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  1. Take away the challenging marriage, the pain-in-the-ass that is mothering teen guys, and the whole husband with advanced stage melanoma thing, and I've been swell.:tongue_smilie:

     

    Big, hippie :grouphug: and another :grouphug: for dealing with a sick dh and teen boys. You deserve a drink. Just don't drink Bacardi or I really will judge you:tongue_smilie:.

  2. Obviously, my kids were rooting for the guy I wanted. No help for that one. However, I used our electoral map as more of a geography lesson. Even my 5yo learned some geography. I made sure to tell them that even if the other guy won, the sun would still come up tomorrow and nothing would really, honestly change. I told my kids that we should always have friends who disagree with us. That makes us better, stronger people. I too would feel icky if a friend bribed her kids with candy to like a certain candidate.

  3. And I only had one beer :D

     

    Bill

     

    And now you may indulge in a (few) celebratory drinks.

     

    I've lost count.

     

    Three and a half here. You ain't drunk if you can still spell on an iPhone.

     

    Port. Always to port.

     

    I knew I liked you;).

     

    Bill! For shame. An evening doesn't pass in which I forget my wine.

     

    But now I can drink in celebratory fashion.

     

    I like you too! Oh crud! Now I am waxing sentimental. Perhaps I should slow down the celebration.

  4. OK. I crack a "Humming Ale," which is a new offering by California's Anchor Steam brewery. Nice and hoppy! :D

     

    Bill

     

    Mmmmm. Sounds tasty.

     

    I try not to pass judgment. But it's hard sometimes. :tongue_smilie:

     

    Bacardi is a dirty word in my house. God help the poor bartender who puts Bacardi in my rum and coke.

  5. I agree I think they should be free, but I don't get those that are still opposed to free IDs.

     

    I don't think people are necessarily opposed to free IDs. There are just a whole boatload of problems that go along with it. Free IDs to require voters to show IDs sounds great, but how many people would complain about the tax required to pay for that? You just cannot make everyone happy.

  6. Which law that's been proposed specifically says a certain group can't vote. None of the voter ID laws I've heard of specifically go against any one group.

     

    If these parties can manage to arrange for rides for people to polling places, why can't they arrange for them for people to get to a place to get an id that allows them to vote?

     

    Sure, groups can arrange transportation to a place in order to obtain IDs, but who is going to pay for them? The poor people barely putting food on the table? The political party? If a political party pays, I'd think that would raise some serious ethical questions.

  7. Yes please. And not accusations or registration cards made out to Mickey Mouse, but actual attempts to vote. The numbers are minuscule, but we hear so much more about this than orchestrated efforts to disenfranchise voters. I'll bet more voter registration cards have been illegally thrown away by canvassers in this election season alone than there have ever been documented cases of voter fraud by impersonation.

     

    If you google KATC or KLFY, new stations from Lafayette, LA, you will find a story about students who registered to vote at a student registration drive, only to discover their registrations were mysteriously lost.

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