Can you believe it?

A group in Arizona called Mentorkids USA is to get a grant of $225,000 to train mentors for children from 8 to 15. They are to teach children that “the Bible is God’s authoritative and inspired word that is without error in all its teachings, including creation, history, its origins, and salvation….” They also will train children to believe that all Christians must submit to the authority of the Bible and its authority in all actions and behaviors.

This is apparently facing a lawsuit from a group in Madison, Wisconsin, THANK GOD!

Also be advised that Dennis Hastert, the former wrestling coach that now heads the House of Representatives, has ruled that no bill will be passed by that august body unless a majority of Republicans support it. That is to say, no matter how many Democrats might be in favor, and in conjunction with a sufficient number of Republicans might be able to pass it, it can’t pass. This is what is called bipartisanship nowadays.

It appears that some 15 different political groups in Iraq want to see the coming election postponed for six months. They argue that a postponement is necessary to improve security and to increase the possibility that all factions will, in fact, participate. Alawi and the current Administration (such as it is) are opposed to a delay. They argue that there is no guarantee that security will be improved in six months, nor that all factions will agree to participate at that time. This poses an interesting dilemma for the Iraqis, because if they want to get the U.S. to withdraw from its illegal occupation, this would give the U.S. an excuse to do so (being able to claim a successful democratic election which presumably was the goal in the first place, but which, of course, is utter nonsense). It is obvious that the longer an election is postponed the longer the occupation (if, indeed, the occupation doesn’t continue no matter what the Iraqis do). But if the Bush/Cheney war criminals are now realizing that their dreams of empire will not come to fruition they will be desperate for an excuse to withdraw. It does seem pretty obvious that the U.S. must withdraw or try to institute a draft which may be absolutely unnacceptable to a majority of Americans (or at least I would hope so). The way things are going it seems to me it is inevitable that the current Administration will eventually implode. Perhaps this is another of my false hopes. Perhaps not.