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Fox News for the win!

http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2010/11/10/fox-business-hires-lou-dobbs/

In George Orwell's book 1984, There were three "superstates". Oceania was fighting a constant war with Eurasia. Eastasia was Oceania's greatest ally in that war. Later, Oceania was fighting a constant war with Eastasia, and Eurasia was now the ever faithful ally. It turned out that there never was a war at all. The wars were used as a mechanism for the government to exert control over the people.

...I don't know what made me just think of this.

Confidence comes from within. You can't buy confidence.

I sincerely apologize that I can only bump this up one point.

Very well said!

My apologies to those who were offended by this version of the question:

http://www.ask500people.com/questions/why-does-the-us-federal-government-refuse-to-act-on-border-security-when-the-majority-of-citizens-want-this-issue-fixed

Just curious... What point are you trying to make with this question?

I would have to disagree with this statement. Right now, both the Democratic and Republican parties are broken.

Until the parties find some principals to stand on, people don't have a clear choice as to which party to support.

http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/05/news/companies/dropping_benefits.fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes&hpt=C2

I pick Osama. I'd also invite several of my FBI friends to that same dinner.

We have been transmitting signals into space since 1936 (Berlin Olympics). I think it is a bit late to decide we want to keep quiet.