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Home Front: Politix
White House denies NASA remark on Muslim outreach
2010-07-13
WASHINGTON -- The White House is contradicting the NASA administrator's claim that President Barack Obama assigned him to reach out to Muslims on science matters.
"Bump, bump, bump, another one under da bus."
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden recently told Al-Jazeera network that one of the charges Obama gave him was "to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science and engineering." Some conservative activists criticized the remarks.

White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Monday that such activities are not among Bolden's assigned tasks.
Of course not. His assigned tasks relate to running NASA. His charge is to bolster Muslim self-esteem, a very different thing, indeed
.He said administration officials have spoken with NASA about the matter.
Posted by:Steve

#11  "It's flat, but shaped like a coin! The djinns have shown me! Praise be to Allan!"
Posted by: Fred   2010-07-13 12:58  

#10  Take 'em up into space and at least they'll finally have to admit that the earth isn't flat.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2010-07-13 12:05  

#9  ..a serial liar...

...a polite way of saying politician.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2010-07-13 09:01  

#8  NASA Administrator Charles Bolden recently told Al-Jazeera network that one of the charges Obama gave him was "to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with dominantly Muslim nations to help them feel good about their historic contribution to science and engineering."

what was most distressing was that Bolden said it "perhaps foremost" of his tasks, That kinda makes it worse, no? Nice spin there. Think Bolden thought that up on his own? Obama's a serial liar
Posted by: Frank G   2010-07-13 08:42  

#7  AQ was a Chinese sock puppet.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2010-07-13 07:03  

#6  The wheels on the bus go round and round...
Posted by: john frum   2010-07-13 06:59  

#5  A.Q. Khan tops my very short list of Muslim scientist. I don't look forward to many more.
Posted by: Jeremiah Flainter9609   2010-07-13 04:53  

#4  Is Hussein saying there have been no historic contributions to science and engineering by Muslims?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2010-07-13 04:08  

#3  I prefer the Nixon WH denials: "This statement is no longer operative."
Posted by: borgboy   2010-07-13 02:06  

#2  White House denies NASA remark on Muslim outreach

Yeah. Charles just made it all up. Yeah! That's the ticket!

Posted by: gorb   2010-07-13 01:35  

#1  But I thought they were going to strap them onto the first missile into Israel- Using planes full of people is antiquated so better to use space missiles or something. Teach them to use space weapons.

That way, obama who knows nothing about Islam gets another pass never having studied anything in his life, gets to Par-Tay with the keys of the mosque.

He can also act official like for the people he just unemployed in NASA by not letting them do what they are the best at the world at.

Democrats are the best stiffilers of production the world over with exception to a few facist democrats. I wont mention those cause they killed a lotta people.

I feel like I should be writing childrens' stories, yet it seems that Animal Farm should be mandatory reading right now.

As well as many from the crew from the REAL WORLD.

If you are waking up, obama, give me a sign - actually tell me you are "waking up"

Your highness, I am sick of you. You are an Ahole. Nothing comes from you but S**T. You Suck at your job and need help and have no GOD and know not where to find one because your god is marx. You are an idiot and this will become the worst four years of your life.

You know nothing. Pray and maybe satan will let you dole out the pineapples for saddams ass.

You jerkoff.
Posted by: newc   2010-07-13 00:54  

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