Even orthodox Jews don't take all the stories in the bible as literal. They study them as lessons to learn. Devout religious belief is about much more than taking the religion's documents literally.

I wouldn't be able to stand the voice for more than 2 hours.

"Stop looking up my can!"

Just a personal perspective, but spam levels for me have skyrocketed in the last year on all of my accounts. And I'm careful where I use my email addresses. Fortunately filters are pretty good these days.

I don't understand. Flash blockers are for preventing the runtime from loading, saving CPU cycles and the user from obnoxious content. The HTML5 video tag shouldn't eat any CPU if the video doesn't play on page load. And it can't be used for anything but video.

If it was ad-free, and therefore a paid service, few would buy it. As long as they clearly mark the sponsored content I'm fine with it.

Of all the sites that could go HTML5 video only, this should be the first.

On Sunday I'm expecting lots of videos with ponies.

Just google it, if ya' know what I mean.

Since when are random road checkpoints unconstitutional? They use them to check registrations and catch drunk drivers every day.

I recommend reading his speech on race. He wrote it himself and it's probably the best political speech I've read in decades. His marketing department is not him. He's clearly above average intelligence if you read past the campaign slogans and edited interviews.

First, you don't mean fascism. You're referring to socialism. And it's not even socialism because the government does not own the companies doing the work or selling the product.

Second, companies can drill new wells offshore. The drill requests are getting approved. Offshore drilling and pipelines are regulated for their environmental and security impact, but that doesn't mean they are not capitalist.

You're either a troll or Republican shill. You must know what you're typing is false or at least misleading.

Congress gave the administration 2 months to approve the Keystone pipeline, knowing full well it wouldn't be enough time to complete an environmental investigation. So the administration was given two choices: approve a potentially dangerous massive project or not approve it. It has nothing at all to do with blocking oil refinement and wanting to raise prices. The consequences of the project must be researched first.

Second, if you think Obama has no clear overall plan, it's because you're choosing not to read what they publish. How about looking at the budget proposal? Or the papers from the Secretary of Energy and others. No, instead you ignore their plans because you disagree with them, or maybe you're one of those who hate everything done by the administration whether it's right or wrong.

I don't disagree with you, but the Koch brothers directly stated (in 2008?) that their oil speculation earned them $0.20 to $0.40 per gallon of gasoline in the US that year. That's every gallon of gas sold, they were able to calculate their average earnings from being speculators.

Oil speculators aren't the primary driver of oil prices, but they are a major factor.

Gingrich has directly stated he plans to invade Iran and take their oil. He's not dancing around the idea, he's very blunt.

You conveniently ignore the reasons why the energy secretary says that. He doesn't want each of us to spend more. He wants higher efficiency. To make us more efficient and less dependent on oil, the prices must go up. It doesn't mean "us peasants" spend more in the long run.