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I have spent a couple of nights browsing on BlogExplosion, and I found an enormous number of political blogs from the United States listed, with the neo-conservative ones far outnumbering (in my opinion) the more liberal offerings.

Reading some entries from both camps, I was struck by the sheer venom expressed, in both posts and comments, mainly (again in my opinion) from the extreme right wing, pro-war, so called Christian faction, who seem convinced that anyone who is not politically and religiously of their persuasion hates their country and wishes to see its downfall. The bile and hostility expressed, the sheer malevolence that seems to exist in some of these people, is truly shocking to me.

I know that there are huge numbers of American citizens who do not hold these extreme views, and are equally disturbed and disgusted by these fanatics. Really, I am not really sure I should be commenting.

The UK people, thankfully, although also divided on matters of war, and the rights and wrongs of whether we should be in Iraq or not, and many other issues, manage to disagree without the same degree of hate for the opposing view, and seldom invoke religion as a factor.

On a more light hearted note, I couldn't resist posting THIS rather amusing piece from Utterpants, and would suggest that our Glorious Queen Liz has taken an appropriate form of action.