Hardly.

John Barrow did not vote in favour of healthcare reform. at least his motion failed. epically.

John Barrow is a lovely man. He is a decent congressman in the House of Representatives, he has a scandal free family life, and he generally has a good head on his shoulders. But today is a make-it or break-it day for him. Today Obamacare goes to the House for a vote, and I know how I want the vote to go. I know how my father wants the vote to go. I know how the vote needs to go for there to be any semblence of change in this country. The vote will be finished tonight, and we shall see how it goes. I know from the conversation my dad had the other day with the great Congressman that if Barrow does not vote the way we want him to, the way we need him to, my dad is probably not going to be as forthcoming with support for Mr. Barrow's campaigns. JOHN!! Please do the right thing. Don't get hung up on the language of the bill, take in the big picture! We shall see. We shall see.

 So, I have been thinking about how everybody in the world has this terribly dehumanized picture of terrorists in their heads. That is why I have decided to post this controversial picture of one of the frontliners of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Not only did this man, Mohammed Atta, orchestrate the whole master plan of this day, he actually sacrificed his own life for his cause. I am not trying to martyr Mohammed Atta in my mind or anyone else's, I am just trying to show that Atta was an actual human being behind the terroristic, diabolical exterior he presented to the world. This is a picture of Mohammed Atta with one of his best friends, Shariq Mustafi, after morning prayers in a small Afgani town circa 1998. The plans for the events of September 11, 2001 had been in place for years. Mohammed Atta had a life besides the one he gave with complete abandon to the cause of Radical Islam.

For more reading on the rehumanization of Mohammed Atta and other extremists, read "The Last Days of Mohammed Atta," a short narrative by Martin Amis which may be found on printable PDF here: http://www.martinamisweb.com/documents/lastdays_one.pdf