>Politics is mostly ridiculous...but I must admit, this is probably the most ridiculous I've seen in some time. Sadly, many of the masses will take it at face value and due to their hatred of the U.S. lately, assume the U.S. is doing something nefarious to bring it all about...
A certain friendship can now be seen between the governments of Bolivia, Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran. It looks as if there is only one thing that keeps them united. Sigh.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
