From: John Cuccia 

On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:13:35 -0700, Tony Williams  wrote:

>John Cuccia wrote:
>> On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 09:32:30 -0700, Tony Williams 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not disagreeing, but the problem is they tend to blame their own
>>> failure on the evil neighbours who pray facing the wrong direction and
>>> therefore cause all the woes in the world. That's not unique to Islam.
>>
>> Nope.  The Republican Party in the US has been blaming their own
>> policy failures on the media's brainwashing of the weak-minded
>> American population since (at least) the 1970s.
>
>Yeah, I noticed that over the past few years I've been here. Out of
>interest, who do the Democrats blame when they get it wrong?

When two Dems screw something up they blame each other .

>>> Hmm - does free market worship count as religion?
>>
>> If atheism and secular humanism count as religions, as claimed by many
>> fundamentalist Christians, then so does free market worship.
>
>Yep. It seems that trusting in any pure ideology to solve all humanity's
>problems only leads to trouble. What happened to using the right tool
>for the job?

I think that happens all the time outside of the religious sphere, we just
don't hear so much about it.  In America we hear what the politicos want us
to hear, which is mostly oversimplified divisive rhetoric.

Take GW Bush as just one example (he isn't much different from any other
pol in this regard).  He talks like a devoted free marketeer, but he is
anything but, preferring to manipulate markets for political gain.

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