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But isn't that exactly the point? A truly free and competitive market leads very quickly to monopolies, as we ourselves found out, and the only remedy is regulation. Teddy Roosevelt (a Republican, mind you) launched over 40 lawsuits against these monopolies, precisely because their economic...

Oh, boy. I promise you, it's in there. According to our blessed founding fathers, some people only counted as three-fifths of a human being, and so you could do anything you darn well pleased to them. People didn't get equal protection until the 14th amendment, about 80 years later.

Eisenhower would have disagreed with you on this point. Here's the evidence: . Caption: The "Little Rock Nine" are escorted inside Little Rock Central High School by troops of the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army.

This is certainly possible. Right now it's almost like we're two countries. I've lived in both, and they're entirely different. They have entirely separate narratives, icons, political views... and none of those are going to change anytime soon. The two recent supreme court cases will only...

Yes. And here's another thing he said: "Madam, don't bring up your sons to detest the United States government. Recollect that we form one country now. Abandon all these local animosities, and make your sons Americans."

To be more charitable, though, and less dismissive, I think we should look to the General himself. We can all agree he was an honorable man, and a brilliant mind: . If you're skeptical, and we all have a right to be, you can look it up...

I just can't help myself... that's actually hilarious... Of course, one shouldn't expect consistency... ;)

Yes, it is. And thank goodness for that. Really easy to start a war when you think the guy in the next country over is different from you. Why? Because he was born on the other side of a line drawn arbitrarily by politicians a century or two ago? If we could get rid of nationalism, we'd all be...

That's exactly right. It's like no one watched Star Trek when they were growing up. Remember the "Prime Directive?" "Never supply weapons to one side or the other." You never know where they'll end up, or who they'll be used against in the future. Worse, there are probably American companies...

Well, let's see. China owns the largest foreign portion of our national debt. We're talking in the trillions of dollars. But do they hold that debt in Yuan? No, they hold it in dollars. Because even they know the dollar's more stable, more trusted. Japan holds the second largest portion. In Yen...