Media

Glenn Beck asks the first-ever elected muslim representative why Americans should believe that he does not work with terrorists.
"...sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies..."




Media build up on the Iran war: lessons from the past.
Sound familiar?



Bill O’Reilly Interviews Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger on Fox’s “The Pulse " during the mounting campaign for the Iraq War in 2002
"We saved your butt after World War II. We rebuilt your country with my money, my father’s money, my grandfather’s money."

Religion

Rev. Jerry Falwell blames pagans, abortionists, feminists & gays and lesbians for bringing on the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington

"...I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way -- all of them who have tried to secularize America -- I point the finger in their face and say "you helped this happen."

DC minister calls gay men ‘faggots’ in sermon

"I'm not talking about no faggot or no sissy," he said. "Wait a minute! Let the real men come on down here and take a bow … all the real men. I'm talking about the straight men."
The Washington City Paper posted an audio recording of Owens' sermon on its website.

Foreign Policy

Tom Tancredo advocates bombing of Mecca and Medina



"If it is up to me, we are going to explain that an attack on this homeland of that nature would be followed by an attack on the holy sites in Mecca and Medina..."



"Showdown: Why China Wants War with the United States"

Will the U.S. go to war with China over Taiwan or oil? Yes--bestselling authors Jed Babbin and Ed Temperlake say Chinese aggression is virtually inevitable and in their new book, Showdown, they address the threat of mainland China.
Jed Babbin is the author of Inside the Asylum: Why the UN and Old Europe Are Worse Than You Think and the novel Legacy of Valor. A former Air Force JAG, he served as a deputy undersecretary of defense in the first Bush administration.
Edward Timperlake is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and holds an MBA from Cornell. He trained as a Marine infantry officer before qualifying as a Marine fighter pilot and has held high national security positions in Congress and the Pentagon.

Geography

CNN interviews Americans about... Geopolitics
In a CNN set of interviews Americans are asked questions about what country the US should invade next and the location of "Axis of Evil" states.

2006 National Geographic-Roper Public Affairs
The following represents the findings of a survey conducted by the National Geographic and GFK Roper Public Affairs.Enjoy!

What We Found
Americans are far from alone in the world, but from the perspective of many young Americans, we might as well be. Most young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 demonstrate a limited understanding of the world, and they place insufficient importance on the basic geographic skills that might enhance their knowledge.
Download the complete survey and report (PDF)
Young Americans answer about half (54 percent) of all the survey questions correctly. But by and large, majorities of young adults fail at a range of questions testing their basic geographic literacy.
Only 37% of young Americans can find Iraq on a map—though U.S. troops have been there since 2003.
6 in 10 young Americans don't speak a foreign language fluently.
20% of young Americans think Sudan is in Asia. (It's the largest country in Africa.)
48% of young Americans believe the majority population in India is Muslim. (It's Hindu—by a landslide.)
Half of young Americans can't find New York on a map.