h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I wonder- would you be jailed for pelting them with tomatoes if you could run fast enough?

The most effective response I have heard of came from a group of people who swept the sidewalk after the Phelps Family left. Get your friends to bring brooms.

I love this quote: "You can put this mess right at their doorstep," Phelps-Roper said of the six churches. "They've carried the big lie that God loves everyone. Does he love those people that have been burning in Hell since the flood? These churches have enabled the sin that plagues this generation."

Where do you ~start~?

I love the broom idea!

If you're going to throw tomatoes, make sure they are nice and over-ripe.

WTF! http://tinyurl.com/6zcve

This is just... WRONG!

absolutely GDZ. Forget the time limit. Why should you have to report something like that to the cops anyway? That's retarded.

That is so highly offensive and insulting to a woman's intelligence I don't know where to begin...so I e-mailed that link to some friends of mine in Montana political circles with the subject title "Aren't you glad you live in Montana where the Democrats rule?"

Cosgrove claims that this is intended to avoid trashcan babies -- but there's a law on the books already in VA. What he really wants is to claim sentience for miscarriages in order to bolster anti-abortion activism.

Now HERE's something to write to your congresspersons in support of. Jesse Jackson Jr. is sponsoring the following:

HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 28
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States:

SECTION 1. All citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, shall have the right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides. The right to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, any State, or any other public or private person or entity, except that the United States or any State may establish regulations narrowly tailored to produce efficient and honest elections.

SECTION 2. Each State shall administer public elections in the State in accordance with election performance standards established by the Congress. The Congress shall reconsider such election performance standards at least once every four years to determine if higher standards should be established to reflect improvements in methods and practices regarding the administration of elections.

SECTION 3. Each State shall provide any eligible voter the opportunity to register and vote on the day of any public election.

SECTION 4. Each State and the District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall establish and abide by rules for appointing its respective number of Electors. Such rules shall provide for the appointment of Electors on the day designated by the Congress for holding an election for President and Vice President and shall ensure that each Elector votes for the candidate for President and Vice President who received a majority of the popular vote in the State or District.

SECTION 5. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

Just read something very disturbing. Newt Gingrich is considering a run for the Presidency in 08.

I read that too, GDZ, and nearly lost my lunch.

I think Jackson's wording is too vague, and I would like it to include the requirement that all electronic voting machines be made in such a way as to provide two paper copies of the votes made, one for the voter to take with her or him, and the second to be placed in a secure ballot box that will be opened in the event of a recount.

Good idea MR.

And the ballot should be designed to a national standard.

I still think that elections are important enough for us to take the time to count paper ballots. So we won't know the winners for a day or so. So what?

It's still better than it was before trains.

<< I still think that elections are important enough for us to take the time to count paper ballots >>

And I think that elections are important enough for us to try to eliminate the possibility of human error/corruption during the vote count process. And I see no need for 2 print-outs of each vote - once a voter checks that what appears on the print-out is what they intended to do, the paper copy should be cast in a ballot box for hand counting. In this manner, the electronic tally checks the hand-counted tally and vice versa.

I'm going to have to agree with MR on this. With something as important as elections, you can't have too many fail-safes.

Have I misread something here? What extra fail-safes are you talking about GDZ?

What GDZ ~really~ means is, partisan Secretarys of State who are also state campaign managers for their party should be lined up against a wall and shot.

GDZ, I'm shocked that you would suggest shooting people as a means to ensuring a fair election!