smart kid. keep smiling and gurgling and they'll keep giving you that sweet, sweet nectar.

@bareboards2 I guess we're just perceiving the video differently. I thought he was genuinely trying to get the baby to laugh which makes everything sunshine and roses. If he's doing what you think (happy to scared lightswitch flipping) than yea that's sort of messed up. The only thing I see to suggest this is the case is if that were me and the little face crumpled like that, my lower lip would shoot straight out immediately and I'd probably say something like "aaAAWWWw nooooooooo!" while this guy seems to keep smiling. You might be on to something after all..

as to the second comment, the key word is "hope" the kid laughs, not "know" the kid laughs. They seem to be rather erratic in terms of what sets off various emotions sometimes.

>> ^kymbos:

I'm continually impressed with how well he presents and delivers a message. And he's right about reform in general, and health care in particular. People have unrealistic expectations about timeframes and political process.
That said, prudential regulation - the cause of the fincancial crisis - is not rocket science. It doesn't require Government ownership, or limits on salaries and bonuses.


Yeah I'd be impressed to if he wasn't lying. Also I don't like his assassination policy in foreign countries...Drones keep killing innocent people...Obama keeps smiling.

We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when,
But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day.
Keep smiling through, just like you always do,
'Til the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away.

This is some of the more intelligent conversation that I've seen on VS since I started visiting the site. I have refrained from participating in most of the discussions because of the usual schoolyard nature of the banter. I can't help but to read most of the political discussion posts using the voices of Beavis and Butthead in my head.

You can disagree with people, even passionately, but still maintain a level of courteous discourse. I'm a little further right-wing than Moses, but I have several close friends that are almost as far left as Chomsky. Somehow we manage to have raging debates and keep smiles on our faces the whole time when we meet for coffee in Tel Aviv from time to time. Would be nice to see some of that develop here.