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We are all Santa Clause

I added Father Jake to the Ahl al-Kitab list to get a sense of some of the thoughts circulating in on-line Christian communities. I’ve since discovered he’s an incredibly sensitive commentator on the Iraq situation, as witnessed by this post. He’s been collecting information from a wide variety of sources, including leftist sources I read, but disagree with, and giving them a wonderfully human context. No matter what your opinions on this war, please remember to support our troops.

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  1. Most gratifying campaign comment: Colin Powell’s “so what if he were?” to the persistent rumor of whether Obama had been a Muslim.
    Chris Matthews and Keith Olberman had said the same thing some months ago, but when a Colin Powell says it, it resonates a bit longer.

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