A People So Bold talks about why so many UUs self-identify as Democrats, why maybe we shouldn't, and most importantly, why UU has kept its place while the GOP has drawn a circle and drawn us out.

Al Gore was a Tennessee Senator - and a vice president - before I really grew into any political awareness. As a matter of fact, the controversy surrounding the 2000 election is part of the thing that got me interested again, with my real surge in interest coming around the time the war plans for 2003 were being filtered through the media. But, it didn't take me long to fall in love with the fallen Gore. I like him because he's smart, and because he has a passion for the environment, and a passion for people. He's all heart and brain, and that's worth a whole lot.

Zionism. Look, Israel has a right to exist. They have a right to self-defense. They have a right to set their own policies on how they will buttress their defense against a hostile Arab world... but this is crap:

Historically, the international community has harshly criticized and censured Israeli anti-terror military activity, whether retaliatory or preemptive, and it regularly demands Israeli restraint in the face anti-Jewish Islamic terror.

Seeking to strike a positive note, Shalom said if Israel's recent withdrawal from Gaza resulted in the Arabs reciprocating with extended calm, the Jews would willingly surrender more of their biblical homeland.

Iraq != Midway. Maybe if, at Midway, the U.S. had sufferred major casualties abandoning the South Pacific to the Japanese and picking a "softer" target in the Carribean somewhere instead of suffering major casualties striking decisively to win a war...

Have a nice Monday.