The Hall of Fire

Unless Christopher Tolkien can be placated, along with all of the lawyers that stand on the plaintiffs' side, I think "The Hobbit" movie project is effectively stuffed back into the box until a settlement with NLC or Time-Warner can be reached. I will be honest, I think this might be what ...

I cannot even see it as a condition of employment passing muster if one really wanted to challenge it. If one can pass all tests that are required to fulfill the job at large. Granted, while one is employed, the employers have the rights to insist on all sorts of ridiculous terms while on the job, b...

I have a "what if" question here? What if the employee chooses NOT to use the employer's health care policy? Why should that employee be treated ANY differently when it comes to taking sick days or scheduling time off for whatever reason if it is within standard practices? I am with Holby ...

I skimmed over a lot of these posts, but I have to agree with the stance that "harsh treatment and zero tolerance policies" towards "illegal" drugs do not work. They do not, and it is high time we learned that lesson. Not that my tragedies are anywhere close to some here or other...

But, Vision, Bush I's foreign policy was I think enormously successful, and certainly lacking in naked faux pas. In Shrub's club, suddenly we got the New Cheney, Powell was ignored, and guys like Rummy, Wolfowitz and Perle were running the show- and firing Old Pros like Shinshecki who dissented. I ...

I've heard some buzz about Homeland Secretary Michael Chertoff. What a mistake that would be! Olson would be a good choice. Not only his he relatively moderate, he would have the 'sympathy vote' because he lost his wife in the 9/11 attacks. (Sorry if that sounds overly cynical, but that is a factor...

There are a couple of reasons why it is hard for me to get too bent out of shape about this RealID issue. First of all, frankly I'd rather see the government be upfront about keeping tabs on people than to do it surrepticiously, like with the secret warrantless wiretapping program, or things like t...

Heck, nel, the government has already been caught getting huge lists of all sorts of information from corporations ust by asking for it, or threatening them with subpoenas, or misusing the already highly loosened up types of warrants that the federal government has approved itself as "needing&q...

Faramond, I am not picking on you, but go back and read the original article Prim linked to. Bar codes would be required. Every citizen would be required to have one, although the article does not address what we do about the millions of minors in the country. It would all be linked up into one vast...

Faramond - in all fairness, what is to prevent the federal ID for domestic air travel from being exploited, not to state what such silly rules would mean for families traveling with young children, etc. What Chertoff means (read between the lines) is that he WANTS to have and feels perfectly justifi...

To sum up my apprehensions succinctly, why would I willingly give over a lifetime of otherwise personal information concerning who I am and what I look like and where I live to a nationalized federal database? I hate to state it, but that is like just giving away any vestige of personal privacy. And...

Move it if you think it needs it, Voronwë. I cannot see how the Rove topic itself is going to be newsworthy much longer in any case, maybe just let this one lead into a segue? Although then the title will not be indicative of the topic. I am interested in the California proposal. I take it the Calif...

Saw it Saturday, and I recommend it. Do not be dismayed by the poor box office showings, it is up against three more typically Hollywood blockbuster type fares at the moment, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Simpsons, and Rush Hour 3. It still has a 73% fresh rating over at Rottentomatoes. In my mind, Mich...

Mr. Bush ought to have dumped Rummy and Rove before those elections, but he didn't. Why? I guess he's the only one who can answer that. I think he was just too . . . stupid. Sorry, if that offends anyone, but in this case "stupid" means: dumb, arrogant, out-of-touch-with-reality. I don't ...

Hmm, I can think of at least two answers for question 8 - the common red radish and lettuce ( lettuce is never sold in any other form but fresh, and things like horseradish do not count!! :D) Fun quiz!! I know the pear brandy answer, I saw some show where they were tying the bottles onto the trees o...

Not saying by any stretch of the imagination that Iran is our buddy, but they ARE firmly Shia in their Islamic fundamentalist POV. Hardly any friends there to the Sunnis in Iraq, and I do think soilcitr misspoke on that point. Bombing anyone back to the stone age may be appealing on the surface, but...

:twisted: NUKE 'EM! NUKE 'EM ALL!!! :twisted: While your solution might be POLITICALLY possible, I do agree that it might not go over too well with those that live in or within a 100 mile radius of Washington, D.C. What we all need to remember is that our elected officials work for us. Somehow, all...

Not everyone believed there were WMD in Iraq at the time of our invasion. The fact that the inspections continued to turn up no evidence began to be persuasive, and no one else in the world, even those who might have believed there were hidden stockpiles, thought it reason to launch an invasion. Th...

Cerin, I think you overestimate the GWB administration's "smart factor.". We invaded Iraq so GWB could face his daddy and state "Hey, I finished your job for you." :) Anyone who does NOT believe that this was intended from the get go when the neocons got control, it has been more...

To believe anything in a sea of information requires a certain degree of arrogance, though, doesn't it? After all, there are so MANY ways one could be wrong. But if one is adrift in that sea, one's chances of getting somewhere are better if one picks what seems to be the best course and make for it...