Dumb and Dumber

I recently received one of those emails that make the top of my head come off. This one was a picture of President Obama holding Fareed Zakaria's book, "The Post-American World" with the following message:

"This will open your eyes. What does Obama read? Photo verified by Snopes. The name of the book Obama is reading is called The Post-American World, written by a fellow Muslim. Post-America - the world after America??? Please forward this picture to everyone you know, conservative or liberal to expose Obama's radical ideas and intent for this country!"

As anyone who's read the book knows (and it's pathetically obvious that the note's author hasn't), it's a best seller about the effect the rise of China and India is going to have on the United States and the rest of the world in the next decade or so. Insightful, informational, brilliant, and reassuring, all at the same time. I bought a copy and read it at least twice. My Dad read it and thinks it's an amazing book. I guess that makes us Muslims? We didn't just carry it around, we actually read it.

My guess is the note writer probably doesn't know that Hawaii's a state, that Obama is not now and never has been a Muslim, and that people with rich, full lives have friends that are not exactly like them. Am I really that brilliant or has the rest of America gotten amazingly more stupid? Just wondering.