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The original topic was Bill Maher, a professional satirist/comedian, not the amateurs on ET. That said, I agree with you that there's plenty of "crass and angry" on both sides, professionals and amateurs alike. I'd like to see both sides turn down the "angry" volume.

There are various proposals floating around, but the one most often pushed by FTT proponents covers everything: stocks, bonds, currencies, futures, options... everything. More information at: http://financialtransactiontaxes.com/

Which is why Republicans must maintain control of the House of Representatives in November. As long they control the House Ways and Means Committee the FTT will never see the light of day. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has announced that he's leaving after the elections. I've heard that...

I never understood Bill Maher's popularity. Jon Stewart is genuinely clever and funny. I can see why he's successful. Maher is just crass and perpetually angry. What's funny about that?

Increase taxes, decrease GDP. Things will get worse before they get better. However, during the election campaign, the Socialist candidate was hoping and making his plans around a projected 0.5% economic growth. But since taking office, the government has cut its growth projections to 0.3%...

Romney is unlikely to do anything surprising/risky at this point, though Susan Martinez (Gov, NM) supposedly is being thoroughly vetted right now. She would be an interesting choice, but she's definitley a longshot...

The times I've been provoked into name calling are very few. There are some people who engage in name calling as a matter of habit. They do it all the time. There's a big difference.

I understand your frustration when someone starts a fight by calling you a name. I admit I've been provoked into name calling myself a few times. My point is, the discussions here would be more interesting if we don't respond to name calling with more name calling, but instead respond with a...

I'm not criticizing those who insult Christie as much as I'm asking a much more general question: Why do adults engage in name calling? There's a lot of it on this forum and I find it puzzling.

That doesn't answer my question. My question was: Why do adults behave like children and engage in name-calling? The fact that Christie engages in that type of behavior doesn't make it okay for anyone else to do it. No matter who does it, that type of behavior is childish. (And a...

I agree. I don't get why people (adults) make personal attacks. I simply do not understand it. I'm not surprised when I see kids do it, but I don't understand why adults behave that way. My wife says personal attacks, over-the-top accusations and name-calling are the norm on TV and people are...

Intent is inscribed in the statutes, not the definitions. Talk to any prosecutor and you'll get an earful about how difficult it is to prove fraud, specifically the issue of intent. Below are examples: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/12/13/the-difficulty-of-proving-financial-crimes/...

On that point we agree.

Fraud is difficult to prove because it requires proof of intent. In this case it would require proof of intent to commit a crime that allegedly took place over 20 years ago. If it could be proven in a court of law (which I doubt), then perhaps you could try to impeach Obama. Good luck with that.

That argument will never get off the ground. The qualifications for holding the office of President are in the Constitution.

There are no degrees of corruption. Candidates are either corrupt or not corrupt. Bush and Obama have both proven themselves to be corrupt. The degree of their corruption is irrelevant. Also, your statement assumes that I'm voting for Romney. When did I say that?

Good logic. The Bush administration was corrupt so it's okay for Obama to be corrupt, too. ================================= http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/11/13/how-obama-s-alternative-energy-programs-became-green-graft.html Where did green-energy cash go? Straight to...

I don't trust Romney, but I can't trust Obama either. I see no indication that Obama is more transparent or more trustworthy than Romney. ========================== http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/31/opinion/la-ed-secrets-20111031 One of the most disappointing attributes of the...

Politics aside, with the birther issue if they could prove their assertion they could make a constitutional legal case. There's no legal case to be found here at all. Zero. It will be dismissed by the judge as moot. Even if they prove their assertion, it has no effect because there's no...

Probably neither. They don't consider Romney to be a Christian.