Comments on: Obama Visits Saudi King Before Key Speech

President Meets With King Abdullah On Eve Of High-Stakes Address To Muslim World

[wdh3007]

Friends today can become enemies tomorrow the world changes very quickly as this country and government has in the last six months.

[mutnauq4842]

This time King Abdullah bowed to Obama and kissed his ring.


So if the King kissed Obamas ring, what did Obama have to kiss?

[erb0087]

This time King Abdullah bowed to Obama and kissed his ring.

Israel is the nation in the Middle East that will benefit most from the thaw in US-Muslim relations.

Smart Israelis figured that out a long time ago.

[bajajohn1]

The Saudi's record on human rights is deplorable according to Amnesty International. Maybe, just maybe, the Saudi's will discover humanity somewhere in their religion. Nah!

[believable32]

Posted by IThoughtItWasFunny at 11:06 AM : Jun 3, 2009


DO you have an issue with the US being one of the largest countries with one of the most diverse combinations of religious practices in the world?

[believable32]

Posted by IThoughtItWasFunny at 11:53 AM : Jun 3, 2009

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; ...

TRY READING THE FIRST HALF OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT AGAIN -- the Founding Fathers made it clear the government has no role in religion it's establishment OR compelling citizens into any religious observances.
Posted by believable32

Or hampering the ability to worship. What are you afraid of gospels of mass destruction? Psalm missiles, proverb rockets??
Posted by oneof_many at 12:26 PM : Jun 3, 2009

Why do you have a problem with people making free and constitutiional choices for themselves?

[dbaecht]

"You are rather living in some fantasy land history book. The founding fathers of yore were the conservatives of today...

Do you honestly think a liberal mind of today would've founded the United States on Christian principles and based our laws and rightsof the ten commandments from the Bible and the inalienable rights handed down from Nature's God?

Please give me a freaking break!"

The founding fathers wer not conservatives, the documents they created as the basis for this country are very liberal. Think about it, all men are created equal, government for the people, of the people, by the people, freedom of religion, right to bear arms, and the list goes on. You have rights to clean air, water safe employment, the right to know what is in the food you eat all due to liberals fighting for that right.
Our founding fathers were able to draft a blueprint for this nation despite their religious or non-religious beliefs.
If they founded this counrty on religious beliefs such as the ten commandments, they would be part of the founding documents, they are not there.
While it is written "Under God" is doesn't say who's god, it doesn't say under jesus.
The federal government would not have passed laws in the beginning stopping state governments from have state sanctioned religion.
The Danbury Connecticut Baptist were being persecuted by the state religion folks until laws were passed.
And lastly this is for the folks and their rants about socialism, For the People, of the people, by the people is a socialist and liberal concept.
I would suggest the while conservatives have a right to their opinion, they are living a dream if they think this is a conservative religious nation.

[ibsteve2u]

I heard that the only difference between the right and al Qaeda is who and why they kill.
Posted by ibsteve2u
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You may be on to something there.
Posted by TheMasses002 at 11:44 AM : Jun 3, 2009

I know I am, just like I know that they are both in the wrong.

Killing for money and religion is no more tolerable than killing just for religion.

[ibsteve2u]

I heard Maobama bowed to them all in private.
Only Al Jezeera was allowed.
Posted by TheMasses002 at 11:42 AM : Jun 3, 2009

I heard that the only difference between the right and al Qaeda is who and why they kill.

[ibsteve2u]

This country was founded on LIBERAL concepts.
Posted by dbaecht at 11:22 AM : Jun 3, 2009

True. And thus the right wants to hijack the nation, because those liberal ideals - like, all are created equal - inhibits profits by giving workers rights as Americans.

Which way puts a damper on the right's dream of a "republic" where rights escalate in proportion to wealth; a "republic" where you can work the poor to death without consequence.