Hear, Hear, Ma. That was always one area I used to be able to find agreement over with conservative friends. <sigh> - for the bastardization of the term.

A well reasoned argument is like a diamond: impervious to corruption and crystal clear - and infinitely rarer.

Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich