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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>ROTFLMAO!!! It’s either laugh or cry, right?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Does the idiot not realize the very same things could be said about fundie Christians and their desire use the teeth of the law to enforce their religious thinking on the rest of us? Indeed, we have more than one local group that fits that definition . . . <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Saundra Lund<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Moscow, ID<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>~ Edmund Burke<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2010 through life plus 70 years, Saundra Lund. Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside the Vision 2020 forum without the express written permission of the author.*****<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Art Deco<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 27, 2010 10:15 AM<br><b>To:</b> Vision 2020<br><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] The pot calling the kettle black with added confusion<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20011712-503544.html">http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20011712-503544.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><h1>Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey Questions Whether Islam is a Religion<o:p></o:p></h1><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Posted by <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8300-503544_162-503544.html?contributor=10361558">Brian Montopoli</a> <span class=commenttease><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20011712-503544.html#addcomm">37 comments</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20011712-503544.html" target="_blank"><span class=fbbuttontext>Share</span></a><span class=fbsharecountnubright> </span><span class=fbsharecountinner>208</span> <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><img border=0 width=370 height=278 id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.cbsnews.com/i/tim/2010/07/26/Ron_Ramsey_370x278.jpg"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=image-caption style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span class=image-credit><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(Credit: <a href="http://www.teamronramsey.com">www.teamronramsey.com</a>)</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey, a Republican competing in the GOP gubernatorial primary, said on July 14th that he is unsure if Islam is really a religion, suggesting that it could be a "cult." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>As TPM DC, which <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/tennessee-lt-gov-religious-freedom-doesnt-count-if-youre-muslim-video.php">reported on the video </a>after it was <a href="http://www.nashvillescene.com/pitw/archives/2010/07/16/ramsey-argues-freedom-of-religion-doesnt-apply-to-muslims">posted by the Nashville Scene</a>, notes, Islam is the world's second-largest religion. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Asked about the "threat invading our country from Muslims," Ramsey first said that he is "all about freedom of religion," proclaiming fealty to the first amendment to the Constitution. But he went on to add that "you cross the line when they start bringing Sharia Law in the state of Tennessee, the United States." <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>"Now, you could even argue whether being a Muslim is actually a religion, or is it a nationality, way of life, a cult, whatever you want to call it," Ramsey said. "But certainly we do protect our religions, but at the same time, this is something we are going to have to face."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>It is not clear what Ramsey's suggestion that Sharia Law is being introduced in the United States, though he seems to be tying it to a move to open a Muslim community center in Hamilton County. (He calls it a mosque.) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>In an email to TPMDC, Ramsey wrote that "my concern is that far too much of Islam has come to resemble a violent political philosophy more than peace-loving religion. It's time for American Muslims who love this country to publicly renounce violent jihadism and to drum those who seek to do America harm out of their faith community."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>You can see Ramsey's comments at left. His discussion of Islam starts shortly after the 3:00 mark.The video includes a cut, though his full response to the question appears intact and Ramsey's campaign did not take issue with the recording. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><br>Wayne A. 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