Yeah, the tinfoil gang is out to lunch on this one, I agree. And I don’t think our aptitude (I.Q.) has changed so much, but the achievement part, Yuck! Just read some posts here…nothing more need be said. Even that isn’t rocket science to explain either. It’s just a continuation of the deterioration of virtually all aspects of our society.

You know unc, the whole thing is just so depressing. The solutions are really so simple, but like the decision to lose weight or build muscles, we KNOW what to do, but lethargy is a sinister and powerful force, and we simply don’t have the will to do it.

It’s like sitting at the bedside of a terminally ill patient, watching and knowing each day will be like yesterday, just a little bit worse.

I guess that’s why this election is so incredibly frustrating. The partisans on each side are simply not cognitively equipped to make rational, deductive decisions.

Well, ole buddy, the world will just have to wait another day or two for you and me to save it from itself. I hope these folks here appreciate what we’re doing for them.

G’nite

Big topic. I think there are a lot of reasons why our IQ is dropping and we have increasingly transistioned from citizens to consumers. Part of it is the decline in the written word and the rise of the visual media. It's also because an increasing sense of entitlement to the fruits of our Empire. Our marketing is based upon instant gratification and that happiness is found chiefly through material possessions.

I don't really put a tinfoil hat on this one. I think the laws of unintended consequences are at work, and it's just human nature to get lax and sloppy when you're at the top of the heap. Of course there are many who benefit from the current situation, but that doesn't mean they are in control or understand the likely outcome of their behavior.

Welcomerain: Gallup still shows Obama with an 8-point lead over McCain. Read it and weep.

My problem with your poll comes in because it is only a ramdom sampling of potential primate voters. What about just a regular people poll?

Are back on the march.

is as accurate a phrase as "a pitbull with lipstick."

Boy, are you an idiot. So CBS lied, and I lied through them? Did the other poll cited by another poster also lie?

You're a paranoid, delusional twerp, and your illusions are about to hit the wall like a tomato fired at a steel wall by a cannon.

The polls are real. The results are real. Only your reaction is artificial.

The next time you call someone a liar, make sure they actually lied, asshole.

..depends much upon the importance of the primate vote to the election this November.

You have a scenario where we may be able to endeavor on beyond 2001 a space odyssey, into the future of the human adventure...

or still:

We could still see a scenario where the fist flying, breast beating, conflict continues on, in that epic eternal struggle of battle and conquest for the planet of the apes...

Insert the ending to this story in your ballot box in about two months.

I thought this blog was supposed to be about issues.

Pubs don't do issues. Pubs 'catapult the propaganda'. Remember?

Pubs avoid issues like the plague because they know most voters disagree with them on the issues. Besides, McCain can't get his facts straight and Palin hasn't been told what her positions are yet.

Do you let the likes of whatever365 use such abusive and terrible language on your blog? She knows nothing about Sara Palin and where do you people get off judging anyone? Are you so perfect that you can stand in judgment of her or anyone else. I thought this blog was supposed to be about issues.

Like jeb, I'm outa here.

What about the latest news of her starting an inquiry of herself to try to derail the troopergate investigation? The media isn't talking about that nor the weird stuff about her pastor and church. She should be open game now after her snarling attack dog debut. Her whining voice makes me nauseated.

..knows that the temperature at which book paper burns is fahrenheit 451 degrees...

A woman's right to choose to work outside the home should be part of our culture, not part of the culture wars. I have never heard a discussion of a male candidate which suggested that instead of running for office, he should be at home being a better father to his children.

All true. But it still leaves us with that question: Who raised Palin's kids?

The evidence suggests Palin's kids pretty much raised themselves, what with dad working out of town most of the time and mom so busy with politics and such.

Palin is running on a 'family values' schtick that's looking to be just as phony as everything else the pubs pretend to stand for.

They should have shut down last night, after Palin's speech. Poor Lindsay Graham, I think they had to turn on the "applausometer" during his speech. Folks are just sitting there.....yawning.

Kind of like Pee Wee Herman following Elvis, or the Beatles.....lol

A handicapped infant and she ignores him. How unmotherly, uncaring, unloving. And she the brutal bigot, kills via slaughter wolves and bears. How about contraception for you and the animals.

A whore in the worst way. Sells herself for $ but pretends it's for saving the US. Get away from here you #$%^$^%$ liar. You are as intelligent as a BROOM.

U.P.I. is also reporting the 8 point lead wiped out. Further, there was something like a 10 point increase in the "strong" McCain vote.

Just saying.......like to see some more confirmation

I can think of many reasons to criticize Sarah Palin but attacking her for not staying at home with her children is the one argument that shouldn't be made. A woman's right to choose to work outside the home should be part of our culture, not part of the culture wars. I have never heard a discussion of a male candidate which suggested that instead of running for office, he should be at home being a better father to his children