Which Candidate for Prez '08 wants to Eliminate the Income Tax?

You guessed it, Ron Paul. Check out this video and tell me if you think he's crazy, or onto something! Me, I think he's pretty sharp.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfIhFhelm8

Is the USA really as Conservative as the Media Makes it Seem?

NO!
It isn't.
Media Matters (.org) has studied this question and discovered what many of us know intuitively; that the apparent conservatism of the American populace is a figment of the mass media's imagination. We are more progressive than we think we are.
Here's where you can download the report:
http://mediamatters.org/progmaj/

Buddhism keeps creeping up on me

( Here's another reason to respect the Dalai Lama and his teachings: )