This video highly misrepresents the global immigration situation by ignoring the number of Americans who leave, the number of immigrants who go back home (or move elsewhere), and the number of migrants to other countries. As a result, it looks like America is being bombarded by foreigners from all over the world, which is very much not the case.

So I'd have to say this very much IS a political post.

Haven't they made enough money from thirty-year old jokes?

Sincerely,
A Monty Python Fan

Jen, you should go on tour teaching us poor people how to live. We'd appreciate it.

I think Joe and Natalie are both right. One can only be open to evil (understood metonymically in Christianity as 'Satan') if one is open to new ideas. One can also only be open to truth, rationality, wisdom, innovation, science, progress, technology (from the wheel to the Internet), morality, and happiness if one is open to new ideas.

Often, religion attempts to circumvent the individual's quest for these things by offering them wholesale through the authority of their faith. But since religion clearly cannot and has not offered innovation, technology, truth, and progress, it is increasingly becoming outmoded and made subservient to other human endeavours. Thus the devout of today claim that faith is a personal, spiritual experience, and does not offer such things as medical care (I'm ignoring the idiots). However, such an attitude would be unheard of in the Middle Ages, when health was seen as a gift and cures to illness were often sought in the Bible and the wisdom of the fathers of the Church.

'The Last Days of Pompeii' turned me into an English major.

If only this guy wasn't illiterate--he uses 'seen' for 'scene' and 'to' for 'too'. Someone's trying to cash in on Indexed, and I don't think it'll work.

I call bullshit. Some of the most successful bloggers are women: Gina Tripani of Lifehacker, Erin of Unclutter, Megann Marco of Consumerist immediately come to mind. I'm sure there are tons more I don't know about. Isn't one of the major contributors to Mental Floss a woman?

How do property taxes in America work? Do they have to pay higher taxes after the rennovation--i.e., is it tied to estimated value of the home? What's the rate? Because I cannot imagine it being an unaffordable sum, if this family just stuck to salaries and didn't venture into the risky world of self-employment.

This is a sad day; George Carlin was a passionate advocate for rationalism and common sense while so many people gravitated toward mumbo jumbo. He was one of those rare people who could be poignant, profound, and funny at the same time. He will be very much missed.

I'm an American living in England, and I couldn't agree more with this description. I, for one, love England's quirks--they make life interesting. I can honestly say that I have never had a more adventerous life than I do here. The English tolerate chaos more than any other country, and although that is infuriating, it is often also fascinating.