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Dennis Prager has a follow-up column at townhall.com to clarify and refute accusations made against his position regarding Keith Ellison’s use of the Koran in place of the Bible in his swearing in.

Unreal. These particular Muslims have the effrontery to demand everyone to go blind and forget the past.

Strangely enough, Keith Ellison is somewhat in the middle of this “scandalous denial of civil rights.” His website has a Thanksgiving message devoted almost entirely to discrediting the legitimate fears of passengers boarding the US Airways domestic flight.

This article by Hugh Hewitt and this article by Ann Coulter analyze the situation perfectly. These Imams were not acting normal, they were acting stupid and should be removed from every flight until they act normal like everyone else.

Hugh Hewitt hits the nail on the head:

Were they trying to show just how bigoted and backwards Americans are? Just because four planes crashed as their hijackers screamed “Allah Akbar!” five years ago, suddenly everyone who says “Allah Akbar” while flying becomes suspect in the eyes of the typical American rube. It’s not fair. After all, a Roman Catholic could make the Sign of the Cross before eating his airline-issued Animal Crackers and no one would look twice.

This article at Townhall is worth a glance.

What Ellison and his Muslim and leftist supporters are saying is that it is of no consequence what America holds as its holiest book; all that matters is what any individual holds to be his holiest book.

The most compelling reason to not allow it is that, as the author says, “it is an act of hubris that perfectly exemplifies multiculturalist activism — my culture trumps America’s culture.“  While it is important to be tolerant and accepting toward other religions, it seems foolish to open the door to redefining what book an elected official can use to be sworn in with.

It also seems perfectly acceptable to question the timeliness of setting such a precedent with a Muslim congressman when there have been plenty of non-Christian or altogether non-religous congressmen before now.

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That is outrageous. How can you contest that requiring photo ID disenfranchises voters?

Thank goodness the Supreme Court is sensible in its ruling on this matter.

Something that I would have expected to be big news was buried behind an unflattering title and first paragraph.

Bush’s job approval among registered voters is up two points — giving him his highest rating in the poll since November — and his handling of Iraq is up three…

Title of the Article: Dems seem likely to pick up midterm seats

Of course the election is coming and Democrats are favored, but there was a lot of media chatter about Bush’s numbers falling, why such dismal chatter about a rebound?

And, its a good thing that NBC news helps us realize that this 2 point change could simply be some sort of strange anomaly, clarifying that the change falls within “the margin of error.” What is a margin of error then? Could we not argue that the poll should be up a possible 5 points? Apparently 2% more answered favorably since the last poll and there is a margin of error +/- 3 points.

Why the World Hates America

When the society often described as “the world’s most hated nation” also turns out to be the country most fervently desired as a destination for immigrants from everywhere, then it’s blindingly obvious that envy plays the leading role in generating hostility to the United States. In the same way that the most successful kid in school will generate considerable resentment, or the most prominent and prosperous citizen of a town will provoke hostility from some of his less fortunate neighbors, the US draws anger and condemnation precisely because of its overwhelming power and influence.

It has some good points on reasons why America is perceived the way it is.