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"Barack to Muslim business owners: You are wonderful and we couldn’t do it without you.
Barack to the average hard working white business owner: You didn’t build that!"
President Obama hosts an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan in the State Dining Room. This is the fifth Iftar that President Obama has hosted, continuing the tradition of hosting Iftars that began annually under President Clinton and was continued by President George W. Bush.
The invited guests include elected officials, religious and grassroots leaders in the Muslim American community, and leaders of diverse faiths and members of the diplomatic corps. July 25, 2013.
Are these dinners because he is Muslim himself or is it to appease the Muslim community?
"Barack to Muslim business owners: You are wonderful and we couldn’t do it without you.
Barack to the average hard working white business owner: You didn’t build that!"
The whole concept of the Ramadan dinners, I recently learned was the idea of the Clinton White House. The first iftar dinner was was held in 1996 as per the advice of Abdurahman Alamoudi to then First Lady Hilary Clinton. Interestingly the Clinton advisor, Abdurahman Alamoud, was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood as well as a supporter of Hamas and Hezbollah and later served a 23 jail sentence on terrorism charges. (A Crisis of Leadership?, Family Security Matters, August 15, 2010)
Originally posted by jude11
This thread is to ask how others feel about the event, what it might mean and not to bash. Repeat...NOT TO BASH!
I honestly don't know so I'm just looking for insight...NOT TO BASH!
Originally posted by jude11
This thread is to ask how others feel about the event...
Originally posted by Lone12
was nothing against you Jude
thanks for posting
and please post whatever new you run into
- but these jokers.... are so exhausting.... and so, so obvious
regards to you
Originally posted by links234
Originally posted by jude11
This thread is to ask how others feel about the event...
Don't care. Don't see why I should.
Originally posted by neo96
reply to post by jude11
Don't blame ATS as he does try to 'be all things to all people' not because he gives a crap about them, but for his own power, and 'glory'.
So yeah people do use a lot of labels to describe the guy that isn't the fault of ATS posters.
That's his.
edit on 27-7-2013 by neo96 because: (no reason given)
um...Wasn't actually talking about Obama as the World doesn't revolve around him as much as he believes.
Originally posted by mikegrouchy
I went to an Iftar dinner at a Mosque two days ago
after fasting for the day, and it was nice.
Families, kids, friendly people
I really enjoyed myself.
Why should I deny the President the same opportunity?
Besides part of his position is to represent us to the rest of the world
so from me.
Mike
Sweet Melon, dates, and friend vegetables as an appetizer,
then prayers,
then the main course with super tender and delicious lamb.
Dark tea after the mealedit on 27-7-2013 by mikegrouchy because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by badgerprints
Originally posted by jude11
This thread is to ask how others feel about the event, what it might mean and not to bash. Repeat...NOT TO BASH!
I honestly don't know so I'm just looking for insight...NOT TO BASH!
Yeah,
I gotta be honest.
Anything I might have to say on this particular subject would be considered bashing by some context.
Not much insight needed beyond the obvious.
Originally posted by jude11
Originally posted by Lone12
was nothing against you Jude
thanks for posting
and please post whatever new you run into
- but these jokers.... are so exhausting.... and so, so obvious
regards to you
It's getting to be a real downer on ATS that we have to watch how we word things or even what subjects to touch on because others jump in are either offended, angered or just trolling the latest issue of the day.
Still, my guess? Political and that's it.
Peace
Originally posted by Lone12
Originally posted by jude11
Originally posted by Lone12
was nothing against you Jude
thanks for posting
and please post whatever new you run into
- but these jokers.... are so exhausting.... and so, so obvious
regards to you
It's getting to be a real downer on ATS that we have to watch how we word things or even what subjects to touch on because others jump in are either offended, angered or just trolling the latest issue of the day.
Still, my guess? Political and that's it.
Peace
...actually, i hoped i had been in Time telling you that it was nothing against you
because i feared you could take it that way
- how can it be against you
Never.
just the sheer stupidity and Arranged pathetic obvious Distraction concerning that guy ,
causing Panick by such a lot of those who call themselves christians of forums, if not watchers,
is slowly on starting to annoy and infuriate me
...how can those, who say they understand anything, get duped over and over again by THIS magnitude of a Joke
so it was Dissapointment
- but not onto you Jude
...please keep posting