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April 3rd, 2012
03:35 PM ET
Muslim voters could swing election, report findsBy Richard Allen Greene, CNN (CNN) - The number of Muslims in the United States is tiny - less than one in 100 Americans - but their votes could sway the results of the presidential election in November, a new study says. That's because they are concentrated in a number of key swing states, says Farid Senzai, the author of the report. Take Florida, for example, the state that famously swung the 2000 presidential election for George W. Bush over Al Gore. Bush won by 537 votes - while a get-out-the-vote phone bank contacted 23,000 Muslims in one day during elections in 2008 and 2010, the report says. Nauman Abbasi - the head of Emerge USA, which ran the phone bank - says efforts like his will increase Muslim voter turnout. There are about 1.2 million registered Muslim voters in the United States, according to the study, "Engaging American Muslims." More religious Muslims and those more involved in their mosques are more likely to vote, it found. The biggest Muslim populations are in New York and California, which are unlikely to be battleground states in November. But the next largest numbers of Muslim voters are found in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Virginia, all of which could be key battlegrounds between President Barack Obama and his Republican opponent. Florida and Ohio, two states that have been decided by razor-thin margins in recent years, also have enough Muslim voters to make a difference to the final result, the report says. Of course, many other, larger constituencies, from Hispanics to women to the unemployed to political independents, could also claim to be the key ingredient in a winning coalition. And Muslim voters have much the same concerns as the population at large, with domestic issues and the economy dominating, the study says. Most Muslims voted for Bush in 2000, Democratic Sen. John Kerry in 2004 and Obama in 2008. They are more likely than the population as a whole to approve of Obama's performance now, the study found. The report comes from the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, a Washington think tank focusing on Muslim issues. It is based largely on earlier data from sources including Gallup, Zogby International and the Pew Research Center.
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Prayer changes things .
You post this same absurd one-liner in almost every single discussion page under almost every single article on CNN, and then invariably flee like a coward and refuse to respond further. You manage to be both boring and shameful at the same time.
Prayer changes things
Proven
Two wonderful Truths. First that atheism is totally useless, second that talking with God is available and effective. God bless
Just Sayin': Don't forget the most important one. That is anyone who purports to speak for god is delusional and should be heavily medicated
~Prayer doesn’t not; you are so full of crap and lies. You have NO proof it changes anything! A great example of prayer proven not to work is the Christians in jail because prayer didn't work and their children died. For example: Susan Grady, who relied on prayer to heal her son. Nine-year-old Aaron Grady died and Susan Grady was arrested.
An article in the Journal of Pediatrics examined the deaths of 172 children from families who relied upon faith healing from 1975 to 1995. They concluded that four out of five ill children, who died under the care of faith healers or being left to prayer only, would most likely have survived if they had received medical care.
The statistical studies from the nineteenth century and the three CCU studies on prayer are quite consistent with the fact that humanity is wasting a huge amount of time on a procedure that simply doesn’t work. Nonetheless, faith in prayer is so pervasive and deeply rooted, you can be sure believers will continue to devise future studies in a desperate effort to confirm their beliefs!`
Muslims, get out and vote – the overthrow is depending on the Ummah! One more term and Obama can show up at salat without worrying about the wackos dissing his true faith.
Please place your muslim religion in the nearest trash resepticle. You are a fool.
Ungodly Discipline
Are you not familiar with sarcasm or satire? Do you actually think someone calling themselves "Mecca Me Crazy" is an actual Muslim?
Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.
And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future.
You are interested in the unknown, the mysterious, the unexplainable. That is why you are here.
And now, for the first time, we are bringing to you the full story of what happened on that fateful day. We are giving you all the evidence, based only on the secret testimonies of the miserable souls who survived this terrifying ordeal.
The incidents, the places, my friend we cannot keep this a secret any longer. Let us punish the guilty, let us reward the innocent.
My friend, can your heart stand the shocking facts about the zombie messiah from Nazareth?
Amen..
What the hell is this?
It looks like . . . Plan 9 From Outer Galilee!!! Yes, it's an extraterrestial scheme to take over Earth by resurrecting the dead. Spooky magic stuff and a zombie too!
The worst movie ever made was based on the lamest story ever told!
Sounds like scientology to me.
While Plan 9 is certainly a cinematic abortion, I disagree with labelling it the worst movie ever made.
Manos: The Hands of Fate takes that ti/tle.
Torgo takes care of the place while the master is away.
See any cigar-shaped saucers lately?
An easy and safe solution:
ONLY FOR THE NEWCOMERS:
From the studies of Armstrong, Rushdie, Hirsi Ali, Richardson and Bayhaqi-
The Five Steps To Deprogram 1400 Years of Islamic Myths:
( –The Steps take less than two minutes to finish- simply amazing, two minutes to bring peace and rationality to over one billion lost souls- Priceless!!!)
Are you ready?
Using "The 77 Branches of Islamic "faith" a collection compiled by Imam Bayhaqi as a starting point. In it, he explains the essential virtues that reflect true "faith" (iman) through related Qur’anic verses and Prophetic sayings." i.e. a nice summary of the Koran and Islamic beliefs.
The First Five of the 77 Branches:
"1. Belief in Allah"
aka as God, Yahweh, Zeus, Jehovah, Mother Nature, etc. should be added to your self-cleansing neurons.
"2. To believe that everything other than Allah was non-existent. Thereafter, Allah Most High created these things and subsequently they came into existence."
Evolution and the Big Bang or the "Gi-b G-nab" (when the universe starts to recycle) are more plausible and the "akas" for Allah should be included if you continue to be a "crea-tionist".
"3. To believe in the existence of angels."
A major item for neuron cleansing. Angels/de-vils are the mythical creations of ancient civilizations, e.g. Hitt-ites, to explain/define natural events, contacts with their gods, big birds, sudden winds, protectors during the dark nights, etc. No "pretty/ug-ly wingy thingies" ever visited or talked to Mohammed, Jesus, Mary or Joseph or Joe Smith. Today we would classify angels as f–airies and "tin–ker be-lls". Modern de-vils are classified as the de-mons of the de-mented.
"4. To believe that all the heavenly books that were sent to the different prophets are true. However, apart from the Quran, all other books are not valid anymore."
Another major item to delete. There are no books written in the spirit state of Heaven (if there is one) just as there are no angels to write/publish/distribute them. The Koran, OT, NT etc. are simply books written by humans for humans.
Prophets were invented by ancient scribes typically to keep the un-educated masses in line. Today we call them for-tune tellers.
Prophecies are also invali-dated by the natural/God/Allah gifts of Free Will and Future.
"5. To believe that all the prophets are true. However, we are commanded to follow the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) alone."
Mohammed spent thirty days "fasting" (the Ramadan legend) in a hot cave before his first contact with Allah aka God etc. via a "pretty wingy thingy". Common sense demands a neuron deletion of #5. #5 is also the major source of Islamic vi-olence i.e. turning Mohammed's "fast, hunger-driven" hallu-cinations into horrible reality for unbelievers.
Walk these Five Steps and we guarantee a complete recovery from your Islamic ways!!!!
Unfortunately, there are not many Muslim commentators/readers on this blog so the "two-minute" cure is not getting to those who need it. If you have a Muslim friend, send him a copy and help save the world.
Analogous steps are available at your request for deprogramming the myths of Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Paganism..
Wait a minute!!!! Are people against theocracies? Just how long have people been against them? A day? A month? A year? 5 years? Ten years or hundreds of years? Maybe thousands? Truth be told, throughout civilization's history there were always people against theologies. What is the BIG DEAL about Atheisms of today's timeline?
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Not going to waste my time looking at that.
Me either.
Let Iran have a nuke, then you won't have to worry about Israel, let alone facebook anti-Semite sites.
Freedom is but a paultry excuse for doing what one wants whenever one wants and however one chooses. If one truly believes in freedom being a reality, I have news for you,,,,, Freedom is not for the masses nor is freedom a reason to be holier than otherly gropus of socialized theocracies and/or atheisms. Being "Free" to choose is as close as one gets to have freedoms. Is working for a living a freedom? The only freedoms are alcohol and drugs and only one is a freedom lover's lawful legality, The other is unlwaful and,,,,,,, you choose your poison,,,,, Mine is a belief in God and His Kingdom which residees deeply inside our bodies that are but buildings. I smoke filtered cigars and my quitting illict drugs and alcohol was due to my talk with God. Although God never naswered me, He allowed me to see things in adifferent Light.
My bad! Freedom of expressionism is the only right one has,,,,,,Not always but mostly,,,,
Don't you see he did answer you, He let you see the world for what it really is and is giving you a way out of torment. I do give you this advise there is many evils in this world that would see you fail. Stand firm, and stay on the path before you. You will over come. Remember He leads us and the path He sets us on isn't always the easiest one.
a person of the Name,,,,,,
Thank you for your words of kindness. "MAY" God ever show you His lit way(s) that are as fleeting moments of daydreams or even passing thoughts when not listening to others' words. God is OUR Lights of which we dare dream and delight in having but moments of bliss in the knowing of His mindives. 🙂 🙂 🙂
For one day in His court is better then a thousand elsewhere.
Anyone that believes in any god is a mongrel moron idiot retard of the highest degree. And those are my nice words.
@Pipe-Dreamer
God had nothing to do with your sobriety. You even said yourself he didn't answer, and yet you still credit him for what you accomplished. Good job on getting sober, but give credit where credit is due, and give up on the fairy tale and you might just realize what else you’re capable of.
obama needs every vote he can get he would be much better for muslins then republicans.
There may come a time when here in the U.S.A. when Christendom will be the lessor religious denomination(s) of theocratic conformities. Will it haopen soon? OR,,,, ,,,,(Not in my lifetime),,,,,, Choices,,,, so many to choose,,,,
A theocracy, either Christian or Islamic, would destroy this country.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." That also gives me the right to not practice a religion, nor be beholden to a religion in any way, shape or form. No priest, no mullah, no one at all may deny me the right to deny the existence of a supreme being, to deny me the right to ignore the bible, the Koran or any religious writing, pronouncement, fatwa, or utterance of any sort.
I would take up arms against a theocratic government, as would hundreds of thousands of others, as readily as I would take up arms against a dictatorship.
The U.S. is already a Christian country. It's huge difference between Islamic and Christian theocracy. We have no sharia law, no dietary law, no clothing law.... freedom!
Freedom!
Little wonder America is drowning in po rn, adultery and alcoholism!
Completely agreed. Religion is often the source of conflict and hatred... and just as anyone has a right to believe in any religion I have a relight to not believe in any religion. The US is not Christian or any other religion, it is a nation, one made up of a diverse group of people that specifically restrict it from favoring any religion (including Christianity). I'm still waiting for my national day of Atheism or national day of non-prayer to balance out the national day of prayer.
No. This country is not a christian country.
MLangley: ya'll have one April 1!
Sorry couldn't help myself. I mean no disrespect. I can see where most atheists are coming from. No one church should be in power of any sort but nor do I think that our country should be godless either. I know some good people who are atheists. There have been some smart men and women that are atheists. Most the time we all agree to disagree. What I would like to see is someone with some good moral values, no matter what the belief and someone who stands firm on what they believe, leading this country.
a person of the Name, as quoted, you stated in a previous post:
"MLangley: ya'll have one April 1!"
I think it's precious how dickhead, obtuse christians use this as a cutesy little way of calling Atheists "fools." So sorry to disappoint, but you've got it wrong. Your bible's been proven false. Time and time again. You think any of us would follow a god with pompous, arrogant followers like you? No thank you. People like you are why people like me exist. Eat a bag of dicks, mongrel.
"It's huge difference between Islamic and Christian theocracy. We have no sharia law, no dietary law, no clothing law.... freedom!"
Yet we don't allow gays to marry.....
See any conflict there?
This is a really lame and non-factual backed story! It's only goal is to make the everyday american feel undercut and and increase the influence of muslims!
ONLY FOR THE NEWBIES:
Why the Muslim vote will mean "squat" in the presidential election:
Why the Christian Right no longer matters in presidential elections:
Once again, all the conservative votes in the country "ain't" going to help a "pro-life" presidential candidate, i.e Mitt Romney, Newton Leroy Gingrich, Ron Paul or Rick Santorum, in 2012 as the "Immoral Majority" rules the country and will be doing so for awhile. The "Immoral Majority" you ask?
The fastest growing USA voting bloc: In 2008, the 70+ million "Roe vs. Wade mothers and fathers" of aborted womb-babies" whose ranks grow by two million per year i.e. 78+ million "IM" voters in 2012.
2008 Presidential popular vote results:
69,456,897 for pro-abortion/choice BO, 59,934,814 for "pro-life" JM.
And the irony:
And all because many women fail to take the Pill once a day or men fail to use a condom even though in most cases these men have them in their pockets. (maybe they should be called the "Stupid Majority"?)
The failures of the widely used birth "control" methods i.e. the Pill and male condom have led to the large rate of abortions ( one million/yr) and S-TDs (19 million/yr) in the USA. Men and women must either recognize their responsibilities by using the Pill or condoms properly and/or use other safer birth control methods in order to reduce the epidemics of abortion and S-TDs.
i.e. If the Pill and male condoms were used properly, abortion would not be an issue and Obama would not be president.
The reality of contraception and STD control: – from a guy who enjoys intelligent se-x-
Note: Some words hyphenated to defeat an obvious word filter. ...
The Brutal Effects of Stupidity:
: The failures of the widely used birth "control" methods i.e. the Pill ( 8.7% failure rate) and male con-dom (17.4% failure rate) have led to the large rate of abortions and S-TDs in the USA. Men and women must either recognize their responsibilities by using the Pill or co-ndoms properly and/or use safer methods in order to reduce the epidemics of abortion and S-TDs.- Failure rate statistics provided by the Gut-tmacher Inst-itute. Unfortunately they do not give the statistics for doubling up i.e. using a combination of the Pill and a condom.
Added information before making your next move:
from the CDC-2006
"Se-xually transmitted diseases (STDs) remain a major public health challenge in the United States. While substantial progress has been made in preventing, diagnosing, and treating certain S-TDs in recent years, CDC estimates that approximately 19 million new infections occur each year, almost half of them among young people ages 15 to 24.1 In addition to the physical and psy-ch-ological consequences of S-TDs, these diseases also exact a tremendous economic toll. Direct medical costs as-sociated with STDs in the United States are estimated at up to $14.7 billion annually in 2006 dollars."
And from:
Consumer Reports, January, 2012
"Yes, or-al se-x is se-x, and it can boost cancer risk-
Here's a crucial message for teens (and all se-xually active "post-teeners": Or-al se-x carries many of the same risks as va-ginal se-x, including human papilloma virus, or HPV. And HPV may now be overtaking tobacco as the leading cause of or-al cancers in America in people under age 50.
"Adolescents don’t think or-al se-x is something to worry about," said Bonnie Halpern-Felsher professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. "They view it as a way to have intimacy without having 's-ex.'" (It should be called the Bill Clinton Syndrome !!)
Obviously, political leaders in both parties, Planned Parenthood, parents, the "stupid part of the USA" and the educational system have failed miserably on many fronts.
The most effective forms of contraception, ranked by "Perfect use":
1a. (Abstinence, 0% failure rate)
1b. (Masturbation, mono or mutual, 0% failure rate)
Followed by:
One-month injectable and Implant (both at 0.05 percent)
Vasectomy and IUD (Mirena) (both at 0.1 percent)
The Pill, Three-month injectable, and the Patch (all at 0.3 percent)
Tubal sterilization (at 0.5 percent)
IUD (Copper-T) (0.6 percent)
Periodic abstinence (Post-ovulation) (1.0 percent)
Periodic abstinence (Symptothermal) and Male condom (both at 2.0 percent)
Periodic abstinence (Ovulation method) (3.0 percent)
Every other method ranks below these, including Withdrawal (4.0), Female condom (5.0), Diaphragm (6.0), Periodic abstinence (calendar) (9.0), the Sponge (9.0-20.0, depending on whether the woman using it has had a child in the past), Cervical cap (9.0-26.0, with the same caveat as the Sponge), and Spermicides (18.0).
So then I would assume you would be in favor of making birth control more accessible in the US? A stance 180 degrees from the conservative base...
As a hint, replier, don't bother to read Reality, Pipe-Dreamer, all the various trolls under the guises of just sayin/atheism is not/person of the/ in god we/captain america, Tom tom the piper's son, urafukintool, and rightturnclyde.
You will save yourself a lot of time by totally ignoring these morons. Life is to short to be wasted on dipshits.
All kinds of birth control are already easily accessible in the USA. The issue is using said control methods properly. As noted by Guttmacher et al, the Pill and male condom are not being used properly and that has resulted in the epidemics of abortion (one million/yr) and STDs (19 million/yr).
another manufactured "news' story. really, you'd think cnn wouldn't be publishing such total nonsense.
there can never be two classes of people – muslims and non-muslims in the eyes of God. Islam is a complete contradiction.
Bring forth you'r monkey god, cow god and sprinkle its urine over yourself and what you eat!
arlan that was a classy response! ur momma raised ya well! Not!
arian / baldwin – go bury your head in the desert. pathetic camel jockeys.
There are basically four classes of people in islamic jurisprudence.
– believe in Allah (muslims)
– believe in Man-God (jesus freaks)
– believe in Monkey-Cow-God (hindus)
– believe there was a LOUD F ART and everything just came into being out of thin air (idiots)
A fart can and does in fact produce more than any "god" ever could. You know, since farting is actually real.
More division, more groups. Liberals are the most divisive amongst us, it makes for better thought control.
It's time to end this caca and everyone who lives in the US just be an American and stop listening to the race pimps.
Only if the Repubs and the tea baggers could stop bringing religion and church into politics and force your 16th century crap on our women. If you wanna live under a rock, so be it, but dont force us into the stone ages. Repubs are no different than the Taliban.
This is something for all our christian friends to remember – as they fight to bring religion into politics, education, health care, and anything else. Of course, they mean THEIR religion. As muslim social and political power grows in America, they will also want their beliefs recognized. So when you wail that little Johnny can't read his bible in school, ask yourself how you would feel if little Sally had to read from the koran.
The point is – freedom OF religion is also freedom FROM religion! Be careful what you ask for.
Very well pit
Be careful about wanting any theocracy!
Very Unlikely.
Most Muslims living in America are well aware that the country is what it is because of its addiction to alcohol, gambling, usury and po rn. If you PROHIBIT these MEGA-industries and implement Shariah style laws, the economy would collapse and there would be chaos everywhere.
The secret Islamic Society of North America white paper on "the future of Islam in America" has decided to DO NOTHING. Let the "kafirs" die out on their own as they stop breeding due to their addiction to booze and birth control and po rn. Three hundred years from now ISLAM WILL AUTOMATICALLY take over America simply because there will only be Muslim children and their children and the children of their children LEFT ON THE CONTINENT.
There is no NEED TO ASK FOR ANY ISLAMIC LAWS from the government, when they all die out, only Muslims will remain IN THE GOVERNMENT 200-300 years from now.
the day muslims have in type of say in America is the day that heck will have frozen over.
Good thing heck doesn't exist...
I hear the Quran makes great firewood.
Great for cooking up some Bar-be-jew!
Sometimes it is embarrassing when people like you post hateful comments.
You SOB, if I got my hands on you nothing would be left for saying such a think. May your whole family @#R$@#$#@$@#
I must be dreaming, this looks like the FAUX NEWS blogs.
LOL you people are too predictable.
So, Urafkntool (and you are), you have proved that when a neo-Na.zi scu.mbag says desp.icable things, people get angry. Wow, you are so admirable.
probably every bit as much as the bible
@ American Freedom
I never said that about muslims either. In no way did I insinuate that. I only know what I see. There are true muslims and there false muslims (people who claim islam but are not muslim) just like there are true Christians and false Christians (people who claim christianity but are not Christian).
@andrew
Well... That sounds totally reasonable. How am I suppose to argue with logic? Damn you!
However, that doesn't matter, let's bomb Iran!! Yeah!
More drive by media fiction