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It's early and very few facts are in In the past I've always waited until we had a clearer picture of the situation before commenting But today, it is naive to hope the vacuum of restraint will not be exploited by multiple political agendas So let me weigh in We know- or at least I'm basing my comments on the assumption that we know this: A young white man sat in a worship service with his victims for an hour At some point he made racially charged statements and proceeded to kill 9 worshipers The worshipers were African American, and...

HELP WANTED: Mediators and facilitators to help with anger management issues and to prevent future workplace violence incidents at former US Embassy sites throughout the Middle East. Ability to be photogenic even under extreme duress a plus. Stockholm syndrome inclinations given first priority. Ability to admit personal and collective guilt required.

5. Took a while to accumulate 72 virgins. 4. Administration plans to take out the real mastermind of 9/11 kept centering on Crawford Tx. 3. Had to teach the press to say 'Pockiston' instead of 'Pakistan' 2. Earlier attempts to take OBL out had failed because of the Administration's mandate that the SEALS bow to him before shooting. 1. Had to get special dispensation to get his Long Form BC from Saudi Arabia to verify his identity.

A recent thread discusses the Fr Corapi situation. Alas, it it a Catholic Caucus thread. While I understand some of the motivations for making it so, I would like to point out, that in so doing, the self-fulfilling prophecy that we accused Catholic Bashers 'never find anything good about the the Catholic Church' is continued- BECAUSE, in this case we are excluded from the discussion. For my part, let me state clearly that the church has seemingly responded appropriately and quickly in this situation. In fact I applaud the church for removing Fr Corapi from his duties during this period....

Concerning the erection of great edifices, here is an email I sent several of my friends after a visit to Duke University Chapel almost exactly one yeat ago. The service was fine. Everything was first class and very well done. The church bells rang the melody of the closing hymn as we departed. A lot of forethought, Very nice service. But for a first time visitor to Duke chapel, the building itself is the real story Sensory overload (in a very pleasant sort of way) The outer doors were at least 3 and possibly 4 inches thick. The inner doors...

Watch the cowardly, beastly mob in Seaford, DE violently attack a city-owned van which was transporting WBC members.

Isn't it refreshing that when we hear of a 24 year old problem with W, we know it's not the age of the intern under his desk.