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• Three Cavemen Are Running for President

  Mon May 7, 2007
  • Whether they believe in evolution or not is irrelevent. The issue should be whether their personal beliefs will interfere with their role as President. Ron Paul, for example, thinks that gay marriage and abortion are wrong. He also thinks that it's none of his or the government's business.

• Virgil Goode (R-VA): Without Surge, U.S. Money May Soon Say "In Muhammad We Trust"

  Fri Feb 16, 2007
  • I agree that he's very irrational and is among some of the worst people in Congress—but it's not a crime to have unpopular beliefs, even if they're racist beliefs.

• Who Made the 'Put' Options the Days Prior to 9/11?

  Thu Jan 25, 2007
  • One individual that may have had prior knowledge of 9/11—indeed, the FBI has even suggested it—is Amr "Anthony" Elgindy, an Egyptian-born stock trader from San Diego.

• Watergate Figure E. Howard Hunt Dies

  Tue Jan 23, 2007
  • Last week there were articles about him alleging Lyndon Johnson orchestrated JFK's assassination, and this week he dies. Interesting!

• Holocaust Deniers' Meeting Spurs Outrage

  Tue Dec 12, 2006
  • This is one reason freedom of speech is great. When nuts can speak freely about their beliefs, it exposes them for what they really are. I'm really opposed to the ban on holocaust denial in parts of Europe, even though I also think it's ridiculously stupid to deny the holocaust took place.

• Quebec school bans cellphones after YouTube video

  Fri Nov 24, 2006
  • If the students did plan in advance to provoke the teacher into that reaction so they could film it, then that's wrong and they should be individually punished (though not harshly) but it's not a proper response to ban all cameras—and other electronic devices.

• A Parting Shot From George Allen - New York Times

  Wed Nov 22, 2006
  • It's fairly clear that the Second Amendment's intent is for the citizens to bear arms AND for there to be regulated militias. The Founding Fathers intended the Second Amendment to be in place as the last defense against a tyrannical government. The Second Amendment:

• House Democrat Wants Draft Reinstated

  Sun Nov 19, 2006
  • Reinstating the draft would destroy the Democrats' chance of winning again in the forseeable future. Except in cases of actual national defense—that is, stopping an invading force inside the United States—I don't think a draft should ever be allowed again.

• Global Hawk to Fly 1st Mission Over U.S.

  Sun Nov 19, 2006
  • It may be the first Global Hawk mission over the US, but Predators are becoming fairly common, at least down along the border. Arizona crashed their first Predator earlier this year and just got a second one.

• UCLA Student Tasered by Police for not showing ID

  Thu Nov 16, 2006
  • They were real police, not security guards. The security guards left and returned with the police, at which point Tabatabainejad already leaving.