"It will interesting on Thursday to do a post mortem on this event. Will it be just a 'nothing burger', or will there be something else to it."
People have often debated how many Somalia refugees now live in Minnesota. This November, the Refugee Resettlement Program is going to be a front and center issue in Minnesota. That is - it will be with many, maybe not all. Why is the number of Somali refugees important? Is it because we are encased in xenophobia? Not a bit. Are we racists? I don't believe so. It is because the Somali immigration program might be Exhibit "A" on how our entire immigration program has gotten out of control.
Why do I say that? A while back an immigration official explained how the system works. Suppose one year, the state of Minnesota agrees to take 5,000 people from Somalia. The State of Maine also agrees to take 5,000 people. The following year, 3,000 Somalians in Maine decide the benefits are better in Minnesota, plus they have clan members there. So they move. Illegal? Not a bit. Can Minnesota afford an additional 3,000 people with poor language and limited work skills? That is the question.
Jeff Johnson, when he becomes Governor, wants to put a pause, or a complete halt to this program. Why? To start with, many people who live in the St. Cloud area have had it. They no longer feel like hosts - they feel like they have been invaded. And when these additional people come into a community with no notice, the budget to accommodate them is either not there, or stretched to the limit.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, there will be an event called ED AL-ADHA 2018 held at US Bank Stadium. Up to 50,000 Muslims are expected to attend. Let that sink in for just a moment. For the Super Bowl in February, there were 67,000 people in attendance, and the stadium was packed to the gills. 50,000 is a whole lot of people. And where are they coming from? Are they all from Minnesota? Minneapolis? Bottom line - nobody knows.
Anyone know who is funding this? Will extra services from the city be required? Super Bowl 52 cost a small mint for extra police and security. BTW - before the last huge event in the stadium (Super Bowl 52), the paper was filled with information about the stadium for weeks prior to the event. Today's paper has nary a word that I could find.
It will interesting on Thursday to do a post mortem on this event. Will it be just a "nothing burger", or will there be something else to it. I do know this - now that this event has been made known, social media is buzzing about it. Why? Until we have total understanding and consensus on our refugee resettlement issue in Minnesota, events like this are going to continue to cause controversy.
Many Muslims in the United States observe Eid-al-Adha, also known as the Feast of Sacrifice, each year. This festival commemorates Ibrahim’s (Abraham) willingness to sacrifice his son to God.
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In 2016, thousands of evangelical Christians gathered near the Washington Monument for what organizers hoped would be a historic religious revival the likes of which America hasn’t seen in decades. As a modern-day one, “Together” had heavy social media branding, major music from hip-hop to folktronica to hard rock, and popular evangelists who knew to keep their messages TED-talk short.
But what was the purpose of an evangelical revival in 2016?
The high-profile, celebrity-studded nature of the event called “Together” was prompting conversations about what, if anything, today’s evangelicals agree should be revived.
This group of Americans that makes up 25 percent of the U.S. population is divided about everything from gay rights and the existence of hell to whether the criminal justice system treats blacks and whites equally.
I guess the post-mortem of this event was the election of DJT.
Well, I see you are still at it Jane Gjerdingen, twisting any event to use against the election of DJT, as you like to call him. Such glaring ignorance and stupidity. It is people like you who are dividing America.
DeleteWhat we should be worried about..........
ReplyDeleteWhy this is a particular concern with potential climatic "tipping points," the passing of critical thresholds which result in step changes in the climate system.
Under-reporting on these issues is contributing to the "failure of imagination" in our understanding of, and response to, climate change.
Climate change is now reaching the end-game, where very soon humanity must choose between taking unprecedented action, or accepting that it has been left too late and bear the consequences.
(Mike here) So the Gjerdingen's are worried about: Christians and the 'global warming' hoax/scam. Give me a break. You two wouldn't survive one day in the Middle East in a muslim-run country with your heads intact. But Christians are the problem?? What a damn joke you liberals are. You're always on the wrong side of everything.
ReplyDeleteCan't find any news reports about the atrocities at the stadium. I'll keep a vigil.
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