Comments on: The Dallas Muslim Honor Killings & ICE: I Correctly Called It, Dallas HQ, Plus Policy Implications http://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:36:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: OMGhttp://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-365762 OMG Sat, 21 Aug 2010 11:25:50 +0000 http://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/#comment-365762 My grandparents left their homelands - Portugal and Philippines for a better life and ended up meeting in Hawaii, to that i am extremely grateful. While we celebrate our culture in our food, dance, etc. we totally embrace the american way. I am proud to be a part of this country and while it is not perfect, there is no place else in the world that I would whether live. So while the USA is a melting pot, if you chose to live here then you should adopt some of the basic principles of this country which is stated in a very important document called the Declaration of Independence where it states that every person is entitled certain rights and to pursue happiness. If you wish to continue your extreme ways of life that goes against our way of life, then why not stay in your own countries. If you CHOSE to come here, then CHOSE to live within these norms. Honor killings are abominable but I couldn't judge so harshly when they occur in the countries that value this as part of their culture. The United States is not and will never be a place where such attrocities will ever be tolerated. I am sure that we can create a fundraising group to fund a one way airline ticket back East if we there are any takers. My grandparents left their homelands – Portugal and Philippines for a better life and ended up meeting in Hawaii, to that i am extremely grateful. While we celebrate our culture in our food, dance, etc. we totally embrace the american way. I am proud to be a part of this country and while it is not perfect, there is no place else in the world that I would whether live. So while the USA is a melting pot, if you chose to live here then you should adopt some of the basic principles of this country which is stated in a very important document called the Declaration of Independence where it states that every person is entitled certain rights and to pursue happiness. If you wish to continue your extreme ways of life that goes against our way of life, then why not stay in your own countries. If you CHOSE to come here, then CHOSE to live within these norms. Honor killings are abominable but I couldn’t judge so harshly when they occur in the countries that value this as part of their culture. The United States is not and will never be a place where such attrocities will ever be tolerated. I am sure that we can create a fundraising group to fund a one way airline ticket back East if we there are any takers.

]]> By: George_of_the_jungalhttp://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-87885 George_of_the_jungal Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:31:17 +0000 http://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/#comment-87885 I drove a cab in the Dallas area for about 7 months and most of the foreigners treated me fairly well to my face but in practice they undercut fairs and do all sorts of things to get fairs I equate with someone who would cross a picket line to get a job. I was born in Dallas in 1961 and have spent most of my life in the area. When I applied for my cab license with the city of Dallas there was no INS check whatsoever...did not have to produce a SS card birth certificate only had to have a clean criminal and driving record. The loophole is the fact that no cab driver is employed by any cab company in Dallas they are all sole proprieters receiving no benefits. They lease their cabs from the cab companies. A cab driver can loose his license if the city deems them unaceptable thru complaints ect. I do not know of any cab drivers that do hard drugs but by the same token they are not drug tested either. Ft. Worth Tx. drug tests their candidates. IMHO no proof of citizenship is HUGE national security issue. In particular Cowboy Cab is owned and operated by a family of Iranians...they seem to be nice folks but I can't help but notice my van I stored in their yard blew antifreeze out the exhaust immediately when I drove it off their lot and now I have no car to drive. The van was not worth fixing but in the 3 years I had it it drove just fine it went from Dallas to Tenn then to New Mexico back to Dallas then onto Oklahoma pulling a 20 foot trailer eventually back to Dallas NEVER overheating.As a footnote here's the lowdown why most USA citizens would not drive a cab: you have to lease the cab 7 days a week 365 days a year holidays mean no fares you might as well stay home and loose $60 for the day. No sick leave, no vacation time, no insurance, you carry enough cash to be a target, no respect from most people almost looked upon as a homeless individual which I am sure a lot of cabbies are. To boil it down it costs about $700 a week after fuel and lease to have a cab whether you work or not if you do not get over $700 you make nothing. I have worked a 20 hour day to end up $20 negative. It was so bad the last 2 weeks I did it I was negative $600 due to being sick 2 days. I drove a cab in the Dallas area for about 7 months and most of the foreigners treated me fairly well to my face but in practice they undercut fairs and do all sorts of things to get fairs I equate with someone who would cross a picket line to get a job. I was born in Dallas in 1961 and have spent most of my life in the area. When I applied for my cab license with the city of Dallas there was no INS check whatsoever…did not have to produce a SS card birth certificate only had to have a clean criminal and driving record. The loophole is the fact that no cab driver is employed by any cab company in Dallas they are all sole proprieters receiving no benefits. They lease their cabs from the cab companies. A cab driver can loose his license if the city deems them unaceptable thru complaints ect. I do not know of any cab drivers that do hard drugs but by the same token they are not drug tested either. Ft. Worth Tx. drug tests their candidates. IMHO no proof of citizenship is HUGE national security issue. In particular Cowboy Cab is owned and operated by a family of Iranians…they seem to be nice folks but I can’t help but notice my van I stored in their yard blew antifreeze out the exhaust immediately when I drove it off their lot and now I have no car to drive. The van was not worth fixing but in the 3 years I had it it drove just fine it went from Dallas to Tenn then to New Mexico back to Dallas then onto Oklahoma pulling a 20 foot trailer eventually back to Dallas NEVER overheating.

As a footnote here’s the lowdown why most USA citizens would not drive a cab:
you have to lease the cab 7 days a week 365 days a year holidays mean no fares you might as well stay home and loose $60 for the day.
No sick leave, no vacation time, no insurance, you carry enough cash to be a target, no respect from most people almost looked upon as a homeless individual which I am sure a lot of cabbies are.
To boil it down it costs about $700 a week after fuel and lease to have a cab whether you work or not if you do not get over $700 you make nothing. I have worked a 20 hour day to end up $20 negative. It was so bad the last 2 weeks I did it I was negative $600 due to being sick 2 days.

]]> By: cookiehttp://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-81314 cookie Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:54:33 +0000 http://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/#comment-81314 islam is a beutiful religion a lot of christian ppl kill but muslims dont judge them or there religion no one can judge another person only god can judge them...they knew there father wouldnt like it yet they did it...honor killing is not right but isnt wrong either in out holy book its stated if a child shall do something against there religion the parents have the right to kill there child there doing what there religion ask so who are u to judge them...no one...stop juding poeple and look at urself...before u point one finger u have to look because u have 3 pointing right back at you...once again islam is a very beautiful religion and its funny because whatever the holy book quran says was pulish hundreds of years ago which american scientist are jus proving right now...that jus shows how advanced this religion is...although he might go against some law..he has made himself a space in heaven by following his religion the right way! islam is a beutiful religion a lot of christian ppl kill but muslims dont judge them or there religion no one can judge another person only god can judge them…they knew there father wouldnt like it yet they did it…honor killing is not right but isnt wrong either in out holy book its stated if a child shall do something against there religion the parents have the right to kill there child there doing what there religion ask so who are u to judge them…no one…stop juding poeple and look at urself…before u point one finger u have to look because u have 3 pointing right back at you…once again islam is a very beautiful religion and its funny because whatever the holy book quran says was pulish hundreds of years ago which american scientist are jus proving right now…that jus shows how advanced this religion is…although he might go against some law..he has made himself a space in heaven by following his religion the right way!

]]> By: Laurahttp://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-28615 Laura Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:05:41 +0000 http://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/#comment-28615 First and foremost I would like to send my condolences to the family. I can only imagine how hard it would be to deal with such a loss. Next I would like to address Debbie's article, which I found to have an underlying purpose. This article did not seem to be geared towards addressing the situation at hand, instead it seemed to be a sly attack towards Islam and Arabs in general. Sometime I feel that there is so much anger towards a religion which comprises SO much of the population. I think people need to step back and realize that there are isolated incidences in every culture/religion. This is no justification for the act itself, but when you put every isolated incidence of a certain religion on blast, you tend to creat an image of that specific religion! Islam in general is not a barbaric religion. You quite seldom hear of the good that is done by people of this relgion. To me this is very sad, b/c there are a lot of good people out there who are ultimately discredited due to the media portrayal of "them" as human beings. The whole article is filled with inaccuracies and self opinions. It talks about the family tragedy for 2 paragraphs and then tirades for the rest of the article into how "Islam and Arabs" are horrible, and how we should save hispanics from the ICE. And as for Debbie saying hispanics are harmless, they too have people within their community who commit outrageous crimes (murders, rapes etc). So for her to portray anyone as barbaric vs. harmless is inaccurate. I personally think she needs to be less opinionated, and do her research the proper way before she goes on a tirade depicting and placing over 1 million people into a "category" of animals. I think she needs to be on a mission to depict accuracies rather than a crusade to victimize a religion. She is one among many individuals out to stereotype a massive group of people. Very sad. First and foremost I would like to send my condolences to the family. I can only imagine how hard it would be to deal with such a loss. Next I would like to address Debbie’s article, which I found to have an underlying purpose. This article did not seem to be geared towards addressing the situation at hand, instead it seemed to be a sly attack towards Islam and Arabs in general. Sometime I feel that there is so much anger towards a religion which comprises SO much of the population. I think people need to step back and realize that there are isolated incidences in every culture/religion. This is no justification for the act itself, but when you put every isolated incidence of a certain religion on blast, you tend to creat an image of that specific religion! Islam in general is not a barbaric religion. You quite seldom hear of the good that is done by people of this relgion. To me this is very sad, b/c there are a lot of good people out there who are ultimately discredited due to the media portrayal of “them” as human beings. The whole article is filled with inaccuracies and self opinions. It talks about the family tragedy for 2 paragraphs and then tirades for the rest of the article into how “Islam and Arabs” are horrible, and how we should save hispanics from the ICE. And as for Debbie saying hispanics are harmless, they too have people within their community who commit outrageous crimes (murders, rapes etc). So for her to portray anyone as barbaric vs. harmless is inaccurate. I personally think she needs to be less opinionated, and do her research the proper way before she goes on a tirade depicting and placing over 1 million people into a “category” of animals. I think she needs to be on a mission to depict accuracies rather than a crusade to victimize a religion. She is one among many individuals out to stereotype a massive group of people. Very sad.

]]> By: Mistress_Deehttp://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-28614 Mistress_Dee Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:27:30 +0000 http://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/#comment-28614 Jeremiah- "Look at those green-gray eyes - Are they the issue of strictly Arab genes?" genetics has little to nothing to do with this issue. We are dealing with the intersection of religious influence on culture as it affects an individual. As close-to-home example, my father came from Poland. My mother was a full blood Cherokee. Look at me, and there's little to no sign of me being anything but native american. I have straight black hair, dark eyes, "the cheekbones" and the complexion. My father was blonde, blue eyed, and fair complected. My husband's morphology matches my Dad's. Our son is practically a clone of his father. Our daughter is a "mini-me". If you were to take a geneticly nordic child at birth, raise him in the culture, religion and polity of Saudi Arabia, what would you expect of him? Would you evaluate him as a "threat" based on "where he's been" or on "how he looks"? This is how political correctness corrupts our society and erodes common sense- moral relativism has expanded now so we look for ways to find "redemption" for behavior in any way we can- be it cultual, selective choice of evaluation of relegion and now directly trying to apply "eugenics" and ethnicity. I seem to remember hearing about a few nutbags 7 decades ago who tried to apply that kind of thinking to comdemn the innocent and excuse the morally reprehensible. Jeremiah- “Look at those green-gray eyes – Are they the issue of strictly Arab genes?”
genetics has little to nothing to do with this issue. We are dealing with the intersection of religious influence on culture as it affects an individual.
As close-to-home example, my father came from Poland. My mother was a full blood Cherokee. Look at me, and there’s little to no sign of me being anything but native american. I have straight black hair, dark eyes, “the cheekbones” and the complexion. My father was blonde, blue eyed, and fair complected. My husband’s morphology matches my Dad’s. Our son is practically a clone of his father. Our daughter is a “mini-me”.
If you were to take a geneticly nordic child at birth, raise him in the culture, religion and polity of Saudi Arabia, what would you expect of him? Would you evaluate him as a “threat” based on “where he’s been” or on “how he looks”?
This is how political correctness corrupts our society and erodes common sense- moral relativism has expanded now so we look for ways to find “redemption” for behavior in any way we can- be it cultual, selective choice of evaluation of relegion and now directly trying to apply “eugenics” and ethnicity.
I seem to remember hearing about a few nutbags 7 decades ago who tried to apply that kind of thinking to comdemn the innocent and excuse the morally reprehensible.

]]> By: 13 Martyrshttp://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-28613 13 Martyrs Fri, 04 Jan 2008 10:51:22 +0000 http://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/#comment-28613 The girls' brother, Islam Said, said publicly during and after the candlelight vigil that religion had nothing to do with the killings. To the Forth Worth Star-Telegram he said, "Religion has nothing to do with this, and it was very wrong. Islam is not a bad religion." To the Dallas Morning News he said, "It's not religion. It's something else. Religion has nothing to do with it." He urged his father to surrender to police. The police said there is a long history of domestic violence in the family. <a href="http://13martyrs.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://13martyrs.blogspot.com/</a> The girls’ brother, Islam Said, said publicly during and after the candlelight vigil that religion had nothing to do with the killings. To the Forth Worth Star-Telegram he said, “Religion has nothing to do with this, and it was very wrong. Islam is not a bad religion.” To the Dallas Morning News he said, “It’s not religion. It’s something else. Religion has nothing to do with it.” He urged his father to surrender to police. The police said there is a long history of domestic violence in the family.
http://13martyrs.blogspot.com/

]]> By: leahdyannehttp://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-28612 leahdyanne Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:11:02 +0000 http://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/#comment-28612 I live in the metroplex and some information not going out to the general public (info on local television news)- the father has lived in Texas for the past 22 years. I would guess he's likely here legally. Also, the mother and daughters had left him apparently. On Dec. 26th he called police to his home to file a missing person's report about his wife and daughters. There are a number of large mosques in the more "pc" cities and areas. Smaller cities aren't as muslim-friendly. While you see muslims in Fort Worth, for example, you don't see them much outside of WalMart. They don't usually frequent restraunts, etc. nor the malls here. I believe- but cannot prove- that the Holy Land Trial results had an after-effect of emboldening Muslims. Liberalism's affect (and the jury bully was an ardent liberal) is to embolden enemies of America, even on our soil. I live in the metroplex and some information not going out to the general public (info on local television news)- the father has lived in Texas for the past 22 years. I would guess he’s likely here legally. Also, the mother and daughters had left him apparently. On Dec. 26th he called police to his home to file a missing person’s report about his wife and daughters.
There are a number of large mosques in the more “pc” cities and areas. Smaller cities aren’t as muslim-friendly.
While you see muslims in Fort Worth, for example, you don’t see them much outside of WalMart. They don’t usually frequent restraunts, etc. nor the malls here.
I believe- but cannot prove- that the Holy Land Trial results had an after-effect of emboldening Muslims. Liberalism’s affect (and the jury bully was an ardent liberal) is to embolden enemies of America, even on our soil.

]]> By: Gary Rosenhttp://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-28611 Gary Rosen Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:00:59 +0000 http://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/#comment-28611 Jeremiah: "Look at those green-gray eyes - Are they the issue of strictly Arab genes?" Do you know who Amin al-Husseini was? He was the mufti of Jerusalem and the leader of the Palestinians from the 1920's until after WWII. Among his notable "accomplishments": - Incited a pogrom in the 1920s that wiped out the indigenous Jewish population of Hebron - Undertook a campaign of assassination against Arab moderates in the 1930s that has kept sane Palestinians in fear to this day - Allied with Hitler during WWII and lived in Berlin during the war - When he got wind of a Nazi plan to release Jewish children for ransom money he urged his friend Himmler to send the children to the death camps - Allegedly visited the gas chambers himself to make sure Jews were being killed fast enough for him - Founded the PLO - Relative (uncle or cousin?) of Yasser Arafat, and like him was a homosexual Husseini had red hair and blue eyes. Jeremiah: “Look at those green-gray eyes – Are they the issue of strictly Arab genes?”
Do you know who Amin al-Husseini was? He was the mufti of Jerusalem and the leader of the Palestinians from the 1920′s until after WWII. Among his notable “accomplishments”:
- Incited a pogrom in the 1920s that wiped out the indigenous Jewish population of Hebron
- Undertook a campaign of assassination against Arab moderates in the 1930s that has kept sane Palestinians in fear to this day
- Allied with Hitler during WWII and lived in Berlin during the war
- When he got wind of a Nazi plan to release Jewish children for ransom money he urged his friend Himmler to send the children to the death camps
- Allegedly visited the gas chambers himself to make sure Jews were being killed fast enough for him
- Founded the PLO
- Relative (uncle or cousin?) of Yasser Arafat, and like him was a homosexual
Husseini had red hair and blue eyes.

]]> By: Jeremiahhttp://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-28610 Jeremiah Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:52:27 +0000 http://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/#comment-28610 Look at those green-gray eyes - Are they the issue of strictly Arab genes? Look at those green-gray eyes – Are they the issue of strictly Arab genes?

]]> By: Jeremiahhttp://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/comment-page-1/#comment-28609 Jeremiah Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:51:54 +0000 http://www.debbieschlussel.com/3270/the-dallas-muslim-honor-killings-ice-i-correctly-called-it-dallas-hq-plus-policy-implications/#comment-28609 Look at those green-gray eyes - Are they the issue of strictly Arab genes? Look at those green-gray eyes – Are they the issue of strictly Arab genes?

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