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<div><font face="Verdana">The fascinating history of how Jefferson and
other Founding Fathers defended Muslim rights</font></div>
<div><font face="Verdana" size="-1">Thomas Jefferson and others
explicitly mentioned Muslims in outlining the parameters of religious
freedom and equal protection in the U.S.</font></div>
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"Congress offers change without change -- a green economy built on
cheap coal and petrol; a healthcare transformation that asks nobody to
pay more taxes or behave any differently -- because that is what
voters want.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">"Is it too much to ask
that Mr Obama should tell voters the truth? I think he could do it. He
has everything it takes to be a strong president. He is choosing to be
a weak one."</font><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Clive Crook. "Obama is
choosing to be a weak president." Financial Times, June 28,
2009</font></div>
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