By Rev. MICHAEL BRESCIANI

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to quell the fears of Americans who were in the throes of the Great Depression he said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Today’s world is a roaring sea of unpredictability, instability and fearful portents that make Roosevelt’s world seem calm.

The news is awash with debate about Imam Rauf’s Ground Zero mosque being built in Lower Manhattan against the wishes of seventy percent of Americans. Few have noticed that half a world away Muslims are ripping up a Christian graveyard against the orders of their government.

The orders of Muslim Cleric Mirza Abdul Ghani are being carried out to build additions to the mosque in spite of the orders of local officials to halt construction in Mandi Bhawaldin, Pakistan.

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By Rev. MICHAEL BRESCIANI

Rush Limbaugh and Bill O’Reilly have a lot of good things to say, but in the political climate of the day we may want to take heed to Forrest Gump’s Mom.

The ‘Change we can believe in’ is quickly becoming ‘change that’s hard to believe.’ Perhaps it’s not Rush Limbaugh we need to refer to but Forrest Gump’s mom. If ‘stupid is as stupid does’ then ‘socialism is as socialism does.’ Thus we don’t need O’Reilly’s concurrence to call Obama a socialist.

The Chicago mob of the 1930s has returned to haunt us, but with the spit and polish of the politician as its appeal and well placed appointees in high positions in government as its enforcers.

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