^^^ It most likely is. Only an overzealous, easily excitable kid would think of such a thing and discreetly infect millions of computers under the mistaken belief that he’s doing GOOD. I’m too straight and law-abiding to know if a ‘chill pill’ is something legal or not. But, if it were legal (and not Haram) I’d be passing it to all the well meaning but aggressive young men and women I meet in mosques all over the world. The worrying thing is that not many people reading the article above can see the gravity of the intrusion. Many, I bet, think it’s a good thing too.

Originally posted by Politically-Inclined: Donate People...Give back to UR Black Community..TIME FOR BLACK PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO UNITE AND WORK TOGHETER>>>SUPPORT THE RED CROSS I took up your battle cry and phoned my aunt in Burco urging her to donate to her fellow suffering black people of New Orleans. I’m ashamed to say that she refused! She says all her money is tied up on a new five-bedroom villa she’s building on the outskirts of Berbera. She then passed the phone to my uncle who felt the pain of New Orleans and asked me to lend him $100 to send to his wretched brothers in that part of the world. He refused my offer to send it on his behalf. My uncle is great. He restored my faith in my family, saaxib. Fight the power. Black people unite. We didn’t land on naaso hablood; we just saw it from a distance..

^^^ If it pleases you to call yourself a girl, then call yourself a girl. But, I warn you, girls ARE silly. Men can act like silly girls, women can act like silly girls. I even once saw a dog acting like a silly girl. I shall not budge on this point... :mad:

^^^ Oh stop being such a silly girl, woman. :mad:

I somewhat find myself agreeing with Castro on the label of ‘manly men’. It is indeed nothing but a term of endearment, a characterisation and a boast. Girly men on the other hand is nothing but an empty slur. Men, real men that is, are a mixture of both. History is full of manly-men that were really nothing but a bunch of girls. In Homer's Iliad, Achilles was the murderer of men. There was no stronger man than he is. He single-handedly terrorised the Spartans and driven them back to their walls. Then, Agamemnon the King of the Greek kings tricked Achilles out of his bounty (this was a pretty slave girl). Achilles, the slayer of men decided to spit the dummy and refused to take part in the war. He later joined the war in order to avenge the death of his boyfriend. Achilles is widely regarded as a manly-man! In that story, there is also brave Hector. He who gave his life to defend his honour and country against the invasion of the Greeks! He too was regarded as a manly-man, but when Achilles had him cornered, he squealed like a girl. Alexander the great was considered a manly-man yet he was rumoured to be bi-sexual! A Jaheli Arabic poet (and they were all manly-men by the way) once said in praise of a king: You’re the Sun and other kings are merely stars When the Sun comes out, no stars are visible Though he paints a great picture, I’m sure most manly-men would consider such praise to be too girly. In fact, some of us wouldn’t shy from trying those lines on a girl or two (there is a good chance they might work). Even Al Motanabi, he that boasts about his manliness in almost all of his poems displays symptoms of femininity when he femininely begs Saif Al Dawla for mere attention. A contemporary example of a manly-man is the American basketball player Dennis Rodman. An eccentric that with red hair, full makeup and stilettos would still perform a universally agreed upon manly slam-dunk. Manly-men are not about testosterone and valour. Manly-men are all about wisdom and patience. Again, this puts me in mind of the Arabic poet that uttered these great words: Reason ahead of the bravery of the brave It [reason] is first and she [bravery] is second. Is there such a thing as a reasonable manly-men though? And would a reasonable man recognise the need for the (sensible parts at least) of feminism? :rolleyes:

How arrogant of you, modesty. A little knowledge is indeed a dangerous thing. Saaxib, what difference would living amongst Muslims in Muslim lands make to you? You already labelled a fellow Muslim as an ‘uncle Tom’, o pious one! Or will I see you now completely expelling me from the faith now, knowledgeable modesty? Never mind. Since you were brave enough to quote the words of the almighty, can you please give me an exact interpretation of those verses, saaxib. Don’t just slap me down with a verse and assume that I’ll take it at face value, o great beard-stroker. Help me out with a bit of ‘tafseer’. While you’re at it, and since you’re in the mood to preach, why not throw a couple of random ahadeeth my way? I’m all ears and if you make sense (instead of the angry rant above) I might even agree with you. Can you help straighten up this poor Uncle Tom, saaxib? You’ll get great ajar for it, you know.

Originally posted by Kashafa: "Caashaq bilaa fuluus, yaniika hawaa" Does this say what I think it says ? :eek: Feelin' sorry for old man Aduunyo. Aduunyo

Can't access it, saaxib. Care to do a C&P job.

Take your fight here boys. Last I tried, Sky kicked Castro's backside. I got beaten up by Seven of Nine Castro beat Lexis :eek: I got slapped around by Admin. The results have been announced now. Let it go boys and girls. Go and pick on someone your size.

Originally posted by Legend of Zu: I wonder why the Winner's religion become instantly Important. In the past when Hindus or Christians or atheists won we haven't seen any headlines declaring " HINDU GIRL WON MISS WORLD " OR "CHRISTAIN GIRL WON" ETC... I wonder Why?? :confused: i think It is Ngonge's fault Cheers Zu, I’m sure you’ve come across a similar story from your childhood to the one I’m about to tell, saaxib. When I was a young boy, we used to have a madman in our neighbourhood called ‘captain’. This captain was an eccentric sort of madman. He was always immaculately dressed but never wore any shoes. He would walk up and down the neighbourhood and sing all sorts of mad songs in all kinds of languages. We used to make up stories as to his life story. We even, for a short while, decided that he was a child molester and stayed out of his way. He wasn’t. He was just a sad madman. In time, we all noticed a funny thing about captain. Whenever anyone called his name loudly, he would stick his hands in his pockets and pull out everything that was in there as he walked. Coins, notes, sweets and bits of paper would fly in the air but captain would still carry on walking and wringing his hands. The kids of the neighbourhood all noticed this and we all tried to be the first to make captain empty his pockets. Sometimes we were and managed to get us some sweet money and sometimes we weren’t and found out that others had beaten us to it. Captain still emptied his pockets even when there was nothing there. I would love to know why Captain used to do that. I would pay money for the information. Anyway, back to your question. Shouting the word Muslim is just like shouting the word Captain in my story, saaxib. Dozens of us instantly empty our pockets and wring our hands at the sound.

Originally posted by HornAfrique: I have no doubt that in a generation or so, Somalis will be living apart from each other across town. Half will be living in public housing projects that their parents, who had no choice in the matter, raised them up in while the other half will be living in the affluent, wealthy part of town simply because they beat the system when they seeked higher education. Anaguna taas ba inoo soo socoto, waxba African Americans yaanu la yaabin. And there they all were thinking that they'll go back to build Somalia, saaxib.

^^^^ Do you think they tailored it to each user’s ‘needs’? You know, when someone types the words ‘gay sex’ they get a verse from Surat luut. Or if they just type ‘sex’ they get a verse about Zina, etc. That would have been informative, original and very ingenious that even the seediest of porn lovers would have to dress up and behave themselves, methinks. On the other hand, I still find the whole thing somewhat distasteful. Gives the phrase ‘word association’ a whole new meaning that does. I better stop now...

By John Leyden Published Monday 5th September 2005 16:08 GMT Get breaking Security news straight to your desktop - click here to find out how Virus writers have created a Trojan horse which tries to disrupt visits the pornographic websites by displaying messages from the Koran. The low-risk Yusufali-A Trojan horse monitors the websites Windows users are visiting. If the malware sees one of a set of trigger words (such as "teen", "sex" or "penis") in the url it minimises the window so the user cannot see its content and displays a message from the Koran instead. The message, partly written in Arabic, contains the following English text: Yusufali: Know, therefore, that there is no god but Allah, and ask forgiveness for they fault, and for the men and women who believe: for Allah knows how ye move about and how ye dwell in your homes. "Unlike other malware, it appears this Trojan horse isn't trying to steal money or confidential information, but acting as a moral guardian instead - blocking the viewing of websites it determines are unsavoury," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos. "Of course, it's possible for the Trojan horse to make mistakes and block sites that are not pornographic - such as medical sites, or social sites designed for teenagers." Once the message is displayed the malware performs a variety of other actions before forcing infected users to shutdown. All very disconcerting but there's no need for undue alarm since the Yusufali-A Trojan is not yet in the wild. It's unclear whether the malware was written as a joke, or as a serious attempt to clean up the habits of internet users. Malware featuring an Islamic theme is rare but not unprecedented. Previous examples have include the Mawanella worm which highlighted the friction between Muslims and Buddhists in Sri Lanka and the Cycle worm which contained a message about life in Iran. ® Source Insanity gone mad or a helpful reminder? Would you consider the Trojan creator a control freak or a brother enjoining good?

I didn’t watch the whole program. I only managed to catch the last bit in Morocco and then the Turkey part. I thought it was a very interesting and reform driven program. It’s quite amazing that these and the mad-people-killing-train-blowing-knowledge-lacking mullahs are the ones battling for the spirit of Islam. The rest of us are caught in the middle and are unsure of which way to head. Some of us follow their passions and decide to follow the self-declared restorers of Islamic pride. Others follow their ‘logic’ (which in this case is not devoid of a little passion of its own) and join Mr Sardar and his ilk. One group is trying to pull us all the way back to the dark ages and live their lives on dates and woollen clothes in the caves of Tora Bora. While the other is trying to push us into the 21st centaury and convince us that a glass of wine or two are not ‘really’ forbidden in Islam. And that we should move with the times and reinterpret our holy book and prophet's sunna in accordance to the changes of the time (this last argument, though I‘m slightly cautious about, I would still love to see them expand on)! I personally believe that Islam needs to be reformed (for lack of a better word). I believe that it should not be allowed to be hijacked by neither the narrow-minded extremists nor the ‘open-minded’ liberals (again for lack of better labels). I don’t believe Islam to be as dark, aggressive and angry as some of the simpletons of Tora Bora make it sound. Its whole history has not been one of such intolerance and insularity. Islam tolerated and accepted all faiths in the past and was tolerated and accepted by many of those faiths in return. I also don’t believe the ‘reforms’ of Mr Sardar and his supporters are acceptable or even possible. I do believe though that they’re asking the correct questions. I also believe that the challenges facing the Muslim world everyday are increasing and the legitimacy of Islam is being questioned by Muslims (and others) more severely than it ever has in the past. In general, the Muslim world seems to be very slow in reacting to such violent attacks. However, sooner or later, a reaction is needed and a proper defence/clarification/explanation/way out is needed. To ignore things and label both (aforementioned) groups as either ‘khawarij’ or ‘deviants’ is not enough. Silence here is not an option. Customary angry overreactions are also not the answer. Logical, rational and legitimate engagement is what is required. Reformers come and go, extremists come and go but when truth comes it never leaves. It’s not very likely that we’ll see the truth about Islam broadcast on the BBC soon. PS Shehrazad Get with the times, woman. Home recordings are so last centaury. Now it's bit torrents all the way.

Viewpoint: The global voices reclaiming Islam By Ziauddin Sardar Presenter, BBC Two's Battle for Islam Ziauddin Sardar, travelling around several Muslim countries, finds that thinkers, activists, political leaders and ordinary Muslims across the globe are refusing to be defined by the ideology of violence and intolerance, but their responses are diverse. This has been a terrible year to be a Muslim. But, revolted by what is being perpetrated in the name of Islam, the Muslim world is bringing a whole range of new debates to the fore. For decades the core debate in the Muslim world was about establishing an ideological "Islamic state" and returning to the Sharia, the historical body of Islamic law. This debate, often led by so-called "Islamic movements", produced a narrow, intolerant, obscurantist, illiberal, brutal and confrontational interpretation of Islam. It is this interpretation that gave rise to what we now know as "Islamic fundamentalism". But the fixed simplistics of fundamentalists never were the whole of the debate - even though the fundamentalists shout the loudest and dominate the globe through violent expression. Sharia debate Now, fundamentalism is being challenged by emerging and alternative visions of Islam, each taking shape in different ways in different countries. Pakistan was founded as the first modern Islamic state. But it was only in 1978 under the military regime of General Zia ul Haq that Sharia was made the law of the land. What followed was a series of cases where the implementation of the law acquired a notorious reputation for practical injustice, especially towards women. And it is women who are really standing up to this law. The essence of the argument against the Sharia is much more than the fact that its interpretation and application is illiberal and contrary to contemporary ideas of human rights. The fundamentalist position is that the Koran is the source of all legislation in Islam and therefore the Sharia is an immutable body of sacred law. It is this concept itself that is now being challenged. Sharia, it is being widely argued, is not divine but a "jurists' law", that was formulated and socially constructed during the early phase of Islamic history. It can be changed, modified and reformulated - in its entirety. Thus the Sharia, as an inherited body of rulings and precedent, is being reclaimed in Pakistan. Muslim scholars are demanding the same right as their forebears to investigate the sources for alternative interpretations, new ways of framing and operating precepts and law. Activists' agenda We can see this activism not just in Pakistan but also in Morocco. In Morocco an entirely recast family law aspect of Sharia has been produced by Islamic scholars. It was promulgated by the King in response to widespread public demonstrations by women and, when published, became an instant best-seller. While it has its opponents, including women, its impeccable Islamic intellectual credentials - advancing the case for gender equality, poverty eradication, economic advancement and the development of free expression through civil society - are now the agenda of debate. The irony is that neither Pakistan nor Morocco are democracies: one a thinly veiled military regime, the other a near-absolute monarchy. But the activist proponents of this alternative interpretation of Islam are clear that it can never be fully realised without democracy; indeed that democracy is an essential hallmark of a genuine Islamic society. Separation from state Indonesia has the world's largest Muslim population. Eight years ago, it threw off 30 years of dictatorship backed by the military. Democracy has led to a great outpouring of new thinking. Established organisations such as Mohammadiyah and new civic society organisations such as the Liberal Islam Network - which have followings in the tens of millions - are revising the conventional views of Islam and the state. In seeking an interpretation of Islam that is both authentic and moderate, liberal, tolerant, open and democratic, they stress the importance of separation between religion and state. And thus they come to a vision of modernity for Muslims that is rooted in, and inspired by, Islam, yet does not lay claim to being an infallible expression of religion and therefore closed to debate. It is these agents of civil society that are setting the pace of change. Diverse solutions The demands they make on governments are producing a response. But it is no longer a case of seeking one solution. There is a diversity of responses according to the particular circumstances of different countries, with different histories and different experiences of modernising and modernity. The extremists have one all-embracing, all-constraining ideology. But the reality of the Muslim world is its immense diversity. The new ideas battling for the soul of Islam have a clear set of common principles but they are varied and must be heard in their own context and place. A journey around the populous periphery of the Muslim world clearly demonstrates that the extremists are not only a minority but that the fossilised traditionalism from which they derive their legitimacy is also on the retreat. There is a new air of optimism and confidence in many places that an Islam that is moderate, tolerant and democratic not only should - but will - actually be the future. This new spirit, and the new ideas it is producing, is not tentative. But it would be too soon to assert that the ideas are carrying all before them and have secured their dominance. It is, however, beyond question that to understand the changes taking place in the Muslim world, and appreciate how Islam is being reformed, one has to listen to these voices from the edge. Battle for Islam, presented by Ziauddin Sardar, will be broadcast on BBC Two at 2100 BST on Monday, 5 September, 2005. Source Have your say

^^^ Now tell me, how is the local talent? I hear the Omani football team has been improving.

You got the wrong photo, saaxib. Here is the one you want.

There were, allegedly, three Muslim girls through to the finals of the Miss England competition. When I read the news and looked at the ‘faces’ of these Muslim contestants, I thought to myself ‘so that’s what hidden under all those hijabs’. But, on a serious note, it seems that the usual cry of thou shall not wear a bikini has not succeeded in convincing these girls. What, in your opinion will? Will a Muslim friendly, women only version of Miss World do it?

A teenager who was born in Uzbekistan has become the first Muslim beauty contestant to be crowned Miss England. Hammasa Kohistani, 18, said she was "happy to make history" and was looking forward to representing England in the Miss World championships in China. She was born in Tashkent, central Uzbekistan, after her parents were forced to flee Afghanistan. The brunette, who speaks six languages including Russian and Persian, was selected from 40 contestants. She was crowned on Saturday night following the two-day competition at Liverpool's Olympia Theatre. Dressed in an ivory white chiffon and silk ball gown designed and made by her mother, the teenager spoke of her joy at winning the title. "When they announced that I had won I thought I had misheard. I hoped they hadn't, but it took a second to sink in." Asked about her feelings at being the first Muslim Miss England, she said: "I'm making history and I'm very happy. Hopefully I won't be the last." The student, who was known as Miss Maya after the Asian fashion house which sponsored her, has also been offered a part in a forthcoming Bollywood movie. Among those Miss Kohistani beat was another Muslim entrant, Sarah Mendly, 23, who was voted Miss Nottingham. Miss Mendly had been among the favourites but her entry caused controversy when Liverpool's Islamic institute called on her to pull out because contestants are often scantily clad. The Miss World championships will be held in December. source Apply here for 2006

Salafi, Apologies, saaxib. I misinterpreted your words. As for the time to ‘write’ all of that. It barley took five minutes. Wouldn’t opposing what you deem as misleading rubbish be worth five minutes of your time? Khayr, You’re very adept at tackling points that were never made, saaxib. Still, even when you quote me, it seems that I pre-empted you and dealt with whatever new ‘labels’ you’ll throw my way. If this were a general topic, a political discussion or some trivial chat about nothing in particular, I would have ignored that strawman argument of yours and treated it in the only way it deserves to be treated, with contempt. However, this discussion is none of the above and strawman arguments are worth tackling every once in a while. The good news is that you didn’t slap me down with a random verse or hadeeth. I commend you for that, saaxib. It’s good to always display such restraint when handling such precious and sacred ammunition. Now, put that poor strawman down and turn to me, saaxib. Shall I give you a minute to rest or are you capable of hearing me despite the effort and tiredness? You ask me if I’m in favour of a personal religion. I’m not sure what you exactly mean by that but I’ll try to make an educated guess here. Having read some of your previous rants on this site, I don’t think I’ll be far off the mark if I concluded that the ‘personal religion’ question refers to secular thoughts and ideas. Are you asking me if I’m in favour of separating the religion from the state? I wouldn’t want to pick up your bad habit of tackling phantom points, saaxib. So, if that were your question, my answer would be NO. I am not in favour of such a concept. I believe the repetition in your question (when you ask about personal spirituality and personal god) was only put there for emphasis and are not new questions needing new special replies. Therefore, I’ll ignore them for now (unless of course you come back to tell me otherwise). I don’t have enough time to give this topic its due respect and attention, I might try to write about it soon enough. However, for now, you’ll have to make do with some unpolished and off the cuff arguments and thoughts. On another day and another discussion, I can imagine you (and the author of this article) dancing to another tune altogether. Would that mean that you’re being hypocritical or duplicitous? Absolutely! Do you mean to be hypocritical and duplicitous? I doubt it. Let us assume that today is that ‘other day’ and now this is that ‘other discussion’. Let us assume that the discussion is about judgment day. A nomad started a topic about judgment day and asked if his/her sins can be cancelled if he/she has a good reason (a doctor’s note sort of excuse). Let us assume that he/she blames the West, the media, bad friends, tiredness or even bad mullahs for misleading him and is now asking if these are valid excuses. What would your (and the author of that shabby article’s) advice be? Would you tell him/her that it is ok and that Allah is the most merciful (which undoubtedly he is)? Or will you tell him/her that the basic rule is that one gets punished for his/her sins if one does not repent in time (I hope you appreciate that I’m being very simplistic here)? Whose responsibility is it to ensure that Islamic rules are followed? Yours or his? To what extent can you interfere in someone else’s life choices? If you tried to truthfully deal with and answer some of these questions, I’m sure that you’ll find they contradict with all your earlier assertions, saaxib. It is our duty as Muslims to enjoin good and forbid evil. How we do that is an entire art form and skill that many have not perfected yet. The safest possible way (though I know it will annoy the pedants here) is to borrow a line from that old American song and, try a little tenderness..

What a load of paranoid, patronising and trivial hogwash! I suppose I could turn a blind eye to such nonsense and say that the author meant well, (which I don’t dispute at all) however, I believe such claptrap to do more damage than good. The author suggests that people immigrate to Muslim lands in order to avoid the ‘kuffars’ and their corruption! What Muslim country does he have in mind? I tried to think of a Muslim country where the Media is not similar to Western Media and could not find any! The people living in Muslim countries face the same challenges, same corrupting influences and same temptations as we do. At times, I actually think we in the West are in a much better position than they are. We KNOW that Superman is fiction. We know that the ‘love scenes’ on TV are WRONG. Every single day we spend at work, school or out on the town, we are very aware of our differences with the other people around us. We see the lovely looking blonde girls with tight tube tops and even tighter jeans. We steal one glance and then another but turn away at the third because we KNOW that US and THEM are different and that there is no point in mixing things up. We see a Muslim sister in the street and smile but try not to stare too much. We see an old Muslim man or woman and try to help them (you would struggle to see such things in Muslim lands). The ‘Kuffar’ are NICE people. No, you did not read that one wrong. THEY ARE NICE PEOPLE. There is no conspiracy behind their niceness either. They are nice because they are HUMAN just like you, me and that deluded beard stroker. They might be non-believers today, they might be believers tomorrow or they might forever stay undecided. The fact that they are not Muslim does not mean that they’re EVIL (as the author is trying to portray them). Is the author making sense in some parts of his long piece? Of course he is. But, then again, even a broken clock gives the correct time twice a day (as the saying goes). The overall theme and attitude of his piece is totally wrong. This, sadly, is not his fault. This is the prevalent Muslim mindset these days. Always on the defensive and all ideas or advice are reactionary and knee-jerk. Such messages only serve to confuse people and drive them away from the faith. He that has been nice to his Hindu neighbour will wonder if he’s done the right thing! He that bought his Christian colleague lunch will wonder if that makes him a non-believer! The family that fled the civil war in their country and were welcomed with open arms in the West will wonder if Islam is not a dodgy faith! Should they not show gratitude because it’s a non-believer that helped them out? Should they not be nice because it’s a non-believer that was nice to them first? Is Islam really that insular a faith? If Islam is such a narrow-minded faith, how the hell did a bunch of illiterate Arabs manage to spread the faith from their arid deserts to the heart of Europe? If Islam was always as hostile in its outlook as the brother’s article above, why did all those non-believers convert? If Islam was as bigoted as many of the beard strokers and hijab adjusters interpret it, why are there still Christians living in Egypt, Syria, Palestine and Iraq? Why, until recently, were there Jews in Yemen, Morocco and Egypt? Surely, the Islam of Khayer, Salafi and the author of this article would have wiped all these people out on day one and left only the word of Allah flying high over all Muslim lands! Your faith is your responsibility and YOURS alone. If you stray, sin or misbehave it IS your fault and not that of the media, western influences or whatever other convenient coat hanger you can find. Temptations and evil are everywhere and not only in ‘kuffar’ lands. There are no conspiracy theories and even if there are, they do not matter. When all is said and done, it’s you and you alone that will get put six feet under. Neither your culture, nor your pride or even your ‘Islamic identity’ will be buried with you. When the time that you keep threatening everyone with comes, and it is your turn to be judged, does it not worry you that you spent most of your life trying to label everyone as a deviant; a mushrik; a kaffir; a weak Muslim or a good Muslim? Would it not have been better to call people back into the way of Allah with good, gentle words and deeds? There is a middle ground.....

Friday, September 2nd, 2005 Vacation is Over... an open letter from Michael Moore to George W. Bush Friday, September 2nd, 2005 Dear Mr. Bush: Any idea where all our helicopters are? It's Day 5 of Hurricane Katrina and thousands remain stranded in New Orleans and need to be airlifted. Where on earth could you have misplaced all our military choppers? Do you need help finding them? I once lost my car in a Sears parking lot. Man, was that a drag. Also, any idea where all our national guard soldiers are? We could really use them right now for the type of thing they signed up to do like helping with national disasters. How come they weren't there to begin with? Last Thursday I was in south Florida and sat outside while the eye of Hurricane Katrina passed over my head. It was only a Category 1 then but it was pretty nasty. Eleven people died and, as of today, there were still homes without power. That night the weatherman said this storm was on its way to New Orleans. That was Thursday! Did anybody tell you? I know you didn't want to interrupt your vacation and I know how you don't like to get bad news. Plus, you had fundraisers to go to and mothers of dead soldiers to ignore and smear. You sure showed her! I especially like how, the day after the hurricane, instead of flying to Louisiana, you flew to San Diego to party with your business peeps. Don't let people criticize you for this -- after all, the hurricane was over and what the heck could you do, put your finger in the dike? And don't listen to those who, in the coming days, will reveal how you specifically reduced the Army Corps of Engineers' budget for New Orleans this summer for the third year in a row. You just tell them that even if you hadn't cut the money to fix those levees, there weren't going to be any Army engineers to fix them anyway because you had a much more important construction job for them -- BUILDING DEMOCRACY IN IRAQ! On Day 3, when you finally left your vacation home, I have to say I was moved by how you had your Air Force One pilot descend from the clouds as you flew over New Orleans so you could catch a quick look of the disaster. Hey, I know you couldn't stop and grab a bullhorn and stand on some rubble and act like a commander in chief. Been there done that. There will be those who will try to politicize this tragedy and try to use it against you. Just have your people keep pointing that out. Respond to nothing. Even those pesky scientists who predicted this would happen because the water in the Gulf of Mexico is getting hotter and hotter making a storm like this inevitable. Ignore them and all their global warming Chicken Littles. There is nothing unusual about a hurricane that was so wide it would be like having one F-4 tornado that stretched from New York to Cleveland. No, Mr. Bush, you just stay the course. It's not your fault that 30 percent of New Orleans lives in poverty or that tens of thousands had no transportation to get out of town. C'mon, they're black! I mean, it's not like this happened to Kennebunkport. Can you imagine leaving white people on their roofs for five days? Don't make me laugh! Race has nothing -- NOTHING -- to do with this! You hang in there, Mr. Bush. Just try to find a few of our Army helicopters and send them there. Pretend the people of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are near Tikrit. Yours, Michael Moore MMFlint@aol.com www.MichaelMoore.com P.S. That annoying mother, Cindy Sheehan, is no longer at your ranch. She and dozens of other relatives of the Iraqi War dead are now driving across the country, stopping in many cities along the way. Maybe you can catch up with them before they get to DC on September 21st. Source No comment.

With our Muslim friends, do they have to be Salafis or would any old Sunni do? Advice us, o ye beard strokers and Hijab adjusters, we really need to know.

Some people were talking about seeing sharks swimming in the city! This is not the first time this has taken place. As you were...