REGRESSIVE TAXES & REGRESSIVE SOCIAL PROGRAM CUTS are those which affect mainly those at bottom of Tax Structure and virtually give HAVE-MORES A BYE! Governor Paterson, why are you acting like a Republican! Robin Hood robbed the Rich, not the Poor!

Democracies want undereducated electorates, which believe politicians' lies & half-truths. But not in Dallas! They follow the Finnish model; in Finland, even the lowest 10 percent beat their peers everywhere else - GOOD FOR YOU, FINLAND & DALLAS!

Part I - Generic: US President's Cabinet consists of 15 Secretaries, confirmed by Congress, and the Vice President, elected by the voters; their functions, areas of control and other basics. Part II dissects Obama's BAD NOMINEES & why they're BAD!

An intelligent and informed electorate in a "democracy" is counterproductive MYTH, despite the Politicos' lip-service. Politicos want to do what Politicos want to do. The last thing they want is TO HAVE TO LISTEN to the electorate!

If you didn't finish high school & you say "between you and I", I forgive you; BUT STOP IT! If you went to college, degree or not, and you say "between you and I", you should be ashamed of yourself - I don't forgive. You should know better!

Administrators at Connecticut's Wilton High School have banned students from performing "Voices in Conflict", a play about the Iraq war, calling it "sensational and inappropriate". - Tabacco: I think they mean the War, not the play!

Atheists and Agnostics: For sake of argument, allowing the existence of God as a given is necessary to prove anything at all. Deductive Reasoning Proof: Assume that "Jesus Christ is the only son of God" - Is that assumption Valid or Invalid?

Viewed before Katrina as institutional disaster, New Orleans' public schools got a second shot at success by implementing a bold experiment in public schooling. 60% of the city's reopened schools are now independently-run charter schools.

Toxins & "dead" foods lead to poor digestion, constipation, diarrhea, weight gain, low energy & toxic colon build-up, long-term health problems & serious or terminal disease. Autopsies often reveal plugged up to 80% with waste material.

The Tabacco Article was inspired by John Shook’s list of “The Fifty Greatest Philosophers”. I took exception to his listing Plato as No. 1. I emailed John Shook, per his request in his original Article. Today, he responded.

Sophists often ask the wrong question, which leads to an irrelevant answer. In a seat of higher learning, “Intelligent Design”, which may be true, is nevertheless irrelevant as intellectual fodder. Its advocates engage in "trivial pursuit".

George W. Bush would agree with Plato’s theories of government - that is until someone explains to him that “Private property is curtailed severely, and possessing riches is strictly forbidden.”+Profiles Nietzsche Spinoza Buddha Schopenhauer

Giuliani, a Republican who is considered a possible candidate for president in 2008, edged out U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. 3 of the top 4 are Republican??? Why?