Actually it was his father who was atheist: “Obama is a Christian whose religious views developed in his adult life. In The Audacity of Hope, Obama writes that he “was not raised in a religious household”. He describes his mother, raised by non-religious parents (whom Obama has specified elsewhere as “non-practicing Methodists and Baptists”) to be detached from religion, yet “in many ways the most spiritually awakened person that I have ever known”. He describes his father as “raised a Muslim”, but a “confirmed atheist” by the time his parents met, and his stepfather as “a man who saw religion as not particularly useful”.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#Family_and_personal_life

Still he did not speak ill of Islam and especially not as a way to prove he was Christian no matter how much his Christian faith has been questioned by his adversaries. That is why I think he is an inspiration and not Jindal.

And also thank you President Barack Obama for being proud of your full name.

“…But maybe the most interesting woman to watch is Kamala Devi Harris, the district attorney for San Francisco, whose Democratic primary win puts her on course to become the first African-American and Asian-American woman elected attorney general in California. Born to one of the first black economics professors at Stanford University and an Indian physician at a time when interracial marriage was still illegal in parts of America, she has already made history. Now, Harris’ challenge is to break through one of the last glass ceilings in California…” http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-09/kamala-harris-the-female-obama-wins-primary-for-california-attorney-general/?cid=hp:mainpromo9

So the reprieve was short-lived! But then res Rhett Butler to you.

People talk about Rod Blagoveich, but is he more corrupt than a guy like Lieberman whose wife gets paid far more than she is worth on the free market by some private corporation? Same with Dodd’s corruption.

Joe Lieberman, Blanche Lincoln, Harry Reid, Mark Warner, Mary Landrieu, Jon Tester, Ben Nelson…etc., are a thoroughly compromised bunch and are the cheapest shills to be had. What a thoroughly compromised bunch these are.

Oh, and when the hell is one of those NIkki Haley’s homemade sex tapes coming out?

sorry, i meant identity thug. you are a bigot.

oh good, thanks that we have the identity police to keep us honest.

I utterly detest the policies of Nikki and Piyush, their politics is retch-worthy. In the case of Piyush his economics, and his attitude to science as well is way behind the times, and it stems from whatever he has done to himself in turning from Piyush to Bobby. So in calling him Piyush I am reminding him who he truly should be, in the hope that he will find his conscience somewhere sometime. Even if Nikki wears her faith on her sleeve and has stopped visiting the Gurudwara (what does it tell us about SC?) she doesn’t diss her parents. Piyush must be the first politician in America who puts down his parents with such striking contempt, and this is a family-values conservative? And their silence during the several moments of truth – Macaca, Franklin Graham/Ravi Zacharia invective fest – is disconcerting. My Catholic friend (who has the Pope’s photo on her desk) invites me for Thanksgiving and asked me to recite a Hindu grace before our meal. Mike Ghouse Muslim-IA in Texas wll condemn Modi as well as the Malaysian government as well as Franklin Graham. Our own dear friend Anna, acknowledges some deep bond (which we may never until until we pass on from this world) between Hindu-Muslim-Christian and everyone. So then why is Piyush different? Is this what faith is about? Preying like wolves upon others, and dissing those who brought you here? Last year my daughter spent a summer interning outside home, and stayed at the graduate residence halls of a Jesuit university. I saw that the room down the corridor was occupied by a Jesuit professor who with his name plate had stuck a welcome notice, “Please feel free to talk to me, for any help you may need. I respect you whatever may be your faith, gender, sexual orientation, creed, color or nationality. Nothing would delight me more than helping you.” There are Catholics and then there are Catholics. What sort of message is Piyush sending to young IAs? Maybe it’s not his concern. But it is mine.

You cannot build a castle out of the ruins of a peasant’s home. You cannot live off the earnings of those you have cheated. You cannot ever live happily at the cost of another’s happiness.

Political and economic opportunism is one of the best reasons I can think of for religious conversion. All other reasons are based on fantastical nonsense, at least she has the good sense to convert for a tangible reason (to become more electable).