I'd say today the difference is technology that is very beneficial in the short term, but can have negative long term consequences.  Usually the negative stuff appears slowly over time. But Hawking is right, we will need to leave to survive as a species...we know this planet will not last forever.

So we should get rid of all laws because by definition, criminals do not follow them???

Okay, the optimal word here is "recovery".  You may not like how Obama is handling the "recovery", but for Pete's sake, it's not his fault we have to "recover" from something in the first place!

The coolest thing about 4k2k is that it looks 3D because the picture is so clear . . . UltraHD can't get here soon enough!

Newt Gingrich's head . . . people would just think it was really him.

Typical. The party of "smaller government" has plenty of "principles" they wish to write into laws for the masses to obey, but they have no intention of following them themselves. (footnote: see Newt Gingrich)

Call me cynical ('cause I am), but I bet the next story about this tells how the lawyers of the insurance company that underwrote the policy come in and review the tape and say the ball was across the half-court line when it was released and therfore there will be no truck awarded.  Then out of "fairness" they'll negot...more

Try looking at "new spending" by each president...

Yeah, if you wanna have faith, that's fine, but to try and use logic saying something can't come from nothing, but then make an exception for God's existence, well, that's illogical.  Live long and prosper.