To those who think there is no substance to Obama I encourage you to check out his website. His positions are thoughtful and substantive. The media only reports soundbites, bits of information, if you want the beef go to the ranch.

To those who think the experience to be president comes form close proximity to the Beltway, I encourage you to look at the mess inside that Beltway and reflect on how the rot is spread across our country. Abraham Lincoln's "experience" amounted to 4 terms as an Illinois state representative and a law career advancing the cause of the downtrodden. Sound familiar?

To those who think his message of "unity" is "false hope" I encourage you to think about the things that unite us, things we all agree on. If you believe that pluralism prevents "unity" then examine the statistical breakdown of Americans on the shallow left-right continuum. In America 30% call themselves "liberal" and refuse to listen to or accept a single thing said by the 30% who call themselves "conservative", even if they said it themselves only moments before, and vice versa. That leaves 40% "in the middle", the so-called independents, the true legacy of American Pragmatism (without which we wouldn't have a country). It is impossible to win an election or effectively govern without support from the Middle 40. If Obama can appeal to these voters, voters who vote with their brains rather than their ideologies, he can not only win the general election but he can govern effectively. I don't believe Clinton, given her "hate" polling numbers, can do the same.

The bottom line is that Obama is willing to say unpopular things to people and when he does he still gets a standing ovation. He appeals to "our better natures" rather than the ugly little homunculus in each of us. This is not pap, this is not gloss, this is real, as real as it gets.

This report disturbed me, in large part because of the conflicting views I discovered I have about this practice.

1) They started it. When the “other guys” use violence against our most vulnerable, while hiding behind and abusing their own most vulnerable, we could easily find ourselves resorting to similar methods. We should get some credit for the pretense of morality not targeting civilians and at least having a dialogue about the legal application.

2) Its way cool. The technology, the teamwork, the tactical skills even the creativity it takes to pull this off are geek,

3) Its pragmatic. If the choices are ground operations that walk our troops into exploding ambushes, and that is the main tactic we face, and doing the same thing with no risk to our soldiers, the calculus isn’t difficult.

4) It is absolutely chilling. The author notes the impersonal character of it all, but it’s the personalization that is by far the spookiest. Our warriors felt so impersonalized they gave their target a generic name, but one that is all-American—everyone knows a Bubba.

5) Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? How long before we hear about one of these “predator drones" flying over the US looking for a real American Bubba?

6) Its un-American. It goes against our values for procedural justice. I don’t trust these yahoos to make this kind of call.

The last three points completely override the “neat-o” and “damned straight” factors. If we haven’t already destroyed ourselves, changed ourselves forever, this will certainly hasten our demise. We cannot judged ourselves by comparing ourselves to those we condemn, and we will surely never see peace if we can't rise to an even higher moral standard.

As long as America has a free press and free speech we will have to learn to ignore the howler monkeys. The first newspapers in the Colonies were partisan newspapers who often said extremely outrageous and questionable things. It only picked up when the Republic was formed and it has not let up to this day. People of good conscience, and most Americans are, have to let the monkey howl so we all know what a stupid person looks like. We need to see their hairy, feces covered butts as they scream and spit on passersby. This is what pluaralism looks like.

The reason its so prevalent on the airwaves is because the media is biased toward one thing and one thing only, money, and if it smells it sells. But I think most Americans know better. The howler monkeys have some devoted zombies that hand on every word but these people are a small minority. The only thing we have to fear from them is when a pack of them decide it's time for revolution and they get violent. It will happen, sooner rather than later, and that will be the end of the "conservative movement" for at least a half century.

So fret not, correct 'em when they're wrong, and be sure to duck when the dittoheads take to the street.

This is absurd. I can't count the number of times I've heard Senator Obama say why he loves America and I"ve even seen him "appear misty eyed" when doing so.

Yesterday the GOP governor of Minnesota was asked if the GOP would attack Obama over Reverend Wright in the general election, to which he replied that America deserved to know if Obama shared Wright's views. But how many times has Obama answered that question?! In how much detail?

Perhaps he should get a teeshirt that says all of this and walk around all day mumbling it over and over again. Do you think any of these Serious idiots would hear it then?