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Congressman Keith Ellison: 'America is an Imperial Power'

Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 12:51:51 pm PDT

At the far-left National Conference for Media Reform, Islamic congressman Keith Ellison talks about how Ronald Reagan made him sick—but not as sick as George W. Bush makes him. (Applause.)

He calls America an “imperial power.” Then he suggests that the country should get rid of “hate radio” and Fox News.

This speech is incredibly over the top. Is Ellison feeling emboldened these days by the success of Barack Obama?

Note that the people at this conference are so whacked out, they believe the media are slanted right.

(Hat tip: Bill Amos.)

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1 MandyManners  6/07/08 12:52:23 pm reply quote 3

Shaddup, Keithy.

2 bellamags  6/07/08 12:53:47 pm reply quote 0

Isn't that the usual diatribe of the former members of the weather underground? Imperialist America?

3 Noam Sayin'  6/07/08 12:54:06 pm reply quote 2

Thanks, Charles and Bill...

4 Ma Sands  6/07/08 12:54:08 pm reply quote 0

But! The title of that conference sounds so hopeful! ):

5 MandyManners  6/07/08 12:54:18 pm reply quote 2

Oh, lookee. Three crescents and a star.

6 MandyManners  6/07/08 12:54:42 pm reply quote 0

I do like that CC is provided.

7 sheepdog  6/07/08 12:54:53 pm reply quote 5

Mr Ellison would certainly be more at home In the paradise called saudi arabia

8 missouri boy  6/07/08 12:55:06 pm reply quote 12
He calls America an “imperial power.” Then he suggests that the country should get rid of “hate radio” and Fox News.

If America was an "imperial power" , it would never elect idiots like you. Why don't you go kiss your favorite meteorite?

9 Jed 1899  6/07/08 12:55:23 pm reply quote 0

The Left is like a bowl of granola.Full of nuts,fruits and flakes.

10 Dianna  6/07/08 12:55:24 pm reply quote 24

We're an imperial power how? If you draw an analogy to Rome, it doesn't hold up. If you draw an analogy to the 19th Century powers, it really doesn't hold up. If you refer back to the Persians, the Chinese, various Indian dynasties, it doesn't hold up.

But of course, you need at least to be conversant with the outlines of history to understand that.

And to note that an American politician is suggesting restricting speech is flat-out terrifying.

11 Shug  6/07/08 12:55:32 pm reply quote 22
Ronald Reagan made him sick

I just learned another reason why I love Ronald Reagan

12 leprechaun  6/07/08 12:55:50 pm reply quote 0

Hey Charles,

Can you post this: The Green Party Platform for 2008 calls Israel an Apartheid state and calls for a divestment campaign against the country.

...Plus Cynthia McKinney is winning their race for the presidential nomination.

Regards,
Leprechaun

13 Athos  6/07/08 12:56:05 pm reply quote 1
He calls America an “imperial power.” Then he suggests that the country should get rid of “hate radio” and Fox News.

Just another example of anti-Americanism being represented in Congress.

I wonder if he spends any time thinking about his oath of office or trying to honor it?

14 leprechaun  6/07/08 12:56:29 pm reply quote 0

sorry forgot the link. here it is : [Link: www.gp.org...]

15 nyc redneck[deleted]  6/07/08 12:56:30 pm 1
16 alegrias  6/07/08 12:56:51 pm reply quote 11

Thank you Charles for reporting on who wants to change America all right--by taking away FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

17 Shug  6/07/08 12:57:28 pm reply quote 3
he suggests that the country should get rid of “hate radio” and Fox News.

zen vee burn all zee books

18 winston06  6/07/08 12:57:41 pm reply quote 8

Barack Hussein Obama is another Keith Ellison in waiting.

19 paradox42  6/07/08 12:58:22 pm reply quote 5

If America truly was an imperial power, he'd have been shot for saying this. What a frickin' moron.

20 ScottG  6/07/08 12:58:24 pm reply quote 9

So, if America is an imperial power, he, as a member of the government is an imperialist. Then why don't you quit Keef....

21 winston06  6/07/08 12:58:31 pm reply quote 1

re: #16 alegrias

I meant to give you a plus. Sorry....

Yeah, Islamists want to take the freedoms away

22 debutaunt  6/07/08 12:58:48 pm reply quote 0

Wish I could work up a good 'ol Rev Wright rant about this and GD him in a raving lunatic mode. Don't have the energy.

23 Dianna  6/07/08 12:59:34 pm reply quote 1

re: #15 nyc redneck

He's a congress-critter, so the voters can have at him and make him a one-term wonder.

24 alegrias  6/07/08 12:59:49 pm reply quote 1

Minnesotans voted for this idiot. Minnesotans are considering another idiot for senate.

Minnesotans, please support your pro-American Senator Norm Coleman, who debated pro-jihadist Hamas and Saddam Hussein supporter George Galloway on the UN Oil for Food scandal in which Galloway enriched himself.

25 jcm  6/07/08 1:00:02 pm reply quote 12

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
im·pe·ri·al1 Audio Help [im-peer-ee-uhl] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. of, like, or pertaining to an empire.
2. of, like, or pertaining to an emperor or empress.
3. characterizing the rule or authority of a sovereign state over its dependencies.
4. of the nature or rank of an emperor or supreme ruler.
5. of a commanding quality, manner, aspect, etc.
6. domineering; imperious.
7. befitting an emperor or empress; regal; majestic; very fine or grand; magnificent.
8. of special or superior size or quality, as various products and commodities.
9. (of weights and measures) conforming to the standards legally established in Great Britain.

Ahhh! Keithie...
1 - no
2 - no
3 - nope
4 - nah
5 - ahhh, nope
6 - hmmmm, may... no
7 - hahahaha!
8 - absolutely
9 - yep


Okay, Keith's an ignorant boob.

26 Dianna  6/07/08 1:00:25 pm reply quote 0

re: #19 paradox42

Not necessarily. You're confusing imperial with totalitarian.

But I see your point.

27 ScottG  6/07/08 1:00:38 pm reply quote 10

re: #23 Dianna

He's a congress-critter, so the voters can have at him and make him a one-term wonder.

No, sorry. Once a seat is won by a Muslim, it's forever a Muslim seat....

28 winston06  6/07/08 1:00:39 pm reply quote 1

re: #24 alegrias

it'll be a tragedy if that freaking moron al-Franken gets elected

29 Athos  6/07/08 1:00:39 pm reply quote 5

re: #10 Dianna

We're an imperial power how?

I just got around to listening to Hugh Hewitt's Memorial Day broadcast where he had a 3 hour interview of Victor Davis Hanson and a discussion of military history. It's clear Ellison and his ilk have no clue.

To call the US an imperial power is particularly specious. Of all of the major and dominant military powers in the history of the world, the one that is the least imperialist and arrogant in the use of it's power is the US. We don't even ask for land from those who we sacrifice our treasure to free from tyranny to bury our dead anymore.

30 docremulac  6/07/08 1:00:57 pm reply quote 6

Believe me, this very site is on some George Soros list along with various ideas on how to silence it.

Viva La Resistance!

31 vbspurs  6/07/08 1:01:12 pm reply quote 3

"Is Ellison feeling emboldened these days by the success of Barack Obama?"

For an American, yes. Foreigners like the newly-elected UN General Assembly President, Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann (who, you'll be happy to know, endorsed Barack Obama for president), have always felt more at home slamming Reagan/the US:

In a 2004 interview, D’Escoto called Ronald Reagan, who was US president in the 1980s, an “international outlaw” and “the butcher of my people.” “Because of Reagan and his spiritual heir George W. Bush, the world today is far less safe and secure than it has ever been,” he was quoted as saying.

That's 2004, not 1994 or 1984...

32 Bill Amos  6/07/08 1:01:13 pm reply quote 2

Dan rather is due to speak there soon. Imagine that Dan Rather speaking out about Press Freedoms heh

Thanks for that Charles

33 greenmiler  6/07/08 1:01:56 pm reply quote 0

If I had a bus I'd throw him under it

34 Dianna  6/07/08 1:02:06 pm reply quote 1

re: #27 ScottG

Where's your sarc tag?!

(Joking)

35 gymnast  6/07/08 1:02:54 pm reply quote 3

Join the Umma, Vote Obama in 08!

You can be sure that Ellison will.

36 winston06  6/07/08 1:03:16 pm reply quote 6

re: #27 ScottG

It's actually true. I remember a high ranking Mullah said the same thing on TV when I was back in Iran a few years ago. He said once the power is grabbed by Muslims, they won't quit it easily.

37 opnion  6/07/08 1:04:00 pm reply quote 1

re: #23 Dianna

He's a congress-critter, so the voters can have at him and make him a one-term wonder.

That would be nice, but not gonna happen. His district in the Twin Cities is heavily Muslim. I am not sure, but I believe Somali.

38 ScottG  6/07/08 1:04:12 pm reply quote 0

re: #34 Dianna

Where's your sarc tag?!

(Joking)

I forgot it....but of course for them, they mean it!

39 nyc redneck  6/07/08 1:04:24 pm reply quote 5

this is the typical rev wright hate speech crowd. they are coming out in the open now.
that's fine. it will help to defeat the osamessiah. a few of these vocal haters is a minor annoyance. too many is a disease symptom. rot and putrefaction in our society.

40 jcm  6/07/08 1:04:39 pm reply quote 0

re: #37 opnion

That would be nice, but not gonna happen. His district in the Twin Cities is heavily Muslim. I am not sure, but I believe Somali.

But can he get a cab ride?

41 hershel  6/07/08 1:04:50 pm reply quote 3

Ellison is the *real* Obama. Next January 20th, it is now certain that one of these two men will be taking the oath of office as the 44th President of the United States: John McCain or Barack Obama. I urge anyone who has any doubts about McCain to consider what an unparalleled disaster an Obama presidency would be for our country. Even Carter's would pale in comparison, and believe me it's not because I have an ounce of regard for that creepy, nauseating antisemitic little prick.

42 Bill Amos  6/07/08 1:05:00 pm reply quote 0

BTW also listen and catch old keith's comment that the US Constitution gives the right to employment to only two jobs REPORTER and LAWYER.

43 winston06  6/07/08 1:05:06 pm reply quote 0

re: #40 jcm

Not if he is carrying alcohol or is accompanied by a dog

44 vbspurs  6/07/08 1:05:07 pm reply quote 2

re: #36 winston06

He said once the power is grabbed by Muslims, they won't quit it easily.

Episcopalians too. ;)

45 greenmiler  6/07/08 1:05:35 pm reply quote 4

Yeah Imperialist power! Lets see Japan is a US state as is Germany right? So is Kuwait and We are starting settlements in Iraq; yeah we're growing by leaps and bounds. dumbass!

46 debutaunt  6/07/08 1:05:37 pm reply quote 1

re: #39 nyc redneck

Bring it out in the sunshine.

47 winston06  6/07/08 1:05:39 pm reply quote 0

re: #44 vbspurs

lol

48 bubbasbbq  6/07/08 1:05:47 pm reply quote 9

The people of Minnesota:

Elected Jesse Ventura
Elected Keith Ellison
Could elect Al Franken

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE SMOKIN?

49 Oh no...Sand People!  6/07/08 1:05:47 pm reply quote 2

Did Ellison mention the word, 'occupation'? If he didn't he's losing his talking points.

Friggin taqiyya speakin' subverter.

50 opnion  6/07/08 1:05:54 pm reply quote 0

re: #40 jcm

But can he get a cab ride?

Not with liquor or a dog.

51 Shug  6/07/08 1:06:05 pm reply quote 7

In invasion of the body snatchers, at first the Pod people were silent.

eventually they achieved a critical mass.

The haters like Ellison and BHO are reaching critical mass

52 nyc redneck  6/07/08 1:06:21 pm reply quote 0

sorry charles. i guess that was ugly.

53 winston06  6/07/08 1:06:22 pm reply quote 0

re: #49 Oh no...Sand People!

He might be on Saudi Arabia's payroll

54 DoubleU  6/07/08 1:06:37 pm reply quote 3

These people also believe the education system is too far to the right.

55 winston06  6/07/08 1:06:43 pm reply quote 0

re: #51 Shug

How can they be stopped?

56 leboaz  6/07/08 1:07:23 pm reply quote 0

sheesh. . .

57 Ojoe  6/07/08 1:08:42 pm reply quote 0
58 missouri boy  6/07/08 1:08:46 pm reply quote 0

re: #48 bubbasbbq

The people of Minnesota:

Elected Jesse Ventura
Elected Keith Ellison
Could elect Al Franken

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE SMOKIN?

Obivously, what ever they are smoking is killing brain cells.

59 alegrias  6/07/08 1:08:58 pm reply quote 1

Dear Lizards,

Just as Rep. Ellison is a freak "representative" who won't protect, preserve or defend our great Constitution, rights, history as a beacon of freedom & liberty through out the world,

another Minnesotan hack politician, Rep. Amy Klobuchar (D) and Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold (D) want to have same day, instant voter registration on election day THIS YEAR.

Imagine how many anti-US "voters" can be brought ought of their lairs to vote.

Someone please fact check, but I read this yesterday somewhere and I have to go.

60 marsouin  6/07/08 1:09:27 pm reply quote 2

This guy is a ticking time bomb and a Trojan horse. He has yet to condemn in any meaningful way the international jihadist movement.

61 opnion  6/07/08 1:09:30 pm reply quote 0

re: #51 Shug

In invasion of the body snatchers, at first the Pod people were silent.

eventually they achieved a critical mass.

The haters like Ellison and BHO are reaching critical mass

Lots of people are just dying to vote for Barack Hussein in order to break the color barrier.
No matter what comes out about the guy there is a mindset, "Hey how much harm can he do?"
Think Commander in Chief & Supreme Court for starters.

62 Oh no...Sand People!  6/07/08 1:09:33 pm reply quote 1
'Republican neglect, cuz they don't like government'

No. No we don't. With you in it, even moreso.

63 paint-right  6/07/08 1:09:54 pm reply quote 1

re: #31 vbspurs

"Is Ellison feeling emboldened these days by the success of Barack Obama?"

For an American, yes. Foreigners like the newly-elected UN General Assembly President, Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann (who, you'll be happy to know, endorsed Barack Obama for president), have always felt more at home slamming Reagan/the US:

In a 2004 interview, D’Escoto called Ronald Reagan, who was US president in the 1980s, an “international outlaw” and “the butcher of my people.” “Because of Reagan and his spiritual heir George W. Bush, the world today is far less safe and secure than it has ever been,” he was quoted as saying.

That's 2004, not 1994 or 1984...

if the Catholic church isn't in total reform mode it should be and start doing some housecleaning. Didn't they make the congesspriest, Drinan, from Massachusetts quit? And the "priest" Pflegler, speaking at Trinity ( I know he's got a time out for now). I mean if you have a heirarchy and rules and regulations, use 'em. The liberation theologists/marxists had their day and nearly destroyed the church's witness in the world. The lesson should have been learned by now.

64 ScottG  6/07/08 1:10:04 pm reply quote 6

re: #55 winston06

How can they be stopped?

"we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender"

65 gymnast  6/07/08 1:10:17 pm reply quote 0

While Obama is black and white, in Islam there is only black and white!

66 Oh no...Sand People!  6/07/08 1:10:34 pm reply quote 2

re: #53 winston06

He might be on Saudi Arabia's payroll

Somebody really needs to follow this circus clowns money trail.

/no offense to circus clowns.

67 smokeybehr[deleted]  6/07/08 1:10:43 pm -3
68 nyc redneck  6/07/08 1:11:24 pm reply quote 3

i'll try again.
keith ellison is a disgraceful imbecile, spewing vile anti-american poison.
he should be removed from office.

69 opnion  6/07/08 1:11:25 pm reply quote 1

re: #60 marsouin

This guy is a ticking time bomb and a Trojan horse. He has yet to condemn in any meaningful way the international jihadist movement.

He won't.He may condemn violence in a generic sense. He will always nuance Islamic violence with understanding, you know cause of the Criminal Bush.

70 jorline  6/07/08 1:12:11 pm reply quote 5

The problem is that Ellison's views mirror his constituency...enough said!

71 alegrias  6/07/08 1:12:34 pm reply quote 0

re: #67 smokeybehr

* * *
This comment is offensive and gross.

72 Ojoe  6/07/08 1:12:59 pm reply quote 0

re: #70 jorline

That's the bad part.

73 winston06  6/07/08 1:13:05 pm reply quote 0

re: #60 marsouin

Because he could be part of them

74 missouri boy  6/07/08 1:13:12 pm reply quote 2

I am actively campaigning to build a fence around Missouri, and it's not for keeping Missouri boys inside...lol

75 Mars Needs Neocons  6/07/08 1:13:18 pm reply quote 0

Kiaf Al'Ison disgusts me to no end. How the hell did MN ever elect someone this obviously imbalanced.

76 winston06  6/07/08 1:13:41 pm reply quote 0

re: #66 Oh no...Sand People!

Democrats have always been Saudi's pals

77 capitalist piglet  6/07/08 1:13:46 pm reply quote 2

Running mate!

78 jorline  6/07/08 1:14:03 pm reply quote 0

re: #72 Ojoe

That's the bad part.

Sad, but true.

79 Oh no...Sand People!  6/07/08 1:14:16 pm reply quote 0

re: #77 capitalist piglet

Running mate!

I bet you aren't far off on that.

80 Dr. Shalit  6/07/08 1:14:38 pm reply quote 2

YO -

To Rep. Keith, saying that is as natural as saying that "water is wet." As he is up for re-election this year - concentrate on his UN-ELECTION!

-S-

81 winston06  6/07/08 1:14:45 pm reply quote 1

re: #64 ScottG

The battleground is not clear any more. I so much want to be in this fight against these enemies but I can't. PC culture is killing the western civilization

82 Bill Amos  6/07/08 1:14:47 pm reply quote 10

That "Hate Radio" thing worries me because how long before we see a "Human rights Commision" set up in America looking for politically incorrect speech ?

83 vbspurs  6/07/08 1:14:48 pm reply quote 1

re: #67 smokeybehr

I'm just a newbie, but sorry that wasn't cool.

84 Oh no...Sand People!  6/07/08 1:14:54 pm reply quote 0

re: #76 winston06

Democrats have always been Saudi's evil's pals

/fixed

85 jorline  6/07/08 1:15:19 pm reply quote 0

re: #79 Oh no...Sand People!

I bet you aren't far off on that.

Speaker of the House, Ellison?

86 MandyManners  6/07/08 1:16:30 pm reply quote 0

re: #77 capitalist piglet

Running mate!

Or, on the FCC?

87 Sharmuta  6/07/08 1:16:42 pm reply quote 3

re: #75 Mars Needs Neocons

Kiaf Al'Ison disgusts me to no end. How the hell did MN ever elect someone this obviously imbalanced.

Because he ran in Minneapolis- that would elect a wet paper bag if it had a (D) behind it.

But hey- it's not like Minnesota is alone in this respect. Some states continue to elect drunks who drive their cars over bridges- leaving people inside. Some people elect other scumbags to office. Let's not continue to bash one state for one politician when the entire Congress is chock full of them, shall we?

88 Sharmuta  6/07/08 1:16:57 pm reply quote 0

re: #70 jorline

The problem is that Ellison's views mirror his constituency...enough said!

Uh- no.

89 greenmiler  6/07/08 1:17:01 pm reply quote 0

damn. missed the clean-up

90 debutaunt  6/07/08 1:17:04 pm reply quote 0

re: #83 vbspurs

I'm just a newbie, but sorry that wasn't cool.

That poster is gone.

91 nyc redneck  6/07/08 1:17:17 pm reply quote 0

so many people in congress must be insulted by his presence.
even many dems must be embarrassed.

92 greenmiler  6/07/08 1:17:56 pm reply quote 0

re: #90 debutaunt

That poster is gone.


that bad huh?

93 Dr. Shalit  6/07/08 1:18:46 pm reply quote 0

re: #82 Bill Amos

That "Hate Radio" thing worries me because how long before we see a "Human rights Commision" set up in America looking for politically incorrect speech ?

"Famous" -

The "Supremes" will be 5-4 IN FAVOR OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH as now constituted. Another reason to buy a clothespin, put it on your nose and VOTE for "Cactus Jack" McCain.

-S-

94 jcm  6/07/08 1:19:10 pm reply quote 0

re: #90 debutaunt

That poster is gone.

One post wonder?

95 ScottG  6/07/08 1:19:17 pm reply quote 2

re: #81 winston06

The battleground is not clear any more. I so much want to be in this fight against these enemies but I can't. PC culture is killing the western civilization

Well, I think the only way to protect ourselves and win is to become more politically active. It's amazingly easy to join your party's county committee. I just walked in one night when they were meeting and found out there was no one in my precinct. I became a precinct captain by default.

One advantage of joining is learning more about the people in your area. It's good for advancing your own political agenda as well as other like minded people. Anyone who refuses to join the political sphere is already surrendering.

96 docremulac  6/07/08 1:19:28 pm reply quote 5

Orwell's 1984 is an instruction manual for these people. If you want an organization whose goal is to eliminate the free press be sure to call it: "Free Press"

97 winston06  6/07/08 1:19:59 pm reply quote 0

re: #84 Oh no...Sand People!

you said it better

98 capitalist piglet  6/07/08 1:20:03 pm reply quote 0

re: #79 Oh no...Sand People!

I bet you aren't far off on that.

That's a damned scary thought.

99 Mars Needs Neocons  6/07/08 1:20:15 pm reply quote 0

re: #87 Sharmuta

Because he ran in Minneapolis- that would elect a wet paper bag if it had a (D) behind it.

But hey- it's not like Minnesota is alone in this respect. Some states continue to elect drunks who drive their cars over bridges- leaving people inside. Some people elect other scumbags to office. Let's not continue to bash one state for one politician when the entire Congress is chock full of them, shall we?

True we have a real pair of wonderboys in office fromhere.

100 capitalist piglet  6/07/08 1:20:48 pm reply quote 0

re: #87 Sharmuta

Because he ran in Minneapolis- that would elect a wet paper bag if it had a (D) behind it.

But hey- it's not like Minnesota is alone in this respect. Some states continue to elect drunks who drive their cars over bridges- leaving people inside. Some people elect other scumbags to office. Let's not continue to bash one state for one politician when the entire Congress is chock full of them, shall we?

Seattle continues to elect Jim McDermott with something upwards of 80% of the vote, if I'm not mistaken.

101 winston06  6/07/08 1:21:02 pm reply quote 1

re: #95 ScottG

I am doing what I can but is it enough? No! More people like you and me have to join and fight the good fight against these evil people

102 Oh no...Sand People!  6/07/08 1:21:13 pm reply quote 0
'Welcome to a [bowel] MOVEMENT!'
103 Tazzerman  6/07/08 1:21:20 pm reply quote 0

Can you say 'Fairness Doctrine'...

Ellison is despicable. He needs to be outted BIG time. To bad he's afraid to debate anyone with a different viewpoint in public.

104 winston06  6/07/08 1:21:44 pm reply quote 0

re: #100 capitalist piglet

And all these morons are of the Democratic party

105 DoubleU  6/07/08 1:22:17 pm reply quote 2

re: #96 docremulac

Orwell's 1984 is an instruction manual for these people. If you want an organization whose goal is to eliminate the free press be sure to call it: "Free Press"

If you want to eliminate fairness call it "The fairness doctrine"
If you want to keep an on on citizens with cameras tell them it is for their safety... etc etc etc.

106 Oh no...Sand People!  6/07/08 1:22:30 pm reply quote 1

re: #95 ScottG

Well, I think the only way to protect ourselves and win is to become more politically active. It's amazingly easy to join your party's county committee. I just walked in one night when they were meeting and found out there was no one in my precinct. I became a precinct captain by default.

One advantage of joining is learning more about the people in your area. It's good for advancing your own political agenda as well as other like minded people. Anyone who refuses to join the political sphere is already surrendering.

If you can get even 6 people to go with you and raise their hands behind you, you can win.

107 Dianna  6/07/08 1:23:15 pm reply quote 0

re: #37 opnion

How many of them are citizens?

108 vbspurs  6/07/08 1:23:40 pm reply quote 0

re: #63 paint-right

I mean if you have a heirarchy and rules and regulations, use 'em.

I think the problem with the Catholic Church, seen by Cardinal George's unbelievable lack of cojones in defrocking Pfleger, is that they are struggling for priests. I say this as a happy and enthusiastic Catholic, who however isn't blind about her co-religionists. Offal like Brockmann/Pfleger has no place in our church.

109 wolfie  6/07/08 1:23:56 pm reply quote 0

I will say this. I think Ellison is a far better public speaker than the Obamassiah.
Much more relaxed, less self-conscious. Better voice.

110 DoubleU  6/07/08 1:24:25 pm reply quote 7

How many have been completed. Communism never lost, it just came in the other door.

963 Communist Goals
The following was entered into the Congressional record by Albert Herlong, Jr. (a Floridian who served in Congress from 1949-69) in 1963.

1) US acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war
2) US willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war
3) Develop the illusion that total disarmament by the US would be a demonstration of "moral strength"
4) Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war.
5) Extension of long term loans to Russia and Soviet Satellites
6) Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination
7) Grant recognition of Red China, and admission of Red China to the UN.
8) Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the Germany question by free elections under supervision of the UN
9) Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the US has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress
10) Allow all Soviet Satellites individual representation in the UN
11) Promote the UN as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the UN as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo)
12) Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party
13) Do away with loyalty oaths
14) Continue giving Russia access to the US Patent Office
15) Capture one or both of the political parties in the US
16) Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions, by claiming their activities violate civil rights.
17) Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for Socialism, and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers associations. Put the party line in text books.
18) Gain control of all student newspapers
19) Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack.
20) Infiltrate the press. Get control of book review assignments, editorial writing, policy-making positions.
21) Gain control of key positions in radio, TV & motion pictures.
22) Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all form of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings", substitute shapeless, awkward, and meaningless forms.
23) Control art critics and directors of art museums. " Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art".
24) Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press.
25) Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography, and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio and TV.
26) Present Homosexuality, degeneracy, and promiscuity as "normal, natural, and healthy".
27) Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a "religious crutch"
28) Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the grounds that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state"
29) Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis.
30) Discredit the American founding fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man".
31) Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of "the big picture:" Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over.

111 DoubleU  6/07/08 1:24:32 pm reply quote 6

32) Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture - - education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc.
33) Eliminate all laws or procedures, which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus.
34) Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities.
35) Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI
36) Infiltrate and gain control of more unions.
37) Infiltrate and gain control of big business
38) Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand or treat.
39) Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals.
40) Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce.
41) Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents.
42) Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special interest groups should rise up and make a "united force" to solve economic, political, or social problems.
43) Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government.
44) Internationalize the Panama Canal.
45) Repeal the Connally Reservation so the US can not prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction over nations and individuals alike.

112 TS  6/07/08 1:24:55 pm reply quote 0

Yea, I bet he had all kinds of Islamic 'media reform' in mind. And the stupid far-left would go right along and call the death of free speech and press 'being tolerant'.

113 winston06  6/07/08 1:24:55 pm reply quote 0

re: #107 Dianna

probably a very few of them

114 jordash1212  6/07/08 1:24:55 pm reply quote 1
This speech is incredibly over the top. Is Ellison feeling emboldened these days by the success of Barack Obama?

No. He's emboldened by the fact that he's preaching to the choir. Views tend to get more extreme and less polarized when you're in a room full of people that agree with you. I'm not sure Barack Obama would have anything to do with it anyways. It would be a mistake for Obama to align himself with another anti-American after the last fiasco at the church. He'd only have to throw him under the bus, and I don't think either Ellison or Obama wants that.

115 DoubleU  6/07/08 1:24:59 pm reply quote 4

That should be "1963 Communist Goals"

116 winston06  6/07/08 1:25:35 pm reply quote 0

re: #112 TS

Keith should go and live in Iran or Saudi Arabia

117 winston06  6/07/08 1:25:54 pm reply quote 0

re: #115 DoubleU

Obama will follow it closely

118 debutaunt  6/07/08 1:26:02 pm reply quote 0

re: #92 greenmiler

that bad huh?

If you are foolish enough to threaten someone, that's all it takes.

119 JeremyR  6/07/08 1:26:23 pm reply quote 9

re: #1 MandyManners

Shaddup, Keithy.

No, let him speak. In fact, give him a platform. If we tell epople how over the wall this creep is, they will never believe it. If we let him tell em, they might (probably not) get a clue.

120 Sharmuta  6/07/08 1:27:05 pm reply quote 2

re: #70 jorline

The problem is that Ellison's views mirror his constituency...enough said!

re: #72 Ojoe

That's the bad part.

re: #78 jorline

Sad, but true.

No- it's not true and it's not the sad part. But what IS sad and true is the sever lack of knowledge about islam and what keith ellison prays to every day. I would place a large amount of money betting on the vast majority of his voters having NO idea about islam whatsoever.

So to say his views mirror the views of the people of Minneapolis is just grossly offensive.

121 Yankee Division Son  6/07/08 1:27:14 pm reply <