Sudan gained its independence in the year 1956, but unfortunately it became a tug of war between the Arab North and the African South. It was a civil war between non-muslims, non-arabs, and it lasted until 1972. War broke out again between the North

Is this a correct statement? Let us consider the facts, the evidence as some may say I have read much this week (and in the past) about the Koran, terrorism, torture, rape, molestation, slavery, Muslims, moderation, and

Problem is when you start looking at the content of his character, as revealed by his background, it starts to become very troubling.

But the sycophants don’t want to hear any of that. They don’t want any does of reality intruding on their fantasy. They want close their eyes and keep their dream going.

I don’t think Earth is in the balance, but I sure do think America is.

How about this:

The difference between hope and experience :: is that experience knows what it’s talking about. Take a look at the video from the Hanford Site controversy that Michelle covered yesterday, and see the difference in responses when people question Barack Obama and John McCain about it. McCain responds crisply, aware of the difficulties in and the billions Congress has already spent on the clean-up efforts at the nuclear production facility in Washington, now closed. Barack Obama stammers through an admission that he has no clue about the controversy (via David All): Video

In fact, here’s the Obama response in transcript form:

Here’s something that you will rarely hear from a politician, and that is that I’m not familiar with the Hanford, uuuuhh, site, so I don’t know exactly what’s going on there. (Applause.) Now, having said that, I promise you I’ll learn about it by the time I leave here on the ride back to the airport.

Here’s something we hear all the time about politicians; Obama doesn’t read legislation before voting on it. Third Wave Dave discovers that Obama voted on a bill in 2005 that specifically dealt with the clean-up effort at Hanford. HR 1815’s summary reads as follows:

Section 3114 -
Directs the Secretary to submit to the defense and appropriations committees any reports received from the Army Corps of Engineers evaluating costs, schedules, and technical issues associated with the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Project at the DOE Hanford Site.

Obama voted in favor of HR 1815 in Senate Vote 360, and it passed easily, 95-0, with McCain ironically not in attendance. Even Obama’s own Senate website shows this vote. Does Obama routinely cast votes without having a clue about the issue at hand? And does his campaign staff have no idea how to prepare their candidate for regional appearances, by at least reminding him that he’s supposed to know about Hanford?

The comparison here is obvious. One man in this video has prepared himself for the office of the presidency by doing the job he has now. The other one has been sleepwalking his way through his first term in the Senate.