Why? Because nobody cares. Half of the population is too dumb to realize the harm that the Bush years have created, and the other half is more concerned with jobs and health care reform.

The CIA program is censored. We'll never know the full extent of the Bush era's illegal activity. The best that can come out of this is the realization that our freedom is only as secure as our voters are smart, and the results speak for themselves.

If a band of terrorists with box cutters can cause the kind of havoc we've seen during the Bush years, America's weakness lies not with our Constitution but with our leadership and its willingness to break laws hunting for boogeymen in closets.

Are we a nation governed by law, or a nation governed by politics.

If we're governed by politics we are no better than a third-world banana republic.

is SMELL! How many times have you entered a home only to be turned off by a bad smell. Cooking smells don't count but dirty catboxes, unvacuumed rugs, pet hair, unemptied kitchen garbage, dirty dishes in the sink, unwashed kids, and yes, furniture that is manufactured in strange places using even stranger chemicals, glues, and paint.

I use the smell test when looking for inexpensive furniture. If it smells good I'll take a chance on it. If I don't like the smell it can stay in the store.

He is pushing for healthcare. Talk to the GOP if healthcare reform doesn't happen.

He is standing down in Iraq (as promised).

He is building forces in Afghanistan (as promised).

General Motors has emerged from bankruptcy.

Eight years of Bush's criminal mismanagement will take a helluva lot longer than six months to fix.

Didja hear about what happened when Wal-Mart told the Levi-Strauss company that their jeans cost too much?

Well, Levi responded by cutting costs until they couldn't cut costs any further and Wal-Mart said to cut more or we'll by a gazillion pair of jeans elsewhere.

So Levi created a new, cheaper made, line of Jeans just for Wal-Mart.

Buyer beware.

Does public outrage have to exist before Congress acts to enforce the laws of our country?

Just wondering ....

Mars once had thriving cities and a population that was looking forward to more prosperity. Wars were fought and freedom emerged but the pendulum swung too far and laws protecting the Martian environment were too slow in forthcoming.

A complacent population decried the promoters of scientific evidence of climate change and effectively thwarted all attempts to control pollution.

As the Martian environment slowly approached the tipping point, whereby no amount of environmental repair could save the planet, Martians wondered why this could be happening, given the amount of science and technology available.

Now, as we approach a manned Mars landing, will we be able to look upon planet Earth and wonder if the same fate awaits us?

And, like any religion, it will be held above common sense, and any effective oversight.

Another GOP idiot will help the minority party achieve its goal of becoming an even greater minority.

And Saturday Night Live will have hours of hillarious quotes to script. The country needs some good comedy right now and Sarah has offered to step up to the plate.

The Young Republicans are fodder for the mental health industry, whose stock just went up several points.

Contrary to some of the misinformation presented in some posts here:

"The Times reported that "[t]hree of the five majority opinions written by Judge Sotomayor for the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals and reviewed by the Supreme Court were reversed, providing a potent line of attack raised by opponents." The article then quoted Wright's assertion that Sotomayor's "high reversal rate alone could be enough for us to pause and take a good look at her record." But according to data compiled by SCOTUSblog, Sotomayor's reported 60 percent reversal rate is lower than the overall Supreme Court reversal rate for all lower court decisions from the 2004 term through the present -- both overall and for each individual Supreme Court term."

The Republicans never let facts get in the way of their opinions and propaganda, it seems.

Who, do you think, should determine the healthcare benefits that you get? The insurance companies? Good luck with that if you have a "preexisting condition". Your employer? That works only if you are employed by someone offering medical benefits that you can afford.

So the uninsured must wait until their condition warrants a visit to the emergency room, and who do you think pays for that service? You pay for it if you are buying medical insurance because emergency room costs must be borne by someone so the insurance premiums you pay are higher to cover the costs of the uninsured.

This, as anyone with any sense knows, is a very inefficient system that provides a minimal level of medical care and the system's ineffeciency creates higher ultimate costs to everyone.

Why aren't we hearing from doctors and service providers? What are their ideas for healthcare improvement? Obama has thrown down the glove and all the Republicans have done so far is whine about costs while the present system is by far the most inefficient and costly way to provide health care.

If Congress does not act there may be another way for Obama to advance his healthcare agenda by exercizing the power of the Executive be issuing a decree. This is not a popular way to govern, but the situation may demand the same level of commitment that got us into an unecessary war in Iraq.

only if you want to see a dramatic rise in illegal abortions, and abortion clinics springing up just across the border.

Someone once said, "Abortion should be legal, and rare".