Quick Hits: Obama's faith, mosque, Angle and black shirts

Reading today’s paper, I’m hugely encouraged that fewer Americans can accurately say that Obama is, indeed, a christian - NOT a muslim. This tidbit reaffirms a nagging belief I hold that we can’t assume that evidence-based facts will sway American opinion. According to a Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life poll on what the American electorate believes about Obama’s religious preferences, only 30% say he’s a christian. The the growing majority are terminally confused.

Yup. This is how you want to run a robust and thriving Democracy.

I’d feel much better if the majority said “I don’t give a rat’s ass what religion he is. It isn’t relevant to anything.” Personally, I’d feel better if the man was an atheist. Then at least he’d be less inclined to slog through the unproven, the irrational, and sheer wishful thinking on the way to critical decisions, or waste time on silly arguments.

Case in point: the friggin’ mosque in New York City.

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