This dude wrote a book about the President’s time in the National Guard? I thought he was conservative. I dongeddit.

Just kidding. Me make joke.

Not as though the law ever bothered these people of course…..

Oh, I am quite confident the good guys would win….

mikey

Book the international election monitors for 2008 already. Bush has his ground team.

But beyond snark, indeed: there’s truly very little humour in these brownshirts getting an audience with the preznit. Still, the fact that they’re kept on the lawn shows what the Deciderer really thinks of them.

Only people whose votes won’t be counted anyway.

Someone I know is in a graduate program in Public Policy at GWU. Most of her classmates are young Hill staffers, employees of lobbying groups, PACs, DNC/RNC etc. So, theoretically, they are politically savvy. Yet, in one class, a group of them was promoting the idea of Cheney running for Preznit, and one actually turned to his classmates and said, “C’mon. Who wouldn’t vote for him?”

EVIL I tells ya!

The Islamofascistliberalmecians have brainwashed them with their PCness and now thay are being noice to people who hate Jesus and baseball.

WHat do you espect from a bunch of people who punt on the third down, just to be safe.

Cowards!

Any other Jim Gaffigan fans here? “Have you ever worn a robe outside? You look like a crazy person.”

M. Bouffant said,

September 25, 2007 at 2:44

Is Krissy Taylor in the photo up there actually in the street wearing his Keyboard Kommando pjs & bathrobe?

Poor bastard looks like he waiting for his next dose of electro-shock therapy.

This administration may be deficient in competence, integrity, and human decency, but they’re masters of the surreal.

*”them” = Messrs. Bush and Cheney

Employers help Muslims observe Ramadan
Vito Pilieci, CanWest News Service

OTTAWA – During the holy month of Ramadan for people of the Muslim faith, many businesses are making concessions to help accommodate the schedules of those observing the event.

According to Salim Mansur, a practising Muslim and associate professor of political science at the University of Western Ontario, the move to respect the Muslim holy month is a sign of how much Canadians value diversity.

“A lot of people, over time in our multicultural society, have become more and more sensitive to multicultural views,” he said. “There is no demand from Muslims that this should be done. It’s being done out of respect.” [Bolding to hammer point home to wingnuts. Free will prevails!

Over the next month, many companies will be offering flexible work arrangements, shift changes and even initiate workplace education programs to inform fellow employees of non-Christian religious holidays that some co-workers may observe.

The initiative, aimed at making workplaces more sensitive to people of different cultural backgrounds, isn’t something that has always been offered by employers.

As the face of the Canadian workforce has changed over the past decade, employers have moved to be more inclusive.

“If there are accommodations we can make, policies and practices we can implement that allow people to bring their best to work, that is where we want people focused,” said Yasmin Meralli, vice-president of diversity and workplace equity at BMO Financial Group. “We try to remove any barriers and support people as much as possible.”

The federal government, which employs about 120,000 people in Ottawa, has taken similar measures.

Ramadan is an Islamic event that lasts a full month. The event is based on the lunar calendar, which is about 11 days shorter than the 365-day Gregorian calendar. As a result, the month of Ramadan shifts from year to year.

The month marks the time when the Koran was revealed to people of the Muslim faith. It is a month of fasting, prayer and gathering with family. People observing the month are required to fast from sunrise to sundown. They are also asked to clear their minds of evil, malicious or self-serving thoughts.

In Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia, business hours are shortened. Rather than opening from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., businesses will only open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. allowing people observing Ramadan to have plenty of time to worship with family.

“It is a soul-cleansing process,” said Alia Sherif, marketing manager for Ottawa survey company Terrapoint Canada Inc. “It’s supposed to bring people together.”

Sherif said that after the sunset, Muslims gather at the homes of friends and family to eat, talk and pray together.

The month also requires people to give up things that are considered frivolous, such as coffee, smoking and soft drinks.

The latter is a big hurdle for Sherif, who has become accustomed to jolts of caffeine from drinking two cans of Pepsi cola every day.

“Abstaining from food and drink are just as difficult as abstaining from bad thoughts,” she said. “But, you get used to it. The more you do it, the more you get accustomed to it.”

While her employer can’t help her get over hunger pangs or overcome her caffeine cravings, she is thankful to work in an environment that gives her the flexibility to observe her religious beliefs.

Her family gatherings often require those observing Ramadan to leave work early. She said Terrapoint has been fully supportive of her during past Ramadan events.

Ahhhhhh, inclusion, harmony, and peace. I like it!

The President spent what seemed like two hours meeting with everyone who wanted to speak with him.

Seemed like two hours, but was only 10 minutes.

“USA! USA! USA!” Chant of the PoloShirt Brigades.