A Prayer Breakfast?

It seems that our esteemed Governor Kempthorne on March fourth is going to host a "Prayer Breakfast." Why do we need a prayer breakfast? What are they praying for - breakfast? I would hope they might pray that we can be delivered from the evil emanating from the White House, but given the nature of our State politics that seems highly unlikely. They are probably going to pray for deliverance from homosexuals and abortionists, the two "problems" that seem to occupy their minds the most (except when they are scheming to make sure they don't have to spend any money at all on education). We are apparently going to have a constitutional amendment banning gay marriages. Not only that, we are going to even ban any rights at all for gay couples. There are already laws in the state of Idaho against gay marriage but apparently they need a constitutional amendment "just in case." But don't despair, we are trying very hard to enter the 20th century.

Apparently the featured speaker at this breakfast, whose name eludes me for the moment, believes that all Muslims should be converted to Christianity. Now this is an idea that leave naivete so far behind as it enters the realm of the unutterably stupid that it is absolutely mind-boggling. Why should any self-respecting Muslim want to convert to Christianity, especially the kind of Chrisianity so stupid as to believe they might want to do so?

Want to bet that the wiretapping and spying scandal won't just disappear along with all of the other Republican scandals? The Democrats, having had their moment in front of the cameras, will just lie down again, pretend that they tried to stop it, and allow it to be swept under the rug along with everything else. This works for the Republicans because they generate new scandals much faster than the old ones can be dealt with. Little wonder that Gonzales was trying not to laugh at those Senators who were so obviously frustrated they could barely speak at times. And why should they not be frustrated? Trying to deal with Republicans is like sliding down into the rabbit hole of Alice in Wonderland where there is no logic, no reason, no common sense, no common ground upon which to base a conversation. This is exactly the kind of communication problem that leads men to kill their wives and vice-versa. You begin to wonder if it is not you who is crazy rather than those who are driving you crazy. The Gonzales hearing was an absolutely classic example.

Remember, Bush doesn't know Abramoff or Ken Lay. Pigs fly and Republicans always tell the truth, especially Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, and McClellan.