Rep.
Keith Ellison , the first Afro American Muslim
from Minnesota to serve in Congress, was back in Edina,
Minnesota this week. On July 8th he was spoke to a group
of Atheists
for Human Rights- group that opposes all
'authoritarian 'religions.
He loves to say that "after 9/11 Muslims and
atheists were at the bottom of most polls".
His comment captured in a Minneapolis Star Tribune article
about this event was:
"You will always find this Muslim standing up for
your right to be atheists all you want."
He was playing to a crowd of enthusiastic left wing
Democratic Farmer Labor party members with anti-war cant
calling the Iraq war "occupation" . He also
suggested impeaching Vice President Cheney for engineering
the Scooter Libby commutation, however he went a little
too far when it came to Pres. Bush.
In an over the top remark he accused Bush of being the
equivalent of Hitler, who many believe may have lit the
torch figuratively and literally that caused the Reichstag
Fire of February 27, 1933 , equating it to
9/11.
He may have taken a cue from an audience member who wore a
black tee shirt with "Investigate 9/11".
"It's almost like the Reichstag fire in Nazi German, kind of reminds me of that. After the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the Communists for it and put the leader of that country (Hitler) in a position where he could basically have the authority to do whatever he wanted. The fact is that I'm not saying [Sept. 11] was a U.S. plan, or anything like that because, you know, that's how they put you in the nut-box-dismiss you."
He also accused Bush of using so-called Faith Based
Initiatives as a Department of Outreach to "the far
right wing of the Christian evangelicals."
"That's really all it is," Ellison said in his
Edina library remarks.
Alan Fine of the blog, Minnesota
Democrats Exposed and GOP candidate who ran
against Ellison and lost in the heavily Democratic
University of Minnesota Congressional District, had this
comment about Ellison that rings true.
"Keith Ellison is among the most extreme among Democrats. His rhetoric can be heard in the halls of states and organizations (like CAIR) that support the terrorists, who would like to rewrite history and would like to destroy our nation."
Fine's dad, by the way flew 22 Missions as a USAAF pilot
against Herr Hitler's regime during WWII.
The Atheists
for Human Rights, a 350 member group, were
ecstatic. Afterwards they got a call from an O'Reilly
Factor producer asking for a DVD of Ellison's remarks and
a possible stint on the Fox Cable News program.
The group's spokesperson, Marie Castle told Minneapolis
Star Tribune reporter Mike
Kaszuba who covered the event, "We're
trying to upgrade the image of atheists. They don't think
we have a moral compass." I concur with Ms.
Castle last observation. This group of atheists has no
moral compass by giving a soapbox to Rep. Ellison to
prattle his provocative and 'incendiary' views.
Apparently, the sponsoring atheist group received
objections from fellow atheists about permitting a Muslim
to speak. At least those few who objected had a 'moral
compass'.
So what can we expect out of this? A five minute food
fight with Ellison on the Fox Cable O'Reilly Factor
program giving him an audience of millions and the undying
thanks for Ms. Castle and her fellow Minnesotans at
Atheists for Human Rights. Little do they know that
Ellison lied to them. They have no rights under Muslim
Sharia law. They are just Dhimmis.