[quote user="Clonnie Yearout"]cost projections on scales that rival distances between stars[/quote] Clonnie, This is inspired. It's my candidate for incomprehensible-hyperbolic-similie-of-the-month.

[quote user="Norb Weckstein"] [quote user="Joe Campbell"] I enjoyed Norb's Op Ed as well. Norb, a tip of the hat to you. I especially liked your application of "a little arithmetic." [/quote] Thanks Joe, Actually, the arithmetic was in the submitted text, but they edited it out for space reasons. It was, 141,000 times

[quote user="Sharron Smith"] I hope all have read Norb’s excellent, Technicolor, “on-the money,” top of the hill” piece on the Op Ed page in the morning RT. Norb, A really great job! My congratulations comes with a great, big H U G! I am betting you will even get one from Joe for this one! Sharron [/quote] I enjoyed

[quote user="Sharron Smith"] [quote user="Dave Hanson"]you sure feel persecuted and victimized a lot. I think you need a hug. [/quote] Gosh Mr. Dave, this is a little "touchy/feely", but I will go along. ALL RIGHT EVERYONE! ON THE COUNT OF THREE, WE ARE GOING TO SHOUT OUT A R E A L L Y BIG HUG FOR CLONNIE! READY? ONE! TWO

[quote user="Dave Hanson"] [quote user="Clonnie Yearout"]I seem to remember that His murder was laid at the feet of George W. Bush, who had opposed hate crime legislation. It wasn't enough that the perpetrators of this heinous crime were rightly eligible for the death penalty under Texas law, they needed to be convicted of hate

[quote user="Sandy Light"] [quote user="Deb Landgraf"] [...] As the late Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun once stated, "A government cannot be premised on the belief that all persons are created equal when it asserts that God prefers some." [/quote] Super post, Deb, and I love that quote! [...] [/quote] Just to throw

[quote user="Sandi Saunders"]Abortion clinic bombers, anti-government bombers, black church bombers, mosque bombers, synagogue bombers, and suicide bombers, all have some religious backed hatred at their core and to ignore that or deny that is part of the problem that permits hate crimes. We must, as a society, condemn and punish this above

[quote user="Nick Prout"] So, from the above statement, law enforcement has to make a logical assumption about the why which is the thought process of the perp. Thought police![/quote] [quote user="bobchristenson"]Hate crime laws are among the stupidest laws ever enacted. Do my thoughts at the time of my crime somehow make me more

[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 15.23178 % of the total. So what's

[quote user="E. Duane Howard"] That's simply to funny, lmao!......If he makes it, maybe he'll be the first to take intelligent life to outerspace! U go Gip....keep'm straight ! Duane [/quote] Now, let's not get carried away!