Some countries have all the fun

The New York Times details outrage in the Netherlands over a film that graphically portrays what the director calls the hidden abuses of Muslim women in European nations under the cover of organized religion. Sadly, I'll probably never see it. However, the film is controversial in that it shows Koranic verses written on the bare flesh of women who are typical recipients of the violence that Ms. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a member of the Dutch parliment, Somali immigrant, and former Muslim says is all too common in Muslim immigrant societies.

The Washington Post shows some suprising poll numbers, only 38 days away from the general election. Apparently, those voters who are decided predominantly choose Mr. Bush again for his handling of the 'War on Terror." One has to wonder, though, if the current polling fails to take into consideration what is being billed as a groundswell of fierce anti-Bush sentiment among segments of the voting age public that traditionally stay home on November 2nd. If it's true that 67% of those reached for the ABC poll think that this is one of the most important elections in memory, then the conventional wisdom should get thrown out of the window. As my friend Lee Bandy at The State likes to say, South Carolina could very well come down to the turnout within the black community. Are you better off then you were four years ago?