I am always amazed how it's only certain disasters are deemed, "acts of God" and judged by self appointed individuals as though they have the skill and understanding to do this. In New Orleans, it was God's punishment for embracing a wanton lifestyle and homosexuality. In Haiti, it was a secret deal with the devil, and now, Pastor Rush. No one claimed, when the Minneapollis bridge collasped that it was God "punishing" them for hosting the GOP national convention. What did those 29 miners in W. VA. do to get God's wrath? Any thoughts on Chile?

Most of all, I'm rather surprised that Rush didn't call the volcano a terrorist threat, disrupting air travel across the pond, bringing financial disaster to the airline and tourist industry, and bankrupting stranded travelers. Would it seem out of character for Glen Beck to suddenly conclude that the Icelanders have declared WAR on the EU, purchased a black market or North Korean Nuke, and STARTED THAT ERRUPTION BY THEMSELVES and THAT'S why Obama had the secret nuclear meeting!!!!!!! Of course the lack of radiation readings is a government coverup too! I mean, people, can't you just see this on a Glen Beck Blackboard? In FACT, regardless of which talking head you pick, isn't this a better lead story than "God's Wrath"?

@Robert S. good Chomsky, I have to disagree with him on one point though, I don't find his lectures, speeches, interviews, etc... the least bit boring.

I confess, I wasn't in Germany during the '20's, I know that the Munich Putsch did little in '23, but even at that time, other extreme right wing groups were coalescing and seizing power, as well as left wing groups, that didn't attract front line soldiers as well as the right wing groups. A lot of assassinations, armed conflict, and street battles ravaged post war Germany. The likelihood of a right-wing organization taking over by force was almost a given from the get-go. I don't know how much Chomsky looks at just the political structure vs. the pseudo revolutionary street level actions taking place simultaneously (though politicians of that era were not shy about clinging to whichever group they thought they could ride to power with).

I believe the key to the issue though, is economic stability. I don't know if Chomsky would agree with that or not.

I agree. Any detailed description of sexual intercourse- whether pornographic or clinical -can be somewhat revolting. You have to be there physically & emotionally, right? With Tiger, what's more revolting is his lame lying about what was really going on. That is just tiring, these sociopathic public figures who believe just because they can deceive themselves they can also deceive all of us.

@Robert S: but how do you drown-out the worm screams?

and the worms added valuable protein.

@Robert S. no, I wasn't at the Rally, I forgot all about their pathetic attempt to get attention. Frankly the NAZI Party doesn't really concern me. They are far from the virulant party formed in Post War Germany, in part because their is no collective humiliation and ongoing suffering that Germans went through during the '20's. The allies learned their lessons from the end of the Great War, we didn't keep the boot to their neck after WWII, half so much as it was done in 1919. The fertile ground for the NAZI sentiment in Germany, just isn't here.... yet. That being said, in the '30's the American National Socialist Party was gaining ground, so was the Communist party (incidently the Communist party was quite strong in Germany in the '20's too), desparate times, lead people to desparate measures. I'm hoping that we are indeed climning out of our current depression, I'm worried that the prevailent political theory to deny we're in a depression, will lead to not doing enough to get us out. If you're really concerned about the modern NAZI party and KKK, then push your political rep's to do something to fix the economy.

And sometimes they reveal the future, but; of course you knew that.

@Robert S. Peyote is foul, but how about 2-week-old mushrooms with worms crawling in and out? Are we having fungus yet?

Capitalism Hits Fan
http://fora.tv/2010/03/03/Richard_Wolff_Capitalism_Hits_the_Fan#fullprogram
"Regulations are just objects to be undone" I like the questions he asks! What if the workers to become their own Board of Directors? His prime sucess example is the Silicone Valley start-ups that were employee owned.

Richard Wolff helped launch Rethinking Marxism: Marxist quarterly journal of economics. Please have him on. His half hour lecture called "Capitalism hits the fan" is very informative. "Individuals can't carry any more debt and we can't work more hours than we currently do. We are at a ceiling." Instead of raising wages, people have been lent money from essentially their employers. I really like his explaination of how we got here. He brings it all full circle, his explaination is well versed.

Grossest food, must be considered in a cultural context, what is a local delicacy in one locale is often thought yucky in another. That said, I've had rattlesnake and ants while at summer camp many years ago, but the most vile tasting thing I've ever eaten, though not for nutritional value:

Peyote, hands down. Worth the nausea every time.

If we get to put self-described NAZI's in Jail, we then get to put self-described Communists in Jail, and any self-described socialists, Code Pink members, Move-on.org members, Thom Hartmann bloggers, etc...

If you don't like the groups going out and spouting disagreeable rhetoric, counter-protest, counter-protest, counter-protest. For every NAZI assembling in your town square, try to bring at least two counter-protesters, for every Tea-Party spewing division, counter with a Coffee-Party.

Odious speech is disgusting to listen to, but not as disgusting as the silences not being filled by counter-opinions.

And if violence arises from the shouting matches, then hand out Jail terms where appropriate.