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    They weren't starving.  The Donner party had enough to eat.
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    • I will respond to your comment when I get permission to from the Borg. You know when we're in trouble…
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    • It's really hard to imagine a robust democracy with healthy discussion of policy in the public sphere when one encounters…
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    • I think you might want to extend the implications of this point: Of course there will never be enough money…
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    • Well, this is certainly not an intervention in the sense that I would understand it.  I don't think you're suggesting…
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    • I would really be shocked if Obama intervened militarily, and he's not done anything to date that's shocked me.  I…
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    • There was something before this week?  Wait, explain.
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    • Wall Street would of course dismiss him as a crank.  I remember a number of reports on derivatives back in…
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    • Also: The underdevelopment of much of the post colonial world is critical in understanding anything that is happening now I…
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    • Thanks for your kind words!
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    • Well, we knew there was no honor among thieves, but neither does there seem to be memory: http://exiledonline.com/feature-new-york-times-hack-eats-horse-sperm-pie/ Brought back…
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    • Gates is as good an example of Obama's tendency to value competence above political compatibility in staffing choices.  It's a…
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    • The Monthly Review has had a number of great articles on recent "humanitarian interventions."  This one was particularly good: http://www.monthlyreview.org/1007herman-peterson1.php
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    • I don't get American exceptionalism in this particular piece.  Rather, I think it's noted, but not approved.  Certainly, the US…
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    • It's interesting that the Kochs are getting a lot of attention, finally.  Here's what I know: So, Charles is the…
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    • OK...it was hailing hard 10 min. ago, and now the sun is shining. Anthropogenic global warming, I guess.
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    • Rain earlier today in downtown San Diego, but at the moment there's sun and blue skies, plus "London Calling" on…
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    • I would say that Romney is a straw man except that this line he's pushing is so prominent in our…
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    • I would agree.  Actual governing is not the point.  Being a Republican politician is a way in to various get…
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    • I know it was only a tongue in cheek comment, but in Marx's world, the state would not own the…
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