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We have the freedom to protest our government as long as the men clad in black holding billy clubs don’t beat us up. Pretty soon we will be able to be arrested for simply thinking about protesting. ~ by BookGirl on September 5, 2008.

First off, lemme just say, Lib, you are no longer allowed to critique my gushing over Michelle or Barack Obama ever again. lol. Secondly, I know that Sarah Palin captivated America because they set the bar really low for her coming in, and I characterize her speech as one dedicated for the base.

We've heard enough smug, nasty, small-minded political bluster over the last eight years. Its time for more than sound-bite politics and empty promises. America deserves real solutions to serious problems.

Election season’s in full swing, and you know what that means: a lot of heated political conflict in the workplace. How confident are you that your managers will cool things down the right way — without breaking the law? Of course, political discussions don’t always turn bad.

Slate's Paul Collins dissects one of John McCain's preferred rhetorical devices: "my friends."McCain falls neatly into line: Roughly every generation since FDR, a candidate resurrects "my friends." But while used in its first few decades by good or great orators, it's notable that in the last half-century it's been exclusively resorted to by the worst orators in our presidential races.

What does it really take to be President of the United States, and how does Sarah Palin measure up? The aObama campaign is making much of the “inexperience” of Vice Presidential nominee, Gov. Sarah Palin, saying that she is not ready to be President of the United States.

Reuters reported ESPN deemed a commercial too “inappropriate” for their channel. I agree that ESPN should be allowed to pull the ad if they want to, but what troubles me the most is that the site promoting adultery has over 2 million registered users.

Following up on this previous posting, in which the local Democrats here in Central NH have decided to take a local letter-writer "to task" for daring to be critical of the latest version of Barack Obama and, more importantly to local and state level Dems, daring to use the word "negro".

Check out the NYT story on the unbelievable debate in this youtube video.

There are several ways to define "morally permissible." One is to break the words apart, to define "morally" and then "permissible." However, there is a more holistic way. In Ethics in the First Person, Deni Elliott defines permissibility thusly:A moral system differentiates among behaviors that are