An increasingly foreign land

You know, if this is true, then the illusion of an enlightened American society is over. Gone. Vanished forever.

And it's really time to renew my passport, in the event I should need to plot a hasty escape from this increasingly foreign land.

According to a Washington Times article on the findings of a recent Harris poll,

Half of Americans now say Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when the United States invaded the country in 2003 - up from 36 percent last year...

In addition, 64 percent say Saddam had "strong links" with al Qaeda, up from 62 percent in October 2004.

Good grief, Charlie Brown.

Perhaps, the time truly has come to divide America into two separate nations. One can be populated by individuals respectful of education and proven fact; who celebrate genuine equality regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation; who value a government rooted in Constitutional checks and balances, and the separation of church and state.

The other can turn for its "news" to Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter and Dobson; can legislate homophobia, ban contraception, and burn books about evolution; and can base its federal government on the theory of an infallible theocratic Executive whose word is law - and whose personal interpretation of law is the final word.

Personally, I'm applying for citizenship in the former.