Who are the oppressors and suppressors of Muslims? In most cases, Muslims themselves!
I have to admit that I get a little tired of hearing Muslims say how they are not treated well in the West. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) often emphasizes how unfairly Muslims are treated across the United States, rather than showing the great contributions Muslims have made to America and emphasizing how over 4 million Muslims live in the United States in peace and with freedom of religion. Many more millions live in western Europe, in most cases with little interference with their culture and lifestyle.…
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76 - Skip Conover
Irv. I didn't mean forever. Actually, we're both right in some respects and wrong in others. That's true of the Muslims too. How do we find common ground?
77 - Ruvy
Listen to this podcast and see if it doesn't sound like someone you have read before. Believe me, hundreds of thousands of us, if not millions of us think as this man does, and want you and all the Eurotrash gone. We will muddle along happily without you.
78 - El Bicho
"In spite of his bedside manners, Mr. Kurtz is performing an invaluable service in puncturing the overinflated egos of many members of the BC community."
What a load of bunk. He insulted a writer who chose to use his weekly music column to write about Phil Collins retirement because someone else had written about the same subject. The problem is Kurtz' ego is one of the most overinflated ever to visit the site.
79 - Alan Kurtz II
No question about that. But do you make it a habit to complain to the upper management about Kurtz just because you're unable to deal with Kurtz mano a mano?
Just asking.
80 - Irvin F. Cohen
Wait a minute, what about me, what about my overweening, inflated, super narcissistic, obnoxious, bombastic, prolix and verbose, condescending and insulting, super insensitive, Thesaurus driven, super egotistical ego?! Do I not take myself too seriously, do I not have an excessively distorted opinion of myself? You fucking hairball!
Wait a minute, come to think of it, that's not entirely me; the prolix and overly verbose, bombastic persona, that's me [edited].
This guy's a fucking college professor? Go figure, well actually that fits him to a tee. Where else on this planet of ours, could you pay real dollars, lots and lots of 'em, for so much bullshit and indecipherable and unfathomable intellectual masturbation?
81 - Alan Kurtz II
What are you complaining about now? That you're not the center of attention? Don't you worry about it, Irv. When your time will come, I'll stand up for you, posthumously. But for the time being at least, Mr. Kurtz needs our support. So can you possibly rise above your own overinflated ego and forget number one?
82 - Irvin F Cohen
Well actually Raj, it ain't about me, it's about number two. Can't be anymore cryptic about it than that otherwise I too will be (deleted - due to editorially, politically incorrect improper aspersions to - deleted - powers that be).
Now what dah yah mean I ain't the center of attention? Wait a sec, I think I have a tantrum coming on. Waaah, waah, waaah, wadda yah mean I ain't the center of attraction, waaah, waaah, waaah! I want, I want, I want. Vizz-shtay-a-vooh?
83 - El Bicho
"But do you make it a habit to complain to the upper management about Kurtz just because you're unable to deal with Kurtz mano a mano?"
That's rich. When have I been unable to handle Kurtz? Besides, he's the one usually running to management to complain. Now, I see he has removed his name from his profile. That'll show everyone
84 - Irvin F. Cohen
Looks like thar's rebellion a-brewin'. 'n mehbee bloody insurrection tah boot. 'n mehbee bloodier internecine back-stabbing and cuttin' o' throats.
Or as ole Shakey once said:
"Double, double toil and trouble,
Fire burn and cauldron bubble."
And:
"By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes."
85 - Irvin F. Cohen
Correction for the sake of both meter and rhyme (and euphony too): Add the word "too" to the end of the first P so that it reads "...and cuttin' o' throats TOO." Lower case of course, I used caps here solely for emphasis and to highlight the additional word "too".
86 - Roger Nowosielski
Wssn't accusing you, LB, but some of the editors and other BC participants have done precisely that. Besides, Kurtz' complaints were against the management or parts of the management team, not against BC members at large.