Xeno, I am not going to get into another pointless shouting match with you. Ridicule, along with calling folks "conspiracy theorists" (and the Bush administration's official story of what happened on 9/11 is a conspiracy theory by the way) are vapid tactics straight out of the right-wing's playbook, and I think you are soon going to discover such tactics are wearing thinner and thinner.

That you disagree with me, and feel compelled to say so, ought to go without saying. Frankly, I consider it a badge of honor. The less often you agree with me the better I feel about my own judgments.

And that you can cherry pick this or that to try to make a point is not too surprising either, and in any case, I was not speaking specifically of Democrats and Republicans, nor was I implying that everyone who has participated in recent political trends was fully aware of their potential implications, so you are kinda squandering your effort here.

Yes, there is blame to go around, and many politicians, Democrats included -- (who have moved quite a bit to the right on economic matters in the last few decades in case you hadn't noticed) -- have been cowardly, duplicitous, greedy, and short-sighted, but I will be quite satisfied to challenge serious people to look at the weight of the evidence and come to their own conclusions.