DarkWaters

I think it will make a noticeable difference if we keep on killing the guy who takes over a terrorist organization after the previous head has been assassinated. Such repeated losses of their leadership will send the message that these groups are ineffective at everything except for propping up the next leader to be killed. Unfortunately, Al Qaeda stalwarts seem to revere the opportunity of martyrdom, so perhaps they will cook up some poorly-reasoned justification for why the death of their leader is a victory for them.

I have GOT to go see these lobster condos. I live in Virginia Highlands. Part of me wants to sarcastically suggest that these lobsters are inhumanely undersupplied of a plentiful amount of expensive amenities, but I do not want to inadvertantly trigger a concatenation of events to bring about lobster-human equality in the city of Atlanta. I guess I should have continued reading (at least the next post) before issuing my previous elation. This would be amusing if there was a lobby protesting the new pre-killed lobster policy because consumers want the option to purchase a lobster from the supermarket to keep it as a cherished pet, like Homer Simpson did.

Were you guys that vehemenently anti-John Kerry? I liked Dr. Leonard Peikoff's argument in support of John Kerry over President Bush that he presented on his course on the DIM Hypothesis. Essentially, while John Kerry seems backwards and/or inconsistent on many small issues, President Bush is inconsistent on more fundamental issues, such as letting faith triumph over reason. Of course, with Senator Kerry's recent advocacy for withdrawing troops from Iraq, I am less confident that he was the clear choice over President Bush in 2004. George Allen seems to have the same problem as many Republican legislatures now in that he too embraces religion over reason in many issues although I would presently consider him slightly better than many other prominent Republicans like Tom Delay, Rick Santorum, Sam Brownback, Tom Coburn, Jim DeMint, John Thune, etc. Conspicuously absent from this list is Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, who I perceive is just pretending to be very religious to pander to the religious right. Call me cynical but I suspect that the Republicans would never nominate Governor Mitt Romney because he will face a lot of discrimination as a Mormon. With regards to Republican nominations, I would be very happy if Rudy Giuliani would receive the nomination even though I think he could probably use some more experience as a leader. I used to like John McCain but the number of troublesome positions he has taken over the past few years are causes for increasing concern, most notably when he advocated the teaching of intelligent design alongside with evolution in public schools. As for the Democrats, I would be happy if they nominated Retired General Wesley Clark and/or Governor Bill Richardson. What do you guys think of Wesley Clark?

I think an even more alarming observation is that an article detailing this study was the "most e-mailed" article on the online version of the New York Times for over a week. To me, that suggests that the results of this study was news to many readers.