Of course Fox News wasn't there. Working to diffuse hot tempers and angry mobs is counter to Fox's agenda. MSNBC is evidently trying to be the Fox News for the left, but this effort will probably fail as the left is not as organized and doesn't have the solidarity of the right.

Fox News has an agenda and has been steadily working toward that goal for several years. I don't know exactly what their goal is, but sometimes believe that they will only be happy with the destruction of America.

I thought a true Christian was someone who followed the teachings of Christ. There are many different interpretations of exactly what those teachings were and what they meant. So, perhaps it would be a self-identification and not Mr. Beck's determination to make. I would file it under the "Judge not lest ye be judged" category. This is of course the Christian Science Monitor so one could assume that the teachings of Mary Baker Eddy would be considered the most correct yardstick of Christianity.

I believe the President is a person who believes those that have should look out for those that need Somewhere in my past I remember hearing that was one Christ's lessons.

Lack of critical thinking if you can't admit that getting people to work is instrumental to recovery. Business can't or won't do, so government must.

Well said, Cliff. There seems to be a propensity to talk at each other and not with each other now days. For the most part scream at each other not talk.

Someone above stated that the Democrats had been in charge for 3.5 years and hadn't saved the economy. That is a ludicrous comment. Our current economic situation started years ago, either 30 or 45 depending on your political leaning. Both parties are equally to blame for the situation. It is a part of the Washington D.C. culture to spend, spend, spend and worry about income later.

Trickle down has been a failed experiment so far. It has led to greater concentration of wealth into the hands of fewer extremely rich individuals, less jobs, and a lowering of stature for much of the middle class.

Social programs have also been a failure due to neglect and fraud.

We have diverted a great portion of our national wealth to fighting wars against pretend enemies. This has led to the bankruptcy of our government. Or at least we would be bankrupt if we didn't have such excellent credit. This is a time when that credit must be used to prevent a depression far worse than the 1929 one. At that time many people had the means of food production. Look around today at how many Americans have the means to farm or even garden. Without the food production of small family plots, we will have widespread hunger.

If the government does nothing to help those suffering most, soon almost all will be suffering. This is a truism that will stand. Our multinational corporations and those that control them are not interested in stopping the suffering.

The promise of upward mobility has been lost for most Americans. Incomes are stagnant. We are truly on our way to being a two class society with the working poor and the filthy rich. Not much of a future is it?

Let me say first that I never, absolutely never watch Fox or MSNBC on TV, however I do watch the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. From the excerpts he has shown of Fox personalities and talk radio gurus, I would assume that most of that 18% are regular viewers of Fox or listeners to talk radio, it would appear that they get their wrong opinion from Fox or talk radio. I normally can't follow the rants of Mr. Beck or Mr. O'reilly but their excerpts are full of hyperbole, exaggeration, and outright untruths. A person with lesser reasoning skills could assume that what they are saying is true. Much of the misinformation on the internet seems to point back to there TV and radio experts or at least people who are frequent guests on their programs.

At my work location, there is a TV in the entry to the building, this TV is usually tuned to Fox. When I walk by the TV there is good chance I will hear facts of a questionable nature while I am walking by the TV. This is why I assign much of the blame to Fox.

Based on this administration's and the past administration's proposed cuts for military retirees, I would have to say the answer is totally no. We have thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, of veterans with closed head injuries. There is little knowledge of the long term effects of these type injuries. One need only look at this nations history of dealing with vets, to know that eventually the cost of needed benefits will be too high and the politicians will then use vet care as a campaign issue. Thousands of military retirees were promised free medical care for life, but in recent years politicians have done everything possible to renege on that promise. The current Secretary of Defense is no different than his predecessors when it comes to failing the vets.

It is a shame and it says a lot about this country.

It will take a little time for a true evaluation, but I believe that George W. Bush will go down as the worst president in US history. He was in charge when the arguably second worse economic collapse on record occurred. He presided over a nation building war entered under dubious circumstances with questionable goals (exporting democracy). Government expanded greatly and unfunded mandates were issued by a federal government that refused to raise the funds required to support this expansion. He took a budget with a surplus and through tax cuts and unbudgeted wars destroyed the surplus. Overall in most areas, his record is deplorable.

The short sighted always make claims about mortgaging our future, but neglect to look at the present. They complain loud and long about spending money unless and until that money is being spent for or taken from one of their pet projects.

For the economy to heal itself, money must be spent. It really matters little whether it is government money or private money. If government continues to lay off employees, the downward trend will continue. Employment must increase. Payroll money must enter the economy. If it is necessary to go into debt to force this employment, then we must go into debt.

The biggest complaint I have seen from serious economists is that government spending is not going far enough to help the economy.

The citizens of the United States or at least the government thereof has a history of racial prejudice. This incident is no different. In the minds of many citizens, all Muslims are bad and they don't have the same rights as other citizens. Therefore this racism, for want of another term, leads them to equate building a mosque with terrorism. The same mentality was exhibited when all west coast citizens of Japanese ancestry were put in concentration camps during World War II.

It is unfortunate that we, the people of the United States, think this way but it is a reality that must be considered.