[Azselendor]

the USA Patrtiot act is the greatest piece of gun control legislation EVER written. Think about it. It gives the president and government unprecedented powers and no one really bothered to oppose it -hell, read it- until after it was passed into law.

The jeff is absolutely right, the Democrats, lacking the ability to build a super majority or coalition in the government, were left at the mercy of the filibuster. I have to appauld the founding fathers for that as it is a great tool of the minority to defend itself against the majority (who whould be protecting the interests of the minority as well as their own. Now thanks to the failure of the Bush Administration, the democrats are damned close to having a super majority and with the economy going down faster then the hindenberg, many republicans are willing to break with GOP rank and file to save their necks in the next election on 2010 (senate/house)

I'm looking at your John McCain. He says maverick. I say oppurtunisic waffle.

As for bush being an idiot, I sincerely hope no one believes he is incompetent. I believe his country yokel act is merely an act. Yes, he commits faux pas, but everyone has too. He just happens to have cameras crammed up every part of his body to catch it for the evening news.

Edratman is very right. If he's will to claim all the credit for sunny days, he deserves the credit when it rains. For example, saying bush isn't responsible for the actions of those under him is like saying heinrich himmler isn't responsible for the holocaust.

On North Korea, I don't think we'll see that communist regime fall anytime soon. We've seen multiple generations raised under that and when people are raised into a particular ideology, it gets hard to break. As long as china props them up, we can't hope to see things change there.