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Read Glen Greenwald’s take on this .阅读峡谷格林沃德的考虑这一点。 So true.所以如此。 What offended me most about this whole thing is that a smart person like Obama goes to church in the first place.什么得罪我最关心这整个事情是一个聪明的人喜欢奥巴马去教堂摆在首位。 If you attend church you better check and leave your critical thinking skills at the front entrance, because these will only get in the way once you enter the building.如果你参加教会您更好地检查和离开您的批判性思维技能在前门，因为这些只会方式一旦你进入该建筑。

What’s up with the lip service to religion that everybody apparently has to pay in this country?什么是唇服务，宗教，每个人显然已经支付在这个国家？ When will we get to see a rational, non-superstitious (ie, non-religious) ... Continue Reading »当我们要想看到一个合理的，非迷信的（即非宗教） ... 继续阅读»

Here’sa short rant about a topic that’s bothered me for a long time: The dismal voter turnout in the US I have a hunch that disasters like the current US administration (Bush) could be avoided if voting was compulsory instead of voluntary.下面短期言论，有关这一议题的困扰我很长一段时间：可悲的投票率在美国我有一个预感到灾害一样，本届美国政府（布什）是可以避免的，如果投票是强制性的而不是自愿的。 You may laugh, but compulsory voting is strictly enforced in Australia, for example.您可能会笑，但投票是强制性的严格执行在澳大利亚的例子。 In the US about 50% of those old enough to vote actually do so.在美国大约50 ％的人老得足以投票实际上这样做。 Only about 70% of eligible voters even register to vote, which certainly contributes to the de-facto voter apathy.只有约70 ％的合格选民甚至登记投票，这当然有助于事实上选民的冷漠。 The US has a long history of making voting hard and difficult for the general ... Continue Reading »美国有着悠久的历史使投票硬盘和困难的一般...继续阅读»

Tomorrow is the day of the Pennsylvania Democratic primary.明天是一天的宾夕法尼亚州民主党初选。 The news media has been keeping this non-event alive and well out of self interest for the past couple of weeks even though there is no way that Sen. Clinton can accomplish anything by winning a majority of the popular vote in this large state.新闻媒体一直保持这种非事件活着，以及出于自身利益，在过去几个星期，即使是没有出路的希拉里能够完成任何赢得过半数的选票在这个大的状态。 My guess is that she’ll will the popular vote in PA by 4-6% but that does not mean much in the all-important delegate race.我的猜测是，她将将全民表决扩声的4-6 ％ ，但是，这并不意味着大部分在所有重要比赛的代表。 Here she is trailing Sen. Obama by about 10% at the moment with no chance of making up the difference with the remaining couple of primary states, most of which will ... Continue Reading »在这里，她落后参议员奥巴马的10 ％左右，目前没有机会弥补的差异，其余几个主要国家，其中大部分将...继续阅读»

The situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating.阿富汗的局势正在恶化。 The US leadership (big word for a bunch on incompetent clowns) is focused on Iraq and the US public is watching network TV.美国的领导（大词一大堆关于不称职的小丑）是专注于伊拉克和美国公众关注的网络电视。 By the fall of 2008 Afghanistan will be making headlines of the worst kind. This news article in McClatchy is just the beginning.到2008年秋季阿富汗将成为头条新闻的最严重的一种。 这条新闻在麦克拉奇仅仅是个开始。

McSame has proposed a national "gas-tax holiday" this morning: McSame提出了国家“天然气税收假期”今天上午：

"I propose that the federal government suspend all taxes on gasoline now paid by the American people — from Memorial Day to Labor Day of this year. The effect will be an immediate economic stimulus — taking a few dollars off the price of a tank of gas every time a family, a farmer, or trucker stops to fill up. Over the same period, our government should suspend the purchase of oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which has also contributed to the rising price of oil. This measure, ... Continue Reading » “我提议，联邦政府暂停所有汽油税现在支付的美国人民-从阵亡将士纪念日到劳动节今年。效应将立即刺激经济-以几美元的价格从一个天然气罐每一个家庭，一个农民或卡车司机停下来弥补。在同一时期，我国政府应暂停购买石油用于战略石油储备，这也有助于提高石油价格。这项措施， .. 。继续阅读»