Sarah Palin is an idiot who seems to get her jawbone moving over everything.  Her opinion is irrelevant. If the President and the Turkish PM are getting wet, then the Marines can hold umbrellas.  They are the Presidential Detail.  Their job is to protect and do the bidding of the President.  Trying to turn this into a ...more

It isn't capitalism that is evil.  It is the individual who places profit above people.  Unfortunately, when you create huge, monolithic structures called international corporations, you create a situation where the individual can easily deny responsibility and culpability because he is so far removed from the harm he ...more

The love of money is the root of all evil.  So goes the wisdom of the ages.  Capitalism is not, in and of itself, evil.  It is unregulated capitalism that is evil.  It is removing moral responsibility from the equation that gives individuals the ability to say, "Everyone else is doing it."  If the evil being done is a ...more

For several centuries the rule of the day was that colleges and universities were for whites only.  In response, black colleges were started.  Today, there are only a few black colleges, and they admit whites.  There are very few white applicants.  If you go back in our history, the ruling white class had rules to ke...more

Karl Rove wasn't available.

Nikki Minaj is a train wreck.  Her speaking voice is one long nasal whine and somehow, every one of her comments on a performance ends up being about her.  I have quit watching the show because of her.  Urban and Carey are two talented artists, but both seem reluctant to get tough with contestants and I don't find most...more

What is most likely to give you a long life?  Begin with good genetics.  Avoid those things that are likely to shorten your life, such as smoking, obesity,excessive drinking and drug taking, stress, etc.  Learn to live in the moment.  Find an activity that puts you in a zen place, be it gardening, running, fishing or w...more

Jimmy Carter gets the trust award because his actions have always reflected his words.  There is no disconnect.  He says he is a Christian, but it is his selflessness and his devotion to lifting others up out of poverty and illness that proves his Christianity.  I don't normally trust people who wave their Christianity...more

If anyone wants to know what's wrong with the GOP, all they have to do is look at who speaks for them.  Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann, Akins, etc.  It is a case of the attention hungry idiots speaking to the brain deprived fools.  If this is truly what the GOP has become, and if this is representative of the base, the...more