Hillary Clinton goes to church

Hillary Clinton was in Lake Forest, CA attending attending church and she made an impression. The always charming Clinton swayed as the choir sang "Jesus Loves Me," and stood as she joined the congregation singing "Tell me the story of Jesus." The press was seated up in the balcony and was unable to hear Clinton sing, or watch her enter or leave the service. Bonnie Campbell, the owner of the church, served in the Clinton administration as Head of the Violence Against Women's office at the Department of Justice, invited the Senator to come this Sunday morning. Clinton is a Methodist but attends church in other denominations as she travels. She has attended church three times in Iowa - including in Davenport, Decorah, and Des Moines.

Infamous teddy bear

The innocent teacher whose class named a teddy bear "Mohammad" is being sentenced to jail for naming the bear after the prophet. She is also being threatened by hundreds of Muslim's in the country that they will execute her. Gillian Gibbons went on trial Thursday on charges of inciting religious hatred by letting her students name a teddy bear Mohammad, a crime punishable by up to 40 lashes and six months in jail. The devastating part is that this teacher was unaware that what she was doing was culturally incorrect and now she is going to be punished because the country is so religious.

Why was president George W. Bush elected again?

What I will never understand is how this country elected Bush after he failed horrible in his first term. The fact that he won shows how religiously based this country is. They will vote for a "faith" based man even if he is not getting the job done instead of someone that can get the job done but is not that religious. Why do moral issues and religion have to do with policy making and decision making? Nothing. A president should not have to use religion in making crucial decisions.

Islam in the middle east

Religion plays a marjor role in the middle east for many of its citizens. Most countries in the middle east run their state with religious laws. A Country such as Saudi Arabia that strictly follows Islam is a good example. But could this be the reason that the middle east is having difficulty becoming democratized. I think so. The religious presence is so strong in many of the countries in the middle east that it doesnt allow for any other form of government to take place, even if the other form is better. Countries such as Iran that also have a strong religious presence in the government repress their people. Many citizens in these countries would like to see religion and state seperated. Who knows what religion will not play a role in middle eastern politics, but when it does maybe there can be a chance for democracy to be established and grow.

Giuliani on immigration

Rudy Giuliani, when asked about what he learned from visiting the border near Mission, Texas, Giuliani said he was reminded about what could be accomplished. Seeing the equipment in place at the border town, Giuliani said, " I can kind of look at what needs to be done with the photographic equipment, the motion detection equipment, the heat seeking equipment, a borderstat system like my compstat system." "I'm not gonna tell you it's easy to do -- it's not," Giuliani added. "But it is certainly is well within the bounds of the technology that now exists in the world, for us to end illegal immigration on this portion of the border. This would not be hard to do in that sense. It would be… it would take a long time, it would take a big expenditure of time and money, but its possible." Lets see how effective he can be.

Hillary Clinton does great in debate

Two weeks after a rocky presidential debate performance where she appeared at times both defensive and evasive, the New York senator came into Thursday's Democratic forum poised, confident and ready to rumble. She challenged her competitors and questioned their histories. And after days of torturous contortions on whether she supported granting driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, Clinton was able to stand by and watch as Obama was tripped up on the issue this time. "To the degree she might have been stumbling in the last debate, she regained her footing tonight," Democratic strategist Garry South said. "It was a very impressive performance by Hillary Clinton. She showed she could battle back criticism very well."

Will the religious right accept Giuliani

Rudy Giuliani is a republican candidate and is conservative but is he religious enough for the right. The right is infamous for choosing extremely religious and conservative candidates to represent them but is Giuliani good enough. Some believe hes not. Some on the right don't think he has what it takes. He is a strong hopeful, but he also has some weak points. The right does not think that he is sync with their moral issues. They think is moral beliefs are to liberal from what the right is use to. Will Rudy Giuliani win the right over?