Can of worms, anyone?

Inspired (I guess that’s the word) by these two posts and their threads:
Zero Tolerance
And today I have a WEAL surpwise for you
I was thinking maybe another poll of the audience is called for.
So, do you own gun(s)? What limits, if any, does the Constitution put on gun ownership? Lastly (and maybe most eye winkingly), a [...]

Damn unwashed hippies…

Greenspan Warns of Likely U.S. Recession
Alan Greenspan Warns That U.S. Economy May Slip Into Recession by End of Year
The Associated Press
HONG KONG - Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Monday that the American economy might slip into recession by year’s end.
He said the U.S. economy has been expanding since 2001 and that there [...]

Who are you?

***Stuck to top for a few days, I’m taking a break from writing to work on Sumo Merriment’s template (a task I promised to do and one I’ve put off for far to long). Please everyone (yes, you..lurker) join in.

We all “know” each other. We all visit the same sites, although there are a few [...]

this may be a problem where you live

It would seem like a no-brainer situation. Given the amount of unnecessary things we as a society purchase everyday, in addition to having the second lowest property tax in the Union; that a sales tax that goes entirely to the schools would have been welcomed by the citizens of our county. An ongoing local poll [...]

Move over Ignignokt

“I am trying to believe.“

A night on the town.

Crowd questions Walsh on Iraq war
Thursday, February 22, 2007
By Mark Weiner Staff writer
Rep. James Walsh wanted to hear what was on the mind of his constituents Wednesday night.
Central New Yorkers responded in a big way.
An overflow crowd of more than 150 squeezed into the Syracuse Common Council chambers for a town hall-style [...]

Material Support

Scott Lemieux:
I UNDERSTAND THAT TRYING TO INFER LOGIC FROM INSTAPUNDITRY IS FUTILE, BUT… Glenn Reynolds asserts that Iran has been at war with the United States “since 1979.” My question: when does he start calling for Michael Ledeen to be put on trial for high treason for helping to sell arms to a [...]

McClinton

Clinton Fundraising in Overdrive
By: Ben Smith
February 8, 2007 10:25 AM EST
Hillary Rodham Clinton continued to walk the fine line Wednesday between flexing her political muscle and lowering fundraising expectations for her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. The New York senator called together the leaders of the biggest fundraising machine in the history of [...]

It’s Over.

Iraq Vote In Senate Blocked By GOP
7 Republicans Join Democratic Push
By Shailagh Murray
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 18, 2007; A01
Supporters of the surge argue that the resolution opposing it “emboldens the enemy,” Levin said, “but that is an extraordinarily naïve view of the enemy.”
“What emboldens the sectarian fighters is the inability of Iraqi leaders to [...]

the rambler, the gambler, the back biter

It only took a single flake
To freeze my mind in the snowy night,
A few clangs to smash my dreams
Among the frosted bells.
The stove’s night fire fragrance
Has melted away,
Yet at my window the moon
Climbs a solitary peak.

- Han Shan Te’-Ch’ing, 1600
Translated by James M. Crier
Mountain Living
I [...]