tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21097435.post114045062427711720..comments2023-08-09T11:39:10.404-04:00Comments on elemental visions: Knee JerksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21097435.post-1140478305592795082006-02-20T18:31:00.000-05:002006-02-20T18:31:00.000-05:00Dawud, so good to hear you are doing well! Not sur...Dawud, so good to hear you are doing well! Not sure about the Zoarastrian greeting - I'll have to check into that but for now, Peace and As-salaamu alaykum.<BR/><BR/>Democrats can tie Arabs to the whipping post when it suits them just as easily as Republicans (though not the Charles Johnson/ Michelle Malkin type). <BR/><BR/>I like Republicans like Dennis, he can see the idiocy of treating one religion bad as a way to prop up your own. That, and it seems he works with our Somali community quite closely so he has some real life experience being around Muslims.CNKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15254390497506219715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21097435.post-1140469882864579892006-02-20T16:11:00.000-05:002006-02-20T16:11:00.000-05:00peace elemental - how do Parsis greet, do they say...peace elemental - <BR/><BR/>how do Parsis greet, do they say 'peace' in Farsi?<BR/><BR/>yeah, i've been busy, i'm now teaching english in Istanbul, Turkey and haven't blogged in ages.<BR/><BR/>I wonder about Dubai, especially when some moron wrote about UAE being on the 'Saudi peninsula' - the Saudis would love to think so, but Riyadh is it's own world, and really deserves international isolation, or international criticism, or both... (which is better for spoilt rich kids? to leave them in their room with their slaves, toys, and mistresses, or to allow them to wander around France's nude beaches and casinos while paparazzi try to catch one 'drunk and disorderly'?) pardon, that was rude and backbiting, but...<BR/><BR/>Dubai is a completely different world, last I heard they have the opposite problem. There was a woman who wrote in to a Gulf Newspaper complaining that her boss had fired her because she started practicing Islam, wearing hijab and stopped wearing miniskirts... and her boss fired her. She was told that there were no clothing regulations, and that her boss had final say in determining what kind of office he wanted to run. way to go, liberal capitalism & democracy! ;) < / sarcasm ><BR/><BR/>hope to hear from you soon. I actually miss Cliff and other civil right-wing debaters, tho Dennis is quite the reasonable sort. How did he end up in the Republican wing where Malkin, Buchanan, and 'Joe Scarborough' roam? <BR/><BR/>What ever happened to Democrats who spoke 'softly and carried a big stick' while balancing the books, while Repubs were the racist right-wing fringe bleating about Communists in the basement... oh, that was the 50s and George Clooney movies, ah...dawud al-gharibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807541650700829377noreply@blogger.com