[quote user="Gibson Brown"]I feel for you friend. Gip[/quote] Ditto, Joe. So sorry to hear about your wife. Please remember your real friends at a time like this -- they will help -- whatever you need or want, no strings attached. Leesa

[quote user="Sharron Smith"]Unlike Dwayne, I found the zoo a wonderful place to take my son on visits home and believe small zoos like this serve a great educational function by teaching children and adults about the value of wildlife and the environment. [/quote] Sharron and Deb: I've been going to the Mill Mountain zoo since I was a

[quote user="Deb Landgraf"] would like to see the trolley transport visitors to and from the mountain. I am flexible with development ideas, but see benefit to having a place where one can get a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and enjoy the view. A theater could be a good choice. [/quote] Nice suggestions, Deb. I think a small band box or

[quote user="Dave Hanson"]In Colonial Massachusetts the majority of good Christians supported a law that made it a capital crime to be a Quaker. There weren't many Quakers in Puritan Massachusetts. Defiant ones were banished or hanged.[/quote] Massachusetts was the most intollerant (when it came to religion) of all the colonies. I find

[quote user="Clonnie Yearout"]Many (some might say "most") men (and maybe one or two women) are not monogamous by nature, therefore why is it not permissible to allow polygamy? Why are we so opposed to allowing the good people of some sects within the Mormon faith to have multiple wives?[/quote] And you say you're trying to stay

[quote user="Joe Campbell"]In the second act of South Pacific , Lieutenant Joe Cable sings "You've Got to Be Carefully Taught[/quote] Joe: Very insightful. The theme of this entire musical is racial discrimination and the R and H boys were adamant about presenting it. Leesa

[quote user="Liniel Gregory"] The Mathew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act is yet another example of a government with too much time on its hands and too little attention paid to more pressing matters such as the economy, wars, social security, health, etc. that affects all of us no matter what our "sexual" or "religious"

[quote user="Marvin Foster"] Luanne, Good article in the paper this morning. [/quote] Ditto! Leesa

Nick: You make a good point. Dead is dead. Unfortunately, though, our laws assign punishment based on motive, and there are different classifications and punishments meted out based on these classifications. This is where Deb knocks it out of the park. If I kill both you and someone belonging to a "protected" group, I could be an "equal

[quote user="Sandy Light"] [quote user="Clonnie Yearout"] According to my calculations, the ladies of the panel have contributed exactly 23 posts to the 151 total thus far for this week's topic. As any average male could (and almost certainly would ) use his standard analytical male mind to instantly tell us, that is exactly