Absolutely.

Or, in the words of that famous French guy…

“Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.”

individualism of our Founders

Individualism, as they (and I) define it (but maybe not Ayn Rand !) is not simply an “all for me and screw the other guy” notion.

I have recently heard some Americans say they are drawn to Hillary and Barack (or at least their yak yak, since talk is cheap) as, finally, politicians “care about” them. (which notion is of course central to Hillary’s base appeal on your sick child)

I have seen the argument that this idea of “caring” from government is some kind of replacement for the lack of cohesive family and community.

However, collectivist mentality kills the human spirit, way too high a price to pay for the “caring”, which is, of course, in name only.

As for John Edwards’ notion of requiring an individual to regularly see a doctor (and, other related ideas) , I can imagine that the founders of these United States would be aghast at the idea that such shenanigans constituted a proper role of government.

That there are more than a few parallels between the mentality driving (in your words) liberal secularists and that driving Islamists.

Control of every aspect of human behavior, submission to Authority, just for starters.

All of which might help to explain the sympatico justifications and rationales many liberals offer up for the bad acting Islamists.

Cut from the same damn cloth.

So that’s why the Democrats like Islamists so much, they both have the same view of the rest of us as taxation cash cows for their “special interests”. You’d think that western left liberal secularists and tribal conservative religious ideologues would have wildly different “special interests”, especially with regards to women, gays, free speech, education, etc, but I guess you do whatever you have to do to defeat Bush…

Gillian Gibbons, who faces deportation when she is released, said: “I’m really sad to leave and if I could go back to work tomorrow then I would.”

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/teddy-teacher-wants-to-stay-in-sudan/2007/12/02/1196530478550.html

This has certainly given an opportunity to Muslims who never miss a chance to give ammunition to those who see Muslims as intolerant.

I wonder if she understands how close she came to being beaten and killed.

My dog would never tolerate having another real dog in the house, so I have to use my stuffed toy Yorkie to make my point, I hereby name the cute lil thing muhammad. For no other reason that I CAN and I am sick and tired of seeing the kowtowing