If FISA, as is ,passes, the criminals in the whitehouse will be shielded from ever being exposed about who they spied on and why. But, there was one telecom that refused to engage in the eavesdropping. I forget which one. If we want to do anything to have any impact, all of us who have cell phones and cell phone contracts should switch to the one company that followed the law. It would cost very little and would, or could bring down Verizon , ATT etc. Who was that company , Glenn? Obama is showing himself to be another Pelosi.

There can be no explanation other than he is also owned by corporate America. And I was going to give him yet another hard earned 100 dollars this month. F***** him along with Pelosi. What on earth has changed since the dems took the majority? I really feel for my kids. They are screwed. Hey Verizon , as long as you are listening, "screw you".

Most people really do not care who the Veep nominee is....unless that person is controversial; think Hillary Clinton. She would ignite the repubs to vote for anyone but her(even as vp). Cheney was an anomaly in terms of power. Most of us Salon readers would be hard pressed to name the last five veep nominees of both or either parties. We need someone innocuous who will not incite controversy and maybe deliver a certain state or constituency.

No one should ever marry before age thirty. Divorce is the root of all evil. I am saying this dispassionately as I am lucky enough to not have been a product of divorce or divorced myself. Young people are so young. They should not be allowed to make significant decisions; on any level. Luck plays a huge part but given an even playing field encourage your kids to wait until they are thirty to marry and have kids. The odds improve dramatically. And then you do not have to deal with the likes of this guy's pain(Marc Lynott)

Remember Bush ,on camera for the nation, told his buddy, the senator from Mississippi, not to worry. The government would rebuild his home and they could resume drinking gin and tonics on his veranda? This was four days into the catastrophe.

I believe it was Friday following the hurricane when Keith Olberman, who I had never heard of gave a blistering and excoriating speech on the Bush Administration's dealing with the catastrophe. I rarely had watched MSM since 911 but was riveted by the suffering of the people in the coliseum. . They were dying of thirst four days later and the govt. wouldn't even drop bottles of water. At any rate, Olberman gave me hope that night as the first msm pundit to take on Bush in years. You know Michael Chertoff was promoted after Katrina and to this day holds a powerful position under Bush. Three days after Katrina Sec. of State Rice was shopping for thousand dollar shoes on fifth avenue. And she dared to compare herself to Obama this week.

Hey Joe, Let me guess. You hang out with the powers that be and your kids attend the same prep schools as those you purport to investigate. Hey, why don't you mosey on over to NPR and nap along with those who lost their way the minute they were invited to lunch at the White House. How's that golf game going? Its sad. You at one time had passion.

The Rolling Stones are an embarrassment?? One would be hard pressed to name a single musician from the genX crowd who will be remembered forty years after the fact. You say boomers are self absorbed adolescents except for those who served in Vietnam. Serve implies volition (look that up in your Oxford, which is a dictionary). Both of my brothers were sent to Nam because they were drafted(look draft up in your history book). One returned in a box at 19. We, my family,had to get out the world atlas to see where Vietnam was. Your self righteousness is staggering given the peaceful times in which you have lived and your disdain and lack of awareness of history. Five hundred thousand kids went to NAM, 58,000 did not return. 150,000 suffered serious injury. For nothing but politics. Those thousands that protested the war have been smeared by right wing republicans like yourself for thirty years in order to allow us to invade Iraq. The boomers represent the largest demographic in America. They are hardly a homogenous group. We were as divided then as now. Get yourself a Stones cd and get Robert McNamara's (Sec. of state to Johnson, that's LBJ) book on the Vietnam war if you would deign to read a book. Maybe its on a cd book you can listen to rather than have to read. You must be so proud to have made Fox news and Rush Limbaugh possible.

In Alaska you are allowed to shoot wolves from airplanes. Watch a video of this. It is pretty horrific. On the other hand the infamous "Elmendorf" pack north of Anchorage decided to roam my neighborhood last winter. Stalked and almost got my wee daschund and then my black lab. When my kids were sledding on Christmas the entire pack showed up and chased the kids and dogs into the house. There was no fear of humans. They hung around for about a month. Freaked us out. We don't own guns . The packs are so large pepper spray would be useless. I do not believe in hunting but have no answers. If anyone does please let me know.