You really think that Al Queda is motivated by religion more than politics? You might want to look at Middle Eastern history since the formation of the Ottoman Empire and focus on the role of Islam over that period (up until today). AFAIK, I've never even heard that Al Queda wants to impose a caliphate world order, and if they've ever said that I have a hard time believing they are actually working towards that.

I'm distant geographically from the guy but really I don't thing he's done enough to deserve this.

that was terrible, and should be modded through the roof

You surely don't mean before the invasion, do you? He wasn't elected to the Senate until after the invasion, around the time when it was 'cool' to be against it.

>And instead of just saying "congratulations" and moving on, they have to keep gripping about how undeserved it is. Trying to tear down the award because it makes them look bad.

You're joking, right? People are still just waking up to this news, it literally just happened, and this is the first wave of reactions.

Try again in a few months.

He didn't say 'majority of Muslim believers', he said 'Muslim religious authorities'. They aren't the same thing. It's more like Popes and Bishops than Protestantism, where every congregation is unique, even if Islam isn't very structured (like Catholicism is) at the moment.

the parent should be modded +5 funny, easily.

Why not discuss the Apple apple logo and how it changed from Newton to rainbow colors to it's current stark white? IMO the most interesting logo story...

the artists still get recognition, though, from having their songs available in the game. and if the song gets popular enough, that can translate into itunes and amazon mp3 downloads, and possibly into album sales.

All my toys these days are high end electronics.

I'm really sorry, but you tried too hard.
I mean, my sarcasm detector just exploded on my desk, and it wasn't even plugged in to anything.

Author's name is Harry Turtledove, for those interested.

I greatly enjoyed what I could find of his books at my local library.

thanks, this is actually the only reason I went to the comments, to find a link to the actual doc.

Cue the Dept. of Homeland Security in three... two...

I'm happy about this, it sounds like Microsoft is finally getting it's act together with this new Zune. If they can actually get all their apps and features together in one place, and the browser works even half decently, it looks like it'll be a good value.