Tag Archives: Islam

Quick thoughts on book burning

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By now, I'm sure everyone has heard about the church in Florida burning a Quran, and the fallout from that burning in Afghanistan (I'm on the road, but I'll post links later in case you missed it somehow) My thoughts: Burning someone else's holy book is a meaningless, fruitless gesture. Sure, you have a right to do it in America, and I'll defend that right as best I can any day of the week, but really, what do you hope to accomplish by this other than drawing a load of (assumedly) negative attention Read more [...]

Asshat Of The Week

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Wheeeeeee!!!!!!!It's shark-jumping time again, although it's not like this is Newt's first trip up the ramp. Just in case there was anyone out there in blogland who thought Mr. Gingrich hadn't completely lost all of his marbles, I give you this article from Talking Points Memo. Here's the direct quote (this from Politico):"I have two grandchildren — Maggie is 11, Robert is 9," Gingrich said at Cornerstone Church here. "I am convinced that if we do not decisively win the struggle over the nature Read more [...]

Cults?

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I'm waiting for the dust to to settle on T.O.'s deal before I write about it, so in the meantime, I'll point you at this Politico post that talks about Tennessee's sitting Lt. Governor dropping absolute gems, such as:-referring to Islam as a "cult"-suggesting that Muslims are trying to bring Sharia law into the US (he doesn't specify how this master plan will occur)-later "clarifying" his comments by adding (after assuring his constituents that he has "no problem with peace-loving, freedom-loving Read more [...]