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>Why do people still think Islam is a religion of peace?
Because the vast, vast majority of Muslims are peaceful.
>Why can't you love Jesus anymore?
You can. Many people do.
>Why can't you not love Jesus?
You can. Many people do not.
>Why is it OK to be prejudiced towards something if you're a
>part of the minority?
It's not. Who said it was?
>Why is Guinness so damn tasty?
Unfermented roasted barley.
>Why do people send forty-seven surveys a day on MySpace?
Because they're desperate for any way to define their own identify, and surveys fill that need. Also, they're morons.
>Why is Donald Rumsfeld still the Secretary of Defense?
He's not.
>Why did we not formally occupy Iraq and Afghanistan?
Because then we'd be held accountable for the botch job they both eventually became. Also it would give more ammo to U.S. critics who like to cry "Empire".
>Why don't people realize Osama isn't in it for the virgins?
Many do.
>Why is it OK for the Left to speak their minds, but if the
>Right tries to do it they're called Nazis and baby killers?
Those on the right are criticized when they speak their mind on the basis of what they're saying, just like those on the left.
>Why is it then when you want to talk/hang out with someone,
>they never call, but when you want to be left alone, your
>phone doesn't stop ringing?
Murphy's law.
>Why is the United States still a part of the UN?
Because any attempt by a U.S. president (or Congress) to remove the U.S. from the U.N. would be extremely poorly received, and probably result in said president (or congresspeople) not being re-elected.
>Why does France still think it's a super power and that its
>opinion matters to the international community?
Because it has nukes.
>Why can't people just do their social responsibility and
>become informed voters and a useful part of the political
>process?
They can and do.
>Why do we put up with pork barrel spending, lobbyists,
>government waste and mud-slinging dishonest politics?
Because there's not really another option. Or, because those candidates who do represent "another option" frequently also run on platforms filled with positions most voters find objectionable.
>Why is there a show on MTV about spoiled brats?
Because people find it entertaining, which allows MTV to sell advertising. Also, because many MTV viewers are morons.
>Why do we watch that show?
See above.
>Why is Iran's president OK with Hugo Chavez and Venezuela (ß
>Catholics)?
Because they're not denying him the ability to manufacture nuclear weapons and calling him part of the Axis of Evil.
>Why do people not know how to drive in Hawaii?
Many do. Those who don't know how to drive lack that knowledge for the same reason mainlanders do.
>Why is Jack Bauer such a badass?
Because people enjoy watching a show with a badass in it. Also, the show's writers are morons.
>Why is it so important to have nunchuk and bo staff skills?
It's not.
>Why isn't America ever given credit for stopping the
>Cross-Atlantic Slave Trade?
Because it was also largely responsible for the Cross-Atlantic slave trade.
>Why is America the only country who gets slavery thrown in its
>face ALL the time?
Because it was one of the last world powers to criminalize it. Also, because the magnitude of U.S. slavery dwarfed that in other western countries of the day.
>Why did people ever have slaves to begin with?
Because it was economically beneficial to have them, and because their views about racial inferiority allowed them to treat Africans in such a manner.
>Why do people believe the Loose Change conspiracy theory?
Because many people have an extremely jaded view of the government and it's capacity to do terrible things in secret. Also, many people are morons.
>Why do people oppose the Iraq war?
Because it's less a war than it is an effort to stave off civil war. And because Iraq isn't much of a legitimate threat to the U.S.
>Why do people support the Iraq war?
Because they think Iraq is (or was) a legitimate threat to the U.S., or because they believe a continued U.S. presence will eventually lead to a stable democratic government in Iraq.
>Why can't we all just get along?
Selfishness.
>Why did OJ do it?
He's a violent guy and couldn't stand the thought of his ex being with another man.
>Why hasn't Kevin Federline done it yet?
He's not a murderer.
>Why is counter culture now mainstream culture?
It's not. When what was formerly "counter-culture" became "mainstream" it ceased to be "counter-culture".
>Why do we have to be politically correct?
In general, we don't. To the extent that we do, because people don't like to be thought of as insensitive, uncaring or racist.
>Why do people stay on Welfare?
They don't. See welfare reform under Clinton.
>Why do people think its cool to act ignorant?
In a culture of ignorance, being well-informed makes one different. Conformity offers certain advantages, which disappear when one ceases to conform. Also, people are morons.
>Why does the illegitimacy(kids) rate continue to go up in
>America?
Because there continues to be less and less stigma attached to giving birth out of wedlock.
>Why didn't we finish what we started in the first Gulf War?
Iraq wasn't seen as a legitimate threat to the U.S.
>Why did we leave Somalia?
Because we don't give a rat's ass about whether people live or die in Africa.
>Why did we warn Pakistan that we were going to shoot missiles
>at Osama?
Because Pakistan is ostensibly our ally, and we didn't want to piss them off.
>Why is Bill Clinton considered a hero of diplomacy when he
>didn't even talk to the UN about invading Yugoslavia, but
>George Bush is the villian when he exhausted nearly every
>diplomatic option before invading Iraq?
There was an ongoing war in Yugoslavia, which NATO intervention was expected to end. There was no ongoing war in Iraq. Also, Bush did not exhaust every diplomatic option before invading Iraq. Also, Clinton didn't "invade" Yugoslavia.
>Why didn't the government just say, we're invading Iraq to set
>up a democratic government and a base of operations in the
>Middle East to defeat terror, deal with it.?
Because U.S. citizens don't recognize their government's right to invade other sovereign states just to export democracy. Such an explanation would not have been well received.
>Why do people still think we invaded Iraq for the oil?
Because the other reasons were so weak, the idea that the war was begun out of bald greed becomes that much more believable. Also, people are morons.
>Why do we allow future's traders and oil companies to hold us
>at the proverbial gunpoint?
Because that's how the free market works, and the alternative is even worse.
>Why can't third parties get a foothold in American politics?
Because they typically hold wacky views, and don't have the vast financial backing of a party machine.
>Why don't people realize that its time to move on?
They do. Witness the 2006 midterm elections.
>Why do we celebrate mediocrity in America?
We don't.
>Why do we lower test scores so that more people pass?
In general, we don't. To the extent we do, it's because it's easier to lower the scores than correct the underlying problem.
>Why are people not held accountable for their actions
>anymore?
In general, that's not true.
>Why is it not OK to get in a fist fight every once in a
>while?
Because it's assault.
>Why do we have to be sensitive to everyone's needs even if
>they're a ####ing idiot?
In general, we don't. To the extent that "we" do, it's because "we" aren't heartless bastards who're fine with idiots starving in the streets. Also, idiots frequently have children whose are they're responsible for, and nobody wants to see children suffer because of their parents' idiocy.
>Why do people fear guns?
Because they're an extremely effective (and widely employed) method of killing another human being.
>Why is Mike Mularkey running a west coast offense with the
>cannon attached to Daunte Culpepper's arm?
Because he thinks that's the best approach to take in order to help his team win. Alternately, he doesn't think Culpepper's arm is "all that". Or, possibly, he's a moron. 
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