E-mail I received about the Muslim stamp

[Oeditpus Rex]

I don't want to start a war with this guy because he's sort of a friend. But this ignorant, jingoist crap just pisses me off. The only comeback I can think of is along the lines of "Yes, let's fire-brand millions of people for the acts of a few," but that falls short of what I'd really like to do, which is to make this guy stop and think.

Thoughts?

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Being the skeptic that I am, I went to the USPS.gov site and looked for this stamp. There it is -- they're printing them and selling them along with first day covers, etc.


PLEASE READ....

How ironic is this??!! They don't even believe in Christ and they're getting their own Christmas stamp, but don't dream of posting the ten commandments on federal property?

USPS New Stamp

This one is impossible to believe. Scroll down for the text.


If there is only one thing you forward today.....let it be this!

(photo of stamp)

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of PanAm Flight 103!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the military barracks in Saudi Arabia!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the American Embassies in Africa!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM bombing of the USS COLE!

REMEMBER the MUSLIM attack on 9/11/2001!

REMEMBER all the AMERICAN lives that were lost in those vicious MUSLIM attacks!

Now the United States Postal Service REMEMBERS and HONORS the EID MUSLIM holiday season with a commemorative first class
holiday postage stamp.

REMEMBER to adamantly and vocally BOYCOTT this stamp when purchasing your stamps at the post office.

To use this stamp would be a slap in the face to all those AMERICANS who died at the hands of those whom this stamp honors.

[CBGLuthier]

1. go to snopes

www.snopes.com

read the truth and rub his nose in it.

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. Sweet!

This is the part that'll burn him. Too bad Snopes stuck it at the end.

The President of the United States, George W. Bush, has extended official greetings, issued messages, and participated in commemorations of both Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha (even after the September 11 attacks), and the White House web site promotes the EID stamp as well.

[I Have A Dream]

6. Here's the link.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/eidstamp.asp

It says that it's true, but this whole issue is several years old. I hate these E-mail forwards that continue for years after the issue's no longer an issue.

[masjenkins]

2. I got that email from my mom last week.

I was pretty shocked, I mean, my mom is A RW, but not THAT wacky. I just ignored it. It's pretty ignant.

[GrpCaptMandrake]

5. Question:

If Repiglicans had an opportunity, would they start burning crescents in the yards of Muslims?

Answer: No, they'd burn the Muslims themselves.

In the G.O.P., we're dealing with nothing short of the Klan in a Brooks Brothers suit.

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. Yeah... but they do it to protect

our precious bodily fluids.

:rofl:

[Pool Hall Ace]

4. Here's a direct link

http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/eidstamp.asp

[troubleinwinter]

7. ???

"The United States is home to an estimated 6 million Muslims, and according to the U.S. State Department, by the year 2010 the Muslim population of the United States is expected to surpass the Jewish population, making Islam the country's second-largest faith."

Why do the crackpot RW fundies hate Americans?

[TreasonousBastard]

9. Dontcha just love hatemongering? Why...

don't we do it right and boycott every country we've ever been to war with?

Starting with England.