Moonlight Graham

Its attitudes like these that make people want to fly airplanes into office buildings. Thank you for perpetuating this war of religions. I hope you have many children and grandchildren in your lifetime so that you may instill this wisdom upon them also. At least that made a bit of sense. But its understandable that this story is making news since there are a massive amount of people in the world, and many of whom are not terrorists, who would (and have) give(n) their own lives defending that book.

Obama's wants to "cuddle up" to Iran? Uhm no. It's called diplomacy, something the current administration knows nothing of. Bombs cost lots of money and lots of lives. Talking to your enemy costs nothing (minus a plane trip or a long-distance phone fee). Worst case scenario of talking to Iran: they throw Obama out & things procede ala status quo. A possible positive scenario is Ahmadinejad hating the U.S. slightly less. The US has invaded and occupied two large countries bordering Iran on each flank, so can anyone blame Iran for despising the US and the west, & for seeking a nuke? Would any other country do any different? So knowing the alternatives the Bush war-drums have been beating lately, the harm in talking is to Iran is what exactly?

Off the top of my head i think he, & to a lesser extent Chris Matthews, are the only people on American network news who have consistently criticized the Bush administration. I always enjoy his comments. Kudos to him, and to MSNBC for letting this stuff on-air (...after they sacked Phil Donahue). Where are the others??? Why must we rely on Comedy Central, PBS, and HBO to find some criticisms of this gov't on television?

Olberman hits the nail on the head during his May 14th MSNBC Special Comment.

Thats one of the most pessimistic things i've ever heard. There's so much suffering in this world so why bother? Gimme a break. Attitudes like this allow horrors like in Darfur, Rwanda, and the jewish holocaust to occur. Isolationism is b.s. We are all human, & man-made invisible lines shouldn't deter us from wanting to help each other. We are bound to screw up fom time to time, and we should re-examine our methods, but i'm sure the lives saved would vastly outnumber the lives taken.

Eyeball, i mostly agree with you. However, the 30b the Conservatives want to pump up the military isn't going to turn us into a bastion of humanitarian aid. Once Harper got into power he sent 1500 troops deep into a warzone in Afghanistan. He didn't send them to Darfur, or the many third world countries whose people suffer in poverty under despicable regimes & lack basic human needs and thus die by the thousands daily. No, this 30b is earmarked mostly to make us a better war machine. Yes i'm sure we'll be involved in some humanitarian crisis', but the attitude and actions of this Conservative gov't lead me to believe we'll be killing more people than we'll be saving.

Even if it is a money-saving move, is there any way in heck we'll see some sort of effort to design a replacement from the Conservatives that is more effective than CAIRS was? I think not.

The term "spiritual advisor" is so dumb to me. It sounds as if Obama is gonna have this guy in his cabinet or something. Its his freakin' priest.

Another farewell to gov't transparency and accountability by Harper & gang. Say goodbye to CAIRS:

So says USA TODAY. Probably would want to fix that. lol

If i was Hamas, or any Muslim, i'd be praying Obama wins also. They must be getting sick of old white guys bombing the crap out of their countries and engaging in political covert operations in the region for the U.S.'s own gain. I don't blame them one bit. I would argue that Obama, because of his more open diplomatic policies, his gene-line, and the colour of his skin, would be the best candidate to bring together Muslims, Jews, and the West.

Lets take Canada and the U.S. for example. The majority of their population are Christian, and their state constitutions were devised by Christians using Christian values as a rough basis for their laws. And i do not see any "In Allah We Trust" coins in circulation, or people at hockey games singing "Vishnu keep our land, glorious and free..." I think both countries, and others like them, have done a decent job of keeping their Christian traditions while also trying to be tolerable to other faiths that have immigrated in greater numbers over the decades.

This is possibly the most disgusting thing i've read in my entire life. From the BBC: What can you say about something like this??

Ok what if Obama actually believes the few controversial things his pastor has said? What if Obama was a black supremist who will rid America of white people? Does that mean he will kill his children since they are part white? Is he going to slice himself in half since he's half-white? Would he kill his mother if she were still living? And lets also imagine that Obama was a closet Muslim of great devotion. Does that mean he's going to plant terrorist attacks & kill all the evil Christians, such as his wife, children, beloved pastor, and all the Christians he's come to know personally & professionally & in his church community over the years (and spare all those Muslims he apprently hangs out with secretly at night). People who think such things, such as author of this thread, need a psychiatrist.

Why do people always debate exactly what the U.S "is". Its a liberal democracy. Its a republic. Its constitutional. Its a federation. Its lots of things. You are both right, & IMO there's no one right answer.

Yes the U.S. is a plutocracy. You can't win the White House unless you have boatloads of cash funding your campaign. I await the day until i'm proved otherwise.

Mental illness really is alarmingly abundant today. Having read on the subject, the 2 biggest factors seem to be the increasingly fast-paced and competitive society where we haven't had the time to properly adjust to these changes. Also, the moral confusion many people seem to live in today (ie: 100 years ago most everyone believed firmly in a set of principles usually set out by ones religion, whereas now many people's idea of right/wrong is all over the map). Also factored are all the external pressures of being "perfect", from everything from looks (thank you movie stars and Cosmo mags) to being "super mom" etc. And this isn't just an American thing.

The holocaust happened, but the exact numbers i think are difficult to determine and subject to debate. But really, 6 million or 10 million? Either number is disgusting do does it really even matter?

It was kinda funny though.

Tomorrow i'm going to lineup 50 people and shoot them all in the back of the head and call it "art". Maybe i'll rape some women too.

That was almost 4 years ago. It would be interesting to see a poll asking whether those who voted for Bush in 2004 regret voting for him? The fact that Bush got 2 terms doesn't mean that he has served them well. Here's a very neat site, which lists a heap of different Bush approval rating polls from seemingly all major media outlets and pollsters, going back all the way to late 2005: http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm The latest April 2008 polls from Newsweek, AP-Ipsos, and Gallup all have Bush at a 28% approval rating. That pretty much says it all. Bush is certainly going to go down in the books as a failure, but as some have said its too early to pass final judgement on his legacy. But Bush would need a Texas-sized miracle for his legacy to turn around into the "success" category. They'd have to discover a giant pit of nukes buried in Iraq with U.S. cities marked on them.

he's a shock jock. Boring, intelligent people don't get national radio shows.

most people obviously disagree.

I am convinced this is one of (again, i say "ONE OF") the key reasons for opening the doors so wide to immigrants under the Liberal watch the last few decades. The Liberals do quite well in Toronto. Coincidence?

Hurray for political backbone! I understand the reasoning though, since the Liberals aren't in any position in the polls to make much gains in an election. That said, get rid of that blubbering Dion & find a real leader worthy of my vote.