The US Air Force kicked Christian Gideon’s volunteers off base in March. The Bibles were too offensive and violated the separation of church and state rule.
But US military personnel are expected to adhere Islamic practices during Ramadan. Stars and Stripes reported:
U.S. personnel accustomed to drinking their coffee on the drive to work will have to put that habit on hold for about a month. It’s one of a few lifestyle changes Americans will have to make during the holy month of Ramadan.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Officials expect Ramadan to begin at sunrise on Saturday, depending on when the new moon is sighted. The holy month lasts for approximately 30 days — until about July 28. For Muslims around the world, Ramadan is a month of fasting and devotion to God. Most Muslims fast from dawn to sunset, when families gather for Iftar — the meal that breaks the fast.
For the 8,200 U.S. personnel living here, and those serving throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility — including servicemembers, civilian personnel, contractors and family members — the month may require changing some daily routines.
Businesses and government offices will reduce hours and most restaurants will be closed during daylight hours.
While not required to fast during Ramadan, in Bahrain, Americans can be fined or detained by local authorities for eating, drinking or smoking in public when off-base during daylight hours.
Navy officials are requiring U.S. personnel to dress more conservatively off-base during Ramadan. Although not a requirement by Bahraini authorities, the Navy is demanding that men wear long-sleeved shirts and women wear sleeved blouses that cover their elbows. Also, men must wear long trousers, and women should wear pants or skirts that cover the knees.
The question isn't will the Nation survive and recover from an Obama Presidency but can the Nation survive and recover from the uninformed electorate that put him there.
“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.”
― Winston Churchill
June 30, 2014, 10:26 AM
Mike English
Hobby Lobby-1 Bo-0
L8R, Mike
June 30, 2014, 11:00 AM
moparacer
Barky says things are better, We just dont know it!!!!
Wow! I feel so much better now!!!
June 30, 2014, 06:16 PM
Jerry Mock
quote:
Originally posted by Mike English: Hobby Lobby-1 Bo-0
Hands down Obama is the worst president since WWII: Poll after poll shows President Obama’s approval rating dipping recently, and one new Quinnipiac University Poll finds that voters say Mitt Romney would have been a better choice in 2012 .
With Mr. Obama deploying military troops to Iraq, failing to find compromise with Congress and seeing major defeats in the Supreme Court, voters continue to sour on him. poll
Obama is the worst president in 70 years, says America
President Obama is the worst commander-in-chief since World War II, according to a plurality of Americans.
In a Quinnipiac poll released Wednesday, 33 percent of voters said Obama is the worst president since at least the 1940s. (The question used the end of World War II as its cutoff.) George W. Bush came in a close second with 28 percent, followed by Richard Nixon at 13 percent.
Now, the poll should be taken with a little grain of salt. Recent presidents are expected to stand out on a subjective ranking encompassing many decades because of their temporal proximity. How many respondents weren't even born when Carter ran the White House? Hence, though Obama is named the worst president of the bunch, he's also named the fourth-best. That said, the poll is still a brutal one for the president. Fifty-three percent of voters disapprove of his job performance — and a 45 percent plurality say the nation would be better off had Mitt Romney won the 2012 election. - - Jon Terbush
July 02, 2014, 02:49 PM
Canted Valve
quote:
Obama is the worst president in 70 years, says America
The negro race can be proud! (and I'm sure brother Sharpton is) Before anyone chimes in with his 50/50 hybrid, the rules of mathmatics states you always round down to the lowest common denominator.
Illegitimi non carborundum
July 03, 2014, 08:08 AM
Bob H
quote:
Originally posted by Canted Valve:
quote:
Obama is the worst president in 70 years, says America
The negro race can be proud! (and I'm sure brother Sharpton is) Before anyone chimes in with his 50/50 hybrid, the rules of mathmatics states you always round down to the lowest common denominator.
Sorry to pizz in your Wheaties but Nixon takes the lead.
July 03, 2014, 09:18 AM
Jerry Mock
I'm NOT getting my own way
And the DUPED BOOBS support this TYRANT?????????
Jerry Mock
July 03, 2014, 09:24 AM
Grandma / Gpa
quote:
Originally posted by Bob H:
quote:
Originally posted by Canted Valve:
quote:
Obama is the worst president in 70 years, says America
The negro race can be proud! (and I'm sure brother Sharpton is) Before anyone chimes in with his 50/50 hybrid, the rules of mathmatics states you always round down to the lowest common denominator.
Sorry to pizz in your Wheaties but Nixon takes the lead.
Sorry to pizz in your Wheaties but Nixon takes the lead.
So he's second worst. Hardly a win for our country. It's really sad when a president is rated in any "worst category" contest, without regard for political affiliation. Sadder yet the country has to suffer through such ineptness.
Illegitimi non carborundum
July 08, 2014, 11:58 AM
Mike English
Obama only needs 3.7 BILLION for the boarder crisis. WTF - It's all the fault of Bush lol. And the 2006 promise of building 700 miles of fence, we'll his watch has managed 36 miles because of no funding.... But we HAVE 3.7 to fund the illegal invasion?
L8R, Mike
July 08, 2014, 07:55 PM
I.P. Dailey
You knew that Romney's ideas were right for America:
He predicted the resurgence of a hostile Russia on the global front.
He denounced Obamacare, now as unpopular as it's ever been - with more premium hikes and increases on the way as a result.
He warned us about the problems with the Veterans Administration. Mitt Romney has been proven right time and time again.
