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The hysteria over Obama's former pastor's attacks on America shows we're still in thrall to knee-jerk patriotism.
  • The Only Current Presidential Candidate In Objective Agreement With Rev. Wright

    It's Ron Paul! Time and time again in the debates last winter he pointed out what every 5th grader should know: people don't get angry with you unless you have offended them. The American foreign policy over the last 60 years has in multiple ways offended the religious, cultural, and political sensibilities of Middle Eastern Muslims. Without any recognition of those grievances or provisions for settling them, resentment intensified and spread.

    The neocons like Bush, Cheney, and soul-mate McCain want to settle the dispute in blood, Islamic blood. Ron Paul has advocated recognition of their grievances and the opening of a dialog leading to resolution. Of course, remember, according to the Mainstream Media, Ron Paul is some kind of whack-job, deserving to be denigrated and/or ignored. The fact is that the power elite in this country could not afford to have a president who was knowledgeable and humane. In John McCain they have the perfect brainwashed marionette for continuing their efforts to gain mastery over the world's resources and people through lies, intimidation, and violence.