the far left wing and the far right wing meet round back at the garbage can

dum de dum de dum.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070104/D8MEJEU00.html

Another interesting story. Secondhand info, but trust the source. Take us back to the death of the late great Iranian Ayatolla cantspellit. Pictures shown on the media showed the funeral procession in (I believe) a soccer stadium. The pallbearers were so distraght (said the news) that they dropped the coffin in their grief and if my memory serves me correctly, spilled the body.

The uncle of my then sister in law, an Iranian, reported that the government had offered food vouchers to get the stadium packed. Otherwise it would have been mostly empty. Their mistake was starting to pass out the vouchers while the coffin was being carried. The pallbearers were afraid they wouldn't get their payment, so they dumped the coffin and headed for the goodies. Again, secondhand, but the source is trusted. Sister-in-laws dad moved the kids out when the shah fell, a couple to the US and a couple to the UK.

Just a clarification here. I've really been enjoying this thread, have learned a lot. I don't think we "live in fear" but instead live with a certain amount of caution. I don't run with scissors, don't think it's good to Pee into the wind for guys, and don't think I want to board an airplane with someone who refuses to remove his/her shoes going through security. This happened the last trip we took, and they took him off of the plane. No one singled him out for his ethnic background, but his a**holness. I would have taken another plane had they allowed him to board. Does that make me "live in fear" or live with caution? I wasn't afraid of flying, but had a choice in who I flew with. If I don't know, then I appreciate any efforts the Gov. can make to lessen my chances of flying with a weirdo like this. If that's the worst of my day, then it's a pretty good day.

Good stories, by the way Marty,where does the "mush in the middle" meet at the Rodney King statue singing 'kumbayah'?

well Rykat, this time they met at democratic HQ and voted out the repubes

Conservatives will return, they always do! Left will screw it up in a few years and back we will come!!!

When will the clear thinking Americans take over?????

fog generation at it's best

clear thinking americans taking over? a novel idea. good luck waiting for that. even if one got into an elected position, i think the corruption of power would get him, or he will be broken by his constituants. crap shoot. will keep my fingers crossed.

left/right wing thinking is killing us all -- is their a better paradigm?

Perhaps you're like me and fall in 3 dimensions instead of 2 -- take the quiz and find out.

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