Back to Basics

Often confusion results when we do not probe deep enough and challenge assumptions. As example, what is missing from political discussions is any consideration of what government is actually made of and therefore what is released by government action. Who better to explain government than George Washington?

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." -- George Washington

He said it!

"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the US Government cannot pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America 's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better." -- Senator Barack H. Obama, March 2006

Just Say No to Islamic Propoganda

I read with interest the release from Council on American-Islamic Relations-Chicago (CAIR) objecting to the use of the MindSparks curriculum on Islam in the Chicago Public Schools. I have reviewed the issues involved and as a student and teacher of religion and history I can state the truth of the assertions being questioned by CAIR-Chicago. In point of fact the MindSparks materials are decidedly understated, particularly regarding the Arab-Islamic love of black slavery which continues to this very day as events in Sudan tragically illustrate. Also the inhumane treatment of women in (all) Islamic societies continues to be a fixture in current events. The frightening misogyny inherent to Islam and liberally featured in the Holy Qur'an itself and magnified in the Hadith has in the last few decades increasingly reared its ugly head in this country. It should be noted the link between CAIR and jihad/terrorist groups is well documented. The organization was founded as a propaganda arm of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brother is the mother organization of every active Islamic terrorist organization in the world today including Al Qaeda. The Chicago Public Schools would be well advised to resist pressure from CAIR to insert their radical jihad propaganda into the school system. For our young people to be equipped to deal with the dangers of our present times they must know the truth. It seems the MindSparks curriculum is a step in the right direction in sharp contrast to the bizarre and easily falsified lies advanced by CAIR.