Donald Trump Is a Perfect Ringmaster for the GOP 2012 Circus

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Article By SALLY KOHN, Political Commentator

The GOP primary is an eight ring circus. So why shouldn’t Donald Trump play ring master for a night?

The Republican presidential candidates are doing everything they can to distract from the fact that their party’s policies put our economy in the dumpster and, if elected, they will all just do more of the disastrous same. The American voters see that the economy is, slowly but surely, getting better and backs President Obama’s plans to make it stronger while bucking at continued Republican obstructionism.

Voters and Democrats want America to succeed and can tell that Republicans–in Congress and in the campaign–only want Obama to fail, even if it means America fails, too. The dazzling side shows of the GOP primary are entertaining the voters, but they can tell the distinguish farce from the best interest of the future of our nation.

Still, with the always-entertaining Herman Cain out of the race and Newt Gingrich now trying to look more like a candidate than a curmudgeon, the clowns are running out of gags. Perfect timing for a man with implausible hair to preside over a debate with implausible political candidates.

Bring on the show! Every candidate should join in. American voters will no doubt tune in to see how many GOP candidates can fit in the clown car as they aim to drive our economy and our political system off a cliff.

Found here in U.S. News & World Report, dated December 8, 2011

Why Are Theists Angry?

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Most religious believers really can’t even attempt to defend their beliefs and so they get angry at atheists for forcing them to think. If everyone believes in God, then they can continue to live in blissful delusion, but if just one person rejects that belief then the delusion is diluted. The possibility arises that God might not exist. The more people reject the belief in a god, the more religious believers have to accept the possibility that they are wrong and that God doesn’t exist.

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Updated Version of Noam Chomsky’s “9/11” Book Takes On Bin Laden’s Death, Imperial Mentality

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Chomsky argues that the US government has done exactly what Osama bin Laden wanted it to do: Dig into a series of expensive and bloody wars in Muslim countries, draining the American economy and causing many civilian casualties. . . 9-11 is a crash course in America’s terrorism against inconvenient regimes, and a primer in the ways that those in power have misled the American public by suggesting that September 11 happened in a vacuum. . . He explains the hypocrisy of the US government’s definition of terrorism – the use of violence for political or psychological goals rather than monetary gain – in light of the fact that US government agencies have been using exactly those methods for decades, directly and indirectly.

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