Florida pastor Terry Jones is once again threatening to burn Muslim Qurans after imams in Florida and New York insist the so-called Ground Zero mosque project must go on.
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Pastor Reconsiders Cancellation of Koran Burning
Reuters – The pastor of a small Florida church, facing an outpouring of concern from U.S. leaders and anger from Muslims worldwide, said on Friday he did not plan to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
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Thousands of Afghans protest U.S. Koran-burning plan
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Reuters – A Christian pastor on Thursday canceled a plan to burn copies of the Koran at his obscure Florida church, which had drawn international condemnation and a warning from President Barack Obama that it could provoke al Qaeda suicide bombings.
**Written by Doug Powers Hot off the press from the AP’s Department of Double Standards we find this : 09/09/2010 AP Press Release Memo to AP staff from Standards Center: Guidance – planned Sept. 11 Quran burning Colleagues, As you know, a group known as the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., has announced that it intends to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11. The concept of this planned event is offensive to many Muslims worldwide. National leaders and spokesmen for other religious denominations have also found the plan repugnant. Should the event happen on Saturday, the AP will not distribute images or audio that specifically show Qurans being burned, and will not provide detailed text descriptions of the burning . With the exception of these specific images and descriptions, we expect to cover the Gainesville event, in all media, placing the actions of this group of about 50 people in a clear and balanced context. Last year, the AP didn’t appear to think twice before showing pictures of burned Christian bibles : Update: Koran burn called off , AP photo editors’ weekend just got less stressful: GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The anti-Muslim leader of a tiny Florida church backed off his threat to burn the Quran, defusing an international firestorm Thursday after he said he was promised that a planned Islamic center and mosque would be moved away from New York’s ground zero. The imam planning the center, however, quickly denied such a deal. Throughout this whole flap, did you feel like the lunch meat of sanity unwillingly trapped between two slices of kookbread in a wacko sandwich? “An exercise in over-reaction” doesn’t begin to sum it up. (h/t WZ ) **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe
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Associated Press Orders No Pictures Shown of Burned Korans; Burned Christian Bibles, Not So Much; Update: Koran Burn Canceled
Yesterday, CNN released a poll of registered voters in Florida and found Marco Rubio leading by 2. Today, there's a new poll out of likely voters, with a very different result : Republican Marco Rubio, garnering surprising strength among independent voters, holds a double-digit lead over his two chief rivals in Florida's U.S. Senate race, a new Sunshine State News Poll reports.
The New Hampshire Senate race is one that made a lot of noise early in the cycle, and has slid back out of the headlines as Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Nevada, Ohio, Florida and other states have generated more fireworks. Republicans have a surplus of good choices here. Early on, there were some conservative worries that frontrunner Kelly Ayotte , a popular state attorney general for five years, might be a bit less socially conservative than some Republican grassroots would prefer; a lack of a voting record in a legislature and fans in Washington are potential points of concern in a year like this. But it's hard to argue that a Sarah Palin-backed candidate is some sort of closet liberal. I had a chance to meet Ovide Lamontagne * a few months ago, and it's easy to make the case that he's the near-dream candidate for conservatives. “Toomeyesque” comes to mind. But when the other options, you begin to wish the ballot was a buffet instead of a menu, and you could order a bit from this one and a bit from that one. Bill Binnie's business experience, LeMontagne's encyclopedic knowledge of conservative policy ideas, Ayotte's sterling record as a prosecutor kicking tail on crime and corruption, and Jim Bender's life story of an inspiring rise from modest means. The Susan B. Anthony list, a pro-life women's group is backing Ayotte, and putting their money where their mouth is : Today, the Susan B. Anthony List announced the launch of a $150,000 independent expenditure campaign highlighting the pro-life leadership of Kelly Ayotte, endorsed Republican primary candidate for the U.S. Senate in New Hampshire. The SBA List campaign includes $50,000 in radio ads, $50,000 in Google web ads and $50,000 in voter mobilization efforts leading up to the Tuesday, September 14th
Florida's 8th congressional district features a race between the Devil and Daniel Webster . Oh, you think I exaggerate? He's got the Children of the Corn chanting his name in his latest television ad: By the way, have you ever seen school-age moppets look so forlorn at the thought that they might not have to go to school? Jim Geraghty
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That’s It, Children . . . Chant the Name of Your Master!
**Written by Doug Powers The oft-unhinged Florida Rep. Alan Grayson has a new web ad out. The end of it features kids chanting that Grayson saved their school. Why they left the “mmm mmm mmm” part out is beyond me, because it would have been a perfect fit: Just to ease us back into reality, via HAP , here’s an NRCC ad featuring some of Grayson’s greatest hits: A better ad would be Democrats in straight jackets chanting “Alan Grayson saved our asylum.” **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe
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‘Alan Mark Grayson, Mmm Mmm Mmm’
AP – Sarah Palin called President Barack Obama the most pro-abortion president ever Thursday and mocked Florida’s governor for claiming to be pro-life after vetoing a bill that would have required women to get ultrasounds before having the procedure.
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Palin criticizes Obama, Fla. gov on abortion
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