The intent is good but alas it has a big gaping hole that a truck can drive through. This is how the quote should be: "The Constitution is clear and unambiguous, there can be no resort to construction to attribute to the founders a purpose or intent not manifest in its letter."

What a great quote - I love that man - Plato did well to produce such a brilliant student. And, was tutor to the greatest General that has ever lived, Alexander The Great; which kind of disproves the Armies "DADT" stupid and ignorant policy.

Yes, this is one law the US did not copy from Great Britain, much to their chagrin - vote of confidence that can oust the Prime Minister

True, but there is even a greater evil - when the majority abuse the minority

Sorry I couldn't wait to get in...

Beware of those that pretend to be advocates of the disadvantaged as they will report you to the government for complaining. Or, worse, they have access to the complaint files so they know who the troublemakers are - a precursor to 1984 and the curse of today.

And we will remain so. When you live a processed life you will have a processed government processed by corporations - the BIG MAC - we are what we eat.

Wow! what foresight - yes, yes, yes, the more debt we have the more money is made of the debt great quote - by the way it is inverted comment that provides the lesson.

A good quote but not all true - he should have added the word many - ...many intellectuals... like he does ...many Western intellectuals... The quote also lacks the positive side of intellectuals' thoughts on intellectual freedom. Vedapushpa, I would say your fellow countrymen who are Rotarian's would have a different answer.

Yep!

And that is coming to an end. We need to end the way we are being governed - the people need to take back their sovereignty, their liberty, their life. We need to end this rampant escalation of corporate dominance and end our disastrous foreign policy. We need the blacklist Blackwater; we need to totally do away with ANY form of contributions to politicians either by lobbyists, corporations or individuals; we need to cut the military budget in half; we need to disband the CIA and the FR; we need to go back to voting on paper; we need to get out of other countries; we need to increase spending on education; we need Universal health care; we need to provide jobs for the unemployed like rebuilding Americas infrastructure; we need to get back to a manufacturing based economy; we need to stop religious tax exempt organizations who are politically active; and above all, we need leaders that are ethical and don't give %$@* about being threatened by our military and corporate America.

P.S. and the republicans are better - give me a break - they too were not ruled by their President.

I love that line "...to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters,..." Yes, the media and government have become quite apt in playing this tune. What is truth and what are lies - are lies turned into truths and truths turned into lies - on what side will history record this malady of an age. What is the real truth? Is it that Kennedy was assassinated by the CIA or some crazy Cuban or did Richard lll rush to the tower to kill or save the two young Princes'. Did Bush and Blair know Iraq had no WMD before invading another sovereign state? And Mike, please don't give Obama and co. so much credit this isn't their doing.

Tell that to the White House... and their boss, the CIA

Mike, O Mike, you still don't get it! the one thing that Atheists and what you call other philosophies study religion more than those who are religious and there is good reason for this. The one thing that all educationalists would agree on and that is religion inhibits growth of the mind. Another mistake you make is that man is by his nature religious - I'm afraid its the opposite. To be religious is a learned trait - - please don't you see that... You are most naive to think that only religious people are caring most Atheists I know do ten times more good for society than most others. Mike, I agree that there are evils in in forms of society both religious and non-religious.

Correct the intent not the words

A match made in heaven! Happy Thanksgiving

Hence the increase in government and military personnel - our economy will soon be based on 100% turnover of government employment. Though I am still for Universal Health Care it's now the only worth while thing we can do for humanity, that and do away with property tax.

Perfect! you should see his youtube, brilliant!. Good health to all and a Happy thanksgiving

You will always have beggars even when all is wealthy. In actually fact its the rich beggars that are b*^g#@%

Yes, we have turned over our wealth to the state - not just monetary wealth but also the wealth of our conscience. We must again insist on limiting the state and above all our military machine and corporate monopolies. We must IMMEDIATELY stop funding politician's campaign chests. Only then do we have a chance to recover this nation. If not all hell will break loose.

They are one of the same

P'.s. Mike you must understand the difference between opinion and education - I can educate those wishing to be educated but never those who wish not to be educated. Education is all about understanding the student without opinion or religious beliefs - God does not make the Law either through nature or through the Bible - the law of nature is the law of nature and God has nothing to do with it. How dare you presume your child is also religious without first the exploration of ideas and philosophies.

Mike, I'm sorry you don't understand. I never laugh at a persons serious comment, it is rude. But, I suppose that's your way.

Archer, good point. But, I'm afraid it doesn't wash because most of your example do not provide a power above yourself. Yes the Upanishads were before the bible even before Buddha they are derived from the Vedic traditions and they go back 4000 years. Especially the verse about "doing unto others" - you see they even plagiarized in those days.