No 'Leftist' Equivalent to the "Right's" Violent Rhetoric

It's true: http://www.alternet.org/story/149470/let%27s_get_this_straight%3A_there_is_no_leftist_equivalent_to_the_right%27s_violent_rhetoric

2/3 of Corporations in America Didn't Pay Taxes from 1998-2005

That's right two of every 3 corporations doing business in the U.S. didn't pay any taxes from 1998 to 2005. (Any guesses on the period from 2005 till now?)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/11/AR2008081102324.html

Did You Know That the Germans Think We Are Insane?

It's true .... and we are, sadly enough. Check it out: http://www.alternet.org/story/149324/america_in_decline%3A_why_germans_think_we%27re_insane

In this 6 part article, Der Spiegel asks "Is the American Dream Over?" What do you think?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,726447,00.html