THE TYGRRRR EXPRESS

I attended a presentation by a woman that I will refer to as LR.

For her safety, LR will have to do. Some of you may accuse me of being like the Jayson Blair Times and fabricating the whole story, but the last time I checked I was still a conservative Republican.

LR’s presentation was a sobering presentation on Islam. The presentation was entitled “Why Islam is the antithesis of our Judeo-Christian culture.”

The key point was that Islam was not a continuation. There was no synthesis.

I will say personally that I am not an expert in Islam, and my experiences with the Muslims in my life have been very positive. Having said that, these Muslims either came from democratic nations like Turkey, or fled from persecution in Iran.

As for the presentation, I will allow others to account for its veracity and accuracy. Whatever one’s views, it was provocative.

With that, I present LR’s presentation on Islam as it relates to Judeo-Christian culture.

“In the Koran, all prophets pre-Mohammed are Muslims. This means that Moses and Jesus are Muslims.

In the Bible, the enemies are already dead. This includes the Assyrians and others. In the Koran, the enemies are still alive. They include Jews, Christians, Gays, Buddhists, Atheists, and some Muslims.

In the Koran, Isaac is barely mentioned.

At the location of the Dome of the Rock, the holiest site in Islam, it says, “Allah has no son.” This is a direct attack on Jesus and Christianity.

Slavery is an integral part of Islam. The Koran says than Mohammed is a slave of Allah. There are words for black slaves, white slaves, and child slaves.

Freedom is only mentioned five time in the Koran. It is in the context of conversion to Islam, which renders one free from the Jizya tax.

The Bible celebrates freedom. The Koran celebrates slavery. Jesus is a slave of Allah.

A famous passage reads ‘None of you will have faith till he wishes for his Muslim brother what he has for himself.’ This is the Islam Golden Rule.

‘The best action is to love for the sake of Allah and to hate for the sake of Allah.’

The bible condemns liars and lying. The Hadith allows for it.

Hadith equates women with camels.

‘There shall be ‘no flogging the wife like a slave and having sex with her in the late part of the day.’

Islam offers three choices: Convert, subjugate, or die.

Muslims that come to America. It is not up to us to understand them. They need to understand us.”

After observing this presentation, I have to point out that it says in the bible that if a man lays next to another man as he would a woman, he should be stoned to death. So not everybody, even religious people, take their own texts literally.

Yet stoning of gays is not happening by Christians around the world. Radical Muslims are beheading infidels, for those who remember Daniel Pearl and Nicolas Berg.

Again, I am no theologian or religious scholar.

Yet I am an American who believes in Western Judeo-Christian values. Radical Islam is a deep concern, and the main threat to civilization today.

As for the texts, I look forward to learning more.

eric

I had the pleasure recently of again seeing Al-Sonja Schmidt perform as part of the Right to Laugh comedy tour put on by Evan Sayet at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood.

http://www.amazon.com/Sebys-Real-Deal-Global-Warming/dp/143432057X

Ms. Schmidt is a Republican who happens to be a black woman. This gives her latitude to say things that I would not go anywhere near. Her hilarity is below.

“I just got braces. I got them because of the Obama health care plan. I don’t even need braces, I’m just getting it all done now. I’m getting braces on my legs next week.”

“Well we now have a new black and white water dog. He is not well trained. He cr@ps on people. In fact this week he bought a dog named Bo.”

“Some people are thrilled that we have a black man in the White House. With a 70% out of wedlock birth rate in the black community, I could care less about a black man in the White House. I want a black man in his own d@mn house.”

“People think that electing Barack Obama will raise every black person’s spirit. Barack Obama did not have a typical black experience. He lived in Hawaii. If we want a black man representing the king of cr@ppy lives, we should have elected Gary Coleman, not Barack Obama.”

“Israel is set to release a set of bombs this summer. So is Hollywood.”

“I am waiting for the Michelle Obama movie. She will need someone to make her look softer, somebody black…Jim Brown.”

“Joy Behar can play the role of Barney Frank.”

“The tea parties around the country led to different reactions. White people had signs that said ‘Taxed Enough Already.’ The Jews had signs that said ‘Enough Already.’ Black people had signs that said ‘Tax This Fool!'”

“Some people were critical that there were no blacks at the tea parties. Well Barack Obama went to Germany to speak, and there are no black people in Germany.”

“We gave the liberals Dick Cheney. They gave us a dic-tator.”

“There is a toxic substance destroying the environment…but enough about Janeane Garofalo.”

“Barack Obama messed up without his teleprompter. He was talking about the pirates. Instead of saying that we were fighting piracy, he said that we were ‘fighting privacy.’ This did happen. This could lead to a porn movie, ‘Privates of the Caribbean.’ Bill Clinton got nervous. He was scared when he asked ‘is there a war on privates?””

Like many people that enjoy razor sharp wit, I look forward to more comedy in the future from Al-Sonja Schmidt.

eric

One of the mistakes many people make is not noticing the beauty in their own backyards.

From a political standpoint, I have been guilty of this as well.

After all, international politics is about war and peace, life and death. National politics allows for raging debates about economic, social, and cultural issues.

Local politics is about fixing potholes and christening minimarkets.

Local politics is boring.

Yet local politics is also vital.

I have no idea what is going on in my neighborhood. I do not even know who my neighbors are. Somehow, this cannot be a positive thing.

Therefore, with the presidential election in the rear view mirror, and national races mostly a year away except for a couple of governerships several months away, the attention should briefly shift to my own backyard.

On May 19th, 2009, there are some critical local elections. I have had the pleasure recently of meeting some local stars. I hope everybody gets to know them in time.

Ari David has his election in 2010. He is running for the 30th congressional seat currently being held by Henry Waxman. I live in this district, and am getting tired of apologizing for Congressman Waxman. Don’t blame me, I vote for his opponents.

Anyway, help Ari David send Congressman Waxman into a much needed and long overdue retirement.

http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/adavid/2009/01/24/i-despair/

Rabbi Nachum Shifren is running for the 26th State Senate district. Rabbi Shifren is a one of a kind person. He is a Chasidic Jew and an avid surfer. In his spare time he teaches surfing to people. His book is “The Surfing Rabbi.”

http://www.rabbiforsenate.com

Rabbi Shifren, Ari David, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich got together with many others for a fundraiser for Tina Park. Tina Park is running for the 2nd seat on the Los Angeles Community College Board of Trustees.

http://tinapark.propoohd.com/

I have to admit that education is not normally my issue. Yet Tina Park explained things perfectly when she pointed out that if our children are not properly educated, that will hurt every aspect of our ability to compete in the global marketplace.

What I also was able to glean from Tina was the impression that she was not a political climber. Some people win one election just to use as that a steppingstone for future elective office. With Tina, it seems to start and stop with education.

Yet beyond her passion, she offers solid qualifications.

She has deep experience as an auditor. This is vital because more good money gets thrown after bad down the sinkhole of our local educational system, and one question never gets answered.

Where did all the money go?

The results are not being delivered. Tina understands that while money alone cannot solve the myriad of problems, money that gets mired in bureaucracy does not help the students.

Tina has vowed to use her auditing skills to determine where the flow of funds is going, and what can be done to improve the schools once that money is located.

As I said, to get a person like me, who focuses on national issues, to stop and focus on a local education race, tells you about Tina Park.

While her race is officially non-partisan, she does understand that the old way of throwing money at the problem without demanding accountability is what got the schools into this mess to begin with.

Lastly, I want to spend a moment talking about Tina’s heritage. She is Korean, and the Korean community showed up to support her with great pride.

Yet what unites Tina Park, Nauchum Shifren, and Ari David is not culture. It is values.

These three people really do represent diversity, and not the kind that involves doing head counts of race or religion to ensure artificial feel-good quotas.

From the Korean community to the Orthodox Jewish community to the many other cultures that were represented at the fundraiser I attended, the Los Angeles community showed that what binds right of center office seekers are core principals.

It is the message that matters. Reducing taxes, bureaucracy, and overburdensome regulations will lead to a releasing of the stranglehold that bad ideas and policies have over people today, including our students.

It is for this reason that I took the time to look in my own backyard.

The election is May 19th.

For those eligible to vote in the election, do so.

For those able to donate, do so.

Support these local stars.

eric

I had the pleasure again of seeing Evan Sayet perform at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood.

http://www.evansayet.com

I have come to the conclusion that what makes him such a great comedian is that he is clinically insane. He is downright certifiable. I mean this as a compliment. After all, he likes me, and the scientists still have not figured me out yet.

I drop by voluntarily to their facilities to get “evaluations.” After all, what guy doesn’t enjoy a good amount of poking and prodding once in awhile?

Anyway, this is about Evan’s medical issues, not mine. Some of his lunacy is below.

“It’s great to be among my people who cling to their guns and religion. I still cling to my guns and religion. Except now I own two guns and cling even harder.”

“Republicans are not right about everything. Democrats are just wrong about everything.”

“Obama did not bow before the Saudi king. The teleprompter just fell over.”

“Nancy Pelosi is so partisan that she wants to change the name of the San Andreas Fault to ‘It’s all George W. Bush’s fault.'”

“Janine Garofalo hates conservatives. She solved that problem. Now she works on ’24.'”

“I watched Larry King the other day. People who watch Larry King want to see that Steve Lawrence and Edie Gourmet are still alive.”

“Watching Larry King is like watching NASCAR. They just go around and around in circles, and at any moment, somebody could die.”

“The economy is so tough, that even Barack Obama is cutting back on staff. He just laid off 14 New York Times reporters.”

“The New York Times can build up good will by personally visiting the home of every single subscriber. Actually, every day that is getting easier to do.”

“Air America is receiving money from George Soros. Air America is so liberal, that they are now on welfare.”

“Some people are xenophobic, and some people are homophobic. After watching his movie, I am now Al Goreophobic.”

“Nobody should own a gun if they have a criminal record, a psychiatric record, or a Barbara Streisand record.”

(Somebody in the audience yelled out, “a congressional record!”)

“I like making fun of Catholics. They have to forgive me.”

“We can’t have national health care in the United States. If we did, where would Canadians go to see the doctor?”

“Nancy Pelosi said that war is not the answer. Botox is.”

“Liberals do not even care that they contradict themselves. We went to Iraq so that we could steal their oil. Also, we pay too much for the oil.”

“George W. Bush is the dumbest man on the planet. So how did he get the Democrats to support the Iraq War? Simple. He fooled them all.”

“I went to such a small school that our debate team was a schizophrenic.”

“We have it so good in America. It used to be that when a baby cried, it was a risk of polio. Now the baby cries and we test it for restless leg syndrome. There is nothing to complain about.”

“The Arabs have tried to destroy the Jews since the beginning of their existence. Jews don’t care about ancient rivalries. We care about the humidity.”

“We keep being told by our enemies that Jews are the offspring of pigs and monkeys. What I want to know is why PETA is not on our side.”

“Radical Muslims think that will reach paradise when they blow themselves up. 72 virgins is not paradise. It’s a meeting of NOW.”

“President Obama now calls terrorists acts man made disasters. We can now refer to President Obama as a Kenyan made disaster.”

“Barack Obama returned a bust of Winston Churchill back to England. He would have kept the bust if it was Ward Churchill.”

“Barack Obama is getting others to pay for my mortgage on my house. The problem is by the time he is done, I won’t be able to afford a car or a house.”

“Gloria Gaynor once wrote ‘I will survive.’ Whatever happened to her?”

“Rosie O’Donnell said that the 9/11 attacks were an inside job because ‘never before has fire melted steel.’ Fire does melt steel. Has she ever heard of a smelter? What about a blowtorch? In her case, fire melts steel when the knife and fork melt from the friction.”

“The problem with being Republicans is that we are trying to win the hearts and minds of people that only have one out of two.”

“Republican artists are very different from liberal artists. Republican artists would never look at a piece being worked on and say, ‘This needs more elephant sh*t.'”

Evan Sayet has almost as many screws loose as I do. Society is better off for this.

eric