Arun Venugopal
Arun Venugopal is a reporter and the creator of Micropolis, WNYC’s multi-platform series examining race, sexuality, religion, street life and other issues that define New York City. He has been with the station since 2005, and has covered a wide range of stories, including the death of Sean Bell, the controversy over the Park 51 mosque and community center and Occupy Wall Street .
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@Montana: The Catholic Church, based an ocean away in Vatican City, has followers in the US who try to influence policy which effect Americans outside of their congregations. The Catholic Church hierarchy tries to shield the abusing priests from being prosecuted in the US legal system. If King gave the same energy to those activities, he would risk offending his constituents.
Why doesn’t this Peter T. King investigate the “Home Grown” radicalization of Irish Americans, who support the tradition wing of the IRA (Irish Republican Army), or Noraid (The Irish Northern Aid Committee), and being recruited by “Enemy Overseas” or worse “Enemy Overseas” the “Catholic Church ”, where they radicalize the priests into raping our young American boys, what about that you hypocrite scumbag.
Peter King is a hypocrite, he supported the terrorist group IRA, who killed innocent British people, but hey I guess that was OK, right? Killing innocent people is OK, as long as they are not born is the United States, yup that sounds about right. I guess Jesus Christ would give all you extra points for that, NOT!
No, there are no dancing in the street when Catholics hear about a pedophile priest, but there has been a concerted effort to Deny, Deflect, Defend this “Enemy Overseas” the “Catholic Church ”, I don’t even think you could deny that fact. What would Jesus Christ, say about this so called Church, I have a few thoughts myself.
47 seconds in;
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/377120/march-10-2011/peter-king-understands-violent-radicalism
I am a terrorist, now what Pete?
Former inmate 75369-053
This is fascinating. I suspect Peter King wishes he never came up with the idea of these hearings.
Lol,
Muslims enraged at King's hearings show that Islam is a Religion of Peace --- by threatening his life .
Again the Republicans are wasting our precious tax dollars on inconsequential issues, rather than on the things that are so badly need to help our society, (such as addressing the dire problem of global warming, single payer health insurance so that all are covered, solutions to the republican-caused economic meltdown, etc..)
Wouldn't it be the superb irony if there ended up to be a genuine inquiry into the roots of extremism, Muslim and otherwise, and that the roots were shown to be rooted in American imperialism and insinuation into the affairs of other countries? I've long wanted our government to examine why there is such anger directed at our country. I doubt, however, that the hearing being held by Rep. King, is intended to include the look inward I've hoped for, but rather is intended to point the finger at the "other." Too bad.
Wouldn't it be the superb irony if there ended up to be a genuine inquiry into the roots of extremism, Muslim and otherwise, and that the roots were shown to be rooted in American imperialism and insinuation into the affairs of other countries? I've long wanted our government to examine why there is such anger directed at our country. I doubt, however, that the hearing being held by Rep. King, is intended to include the look inward I've hoped for, but rather is intended to point the finger at the "other." Too bad.
i just noticed that in a clip you played of King this morning that when listing other potential terrorist groups that would not be a focus of his query, that he used the term "madmen."
who uses that term to describe groups of people who have a beef of some sort "neo-nazis, environmentalist activists, etc."?
i think it bespeaks yet another instance of official persons disinterest in the problem because they more interested in and focused on the symptoms...waving off the source of the grievances, whatever they may be.
Why doesn’t this Peter T. King investigate the “Home Grown” radicalization of Irish Americans, who support the tradition wing of the IRA (Irish Republican Army), or Noraid (The Irish Northern Aid Committee), and being recruited by “Enemy Overseas” or worse “Enemy Overseas” the “Catholic Church ”, where their priests have rape our young American boys, what about that you hypocrite scumbag.
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