I listened to a little of NPR the other day when I was driving and heard someone talking about a biography of the Koran. The most interesting thing about the ten minutes or so that I heard was when the author compared Osama bin Ladin's "cherry picking" of passages that talk about killing Jews and Christians to how evangelical pastors preach the Bible. This isn't the first time I've heard terrorists compared to so-called Christian fundamentalists. As someone who would probably be called a member of the vast right wing conspiracy, I guess I take umbrage to this comparison. Anyone else noticed this going on?

The other thing I want to ask, totally unrelated, is if any of you have an opinion on ethanol as an alternative fuel source. Though I'm a proponent of Fox News I rarely have a chance to watch so I've got it going in the background here at the hotel. President Bush just gave an interview, the bulk of which seemed to be about how great ethanol was. I've always looked at it with some degree of skepticism -- not because I'm so thrilled about our dependence on foreign oil, but more because I can't see Americans giving up their SUVs to drive tin cans that need to be pushed up the hill <see...skepticism>. Anyone have a thought?