Nathan

"McCain and Sarah Palin's attack against Obama for advocating "spreading the wealth" and for "socialism" and for pronouncing the civil rights revolution a "tragedy" because it didn't deal with the distribution of wealth is aimed ultimately at white working class undecided voters"

I think this is an important short term point and action to take while this sort of analysis and discussion (and eventual action to change this) is equally important.   

Taken on the whole, I would believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men in our time

Prior and fellow right-handed pitcher Kerry Wood were dubbed "Chicago Heat" by Sports Illustrated, and the name stuck, as the twosome were dominant in leading the Cubs to an 88-win season and a division title. However, sportswriters and fans began to criticize Dusty Baker on the high-pitch count of the two pitchers. Despite the concerns, Prior and Wood continued to pitch high counts throughout the season. In 2003, Prior averaged 113.4 pitches per starts in regular season. In the month of September, Prior recorded 126 pitches per starts. Prior averaged another 120 pitches games in the Postseason and struggled with an injury next season. Pundits often blame Baker for ruining the careers of both pitchers.

Op-Ed Columnist - Palin’s Kind of Patriotism - NYTimes.com: "And we have not yet even felt the full economic brunt here. I fear we may be at that moment just before the tsunami hits — when the birds take flight and the insects stop chirping because their acute senses can feel what is coming before humans can."

Mr. Friedman, this human does sense it. It is starting to chill his bones.

How did we get here to this place? De-regulation sure, but other extremes too as referred to in 2004 on this shady little blog. As we were fighting a bastardizing of religious extremism it always struck me that here, at home, we had a little extremism of our own. Of course we have religious extremism ourselves, but the kind that worried me the most was different and it involved capitalism and our faith in the markets and consumption. It took us to this place we are now where if you listen closely you can hear just a bit of a rustle as those with keener senses find cover.

Alas.

The troubles we stand to face now pale in comparison methinks to 9/11, the tsunami, the anthrax attacks. It more than likely will cement that we are in fact one now... a global community, but sadly this is not the way anyone could have wanted that to come about.

How will it end up? It is the question on everyone's lips and isn't it the scariest question of all because no one has an answer. Our 'leadership' is bunkering up for the winter.

Like a stormy winter though I simply hope that it cleans and refreshes the air however for a new awakening as a global community come spring. Hopefully after the pain and the rain passes we will be able to look at each other with fresh eyes and open spirits and know that we made it through the worst and we will be all right.

Love to you and yours.

Not "The Senator," But "That One" - Yahoo! News: "It was, for a senior senator who has embarrassed himself too many times during this long campaign, a uniquely embarrassing moment."

It was exceptionally embarrassing, but on a good point I thought the quality of questions and the quality of Mr. Brokaw's moderation was very good last night. Unfortunately it was a bit of a boring debate as Josh and team mention but all the better for Senator Obama.

James G. Rickards - A Mountain, Overlooked - washingtonpost.com

As Mr. Taleb does not seem to be accepting emails at this time I will just offer that Nassim beat you to this point Mr. Richards and makes it much better than you to boot. Unfortunately I feel like perhaps this topic may be a bit too in depth for our media to take on with much gusto although I will say kudos to the San Jose Mercury News for re-printing the Washington Post article from James Richards.

Also I will offer that these days I have been a bit more pleasently surprised with some of the work our media has done including the AP doing fact checking of the debates. I upgrade them as an industry from an 'F-' to a lukewarm 'D'. Now get on looking into the anthrax attacks and that bullshit story a bit more - this is the hanging thread that simply needs to be pulled.