...is not a Christian government. But the populace while not made up of solely Judeo-Christians is by far primarily Judeo-Christian.

So as usual both liberals and conservatives manage to get it wrong. Liberals because they believe they can ignore the overwhelming Judeo-Chritians majority and conservtives because they think a nation made up primarily of Judeo-Christians means the system of government is judeo-Christian. The Consititution was set up explicitly so the government remains non-denominational - mostly so as to guarantee freedom of religion - which many conservatives ironically do not get.

So also as usual the conservatives wrong view is the more dangerous one.

Pistols at 20 yards.

Coleman wouldn't show.

An excellent summation of what happened, not so good about why and how it was allowed to happen. That would require explaining why all the dumbos in Washington should not be fired, including himself, who if I remember was a Senator the last two years of a democratic majority in Congress before this mess came to a head.

Also his solutions to building our economy on "rock" as in his Bibilical reference, is a nice list of to-dos but does not substantially steer away from building an economy on precarious financial sands.

Flipping the argument of the excessive tax burden on the rich is a better picture of what is going on.

A very small number of taxpayers -- the 10% of the country that makes more than $92,400 a year -- earn more than 40% of the nation's pre-tax income..."

I might add the remaining 90% then have to scrabble for the remaining 60%. Put another way, the top 10% average 6 times the income of the bottom 90%. And for the top 5% the number is worse.

But taxes and wealth distribution are seperate issues. Honestly with the wealth discrepency as it is now I do not know how society functions at all, but I do not believe taxes are a way to correct that. Tax burdens used for political and "society shaping" are generally stupid, immoral, and at best corrupt. Just look at the cigarette taxes to fund health programs. A regressive tax that depends on people continuing unhealthy behaviour to provide health care funding. Right.

Flat tax. For everyone. No deductions, no exceptions, no adjusted income, pre-tax income, basically ZERO rules and regulations, nothing except one rate. So with a tax rate of 15%, if you make one dollar in income you pay 15 cents. If you make 100 million you pay 15 million. Tax returns would take about 5 minutes to complete and government corruption by taxation at least, is eliminated.

...to this event as a presidential or US foreign policy incident, positivily or negatively is a mistake.

For the haters, the pirates have no political aspirations, they were not "testing" the USA, they are extortionists looking to make a buck. For the fawners, Obama did not win his first "military" victory.

The pirates lost this one, along with a few others involving the french and India. However the high rewards, still remain worth the high risks. I don't see anyone claiming the pirates are reducing the rate of their activities due to this incident.

Alex is right, politically this is a sum of ZERO.

What can be given alot of importance and attention is the bravery and heroism of the captain and the patience and flawless execution by law enforcement and the military.

...has been kissing Saudi Arabia ass for a while now, something to do with oil I hear. I guess the issue is that Obama publicly demonstrated Americas willingness to continue to kiss Saudi ass.

Sure rail against the right wing nuts and freaks who make this an act somewhere beyond baby-killing, but saying he did not bow is an act of Orwellian absurdity. Bowing is leaning? Bowing is a two fisted shake? War is peace. Slavery is freedom. etc

The pictures are clear, the video is clear, he bowed. Look at the picture accompanying this article, look at every single man in that picture, look at Obama. If you continue to need to say he did not bow, get help.

So you'd think that would exclude him from many of the more extreme Christian denominations. Go figure.

Jesus became a Christian some time after his death when a Roman general got converted. The reasoning I am guessing is that if an old white guy non-jew can convert to a Jewish sect, it's not jewish anymore, ipso-facto Jesus is not a jew but a Christian. The magic of religious reasoning, almost as absurd as political reasoning.

So anyways is Obama going to celebrate all the major religious traditions of the world or just judeo-christian ones? Personally I'd like to see them have a yagna from the Hindu tradition - start up a big sacrificial fire and start throwing randomly selected politicians into the fire as an offering to the political Gods.

How many millionaires in Obamas administration?

Ok never mind, forgot that only millioniare progressives could bring the poor, the uneducated, the lost, and the victims to salvation by the state while they unselfishly make themselves millions in their holy mission on behalf of the state.

Hallelujah!

Bad art is bad art regardless if it is shock art or not.

But who wants to debate the artistic value of Eminems video when liberals obsession with Sarah Palin is far more facinating.

I see the denigrating remarks about her children have already started.