HOT5 Daily 8/17/2010

1. "Ground Zero Mosque Exposes Rift Between Leftist Elites & Other 70%" There's an understatement.

Representative Sample: A much larger segment of the political left has chosen to wrap its patriotism in the brown-paper wrap of multi-culturalism. For these soft leftists, America’s great strength is its diversity, (as opposed to the founding belief in certain objective truths to which all men must be bound). For them, American values must be malleable enough to fit into the larger context of world citizenry. Thus, everything is American! And yet, in truth, nothing is American because America is so many different things and all of them of equal value, none more sacred than any of the others!

2. "Today's Reading Assignment " Muslims against the Ground Zero mosque.

Representative Sample: New York currently boasts at least 30 mosques so it's not as if there is pressing need to find space for worshippers. The fact we Muslims know the idea behind the Ground Zero mosque is meant to be a deliberate provocation to thumb our noses at the infidel. The proposal has been made in bad faith and in Islamic parlance, such an act is referred to as "Fitna," meaning "mischief-making" that is clearly forbidden in the Koran.

3. "Random Gender Related Rants" An interesting article with some excellent points

Representative Sample: I happen to believe men have some very legitimate complaints with regard to the excesses of feminism, but they do themselves no credit when they stoop to the very tactics they previously objected to. One of these tactics is labeling everything in sight, "misandry".

4. "Cell Phone Mamas – WARNING!" This article should resonate with many people.

Representative Sample: Yeah, Mama, I’m talking to YOU! I am constantly having to avoid your toddlers in parking lots as they dart out in front of my car while you are on your phone. You must be talking about something real important, even more so than the safety of your kid/s.

5. "Poland and America Drift Apart" Decline of U.S. influence?

Representative Sample: When Poles dream of leaving the country, they think not of Chicago but of London. A Pole can work legally in any large EU country, and an estimated 1 million do, sending home more money than Poland earns from all its U.S. trade. Meanwhile, Poles need a visa even to visit the United States.

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