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    I had a tough choice, too--but mine was between Lenin and Castro (I chose Castro in the end). Alan Maverick…
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    • Hey, I can't help it if they didn't have any questions about U.S. foreign policy, Chomsky's major concern and an…
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    • I took an upper division course on the history of Islam, and while that does not make me an "expert"…
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    • I'm fascinated (and horrified) by this phenomenon.  As I say, I had previously assumed this was a pretty well universal…
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    • http://www.planetsave.com/ViewStory.asp?ID=488
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    • At least, that's what a group of Oxford scientists believes: "London - Red hair may be the genetic legacy of…
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    • You may be right about all-out martial law (though if a terrorist group ever nukes a U.S. city--and thanks to…
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    • Yes, I did have in mind a different execution of the invasion.  Not the one that Rumsfeld envisioned, though--quite the…
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    • Your second sentence was what I planned to post!  That's the one that really jumped out at me, too.  Boy,…
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    • I'm no vegan (I eat animal products, including meat, from humanely treated, free range animals).  But my wife has been…
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    • Good point about the higher-ranking generals (obviously Shinseki comes to mind in particular).  And yup, I tend to think the…
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    • or even before.  As I previously noted in a dKos diary, the U.S. youth culture has an apparently unique aspect…
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    • "If you believe that there are better ways to resolve conflict than bringing opposing nations into a means of resolution…
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    • but that's a fascinating question.  I think that, unfortunately, there is almost no evidence "everyone would believe".  For his base,…
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    • that you were a "lesser thinker", though I now see I was unclear.  Actually, what I meant was, essentially, "you're…
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    • This is a subject near and dear to me.  I ate a typically crappy American diet until about five years…
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    • There were certain points when reading your treatise that I wanted to rate your post "4" due to the myriad…
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    • I don't think we have any way to factually debate the points you made in the first part of your…
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    • Thanks, Booman!  I hope it does attract more debate--I certainly poured my heart out here!  But I thank you again…
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    • I think in many ways my diary and your "dissent" are complementary, rather than antagonistic.  You are right that in…
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