[Superman]

I feel so dirty.

Last night, as I was boiling some pasta for dinner, I watched the History Channel. A program came on that outlined the work of a twelfth-century engineer named Al Jazari. He lived in what is now Iraq.

In hindsight, I can now see that this program was a clever attempt on the part of the liberal media (you guys are sooooo right) to indoctrinate me into hateful and anti-American thinking. You see, the program was very impressive from a technical perspective. This Al Jazari fellow was, according to the program, frighteningly clever. He invented a bunch of stuff we have arguably "re-invented" lately (their term).

So anyway, I now realize that this guy was almost certainly a Muslim (which as you guys have vigorously pointed out is a synomym for "terrorist"). And an Iraqi. It is with great embarrassment to admit to you guys I found myself admiring his inventions. I know now that he must have been a hateful and treacherous enemy of the world. And I know our new goal is to wipe Muslims from the face of the planet. But I wonder how I can re-arrange my thinking to conclude he was not that smart. You see, objectively, it appears as though he WAS smart. In fact, it appears that the Muslim world at that time was quite academic and creative. Sure, I know you guys' position.......that Muslims are virtually uncivilized and backward, and that their level of education and understanding is Neanderthal compared to ours, but I wonder how I can reconcile that with the fact that this Muslim inventor was way ahead of the machines we use today.

Should I just shoot myself in the head? In case I allow myself to live another day, what term is worse......"liberal" or "Muslim?"