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Free education doesn't have to mean college, it could [and absolutely should] include vocational education as well. As a culture, we seem to insist that everyone needs to go to college, and that's just nuts. We need people who know how to fix things, dammit! [Maybe then the repair places would...

Of course all candidates use their families in the campaign - but has anyone ever had one of their kids impugning the POTUS as Cruz did? He went beyond using them as props, to giving them lines to recite, attacking his competition [Clinton], and that is where he crossed the line. If he chooses...

Embarrassed? Not a bit, I've seen people cross themselves and do their rosary beads, a prayer rug wouldn't be any different, IMO. I totally agree that prayer doesn't belong in a classroom, or any government sponsored place, because it puts the government in a position of seeming to 'endorse' a...

Since you've already talked to Moot, you know the advice he has is as good as it gets [long as it doesn't concern chinchillas, ;)]. He drives a van because it works for the way he wants to work, not because it's the only thing he can drive, or is willing to put the effort into making work. Those...

Maybe if you hadn't convinced me before that you raise chinchillas, lol. Yes, I was gullible, but my daughter has 2 chins, it could have been true:oops: And also too, isn't that an honest face? HAHAHAHA So, Pro, you wouldn't be the first. The aggravation factor is higher, what with HOS, elogs...

I'm positive he understands how unsecured loans work. The point he's making is about our priorities: home ownership is a worthy investment, but education ought to be even more so. Isn't that a legislator's job, in a nutshell?

Politicians have always used their kids in campaign photos, true, but Cruz crossed the line when he had his daughters publicly criticize Obama, via their choices in reading material. The cartoonist ought to have framed a response that didn't involve the girls, which was just as wrong as the...

As I understand it, students are free to pray as they wish - it's just the school that is prohibited from promoting or endorsing any religious activity. [I believe they should teach it, though, as in comparative religion classes]. The question is, how do people feel about students whose religion...

Any parent who uses a minor to advance their political agenda is, by definition, projecting beliefs a child is incapable of choosing. Politics, like sex, is best reserved for adults who can understand the ramifications of various positions. So to speak. And I totally disagree that "in today's...

Please let us know if your book becomes available, I'd love to read it. You wouldn't be the first of us happy misfits to become a critically acclaimed and successful author, [TallCal's book is awesome], but you may well be the next one. :)

Enjoy the time off, George! PS I'm curious: how, exactly, do you keep track of the minutes spent at red lights? Because they seem to be getting longer every year....

Adults who 'use' their offspring in political situations are not good parents - and that goes for those who take them to protests as well.

It's not just about being tired, [although that's important], it's about having a cushion of time to absorb all the little micro delays that add up. Following someone on a two lane who can't or won't go the speed limit for 26 miles, school buses, a high percentage of small town stop & go, big...

On their website, there is also an option to buy a 'Patriot Pair' of wreaths, with one being placed on a veteran's headstone, the other delivered to an address of your choice. Last year, I sent one to my daughter in Florida, and she was in tears over the glorious smell of the wreath [and the...

I'm not like Blizzard: I don't make a practice of arriving early, because too many places have no room, or won't even let me past the guard. If I have never been there, and have a phone number, I will call to ask if early is ok, otherwise, I arrive when expected. Also, in the example given, I...

And David Daladien & friends are "A group of citizen journalists dedicated to monitoring and reporting on medical ethics and advances." :rolleyes:

Those who use words to hide the truth are the antiabortionists. A fetus is a medical term, plain & simple truth, but "an innocent baby" is how it's described by those who need to relabel it to appeal to emotion. The same people call an antiabortion place a "Crisis Pregnancy Center", even...

To be fair, "no more baby parts" is a pretty specific statement, given the furor over PP "selling baby parts" that has been going full blast since the antiabortion fanatic Daliedan released his highly misleading [and deliberately deceptive] videos. Also too, the rhetoric on the side of anti...

LEO's know and accept that going in - it's part of the job description. It should NOT be part of the job for a health care worker, and the fact that it is is why the LEO needs to be there, protecting the clinic that provides essential services for the public's well being. It just boggles the...

And right now the Supreme Court is working on a case filed by 2 people in Texas who feel their vote is 'diluted' by the idea of "one person, one vote".