Preaching Politics: Application to Join Al-Qaeda -- ROUNDUP 1/14/06

*Application to Join Al-Qaeda

It asks for your hobbies. Not a joke. Check out Jose Padilla’s application produced by the prosecution yesterday and partially reproduced at Michelle Malkin’s site. Reading the application is surreal. Why do they care if a would-be suicide bomber is widowed or divorced? I can just picture the AQ human resources committee talking over some applications. What about this guy? He listed ‘beheading infidels’ as his hobby. No, I like this one. He lists ‘conning gullible Western reporters as an intellectual ability.’

No word on whether they offered a good dental plan.

*The Slippery Slope

Canada’s Justice Department follows up on the legalization of gay marriage with a call for legalizing polygamy. This is where the tyranny of the courts is leading us in the US. Before long our children who are already suffering from the effects of no-fault divorce and adoptions by gay couples will be forced to live not only with two “daddies” but also three, four, or five “mommies.” Too bad there’s no border fence to protect us from this.

*Another great story from one of our guys in Iraq

A U.S. medic cuts through the red tape to save the life of a brave Iraqi soldier.

*The Real Culprits in Global Warming

Turns out it’s plants. The kind with leaves, not the kind with smoke stacks. Treehuggers everywhere must feel betrayed.

*Socialists Score a Hit on Wal-Mart

Proving once again that liberals have no idea how an economy that actually works is supposed to run, Maryland has enacted a law that forces big employers to pay for employees health insurance. Apparently the law is designed to apply only to Wal-Mart, however. Score one for idiot liberals and the unions. Score zero for the little guy who just wants to work for a decent wage (which Wal-Mart does offer) and like inexpensive goods.

*Court Defends Christian’s Free Speech

A high school principal's decision prohibiting a student from wearing his pro-life shirt in school has been overturned by a federal district court. Judge Elfvin of the Western District of New York signed a permanent injunction ordering Fillmore Central High School located in Fillmore, New York to allow the student to wear his pro-life shirt to school. ...

The student's shirt is distributed by the American Life League's Rock for Life group and displayed the following message: "Abortion is Homicide. You will not silence my message. You will not mock my God. You will stop killing my generation. Rock for Life." Fillmore Principal Kyle Faulkner told the student that he could not wear his shirt in school. The student was sent home for the day when he respectfully replied that he had a right to wear the shirt. The student then contacted the Thomas More Law Center....

Color me surprised. Pleasantly.