Tuesday, February 28, 2006
(update) leading infidel in the world.....
February 10,2006
Hello,
I am going to give this my best shot .Question: would the Washington press corps rather go hunting with Dick Cheney or go for a ride with Teddy Kennedy? Critics immediately dismissed the shooting as a stunt to push the Bush Administrations new social security reform plan ie…shooting seniors and lawyers. For the rest of us not immersed in the belt way gotcha game new housing starts hit a 33 year high, but at the same time unsold home inventory hit an all time high. The new chairman of the FED Ben Bernanke sounded amazingly direct and coherent and top secret tapes of Saddam reveal plans of a WMD attack on the USA.
Other news points to a very robust economy for the first quarter and while the mainstream media has been stuck on the hysteria over Fud Gate a company form the UAE was awarded a contract to manage several US ports? I am still not sure weather this port controversy is real or imagined, weather it is a matter or national security or a political faux pas or are there other agendas at work such as fear of loss of union jobs .My skepticism araises from the simple fact that many of those that oppose this deal have absolutely zero credibility on national security and seem to be motivated by racism .The same people so willing to vote against the patriot act and give drivers licenses to illegal aliens have now discovered national security? In the past the UAE was good enough during the Clinton era to sell 60 jets fighters, many ports and air ports in the US are currently run by foreign companies and let’s face it is not like the Port Authority did that great of a job on 9/11 anyway.
Looking for a predictable pattern of income from the stock portfolio you are holding?
A covered call is simply selling an option to someone to buy a stock you own at a certain price on a given day. Writing covered calls involves selling call options against your stock holdings. By doing so, investors can gain consistent monthly income from their stock portfolios without selling the stocks regardless of market direction. The covered call technique has nothing do with the risky practice of speculating or trading the markets with options - in fact, it is the complete opposite. Covered call writing is often considered “buying a stock with insurance” and by limiting the amount of uncertainty and investor lowers his or her risk of holding a particular stock. Besides earning income with out selling shares, if you had a stock in your portfolio that you wouldn't mind selling for a certain price, you could then write a call against it. By writing such a call, you would receive the amount of an option premium from the buyer of your option contract plus the predetermined strike price of the stock should it reach the strike price.
James
www.jamesfoytlin.com
Hello,
I am going to give this my best shot .Question: would the Washington press corps rather go hunting with Dick Cheney or go for a ride with Teddy Kennedy? Critics immediately dismissed the shooting as a stunt to push the Bush Administrations new social security reform plan ie…shooting seniors and lawyers. For the rest of us not immersed in the belt way gotcha game new housing starts hit a 33 year high, but at the same time unsold home inventory hit an all time high. The new chairman of the FED Ben Bernanke sounded amazingly direct and coherent and top secret tapes of Saddam reveal plans of a WMD attack on the USA.
Other news points to a very robust economy for the first quarter and while the mainstream media has been stuck on the hysteria over Fud Gate a company form the UAE was awarded a contract to manage several US ports? I am still not sure weather this port controversy is real or imagined, weather it is a matter or national security or a political faux pas or are there other agendas at work such as fear of loss of union jobs .My skepticism araises from the simple fact that many of those that oppose this deal have absolutely zero credibility on national security and seem to be motivated by racism .The same people so willing to vote against the patriot act and give drivers licenses to illegal aliens have now discovered national security? In the past the UAE was good enough during the Clinton era to sell 60 jets fighters, many ports and air ports in the US are currently run by foreign companies and let’s face it is not like the Port Authority did that great of a job on 9/11 anyway.
Looking for a predictable pattern of income from the stock portfolio you are holding?
A covered call is simply selling an option to someone to buy a stock you own at a certain price on a given day. Writing covered calls involves selling call options against your stock holdings. By doing so, investors can gain consistent monthly income from their stock portfolios without selling the stocks regardless of market direction. The covered call technique has nothing do with the risky practice of speculating or trading the markets with options - in fact, it is the complete opposite. Covered call writing is often considered “buying a stock with insurance” and by limiting the amount of uncertainty and investor lowers his or her risk of holding a particular stock. Besides earning income with out selling shares, if you had a stock in your portfolio that you wouldn't mind selling for a certain price, you could then write a call against it. By writing such a call, you would receive the amount of an option premium from the buyer of your option contract plus the predetermined strike price of the stock should it reach the strike price.
James
www.jamesfoytlin.com
Monday, February 27, 2006
option writes (selling covered calls)
(graph from 888options.com)
Looking for a predictable pattern of income from the stock portfolio you are holding?
A covered call is simply selling an option to someone to buy a stock you own at a certain price on a given day. Writing covered calls involves selling call options against your stock holdings. By doing so, investors can gain consistent monthly income from their stock portfolios without selling the stocks regardless of market direction. The covered call technique has nothing do with the risky practice of speculating or trading the markets with options - in fact, it is the complete opposite. Covered call writing is often considered “buying a stock with insurance” and by limiting the amount of uncertainty and investor lowers his or her risk of holding a particular stock. Besides earning income with out selling shares, if you had a stock in your portfolio that you wouldn't mind selling for a certain price, you could then write a call against it. By writing such a call, you would receive the amount of an option premium from the buyer of your option contract plus the predetermined strike price of the stock should it reach the strike price.
The covered call is a strategy in which an investor writes a call option contract while at the same time owning an equivalent number of shares of the underlying stock. If this stock is purchased simultaneously with writing the call contract, the strategy is commonly referred to as a "buy-write." If the shares are already held from a previous purchase, it is commonly referred to an "overwrite." In either case, the stock is generally held in the same brokerage account from which the investor writes the call, and fully collateralizes, or "covers," the obligation conveyed by writing a call option contract. This strategy is the most basic and most widely used strategy combining the flexibility of listed options with stock ownership. (888options.com)
Though the covered call can be utilized in any market condition, it is most often employed when the investor, while bullish on the underlying stock, feels that its market value will experience little range over the lifetime of the call contract. The investor desires to either generate additional income (over dividends) from shares of the underlying stock, and/or provide a limited amount of protection against a decline in underlying stock value. (888options.com)
While this strategy can offer limited protection from a decline in price of the underlying stock and limited profit participation with an increase in stock price, it generates income because the investor keeps the premium received from writing the call. At the same time, the investor can appreciate all benefits of underlying stock ownership, such as dividends and voting rights, unless he is assigned an exercise notice on the written call and is obligated to sell his shares. The covered call is widely regarded as a conservative strategy because it decreases the risk of stock ownership. (888options.com)
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
The Thought Police : Jingjing and Chacha
meet jingjing and chacha they are watching you to determine the suitability of this website for your viewing....
But for our purposes I am going to be using Jingjing and Chacha to determine the suitability of your portfolio postions. What is suitability?
Suitability:
When your broker recommends that you buy or sell a particular security, your broker must have a reasonable basis for believing that the recommendation is suitable for you. In making this assessment, your broker must consider your risk tolerance, other security holdings, financial situation (income and net worth), financial needs, and investment objectives.(SEC.GOV)
Suitability should be one of the most significant factors in your investment decisions. As you all know I practice what is called a customer centered philosophy of investing ,treating you as a unique individual ,no cookie cutter financil planning here. You need to make investment decisions based first and formost on what best suits you as a unique individual, not what best suits the firm,broker or your peers .
I am going to give this my best shot
I am going to give this my best shot .Question: so would you rather do go hunting with Dick Cheney or go for a ride with Teddy Kennedy? Critics immediately dismissed the shooting as a stunt to push the Bush Administrations new social security reform plan ie…shooting seniors and lawyers. For the rest of us not immersed in the belt way gotcha game new housing starts hit a 33 year high, the new chairman of the FED Ben Bernanke sounded amazingly direct and coherent, top secret tapes of Saddam reveal plans of a WMD attack on the USA and while the mainstream media was immersed in the hysteria over Fud Gate a company form the UAE was awarded a contract to manage several US ports? I am still not sure weather this port controversy is real or imagined, weather it is a matter or national security or a political faux pas or there are other agendas at work such as fear of loss of union jobs .My skepticism araises from the simple fact that many of those that oppose this deal have absolutely zero credibility on national security. After all we have been told by the main stream media that that Bush is the terrorist so whats the big deal?On the other hand some who suport the deal like former President Carter dont seem to have much credibility either and probably hurt the UAE more than all the back lash against the deal put together.
Friday, February 17, 2006
news,news,news
Feb. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Americans bought more cars, clothing and electronics last month, factory assembly lines kept humming, and home construction accelerated, as the U.S. economy roared into 2006, economists said before government reports this week.
Feb. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar may rise for a sixth week against the euro, the longest stretch since August 2000, as traders speculate Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke will signal higher interest rates in his first appearance before Congress, a Bloomberg survey shows.
Strategists at the Pentagon are drawing up plans for devastating bombing raids backed by submarine-launched ballistic missile attacks against Iran's nuclear sites as a "last resort" to block Teheran's efforts to develop an atomic bomb. (Philip Sherwell, News Telegraph.com)
Tehran (dpa) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that the Palestinians and "other nations" will eventually remove Israel from the region.
A former special investigator for the Pentagon during the Iraq war said he found four sealed underground bunkers in southern Iraq that he is sure contain stocks of chemical and biological weapons. But when he asked American weapons inspectors to check out the sites, he was rebuffed. (NYSUN)
The four-week average of seasonally adjusted new (unemployment)claims fell to 276,500, the lowest since April 2000. The average number of new claims is nearly 50,000 lower than it was for most of 2005. (CBS Market Watch)
SAPPORO -- The Hokkaido Prefectural Government is considering outlawing the purchase of used underwear from teenage girls, local government officials said. (Mainichi News)
On Tuesday night, Lehman Brothers paid Greenspan $250,000 to meet with 15 of its most important clients in Lehman's executive dining room in New York.(NY POST)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta says travelers could soon boldly go where no passengers have gone before -- into space .He told a group of space entrepreneurs today that he expects to issue permits for test flights next year. If those are successful licenses for passenger space travel could then be issued and paying space travelers could be lifting off from the United States by 2008. (AP)
Three years ago, the Internet was virtually unknown in Iraq. Today, Baghdad has dozens of Internet cafes like ShreifiNet, which consists of three sparely decorated rooms with a total of 34 computers and a satellite dish on the roof. Most of the cafes also transmit wireless services to home Internet users in the surrounding area for a monthly fee; in parts of central Baghdad there are about 20 overlapping wireless networks. (NYT)
CHICAGO (AP) -- First came temperature futures, then frost-day futures. Now - futures involving how much snow falls at Logan Airport in Boston or New York's Central Park.In the latest evidence that almost anything goes in the marketplace, meteorologically speaking, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange said Thursday it will begin trading snowfall futures and options contracts later this month.
France has secretly modified its nuclear arsenal to increase the strike range and accuracy of its weapons. The move comes weeks after President Jacques Chirac warned that states which threatened the country could face the "ultimate warning" of a nuclear retaliation.( The Guardian)
Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed. Niccolo Machiavelli
TOKYO — A U.S. trade body is to investigate a complaint that Toyota Motor Corp.'s (TM) popular Prius and Highlander hybrid models infringed a patent, according to the body's website. (FOX NEWS)
SAN FRANCISCO — Manuel Villanueva realizes he has been getting a pretty good deal since he signed up for Netflix Inc.'s (NFLX) online DVD rental service 2 1/2 years ago, but he still feels shortchanged. That's because the $17.99 monthly fee that he pays to rent up to three DVDs at a time would amount to an even bigger bargain if the company didn't penalize him for returning his movies so quickly.Netflix typically sends about 13 movies per month to Villanueva's home in Warren, Mich. -- down from the 18 to 22 DVDs he once received before the company's automated system identified him as a heavy renter and began delaying his shipments to protect its profits. (FOXNEWS)
Bush should have known better. In a capital city that is full of shameless political scams, ethanol is perhaps the most egregious. There has probably never been a specific topic around which so much disinformation is spread. Ethanol lowers our reliance on fossil fuels! Ethanol helps clean the environment! Ethanol will save the family farm! (Kevin Hasset Bloomberg)
A recent careful study by Cornell University's David Pimentel and the University of California at Berkeley's Tad Patzek added up all the energy consumption that goes into ethanol production. They took account of the energy it takes to build and run tractors. They added in the energy embodied in the other inputs and irrigation. They parsed out how much is used at the ethanol plant. Putting it all together, they found that it takes 29 percent more energy to make ethanol from corn than is contained in the ethanol itself. (Kevin Hasset Bloomberg)
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Half a million flag-waving Lebanese packed central Beirut on Tuesday, a year to the day after the assassination of former premier Rafik al-Hariri, giving new impetus to Lebanon's anti-Syrian coalition.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
DOW OVER 11,000
not a well armed Dick Cheney ,nor a new chairman of the FED ,nor a Nuclear Iran or even the cartoon Intafatah can stop this market pulling a Valentines Day Rally must more than love in the air...
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
what kind of clients do I take?
Investors come in two forms; those looking to build wealth, portfolio builders and those looking to manage wealth they have already created, portfolio managers. Most clients fit into one or the other of these categories and at certain times in ones life under certain situations an investor could find that they have moved from one category to another. My job is to determine what category works best for you as an investor and what are the proper steps we need to take in order to establish and follow up on an investment plan.
James Foytlin
1(888) 599-1188
James Foytlin
1(888) 599-1188
Happy Valentines
That's the tune your sweetheart may be singing as everything from inflation and Hurricane Katrina to civil war in West Africa are sending chocolate prices rising and sales falling this Valentine's Day (NY POST)The best cocoa comes from the Ivory Coast, where this year's crop is expected to be less than forecast, according to Ann Prendergast of Man Financial. (NY POST)
"Chocolate manufacturers have to pay up if futures keep going up," she says, citing the $1,350- to $1,625-per-ton range in the Nybot's May futures contract. (NY POST)
Brazil's diversion of most of its sugar crop to domestic ethanol production is squeezing supplies, too. Hurricane Katrina knocked out two sugar refineries that supply Russell Stover's Texas plant and sent the company to the cash market. (NY POST)
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
this weeks news
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- General Motors Corp. (GM) Tuesday announced further restructuring plans, including a 50% reduction in its cash dividend and a revision to its health-care benefit plan for retirees that it expects will reduce its liability by about $4.8 billion. The company also plans to restructure its U.S. salaried pension benefit plan and cut compensation for outside board members by 50%. (By Michael Baron)
Bush submitted to Congress a $2.77 trillion spending plan that provides big increases for the military and homeland security.(WSJ)
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is studying 12 hours of audio recordings between Saddam Hussein and his top advisers that may provide clues to the whereabouts of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. (NY SUN)
We were pleased to learn we're not corrupt, just stupid," one congressman said after the caucusing. (NY SUN)
IRAN secretly tested a new surface-to-surface missile (SSM) on January 17, seeking to establish the measurements needed for long-range missiles, the German daily Die Welt reported in its issue to appear today.
February 7, 2006 -- WALL Street was certain there were going to be at least 250,000 new jobs created in January. But the folks in the investment community were also "whispering" — like they knew a secret — as loudly as they could that the number could be a "real blowout." One after another, the stooges visited CNBC last Thursday to let everyone in on this not-so-secret secret. Alas, the employment figure released last Friday wasn't a blowout, and it wasn't even nearly as good as the highly paid experts who ply their secrets to investors thought. As I suspected (and wrote in a number of previous columns), the number stunk. (NEW YORK POST)
Royal Caribbean is spending $1.24 billion for its new vessel — the length of three football fields — giving the line bragging rights for having the biggest ship on the high seas — but just barely. (NEW YORK POST)
UNITED NATIONS - A U.N. agency is in the middle of an escalating war of words between Washington and Caracas after awarding President Chavez of Venezuela its $5,000 Jose Marti prize, bestowed in Havana by Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.(NY SUN)
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Powered by Renewables (PBR) of Nevada http://www.pbrcorp.com, announced today it will partner with SunEdison of Maryland to develop the world's largest solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Nevada. The 18 megawatt (MW) project almost doubles what is currently the world's largest PV project (10MW) located in Germany. PBR and SunEdison will develop a total of 36 MWs of PV projects in Nevada, enough energy to power 36,000 homes. Construction in Clark County is expected to begin in July and at other sites in early 2007.
DENVER (Reuters) - An injection of two drugs normally used to treat HIV patients completely protected monkeys from becoming infected with the AIDS virus, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
Russia's foreign minister warned against threatening Iran over its nuclear program Monday after Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld reportedly agreed with a German interviewer that all options, including military response, remained on the table. (By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV AP)
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - Iran has told the International Atomic Energy Agency to remove surveillance cameras and agency seals from sites and nuclear equipment by the end of next week in response to referral to the U.N. Security Council, the agency said Monday
ABU DHABI — Iran has forced the United Arab Emirates of Dubai to halt live Persian-language television broadcasts. Western diplomatic sources said the broadcasts contained Western programming and discussed democracy. They said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his advisers regarded these broadcasts as part of a U.S.-led effort to foment unrest in Iran. (World Tribune .com)
The burning this past weekend of Danish government offices in Damascus and Beirut in protest of newspaper cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad were directed by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in part using undercover soldiers acting as rioters, Lebanese leader Walid Jumblatt charged today during an exclusive WorldNetDaily interview.
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's prime minister said on Tuesday violent Muslim protests over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad were a worldwide crisis spinning out of the control of governments.
The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence
February 6, 2006
Hello,
Don’t sweat a war with Iran the real threat to investors is the super bowl indicator.
Ok you have heard this over and over, if an old AFL team wins the super bowl ie.. Pittsburg, the market does not do too well, well never fear the Stealers were originally an national football league team that was moved to the AFC in 1970 when the leagues merged. And let’s face it with all the expansion teams since the original AFL, NFL merger the super bowl indicator may go the way of the ticket tape.
Recently the US Senate wanted to have hearings on weather the oil industry is profiteering from the current unrest in the mid east. The oil industry gave the senate the cold shoulder. Perhaps the senate should allow more domestic drilling and other energy source development so the oil companies would have something to spend their money on.
I have to agree with Jim Cramer on this one between Iran going nuclear ,lack on new oil discoveries and OPEC looking maxed out and I would add a underinvestment in energy infrastructure ,I am not really sure that three days of warmer weather are really all that meaningful in the total long term energy picture.
It is really worth going to war over a cartoon? Many seem to think so, seems the recent controversy over a Danish Cartoon depicting Mohamed in an unflattering light ,is now being duplicated all over Europe ,with many European News Papers posting similar style cartoons provoking outrage in the Muslim community and threats of violence from various terrorist groups. Mind you cartoons have come under fire before but I don’t recall anyone taking hostages.
Here we go again…in the short run if GM cuts the dividend it will save them some cash ,but what I worry about is this savings may be used to mask some of the hard choices the company needs to make in order to make it self a viable company again.
On another note I continue to hear about how the “Bush administration is using domestic spying”, is anyone asking why are so many people in the USA talking to members of Al-Quada, … hummm I don’t know but I would think that might be important.. As for the government invading your privacy, most of us would be lucky if we were so important that anyone would really care about our mostly uninspiring life’s. Besides if you have ever filled out a TAX form and I know some of you have the IRS knows more about you than you do about your self.
Finally don’t forget you’re IRA’s ,contributions are $4000 for 2005 and $4500 for those under saved baby boomers 50 or older ,remember the only people who can depend on the government for their retirement income are men serving life sentences in prison for murder.
James
http://www.jamesfoytlin.com/
http://onesmallvoice.blogspot.com/
Hello,
Don’t sweat a war with Iran the real threat to investors is the super bowl indicator.
Ok you have heard this over and over, if an old AFL team wins the super bowl ie.. Pittsburg, the market does not do too well, well never fear the Stealers were originally an national football league team that was moved to the AFC in 1970 when the leagues merged. And let’s face it with all the expansion teams since the original AFL, NFL merger the super bowl indicator may go the way of the ticket tape.
Recently the US Senate wanted to have hearings on weather the oil industry is profiteering from the current unrest in the mid east. The oil industry gave the senate the cold shoulder. Perhaps the senate should allow more domestic drilling and other energy source development so the oil companies would have something to spend their money on.
I have to agree with Jim Cramer on this one between Iran going nuclear ,lack on new oil discoveries and OPEC looking maxed out and I would add a underinvestment in energy infrastructure ,I am not really sure that three days of warmer weather are really all that meaningful in the total long term energy picture.
It is really worth going to war over a cartoon? Many seem to think so, seems the recent controversy over a Danish Cartoon depicting Mohamed in an unflattering light ,is now being duplicated all over Europe ,with many European News Papers posting similar style cartoons provoking outrage in the Muslim community and threats of violence from various terrorist groups. Mind you cartoons have come under fire before but I don’t recall anyone taking hostages.
Here we go again…in the short run if GM cuts the dividend it will save them some cash ,but what I worry about is this savings may be used to mask some of the hard choices the company needs to make in order to make it self a viable company again.
On another note I continue to hear about how the “Bush administration is using domestic spying”, is anyone asking why are so many people in the USA talking to members of Al-Quada, … hummm I don’t know but I would think that might be important.. As for the government invading your privacy, most of us would be lucky if we were so important that anyone would really care about our mostly uninspiring life’s. Besides if you have ever filled out a TAX form and I know some of you have the IRS knows more about you than you do about your self.
Finally don’t forget you’re IRA’s ,contributions are $4000 for 2005 and $4500 for those under saved baby boomers 50 or older ,remember the only people who can depend on the government for their retirement income are men serving life sentences in prison for murder.
James
http://www.jamesfoytlin.com/
http://onesmallvoice.blogspot.com/
ROTH or TRADITIONAL IRA,USE IT OR LOSE IT
It’s that time of the year again, set up, make or consolidate your IRA today
IRA Contribution Limits
YEAR AGE 49 & BELOW AGE 50 & ABOVE
2002-2004 $3,000 $3,500
2005 $4,000 $4,500
2006-2007 $4,000 $5,000
2008 $5,000 $6,000
After 2008, the contribution limit will raise in increments of $500 depending upon the level of inflation.
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If you are single and your modified adjusted gross income is below $50,000, you can sock away $4,000 in a traditional IRA. If you happen to be 50 or older, you may add $500 under the catch-up provision. In order to receive the full deduction, your modified adjusted gross income must be below $70,000, if you are married and filing jointly. If you earned more than these amounts, you may still be able to contribute and receive a partial deduction, but you should consult with your accountant.
the income limits for ROTH IRA's are much higher, $95,000 or less for single taxpayers and $150,000 or less for married people filing jointly. The great thing about the Roth IRA is that growth is tax free! You must leave the money in past age 59½; however, you do not have to take withdrawals and are not forced to do so at age 70½.
IRA Contribution Limits
YEAR AGE 49 & BELOW AGE 50 & ABOVE
2002-2004 $3,000 $3,500
2005 $4,000 $4,500
2006-2007 $4,000 $5,000
2008 $5,000 $6,000
After 2008, the contribution limit will raise in increments of $500 depending upon the level of inflation.
call me today for the easy IRA Kit 1(888)599-1188
If you are single and your modified adjusted gross income is below $50,000, you can sock away $4,000 in a traditional IRA. If you happen to be 50 or older, you may add $500 under the catch-up provision. In order to receive the full deduction, your modified adjusted gross income must be below $70,000, if you are married and filing jointly. If you earned more than these amounts, you may still be able to contribute and receive a partial deduction, but you should consult with your accountant.
the income limits for ROTH IRA's are much higher, $95,000 or less for single taxpayers and $150,000 or less for married people filing jointly. The great thing about the Roth IRA is that growth is tax free! You must leave the money in past age 59½; however, you do not have to take withdrawals and are not forced to do so at age 70½.
Friday, February 03, 2006
Cartoon Wars
It is really worth going to war over a cartoon? Many seem to think so, seems the recent controversy over a Danish Cartoon depicting Mohamed in an unflattering light ,is now being duplicated all over Europe ,with many European News Papers posting similar style cartoons provoking outrage in the Muslim community and threats of violence from various terrorist groups. Mind you bad taste cartoons have come under fire before and this is nothing new, but I don’t recall anyone taking hostages?
Didn’t notice Mayor Giuliani threatening to take hostages or murder anyone when the Brooklyn Museum held an exhibit featuring the Virgin bathed in urine….must have missed that ….perhaps the Muslim community should support more responsible spokes persons and make an effort to distance themselves from these nihilistic madmen that are an insult to Islam as well as the rest of humanity. If these Jihadist nut jobs don’t speak for Islam ,Muslims must renounce them and tell them to shut up ,if you don’t
however well meaning ,Islam will be doomed to feel the brunt of prejudice , hostility and harm brought on it by these Waco’s.
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