THOU SHOULDN'T
"Ten teachers of Christian ethics at leading seminaries and universities have written a letter to President Bush criticizing his campaign's outreach to churches, particularly its effort to gather church membership directories. "
(WASHINGTON POST)

WWJD?
"Jesus was a social liberal. He liked a party, attended many. His first miracle was to turn water into wine for a wedding feast. He consorted, even dined, with sinners, the disfranchised, the poor, the homeless, the jobless, the lame and the afflicted. He talked to women on a level playing field, even to an oft-divorced and wanton woman, and dared anyone to cast aspersions, much less stones, at her."
(MINISTRY OF TRUTH, unearthed by Joe Paul)

DIXIE BUCKS BUSH ON CUBA
Thirty-five states sold $700 million in supplies to Cuba since 2001. And Southerners possess the ports where tons of powdered milk, poultry, soybeans and other items set sail for Havana....
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is Bush's statewide campaign manager, yet Gulfport and Pascagoula ports shipped $50 million in goods to Cuba last year. Bible Belt businessmen at the Mississippi Development Authority's recent summit on Cuban trade want even bigger deals with Cuba, which has been under embargo since the 1960s.
(MISSISSIPPI SUN HERALD, unearthed by Cuba News Digest)

DIDDLY AWARDS
A tribute to the most profligate, prejudiced, and just plain pigheaded members of Congress.
(MOTHER JONES, unearthed by Joel Sogol)