day 6, WEEK 9

today, i am leaving for washington, d.c. after adventuring around pittsburgh and westmoreland county for the last three days. be back soon with plenty of pictures and much less moneys!

song-of-the-week song!! (WEEK 9)

day 1, WEEK 9

yesterday i spent a little more than an hour at a tea party rally at a dilapidated, old airport runway, and thus spent a little more than an hour setting a new standard for just how narrow-minded humans are capable of being

i went to the rally with an open mind and fully aware that i would not agree with what i heard or saw, but the moment my two friends and i stepped out of the car--we arrived late, so the keynote speaker was already at the podium--the keynote speaker, a man named kamal saleem, was shouting with a fiery passion about how "muslim women are owned by their husbands . . . their fathers," and that "allah is a deaf and dumb god."  far sooner than i expected, my quiet open-mindedness was tested.  i think i covered my open mouth with my hand before i was able to regain composure.  the speaker went on to say that all muslims needed saving from the darkness and that it was his personal mission to convert as many muslims as possible to christianity or judaism.

simply put, the things the speaker said were horrifying.  he claimed to have grown up as a sunni muslim, but if so then why he was comfortable stating that he was "jealous of the christian god . . . the american god," baffles me.  allah means the one god, the same god worshipped by anyone who believes in one god . . . oh, man . .  .

we also talked--more like debated--with a republican candidate for u.s. senate from pennsylvania, MARC SCARINGI, who told us that poor people who can't afford college simply shouldn't go, and that cuts to education are "just great"

you can be sure, i'll be voting for SENATOR CASEY come november 2012, whom i fully support, especially over anyone that calls himself a christian but believes that people born into less money deserve what they got