Spending Moral Capital

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Which brings us back to 'the list.'

The Paula Zahn note must have been in reference to 'Intelligent Design.' I have a vague memory of some religious nut spouting what I call 'science babel' (of which psycho-babel is a sub-category). I invented the word, 'babelarians' (or better yet, 'babelonians'?) and then wrote the note.

'Spending Moral Capital' was a reference to George Bush's invasion of Iraq. After 9/11 we as a nation had a lot of 'moral capital.' We spent it on Iraq. Nowadays we are relying on 'moral credit' to get us through the Bush fiasco. The bill is growing and the interest rate is high.

The American Jewish Establishment made a similar mistake: they spent the moral capital they derived from The Holocaust on the Circumcision of America. But since the dastardly deed was done to infants instead of mature people they seem to be getting away with it.