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We are the richest country in the history of the world, but at a time of massive income and wealth inequality, that reality means little to half of our people who live paycheck to paycheck, the 40 million living in poverty, the 87 million who are uninsured or underinsured, and the half million who are homeless.

45 minutes to go. If there is already a live debate thread go ahead and delete this. I understand posting a live thread has become a somewhat of a political ordeal here, when it shouldn't be. So to take the pressure off, I'm posting this anyway. Do I dare? LOL!

In his address, Mandela called President Bush arrogant and shortsighted and implied he was racist for ignoring the United Nations in his zeal to attack Iraq. Former South African President Nelson Mandela on Thursday accused President Bush of planning a "holocaust" with his Iraq policy, said U.S. and U.K. leaders were undermining the United Nations because it was headed by a black man. Mandela's comments, in which he also described British Prime Minister Tony Blair, as the U.S. "foreign minister," came at the International Women's Forum in Johannesburg. Mandela urged women of the world to "condemn the looming war America...