I'm a software engineer who's married and has two daughters. I'm a Christian who tries to let my faith inform my political views, rather than vice versa. I do lean to the conservative side on many issues. Politically, I favor a government that holds people responsible for their behavior and well-being while helping the less fortunate become self-sustaining and contributors to society.
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Countdown in France
Prognosticating is not my strong point but here's one I feel pretty safe in making (although I sincerely hope I'm wrong on this). France has just expelled the first Muslim girls for wearing their head scarves. My prediction - there will be some terrorist in retaliation for this. I'm guessing (one step removed from prognotication) that this will occur within the next few weeks. What makes me so certain? Remember a few months ago when a French journalist was kidnapped in Iraq? Why would the Iraqi terrorists kidnap a French citizen when France was such a vocal opponent of the US action in Iraq? Their stated reason - the French banning of wearing of head scarves by Muslim female school children. Mind you, this was an internal action by France, not one it was seeking to impose on Iraq.
