It is a semitic religion as so is Islam...Does the Bible make references to Ireland, Germany ?People who wrote the old testament at least, knew little of the world beyond their own.

Christianity before Oil is one of the Greatest Exports of the Middle East.

The point I am making is this: A lot of cultures have most in common than we realize.

create wealth(read new) and jobs...while everyone is important in the supply chain all the way to the consumers, one can reasonably argue that people like Bill Gates for instance who built a billion dollar enterprise do create jobs.

Now the fact that there is a better possibility of someone like Gates to thrive here in the USA is a testimony for a better private-public partnership.

I am writing this as a fellow foreigner by the way:

America is the greatest country on Earth inspite of all it's flaws. It is great because it recognizes its weaknesses and takes corrective action quickly. Americans as a people have time and again demonstrated this trait. Case in Point the election of Obama, the civil rights bill, Medicare and eventually I am sure the single payer health care system....

It is myopic to imagine the demise of America.....especially when one enjoys its education system( which attracted people like myself and I am sure Mr.Ali to come here to pursue higher studies), its civil liberties, infrastructure etc....

Criticism should be constructive.....Mr.Ali...if you live here and see a iceberg then do something about it....get involved...change course of the ship....

can fuel a need to believe people like her....that is what scares me....I read somewhere that 54% of repubs dont believe in Obama's citizenship....so these kind of allegations can easily find the fuel to get scale....

Right wing zealots,and especially the relegious king have a lot in common....

After all, Christianity and Islam are from the same region and share common roots.

The very format that is TV is detrimental to reporting....visual medium can easily sensationalize news and distort facts because of the very nature of what it does to our senses.

Press cannot be liberal nor conservative and internet is the only way.

What of this news magazine? I have been a member since the early days and I see more banner ads, pop ups etc....it is only a matter of time I fear ....before its core values get comprmised for the sake of the bottom line

Seriously...this is not the Salon I signed up for a few years ago..talk like this is going to breed racism and denigrate a black Presidency.

that is what this article does.

GWB was elected a second time. So the blame, if Americans of all kinds really think something is wrong other than a cyclical downfall(economy), rests on all of us.At least those that voted for him the second time.

if there was no religion!

Unfortunately the rest of the Arab world needs to take responsibilty; especially kingdoms like Saudi Arabia and kuwait.Not to mention the Egyptians.

But wait they are busy gifting expensive jelwellery to Condi and Laura Bush.

I have a suggestion to the palestenian people and hamas: Invest in a Mahatma gandhi not rocket launchers.

Seriously, it worked for the Indians against the British. Palestine and the Arabs have only themselves to depend on and not Washington.

They dont have the muscle power to engage Israel so why not use soft power?

Maybe I am naive!

like they did with Telecom. As an Engineer when i got out of school, they paid me $20.hr.

I was not guaranteed any pension. Why should a worker be paid more?

I am sure the Union could be convinced of the benefits of a shared compensation reduction plan with management. Some thing to look at.

say the union's health care costs? everyone should be able to tighten their belt. I am in no way saying Unions are bad but when a corporation grows into something as big as GM there is more than one reason.

Secondly, I personally dont think there is the demand for small cars. With Oil prices falling people would go back to large hummers and other SUVs.

Maybe they need to be broken down into different smaller companies based on category.

Elect Obama that is...if he wins the Nation could be polarised further along racial lines. If he does'nt win there would be lot of disgruntled people who would blame it on racism.

But in the end one has to look at the lesser of the two evils. One thing is for sure and I personally dont see any good in it( just see the political disarray in my country of Birth India): the demographic shift that is hapenning in the USA will only create pluralities that will cease to see eye to eye down the road. Homogenous countries tend to do better as far as legistlation goes and getting things done.

What America needs is a leader who can bring everyone with varied backgrounds under the common idea of "America" itself.

Maybe Obama is the one. Only time will tell.

the heads of the state(in this case) are chosen by the people or the constituents of the state. If in November McCain and palin win it is because a majority of the electorate feel they would better serve their interests.

One can further deduce that after 4 years if the country was worse off then the team failed on their job.

If in 2012 another republican pair is put in office democracy would have worked but was it efficient?

On one hand the economic standing of the country keeps eroding but on the other democracy seems to be held in place.

At what point will the collective good of the nation take precedence over the individuals likes and dislikes?

When will the pain ( self induced partially, afterall Bush was elected twice!)be unbareable enough for reality to kick in?