The reference to giving unto Caesar etc.may have had to do with Jesus not wanting his followers to give the church Roman coinage. On Roman coins theere was the head of Caesar Augustus with the words, "the son of heaven". W.

The German workers have strong unions! Unions do not want to kill the golden egg laying goose, and it was not unions that made so many Buicks have 195hp 3.8L V6 engines with pushrod technology and made it very ahrd to compete with Hyundai's 263 hp DOHC V6 in a somewhat cheaper car with better gas mileage. There was so much stupid mismanagement that teh collapse of GM and Chysler was not surprising; what was surprising was the survival of Ford with no government help. W. at the highest levels og GM, Chysler, and Ford

Pres. Obama has repeatedly expressed frustration at not being able to bring down unemployment. He had three speeches prepared when the SEALs took out Osama -- the one he gave, one in case Osama was not found, and a third in which he would have apologized in case the raid turned into a disaster with many of the SEALs klled or captured. He takes responsibility far better than many other Presidents have done. w.

Good for you, Andrew. YOu got him! W.

Tet was in terms of numbers killed a defeat for the VC and NVA, but USA also showed how we were winning the war with "body counts" which were not really relevant since the enemy was willing to endure these losses indefinitely while USA had its home front problems with losses which were a fraction of those we inflicted. w.

Americans who invested in Japan four or five years after WWII ended made out like bandits. An investment in the micro car manufacturer, Toyopet, multiplied their investments by several thousand percent when it changed its name to Toyota, and investors in the first Japan-specific mutual fund also multiplied their investment by several thousand percent. Why shouldn't Americans invest in Japan, or China, or Vietnam? w.

The government was all too happy to get our service, but it made it the business of the VA to deny help to those of us who had PTSD or other sorts of psychiatric problems. If I hadn't had my job at the Post Office from which I was drafted and was able to return to after I got out of the hospital and discharged I am certain I would have ended up homeless, probably hospitalized or imprisoned, and long dead. I am too upset to continue. It was forty-four years ago, and I still can't get over it. W.