If you do indeed live in San Antonio and know the Alamo, you know that the flags of a number of states are on display in the chapel, representing the men who chose to take their stand with Col Travis. Make no mistake, it was an American's fight in the best sense of the term.

So the Sermon on the Mount was directed toward gay men and women and not toward followers of Jesus Christ. Don't quote the Bible, you just embarrass yourself.

So Obama "inherited" the economy (by the way, when you inherit something, by definition it becomes yours)....but he took out Osama bin Laden all by his lonesome.

Two percent unemployment where, in dot.com land?

Yep, just like the Social Security that I paid into all these years is going to be there for me when I retire....and I'll have Medicare to take care of me when my health starts to slide. Just close your eyes, click your ruby slippers together, wish it and it will be so.

That's a tough one, I've always been conflicted about Nixon because of his political pragmatism and the complexity of his personality...he pulled off some amazing accomplishments (I still remember my jaw dropping when I heard of his China trip). But then he gave us the EPA, the Dept of Education, the national 55 mph speed limit...not exactly a model conservative. But I rejoiced when he beat Humphrey and McGovern, and Watrergate notwithstanding, he was 100x a better president than either one of them would have been. And compared to what we have in the White House now, he was a regular George Washington.

It's like you or me saying "well, I took a salray cut and I've maxed out all my credit cards, BUT I've only increased my household spending by 10% this year instead of 20%! I'm economically responsible!"

"Spending growth under Obama is lower than his predecessors...?" So in other words, he's still increasing spending even though the money isn't there....and you call US economically illiterate?!

Life is actually not all that complex until we try to rationalize everything. This whole debate comes down to a very simple question: Is a fetus a human being or not? --If it is, then no one has a right to arbitrarily take its life. --If it is not, then what's the big deal? It would be like debating whether a woman should have a cyst removed or get a nose job. The issue of whether a pregnancy was planned or wanted or whether a baby can be taken care of is irrelevant once this question is answered.

I'm not a veteran myself, but I've never talked to anyone, from those of my granddad's generation who fought in World War I to those who served in the Gulf Wars, who "seem to have no trouble" with killing people. They did it because they had to, and there was no time to determine if the man they were killing was a fanatical Samurai wannabe or an unfortunate conscript who would just as soon have stayed at home.