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What is a person to do? I having been perusing the various postings about events in the world from oil to politics to global warming to elections to etc., etc., etc. I am going crazy. The massive amounts of stupidity being exhibited by the vast majority of people in the world is beginning to drive me out of my mind. The only solution I can think of is to quit reading the newspapers, watching tv, and giving up forums such as Free Republic. Where has the intelligence gone or are we actually witnessing the coming of the Messiah AKA Aliboma?

Barack Obama seems to know as much about movies as he does foreign policy: [Obama] did express curiosity about the filming of a chase scene in “North by Northwest,” Alfred Hitchcock’s 1959 classic starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint that included a death-defying scramble over Rushmore’s presidential faces. “How did they get up there in the first place?” he asked ranger Wesley Jensen. “They didn’t. It was a movie set,” Jensen told him. Methinks the park ranger deserves a merit award for not using the word, “duh.” Five Feet of Fury has other Obama questions about the movies:...

There are a few things in this world that thieves need to keep in mind in order to run a successful criminal operation. For example, don't take the cash you just stole from one bank to another bank down the street to have it deposited into your account. Don't steal someone's MacBook and take it to the Apple Store Genius Bar the next day to get help with OS X. And finally, don't steal a drivers' license printer from the DMV, only to call up the manufacturer the next day looking for drivers. That's one tip that 33-year-old Missouri resident...

Education The public education situation in this country has become a chronic example of wasteful and ineffective government spending. It is a travesty that we have to relinquish our tax dollars to under-educate and indoctrinate our children. The public school system’s standards are so low that we have high school students who literally cannot read. The majority of the public school students have no idea about world events, government, geography, history, or grammar. On the flip-side, their knowledge of modern pop-culture is amazing.The Republican idea of vouchers lends a solution to the failed school system. This idea has been fought...

I am so tried of these movie stars showing up only at slect death row hearings tokie williams etc. that is fine that they oppose the death penalty but they only show up to further their carreer and at big names in the news small cases they are no where to be found.Sounds like a bunch of phonies to me and what are we to base their opionons on ours for?

THE contestents believe that they are taking one giant leap as space tourists.But their shuttle is a Hollywood prop and its inhabitants are set to become victims of one of the most elaborate hoaxes in the history of television, according to the makers of a new reality TV series.

TSA Does Not Allow Military Personnel to Get Off the Plane at SFO Source: kcbs Publication date: 2005-03-17 (KCBS) - Military personnel returning from Afghanistan did not get a warm welcome when they touched down in San Francisco. KCBS reporter Margie Shafer learned that soldiers fighting the war on terror were not allowed to disembark this week, because of security concerns. The soldiers landed on a chartered ATA aircraft, but were forced to remain on the plane for three hours, while it refueled. "There are some security issues involved here. They have weapons," said Ed Gomez with the Transportation Security...

ARTICLE 19 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 1. Atheists disqualified from holding office or testifying as witness. No person who denies the being of a God shall hold any office in the civil departments of this State, nor be competent to testify as a witness in any court.  

I'm posting this topic in an effort to try to get a grip on the insanity that plagues this country. Generally speaking, I know the reasons, but it is without logic why our country continues to spiral out of control towards oblivion in regards to political, social, and cultural traits. Thus, without further ado, I will try to explain some of the many examples. In regard to politics, how can our politicians continue to promote policies that expand government control. Furthermore, how can they neglect to get involved in those areas that are constitutionally given? Not only that, but how ...

XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN JAN 05, 2003 19:25:38 ET XXXXX WHITE HOUSE ANGER AT BOOK BY BUSH 'AXIS OF EVIL' SPEECHWRITER; CONCERN MEDIA TOUR WILL MUDDLE MESSAGE; FRUM DESCRIBES PRESIDENT AS 'TART' **World Exclusive** Former Bush speechwriter David Frum -- credited with the phrase 'Axis of Evil' -- has infuriated top officials at the White House with his controversial new book, the first insider account of the W. Bush Administration, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Frum helped make international headlines when President Bush's 2002 State of the Union address linked international terrorists to Iran, Iraq and North Korea. But...

MOBY BATTERED BY EMINEM FANS: Chart superstar Moby was rushed to hospital after being beaten up - by two thugs believed to be Eminem fans......developing....

Jimmy Carter offers to mediate peace talks between Israel and Palestinians... developing...