The idea that Iraq had nothing to do with the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks just because none of the terrorist were citizens of Iraq is ridiculous. One of the reasons for the terrorist attacks on the United States by Al-Qeada was the Gulf War and the use of Saudi Arabia for the invasion and air assault of Iraq in the 1990's.

Maybe men just like those that stand out. Being blond may be sexy in the United States but in Germany it may be boring. Those that stand out may be best.

Or should I say I am an independent that would never vote Democrat in a national election.

I consider myself an independent for national politics but local and state politics I vote Republican.

Oops. I forgot to add that I am atheist as well.

Wow! I am a minor minority. A right-leaning, libertarian-conservative, Republican academic.

High levels of dopamine are correlated with Schizophrenia. No offense to religious people but it makes sense. 
 
1. Delusions of Grandeur 
2. Hallucinations 
3. Feeling of persecution 
4. Generalized psychotic affectation.

Here is an atheist argument about needing meaning and purpose to your life. Who cares about meaning? If you so desperately need a meaning make your own. I thought religion was about not being so proud yet you have to have some meaning for you to be fulfilled.

I've pondered whether religion is used by those to put themselves on a pedestal. It seems very arrogant to believe some higher power made you just the way you are because it loved you. I hear a lot of people talk about their destiny and the fact that their god has a plan for them. Compare this to the idea that we are random processes and I can see why people choose religion. Maybe a byproduct of the physiology of the human brain required that the view of oneself needed the idea of self-worth, and religion provides this for people. 
 
The breakdown of religion from science has always been about humbling the human condition. Astronomy removed Earth from the center of the universe and biology tore down the notion that "man" were created in the image of its creator (I remind you, Christianity never said women were made in the image of "God").

What is wrong with being rich? Is it wrong for people to vote for the party that will protect private property and not redistribute their hard earned wealth.

Never mind I found it 
 
PDF link http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anthro.utah.edu%2FPDFs%2Faccel.pnas.smallpdf.pdf&ei=LNJeR4b3NZLKgwK4ptTKDw&usg=AFQjCNHwxamJJQNSAVgCo4vVl76_W0Gkiw&sig2=SWdoYmE-MteeFu-1aQG-NA 
 
HTML link 
http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:U2eDSIjmDKIJ:www.anthro.utah.edu/PDFs/accel.pnas.smallpdf.pdf+Recent+acceleration+of+human+adaptive+evolution&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us

Does anyone have a better link to the paper. The one on this page is broken.

That seems more like a monopoly than socialism.

Could someone post Dreary's study to the documents section of the forum? It sounds like an interesting read.