Ahmed's "clock" deconstructed

[00tec]

[davsel]

[Gman]

‘Clock kid’ Ahmed Mohamed and his family will move to Qatar

Less than 24 hours after Ahmed Mohamed met President Obama, his family decided it’s time to leave America for good.

The 14-year-old Texas boy who was arrested for bringing to school a homemade clock that authorities said resembled a bomb will soon be living in Qatar.

“After careful consideration of all the generous offers received, we would like to announce that we have accepted a kind offer from Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) for Ahmed to join the prestigious QF Young Innovators Program, which reflects the organization’s on-going dedication to empowering young people and fostering a culture of innovation and creativity,” the family said in a press release Tuesday.

Anthony Bond, a close family friend and the founder of the Irving, Texas chapter of the NAACP said the family made the decision to leave the U.S. within the last 24 hours. They have spent those hours in Washington, D.C. where Ahmed has been on a mini-press tour in anticipation of his visit to the White House.

President Obama personally invited the teen after his arrest last month, reaching out to him via Twitter. The president was one of many who spoke out about the implications of a 14-year-old Muslim boy accused of building a bomb, put in handcuffs and pulled out a school. Once it was discovered that the “bomb” was only a digital clock the young innovator built himself, the Irving Police said they would not be charging Ahmed with any crime.

But the spark had already been lit; Ahmed’s story went viral, with the hashtag #IStandWithAhmed bringing out legions of supporters including Mark Zuckerberg, Hillary Clinton and Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Tweets, thinkpieces and day-time TV segments were dedicated to dissecting how Ahmed’s situation typified racism and Islamaphobia in America.

After withdrawing from school in Texas, the boy’s family embraced the opportunities that came from his brush with the law. He visited the Google Science Fair, met with Sudan’s President Omar al Bashir, posed with the Queen of Jordan at a United Nations Summit, appeared on the “Doctor Oz” show and last night, made it to the White House.

Is this publicity stunt finally over?

[sniper7]

Funny that a bomb builder will be heading to Muslim central. Guess he will be teaching the towelheads a few things, maybe even spread Obamas messages I islam he got straight from the horses mouth.

[Great-Kazoo]

Funny that a bomb builder will be heading to Muslim central. Guess he will be teaching the towelheads a few things, maybe even spread Obamas messages I islam he got straight from the horses mouth.

Did anyone believe otherwise?
Curious, does anyone have a link[s] to media or white house announcements of President Obama inviting families of Killed in the line of Duty LE's to the white house?

[BushMasterBoy]

LMBO...

https://www.whitehouse.gov/

[Gman]

He seems to be too busy being a "Modern Man". Maybe he's buying shoes for Michelle.

[Irving]

The most dangerous thing about this event, in my opinion, is setting the expectation of special treatment for merely being offended.

Obama has invited to the White House this teenager whose worst treatment was having his feelings hurt. He also invited the guy for the beer summit because the worst thing to happen to him was that he was insulted.

What about the newspaper delivery women who nearly shot to death during that manhunt in California? If you're going to try and shmooze the public by putting on a mummers farce, there are certainly better people to use in your show.

[Gman]

Hmmm...where in the Constitution is the right to not be offended? That seems to be a direct contradiction with the 1st Amendment.

...unless you're a liberal judge/politician.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Constitution? You expect Obama to think of or care about something like the Constitution? Hell, he only swore an oath ...