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The argument over the Islamic Center proposed near Ground Zero seems to center on the theory that Muslims should be sensitive to how sacred Americans consider the area.

Aside from the fact that many Muslims are Americans, following this logic would dictate all buildings in which a Catholic priest works or lives should be no closer than… what, three blocks from a school? Five blocks? A mile?

Yes, I know all priests aren’t pedophiles but then, all Muslims aren’t terrorists either. It’s about being sensitive.

It goes without saying that Germans can’t build anything near a Jewish school or synagogue

As I walked out of Costco with four tubes of gigantic sized Sensodyne, I found myself thinking of a Golden Girls episode where Sophia buys a case of toothbrushes from a big warehouse store and justifies it by announcing that god wouldn’t let her die if she still had a case of toothbrushes to use up.

I hope god is listening because it’s going to take one helluva long time to use up this Sensodyne.

In my youth, I spent many hours on the Washington Mall protesting the Vietnam War and poverty or screaming for everyone to have civil rights. And now The Daily Show will have a rally for sanity on that same mall on Oct. 30 with a competing rally sponsored by the Colbert Report to keep fear in our national dialog. And I find myself saddened beyond belief that I can’t be there for both those rallies. I never get to go to the really good stuff!

So I got another unwanted telephone book dumped on my porch today. When I called to have it removed by the company that distributed it, Local Pages of Alaska (situated, oddly enough, in Utah), they told me to just put it in recycle as they had no way to pick it up. Strange, isn’t it, that they have a way to come up on my property without an invitation to drop off another waste of trees that could be cleansing our air with good oxygen but they have no way to make the return trip to pick it up. If

Did you see the article earlier this week about the Dutch pulling a pilot off a Delta flight because his blood alcohol level was slightly above the allowable amount? You know what makes me nervous about that? What makes me nervous is that there IS an allowable amount of alcohol in a pilot’s system. Is it really too much to ask that they not drink at all before a flight?

Come one, come all to Kincaid Park from 1 to 3 today for the Raptor Walk. I’ll be there sitting as close as permitted to Denali, the most gorgeous golden eagle ever born… ok, Denali told me to say that but who am I to argue with him.

Anyhow, come on down and get to see some of the most magnificent raptors from the skies of Alaska up close and personal.

… or just pathetic that I know – and can perform – the dance done by the cartoon characters to the theme music of The Nanny at the beginning of each episode?

I am an unabashed devotee of the Daily Show and the Colbert Report. Given the general tenor of the news nowadays, I figure why not get it with a bite of humor. At least it keeps me from wanting to run around my house screaming wordlessly at the top of my lungs.

Last week, the Colbert Report did two shows dedicated solely to troops returning from Iraq. The title, “Been There – Won That. The Amerification of the Ameri-Can-Do Troopscape”, belied the fact that the show had moments of exquisite poignancy and emotion.  The title also reminded me why his

… I’m planning on getting cremated in the hope that if I need a body in the afterlife, god will give me a new one. Cause I’m honestly not so thrilled with the one I have that I’d want to spend eternity with it.

It has barely begun and I am already getting an average of three poll calls a week. And so far, almost every one of them is a push poll.

God this is going to be a long fall….