Gandhi was an Oxford grad who only chose non-violence because he knew it would work strategically and the decisions he made got a lot of people killed who probably weren't fully aware of what they were getting themselves into.

MLK JR. was a repeat adulterer.

My point is that hero worship is a waste, and is usually blind. There is a saying that goes, "hate the sin, not the sinner", well I believe the opposite to be true.

Catholic baiting is the anti-Semitism of the liberals.
Peter Viereck, Yale Professor

When John Stedham owned Steamboat Annie's I worked there on Sunday's for a few years to make some extra money.  I was pimping out a blue '81 CiviC at the time.  Priorities...

We made the patties in-house and the buns were ordered from Wagner's.  What a mess!  The patty was made from 8 regular hamburger patties.  Mooo.

He later bought what is now Tugboat Annie's and served it there as well.  It's still there, although, I don't think John is part of Tugboat Annie's any longer. 

why you need a license to have a pet but not one to have a child?  Or why we have to take lessons to drive a car, fly an airplane, etc. but none to raise a child?  Raising a child is be far harder than learning to drive or fly!

I always have...

"Do not mistake for conspiracy and intrigue what can best be explained by stupidity and incompetence." - Unknown

Catholic baiting is the anti-Semitism of the liberals.
Peter Viereck, Yale Professor

The local story of the moment grabbing national headlines is about a Maple Valley woman trapped in her car after running down a steep ravine.

Woman found alive 8 days later

Searchers found her thanks to a cell phone signal.  Whose cell phone lasts 8 days?  Was she charging it through the 12v adapter?  What about water?  Something tells me she wasn't there for 8 days.

Tom Rider, Tanya's husband, is being openly critical of search efforts.  That's understandable, but what I don't get is the public nature in which he's doing it.  I wouldn't be talking to anyone - I'd be by my wife's side just looking at her if that were me.

I'm also a bit put off by Rider's claim that he asked police to search the specific area in which Tanya was found and even drove it 4-5 times himself.  4-5 times seems hardly enough.  It reminds me of a line from Billy Madison starring Adam Sandler.  Madison, recounting the story read to him by his teacher, lambastes:

"Billy: Whoa whoa whoa, Miss Lippy. The part of the story I don't like is that the little boy gave up looking for Happy after an hour. He didn't put posters up or anything, he just sat on the porch like a goon and waited. That little boy's gotta think: "You got a pet. You got a responsibility." If your dog is lost you don't look for an hour then call it quits. You get your ass out there and you find that fucking dog."

to keep him from harming anyone else. That would effectively remove him from the gene pool. His chances of reoffending could be from 10% to 50% depending on his mental health, family history, etc. There is a growing body of research providing evidence that certain treatments can significantly reduce the likelihood of reoffending.

Regardless, this population subjects the metal of those who profess to "hate the sin but love the sinner" to a rather harsh test.