Do you #standwithahmed?

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  1. uscvball

    uscvball Founding Member

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    His father refers to Sudan and his country. He did a bunch of odd jobs as most immigrants first do but I'm pretty sure he has run a successful electronics shop. He also says he is a sheik although I don't know what that pays.
     
  2. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    It can't be cheap to be flying to Sudan and running for president. Maybe the sheik of the burning sands is the Duke of Oil.

    The father's name hasn't even been mentioned in anything I've seen. Their last name is Mohammad. That should be easy to find in the DFW metro. About as easy as finding a Martinez in Los Angeles
     
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  3. uscvball

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    http://northdallasgazette.com/2015/...econd-bid-for-election-as-president-of-sudan/

    I tend to think this family was a known entity to the police which is why one of the officers allegedly said he expected it to be Ahmed when called to the school.
     
  4. StaceyO

    StaceyO Football Turns Me On

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    Of course, it makes the "full ride" offer to MIT seem really ridiculous, doesn't it?
     
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  5. StaceyO

    StaceyO Football Turns Me On

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    There are a ton of Mohammads. My older daughter's first friend at preschool's last name was Mohammed. Really nice family.

    My next door neighbors are Mohammeds, too. Great neighbors.
     
  6. Tiger in NC

    Tiger in NC There's a sucker born everyday...

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    No I am not kidding. I'm telling you like it is so listen good: There are roughly 7 million Muslims in America right now that go about their business every day in a quiet and inconspicuous way. They are hard working, assimilated into our culture and practice their religion peacefully just like many Christians do. These are the actions I am talking about. Why should they have to do anything else?
     
  7. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    No, you are very careful. But your language implied it which is why I prodded a specific explanation from you.

    Now this is something I am unfamiliar with. There was nothing like it when I went to high school. I know there is a code of conduct for LSU students and it holds them personally accountable as adults but it also gives them a number of rights and due process. So I have two questions. Do Code of Conduct violations happen very often in K-12? They are pretty rare at LSU. And, do they provide no due process for violators? There certainly didn't appear to be any due process in this case.
     
  8. Tiger in NC

    Tiger in NC There's a sucker born everyday...

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    according to you but not to the sane and rational world that actually bases their decisions and reasoning on the best facts available and not underworld news sources and the blogosphere. silence implies that they are going about their work every single day the same as me and you and do not wish to draw undue attention to themselves.
     
  9. Tiger in NC

    Tiger in NC There's a sucker born everyday...

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    yes it does. the white house visit too. I do not think he deserves a full ride to MIT any more than he deserved to be in handcuffs and hauled off to juvie. it works both ways.
     
  10. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    It's amazing how you apologists can rationalize anything. If most of the terrorism in the world was the work of radical Christians I would say something, not keep my mouth shut. And my "underworld news sources" are the same as yours: CNN, WAPO, NYT, and on and on. And sometimes even Fox News but I'm sure you watch Fox a lot more than I do.
     

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