Bill Maher's recent rant has stirred-up some Facebook reaction. Some good discussion took place in the show. One good line (from Nicholas Kristof) that I think we should take away from this, paraphrased, 'the chasm is not between Islam and the rest of the world, it is between fundamentalists and moderates in each religion.'
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(from http://www.911truth.org/)
The 9/11 events and the anomalies in the official story raised Unanswered Questions about:
* the unprecedented failure of the US air defense system on the morning of the attacks;
* the AWOL military chain of command during the actual attacks, including the inexplicable behavior of the presidential entourage;
* the seeming impossibility of official claims with regard to Flight 77;
* the evidence that Flight 93 was shot down;
* contradictions and dubious evidence in the official claims about the alleged hijackers and masterminds, and doubts about their real identities;
* signs that the alleged hijackers enjoyed high-level protection against discovery by honest investigators;
* evidence that the alleged hijackers were financed by states allied with US intelligence;
* suspicious and massive international financial trades suggesting foreknowledge of the attacks;
* widespread signs of official foreknowledge and, in fact, advance preparation for the 9/11 attack scenario;
* the long-running links between Islamist fundamentalist terror cells and US covert operations, dating back to CIA support for the anti-Soviet mujahedeen and Osama Bin Ladin himself;
* the demolition-like collapse of the Twin Towers and of a third skyscraper, WTC 7;
* and questions concerning who could have logically expected to derive benefit in the aftermath of a massive attack on the United States.
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. . . Rick Santorum is obviously unqualified, and his entire campaign is based upon inflammatory rhetoric, fundamentalist religion, and theatrics. . .
Just witness just some of the gems uttered by the Republican candidate:
“. . . I think the Democrats are actually worried he [Obama] may go to
Indonesia and bow to more Muslims. . . ”
". . . Many of the Christian faith have said, well, that’s OK; contraception
is OK. It’s not OK. It’s a license to do things in a sexual realm that
is counter to how things are supposed to be. . . ”
" . . . “That’s not to pick on homosexuality. It’s not, you know, man on child,
man on dog, or whatever the case may be. . . "
". . . A few days ago, GOP Presidential candidate Rick Santorum put his foot
in his mouth by saying “I don’t want to make
black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money". . . “I looked at that, and I didn't say that. If you look at it, what I
started to say is a word and then sort of changed and it sort of - blah
- came out. And people said I said ‘black.’ I didn't," . . . “And I can tell you, I don't use - I don't - first off, I don't use
the term ‘black’ very often. I use the term ‘African-American’ more than
I use ‘black' ... I think sometimes you want to give someone the
benefit of the doubt if it's a little bit of a blurred word. . . "
. . .BUT, upon hearing yesterday's news, I suddenly viewed Rick Santorum as . . . well, as a human being. . .
". . . GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s campaign
says his hospitalized daughter is recovering and could be released
soon. Santorum spokesman Hogan Gidley said Monday that
3-year-old Bella could be released from a northern Virginia hospital by
the end of the day. She was hospitalized Friday. Her father did not
campaign Monday so he could be with his daughter, who suffers from a
rare genetic condition. Bella was hospitalized earlier this year with
pneumonia. Her father faces an uphill battle against front-runner Mitt
Romney in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Santorum
often says Bella wasn’t expected to live beyond her first birthday. . . "
I can't say "I'll pray for her" because since I don't believe petitioning an invisible, omniscient, theistic and invasive being accomplishes anything (one of many areas where I disagree with Santorum). But, I can say with all honesty and sincerity with regard to Bella, I hope all goes well.
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. . . I have to mention Michelle Bachmann again, and I realize it's old news, but. . .
Let me get this straight. 'GOD' is sending us a message? An earthquake and a hurricane are (separately, or as a 'package'?) a message from 'GOD' that we, as a nation, are spending too much? That's CLEAR! Isn't it????
The bigger question here is, was she really joking as her campaign spokesperson said? Or was that a bit of damage control after the fact. (Were she and her husband joking as well when speaking of their efforts to 'convert' gays to heterosexuality?) One commentator stated that Bachmann does not let criticism of these gaffes get to her. She does not respond or retaliate, like a Sarah Palin, when the press latches on to her outrageous outbursts. The commentator says this is how a 'seasoned' politician behaves. For Bachmann, that's good. Right?
I say to that commentator, and to the press at large, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE cover the news. ASK Michelle Bachmann if she was joking. Give us the real Michelle Bachmann. Is she, in fact, Michelle Bachmann- sophisticated, urbane wit? Or is she Michelle Bachmann- hayseed, fundamentalist, tribal, pre-scientific rube?
I really want to know.
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