We were already in Iraq in the 2004 election, and Kerry would not have been able to help it much, thusly why he was defeated much more soundly than Gore.

 While we wouldnt be in Iraq if Gore was in office, I dont think he wouldve handled the aftermath of 9/11 as well as Bush did. The man who took credit for the internet and global warming, no thank you.

That's because they use Eurotunnel

At topic@: So just because you have it better than 3rd world countries means you shouldn't criticize your government? What a stupid thing to say.

You should praise the government for what it deos right and criticize it for what it does wrong, not say "Ok, so they wasted billions upon billions on the war in Iraq, but I am not reduced to begging for food yet so keep on wasting".

 I didn't say rednecks, but I will now.  We're not all rednecks and wife-beaters...I'll leave Nascar out of it.

The supreme idiocy of the entire letter is this.

First all those wonderful services are civic and local. The federal government has little to no impact upon them. I pay local taxes for my law enforcement, emergency support, fire department, and local agencies to help secure employment. I vote annually on who holds the positions to see that those services are rendered. My family annually donates funds to such groups as the fire department, and the local highway patrol. My local government works very well thank you very much. Don't give a worthless president credit for things he didn't do, and has had nothing to do with.

You know how you stimulate an economy you use public funds to pay for public works. There is so much infrastructure in disrepair it would serve a public good, and more people with jobs always raises the average standard of living. That makes the work place more competitive. Encourages employers in all fields to try and retain their best employees, and to do that they pay them better which encourages other workers to work harder. Oh my god its a vicious circle people working hard to improve their circumstance. They generate more money which means more taxes which means more public works.

You know what the end result would be better paved roads, urban renewal, better sanitation, and more noble endeavors that raise the human spirit. Oh hell give them a couple more bucks to buy a couple hookers and a quart of Jack Daniels. That will make it all better. Tax cuts don't cure economics. Economic development cures economies.

The economy wasn't that bad off before he came into office. We had just gone through eight years of boom it was bound to slouch a little, but he was happy enough to say the R word on the campaign trail. When public officials say things like that ignorant people specifically the ones that vote for them stop spending their money as freely, and thats the kind of thing that starts a recession.

The man is a Nimrod thats all there is to it. He can't take credit for these positive things. He can order troops and sign his name on a piece of paper, and not signing a piece of paper can't cause something to happen. Unless it is a spending bill, and then governmental agencies shut down.

He isn't stopping terrorism, he is one of the leading breeders of terrorists. He couldn't even wage an effective war if he tried.

 First of all, Gore never said he created the internet. Media's to blame for that.

Secondly, what the hell do you mean he took credit for Global Warming. He took on a cause, and the problem gained more coverage because of him.

 And yes, I think Gore would have done a better job. He did win the popular vote.

Eh.  Gore has good reason to take credit for the internet.  He didn't literally invent the thing.  But he did do more than any other government official in pushing it and making it mainstream.  Without Al Gore the internet would not be what it is today.

He didn't create the internet, but he was pretty much responsible for it being what it is today.   

Well he said that he "Took the iniative in creating the internet" of course he didn't mean he invented it... he meant he took the iniative to make it what it is today...

which he did. In a way he created "this" internet.

Bush just took it out of context, and a bunch of idiots started believing it. 

I agree with the basic premise of the article. People have alot less to complain about than they let on.

And as far as this, "Americans Are Stupid Har Har" thing goes....

Quarter of Brits think Churchill was myth: poll

LONDON (AFP) - Britons are losing their grip on reality, according to a poll out Monday which showed that nearly a quarter think Winston Churchill was a myth while the majority reckon Sherlock Holmes was real.

And 23 percent thought World War II prime minister Churchill was made up. The same percentage thought Crimean War nurse Florence Nightingale did not actually exist.

Three percent thought Charles Dickens, one of Britain's most famous writers, is a work of fiction himself.

Indian political leader Mahatma Gandhi and Battle of Waterloo victor the Duke of Wellington also appeared in the top 10 of people thought to be myths.

Meanwhile, 58 percent thought Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Holmes actually existed; 33 percent thought the same of W. E. Johns' fictional pilot and adventurer Biggles.

I don't want to answer most of your points, you're too ill to argue with you. But this one:

STD have nothing todo with age. You can get them at any age with nonsafe sex.