[Torie]

The "inventory" is out of control.

What does that mean exactly? The public square is a noisome and often somewhat raucous place. Some tolerance of that is what public squares are all about. They are not meant to be drawing rooms of an exclusive club. That said, a civility of manners should be the norm in Jim's house. In that sense, I think this place does a great service. It teaches many posters a bit more about how to disagree without being disagreeable. It teaches them how to argue their points, and marshall their arguments. That is a benefit of Jim's house, that is not appreciated as much as it should be. He helps many of us to become more effective citizens, and for that I salute him.

[Fledermaus]

Excellent analogy. I, for one, try my best to maintain my manners in Jim's house. And if I don't I'm not going to blow a gasket if I'm admonished for not using coasters as is the rule! lol

[Kryptonite]

Substitute "illegal immigration" for "inventory", and you'll understand the irony in post 126 in this thread.

[Porterville]

I feel the same way. But I still love Bush and support his strategies because I am not some 300 pound whack-job sitting at his computer with stained wife beater on drinking from a cup of Folgers. The Anti-Bushies are a strange lonely bunch, loud... a lot like Deaniacs, ugly, a little ignorant, and loud.