Kimmo

maybe for pope, but not dalai lama (leader of one of those "terrible" religions).

and what percentage of the muslim world lives under autocratic control, propped by western interests, either now or very recent history?

ok, so you are reducing the "barabrism" angle to suicide bombers? nothing else? also, can you please direct me to the pew polls.

let's be a bit more specific. a wide brush-stroke there....

point taken, but what about the polls you speak of? link please.

seems harris's arguments rest entirely too much on a pew poll: if i did find the right poll, i would hardly excoriate an entire people via their religion because of it (which harris seems to do). further, harris tries his damnest to decontextualize "muslim violence", arguing that it's really the religion, not the socio-politico-economic conditions (which is silly at best). let's also note that harris is an ardent out-spoken zionist, entirely supportive of israel's approach to palestine. have you ever heard him condemn a single act of israel's, from refugee camp slaughters, to continued settlement building etc etc? regardless, an interesting vid.

the "plain meaning" of passages in the koran argument is a bit of a canard, since other religions have passages every bit as violent. also, to dismiss the input of a journalist such as hedges is simply willful protectionism of one's viewpoint: he has lived in the area for what, 15 years? can you provide a link to the extensive polling you speak of? i found a pew poll, but it spoke of rather conditional muslim support for violence, usually in the context of US aggression etc. hey, that's a rather low-blow. false modesty is not a virtue if one is the National Director of the ACLU.

two questions: 1. on which would your money be? 2. why were you not equally pessimistic regarding iraq after the US invasion? (if pessimism is what i detect.) it certainly wasn't because one was a dictator and the other wasn't, right?

i would suggest that, with the size of the audience here, you avail yourself of this opportunity to afford change with the perspicuous insights you speak of. i would further suggest that beck speaks of actual considerations discussed in the current administration.

but sometimes, it just doesn't seem like it. if it was the case, a hyperbolic dismissal of views other than your own might not be so prevalent. fascist, almost.

but we know that about fox already. regarding egypt, what's more interesting is how this sentiment is represented within the current administration (along with administrations over the last 30 years). whether one likes it or not, having a fundamentalist islamic regime is of concern to any liberally minded humanoid concerned with things like human rights, just as it is here in the US with the rise of righty religionists.

the policy response has been the above, regardless of who has been in power here, dem or rep. a protracted crack-down, under emergency law, since what, '82?

well that was a wonderful exercise in dissonance, wasn't it?

i would suggest that dichotomy over-simplifies the equation quite a bit.

but they're green homestyle think that matters?

Just call 'em "pink" to end this madness.

where one man finds offense, another finds defense.

and don't even try it without headphones or plug-ins

shredding. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5YEqmIIdj8

wadda ya make of this? racist?

ET dolls not selling well today?

ah gee, notes everyone has heard played a million times in the same way, except really really fast. how original.

Really? I havent looked but it seems obvious to me this is false. Someone go look up the WA state budget and check this. come on man, he was driving down the road. with his ex-wife. there were signs and things. Wa state budget 2010

ok so what are the numbers? wa's annual budget is what, around 70 billion? what percentage of that goes towards funding retirement packages? and what are the future projections?

is this the way you run the ACLU? If so, i might be reconsidering my membership. your article mentioned rotting fruit in CALIFORNIA, nothing in Washington. perhaps an apt reminder: Washington is not California, as much as you'd like it to be. along with another reminder: "a whole lot of Eastern Washingtonians had to leave their crops to rot due to lack of farm labor." (your original seemingly unsubstantiated charge, in case you forgot.)