If Obama folds (he most assuredly will if his short tenure in office is any indication) and does what some are advising, and neocons are demanding, and ramps up the rhetoric in favor of the opposition, inside Iran the protesters will be cast as American stooges. Which will of course result in further repression and crackdowns.

How long before we hear the equivalent of 'zomg, they're throwing babies out of incubators!!'??

Will we fall for it this time?

Looks like it....

They can't hold both positions. There would be obvious fear in humans if it were revealed that vampires were real. There would be danger to the vampires, because humans may decide to simply kill them off all to be safe.

There can hold both positions because there is a schism within the vampire community between those who want to "mainstream" and become as much a part of human society as possible, and those who want to maintain their own vampire social and political structures. A lot of the vamps are of the opinion that revealing themselves was a mistake. Also, the vamps do have a lot to fear from humans, as evidenced by the fanatical "Fellowship of the SUN" who fear them. True Blood is constantly depicting teevee debates between vampire advocates and anti-vampire fundies who are out to destroy them. In addition, the trial you mentioned took place in the dead of night in a junkyard, they didn't hire out the American Legion hall and take out ads in the paper announcing it.

I think the politeness of which you speak is a function of the Southern setting. Down here, politeness is not only an indicator of good upbringing (Standard reply to rudeness: Didger momma raise you in a barn?), but quite often presents the opportunity for, and at the same time whitewashes, subterfuge and intrigue.

I think Maryann may be the modern day incarnation of Circe. Read the wiki page and see if you agree. Circe is the daughter of Helios, god of the sun, and Jason has been recruited into the Fellowship of the SUN, not SON, indicating the sect may have occult underpinnings instead of Christian. Veddy interesting!

I sure am glad I watched the ep before reading this review Heather. Next time, give a little spoiler warning!

So for you to come off with this horse-shit about, "a vote for Obama is a vote for anytime Obama takes a shit on the constitution or anything and everything else that Obama has done of might possibly do is nonsensical and self righteous. Is that really that difficult for you to understand.

-- Kitt

What is difficult for me to understand is why you would vote for a person who would shit on the constitution.

If you vote for a candidate fully cognizant of what he is capable of doing, it makes you responsible for his actions when he actually follows through-because you have given him the power to do so.

You know, kind of like how the Bush dead-enders are responsible for returning him to power even knowing of his corruption and lust for war.

But go ahead, vote for him. I'm sure the fact that you dislike his positions on constitutional rights will stop him from trampling on them.

What exactly would it take? Just what would he have to do before electing him was no longer a "very important priority?"

-- adnoto

I keep trying to get people to answer that question with no luck. Perhaps when he comes out as anti-choice? and maybe not even then. He's on board with eviscerating the 4th amendment and people seem to be ok with that. (And don't say you are not ok with that if you are still voting for him. If you vote for him you are endorsing his positions.)

I said I didn't view Zbig "Grand Chess game" Brezinski as "much better" than Lieberman. I have no indications I should change my view.

In the same way that the outcome of the Bush-Gore 2000 race was vital even though Gore would have been a manager of many of the status quo's standard policies. Before the Iraq war, Gore vehemently opposed the attack on that country. Is that a meaningful difference to you?

Yes indeed, but Obama is no Gore. Gore did not aggressively turn on his base, just for starters. He also never threatened to bomb Pakistan, or work for an undivided Jeruselem.

Do you want Joe Lieberman and Bill Kristol running foreign policy?

What guaratees do we have that Lieberman WILL NOT have a part in Obama's foreign policy apparatus? Did Obama not endorse him over Ned Lamont? Besides, I don't view Zbig "Grand Chessgame" Brzezinski as much better.

His endorsement of Scalito's decisions of late do not give me much hope in his SCOTUS nominations, either.

Yes, the differences between Obama and McCain are smaller than I wish they were. But as no less an establishment critic than Noam Chomsky frequently points out, even minute differences at the top of powerful political structures can translate into significant differences in people's lives.

As of right now, the differences are not minute enough to warrant any hope at all that he will be different than McCain in any "vitally important" way.