Ping, ping, ping. The shoddily engineered military contracted bolts holding up the giant airplane hanging above everyone's heads...snapped and the plane to came crashing into the audience and candidates. Mitt Romney was desperately trying to retrieve a pinned Rudy Giuliani only to look in horror as his last tug revealed that Rudy had lost his entire lower torso. John McCain was wondering around in a daze holding the limp smoldering body of little Karl Rove in his arms and...well...o.k. so maybe it wasn't that exciting.

During the actual debates:

At one point all the candidates were asked if any did not believe in evolution and about 4 raised their hands.

Giuliani had this weird bit of revisionism: "Remember, they looked in Ronald Reagan's eyes, and in two minutes, they released the hostages." Anyone who remembers those events would know that the hostages were held longer than needed be because Reagan (in a back room deal) had asked for them to be held until he got into office. In exchange the Iranians got arms (the Iran contra scandal.)

Guiliani went on and on about Radical Islam a lot. If I were a Muslim in this country I'd be afraid of the whole bunch of them. Out of one corner of their mouths they would go on about freedom of religion and how faith, any faith, is the cornerstone of the family...then out of the other corner they would fear monger about evil Islam.

A few went on about the sanctity of life and how life was starting point of many issues. This pertained to the Terry Schiavo case, embryonic stem cell issues, Roe v. Wade. I was waiting for follow up questions about the sanctity of Iraqi life, or positions on the death penalty for proper juxtaposition...but they never came.

Mitt Romney came off as the winner and least creepy. Most of the rest of them came off as weird or dull. A lot of finger poking of the air.

Unfortunately the only person who called the party (GOP) on being big government, non representational of the people, and supporting an illegal and poorly conceived war, was a Texas congressman Ron Paul. He was the only one making any sense. He looks a little goofy, so like Dennis Kucinich...his voice doesn't matter and he doesn't get to be our president.

...should be just enough time to put some plastic and duct tape over the windows of the house. I'm pretty sure we are at terror threat level orange.

Stood out clearly among the candidates. I find it interesting how all media outlets completely ignore his candidacy. All others on that stage pandered, evaded direct answers, basically were a bunch of cowards who had to pause and think before they spoke because they didn't speak from the heart with conviction. Ron Paul spoke truth to power on that stage last night. Ron Paul won that debate hands down because he is the only human being who showed up for the event.

Murdoch wants to own MySpace.com (the eyes and ears of 20 million tweens) and nobody blinks an eye. He wants to buy the Journal (The eyes and ears of 20,000 stuffed shirts) and suddenly the sky is falling. The solution...Less shareholder rights.

Did Murdoch already buy Salon.com?

Backing up my previous post that this was a legal and not an ethical dilemma, it has been determined and admitted that the hospital's actions were illegal.

I was the only one pointing out that this was criminal behavior. I should also add the the hospital might have admitted that it was illegal, but no charges have been filed against anyone. Why is that?

I bring this up because so often when crimes have a moral or ethical component, we often overlook the legal component. For example all the deals we now make with the Catholic Church regarding the child molesting/rape scandals. How is it that in the whole coverup and conspiracy, only a few priest have gone to jail? Aiding and abetting a crime is also a crime. Not reporting crimes is a crime. We find it acceptable that a priest is defrocked. What happens to the law under these circumstances and why is the law so easily relegated to the back seat when ethics or morality are in question?

New information regarding this case: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003699286_childrens09m.html

At some point the architects of the failed neo-con policies were spread to the wind. They landed in all kinds of powerful places. Planted like seeds. The next one to focus on should be John Negroponte. He was the person in charge of all the dirty wars America fought in Central America. As ambassador to Honduras, we was basically 'our man' in Central Amercia, who was tasked to run all clandestine operations against the Sandanista government in Nicaragua. He allowed the government of Honduras to partake in all kinds of sick human rights abuses, and funded this military government. This is another person who should be on everyone's radar. He is now the United States Deputy Secretary of State. One by one, these people should be found in their current positions and held to account.