Well, at least one atheist has broken the taboo among atheists admitting that atheism is a religion.  The story of Niko Alm from Austria is sure to enrage his fellow atheists.  For you see, the reason admitting atheism is a religion is so taboo among atheists is because they tend to run around America railing against religion in public and demanding that the government strip religion from itself.  This of course is them promoting atheism as the official position of the State which is also, unfortunately for them, promoting a religion.  Again, something they claim to be against.

See, Mr. Alm got a pasta strainer declared as “religious” headgear for himself.  Remember, Mr. Alm is an atheist.  So you get the point.  It cannot be “religious” headgear if atheism is not a religion.  Being officially now “religious” headgear for atheism, atheism is shown as a religion.

Well, I am sure that atheists will have some explanation how this doesn’t prove what it actually proves.  And in their own minds they will think that they have a point to make.

We ask that you bless our leaders with wisdom, even those who would decide of their own free will to ignore it. And we ask that you guide the hands of those newly elected to replace the old who had worked against the will of the people and your inherent blessings. Keep their hands steady, their hearts true and their actions righteous.

We ask all this in your name, Amen.

Sort of like … oh I don’t know … like how Muslims who keep talking about how they want to promote peace and understanding shouldn’t be even thinking about putting up a Mosque at ground zero or even in the immediate vicinity thereof. They of course have a right to do it. But it is a highly insensitive plan considering that it was wackjob Muslims who flew planes into the World Trade Center Towers on a fateful September morning nine years ago. And it is especially tactless considering that it has been standard operating procedure for Muslims over the centuries to build holy shrines on the sites of their conquests.

Yeah, call me silly for saying that ulterior motives will always be suspected if that Mosque goes up. Forgive me for thinking. I know that such an act is unpopular these days because thinking leads to uncomfortable realizations. But thinking some more anyway, and ticking off those who hate the fact that I do it, we all know damn well that radical lunatics from around the world will make pilgrimages to the proposed New York City mosque to celebrate the Islamic conquest of the infidels. Deny this if you like. But you only show how ignorant you are of those that think like those nineteen hijackers on September 11th, 2001.

Yes, it is September 11th again. How did you guess? And once again it seems to be fashionable on the run up to this day every year that some people seem Hell bent on finding new and innovative ways to blame America for the anger of radical Muslims around the world. That is precisely why I started out this article with a mention of Mr. Jones.

See, because Mr. Jones has threatened to defile the sacred book of Islam, radical Muslims around the world are once again rushing to partake of their favorite pastime which is rioting, protesting and denouncing America. There will be flag burning and maybe even a beheading or three. These loons are using Mr. Jones as the latest reason to take to the streets and shout, “death to America!” Please note that when those nineteen hijackers flew planes full of civilians into several targets up and down the east coast these same people did not condemn the act but also, not surprisingly, cheered in the streets, lit American flags on fire and denounced the, “Great Satan.”

The mainstream media has also chimed in this week to tell the tale it is Mr. Jones who is provoking Muslims to act this way by threatening to burn Qur’ans. Also chiming in on the issue and wringing their hands over the action of lunatic Muslims has been General Petraeus and President Obama. Not to be outdone, Governor Eddie Rendell here in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has also expressed outrage over Mr. Jones and his threatened act of desecration. Guess he needs something to keep his name in lights for the few remaining months he has in office.

This tale however about Mr. Jones inciting the Muslim street, if the truth be told, is actually a blatantly false storyline that is being fed to Americans. Radical Muslims do not need Mr. Jones as an excuse to hit the pavement and make asses out of themselves and show the world why goofballs like them need to be taken seriously and dealt with severely.

The list of things that offends radical Muslims is long. There is never a shortage of reasons for radical Islamists to riot in the streets. By my count there are now somewhere around three and a half million known items on this infamous list and any one of them sets off a riot and condemnation of America. More items are added every day as current ones just are not sufficient enough reasons to riot.

We know well the most notable items that cause radical Muslims to jump into contortions. Defile or even threaten to defile their holy book is right up there at number one. Support Israel when they are being bombed by Hezbollah or Hamas, draw a picture of Mohammed, perhaps with a bomb in his turban, or dare to speak ill of a Muslim nut job like Mahmoud I-Need-A-Jihad over in Iran and well we know that the radical Islamists will go nuts, pour into the streets and denounce America.

Heck, even if you mention how odd it is that one of the things that does not drive radical Muslims into a tizzy is the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children in flaming airplanes of death you get you standard, boilerplate, Islamic Wacko riot.

Other things on this long, very long, list that drives the radical Muslims into riot mode includes Christians, women daring not to cover their hair, bare female ankles, butterflies in Acapulco, the color puce, Orville Redenbacher popcorn, salt water, fresh water, having no water, the pathetic acting of Jake Lloyd in Star Wars: Episode 1, the sky being blue, piñatas, Riverdance, Minni Riperton’s “Loving You”, the Big Mouth Billy Bass singing fish novelty, the fact that the Big Mouth Billy Bass singing fish novelty doesn’t sign “Lovin’ You” by Minnie Riperton so that they can hate it even more, squirrels, sand in their sandals, Facebook, the Swedish Bikini Team, Mario Mendozia’s lifetime batting average of just 0.215, Pop Tarts, the moon, not having a sharp enough knife for which to cut out the hearts of unbelievers, people who spell the name of their holy book as Koran instead of Qur’an and people who spell the name of their holy book as Qur’an instead of Koran. Even soap and people bathing drives them to the streets with lighters, American Flags and gasoline in tow. Heck, this article alone is enough to send a radical Jihadi on the warpath because it is written by an infidel.

So forgive me for not buying the line that Mr. Jones is the reason radical Muslims are protesting and condemning America today. History shows us that these goofs protest America at the drop of a hat even if America has nothing to do with whoever dropped said hat. Mr. Jones may be looking to get a rise out of radical Islamist wackjobs, but they were radical Islamist wackjobs before his announcement and they will be radical Islamist wackjobs after September 11th comes and goes again this year regardless of what may happen on that day.

And as sure as the sun will rise in the east, these radical Islamist wackos will find something else to be upset about tomorrow so that they can hit the streets and riot again. After all, their only export is videos of their insanity and their lunatic rants.

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J.J. Jackson is a libertarian conservative author from Pittsburgh, PA who has been writing and promoting individual liberty since 1993 and is President of Land of the Free Studios, Inc. He is the Pittsburgh Conservative Examiner for Examiner.com. He is also the owner of The Right Things – Conservative T-shirts & Gifts http://www.cafepress.com/rightthings. His weekly commentary along with exclusives not available anywhere else can be found at http://www.libertyreborn.com

There is a crack of lightening and then a booming voice responds, “Oh, stop … you are making me blush!”

The man replies, “No oh Lord it is true! Surely you must know how great you are!”

The booming voice responds, “Well, I admit, I am good but …”

“But what oh most powerful Lord?” the man asks.

The booming voice sighs, “… but I am no Barack Obama.”

Now we are up to items number 346,432,211 and 346,432,212 which are Facebook and YouTube.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan has blocked the popular video sharing website YouTube indefinitely in a bid to contain “blasphemous” material, officials said on Thursday.

The blockade came after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) directed Internet service providers to stop access to social network site Facebook indefinitely on Wednesday because of an online competition to draw the Prophet Mohammad.

Any representation of the Prophet Mohammad is deemed un-Islamic and blasphemous by Muslims.

Yeah, but if it were videos of assholes with bomb belts strapped about their wastes blowing up women and children in a marketplace or a site that had people promoting an Everyone Kill An Infidel Day you can bet that would be a-ok with them!

When George Washington prayed at Valley Forge he did not do so just because he thought that it might have been a novel idea. No, there was a deeper reason for it. That reason was his Christian faith.

When the founding fathers as one proudly proclaimed in writing upon signing the United States Constitution that they did such “in the year of our Lord”, they did not do so for window dressing. They did so because they all believed in some way in the Christian God.

When John Adams stated boldly that the constitution, “was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other,” he didn’t just blurt those words out. No, he said them because he, like so many others believed in God and had engrained that faith into our country and our founding documents.

Now, I could go on and on and spend this entire article citing historical examples that tie the Judeo-Christian faith into the very fabric of America. But what I would rather do is make a joyous suggestion to everyone. That suggestion is to do your civic duty this Christmas season and annoy a liberal.

How? Well I am glad you asked! Annoy them by subjecting them to a torture that is so unbearable, so repulsive, so unmentionable in polite company that you will no doubt be hearing rumblings from the United Nations about how it should be made illegal. Am I talking about waterboarding? Heck no. I am talking about something far worse. So please, consider Christmasboarding a liberal while you still can.

What is Christmasboarding?

It’s quite simple really. Anytime a liberal approaches you in the coming days and wants to deny reality this Christmas, you simply hit them over the head with the truth. The great thing is that you don’t actually have to tie them down to do this because they will be so incensed with their own outrage that you would dare put reality before them that they will be paralyzed and unable to move. Thus making your task all the easier.

When a liberal steeped in political correctness approaches you and wishes you “Happy Holidays” you simply respond by saying, “And a Merry Christmas to you.”

When the liberal chides you for being so “exclusive” in your greeting, you simply again wish them a “Merry Christmas”.

When the liberal complains that you are being “insensitive” by not including all faiths in your wishes of good tiding you yet again wish them, this time with a smile, a “Merry Christmas”.

When the liberal points wildly at the beautifully decorated tree in the town square and shouts, “Don’t you see the “˜Holiday Tree’?!?” you get an even bigger grin and say, “Yes, I see the Christmas Tree.” And then again wish them a “Merry Christmas.”

Now, red faced and distraught, the liberal will start demanding answers to other questions trying in vain to escape from your clutches and the horrific experience you are putting them through. When they ask you through foaming spit if you even understand how Jesus was not even born on December 25th. You just smile and say, “I know and Merry Christmas.”

When the liberal raises his or her voice to a fevered scream and asks you if you even know that this “Christmas” thing used to be a pagan holiday, you just keep smiling and say, “Yes,” and quickly follow with, “Merry Christmas.”

When he or she threatens to call the police on you for harassing them by refusing to stop saying “Merry Christmas,” you swell with pride and say, “Good, then I can wish our law enforcement a Merry Christmas too!”

At this point you will hear a loud “pop”. That is the sound of the liberal’s brain burning out and you will see a blank stare cross their face and they will collapse into the fetal position, begin sucking on their thumbs and muttering over and over, “Separation of church and state … I will not recognize religion exists … the ACLU will save me …”

And then you can just walk away and search for the next liberal to Christmasboard.

Merry Christmas and have fun!

It’s a bold move for Hillary because to learn about these creatures who areonly slightly understood (by liberals anyway) will require the presidential hopeful to pack up her rucksack, adorn boots that surely will not match her eyes, dress in low end clothing and leave the comfy confines of Washington DC.  It will require Hillary to set out into the wilderness in order to study everything from Christian family life and social structure to their frequent gatherings in places called “churches” in order to better understand how she can convince them to vote for her as she runs for the White House.

I’m sure Mr. Strider makes a pretty penny educating dullards locked away in Capitol Hill offices and million dollar mansions about how the vast majority of Americans live.  This just goes to show you that people really will pay for anything.  In the past it was the Pet Rock.  Today it to understand the obvious.

So I thought maybe I would give Hillary the advice for free.  Having lived among the Christians for all thirty-four years of my life it will be far easier than her trying to understand them in two short years.  Plus she won’t have to forego a single Washington social gathering or cocktail party.

First, Christians believe in God.  And not just any old god or multiple “gods” but the God with a capital “G”.

Now Hillary, sit down please.  Because I don’t want you to fall over in shock over this next tidbit.  Not only do Christians believe in God but they believe that God actually set forth some things called “Commandments” which are general rules for living.

I know!  It’s shocking!  God as a source of moral authority and not the government?  Barbarians!

Ah, but there is more! See, these Christians also tend to believe that God sent them this guy called Jesus to die for their sins.  No, no, not Jesus your gardener from Mexico Hillary.  Jesus Christ is the man to which Christians refer and he died about two thousand years ago.

Furthermore Christians read from this book called the “Bible”.  I know!  This is even more shocking!  Christians can read?  Yep.  You bet they can.

This “Bible” is like a manual for that car your chauffeur drives you around in and that he has to look at every now and again to figure out how the car works.  Except that instead of telling him that when the change oil light comes on that it is time to change the oil, the Bible chronicles the acts of God and also the teachings of this guy Jesus Christ.

So what else can I tell you about Christians Hillary?  Oh, I know!  Most Christians would like nothing more than to be able to practice their faith and be left alone by government.

They would like to be able to put up a manger scene depicting the birth of Christ on public property which their tax dollars pay for and sing actual Christmas Hymns and not be relegated to Frosty the Snowman at school “Christmas” pageants without fear of being sued by the ACLU.  They would like to be able to wish people a “Merry Christmas” at Christmas without fear that someone is going to badger them for being insensitive towards other religions and made up holidays like Kwanzaa.  And they certainly would prefer that Easter which is one of their major holidays be known more for the resurrection of their Lord Jesus Christ than a weird bunny hopping around and distributing painted eggs.

And most importantly Hillary is this.  Christians would like to think that they can vote for someone who isn’t so out of touch with them that she has to hire a “consultant” to teach her their ways and lead her into the mist to discover the vast majority of America.