It was a false dichotomy before and is still a false dichotomy, so nothing happened to it?

He obviously thinks we should 'win' like Alexander 'won' in the area now known as Afghanistan, i.e. by killing every male inhabitant between 8 and 80. This is of course a silly course of action, along the lines of the famous Vietnam quote about having to destroy the village in order to save it. This is why foreign policy should not be planned by the moral equivalent of Internet Toug Guys.

60% of foreign-owned bills, but not 60% of all bills.

Personally I would have to say that I want to help his faithful. I want everyone who feels that Glenn Beck is a reasonable source for rational opinion to have the opportunity to say so loudly and frequently. It is important that we are able to identify these people.

It's a sad and frightening thing that a society needs no individual evil mastermind or set of masterminds in order to stumble it's way into dystopia. The banal personal agendas of everyone, from those in political and economic power to your neighbors, are all that is required.

And that axis is also circular. All possible sociopolitical axes are simply a balance between radical ideology and practical moderation.

Not to be too snarky, but can I pick C) non of the above and just use cell phones to make phone calls, not as a half-assed computer? I have a lovely little netbook for that.

You are correct in that it is more or less equally silly.

I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of the goals of the scientific process. Unfortunately you are not alone, since this sort of comments pops up in every science thread on this site.

I love you.

People forget that Adam Smith's 'free markets' were markets that had freedom of entry and exit, not markets free of regulation. Your example is a good one because it shows how gov't participation takes an area that, because of the infrastructure required, is a difficult market to enter for a new player and transforms it into a 'free market', where new participants can enter with little cost.

And then we will read more. Please, take your ball and go home.

That would be the same guy. Lazarus Long: a character I was never sure why we were supposed to care about.

Stalin was No True Scotsman!

Well shit, I guess that I and my brother, sons of a homosexual man and a straight woman, can't possibly exist, and thus won't be able to produce children and grandchildren to look back on you with contempt.