But, Cheney always lies. So if he says there was no link.... But there can't be a link.... but he said..... Arrruuugghhh!!!! *pop*

Well, I thought President Obama's speech in Cairo today was amazing. :snap:

Some of it was laugh out loud funny.

"America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles - principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings."

Umm....excuse me? Islamic countries are the top human rights violaters in the world. Try taking a Bible into Saudi Arabia or seeing what happens to a woman walking down the street with her head uncovered. Tolerant? I'm sorry. Guess that's not funny. That's disgusting.

As a disclaimer, I was just as disgusted when the Bush administration would kiss up to the Saudis.

I also find it funny that it's OK now for Obama to embrace his Islamic roots...having grown up for a while in primarily Islamic nations and even saying his father was Islamic. Let someone mention that during the campaign and they were immediately excorriated.

Well Leo, I appreciate your viewpoint. Maybe I'm just an optimist at heart but I found a good deal of the speech inspiring, not perfect, but still I'm hopeful.

Of course both sides in the US can take this to heart, as well. When I read the above I thought of Dick Cheney immediately. But that's just me.

I didn't hear the speech. But i assume he was talking about the principals of Islam, and not the results of governments in Islamic countries ... just as American principals should hardly be judged by the 90% of U.S. government results.

I might have said this before but it bears repeating.

Fvck Sean Hanity

iSm, if you are insterested the transcript is here. I did not see the speech, only read it. Otherwise, back to our regularly scheduled programming.

I second that fvck.

What gets me is why people like Hannity are still allowed to keep their jobs and credibility after they say stupid sh!t like this. Where is the outrage? Where is the accountability? Bill Maher said one stupid thing and he was gone. Period. Imus said one stupid thing and he's gone. Hannity, O'Reilly, Beck, they all say innane stupid things all the time and their ratings go up and no one at Fox "News" holds them accountable for bad reporting, bad form, nothing.

GD,

Hehehehe

LOVE the Craig T. Nelson quote!