Republicans always act as if regulations of business are enacted for no reason. Of course, regulations have always been put in place reactively--in response to something horrible that an under-regulated corporation did.

Meanwhile, Republicans come up with simplistic ideas to "fix" things, such as a flat tax, as if no one had ever thought of that. I'm pretty sure a flat tax was the problem in the story of Robin Hood--poor people couldn't afford to pay the tax because they had to spend all their money on survival.

For every complex problem, there is a simple, easy-to-understand, incorrect answer.

You know how the dogshits in your backyard dry out and eventually turn white? That's largely saltpeter. But don't tell anyone!

The biggest reason we know where caves are in North America and Europe is that bat guano is a superior source of saltpeter . . . It is also the reason that the Rock of Gibraltar is a British national treasure as sea gull pooage is high in saltpeter.

Before humans figured out how to manufacture potassium nitrate, they need natural sources to make the death-dealing power of gunpower.

Now ask why Cathedrals all across Europe are built on top of the vaginas of Mother Earth (caves) . . .