Another thought on that subject: We'll probably never see the day when we have enough armed and trained teachers in school to limit the number hurt or killed in schools or other places like movie theaters, but here is another approach that can be taken right now. It is legal, VERY cheap, requires virtually no training to use and is very effective. Wasp spray. A can costs less than $5.00 and will shoot a very narrow irritating silent spray 20 to 30 feet but is not lethal to bystanders, young or old, does not require a permit to buy or use like pepper spray or guns and is readily available. Self training is quick and easy as the unit is reusable numerous times. Dressed in a granny doll dress or halloween costume can be unobtrusive yet st

In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh , had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior: "A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship." "The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of h

This is perfect example of a stump turtle.

Let me see: A dumb video trailer caused Muslims to riot all over the Muslim world. So how much will the slogan "Osama is dead GM is alive" upset that same world? Much less the movie that is scheduled to come out before the end of the year. Of course the ABC (All Bull Crxp), MSNBC (MS Nothing Bull Shxt) and NBC (New Bull Sxit) will not make it an issue, so there will be no riots, right?