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		<title>By: Iesa Galloway</title>
		<link>http://muslimmatters.org/2008/03/27/literacy-tests-for-white-voters/#comment-25122</link>
		<dc:creator>Iesa Galloway</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Musa this is Hilarious!!!! JAK for the post...

BTW who knew there were so many white Muslims?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Musa this is Hilarious!!!! JAK for the post&#8230;</p>
<p>BTW who knew there were so many white Muslims?</p>
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		<title>By: Jadid</title>
		<link>http://muslimmatters.org/2008/03/27/literacy-tests-for-white-voters/#comment-25117</link>
		<dc:creator>Jadid</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As a white Muslim. I love the last line! Hilarious! 
I did take and believed I passed. 
It was the liberal media that brought the collapse of Enron, correct :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a white Muslim. I love the last line! Hilarious!<br />
I did take and believed I passed.<br />
It was the liberal media that brought the collapse of Enron, correct :)</p>
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		<title>By: genieyclo</title>
		<link>http://muslimmatters.org/2008/03/27/literacy-tests-for-white-voters/#comment-19686</link>
		<dc:creator>genieyclo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 05:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i&#039;m lmao right now...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i&#8217;m lmao right now&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Umm Uthmaan</title>
		<link>http://muslimmatters.org/2008/03/27/literacy-tests-for-white-voters/#comment-16464</link>
		<dc:creator>Umm Uthmaan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeMhxvYq1Ww&amp;feature=related

I think that says it all ;)</description>
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<p>I think that says it all ;)</p>
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		<title>By: theManOfFewWords</title>
		<link>http://muslimmatters.org/2008/03/27/literacy-tests-for-white-voters/#comment-16304</link>
		<dc:creator>theManOfFewWords</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Apparently no one on the internets has a sense of humor.  I think its the tubes.

On the bright side, the fellers of Muslim Matters can be proud that for one shining moment Eagle got to stick out his chest in indignation and feel self righteous and combat racism.

By the way, on the topic of racism, do you wanna see lou dobbs almost call black leaders cotton pickers?  Check this out, &lt;a href=&quot;http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/31/dobbs-cotton-pickin/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; busted!!! &lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently no one on the internets has a sense of humor.  I think its the tubes.</p>
<p>On the bright side, the fellers of Muslim Matters can be proud that for one shining moment Eagle got to stick out his chest in indignation and feel self righteous and combat racism.</p>
<p>By the way, on the topic of racism, do you wanna see lou dobbs almost call black leaders cotton pickers?  Check this out, <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/31/dobbs-cotton-pickin/" rel="nofollow"> busted!!! </a></p>
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		<title>By: Amad</title>
		<link>http://muslimmatters.org/2008/03/27/literacy-tests-for-white-voters/#comment-16276</link>
		<dc:creator>Amad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Eagle, apparently you didn&#039;t get the joke!

Musa Maguire, the author of this humor piece, is as white as it gets.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Eagle, apparently you didn&#8217;t get the joke!</p>
<p>Musa Maguire, the author of this humor piece, is as white as it gets.</p>
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		<title>By: Eagle</title>
		<link>http://muslimmatters.org/2008/03/27/literacy-tests-for-white-voters/#comment-16274</link>
		<dc:creator>Eagle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Eagle</title>
		<link>http://muslimmatters.org/2008/03/27/literacy-tests-for-white-voters/#comment-16272</link>
		<dc:creator>Eagle</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There must be compensatory measures.

Who would be compensated?  If everyone is to be on an equal playing field, how can certain races be given preferencial treatment?  By the way, this speaks to the issue of Affirmative Action in the U.S.  What are you telling minorities when you tell then that they can have lower test scores that others for getting into colleges?  You are telling them that they are not as smart, not as good.


And while black voters and politicians have helped to bring sanity and a sense of social justice to American society, white voters have remained numerous enough to consistently jeopardize and often disgrace the nation.

That statement is iteself a very racist statement.  &quot;White voters&quot; have remained numerous enough to... this says that as a group white voters have some stereotypical quality that makes them all the same.  And they have consistently jeopardized and often disgraced the nation?  How has this strange race, these white people, jeopardized and disgraced the nation?  These strange white people couldn&#039;t possibly be related to the white people who founded this nation and set its design, could they?  And they couldn&#039;t be related to the white people who decided this nation would be a melting pot of all people?

And while black voters and politicians have helped to bring sanity and a sense of social justice to American society...

Condoleeza Rice and Colin Powell are truly great Americans.  Let&#039;s look at some other black leaders:

Al Sharpton&#039;s finances target of federal probe
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/12/13/2007-12-13_subpoenas_for_al_sharptons_aides.html

Jesse Jackson admits love child
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1123890.stm

Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) Indicted on Fraud, Bribery Counts
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10712500

Rev Jeremiah Wright lands Barack Obama in trouble again
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3636128.ece

D.C. Mayor Marion Barry Arrested on Cocaine Charges in Undercover FBI, Police Operation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/scandal/barry.htm



I do think that literacy tests are a good idea.  Maybe they should include some questions from http://archive.glennbeck.com/news/01302004-print.htm  or http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/opinion/07ali.html?_r=3&amp;oref=slogin&amp;oref=slogin&amp;oref=slogin  or maybe even http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisions_of_the_world_in_Islam</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There must be compensatory measures.</p>
<p>Who would be compensated?  If everyone is to be on an equal playing field, how can certain races be given preferencial treatment?  By the way, this speaks to the issue of Affirmative Action in the U.S.  What are you telling minorities when you tell then that they can have lower test scores that others for getting into colleges?  You are telling them that they are not as smart, not as good.</p>
<p>And while black voters and politicians have helped to bring sanity and a sense of social justice to American society, white voters have remained numerous enough to consistently jeopardize and often disgrace the nation.</p>
<p>That statement is iteself a very racist statement.  &#8220;White voters&#8221; have remained numerous enough to&#8230; this says that as a group white voters have some stereotypical quality that makes them all the same.  And they have consistently jeopardized and often disgraced the nation?  How has this strange race, these white people, jeopardized and disgraced the nation?  These strange white people couldn&#8217;t possibly be related to the white people who founded this nation and set its design, could they?  And they couldn&#8217;t be related to the white people who decided this nation would be a melting pot of all people?</p>
<p>And while black voters and politicians have helped to bring sanity and a sense of social justice to American society&#8230;</p>
<p>Condoleeza Rice and Colin Powell are truly great Americans.  Let&#8217;s look at some other black leaders:</p>
<p>Al Sharpton&#8217;s finances target of federal probe<br />
<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/12/13/2007-12-13_subpoenas_for_al_sharptons_aides.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/12/13/2007-12-13_subpoenas_for_al_sharptons_aides.html</a></p>
<p>Jesse Jackson admits love child<br />
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1123890.stm" rel="nofollow">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1123890.stm</a></p>
<p>Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) Indicted on Fraud, Bribery Counts<br />
<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10712500" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10712500</a></p>
<p>Rev Jeremiah Wright lands Barack Obama in trouble again<br />
<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3636128.ece" rel="nofollow">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3636128.ece</a></p>
<p>D.C. Mayor Marion Barry Arrested on Cocaine Charges in Undercover FBI, Police Operation<br />
<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/scandal/barry.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/scandal/barry.htm</a></p>
<p>I do think that literacy tests are a good idea.  Maybe they should include some questions from <a href="http://archive.glennbeck.com/news/01302004-print.htm" rel="nofollow">http://archive.glennbeck.com/news/01302004-print.htm</a>  or <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/opinion/07ali.html?_r=3&#038;oref=slogin&#038;oref=slogin&#038;oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/opinion/07ali.html?_r=3&#038;oref=slogin&#038;oref=slogin&#038;oref=slogin</a>  or maybe even <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisions_of_the_world_in_Islam" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisions_of_the_world_in_Islam</a></p>
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		<title>By: sarsoora</title>
		<link>http://muslimmatters.org/2008/03/27/literacy-tests-for-white-voters/#comment-16208</link>
		<dc:creator>sarsoora</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:36:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>lol outrageous</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>lol outrageous</p>
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		<title>By: theManOfFewWords</title>
		<link>http://muslimmatters.org/2008/03/27/literacy-tests-for-white-voters/#comment-16189</link>
		<dc:creator>theManOfFewWords</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Life, I concede, you win.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Life, I concede, you win.</p>
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