Yes, there was a large police presence this last week WRT the NATO meetings. I am surprised that anyone would take that as being wrong. There are protestors – yes – but there are also agents provocateur, who wish to subvert legitimate protests with violent behavior.

No arrests.

The Chicago police DID learn something from the ’68 convention.

You know what? Although I personally agree with Starbucks’s(‘s’s's) corporate position, Just as is is our right to boycott sponsors of Limpballs or Komen – it is their right to choose to boycott Starbucks.

It’s all that old “I may not agree with anything you say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it” thing, for me.

No, I don’t think so, tjbs. I think if a white kid was shot by a black “neighborhood watch man” – said watchman would have committed “suicide by cop” when police arrived.

Also, OT, but… please, moderator? I am having problems with my logging in – whenever I enter my username/password and then click the “remember me” box – the site does not recognize my password as valid. If I do not tick that box, I get in fine. Is there something I can do on my end to aleviate my having to log in again every time I close and re-open my browser?

What we have heah… is a failuh…. to cummmunicate.

I think a lot of those “Don’t know” folks hear things like “Barack”… and “Hussein”… and “Obama” and really do believe that since he isn’t named William Harold Smith, he MUST be a furriner, and one of them there moslems.

People like (sadly) my Dad (92) who just cannot fathom that someone with such an unusual name could possibly be an American Christian.

Lisa – if you have lost a friend, then I am sorry for your grief and loss. I am not, however, sorry that someone who dedicated his life to destroying others has left the world.

What Andrew did to ACORN, what he did to Shirley Sherrod, was, and remains, unexcusable, unforgivable. Andrew was NOT a nice man. He may have been able to pretend he was to “friends” and family – but he was not a nice man. I do not share your grief, but I am sorry that you feel pain.

Knox, maybe it isn’t ABOUT turning constituents around. Maybe it is about a business owner refusing service to someone they cannot in good conscience allow into their business.

Kind of like how I would turn away Fred Phelps, Rick Santorum or Herb Cain or $arah Palin, if it were my restaurant.

You’re really rather mistaken about what people remember about the Chicago police riots at the convention in 68.

Most everyone who was here then knows who went overboard. Just as we know who went overboard at Kent State – even without the CSN song.

Saying that Hillary attracts women voters is as offensive to me as saying that black voters only voted for Obama because he was black.

There may be a few of each who did so for such reasons, but in general, I think both black voters and women voters are quite capable of making a decision that isn’t based on emotion – as your comment seems to suggest we/they are not.

I have to disagree with you on this. We don’t have “debates” in order to see how the candidates do against other candidates. We have them to see who can think fast on their feet, and not curl up and die under pressure.

Perry’s “oops” moment says to me that he is unable to think quickly under pressure, which is a MAJOR problem if he wants to be CinC of the armed forces, and have control of the “football” nuke codes.

He failed the pressure test. I cannot vote for him. He’s not the guy I want having to answer the red phone at 3 a.m.

With due respect – the Mississippi measure was even more draconian – it counted “personhood” from FERTILIZATION – thereby rendering all women who had eggs fertilized that did not implant into murderesses when they had their period.

If
You don’t know
Who has nukes
And who does not.

BLAME YOUSELF!

“Just one in ten Americans currently say they trust the government to do what is right all or most of the time – down from 23 percent who said the same just a year ago. That figure – at just 1 percent –”

Math time – 1 in 10 is 10%, not 1%.

Just sayin’

Question:

If he chooses to not run after he has announced he is running, does that count as “losing” an election, or does he keep his 0-defeat “record” pure?

Please tell me it spoils his record… please?

2 that I can recall…

One was a Clive Custler western – don’t remember the name, but the genre is not my cup of cappuccino.

The other is the “Book of Mormon”.

And yet – did not John call himself (oddly in the 3rd person…) “The Disciple that Jesus Loved”? Could that have been “code”? Quick! Someone find Dan Brown.