Monday Morning Muslim Mess

Okay, so there's a McCain rally, and groups of nuts show up...duh. One particular group has placards and etc. that are bearing Obama's name, written with the addition of the Muslim and U.S.S.R. symbols (used quite creatively, really). Well, this offends some more fair-minded McCain supporters (Hooray?), and a shouting match ensues. A few minutes later, the growing crowd are approached by a Security type who is niraculously...Muslim himself! He's a Muslim with a long Muslim name and he's repeating over and over that these wackos are not affiliated with the McCain campaign, and they do not support any of this kind of Muslim calling out and that kind of shenanigans. The placard guy literally turns tail and runs away with his meager crew.

So, immediately, everyone's first thought is: who's the idiot that set this up?

CNN is about to get the actual Muslim security guard on the phone...there's a little trouble, though...uh, oh - the kid is not allowed to speak...under direct order of the big dawg himself, John McCain! How can this be? How can a senator prevent a citizen from talking on the phone to CNN? Where are we living? What kind of crazy shit is really going on? Just last night, I heard a story about CIA employees freely listening to regular, run of the mill and perhaps "humorous" telephone conservations. Hey, you never know - it could be you.

I'll say it, though Hey Hey actually wrote it first in comments. I don't disagree with anything the Rev Wright has said, really. God damn America?! Everyone thinks that on April 15th. Yeah, sometimes I think to myself, "God damn America." I think it when people get shot in the street because our ghettos are a shame upon America; the state of education is damnable; building more prisons than schools is damnable; all these homeless people - mostly vets, but families now are damnable. What, are we supposed to stand up and applaud the crappy way this country has been handled?

Why aren't we allowed to criticize? Why must we all be religious and somehow equate religion to political power?

I'm gonna go hug me some Iraqis. Maybe some Iranians and Syrians...