This matter will not just blow over as the school board wishes it would. CAIR is linked to Hamas, a terrorist group, and they refuse to not denounce Hamas. They have no business in our schools. We can find other groups to expose students to Islam, but one that condones the murder on innocent people should not be among them. When schools go to great lengths to screen people to who speak to students with the Serve Program and others, shouldn't we apply the same standard to CAIR? Terry Kemple (and Stacey White) are on the right track on this issue. It is not going away.

Could you imagine the international outcry if the Knights of Columbus stormed walls of the Egyptian Embassy, tore down their flag, burned it and raised the flag of the Catholic Church!....yet we sit and remain silent as the Muslim Brotherhood does just that...maybe we need to apologize more...yeah that will work!

Racism....You are doing it right Tampa.

Tell all that to the US Ambassador to Libya. Oh wait, you can't, he is dead.

Nero fiddles while Rome burns..........

Formerly, we had a South Tampa news source, THE PATCH. We now have yet another biased propaganda paper. This article's perspective is shameful.
It's offensive that the traditional Judeo-Christian perspective is considered "spreading hate". This misused phrase is solely designed to quiet the voice of traditional believers. The race card is likewise tossed around to deminish legitimate perspectives. Be clear, Muslim beliefs are unyielding as those in Christian and Jewish faiths are. The vast majority of Muslim people are peace loving. Selling the tolerance of Islam with intollerance of Judao Christian faiths, the nation's founding principles, is the real hate. It's false. It's offensive.
Our children must be educated in the truths of their world. The value of a faith based belief system is advocated by more than 90% of America. The barbaric behaviors of history, including the Crusades and Holocaust cannot be omitted. Likewise, the barbaric behaviors of the present cannot be glossed over. The esistance of extremists in the Islamic faith cannot be minimized in any truthful educational conversation. The world is a dangerous place. Our children must know what challenges they face. Our school board should, in my opinion, focus on all aspects of the truth. They must do their own homework prior to accepting any individual or group to influence our youth. This controversy will otherwise escalate.

Denise, what George is saying is that we made a big mistake in this country before WWII. We should've allowed every Nazi organization full access to our schools.

Hitler had his opinions and Goebbels had every right to expose those views to our children. After all, soldiers fought for their rights in WWI.

Left wingers as well as radical Muslims in this country hide behind this debate as Christian or Jew versus Muslim. They spit out religion in your face to make you appear to be a bigoted.

This is not a religious war. These are enemies of the state and they do not care if they lop off George's shiny bald head, your head, a Jew's head, a Christian, an atheist, Buddhist or even a fellow Arab who is not Muslim. Convert or die.

This is a battle for turf disguised as a crusade. What better way to conquer a politically correct democracy than stand behind your rights to religion while attacking the structure?

Don't kid yourself. President Obama is well aware of this now. It is why we still have a large mercenary force in Iraq and have remained in Afghanistan. G4S is the US mercenary company in Iraq. It is the second largest employer in the world after Wal Mart, 625,000 strong. It is simply a politically correct army for politicians to hide behind.

America, you are the enemy on all levels, not a religious rival. The Ambassador to Libya is a fine example.

I don't want a group who's beliefs treat women like second hand citizens speaking to my children about anything. America has fallen in education compared the the rest of the world and now I know why.

Yes have tolerance for a group of people who storm embassies and kill 4 people over an anti Muslim film on YOUTUBE!!! that sounds like the religion of peace. For shame on all of you who are against acts like these from an obvious peace loving and tolerant of others religion. Liberal trash preach tolerance for a group of animals who have shown time and time again they are sub human and have zero tolerance to the point of killing you.

George, how do you know if my head is on the list or not? I could be a Jew, an Arab non Muslim, a Christian ........ or another bald guy with a big shiny head.

I would love to see you combat radical Islam with better ideas as they saw through that sinuous neck of yours.

I am sure our Ambassador would've loved to have seen you, as well as Nick Berg and countless others. Throw in the 25 million Nazi murder victims in that group too.

"It also gives us a very special, secret pleasure to see how unaware the people around us are of what is really happening to them." Adolf Hitler

According to the Lebanese news organization Tayyar.org, citing AFP news sources, U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, who was killed by gunmen that stormed the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday, was reportedly RAPED before being murdered.

Enjoy combating that with your spiffy quotes and better ideas.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2012/sep/13/picket-report-murdered-us-ambassador-libya-reporte/#.UFFsmEHLVQ0.twitter

I was wondering what the RNC visitors thought who drove past the Confederate flag on I-75? This area has its share of hate-mongers and extremists of all types.

Jesus's teachings resonate with me because he did not pick up a hate sign or a sword. He walked the talk and loved others, even when they hated him. I honestly don't know the details of very many other religions, but it seems that all good, spiritual people will exhibit some of the fundamental truths of loving and caring for each other, regardless of our superficial differences of where we came from or our skin color. The Muslin friends I have do live good, spiritual lives IMHO.

In our country, freedom to worship was and is basic. Even if you believe another is following a "wrong" path, you can't use the government to force them to change. You have the right to say your peace, but also do that in a respectful way. Doing otherwise is counter to the founding fathers of the USA and dangerous for the future. Your freedoms are only as strong your neighbors. Peace!

The FBI says CAIR has terrorist ties. CAIR refuses to denounce Hamas. With the events in Egypt and Libya that have happened in the past 48 hours (on the anniversary of 9/11 no less), we should at least be wary about this situation. There are other peaceful Islamic groups that we can turn to accomplish the same function of introducing that culture to our high school students. The school board is closed to all of this because of their overriding sense of political correctness. Every time this issue is brought before them, they dig in deeper into their intransigence. All we can do now is to vote them out. This is one reason why I support Terry Kemple for Hillsborough School Board.

Ssssssshhhhh nobody tell George……on August 7, 2007, a FBI agent testified at the Holy Land Foundation trial that CAIR was "listed as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's Palestine Committee", that it had received money from the Foundation, and that co-founders Awad and Omar Ahmad were "listed as individual members of the Brotherhood Palestine Committee in America."
CAIR, Council on American Islamic Relations…Islam is a religion, stop saying CAIR is not a religious organization to them (yes I said them) there is no speration, I personally believe it is a front group for the PLO and the Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah but that is just my opinion and I won’t cloud the issue at hand with facts. If they allow CAIR in the schools they should allow EVERY other religious organization, up to and including the church of the flying spaghetti monster, to speak.
Hey wasn’t Sami Al-Arian who pled guilty in 2006 to conspiracy to contribute services to or for the benefit of the Palestine Islamic Jihad, the Chairman of the Board of the Islamic Academy of Florida (IAF)…weren’t they a “hey we are Muslim do not fear us group” too?

Wikipidia is not a reliable place to document stuff. Try this site from 2007:

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/08/cair_identified_by_the_fbi_as.php

In testimony Tuesday, FBI Agent Lara Burns reported before the jury in the Holy Land Foundation (HLF) trial that the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was listed as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestine Committee, right alongside HLF, the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP), and the United Association for Studies and Research (UASR). Agent Burns further testified that CAIR received money from HLF - a claim that NihadAwad blatantly denied in a congressional testimony in September of 2003.
Burns also said that both Omar Ahmed and Nihad Awad, CAIR co-founders who today serve as CAIR’s chairman emeritus and executive director, respectively, were also listed as individual members the Brotherhood’s Palestine Committee in America.
Awad and Ahmed are further connected to the Palestine Committee based on their positions as president and public relations director of the IAP, a Hamas front group that was responsible for the dissemination of propaganda, and has since been closed down as aresult of a multi-million dollar civil judgment in a trial involving the murder of an American teenager by HAMAS terrorists.

It goes on.....

More interesting reading....

http://www.investigativeproject.org/695/cair-trains-fbi-agents-as-new-report-cites-links-to-terror

http://www.investigativeproject.org/3579/similar-to-fbi-cutoff-doj-urged-to-sever-ties

From the report:

At a May 10th House of Representatives meeting, the Department of Justice (DOJ) was urged to officially sever ties with the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), as reported by The Daily Caller.

Citing CAIR's designation as UNINDICTED CO-CONSPIRATOR in the Holy Land Foundation (HLF) trial, The Committee Report of Fiscal Year 2012 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriates Bill urges Attorney General Eric Holder to wholly disengage with CAIR.

THINK ABOUT IT. DO WE WANT THESE GUYS IN OUR SCHOOLS TALKING TO OUR CHILDREN? SHOULDN’T THERE BE AT LEAST SOME CURIOSITY ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE UP TO? HILLSBOROUGH SCHOOLS SCREEN EVERY OUTSIDE GROUP THAT COMES INTO OUR SCHOOLS … EXCEPT CAIR? WHAT’S UP WITH THAT? COULD IT BE THAT THEY ARE CONTRIBUTING TO BOARD MEMBER’S CAMPAIGNS? WHO KNOWS, THEY JUST NEED TO STAY AWAY FROM OUR CHILDREN.

Hmm... all those CAPS! I've heard that the use of CAPS indicates shouting on the internet. Is that so? If so, why are you shouting? You really need to get a grip, Jeff. I find hysterical shouting quite amusing but I'm not sure everyone does. Your mention of the possibility of CAIR contributing to School Board Members' campaigns leads me to believe that the real reason you have a hard-on for CAIR is not that they're some kind of existential threat to anyone or anything but that they didn't make a contribution to some group like... oh, say... the Alafia Republican Club. I'll bet that would change your attitude toward CAIR. It would, wouldn't it Jeff? Just between you and me.

Those guys from CAIR just haven't learned the American way... you have to pay off both sides to insure cooperation. That's the way prostitution works in America.

Georgie Porgie pudding and pie,
Kissed the Cair group and made them cry,
When the Mullah came out to play,
Georgie Porgies head rolled away.

Ah, JW. Early release from middle school today?. I love being able to count on you for your cutting edge analysis.

Georgie, I just wanted to thank you for drawing so much attention to this article in the Patch. What would otherwise go largely unnoticed, by your inflaming the issue, we are now up to 34 comments and counting. The Patch is sure to notice this and spread this article to other locations around Hillsborough and the rest of Florida. The more people that hear about this shocking issue just prior to the election, the better. This is advertisement that only money from CAIR to school board members can buy. You are a patriot my friend! ;-)

Georgie, You said, "Obviously I don't really give a rat's ass either way whether CAIR or anybody else visits the schools." There is nothing else I can add to that. You said it all my friend! ;-)

So Georgie, you take an issue that people are deeply concerned about and you get your kicks by mocking it. Gee, If you don't take what kids are exposed to in school seriously, you must not be a very nice guy. That surely is not kind or compassionate like you libs pretend to be. ;-)

Georgie, just wondering, do you have any kids of your own. Yes, I know, they are probably grown by now. Did you care (no pun) about them when they were in school? If so, why would mock those of us who are concerned about our kids? Did you "pretend" to be a parent?

Bravo George. That is the first time you have stated something worthy of this discussion. I like what you say.

To summarize the issue about CAIR:

CAIR was an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation (HLF) trial, where it was listed as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestine Committee. CAIR co-founders, Omar Ahmed and Nihad Awad, are connected to Islamic Association for Palestine IAP, a Hamas front group that was responsible for the dissemination of propaganda.

We must ask ourselves whether it is appropriate to have organizations like CAIR that condone murder speaking to students in our schools. Jihad can take many forms. There is armed conflict and then there in the peaceful deception of your enemy. We know that a tenant of the Quran is that it is okay to lie to your enemy. They consider the USA and our Bill of Rights their enemy. I believe CAIR is planting the seeds of “peaceful deception” to our youth by appearing to be benign and friendly when their intention is eventual domination. This is why I think CAIR must be banned from our schools.

If I taught a class under the Serve Program on the US Constitution and I have to undergo a background check to make sure I am not a criminal or pedophile or whatever. Why don’t they screen CAIR that same way? Could it be that they will be disqualified and that would be politically incorrect? That is why this issue is important.

You just LOVE to argue, don't you George? The Village Sourpuss... the guy who always sits in the back of the town hall meetings and complains about "a pot hole here... the need for a stop sign there." Then, when the pothole is filled, you argue that the engineers were morons for using asphalt instead of concrete, or some such thing. I have yet to see you make a point, but man do you love to argue, don't you? I've even seen you argue about someone using all caps to spell your name. I would agree with you, but you'd probably argue about that. You love this, don't you George. There's an expression in psychology for your style of communication; for how "all over the place" your logic train is. It's called "word salad." No need to respond, George. Quite frankly, you're boring.

Don't confuse faith and a political organization. CAIR is not so much about the belief in Islam as it is about achieving political goals. CAIR is a political organization.

George rules!