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	<title>Comments on: A New Sheriff Loses His Compass: Muslims Are Not the Enemy</title>
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		<title>By: MrsCaptJack</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-421270</link>
		<dc:creator>MrsCaptJack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The first sign of trouble here is that this meeting is being held in a church.  Keep the religious views OUT of this.  When the Muslim group met with the author of this article, they did so in a library.  

In my entire life I have met three men who might (read MIGHT) have been Muslims who scared the crap out of me.  I&#039;ve met tons of Christians who were ready to punch me in the face for not wanting to talk to Jesus.  Sadly, they didn&#039;t bring Jesus with them when they knocked on my door.  Not in any way, shape or form.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The first sign of trouble here is that this meeting is being held in a church.  Keep the religious views OUT of this.  When the Muslim group met with the author of this article, they did so in a library.  </p>
<p>In my entire life I have met three men who might (read MIGHT) have been Muslims who scared the crap out of me.  I&#8217;ve met tons of Christians who were ready to punch me in the face for not wanting to talk to Jesus.  Sadly, they didn&#8217;t bring Jesus with them when they knocked on my door.  Not in any way, shape or form.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Rhody</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-405385</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim Rhody</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 21:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Islam is not a religion?

Tell that to the numerous courts that have ruled otherwise, including one in Rutherford County. 

Better yet, tell that to the US Supreme Court, which includes Mohammed along with Moses on the frieze of the court building.

Or even better yet, tell that to the 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide that their religion is not a religion. 

But since you included the words &quot;with regard to the constitution...&quot;, we&#039;ll just stick with numerous court rulings and the frieze on the US Supreme Court Building,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Islam is not a religion?</p>
<p>Tell that to the numerous courts that have ruled otherwise, including one in Rutherford County. </p>
<p>Better yet, tell that to the US Supreme Court, which includes Mohammed along with Moses on the frieze of the court building.</p>
<p>Or even better yet, tell that to the 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide that their religion is not a religion. </p>
<p>But since you included the words &#8220;with regard to the constitution&#8230;&#8221;, we&#8217;ll just stick with numerous court rulings and the frieze on the US Supreme Court Building,</p>
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		<title>By: Aron</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-403402</link>
		<dc:creator>Aron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes Marta, the WTC bombing was an inside job. Now go back and readjust your tinfoil hat. I think it&#039;s falling off!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes Marta, the WTC bombing was an inside job. Now go back and readjust your tinfoil hat. I think it&#8217;s falling off!</p>
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		<title>By: Sam Molloy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-403081</link>
		<dc:creator>Sam Molloy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Warlord, that&#039;s probably true about some radical Muslims. But every word also applies to radical, right wing so-called &quot;christians&quot;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Warlord, that&#8217;s probably true about some radical Muslims. But every word also applies to radical, right wing so-called &#8220;christians&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Norio</title>
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		<dc:creator>Norio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you Mr. Cavanaugh for a comprehensive discussion of the issues and for having the courage to speak out against discrimination, and speak in favor of freedom of religion.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you Mr. Cavanaugh for a comprehensive discussion of the issues and for having the courage to speak out against discrimination, and speak in favor of freedom of religion.</p>
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		<title>By: Ruslan Amirkhanov</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-402750</link>
		<dc:creator>Ruslan Amirkhanov</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Warlord, it&#039;s obvious that you are an ignorant moron who has never known any Muslims.  Perhaps if you left the world of online gaming you would know better.  

I have had numerous Muslim friends and my in-laws are Muslim, yet I haven&#039;t been killed or enslaved.  I have walked around on my own in several Muslim countries or territories, without any problem whatsoever.  

Now either what you are saying is right, which would make me a total badass, or you are wrong and you are a total coward. Which is it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Warlord, it&#8217;s obvious that you are an ignorant moron who has never known any Muslims.  Perhaps if you left the world of online gaming you would know better.  </p>
<p>I have had numerous Muslim friends and my in-laws are Muslim, yet I haven&#8217;t been killed or enslaved.  I have walked around on my own in several Muslim countries or territories, without any problem whatsoever.  </p>
<p>Now either what you are saying is right, which would make me a total badass, or you are wrong and you are a total coward. Which is it?</p>
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		<title>By: Warlord</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-402562</link>
		<dc:creator>Warlord</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 16:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Islam is a disease that eats its host from within. It is not a religion. The people who see them as just recent immigrants, to the US, and as innocent as the Irish,Polish, etc..were are
wrong. Muslims as per their creed, will not befriend you,or
acclimate to the culture that surrounds them. They are sworn
to either enslave you or, kill you.The people who in this country who still see these agents of Islam as a religion of 
peace, are serving as useful idiots. Wake up and smell the coffee.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Islam is a disease that eats its host from within. It is not a religion. The people who see them as just recent immigrants, to the US, and as innocent as the Irish,Polish, etc..were are<br />
wrong. Muslims as per their creed, will not befriend you,or<br />
acclimate to the culture that surrounds them. They are sworn<br />
to either enslave you or, kill you.The people who in this country who still see these agents of Islam as a religion of<br />
peace, are serving as useful idiots. Wake up and smell the coffee.</p>
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		<title>By: Timothy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-402552</link>
		<dc:creator>Timothy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It amazes me that someone could be elected and not know the 5 rights guaranteed in the Very First Amendment to the Bill of Rights.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It amazes me that someone could be elected and not know the 5 rights guaranteed in the Very First Amendment to the Bill of Rights.</p>
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		<title>By: J Carlson</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-402531</link>
		<dc:creator>J Carlson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fascinating that the facts of Waco have been so distorted.  All law enforcement did was try to enforce the law - David Koresh and his followers set the fires.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fascinating that the facts of Waco have been so distorted.  All law enforcement did was try to enforce the law &#8211; David Koresh and his followers set the fires.</p>
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		<title>By: marta kaye</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-402506</link>
		<dc:creator>marta kaye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whatever nation that defies the U.S. and Israel are considered Radial, -and refuse to look in the mirror at the Radical Israeli&#039;s, and Americans,..... who continue to invade, nuke, drone ,or, like Israel,- commit genocide, tries to threatens Iran into a conflict as an excuse to attack, &amp; invade. The supposed good Christians have since invading this country  showed bigotry against one group or another.  The Christians need some group  to vent their anger on. The natives who were here first, Irish, Italians, blacks, Russians because of commusism, Germans because of the hitlerian polices, and so on down the line. One forgets as we condemned Germany in 1933-1945, many elite americans supported the hitlerian polices, also the KKK, and the old southern Baptist,....now called the Christian Right. 
If all do research it was not Islam radicals who did 9/11 but a false flag like Germany&#039;s Reichstag to blame another.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whatever nation that defies the U.S. and Israel are considered Radial, -and refuse to look in the mirror at the Radical Israeli&#8217;s, and Americans,&#8230;.. who continue to invade, nuke, drone ,or, like Israel,- commit genocide, tries to threatens Iran into a conflict as an excuse to attack, &amp; invade. The supposed good Christians have since invading this country  showed bigotry against one group or another.  The Christians need some group  to vent their anger on. The natives who were here first, Irish, Italians, blacks, Russians because of commusism, Germans because of the hitlerian polices, and so on down the line. One forgets as we condemned Germany in 1933-1945, many elite americans supported the hitlerian polices, also the KKK, and the old southern Baptist,&#8230;.now called the Christian Right.<br />
If all do research it was not Islam radicals who did 9/11 but a false flag like Germany&#8217;s Reichstag to blame another.</p>
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		<title>By: Sam Molloy</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-402359</link>
		<dc:creator>Sam Molloy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 05:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>C.M Noviss There are certain factions of Christanity that act political, with the most extreme demanding extreme sexual morality from the people to force God&#039;s hand to let our armies take everybody else&#039;s natural resources. I&#039;m sure there are moderate Muslims that just try to live decent lives without making any big shots mad. I&#039;m thinking that in many cases religion, not politics, is the last refuge of a scoundrel.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>C.M Noviss There are certain factions of Christanity that act political, with the most extreme demanding extreme sexual morality from the people to force God&#8217;s hand to let our armies take everybody else&#8217;s natural resources. I&#8217;m sure there are moderate Muslims that just try to live decent lives without making any big shots mad. I&#8217;m thinking that in many cases religion, not politics, is the last refuge of a scoundrel.</p>
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		<title>By: Aron</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-402267</link>
		<dc:creator>Aron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:55:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh my goodness! I just realized we have a Knight Templar in our midst! CM Novess is a Knight Grand Cross of the Temple of Jerusalem, a self-styled new Order of the Temple. Otherwise known as a fraud.

You&#039;re not a Templar. There haven&#039;t been Templars since the Order was suppressed in the Fourteenth Century. Can&#039;t wait for your response, Bozo.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh my goodness! I just realized we have a Knight Templar in our midst! CM Novess is a Knight Grand Cross of the Temple of Jerusalem, a self-styled new Order of the Temple. Otherwise known as a fraud.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re not a Templar. There haven&#8217;t been Templars since the Order was suppressed in the Fourteenth Century. Can&#8217;t wait for your response, Bozo.</p>
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		<title>By: Aron</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-402261</link>
		<dc:creator>Aron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mr. &#039;Novess,&#039; care to give me some judicial precedent regarding that thesis? I have a whole bunch of moderate Muslim friends who might take issue with some of your points...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mr. &#8216;Novess,&#8217; care to give me some judicial precedent regarding that thesis? I have a whole bunch of moderate Muslim friends who might take issue with some of your points&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Ruslan Amirkhanov</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-402216</link>
		<dc:creator>Ruslan Amirkhanov</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:51:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While Waco was certainly a tragedy, I find it hard to believe that so many of our &quot;patriots&quot; would have turned it into such a big cause had it not been for the fact that the victims were overwhelmingly white.  You never hear these people mention the SLA shootout, for example.  And don&#039;t even get me started about Randy Weaver. If Weaver had been black, Muslim, or a left-wing radical, there would have been no standoff.  See when you&#039;re an upset white man, even the likes of Robert Matthews, the feds and cops always give you endless chances to surrender. Matthews had to keep fighting just to get himself killed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While Waco was certainly a tragedy, I find it hard to believe that so many of our &#8220;patriots&#8221; would have turned it into such a big cause had it not been for the fact that the victims were overwhelmingly white.  You never hear these people mention the SLA shootout, for example.  And don&#8217;t even get me started about Randy Weaver. If Weaver had been black, Muslim, or a left-wing radical, there would have been no standoff.  See when you&#8217;re an upset white man, even the likes of Robert Matthews, the feds and cops always give you endless chances to surrender. Matthews had to keep fighting just to get himself killed.</p>
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		<title>By: C. M. Novess III KGCTJ</title>
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		<dc:creator>C. M. Novess III KGCTJ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Point of reference here - with regard to the Constitution: Islam is NOT a religion - it is a political ideology (a totalitarian one, at that) hiding behind a veil of religion as it pursues its political agenda - the establishment of Shariah in every jurisdiction it touches. 

Islam is the invention of a minor desert Bedouin chieftain pedophile - Muhammad or The Prophet - to a) make himself wealthy and powerful, b) raise an army to keep himself wealthy and powerful and c) ensure an unending supply of victims for his sexual predilections.

Allah, BTW, is the name of a minor Bedouin God of the Moon.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Point of reference here &#8211; with regard to the Constitution: Islam is NOT a religion &#8211; it is a political ideology (a totalitarian one, at that) hiding behind a veil of religion as it pursues its political agenda &#8211; the establishment of Shariah in every jurisdiction it touches. </p>
<p>Islam is the invention of a minor desert Bedouin chieftain pedophile &#8211; Muhammad or The Prophet &#8211; to a) make himself wealthy and powerful, b) raise an army to keep himself wealthy and powerful and c) ensure an unending supply of victims for his sexual predilections.</p>
<p>Allah, BTW, is the name of a minor Bedouin God of the Moon.</p>
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		<title>By: SWIFT</title>
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		<dc:creator>SWIFT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have to wonder where all Jim Cavanaugh&#039;s tolerance and inclusiveness were at, at Waco?   Has his mortality finally signaled it&#039;s time to make right his sordid, perjurying, murdering  past?  Too late Jim, you&#039;ve let the lie exist for too long.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have to wonder where all Jim Cavanaugh&#8217;s tolerance and inclusiveness were at, at Waco?   Has his mortality finally signaled it&#8217;s time to make right his sordid, perjurying, murdering  past?  Too late Jim, you&#8217;ve let the lie exist for too long.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Where was Little Jimmy Cavanaugh when the MIAC report was released in 2009?  I don&#039;t disagree that all muslims have 1st Amendment rights......I have a problem with the fact that Jimmy&#039;s hypocrisy recognizes that one group has civil rights, while denying them to others when a much larger government entity (DHS) is the one doing the &quot;training&quot;.

Jimmy said, &quot;If this training takes place, how could any Muslim in Rutherford County trust that a sheriff’s deputy coming to his or her aid does not view them as some sort of terrorist, a person whose rights are of no consequence? How could a Muslim there have the confidence to pick up the phone in an emergency and call people who are trained to see them as a dire threat? Trained to believe they have no Constitutional rights? How can Muslims expect that they will be entitled to due process under the law? Equal protection? Equal treatment?&quot;

That could just as easily apply to the &quot;potential domestic terrorists&quot; characterized in the MIAC report.....but then the SPLC supports those kinds of characterizations....because they are just as bigoted as those they purport to defend against.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Where was Little Jimmy Cavanaugh when the MIAC report was released in 2009?  I don&#8217;t disagree that all muslims have 1st Amendment rights&#8230;&#8230;I have a problem with the fact that Jimmy&#8217;s hypocrisy recognizes that one group has civil rights, while denying them to others when a much larger government entity (DHS) is the one doing the &#8220;training&#8221;.</p>
<p>Jimmy said, &#8220;If this training takes place, how could any Muslim in Rutherford County trust that a sheriff’s deputy coming to his or her aid does not view them as some sort of terrorist, a person whose rights are of no consequence? How could a Muslim there have the confidence to pick up the phone in an emergency and call people who are trained to see them as a dire threat? Trained to believe they have no Constitutional rights? How can Muslims expect that they will be entitled to due process under the law? Equal protection? Equal treatment?&#8221;</p>
<p>That could just as easily apply to the &#8220;potential domestic terrorists&#8221; characterized in the MIAC report&#8230;..but then the SPLC supports those kinds of characterizations&#8230;.because they are just as bigoted as those they purport to defend against.</p>
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		<title>By: Pax</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pax</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I thought it was a well thought-out article.  There was one comment of descent which deserves a response (Sean Roberts).  Perhaps Jim Cavanaugh could address his points?  All  others?  Typical ad-hominem attacks used to discredit the author because they can’t discredit the content.  Love will prevail.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought it was a well thought-out article.  There was one comment of descent which deserves a response (Sean Roberts).  Perhaps Jim Cavanaugh could address his points?  All  others?  Typical ad-hominem attacks used to discredit the author because they can’t discredit the content.  Love will prevail.</p>
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		<title>By: Sam Molloy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sam Molloy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kudos to Jim Cavenaugh. Working with moderates so you can focus limited resources on the extremists is a great idea. There is a large faction of extremist &quot;christian&quot; groups in Tennessee, who have their tentacles into the state government. They are hell bent on making the lives of Muslim and also GLBT people miserable and dangerous.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kudos to Jim Cavenaugh. Working with moderates so you can focus limited resources on the extremists is a great idea. There is a large faction of extremist &#8220;christian&#8221; groups in Tennessee, who have their tentacles into the state government. They are hell bent on making the lives of Muslim and also GLBT people miserable and dangerous.</p>
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		<title>By: Iconoclast</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-402036</link>
		<dc:creator>Iconoclast</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This letter was written by Jim Cavanaugh, the not so recently retired ATF agent, who had a significant role in the Waco atrocity leading to the slaughter of how many women and children?  Not exactly a sterling record.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This letter was written by Jim Cavanaugh, the not so recently retired ATF agent, who had a significant role in the Waco atrocity leading to the slaughter of how many women and children?  Not exactly a sterling record.</p>
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		<title>By: Knitebane</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-402025</link>
		<dc:creator>Knitebane</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow.

&quot;Waco Jim&quot; Cavanaugh lecturing people on religious tolerance?

What&#039;s next?  An article by Mullah Omar on anti-semitism?  One from David Duke on racism?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow.</p>
<p>&#8220;Waco Jim&#8221; Cavanaugh lecturing people on religious tolerance?</p>
<p>What&#8217;s next?  An article by Mullah Omar on anti-semitism?  One from David Duke on racism?</p>
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		<title>By: Longbow</title>
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		<dc:creator>Longbow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Quote: &quot;That statement alone is so anti-American on its face that no law enforcement executive should ever engage a trainer who would utter it, period. It is so clearly in violation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights that it strains any semblance of reality.&quot;

This statement is coming from Waco Jim Cavanaugh? Has this man suddenly grown a conscience? Has a new respect for the U.S. Constitution sprouted in his heart? I highly doubt it. Leopards don&#039;t change their spots. Unless Mr. Cavanaugh has had a &quot;St. Paul on the road to Damascus, come to Jesus&quot; moment, he is still Waco Jim to me. I will never forget that touching moment when Waco Jim testi-lied before congress, crying crocodile tears, blubbering, &quot;...I&#039;d throw my badge on the carpet. It didn&#039;t happen!&quot;

Yeah, Jim, you&#039;re just dripping with credibility.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Quote: &#8220;That statement alone is so anti-American on its face that no law enforcement executive should ever engage a trainer who would utter it, period. It is so clearly in violation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights that it strains any semblance of reality.&#8221;</p>
<p>This statement is coming from Waco Jim Cavanaugh? Has this man suddenly grown a conscience? Has a new respect for the U.S. Constitution sprouted in his heart? I highly doubt it. Leopards don&#8217;t change their spots. Unless Mr. Cavanaugh has had a &#8220;St. Paul on the road to Damascus, come to Jesus&#8221; moment, he is still Waco Jim to me. I will never forget that touching moment when Waco Jim testi-lied before congress, crying crocodile tears, blubbering, &#8220;&#8230;I&#8217;d throw my badge on the carpet. It didn&#8217;t happen!&#8221;</p>
<p>Yeah, Jim, you&#8217;re just dripping with credibility.</p>
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		<title>By: Ruslan Amirkhanov</title>
		<link>http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2012/02/15/a-new-sheriff-loses-his-compass-muslims-are-not-the-enemy/comment-page-1/#comment-401790</link>
		<dc:creator>Ruslan Amirkhanov</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I’ve been to Mr Guandolo’s training and none of it was bigoted, or hate based and ALL of it was referenced directly and sourced in front of the audience from the Muslim Brotherhood.&quot;

Why were you listening to this speech with members of the Muslim Brotherhood?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I’ve been to Mr Guandolo’s training and none of it was bigoted, or hate based and ALL of it was referenced directly and sourced in front of the audience from the Muslim Brotherhood.&#8221;</p>
<p>Why were you listening to this speech with members of the Muslim Brotherhood?</p>
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		<title>By: krissy</title>
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		<dc:creator>krissy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Someone needs to explain the constitution to him, Bloomberg and Ray Kelly.  I don&#039;t know how any American could be so confused about the first amendment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someone needs to explain the constitution to him, Bloomberg and Ray Kelly.  I don&#8217;t know how any American could be so confused about the first amendment.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe McKnight</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe McKnight</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 01:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“That statement alone is so anti-American on its face that no law enforcement executive should ever engage a trainer who would utter it, period. It is so clearly in violation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights that it strains any semblance of reality.”
Jim Cavanaugh, the recently retired Special Agent in Charge of the Nashville, Tenn., office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. 

Well this just warms my heart. The thought that an ATFE agent is worried about staining the reality of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Please let me review ATFE recent history of staining reality. Ruby Ridge, Waco, Murrah Building, and Hurricane Katria. 

I do not think anyone from the ATFE can bad mouth anyone about violation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, PERIOD!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“That statement alone is so anti-American on its face that no law enforcement executive should ever engage a trainer who would utter it, period. It is so clearly in violation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights that it strains any semblance of reality.”<br />
Jim Cavanaugh, the recently retired Special Agent in Charge of the Nashville, Tenn., office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. </p>
<p>Well this just warms my heart. The thought that an ATFE agent is worried about staining the reality of our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Please let me review ATFE recent history of staining reality. Ruby Ridge, Waco, Murrah Building, and Hurricane Katria. </p>
<p>I do not think anyone from the ATFE can bad mouth anyone about violation of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, PERIOD!</p>
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		<title>By: Maurice Muhammad</title>
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		<dc:creator>Maurice Muhammad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow. You said everything so perfect. As a Muslim I felt very upset that he would have haters train his officers. And after reading the comments from the Tennessean I see that I&#039;m not alone. There are many good people who don&#039;t what people to be done wrong because of our religion. It makes me happy to see that everybody is not out to get us. And there are people willing to stand in the breach and say NOT on our watch! Thanks Peace and Blessings!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow. You said everything so perfect. As a Muslim I felt very upset that he would have haters train his officers. And after reading the comments from the Tennessean I see that I&#8217;m not alone. There are many good people who don&#8217;t what people to be done wrong because of our religion. It makes me happy to see that everybody is not out to get us. And there are people willing to stand in the breach and say NOT on our watch! Thanks Peace and Blessings!</p>
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		<title>By: Betsy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Betsy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This Sheriff needs to read Karen Armstrong&#039;s book on Islam.  I grow weary of ignorance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This Sheriff needs to read Karen Armstrong&#8217;s book on Islam.  I grow weary of ignorance.</p>
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		<title>By: Ed Weston</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ed Weston</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you identify radical islam, how ever grayly, as a pervasive and real threat then I suppose Mr. Guandolo is reasonable.

92 christian supported abortion restrictions were made state law last year. Iowa and Oklahoma are about to declare a zygote a human being. But no a major threat to our society comes from the wrong kind of religious extremists.

Mr. Cavanaugh speaks from experience and speaks quite well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you identify radical islam, how ever grayly, as a pervasive and real threat then I suppose Mr. Guandolo is reasonable.</p>
<p>92 christian supported abortion restrictions were made state law last year. Iowa and Oklahoma are about to declare a zygote a human being. But no a major threat to our society comes from the wrong kind of religious extremists.</p>
<p>Mr. Cavanaugh speaks from experience and speaks quite well.</p>
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		<title>By: Curtis Rivers</title>
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		<dc:creator>Curtis Rivers</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for a cogent and accurate article.  Sheriff Arnold, as an adult, has to know just how twisted and sick is the view of all who are Muslim as enemies.  This is another great case of &quot;good old boy racism.&quot;  We Southerners have dealt with this for a while, and we all know it is still going strong in the hearts of those motivated by fear and hatred.  His duty is to protect all the people, not protect some and persecute those he chooses.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for a cogent and accurate article.  Sheriff Arnold, as an adult, has to know just how twisted and sick is the view of all who are Muslim as enemies.  This is another great case of &#8220;good old boy racism.&#8221;  We Southerners have dealt with this for a while, and we all know it is still going strong in the hearts of those motivated by fear and hatred.  His duty is to protect all the people, not protect some and persecute those he chooses.</p>
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		<title>By: Sean Roberts</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sean Roberts</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve been to Mr Guandolo&#039;s training and none of it was bigoted, or hate based and ALL of it was referenced directly and sourced in front of the audience from the Muslim Brotherhood.  I didn&#039;t see Mr. Cavanaugh at the training that the RCSO sponsored with the church.  All of the Q&amp;A with the audience was likewise professional and on point of the threat of Radical Islam, both form the participants and the trainers.  This was not my first training session on Radical Islam, I sat quietly and listened to the presenters to gauge their credibility and was not disappointed or I would&#039;ve left.  Someone needs to check their facts first hand before they enlist a well respected, career law enforcement professional to rail against someone without evidence - I believe that was the point of this letter, wasn&#039;t it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been to Mr Guandolo&#8217;s training and none of it was bigoted, or hate based and ALL of it was referenced directly and sourced in front of the audience from the Muslim Brotherhood.  I didn&#8217;t see Mr. Cavanaugh at the training that the RCSO sponsored with the church.  All of the Q&amp;A with the audience was likewise professional and on point of the threat of Radical Islam, both form the participants and the trainers.  This was not my first training session on Radical Islam, I sat quietly and listened to the presenters to gauge their credibility and was not disappointed or I would&#8217;ve left.  Someone needs to check their facts first hand before they enlist a well respected, career law enforcement professional to rail against someone without evidence &#8211; I believe that was the point of this letter, wasn&#8217;t it?</p>
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