Personally, if I am going to be @$%#ed by the government, I'd like the courtesy of a reach-around.

They need to be spending trillions, not billions, and they need to have done it yesterday. This reminds me of the limited debate over how much the Iraq war would cost before the war. They speculated it would cost 7 billion. That number quickly changed to 50 billion. It is now well over 600 billion.

In the near future we are going to consider these amounts they are dickering over humorous. At the end of the day, we are spending borrowed money, in a national Ponzi scheme, hoping that the bottom doesn't drop out. Free Bernie Madoff and make a statue in his honor. He is the bellwether and forefather of our economy.

I'll bite. Even though you are kind of a nozzle, you do serve a purpose here of devil's advocate and a challenge the status quo.

Why is spending on education important? The portion of the bill called for funding construction work on schools. Construction contracts will be drawn. Jobs will be created. The idea here is to spend money. Doesn't really matter on what, as long as people are being employed, jobs are created, contracts are created, the economy is "stimulated." So there is no such thing as "pork" with this bill. Any spending is good spending. Some spending can be better than others, such as spending that creates a quick return on investment. We, our nation, is bleeding manufacturing jobs to foreign nations. That trend is going to increase, not decrease. Our only hope to be an economic world player in the future is to invest in the education of our people. Intellectual property, invention, creativity will be our saving grace in a future global economy. The sooner we start spending big money on education, the better. You get a two-fer with education spending here. In the short term, construction jobs and contracts. In the long term, infrastructure for our most important resource.

A commission that investigates/fact finds all kinds of military issues past and present. They still haven't investigated the My Lai massacre in Viet Nam, or the Phoenix program of that same conflict. I would suggest a forum to investigate various uses of American power, and how to change/correct that use of power to the advantage of the military and the American people. Had they had a commission on My Lai, we probably wouldn't of had the conditions that created Haditha. Had they had commissions (current commissions, not at the time) on our use of torture in conflicts like Viet Nam/ Korea/ WWII we probably wouldn't have the conditions of Abu Graib.

Someone should look into getting those soldiers out of prison. Locking up the grunts while the lawyers and politicians skate? I call bullshit on that.

Obama, Dodd and anyone else who put pen to paper and signed the legislation is responsible. No excuses for being "pressured."

Democrats need to take full responsibility for their legislation, spoken word, and votes. We never held Hilary Clinton's feet to the fire for voting to authorize the use of force in Iraq, and the lesson is learned.

Ghandi's initial protests were against the government of South Africa's mandate to have foreign workers issued separate rights as citizens and also denying a segment of society the right to vote. His real protest was about racism, prejudice and injustice, autonomy, and human rights. Was Ghandi "disingenuous" because he didn't go after those issues head on?

This article lacks critical thinking necessary in a well researched piece of journalism.

I wonder how high the "life satisfaction" quotient was during Hitler's occupation during WWII?

Working with a 3D technology provider, I got to experience various products put out in the new 3D, commercials, film clips, demos... and I'd have to say it is a new technology that will enhance viewer immersion and experience. This will not be a fad this time as the technology appears to have caught up with the goal. It won't be for all film and television, but some will put it to very good use. It will most likely transform sports entertainment. I saw a demo of a car race and the experience was outstanding. In that this will most likely sweep across visual mediums, I'd have to classify it as revolutionary.

I saw the demonstrations on a wide screen specialty flat panel display. It will be pricey, but early adopters will be the toast of the neighborhood in the same way those with televisions held parties to show off the new. See it for yourselves, and you'll understand.

Advertising will drive this new technology to mass adoption.

Reading the letters here makes one wonder if anyone wants a true democracy and representational government. Ralph is ego, go away, we don't want to hear your voice, go away and die, you are the reason we suffered through 8 years of Bush etc...

Blame George Bush for George Bush.

Blame the American Congress and the Senate for the Iraq war, presidents to not declare war.

Blame the institutionalization of the two party system for the "spoiler" effect of a candidacy.

Blame yourselves for not taking the time to review Ralph Nader's history in politics and his presidential platform.

We live in an environment of manufactured consent to authority. The first order of business is to marginalize the voices of real change. That so called progressives have such vitriol for a voice of real change, speaks to the effectiveness of the methods of the elites.