Indeed, however with small exception I thought we were being fairly civil. That said, we all know what to expect from the 'little f*#king thing'. It's why the admins are constantly on his ass, and he may be banned again.

My point about veracity was that one has to trust the 'reporting' by others who may have an agenda to further. Without first hand knowledge, it's difficult for some (like me) to give full trust in ANY reports. I tried to read the first link you provided, but it started with a 'letter' to Saddam and I admit I didn't go farther.
As I recall, the numbers were more in the 1-300K dead from the ethnic cleansing (I have 175K in my head, but I don't know if that's right). I was old enough to watch the reports live when it happened in the 80's-90's and worry I might be drafted. I have not intended to imply Saddam wasn't terrible, only to imply he was not as bad as possible.

What I've seen so far from ISIS were hundreds if not thousands of 'prisoners' marched to their execution after surrender, even after swearing allegiance to ISIS, reports of mass rapes, village destruction, 'warnings' to all those not in line to leave or die, takeover of 1/2 the country in weeks (or less), all by 5000 people. Reports are that they are gaining members, allies, and massive amounts of money and arms. For their size, they appear to be worse than Saddam, who had hundreds of thousands, if not millions at his disposal. If you multiplied the videoed crimes of ISIS in just the last week by 200+, you would understand my point that they seem worse than most weeks of Saddam's rule....when you consider their respective sizes.
I'll hope you are correct, and ISIS is soon to be wiped out, but it's certainly not happening yet. No matter how it plays out, you are certainly right that ugly times are ahead for Iraq.

Cain isn't blaming the poor, he's blaming Washington, and the liberal OWS folks that elected them.

There's a subtle distinction there that you all are missing.

Also, Anderson Cooper is a biased reporter (he "keeps them honest" with Republicans as much as Democrats) who also fakes his news stories. I once watched him "report live" from a hurricane, with him standing in the middle of a bunch of water... on a bright sunny day.

I may not have been in many hurricanes, but they're usually not clear, sunny days when you're in them.

"Reporting live for NBC Action News, I'm rapist doppelganger Larry C-word".

Excellent sift EndAll. I have always been fascinated by the Yakuza (and the Triads), and this was a revealing glimpse into their world.

I would also say that that reporter lives in a certain amount of *fear.