Except for time spent in the military and a 7-year spell in Ohio finishing college and working, I've lived in Idaho. For many folks I ran across, I was the first person they'd ever met from Idaho.
Most people were aware of the slogan, "Idaho potatoes", and of course our unfortunate and misinformed reputation based upon the white, Nazi-based white supremacy of
Richard Butler and the Aryan Nations. The complex in Hayden Lake was a refuge for this scum
until a law suit in 2000 awarded in favor of mother and her son who had sued; the property was ultimately sold to satisfy the judgment. The Aryan Nations name cannot be used and is officially no longer part of the Idahoan landscape; and,
Mr. Butler is long deceased.
Enter
Bill Sali (R-Idaho).......whoo brought
this up. As a 'conservative Idaho lawmaker', he
believes America's founding fathers would not have wanted a Muslim elected to Congress or a Hindu prayer delivered in the U.S. Senate.
"We have not only a Hindu prayer being offered in the Senate, we have a Muslim member of the House of Representatives now, Keith Ellison from Minnesota. Those are changes -- and they are not what was envisioned by the Founding Fathers," asserts Sali.
So here we are, history is being made in the House of Representatives with a Hindu chaplain offering the prayer. we'll forego the offering of prayer in the HOR and the separation of church and state discussion for later......you couldn't just be a Christian, be respectful as you would expect one to be of your beliefs and prayers, and listen. Nor could you let it go. Nope. You had to go and
do this! You just had to talk to these nutjobs. (Sali is heard by pushing the 'hear this report' near the top of the page)
UPDATE: You think I'm kidding? Look at this very recent New York Times/CBS poll. Do you notice that while Obama's support has gone up by 5% in one week, McCain's has gone down by 6%? Where do you think that other 1% could have gone? 
