I believe Rep. West, that he is not a racist. I don’t think he actually believes what he is saying. At the risk of judging without really knowing the man, I suspect (based on his Tea Party affiliations) that he is simply a politically ambitious cynic who has quickly learned how to use demagogy to serve his own ends.

West may well believe “the first Muslim in Congress represents the “antithesis” of American values” – he’s free to believe what he wants in America – but it would behoove him to explain HOW a duly elected Congressman of another faith IS such the “antithesis” of “American values” (TM, all rights reserved).
American values used to include a firm commitment to freedom of religion – for EVERYONE.
Why does West hate freedom of religion for others so very, very much?

West is showing he is already a puppet of the Tea Party movement for making such comments, unless he really believes it himself. But I will give him the benefit of the doubt for now. Either way, it’s sad that he can’t stand on his own two feet and express what he believes, not what those who elected him believe. West should not sell his soul, his reputation, his self respect to ideologues.

Someone please throw a shoe at this knudnick! Preferably a rounded heel, scuffed toe loafer (O those metaphors). He may rperesent his district, but he does not represnt our state. My guess is they elected him to get him out of town.

Meizitang:
Recently American scientists report a survey, shows that it is easier to increase weight for female when they do not get enough sleep at night.　　
This result from the project of relation between aged women’s sleep and health condition is that compared with the women who sleep 7 hours per night, the women who sleep less than 5 hours per night, their weight is easier to incrase. And during the period of the 16 years follow-up survey, their risk of obesity is higher than the former by 15%.
Scientists involved this survey express that this fingding means a lot to against glycuresis and heart disease. They also analyse those women’s diet and health condition, but they can not explain why sleep less can cause weight increase. And they also find that the less the people sleep, the less they eat. Although those women often exercise less, but these figure still can not explain the result.
Scientists think that diet and exercise have little effect on women who sleep less. And the convinced explanation is that less sleeping time can affect our basal metabolic, namely, the calories we consumes when we are rest.

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