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These are my opinions, based on what I have seen, read, observed and extrapolated. September 11, 2001 was a conspiracy, and an insidious one. Call it luck, or coincidence, or divine will, but, the conspiracy succeeded (at least, 75% success) in its aims. Here are some of the common claims of "9/11 Truthers", and my personal thoughts about those claims: Steel melts at a higher temperature than Jet-A fuel burns. True . But drywall, paper, plastics, human beings, furniture, paint, and other materials present in those buildings burn at higher temperatures. Furthermore, the Jet-A fuel would have quickly burnt off, but it would have ignited other substances that burn at higher temperatures. Furthermore, steel weakens when exposed to heat. Anyone who has even sharpened a knife, or shot slugs into a traffic sign, or even bent a spoon with a Bic lighter knows this. Therefore, it was not necessary to actually melt the steel to weaken it, and even if that was not enough to bring down th...

In the tradition of Aaron Sorkin, John Grisham, David Simon and Bill Moyers, Writer's Guild member Seth MacFarlane contributes this heartbreaking allegory about the stakes of the current guild negotiations: The Negotiating Table on FunnyOrDie.com

On Monday, President Bush will give his (hopefully) final State of the Union address. Because of procedural and behind the scenes bullying by the Republicans, the Senate is poised to schedule the SIC-marked up FISA bill Monday, where it will hopefully be filibustered. The SIC bill grants retroactive immunity to United States telecommunications companies who, without any authorization other than Dick Cheney asking them (and I'm sure not nicely) took it upon themselves to spy on American citizens -- without a warrant . There are those who will claim, as the President surely will Monday night, that Democratic obstruction to extending FISA updates past February (which the SJC marked up bill does, by the way) will put American's in danger. The argument, according to right-wing operatives, is that if carte blanche amnesty is not fully granted without compromise then suddenly NSA collection will grind to a halt, allowing Terrorists to Slaughter Americans in America with impunity. Noth...

End the tax cuts for the rich, and for corporations. If they don't want to pay, then they don't get to profit off of our backs. End the war now. Bring the troops home tomorrow. End support of Israel, Saudi Arabia, China. End the sale of weapons to everyone, to both sides of every conflict. Tax churches. That's right, all of them. They are either religion or they are Business, they can't be both. Throw all of the bums in jail -- from Earnest Angeley to Pat Robertson, David Miscavidge to Tom Cruise to David Eicke. All of them, for fraud. No more free passes. No telecom amnesty. Amnesty for anyone who makes less than $200,000 per year who evaded taxes for the last 20 years, no questions asked. A Reproductive Rights amendment to the Constitution, barring any state from regulating a woman's uterus. A real Equal Rights Amendment, barring the states from discriminating against gays, lesbians and transsexuals, their partner rights, or their rights as parents or adoptive gua...

I don't care who you ask, " Blade Runner " is still the best cyberpunk movie ever. Fuck the " Matrix ". Anyone who thinks differently is a moron.

And so it begins: http://opposehuckabee.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page And here: http://www.taxhikemike.org/ The GOP power base does not know what to do with a man whose personal religious beliefs actually gel with the Gospel of Jesus: help for the poor, the outcast, the sick, love thy neighbor, devotion to community. A Republican? With a pro-labor, pro-child, anti-douchebag platform? This is what you get for crawling into bed with the Religious right, you sanctimonious, cynical, hypocritical scumbags. So go Huckabee! I hope you win the Republican primary. And I hope you bring down the house of cards Cheney built, and maybe save American from the prospect of war with Iran. And, if Clinton wins the Democratic Primary, I hope you win. Because I have a $70 longshot bet on that, haha.

Hello 2008. Time to eat my words .. Best of luck in the new year to you and yours! And, for your enjoyment: this is the winning-est website in 2008 .