Perhaps you are referring to the 2008 lawsuit by Alan Keyes which was dismissed for lack of standing. Alan Keyes is the best the Republicans can do? I was thinking more along the lines of the big guns from the Bush administration. Such a lawsuit would not have been dismissed especially if former attorney general Ashcroft joined in.

The democrats actually brought a lawsuit against McCain questioning his eligibility to be president and forcing him to prove it before a judge. Why didn't the conservative establishment bring a similar case against Obama before he was ever nominated or elected? Now they have whined and complained about it for 4 years, accomplishing nothing but making themselves look foolish.

Those tanks and guns are actually pretty useful. BTW, how many aircraft carriers do the Arabs have? Nasty rhetoric and invoking Allah hasn't won a war yet.

be allowed to fail. And that means that you and I pick up the tab to rescue them. They take risky bets. They collect the cash when they win, and when they lose big, we cover the loss. Yes, Mr Calabria, some regulation is needed. Banks are not casinos.

Bush's Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson was an ideologue quite a bit like Mr Calabria. When the 2008 banking crash hit, he was determined to use a private money solution. Since no one was lending, Lehman Brothers, the weakest of the investment banks, soon found itself on the edge on bankruptcy. Paulson made a gutsy decision and let Lehman go bankrupt. The next day the stock market crashed and all the investment banks were on the verge of collapse. The banks were too interconnected to withstand the collapse of one bank. That is the essense of "too big to fail". As long as the large institution are playing casino capitalism and are using exotic instruments that spread risk around the world and to many different companies, they cannot

It should be noted in your Nixon example that he sent munitions to Israel, not American troops.

It is unlikely that Iran would hit America with anything nuclear. The leadership and the population of Iran know that the American nuclear retaliation from their submarines would complete destroy Iran. It would look like a much bigger version of Hiroshima. What would be Iran's incentive to invite their own immolation? Israel might jump in and destroy the Arab world. They have the firepower. This strikes me as a strategic blunder that Iran is unlikely to make.

We need to be careful about attacking Iran. Most wars have unexpected consequences, but with Iran they are more severe. - One oil tanker sunk in the Straits of Hormuz could close the entire waterway. Most of the world's oil travels through there. - What if Iran launches a series of devastating terrorist attacks on American soil? Hundreds or thousands may die. America would be obligated to launch a fullscale invastion of Iran. - What if Russia or Turkey enter the war on Iran's side? - What if Israel is attacked by all Arab nations simultaneously? We would be obligated to fight on Israel's side against the Arabs. What happens to the world's oil supply then? There are many reasons to resist fear mongering and think this through.

I don't expect China to get in the middle of a diplomatic row between Jamaica and The Caymen Islands. Why should America care if China disagrees with The Phillapines or Taiwan over various issues. The South China Seas is China's backyard. As long as they are following international norms for dispute resolution, we should stay out of it completely.

A good thought experiment would be to show 10 real story headlines to a large number of average TV viewers and have them rate which stories are most and least interesting. I am guessing "Catholic Church Sues US Government" would be at the bottom of the least interesting list. I do not believe the news media is bias. They are constantly try to figure out what their customers will find interesting. Their bias is usually towards sensationalism and titalation. They could care less if Obama likes them or not. Like all corporations, they are trying to please the customer and the shareholder. If you don't believe that, you're not much of a capitalist.