And that is something that is true and used across the entire political spectrum.

Has anyone asked the Amish about how they feel about having a Mosque Islamic Community Center next door?

They won't return my calls.

Does the State Dept. have to be so braindead?
 

Traditional tribal Afghani society is misogynist and we're shocked! SHOCKED! that pederasty is rampant in Afghanistan.

Any college kid with a semester of Anthro 101 could tell you this is a pattern found around the world when men and women are strictly segregated. It's 110% predictable.

And another simple concept the U.S. government hasn't bothered to understand: culture change happens at a glacial pace, if it is lasting change. That democratization of the Middle East that's supposed to happen in Iraq will take a generation or more.

We need a hand smacking a forehead icon.

Oh, that is horrible. All the way around.

Okay, I don't know if I've posted this before, but, I have a friend who keeps a blog {keeps? writes? has?} He is a very smart fella, I think that many of you would enjoy reading his thoughts.

Unfortunately, he hasn't had a lot of people find his blog.

Please give it a look......

http://mybrainitches.wordpress.com/2...nd-fear-morta/

Sorry - I tied to read it, but the color scheme literally hurt my eyes. As I type this, the after-image is making hard to see what I'm typing. Ouch.

GD~ the 'My Brain Itches' blog? Okay, I'll give him that feedback.

Wow, it looks different now. Awesome. :) I really liked what he had to say, too.

Thank you, CP for checking it out.

This fella is pretty smart, reminds me of a lot of folk around here. LOL Unfortunately, I mostly just give him a hard time. ha ha Trying to recruit for him some intelligent conversation. :0)

I don't know if you had a chance to surf around his site, but, he had a blog called 'Fvcked in the Head'. Oh, what every parent likes to read. But I think about it a lot.

Anyways, thanks and GD, I hope it is better for you? Thank you, too, for checking it out.

he is also on facebook....

egads, what am I doing awake????

The more I think about it the more I roll my eyes at Petraeus's comment about the Qu'ran burning. It's stupid scare tactics, the same brand being spewed by the "other side". Whether or not such a demonstration puts troops in more danger is entirely irrelevant to the merits of the act. If he came up and said that, actually, burning Qu'rans would strike fear in the hearts of the enemy and greatly improve our chances of victory, it would not change my stance on it one iota. It's wrong because it's wrong.