So a fast & day of mourning will be marked by ostentation & worldly matters, no doubt with some lame nod of the head to the spiritual symbolism of the day.*

Way to go, Team Romney! //

^{*I find this especially irksome as Ramadan will start around July 19-20, so the fact that those kinds of observances are NOT supposed to be about political crap and $60K per plate dinners is very much at the forefront of my mind right now.}