Yes, there is another side to this conflict, even in Israel (despite this vote by the U.S. Congress, 390 - 5). [youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mc9DN2Oi0-w[/youtube] It's the same issues every time a country wants to go to war. And the same media problems.
I like Neil DeGrasse Tyson. He's up there, in my book, with Sagan and Gould and Greene as one of the Great Explainers. One reason, he has a terrific sense of humor.
Let's stop calling it a "bailout of the financial system." Instead, let's call it something like "Irresponsibly throwing precious taxpayer dollars at feckless and devious financial institutions who arrogantly and defiantly refuse to be transparent to the taxpayers." If getting money "into the system" is the plan, and it's done…
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