On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:21:17 -0800, Christopher Campbell
wrote in
2007011118211750878-christophercampbelldeletethis@hotmailcom:

First, let me say, that from reading your articles over the years, I
would characterize you _personally_ as a warm, gregarious,
intelligent, knowledgeable, individual. Certainly, as a flight
instructor, you have my sincere respect and admiration.

But when I see someone embracing irrational beliefs, it angers me,
because they blindly choose to deny reality, and that very denial of
rational thinking ENABLES those in power to commit unpardonable acts
against humanity, much as the irrational religious beliefs of the
Muslims are used to whip them into an irrational anti-American frenzy.

I would no more make fun of a man's underwear than I would a cross, a
crescent, or any other sacred symbol.

Perhaps it's time you examined your reticence. It may be considered
polite to overlook irrationality, but it only serves to support it. In
my opinion, it is more noble to embrace truth at the risk of censure,
than remain silent in an effort to escape ridicule. Irrational belief
is an INSULT to those who would embrace the truth.

I would consider that bigotry.

I characterize exposing irrational beliefs, regardless of where they
are found, as a service supported by the fact, that if the 'Decider'
hadn't been blinded by his irrational beliefs:

According to Abbas, immediately thereafter Bush said: "God told me
to strike at al Qaida and I struck them, and then he instructed me
to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined to solve
the problem in the Middle East. If you help me I will act, and if
not, the elections will come and I will have to focus on them."

Bush would have followed the enlightened teachings of his savior,
instead of using his faith and irrational beliefs to cause
reinforcement of negative world opinion toward the US at this critical
time in history. Our nation would today enjoy the world's public
support, instead of it's fear and distrust, if Bush had heeded the
WRITTEN words of Christ, and been capable of appreciating the futility
of this war, instead of listening to the irrational VOICES IN HIS
HEAD.

His misconceived policies have directly caused our nation to expend
over three billion dollars a week to wage his hopeless vendetta, so
that your children and their children will be paying for his fiasco
long after you are dead.

What is viewed by the world as the "war president's" global
expansionism, at the very time when our nation has been left as the
world's last remaining superpower, gives the appearance to the world
of a megalomaniac desire for world domination. Instead of fulfilling
the leadership role appropriate to a nation that possesses unlimited
power and respects the dignity of human life, our nation is being lead
down the same unenlightened path that has plagued our species since
time immemorial. The world's people find Bush's actions frightening,
and fear breeds hate, hate directed toward our once noble nation.

And now that Bush has gone and "kicked the tar baby", and caused our
great nation to become mired in the butchery occurring in Iraq, and
the injustice of suspending judicial due process, and condoning
torture, and spying on our nation's citizens without benefit of legal
warrant, and ..., I am FORCED TO SUPPORT HIS FAILED POLICY or risk
even worse consequences. I'm not willing to sit quietly by any
longer, for to do so is to condone the transgressions against the
noble, enlightened foundations upon which our nation is predicated.

We must reclaim our nation from the influences of corporate greed such
as that committed by Bush's buddy Lay, the crimes of congressional
corruption such as that typified by DeLay and Cunningham, and the
powerful influence of irrational religious belief wielded by perverted
shamans, or face inevitable decline.

I'm tired of seeing our nation run by people who support the hypocrisy
of preachers Haggard and Robertson, and Baker, and Fallwell, and
Swaggart . I'm appalled by the sex crimes committed against the
children of their parishioners permitted to occur for decades by
Catholic shamans. Much as the irrational religious beliefs of the
Muslims is used to whip the faithful into an irrational anti-American
frenzy in the name of those same type of irrational beliefs, the
irrational religious beliefs of the people of our nation are used to
control us. Religious hypocrisy is not only a blatant fact, it has a
long standing history. Isn't it time we shrugged off the VOODOO of
our cave welling ancestors, and embraced TRUTH AND RATIONAL THOUGHT?
Please.

RATIONAL, THINKING PEOPLE ARE VICTOMS OF THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO WIELD
THEIR POWER UNJUSTLY AS A RESULT OF THE IRRATIONAL BELIEFS HELD BY THE
SHEEP WHO SURRENDER THEIR COMMON SENSE TO CHARLOTINS.

Being made a VICTOM OF IRRATIONAL THOUGHT angers me, and I'm willing
to suffer public ridicule resulting from speaking against the
political-correctness used to silence the truth, and expose the lies
of irrational thinking wherever they present themselves. Today I am
able to do that, unlike Galileo who was persecuted by the clergy for
the truth he discovered and unselfishly wished to share with the
world. It's time rationally thinking people had the courage denounce
the irrational thinkers in our midst and speak out publicly against
irrational thought.

You are a bigot who cannot face the truth about himself.

Why is it that religion is so quick to mislabel anyone who threatens
their power with some negative epitaph? Next you'll be calling me a
heathen and heretic for exposing the truth. Don't feel threatened by
the truth; find the courage to embrace it. In the long run, there is
no other real choice but truth.

I was hoping to get your attention, and point out the fact that many
people possess irrational views even today. And it seems you may be
one of them.

I am OUTRAGED by our president's using a foundation of deliberate
lies, much like religious leaders do, to plunge our nation into a
quagmire from which it will take decades to extricate ourselves. And
this is at the cost of the lives of brave citizens and the trillions
of dollars that could better be spent on constructive things like the
improvement of our nations pathetic educational system.

That is something that would truly benefit our country and the world,
and permit our nation to slip the shackles of ignorance, and
benevolently lead the way to world prosperity and justice in the 21st
century. But the public funds necessary to accomplish constructive
good have now been and are being SQUANDERED on useless destruction.
Destructive war is a travesty, and it only begets more war. Christ
delivered that truth ("turn the other cheek") to the world, but those
who claim to follow him haven't _yet_ learned that important lesson.

To see someone inaccurately defending Bush amounts to a distortion of
reality, and dishonesty rooted in the same sort of irrational
religiosity currently engaged in by 90% of our nation's citizens. Wake
up man. Face the truth. The MAGICAL THINKERS are in control of the
world, and they're causing pain and death wherever they spread their
irrational lies. Cast off the archaic dogma, and embrace objective,
rational thought. You don't need dogma. You're too bright for any
more of that tripe! You're an enlightened citizen of the 21st
century. Think!

It is the power of irrational belief to ENABLE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR that
I seek to expose.

/rant-