Had McCain and Palin gone to a medrassa they would have learned how not to get themselves in a mess like the one they are in now.However its this madrassa which helped transcend Europe into becoming what its now.Ironically,Americans have diabolically,distorted the goals of madrasses in Pakistan to give birth to the same Taliban they are fighting now.So, madrassa will remain as everywhere,a place of knowldge unless its meant for other purposes.

My wife belongs to a non-denominational, non-political charity organization and just received a long winded email, sent to all members of that organization in our state. She proclaimed that our Sarah Palin is, in fact, the second coming of Queen Esther! As proof, she cites a few completely fabricated, extra biblical traits attributed to Esther. This resurrection (happened only one other time in History that I know of) was apparently the result of ardent prayers cast at the White House as part of the “Prayer Force One” project (new to me). I was quite appalled that the organization did not immediately send out an apology for this mailing and reprimand this woman for using the organization to promote her own nut-job political opinions.
It is interesting to note, however, that the story of Esther might give us all a little pause. In a nutshell, Esther was a concubine of a Persian King, apparently pleased that king such that she was made queen, uncovered a plot to assassinate said king, gained more favor with that king, came to the defense of the Jewish population in Peria that was about to be wiped out by the kings henchman, got the king to spare the Jews, even got the king to allow the Jews to arm themselves to thwart any future threats, then watched in horror as the Jews went on a rampage and killed 75,000 Persians.
So, hooker to queen to terrorist supporter - got to be a lesson there somewhere?

I can not see how anyone could mistake Obama for a Moslem. He was raised by a Christian Family in his land of birth and that is the United States of America. He is educated, intellegent and thoughful and dignified.

Now as to if we should look askance at religious fundamenalists, I think we should and I think it is only wise to do so. When any group decides that their religion frees them from obeying the law than we can not trust them to participate in a democracy that they wish to destroy. This is true of a large part of Fundamentalist Christianity as it is very true about Islam. I would never trust Islam until as a group they repudiate this insanity of allowing any idiot to proclaim religious murder from the pulpet.

And then let us go to the implications of the Catholic Churches current statement involving public officials who are Catholic. It states I believe that any Catholic who administers the laws of his office that violate Catholic teaching will be excommunicated. Now for the first time I have to wonder if Catholics should even run for office in a multi-dimensional country like the United States. It seems clear their religious leaders are threatening them if they do their civil duties. Do we want leaders who are under compulsion from their churches to interfer with peoples personal lives?

Don’t think I haven’t noticed the Protestant Fundamentalist who want to high jack the U.S. government, remember Huckabee? And, now we have Palin and if by some tragedy she should get elected are we going to have a Secretary of Witch hunting and proscecution. This is all very dismal after 200+ years of evolving Democracy.

It is time for all of these people to realize they do not speak for any one but the few in their group that agree with them. That the laws that protect us in our beliefs also protects them and if they are set on distroying these Bill of Rights they are even enemies of themselves. Don’t forget G. W. thinks god told him to invade and murder Iraqis. A very strange idea, a very strange God.