you would think that the Republicans would STFU and try to rebuild their Party with new ideas while getting rid of the deadwood losers like Cheney.

Allowing the likes of Limbaugh, Hannity, and Cheney to become the new face of the Republican Party is sheer stupidity, but this is what we have seen coming from the GOP during the past eight years.

The mistakes of the Bush Administration would probably exceed the data-carrying capacity of most internet servers so I won't list them here, but they are certainly no secret. Ask the voters.

Dick Cheney is one of the most despised people in America. A draft-dodger that lied to get us into an ill-managed, unecessary war in Iraq, Cheney should be held in contempt of the oath he took to serve America.

The human race will not be free until it throws off the chains of religion.

Listen, very carefully, to Obama's speech.

I don't think anyone could be more clear and to the point than Obama. His speech laid out exactly what he is doing and why he is doing it.

This is the first time in many years that we have heard such an intelligent presentation by a president. Every point, every argument made absolute sense to me.

On the other hand we have Cheney, with his smarmy attitude and smooth bullshit. He stated that the Bush Administration anti-terror campaign "prevented terrorist attacks on our soil and saved American lives" without an ounce of proof or fact to back that statement up. The guy is a pathological liar.

Cheney is doing more than listening to Obama, he is scared to death of him.

What else would bring the deferment champ out of his hole? After two major defeats in Congress and a lost White House, the Repukes have nothing left but a legacy of failures and Cheney can't sleep at night.

So he's out there, talking to the 10 or 11% that trust him, trying to improve his image.

It won't work. He is a defeated has-been and most likey a war criminal. He has shamed the USA and he has given the terrorists everything they wished for.

The "motherload of vitriole" starts with Rush and some of us like to repond in kind.

Of course nothing will ever be accomplished but it is fun nonetheless.

I consider Rush to be a showman, a comic figure, a reasonably good actor who may be laughing all the way to the bank. The sad thing is that his audience, for the most part, take him seriously.

If he is serious and his audience accepts his sincerity, brain disease must be contagious.

Of all of the individuals positioned to gain if there is another terrorist attack on US soil, Cheney is at the top of the list.

I'm not accusing, just thinking.....

You are living in Cheney's world. Nothing you have posted is based in fact.

Obama is exhibiting something that has been missing in our government for far too many years. He is showing confidence,intelligence, and true leadership.

While we may not agree with everything Obama says, or does, we have to respect reality and recognize the vast problems he has inherited and we have to respect his sincerity as he begins his presidency.

To criticize Obama's performance, without offering viable alternatives, is useless pandering to fear and ignorance.

if there are no charges and convictions? Are people in US prisons who have not been tried and convicted?

I don't think so.

One smart terrorist placed in custody amongst hardened criminals in an American maximum-security prison should have no difficulty in converting a good portion of the prison population into Islamic Terrorists.

Prisoners are always looking for a break in their dull and routine existence and what a ripe ground that is for religious conversions. It will be the Next New Thing to be an Islamic Terrorist. Monthly meetings where ideas can be exchanged (how to plug prison toilets with potatoes) and training prisoners to conceal religious tracts in their underwear will create an atmosphere of empowerment amongst the population.

Prisoners can be easily trained in Middle-Eastern customs, such as weaving prayer rugs, making dolma, and smoking the hookah.

Well, that makes a difference. Let's not be too hasty .....

We are led by advertising gimmicks, brain-dead lying politicians, Bible-thumping idiots, Fox News commentators, profit-at-any-cost industry, home loan scam artists, and fear-mongering at every level of government.

A few (very few) bright lights shine, such as GG's columns, but the vast political discourse lacks intelligence, forthought, and common-sense.

Our prisons house some of the worst threats to society imaginable but mention that an alleged terrorist will be housed in the same facility as our home-grown monsters like Charles Manson, and grown men wet their pants.

Unless the burial of the GOP is one of the Solutions. I am not aware of a single GOP Solution for the Future.

It works for seniors. Granted, it is a combined government/private program but it works and it can be improved where necessary.

The private companies offering the Medicare Advantage (Part B)component must be under some form of cost-control, whereby they are not allowed to raise premiums or reduce coverages unless an audit reveals the absolute necessity of such an action.

And don't let anyone tell us that we "can't afford it". We're spending over a trillion dollars on an unecessary war, spending billions on space exploration, losing billions of dollars of tax revenue from off-shore tax evaders, giving billions to foreign countries, maintaining troops in Korea and Europe, and wasting millions on inefficient emergency-room hospital services for the uninsured.

Human population of the Earth is doomed to a very short time period. As we chronicle the effect of man upon this planet we see the wanton use of poisons and a supreme ignorance of the natural world.

As proof of this, does anyone actually believe that this planet will not be fatally affected by the use and misuse of billions of tons of man-made chemicals?