:05pm@A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right”
Report Post »“Hillary is insane.”
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I beg to differ w/you Doc…she’s not insane…she’s just a Communist!
lionslayer44
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:10pmhopefully this is the straw that breaks their camels backs. its all coming to a head soon. prepare my friends collect food, water (filters), ammo God Bless
Report Post »wildjoker5
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:18pmHooray for AppleTV and only having the kid watch netflix. That and keeping them active with sports and school so they don’t have time to turn on propaganda. Called parenting.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:58pmHas anyone here ever watched Al Jazeera? The answer is probably “no” but the more subtle answer is that you have almost certainly seen video of the conflict in the middle east from Al Jazeera, although FOX won’t tell you that.
You owe it to yourself to check it out. Here is their website:
http://english.aljazeera.net/
It’s actually a good source of news and opinion, and yes, you may read things you disagree with. Of course, if you believe FOX is the only station that provides fair news, you’re not going to like any other source of news. But for the other 99.999% of the world’s population of the planet, it’s actually pretty decent.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:10pmSo let me get this straight. You folk are saying that in the land of the free, a private company should not be allowed to air what they want on their network because they are perceived at Anti-American and becuase Islamophobes hate the religion of a majority of Arabs?
And you guys claim the other side is abusing “political correctness” to silence people….
Report Post »democratgirl
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:12pmJust block that channel parents. RISE UP AMERICANS AND TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY.
Report Post »TheBees
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:19pmI’m not for censorship, but this goes a little too far! It time to shut these clowns down…permanently!!!!
Report Post »proudinfidel54
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:40pmTo AZDEBI, So Hillary isn’t insane, one definition of insanity is: Repeat the same action over and over again and hope for a different outcome. This is insanity brother.
Report Post »Insipid
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:43pm@ PubliusPencilman
I agree with your point. Although I have concerns about radical Islam and certaintly want the United States to remain a soverign nation, examples like this are why we do indeed have the 1st admendment. As long as they are not violating any law, they do have the right to their religion and free speech. I understand many of the users anti muslim sentiment and have concerns myself but I feel that rights are for all and not just rights that suit my needs.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:14pmI agree with Insipid, but I’d change his pronouns. It is not “they” that also have First Amendment right, it’s “we” as in “we Americans.”
Report Post »altmanblaudio
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:22pmOk bear with me. My family and I have rid myself of cable, satellite and local TV. I pretty much live off of ROKU and if you don’t know what that is you need to look into it. It’s $100 one time and you get a lot with that. I can access Netflix (pay), Amazon video (pay), ESPN (free but limited), the NEWS channel and a bunch of others if I want them there are a ton.
The point I want to make is that I have the NEWS channel which is a free channel and on this channel they have stations. They are Fox, ABC, CBS, CNN, Nasa, CSPAN and Al Jazeera and some others. Al Jazeera is the only live streaming station in that NEWS channel all of the other ones are segments that you have to click through and play.
My point is Al Jazeera is easy to watch and live while all the other ones are cumbersome, incomplete and outdated. Now I watch Al Jazeera but mainly because it’s live.
GLENN BECK NEEDS TO HAVE A FREE ROKU CHANNEL!!!
Report Post »*************************
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:34pm** NEWS FLASH **
Undercover journalism had their hidden cameras rolling when the Islamic terrorist head of children’s programming previewed their shows! Watch their new muslim show “Achmed The Dead Terrorist” made for all the U.S. tiny-tot infidels:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsElecvWXu0
“Well, don’t just sit there, looking stupid, grasping your hands in pain. How about a little applause for the Waco Kid.” -sheriff Bart, Blazing Saddles
Report Post »IronSights
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:54pmI can’t wait till Christmas time when the action figures come out.
Oh ya and Hilary has the mental faculties of twinkie. She is about as capable in her position as secretary of state as I would be as a neurosurgeon.
Report Post »Soldiers_Son
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 6:01pm@JZS
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:14pm
I agree with Insipid, but I’d change his pronouns. It is not “they” that also have First Amendment right, it’s “we” as in “we Americans.”
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True. But, “we Americans” uphold the Constitution. So, anyone who wishes to implement Sharia Law into the United States in not an American, but rather a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Sharia Law, by its very nature, is not compatible with the Constitution and for one to survive (here in the U.S.) the other must be removed. And if it can be proven that Al Jazeera’s intention is to help spread Sharia and ultimately bring it here then they should be banned regardless of how good their reporting is.
Otherwise, please feel free to worship as you see fit. And I agree with you, it should be “we” unless proven otherwise.
Report Post »skinnydipinacid
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 6:05pmFinally… liberals have something to watch at night now that Olbermann is obsolete.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 6:30pm@ PPMAN , INSIPID, and JZS …….I take it then by your reasoning you would have no problem with a KKK channel or a anti-gay channel ??????
let’s just let them spew their racist views all day right ????? I bet you guys favor hate speech laws right? Don’t those conflict with the 1st amendment ?????? I’m sure your able to justify them in one way or another…….BTW PPMAN….the majority of the world’s Muslims are non-Arabs and Islamaphobe is made up term to disparage people in a negative light. It would be like me calling a woman a rapophobe for being against something that seeks to violate her as a person as if she is ridiculous for having that view. The same has been done with homophobe and is ridiculous to equate unreasonable fear with standing opposed to something based on principle.
Al Jazeera can certainly start their little propaganda channel, but people have the right not to watch it or voice their disgust with it as well, which is what I see the vast majority of people here doing. So I guess I am not sure why you are criticizing everyone since they seem to be exercising the right you are trying to defend ??????
Report Post »Ashley
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:23pm@ grandmaof5
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:47pm
Thinking out loud (so to speak), I wonder if Hillary made a deal with the devil to give up the 2008 election to run as VP with Obama in 2012? By that time the fems and independents would have forgotten how mad they were about Hillary losing and they figure they will come back, along with the independents. Hillary is sucking up to the Muslims a bit too much for my taste and they are getting bolder. Al Jazeera kid’s channel in 2012 – coincidence?
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I will take that thinking outloud even further . . . what if, Hillary made the deal to back-down in 2008 with a guarentee to be able to run for President in 2012, instead of Obama . . . Soros and Company had to know Obama would be a one-term President with all of the “Change” that he has made to America. And, Obama, himself, has stated that he didn’t mind if he was a one-term President, as long as his agenda got done. And, they knew that they could not win with Hillary in 2008, but with Obama it would be attainable. Now, in 2012, “they” believe that Hillary will have the best chance for 2012 for the Democrat (Progressives). The “wronged” feminists, who feel Obama “stole” the election from Hillary and the delusional “wish-washy“ moderates who still believe Bill Clinton was ”the best President” we ever had and Hillary would make an even better President, as she such a “hard-working and dedicated worker bee for her country“ will easily be ”taken in” and will vote for Clinton. I have thought this for some time now. And, the truth is that Hillary Clinton is out of the same mold as Obama and both are poison to the survival of America.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:34pmWatchtheOtherHand,
Report Post »So you are perfectly fine with the Al Jazeera Kid’s Channel? So you agree. Then what exactly is your point? Why grace us with all your hot air? And really, your “clever” little analogy between islamophobe and rapophobe is pure sophistry, so please don’t bother unless you have something with a bit more substance to say.
stifroc
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:53pm@ WATCHTHEOTHERHAND
booooom! Winniiiiiing!
Report Post »aLinedog
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:01pm@MostExcellentChineseJetFighter ;D and Ashley
I thought similarly myself but I have a scenario I find more likely. Hillary foresaw his presidency as simply a step. She is letting him ‘break trail’ so to speak.
Socialized medicine has been on her agenda for a long time, and she is well aware of how much the country hates the idea. To be successful it can’t go to a vote, it has to be done in steps, or phases. She knew that his success would put her in a position to administrate and refine something very dear to her heart. His failure would still leave the framework in place, and barring the repeal, it will be. Hillary is patient and long-viewed. And I will be surprised to see her settle for VP. ((Of the Progressives she is a hell of a lot more qualified than any of them… I pray they never manage to get her in office)).
-Line
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:25pmThe programming of the mind has already begun….or should I say it the way they would. The racist deprogramming has begun to help shape Americans minds to see Muslims in a positive light. A Muslim man has just been sentenced to 25 years to life in the case in upper state NY where he and his spouse began such a TV network called Bridges to help bridge the gap between the image of Muslims and how Americans preceive them. What was he sentenced for? Oh yes and little matter of him chooping his wifes head off because she was filing for divorce. Why hasn’t the MSM even talked about this? I don’t know.
The programming has been underway for several years. One of my favorites is the Arab looking man in the grocer isle and something to do with cereal. Another is Saeed from Lost. In the end Saeed the Iraqi former torturer and soldier. In the end he does the heroic thing and carrys the bomb away that was set to blow up the sub our cast was on at the time. It blows up killing him but he SAVES the others. Trying to say something. You bet. I came away feeling good about Saeed doing that thing for his fellow castaways but then a little manipulated from the Hollywood end.
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:50pmLADIES! Have your husband buy your burkas now, before demand drives the prices up! The Alladin Camel Depot and Burka Outlet has the best prices in town. Conveniently located in 300 cities across the nation, there is bound to be an outlet within your reach. We deal with men only, so beg your husband to shop for your burka while a nice selection of colors is available.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:50pmChief George,
Report Post »I’m pretty sure that “arab looking man in the cereal aisle” is Indian smart guy. I would worry less about programming and worry more about thinking.
GONESURFING
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:02pmI would like to see Al Jazeera News channel on my cable so I don’t have to watch it on line all the time. Don’t care about the kids programing, except for the propaganda.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:13pmSeems I hit a little nerve since my questions were avoided and my absolutely appropriate use of an analogy was denigrated simply because it too well demonstrated the obvious point I was making. Of course they may start their little channel. I thought I clearly stated that and PPMAN’s attempt to flip onto me the very thing he did is written down and so can be read by everyone to see. That it was not me who made a baseless point but rather him. The people posting were exercising their 1st amendment rights that you were trumpeting by criticizing an organization that they disagree with and oppose, not based on hate but on principle. It was you that made a comment to mock people who were simply exercising what you were defending, thereby you made a post that would actually criticize your own post unless of course you are admitting that you are hypocritical. Let the readers of the posts decide who is correct and who is spinning !!!!!! The posters here were simply protesting,,,,,,You know kind of like the Wisconsin protesters you guys have been supporting the past few weeks !!!!!!!!!
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:22pm……..
Report Post »Wanna’ see me dump cable, Direct TV, Dish, Fios?
Put Al Jazerra on and I’m gone.
Miami
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:22pmAlmost…?
Almost passed on the first Trade Center attack, most still have not awaken to the threat that is radical Islam…
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:53pmAh. I see. If I believe in first amendment rights (which I do), I am not allowed to criticize people. Of course, you claim to believe in first amendment rights too, yet you are criticizing me. Do you see how this could go on forever?
The problem really is that you have not been reading the posts here if you think that there is no hate, or that everyone is in favor of Al Jazeera’s first amendment rights. But anyway, since you agree with me, I have no idea why you feel compelled to argue with me.
And as far as phobias go, I find people tend to conveniently organize their principles around what they already fear and/or hate.
Report Post »Moody4u
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:21pmOnward.
Report Post »thelonious
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:23pmIt’s funny to me how many xenophobes, no matter if they’re secular or evangelical, can’t see the similarities between Christianity and Islam. Modern media and radical events have warped most Americans’ opinions on other religions. They‘re all EQUALLY manipulative of children’s mentalities, that’s the point. And the Israel lobby has achieved both american support and thus impunity in its actions with the Palestinians and a contagious positive image in the minds of the american people. It‘s scary that you’d be upset about more options for kids to learn about their world… after all, this is the land of freedom and free choices, right?
Report Post »You gain more perspective by watching Al Jazzera, otherwise you’re just an uninformed paranoid xenophobe. The guys in the third video are so confused. When the guy says in a mocking tone, “It’s bad to make money from newscasts…” he’s missing what most people learn in junior high. For journalism to prioritize profits over propriety they lose a significant portion of validity and balance. Glenn must know this he works in the very epitome of this practice. FOX NEWS #1 in ratings. Woo!
watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:29pm@ PPMAN…………of course you may criticize all you want even if it is hypocritical to do so by attacking the very thing you are defending. Even if your only point is to try to abase those you are criticizing. Mine wasn’t the argument made on the 1st amendment basis or criticizing your right to speak, as was yours toward those you were commenting on. Mine was simply pointing out your hypocrisy and that it really wasn’t the 1st amendment you were concerned about. That is why I asked about the examples I listed. I was demonstrating that you have one standard for one group and another standard for another group. I realize that you think I am arguing over nothing, however, I am exposing what I believe to be your true motive rather than the reason you listed, by pointing out the hypocrisy of the stance you took in your posts. As well as exposing how you tried to frame those who are opposed to this view in a negative light by using a made up word that carries an inherently negative connotation, falsely attributing opposition to a form of “racism” so as to attempt to grab the high moral ground in the debate. The reason I am going to these lengths isn’t to necessarily attack you (although I understand why you think I am) as much as to expose why liberal thinking and reasoning is inconsistent. I thank you for assisting me in this task. I did read every post under the first response and don’t see anyone saying they do not have the legal right to do it. Simply that it needs to be opposed or not watched, which the last time I checked is also exactly legal as well to do. So I see no one stomping on anyone’s 1st amendment rights. Maybe had you been more transparent in your criticism rather than trying to veil it behind the 1st amendment argument which means very little to progressives in other areas of debate where it benefits them to limit that right. Say for instance when someone of faith is speaking against homosexuality as sinful. Do evangelicals possess the same rights as Al Jazeera???? Seems to me that the consistent argument from the left is …..NO.
“And as far as phobias go, I find people tend to conveniently organize their principles around what they already fear and/or hate.”
Is this true of you also?????????
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:52pm@ JZS…..Whoa whoa whoa cowboy……You made many assertions and assumptions about what I personally believe about a great many things. Most of which were wrong. I never said they couldn’t start their little channel. Let the American public decide what they want through their viewership. Second I never said that Islam was my enemy. It is Islam that says I am their enemy and as an infidel many Muslims would not be disconcerted in my death one bit. Have you ever read the Qu’ran, the Hadith, the Hadith Qudsi, or the publications of the teachings of the 4 Sunni schools? You want me not to judge Al Jazeera, but I would ask you if you have investigated Islams sacred writings, traditions, and teachings in their “seminaries”?????? I am not saying outlaw Islam at all in the sense you are suggesting. However, it is not me who will not live in toleration of them, but rather the other way around. So I guess I am left wondering why I am the one that is questioned as being intolerant????? They are the ones that would seek based in their own words to extinguish me (and not just a few nut jobs but millions worldwide).
“Outside our borders, do we kill all Muslims? Bomb them into submission? God, in the Holy Bible says so. Do you agree?“ Not sure where you were going here seems a bit incoherent and no the Bible teaches no such thing nor would I endorse anything you said except ”the Muslim problem here in this country” that seeks to destroy me and my way of life if I don’t convert to Islam. 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[i] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, Matthew 5. I think even you know that you are using the scripture you posted in a dishonest way, I certainly think others can see that you are. You are attempting to make an argument from the Bible while not being aware of or simply ignoring the history, context, and meaning of Old Testament Judaism (and Mosaic Law which Christ fulfilled) and what it was meant to express spiritually for us today. That may not be a wise road to go down with me, but you may if you wish. I for some strange reason do like you JZS but your assault on my personal intelligence because I like to simply emphasize statements by using multiple exclamation marks in an otherwise emotionless medium such as this is not particularly palatable. And yes the founders were most definitely wiser than I am !!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »nptden
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 11:28pmWhy Obama and Hillary support them: They love communism. http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/09/barack_obama_and_the_strategy.html
Report Post »destinykiera
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:26amWhy is it, every day, I wake up and there is more of this crap from this administration and every day I feel we are falling further into the ‘rabbit hole’. Insanity does not even cover it.
Report Post »destinykiera
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:42amWildjoker – Hooray for you in being a great parent. You keep it up. Nice to know there are great parents out there doing the right thing by their children. I applaud you!
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Posted on March 10, 2011 at 5:03amIslam, muslim, is a terrorist organization (no, not a religion) by definition … their own definition. Here, I’ll let Achmed explain:
“SILENCE! I KILL YOU!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsElecvWXu0
town drunk JIM: “Where you headed, cowboy?”
Report Post »sheriff BART: “Nowhere special.”
town drunk JIM: “Nowhere special; I always wanted to go there.”
sheriff BART: “Come on.”
-Blazing Saddle
PubliusPencilman
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:33amWatchtheOtherHand,
“The reason I am going to these lengths isn’t to necessarily attack you (although I understand why you think I am) as much as to expose why liberal thinking and reasoning is inconsistent. I thank you for assisting me in this task.”
You’ve been over this before (re: Capitalism). Your thinking is much much too simplistic, and you find it necessary to reduce everything to its most ridiculous point. Instead of engaging with what I am actually saying, you only seem able to take me as a representative of some monolithic liberal ideology. This is truly the Beck-bot mentality. Really, you seem to try very hard, so I give you credit for that, but you are tilting at windmills. Believe it or not, there are people who do think for themselves out there.
I didn’t answer your earlier questions because I thought they were entirely beside the point. But here: I am a diehard supporter of the first amendment, as are plenty of the “liberals” you claim to have caught in a contradiction (just another case of you not knowing what you are talking about). After all, it’s the Right that is constantly attacking the ACLU. And as far as a KKK or an anti-gay channel, it is incredibly naive of you to think that there are not already people on the air that express these views. After all, how long has Pat Robertson been on TV! Fortunately, they have been largely banished from the popular mainstream, which is what I call progress (does that make me a “progressive”?). However, your insistence that Al Jazeera would consitute something like a KKK channel just shows again how you have no idea what you are talking about.
Now, if you don’t mind, how old are you? No offense intended, but when arguing with you I really get the impression that I’m dealing with a Freshman Poli-Sci major who has decided he’ll be the next great Conservative ideologue (as soon as he can get his math requirement over with). Do me a favor though, in the future try to make your comments more concise.
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 1:25pm@ PPMAN………….Your condescension was quite remarkable !!!! Trying to degrade my arguments by attacking me as simple and just not as intelligent as you seem to think you are. I find that is how many people of the left persuasion approach those they disagree with and you have certainly upheld that experience. You think me simple just because you say so. That is ridiculous and demonstrates your inability to engage in the arena of ideas. I am quite sure I am your age or older as I have been in private practice for 11 years. you can do the math and figure out an approximate age.
“I didn’t answer your earlier questions because I thought they were entirely beside the point.”
How is this beside the point? Because you didn’t want to answer it truthfully and expose that you have different standards for different groups based on your ideology of right and wrong? BTW you still didn’t answer. And I never said Al Jazeera was like the KKK nice try to paint me into some false assumption “corner” but you may reread the post and see I never did that. I have simply exposed your contradiction that 1st amendment in your beliefs should apply to Al Jazeera but not to groups you disagree with like the KKK or those who would speak against homosexuality as sinful and wrong! You see them as dangerous just as some see Islam as dangerous so you are unwilling to extend to them the same beliefs that you hold to, namely to oppose those you find dangerous. So your retort to this line of reasoning is to demean my intelligence, call me ignorant and young all the while you avoid the questions because you know it paints you in an awkward position given your defense of the 1st amendment as it concerns Al Jazeera. I think anyone following these posts can see what you have tried to do.
“After all, it’s the Right that is constantly attacking the ACLU. And as far as a KKK or an anti-gay channel, it is incredibly naive of you to think that there are not already people on the air that express these views. “ Is this then pointing to your ”nativity” as well to think there are not pro-Arab or Muslims on TV currently also that Al Jazeera must fill that void? This was simply a hypocritical statement to your own argument that really proves nothing.
I am simply waiting for your argument that is consistent across the board without ideological bias and is of substance rather than the tired, “I am smarter than you, you simple imbecile” tactics. The left simply doesn’t on a whole extend their “principles” to include those who they disagree with and this is what you have demonstrated. You simply won’t answer those questions because if you answer yes, you are giving those you disagree with the freedom to speak things you detest and find dangerous (ie I am sure you support hate speech laws to silence those you find dangerous, and this is defined by who?) if you say no you are demonstrating your inconsistency in applying what you denigrated commentators here for. You find the Christian stance on homosexuality offending and dangerous (I assume) and would curtail their ability to speak these things on a national forum, yes? If no then would you affirm that hate speech laws could be used to do so, and thus limit their 1st amendment rights? Guess I am a simple guy because the issue really is quite simple, unless you like to distort, twist, qualify, and justify. So sorry if this wasn’t concise.
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 3:06pmWatchtheOtherHand,
Please read more carefully. I did in fact answer your questions, without any hint of contradiction. I do not support limiting free speech. I do not support hate speech legislation that can be used to limit people’s freedom of speech. I thought that was particularly clear when I said I am a first amendment die hard and with my comment about the ACLU. Instead of acknowledging this, you simply rehashed your whole incredibly silly speech about how I must be contradicting myself. Does this clear this up for you? Or will you insist on attacking silly assumptions you have made about me and a wide and shadowy group of “liberals” with no evidence whatsoever?
Report Post »watchtheotherhand
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:19pm@ PPMAN…………Thank you for answering my question !!! I misunderstood how you worded what you wrote because I was focused on your condescending tone. My apologies for not seeing your answer. But my whole point in this exercise is that I doubt very seriously if a story about a conservative group espousing homosexual lifestyle as an abomination would garner the same defense from you as this one did (certainly just my assertion). Can you honestly say you would come to the defense of the conservative group with the same argument that you did for Al Jazeera? And if you would, are you saying I am assuming wrongly that the greater portion of left leaning people would not? My point was that I am suspicious of your concern for the 1st Amendment (although I have no doubt that you support it personally), rather I think it was a way to condemn those who you ideologically disagreed with by using it as a tool, because as a left leaning individual you support Al Jazeera in one form or another (again my assumption). I will again point to your first post to support my claim. You accused posters that they didn’t think it should be “allowed” for Al Jazeera to start a channel. No one stated that, no one said that was illegal. They stated their opposition, but not that they had no legal right to do so. Secondly, you cast everyone as quasi-“racist” by using the made up term Islamaphobe as if their opposition was “racially” motivated. Which of course is ridiculous. As my example of using rape pointed out. My point in addressing your post in the first place was that you used freedom of speech/expression to mock or criticize posters on this story you disagreed with. I simply pointed out your hypocrisy in doing so using that as your basis. You were guilty of the very thing you accused others of doing in “the land of the free”
Report Post »PubliusPencilman
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 6:43pmI accept your apology, just try to read a little more carefully in the future.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:54pmOtherhand, nice move, complaining about my post and having it removed, as well as another similar post. Maybe that’s your style. Fine. I’ll recap, and I imagine you’ll complain and have it removed as well.
Multiple exclamation points or question marks add nothing to a statement or question. Your English teacher explained that to you. It’s like posting in all caps.
You never mentioned your plan for the Muslims, in this country or the world. What you recommend that the United States of America do besides hate and fear them? Being a servant of the Lord, I take it you would follow the command of God very explicitly stated in Deuteronomy 13:13-19. If I don’t quote that biblical passage here do you promise not to have my post removed?
So what would do about the “Muslim problem?” Got a solution otherhand? Care to share it with as a follower of the Prince of Peace?
Report Post »jzs
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 11:04pmAl Jazeera is actually a pretty decent source for international news. As Glenn Beck says, “Do your research!” So take take a look before you make up your mind:
http://english.aljazeera.net/
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