Did anyone listen to NPR today? It was Fresh Air with Terry Gross, talking with Richard Holbrooke about the Bosnian Serb politician/war criminal Radivich or whatever who was just caught.

He talked about meeting him and the general Mladic in the 90's in Yugoslavia for talks. Radovich started bragging about how he was buddies with Jimmy Carter and was talking with him and how Holbrooke had to stand down because he'd bring the wrath of Carter down on his head.

Holbrooke said "there's only one president at a time, it's Clinton at the moment, and I am his agent" but it really illustrated what a presumptuous arrogant self-important fool Carter is. He thinks he is like the shadow president, the alternative president, and he has no compunctions about cozing up to Radivan, Kim Jong-il, Castro, Chavez, etc. and fronting like he is actually a representative on the USA.

Kind of reminds me of someone.

"Radivich"? what, doesn't Alaska pay you enough to afford Hooked on Phonics?

it's Radovan Karadzic, you illiterate sloth. and i hardly see how the claims of a deposed, washed-up war criminal are any real impingement on anybody's reputation.

Personal attacks are not allowed on CE, dude.

But it's awesome how much you care about his name being properly spelled. maybe you're in his contacts with Carter.

As long as you are open-minded about the impact of McCain and Obama's decisions on fuel prices, I think that we have common ground.

Sorry about the "buddy" comment; I don't thread-stalk you to see if you are pro-RP or not. Regardless, I was only semi-serious. He's just the libertarian Superman at the moment, so I had to point out his stance and I figured that I was being lighthearted enough that you wouldn't take it as an attack.

We can disagree on the issue of lower prices/corn ethanol. My stance is that the harm done to the ethanol industry outweighs the benefit of the extra fuel in the near-term. If the scale was different, it might be a different issue. The tariff doesn't only protect corn-based ethanol though. It protects cellulosic and sugar cane ethanol as well. While we might not need corn ethanol in the long run, it is our most productive ethanol source at the moment and efforts to protect it from competition also shield sugar cane and cellulosic ethanol production.

Out of curiosity, you haven't ever used corn ethanol? Perhaps it is because I live in California, but we have 10% ethanol gasoline. It's too late for me to look it up tonight, but I was under the impression that most gasoline is now around 5-10% ethanol for air quality standards. I suspect that most people do use ethanol without being aware of it. I can try finding statistics in the morning.

i'm not aware of making any personal attacks in that post. you have, through misspelling a name that any fool could google, demonstrated both illiteracy and slothfulness.

yes, i think its important to know about dangerous people. perhaps if more people shared my attitude, Karadzic would have been brought to justice years ago, rather than being allowed to pursue a life of alternative medicine for nearly a decade. but, hey--i haven't lived most of my life in ignorance. perhaps an expert such as yourself could provide some insight into the benefits of such an existence?

or would you prefer to take your toys and go home, as you usually do when faced with facts and logic?

The county I live in doesn't have 10% ethanol but some of the larger cities I have visited do and I've probably filled up there a couple of times so I stand corrected. The 10% ethanol isn't used in my area but after some research I've learned it is more widespread than I had thought.

For future reference, there is nothing "lighthearted" about casually linking someone to a vile racist like Ron Paul. Would you think it lighthearted or a joke if I linked you to David Duke?

I did not suggest that you were racist like him. I don't think the parallel between Ron Paul and David Duke is entirely fair: if you compared me to David Duke, you would clearly be saying that I am racist (since that is the primary thing for which he is known); meanwhile, linking me to someone like Hegel (who like Paul is mostly known for non-racist stuff), for instance, would be more fair.

Also, the libertarians who do agree with Ron Paul deny that he is a racist. Had you been a fan of Ron Paul (as I mistakenly thought), then my comment wouldn't have carried an implied accusation of racism.

Regardless, I definitely did not mean to link you to his racism, just his championship of the free market. I apologize if it my comment came across as an intentional insult.

I'm not disagreeing.

Sorry for overreacting. For some reason I assume the worst. I will work on not doing that. I hadn't followed Ron Paul's campaign much. I read some of those newsletters for the first time today and I don't know how libertarians could say he's not a racist.

I know. I was just clarifying my position.

Wow... I'm amazed....

Just north of you.... outside of America... People in Canada for the most part felt that American's on the whole treated Jimmy Carter to a really raw deal throughout his presidency. Blaming him personally for things really outside of his control. The Energy crisis, the late 1970's recession ( brought on after America left Vietnam ) and Iran. That guy was really, doing his job as president. Trying to tell you the hard facts as what the world was going to be like. Especially if you just continued to consume and destroy. And fuel the military industrial machine past the point of sanity. Did you listen???

No you booted him out the door as soon as you could. But, not before you mocked him.

( I work with alot of really great American's - The artsy ones who tour shows up here ) So I had faith. I knew one day that you'd all, one by one. Start to wake up from your ongoing nightmare of a nation that the republicans have dealt back to you in return thease last 30 years. While they've sold their souls to business lobby groups. lined their pockets with international company stocks, and pork barrel deals laid inside stupid bills..

It's nice to see that your realising for the most part. That you were all quite foolish and nieve for listening to the republican diatribe of : " It's not your fault, it's that evil government 's fault.....Or....Those guys!!!! Over There.!!!! who aren't Americans!!!! - let's get rid of them.!!! - P.S. While we spend all your money on doing that, but refuse to raise taxes... please look the other way at some pop culture, and continue to buy shit "

It's sad that's it's taken this long. And it almost feels like it's too late to save you as a superpower. but it's nice to see the signs, out on the internet, of the pendulum swinging back towards some balance.

And poor Jimmy? What's he been up to?

( While everyone commenting here has decided to use this comment section as a Bio fuel debate. Or trying too score points for or against Obama )

Building homes for the homeless across the world and even now in your own poor states and counties, wrecked by Hurricanes and Tornados. All, while trying to use his past influence as your past president, to continue working for world Peace.

You all owe him an apology. And a friendly chat over coffee, at least.

He is now fighting an idiot damn project in Northern Georgia that he once helped squash as governor.