that's a very poor analogy...

Did the drunken bus driver, who killed the 30 kids, also get a medal?

What is wrong with your country??

Congratulations, you're currently ahead in the "Stupidest Post on the Page" competition! Unless Lyonscj continues to spectacularly miss the point of the original article, I reckon you might hold on to win this onw

(And that's on a page where GLR has already enlightened us with his particular strain of ignorance... Seriously, GLR, Prairiefire's post was referring to Israel, not Jews. I know its a slippery concept, but concentrate really hard and hold your breath for, oooh, 15 minutes or so, and you might begin to grasp it)

Please, continue...

Ambon 77 - thanks for an illuminating post. A brilliant example of why churning through this occasionally turgid guff is always worth it in the end.

GLR - Brilliant in its own way, cuttingly accurate.

Kateliz - you're scarily misinformed about so many things, I wouldn't know where to start.

Jhonick - You should probably read furtail's subsequent posts, and think just a little bit more carefully, before completely and utterly missing the point.

Sheesh! Some people, eh?

BTW, Mikelx. Your pithy response to Farragut's usual drivel seems to have done the trick. Nice work, sir!

At least when Blair was elected, the inevitable crushing disappointment wasn't so instant.

Please try to take some consolation in the fact that your political dramas are so much more tragic than ours.

After all, Blair's first tarnishing was in accepting a paltry £1 million in a brown envelope from a diminutive billionaire sporting tycoon. Of course, it was only when a certain The Vice President needed a brighter, more coherent and plausible front man for his own nefarious schemes, that Blair's downfall turned dramatic...

Whether Obama is simply the newer, fresher face of the same old Administration behind-the-scenes, I leave for others more qualified than I to decide.

Couldn't have put it better myself.

apologies for dropping the C-bomb.

LondonLad has a point.

You are a cunt.

Nooooo! You responded to him! Don't you know he's a serial WUM?

F*ck off, you dumb, ignorant bastard.

Are you sure they aren't giant lichens?

here's a particularly apposite quote -

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."

Albert Einstein

I'm only here for the entertainment.

Please, carry on. You're thrillingly ignorant.

Here comes another one! Ah, Salon, you're spoiling me.

Like a Victorian guiltily visiting the freakshow, I know I shouldn't, but it just makes me feel so damned superior...

Its late, and I should be going to bed, but I just can't get enough of your comedic genius.

More! More!

I always enjoy threads on topics like these - creationism/evolution, atheism/faith-based religion.

They're pure moron-bait, and while its always cheering to see further evidence of the fantastical stupidity of the religiously credulous, I must admit its a guilty pleasure...

Apologies if this has already been posted, but here's an article from today's Guardian -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/16/pakistan-torture-mi5-agent-binyam

perhaps a taste of what's to come in the States?

"Not enough space in prisons?"

I think you've made a basic mistake with that assumption.

Notwithstanding the apparent unlikelihood of criminal investigations commencing, followed by justice being served upon the perpetrators if found guilty, the fact is most of these guys are a) white, b) rich and c) "well-connected".

If they were found guilty of any crimes, do you honestly think they would serve time in the kind of prisons that are full of Hispanics, African Americans and White Trash? They would either be kept under so-called house arrest, or "spend time" in an open "prison". There's no way they'd actually get sent to a real prison (although the thought of Bush and Cheney in orange boiler suits, chained together and working on a roadside clearing gang, is one to warm the cockles of anyone's heart)

Modern America recalls nothing so much as Imperial Rome - different standards of justice and retribution are applied to individuals depending on their wealth, heritage and standing in society.

couldn't agree more.

It's probably too early to be sure, but it looks like he's been such an obvious failure as President that the usual trolls can't bring themselves on here to support him. Where's Elephantiasis?