Comments on: Ellison gets shout-out in Obama’s Cairo speech http://minnesotaindependent.com/36211/ellison-gets-shout-out-in-obamas-cairo-speech News. Politics. Media. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: fred http://minnesotaindependent.com/36211/ellison-gets-shout-out-in-obamas-cairo-speech/comment-page-1#comment-31803 fred Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:06:51 +0000 http://minnesotaindependent.com/?p=36211#comment-31803 What our President failed to mention was that Thomas Jefferson had the Koran in his personal library, having read for one purpose, to combat the Barbary Pirates. He needed to know what he was up against in this enemy. It's that he treasured the Koran. What our President failed to mention was that Thomas Jefferson had the Koran in his personal library, having read for one purpose, to combat the Barbary Pirates. He needed to know what he was up against in this enemy.

It’s that he treasured the Koran.

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