In terms of the US securing it's war prize of western europe, history suggests that the nuke was dropped primarily because the Soviet Union had an army that was in excess of 20 million soldiers and had just beaten nazi germany and taken half of europe. had the soviets decided to keep going the US would not have been able to stop them.
it had very little to do with defeating japan and everything to do with dominating global politics.

the argument/wager does not follow. Whether you believe in god has nothing to do with whether you believe a penalty exists for not doing so.

our currencies have also been watered down within the debt system by "creating" more money (and debt). This process creates the illusion that the populace is flush with available cash. Instead it is only keystrokes creating an illusion of wealth..., a charade intended to keep you spending and borrowing.

meanwhile, while we focus on the distraction, the bankers keep upping their percentage.

it follows that Booz Allen and the NSA would have a preference for fear and unrest in order to legitimize their massive and insanely expensive existence.

it also follows that Booz Allen, in a culture of open bribery, purchase their congressmen, in order to preserve the status quo and ensure their continued existence.

what would probably help africans the most is to stop ripping them off and exploiting their natural resources while using economic and military power to press the advantage.

god, in his capricious ways, made gays in order to have better daytime television, which he publicly abhors but privately watches with great majesty while frivously wasting away his time. gays are why the universe is going to shit

vocal chords are an oscillation that creates a frequency, as is a guitar string or a sax reed. hence the waveforms are similar. then just fuck with it with delays, pitch shifting, compression, phasing, and all manners of eq.

would have to agree, i'm not sure he's completely kidding either. I think he knows what the better path is, but he has himself a rather large lack of perspective, as do most in tv and hollywood.
But rather than fire with fire, i think we need to better understand the psychological aspects of what the right wing and power echelons do.

as for medicine, in many years of study was the constant reminder that everyone in every field seems to get something right, here and there. The greater question what how those 'somethings' worked together.

and @aaronfr
treating "like with like" is also the theoretical basis of immunization. I'm not sure your analogy applies...i think you're trying to score points on another front.

In fairness, I think Bill is joking with his prescription. His main point is the stupidity of Citizens United. The analogy that would apply is "fire with fire", but that just makes everyone dumber.

well shit, NC should just elect that neurologist who thinks he's been to heaven and back, kill anyone that advocates peace, and use a nuke to frack that natural gas up to profitability.

while i think the "evil" lurks in the concept of political parties (divide and conquer), you are much more likely to see a republican cheering on a police beating, a lynching, MMA, Nascar, or an invasion by the US Military.

u have the power to manipulate the data they get

perhaps we need to value the "efficiency" of language?

...there is a good reason why we don't use old english anymore.

well, that's one theory. The oldest humanoid form has been found on the african continent, but that nug of evidence is inconclusive.

he forgot SPAWN!