Osama's race, heritage, whatever--who cares?

It's racist to even give it a thought.

Gasoline (futures) are up 33%, Dec. 31 2006 to Apr 30 2007. This is 99% on an annual

basis. ("Not too shabby")

Or, as in the CPI, are the consumer expenditures ex-oil, food, and all of the real-world

things we MUST buy?

"There's no reason to panic, yet: Personal consumer expenditures rose by 3.8 percent in the first quarter of 2007, which isn't too shabby. But that's still down from 4.2 percent growth in the fourth quarter of 2006. If you've been looking for a trend line to keep tabs on, this might be the one."

I am so tired of Republicrats. Everything is about Power, $$$ and division; and playing

to the lowest common denominator. One thing that I recall from eons ago, was Wm.

F. Buckley saying "I would rather be governed by the first 100 people in the phone book,

rather than the politicians in Washington" (paraphrase). I agree with that, as long as the

"fix" was not in.

So here's hoping that Obama sweeps everything tonight.

I think the flash (or not) before the plane hit the Tower

is just one small piece of the large puzzle.

I would like to know how all the concrete in the towers

pulverized? How did most of the steel become truck-

sized pieces? Why were the 3 towers the only sky-

scrapers in history, to fall due to fire? Why did no US

military aircraft respond in the nearly 2 hours of these

events? How did a 757 hit the Pentagon, creating only

a small hole--and why were there no aircraft parts?

Why did we not see any video from the cameras of

the Pentagon?

And on, and on, and on.

No need for 1,000 words; 2 will do: WHAT BS

WHAT BULLSHIT!

Can't, even, Solon get past Jeremiah Wright? No matter what

is written about Wright, just prolongs this "guilt-by-association"

drumbeat. When do we get back to the important stuff--

lapel pins?

If I were Obama, I would say to the Super Delegates: Pick

sides by May 15, or I'm out of here.

Inflation, as measured the way it was in the '80s,

and before, is at least 7 percentage points higher;

and has been over the last 10 years.

Some of the reasons:

1- Substitution--if steak gets too expensive, sub-

stitute hamburger.

2- Hedonism--If computers become twice as power-

ful, at the same price, their effect on inflation reduced 50%.

3- Rejiggering--if some components of the CPI

increase "too much", they are reduced as a percentage of the total.

If you can't trust the government, whom can you trust?

This is just a confirmation that McCain didn't finish

in the last 1 percent of his Naval Academy for nothing.

Palin has been Governor of Alaska for less than 2 years,

and received 114,000 votes, less than 50% of the vote.

This is truly affirmative action, in its most cynical form.

The only good thing I can think of is that she isn't Dick

Cheney.

This sounds like heaven on earth. We did pretty well

in the '50s and '60s with top tax rates 70-90% and

capital gains taxes at 48%.

For Gov. Spitzer: "Lady of the Night" problem gets him

heaved out of Office; in liberal New York.

For Sen. Vitter: "Lady of the Night" problem--no problem; in "value land" Louisiana.

Does not compute!

Spitzer would have been great for US Atty General or

head of SEC.

My suggestion for invocator would be Richard Dawkins. What

does Church and State have to do with (the Constitution of)

America?

Vote for him, ABSOLUTELY!

We desperately need people in high government

positions like Eliot Spitzer. I am firmly convinced

that the WALL STREET CRIME NETWORK was behind

this witch hunt. (What about clients 1-8 and 10+?).

At those prices, these "johns" must be notable. I

think a person's private life is his own (and family's)

"affair". Hypocrisy? How naive are we? Sen Vitter?

He didn't

do it in Albany's equivalent of the Oval Office, did

he? Spitzer didn't have the State Police aid and

abet his actions, did he? Choir boys were not

involved, were they?

How many billions did WALL STREET reap by

Spitzer's demise?

I think that the FED "snapped up" many, if not all, of the Treasury bonds, through agents

in other countries. So, I dispute your "U.S. debt: Not so scary after all".

Where is Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite and H.L. Menken when we sorely need them?

on GRASSLEY. I think he's getting senile.

Despite world wars, pandemics, genocide, etc., the world population tripled from 2 to 6

billion in the 20th century. At this rate, 18 billion in the year 2100, 54 billion in 2200,

162 billion in 2300 . . . . 1.5 trillion in 500 years. Now, that is progress(ion)!

The Fed sends funds abroad (repos), then abroad buys our bonds. No wonder "investors

outside the U.S." are buying our debt.