I pray for less praying

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Thursday May 06, 2010 · 8:51 AM PDT

2010/05/06 · 08:51

On this national day of prayer, I pray that there will be less prayer in the future. As we know from statistical evidence in the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS 2008) (pdf) Religious identification in US has been slowly decreasing. You can also see a 10.2% decline in the total number of Christians from 1990 to 2008 (Catholic and Protestant) despite the influx of overwhelmingly Catholic Latinos.

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Thursday April 22, 2010 · 7:29 AM PDT

2010/04/22 · 07:29

I am bringing this out of the diary about South Park, because the cartoon itself is not everyone's cup of tea, and Comedy Central, though completely cowardly, has the right to edit/censor what they show.

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Wednesday April 14, 2010 · 4:36 PM PDT

2010/04/14 · 16:36

The NY Times reports that US Military has fully withdrawn its forces from the Korengal Outpost, Afghanistan. It's been called the Valley of Death due to the US inability to make progress there. Winning many of smaller battles but slowly losing more and more people to War attrition.

Does this portend an American retreat? What does this development mean?

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Monday March 29, 2010 · 6:50 AM PDT

2010/03/29 · 06:50

First of, before there is any misunderstanding, I extend my full sympathies and condolences to the Russian people in the wake of the tragic terrorist attacks on their subway system. I have a close connection to the Russian people which only makes it harder.

If this is, as it seems likely by now, a work of Chechen extremists (almost identical to the 2004 Subway attacks which also killed 39 people), then there will be retaliation and probably justifiably.

But I would like to briefly compare this to another recent conflict where the West took a different stand, and very hypocritically so.

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Friday February 05, 2010 · 6:03 AM PST

2010/02/05 · 06:03

Breaking on MSNBC:

U.S. employers unexpectedly cut 20,000 in January, but the unemployment rate surprisingly fell to a five-month low of 9.7 percent, according to a government report on Friday that hinted at some labor market improvement starting to take root.

The Labor Department said the economy shed 150,000 jobs in December, compared to 85,000 previously reported, but November was revised to a gain of 64,000, up from 4,000. Annual benchmark revisions to payrolls data showed the economy has purged 8.4 million jobs since the start of the recession in December 2007.

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I pray for less praying

Muslims, I respect you, not your Religion.

US Retreats from Afghanistan's 'Valley of Death'

The Hypocrisy of the West w/re to Russia

Unemployment Rate falls to 9.7% as some give up looking for work

I pray for less praying

Muslims, I respect *you*, not your Religion.

US Retreats from Afghanistan's 'Valley of Death'

The Hypocrisy of the West w/re to Russia

Unemployment Rate falls to 9.7% as some give up looking for work

Muslims, I respect you, not your Religion.