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Thursday, July 10, 2008
Jesse Helms: may old attitudes pass with him
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Charles Stith, former U.S. ambassador to Tanzania writes that the late U.S. Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina represented an era of arrogant foreign policy- that the world’s agenda revolves around the U.S. Also, Stith writes, Helms used race-baiting to defeat Harvey Gantt in the 1990 Senate race.
Stith writes, “It is by no means my intent to defame the dead; “you can hate the sin and not the sinner.” I truly have sympathy for the Helms family and can only imagine their sense of loss. Having said that, against the backdrop of Helms’ death and Obama’s possible election, I hope the time for such politics has also come and gone.”
Do you agree?
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Obama: man of many regrets
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Writer Luke Boggs comments that Barack Obama is always expressing regrets for his words and deeds- sometimes so quickly it will make a person’s head spin. Most recently Obama regrets allowing his children to be interviewed on “Access Hollywood.” The regret kicked in only four days after the interview. Boggs googled Obama and regret and came up with a million hits.
Does Obama fret and backtrack too frequently?
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Honor killings: a Muslim woman speaks out
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Melissa Robinson, an Atlanta Muslim, condemns so-called “honor killings” such as one that allegedly occurred in Clayton County recently- a father was charged with killing his daughter because she tried to get out of an arranged marriage. ” As a co-founder of the American Islamic Fellowship, an Atlanta-area organization of more than 200 Muslims, I can tell you that our organization does not subscribe to any interpretation of Islam that condones murder in the name of religion or honor,” she writes. “To me and our membership, this is an abhorrent expression of misogynistic thinking that targets women as the guardians of a community’s honor.”
What do you think?
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