Isn't it great to finally see the religious right get ousted so the USA can finally start fixing real probs?
962927
Would that it were so.  Unfortunately, I think the religious right still wields an inordinate amount of sway in the United States and will continue to interfere with government's ability to deal with more pressing issues.
300494
The US is supposed to be about freedom of religion.  Sure, you may get people yelling in your face, but at least you don't get thrown in jail anymore for being different.
157244
islam as a religion isnt the problem.radical extremist have hi-jacked a country and its people! slowly but surely neighboring countries have been handled the same way.I just want to clear up a misconception about suicide bombers.It isnt always suicide, when your family is held randsom and the only way to insure their safe release is to blow yourself up, come on,I would do the same. I am a democrat and not a huge Bush fan but we cannot stop trying to weed out the evil regimes. On this, I know it is the only way to give the gift of freedom that Americans and many other countries are born with and take for granted. breaking down walls and making sure that free trade and more than one ideology is the only solution.
170860
Not a good idea.\n\nExtremist Religious Fanatics will come and blow it up.
291146
I think their government is run by a bunch of religious whack-jobs with delusions of grandeur who will most likely turn the bulk of the Middle East into one huge bloody mess....but I could be wrong.
819285
Well, this "flag waving moron" right here, thinks that if the dems get their way, we shall soon look like Spain and France.  Crippled by terrorism.\n\nMuslim at 20-25% of the world's religion right now.  Why haven't we heard from them?
110249
Gee, where do I start.  Let's see, corrupt government. Incompetent officials.  Brutal police force and military.  Deep religious divide.  Lack of accountability (I guess that goes with the corrupt government).  I would be surprised if it's NOT falling apart.  It has been failing apart for a good part of the past few centuries.
782231
Within this decade, not likely. Yet, within a generation, based on immigration patterns allowed by European nations, and the prolific breeding patterns of Muslims (especially when compared to Europeans), then yes. It will be interesting to watch the 'social democracies' of Europe deal with it, as they are bred and voted out of existence. As all of their hard work and investments go into the wealth redistribution programs they now champion, and then are filtered away by the very political state they created, it will be laughable. They denounce the US, and its current actions, but they are a scant few years away.
408984
most definately, yes. god really help us if we were to get another president like bush again.
1167903
Only through education will we rid ourselves of the virus that is religion.  Ignorance and social acceptance will be the end of us if we don't grow out of this phase.  As you are reading this, overly religious countries are refining nuclear fuel.  It will only be a matter of time until someone sets off a nuclear bomb in the name of their God.  This is our future unless we can outgrow this nonsense!
452555
That is my hope.  Unless we examine the mistakes within our belief system and find new and better ways of relating to the rest of the world, we won't be able to live in peace and harmony.  Let's hope it will happen soon.
784668
Yes. Good point.\n\nThis country needed this breath of fresh air badly.\nThank goodness Americans saw through the scare tatics of the far right!
1080737
No, I do not think it is right at all. Obviously you're talking about the Middle East. You know what America's interference in the Middle East reminds me of? What our forefathers did to the natives...we forced our religion and way of life down their throats and slaughtered all those who didn't comply. And you have to wonder whether or not they were the lucky ones, considering the survivors got disease and alcoholism back for their troubles (I know, that's a generalization, but anyone who knows their history can't deny it!). America- meaning the government- needs to realize once and for all that the rest of the world does not want to be American, or else they would have adopted American culture/system/religion in the first place. I believe that of all the atrocities the Bush administration have committed, treating Muslims like the indians of the 21st Century could very well be the worst.\n\nAnd all these people who are saying America doesn't force religion are way off. What the hell do you think all these Christian aid workers are doing? They're not just handing out aid and comfort- they're handing out bibles as well. I'm a very lapsed Catholic myself, but it drives me nuts when I see people portraying Christianity as completely innocent and perfect. No religion is perfect, nor is any one superior to the others...they're all based on the same myths and legends, people.
579757
I think if that's true, then Bush should submit to some drug testing. We don't need church-nutz ruining the country for the people that actually have to end up living in it.\nFreedom OF religion also means freedom FROM it, and from the 'end times' types that forgot to take their medz etc.
667670
Religion is often used as a tool to mantain fear and the statu quo. It's not coincidence that the USA has both such a limited diversity of political ideas and such a high-degree of religious fanatism.
1057826
If the Christian Right in the U.S. keeps going the way they are now, with wanting to limit free speech (ban books, tv shows, etc), control women's reproductive rights, impose religious beliefs in schools, etc, then the U.S. would effectively look just the same as an Islamist country.\n\n"And why do you look at the splinter in your brother's eye, and not notice the beam which is in your own eye?" Matthew 7:3 (WEY)
761007
Get real it was the result of a nation gone mad, religious or other\nwise