On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:51:59 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

"Bruce in Bangkok" wrote

Bush can read?

OK, OK, it was a cheap shot.

Not a cheap shot at all. Of course he can read. He has however, admitted
on several occasions that he doesn't. If you know what is right, are firm
in your convictions, and are guided by faith and prayer, there is nothing on
paper you need to learn in order to make the right decisions. Facts are
simply confusing and temptations to depart from the path of righteousness
that the lord has laid out for you.

Believe me, this is not satire. I'm absolutely serious.

Sort of like the burning of the library at Alexandria by the Moslems.

In 640 AD the Moslems took the city of Alexandria. Upon learning of "a
great library containing all the knowledge of the world" the
conquering general supposedly asked Caliph Omar for instructions.

The Caliph has been quoted as saying of the Library's holdings, "they
will either contradict the Koran, in which case they are heresy, or
they will agree with it, so they are superfluous."

These facts condemning Omar were written by Bishop Gregory Bar
Hebræus, a Christian who spent a great deal of time writing about
Moslem atrocities without much historical documentation.

Apparently those who refuse to study history ARE doomed to repeat it.


Bruce-in-Bangkok
(correct Address is bpaige125atgmaildotcom)