Juan Williams is a Democratic Fox News contributor. He was recently fired from NPR for something he said on the O'Reilly Factor on Monday. Talking about whenever he gets on planes, "Muslims make [me] nervous,". Now I know that people need to use discretion when they speak, especially someone of Williams' esteem, but getting fired? All he was doing was exercising his 1st Amendment rights. And to be honest, all Williams was doing was voicing an opinion that the majority of Americans feel the same way about. It's a sad thing to say because we know that not all 1 billion Muslims are out to get us, but those few extremists ruined it for everybody. I feel bad saying that because it is a terrible thing to say, but it is true."I mean, look, Bill, I'm not a bigot. You know the kind of books I've written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous," Williams said to Bill O'Reilly on his show on Monday. Many people feel the same way, Williams just voiced his opinion. The Muslim "brand", so to speak, has been tainted be the radical extremists.
I personally enjoy listening to Juan Williams (even though he is a democrat), on the radio and on Fox News. I am upset that he was fired over a reason such as this and I really think that NPR should reconsider.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
US Senate Debate in Florida
Today the three Senatorial candidates for Florida duked it out at Nova Southeastern University. The hour long debate was very interesting to watch.
While I was watching something occurred to me, how in the world was Charlie Crist elected as Florida's governor? Not once could he answer a question asked to him on the first try. No matter the question, Crist always ended up talking about why and how he was an Independent candidate. Every time, he would have to be re-directed toward the question asked.I was appalled at Crist when he launched a personal attack on Marco Rubio. Crist accused Rubio of changing his position on insurance legislation when he was House Speaker after selling his Miami home, for 300 some odd thousand dollars, in cash, to a chiropractor who was lobbying for him. However, Rubio handled it very well, saying "That is categorically false, it was an arms-length transaction," (arms-length transaction- A fair market exchange between a knowledgeable buyer and seller, neither of which are influenced by duress or harmful action. fidelityhouston.com/realestatedictionary).
The Democratic candidate Kendrick Meek was definitely a better speaker than Crist. His answers however, were not always the best. I was actually impressed with how well he handled himself considering "his ballot is nearly identical to Pelosi's, and the White House could have written his agenda,". There was one thing that bugged me the most that Meek kept saying. Meek kept pressing the fact that he was the only pro-choice candidate on the ballot. However, one of the first things that Crist said in his ramblings was that he was 100% behind the pro-choice decision.
Now, I was by far the most impressed with candidate Marco Rubio. The former Florida Speaker of the House was incredibly composed. He answered every question perfectly. Rubio had a 2-3 part answer to every question. Also, he answered every question within the time constraints, something that both Crist and Meek had problems doing. The one thing that I think I would say could be his downfall is that Rubio is pro-life. I personally agree with it, however it is a very difficult point to debate on and all republicans running on that point can lose a lot of votes that way.
Other than that, I think that Marco Rubio was the hands-down winner of tonights debate. He handled himself the best, answered the questions the best, and also was the most polite. Meek and Crist interrupted each other, Rubio, and the questioners surprisingly often.
While I was watching something occurred to me, how in the world was Charlie Crist elected as Florida's governor? Not once could he answer a question asked to him on the first try. No matter the question, Crist always ended up talking about why and how he was an Independent candidate. Every time, he would have to be re-directed toward the question asked.I was appalled at Crist when he launched a personal attack on Marco Rubio. Crist accused Rubio of changing his position on insurance legislation when he was House Speaker after selling his Miami home, for 300 some odd thousand dollars, in cash, to a chiropractor who was lobbying for him. However, Rubio handled it very well, saying "That is categorically false, it was an arms-length transaction," (arms-length transaction- A fair market exchange between a knowledgeable buyer and seller, neither of which are influenced by duress or harmful action. fidelityhouston.com/realestatedictionary).
The Democratic candidate Kendrick Meek was definitely a better speaker than Crist. His answers however, were not always the best. I was actually impressed with how well he handled himself considering "his ballot is nearly identical to Pelosi's, and the White House could have written his agenda,". There was one thing that bugged me the most that Meek kept saying. Meek kept pressing the fact that he was the only pro-choice candidate on the ballot. However, one of the first things that Crist said in his ramblings was that he was 100% behind the pro-choice decision.
Now, I was by far the most impressed with candidate Marco Rubio. The former Florida Speaker of the House was incredibly composed. He answered every question perfectly. Rubio had a 2-3 part answer to every question. Also, he answered every question within the time constraints, something that both Crist and Meek had problems doing. The one thing that I think I would say could be his downfall is that Rubio is pro-life. I personally agree with it, however it is a very difficult point to debate on and all republicans running on that point can lose a lot of votes that way.
Other than that, I think that Marco Rubio was the hands-down winner of tonights debate. He handled himself the best, answered the questions the best, and also was the most polite. Meek and Crist interrupted each other, Rubio, and the questioners surprisingly often.
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Welcome to my new blog. This blog is an open political forum where anybody can discuss their views and beliefs on different political issues. Party affiliation does not matter, Republican, Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, you could even be apart of The Rent Is Too Damn High party, I don't care. What I do care about though, is your opinion. So, speak up, lets hear what you have to say!
Animus- Latin for the mind
Welcome to my new blog. This blog is an open political forum where anybody can discuss their views and beliefs on different political issues. Party affiliation does not matter, Republican, Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, you could even be apart of The Rent Is Too Damn High party, I don't care. What I do care about though, is your opinion. So, speak up, lets hear what you have to say!
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