Check this out by Andrew Sullivan, conservative blogger for The Atlantic:
Top Ten Reasons Conservatives Should Vote for Obama
Here's an interesting thought-experiment I received today:
> WHAT IF:
>
> Obama/Biden vs McCain/Palin--what if things were
> switched
> around?... Think about it.
>
> Would the country's collective point of view be
> different? Could
> racism be the culprit?
>
> Ponder the following:
>
> What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the
> stage,
> including a three month old infant and an unwed,
> pregnant teenage
> daughter?
>
> What if John McCain was a former president of the
> Harvard Law
> Review? What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the
> bottom of
> his graduating class?
>
> What if McCain had only married once, and Obama was a
> divorcé?
>
> What if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife
> after a
> severe disfiguring car accident, when she no longer
> measured up to
> his standards?
>
> What if Obama had met his second wife in a bar and had a
> long affair
> while he was still married?
>
> What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became
> addicted to
> pain killers but also acquired them illegally through
> her charitable
> organization?
>
> What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?
>
> What if Obama had been a member of the Keating Five?
> (The Keating Five were five United States Senators
> accused of
> corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal
> as part of the
> larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and
> early 1990s.)
>
> What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
>
> What if Obama couldn't read from a teleprompter?
>
> What if Obama was the one who had military experience
> that included
> discipline problems and a record of crashing seven
> planes?
>
> What if Obama was the one who was known to display
> publicly, on many
> occasions, a serious anger management problem?
>
> What if Michelle Obama's family had made their money
> from beer
> distribution?
>
> What if the Obama's had adopted a white child?
>
> You could easily add to this list. If these questions
> reflected
> reality, do you really believe the election numbers
> would be as close
> as they are?
>
> This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and
> minimizes
> positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes
> negative qualities
> in another when there is a color difference.
>
>
> Educational Background:
>
> Barack Obama:
> Columbia University - B.A.Political Science with a
> Specialization
> in International Relations.
> Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
>
> Joseph Biden:
> University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in
> Political
> Science. Syracuse University College of Law - JurisDoctor
> (J.D.)
>
> vs.
>
> John McCain:
> United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899
>
> Sarah Palin:
> Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester ; NorthIdaho
> College - 2
> semesters ; general study University of Idaho- 2
> semesters ;
> journalism Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester ;
> University of Idaho
> - 3 semesters - B.A. in Journalism
>
> Education isn't everything, but this is about the
> two highest offices
> in the land, as well as our standing in the world. You
> make the call.
Below is the announcement sent to me by Rev. Hirai the general manager of the NBIC:
New Nichiren-Shu Service Book:
DHARMA
Published by Nichiren Buddhist International Center
A long waited new liturgy book Dharma has finally been published.
The new Dharma is a book showing how to hold a Nichiren Shu service. You can use it at your temple and home. This book also includes a phrase a day. We carry them in order to understand Nichiren Shonin`s teachings in our daily lives with these 31 selected phrases. Please read them in between chanting sutras and the Odaimoku during services. Then you can reflect on these wonderful and important teachings of Nichiren Shonin everyday.
In addition to that, we have published it in the folding style. The old one was a binder style. It was easy to add readings to it but not easy to open it. The new Dharma is easy to open and read.
Many people wanted to have a copy of the old Dharma. However, it was for a temple or church's use only. It was not available for selling to the public. The new Dharma is for both temples/churches and the public. It will be comfortable to use this new small and thin Dharma even at home because of the new style.
You can purchase it at your temple or the NBIC