Isn't it time to revisit those civic virtues everybody is so willing to dance and shout for?

I find the level of tolerance that people show towards proxy discussions of civic virtue to be at extrordinarily high levels. Prepatory statements, outlines of beginning conditions, demands for attention and order within a house before they will begin. Fussiness over minute details of correct protocol and form.

Stalling.

So, it looks like the fog has lifted, at least a tiny bit.

From what I can see, and from where I sit, it appears that 'hunter-in-a-blind' have bought themselves about a week or so on the suicide girls.

My guess is really only ballpark because, knowing I'm outspoken (because I'm outnumbered), they practice pretty tight compartmentalization of information around me.

I'm really happy to have been able to contribute at least a little something as a more or less trusted neutral between the parties, but I'm not allowing liberties to slip by me, as much as I can.

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On aika siirtyä Suomi?
Which means:
Time to move to Finland?

Over four million people a year go to Finland for their vacation. The country is made up of breathtaking countryside dotted with pine forests (2/3 of the country is forest), rolling hills, endless lakes, hundreds of islands, and 35 National Parks.

(This picks up from where MS and Jai left off.)

Each year at this time, I make it a point to read the American Declaration of Independence.  It always astonishes me just how radical this document is.  Its philosophy—that an oppressed people suffering from “a long train of abuses and usurpations” not only has the right but the OBLIGATION to overthrow the existing government and replace it with another form of government—continues to amaze me.  It makes specific that the rights of the people are not bestowed by a government that can take them away, but rather come from God.  These rights, therefore, are “unalienable.”

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America

Obama should know that it's usually the cover up, not the crime, that brings governments down. He's covering for Bush on torture....and in domestic cases. Why?

Obama Justice Department continues to cover up Bush-Era crimes

by Larisa Alexandrovna

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........To make my point more clear, let me provide but a few highlights of what we know to be true with regard to Siegelman’s prosecution.

Digby says.....

The argument against torture is slipping away from us. In fact, I'm getting the sinking feeling that it's over. What was once taboo is now publicly acknowledged as completely acceptable by many people. Indeed, disapproval of torture is now being characterized as a strictly partisan issue, like welfare reform or taxes.......

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