Here are two things that were actually told to me at a recent parent/teacher conference: "Most everything is written on computers these days and all computers have spell check programs, so we don't really focus on spelling too much." "With computers on every desk and a text capable phone in every hand, handwriting just isn't done anymore, so, we don't teach cursive writing anymore. It's just not an worthwhile use of learning time."

At $74,000 per week the the White House could be staffed for 2.5 weeks for the cost of operating Air Force One for one hour. That's just the cost to operate that one airplane, never mind the three or four others that travel with it when the president goes somewhere. Remember that the next time Obama jets off to meet with a constituent group or play golf somewhere.

The best dog I ever had was a Malamute!

Wasn't it determined a while ago that police may no longer use the presence of trace amounts of narcotics on money as proof that the money was earned in the drug trade, because all money contains trace amounts of narcotics? That being the case, doesn't it seem that a dog would alert on anybody who has cash on them or in their vehicle? This is just another expansion of the American police state.

If you think it's "pinnacle" instead of "pintle" then you have clearly never worked with anything other than words. Mike did the hard, backbreaking work that is required of real men in order to keep condescending pansies like you (mhood) free. I'd put my life in Mike's hands any day. Mike can load and fire artillery, I don't give a damn if he can spell it.

John, you are always welcome in Georgia! I do worry about people getting fed up with their states and moving to other states only to continue voting for the same kinds of people who sent their original state into the toilet. We have a lot of northern transplants down here who like to bring their voting habits with them. If it didn't work up north why do you think it will work down here? It's really infuriating and it's one of the reasons I support the principle of secession.

"...that will allow charging more based on time of day, type of road taken or where one wishes to go i.e. into downtown business districts." Here in GA we have High Occupancy Toll lanes that do that already. They charge according to how far you are driving and how much traffic is on the road at any given time. A route that costs $.09 in the afternoon will cost $6.50 in the morning, because of rush hour traffic. I'm not making those figures up. They don't require GPS, you're just required to set up an account and display and RFID tag. No doubt those will be placed on all license plates soon.

You're proving my statement, not disproving. You say they'll be coming for all guns next and I'm saying that when they do they'll use the NRA's words against them. The argument should be that banning any guns is pointless as well as unconstitutional. Arguing that handguns are the actual danger is just playing into their hands.

That happened a couple of miles from me. I read an editorial just a day or so ago that accused the woman of racism, because she didn't answer the door in the first place. The argument is that if she had just answered the door the perp would have left her alone and gone off to find an empty house. Their assertion is that her own racism - refusing to answer the door when a black man knocks - is what caused the shooting. Our nation has gone off the deep end.

Too many of the pro-gun arguments that I read lean on the fact that most murders are committed with handguns. I read that over and over again. I wish it would stop. I'm not denying the fact, but with gun rights advocates making that argument every time the subject comes up it is only a matter of time before the left seizes on it. They'll respond with severe handgun restrictions. When the NRA tries to argue the left will just throw their own statements about handgun violence right back in their faces.