for writing about this.

How come people aren't more upset about this? This has been a problem for a long time.

Yet people get so upset about the AIG bonuses. At least that is legal. Tax evasion is not.

Unless you get away with it.

However, I'm still not convinced that everybody gets it, the fact that the AIG bonuses are just a minor symptom of a much greater disease.

This is not something that can be cured by simply taxing bonuses. Perhaps a depression, that purges the system, may be the best thing in the long run.

when i was a kid. But my eyesight was not good enough, so I gave it up. Maybe that was a good thing.

Eventually I got my private pilots license, decades later.

Let me tell you, flying is a lot harder than driving, partly because you have to think in three dimensions. And there is a lot more multitasking going on, and much greater consequences for mistakes.

But yeah, my 16 month old now looks up and says "plane" whenever he hears a plane going over. I gotta get him into finance.

He just exposed himself more than the original critique.

Its an infomercial if you're selling something. Doesn't matter if its a legitimate product.

In this case they are selling snake oil, though.

its no secret.

By the time I get here, there's already 300 some posts.

Anyway, what they said.

for making me eat crow. Ok, maybe you were right about Obama. But just wait until next time.

I'm telling you, in eight years we're gonna elect someone who will change things.

Ah, whatever. If I was in Obama's shoes, I'd probably be just as two-faced.

Hell, i'm sure of it.

You will save at least $600 per year. And you'll feel more relaxed.

We've been cable-free for 2 months.

Its awesome.

Precisely. People come to a conclusion based on politics, and then use religion (or something else) to justify it.

In fact, the word "religion" may be a bit broad, better "religious dogma".

There are a lot of questions:

Do people who are religious fanatics have a higher need for identity? Or are they simply not having their needs met in other ways?

What are the results of beliefs based on dogma? Does it lead to breakdowns in thought processes everywhere?

Are certain American dogmatic beliefs also dangerous? E.g.

1) The free market can solve all problems, and has an innate intelligence.

2) Freedom and liberty are great. The military is all about protecting freedom.

3) The U.S. is the greatest country in the world.

Believing the holocaust never happened is nutty.

So is believing that the Eucharist is the ACTUAL body of Christ.

So is believing that Jesus ROSE into the sky.

But the reason the holocaust is so important is that it is being used as a political tool to justify wars and killing.

The Holocaust was genocide.

Why is it now used to justify more genocide?

People don't mind this, because in the post 9/11 mentality, they will allow the government to get away with almost everything.

I've always said that we are lucky Bush isn't a particularly clever or malicious guy. Because he could easily have turned the U.S. into a fascist state. In fact, he got pretty far just stumbling along.

But now the door has been opened. Why should Obama shut it?

The damage done by 9/11 runs much deeper than a couple of buildings.

"So, in that sense, there is certain right-wing consensus in Israel, and this is, in my opinion, a result of international community policy which made Israel feel that it has impunity and is unaccountable to the world community and irresponsible towards international law"

This is quite the understated quote.

The truth is that America has supported, financially and politically, genocide of thousands, to the point where even Israel glibly refers to the possibility of a "shoah" (Holocaust) against the Palestinians.

Killing Arabs is now a national pastime.

"There hasn't been a terrorist attack in the United States since September 11. Therefore, George Bush's policies kept the American people safe."

Are you kidding me? Thousands of Americans have been killed since 9/11 by terrorist attacks. Many thousands more have been injured.

Or aren't the U.S. military considered "Americans"?

I don't want to go into the irreparable harm done economically by the "War on Terror".

Am I missing something here?

Have americans really been kept "safe"? By any but the most narrow of definitions?

Daschle is an archetype - a chrome-plated example of the corrupt Washington politician.

If washington did not exist, he would either be leading some radical congregation in Texas, or maybe selling used cars.

Obama talked about using a razor, in this case he needs to use a cauterizer. If you do not burn off these cancerous growths, they will keep metastasizing.

It may surprise some people to know that Egyptians, also, have a racist view of the Palestinians. They view them as "dirty" and frankly, don't want them coming into Egypt.

People think that because Palestinians are Muslims and Arabs that Egypt will welcome them with open arms. Hardly. Egypt is quite a poor country nowadays, and their gov't wants to keep whatever aid they are getting from the U.S. The common people can go to hell.

Racism is not about races of people, it is about power and subjugating others to try to elevate yourself. The U.S. has some experience in this area..

Catholics also believe that Jews will burn in hell for all eternity, because they deny Jesus is God.

So I wouldn't get your panties in a wad about a little holocaust denial. That's the least of your problems.

All Catholics know that Jews are just a placeholder in Israel. Until Jesus returns and cleans that place up.

You did go to Sunday school, didn't you?

at least for me.