Has he done anything yet that should merit our aclaim? If so, could someone post a list or a link? Or has he simply been appointed by the media because he is photogenic?

"Sadly, the same it's-only-about-America self-absorption will probably dictate the timing and nature of the decision to give up and come home."

If the author had a better idea he sure didn't reveal it in this piece.

who says

"Iran was the greater threat at that time, and if the incompetent Jimmy Carter had not allowed the Mad Mullahs to yank our chain for a year"

Dude, you wouldn't be so upset if you were one of the Americans held by Iran in captivity. Guess what dick head, they were released in the end, none killed, unharmed, and that was the point. Jimmy was patient and got the job done, unlike those of your ilk that wanted to rush in guns blazing and leave who knows how many hostages dead. But at least you and your 'need to take action' friends would have been satisfied who cares how many hostages died as a result.

when the Republican party was trashing the Constitution? This was a perfect opportunity to show that he stood for something. Unfortunately neither he nor other Democrats showed they give a tinkers damn about the Constitution. I just can't help feeling there is no 'there' there as someone once said about Oakland.

And by that I mean:

1. The media will build the anticipation to a creschendo, as if we were about to receive an answer from Solomon.

2. After much delay the 'answer' will be released to great fanfair and aclaim.

3. After the hype-wave dies down people will realize it is incoherent and unusable.

4. The media will begin the search for another answer-phantasm to chase.

Wash rinse repeat.

Kerry lost the election to the most hated man in America. Within days after the election Bush had an approval rating of less than 50%! Please somebody, anybody, explain to Kerry what these facts mean.

I'll tell you what Clinton said to Cheney: "Boy have we got these people fooled!"

How do you spell "Stalingrad"?

We are under no obligation whatsoever except to throw scum like you out into the street. Go to hell you murdering bastards.

Keep up the good work.

To all of you who were offended: guess what, I am offended by the mass slaughter of innocent people facilitated and promoted by Kindasleezy. Boxer said what needed to be said. Good for her. The people that promoted and supported this war don't actually need to be spoken to disrespectfully, though. They need to be dragged into the street and beaten to within an inch of their lives.

for reminding us again why America got so f**ked up under RepubliCult rule.

Get help, you need it.

"All political philosophies are flawed in some way And have led to unintended negative consequences."

So? Does this mean that 'unintended negative consequences' are off-limits to discussion then? Only if you value ignorance.

"So, are any of you who are sooooo outraged at this willing to list something bad that has come from your particular brand of liberalism?"

Dude, if you want to dispute liberalism, then that is your job.

Unless they can clean vomit out of mine.

This piece could be titled "The evilness of innocent people". OK, so the evil he did was as an innocent (so the author says, though he obviously no longer knows this person). In my opinion that makes him worse than if he wasn't so innocent. He allowed his handlers to manipulate him as if he was a mindless automaton, the very thing that enables the most vile evil. And as for comparing this with the control one gives over to a guru, well gag me with a bar of soap. The alcolite remains conscious of and responsible for their actions and will still refuse to do evil, something scooper had no problem with.

And as for blah blah blah"but the nation that elected them that is symbolically on trial here this month."

This nation has already been found guilty and the punishment has been delivered: gutting of our finances, our good name, our chidren in the army, less security, less freedom, no action on critical problems like climate change and balance of payments. All because of enablers like scooper. And we have at least two more years, although mutted by the democratic control of congress.

One more point about 'being on trial'. This country has the most manipulated, propagandized, lied-to population on the planet, but I suppose the author considers that just 'part of the system'. And wonders why trash gets into office.

This administration has and had some of the most vicious, hateful, small-minded vengeful people found anywhere, are we supposed to believe Scooper worked with these people but somehow missed out on the atmosphere of hate?? An innocence like that is the innocence of the imbecile.

to the statement

"considering the spate of sex-selective abortions as a result of the country's one-child limit."

The sex-selective abortions are because males are more valued than females and occured before there was a one-child limit.