Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.
~ Ben Hecht

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
~ Thomas Jefferson

I’m sure many of you have seen these pictures before, but this was the first time I had seen them all put together in a succinct video montage like this.

And really, I think I’ve been a bit derelict on not mentioning anything about the insanity going on right now… over some cartoons!? Christians are being tortured and killed simply for believing in God, and these other folks are bloodthirsty because of a cartoon?! I’m watching Muslim protesters holding signs calling for the death of the cartoonists, the newspaper editors, and all other infidels (foreign or domestic). Should I mention that these people don’t have a particularly peaceful track record? How about the Jewish cartoons that the Islamic press puts out? [mark this day because it ain't gonna be often that I link to the ADL]

How often have we seen Christians blasted in the US media? Yet, I don’t remember Jerry Falwell organizing the burning of the New York Times or the French Embassy… maybe I missed it. I couldn’t even tell you the last time the Southern Baptist Convention beheaded someone and leaked the tape to FoxNews… maybe I missed it. I couldn’t even tell you the last time the Greek Orthodox Church bombed a Roman Catholic Church because they wanted to increase their influence in Queens!?… maybe I missed it.

And I don’t hear much outcry from the Islamic community, here or abroad, for all the atrocities and animal behavior… maybe I missed it. Maybe I’m a hypocritical rabble rouser. Maybe I don’t understand the virtues of killing women and children and destroying buildings over a cartoon.

Yep… I missed it.