I doubt very many followers of Obama & Holder buy "ID=poll tax" bilge; most know darn well it's to let Demmies steal elections. Since they're Dems, they're OK with that. Members of "minority" identity groups would do well not to get too comfy with election fraud, even if it gets "their guys" elected. 1 day they'll wake up to find they're disenfranchised in fact, & become surplus & irrelevant!

The REAL threat of disenfranchisement, for "minorities" & indeed for everyone else, is that electoral fraud becomes so easy elections are routinely decided by corpses, cartoon characters, & works of fiction falsely registered under "Motor Voter". Every fraudulent vote counted nullifies a legit vote. Holder has already shown who & what he is with Operation Fast & Furious. In fact, his only real chance of ensuring he's never held to account for OF&F (assuming Repubs ever grow spines) is to keep Demmies in power by whatever means.

If that WASN'T the purpose, then the only possible alternative is that Eric Holder & his henchment involkved in this thing are less competent than Barney Fife, who would have known better & in any case kept his bullet in his pocket. NO serious law officwer or investigator worth his badge would do something as dumb as OF&F seriously thinking it would solve or prevent any crimes in any way. Therefore Holder needs to get the boot for incompetence, at minimum! Once the guns have "walked" what happens? They vanish until they're taken from a cartel bandito or other criminal. Even when they're traced, what do you learn you didn't know already? OF&F was about "planting" US firearms on Mexican criminals to make a bogus case for more gun bans.

From this administration, I'd expect the other end of the horse. They've got quite a surplus.

Anybody notice this guy-er-gal is 38 years old? Is he/she a doctoral candidate? Even PhD's don't usually take that long to attain, assuming Jennie has been in school continuously. Did he/she start college late? Has he/she even earned a bachelor's degree in anything yet, & if so, in what? (Does it start with an "S" or end with the word "Studies", perhaps?) Has, not to put too fine a point on it, he/she been so caught up with turning his/her particular personal identity challenge into a grievance and a cause he/she hasn't done much actual, like, studying, coursework, dissertations, or passing exams? He/she strikes me as what we used to call a "professional student." Wonder who's bankrolling this career?

Nowadays, "gender" i.e. the sex with which one identifies is a mutable psychosocial construct unrelated to ones genes or natural anatomy. On the other hand, sexual orientation is hard-wired, unchangeable, inborn destiny that is also independent of one's own anatomy. Feel free to let your head spin. You'll feel better.

I feel for you. I wish I were rich enough to be "eccentric!" ;)

"how many women become irritated with their men because they refuse to part with stained, tattered but cherished garments ..." Once a small parcel arrived at the Smithsonian in Washington, addressed to "Curator." (This was LONG before 2001) Inside was a stained, torn, stinking T-shirt, and a note. The note read: "To Whom It May Concern, I told my husband if he wore this shirt one more time I would send it to the Smithsonian. He did, so here it is."

"Few Isabellas .. have played major roles in American history." Hmmm, one played a pretty critical role. She bankrolled Columbus' expedition.

(if I had gotten one) Yeah, I wadded it up & tossed it in the trash. That was my response. Complied!