The Hall of Fire

/looks at length of this thread, shakes head in bafflement, and wonders why such a small "gaffe" is being analyzed to such a minute degree/ :scratch: I am sort of with Alatar, Lali, and Maria. Maybe having a serious near death experience has really mellowed me out, in that I do not easily ...

Rick Santorum against Tammy Baldwin

I am going to pass onto you all recent conversations with my best friend. In the last (non-Presidential) election, that of 2010, I was with her and she had yet to vote. She asked who was on the ticket, including her local candidates, and I passed on the federal, state, and county offices that I knew...

Put another way, faltering economies will eventually sort themselves out. I don't think that's necessarily true. Or at least, failing the appropriate response, the downturn can be as miserable and long-lasting as the Great Depression before getting sorted out. I don't know, here the real estate mar...

I had meant to say last nite, in response that Eru's comment, that that response sounded very similar to the comments I heard from the left in 04. The "left" were promising to leave for Canada or Europe, although very few did that I know. I honestly can't imagine where the "right&quo...

And if Obama tries to compromise and take the other side's views into account (because he has to, usually, but it's still nice) he's seen as weak. Poor guy, really. I'm sure there are days he wonders why the heck he ever wanted the job. There you have hit the nail on the head. Both parties in Congr...

Oh, don't get me wrong - I am very independent in my voting patterns, but this newer version of the GOP really makes me ill. Mainly I think for me it came down to who would be least polarizing and play on an open and equal field. I admit I have deep suspicions of an uber wealthy former venture capit...

Living in Wisconsin, all I can feel right now is relief tinged with a bit of elation. I happen to live in the most red county in Wisconsin, Waukesha, and Romney signs outnumbered Obama by at least 25:1. I have kept my mouth shut quite a bit this past year, or even bit my tongue. We also elected Tamm...

I don't believe for a second, or even a nano-second, that anyone else would have been prosecuted in a similar situation. ' Don't you? I think a person might have been prosecuted, but maybe not sentenced as harshly. Sux to be OJ. The Watcher: he isn't going to have mental health help, for pete's sak...

In Nevada, a judge has senetenced former football player O. J. Simpson to prison for crimes resulting from a Las Vegas hotel robbery and kidnapping. The sentencing was complicated with some of the terms to run concurrently and others to run consecutively. However, legal analysts on several stations...

A further historical irony is that one branch of the Puritans -> Congregationalists became the Unitarians- about as perfectly undoctrinaire as a church can be. On the whole the Southern colonies were relatively easygoing on religious matters, generally following the British government line (which s...

I should point out that the Salem witch trials were recognized by the Puritans themselves as a tragic mistake even at the time, less than a year after they began. Compensation was paid to the families of the executed, and some of the officials involved were deeply and personally remorseful for the ...

30/33. Some of those questions were very poorly worded. As far as Pilgrims, Calvinists, and Puritans go, yes, those that generally settled into what is now known as New England tended to be quite judgmental and harsh, notable breaks of this were the movements for the establishment of Rhode Island an...

vison wrote:We did talk about it. But then we decided, who the hell wants North Dakota?

Please, come on down and take a better state, like the UP of Michigan or sumptin.

Very interesting. It looks like it'll be a long time before any change can happen, though. Ohio is a state that hasn't even considered it. :neutral: Lali :) I know we do not agree politically at all, but, I wonder what your post meant? In terms of gay marriage, if that is what you are referring to,...

All I can say is "Oh Happy Day!" :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) And, Senator McCain was most gracious, unlike his pack of supporters. The healing of America seems a bit mo...

Well, I for one am also officially "campaigned out." In my highly GOP neck of the woods, I was actually thrilled to see as much support for Obama as I did, even the comfy suburbanites are getting a bit twitchy it seems. No problems voting, went at 8:30 am at the local school and there was ...

Well, this is all water under the bridge as far as I am concerned. I know my state was accused of some voting fraud back in 2004, but it turned out to be minimal, and hardly anything that would affect the overall results. It was mainly some college voters taking advantage of voting from their parent...

Hey, I have a dumb question, if anybody knows. Regarding the Obama TV buy tonight, 8 pm. "prime time"--does that mean that it airs at 8 pm. all over the country, or is it like the debates? 8 pm EDT, on four major networks. Not sure what that means for you on PDT, since isn't your major pr...

I know what I would do if I were Powell, which is just what I think he will do. :( Hey, I would love it if he DID go out for Obama, but I do not myself see Powell doing that. I think he will remain silent, myself. He may secretly support Obama, or more so someone like HRC, but, I do not see him tryi...