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Thu 09 Sep 2008McCain backing regulation is like Casanova extolling chastity
OPINIONIT'S JUST human nature that some calamities register in the brain and others don't. The train engineer texting at the throttle ("HOW R U? C U L8R") and missing the red light and 25 people die in the crash - oh God, that is way too real - everyone has had a moment of supreme stupidity that came close to killing somebody. Even atheists say a little prayer now and then: "Dear God, I am an idiot, thank you for protecting my children," writes Garrison Keillor
On the other hand, the US federal bailout of the financial market is a calamity that people accept as if it were just one more hurricane.
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