The Israel/Palestine issue just goes to show that Islam isn’t the only religion in the world where the fundamentalists are making a mess for everyone else.

The biggest problem we in the USA have is the false dichotomy perpetuated by the two big political parties themselves. The "lesser of two evils" argument is not logical but most people fall for it anyways. Me, I am going to vote for a "third party" candidate whom I really believe in rather than wasting my vote on Bush or Kerry because I don’t want either of them in office. Granted, my one vote won’t make a difference, but if enough people vote their convictions instead of their party then things might actually get better.

About the religion, you’re absolutly right, but the only ‘issue’, is this is governement, not a religion or another group ..

In france, politics invents the ‘gauche pluriel’. This is a left politic group where all small group can be. By this way they hold a large number of votes, and every groups can talk. I found this a quite good approach.

Update 2: I watch Arte, which is a really serious TV channel

Remember the last french presidential election: we had to choose between Chirac and Le Pen. Was it better ?

Avec Tom Bihn:

"NOUS SOMMES DESOLES QUE NOTRE PRESIDENT SOIT UN IDIOT. NOUS N’AVONS PAS VOTE POUR LUI"