"For our God is a consuming fire. "

Stand your ground Terry Jones, you have every right to burn the Koran in your ignorant bigoted church. This is A-merry-ca, you have earned that right by living in, and being a citizen of this great country. "International Burn a Quran Day" has a nice sensational ring to it, and if you wanted to get attention for your church you have certainly succeeded. The State Department, the White House, various interfaith groups, and even a general in the theater of battle weighed in and asked you not to have your little A-merry-ca fights back moment on the anniversary of September 11th.

But I guess there is no stopping you now, the holy horse has already left the barn.

"We believe that Islam is of the devil, that it's causing billions of people to go to hell, it is a deceptive religion, it is a violent religion and that is proven many, many times.."

I have to give it to you pastor, you are quite clear with your purpose. You speak with a tone of pellucidity and directness that is to be commended.

But here is my problem with this little (I shouldn't say little, because it's damn near creating an international incident) burning that the pastor is planning. The folks on the right who were screaming at the top of their lungs that the Mosque shouldn't be built at ground zero are strangely quiet over this incident. What? No harsh words for Pastor Jones from the right? Wait, it gets worse: I think they actually plan to have a right wing army protect the good pastor. Yes, the wingnuts are well....nutty. If you don't believe me read these comments from over at Wizbang after a post condemning pastor Jones.

The pastor, in my opinion, is an ignorant nut job, but he has a right to his sick 9/11 anniversary ceremony. The folks who want to build an Islamic community center close to ground zero might have been better off building it somewhere else. But just like the clown in Florida, they have a right to build there.

The wingnuts would do well to remember that they can't embrace the Constitution when its convenient, yet turn away from it when it is not.