"Not all republicans are bad! Just the ones that tend to be in the spotlight."

"Gerald Celete also says "Wall street has hijacked Washington" with it's revolving door employment of ex-Goldman Sachs employees populating regulatory government positions only to more effectively funnel monies out of this…"

"Actually Ruth, it is The deceased Professor of Asian Studies Dr. Chalmers Johnson who put forth the ideas of the collapse of the costly American Military Empire and it is therefore his ideas you have no sympathy for."

"Clarence, I have no sympathy for your argument that the US government is being or has been grown beyond rational grounds. When I read details of the regulations business interests reject, like blocking ergonomic tools that would save the limbs of…"

"Anthropomorphic sentiments for the Earth on top of equating rational self interest with greed is not promoted by the writings of Ayn Rand."

"OK, I amend that to include forcible quarantine of people infected with serious communicable diseases. But I don't think that's the government enforced healthcare to which you're objecting."

"I don't disrespect her professional writing career, Clarence. Using her work to justify further enriching the 1% at the expense of Earth and everyone else is what I disrespect."

"Ruth, not only was Ayn Rand not an endorser of a particular political party, she did not have to do commercials or endorse products for income beyond her what her own creative output provided. To deride such achievement as pandering to the rich is a…"

"Fluoridation of water in Nazi Germany. Some of the Nazi citizens endured forced fluoridation, like we have here in America."

"Clarence, your claim that "Government enforced health care is just a poster child of fascism." makes no sense to me. Universal healthcare as I understand it, and which is very far from what we'd have, doesn't "enforce"…"

"Those are the best quotes I've seen in a long time."

"Interesting you should mention Ayan Rand and self absorption. I was impressed today by Naomi Klein's Capitalism vs The Climate. What makes me sad, with all of Klein's marvelous insight,  this article is insightful, is that she's…"

"The Wiki says this about Yoga:   Yoga (Sanskrit, Pāli: योग yóga) is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline, originating in ancient India.[1][2] The goal of yoga, or of the person practicing yoga, is the attainment of a state of…"

"Hahaha! That is not what I expected to read.   Frankly, I can't believe Benetton thought they could get away with that."

"I've been thinking about moving to a small local bank. It seems like the only reasonable thing to do. I haven't, though, due to my own laziness. I have several personal accounts, as well as all of my business accounts, all at the same…"