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Yeah, and if the Dems keep it through the next election cycle, they get to re-district. The GOP may not get it back for decades after that.

I am completely with you here John. I would cut any luxury and just about every necessity, save the true basics, I have to send my son to a great private school. But understand LA's point...he, as the parent, wants to be the one to explain gay marriage to his son, just like you did for your daughter. No one should tell LA when the appropriate time is for him to explain it to his son, just like nobody told you when to explain it to your daughter. Thats the point, it should be left to the parents. Based upon the comments here, California seems as slimy as NYS when it comes to loopholes. I would not trust NYS with any loophole either, especially if it involved my son, that usurped my parental right to teach my son what I want him to know and when.

He knows our D as well, having been in Indy for years. Why not take a look?

Reason number 785 to enroll your kids in private school.

Oddly, the only green number I have on my screen from among the 100 or so stocks I usually track is Yahoo.

Now that the Dems have it all, the buck stops with them should it blow.

If you want me to grab anything from NYC, I'd be happy to walk down to the shop in our lobby. They had papers as of lunchtime.

I think LA and John's point is that kids should learn about it from their parents, when their parents believe they are ready to know it. Not when the school decides to teach the subject. As a father myself, I can completely understand this point. The gay marriage movement has been overreaching for years on this measure and this is just another example. If the goal was to confer all of the benefits of marriage on gay partners (and thus,immeasurably improve the lives of gay folks nationwide), thats what they should have gone for. Instead, they want to make a social statement via use of the word "marriage" and delay real-life, helpful benefits to gay people. Ridiculous. Get the benefits first, then make the social statement. By then, it won't be much of an issue. Now, they overreach again, from what it sounds like, by allowing teaching to elementary school students. Absent that, it seems the measure would not have passed.

This is exactly what the agents should be doing, it would be malpractice if they did not. They are looking out for the best interests of their clients. I don't really see an issue here.

Your board lied, I bought the NY Post this morning and the WSJ when I got off the train, same as I do every morning. No problems.

The Republicans have some major work to do to avoid becoming just a regional party. Thats how severe the damage Bush and the crooked Congress did to the brand.

I am totally with you on this. Sadly, I can't think of any candidate who could pull that off. Anyway, congrats to the new President.

Funny... MI has been called for BO and BO is losing by 15,000 votes.

Adding in Buchanan and Coolidge, IMHO, make up the worst 6 we have ever had. We can debate the rank, but those are probably the worst. I don't count Harrison, as he was only in office for 30 days.

I think you could throw Harding and Hoover in with Carter and GW Bush as well.

As president of Planet Spaceball, I can assure both you and your viewers that there's absolutely no air shortage whatsoever. Yes, of course. I've heard the same rumor myself. Yes, thanks for calling and not reversing the charges. Bye-bye.

Thats one part of the problem. Another is that bankruptcies soared 40% in October. Also, household credit card debt is soaring.. The 2nd largest vendor for credit card payments...McDonalds.... Don't forget about the massive layoffs coming, and the ancillary jobs that will be laid off as well. That strains the city/state coffers making that situation worse. Finally, consumers are starting to skip the utility bill? We are barely into the second quarter (in football terms) here, and things will get much, much worse before they get better. Thats what President Obama will have to figure a way through, while not completely capping future US growth potential beyond 2010.

We still have the old machines in NY. Took my 3 year old son into the voting booth this morning, he got a kick out of pulling the lever.

I was referring to domestic issues. Given that we are probably, in football terms, in the second quarter of our economic meltdown, I think domestic issues will of paramount importance.

I'm hoping he ends up being Bill Clinton II on many, many issues. Leaving the snide sarcasm about Clinton aside, thats probably the best we can hope for (and it would be a good thing for the country).

Yep. No change for me no matter who wins.

Sad, but true, the GOP will turn more conservative, not less, as a result of this thumping. The only positive is that most of the Dems elected to Congress in the last election (and maybe this one) were moderate, center Dems. The far left may be in authority, but any wild new gov't programs would threaten the new moderates far more than the far left. That, sadly, is the only check on the far left that will be left after this election. Too bad the moderates of both parties could not form the third party of my dreams and marginalize both the far right and left. Now, the moderates are the proverbial political football beholden to the raving lunatics on both sides.

I totally agree. I also think we really *should have, could have* won the last two games. Stupid mistakes and bad playcalling are, IMHO, to blame. These are correctable, but we better get it done fast.

When I was in HS, a kid was killed while driving home one night. No booze or anything, just lost control of the car on ice, flipped it into a creek and drowned. Being a Jesuit school, we had priests to speak to if we wanted and they sent for a grief counselor. No pressure, if you wanted to talk to this person, they were available all week in a room. If not, no big deal. Also the priests were available to talk about it. I don't see that making a professional available to talk is a bad thing. Forcing students to talk or listen to some speech about grief would be awful.

I'll be sure to tell my friend at Cantor Fitz to "get over it." You really are a dumb m&*thf*5cker!!