How many were surprised, as I was, to learn that "Earth Day" was originally set to celebrate the 100th birthday of that paragon of liberty, Lenin?

Mr. Ransom, you are a delight in an otherwise drab and dreary day . . . each and every day! There's just one thing that puzzles me about every writer who seem to believe that Obama just doesn't get it. You, of all people, Mr. Ransom, with your background in economy and finance, know better than most that he gets it big time! Certainly, it's difficult for the average voter to understand that his agenda is to bring this once prosperous country to it's knees so that we can all be taught a lesson for our pride. Pride in our individuality, pride in our heritage and pride in our standing as the leader of the free world. He and his puppet master, George Soros, are systematically wrecking everything dear to us just as fast as they can!

OK, I didn't want to sound like a name-dropper, but I know Clint Eastwood. There isn't enough money to make him do an Obama ad!

Popham, thank you for affirming my opinion!

OK, Call me Pollyanna, (I know, someone will post, "Hi, Pollyanna. . . . ) but I didn't take the pitch for more money but for a renewed and better effort. In my humble (and Pollyannic?) opinion, it could even be seen almost as an apology from Chrysler and a pledge for better management in the future. But then, I liked George W!

Is it possible that I am the only one on this chain old enough to see the comparison of Bohama and his minions of 'fawning followers' to Mack Sennett and the Keystone Kops? Surely, there was some divine guidance, in the naming of this oil rich area, as a warning! for those us who have not fallen for the 'Anointed One's' antics.

This is my first time , so please be gentle

Why, does the Fair Tax engender such lunatic fringe negativity? Anyone "with a third grade education" should be able to understand the simplicity of this bill. Try reading it for yourself, Mr. Bushman, instead of parroting those who have a genuine interest in killing it; the career politicians whose vote-buying capabilities will be stopped dead! Or is that "M. L. Bushman" your nom de plume, Rep. Schultz?

You go, John! When man devises a way to stop a deadly hurricane like Irene in it's tracks I will become a believer in climate control! Until then, and only then, any talk of man causing climate problems with his puny carbon emissions is pure drivel.

You're on the right track, Foolkiller. But, it will be Sarah and Alan in 2012 and the White House in 2013. "Write it down on a piece of paper and put it in your pocket."