Bush Plans to Sidestep Senate on Mideast Scholar appt.

[doxieone]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030812/pl_nm/mideast_bush_appointment_dc_2

Bush Plans to Sidestep Senate on Mideast Scholar



By Adam Entous

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - Over objections from some Muslim American groups, President Bush (news - web sites) plans to sidestep Congress and appoint a Middle East scholar who has been derided by critics as anti-Muslim to a federally funded think tank, congressional sources said on Tuesday.



Bush's expected recess appointment of Daniel Pipes could spark a backlash from some Muslim Americans and Democrats in Congress, who oppose his nomination to serve on the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace, which was created by Congress to promote peaceful solutions to world conflicts.

[indictrichardperle]

1. wow, talk about a double standard

that is unbelievable.

[hedda_foil]

2. Daniel PNAC Pipes, Middle East scholar??????

appointed to the George W. Orwell Institute of Peace?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

3. Of course

Bush's plan is to keep dividing this country and to not come up with anything close to resolving issues of conflict and terrorism.

[Malikshah]

4. OK FOLKS-- To Arms!

I brought this up in the past--

www.campuswatch.org

Send this to all the media outlets, representatives, etc. THIS IS A DISGUSTING TRAVESTY!



McCarthyism at its best--

Pipes, Kramer et al are bringing down the intellectual level of this country by this tripe

Yet one more reason that * should find a deep dark hole and stumble into it.

[Tempest]

5. Who is Daniel Pipes?

Someone who is completely wrong for this position.

http://www.proislam.com/target_daniel_pipes.htm

[Malikshah]

6. Interesting quotes

They might cause some controversy regarding "context" (Not from me, btw--but possibly from others)

These and the campus-watch info are what people need to bear in mind in the coming months

Muslims and Arabs within the US should also take note of this decision. Hopefully the ADL and CAIR will keep this in people's minds.

Another shameful act by a shameful person (* that is)

[monobrau]

7. This is great

We need more people like Pipes speaking for this administration. There's an election coming up; give that man some rope.