This is why Westboro Baptist Church is a joke

[Jester]

But... The flip side of establishment is free exercise. The government should not be telling the people that their religion is superfluous either.

How is saying that religious explanations are superfluous *to evolution* (not superfluous in general - good prevarication, though) violating free exercise? Presumably, mathematicians would tell you that God is not necessary to perform algebra, chemists would tell you God is not necessary for molecular bonds, and political scientists would tell you that God is not necessary to establish a voting system. The only reason biologists make a point of saying so, is that so many have claimed otherwise, but that this is scientifically incorrect.

In the US we've managed to slow down the free fall, but we are still in a relative decline compared to the past two decades. I think if we can figure out how to balance the equation between taxes and entitlements, and trim out some of the most cumbersome corporate regulations we'll snap back on track, and we'll lift Europe out of it's slump as well.

Deregulation and spending cuts: the universal solution? Growth is constrained by demand shortages. Demand is constrained by lack of employment. Employment is constrained by lack of hiring. Hiring is constrained by lack of growth. The trap goes snap.

Without a consistent, cheap and abundant (infinite) source of energy we cannot sustain the productivity of the past.

Second Law of Thermodynamics, anyone?

-Jester