Presented by: The Religious Freedom Coalition of the SouthEast
Question:
"Separation between Church and State." Who coined the Phrase?
Give up? Answer: Thomas Jefferson - one of the founding
fathers of this great Nation and a creator of the U.S. Constitution and the
First Amendment to that same Constitution.
Thomas Jefferson, in 1802, wrote a Letter to the Danbury Baptist
Association, referring to the First Amendment to the US Constitution.
In it he said:
To messers. Nehemiah Dodge, Ephraim
Robbins, & Stephen S. Nelson, a committee of the Danbury Baptist
association in the state of Connecticut.
Gentlemen
The affectionate sentiments of esteem and
approbation which you are so good as to express towards me, on behalf of
the Danbury Baptist association, give me the highest satisfaction. my
duties dictate a faithful and zealous pursuit of the interests of my
constituents, & in proportion as they are persuaded of my fidelity to
those duties, the discharge of them becomes more and more pleasing.
Believing with you that religion is a
matter which lies solely between Man & his God, that he owes account to
none other for his faith or his worship, that the legitimate powers of
government reach actions only, & not opinions, I contemplate with
sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared
that their legislature should "make no law
respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof," thus building a wall of separation between Church &
State. Adhering to this expression of the
supreme will of the nation in behalf of the rights of conscience, I
shall see with sincere satisfaction the progress of those sentiments
which tend to restore to man all his natural rights, convinced he has no
natural right in opposition to his social duties.
I reciprocate your kind prayers for the
protection & blessing of the common father and creator of man, and
tender you for yourselves & your religious association, assurances of my
high respect & esteem.
Th Jefferson
Jan 1, 1802
Original Letter is in the Library of
Congress
Alan West
has always supported a extreme Conservative Christian position especially
when it comes to Church and State issues. It is apparent from the data
collected, that the first amendment is in danger from his past and
future actions.
Upon calling his office we find that Islam, Judaism, Shintoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, or Wicca "..aren't "Real" religions."
What is a real religion, Mr. West? What you have been practicing?
Read the following and remember: "By their Works may they be known."
We believe that Alan will one day reside in Dante's ninth level of Hell!
(Remember it is best to investigate on your own when
looking at allegations about anyone. Don't believe us,
think for yourself and investigate for yourself! And remember, the
Freedom of Religion Coalition does not represent any political party nor do
we recommend any political candidate, nor are we involving ourselves in the
political process.
"Alan West is one of the
great pulsars of our times: a collapsed gravity well of unblinking
stare. People innocently walking down the street, are drawn
into his orbit, helplessly drawn in by how utterly dense he is.
They cannot escape the completely impenetrable mass of darkness
surrounding his mind and become totally crushed & moronized by him."
By a Friend of
Religious Freedom
I've been scratching my head about two things
lately. One, how can someone who isn't a multimillionaire
vote Republican? Every platform they support is contrary to
the average working class citizen's needs. Two, how can a man
profess to be a Christian when he obviously is a hypocrite and
Liar? But when I listen to people like Alan West, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin,
Sam Brownback, Rush Limbaugh, Jim DeMint, Glenn Beck, Michele
Bachmann, Sharon Angle and Christine O'Donnell speak, it becomes
clear how these things exist and why they are glorified.
Intelligence is awareness of ignorance.
Stupidity is ignorance of ignorance. Now it all
makes sense. "It is better
to be silentand be thought a fool
than to speakand remove all doubt. "Variously
attributed to Lincoln, Elbert Hubbard, Mark Twain, Benjamin
Franklin and Socrates.
Marine Corps Sgt. Ron Geste - Iraq
EXTREMIST
TEA PARTY REPUBLICANS ARE
THE ENEMY AND TRAITORS TO AMERICA by R. Blackbird
Extremist Tea Party Republicans are selfish, power hungry, hateful of the poor, disloyal
to the nation and its people, dishonest, avaricious, scornful of the
nation's history, the dignity of its institutions, its standards of
political morality, and its vision of advancement for all the
people. The Republicans love war as long as they and theirs do not
have to put on helmets and carry guns into the fighting. They use lies
to start wars that kill hundreds of thousands of innocents and thousands
of our own military service people. They love massive war-time profits,
unavailable to their rich masters if war is absent.
Those
Extremist Republicans hate the rest of us, which they must, in order to
pass away from themselves and onto us, the financial burdens and losses
their crimes, schemes and thefts cause. They are prolific, incessant,
and destructive liars. They are blasphemers for they insist that
their hateful and destructive deeds are the work of God. They are
apostates for they gleefully attack the poor, the immigrants, the
old and the sick, of whom God has commanded all of us to be mindful.
There is no reasoning with them, for all their logic is built on false
premises. There is no appealing to them for honor's sake for they have
lost all sense of shame and have no honor, there is no appealing to them
for the nation's sake for that it what they hate the most.
Extremist Tea Party Republicans are the enemy.
UPDATE 11/06/2012
Allen west was defeated as a
Congressional Representative from Florida...Thank the
Gods!!!!
UPDATE 04/08/2012
It is being rumored that Allen West is being accused of
being a closet Nazi who receives money raised by a
Columbia Drug cartel laundered by his membership in the
Outlaws Motorcycle Gang. It is reported that he is
good friends with a certain person whose last name is
Bush and who was related to the infamous Bush who was a
traitor to this country by carrying on a financial
arrangement with the Nazis until he was stopped by the
trading with the enemies act. (look it up!) Silly Allen,
how long do you think you could hide the
connection...now I wish there was Jail time in your future.
Congressman Allen West,
whose
documented
stack of lies
keeps getting bigger and bigger, just added another
stupid one to the pile. First, a thought about lies.
Why? Why would a U.S. Congressman who gets tons of media
attention, feel such a strong need to lie — and to lie
so much? I’ll leave that to your imagination — or Allen
West’s mental health professional, whom I truly hope
exists.
It’s not a big lie, but
it was so unnecessary, and like most of West’s lies, so
easily refuted.
“I have 70,000 people
who follow me directly on Twitter.”
“We are the number one Congressional
Office for Twitter and Facebook in Washington, D.C.”
What does that even mean? Trust me,
Twitter and Facebook don’t go around rating
Congressional offices. They don’t give out awards. So
what does that mean? Number one in number of followers?
Number one in number of tweets? Number one what?
Well, I’ll again leave it to the
Florida Congressman to explain himself. I will also
assume he’s just lying and bragging unless he can prove
otherwise.
Here are a few images that prove him
wrong.
Dealing with Allen West’s lies is like
playing Whack-A-Mole. Get rid of one and another one
pops up.
Allen West: “China Is In Control Of The
Panama Canal,” One Of Many Falsehoods
“China is in control of the Panama Canal,” according
to Rep. Allen West (R-FL), who delivered the shocking news last week
in a Florida town hall. The freshman congressman, claiming, “You
know, there is some serious threats to our country,” also warned of
a “threat” coming from south of our border.
“I had the opportunity to go down to the United States southern
command which is headquartered in Miami, Florida,” the Sarah Palin
and Tea Party-supported Congressman said. “There is a huge threat
coming up out of South America through Central America, through
Mexico, and into the United States. Iran is in South America.
Hezbollah is in South America. I already talked about how China is
in control of the Panama Canal. And even about 50 miles away from
here in the Bahamas, building a port there.”
The good folks at
Think Progress,
who reported on this and whom we can thank for the video,
write, ”The notion that China controls the Panama Canal is patently
false. The United States handed control of the canal over to Panama
on December
31, 1999 and it has remained in
Panamanian hands ever since. This false claim was even debunked
by the conservative news outlet Newsmax back in 2006. In fact,
rather than owning the Panama Canal, China is currently
proposing a rival railroad in
Colombia that would allow goods to bypass the canal.
“West is certainly no
stranger to outlandish statements. He made a name for himself over
the past year with comments like endorsing the censorship
of news agencies that “enabled” Wikileaks, arguing that nobody
is getting laid off in Washington
D.C., saying that liberal women are “neutering
American men,” and calling
President Obama a “low
level Socialist agitator,” writes
Scott Keyes at Think Progress.
“I
gotta tell you something: if you support Medicare the way it is now,
you can kiss the United States of America goodbye,”
said West on April 27 at the same Florida town hall.
Last month, West, who recently accused President
Obama of acting with ‘”third world dictator-like arrogance,” made a
statement that earned him the ire of a great many groups. He began
to talk about America through the lens of Ancient Sparta, the
much-heralded Greek city-state that inspired the bloody movie,
“300.”
“We need you to come in and lock shields, and
strengthen up the men who are going to fight for you. To let these
other women know on the other side — these planned Parenthood women,
the Code Pink women, and all of these women that have been neutering
American men and bringing us to the point of this incredible
weakness — to let them know that we are not going to have our men
become subservient.”
“Do you know who else praised Sparta and told his
people to be more like them?
“Yes, of course it was Adolf Hitler, who likened his Nazi soldiers
to Spartans and the Russians as the Helots. But then, what warmonger
wouldn’t look to the Spartans as a shining example of what a society
should look like?
“Hitler also admired the Spartans’ ‘racial superiority’ and another
practice of strong Spartan women — the systematic murder of its weak
and deformed children.”
West, 50, has some other disturbing events in his
past. In 2004 he retired from the military after violating the
Uniform Code of Military Justice, including the article on assault,
and was fined $5,000.
“And if ballots don’t work, bullets will,” is the
statement made in 2010 by Joyce Kaufman, a controversial Florida
radio host who had advocated for the hanging of illegal immigrants
who have committed crimes. West hired Kaufman to be his chief of
staff, but she was essentially forced to resign after public outrage
became too great. West reportedly blamed the Left of racism and
misogyny as reasons for Kaufman’s resignation.
West, 50, despite
being on the House Committee on Armed Services, last year said of
gay men and lesbians in the military, “unfortunately,
they are serving.” He delivered the
keynote speech at this year’s
CPAC.
West, who had said, “[t]he truth is not
subjective,” as a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives,
said in a candidate forum, ”I had a Top Secret/Security
Compartmented Information classification, that is the highest you
can have in the United States Army. You don’t get a security
classification like that if you have financial issues like that. I
still retain a Secret security clearance. And I tell you, if you
look at the application for a security clearance, I have a clearance
that even the president of the United States cannot obtain because
of my background.”
This statement earned
his the “Pants on Fire” award from the non-partisan
PolitiFact,
which writes,
“West is saying that he had a higher security
clearance than someone occupying the office of president of the
United States. Even if you assume that he was referring to the
period in which West held a TS/SCI, our experts say he’s wrong.
“The president is the one who established the
security clearance system by executive order,” said Steven Aftergood,
a national security and intelligence specialist with the Federation
of American Scientists. “Therefore it is nonsensical to speak of
clearances higher than what the president has. As head of the
executive branch and commander in chief of the armed forces, there
is no information in government that could be denied to the
president for security reasons if he determined he needed access to
that information.”
“John Pike, the director of globalsecurity.org,
agreed. “This is a silly statement,” Pike said. “The only clearance
the president needs is the mandate of the people.”
“The statement is even more questionable if West
was actually referring to what he says is his current clearance —
Secret.
“A Secret security clearance is the most commonly
held security clearance,” Aftergood said. “Almost anyone without a
criminal record or serious financial difficulties can get such a
clearance if their employment requires it.”
The question becomes, why is West, clearly someone
with a questionable grasp on matters of the utmost importance to the
security of the United States, a United States Congressman?
You may not have long to worry. Some, including
Glenn Beck, are floating
The
congressman often directs his out-of-control anger at
“liberal women,” including blasting fellow Florida rep
Debbie Wasserman Schultz as “vile and despicable.” By
Michelle Goldberg.
In 2003, while serving as a battalion
commander in Iraq, West oversaw the beating of an
Iraqi policeman,
Yehiya Kadoori Hamoodi,
who he thought had information about potential
attacks on his troops. When Hamoodi failed to give
him the intelligence he sought—intelligence that, it
turned out, Hamoodi didn’t have—West decided to
simulate an execution, firing a gun next to
Hamoodi’s head. The Army contemplated a court
martial, though in the end West was simply relieved
of his command and fined $5,000. He has since
portrayed the incident as a brave decision to flout
the rules for the sake of his men, but there’s
evidence that he simply lost it: In a statement
shortly after the incident, he wrote, “In my anger,
I couldn't remember how many shots were fired.”
Since then, West’s intemperance has
made him a hero to the Tea Party, which thrills to
his vituperative attacks on political enemies. No
other congressman sounds so much like a right-wing
talk show host. Islam, he’s said, is a “very vile
and very vicious enemy.” Liberal women, he claimed,
helped cause the debt by “neutering American men,”
which apparently undermined their fiscal rectitude.
Earlier this week, he concluded a column by writing,
“I must confess, when I see anyone with an Obama
2012 bumper sticker, I recognize them as a threat to
the gene pool.”
West’s admirers see his barbed words
the same way they see his attack on Hamoodi, as
evidence of a heroic willingness to put himself on
the line for his ideals. But his recent
email attack
on fellow Florida representative
Debbie Wasserman Schultz,
coupled with his alternately defensive and defiant
reaction to the ensuing controversy, suggest that he
might really simply be a volatile person with a
victim complex and an out-of-control temper.
Alex Wong / Getty Images
The strange thing about the Wasserman
Schultz incident isn’t just the crazy email West
sent, but the relatively anodyne speech that
inspired his rage. It all began on Tuesday, when
West made a floor speech in favor of the
conservative Cut, Cap and Balance act. In response,
Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic
National Committee, stood up and reiterated
Democratic objections to the plan, which would slash
federal spending to pre-Medicare levels.
“Incredulously, the gentleman from Florida who
represents thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, as
do I, is supportive of this plan that would increase
costs to
Medicare
beneficiaries,” she said. “Unbelievable from a
member from South Florida.”
This was hardly an ad hominem
assault, though West interpreted it that way. That
afternoon, he sent her an email, cc’ed to the House
leadership, with the subject heading,
“Unprofessional and Inappropriate Sophomoric
Behavior from Wasserman-Schultz.” Calling her “the
most vile, unprofessional, and despicable” member of
Congress, he ordered her to “shut the heck up,”
before concluding, “You have proven repeatedly that
you are not a Lady, therefore, shall not be afforded
due respect from me!”
“No
other congressman sounds so much like a right-wing
talk show host.”
Since then, West has continued to
behave erratically. First he told reporters,
falsely, that he had apologized to Wasserman
Schultz. Then he went on
Mark Levin’s
radio show and claimed he was being smeared because
he’s black, a particularly rich charge given how
often he accuses Democrats of playing the race card.
“The thing that really most aggravates me is that
there’s this double standard,” he said. “And the
people on the hard left can continue to attack
conservatives, and especially minority conservatives
and female conservatives. And yet when all of a
sudden you stand up and you say that you will not
tolerate this anymore, then they claim to be a
victim.” Speaking to Fox Business Network, he
accused Wasserman Schultz of leaking a “private
email”—an absurd charge, given the fact that he was
the one who cc’ed it to several others.
Wasserman Schultz has actually been
driving West nuts for a while now. Their feud goes
back to last year, when she called him out for his
association with the misogynist biker magazine
Wheels on the Road, where he wrote a monthly column.
An October 2010 issue that he contributed to also
ran a piece that said, “Can someone PLEAZZZZZZZZE
get rid of Debbie Wasserman Shitz?...That yenta
annoys the crap out of me with just her whining
voice. Guys, can you imagine banging her (UGGGGGGGGG)
and she’s screaming at the top of her lungs!!!” In
response, Wasserman Schultz led a protest outside
West’s campaign headquarters, which he saw as an
intolerable act of disrespect. “[U]nderstand that I
shall defend myself forthright against your heinous
characterless behavior……which dates back to the
disgusting protest you ordered at my campaign hqs,”
he wrote in his recent email.
He’s going to have to get used to such protests.
Lois Frankel, the former West Palm Beach mayor who
is challenging West next year, has put up a website,
WestHatesWomen.com, demanding that he both apologize
and donate $1,000 to the Florida Coalition Against
Domestic Violence. “It may seem a little harsh, but
it’s backed up by this man’s rhetoric and by his
votes,” she says. “Sometimes your true character
comes out in your anger. So when you’re angry and
your response is sexist and demeaning, that tells
you something.”
Jon Stewart: Congresswomen Tell Sexist Allen West
That "As Women, He Can Suck Their &#!@"
By now you've
probably heard about Allen West's
sexist remarks
to DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who he said is
"not a lady" because she... disagreed with him.
Hilariously and sadly, West's staffers responded to the
ensuing controversy with the following
statement: "Congressman West does not hate women."
Good One.
Well
at least it was good for Jon Stewart, who was prompted
to launch a new segment, "Statements of Clarification
That Probably Won't Do You Any Good." Also called out
were Michele Bachmann ("I abhor slavery") and a Fox News
contributor ("I assure you I'm not a pedophile, at
all"). Watch the segment below.
Allen West says Debbie Wasserman Schultz
is 'Vile', 'Not A Lady'
Rep
West has a problem controlling his temper and it has been
reported that his wife has been a victim of spousal abuse.
Go to Military Officer Fined For Illegal Interrogation of
Iraqi Prisoner below. In his own words:
"In
my anger, I couldn't remember how many shots were fired."
WASHINGTON — Again we have his explosive anger revealed.
West turned to email on Tuesday to call a Democratic colleague from the
state "vile, despicable and cowardly" after she called into question his
stance on Medicare during the debate over a spending cap and balanced budget
bill before the House.
West, a first-term Republican from south Florida, wasn't
shy about his online outburst. He sent his peppery email to numerous
lawmakers as well as his target, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., the
chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.
The subject line of the email: "Unprofessional and
Inappropriate Sophomoric Behavior from Wasserman Schultz."
The e-mail said: "Look, Debbie, I understand that after I
departed the House floor you directed your floor speech comments directly
towards me. Let me make myself perfectly clear, you want a personal fight, I
am happy to oblige. You are the most vile, unprofessional and despicable
member of the US House of Representatives. If you have something to say to
me, stop being a coward and say it to my face, otherwise, shut the heck up."
In her remarks on the House floor, Wasserman Schultz said:
"The gentleman from Florida, who represents thousands of Medicare
beneficiaries, as do I, is supportive of this plan that would increase costs
for Medicare beneficiaries. Unbelievable from a member from south Florida."
She was alluding to a GOP-backed bill to reduce the debt
and amend the Constitution to require a balanced federal budget. The House
later approved the bill 234-190, but it is unlikely to pass the Democratic
Senate.
In his email, West said Wasserman Schultz has proven "that
you are not a Lady" and "shall not be afforded due respect from me!" He said
he was alerting House leaders to her "heinous characterless behavior."
A spokesman for Wasserman Schultz,
Jonathan Beeton, said in an email of his own: "I don't think that
Congressman West is upset at the congresswoman, but rather with the fact
that she highlighted that he and other Republicans are once again trying to
balance the budget on the backs of seniors, children and the middle class.
... The truth hurts."
West's office did not back off the criticism after the
email was widely distributed. A spokeswoman said Wasserman Schultz had taken
"another cowardly cheap shot at Congressman West."
BUT when a mere Democratic Woman questions West's voting
record she is: "Not a Lady", and Evidences a heinous characterless
behavior". Sounds like Rep. West needs to take an anger management
class as well as learn common courtesy and decorum in the House of
Representatives. West is not a Lt. Colonel in the Military any more
and cannot expect those he considers his subordinates to not call him on his
mistakes. Ms. Wasserman Schultz i++s his EQUAL and in fact evidences VERY
lady like behavior in not castigating him for his choice of language in the
e-mail he sent her. THEN to NOT apologize when he told a reporter he
already had? that's called Lying.
Allen West: Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Apology 'Not Happening'
During an
appearance on Fox Business
Network on Thursday, Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) signaled he has no
intention of apologizing to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz (D-Fla.),
who chairs the Democratic National Committee, for using
strong language to criticize
her in an email.
"That is not happening," said West on whether
he plans to issue an apology to the Democratic congresswoman.
"This is a pattern I referred to in that email that goes back to
2010. Finally I think I have the right to stand up and defend my
honor and make sure that this type of activity does cease. I
sent her a private email, she decided to make it public by
releasing it to the news media."
On Wednesday, however, West
suggested to HuffPost's Jen
Bendery that he had said he was sorry to Wasserman Shultz for
the message in question. (Click
here to listen to audio of what the Republican
lawmaker had to say.)
Shortly after, a spokesman for Wasserman
Schultz
indicated that the
congresswoman never received an apology from West. A spokesman
for the congressman
clarified that it's "absolutely
false" that West said he was sorry.
The AP
relays background on the email
West sent to numerous lawmakers as well as Wasserman Schultz
herself:
A Republican congressman from Florida turned
to email on Tuesday to call a Democratic colleague from the
state "vile, despicable and cowardly" after she called into
question his stance on Medicare during the debate over a
spending cap and balanced budget bill before the House. ... The subject line of the email: "Unprofessional and
Inappropriate Sophomoric Behavior from Wasserman Schultz."
The e-mail said: "Look, Debbie, I
understand that after I departed the House floor you
directed your floor speech comments directly towards me. Let
me make myself perfectly clear, you want a personal fight, I
am happy to oblige. You are the most vile, unprofessional
and despicable member of the US House of Representatives. If
you have something to say to me, stop being a coward and say
it to my face, otherwise, shut the heck up." ... In his email, West said Wasserman Schultz has proven "that
you are not a Lady" and "shall not be afforded due respect
from me!" He said he was alerting House leaders to her
"heinous characterless behavior."
Wasserman Schultz
addressed the message sent by West during an appearance on
MSNBC on Wednesday.
Allen West Email Prompts Congresswomen To
Call For Apology From GOP Lawmaker
WASHINGTON — Five
Democratic congresswomen on Wednesday called for GOP Rep. Allen
West to apologize for his email tirade against a fellow Florida
lawmaker.
Reps. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin, Carolyn Maloney
of New York, Donna Edwards of Maryland, Jackie Speier of
California and Lois Capps of California denounced West for
calling Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz "vile,
despicable and cowardly" after she criticized his stance on
Medicare.
"His words were nothing more than personal
attacks," said Maloney, who appeared with her four female
colleagues at a news conference. "It's incredibly
disrespectful."
The congresswomen, who said they were friends
as well as colleagues of Wasserman Schultz, also called on the
GOP leadership to rebuke West for his outburst.
The controversy began Tuesday when Wasserman
Schultz called into question West's stance on Medicare during
the debate over a spending cap and balanced budget bill before
the House.
West, a first-term Republican from south
Florida, responded by sending an email to numerous lawmakers as
well as Wasserman Schultz, who also is the chairwoman of the
Democratic National Committee.
The subject line of the email: "Unprofessional
and Inappropriate Sophomoric Behavior from Wasserman Schultz."
The email said: "Look, Debbie, I understand
that after I departed the House floor you directed your floor
speech comments directly towards me. Let me make myself
perfectly clear, you want a personal fight, I am happy to
oblige. You are the most vile, unprofessional and despicable
member of the US House of Representatives. If you have something
to say to me, stop being a coward and say it to my face,
otherwise, shut the heck up."
In her remarks on the House floor, Wasserman
Schultz said: "The gentleman from Florida, who represents
thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, as do I, is supportive of
this plan that would increase costs for Medicare beneficiaries.
Unbelievable from a member from south Florida."
She was alluding to a GOP-backed bill to
reduce the debt and amend the Constitution to require a balanced
federal budget.
In his email, West said Wasserman Schultz has
proven "that you are not a Lady" and "shall not be afforded due
respect from me!" He said he was alerting House leaders to her
"heinous characterless behavior."
Moore said that such attacks are often made
against women who seem strong and knowledgeable.
"There's always someone who will rebuke them
(the women) for not being a lady," Moore said.
There is some history between the two Florida
lawmakers. Wasserman Schultz and other women protested outside
West's campaign office about columns that West wrote appearing
in a biker magazine. The protesters said the magazine denigrated
women.
Excerpt from an article posted on
The Huffington Post
01/24/11
Freshman Tea Party-backed Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.)
recently
got personal in an attack on
one of the House's two Muslim representatives, declaring that
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) represents "the antithesis of the
principles upon which this country was established."
During an
interview with "The
Shalom Show," West also said that he plans to
"defeat" Ellison, an outspoken Democrat who "supports Islam,"
according to host Richard Peritz, "intellectually in debate and
discourse."
As ThinkProgress
notes, West has repeatedly
sought to connect Islamic religious beliefs to supposedly
anti-American views.
At a town hall meeting during his campaign,
West claimed that people who display the popular "Coexist"
bumper stickers, which use various religious symbols as font,
are those who would "give away our country" and "our rights and
freedoms and liberties because they are afraid to stand up and
confront that which is the antithesis, anathema of who we are."
If the connection between the bumper sticker
and Islam wasn't made clear by that statement, West went on to
drive home his claim that Islam is a "very vile and very vicious
enemy that we have allowed to come in this country because we
ride around with bumper stickers that say 'coexist.'"
For more on West's controversial views of
Islam, check out ThinkProgress's report
here.
It’s not Monday without a Member of Congress
making a very public faux pas the week before ... and on the
social networking site Twitter, no less. (Members, never stop
tweeting. Politics and Twitter paint the rest of our lives with
a bit of Technicolor.)
On Friday afternoon, someone tweeted from Rep.
Allen West’s
Twitter account: “Very sorry about the unauthorized RT. We were
not hacked, an intern made an error. Apologies to all.”
Ha. Hacked! Like Rep.
Anthony
Weiner (D-N.Y.) first said. Good one.
And just what was the unauthorized retweet
from the Florida Republican’s account? Glad you asked. It was a
tweet from the Scissor Sisters, the very out-of-the-closet
three-person band specializing in dance tracks and camp.
The group tweeted: “Dear Tracy Morgan’s son:
if you are gay, you can TOTALLY come live with me. We’ll read
James Baldwin & watch Paris is Burning. xxANA”
West’s staff is in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for
a retreat, and the interns are manning the office.
One intern got on the official feed for the
Congressman, who is known for saying, “Gay marriage is an
oxymoron,” and retweeted the tweet. He has since been fired.
Recently, Rep. Allen West (R-FL) decried Obama’s
“third world dictator-like arrogance.” That raised
some eyebrows. So last night, Fox’s Greta Van
Susteren, who was a little uncomfortable with the
remarks, gave West a chance to walk them back.
I am sick and tired of this class warfare,
this Marxist, demagogic rhetoric that is coming
from the President of the United States of
America. It is not helpful for this country and
it’s not going to move the ball forward as far
as rectifying the economic situation in our
country. And I’m not going to back away from
telling what the truth is.
[...] There’s a great depth to my conviction, and part
of my conviction is telling the truth. I don‘t
think it’s very presidential when Barack Hussein
Obama refers to my colleague, Paul Ryan, as a
simple little accountant, either. So I think
that when you look at what a community organizer
is turning out to be, it does seem to be like a
low-level socialist agitator.
Excerpt from
an article on The Huffington Post by Nick
Wing
Posted: 10-18-10
Allen West, a Tea Party-backed Republican fought a tough
battle to put a damper on reports that he has connections to the Outlaws
Motorcycle Club, a group that both the
Department of Justice and the
FBI have deemed "criminal."
According to a recent NBC News report, West recently
defended the organization, asking a supporter to limit references to the
group as "criminal." He then reportedly wrote, "I was never more amazed at
how members of the Outlaws guarded me during an interview." West also
appeared at an August Constitutional rights rally that featured motorcycle
clubs that were supposedly affiliated with the Outlaws.
WATCH:
West has denied NBC News's reports of his
involvement with the gang, and recently
toldHotline On Call that the story can't be
true because the Outlaws do not "not accept blacks,
Jews or gays" into their ranks.
The West campaign has responded to the reports, denying
their veracity and accusing NBC of a biased reporting:
In what can only be described as a political hatchet job
by the liberal mainstream media, NBC News - through reporter Lisa Myers
- made an outrageous claim that LTC(R) Allen West condones criminal
activity. Myers clearly has an agenda to try and stop good people like
Allen who oppose the far left policies that are wreaking havoc upon our
country.
The DCCC shot back, however, noting West's plans to
participate in an event put on by a motorcycle magazine that the Tea Party
candidate has written for:
One day following news that Allen West (FL-22) is tied to
the infamous motorcycle gang the Outlaws - which has been described as
"organized crime" - West is scheduled to appear at a Wheels on the Road
biker rally at 7 p.m. [Saturday] in Pompano Beach, FL.
Allen West is a monthly contributor to "Wheels on the
Road," a south Florida motorcycle magazine that frequently promotes the
Outlaws and denigrates women. The Justice Department has said that the
Outlaws produce and distribute methamphetamine, and engage in other
criminal activities including arson, homicide, and prostitution.
According to Hotline, however, West has
denied any direct
connection between the motorcycle group and the magazine, and says that his
piece (.PDF link,
mildly-NSFW) was distributed to other blogs and magazines. West also did not
appear at the rally for the publication over the weekend.
Alan West, Then a U.S. Military Officer, Was Fined for Harsh
Interrogation Tactics
Saturday, December 13,
2003 Posted on CNN
TIKRIT, Iraq (CNN)
-- In 2003, West
was fined
after a military investigator found that his
treatment of an Iraqi prisoner violated the
military's codes of conduct. West had fired his
pistol near the head of an uncooperative detainee in
an effort to obtain information about a supposed
ambush on his troops.
The commanding general of the 4th
Infantry Division on Friday accepted a U.S. military
investigator's recommendation and ordered
administrative action against Lt. Col. Allen West,
who was accused of using improper methods to force
information out of an Iraqi detainee.
Following a military hearing, West was fined $5,000 over
two months, according to West's civillian attorney, Neal Puckett.
The punishment did not affect West's eligibility for
retirement and pension, Puckett said in a statement.
West, 42, was assigned to the rear detachment of the 4th
Infantry Division awaiting the processing of his retirement request, the
statement said.
Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno, the 4th Infantry's top general
in Tikrit, could have rejected the recommendation and ordered a court
martial. If he were to be found guilty at a court martial of the two
articles against him, West could have faced 11 years in prison, a military
prosecutor told CNN.
The case stems from an incident August 20 at a military
base in Taji, just north of Baghdad, when West was interrogating an Iraqi
policeman, who was believed to have information about a plot to assassinate
West with an ambush on a U.S. convoy.
In testimony at an Article 32 hearing -- the military's
version of a grand jury or preliminary hearing -- West said the policeman,
Yahya Jhrodi Hamoody, was not cooperating with interrogators, so he watched
four of his soldiers from the 220th Field Artillery Battalion beat the
detainee on the head and body.
West said he also threatened to kill Hamoody. Military
prosecutors say West followed up on that threat by taking the suspect
outside, put him on the ground near a weapons clearing barrel and fired his
9 mm pistol into the barrel.
Apparently not knowing where West's gun was aimed, Hamoody
cracked and gave information about the planned ambush on West's convoy,
thwarting the attack.
West said there were no further ambushes on U.S. forces in
Taji until he was relieved of his leadership post on October 4.
"I know the method I used was not right, but I wanted to
take care of my soldiers," West testified to a military courtroom of
observers and some teary-eyed troops formerly under his command.
Asked if he would have act differently if under similar
circumstances again, West testified, "If it's about the lives of my soldiers
at stake, I'd go through hell with a gasoline can."
Puckett argued that because West is always accompanied by
U.S. troops that he acted to save American lives.
But while West's supporters call him a hero, military
prosecutors said his actions amounted to torture and violated articles 128
and 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Prosecutor Capt. Magdalena Pezytulska said West should be
tried for assault and for communicating a threat. "This is a case about a
man who lost his temper," she argued. "There are consequences for [West's]
actions."
When West testified that he had "no malice toward Hamoody"
and that he "just wanted information," Pezytulska presented a document of
West's typed statement following the August incident. She asked him to read
his own written words to the court:
"In my anger, I couldn't remember how many shots
were fired."
After nearly 20 years of military
service, West moved his family from Texas to
Florida, where he said he hopes to start a new life.
West, also an NRCC "Young Gun" who
had the
backing of former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
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