That may be true but it only affects people who itemize.

I'm not sure it really a good idea, since people are already donating their taxed money to support their church. Why should donated money be taxed twice? Plus don't stereotype, not all churches teach literal versions of their religious histories and they do provide charity to many around the world. Most provide education that is better then that provided by state schools.

If the FDA cares about safety why do they approve pink slime and transfats (until recently), anti-biotics in farm animals, etc?

It may depend if the temperature stabilizes at +200F or -157F.

Insurance companies do not foot any of the bill. All the money comes from working people and taxpayers. Insurance companies just take a cut and pass some of it on to greedy "healthcare" corporations.

The camera should switch all intersection traffic red if a reckless driver is about to enter a busy intersection on red. This should improve safety for all. The camera should continue to issue a ticket to the reckless driver.

The camera should detect the dangerous driver about to go thru a red light and issue a ticket. At the same time, it should also keep the cross traffic light red until the reckless driver clears the intersection.

Write your local politician to change this. Just a few letters make a huge difference.

2.5 billon is really a very small amount for a country of over 300 million people with a GDP of over 15 trillion. These missions help increase human knowledge and lead to a higher standard of living for all humanity.

Just like what you would expect from the Soviets of old -- it looks like they really did win in the end.

Obama didn't just sign it, he robo-signed it.

What does for a long time mean? During the recession of 2008?

The GDP is growing now and has been growing for a long time. Of course, during a recession the GDP is not growing that has been the case for every recession in history.

It's election time again. The Obama wants to get re-elected. Time for false promises again.

In many ways Debian and other Linux OS's are and have been ahead of MS for years. When needing to use Win7 it always feels like a step back from a Linux box.