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Blaming Equality Categories: U.S. Politics and Politicians, Race According to Washington Post op-ed columnist, Charles Krauthammer, if only we hadn’t forced banks to lend money to minorities in order to correct for race-based discrimination in the housing market, banks would never have entered into subprime mortgage contracts and we wouldn’t be suffering from a market collapse.

What If It Was A Three Way VP Debate October 7th, 2008 by acosmo Presidential candidate Ralph Nader has released a video that shows what it would be like if his Vice Presidential Candidate Matt Gonzalez had been allowed to participate in the VP debate last week.

Newt Gingrich lays out what Senator McCain must do right now to turn things around. In particular and to reiterate Sam’s earlier post, McCain must explain what caused our economic crisis. This is a hail mary.

Former Vice President Al Gore, unconcerned with massive media reports that methane, a gas 20-25 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, is a factor in global warming, continues to eat meat even when scientists continue to blame livestock as a major source of emissions.  Watch the

Well, there are those mystics who believe that something fantastic will occur in late August ‘12. It is to be an Awakening that will move us forward in Enlightenment.  There are others who think it means the end of the World. Since I have a metaphysical bent and love pouring over the information from all sides of the debate, I side with the former.

Jimmy Carter is the American adept at doing the religious thing. He began his campaign for president with the political announcement that he had been supposedly ‘born again’ through Jesus, and he has continued to fool the naive with the same schtick.

Someone please answer this question for me: Why in the world would anyone want people too incompetent to understand what causes motorcycle crashes to simultaneously be responsible for things like schooling, warfighting, banking, investing, housing, etc.? The steady rise in motorcycle crashes has become a top concern of the U.S.

Climate Change Committee calls for aviation in the Climate Bill Posted October 7th, 2008 by Richard Looks like some hardcore lobbying might be paying off: the influential Climate Change Committee, which is advising the Government on its climate change targets, has just announced that it wants international aviation to be included in the Climate Change Bill.

Ron Paul Speaks Out On Bail Out October 7th, 2008 by acosmo Here is video of Ron Paul speaking about the bail out bill just minutes after the bill was passed. He said we a dealing with the “actual bankruptcy of this country.” There will be benefits though.

As my readers already know, I am a great admirer of our armed forces. I have a lot of friends, currently serving as well as retired. I have also lost two very dear friends in action. I ache for them when our system gives them the short end of the stick and have tried to use this blog to convey some of their angst.