I doubt that I'm the only American soul who doesn't want any religious nonsense clouding what pass for the thought processes of our universally-despised, corrupt, ineffectual, greedy politicians.

It gives them cover for their ridiculous misdeeds. Wailing and snake-handling idiots. Organized religion exists to control the largest swath of people it can snare. Monotheism narrowed the product line so, like the USA, you have a choice of Coke or Pepsi -- that's freedom!

Mankind overall would do well to leave religion behind, Presidential candidates first and foremost. Do they really believe they have an invisible friend in the sky, and that their just, all-loving God will condemn them to hell forever if they don't love him?

Insanity.

I took my ten-year old to the local mall, since she'd never seen one. I was surprised and disappointed at the crappy shops that populated the mall: pseudo-skate shops (urban look corporate clothing for the suburban tween), ancient chain stores like Sears, where America used to shop, overpriced clothing stores, trinket shops, et cetera.

I hadn't been to a mall since the Internet made them obsolete. It makes more sense to find the best price and shipping on the web rather than go through a Grand Mal ordeal.

A mall is like a large feeding tube for comatose shoppers. I'm not sure I'd want to live in or near one.

Why not legalize industrial hemp and produce oil from its seeds? While we're at it hemp-based plastics (ask Henry Ford), paint and fiber could also turn a nice profit.

I understand that Quantas airlines is developing the Jatropha tree's natural oil as a replacement for aviation fuel. Neat, huh?

Oh, wait, I forgot: IT'LL NEVER WORK, IT COSTS TOO MUCH, IT CAN'T BE UPSCALED TO MEET OUR NEEDS, et cetera. Is that it?

If a group were to be formed to bribe Congress the way that Big Oil bribes/owns them now, could progress be made?

Why is industrial hemp a joke? For any reason other than Big Oil wanting to pimp petroleum instead?

Don't even get me started on renewable power sources such as solar and wind.

Addiction to petroleum is a choice.

Cmon, that's not even an appetizer. Obama ought to swab what's left of the deck of the aircraft carrier McSame caused an inferno on by "wet-starting" his aircraft.

McSame was a SHITTY pilot, a veritable North Vietnamese ace, he wrecked so many US planes.

McSame was at the BOTTOM of his class. If his father and grandfather hadn't been Naval officers it does not appear likely that McSame would have been enrolled at the Naval Academy.

POW War Hero? How about SHITTY PILOT? He didn't tuck in his arms and legs while ejecting, resulting in his injuries.

WHERE WAS JOHN MCSAME his first six months as a POW? No one seems to have seen him. No Americans, anyway.

A US President whose brain was scrubbed right down to the floorboards by Soviet KGB officials? What did they reprogram him with? Can you say Manchurian Candidate?

Come on, Senator. Pound the snot out of McSame, you are facing an uphill battle. Chop his legs out from under him with a large battle ax. Bury him. Do not be polite.

McSame is a brittle old psychopath. Too angry to be President, too old to be President. McSame was a shitty pilot. McSame was a privileged son and grandson of Naval brass and strings were pulled for him. McSame caused an inferno by being a dick and "wet-starting" his aircraft, causing ordnance to cook off and killing quite a few crew members on the USS Forrestal. But his Fortunate Son butt was off that boat before the screams of the horribly burned sailors stopped echoing.

This is a TARGET RICH ENVIRONMENT. Destroy your opponent.

A few words about retroactive prosecutions of Bush43 henchmen are in order, also. But that's just me expecting some kind of change, which will not take place. It's all business as usual.

I guess it was a "war" and not a capitalist invasion and occupation. I guess the North Vietnamese bombed Hollywood during the Academy Awards or something.

It's not like they were about to come over here.

In fact, I don't recall "war" being declared. And McSame was a shitty pilot, not a hero. He ought to have been billed for the numerous aircraft he destroyed. Not to mention the sailors and aviators he burned alive on the USS Forrestal with his rich-asshole-kid horseplay.

Oh, the false-flag attacks, right, gotcha.

How's that WTC rebuilding coming along? Still maintaining an open psychic wound on the country? Good, good... all according to plan...

An En Dash, maybe; an Em Dash, never.

Semicolons rock. As does nuance.

It's a lot of fun. Sylvester Stallone as one of the villains and David Carradine as the protagonist. Minor boobage, so God forbid any children ever see this film. We all knew that seeing boobs in media leads directly to terrorism(tm).

It sounds like the new version of the film has had all the fun drained out of it and an off-the-shell gritty, grimy look applied. With pretty cardboard players. How nice. I'll bump it up to the top of my Netflix queue. Not.